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Duplin Schools To Open
, Aug. 25 For 1982-83 Year
The first day of classes for
the 1982-83 Duplin County
school term will be Aug. 25,
the board of education de
cided Tuesday of last week.
Classes will end June 3,
1983.
The meeting at the
^Wallace Elementary School
Peas attended by 45 people.
The board has been rotating
its first-Tuesday-of-the
month meetings among the
county's schools for several
months.
The calendar committee
had proposed ending classes
June 10.
Board chairman Graham
Phillips said the earlier
closing date was needed to
?accommodate the county's
farming interests. He said he
realized setting a date satis
factory to students, teachers
and parents as well as other
interests is difficult.
Janice Williams, a Beula
ville teacher who served as
chairman of the calendar
committee, said the com
mittee provided for several
"snow days" (make-up days
I
in case weather forced
closing of schools) in its
proposed calendar. With the
earlier closing date, she said,
the only possibility for snow
days would be student vaca
tion days. The 1982-83
calendar provides two more
Christmas vacation days than
does the present term.
The board also approved
the annual application for
state funds for the system's
vocational studies to be sub
mitted to the state depart
ment of public instruction.
The board is asking
$841.722 from state funds for
the programs. It is asking for
$354,551 from county funds
for a total of $1.196,273.
The application indicates
4,611 students in grades 7-12
will be enrolled in vocational
classes for the next school
year. It will offer 10 pro
grams with 53 vocational
teachers.
Phillips reported the Wal
lace-Rose Hill High School
has a problem. Football
Coach and Athletic Director
David Boyle has resigned the
athletic posts but remains on
the faculty as social sciences
teacher. The school is not
authorized to have the posi
tions alone. They are tied to a
teaching post.
Alice Scott, assistant sup
erintendent for personnel,
told the board that she had
discussed the problem with
Boyle, and the principal,
Charles Slemenda. can begin
interviewing candidates for
the athletic and social
science teaching positions for
next year. She said Boyle will
be retained in the school
system as he has tenure, but
will be moved from his
present teaching post.
Phillips directed Superin
tendent L.S. Guy to tie the
teaching and athletic posi
tions together so that the
person involved would have
to resign from the system if
he or she decided to quit
either part of the position.
Guy said the contract for
underground drainage of
athletic fields at James
Kenan High School east of
Warsaw and Wallace-Rose
Hill High School at Teachey
was let for Holmes Construe
tion Co. of Bowdens on a bid
of $6,225.
Anne Jackson, director of
Title I Elementary and Sec
ondary Education Act pro
grams. said 43 teachers are
paid under the federal pro
gram to teach remedial read
ing to 1,850 students in
grades 4-12 and remedial
mathematics to 550 students
in grades 7-9. Ms. Jackson
said 40 percent of the sys
tem's students do not read at
the appropriate grade levels.
She said the program lost
the 43 teachers' aides it had
last year due to fund re
ductions. This move
required the teachers to re
duce individual attention to
students.
Magnolia Mayor Melvin
Pope asked the board to give
the town an acre of aban
doned school property
behind the present town
recreational center. Phillips
told Pope to take up the
matter with the board's at
torney, H.E. Phillips. He
said he did not see any
problem in granting the re
quest.
Duplin Board Ok's
$57J935 Tire Contract
^ Hie Duplin County Board
of Commissioners awarded a
contract for $57,935.10 to
Steed's Tire Service of
Warsaw to supply tires for
county equipment.
pie firm will supply large
truck tires, principally for the
ileet of garbage trucks.
The contract calls for 150
new tires, size 10.000 by 20;
costing $23,443.50. It also
Balls for 150 recapped tires of
the same size for a total cost
of $8,250. Another section
calls for 45 new tires, size 15
by 22.5, for a total of $14,850
arid 45 recaps of the same
size for $5,850. The contract
also specifies recaps must be
on county-owned tires.
Sanitary landfill supervisor
David Undcrhill told the
board the numerous sharp
A urns the garnagc trucks
nust make grinds down their
rear tires rapidly. He said
new tires might go 10.000
miles at the most before
needing recapping.
Russell Tucker, county ft
nance officer, said the next
lowest bid was $63,132.76
from Farm Tire & Brake
Service of Rose Hill.
The county operates a
county-wide garbage pick-up
service.
The board granted the
school system an additional
$4(5.000 for electrical energy.
Total cost of electricity for
the current school year is
estimated at $356,000. Total
cost of fuel oil is estimated at
$252,101.
Supt. L.S. Guy's request
for $62,000 for No. 2 fuel oil
was held in abeyance, pend
ing a study of oil prices. Guy
said the system planned to
buy 52.500 gallons of fuel oil
at the state's projected cost
of $1.18 per gallon. The
school system wants to fill
the tanks to protect them.
However, it was pointed
out oil can be obtained now
for 99 cents. Guy was di
rected to sec if he can get the
state to lower its contract
price or if he would be
permitted to buy the oil
directly from a supplier. He
will report back to the board
in two weeks.
If the money is granted, it
will come out of the 1982-83
fuel budget because the oil
will not be used until the next
school year.
Frank Moore, tax super
visor. reported that tax
listing totals for three of the
smaller townships in the
county showed a 1.47 percent
increase in value, the lowest
in many years. The increase
amounted to S981.000.
Moore said that at the 70
cents per $100 assessed
valuation tax rate, the in
crease would bring in an
additional $6,800. He said
the assessed value of Glisson
Township this year is
$16,274,396 compared with
$16,073,131 last year, an
increase of $201.245.
The value of Smith Town
ship. he said, is $23,993,644
compared with $23,509,118
last year, an increase of
$484,526. The value of Wolf
scrape Township is
$27,701,449 compared with
$27,405,535 last year, an
increase of $295,914. Moore
said most of the additional
value comes front new
poultry houses.
The board set a rate of $20
per hour to supply tax billing
service for the incorporated
towns of the county. Tucker
estimated the cost at $300 to
$400 per town.
The first budget hearing
was to be held at 7.30 p.m.
April 13.
The program to collect
child support money from
working parents brought in
$120,971.63 during the first
nine months of the fiscal year
and is 'expected to bring in
another $60,000 by the end of
June.
Of the total. $74,734.17
was turned in to the county
general fund. The remainder
went for salaries and
supplies of the collecting
division of the Social Services
Department.
? Firm Gets One
Ok For Pick-ups
Waste Industries Inc. of
New Hanover County may
^>egin picking up garbage in
Duplin County towns if
enough towns approve its
proposal to them.
The Kenansville town
board last week indicated
willingness to go along with
most of the offer presented
by the company if the com
pany can obtain sufficient
customers to operate in the
county.
_ The company is offering
0wo proposals. One offer
provides for a fee of $3.95
per month per customer if all
10 of the towns sign up with
the firm. The other offer
provides for a fee of $4 a
month per customer if a
minimum of 1,700 customers
sign up. regardless of the
number of towns. Garbage
would be picked up once a
week under either offer.
? Carolyn Buchanan of Wil
ington. company represen
tative, told the board the firm
had made demonstration
pick-ups in other Duplin
towns to determine just what
it could do. She said the firm
is making the offer to all of
the county's towns ? Wal
lace. Rose Hill. Teachey,
Magnolia. Warsaw, Faison.
Calypso. Greenevers and
Beulaville as well as
Kenansville.
She said I twice-a-week
pick-up would cost S5.10 per
month per customer if the
Firm was able to serve all 10
towns. $5.25 per month per
customer, for a minimum
1.700 customers.
Businesses would be
charged by the cubic yard.
The minimum fee would be
$15 fe month for four cubic
yards of garbage, graduated
to a maximum of $29.75 for
eight or more cubic yards of
garbage.
Kenansville has 331 water
meters. Warsaw lias 1,100
water meters. The number of
water meters indicates the
approximate number of po
tential customers for the
garbage pick-up service. Ms.
Buchanan said the firm
would station a truck in
Duplin County if the mini
mum number of customers
signed up for the service.
Kenansville residents are
now charged S3 a month for
trash pick-up. However.
Mayor Carolyn Hall said the
fee does not cover the cost,
which is being met through
property tax receipts.
Ronnie Bostic was sworn
in as a board member to
replace Zan Stcpp who re
signed due to business pres
sure. Bostic was runner-up to
Stepp in the November 1981
town election. Bostic is a
state drivers' license exami
ner.
Edward Quinn, a town
policeman, said he would
resign effective April 15 to
take a police position in
Kinston.
The board signed the
right-of-way agreement with
Carolina Power & Light Co.
to get a thfee-phase power
line extended to the new
water well and pump near
the new elementary school
on the southeast edge of
low 11.
Mount Olive
To Hold
Festival Of
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 aetivities from
the garden and yard contest
to flower shows, tours, auc
tions and clogging.
The Festival of Flowers is
organized by the Mount
Olive civic clubs and the
Chamber of Commerce. For
more information, call the
Chamber of Commerce at
658-3113.
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DUPLIN MAYORS SIGN CABLE TV FRANCHISE
CONTRACTS - Univision Cable Television president. Judy
Powell, looks on as Kenansville Mayor Carolyn Hall signs
the cable TV contracts. Seated beside Mayor Hall is
Teachey Mayor Ruby Ramsey. Other mayors who have
signed, standing, left to right. Beulaville Mayor Wilbur
Hussey Jr., Greenever Mayor Alex Brown. Faison Mayor
N.F. McColman, Rose Hill Mayor Ben Harrell and
Magnolia Mayor Melvin Pope.
COUNTY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN CAIVIN C.
TURNER looks on as Univision Cable TV vice-president
Gail Bailey signs the county franchise contract. Standing,
left to right. Wallace Mayor Melvin Cording, Calypso
Mayor Joe Daniels and Univision financier Frank Baldwin.
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The franchise signings were held in Rose Hill at the Rose
Hill Restaurant. Nine of Duplin County's incorporated
towns signed franchise agreements along with Duplin
County.
Nine Towns Sign
Cable TV Agreements
Representatives of Duplin
County and nine of its 10
towns signed franchise
agreements last Wednesday
night with Univision Cable
Television Co. of Riehlands
to furnish cable television
service.
Warsaw was absent, as it
already has a franchise
agreement with Beaslev
Cable Television Systems.
Inc.. of Goldsboro.
The franchise provides for
a basic fee of S8.95 per
month for 21 channels. Cus
tomers will be able to obtain
three movie channels for
extra tees. me ottering in- r,
eludes channels for the three r,
major networks, the Atlanta T
independent "supcrsta- u
tion." two news channels, 0
two sports channels, a chil
dren's channel, the Univer- n
sitv of North Carolina public a
television station and a c
Christian broadcasting
station. ci
It also will furnish a van n
equipped for remote broad- ti
casting on local channels. ri
, Key county officials will be fi
able to dial a code number to tf
broadcast across all channels J
emergency information. r<
The towns and county will h
eceive J percent of the gross
cturn from each jurisdiction,
he county franchise covers
nincorporated areas of the
ounty.
Cost of insrallation is esti
tatcd at about $4 million,
ccording to Bob Towers,
ngineer for the firm. A
taster receiving-distribution
enter will be constructed
ear Chinquapin. Relay sta
ons will be constructed to
eceive microwave signals
'om the center to send i
trough the cable to homes,
entative locations for these
teeiving stations are Rose
[ill. Friendship. Kornegay
and Kenansville. Out-of
county locations are Rich
lands. Holly Ridge and Bur
gaw.
The system is expected to
employ 15-20 people.
Towers said that within
t)0 days the mapping of an
area cable installation can
begin. The franchise calls for
lown customers to receive
the cable channels on their
sets by one year from the
signing, with the exception
?f Wallace and Rose Hill.
Because of earlier work in
these two towns, service
must be available bv Jan. 1.
1983.
Duplin Agribusiness Council Meets
Duplin Agricultural Fair To Be Oct. 4-9
Lloyd Stevens, Duplin
County Fair manager, an
nounced that a Duplin
County agricultural fair will
(be held in Kenansville start
ing on Monday, Oct. 4, 1982.
The Fair site will be around
the Kenan Auditorium - Old
Kenansville Elementary
grounds. The announce
ment was made at the
general meeting of the
Duplin Agribusiness Council
meeting held last Thursday
night.
Stevens stressed that
efforts were being made to
get all of the county involved
in the Fair. The Rose Hill
Jaycecs have agreed to in
corporate their Poultry
Jubilee into the Fair week
with the Poultry Pageant on
Friday night, Oct. 1st. Other
groups have expressed an
interest in joining the Fair
Week schedule.
According to Stevens, th?
Fair committee needs sug
gestions. volunteers and fi
nancial support. "If you can
help," stated Stevens,
"please write P.O. Box 84,
Kenansville, NC 28J49."
The following is a tentative
list of the 1982 Duplin
Coufity Fair committees and
chairmen: Overall Chairman,
Lloyd Stevens: Secretary.
Kav Williamson; Building
and Grounds. Jack Alphin,
Roy. Houston and Lloyd
Stevens; Parking, Roy
Houston; Educational Ex
hibits including Livestock,
Lois Britt: Entertainment,
Charlie Albertson; Advertis
ing. Charlie Albertson; Se
curity, Arliss Albertson;
Commercial Exhibits, Davul
Allen Sandlin; Treasurer &
Gate, John Smith; Budget &
Finance, Lois?Brltt, Roy
Houston. Lloyd Stevens. Kay
Williamson; and Catalog
Sales, Kenneth Lanier. *