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? >. fl^^B'^^B^HK| vi^ ^* vi 't''-..; . jic. W^^!^1IMP^WP>V w ~ 'tV ? ' Sri $*'?<? ? 9 the Blockade Ruaner on T..../I.., .Uki C?ko.i?M ?.+k KUVCUVV on rnoBji rconuu_y ISi, after 38 years ?f jiervicet.. ^ijmM^^^^r^tate *aTd, 9*Some,UtImiTtjh?g characterize Arthur Benton ill M" I*. InnftHii-ri " arc. patience, ineuuiiness? humor, cigar, ami cheerfu*. ?L , m - E'i - yoj^M,?a,re?S3HF PmRA Chief of Rural Am? ing Division from ftamgh was introduced nnd gsv^ short resume #bout Arthi*' "p,^m m graduated from Evergreen Higtt School in 1935. He attended N.t. we univer sity from 1935 to 1939. and. ?wniwo>ri a rlatrmiA A ne- v received ? degree in Agn* * cis&Sae&i; High School about two jmi*. where he met Helen and they were married February 22, visor of Onslow and Carteret counties in January. 19434 ? He served in the w.S. Naw during World War II feom July 1943 until March 1946. entering as an apprentice seaman, and was dMdiarged as It. JG. He served aboard an attack Transport in the Pacific during the war years, and returned to work.with Fartn Security" AdmimstfW Sion in the spring of 1946 in Jacksonville. In 1950 he was promoted and transferred to Duplin County as County FHA Supervisor. Duplta County has been his homo iiw '? 7 'i. trict supervisor, and more , recently as District Director. Arthur end Helen have four children: David of Dover, Delaware; Mrs. ?/] Wayne Brown of Spokane, f Washington; Mickey atW Tommy of Kenansville; and 3 six granacnuaren. I Buchanan concluded by saying to Arthur, "We all ' know that rural North ) Carolina will beoefttfrom all the years that you served with FmHA." ] Jim Mills, County Super- pf visor for Duplin, 'presented J Benton with sever*! gifts ! front friends and co-workers j ? rtc. that go along with tin retirement," stated Mills, ? Bill Davenport, FmHA Diptrict Director from Kins ton, also presented Septon with a check from the stale office. "You are not easing us." Davenport said, 'You're leasing part of (CSlHelf with each of ?s. " 'Benton introduced his wife Helen, two of his sons, Mickev and Tommy, his rife's sisters, Mrs. H. J. dcCracken of Oak City and >4rs. Bob Starling of Green file, who attended the re irement dinner. After a few eosarks, Beaton concluded >y saying. "Got a lot of ishing to do. I've enjoyed ny time with FmHA and will :eep all of you in my heart." democrats Nominate Elections Board Members The Duplin County Demo ratic Executive Committee net Thursday, February 8. vith Chairman Janice Viillams presiding. The neeting had been called to lominate three persons from rhich the Governor will ppoint tw? to the Duplin oonty Board of Elections for wo-year terms. The three ort^nated^were ^Claude /stem of dieting Board jf untv Democratic j?_x ia: ?' . ; ? .y-v' ^ gt flHW J^jPf. || II 'Wi Ji tjftSSk. .% fl -???"?*" ? & %P "ISJp %ni '" yffn^^p p< '-?? JflL p^P ? US^SS a facility f' c tion and Chairman of the Board Tom Bradshaw said. "We are delighted to begin plans on this extremely im portaat highway. A muiti iane facility joining the pc*f Wilmington with major d tta . '? ' ' ' ? routes has. long been sought? as a means of bol??m? import-export trade. The ieymta^-type facUity from onnect Nort! Sotina's j the "s c rv oot Go or pc of b Hi Fyft " economic de ? j ? iri: g geatin, * right-of-way acqtieMon on this project. He said. "We I jr. i&M ? have an active partaership with the FHWA and appre ciate its assistance m tie- ? veioping the freeway." - -.taTOr ? t uAUiltt"" DSA 1 " Thursday, February 15 in the t Jester's Court at The n Country Squire. StraAhri. | and the late Dt traughan, la presently employed as p Director, Mfio of Resource r Developmen! American Bar . iiAiiftriitiniii Mfynlrr Srninr c p I ;t m. ? wm; fi :-v wm jf & ?'-j > ' -Jk- jy 1 . i'4 v..'-*' ? -It- *??'?'?'? -kv.-4, ;jtW ?. 4 j-ft/k & Duplin Schools Bonofit From Rovonue Shoring j|; fiy Joe Lanier The school system hss wxxjved ^ mope than 80% of seven'years, according to Russell Tucker, 'county ac countant. The county received SS,739,988.86 from the federal government in revenue sharing grants from 1973 into 1979. AnaddWonal $151,209 has been received in interest on revetme alter ing money deposited in financial institutions. During this period, the school system received some money for buildings in all but one year. The total from revenue sharing money invested in schools is - $3,990,712.56. The current fiscal year's revenue sharing fund of $840,000 has been appro priated for the new Kenans - ville Elementary School, which will replace the present half-century-old structure. The new school is expected to be completed for the 1980-81 school year Last year's revenue shar ing grant of $840,891 was used to finance most of the new law enforcement ociltei and tfre courthouse tfenova tion projects. Other schools in wind revenue sharing helped fi nance improvements were Wallace-Rose Hill High expansion, and East Duplin Fine Arts Building and classroom expansion . > - <.**???' ,r- ? - - Other recipients of reve nue sharing money are the Soeial Services and Sheriff's Departments. Former County?Commis sioner Gerald Quino of War saw/said that in the early years of the revenue sharing program, recipients were urged to 'use part of the money/for programs to help the poor. As a result, he said, the county allocated $781,800 to the Social Services Depart ment for nsc as matching funds. /The department re ceived $300,000 in the 1977 and 1978 fiscal years. In the 1975 fiscal year it received $88,650 and in 1976. $93,150. In fiscal 1975, ';<he county used $30,846.13 of revenue sharing money to purchase cars for the -Sheriff's Depart ment. Ip fiscal 1977. it used $14,115 for that pdrpose. Quinn said the county board has always avoided -.using revenue sharing money ih the operating bud get. "It was neter known when the money, would be stopped." he said, 'ft the recession had not come in 197S, I believe ithat year would have seerf the end of revenue sharimpH- Quinn said. He addbd, "Hoover, "r.- - ? i we talked each budget time about using revenue sharing money in our operating budget, but we never did." Friday Commissioner W.J. Costin of Warsaw said. "I ' think we've handled this manner correctly. Without it, our building program would have been slowed or we would have had to go to bond issues." City recreation programs would be largely undermined if the towns in the county lost their revenue sharing money. Warsaw has been re ceiving about $81,000 a year, Alfred Herring, town ad ministrator, said. He said the money had been used for capital outlay, and for the recreational program. A small amount has also gone for supplemental salaries. Wallace Mayor Farrior said his city has been getting about $90,000 a year, and has put most of it into the library and recreation programs. Some revenue sharing money has been used in the operating budget. Rose Hill has been getting about $63,000 a year, and has used the money for capital outlay and operating expense. Town officials said they would have to out services, raise taxes, or both if revenue sharing grants are eliminated. DupJin Education Board ' Considers Representation By Five Districts Bv Joe Lanier A plan to aelect members of the Board of Education by districts instead of at-large was discussed by the Board of Education Tuesday night. The plan was sent to the county Democratic committee for review. The Board of Education decided to Send questionnaires to the school advisory committees for their opinions. The proposal would estab lish five districts usinfg the County Commissioner dis trict lines as boundaries with, one school board member elected from each district. l&ter the plan, the School Boasd candidates would only be elected by residents of their districts in the primary election. Victory in the county Democratic primary is tantamount to election, since Duptin has about 18,000 Democrats and about 2,000 Republicans, The plan would have the members, although coming' from specific districts, voted on county-wide in the general election. Under the present system, all Board members could come from one or two "areas of the county. When the Board is sworn into office in April, the area comprising Commissioner District 5 will have no representative while the Warsaw area will have two. Commissioner Districts includes Kenansville. Rose Hill, and Magnolia, and is in After April, th* Burd wig Warsaw, Graham Phillips of Wallace. Frederick Rhodes same district, "? * ? elected by voters of their districts, the candidates and the Board members would never cover the entire county as they inow must do. and representation would be poorer than it is now. Boyette said the way members are now chosen could allow the entire Board to come from one area, or even from one town. Value of putting more dollars into the educational program of the county to improve the standing of its students in comparison with neighboring counties drew pro and con comments. > Phillips said the only way for the county to top nearby counties is to put. more money into the program to hire more teachers. He said the competency test misled people "The only thing we have discovered is the underachieves, the 10-1$% doing poorly. We have no yardstick to measure the 85-90% who are getting along all right. We don't know how well we are doing. We only know how badly we are doing." he said. Taking an opposite view. Commissioner Alan Nethercutt of Lyman said, "Sometimes it is not just money thyt needs to go into the system. We may need to review our values." , The Board voted to have building supervisor, H.P. Honeycutt. negotiate with W;C. Elliott on disposal of an unused building on the War saw Junior High School site. It was also decided to make a charge of Si for the first three credit transcripts requested by a graduating studeni for applying to col leges and $1 per transcript beyond that number. Four County EMC Sots Deadline For Essay Contest Deadline for submitting essays to Four County Elec tric Membership Corporation (EMC) for the Rural Electric Youth Tour to Washington. D.C., is March 15th, accord The'essay contest is open to all higi school juniors in Bladen, fuplin, Pender, and Sampson counties. One arigfl 1%^ 1 A ^ J Cm , . ,. ? winner win oe seieciea irofn each county for the weak long, expense-paid tour ft ..Tine 'theme of this vear's essay contest is "Energy .oat ? , servation measures are not j taken. Essays will be judged on the basis of (1) knowledge of the subject. (2) - originality, (3) composition, (4) neat ness, and (5) grammar. Em phasis win be placed on subject knowledge and origi nality. Each participant must in ctade on a separate sheet of paper his name, address, phone number, parents' names, school, hobbies, extracurricular activities.
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