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PROGRESS SENTINEL
VOL. XXXXV NO. 22 USPS 162 860
KENANSVILLE NC 28349 MAY 29. 1980 12 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS Pi .'is ta*
Run-Off
Election June 3
The run-off election for the
seat on the Duplin County
Board of Education will be
held June 3, between candi
dates Faye Bryant of Rose
Hill and Hilbert "Joe"
Swinson of Mt. Olive.
In the May 6, primary
Bryant received 2,344 votes
and Swinson led the remain
ing challengers with 1,721
votes. Because no candidate
received more than 50 per
cent of the votes, the two
leading candidates were en
titled to a run-off.
Faye Bryant
Bryant, a part-time in
structor at James Sprunt
Technical College said, "I
am encouraged that the citi
zens of Duplin County voted
to entrust me with their
voting power on the Board of
Education."
?i "1 don't ih'ih- uir
knows what June 3' will
bring, but it (election) will be
left up to the people," she
added.
If elected in the June 3,
run-off, Bryant said she will
serve to the best of her
ability and will try to improve
and continue the present
system of education. Bryant
is a 197b graduate of Fayette
ville State University whetjp
she received a B.A. degree in
the social sciences.
Joe Swlnson
Swinson is currently serv
ing as the assistant principal
of Beulaville Elementary
School. And, he has served
in the education system for
16 years, which Swinson says
has made him aware of the
Warsaw
Woman
Dies In
Wreck
Mary Williams Matthis,
27, of Warsaw was killed in a
one-car accident in Goids
boro Tuesday night.
Injured in the accident was
the driver, Mary Jones
Taylor. 52, of Faison, mother
of Mrs. Matthis.
Police reoorted the cm
skidded into the support
pillar of the overpass "over
N.C. 581 (Ash Street). The
highway was reported slick
from the rain falling at the
time.
Mrs. Taylor was reported
io satisfactory condition tn
Wayne Memorial Hospital in
Goldsboro Wednesday.
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weak and strong points of
education in Dupin County.
Swinson has a B.S. degree
from Pembroke State Univer
sity and a master's degree in
education and school admin
istration and supervision
from Bowie State College in
Maryland.
According to North Caro
lina law, Swinson says, he
will have to give up his job
with the Duplin County pubr
lie schools if elected during
the run-off. However, he
added that he would be
willing to work in the public
schools of another county in
order to serve the citizens of
Duplin as a member of the
Duplin Board of Education.
The winner of the run-off
will run unopposed in the
November general election.
The new member will take
office at the first meeting of
the Board of Education in
April of 1981.
Member
Of The
Year
Alice S. Scott
Alice S. Scott, Ph.D., R.D.
of Pink Hill was recognized
recently as "Member of the
Year" by members of the
North Carolina Dietetic As
sociation. She and her family
were honored at an awards
luncheon held during the
annual meeting in Chapel
Hill. This prestigious award
is given each year to the
member who has made signi
ficant contributions to the
profession of dietetics.
Dr. Scott is currently As
sistant Superintendent of
Duplin County Schools where
she directs vocational educa
tion and pupil personnel
services. This includes
health occupations and stu
dent services relating to
health, mental health, social
services, job corps, atten
dance, guidance and excep
tional children.
Dr. Scott received a B.S.
degree in Home Economics
from East Carolina Univer
sity in 1964. She received a
M.S. degree from the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Greensboro in 1965 and was
awarded a Ph.D. in Food
Science from North Carolina
State University in 1970.
A long list of honors
include Recognized Young
Dietitian of the Year. Who's
Who of American Women,
Who's Who in the South and
Southwest, World Who's
Who of Women, Dictionary
of International Biography,
Men and Women of Distinc
tion, and Community
Leaders and Noteworthy
Americans.
Dr. Scott is a member of
the Pink Hill United
Methodist Church where she
is currently a Sunday School
teacher. Lay Leader, Presi
dent of United Methodist
Women and a member of the
Council on Ministries and
Administrative Board. She is
married to Delmar Lester
Scott, Jr. and lftty have three
children, Rodney, Ashlea,
and Todd.
Physicians To Locate In Warsaw
by Emily Klllette
The Duplin Medical As
sociation Incorporated is in
the process of raising money
for the Warsaw Medical Cen
ter which will be located
across from the Warsaw
Baptist Church.
The medical center will be
leasing the educational
building, the remains of the
old Baotist Church, from the
Warsaw Baptist Church, said
Gerald Quinn. a member of
the Duplin Medical Associa
tion. The medical center will
be staffed with Dr. Stephen
Griffith and Dr. Clark
Hanmervwho announced
plans in the fall of IW to
locate a general practice in
Duplin County.
While Dr. Hamner works
in Beulaville at the East
Duplin Medical Center, he
will also work in Warsaw,
Qninn said. The medical
center will not be a clinic
which features many free
services, but a regular doc
tor's office with the standard
fees, Quinn said. And, the
doctors will be working with
Duplin General Hospital, he
added. Practice will begin in
July at the Beulaville loca
tion, but Quinn says the
Warsaw center will not be
i vcned until about Thanks
giving. Until Thanksgiving
both doctors will be working
out of the Beulaville office.
Renovation of the building
in Warsaw will cost approxi
mately $150,000, Quinn said,
and the Duplin Medical Cor
poration has obligated itself
to a five to one matching
grant from the North Caro
lina Office of Rural Health
Services. In order to qualify
for the grant Warsaw had to
be designated as a Rural
Health Site, Quinn said, and
to match the grant, $25,000
will have to be raised in the
Warsaw coarwi^j. The
state health services has
asked that the Corporation
raise the money by small
contributions from at least
750 families, Quinn said.
"The idea is to get small
contributions from a lot of
people, to ensure community
support for the project from
the very start of the idea.
And, what the Corporation
would like to see is about
1,600 families contributing
$12 to $15 each," Quinn
said. According to Quinn a
fund drive is being con
ducted in the trading area of
Warsaw-a four to seven mile
radius in and arrvud the.
town.
Renovation of the building
will be supervised by Sam
Godwin of Warsaw. Godwin
will be acting as project
construction manager and
will be subcontracting the
renovations. Quinn added,
that work on the building can
begin in about 30 days after
the property is re-zoned from
residential to commercial.
Dr. Griffith and his wife,
Nora, have two children and
are presently living in
Tuscon, Ariz. Dr. Hamner
and his v.ife, Debbie, have
one daughter and are pre
sently living in Fayetteville.
Both (JiH'iors plan a v^neral
practice Including obstetrics.
And. Quinn said, that both
doctors would be on a salary
paid by the federal
government.
Members of the Duplin
Medical Association Incor
porated include Russell
Bostic, Cecil Miller and
Rusty Lanier of Beulaville,
Elwood Murray of Rose Hill,
Hubert Bowden. Linda
Kitchin, Sylvia Weatherly,
A1 Beard, Dr. Gary
Broadrick, and Gerald Quinn
of Warsaw, and ex-official
member Richard Harrell
Duplin General Hospital
Administrator.
National Spinning Announces
Cjt Back At Warsaw Plant
Officials of National Spin
ning Company announced a
cut back of 60% in their
Warsaw plant operations at a
news conference held at
Carson's Restaurant in
Warsaw on Friday morning.
This would mean that
about hell of the 250 Warsaw
plant employees would be
laid off.
Ben Ellenberg. Warsaw
Plant Personel Director, in
troduced Fred Archer. War
saw Plant Manager and Don
Barham, corporate vice
president of industrial rela
tions, who made the an
nouncement.
"I have some good news
and some bad news," stated
Barham. "National Spinning
business is very, very strong.
We are producing products
that are immuned to infla
tion. In 1979 National Spin
ning enjoyed the best profit
year in the company's
history."
"The bad news." Barham
continued, "our Warsaw
plant will be cut back to 40%
capacity until we can get
products and equipment
similar to that of the Beula
ville plant."
He blamed the production
curtailment on business
conditions.
The layoffs will involve all
levels of personnel "from
management to hourly wage
earners." he said.
The plant makes filament
yarn for fashion fabrics.
Barham said the material is
expensive on the retail mar
ket and demand for it is
adversely affected quickly in
a downturning economy.
The company has ear
marked $4 million worth of
new equipment for the War
saw plant 'with delivery
scheduled early next year,
however. Barham said this
plan would be subject to
improved economic condi
tions. He said the equipment
was open-end spinning
machinery generally used for
hosiery and other popular
materials.
In 1976 the company's
Beulaville plant was closed
while the company installed
open-end equipment. At that
time the plant employed 200
persons. Since re-opening in
1978 the plant has been
enlarged and now employs
about 300 workers.
Barham said the Warsw
plant would continue oper
ating on a three-shift,
around-the-clock basis five
days a week.
The Warsaw plant has
been losing money in recent
months while the other
plants in the National Spin
ning system have been show
ing good profits, Barham
said. The warsaw plant lost
$352,000 during the first
quarter of the year.
"This is a good labor
market," Barham said. "The
employees are the best and
are being laid off only be
cause of economic reasons."
The plant normally closes
down for vacation July 4 for a
week. He said employees
due vacations would be paid
vacation pay. He said the
company would keep up the
health and accident insur
ance on the laid-off em
ployees for a month. The
laid-off employees will also
have first chance at any job
openings in the Beulaville or
any other National Spinning
plants.
The Liberty Cart Receives
State Theatre Arts Grant
"The Liberty Cart," an
historical ourdoor drama in
Kenansville. has received a
state theatre arts grant for
55,000, it has been an
rtounced jointly by Gov.
James B. Hunt, Jr. and Sara
W Hodgkins
Recommendation for sup
port was made by N.C.
Theatre Arts, the section of
Cultural Resources which
works with the state's pro
fessional, non-profit
theatres, at the spring meet
ing of its 13-membt.tr board.
The grant will be used to
assist in the production'^
promotional package.
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Duplin Board Conducting
Budget Review Sessions
The Duplin County board
is conducting a series of
budget review sessions to cut
the $10.4 million requested
by the various county depart
ments to about $7.5 million
in order to hold the tax rate
at the present 68 cents per
$100 valuation.
The departmental requests
would have required $7.45
million of ad valorem tax
funds which would have
meant a levy of $1.27 per
$100 valuation. County Man
ager Ralph Cottle said.
He said the board has cut
requests to a total of about
$7.85 million. It will continue
the work sessions into next
week to try to eliminate at
least another $300,000, he
added. A budget of $7.5
million would require about
$3,974,00 from ad valorem
tax funds. The county antici
pates about $3.35 million in
revenue from other sources.
The board is reviewing a
proposed overall salary in
creas of 7 percent. Each 1
percent county employee
salary increase costs the
county $16,593, Cottle
reported.
Reserve funds will drop
from $590,000 at the end of
fiscal year 1978-79 to an
estimated $200,000 at the
end of this year.
Tax Supervisor Frank
Moore reported assessed
valuation of Duplin. County is
now $615 million compared
with $586 million last year.
Mt. Olive Man Dies In Truck Crash I
A 40-year-old Mount Olive
resident died Saturday even
ing when his 1978 Chevrolet
pickup truck left the road,
sideswiped. several trees and
overturned.
ti?
The victim, identified as
David Earl Blizzard of Route
1. Mount Olive, was the only
occupant of the tfuck when
the accident occurred at
about 7:28 p.m. on Rural
Unpaved Road 1S22 appro;:!
"lately 13 miles east of
Mount Olive, according to
Trooper S.P. McCorquodale.
No sign of excessive speed
was apparent in the accident,
McCorquodale said.
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