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fi The County Commissioners
Kinto motion a couple of good
?in their Monday meeting.
. .One that I am sure is good Is
that the County will not sell my
narite and address to some
fHI mailbox with jink nifi
The m of inn win. mut K
( Hoffler .?7 i i inrtt t Ih Bill
^^^othw item^ thrt the^
OpfNiOfl, n ft (BKKji ?'
? |?c*v " prov ramg ? inc
one^needs to try, aametiring
-different occasionally. . -to
tackle a job he has never |done
before.. A while back, a fellow
ashed toe if I would paint a large
nitrogen tank.. .1 looked it over
and it looked simple enough, so
. <1 gave him a price and agreed. .
.And lam now at a point where I
i am debating writing a book
, entitled "All You Wanted To
Know About Painting A Large
Tank And Were Afraid To
Ask".. .Have I had problems!..
.Son-of-a-gun. . .The tank
looked to me not to be any larger
than an average room. . .This
being the case, a couple of
gallons of paint would do the
job. . .Was I ever more wrong?.
. .1 have put 6 gallons of paint on
that sucker. . .You can see my
cost figure is shot up while my
labor figure zipped ever gown
ward* and is rolling around in
the bottom of a paint can like a
marble.. .But first off. I went to
a paint dealer and asked about
the type of paint. .He suggested
some off-brand something, so I
told Mm to order it. . Four
months later, it still has not
come, and 1 am running around
trying to avoid the fellow who
'wanted the tank painted.. .Thia
f special paint. . .1 think I am
going to have to pay for when it
comes, whether or not 1 uae it.
so I w ait and wait. .1 think that
during this watt, she- tank grew
: larger. . Finally I used a dif
ferent paint. So far as I know,
Sf&tglfSLii
from, but it has been emoute
fjH"'.' vV" .'?*& OB es?h
four months. . .Now, the base
coot I was told to use by the
expert was yellow.. .One coat of
white wifl not covet yellow.
ildore labor, more paint.
.Wefl. it looks like I am finally
going toget the took painted, so
I start on the third coat. . .The
weather changed and the tank k
half foU'Jf liquid, thus it
sweatmpQ^as't paint but half
the tank,?o I thinks I will paint
-k ' gjisi. m Cu/MrJnw ? ? ?
l?MIJrl?v II ^Rl iKir OB. SWCH1D{(? ?
But. as I am Standing on a
step! adder a school bus comes
by;. .Some kid waves, so I torn ">
to my right and wave. . .At that.:
exact instant,ttk stepladder fell
to the left. .Next thing I know.
1 am laying on thit groond .
Son-of-a-Gun. . .1 think to
myself that 1 must have broken
my Hba. . My aide sure hurts
where 1 fell on that ladder. .
thon^fe ? ' *et up and stort
paintingTike nothing Is wrong,
cause everyone of those kids on
the schoolbus is looking Hght at
!???
Maybe they will think 1 alwya
was looking Out the has win- ,
dows atmjb .Not a soul was
wwk^a.w.w.ua.
Trying to cheer myself up,
and at the same time trying to
hide my hurt and eigMrass
ment. 1 think, wefl. those kids
may got have learned anything
at scflboi today, but on the way
home they learned how to get
off a ladder quick. . .1 decided I
wasn't hurt too bad. se I
continued painting, after going
behind the tank and brushing
myself off.. .That night 1 was a
little sore, and as I showered, all
the injury 1 could see was the
imprint of the ladderteg on my
aide toward my chest. . .Next
morning i could hardly get off
the bed. . .Son-of-a-gun. was I
sore.. .1 took another look at my j
injury, and I looked like one ef
those rock singers who paint
themselves. . .1 was half black
and half white. . .So i have
made up my mind. . .Never
wave while standing on a
ladder. . .Never aay you will
paint something unless you
have the paint. . .Never esti
mate how large something is. .
Measure it. . . And. by the way.
at this writing. I still have half
that tank to paint. . .Wish me
luck.
I had planned to write some
type of Christmas story today,
and mailed off a letter to Santo
Claus to get some exclusive
news about the old sent, but my
mailman. Nathah Cottin.
brought the letter back to mc.
I don't know why. unless I
forgot the zip code on it. . . St* I
will just w ish you a Mffljjp.
Christmas, with the belief your
joys this Christmas will be
excelled oplv by the first Christ
mas and the Birth of Christ.. .
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National Spinning
Announces Expansion
Of Duplin County Facility
ijwV"? . ? v'f - -far.
Bob Williams, Plant Manager
of National Spinning's Bcula
vUle operation, announced his
company's plans for expansion
Of the Beulaville plant.
Williams stated, "The
expansion represents an invest
ment of over 2.S million dollars,
and will allow us to double our
manufacturing floor space
Construction on the 5,000
i
square foot addition will begin
immediately and should be in
full operation by July, 1978. The 1
expansion of our facility and
equipment will represent an
additional 70 jobs for our Beula
ville plant. Hiring for these new I
jobs will begin in Japuary, \
1978." I
Wiliiams expressed his com- <
pany's appreciation for the i
1 yj*. ? js
support and assistance given to
National Spinning by Duplin
County and in particular the
people of Beulaville.
The Beulaville operation for
National Spinning is an industry
leader in the production of
ppen-emf spun yarns used pri
marily in the men's half hose
md high fashion outer wear
markets.
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eM^t^ws^s
Home i*4vhere hearts are... especially during Christmas.
Our hope is that every home is filled .^rith the warmth
? of the true Christmas Spirit. Many^tfuftiks to everyone.
Duplin Times^Staff
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TRUSTEES VISIT WITH GOVERNOR HUNT
Members of the Mount i)li\c College Board of
Trustees from'Duplin (Joultov met with N.C.
Governor James B Hunt. Jr.. during his reecnt
visit to the Mount Olive campus. Trustees
present from Dupl" in luded: (from left) James
' V ; ?.* ' .
V- ci'-'": '? ?- ' '? ' *"'s ' I
B. Hunt. Sr.. Chairman of the Board; Arthur
Kennedy from Beulavilli; Governor Hunt; and
Dr. Hervy Kornegay of Calypso. Governor Hunt
was on campus in observance of the 250th
Anniversary of the founding of the first Free Will
Baptist Church in North Carolina (Photo by Kraft)
SAND DOLLAR TREE - IXin and Ku.ss Hrinson.
(onsnl Mr. and Mrs. Doe Hrinson of Kcnansville.
slum off their unusual Christmas tree ileeorutcd
with over three hundred sand dollars. I lie sand
dtiiluis aery lied with red hows ami hiniy on the
tin I lie Urinsoils collected the saiul dollars this
summer at topsail* Heaeh.
Court Schedule Changed
John A. Johnson. Clerk of
Superior Court, announced on
Monday that the District
Criminal Term of Court set for
the week of January 9th has
been cancelled.
All persons cited to fhc
District Criminal Court for the
days of January 9 through
January 13 are advised NOT to
appear on those days. The new
Court date for all those cited
during the week of January 9th
will be the week of January
Open House
The Staff of the Waccamaw
Bank of Kenansville invites
everyone to come by Friday
afternoon. December 23rd, from
three to si* p.m.. when they will
be holding their annual
Christmas Open House.
2Jrd- The new date will be the
same day of the week as was set
for the January 9th term.
Th<* cancellation of this ferm
(
of Court is due to the necessity
of using the Court Room for a "
needed term of Superior
Criminal Court.
Road Closed
The N.C. Department of
Transportation plans to close a
portion of SR 1715 0.2 mile
south of Cedar Fork in Duplin
County on January 3. 1978. This
closing is necessary in order to
replace bridge #240 over a
branch of Muddy Creek with a
pipeline. It is estimated that SR
1715 will rc-open to traffic at
this point within 4 weeks after
the above closing date. No
detour will be erected, but
proper signing and barricades
will be erected in advance and at
the work site, according to T.W.
Fundcrburk.
Duplin County Board Of Commissioners
. ^ ?
The Duplin County Bo*rd of
Cc iaeionors 1 nanl
mouaJy adopted a reaolution
barring sale of the county's tax
-<'? a I
-hj !js<1
Fu ell vex for th pc< rion
jfflei y against it.
lUe pc tfc ?? , r
?V
(jHini
1 Re es!
annual A i
be 20?l
more* thtn^n^
IKl^v?
raise $5,000 neat month to pur
chase the equipment used for
prying smashed motor vehicles
apart to rescue passengers
trapped in them.
It was also noted that at least
three State Highway Depart
mcnt signs indicating distances
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'
contract with Dyneteria of Dunn
to supply 170 meals a day at
SI.46 per meal for 250.
h approved in principle the
request of National Spinning
Co. to the County' industrial
Bond Commission for permis
sion to make a loan not ex
ceeding U million for expansion .
of its Beulaville plant The
onioatw oians to add !(X
so 18 -e ? to **
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increase the plant's capacity
from 17S.OOO pounds to 325.000
pounds of yarn pef week. The
project would add 70 employees
to the payroll.
?
Harry Oswald of Wallace and
Harold Kornegay of Albert son
were reappointed to the County
Development Commission.
An affirmative action plan for
county employees was aiao ap
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MAKES DONATION - Pictured above is Grady Mercer as he
presents a check of S200 to Mrs. Millie L Brown for the Duplin
C ounts Foster Children's Christmas Drive. It is contributions
from mans citizens of the county that make the children ba*? ?
joyful Christinas. Any donations may be sent to the Duplin
County Department of Social Services. P.O. Box 439.
Kcnansville N t 28349,
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