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VOL. XXXXV NO. 30 USPS 182-860 KENANSVILLE. NC 28349 JULY 24. 1980 20 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
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Kenansville Seeks
School For Recreational Use
A request from Kenans
ville for transfer of the old
Kenansville Elementary
School building and property
to the city for recreational
purposes will be taken under
consideration by the Board of
Education.
The request came from a
delegation of residents
headed by Woody Brinson,
town manager. He said the
group represented the town
board and the town recrea
tion commission. He said the
town now has a 10-acre park
which is being used to capa
city as a ballfield and play
ground.
"We need another park,
and you have given seven
other towns abandoned
school property," Brinson
said. He also observed the
board is giving Wallace a
second piece of abandoned
school property, the former
C.W. Dobbins school site
near the American Legion
ballfield on the east side of
Wallace near the Legion Hut.
Brinson said Kenansville
has a $30,000 recreational
budget. The program is
staffed by volunteers. It
needs a building for winter
use. The town would make
the site available to people
outside of the town as well as
town residents, he said.
E.L. Boyette, board chair
man, said the board has been
donating abandoned school
property to the county as well
as to the towns. He noted the
county is also interested, in
the school site. The property
is being abandoned as an
elementary school site this
fall when the new Kenans
ville Elementary School
opens on the east side of
town.
To enforce its demand for
the property, the Duplin
County Board of Commis
sioners placed a condition on
its approval of a $100,000
fund transfer from the school
capital outlay budget to the
current expense budget that
holds up the transfer until
the deed to the property is
placed in the county's name.
The school board had
directed its attorney to ask
the state attorney general's
office for an opinion on the
county commission's action.
Tuesday night Hubert E.
Phillips, school attorney,
presented the attorney
general's reply. The letter
from Assistant Attorney
General Andrew A. Vanore
said, "We find no authority
for the board (county com
mission) to condition its
approval upon the exchange
of property, transfer of
property or any other like
action as is suggested in the
commissioners' resolution."
He concluded: "If they
(the county commissioners)
feel the board of education
has presented sufficient rea
sons for such a fund transfer,
they should approve it. If
they feel the board of edu
cation has failed in con
vincing the commissioner^ as
to the necessity of such a
transfer, they should disap
prove it."
The board approved 137
school bus driver nomina
tions presented by Allen
Wood, transportation super
visor, and Jimmy Johnson,
school bus driver trainer with
the state Department of
Motor Vehicles.
Mount Olive Junior High
School was given permission
to use North Duplin High
School's gymnasium at
Calypso for a fee of $1,900
for the 1980-81 season. The
fee last year was $1,250.
The old Cobb School site
near Rones Chapel, consist
ing of two acres, was donated
to Rones Chapel Men's Club
The board had received per
mission to give the site to i
non-governmental group
through an act of the last
legislative session.
School insurance pre
miums will be increased from
$7.50 to $8.50 per pupil this
fall.
Liberty Cart
Opens To
Capacity Crowds
THE LIBERTY CART out
door drama opened its fifth
season to a capacity crowd of
over 900 spectators at the
show's premier held July 18
in Kenansville. The enthu
siastic crowd was entertained
by the Buck Swamp Kickin'
Cloggers of Goldsboro prior
to the opening of Randolph
Umberger's historical drama
of Eastern North Carolina.
The 1980 production of
THE LIBERTY CART
features a cast of over 50
professional and community
actors and technicians who
combine their talents to
create one of North Caro
lina's finest outdoor dramas.
The talent and efforts of THE
LIBERTY CART cast and
crew were acknowledged by
the appreciative audience
who responded with a stand
ing ovation at the completion
of the production.
State, area and local dig
nitaries from throughout
North Carolina were in at
tendance at THE LIBERTY
CART's 1980 opening. Con
gressman Charles Whitley,
along with representatives
from the Department of
Cultural Resource's Theatre
Arts, and from the Institute
of Outdoor Drama, were in
THE LIBERTY CART's
opening night audience.
The 1980 version features
a combination of scenes
which allows the production
to flow more smoothly than
in past^ years. The running
time of this year's show is
approximately one hour and
fifty-five minutes, as
compared to last year's
playing time of almost three
hours. The pyrotechnics of
the show have been
expanded, with the addition
of thirty-five flashpots and
the use of dynamite to create
realistic stage versions of the
battles of Widow Moore's
Creek, Rockfish Creek, and
the Battle of Gettysburg.
THE LIBERTY CART will
be performed every Thurs
day through Sunday evening
through August 24 in the
William Rand Kenan. Jr.
Memorial Amphitheatre in
Kenansville. Special rates for
groups, clubs and senior
citizens are available
throughout the six-week
season. For information,
contact Kerry Maher at (919)
296-0721, or write THE
LIBERTY CART, P.O. Box
470. Kenansville. NC 28349.
Apartments Not Included
In Warsaw Census
The Lord Duplin Apart
ments were not included in
the Warsaw census total.
Town Clerk Alfred Herring
told members of the Warsaw
Board of Commissioners.
The preliminary census
report showed Warsaw pop
ulation at 2,759. The pre
liminary report includes only
the land area of the town up
to January 1, 1978, Herring
said. The Lord Duplin Apart
ments were annexed in
March of 1978. A certified
map of the annexed area is
required by the regional
census department before
the apartments will be
included in the Warsaw town
limits for census purposes.
Herring said. A map has
been mailed to the census
department, he said, and an
additional 100 people are
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expected to be added to
Warsaw's population from
the Lord Duplin Apartments.
The board approved the
motion to let bids for the
completion of the new
recreation park. Recreation
Director Neale Turlington
said S3,200 had been added
to the park fund during the
latest fund drive. Bids for the
construction of the recreation
park will be let on a deleting
basis; only as much work will
be done by the contractor as
funds are available.
Police Chief R.P. Wood
reported the arrival of two
new police cars and the
commissioners agreed to sell
the old cars. The police cars
are 1977 and 1976 model
Plymouths.
After no response from the
advertisement for bids on the
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sale of the old town hall/
police department and the
old Branch Bank building,
the commissioners agreet not
to readvertise the sale of the
buildings. And, the board
voted to cut insurance
policies on both buildings in
half, $35,000 on the old
police department, and
$25,000 on the old Branch
Bank building.
Virginia Strickland was re
appointed from 1979 by the
commissioners to serve as
town tax collector in 1980.
Kermit Anderson of the
Warsaw Carolina Power and
Light, and Dan Cope, CP&L
engineer from Raleigh, pre
sented a two part survey of
town street lights to the
board of commissioners. The
proposal called for the addi
tion of street lights and
^h'arfging some ligMs"fo
9.500 sodium vapor fixtures.
Eight are'as were recom
mended for the change of
mercury to sodium lights.
Anderson said the light out
put in the eight areas would
be euqivalent to 38 more
mercury vapor lights. The
sodium lights would cost
$94.% more each month.
The board moved to install
additional streetlights at the
corner of Pinccrest and Best
Streets, and at the inter
section of East Dudley Street
;ind Memorial Drive. Three
additional sites for street
lights were to be visited
before a final decision on the
installation of lights at those
sijfe*; would be final.
SBA Funds
Extended In Duplin
Disaster funds for the
Small Business Administra
tion have been extended,
'said SBA representative,
Forrest Gunn, and loan
app icants in the Duplin area
snow disaster are being noti
fied.
According to Administra
tive Aide Howard R. Baker in
Congressman Charlie
Whitley's office, a supple
mental appropriation bill for
the SBA passed both the
House and Senate and was
signed by President Jimmy
Carter during the week of
July 7. The funds for
emergency disaster loans
had been depleted in April.
As a result, poultry farmers
suffering a loss from the
March snow storm and
a seeking SBA loans hsvc been
delayeu in their plans to
rebuild collapsed poultry
' houses.
Loans are being
! processed, said Gunn, and
" the SBA is notifying appli
cants of their loan standing.
Closing papers are being
sent to qualified applicants.
When the closing papers are
properly completed and re
ceived by the Charlotte SBA
office, the applicant can
expect to receive a check
wjthin three weeks, he
added. All loan applicants
are expected to be notified by
the end of this week.
The deadline to apply for
SBA loans was May 23, and
from Duplin County 27 appli
cations were received by the
"<iarlotte office. Prom the 23
i unty snowi disaster areas.
224 applications were re
ceived.
The disaster declaration by
the SBA came after a late
winter storm dumped up to
18 inches of snow in Duplin
and surrounding counties.
As a result of the snow and
wind from the storm, 138
poultry houses collapsed in
Duplin County. Trapped in
the houses were about a half
million broilers and 200.000
turkeys, Duplin Agricultural
Extension Service figures
indicated. Duplin and the
surrounding counties were
declared a disaster area,
making poultry farmers suf
fering a loss due to, the storm
eligible for low interest loans
from the SBA.
Duplin Extension Service
estimated the damage of the
storm at $10 million. Far
mers in Duplin continue to
suffer a loss of income from
their collapsed houses, and
I Extension Agent Snodie
Wilson predicted a produc
tion drop of 5-10 percent in
; Duplin. Duplin had a poultry
income of. $100 million last
year, and this year Wilson
expects the income to be
about the same or less than
in 1979.
The Charlotte SBA reports
a total of 35 applications have
been approved in the
disaster area as of July 18.
Within two weeks, Gunn
said, all applications will be
reviewed. Approximately
$1.5 million dollars have
been approved in the 35
loans within the 23 county
disaster areas, he added.
TOBACCO MARKET OPENS NEXT WEEK
- Monday. July 21. marked the opening of
the Georgia tobacco market, with the
opening of the North Carolina market
following next week. Duplin C^untv has four
tobafcco warehouses, all located in W :
and Duplin is the largest tobacco produ r.g
county in the state. The 1980 flue-ctired crop
is expected to increase 17 percent ever 1979
production. Also, grade prices increased in
75 percent of the grades. The gains were $2
to $10 per hundred pounds, with losses
occurring in the priming and sand grades.
Wallace 'obacco markets sold 8,680.748
Sdrt.^f >?????) ~;si, with an
?iv .age pr?re of SI3V70 per hundred
pounds Pictured above arc 'enes from last
year's tobacco sales at the New Duplin
Warehousein Wallace.
Selective Service
Registration Begins
Registration with the
Selective Service System
began Monday with Duplin
males signing-up at the
county's 12 post offices.
The process of registering
men born in the years-I960
and 1%1 for the draft i.i
volves only the collection c-f
names and addresses of
people who could be called to
serve in the armed forces
during an emergency. No
physical examinations, class
ifications. and no inductions
are involved in the regis
tration. Also, no draft cards
will be issued.
Males born in 1960 and
1961 will be given two weeks
in which to register, with the
two-week period ending
August 2. A schedule for
registration during the
two-week period was issued
to a\oid long lines at the post
offices. Men born in 1960
should register during the
first week, and those born in
1961 during the second
week. During the week males
born in January, February
and March should sign-up on
Monday. Those with birth
days during April, May and
June should register on
Tuesday. Men born during
July. August and September
should register on Wednes
day. And. those with birth
days during October,
November and December
should sign-up on Thursday.
Friday and Saturday morn
ings are scheduled as make
up times*for those men
unable to register on the day
indicated by their birth
dates.
The next registration will
begin in January of 1981,
with males born in 1962
registering. Men will con
tinue to sign-up after the
1962 males register, as they
turn 18 years of age. The
male who fails to registet'
could face a fine of up to
$10,000, imprisonment of up
to five years, or both.
To register, the male re
ports to any postal clerk and
requests a registration form
which he fills out and returns
to the clerk. The clerk checks
the for."i with some s ludatd
identification such a* a
drivers license and <? u.'Mtes
the farm. The regis liicn
fqrm only requires the ? -gtv
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trant's name, permanent and
current address, telephone
number, social security
number and date of birth.
Registration f^rms are for
warded by the post offices to
the Selective Serivce System.
Approximately 90 days after
registering, each registrant
is mailed an acknowledge^
ment letter. The acknow
ledgement letter will be the
only document the registrant
will receive; no draft cards
will be issued.
Members of the National
Guard not on active duty are
required to register if born in
1960 or 1961. However,
members of the active armed
forces, cadets or midshipmen
at the service academies, and
non-immigrant aliens born in
1960 and 1961 are not re
quired to register with the
Selective Serivce.
Classification of regis
trants will not take place,
however, persons who
consider themselves concien
tious objectors may write
"CO" on their registration
forms. Registering with
"CO" or. the form will not
confer conscientious objector
status on the individual.
Classification of registrants
is decided by local draft
boards; these boards are not
in operation during the
recent registrations. In the
ease that the drafting of
males into the armed forces
is begun, all men will be
given a chance to apply for
special classifications
through the local draft
boards.
"The Good
Old Duys"
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