VOL XXXXI11 NO. 15 4''t KENANSVILLE, NC 21349 APRIL 13, 1978 10 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
Southern Association Committee
Visits James Keltan High School
The committee for accredit*
tioa by the Southern Association
visited James Kenan High
School last Tuesday and Wed
l?1?n Tuesday, April 4th, the
visiting committee met at the
Duplin County Board of Educa
they wctcyytlod by
2m tf D^taCmrnTsSS.
I nat evening tnc ?> committee
til for a banquefcpn*
et was a joint affair for JK
Warsaw Junior High
On Wednesday, April 5, the
committae returned to James
Kenan at 8 mm. and visited
until 5 p.m. During the school
observed the faculty and met
The committee met with
Principal BUI Taylor and the
faculty at 3:1S p.m. to give the
results of their findings. James
rated, and Taylor was' praised
etcpMsksT'of ^"llbn^snd
that a student government be
farmed at JK, and Principal
Taylor stated that such an
orjanliarion^ould^be estab
Mrs. Mary Dixon Brown
servid ii chairoerson of the
self-study for James Kenan
High School. A year-long in
depth study that included manj
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meetings with the faculty and
' administrators, culminated with
a fine report from the visiting
. Ijpojnmittee.
. The self-study of James
, positive results. "The faculty,
staff, students, administrators
?ml ill other involved oenoM in
this worthwhile project are to be
commended for their hard work
and efforts," said Taylor
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Whitley Announces
Grant For James Sprunt
tart?
tut? to Kenansvtlle for a pilot
interdisciplinary humanities
course. A two-year year tech
nical institute, James Sprunt at
present offers no courses in its
occupational curriculum which
can really be considered to the
humanities. ?'.n?
Baseball
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^DWe^th^^baB^^^
Saturday, April 15, at 10 a.m. at
the Kenansville Municipal Park.
Players must be 8 years old
before August 1, and not 13
before August 1. Boys who
played last year do not peed to
try out since they will already be
assigned to their last year's
team.' ,'Y" ? * ??
5 ? a. a ? ? MM M
wiH be teem-taught and guest
lecturers will also be used. This
grant will cover course develop
ment, implementation and
evaluation, and is one of 29 pilot
I~
u.ai|| / rarimtlii mmimwArn*I L
grants recently awarded ov too
Humanities Endowment in a
continuing program of support
to institutions of higher . edu
cation.
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TO APPEAR W KBUMStuU - The National Opera Conpuy,
founded in 4948 by A.J. Fletcher, a Raleigh attorney and
businessman, will appear in Kenan Memorial Auditorium in
Kenansville on Tuesday. April 18th at 8 pan. in a performance of
"The Barber of Seville" under the sponsorship of the Tar Heel
Fine Arts Society and James Sprunt Institute. These engaging
end enthusiastic young ?performers, chosen from nationwide
auditions, maie new and devoted friends for the cause of' 'Opera
in English." They are both entertaining and fun, as witnessed by
the spontaneous laughter and applause} ingredients too often
missing when an English-speaking audience attends i conven
tional performan?^op<^^^^^^^^^^^^^Y^
experience andemployment to young sieging artists. The remits
have been outstanding, lp annual tours covering moot of Ac
United States, these professional troupes have performed nearly
that have ocvw'beforewifri caged live operatic perfoflfcaaegg.
TWa production is offered free of charge to the public,
compliments of the Tar Heel Fine Arts Society and James Sprunt
Assistant Superintendent Scotland Countv Schools Elridse
Thigpen. Principal Greene Central High School; Bill Taylor.
Principal James Kenan High; Rock Sanders. State Department
Of Public Instruction; and Tommy Benson. Chairperson. Warsaw
noN ah u mo
T
JAWS ARRIVE?The Duplin County Association of
Rescue Squads received its Jaws of Life power
rescue tool Sunday. Shown at a meeting at a
Kenansville restaurant Are 1-r: Margaret Bodzin
ski, vice president of the association and captain of
the Chinquapin squad; Hiram Brinson, director of
Emergency Services fete* the county; Clarence
Evans, chief, Magnolia'Fire Department; Herb
Walls, a representative af the power tooLcpmpany
receiving the check for $5,616; GlewrJernigan
n/ 1 . 1 i???/ . t
/ chief of the Faison Rescue Service; Anthony
Williams, assistant chief of the Beulaville Fire and
Rescue Department; James Simmons, lieutenant
of the Rose Hill Fire Department; Larry Benson\
captain of the Warsaw Rescue Service; and county
commissioner Arliss Albertson. The Jaws will be !
kept in Kenansyille and will be available to all J
rescue sauads ialhe county. The money was raised 1
through donations from individuals, businesses, in
dustries and the Duplin Board of Commissioners.
mmw'w a Gun
I By Jo* Lonier
?' 'HB met a most unUsual man
.while back. He is Johnny H.
Williams, Sr. He was named
_ i fjfcplin County's Oldest Em
ployed Worker. In fact, this is
Mien I met him ? when he was
awarded the honor.
fH9L^is 85 years old and is
employed at J.P. Stevens' guest
hpuse. . .He also farms. . .Last
week I went out to talk with Mr.
Williams and found him and a
couple of ladies in the straw
berry patch chopping weeds.
!He said he had been raising
?- Strawberries, or messing around
$heih. since he was a youngster
4f about 12!.. That, my friends,
was back about 1905. 1 talked
Wth Mr. Williams for several
hours. . .Or rather, I listened. .
.He is a very interesting story
teller. and I do Kke tales of
yesterday. .Especially
? amusing ones...
s He said he worked in the log
? woods and pulled a crosscut
saw. ;. ."Short fellows don't
j? make good sawing partners. . .1
K liked a long, tall fellow with long
E-arms sp we could make that saw
F sing as it went through the log. .
?' .A short-armed fellow would
H work you to death with them
K little short strokes," He was
paid 3 cents a log. . .Worked
B: before that as a water boy for 25
F' cents ii day. . ."1 never have
L.a a. I... ..J .
pccn uirc iu i?j ucu-r emu uicmu m
job. . J just went ahead and
done it.. The harder it was, the
harder fhit it," says Williams. .
.And he apparently did it well. .
.He and nis wife had nine
children and sent all but one
through col lege..
Recalling his younger dass.
WUIianfc said. . ."When I was
about IS or so, 1 had a little ox
named Cannonball (after the
train)... Well, Cannonball was
poking along, like oxen do,
pulling a hand-hewed cart. )
And I got me this ^ green
thought_I could take U out firorrt
.He fun6that cart into some
busies and turned it over. .
? JGoq. was I ever glad when that
burr fell out. . .. And you know,
when an pld oxnets hot. he wilj
just go right on into the water. .
lotd^nealfyou want^andhe win
Williams says he likes ail
kinds of Tiunting. ? -But not
fishing. . ."No sir, not me sit
down on no riverbank with a
hook in the water. . .They
might not be a fish for a
hundred miles. , .Hunting. . .If
there is nothing there, you can
see that fact and go elsewhere".
...
There is a treat deal more
about Johnny H. Williams, Sr.
, that is interesting and will show
up from time to time in Son-of-a
Gun... Johnny H. Williams, Sr.
is not 85 years "young". . .
Personally. I do not like that
phrase. . .H? is 85 years old. .
.He is like an antique. . .His ?
value has increased with the
years. . .Like that of many
others... -
Grandmas, Grandpas. Moms
and Dads are walking history
books of yesterday., .They were
a part of it. . .They lived it. .
.And from them you can get a
wondrous amount of informa
tion. . Information about what
it was like right here. . .Two
miles' (town the road. . .Or
across the county.. .This type of
information is not in the history
books end. sadly, will not
always be here. . .Not only wiH
you help yourself discover
thingspf yesterday, but you will
al& help someone older by
simply by listening. . .And
maybe passing it on. . .The
older generation is a treasure. .
.Don't be robbed bv not askinv
somebne to share it. . .Most of
the things in Son-of-a-Gun re
ferring to yesterday come from
this older generation. . .And by
the way, I am always looking for
?ew sources. . .Any sugges
ts?. ..
? ???**
?. If you watch western movies,
( am sure you have heard the
phrases used by the Indians. .
.White *yes. . .Speak with
forked tongue. . .It is surprising
these Indians knew of such
things as.. .the government and
electric companies saying con
serve electricity, and in the
same instance giving those who
use the most electricity a
cheaper rate per kilowatt...
Someone this week was tell
ing me about a fellow going to
the creek to get a pail or vater..
?As he dipped his bucket into
the water, he saw an alligator .
house and told ins mother, who
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USING THE JAWS OF LIFE - Duplin County rescuemen got
their first chance to use a Jaws of Life power rescue tool Sunday.
Glenn Jernigan, center, of the FaisOn squad, and another
unidentified rescueman pop off a car door as Herb Walls, a
power tool tympany representative, gives instructions. The Jaws
was paid for Sunday with over $5,000 raised by rescue personnel
in the county. It will be available for use by all eight Duplin
County squads.
(From Mount Olive Tribune)
Kenny Houston Rotary
Student Of The Month
Kenneth Edward Houston,
son of Mr. and Mrs. LeadelF
Houston of Warsaw, has been
selected as the Mai; Tlirtdiiaii
oftbe Month by the KenansvtUe
outstanding football player at
JK. He was named to the All
Conference team and won
Honorable Mention honors on
the A|!-East Team. He has also ?; .
lettered in basketball and track. '
Keqfiy has beet a home room
repMMntative three years and
is a (Member of the Monogram
Ctobt; He plans to attend EJon
College in. Greensboro.
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