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THE WEST CRAVEN
20° HIGHLIGHT
Volume 2 No. 20
vanceboro, N.c. ■ Thursday. May 24,1979
12 Pages
20
Price: 20
Spring Festival at Bridgeton
Spring showers did not
dampen the spirits of
everyone at the Bridgeton
School PTA Spring
Festival Friday evening. A
large crowd turned out for
a hamburger and hot dog
supper and to play a
variety of games under the
direction of Noah Rice.
Bike-A-Thon will ride 24
miles, which will be
broken down into three
laps of an 8-mile course
with short breaks in
between each lap. Those 8
years of age and under
will have a special course
on College Avenue. Prizes
for the younger group
will include a 20"bike for
the first place winner and
a Big Wheel for second
place. Prizes for the older
^roup (9 and up) are: 1st
ace, a 26" 10-speed bike;
id place, a pocket
camara; and 3rd place, a
rod and reel.
The race will start at the
Wachovia Bank on Main
Street in Vanceboro at
10:00 a.m., Saturday. The
race whichj is being
sponsored by the New
Bern Jaycees with Butch
White as corrdinator, will
be broadcast by WHIT
Radio.
The Jaycees would like
to thank the following
Vanceboro merchants for
their help in making this
f ent possible: Vanceboro
•iarmacy. Kite’s Super
market, Bryan-Smith
Texaco, Powell Brothers
Hardware, Pat’s Furni
ture, Western Auto, Stop-
N-Go, Swain Gas Co.,
and Corey’s Hairstyling.
Riders in this year’s
by Connie Bryan
The 1979 Cystic
Fibrosis Bike-A-Thon
will be held this Saturday.
Riders will be pumping
away to raise money to
help suport research,
medical care, and
education programs at
100 CF Centers for the
more than 6 million
American children who
suffer from chronic lung
damaging diseases. Duke
Hospital has one of these
CF Centers.
Cystic fibrosis, the most
serious of these diseases,
affects one in every 1600
children born in the
United States. Although
in the last 20 years the
average life expectancy of
CF patients has increased
from infancy to 18 years of
age, CF is still incurable.
Cystic fibrosis is an
inherited disease. It is
estimated that one person
in 20, or 10 million
Americans, are sympton-
less carriers of the CF
gene. At present there is
no accurate test to identify
these carriers, but
researchers funded by the
CF Foundation are
working to develop such a
test, along with a cure for
CF and better methods of
treatment for all lung-
damaged children.
PTA members, who had
worker hard preparing for
the evening of fun, were
rewarded with $2400 to be
used toward the school’s
activity program.
While Clown Linda
Russell made her way
through the crowd with
balloons, other were hard
at work. Those in charge
of the various activites
were: J.L. Hinton, food;
Teresa Gautier, general
store; Carol Caton, cake
walk; Teresa Purifoy, fish
pond; Ada Rice, pick-up
ducks; Judy Turner,
bingo; Shirley Edwards,
jewelry engraving;
Carolyn Clark, gold fish.
by Cheryl Kite and
Beth Stilley
Jerry Finch, sponge toss;
Helen Powers, bean bag
throw; Janice Gaskins,
treasure hunt; Linda
Dunn, candy jar; Max and
Judy Dudley, ring toss;
Joette Abeyounis, thumb
print art; Norma Harvey
and Birchie Bullock, prize
ticket sales, Marlaine
Tyree and Winne Caton,
events tickets.
The climax of the
evening was the drawing
for three calculators won
by James Herring, Leshia
Wright, and Judy Tyson.
Mrs. Willis won the grand
prize of
microwave
oven.
TREASURE HUNT-Janice Gaskins helps some
young treasure seekers hunt for buried treasure in the
sand at the Bridgeton Elementary School PTA Spring
Festival held last Friday night. (Photo courtesy of.
Cheryl Kite)
Bike-A-Thon to support
work of CF Foundation
YOUTH RALLY-Over forty area youth enjoy folk
dancing led by Rev. John Meares of Raleigh at the
recent Vanceboro Interchurch Youth Rally Day last
Saturday at Farm Life Elementary School. Following
the folk dancing. Rev. Meares entertained the group
with stories and folk tales. The event was sponsored by
the Vanceboro United Methodist Youth Fellowship.
(Photo by Rick Cannon)
Youth Rally
a big success
Over forty young people
ranging in ages from 10 to
18 years representing at
least ten churches from all
over the Vanceboro area
participated in the first
Vanceboro Interchurch
Youth Rally held last
Saturday at Farm Life
School in Vanceboro. the
event, sponsored by the
Vanceboro United Meth
odist Youth Fellowship,
featured a film entitled
Fable followed by
discussion in small
groups led by area
ministers and youth
counselors. Ministers and
counselors participating
were Rev. Steve Hickle of
the Vanceboro Circuit,
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Rev. Claude Wilson of the
Vanceboro United Meth
odist Church, Mrs. Alma
Drake of the Vanceboro
Pentecostal Holiness
Church, Mrs. Sharon
Gaskins of Macedonia
Free Will Baptist Church
and Mrs. Sherry Toler of
New Haven Free Will
Baptist Church.
Youth attending
represented over ten area
churches.
Following a short break,
the group participated in
games led by Keith
Cannon, president of the
Vanceboro UMYF. Keith
served as coordinator for
the day long event. Before
lunch the group heard
Jacaruso Named
To New Position
by Connie Bryan
Michael T. (Micky)
Jacaruso has been
promoted from his
present position at Cherry
Point Marine Air Station
to the Naval Civilian
Personnal Command in
Arlington, Virginia. He
will report for work on
June 11. Mr. Jacaruso,
who has been a Vance
boro resident since 1951,
has worked with the
apprentice program at
Cherry Point for the past
11 years. He has been in
the civil service for 18
years, in addition to 10
years in the Marine Corps.
In his new position,
Mr.Jacaruso will be
responsible for imple
menting policy plans,
and providing guidance
and leadership, for the
training, education, and
development of more
than 140,000 wage grade
employees. He will be
asked to recommend
policies and policy modi
fications for the Admini
strative Section of the
Civilivan Naval Opera
tions. He was selected for
this position from a field
of 87 applicants.
remarks from Rev. R. T.
Commander, District
Superintendent of the
Greenville District of the
United Methodist Church.
He spoke on the impor
tance of choices and how
the choices one makes
can shape their later life.
Following lunch, Rev.
John Meares of Raleigh
led the group in a series of
American folk dances.
After the folk dancing.
Rev. Meares entertained
the group with humorous
Mr. Jacaruso is married
to the former Barbara
Cleve of Vanceboro. They-
have six children, Joe,
Judy, Mike, Mary, Abe,
and Jim. When asked if he
would be moving to
Washington on a perma
nent basis, Mr. Jacaruso
replied that the would be
back, because “Vanceboro
will always be home.” Mr.
Jacaruso said that their
future plans have not
been definitely decided.
He added that Mrs.
Jacaruso, who is a math
and science teacher at
West Craven Junior High
School, will probably
join him in Washington
for the summer, but
return home to teach next
year.
Even if will be only
temporary, Vanceboro
will be losing a valued
member of the commu
nity. Mr. Jacaruso has
been a staunch supporter
of youth building
programs. In addition, he
has served as president of
the Civitan Club and the
Parent-Teachers Associ
ation. He was one of the
original appointees to the
Craven (bounty Recrea
tion Commission.
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stories and anecdotes.
The Youth Rally Day,
whose theme was “Grow
for Christ’s Sake,” ended
with a contemporary
worship service led by the
Vanceboro UMYF. Dur
ing the worship service
special music was
provided by a trio
composed of Charlotte
and Angie Smith of
Chapman’s United
Methtxlist Church and
Jill Bland of F.pworth
United Methodist Church.