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Volume 6, Number 16,
Vaneeboro, North Carolina,
Thursday, April 14,1983
Phone 244-0780
12 Pages
20 Cents
Two Colleg:es
Cooperate
Johnson Named
Wachovia
Personal Banker
Leon Johnson has been named a Personal Banker
and transferred to the Vanceboro Office of Wachovia
Bank & Trust Company.
Announcement of the action was made by Jim
Pepper, City Executive in Vanceboro.
Johnson, a native of Pitt County, joined Wachovia’s
Sales Finance Department in 1974 as a field
J|hpresentative. In 1976 he assumed responsibilities
dealer credit manager. In 1981, he transferred to
the bank’s Retail Banking Department.
In 1969, he graduated from Pitt Community
College with a Business Administration Degree. He
is a member of the Banker’s Educational Society,
Inc.
Johnson is married to the former Annie Barrett.
They have one daughter.
Deadline for Articles
Monday Noon !
Volunteers Will Hear
Craven Community College and North Carolina
Wesleyan College are planning a joint venture to help
local students. CCC graduates in business
administration and criminal justice will soon be able
to complete their 4-year degree without leaving
home.
N.C. Wesleyan plans to have an adjunct faculty in
the New Bern area and plans to offer night classes
four nights a week beginning next fall. Associate
degree graduates of Craven’s business
administration and criminal justice programs will
be able to register as juniors at N.C. Wesleyan.
Previously our students have transferred to UNC
Charlotte, Campbell University, Appalachian State
and Western Carolina to complete their 4-year
degrees in these programs.
North Carolina Wesleyan, located at Rocky
Mount, is a four-year institution offering bachelor of
arts and bachelor of science degrees in a number of
different areas. Wesleyan has developed very
successful extension education programs in Raleigh,
Goldsboro and Jacksonville. These programs offer
working adults an opportunity to complete their
degrees through evening classes.
Dr. Harry Meinhardt, director of the Wesleyan
extension education service has worked closely with
the administration at Craven Community College in
establishing the extension program in the New Bern
area.
Classes will meet one night a week, 6:00 - 9:00.
Wesleyan will offer at least enough courses to permit
a student to attend full-time (12 semester hours).
Tuition will cost $50 per semester hour. North
Carolina residents, attending full-time, will receive a
$326 grant against full-time tuition cost. For
additional information call Jean Hemphill at 638-
4131.
Put a little class in your life at CCC.
Dr. Charles Petty
Dr. Charles Petty
April has been proclaimed “National Volunteer
Month” by Gov. Hunt. The New Bern-Craven County
Schools will recognize all volunteers during the week
of April 17-23. A recognition night will be held April
22 at 7:00 p.m. at New Bern High School
Auditorium. Dr. Charles V. Petty, Director of the
Governor’s Office of Citizen Affairs, will be the guest
speaker.
Dr. Petty was born in England, Arkansas and
attended Ouachita (Wash-i-taw) University for his
B.A. degree and received his B.D., 'Th.D. at
Southwestern Baptist Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas.
Dr. Petty has served pastorates in Arkansas and
Texas. He served as Associate Director of Christian
Life Commission, Baptist Convention of Texas and as
Executive Director, Christian Life Council, Baptist
Convention of North Carolina.
He has been active in many volunteer programs.
Some are N.C. Association of Volunteer
Administrators, N.C. School Volunteer Program,
and National Association for Volunteer
Administration.
“More than 1500 people, organizations and
businesses have contributed to the children of the
New Bern-Craven County Schools this year. We
really appreciate their help in making this time
, special for volunteers.” says Janet Furman, New
Bern-Craven County Volunteer Program Director.
They Are In Town-
Cable is being laid on the west side of Vanceboro.
The cable crew feeds the cable into a small machine
and presto the black cable is buried as fast as the
crew can walk. It takes a bit of time to cross under
streets, but with their equipment a bit makes a hole,
cable is hooked into the shah and is pulled across the
street.
When asked why they started on the west side of
town, they replied, “this is the only dry spot in town”.
The Vanceboro cable has been laid to the Neuse
River by way of Weyerhaeuser Road from New Bern.
The company is in the process of securing permits
that will allow them to attach cable to the bridge.
Other obstacles stand in the way other than wet
soil. Road construction on Streets Ferry Road has
delayed laying tue cable from the Country Store to
Vanceboro. Workmen are working in Vanceboro
with hopes of connecting to the cable at Country
Store very soon after getting the cable buried in
Vanceboro.
Attention Churches &
Craftsmen!
If you are interested in participating in the Craft
and Baked Goods Sale during Vanceboro’s 1st
Annual Strawberry Festival please contact Becky
Hughes at 244-0291 after 4:00 or by writing to P.O.
Box 31, Vanceboro, N.C. 28586 by May 1,1983. These
events will be held on Main Street between Powell
Brothers Hardware Store and the Post Office on
Saturday, May 14, 1983.
An entry fee of $5.00 for a crafts display and $2.00
for Baked Goods is required.
(See Page 12 for information on Strawberry
Festival Talent Show)