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0VOL. XXXXVI NO. 14 USPS 162-400 KENANSVILLE. NC 28349 APRILS. 1982 18 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
Holt Recognized As
Warsaw Jaycee
# DSA Recipient
Ed A. Holt, 111, was pre
sented the Warsaw Jaycee's
annual Distinguished Serv'ce
Award by fellow employees
and last year recipient. A1
Beard. The DSA banquet
was held Tuesday night at
the Country Squire restau
Arant
In presenting the award to
Holt, Beard made the fol
lowing comments: "The DSA
is the Jayceec* way of saying
thank you to that individual
who helps in the community.
The achievement and service
of this individual,"
L continued Beard, "includes
Jaycee work, actively in
volved in church, and with
family, involved in Boy
^Scout fund-raising activities,
has chaired numerous Jaycee
projects, president of the
Warsaw United Methodist
Men, and an Eagle Scout."
Holt responded by saying.
"Gosh. Old Beard can really
do it to you. I don't think of
anyone I'd rather have given
this. 1 would just like to say
thank you to everyone. I'd
like to think that some of the
things mean a lot to the
community. It's an honor to
be on the same slate as
others who have received
this award."
"Thank you very much,
and 1 do appreciate it
deeply," concluded Holt.
Other award recipients
were? Outstanding Young
Teenagers - Kelly Smith and
Allen Roper; Outstanding
Young Rescuer - Capt.
Tommy Combs; Outstanding
Young Law Officer - Det.
Sgt. Gary Cooke;
Outstanding Young Fire
fighter - Asst. Warsaw Chief
Cecil Guy; Outstanding
Young Farmer - William
Butch Outlaw; and Outstand
ing Young Educator - Eli
zabeth Sutton.
Jaycee President Dennis
Pf-rry introduced Judge
Michael Bruce, 1974 Mount
Olive DSA winner, as the
evening's speaker. "It's
good to be in my home
away-from-home in Duplin
County and see my Jaycee
friends," stated Bruce.
"By being recognized as
DSA or other outstanding
award, is saying to all the
community that the people
can be called on for future
leadership. A leader is a
person who can con people to
do things they might not
want to."
"We," continued Bruce,
"and you people that have
been recognized before and
those recognized tonight
must address problems to
the public leaders. You
people recognized tonight,
along with those already
recognized, must carry the
ball. Everyone is a potential
leader. This is what Jaycees
try to do ? make leaders. I
challenge all of you to go out
and renew your vigor," con
cluded Bruce.
The banquet concluded
with the Jaycee creed led by
Randy Lewis.
4-H FASHION WINNERS,
top photo. In the senior
division, modeling their
A hand-made dresses and |
gowns, are winners, left to
right, Sandra Hankins of the
Wallace 4-H Club, second
runnerup; Monica Boney of
DECA, Laurie Swain, first
runner-up, and Amy West,
both of New Horizons. Boney
and West were co-winners of
first place, and will receive a
trip to clothing camp in
Reidsville. The event was
held in the Agriculture
^Building in Kenansville Fri
day, April 2, with 35 entries.
Fashion standouts in the
pre-teen division, right
photo, were Timothy Barnes
of the Wallace 4-H Club, who
was first, and received a S10
certificate, ans Stanley Jones
of the FYC 4-H Club.
Mercer Dies
^ BEULAVILLE - Grady
Mercer Sr., 76, attorney at
law and former North Caro
lina senator, died Monday.
Funeral service, 3 p.m.
Wedqesday at Community I
Funeral Home chapel, Beu
lavilie. Burial, East Duplin I
Memorial Gardens.
Surviving: son, Grady
Mercer Jr. of Jacksonville;
sister. Rosabelle Quinn of
^Beulaville; several grandchil
dren. I
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WARSAW JAYCEES DSA BANQUET ? Awards presented at the Warsaw
Jaycees annual DSA banquet included: left to right. Tommy Combs,
rescuer: Elizabeth Sutton, educator: Allen Roper and Kelly Smith,
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teenagers; Cecil Guv. firefighter; Butch Outlaw, farmer, and Gar\ Cooke,
law officer.
Mount Olive
To Hold
Festive I O?
Flowers
The town of Mount Olive
will hold its third annual
Festival of Flowers on Fri
day. April 16 and Saturday.
April 17. Everyone is invited
to join in the activities from
the garden and yard contest
to flower shows, tours, auc
tions and clogging.
Kicking off the Festival
will be the Little Miss Mount
Olive Pageant sponsored by
the Jaycettes on April 16 at 8
p.m. The BPW Club will hold
a disco dance in the armory
building on the same evening
beginning at 8:30.
Special Events
Highlights for Saturday
include a live radio broadcast
by WRNS radio station of
Kinston. a Heart Fund
breakfast by the American
Legion, tours by the Ex
change Club, an auction by
the Rotary Club, an eye
screening test by the Lions
Club, a blood pressure clinic
by the Rescue Squad, a bake
sale by the VFW Auxiliary, a
barbecue dinner by the
American Legion, arts and
crafts by the Extension
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? ?v?mvmaivvi a, anu a Mrcci
dance sponsored by the Jav
cees.
The Mount Olive
Merchants are donating
azaleas to be planted on
Center Street and they will
give away a free azalea with
every S25 purchase on April
lb and 17 upon presentation
of a special coupon. The
merchants will also be selling
colorful Festival of Flowers
tee-shirts.
Mount Olive College will
hold its Spring High School
Day April 17. and a baseball
game with Lenoir Commu
nity College will be played in
the afternoon.
Entertainment
Entertainment for the day
will be centered downtown
tnd will include perfor
mances by the Buck Swamp
Cloggers. Chip Mack
'Mime" Clown, the Mount
31ive Pickle Kickers, the
Mount Olive High Steppers.
>uppeteers, and several
terobic and folk dance
(roups. The Cub Scouts will
tlso be having a "kaingutter
legatta" throughout the
tfternoon.
The Festival of Flowers is
irganized by the Mount
)live civic clubs' and the
Thamber of Commerce. For
nore information, call the
Chamber of Commerce at
58-3113. ^
DSA RECIPIENT - Ed Holt was presented the Distin
guished Service Award last Tuesday night by the Warsaw
Javcees. Shown above with Holt, left to right, are his wife
Evon, A1 Beard, last year's winner, and Judge Michael
Bruce, speaker at the banquet.
Duplin Schools Will Seek
More Fuel, Electric Funds
The Duplin County school
fuel oil and electricty costs
increased more than nine
fold in 10 years, according to
school system records.
The Board of Education
expects energy cost of
$545,744 for the current
fiscal year. Ten years ago,
energy costs were $56,206.
The board will ask the
county Board of Commis
sioners for a supplemental
energy fund at the com
missioners' meeting. A por
tion of the request will be to
fill the system's buried fuel
oil tanks in the next fiscal
year. The remainder will be
to cover additional electricty
charges because of antici
pated rate increases.
The county appropriated
$256,000 for the school elec
tricity fund for the current
year. The state added
$40,000. The Board of Edu
cation estimated it needs an
additional $59,643 for elec
tricity, for a total cost of
$355,643 this year.
The board plans to ask the
county commissioners for a
$39,643 additional appro
priation and permission to
switch $20,000 from the
schools' current expense
contingency fund to the elec
tricity fund.
In addition, it will ask the
commissioners for Sbl ,950 to
buy No. 2 fuel oil for the next
fiscal year. This sum could
be deducted from the sys
tem's 1982-83 budget. Sup
erintendent L.S. Guy said.
The state provided
$132,101 and the county,
$58,000. for fuel oil int he
1981-82 budget for a total of
$190,101.
From March to June, the
system expects to use
$128,893 worth of electricity
compared with $111,115 for a
_similar period of 1980-81.
Duplin County Schools
Kindergarten Registration
The Duplin County public
schools urge parents to
tegister all children .who will
attend kindergarten for the
school year 1982-82. The
N.C. law and Duplin County
Board of Education have
established certain entry re
quirements.
It is necessary for you to
comply with these require
ments which are listed:
1. Immunizations: Dip
theria, tetanus, whooping
cough vaccine, polia vaccine,
red measles (rubeola) and
german measles (rubella),
and mumps (recommended
but not mandatory) Immu
I
nization must be completed
prior to enrollment in the fall
of 1982. Early registration
will give time to have all
requirements completed.
Please bring IMMUNIZA
TION RECORD.
2. A BIRTH CERTIFI
CATE or other satisfactory
evidence of date of birth is
required. To meet age re
quirements, the child must
be five years old on or before
Oct. 16, 1982. Bring the birth
certificate.
3. A PHYSICAL EXAMI
RATION including the TB
skin is required. The
p-hysical examination
should be cortipleted and
taken to the school on or
before the opening day of
school for 1982.
4. The kindergarten regis
tration schedule for each
school is from 8:30 a.m.
through 4 p.m. The dates are
as follows: Beulaville, April
21; Chinquapin. April 21;
Kenansville. April 21; Rose
Hill-Magnolia. April 21; B.F.
Grady. April 22; North Dup
lin, April 22; Wallace, April
22; and Warsaw. April 22. *
5. Kindergarten children
presently enrolled will not
attend school the day of
Kindergarten Registration in
their school.