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Here were some of the stories making news in Bladen County in 1973:

• The Elizabethtown Garden Club was host to the annual meeting of District X1, Garden Clubs of North Carolina. 150 ladies met at White Lake for the event.

• Two young men were arrested on charges of possessing a controlled substance … marijuana.

• Dr. Odell Hobbs, son of Mrs. Molly Hobbs of Clarkton, received the Doctor of Arts degree from Western Colorado University. Dr. Hobbs was a graduate of Booker T. Washington High School.