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VOL. XXXXVI NO. 4 USPS 182-860 KENAN8VILLE. NC 28349 JANUARY 22, 1981 16 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
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Rose Hill Gets Ok /
For Bigger Sewage Flow
k A special consent order
Pfrnm the state Environmental
Management Commission
will allow Rose Hill to in
crease its sewage flow by
21,000 gallons per day,
Mayor Ben Harrell told the
town board last week.
The town received notice
of the consent order last
week.
The additional sewage is
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expected to be generated by
45 existing residences which
will be connected to the
sewer system when an urban
improvement project is com
pleted and a 41-unit housing
de\ dopment for the elderly
anc handicapped.
Ii addition, six to eight
new homes per year are
estii ated to join the system
for ti e next three years.
R< e Hill had been under a
"no rowth" order because
its sewage treatment system
lacked the additional capa
city. However, the town is in
the process of upgrading its
system, so the EMC allowed
the limited increase in sew
age flow.
The board took no action
on personnel following a
lengthy executive session on
the subject.
Bids will be opened Feb.
10 for two vehicles. Bids
were scheduled for opening
Wednesday night, but as
only one bid was received,
the board had to return it to
the bidder. Three bids are
required for a first round bid
opening. If fewer than three
bids are received, the
governing body may readver
tise for bids. On a second
opening a contract may be let
with as few as one bid
received.
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Wallace Fire Chief Says
Chemical Blaze Possible
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Fire Chief Thomas Town
send of Wallace, in his
annual report, has warned
town officials that Wallace
faces the danger of a chemi
cal fire like that recent one in
Clarkton.
Townsend said large
amounts of agricultural
chemicals are stored in busi
nesses in and around the
A city, the center of a large
farming community.
Referring to the recent fire
at the Clarkton Farms Ex
change, which forced a mass
evacuation, he said his de
partment needs to know what
chemicals are stored and
where so firefighters would
know how to treat them.
The chief also noted that
many chemical carriers move
through the city on U.S. 117
and Seabord Coasti.ie Rail
road.
Townsend reported his
department answered 103
calls during 1980: 45 within
the city limits, 48 in the rural
area of Duplin County, and
10 in nearby Pender County.
Property losses during the
year were estimated at
?209,125. Townsend said this
ngure included $109,300 in
damage from 28 dwelling
fires, $25,000 in damage at
fires in 12 businesses,
$36,000 damage to five
mobile homes, $22,975 dam
age from 24 vehicle fires, and
SI3,500 damage to one
church.
The department re
sponded to 17 grass and
brush fires, 11 of miscel
laneous types and five false
alarms, Townsend said.
The chief said the depart
ment put in 1,753 man
hours fighting fires and 1,249
man-hours in training
sessions.
Warsaw Negotiates
, Cable Television Service
The Warsaw town attorney
was directed by the town
board last week to negotiate
a contract with Gear-View
Cable Television Co. of Hope
Mills for installing cable
television service.
E.C. Thompson 111, town
attorney, said some portions
A of the contract need re
working. The board left this
to Thompson, directing him
to go ahead with the con
tract. He said the term
"economically feasible in
terms of potential sub
scribers per mile" needed
definition.
General terms of the pro
posed contract call for 35
channels, including a sports
A network, to be available to
^ subscribers. The base rate of
$9.50 per month would not
include all channels; some
will be pay channels. The
total possible cost to a sub
scriber would be $42.50 per
month.
Service would be available
throughout Warsaw in about
a year from the start of work,
according to the cable tele
vision firm. Progress of
negotiations will be reported
to the board at its Feb. 9
meeting.
Also scheduled for Feb. 9
is a public hearing on re
zoning property from resi
dential to restricted busi
ness. Rick Summerlin, owner
of the property known as the
Charlie Miller lot on Wards
Bridge Road in southeastern
Warsaw, asked for the re
zoning.
Commissioner Frank Steed
opposed the rezoning effort
when it was brought up in
December. He raised a
question about spot zoning.
which is forbidden by law.
Thompson was directed to
look into the matter and
report Monday night.
Rezoning Summerlin's
property would not be spot
rezoning since adjacent
property had been zoned as
restricted business property,
Thompson said. He told the
board a public hearing must
be held on the question. He
said 20 percent of the con
tiguous landowners would
have to formally oppose the
rezoning or three-fourths of
the board would have to vote1
against it for the request to
be denied. That would mean
four out of the five board
members would have to
oppose rezoning for it to lose.
Steed voted against hold
ing the public hearing. Com
missioners Walter P. West.
Walter Foster and Billy Ken
nedy voted for the hearing.
Commissioner John Weath
erly was absent.
The board advertised for
an upset bid on the old
Branch Bank St Trust build
ing. The bank gave the
building to the town several '
years ago for use as a town
hall. The town offices were
located in the building until
the present town hall was
built about four years ago.
When the board originally
called for bids it received an
offer of $3,150 from Thomas |
Rabon of Warsaw. An upset
bid of more than $3,150 may <
be entered until Jan. 24 at
the town hall.
The board approved one of
two locations in the present
town, hall for the library,
which is now located in the
old bank building.
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Whitley Says Chemicals
Complicate Tobacco Exports
U.S. Reo Charles O.
Whitley warned Duplin
farmers the uproar over
chemical residue in U.S.
~ flue-cured tooacco must be
9 taken seriously.
Speaking to the 'Young
Farmers Association in
Kenansville last Wednesday
night. Whitley also warned
that settlement of the scrap
tobacco import problem is
more complicated than
appears on the surface. U.S.
manufacturers and shippers
must agree to take some
foreign-grown tobacco in re
turn for the foreign nation's
9 purchasing U.S. manufac
tured and raw tobacco, he
said.
Thus, Whitley added, any
curtailment of imports may
have a severe effect on the
quantity of U.S. tobacco ex
ports.
The congressman also said
that foreign manufacturers
insist on tobacco with lower
residues of the sucker control
? chemicals.
Whitley told the group that
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foreign manufacturers now
blend leaf treated with
MH-30 ? the most widely
used chemical used on flue
cured tobacco ? with un
treated leaf from other coun
tries to bring the residue
level to acceptable propor
tions.
Tobacco suckers are non
productive small stem and
leaf growths from the upper
part of the sta& after the
flower top has been removed
and from the stalk near the
roots. They sharply reduce
quality and yield.
Before chemicals began to
be widely used in the late
1950s, farmers removed the
suckers by hand. Growers
insist they cannot afford to
have this chore done by
hand, even if they could
obtain the labor.
MH-30 use has spread
over much of the flue-cured
producing world, making it
more difficult for countries
such as Germany to blend
tobacco free of residue with
U.S. tobacco. Over-dosage of
tobacco fields with the
chemical creates much of the
problem, crop scientists say.
Whitley also said he be
lieves a one-year farm bill
extension will be required to
provide the time for Con
gress to enact a four-year
farm bill. The present farm
bill expires this year.
Whitley said he believes
all programs will face some
budget cutting. He noted, for
example, that the Farmers
Home Administration has
several programs that are not
now implemented. There is
some feeling against
FmHA's "cheap money" to
some eligible borrowers,
while other farmers, little if
any better off, must pay
conventional interest rates,
he said.
The congressman also re
marked, "I'll be surprised if
the grain embargo is lifted
very soon."
If the grain embargo were
to be lifted, Whitley said he
doesn't believe the Soviet
Union would "Call all over
1 itself to buy more U.S. grain
: because it can get the grain
%
in other places."
On the question of re
districting, Whitley said he
expects either Jones or
Green counties might be
added to bring his district up
to the anticipated population
requirement.
He said the First District
would probably add one or
two counties west of its
current boundary, such as
Northampton, to bring its
population to near the
531,100 mean for a North
Carolina congressional
district.
Federal law requires con
gressional districts to be as
uniform in population as
possible. The TTiird District
? which includes Bladen,
Duplin, Pender, Onslow,
Sampson, Harnett, John
ston, Lee and Wayne
counties ? has 517,411
people, according to the pre
liminary 1980 census report.
Keith Beaver of Calypso,
association president, intro
duced the speaker.
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Department of Transportation ^
PLACEMENT OF ST?CKER(S)
ON YOUR LICENSE PLATE(S)
.IAnTII,.nAMU. M0NTH YEAR
NORTH CAROLINA a l
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(ZjL 1981 Jp Lj4jO/
MOTORCYCLE
the MONTH the YEAR
sticker goes sticker goes
on the LEFT on the RIGHT
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, AAA-000 FB-7844
NORTH CAROLINA FARM I ^ NC
MONTH-YEAP
Remember to include your vehicle when listing local property taxes.
^? Division of Motor Vehicles ^h*
Your Staggered Registration System is working for you.
Stickers Show Renewal
Month And Year
Most North Carolina
vehicle owners will get two
validation stickers for the
price of one when they go to
the license plate agencies
this year.
Vehicles registered under
the new staggered license
plate renewal system will
display both a "month" and
a "year" sticker.
Motor Vehicles Commis
sioner Elbert Peters Jr.
says that motorists should
not confuse the expiration
date shown on the renewal
card with the deadline for
displaying license plates and
stickers.
"All license plates and
stickers must be displayed by
Feb. 15, just as in past years.
But this will be the last time
that we will have a massive
license plate renewal effort
from Jan. 1 - Feb. 15," he
explained.
The new vehicle registra
tion system staggers license
plate renewals into each
month according to the first
letter of the owner's name.
For example, if your name
begins with A-B, you will
renew again in August, 1981.
Or, if your last name begins
with U-Z, you will renew
again in July 1982.
The "month" sticker
shows the permanent montn
in which the car owner must
annually renew his regis
tration. The "month"
sticker must be placed on the
left side of the license plate.
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North Carolina drivers
have been purchasing the
"year" stickers since 1976.
The year sticker will still be
placed on the right side of
the license plate. I
A license plate that al
ready has a year sticker on it
should either be cleaned off
so that the new sticker can be
placed directly on top of it, or
peeled off and replaced by
the new sticker.
? If the words "North
Carolina" appear at the top
of the license plate, the
stickers will be placed at the |
bottom. ,
? If "North Carolina" is \
at the bottom of the plate,
th* stickers must be placed
at the top.
? If you have a motorcycle
license plate, the stickers
must be placed at the top of
the plate.
? And, if you have a
commercial farm truck plate, ,
the month and year are on
one sticker which must be
placed at the bottom center
of the license plate.
Illustrated instructions for
placing the validation sticker
on the license plate are
included in the staggered
registration brochures that
were mailed out with the ,
license plate renewal cards.
Also, posters showing the
validation sticker placement
are located at the license
plate agencies.
Peters pointed out the
people who purcnased new
vehicles or who registered
heir vehicles from July 1 ?
Dec. 31. 1980, did not get
license renewal cards. He
laid that these people will
get their cards in May to
renew in June. Peters also
noted that motorists who
have special plates will still
renew their license plates
each year from Jan. 1 - Feb.
15. He reminds motorists to
get their license plates and
stickers early to avoid wait
ing in long lines at the end of
the renewal period.
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Cub Scout Leaders
Pow Wow
Cub Scout leaders from the
four counties of the Tus
carora Council will gather for
their annual Pow Wow on
Saturday, Jan. 24 at
Southern Wayne Senior High
School between Dudley and
Mount Olive. All leaders are
invited to attend this work
shop. Subjects to be covered
include crafts, skits,
puppets, games, song.
Webelos den activities and
pack administration. Leaders
are invited to bring a craft
idea if would like.
Registration is at 8:30 a.m.
The fee of $2.50 will cover
materials used and the Pow
Wow patch. Leaders may
bring a sack lunch or order
lunches to be brought in.
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KEN ANSVILLE JAYCEES
CEREBRAL PALSY DRIVE
Jan. 19,1981
A Duplin County pledge record was established
with a total of SI,230 collected by the Kenansville
Jaycees this past weekend for the United Cerebral
Palsy Telethon. The telethon began Saturday,
January 17 and ended at 7 p.m. on Sunday, the
18th.
Chuck Helton, chairman of the 191)1 Duplin
county drive, said 1981 was the biggest year ever
fbt {ho Kenasville Jaycees. He wished to express
his thanks to all who donated to the worthy cause
and to the Jaycee members who worked during
the telethon.
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