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VOL. XXXXVI NO 48 USPS 162 860 KENANSVILLE. NC 28349 S&&C <?? " 18 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
Rose Hill Girl Is Killed
When Truck Hits Bike
^ An 11 -year-old Rose Hill
girl was killed after she
pedalled her bicycle into the
path of an oncoming truck,
the State Highway Patrol
reported.
"The driver did everything
humanly possible under the
circumstances," said
Trooper S.F. McCorquodale.
"What little bit of time he
had to react was not suf
^ ficient."
Dead is Eunison Lanier of
Rose Hill. The accident oc
curred about 4 p.m. Friday
on State Road 1827 near a
community called Sloan. 3.7
miles south of Chinquapin.
The girl was visiting her
grandmother at Chinquapin,
McCorquodale said.
Two children who were
riding bicycles with the vic
tim told the Highway Patrol
they were riding west on the
north shoulder of the road
when two westbound cars
approached and safely
passed. The victim, the wit
nesses said, then checked
behind her and saw no more
westbound traffic and began
to cross the road.
A pickup truck, however,
was traveling east and could
not stop in time to avoid the
child. No charges were
lodged against the driver,
Myron Jenkins of Route 2,
Wallace.
Either the chjjd had not
checked oncoming traffic or
the two cars that had just
passed blocked her view of
the truck, McCorquodale
said.
The driver, who was
coming at a "low rate of
speed," locked his brakes in
an attempt to avoid the child,
the trooper said.
The victim was taken to
Duplin General Hospital by
the Chinquapin Volunteer
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Drinking Drivers Make
? Holiday Season Most
Dangerous Of Year
North Carolinians are ap
proaching the most
dangerous time of the year
for highway driving ? the 10
days covering the Christmas
New Year's holiday season.
3 The reason for this is no
mystery: drinking drivers.
Unless something unusual
happens, safety officials ex
pect about 2.800 accidents
during this period, from
which there will be 1,650
injuries and 15 or 16 deaths.
Alcohol will be the cause of
at least 56 percent of these
accidents.
These projections are
^ based on what took place
9 during the comparable
period last year.
But with it all, there is a
glimmer of hope, according
to Edwin Guy, director of the
Governor's Highway Safety
Program and former com
mander of the State Highway
Patrol.
"The figures for this past
year showed a slight im
^ provementover those for
9 1980-81. and if the public is
vigilant and takes action
against drinking drivers, we
can reduce those terrible
figures further," he savs.
Guy spotlights two areas in
particular where a respon
sible person can have defi
nite influence on the problem
of drinkers who drive.
"First of all, anyone host
ing a holiday party should
watch guests closely to see
that no one drinks too much.
When this does happen, the
next thing is to make certain
that he or she does not get
behind the wheel of a car:
take the keys, arrange for
someone else to drive, or
keep the person overnight.
"I know this can be a hard
thing to do sometimes," says
Guy, "but a true friend and a
responsible host will do
whatever is necessary to
keep a drunk from driving. It
might be the kindest thing
you do for that person."
Earlier this year the GHSP
anbounced a new program
for citizens action against
drinking drivers ? RADD,
Report All Drinking Drivers.
"The other thing a re
sponsible person can do
when he spots an impaired
driver is to call the nearest
law enforcement agency and
give the officer all the in
formation possible about the
car ? make, color, license
number and direction it is
heading. The police will take
it from there. You don't have
to give your name. Just start
the report by saying. 'This is
a RADD call.' "
Teenagers who are rela
tively new drivers and
drinkers are of special con
cern to law enforcement
agencies, since many have
not mastered either safe
driving or intelligent, drink
ing.
"Young people think that
beer, which is very acces
sible, is less intoxicating
than liquor," says Guy.
"The truth is that a 12-oz.
serving of 4% beer will cause
a blood alcohol level of .02%,
as will a 3-oz. serving of 12%
wine, or a 1-oz. serving of
hard liquor that is 45%
alcohol.
"Whether you drink is an
individual decision, but
driving while drinking con
cerns the entire community. I
urge all citizens of this state
to make a special effort this
holiday season to reduce the
number of impaired drivers
on our roads and highways."
Limestone Watershed Project
Phase I Construction To Begin
Phelps and White Con
struction Co., Inc. of
Windsor, was awarded Con
tract #LCW-I for channel
restoration work on the
Limestone Creek Main
within the Limestone Creek
Watershed (Phase I) on Nov.
9.
Following all of the neces
sary paperwork, a notice to
proceed was issued to the
contractor on Nov. 2^. The
contractor moved his equip
ment to the bridge at Halls
villc and indicated he would
be ready to begin construc
tion this week. Monday. Nov.
29th, according to Calvin R.
Mercer, chairman of the
Duplin Soil and Water Con
servation District.
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THOMAS RECEIVES NSSAR rERTIFI
| CATE OF RECOGNITION - During an
impressive Eagle Scout ceremony held Nov.
14 at Lanier's Chapel Free Will Baptist
Church.
Roy A. Sandlin, a national trustee of the
National Society of the Sons of the American
Revolution (NSSAR), on behalf of the Lower
Cape Fear chapter ot the Sons of the
American Revolution, presented Anthony
Lee Thomas a Certificate of Recognition.
The certificate was awarded "for out
standing achievement and exceptional
leadership and citizenship evidenced by
' attainment of the rank of Eagle Scout.""
Sandlin noted that to the best of his
t
knowledge, " this s the first such cer
tificate presented in the Sate of North
Carolina." The awarding of the certificate is
part of a new scholarship program designed
to honor Eagle Scouts established by the
NSSAR. An Eagle Scout may compete at the
chapter, state and national levels of the
society with the national winner receiving a
scholarship for his endeavors. The winner at
the chapter level will receive a bronze Good
Citizenship Medal and a special certificate.
The state level winner will be awarded a
special bronze Eagle trophy and the national
winner will receive the scholarship and an
all-expense paid trip to the 1983 SRA
Congress to be held in Atlanta, Ga.
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FIRE GUTTED THE TURKEY HOUSE in just a few minutes. Ernest my truck and went to the house to call the tire department, those at the
Grady, owner, said, "As sooo as I saw the fire getting out of hand, I got in turkey house said it was hall gone bv the time I got to the highway.
TRUCK BURNS - A diesel engine pick-up truck burned along with the conveyor it was pulling in the midnight turkev house fire near Sarecta.
Fire Causes $75,000 Damage To
Grady Turkey House At Sarecta
and Kenansville.
Hiram Brinson, county
emergency services director,
estimated the turkey house
loss at $40,000. Sonny Faison
of Carrolls Foods of
Warsaw, owner of the
turkeys, estimated the lost
birds at $15,000 and a com
pany-owned pick-up truck
and equipment at $20,000.
The fire began at 11:55
p.m. while Carrolls Foods
Fire, fueled by wood chips
used for litter, flashed
through a turkey house near
Sarecta late Monday night,
killing 3,800 turkeys and
causing an estimated $75,000
damage.
The turkey house, one of
four in a cluster on the
Ernest Grady farm, was de
stroyed in less than 10
minutes. The farm is on State
Road 1700 between Sarecta
workers were starting to
remove the turkeys from the
house.
Brinson said "l uesday it
appeared workers removed a
sediment bowl from the
gasoline line of a malfunc
tioning engine, and gasoline
spilled onto shavings, where
it caught fire.
Brinson said Grady told
him he went to his home to
call the Sarecta Fire De
partmcnt and when he got t
back to the turkey house, it c
w as half burned. f
The Sarecta, Beulaville '
and Kenansville volunteer
fire departments kept the
other three already-emptied u
turkey houses "soaked
down" until danger of the 1
fire's spreading w as over.
In the usual poultry opera
tions. farmers own the t
houses and equipment in ,
hem. and the program
ompanies supply the birds,
eed and medical needs. The
>ss was partiailv insured.
Faison said: "It was weird,
inusual. because there are
ust no fires inside those
louses."
Grady said the frightened
urkeys could not be driven
iui of the burning house.
Friends Of The Library To Host Reception
For New Librarian At Annual Meeting
The friends of the Dorothy
Wightman Public Library
will hold their annual
meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 7
from 5-7 p.m. at the Lib
rary's main branch located
on Seminary Street in
Kenansville.
The main business of the
annual meeting is the elec
tion of officers and board
members of the Friends of
the Library for the coming
year. The slate of officers
nominated includes Ms.
Helen McGow en, president;
John J. Beck, vice-president;
Ms. Catherine Brinson. sec
retary; Ms. Carol Klemm,
treasurer; and Mrs. N.B.
Boney, historian. Fifteen
board members have also
been nominated. Voting will
be at 5:30 p.m. and all
members in good standing
h
are eligible to vote.
The Friends of the Library
is a service organization
which assists the library by
providing funding for needed
equipment and programs not
covered by county funds, and
by providing human re
sources to aid the library's
' functions when needed.
Dues are $1 per vear for
adults and 50 cents for
students.
The annual meeting also
provides the opportunity for
the Friends of the Library
and the community to offi
cially welcome the new
director, John Michaud, to
Duplin County at a reception
in his honor. Michaud re
cently assumed the post of
library director, replacing
Ms. Roberta Williams, who
resigned last August.
Originally from Grand Isle,
Maine, Michaud comes to
Duplin County from Chapel
Hill, where he worked in the
library at Durham Technical
College. He holds a master's
degree in library science
from the University of
Michigan, and worked for 10
years with the public library
in Detroit before moving to
Chapel Hill. He is residing in
Warsaw.
All current and prospec
tive members of the Friends
of the Library are invited to
attend the reception for
Michaud and the annual
meeting on Dec. 7.
Clerk Hit During
Robbery At Wallace
A store clerk in a con
venience store in Wallace
was hit over the head with a
bottle during a robbery
Tuesday night. She was
tpken to Duplin General
Hospital for treatment.
The Scotchman store on
V
U.S. 117 just north of Wal
lace was robbed around 7:25 r
p.m. by a man who hit the r
clerk with the bottle, then $
fled from the store, the s
Duplin County Sheriffs De- h
partment reported. c
Other details of the
obbery were sketchy. It was
lot certain whether the man
jot any money from the
tore, but he apparently cut
lis right hand on the way
>ut.
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