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CP flHHHBCP^VmSftS^EPIV ^ jlC^PC^HCI^r^^lCHniRijjjUp^Cv^C^ '?^J^BmUp?BrflBdHi?mCci VOt.IXXilllNO.32 KENANSVHJLE, NC 28349 AUGUST 10.1978 8 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX ???__ ? BEULAVIUE JUMOS MISS AfW HO C0UBT " The first BeulavUte Junior Miss Pageant was ' held Saturday. August S, In die East Dwfibi Pine Art* Buildiag. Winners, left to right, are Ludnda '1 Jfi v Wok ???$ * m mm: Maready, third runner-up; Jennifer MUler, Ant rnnnarftp; June Sandlin, Beulaville Junior Misa; Diane Blizzard, second runner-up; and Gwen Sholar, fourth runner-up. (Photo by Dolan Brown) June Sondlin Crowned A Beuloville Junior NViss wille Junior Miss Ssturdsy Miss SandHn is the of. , Mr. dWTMrs. 0?vidAllen Sandlin. ' First runner-op was Jennifer Miller, daughter of Mrs. Barbara Miller; second runner up, Diane Blizzard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Blizzard; third runner-up. Lucinda Maready, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rabat D. Ms ready; and fourth runner-up, Gwen Sholar, < daughter If Mr. and Mss' 1 Jimmy Stwlar. Janet Hogan of Norman was the very ca^?&)e Mistress of , Mist Debbie Sofemoa. the current North Carolina Junior Miss, and first runaer-ufTfor America's Junior Miss, wasillso on hand and did a specialty act to the delight of the audience. ' j The theme for the pageant was Saturday Night Fever. As part of the competition, the contestants did dance numbers to musk from the movie. "Saturday Night Fever." 1 While the judges vere making their final decisions, the audience was entertained by the Blanton- Dancers and Be bra were ere tented in four estf gories. The categories and winners were: Creative and Performing Arts. Diane Blizzard; Academic Achieve ment. Jennifer Miller; Youth Fitness, tie between Diane (Continued to Page 6) Health Director ' ' '*? *' W'? j For Duplin Dies Dr. Hamilton Wright Stevens, Jr., 63, died Thursday. Grave side services were conducted Saturday at the Barlow-Vista Baptist Church Cemetery near Holly Ridge. Surviving are his wile, Mrs. Mary Fair Stevens of Keaans ville; daughter, Mrs. James Stradley of Atlanta, Ga.; lather, H.W. Stevens, St. of Wilming ton; and three grandchildren. Dr. Stevens was Health Director lor Duplin County. Ha was a native of Wilmington and had a life-long career in Public . Health. He was Health Director of Onslow-Pender County during World War II, and 1 implemented the building of the Onslow County Hospital and f Health Center He was Uteri Health Director of Wilson t?iinty and had constructed a health center there. He then became Health Director of Bun cimth CofgfUy and constructed a health enter in Ashevilie. He was pest president of Wilson County Medical, Public Health > jbMnrlalloii and the N.C. Local Health Association. He was past ofesident of the Southern Branch of the American Public Health Association and a member of the North Carolina Board of Sanitarium Examiners. Id 1967 he was recipient of the Chrl V. Reynolds Award for outstanding services in the field ct preventive medicine. The family requested that donations may be made to the American Cancer Society. 1 Son-Of-A-Gun Found On Pogo 6 l" ! KOTAKY JOINS J-K BAND BOOSTERS FOB PANCAKE SUPPER - A joint kickoff pancake supper meeting between the Warsaw-Kenans ville Rotary Club and James Kenan Band Boosters Gub representatives was held last Thursday during the Rotary regular meeting at Brown's Restaurant. The supper will be Friday night, September 8, at 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. prior to the first James Kenan Football game in the JK cafeteria. All proceeds will go help buy uniforms for the JK District Band. Rotary club members will be in charge of cooking and serving with the JK Band Booster members selling the tickets. Pictured (L to R) W. P. Fennell, representing E. E. Smith Jr. High; Carl Price. Band Booster Chairman for the Rotary Club; Bill Taylor, principal at James Kenan High School; Faye Price, Treasurer JK Band Booster Gub; and Gaudette Hedrick, Band Boosters Gub. Duplin Board Authorized Purchase Of Land ^fjwJJUaanostU Laboratory Near Rose Hill "inBiwy ^ The Ceunty Bond of Co# mission ers authorized the purchase of 10 acres of ted Monday far the proposed Nerth Carolina paltry and livestock Diagnostic Laboratory. The Board appropriated the $24,000 for the site on U.S. 117 and SR1137 north of Rose Hill. The state proposed the laboratory several weeks ago to serve the large poultry and live- - stock industry of the region. Duplin County agreed to famish the site. The state asked for a minimum of five acres. Commissioners said the pur chase will be completed follow ing the necessary survey and title search. ?TX The county also has a 90-day ] option on one acre at one corner i of the site. The acre is owned by I the Masonic Lodge, which is I asking $5,738.21 for the plot, i Commissioner D.J. Fussell, in 1 making the motion to purchase < the 10 acres, said the corner lot ' is not needed and omitted it. R.Grubbs of Calypso com- i > }?? ? ? ' ? ^ Jk. <; *< plained that he was taxed too much for his 70 acres of farm land within the Calypso city limits. The prime farm land is assessed at S900 per acre, Grubbs said this would be just aver $63,000 and that his actual valuation was set at $81,330. The Board pointed out that in addition to the land value, the buildings had to be considered. Buildings on the property were valued at $16,000. and a tobacco allotment at $3,890. Under the farmland use law. which allows land to be taxed on the basis of its value as farmland rather than (Continued to Page 5) Test Scores Show Duplin Students Losing In Higher Grades Results of s battery of tests administered to first, second, ( third, sixth, and ninth grade students in North Carolina show that scores of Duplin County students begin to drop below the national grade equivalency at the third grade and the gap widens at the sixth and ninth grade levels. The test results released last Tuesday by Superintendent Charles Yeiverton show that Duplin's first and second grade students equaled or surpassed She national average grade equivalency for the test. Reading, math, spelling and language tests were administered to third grade students in Dnplin County luring the seventh month of the school year. The average grade equivalent for third grade students in the nation, accord ing to information released from the Department of Public In struction, is?. 7. The grade equivalent scores for the average third grade student in the Duplin County School system were 3.3 in reading. 3.5 in math, 3.3 in language, and 3.6 in spelling. The national average grade equivalent for the sixth grade test in reading, math, language and spelling is 6.7. The grade equivalent scores for the average sixth grade student in Duplin County were as follows: reading, 6.2, Math, 6.5, language, 6.5, and spelling 7.1. At the ninth grade level, the average grade equivalent for students in the nation is 9.7. The scores for the average ninth grade student in Duplin were as follows: reading, 8.0; language, 8.7; and math, 8.5. The trend of the Duplin County third, sixth and ninth grade students to fall below the national grade equivalent is also seen in a comparison of the . state-wide results from North Carolina and the national average. While the state grade equi valent average begins to Call below the national average at the third grade level also, the figures show that the difference is not as marked as is the difference between the national grade equivalent scores and the grade equivalent scares lor the county. Reading and math tests were administered to first graders in Duplin County during the seventh month of the school year and, according to the infor mation, the average grade equi valent scores for first grade students in the nation is 1.7. The grade equivalent scares for the average first gtgde student in Duplin County were 1.7 in reading and 2.2 in math. On the second grade level, which bad a national grade equivalent of 2.7, the grade equivalent scorea for the average second grade student in Duplin County were 2.6 in read ing and 3.0in math. As part of the testing pro gram, teachers provided socio economic date (family income and education background) about each Duplin student. That data reveals that the ethnic makeup of Duplin County schools is 44 percent non-white, while the state as a whole is 23.1 percent non-white. Statistics re ceived from the testing bureau show an average of six months difference in achievement in white and non-white students on the third grade level, one and one-half years at the sixth grade level, and two years at the ninth grade level. The data also shows that the difference in achieve ment ability of Duplin children coining from families with an Income less than 55,000 an nually is significantly lower than that of children coming from families where income is S15.000 or more annually. As an example, the difference in achievement on the tests in third grade, between low and high income, ranges as much as lVi years, three years dif ference at sixth grade, and nearly four years at the ninth grade level. Duplin students whose parents had no higher than an eighth grade education did not score as well as those whose patents had a high school education or some education beyond high school. Another interesting statistic obtained from the test data, was the fact that girls achieved at a slightly higher level than boys in all grades in Duplin County. ACHIEVEMENT TEST SCORES State annual achievement test scores have been translated into grade equivalency scores. The national standard has been established as a comparison base to read the grade year and the school year month, thus 1.7 means first grade, seventh month (the month the tests are taken) and this is the national standard for the first grade. Scores higher than the standard for each grade mean the students exceed the standard achievement, likewise scores lower, .aean lower achievement. A score of 8.5 for a sixth grade means it scored 1.8 grade equi valency achievement years over the standard. A 7.8 score for a ninth grade means it scored 1.9 achievement years under the standard. The national standard for each grade appears beside the grade number. i TM BL>! Slialiiil Grade One 1.7 I 1 . Math r Grade Twe 2.7 Math Grade H?3.7 . Reading .:y'" ' v Unguage Math " Total Battery Grade ?ti7 ? ' 1 Math Total Battcrv i ii ?? Grade Mm 9.7 Readia< Language Math ... B.F. Grady 1.8 " 1 2.3 __? 2.8 &5. f , -? " 3.7 a ijt ? ? jy " .I'" -?V- si ; 6-2 . . 8.3 " >? ' 5.9 ? . "i -? v. M'l I' " $ | ? lp@Jp ????? Beulaville ?.9 2.6 ' ~? ?.o i,9 - - 3.r * ? V, 3S .^;j 33 '.'If ''? '?'J 1 11 ?.0 ?* < ?El ?-? 1 1 1 . W.MMI Chinquapin II 1.SJ >. ii in 1.7 i.' i ' ?? "* 2.4 1 2.9 ~ 3.2 3.4 t 'f; 3J - " J 6.5 ; 7.9 6 J ? Warsaw Hem. 1.8 . 2.2 2.7 ?i 2.9 34 3.6 i ?*' 3.3 " 1 8? 3.4 V'l "* ____________ 5.7 Keiwnsville ?'A W j.'> is 1.7 - flfe"." > 3.3 2.8 3.2 - ' 3.4 ?* <% 3.2 *? 1 1 "? ' " i>.? 5* #i 6.0 58 North D. Efem. 1.8 2.4 2.6 3.5 3J 3.3 3.S 3.4 5.8 K-; $.6 ' 6.0 t ?5.9 r ? ."i Rose Hill Mag. ? J ** 18 - 2.6 3.0 H 1 j 3.3 "" 3.0 ~"*i 3.6 ? ? 3.4 S.9 - 6.5 6.9 6.4 P?* I W?U?ce I I I 1 ? E.E. Smith I 7.4 _a? * 8.1 " r''"9:?,1 I -Jjjki n/). East Duplin 9.0 .7.9 * 9.0 _s VitilJi,,. North Duplin ? 7 0 4 \ 7.4 I r 7.7 | W-RH 8.0 8.9 8.9 Warsaw Jr. High 7.7 8.8 ? " 11 1 8.0 ???? State 1.8 2.1 2.8 3.2 3.5 3.6 3.6 6.3 6.6 6.5 9.0 9.3 ^ f .0 .ut. i.. ?
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