PROGRESS SENTINEL
VOL. XXXXV1U NO, 10 USPS 162-860 KENANSV1LLE. NC 28349 MARCH 7, 1985 14 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CliNTS PLUS TAX
Congressman Whitley Visits Duplin ASCS Office
Assistance for a Duplin native brought Congressman
Charlie Whitley to the Duplin Agriculture Stabilization
k and Conservation Service office March 1. While signing
up for the Feed and Grain program, Whitley talked with
farmers at the Duplin ASCS office. According to
Whitley, support prices which were announced last
week at an average of $1.70 per pound, can still be
lowered through legislation before the market season
opens. The 25-cent assessment per pound lowers the
price farmers are paid, but not the cost per pound that
tobacco companies have to pay, he said. And, the ideal
would be to lower the cost to the tobacco company, not
just cutting farmer profit, Whitley pointed out. With
the current support price level, the stabilization
program would continue to receive large amounts of
tobacco instead of the leaf being purchased on the open
market. Pictured above, Duplin ASCS director David
English assists Whitley as he fills out forms for the
Feed and Grain program. "As long as the farmers have
troubles," Whitley said, "I'll feel the same troubles."
Airplane Crash Kills Pilot
A small, single-engine airplane
crashed in Duplin County shortly
after taking off Friday afternoon in
the fog. The pilot was killed, said
Hiram Brinson, emergency coordi
nator for Duplin County.
Larry Haye*, 32, of 2610 E.
..Seventh St., Lunftxfhton died
the Cessna I5i crashed at J:45p.rtL?
He was the -oly ocfcupant, Brinson
! said.
The plane had just taken off from
the Duplin County Airport when it
went down less than a mile from the
airport. It was in the air a couple of
minutes. The exact cause erf the
crash is unknown, but the plane hit
some trees and crashed near a power
line right-of-way close to Secondary
Road 1900 and Johnson's Church
Road. Brinson said.
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The plane did not explode or burn
after the crash, officials said.
A witness called the county Sher
iff's Department at 3:45 p.m. and
said she had heard an airplane fly
over until its engine stopped and she
heard it crash. The woman was in a
behind James Kjnan High
School, Brinson said.
Rescue workers attempted to find
the airplane from the air, but it was
too foggy. About one hour later
rescue squads from Kenansville,
Warsaw and Magnolia found the
plane, Brinson said.
The wings were torn off and the
cockpit was rolled up in a ball. The
plan's registration number is
N757FP. Hayes was thrown from the
plane on impact. Dr. Corbett Quinn,
a medical examiner, arrived on a fire
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plow to examine the body, Brinson
said.
Hayes, a dispatcher for the Eliza
bethtown office of the State Highway
Patrol, attended a statewide tornado
workshop at James Sprunt Technical
^College Friday. The workshop was
for law enforcement and emergency
officials. He was headed back to
Lumberton when the plane went
down. There is speculation that he
may have burned the aircraft around
because the fog was so thick and
possibly was trying to get under the
fog to land when the plane hit the
trees, Brinson said.
The National Transportation Safe
ty Board and the Federal Aviation
Administration were to investigate
the crash Monday, officials said.
Five Contestants To Vie For Miss Duplin County
Five young ladies will compete for
Ihe title of Miss Duplin County and a
SI,000 scholarship at the 1985
pageant March 16 at the East Duplin
Fine Arts building in Beulaville.
? In addition to the Miss Duplin
' County title, seven young girls will
vie for the title of Little Miss Duplin,
County that same night, Duplin
Pageant Association member Donna
Sue Williamson said.
The Pageant Association is very
proud to be able to offer a substantial
scholarship to the Miss Duplin
County," Duplin County Pageant
Association member Donna Sue
Williamson said. "Pageant compe
tition through Ihe Miss North
1 Carolina and Miss America pageants
offer young women Ihe largest
scholarships available today. And, at
Ihe c?>unty level we want Duplin's
pageant to become known as a
scholarship competition as well as a
preliminary pageant for the Miss
North Carolina and Miss America
titles.
"We are not so concerned with
getting the best contestant to go on
into other pageant competition," she
said. "We want a young lady that
loves Duplin County and if she
happens to be a finalist or winner in
the Miss North Carolina pageant,
that's just fine."
Contestants for the 1985 comoe
tition include Amy Lynn Bland of
Kenansville, Jacqueline Stacey
Livingston of Wallace, Angela Joy
Norman ufr Rose Hfff, Wendy fiail
Rivcnbark of Warsaw, and Tonya
Lynn Shepard of Richlands.
The 1985 Miss Duplin County will
compete in the Miss North Carolina
pageant June 26-29.
The Miss Duplin County pageant
mistress of ceremonies is the 1984
Miss North Carolina Francesca
Adler. And, scheduled to present
their farewell appearances as
reigning queens are 1984 Miss
Duplin County Allyson Stroud and
1984 Little Miss Duplin County Dena
Houston.
1985 Mlas Duplin County
Contestants I
Amy Lynn Bland is 17 years of age
and attends James Kenan High
School. She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Bland of rural
If ontnc
Amy Lynn Bland
Amy will perform a vocal presen
lation for her taleni in the Miss
Duplin County pageant. She has
studied piano, dance, baton, and
chorus, each five years or more. As a
student of James Kenan, she is the
president of the Future Farmers of
America, a three-year-member of
the Duplin All-County Chorus, a
member of Who's Who Among High
School Students, and a majorette.
After high school graduation this
summer. Amy plans to attend East
Carolina University and major in
elementary education.
Jacqueline Stacey Livingston is 18
years of age and attends East
Carolina University. She is a 1984
graduate of Wallace-Rose Hill High
School and the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Dwight Livingston of Wallace.
Jacqueline will perform a jazz
dance in talent competition of the
Miss Duplin County pageant. She
has studied dance 12 years, nine of
which were under the instruction of
Barbara Selvy. Jacqueline currently
works as assistant dance instructor
with Jane Phillips of Wallace. She is
seeking a career in dance education
through obtaining a bachelor of fine
arts degree in dance and a minor in .
drama. While attending Wallace
Rose Hill, Jacqueline was the cap
lain r\? itiA -eloa riitl r>
Jacqueline Stacey Livingston
squad and a member of the Math
and Spanish clubs.
Angela Joy Norman
Angela Joy Norman is 21 years of
age and attends East Carolina Uni
versity. She is a 1982 graduate of
Harrells Christian Academy and the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Warner
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Angela is to perform a jazz
preseniaiion to the music "Dance"
by Paul Jabara. She is a 10-year
siudent of tap dance and has eight
years of training in jazz and more
than four years of ballet. In addition,
Angela has four years of training in
piano. She is the 1984 Miss Duplin
County First Runner-up and the 1982
Miss Poultry Queen First Runner
Up. Angela is a member of the 1985
East Carolina University Dance
Company and has performed in the
Skip Castro's video of Music Tele
vision. She is seeking a bachelor of
fine arts degree with a major in
dance choreography and a minor in
drama from East Carolina Univer
sity.
Wendy Gail Rlvenbark
Wendy Gail Rivenbark is 21 years
of age and attends Campbell Uni
versity. She is a 1981 graduate of
James Kenan High School and the
daughter of Jackie H. and Gail K.
Rivenbark of Warsaw,
Wendy will perform a vocal pre
sentation during talent competition
for the Miss Duplin County crown.
She is an eight-year student of dance
with five years in voice instruction
and three years of piano. As a
student of Campbell, Wendy works
in the news bureau of the University
f
and is a member of the Adam Smith
and Circle K clubs. She plans to earn
a bachelor of science degree in
business administration with a con
centration in economics. Wendy then
plans to continue study and obatain a
masters degree and become a li
censed and real estate and insurance
agent.
Tonya Lynn Shepard is 19 years of
age and attends the University of
North Carolina at Wilmington. She is
a 1984 graduate of East Duplin High
School and the daughter of Teron
and Shirley Shepard of rural Rich
lands.
Tonya will present a dance per
formance during talent competition
in the Miss Duplin County pageant.
She has been a student of dance for
11 years and also has instruction in
piano and flute. While attending
East Duplin High School, Tonya was
the varsity cheerleading captain,
senior class secretary, attended
Governor's School West in dance,
and held the title of 1983-84 Miss
East Duplin. Currently at UNC-W,
she is seeking an undergraduate
degree in computer science and
plans to continue her education with
study for a master's degree in
computer science.
Tonya Lynn Shcjtard
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Energy Management Pays
Off At Rose Hill Plant
Bob Johnson knows all about
preparing chickens for market, but
he was at a loss to explain his
company's electric bill.
Now, after teaming up with the
power company, he has some an
swers. And his poultry processing
plant, House of Raeford in Rose Hill,
has shaved its electric bill by 30
percent.
In June 1983, Johnson was facing
some hard decisions us plant
manager. Sales were down, feed
costs were rising, and he had already
been forced to eliminate one shift of
workers.
Johnson was looking for ways to
cut the company's electrical costs.
His questions led to a visit by
Carolina Power & Light Co. engineer
Sholar Powell Jr. Powell called in
fellow engineers George Irwin and
Walter Johnston to assist in deter
mining the most energy-efficient
way to operate the poultry proces
sing plant.
In a way, Irwin and Johnston were
like doctors making ahouse call,
though the diagnosis and treatment
involved a real team effort.
Equipment was installed at
various locations in the plant to
monitor energy usage. A computer
analysis of the company's electric
bill was performed. Under the
direction of John Dixon, plant en
gineer, House ot Kaetord workers
cataloged all equipment in the plant
that used any form of energy.
The result of this effort was 10
recommendations that could save the
plant nearly $119,000 a year ?
$75,000 of which could be saved by
making operational changes that did
not require spending any money.
The recommendations included
using energy-efficient lighting,
therman storage, heat recovery and
a computer to control some phases of
operation. The report also advised
switching toCP&L's time-of-use rate
on which the price of elcc'riotv vanes
depending on the time of day it's
used.
Today, nearly 20 months later,
Johnson said his company is saving
at least 30 percent on its electrical
costs, a monthly reduction of about
$10,000.
"We believed we had a lot of
potential," Johnson said. "I knew
we could save 20 percent and I
figured we would do more than
!hat."
"They implemented everything
we suggested and then some," said
CP&L's Irwin. "This is the best
example 1 can think of to show how
our customers can save money."
"House of Raeford made a
commitment to an energy manage
ment program," said Webb Tur
lington, CP&L Wallace area
manager. "It's a textbook case for us
on what can be done in a con
concentrated effort between a utility
and an industrial customer."
The power company's work with
House of Raeford proved to be an
award winner. Powell and Irwin won
a third place national award from the
Edison Electric Institute for a report
they prepared on the project. The
report won first place from the
Southeastern Electric Excange.
Soon Bob Johnson hopes to begin
a similar energy managment pro
gram at the House of Reaford turkey
processing plant in Raeford.
"It's like somebody giving you
money." he says.
Simpson Named
Morehead Scholar
North Duplin High recognizes its
first Morehead Scholar in the
history of the ' school. Patrick
Simpson, a member of the 1985
graduating class of North Duplin,
was named a Morehead Scholar last
week.
"The Duplin Morehead Scholar
ship Committee can almost sense
someone who will go all the way,"
Irvin Graham of Wallace, a member
of that committee, said, "and that's
how we felt about Patrick."
Morehead competition begins at
the high school level and continues
through county, dtetrict and state
selections. The selection of Patrick is
the second consecutive year Duplin
has had a Morehead Scholar. Last
year Camille Grady of East DupKn
High School was named a Morehead
Scholar. And, Graham pointed out,
with the selection of Patrick, Duplin
will continue a nine-year record of
having three Morehead Scholars
attending the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill at the same
time.
Patrick is one of approximately 70
high school seniors to be named a
Morehead Scholar. The students are
awarded $7,000 each for their four
years as an undergraduate of
Patrick Simpron
UNC-CH. Selection is based on
evidence of leadership and service,
character, academic achievement
physical vigor.
Patrick is the son of Roy L.
Simpson and Dr. Corazon Ngo, M.D.
of rural Mount Olive. In addition to
recognition as a Morehead Scholar,
Patrick is among the five percept of
over one million seniors com melded
in the 1985 Merit Scholarship pro
gram.
Patrick is a member of the North
Duplin Beta Club, band, FBLA and
the varsity baseball team. As a
senior, Patrick holds the office of
vice-president of the Spanish Club,
president of the student council,
co-editor of the annual staff, and
chief marshal. In the past years he
attended Governor's School East,
the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership
Conference, and was a member of
the 1983-84, 1984-85 North Duplin
Quiz Bowl teams. Patrick has
received awards in advanced biology'
and algebra 11. He was named as an
Academic All-American and re
ceived national awards in Spanish
and hisotry.
Patrick plans to attend UNC-CH
and major in the mathematical
sciences.
"I would like to thank everyone for
their encouragement and assistance
leading up to my nomination and
appointment as a Morehead
Scholar." Patrick Simpson said. "I
thank everyone ? I know 1 couldn't
have done it alone."
Kenansville
ESC Officer
Honored
Sammie Southcrland was among
the 18 "most productive" Employ
ment Security Commission (ESC)
placement interviewers honored at
the third annual Pacesetter
Conference in Raleigh recently.
Southerland was chosen for her
high success rate in placing job
seekers, for her attitude and leader
ship. Each of the 18 was selected on
the recommendation of the local
office manager and area supervisor.
The Pacesetters Conference
serves to honor outstanding achieve
ments of ESC interviewers and
allows an opportunity to examine the
intangibles that contribute to their
success. According to David T.
Flaherty, chairman of the NCESC,
"The techniques and approaches .we
learn from our 18 Pacesetters will be
made available to all ESC staff
members for self-development."
Flaherty added, "The accomplish
ments are significant far beyond the
number of placements they have
achieved. Each placement repre
sents a better life for some North
Carolinian who found a job through
the efforts of thoses outstanding ECS
interviewers."