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Ladies of Craven
Hold Year-end Banquet
The Ladies of Craven Civitan Club wound up
a successful year last week with a banquet and — —i——
awards presentation. For more details on the Randolph Hardy scored one touchdown and blocked a
event see Alma Drake’s story on Pag:e 2. *'’*0 ®f'i zone to lead his team to their first win of
the season. See details in Rick’s story on Peqe 51
THE WEST CRAVEN
HIGHLIGHT
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Plans for Cove City
Fireman^s Day
Everyone in Cove City is
gearing up for the annual
Fireman’s Day festivities,
which are scheduled for
this Saturday. Mary Ann
Fulcher and Peggy Grady,
chairwomen of the event,
report that everything is on
track for a successful day
of food, fun, and frolics.
The excitment begins at
10:00 a.nu with a parade.
which starts at the old
school then winds through
the streets of Cove City and
ends up at McCoy’s Food
Center. The West Craven
Marching Eagles will
participate in the parade
along with many local
dignitaries. Barbecue pork
and chicken plates, at $2.50
each, will be sold all day.
Special activities include a
Revival Slated for
Christian Church
The Vanceboro Chris-
tain Church will hold its
annual revival beginning
Monday night at 7:30,
October 1 and going
through October 5. There
will be special singing and
refreshments each night.
Rev. Richard Engle,
pastor, invites everyone to
attend.
The visiting minister
will be Rev. Arthur Lilley,
pastor of the Broad Street
Christian Church. Rev.
Lilley is a native of
Jamesville, North Carolina
in Martin County. Follow-
a tour of duty in World
^ror II, he graduated from
Wake Forest College in
1949. Ten years later, in
1959 he entered the
Christian Ministry, and
continued his education at
the Lexington Theological
Seminary in Lexington,
Kentucky. During his
seminary days he served
the Flatwoods Christian
Church in Waco, Ken
tucky, from 1959-63. From
there he returned to North
Carolina as minister of the
young Eastway Christian
Church in Charlotte, North
^^rolina. Following a
|^B:cessful nine year
ministry at Eastway, he
returned to Kentucky,
ministering again to the
Flatwoods Church while
working on his doctorate
Rev. Arthur Lilley
degree in Lexington. On
January 1, 1978, he began
his ministry with Broad
Street Christian Church in
New Bern. Rev. Lilley lives
with his wife of 32 years,
Hattie, in New Bern. They
have three grown daugh
ters.
The topics for each night
will be as follows:
Monday....“Come, Let us
Reason Together” Isaiah
1:8, Tuesday....“Fire In My
Bones” Jeremiah 20:7-18,
Wednesday ...“Bridge
Over Trouble Waters”
selections from Hosea,
Isaiah, Luke, Thursday
..“Land of Love” Deuter
onomy 5:4; and Leviticus
19:18b, Friday...“The
Business of the Church”
Matthew 28:18
Homecoming services
will be held on Sunday,
October 7, beginning with
the worship service at
11:00.
flea market, a bazaar, a
bake sale, an arcade, a
duck pond, a concession
stand, bingo and booths.
Entertainment will
begin at 1 p.m. and will
feature square dancing by
the Tryon Twirlers,
Monica Heath and other
local artists and musicians.
At 4 p.m. contestants and
spectators will gather for a
pie-eating contest, a nail
driving contest, and a
watermelon seed spitting
contest. There will also be a
squirrel cage ride. Booths
will close at 5 p.m. and an
auction is scheduled for
5:15.
A highlight of the day for
many will be the beauty
pageants, with Rachel
McCoy, Pageant Chair
man. At 7 p.m. Zoot
Saunders will emcee the
Miss Spark Pageant for
girls 5-9 years old. This
will be followed at 8 p.m.
by the Miss Flame Pageant
for young ladies ages 16-21.
All of the proceeds will
go to help the Cove City
Volunteer Fire Depart
ment. The department got
its start in 1960 and has
since grown to include 35
active members and a
Women’s Auxiliary with
25 members.
CANDIDATES MUST FILE- Mayor Jimmie
Morris (shown here) is the only candidate to have
filed as a candidate for mayor in the upcoming
elections in Vanceboro. All names must be submitted
to the Town Clerk no longer than 12 noon on October
5, in order to appear on the ballot. (Highlights file
photo)
Candidates Slow
to file for office
The last day to file for
election to a position on the
Vanceboro Board of
Alderman or as Mayor is
Friday, October 5, at 12:00
noon. In order for a
candidate’s name to appear
on the ballot, he or she must
file for the office at the
Town Hall. The election is
Thurber Carnival
to come to Vanceboro
scheduled for November 6.
The registration books will
be opened each day, from 9-
5 until October 8.
At press time, Jimmie
Morris, who has served as
Mayor of Vanceboro since
1971, was the only
candidate to have filed for
that office. Alton Whitley
was the only person to have
filed for Board of
Alderman; however,
Becky Laughinghouse,
town clerk, commented
that she felt most people
would be coming in next
week.
Fourth week
bring^s
four-way tie
Mills wins
Foot ball
Contest
Peggie Mills survived a
four-way tie for first place
to win in the fourth week of
the Football Contest being
sponsored by the High
lights and area businesses.
All four entries tied for
first picked Dallas in the
tie-breaker. Even though
Dallas lost. Mills guessed
Dallas’ score closer than
any of the other contestants
and so was declared the
winner. A1 Perry guessed
next closest and so was
awarded second. Billy
Johnson of Ft. Barnwell
was next and so third.
Johnny Daly won the
drawing for five dollars out
of thirteen entries that beat
the editors. After four
weeks, the four winners
remain in a tie for first
place in the race for the
trip to Disney World for
two. Those are Clay
Jordan, Billy Arrington,
Patrick Troutner, and
Peggie Mills.
The correct winners this
past weekend were
Detroit, Pittsburgh,
Miami, Minnesota, Hous
ton, Tampa Bay, New
Gleans, Buffalo, Kansas
City, Philadelphia, New
England, Denver, Wash
ington, Wake Forest, (tie
breaker) Cleveland, 26
points.
James Thurber (1894-
1961) is considered by
many to be the finest
American humorist since
Mark Twain. A Thurber
Carnival is a collection of
his best works, which
include The Unicom in the
Garden and The Secret Life
of Walter Mitty. The
evening of family enter
tainment will be presented
by the Footlight 'Theatre of
New Bern on Saturday,
October 13, at 8:15 p.m. at
Farm Life Auditorium.
The event is a fund raiser
for the Vanceboro Youth
Council with co-sponsor
ship by the Vanceboro
Junior Woman’s Club. For
tickets call Rev. Steve
Hickle at 244-1782, Connie
Bryan at 244-1203, Carl
Willis at 244-0001, or stop
by Highlights office.
Admission is $2.00 for
adults and $1.50 for
students.
Fashion Show
Rescheduled
The Fall Fashion Show,
sponsored by the Vance
boro Junior Woman’s Club,
was postponed from last
Saturday to this Saturday,
September 29, because of
the wet weather. The show,
which was to have been
held in the yard of Mrs.
Ann Lancaster, has been
rescheduled for 2:00 p.m.
at the Vanceboro Christian
Church. Tickets are still
available from any club
member or at the High
lights office. Tickets may
also be picked up at the
door.