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Here were some of the stories making news in Bladen County in 1974:
• Wilbur Ward of Clarkton was appointed to the Bladen County Planning Board.
• Congressman David Henderson announced that he has nominated Curtis L. Brown, Jr. of Elizabethtown for an appointment to West Point.
• Sidney R. Warner of Bladen County has been appointed to the Greenville office of NCNB as an area supervisor.