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ittp Iktplm mt&im*# PROGRESS SENTINEL VOL. XXXXV NO.26 USPS 162 860 ' KENANSVILLE. NC 28349 JUNE 18, 1981 18 PAGES THIS WEEK ' 10CENTS PLUS TAX JAMES KENAN STUDENTS ATTEND PRESIDENTIAL CLASSROOM - During the week of June 13-20, several James Kenan High School students will be attending the summer session of a Presidential Classroom for roung Americans. The program is being held on the campus of mm www w in mi i -yrnmmmm the American University in Northwest Washington, D.C. ^ Selected to attend this program for their leadership qualities and academic standing: (L-R) Allen Roper, LeAnn Costin, Todd Bowden, Patrick Bell and Michael Anderson. Boards Discuss Wallace \ Library Finances A long discussion con cerning the operation and financial status of the Thelma Dingus Bryant Library in Wallace resulted in no action fiy cthi-r !ne town board of commissioners or the library board of trustees Thursday night. Neither board made any request of the other during the discussion. Underlying the discussion was a funding problem re sulting from a reduction in the town's support of the library last year. The. library board had insisted it needed three full-time employees at the library. The 1980-81 budget salary budget of S22.625 provided money for two full-time and one half time positions. The library had been oper ating with a three-member staff. Its salary budget was cut about $3,000 from the preceding year. of money to pay salaries on June 4. The town board appropriated $850 from con tingency funds last month to pay only the two full-time employees through the fiscal year ending June 30. The town board contended the library would have had suf ficient money for the fiscal year if it had worked the third employee on a part time basis as it had been scheduled to do. The library's money prob lems were compounded by vandalism through the winter. In addition to damag ing furnishings, the vandals ?ci a thermostat to 94 de grees from its normal 68-72 degrees. This caused utility costs, already higher than budget allotments Tug tn gjj~~n increases, to soar during a two-week period the building was closed. The town board took $1,500 out of contin gency funds in April to keep the library operating through the fiscal year. The extra money was limited to paying extra utilities only. The library board had asked for an additional $3,000 for utilities and salaries. Library Board Member Winifred Wells told the town board the library has some money from a trust fund usually used to buy books, i'he said this money will be * uses lo pay the third em ployee for the remainder of the fiscal year. Mayor Melvin Cording s said the proposed 1981-82 s budget provides money to ' p?y. three library employe,*. "InopeVe can keep this in a the budget." he added. The 1981-82 budget pro- ^ poses $37,980 for the library, including $26,200 for sala ries. The salary proposal is b $3,600 higher than the budgeted amount for the 1980-81 year. The town board adopted a carnival ordinance pro viding only non-profit or ganizations can sponsor car nivals in the city. The ordi nance also bars games of chance. Bryant Henderson, Beth Phillips and Betty Matthews were reappointed to the three-year terms on the town c recreation board. s I James Kenan High School t Scholarships Awarded According to Judy Hunter, counselor, the following scholarships were received by the James Kenan 1981 graduates: Regina Arnette - Presi dential Scholarship to attend Mount Olive College in the amount of SI,500. Kim Austin - William Randolph Hearst Scholarship in the amount of $1,500, the Anna Foster Memorial Scholarship from Modern Matrons Club in the amount of $200, and Delta Sigma Theta Sororitv, Goldsboro chapter, $350. Pam Brock - Extension Homemakers Scholarship for $800. Amelia Carlton. Presiden tial Scholarship to Campbell University, $1,000 per year for a total of $4,000. Wanda Costin - 4-H De velopment Fund for $500. Teresa Emery - Admis sions Scholarship to attend Campbell University at $800 per year for a total of $3,200. Pam EzzcU - Faculty Scholarship to MOC, $750. Bernita Kea - N.C. In surance Agents Association Scholarship, sponsored by Carlton Insurance Agency of Warsaw, $1,000. Donna Kennedy - Patsy Howard Memorial Scholar ship given by Beta Eta chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa, $200. Sonya Kernstine - Justen's Foundation, SS00. Julia Spicer - Morehead Scholarship to attend UNC CH (She is the first girl from James Kenan to receive this honored award. It pays for four years of college study and summer trips and out ward hound adventures.) for a total of $22,000. 1 Wanda Costin - Pepsi- ' Cola, $200. Darron Ezzell - Hasty Me- r morial Football Award, $100. ^ Regina Arnette - Louis P. ^ Boyette Memorial, from the a Warsaw Business and Pro- ' fessional Women's Club, c $500. J Eddie Moore - Rotary Scholarship, $500. Sony a Kernstine - Kenan s Scholarship, $4,800. > James E. Frederick - g Kenan Athletic Award, $100. n The grand total of merit ti awards received by James r it en an graduates of 1981 amounted to $42,700. r a First Patsy Howard Memorial Scholarships Awarded The Beta Eta chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa has re cently announced recipients of the Patsy Howard Me morial Scholarship. According to Elizabeth P. Holly, president, the chapter is awarding scholarships to Donna Kennedy of Kenans ville and Ramona Page of Burgaw. The membership of the chapter comes from Pender and Duplin counties. This is the first time a scholarship has been awarded by the chapter. The scholarship is in memory of a deceased member, Patsy Howard, who taught in I ??BH ? ? ?- ~ | Kenansville. Donna Kennedy is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver A. Kennedy of Kenansville and a graduate of James Kenan High School and a former student of Patsy Howard. She plans to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and enroll in a course of study in the medical field. While a student at James Kenan, she was a marshal, secretary ot tne student council, and treasurer of the Junior Beta Oub. Ramona Page, a graduate of Pender High School, is the I daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Haywood M. Page of Burgaw, and is an accom plished pianist. She will attend the University of North Carolina at Greens boro and plans to major in music. Miss Page was in ducted in both the Junior and Senior Beta Clubs, was mar shal, and was a Morehead Scholarship nominee. She participated in the band for six years and was a lieu tenant during her junior and senior years. The Patsy Howard Me morial Scholarship commit tee is composed of Edna i Earle Brinson, chairman; Sally Jo Houston, Bettie B. ii Hawes, Norma M. Swann ti and Frances J. Lindler. Kewara uttered in Jernigan Murder Gov. James B. Hunt Jr. * announced last Thursday that the state was offering a 11 reward of up to $5,000 for v information leading to the arrest and conviction of those 11 responsible for the slaying of Inez Quinn Jernigan, owner j? of Jernigan Tractor Co. in lb ienansville, who was found eaten and stabbed to death i her home near Kenans ilte. Anyone having informa on about the case should tntact the Duplin County herift's Department or tne BI. Board Of Education Adopts 81-82 Budget The Duplin County Board f Education adopted a 981-82 budget calling for 2,471.194 from county tax mds last week. The total will be $76,000 tore than the system re eived from county tax funds ist week. The total will be $76,000 lore than the system re eived from county tax funds or the 1980-81 fiscal year, lowever, the total is 225,539 less than what the loard had requested from he county commissioners, he board of education pre tares a proposed school mdget for the county com nissinners who have the ultimate power of the purse. The county commissioners can accept, reject, reduce or increase the proposal of the school board. The $76,000 will fund a salary increase for county paid school employees at the same level as state paid employees, C.H. Yelverton, county superintendent, re ported. If the state fails to increase teachers' salaries by the expected 4-5%, the money will be used else where in the system. Board Chairman Graham Phillips voted against the budget on grounds $50,000 for a computer system should v be used for other purposes. The proposed computer system would mesh with a state system now being de veloped. E.L. Boyette made the motion to adopt the budget. Patricia Broadrick seconded, after saying she did not believe the board should attempt to persuade the county commission to increase its appropriation. Boyette, Broadrick, Jimmy Strickland and Joe Swinson voted for it. The board passed a reso lution to the county com mission asking that $200,000 a year, or more if available, be put into a school con struction fund. Yelverton commented, "In the past, we have had the money to run a good school system without any fat in it so any reductions now mean cutting programs." He noted the Duplin system will be on proba tionary accreditation status with the Southern Associa tion of Schools and Colleges because of a fund request reduction of $33,000 by the county commission. The money would have paid for library aides and secretaries required by the association for accreditation. The posi tions have been paid by Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). Warsaw Sewage Bids To Be Opened Bids for the long-proposed Yarsaw sewage treatment ilant will be opened July 9 ly the Warsaw town board, he board decided last week. The town has been under a onstruction limitation for eveial years pending con truction of a new sewage reatment plant. Cost of the project will be ibout $2 million, of which the own will pay 12.5 percent, 'oters authorized a $400,000 ond issue two years ago. In addition to receiving ids on the treatment plant. the board will receive sepa rate bids on a 12-inch outfall sewer line from the west side of town to the new plant on the southeast side of the city. Its construction will be authorized if bids remain within the available funding, Town Administrator Alfred Herring said. . The board, also ac -epted bids for rehaMfH?tioiTi?Mta^ houses as part of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grant program. The grant of $417,000 provided funds for repairing 36 houses. The five involved bring the total repaired or being repaired to 19. Robert Green was low bidder at $9,672 for a house at 108 E. George St. and $9,227 for one at 808 S. Pine St. William Frederic was low bidder at $9,009 for repair of a house at 307 S. Pine St. ?tfbbert'Carr was few bidder at $10,805 for a house at 801 S. Pine. James Frederick was low bidder at $9,105 for repair of a house at 802 S. Pine St. The board also voted to seek another HUD grant of $488,000 for repair of 45 houses in the North Front Street area. Fuel bids were opened and Blackburn Oil Co. of Warsaw received the contract for vehicle fuel on a base bid of $1,189 per gallon, with the price to be adjusted up or 4gwn according to the market price. Pargas of Warsaw and Smith Gas Co. of Magnolia received the contract for liquid petroleum gas at 74 cents a gallon. Rose Hill Board Approves 'Largest Ever' Budget The Rose K:U board of ommissioners approved a 11,305,700 budget, de scribed by Mayor Bell tarrell, as the "city's largest :ver," last week. He said the reason for its ize is a $817,000 grant from he U.S. Department of lousing and Urban Develop nent. With the grant de lucted, the normal operating ludget figure will be 1488,700, about $6,000 arger than the 1980-81 ludget. The grant funds will fi lance rehabilitation of 35 louses, demolition of 10 louses, and water, sewer nd paving improvements on 2 blocks, all in the Yellow utt area of northern Rose till. Bids will be received June 9 for rehabilitation the first ix houses by McDavid Associates, consulting en [ineering firm, which will nake recommendations tp he board at its next regular neeting July 14. The town tax rate will" emain at 70 cents per $100 ssessed valuation for the econd year in succession, assessed valuation of the swn is $15 million. The :vey brings in 105,000. An wner of a $50,000 home will ay $350 in real property ixes this fall. The board, however, did tcrease the garbage collec on fee $1 per month, which will bring in an additional $6,000 a year to meet in creased garbage pick-up costs. Commissioner Keith Hinson suggested the board investigate the possibility of contracting for garbage col lection with a private opera tor. "When we spend $27,000 to buy a garbage truck and the cost increase 20-30 percent, we're just spinning our wheels. ? We give less service, and it costs more. 1 think other small towns should also seek an outside concern." Woody Brinson of Kenansville, a consultant with McDavid Associates and former Kenansville ad ministrator. said garbage trucks in many small towns are only used about 16 hours a week, a small amount of use for a $40,000 investment. By a 3-1 vote, the board approved transferring a Comprehensive Employment and Training Act position as police dispatcher to the city payroll at an annual salary ol $6,968. Voting for the pro posal were Commissioners Jerry Cottle, Clarence Brown and Clayton Jerring Jr. Op posing the step was Hinson. The approved construction of a 50-by-100-foot shop and storage facility property owned by the city on the Lake Tut Road. Cost will be about $30,000. The board directed Town Clerk C.T. Fussell to order 700 city vehicle license tags and 200 decals (for vehicles without a place to put a city tag on thefront) for next year. No price was placed on , the tags, however. The CETA program is being eliminated. Benjamin J. Matthews was hired as principal or the Rose Hill-Magnolia Elementary School to succeed Charles Slemenda, who has been named principal of the Wal lace-Rose Hill High School. Matthews is coming to Duplin County from Camp bell College, where he is supervising teacher training. The boards next regular meeting will be at 8 p.m. July 7. It plans to meet once a month in July. August and December. The board nor mally meets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. JAMES SPRUNT RECEIVES THIRD YEAR SAFETY AWARD - Oscal Lambert, JSTC electrical installation instructor end safety officer, was presented a certificate of safety achievement from the N.C. Department of Labor. Lambert, left, is being congratulated k by James Sprunt President Carl Price, right, for safety efforts at the technical college. The certificate recognized James Sprunt for a third consecutive year in (he area of on-the-iob safety. )
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