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tit<0 PROGRESS SENTINEL I VOL. XXXXV NO. 26 USPS 182-880 KENANSVILLE. NC 28349 JULY1.1982 16 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX 18 Sentenced In 1 Drug Investigation Sentences were handed down Friday to 16 people in Duplin County Superior Court, following a 10-month long undercover drug in vestigation which culminated with arrests in May. k All the defendents pleaded guilty before Judge James Strickland. Of a total of 26 warrants issued, these are the first to be brought to trial for felony charges involving cocaine, LSD, marijuana and other drugs. The charged parties re ceived various sentences, but most were reduced to proba tion and coupled with re quired public service work Jjlays. Many of the defendents also will receive fines and be responsible for repaying the court for the amount under cover agents paid in the dr g buys. In some cases, drivers licences were suspended. All the defendents were ordered to stay away from drugs and drug users and required to pay the cost of bcourt. The following sentences were issued Friday: . Scott Dunn of Kenans ville,1 found guilty of sale, delivery and possesion of a counterfeit substance fashioned as amphetamines. Received two years sus g rnck*-1. sentence, With ffvti years probation. Must spent four days in jail and pay a $250 fine, along with $25 to ptne Sheriffs Department to repay for drug buys. Twenty five hours of public service work for Kenansville or Duplin Co, . Tommy Knowles. Rt. 2, Rose Hill. Guilty of sale, delivery and possesion of LSD; sale, delivery and pos session of marijuana. Five Years suspended sentence; five years probation; three years active sentence; $250 fine; repay $135. . Alice Knowles, Carol C. Trailer Park, Wallace. Guilty of sale, delivery and posses sion of marijuana. Two years suspended sentence; five years probation; two days in jail; $100 fine; repay $10; suspended drivers license for 30 days; 48 hours work. . Cregg Knowles, U.S. 117, Wallace. Guilty of two counts of felonious posses sion with intent to sell and deliver marijuana; two years suspended sentence; five years probation; four days in jail; $500 fine; repay $115; suspend driver's license for 30 days; 100 hours work for town of Wallace. . Dianne Walker Knowles, 206 College St., Wallace. Charge of sale and delivery was reduced to a misde meanor simple possession of marijuana; $100 fine. . Robert Lee Knowles, Col lege St., Wallace. Guilty of two counts of sale and de livery of marijuana; two counts of possession; two years suspended sentence; must serve six months active sentence; v rk fe'ease al lowed with five year proba tion; $280 fine; $750 repay. . David Harrell of Kenans ville. Guilty of sale and delivery of cocaine and pos session of cocaine; two counts of sale, delivery and possession of methaqualone; nine years suspended sen tence;five years probation; six years active sentence; repay $3,849. . George Craig Craft, Box 6, Kenansville. Gir'ty of three counts of sale, delivtry and possession of marijuana; three years suspended sen tence; five years probation; 10 days in jail; $750 fine; repay $112.50; suspended driver's license for 90 days; 150 hours work. . James Owen Johnson, Jr., P.O. Box 465, Kenans ville. Guilty of conspiracy to sell and deliver marijuana, two counts. One count of sale, delivery and possession of marijuana; sentence of two years suspended; five years probation; four days in jail; $500 fine; repay $37.50; sus pended license for 60 days; 75 hours public service work. . Douglas Hall, Rt. 1, Beulaville. Guilty of sale and delivery of methaqualone; sale, delivery and possession of cocaine; six years sentence suspended; five years proba tion; $1,000 fine; repay $380; 72 hours work. Lindsy Hall, Rt. 2, Box 183, Rose Hill. Guilty of sale, delivery and possession of marijuana; two years sus pencjed sentence; five years probation; $250 fine; repay $10; driver license, sus- . pended for 30 days; 48 hours work. . Martha Foy, Rose Hill. Guilty of sale, delivery and possession of marijuana. Two years suspended sen tence; five years probation; four days in jail; $250 fine; repay $10; driver's license suspended for 20 days. . George Dwight Kinsey. Rose Hill Trailer Park. Guilty of sale, delivery and posses sion of marijuana (two counts); two years sus pended sentence; five year probation; four days in jail; $250 fine; repay $100; driver's license suspended for 60 days; 35 hous public work at town of Magnolia. Armand Carl Fussell, Rose Hill. Guilty of sale, delivery and possession of counterfeit amphetemine substance; sale, delivery and possession of marijuana (two counts); two years sus- ? pended sentence; five years probation; six days in jail; $600 fine; repay $75; 75 hours work. . Farriss Blizzard of Beula ville. Guilty of sale, delivery and possession of marijuana; sale, delivery and possession of methaqualone. five years probation; three years active sentence; $1,000 fine; repay $210. . Ralmon Lee Sanderson, of Rose Hill. Guilty of sale, delivery and of marijuana, also intent to manufacture. Four months active sentence; five years probation after jail term: repay $4. . Larrue Hanford, Chin quapin. Guilty of conspitac possession of marijuana: !"*< years suspended sentence; five years probation; $250 fine; two days in jail. Jessie Mae Sutton. Faisori. Guilty of possession, sell and delivery marijuana; possession, sell and deliver LSD; three years active sen tence; repay $30 to Sheriff's Department. Duplin Board Adopts Budget r KENANSVILLE-One com missioner's opposition to some spending provisions was not enough to prevent adoption of a 1982-83 fiscal year budget of $8,533,855 by the Duplin County Board of Commissioners Monday. The Vote to keep the tax rate at 70 cents per $100 assessed valuation, the same . as for the current fiscal year, ^was unanimous. The owner of property valued at $50,000 will be billed for $350 in county property taxes this fall. Voting for adoption of the budget were Commissioners Franklin Williams, W.J. Ccstin, Allen Nethercutt and Chairman Calvin Turner. Voting against the budget, > yet approving the tax rate, f was Comminsioner D.J. Fus sell, who, without elabor ating, said he disagreed with some of the spending called for'in the budget. The new budget exceeds the current budget by $255, 987 with increases spread across the board. Residents of Oakwolfe Fire District in northern Duplin will pay 76 cents per $100 valuation to support the volunteer fire department. The added 6 cents is ex pected to bring in $8,404. County employees will re ceive an increase in $400 each in pay. Employees paid partially by the county will receive an increase propor tionate to the percentage of their salaries paid by the county. The county expects to col lect $4,416,370 from the 70 cent t tx on the basis of a 95 percent collection rate and an assessed valuation of $664, 115,833. A 100 percent col lection would bring in an additional $232,440. Last year, the levy brought $4,255,193. The county expects $837, 095 from federal revenue sharing funds. Last year it received $931,769. The revenue-sharing fund is being used in the county's current budget, such as $546,800 for social services and law enforcement. $240, 000 for school capital outlay and $76,055 for James Sprunt Technical College in Kenansville. The school system will receive $1,890,586 in currect expense and $235,664 in capital outlay funds. An ad ditional $100,000 will be placed in a special capital reserve account for future school construction. Last year, the school system re ceived $1,747,200 in current expense and $246,600 in .capital outlay funds from the county. The school system allocation is the equivalent of 35.28 cents of just over half the tax rate. James Sprunt college will receive $282,550 in current expense and $76,055 in capital outlay funds from the county. Law enforcement. in cluding the sheriff's patrols and the jail, will receive $631,148. Tax supervisor Frank Moore said 22.500 tax bills will be mailed from his office June 30. Williams Replaces Atkinson As Head Of NDHS I By Sharon Overton Johnny Williams Jr., for mer principal of North Duplin Junior High School, took over as head of North Duplin High today. He is re placing Jake Atkinson, who announced his retirement early last week after he was offered the junior high posi tion. K Atkinson, 59, said he was ;not pressured into retiring. ["They (central office) said I had a job," said Atkinson. l"But 1 already had the job I | wanted. If 1 had wanted to go ' to the junior high, I'd have [gone. I decided it would be Fbest to retire." Atkinson has been princi pal at North Duplin since 11975. He was asked to trans fer to NDJH because of what P>uperintendent L.S. Guy (called "a need to strengthen the program (at the high school) through some ad ministrative changes." Guy said there was "no major problem" with Atkinson's work, but that the adminis tration "lacked long-rangi planning." "We wish he (Atkinson) would stay. He's been very good to us," said Guy. Williams, who has been principal at NDJH for the past eight years, was the only candidate considered for the high school job. "Mr. Williams has strengths in construction," said Guy. v ' "He's an outstanding public relations person and a great organizer and planner." Williams is a native of Teachey and a graduate of Charity High School. He was drafted into the Army fol lowing high school and spent most of his time serving in Korea. He later attended A&T State University in Greensboro where he re ceived his BS degree in biology. Williams' career as an educator began with a teach ing position at Rose Hill Elementary. He was even tually promoted to vice principal at the Rose Hill Magnolia school. In 1974, he received his certification in administration at A&"p and took the job as principal of North Duplin Junior High. Williams and his wife Lottie have two sons, an eighth grader at Charity Middle School, and a junior at A&T. Mrs. Williams teaches at Rose Hill-Magno lia. Williams has high expec tations of his new position at NDHS "It's a challenge that I'm looking forward to," he REHEARSALS ARE UNDERWAY for The Liberty Cart's seventh season which begins July. 9th. Randolph Umberger's colorful drama about the development of easter North Carolina and the nation will be performed every Thursday through Sunday evening at 8:15 p.m. in the William Rand Kenan, Jr. Memorial Amphitheatre in Kenansville. The 1982 summer season will also include five performances of the popular rock musical Godspell by The Liberty Cart's professional cast and crews. Godspell will open on Wednesday, July 21 and will be performed on the following four Wednesday nights. For information call: (919) 296-0721, or write: The Liberty Cart. P.O. Box 470, Kenansville, NC 28349. County Fair Solicits Business Support The "Duplin County Fair is hoping to gain support from ? area businesses through an ad campaign which they kicked off at a special meeting last Thursday night. Salesmen will be contact ing businesses in the Duplin, Wayne and Lenoir areas concerning the purchase of ads in the fair program. They will stress the theme of unification of Duplin County and pride in its number one industry, agriculture. Mer chants are encouraged to {ferticipate in the program as a means of "keeping Duplin money in Duplin." The tabloid will contain 16 pages, ten of advertising and six of information, and will be circulated to 17,000 households through the Wal lace Enterprise and The Duplin Times. 8.000 addi tional copies will be distri buted the week of the fair. Classes at James Sprunt Technical College have vol unteered to do the layout work, decreasing the cost of production. Merchants can purchase a full-page ad for $400. a half page for $200, a quarter page for $100 and a 5"X2" and there will be no political advertising. The deadline is August 1. For more information, con tact Kenneth Lanier at Pro duction Credit Association in Wallace. The Agribusiness Council, sponsors for the Duplin County Fair, also encourage businesses to set up booths and exhibits on fair grounds. Commercial booths will be available for S50 and S65 inside of Kenan Auditorium. Booths must remain on dis play the entire time of the fair. October 4-9 from 4 p.m. until 10 p.m. Space for larger displays such as farm equipment will be available outside. To re serve these areas, the council requires only that 'he ex hibitor be a niemb r of the Agribuiirtess Council and an advertisor in the fair pro gram. "The hardworking agricul tural community of this county has achieved the en viable feat of making Duplin County number one in agri culture production among the 100 counties of North Carolina and one of the top 50 in the whole United States," said David Byrd, commercial exhibit Chairman for the fair committee. "This tremendous earning power of Duplin County, more often than not. goes to reward business in tire neighboring counties. We are convinced that a successful county fair will do a lot toward making people aware of the excellent opportunities for business and trade right here at home. It is because of this that we are asking you to support and take advantage of the fair to advertise your business." The next regularly sched uled meeting of the fair committee will be Thursday, June 8 at 8 p.m. Duplin Youth Drowns Vincent Colon Pickett, 17, of Route 1, Chinquapin, son of Willie Pickett, drowned last Monday. Hiram Brinson, Duplin County emergency services director, said the drowning occurred shortly after 2 p.m. Monday in a rain-swollen creek near Cleveland Bridge on N.C. 50 two miles south of Chinquapin. Brinson said several youths were at the bridge. Pickett jumped in the normally small creek from the bridge railing. The swift current carried him further than he expected and he panicked, according to Brin son. Brinson said the other youths jumped in the water to pull him out but were unable to do so. All the small streams in southern Duplin County and the Northeast River are re ported to be swollen from recentyains. Brinson said the Chinqua pin Rescue Squad was called at 2:56 p.m. The Rose Hill Rescpc Squad, which , also has a boat, was called to assist. The body was re covered at 5:57 p.m. Mon day. NDHS GETS NEW PRINCIPAL-Johnny Williams closes out his office at North Duplin Junior High School in Faison and prepares to move into a new one at North Duplin High. Williams was named principal at the high school after Jake Atkinson resigned early last week. said. "It will be different, but 1 feel I can meet that challenge." Supt. Guy stated that, as of last Tuesday, no candi dates were being considered to fill the vacancy at the junior high I CUCUMBER HARVESTOR-Calypso farmer W.R. Keebaugh has one of three existing cuke pickers. This machine will pick the cucumber from the vine and not damage the vines. Keebaugh says the machine is made in Clyde, Ohio by Mach-Weld. Though it is made in Ohio it was designed by engineers at N.C. State University. The original machine is still doing its job near La Grange, it was put together at NCSU. For the machine to operate properly the cukes have to be in 60 inch middles, normally cukes are in 38 to 40 inch middles. The machine also trains the vines to stay on the rows, not to wander in the middles. This means the machine must travel down each row at least every three days. A single driver or operator can tend 25 acres qf cukes with the machine. According to Keebaugh the machine will pay for itself in about three years. The c0St around 530,000. A problem with this yeays operation, the wetness of the fields. The machine will gather about 10 acres of cukesa day. A crew of 10 workers will gather about two and a half acres a day.
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