E16 li i^w p PI^P m^ * w ^K www^w ?tr I IBBf . 5W>yj- iM^tk3KiiAk? X1^ -J***."** M*mk *f Dm?Aw ? '|B I ' m i 1 PK90P29S ^j(i IIIIbJbiII J^SIBI^i jl ? ? ____^?______-___ i llAi m-m,,,, _. 9 VOL. XXXXID NO. 4.1 KEN ANSVILLE, NC 28349 OCTOBER 26,1971 12 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX jp?-? ?- ?????__?____________^__ l-VtfitA. < Son Off A Gun t* tonlot It was November 2, 1977, two day* after Halloweoen. . .The tine was 6:21 p.m. . . Dusk dark A big blue 1977 Ford trackor truck * was bob-tailing down Sural Road 1735 in Sampson County (bob-tailing is traveling, without a trailer.) . . The big truck was being driven by Anthony Wayne King, and seated beside him was his wife. Teresa. . . The two were on unfamiliar reeds, aa they were from Willow Springs. . . Sud denly, and without warning, the couple came upon Rural Road 1740, a tee intersection. . .The big truck must turn either left or right . . With tires squealing and smoking, the truck could not make the turn. . . It plowed into a ditch and flipped upside down in a corn field. . . The metal cab did not hold and crushed down on the two occu pants, pinning them inside... A call for help went out. . . Firemen and Rescue Personnel from Faison, Suttontown, and Mount Olive came running with ted lights flashing and sirens blowing. ?. The Highway Patrol and Sheriff's deputies feom Duplin and Sampson Counties, along -w^h the Faison Police with the reflections bouncing ok the vehicles st the scene... And there were generated white lights from the rescue vehicles, v And inside the upside-down truck, Anthony Wayne King was dead. . .IDs wife had a broken arm, leg. and multiple sprains. . . Feverishly the rescue people worked... It took over an hour before Teresa Was removed from the wreckage. . . She was rushed to Sampson Memorial Hospital in Clinton... It was over two hours before workmen were able to remove the lifeless body of 20-year-old Anthony Wayne King from the crushed-in cab Why?????. .... Why did this accident happen? Why didn't Anthony Wayne King see the sign, slow down, and stop at the intersection?... The reason?.. ? A Halloween prankster hsu stolen the stop sign.. . And the only thing then when Anthony Wayne King looked was a dark colored pole. . . Then Is no ' doubt in my mind that this was murder. . . Hot intentional, but murder, just the seme. . . Halloween is almost hen again. those thoughtless fools who woukj remove a stop sign, a bridge embankment matter, or any warning sign from our highways, should be told of the dangeti . . Any parent pndiM one of these sign* in their offspring's room should im mediately find out where It came from and advfep the Highway people, D.O.T., or the Highway Patrol. . . if oo other way. anonymously. . . Hope fully, another death or serious accident may be prevented. . Possibly, even, yours.. .And by all means, if you spots pule with a sign missi^g^repost it... I keep toeing stories about those opposing the School Competency Teat Program. . .In my .opinion, this ia one of the few positive things the State tea dooe for education hi quite some time. . . The dollars keep flowing into education with no assurahce of any positive results days a week, several months a year. . , It appears we went to i sleep one day, and while we were asleep things happened. . At one time, society thought that if it was worth having, it was worth working for.. .Slowly we have become foe society that thinks if you can get it without working, why workT . . . Federal, state, and local pro grams giving away dollars con tribute to this type thinking. . But somewhere, some time, someone ia going to have to understand you can't give a person an education. . .You can give that person a diploma, but you cannot give knowledge. . I There m no way around it, outside a science-fiction movie - knowledge can't be dished out like dollars. .. Son-of-a-gun ... I East Duplin Wiorehead j scholarship Nomlnoos Jennifer Lynn MUier and Jeffrey Braofci Bostic have been ?elected by the East Duplin High School acholarahlp I committee as Morehead I Scholarship nominees. Morehead awards are I hhiarary awards accompanied I bye grant of S3,000 per year to cover all costs of attending UNC-CH. Miller and Bostic will con pete with nominees from other I Mgh schools in die county for nomination to the District Selection Committee. Morehead I Scholarship winners are selected on the basis of moral force of character, leadership characteristics, scholarship aUlhy t extra curricular achieve ments, and physical vigor. Jennifer transferred to East Duplin from Hampton, Va. at the beginning of her junior year. She has had twelve yeese' training in ballet, jazz, and tap sttenrifio a?Ml innfumrf In . number 'of performances with the^ Newport News Community andPis presently an aasistaat dance instructor with Debra Bianton in Beulaville. She has choreographed and directed '5&??seS year. She has won several scteace awards, and was first renner-up end Academic Achievement Award winner in the Beulaville Junior Mist Pageant of 1971. She is also a semi finalist in the National Merit Scholarship contest. Jeffrey Brooks Bostic's teveraf'years' work at a volun teer with die Potters Hill Fire Department, service in hit (.U?r.,U a- nrocifSW . ^4*} "? ? 'ssiwHC' Calypso Dinner Changed VflC ^HYpw rire ????%.?? and le?cwe^rbew(tol>?^h?? *;? precede the Ni MUl Jbpiii, Rosewood football game, which was also changed to Thursday ??? night Plates are $2 50 ?; ' * ? V \ y~- ,, ' '/ ?|* | ?' ?' f* sv"' ?'} \ f '-T ' ' J Duplin Students Take State-Wide Cbmpetency Test Nov. 1 & 2 ' 7-7 ?/.% " v On November 1 and 2, Duplin County eleventh grade students will be among the 80,000 students to take the first competency test. The tests are designed to enable students to apply the reading and mathematics skills problems that face all of us in our daily live*. The skills needed for these tasks are taught to all students in North Carolina schools. The tests set only minimum (reading and mathematics) requirements for a high school diploma. In order to snceive a diploma, students most ptss the competency test and meet all other state and local graduation requirements. ? Students who do not receive the minimum score will be given remedial instruction; will nave additional opportunities to take the test up to the last month of the twelfth grade or until the student reaches maximum school age as defined in G.S. f 115-163 as 21 years of age; and will be tested on only those : parts failed. Students will receive a diploma if they meet all state Hk i ? &. and local course requirements i and achieve a passing score on the N.C. Competency Test, a certificate if they complete all state and local course require- < ments but fail to achieve a passing score on the Com- 1 petency Test; and a transcript, ; whether they receive a diploma or certificate. The test measures the student's ability to apply eleven basic mathematics skills and ten basic reading skills to indicators of like tasks. Results of the test will be available around the first of the year. ' " I ? J GUspk. left, daughter of Mr. and Mrv'chart Renrv Glaspie of Route 2, Warsaw, and Lydia Rector, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rector of Route 2, .Kenansville, were crowned co-queeoa Friday night at half-time of the James Kenan-Wallace-Roue Hffl Football game. Duplin Boards To Spread Cost Of Kenansville Elementary School A plan to spread the con struction costs of the Kenans ville Elementary School across two fiscal years, in order to meet the aneipectedly high cost of tile project, was approved by the RflMgM^K A? '.jWi fXT, Duplin Board of Education tfld Board of CommifMNfcfl Monday in a special ' The low bid*, openeMHobef 3rd. totaled almost $200,000 more than the $1.2 million appropriated for the project in June. By spreading the coat over two fiscal years, the addi tional items needed to tarn the school complex into a working unit can be added. The low bids did not include an estimated $150,000 for fur niture, $30,000 for paving, $11,600 for a bus canopy, $25,000 for contingency money, and $16,000 for the last 20 percent of the architect's fee. Total cost including these items Is estimated at $1,625,000. Monday's action came after die Board of Education last week discussed three alter nstives: 1) To go back to the county and ask for the additional $200,000 2) To attempt to borrow the money from the North Carolina Literary Fund headquartered in Raleigh 3) To try to work out a continuing contract arrangement to carry the costs across two fiscal years. After Herb McKim of the architectural firm of Ballard, McKim & Sawyer of Wilmington, explained the county should not have to pay out more than S948.169.19 to the school building contractors before the end of June 1979 (the end of the current fiscal year), the Board voted to take this arrangement. Commissioner J. W. Hoffler made the motion, which was seconded by Com missioner W.J. Costin. Included hi the motion was the return of $200,000 of the building appropriation to the county. The Board of Education approved the action prior to the Commissioners' vote. Russell Lanier, county attorney, was directed to take the contracts to the N.C. Local Government Commission Monday for reveiw and possible approval. Russell Tucker, county accountant, said the Commis sioners will have to appropriate the remainder of the money as its first appropriation measure of the next fiscal year. Contracts will be awarded upon final approval of the Local Government Commission. Low bidders are: General Contract, Hardy-Harvey of Kinston. $925,634; Kitchen Equipment, Jacobi-Lewis of Wilmington, $75,990; Plumb ing, Kinston Plumbing of Kinston. $73,290; Heating, T.R. Driscol of Lumberton, $207,737; and Electrical. Darden Electric ofGoldsboro, $111,871. No School Friday Teachers To Attend NCAE Meeting Duplin County Students w? have a school break Friday while the teachers attend the Annus Professional Conference in' District 13 of the North Carotins Association of Education ai Clinton High School. ? . Representatives Charlie Rose and Charlie Whitley will make brief remarks during the 11 a.m. general session. Each Congressman represents part ?f the territory covered by NCABrs District 13. . This year's conference abO; will be notable in that it will be the first official visit to the district by the new NCAH Executive Secretary. Lloyd S. Isaacs, who baa pledged to re establish the teacher as the focal point of education, bases, who took over the top staff spot for N&E last July 1st. will be the main speaker during the general Band Day 7";??*'f ??. 'W'.\ The Wallace-Rose Hill District lend Boosters will be sponsoring their fourth annual Bend Day on Saturday, October 28 at Legion Stadium in Wallace. Barbecue will be served from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. at S2 per plate. Other goodies will be for sale. Six guest bands will begin competition at 1 o'clock. Daylight Saving ^ Tim* Ends k Sunday Daylight Saving Time will end: W October 29du ? ? -Jtotnember to aaikMe rtlri gA A tftAaie sot your ciqck ditc* one nour before yoa retire on Saturday night, as we return to Easter Standard Time. . . Spring up, ^ Fall back... WARSAW ELEMENTARY HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL AND COUNTRY STORE - The Warsaw Elementary School P.T.O. will be .sponsoring a Halloween Carnival and Country Store HaRoween night, October 31st at 6 p.m. Each suite will sponsor a game with prizes focjsveryone. The cost will be minimal, and each suite wffl have it different game 11 Ivwth. Re* plsrmsii anu Haunted House. Oo Fishing. Bingo. Cake Walk. BAn Rag Toss, Fortune Telling, etc. A Country Store will be hJM* the gym at the s^me time. Some of die items planned for the Country Store are: Needlework, including aprons, Christmas decorations, needlepoint and uochoisd articles. Handicrafts - including wreaths (corn shuck, nut. etc.) end Home cooked goods - including cakes, pies, jellies, jams, canned goods, pickles, and relishes. A Hot Dog Sapper will be held in the cafeteria. You are invited to have supper at the school and make a night of it. Shown above ere Melba Bowles, right, and Joyce Bell, left, two of the Halloween Carnival committee members. They are presenting some of the crafts and handiwork that will be for sale in the Country Store. Football Contest Winners One contestant missed three predictions to win first place in last week's football contest. Garrett Ladlum of Coats took first place, while four other entries missed four predictions to tie for second place. R. J. Andrews of Warsaw guessed the closest to the tie-breaker, most points scored, to claim second place. Other entries missing only four games were: Jackie Whitfield of Kenansville; Mark Craft of Kenansville; and Mary Allison Frazelle, also of Kenansvilie. The contest is sponsored each week by Smith Brothers Gas Company of Magnolia; Beulaviite Gas Company of Beulaviite; West Auto Part Company of Warsaw, Kenansville, and Beulaville; Brown's Cabinets and Millwork of Rose Hill; Service Oil Com pany of Warsaw; Kenans ville Drug Store of Kenans ville; Warsaw Motor Com pany of Warsaw; Duke's of Warsaw; New Duplin Warehouse of Wallace; and Walter P. West Insurance and Real Estate, Inc. of Warsaw. MUNICIPAL COMPLEX OPEN HOUSE - The new" municipal complex in Warsaw official ribbon-cutting waa held Sunday along with open houae. Mayer Samuel E. Godwin (left) cut the ribbon, aaaiated by the Town Commissioners Alfred Herring (right), Town Administrator, was also on hand to help with the tour guides of the complex. The complex houses the town hall. Sice department, rescue squad. Chamber of mmerce. magistrates r^frivar license examiners .and a large meeting hall It ts located an the corner of Bay and Front Streets. & : t: ri