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VOL. XXXXV NO. 14 USPS 182-860 KENANSVILLE. NC 2834p MARCH 27. 1980 10 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
COURSE CERTIFIES RADIOLOGICAL DEFENSE
OFFICERS - James Sprunt Technical College hosted a
40-hour course for radiological defense officers recently.
The course provided basic knowledge and skills to qualify
individuals to be local Civil Preparedness radiological
defense officers. Tonia L. Young, instructor (R) demon
strates shielding qualities to students (L to R) Tommy
Linkous, Brunswick County; Gary T. Cook and Dorothy M.
Cavenaugh, both of Duplin County. Four types of shields
were used ? wood, brick, sand and lead. The
demonstration showed lead was the best shield against
highly radioactive cobalt 60.
School Budget Ready
To Be Presented
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The Duplin County Board
of Education voted Thursday
night to present a proposed
1980-81 budget of $3,332,650
to the county Board of Com
missioners.
The current expense por
tion of the proposed budget
is 34% higher than the
present current exoense
budget of $1,509,430. *
The board is also asking
for a $1,349,418 capital out
lay budget. The total would
represent about $850,000
more than the appropriation
for capital outlay in the
current fiscal vear.
During the meeting, the
board cut about $53,000 from
the budget proposal of
$3,373,650 from county
funds by eliminating a
request for a computer and
one additional employee.
Board members Jimmy
Strickland. Graham Phillips
and fc.J,. Royett* vM4 to
iubmit the proposal to the
county commissioners next
month. Board members
Patricia Broadrick and Fred
Rhodes were in opposition,
saying the school board
should make more of the cuts
it expects will be made by the
commissioners.
Much of Duplin's federal
revenue-sharing money has
gone into school construc
tion, but the program faces
severe cutbacks under the
federal budget. Without
those funds, board members
indicated they probably
won't get any more con
struction funds in the imme
diate future. Last year the
schools received S650.000
from the county's revenue
sharing allotment. Most of
this has gone into the
Kenansville Elementary
School scheduled to open in
?thefall.^
Boyette suggested fhe
board eliminate $850,000
proposed for the James
Kenan High School addition
to bring the capital outlay
budget into line with the
current budget, but no action
was taken.
The present budget pro
posal would amount to just
over 50% of the county's ad
valorem tax collection for the
year. The 1979-80 fiscal year
school budget required 47%
of the county's ad valorem
tax revenue.
Kenansville Native
Wins High Award At
Panama City, Florida
Senior Chief Signalman
Jack M. Kennedy, a native of
Kenansville, has been cited
by the commanding officer
and technical director of the
Naval Coastal Systems
Center in Panama Gty, Fla.,
where he is now stationed.
Kennedy, who heads the
special services division at
NCSC, won the annual award
for special achievement for
his professional competence
and enthusiastic support of
Center personnel.
His citation reads: "Under
difficult, time-constricting
pressures and changing
management philosophies,
SMCS Kennedy has
executed his responsibilities
and led and directed his
subordinates in their per
formance in an exemplary
manner, thus providing inte
grated and thorough re
sponse to numerous facility
expansions, customer de
mands, and externally gene
rated special requirements,
e has streamlined his
ganization to be respon
se, established closer con
>1, and demanded higher
'rformance from his sub
dinates. This has resulted
an extremely successful
ar in ^e Special Services
planning, an accomplish
ment for this Center and
tenant commands.
"SMCS Kennedy's out
standing expertise in the
areas of personnel manage
ment, facilities planning and
financial management in the
continuous operation of the
SSD are recognized through
out the Center community.
He has, by example, set a
standard of excellence in the
Special Services Division.
Such performance has con
tributed greatly to improving
the services provided."
Kennedy grew up in
Kenansville and joined the
Navy soon after graduation
from high school in 1958. His
first assignment after basic
training at Great Lakes was
at the U.S. Naval Academy
where he maintained the
admiral's barge. Kennedy
said that tours aboard
various ships home ported at
Newport, Norfolk, Key West,
New Orleans and Naples,
Italy ? and shore duty at
interesting locations in the
U.S. ? have given him the
varietv of experience and the
challenges he sought when
he joined the Navy.
"And the challenges get
more interesting as I go
along," he said, recounting
an unusual 30-month tour
with the Armed Forces Police
Detachment in Washington,
D.C., where he coordinated
individual court dockets.
When Kennedy arrived at
NCSC in November 1978
from a 3-year tour as staff
signalman with Commander
Amphibious Squadron Four
at Little Creek, Va., he faced
another challenge: to become
a special services officer.
Following a two-week
specialized course in recrea
tional management in
Alameda, Calif., he took
charge. His citation tells
how.
Kennedy's wife, Louella,
is a native of Charleston,
W.Va. They live in Lynn
Haven with their three chil
dren ? Erin Kathleen, 12, a
seventh grader at Mowat Jr.
High; Rebecca, 10, a fifth
grader; and Danny, 8, a
second grader at Lynn Haven
Elementary School.
Kennedy's sister, Mrs.
Carl (Iris) Powell, and his
brother, Keith Kennedy, live
in Kenansvillc.
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County Hires
New Librarian
Roberta Scott (Bobbi)
Williams from the University
of North Carolina at Greens
boro has been hired as
director for the Duplin
County Dorothy Wightman
Library.
Williams will begin work
in Duplin County in late
April; presently she is em
ployed at the Jackson Library
at UNC-G where she is
assistant serials librarian and
where she has worked as
reference librarian. Before
working at the University
library, Williams was em
ployed at the Greensboro
Public Library.
Bobbi Williams attended
Longwood College in
Virginia where she received
a B.A. in English and secon
dary education. She later
received her M.A. from
UNC-Chapel Hill in English
and in 1962 she received her
M.A. in Library Science from
the University of Denver.
Williams also has a reading
and speaking knowledge of
Spanish, and she is able to
read French as well as speak
some Hausa.
During 1965-68, Williams
was librarian at Ohio Uni
versity. and during this time
she headed the USAID
project at the Advanced
Teachers College in Kano.
Nigeria. As head of the
project, she planned a new
library and equipped it. She
organized the library collec
tion for use by the faculty
and students, trained the
staff and student assistants,
and taught courses in library
science for advanced stu
dents. Before starting her
work with Ohio University,
Williams worked as
reference librarian at Kern
County Free Library in
Bakersfield, California,
where she also worked at
Bakersfield College.
Williams has also served as
an English instructor at
Glenville State College.
Ms. Williams, from
Saxapjlmw. will begin work
in 1 in' nil.
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Primary 1980
Candidates In The Running
Christine Williams
Register Of Deeds
By Emily Klllette
It takes long-range
planning to improve old
recc- ds and secure them for
the future, Register of Deeds
Christine Williams said.
There arc ten different
sets of records in the Duplin
County register of deeds
office and all records
covering the past 230 years
are microfilmed, Mrs.
Williams said. And,
microfilm copies are stored
in a local bank and a security
underground vault in
Pennsylvania and a third
copy of the microfilm in
cassettes is available for
public use at the register of
deeds office. According to
Mrs. Williams, Duplin is one
of very few counties whieb.
can probate and record
documents immediately
while the person waits. And
all documents can be located
instantly in the deeds office,
she added. In addition, worn
books have been restored
and rebound and documents
are presently being filed in
smaller indestructible plastic
books. The office also offers
laminated plastic or paper
birth certificates, Mrs.
Williams added.
"The first year I was
elected as register of deeds
in 1952,1 started working on
torsgTangr plan for this
office to improve the old
records," Mrs. Williams
said. "And in 1958, the
courthouse annex was
started and my office was
built to meet the plan I had
worked out. We moved in the
annex in I960, and since then
it has been renovated, but
our office required no struc
tural changes, and the office
staff has increased only by
one person since 1952."
Mrs. Williams said her
plan for the register of deeds
office had included the
restoration and microfilming
of all records and after 26
years, a secure microfilming
program had been developed
for Duplin County. Records
which are brought into the
register of deeds office are
.recorded in books, but, Mrs.
Williams added, the same
records are microfilmed im
mediately by the office staff.
" "Each employee is
trained to perform all the
services offered by the
register of deeds office. This
keeps the office going when
someone is out. However,
each person does have a
specific job which they do
unless they are needed in
another area," Mrs. Wil
liams said.
"We are here to protect
the property of other people,
and this office checks and re
checks not only our own
work, but the work of the
attorneys'
"'This job is very/reward-,
ing, because I know that we
are creating permanent
records for each citizen who
comes into our office," Mrs.
Christine v'"!Hsms
Williams said.
Mrs. Williams is a Duplin
County native, born in Mag
nolia; her family moved to
Kenansville, where she was
valedictorian of the 1932
Kenansville High School
graduating class. After hign
school, she enrolled in and
conyileted a two-year home
aiuay business course from
"Southeastern ? ifr*
Rock Hill, S.C. 5tv* is
graduate of a cunt
administration course of th
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill.
Before settling into the
role of homemaker, Mrs.
Williams worked eight years
in the management of the
County Farm office, which is
now the ASC office. This
year is the 28th year Mrs.
Williams has served as
register of deeds, having
begun tier first tern! ir, 1952. '
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Ann Hunter
Register Of Deeds
There are ways that the
register of deeds office can
be made into a self-support
ing office, said candidate for
Register of Deeds, Ann
Hunter of Chinquapin.
"Most other counties have
self-supporting register of
deeds offices, and if I am
elected, I want to make the
Duplin Register of Deeds
office self-supporting," Mrs.
Hunter said. "There are
ways that it can be done in
Duplin, and 1 intend to bring
those ideas out later in my
campaign."
If elected register of
deeds, Mrs. Hunter said she
plans to make the office more
efficient and stretch the
dollar as far as possible.
"I will work to get the job
done for the least amount of
money. Times are getting
harder and the dollar is
getting tighter every day,
and 1 plan to be conservative
with the spending of money
from the county citizens,"
Mrs. Hunter said. "I don't
intend to cut down on the
quality and service the office
offers now. But most of all, I
would like to have a chance
to try and save this county
some money.
"This is my first venture
into politics, but I have
always throught that there
should be at least two people
running for every elected
office, to give the citizens a
choice," Mrs. Hunter said.
Ann A. Hunter is married
to Mac D. Hunter and they
have two sons. Mrs. Hunter
is a 1958 graduate of Chin
quapin High School and she
has attended schools for
courses in tax laws and
computer programming.
Mrs. Hunter has worked
the past two years as a
computer operator for the
county. Before moving to
computer operations, she
worked in the county tax
office for two years. Prior to
working for the county, Mrs.
Hunter was employed in tex
tiles for ten years. She
Ann Hunter
worked at both National
Spinning and Uupont as an
operator, training instructor.
quality control officer, lab
technician and supervisor.
Beulaville Water/Sewage
Referendum March 29
The town of Beulaville will
hold a bond election on
March 29 seeking the autho
rity to issue bonds to finance
improvements to the water
distribution system, and
waste water treatment and
collection system.
The waste water treatment
upgrade is mandatory under
the Environmental
Protection Agency guidelines
because the present treat
ment system has been con
demned. Beulaville is operat
ing on temporary permits
which have been issued with
the understanding that the
treatment plant will be up
graded in the near future.
Upgrading can be done by
the approval of the bonds
with the town receiving
grants from various federal
md stab? agencies for 87.5%
of the total construction cost.
In conjunction with the waste
water treatment facilities
improvements, the collection
system also needs upgrad
ing, said Town Supervisor
H.L.Brown, so that ail areas
of the town will have access
to sewer service.
The water system
improvements will install
six-inch water lines in areas
where smaller lines exist or
where no lines exist. Fifty
additional fire hydrants will
also be installed. This will
provide adequate water and
water pressure to protect the
lives and property of all the
town citizens. Brown said.
The two projects can be
funded from federal and
state grants in the amount of
25% of the total cost, and the
town commissioners are
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seeking additional grants
from the Farmers Home
Administration. All con
struction data has been re
viewed and approved by the
town commissioners, who
say that they are available to
answer questions from the
townspeople concerning the
two projects. i
The combined cost of the
projects is $1,163,800. and
grants from the state and
EPA will total $563,950,
while the local cost will be
$499,850. EPA wili be paying
$464,250 for the waste water
treatment project and a stage
grant will fund $77,375.
Combined the projects will
be 87.5% funded. State
grants will be paying 25% of
Hie water system improve
ments and wastewater
collection system, with the
town being responsible for
the remaining 7S%.
Town officials say the bond
election, if passed, will not
increase taxes; however
there will be some increase
in water and sewer rates.
The rate increase will depend
on how much grant money
the town receives from
FmHA. Howeverr, if the
bond election fails and EPA
forces Bculaville to upgrade
the waste water treatment
system, the town will have to
raise additional revenue in
order to meet the EPA
guidelines.
"Our town has been
recognized for excellence in
the past, and now we must
prepare for excellence in the
future." said Mayor Marion
Edwards.
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