PAGE 2 — WEST CRAVEN HIGHLIGHTS — JUNE 30.1988
Eastern
Echoes
By
Gail Roberson
Nobody Will Know,
Nobody But Yourself
She reached into a large box and carelUlly removed an ob
ject wrapped securely in a bulky towel. Holding the item in her
hand, she slowly uncurled the protective cloth and then held
the base out to me with pride.
“I’ve been saving a long time for this,” she said. There was a
satisfied smile on her face as I reached out to touch its delicate
ly hand painted flowers and equisite detail. But, as she placed
it on the mantle, my eyes were more drawn to the towel then
piled in a heap on her sofa. Stamped on its corner was the
name of a well known hotel chain.
Later, when I questioned her about it, she just smiled and
answered. “Oh. that. Well, it’s just one little towel. Nobody will
miss just one. Besides, it makes a nice keepsake ftom our trip
last year. You know I have to cut corners.. .especially to buy a
vase like that.”
This, my readers, from a woman with a masters degree... in
religion. I shook my head all the way home. How can someone
quote me the scriptures in one breath and justify outright
thievery in another?
’The other day I went into town for a few groceries. I noticed
a woman feeding grapes to her child in the produce aisle. The
grapes were part of a large bin of the same. First she gave him
two white grapes, then about six red ones, and finally a hand
ful of black grapes. Before she left the aisle, I saw that same
woman take a healthy pinch off a peach and pop it in her own
mouth, as well as two fat strawberries she slipped from under
protective wrap.
I know this woman. Or at least know of her. She’s both a
school and Sunday school teacher, married to a church
deacon, and actively motivated in many humanity projects.
Yet, when her child asked, “Mommy, are we supposed to pay
for that?” she answered by pressing a finger to his lips and
murmuring in a low voice ... “It’s o.k. honey. It’s just a little
bite. Besides, nobody will know.”
Let me tell you a story. It’s about a fundamental principle of
life that can be applied to everything from bad deeds to bad
butter;
A woman from North Dakota always did her shopping in the
local general store in town. On one occasion, she brought some
butter into the store and explained, rather quietly and out of
hearing range, that, as she was churning the butter, a mouse
fell into the cream. She told the owner that she was certain the
butter was all right, but she simply could not bring herself to
use it. She then suggested to the owner that he exchange it for
some butter from his cooler, then sell hers to someone whd
didn’t know the difference. After all, she implied/ v»hat a oui-
tomer didn’t know, wouldn’t hurt them. . ■ • v- .vl,
The grocer promptly took the butter back to his cooler and
spooned it into a different container. He then came out and
handed the woman her own butter back. What a customer
doesn’t know ... doesn’t hurt her.
One grape DOES make a difference. If everybody takes one.
Thievery is thievery, no matter how well disguised. Besides,
some day you just may get your own container of butter back.
Legislative Lines
Obituaries
William Avery
VANCEBORO — William Av
ery, 78, died Monday in Pitt
County Memorial Hospital in
Greenville.
Services were at 2 p.m.
Wednesday at Wilkerson Funeral
Home in Vanceboro with the
Rev. John Moates officiating.
Burial was in Wilson Cemetery at
Ft. Barnwell.
Avery was a native of Craven
County and lived in Ft. Barnwell
before moving to Chocowinity
five years ago. He was a retired
carpenter.
Avery is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Ora A. Avery; two daugh
ters, Mrs. Faye A. Manning of
Grimesland and Mrs. Patsy A.
Doiel of Youngsville; three sons,
William Avery Jr. and Billy M.
Avery, both of Chocowinity and
Louis Lee Avery of Calico Cros
sroads; four brothers, Johnny
Avery of New Bern, Clayton Av-
■'
eiy of Swansboro, Richard Avery
of Chocowinity and Norman Av
ery of Morehead City: a sister,
Mrs. Bertha Willoughby of
Swansboro; 25 grandchildren
and 13 great-grandchildren.
Nina G. Heath
Nina Gaskins Heath, 91, died
June 22 at her home at 1520 Core
Point Road, Emul.
The funeral was held at 2 p.m.
June 24 in the Wilkerson Funeral
Home Chapel in Vanceboro with
the Rev. Graham Lane officiat
ing. Burial was in High Bridge
Cemetery.
She is survived by a sone, J.
Earl Heath of Emul; two sisters,
Mrs. Naomi Cuthrell and Mrs.
Verlna Cayton, both of Ernul;
one grandchild.
She was a native and lifelond
resident of Ernul. She was a
member of New Haven Free Will
Baptist Church.
4”* of July
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The West Craven Highlights
This Challenge More
Than Any Other DARE
Down East Cooking
By REP. BEVERLY PERDUE
We were all hoping to go home
last week, but it turns out we will
have to spend part of this week in
session. As you may know, each
bill passed by the General
Assembly must be read three
times both in the House and in
the Senate before it is voted on
and ratified. Part of the reason it
takes so long to finish up is that
certain bills are required by law
to receive each reading on sepa
rate days in each chamber. Both
appropriation and tax bills are in
the category requiring first,
second and third readings on
separate days, and that is why it
takes a while to wind down, even
if the decisions have been, for all
practical purposes, made.
I want to tell you about a prog
ram that I am very excited about.
’The Legislature voted last week
to expand a very successful drug
prevention program aimed at
fifth and sixth grade students
and taught in local schools by
law enforcement officers.
Legislators appropriated
$706,000 to continue the Drug
Abuse Resistance Eduction
(DARE), originally started as a
pilot program in 15 North Caroli
na school systems, and to expand
the program to include all 139
school systems by the end of the
1990 school year.
The DARE program was de
veloped in Los Angeles in 1983
and is now used in schools in 35
states. Begun in North Carolina
in 1987, DARE uses specially-
trained, uniformed deputy sher
iffs, SBI agents and police offic
ers to teach pre-teens the skills
necessary to resist drug experi
mentation.
DARE provides students with
accurate information about alco
hol and other drugs and teaches
decision-making skills, self
esteem and ways to resist nega
tive peer pressure. The program
also offers alternatives to drug
use.
Each officer trained to partici
pate in the program spends at
least one day per week at the
school teaching the 17-week les
son plan. He also visits other clas
ses in the school, conducts facul
ty workshops and presents prog
rams to the school’s PTA. Key to
the success of the program is the
rapport developed between
officers and teachers.
The drug prevention program
funded by the General Assembly
is a joint project of the Depart
ment of Public Instruction (Alco
hol and Drug Defense Division)
and the Department of Justice
(SBI).
Thank you for all of your phone
calls and letters.
By REBA W. HITCHEIX
Those were dangerous times
that summer of 1776 as the Con
tinental Congress debated
whether or not to declare inde
pendence of the colonies from
England. The British generals
and their armies were closing in,
with Gen. Howe nearing New
York and Gen. Burboyne already
victorious in Canada. Richard
Henry Lee decided the time had
come, and he introduced a re
solution ’’... that these united
colonies are, and of right ought to
be, free and independent states
it’s been 212 years and still we
love to celebrate our independ
ence. The Fourth of July is noted
as picnic time. As we close our
list of picnic treats, we can recap
ture the spirit of the red, white
and blue with Stars and Stripes
blueberry cake.
Goldeo Fried Chicken
3 cupi mll-purpoM* (lour
1 tk lip. lalt
V« Up. pepper
V. Up. paprika
1 tk Up. baking aodn
3 cupa batlermiik
3 cut up chirkena
Combine flour, salt, pepper,
paprika in a plastic or paper bag.
Shake chicken in mixture to coat
and set aside. Dissolve soda in
buttermilk and set aside.
Dip coated chicken in butter
milk mixture. Return to bag and
shake to coat well. Repeat proce
dure with remaining chicken.
Heat cooking oil in large frying
pan to 350 degrees and add sever
al pieces of chicken and fry 25
minutes or until golden brown,
turning once. Drain well on pap
er towels.
Ptcnlc RoRi
2 pkgi. dry yrul
1 cup water about 110 degreea
I cup milk
V* cop plua I tba. angar
1 tba. arit
7 cupa aU-purpoae flour
Va cup plua 2 tba. abortening
1 egg, ^aten
Dissolve yeast in warm water.
Let stand 5 minutes or until bub
bly, set aside.
Scald milk in small saucepan,
add sugar and salt and let cool to
lukewarm. Combine yeast and
milk mixtures in a large bowl and
mix well.
Add 3 cups of flour, beat until
smooth. Add shortening(melted)
and egg, beat well. Add enough
of remaining flour to make a soft
dough. Turn dough onto a lightly
floured board and kneed 8 mi
nutes or until smooth and elastic.
Place dough into a well greased
bowl, turning to grease topy^v-
er and let rise in a warm place, 85
degrees, for about IVk hours or
until doubled in size.
Pouce dough down. Shape into
1V4 inch balls. Place in two lightly
greased 9-in. square baking pans.
Cover and repeat rising proce
dure for 45 minutes or until dou
bled in size. Bake at 350 degrees
for 45 minutes or until golden
brown. Brush tops with melted
butter.
A Handful
David Stuart juggles three rings in the hot sun. Stuart, when hot
juggling, is associated with The Lost Colony outdoor drama in
Manteo. Stuart’s juggling can also been seen during nightly per
formances at Manteo's Sunset Festival from 5 to 8 p.m. each day
during the summer. Stuart also juggles balls, tennis rackets and just
about anything else he gets his hands on. Stuart invites area resi
dents to come spend a weekend or evening with him at Manteo and
epjoy the festival and The Lost Colony.
BUYuIsTsmnNGfBONDS
For the current rote coll... I -SOO-US-BONOS
Corn On The Cob
12 ear» of corn
6 to 6'/} qtc. boiling water
2 tbs. salt
Add salt to water and add com
to water, return to boiling. Cover
and cook 15 to 20 minutes. Drain
well. Serve with butter, salt and
pepper to taste.
Academic
Awards
The following students received
Honor Certificates at Vancebor-
o's Farm Life Elementary
School:
Second grade — Michael Daw-
son, John Fomes, Janet Gaskins,
Latisha Moore, Crystal Morris,
Amy Phillips, Ashley Sontag,
J.P. Whitford, April Williams,
Alison Buck, Amanda Roach,
Andy Giddens, Carrie Pepper,
Crissy Dawson, Darryl Russell,
Elisa Peterson, Jonathan Rus
sell, Kamilla Ingram, Misty Gar
ris, Mark Coulter, Dion Coward,
Jennifer Jackson, Crystal
Meadows, Lateisha Moye and
Michael Parks.
Third grade — Chris Barber,
Paula Fomes, S.L. Gaskins, San
dra Jolly, Alisha Mills, Tina Reg
ister. Benjamin Buck, Hunter
Morris, Felicia Singleton and
Kimberly Kirkman.
Fourih grade — Amy Pepper,
Kristina Burcham, Rebecca
Waterman, Iman Moore, Jeremy
Mills, Amy Edmundson, Crystal
Fornes, Lara Mantyla, Chasidy
McGowan and Michele Smith.
Fifth grade — Chanetta Moore,
Curtis Chapman. Shirley Camp
bell, Kimberly Flake, Timothy
Peterson, Larry Walton. Jennifer
Bowera, Kamilah Blount, Kelly
Jo Kirkman, David Garris,
Courtney Morris. Necia Tripp.
Denton Carawan and Denise
Johnston.
Star* And Stripe*
Blueberry Cake
Prepare a packaged yellow
cake mix in a 13-by-9 inch
greased baking pan. Cool iiHwn
for 10 to 15 minutes. Remove
from pan and cool completely.
Spread cream cheese frosting on
top and sides and decorate with
cherries and blueberries.
Crean Cheeae Fro*liiig
1 8-os. pkg cream cheese
2 lb*. itUlk
I 16-ot. pkg. powdered sugar,
sifted
Beat softened cream cheese
until creamy and fluffy. Gradual
ly add remaining ingredients and
beat well.
Elks Powers
Team To Win
In Tournament
Jean Elks, the former soft-
ball coach at Plymouth High
School'fibW coaching at
quay-Varina High School,
earned Most Valuable Player
honors in leading Washing
ton’s Bunch Trucking to its
first softball tournament
championship this weekend.
Bunch Trucking finished
the United States Slo-Pitch
Softball Association Class C
Vanceboro Invitational
Tournament with a 4-1 record
to qualify for the Class C Mid-
Atlantic Division Tournament
at Lexington, S.C. Labor Day
weekend.
Bunch Trucking defeated
Farmville Oil 5-2 to capture
the championship after falling
3-2 in the first game of the
final.
Bunch defeated Bob Bar
bour ToyoU of Havelock, 16-6
in the first game; defeated.--
Farmville Oil 5-2 in the second
and downed Beaufort County
13-3 in the third game.
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