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Christine Williams Announces Candidacy For Register Of Deeds Mrs. Christine W. Williams has announced her candidacy for an 8th term as Duplin County Register of Deeds, a job she describes as creating and maintaining records of life and death and many of the most important events in the lives of our people between birth and death. This office which, according to Mrs. Williams, was used for more than 100 years only for recording deeds and mortgages now creates and maintains for constant public inspection 10 different sets of records which have become very important to our people all during their lives and to their families at the time of deaths and in settling estates. The Duplin Registry now keeps records of births, mar riages, military discharges, mortgages on both land and personal property; deeds, maps, notary public com missions, jury files, corpora tion and business records and death records. Some land records and marriages date back to 1749. The records in the County Registry truly speak out as permanent records of our , people and the most impor tant events in their lives since 1749. Grateful for Opportunities to Serve In announcing her candi dacy for another term, Mrs. Williams stated: "I am very grateful to the people of the County for giving me the opportunity to serve von as Register of Deeds since 1952 and I am running again on my record of service and experience. If re-elected to another te.m, 1 promise to continue to devote my ener gies to studying the laws affecting this office and study the best methods of record keeping available to continue to create and main tain the best set of records possible to meet the ever changing needs of our people. Your vote and sup port will be rewarded by the best efforts of myself and the fine people who are asso ciated with me in the office." Joy in Service Helping our people with their record problems has been my way of life since 1952 and every experience in creating, maintaining, and restoring records has been a joy and a challenge except the frustration of the leaks, the dust and dirt and the noise of the building reno vation during the addition of a second story over the Registry last year while the roof was disrupted and while we had to continue working to serve the people with theii record needs, while trying tc protect the records which we consider to be the mosl valuable of our County pos sessions ? except the people themselves. There were times when ! was not sure whether we 01 the records would survive the ordeal; but, now that it is over, I realize just how mucl I have learned to love ant respect every record w< worked so hard to protec and salvage and ever microfilm image we havi created for security ant current use. In making her announce ment, Mrs. Williams stated "During the perils of thi renovation, I was sufferin| from decayed vertebrae fol lowing an auto accident am the months of drilling, nois< and leaks added to th misery. Our building main tenance supervisor, who i younger than I am, had t retire because of the strain c the construction. The Xero Corporation had to replac our rented xerox machin with less than one-third of it normal life used because c the damage caused to 11 many parts by the dampnei and unstable temperature for such a long period. I at verjMhankful^haMn^jjrtlu pedic doctor at Duke was able to discharge me several months ago after my bone problems had improved to such an extent that further visits were unnecessary. I have never felt better than I do now, and there is now no reason why I should not continue work, and, I would like very much to continue in the same position that I have learned to love for the past 27 years. The next few years are going to be difficult in the Registry because of our un stable economy and I feel that my experience can be helpful to our people, and, if I serve another term, I will still be below the suggested retirement age of 7() when another term is ended. I sincerely trust that the people of Duplin County will vote in the May Primary to continue four more years of the concern that 1 have shared with our people and the valuable records we are creating and preserving in the office of the Duplin County Registry." Probate of Land Documents This office now performs the judicial function of cer tifying acknowledgements to documents to be recorded and make the decision that a document is in form to be recorded. In 1963, the Sup reme Court ruled that a deed which is improperly acknow ledged or defectively pro bated will be treated the same as if never registered at all. All staff members, even the newest ones, are trained to perform this judicial func tion in order that the public may get this service at all times. Whether the Register of Deeds office probates and records papers correctly ac cording to law, can deter mine whether a land title is good or bad. This duty was performed by the Clerk of Court until 1969 when it was given to the Register of Deeds by State Law. Indexing The law requires the indexing and cross indexing of all documents within 24 hours after the filing time ' has been marked. All index ing is required to be in standard manners and forms so documents can be easily located by the public and depended upon by the public for all kinds of searches involving insured land titles, family history searches and proving eligibility for many kinds of benefits by the use of birth, death and marriage records. Indexing is one of the most important functions of the office and carries heavy liability. As far back as 1868, the Supreme Court ruled that the Register of Deeds is liable to any party injured by failure of the Register of Deeds to index a deed or other instrument within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. In 1932, the Supreme Court ruled that the Register of Deeds is liable to any person injured by mistakes in index ing of documents. In the land records alone, there are many months in the Duplin Registry during which we index 7 to 10 million dollars in loans for which the Register is liable for each correct entry on a set of indexes on which there are 1,139 alphabetical and family name divisions on the grantor side and 1,054 divi sions on the grantee side. | The office maintains 9 sepa ; rate sets of indexes for different kinds of records for j which the Register of Deeds is liable to any person injured . by failure of the Register of Deeds to index and cross [ index any document accord ing to law and in a manner in | which it can be easily lo j cated. ; Saving Comity Tax Money t In making her announce t- ment, Mrs. Williams stated: ? I have been fortunate during i the past 27 years in serving as Register of Deeds because - I have been able to locate staff members who, together e with me, have dedicated g ourselves to making our Duplin County records and i services second to none, at e the lowest possible cost to e our taxpayers. The office had i- five staff members in 19S2 ir s addition to the Register, and o 27 years later after the worl if has tripled and the office has x taken on several additional e duties by law, we are now e trying to manage with su a staff members in addition t< >f the Register, s We have been able to d< is this because all staff mem a bers are trained to perforn n not only the judicial duties o >- approving or rejecting docu ments for recording, but also the adjudication of evidence used regarding the correc tion of birth records, the establishment of delayed birth records and per. formapce of all other func tions required by law to be performed in the Registry. This plan requires more training, coordination, and cooperation of the staff, and, it reauires more dedication and skill; but it gives the public service at all times and saves the taxpayers much more money because fewer workers can perform more work than less trained ones because they are trained in all areas of work performed in the office and can serve the public with all their needs. The quality of records created and the value of these records to the public depend to a great extent on the quality of the people who work in this office and the skill and quality that goes into the planning and management of this office. When the present County pay plan was set up in 1976, the importance of the legal, judicial and judgmental functions of this office, which are shared by even the newest employees, were not given due consideration, and the beginning salaries in this office were set at two (2) pay grades below the beginning salaries of secretaries and record clerks in the other county offices. I am still working with the County Commissioners in trying to get adjustments in the pay plan for the Registry to reflect the responsibilities of even the newest positions in this office, so that we can avoid giving legal training to new employees and then have some of them go on to higher paying jobs. While the Register of Deeds is elected by the voting public, one of the duties of the County Com missioners, who are also elected by the public, is to set the number of employees and the salaries for the office of the Register of Deeds. Only S29.00Q out of the 1979 county property tax levy of $4,032,421.91 is budgeted for this office during this fiscal year. The balance of the total office budget of $109,763 will come from the estimated $80,000 that will be collected in fees that are charged for some of the services. While this is strictly a county office, the fees we collect are set by the State Legislature and some fees have not been changed since 1967. The North Carolina Association of County Com missioners employs paid leeal counsel to represent the County Commissioners in the State Legislature in getting laws passed affecting county government; but, many County Commissioners and Registers of Deeds feel that the Registry should be more of a service offko supported by tax money and State fee changes come slowly. No fees are collected for many of the services rendered by this office such as preparing the jury list, recording, indexing and making copies of military records and assisting members of the public in locating records, etc. M?1 n ?- ?tu. n.u inuucni nccurus wiui tiyui Security Created by County People. During the past 27 years in which I have served, we have worked hard studying new methods and procedures to meet the record needs of our people regardless of the work and sacrifices involved. We have not contracted out any work to commercial companies. This has saved money for our people and given the people quicker services. We have one of the rarely found offices where you can wait for a deed or other paper to be recorded. This gives our people quick service and saves our tax payers the cost of postage and mailing. It enables our people to take newly re corded deeds by the ASC office to transfer allotments or to take a new deed or deed i of trust to a lending agency I without making another trip i to Kenansville. We offer 1 instant location of all records : through modernized i indexing and filing systems. I We are one of the few r Registeries which prepares t heavy duty plastic birth cer ) tificates with the names and birthplaces of the parents ) shown along with other facts - relating to birth. 1 More than one-third of the f North Carolina courthouses have lost records by fire and they had no security copy of their records on microfilm or other form. (Lenoir County tost all their records in 1895). We personally microfilmed (with the aid of CETA Wor}V*l e*ch page of every record, book, the Commis sioners approved the pur, chase of a microfilm camera and a reader-printer out of Revenue Sharing funds. We placed a copy of the micro film in cassettes in the Registry office so that the public can use them to instantly locate a desired page, push a button and get ? copy. A copy of all micro film is stored in a local bank vault and the original copy of all microfilm is stored for security in an underground, bomb proof, air controlled vault in Pennsylvania. The staff of no other county registry in the State of North Carolina has performed this service for all their records. One other county has exactly the same microfilm program as ours, but, a commercial company was employed to do the whole procedure. The cost of commercial com panies is much greater than when done by our local people and there is a ten dency among commercial companies to not give proper emphasis to getting good microfilm images of the older records and those of poor which were made up to 230 years ago. The Duplin microfilm pro-i gram is kept up to date daily and offers. 1. Security in case of disaster. 2. The public an opportunity to make instant "'P'" from the microfilm, and 3. saves much wear and tear on our record books which are priceless to our people. In addition to making microfilm, the Duplin office still records all documents in record books for use by our people and the generations to come; but, we are usinc smaller indestructible plastic binders which get 875 pages in each book and which fit two to a roller shelf instead of one to the shelf ? thus saving valuable vault space for the future. Birth and Death Records The first birth records were recorded in 1913 and for many years, they were poorly prepared. The mid wives and doctors who made them and the local Registrars out in the townships who copied them for filing with the Register of Deeds cotjld not visualize that they would ever be so Important for so many reasons as they are today. Only Robeson County has birth records rated as poorly as the Duplin birth records. The Duplin Registry is fortunate in that the County Board of Education has loaned the Registry the Duplin County School Census Cards that were pre-, served for use in helping to get birth certificates cor rected, birth certificates filed which were not filed at the time of birth, and ages proven for many people who can use their age from a school record if a birth certificate was not recorded. The neat few years will be the most difficult one re garding birth certificates be cause aH our people . be coming age 65 should now have certificates on record, and if on record, most of them contain errors and will need experienced assistance in getting corrections made. Death records were first filed in 1913 and many of the early ones are in poor con dition because many people were buried in home-made caskets without the use of an undertaker and many were not filed at all during the early years of filing. Long Range Planning Since 1952, the Registry has used every available means to make sound lonf range plans for the future tc save money for our people while creating and maintain ing the best public record: and services. I pledge t< continue this for another foui years, if re-elected. Th< Registry is the only Duplii county office which has no a iked for more office spaci during the past 20 years thus saving great buildini cost. Prior Service From 1933 to 1941, served as manager of th County Agriculture Adjust ment Office. During most c those eight years, field me measured all of the plante crops with steel tapes an our office calculated th acreage in each field. Thes were the years when learned to love all our Count people and every plot of lan in the County. Bein Register of Deeds has ,ei panded my opportunities t serve our people and I ai grateful for all of them. Paid Political Advartiaamant Duplin Students Increase I 4% On Competency Test T By Emily Klllette There was an increase in the number of students passing the competency tests this fall, said Gary Sander son, assistant superinten dent of Duplin County schools. Duplin had a four percent increase in those passing the reading portion, and a seven' percent increase in the math portion. Both increases were above the state level, which showed a two percent increase in the reading, and a four percent increase in the math. The county increases were also above those of the 17 school systems which make up Region Two, and showed a two percent increase in the reading, and a three percent increase in the math, according to figures released by the Duplin County Board of Education. Sanderson said nine school systems scored lower than Duplin, three systems had the same percentage pass ing, and five systems scored higher than Duplin in the reading portion of the test. In the math portion, eleven systems scored lower than Duplin, and five scored higher in percentages of students passing the test, Sanderson said. Last fall seven systems scored lower than Duplin in Legal Notice STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA tub OP CUMBERLAND IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION FILE. 78 CVS 489 JD: 45. PAGE 169 JACK McCULLOUGH. Individu ally and JEROME BURROUGHS T/A BURROUGHS SPRAYER. MFG.. Plaintiffs. va. ISAIAH FREEMAN and HERMAN BRANCH. T/A H. A B. TRUCK ING COMPANY. Defendants NOTICE OF EXECUTION SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION directed tn the undersigned Sheriff from the Superior Court of Cumberland County, in the above captioned. I will on the 27th day of December, 1979. at (time) 12:00 Noon at (Location! The front door of Duplin Co Courthouse, Kenanaville. NC which is within Duplin County, North Carolina, offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, to satisfy said Execution, all right, title, and interest, except for defendant's Homestead Exemption, which the Defendant, Herman Branch, now has or had at the time of the seizure of the below listed pro perty; All that certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in Kenansville Township. Duplin County. North Carolina, and described as follows Bounded on the North and West by the lands of H.E. Phillips, on the South by the lands of T.K. Byrd, and on the East by the run of Mirey Branch and the lands of Robert L West, and mora particularly de scribed as follows: BEGINNING at the intersection of the center line of the run of Wolf Branch with the center line of the run of Mirey Branch, and being the most northern corner of the Robert L. West tract of land as recorded in Book 598, page 383, of the Duplin County Registry, and runs thence with the center line of Mirey Branch North 9 degrees 00 minutes East 280 feet and North 45 degrees 28 minutes East 132.7 feet to a stake. J.L. Farrior's corner for merly, now H.E. Phillips; thence with H.E. Phillips' line South 85 degrees 22 minutes West 1790 6 feet to a stake; thence Sou.h 1 degree 43 minutes East 670.5 feet to a stake on the run of a smell branch; thenca with that branch South 54 dagrees 09 minutes West 523.7 feet. North 75 degrees 00 minutes West 168 feet. North 60 degrees 00 minutes West 166 feet and North 85 degrees 00 minutes West 170 feet to the head of a ditch; thence with said ditch and beyond South 80 degrees 53 minutes West 1056 feet to the center of the old Bowden-Kenens ville Roed; thence with the center of said road South 12 degrees 57 ? minutes East 1121 feet to the point I in the center of the New Road: thance with the center of the New Road South 17 degrees 01 minutes ? East 312 feet thence leaving the roed North 75 degrees 23 minutes East 1913.7 feet to a stake; thence North 53 degrees 05 minutes East 77 feet to a stake; thence North 23 degrees 23 minutes East 196 feet to ' thence South 86 degrees , 19 minutes East 338 feet to a stake in the line of the Robert L. West I r?ct of land as recorded in Book . 698. Page 383. of the Duplin County Registry; thence as his line ? ?rth 28 degrees 00 minutes West . 146.5 feet to the center of Mirey Branch; thence down the run of the S Branch as it meanders. North 33 j degrees 31 minutes East 586 feet and North 1 degree 50 minutes West 742 feet to the Beginning, i and containing 104.5 acies. more , or less. 1 EXCEPTING, HOWEVER, from t the foregoing lands the defen ? dant's Homestead Exemption de scribed at follows: , BEGINNING at an iron PK nail , in the centerline of State Road 1301 said nail being located 826.55 feel South of the Centerline of State Road *1300 where it intersects with State Road #1301 and running from said beginning corner so located j North 78 deg. 16 minutes 1 seconc East 216.68 feet to an iron stake, c thenca North 16 degrees 8 minutes t" 19 seconds West 295.24 feet to ar t iron stake in a road; thence with " the center of said road South 6! n degrees 53 minutes 46 secpndi j West 31.77 feet to an Iron stake j thence continuing with the roet u easement South 80 degrees e minute 46 seconds West 178.2: ? feet to an iron stake in thi * centerline of State Road #1301 I thence with the centerline of Stati Road 1301 South 14 degrees 5 7 minutes 16 seconds East 292 * !??! ,0 ,h? beginning, containini 8 1.41 acres more or less Includini road right of way I- KNOWYEALLMENPRESEN' o that this property is being soli subject to all liens, mortgages, an ? encumbrances pending againa such property. This the 28th day of Novembei 1979. T. E. Revelle, Sheriff Duplin County. N.C. fl-?4f-DCS0 146 the reeding, and nine scored higher. In the math portion cf the test, five systems scored lower than Duplin, one system placed the same, and 10 systems scored higher in percentages passing, Sanderson explained. This year, Duplin County had 593 students taking the reading port/on of the competency test, and 540 passed. There were 592 stu dents taking the math por tion and 527 passed, said Sanderson. Of those taking the reading portion, there were 12 educable mentally retarded students of which one passed. In the math portion 12 EMR students took the test, and one passed, Sanderson said. According to Sanderson, there are still nine students who have taken the test three times, and *re seniors who have not passed the reading portion of the test. There are 16 students who took the competency for the third time this fall and have not passed the math. Sanderson says these students are not identified as EMR and have been given remedial help toward passing the test. He said the students who have not passed the test will continue to receive remedial help as long as requested until they are 21 years of age, and they will be allowed to take the test until that age. Students who do not pass the competency test before they graduate from high school will be allowed to take the test, and after passing, will receive a diploma to replace the certificate awarded at their graduation, Sanderson explained. School systems in Region Two are: Carteret, New Bern City, Kinston City, Onslow, New Hanover, Sampson, Lenoir, Brunswick, Craven, Greene, Jones, Pamlico, Pender, Clinton City, Wayne and Goldsboro City. Systems scoring better than Duplin on the reading portion of the competency test are Carteret, New Bern City, Kinston City, Onslow and New Hanpver. Those scoring the same were Sampson and Lenoir. All others scored lower. School systems scoring better than KENANSVILLE 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. "Dixie," written by Daniel D. Emmett, was composed in the North for a minstrel show. Duplin, on the math portion were Carteret, Jones, Kinston City, New Hanover and Onslow. All others scored lower than DuplO County schools. CHRISTMAS AND VOLUN TEERS APPRECIATION PARTY The Nutrition and Life^ Enrichment Services to the Aged will have its annual Christmas and Volunteers Appreciation parties at the Wallace and Warsaw sites from 11:30 a.m. until 1:3^ p.m. on the following days* Wallace and Kenansville at Wallace, Dec. 19; and Warsaw and Faison at War saw Dec. 20. All senior citizens are invited to attend. - BLANTON | MOBILE HOMES, INC I fill ^ BOBBY BLANTON I E BURQAW LARGE SELECTION OF 1080 MODELS 2-3 bedrooms, 1. 1% and 2 baths. Fullv Furnished or 3 Unfurnished. With or without storm windows Best Financing Available Low Interest Rates Low Down Payments 10x38,1-bedroom, good condition, with air Locally owned to assure of continued Service and I Satisfaction after the sale A HOURS: 9:00 to 6:00, Monday thru Saturday ? For your convenience, other times by appointment Hwy. 117 Phone Burgt - 259-9121 I NORTH CAROLINA >-DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION^ i NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON A PROPOSED DIAMOND-TYPE INTERCHANGE LOCATED AT THE CROSSING OF THE BENSON TO WILMINGTON FREEWAY AND SR1722 , (SUTTONTOWN ROAD) IN SAMPSON COUNTY Project 6.271002 Sampson County The North Carolina Department of Transportation1 will hold the above public hearing on December 19, ^' 1979, at 7:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of the Goshen United Methodist Church located on SR 1722 (Sutton town Road). The hearing will consist of an explanation of the proposed project, right of way requirements and - procedures, relocation advisory assistance and State - { ? Federal relationship. The hearing will be open to those present for statements, questions, comments and / or submittal of written material pertaining to the proposed project. Additional material may be submitted for a pe riod of ten days from the date of the hearing to Mr. * \ George E. Wells, P.E., Manager of Highway Design,1 N.C. Department of Transportation, Division of High-1 ways, P.O. Box 25201, Raleigh, N.C. 27611. This hearing is to obtain public input into the pro- I posed plan for a diamond type interchange where the ' Benson-to-Wilminaton freeway crosses SR 1722 (Suttontown Road) in Sampson County, this inter change is a new consideration and was not shown at previous public hearings. A map setting forth the proposed interchange de- ^ sign is available for public review at the following loca tions: 1. Suttontown Rescue Unit Office Building Suttontown, N.C. if 2. James G. Weeks Community Store ! Located on Goshen Church Road ? Goshen Community If any additional information concerning the public) hearing is desired you may contact W. A. Garrett, Jr., 3 P. E., Public Hearing Officer, N.C. Department of ' Transportation, Division of Highways, P.O. Box 25201, f Raleigh, N.C. 27611 or telephone 919-733-3244. , 9 9 I DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS ? ' * +
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