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| VOL. XXXXVIU NO. 3 USPS 162-860 - KENANSVILLE, NC 28349 JANUARY 12. 1984 16 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
THREE FILE IN DUPLIN ? Three people
filed for Duplin County offices Tuesday, the
first day of the filing period for the 1984
primary election. Lillie Frederick Sanders of
Magnolia became the first person to file for
the new District 5 board of education seat.
* fee district includes the central western
Duplin area. No resident of the area has
been on the board recently. A change made
four years ago required board of education
members to run in districts. The districts
comprise the same territory as the com
missioners' districts. Each commissioner
and board of education member is voted on
only by voters of the district . W.J. Costin, a
Warsaw farmer, is pictured above, filing for
his fourth term as county commissioner
representing District. 1. Christine Williams
filed for re-election as register of deeds. If
she wins she will begin her ninth term. She
has held office 32 years.
Feed Mill To
'Be Operating
In October
A $2.5 rniHipil.iiy WtaSk
feed ' imtf-llcar Harrells
tould be in operation by
?tober, according to the
owner, William Prestage of
Clinton.
The mill will be able to
produce 55 tons of feed an
hour or between 2.200 and
3,000 tons per week, Pres
tage said Friday.
Most of the foundation
work for the mill has been
completed and pouring of
concrete for the grain silo has
fegun on the side near
lway on the east side of
i U.S. 421.
Prestage, who recently
purchased the Swift & Co.
turkey production program
and feed mill near Harrells,
plans to expand the turkey
program and go into the hog
business as well. He headed
the Carroll's Foods Inc.
operations in Warsaw for
fany years. Carroll's
oduces hogs and turkeys.
Until recently it had a broiler
operation in central North
Carolina.
He expects to contract with
35 to 30 farmers to grow
turkeys and 30 farmers to
grow feeder pigs. He plans
on having 10 to 15 farmers
grow swine breeding stock.
Turkey poults will be ob
. i.uneij from the Swif? & Co.(
breeder flocks.
The mill will employ about
50 people, Prestage said. He
said he expects to uf->. about
four million bushels of corn a
year for his own livestock
feeding operations.
The mill will have capacity
for formulating and selling
feed to independent livestock
producers as well as supply
ing the Prestage Farms pro
grams, he said.
Expansion of Lundy Pack
ing Co. in Clinton and the
Swift & Co. turkey process
ing plant in Wallace will
increase market opportu
nities for area producers,
Prestage said.
Prestage is building
modern hog producing faci
lities on a farm west of
Harrells and renovating the
former Swift and Co. turkey
houses on a farm he bought
from the company.
At' present, he is con
cerned about the deadly
strain of avian flu that is
devastating southeastern
Pennsylvania chicken and
turkey flocks. The disease
has appeared in Virginia's
Shenandoah Valley.
"If that disease hits, it can
put a man out of business,"
he said.
Beulaville To
Auction Surplus
Equipment
One town's surplus may
become treasures for its
citizens. The Beulaville
Commissioners agreed at the
December 3 meeting to com
pile a list of surplus town
equipment for auction.
The decision to auction
surplus toWn equipment re
sulted from citizens inquiring
fbout the fan in the old town
all building. The board will
set the date of the auction
and approve a list of items to
be sold at the February
meeting of the Commis
sioners.
A request to restrict park
ing at the postal deposit box
of the Beulaville Post Office
was brought before the
Board. Also, Beulaville
Commissioners authorized
ivlayor Wilbur Hussey to talk
with the town postmaster
about the possible relocation
of the deposit box to the
street behind tne pqst office.
The Board voted to extend
sewer service to the Beula
ville Scout Hut. During the
September 1983 meeting the
Board moved to extend 280
feet of sewer line at a cost of
$1,500 up to the Scout Hut,
but Bit connect the facility.
Billing water charges for
the upcoming month will
include costs of losses from
broken pipes due to freezing
temperatures. Beulaville
Commissioner Joe Edwards
withdrew his motion to
average past water bills for
any customer charged with
losses due to leaks from lines
broken after freezing in the
past holiday cold snap. Com
missioner S.A. Blizzard said
the break on water bills for
the unprepared citizens
would bp unfair tp other
customers who took; precau
tions to prevent the freezing
of water lines at their resi
dence.
Duplin Board
Appoints Builcjjlng Panel
A committee to determine
the long-range building
needs of the Duplin County
government and school
system was appointed by the
board of commissioners last
week when they met on
Tuesday.
Appointment of the com
mittee followed a discussion
and inspection of the former
Kenansville Elementary
School building, which has
been abandoned by the
school system and turned
over to the county govern
ment.
The building is in poor
condition, officials said fol
lowing the inspection. Ralph
Cottle, county manager, said
it looked to him like at least
$300,000 would be needed to
put the building into usable
condition for offices.
Named to the committee
were Commissioners W.J.
Costin and Allen Nethercutt,
Cottle, social services de
partment director Millie
Brown, county building in
spector Brice Sanderson. Roy
Houston, vice president of
the Coastal Production
Credit and Federal Land
Bank system, county finance
officer Russell Tucker, and
Rusty Lanier, county attor
ney.
The roof must be replaced
on the old building and most
of the exterior wood work
should be replaced. The
building needs extensive
heating and wiring improve
ments. the officials said after
inspecting the structure.
Floors need to be repaired
and ceilings lowered.
Costin commented, "We
need to see what we have to
do and what we car. do before
we do anything."
The board agreed to
assure the county Agri
Business Fair officials they
could use the buildings and
grounds for the annual fair
this fall.
The contract of Donald H.
Pickett of Beulaville to do the
annual county audit for a fee
of $5,800 was approved for
the second year.
The board appointed San
derson as coordinator of
compliance with building
regulations Tor the handi
capped. This is required by
the federal revenue sharing
program, Cottle said. He
added, that by Oct. 17. the
county must have a plan
completed to bring all county
structures into compliance
with these regulations or face
the possible cut off of
revenue sharing money.
Compliance must be
posted on the courthouse
bulletin boards and adver
tised in newspaper, radio
and television, he added.
Rich Boyd of Nashville,
Tenn., a consultant for the
Kenan house restoration in
Kenansville and for the
Kelly-Farrior house restora
tion, and Lois Britt, county
extension chairman, re
ported that a Kelly-Farrior
House Commission has been
incorporated so donations to
the restoration fund will be
tax free.
The Kelly-Farrior house
was moved to its present
location beside the restored
Kenan mansion. Liberty Hall
last year. It will house the
Cowan Museum of farm and
home artifacts when reno
vation is completed.
Boyd reported that $40,000
has been spent in moving the
structure and.completing ex
terior renovation, including a
new roof. He estimated an
additional $25,000 will be
needed to complete the work.
He said if fund raising is
successful in the next two
months, the work could be
completed by late summer.
Transplant Organs
^ive The Gift Of Life
GEORGE LLOYD
Kidneys are the most suc
? cessful of the organ trans
plant surgeries, but even
with the advances in that
field, transplant patient
George Lloyd said, Donors
are needed to give the gift of
life.
' J was lucky to have a
choice," Duplin native
George Lloyd said. "I have
dialysis if my transplanted
kidney fails, but little Ashley
Quinn (a Kenansville infant)
has no'other hope without a
liver transplant." According
to Lloyd, only six percent of
the public has checked the
organ donor block on their
driver's licenses. Alone,
more than 6,000 Americans
are waiting for kidney trans
plants, many of whom have
spent years on dialysis.
Needs for other organs ?
eyes, livers, pancreas, hearts
? are rising every day.
Lloyd at 32 lived with
kidney problems only a short
time before his natural organ
stopped functioning in 1978.
'After only three weeks on
dialysis, Lloyd was matched
with a kidney for transplant.
The need for a second trans
plantcame in 1983 when he
went back on dialysis. After
11 weeks of dialvsis. a
second kidney transplant
was performed on Lloyd.
"I was very lucky to get
my second kidney." Llovd
said. "My Wood <ype is A-V,
which is a popular type and
the antigens in my body
match up easily.
"Rejection is a natural
function of the body. When
an organ is received the
recipient must take steroids
to suppress the body's rejec
tion of the foreign object."
Lloyd said. Rejection caused
the need for the second
kidney transplant and the
new organ, less of a good
match than the first, is
currently stable, he said.
The cost of kidney trans
plant surgery at Duke Hos
pital, where Lloyd has been
under medical supervision, is
approximately $25,000. And,
due to the medical advances
and success of kidney trans
plants, Congress voted to
assist renal failure patients
by appropriating Medicare
funds to help defray treat
ment costs. Lloyd pointed out
the appropriation included
only kidney transplant sur
gery which means funds are
not available to Ashley Quinn
when she becomes a liver
transplant candidfe at 11
p.:?nds.
"The publicity Joshua
Brooks received before his
liver transplant, and now
little Ashley has helped and
hopefully future legislation
will include other organ
transplant surgery under the
Medicare program," Lloyd
said. The estimated cost for a
liver transplant is $200,000 at
the University of Minnesota
Hospital.
"Publicity was not allowed
to persuade people to donate
organs just a few years ago,"
Lloyd said. "Now there is a
national program to educate
people on the importance
and the magnitude of the
effect of leaving behind
healthy organs.
"I think the most signifi
cant and encouraging pro
gress made since I first
experienced problems is the
generosity of people who
have signed donor cards to
leave behind hope for the
sick," he said.
With the transplant Lloyd
can lead a normal life, jonly
giving up strenuous work
and contact sports to avoid
ji-rs an-j b. > the area of
the kidney. To maintain a
constant check on the kidney,
he has blood work done once
a week and sent to Duke and
attends check-ups every two
months at Duke Hospital.
"When you receive the
'gift of life,' it puts every
thing else in a propter per
spective," Lloyd said. "1 feel
that God has now given me
two more chances at life, and
1 don't want to take one
minute for granted."
Lloyd and his wife, Kim,
are natives of Duplin County.
They recently moved to Flo
rence, S.C. in a relocation
and promotion for Lloyd in
the Migrant and Seasonal
Farmworkers Association,
Inc. program.
"I want to do what I can
while I am able to help the
pierson that comes after me
in need of any type of
transplant surgery," Lloyd
said. "I really think that's
why God gave me two myre
chances for a normal life."
Video Games
Cost Faison
Recreation
The video machines at the
Faison Recreation gym are
coming out, Curtis Mangum,
director of the program, told
the Faison Town Commis
siooners at the Jan. 4
meeting of the Board. The
arcade had cost dollars and
created a community contro
versy.
"Even on the Recreation
Commission there were
mixed feelings about the
video machines," Curtis
Mangum, Faison's part-time
recreation director, said.
"The kids have seemed to
enjoy the video machines,
but the parents haven't.
And, the machines need
full-time supervision in order
to make any money for the
Recreation Department. The
video machines are sche
duled to be removed no later
than January 16."
According to Mangum, the
video arcade and other fund
raising projects have been in
progress since the fall to help
finance recreation programs.
Included among the projects
at the recreation department
is putting vinyl siding on the
gym. The estimated cost for
siding the gym is $11,000,
Mangum told Fnison Com
missioners.
"The recreation commis
sion thinks we will be able to
put $3,000 into the project,"
Mangutn said. "And, we are
requesting the town help
with another $3,000 which
will be about half for a down
payment and then the re
mainder can be financed."
Commissioner William
Igoe pointed out the gym, is
town property and the lack of
town funds available for the
project. Faison Commis
sioners instructed Mangum
to obtain more bids for the
project and bring them back
to the Board while attorney
Garrett Ludlum checked the
possibility of financing the
repair of the Gym.
Faison tax collector J.E.
Andrews informed the Board
of 11 delinquent taxes. Ac
cording to town clerk Hazel
Kelly, Faison's yearly col
lection rate is 96-98 percent.
The Board requested a list of
those taxpayers still delin
quent at the time of the
February meeting of the
town commissioners"fyr pub
lication in local newspapers.
A public hearing was set
for the next meeting of the
Faison Board to amend the
town budget to include
$7,000 in revenue sharing
funds. Proposed uses for the
additional funds are fire and
rescue, drainage and tile, the
community building and
addition to the general fund.
Kenansville Jaycees
DSA Banquet
Saturday
The Kenansville Jaycees
will kick off National Jaycee
Week (Jan. 15-24) Saturday,
Jan. 14 with their annual
DSA banquet. The banquet
will be held in the cafeteria at
E.E. Smith Jr. High School
and will be catered by Jimmy
Jackson of Jackson's IGA.
The public is invited with the
cost set at $7.50 per person.
The DSA banquet is a time
when the Jaycees honor out
standing citieens of the com
munity. Awards to be pre
sented are: Distinguished
Service Award (outstanding
young man), outstanding
young educator, fireman, law
enforcement officer, teen
age::, farmer and senior
citizen.
Everyone is invited to join
with the Jaycees as they
honor these outstanding
citizens for their contribu
tions to the community.
ROTC Preparations
Scheduled For East Duplin
Preparations for establish
ing a Junior ROTC program
in East Duplin High School at
Beulaville will start this
month, financed in part by a
$10,000 appropriation en
dorsed last week by the
Duplin County Board of
Education.
If the county's share of the
cost of a ROTC program is
included in the 1984-85
county budget, regular class
and drill work is expected to
begin with the next school
term. The local cost share for
a full year is expected to be
between $20,000 and
$30,000. Most of the pro
gram cost will be paid by the
federal government.
The board hopes the Army
will have someohe assigned
to the school by Feb. 1 to
explain the program to stu
dents and begin a recruiting
program.
In other action, the board
approved employment of a
teacher aide at the Wallace
Elementary School. The
aide's $5,700 salary will be
paid by the Wallace Parent
Teacher Organization^
It also approved fencing
the Beulaville school play
ground and the establish
ment of a ball park. The
project will be financed by
the Beulaville community.
The area would be available
for community use when not
needed for school activities.
Cost of the community
project is estimated at about
$10,000.
The board voted to turn its
Jan. 17 and Feb. 21 meetings
into work sessions on school
facilities plan& The meetings
had been scncduled at the
E.E. Smhh and B.F. Grady
schools but will be held at the
school system headquarters
in Kenansville.
Pupils of grades 4, 5, 7, 8
and 10 will take the Cali
fornia Achievement Tests
March 21. 22. 27. 28 and 29.
Students of grades I. 2, 3, 6
and 9 will take the tests
March 26-29.
The board hired Belinda
Gail Olliver to teach social
studies at North Duplin High
School. She replaces Sue
Morgan, who retired on dis
ability.
In the annual election of
officers, the board named
Riddick E. Wilkins of War
saw as cahirman and Carl
Pate of Beulaville, vice chair
man. Joe Swinson of nor
thern Duplin had been
chairman and Wilkins had
been vice chairman.
The board approved use of
a building on the Chinquapin
No. 1 school site for a
federally funded Head Start
program.
Tobacco Meeting
Set In Duplin
The Duplin County Agri
cultural Extension Service
will conduct a series of
tobacco meetings for anyone
wishing to know more about
tobacco production of the
tobacco program.
Meetings will be held in
six locations in the county for
the convenience of those
attending. Everyone should
be able to attend a meeting
without driving more than 10
miles.
Each meeting will have a
different keynote speaker
talking on various tobacco
issues in addition to a shorty
presentation on tobacco
problems and the tobacco
program.
A sponsored supper will be
served at each meeting be
ginning at 6:30. To attend,
return the card received in
the mail or call J. Michael
Moore, tobacco extension
agent at 296-1996.
The schedule of meetings
is as follows:
Jan. 12, 6:30 p.m.. Rose
Hill Restaurant, with Dr.
David Smith, "Fertilizer,
Suckers and Weeds."
Monday. Jan. 16 - at the
Ruritan Club, Albertson,
with Br. Dick Powell, "To
bacco Diseases."
Tues., Jan. 17 - Dr. Ster
ling Southern, "Tobacco In
sects" at Southern Belle,
Mount Olive
At East Duplin High
School, Beulaville, on Wed.,
Jan. 18, with Rupert Wat
kins, "Energy Conservation
and Wood Curir/g."
On Thursday, Jan. 19 at
Millswamp Community
Building. Chinquapin, Dr.
Guy Gooding. "Managing
Tobacco Mosaic."
Tuesday, Jan. 24, Bland's
Barbecue at Warsaw,
"Sprayer Adjustment and
Care."