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W.C. Batten’s Grocery and Service Station, located on Highway 211 near Council, was completely destroyed by fire.
Willis Robertson was elected Chief of the Elizabethtown Rescue Squad.
M & W. TV Shop of Bladenboro was broken into.
Bobby Guyton was announced as the Chairman of the 1972 Blueberry Festival at White Lake.