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VOL. XXXXIHNO. 6 KENANSVILLE, NC 28349 FEBRUARY 9.1978 8 PACES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
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Filing Ended Monday
Six More File For GeentyOffices
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The final day of filing for
Democratic and Republican pri
maries ended Monday with six
more candidates filing.
One S. Thigpen, Sr. of Beu
laville filed last week for County
Board of Commissioners. Dis
trict 3, which includes lime
stone and Cypress Creek Town
ships- Previously filing from
that district was incumbent
Arliss Albertson. , / y
Also filing in the Commis
sioner race for District 3. was
Allen D. Nethercutt, whiffled
Monday. J]
In District 2. Calvin C.
Turner, Sr. filed Monday for a
seat on foe County Hoard of
Commissioners. Previously
filing were incumbent Rmmett
Kelly, Dennis Smith,* Lewis
Miller and Randall Albertson
District 2 includes CSsIypso,
Wolfscrape, Grissom. Albert
son, Smith and Cabin Town
ships.
In the race for twpweats on
the Board of Educatiom Riddick
E. Wilkins of Warsaw and Deri
Walker filed last week. - y
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Board
Meets
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VRnuiujticb wnu n??c pic
viously filed are incumbents
?ussell Brock and Jimmy
Strickland, as well as Clayton C.
Williams, Patricia E. Broadrick
and Gerald Bell. The Board of
Education seats are voted on
cuumy*wiae? noi ujr uiauiua.
Filing for the District 4 Com
mission nomination are incum-.
bent J. Willard Hoffler, and S.
Franklin (Frank) Williams. Dis
trict 4 includes Rockfish and
Island Creek.
Mate Representative I.J
Baker of Wallace is opposed b;
Douglas A. Clark in his bid fo
Democratic renomination in th<
10th District.
Herman Quinn. incumbent
filed for coroner Monday.
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j ^icvcns, ill* Will j
' be unopposed in his bid for
' election to the post to which he
? was recently appointed. Judge
" James Strickland, also recently
appointed, is being opposed by
' Joseph C. Olschner of Jackson
ville.
Commissioners Meet, County
Allocated 50 Low Housing Units
James Dudlev. Executive meet and discuss the matter oercent in-kind non-federal reauest was for the eountv to
Director, and Mrs. Doroth
Tyndall, Assistant Executiv
/Director of the Eastern Carolin
Regional Housing Authority
Appeared before the Dupli
County Board of Commissioner
Monday to discuss the 50 low
rent housing units allocated t
Duplin County. These unit
would have to be built in an are
where <o water and sewer ar
available. Dudley explained tha
no county funds would b
involved. The Commissioner
catigfe of/the Local Authority t
the Government tor, a prelim
nary loan in ad' amount not t
exceed 125,000 fpr surveys an
planning in connection with lift
dwelling units. Dudley wii
arrange a meeting with th
-towns within the county t
decide on a location to build th
units. He also stated he wi
meet with the Neuse Rive
Council of Governments to se
t what area would be most suii
able and where the needs are.
Claude Hepler, Chairman fc
' the Board of Elections, a{
peared before the Board t
discuss unpaid fees owed to th
. Board of Sections by the Tow
of Wallace. After discussior
Hepler agreed to again bill th
Town of Wallace. Mrs. Winifre
Wells, County Attorney, wi
y with the Attorney for the Town
e of Wallace.
a Bids were opened on a truck
, for the Sanitary Landfill. Only
n two bids were received. The
s Board accepted the low bid of
r- $54,945 from Simpson Equip
o ment Corporation of Wilson
s with delivery date of approxi
a mately 45 days after receipt of a
e firm order.
t Frank Moore, Tax Supervisor,
e met with the Board to discuss
s the Use Value Schedule adopted
d for Duplin founty. The Com
e missioners voted to reclassify
i- ftfto-wha-crnsnrer-tend- aar
o qualifies for farm use value back
i- to its original base classification
o for tax purposes and the land
d use value will be set in a
y separate column for future
II references in case of sale or
e termination based on use. The
o Board also agreed to appraise
e household personal property at
II ten percent of the value of the
:r house.
e Leland Grady. Tax Collector,
t- appeared before the Board to
report on taxes collected for the
ir month of January and for year to
>- date.
:o Gene Ballard, Interagency
ie Advisory Council Chairman,
n met with the Commissioners to
i, discuss the winterization and
ie energy conservation program,
d He advised the Board that funds
11 amounting to $20,951, with 40
matching funds can be secured
for Community Services
Administration and can be used
for salary, crisis intervention,
and materials. Only $250 can be
spent on any one residence.
Secondly; a grant application
can be submitted for S4.172.
with no matching funds re
quired. to the Department of
Energy. Under this money. $400
can be used per dw elling. After
discussion pros and cons of
these monies, pie Board voted
unanimously to enter into con
tract with the State^f^North
vation and Winterization Pro
gram. and to advertise the new
position of Winterization and
Energy Conservation Coordina
tor with a salary of $846 per
month.
The Board voted to go into
executive session to discuss
personnel. There were eight
applicants interviewed for the
position of Recreation Director
for Duplin County.
A request of Sheriff Elwood
Revelle for $480 to match a
federal grant of $8,640 to pur
chase eight portable radios for
the Sheriffs Department was
approved. Revelle also dis
cussed with the Commissioners
a request from the Town of
Calypso for assistance to be able
to continue the police protection
services for the Town. The
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pay one-half the officer's salary
and to pay for the gasoline for
the automobile. After discus
sion. action was deferred until
later in the meeting.
A motion was made by Com
missioner Hoffler and seconded
by Commissioner Kelly, and
carried unanimously, to appro
priate funds for the projects
listed below: Salary for Town of
Calypso Policeman at $742 per
month for five months; Hire an
accountant to work with County
Accountant doing paper work on
federal grants at a salary of S846
nit: nit mtfUfgrt
a maintenance helper for
Willard Quinn at $711 per
month for five months; and to
allocate James Sprunt Institute
$18,000 for personnel. These
funds will come from Anti
Recession monies to be used hy
June 30. 1978.
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GED Test
The General Educational
Development (GED) Test will be
offered at James Sprunt Insti
tute on February 8 and 9, 1978,
from 5 to 10 p.m. The test
consists of five individual tests
on the subjects of English,
social studies, natural sciences,
literary materials and mathe
matics.
DUPLIN RAISES SI ,291 FOB PALSY - DupKnKes
.responded to the Cerebral Palsy Telethon over
the weekend by giving $1,291 to Cerebral Palsy
research. The GA's and Acteens of Kenansville
Biptist Church are shown above donating
$105.00 which they collected for the telethon. The
group canted the money to the Bank of Ntirth
Carolina in Kentnsvitle where the local telephone
center was manned. Their donation at 4 ;p.Jh.
raised the Duplin total to $954.00 Shown above,
left to right, tweeting. Dome Kennedy, Acteen,
Laurie Swain. CA; Amy West. CA; end Teresa
Smith. Acte?jh. Standing. Rose Swans. GA
Leader; Dotie English, Acteen Leaden Doc
? Brinson. Chairman. Duplin Cefebral Palsy
Telethon; andjUy Johnson. Chairman Telephone
Center. Brlnapa expressed this thanks to all who
donated, and to the Jaycees for their help. The
Telethon raised over S30p,000 In North CMolina
between 10 pan. Saturday and 6 p.m. Sunday.
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Since Magnolia has no Little
League organization, its young
sters play b<H ifc Rose Hill and
Warsaw. Opinion is divided on
the future of the school build
ings. which are in poor condi
tion. Some interest has been
shown in attempting to salvage
the auditorium, which is
separate from the main school
building. The recreation com
mittee Indicated it wants to
repair the gym for basketball
and volleyball.
Members of the recreation
I ' ? of thr newly created Recreation
Commission will explain the
suggestions will be accepted
. The recreation committee,
appointed by the Town Board,
recently planned two meetings
I to launch a park project on the
rile of the old MhgnoUa School.
I The abandoned school site was
donated to the Town by the
I County at the same time several
other abandoned school sites
I were turned over to other towns.
? The committee wants to try tpl
F establish ball fields and tennis
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? Crimewatch
I Kenansville has officially
J become a Crime Watch Town,
i <P Keep yout eye*
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committee are: L.E. Brown, Jr.,
temporal; chairman; Mrs. Mary
Ann Howard, secretary;* Nor
wood Chestnutt, the Rev. W.P.
Shipp, the Rev. Everett Bryan,
William Earl Mitchell and
James Underwood.
Long range plans call for
tearing down the main school
building. Finding money for the
project has been the stumbling
block, committee members have
reported, the Town has no
money to allocate. The commit
tee is hoping to obtain grant
funds for at least the basic work.
Whitley Announces
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Press Conference
Congressman Charlie Whitley
will hold a press conference i
Saturday. February 11, in order
to make aa announcement I
which will be of interest to all
who are interested in recreation
and the growth and develop
i ment of Kenansviile and Duplin
County. Assisting him in thin^
announcement will be several ?
Turner Files For
2nd District Seat
state officials if their schedules
permit.
The press conference will be
at Bill Brown's Restaurant
across from the Kenansville
Municipal Park at 9:30 a.m. on
Saturday, February if. 1978.
Make arrangements to attend
and encourage others. Refresh
ments will be provided.
Sudan Temple.
He is married to the former
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vera Rogers, aaugnter 01 tne
late Raymond and Annie RogtM
of Pink Hill. They have five
children. Thomas and Jo Amir
of Albert son Jo\ Mob!e> of
KenanavMe, Faye, a sophomore
freshman 'at ^'^plin fflS
Calvin C. savs. "My concern
is the iiime as concern of the
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people ? lower uxei? oener
Aiti^Atinn (L,. ? o
eauctuon, too tne ocncrmcnt
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The Kenansville Town Board
held its regular monthly
meeting Monday, February 6th, 1
1978, at the Town Hall in .
Kenansville.
The Board went on record to
endorse a resolution for expan
sion and improvements of N.C.
Highway 24.
Earl Hatcher made * motion
to support the resolution pre
sented by the Goldsboro Cham
? er of Commerce endorsing the
plan for 1-40 to intersect at
Faison with 117 and follow that
route to Wilmington. The
motion carried after a second by ,
William Fennell.
Mayor Judge reported on a
meeting for the location of 1-40
.to be held in the Smithfield
Selma High School on February
7. and in Benson Elementary
School on February 8. Commis
sioners William Fennel) and
Cordeft Johnson, Town Admin
istrator Woody Brinson and
Chief of Police Tyson Bostic wiliyj
represent Kenansville at these
meetings.
Town Attorney, W.E. Craft,
explained how the town could
sell the Blount property, after
which Mayor Judge reported
that the S10.000 grant for
preservation had been approved
atlhistime.
Commissioner Cotdell
Johnson made a motion to give
Attorney Craft the authority to
proceed with the seal bid sale of
the Blount House under <J.S.
#160A-268. The motion was
seconded by James 0. Johnson
and carried.
A motion by CotdeU Johnson,
seconded by Earl Hatcher, to
endorse the law enforcement
order allowing officers to am
off-duty weapons complying
with the State geperal Statute.
The motion was carried.
Amotion to release the SI. 225
values for S9.19 to Virginia
Washington waa carried.
A motion to release tax on
William P.McKay due to wrong
listings on car was carried.
^ A motion to list taxes ft*
Board that the timber oa the
THE TUCSON SOYS CHORUS - The most exciting Boys Chorus
M the World will be in concert Thursday, February lb, 1978 at
ifap.m. in Kenan Memorial Auditorium The concert iiiponsored
S the Tar Heel Fine Arts Society aM James Sprunt Technical
mstitute. The concert is a sell-out. There will be no admittance at
le door without tickets. Founded in 1939, the Tucson Boys
moras has been called ' 'Ambassadors in Levi V from the land
flfcactus and canyons. The Chorus has given tnore than 2,000
Sncerts to tumultuous acclaim throughout the United States,
upnada, Europe and Austrulia; has recorded under the Capitol,
firited Artists and its own labels; and has captivated televiewers
great choral organizations in that it has no church or school
affiliation - consists of over 100 boy*, between the ages of 7 and
N14. The Touring Chorus numbers 24 to 30 and is Chosen frotn the
best voices in the Training and TowneSinger CtMsuses who have
earned top grades in achool as well. By special aftraagement the
boys who tour are permitted to make up their school work when I
they return. The young singers who appear onstage in many
varied sets of costumes, travel in a chartered Greyhound bus,
which also carries scenic effects to transform each concert stage
into a bit of aid Arizona Clara Montgomery, the "Tour
Mother." goes along to look after the bgys. wardrobe and to
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