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VOL. XXXXVI NO. 47 USPS 162 860 KF.NANSVILLE. NC 28349 NOVEMBER 25. 1982 12 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
School Board Ok's
Discussion Of Program
The Duplin County school
board approved a request by
Ruby Sauls of Bowdcns last
week to discuss the vital
organ donation program with
seniors of the county's four
high schools.
Mrs. Sauls became blind
15 years ago. Eye transplants
have made it possible for her
to see. "Three people had to
k die first so I could see
' again," she told the board.
The board also limited
loans from the Dickson
Charity Fund to 51,000 per
year for students in post
secondary schools. Loans are
based on family need and
must be secured, usually by
a property lien.
The fund was started more
than 100 years ago with
$1,500 to enable poor people
to get an education. The
interest rate is 6 percent on
the loans, which are payable
after the students graduate.
Superintendent L.S. Guy
said rebuilding the Kenans
ville Elementary School roof
will begin in two weeks. The
work will be financed by an
insurance payment and done
by E.L. Scott Roofing Co. of
Kinston and architects Bal
lard. McKim and Sawyer of
Wilmington.
The board declared the
former teacheragc buildings
at B.F. Grady School as
surplus property. They will
be offered for sale at a date
to be set later.
The Tuesday night meet
ing was the last for Graham
Phillips, who come on the
board in April 1%9, and E.L.
Boyette, who joined the
board in April 1967.
Bill Richards of Wallace
and Carl Pate Sr. of Beula
ville will replace them at the
board's Dec. 7 meeting. A
farewell supper for the re
tiring board members is
scheduled Dec. 13 at the
Country Squire on N.C. 24
west of Kenansville.
BOOTS RANDOLPH IN CONCERT On Sunday, Dec. 5 at
7 p.m. in the Kenan Memorial Auditorium in Kenansville,
the Tar Heel Fine Arts Society will present its first concert
of the season. Appearing will be Boots Randolph, "Mr.
Sax." Boots Randolph has been thrilling audiences since
the early 1940s with his manipulative skill on the
saxophone. Combine this with his style and charm, and
you have an evening of entertainment that will be hard to
forget. One of the many remarkable things about Boots
Randolph is his astonishing versatility. He can make his
instrument do just about anything. No matter what the
mood of the tune, each one has the drive and excitement of
the Randolph sax sound. He gives his all. and since he
really loves what he's doing, his greatness comes across to
his listeners in depth. One sure sign that there is
something special about Boots is the way his fellow
musicians feel about him. Whenever he plays, whether in
Nashville. Las Vegas or on the set where he is guest
appearing, other musicians come by to sit in with him or
just to listen. Musicians pay no higher compliment to each
other than this. A humorous showman and top-rated sax
player. Boots Randolph guarantees a show that anybody
will enjoy. You will not want to miss it. Season tickets will
be available at the door at S10 each for adults and $5 each
for students.
Social
Services
Bake Sale
The Duplin County
Department of Social Ser
vices will again sponsor their
annual Bake Sale on Wed
nesday. Nov, 24 at the
Courthouse in Kenansville
beginning at 10 a.m. The
proceeds will be used to help
provide Christmas for over
100 foster children and
adults in residential care
throughout the county.
Various cakes, pies,
candies and ham biscuits will
be available as well as hand
crafted items. So come early
for a delicious variety of
holiday baking and that just
right Christmas gift or deco
rative item. Your participa
tion will mean a great deal to
yourself as well as to needy
persons.
Thanksgiving
Service
There will be a union
Thanksgiving serivce at the
Chinquapin Presbyterian
Church on Wednesday night,
Nov. 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Churches participating are
Sharon and Shiloh Baptist
and Chinqujpin and Salem
Presbyterian churches.
According to Jack Dail. the
public is invited.
WARSAW TEEN-AGER CRITICALLY IN
JURED - A Warsaw teen-ager was severely ,
injured in a high-speed ci'ash on U.S. 117.
North Thursday night. John Thomas Robin
son, 17, of Route 1, Box 41, Warsaw,
remained in critical conditon Friday pight at
Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville,
hospital officials said. Robinson was driving
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north at about 10:30 p.m. Thursday on U.S.
117 when the drive shaft of his automobile
broke and sent his vehicle out of control, said
State Trooper B.E. Floyd, who investigated
the wreck. The car was thrown onto the right
shoulder of the road, where it slid 311 feet,
Floyd's investigation revealed. Then the car
flipped onto the roof and slid down the
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center of the highway another 153 feet.
Floyd said. The two occupants, Robinson
and Terry Hill. 21, of Bowden, were thrown
from the car. No charge was filed, but Floyd
said. "In my opirtion, they were running in.
excess of 55 mph." The one-car accident
occurred about a half-mile from Warsaw.
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Social Services Report Troubles
Duplin County Commissioners
A Duplin County commis
sioner doesn't believe Presi
dent Reagan when he says
economic conditions are im
proving.
"I don't understand how
things are getting better with
more and more people out of
work." Commissioner Allen
Nethercutt said last week.
"When I see the President
on TV, smiling and so happy,
saying things are better. I'd
just like to slap him."
Nethercutt's comments
followed a report by Duplin
Social Services Director
Millie Brown, who told the
board that 1,400 people had
filed for fuel allowances in
the first 10 days of Novem
ber.
During the same period,
Ms. Brown said. 68 families
filed for food stamps. Last
year, only 107 families asked
for food stamps during the
entire month, she said.
"We've been bogged with
1.006 applications for food
stamps in the past 12
months." she told the board.
"We've never had such a
build-up.
She said 2.100 Duplin
County families receive food
stamps, costing $220,000 per
month. The 1980 census
listed 40,952 people in the
county. If the average family
in the county numbers 3.7
people, it would mean just
under a fifth of the county's
families receive food stamps.
"Everyone seems to think
our department has the an
swer to their problems," Ms.
Brown said. "People are
either more desperate or
more willing to ask for help
than in the past."
The commissioners also
heafd a request from tele
phone users of the Rose
Hill-Magnolia and Kenans
ville exchanges for toll-free
service between their towns.
Economic Developmcn? Di
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rector John Gurganus pre
sented that request.
Carolina Telephone and
Telegraph Co. recently sent
subscribers of the two ex
changes ballots which gave
them a choice of accepting or
rejecting the idea.
Gurganus. in a letter to the
board, said 655 of the 1.122
eligible subscribers in
Kenansville returned ballots
and 80.6 percent favored the
extended service. In Rose
Hill-Magnolia. 994 of the
1.996 eligible subscribers re
turned ballots and 80.5 per
cent favored extended ser
vice.
Gurganus said he was told
it would take the company 12
to 18 months to make the
service available.
The extended service will
cost a subscriber 50 cents a
month.
County Manager Ralph
Cottle said he had received
several inquires from Wal
lace residents for toll-free
service to Kenansville.
The board also reappoint
ed Corbett Quinn of Mag
nolia and Joe Tillman of
Warsaw to the Duplin -
Sampson Area Mental
Health Board
Duplin General Hospital
Auxiliary Workshop
Doris English, president of
the Duplin General Hospital
Auxiliary, announced there
will be a workshop in the
hospital cafeteria on Wed
nesday, Dec. 1st at 1 p.m. for
the purpose of making
Christmas decorations for
patient rooms. If you have
any ideas or anything that
you think will be of use.
bring them with you. Ann
Outlaw, Margaret Oakley
and Rachel Blanchard will be
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in charge.
Plans were made to hold
the December meeting at the
General Store at 11 a.m. on
Dec. IS. followed by a dutch
luncheon.
The Auxiliary is selling
fruit cakes. All money should
be turned in to Doris at your
earliest convenience. A few
members have not paid their
lues'and the should be
sent to Martha Swann
New members are wel
come to join.
aroaie Wilson Recognized
Snodie B. Wilson, Duplin sion Servit.e on thr N f
bounty agricultural exten
stion agent, has been recog
nized for 25 years of ex
tension work.
Wilson was anWg those
receiving tenure awards Nov.
16 at a state conference of
the N.C. Agricultural Exten
State University campus.
A graduate ?f NCSU, Wfl
son previously worked a<
assistant county agent it
Brunswick County befor
joining the Duplin staff I
1959.
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