Here were some of the stories making news in Bladen County in 1974:
• Dewey Hill was elected to serve on the North Carolina Food Dealers Board of Directors.
• Gov. Jim Holshouser announced three SENCLAND communities for sites for rural health centers … Harrells, Bladenboro and Atkinson.
• Billy Smith of Elizabethtown graduated from pharmacy school at UNC-Chapel Hill. Smith was Vice President of Smith Drugs of Elizabethtown.