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) 'OL XXXXVNO. 48 USPS 162 860 KENANSVILLE. NC 28349 NOVEMBER 27. 1980 16 PAGES THIS MEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
DALLAS HERRING with award ii< his study. North
Carolina Association of Colleges and Universities has
presented the educational leader its highest award.
Dr. Dallas Herring Honored
Dallas Herring has again
been honored for service to
the people of North Carolina.
The North Carolina Associa
tion of Colleges and Uni
versities, at its 60th annual
meeting at Wrightsville
Beach, presented Herring its
must prestigious award, the
Hugh McEniry Award, in
recognition of unusual and
outstanding service in behalf
of higher education. The
award is named after Dr.
Hugh McEniry, former
member of the association
and its president at the time
of his death.
Local - residents attending ?
the banquet and awards
ceremony were Mrs. Sue
Saunders, Jimmy Strickland.
AmosBrinson. Mr. and Mrs.
Willard Hoffler, Dr. and
Mrs. Edward L. Boyette, Mr.
and Mrs. William E. Craft.
Dr. Gene Ballard, Dr. Carl
Price and Mr. and Mrs.
Dixon Hall.
CITATION
WILLIAM HUGH
McENIRY AWARD
William Dallas Herring, a
native North-Carolinian* Has
"xerted during the past 25
years a powerful influence on
the course of public ele
mentary, secondary and
higher education in the
State. That this Renaissance
man, graduate of Davidson
College. Phi Beta Kappa,
classical scholar, would
totally devote his public life,
and to a great extent his
private life, to educational
opportunity for "The For
gotten Man" is a clear and
forceful demonstration of his
commitment to the demo
cratic ideal. The quality and
spirit of his service clearly
lifted the lives of millions of
North Carolinians through
accessible and improved
education from kindergarten
to graduate school.
In 1955. Dallas Herting
was appointed to the State
Board of Education and a
year later he was named to
the Board of Higher Educa
tion to provide liason
between the two Boards. In
1957, he was elected Chair
man of the State Board of
Education by his fellow
members who along with the
Governor recognized his
ability, dedication and
leadership potential.
When Terry Sanford was
elected Governor in 1960
upon a platform of educa
tional advancement, both
secondary and higher educa
tion forces were brimming
with hope. Some of the
recently established two-year
colleges aspired to senior
college status. Industrial
edocation centers wanted
independence from their
public school sponsors. Some
senior colleges sought to add
fifth and sixth year graduate
programs. Early in the 1961
Session of the General
Assembly. Dallas Herring
advised the Governor that an
orderly plan for industrial
and collegiate education was
needed, and that a high
level, comprehensive stuay
of education beyond the high
school in North Carolina
would be timely as well as
educationally and politically
wise.
Shortly after the 1961
Session adjourned, Governor
Sanford in consultation with
Dallas Herring and William
C. Friday, President of the
Consolidated University,
named the Governor's Com
mission on Education
Beyond the High School. The
Commission, of which Dallas
Herring was a member,
worked diligently, compe
tently. and with dispatch.
Eighteen months later, its
recommendations were
delivered to the Governor in
ample time for inclusion in
his legislative proposals. The
omnibus Bill on Higher Edu
cation was the most signifi
cant action of the 1963
Session and continues to be a
landmark in North Carolina
educational history. Under
provisions of the Bill, public
junior colleges at Asheville.
Charlotte, and Wilmington
became senior institutions;
the Consolidated University
was authorized, to add
branches; and a system of
comprehensive community
colleges, technical institu
tions,, and industrial educa
tional centers was estab
lished.
Dallas Herring is
acclaimed as the Father of
the State's Community Col
lege System. When his term
as a member of the State
Board of Education expired
in 1977, there were fifty
seven Community Colleges
and Technical Institutes with
a total enrollment of 500,000
students.
The North Carolina Asso
ciation of Colleges and Uni
versities proudly bestows
upon William Dallas Herring
its Hueh McEniry Award to
recognize and praise this
educational giant who has
given so much of his life for
others that his zest for learn
ing would indeed become
theirs.
Costin To
Attend National
4-H Congress
Wanda Costin. Duplin
County 4-H member, will
attend the National 4-H Con
gress. She is among some 40
delegates from 24 North
Carolina counties who will
attend the 59th National 4-H
Congress at the Conrad
Hilton in Chicago Nov. 30
December4.
Wanda is the North Caro
lina public speaking cumu
lative record winner. She is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William J. Costin of Warsaw
and a member of the
Warsaw-Shamrock 4-H Club.
She is currently serving as
the southeastern district
secretary-treasurer.
WOMEN'S WEEK SPEAKERS ? Nov. 17-20 was
Women'* Wr l< at James Sprunt Technical College
sponsored by the continuing education department and the
Duplin branch of the American Association of University
Women. Speaking on the topic of Women Working To (Jet
A Job were Valeria Cooper, a JSTC instructor, Barbara C.
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(Juinn, the pei ^onnel director at Reeves Brothers in
Kenansvilie. and Elizabeth Grant, the district manager of
the Employment Security Commission, pictured left to
right. Topics discussed during the four nightly sessions
were. Women and the Law. Women and Money. Women
Working to Get a Job. and Women and the Mirror.
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Water And Sewer Project
Ready To Begin In Magnolia
The town of Magnolia will
begin improvement projects
totaling over $1.4 million for
water treatment and sewage
treatment expansion within
the nex; two weeks, said
Mayor pro tern Melvin Pope.
Sewage system expansion
and the construction of a
waste-water treatment plant
is $1.1 million of the im
provements planned by the
town of Magnolia. The water
project costs $336,181 for the
installation of a treatment
plant and a new deep-water
well.
The improvements to the
water system do not include
the addition of distribution
lines. Rates charged water
customers will be increased
to ensure payment of the
town's $165,000 loan from
Farmers Home Administra
tion. Pope said. Rates will
increase from a minimum of
$4.50 for 3,000 gallons of
water to $6.50 for the first
3,000 gallons. The new rate
will be effective July 1. 1981,
Pope said.
Along with water rates,
there will be an increase of
sewage rates from a $3.50
minimum to a $6.50 mini
mum. Pope added. However,
the sewer project is designed
to reach more citizens in
Magnolia; presently only one
third of the townspeople are
served by the sewage
facility, said Mark Garner,
project engineer with Rivers
?nd Associates. Inc. in
Greenville. The town will be
borrowing $75,000 from
FmHA to help finance the
sewer project.
The minimum bill for
water, sewage and trash
pick-up in Magnolia is
presently $12. Pope said.
When the new rates become
effective at the beginning of
the next fiscal year, the
minimum bill for town ser
vices will be $17. including
$4 for trash collection.
Presently, approximately 2b0
users are on the Magnolia
water system; one third of
these are' connected to the
sewer system, and 75 more
connections will be made
with the new svstem. Garner
said. Persons connecting to
the sewage system will be
charged a hook-up fee of
$250, Pope said.
According to Pope.
the water system ha.? been in
operation for a period of one
year, rales may be lowered if
the project is self-support
ing. He added, rates for the
improvements to the water
system were set before the
addition of customers in the
new housing development.
Within the past few months,
including the housing
development, over 30 new
user hook-ups have been
installed to the town's water
system. Pope said.
The completion of the
water treatment plant, new
deep water well, sewage
treatment plant, and over
two miles of sewage collec
tion lines are scheduled for
September 30. 1981. Accord
ing to Garner, both projects
will be in complete operation
on the completion date.
Work began on the improve
ment projects over three
years ago. and the citizens in
Magnolia approved the
selling of bonds for the
systems during a referendum
in 197?, I< said.
Contracts for the projects
were awarded in September
of this year, totaling over
$1.4 million. Water project
contracts were awarded to
Groundwater Development
of New Bern for a deep-water
well in the amount of $20,000
and Hilco of Kinston for a
water treatment plant
costing $250,000. Sewer con
tracts were let to T. A.
Loving of Goldsboro as
general contractor and con
struction of the sewage
treatment facility costing
$499,999. Roanoke Electric
of Pantego for electrical work
in the amount of $117,000,
and So-par Utilities of Jack
sonville installing the sewage
collection lines costing
$289,297.
The deep water well is to
be located west of McRae
Street in the northwest part
of Magnolia, and water from
the well will he pumped to
the 65.000-gallon storage
tank behind the town hall.
Funds for the water project
include a FmHA loan of
$165,000. a FmFIA grant of
$124,581. and a N.C. Clean
Water Bond grant of
$46. ^00 totaling $336,181.
Funds for the sewer project
include a FmHA loan of
$7' 000 and a grant for
$4 1.080. N.C. Clean Water
b. ? d of $75,000. and En
vironmental Protection
Agency grant of $512,474.
totaling $1.073.554.
Duplin School System Budget
Short For Energy Cost
Kenansville ? The Duplin
school system will be short
5160,000 in the budget for
energy costs, according to
County Superintendent C.H.
Yelverton.
Yelverton and H. B.
Honeycutt, assistant super
intendent in charge of build
ings. reported to the Board of
Education last week. They
said utilities last year cost
the system $225,000.
They told the board the
electrical rate increased 13.9
percent between last spring
and the present.
The school officials also
said they had been informed
by Carolina Power and Light
Co. the electricity rate will
increase 25 percent over the
next four months as the
company recovers the extra
fuel costs brought on by
having to burn more coal
than expected during the
summer due to the Bruns
wick County nuclear powered
generating plant being
closed for modifications and
servicing.
The 25 percent fuel emer
gency hike will start in
December and continue
through March.
In addition, the price of
heating oil increased from
77.3 cents per gallon to 83.92
cents per gallon this year.
"This is the worst four
months for us thev could
have picked." Yelverton
said of the increase in the
electrical rate. "At least 40
percent of our total year's
electric power usage comes
during these four months."
Yelverton said the elec
trical rate increases will
amount to $100,000 for the
older schools, plus $20,000
for the new Kenansvillc Ele
mentary school which is a
total electric building.
The fuel oil increase will
cost an additional $40,000.
he said.
Honeycutt said all the
figures are based on last
year's usage.
"If this winter is colder,
the cost will be even higher
and if it is warmer, the extra
cost will be less than the
estimates." Honeycutt said.
The state allocates $15.65
per student for heating oil.
based on average daily at
tendance. The figures are
based on a daily average
attendance of 8,639 students
in the county. The state, on
this basis, provides $135,200
for heating oil for the year.
School officials met Wed
nesday with state officials in
Raleigh to request additional
fuel assistance due to the
sharply escalated costs. They
will also present the problem
to the county Board of Com
missioners in the near
future, Yelverton said.
Yelverton said as the situ
ation now stands, the county
school system would run out
of money and heating oil in
February.
George Smoke protested
the barring of one of his sons
from a Warsaw Elementary
School bus for two days for
talking. The board told
Smoke to take his protest to
the local school advisory
board.
Warsaw Principal Gerald
Yount explained Wednesday
that his is the only school in
Duplin County with the no
talking rule. Yount said the
rule was created to increase
safety on the buses.
The board changed its
December meeting date from
December 2 to December 9 at
7:30.
Schools Figure On
Heat Increases
School healing costs were
expected to range from 23
cents to 55 cents a square
foot prior to the recent
electric power rate increases,
according to Assistant
Superintendent H.B. Honey
cutt.
He made the statement
following a report earlier
that the school system's
electrical and heating oil
costs would exceed the
budgeted $196,000 by
$160,000. Last year, he said
school utility costs totaled
$225,090.
In June when the budget
was being assembled, the
sch.iol board was unable to
foresee the 40 percenti in
crease in utility prices it
would face during the
1980-81 school year, he said.
He said the state pays 30
percent and the county 70
percent of the expected
heating costs.
During the 1979-80 school
year, the state paid S12.52
per child attending Duplin
schools for heating. This year
the stati is allowing $15.65
per child for heating.
"East Duplin Principal
Charles Powders cut his kilo
wan hours by 10.000 a month
and his fuel oil consumption
by .1,500 gallons a month in
the peak use period, and his
cost went up S8.000."
Honeycutt said.
"This is the kind of thing
that gets ydu all out of
whack." he said.
Honeycutt noted that
heating costs continue to
increase according to the
price of energy, not accord
ing to the number of students
in a building, but the state
establishes its heating fund
on the basis of the number of
students.
Honeycutt said economy
would dictate filling all the
system's heating oil tanks
now as the cost is projected
to increase from 85.92 cents
per gallon to SI.20 next year.
He noted the oil now in the
tanks cost 83.92 cents per
gallon when purchased last
spring.
North Duplin High School
costs the most per square
foot to heat at 55 cents per
square foot. Honeycutt said.
He said the school has a
"demand meter." Under
such a meter system, if a
building uses an excep
f
tion ally large amount of
electricity during a time of
peak electrical demand, the
school will be charged a
higher than usual cost as the
charge for electricty is based
to some extent on its peak
demand level as well as its
actual usage.
The Chinquapin I school
costs 18 cents per square foot
to heat. It is heated bv a
combination of electricity
and oil burning furnace.
East Duplin High school's
healing cost last year was 24
cents per square foot. The
building is heated by both
electricity and oil furnace.
The system has five all
electric buildings ? Kenans
ville Elementary. North
Duplin Elementary, Rose
Hill-Magnolia Elementary,
Wallace Elementary and
Warsaw Elementary schools.
Honeycutt said heating cost
is higher for these buildings
than for1 those heated all or
partially by oil burning fur
naces.
Tobacco Poundage
Leasing Workshop
A tobacco poundage leas
ing workshop will.be spon
sored by the Agricultural
Extension Service oti Wed
nesday. December Vd in the
civil court room of tiie county
courthouse in Kenansville,
starting at 7 p.m. The work
shop will be open to the
public.
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The purpose of the session
is to help county tobacco
farmers realize where their
money goes when they pro
duce a tobacco crop and that
there is a limit to the amount
an individual can pay for
tobacco quota, said J.
Michael Moore, assistant
agent.
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