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4m H PROGRESS SENTINEL I y^L. XX.XXIV NO^j L USPS I63-S60 KENANSVILLE, WC 28349 JANUARY 25. 1979 16 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX E "???mmmmmm??t^mmmmmmrnm^mwmmmmmmmtrnmmmwm?mbwm| MISS DUTUN COUNTY CROWNED W Breww (center) wu crowned Miss Duplin County for 1979 Saturday night at Kenan Memorial Auditorium. Tina is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Brewer of Faison. She is * former Miss North Carolina Poultry Queen. Tina is a graduate of Hobbton High School and a senior at the * University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Aftjr graduation, Tina plans to teach kindergarten. In the photo, left to right, are Cindy Moritz of Rose Hill, 2nd runner-up. Mary Sanderson,. Jhe former Miss Duplin County, Tina, Debby Shook, Miss North Carolina 1978, and. Chris Blanton of Kenanshrile. 1st runndTHsp. The Calypso end Warsaw Jaycees sponsored the pageant. The pageant was directed by Sam Garner of Wilmington. For the second straight i year. Daplto Cdtaty c?n look V forward to benefits from 1977 highway bond fimds that will be used to improve secon January 12th, the N.C. Board of Transportation allocated SIS million from funds dary road system. Duplin County's share of thaSIS million allocation is $4e,927, baaed on a formula pughribed by the Mate legis ? lnjfere. According to the for n^a-Mch^rssM^ * - percentage of the total funds available, determined by the unpaved miles of eecondary roads in tie county in rela tionship to the total mileage miles yof unpaved reads, while me total mileage otf unpaved state maintained secondary roads in North.'. Carolina is 20,058. 4-H Council Elocts Officers Officers for-1979 emt elected at the 4-H Cnrjjty Council meeting in Kenflfe villeon Monday, Januanflp. They are: President, Oifeg Swain of the Warsaw-ShM* rock 4-H Club in WarMwi Vice President, Karen lM*-, negay, member of the JfetK Horizons 4-H Club in saw; Secretary, Washington, member of tM Stanford 4-H Club of Mag nolia; Treasurer, Wanda Costin, member of the Wbr saw-Shamrock 4-H Club; and .Recreation Leader, Karen Moore, member of the Nbrg Horizons 4-H Club in War saw. The new officers will serve on the Council for one year. P ??? ? V- ,vv? ' ^V/i'v?*p?'qey'?';?.? ?" The Kenansville Jaycees will conclude Jaycee Week Monday. January 29th, with - their annua) DSA Banquet. This event will be held at ^ Brown's Restaurant at 7 p.m. ? and is a dutch affair. The public is invited, and the cost is $4 per person. Contact'roc Brinson or Everett Page if yqp plan to attend. li' L .. ' ? graduate of the University of Wisconsin and UNC Law SchoOl He has served as assistant vice president of Savings Banks Life Insurance Fund in New York, and woriied in the office of the district attorney in Nassau County, N.Y. before coming to North Carolina in 1972 to work for Robert Morgan. The DSA Banquet is also a ? 'tHne when the Jaycees honor ^Outstanding citizens in the cuikiiiluiiM iy. Awards to be presented, are Distinguished Service Ajnard (outstanding young mqa), Outstanding Educator, Outstanding Fire man, Outstanding Law En forcement or Correctional Officer, Outstanding Farmer, and. Outstanding Senior Citizen. Everyone is invited to help the Jaycees honor these out standing citizens for the r contributions to the com munity. Kenneth Futreal ?'' ?'' ? ' r- %.??/,. ?*? A~ ?*.v 'v>* Receives District Conservation Award It has been announced by State Conservationist Jesse L. Hicks, head of the USDA Soil conservation Service in North Carolina, that District Conservationist Kenneth l|. Futreal has been awarded an outstanding performance rating and quality salary incitease. This award is the highdftt that can be given by SCS in North Cardlina. IFutreal was recognized for his performance in Duplin County from December 1977 through December 1978. His achievements included providing conservation assistance to landowners, management of the Kenansville Field Office, special achjevefnent in applying, erosion control practices on the land, and assistance to the Duplin Soil and Water Conservation District and sponsors ol Limestone-Muddy Creek Watershed. Futreal has been district conservationist in Duplin County since 1966. During that time he has assisted the Duplin SoU and Water Con servation District in develop ing one Of the best conser vation programs in North Caroling- "*V V-SJ .. I i . t'). ~?~' ' v - -.?*? ? chkk1? -a Kramer, Deputy Attorney W General tor Legal Affairs for Nortti Carolina. Kramer it a . Annual Meeting fOBEEHp-. -v Y i'44 .v ' 9 The annual meeting of the jpFsMfS ili speaker will* be m Urry Cohick. C.I.D. execu Cptive director^of economic N.C r W- ?t* c*pt - icnwc ifc* ,#;K - \ >? ?'. . y 1959. serving in a variety of position*. He U mm execu tive vice-president of the America* JndustrUI D< an international association Canada, Mexico, and other Jfor 1979 will Jjc j Duplin Board Takes ! Action On Back Taxes Duplin Board of Commis sioners instructed Leland Grady, tax collector, to send stern letters to all citizens who have not paid their 1978 county taxes. With over 1750,000 owed to the county in back taxes. Board Chair man William Costin said he was concerned. Grady was instructed to take. legal action against residents who do not respond to the strongly worded letters. A referendum on a fire district tax, scheduled for February 13, was cancelled by the Board Monday. The vote was requested in a peti tion from the Pricetown Community Fire Depart ment. The commissioners said the petition was filed incorrectly and would have to be resubmitted. In other action, the Board combined the Duplin offices for the aging and for nutri tion for the aging into one agency under the direction of Walter Brown. Brown was formerly director of the office of nutrition for the aging. Girl Scout Cookie tfiord -?errfo profes baseball pitchdr . and Cy Young Award ;r, is serving as Haagyuy Chairman of die 1979 Girl Scout Cookie Sale. Duplin County Girl Scouts wiftbe taking orders for the six varieties, including a cheddar cheese cracker, from 'January 19 - February Sth. Cookies will be delivered ' between March 7th and 19th. Proceeds from the sale are the crip source of income for <the~dESkstal Carolina Girl ? Scout Council's Property .fund. Local troops receive a ''bonus for each box sold to use for their special projects and program. Lynn Rivenbark is serving as Neighborhood Cookie Sale Chairman. She advises that if a Girl Scout doesn't call on you, cookies can be ordered by calling her at 293-3117 between January 19th and February 5. Other Girl Scout Leaders in the County are also available for Cookie orders. Windsor Johnson, former di rector of the office for the aging resigned in December, effective January 15th. The Board also agreed to support the state's land drainage mosquito control program with letters to the N.C. Department of Human Resources. Governor Jim Hunt, Senator Harold Hardi son. and Representative Douglas Gark. Keith Oates of the state land drainage program, and David Under bill, of the county landfill, requested the letters saying the program is in danger of being replaced with a less effective method of mosquito control. The proposed intersection of 1-40 and N.C. 24 was approved as the site of a rest area for travelers. Final ap f it proval must be mad? by the state Department of Trans portation. Accountant Russell Tucker was authorized to advertise bids on furniture for the new county jail. He said the fur niture was not ordered earlier through an oversight. Lois Britt. chairman of the Agricultural Extension, re ? ported that Wendell Evans, Jr. has been selected to take the modern farmer short course at NCSU, and Greg Swain has been chosen to represent the state at a two week 4-H camp in Michigan. She also announced Gerald Quinn of The Qulnn Company of Warsaw will speak at the 4-H recognition banquet on January 29th. In other action, the com ?? missioners set Jane 4th M ] tax lien sale date; re appointed W.E. Craft a> county tax attorney; ap proved an appropriation of $5,000 from the jail building fund for improvements on the old Bowden Store park", ing lot; and heard a report jj from the Duplin County Arts _ Council and accepted ttte re- 1 signation of Regina Wnaley, ' Arts Director, effective June 30.1979. . ] Hiram Brinson, Director of Emergency Services, met with the Board to discuss fire districts and rescue squads. No action was taken. He also reported ambulance calls for the year totaled 889, with the amount billed from July through December being $28,915.12, and the amount collected. $12,049.22. REPRESENTATIVE DOUG CLARK and his wife. Sue, prior to the swearing-in ceremony January 10 as Clark uses the Parker family Bible upon which to swear the oath of office. Also pictured. Rep. Bobby Etheridge (Dr-Harnett) to Mrs. Gark's right, and to the left of Gark, Rep. Tom Robon (D?Pender). JSI Caps 26 Student Nurses "'' i ?>' 'Z$j^._ ? ??" y'..' ?; ' _ i ;.'^!SP!?wS?!S -i On Sunday afternoon; January 14th, James Sprunt Institute senior mining stu dents capped 26 student nurses from the freshman class Invited guests aa4 relatives attended the >nadK capping ceremony. wbiqB symbolizes the stu^^H passage from the nofl-clifltiB to the clinical phase of^^K sing education. The nut^H cap has long stood Wgf, scholarship and service. atfj wearing it implies an ohff [ ?? gation of performing comfe tently. conscientiously.' W,5S?ng' DhwS'tfHealt* Occupations Gavle Wea(ts. said. "The capping cS mony was very Rosetta Jessup, Evan Jones, Maready, Rosa Mathews, Kimberly Jones. Rita Cathy Morton, Mignonette Knowles. Joan Ruth Mozingo, Carolyn Nelson, Jackie Ray, Penny Russell, berly Wells, Judy Weston, Mike Spry, Sharon Summer- and Angela Whaley. lin. Annette Swinson, Kim I ' FVESHMAN ftUKSXS CtfRD Audience of invited guests and relatives of JS1 Nursing class watch as '?
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