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L. XXXXIV NO. 46 USPS 162-860 KENANSVILLE. NC 28.149 NOVEMBER 15. 1979 16 PAOFS THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
JROUND BREAKING FOR PINK HILL FUNERAL HOME
.?Members of the Pink Hill Funeral Home Inc. are, left to
ight, Calvin C. Turner, Russell Tucker, Hueston Howard,
pnneth Grady and Dovell Outlaw. Construction on the
Photo by Emily Killotto
funeral home is scheduled to begin this month and it is
expected to be finished about February, said Tucker. The
funeral home will be located one-half mile outside of Pink
Hill on Highway 11 South.
Mov. 6 Election Results
I Elections for town mayors
d commissioners were
eld Nov. 6 in each of the
uplin muni ^paliti?/. and
>e results *.re as"*V>v ? 4
i\ -'*7 f
The three seat* <in the
^ulaville town board will be
Pfed by S.A. (Sambo) Bliz
ard, Jr., FranUin Boyette
nd Rabon Brown. Both
llizzard and Boyette were
icumbent commissioners,
11 three will be filling 4-year
trms. There were 246
bulaville citizens voting.
'Norwood Barfield ran un
pposed in Calypso's race for
tayor. He will fill a 2-year
;rm. Voters also elected the
icumbent board members ?
> fill 2-year terms. They are
|D. Davis, Jr., Cecil
Pngley, JR. Turner,
fosley Waters and Libby
ewis Boy kin. There were
DO Calypso citizens turning
ut to vote.
Incumbent Mayor P.B.
3ill) Carter defeated three
kallengers in the race for
lison mayor. He will be
lling a 2-year term. Rachel
I. Clifton and Billie H.
lollingsworth won the two
:ats on the Faison town
oard and they will be filling
jyear terms. Faison
ported 255 citizens voting.
The citizens of Greenevers I
selected Mayor Alex Brown
> fill a 4-year term as mayor,
faitus Harrell and Nathan
lurry, both incumbent com
lissioners. ran unopposed
Ifl were re-elected to fill
'ear terms on the Green
vers town board. There
ere 169 voting in Green
yers.
Churches
kaise $9,100
For MOC
TW? C.?.? Will Qanlict
- 1 lie net ? * ni uapuai
kfirches of Duplin. County
>ntributed $9,100 to the
tppart of Mount Olive
ollege at their annual
inner held Nov. 3, accord
ig to William E. Futch,
tairman of the dinner.
I&andy Plain Church was
Warded a $100 award for
laking the largest contri
ution at the dinner. The
irst Free Will Baptist
hurch of Warsaw was the
sdpient of a $100 award for
ivine the most money per
trch member. Piney Grove
i the recipient of a $100
ward for bringing the most
igh school students to the
Inner.
Contributions were
sceived from 13 churches,
his year's contributions
rought the total given by
'uplTn County to $83,057
ince the, program began in
vt-i ( ,
Voters in Kenansville
re-elected Incur) bar. t.
VVillian. P. Fennel!. .ones
O. (Jimmy) Johnson and
Betty ? ong ,v? -he tw>
board,- All jSSc wliH fit!
4-year terms. kenan.ssille
reported 266 voting.
Marjorie B. Pcikett was
elected mayor of Magnolia.
She ran unopposed and will
fill a 4-year term. Incumbent
town commissioners Rudolph
Becton and former Magnolia
mayor, Kelvin Pope, ran
unopposed and were elected
to 4-year terms on the
Magnolia board of commis
sioners. Magnolia reported
110 citizens voting.
Rose Hill citizens elected
incumbent commissioner
Clarence Brown, Sr., Jerry
H. Cottle, Jr. and Keith
Hinson to 4-year terms on
the town board. There were
377 citizens reported voting
in Rose Hill.
Incumbent Ruby Ramsey
was re-elected to fill a 4-year
term as mayor of Teachey.
'She ran unopposed. Incum
bent commissioners James
R. Boney, Daniel Vance
Norris and Bernard (Mike)
Postner won 4-year terms on
Conservatives
Rate
Clark As
Liberal
Duplin County's freshman
state representative. Rep.
Douglas A. Clark, ranked as
a liberal in the 1979 General
Assembly, according the the
legislative rating of the 1979
legislative session released
recently by the North Caro
lina Conservative Union.
NCCU is a bi-partisan
organization that supports
the principles of "free enter
prise. individual liberty and
limited government." It is
the state affiliate of the
American Conservative
Union, the nation's largest
and oldest conservative or
ganization.
D A 1- A
Dituu UII a staic ui \j IU
100, with 0 representing the
most liberal position, and 100
the most conservative, Clark
received a score of 33. His
predecessor, former Rep.
Baker, by comparison, com
poled a cumulative score of
79 on the rating in past
sessions of the General
Assembly
State Senator Harold W.
Hardison, who represents
Duplin. County in the State
Senate, received a score of 58
in the 1979 session, ranking
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the Teachey town board.
cumbent Warren W.
Henderson and W.O. (Bill)
Montford won 2-year seats
<? ? the Teachey 1own board,
"leachey reported 43 citizens
voting.
Warsaw voters elected
Billy Kennedy, Walter P.
West and incumbent J.
Frank Steed to 4-year terms
on the town board of com
missioners. Warsaw
I
reported 463 voters.
Melvin Cording won a
2-year term as mayor of
Wallace, and incumbent
town commissioner G.
Arnold Duncan was re
elected to a 4-year term on
the town board. Charles
Blanchard and N.H. Carter
were also elected to 4-year
terms on the Wallace board
of commissioners. Wallace
reported 650 voting.
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The Twelve
Days Of Christmas
In Historic Kenansville
The Kenansville Area Chamber of Commerce
announced Monday an exciting project centered around
activities of the Holiday Season. "The Twelve Days of
Christmas in Historic Kenansville" will begin Decem
ber 14 and continue through December 25 with special
events scheduled each day.
In making the announcement, Richard Harrell,
Chamber President, said he idea of "The Twelve Days
of Christmas in Historic Kenansville" originated
because of the popularity of the 1978 Open House at
Liberty Hall. "Over 1,000 people toured the Kenan
home last year, and we decided to enlarge upon that
event. Kenansville is a unique community and basically
what we are doing is celebrating the Yuletide season
and inviting everyone else to celebrate with us. A
committee talked to residents in Kenansville and
developed a list of activities. We think it is an
innovative project both for the local citizenry and others
who wish to take part."
The Department of Commerce also thought the
project imaginative. They awarded the Kenansville
Area Chamber of Commerce a $1,600 matching grant to
promote the project.
The Twelve Days of Christmas in Historic Kenans
ville is a way of celebrating the Holidays in several
ways with events to interest everyone. Candlelight
concerts, community suppers, historic home tours,
receptions, pageants, movies, caroling, religious
services and programs of all types make up the
schedule of events.
Alice Rich, Doc Brinson, Anne Craft and Rich Boyd
have served as the steering committee for the project.
Boyd, project director, said, "This really is a
community effort. Residents of the town are taking
responsibility for each activity. We have tried to cover
all facdts of the Holiday Season, from historic tours to
Merchants Open House to the Christmas Eve
Celebration at the United Methodist Church. Christmas
is a busy time, and The Twelve Days of Christmas in
Historic Kenansville will allow each of us to enjoy each
other and at the same time reflect on this true meaning
of Christmas."
The Kenansville Area Chamber of Commerce
sponsored the Candle in the Window Project last year
by selling single candles and encouraging area
residents and businesses to burn them as a symbol of
unity. The simplicity and beauty of the candles received
statewide attention in the press and media. The
members of the Kenansville Town Board voted not to
install the commercial plastic decorations as they
distracted from the beauty of the candles. This decision
was made after a public hearing by the Kenansville
Beautification Committee and n polling of area
merchants by the Kenansville Area Chamber of
Commerce. Town residents received numerous compli
ments about the candle decorations and the beauty of
the town from individuals who passed through
Kenansville during the Christmas Season last year.
All of the activities scheduled for The Twelve Days of
Christmas in Historic Kenansville are free except the
musical apresentation "Scrooge" on December IS. ,
Admission is Adult- SI, and Children ? 50 cents.
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Runaway Goes Home
After Three Months
By Emily Killetle
I wanted to go home two
days after I left, but 1 just
couldn't, said an 18-year-old
runaway after he turned
himself in to the Faison
police department.
Richard Lau* of Cleveland.
Ohio, ran away from home
three months ago after an
argument with his parents.
Richard said he hitch-hiked
to Akron where he joined a
carnival and worked the
rides. The Megerly Shows,
for whom Richard was
working, carried him to New
Bern, where he quit the
shows and continued hitch
hiking around North Caro
lina working for different
carnivals. Richard said he
did not plan to work for the
carnivals, but it was work he
knew how to do, and the
shows would hire him with
out questions. In all, Richard
worked at eight different
carnivals, including Dell and
Travels at the Wayne County
Fair, Allen's United Amuse
ments at the Rose Hill ^
Poultry Jubilee, and briefly
n Warsaw at the Veterans
arnival. Bedford Amuse- 1"
h
ments.
"It was awful lonely out
mere, not Knowing wnere my ?
next meal was coming from,
or where 1 would be the next ^
dfe - * * Richard said. "My
to anyone who is r!
thinking about running away
from home is, don't. Stay ,
home and talk out your j
problems with your parents. j
Don't run away from them." ..
According to Mark Vinson,
[he juvenile court counselor,
many runaways pass through
ntr state every year. Many
run-aways are not reported,
?nd few of those reported
?each beyond the local police
departments to the juvenile
:ounselor, Vinson said. This
/ear, five reports reached us
it the juvenile courts, he
said, but he stressed there
vere more unreported run
iways. Two of the five run
iways were from another
state, and, according to
/inson, the larger the popu
ation within an area, the
nore run-awys there will be.
There is also an inter
state pact providing coopera
ion between states in pro
'iding information and
eturning run-aways to their
tomes, Vinson added.
According to Richard,
here were many times when
te was scared he would
tever see his family again,
ind times when he even
eared for his life during the
nonths he was away from
lome. "There are lots of
ights on the road and in the
arnivals, and when I was
itch-hiking, I never knew
'ho was going ro stop and
ive me a ride."
"Once I got picked up
'hen I was hitch-hiking by a
funny' male. He had ear
ings in his right ear, and
.hen I saw them and he
tarted to proposition me, 1
bought my life was over, but
jumped out of his car while
was moving. 1 wasn't hurt
rom the jump," Richard
sighed. "I thought when the i
homosexual picked me up I
that he would have hurt me if
I had not jumped from the t
car. I felt he might even have t
killed me." Richard was i
hitch-hiking outside of Fay
etteville when he was picked i
up by the homosexual. <
Something else Richard t
said he missed was high I
school. "I should be a senior I
this year, and when I get \
back. I hope I can go back to :
school," Richard said as he t
?ubbed his scarred and cal
oused hands together.
After Richard turned him
telf in to Officer Ray King of
he Faison police deparl
nent, his parents were con
tacted. Richard said he could
tot have called his parents
tven though he wanted to
alk to them and go home,
fichtfi staved with Officer
tin d his wife. Frances.
iVeani -.Jav night and left on
i bus bound for Cleveland
he next morning at 8:40.
Bell Elected President
Of Tri-County
Leslie J. Befl of ttoute 2,
Mount Olive, was elected
president of the Tri-County
Electric Membership Corp
oration on Nov. 3.
Bell. 60. has served on the
Tri-County board since 1961,
and served as vice-president.
Also elected were C.C. lvey,
Jr. of Route 2. Mount Olive,
as vice-president. Ivey has
served on the board since
1968. Frank B. Jordan of
Route 3. Mount Olive, was
elected secretary, and
Howard A. Hardy of Route 4.
Kinston. was elected trea
surer. Kenneth G. Grady of
Route 1. Kenansville, was
elected to serve a three-year
term on the board of direc
tors. Newly-elected directors
are W. Roscoe Ballance of
Route 2, Fremont, and
James L. Dudley of Route 5,
Mount Oltve. Raymond A.
Mitchell of Route 5. Golds
boro, and Mrs. Vann Smith
of Seven Springs were not re
elected as directors.
Murphy Farms Holds Open
House At Swine Facility
By Emily Killette
Murphy Farms. Inc. will
expand their hog producing
capacity by ten percent in the
next year with a new far
rowing operation, Wendell
Murphy 'said at the Sand
Livestock System presenta
tion of the hog facility on
Nov. 7.
The hog facility is de
signed with six buildings for
a total of 25,200 sq. ft. of
space including an office,
storage area, breeding and
gestation, farrowing, and a
nursery. As part of the
facility, there is a single
stage lagoon for waste treat
ment with irrigation waste
dispersal included.
The operation will include
624 sows and 26 board which
are being purchased through
DeKalb for minimal disease
line of stock, Murphy said.
"By purchasing the breeding
stock from DeKalb, we hope
to get a disease-free hog, or
what is called a minimal
disease animal," he said.
According to Murphy, the
hogs will be arriving within a
week and are expected to
produce about 12,168 pigs a
year, which is about ter
percent of the present pro
duction of top hogs. Then
are expected to be 26 farrow
ings a week, producing abou
234 pigs. Murphy said.
"We hope to produce
better pigs, more disease
free, than we (Murphy
Farms) are able to buy as
feeder pigs," Murphy said.
He also added that producing
pigs would be more efficient
and cheaper for their opera
tion than buying from other
producers. However,
Murphy added that he did
not intend to cut the amount
of feeder pigs he was pur
chasing from the regular
producers.
According to Murphy, it
will take three people to
operate the new farrowing
operation. Sam and Laurie
Ennis will be the managers
of the complex. The couple is
from First Colony Farms in
th**v have
degrees from N.C.S.U. A
third person has not been
hired.
Attending the presentation
of the farrowing complex,
which was directed by Sand
Livestock System represen
tatives, were local hog pro
ducers. As guest speaker,
the company presented Dr.
David Sprull. a swine expert
from NCSU.
insKisuiun ur a new hoc facility -
Gary Ablard. general marketing manager for
Sand Livestock Systems. Inc., left, is shown
with Wendell Murphv. president of Murphv
Farms. Inc. of Rose Hill, as they pause to
talk over the equipment in the new farrowing
complex which Murphy Farms will put into
ooeration bv the end of this month.