
Here were some of the stories making news in Bladen County in 1974:
• Edgar Stevens of Carver’s Creek was elected chairman of the Bladen County Board of Commissioners..
• County tax collections for the month of November were $75,752.72.
• Soil and Water Supervisors for Bladen County were Jerry Butler, Rt. l, Elizabethtown; Wade Byrd, Clarkton; and Lynn Singletary, Tar Heel.