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#VOL. XXXXVNO. 13 USPS 162 860 KENANSVILLE, NC 28349 MARCH26. 1981 16 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
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Duplin School
.Budget Approved
The Duplin County Board
of Education approved a
school budget for fiscal 1982
last week that will cost
county taxpayers S2.450.133.
The proposal calls for an
increase of some $330,000
above the fiscal 1981 school
budget.
A Proposed for the 1982
capital outlay, budget is
$265,761. The system re
ceived $231,000 for the cur
rent capital outlay. The new
capital outlay budget in
cludes no request fdr pur
chase of land or construction.
Proposed for the fiscal
1982 current expense budget
is $2,184,372.
The proposal calls for a 5%
a across-the-board salary in
^ crease if the state approves
such a step for state-paid
school employees.
Eight new county-paid
positions are proposed. Six
positions now funded by
Comprehensive Employment
and Training Act funds are to
be transferred to county
funding due to the expected
demise of tile CETA pro
gram. These are teacher
aides and librarians working
to meet reequirements of
accreditation by the Southern
Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools. Salaries
of the six total $39,872 a
year, not including fringe
benefits. The budget also
asks for one new guidance
counsellor with salary and
fringes totaling 519,433 per
year and one maintenance
worker for the carpentry
shop. Exact salary was un
specified.
The proposed $52,070 for
instructional supplies more
than doubles the currently
budgeted figure of $24,000.
The state supplies $13.50 per
child in all grades for in
structional supplies, plus an
additional $6 per child for
pupils in kindergarten
through third grade.
Proposed for updating
equipment and meeting in
creased telephone rates is
$15,000, an increase of
$8,800 above the current
budget.
Major capital outlay pro
posal is $50,000 for a system
computer.
Other proposals for equip
ment include $20,000 for two
trucks and $20,000 for two
tractors and mowers and a
special education van with
/lift for wheel chairs, $17,000.
In other action, the board
rejected a proposal to turn
the former Kenansville Ele
mentary School building and
its site over to the county.
Outgoing board member
Frederick Rhodes made the
motion and Patricia Brodrick
seconded it. They voted for
it, E.L. Boyette and Graham
Phillips voted against and
Jimmy Strickland abstained.
Board Chairman Boyette
then declared the motion had
failed.
The board also voted to
meet once a month during
June, July, August and De
cember instead of twice a
month. On the other months,
it will meet on the first and
third Tuesdays as at present.
Hilbert Swinson, assistant
principal of Beulaville Ele
mentary School, who was
elected to the board in No
vember 1980 to take office at
its first meeting in April,
resigned his Beulaville posi
tion effective April 3, which
will be four days before he is
sworn in as a board member
to succeed Rhodes.
A summer migrant chil
dren's school program will
be conducted from June 27 to
July 31 at North Duplin
Elementary School. Kinder
garten through sixth grade
instruction will be offered.
Funding of $32,000 will come
from the state's migrant
education program. Between
100 and 125 students are
expected to participate.
?Duplin Board Objects
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The Duplin County Board
tfk of Commissioners objected
last week to the state De
partment of Transportation
proposal to repave a rural
road instead of paving a
portion of one of the county's
dirt roads.
Garland Garrett, district
highway commissioner, told
the board the county has
$124,269 in state road bond
money for 1981. He sug
gested applying $45,000 to
^ spot stabilization on 12 dirt
roads used by school buses,
$14,269 for road additions, to
improve emergency unit
driveways, and $<>5,000 tor
repaying and widening State
Road 1002 between Albert
son and the Lenoir County
line, a distance of 2.9 miles.
The county commissioners
accepted all but the proposed
repaving project ..
The highway official said
the department would review
the proposal and come up
with paving or stabilizing the
areas of cf.it roads instead.
Commissioner D. J.
Fusscll said he thought the
bond money should be used
"to get people out of the
mud."
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Following the meeting,
Billy Isom of the Department
of Transportation in Raleigh
said the Transportation
Board last week approved
the rebuilding or replace
ment of the burned out
bridge over Rockfish Creek
near Wallace. The bridge
was destroyed by fire in
January.
Construction of the pro
posed senior citizens center
was delayed by failure of
Kenansviile to issue a build
ing permit because the
building would elminate
seven parking places. When
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the new county library opens
next month, board members
said 45 parking places will be
added in the vicinity of the
proposed center and they
hope that will allow Kenans
vilie to grant the building
permit.
The county has $50,000 for
material for the center.
James Sprunt Community
College building trades class
will supervise the project and
work release prisoners from
the Kenansville Youth Cor
rection Center of the state
Department of Corrections
will do the construction work.
Smith I
Selected
t For
Marietta
National
David Curtis Smith, a
painter and the visiting artist
at James Sprunt Technical
College in Kenansville. has
^ recently been notified of his
P acceptance into '"The
Marietta National "81." This
marks the second time he has
been honored by having his
work selected for this dis
tingushed exhibit. Smith's
painting was one of 70 works
selected from more than
2,000 entries from across the
United States.
The 14th annual Marietta
. College Competitive Exhibi
p tion of Painting and Scul
pture will be held at the
Grover M. Hermann Fine
Arts Center in Marietta.
Ohio, and will be open to the
public April 5 through May
10.
Smith is also coordinating
an art exhibit this spring of ,
four North Carolina artists.
The exhibit will be held in
conjunction with the JSTC
spring festival, and will run
P from April 21 through May 5
in the foyer of the Hoffler
Building and will be open to
the public during school
hours.
ALBERTSON SOFTBALL
The Albert son Recreatior
Center is beginning th<
spring softball leagues foi
women and men. If inter
I ested. call Tom Turner at
568-3982 or 568-7787 (day
time) before April 25th.
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SMITH is shown above with his selected
painting, an oil bn paper, entitled "Midday
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LIBERTY CART RECEIVES GRANT - Senator Harold
Hardison of Deep Run presents Rich Boyd, producing
director of THE LIBERTY CART, with a grant in the
amount ofSIO.OOO for the Duplin County production. Judy
Barringer, executive director of North Carolina Theatre
Arts, funding agency for the grant, is pictured at the right.
Liberty Cart Receives
State Theatre Grant
A N.C. Theatre Arts grant
of S10.000 has been awarded
t*JHE LIBERTY CART, it
fttSDetli announced by Gov!
James B. Hunt Jr. and Sara
W. Hodekins. secretary of
the Department of Cultural
Resources. It was among
grants totaling more than
$147,000 given to 14 non
profit, professional theatres
upon the recommendation of
the Theatre Arts advisory
board.
The grant will be used to
supplement salaries for the
outdoor drama.
In announcing the grants.
Gov. Hunt said that the
money was an important
investment in the economic
as well as cultural life of the
state. "Professional theatre
is exceptionally strong in
North Carolina," he said,
"and the support we give it
pays off by bringing in
tourists and stimulating local
economics."
Mrs. Hodgkins said that
the increase in employment
opportunities for theatre pro
fessionals continues to be of
grpat importance to the Dep
artment of ? GultuWo
Resources.
"It's especially a pleasure
to help create new em
ployment at THE LIBERTY
CART because of the high
production quality and ex
cellent management that the
theatre consistently dis
plays." she said. "We look
forward to many years of
success for this fine drama."
The other Theatre Arts
grants were awarded to:
? $24,000 to Unto
These Hills at Chefokee to
rewire the electrical system
and construct new scenery.
? $4,500 to the Southern
Appalachian Repertory
Theatre at Mars Hill to assist
in the development of new
plays and to provide con
tinuing assistance for new
playwrights.
? $8,600 to the N.C.
Shakespeare Festival at High
Point to assist with its annual
residence in Charlotte at
Spirit Square. Another arant
of $ 160 was awarded to the
Sha; ate Festival to
ass.ii the expunHie i ot 'is
audience development
program
? $1,500 to the New
Piedmont Repertory
Company at Winton-Salem
for administrative expenses.
? $10,000 to The Sword
of Peace Summer Celebra
tion at Snow Camp for ad
ministrative salary assis
tance.
$10,000 to Carolina
Regional Theatre at Chapel
Hill and $3,000 to the Touch
Mime Trio at Carrboro for
touring assistance in rural
areas. Carolina Regional
Theatre also received
another $10,000 in general
support, and Touch received
an additional $2,140 to help
publicize and promote its
tours.
? $15,000 to Plavmakers
Repertory Company in
Chapel Hill to provide in
creased job opportunities for
professional performers
during the winter and spring
months. In addition Stewart
Theati at >CSL' in
V s av ar.it HOI- re
enabre if r"> Ml/* the Play
makers Repertory Company
spring production as part of
its scries.
? $8,000 to Strike at the
Wind at Pembroke for salary
and promotional assistance.
$4,000 to The Lost Colony
at Mantco to install a new
theatre intercommunications,
system.
? $13,942.60 to Flat
Rock Playhouse to assist in
the installation of new seat
ing and to purchase new
sound equipment. ?
? $10,000 to Horn in the
West at Bmine to produce a
new sound taoe and to assist
w ith managerial salaries.
? $6,000 to First For
Freedom at Halifax to pur
chase lighting equipment
and provide salary assis
tance.
Money for these grants
was provided by the N.C.
General Assembly.
Seven Firemen Injured In Faison Blaze
Seven firemen were in
jured in a fire in Faison
Sunday which caused an
estimated $60,000 damage to
the historic Virginius Wil
liams home.
Hampton Hobbs. 36. was
taken to Duplin General Hos
pital after being knocked un
conscious. He was reported
in satisfactory condition.
Hobbs and Willie Powell. 36.
were going up the back stairs
of the home when the plaster
ceiling fell on them. Powell
was treated at the Mount
Olive Medical Center for
bruises and smoke inhalation
and released on Sunday.
Velburn Brewer. 36. was
knocked oft a ladder and
to the Medical Center for
treatment of bruises and re
leased Sunday night.
Four other firemen suf
fered from smoke inhalation
and exhaustion, but were not
taken to the hospitals. They
were treated on the scene by
Dr. Hervey Kornegay of
Mount Olive. The fire was
reported at 3:34 p.m.
The 20-room house was
built in 1926. It had been
turned into four apartments,
only one of which was
rented. The renter, a long
distance truck driver, was in
California. The fire was re
ported to have started in the
occupied apartment. When
firemen arrived, they had to
fight through a think pall of
smoke.
The Mount Olive and
Calypso fire departments
were called to assist the
Faison department. Firemen
stayed on the scene for six
hours.
Fire Chief Glenn Jernigan
called it the worst structural
fire in Faison since 1977.
A chimney fire damaged
the home of Dennis M.
Sholar near Pin Hook on
Sunday afternoon. The Chin
quapin Fire Department ex
tinguished the blaze.
Damage was estimated at
$3,000. Fire Chief Milo
Pickett said the unlined
cinder block chimney blew
apart.
Two fires were reported
Saturday in Warsaw. The
first occurred in the Jake
Mann residence which was
destroyed with a loss esti
mated at $15,000. The house
caught fire from a heater,
according to W.C. Martin, a
Warsaw fireman.
The second fire caused
about $5,000 in damages to
the Norman Best home. No
one was home when the fire
started. Fire Chief Frank
Steed said the fire started
where a wood-burning heater
pipe entered the chimney.
BBTC No Longer To Collect
Bills For Carolina Telephone
Effective March 31,
Branch Banking and Trust
Co. offices in Warsaw and
Faison will no longer act as
collecting agents for Carolina
Telephone.
W.S. Richardson, Carolina
Telephone's district
commercial manager, said,
"Due to the rising costs of
operations, Carolina
Telephone and Branch
Banking and Trust have
mutually agreed to discon
tinue collections for
telephone bills at these loca
tions.
Richardson said, "For the
convenience to our cus
tomers, we include
addressed envelopes in their
bills so that they can mail
payments to us. This will
save customers time, gaso
line and other travel costs.''
Final Dixie Youth Tryouts To Be Held
The second and final try
outs for the Kenansville
Dixie Youth League will be
held on Saturday, March 28
at the Kenansville Mrnicipal
Park at 10 a.m. Any young
ster who will be eight years
old before August 1 can try
out. However, they cannot be
13 years old before August 1.
Each youngster must have an
athletic permit signed by his
parent before trying out. A
permit can be obtained at the
Town Hall or at the field on
Saturday.
There are approximately *
20 positions to be filled on
this year's teams. Fifteen
youngsters attended the ini
tial session on March 21.
This will be the final tryout
and a youngster must attend
one tryout to be placed on a
team. Members who played
' last year are automatically on
the same teams this year.
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