Here were some of the stories making news in Bladen County in 1973:
• Ground breaking services were held for a prison chapel at the White Lake Prison Unit.
• Indiana Northern University conferred the Doctor of Laws Degree upon Rev. Wade T. Jernigan, President of California Christian College. Dr. Jernigan was a 1944 graduate of Bladenboro High School.
• Mrs. Mary E. Coston was honored as Mother of the Year at New Hope Baptist Church in Clarkton.
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