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VOL. XXXXV NO. 42 USPS 162-860 KENANSVILLE. NC 28349 OCTOBER 16. 1980 20 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
FRIENDLIEST, MOST COURTEOUS EMPLOYEE - Anna
^ West Graham was honored Thursday as a guest of the
Warsaw-Kenansville Rotary Club and was awarded a
plaque for being selected as Friendliest, Most Courteous
Employee. Club members have for several weeks been
searching for outstanding examples of friendly, courteous
employees who serve the public. The winning candidate
was selected by vote of club members at a recent meeting
from several nominees. Close runners-up in the voting
were Hazel McNeil of Clarks Drug Store in Warsaw; Becky
Rawles of USS Agri-Chemicals in Wallace; and Laeulia
Williams of Wilson's Supermarket in Warsaw. Anna
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Graham is the wife of Dennis Graham of Warsaw and is
employed by Branch Banking & Trust at both the Warsaw
and Faison branches. The contest was a part of the
worldwide observance of Vocational Service Week.
Vocational Service in Rotary stands for service to society
through ethical dealings in business with customers,
employees, competitors and suppliers, and it has been a
basic part of Rotary since its founding 76 years ago.
Pictured, left to right. Rotary President Bob Brumleve,
Graham, Sonya Kernstine, Rotary Student of the Month;
and Al Beard, vice president of Branch Bank and Trust
Company in Warsaw.
Board Ok's Jobs In Housing Program
Last week the Board of
Commissioners approved the
hiring of a coordinator, a
rehabilitation specialist and a
secretary to organize a new
housing rehabilitation
^program.
"The county received
authorization to start the
organizational procedure in
anticipation of a $500,000
U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development
grant. Alfred Dixon, who has
been coordinator of the
county water system, was
appointed coordinator of the
new program. Dixon's salary
Aviii remain at $13,393 per
^ear.
The specialist and secre
tary will be hired as soon as
possible. Yearly salaries
were set for the specialist at
$11,749 and for the secretary
at $7,589. Duration of the
grant and the positions will
be 18 months.
Dixon said the housing
grant provides $357,000 for
housing rehabilitation and
^143,000 for waterline ex
tensions. The rehabilitation
project will affect 108 per
sons and the waterline ex
tensions 90 persons.
Dixon said the maximum
that can be spent on most
houses for rehabilitation will
be $8,000. The maximum for
rehabilitating mobile homes
will be $6,300.
^ Three houses will be de
molished, he said. The pro
gram will spend up to
$15,000 each to replace these
with doublewide mobile
homes or modular homes.
Landlords making use of
the program may not
increase rents or sell rehabi
litated property for four
years unless they repay the
amount expended to HUD.
Full funding of the grant is
expected by November,
Dixon said.
Dixon told the board that
of the 177 possible customers
on the county water system
which was laid between
Kenansville and Greenevers,
US have signed up to be
connected to the system.
Contractors have connected
37 of these services so far, he
added. The first water bills
on the system will be mailed
in December.
The board unanimously
refused to sign a contract
with the state for a foster
home care grant totaling
$24,000. The county would
have had to put up $904. In
June the board requested a
grant that would have been
sufficient to take care of five
"high risk" children in foster
homes.
The board based its refusal
of the proposed contract on
the fact that in the contract
the state suggested the
county take over complete
financing of the program
after two years.
The board agreed to repay
the state the $9,000 the
county has received from the
grant.
Tax Supervisor Frank
Moore received permission
to hire 23 tax list takers. The
listing period will be Jan.
2-31. Listers will be paid
S3.64 per hour.
The contract with Dr. C.L.
Quinn 0f Magnolia as Health
Department physician was
FAISON TOWN BOARD
renewed with a pay increase
of $1,050. The salary was
increased from $15,000 to
$16,050.
No Funds Received During Year
ABC Store Policies Questioned
The town of Kenansville
did not receive any moneys
from the local ABC Store
during the last fiscal year,
and Town Administrator
Woody Brinson said there
are no funds expected from
the store in this fiscal year.
According to figures com
piled by the State ABC Board
and presented by Kenans
ville citizen, Don Suttles to
the town board, Kenansville
ranks among the lowest
stores in the state based on
annual net profit. The state
net profit average among
ABC stores is 10 percent,
while the Kenansville store
shows a 4.2 percent profit in
the last fiscal year. However,
Brinson pointed out the
Kenansville ABC Store has
never reached the state
average of 10 percent profit.
In the store's best year, a
profit of 8.49 percent came in
1974-75, and since then, the
ABC Store profits have been
on a decline. By 1978-79,
store profits had dropped to
4.4 percent, with the ABC
Store paying out S28.000 and
taking in $12,325.28. Brinson
said the town of Kenansville,
which receives 55 percent of
the ABC profits, and the
county 45 percent, agreed to
help the store the following
year by taking none of the
profits from the ABC reve
nues in the 1979-80 fiscal
year, Brinson said.
Suttles questioned the
town board on local ABC
Board policies and the ABC
store operating procedures.
He questioned the need of
three full-time employees at
the ABC Store and asked
why changes made by the
ABC Board appointed a year
ago had been reversed.
After the appointment of
three new members to the
ABC Board last fall, store
hours were cut and em
ployees were limited to two
full-time workers. According
to ABC Board Chairman
John Hall, the cuts were to
limit the operating expenses
of the store. However, Hall
pointed out in a telephone
conversation last week that
both cut-backs were dropped
in order to add revenue at the
ABC Store. And, he said, the
third employee at the ABC
Store is not a full-time
worker.
The store is presently
operating from 9 a.m. to 9
p.m., six days a week. The
reduced hours had been noon
until 8 p.m., cutting, what
Hall called, some of the
"prime sales hours" from
the ABC Store. Since the
move to a 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
day, he said, the sales have
been somewhat improved,
with enough morning sales to
justify the ABC Store opera
tion. While the third
employee is part-time, work
ing 32 hours a week. Hall
stated the need for all em
ployees to keep the store
operating efficiently. He
added, the problems of the
ABC Store will not be worked
out overnight, but over a
period of years.
The ABC Board and the
Kenansville Town Board
met Monday night at the
town hall*to discuss the
problems of the town ABC
Store.
The Kenansville town
board approved the expan
sion of three lanes through
downtown. The board voted
three to two expanding the
lanes along Main Street 200
feet past the emergency en
trance of Duplin General
Hospital. The board had
approved three lanes and no
parking from Lodge Street to
Hill Street during the August
meeting. Commissioners
Bettv Long, Jimmy Johnson
and Cordell Johnson voted to
extend the three lanes and
Commissioners Earl Hatcher
and William Fennell opposed
the motion.
Town Administrator
Brinson was instructed to
send town board meeting
agendas to Kenansville Com
missioners and post one copy
on the town hall bulletin
board each Thursday before
the monthly meeting.
A third set of plans for the
fire department/town hall
expansion was presented to
the board during the Oct. 6
meeting. The plans were
changed according to sug
gestions made by the com
missioners at the September
meeting, with the architect
reducing the area by 1,000
square feet. The building
had been expanded in a
square shape as the com
missioners had suggested;
the estimated cost had been
cut from $120,000 to $84,000
for 2,800 square feet.
Additional suggestions
from the town commissioners
to change restroom facilities
and the meeting room en
trance were sent back with
the plans to architect Don
Yelverton. The town board
instructed Brinson to have an
estimate on the expansion
with the additional changes
and to present the cost at the
October 13 meeting.
The board authorized the
sale of electrical wiring for
Christmas lights to the town
of Turkey. According to
Brinson, Turkey had ex
pressed an interest in the
wiring and agreed to pay
Kenansville $2,500 for the
equipment. Brinson said the
$2,500 represented Kenans
ville's total investment in the
wiring. The surplus electrical
wiring for Chr^tmas lights
resulted when the board
agreed to participate in the
Twelve Days of Christmas
program and use no colored
decorations on the light poles
in downtown Kenansville.
A surplus 1970 dump truck
and 1976 oolice car were
approved for sale by sealed
bids. And, the board ap
proved the purchase of a 318
Dodge motor as a spare to be
used in the dump truck; the
motor cost $100.
Brinson announced Oct.
29th as the date Kenansville
will officially be presented
the Governor's Community
of Excellence Award in
Raleigh.
Approves Sewage Treatment Plant
i-aison commissioners ap
proved plans for one of the
first spray irrigation sewage
treatment plants in the state
last week at the regular town
board meeting.
According to Engineer
Finley Boney, the sewage
treatment site is based on
approximately 100 acres of
land outside of Faison. And,
he said, 60 acres of the land
will be used for spraying the
treated remains from the
sewage plant. The irrigation
is divided into nine plots of
five to eight acres. Each plot
will be used individually,
Boney said, spraying one
plot a day. The irrigation
system is designed to enable
the town to farm the plots or
lease the land for agricultural
crops, he said. However,
Boney pointed out, only
crops not consumed by
humans can be grown at the
treatment plant.
The money made from the
leasing of the land at the
treatment plant or the sale of
crops will offset the expenses
of the sewage system, Mayor
Bill Carter said, and may
lead to lower rates for the
sewer users. According to
Asst. Ag Extension Agent J.
Michael Moore, rent on
leased land In the county
averages approximately $45
an acre. However, with the
irrigation system, a rent of
$55 an acre could be ex
pected for the land, Moore
said. Leased at $55 an acre,
the town of Faison would
have an income of $3,300 a
year from the treatment
plant acreage.
the present sewage
system in Faison serves ap
proximately 250 customers,
Town Clerk Hazel Kelly said.
And, the new system
approved by the town com
missioners will pick up .i
additional 76 customers,
Boney said. With the com
pletion of the system,
approximately 12 potential
users will remain unserved,
the engineer said. The plans
for the sewer system Include
the addition of 16,000 feet of
lines which will replace or
extend old lines. Plans
include a new treatment
plant and wo lift stations
within the town. According
to Boney, the construction of
the sewage system will be let
in two contracts ? the
collection lines and the plant.
At the present time, the town
of Faison has $800,000 avail
able for the treatment plant,
Boney said. However, funds
for the collection system are
not definite, and the amount
of line the town is able to
install will depend on the
moneys received from
grants, he said.
The sewer plans are being
reviewed by Farmers Home
Administration, the engineer
said. And, the plans should
be approved by all agencies
involved in the project by
November 1, at which time
bids can be advertised.
Commissioner William
Igoe made a motion to keep
Town Administrator Neil
Mallory on a $100 per month
retainer. The administrator
will continue to work on the
town's EPA 201 program and
the current water and sewer
projects. Additional grants
coming to the town requiring
Mallory's time will be paid
by the town to the ad
ministrator on an hourly
basis. Travel and phone ex
penses for Faison business
will be paid by the town. The
motion was seconded by
Commissioner Fred Wheless
and approved unanimously
by the board.
Mallory had been working
as a tri-town administrator in
Faison, Mount Olive and
Fremont. Beginning October
1, Mallory became a full-time
administrator in Mount
Olive.
Mayor Bill Carter in
formed the board of a rate
increase notification from
Carolina Telephone and
Telegraph. The notification
requested the board's
approval of the rates. Ac
cording to Carter, the basic
telephone rate for the town
of Faison would increase 30
percent while the over-all
rates would rise 13 percent.
The board tabled discussion
on the rate increase until the
next meeting.
Man Dies In Car Accident
ruacK mvenoarn jr., zj, or
Wallace, died around 3:50
a.m. Sunday in a single
vehicle accident on a rural
road near Teachey.
The vehicle ran off the
road on the right side,
crossed over the left side of
the road and hit a utility pole,
according to investigating
Highway Patrolman W. F.
Sandy.
It was the 14th traffic
fatality in Duplin County this
year. The cause of the acci
dent was not known, but
Sandy speculated the driver
may have gone to sleep at the
The funeral was held at
Edgerton Funeral Home
chapel in Wallace. Burial.
Riverview Memorial Park.
Surviving: son. Mack
Christopher Rivenbark III of
Willard; parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Mack Rivenbark Sr. of
Rose Hill; sisters, Mrs.
Elizabeth Aldridge of Rose
Hill, Mrs. Pam Dixon of
Wallace, Miss Joann Riven
bark of Raleigh; maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Edgar English of Wallace;
paternal grandmother. Mrs.
Cassie Rivenbark of Watha.
4-H Awards And Exhibit
The Duplin County 4-H
awards and exhibit program
will be held Tuesday, Oct. 21
in Kenan Auditorium in
Kenansville beginning at 7
p.m. The event will be the
highlight of a year's work
and will recognize individual
and club accomplishments in
exhibits, contest and project
work.
The handmade crafts,
canned goods and science
exhibits displayed will be
only a small portion of the
400 exhibit categories which
will open to the public at 3
p.m.
Exhibits will be judged
and blue, red and white
ribbons will be awarded.
Awards will also go the out
standing 4-H'ers and leaders
for 1980, and to the members
and clubs displaying the
most and best exhibits.
Everyone is invited to
share in recognition of the
talents and creativity of this
fine group of young people
?Duplin County 4-H'ers.
Duplin Annual Red Cross Drive Underway
Citizens of Duplin County
Mvill be given the opportunity
?o contribute to the American
Red Cross between now and
the end of October. This
organization relies totally
upon voluntary contributions
and stands ready to assist
victims of disaster whereever
they are. A large number of
individuals across the county
are working to make this a
successful drive. When one
?contacts you, please con
tribute generously.
The county chairman is
Lloyd Stevens, phone
296-1159. A partial listing of
the team is shown as follows
with area coordinators listed
first in each case. Additional
volunteers are welcome to
join:
Albertson, Glisson, Wolf- 1
scrape - John Goodson and
Hazel Kornegay, coordina- 1
^tors; Mrs. Eugene Outlaw,
?Mrs. Bettie Smith, Mrs. i
ft
Kodney Kornegay, Mrs.
Leonard Sutton, Mrs. Larry
Harper, Mrs. Donald Grady,
Mrs. James Parker, Jr., Mrs.
Charlotte Dupree. Mrs.
Bessie Hill, Elton Ray Davis
and Tom L. Stroud
Chinquapin - Roma Kenan
and George Landen, coor
dinators; Mrs. Ann Hunter,
Mrs. Clara Huffman, Mrs.
Annette Raynor and Mrs.
Ann Sholar
Faison - A1 Frizzell, coor
dinator
Magnolia - Rudolph
Becton and Marjorie Pickett,
coordinators; Mrs. Louise
Quatterman
Beulaville Charlie
Chasten and Bill Thigpen,
coordinators; Mrs. Maggie
Chasten, Clarence Ingram,
Mrs. Martha Miller and Mrs.
Lubelle Williams
Bowden - Mrs. Bettie
Carlton and Mrs. Jean Wil
son, coordinators; Mrs.
Vanessa Skinner
Calypso - Rev. Louis Gal
loway, coordinator; Mrs. Jim
Hazel Stroud, Mrs. Gayle
Tucker, Mrs. Carolyn Taylor,
Mrs. Pattie Sue Blackburn
Robert Walker and Morley
Waters
Kenansville - Rev. Troy
Mullis. coordinator; Mrs.
Jessie Gore, Mrs. Hortense
Hasty, Mrs. Joanne Howard,
Mrs. Sally Ingram, Mrs.
Jeanette Jones, Mrs. Ruby
Jones, Mrs. Ruth Jones,
Mrs. Ruby Kornegay, Mrs.
Virginia Holland. Mrs. Bar
bara McKay, Mrs. Mary
Murphy, Mrs. Doris Sitter
son. Mrs. Jean Stephens and
Mrs. Sally Tyndall
Rockfish - Mrs. Ethel
Alston and Mrs. Anny i>ry
ant, coordinators
Smith's ? Mrs. Sheila
Futrell, coordinator; Terry
Futrell, Mrs. Alice Smith,
Kenton Smith, Miss Kim
Smith and Mrs. Ruby Smith
Teachey ? Rev. Larry
Blount
Wallace - Mrs. Emily
Jessup and Robert Smith,
coordinators; Mrs. N.H.
Carter, Mrs. Jack Cottle,
Mrs. Bob Cranford, Mrs.
Louise Dobson, Mrs.
Kenneth Farrior, Mrs. Ger
trude Finch, Mrs. Margarete
Kenan, Mrs. Jayne McLean,
Thel Overman, Mrs. Carolyn
Rouse, Mrs. Christine Smith,
Mrs. George Worsley and
numerous young people
Rose Hill - Rev. Clark
Porter, coordinator
Warsaw - Ray Roberts,
coordinator; Mrs. Helen
Johnson, Mrs. Jane Shef
field, Mrs. Lillian Rabon,
Mrs. Sylvia Weatherly, Mrs.
Cathy Lee, Mrs. Harriett
Phillips, Mrs." Jeannette
Hasty, Mrs. Margarete West
and Mrs. Mary Foster
SOLAR APARTMENTS NEAR COMPLETION IN BEULA
VILLE - Green Leaf Apartments will be ready for
occupancy in early November, according to Russell Bostic
and Richard Williams. Green Leaf Associates partners.
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The apart mi ni project will feature a passive solar system
and is the first of its kind for moderate income families in
North Carolina.
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