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VOL. XXXXIV NO. 33 USPS 162-860 KENANSV1LLE, NC 28349 AUGUST 16. 1979 12 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
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School Board Chairman Resigns 1
Dr.Boyette Named Chairman
James F. Strickland of
Warsaw resigned as chair
?tn of the Board of Edu
cation Tuesday night.
The Board elected Dr. E.
L. Boyette of Chinquapin as
its new chairman, and
State
Firemen
Honor
?hief Sharpe
?The TlfevrUi?ei>'Sha*je,.J
minister of i?c Kenansville
Baptist Church and chief of
A; Kenansville Fire Depart
ment. was chosen by the
N.C. Firemen's Association
as "Fireman of the Year for
1979." The award was given
for "appreciation for out
standing service to all the
fate service."
"Chief Sharpe was also
elected president of the N.C.
Association of Fire Chiefs for
1979-80. Sharpe serves as
the permanent chairman of
the Council of Fire Service
(kganizations and is also
Haplain 'for the N.C. Fire
Service.
Graham Phillips of Wallace
as vice chairman.
Strickland resigned to ac
cept a new term as chairman
of the James Sprunt Institute
Board of Trustees.
Strickland had agreed at
the time he was elected
chairman of the Board of
Education that he would not
seen another term as JS1
Board chairman. The JSI
term expired in July.
However, he said in a
letter to the Board of Edu
cation, the JSI Board was
emphatic in urging him to
continue as institute chair
man.
He said Tuesday night that
although he does not believe
there is a potential conflict ol
interest, he feels he should
resign as chairman, but con
tinue as a member of the
Board.
Boyette and other Board
members said they would
have preferred that Strick
land resign the JSI post.
Board of Education membei
Pat Broadrick of Warsaw
said she believes one person
should not serve *?s chairman
of both boards at the same
time, as there is a conflict ol
interest when it comes tc
seeking money for the twc
educational systems.
A motion by Mrs. Borad
rick that no Board member
could serve as chairman of
two educational boards at the
same time won approval by a
split vote. Voting for the
motion were Mrs. Broadrick,
Phillips and Boyette. Voting
against it was Frederick
Rhodes of Albertson.
In other business, James
Flowers, home-school coor
dinator, reported "We have
witnessed some significant
. changes on the state level in
i programs concerning
troubled youth." He said the
county office of community
based alternatives has been
! active in providing technical
: assistance and funds to start
I up new programs for
troubled youths.
"Working through our
local task force and state
I community-based alterna
I fives office, we have secured
> a grant for an in-school
suspension center in Duplin
County," he said.
' The grant amounts to
i $16,000, including a 10%
i in-kind match from the
? county, he added. The new
f program goes into effect in
? September. The center will
i be located at Warsaw Junior
High and will deal only with
troubled students of Warsaw
Junior High at the start. Last
year, 37 Warsaw Junior High
students were referred to the
home-school coordinator, the
most from any school in the
county.
The grant will provide the
salary for one special tea
cher, equipment and
supplies for the center.
Troubled students will be
sent to the center instead of
being expelled. Flowers said
the main emphasis at the
state level continues to be
diverting these troubled
youth from the juvenile jus
tice system by use of local
alternative measures. These
include in-school suspension,
specialized foster homes,
and alternative schools such
as extended day school to
replace state institutions for
the status offenders, he
added.
Flowers told the Board he
worked with 236 students
and their parents during the
past school year. Of these,
148 students had truancy
problems and 88 others had
problems involving indi
gence, neglect, abuse, emo
tional disturbances and ill
ness.
Child Abuse Suspect
Gets More Charges
A Wallace man who is in
jail on charges that he
scalded two children with hot
water was charged last week
with assault with a deadly
weapon with intent to kill.
Ira Rickey Wheeler. 19,
was baby-sitting for the
children of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Edward Williams
near Warsaw on July 28
when Sheriffs Department
deputies were called.
The children, age 18
months and 30 months, were
found bruised and scalded.
They were in New Hanover
Memorial Hospital in Wil
mington until their release
this past week, officials said.
Wheeler was originally
charged with child abuse, a
misdemeanor, but on Wed
nesday the Sheriff's Depart
ment raised the charge to
assault with a deadly weapon
with the intent to kill, caus
ing serious bodily injury.
The assault charge stems
from the alleged scalding.
Wheeler is being held
under $5,000 bond.
A preliminary hearing on
the new charge is scheduled
in district conn
Breaking, Entery, And
Larcenies Investigated
tThe Duplin County
erifFs Department inves
tigated four breaking, enter
ing, and larcenies reported
last week.
The Agricultural Exten
sion office in Kenansville
reported the theft of two cash
Kxes, all the keys to the
tension building and vend
ing machines, an 8-mm
i:ra. three calculators, an
FM Zenith radio, half a
if stamps, and a Wacca
money bag. The total
s of the missing items
estimated at $487.50.
incident occured during
night of August 8, ac
ing to investigating offi
E.G. Baker and Rodney
pen.
le Employment Security
imission reported the
of a blue tacklebox
aining $25, a payroll
k, an oatmeal cookie,
the coin changer from a
t machine. The value of 1
missing-items was esti
ed at $145.20. The
age to the window,
h the suspect is thought
ave entered, is $50. A
iect, Craig Boone of
ansville, has been
'ged with breaking,
ring and larceny. He has
or record of larceny, and
fingerprints matched
e at the scene of the
e. He is under $5,000
1 in the county jail. The
lent occurred during the
t of August 9, according
investigating officer
Rodney Thigpcn.
Raymond Kenan of Route
3, Wallace, reported a break
ing. entering, and larceny of
a window air-conditioning
unit from his home. It was
valued at S400. Officer Earl
Whitaker investigated.
Ella McCaulley of Route 1,
Magnolia, reported a break
ing. entering and larceny of
$12.62 from her home.
Twenty-five dollars in
damages was done to a win
dow where the person en
tered the McCaulley home.
Burnis Hargrove and Burnell
Sasser were the investigat
ing officers.
Two breaking and enter
ings were reported last week
to the Sheriffs Department.
The Mill Swamp Community
Center was the scene of a
breaking and entering on
August 7. According to re
ports, the gate was broken
op -ii and the intruders then
" went swimming in the pool.
Damage to the gate was
estimated at S20. Officer V.J.
Basden investigated.
Two larcenies and two
vandalisms were also re
ported. Roland H. Jones, Jr.
of Wallace reported the lar
ceny of the battery from his
1967 Chrysler. The battery
was valued at $40 by Officer
E.G. Baker who investi
gated.
Christopher J. Scarbor
ough of Route 2, Wallace,
reported the larceny of two
speakers, valued at $69, from
his car. Burnell Sasser was
the investigating officer.
Virgil Newkirk, Jr. of
Route 3, Wallace, reported a
vandalism at his residence
when five window sashes,
valued at $100, were broken.
Earl Whitaker investigated.
Delmar Minchcw Buick
Oldsmobile of Wallace re
ported the vandalism of one
of their autos. The wind
shield had been shot with a
pellet gun doing damage
estimated at $280. Officer
Burnell Sasser investigated.
The Sheriffs department
also received the report of an
assault with a deadly wea
pon. William J. Miller of
Route 1. KenansviHe. was
stabbed in the shoulder. No
arrests have been made ac
cording to Officer Glenn
Jernisan. who investigated.
The Sheriff's department
assisted the N.C. Highway
Patrol in stopping a stolen
car and apprehending tne
driver and passenger.
Richard Lee Richardson and
Johnny Morris of Wilming
ton were. apprehended
August 11 driving a car they
had allegedly stolen from
Rippy Cadillac-Oldsmobile in
Wilmington. Buth men were
taken to the Wilmington
Police Department.
HARRELLS CHRIS1
Orientation for all students
of Harreils Christian
Academy will take place
Friday, August 24, from 9-1*1
a.m. Students will go imme
.
Whitley To
Visit
County
Third District Congress
man Charles 0. Whitley
announced that he will be
visiting Duplin County on
Thursday, August 23rd.
At 8 a.m. Whitley will be
at Norris's Restaurant in
Wallace for a dutch breakfast
and at 1 p.m. he is scheduled
to meet with the Warsaw
Kenansville Rotary Club at
Brown's Restaurant in
Kenansville.
During the remainder of
the day, Whitley will visit
area tobacco warehouses and
other points of interest
throughout the county.
Chinquapin
Youth
Drowns
Alvin Williams, 17, of
Chinquapin, drowned
Wednesday afternoon in the
Northeast Cape Fear River.
Hiram Brinson, county
emergency services coordi
nator, reported Williams and
several other youths went to
the river near Chinquapin
about 5 p.m. after cropping
tobacco all day.
Williams' companions told
him that Williams, who could
not swim, stepped into a
deep hole in the river and
disappeared. They told Brin
son they werfe unable to get
Williams out of the river.
Chinquapin Rescue Squud
members dragged the river
from the squad boat and
recovered the body about
5:30 p.m.
riAN ACADEMY
diately to the auditorium
upon arrival. Busses will run.
Monday. August 27, is a
regular class day, from 8:30
a.m. ? 3 p.m.
THE GOVERNOR'S COMMITTEE OF EXCELLENCE is
sealed at the Magnolia Town Hall. The committee listens
as Magnolia officials report on the improvements and
changes made to meet requirements for the Governor's
Community of Excellence Award.
Three Duplin County Towns
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Up For Governor's Award
Bv Emily Killette
Three Duplin County
towns were inspected last
week by the N.C. Depart
ment of Commerce officials
for the Governor's Com
munity of Excellence award.
The judges visited
Magnolia Tuesday morning
and Kenansville in the after
noon. They toured the
Duplin Wine Cellars ir. Rose
Hill, and attended a pig
picking at the William Rand
Kenan Memorial Amphi
theatre after Tuesdays in
spection. Wednesday morn
ing the judges visited Beula
ville.
Each of the Duplin towns
offered a slide presentation
of their town, reports on
recreation facilities, tourist
1 attractions, possible indus
trial site locations, existing
industry, water and sewage
facilities, a community
profile, clean-up campaign
reports, and a scrapbook of
the projects. Following each
town meeting, there was a
tour of the community for the
judges.
The purpose of the Com
munity of Excellence award
is to get communities in
volved in a self-improvement
campaign to help participat
ing communities prepare for
industrial growth. This
growth would be Welcomed
Duplin County had a 1976
total labor force of 18,130
persons with employment of
16,560 and unemployment of
1,570. the townspeople re
ported.
John Radford, who is in
charge of the Governor's
Committee of Excellence
awards, commented, "The
awards program was set-up
to assist communities in
meeting requirements
necessary to get new indus
try, but it does not insure
that new industry will locate
in these areas."
According to Radford, only
communities with a popula
tion of 15.000 or less are
eligible to enter the award
program. This year only 107
of the 430 eligible in the state
entered. Duplin County had
six towns entering.
Radford said no towns are
winners until Gov. Hunt has
studied the individual re
ports, and on November 15
he will invite all the winners
to Raleigh where he will
personally present the
awards.
But, all three towns visited
by Commerce Officials last
week have been recom
mended loGov. Hunt for the
Excellence Award. Woody
Brinson, Magnolia and
Kenansville Town Adminis
trator. said. Brinson was con
tacted Monday after the
towns had been recom
mended to the Governor.
"I don't know what the
outcome of today's findings
will be. but if Duplin County
keeps doing what they've
been doing for this award, it
will certainly get what it set
out for," Radford said.
Radford urggd the. county
to keep up the good work and
he complimented the towns
and citizens on their team
efforts when he spoke at the
pig picking in Kenansville.
"The citizens have a ter
rific storv to tell ? the
Duplin story," Radford said
during the Beulaville
meeting. At the end of that
meeting, he urged Duplin
citizens to send a delegation
to meet with prospective
industrial clients in Raleigh.
"We will give you time to
tell the clients your story,"
Radford said, "and time to
show the clients the advan
tages* of coming to smalt
community and getting out of
the larger towns."
Other Duplin towns par
ticipating in the program are
Warsaw, Wallace and Rose
Hill. Warsaw was inspected
in June. Wallace and Rose
Hill will be inspected in
September.
Faison Approves
Water Project
The Faison Board of Com
missioners met Tuesday,
August 7 at the Town Hall
and approved a water project
for improvement of the
present system.
Faison will be using
$385,000 to improve their
present water system. Plans
are to construct an elevated
water tank, add six-inch
watermains and appur
tenances, drill a new well,
upgrade the present well,
add four-inch-raw waterlines,
and to make water treatment
plant improvements.
As the meeting continued,
a $1,750 grant for sewage
system improvements was
passed by council members.
Also, the Board discussed
the possibility of sending
someone to school to train in
public works. The discussion
Dr. Price Appointed To
State Accreditation
Screening Committee
Dr. Carl Price, president of
James Sprunt Institute, has
been appointed by the N.C.
State Board of Education to a
3-year term on the N.C.
Accreditation Screening
Committee.
The purpose of the com
mittee is to review appli
cations for accreditation by
the state b<vrd from insti
tutions within the community
college system. The process
includes the applying insti
tution performing a self
evaluation, having an outside
visitation committee come in
to identify strengths and
weaknesses and the writing
of a report on recommended
and suggested actions to be
taken to improve the insti
tution. The committee sub
mits this report to the state
office. The screening com
mittee reviews the institu
tion's self-study; the report
of the visiting committee, the
institution's response to
that report; and interviews,
in most cases, the president
of the institution.
Dr. Price will be serving as
a member of the 12-member
committee that reviews these
materials and makes recom
mendations to the state
hoard of education for the
granting of accreditation.
Presently, fifty-seven insti
tutions are accredited by the
state board of education.
They are on a cycle whereby
reaffirmation of accreditation
must be sought periodically.
Dr. Price received notifi
cation of his appointment
August 2 from G. Herman
Porter, secretary, accredita
tion screening committee,
and Dr. Larry Blake, presi
dent of the N.C. Community
College System. '
ended and Board members
Helen Britt and Elwood Allen
were appointed to gather
more information and names
of possible candidates to be
presented at the next meet
ing.
Charles Lee King was
recommended by the recrea
tion committee as the new
recreation director. King's
appointment was approved,
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August 20.
The Board approved the
Boy Scouts' recommendation
that August 10-12 be Senior
Citizen's Weekend. During
this period, the Scouts plan
to cut gra s and clean yards
for the disabled senior citi
zens.
The police report was
given with the recommen
dation that the Faison Pool
Room be closed at midnight
and on Sundays. Both were
passed. The ordinance was
amended concerning the pool
room hours and went into
effect August 8th.
Safety Meeting
Operation Life Saver is a
statewide effort to promote
safety at railroad crossings.
Retired Col. Speed of the
N.C. Highway Patrol will
speak on August 23. though
the time and place of the
meeting has not been estab
lished.
For more information,
contact the Kenansville
Youth In Action 4-H Gub,
Agricultural Extension
Service, or the Duplin
County Farm Bureau
Women's Committee.