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PROGRESS SENTINEL
Ol. XXXXIV NO. 38 USPS 162-860 KENANSVILLE, NC 28349 SEPTEMBER 27. 1979 10 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
I Rose Hill Poultry
{Festival Begins With Pageant
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^Poultry Queen pageant, part
of the Rose Hill Poultry
Festival, will be held in the
Kenan Memorial Auditorium
in Kenansville at 8 p.m.
September 29.
The pageant will begin a
(Mfreek of events which will
Head up to the annual chicken
fry on October 5. Mistress of
ceremonies for the pageant
will be Catherine Mac
Kintosh, Miss Dominion of
Canada, and there will be 10
^contestants competing for
fphe title. Last year's Poultry
Queen, Emma Mahn, will
crown the 1980 winner.
The 1980 contestants are :
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Sandra Dianne Nobles is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Weldoc R. Nobles of Chad
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and attend* Meredith
? College in Raleigh. She plfcns
? to become a pediatrician or a
pharmacist. Dianne will sing
during the talent competii
1 ? tion.
Tina Marie Mascia is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas J. Hall of Fayette
ville. She is 19 years old and
v attends Louisburg Junior
^ College where she is study
ing math and psychology.
Tina will perform a ballet for
her talent.
Amber Lea Johnson is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
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1 Public Forum
A five-week series of
Public Forums on "The
Rural South in Transition"
will begin next Wednesday.
Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m.^in the
. Hoffler Building at James
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The speakers will be
Howard Lee, N.C. Secretary
of the Department of Human
Resources, and Dr. John
Reed, sociology professor at
UNC-CH. Their topic will be
on "The Nation - A Region -
A State in Change."
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j. l . junn^un ui mgri roini.
She is 17 years old and
attends Guilford Technical
Institute where she is taking
dance and drama. Amber
will perform a song and
dance routine from a Broad
way musical.
Pamela Sue Stocks is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Stocks of Turkey. She is
17 years old and attends
James Kenan High School.
She plans to attend James
Sprunt Institute in Business
Technology. Pamela will
perform a dramatic recitation
for her talent.
Cynthia Lynne Gentry is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Keith Gentry of Stedman.
She is 21 years old and
attends Pembroke State Uni
versity where she is working
towards a performance
degree in trumpet and piano.
Cynthia will play the piano
for her talent.
Margaret Sonya Idol is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James M. Idol of Jackson
ville. She is 17 years old and
is attending East Carolina
University where she is
majoring in Special Educa
tion. Sonya will sing during
the talent competition.
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^Poultry Queen 1979
Jenny Gayle Reynolds is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Reynolds of Clinton.
She is 18 years old and a
senior at Clinton High School
and plans to major in music.
Jenny will sing a medley
while accompanying herself
on the guitar.
Teresa Cottle is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W.E. Cottle of Willard. She
is 17 years old and attends
Pender High School. She
plans to attend James Sprunt
Institute and eventually
wants to be a cosmetologist.
Teresa will perform a dance
routine for her talent.
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Sheila Annette Barber is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wilbert J. Barber of Har
rells. She is 17 years old and
attends Wallace-Rose Hill
High School and plans to
attend UNC-Wilmington
upon graduation. Sheila will
perform a tap dance for her
talent.
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Shirt Elaine Whalev
Jennifer Margaret Mills is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James M. Mills. Jr. She is 17
years old and attends
Wallace-Rose Hill High
School and plans to attend
East Carolina University to
further her education in
dancr? Jennifer will dance
during the talent competi
tion. Photo Unavailable
Warsaw Man
Arrested For Fake
Driving Permit
A Warsaw man has been
arrested in connection with a
fake driving permit he al
legedly displayed to a state
trooper, and an investigation
is continuing to learn the
origin of thedocument.
William Gerald Price was
charged with forgery of a
document allowing limited
driving privileges, conspir
acy to commit forgery, ac
cessory before the fact of
forgery and displaying a
fictitious driver's license.
Price was released on $7,500
bond.
The charges were the
result of and SB! investi
gation ordered by District
Attorney William Andrews.
Andrews said last Thurs
day that the document may
have been sold to Price, who
has maintained that the
license was mailed to him in
unmarked envelope
postmarked in FavetteVille.
The SBI has taken sample
from all typewriters in th<
Duplin Coun'v Courthous
for a type comparison.
Andrews said Monday, tb
investigation was continuinj
and that he did' not wish t<
comment further until mon
evidence was gathered am
the investigation concluded.
District Court Judg
Kenneth Turner, whos
forged signature appears 01
the document, said he had n
knowledge of the case. H
also said the signature wa
not his.
Drivers may be allowe
limited driving privilege
after their licenses have bee
revoked by a co?rt action
The limited privileges noi
mally allow a person to driv
enough to maintain his live
lihood.
Two Armed Robberies
In County Last Week
Two armed robberies were grove and the State Bureau Other reports to the
reported to, the Duplin 1
County sheriff's department
in the past two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Adams of Mount Olive re
ported an armed robbery
Sept. 20. Adams had just
arrived home from work
when the alleged robber took
$60 from him and shot Mrs.
Adams in the left shoulder.
Officers Glen Jernigan, R.S.
Thigpen, Ronald Brock,
Burnell Sasser, Burnus Har
\
of Investigation are still in
vestigating.
The Scotchman Number
Two in Wallace reported an
armed robbery Sept. 22. The
alleged robber took an un
disclosed amount from the
register and from the atten
dant working during the
incident. Officers Glen
Jernigan. Ronald Brock. Bur
ned Sasser, Burnus
Hargrove and Cordell John
son are still investigating.
sheriff's department include
a breaking, entering and lar
ceny a( the Champion
Timberland Company, Rose
Hill. A chainsaw was re
ported missing, and Glen
Jernigan is the officer in
charge of the investigation.
A vandalism was reported
by Lenora Kenan of Route 3,
Wallace. Kenan said some
one had shot at her mobile
home. Officer E.W.
Whitaker investigated.
Hospital Delay Could
Cost Duplin $10,000 Annually
Duplin General Hospital
could lose $10,000 a year
because construction on the
final phase of its intensive
care unit did not begin on
time. However, Hospital Ad
ministrator Richard Harrell
expects the problem will be
solved and the money sal
vaged.
The problem arouse over
delays in start of construction
of Phase II (interior and
completion portions of the
work) of the 9-bed intensive
care unit until after the
deadline for the start of work
had passed.
Lack of county funds
caused the delay. The unit is
now complete and ready to
open when some equipment
arrives. Harrell said the
deadline for the work start
was set by HEW when it
gave final approval for the
project.
He said the entire project
had been approved at area,
' state and federal levels. Due
to financial problems, the
county decjded to do the job
in two phases. Because the
deadline had passed when
Phase 11 was started, this
phase failed to win approval
of one of the three reviewing
agencies. The decision has
been appealed and that
agency has given it approval.
Currently, the phase needs
approval of a fourth level of
officialdom. National Health
Planning Agency in Wash
ington, and Harrell said this
approval is expected.
Until that approval, the
?""hasp^m cannot'include a
portion of the annual depre
ciation in figuring annual
settlements with Medicare,
Medicaid and Blue Cross. At
the end of its fiscal year,
Sept. 30. the hospital figures
the difference between its
actual costs and the amount
it has billed these agencies
for services to patients
covered by them.
Due to inflation, the actual
costs, including deprecia
tion, are higher than the
regular periodic billings,
Harrell said. The difference
amounts to about $10,000 a
year.
The hospital continues to
service Medicare, Medicaid
and Blue Cross claims,
Harrell said, but it cannot
include the depreciation
factor of th? new intensive
care unit in its annual settle
ment figuring.
Harrell said when the
intensive care unit is opened
and the depreciation enters
the record-keeping, the total
depreciation of the unit will
be $18,000 a rear. ^
The problem came Nibout
?
several years ago. When the
project began, approval was
received from the East Caro
lina Health Systems Agency
in Greenville, the state
health and planning division
in Raleigh and the regional
U.S. HEW office in Atlanta.
The county had 12 months
from the date of final ap
proval to act on construction
in 1976. The 12-month period
went by while the county was
obtaining plans and seeking
funds. It won a 6-month
extension. During this period
the county decided to do the
project in two phases. The
first phase was construction
of the building shell at a cost
of about $200,000. When it
came to Phase II, funds had
run out and the 6-month
extension period had ex
pired. Because the project
had been divided into two
phases, the county had to get
approval of Phase II. The
ECHSA and the state agency
approved Phase II, but be
cause time had expired,
HEW turned it down.
On appeal, HEW approved
the project. However,
because it had rejected it
once, final approval had to be
obtained from the National
Health Planning Agency in
Washington.
Phase II was a $700,000
project. Harrell said. "If we
don't get approval, our rates
will have to go up," he said.
A semi-private room now
costs $58 per day. Harrell
said even if Phase II con
struction of the intensive
care unit is approved, room
rates will probably have to be
increased in the next hospital
fiscal year.
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THE DENNIS ROGERS REVENGE STOMP
- Dennis Rogers, eoluninist for the Raleigh
N&O newspaper, stomped to win revenge
against Debra Joneck. Duplin County Agri
cultural Extension Agent, last Saturday at
the Duplin Wine Cellars second annual
Photo bv Emily Killotto
Grape Stomp. However, Rogers trophey was
stolen from his hands by a masked
horseman. Rose Hill Polite later taught the
masked man and returned the trophy to H
Rogers.
THE STOMP OF LITTLE FEET Will Thurston of Topsail
Island was the youngest contestant in the grape-stomping
contest last Saturday at Duplin Wine Cellars. Will and his
; father entered every contest ? the grape tote, a timed
obstacle course in which contestants had to walk while
carrying a grape in a spoon in their mouth; and the grape
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throw, where two contestants entered, with one person
throwing the grape while the second taught it in their
mouth. Mark Dana from Wilmington won the grape tote
with a time of 15.4 seconds, and Dana was cut it the team
who won the grape throw. Dana caught a grape in his
mouth from thrower. Mark Dana, who stood 155 feet away.
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