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/OL. XXXXIV NO. 32 USPS 162-860 KENANSV1LLE, NC 28349 AUGUST 9. 1979 10 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
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Schools Taking Steps
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The Duplin County school
;ystem plans several steps to
fepnserve energy during the
timing school year, which
{tarts August 31 with orien
tation for students.
Some of the steps were
begun in previous years as
costs mounted and supplies
rcame short, officials said.
J.L. Rhodes, maintenance
supervisor, said special ther
mostats have been installed
so heat or air conditioning
can be shut off in unused
areas. Thermostats have
J>een set at 40 degrees during
Hie winter at night to reduce
ftie! use, but still protect
plumbing from freezing.
Schools with electric heat
have timer-thermostats to
prevent air conditioners from
all going on at one time and
^>uilding high peak loads. By
Staggering the moment air
conditioners come on, costs
of electricity can be reduced,
the official said, as the
reduction of peak load lowers
cost. He said the Warsaw
Elementary Schpol saved
pM.000 last year with this
system. He also noted the
sys, -m has reduced its heat
ing fuel usage during the
. past three years, though last
year was warmer than the
preceding years.
Among other maintenance
Pconservation steps will be
reduction of deliveries from
central warehouses to two
days a week and working out
of delivery routes for most
efficient use of travel mile
age.
During the coming school
year, Alleji Wood, supervisor
of the garage and bus fleet,
said bus routes will be re
viewed with Cato DeVane,
state schoolbus supervisor in
an effort to plan mileage
cuts. Results of the study are
expected in time to put them
into effect with the 1980-81
ool year. Some routes will
l*. combined for the coming
year to reduce the number of
stops. Wood said the system
expects 12 new buses about
the end of December to
replace some 1965-66
models.
The system has 137 buses,
including four used for
special education students. It
has 12 spare buses and 10
service trucks as well as 12
activity buses and three
vans.
The buses used 256,509
gallons of gasoline and
traveled 1,192,005 miles in
the last school year. They
averaged 5.739 miles per
gallon and 48 miles per day.
Kermit Holland, assistant
maintenance supervisor, said
the 13 schools using oil for
heating last year used
197,000 gallons. The system
has storage capacity for
204,000 gallons, but this is
distributed among the
schools and some of them
lack capacity for storing a
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full-winter's fuel supply, he
added.
An enrollment of 8,900
students is expected this
year, according to L. S. Guy,
associate superintended^
This would be about 100
more than last year.
Kindergarten enrollment
is expected to be 524 stu
dents compared with 667 last
year. Last year's kindergar
ten total topped the preced
ing year by 110. Guy said. "I
don't know where they all
came from. The birth rate did
not indicate that increase."
He said the system will
have three more teachers
than a year ago due to a new
state apportionment formula.
It will have 307 classroom
teachers, 17 principals, 34
support staffers, 60 excep
tional children's teachers, 43
educational occupation
teachers, and 36 remedial
teachers under the Elemen
tary and Secondary Educa
tion Act.
The system is considering
a retention policy, Guy said.
He noted that year-before
last, 500 students , were
retained for a year, mostly in
the 9th and 10th grades.
In new developments, the
most important, he indi
cated, will be an evaluation
of kindergarten students as
school begins to determine
any special needs for indi
viduals.
REDUCE NINE PESTS [R-9-PJ ? The
Goldttold Brothers of Warsaw are partici
pating in the R-9-P program of the
Agricultural Extension Service. The God
bolds are pictured cutting tobacco stalks
immediately after the final harvest. The
Extension Service is encouraging all tobacco
farmers to participate in the R-9-P program
by following this procedure. According to
research and demonstration tests, this R-c/-P
program may increase the next year's crop
value as much as S212 per acre in fields
where disease, insects, or weed population
is moderate to high. The nine pests include:
root-knot, mosaic, brown spot, veil-banding,
hornworms, budworms, flea beetles, weeds,
and grasses.
Ex-Deputy William's
Motion Denied
A motion to dismiss all
charges against George Wil
liams, former deputy sheriff,
who was found guilty of two
counts of larceny in District
Court was denied by
Superior Court Judge
Richard B. Allsbrook
Monday.
Defense Attorney Bruce
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Robinson based his motion
for dismissal on the claim
the charges against Williams
were racially motivated.
Williams had appealed the
lower court conviction to
Superior Court. The case is
scheduled for August 14.
Williams was fined $200
on each count by the District
Court.
He was convicted of
charges of taking a radio
power booster and its
brackets from Whaley's Ap
pliance and Furniture Store
near Wallace, Williams
claimed he was working
under cover at the time in an
attempt to catch a suspect.
Meals Program
Unchanged
For Elderly
Bids for supplying the
meals-to-the-elderly pro
gram were rejected Monday
by the Board of Commis
sioners.
The Board will continue to
rely on WAGES of Wayne
County to prepare food for
the program.
About 180 prepared meals
are hauled each dav to
Wallace, Kenansville, War
saw and Faison.
The Wayne organization is
a county-sponsored non
profit group. It agreed to
help Duplin until the county
can use the kitchen and
cafeteria of the present
Kenansville Elementary
School.
The present school will be
empty when the new ele
mentary school building is
completed in December or
January.
Bidding on the lunch pro
ject were Dineteria of Dunn
at SI.69; B & K Grill of
Kenansville at $1.60 (the
county would have to furnish
countainers and some other
equipment at that bid), and
Brit Is Seafood of Albertson,
SI .84. Dineteria supplied the
meals until canceling its
contract last spring.
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In other action, the Board
rejected an offer front the
N.C. Department of Correc
tions to pay the county $10
per day to keep some misde
meanants in the county jail.
Prisoners can be sentenced
to county jails instead of
state prisons if they are
serving less than . 0 days for
misdemeanors. The Board
protested that it would cost
more than $10 a day to keep
the prisoners.
Landfill Supervisor David
Underbill reported the land
fill. which has been under
l he jurisdiction of the state
Board of Health, will come
under control of the Environ
mental Protection Agency
January 1st. He said wells
will have to be drilled around
the landfill so water quality
can be tested. This has not
been required in the past.
The landfill handles 490
tons of garbage per day. The
landfill will have space for
garbage for another 25 years
at the present rate of use. he
added. It has been in opera
lion for six years.
He also said the change
from slate to federal juris
diction will mean a greatly
increased amount of paper
work.
Kicn family Receives Award
Liberty Cart
Ends Season
The final performance of
THE LIBERTY CART for the
1979 season took place
Sunday evening, August S,
and afterwards the annual
cast party was held at The
Country Squire.
Everyone was treated to an
array of food and drink
followed by slides about THE
LIBERTY CART arranged by
Kerry Maher.
Appreciation was ex
pressed to the cast and crew
by Jimmy Strickland, presi
dent of the Outdoor Drama
Society, Tom Kenan, vice
president of the society, and
Benjamin Keaton, composer
arranger of THE LIBERTY
CART. General manager and
director Rich Boyd voiced his
appreciation to the staff, cast
and crew, and gave oui fhe
awards.
THE LIBERTY CART 1979
Pusher awards were pre
sented to the Kenansville
Youth Center, Susan E.
Goforth. Sheila Burhart,
Carolyn and Wayne Quinn,
and Lester Souza.
The Charles Moore, Sr.
award is given to a local
member of the cast who has
made a significant contribu
tion to the production, and is
named to honor the late
Charles Moore, Sr., a
member of the If77 volun
teer cast. This year's recip
ients were Craig and Alice
Rich.
THE LIBERTY CART
Spirit award, given to the
professional cast member
who contributed the most to
the betterment of the pro
duction, went to Kerry
Maher.
Staff personnel Patsy
Murray and Garry Harris
received the Special Service
awards. These are given to
members of the staff, cast, or
crew who give dedication
"beyond the call of duty."
After the awards were
presented, participants said
their "goodbyes," signed
souvenir programs, and
danced until the early morn
ing hours to disco music.
(Boat People Sponsored By Rofce Nil! Family
By tunliv luuette
The Duplin County town of
Rose Hill is the home for a
Vietnamese family who lived
| on a boat off the Malaysian
coa%t until rescued and
brought to the United States.
Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose
Johnston have sponsored the
first Duplin County boat
people family and say there
| will be 10 more refugees
" coming in about two weeks.
According to Mrs. Johnston,
the refugees who will be
coming are part of the Huynh
family who are staying with
the Johnstons now.
Huynh Tan Loi and his
I wife, Tang Ai, have three
sons, Huynh Tuan Dat, S,
Tuynh Tuan Tu, 3, and
Huynh Tuan Tai. 1. The
family is from Cholon Island,
and before coming to the
United States, spent nine
| months in a refugee camp
" and one month on a boat.
The family does not speak
English.
After being rescued off the
Malaysian coast. Loi and his
family were sent to San
Francisco where the U.S.
^Catholic 'Conference of
Migration and Refugee Ser
vices found them a home in
Rose Hill. Ambrose Johnston
said Loi and his family were
then placed on a plane in San
Francisco and sent to
Raleigh,
t "The plane fare from Cali
fornia was S900, and it is
Loi's responsibility to pay it
back," Johnston said. The
loan for the $900 came from
ICEM and Loi is to start
paying the money back
within 3 months of his re
location in Rose Hill. Pay
ments will be $42 each month
for 23 months, Johnston
said.
Mrs. Johnston said the
Huynh family arrived on
Wednesday, July 25, and Loi
started work at Rose Hill
Poultry the next day. He
works the second shift, and
his foreman is Tom Brinson.
"We asked Loi if he would
like to go fishing when he
first arrived, but he said, no.
work first," Mrs. Johnston
said. Johnston said the entire
staff had been very helpful
and understanding at Rose
Hill Poultry, According to
him, plant manager Harvey
Simpler, personnel director
Nillie Dale, supervisor Joe
Whaley and foreman Tom
Brinson were not reluctant to
help Loi start his new life in
Rose Hill.
The Johnstons hope Loi
will be able to help the next
group of refugees under
stand some of the American
customs and the English
language.
"The American hand
motion that means to come is
just the opposite for the
Vietnamese ? it means to
push away." Mrs. Johnston
said. Neither of the John
stons speak the Huynh's
native language. "You have
to sort of rake toward your
self with your hands down to
mean 'come' in their lan
guage," Mrs. Johnston indi
cated.
Also, Mrs. Johnston told
that the Vietnamese do not
discipline their children
when they are young, but
wait until they are older.
Boys are taught they are
superior to girls, and older
boys ire responsible for the
care of younger children,
Mrs. Johnston said.
However, the Huynh
family are not the only ones
who are learning new cus
toms. The Johnstons are
learning about Oriental
cooking. Mrs. Johnston said
their basic food is rice, but
they add fresh vegetables
and different kinds of meats
and seafood, and stir-fry
these in a Nuoc Mam-Hong
Huong sauce. "We just
enjoy Tang Ai's cooking so
much," Mrs. Johnston com
mented.
The Johnstons said the
next group of refugees who
are scheduled to arrive in two
weeks will live in a house
which the First Baptist
Church of Rose Hill is in the
process of locating. The
Huynh family is staying in a
mobile home in the John
stons' yard.
Johnston, who says he is
semi-retired, looks after
25.000 broilers and a big
garden. He also grinds his
own corn meal and grits from
the hominy corn he grows in
his garden. According to
Mrs. Johnston, they have
three freezers filled and are
prepared to feed as many of
the refugees as necessary
until they can be responsible
for themselves.
The Huynh family is not
the first refugee family the
Johnstons have sponsored.
They took in a laotian family
in 1975. This family has since
moved to Orange, California.
The Johnston's became in
volved through the Trans
figuration Catholic Church in
Wallace which they attend
Jpgularly.
Ambrose and Mildred
Johnston have four children
" of their own ? Terry, 30,
David, 28, Robert, 21, and
Mary, 19. Mary is a student
at James Sprunt Institute
and lives with her parents in
Rose Hill. The Johnston boys
do not live at home.
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THE HUYNH FAMILY - stand with their
sponsors, Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Johnston
of Rose Hill. The new home for the refugee
family from Vietnam is the mobile home
pictured in the background.
N.C. ADJUTANT GENERAL WILLIAM E.
INGRAM Beulaville's SFC Leroy J.
Kennedy, and CSM Jaylon P. Jones, officer
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traveling with Ingrain, atand in front at the
Beulaville National Guard Armory.
State Adjutant General Ingram
Visits Beulaville Armory
Nor*! Carolina has a good
climate for military activity.
State Adjutant General
William E. Ingram said
during his visit with SGF
Leroy Kennedy at the Beula
ville National Guard Armory
last week.
According to Ingram,
ROTC organizations have
been on the increase in the
state. Not only have senior
ROTC units had an increased
enrollment, but seven new
junior ROTC units have been
nity action projects," Ingram
said.
Community action projects
include such things as the
Boy Scout project at White
. ville and the athletic field in
Kinston. Ingram said.
Ingram also stated his
concern for getting local
people to contribute money
to their Armory in order to
maintain the building and
the Guard. Ingram said he
was concerned about armory
maintenance. He said he had
started in high schools in the
past year.
The increased number of
young people enlisting in
National Guard units across
the state is due to the
benefits offered, Ingram
said. He also said that posi
tive coverage of National
Guard activities by the media
was another reason for the
increased interest.
"The media has been nice
to the National Guard. It has
helped promote our commu
tried to get more money
allocated in the budget for
maintenance but did not
receive as much as he had
hoped.
"I submitted the most
ambitious budget ever, but it
was cut way down," Ingram
said. However, a budget of
$135,000 was approved.
Ingram said he would be
visiting all 135 armories in
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the state. The purpose of the
visits is to discuss local
problems and possible solu
tions at the individual
armories, Ingram stated.
Ingram has served as
Adjutant General of North.
Carolina for two years. He
joined the Guard in 1947.
DUPLIN TIMES/
DUPLIN TODAY
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Funds Mailed
To Aid County
County governments re
ceived good news in the mail
in the form of checks from
the North Carolina Depart
ment of Human Resources.
Dr. Sarah T. Morrow,
Secretary, said that the De
partment in Raleigh has
mailed out the first quarterly
installment of 53,000,000 for
special state aid to counties
in the administration of their
health and social services
departments during the cur
rent 1979-80 fiscal year.'
The funds are being sent
for the first time dir&tly to
the boards of county com
missioners to be used at their
discretion in the administra
tion of their local health and
social services departments.
The only stipulation by the
state for the use of these
funds is that it cannot be
used to mitch "ther state
funds.
The funds are being allo
cated to each county based
upon their population.
Allocations for the 1979-80
fiscal year for Duplin County
is 521,000.
Magnolia Roady
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