Here were some of the stories making news in Bladen County in 1973:
• A pilot in a small plane was killed when he crashed in a soybean field in the Elkton area of Bladen County.
• The Elizabethtown tax rate for 1973-74 was set at $1.50 per $100 valuation.
• Danny W. Tatum of Elizabethtown retired from service with the N.C. State Highway Commission.
• Superior Court Judge William Wood ruled that four piers at White Lake were illegal.
About Author
