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| ^ . - J;' ^ ' ?- ?* y;^&*::'*^*:*>.-'-.?.';>^'*>* ??-?'? .i?-:- ?*?\ ,*T?*ff '. 1 ? ?'--! PROGRESS SENTINEL KENANSVILLE. NC 28349 AUGUST 13 1981 16 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX Duplin County Schools Seek Jo Fill Superintendent Position Administrative personnel changes will mark the early portion of the Duplin County N81-82 school year. The board of education has begun seeking candidates for the superintendent's posi tion. The unexpected death of long-time Supt. C.H. ^Jfelverton last month led to ^appointment of L.S. Guy as acting superintendent. Guy has been associate superintendent in charge of personnel. Other administrative changes will involve princi pals of three schools. Charles Slemenda will be principal of the Wallace-Rose Hill High School, succeeding Neal Carlton who retired after holding the position 30 years. Slemenda has been principal of the Rose Hill Magnolia Elementary School for the last eight years. New principal of the Rose Hill-Magnolia school will be Benjamin Matthews. He is comming from Campbell Col lege where he has been a professor in the department of education. Thomasine Kennedy will succeed L.J. Sutton as princi pal of Chinquapin School No. 2. Sutton retired after 34 years with the Duplin County school system. Ms. Kennedy has been a teacher in East Duplin High School at Beula ville for 12 years. Guy said approximately 8,600 students are expected to enroll in Duplin schools this fall. A kindergarten en rollment of 575 pupils is expected, 30 fewer than last year, portending a gradual reduction in future enroll ment of the upper grades. The system will employ 450 teachers and 75 aides in reading in kindergarten through third grade. Teachers will report to schools Aug. 20. Drivers of the system's 137 school busq^ will pick up their buses Aug. 25 from the school garage. Student orientation is scheduled for Aug. 27 with classes meeting for the first time Aug. 31. The system has four high schools (East Duplin, North Duplin near Calypso, Wallace-Rose Hill at Teachey and James Kenan between Warsaw and Kenansville on N.C. 24), four junior high schools and nine elementary schools. All but Beulaville Elementary. B.F. Grady (ele mentary) north of Beulaville and Chinquapin School No. 1 are airconditioned. Duplin County School Board Raises Lunch Prices > The Duplin County Board of Education increased stu dent school lunch prices an average of fO cents for the coming academic year at its meeting Monday nigbt. The new lunch fet? sched ule A1' students will be 45 cents for breakfast, up from 35 cents last year; 70 cents .tor lunch for elementary 'students, up from 60 cents; and 75 cents for junior and senior high school students, up from 65 cents last year. Adults will be charged 65 cents for breakfast and $1.20 for lunch, both up five cents from last year. Shelby Kilpatrick. lunch room supervisor, reported 2,292 students or 29 percent ate breakfast at the schools last year, a decrease of I percent from the preceding year. Of the total. 270 or 12 percent, paid the full price, 255 or 11 percent received breakfast at a reduced price of 10 cents; and 1.767 or 77 percent, received breakfasts free. For lunch. 6.713 or 84 percent of the average daily attendance participated with 2.425 or 36 percent paying full price. 698 or 10 percent paying 20 cents and 3,590 or 54 percent paying nothing. Mrs. Kilpatrick said a food choice will he offered ele mentary students during the coming year. They may choose from five items - taking a minimum of three items. She said this has been done iti the high gind junior high schools ?nd has reduce<(* waste considerably. She proposed providing some breakfast items in the six schools not having this service in the past. Those schools are James Kenan. Wallace-Rose Hill, North Duplin and East Duplin high schools, Charity Middle and Beulaville elementary schools. The board rejected the proposal. The reason break fast has not been served in these schools is the routing of buses does not allow students time for breakfast. Assistant Principal Gary Sanderson reported on read ing and mathematics tests for grades one and two and reading, mathematics and language tests in grades three, six and nine. The first grade reading score was 1.7 (meaning at a level of the grade plus seven months), compared with a state average of 1.8 and national of 1.7. The first grade mathematics score was 2.3 compared with the 2.3 state average and 1.7 nation al. The second grade reading score was 2.6 compared with 3.3 for the state and 2.7 for the national and the mathe matics score. 3.4 compared with 3.4 for the state'atW ^.V for the nation. Tjhird graders scored 3.7 in reading compared with 3.9 for the state and 3.7 for the 'national average. The lan guage score was 4.4 com pared with 4.3 for the state and 3.7 for the national average. The mathematics score was 4.2 compared with 4.0 for the state and 3.7 for the nation. Sixth graders in Duplin scored 6.8 in reading, com pared with 7.0 for the state and 6.7 for the nation. In language they scored 7.6 compared with 8.0 for the state and 6.7 for the nation. In mathematics they scored 7.0 compared with 7.3 for the state and 6.7 for the nation. Ninth graders scored 8.8 ir. reading compared with 9.8 for the state and 9.7 for the nation. In language the eounty and state scored 10.0 and the nation 9.7. In mathe matics the county scored 9.1 compared with 9.9 for the i state and 9.7 for the nation. Board Member Patricia Broadrick reported a strong correlation between exces sive absenteeism and failure, saying 260 students, about 60 percept of the 443 stu dents in grades nine-12 who J w^re absent more than 25' days during the past school year, failed in one or more courses. The 1,724 high school students absent less than 25 days had no failures. The board established an absentee policy for the com ing year that will require a student to present an excuse from parents or guardians upon return to school after being absent one or more days. After a student is absent seven days, parents will be notified that eight more absences will result in failure in the courses in volved. Afte. 16 absences, parents will be notified the student has failed in the courses involved. The board approved a contract with Mount Olive Junior College allowing it play its basketball games in the North Duplin High School gymnasium whenever it doesn't interfere with the gigh school's acitivities for a fee of S2.000 for the season. Kenansville Board 'Annexes Two Tracts The Kenansville town board Monday night annexed two tracts on the east side of town following a public hearing at which no opposi a tion developed. ? One of the areas, known as the Hazel Scott property, includes two acres on the north side of N.C. 24 on the east side of the town. A 30-acre area, known as the Williamson-Precythe proper ty. is located on N.C. 50, also on the east side of the town. Four homes are included in the annexation area. The city is erecting an elevated water tank on a portion of the 30-acre tract. The city employee health insurance policy was switched to Durham Life Insurance Co. from Blue Cross-Blue Shield. The city had been paying $39.32 per month per employee. Pre mium for the new policy will be $33.50 per month per employee. The new policy provides no limit on payment of room rates for semi-pri vate hospital rooms while the lUHMCi ponv.v limited such payment to $65 per day. The new policy also includes a $7,500 life insurance policy for each employee. The _ former policy lacked this feature, according to Mayor Douglas Judge. The board agreed to send Duplin General Hospital in Kenansville a formal notice to move a mobile dwelling unit from its grounds. The unit violates the town zoning ordinance in its present loca tion. The board also agreed to close town office two davs a ?month to allow Clerk Mary Ann Jenkins to use the Duplin County computer in the courthouse for town tax and water billings and ac counts receivable prepara tion. Judge announced cable television franchise bids will be opened at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 15 in the courtroom of the courthouse. Applicants for town main tenance department super visor were ^interviewed at 7 p.m. Aug. 10. Look at the size of those melons! Walter Herring, who lives just outside Warsaw, grows watermelons for eating, not for prize showings. But quite a show they make. According to Herring, each of these watermelons weigh 113 pounds. Last year. Herring grew l.OJO melons, the smallest weighing 50 pounds. Herring said he produced these two 113 pounders hv err >s-pollination...and. "have flavor just as good as regu'ar si*& melons". Asparagus,A New Opportunity For Duplin County r 'eernaHr -Asparagus isn't really new because many a back-yard gardner has been snipping away at the little spears for years. What is new is the opportu nity for commercial growers to get in on the action by growing asparagus under contract. The demand for asparagus continues to in crease while major aspara gus producing areas have not been able to keep pace with the demand. The potential for aspara gui? production in Duplin at? surrounding counties is ex cellent says Ken Teeter Asst. Agricultural Extensior Agent. Duplin County. An; well drained soil will product Asparagus, although dee( fertile sandy loams, haveinj a slightly acid reaction arc preferred. Teeter says that asparagus production will fit well intc our local production scheme since it is harvested fron March to mid-May. Two o the most popular advantage' of producing asparagu: Teeter says, is the earl; 1 spring "cash flow tw the growers ? and better labor utilization during this time of t year. ' Many of you may have ? already heard about Aspara > gus and its potential in 5 eastern North Carolina, but - may still have questions about its production and ? marketing. On August 26, > 1981 "Asparagus produc : tion" will be the topic of a 1 program and tour sponsored f bv the North Carolina Agri 5 cultural Extension Service s and Joan of Arc, Company in f Turkey. North Carolina. If >)U r.aye ever von^t-fCti about asparagus, no* is tfie time to quit wondering and find out first hand. Inter ested individuals should meet at Carrols of Warsaw's Parking Lot at 5:30 P.M.. at which time we will proceed to visit several asparagus plant ings and end up with a presentation on "Asparagus Production" for more infor mation, contact, Duplin County Agricultural Exten sion Service Kenneth M. Teeter 2%-l9% in Kcnans viile. Doe Hunting Season Sought In Duplin County A delegation of farmers appeared before the Duplin County Board of Commis sioners Monday to ask that a doe hunting season be autho rized by the board for this fall in the county. At its last meeting the board voted against allowing a doe hunting season. Duplin is the only one of the state's 100 counties in which the county board determines whether a doe hunting can be held. The N.C. Wildlife Com mission makes the decision for all other counties. Many hunters fear doe hunting seasons will de-, crease the deer population to the point successful hunting would become difficult. Many farmers, particularly in counties such as Duplin, Bladen and Pender, insist an excess of deer herd numbers severely damages their crops. Jeff Miller of Beulaville told the board. "We thought we had a doe season and didn't know anything about your (the board's decision) meeting two weeks ago. Willie Sholar of Pin Hook killed 70 deer while they were eating his crops, and Jack Brinson of Kenansville killed 42 in the same circum stance, to name just a few. We don't want to kill these deer, we'd rather the hunters would do it. but we've got to stop them from ruining our crops." He added, "We ought to let the wildlife people do this (set seasons)." Sholar told the board. "I killed 55 in one 80-acre corn field." Commissioner D.J. Fussell said he believes the problem w ill work itself out in a year. Sholar contradicted him. saying "No. it won't! Hunt ers w ho work on jobs in town want so many deer they have ito part them in the roadway so they can get to work." Commissioner Allen Nethercutt of Lyman said deer cleaned out a 12-acre soybean field of his. Jack Brinson of Kenans ville said, "We're going to have a doe season regardless of what vou do. It's either going to be a week in September or all of next June and July." Sholar also commented that if deer allowed to exist in such numbers they destroy crops, farmers should be able to deduct the loss from their real estate taxes. The board took no action on the farmers' pleas. All but two of the county landfill crew checked out on vacation to appear before the board and ask for overtime pay for Saturday work. Tw enty-one of the employees appeared before the board. The board agreed to allow overtime for Saturday work for the next 30 days. The board had adopted a policy, effective July 1 requiring 40 hours work in a week before overtime would be paid on Saturday. The board agreed to allow the emergency services director. Hiram Brinson, to continue driving his county assigned car home at night. Effective July 1, the board had decreed only the sheriff's officers normally could drive their cars home after work. Commissioner W.J. Costin made the mo tion. No one seconded the motion until Chairman Ncthcrcutt asked Vice Chair man Calvin Turner to take the chair. Ncthcrcutt stepped down and seconded the mo tion. Commissioner Franklin Williams voted against the motion. Costin. Fussell and Ncthcrcutt voted for the mo tion. The board, in its mid-July meeting, voted to allow the bailiff. Jack Albertson. to drive his county-assigned car home. John Sawyer and Herb MeKim, W'ilmington archi tects. reported some alter ations in the plans for the former county nurses quar ters building, called the South Wing, to reduce re modeling cost estimates from $100,000 to Sbb.000. The board directed them to go ahead and get approval from the Duplin County Hospital Board. The commissioners provided money in the cur rent budget for the project. | liwf ailllg ':>* ,1 life; .<-a .1 ? < 0^t I ^ MM v m i ^Liber tv C,ar1~ |, -.. . ; *,? l^jfiF- MHT--^iPy y* ; ; Show Time 8:15 P.M. Thursday ? Sunday Kenansville
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