79 Morehead
Pupils Visit
Planetarium
Chapel HiU ? Seventy-nine stu
dents of Morehead City schools
toured the art and aclence galleries
and law Things That Fall from the
Sky at the Morehead Planetarium
here Friday April 25.
They were accompanied by Mri.
Gerald Wade, Mrs. Alfred Cooper,
Mrs. J. D. Holt, Mrs. John Nelson,
Mrs. Ann Piner, Mrs. Margaret
Guthrie and Mrs. Carol Gillikin.
The children were Joe Griffin,
Billy Piner, Charlotte Willis, Butch
Henderson, George Thompson, Ben
Guthrie, Charlotte Piner.
Ernest Lewis, F a y e Lovick,
Garth Cooper, Wanda Purifoy,
Martha Matthews, Lydia Guthrie,
Zelma Simpson.
Gurney Mizell, Jean Bordeaux,
Jimmy Fox, Roger Conner, Pat
Rogers, Alan Shelor, Doris Buck.
Scotty Warren, Norwood Frost,
Ludvik Pospisil, Don Smith, Gor
don Thomas, Bobby Willis.
Elizabeth Harrell, Beadie Bal
lou, James Morton, Carolyn Jar
vis, Patricia Harrelson, Fred Guth
rie, Jerry Dsvis.
Susie Morton, Mac Mixzell, Wil
liam Jones, Leslie West, Clifford
Smith, Claudia Saratowskl, Hepsy
Patrick, Victor Wickixer Jr.
Ruddy Smith, Jimmy Mitchell,
Mary Beth Piner, Charles Ed
wards, Leroy Lewis, Johnny Gibbs,
Harold Whealton.
Joe Moore, Ronald Russell, Billy
Yeager, Alfred Smith Mary Ann
Hall, Delores Willis, Joann Guth
rie, Ruth Luckham, Gloria Nel
son, Mary Sue Willis.
Rickie Wade, Margaret Smith,
Barbara Holt, Jonibel WUlis, Nata
lie Killmon, Vickie Bradburry,
Glenda Morton.
Ruth Fussell, Libby Bell, Clara
Gaskins, Lorraine Hatcher, Geor
gia Mixeako, Peggy Holt, Mattie
Phillips.
Jimmy Thompson, Buddy Coop
er, Chuckie Sledge, George Sty
ron, Jerry Edwards, Jimmy Smith
wick, Frankie Marino.
Swedish pioneers established set
tlements in New Jersey in 1838.
Harlowe Community Leaders
Photo by R. M. wtlltami
John Ives, upper right, b temporary chairman of the Hariowe Community Club. Mra. William Motea,
aeated right, ii temporary secretary. Others in the picture are members of the nominating committee
who will present nominees tor office at the meeting at 1:31 next Tuesday night in the educational build
ing of the Hariowe Methodist Church. They a re, left, to right, first row, Mrs. Earl Creech, Mrs. 8. D.
Wilkinson, Mra. Vernon Toison. Standing, left, is W. K. Williams and next to him, Luke Turner.
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May 1? Mrs. W. L. Macllmincre
and Mr?. W. B. Currie, Fayette
ville, spent the weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. A1 Hubbard. Mrs. Mac
llminere and her husband, who
were recently winners on The Big
Pay-Off, have just returned from
their trip to Scotland.
Mrs. Mariana Lionettl, Atlanta,
Ga., and Mr. and Mrs. Theodore
Webb, Pine Bluff, are spending
some time with Mr. and Mrs. Em
mett Piper.
Mrs. Lloyd Plgott, Miss Eliza
both Pigott and Mr. Crawford
Pigott visited Mrs. Elizabeth Ser
ver! at Neuse Forest Rest Home
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Easker,
Baltimore, Md., were recent house
guests of Mr. and Mrs. A1 Hub
bard.
Mr. Bill Pigott, who is a patient
at Veterans' Administration Hos
pital in Durham, will spend the
weekend with Mrs. Pigott and
children.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Glass,
Durham, visited Mrs. Glass's sis
ter and family, Mr. and Mrs.
George Bunting, last week.
Miss Betsy Williams, New Bern,
spent the weekend at her home
here.
Mr. Allen Henderson and chil
dren, Lee, Bonnie and Peggy of
La Grange, III., visited his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hen
derson recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Manley Fulcher
and children, Atlantic, visited her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Chad
wick, over the weekend.
Mr. Midgett, Port Arthur, Texas,
is spending some time with his
daughter and son-in-law, the Rev.
and Mrs. H. E. Gibat.
Mrs. Borden Wade and son and
Mrs. Kenneth Fischler and son,
Morehead City, visited Mrs. Bill
Pigott Tuesday.
Mrs. Willie Guy Willis, Smyrna,
is spending some time with her
mother, Mrs. Etta Pigott, who is
ill.
In Korea the word nurimbengi
means "slow poke."
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Johnny Ring Ployed Part
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In Founding University
(Editor's Note: Mr. Salisbury was recently visited by Henry
Emerson WUdes,' professor of history at Temple Uaiveraity, who re
quested Information on Johnny Ring, la preparatina far (be celebra
tion of the 7Sth anniversary of Temple's founding next year. How
Johnny Kins influenced the university's founder Is told here).
By F. C. SALISBURY
Visitors to Temple University in
Philadelphia often ask about the
history and significance of a
stained glass window in one of the
buildings of the University. The
window is dedicated to the mem
ory of a young soldier of the Civil
War, named Johnny Ring.
The setting for the story took
place in Carteret County during
the time when Federal forces were
encamped in a large area north
of Newport. The camp was known
as Newport Barracks.
Among the several regiments
sent into Eastern Carolina at the
time of the battle of New Bern and
Fort Macon was that of the 2nd
Massachusetts Heavy Artillery.
Captain of one of the companies
was Russell K. Conwall, who had
as his orderly an under-sized and
under-developed youth from his
home community, named Johnny
Ring.
Sword Polished
Before the regiment left its home
state for service on the field of
battle, Captain Conwall was pre
sented with a magnificent gilt
sword. Johnny was proud of his
captain's sword and spent much
spare time polishing and keeping
it bright. He not only kept the
sword bright, but he kept his pro
mise to his mother to read his
Bible daily.
Captain Conwall, not being an
active Christian, often criticized
the youth for wasting so much
time in Bible reading. Johnny's
Bible reading, as well as his ad
miration for the beautiful gilt
sword, stand out as significant fac
tors in after-life in the memory
of these two men, officer and or
derly.
Influenced Captain
The elder, who in after years
became a great leader in religious
and educational activities, is me
morialized in Temple University,
which he founded, and the youth
is remembered, not only for a
heroic deed, but for the influence
his Christian life had upon his
superior officer.
The 2nd Massachusetts Artillery
regiment took part in the battle
of New Bern. Later several com
panies, with infantry, were as
signed to outposts along the rail
road leading from New Bern to
Morehead City. They were to as
sist in repelling Confederate raid
ers, who from time to time tried
to destroy the railroad.
As a protection for the railroad
bridge crossing me south branch
of Slocum Creek a few miles from
the army camp at Newport, an out
post was established and a block
house built. It was at this point
that Captain Conwall and Johnny
were stationed in the early part
of 1864.
Station Raided
Captain Conwall, having been
assigned to go to New Bern to
secure the payroll for his company
was absent when an overwhelming
number of Confederates fell upon
the Federal station, causing the
small garrison to be forced back
across the railroad bridge toward
the Newport Barracks. To prevent
pursuit of the enemy, the bridge
was set on fire.
Johnny, who had been with the
rear guard and was about to cross
the bridge remembered that Cap
tain Conwall did not wear his
beautiful sword to New Bern. In
the face of the enemy, he worked
his way back to the captain'! quar
ter*, secured the sword, rushed
through a hail o f bullets, reach
ing the bridge which by that time
was a mass of flames.
With the sword strapped about
his body, Johnny jumped down the
bank of the creek and when he
discovered he could not ford the
creek, from under the bridge he
worked his way from cross bars
and stringer* until he reached the
other shore. In so doing he was
severely burned.
Dies from Burns
His daring act so impressed the
enemy that orders were given not
to fire on Johnny as he heroically
made his escape. The youth suf
fering from his severe burns was
taken to the Federal Hospital at
Beaufort where a month later he
died.
His last words were "Give the
Captain his sword." Johnny's body
lies among the 1,300 unknown sol
diers in the National Cemetery at
New Bern.
Not long after, Captain Conwall
himself was wounded and lay all
night on the battlefield. In his
agony he kept seeing the flaming
body of his faithful friend, Johnny
Ring, holding his sword. He vowed
then, that if he survived he would
live not only his own life, but the
life of Johnny Ring as well.
Russell H. Conwall did survive.
He went back to New England to
become a lawyer, a lecturer, an
editor, but none of these seemed
to satisfy him. At 36, he decided
to enter the ministry and was or
dained. Here he found that he
could live his life to the fullest
and live the life of Johnny Ring
as well.
'Acres of Diamonds'
For Conwall became not only
one of the most renowned minis
ters of his time, he became one
of the world's most famous lec
turers. His lecture, "Acres of Dia
monds," remains a great inspira
tional classic. It was given prob
ably more times and in more
places than nearly any lecture In
American history. It earned more
than $4,000,000 and he used this
money to found Temple University.
He justified his own life ? and
the life of Johnny Ring. It can
truly be said that Johnny Ring
did not die on that long-ago battle
field, but lives today in the con
tinuing influence of Dr. Conwall'a
great ministry and the university
he founded.
Church Building
Sets New High
Chicago (AP) ? The American
Association of Fund-Raising Coun
sel says new religious construc
tion, including new buildings and
remodeling old, reached an all
time high value of 868 million
dollars in 1957, an increase of 13
per cent over the previous year.
New hospital construction in
1957 was valued at 505 million dol
lar!, or 54 per cent above the pre
vious year. Educational building,
while at a high level of 519 mil
lion dollars, was 3 per cent under
the previous year.
The increased construction
bring! the total aiieti of gift-sup
ported institutions in the United
States to nearly 44 billion dollar!.
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