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'PL. XXXXV NO. 10 USPS 162-860 KENANSV1LLE. NC 28349 MARCH6. 1980 r.tGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
' North Carolina Fifth Largest
Snow Storm Puts
Duplin In Slow Motion
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An estimated sixteen inches of snow
covered Duptin County as the result of North
I Carolina's fifth largest recorded snow- storm
which started Saturday. The snow started as
sleet early Saturday morning and turned to
snow on Sunday, causing school closings,
erupting business, and put Duplin normal
routine schedules into slow motion. For
some the digging out was slow, but at noon
on Tuesday, traffic on many of Duplin's
major roads could be seen. County road
crews were busy working on the highways in
an effort to get Duplin County back on its
feet.
Development Commission Meets
Approve Request For Brochures Funds
The Duplin Development
Commission met Feb. 26 and
approved a request to help
finance the printing of bro
chures for the 1980 produc
tion of THE LIBERTY CART.
Appearing before the com
mission was general
manager of THE LIBERTY
CART, Rich Boyd. He
oointed out that through the
tromotion of THE LIBERTY
TART tour, including for the
irst year a visit to Duplin
Wine Cellars, dinner at The
Country Squire, guided tours
of historical homes in Ke
nansville, and concluding
with a performance of THE
LIBERTY CART, Duplin
County was also promoted in
THE LIBERTY CART bro
chure. Boyd explained that
opening dates for THE
LIBERTY CART had been
moved back in order to
capture the most tourists.
According to Boyd, the show
will run through most of
August, which he indicated
to )je the best tourist month
of the year. Last year 5.000
people saw THE LIBERTY
CART, Boyd said.
Agreeing that THE
LIBERTY CART could be
included in the policy of the
commission to grant financial
assistance for towns for up
dating or the publication of
promotional brochures, the
outdoor drama received $100
in aid for the publication of
brochures.
John Gurganus, Duplin
development officer, sum
marized a report on the
forest resources in Duplin
and surrounding areas,
stating timber is being cut
faster now than 10 years ago.
but is also growing faster.
The annual removal rate of
growing stoefc has tn?re??*d
by 11.3 million while the
removal rate of saw timber
has decreased 41.4 million
board feet. The annual
growth of growing stock ex
ceeds the annual removal
rate by 22 million cubic feet
and 67.6 million board feet
respectively, the report
stated.
The report stated that
since 1964. total acres of
commercial forest have de
creased by 126,860 acres,
and privately-owned forest
land has decreased by
135,414 acres, while publicly
owned forest land has in
creased by 3.820 in Duplin
County. In Duplin 59.9% of
the land area is forest land,
of which 303,614 acres of that
forest land is owned by
private citizens, and 7,798
acres owned by the public.
Over half of the forest land
owned by private Duplin
citizens is owned by farmers,
and the state owns 7.585
acres while the county owns
213 acres of woodland in
Duplin, according to the
report.
The forest resources report
lists 51 buyers available to
Duplin timber producers in a
radius of 50 miles of War
saw, and 46 principal wood
industries. According to
Gurganus. the report will be
used in the recruitment of
wood-related industry to
Duplin County.
The commission reviewed
a newsletter concerning the
new industry locating in
Calypso. Bell & Sons. Inc.
The industry will locate in
the old Calypso Manufac
turing building, where it will
make T-shirts. The commis
sion also reviewed ideas for
setting up a top management
group in Duplin County. The
group will include only the
top executive from each
business in Duplin. The
commission agreed to survey
the county for interest in the
project.
At the conclusion of the
meeting, a plaque of appre
ciation was presented from
the commission to former
Commission President H.L.
Oswald of Wallace. Oswald
had served two consecutive
terms. 1978 and 1979. Upon
receipt of the plaque, he
said. "There is not a better
group of people than this
group, and 1 am proud to
have served with you." Os
wald added that he felt the
commission had progressed
in the past, and he hoped to
continue to be a part of the
group as it progressed in the
future.
Brown To Coordinate
Duplin Transporting Planning
Walter Brown. Duplin
County director of services to
the aging, will coordinate
county efforts to develop a
plan for improving transpor
tation of elderly, ill and
handicapped persons by the
county's human services de
partments.
He was named to the
voluntary position last week
during a meeting of the
county department heads
and Neuse River Council of
Governments officers.
A transportation plan to
eliminate duplication of
travel routes and increase
ridership of available vans
must be developed by a
county for it to be eligible for
transportation funds, Robert
Quinn. assistant director of
the NRCOG, told the group.
Social Services Director
Millie Brown said her case
jwoakers curry mans of tbeic?
clients to ilieir destinations,
due to the erratic nature of
their necessary travels, in
their personal cars. She said
the workers are paid 19 cents
per mile. She said she has a
travel budget of $20,000 for
her department.
Other human services de
partments with transports
tion budgets include mental
health with seven vans and
$80,000. services to the aged
$30,000 with one van of its
own and two it leases, and
health with $18,000 but no
van transportation service.
The transportation funds
come primarily from federal
and state grants. The county
puts up a small portion of the
total amounts.
Quinn told the group the
grants all require the de
partments to coordinate their
services In the past, each
grant specified only persons
within the grant's field of
coverage could be served
from it.
Quinn said the changed
policy was brought on by
soaring transportation costs
and the need to conserve
fuel.
Brown said another meet
ing will be scheduled after he
obtains the information
necessary to coordinate the
travel arrangements of the
different agencies. When a
plan is developed, it will be
presented to the board of
commissioners for action.
Firemen To Help
With Crime Watch
Sheriff Elwood Revelle is
organizing a county-wide
crime watch program
through .the cooperation of
the volunteer fire depart
ments.
Revelle said he is working
with the fire departments
because they cover the entire
county and there are a large
number of dedicated volun
teers in their membership.
He said his department
does not have enough
deputies to stand watch over
the county in the same way
residents of the individual
communities can watch out
fur their own .?? ,
There are IS v. ..ueer fire
departments in thi county.
The sheriff's department
has engraving deuces which
it will loan to the different
fire departments so residents
of their areas can mark tools,
machinery and furnishings
with identification numbers.
At a meeting of police
chiefs and volunteer firemen
in Kenansville. L.D. Hyde of
the crime control and public
safety department reported
?fftpuvrrrnt of ?He bi
North Carolina occur in
homes with unlocked doors
or windows. Me said SI
percent of these crimes are
committed by young people.
"You need to get young
people involved in the cri-ne
watch program and teach
them the penalties of steal
ing," he said.
Bloodmobile In Kenansville March 13
Schools, Business And Industry Challenged
By Mark Patrus
Let's say about ten or
fifteen years ago. you were
settling down in your living
room in front of the television
set. It had been a busy day at
work, you were glad to see
? the clock roll around to
quitting time, and you hur
ried home for a heartening
meal. Now, with all that
behind you. an evening in
your favorite chair with your
favorite television show
didn't sound all that bad.
The eleven o'clock news
wrap* up the evening report.
You get up out of the chair.
)head upstairs, and settle
down for a good night's rest.
Snuggling under the quilt,
you forget all about the
worldly problems and trans
cend into a deep sleep. After
what seemed eternity, you
aYe awakened by the dog
barking outside. Groggily.
you climb out of bed and
glance out the windotf over
looking the front lawn.
Parked at the curb is a patrol
I car from the sheriff s depart
ment. Cursing under your
breath, you knew what that
meant. Throwing on a pair of
trousers, a shirt, jacket, and
shoes and socks, if you
remembered them, you kiss
the wife and tell her you'll be
right back. Then heading
outside, you are greeted by
the deputy and the both of
you take off in the patrol car
I toward the hospital. That's
right, the hospital. You're
not under arrest. You are a
blood donor.
Giving Blood In the Past
Giving blood for the needy
dates back to the latter 19th
century. Advancements have
been made a hundred fold
since those days, one of
these advancements being
the formation of the
American Red Cross.
The Red Cross is divided
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into many chapters through
out the country, and other
parts of the world. Where
ever they operate, there is a
commendable team of volun
teers operating along side.
With the dedicated per
sonnel of this working ma
chine, the Red Cross delivers
blood wherever needed, and
received blood from donors
whenever available. Depend
ing on the territory of each
chapter, different plans for
collecting blood are imple
mented.
Three Possible Ways of
Finding Donors
One plan as described at
the firs' of the article, is
referred to as "The Walking
Blood Bank." According to
this plan, the sheriffs de
partment compiles a list of
people with varying blood
types who have agreed to be
donors. In the past, many
hospital employees took part
in this program. This method
sufficed but the people'
closest to the hospital usually
gave the most blood.
Another method incorpor
ated by some hospitals was
the patient that was to have
surgery would find fifteen
donors to replace the blood
that would be needed during
the operation.
A third plan, referred to as
the "Family Plan." con
sisted of the donor giving one
unit of blood that would
guarantee blood for his or
her family for the entire year.
For awhile this was effective.
Blood Donors Today
Today, at least in this
locale, the Red Cross sends
us the bloodmobile. Most
everyone is familiar with this
service. Out of Greenville
comes a tractor trailer rig
loaded with equipment,
supplies and personnel. They
set up shop whereever they
receive an invitation or need
"tor a blood drive. The blood
mobile is indeed a service for
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Duplin County.
Bloodmobile to Visit
James Sprunt
On March 13. from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m.. the bloodmobile
will visit James Sprunt Tech-_
nical Colle.ee in Kenansville.
They will sel up shop in
Room 113 of the Hal! Build
ing. The purpose of the visit
is to fill a quota for this area.
Every year, the blood
mobile attempts to meet a
quota of 1.500 units donated
from Duplin County citizens.
On each visit they hope to
meet a quota of 100 units.
One hundred sounds like a
nominal number in these
inflationary times, but the
reality exists that 100 units is
seldom reached. Kenansville
did not meet this quota last
year.
Advantages of the
Bloodmobile
The advantage of the
bloodmobile is that the blood
given by Duplin Countv
donors is given to Duplin
County citizens when
needed. There is no cost for
the blood itself. The cost
factor comes from processing
and handling of the blood.
The Red Cross charges the
hospital this charge of $21.50
per unit as it is now. The
hospital transfers this cost to
the patient in addition to SIS
for transadministration plus
another S15 for typing and
cross-matching.
One might say that this
would add up after a number
of units. Without the blood
mobile, each unit of blood
would cost between S50 and
S60 plus the hospital
charges. Now that adds up to
much more. Last year Duplin
General used approximately
660 units of blood. Speedy
mathematics would show
that the cost factor would rise
from what it was at about
$40,000 to what it could be at
$80,000. The cbst factor
would nearly double.
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Because some Duplin citi
zens give blood, they save
money for any Duplin citizen
?ieeding blood.
Bloodmobile March 13
Again the bloodmobile will
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be on campus at James
Sprunt Technical College
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on
Thursday. March 13. The
tables and personnel will be
located in Room 113 of the
Hall Building.
Challenges will be made to
area businesses and to
James Kenan High School to
sec who can give the most
blood. The bloodmobile will
award a plaque to the
winner. James Sprunt will
have their own competition
within the school also.
Posters will be distributed
in Kenansville and elsewhere
reminding donors and poten
tial donors. We hope there
will be a good turnout, but
we need your help. Please
find a spare moment that
day. circle, the date on your
calendar.
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