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| VOL. XXXXV NO 17 USPA162-880 KENANSVILLE . NC 28349 APRIL 24, 1980 12 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
^ RECEIVES EAGLE SCOUT AWARD. Stephen M. Williamson, Jr., of Kenansville received the eagle scout award Sunday.
Steve is a member of Scout Troop 50 and has been in scouting since 1969. As a cub scout Steve received the arrow of light
Award which is the highest honor that can be earned in the Webeloes. Pictured above is Steve with his parents,Judgeand
Mrs. Stephen Williams.
Steve Williamson Receives
Eagle Scout Award
Stephen M. Williamson,
Jr., age 18, son of Judge and
Mrs. Stephen M. Williamson
Sr., of Kenansville, received
the Eagle Scout Award Sun
day in services at the
Kenansville United Metho
dist* Church. Steve is a
member of Troop 50 and
began his climb to the high
est award in scouting in 1969
k when he was a Cub scout.
He received the Arrow of
Light, which is the highest
award that can be earned in
the Webeloes in 1973.
He has served as Cub Scout
Den Chief, Assistant Patrol
Leader, Patrol Leader,
Senior Leader, and now
serves as Junior Assistant
Scoutmaster. He is a
brotherhood member of the
Order of the Arrow, a service
organization for honor
scouts.
He has attended Boy Scout
Camp six summers and in
1976. he hiked the complete
100-mile Pilgrimage from
Fremont to Halifax and re
ceived the Distinguished Ser
vice Award for Outstanding
Patriotic Achievement.
During that year he served as
President of the Future
Farmers of America Club. In
1978, he hiked the Francis
Asbury Trail. It is a rugged
twenty-seven mile trip over
North Carolina mountain
trails and routes.
As a Senior at James Kenan
High School, he is the Vice
President of the Monogram
Club, and a member of the
Pep Club and Varsity Foot
ball team. He is a member of
the Kenansville Fire Depart
ment and Rescue Squad.
In May of 1979, he became a
certified Life Guard with the
National Red Cross and was
employed as Life Guard for
the Duplin County Country
Club during the summer of
1979. Stephen received the
Certificate of Merit and is
represented in the 1978-1979
editi' n of WHO'S WH*
AMONG AMERICAN HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS. In
December, 1979, he was
chosen as 1st Runner-up in
the Century III Leadership
Contest sponsored by the
Secondary School Principals.
As of February, 1980,
Stephen became certified by
the State of North Carolina as
an Emergency Medical Tech
nician.
April 1, 1980, Stephen was
chosen by the James Kenan
Faculty and recognized by
the Warsaw-Kenansville
Rotary Club as the Rotary
Student of the Month.
He has been accepted and
will be enrolling at Campbell
University this fall as a
Pre-Law student.
, Farmers Meet With
SBA Representative
About 15 applicants for
disaster loans met with Small
Business Administration
representative Jerry
Gaglione at the Duplin
County Courthouse last
fc Tuesday.
? Farmers met with
Gaglione asking questions
about disaster loan applica
tions. A loss due to the
March 1-3 snow storm would
have to be verified and the
applicant would have to
prove the ability to pay
back the loan in order to
qualify, Gaglione said. To
ft verify the loss, he suggested
the farmers photograph their
collapsed poultry houses
before cleaning up, and pre
sent bills from contractors for
rebuilding. If the farmer in
tended to rebuld the poultry
houses himself, Gaglione
said the bii s for materials
and additional labor could be
used as verification of a loss.
However, he added that the
SBA would not pay a farmer
^ for his labor in rebuilding the
" poultry houses. The loss of
livestock due to the storm
could also be claimed on the
loan, with verification
through a veterinarian or the
county ASCS office, Gaglione
said.
"How long after I get all
the application complete and
to Charlotte before I will get
a check from- the SBA?"
ft Woodrow Jackson, a poultry
* farmer from Kenansville,
asked. Four of Jackson's
houses were completely
destroyed by the March snow
storm.
Gaglione estimated the
entire process to take five
weeks ? a week for pro
cessing, two weeks for credit
checks, and two weeks for a
check to reach Charlotte from
the Denver SBA office. To
^ speed up their applications,
w Gaglione told farmers to
submit deeds to only the land
which w^uld be used as col
lateral for the loan, and
include copies of their 1977
79 income tax returns. The
income tax statements are
used in 'computing the term
of repayment for the loan,
Gaglione said.
Kenneth Smith, a teacher
at Beulaville, said he com
pleted an application for his
mother, Ida Mae Smith, in
about four hours; however,
he added that the process of
gathering all the information
to fill out the application took
over a week.
"The biggest problem I
had filling out the application
was not knowing how de
tailed to be. 1 think the
application is designed more
for a corporation than a farm
operation." Smith said.
Raleigh Lanier of
Beulaville agreed that the
questions on the application
were the hardest part. How
ever. after about three days
of work, Lanier said he had
completed the application
and had all the necessary
deeds and contractor's esti
mates. Lanier lost one house
in the snow storm, and a part
of a second house.
The cost of a new poultry
house with equipment is
about $3.25 per square foot,
and farmers asked if addi
tional money could be
borrowed to upgrade and
increase their poultry opera
tions. According to the SBA
representative, farmers are
only allowed to borrow
enough money to replace
what was lost, not to expand.
Gaglione added that the SBA
recommends applicants take
out life insurance policies to
cover large loans because
death does not erase the debt
to SBA.
SB A Representative To
Visit Dupliri And Lenoir
A representative of the U.S.
Small Business Administra
tion will be in Lenoir and
Duplin Counties next week to
assist victims of the March
1-3 winter storm with their
disaster loan applications.
The representative will be
located in Kinston at the
Federal Building, 301 E.
King St. on Wednesday,
April 30. The following day,
Thursday, May 1, he will be
located in the com
missioner's room at the
courthouse in Kenansville.
The hours for both locations
will bi from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30
p.m.
SBA District Director Larry
Cherry explained that the
two locations are centrally
situated in the area which
suffered the greatest damage
from the storm. He en
couraged anyone in the vi
cinity who has a question
concerning the disaster pro
gram to visit one of the two
locations.
However, for immediate
response to a question, or to
obtain an application. Cherry
urged victims to use SBA's
toll-free disaster line, 1-800
532-0368.
The disaster program is
available only to those per
sons who suffered physical or
economic damage from the
storm at locations in Duplin.
Sampson, Lenoir, Onslow,
Beaufort, Dare or adjacent
counties. All applicants
must be able to demonstrate
repayment ability. i
Completed applications
shouM be mailed to the U.S.
Small b jiiness Administra
tion, 230 S. Tryon St., Char
lotte, N.C. 28202.
Democratic Committee
Reject County Vote On
School Board Districting
The Duplin County Demo
cratic Executive Committee
unanimously rejected Repre
sentative Doug Clark's
recommendation to present
the districting of the Board of
Education on the Nov. 4th
ballot, during their meeting
April 15.
According to Duplin
Democratic Chairman
Melvin Williams, a proposal
to elect the Duplin County
Board of Education by dis
tricts was passed by the
committee in January. The
proposal called for the draw
ing of school districts which
would follow the lines of the
County Commissioner
districts. District I will be
composed of Warsaw and
Faison townships; District
II, Calypso precinct. Wolf
scrape, Glisson, Albertson
and Smith townships;
District HI, Limestone and
Cypress Creek townships;
District IV, Island Creek and
Rockfish townships; District
V, Rose Hill, Magnolia and
Kenansville townships.
Members of the Board of
Education would be required
to reside within the district
for which he or she seeks a
seat on the Board. Williams
stated. Members of the
Board would be elected to
four-year terms and would be
sworn into office during the
first meeting of the Board of
Education in April following
the November election, the
Cub Scout
Organizational
Meeting
There will be a Cub Scout
organizational meeting at
Outlaw's Bridge Universalist
Church Monday, April 28th
at 7 p.m.
All Albertson-Seven
Springs area boys 7Vi - 10
years of age interested in
learning more about Cub
Scouting are urged to attend.
Carlton Rice, district scout
executive, will be present to
explain the program and to
answer any questions.
Parents are asked to ac
company their boys.
proposed bill stated.
At the January meeting of
the Executive Committee,
Clark was given a copy of the
school board proposal. Clark
was to submit the bill to the
North Carolina Legislature in
June. However, Clark sent
the proposal back to the
Executive Committee with
the addition of a section
requiring a citizen vote
before becoming law. ?
Attached to the returned
proposal was a copy of an
article written by Clark ex
plaining that a general
election vote would not be
required to change the
method of electing the Board
of Education. However, he
wrote that a vote is necessary
to change the method of
election for county commis
sioners, House Representa
tives, and members of the
Congress. Clark stated that
he did not view the work of
the Duplin County School
Board any less important,
and the general public
should have a vote on the
issue.
According to members of
the Executive Committee,
the first five days of the
legislative session in June
will be for noncontroversial
local bills. A bill introduced
with the support of both the
local representative and
senator will have no prob
lem passing through the
Legislature and becoming
law. Williams said.
"Duplin citizens do not
have enough knowledge of
the bill to vote for it. and if it
is defeated, it will be too
unpopular to get Rep. Clark
to introduce it into the Legis
lature," Max Alphin, Wal
lace precinct representative
said.
Williams added, "Rep.
Clark never mentioned a vote
by county citizens to the
Hoard of Education or the
Executive Committee before
we passed the proposal."
Mrs. E.L. Boyette of Chin
quapin said, "We have been
selected to represent the
citizens, and I don't think we
need to put it (proposal) to a
county-wide vote."
Magnolia Precinct Repre
sentative Aubrey Murfree
made the motion that the
Executive Committee return
a copy of the original draft of
the school board election
proposal as passed in Janu
ary to Representative Clark
for introduction :nto the
Legislature in J 're. The
motion was seconded by
Margaret Sutton, the Wolf
scrape representative. A
letter was drafted by the
Executive Committee to ac
company the returned bill,
asking Clark for an imme
diate reply concerning any
further action he may take on
the bill as proposed by the
Executive Committee.
Former Deputy
Found Guilty Of Theft
George Williams of rural
Wallace, a former Duplin
County sheriff"s deputy, was
sentenced to two eight
month active jail sentences,
to be served consecutively,
by Judge George Fountain in
Onslow County Superior
Court here Thursday.
Williams was found guilty
on two counts of misdemean
or larceny by a Superior
Court jury Wednesday.
He appealed the conviction
and was free late Thursday
on $1,000 bond.
The case had been trans
ferred from Duplin County to
Onslow County Superior
Court after a mistrial was
declared in the Duplin court
because a witness and juror
were riding together from
their homes to court.
The case was tried in
Onslow County Superior
Court three times, with hung
juries resulting from the first
two trials.
,The trials were held
bet ai.se Vviliiami app. V'
conviction late last summer
in Duplin County District
Court. He was charged wit''
stealing a radio booster and
brackets from Buck Whaley's
Furniture and Appliance
Store on NC 11 near Wallace
ill May 1979.
At that time Williams was
amp! ved , \ ' - tgF stConti' ?
deputy. He was suspended
from th Sheriff's Department
following an investigation by
the State Bureau of
Investigation.
World Missions Conference
The World Missions Con
fernee begins at Dobson
Chapel Baptist Church
Thursday and goes through
Sunday evening* April 27th.
The program will start at
7:30 p.m. each evening and
at 11 a.m.. Sunday. Each of
the five speakers will bring a
challenging message A
covered dish supper will be
held at 6 p.m. Saturday.
TRYONPALACE TOUR
RESHEDULED
Attention all Senior Citizens
of Sandy Plains Free Will
Baptist Church, the tour has
had to be rescheduled due to
a conflict in getting a bus.
The trip to Tryon Palace has
been changed to May 16.
Extension Club Celebrates Anniversary
The South Kenansville
Extension Homemakers Club
celebrated its 25th Anniver
sary when it met on Friday
afternoon, April 18th, 1980.
at 2:30 with Mrs. Milton
Rice. Mrs. Clarence Murphy
called the meeting to order
and presided. The opening
song. 'This Is My Father's
World' was led by Mrs.
Louise W. Mitchell after
which Mrs. N.B. Boney con
ducted the Devotional basing
hef remarks on Deuteronomy
7:7 and 8 stressing the
phrase 'God Loves You.'
Mrs. W.M. Ingram had
charge of the program on
'How Is Your Shopping
Etiquette'? She discussed
shopping habits that affect
food and prices.
Mrs. Boney reviewed the
history of the club since its
organization in April 1955
and listed the past presidents
during its 25 years of activ
ity. After which she dis
cussed the Nationwide
Homemakers Membership
Contest which began in
January of this year and will
end in December, 1981.
Four of this club's members
attended the District meeting
in Raleigh on April 8th. They
were Thelma Murphy, Celia
Stroud. Lorena Vestal and
Sally Tyndall. They gave
reports of the meeting during
the business session. The
club voted to meet at 3
Candidates In
The Running
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o'clock during the summer
instead of 2:30.
During the social hour
which followed the meeting
Mrs. Rice served Angel food
cake topped with the silver
numerals of 25 at one end of
the dining room table which
was centered with a pretty
arrangement of tulips from
her garden and Mrs. Ellis
Vestal served punch from the
other end.
There were nine members
including one new member
and three visitors present.
KENANSVILLE HOMEMAKERS HONORED South Kenansville Extension Homemakers Cluh celebrated its 25th
anniversary last week and honored during the meeting were some of the club's long-time members. Honored during the
celebration were members (seated left to right). Louise Boney. Inez Chestnut! and Celia Stroud. Standing are Lorena Vestal.
President of the Duplin County Council of Homemakers and Thelma Murphy, President of the South Kenansville
Homemakers Club. ^ ,