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ttw ? PROGRESS SENTINEL ? VOL. XXXXVI NO 36 USPS 182-860 , KENANSVILLE. NC 28349 SEPTEMBER 9. 1982 18 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX Graham House Inn Makes First Application For License ?Kenansville Voters Ok Mixed Drink Sales Voters approved a muni cipal liquor-by-the-drink referendum last week but rejected the on-premises sale of malt beverages. The vote to approve mixed Piri'nk sales passed by a 135 to 113 margin, while the malt beverage sales issue was de feated by a vote of 140 to 99. A total of 250 of the town's 461 registered voters cast ballots on Tuesday. /. The vote on mixed drinks, the first in Duplin County, followed a petition to the county board of elections re questing the referendum. ^The petition was signed by Pi30 registered voters. rvtnaiiav ntc aucuuy uaa and ABC store, as do the Duplin towns of Warsaw, Wallace and Faison. Wallace remains the only community that allows on-premise sale of malt beverages. Businesses which obtain licenses to sell mixed drinks in Kenansville will buy liquor ^from the ABC store. A Pspecial S10 per gallon tax on the liquor purchased for liquor-by-the-drink sales will be split, with the state re ceiving $2.50, the county $3,375 and the town $4.125 for each gallon sold. The first application for a liquor-by-the-drink license in Kenansville was to be carried to Raleigh Friday, three days after local residents voted to permit mixed drink sales. The applicant is Dixon Hall, teasor of the Graham House Inn restaurant. "I'm hand-carrying it to the state (ABC) board," Hall said last week. Hall hopes mixed drink sales can begin at his restau rant Oct. 1. The sale of mixed drinks in Kenansville was approved last week by a vote of 135 to 113. Mayor Don Suttles said that 250 of the town's 461 registered voters cast ballots. Suttles termed the 54 percent turnout "good.". "It's what the people wanted," Suttles said of the approval. "It's hard to tell how much effect it will have, but I think it should help us." He said the sale of mixed drinks should attract business and provide addi tional tax income to the town. Benny Prince, chairman of the town's Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, said at least two and possibly three restaurants in the town have the facilities to qualify for mixed drink licenses. But he said the Graham House Inn is the only one that plans to apply immediately. "I'm glad to see people have a choice," Prince added. "That's what im presses me the most. It'll add some revenue, though not much." Prince said any restaurant getting a mixed drink license must purchase its liquor from the town's ABC store and pay a special tax of $10 per gallon. Prince said the store will be able to handle such sales with little additional expense and no additional employees even through it involves a cnange in ine way we handle the liquor." The state will receive $2.50 of the special tax. Duplin County, $3,375. and the town. $4,125. The town also receives 55 percent of the regular tax on liquor sold in its ABC store. Although town voters re jected the general sale of malt beverages in last week's referendum. Hall plans to request a license to sell wine from the state ABC board. "A quirk in the state liquor laws permits qualified restaurants in a town with an ABC store to obtain licenses to sell wine by the glass on their premises without resorting to a referendum," Hall said Randy Knight, a state ABC agent in Raleigh, said the law to permit such a step became effective Feb. I. Before that time, he said, a referendum on such sales was required. Ellie Zackheim, owner of the General Store restaurant, said she doesn't plan to apply for a mixed drink license now. "I'm not in terested now as I don't think my business would benefit much from it." She has a brown-baueine Dermit. Hall, who leased the Graham House Inn in May, expects mixed drink sales to improve his business by at tracting people from a wide area, particularly with Ke nansvilie's historic attrac tions. THE LIBERTY CART in the summer. Liberty Hall, and the Cowan Museum of farm and home artifacts. Kenansville is the only town in five of the six sur rounding counties to permit mixed drink sales. Hall said. The area of Jones. Sampson, Wayne. Pender and Lenoir counties includes 224.000 people, he added. Aerial Photo Of Duplin County Fair Site By Joe Lanier Duplin United In Fair Effort By Ruth Wells Publicity Chairman Unity is the magic word relative to the upcoming Duplin County'Agribusiness Fair to be held at the Kenan Memorial Auditorium Complex in Kenansville, Oct. 4th through 9th. "There is just no way of knowing how many people throughout the county are uniting their efforts to make the fair a reality," said Roy P Houston, one of the fair coordinators. "1 really felt Duplin was ready for a fair, but I had no idea the whole county would unite so whole heartedly in this venture. It really dees make you feel proud to be a part of such a team effort. And it does seem there is a job for just about everyone. If you are one of the few so far uninvolved, wouldn't you like to join us? There are many things yet to be done, many things, both large and small. One very small, very important item is to be sure everyone knows about the fair. Tell your neighbor! Ask him to be on the lookout for the Tabloid coming out in the local papers in about a week. The success of the fair de pends largely upon the in terest in locai persons to enter competitions, and display exhibits. There is manual labor to be done in enclosing the facility with fence and in many other ways. The following list of com mittee chairpersons may be contacted to offer your time and talents as we further unite our efforts to make the first annual Duplin County Agribusiness Fair a huge success. Parking - George Garner. Kenansville; Educa tional Exhibits ? Lois Britt, Kenansville; Commercial Exhibits - David Byrd, Ke nansville; Catalog Sales - Kenneth Lanier. Wallace; Poultry Day - Billy Thomas, Rose Hill; Entertainment - Charles Albertson. Beula ville. Yvonne Patterson, Ke nansville: Treasurer - John Smith. Kenansville; Security and First-aid - Arliss Al bertson. Beulaville: Publicity - Ruth Wells, Kenansville; Printing - Ike Riddick, War saw; Facilities - Keith Hairr. Wallace; also Jack Alphin. Ebern Watson. Bob Tart. Mae Spicer. Judy Wallace, Ray Rhinehart. David Allen Sandlin and. of course, our coordinators: Lois Britt. Roy Houston and Kay William son. Meet me at the Fair! Enrollment Declines In Duplin Schools i ? Duplin County schools had P 8,389 students enrolled through the fifth day of the fall term which started Aug. 25. The total was down 125 from the 8,514 enrolled at the same time last year, con tinuing an enrollment decline that began about 25 years ago with the movement of rural population to the na tion's urban areas. k However, the kindergarten P enrollment of 619 showed an increase of 42 students from the fifth class day last year. In contrast, the first-grade enrollment of 627 students showed a decrease of 23 from last year. Enrollment decreased from last year in grades 2 through 5 but increased in grades 6 and 7. Enrollment in the four high schools totaled 2,267 students, down 102 from the fifth day last year. Three of the high schools include grades 9-12aJ James Kenan, however, only includes grades 10-12. Therefore, total enrollment in the high schools is less that the total in the four high school grades. East Duplin High School had 769 students enrolled last week on Tuesday com pared with 819 a year ago; Wallace-Rose Hill High, 702 compared with 741 last year; James Kenan, 512 compared with 529; and North Duplin, 284 compared with 280 last year. Enrollment in the four high school grades totaled 2,481 sti'dents compared with 2.545 a year ago. Grade 12. with 550 students, lost 30 from last year; grade 11 with S92 gained II; grade 10 with 668 lost 49; and grade 9 with 672 gained 4. The eighth-grade enroll ment of 594 students was down 50 from a year earlier and the seventh-grade total of 685 was down 12 from a year ago. The sixth-grade gained 45 students with 720 enrolled and 675 a year ago. Enrollments of other grades were: second, 628 and 650 a year ago; third. 637 and 651; fourth, 642 and 684; and fifth, 685 and 725. Enrollment figures from the 10th school day ? Sept. 8 ? will be used by the state in determining fund allocations to local school systems. jPuplin County The Graham House Inn ?* ? - ? -4 . Duplin Watershed Work To Begin Soon Actual construction on the Limestone Creek Watershed project in eastern Duplin County may begin next month aftet more than 20 years of talking and plan ning. "We will open bids on the first phase of the work at 10 a.m. Sept. 27 in the com missioners' room in the courthouse in Kenansville," Kenneth Futrea' soil con servationist sai Friday. "We have been assured of funding approval." However. Futreal added, funding has been approved only for the Limestone Creek project at present. The adja cent Muddy Creek portion of the twin projects still is not funded. "It seemed at times as if it'd never get started." he said. The conservation dis vict will supervise the pro ject. "I didn't much believe it would ever get started, it's been in the works for so long," said George Cowan of Beulaville. chairman of the Duplin Watershed Improve ment commissioners. "It's, been 24 years since we had our first meeting on the idea in the Beulaville elementary school." The initial project will consist of four miles of channel restoration on Lime stone Creek from N.C. 24 west of Beulaville to near Hallsville where Limestone Creek empties into the Northeast Cape Fear River. Futreal estimated the cost at S50.000. The contractor will be allowed 107 days for the work, he added. The total project for the creek includes 25.1 miles of channel restoration. 17.2 miles of channel excavation, a 68-acre recreational pond and 60 acres of recreational area development around the lake. The reston>ti. will involve clearing, snagging and some excavation on the creek channel and channel excavation on 17.2 miles of laterals. "We hope to sign the project agreement between the Soil Conservation Service and county board this month so we can get the money obligated for the next phase which will include everything but the recreation area," Futreal said Friday. The second phase cost is estimated at $600,000 to $700,000. "If all goes well we'll probably be ready for con struction of this phase in December or January." he said. The contractor will be allowed 470 days to complete the work. The Limestone Creek pro ject involves 41,000 acres of frequently flooded or water-! logged land, with drainage problems brought about largely by 250 years of logging, farming and storms. Cost of the planned project is estimated at more than $2 million, including the recre ational area and pond on Cabin Creek, three miles north of Beulaville. Land treatment programs by individual land owners are well underway. This work is vital to the project's success, Futreal said. About 15 acres of grassed waterways will be developed to halt gullying in fields and about 100.000 feet of field borders will be established to prevent field erosion into the drainage channels of the area. The planned land treat ment cost is about $200,000 of which the government will pay, about $130,000, Futreal added. The Limestone and Muddy Creek projects originated as one project, but were sepa rated as federal funding tightened. It covers 31,000 acres from Beulaville and N.C. 24 south as far as Chinquapin. Futreal said the project is. still "in the works" despite lack of funding at present. Albertson Chairs Committee To Establish Scholarship In Honor Of George F. Landen A group of Duplin County citizens has formed a com mittee chaired by Charles Albertson to endow a scholarship at James Sprunt Technical College in honor of George F. Landen. Serving on the committee with Albertson are Keith Smith. Beulaville; Auline Smith, Chinquapin; Mary Andrews, Chinquapin; Patricia Kelly, Wallace; Thomasine Kennedy, Chin quapin; John Lanier. Beula ville; Hallie Albertson. Beu laville; Doris Bostic, Beula ville; and L.S. Guv. Faison. The committee has adop ted as their goal the en dowment of a two-year scholarship to be awarded to an outstanding student who plans 10 enroll in the general - I education program at JSTC. The committee will need to raise $5,000 to reach their goal. This effort will honor Landen of Chinquapin who served Duplin County as an outstanding educator for 35 years. He returned in 1975. Landen was principal of Chinquapin School No. 1 for 12 years. Prior to becoming principal, he was a classroom teacher from 1940 to 1963. He is a graduate of Warsaw High School and Presby terian College in Clinton, S.C. Landen is an active member of the Chinquapin Presbyterian Church where he serves as an elder, and he is a member of the Chin quapin School Board. He is married to the former Lu voise Chasten of Cairo. Ga., and they have one son, Jeff, who is now teaching at the B.F. Grady School, Albert son. Albertson states that per sons interested in making a contribution to the scholar ship in honor of Landen should contact him or Donna Thigpen. executive director of James Sprunt Foundation at JSTC, by phoning 296-1341. He further stated that all contributions to the fund are tax deductible. "This scholarship will honor a man who has con tributed much to the educa tion of our youth and will provide the means for a worthy student to further their education," said Albertson.
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