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Son Of A Gun
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?hots, turnips, water
. on?. and a $14,000 mopa
B f. * bX f?e School
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-ir .*** i"to ?*? other ever
*** <"*, ? -Unbiased" i,
o?0 of Ae words used by Dr.
E.L.Boydttt. School Board
IS?Te^, wb*o he m?4e a
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**?"*?tche<L , .How could inv
r"thc thinking 'ofV th??
j' ' ?* . SHRtfliQHS
?nf rmo ititisnt
I fc^r">8 iJ oollhotainkIt is an
*?Tle by the paper or radio
St?000 ? ? ? j
I <*"?**> or wUI
be, $14,0w for the first year,
according to the resoiotioa.
?Half, or $7,000, wilicoroe from
I Coupty Taxpayers ?
and the other $7,000
*? oon>e from then indirectly
? JT way of a Federal pnarun.
The $14,000 will be used for
? Salary and travel.
P* of thoae unbiased reports I
from the School Board earlier
I this year said there was no extra
money. . .Yet, here is a brand
new program that this year will
take from the pockets of the
sc. cTi. rrc
voting for approval of the new
portion were Dr. Boyette and
? yd Rhodes. . Jimmy Strick
land was chairman and did not I
vote, but he could have. .
?Graham Phillips voted I
jfc ? -Russell Brock was not
I there. ?? ? 11
Did you know a sling (or
slung) shot was considered a I
owwalad weapon if h were
hidden in your pocket?. . .Sgt.
PtWgen of the Highway Patrol
said it was.. .As a child, I never
was able to hit what 1 was
aiming at with one of thoae
things. . .And. in my hands, I .
gneas it might have been con
ideted a dangerous weapon ?
bet not in the same sense as it
was in young David's. . .
Pridgen was telling me of a
fellow being able to shoot and
hit a half dollar thrown up in die
air. . .And Glenn Jernigan says
there is a sling shot sharp
shooter in Fsisoa.. .Says he can
hit anything. . .Perhaps some
? ? ? ?hooommm n clinn ak/W
ajafesaws
!|ft to took up? this sharp
M % couple of fellows lived in
Warsaw several years who were
fWfifts tar their tall tales.. One
Hme characters lived in a
''flue on a busy street and sold
BflpriUielons from his front
efirch.. .He kept several knotty'
fims on the porch, and one
gHMce. long, large melon. .
AiZ cent melon was a Msh
melon bgck then, but I
|Wo came to buy a melon
t^Hphsk about the large one. .
Ahi the fellow would say.
.Wffiui! that omc." .After a
?wii i%? Sf ? ?iinDi)fy uic perSOIg
would ouy the Isr^c inclon. . ,
And si sooiaa he would carry'
it off. the fellow would go in the
house and bring out another just
like it....
Ode day the fellow was at a
gas station and tfas bragging
about the size of his turnips. .
.He was making an indication
with his arms ? showing his
turnips were extra large ? say 4
feet across ? when his buddy
walked in. . .Those standing
around said to his baddy, "Did
you hear how large he said his
turnips weref". . ."No, I
didn't." he said, leaning up
against the iced drink box and
propping his cane against the
bottle opener,.. ."But I win tell
you they are large.. .1 drove by
there die other day and draught
it was a new ground.. .and that
those turnips were stumps." . .
Son-of-a-Gun
EAST DUPLIN
YEABBOOKS
The 1978 East Duplin year
books that were back-ordered,
arc now available at the school.
They may be picked up between
8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday .
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MmIKiiIi lor Dopttn Cowdy by liifai maty L
Steveas. .00 At u* 14 ! 978. d was oca
ip ijv jolsn JobO??k of $np#ti*r Optivt
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Education Board To Hire
Public Affairs Director
The Board of Education
passed a resolution Monday
night authorizing the hiring of a
public information director for
Duplin County Schools.
The resolution caHed for
$7,000 from the Board's contin
gency fund, and $7,000 from the
Elementary and Secondary
Education Act funds to finance
die position.
D>r. E.L. Boyette, of Chinqua
pin, Made the motion saying he
believed more feature articles
should be done on some of the
school system's programs and
on potent participation, and that
the Board should have control of
an unbiased person for such
work. Fred Rhodes seconded
the motion.
Graham Phillips opposed it,
saying, "The people are already
on us for overstaffjng the
administrative office. 1 am
against adding another person
here. If we have this money, I
would rather see it go into
another school."
The Board also received a
plan from architects Ballard,
McKim & Sawyer of Wilming
ton to call for bids on the
proposed Kenansville Elemen
tary School September 28th.
Below is the construction
jpphedule of the KES as pre
sented by the architects.
The Board also approved
S3,660 from the contingency'
fond to pag the 6% salary is*
crease planned for teacher aides
in kindergarten classes. The
State provides 54,700 in salary
for such aides. The county has a
Scale graduated upward from
?nc to ten years of service, and
to maintain its schedule of
raises, the added money was
required. Superintendent
Charles Yelverton pointed out.
In other action, the Board
approved a contract for Mount
Olive College to play basketball
at the North Duplin High School
gym for $1,500 plus $500 for
janitorial services.
The Board tabled a motion by
PhUlips^omeeMwice^^
once on academic matters, and
the other on housekeeping.
The Board approved an in
crease in lunch and breakfast
charges to adults to meet the
new Federal regulations requir
ing adults to pay the actual cash
equivalent cost of such meals.
The lunch charge was raised to
90 cents from 70, and the
breakfast charge to 45 cents
from the 35-cent price. Students
pay 50 cents for elementary and
55 for junior and senior high
school. These charges will
remain the same.
I
Bobby Hasty Dies
From (Auto Injuries
Robert Vance (Bobby) Hasty,
23, son of Mrs. Hortense
Tyndail Hasty of Kenansville.
died Monday, August 14th,
from injuries received in a
one-car accident near Demarest,
Georgia, on July 27th.
He was a 1974 graduate of
James Kenan High School, and
was employed by Hull Poultry
industry of Cornelia, Ga. He
was active in sports in high
school and was named to the
1973 AU Conference Football
Team.
A graveside service was held
Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Golden
Grove Cemetery in Kenansville.
Survivors, in addition to his
mother, include two brothers.
Rudy Hasty of Warsaw, and
Bfte Hasty of Washington.
In lieu of flowers, the family
requests donations be made to
the Athletic Department at
James Kenan High School for
the Bobby Hasty Memorial
Fund.
SCHEDULE FOB KENANSVHLE ELEMENTABT SCHOOL
i
August 14 - Presented to Duplin Board of Education
August 17 ? Plans and Specs, to Contractors
September 28 - Receive bids
October 1 - Begin Construction
August IS, 1979 - Complete Construction
:Whitley To Visit Duplin County
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sasjigj&te ?
imTouflCM last inOrsoay tfiat
be will be in Duplin County on
Wednesday, August 23rd.
The Congressman will be in
Wallace from 9:30-11 a.m. at
the Town Hall, and from 3-4:30
p.m. at the Agricultural Build
ing in Kenansville. Persons
wish to
disata^ With (he Congressman j
can see him daring one or the
?hove times
Whitley also plans to visit the
Wallace Tobacco Market, attend
an auction Sale, and meet local
tobacco fanners.
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MAYOR SIGNS PROCLAMATION Beulaville
Mayor Marion Edward* (seated) is shown
signing a ploctarnation designating August as
Cystic Fibrosis Month for the Town of Beulavilie.
Also pictured, standing, (L to R) Barbara
Murray, Cystic Fibrosis Chairman, and Rosa
Rhodes, Assistant Chairman. The Beulaville
drive will conclude with a special program at the
East Duplin Fine Arts Building on August 26 at
7:30 p.m.
Tri County EMC
To Have Open House
An open house of the new
headquarters of Tri-Cdunty
Electric Membership Corpora
tion at Dudley will be held from
3 to S p.m. on Saunday. August
20th.
The new headquarters is
located on the east side of U.S
Hwy. 117, just north of Dudley
The 20,800 square foot building
contains the Co-oo's adminis
tration offices, warehouse, and
shop facilities. The contract for
.the project was awarded to
ClOOcey and Theys of Raleigh at
S783.000. Hoi l<m a v and Reeves
of Raleigh were the architects.
attend invhcd t0
Robert S. Holmes, Tri Couuty
EMC'* General Manager, and
Waller B. Jones. U, Represen
tative of the Governor's Office,
head a delegation to greet REA
Administrator David A. Hamil
and to welcome Hamil to North
Carolina and to Tri-County
EMC. (Jpon arrival at the
Kinston airport, Hamil will meet
Holmes and Jones and the other
members of the welcoming
committee. Then the group will
go immediately to the Tri
County EMC headquarters to
participate in the open house
and building dedication.
? _ - -
Educational Fiold Day
The Helping Hands Club of
Duplin County is sponsoring an
educational experience for all
young people aged 14-18 on
Saturday. August 29th at James
Sprurrt Institute at 2 p.m. in the
Hoffler Building Auditorium.
You are asked to come to
meet the representatives from
the surrounding areas to extend
your knowledge of higher edu
cation and what it can do for
you. your families, and your
communities.
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ror Turtner information. (x>n
tact Fajre Bryant. Deborth HB,
Loretta Miller or Verlene
Murray. ' .J,,':-,.,
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Fine Arts Society
1978-79 Season
TARHEEL FINE ACTS SOCIETY BEGINNING ITS FIFTEENTH
SEASON WITH MOST EXCITING SEKIES OF PEBFOR
MANCES YET ? Last year's subscribers are being contacted for
first opportunity purchase of season tickets. Last year's season
waa a complete sell-out and interested parties should make early
contact with area chairmen responsible for ticket sales. Any
remaining tickets will go on sale to the general public September
5. The schedule of performances for the 1978-79 season is:
November 8, 1978 - Duke Ellington Orchestra; December 11,
1978 - Boots Randolph; March 9, 1979 - The New Christy
Minstrels; and April 10, 1979 - An Evening with Rodgers and
Hammerstein.
The 1978 year will feature the internationally famous Duke
Ellington Orchestra, directed by Mercer Ellington, composer,
arranger, and trumpet player. The band library contains all the
famous compositions and arrangements, and he has steadily
reactivated items in it that had become less familiar through
neglect in recent years. His father was so prolific that there was a
tendency to emphasize the "new one" at the expense of the
past. It is now possible to see his majestic output in some kind of
perspective and to restore classics to the prominence they
deserve. This, Mercer is systematically doing, and he is also able
to spring enlightening surprises by playing compositions written
by his father that were never publicly performed. The band's
performances have been presented at Wolf Trap in Washington,
the Ravinia Festival in Illinois, Robin Hood Dell in Pennsylvania,
Duke University in Durham, N.C., and the Steel Pier in Atlantic
City. Although Mercer's own individual talents were inevitably
overshadowed by those of his father, such creations as "Things
Ain't What They Used To Be," "Jumpin* Punkins." "Blue
Serge," "The Girl In My Dreams," "Moon Mist," and
"Broadway Babe" testify to his creative ability as an arranger
and a composer _
Homer Louis (nicknamed Boots) Randolph was bora into a
musical family where everybody played some musical instru
ment -- just what he played didn't matter. Boots began on the
uke, and in grade school switched to the trombone, which he
learned to play without the help of music teachers. During high
school, Boots switched from slide trombone to the sax. He played
in his brother Joe's combo at dubs, lounges, and army camps,
and when drafted In J945, most of his soldiering was done in an
Army Band at Camp Kilmer. A magic move was sonde in 1*58
when a tape of Boots' pining "Yackety-Sax" was sent to Chat
Atkins, musical director at KCA Victor in Nashville. Atkins Used
Boots' style and sound, and hired trim for some recording
sessions. Boots Kandoiph Is a co-beadtiner with Masters Festival
of Music, has been booked by leading night dubs across the
country, lhas appeared on all major TV shows in the U.S., has
given hundreds of personal conceits in die U.S. as well as
personal fpffewoT in Japan, IBs compositions include
"Yakety-Sai," "Cacklin' Sax," "Little Big Ham," "Chkfrln
the Rough." and "Simple Simon."