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If you were one of those who
followed the young baseball players
to the Dixie Youth tournament in
Koec Hill, then you already know
what 1 am about to say, or can attest
to it. I have been to many baseball
fields, but 1 can't recall one as neat,
as attractive, and as orderly as the
one in Rose Hill. The field, which is
also used for football and other
sports, is named in honor of Jimmy
Jerome, a local lad who obtained
greatness in football. He was out
standing at Wallace-Rose Hill High
Schqol, at college, and also played in
the.major league. He was killed in an
auto" accident in California. During
his high school and college days, he
spent his summers in Rose Hill
involved ir the summer recreation
program, which was mostly baseball.
The ball park displayed more colors
than just a green outfield, sandy
infjeld, and clay pitcher's mound.
When I first drove up to the park, I
saw the flags waving in a gentle
breeze. Next, as ! walked toward the
bleachers, the flowers, yellow and
red,.along the green wood entrance,
and the youngsters dressed out in
their uniforms, added to the colors,
but even before anyone came to the
park at 8 a.m. in the morning, it
showed the work and care the people
involved had in it. I don't know who
all were involved, but! do know thev
should be proud, for their work paid
off ? the park was, and is,
outstanding. No one who attended
the tournament could go away
feeling anyway but good about Rose
Hill, if they lost in the game or won.
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The Duplin County Board of Com
missioners just recently supposedly
reorganized the tax offices. There is
no doubt in my mind the two offices
can work more efficiently combined,
using the personnel where they are
needed, when they are needed. .
.When tax-listing is going on, very
little tax-paying is going on. . .and
vice-versa. . .So, people could be
moved to where they are needed, no
matter what part they normally work
in ? tax collection or listing.
However, they are allowing too many
offices to exist. Duplin County does
not need more supervisory personnel
to sit back in an office. What is
needed is those supervising to be out
on the floor, involved in the working
process. . .So-called "wheels" are
usually out of touch and over
paid, and create more problems than
the'work-force can straighten out. .
.In my opinion, the tax office would
be better if one of those cubby-holes,
called an office, was turned into a
filing room and filed with filing
cabinets. Duplin County would
benefit. . .Just how ridiculous can
this re-organization thing get. Let
me..tell you. There is one less person
in this office combination, yet at
Monday's meeting of the county
commissioners, a new desk was
approved to be bought for this office,
which now has fewer people than it
had a week ago. . .As 1 understand
it ? and I realize it doesn't make
sense ? but, as I understand it, one
person is going to work at two desks.
. .That of course means two chairs,
two typewriters, two calculators and
all the other things needed at a desk.
. .This is for one person. . .As I said,
it doesn't make sense, but five
coihmissioners gave their approval.
It is going to be interesting a year
from now to see the results of this
change. . .1 wonder if they are going
to stack those desks on top of one
another.. .Hey, no worry,.. .It's only
tax money. . .Son-of-a-Gun....
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Riddick of
Durham announce the birth of their
daughter, Sheena Monique, on July
8, 1985 at Durham General Hospital.
The maternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Miller of
Route 1, Magnolia and Mrs. and
Mrs. Thedore Riddick of Plainfield,
N.J. Paternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas J. Southerland of
Route 1, Magnolia and Mrs. Armittie
Miller of Warsaw.
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