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. I Pttro^and Senator Harold H*rdi?on Mmam the new display case designed and execute* ey ?fSfissr &? ?# SSSoor in the General As^mbiy Building in R^h. exhibit for of least 18 months. Clark was respooajNe for obtaining the case, and other contributors were Guilford East, courtesy of Tom Yates, Reeves Brothers, Comfy, and various individuals. ' f~ "? ?'fi'?????? '? ? # ?'??? ??? ?in i||W? M?m ft-W ? AlBfe sho* and talk ? on the snakes of Duplin County will be given by Jem ' i member of the N.C. State Museum of Natural History, on Wednesday, June 20th, as the kkk-off of the Story-Film program at Dorothy Wightmaa Library in KenansviDe. There are about 34 different Species of ^ snakes in DupHa'County, including sis venomous species. Reynolds win shew examples of many of these sniMp and will discuss interesting aspects of their natural history. Special emphasis will he made on how to distinguish the harmless ones from the poisonous one*. Above is a photo by Jerry of the Black-phased Timber .Rattlesnake (Crotahis Horridus) from the1 mountains of North Carolina. 1 jfif WtMrnm;-. I... rJ;... nH tiwraw.'IMWg: ? IWHriaw PisfeiBond Issues ? *? Warsaw residents ap ? for water and Sewer project! ^ in a referendum, Tuesday. The vote on a $5??8.000 proposal for a water system -'jp-' ?fm* was 217 to 48. The vote on a $400,000 proposal for a sewer system was 227 to 43. The $948,000 authorized int he bond issues is the temp's share of the coat of a planned $4.3 million upgrading and expansion of Warsaw's utili ties. ? The pre sent sewage dis posal plant, built to handle 250.000 gallons of waste water per day. is now hand ting 450.000 gallons a day. As a result. Warsaw cannot increase usage of the facility and is limited in resktafjp^i and business development. 'Psstl mMWkfd^y " * "T^"Dupiin Ownfy'SSi Of Commissioners regrets to Worm you the county will be ?o neet further | * . Jb^iSooo ?? ' r '??Sfl s: re | ? ?s ' P* I^Mobud8et ,26,1?2 County Finance Officer Russell Tucker isnov. hoW ins a sight draft for $22,459 for which there- is no monev in the budget. The procedure for paying medical assistance has been for the state to make the actual payments to (health care providers After the state totals the payments I for a month in-'the county, it I computes the share of the I total sum the county owes I the state and sends the H county a sight draft which I the county officials sign and I return to the state. I Sf Cgrsh f Mnrmut U HUatnt I !<it(?lS3onr rebates back to the people and turns around add charge* us more for some .55r? good politically. The Board received word Monday of the termination of the county's contract with Dynateria. Inc. of Dunn in 30 da vs. The firm had the contract for providing meals for the elderly at a price of $1,475 per meal. Terms of the contract provide for ter mination on a 30-day notice The company reported in creasing costs of fuel and commodities was forcing the cancelation. Dynsteria is SSLS zMst su m In addition, the company is n* Board also agreed to allow the Friends of the Library to use $200,000 the group had raised for a library to build whatever it could with that amount. The stra# ture will be erected on Semf nary Street in Kenansville. ; f John Archibald, librarian. for the library group. agrcS ' the library should be cdB structed now because irtfl* tion is decreasing the value of the money in hand, JritfH said she believed the at* can raiae another S5O.OO0* the project. > Joseph D. Bryant* Wallace was re-appointe?* the county airpon comflB sloh. Robert Franklinl? Walker of A'bertson wll named to succeed Hal* Kbtrnegay wh> ri iiyncd. B named to SU i Rajflb Wi|Iiam Sullivan of {St labor Deportment Honor* i jU *infa|y ^ j F'rmi I S3 I '' fi' N.C. Labor Commissioner John C. Brooks will present the labor department's Cer tificate of Safety Achieve ment to employees and management of 39 firms at a dinner prOggam near Clinton , Wednestfejpevening. June 6. Co-sponsored for the first year with the Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce, the presentation is scheduled for 7 p.m. at The Country Kitchen.'between Highways 421 and 701. Nearly 100 guests are expected to at tend. ' * " | Presiding at the program will he Joseph E. Parker, president of the Chamber of Commerce and owner of Parker and Assoc. of Cliaton. Bobby E. Bunker, plant managar of the Clinton WestPeint Pepperell, Inc. plant, will give the invo cation. Walter E. Pennington, , manager of the Barcaloonger Co. plant In Clinton will introduce Com missioner Brooks. . Brooks will honor repre sentatives of plants, businesses and service es tablishmcnts from com mum- I tics throughout Bladen. Duplin. Lenoir. Pender and Sampson counties. The com panies qualified for the department's 1978 award by maintaining-a perfect safety record during the calendar year, or by recording an occupational injury incidence rate at least 50 % below the statewide rate for their par ticular industry. The commissioners will note particularly the achieve ment of Reeves Brothers. Inc. of Kenausville. which qualified foe -the depart ment's safety award for the eighth consecutive year. The Clinton program will t' be the 26th in a series of 31 Labor Department safety awards presentations across the state. The NCDL and the U.S. Department of Labor initiated the safety awards program in 1946 as a cooperative effort under the World War 11 Manpower Act. In 1961. the federal-state agreement for administratidn of the federal Wage-Hour Law and. th^ Walsh-Healy Public Contracts Act was discontinued, and co-spon iorship of the safety awards program stopped at the. same time. Since then, the pro gram has been administered solely by the N.C. Depart nent of Labor. Local com munity organizations co sponsor each of the awards presentations annually. Other labor department staff to be present at the Clinton program include Stanton L. Blaylock. OSHA division consultant. Rocky Mount: William S. Griffin. OSHA division safety officer. Zebulon; and Russell D. Poe. safety awards coordinator. Bear Crook. Among the recipients from ' Duplin County sre: Quinn ; Company. Inc.. Warsaw. Office Division; Town of Rose Hill; James Sprunt Institute. Kenantville; Guil ford East. Warehousing 6 - Shipping. Kenansville-, Beu laville Garment Co., Inc.; ? "?* Carolina Power A Light-Co.. Wallace Area: Guilford East. . V* Plant Offices. Kenansville; ; Har-Scott Company. Inc.. Pink Hill. Plant #1 and Plant #2; J.P. Stevens A Co.. Inc., of Wallace. Carter and Holly Plants; and for the eighth consecutive year. Reeves - i Brothers. Inc.. of Kenans villc. |p|S Vandals Damage JSI ?. . 1 ; Vandals stnjA James Spirunt Institute over the weekend, breaking eight plate gfigs windows, two plate glass Some windows were Stao broken at the First Baptist Church. Rocks were thrown through the windows of the church. Damage was esti mated at S700 by Kenansville Pblice Chief Tyson Bostic. County Road Closad The NCDOT will close Miller (Secondary Road 1112) to through traffic for approximately six weeks. The road is located 4 miles southwest of Warsaw and will be closed from May 21 to June 29th. " f Building Ransacked j?f the Duplin County Social ?*Setvices building was entered over the weekend A safe, valued at $100, was ''carried off. Contents in cluded $525 in currency. Desks, door frames and windows were damaged and a typewriter smashed by be|?g thrown through a | locked door. Arts Council Names Director Matt Monday has been appointed Executive Director of the Duplin County Arts Council by the organization's board of directors and the Dupiie County Board of Commissioners, effective June I. Monday succeeds Regina Whaley. the four year-old agency's only direc tor since July. 1975. A native of Mount Airy, Monday graduated from the North Carolina School of the Arts in 1978 and attbtded O.B.B.A. "Off-Off-flfoad way Theatre Alliance" classes on grandsmanship in 1978. He has worked in both administrative and technical capacities for theatre companies since 1968. Monday appeared in the original off-Broadway pro- I duction of "Mayberry's Re venge" as Joel C. Jackson, "My First Feature Assign ment." an original play by Monday was produced by the Magnolia Town Bpard 4 Bwdgbt } Mooting .. The Magnolia Town Board Will hold tts budget meeting Mj** | Class Of 1925 Holds Reunioh [ : ,^-'^1 The 1925 graduation class from Warsaw High School celebrated its 54th anniver sary with a reunion at The Country Squire on Friday evening. May 25th. The class members and their guests met at sis o'clock for a social hour. This included registra tion. giving name tags and taking pictures. Refresh mcnu> were served and a time of getting re acquainted was enjoyed. At seven o'clock dinner was served. Mini diplomas were placed by each plat at the table. They were tied with green and gold ribbons, the class colors. An appropriate poem was printed on each. - After dinner, the following program was given: Invoca tion by Sam Waller; Memorial to the deceased, Nita Ivey Robertson; Welcome and remarks, Mable Measley Rountree; Roll Call, Sara Fussell Mitchner; and Louise Smith, valedictorian of the class, said a few remarks. As the roll was called, each class member was asked to intro duce their spouse or gttekt - and make any comments they wished. Then the floor was opened for any special events in each one's life since graduation, or any memory they had of happen ings in high schoo. The meeting was closed with the Mizpah benediction, after which it was suggested that the class meet again next yew- . .
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