PROGRESS SENTINEL
'OL. XXXXIV N0.49 USPS 162-860 KENANSV1LLE. NC 28349 DECEMBER 6, 1979 16 PAC.FS THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
Rose Hill Water Bond
Notice To Be Republished
The Rose Hill notice-of
intent to issue $650,000 in
water bonds and $435,000 in
sewer bonds will have to be
republished, officials learned
last week.
Town Attorney Richard
Burrows explained that be
cause the original notices did
not include a 250,000-gallon
elevated water storage tank
which is part of the proposed
project, the notices will have
to be republished.
Omission of the tank from
the notices was inadvertent,
according to Woody Brinson,
town planner.
The total project cost is
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estimated at 53,650,000,
Brinson said. Of the total,
73.1 percent will be in the
form of a grant and 26.3
percent in the form of a loan.
Rose Hill cannot expand
due to sewer limitations. The
capacity of the present treat
ment plant is 200,000 gallons
per day. The town is now
running 230,000 to 240,000
gallons a day through it.
The project will provide for
construction of a 325,000
gallon sewage treatment
plant, 29,650 feet of gravity
sewer lines and 4,500 feet of
forced sewer mains through
lift stations.
The project also will pro
vide for the elevated water
storage tank, renovation of
existing wells and installa
tion of 43,600 feet of water
mains to replace old mains
and to extend the existing
system.
The present water system
consists of three 8-inch
diameter wells, a 75,000
gallon elevated storage tank
and water lines serving 586
users.
The sewer system consists
of 49,500 feet of 8-, 10- and
12-inch collection lines with a
200,000-gallon treatment
plant.
The minimum water bill is
now S5 and the minimum
sewer bill is S3 per month.
There is also a garbage pick
up charge of S3, making the
total minimum utilities bill
$11 per month.
Upon completion of the
new project, the minimum
water bill will increase to $6,
and the sewer bill will in
crease to S8.85. The garbage
fee will remain the same.
The total minimum utilities
bill will be $17.85 per mon.r.
KENANSVMJE
CHRISTMAS DECORATION
CONTEST
The Kenansville Beautifi
cation Committee will have
their annual home Christmas
decorations contest at 6 p.m.
Dec. 17. There will be prizes
for first, second and third
places
Farmers To Vote On
Referendum Dec. 18
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"Flue-cured tobacco
growers in Duplin. County
will literally hold their future
in their hands on Tuesday,
tDec. 18," said Jack Alphin,
uchairman of the county
flue-cured tobacco ?eferen
dum committee.
Alphin said this is the date
when growers have the op
portunity to vote for a con
tinuation of their quota a
Bprice support program.
* A two-thirds majority of
those voting is necessary to
keep the program in force for
the next three marketing
years, beginning in 1980.
Without favorable quota
vote, there will be no price
^supports on the 1980 crop,
Alphin emphasized. He said
the tobacco program has
encouraged the production of
a reliable supply of quality
leaf. It has resulted in
profitable prices for farmers
^ and assured foreign buyers
"of the best tobacco money
can buy.
Alphio pointed out that
more than just a favorable
vote is needed. "We need to
tell the Congress, the Ad
ministration, and the public
very loud and clear that we
back our program
one-hundred percent. At a
time when the tobacco Ir
dustry is under attack from
all directions, this referen
dum offers growers the
the chance to counter-attack
in a positive fashion," he
said.
Alphin also urges growers
to show their strong support
of the farmers' export pro
motion organization,
Tobacco Associates, Inc.,
which will also be voted on in
conjunction with the quota
referendum on Dec. 18. He
said this is more important
than ever in view of the fact
that so much of the crop is
sold abroad.
Dentist For Faison
Dr. Robert Carmen has
agreed to establish a dental
practice at the Goshen
Medical Center at Faison,
director George Wallace
announced.
A graduate of the Univer
sity of Florida School of
Dentistry, he now is com
pleting his dental studies in
Gainesville, Fla., under a
National Health Service
Corps scholarship. He will
begin his practice when the
new medical facility opens in
the summer of 1980.
Dr. Carmen decided to
come to Faison after a two
day visit to Faison and a
one-day visit to two other
towns in the state.
> Kenansville Elementary
School Opening Delayed
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The Kenansville elemen
tary school opening date has
been pushed back from the
planned - December opening
and is presently scheduled to
open in March, said H. P.
|Honeycutt, Duplin County
assistant school superin
tendent.
Honeycutt is in charge of
Duplin school buildings and
operations. He said that con
struction began in December
* of 1978 and was scheduled to
I be complete the following
December, but due to poor
weather conditions during
the spring, construction had
to be halted. In June, work
on the new school had fallen
behind schedule over 45
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days, and weather conditions
have never allowed contrac
tors to make up the time,
Honeycutt said.
"We hope to open in
March, but one big snow
would put the opening into
April," Honeycutt said.
"However, all the contrac
tors are working toward the
March completion date."
According, to Honeycutt.
the school is of a traditional
design which is different
from any of the other county
schools. The school is large
enough to house 450-500
students, and is planned for
kindergarten through the
sixth grade, with plans for
expansion to include the
seventh and eighth grades as
soon as funds are available
for the project.
Honeycutt said the stu
dents would not be moved
into the new structure until
basic landscaping could be
i completed and they would
have a playground. Presently
the playground is planned to
be constructed under the
pecan trees beside the
school. Honeycutt said the
trees would provide an ideal
place for the children to play.
Contractors are working on
completing the outside and
inside of the building at the
present time, and the next
step will be to furnish the
building and landscape the
grounds. According to
Honeycutt, baseball, football
and soccer fields will be
planned into the landscaping
of the grounds, but will not
be built until the seventh and
eighth grade structure is
added to the elementary
school.
According to Honeycutt,
the kindergarten through
six grade classrooms are
suite-type, which will contain
more than one class of stu
dents at the same time. The
open classroom method of
teaching will be used the first
time in Kenansville schools
at the new facility, but other
elementary schools in the
county have been using open
classrooms for the past
several years.
THE NEW KENANSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL -
Work on the Kenansville Elementary School, located on
Highway 50, has been halted by poor weather conditions
several tim^s since the project was begun in December of
1978, and Assistant Superintendent tt. f. Honeyeutt says
the school might be available for use in March.
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PHYSICIANS VISIT DUPLIN COUNTY Three physicians
visited Duplin County this past weekend. Each doctor is
interested in starting a general practice in a small town or
rural area. The physicians were entertained Saturday
night with a pig-picking at James Sprunt Technical College
hosted by the Duplin County Physician Recruitment
Committee. The visiting physicians are pictured, left to
right. Dr. Stephen Griffith, Dr. Clark Henmer, and Dr.
Tom Townsend with the Executive Director of the
Recruitment Committee, Richard Harrell.
Physicians Consider
Practicinq In Duplin
By Emily Kflette
Three doctors visited
Duplin County communities
this past weekend, and each
is considering a practice in
the county, said Ebern
Watson, president of the
Duplin County Physician
Recruitment Committee.
The visiting physicians
were Dr. Clark B. Hcnmer.
Dr. R. Stephen Griffith and
Dr. Tom Townsend. They
arrived in Duplin County
Sa'urday at Duplin General
Hospital, where they were
given a tour of the facilities.
After lunch in Kenansville.
the physicians visited Faison
and Beulaville before they
returned to Kenansville for a
'ig-picking at James Sprunt
.echnical College. On
Sunday they visited Warsaw.
Greenevers and Wallace
before they left to return to
their homes. Individual town
physician recruitment com
mittees welcomed the
doctors and gave a short
presentation of the different
aspects of life in each town.
They were also given the
opportunity to talk with town
representatives and ask
questions. Stops in each
town were brief, lasting
three hours.
Dr. Clark B. Henner is
presently doing his residency
at Favetteville and will be
Ceii'fted in July of 1980. His
specialty is family practice
and he received his medical
education from Wayne State
University in Detroit. Mioh.
He completed his internship
at LaCrosse. Wise. Henmer
and his wife. Debbie, have
one child.
Dr. Stephen Griffith is also
working on his residency and
will be certified in 1980. His
specialty is family practice
and he hopes to work in a
small town with another
doctor. Griffith received his
medical education from the
University of Missouri in
Columbia, and is working on
his residency at the Univer
sity of Arizona in Tucson.
Griffith is married, and he
and his wife. Nora, have one
child and are expecting their
second.
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Dr. Tom Townsend is cer
tlftciinfamih nedkmc ind
will also be av liable i., 'ub
1980. Townser.d received his
mcdral education from tb
University of A-kansa in
Fayetteviile. whete be com
plcled his internship. Ho is
presently working in Indt
pendenee. Va. with th
N.H.S.C. He and his wife.
Laurie, stave no childrer.
Townsend hopes to find a
salary position in North
Can^ina. and Lauri hopes to
work as a dietitian.
According to Richard
Harrcll. executive director of
the recruitment committee,
two other doctors were also
scheduled to visit the county
this past weekend but were
unable t. come. Dr. Cath
etine Clark and Dr. Russell
Williams, a husband-wife
team, are expected to come
in the near future. Harrell
said. Both will be available in
July of 1980. and are
presently working on their
residency at Blackstone. Va.
Harrell said the physicians
who visited this past week
end and are interested in
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Duplin County will be
n- ,k>i.g another visit lo the
County rl'iring the following
week.
The Duplin County Phy
sician Recruitment Com
mittee is made up of the
chairman of the county com
missioners. William Costin,
a member of the hospital
board of trustees.* H.M.
Price, a member of the
medical staff. Dr. Edward
Boyette. hospital administra
tor Harrell, and a member
from various townships in
Duplin, and a member from
the five Duplin districts,
w hich include Cecil A. Miller
of Beulaville. Lillian Langley
of Calypso, Norma Cates of
Faison, Iree Jarman of
Greenevers. John Hall of
Kcnansville. Ebern Watson,
Jr. of Rose Hill. Mike Pistner
of Teachey, Charles Farrior,
Jr. of Wallace, Patricia
Broadrick of Warsaw.
Virginia Veach of district 1,
Eula Mae Westbrook of
district II. George Landen of
district Ul. Coy D. Carter of
district IV, and Rudolph
Becton of district V.
Mayor Godwin and Gilmer Parrish
Cases To Be Tried Separately
(Editor's note - The following
information was supplied bv
The Daily Record. Dunn.)
U. S. District Court Judge
Franklin P. Dupree ruled to
separate the fraud case
against Warsaw Mayor Sam
. Godw in and Dunn business
man Gilmer Parrish Monday
in U.S. District Court at
Raleigh. Parrish plead guilty
later that day while Godwin's
trial date was unannounced.
.Parrish is scheduled to be
sentenced Monday. Dec. 10.
Godwin and Parrish were
charged with six counts of
fraud and conspiracy to de
fraud the Federal govern
ment following a year of
investigation by the FR1, tax
agents, and other special
investigators. The case is
jtaid to involve hundreds of
thousands of dollars,
j The government reported
ly attached a great impor
tance to the trial, and District
Attorney George / nderson
assigned a top staffer. Jack
Crowley, to head the govern
ment's prosecution. Crowley
was a member of the team
which successfully prose
cuied Dr. Jefferv Mac
Donald.
At the arraignment,
Godwin and Parrish plead
not guilty to the indictment
against them, charging them
with, "front at least as early
as July 20. 1973 until at least
December 20. 1978." the
defendants "did knowingly
and willfully combine, con
federate and agree with each
other and with others to
defraud the United States
and HEW (Department of
Health. Education and Wel
fare) and to commit certain
offenses against the United
States including falsification
of building costs reports
submitted to Blue Cross and
Blue Shield, the agency
which distributes federal
Medicare and Medicaid pay
ments to North Carolina's
nursing homes."
The defendants were
charged with reporting total
allowable building costs of
$887,211 for fiscal year 1975,
$889,846 for 1976, and
$887,211 for 1977 "with full
knowledge" that the sums
included purchases paid for
but not received by the
nursing center owned by
Parrish and constructed by
Godwin. and also include
expenses of the defendants
which were not a part of the
construction or building costs
of the nursing center.
A slate of 50 witnesses had
been subpoenaed to testify
by the Government, but were
dismissed last week when
the Clerk of Court issued a
letter to the witnesses stat
ing. "It now has developed
that the trial of the case will
not be necessary, and you
will not have to appear in
U.S. District Court in Raleigh
during the week of Det^kbu
3 in response to
poena which has been served
on you by the marshal."
Government lawyers had
anticipated the trial to last
at least a week until the
development which led to the
releasing of the subpoenaed
witnesses.
Parrish and Godwin face
prison sentences totaling 30
years, or SbO.OOO fine or
both. Each count carries a
penalty of five years im
prisonment and/or $10,000.
Defending Godwin is
Attorney Rivers Johnson, Jr.
of Warsaw, and Parrish is
being defended by former
Superior Court Judge
William A. (Bill) Johnson of
Lillington.
Grant For
Historical Research
A grant of $2,500 from the
Z. Smith Reynolds Founda
tion of Winston-Salem for
historical research in Duplin
County has been announced.
The grant will be used for the
purchase of photographic
equipment which
researcher* will use in ab
stracting and publishing
genealogical date from
county and other local
records.
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