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Whitley Tops Duplin
Vote In Election
0 Duplin County voters, as
expected, gave Democrat
Charles Whitley, .incumbent
third district Congressman, a
huge early lead over the
Republican challenger,
Eugene "Red" McDaniel in
last week's general election.
Early unoffical totals from
IS precincts and absentee
voters gave Whitley 5,983
votes to 1,743 for McDaniel.
? Unofficially, 9,849 or 57
percent of the 17,248 regis
tered voters cast ballots. The
turnout was described as
"very large" by election
spokesmen Tuesday night.
In Cabin Precinct, a rural
area in central Duplin that
normally has a strong Re
publican vote, 254 of 437
registered voters cast
ballots. Of those, 136 voted
for Whitley and 117 for
McDaniel.
Susie Smith, Duplin elec
tion board chairman, re
ceived a call from Pat Jen
kins of McDaniel's campaign
office in Dunn early Tuesday
night asking Mrs. Smith to
have all ballot boxes brought
to the election board head
quarters in Kenansville
Tuesday night and sealed.
Mrs. Smith said she
checked the laws on the
subject and found ballot
boxes could be held in safe
custody of the precinct re
gistrars, subject to order of
the board of elections. Mrs.
Smith said she told Ms.
Jenkins care of the ballot
Jxixes was the responsibility
of the precinct registrars.
She said the McDaniel cam
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paign worker responded,
"But all your registrars are
Democrats."
In the Beulaville precinct,
home precinct of the two
District 3 Board of Education
candidates, the Democrat,
Carl Pate Sr. led the Re
publican, Jackie Creech, 288
to 230. The incumbent, Dr.
E.L. Boyette, did not seek re
election.
Republicans, outnum
bered in registration by more
than 10 to 1, seldom field
candidates for county offices.
As a result, all countywide
offices up for "election this
year were decided in last
spring's Democratic pri
maries.
In the spring primaries,
Duplin voters re-elected
Sheriff T. Elwood Revelle
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and elected Wendell H. I
Murohv of Rose Hill as 10th r
District state representative. |
The district includes Duplin
and Jones counties.
Also in the primaries, Dis
trict 4 voters elected the
county's first woman com
missioner last spring. She is
Dovie L. Penney of Wallace. I
In the same primary Allen
Nethercutt won re-election to
the third commissioners dis
trict seat. The commissioners I
and Board of Education dis
tricts cooincide.
Also winning re-election in
the primary, without opposi
tion. were Clerk of Court
John A. Johnson, state Sen.
Harold W. Hardison for the
Sth District, and Calvin G.
Turner Sr., county commis
sioner from the 2nd District.
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AAcDaniels Asked For Duplin
Ballot Boxes To Be Impounded
Duplin County officials
"jailed ballot boxes last week
Tuesday night in the
(Illation cell of the county
jail in Kenansville following
the general election.
The election board asked
Sheriff T. Elwood Revelle to
secure the ballot boxes after
a call from the Eugene
"Red" McDaniel campaign
headquarters, asking for the
bsdlot boxes to be brvugln to
the election board for safe
keeping in case of possible
#ecount demands.
McDaniel was the Repub
lican candidate for the N.C.
3rd Congressional District
seat, retained by Democrat
Charles Whitley in Tues
day's general elections.
Unofficial Duplin County
totals show 10,010 people
voted in the general election
Tuesday out of a registration
of 17,284.
The unofficial tally showed
Whitley with 7,670,
McDaniel with 2,312 and
Marshall Sprague, the Lib
ertarian candidate with 30
votes.
The turnout of 58 percent
was described as "excep
tionally high considering the
lack of local contests on the
ballot" by Melvin Williams, I
county Democratic chairman. '
In the congressional elec
tion four years ago, just over 1
7,000 ballots were cast in the
county. I
Williams attributed the '
large turnout to what he <
called "the negative cam- 1
paign carried out by Mc- '
Daniel."
Instead of helping Mc
Daniel, Williams said the
negative campaign angered
Democrats enough to bring
many who otherwise might 1
have stayed home out to vote '
Whitley. <
Whitley carried all 20 of 1
the county's precincts by
wide margins.
The closest tally came in
Cabin Precinct where
Whitley received 136 and
McDaniel 117 votes. The
widest margin for Whitley
:ame from Charity Precinct
which gave Whitley 431
rates to 37 for McDaniel.
Carl Pate Sr., Democrat,
won ?h' Duplin District 3,
Board of Education seat with
7,872 votes to 1,299 for
Republican Jackie Creech.
Both candidates have Beula
ville addresses. The district
ravers southeastern Duplin
County.
Kenansville Zoning Changes
Sent Back To Planning Board i
Faced during a public
hearing last week with vocal
opposition to zoning changes
in the older part of Kenans
ville, the town board of com
missioners instructed the
planning board to re
examine the changes and
hold a public hearing.
By a split vote, the board
^also scheduled a public
piearing at 7 p.m. Dec. 6 in
the Kenansville Town Hall
on satellite annexation of The
Cuntry Squire and Vintage
Inn property on N.C. 24, two
miles west of the town.
A petition for annexation
was presented by Doris
Eakes. one of the owners of
the property, which was re
cently sold by its developer,
Aloe West. The property is
^.26 acres.
At a previous meeting the
board had requested the
petition.
Voting against the annexa
tion hearing was Commis
sioner William Fennell. who
referred to the board's dis
couragement of an annexa
tion request by J.L. Rhodes,
owner of Lula's Famous Hot
Dogs, about I'/i miles west
of the city on the airport
road.
"I think we should treat
people alike," Fennell said.
"If we're going to annex
these people (Country Squire
and Vintage Inn), we should
have told Rhodes to continue
with his petition."
Voting for the hearing
were Commissioners Earl
Hatcher. Betty Long, Jimmy
Johnson and Ronnie Bostic.
Rhodes told the board he
has 2.71 acres and plans to
erect more buildings. He
said he pays S262 in Duplin
County property taxes. If he
adds more buildings, he
said, his taxes would more
than double.
The annexation requests
have been spurred by
approval of liquor-by-the
drink in Kenansville, the
only town in Duplin County
to approve mixed drinks.
Board members agreed
property to be annexed
should have substantial
value to provide the town
with added tax revenue.
Legal fees connected with
annexation will total $500 to
$700.
Twenty-five people ap
peared to argue against
zoning proposals for older
portions of the town. The
board approved without ob
jections zoning regulations
for areas annexed since 1975.
Objections were offered to
rezoning an area along N.C.
24 east from R-15 (single
family residence on a 15,000
square-foot lot) to R-8.5
(multifamily dwellings on
minimum 8.500-square-foot
lot).
Strong objection was
offered to rezoning from R-15
to '/?-8.5 the Gooding prop
erty, including a fire
damaged house, behind
the county library. Residents
also petitioned to have some
adjoining property owned by
the Kenan family rezoned
from general business to
R-8.5.
Planning board member
Jim Blanchard presented the
proposal which the commis
sioners remanded to the
planning board.
The board voted to close a_
road on the Meredith Farrior*
estate. The town had no
record of the road's being
dedicated as a public street,
although the late Fa,rrior#i
had allowed the public to use
the unpaved road. Heirs
wanted the road closed so
thev could make better use of
the property, which the road
splits. Steve Williamson ob
jected. saying he has used
the street 45 years.
The board agreed to allow
Univision Television of Rich
lands to install a 10-foot
microwave receiving disc on .
the town water tower for a |
fee of $500 a year on a five
year lease. The firm is in- s
stalling cable television in
Kenansville.
The board voted to buy
aerator equipment from T.A.
Loving Co. of Goldsbo.^ for
$18,000 and store it until it
has the $6,500 available to 1
pay for installation.
Rose Hill Needs Medical Center
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A physician has agreed to
begin a practice in Rose Hill
next summer, but the town
must raise $27,000 to help
build a rural medical center
before then.
A campaign to raise the
$27,000, the community's
Ashare of the rural medical
^center's cost, was launched
by the Rose Hill Chamber of
Commerce Friday following
the announcement the doctor
is coming.
Dr. Carl Haynes, now com
pleting a family residency at
Moses Cone Hospital in
Greensboro, has agreed to 1
begin a practice in Rose Hill
in August 1983, according to
Keith Hinson, the Chamber ]
^president.
To obtain a North Carolina
Department of Human Re
sources rural area medical
center grant. Hinson said
$27,000 must come from
most of the 750 families
living in the Rose Hill area.
Hinson said a 2,600 square
foot building is being
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planned to be located ad
jacent to Rose Manor Shop
ping Center on the south side
of town. He said a budget of
$150,000 to $160,000 is being
planned for the building and
equipment.
Dr. Haynes was born in
Johnson City. Tenn.. lived in
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Alabama for a time, and
moved to Asheville 17 years
ago. He attended Asheville
public schools and obtained
his college degrees from the
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill. He is married
and his wife is a registered
nurse.
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woman uies witnin hours ut Husband >
A retired Wallace farmer
and his wife died within five
hours of each other Wed
nesday in separate hospitals
after both succumbed to
different illnesses.
Almond M. "Coy"
Herring, 77, dietf about noon
in New Hanover Memorial
Hospital in Wilmington after
a lengthy illness. His wife,
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Fslie Shepard Herring, 72,
died at 5 p.m. the same day
at Pender Memorial Hospital
in Burgaw, said the couple's
niece, Lois H. Edgerton of
Burgaw.
Mrs. Edgerton said Mrs.
Herring, who had suffered a
stroke l'uesday, died without
knowing her husband had
died earlier.
In addition to Mrs. Edger- <
ton, the couple is survived by i
a daughter, Mrs. Ann i
Herring Evans of Ocean Isle <
Beach and a grandson. Mrs. |
Herring is survived by two i
brothers, Percy C. Shepard <
of Wallace and W.H.
Shepard of Wilmington. <
A combined funeral was |
held at First Baptist Church t
Caroline Murray
1983 Duplin
County Junior Miss
Caroline Murray was
picked from ten very lovely
and talented contestants in
the 1983 Duplin County
Junior Miss pageant held
Saturday night at the Kenan
Memorial Auditorium in
Kenansville.
Caroline is student council
president and member of the
tennis Jeam at Hanoi!'
Christian Academy. She
plans to major in accounting
at Wake Forest University.
Her talent was singing. She
. is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Elwyn Murray Jr. of
Rose Hill. She received a
$600 scholarship, a $100 gift
certificate from Kramer's of
Wallace, a $50 gift certificate
from Teresa's in Bculaville
and Kenansville and a $50
gift certificate from Crea
tions Three of Warsaw.
Ellen Sandlin was first
runner-up. If for some reason
(lie queen is unable to fulfill
her reign. Miss Sandlin will
take over as (he 1183 Junior
Miss. Miss Sandlin is a
senior at East Duplin High
School. She plans to attend
Campbell University and
major pre law. She is the
daughter of Mr and Mrs.
David Allen Sandlin ofiBcu
laville. S.nc received a
scholarship.
Tiffany Thomas was
second runner-up She is the
daughter of Robert Ray and
Helen Thomas of Route 2.
fink Hill. She received a $75
scholarship.
Photos - at the top, left to
right. Tiffany Thomas, Lee
Ann Costin, Caroline Murray
and Ellen Sandlin. Bottom
photo, the 1183 Junior Miss
of Duplin County, Caroline
Murray.
Sheriff Reveiie Receives
Distinguished Service Award
T. El wood Revelle
The Mental Health Asso
ciation of North Carolina
presented Sheriff Thomas
Elwood Revelle the Distin
guished Service Award at
their annual meeting on Oct.
29 at Greensboro. 11
Hernando Palmer,
presiding at the awards
luncheon, remarked.
"Sheriff Revelle played a
crucial role in designating a
special deputy to handle
egal commitmerits of the
mentally ill and the alcoholic,
rhis move brought to focus
:he need for handling in
voluntary commitments
expeditiously and increased
the coordination of mental
lealth and emergency ser
vices in Duplin County. His
compassion for the mentally
II, mentally retarded and the
ilcoholic is superb. His un
lerstanding of the mental
lealth. alcohol and drug
tbuse problems is exten
sive."
Dr. E.J. Raman, director
>f the Duplin-Sampson Area
Cental Health. Mental Re
ardation and Substance
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Abuse Services, said, "It is
always a pleasure and a
privilege to be associated
with our Sheriff Revelle. He
works very closely with our
program since its inception
in 1969. He was the first
sheriff in our state to desig
nate a special deputy to
handle legal commitments.
His exemplary cooperation
and excellent communication
have been the foundation
necessary for the coordina
tion of mental health services
in the Duplin-Sampson
area."
In receiving the award.
Revelle said, "It is very kind
of the Mental Health Asso
ciation to recognize my small
contribution to improve the
services for the men'ady ill. I
do appreciate the excellent
cooperation extended bv Dr.
Raman and his staff at any
time of the day and night."
Magnolia Depot Backers
Hope For Better Turnout
A public meeting to orga
nize a committee to save the
Magnolia train depot was
rescheduled for 8 p.m. Nov.
11 at Town Hall after the
meeting last week was can
celed due to lack of atten
dance. ?
The meeting was re- I
scheduled because many
people who had expressed
interest in the project could
not attend the session on
Thursday.
"If you don't stop tearing
down Magnolia. I'm going to
come to town one day and I
won't know I'm in town,"
said Lilly Mae Baker Burns,
one of the eight people at the
meeting.
, Historic buildings in the
town include the brick depot
once owned by Seaboard
Coast Xine Railroad and its
predecessor firms, and the
Magnolia College building.
The depot was built in the
1870s following a fire that
destroyed the former depot
and 74 other buildings in the
town.
The college building has
been unused for many years
and is in need of repair for
preservation.
Randy Drew, who
scheduled last week's
meeting, was unahje to
attend.
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Duplin (.nurcnes
Hold MOC Dinner
The Free Will Baptist
churches of Duplin County
raised $8,888 at the annual
gift support dinner for Mount
Olive College held Saturday,
Oct . 30.
Thirteen churches parti
cipated in the dinner with
216 in attendance. As dinner
chairman, William D.
Thigpen of Beulaville pre
sided over the program
which included a musical
group from the College and a
report on the transition of
MOC to four-year status.
Jean Ackiss, associate di
rector of development, ex
plained that the gift support
piovided by the dinners ?.vill
help provide the firm fi
nancial basis necessary for
the transition of Mount Olive
College to senior college
status.
Three $100 scholarships
were presented at the annual
fund-raising event. Piney
Grove received the scholar
ship given to the church with
the most high school
students present. Sandy
Plain was awarded the
scholarship given to the
church contributing the
greatest amount of money;
and the First Church of
Warsaw received the award
presented to the church
giving the most rtioney per
capita.
Mrs. Ackiss coordinates
the 17 annual dinners. Since
the dinners were begun in
196.7, they have been the
source of more than $1.5
million in gifts to the
College.