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William R. Kenan, Jr.
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YOL. XXXXIV NO. 28 USPS 162-860 KENANSV1LLE. NC 28349 JULY 12. 1979 10 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
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Swain
Appointed
* To 4-H
Board
Sharon Swain, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W.
?wain of Warsaw, was re
sntly apt ointed to the Board
of Directors of the N.C. 4-H
Honor Club. W. E. Wilson,
president of the organiza
tion, made the appointment
at the annual state con
ference in Reidsville.
IB The membership of the
N.C. 4-H Honor Club is
comprised of the top '/i % of
the total 4-H population in
North Carolina. Miss Swain
was chosen for lifetime
membership in the organi
sation because of her out
standing 4-H career. She
.served as president of the
Southeastern district, was
state winner in foods and
nutrition, and received
/district awards. /
ate As a member of the boa|ta
"of direct<w%. Miss Swain will
?be representing a 13-cou'nty
area which covers the south
east portion of the state.
? Dr. Scott
Named
Assistant
* Supt.
Dr. Alice Smith Scott of
Albertson was hired by the
Board of Education last week
as assistant superintendent
charge of vocational pro
?grams in the school system.
Dr. Scott received her
Ph.D. from the University of
North Carolina at Greens
boro. She received her
bachelor of science degree
.from East Carolina and her
^master's from UNC-G.
Dr. Scott succeeds Lloyd
Stevens who retired June 30.
The position pays $20,7%
per year.
She Jias been a consulting
dietitian with Guardian Care
Kinston. She has taught
Wbutrition education training
programs on a part-time
basis at Pembroke and at
UNC-W. She also held the
position of professor and
chairman ot the department
of food, nutrition, and insti
tutional management at ECU
from 1%9 to 1977, when she
resigned to return to Duplin
County.
Pink Hill
? Couple
Faces Drug
Charges
^ A husband and wife, Gar
land Boyd Conrad, 63, and
Nell Babb Conrad, 60, of
Route 1, Pink Hill, were
arrested Wednesday night
by Sheriffs officers on mari
juana charges.
^j> Each faces charges of
growing and manufacturing
marijuana and to sell and
deliver a controlled sub
stance. f
They were released on
their own recognizance;
The lunch line was long...but no one seemed to mind
Class of 1927
Kenansville
School
Reunion
Day J
Handshakes, hugs, and
phrases like "You look the
same as you did years
ago," and "Wait, let me
think." were the protocol as
over 1,000 persons returned
home for the Kenansville
Reunion on Saturday, July
7th.
Chairman Amos Brinson
said. "The Mea for a school
reunion Ca.T.e about last
summer after several local
funerals. After seeing so
many people return home.
~ ones we normally don't see
-- we got to thinking, why not
have a get-together on a
happier note. Thus the idea
of the reunion was born."
The reunion started as a
school reunion, commemo
rating 52 years of the
Kenansville Elementary
School, but soon it came to
be known as the Kenansville
Reunion.
The big day started with
registration, which was. ac
cording to one returnee,
more like a two-hour get
re-acquainted session.
Everyone received a name
tag, which frequently got
more stares than the person
wearing it. Soon the name
tags and the wearer's
identity came into focus,
after which many "Do you
remember" tales were told
and retold.
After dinner. A. Dixon
Wood, minister and former
teacher, gave the invocation.
A welcome from Mayor Doug
Judge and Principal (1947
1979) Z. W. Frazelle fol
lowed.
Willis Brown, Class of
1947, responded with some
do-you-remember anecdotes.
Brown asked if anyone re
membered about: gas leaks
reported by several school
bus drivers; getting caught
smoking under the school
building; being punished by
shoveling coal; or calling Mr.
Frazell "Mr. Frizzell." etc.
Reverend Lauren Sharf
was introduced as the
speaker. Sharpe spoke on
"This Community We Call
Home."
"Not too many years
ago." Sharpe said, "I had a
decision to make. Where was
I going to live and where was
I going to raise our children?
1 have a place I'm proud to
call home, and have people
and also a school that I'm
proud of."
Amos Brinson, organizer
of the event, recognized Ann
Craft. Elma Gray Bostic, and.
Margaret Williams as the
coordinating committee re
sponsible for. the success of
,the reunion.
Jimmy Wagstaff, a
x A happy reunion
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member of the class of 1950,
was given a $25 check for
traveling the furthest dis
tance, from Sacramento,
California. He returned the
check to be applied to the
school's Bronze Plaque
runu.
Mrs. Faison McGowan,
summed up the feelings of
many by saying, "Today
must be like dying and going
to Heaven -- seeing all those
you haven't seen in such a
long time."
Truckers Block Faison Produce Auction Market
According to independent
truck drivers, a move to take
away a 25-cents-per
package increase in hauling
rate by some brokers or
shippers at the Faison Pro
cuce Auction Market Friday
brought on a blockade for
several hours.
Trucks were moving late
Friday night and a large
infusion of state and local law
enforcement personnel was
removed after several hours
of tension.
Independent truckers
claimed some brokers were
refusing them the 25-cent
increase that had been
autnorized last week.
About 3 p.m. Friday, the
truckers blocked off a pro
duce shed preventing entry
or egress of ngs. The high
way patrol and Sheriff's of
ficers opened a traffic lane.
No violence was recorded,
although words were offered
by truckers over what they
considered an effort to cut
their rates.
Allen Fountain of Warsaw,
an independent trucker, said
the 25 cents means about
$350 to a load going to New
York. He said the normal
load would pay about $1,700.
He charged that company
truckers were hauling for as
low as $1.300.
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The 25-cent rate increase
was apparently granted
again by about 8:30 p.m. as
trucks began to roll. The new
rate is $1.25 per package to
New York.
According to the Market
News Serivce, peppers were
about steady in the Sampson
Duplin area and cucumber
shipments sharply declining.
On Thursday, July 5, FOB
prices, shipping point basis
from packing houses, large
bell pepper were $5.50 to $6
and medium size mostly $5
for shipments, and move
ment was on a more normal
schedule.
Chamber Of Commerce Council To Clean Up Eastern N.C.
The new Eastern North
Carolina Chamber of Com
merce will coordinate an
extensive effort to clean up
Eastern North Carolina next
April.
The project was an
nounced by the chairman of
the Chamber's community
development Council. Paul
A Brewer of Warsaw.
Brewer said he hoped
every local Chamber of Com
merce in the region, every
rural and urban organization,
and the extension agents in
each county would pitch in to
help.
"Those of us who live in
the East love the region and
think it'*s wonderful."
Br-wer pointed out. "But
those who conic to visit us for
the first time see a different
image." he said. "They see
deserted shacks, unpainted
barns, unkempt property,
and littered roadsides."
Brewer said in cleaning up
for the visitors, the effort
would also make the East a
better place for everyone
who lives in the region.
Brewer said his council is
now preparing materials to
be distributed all across the
East during the next several
months. "We want every
man. woman, and child in
Eastern North Carolina to be
aware of this effort." he
- said.
Plans call for the project
leaders to try to get rural
property owners to demolish
deserted buildings on their
lands. "We'll even try to get
them some help from volun
teer manpower if we need to
do that." he pointed out. He
said he hopes every paint
brush in the East will be busy
during April as the clean-up
effort gets into full swing.
"We, want to have every
piece of litter along the roads
picked up and we want
i>orth Carolinians to
stop littering the place," he
pointed out.
Brewer said the project
can be successful if all seg
ments of the community life
of the region pitch in to help.
"There's absolutely no dif
fereace in the rural scene in
New England and that in
Eastern North Carolina that a
little cleaning up and a little
painting can't eliminate,"
Brewer commented, j i
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Sign Language
Skills Interpreters Needed
A need for interpreters to
assist individuals with hear
ing impairments exists in
North Carolina. The N.C.
Council for the Hearing
Impaired is composing a list
of available individuals in
Eastern North Carolina with
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sign language skills and who
are willing to be used as
interpreters. Currently,
there is no one with such
skills available in Duplin
County. If anyone has such a
skill, or has knowledge of
anyone with such skills,
please contact Ltthco Wrenn
with Vocational Rehabilita
tion Services In Kenansville
at 296-1851, or write to P.O.
Box 425-A, Kenansville, NC
28349.