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^ VOL. XXXXV11 NO. 48 USPS 162-860 , KENANSV1LLE. NC 28349 DECEMBER 1. 1983 20 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
FOlfl-YEAR PLAN ANNOUNCED - The Duplin Agricultural Extension
Service announced the new statewide four-year plan Nov. 21 in
Kenansville. The "People's Plan '87" will involve agriculture, home
economics, 4-H, and community resource development. Attending the
meeting at the Kenansville Agricultural Extension Building and pictured
above Associate Director of the North Carolina Agricultural Extension
Service R.C. Wells: James Sauls Jr., chairman of the Duplin Extension
Advisory Leadership Council; Representative Charlie Whitley and Senator
Harold Hardison.
Referendum In January
For Albertson Water System
A referendum to authorize
a $425,000 bond for the
1 proposed Albertson water
district water system will be
held Jan. 10.
The Duplin County Board
of Commissioners set the
referendum date last week
after approval of the pro
posal on second reading.
Bob Pittman of Rivers &
Associates of Greenville,
project engineers, estimated
the project would cost
$1,325,000.
If the bond issue is autho
rized, he expects to call for
bids by the end of February.
Financing would include a
$314,000 Farmers Home Ad
ministration loan, repayable
from the bond issue, a
FmHA grant of $697,900 and
a state grant of $313,100.
The project would include
laying of 39.000 feet of 8-inch
pipe, 130,000 feet of 6-inch
pipe and 64,000 feet of 4-inch
pipe.
The system would have
about 300 customers. Pitt
man said 275 potential cus
tomers have paid a $10
deposit.
The estimated minimum
fee os $12 a month for up to
2,000 gallons of water. The
average fee is expected to be
$16 per month for use of
5,000 gallons.
The water district has the
same boundaries as the Ai
bertson voting precinct,
which has 620 registered
voters. Registration for the
referendum will end Dec. 12.
The registration books will
be purged of inactive voters
after that date, said Carolyn
Murphy of the county elec
tion board staff.
In other action, the com
missioners approved a
nurse's position for the
health department at an
annual salary of $13,276,
which would be paid by the
state. The nurse will specia
lize in tuberculosis control.
The commissioners also
approved purchase of a
microfilm printer-reader for
the register of deeds office at
a cost of $14,995.
Walter Brown, director of
the county's Services for the
Aging, announced the ap
proval of the agency's ap
plication for a federal grant
of $93,450 to buy six vans to
transport aged and ill people.
The board appropriated the
$9,345 required in local
money to match the grant.
The contract for the grant
was to be signed Nov. 30.
Brown said.
Fourteen similar vans, in
cluding 11 operated by the
Duplin-Sampson Mental
Health Department, are in
use in the area. Two of the
new vans will be used by the
Services to the Aging De
partment, one by the De
partment of Social Services
and three by mental health
workers. A transportation
coordinator, whose salary
will be paid from the federal
money, is to be hired next
year.
The board agreed to spon
sor the proposed Maxwell
Creek Watershed ? a
48,000-acre project from
Johnson's Chapel near
Warsaw to the Northeast
Cape Fear River east of Rose
Hill.
Robert Ray Thomas was
appointed to the jury com
mission to replace Annie
Laura Puckett, who resigned.
Four-Year Extension
Program Announced
The Duplin Agricultural
Extension Service was
among the 100 counties an
nouncing a new statewide
four-year plan, Nov. 21. The
plan projects a statewide
increase of $55 million in
agricultural income by 1987,
said Duplin chairman of the
Agricultural Programs com
mittee Larry Knowles.
The new four-year pro
gram is designed to meet
some of the county's major
human, community and eco
nomic needs. Announcement
of the "People's Plan '87"
was made at a breakfast
meeting of the Agricultural
Extension Adivisory Leader
ship system, extension
workers, county commis
sioners, legislators, con
gressmen and newstnedia.
"Our main objective is to
deliver technology to the
citizens of Duplin that will
strengthen the family as a
unit in our society," Lois G.
Britt, county extension
chairman, said. Goals in
these areas have been estab
lished by the extension staff
aided by approximately 250
volunteer citizens. According
to Britt, the program calls for
involvement in four areas ?
agriculture and natural re
sources, 4-H and youth,
home economics and com
munity and rural develop
ment.
People's Plan '87
Agriculture
The major programs in
cluded in Duplin's agricul
tural four-year plan of work
are: Farm business manage
ment and marketing,
poultry, livestock and poultry
pest management, field
crops, livestock, horticultural
production, forestry and
home beautifications. there
are provisions for assessing
and reporting any accom
plishments of the above
major programs including
participant surveys and re
sults of major program ac
tivisites. The accomplish
ments will be conveyed
through the Extension Ad
visory Leadership System via
specialized committees, the
program committee, and the
Extension Advisory Leader
ship Council, through the
news media and Extension
newsletters.
Home Economics
The major programs in
home economics concentrate
on family economic stability
and security, foods and nu
trition and health, and family
strengths and social environ
ment, said Elinor Ezzell,
chairman of the Home Eco
nomics Program Committee
in Duplin.
These programs are based
on the following problems of
Duplin families as identified
by the Extension Home Eco
nomics Advisory Committee
in early 1983: Difficulty in
coping with financial prob
lems; Lack of use of all
available resources in order
to extend family income; lack
of knowledge in making best
choices in all aspects of the
housing dollar; lack of un
derstanding of the aging
process and making adjust
ments to aging; lack of
understanding of how good
nutrition contributes to tt al
health; and i>ck of skill in
getting maximum nutrition
from the food dollar and
other resources in order to
meet nutritional needs.
4-H
Four-H planned program
ming in the next four years
will concentrate in four major
areas. These major programs
are: 4-H public awareness
support designed to help
increase membership, volun
teerism. financial support
and develop activities; 4-H
program expansion to in
crease the number of youth
involved in educational ex
periences through the com
munity setting; 4-H program
maintenance to increase the
length of time that volun
teers and 4-H'ers remain in
volved in the 4-H program
and; development of youth
and adult leadership and life
skills through special interest
programming and/or project
clubs designed to help youth
and adults develop life skills
in specific subject matter
areas and leadership skills
which will enable them to be
effective leaders in the
future
Community Resource
Development
Over $500 million of the
$670 million tax base is tied
directly to agriculture. Many
of Duplin's people are rural
nonfarm. but their life style
is controlled by this
economv. said David Bvrd
Jr., chairman of the Duplin
Community Resource
Development program.
In order to accomplish
this, the plan of action will
be: County fair to operate
with committee structure
that will cause expansion of
the fair, development of
facilities, cooperation be
tween communities, inter
mingling of business,
g<< ernt icnt, industry, and
agriculture and open com
munications for further pro
jects; implement obser
vances of National Ag. Day,
Farm City to reinforce;
develop and expand facilities
for Cowan Museum to attract
tourists; correlate work of
4-H and CRD program com
mittees k> determine day
camping/workshop facilities
needs and acquire some.
Seventh Grade Consolidation
State Plans Fire Up Chinquapin Residents
Local school advisory
groups disagree with por
tions of a state school facility
recommendation for Duplin
County and are letting the
board of education know
what they think.
The recommended consoli
dation of the seventh and
eighth grades of Chinquapin,
Beulaville and B.F. Grady
schools, either at Beulaville
or at East Duplin High
School north of Beulaville.
was strongly opposed by
Chinquapin residents.
Superintendent L.S. Guy
told the board of education
earlier this week that the
school staff and the board
will study proposals of the
local school committees and
develop a long-range school
facilities plan based on a
combination of the state and
local recommendations.
Margaret Williams, repre
senting Chinquapin resi
dents, told the board of
education most people in the
Chinquapin area appear to
oppose the consolidation
proposed in the state study.
She said, "Some of our
seventh and eighth graders
would have to be bused over
20 miles each way to school
each day."
The riding time would
prevent many of the children
from taking part in any
school activities, she added.
"We do not feel that chil
dren ages 12 and 13 are
mentally mature enough to
mix with children ages 17
and 18," Mrs. Williams said
in reference to building a
junior high school at East
Duplin.
The Chinquapin people
propose demolishing the
existing Chinquapin I school,
which is one of the oldest in
the county, and adding land
and classrooms to the newer
Chinquapin II school.
She concluded, "We feel
that a big mistake was made
when the high schools were
consolidated and to make
another mistake now would
jeopardize the security of our
children."
The former Chinquapin
high school (Chinquapin I)
was consolidated with East
Duplin when that school was
opened in the early 1960s.
The Chinquapin I school
now houses grades 4 through
8. Last year it had an
enrollment of 319 students.
The main building was built
in 1926 and renovated in
1952. The lunchroom was
built in 1947, the gymnasium
in 1935 and the old agrb
culture shop, now used for
storage, in 1944. The state
study offers two plans, both
of which call for the elimi
nation of this building for
school use.
Chinquapin 11 now houses
kindergarten through third
grades. Enrollment last year
was 219 students.
Moore Named Local Chairman Of
NCSU Alumni Fund Campaign
J. Michael Moore of
Warsaw has been appointed
to head the North Carolina
State University Alumni
Association's 1983-84 Loyal
ty Fund Campaign in Duplin
County.
NCSU Alumni have set a
national goal for 1983-84 of
more than SI million to
support academic programs
at the school.
Moore and a staff of
volunteers will be calling
the some 220 NCST alumni ir
the county in the next few
weeks asking them to help
expand the endowment sup
porting the John T. Caldwell
Alumni Scholars program
and seeking their support
through membership in the
association.
The NCSU Alumni Assoc.
established the Caldwell
Alumni Scholars program in
1975. Forty-four Caldwell
Scholars are studying on
campus this fall, each having
received an annual scholar
ship award of S3,000 which is
renewable for the student's
four years of undergraduate
study. The awards are based
totally on merit. The alumni
association has set a goal to
support 100 scholars by
NCSU's centennial in 1987.
Bryce R. Younts, executive
secretary, said the associa
tion will work to further
support academics through a
variety of programs to attract
top scholars and to reward
outstanding teaching and re
search and extension acti
vities.
Joseph A. Powell of
Raleigh is nationwide chair
man of the campaign. He and
William M. Barnhardt of
Charlotte, association presi
dent. will be directing efforts
within the next month to
contact the more than 60,000
alumni throughout the
countrv.
TOP FUND-RAISERS EN ROCK-A-THON - The Kenans
ville Jaycettes presented the thiee top fund-raisers in the
Cystic Fibrosis rock-a-thon with T-shirts. Each of the three
raised more than $30 through their participation in the
rock-a-thon Oct. 21, which qualified them for teeshirts
trom the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Pictured abov .vith
their teeshirts, left to right, Annell Bostic, Russ Brinson
and Dawn Guy. Also pictured, left to right, Kenansville
Jaycettes Carol Stankus and Randy Kight. The ten partici
pants raised a total of $320.
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Powell said support in 1
Duplin and the surrounding i
area will be an important |
Factor in the association s
ability to meet the $1-million
goal.
Murphy Appointed To
Special Commission
Representative Wendell
H. Murphy of Duplin County
has been appointed by House
Speaker Liston B. Ramsey to
a special commission to
study the Sate laws providing
liens for real estate builders
and workmen.
The Legislative research
commission study will con
sider whether existing laws
are adequate to ensure pay
ments to contractors, la
borers and material men.
Murphy, a Rose Hill agri
businessman, represents
Duplin and Jones counties in
the 19th House District.
Kenansville Jaycees
To Roast Attorney
The Kenansville Jaycees
will hold a Roast for Attorney
Vance B. Gavin on Tuesday,
Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. at E.E.
Smith Junior High School in
Kenansville. Numerous state
and county oti'icials have
been invited Hi attend.
For further information or
tickets, contact Woody Brin
son at 296-1400. Doc Brinson
at 296-0346. David Phillips at
296-0215 or Carey Wrenn at
296-0134 or mail your check
hi the Kenansville Jaycees,
PO Bo* 490, Kenansville, N'
28349. / /