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VOL.XXXXII NO. 40t KENAMSVILLE. NC 28349 i OCTOBER 5,1978 $ PAQES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUft TAX |
Son Off A Gun
iy Joo Lonlor
THE DRAMA CONTINUES
TEMKBS FLARE AGAIN
On August 21 at the County
Commissioners Meeting,
Commissioner Emmit Kelly
made a motion to restrict the
use of the vehicles at the County
I^od Fill... They were not to be
used for traveling to lunch.. .or
to and from home even those on
24 hours call. . . The motion
passed on a three to two vote. .
.with commissioners Fussed
and Hoffler voting with Kelly, ]
Costin, and Albertson voting in
oppsitkm. . .It was also at this v
time Commissioner Fussell
asked the Board to name him
the Landfill Commissioner
Which they did. . .The position
was previously held by
Commissioner Hoffler who had
from its inseceptioo. . .When 1
asked why. . .tempers flared. .
Kelly stated "We had to start
somewhere".. .Commissioner
Albertson states..."This was
not the reason "..."Then what is
the reason." I asked...Intemi
dating remarks were made by
myself and others... I was finally
left with only the remark of
Commissioner Kelly..."We had
to start somewhere"....This was
printed...however, I did not
believe the truth had found its
jjag_putv.At the meat mccttuj _
Kelly stated be may-have acted
to swiftly and wanteds resewd
the motion to restrict the use of
the landfill vehicles....that It
was unfair...mote study was
needed...and Kelly re
commended a committee be set
up...a vote was taken and this
time Costin and Albertson voted
with Kelly...Fussell and Hoffler
voted in opposition... Angrily.
Fussetl stated he had been let
down by the Commissioners...
and he read a statement into the
minutes in reference of voting in
opposition in favor of the tax
payers...The story was printed-.
but the truth had not yet
surfaced...in my opinion*..At
the next meeting no tempers
flared, but a committee was set
up to look into a county wide
vehicle use plan..-dor all county
vehicles...At the following
meeting which was held Mon
day, October 2,...Chairman
Arlis Albertson and
Commissioner Bill Costin sharp
ly criticized an article headlined
"Fairness May Cost Tax
Football
Contest
Winners
S.E. Godwin of Warsaw was
tiw winner in last weeks football
contest by only missing 2
games.
Three other contestants tied
for second place by only missing
3 gaipes. Dallace Grady of
KenansvOfe won the tie by
gnessiag closest to the most
points scored by one team. Gwin
Grady of Wilmington and
Michael Beit of Warsaw were
the other enterics missing 3
games.
, Coming close by missing 4
games were the following:
Bucky Baker, Wallace; Steve
Medlin, Wallace; Pay Costhi.
Warsaw; Lethco and Katheryn
Wrenn, Warsaw; Dalton loose.
Magnolia; Dan Moore. Warsaw;
Sherman Futch, Warsaw and
Stephen Hales, Warsaw.
The contest is sponsored each
week by Smith Brothers Gas
Cmnpany of Magnolia; Beula
viMe Gas Company of Beulavitle;
West Auto Parts Company of
Wprsaw. Keuansville, and
Beulaville; Brown'* Cabinets
aad Millwork of Rose Hill;
Service Oil Company of
Warsaw; Kenansville Drag
Store of Kenansville; Warsaw
Duke's of Warsaw; New Duplin
Warehouse^of WaUace; and
payers ...in less bold bead- ?
lines "Fussell And HofQer^j
Voted To Save Tax Dollars"...^
The article appeared in the \i
Oswall Newspapers. The
Wallace Enterprize. and The
Warsaw Faison News....and ac
cording to Commissioners Al?|
bertson and Costin was not ;
factual,..Numerous errors werwi|
in the article...And it was ?.*>'
biased article....Albertson andi;
Costin exchanged heated words*
with Commissioner Fussell who
is quoted in the article...But the .
drama is not yet over...For
again in my opinion the truth of
the matter has not yet been
told...Perhaps the quiet onct^
will eventually speak
It is Fall, or Autumn, which
ever you prefer...The coolness::
in the fir has been sharp enough
to cut some of the leaves off the |
trees....and they have been
chasing, the big trucks up and
down the toad in front of my .
house....but never completely
leaving the yard....until they are
forced to do so....Following
some brisk raking and pileing...
todays methods are quite differ
ent from those of yesterday...In
The pro-airconditioner days*.,
a home was prised* by the
amount of shade around it...*
afd the leaves that Were so cool
to be under in theaoHMfer heats
one up in the fall Taking... Most
of the yard" rakes were hand
made...some perhaps were
called yard brooms...Small
branches from a dogwood were
often used to make these yard
broom rakes...and if the home
was fortunate enough to have an
abundance of shade...chances
are it would take a two horse
wagon to hall off all the leaves...
The yard rake also reminds me
of the corn shuck scrubber....
This was s board with several
holes bored in it wifh corn sucks
stuffed in the holes...The thing
of course had a handle...but it
was many a generation away
from todays spoung mop...and
the scrubbing was inuch differ
ent from todays...damp mop
ping...lye water was used....
hands off up to foe wrist....
after the scrubbing...the floor
was ringed...with several buc
kets of water splashed on the
floor....and then swept out the
door...but that wooded kitchen
floor was bleached practually
white...and a dropped biscuit
was usually quickly recovered .
and eaten....Son-of-a-Gun
[Briefs]
HARVEST MOOM SALE
Warsaw Merchant* in
connection with the Area Cham
ber of Commerce will sponsor a
Harvest Moon Sale Friday,
October 6. Stores participating
in the sale will be open until 9
p.m. Friday night.
BRIDGE BENEFIT
The Warsaw Library
Committee will sponsor a bridge
tournament Tuesday night,
October 10. at 8 p.m., in the
voting room of the old Warsaw
Police Station.
Proceeds from the tourn
ament win go to the Warsaw
Library Fund. Cost per player
will be $3.00.
Contact Mrs. Gerald Quinn.
Mrs. Frank Steed or Mrs.
Brooks Boyette in Warsaw for
more information.
MISSIONARY TO SPEAK
AT GROVE PRESBYTERIAN
The Rev. Fred Dinkins. a
missionary of the Presbyterian
Church U.S.. will preach at 11
a.m. at the Grove Presbyterian
Church on October 8. The
Lord's Supper will be celebrated
at the service. The public is
? _ a - ? ^ m A _ - ? ai. a * ti. ii _ .. a ?
attend this service
POULTRY QUEEN AND COURT - Emma LuciHttMahn
(second for loft) of Wilmington was crowned North Carolina
Poultry Queen in the 16th annual pageant in Kenawville.
Saturday night. From left to right: 197Nfcultry Queen Denis*
Ricks of Graham, first runner-up J an a Ann Critcher of Corner,
and seggnd runner-up Deborah Ann Whitley of Stanto^rsburg.
The pageant is the opening event of the week long Poultry
Jubilee sponsored by the Rose Hill Jaycees. A nightly carnival is
held during the week, with the big Jubilee Day coming on
Saturday. October 7. The parade will begin at 10:00 a.m.
followed by dinner at 12:00 noon and the cake auction at 2:00
p.m. Activities will take place all during the day.
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In Duplin Over Weekend
Dekalb Wells of Teachey
reported losing 40 feeder pigs
valued at SI ,400 to thieves over
the weekend.
Duplin County sheriff's
officers were probing this theft
Monday while continuing in
vestigation of an earlier theft of
35 head of feeder pigs from the
tarm a mile east of Rose Hill.
The pigs were valued at 91,200
in that theft
The two thefts were the first
pig thefts reported to Duplin
authorities in many weeks. Only
10 pigs were reported stolen in
the county during the first eight
months of the year.
Joseph D. Teachey of Wallace
reported 100 sheets of metal
roofing, valued at $250, taken
from a shed at Faison.
Bill Faust of Warsaw reported
a canoe, valued at $225. stolen.
In two break-ins theives did a
reported Sl.OOO worth of
damage and obtained only $5 for
their efforts. Bob Cavenaugh.
owner of Tarheel Motors east of
Wallace on N.C.41, reported his
building entered, and damaged
to the extent of $500, but
nothing taken. R.H. Lanier
reported theives broke into his
auction barn at Lyman and
obtained $5 in change while
damaging drink machines to the
extent of $500.
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Jennifer Miller Semi
Finalist In Scholarship j
Competition ]
Charles R. Powers. Principal
at East Duplin High School,
announces the selection of Miss
Jennifer Lynn Miller as a semi
finalist in the National Merit
Scholarship Corporation com
petition. ?>
Semi-finalists are named from -
over one million students en
rolled in 18,000 high schools who
entered the 1979 Merit Program
by taking the 1977 Preliminary
Scholastic Aptitude Test /Nation
al Merit Scholarship Qualifying
Test (PSAT/NMSQT). Only 342
semi-finalists were selected from
North Carolipa. which represents
the top half of one percent of the
State's graduating senior.
Semi-finalists meet other re
quirements to advance to finalist
standing. . Scholarship winners
are chosen from the finalists, and
will be announced in the spring.
Jennifer is the daughter of
Mrs. Milton Si Miller. She is a
well-rounded person with many
accomplishments in academics
and other areas. She has won
science and English Certificates
of Achievement. Is a member of
the National Honor Society, and
Miss Pageant of 1978, in which
she was first runner-up. She is
an accomplished ballet and jazz
dancer and has given Many
public dance performances. She
is captain of the varsity cheer- !
leaders this year, and has served
as cheerleader for both junior
varsity and varsttyli^Jhe has
performed in Drama Cth^ pro
ductions. and. is historiia of
Dtklha Ciuf. tfifc yearmSr 'ist
a member of the Art ^lub. 1
Monogram Club, and Intertfub '4
Council.
CONCERT SERIES A SELL-OUT!
Lloyd W. Parker, President of the Tarheel Fine Arts
Society, reports that all memberships for the 1978-79
Concert Series have been sold. He further stated that
memberships had to be limited, unfortunately, due to the
seating capacity of Kenan Memorial Auditorium. Parker
would like fo take this opportunity to express his
appreciation to all the sponsors, patrons, and members of
the Tarheel Fine Arts Society for their support and
assistance in making this year's program an obvious
success.
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Taxation And Wildlife Regulations j
Protest Presented To Hoard
Two sttong protests came
before the Duplin County Board
of Commissioners Monday, one
involving farmers against what
they consider excess taxation,
and the other against the new
state wildlife regulations.
Saying "farmers ask for the
least but the most is. expected
from them." Katy Hill of Woif
e scrape expressed the feeling of
farmers across the country that
taxes, particularly land taxes
ate too high.
To the board's expression of
sympathy, she commented
"that don't help my tax bills a
bit."
Mrs. Hill came into the
meeting to protest the valuation
of a 30.56-acre tract, located in
some of the best forming area of
the state.
She said the new valuation
was $27,460 (the octenial reval
uation of Duplin County has just
been completed). The previous
valuation of the land was
$5,190. The board explained her
land was listed at $810 per acre,
which was neither the highest
nor lowest farm land valuation.
Asked if she would take $810
an acre for the land, Mrs. Hill
said it isn't for sale, but if it
were for sale she would want
more money than that for it.
Mrs. Hill also said it appeared
to her that the North Duplin
High School didn't get its share
of the tax money for various
things in connection with the
school.
After the session, Mrs. Hill
coommented. "I prayed. Lord
I'm going in there and open my
mouth and you make the right
words come out."
In asking the board to write a
letter of protest to the N.C.
Wildlife Commission. Joe
Wallace of Kenansville said only
four out of 120 persons attend
ing the hearing last week on the
new state wildlife regulations at
New Bern indicated approval.
He said he got the meeting
chairman to call for a show of
hands on agreements or dis
agreement with the regulations
and only four persons said they
thought the new regulations
were all right.
Wallace claimed wildlife
Commission has too much power
without enough checks on it.
He said 18 persons from
Duplin County attended the
hearing and only two of them
favored the regulations.
Wallace insisted Duplin
County should be in another
wildlife district. It is in with the
coastal counties, he observed,
and their principal interest in
the field is sports and commer
cial fishing. He said Duplin's
interests, being an inland
county, are different and it
should be with other inland
counties.
Concerning the wildlife
commission, he said "they say
they will do as we want them to
do, but past history shows they
won't."
In an internal dispute.
Commission Chairman Arliss
Albertson and Commissioner
W. J. Costin told Commissioner
D. J. Fussell they did not
appreciate the working of state
ments he made concerning
saving of tax money through a
resolution about personal use of
county cars.
Fussell was quoted as saying
unofficial business use of these
cars (three vehicles connected
with the landfill operation were
particularly mentioned earlier)
costs the taxpayers $5,000 to
$10,000.
Albertson and Costin said
Fusscll's figures were wrong,
that records show the entire cost
for a year of operating the three
vehicles is $3,400 and that one
of the vehicles is assigned to a
maintenance man who is on
24-hour call.
Underlying the dispute was a
resolution adopted by a split
vote last month to prohibit use
of county vehicles for any per
sonal purpose and to prohibit
employees of the landfill depart
ment from taking them home.
The resolution was rescinded in
mid-September and replaced
by one calling for a study unit
consisting of a commissioner, a
commissioner-elect and the
county accountant.
The board also set up a
juvenile task force on the ques
tion of handling wayward
juveniles who are troubled but
who have not performed actual
criminal acts.
Names to the task force were ,
Mary Pace, Ida Ray Mites, i
Linda Day, the Rev. James :
Stokes. W.E. Craft, and Marie ?
Vincent, all of KenansvHIe, Ms.
Johnnie Rose Whitman of Pink *
Hill, Sara Johnson, J.A.
Johnson and Jim Flowers, all of
Warsaw, and the Rev. Daniel ]
Gordon and Lester Moore of
Rose Hill.
Nine Duplin County Towns To Receive A
Total Of *193,722.12 For Street Work
...
According to State Trans
portation Secretary Tom
Bradshaw checks totaling
$193,722.12 have been mailed to
9 municipalities in Duplin for
local street Construction and
maintenance- The monies
makes up Duplin part of the
1978 allocation of State Street
Aid (Powell Bill) funds of $33.5
million.
Of the total amount allocated
An nart of fhf* Pr>wf*li Rill Fund*
pmn me rwen mil runas.
V-??5-., , T &' -*?'
75 percent is proportioned
among the municipalities on the
basis of population and 25
percent on the basis of non-state
system local street mileage.
Each municipality furnishes its
own certified local Street
mileage and the population
figures are the most recent
annual estimates of population
as certified bp the North
Carolina Department of Ad
ministration.
The 1978 allocations for
Duplin towns are as follows: > riU
TOWNS 1
Beulaville
Calypso
Faison
Kenansville
Magnolia
Rose Hill
Teachey
Wallace
Warsaw
..vUVJ '? .
1977
ESTIMATED
POP.
1310
450
610
840
690
1750
250
3110
3160
(3/4%)
POPULATION
INCREMENT
li,902.31
4,432.09
6.007.95
8.273.24
6.795.87
17.235.91
2.462.27
30,630.#'
31,123.13
i ''
CERT1F
NON-SYS.
MILES
9.90
6.15
8.34
8.44
8.30
14.64
1.82
26.96
18.97
v 1,-^V
U/4%]
mileage
increment
7.062.01
4,387.01
5.949.21
6.020.55
5,920.68
10.443.22
1.298.27
19.245.77
13.531.96
{!%]
TOTAL
ALLOCATION
19.964.32
8,819.10
11,957.16
14,293.79
12.716.55
27,679.13
3,760.54 "
49,876.44
44,655.09
STEALS THE SHOW ? Little
Miss Rose Hill. Deborah Jean
Smith, won the hearts of the
crowd gathered to watch the
crowning of the 1978 Poultry
Queen Saturday in KenansviUei
Deborah. 9, sang for the aud
ience and received a standing
ovation from everyone there...
including the judges who were
the first to stand. Deborah is the
daughter of Rev. and Mrs.
David Smith