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4 The TV movie. ' The Story
MeUer", was broadcast over
>OC Monday night. The movie,
for those who watched the
violent game of football on
another channel, was about
violence on TV. I thought at first
the movie was going to defend
the TV industry by implying
there was not too much violence
on TV and that people do not do I
the tilings shown on the tnbe. .
.Bbt it was more about a
successful radio-TV script *(fiter
who had, over a span of some 25
years, entertained millions of
people on radio and TV with his
scripts.. .To shorten the 2-hour
#film, it was simply about a
writer who felt guilty after a
12-year-old boy apparently
picked up qn an idea portrayed
on TV (the writer wrote the
story), and set fire to his school
using a method shown on TV,
and the boy died in the Are. . .
The news media picked up on .
the story, and shouts of "Too
much vio&nce on TV" were
heard, pro and con.. .The fellow
visited ^ boy's parents.
f decided he coUld write *d<pto_
jBe, i5k5/?5od of story. .
The TV industry. I suppose, is
kinds confHFed. . .If they prove
do one does the thing* shown on
TV, theyjre alto admitting the
commercials do not sell the
product.. .So rather than prove
it one way or the other, they
change. . .By the way, this TV
season, with s change in the
violence shown, a recent report
by the rating bureaus shows a
smaller number of people
watching TV. I, personally,
think violence on TV is like
pornography. Different
amounts affect different people.
?>4 .There is no absolute. . .What
bothers me, doesn't bother the
next guy, and soon...
' < 1 watch TV less this season
and the reason is that much of
what is offered is not enter
taining. . .not what I want to
see. and I don't watch it if I
don't Idee it. I have been to more
movies this year than I have
j been to in ten years, seeking
entertainment. . .1 don't smoke
got. drink, or use mind-bending
drags, so ray entertainment
mast come from an outside
source...
When I was a youngster, I
read comic books, listened to
the radio, went to movies and
read other books, and I fan
tasised. . .1 would shout.
"$hazaam" and look up at the
sky to see if a bolt of lightning
was. going to come out of the
bine and make me Captain
' Marvel. . .However, I was net
i always confident. The lightning
could make roe Captain Marvel
or ft could till mr so sometjfili
my eyes jllosed and ntjlf ?
clenched. I would move over a
step or two so if the bolt did
$ome, it Would miss me -And,
as for Superman. . .There WW
no question about tnc tuminfl '
into him 1 livXin the
pi ne booths ngTa ten storjf
pack house loft a time or two. . .1
g kh '' Jul / id, wfco
was supposed to be shot, and
fall.. . The impact of the bullet
would throw the person back
wards. . .The nest change was
in "Psycho". . And the great
amount of blood in the death
scene of Janet Leigh in the
bathtub. . Thank goodness It
was a black and white movie. \
.But nowadays the low grade
movies use blood, violence and
sex just for the sake of showing
it. . .However, with die top
name ctftbpuies and top name
stars, one can still see a good
movie without the gore. . .And
the TV people can leave a Uttle
to the imagination and still
produce good viewing...
Heard it the other day, and
the teller swore it to be the
truth.. A Warsaw father told his
son, a high school graduate, to
measure a wall and see how
long it was. . .handing him a
folding rule. . . A short time
latei\ the father asked the b4 if
he had measured the wall, and
the boy said "Ho.". . ."Why
not?". i."Icouldn't," said the
boy. . .'*Whyf** said the father,
getting nggry.. ."That rule yob
gave me *u only 6 feet long,
and the wm was longer, so the"
rule was netjogg enough," sa#
not really agunior... His name
and Ms fabler's name ia the
same on both ends, but different
in the aHddle. . .But everyone
calls him Herbert, Jr.. . In
reality, hit son is Junior, for his
son and he have the same
names all the -way through,
front, middle and end. . .So
there are three Herbert
Whaleys with two being known
as Juniors, but only one is. .
.And the one that shot die deer
is the middle Herbert Whaley. .
.There is one older than him,
and one younger.. .Now that wp
have that all straightened out,
and you know just exactly who I
am talking about, we will get
back to the etoiy. . .The little
five-yeer-Md girt next door. Jay,
who get all lover me for running
into a deer, didn't happen to be
ground when Herbert came the
first time with the deer, but wan
around when he came to pick up
the picture. . .She asked
Herbert whst he wss going to do
with feie deer. He said he was
going to have the head
mounted. . .She replied. "You
are going to wear it on your
head?".. .1 also had a picture of
myaelf. . Jay picked it up,
looked at it. handed it back and
said.. "That is a good picture..
Yqu look better than George
Washington.". '..Son-of-a
Gun i.
Kenansville Town Board Votes
3 To 2 To Sell Raiford House
The KenansviHc Town Board
voted 3 to 2 to sell the contro
versially acquired Raiford
House during the regularly
scheduled 7:30 p.m. Board
meeting held at the Town Hall
on Monday. December 5th,
1977.
At a previous Board meeting
on November 7th, the Kenans
ville Town Board voted 4 to 1 to
purchase the historic landmark
and renovate as a new Town
pall. Before the mentioned
Vote, a public hearing was held
at which strong feelings were
expressed against the purchase.
Board members John Hall,
William Fbnnell, Mrs. Elbert
Long and Phil Kretsch voted in
favor on Nov. 7th, with Jimmy
Johnson voting against. The
next day Kenansville voters ex
pressed openly disagreement
over the purchase by filling the
two open Board seats with
anti-purchase members Earl
Hatcher and Cordell Johnson.
On Monday. December 5th,
Board member Jimmy Johnson
made the motion, seconded by
Cordell Johnson, to sell the
Raiford House or property at a
cost loss to the Town. The
motion passed 3 to 2 with Earl
Hatcher joining Jimmy Johnson
and Cordell Johnson by voting
in favor of the sale. Board
member Mrs. Elbert Long and
William Fennell voted against.
A committee, consisting of
Jimmy Johnson, W.E. Craft.
Doug Judge and Jack Brinson,
was appointed to determine how
the property could be sold.
Earlier incumbent Mayor
Doug Judge, along with Board
members Earl Hatcher and Cor
dell Johnson, were sworn in to
4-year terms by Millie Bland.
Appreciation resolutions were
presented to out-going commis
sioners Phil Kretsch (24 years'
service) and John Hall (IO'/j
years' service).
Police Chief Tyson Bostic was
appointed Insulation Inspector.
Bostic is to attend school in
January in order to qualify for
the job. Warren Dail. Duplin
County Electrical Inspector, will
be acting-inspector until Bostic
is qualified.
New Commissioner Earl
Hatcher was appointed Mayor
Pro-tem and Finance Committee
Chairman.
The Board approved a request
from the Health Department
that private septic tank com
panies be allowed to dump
sewer collections at the Town
sewage plant with the fee to be
determined later. .
Board members Johnson.
Johnson and Judge will attend
Municipal School in February,
with Town Clerk Ruth Holmes
attending in January.
The Board also voted to
amend the budget S700 in order
to buy a typewriter.
PRESENT SCRAPBOOK - (L to R) Kcnansvillc Mayor Doug
Judge is shown accepting the Kcnansvillc Bicentennial
Scrapbook on behalf of the Town from Anne Craft. Chairperson
for the 1976 Kcnansvillc Bicentennial Commission on Monday
night, December Sth.
Brian West Receives
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Eagle Scout Award
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Brian West, 18, sen of Mr.
and, Mrs. Walter P. West of
Warsaw, deceived bis Eagle
ujurcfu
Bill bust, Scoutmaster, gave
the "Thul of the Eagle" and
Russell Berwick and William
Herring acted as Color Guards.
Steve Oraughon. Assistant
Scoutmaster, read the Eanle
Latter and Norwood West and
Dickie Fry were Eagle Escorts.
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A member of Troop 20. Brian
has been in Scouting since be
wa% eight. He has earned 26
? SaWBiK'i i. JT:' .. mi "? \IM
|hasfoc^both Patrol grader and
cleared Aid pruned the grounds
of the Mary Farrior borne on
H&si^lMferfow
Brian is a member of the
seniir class of James Kenan
fB^ School. He is business s
manager of the WAKEMA, has
servtii as business manager of
the KENAN KRIER and has
been homeroom representative
lor three years. He Is co
president of the class of '78,
plays Varsity tennis, #as a
football trainer for three years,
and a member of the jay-vee
basketball team.
Brian's special interest is
writing. He is a Century ID
essay local first runner-up, and
the N.C. winner in the E|ICV
essay contest. He is N.C. repre
sentative to the National Rural
Electric Association Youth Con-J
suiting Board for 1977-78, and
won the 1977 JK writing award.
A member of the Warsaw
United Methodist Church, W
has taken an active part in
youth services, UMYF, and
Sunday School. At present he
serves as Youth Representative
M the church's Administrative
Brian states, '1 have never
taken one positive step in my
life without the loving support of
my entire family. And 1 could
never have understood the true
meaning of this Eagle award -
nor could 1 have earned it --
without the patient, dedicated
leadership of Mr. Faust and the
friendship of my follow Scouts. J
want to thank everyone for this
medal I wear, but whose honor 1'
snare with those wonderful
people who helped me every
step of the way."
FINAL KENANSVILLE BICENTENNIAL MEETING - Members
?re as follows: (I. to R) Seated. Annie D. Washington, Pearlcne
M. Faison. Delaine Rector and Woody Brinson. Standing.
Douglas Judge. Betty Long. Juanita Krctsch. Anne traft and
Ruth Jones.
Final Meeting Held
Kehansville Bicentennial Commission
By Anne Crmft, Chairperson
The Kenansville Bicentennial
Commission met for its final
meeting on Monday, December
5, 1977, in the conference room
at W.E. Craft's law office at
6:30 p.m. for the purpose of
culminating the year's activities
in 1976. The members enjoyed
reminiscing over their work, and
each was presented a Certificate
of Appreciation signed by Mrs.
Wayne Jordon, Duplin County
Bicentennial Chairman, for his
participation during the Bicen
tennial year.
On arrival, the members were
serve<f cake and punch. The
cake was decorated with the
Bicentennial emblem, and the
nuts were in cups that had a
miniature American flag
proudly flying. Red, white and
blue plates, cups and napkins
completed the patriotic motif.
The 1976 Bicentennial Com
mission members were: Anne
Craft. Chairperson, Bert
Alabaster. John Archibald.
Burnett Coleman. Pearline
Faison, Ruth P. Jones, Kinney
Kenan, Juanita Kretsch, Betty
Long. Delaine Rector, Elizabeth
Spicer and Annie D. Washing
ton. Ex-officio members were:
Douglas Judge. Mayor; Woody
Brinson, Ex-Mayor; and Charles
Ingram* '74-'75 Chairman.
All but two members were
present, and they put the
finishing touches on the scrap
book they were to present to the
Kenansville Town Board at the
regular December meeting at
7:30 p.m. following tneir
meeting.
In addition to the scrapbook,
the commission is giving to the
town a picture collage showing
some of the year's highlights. A
collection of some of the town's
historic points of interests is to
be shown to the town board
members by using a slide pre
sentation with a short oral
- description of each.
The scrapbook will be open to
the public.for viewing and a
cordial invitation is issued to all.
Before the meeting adjourned
and went to the Kenansville
Town Hall for their presenta
tion, Mrs. Craft presented each
member a memento, a small
Bicentennial flag, for having
served on the commission. All
members felt it was a rewarding
experience and felt a sense of
pride in having been actively
involved in helping our great
country celebrate its 200th
birthday.
A brief synopsis of the com
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Messiah To Be Presented
In Warsaw & Wallace
the Duplin County Cboraie and
the Warsaw Baptist Church
Choir have joined together to
make up a chorus of forty
W-.-A*?i > lv,,
held it the Warsaw Bt tist
Church Jtftt. College Street in
Warsaw on Sunday, December
U at 8 p.m., and at the Hr*
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B. Ca?t, Minnie Clack. Louise
ML Hinson. Cleo S. Hobbs.
Emily Jessup. Margaret J.
Lloyd, Betty Joe Page, Mary
Hester PoweH, Margaret
land. Carol Thompson. EIHs
Henry Townsend. Pearl R. ,
West. Regtaa D. Whaley. and
Sandra Worsley (altos); H.C
Allen^Jr., James J.^Bowden.
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Commissioners Elect Albertson Chairman
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The Duplin County Board of
Commissioners elected Arliss
M. Albert son as Chairman, and
D.J. Fussell. Sr. as Vice-Chair
man. each to serve for one y^ar,
at their regular meeting
Monday.
The Board appointed ate fa#
speetion survey team to prepare
a rate schedule for ^tl^teth
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No one appreared in opposi
tion during a public hearing on
licensing of insulation firms
doing business in the county.
Mayor Douglas Judge asked the
Board if its insulation inspector
could make inspections hi
Kenansville until the Town can
train its own inspector. The
Board agreed, if the Town
makes a formal request.
Tax Supervisor Frank Moore
presented a farm-use market
value schedule to the Board. It
was tabled for study until the
December 19th meeting. The
schedule would establish a*h
cultural value on land that might
have higher commercial value
but which is being fanned.
Two were sworn into duty as
Christine Williams, Register of
Deeds, the Board voted to have
two microfilm copies of county
records made. One copy would
be stored in the vault of the
Bank of North Carolina NA.
branch in Kenansville, and the
other would also be kept at the
bank for the present. Plans are
being investigated to store the
microfilm at Underground
Storage. Inc., west of Pitts
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Mrs. Norma Cates
Faison Woman Honored
Mrs. Norma Cates at Faison'
received one of three Mr?.,
Lyndon B. Johnson specilt,
?wards for environmental >
improvement this week at the$
annual meeting of Kee*
Amerka Beautiful, Inc. in New^
Mrs. president of thti '