PROGRESS SENTINEL ^L XXXXV1 NO. 49 USPS 162-860 KENANSV1LLE, NC 28349 DECEMBER 9, 1982 16 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX Rose Hill Treatment Plant May Get ? Funding In 1983 The proposed $1,675,000 Rose Hill sewage treatment plant is scheduled for fund ing in the 1983 fiscal year after a decade of planning. Any award of construction contracts will depend, how ever, upon whether the federal environmental Pro bation Agency provides (Wugh money to the state, according to Buck Kennedy, project enginefer of L.E. Wooten & Co., a Raleigh consulting engineering firm. "If all goes according to plan, the project could be up for bids in late 1983," Ken nedy said last week. Kennedy said the project is number 18 on the state's priority list, but number 8 on funding" list ? second rroin the bottom ? for the 1983 fiscal year. He said nine projects are slated for fund ing during the fiscal year if the federal money comes through. "It's good to expect some good news for somebody because the news is bad for so many applicants," he added. o The Rose Hill project will have no significant environ mental impact, according to a letter Mayor Ben L. Harrell received Nov. 17 from Ed ward B. Lamar, planning engineer in EPA's Region 4 office in Atlanta. The letter said the Finding of No Significant Impact statement must be posed for a 30-day public comment period. Lamar said a preliminary decision has been made not to prepare an environmental impact statement on the project. Under the present for mula, EPA would provide SI, 211,250; the state, $201,875, and Rose Hill. $261,875, of the cost. Rose Hill residents approved a $375,000 bond issue two years ago to finance the local share. Rose Hill's present 200.000-gallons - per - day 1 waste water treatment plant fails to meet EPA effluent discharge limitations for the small stream into which it discharges the treated waste water. Plans call for a 325,000 gallons-per-day treatment plant. The proposed plant would provide preliminary treatment, chlorination, aer ation and sludge drying beds. The average individual residential sewage bill would be S14.40 a month, according to preliminary studies. The actual user charge would be determined after completion of the preliminary engineer ing report. The current sewage bills are 100 percent of the water bills. The minimum charge for water and sewage is $5 a month each. For use of between 3,000 and 10,000 gallons of water a month the users pay an additional $1 per 1,000 gallons, plus an equal amount fur sewage. The proposed plant would be located east of Rose Hill, about a half-mile from the present plant. Rose Hill had a 1980 population of 1,508 living in 626 housing units, according to the U.S. Bureau of the Census. House Fire Hurts Two Faison Children t^Two children suffered severe burns when their home was destroyed by fire near Faison last week. Timothy McDuffy. 2, and Rashad McDuffy. 2 months, children of Angeline McDuffy. 21. were treated at Goshen Medieal Center at Faison and transferred to Duplin General Hospital in Snansville. They were later en to the North Carolina Burn Center at Chapel Hill. The infant suffered severe neck, face and head burns. Timothy suffered severe back, chest, stomach and leg burns. Mrs. McDuffy and her oldest child, Felicia, 3, escaped injury. The children were in thd1 front room of the house and Mrs. McDuffy in a back room at the time of the fire. She told firemen Felicia came running from the front crying that the house was on fire. Mrs. McDuffy rushed to the front and found the living room full of flames and smoke, according to reports. She grabbed the two younger children and escaped out of the front door. Gene Turner, who was doing some work in the back yard, heard their screams and came to their aid. He carried the family to the medical center by car. The house is south of Faison on the old Bowdens Road. Assistant Fire Chief Sprunt Hall said Fire Chief Glenn Jernigan told him sparks from a faulty chimney caused the fire. Britt Selected As District II Morehead Awards Finalist iU. <* ? ' * ? ? naipn oriu nas oeen named one of the seven Qalists in the competition for 1983 Morcht.ad Awards at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Seven nominees ? from District II have been selected as finalists, which was based on evidence of leadership and service, character, aca demic achievement and physical vigor. ^James Ralph Britt Jr. is ? * ft l k a me son m ivir. ana Mrs. James R. Britt Sr. of Route 2, Box 40. Mount Olive. He is a senior at North Duplin High School. Morehead Awards provide all-expense paid under graduate educations at UNC-CH. The value of an award for a N.C. resident is currently $15,200 for four years of study on campus, plus funding for internships available to Morehead Scholars each summer. The I m ^ d. ? Morehead Award is modeled after the Rhodes Scholar ships at Oxford. England. Its purpose is to attract to UNC-CH young men and women who will enhance the University's stature through their presence on campus and make significant contri butions to their alma nater and to society in later life. Nine Morehead Scholars have received Rhodes Scholarships since the mid 1960s. tAKKIAUC HUUSE ADD CARRIAGE ADDED AT LIBERTY HALL - A one-horse carriage, or buggy, has been added to the tiany sights of Liberty Hall in Kenansville. ibertv Hall is the ancestoral home of the Kenans. It has been restored and is open to the public. Later this month it is to be decorated for Christmas as it would have been in the early 1800s. TIGHT SQUEEZE AT MOVING TIME ? The house is too large or the bridge is too small. Jack Strouo. owner of the house that is being moved from Lidell to Albertson, said "The bridge makes me nervous. 1 sure hope it doesn't topple over into the water." The Strouds plan to remodel mm, ft (11.1 the house into living quarters once it is relocated. It did get across the bridge. The bridge was higher on one side than the other. The house was level. Thus, a temporary line of poles were laid across the bridge for the driver-side wheels to ride up on... .kinda "catty-wampus." IISHHMnV-r! i?