PROGRESS SENTINEL
VOL. XXXXV NO 38 UPS 182-860 KENANSVILLE. NC 28349 SEPTEMBER 18. 1980 18 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
Warsaw Board Awards
Municipal Park Contracts
? Contracts were awarded
for the completion of the
Warsaw Municipal Park dur
ing the meeting of the War
saw town board, September
8.
Recreation Director Neale
Turlington presented the
board with bids received on
the park project. And,
Turlington said, the Recrea
* tion Commission reconi
? mended the bids be awarded
to A. & R. Supply Company
of Kernersville who submit
ted a $20,000 bid on the
ballpark lights. The commis
sion also recommended All
Steel Products of Columbia,
S.C., be awarded the tennis
courts and fencing contracts.
All Steel Products submitted
a total Did tor tne tencing ana
two tennis courts of $30,145.
The commission requested
$5,500 for playground equip
ment and $400 for picnic
tables and grills. The above
items were recommended to
be purchased through the
recreation department. Re
maining funds after the
awarding of the contracts
and the payment of architec
tural fees would be used in a
contingency fund for build
| ing a concession area,
" Turlington said.
A motion to authorize the
awarding of contracts as
requested by the recreation
commission was made by
Commissioner Frank Steed.
However, Steed included,
the contracts should be re
' ? viewed by ?awn Attmney
Jene Thompson before
awarded to the low bidders.
Commissioner Billy Kennedy
and was unanimoqs. ?
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Hardison
To Speak
At Graduation
The eighteenth annual
graduation exercises for
James Sprunt Technical Col
lege will be held Sunday,
September 21 at 6 p.m. in the
William Rand Kenan, Jr.
Amphitheatre in Kenans
ville. Approximately 200
graduates will receive de
grees, diplor.i.? -.nd certifi
cates in general education,
technical, vocational and
adult diploma programs.
P The public is invited to the
exercises and to hear The
Honorable Harold W.
Hardison, Senator of the'
Fifth Senatorial District of
Duplin, Lenoir and Jones
Counties. Hardison has held
public office since 1979 when
he was elected to the N.C.
House of Representatives. In
1972, he was elected to the
*) N.C. Senate, where he still
serves. He is presently
chairman of the senate ap
propriations committee and
vice-chairman of the state
government committee. He
is also a member of the agri
culture, basic budget, bank
ing, finance, natural and
economic resources, public
utilities and energy, rules
and operation of the senate,
human resources, transpor
tation and ways and means
committees.
in aaaition, naraison owns
Eastern United Tires in Kin
ston and manages the Hum
phrey-Hardison Oil Company
which he established in 1946.
He was in the U.S. Air Force
for four years and served two
years in the 7th Air Force in
the Pacific Theater.
Hardison was raised in
P Deep Run where he attended
public schools. He is a grad
uate of Atlantic Christian
College. He is married to the
former Arleen Humphrey.
They have a daughter, Pam
Braxton.
Following the graduation
exercises, the public is in
vited to attend a reception on
the grounds of the amphi
theatre. In the event of
inclement weather, the exer
cises and reception will be
held in Kenan Memorial
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With the recreation pro
ject, the board approved
payment of landscaping and
grading fees for the munici
pal park, to Good Earth
Associates of Wilmington.
The total fee was $15,560.
The board approved the pay
ment of $2,000 to Parks
Recreation Consultants of
Goldsboro, architects for the
municipal park. An addition
al fee of $7,700 will be paid
the architecural firm over a
period of three months.
Payments and contracts
awarded by the board to
taled $82,243.72. A budget of
$100,000 for the construction
of the park is composed of a
50% matching grant from
the Bureau of Outdoor
Recreation. After awarding
contracts and payments a
contingency fund of
$17,756.28 will remain.
Turlington said, the recrea
tion commission hopes to
construct a concession build
ing for $10,000 and use the
remainder of the funds to
resurface the outdoor basket
ball area and lay out a
jogger's trail through the
park.
Carolina Telephone and
Telegraph Company repre
sentative Ruby Allsbrook
appeared before the town
board requesting the com
missioners support of toll
free service throughout
Duplin County. According to
Ms. Allsbrook, telephone
customers in Duplin County
would be able to call toll-free
anywhere in the county if
the service receives enough
citizen support. However,
she addedt an increase in the
flat rate of service would
result if customers began the
toll-free dialing.
Warsaw Commissioners
instructed Town Clerk Alfred
Herring to write a letter
agreeing for Carolina Tele
phone to poll the area sub
scribers on the toll-free ser
vice. However, the board
would not support the toll
free system until the increase
of the flat rate was submitted
for the commissioners'
review.
A gas saving device was
presented to the commis
sioners by Donnie Ezzell.
According to Ezzell the de
vice when installed in an
automobile will save a mini
mum of seven percent in
fuel. The product is sold by
Ezzell under the name of
XPCL. No decision was made
on the XPCL by the board.
After the close of the
public hearing to rezone the
Warsaw Apparel Co. area.
Blocks 18 and 39 were zones
business. The area had been
zoned restricted business.
No persons appeared at the
public hearing to comment
on the rezoning of the two
blocks.
Tar Heel Fine Arts Tickets On Sale To Public
Membership Drive Ends
Melvin Williams, presi
dent of the Tar Heel Fine
Arts Society, announced
membership sales are open
to the genera] public and
anyone interested should
contact a THFA board
member for tickets.
The concert series sche
duled for 1980-81 follows:
October.6 - Jack and Sally
Jenkins - - "Love in the
Middle Ages"; November 16
- "Mr. Sax" Boots Ran-*
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dolph; March 28 - The Jack
Daniels Origin! Silver Coro
net Band; A 23 - The
Mercy River Boys.
A limited number of
tickets remain available
through board members
listed: Helen Boyette of
Chinquapin; Melvin
Williams of Pink Hill; Kirk
Carfwan of Rose Hill, Muriel
Offerman of Wallace,
Willard Fussell of eachey.
Pearl West of War jw; Bar
batj Go# of Faison; Thomas
AlffrfttAn of Calypso and
Mount Olive, Z.W. Frazelle
of Kenansville; and Jean
Sanderson of Beulaville.
Kenansville Board Asks
For Third Set Of
Expansion Plans
Two sets of architect's
plans were turned down
September 8 by the Kenans
ville Town Board which re
quested a third plan for the
fire station/town hall expan
sion be drawn.
Both plans one and two
included 3,800 feet in the
expanded area, Town
Administrator Woody
Brinson said. He added, an
estimated $30 a sq.ft. will be
needed to construct the
addition. Each of the archi
tect's drawing included
office and meeting room
expansion, which would be
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According to the town's
15-year contract with the fire
department, expansion of the
office space and the bay area
for fire vehicles would take
place within the second five
years of the contract. During
the third five yers, the town
would expand the meeting
area. Upon the completion of
the two phases the building
will be jointly owned by the
fire department and town
hall with both departments
maintaining the building.
The project was designed
to include all necessary ex
pansion to meet the town's
contract with the fire depart
ment, Brinson said. Bidding
the project in two contracts
will allow the town to com
plete the expansion or build
only the portion which is
called for during the second
five years of the contract.
The estimated cost of the
complete project is $120,000,
Brinson said, which would
mean an approximate debt of
$9,000 a year for the town
over the next 40 years.
"I think we should drop
the idea right now, we can't
afford to build right now,"
Commissioner Betty Long
said. "When we were first
told about the expansion it
cost $80,000. Now it is up to
$120,000."
She added, the town hall
should be able to find an
other location for its head
quarters costing less than
$9,000 a year. Building now
or anytime in the future will
force a tax increase, Long
stated.
"These expansion plans
are designed for luxury, but
we're talking about bare
necessities," Commissioner
Earl Hatcher said. The plans
should be redrawn, and the
building squared as we had
originally proposed, Hatcher
said.
vuiuiiii5)iuiici jimmy
Johnson made a motion to
send the drawings back to
the architect with the instruc--;
tions to square the building.
Commissioners Hatcher,
Cordell Johnson and William
Fennell voted with Johnson.
Commissioner Betty Long
voted against the motion.
Town A H m i n i c t r a t o r
Brinson recommended the
Kenansville board approve
Beulavilie as a member of
the tri-town administration.
The tri-town administration
was originally formed by
Kenansville, Rose Hill and
Magnolia sharing the ser
vices and salary of a town
administrator. Magnolia
pulled out of the tri-town
arrangement in the spring.
The Beulavilie board of town
commissioners voted to enter
the tri-town arrangement at
their September meeting.
Kenansville commissioners
which will replace Magnolia
in the tri-town administration
arrangement. Beulavilie and
Rose Hill will each be paying
25% of the administrator's
salary and Kenansville will
furnish the remaining 50%.
Travel expenses are a^so
shared" by the towns.
A report from Public Works
Director Larry Hoffman
called the board's attention
to the need for a new dump
truck and a motor overhaul
for a tractor. According to
Hoffman, each motor costs
approximately $1,200 to fix.
Until the truck is replaced,
he said, no water leaks can
be fixed or limbs hauled
away. The dump truck had
been bought second hand
from the Department of
Transportation Brinson said,
and has served the town four
years. The tractor, a gasoline
powered 135 Massey Fer
guson, was purchased in
1969 as a new piece of
equipment. While the tractor
is out of service the town will
have one tractor working,
Huffman said.
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mously to purchase another
used dump truck from the
DOT for approximately
$1000-52000 and place the
town's name on a waiting list
for used flatbed trucks. The
board voted to fix the engine
in the tractor.
Over the past two weeks
the air-rater at the waste
treatment plant has been
torn up, Huffman said. Be
cause of the problems with
the aerator the plant has
not maintained state stan
dards, he said. And, until the
plant reaches state standards
the treatment plant will be
inspected each week by a
representative from the En
vironmental Management
Commission, Huffman
explained.
The public works director
also reported four major
water leaks in the town of
Kenansville and mentioned
an indefinite amount of
smaller leaks along the town
roads. Huffman reported the
removal of the'fire hydrant
used by farmers to get water.
The hydrant had been left
partially opened, he said,
and drained across the town
park and ball field.
A request by Dr. Clark
Hanmer to continue parking
a small travel trailor at his
home as a home for his
mother was denied by the
board.
Grove Creek Apartments
was classified as a business,
meeting developer Tom
Rabon's request for trash
pick-up within the apartment
parking area at two locations.
The Kenansville commis
sioners voted to accept the
Board of Education's offer to
rent the ballfield known as
Turkey Stadium to the town.
The town will be renting the
field for a dollar a year for
the next 10 years.
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Annual Grape Stomp
The third annual Grape
Stomp, sponsored by the
N.C. Grape Growers Asso
ciation and Duplin County
Wine Cellars, will be held
September 27 on the grounds
of Duplin County Wine
Cellars in Rose Hill.
Defending Grape Stomp
Champion Dennis Rogers,
columnist for the Raleigh .
News and Observer, will be
on hand to try to retain his
title against 11 other chal
lengers. The participant who
extracts the most juice from
IS pounds of grapes within
two minutes oy stomping
them, wins the contest.
The Grape Stomp is part of
the third annual Grape and
Wine Day which includes
such activities as: wine tast
ing. a tour of the wine cellars
and vineyard, a wine auction
and a grape product judging
contest along with other
grape exhibits and games.
The affair begins at 1 p.m.
Last year the Grape and
Witie Day attracted some
1,200 from throughout the
state.
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DIAGNOSTIC LAB DEDICATION - Com
missioner of Agriculture James Graham
presided at the dedication ceremony of the
new Rose Hill Diagnostic Lab. The lab was
originally located on Church Street in
downtown Rose Hill, but had outgrown the
building. The new building was constructed
to allow more working space and the
addition of mammal disease diagnostic
services. Lab Director Hugh Powell said.
Commissioner Graham is pictured above
with Dr. Hugh Powell, D.V.M.
Animal Disease
Diagnostic Lab Dedicated
The Rose Hill Animal
Disease Diagnostic Labora
tory was dedicated Wednes
day afternoon following a
meeting of the North Caro
lina Board of Agriculture.
The new facility replaces a
poultry disease diagnostic
lab which had served the
area for 20 years. It is
operated by the Animal
Health Division of the North
Carolina Department of Agri
culture.
According to state Agricul
ture Commissioner JinJ
Graham, the new laboratory
will provide animal disease
diagnostic .services to south
eastern Nu ??h Carolina
"Poultry is a major indus
try here," Graham said in
presiding over the dedica
tion, "and the area has
become the most intense
pork producting section of
the state. Added to that are
beef cattle, dairy farming
and horses. If ever there was
a need, it was here and this
new laboratory has fillpd it."
In the dedicatory address,
state Senator Harold W.
Hardison (D-5th District) of
Deep Run said: "This new
facility by far expands for
North Carolina Department
of Agriculture's ability to
serve the people. It increases
the capability to handle and
diagnose all species of
animals and thereby en
hances the opportunity for
farmers of this area to pro
duce livestock and poultry."
Others on the program
included Ebern T. Watson.
Jr. of Watson Seafood and
Aulfry, Rose Cilt, offered
the Invocation, Dr. David E.
Harling, president, N.C.
Veterinary Medical Associ
ation, Greensboro, remarks,
and Dr. Hugh M. Powell,
Rose Hill laboratory director,
led a tour of the building.
The 3,500 square foot con
crete structure is equipped to
handle all animal species
including pets. Some pre
dures, however, will be r>
ferred to the Rollins Labora- _
tory in Raleigh.
The laboratory was de
signed by the architectural
firm of Brice-Morris Associ
ates, Inc., of Charlotte and
built by Dixie General Con
tractors Inc. of Wallace at a
cost of $319,500.
$768?50 Commitment For
Kenansville Water Project
Third District Congress
man Charlie Whitley
announced last week that the
Coastal Plains Regional
Commission has informed
him that fundine has been
commited in the amount of
$768,950 for Kenansville
water system improvement.
The agencies funding the
project are the Farmers
Home Administration,
$356,500 grant; Coastal
Plains Regional Commission,
$73,000 grant; state funds,
$169,450; and local FmHA
bonds. $170,000.
Dedication Of Beulaville And
Magnolia Housing Units
The Eastern Carolina Re
gional Housing Authority
dedicated two housing units
in Duplin County last week.
The projects will serve the
low to moderate income fam
ilies.
Both projects, 26 units
containing one, two, three,
and four bedroom apart
ments, are owned and man
aged by the Housing Author
ity. The apartments are de
signed to be energy efficient
and rents are based on family
income.
Architect for the Mercer
Court in Beulaville and the
Magnolia Court in Magnolia
was Billy Griffin of Golds
boro. The cost of construct
ing the two projects was
$1,720,000.
During the dedication
Housing Authority Attorney
David Ward said the Beula
ville project began in 1978
and is the fastest completed
housing project undertaken
by the authority.
The Eastern Carolina Re
gional Housing Authority
was organized in 191! and
serves 10 counties which
includes Duplin. The author
ity has housing projects in
operation or under allocation
in seven counties and they
are making efforts to help
small communities and
towns obtain housing needs,
Ward said. Before the dedi
cation Qf the Beulaville and
Magnolia units the Housing
Authority had 490 units in
operation the Duplin projects
increased the total to 540. the
attorney said. He added,
another 143 units are under
construction or allocation.
Applications for the pro^
jects will be taken September
23 in Magnolia, September
24 in Beulaville, and folow
ing weeks, each Tuesday in
Magnolia and Wednesday in
Beulaville. Occupation of the
projects will begin the first of
October. Ward said.
Contractors for the hous
ing project are: general con
struction, Site, Inc.; electri
cal contractor, Basic Electric
Co.; plumbing contractor,
Kinston Plumbing and Heat
ing Co., Inc.; and heating
contractor, Electricon, Inc.
The housing authority
operates in Duplin. Wayne,
Sampson, Johnston, Har
nett, Craven, Onslow, Pam
lico. Carteret and Jones
Counties. And. the Authority
has assets totaling approxi
mately $13'/i million either
under operation or allo
cation.
Representing Duplin
County bit the Housing
Authority is Garland King.
King is a charter member of
the Authority.
BLOODMOBILE
The Bloodmobile will be at
the Kenansville Fire Station
next Tuesday, September 23,
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
AUTHORIZE WATER AND SEWER
IMPROVEMENTS - Magnolia Mayor Melvin
Pope is pictured above authorizing the
wastewater treatment plant and sewer
system improvements and water system and
distribution improvements. The sewer im
provements will require $1,125,000, and the
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water system improvements will be con
structed for !$355,000. The town will be
borrowing a total of $192,900 from Farmers
Home Administration for the projects. The
remainder of the funds is grants. Pictured
with the Mayor is Town Clerk Mrs. Dennis
Pope.
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