Goldston Womble was re-appointed to the position of Elizabethtown Town Attorney.
Maurice Holland, who had been White Lake Town Attorney since 1959, resigned.
The tobacco market in Clarkton was in full swing with the average sales price of tobacco at $152.90 per hundred pounds.
The hiring freeze put into effect by the Bladen County Commissioners earlier was lifted.
A proposed Elizabethtown by-pass was expected to cost $5,000,000.