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KENANSVILLE. NC 28349 JULY 30. 1981
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16 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENjTS PLUS TAX
TRUCKLOADS OF MARIJUANA - 28 hundred pounds of it worth an
estimated $300 thousand, was found ,W several cornfields outside
^eulaville Friday. July 24th. Two Beulaville men, Virgil and Virgil (Mayo)
Sanderson, were arrested by Duplin County sheriffs deputies and are
now being held in the Duplin County jail in Kenansville. Bond has been
set at $58,000 each.
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Two Men Arrested Friday
In Seulaville Drug Rdid
Duplin County sheriff's
deputies arrested two Beula
ville men, Virgil Mayo San
derson Sr., 44, and Virgil
(Vick) Mayo Sanderson Jr.,
22, Friday, July 24 on drug
charges after patches of
marijuana were found in a
cornfield at Williams' Cross
roads southwest of Beula
ville.
p Sheriff Elwood Revelle,
who headed the operation,
said his men spotted the
marijuana from an airplane.
Revelle said his officers had
been told some time ago that
someone was growing mari
juana in the area. Last week
they pulled up 400 plants but
found no one in the field.
Deputy Sheriff Glenn Jer
nigan said that some of the
haul Friday had been staked
out and the rest spotted by
airplanes.
The marijuana was found
in five different locations
and the plants averaged six
feet tall. According to Jerni
gan, 28 hundred pounds of
green weight marijuana was
found at an estimated value
of $300,000. "Some had been
harvested, but most of it was
still in the growing stage," '
said Deputy Jernigan. There
were eight pounds of dry
marijuana. "It was easy to
spot," he said. The con
fiscated marijuana will be
destroyed
The sheriff"s department.
S B.I., Highway Patrol and
Beulaville Police Department
aided in the investigation.
Both Sanderson men are
being held in the Duplin
County jail in Kenansville
under five counts of violating
North Carolina controlled
substance laws ranging from
manufacture of marijuana to
conspiracy to manufacture,
sell and deliver marijuana.
They have been unable to
post the bond of $58,000
each.
The Sandersons first
appeared in court on Monday
morning. The preliminary
hearing for the case was set
for August 10.
Costin Tapped Into State 4-H Honor Club
One of the highest honors
in 4-H work was bestowed
Monday night on a Duplin
County youth. Wanda
Costin, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William J. Costin of
ploute 1, Warsaw, was
"tapped" into the state 4-H
Honor Gub in a colorful
candlelight ceremony
marking one of the highlights
of the North Carolina 4-H
Congress in Raleigh.
Membership in the some
1,200-member organization
is a reward for outstanding
service to 4-H work. The
4-H'ers are judged on their
leadership abilities, moral
standards, 4-H activities and
project achievement. Selec
tion is made after careful
study by the Honor Club
members. The tapping is a
distinction that is reserved
for less than one-half of one
percent of the state's 4-H
members.
Wanda has been a 4-H
member for eight years.
During this time she has
received many honors, in
cluding trips to National 4-H
Congress in Chicago as a
state winner in public
speaking long-time record
book, to the American Insti
tute of Cooperatives con
vention in Montana as state
winner in the American
Business System demonstra
tion, and to the Eastern
Regional Engineering Event
in Virginia as state winner in
small engines demonstra
tion.
Wanda is currently serving
as secretary-treasurer for the
southeastern 4-H district and
in 1980 she was named one of
the outstanding senior
4-H'ers in Duplin County.
SEVERAL PASSERSBY STOPPED at
Williams Crossroads outside Beulaville to
get a first-hand look at the confiscated
marijuana. V .st of the marijuana was still in
the green st ge and averaged six feet in
height
Duplin Arts Council
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Receives *6,035 In Grants
The Duplin County Arts
Council has received two
grants from the North Caro
lina Arts Council totalling
$6,035.
A grant of $4,205 was
awarded DCAC through the
Grassroots Arts program. An
additional $1,723 may be
awarded in the fall, pending
action of the North Carolina
Legislature.
Grassroots funds are used
for DCAC's arts-in-the
schools program which last
year reached every student
in the county's school
system, according to DCAC
Director Mary Gardner.
'.'With the help of Grass
roots and funds from the
board of education, the Arts
Council was able to sponsor
performances and residen
cies by nine touring groups
and individual artists in the
schools last year," Ms.
Gardner pointed out. "Stu
dents experienced opera,
puppetry, folk music, dance,
theater and literature
through Arts-in-the
Schools."
To help offset the rising
costs of booking artists for
school and community
events, DCAC also received
$1,830 from the N.C. Touring
Program of the state arts
council. This grant will en
able the arts council to
sponsor performances by the
Byard Ray Traditional String
Band in September; the
Frank Holder Dance
Company in December, and
return visits by the Ward
Phillips Duo.
The Duplin Arts Council is
funded through the county of
Duplin. The board of edu
cation, the state arts council
and private contributions.
GEORGE BLACKMORE'S BARN AND TOBACCO GOES
UP IN SMOKE ? Warsaw firemen answered the call at 4:20
Sunday afternoon about 1 Vi miles north on Highway
1117. The barn was fully engulfed in flames and mostly
.destroyed when the firemen arrived on the scene.
'However, they were able to save two shelters. Blackmore
stated there were about 800 to 900 sticks of "almost
cured" tobacco in the barn. "I opened the barn door to
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check on the tobacco," Blackmore said, "and I saw some <
oil from one of the burners on the ground. . .It had leaked |
out and by the time I closed the door, it just shot up, and in ;
20 minutes or less, the barn and tobacco were gone. . .It
was pretty, too. Cured tobacco will average about two c
pounds to the stick. So I lost the barn and about 1,700 t
pounds of tobacco." s
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Spr'nt Settles Roofing Suit
The James Sprunt Tech
nical College Board of Trus
tees, which earlier found a
20-year bond on a roof meant
little in payment of repairs 10
years later, accepted an out
of-court settlement of a suit
against Owens Corning Fiber
Glass in connection with
faulty shingles.
The school had asked for
$5,870 in damage for alleged
failure of the shingles to hold
up. E.C. Thompson III told
the board the company had
offered to settle for $3,000.
He recommended accep
tance.
The warranty on installa
tion was good for two years.
Cost of the roof repair
project will be $32,360. The
roof on the Herring Building
began leaking several years
ago. About a year ago the
board learned it would have
to replace about half of the
roof.
The board approved 109
employment contracts and
salary increases of 5 percent
to 5.5 percent for all but 29 of
the employees. The 29 al
ready were paid as much or
more than their grade in the
community college pay sche
dule.
James Strickland of War
saw and Jack Williams of
Faison were sworn in to new
four-year terms on the board.
Donna Jones of Rose Hill was
sworn in to a one-year term
as student member of the
board.
Either Sex Deer
Huntina Voted Down
The Duplin County com
missioners voted down an
sither-sex deer hunting
period for the autumn hunt
ing season last week.
The N.C. Wildlive Com
mission must come before
:he county board to request
in either-sex deer season for
ill or part of the county,
iccording to local legislation
originated by the county's
egislators.
Grady Barnes of the Wild
ife Commission appeared
oefore the board to request
in either-sex season to re
luce the excess deer popu
ation of the area south of
"I.C. 24 and east of N.C. 11.
Barnes said Duplin is the
>nly county in the state with
his particular legislation. He
said due to personnel re
luctions, the person as
feigned to keep up with
varying hunting regulations
was no longer with the
commission. As a result,
more than 10,000 pamphlets
listing hunting regulations
state that Duplin has an
either-sex deer season.
The board made its deci
sion after 20 hunters pre
sented a large number of
petitions signed by members
of hunting clubs objecting to
an either-sex season.
Barns said a statement
saying there will be no doe
season in Duplin County will
be placed on the courthouse
bulletin board.
In other business, Frank
Moore, county veterans ser
vice director, reported
$2,954,153 came into the
county last year in the form
of Veterans Administration
payments to former service
t
men and women.
The board agreed to allow
Dr. Larry Price, a dentist
attempting to set up a prac
tice in Rise Hill, to use the
former poultry diagnostic
laboratory building in Rose
Hill as his office for six
months free if he would do
the necessary repair work on
the structure.
The building needs about
SI,500 worth of painting and
repairs. After the initial six
months, the county, which
owns the building, would
require SI SO per month rent
for its use.
The low bid of Brewer
Motor Co. of Wallace for
three law enforcement ve
hicles at $8,403 each was
accepted.
The bid of Massey Motors
of Kinston on five vehicles
was also acceptedThe com
pany offered a bid of
$6,073.10 for a compact sta
tion wagon and $6,264.10
each for four Toyota pickups.
Two of the pickups will be
assigned to the new building
inspection department, one
to the landfill and one to the
dog warden. The station
wagon will be assigned to the
emergency services coordi
nator.
J.T. Brinkley of Teachey
was appointed to the county
nursing advisory committee,
and the Rev. Julius Mc
Millan of Wallace to a re
gional aging advisory board.
Certificates of commenda
tion were presented to three
new Eagle Scouts ? Doug
and Don Grady of>Beulaville
and William Quinn Jr. of
Kenansville.
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