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0tOL. XXXX1V NO. 29 USPS 162-860 KENANSVILLE, NC 28349 JULY 19. 1979 10 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
Former Deputy Williams
Sues Over Arrest
Georee Williams, a former
deputy sheriff, has filed a
Jfcvil suit in Superioi Court
?against RJ. Whaley, A.K.A.
Whaley and Greta Jean
Whaley asking 5350,000 in
compensatory damages and
SI.5 niUien in punitive
damages.
The actioh arises out of
barges of I'arceny placed
against Williams by the
Whaleys in May. while Wil
liams was a deputy sheriff.
Williams was found guilty in
District Court and has
?ppealed that >-ase to
pperior Court, k is sche
uled to be heard next
month.
Williams wa^charged wtth
taking a radio p&wer booster
-Magnbtto
Receives
Federal Grant
Third District Congress
man Charles, O. Whitley
announced in Washington
that the United States En
vironmental Protection
Agency has awarded a grant
to the Town of Magnolia in
the amount of $262,500.
The grant award, accord
ing to Whitley, will be used
for the construction of the
?|0posed Magnolia waste
ater treatment facilities.
and a bracket from Buck
Whaley's store on May 5 and
May 9. The Sheriff's De
partment was called May 9.
Williams offered payment of
$25, which he said was ac
cepted by the Whaleys,
Williams claimed he took
the items while working on
his own as an undercover
agent. In his civil suit, Wil
liams alleges Sheriff T. E.
Revelle had been trying to
remove him from his post
because, he alleges, the
sheriff feared he was gaining
too much political power. He
alleges the subsequent SBI
probe of the matter was not
impartial. He alleges the
sheriff convinced the
Whaleys to make the crimi
nal complaint to destroy his
credibility and thereby
eliminate his political influ
ence.
Wrenn Assumes
Waccamaw Position
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named assistant vice presi
dent of the Kenansville
branch of Waccamaw Bank
and Trust Company accord
ing to senior vice president
and Kenansville city execu
tive Phil Kretsch. Wrenn,
who joined Waccamaw in
1975, has assumed the posi
tion previously held by
assistant vice president Bill
Sutton. Sutton has been
named vice president and
city executive for the Newton
Grove branch of another
UCB affiliate. Cape Fear
Bank and Trust opening later
this sri imer.
Wrejut.. is a natwe of
Louisburg where he ha*
served as a loan officer of
that branch since early irf
1977. He is a graduate of
N.C.S.U. and is enrolled in
the Carolina School of
Banking at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.
Wrenn presently serves as
treasurer of the Ingleside
Lions Club, as a member of
the Louisburg Chamber of
Commerce, and serves in
several capacities at Trinity
United Methodist Church of
Louisburg.
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His wife is the former
Donna Shelley of Tabor City,
and they are the parents of
an infant son, Clyde
Douglas. The Wrenns have
relocated to the Kenansville
area.
Waccamaw Bank and
Trust Company presently
serves its customers through
45 locations over south
eastern North Carolina. It is
a member of United Carolina
Bancshares. the state's sixth
largest financial institution.
Plans have been announced
to merge two UCB affiliates.
Cape Fear and Capitol
National Banks with Wacca
maw later this summer. The
bank's name will then be
changed to United Carolina
Bank-East.
Carey D. Wrenn
ARE FAMILY - Another of the several
imilies in this year's production of THE
IBERTY CART is the Doug Clark family,
'oug, a member of the North Carolina
louse of Representatives, is in his fourth
jason with THE LIBERTY CART. If there is
ich a thing as perfect casting, when it
|HDes to Doug's part, it is close to perfect.
? plays the part of a politician. Besides
ting, he can be found greeting people,
lling programs and handing out seat
shions, or anything else that needs to be
ne. Why isn't he on strfte? Well, his scene
t't until the second act. His wife, Sue, has
arge amount of acting experience besides
THE LIBERTY CART. She nas acted in pro
ductions of the Goldsboro Neighborhood
Playhouse, the University of North Carolina
at Wilmington, and the Kinston Dinner
Theatre. Besides acting. Sue enjoys reading,
collecting antiques, and politics. Also, she is
a counselor at James Sprunt Institute. This
is her third year with THE LIBERTY CART.
Come see and meet the Clark family in THE
LIBERTY CART every Thursday. Friday,
Saturday and Sunday nights at 8:30 p.m.
through August 5. For additional infor
mation write: THE LIBERTY CART. P.O.
Pox 470. Kcnansville, NC 28349.
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ATTENDED ELECTRIC CONGRESS Duplin County 4-H
members Wanda Batts of Route 2, Warsaw, and Karen
Kornegay of Warsaw, were delegates to the State 4-H
Electric Congress at the University of North Carolina at
Charlotte July 9-11. Mrs. Arthenia Hall, 4-H leader, (left)
and Corbett Hankins. Jr.. Carolina Power and Light
Company customer service representative, accompanied
the delegates. The 4-H'crs were selected for achievement
in their electric projects. Carolina Power a d light
Company sponsored their trip to Electric Congress.
One Dead
TrucksCollide HeadOn
An apparent refusal by a
motorist to allow a truck to
pass him on the highway
resulted in a fatal head-on
crash last Tuesday morning
west of Chinquapin, accord
ing to the state highway
patrol.
Leslie Foy, 45, of Route 2,
Willard, driver of a Maola
milk truck, was killed.
Jerry Kenneth Blythe, 27,
of Trenton, who was driving
a tractor-trailer gravel truck
eastward on N.C. 41, was
injured. The accident
occurred in the driveway of
Lanier's Store', about a mile
east of the N.C. 41-50 junc
tion near Chinquapin.
State Highway Patrolman
Steven P. McCorquodale
said a search is on for a
vehicle reported by a witness
to have refused to allow the
gravel truck to pass. He said
the witness reported the
driver of the vehicle accel
erated when Blythe
attempted to pass and then
slowed down to prevent the
truck from re-entering the
right-hand traffic lane.
Approaching a curve,
McCorquodale said in his
report, Blythe apparently
saw the oncoming milk truck
and attempted to get out of
its way by turning into the
store driveway. He said Foy
apparently had the same
thought at the same time,
and th" trucks crashed
head-on in the store drive
w? The officer said the milk
tiuck cab was crushed.
Blythe was admitted to
Duplin General. His condi
tion was not described as
serious.
No charges have been
filed, pending results of the
investigation, the officer
said.
Wallace Budget Approved
The Wallace Board of
Commissioners adopted a
budget of $1,948,706.93 for
the 1979-80 fiscal year
Thursday night.
The new budget is an
increase of $400,000 from
last year's appropriation of
$1,541,814.95. The budget
provides $706,586.74 for the
general fund.
Included in the general
fund is the appropriation for
the police department,
$222,872; street department,
$131,950, and sanitation,
$100,159. Also financed from
the general fund are pest
control, public works garage,
tax collections, administra
tion and public building
maintenance.
Of the general fund total,
$249,000 will come from the
city ad valorem tax of 59
cents per $100 assessed
valuation.
Reserves will provide
$107,329 for the general
fund. Revenue sharing
money will add $87,500 to
the general fund. Other
general fund income sources
are $70,000 from refuse col
lection, $76,000 from fran
chise taxes and $50,000 from
local sales tax refund. The
remainder of the general
fund income will come from
other sources.
The budget also includes
$200,000 for completion of
the current phase of the
Clement Street Park, $22,000
for Uac waste treatment col
lection system and $209,910
for future expansion and
renovation of the waste
treatment plant.
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The payroll for the fown
employees has been set at
$480.891. This includes a 5
percent across-the-board pay
increase and a 2 percent
set-aside for merit increases.
The budget allows
5116,435 for utilities. The
budget also allows $35,100
for gasoline, tires and oil for
town equipment and $59,018
for equipment maintenance.
Clark Appointed To
Traffic Safety
Speaker of the House Carl
J. Steward. Jr., of Gastonia,
appointed Representative
Douglas A. Clark of Duplin
County to the N.C. Traffic
Safety Authority to study the
State's traffic problems and
decide what can be done to
improve existing programs
and what new programs may
be implemented td alleviate
the problems.
Clark served this past
session of the General
Assembly as a member of the
Agriculture Committee,
Education Committee,
Election Laws Committees
Finance Committee^
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Highway Committee and
Wildlife Committee.
Clark's appointment as a
member of the Traffic Safety
Authority will commence im
mediately and will continue
until June 30, 1981.
WEEKEND TRAFFIC
FATALITY
James F. Harper. 30, of
Albertson, was killed
Saturday morning near
Kinston when his motorcycle
struck a car head-on.
Gurganus Named
Industrial Director
The Board of Commission
ers voted unanimously at
their regular session July 2 to
hire John H. Gurganus as
Industrial Director of Duplin
County.
Gurganus was recom
mended to the Board by
Harry Oswald, chairman of
the Industrial Development
Commission. He said mem
bers of the commission voted
unanimously June 15 to
recommend Gurganus as di
rector.
GRAND OPENING
According to- owner
George West. West Con
struction and Building
Supply Co.. Inc. will have a
grand opening on Saturday,
July 21st at their new fa
cilities on Hwy. 24 east of
Warsaw. Ribbon Cutting by
Miss Duplin County, Tina
Brewer, will be held at 10
a.m. The public is invited.
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