PROGRESS SENTINEL
VOL. XXXXV NO. 47 USPS 162-880 KENANSVILLE, NC 28349 NOVEMBER 20, 1980 20 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
Charlie Whitley To Speak
At Farm City Week
Congressman Charlie
Whitley will be the guest
speaker at the Duplin Farm
City Week celebration Nov.
25 at James Sprunt Technical
College.
( ongressman
Charlie Whitley
The national farm-city
week celebration begins Nov.
21 at James Sprunt with
displays by local merchants,
industry, agriculture and
schools. The celebration will
end with a farm-city night
Nov. 25, featuring musical
entertainment, a tractor
driving contest for county
Future Farmers of America,
guest speaker Charlie Whit
ley, exhibits and drawings
for door prizes.
The speaker, Congress
man Charlie Whitley, is a
native of Mount Olive and
was re-elected to serve his
second term in the U.S.
House of Representatives
Nov. 4. Whitley served 15
years as an aide to Con
gressman David Henderson
before being elected to the
office in 1976. Before work
ing with Congressman
Henderson in Washington,
Whitley practiced law in his
home of Mount Olive. He is
married to the former
Audrey Kornegay of
Warsaw, daughter of former
Duplin County Commis
sioner Lott Kornegay.
Whitley will be speaking at
8 p.m. in the Hoffler audi
torium at James Sprunt.
Farm-city week is being co
ordinated by the Duplin
Agri-business Council, and
the national theme for the
1980 celebration is "Partners
in Progress." Farm-city
night activities will begin at 7
p.m. in the Hoffler audi
torium with a welcome by
Duplin Agri-Business Presi
dent Ebern Watson. Regis
tration for door prizes and
membership in the Duplin
Agri-business Council will be
in the Hoffler building.
Trophies will be awarded to
the tractor-driving contest
winners following Congress
man Whitley. Exhibits will
be in the McGowen and
Hoffler buildings, with farm
1 equipment displayed on the
JSTC grounds. The farm-city
week events are free to the
public, and exhibits will be
available for viewing during
JSTC hours.
Farm-city week sponsors
are Federal Land Bank Asso
ciation of Clinton, Coastal
Production Credit Associa
tion, Branch Banking &
Trust, Duplin County Farm
Bureau, Bank of North Caro
lina, United Carolina Bank,
Southern Bank and Trust,
First Citizen Bank, East
Federal Savings, Carolina
Savings and Loan. West
Building and Supply,
Jackson's IGA, Jernigan
Tractor and Farmer's Hard
ware.
Rose Hill Bans Sale
Of Items For Drug Use
An ordinance banning
possession or sale of para
phernalia intended for illegal
drug use was approved by
the Rose Hill Board of Com
missioners last week. It will
become effective December
1.
A violation of the ordi
nance can bring on a fine of
$500 or two years in jail.
Police Chief James
Masters reported to the
comiriissioners that similar
ordinances in other localities
had been upheld by the
courts. The ordinance is
aimed principally at sale of
items for illegal drug use. he
said.
1 he board also approved a
loan resolution which will
allow it to borrow $375,000
from the Farmers Home
Administration to finance the
town's sewage treatment
plant.
Ninety-three percent of the
town's registered voters
turned out Nov. 4 to cast
ballots for or against the
proposed bond issue. The
certification of the .votes
showed 676 persons were
registered to vote and 382
voted for the prop*, ai and
192 voted against it.
Town Planner Woody
Brinson said the state En
vironmental Management
Commission would meet No
s
vember 13 and was expected
to allow a variance permit to
allow an additional 2,100
gallons per day discharge
from the present sewage
treatment plant until the new
plant can be built.
The variance will allow the
town to go ahead with a
$800,000 grant from the
federal Department of Hous
ing and Urban Development
to renovate 43 homes ift the
Yellowcutt section and
provide sewer service to the
area. The variance will also
allow the town to add a
41-unit housing project for
the elderly and handicapped
to its sewer system. It will
also be able to add eight new
single family dwellings per
year to the system.
Brinson said planning and
paper work on the new
sewage treatment plant will
delay actual construction
until November 1981.
The board tabled action
on a request of the Depart
ment of Transportation to
provide utility service to a
rest area on the proposed
* 1-40 extension two n.iles ee*
of town until it can determine
if the town could add other
customers to the line. DOT
said it would pay costs of
laying the line and a monthly
fee when the line went into
service.
Duplin County Arts Council
Honors New And Past Directors
Four past directors of the
Duplin County Arts Council
were honored Monday night
at the November meeting of
the council board.
The four completed a
three-year term on the board
in June. They are Edriel
Ausley of Warsaw, who
served as president from
1977-1979 and as vice
president from 1979-1980;
Anne Craft of Kenansville,
who served on the board
from 1977-1980; Laura Bar
wick of Warsaw, a board
member since 1977; and
Evelvn Buckles of Wallace,
who also joined the board in
1977. Sally McGahey, vice
president. presented the past
directors with plaques of
appreciation.
Four new members began
three-year terms in June.
They are Pat Broadrick of
Warsaw, Claudia Hollings
worth also of Warsaw, Eddy
Lockamy of Wallace, and
Betty Long of Kenansville.
Mrs. Broadrick is the wife
of Dr. Gary Broadrick and
the mother of two sons. She
attends the Warsaw United
Methodist Church where she
serves on the administrative
board and teaches Sunday
school. A native of the
western part of the state, she
has lived in Warsaw for five
years.
Mrs. Hollingsworth. third
and fourth grade teacher at
Warsaw Elementary school,
has lived in Warsaw for 10
years. A native of Roanokfi
Rapids, she is married to
Johnny Hollingsworth and
has two sons. Mrs. Hollings
worth is a member of the
Warsaw Baptist Church and
the Warsaw Garden Club.
A native of Wilmington,
Lockamy works with E&B Oil
Company of Wallace. He and
his wife, the former Faye
Baker of Wallace, attend the
Wallace First Baptist
Church, where Lockamy
serves as minister of music.
Mr*. 'Long works as a
teacher's aide at Kenansville
Elementary school. Among
her many civic activities, she
serves on the Kenansville
Town Board and is president
of the Beautification com
mittee. Married to Elbert
Long and mother of one
daughter. she attends
Kenansville United Metho
dist Cauich. Mrs. Long is a
naiive of Sampson County.
Warsaw Apparel Co.
Has New Owners
Fred Lawson. president of
Courtland manufacturing
Company, announced last
Thursday the purchase of the
Warsaw Apparel Company.
The new owners expect to
reopen the plant December
1st.
Mrs. Ida Matthews of
Faison will be the plant
Warsaw is the third plant
Courtland Manufacturing
Company operates in North
Carolina.
Lawson expressed appre
ciation to the former owners,
Mrs. Matthews and John
Gurganus of the develop
ment commission for their
assistance.
manager and she will be at
the plant on Yancey Street in
Warsaw from 3-5 p.m. on
Monday, November 24. to
receive applications for em
ployment. Untimate employ
ment opportunities are not
known at this time.
The plant will begin
operations with the produc
tion of ladies' blouses.
Quinn Appointed
To UBC Board
Milford yuinn, president
of Quinn Company, Inc.,
Warsaw, has been appointed
to the board of directors of
United Carolina Bankshares
Corporation, White ville.
Quinn Company is a whole
sale grocery supplier which
services chain and indepen
dent grocery stores in East
ern North Carolina.
Quinn is a graduate of
Beulaville High School and a
distinguished alumni of
i *
Campbell University. Buies
Creek, of which he is a
trustee.
In addition to having ser
ved as a director for United
Carolina Bank for the past'
several years, Quinn is a
member and past chairman
of the Duplin County De
velopment Commission;
director of the Independent
Grocers' Alliance, Chicago;
director and consultant to the
Consolidated Companies,
New Orleans; past president
of the N.C. Wholesalers
Association, and past presi
dent of the Warsaw
Kenansville Rotary Club.
Quinn i* married to the
former Reba Sanderson and
they have four sons. They are
members of Warsaw Baptist
Church of which Quinn has
served on the Board of
Deacons, and is past chair
man of the building fund and
finance committee.
Warsaw Town Board
Approves Moving Tennis Courts
Warsaw Commissioners
approved the moving of the
tennis courts at the
municipal park from the site
of the old school foundation
during a special meeting last
week.
According to Warsaw Rec
reation Director Neale Tur
lington, All Steel Co. will not
guarantee courts on the site
of the old school foundation.
And. park architects sug
gested the use of a stabi
lizing material to prevent the
courts from becoming un
level. The cost of the stabi
lizing liner is $2,500, Tur
lington said, but All Steel
will not guarantee the courts
with the use of the liner. The
problems with stability of the
ground at the old school site
results from the debris
pushed into the basement
when) the building was
being torn down. The brick
and materials pushed into
the old basement and
covered with dirt continue to
move, Turlington said.
A second alternative, Tur
lington said, is to move the
courts into the open play
area. Prior to the Thursday
night meeting, Turlington
said the architect had staked
the open play area for tennis
courts. And. the land had
been excellent for tennis
courts, only requiring the
removal of topsail and filling
in with clay or sand, Tur
lington said.
Members of the town
board agreed to move the
tennis courts and allow
members of the Warsaw
public works department to
remove the topsoil and fill
the area with clay or sand.
Upon completion of the work
by the town, All Steel will
begin installing the courts.
The board approved an
area east of Highway 117 as
a well and tank site for the
water improvement project.
A second well site was
approved on the west side of
Warsaw for development in
the project. According to
studies from tests run at both
well sites, no treatment of
the water is expected, town
engineer Charles Joyner
said. The motion to develop
the well site on Highway 117
allows construction of the
tank to begin and installation
of the distribution lines. The
board also approved a reso
lution adopting a user-charge
of $1.50 per 2.000 gallons,
with a minimum charge of $4
for residential customers.
Joyner indicated the adop
tion of the resolution was
necessary in order to con
tinue with Step Two of the
water distribution grant.
And. he added, rates may
change before the comple
tion of the project.
The board awarded Mc
David and Associates, the
town's engineering firm, the
contract to administer the
Housing and Urban Develop
ment grant in Warsaw. Mc
David and Associates
entered a bid of $49,050 for
street engineering and
drainage, and housing
rehabilitation. The area of
H-ghway 117 between Bay
and Garfield Streets has
approximately 34 housing
needing rehabilitation, 13
will be demolished and seven
houses are vacant in the
target area of the HUD
grant. According to Tyndall
Lewis of McDavid and Asso
ciates, local contractors will
be used to complete the
necessary construction in the
HUD grant.
A request to sell more
property behind the old
police station, along with the
building, has been made to
the town board through at
torney Gene Thompson's
office. Gerald Quinn of
Quinn Company in Warsaw
expressed interest in buying
the building if more property
behind the old police station
could be purchased. The
board tabled the discussion
at the Monday night meeting
and instructed town clerk
Alfred Herring, during the
Thursday meeting, to
measure the distance
between the street, old police
building, and Scout Hut,
which is owned by the town.
The decision to install the
XPCL, a device marketed to
help save gas, was tabled
until more information from
towns of similar comparison
with Warsaw can be com
tacted.
Commissioner Frank Steed
was appointed as a delegate
to a county meeting to select
a Duplin Representative to
the Neuse River Council of
Governments. Johnny Hol
lingsworth. Nathan Costin,
Billy Phelps and Owen
Martin were appointed to the
Warsaw planning com
mittee. Hollingsworth was
appointed to replace Dr.
Mett Ausley, and other
members are reappoint
ments.
Wallace Board Wants Promises
In Writing On Town Computer
, ffee Wallace Board ot
commissioners are demand
ing that terms of a proposed
agreement on programming
the town's computer be put
in writing before the board
approves the measure.
Mayor Melvin Cording
told the board at its meeting
last Thursday night, the
town was promised four pro
grams when it purchased the
computer a year ago from the
Burroughs Co., but that it
has only received two ?
programs for payroll and
utility billing. However, he
said, it has not received the
contracted programs for
budgetary accounting and
tax billing.
"Wc were promised all
program's wbuld be in and
operational before the first
year was out, and wc don't
even have two of the pro
grams installed yet," he
said. The town purchased the
computer in November 1979.
The company representa
tive, Bob Thornton, told the
board Burroughs had con
tracted with a third party.
Dean Todd, to install the
programs. He said Todd
owned the programs, which
he had copyrighted.
ever, Todd has left th>
Burroughs company.
Thornton said, and the
company and Todd have
been unable to reach an
agreement on the purchase
of the programs.
Richard Burrows, town at
torney, said the Wallace
contract called for Burroughs
to be responsible for install
ing the programs and. thus,
it is Burroughs' problem, not
the town's.
Thornton made three
alternative proposals. These
were:
? The company will in
stall the programs and train
operators if the town can
obtain the programs from
Todd and get a letter of
authorization for their use.
? Burroughs would pro
vide the two missing pro
grams from another source,
but the computer would be
unable to operate all four
programs simultaneously. It
would have to be repro
erammed for each oDeration.
? The company would
install four new programs,
replacing the two now in use.
Hut this would mean the town
itiid l.ave tr; * 1 ;he
formation now . ?.ie pro
' grams out and transfer it to
the new programs. Burrows
said Todd should be held
financially repsonsible for
part of the extra labor in*
'rived if this alternative
were adopted.
' Thornton told the board he
would have the proposals
presented to the board in
written form as soon as
possible.
Burrows said Fairmont.
Red Springs and Eli/.abeth
town are having the same
problem with Burroughs. He
told the board he would
contact those towns on the
possibility of taking joint
action against Todd.
The town's contract with
Burroughs for the program
ming totaled about $7,000.
It has paid about $4,000 and
is withholding payment of
the remaining $3,000.
Graham Phillips told the
board the Rotary Club wants
to donate $2,000 to the
Thelma Dingus Bryant
Library for the trustees to
use as they see fit. If the
money is given directly to the
beard of trustees, the board
. ust turn it over to the town,
which would have to include
the sum in next year's bud
get.
Burrows said the club
could donate the money to
the town, designating whjit it
wanted done, or the Rota
rians could give the money to
the Friends of the Library,
specifying what that organi
zation should do with the
funds. Another alternative is
for the club to purchase and
give items to the library.
The board approved $500
for a study of potential water
supply sources for the town
with Henry Von Oesen Asso
ciates of Wilmington. The
study would include infor
mation on planning for addi
tional water sources as
needed and on budgeting for
them.
Town officials have esti
mated that the town's water
usage has increased about
16% in a six-month period.
Bids for a street sweeper
will be opened December 4 at
a special meeting of the
board. The board has appro
priated $35,000 for the
project.
THREE-TIME CONSERVATION WINNER Richard Boyce of Wallace,
the 1979 Duplin Conservation Farmer of the Year, was awarded the Area
Six Conservation Farm Family of the Year award for 1980 in Kinston last
night. And, in January of 1981, the Boyce family will be awarded the
Eastern Region Farm Family of the Year. The Eastern Regional Farm
Family Award will be presented for the first time in 1981, along with two
other regional conservation farm family awards. Boyce will re<jeive the
coastal plains; award for conservation. On the Boyce farm, there are
approximately 10 acres of grassed waterways and borders around
cropland. Boyce has been working with the Duplin County Conservation
Service since 1978 to stop water erosion on his 283-acre farm.
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