PROGRESS SENTINEL
PL. XXXXV1I NO. 37 USPS 162-860 KENANSVILLE. NC 28349 SEPTEMBER 13. 1984 14 PACES THIS WEEK 10CFNTS PLUS I'AX
County Auction
'he County of Duplin held an auction Saturday at its
ecently-bought farm adjoining the county landfill. The
tuildings on the farm were sold. County Deputy
todney Thigpen was the auctioneer. Shown in the
ihoto are County Commissioner D.J. Fussell, Mr. and
drs. Otis James who bought the dwelling house,
tussell Tucker, county accountant, and county Deputy
lodney Thigpen. The items sold were: a wood frame
Iwelling for $2,500 to Otis James; a two-story packbarn
or 100 o Hubert Simmons; a cement block shed for
1100 to Otis James, a tin shed for $50 to Vernon Tate,
?ld poultry house to Forrest Blanton for $175, a corn
crib to Bobby Teachey for $150, a hog house to Steven
Williams for $200, a metal bin to W.L. Bryan for
$2,500, a metal bin and dryer to Clifton Boyette for
$2,300. a hammermill and building to Eugene
Rivenbark for $3,000, auger to W.L. Bryan for $450, a
tin shed for $50 and hog house for $100 to James
Killette, a pump and house to Vernon Tate for $50, an
old storage house to James Killette for $75, the grape
harvest to James Howard for $600, and a tin building to
Steve Williams for $175. The auction brought in
$12,800. The farm was bought by the county for
$133,000. There are approximately 133 acres of land.
Kale Of Duplin Structures
a nouse, ieeamitt ana several out
juildings on property Duplin County
?ecently bought for future landfill
ise was to be offered in an auction at
10 a.m. Saturday, the county com
nissioners decided during their
neeting last week.
The sale was held on the site,
lirectly across the road from the
:ounty landfill east of Rose Hill. The
:urrent crop from a grape vineyard
in the land also was offered.
A new roof is to be built on the
Senior Center in Kcnansviile and
sew air conditioning installed in the
Bid section of the building at a cost
?ot to exceed $40,000.
The board tin* an option dti 23.92
acres for $15,000 for the Rockfish
'Community Building. The site is
west of Wallace and south of N.C.
41.
A public hearing will be held at
9:15 a.m. Sept. 15 in the com
missioners' office in the courthouse
to hear proposals for projects that
might be eligible for funding in the
economic development category of
the community development block
grant program.
In other business, the board
approved $5,000 for some of the
handicapped-access projects out
lined by Brice Sanderson, building
inspector, ne is coorotnaior ror ine
county's program to provide public
access for the handicapped program
to Duplin County's public buildings.
Access to public buildings for the
handicapped must be available or in
the planning stage in counties re
ceiving federal revenue sharing
money, he said.
Sanderson presented a long list of
needs, some minor and some major,
in county buildings in Kenansville.
In the courthouse, protection for
pipes under the lavoratories is
needed in the upstairs bathrooms for
the handicapped. A water cooker
standing no more than 32 inches
above the floor should be installed,
he said, and raised or recessed
identification lettering should be
installed on or near office doors.
In the agricultural building, he
said, bathrooms should be remodel
ed for accessibility to the handi
capped. a ramp should be con
structed, and office doors should be
widened to at least 31 inches.
Sanderson said it is not necessary
to make all of a building accessible
but all the services offered in a
building must be made accessible to
the handicapped.
An access ramp and wider office
doors to accommodate wheelchairs
are needed inthe boil Conservation
Service building, he reported.
The health department building
bathrooms should be rebuilt to
improve accessibility to the handi
capped and the access ramp needs
repairing, Sanderson told the com
missioners.
Joe Costin, director of the health
department, said the second floor of
the former nurses building near the
hospital, now being used for a health
department annex, is dangerous
because it has only one accessible
exit, a stairway. A second stairway is
blocked by locked office doors. The
elevator does not work.
Sanderson reported that an access
ramp to the front entrance of the
health annex building is needed. The
front entrance should be re-arranged
and the elevator repaired.
A wheelchair access ramp should
be built to the back entrance of the
social services building because of
the steepness of the hill in the front,
Sanderson reported. Bathrooms in
that building need to be rebuilt for
handicapped accessibility, he said.
The Employment Security Com
mission office and State Highway
Patrol station need doorways
widened, bathrooms enlarged and an
access ramp installed.
Faison Board Agrees
To Sell Water To County
n .?f CI CA miccinnprc Unnalrl HalAc an/4 Dill
Faison Commissioners agreed last
Wednesday to sell as much as a
half-million gallons of water per
month to a county system in the
Juniper area outside their town.
The county system is designed to
service up to 60 households and
purchase as much as 8,000 gallons a
day from the Faison water depart
ment, Commissioner Bill Igoe ex
plained. And, he pointed out, the
Faison water system can furnish
another 16.000 to 18,000 gallons a
day beyond its present production.
Rates for the sale of water to the
county were approved at $25 each
month for a minimum of 20.000
gallons and 57 cents for each
addit.onal 1.000 gallons. The annual
incoi ie from the sale of water to the
coun.y is expected to be approxi
mately $1,500-$2.000. The county
expects lobe charging its customers
? 1WIIHIU WHlVrO UI1U LJ III
Igoe were appointed to work out
possible solutions and bring a sug
gestion before the entire Board at
the October meeting.
The board accepted an offer of
$1.000 by Cory Best for the old 1969
trash truck which has not been used
in five years. Before the sale is final,
and advertisement for upset bids will
be run in area newspapers.
The lift station at the Duplin
Apartments in Faison was accepted
by the town board for regular
maintenance. Parts and labor
beyond regular maintenance will be
furnished through Duplin Apart
ments.
Commissioners set October 3 as
the public hearing date for the
requested annexation of an area just
off winnifred St. The public hearing
will begin at 7 p.m. followed by the
regular meeting of the town board.
a minimum ICC Ul J/.JV.
The contract to suppl?"The Juniper
area system with water was
approved by the Faison Board upon
dedication of the connnecting line
within the city limits from Duplin to
the town. The unwritten agreement
to dedicate the line within town
limits was part of the original plan
for the water system proposed by the
Duplin County Commissioners to the
town of Faison more than a year ago.
The dedication of the connecting line
will allow the town to furnish water
to customers in the area of the
produce market. Commissioner Igoe
said.
Within the town. Faison Mayor
Francis McColman reported 17
meters carrying 44 individual water
users. According to McColman. only
one minimum water fee is charged
each, but should be charged to each
(4 the users on the meters. Com
Beulaville To Supply Water
The Beulaville Town Board unani
mously approved a motion last week
at their regular monthly meeting to
install a meter, and furnish water at
the recreation fields behind the
elementary school.
The athletic fields are a joint
project of the Beulaville Recreation
Commission and the Duplin County
Board of Education. Grading,
fencing and installing a sprinkler
system on the athletic field have
been financed by the Beulaville
Elementary School and the Recrea
tion Commission. Both use the field
for organized recreational activities.
Alfred Basden of the Beulaville
Recreation Commission appeared
before the town board requesting a
water meter be installed at the
athletic field. A sprinkler system has
been installed and will b< needed
during dry periods i < ep the
athletic field in go> niiHti- n.
Basden said liK .cepeaUon Con
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mission would pay for the water but
requested the town install the meter
at no cost.
After a motion by Commissioner
Rabon Maready, the Board voted to
buy and install a water meter for the
athletic field to be under the super
vison of the Recreation Commission.
Since the athletic fields are used by a
majority of town citizens, the Board
voted not to bill the Recreation
Commission for the water.
In other business the Beulaville
Commissioners voted to remove the
lights at the tennis court near the
Scout Hut because of the decaying
condition of the poles.
Commissioners also approved a
recommendation to repair the roof of
the Scout Hut. Commissioner S A.
Bliz/ard presented an estimaic of
112.000 to reroof the flat top. Later a
motion to write specifications re
placing the flat ;<>p with an 'A' roof
a as paasc. O) he commissioners.
A contract for $1,000 to enlarge
the holes of air lines in the sewage
treatment plant was approved by the
Commissioners. Town employees
Morris Strickland and Aubrey
Murphy quoted the $1,000 figure for
the job at the treatment plant.
According to Blizzard, the enlarge
ment of the air line holes is needed to
allow the system to operate at a
minimum level which will be
approved by the Environmental Pro
tection Agency. The treatment
system has not met the EPA stan
dards in more than two months.
Commissioner Rabon Maready voted
against the action stating the trouble
is an engineering fault within the
system which the town should not
have to absorb the cost of correcting.
The Board set a public hearing
date for the presentation of the town
subdivision regulations. The hearing
will be September 25 at the town hall
hoRinniii" i?t 7 n.m
Faison Manufacturing
Hopes To Expand Company
Through CD Loan
Domenick Sanducci of Faison
Manufacturing Company appeared
before the Faison town board Sept. 6
at a Community Development Block
Grant public hearing to request
consideration for a $400,000 loan to
increase the sewing factory work
force by at least 80 new operators.
"1 would like to expand,"
Domenick Sanducci of Faison Manu
facturing Company said at the public
hearing. "The company needs more
room and like it is now, we are
spread out all over town." According
to Sanducci, Faison Manufacturing
operates out of three different loca
tions within the town limits. With the
prospects of a $400,000 loan, the
company plans to construct a new
facility in which all workers can be
located in the same building. Faison
Manufacturing Company expects 80
to 100 new operator positions to be
available if grant funds are
awarded to the town and loaned the
garment company. The company
operates mostly under contract with
the United States government,
making military uniforms, Sanducci
said. Faison Manufacturing cur
rently occupies its main town head
quarters next to the Faison town
hall.
The public hearing held at the
Faison town hall was to solicit
proposals for projects eligible for
funding in the Economic Develop
ment category of the Community
Development Block Grant program.
Eligible projects would create or
retain jobs, enhance income levels or
promote local business or industry
ownership.
Funds are requested by local
business or industry and application
is made by the town. To qualif\ for
the funds a town must use the grant
to provide streets, or water and
sewer facilities for new or existing
business or industry. The grant can
also be used as a direct loan to a
business or industry. The loan and
interest is repaid to the town which
uses the money to help another
industry or in other projects.
Members of (he Faison town board
approved the request to submit an
application for the proposed Faison
Manufacturing project under the
Economic Development catcgon of
the grant program.
A second public hearing is set to
review the applicu ion on V pt. 2~ at
5:30 in the Faison town hall. The
applieation deadline is October of
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Wallace-Rose Hill
High Studied
For JSTC Classes
James Sprunt Technical College
classes may be taught in the
Wallace-Rose Hill High School
building
College authorities asked the
board of education for permission to
use rooms in the building when the
high school is not in session.
The college is seeking a place
inthe Wallace-Rose Hill area for a
satellite program, offering classes to
adult students.
While commenting favorably on ,
the idea last week, the board delayed
action until arrangements can be
made for the building's maintenance
and security.
County Superintendent L.S. Guv
said the county has a big investment
in the school building, which stands
empty at night and on weekends. "It
seems like use should be made of it.
but we must have an agreement on
security and maintenance." he said.
Guy is to work out a plan with
JSTC officials and present it to the
board for review.
In other action, the board autho
rized the administration to upgrade
its computer capability through a
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that will cost $13 000 to $14,000 a
year.
The present equipment is not
enough for the school system's
needs. Guy said. Some work now is
being done on contract at a cost of
about $4,000 a year.
Each school and each club within a
school will be limited to one fund
raising activity during the school
year, the board decided. The board
approved several specific fund-rais
ing activities.
Among activities approved for
various clubs and schools were sales
of candy, decorator boxes, maga
zines, doughnuts, nuts, suppers,
stuffed animals, Christmas trees,
Christmas ornaments, fruit cakes,
baked goods, citrus fruit, spices,
calendars, cookbooks, desk cubes,
newspapers, popcorn, buttons, tea
mix. T-shirts, flower and garden
seeds, and candles. Fall festivals,
fish fries and car washes also were
approved.
Several projects were approved for
E.E. Smith Junior High School in
Kenansville, where the student
council can hold a plant and peanut
sale, the cheerleaders can sell sun
glasses and the athletic club, cleaner >
material.
The B.F. Grady school's fall
festivai was approved. The festival
has netted as much as $12,000.
The board transferred an unused
$5,500 for termite control at North
Duplin High School to buy an energy
control device for Wallace Elemen
tary School. The device will cut the
school's electricity costs.
The board also transferred $11,000
to a fund to supplement salaries of
coaches in the schools.
Gooooood Chicken
Two-year-old Rebecca Harrell of Rose Hill is enjoying a "world's largest
frying pan"-cooked chicken leg at Saturday's Rose Hill Jubilee. Rebecca is
the daughter of Anita Harrell of Rose Hill
Crafts Displayed At Jubilee
Crafts, and crafts, and crafts.1 and crafts all on displav for salt- at fhe Rose Hill Jubilee.
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