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VOL. XXXXV NO. 29 USPS 162-860 KENANSVILLE, NC 28349 JULY 17. 1979 16 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
Kenansville Asking
For Old School
The Kenansville Recrea
tion Commission will ask the
Board of Education for the
old Kenansville Elementary
School property at the school
board's regular meeting.
The board received per
mission last week from the
Kenansville town board to
make the request.
The school board already
has donated abandoned
school property to seven
communities ? Calypso,
Faison, Warsaw, Magnolia.
Rose Hill, Teachy and
Wallace ? for recreational
purposes.
However, the county com
missioners are also seeking
the Kenansville property. In
authorizing a $100,000 fund
transfer in the school board's
budget from the capital out
lay to current expense cate
gories, the commissioners
had stipulated that the school
board must turn over title to
the property to them before
the transfer can take effect.
In other business Monday,
the town board received a
report on problems with bac
teria in the Kenansville
water supply.
City water tests on June 18
and 26 showed excessive
amounts of coliform bacteria.
As a result, Bucky Moore of
the N.C. Regional Health
Center in Greenville helped
city workers chlorinate a
highway construction area
near E.E. Smith School on
the edge of town to eliminate
the problem.
The problem was isolated
at a point where water lines
had broken, allowing the
bacteria to enter the system.
About 25 customers were
affected in a five-block area.
A contract,for gasoline was
awarded to Stevens Hard
ware Co. on a bid of 4 cents a
gollon under the regular
pump price. The city uses
about 10.000 gallons a year
for police, sanitation and
utility vehicles.
In personnel matters, the
board accepted the resigna
tion of police Sgt. Herbert C.
Mitchell, who is joining J.P.
Stevens Co. of Wallace as a
security guard.
Edward Quinn was rehired
as a policeman at $9,077 per
year. Quinn's position had
been eliminated by the board
earlier this year in a budget
cutting move.
Rose Hill Doubts
Census Figures
Rose Hill officials last
week directed Town Ad
ministrator C. T. Fussell, Jr.
to object to the population
count of the 1980 census.
The preliminary census
report snowed Rose Hill with
1,483 residents. Officials
had optimistically estimated
the population at 1.800.
Fussell said that as a
lifetime resident and long
time town official, he knew
just about everyone and
every house in the town. He
said he checked the water
meter book and went over
each family and checked on
the number of people living
at each service. He came up
with a population of 1,550.
Fussell said the state
Department of Transporta
tion estimated the town's
population at 1.790 in 1979.
Fussell said by actual
count he found only two
people living in some homes
where officials had believed
three or four or more lived.
The reason for this is that
children have grown up and
left the parental homes.
Officials are also ques
tioning the census ruling that
college students be counted
at the school rather than at
the home town if the two are
at different locations.
In December 1971, the
town annexed 95.32 acres
with 66 houses and 186
people, Fussell said. In 1972
it annexed another area with
20 houses and 60 people. In
1974 it added 13.42 acres
with four houses and six
people.
Also, he said, three trailer
parks and one apartment
building have been added to
the town. These provided 33
dwelling units with a popu
lation of 99.
During the 10-year span
since the 1970 census, 47
houses were built in the
town, Fussell said.
Fussell said the town now
has 631 water customers. In
1970 it had 508 water cus
tomers.
In other business. Town
Planner Woody Brinson told
the board the state livestock
diagnostic laboratory grand
opening will be held Sept.
10. The new lab, north of
Rose Hill, will replace a
smaller lab in the city.
The board agreed to
change the city tag expira
tion date from Sept. 1 to Feb.
15 at the request of Police
Chief J. Masters. Fussell
said the town had ordered
700 tags and 100 windshield
stickers.
Kindergarten
Registration
Parents with school-age
children who would be
eligible to be enrolled in
kindergarten through the
sixth grade at Kenansville
Elementary School who have
not previously registered
their child should do so as
soon as possible. You are
asked to come by the school
anytime between 8 a.m. and
3:30 p.m.. Monday-Friday. If
you have questions, please
call the school 2%-1647.
Preliminary County Population At 39 812
Census Count Told
Duplin County needs
43,900 citizens to maintain
its House of Representative
district, said Representative
Doug Clark, and preliminary
census figures show the
county population at 39,812.
"The most deviation from
one-man one-vote allowed is
10 percent," Clark said. "In
the 1970 census, Duplin had
90 percent of the population
needed to keep its House
district ? we (Duplin)
needed 42,000 and we had
38,000"
According to Clark, Duplin
is the smallest county with a
representative in the state
house. If Duplin does not
find the additional 4,088
citizens, the house reappor
tionment committee will
draw-new district lines. New
district lines will also be
needed in county offices such
as the Board of County
Commissioners, and Board
of Education, and the Con
gressional District could be
reapportioned.
Duplin will be included in
the house district most
compatible, Clark said.
Three possible choices in
clude: Duplin joining
Sampson and having two
representatives; Duplin and
Jones combining with one
representative; and Duplin
joinging Onslow with three to
four representatives. Both
Sampson and Onslow coun
ties have larger populations
than Duplin. Duplin could
lose its representation if
combined with either
Sampson or Onslow County,
Clark added.
"As a general rule, when a
smaller county is tied to a
larger county, the smallest
county will end up with no
representation," Clark said.
In addition to Duplin
facing reapportionment,
Clark added, the federal and
state funds would be de
creased. Many of the funds
received by the county are
based on population, such as
sales tax, revenue sharing
and alcohol sales, he said.
The towns of Wallace,
Rose Hill, Beulaville and
Magnolia decreased in
population, according to the
preliminary census. The
population within these
towns is being reviewed by
town officials using utility
bills and building permits.
Beulaville Town Supervisor
H.J. Brown said Beulaville
will not appeal for a census
recount. Rose Hill. Magnolia
and Wallace will appeal the
census count. The appeal
with documents to justify a
census recount have to be
placed with the Kegional
Census Office in Wilmington
within 10 days after the
preliminary census was re
ceived. Rose Hill Town Ad
ministrator Woody brinson
said.
The towns of Calypso,
Teachey and Kenansville
showed the biggest popula
tion increases, with Calvpsq
increasing by 183 citizens.
The town of Faison remained
at the same total as the 1970
census, showing 598 citizens.
Greenevers increased by
55 citizens to 479; Calypso
iiKivaavu iu a ^I'puiaiiuii ui
645; Teachey increased by
125 citizens to a popu^'ion of
344; Kenansville in< !
by 159 persons totaling .
population of 921 Warsaw
increased by 58 citizens to a
population of 2,759; and
Rose Hill increased by 35 to a
population total of 1,483.
Bculavillc dropped by 99
citizens to a population of
1,057; Wallace decreased by
61 persons to a population of
2.843: and Magnolia dropped
by 32. to a population of 582.
Food Stamps. Medical
Aide For Migrants
To qualify for foodstamps.
the migrant family or person
must meet the same guide
lines as the residents of
Duplin. said Rebecca
Lockamy. food stamp super
visor.
"The only additional quali
fication the migrant person
must meet is to be a resident
of Duplin at the time he or
she applies for the food
coupons," Lockamy saiiV
"We (Social Services) must
verify that the person does
reside in Duplin before we
can issue any coupons."
To verify a family's resi
dence, the Social Services
Department contacts the
United State Postal Service
and the farmer for whom the
migrant is working. At the
present time. 35-40 migrant
families are receiving food
stamps. Lockamy said. Last
year 51 families received
coupons during the period of
April through September.
Lockamy said most of the
migrant families are from the
northern part of Duplin, in
the Faison area, and many of
the families receiving food
stamps this summer arte
those returning from laAt
year. Migrants who come to
the Social Services office are
often referred by the Migrant
and Seasonal Farm Workers
Association in Faison. she
added.
The MSFWA office js lo
cated with the Migrant
Health Clinic in Faison. The
office acts as a referral
service for migrants to pro
vide travel, housing and food
assistance.
The Migrant Health Clinic
is a state and federally
funded center, said Clinic
Director Theresa Tann. The
clinic provides free medical
treatment and is staffed by
two family nurse practi
tioners, one registered
nurse, and weekly visits trom
Dr. J.S. Blair. Jr. of Wallace.
All medical attention and
medicine is free at the clinic.
Tai.n said. Medical problems
that cannot be treated at the
clinic are referred to a spe
cialist. she said. During the
past month $1,200 w as spent
to pay the fees of referral
cases.
Wl- arc here to provide
total medical care. If we
cannot provide the services
the individual needs (non
medical), we refer them to
MSFWA," Tann said. "The
MSFWA provides travel,
housing and food assistance.
Each year we have about
12-15 migrants who come to
the clinic and have been left
by their crew leaders or
brought to Faison under false
pretenses. The MSFWA
provides these people with
food and housing and travel
expenses back to their
homes."
Tann added that migrants
from both Duplin and Samp
son Counties come to the
Faison clinic. When the
patients are referred outside
of the clinic, both Sampson
Memorial and Duplin
General Hospitals are used.
The most common
sicknesses treated at the
clinic include hypertension,
diabetes, skin allergies,
minor cuts and bums, said
Nurse Practitioner Pat Brad
shaw. The clinic also assists
the migrants with family
planning. The most common
children's sicknesses include
colds, upper respiratory in
fections, and disease immu
nization. Bradshaw said.
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LIBt?RTY CART PERFORMERS - Joe Brinson and Allysoti
Stroud create a colonial silhouette during rehearsals fur
the July 18 opening of the historical outdoor drama in
Kenansville. The fifth season of Randolph Umberger's
storv of the development of Eastern North Carolina
features a cast of over 50 professional and community
actors and technicians. THE LIBERTY CART will be
performed every Thursday through Sunday night through
August 24 in the William Rand Kenan. Jr. Memorial
Amphitheatre at 8:15 p.m.
Warsaw
Apparel
Shutc Down
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Owners of Warsaw
lApparel Co.. Inc.. a sewing
operation, have announced
plans to close the factory and
sell the operation.
The closing of the dress
factory will lay off about bO
employees, owner Robert
Ellett said. The factory is one
of three plants owned by
Dudi-Duds of Lynchburg.
Va.. and is the only plant
located outside of Virginia.
The plant is the former Top
Mode Manufacturing and
purchased by Dudi-Duds in
1973.
Vacationing employees re
ceived letters explaining the
shutdown of the plant, and
were instructed to return to
the plant July 15 to sign up
for unemployment. Accord
ing to F.llett. the plant made
an inexpensive line of
dresses, and imported
clothing has hurt the sale of
Dudi-Duds products.
"Dudi-Duds is unable to
keep the plant open. We had
some losses and are trying to
consolidate our efforts in
Virginia." Ellett said. "The
w w ? ?
sales volume has been low,
and there is not enough work
to keep the plant open in
Warsaw."
Not only has the Warsaw
plant suffered from the low
sales volume, Ellett said, but
Dudi-Duds has dropped its
uniform line which had been
produced in one of the Vir
ginia plants. Dudi-Duds had
made three lines of clothing,
dresses, maternity wear and
uniforms, but the uniform
line was dropped in the
spring because of financial
losses.
F.llctt added that Dudi
Duds hopes to find a buyer
lor the Warsaw plant in the
near future, but no potential
buyers are known at the
present time.
The lay-off of bO em
ployees is the second largest
plant cut-back in Duplin
within the past two months.
A lay-off of 125 people at
the Warsaw National
Spinning plant was the first
cut-back. The two plants
together have a total of 185
employees who have been
laid off in Duplin.
First Duplin
Road Rally
The first annual Duplin
? Road Rail* win "he hcl ' uT!v
?Oth, Sunday, at 1:30 p.m.
and is sponsored by the
Warsaw Javcees,
Contestants will travel by
car along a planned route
throughout Duplin County
with the starting point at
James Kenan High. There
will be a set of directions and
clues to find tlje checkpoints.
. Second and' Third
trophies will be awarded
during the victory cookout
after the rally. There is a $1
entry fee. Contact Gilbert
Johnson at 293-44% or ask
anv Warsaw Javcee or write
Box 806, Warsaw. NC" 28398,
for details.
Wallace Cuts Cost
Of Uncontested Fines
Parking ticket holders in
/Wallace ntay now pay their
$2 or $5 fines at the city hall
without having to go through
the District Court office in
Kenansvillc and paying an
additional S27 in court costs.
The town board adopted
this ordinance at its July
meeting. The proposal had
been under discussion for the
past six months. In effect, it
removes uncontested
parking charges from the
criminal court system.
However, if a motorist
chooses to fight the parking
charge, he may do so by
taking the case to District
Court.
The $5 fine is charged for
improper parking in spaces
designated for the handi
capped and for parking on
the wrong side of the street.
The S2 fines are charged for
other types of parking vio
lations.
In other business, the
board approved a change in
designation of the electric
power use classification of
the Wallace water pumping
station from municipal to
industrial. The change will
sase the tow n about $2,600 a
year.
A request of Mitch Per
gerson that out-of-town par
ticipants pay $1 more than
in-town paiticipants for any
park and recreation activities
for which fees are charged
was approved. He estimated
this would bring in about
$500 per year.
The board also decided to
protest the preliminary 1980
national census report.
Mayor Melvin Cording said
he had found 21 people who
had not been counted in the
1980 census in April. He said
the town would ask for a
recheck.
Tom Davidson, public
works director, said that
during June, 7.7 million
gallons of liquid ?cnt
through the city's waste
water treatment plant. Tills
was an average of 275,000
gallons a day. The plant
capacity is 500,000 gallons a
day.
Davidson said there is still
a large inflow of storm water
but that it is cheaper to treat
it in the plant than to attempt 1
to stop it all.
He reported the cost of
repairing the fit> well by the
town hall at S2.bb5.
Paving bids for 49,000 sq.
yds of asphalt street sur
faeing were to be opened
Tuesday at a special meeting
nf the board.
Davidson also told the
hoard "this must have been
a bumper year for vegetable
gat doners, as I've never seen
so many eurn shucks and
bean debris in the barbage."
He asked residents to put
sueh garbage in containers
by the street for a Wed
nesday piek-up.
Beulaville Junior Miss
Pageant Saturday Night
The Beulaville Jaycees will
present the third annual
Beulaville Junior Miss
Pageant on Saturday, July 19
at 8 p.m. in the East Duplin
Fine Arts Building. Sixteen
young ladies will be
competing for this year's
title.
The Junior Miss program
is the keystone of a major
nationwide scholarship
competition for high school
senior girls. The scholarship
awards are basic to the
program, yet Junior Miss is a
meaningful adventure in
living and learning for the .
girls taking part.
Judging is based on the
same high standards. They
emphasize the positive and
stress overall development of
the individual, accenting the
importance of character,
personality, intelligence,
abilities in human relations,
creativity, physical well
being. general appearance
and perception. There is no
bathing suit competition.
Returning to emcee the
pageant for the third year is
Mrs. Janet Hogan of
Norman, who comes to
Uculaville with many years of
pageant experience. She and
her daughters. The Hogan
Dancers, will provide special
entertainment. Also in at
tendance and providing
entertainment will be Diane
Barfield. North Carolina's
Junior Miss 1980.
The Beuiaville Javcees are
proud to have received
awards for the last two years
as the best overall local
pageant in the state. This
year's pageant wil. be cen
tered around the theme, "A
Salute to the Olympics" and
promises to be as exciting
and entertaining as previous
years.
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Carlton Appointed
To Bank Board
The general board of
directors of Southern Bank
and Trust Company have
appointed Hugh Carlton to
the local board of Southern
Bank and Trust Co. in
Warsaw. Mrs. Jean C.
Stephens, assistant vice
president and branch
manager, made the announ
cement.
Carlton, president of
Carlton Insurance Agency,
Inc.. is a native of Duplin
County. He was educated in
the Warsaw Public Schools
and is a graduate of Wake
Forest University. He is a
member of the N.C. Inde
pendent Insurance Agents
Assoc., a trustee of First
Baptist Church, a Shriner.
and .12nd degree Mason.
Carlton and his wife, Jean
have three children, Ginny
Carlton Finch. David Hugh
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Hugh Carlton
and Julie Elizabeth.
Other local board mem
bers include Leslie Bell. Otha
Lee Holland and W.O. Britt.