- i PROGRESS SENTINEL ^ VOL. XXXXV NO. 16 USPS 182 880 KENANSVILLE, NC 28349 APRIL9 1981 16 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX Duplin Budget .Hearings To Begin The Duplin County Board of Commissioners will begin hearing budget requests for the 1981-82 county budget on Tuesday, April 14 at 7 p.m. when Joe Costin will present the Health Department budget request. At 7:15, Christine Williams is to pre ? sent the Register of Deeds office budget request, and at 7:45, Leland Grady, the tax collector office. At 8 p.m., John Gurganious of the Duplin Development Com mission, and at 8:30 Kenneth Futreal of the Soil and Water Conservation office, and at 8:45 p.m., Millie Brown will present the Social Service office budget requests. Wednesday, April 15, be ginning at 7 p.m., Frank Mooore, tax supervisor, will present his requests, at 7:15, Lois Britt of the Agricultural Extension office, and at 7:30, Robbie Hatcher, at 7:45, Mqry Gardner of the Arts Council, at 8 p.m., Bobbie Williams of the County Li brary at 8:15, Hiram Brin son of the Emergency Ser vices, at 8:45, Stacy Smith of the County Maintenance, at 9 p.m., David Underhill of the Sanitary Landfill, at 9:30, A1 Dixon of the Community Development Water project will present their requests. On Thursday, April 16, at 7 p.m., Rob Lee of James Sprunt Technical College and at 7:45 p.m., the Board of Education will present their budget requests. On Wednesday, April 22, beginning at 7 p.m., Claude Hepler of the Elections Board, 7:15 p.m., Mildred Mathis of the building sani tation, 7:30 p.m., Waltei Brown of the Aging and Nutrition; 7:45, Lethco Wrenn of the Vocational Rehabilitation, at 8 p.m., the Forest Fire Service, at 8:15 p.m., Richard Harrell of Duplin General Hospital, at 8:45, Dr. E. J. Raman of the Duplin-Sampson Mental Health, at 9 p.m., Forrest Blanton, dog warden, and 9:15, Elwood Revelle sheriff and at 9:30 the Oak Wolfe Fire Department will present their budget requests. ,5,201 Names Purged From Voter List The Duplin County votei registration books have beer purged as required by law Gaude Hepler, county elec tion board supervisor, saic ?5,201 names have been re ^moved, with 4,481 beinf Democrats, 586 Republican: and 134 unaffiliated. The books now contain 16,34" registered voters. A 1968 law requires the books be purged every foul years following a genera: election. It requires, a-par son's name be removed ii that person has not voted foi ?four years unless a good reason for not voting can be shown. This is the first time Duplin County's registration f books have been purged , since the law was enacted in this manner. Previously county election officials had I met with precinct officials after each general election to , remove names of persons ! who were known to have . moved or who had died. r Following the purging. ? precinct and town totals are: . Warsaw precinct, 1,040, r leaving 2,132 on the books; I Warsaw town, 112 purged, leaving 1,189; Faison Pre p" cinct, *407 purged leaving 753; Faison town, 35 purged. I leaving 362 registered voters; Calypso Precinct, 64 , purged, leaving 438; Town of i Calypso, 12 removed, leaving 225; Wolfscrape Pre cinct had 187 purged, leaving 683; Albertson Precinct had 54 purged, leaving 595; Glisson Precinct, 90 purged, leaving 470; Smith Precinct had 54 purged, leaving 595; Cabin Precinct, 24 purged, leaving 257; Hallsville Pre cinct had 75 purged, leaving 539; Beulaville Precinct had 560 purged, leaving 1,345; the Town of Beulaville had 17 purged, leaving 565; Cedar Fork Precinct had 18 purged, leading 368; Cypres CreCk Precinct had 221 purtfed> leaving 673; Chinquapin Precinct had 123 purgeif, leaving 618; Locklin Precinct had 61 purged, leaving 311; Charity Precinct had 112 purged, leaving 711; Wallace Precinct had 1,104 purged, leaving 2,081; the Town of Wallace had 139 purged, leaving 1,175; Rockfish Pre cinct had 82 purged, leaving 586; the Town of Teachey had 14 purged, leaving 94. Rose Hill Precinct had 37 purged, leaving 1,170; The Town of Rose Hill had 20 purged, leaving 664; Mag nolia Precinct had 215 purged, leaving 744; the Tgtm af Magnolia had -2# i purged, leaving 299; Ke nansville Precinct had 360 purged, leaving 1,546; and the Town of Kenansville had 21 purged, leaving 448 registered voters. Duplin Kindergarten Registration Begins This Month The Duplin County Public Schools urge parents to register all children who will attend kindergarten for the school year 1981-82. The North Carolina law and the Duplin County Board of Education have estab lished certain entry require ments. ? It is necessary for you to comply with these require ments which are listed: 1) Immunizations - diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough vaccine; polio vaccine; red measles (rubeola) and Ger man measles (rubella); mumps is recommended. Immunizations must be completed prior to enroll ment in the Fall-1981. Early registration will give time to have all requirements com pleted. Please bring immunization record. 2) A birth certificate or other satisfactory evidence ol date of birth is required. To meet age requirements, the child muit be five years old on or before October 16, 1981. Please bring birth certificate. 3) A physical examination including the TB skin test is required. The physical exam should be completed and taken to the schools on or before the opening day of school for 1981. 4.) The kindergarten registration schedule for each school is from 8:30 a.m. through 4 p.m. The dates are as follows: B.F. Grady, April 23; Kenansville Elementary, April 23; Beulaville Elemen tary, April 23; Chinquapin II. April 23; Wallace Elemen tary, April 24; North Duplin Elementary, April 24; Rose Hill-Magnolia, April 24; and Warsaw Elementary, Apri Kindergarten children presently enrolled will not attend their respective school the day of kindergarten registration. Cards For Cancer The annual Cards for Cancer will be held at James Sprunt Technical College on Friday, May 1st at 7:30 p.m. with $2.50 per person charge including refreshments, door prizes and an auction. All proceeds will go to the Cancer Fund. For further information, contact Zann Stepp or Beth Brinson in Kenansville. I SAFETY AWARDS - The Warsaw plant of National Spinning Company received safety awards from Liberty Mutual Insurance Company in recognition of 1343,458 accident-free working hours during the time period of Dec. 5, 1979 to Feb. 27, 1981. Plant Manager Fred Archer said ' 1 the Warsaw company "has a good start on next year." Several plant employees received a key case set. Pictured! Marvatee Hall, Ben EUenberg, Archer, Ken Martin. James Houston and Marie Quinn. (Photo by Donna Lanier) M * Jf ,V.'g ? * ATTORNEYS SWORN IN - Duplin County Bar Association increased its membership Friday when two candidates took the oath as attorneys. John Garrett Ludlum of Warsaw and David T. Phillips of Kenansville were sworn in Friday, April 3, 1981, before Superior Court Judge Henry L. Stevens of the 4th Judicial District. Phillips is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Phillips of Kenansville and will be associated with his father in the practice of law. Ludlum is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H.B. Ludlum Sr. of Wilmington and will be associated with Attorney Jene Thompson of Warsaw. Both attorneys graduated from Campbell Law School. Shown are. left to right. Ludlum, Phillips and Judge Stevens. The ceremonies took place in the Duplin County Courthouse. AUXILIARY CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY Duplin General Hospital Auxiliary celebrates its first birthday this month with 51 members who give more than 250 hours per month lo the hospital. Pictured above is Mrs. Joe (Inez) Surratt of Warsaw, a volunteer Auxiliary member. (Photo by Joni Nethercutt) Duplin General Hospital Auxiliary Celebrates Birthday On April 2nd, 1980, seven teen interested citizens gathered at the Kenansville United Methodist Church to discuss the possibility of organizing an auxiliary for Duplin General Hospital, Inc. Among those present were Richard Harrell. hos pital administrator, Mrs. Sonja Hanchey, acting director of nursing at the hospital, Ms. Mary Alice Sherrell, representing the N.C. Hospital Association of Raleigh, and Mrs. Maxine Henderson, district director for hospital auxiliaries of Jacksonville. A steering committee was chosen composed of the following: Mrs. Larry War rington, chairman; Mrs. H.D. Taylor, secretary and treasurer; Mrs. E.C. Tyndall, Mrs. Lo Mit chell, Mrs. Dixon nail and Mrs. Stuart Hall. The steering committee met and with the hospital board's approval, adopted a constitution and by-laws as v. ell as rules and regulations. Jn July 1st. the Auxiliary started their first service to the hospital ? that of de livering the mail to the patients six davs oer week. Since that time, in addition to the distribution of mail, services have expanded and the Auxiliary members are working at the information desk from 2-8 p.m. to direct the visitors as well as to offer information. Just recently a hospitality cart has been bought and stocked with sweets and toilet articles for purchase by the patients and their visitors. Potted plants are sold at the information desk. A successful bake sale in December was the first fund raising project put on by the Auxiliary. An auction is ten tatively planned for April this year. All money made by the Auxiliary will be used to purchase a piece of equip ment for the hospital. At the present time there are 51 members who, to gether. give more than 250 hours per month to the hospital. The present officers are: Mrs. Bob Williams of War saw, president; Mrs. Linda Jeffers of Rose Hill, vice president; Mrs. Troy Mullis of Kenansville, secretary; and Mrs. Gordon Kornegay of Kenansville, treasurer. Committee chairmen are Mrs. E.C. Tyndall, Mrs. Francis Oakley, Mrs. Stuart Hall, all of Kenansville, and Mrs. Gloria Kettlesleger of Turkey. The Auxiliary meets the third Wednesday in each month at 9 a.m. in the hospital cafeteria. More members are needed. If you have time to give to a worthy and needed cause, join the hospital Auxiliary. For in formation. call Mrs. Bob Williams. 293-3193 or Mrs. Stuart Hall, 296-1827. Local Students To Visit NC School Of Science And Math Five students from Duplin County have been selected to visit the campus of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in early April. These students are among 300 high school sophomores who were se lected by the school's ad missions committee from al most 700 nominees. From this group of 300, ISO boys and girls will be selected for admission to the school in f September as juniors. The purpose of the campus visits is to allow prospective students and parents to meet and talk with the faculty, tour facilites. and get acquainted with the Durham community. Each nominee will be giver, a 30-minute interview as part of the selection process. The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics if a statewide state-sup- ? ported residential high school for students gifted and talented in science and mathematics. The students selected from Duplin County are Edward Louis Bert, III. of James Kenan High School; Laura Brooks Hunter of East Duplin, Regina louise Dole son of Wallace-Rose Hill High School, and Phillips Ray Picket and Felicia Ann "Washington, both of James Kenan.