LEGISLATORS' COFFEE HOUR An appreciation coffee jssttttStSTt&Ssstt Congressman Charles Whitley ? was hosteA by the Duplin ? 3k" -if- ?'f! 'r' - a?, *'? at1' (UKM ? >3- . ?<*..??? County Tri-Town Community Development Program on Saturday. January 6. at the Duplin County Agricultural Building in Kenansville. Approximately 35-40 elected officials and citizens from throughout Duplin County were in attendance Pictured (1 to K) are some who were present: ' Representative Claffc: Graham Phillips, Wallace; Bill Costin. i Chairman. County .Commissioners; Congressman Whitley; I Walter West, Jr.. Warsaw; William Fennell, Kenansvillc I I ' ' * WBmmvi- r~ ' ."wmm Commissioner; Woody Brinson, Tri-Town Program Director ind event chairman; Ales Brown. Mayor of Greenever*; Melvin Pope. Mayor of Magnolia; Senator Hardison; Graham |1 Phillips; and Ruby Ramsey. Mayor of Teachey. "^^^^^iuj>i- >|>U^ tkc -S k<^u4Ux*. ??T^^jiJ- -Jx^^"tk<. &j X%' I PROGRESS SENTINEL p, ? :'? .?'? i-.^... ^.,1'- ."3?* V~^- ?-?. *im* ? - ?-???*? ? ? "" ??>"?**"?>? -;? >?* ---7??^.rW-...... ^ .. '.^ ? V ,, . ,J. ? ^ tOL. XXXXIV NO. 2 (U.S.P.S. 162-860) KENANSVILLE, NC 28349 JANUARY 11.1979 12 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX 1 ^ *"?: ? ? - ? ? - Competency Test * Results For Duplin 3 v , : ? . . County School System 00 November 1 and 2; 197IS, 695 eleventh grade students in the Duplin school system were administered a reading and mathematics teflf^as a part of North F percent of Hth grade stu ' pS denta by school who passed the test were as follows: Wallace* 0t>se HiU (174 stu dents): *55 or 89% Reading, 153 or- 88% Math; East Duplin High (209 students): 184 or'88% Reading, 170 or gk 81% Math; James Kenan "High (187 Students): 160 or 86% Reading, 143 or 77% ! Math; North,Duplin High (93 Students): 77 or 83% Ready ing, 75 or 81% Mirth; Ex I -tended Day School (22 Students): 17 or 77% Read $ tag, 15 or 69% Math Swain Wins Summer * Scholarship To Camp 1. - I ?? ?# 'W A #k t Swats, 17-year-old son of and Mis. Robert Swain. ~ .receives one of two Danforth Cimp Scholarships available to Tar Heel 4-H members. - The other winner is Debbie - p iJLynne Jordan of Route 2, ^ The Danforth Camp will be folBI Western Michigan in.;tjj? heart of the fruit belt and Superintendent of Schools Charles Yelverton stated, "I hope that this passing will not be taken as an excep tional act." He said "This is '?? \ ' iSiqffi''TO, i it !?V The Month Bennie Roberts, a senior at Jaraei Kenan High School, has been named Rotary Student of the Month by the Kenansville-Warsaw Rotary Club. Bennie it ranked third in his class of 174 students. His estracurricnlar activities at JK include National Honor Society. Marshal. Monogram dub. Chess Club. Science Club, National Honor Society Representative, Presidential Clasarooih. Band, and Tennis. ? Bennie has won 7 State chess tournaments, and is the second-ranked high school chess player in North Carolina He has won the Biolegy, Geometry, Chemistry, French I, and NEDT Achievement awards at JK. He was a Pogue Scholarship Nominee, and also a Morehead Scholarship students in the public schools, non-public schools, snd Federal schools and special schools on November 1 and 2, 1938, with make-up testuig.4akii% place Novem ber 7^8, and 9, 1978. Modifi cations such as large print, mssette -ta'^es, and braille (ere provided for- students who were officially classified as havjn^special needs. r s-PersnWsMB'loebl C4SW- ' tiaKD agencies (LEAs) at tended administrative work shops, developed monitoring plans, and undertook mea sures to insure tbo security of the competency tests. These activities were monitored by State Department and local education agency personnel. In addition to normal local and state graduation re quirements, it is necessary for each student to pass both sections of the competency test in order to receive a high school diploma. Those who fail either or both tests will be given1 additional instruction in learning those skills .which they do not possess. On May f and 2, 1979 students will have ar opportunity to be retested on the sections of the tests which they did not pass in November, 19.78. In preparation for the No vember, 1978 testing, personnel in the Duplin County school system were involved in: establishing reading and mathematic laboratories at each high school: numerous regional and local workshops were held in both reading and mathematics for teachers and administrative person nel; the review, evaluation, and purchase of materials designed to meet the specific needs of high school students deficient in everyday life skills; identification and placement of high risk fail ures into programs coin parable to their needs (i.e., reading laboratories and consumer math classes); a curriculum guide designed to promote the acquisition of basic skills in mathematics was designed by high school mathematics department heads. Hhis guide can be utilized in conjunction with guides for general and con sumer math: developing appropriate strategies to in sure the best possible testing setting on November 1 and 2'. The remediation plans for those students who failed thejj tests include small group instruction in reading and mathematics in a laboratory environment. Statewide results and : demographic information i was released in a special i telecast by Governor James B. Hunt Tuesday. More than | ^'dfta iClphth t>hcr*dd Duplin Jail. And Courthousa Naaring Completion %w ' ' "' -? '?* ' 1 'i- ?<3 workshop 'wHI be held jJ certificition in restrveffij est Agricultural Extension Agent. Bring your Social Security Number and a pencil or pen. litis is a must. Federal law requires that alf persons who use re stricted pesticides must be certified. Ip order to be certified, you must attend four hours of classes. You do not have to pass a test in order to be certified. 5- V'**: v| ADVISERS NAMED fc&U? rjl V ? C The^Board^of Commis > to replace Milton R. Hunter: Decatur Blanchard of Wallace replaces William Rand; Kermit Williams.of Sarecta will replace Frede rick Rhodes; and Frederick Albert son of Route 2, Beula ville will replace Bobby Miller. Juanita Boney of Magnolia, and Julius C. Thompson of. Wallace were named to the Region P Council of Governments Aged Advisory Board. rllfltw' V ar? A ? . r> . " y ? -r Z'jp-i' ?!1 ^Rh*" r" * ? # ? mmm jk, The meeting wftl start at " 9:30 a.m. . ? ? h MBS DUPLIN PAGEANT ? i \n The Miss Dupifri County Pageant wiR be held Satur r day night, January 20th, at i Kenan Meanorial Auditorium 1 in Kenansvillei The Warsaw and Calypso f Jaycees are sponsoring the pageant. Sam Garner of Wilmington is the director. Judges will be i Richard Reynolds, Janet t Hog an. Ed Wall ace aid < A. Gilliam, and Pmeeacc i Ranson , MANDfflStNHOdjIini* i Linwood "Shorty" Under- J d i-. ^ _ ;,L - y.yTjn.