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?OL. XXXXV NO. 9 USPS 162-860 KENANSVILLF. NC 28349 FEBRUARY 28. 1980 12 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
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HU3 Water System
Potential Water Customers Sign-Up
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sign-up tor potential water
:ustomers on the 18-miJe
water system between
Kenansville and Greenevers
s underway, said water
iystems coordinator Alfred
Dixon.
Dixon said he would be
working both day and
evenings to contact residents
on tne route ot tne new water
system. The system is being
paid for by a grant from the
Department of-Housing and
Urban Development, and is
not part of the proposed
county water system, Dixon
said.
"This HUD water project
is not to be confused with the
county water system," said
Dixon. "Construction for this
project will begin March I."
Dixon is also working as co
ordinator for the proposed
Duplin water system.
According to Dixon, 177
potential customers reside on
the route of the HUD water
project, and each resident
-"5" up UVIU1C II1C
contractor passes their lot in
order to qualify for a $10
deposit only. Customers
signing up after the con
struction is completed in
front of their residence will
be required to pay as much
as $250 in order to hook up to
the water system, Dixon
said.
Water rates will be $7.50
for a minimum of 2,000
gallons with the next 3,000
gallons costing $1.50 per
1,000 gallons, and the next
5,000 gallons costing $1 per
1,000 gallons, and all ovt
10,000 gallons costing 8u
cents per 1,000 gallons,
Dixon said. The 18 miles of
waterlines will include two-,
three-, four- and six-inch
pipes, Dixon said.
Water will be purchased
from the Greenevers and
Kenansville systems to
supply the HUD water
project. Dixon said. Accord
ing to earlier reports, Green
evers agreed to sell water to
the system at a minimum
price of $25 a month. The
minimum will include provi- .
sion for up to 20,000 gallons
of water each month. Addi
tional water purchased from
Greenevers by the county
will be sold at 55 cents per
1,000 gallons. And, a
maximum sale of 1.25 million
gallons each month was set.
Kenansville agreed under a
similar contract to sell water
to the county for the HUD
water project.
Uixon said he would be
working in the community of
the HDD project water to
explain the project and the
water-user agreement and to
sign up users for the sy '"m.
PefStfos wishing to contact
Dixon can phone 296-1592. or
go by the Department of
Community Development in
the Finance Office at the '
Duplin County Courthouse in
Kenansville.
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HUD WATER SYSTEM MAP - Kenansville to Greenevers
(Shadea area will be served)
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to Greenevers
REEVES BROTHERS SPECIAL SERVICE AWARDS -
Employees who had worked for Reeves Brothers in
Kenansville the longest period of time were honored with
the awarding of pins and certificates by their department .
supervisors. Pictured above are employees of the sewing
and examining departments, left to right, Department
Supervisor Hannah Rhodes, Plant Manager Cecil Kor
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negay, Hazel Vann, Rosalyn Hooks, Annie Mae Cave
naugh. Mary Alice James, Eunice Chasten. Ruth Carr and
Arbella Barksdale. Receiving 10-year recognition, but not
pictured, was Wanda Hargrove. All members of the
sewing and examining department received 10-year
awards except Ruth Carr, who received a five-year service
award.
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REEVES BROTHERS SPECIAL SERVICE AWARDS -
ren-year service pins and certificates were awarded to the
Reeves employees pictured above. The individual awards
vere presented by the department supervisors, and are
pictured, left to right. Bernice Murphy, Production
Manager Bill Savage. Katie Mae Stiles, Nallia F. Usher.
Engineering Supervisor Janet Jones, Samples Supervisor
Wayland Southerland, Edna Carr. Supervisor of Cutting
Terry Williams, and Sharon Bostic.
Georgia Pacific
Bowdens Lumber Mill To Open In June
Construction of the
Georgia-Pacific lumber mill
in Bowdens began last Octo
ber, said Construction
Supervisor William Tanner,
and is scheduled to be com
pleted sometime in June.
Applications are being
:aken daily for employment
n the lumber mill and for J
work on the construction site
>f the mill. Tanner said a 1
crew of about 35 men are I
presently working on the
construction of the mill. '
Applications of the men who 1
are working on the construe- s
tion of the mill can be '
reviewed when the plant
opens, said Tanner, fui work
in the mill. According to
Tanner, Bowdens will be a
small mill and employ about
45 to 60 persons.
The mill will be used to cut
raw lumber frpm hardwood
trees, said Tattner. No pine
trees will be cut at the mill.
Tanner said. Pine is usually
processed at the Dudley
plant.
"Hardwoods have to be
treated according to what it
vill be used for, such as
tiding, paneling or furni
ure," Tanner said, "but
none of the processing will
be done in Bowdens. The
timber will be cut into raw
lumber and sent to other
plants to be finished."
According to Tanner,
timber will come "into the
Bowdens mill where the bark
will be removed and the trees
will be cut into lumber. The
bark and sawdust will also be
used. Tanner explained that
the sawdust and bark is
shipped from the Bowdens
mill to other Georgia-Pacific
plants like Dudley and used
as fuel to fire boilers.
The Bowdens main mill is
being built about 18 feet
above the ground. Tanner
said. The room underneath
the mill will house mechani
cal conveyers. Tanner said
construction of the tracks
connecting the Bowdens mill
and the railroad would begin
as soon as weather per
mitted. The main office
building has been con
structed, but the inside is not
finished, nor are the win
dows installed, said Tanner. J
The water system is work- j
ing, Tanner said. The mill (
will be using water pumped (
from the well which existed (
when the site was purchased '
by Georgia-Pacific and is
located near the old Bowdens 1
mill pond.
"Water will be pumped
1,800 feet from the old well
to the old water tank,"
Tanner said. t
According to Tanner, the
old tank will store about '
18.000 gallons of water,
which will be a sufficient
amount of water to supply
the mill. Tanner said work
had been done to fix up the
old tank, which was also on
the site when it was pur
tthased, and Tanner said the
aid tank would be painted.
Tanner is an employee of
Georgia-Pacific and a native
)f Georgia. He was stationed
in Whiteville before coming
:o Bowdens. Upon comple
:ion of the Bowdens mill,
ranner says he will be moved
o another georgia-Pacific
>roject.
Farm
Implement
Identification
System
Thefts, larcenies and bur
;laries are increasing at an
larming rate in many rural
ireas. Each year farm equip
nent is stolen and never
eturned because of a lack of
ientification.
The Duplin Countv exten
ion service, Farm Bureau
nd Sheriff's department
lave joined to provide far
riers with a personalized
arm implement identifica
ion number with which to
Jentify their equipment and
doIs. The same number may
Iso be used to identify
ousenoia items.
Individuals may borrow
larking equipment from the
lES or Farm Bureau. An
iventory is helpful in event
f theft. These numbers may
e assigned only by the
nd sheriff's department
lumbers will be assigned at
te sheriff's department in
enansville or members will
e on hand to assign them at
ic Alcohol: Fuel For
bought meeting at 6 p.m.
larch 4 in the Beulaville
ational Guard Armory.
LUMBER MILL AT BO WD ENS is under construction. Pictured above is
Georgia-Pacific Construction Superintendent William Tanner and the
steel frame foundation of the main part of the lumber mill in Bowdens.
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Photo by Emllv Klllotto I
The lumber mill at Bowdens will be owned by Georgia-Pacific and
employee 45-60 people. It will produce raw hardwood lumber. According
to Tanner, the mill will be ready to open sometime in June.
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Grant For Kitchen
To Feed
Elderly Approved
Approval of a $50,000
grant for a kitchen to prepare
meals for the Duplin County
senior citizens' nutrition
program has been received,
it was announced last Wed- <
nesday night. i
During the meeting with
100 senior citizens, Gayle
Thames, program for the
aging administrator for the
Neuse River Council of 1
Governments, said she had i
the grant approval on her i
desk. i
The kitchen will be estab
lished in the former county i
jail building. i
The program now serves i
260 meals five days a week.
The meals are served in
centers throughout the |
county. i
Walter Brown, county di- '
rector of services to the J
aging, reported hot meal
"in-home" services will be
started March 1 for 30 per
sons who are unable to leave
their homes. He added the
county homemaker services
provides 508 persons with
two hours a week each of
homemaker service.
Also appearing before the
group at James Sprunt Tech
nical College last Wednesday
Woman
Killed In :
Car Wreck
One womin was killed and r
nine other persons were in- h
jured last week on Tuesday
afternoon in a two-vehicle e
collision on U.S. 117 about s
3.5 miles south of Warsaw. tl
Mary Blanchard Frede- a
rick, 66, of Route I, Warsaw, h
a passenger in one of the h
vehicles, died late Tuesday
night front injuries she sus- n
tained in the accident, ac- a
cording to the Highway S
Patrol. C
was state Rep. Ernest Mes
ser, chairman of the House
Select Committee on Aging.
The rapid increase in the
number of persons 65 or
aider has caught the entire
nation unprepared, Messer
said.
He said that in 1910, the
average life span was 47
years. At present, it is more
than 70 years with the over
f>5 age group the fastest
increasing segment of the
nation's population.
"This rapid increase and
ts impact has caught the
.ountry without much, if any,
planning," he added.
Messer said there are now
24 million persons in that age
,>roup in the country and
ibout 62 percent of them
/ote. "They vote in the
greatest numbers of any age
?roup," he added. "Politi
?ians have to heed their
needs and desires if they
vant to stay in office. That
erm, 'too old' is a myth that
needs to be destroyed. There
s no connection between age
ind productivity." he said.
Messer said the extension
>f mandatory retirement age
o '0 years from 65 was a
,tep in the right direction.
M il be glad when they kick
nut all the limits on age and
illow a person to work until
lis condition requires him to
etire."
He said his committee is
ittcriipting to outline a plan
or inspection of rest homes,
it present, the state inspects
lursing homes but not rest
iow>es.
Messer said he believes
very county should have a
enior citizens center where
he people could obtain all
vailable Services without
avhig to travel to several
k at ions
Nathan Yelton, state ad- .
linistrator of services for
ging. reports there are
40.000 persons in North
arolma who are overtS.
Mt. Olive
Merchants
Sidewalk Sales
Feb. 29 ft
March 1