Three towns in Bladen County received water grants from the state. They were Elizabethtown $37,250, White Lake $51,433, and Bladenboro $16,250.
Melinda Grady was elected Miss Bladen County during the event sponsored by the Elizabethtown Jaycees.
Due to a late spring freeze the Bladen County blueberry crop was a complete disaster.
The Clarkton Tobacco Market and the entire Border Belt Market was set to open.