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VOL. XXXXVII NO. 17 USPS 162-860 KENANSVILLE. NC 283# 16 PAGES THIS WEEK APR1I 2t>, 1984 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
Liberty Hall To Be Featured In Southern Magazine
Staff from Southern Accents magazine of Atlanta, Ga. were at Liberty Hall in
Kenansville last week. The magazine will feature Liberty Hall in an edition
within the next 18 months. Last week the Southern plantation home was
pnoiograpnea oy Louen /vision 01 me ooumern /secerns sian. riciureu
above, right, Liberty Hall Curator Dorothy Rollins and Southern Accents
Special Projects Editor Sallie Stevens, left, tour the Liberty Hall gardens and
support buildings. ,
t Commissioners Approve
Bid For Faison Area Water Project
The bid for a community water
system that would orovide water for
50 families was approved last week
by-,: the Duplin -Xw.ritv Board pf
??? Commissioners.
w The board also allocated money to
comp' the county airport runway
extensh n.
The bid of $77,835 by H&W Inc. of
Seven Springs was approved by the
board for a water project in the
Burning Bush community near
Faison. The project is part of a
community development block
grant. The bid must be approved by
state officials before work can start.
The board returned the ptv^osTd
mobile home park ordinance to the
Planning Department for further
study after several people voiced
objections to various portions.
The board directed county attor
ney Russell Lanier to seek state
forest service assistance in deter
mining what if any damages might
be due to Orvis Thigpen of Beulaville
as a result of a ditch being dug the
wrong way on his property by
workers on a watershed project.
Thigpen asked f<*|. datagcs of
$/,?{*).
The board approved the request of
Bennie Wilson, chairman of the
county airport board, for $28,095 to
complete paving of the airport run
way extension. Wilson said the low
bid was $39,095 from Barris Con
struction Co. of Kinston.
The airport board had on hand
$11,000 it had held back from the
previous contractor. The original
contractor, Blalock Construction Co.
of Kinston, went bankrupt, leaving
the work unfinished.
In other business. Jack Brinseu of
Kenansville asked that the doe
hunting system of last vear be
retained. Hunters were issued tags
does. The number of tags issued in
any area depended upon reports on
deer populations by state biologists.
Brinson said 860 bucks, 29 year
lings and 201 does were registered
killed. He estimated only about 60
percent of the kill was registered.
Gene Norris of Bculaville. Reid
Fussell of Wallace and Bill Spencer
of Warsaw asked the board to appro
priate $2,000 for copy machines and
$1,000 a year for incidental expenses
in the three National Guard armories
in the county. The request was
rejected.
The Board of Education presented
its 1984-85 budget proposal calling
for $3,314,950 from the county
general fund to the commissioners.
Times Presents
Photography Exhibit
A photographic exhibition of the
March 28 tornado disaster within
Duplin County has been hung in the
James Sprunt Technical College
library by the newspaper staff of
Duplin Publishing Company in
Kenansville.
Photographs in the exhibition
J were taken March 28, less than 24
hours after tornadoes ripped through
northern Duplin County. The majo
rity of the exhibition is of the Pine
Forest housing development, but
also included are pictures of the
Young Squire manufacturing
building and Red Hill Fixtures.
"The exhibition shows only a
portion of the devastation caused by
the tornadoes." Editor Ike Riddick of
Duplin Publishing Company, said.
"The photographs show only the
B monetarv damage caused bv the
storm. We have no way to begin to
account the mental anguish it left
behind."
After the exhibition leaves JSTC in
two weeks, the photographs will be
displayed at the Duplin County
Dorothy Wightman Library in
Kenansville. The exhibition will
remain under the supervision of
county librarian John Michaud
through the next several months as it
travels to the town libraries. A
schedule for the exhibition in town
libraries has not been arranged but
will be published in the future. The
final showing will be at the county
fair exhibition for Duplin Publishing
Company.
"We are grateful for the coopera
tion of the James Sprunt Technical
College library and the Duplin
County and town libraries," Riddick
said.
"The DUPLIN TIMES. DUPLIN
TODAY and PINK HILL REVIEW
newspapers hope that this exhibition
will make area residents better
understand the losses of their neigh
bors."
Mount Olive
Man Killed In Wreck
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? n i^ujpniL vuumy man was kiiicu
? Saturday night when the pickup
truck he was driving ran off S.R.
1501 and overturned 11 miles north
of Kenansville, the N.C. Highway
Patrol reported.
John Robert Lane, 21, of 212
Church St., Mt. Olive, was driving
south at nigh speed when the truck
left the road at a curve. Trooper
W.F. Sandy said. Lane, who was not
"voi ui^ a 3v.ai uvii? ? iiuv/ttu uui
of the truck.
Two passengers in the car, Denny
Ray Bell, 17, of Mount Olive and
Wanda K. Herring, 16, of Kenans
ville, were treated at Duplin General
Hospital and released,
i No other cars were involved in the
accident. Sandy estimated the truck
was traveling at 70 mph when it ran
off the road.
, Whitley
Receives Award
congressman cnaries wmtley o!
North Carolina was presented with
the 1984 Leadership Award from the
United States Congressional Ad
visory Board of the Coalition for
Peace Through Strength in recogni
tion of the leading role he has taken
? on a variety of national security
issues before the U.S. Congress.
,? The award was presented to
Whitley oy uienetta vogcisang,
national senior vice president of the
Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of
Foreign Warsl and Col. Kenneth A.
Steadtnan, U.S.A. (Ret.), national
security director of the VFS, at an
awards reception. Many of Whitley's
colleagues and 850 members of the
advisory board were present at the
reception.
Liberty Hall
Photographed For
Magazine Feature
The next time Duplin County
appears in a national publication, it
will not be associated with the March
tornado disaster but a feature on
Liberty Hall in Kenansville.
Last week photographers and spe
cial projects editor for Southern
Accents magazine in Atlanta. Ga.
began working on a feature article
about Liberty Hall. The article is
expected to appear in the magazine
within the next 18 months.
Southern Accents spans a
coverage area of 15 states from
Maryland to Florida to the Missis
sippi River and Texas. The magazine
was founded in 1977 as a quarterly
publication. This year Southern
Accents begins publication six times
annually. The format of the maga
zine focuses on southern homes and
gardens both historical and modern.
Also featured are art and historical
collections.
The magazine features both public
homes, like Liberty Hall, and private
dwellings unavailable to general
tourists. Like the homes, the maga
zine offers the public its only
opportunity to see and learri about
many private gardens.
Southern Accents is not in North
Carolina for the first time -- features
have appeared in the magazine
about Tryon Palace, Hope Plantation
and Orton Plantation along with
several private homes.
"When we saw brochures on
Liberty Hall, the magazine knew the
home was special," Sallie Stevens.
Southern Accent's special projects
director, said. "Liberty Hall offers
the magazine a chance to feature
plantation life as it really w as prior to
the Civil War.
"Many children grow up and live
their adult life in cities and never
have the opportunity to visit histori
cal homes like Liberty Hall.
"Sherman and his troops came
through and wiped out Atlanta's
pre-Civil War homes and heritage,
leaving us with no local opportunity
to see the working of plantation life
like there is available at Liberty Hall
here in Duplin County.
"Today there is a great move
underway in the south to restore old
homes. Many of the homes featured
in Southern Accents are owned by
couples who have invested their last
cent in restoring houses often more
than 100years old."
Liberty Hall is unique among
plantation and historical houses,
Stevens pointed out, because there
are a number of the home's original
furnishings on display. And, the
majority of the original furnishings
were crafted by skilled North
Carolina woodworkers.
Recently Stevens has comoleted
work on a feature about Whitehall in
Florida for Southern Accents.
Within Whitehall hangs pictures of
Lily Kenan Flagler, whose wedding
to Henry Flagler took place at
Liberty Hall in Kenansville. The
wedding gown worn by Lily in the
famed early 1900 ceremony has
recently been restored and is on
display in Liberty Hall. Whitehall
was built bv Flagler for his bride,
Lily Kenan, and after their deaths
opened to the public.
"The two houses are so dif
ferent," Stevens said. "I had never
heard of Lily before I went to White
hall and saw her picture and I had
studied the history of Kenansville."
Liberty Hall and its gardens and
support buildings were being
photographed by Cotten Alston last
week for the Southern Accent
feature. Copies of the magazine are
sold on newstands in North Caro
lina's larger cities and Stevens said
issues featuring Liberty Hall will be
sent to the curato-s of the plantation
h m m Kenansville.
Fire Damages
Kitchen
Fire damaged the kitchen of a
house off N.C. Ill about five miles
south of Pink Hill Thursday night.
No one was home when fire
fighters from the Pink Hill and
Sarecta volunteer fire departments
arrived around 7 p.m.
Firefighters broke out a window in
the kitchen and put out the blaze
within a few minutes. Lt. Curtis
Bovette of (he Pink Hill Volunteer
Fire Department sate! the blaze
damaged a kitchen wall and caused
, smoke damage throughout the
house.
Bovette said the blaze was
thought to have begun near a clothes
dryer in the kitchen. He said a
passing motorist saw smoke and
called for help.
Hospital Prepares
The Board of Trustees of Duplin
General Hospital is concerned about
the future direction and role of the
hospital within the county it serves.
Recognizing significant recent
changes in the practice of medicine
and the utilization of acute inpatient
care facilities throughout the state
and nation. Duplin General Hospital
desires to assess its current situation
and identify the proper mix of
facilities, services and programs so
that it may continue to meet com
munity needs.
A planning committee, chaired by
I-vin Graham of Wallace, was desig
nateu jy the Board of Trustees to
prepare a long-range plan for Duplin
General Hospital. TTie plan will
identify the mission, role, function
and programs of the hospital within
the next five to ten years.
The planning committee's makeup
includes the members of the Board
of Trustees, representation of the
hospital's medical staff, hospital
administration and legal counsel.
Chris Mansfield, associate director
of the Center for Health Services
Research and Development School of
Medicine, East Carolina University
at Greenville, serves as consultant
for the planning project.
The members of the committee
are: Dr. M.l. Ammar, physician;
Dr. E.L. Boyette, physician and
trustee; Wade Carlton, trustee;
Elbert Davis, trustee; William P.
Fennell, trustee; Irvin Graham,
trustee; R.E. Harrell, hospital ad- 1
ministrator; Mrs. Anne B. Houston,
RN, MSN, director of nursing ser
vices; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ingram,
attorneys; Mrs. Juanita Kretsch,
trustee; Dr. Ed Little, physician;
Allen Nethercutt, trustee; Dr. Oscar
Redwine, physician; Ray Sanderson,
trustee; William D. Thigpen, trus
tee: and Victor Tucker, hospital
controller.
The planning commit lee decided it
would review (he findings of
planning studies and would solicit
the opinions and views of as many
individuals as possible. Input is
being obtained from trustees.
members of the medical staff and
other physicians practicing in the
area, hospital employees, and
citizens of Duplin County.
Approximately 800 citizens of
Duplin County have been selected to
receive a questionnaire late in April
regarding the hospital. Answers will
be confidential as they will be
recorded and summarized by staff at
w
Long-Range Plan
the East Carolina School of Medi
cine. Citizens not receiving a ques
tionnaire may obtain one by calling
the office of administration at Duplin
General Hospital. The telephone
number there is 296-0941, extension
220.
Ray Sanderson, chairman of the
_ Board of Trustees, said that
' Duplin General Hospital recognizes
its responsibility to strive for the best
possible use of its available re
sources so that services may be
provided economically, effectively
and at the highest achievable quality
standards. The hospital i? committed
to finding the solutions that best
serve its many publics and, at the
same time, enhance its viability as
institution."
Hospital Auxiliary Contributes To Duplin General
The Duplin. General Hospital Auxiliary celebrated its
fourth anniversary this month, and as part of the
activities, the group presented a check of S3,100 to the
operating budget of the hospital for purchase of an
equipment item for the nursery. The volunteer group
has a membership of about 41 and they man
the information desk, deliver patient mail, and sell
small gifts, flowers and candy. The group also sponsors
a Candy-Stripe program for young teens to volunteer
time at the hospital. Proceeds from the Auxiliary sales
go toward improvements and donations to Duplin
General Hospital, Auxiliary president Carolyn Hall
said. Pictured above, Richard Harrell, Duplin General
Hospital administrator, accepts Auxiliary donation
frcm the treasurer, Martha Swar.n, and chairman of the
Auxiliary ways and means committee, Saily Eva
Tyndall.