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Thethifd in ? series of four
Duplin County Tarheef Fine
Arts Society is scheduled for
Friday. March 9 at 8 p.m. in
I Kenan Auditorium in ?
- Kenansvilfe. 4...
Who are the New Christy
LMiostrelsT The ouncept fron
jQp. hich the New Christy Mia
?1 *? 15 vQ ? Vj ??*< p I V *V15.1 u;.'?r--v
throughout the United States
v, at d as 1 t moat
- popular minstrej-variety I
m
show -"fai existence. During
the, laSO's "Pops' Christy
became good friends with a
promising young song WCpN
named Stephen;, Foster, it
was through Christy's Min
strels, without the benefit of
modern aiulti media, expo
sore,4 that StephenToster's
music became po^lar. ^
startldf The Christy
Minstrels disbanded in 1921,
but fblk music not die
with them. lntie>ldte 1950's,
"'--i'
people once again began to
listen to the earthy, rich and
traditional music of America.
Minstrels became popular
and in 1961 The New Christy
Mistrels performed their firm
show in Los Angeles.
In the time thatches fol
lowed. The New^Christy
Minstrels have toured the
Vorld antThave rekindled the
demand fat sood crOQD per
concert, March 9, and the
last concert in the series. An
Evening With Rogers and
Hanimerstein. April 10th,
There will be no tidet sales
at the door.
'fW jtk. k>f ? ' I
?HviF=!
established by the Duplin
County Board of Education at j
calendar for the I^M ,
school year. J
The lost time wittJbe made ,
up on April 3 (wfich was a
teacher work day) and April
13 (which was Easter Friday
the 1979-80 calendar, pro
posed by a committee com
posed of Grace Carlton and
Mary Lee Jones of Warsaw,
calls for orientsfon day on
August 31st, and the first
day of classes September
4th. October 30 will be a
student holiday, as will
November 8 and 9. The first
grading period will end
November 7, ?
November 22jmd 23 will
be Tharfftsgivinfc vacation,
and Christmas vacation will
begin December 21 with
school resuming January 2.
The second grading period
will end January 25. and high
school examinations will be
given January 23*25.
January 28 and 29. and
April 2 and 3 will be student
tolidays because of teacher
vork schedules. The third
grading period will end April
[. and April 4 and 7 wiil be
Easter holidays. High school
ixaminatfois will be given
lune 4-6, with June 6th
scheduled as the final day of
school. ? ' m
H.P. Honeycutt, assistant
superintendent in charge of
buildings, said W,C Elliott
if Warsaw had agreed to put
up S250 ps a deposit to insure
proper clean-up. of fhe
grounds after moving the
farmer agricultural building
from the Warsaw Junior
High School grounds. Elliott
will have 90 days from March
1st to move the structure
which he plans to use as a
utility building, and to clean
up the grounds.
The Board agreed to meet
to study some preliminary
budget reports and to com
pile results of a question
naire concerning a possible
change in the system of !
selection of board members.
The questionnaires were sent
out to parents of school ;
children. When results are
ascertained, they will be for
warded to the Duplin County
Democratic Party Executive
Committee for review and
possible action. There has
been some support indicated
for having members elected
by district instead of at
large.
1
Group Organized To Promote
N.C. 24 Improvements
By Joe I oilier
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An organization to pro
mote development of N.C. 24
between Fayetteville and its
junction wfch U.S. 70 west of
Moreheao City developed
from a meeting held in
Kenan sville Thursday.
Arliss Albertson of Beula
ville, a former county com
missioner, was named the
chairman of the group.
The group plans to have an
executive committee with
representatives from each
county as members. Carl
Ljadis is the Sampson rep
resentative, and Gene
Taylor the Onslow member.
Candidates for the
committee are being sought
from Cumberland and Car
teret, the other counties in
specific goals. Tins will be
done after the eXecutife
committee can meet, he said.
The organization should in
clude business and industrial
leaders, representatives of
the military from Fort Bragg
and Camp Lejeune, and
elected town and county
officials, Jie added.
A general meeting is
planned before April 22 since
the state Department of
Transportation has Sche
duled area public meetings
shortly afterward. "We want
to have sopie input tp the
new seven-ye?r highway
development plan," Albfert
son said.
of sSlleM^
lieves development of the
? ?
highway can be divided into
'eight projects, one of which
should be placed on the next
7-year road plan. He sug
gested the initial recommen
dation should be fbr a
segment from Clinton to the
proposed f-40 connector.
Clark, in a statement to the
group, said, "No improve
ments are planned for N.C.
24 during the next 7-y^ar
program except from Jack
sonville to State Road 1001'in
Onslow County."
A project study for the
road's improvement between
Kenansville and Fayetteville '
was made in 1970. but
nothing mote was done.
The highway spans 93
miles, passing through.
Clinton. Turkey, Warsaw,
Kenansville. Beulaville, and
Richlands before reaching
Jacksonville. From Jackson
ville. it passes Camp Le
jeune. Hubert, and Swans
boro before joining U.S. 70
west of Morehead City.
Liberty Cart j
Brochures Ready
The brochures promoting
THE LIBERTY CART ft*
ttjbuted locally as activities
f9f the, coming summer
season begin to increase.
Randolph Umberger 's excit
iog Outdoor drama will play
June 29 - Aamist 5. each
Thursday. Friday, Saturday
and Sunday evealng for a
total of 23 performances in
the William R. Kenan Me
morial Amphitheatre in
KAaansvflle.
Rich Boy?, general
manager of THE LIBERTY
CART, said that dome 50,000
brochures will bo distributed
across the statejnd m other
tourist supported areas out
side North -CanWna.- "Our
audience is stiR within a
hundred mile ravins, and
-this is where we will con
centrate our distribution and
promotion.'' Boyd ^ con
pleople of Duplin County. {
They can be our best spokes
men by promoting THE
LIBERTY CART and Duplin
County as they travel to other
areas. We will be happy to
provide brochures for tnem
to distribute."
The 1979 brochures are
larger than in the past, and
they also promote the Liberty
Tour which was so successful
during the 1978 season. This
tour includes a visit to some
of the historic houses and
buildings in Kenansville in- i
eluding Liberty -Hall. '
ancestral home of the Kenan j
family, a steal dinner at The
Country fequaire. and a per
formance of THE LIBERTY
CART.
Supplies Aarailojble
_ _ ir%
For Sutofl|erttec
the Duplin Arts Council /bt
nrf1m. tempers paint end'
paintbrushes for the 1979
. recreation
Bpineredfed recreation pro
jJPcts should submit a
f detailed list Of supply needs
*ua March 15. There is a
budget limit of $100 for each
town for the supplies. Or
ganizations receiving
supplies will be expected to
fila a narrative report and
photographs with -the. Arts
Council following the
sumgrcr projects. By this
action. tlu|0oardof Directors
hopes to encourage recrea
tion departments to sponsor
local art shows to raise their
own fwndsfor art supplies for
foture summer programs.
\ i
? ing room m ? Agr A
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p Board voted 3-2 to urge
ssspjf s%gsas
; trap* in Duplin County. I
I Favoring retention were r
g Comimssioners D.J. Fussell.
"The Board's recommenda
:ion on the trapping regu
>
[OKepresentative v r
The Board also voted to
irge retention of the local act
ivhk* Qrtty. allows taking of
In other action, the Board
responded to the appeal of
David Underhiil of the sani
tation department for addi
tion II help. The Board
aareed to hffe a mechanic at
$779 a month paid by the
county: two chain saw
operators at $601 per month,
paid two-thirds by the State
and one-third by the county,
jnd^ to transfer a CETA
of solid waste, his depart
ask Representative Clark to
sponsor a local bill abolishing
the post Of Coroner, noting
?.m
Hiring-' of J. Michael
Moore, a HCSU senior, as
assistant extension agricul
br ,obr
-7* >*-:?!*? .qp-w nr' -ia-i; 'W
Starting in mid-May,. *??
approved. The county*!)
share of Iris salary will V
55,500 per year. Moore i|?
native of jones County
worked in the tobacco pto
gtw? in Columbus Cou^r
last summer.
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Herring frotessorsnip
Fund Established
Scampaign ?s **tSd ,o
>h DaO^
v -ship ir Comtr
College Education at North
Z2Rg?3!Xi
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Board of Educt from
heading i sta e?
said: "In recognition of
Dallas Herring's distin
luished and lasting contri
nutions to lifelong learning in
filth Carolina, his friends
throughout the state have
established a Dallas Herring
Professorship in Community
College Education at NCSU
to express their esteem, |tf
mkation and affection for
Rudoloh Pate, vice ch|p
eellor far foundations and
Svetsity relations at NCSU.
Ida dinner honoring
rring with the establish
ment oi tne proressorsnip
will be held March 23 at the
be the principal speaker. '
During Herring S chair
of Education. educational!*?
chievements included jjfre
college and technical
for (mbhc" S hJHQ
ment w^as develop a
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