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i VOL. XXXXV NO. 28 USPS 162-860 KENANSVILLE. NC 28349 JULY 15, 1982 14 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
Duplin OKs School
? Budget Of $17 Million
The Duplin County Board
of Education adopted the
school system's 1982-83
fiscal year budget of
$17,845,405 last week. *
County tax and other funds
will provide $2,397,856 of the
^jtal; federal revenue shar
ing money allocated to the
county, $214,240; federal
funds, $2,477,089; state
funds, $11,133,868 and mis
cellaneous sources including
carryover, $1,622,082, ac
cording to Victor Tucker,
accountant.
The system was allocated
$1,912,010 from county tax
funds. The budget includes
$485,846 from fines, for
feitures and other fees col
lected by the county.
The system's average
daily attendance during the
1981-82 school year was
8,100 students.
Food services represented
a large-scale business with
expenditure of $1,477,300
and revenue of $1,548,538 in
the past school year.
Revenue for the 1980-81
school year totaled
$1,618,396 and expenditure,
$1,554,998, according to
Shelby Kilpatrick, food
service supervisor.
She reported $387,265 on
hand to start the 1982-83
school year and told the
board that this is enough to
keep food services operating
for 2.36 months. The reserve
is needed because federal
and state payments often run
2 to 2.5 months late, she
said.
During the past school
year, the lunch program
averaged 6,346 customers
per day. Of these, 2,348 paid
full price, 548. part of the
price, and 3.450 nothing at
all. During the 1980-82 year
and average of 6,713 people
took part in the lunch pro
gram with 2.425 paying full
price, 698 reduced price, and
3,590 nothing at all. During
the past year, students paid
70 cents, full price; 40 cents
reduced, price, and adults
$1.20 for lunch
bite reported i,vn people
took part in the breakfast
program in the past year and
2,292 in 1980-81. During
1981-82, she said. 1,692 stu
dents received free break
fasts. 137 paid reduced price
and 200 paid full price. In the
1980-"81 year. 2,293 parti
cipated in the breakfast pro
gram with 1,767s- paylrtg
nothing, 255 paying reduced
price ' and 270 paying full
price. Full price for breakfast
for studnets was 45 cents and
reduced price 30 cents.
Adults paid 65 cents.
The board retained Stan
dard Life of Georgia as
insurance carrier for
students at a rate of 59 per
year for coverage during
school hours and $39 for
'24-hour coverage. The pre
. miums are paid by students.
Anti-Shock Trousers
May Save Lives
Duplin County will receive
26 anti-shock trousers in 45
to 60 days to be assigned to
county ambulances, Hiram
Brinson, county emergency
services director, told county
commissioners in Kenans
ville last week.
{. Brinson said the life-sav
ing trousers are for victims of
fjrart attacks, severe trauma
nd fractures of the legs.
They push the victim's
blood from the lower part of
the body to the upper part
when they are placed on a
patient and pumped up with
:! air. The movement of blood
i reduces the effects of shock,
lie said f ..
(The air pressure on the
fabric pushes the blood up
ward in the body. It does not
Ot off circulation in the
\ arteries as does a tou.-niquet.
Putting the trousers on a
patient or victim is no prob
<cm, but to deflate and re
Hfove the apparel requires a
physician trained in the pro
cedure, Brinson said.
Classes in this procedure are
being conducted now at
Duplin General Hospital.
Brinson said members of
Kenansville, Rose Hill and
Faison rescue squads took
classes in using thp trousers
last week. The Warsaw
Rescue Squad is scheduled
for a class July 20.
The cost of each pair of
trousers is about $300. The
county wilt pay half and the
Neuse River Council of Gov
ernments the other half.
The county's share of the
total cost is estimated to be
about $4,000. The county ap
propriated $10,000 for equip
ment for the emergency ser
vices department this fiscal
year, v
In other business:
? ??*? C\ . voi-Jntissio' -
ers apptwpriated-Sl ,826 for
insurance premiums to cover
heavy equipment valued at"
$365,000 at the cohnty land
fill.
It also appropriated $1,376
for collision insurance on six
garbage trucks valued at
$297,000, and $360 for col
lision insurance on three
ambulances valued at
$60,000.
? Bids for a 15-passen
gcr van and a compact
pickup truck will be opened
at 2 p.m. July IS in the
county finance office. The
van will be used to transport
kidney dialysis patients. The
truck will be assigned to the
county maintenance depart
ment.
? The board approved
county health department
contracts with tO physicians,
including Dr. Corbett Quinn
of Magnolia as health de
partment medical consultant
at a fee of SI,391 per month.
Contracts for other physi-'
cians call for hourly fees of
$10 to $40. The total is
expected to be about
$45,000.
? Billie Hollingsworth
of Faison was appointed to
the Duplin General Hospital
board for a four-year term.
Joe Williams of Rose Hill
was reappointed and Edgar
Wells Jr. of Teachey was
appointed to the county
planning board.
? Three Warsaw Eagle
Scounts, Kent Ezzell, Mich
ael Blackburn and Steve
Kornegay. were recognized
by the board.
Girl Dies Of Injuries
A 13-year-old girl died
Friday evening from injuries
after a car hit her on a Duplin
County highway last week.
Beverly Williams died of
severe brain injuries at 6
p.m. Friday, said Deborah
Nelson, charge nurse in the
intensive care unit at Pitt
Memorial Hospital in Green
ville.
A car hit Miss Williams on
Monday evening when she
was walking along N.C.
Highway 41 near Millers Mill
west of Chinquapin, said
R.N. Johnson, N.C. state
trooper on the case.
The teen-ager had been in
intensive care in Greenville
since the 6:50 p.m. accident
Monday.
No charges were issued in *
the case.
COMMISSIONERS COMMEND EAGLES -
The county commissioners recognized three
Warsaw Boy Scouts last Tuesday morning
for attaining their Eagle awards. Com
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missioner Chairman Calvin Turner presents
plaques to Michael Blackburn. 15. Ken .
Ezzell. 15, and Steve Kornegay, 18.
' COOPER SHOWING - Works by local artist
Margaret Cooper filled the walls and lawn of
the Graham House Inn in Kenansville
?riday. Mrs. Cooper's paintings were on
laplay July 9-11 at the restaurant as part of
? one-woman show sponsored by the Duplin
County Arts Council. Along with numerous
other exhibitions. Mrs. Cooper has taught
her craft in the Bladenboro schools, Harrells
Christian Academy, James Sprunt Techni
call'College, and in her own home studio in
Rose Hill.
Vacationing Board
Limits Action
In Wallace
The town board of com
missioners took no action
Thursday night because two
of its members were absent.
Commissioners Arnold
Duncan and David Jordan
were out of town on vaca-.
tions, * % .
Action on the offer of the
American Legion to give its
athletic field-to the town was
delayed until the board's
next meeting.
The field was established
about 35 years ago when the
Wallace Legion post fielded a
baseball team. Since the
Legion has not maintained a
ball team for several years,
the organization wants to
give the field to the town to
eliminate the cost of upkeep.
If the post were to disband
because of low membership
and it still owned the field,
the deed for the field would
go to the state American
Legion headquarters in
Raleigh. The field could be
sold and the money retained
by the state organization.
If the town accepts the
field, it will become respon
sible for upkeep. It also
would be able to rent the
field.
Commissioner N.H.
Carter, following the
meeting, said he believes the
town should accept the field
and that the board will accept
it at the next meeting.
Thel Overman, retired
Wallace-Rose Hill High
School athletic director,
earlier estimated the field's
value at S250,000. He said
the field is in the best shape
every.
The Legion offer stipulates
the Wall ace-Rose Hill High
School be given first choice
in scheduling use of the field.
Harrells Christian Academy
should have second choice.
Neither school has an ath
letic field of its own.
Legion field is on the east
side of Wallace. It is sur
rounded by a cinderblock
wall an(l has lights for night
playing. The high school is.
located at Teachey, about a
mile north of Wallace. The
academy is in Harrels, 14
miles west of Wallace.
The board expects to pur
chase a 100-by-306-foot lot at
the Wallace Airport, owned
by former U.S. Rep. David
Henderson of Wallace and
Washington, but has taken
no action pending clearance
with the Federal Aviation
Administration.
Joe Morrison, represent
ing Henderson, told the
board Henderson would ac
cept $5,100 for the property.
One appriasal, which
included a septic tank, well
and deep well pump, valued
the property at $6,200.
Another appriasai, which did
not include the tank and well,
valued the land at $4,000. A
house on the property has
been moved to another loca
tion.
The lot is at the west end
of an airport runway and the
space .s needed for the glade
pattern at the port.
The - board budgeted
$10,000 for property acqui
sition at the airport.
Installation of pipe in the
new town well near Town
Hall is expected to begin this
week. The well is designed to
provide 600 gallons of water
per minute.
A call for bids for con
struction of the well house
and installation of the pump,
controls and chlorination
equipment will be issued
Aug. 5. Bids will be opened
Aug. 12.
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WHITLEY SPEAKS - Third District U S
Congressman Charlie Whitley spoke to a
group of over 50 Friday at an informal
luncheon at The Country Squire in Kenans
ville. The dutch lunch was part of a day of
Duplin County appearances for Whitley
beginning with a public breakfast in Wallace
and tour of a local plant in Duplin County.
During his talk the Congressman stressed
the importance of the passage of his tobacco
bill which goes before the Senate this weeU.
The bill, which got through the House last
Monday, is a seven-part proposal designed
to keep the 30-year-old federal tobacco
program alive. One of the major changes the
bill proposes is to allow the sale of tobacco
allotments,'
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Beulaville Town Board
Ups Water Deposit,
Service Charge
By Sharon Overtoil
Staff Writer
New customers wanting
water in the town of Bcula
ville wit) pay almost twice as
much in deposits and service
charges effective the last of
July.
The Beulaville Town Board
voted unanimously last Tues
day on a motion by Commis
sioner F. A. Blizzard to raise
the water deposit from $16 to*
$25 and the service charge
from $3 to $10. The penalty
for late payment will remain
the same at 10 percent of the
total bill.
The board also approved a
motion to give water and
sewer users who have just
hooked up to the new lines 30
days notification to pay tap
fees at the old rate. After the
30-day grace period, the rate
will go up from $100 plus
inspection fees to a minimum
-of $200 plus inspection fees.
The new rate was passed last
month in .the budget ordi
nance.
i ne town 01 oeuiavuie win
hold a second public hearing
Monday, July 26 concerning
the application for a Com
munity Development Block
Grant. The hearings are de
signed to get feedback from
the citizens as to.what they
would like included in the
application. Only one resi
dent attended the first
hearing on Jt^|y6.
' Woody Brinson, who is
coordinating the application,
said that the south side of
Beulaville is targeted to re
ceive most of the funds.
"The application stiplifies
that the target area must be
80 percent low or moderate
income families," said Brin
son. "We're looking at a
16-block area which is the
lowest income area in town.
The housing is predomi
nantly substandard, with 90
percent dirt streets and defi
ciencies in the water and
sewer systems."
If the grant is approved, 43
families living in the target
area would be eligible for
housing rehabilitation, water
and sewer improvements,
and street and drainage re
pairs. The application al
locates $600,000, or 80 per
cent of the total grant, for the
target area and the remain
ing $150,000 for street,
drainage, and water and
sewer improvements in other
parts of town.
Brtnson said Beulaville has
been denied block grants
twice before, in 1970 and
1981. He explained that the
state's ranking system often
pushes small towns like
Beulaville out of the top
percentages for need.
"Twenty percent of the
ranking process is based on
census data." said Brinson.
"A small community norm
ally doesn't have the strong
poverty and substandard
housing statistics needed to
have an overwhelming
chance to receive funding."
Brinson said the other 80
percent of the ranking deci
sion rested on the design of
the application.
The state expects to re
ceive over 200 applications
before the July 30th dead
line. Of these, one out of
seven will be awarded.
Bculaa ille will know whether
it is among them by Septem
ber 30.
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Faison Places
Moratorium On
Water-Sewer Hook-Up
In an effort to treat all
water and sewer users fairly,
the Faison Town Board re
scinded a previous motion
and voted to allow residents
six months to hook up to the
lines without charge.
The board had decided last
month to charge those hook
ing up for the first time $150.
This included residents who
had installed septic tanks
because they were unable to
obtain sewer services
through the old system.
"Everyone should be
treated tlie same," said
Mayor Francis McColman.
"Either everybody pays or
nobody pays." ?
Two residents who paid
the hook-up fee under the old
ordinance will have their
money refunded. All others
who have not yet hooked up
the new line have until
December 1 to do so. After
that date, the price of obtain
ing water and sewer services
in Faison will go back up to
$150.
Contractors who have been
working on the sewer system
for Faison will receive final
payment subject to any con
ditions the water-sewer com
mittee might set. The Faison
board voted to pay the bills
after receiving approved
final invoices from the
Farmer's Home Administra
lion. The town presently
owes Kipco Piping
$1,478.40, Roanoke Electric
$4,866.26 and T.A. Loving
Co. $50,128.57.
Faison is putting "Teeth"
into its policy of collecting for
maintenance work done on
unkept property.
.Acting on a recommenda
tion by Police Chief Randy
Brock, Town Attorney Gar
rett Ludlum investigated the
possibility of adding the ex
pense to the property
owner's taxes. Under a state
provision, work done on pro
perty that has been deemed a
public health nuisance by
virtue of weeds or other
factors is taxable by the
town.
The problem arose when a
Faison property owner living
in Connecticut continuously
failed to mow his lot. Brock,
as required, gave him 30
days notice to have the yard
mowed. When the owner
failed to do so. city main
tenance crews did the work
for him at his expense. So
far. the town has been un
able to collect on the bill.
In further business, the
board decided to wait until
next month to appoint a
replacement for L.S. Guy,
chairman of the Board of
Adjustments Guy resigned
last week.
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