Here were some of the stories making news in Bladen County in 1973:
• Seven Bladen County churches were broken into in the past week.
• Playtime, Inc. of Elizabethtown purchased the assets of the defunct Elizabethtown Manufacturing Co. Playtime will employ 150 people.
• William C. Evans was named the new manager of DuPont.
• Carolina Telephone announced that there will be no charge for calls between Elizabethtown and Bladenboro.