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KEWAWSVn^E. WC 28S49 t> PAGES THIS WEEK j Son Of A Gun Tax Collections. ? ? ? Since I have been meeting with the ft Comity Board of Commia ^ sioaers, the subject of a policy on taking legal action against those taxpayers who do not pay their ***? on the due date has come up several times. This past Tuesday waf.pne of those times. Tax S?S5*k* Frank ft, Moore, Tax poflecU* Leland W.E. Craft, wgfe present when the policy question arose. I '.A great deal of mumbling went on. find no policy was set. . .Leland Grady stated they were working - on it 24 hoors a day. ? .Grady # also stated the collections thus far this year. . And 1 point out. the last legal day of I97? was not paid by then arc past due. . The collection rate as of Tues day was estimated at 75%. . ? .Grady also estimated that by July, the collections would be at <M%.. .The tax rate is based on ^ jay over and abow the need be . . if ttjjfy were vte perhaps the office name is be changed from Tax Collector . to Tax 'TeUeu" AH the blame does not lie with ihe Tax Collector. The Commis . ?-^boners should establish a policy and demand that th? T*X Col ^ *ctor Attorney carry the policy out. . .not hiring addition*! personnel to do it. either.. .The real property may be worth more than the taxes, and the tax lien is good. . .But if those taxes hid been collected when due. those paying their taxes on time could have a lower tax bill. . .Quite frankly, 1 believe all should be treated alike.. .If everyone is not going to be forced to pay, then don't A fellow in Kenantville the . other day told me it was so cold thw Other morning, he saw two syjjjyc dogs using a set of Mttery jumper cables to get a Babbit started. . .Speaking of ?? % Associated Press stated tSk rtumber One lie at this year's Lmm Contest was "It was so daft, a fellow had to strike a second match to see *?' I the first one was lit." Now that' I may have been new in Yankee- I Med. but ihave heard that joke* I (or He) id DupHn for several! years. . .1 wonder if that means we are better liars... B-Boy 449 VfcCorquodale parked his patrol car at the Highway ftetrol Building late Tuesday night. . AVhle he wm inside, someone fctole the radios tmmmMrn 4u>ii|wiist>swHiiK-ji . .An waa-.nqtlost* howevef. He was left an old CB antenna by the thief. , .If the old CB antenna had not been left, as cold as it was, one could assume it get cold and broke fff. . .The last laugh is on the tlftef. for a Highway Patrol CB antenna will not work on a CB. according to B-Boy 449. . .10-4?. . Son-of a ?-V-V- H- tM *?* ? v ? Jurors Drawn ' . For Superior Court Superior Criminal Court - January 15, 1^79 - Jurors to appear at 10 a.m. - James Sprunt Institute. Vernell C. Flowers, Route 1, Teachey; Earl Thomas Fife,' Bos 480, KenantviUe; Leroy William Hooks, Route 1, Wallace; Jerlene Parker, Beulavllle; Jessie Carter, Wallace; Joseph Thigpen, Beulaville; Sara Catherine Pope, Wallace; William Thomas Herring, Route 2. Pink Hill; Louise P. Bass. Magnolia; Ralph Chambers, Rose Hill; Carlton Ray Cash well, Route 1. Faison; filaara Stanley, Route 2, Pink Hill; Jake Elvis Bostic, Jr., Route 1, Beulaville; Donald Ray Kelley. Calypso; Foster Quinton Holland, Route 2, Mount Olive; Mrs. A.R Brown, Jr., Route 2, Beulaville; Miss Eleanor Boney,, Wallace; Marilyn Virginia > Kenan, Route 1, Chinquapin; Lonnie Priacilla Faison, Faison; Audrey Cost on Rhodes, Route 1 Bno HUt- Tjirv Catherine Boney, Route 2, Roae Hill; Mercer F. Williams, Route 1, Kenansville; Kinnie Pickett James, Route 2, Wallace; James Henry Kenan, Route 2, Rose Hill; Albert F. Lanier, Wallace. Gmce Whaley Lanier, Route 1, BmriaviHe; Dennis E. Blizzard. SSmitefifc Rouse, Route 2.Deep Run; Jhn Hazel Roberts Stroud, Route 2. Mount 6live; Mrs. Ray Scott, Rose Hill; Peggy W. Simpson, Beulaville;. Rachel P. Weston. Route 1, Warsaw; Elisha Tyndall, Faison; James Dudley Kornegay, Kenansville; Sam Jones. Wallace; Margaret M. Olson, Wallace; Christopher Matthew Southeriand, Route 1, Magnolia; Rona Ann Stailings, Route 3, Wallace; Mrs. Paul Southeriand, Route 2, Beula rille; Reva Green Bradford, Wallace; Lawton Smith, Kenansville; Lizzie Sumner, SeulaviUe; Mrs. Bradley Atkin son, Route 1, Teachey; Jerry jottle, Rose Hill; Nancy Evans Underbill, Route 1, Mount Jlive; Bessie Rochelle Jones, loute 2, Rose Hill; William McCoy Hall, Route 2. Pink Hill; Cathryn Judge Albertson, Wal ace; David John Kilpatrick, Cenansville; James Diston ierring, Kenansville; Melvin *x Rogers, Faison; William Worth Lanier, Route 2, Beula ille; Dorothy Davis, Faison; Zynthia E. Smith, Warsaw; teuton Craig Smith, Route t, *ink Hill; Will Carroll Cottle, :aison; Sue Andrews Brooks, Wallace; A.H. Carter, Wallace: aid Chester Brawn, Route 1, hulawBs. f; $1 ' 'ii-B ? .npwpv % IrWO DUPLIN RESIDENTS HURT . Duplin ft. Acputy Billy Daniels, center, and others look at a ft .car in which two Duplin County girls were injured KP'S) a one-car accident near Bowdens Sunday tight. Faison rescue officials said Meilnda Jane ' f'M'?, v> ' ? *.*' HR.* m-'" -1 "* ?? " >? Lee. 16. o{ Rose Hill and RlU Ann Page, also 16, of Wallace, were hurt when the car overturned. Miss Page was critically injured and underwent emergency surgery at Duplin General Hospital. <AJj Two sixteen-year-old girls EWjroin Duplin County were seriously injured in s one-car R j accident on Rural Paved Road ^1301 east of Bowden Sunday Ia The teenage victims were ?3 identified as Melinda Jane L*. j and Ritsf/lnn Page 5 wXS 1 nthf. accident happened 'Wound 10:10p.a. Sunday. t ' ,????'?; According to the Highway Patrol office the auto was ? apon a sharp curve, ran off the fRson Rescue Sqnad V mdd^h? vfctin-? ww lying * "m fas bST *?**<* facial mm f, lacerations, a possible back injury, and several broken ribs. Miss Page suffered a skull fracture, back injury, Jfpff internal injuries Both were transported to Duplin General Hospital. Miss ^9 . ' awBlkrafc-' ' Page biiuL.nJ.ii emergency surgery, and a special typ< blood for the surgery wai rushed from Greenville and Miss Lee has been charged with exceeding safe speed. ECU Graduate Course i k.ckk'u\h mpetino from A?9:1C A 14-mlwi cuege crura course. ELEM 6419 ? Found, tion* dfJReading, be offered in Wers.vs ! gi ill. W the Division of Continuing Edu nation Of East Carolina University. it wiO be (aught in three-hour ?lesikwis at i eacll W through April 18 with aeh p.ra. Ms Becky Taylor will b< the instructor. student may register at 6 p.m. on the night of the first class meeting. ji. ? J1 'S "j?7' ELEM 6410 curries thre( semeste isof co'i whi iv be used towan teacher certificate renewal, DUP1& MAGISTRATES TAKE OATH - Nine Duplin County Magiau'ates were sworn in Monday, January 1st in Kenansville by Clerk John A. Johnson. Pictured (L to R), R.J. Hurscy. Wallace; Robert Williamson. Kenansville; Harry Phillips, Warsaw; Perry Williams. Beulaville; C. A. M Janice Johnson. Rose Hill; James 0. Johnad^pKtaansville; Dorothy K. Sheffield, Warsaw; and J.W. Aycocfc. Jr.. Wallace. Jail Complex To Be Reedy By End Of Month The completion end occu pancy of the new jail complex is expected by the end of the month. A report of substantial completion of the, county law enforcement center was given by the architect. Tom Pegram. and builder, Tom Carter, to the County Commissioners Tuesday. Dixie Construction Company of Wallace is the general contractor for the S600,000-plus project. Pegram said the office portion ' of the complex can be occupied, but prisoners cannot be put into the jail section until the fire alarm is operational. This is expected to be completed this week, the Board was informed. The report showed that six lavoratories are not yet installed due to supply delay because of a strike against the manufacturer. Two pieces of bullet-proof glass haven't been installed as the originally ordered pieces were broken in transit. A reward of S2.500 for infor mation leading to arrest and conviction of arsonists in the county was approved by the Board. Prior to that action. Sheriff Elwood Revelte siad residents, particularly in the Wallace jrea. have expressed fear because of numerous sus I picious fires in that area recently. Three houses, all unoccupied, and three outbuildings have burned recently. The latest inci dent was December 21 when an unoccupied dwelling owned by leighton Hall, near Safe on N.C. 41. west of Wallace, burned at the same time an un occupied dwelling owned by Joe Bryant, Jr. oq the River Road south of Wallace was destroyed. A month earlier, the former Bryant home place on the River Road burned. The six buildings all belonged to Bryant, Hall, or S. Franklin Williams, a farmer and also on the Board of Commissioners. Bryant has offered a $500 reward leading to the arrest and ? conviction of arsonists. The possibility of obtaining .< Community Development grant for a proposed rural water system covering an area from Kenansville along N.C. 50 to Dobson's Chapel, on to Regis ter's Crossroads. Grcenescrs and near the county landfill in the Rose Hill area, was dis cussed. The ^propmied^stem the Agricultural Building Audi 1' 'fl 11111 torium. In other action, the Board heard J.F. Hamilton, Warren Bostic. and Billy Quinn of Route I. Magnolia, protest inhumane treatment of animals, particu larly citing the case of a dog tied outside with nq shelter, and a cow that was down. The Board discussed improving collection of back taxes with Tax Supervisor Frank Moore and Collector Leland T. Grady, and Tax Attorney W.E. Craft. It was declared that 5-6 percent uncollected taxes was too much. Moore said that by the end of the fiscal year, June . 30. the county usually had collected at least 94% of the taxes assessed. Currently, he said, about 75% of the taxes, or S3.192.000 has been collected. Extension Chairman Lois Britt was granted permission to seek an Extension Field Crops Specialist and an Extension Four-H Specialist. SWORN IN - Henry L. Stevens. III. took the oath of office as Resident Superior Court Judge. Fourth Judicial District of North Carolina in Kenansville on Monday. January I. 1979. The oath was administered by John A. Johnson, Duplin County Clerk of Court. Judge Stevens will be serving his first full eight-jbe*r term 6a the | bench. He previously servM fllttnexptred term * ? of retiring Judge KusseU LanSK Judge Stevens 1 lives in Warsaw with his wMdHNntell. slid two children. Mildred. 13, and Heq|$. 12. ?>? . &>? ' !?&. C ,$?? if.Fv'.? *? * J James Sprunt Institute ? President's List And Dean's List James Sprunt Institute has released the President's List and the Dean's List for the fall quarter 1978-79. The President's List consists of those students who were enrolled full-time and made all A's. The Dean's List consists of those students enrolled full-time who have earned a grade point average of 3.0 (B average) with no grade lower than a C. President's List I Linda F. Aycock, Chinquapin; Jannelle Best. Kenansville; Colleen Carroll, WathS; James T. Cavenaugh., Jr., Pink Hilh Earl Futrell, Wallace; Gloria George. Jacksonville; Charles Gillikin. Jr.. Kenansville; Gail Gheen, BeulaviHe; Angela Hall, Wallace; Sylvia Hollingsworth. Wallace; Michele Howard; Pink Hill; Russell Inman, Kenans ville; Dolores Jones.^ Warsaw; al?." .r* . ' ?Sj'U-il: ' Moore. Burgaw; Walter Mum ford, Kenansville; Edward Oakes. Faison; Ezzard Pickett. Kenansville; Linda Plummer. Mount Oh 'e; Faith Ray. Atkin son; Travis Register. Turkey; Johnny Ritterbusch, Willard; El wood Sanderson, Beulaville; Beverly Smith, Magnolia; Tammy Thigpen, Beulaville; Stephanie Ward, Camp Lejeune; Charles Whitney, Willard; and Cindy- Wilson, Wallace. \ Dean's List Dixie Albertson, Beulaville; Joyce Alexander. Roseboro; Ethel Alston. Teachey; Patricia Barnette. Warsaw; Ray Battle. Warsaw; Inez Bennerman, Teachey; Barry Benson, Golds boro; Nanette Blizzard, Beula ville; Sony a Btizzrfrd. Beulaville; Elton Blowe, Kenansville; Susan Kay Bostic. Beulaville; Joel Bowkley, Kenansville; Jasper Boyette, Rose Hill; Stephen Boyette. Clinton; Cora Brewington. Warsaw; Mildred Brewingtoq. Willard; William Brinson, Magnolia; Julie Brog den. Mount QHve. Paul Carlton, Rose Hill; Btenda Carr, Bur m IMr gaw; Emily Carr, Wallace; Luanda Cavenau gh. 'Wallace; Sheila-Cavenaugn, Wallace; Dennis Clark. PiaJt Hill; Rebecca Council. Wa*ce; Ida Crumpler. Wallace;, Sharon Darden. Faison; Howard L. Davis.II. Pink Hilli Lillian Dunaj, Maple Hill; George Ed wards. Kenansville; Royce Ed wards. KenansvWle;, Beverly English. Wallace; Edward J. English. Willard; Larry English, Rose Hill; Wayne English, Wallace; Peggy EsteU*. Hamp stead; Barbara Evans. Magno lia; Wanda Faison. Moant Olive; Linda Farrior, Beula ville; Katrina Fisher. WUlard; Franklin Flowers, Warsaw; Ruby Freshley, Rose Htt; Mary Fulmer. Chinquapi^; Leslie Fussell. Teachev; Sandra Gaa tardi. Clinton; Harris Ogbba, Jt? Magnolia; Geraldine Giddings, Rose Hill; Julie Gideons, Bar gaw; Jamo* Goff, Warsaw; Beverly Gurley. Warsaw; Alex ander Hall. Beulavila; Law rence E- HaB. Bculaville; Pat ricia Hall. Wallace! Daltoa Homo,'Calypso; luneHaachey. Wilmington; oniron Mender* ii,.. h KwocJ^( ^tiioit; Wi l I . % -. T^f l?B
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