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• The Bladen County Library received a federal grant of $32,297.
• John W. Cross of Elizabethtown was announced as Director for the Annual March of Dimes.
• Muriel Pittman, clerk for Carolina Power and Light, retired after 38 years of service.
• The Tar Heel High Class of 1944 held their 28th year class reunion.