PROGRESS SENTINEL
I ^VOt. XXXXVNO 36 USPS 162-860 KENANSVILLE. NC 28349 AUGUST 27, 1981 <8 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLU8 TAX
L. S. Guy Appointed
Puplin School Superintendent
L.S. Guy Jr., 42, was
appointed superintendent of
Duplin County schools by the
board coeducation last week.
He succeeds the late C. H.
Yelverton, who held the
position for 13 years until his
death in July.
The position pays $35,484
Aper year, $31,284 from state
funds and $4,200 from
?coupty funds. Guy's contract
expires April 1,1985.
Guy, who had been asso
ciate in. charge of personnel,
was named interim super
intendent following Yelver
ton's death.
"I pledge to continue the
good things and improve the
other things concerning
AdJuplin County. I really don't
^Ttnow anything more to say
than I already have," Guy
said following the appoint
ment.
Guy ' was born in the
Calypso community, son of
Mr. and Mrs. L.S. Guy Sr.
He attended the former
Calypso grade school and
North Duplin High School.
He was graduated from East
Carolina University at
Greenville in 1%1 and began
his teaching career at North
Duplin High School as a
science teacher. He con
tinued as a science teacher
for seven years. He became
principal of North Duplin in
1968 and held that position
until 1973. He was named
assistant county superinten
dent in 1973 and held that
post until being named asso
ciate superintendent in 1977.
He is married to the
former Barbara Ellis of
Faison, where the family now
lives. They have three chil
dren, Nlcki, Ellis and Can
dace.
In other action, the board
reinstituted student fees for
supplies and materials for
classroom use. Fees were
abolished in 1979. Children
in kihdergarten through sixth
grade will pay S3, seventh
and eighth graders $5, and'
ninth through 12th graders,
$7.
The motion to require fee
payment was made by Patri
cia Broadrick. It reads, "In
an effort to provide the
minimum essential supplies
and materials to supplement
those provided through local,
state and federal revenues,
Dunlin Countv schools are
hereby authorized to assess
the following fees..
Fees must be paid by the
end of the fourth week of
school. Families coming
under federal poverty guide
lines will not have to pay the
fees.
Students living outside of
Duplin County who are at
tending schools in the county
must pay $208 tuition. This is
the amount per student ap
propriated from Duplin
County tax funds. Exceptions
will be students living in
adjacent Wayne, Sampson,
Lenoir and Pender counties.
These have reciprocal
agreements with Duplin pro
viding no charge. Jones
County students, in this
situation, will be charged Si
per year and Jones will
charge Duplin County
students attending Jones
County schools $1. Onslow
will charge $245 tuition for
non-resident students. The
board was unable to de
termine the number of stu
dents who might be affected
by the tuition charges.
THE DUPLIN COUNTY FARM BUREAU awarded Bonnie
Patterson of Mount Olive a $500 scholarship Thursday
evening in Kenansville. The Duplin County Farm Bureau
Scholarship is presented every year to a high' school
graduate planning to study agriculture or, as in
Patterson's case, an agriculture-related course of study.
Patterson will enter North Carolina State University this
fall and plans to pursue textile design. She is a graduate of
North Duplin High School. Patterson served on the annual
staff, as class officer, and cheerleader. She is active in her
community and church. She is shown above (third from
left) with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Patterson
and Jack Williams, president of the DCFB, who presented
her with the scholarship.
New Choice Program
In .Elementary Schools
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Some special changes are
in store for Duplin County
^elementary school students
when they return to tile
school cafeterias for lunch on
A August 31! Menu choices
will be available to all stu
dents, grades K-12. For the
past several years, junior and
senior high school students
have enjoyed choice menus;
however this is a first for the
younger children.
Each day the school lunch
menu will offer a choice of
two main dish items, two
vegetables and two fruits.
Students will be given the
0 opportunity to choose the
combination of items that
they want to eat by selec
ting one main dish item, one
vegetable and one fruit.
Bread products and milk will
complete the full meal. A
choice of lowfat plain or
chocolate milk will be avail
able with each lunch.
Menus will be posted in all
classrooms and will also be
? published in local papers so
students and parents may
know in advance what will be
served each day. Parents are
encouraged to clip the menus
from the paper and help their
children decide on their
favorite combinations each
day.
Additional tpods may be
purchased along with the
regular menu items. These
? will vary daily, but fresh
fruits and juice, ice cream
. and occasional desserts are
planned, as well as sand
wiches and milk for students
who desire extra food.
Teachers and cafeteria
personnel will assist the
student in making good
choices. It is expected that by
giving students the oppor
tunity to choose their food,
plate waste will be signi
ficently reduced.
Parents are encouraged to
have lunch at school occa
sionally with their children.
Those who would like to do
so should first stop by or call
the principal's office.
Breakfast Programs
Breakfast is served daily in
most schools. The required
breakfast pattern consists of
a serving of enriched bread
or cereal products, fruit or
juice, and milk. Several
times each week a protein
source such as eggs, cheese,
sausage, etc. is included in
the menu. Each day children
who eat breakfast at school
may choose cereal or another
menu item along with their
juice and milk.
School breakfast pro
grams are offered to provide
for the child's total daily
nutritional needs.
Meal Prices
The price for lunch in
elementary schools will be 70
cents and in junior and senior
high schools. 75 cents. The
difference is due to slightly
larger portions for the older
m
students. Students eligible
for reduced prices will pay 40
cents for lunch in all
Breakfast will cost 45 cents
or 30 cents for reduced price.
Extra milk will be 15 cents
per half pint. Adults will pay
$1.20 for lunch and 65 cents
for breakfast.
Special efforts will be
made to encourage students
and teachers to eat school
prepared meals daily. It is
hoped that the present meal
prices can be continued
without further increases
during the school year.
Free and Reduced Price
Policy
Information regarding the
recent changes in free and
reduced priced meal regula
tions has not been received.
Until the new policy is re
leased. schools will provide
both free and reduced pric.,
meals to students who were
receiving such at the close of
school last June. Kinder
garten students and others
enrolling for the first time in
Duplin County will be given
applications which must be
returned to the school prin
cipal for determining the
child's eligibility for free or
reduced price meals.
When the new guidelines
are received, applications
will be made available to all
students since it wilt be
necessary to determine eligi
bility based on the new
income scale. The new policy
should be available soon
after school begins. It is
order to continue receiving
free or reduced price meals,
students must file the new
application form and be ap
proved by the new criteria.
For further inforamtion,
contact Mrs. Shelby M. Kil
patrick, Child Nutrition
director, P.O. Box 128, Ke
nansville, NC 28349.
Accident
Takes
Odd
Turn
A traffic accident in War
saw Saturday night took an
unusual turn when police
discovered one of the cars
involved had been stolen.
Late Sunday Warsaw
police were still trying to find
out more information about
the man charged with steal
ing the car ? Ronald Lewis
Ward. Police said Ward was
refusing to tell them where
he was from and what he was
doing with a car that had
been reported stolen from
Decatur, Ga.
1981-82
Duplin County School Calendar
Dot** Description Workday* Vacation Holiday*
Aug. 20-25 Teacher workdays
(Thur., Fri., Mori., Tue.) 4
?Y Aug. 26 Orientation Day. (Wed.) 1
Aug. 21 Teacher Workd<rf (Thur.) 1 ? ^
Aug. 28 Vacation Day (Fri.) 1
Aug. 31 School Begins (Mon.)
Sept. 7 Labor Day (Mon.) 1
Nov. 4 End 1st grading period
(Wed.) 47
Nov. 5-6 Teachers Workdays
(Thur. & Fri.) 2
Nov. 11 NCAE-Veterans Day 1
Nov. 26-27 Thanksgiving
(Thur. & Fri.) 2
Dec. 23-31 Christinas Hoiidoy and
Vocation 5 2
Jon. 1 New Year's Day (Fri.) 1
Jan. 20-22 High School Exams
(Wed., Thur., Fri.)
Jan. 22 End 2nd grading period
(Fri.) 44
Jan. 2S-26 Teacher Workdays
(Mon., Tue.) 2
Feb. 26 Vacation Day (Fri.) 1
Morch 26 End 3rd grading period
(fri.) 42
March 29 Teacher Workday (Mon.) 1
April 9,12 Easter Monday &
Vacation Day 1 1
June 2-4 High School Exams
(Wed., Thurs., Fri.)
June 4 End 4th grading period
(Graduation Friday 47
June 7-10 Teocher Workdays (Mon.
Tue., Wed., Thurs.) 3'/i 1
June 11 Memoriol Day '
June 14-17 Vacation (Mon., Tues.,
Wed., Thurs.) 4
1BO Student Days 14 V. 12'/. 9
Mount Olive Man Killed
A Mount Olive man was
killed about 11:30 p.m. Fri
day when his car ran off a
rural paved road and over
turned in 9 ditch.
James Mark Rivenbark,
18, was thrown from the car,
which overturned on top of
him in a roadside ditch about
eight miles east of Mount
Olive, the Highway Patrol
said.
New Program
At JSTC
James Sprunt Technical College has
be n approved b;- the N.C. State Board af
Education to offer i !"'0-year associate in
applied science degree in electronic
engineering technology beginning with
the fall quarter, 1981. The electronic
engineering technology curriculum is
designed to provide a basic background in
practical applications of electronics and in
electronics-related theory. Courses are
designed to present content in an order
that will provide the student with pro
gressive levels of job-related skills and
knowledge. Completion of the curriculum
should prepare an individual to work as an
assistant to engineers, or as liaison
between the engineer and the skilled
craftsman. Jobs for electronic engineering
technicians may exist in any of' the
following areas: research, design, de
velopment, production, maintenance or
sales. An electronic engineering tech
nician may begin work as an electronic
engineering technician, electronic tech
nician, engineering aide, laboratory tech
nician, supervisor or equipment spe
cialist.
The department of community colleges
lists electronic engineering technology as
a high priority need in the Community
College System. According to the Em
ployment Security Commission, job op
portunities-are expected to increase in the
electronics area on a statewide basis
faster than in most other segments of the
job market.
Persons interested in enrolling in
electronic engineering technology at JSTC
should write: Registrar, James Sprunt
Technical College, P.O. Box 298,
Kenansville, NC 28349. They may also
visit the college or call Ms. Rita Brown,
registrar, at 296-1341.
Tar Heel Fine Arts Society Announces The 1981-82 Season
The Tar Heel Fine Arts
Society and James Sprunt
f Technical College announce
the 1981-82 season of Con
cert / drama^Reiformances
which includes a variety of
the best entertainment avail
able.
five performances are
_ scheduled this season; each
will be held in the Kenan
Memorial Auditorium' in
Kenansville. Leading the list
is a country-western group,
from Nashville, Tenn/;
0 "Riders In The Sky." Pol
lowing them, the world
acclaimed Preston the Magi
cian will thrill Duplin /citi
zens. Preston will be fol
lowed by the New Orleans
Preservation Hall Jazz. Band.
Singer Marco Valenti will
perform as the Fine Arts
Society's fourth presentation
of the season. Concluding
the 1981-82 season will be
0 the piano-duo, twin brothers
Jeffry and Ronald Martow.
Riders In the Sky will
t
begin the season October
27th. The trio takes tradi
tional cowboy ballads and
lovely melodies created by
commercial songwriters for
Hollywood's singing cow
boys and brings them to life
again I And, the Riders, low
keyed and continually enter
taining, conjure up all the
images of the old Holywood
"B" movies with accom
panying western songs.
The Riders In The Sky
repertoire ranges from tradi
tional cowboy folk songs to
old-time fiddle pieces to jazz
numbers to yodel showcases
to western ballads that are
the band's foundation, along
with a skit segment featuring
tha band members.
Preston, hypnotist,
magician, mentalist and
humorist, is an internation
ally acclaimed super show
man and will appear as the
second Fine Arts Society
presentation on December 3.
The aboWs given by Predion
are so well received that
three-fourths of his engage
ments are return perfor
mances by popular demand.
He has performed in Europe,
South America, and in the
United States including the
Hawaiian Islands.
Preston serves as interna
tional president of the Inter
national Brotherhoo^ of
Magicians, elected to the
position by the membership.
The Brotherhood has more
than 10,000 members in 35
countries. He is a highly
respected showman and was
chosen to appear in Who's
Who On The American
Stage. Preston was also
awarded an honorary doc
torate by his alma mater.
Slated as the third pre
Mentation of the 1981-52 sea
son is the Preservation Hall
Jazz Band appearing on
January 28th. The New
Orleans-based group travels
.the world playing the famous
music created bv dock
f m
workers decades ago. It is
the music that came from the
souls of men who created a
tradition in jazz. And, today
the Preservation Hall Jazz
Band brings the same
vitality to this sweet-sad
gentle-exuberent music as
was born with the songs and
performed during the early
days and through the
decades in street parades,
saloons and on riverboats.
Members of the band are
musicians who have played
this music for more than 50
years. Through the years and
performances, the New Or
leans jazz has become a part
of each band member.
Marco Valenti will enter
tain Duplin folks with his
magnificent tenor voice on
March 4, 1982. Valenti will
be the Fine Arts Society's
fourth presentation during
the season. He has toured
two years with the Liberace
Show and begins a third
i
season this year.
Valenti was influenced by
the music of Caruso and
Lanza during his childhood.
Later he attended Juilliard
Conservatory of Music on a '
scholarship where Valenti
sang both La Boheme and
Tosca with the New York City
Opera. His show treats
audiences to a magnificent
voice singing popular bal
lads, folk songs and operatic
repertoire ? music for thfe
young and the not-so-young.
Valenti has appeared in
night clubs in the United
States and around the world
with such noted entertainers
as Milton Berle and Phyllis
Diller. He is often accom
panied by Pianist Mac
Frampton, who has appeared
in Duplin County as a guest
of the Tar Heel Fine Arts
Society.
The final performance of
the season is Jeffry and
Ronald Mar low and will be
on April 19, 1982."^e twin
brothers are leaders of the
younger generation of
American duo-pianists. The
Marlow brothers tour with
the Baldwin grand jftVnos
and have consistently thrilled
audiences and won top press
acclaim.
The Marlows are Phila
delphia natives. They de
buted as youngsters of
eleven with the Philadelphia
Orchestra. And, the same
year, the twins appeared on
the Milton Berle Show. Their
repertoire shows a masterful
strength in the classics of
Bach, Brahms and Mozart.
One of the Marlows' most
recent musical and pro
gramming innovations is
their new '"Suite," which
they call "Classic Beatles."
In this group, the Marlows
have arranged some of the
best-known Beptie songs h*.
the styles of various classical
composers.
The Tar Heel Fine Arts
Society is unique among cul
tural organizations in the
state of North Carolina be
cause it is the only fine arts
group that is county
oriented. Membership is
composed of individuals in
terested in cultural activities
who annually support the
association with their mem
bership fees.
The annual membership
fees .ire $10 for adults and $5
for children six and older,
and includes each of the
1981-82 performances.
The board of directors of
the Tar Heel Fine Arts
Society is composed of at
least one representative from
each area in Duplin County
accepting memberships now
for the 1981-82 season. Per
sons interested in member
ship may contact any of the
board members listed for
information and/or season
tickets. Society officers in
clude Z. W. Frazelle, presi
dent; Mrs. Edward L. Boy
ette, vice-president; Mrs.
El wood Fussell, secretary;
and Mrs. H.E. Phillips, trea
surer. Other members of the
board include Thomas Al
britton. Dr. Gene Ballard,
Mrs. S.A. Blizzard Jr., Mrs.
Kirk Carawan, Ben Ellen
berg, Mrs. L.S. Guy Jr.,
Mrs. Franklin Hobbs, W.J.
Igoe, Mrs. Leo Lanier, Mrs.
David H. McKay, Mrs. Ray
McLemore, Mrs. Bobby
Miller, Mrs. E.G. Murray
Jr., Mrs. Max Offerman,
Mrs. Douglas Olson, Lloyd
Parker, Mrs. George
Penney, Mrs. Corbett L.
Quinn, Mrs. P.B. Raifbrd,
Mrs. A.C. Rivenbark 'Jr.,
Mrs. Russell Sanderson,
Mrs. David Underhill. W. G. ?
Warrenn, Mrs Winifred X.
Wells, Mrs. Walter. West
aad Melvin Williams.
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