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VOL. XXXXIVNO. 41 USPS 162-860 KENANSV1LLE. NC 28349 OCTOBER 11. 1 *?"'*> 14 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
RURAL SOUTH IN TRANSITION - The James Sprunt
tInstitute forum series the Rural South in Transition
presented guest speakers, Howard N. Lee, N.C. Secretary
of Human Resources, and Dr. John S. Reed of the
Photo by Emily Killette
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Oct. 3.
Pictured, left to right, are Howard N. Lee; Drew Rowe,
moderator and a member of the JSI faculty; Dr. John
Reea; ana John Beck, series director from the JSI faculty.
W Forum Series
Dr* Herri"9 To Speak
^ By Emily Killette
A forum series presented
by James Sprunt Institute
will feature Dr. Darnell
Hawkins of thi?\Jmversity of
North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, and Dr. W. Dallas
Herring of Rose Hill,' *ormer
chairman of the N.C. Board
of Education, on Oct. 17 at
7:30 p.m. in the Hoffler
Building. Admission is free.
The forum is an examina
tion of The Rural South in
* Transition and participants
will discuss the changes that
have taken place in the last
30 years. Each week a panel
of Duplin County citizens will
comment on the guest
speakers' presentations, and
the audience will be invited
to ^participate in the dis
cussions. The forum is in its
third week and will continue
through Nov. 1. This week's
topic is Preparing People For
A Changing Society: How
Well Does' Our Educational
System Do This?
Members of the panel will
be Mary Wood and Gene
Ballard, JS1 administrators.
and Clifton C. Smith of
Warsaw, and Alice Scott,
assistant superintendent of
Duplin County Schools. The
moderator will be Chan
Wilson, a teacher at North
Duplin Elementary.
There will be a reception
for Dr. Hawkins and , Dr.
Herring in the board room of
the McGowen Building from
6:30 until 7:30 p.m. spon
sored by the N.C. Associa
tion of Educators Oct. 17.
Also, on display during the
forum series is an art exhibit
which is related to the theme
of the lectures, ftiiui;hed by
the Duplin County A. I Guild.
"Changes in practices and
Teaching Methods in Public
Schools'" will be the
discussed by Dr. Hawkins.
Dr. Herring will discqss
"How Well Does Our Higher
Education System Prepire
People for a Changing
Society?"
Last week, Dr. Donald
Matthews of UNC-CH and
Dr. Carol Stack of Duke
University were the guest
speakers.
Faison Town Board Meets
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Water Project Approved
? By Emily KUlette
The Faison town board of
commissioners met in their
regular monthly meeting
Oct. 2 and approved pre
liminary plans for the water
distribution project.
I The water project is
planned to install about
11,000 feet of six-inch water
lines, 41 gate valves, 14 fire
hydrants, to build an ele
vated an elevated water tank,
upgrade the present well,
and make improvements on
' the present water treatment
plant. The total cost of the
project is $385,000 which is
eing funded through
general obligation bonds,
$254,700; a Farmers' Home
Administration Grant,
$39,800; and a state clean
water bond grant, $90,500.
The engineer in charge of
planning the new water
distribution system, Finley
Boney of Raleigh, advised
the board to have the Faison
Department of Public
1 Instruction complete as much
of the work as possible in
order to save money. Also,
Commissioners Elwood Allen
and Fred Wheless, also Sup
erintendent of Public Instruc
tion, and Mayor Bill Carter
agreed to meet with Boney
and prepare a list of alter
natives which would serve as
a guideline for cutting costs
if needed when construction
begins on the water project.
Boney informed the board
that he estimated approval of
the water project plans would
take about a month at the
state level and with the
FmHa. Nov. 1 was set as a
tentative date to begin to
advertise for bids on the
project.
Neil , Mallory, town
administrator, advised the
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town board that an appli
cation for a grant on the
sewer improvements project
had to be filed by Oct. 11.
Mailory said the first step in
the sewer project had been
completed. It was an en
vironmental study required
by the Environmental Pro
tection Agency and the
Department of Environ
mental Planning. The second
step is to file for grant money
to prepare plans for sewer
improvements according to
the EPA study. The grant is
for $77,000 and 86% will
come from federal funds,
7'/i% from the state, and the
remaining 7'/j% from the
town. Mailory advised the
board members that the
7'/i% matching grant funds
is included in the operating
budget for Faison this year.
According to Mailory, after
the completion of the second
step, which would be about
the time the new water
distribution system would be
completed, the town would
have to file for a third grant
to pay for the construction of
the improvements in the
sewage system. The motion
to file for the grant to
complete the second step
was made by Commissioner
Elwood Allen and seconded
by Commissioner Helen
Britt.
The board also approved
the hiring of Donald Oates to
a temporary position with the
Department of Public In
struction. Oates was a CETA
worker with the department
until the CETA program in
Faison was canceled at the
end of September. There had
been five workers on the
program.
The board agreed to hold a
public hearing on the dog
ordinance at the next regular
meeting in November. Hank
Davis and L.S. Guy, town
citizens, told the board they
felt only those people ex
pressing themselves at the
public hearing should be
considered when passing a
dog ordinance. Board
members agreed that only
those who opposed the leash
ordinance had spoken at the
first public hearing, and
those who complained had
done so in private. The board
agreed to reconsider the
ordinance after a second
public hearing.
The board also discus.,^
ways to participate in the
state-wide clean-up
campaign during the week of
Oct. 15-20. Commissioners
requested letters be sent to
property owners within the
tow iiits who have littered
or unkempt lots or buildings.
If the owners refuse to clean
up their property, the town
would do so at the owner's
expense.
As a result of election day
falling on the day of the next
regular monthly meeting, the
board agreed to meet Nov. 7
at 7 p.m.
Telephone Wires
Cut In Cable
At Beulaville
Wires cut in a cable ter
minal caused temporary
damage to several tele
phone subscribers in the
Beulaville area Oct. 1. The
#1801 area was temporarily
without service as a result of
the cut cable, according to
W.S. Richardson, local
manager for Carolina Tele
phone. Service was disrupted
due to the damage. Repairs
were started at once, and
Richardson said that per
manent service has been set
up. Immediate repair was
speeded through the help of
temporary operating equip
ment and additional super
visory personnel from the
Clinton district.
Richardson said it was not
necessary for subscribers to
call the business office about
damage or to report their
own telephones out of order.
The company is offering
up to SI,000 reward for
information leading to the
arrest and conviction of indi
viduals responsible for
damage to its facilities. The
amount of the reward will be
determined by the company
related to the investment and
service importance to the
public.
DUPLIN TIMES/
DUPLIN TODAY
-DEADLINES
NEWS - MONDAY
12 O'CLOCK NOON
ADVERTISING
MONDAY -3 O'CLOCK
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Duplin County Area Ducks
Unlimited Banquet Nov. 15
The Duplin County Area
Committee of Ducks Un
limited has announced that
its first annual banquet will
be held at The Country
Squire on Nov. 15 at 6 p.m.
Committee co-chairmen
Stan Draughon and Pat
Matthis feel the fund-raising
function should be marked
on the calendar bv anvone
who is interested in the
future of North America's
waterfowl.
"The Ducks Unlimited
success story," said Matthis,
"is really starting to spread
around. Banquets much like
ours held throughout the
country last year contributed
towards Ducks Unlimited's
national fund-raising effort
which raised $16 million
during 1978 alone."
"But what's even more
important to realize," said
Draughon, "is that this
national fund-raising total
must increase this year if the
North American waterfowl
habitat race is to be won."
DU's sportsmen-conserva
tionists founders discovered
through surveys conducted
40 years ago, that 70% of
North America's waterfowl
production occurs in Canada.
They figured out back in 1937
what holds true today. Since
Federal duck stamp dollars
cannot be spent beyond U.S.
borders, sportsmen funds
earmarked for waterfowl
conservation are not getting
to the places where the great
percentage of production
takes place. But through
Ducks Unlimited's efforts.
over $88 million has been
raised in the U.S. since 1937.
And 80 cents out of every one
of those dollars has been sent
to DU (Canada) to reserve
some 2.7 million acres of
prime habitat encompassing
over 1.500 wetland projects.
The only problem in all
this is that biologists esti
mate millions of additional
acres of habitat must be
reserved in order to stabilize
North America's waterfowl
population. When you con
sider that habitat today is
diminishing due to agricul
tural and developmental
pressures, and that DU is the
only nonprofit conservation
organization involved in the
Canadian waterfowl habitat
race, you can begin to see the
significance attached to the
organization's fund-raising
events.
Tickets, which are $30
each, include a dinner cock
tail hour, a one-year DU
membership, and a subscrip
tion to the organization's
magazine. Tickets will be on
sale soon.
Fiitch Named
MOC Dinner
Chairman
Representatives from the
Fme Will Baptist churches in
Duplin County gathered to
plan their annual dinner in
.support of Monnt Olive Col
rfege.
Meeting at Cabin Free
Will Baptist Church near
Beulaville. the group elected
the Rev. William E. Futch of
Chinquapin as chairman for
the 1979 county dinner.
Telephone Employees
Leave Their Jobs
Several hundred em
ployees of Carolina
Telephone walked off their
jobs last week. The contracts
between the company and
Communication Workers of
America expired Sept. 30.
The walkout followed
union leadership rejection of
a proposed three-year
contract between the
company and the union.
Although bargaining has
continued for several weeks, v
n5 agreement has been
reached on terms of a con
tract.
Carolina Telephone
offered a contract worth over
$15,000,000 in increased pay
and benefits to affected em
ployees over the three-year
term of the contract. Some of
the items in the company
offer were wage increases of
10% the first year. 9% the
second year and 9% the third
year, increase company con
tribution toward hospitaliza
tion insurance premium costs
from 70-90% over the three
years, give employees one
additional holiday, pay 60%
of the premium cost of a
denta insurance plan to be
introduce? during >
year of the contract, pay
double time rates for hours
worked in excess of 60,
improve personal travel
expense allowance, and pay
a larger portion of employee
? J ? s?.v
life insurance and health
insurance premiums. The
company refused to agree to
a cost of living wage ad
justment which the union
proposed to the offered fixed
wage increases.
The proposal was rejected
by the union bargaining
committee without sub
mitting it to the general
membership for a vote.
*v s R i. hard s >? n,
commercial and marketing
manager, said that super
visory employees and non
union employees have been
assigned to various jobs va
cated by absent employees.
Fire Destroys One Of First
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Brick Homes In The County
By Emily Killette
Fire destroyed a home
owned by Christine
Williams, Duplin County
Register of Deeds, near Pink
Hill last Wednesday morn
ing.
The house was the home
place of Mrs. Williams' late
husband, and had been oc
cupied by her son, Melvin,
until the Saturday before the
fire. Mrs. Williams lives next
door to the old home.
Mrs. Williams said she
was awakened by her neigh
bor, Pete Smith, who had
discovered the fire about
3:30 a.m. and came to her
house to have her call the fire
department. The Pink Hill
Fire Department arrived at
the fire and called for
assistance from both Deep
Run and Albertson fire de
partments. Mrs. Williams
said flames appeared to be
coming from the bedroom
window on the west side of
the house when she called
the fire department.
Fire Chief Graham Stroud
of Pink Hill said there were
about 35 men trying to get
the fire under control, and it
was put out about 10:30 that
morning. But, the fire
department was called again
about 2 p.m. to put out
rekindled flames at the Wil
liams house.
Also, two firemen were
taken to Lenoir Memorial
Hospital as a result of the
fire. Fireman Junior Byrd
was overcome by smoke and
exhaustion, and Fireman
Herbert Thompson was
struck by falling brick, said
Stroud. Byrd was treated and
released but Thompson was
reported to have been held
for treatment of a crushed
vertebra.
7 lie house was built by
Zack Williams in 1928. It was
a two-story brick and tile
home with long-leaf pine
floors. There were 10 rooms
in the house. It was one of
the first brick homes in
Duplin County, and was one
of the first homes to have
indoor plumbing and bath
room fixtures. Mrs. Williams
said. Fire Chief Stroud said
the house alone was worth
over $40,000.
Mrs. Williams said she
and her late husband had
lived in the house for 25
years when they built
another home where she
presently lives. According to
her, both her sons had lived
in the house since. Glenn for
three years, and Melvin for
five years. Glenn Williams
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now lives in Fantego, and
Melvin is in the process of
moving to Greenville.
The origin of the fire is
being investigated by the
State Bureau of Investigation
and the Duplin County Sher
iff's Department.
FIRE DESTROYS PINK HILL HOME - An
unoccupied house owned by Christine
Williams, Duplin County Register of Deeds,
caught fire about 3 a.m. Wednesday. Oct. 3.
The Pink Hill, Deep Run and Albertson Fire
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Departments worked to bring the fire under
control, but the house was a total loss. A
member of the Pink Hill Fire Department is
pictured putting out flames which broke out
later that afternoon.
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