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VOL. XXXXQ1 NO. 49 KENANSVILLE. NC 28349 DECEMBER 7,1978 10 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
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The builder of Duplin's new
jail said he would be finished
aw) out by JanuMy 1. ffTg ..
Igb small. . . Seams the isdo
-iw ways to itfovv s wmJs or
Of rWURTO ?IIIi ? V/uC DOSSI"
. Aad now. once again, it mains
extra tax money is going ta be
spent. . . And we scratch our
heads andwonder ? Why hire a
professional if you are not going
to listen* his advice? V-e.?'* *v
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1 was at Warsaw Elementary
School Tuesday night to a
Reading Lab Program explana
tion. . . I came away thinking 1
was deprived when 1 was going
to school. . . (1 didn't use the
word educated because the
more I see. the less I think I dm
educated -- or perhaps I should
say. the more I need educating).
UnmSMraw Cadia CaicAa a
tfiuwcvcr, Jduic rttiMjn, a
Reading Lab teacher, wad
demonstrating a set of radio
headphones Tn which six dif
ferent programs could be
received simply by changing
channels en the side of the
headset.. .She told us to put the
headsets on far a trial run ?
which we did. . .She talked
through the headsets, and I took
mine off to look It over while she
was talking. 1 heard her say. "If
everyone can hear me. raise
your right hand." .. .She said it
several times, and then she
said, "If you don't hear me.
push the little black button on
the side of the headset.". . . I
then hear her shut off the
headsets, giggling...
Duplin County's new Repre
sentative to the State House.
Dour Clark, has bought himself
a Cadillac. . . And he bought it
from Burn's^new C^Bm?
Morehead City aa. it was to
Wilmington . . Doug has a pat
"WriT SkIs what the majority
wtnts.". . . Now everyone,
knows, vou Will never oet the
majority of Duplin County'a
people at one place to ask if that
is realty what tMr wanted...
By some means or another, a
littkjweeefopnd
Smstmu^aad the^rlfrig^^r!
aiidget a trap, eMch I set^and
that night the modae got caugjit
by his legs, aad was not deM
the next morning when Donna
got up. . . She heard the trap
being moved. . . EEEEEE....
The mouse was looMng her right
in the eye. . . "I'll kill mis
mouse," thinks she. . . So she
got the insect sprayiand sprayed
the mouse... It did no good, so
Joe was called to get rid of the
monster. . . Speaking of
lived in Elizabetfctown several
years ago. we were only a
.couple of blocks from a peanut
storage warehouse. . The
fellow we rented the house from
said it would be a good idea to
keep the commode top closed. -
<SMi. we did not qwtstion why..
until oae day. while jf was seated
there. I heard aliotse and looked
to see what it was. . . It was a
wharf rat coming up through the
waters. . . 1 began to flush the
commode quite rapidly to try
and force this big rat back .
And luckily. I did. . . I talked
with the owner, and he said rats
would get into the sewer lines at
the peanut warehouse and toy to
get out through commodes. .
Weil, needless to say. in a very
short order, we moved. . . It is
very difficult to nit on a com
mode knowing that at any time a
big rat might pop up in the
water... Son-of-a-Gun...
television onow
L?EkfrJ<cilBT,n"?r wLtiaj
with the Kenansville Beautifi
catioa Committee aid The
liberty Hall Commlaaioa la
gagtag "Chriatmaa at Llbetty
feature* will be (km deriagihe
Greenville fcaa taped a aegment
that will he aired tH? coming
Friday oa 'Carolina la The
Morning WCTI T\ i New
gerti wil be at Liberty Hall on
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?ad myselfHQ be guests of Jim
Barns on 'Caijdlina st Noodlan
December 14 to. talk about
Liberty Hall OB WECT-TV in
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TTumingion, ooyu iMk , ? i
"Christmas at Liberty Hall" will
be very special, and the tele
VI son stations in the area are
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[ra ici sincsr viewers lie pwi _
of it.'' Boyd explained thai pur'
of the Binding lor the .
infrjiwi m Ma
Ww po&mQw irons a grant
awarded to THE LIBEBTY
&sxh??ry *iong
\$ -Christmas at Liberty
opens to the public on
Oetwmber 10fcom5-7p ? with
te62?rfi3
Will ww ?
13 at regulat admission ? ri
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Industrial Director Rusher Resigns
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New County Board Sworn Into Office
in the final action Monday of
the previous Duplin Board of
Commissioners, the Board
accepted the resignation of
James T. Rusher. Duplin In
dustrial Development Director,
effective December 31st.
The Board then adjourned for
new members Calvin C. Turner,
Allen Nethercutt. and S. Frank
lin Williams to be sworn into
The new Board members -
mum appointed to a committee
to study the county manager
ftrm of government.
Williams indicated his
support for hiring a county
rafciager. He said about 80
counties in the state use a
trator systemf and suggested s
ceatad purchasing agency be
Wj. Costin agreed. "A county
manager would tie -the county
government together, r|ther
than allowing MLto go aft in all
directions," WfiBams shid> He
alsfr-said a sothmissioner tends
toptsh his own area or depart'
njeoi at the expense of others,
' while s county manager would
Commissioner D.J. Fussefl
strongly disagreed, contending
that a county manager would
create ''just another department
that costs *40,000 to 560,000 in
county money. The department
heads know more about what ,
they're doing than any county *
manager, and if they are not
doing their job. they should i|rf
released. V each of as repte-j
sents a deportment, we jhiM I
.be able,to-etWy"Brings out the
same Aa county manager." *
Nethercutt said he believes it
would be "hard to run a bust
ness when you only tend to It
twice a month."
Cos tin was named chairman
of the Board, and Williams wa
named vice-chairman.
Chairman Costin requested
each Commisaioner to act |S
liaison between the Board add:
the Mftowing departments. re
spectively: Fusiell ? Mental:!;
Health, who commented that be?
has acted in this capacity for
nine years, and feels he should,
not aerve inky longer,, and.
wished to icdgn the position, -.
Fussell agreed to serve.
Commissioner Nethercutt -
Public Buildings and Main
tenance; Commissioner
Williams - Landfill. Garage, and
Mosquito Control; and Com
missioner Turner - Emergency
Medical Services. Jail, and
Airport.
Costin requested the Clerk to
the Board to instruct all depart- .
ment heads to meet' with the
Board at the next meeting. The
Board discussed department
heads providing quarterly acti
vities reports of their respective
departments, and the need for
informing the public on
services.
Dr. E.J. Raman, Mental
Health Director, extended an
invitation to the Commissioners
to visit the Mental Health
facilities of the county and the
state. He also discussed the
merging of the Duplin-Sampson
Area Mental Health programs.
Sheriff T. E. Revelle met with
the Board to discuss complaints ?
received on the Beulaville
Drive-in Theatre showing
' X-rated movies, and Fussell
discussed with the Sheriff and
the Board a complaint received
regarding inhumane treatment
of dogs. The Sheriff said he
would check into the matter.
Woody Brinson. Kenansville
Town Administrator, met with
the Board to discuss Community
Development funds and
program priorities. He reported
that January 22. 1979 is the
deadline for submitting appli
cations. JUWL-JluU. .two - public
hearings must be held prior to
January 10th in order to get the
applications in. Duplin County
is high on priority for funding,
he stated, and the maximum
application is $500,000 for any
one community. Brinson told
the Board that a Citizens Ad
visory Committee should be
appointed to assist the Com
missioners in making decisions.
Committee appointments will be
discussed at the next meeting.
The hearing witl be held
December 21. 1978. and
January 4. 1979
A financial status report was
presented to the Commissioners
on each department.
A report on unobligated cash
balance was presented, with the
total amount to date
$329,953.84.
A letter from the County
Attorney to the Eastern Con*
struction Company calling for a
$1,000 penalty was presented to
be made a part of the minutes.
Meeting Held
"If there it one child involved I
with drags, then we have a
problem." said Deputy Glenn
Jernigat at the Drug Awareness
meeting Thursday night in
Warsaw.
The public was invited to the
meeting to make residents of
the area aware at Jhe problems
and possible solutions offered
through the schools, law
enforcement departments, die
Mental Health IMpdlrtment, and
the home.
A panel spoke to the 100 plus
attending the meeting. The
panel members included Mary
Brinkman, Home Drug Aware
ness; Bill Taylor, principal of
James Kenan High School; H.E.
Bowden, principal of Warsaw
Junior High; J.P. Strickland of
the Board of Education; R.P.
Wood. Warsaw Chief of Police;
Glen Jeraigan of the Sheriff's
Department; Bateman of the
S.B.I.; and Lethco Wrenn. a
N.C Vocational Rehabilitation
staff member.
The public attitude toward
teaching drug awareness
classes in school had changed
from opposition to insistence in
recent years, J.F. Strickland
said.
"When you are talking to
your kids about drags, the scare
approach just doesn't work,
uiey probably already know
more aboat drugs than their
parents, anyway." said Mrs..
Mary Brinkman af Faison, a
recovered alcoholic.
She commented. "Even
though our children had the
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same drug or alcoholic problems
we did. we still were not able to
communicate. We sought coun
seling," she added. Mrs.
Brinkman said she had been
"on the wagon" for 10 years,
and her husband for nine. 'She
said all three of their children
had suffered drug and alcohol
related problems. Two of the
children are pow in college,
studying in the field of social
problems, she said. Mrs.
Brinkman said she had offered
her services to the Duplin
County School system as a
result of her own personal
experiences and from studies
she had taken this past summer
at Rutgers University.
"There is a drug abuse
problem in all North Carolina
schools," Bill Taylor, principal
at IK, said. At James Kenan, he
said, studbnts suspected of
using drugs are put under sur
veillance. The school is small
enough that such problems are
easily spotted, he added. He
said six students had been
suspended this year in a mari
juana case, and last year three
cases of marijuana. and four
cases of wine use were spotted.
He advised, "When and if a
parent is called about a child,
the parent should come to the
school with an open mind and
not a belligerent attitude in
defense of the child."
Warsaw Police Chief Wood
said parents call him to their
homes tor talk about problems
they are having with their
nr to identify sub
"i^k: a ."fe '.?> . srif'Is,
stances they have found. He
said most of such problems with
which Hb comes in contact are
problems of the home. Wood
said two pushers and 24 users of
marijuana have been arrested in
Warsaw this year. Wood noted
that parents are becoming more
aware of the drug problem. He
added, however, that most
parents still don't want to
believe their child is involved in
anything. "They want to think
someone has planted the drug
on the kids," he said.
Deputy Sheriff Glen Jernigan
said their department has
undercover people working in
the county. He said that so far
this year. 21 persons have been
arrested for possession of mari
juana in the county, eight for
manufacturing, and three for
possession of drugs other than
marijuana. He said there are
plenty of users in the county,
but few pushers. "Some people
are getting away with growing
their own marijuana because
even the experts don't always
recognize it," he added.
"Education is the answer to
eliminating the market - which
is the best way to eliminate the
problem." according to Paul
Bateman. SB1 agent.
According to Lethco Wrenn of
the N.C. Vocational Rehabili
tation. Duplin has the second
highest number of people ad
mitted to Cherry Hospital at
Goldsboro for drug and alcohol
problems among the 33 counties
served by the institution.
Boots Randolph Concart
Scheduled For December 11
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The secpnd in a series of four
concerts sponsored by the
Duplin County Tarheel Fine
Arts Society is scheduled for
Monday. December II at 8p.m.
in the Kenan Auditorium in
Kenansvttle. Boots Randolph te l.,
a co-hardliner with the Masters
Festival of MuafcqE has been
boofced^by leading night clubs
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All tickets to the performance
have been sold. There will be no
ticket sales at the door.
Tarheel Fine Arts Society t
members and ticket holders are |
reminded of the remaining
concert dates: The New Christy
Minstrels, March 9. 1979; and
An Evening with Rodgers Sc
Hammerstein, April 10.1979.
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Duplin County Department of
Social Services advises that
since there will be changes in
the Food S.wnplWg^, ef
tective January 1.1979, the last
day that food stamps may ba <
bought for Dacember win ba
Afcember 20. I97?. This wiU
to^pl^eTtnheJi^e.nJeThfch
Johnson gave the oath of office to the following"
Duplin County deputies on Monday at James
Sprunt Institute: Dalton Jones. Rodney Thigpen.
Graham Chestnutt. A.E. Basden. Snyder
lV^TpSy fjcorf{0^i^iliran?s. Flli> G. Baker,
Vance fJr.) Basden. Buddy King. Kenneth
Savage. Jack Albertson. Glenn Jernigan. Henry
Shields. Earl Whitaker. and Ronald E. Brock.
NEW COMMISSIONERS SWOlRN IN - (L to R)
Duplin County Clerk of Superior Court, John A.
Johnson, is shown administering the oath of
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office to the new county Board of Commissioners,
Franklin Williams. Calvin Turner, and Allen
Ncthcrcutt. The term of office is four years.
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FIFTH TERM FOR SHERIFF - (L to R) Superior
Court Judge Henry Stevens. III. gave the oath of
office to Duplin County Sheriff Elwood Revelle
for his fifth term on Monday at James Sprunt
Institute.
CUBE TAKES OAIB (L to R) Superior Court
Judge Henry Stevens. IU, is shows as he swore in '
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John A. Johnson for hi* third term as Duplin
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v. ounty \-ici* of superior v ourt on MoiKMiy.
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