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^ VOL. AXXXVI1N0.2J USPS 162-860 KENANSVILLE. N.C. 28349 JUNE9. 1983 16 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
Faison Board Request Bids
For Town Employees Insurance
?
Faison commissioners re
quested separate bids be
taken for workman's com
pensation insurance policies
covering town employees
and the volunteer fire de
partment during the June 1
meeting of the Board at the
town hall.
' After three claims were
P filed on the Faison town
employees workman's com
pensation policy by Faison
firemen, the town was
classified as a high risk by
Hewitt Coleman Association
Inc. of Raleigh, the insuring
company. The firemen were
hurt during a Softball benefit
game. Ray King, town
workman's compensation
officer, said.
The Faison Commissioners
approved the appointment of
J.E. Andrews to the Duplin
County Airport Commission.
Andrews will replace Gene
Sasser as Faison's repre
sentative on the Commis
sion.
A business license to
operate a pool and game
room was granted to James
E. Goodman by the town
board upon the completion of
a routine police investiga
tion.
Commissioner Melvin
Rogers reported the sale of
the used police car to Junior
Basden of Beulaville for
$465. And, he informed the
board of the sale of 93
gallons of water to area
farmers.
Faison town administrator
Neil Mallory informed the
Board of a new public im
provement project grant
funds made available under
the recently passed jobs bill.
The grants are 50 percent
matching funds for high in
tensity labor projects which
can be started within the
next three months and com
pleted in one year.
Budget Commissioner Bill
Igoe submitted the 1983-84
budget to the Board. The
Board set June 22 as the date
of the public hearing on the
1983-84 budget. A hearing
will begin at 7 p.m. at the
town hall. No increase in the
local tax or water rates and a
five percent salary increase
were proposed in the 1983-84
budget. The 1983-84 general
budget is set at $195,000;
water and sewer, $99,835;
Powell Aid Fund, $16,500;
and General Revenue Shar
ing, $7,000. Budgeted in
1982-83 for general expendi
tures, $188,826; water and
sewer, $89,295; Powell aid
fund, $15,000; and general
revenue sharing, $17,150.
* Warsaw Recreation Department Sponsors
A Day In The Park
By Emily Killette
The Warsaw Recreation
p Department invites local citi
zens to ioin the celebration of
parks and recreation month,
said Warsaw Recreation Di
rector Neale Turlington.
The celebration of food, fun,
games and crafts begins
June 11 at the Warsaw
Recreation Park at 9:30 a.m.
Starting thc^ day in ttaja
park will be the judging of
the decorated bike contest at
L 9:30 a.m. Bikes are to be
decorated at home before
entering the contest, Tur
lington pointed out. Field
events for ages 5 to 12 years
will begin at 9:30 a.m. The
field events will be team
sports for groups of two to
four children including the
baton relay, wheelbarrow
race, three-legged race, and
50-yard dash. Prizes for field
events and bike decoration
contest will be ribbons.
Along with the field events,
all-day games such as horse
shoes, friaby golf, volleyball,
face painting and creative
activities will be open to all
ages t*i the rk grounds.*".
Inside the Thompson
Gymnasium at the Warsaw
Kecreation Park will be craft
booths. The craft booths
open at 11 a.m. and outside
at 11:30 a.m. the Sanford
Senior Citizens Junk Band, a
group of about 25, will
perform. The Sanford Senior
Citizen Junk Band is funded
in part by the Duplin County
Arts Council through the
grass roots arts program of
the North Carolina Arts
Council, a state agency. The
Warsaw Jaycettes are spon
soring a sandcastle building
contest from noon until 2
p.m. The Duplin Aviators
will present an airplane
exposition from nooij UPUl
1:30 p.m. The Warsaw Ja^
eees will sponsor a treasure
hunt for junior and senior
high school students. The
hunt for each age group will
follow different clues and
participants will walk or ride
bikes. Two prizes in each age
group will be given, one to a
male and one to a female.
The treasure hunt prizes are
$50 savings bonds.
A karate demonstration
will be presented by Sammy
Wilson of Beautancus be
ginning at 3 p.m. Wilson is
scheduled to begin karate
classes at Thompson Gym
nasium June 28. Wilson has
a black belt in karate. The
Hesitations of Warsaw ar?
^chfidyled to appear ?:< *
p.m. in the park. Softball
games are scheduled from 2
until 6 p.m. featuring the
Warsaw Co-Rec Church
League teams.
Reservations for the tennis
courts are currently being i
taken for the day in the park.
Call the Warsaw Recreation ' 1
Department to reserve play
ing time. <
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DUPLIN COURT HONORS GRAHAM CHESTNUTT
Superior Court Judge Henry Stevens III of Warsaw
presents Earl Chestnutt with a plaque honoring his
brother, Graham Chestnutt for his devotion and dedication
while bailiff of the Duplin courts. Graham Chestnutt died
this past year on a lunch break front the court. Chestnutt.
before joining the Duplin Sheriff's Department, was a
country store operator near Magnolia. He was affec
tionately known as "Smoky." Superior Court in Kenans
ville was recessed for the presentation and recognition of
the Chestnutt family.
) June Cheese Giveaway
The schedule for cheese
and butter distribution for
the month of June is as
follows:
June 9 - Rose Hill; June 10
- Albertson, Pink Hill. Beu
laville. Chinquapin; June 13 -
Kenansville. Magnolia; June
15 - Mt. Olive. Calypso.
|f) Bowden, Faison. Teachey
and persons with other out
of county post offices; June
16 - Warsaw; June 17 -
Wallace; June 20 - Rose Hill;
June 22 - Albertson, Pink
Hill. Beulaville. Chinquapin;
June 23 - Kenansville. Mag
nolia; and June 24 - Mt.
Olive. Calypso, Bowden.
Faison. Teachey and persons
with other out-of-county post
offices.
Cheese and butter are
being distributed bi-monthly
so the persons served in May
will not be eligible to pick up
again in June.
Effective July 1. there will
be major changes in the
program. Participants in the
age 60 and over category will
have to meet a needs test 01
150% of the poverty level.
Those receiving food stamps,
AFDC, Medicaid. Disability
Social Security or SSI (Sup
plemental Security Income)
will continue to qualify. Per
1
sons receiving unemploy- |
ment compensation will also |
qualify.
The turn out for cheese |
and butter in Duplin County
has been tremendous in May
and could not have been
accomplished without the
help of more than 609 volun
teers who worked diligently
to serve the 3,354 households
who were certified.
Vegetable Field Day
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" There will be a vegetable
field day June 15 at the
Horticultural Crops Research
Station at Clinton, located
three miles northeast of
Clinton on NC 403. Accord
ing to Phil Denlinger,
assistant agricultural
extension agent, the Field
Day will begin at 1 p.m. and
all vegetable growers are
invited.
There are 16 project
leaders (specialists) with 90
acres of vegetable research
at the station. Some of the
projects are tests with new
breeding lines for varieties of
sweet potato, cucumber and
pepper. They are testing new
irrigation techniques along
with plastic culture. Another
inovation being tested is
multicropping techniques
with 2-3 crops per year on the
sante piece of land. Other
areas of interest are herbi
cide evaluations and new
crops such as asparagus and
dry beans.
This should be a very
educational day observing
the different crops and
cropping systems. For more
information contact Den
linger at the AES office at
296-19%.
? Duplin County Arts Council
Awards Grassroots Grants
The Duplin County Arts
Council has granted $1,295
in sub-grants or "seed
money" for area projects
submitted by non-profit or
ganizations. The project was
I advertised in January and
* applications received in Feb
ruary: A special committee
made up of member of the
council met in March to
review requests and then
notification of winners took
place in April.
This year's winners and
their respective projects are
described below.
"Our committee had a
hard job," reported Merle
I Creech, executive director of
the DCAC, "but they care
hilly scrutinized every appli
cation to see that the stan
dards for our goals would be
met. Also, they reported to
the applying agencies the
strengths and weaknesses of
each project in order to build
towards stronger applica
tions next year. This is an
excellent way of stimulating
specialized projects for dif
ferent areas. The ability of
each applicant to design and
tailor-make special arts
projects is the real goal of the
Grassroots program. We are
happy to award these 1
grants." I
Recipeints and projects in- <
dude: Cultural Arts Com- (
mittee, Wallace Elementary i
School PTA, Folk Dance a
Residency. $250; James a
Kenan District Bands and
Choruses - Out-of-state band
and choral competition in
Williamsburg, Va. - $250;
Warsaw Recreation & Parks -
Visiting Artist for Day in th *
Park, $100; Wallace Elemen
tery School, pottery project ?
Hands-on experience in cre
ating art objects ? $100;
Wallace-Rose Hill High
School Band - summer camp 1
for drum majors, color guard
(flags & rifles) and percus
sion - 12 individual $10
scholarships - $120 total;
B.F. Grady - Play - The Saga
of Dead Dog Gulch - $350;
and Rose Hill-Magnolia Ele
mentary - musical play ?
Davy Crockett - $125.
Whitley Office To Visit Duplin
Congre ian ? .iarlie
Whitley's third District
nobile office willvisit Duplin
tn'June 7. Rodney Knowles,
ield representative, will be
nanninf ihe office and be
mailable to persons having
natters that they wish
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brought to Whitley's atten- ,
tion. The office will be at i
Chinquapin from 9:30 a.m.
until 10:30 a.m. at the Post
Office: Rose Hill - 11 - 12
noon at the Post Office, and i
at Warsaw from li:30 until i
1:30 p.m. at the Post Office. i
Auditor Says Duplin General
Hospital Needs More Patients
Duplin General Hospital
has no problems that an
additional 10 patients a day
would"'t cure, a represen
i.tive of the auditing firm
hired by the county told the
Board of Commissioners
Monday.
Lovell C. Jones of Price
Waterhouse of Raleigh and
Atlanta, said the hospital's
overriding financial prob
lems stem from lack of use by
county residents.
The firm was hired in April
to study the hospital's finan
cial situation and report to
the board.
Jones said if everything
suggested in the lengthy
report is carried out as
recommended, the hospital,
which has been losing
money, should be on an
"even keel" in its 1985-86
fiscal year. He said a 2Vi to 5
percent increase in its
patient load would make that
possible.
For the 1982-83 fiscal year,
the hospital's average daily
patient load has been 66
percent of capacity, up 6
percent from last year and 7
percent fryim the preceding
year. The hospital has 90
beds. Jones said the increase
came about because of the
increase in physicians in the
county ? from 13 on Jan. 1.
1980. to an anticipated 23 on
Jan. 1.1984.
His report reaffirmed
earlier statements by doctors
and the hospital administra
tion that only about 35 per
cent of Duplin County resi
dents receiving hospital care
go to the local hospital. Most
of the others go to hospitals
in Wilmington. Clinton.
Jacksonville. Kinston and
Goldsboro.
Jones told the board th.i'
in some counties, 80 percent
of the residents needing
hospital care patronize local
hospitals. He said about 75
percent of New Hanover
County's residents who need
hospital care go to New
Hanover Memorial Hosp. a1
in V.'.lmiDgt >r. r;
most counties similar in size
and composition to Duplin.
49 to 74 percent of residents
needing hospitalization use
local hospitals.
For Sampson Memorial in
Clinton, he said, the figure is
62.6 percent, and Pender
Memorial in Burgaw sees
43.4 percent of Pender resi
dents who need hospitai
care.
While most hospitals
maintain cash on hand aver
aging 20.75 days of operating
costs, Duplin General has
just over half a day's operat
ing costs on hand. That
hinders long-range planning
bv the administration.
Those problems should
have been addressed seven
years ago. Jones' report
said.
The hosoital needs to im
prove its collection effort to
add $280,000 to its 1983
income and 580.000 a year
Tffcreafter. l'-e report said.
It sin i refuse, or delay
care for non-emergency in
digent patients, according to
the report.
The hospital needs to
modernize its billing equip
ment to speed billing and
improve collections and it
needs to ci>ordinate service
needs with the mental health
department, according to the
report.
Jones also said the hos
pital is overstaffed.
Earlier this year, the hos
pital board asked the county
commissioners for $1 million
for immediate operating and
capital needs.
The county has been ap
propriating tax money each
year for the hospital. The
hospital's operating costs
have exceeded revenues for
several years.
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Watson Bankruptcy Case
Taken Under Advisement
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge A.
Thomas Small took the
Watson Seafood and Poultry
Co. bankruptcy case under
advisement in Raleigh Mon
day afternoon, following
three days of testimony on
the value, of the Rose Hill
company's physical assets.
The company's operations
were taken over April 8 by
Coastal Production Credit
Association of Kcnansvillc.
its major creditor, under a
voluntary liquidation plan
agreed to by creditors. The
company had filed for re
organization under Chapter
11 of the federal bankruptcy
code.
The liquidation stemmed
from seizure of the com
pany's income by Cape Fear
Feed Products Co. of Greens
boro. The company owed the
Feed firm nearly $1 million.
Before the liquidation the
company had been growing
out about 285,000 broiler
chicks a week on contracts
with about 120 farmers.
Since the liquidation pro
cess began, the company has
been allowed to grow out the
chicks it had on hand, but no
eggs have been hatched for
continued operations, PCA
President Roy Houston said.
He estimated all" the com
pany's chicks will be grown
out and sold by the end of
June.
That w ill leave many of the
contracting farmers with no
broilers to sell to meet pay
ments on their broiler bouses
and other expenses. It will
also eliminate an estimated
200 jobs in the Rose Hill
Poultry Corp. processing
plant, where the Watson
broilers have been sold.
Vegetable Market
News Office Opens In Faison
A seasonal federal-state
vegetable market news office
has opened in Faison.
According to state Agri
culture Commissioner James
A. Graham, the office will
report information on vege
table marketing sold through
the Faison Auction Market
and Eastern North Carolina
including spring Irish
potatoes in the northeast
area of the state.
Sponsored by the N.C. and
U.S. Department!* of Agri
culture for the ninth con
secutive year, the office will
be operated by Steve Skuba,
a USDA fruit and vegetable
market reporter from Pom
pano Beach, Fla.
"Prices and market infor
mation will be available 24
hours a day by recorder
telephones at Kaison and
Elizabeth City." Graham
said.
Telephone numbers for the
recorded market information
arc: r aison Auction Market.
919?267-9361; Faison Area
Packing Sheds and Terminal
Market. 919-267-5331 and
Irish potatoes and cabbage,
Elizabeth City. 919-338-8906.
A mailed market report
will be offered twice a week.
People interested in receiv
ing the report may contact
Charles Edwards, market
news chief. Division of
Marketing. N.C. Department
of Agriculture. Raleigh. N.C.
27611.
Region II Director Visits Alpha ETA '
The May 7 breakfast
meeting of the Alpha Eta
chapter of Delta Kappa
Gamma Society International
was held at the Country Store
in Kenansville. President
Sue Saunders called the
meeting to order and Gar
land Carr offered the invo
cation. The president
thanked the hostesses Alice
Scott, Rachel Hatch. Nellie
tiavis, Thelma Dilday, Velma
Murphy, JoAnn Rivenbark
and Betty Hawes for the
arrangements and for the
Favors.
in education. This years re
cipient is Carmen Monet
Newkirk of James Kenan
High School who plans to
enter NCSU in the fall
majoring in math education.
Monet was accompanied by
her mother. Ms. Margie
Newkirk, a teacher in the
Charlotte - Mecklenburg
school system.
A report of the state
convention held in Asheville '
was given by the six mem- '
bers attending: President
Sue Saunders: First Vice- s
president Janice Grady; ?
The president welcomed
Marjoric Moore, the Eta
state Region II director, to
the meeting. Mrs. Moore, a
member of the Sigma chap
ter in Kinston, briefly spoke
expressing her appreciation
and reminding the members
of the district meeting to be
held in Kinston in October.
Each standing committee
reported on current issues
and plans. Grace Carlton,
scholarship, presented the
recruitment grant recipient
for 1983 a check for $500 to
be used in pursuing a degree
i 1
Second Vice-president. Ethel
Rackley: Corresponding Sec
retary Grace Farrior; Com
munications Chairman
Shirley Outlaw; and World
Fellowship member Vicky
Davis. The ladies reported a
most enjoyable and informa
tive convention.
Charlotte Dupree, re
search committee chairman,
presented the program. "Ex
ploring Our Heritage."
The next meeting of the
iociety will be Sept. 10 at'the
lose Hill Restaurant.