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*New Farm Bureau officers were elected. They were Byron Melvin, President, Colvin Council, Vice President, Mrs. Winnfred Robinson, Secretary; and Mrs. Eddie Bryan, Treasurer.
*Elizabethtown Jaycees held their yearly DSA Banquet, with the featured speaker being N.C. State football coach Lou Holtz.
*The Elizabethtown Rescue Squad made 458 calls from January1, 1972 to December 31, 1972. This compared with 341 calls in 1971.