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VOL. XXXXVNO. 36 USPS 162-860 KENANSVILLE. NC 28349 SEPTEMBER 4, 1980 16 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
1-40 To Wilmington To Get Additional *1.6 Million
U. S. Senator Robert Mor
gan has notified Tom Brad
shaw and the N.C. Depart
ment of Transportation of the
availability of an additional
SI.6 million in federal high
way discretionary funds for
the initial construction
phases of the 90-mile priority
primary highway project
from 1-95 near Benson to
Wilmington.
Bradshaw said, "These
funds will enable our board
of transportation to award
contracts in October for
grading, drainage and struc
tures (bridges, etc.) for 16.2
miles from just north of
Rocky Point near Wilmington
Duplin Participates In
Leadership Conference
The Governor's leadership
conference in Duplin County
will be at E.E. Smith Jr.
High School, September 6.
The conference will begin at
8:45 a.m.
Appearing on behalf of
Governor Jim Hunt will be
Juanita Bryant. Keynote
speaker at the conference is
Jane G. Greenlee of Marion.
There will be si* work
shops. assertiveness
training, time management,
women and stress, building a
positive self-image and be
coming the best that you can
be, women and the law, anc^
decision making and creative
problem solving, and how
diet can affect our leadership
style.
According to Christine W. ,
Williams, chairman for the
Governor's leadership con
ference, 18V women have
registered to attend. There
will also be eight special
guests appearing during
lunch for entertainment.
There will be two work
shop sessions, morning and
afternoon. Teaching the
assertiveness training Work
shop will'be Rose, Helms of
Raleigh and /wansboro. She
is a certified psychologist
who holds a Master's degree
in counseling from East
Carolina University and has
taken advanced studies at
Chapel Hill and N.C. State
University at Raleigh She is
presently teaching part time
in a state preventative
mental health program in
Raleigh, and has a part time
private professional family
counseling service in Swans
boro and Raleigh. She has !
had wide experience in con
ducting workshops for many 1
groups of professionals in- 1
eluding school guidance '
counselors, school 1
principals, accountants, 1
dentists, social service work
ers, etc. Mrs. Helms was '
widowed with two small chil
dren, a daughter and a son. '
She is now married to Doug '
Helms, who is a C.P.A. and '
president of Economics Ad- '
visor Corp. of Swansboro and *
Raleigh. She had two step
daughters.
Ellen Lentz Brewer
Time Management
Mrs. Ellen Lentz Brewer of
Warsaw is a graduate of
UNC-CH with an AB in
English and a minor in
political science and journa
lism. She is a graduate of
Allied Stones executive
training program. Her em
ployment has included serv
ing as a high school teacher
and as executive for Jordan
Marsh of Florida and Miller
& Rhoads of Richmond, Va.
and sales manager for
Ramada Inn ? Raleigh
South. She has served as .1
chaperone for Miss Duplin
County and worked with the
pageant, and has taught
social etiquette and adver
tising at JSTC. She is
married to E. Craven Brewer
and they have three small
children. Currently she is ~
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employed as part-time
recruiter for American Busi
ness and Fashion Institute of
Charlotte.
Mrs. Judy Wallace
Women and Stress
Management
Mrs. Judy Wallace, home
economics extension agent
with the Duplin County
Agricultural Extension Ser
vice. is. a graduate of Shaw
Dnrversffcy, home ecohomics
department. She has done
further study at UNC-G and
NCSU at Raleigh, where she
received special training in
foods and nutrition, home
development, and problems
of the aged. Her chief
assignment with the
extension service is to pro
vide educational leadership
for planning, implementing
and evaluating programs in
areas of foods and nutrition,
human development, and
problems of the aged. Her
special interests include
parent-infant relationships
and human development and
stress management. She is
married to Ledell Wallace,
and they one teenage son.
Mrs. Wallace will be assisted
n conducting the workshop
ay Rebecca Judge, mental
tealth nurse in charge of
idult and geriatric services
vith the Duplin-Sampson
Vrea Mental Health Ser
vices. 1
Dr. Alice Smith Scott, Ph.D.
Decision Making and
Creative Problem Solving
and How Diet Can Affect
Our Leadership Style
Dr. Alice Smith Scott has
>een an assistant superin
endent of Duplin County
chools since 1979. Her past
vorking experience has in
?luded serving eight years as
trofessor and chairntan of
he department of food, nu
rition and institution
nanagement in the school of
lome economics at East
larolina University. Dr.
icott received her B.S. de
legree from UNC-Green
dlle, her M.S. from UNC
jrcensboro, and a Ph.D.
rom NCSU at Raleigh. She
ierved as president of the
forth Carolina Dietetic
Association in 1977-78. Her
lusband is Delmar Lester
icott, Jr. and they have three
Building a Positive Self
image and Becoming the
Best That Yon Can Be
Mrs. Peggy Farmer is a
phychiatric nursing super
visor for the Neuse Mental
Health Center for Craven
and Pamlico Counties. She
has had past experience as
head nurse in charge of in
service training at Dart
mouth Behavioral Science
Center in Dayton, Ohio. Mrs.
Farmer is married to the
Rev. John A. Farmer,
Methodist minister, and they
have two children, ages four
and ten.
Women and the Law
Mrs. Carolyn Burnette In
gram is a practicing attorney
at law and an assistant
professor of law at Campbell
University School of Law at
Buies Creek. She practices
law during the summer
mftnths in Kenansville with
her husband. Charles, an
attorney. She was the first
female member of the N.C.
bar to clerk at the appellate
level in the North Carolina
state courts when, she served
as clerk to Chief U.S. District
Judge Wood row W. Jones of
the wester* district of North
Carolina. She is the first
female faculty member of the
Campbell University School
of Law. Her private practice
has been primarily in the
domestic and criminal areas.
Ed Monk
Appointed To
Committee
Ed Monk of Route 1,
Magnolia, has been named
to a three-year term on the
Farmers Home Adminis
tration county committee, it
was announced by James T.
Johnson, state director. He
succeeds Rudolph Becton of
Magnolia, whose term ex
pired June 30th.
Jn making the appoint
ment, Johnson said, "The 4
farmers Home Adminis
"Iration county committee is a
vital link to local conditions.
'The agency counts on their
judgment, experience,
knowledge of people and
agriculture in their commu
nities in selecting applicants
who have a reasonable
chance of success."
The FmHA county
committee assists the agency
in determining the eligibility
of applicants for farm loans.
They also act as an advisory
committee on FmHA farm
program implementation.
The committee is made up of
three members, two of whom
must be farmers deriving the
principal part of their income
from farming at their time of
appointment. Other
members in Duplin County
are William F. Dail of Chin
quapin and D. Jason Waller
of Route 1, Mount Olive.
FmHA. a credit agency of
the Department of Agricul
ture, makes farm loans for
real estate and production
purposes as well as for
non-farm enterprises that
supplement family income.
The agency has, over the
years, enabled many farm
families to stay on the land
and succeed in farming. A
special limited resource pro
gram provides low interest
loans to young farmers and
others who have farming
capabilities but need extra
help in getting established.
The county office at
Kenansville is headed by
J.M. Mills, Jr., county
supervisor.
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ENLARGEMENT MAP OF INITIAL CONTRACTS
to iust south of Wallace.
These additional funds will
allow us to let to contract a
fourth project."
U.S. Department of
Transportation Secretary
Neil Goldschmidt and
Federal Highway Adminis
trator John Hassell have
indicated to Morgan's office
that in addition to the pre^
viously approved $14 million
for initial construction, an
additional $1.6 million in
funds will also be available.
Projected costs for these
four projects combined is
approximately $20 million,
which includes the $15.6
million in federal funds and
$4.4 million in state match
ing monies.
Three of the four projects
are scheduled for completion
in the fall of 1982, and the
fourth is to be completed in
mid-summer of 1983. Upon
completion the project will be
designated 1-40.
In addition to acknowledg
ing the continuing support of
Morgan, Bradshaw noted
that, "We have already re
ceived $20.25 million from
FHWA for right-of-way ac
quisition on this multi-lane
project. In January of this
year, we received a commit
ment for $14 million for 1980
and today we have been
notified of an additional $1.6
million. We are proud of our
active partnership with
FHWA and certainly appre
ciate their assistance in de
veloping this 90-mile free
way. We are also apprecia
tive of the help and support
of North Carolina's
Congressional delegation,
especially Representatives
Charlie Rose anid Bill Hefner
who worked to get this into
the 1978 surface transpor
tation legislation. We are
delighted to be advertising
construction plans on this
important highway. This
interstate-type facility from
Benson to Wilmington will
connect our port with the
state's piedmont and moun
tainous regions. It represents
the board's commitment to
carry out Gov. Hunt's policy
on balanced growth and
economic development."
North Carolina's other port
at Morehead City is served
by US 70 which is four
laned from the coast to the
Tennessee line with the
exception of the Smithfield
bypass which is an active
project with the depart
ment. The 13-mile section is
presently in the design stage
with construction scheduled
early in 1982.
JSTC Applies For ProgramTo
Help Displaced Homemakers
By Emily Killette
The coordination of ser
vices to rural displaced
homemakers in Duplin
County will be offered by
James Sprunt Technical Col
lege if funds are approved by
the N.C. Office of Labor
through the Comprehensive
Employment and Training
Act. said Project Supervisor
Sue Clark, a JSTC counselor.
Displaced homemakers are
usually considered women
35-years-of-age and older
who have been forced to seek
employment. But, displace
ment of homemakers
happens among all age
groups, Clark said. And, the
JSTC project would be open
to any age woman needing
services the program
offers, she added. A home
maker becomes displaced
when she loses her primary
means of financial support
through separation, death or
disablement of the husband,
or public assistance is ended
when the children reach age
18.
In North Carolina last
year, six percent of the
households were headed by
single female parents.
Households headed by
women between the ages of
41-59 represented the largest
group of single parent homes
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totaling 33,874. Households
headed by women age 60
and older represented 34%
of the single-parent homes,
while 29% of the single
parent homes were headed
by women age 18-40.
"The major goal of the
project is to re-establish the
homemaker as a competent
and confident member of
society," Clark said. "There
will be a need to help identify
the ways a homemaker's role
differs in the work force than
at home."
The first part of the project
will be basic research, Clark
said. Research will be
needed to identify the ser
vices available in Duplin to
assist rural displaced home
makers. And, the rural dis
placed homemakers will be
identified, Clark said.
Special counseling services
will be provided to link the
women who need assistance
with the appropriate agency
within the county which pro
vides a service to the dis
placed homemaker. The pro
gram planned by JSTC will
also se.*!. to increase com
munity awareness of the
needs and problems of rural
displaced homemakers
through a series of seminars
and short courses, Clark
said.
Within the student
services division of JSTC, the
displaced homemaker will
find counseling which will
coordinate community
resources, provide exposure
to employment opportunities
in the area and requisite
skills needed to gain employ
ment. and help build
stronger and more positive
coping skills.
"We will help the dis
placed homemaker assess
her abilities and refresh
former training or begin a
new skill," Clark said.
"Through counseling and
group activities, we plan to
increase the displaced
homemakers' confidence and
provide exposure through
simulated job interviews
to assist in finding employ
ment."
Many of the displaced
homemakers ma;, tcel their
opportunities are Restricted
because of young children,
Clark said. And, young chil
dren is a factor which a
displaced homemakers' pro
gram must consider. In the
future, Clark said, a child
care center could be estab
lished at JSTC. The child
care center would l-e super
vised through other
programs at James Sprunt.
helping students who are
1
studying child-related sub
jects. Clark said.
If funded, the rural dis
placed homemakers services
will begin at James Sprunt
October 1. And, JSTC will be
among six other community
colleges and universities in
the state with programs for
the displaced homemaker.
Programs arc provided at
Cape Fear Technical Insti
tute in Wilmington, Favette
ville State University, -
Pamlico Technical Institute
in Grantsboro, Gaston
College in Dallas. Wilkes
Community College in
Wilkesboro, and South
eastern Community College
in Whiteville.
Free Will Baptists To
Hold Planning Meeting
The Free Will Baptists of
Duplin County will meet at
Cabin Free Will Baptist
Church near Beulaville on
Thursday. September 4, at 8
p.m. to plan the annual 1
church dinner for Mount 1
Olive College. i
The Duplin dinner is one of
17 held annually throughout <
eastern North Carolina on
I
behalf of the college.
Each church is requested
to appoint a committee to
attend the meeting, at which
additional information will be
provided and the date and
place of each dinner will be
decided.
Mrs. Jeane F. Ackiss is the
roordinator for the dinners.
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