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Greenevers Charters Javcoe Chapter
According to North Carolina Jaycee president Jim
Godfrey, less than one percent of the state's 6,500
y members are black and last week Greenevers chartered
the state's first all black chapter in the Jaycee
organization. Greenevers, sponsored by the Kenans
ville Jaycees, held their charter night banquet March
20 at the New Christian Chapel Church where Godfrey
inducted the new members and installed the chapter
officers after presentation of the charter to Greenevers
Jaycee president Hartis Stallings. Pictured above, left
to right. North Carolina Jaycee president Jim Godfrey,
Greenevers Jaycee president Hartis Stallings, Green
evers Jaycee Secretary Douglas Boney and Kenansvillc
Jaycee president Woody Brinson.
Greenevers Charters Jaycees
The first black Jaycee chapter in
North Carolina was chartered in
J Greene vers last week.
?* According to state Jaycee presi
dent Jim Godfrey, about one percent
of North Carolina's 6,500 Jaycees are
black. A charter was presented to 20
young men at Greenevers March 20
as the first totally black chapter in
the state.
"The Greenevers chapter has a
challenge ahead," state Jaycee
-president Jim Godfrey said. "Every
one will be watching this chapter and
^ you (Greenevers Jaycees) can turn it
aF into a golden opportunity." Godfrey
installed officers and inducted
members into the new Greenevers
chapter.
The chapter was recognized last
week after an attempt in November
of 1983 failed to recruit enough
membership for a charter. Spon
soring the new chapter was the
Kenansville Jaycees. Greenevers is
the third to charter a Jaycee chapter
within the past 12 months with the
assistance of Kenansville. Earlier
Wallace and the Kenansville Cor
rectional Center established Jaycee
chapters, through the Kenansville
organization. The addition of Green
evers brings the total of five Duplin
Jaycee chapters.
Greenevers Jaycee officers include
president Hartis Stalling, Individual
Development vice-president Dwight
Dixon, Community Development
vice-president James Alfred Boney,
secretary Douglas Boney, treasurer
Donald Ray Carroll and state director
Jeffrey Blackman. And, nonoffice
holding members include David
Beamon, Richard Brown, Wilbert
Bryant, Crain Chasten, Kelvin
Chasten, Ronnie Hill, James
McCalop, Burnice Matthews, Erwin
Matthews, Glenn Moore, Jerome
Murray, Barnabas Pearsall, Phillip
Teachev and Ronald Wrignt.
Harris Stallings, Grcenevers
Jaycee president, pointed out a need
for the organization to support local
projects in recreation, the volunteer
fire department and renovation of
the town community building.
Fund Drive Begins To
y Complete Kelly-Farrior House
Since the Cowan Museum has
been open in Kenansville. approxi
mately 1,000 visitors per month have
viewed the collection of artifacts.
Underway is a project to move the
Cowan Museum from its location in
the old Duplin County-Dorothy
Wightman library building into the
restored historical Kellv-Farrior
house in Kenansville
More than $43,000 has already
gone into the restoration of the
'Kelly-Farrior house exterior and the
plans call for an additional $50,000 to
complete the project. Carey Wrenn,
chairman of the Kelly-Farrior House
Commission, pointed out the funds
spent inthe restoration project have
been private gifts and contributions
from sources outside DuolinCountv.
The additional $50,000 will be
raised through local contributions
from a fund drive campaign. Leading
3 the campaign are the five United
Carolina Bank offices in Duplin
County. The Kelly-Farrior house was
donated to the county in 1982 after
the property and home was pur
chased for future expansion of
United Carolina Bank.
The Kelly-Farrior house, built in
1848, was offered Duplin to be
I moved from its original location next
to the Kenansville UCB. Mid-year
1983, the Kelly-Farrior house was
"% moved to its present site on the
| grounds of the Kenansville
Municipal Park and designated as
the future home of the Cowan
Museum.
The Cowan Museum is one of
three rural-based museums local to
Duplin. The Onslow County Museum
in Richlands offers a variety of
exhibitions. According to Onslow
Museum Curator Albert Potts,, the
exhibitions change quarterly and
attract both local and national tour
ing art, science and historical shows.
The attendance each year at Onslow
is approximately 18,000, Potts said.
Unlike Onslow, the Cowan Museum
offers a permanent collection of rare
tools and artifacts, many of which
are items relevant to the history of
the area. Also, unlike the Cowan
Museum^ Onslow is limited to a
facility of 4,000 square feet and
draws few tours from the county
public school system, the curator
said. And, the attraction of the
Cowan Museum is strengthened
year-round by Liberty Hall and the
historical community of Kenansville
which, Potts pointed out, the lack of
other activities is a weakness in
drawing tourists to the Onslow
Museum in the Richlands area.
Funds in the restoration of the
Kelly-Farrior House have been used
in exterior renovations. In com
pleting the house for use as a
museum, a climate controlled
heating and cooling system will be
required. Also, plumbing and elec
trical systems never installed in the
136-year-old home will be added
before the Cowan Musqum can
display its artifacts.
Long tange plans of the Kellv
Farrior House Commission call for
the relocation of period buildings on
site for expansion of the Cowan
Museum. And, incorporating
modern museum techniques to make
the collection educational, visually
exciting and a true representation of
an earlier time and a historical
account of life in Duplin Countv are
planned for the Cowan artifacts in
the Kelly-Farrior house.
The Kelly-Farrior house is listed
on the National Historic Register and
is one of the earliest Greek revival
style homes built in Kenansville. The
house, originally built for John J.
Kelly, is thought to have been
constructed by Thomas Sheppard. a
native of Onslow County. Sheppard
is credited with construction of the
Isaac Kelly home and Liberty Hall,
both Kenansville houses listed on
the National Historic Register.
Kelly-Farrior/Cowan Museum
fund drive campaign members in
clude Bill Rand of Wallace, Ruth
Quinn of Magnolia, Claude and
Joyce Polmateer of Warsaw. Nan
Fesperman of Faison, Aubrey John
ston of Beulaville, Harold Kornegay
of Albertson and Carey Wrenn and
Ruth Eves of Kenansville.
Kenansville Jaycettes
Schedule Softball Tournament
The Kenansville Jaycettes have
tentatively scheduled a Men's Class
;'Q C, double elimination .Softball Tour
? nament for April 14 and 15 to be held
w in Kemnsvifle. For more informa
jf tion, contact Randy Right at
296-1635.
The Jaycettes held a volleyball
{;! tournament at the Warsaw Parks and
Recreation Department Feb. 25 and
26. This was a national project with
the proceeds of S296 being donated
to the St. Jude's Children's HospitaJ
in Tennessee.
The Jaycettes thank the Warsaw
Parks and Recreation Department
for the use of the gym and to the
merchants for their donations.
Thanks were also expressed to all the
teams who participated. The two
first place teams were the Lady Aces
of Warsaw and Jordans of Ginton.
The Jaycettes meet every second
and fourth Wednesday night at
James Sprunt Technical College at
7:30. Anyone interested in joining is
asked to come to a meeting or
contact any present Kenansville
Jaycctte.
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Green Speaks In Kenansville
Lt. Gov. Jimmy Green, a candi
J date for the Democratic guberna
'tonal nomination, told a group of
<? Duplin County supporters Thursday
that he still opposes allowing a
gtsNwalKsi iv aa??,w -
cutive term of office.
Speaking to about 70 people
during a luncheon at the Country
Squire restaurant between Warsaw
and Kenansville. Grcct^said that if
clccieu he would try V< put the
succession amendment to a vote of
the people. He said the turnout for
the original referendum was light.
Green said he would go along with a
single six-year term.
Sprunt May Establish
Wallace Campus
James Sprunt Technical College is
looking into the possibility of getting
a new address ? Wallace.
The JSTC Board of Trustees
Thursday approved college
President Carl Price's request to
study the feasibility of establishing a
Wallace campus.
"If we could get a good facility
there, we could greatly increase our
night enrollment," he said. "We're
not committing ourselves to anything
at the moment except to make a
feasibility study."
Price said 107 students, nearly 14
percent of the 771 enrolled in
campus programs, have Wallace
area addresses.
Price said 15,000 people live in a
10-mile, two-county radius of
Wallace. Wallace !s less than a mile
north of the Duplin-Pender County
line and its trade area and postal
service mail routes extend into
northern Pender County as well as a
wide area of southern Duplin.
The possibility of increasing en
rollment from that area will depend
on location of a compus, he said.
"It's hard to get someone to drive
more than 10 miles to a night class,"
he added.
He said about 15,000 people live
within a 10-mile radius of the
campus at Kenansville.
In other business, the board
decided to ask the Duplin County
Board of Commissioners for
$332,648 in current expenses and
$185,626 in capital outlay for the
1984-85 fiscal year.
The trustees asked for $321.648 in
current expense funds last year. The
county provided $283,050.
A 1983-84 capital outlay request of
$175,000 was cut to $45,846 by the
county commissioners who blamed
depressed economic conditions on
the need for tight county budgeting.
The county commissioners last
month, however, appropriated
$31,840 additional money for roof
repair, bringing the year's capital
outlay funding to $77,686.
The major portion of James
Sprunt's current expense budget,
including teacher salaries, comes
from stale community college funds.
The new current expense budget
request includes $100,881 for
salaries of maintenance department
workers.
The capital outlay budget requests
includes $50,000 for building reserve
and $25,000 for paving a school
parking area.
JSTC will continue teaching
courses in the former resident for
teachers at Chinquapin. The Duplin
County school board canceled plans
to sell the structure on the Chin
quapin School No. 1 site after JSTC
emphasized the amount of time it
used the building.
JSTC also has been holding
classes in the former Mlbertson
school building, which is disrepair.
Board Chairman Jimmy Strickland
said no money should be spent on
the structure as repairs would be
costly. Joe Jones, who is in charge of
extension classes, said JSTC could
rent other space in the Albertson
area and avoid paying for expensive
repairs to a run-down building.
Law Requires
Quarterly Rabies Clinics
Beginning this vear, the new N.C.
rabies law requires rabies clinics to
be offered on a quarterly basis. To
start the 1984 schedule, the Duplin
County Health Department, in co
operation with the county veterina
rians, have designated March 31 as
_^he first of these quarterly clinics.
The first clinic will be offered at
the veterinarians' offices on Satur
day, March 31, from 9 a.m. to 11
a.m. The fee will be S5.
The location of Dr. J.M. Barden's
office is U.S. Highway 117. Teachey.
Dr. Frank Taylor will have the rabies
clinic at his office on N.C. 24. two
miles east of Warsaw.
These changes in the locations is
designed to make the clinics as
convenient and accessible as
possible.
The other three rabies clinic dates
and locations will be announced at a
later date.
Take advantage of the new clinic
locations ai< ! have your animal
V'ce ated ,
New DWI Laws Alcohol
And You Presentation
Alcohol and You is a presentation
of the new DWI laws and an
explanation of the mental and
physical effects of drinking. The
presentation is April 5 in the Duplin
County courthouse. suDerior court
room in Kenansville at 7:30 and
features guest speaker Steve
Streeter, a former athlete at the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
Steve Streeter. former UNC foot
ball player, will be the featured
speaker from the organization
SADD, Students Against Drunk
Drivers. Streeter, now confined to a
wheelchair after his car went out of
control on a wet road and crashed,
works in the campaign to publicize
the effects of alcohol in athletics and
drivers on the highways.
The presentation of Alcohol and
You is sponsored by the Duplin
County Agricultural Extension
Home Economics Prograqi Com
mittee as part of the observation of
Focus On The Family Week. March
25-31 in Duplin County.
According to Alcohol and You
Planning Committee Chairman Mark
Vinson of Kenansville. the presen
tation is focused on young adults age
19 years and younger. Laws and
sentencing guidelines for the newly
enacted Safe Roads Act will be
presented during Alcohol and You
especially as they affect young
people 19 years and under. Vinson
pointed out the new DWI law and
sentencing guidelines will be ex
plained for all age groups in order to
familiarize the public with the
changes so the laws can be obeyed.
Along with the presentation of the
new Safe Roads Act by 1st Sgt.
William Autry of the 4th District of
the N.C. Highway Patrol and penalty
and sentencing by Asst. District
Attorney of the 4th Judicial District
Dewey Hudson Jr., will be speakers
with information about the effect of
alcohol on the body, athletics and the
family. Dr. Kenneth Lee, M.D.
internist, with Gosnen Medical
Center in Faison and Plainview
Medical Center in Greenevers, will
speak on the physical and emotional
effects of alcohol. Rebecca Judge of
Duplin-Sampson Area Mental
Health will talk on mental health and
retardation caused by alcohol.
Kenneth Avent, athletic director and
head football coach at North Duplin
High School, is scheduled to explain
the effects alcohol can have in
athletics, and Dr! Leo Hawkins,
specialist in charge of human de
velopment at North Carolina State
University, will appear to discus
alcohol's effect on the family. Steve
Sweeter will make the keynote
address and a question and answer
period is scheduled.
"We hope young adults and their
parents vill attend this presenta
tion," Mark Vinson said. "People
cannot really begin to obey the law
until they know what it is and the
new DW1 laws have changed from
the old DUI ? especially for the
young people."
The Duplin Home Economics
Program Committee is sponsoring
Alcohol and You as the first of many
projects focusing on the family.
Vinson added. During the next four
years, the program committee plans
to feature a number of family
related seminars and sessions
focused on the strengths of the
family unit. As the next project the
committee is working to organize a
conference on building family
strength for Duplin. Last year the
program committee offered
workshops and seminars in human
development and stress manage
ment.
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Focus On The Family Week Proclaimed
The Duplin County commissioners proclaimed March 25-30 as Focus on
Family Week throughout the county. Pictured above, the Duplin Agricultural
Extension Home Economics Program Committee Chairperson Elinor Ezzell
appeared before the commissioners and presented the proclamation for
Focus on Family Week. A special program has been planned for April 5 as
part of the Focus on Family. According to Ezzell. the program Alcohol and
You will be April 5 in the Duplin County Superior Courtroom in Kenansville
at 7:30, featuring the change in drinking and driving laws and the effects of
alcohol on the body. Pictured above. Chairman of the Duplin County
Commissioners Allen Nt^hercutt signs Focus on Family proclamation.