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Democratic Exc<- utivc Com
w^isScd a^thd$
Some county residents
have expressed dissatis
faction over the present at
large method of electing
members on the board when
the new member* take office
? Several versions of selec
tion by district have been
.Ifering the meetihg. W.E.
Foster Of Warsaw claimed
% under the present
system, cannot do so. He
suggested that a seven
member board be formed,
with the James Kenan.
Wallace-Rose Hill and East
Duplin school areas having
two members each, and
North Duplin having one
member. 4ifc
The committee; when ap
pointed. is to bring its recom
mendation back to the execu
tive committee in time for
presentation to the short
session of the General
Assembly in 1980. The legis
lature must approve any
change in method of selec
tion or in length of term of
school beard members.
In odwr action, the com
mittee agreed to recommend
Mrs. Winifred Wells. Wal
lace attorney, to President
Carter for nomination as U.S. ?
District Court judge to sue- j
ceed retiring Judge John
Larkins of Trenton. Mrs. &
Wells served a portion of a ^
term as North Carolina
Superior Court judge, but
declined to run for election to
a full term.
i
Betilaville. The Duplin County Farm Bureau sponsors the
Ingram, which was held at The Country Squirt The
Governor's special volunteer certificates were awaiffled to
leaders of the Youth In Action 4-H Club of Ken&sville.
, Afifcepthtrthe awards were Alice Worthlngton, Barbara
?SP*?n. Josephine Oufaw and Peggy Hoffman.
< veer hu been
jjpprovl*. >y th? Duplin
Commk
foSSi' project, ?.?
? included in the $491,105
iplocntMi
I .JMtCll includes.:? baX
work and paving of .3 mile of
M 7...-v..W
gS w < R
w fe th r
^?ToOO n< I H
"*or fcr
- ?
Wallace n>r $30,000.
northeast of Beulaville for
j&r* --w?,or
The largest single project
111 the program is widening
irs:;r!5
line to Concord Church west
estimwq
The remaining $3 \ 105 still
be field back for possfti*
pavfi requests
ier ent! and rescu
aqjads and sensible over
runs thebi tsir
by District Highway
Ai?i;m ? ( ? id Gs ?f
; kningtoi ? A1 El
IS ' ^ '< iV-v ? '
ginecrT. W.Funderburkh i
T*V\ r a A a L- A ^ f* ? \ _ . 111
money |from^the 1979 Seal
cord Church at an estimated
$50,000. base work and
paving of SR1813 off N.C. 41
for .6 erf a mile betweer
Beulaville and Chinquapin ai
an estimated $?,000 ant
base work and paving of SI
1811 for 1.3 miles in thi
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Playoff Bound
Coach Bobby Davit* Soph
Lenoir basketball team Jnll
meet Barns of Shelbv at ?;.t0
ham The team compiled an
18-4 regular season record
an* was 11-1 in the con
fere nee. Coach Davis was
named Conference Coach of
the Year All Conference
players included Larry
"P*"?""?""''IS'WW1
Canady, Clifton Whitfield
and Ricky Brown. V. ?
After winning the con
ference tournament at
Kenansville, the, Rebels
advanced to the district
playoffs at Haveloci They
wi>n there by defeat!iM
White Oak 82-52; West Car
teret 80-58 and HavelocftS
74-65. The game will be
broadcast by WFTC.radio. ,
. o?
leld ft light,
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I Bits t*
( in Mai aha' -Hd
I
i
I Vt rii Jtl
Of ? North
irtnaMt of
th
thl need im?
???*.. > ? ,
h?ln.
ion. The designation as k
~'i > of E*< if
evidence th?t a ommunf$
. . ^ i I4*T * - 0 fta
? ?, ine
designation H bi d upon
i hi< vc it it in ert it rate
. ? j ? - . ' . - ;?
foric' -of .
or s ;
? TY ?'? Cc i
the N.C. Economic Develop
ment Divisions a' better
inventory of comrtTuniHes to
bring to Die attention of
industrial firms seeking new
plant locations.
oJcS'the'^r^are: <t)
: t a town >1 ss tha
15.000 (2} must submit an
Hospital Board Honors Retirees
retiring members of
Bcm were honored at a
jjj&m Rose HU1 Tuesday
jSmMoo for their laervice.
^1^-, ^Wr monoen were
i Novow*
pHLhS^^!^. ^'jifni^
Another redg? is Pavid^
John KJipatrick of Kenans
ville Township; present
chairman of the board, a
former vice chairman, trea
surer and executive com
mittee member. Kilpatrick
Was appointed to the board in
September 1966. ' .
Richard B. Boyce of Wal
lace, current vice chairman,
is also retiring. He was
named to the board in 1962
as a representative of Rock
fish Township.
Also retiring is jCecil A.
Miller of Limestone Town
ship, who came on the board
?l November 1957. He Ms
served on the exceptive sad
fmance committees, and has *
Glisson Township, John HaU
of KenansvitTe Township,
and Sarah Bolin of Limestone
Township.
Ten new members, will
represent towns of* the
county. The hospital bj?Uws
were cbtnged in Octotgtr to
increase the board frona|0 to
25 members to include the
town neuresentatrves.
Hospital Administrator
Richard Harrell said1* the
objective.is to improve cfpn
mnnications between the
hospital and the towns
people. "'?>*
The reconstituted board
will meet.AprBr 17 to elect
officers. The fuR board nwiets
dour times a year, and }he
executive- com mi tee meets
Greene vers, Earl Hatcher of
Kenansville. Ruth Quinn of
Magnolia. Ray Sanderson of
Rose Hill. Mrs. Willard
Fussell of Teachey, Irvia
Graham of Wallace, and Roy
Barwick of Warsaw.
Reappointed to the board
were Elbert Davis of Wolf
scrape and J.P. Smith of
Magnolia.
' 1
Other members of the
board are Thomas Hall of
Warsaw, William J. Igoe of
Faison Township. Willie M.
Biggs of Island Creek Town
ship. William- Fenneli>nti
Juanita Kretsch of K?pM- ^
Township. andBill^W "*
Alston of Cypress Creek ?
Township. ?
& ava.iL.j-/ ?.? j ilPl ,V4J M
Town will have
SLSd ^deLb,Ke2ai&
wiJEft
M J' was erected In the raid-J 870s when
Maghoha was the trading center of most of western Duplin
'?
?nd eastern Sampson counties. The railroad is offering the
town the building for S136 per year plus taxes. It wants the
town, if it takes over the building, to erect a fence between
the building and the railroad track to prevent anyone from
wandering onto the track.
Fire Destroys Tank And Barn
PI ByJwbnlw
Fire destroyed a farm
.
tabling $2,700 worth of hay
Ikst Tuesday.
The blaze occurred on the
Russell Sanderson farm just
before 4 p.m. while Hubert
I. Kennedy, an employee of.
the Jenkins Gas Cp. of
Warsaw was filling the farm
gasoHhetank. V
Kennedy said he had put
270 gallons of gasoline in the
tank. He said he stated
away from the task for a
moment end when he looked
back, the tank wac afire, the
burning tank set fire to the
whiter-dry gran around H,
and the fire spread to the.
barn where the hay was
stored.
The Sarecta and BeulaviHe
volunteer fire departments
answered the caH and stood
HgSJSSZZSZ
The gasoline tank
iAOE?.??'*? *33%* ?? ? 'XsflUh vv
belonged to Jenkins Gas Co.
A companion tank beside it
was undamaged. Kennedy
was able to drive the truck
out of danger.
Dalton Thomas, a
company supervisor, said he
believed static electricity
caused the fire. "It happens
once in a million times, he
said. He could give no esti
mate of the Ion to the
company Tuesday.
s^/T
j Trust.. i
Mijford Quinn w.
insUlfcd ncu^nistee for
Find Th* ?lit In Mry Child
* < < ?: ,
ganization such as <Jirl
Scouts - celebrating Its 67th
anniversary this week,
March 11-1/, selected "f-ind
The Gift hi Every Child" as
C*b?t5?wkle
bow, oi joy and love to five.