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VOLUME 11 NO. SI
DECEMBER 29. 1988
VANCEBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
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SIX PAGES
Officers Find
Body Near
Vanceboro
After Almost A Month,
Questions Unanswered
The dedication of the rehirbished Vanceboro Community Center
and the work done to it will surely make the list of Top 10 news
stories for the Vanceboro area. The Top 10 news stories of 1988 will
be recapped next week in the Highlights. The review of the top
stories of the year is planned to be a tradition for the first edition in
each new year. The top-rated stories allow readers to refIresH their
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memories on controversial issues, recali significant happenings or
just remember specific news events in the area. Suggestions for the
Top 10 can be made to the Highlights' office in Vanceboro by no
later than Jan. 2. The above picture was taken at the recent dedica
tion ceremonies for the community center. Let’s hope 1989 will be a
banner year for the area.
A Trenton family whose
daughter had been missing since
Nov. 24 learned Dec. 22 that her
body had been found in a pond
near Vanceboro, one of the
woman’s brothers told the West
Craven Highlights this week.
Randy Foy of Trenton said a
Kinston duck hunter had found
the body of his sister, Sandra
Cheryl Foy, 37, of Trenton, on the
morning of Dec. 22 in Swift
Creek near Spruill’s landing.
New Bern law enforcement offic
ers notified the family between 4
p.m. and 5 p.m. the same day. he
added.
Miss Foy had been missing
since early Thanksgiving morn
ing, when she left in a car with an
unidentified person from the
parking lot of the Sheraton Motel
and Marina in New Bern. She
and her sister, Jan Foy, had been
at the Sheraton lounge for sever
al hours before Jan Foy saw her
sister leave in a compact car ab
out 1:30 a.m.
When Sandra Foy, who lived
with her parents, had not re
turned to her Route 2, Trenton
home by Nov. 26, Jan Foy and
another relative contacted the
police department in New Bern.
Later, Sandra and Jan Foy’s
father, Randolph, offered a
$5,000 reward for any informa
tion leading to the arrest and con
viction of the person or persons
responsible for Sandra Foy’s dis
appearance.
Randy Foy told the Highlights
Monday morning that the police
had told the family oidy that Miss
Foy had not drowned. Asked
whether the police had any sus
pects in the case, he replied, “Not
that we know.”
Foy added that he believed the
police were not releasing much
information about their flndings
in hopes of arresting someone in
the case.
Miss Foy’s ftineral was held
Monday afternoon at Edwards’
Funeral home in Kinston. She is
survived by her parents, two
brothers and two sisters.
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By MIKE VOSS
Editor
Men, do you ever get alt knot
ted up deciding on a tie? Well,
loosen up a bit. You don’t have to
worry about being tied to any
particular type, fabric or color.
Unlike buttons, ties can be an
expression of a statement or
mc^ by the wearer. Buttons, on
the other hand, are merely prac
tical. Legend contends that but-
i»p>i were invented when a king
halb pieces of rock or pottery
attached to the sleeves of his
soliders’ uniforms. Their pur
pose was to keep the uniforms
clean by discouraging the sol
diers from wiping their mouths
on their sleeves.
The history of ties is longer.
According to The Men’s Tie
Foundation of New York, men
have been decorating their
throats since adam got a bit of
apple stuck in his craw. Howev
er, the cravat as we know it dates
back to the 17th Century during
thereignofLouisXIVof France.
King Louis employed a company
of palace guards ftom the Ger
man province of Croatia, who
wore dashing neck pieces simiiar
to the modem bow tie. The idea
caught on and the neck piece was
called a Croat, eventually cor
rupted to cravat.
Ever since, men have been ex
perimenting with materials and
methods of wearing ties. King
James once plunked down the
equivalent of $600 for three cra
vats. A manual from the 1820s de
scribes 32 different ways to knot
a cravat, each more complex
than the other, said The Men’s
Tie Foundation.
In fact, grabbing a man’s tie
was once considered the uiti-
mate insuit when "blood only
can wash out the stain upon the
wearer’s honor.”
Ties often reflect a insight into
the wearer. They are considered
the most expressive clothing a
man can own. Ties can reflect a
man’s taste, his moods, his emo
tions, his affiliations, nes allow a
\iSiS i X
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Becton Earns Post-Season Honor
RALEIGH — West Craven’s
Lee Becton, left off the 3-A
Coastal All-Conference Team,
has been named to the News
and Observer’s All-East
second team.
Becton, a sophomore run
ning back, iead the Coastai
Conference in rushing with
1,197 yards and was 28 yards
shy of breaking the West
Craven rushing record set in
three seasons ago by N.C.
State standout Jesse Camp
bell, ACC Rookie of the Year
this season.
Other West Craven players
receiving honorable-mention
status were Monte Brown and
Thomas McGee.
Other Coastal Conference
performers making the first
team were Havelock’s Ledel
George and Joe Montford of
East Carteret. Second-team
selections were Washington’s
Joe Randolph and Greg
Smith. Receiving honorable
mention from the conference
were backs and receivers
Junior Farrow, D.H. Conley;
Greg Frazier, East Carteret;
Kenny Frazier, Havelock;
Walt Gerard, Washington;
Derrick Montayne, West Car
teret; Lee Morris, East Car
teret; Scott Seymour, D.H.
Conley; Tim Smith, North
Lenoir; Jeff Sutton, North
Lenoir; linemen Mike Godet-
te, Havelock; Jason Hamby,
Russell Seaton, Havelock and
kicker Andy Fassett, D.H.
(See ALL-EAST, Page S)
Second Banquet Held
Cove City Church Honors Seniors
Ties add flare to wardrobe
man to be noticed. Even women
have taken to wearing them on
occasion.
There are ties that tell the
world what you do or what you
fSee TIES, Page 5)
COVE CITY — The Cove City
community senior citizens,
Bryant Chapel A.M.E. Zion
Church Food Committee, Bryant
Chapel church musicians and
others received piaques and
awards at the second annual Fel
lowship Banquet held prior to
Christmas.
Gerald K. Johnson, assistant
principal at J.W. Smith
Elementary School in Cove City,
made a speech based on Matthew
21:37. The speech, “Last, He Sent
His Son,” drew a standing ova
tion. Johnson was introduced by
Kaye Chadwick Brown, who cal
led Johnson a “Christian young
man who has accomplished so
many good things in such a few
years.
The awards and plaques were
presented to the recipients by
Rev. J.C. Franks, pastor of
Bryant Chapel, and Jacqueline
Wiilston, co-chairmen of the ban
quet committee.
The banquet was presided over
fSee BANQUET, Page 5)
.^Highlights’ Publisher
Buys Tyrrell Newspaper
The owner and publisherofthe
West Craven Highlights has
purchased a Tyrrell County-
based weekly newspaper. The
East Carolina Reminder.
The East Carolina Reminder
has changed ownership for the
first time since it was founded in
1981.
The new publisher is Ashley B.
“Brownie” Futrell,Jr.,a member
of a Washington, N.C. family that
is well-known in Tyrrell County,
having established a long tradi
tion of journalism and public ser
vice in Eastern North Carolina.
E. Eugene King will serve as
advertising manager for the pap
er. Futrell plans to name a new
editor within the next several
weeks.
The paper was purchased ftom
David N. Sneed of Columbia who
plans to devote more time to
business interests he has de
veloped in New England.
Futrell is president and pub
lisher of the Washington Daily
News, a paper that has been in
his family for forty years. Put-
rell’s father is former State .Sen
Ashley B. Futrell, who repre
sented TVrrell and Washington
counties for three terms in the
North Carolina legislature. The
elder Futrell remains active in
the operation of the Washington
Daiiy News.
The new publisher of the Re
minder calls its acquisition “a
natural progression.”
“The Washington Daily News
has printed the Reminder for
several years and watched it
grow into a resource of which the
people of Tyrrell County and the
surrounding areas can be justifi
ably proud. We hope to build on
the successes of the previous
owners, and by adding our own
vision for the fiiture create a pro
duct that can fairly reflect the
vitality of the area. We look for
ward to the challenge,” said the
F\itrell.
Futrell, an honors graduate of
Duke University, is a member of
the board of directors of the
North Carolina Press Associa
tion and has served serve as pres-
(SeeKKMmnEB PneeK)
Winter Coat
The snowfall a week ago Friday put a white
winter coat on many things, but none looked bet
ter in it’s “winter fUr coat” than this tree. It was as
If Mother Nature Her.rted to Heeorote a few
“Christmas trees” of her own. The snow caused
motorists a few problems, left students out of
school and more than likely was used for a few
nanc of ^now cream. (Terri .Tamieaon nhoto)
Tg, Workers
Give $17,882
For The Poor
Texasgulf Chemicals Co.
and its employees at Aurora
brought Santa Claus early to
the Salvation Army when
Jack Moore, a Texasgulf ex
ecutive, brought in a gift and
present^ it to the Salvation
Army’s local representatives.
The Texasgulf employees
gave $8,941 for the S^vation
Army Christmas Cheer prog
ram for needy families. Texas
gulf matched that sum for a
total of $17,882. Of that
amount, $5,000 came to
Craven County and $12,882
went to the Salvation Army in
Washington.
Texasgulf has about 1,200
employees and, according to
Moore, “We had over 80 per
cent participation in this
annual effort. We had 40 team
leaders on the various shifts
who contacted each worker
and the giving was truly heart-
(See CHEER, Page 5)