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• Bladen County Hospital purchased 32.08 acres of land for $70,000 from Miss Mary McLeod. The land was adjoining hospital property and would be used for expansion.
• Bladen County’s 1% sales and use tax for the month of October 1972 was $23,646.77.
• East Bladen High School will open a 20 game basketball season with their first game with Union High School.