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VOL. XXXXVNO 47 USPS 182-860 KENANSVILLE. NC 28349 NOVEMBER 19 1981 16 PAGES THW WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
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AWARD 'RECIPIENTS - Duplin County award recipients .
in the picture are. left to right, back row. George Cowan,
individual community volunteer leader; Kenneth Fussell,
senior citizen volunteer. Front row. James G. Batts.
disabled person volunteer; Dennis Perry, accepting for the
Warsaw Jaycees. community volunteer organization; and
the Governor and Mrs. James B. Hunt Jr.
Gov. And Mrs. Hunt Honor
Volunteers In Raleigh
? Gov. and Mrs. James B.
Hunt Jr. were at the Royal
Villa in Raleigh Nov. 4 to pay
tribute to the people they
have hailed as America's
greatest resource ? volun
teers. The ceremony, one of
three this fall, was held in
the ballroom.' They
presented awards in nine
categories to outstanding
volunteers in the 33 eastern
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counties participaing. To the
group of ovei1 900 assembled
for the event. Hunt said.
"Your example of giving
instead of getting, caring
instead of complaining, ac
tions instead of apathy, is the
catalyst which will continue
to make North Carolina a
good place to live and work."
The 1981 Governor's
statewide volunteer awards
ceremony is a result of a
process which began in
March. Throughout the year,
local committees identified
outstanding volunteers in
each county participating.
Although the categories
and broad guidelines were
established by the office of
citizen affairs, local selec
tions were made in a number
of ways. In counties with
involvement councils, each
was a^tcd to select the top
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volunteers in their commu
nity. In other counties, the
county commissioners were
asked either to make the
selection themselves or to
appoint a committee td make
that selection.
In many counties volun
teers were honored at local
recognition events prior to
this ceremony, and many are
planned following the event.
NURSING WEEK PROCLAIMED IN KENANSVILLE .
Mayor Doug Judge is pictured above as he signs a
proclamation naming November 15-21 as Associate
Degree Nursing Week in Kenansville. The proclamation
^ was. the 'result of Gov. Hunt's action to name the week
throughout the state. Pictured above, left to right. JSTt
Health Education Director Gayle Weeks. Judge. JSTC
senior nursing class president Roslyn Padgett, and first
year nursing student Doreen Manley.
Nursing Week Proclaimed Nov. 15-21
Kenansville, the home of
Duplin County's technical
college, has followed Gov.
Hunt with a proclamation
naming Nov. 15-21 as Asso
ciate Degree Nursing Week.
The proclamation is part of
a local, state and national
^celebration honoring two
year nursing programs for
providing 30 years of bedside
nursing care. James Sprunt
Technical College has been
part of the nurse's educa
tional program in North
Carolina since 1962. The
technical college began a
practical nursing program as
an extension of Wayne
Industrial Center under the
I direction of Sue Saunders of
Rose Hill. A demand for
more registered nurses led to
the installation of the
associate degree nursing
program at JSTC in 1971.
Today, 161 students have
graduated from the program.
In the last 10 years, more
than 32,500 persons have
enrolled in programs leading
to an associate degree
throughout the state com
munity colleges.
"Regardless of the
number of nurses the com
munity colleges graduate,
said JSTC Health Education
Director Gayle Weeks,
"there is a constant demand
for more nurses."
Across the state last year.
The N.C. community
colleges enrolled 3.705 stu
In th* nmoramt
uig iu associate uegrecs m
nursing. The students in
cluded 215 mien and 3.490
women.
"Technical colleges like
JSTC educate nurses who
graduate after two years of
training with almost 500
hours of work experience in
hospitals and nursing
homes." Weeks said. "The
students also have over 950
hours of classroom training.
The actual work training is
done locally in the service
area of JSTC where most of
the graduates will be em
ployed."
The JSTC nursing
program is designed to pre
pare students for registered i
nursing in 21 months. After 1
graduation, the student is i
eligible to take the state
board exam to obtain the
registered nurse license.
James Sptunt has a service
area of five counties: Duplin.
Pender. Onslow. New
Hanover and Jones. JSTC
service area presently
employs more than 50% of
the graduates of the college.
Among the 161 graduates
from JSTC. 146- are regis
tered nurses and approxi
mately 130 are employed in
health care occupations.
"The associate degree
nursing program prepares
students for a variety of
health careers such as
working in doctors' offices,
special clinics, in service
education, nursing homes
?nd hospitals." Weeks said.
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Howard Pleads Guilty
The Reverend Clarence
Sheldon Howard plead guilty
to second degree murder
Tuesday morning in a special
session of Duplin County
Superior Criminal Court.
It was a plea bargaining.
Conditions of the plea in
cluded dismissal of the first
degree murder charge. Sen
fencing will be delayed for
pre-sentcncitvg diagnostic
study.
Howard. 44. was charged
in connection with the death
of Inez Jcrnigan during the
night of April 21. 1181.
The arraignment was be
fore Judge Henry L. Stevens
111.
Howard has been held
without bond in Duplin
County jail since being ar
rested in a Goldsboro theater
Oct. 2.
Mrs. Jernigan, 53. lived
alone in her home 3.5 miles
north of Kenansville. She
owned and managed Jerni
gan Tractor Co. of Kenans- 1
ville.
Howard is the former
pastor of Northeast Free Will
Baptist Church of Mount
Olive. He is also a former
pastor of Pearsall's Chapel
Free Will Baptist Church
north of Kenansville of which
Mrs. Jernigan was a
member.
Will Hire 75 More Employees
National Spinning Announces
Rebuilding Of Warsaw Plant
Officials of National Spin
ning Company announced
the rebuilding of their
Warsaw plant at a news
conference held at Carson's
Restaurant in Warsaw Tues
day morning.
This rebuilding with new
equipment for producing
yarn will mean the hiring of
approximately 75 employees.
Ben Ellenberg. plant per
sonnel director for the
Warsaw and Beulaville
plants, introduced Fred
Archer, plant manager, and
Don Barham. corporate vice
president of industrial rela
tions. who made the an
nouncement.
"In May. 1980. we .an
nounced a cutback on the
Warsaw plant. Today wc
have good news to announce
? the rebuilding of the
Warsaw plant'." stated
Ellcnbccg. ' ?
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Barham said they would
start immediately rearrang
ing equipment within the
plant.
"The new equipment ?
most modern in the word ?
should be running full by
April or May of 1982 pro
ducing top-qualitv varus for
men's hosiery and ladies'
apparel with An approximate
cost of modernization at $3.5
million." Barham stated.
"Between now and then
we will add approximately 25
employees over the current
100 employees to bring the
total to 175." he said.
The first phase of the plan
calls for the plant to run at
<>0% capacity. They expect
to hire and bring into the
community two or three kev
management people but do
not know what the future
rjequijcjnents -will be.
Barttam said.
"The plant will operate on
a 7-day schedule for the
same reasons we run the
Bculavillc plant on this sche
dule." he said. "We can't
stop it and ' start .up is
drastic." Barham elided his
remarks by saying. "We will
try to be good citizens and
industrial neighbors and
keep you informed as we look
forward to growing beyond
phase I."
Archer stated. "I also
appreciate your coming and
thank you for the help you
have given us over, the years
that 1 have been in Warsaw . 1
plan to handle the change
ov^r at Warsaw and continue
to manage the Beulaville
plant until ?c can bring on
some additional key people.
We look forward to complet
ing phase 1 of the Warsaw
plant, and our 'comeback'
and look forward to the time
we can announce phase II."
Chinquapin
Man Killed
Monroe Kelly. 70, of
Chinquapin, died Friday
night at 7:30 at Duplin
General Hospital in
Kenansville following an
auto accident earlier in the
day.
According to investigating
Trooper R.N. Johnson, the
accident occurred four miles
east of Rose Hill at the
junction of Highway 11 and
rural road #1102 at 4:05 p.m.
Friday. November 13th.
William Hiram Brinson
Jr.. 35. of Kenansville. was
traveling north on Highway
11 driving a Duplin County
owned 1981 Toyota station
wagon. Fernando Guy
Whitehead. 65. of Chinqua
pin. driving a 1977 Ford,
pulled into the path of the
Brinson vehicle and the two
collided. Whitehead was
charged with making an un
safe movement and death by
a vehicle. Brinson was still
under hospital care at press
time. Kelly was a passenger
in the Whitehead vehicle.
Hearing Planned
Over Billing Dispute
A dispute between the
town of Magnolia and Sopar
Utilities Co. of Jacksonville
over the estimated $9,727
cost of extending a three
phase electric power line to
the new sewage treatment
plant will be taken to an
arbitration hearing Nov. 23
in Fayetteville.
Garrett Ludlum. Magnolia
town attorney, said that dis
putants can take their prob
lems to an arbitration hear
ing instead of going through
time-consuming and expen
sive court proctcuuigs. Rep
resentatives of Sopar con
tacted the American Arbi
tration Association, which
will supply someone familiar
with the type of problem
involved to hear the argu
ments. He said that if either
party in a dispute is dis
satisfied with the arbitration
result, the party can take the
matter to court.
Carolina Power & Light
Co., the power supplier, told
the town that extending
three-phase transmission
line from an existing line to
the new plant will cost
$9,727. The town contends
that the contractor of the
$289,297.95 utility project.
Sopar, should pay for the
extension. Representatives
of the company contend they
expected the power supply to
be available at the site.
The power company said it
could have extended a single
phase line at no cost to the
contractor or the city.
Mayor Melvin Pope asked
why CP&L asked for $9,727
when it showed construction
of the extension would cost
$8.332.. a difference of
$2,395. He received no an
swer. He also asked why the
company did not charge
Warsaw anything for
_ m ^
extending a power line
almoM one mile to a water
pump but wants to charge
Magnolia $9,727. Tom Mc
Millan. Wallace district
manager for CP&L. replied
that the Warsaw line was
single phase. He said if the
Magnolia extension had been
single phase there would
have been no charge.
Awards Contract
The Warsaw town board
awarded McDavid Associ
ates of Goldsboro a $55,000
administration and engineer
ing contract for a $488,000
Housing and Urban Develop
ment Department rehabilita
tion project in Warsaw.
The North Front Street
project will demolish 10
houses and rehabilitate 35
others., It also will provide
some drainage and pavement
work on North Street, which
extends for one block from
North Front.
An earlier HUD project
totaling $513,000 for rehabi
litation of 35 houses on the
south side of town is nearing
completion. The board ap
proved a contract last week
for rehabilitation of the
Bertha Smith Scott house on
a bid of $5,009 from Eakins
Plumbing of Warsaw.
Tyndal Lewis, engineer for
McDavid Associates, said
the project can be started
within a few days.
Town Clerk Alfred Herring
advised the board it would
have to spend about $2,000
for repaving five railroad
crossings where the Atlantic
Seaboard Coastline has made
repairs that destroyed the
paving.
ortee Sanderson, Duplin
County building inspector,
told the board the county will
begin its full building,
plumbing, heating, insula
tion and electrical inspection
program. He told the board if
it wishes to continue having
'the county inspect electrical
and insulation projects, it
will have to pass a resolution
to that effect.
The board appointed
Brooks Boyette, Nathan
Costin and William Phelps to
the planning board and re
appointed Dwight .Kirby to
the N.C. Highway 24 Im
Wallace OKs TV
Franchise
For Cable Firm
The Wallace town ooard
approved a cable television
franchise Thursday night,
pending receipt of a $50,000
construction performance
bond from the company.
Univision of Richlands.
The franchise requires the
company complete its caole
installation within 12
months. The company is
completing a system in Rich
lands which Morris Conat
ser. company engineer, said
will go into service in about
10 days.
Richard Burrows, town at
torney, reported he had
asked the company to put up
the bond a week and a half
ago but said he had received
no response. Thursday night,
Gail Bailey, an owner of the
company, said the company
would have no problem with
me bond
Burrows told the board the
company failed to supply a
bond in Onslow where it had
a county cable television
franchise and that the county
had revoked the franchise.
Ms. Bailey explained the
problem arose in Onslow
County when the county
asked for a 15-year bond. She
said the bonding company
was dissatisfied with the
terms of the contract
between the company and
Onslow County and cancelled
the bond.
The company has been
awarded the franchise for
cable systems in Duplin
County, Magnolia. Kenans
villc and Bculaville. Ms.
Bailey said the key to the
company s financing was the
Wallace-Rose Hill area as the
mostly densely populated
area of the county. She said
once the company receives
the franchise from this area it
will have no trouble obtain
ing the necessary bond.
The town board approved
the first reading of a pro
posed cable television fran
chise from Rockftsh Cable
Television Systems of Erie,
Pa., as a back-up in case the
Univision company failes to
meet franchise terms. The
Univision contract calls for
providing 21 channels for a
basic fee of $8.95 per month.
Town Commissioner Willie
Biggs made the motion to
approve the second reading
but to delay signing of the
papers until the bond is in
place. The motion received
unanimous approval.
The board awarded the
1981-82 town auditing con
tract to Kenneth Farrior, a
certified public accountant
from Wallace.
The board also approved
purchase of an effluent meter
from the J.S. Dismuke Co. of
Charleston, S.C. for $7,456.
The meter will record the
volume of raw sewage flow
ing into the town treatment
plant. i
A sale of surplus town
equipment netted $2,480.
The board rejected bids for a
1969 International truck with
a Packmore mechanical
packer body because they
were too low. The highest bid
for the truck was $600.
Bids on two police oars will
be opened at 10 a.m. Nov. 27
at the town hall.
The Christmas parade will
be held Dec. 12.