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PROGRESS SENTINEL VOL. XXXXV NO. 1? USPS 162-860 # KENANSVILLE. NC28349 APRIL23. 1981 16 PAGES THIS uupf* .n^-rc O, T.V . ivvwii |0 rLV>0 inA School Chairman Attacks Regulations Dr. E. L. Boyette ended his one-year term as chair man of the Duplin County Board of Education at last week's meeting with a state ment assailing state school regulations for stifling efforts to achieve educational ex cellence. "It's immoral to allow the child to leave the first grade without knowing the alpha bet. phonics and a good degree of reading ability," he stated. "The 'see-say' method should be see-and begone. Homework should be part of the educational system." Boyette's statement ques tioned the value of the kin dergarten and 12th grades, both of which are required by the state. Boyette also said children should be allowed to advance through the grades as rapidly as possible. "A chad's time is a terrible tiling to waste." he declared. The board named Graham Phillips as chairman to suc ceed Boyette and Patricia Broadrick as vice chairman to succeed Phillips. Hilbert A. Swinson was sworn into his term on the board by John A. Johnson, clerk of court. Swinson won the seat in May 1980. He was unopposed in the November general election. The former assistant principal of Beula villc Elementary School suc ceeds Fred Rhodes, who he defeated in the May. 1980. election. Future board mem bers will be sworn into office during the first meeting in December following election. Board members now are elected to four-year terms instead of the six-year terms of the past. The board also adopted the 1981-82 school calendar call ing for the first day of school to be August 31. ten days later than in 1981. The last day of school w ill be June 4, 1982. one dav earlier than in 1981. To achieve the shorter school schedule, one week was removed from the Christmas vacation period. The next Christmas vacation period will begin Dec. 23, School will resume Jan. 4. Assistant Superintendent Gary Sanderson reported 30 seniors in the school system still have failed to pass one or more parts of the compe tency tests. He said they will have one more chance to pass the tests. Successful completion of the tests is required for a high school diploma. Superintendent C. H. Yel vertorv reported Neal Carl ton. principal of Wallace Rose Hill High School the last 13 years, will retire at the end of the present school year. DEDICATION - The Plainview Medical Center and the Brown Terrace Housing Development in Greenevers were dedicated on Saturday, April 18. Pictured are: Ada Fisher, former director of the Plainview Medical Center, Alex Brown, mayor of Greenevers, and James T. Johnson, state director of the Farmers Home Administration. ?? ? State Official Explains 7 Route Of Interstate 40 Weight of traffic and cost of purchasing buildings were cited as principal reasons for constructing a new highway route rather than following U.S. 421 for the Interstate 40 extension, district highway engineer Ted Funderburk Funderburk was ques tioned by the Wallace Rotary Gub members following his talk on the state highway situation before the club. Funderburk's 3rd highway district includes Duplin, Pender. New Hanover and Brunswick counties. Answering a question of J.D. Teachey about the rout ing of the new highway. Funderburk said U.S. 117 now carries about three times the traffic of U.S. 421. The proposed 1-40 extension will roughly follow the route of U.S. 117 to northern Duplin County where it will turn westward toward Ben son. He said the right of way frofn "Benson to Raleigh "Wfs been purchased. He said most of the right of way has been obtained be tween Benson and Wilming ton and work has begun on portions of this route. Funderburk also said that extensive building has oc cured along the route of U.S. 421, and the purchase of these homes, businesses and outbuildings would be ex cessively costly. Teachey also asked about the destruction of prime farm land involved in the new route, Funderb.irk said no matter what route is taken for the toad, some good farm land will be destroyed as both Duplin and Sampson counties are hcaviK farmed ' ^.Jj.'-xtends most o* t'i; * M, x -d-Ulh TergtM ?yf Sampson County. Funderburk also stated Wilmington and Morehead < City are the onlv eastern seaboard ports of any size that do not have interstate highway connections. Concerning highwav maintenance and repair, he said the commission headed by former Gov. Dan K. Moore determined $250 mil lion a year is needed just for this work. Jerry Powell commented the automobile sales tax is unfair as thi amount of tax on a low-priced car. a high priced car or a $40,000 tractor is the same at $125. Funderburk said some changes in the automotive sales tax ?.e under con *Y 'h'rarum Fuiiuerburk said 2b miles of the MO extension are being prepared for paving in Pender County. However, no paving contracts have been let, he added. He also told the group a concrete bridge will be built to replace the burned-out bridge over a creek between Wallace and the Wallace airport as soon as the con tractual procedure can be completed. Warsaw Board Ponders Rezonina Petition After hearing arguments from several residents last week, the Warsaw town board took under advisement a petition to rezone a lot from restricted business classifi cation back to residential. Sixteen town residents at tended the meeting, the largest attendance since the recreation park discussion las October. Tommy Phillips owns the property. He argued the property should be left in the restricted business classifi cation. It was rezoned to this classification about a year ago. At the time it was re zoned. no one appeared to protest the step. Property across the street. Wards Bridge Road, is zoned restricted business. Rick Summerlin's petition to have an adjacent lot re zoned from residential to restricted business classifi cation was rejected by the board in January, following a show of opposition from town residents. Joe Costin. w;ho wants the f Phillips lot rezoned to resi dential. said nearby residents do not know what kind of business might build on the property and fear some businesses could lower their property values. In other business, the board directed Commis sioner Frank Steed to inform the high bidder for the former city hall property that the building is in bad con dition and must be repaired or torn down within a year. The board feels the building poses a danger to passers-by as bricks from the walls could fall on them. The high bidder on the property is Bessie Jones. She submitted a bid of $4,296.63 for the property. The city was given the property by Branch Bank & Trust Co. when it moved into a new building on U.S. 117. The city used the structure as a city hall until three years ago when it erected a new city hall. Since that time, the old bank building has de teriorated. w WARSAW PARK NEARS COMPLETION - The kiddie park area, shown above with its timber exerciser, the lighted ballfields. two tennis courts, concession stand and parking area for the Warsaw Recreation Park are expected to be competed this week. Hardison Discusses Bills Bills that would provide "a k sort of state revenue ' sharing" for the state's mu nicipalities are being con sidered in the House and Senate, state Senator Harold Hardlson told the Duplin Municipal Association at their meeting in Rose Hill Thursday night. Hardison represents Duplin, Lenoir and Jones counties and is chairman of the senate appropriations ' committee. He said the bills. Senate ? ? i Bill 46 and House Bill 63, would provide municipalities one-tenth of 1 percent of the state's general fund receipts or about S3 million a year at present if they arc approved by both chambers. "This is not a panacea, but it would set a precedent in the state," he said. Hardison noted the ap proximately S3 million pro posed in the bills would just about equal the loss in Powell Bill funds due to the decreased state gasoline tax revenue. Under the Powell Bill one cent of the state's gasoline tax reverts to the municipalities for street up keep. DST Returns Sunday Daylight Savings Time re turns this weekend. Move your clock ahead an hour before retiring Saturday night. Spring Up . . . Fall Back . . . J Magnolia Board Names Melvin Pope New Mayor The question of who is the mayor of Magnolia was settled for the remaining two and a half years of the current term last week when the town board of commis sioners named Mayor Pro Tern Melvin Pope to the post. The confusion initially arose when Marjorie Pickett, who had been elected mayor without opposition, refused to be sworn into the office. More than a year later, she came before Duplin County Gerk Johnson A. Johnson and was sworn into the office. She took the mayor's seat for the March 1980 town board meeting. The state attorney gen eral's office aavised the town, however, that a person elected to an office became disqualified after refusing to be sworn in at the regular time and thus the office was vacant. Pope, the former mayor, had not run again for the post but instead sought and won a seat on the town board. The board named him mayor pro tem and in that position he served as acting mayor until the Tuesday night action. The board appointed Clifton Chestnutt to fill Pope's unexpired board term. Commissioner H.L. Howard resigned and Charles Bowman was ap pointed to complete his term which expires in November. A .bid of S3.193 from Seegars Fence Co. of Golds boro to install fence around the tennis courts in the new recreation park was ac cepted. The board approved the first reading of the Clear Tel Cable Television franchise proposal. The final reading will come up at the board's May 12 meeting. Genealogy Workshop | ine continuing education department of James Sprunt Technical College in cooper ation with the Duplin His torical Society will sponsor a six-hour workshop in genea logical research on Saturday, April 25th from 9 a.m. to 12 noon and 2-4 p.m. in the auditorium of the Hoffler Y Building. J he workshop will be de signed for those who wish to improve their current skills or add to their knowledge of research methods. Leader will be Mrs. Lora Hattie McEachern of Wilmington, a researcher, well known throughout the area. There will be a $5 regis tration fee I )
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