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Volume 7, Number 8,
12 Pages
20 Cents
Vanceboro, North Carolina
Phone 244-0780
January 19-26,1984
Vanceboro
Native Files
A Vanceboro native and former Chairman of the
Craven County Commissioners has filed for a seat in
the North Carolina General Assembly.
Democrat Grover Lancaster is seeking one of the
three seats from the Third District which are
presently held by Congressmen Gerald Anderson of
New Bern, Chris Barker, Jr., of Trent Woods, and
Daniel Lilley of Kinston.
Lancaster's statewide governmental experience
includes : President of N. C. Association of County
Commissioners; Chairman of N. C. Local Government
Advocacy Council; Member of N. C. 2000; Member of
N. C. Balanced Growth Board; Member of the
Governor’s Task Force on Financing Public School
Facilities; Member of N.C. Rural Development
Coordinating Committee.
Mr. Lancaster has been a life-long resident of the
Vanceboro community and has been self-employed as
a farmer. He resides on Route 1, Vanceboro with his
wife, Peggy. They have two daughters Kathy and
Jenny.
Grover I.iancaster, Jr.
Rev.
Stilley
Missing
Rev. Willie Stilley, 74 year old Free Will Baptist
Minister has been missing since Monday afternoon. It
is feared he drowned in the Neuse River. His boat, coat,
and fishing tackle were found near the shore late
Monday. A helicopter from Cherry Point Marine Air
Station, local rescue squad, and local sheriffs
department had failed to locate Rev. Stilley as of press
time on Tuesday.
Rev. Stilley’s home is in Bridgeton and he is the
present pastor of Reunion Free Will Baptist Church on
Maul Swamp Road near Vanceboro. He has pastored
several churches in the Vanceboro area and is well
thought of by the people in the area.
He is the father-in-law of Representative Gerald
Anderson. ■
Rep. Chris S. Barker, Jr.
Barker Files
For 16th .Year
N. C. REPTILE
Representative Chris S. Barker, Jr., serving in his
16th year in the North Carolina General Assembly
filed today as a Democrat seeking his ninth term in the
House. There are only 16 of the 120 members in the
North Carolina House senior to him and these six
include the Speaker and the Speaker Pro Tern. Out of
the six, only three have more continuous service than
Representative Chris Barker, Jr.
^presentative Barker is a member of the
Legislative Research Committee as such: The Study
Committee on Peat Mining, Land Clearing, Animal
Shelters and Pounds, and the disposition of animals
are all under his supervision.
He is vice-chairman of the Mental Health Study
Commission, which conducts studies and holds public
hearings on the Delivery of Mental Health Services
and submits appropriate reports to the Governor and
General Assembly. Representative Barker is co-
chairman of a committee of the commission Charged
with rewriting the Mental Health Laws for
presentation to the 1985 General Assembly.
Representative Barker’s current House Committees
are: Mental Health, Chairman; Finance, Vice
Chairman; Public Utilities, Vice-Chairman;
Corporations, Education, Governmental Ethics,
Military and Veterans Affairs, and Wild Life
Resources.
Representative Barker when questioned about his
age stated that he was younger than President Reagan
and a good deal younger than our great secretary of
state Thad Eure. He further remarked that he had
served Craven and Pamlico counties as their state
representative longer than any other person in their
history.
Representative Chris Barker is proud to serve the
people of Craven, Lenoir, and Pamlico counties and
earnestly solicits their generous and continuing
support in the coming year.
Changes In
Social Security
Several changes in Social Security, made as a result
of a new law passed last year, are effective as 1984
begins, L.F. Howell, Social Security district manager
in New Bern, said recently.
One of the most important changes Howell said, is
that all employees of nonprofit organizations who were
not covered by Social Swurity are now covered and
will pay Social Security taxes on their earnings.
Also covered, beginning in 1984, are all newly-hired
employees of the Federal Government. In addition,
certain current Federal employees are also covered,
including:
—Legislative branch employees were not covered by
the Civil Service retirement system by the end of 1983.
—All members of Congress, the President and the
Vice-President.
—Sitting Federal judges.
—Most political appointees, including non-career
members of the senior executive service.
Other changes in the law, effective in 1984, include:
—Benefits will be continued after remarriage for
disabled surviving spouses 60-69, disabled divorced
surviving spouses 60-69, and divorced surviving
spouses 60 or older. Before, this provision applied only
to surviving spouses 60 or older.
—Benefits to disabled widows and widowers are
increased to 71.6 percent of the unreduced benefit
amount the deceased worker would have received.
Before, a disabled survivor’s benefit ranged from 60 to
71.6 percent, depending on the person’s age.,
More information about the changes in the Social
Security law can be obtained at the New Bern Social
Security office, located at 2822 Neuse Boulevard.
The telephone number is 637-4101.
Donnie Paxson, age 7, second grade Farm Life
Elementary School, and son of Judy Paxson of
Route 2, Vanceboro displays a large turnip. Donnie
and Mr. Henry Lewis were the proud gardeners
of this three pound turnip.