PROGRESS SENTINEL
OL. XXXXVNO. 7 USPS 162-860 KENANSV1LLE, NC 28349 FEBRUARY 14. 1980 10 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
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' fleeting And Demonstration
Mcohol As An Alternate Fuel
Is producing alcohol for
se as fuel on the farm
.-onomically feasable ? This
one of many questions
B trmers will find answers to
^ t the Beulaville National
uard Armory, March 4,
aid Agricultural Extension
.gent J. Michael Moore.
Duplin County citizens will
ave the opportunity to get
le facts about producing
nd using alcohol on the
arm at this public meeting
n the controversial subject
^ f producing and using alco
W ol as an alternate fuel.
The building will open at 6
p.m. for observation of the
various exhibits which will be
on display. Beginning at
seven o'clock, Dr. Everett
Nichols and John Glover,
both of NCSU, will address
many of the issues surround
ing the alcohol question.
A'mong the issues to be
discussed are: the actual
process and equipment
needed to produce alcohol for
fuel, an economic analysis of
the costs and benefits of '
producing and using alcohol, 1
the political trade-offs of i
using feed grains for pro
duction of alcohol, and the
legal requirements for pro
ducing one's own alcohol.
Alcohol of sufficient
quality (160-180 proof) for
use as an alternate fuel can
be produced by almost any
small farmer, but without the
proper safety precautions
and the availability of suf
ficient supply of products to
be used in the mash, the
venture may not only be
dangerous but more costly
than the use of fuels already
available.
Also, the Bureau of Alco
hol, Tobacco and Firearms
requires anyone producing
alcohol as a fuel to have a
permit. A two-year permit
for experimental purposes is
available by meeting the
requirements of the Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms.
There will be ample time
for questions from the
audience and several
demonstrations using alcohol
to fuel engines will be con
ducted.
Plan now to attend this
informative meeting March 4
at the Beulaville Armory and
discuss the use of alcohol as
an alternate fuel. For more
information, contact J.
Michael Moore at the Agri
cultural Extension Service,
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DSA
Banquet
Scheduled
The Kenansville Jaycee
annual Distinguished Service
Awards banquet will be held
Friday, Feb. 29 at 7 p.m. at
the Duplin Country Club.
The DSA banquet gives
the Jaycees the opportunity
to honor citizens in their
community for contributions
and service to the local area.
It is also an opportunity to
promote community involve
ment and inform the public
about thC Jaycees and the*
purpose and work of their
organization.
Awards will be presented
for outstanding service in six
categories ? law/corrections
officer, young educator,
farmer, fireman, senior citi
zen and the distinguished
service award. Anyone
wishing to submit a nomi
nation in any of these cate
gories should contact Mayor
Doug Judge or Town Ad
ministrator Woody Brinr"?!
no later than Feb. 20.
Recipients of the awards
will be announced, at the
banquet Feb. 29. The Jay
cees cordially invite all who
are interested in community
involvement to inform
Kenansville Jaycee
President Charles Sharpe
that they plan to attend by no
later than Feb. 26.
Beulaville Water And
Sewer Refrendum Set
A public hearing was held1
on the SI, 163,800 proposed*
| water and sewer systems in
* Beulaville, with no atten
dance from the general
public Feb. 4.
Before the regular meeting
of the Beulaville town board,
a public hearing was called to
answer questions about the
proposed water and sewer
system. Mayor Marion Ed
wards called the board's
. attention to Engineer Finley
f Boney who was present to
answer questions about the
two systems which are being
designed by Boney & Asso
ciates of Raleigh.
Boney informed the board
that water rates would rise
from a $4 minimum to about
,$5.28 Sewer, rates will also ,
' increase, Boney said, but he
gave no estimate; presently
sewer rates are half of the
water rate. According to
) board-member Wilbur
Hussey, sewer rates will be
changed upon completion of
the project and will no longer
be half of the water rate.
Commissioner Hussey
made a motion to approve
the water project and a
second came from Commis
sioner Rabon Brown. Hussey
also moved to approve the
. sewer projct along with a
? resolution to hold a special
bond referendum on the two
projects; both motions were
seconded by Commissioner
Monk Whaley. The special
bond referendum is sche
duled for Saturday. March
29. Voters will have the
choice to pass or defeat the
purchasing of $210,000 in
bonds for the sewage system
ana Mii.uw tor the water
system in the referendum.
) Each bond is independent of
the other, allowing either to
be passed or defeated:
The proposed project will
cost SI, 163,800, of which the
town will be holding a bond
referendum for S625.000.
The project will receive ?
state grant for $199,700,
along with an Environmental
Protection Agency grant of
j $464,250. According to En
gineer Boney, all grants are
contingent upon the passing
of the bond referendum.
According to Commis
sioner Hussey, the bond
referendum will be for
$625,000, which is more than
would be necessary to com
plete the project at the
present date. However,
Hussey explained, a FmHA
gram might be approved if
the bonds pass. If the FmHA
grant is not approved after
the bonds pass. Hussey said,
the bond money would still
cover the costs and inflation
until the water and sewer
projects are finished, with an
allowance of $125,150.
"We (town) don't have to
sell all the bonds, but we
don't want to get 90% com
plete and not have enough
money to finish the project,"
Hussey explained.
The new water system is
proposed to install 45,000
linear feet of six-inch lines
and 50 fire hydrants, said
Boney. He also added that
the system would be looped
to allow a better water flow to
all fire hydrants. With the
looped system and the addi
tional fire hydrants, Boney
said.ithe fire protection
rating for Beulaville would
probably be lowered. The
lower rating, the lower the
insurance rates for fire pro
tection, Boney added.
Commissioner S.A. Bliz
zard questioned Boney about
the need for an additional
water storage tank.
According to Boney, an ad
ditional storage tank would
cost $150,000 - $300,000, and
is an expense which could be
added if necessary in the
future.
Boney said the addition of
new hydrants and lines to
replace the rusting galva
nized steel lines are needed
more than a second storage
t^nk. Beulaville has a 75,000
gallon storage tank, and if
the countywide water system
is approved, the town will be
able to utilize storage in the
county system, Boney said.
The new water and sewer
systems are designed to be
self-supporting, and not
raise taxes. Town Supervisor
H.J. Brown said if the refer
endum is not passed, the old
water and sewer systems will
have to be replaced at the
taxpayers' expense, without
any aid from grants.
The commissioners also
agreed to contact Grace
Newton, public schools'
dental hygienist, to ask that
she and a representative
from the state Dental Health
Section be present for the
next meeting of the board to
discuss the possibility of.
adding fluoride to the town
water.
After a discussion of the
purpose for purchasing the
newest fire truck in Beula
ville, the board agreed that
the truck should stay in town
as much as possible. Com
missioner Blizzard stated
the truck had been pur
chased for town protection
and when the truck leaves
town, the town is unpro
tected. The board agreed
that all three fire trucks were
not usually needed at fires,
and the newest truck should
be kept in town while the two
older trucks attend fires out
side of town. Noting that the
new truck should be used to
prevent it from rusting, the
board ended its fire truck
discussion with the
agreement that the fire chief
use his judgment of when to
use the new truck.
Four County EMC Extendes
Youth Tour Application Deadline
Deadline for submitting
applications to Four County
EMC for the rural electric
youth tour to Washington,
D.C. has been extended to
Feb. 29.
All high school juniors in
Bladen, Duplin, Pender and
Sampson counties are
eligible to apply for the all
expense-paid trip set for
June 8-13. One student from
each of the four counties will
be sponsored on the tour by
the cooperative. Applications
are available from all Four
County EMC offices in Bur
gaw Hi'abethtown and
Rose Hill, and from local
high school guidance coun
selors
In addition to the general .
applications, students must
also answer a short dis
cussion question in 200
words or less ? "What can
our rural electric coopera
tives do to help alleviate the
serious energy crisis facing
our nation and the world?"
Applications should be
mailed to: "Youth Tour,"
Four County EMC, P.O. Box
667, Burgaw. NC 28425. or
'hey may be turned in to any
Four County EMC office by
Feb. 29.
Finalists will be selected
from each county and will be
interviewed by a panel of i
judges who will select the
county winners and alter
nates. The youth tourists will
join other winners from
across the state for the bus
trip to Washington in June.
Among the activities sche
duled for the week are tours
of the White House. Smith
sonian Institute. FBI Build
ing, U.S. Capitol, the
National Zoo and Arlington
National Cemetery. They will '
also meet with their con
gressional representatives
and spend an evenins at the
Kennedy Center for the Per
forming Arts, where they will
have dinner and attend a
play. In addition, the winners
will be eligible to compete for
a SI,000 scholarship to be
awarded to the outstanding
youth tourist from North
Carolina.
New Industry
Opens In Calypso
?Jennie nen 01 iviouni
Olive announced Monday an
investment of approximately
1250,000 in Duplin County
with the opening of Bell &
Sons, Inc.
Bell & Sons, Ine, will oe
located in Calypso and will 1
employ approximately 20
women in the manufacture of,
men's and boys' colored tee
shirts, which will be sold to
screen printers for the
printed tee shirt market.
Nine colors and sizes will be
produced, and production
will begin approximately
March 3. Bell & Sons, Inc.
will occupy an existing 5,000
sq.n. ouiiaing tormerly used
by Calypso Casuals, Inc.
Bell, formerly general
manager of Reeves Brothers,
Inc. of Kenansville, indicated
the cooperation and enthusi
astic reception he had re
ceived from the officials and
citizens in Calypso and the
invaluable assistance given
by the Duplin Development
Commission were primary
reasons for the selection of
Calypso as a location for the
industry. Bell is married to
the former Linda Herring of
Mount Olive, and they have
two sons, Robert, 11, and
Alan; 6.
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REEVES BROTHERS PERFECT ATTENDANCE
AWARDS - Lasi week Plant Manager Cecil Kornegay and
Production Manager Bill Savage named the Reeves
employees with perfect attendance during the past year.
Many of the employees had perfect attendance records of
more than one year, Kornegay pointed out before the
plaques were awarded by the department supervisors.
Pictured above are the sewing and examination
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Photo by Emily Killotto
department members with perfect attendance, left to
right, Julia Brown perfect attendance for 3 years.
Department Supervisor Hanna Rhodes, Anita Pickett with
iwu years, Corel ha Nickelson with three years. Osie L.
Miller. Geraldine Moore with three years, Carie Kilpatrick
with three years, Annie M. Cavenaugh with five years,
and Head Mechanic Elbert Long with two years.
PERFECT ATTENDANCE AWARDS AT REEVES -
Piclured above are employees with a perfect attendance
for the past year at Reeves Brothers. Many of these
employees have more than one year of perfect attendance,
said Plant Manager Cecil Komegay. Pictured, left to right,
are the employees and their supervisors. Quality Control
Supervisor Daniel Hobbs, Jefferv Stalling, Rose Rich,
Office Manager Carol Atkins. Johnny Farrior, Edna Carr
with two years, Jessie l.anier with two years, Supervisor of
the Cutting Department Terry Williams. Louise Whaley
with two years. Supervisor of the Shipping Department
Bobby Howard, and Shirley Williams.
Pay Determined For
Duplin County Workers
By a 3-2 ma.-gin, the
Duplin County Board of
Commissioners voted to pay
workers who showed up for
work for a full day. even
though they were sent home
at 1 p.m. due to snow.
In the same proposal, the
board agreed to pay workers
who failed to appear at their
work stations four hours'
salary.
Voting for the proposal
were Commissioners
Franklin Williams. William
J. Costin and Calvin Turner.
Against it were D.J. Fussell
and Allen Nethercutt.
The county parking lot on
the site of the former
Bowden Grocery Store
between the health depart
ment and N.C. 11 will be
paved. The board accepted
the bid of $6,956 or $3.15 per
sq. yd. from Cumberland
Paving Co. of Fayetteville for
the work. The money will
come from court facilities
fees.
Because the low bidder for
the county library plumbing
contract lacks a performance
bond, the board agreed to
give the firm. Pender Plumb
ing of Wallace, seven davs to
put up either $8,385.75 in
cash or a new performance
bond, or lose the contract.
The firm lacked the per
formance bond because the
company with which it had
its insurance had quit doing
business, and not through
any fault of its own, ac
cording to Mrs. Donnie Rowe
of the plumbing firm.
Seottie Lockamy of the
state Employment Security
Commission reported the
1980 U.S. census program is
expected to hire about 50
persons in Duplin for about a
month. He said applicants
must pass a test at JSTC in
Kenansvillc to qualify. The
pay will be S3.50 per hour
plus 18.5 cents per mile.
The board also signed a
water purchase-sell
agreement with the town of
Kenansville to supply its
proposed water system. The
rates would be $25 for the
first 20.000 gallons, 55 cents
for each additional 1,000
gallons per month. The
proposed county water
system would have about 150
users. The town of Green
evers would also sell the
system water.
Foison Dog ^
foiTAnd Tags Proposed
The Faison commis
iioners on the dog ordi
lance committee
?ecommended the ordi
tance be changed to allow
logs to be free in the
laytime but further action
vas tabled until the March
>oard meeting.
Commissioners William
goe, Rachel Clifton and
ielen Britt recommended
hat the dog ordinance be
hanged to allow no dogs to
oam the streets after dark,
rhe committee of commis
ioners also proposed that
ill dogs be registered by
heir owners at the town
tall, and for each dog a tag
ssued. Each dog would be
equired to wear the tag
fith his owner's identifi
ation number appearing
in it. and a certificate of
accinatioo would also be
required and kept on record
at the town hall. Commis
sioner Igoe read from the
committee's report. Any
dog not wearing a tag
would be impounded. Igoe
stated. The ordinance
should also include a pro
vision stating that no more
than two dogs can be kept
on 4n individual premises,
stated Commissioner Fred
Wheless.
Commissioner Igoe
further explained that with
the first two complaints,
the dog's owner should be
warned and the third com
plaint would result in im
poundment. Mayor Bill
Carter stated that the ordi
nance should provide for
the use of dog traps at a
citizens request and a fine
imposed on the dogs caught
in the traps.
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"Itie ordinance should
allow the use of doj traps
by request from the citizen,
and a fine should be im
posed on the dog's owner
before he is allowed to get
the oog back," ' arter said.
"The police department is
presently using them
(traps) and five dogs were
caught in one yard during
the past week at night,"
Carter added.
Along with registering
the dog and owner's name
at the town hall, the com
missioners proposed
charging a dog tax. Garrett
Ludlutn. a representative
for the Jene Thompson law
office, told the board a
licensing fee could be
charged each dog owner,
but a fine for dogs caught at
night in police traps would
be included under the state
law. According to state law.
dogs caught foaming free
at night carry a $$0 mis
demeanor charge. Ludlum
said.
According to Commis
sioner Igoe. dogs would be
allowed free in the day
unless complaints had been
received about the dog,
then tfce dog would have to
be penned by the owner or
impounded by the town.
"With the town tag. any
dog caught at night can be
identified and the owner
can be contacted through
the identification number
on fhe dog's tag." Igoe
said. ?
Mayor Carter asked the
dog ordinance committee to
meet with ludlum and
complete the delating of
the dog ordinance and
return with the find ordi
nance at the heat meeting.
Mount Olivo Merchants
Washington's
v Birthday
???sale
Feb. 15, 16 and 18
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