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PAGE 2 - WEST CRAVEN HIGHUOHTS - JANUARY 12.1988 Eastern Echoes ■ By Gail Roberson Obituaries Marie F. Whilford Mrs. Marie FilUngame Whit- ford, 97, died Jan. 1 in Duke Hos pital in Durham. Her residence was at RL 3, Vanceboro. The fhneral service was con ducted Jan. 3 at 2:30 p.m. in the Wilkerson Funeral Chapel by the Revs. John Owens, David Cauley and Owen Peele. Burial was in Celestial Memorial Gardens in Vanceboro. Surviving are her husband, Harvey A. Whitford; a daughter, Mrs. Anita Harrison of Greenvill- e; one brother, David Fillingame of Vanceboro; five sisters, Mrs. Sybil Hardee of Williamston, Mrs. Loyce Lancaster. Mrs. Joyce Gaskins and Mrs. Irene Morris, all of Vanceboro, Mrs. Jean Ackiss of Goldsboro; one grandchild. Mrs. Whitford was a native and lifelong resident of Vanceboro. She had been employed at Wachovia Bank and iWst Co. for 26 years and held the position of banking officer. She was a mem ber of the New Haven Free Will BaptistChurch and was the adult Sunday school teacher. She was a past member of the Board of Trustees of the Craven Regional Medical Center in New Bern. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Marie F. Whitford Endowment Fund at Mount Olive College, Mount Olive, N.C. 28365. Jesse E. Forrest Jesse Earl Forrest, 73, died Saturday in Craven Regional Medical Center. The Aineral service was con ducted at 2 p.m. in the Wilkerson Funeral Chapel in Vanceboro by the Rev. William Sealy. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery, Greenville. Surviving are his wife, Doris Forrest; a son, Mike Forrest of Lake Toxaway; a daughter, Janis Forrest Applewhite of Durham; four sisters, Ida Singelton and Lillie Morris, both of New Bern, Mattie Brown of Goldsboro and Estelle Hill of Wake Forest; two brothers. Ranee Forrest and Clif ton Forrest, both of Vanceboro; three grandchildren. Forrest was a native of Craven County. He served as public utili ties director in Stantonsburg, Enileld and Apex. He retired in 1978 and returned to Vanceboro. As you turn the page on your calendar to the beginning of a new year, you have the opportunity to change more than just a number. It’s a chance to change your life. Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. It's a shame that the chains of habit are often too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. Think of the new year as a flresh, clean canvas on which you will paint tomorrow. I know it's hard to break old habits, but if some of them need updating, now’s the time to begin. Remember, that it’s the unhappy people who most fear change. Sometimes there are things in life that simply cannot be changed. If this is the case, then try to turn your problems into pearls. There were two men, in particular, who succeeded at this. The first was Nathaniel Hawthorne. When he was fired from his job at a custom house, Hawthorne went home discouraged and forlorn. When he told his wife the tragic news, she said, “Now you can write your book.’’ And write he did. With pen, paper and ink in ffont of him, Hawthorne wrote “The Scarlet Letter.” He turned his problem into a pearl. The second man was thrown into a dark, damp stone prison cell. His was one of the worst of life’s problems. But, he abided his time and be wrote letters... wonderful and beautiful let ters that now compose some of the best books of the Bible. Paul turned his problems into pearls. Remember that if your changes do not always work out, it is sometimes more important to discover what you cannot do than what you can do. I’d rather be a failure at something I love, than a success at something I hate. Change your life to make yourself the best you can be, but remain true to yourself above all else. A group of animals started a school. Classes were held in swimming, flying and running The duck was an excellent swimmer, but had to drop swimming in order to practice running, at which she was not very good. Soon, she was just an average swimmer. Try as she might, she never was much of a runner. The rabbit was the best one in the running class, but broke her leg while trying to fly. The eagle decided she was a natural at flying, so she skipped that class only to become waterlogged when she tried to swim. By the end of the school, none of the animals were very good at anything. Let’s just be the best we can be, at what we’re best at. Change your outlook about yourself and realize your full capacity at what you do best, and then do it better than ever. There was a slow-talking woodsman who called at the home of a pioneer family on day. “You folks come out to the bog with me cause your boy, Ephraim, is stuck out there,” the old woodsman said to them. “How deep is he in?” questioned the young pioneer father. “Up to his ankles,” replied the old woodsman. “Oh, well, then come on in here and let’s crack this jug and take us a drliik^*-’ t^efathe'r'sdld. “There’s plenty of time yet.” “I reck’n not,” the oldsman replied. "He’s in head-first.” We are in, head-first, folks. In life. Now is the time to do the things that are important to us. A fresh page awaits. Go for it, while you can, but carefully filter your decisions ... for all change is not growth, as all movement is not forward. It's hard to break old habits. Change does not come easily. Don’t fling it out the second-story window, but coax it down stairs one step at a time. If you always do what you’ve always done, then you’ll al ways get what you’ve always gotten. So, bring in your new year with change. Members of the U.S, Air Force Tactical Air Command Band. U.S. Air Force Band Will Perform Saturday; Free Tickets Available The United States Air Force Tactical Air Command Band has again included Washington on its performance tour with a concert scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 14 at 8 p.m., in the Washington High School auditorium. Sponsored by the Beaufort County Arts Council, the concert promises to offer a memorable evening of musical entertain ment The concert is fiee and open to the public. Tickets are av^able at the arts council through Fri day and at the door Saturday. The doors open at 7:30 p.m. The band, on tour from Lang ley Air Force Base, Va., will pre sent a varied program of selec tions from light classics and Broadway hits, to stirring patrio tic specials. Also included will be vocal selections and favorites from the Big Band era. Formed in 1941, the 45- member band entertains one mil lion people each year in over 500 performances. ‘They have per formed for several U.S. presi-' dents, the president of FS^nce and the Queen of England. Major Lowell E. Graham, a na tive of Greeley, Conn., has been the band’s director since 1984. Under his leadership, the Tactic al Air Command Band has be come the most honored and de corated band in the Air Force. The Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution granted official rec ognition to the TAC Band for its supporting efiorts described to be "of exceptional merit with national significance, and sub stantial educational and historic value.” Among numerous other awards, the band received the “Order of the Long Leaf Pine," North Carolina’s highest award for artistic and cultural contribu tions, as well as two Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards. This year’s concert was arranged by the arts council, af ter noting the success of last year's performance which was enthusiastically received by several hundred people. Free tickets will be available beginning Thursday at the Arts Council which is located in the old train depot on Main and Gladden Streets. The Arts Coun cil is open Monday through Fri day, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information call 946- 2504. Bassin* with the pros If it's wintertime, then it must be spoon-jigging time for bass. That’s the opinion of Jack Chancellor, winner of the 1985 Bass Masters Classic and a mem ber of the Johnson Outboards Pro Staff. Chancellor uses the shiny lead lures year-round, and nearly won the 1982 Classic with them, but he really prefers to use them when the weather turns cold. “Spoon jigging is the easiest way to catch schooled bass I know,” says Chancellor. “The lure looks like a dying baitfish as it flutters toward the bottom, and I think bass hit it because it rep resents an easy meal falling right in front of them. “It’s so effective in winter be cause that's when bass tend to gather in the largest schools of the year. You can literaUy catch bass as long as you can keep a spoon in front of them.” Chancellor demonstrated just how quick a spoon works during the 1982 Bass Masters Classic on the Alabama River in Montgom ery, Alabama. He located a school of bass holding along the edge of a sand bar and caught a limit of 10 in just seven minutes, a catch that propelled him into second place overall for the con test. Points are good places to begin looking for schools of bass this time of year,” explains Chancel lor. “Other prime places to check are the mouths of creeks and large sloughs, and also the out side bends of river channels. “In winter bass are often hold ing very close to the bottom but they're far enough above IW'bot- tom so you can see them .with a depthfinder. Just criss-cross the point or cove with your boat at slow speed and keep watching the depthfinder. “The depth you need to search depends on your lake, but in real ly cold water I'd recommend starting in about 15 to 18 feet of water and gradually moving out to deeper and deeper depths. I have caught bass as deep as 30 to 60 feet" The Johnson Outboards pro prefers to position his boat in deeper water and make shot underhand pitch-casts ahead of him into shallower depths. He lets the spoon sink completely to the bottom, then hops it hard by snapping his rod tip with a quick wrist movement Then, when the spoon is falling again. Chancellor lowers his rod at the same rate so the spoon drops on a tight line. 1 his allows him to feel strikes better, since nearly aU strikes will come as the spoon falls. “It’s important to keep your rod tip fairly low and pointed to the water when you're jigging and hopping the spoon,” says Chancellor. “This allows you to set the hook immediately. If your rod tip is pointed up, you can’t set the hook.” Chancellor uses a 6'A' medium- action bait casting rod with 12 or 14-pound test line. He prefers a Veounce spoon, although if he is fishing extremely deep water he uses a heavier lure that falls faster. “Sometimes the way you jig a spoon makes a difference on Uie number of strikes you receive,” says the Johnson Outboards staf fer. “Normally, I jig the lure hard so it jumps up from the bottom, but there are times when the bass don’t want the lure moving quite so fast. “Experiment with your jigging speeds until you find something the fish will hit, then remember it and keep using it.” Fire From Page 1 Kite said investigators re turned the next day to the re mains in an effort to determine what started the fire. He said the investigation into the cause of the fire will continue. There were no injuries re ported. Damage to the structure was estimated between $20,000 and $30,000. mani Red Gross CPU. 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BOX177 Now eorn, NC 28880 633-1174 For Informa Advertisin Directory Conti 946-2 tion About ig In This act Gene King M44 CCC Gala ‘Cruises’ On Jan. 21 Individuals wishing to attend the 1989 Craven Community Col lege Foundation Gala should call the foundation office now to re serve space. The Gals, which will begin at 7 p.m. Jan. 21 at the New Bern Sheraton, features Craven Com munity College music instruc tors Philip Evancho’s and Elsie Pollock’s cruise theme. Ports of call for the entertainment por tion of the evening are New Orleans, Paris and Ball Hai. Evancho, tenor James Powers of Raleigh and soprano Jon Shaw of Greenville have selected a number of show tunes with which to regale the audience. In addition, members of the Craven ^ Community Chorus and the cob lege’s visiting artist, Brian Mor ris, will also be on hand to pro vide song and merriment. Tickets for “A Moonlight Cruise,” this year’s production, are $90 per person or $100 per couple. The evening includes cocktails, a prime rib dinner, champagne and the entertain ment. To make reservations, caU the foundation’s Executive Director Becky Williams at 838- 4131, extension 225. The foundation supports the college by fiinding scholarships, emergency grants and areas of instruction and support not pro vided for through existing sources. It sponsors the Gala, a fishing tournament and annuqL. ftind drives to help raise money for those activities. Accident Still Being Probed BRIDGETON — Officials are trying to determine what caused an explosion Dec. 27 inside a rail road tanker car that left a New Bern man severely burned over 90 percent of bis body. Ronnie Morris, 28, of807 Clark Ave., according to officials, was cleaning the rubberized lining from the inside of a railroad tank er car at Frit Car and Equipment Inc. on Drag Strip Road when the accident occurr^. Morris is at the Jaycee Bum Center at the North Carolina Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill. He underwent skin graft surgery last Wednesday, said a family member. Morris had first been transported to Craven Re gional Medical Center in New Bern and was treated in the emergency room before being sent to the bum unit, said a hos pital spokesman. Morris is married and has twins. His brother, Edward Mor ris, said Ronnie Morris was burned by an explosion. Another employee was heating the out side of the tanker car with a prop ane torch while Rotmie Morris was inside, said Edward Morris. His brother was wearing an ox ygen tank and oxygen mask while inside the tanker, said Ed ward Morris. Craven County Fire Marshal Henry Sermons said Morris was apparently burned by an acid in one of the chemical tanker callR Sermons said he had information indicating there was no fire in volved in the accident fSt W«*tCrav.n Highlights CravmCounty'a Family Waakly NAura^par P.O.Box 487 Vanceboro, N.C. 28586 (Main SL Across nom Post Office) PuMlaliod laeh Thiaraday Aahlay ■, Pulrall, Jr. Publisher MIkaVoaa Editor TarriJamlaaoii Advertising Manager And StaffWriter KdnhHedgaa Office Manager Office Hours Mon 8:30 am-10:30 am Thurs. & Fri. 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Talapliaoa a444>TWar M«.9144 IN-COUNTY RATES Single Copy 25' 1 Year *7.35 2 Years >11.55 3 Years >15.75 OUT-OF-COUNTY RATES 1 Year >8.40 2 Years *12.60 3 Years >16.80 Abowa Inaludaa M.e. Tax. Payable in advance. 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