Here were some of the stories making news in Bladen County in 1973:
• A special election was held to authorize $2.5 million in bonds to build a new hospital in Bladen County.
• Major John T. Burke was named to head the JROTC program at East Bladen High School.
• John Q. Shaw, assistant vice president and manager of the Clarkton branch of Waccamaw Bank and Trust Co., was named manager of the new Elizabethtown branch.
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