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/OL. XXXXIV NO. 4.1 USPS 162-860 KENANSVILLE, NC 28349 OCTOBER 25. 1979 14 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX"
COUNTY TAX MAPPING PROGRAMS -
Christine atns. Duoi a,Rc:
De#9s, and Dan"HaHoway or the NT.Tanci
Records Management Program, listen to
question* on the proposed county tax
mapping irogr^m and setting up land
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%ounty Commissioners Hear
Duplin Tax Mapping Proposal
By Emily Killette
An explanation of a county
tax mapping program was
presented to the Duplin
County Commissioners at
Afheir last meeting by Don
^iolloway of the N.C. Land
Records Management
Program.
Assisting Holloway were
Frank Moore, tax supervisor,
and Christine Williams,
^register of deeds. Holloway
??resented the Commission
ers with the two types of
maps involved in making
long-range plans for map
ping the county, and setting
up land records by per
manent parcel identifiers,
^he first mapping step would
*oe to base map the county.
These would be aerial
photographs of county par
cels which would show all
natural or manmade features
in the parcel and would be
very accurate. The second
?Itep would involve cadsatral
maps which are transparent
overlays for the base maps
which would outline boun
daries and display the
the parcel identifier number
? the owner's code number
^and location.
w Accoroing to Moore, tnis
system would benefit the
county tax office in deter
mining if all taxable parcels
are correctly accounted for.
But the system would also
assist lawyers, appraisers,
purveyors, and anyone wish
ing to locate a specific parcel
of land in the county.
Christine Williams pointed
out that this system would
centralize all information
about each parcel of land
^under a parcel identifier
?number. All loans, mort
gages, plus the location,
terrain and building infor
mation on the parcel could be
obtained through the parcel
identifier number.
The mapping program
towould be set up according to
^the standard statewide sys
tem, the grid coordinate
system, which used geodetic
markers along roadsides to
Jocate oarcek. Mrs. Williams
said a county tax-mapping
program will install markers
on secondary roads in the
county because these
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markers can only be found on
the major county highways.
The system would start
and list parcel identifier
numbers forward and would
not reach back into recorded
files. The system would be
centralized in a computer
and would allow counties to
obtain information con
cerning a parcel of land over
the telephone, Mrs. Williams
said. As of this date, she
added, each county has a
different system of recording
a parcel, and information
concerning that parcel has to
be obtained in several offices
such as register of deeds,
clerk of court, and the tax
supervisor. The new system
with parcel identifier
numbers would allow any
person searching for infor
mation to feed the identifier
number into the county com
puter and obtain the infor
mation from all the above
offices, Mrs. Willaims ex
plained.
Holloway is in charge of
assisting counties with
development of long-range
mapping plans, and said
there are funds available on a
dollar-for-dollar matching
grant through the N.C. Land
Records Management
program. However, he stated
there would not be any
money available until July
1980. Holloway said $75,000
had been allocated to the
program for 1979, and had
been divided among ten
counties in the mapping pro
gram. However, he en
couraged the Commissioners
to file an application as soon
as possible for the 1980 grant
money.
The computerized tax
mapping system is not
expected to be less expensive
than the present system,
Moore said, but parcel in
formation will be more
accurate and will take less
time to obtain.
Duplin Farmers
Eligible For Loans
Third District Congress
man Charlie Whitley ani
nounced Monday that FmHA
has designated Duplin
County farmers eligible for
emergency loan assistance
because of abnormal weather
conditions in April and May
of this year.
FmHA loans, according to
Whitley, are made to quali
fying farmers who lack other
sources of credit for loans to
cover qualifying damages
and/or losses to crops,
property, machinery and
equipment, etc., caused by
the abnormal weather con
ditions.
Loans for farmers with
losses are made at 5%
interest. Amounts in excess
of loss needed to restore
production or make major
adjustments in farm opera
tions are available at 9% for
real estate purchase and
9V>% interest for annual
operating and chattel pur
poses.
Farmers in Duplin County,
Whitley said, may apply at
the local Farm Home Ad
ministration office.
Spring Up
Fall Back
Spring up ? fall back is
one way of remembering
how to change the clock
on the last Sunday in
April and the last Sunday
of October. Which means,
daylight saving time will
end this Sunday at 2 a.m.
Clocks should be moved
back an hour to 1 a.m. and
we'll all get back the hour
we lost last spring.
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James Sprunt Institute Renamed
James Sprunt Technical College
By action of the James
Sprunt Institute board of
trustees on Sept. 27 and the
Duplin County board of com
missioners on Oct. 15, James
Sprunt Institute was re
named "James Sprunt Tech
nical College." The change
does not alter James
Sprunt's mission of provid
ing basic and advanced
vocational/technical training
and general education with
college transfer option. The
effective date of the name
change was Oct. 15, 1979.
This action was made pos- ,
sible by the 1979 'General
Assembly.
Chairman of the Board of
Trustees James F. Strickland
has stated the following rea
sons for the change:
The term "technical col
lege" more aptly describes
the purposes and objectives
of James Sprunt as far as its _
on-going mission is con
cerned. The name change
will serve to bring the name
more in line with the^. ter
minology that is most fre
quently used for institutions
of our type throughout the
state and county.
Nearly all sister institu
tions have already changed
their names to either "Tech
nical College" or to "Com
munity College." By chang
ing James Sprunt Institute's
name now to "Technical
College," it will serve to
clarify the status of the insti
tution relative to other two
year colleges.
Since the adjournment of
the 1979 General Assembly,
16 of the 36 Technical In
stitutes in the state have
already changed their name
to Technical College with
many others in the process.
It is felt that within a very
short time, all, or most all,
technical institutes within
the N.C. community college
system will have changed
their name to Technical Col
lege.
The name change will in
no way change JS educa
tional programs or goals. The
name assures that emphasis
will continue to be placed on
vocational and technical sub
jects which are so important
to the further economic
growth and recognizes the
fact that graduates are regu
larly admitted to the junior
class of this state's colleges
and universities.
The name change will not
entail any major costs. The
historical significance of the
name James Sprunt will con
tinue to be preserved and
honored in the new name.
No Opposition Expressed 1-40
Realigment Hearing
By Emily Killette
No opposition was ex
pressed at the public hearing
on the realignment of a
portion of Section B of
Highway 40 through Duplin
County last Thursday night
at James Kenan High
School.
According to Bill Garrett of
the Department of Transpor
tation, the 3.8 miles segment
of Highway 40 is the only
section which has undergone
a realignment. The realign
ment was due to the number
of oral and written requests
the department received at
the public hearing held
Aug. 21 at North Duplin.
High School, Garrett said.
The proposed change will
begin south of Warsaw at
RPR 1113, paralleling RPR
1106, crossing under RPR
1107, crossing US 117 a
half-mile north of the original
intersection, passing through
and dead-ending side road
1907 or the Cavenaugh Road,
and connecting back into the
original plans at RPR 1908.
An overpass will carry RPR
1107 over Highway 40, and a
full access interchange will
be at the US 117 intersection.
This change will reduce
the cost of the realigned
portion from $12,170,300 to
$10,637,900 and it will also
reduce the number of relo
catees by about nine, Garrett
said. The original plan in
cluded over 10 relocatees,
and the revised plan will only
have 2-3. The realigned por
tion is part of the 25-mile
Section B of Highway 40,
which travels through
Sampson and Duplin
Counties. According to
Garrett, all portions of High
way 40 except the 3.8 re
aligned section, have been
approved and acquisition of
right-of-ways began in Sep
tember. Garrett estimated
right-of-way acquisition for
the revised portion would
begin about January of 1980.
The transcript of the re
alignment hearing at James
Kenan will be open for
written comments until Oct.
28, Garret said.
Section B is a 25-mile
length of Highway 40 from
south of Newton Grove to
north of Magnolia. Highway
*0 is a 90-mile freeway from
Benson to Wilmington which
is being constructed to pro
vide a directect connection
for the. coastal plains to
Wilmington. The total
project is estimated to cost
$267,500,000; costs of sec
tion B are $60,042,000.
Funds for the project will
come from the federal
government who will supply
75 percent and the state of
North Carolina will pay 25
percent. According to DOT
officials, a true interstate is
90 percent Federally funded
and only 10 percent state
funded.
The right-of-way width of
Highway 40 will be 320 feet
with two one-way lanes each
24 feet, and a 46-foot median
between the lanes. The re
maining 220 feet will be
divided on either side of the
freeway as shoulders. High
way officials indicated that a
46-foot median is needed for
safety reasons, and the 110
foot shoulders include ex
pansion room for the future.
According to highway
department figures, there
will be as many as 9,000
automobiles traveling
Highway 40 daily in 1985,
and by the year 2005, an
estimated 15,100 daily
travelers. The design speed
for Highway 40 is 70 miles an
hour.
Durham Senator To
Speak At JStC Forum
A forum series presented
by James Sprunt Technical
College will feature Senator
Willis P. Whichard of Dur
ham, and Dr. David R.
Godshalk of UNC-CH on No
vember 1 at 7:30 in the
Hoffler Building. Admissior
is free.
The forum is an exami
nation of The Rural South ir
Transition, and the partici
pants will discuss the
changes that have taker
place in the last 30 years
Each week, a panel of Duplir
citizens comment on tht
guest speakers' presenta
tions, and the audience will
be invited to participate in
the discussions.
The forum is in its last
week of a five-week pre-:
sentation. This week's topic
is Planning For Chance and
the Citizens' Role in
Planning.
Members of the panel will
be Dr. Mett Ausley, a War
saw dentist; Woody Brinson,
Kenansville Town adminis
trator; W.E. Foster, James
Kenan High School teacher
and member of the Warsaw
board of commissioners:
Violet Phillips, a member of
the Duplin County planning
board and the Duplin agri
culture advisory council. The
moderator will be Mrs.
Winifred Wells, an attorney
in Wallace.
Sen. Whichard
There will be a reception
for Sen. Whichard and Dr.
Grdshalk immediately after
the forum presentations. It
will be held in the board
room of the McGowen Build
ing. The reception is spon
sored by the Duplin County
Democratic Party.
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Dr. Godshalk
Also, on display during the
forum series is an art exhibit
which is related to the theme
of the lectures, and is fur
nished by the Duplin County
Art Guild.
"Shaping the Future: The
Choices to be Made," will be
the topic presented by Sen.
Whichard. Dr. Godshalk will
discuss "Citizen Participa
tion in Public Decision Mak
ing."
Tonight, Oct. 25, the
forum will present N.C."
Labor Commissioner John C.
Brooks and Dr. Melton
McLaurin of UNC-W. The
forum begins at 7:30 p.m.
and a reception for the
speakers will follow the pre
sentations, sponsored by the
Duplin County Young Demo
crats.
Dallas Herring
Speaks At JSTC Forum
By Emily KiUette
Total education, the fullest
development of the capabi
lities of all citizens in North
Carolina, should be the goal
of the state's educational
system, said Dallas Herring,
former chairman of the N.C.
Board of Education Oct. 17 at
James Sprunt Technical Col
lege.
Herring was a guest
speaker in the forum. The
Rural South in Transition, in
which he discussed, "How
Well Does Our Higher Edu
cation System Prepare
People for a Changing
Society:"
According to Herring, the
N.C. educational system pre
pares some people for some
roles very well, others are
prepared in a satisfactory
way, while others are pre
pared in an indifferent way,
and others are not prepared
at all.
In order to correct the
educational needs in the new
society which is building,
there is a need to provide an
educational opportunity for
everyone according to their
need and potential. Herring
stated. To make any other
decision would be to choose
ignorance and poverty over
understanding and wealth,
he added.
"We have to take the
educational opportunities to
the people, where they are,
in the variety they need, at
the time that is convenient to
them, and at a cost they can
afford," Herring said.
The majority of North
Carolinians have to work to
support their families and
education is a luxury they
could not afford unless it is
available to them where they
are and when it would
benefit them, Herring
stated.
"It is cheaper to take
education to the people than
it is to bring the people to
t it," Herring stated.
Herring added that he did
not mean that residential
colleges and universities
were no longer needed but
that they could not do the job
alone. The community
colleges provided technical
and vocational job training
and two years of general
education courses for trans
fer to residential institutions.
Without the community
colleges, the working people
who are hungry for an edu
cation could not afford to
better themselves. Herring
said and he asked, who is to
deny citizens this oppo.r
tunity when they pay tax
money to support higher
education?
"The only real opportunity
such a man has is in the
community college or tech
nical institute. He will find
no racial or social or edu
cational barriers there, but
one wonders how much
longer this may be true as
North Carolina continues to
batter away at the concept of
universal education beyond
the high school," Herring
said.
Restrictions on the com
munity college educational
system are being tightened
every day. Herring said.
Non-traditional extension
courses are becoming diffi
cult to offcer, such as those
to the physical and mentally
handicapped, the immured
personThey can no
longer be taught without
special approval from
Raleigh. Programs in the
community college and tech
nical institute are being cut
from the budget while aid to
private higher education is
being increased. Herring
also said that he did not think
college transfer programs in
these local institutions would
be funded in the next
bi-annual budget for the
community college system in
the state.
"It (education) is a duty
the state owes to its tax
paying citizens, especially
those who cannot conform to
the requirements of tradi
tional higher education, but
who have a right to prepare
themselves for productive
roles in the changing rural
society," Herring com
mented.
Through the community
college system and the ex
panded University of North
Carolina, the state has
moved ahead economically,
Herring said. Without the
support of these institutions,
the state would only have
regression and re-segrega
tion, he added. Herring
called for all political and
educational warfare against
these institutions to cease
and he encouraged the tax
payers to stand up and fight
for their right to have a total
education.
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Briley Named
Jambo-Campo Chief
It was announced by Ken
McArthur, vice president
Boy Scouting, that Sid Briley
had accepted appointment as
chief of the Jambo-Campo to
be held May 2-4, 1980. The
Camporee will be staged at
the Bonner Campgrounds
east of Washington on the
Pamlico.
The Jambo-Campo is a
giant Camporee that will
combine the efforts of the
East Carolina and Tuscarora
Councils. It is estimated that
between 4-5,000 boy scouts
will attend. The program,
according to McArthur, has
been on the drawing board
for over a year, and has
recently been approved by
the boards of the two
councils.
Acting as Co-chairman 6f
the event will be M. H.
Pridgen of Rocky Mount.
Other officers who will be
assisting will include area
chiefs Bill Stout of Golds
boro, Earl Hollaman of
Goldsboro, Mike Gore of
Clinton, Marvin Coats of
Smithfield, Bill Faust of
Warsaw, Doug Conner of
Mount Olive. The chief judge
will be Boyld Be all of Golds
boro, and co-chairmen for
the special features will be
General James Paschall of
Walnut Creek and Captain
Bill Beers of SJAFB.
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