THE WEST CRAVEN
HIGHLIGHT
a
Volume 1, No. 42
Vonceboro, N. C. - Thursday, October 26, 1978
8 Pages
Price: 20c
WCHS crowns
Homecoming
Sweethearts
Dale Dupree [left] and Sammy Riggs, Jr. point out some of the equipment on
their fire truck. Photo by R. L. Cannon, Jr.
Township 9
celebr at esF ir eman’s Day
A big day for the com
munities of Jasper, Spring
Garden, and Tuscarora as
they came together this
past weekend for their
Annual Fireman’s Day.
Mike Register, L.C.
Conway, and Eddie
Wetherington were among
those that cooked ten pigs
and over three hundred
chickens for this gala affair.
Under the direction of Mrs.
by R. L. Cannon, Jr.
Edward Murphy, the ladies
of the communities pre
pared and donated over 100
cakes, slaw, and hush pup
pies for the dinner. All the
ladies of the communities
pitched in and helped serve
the hundreds of plates that
had been sold. This dinner
was an effort to raise funds
for the fire department.
Township #9 Fire Depart
ment has 45 members and
operates 2 pumpers and 3
tankers. Leadership in the
Fire Department is Fire
Chief Edward Murphy,
Ass’t Fire Chief Warren
Nobles, Captain Dale
Dupree, 1st Lt. Wade
Tippett, 2nd Lt. Sammy
Riggs, Jr., President Jim
Barnhill, Secretary Walter
Thomas, Treasurer Allen
McCosley, and Training
Officer Clem Daugherty.
Campbell
attends 4-H F orum
Vanceboro, N.C. --A half
time ceremony in which the
Homecoming Court and
Senior Sweethearts were
crowned climaxed a week
of excitement and enthusi
asm at West Craven High
School. Parena Dove and
Gina Bryan were selected
by their senior classmates
as the 1978 Senior Sweet
hearts. Parena is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Avon Dove of Dover. She
plans to attend N.C. State
University and major in
Business Administration.
She is planning for a career
as an Executive secretary.
Gina is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Bernice Bryan of
Cove City. She plans to
attend East Carolina
University and wants to
study Physical Therapy.
Parena was escorted by
James Cherry and Gina
was escorted by Cliff
Skinner. Rounding out the
Homecoming Court were
freshmen Claudia Bryant
and Patsy Harrison,
Sophmores Charlene May
and Lydia McCoy, and
Juniors Tracy Cannon and
Jill White. Mrs. David
Hovis, co-sponsor of the
Photo by Tony Gatlin
mt'
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Mrs. Emeler Campbell
returned home last week
from Rock Eagle 4-H Cen
ter, Eatonton, Georgia
where she attended the
annual Southern Region
4-H Leader Forum. She
was one of 54 leaders in
North Carolina to partici
pate in the conference
designed to help volunteer
leaders gain additional
skills in working- with
youth.
Based on the theme “4-H.
. . .Leader-To-Leader", the
forum featured indepth
workshops of major region
al and nationwide concerns.
She participated in the
workshops on 4-H Econo
mic, Job and Career Pro-
ams for Youth, Training
ides for the Volunteer and
usiness and Economics in
4-H. These workshops
taught her how to make
her life as a 4-H leader a
little easier and how to get
the"'4-H’er ttiortf 'irtterbsted
Mrs. Elmeler Campbell
and involved.
Setting the stage for the
forum was Dr. Betty
Siegel, professor of Educa
tion and Psychology at
Western Carolina Univer
sity. During the wekk,
leaders heard from Dr.
Ambrose E. Brazelton,
Chief of Urban Programs,
Ohio Department of Educa
tion; Dr. V. Milton Boyce,
ptogthm leader, 4-H, SEA-
Extension, U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture; and
Dr. Talmadge DuVall,
Extension director. Univer
sity of Georgia. Mrs.
Campbell plans to apply
what she learned at the
forum to help educate the
4-H volunteer leaders in
Craven County to become
among the outstanding
leaders and 4-H’ers in the
nation.
The forum was sponsored
by the National 4-H Council
in behalf of the Cooperative
Extension Service of the
State-Land Grant Univer
ities and the U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture. Finan
cial assistance is provided
by the J.C. Penney Co. and
its members stores
throughout the Southern
Region.
Mrs. Campbell’s partici
pation was made possible
by a travel scholarship
from the Craven County
Extension Service. '
SENIOR SWEE’THEARTS—Gina Bryan escorted by Cliff
Skinner [left] and Parena Dove escorted by James Cberry.
event along with Lily Hill,
felt Spirit Week went very
well. She was proud to
announce that classes
competed for collections for
Mental Health and raised
about $37. The sophmore
class collected the most,
$17. The F.F. A., sponsored
by Mr. Henry Pasour, won
twenty-five dollars for
having the best float. The
Pep Club was second.
Haunted
House
awaitsbrave
Vanceboro, N.C.--For the
second year in a row, a
Haunted House will await
the people who have nerve
enough to make it through
without being scared out of
their wits. Of course, there
are some who do not
believe in witches, ghosts,
and goblins. These people
will be surprised at the
supernatural beings they
will encounter at the
Haunted House. The
Haunted House is spon
sored by the Vanceboro
United Methodist Youth
Fellowship and will be
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Jobnny Waters
Waters
nominated
Vanceboro, N.C. -Johnny
Lester Waters was recently
nominated by West Craven
High School as its candidate
for the John Motley More-
head Award. The Morehead
Award is currently an
honorary Award ac
companied by a grant
$3,000 per year to finance
the recipient’s under-
. stiiriJy;.' ;^t'v t he
University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Johnny is a member of the
Junior Civitan Club and
was selected as Out
standing Civitan of the
Year. He is also a member
of the Future Business
Leaders of America.
Johnny is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lester Waters of
Vanceboro.