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VOL. XXXXVll NO. 32 USPS 162-860 KENANSVILLE, NC 28349 AUGUST 9, 1984 14 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
'Duplin Schools Invest In
Classroom Laboratories
Duplin County will use an infusion
of state money to improve elemen
tary and high school laboratories this
year, Superintendent L.S. Guy said
^in a discussion about the forth
coming school year.
Duplin students will go back to
school Aug. 27. Teachers will report
Aug. IS. About 8,400 students,
about 100 less than a year ago, are
expected. The system will have
about 400 teachers.
Guy said he hopes to reduce class
size in the fourth, fifth and sixth
grades with seven to nine new
? teachers' slots. He has not received
detailed information from the state
on teacher allocations, he said.
Space for additional classes in
those grades is available in most
schools, the superintendent said.
Wallace Elementary School is al
ready crowded, however, because
the southern area of the county has
developed faster than expected, he
said.
The schools will spent a total of
about $17 million during the 1984-85
fiscal year, Guy said.
The state this year will give Duplin
an extra $2 per student for kinder
garten through the sixth grade,
$2.50 per student for seventh- and
eighth-graders and $6 per student
for grades nine through 12 to up
grade classroom laboratories. Some
of the money might be used to buy
computers, Guy said.
"We'll go slow with the computers
in the lower grades while watching
their use for effectiveness," he said.
Computer laboratories have been
established in each high school.
The schools will offer numerous
programs to meet the varied inter
ests and needs of students, Guy said.
The Chinquapin, Rose Hill and
North Duplin grade schools will
operate an "open course" pilot pro
gram this year, integrating reading,
language arts and other classes.
Another new oroeram will be the
.Tunior Reserve Officers Training
Corps at East Duplin High School at
Beulaville. Guy said 146 students
have registered for the program. In
structors will be Maj. George
Roussos and Sgt. John H. Bell.
A pilot program in the "concepts
of electricity load management will
begin at Wallace Elementary School.
A control center will switch off
various electrical units when power
demand soars. Reducing demand at
crucial times can reduce "peak"
demand. Power companies charge
customers according to peak de
mands because companies must
have the capacity to deliver electri
city at peak demand levels.
All the county's trainable mentally
handicapped high school students
will attend E.E. Smith school in
Kenansville this year. "By bringing
these students to one spot wc can do
much more for them than by having
them scattered in schools all over the
county," Guy said.
Multiple handicapped students al
ready have been attending the E.E. (
Smith school.
Students with schedules that do
not fit the school-day schedule may
take courses for high school credit at
James Sprunt Technical College if
they have approval of the school
administration, Guy said.
A business laboratory with word
processing equipment has been set
up at East Duplin High School. The
system plans to add similar labora
tories in the county's three other
high schools as funds become avail
able.
Guy expects a kindergarten en
rollment of 550, about 25 to 40 less
than last year. "You don't ever know
for sure about kindergarten enroll
ment until they're registered," he
said.
Bloodmobile To
Visit Warsaw
Thursday, Aug. 16
? At the Bloodmobile visit on March
12, 2.47 percent of the population of
Warsaw showed up to give blood.
Many of these donors were from
outside Warsaw. Your blood is
needed on Thursday, August 16, at
your convenience from 12 p.m. until
5 p.m. at the Warsaw Fire Station.
You can give the gift of life August
16 at the Warsaw Fire Station.
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Brick Mason?tte
Priscilla Smith of Warsaw is adding another row of
brick to the modfet pump-house she is building in
Prentice Smith's building trades class at James Sprunt
Technical College. She is already working at her trade,
laying brick and carpentering, even though she will not
graduate until March of 1985. She works on weekends
helping build a home for Robert Schmaltz. Her husband
is also at James Sprunt. He is enrolled in the electronics
class.
I John Durham Putt Finishing Touch?* On His Foyor Tablo
Ijotin Durham is a student at James Sprunt Technical
College enrolled in the building trades classes. Durham
0 retired from the Air Force after 26 years. He has been
at James Sprunt for almost two years and he has plans
to open a shop at his home near Beulaville upon
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tables, bookcases, stereo cases, etc. However, Durham
says his daughter in Greensboro takes a fancy to his
products and carries them to tier home. Durham's
creations have no nails, by the way; they are all put
together with the use of dowels and glue.
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Opening Day Tobacco Sales At Wallace's Hussey Warehouse
High Tobacco Quality
Sends Price Average Up
The Eastern Belt marketing
season opened Wedri day of last
week with some of the best tobacco
every offered on opening day.
The quality of the tobacco forced
the belt average price to a high level
because of the support price of the
grades. The unofficial preliminary
average was placed at S156.30 per
100 pounds, up $6.76 from last
year's opening.
Companies refused to bid more
than the support price on most of the
top-quality tobacco. Virtually all
good and fair lug (X) grade tobacco
went under price support loan.. The
same thing had occurred in Tues
day's S.C.-N.C. Border Belt season
opening sale, and again in Wednes
day's sale there.
The Border Belt average for Wed
nesday was $152.10, up 38 cents
from Tuesday.
Farmers rejected offers on thou
sands of piles of tobacco in both
belts, hoping for better prices later,
particularly on the better quality
tobacco.
Companies appeared to bid more
freely on the priming (P) grades
Wednesday in Eastern Belt markets
than they did Tuesday in the Border.
Prices for primings with "body"
ranged from $3 to S10 per 100
pounds over the support price of the
grades.
Prices for priming grades gained
sharply in S.C.-N.C. Borde Belt
sales Wednesday. Lug grades how
ever, barely held even with oj ning
day averages.
The Federal-State Tobacco Mi rket
News Service reported that on
S.C.-N.C. Border sales Wednesday,
good lemon primings, averaging
5155 per 100 pounds, gained $5 fr >;n
Tuesday; good range ft. trunks,
5152, gained $3; fair orange prim
ings, 5146, gained 57, and fair lemon
primings, 5144, gained 56. Fair
green primings (P4G) gained 54.
Support level for fair lemon and
orange primings is 5132 and for good
primings 5145 per 100 pounds.
In sharp contrast, the major vol
ume lug grades averaged just over
support with fair greenish lugs (X4V)
at 5172, up 51 from Tuesday and 52
over support and fair variegated
mixed lugs (X4K.M) at 5164, dowr 53
from Tuesday and 53 over suppo-'
Farmers placed 14.2 percent of the
4,269,027 gross pounds of tobacco
sold Tuesday on S.C.-N.C. Border
markets under price support loan,
compared with 25.7 percent on
opening day last year. The gross sale
averaged slightly more than S152 per
100 pounds.
The market news reported most
priming grades on Eastern Belt
markets Wednesday averaged $2 to
$8 per 100 pounds more than last
j ear with good lemon at $148, the
same; good orange, $149. up $2; fair
lemon, $174, up $1; fair orange,
$145, up $8, and fa'r green, $136, up
over last year's - sV?n opening
averages. Good lemon lugs, how
ever, averaged the support level of
$194, reflecting the lack of company
demand for this quality. Fair lemon
lugs topped support by $1 to average
$174. Good variegated mixed lugs
averaged $170, $2 over support.
Warehouses in Wallace, part of
the Eastern Belt, were filled Wed
nesday with fair and good priming
and lug grades plus a smattering of
low lugs, fine primings and fine lugs
and nondescript.
Virtually all of the lug graded
tobacco went under price support.
Block Grant Awarded For
Housing Repair In Warsaw
The Duplin County town of War
saw will get $750,000 for low
interest housing repair loans and
drainage improvements in the Frog
Pond area and the town of Bolton in
Columbus County town will get
$314,700 for housing and road
improvements on 12th Street.
The allocations were announced
Friday by the N.C. Department of
Natural Resources and Community
Development. The two Southeastern
North Carolina projects were among
the top 39 projects in small towns
statewide that will share $41.9
million in federal Community De
velopment Block Grant money,
which is distributed by the state. A
total of $107 million was requested.
State planners evaluated 169
project proposals using a scoring
system based on poverty and sub
standard housing statistics, project
design, other available funds and
benefit to low- and moderate- income
residents, said Penny Craver, special
assistant for community affairs at the
Department of Natural Resources
Division of Community Assistance in
Raleigh.
In addition, Ms. Craver said state
planners visited some of the towns to
view the areas described in the
applications.
The city of Whiteville's request for
a $750,000 community revitalization
grant just missed funding with a
ranking of 40th and may be funded if
part of $5 million set aside for
tornado-damaged houses is not
spent. "We expect some of that
money to come back," Ms. Craver
said, adding that the decision should
be made by October.
Three grant applications for the
southern Brunswick County town of
Shallotte were turned down by the
state, ranking 143,157 and 166 in the
priority list, Ms. Craver said.
Warsaw's application was ranked
11th in the state, earning 784 of a
possible 1,000 points in the scoring
system. Ms. Craver said scores were
very competitive. Whiteville's pro
ject, for example, scored 39 points
behind Warsaw's and 108 points
behind the top project in the state.
The $314,700 grant to the town of
Bolton stemmed from a 1983 appli
cation. One of last year's proposals
that won funds through the state's
scoring system was never carried
out, Ms. Craver said, causing the
money to be redistributed to Bolton.
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Announces Plans To Improve
Warsaw Recreation Activities
Year-round recreation activities
for all ages is the goal set by the new
Warsaw Recreation director George
Lloyd.
"I want the area to know that the
recreation program is under new
direction," George Lloyd said.
"And, 1 plan to keep a wholesome,
family-type recreation program
throughout the year.
"I think I understand the recrea
tion needs and desires of the people
of Warsaw," he said. "And, I'm
eager to work toward meeting the
needs." George is a former recrea
tion department employee with the
town of Warsaw. He served three
years as Warsaw Recreation athletic
director.
George assumed the position as
recreation director July 25 and has
completed an effort to bring midget
football games to the Warsaw Re
creation Park away from James
Kenan High School. Practice for the
midget football league began last
week and games start at the park in
aepiemoer.
"My top priority, now, is working
with the Warsaw Jaycees to get
lights on the tennis courts," George
said. "We have an\estimate of
$26,000 to install thd' old softball
field lights on the tourt. But. I am
also looking into new, more
economical lights for the courts. The
courts need lights that will be
economical and good for many
years." Funds raised by the Jaycees
will be matched by the town in the
tennis court lights project.
George pointed out another pri
ority of upgrading the physical
beauty of the park. Through the
projects with the tennis courts and
midget football, Lloyd said the park
would realize a great deal of physical
changes making the area more
attractive.
In addition to recreation activities
currently offered during the year,
George plans to offer a summer day
program for youths. The program
requires a large number at volun
teers who will work with children "in
drama, music, arts and crafts,
games, reading and filmstrips. He
also has plans to revive the spring
events like the 'Great Out of Sight
Kite Flight' and 'A Day in the Park.'
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George IJoyd