West Craven Higrhligrhts, December 6, 1979, Page 2
New FNP at
Medical Center
by Connie Bryan
Sara Adcox is the new
Family Nurse Practitioner
at the Vanceboro Medical
Center. She joins FNP
George Roberts, which
means the Medical Center
now has two FNP’s to
better serve the Vanceboro
community. FNP Adcox
will have the same duties
as Roberts has, which
include seeing patients,
diagnosing illnesses,
giving EKG’s, writing
prescriptions, and over
90% of the medical care
offered by a physician. In
addition, both Roberts and
Adcox will continue to
work closely with the back
up doctors. Dr. Philip
Mahaney, Jr. Dr. Joseph
Overby, Jr. and Dr. John
Burnett, who will review
the case each time a
patient visits the hospital.
FNP Adcox is married
and lives in New Bern with
her husband, James. A
native of Morehead City,
Adcox attended Atlantic
Christian College for 2
years. Wake Technical
Institute for 2 years, and
completed the FNP
program at East Carolina
University. Before coming
to the Medical Center, she
worked in the Intensive
Care Unit at Rex Hospital
in Raleigh and a,t Craven
County Hospital. In her
spare time^, she enjoys
playing tennis.
FNP Adcox conunented,
“I am looking forward to
working with the people of
Vanceboro in providing
good medical care.”
FNP Roberts stated that
Adcox comes highly
recommended by both the
doctors that she has
worked with and the ECU
staff. She has excelled in
every aspect and is one of
the top students in the
ECU program.
■ New FNP^ara A3cox is
the new FNP at the
Vanceboro Medical
Center. She joined the
staff on Monday, Decem
ber 3.
MEDICAL CENTER
SECRETARY - In
addition to a new FNP,
thfire is another new face
at tAia Vanceboro Medi
cal Center., D||||'le|ta,^
Furr, of Vancebwo bap -
taken over the duties of
secretary at the center.
Darlene was formerly
employed at Hamilton
Beach. She is a 1976
graduate of West Craven
High School.
Operation
Santa Claus
Ten days before the real
Santa Claus guides his
"eindeer over the rooftops,
volunteers of the Mental
Health Association will
deliver Santa’s Christmas
gifts from Craven County
to the regional psychiatric
hospital and retardation
center.
“Operation Santa Claus’
is our opportunity to bring
Christmas to the residents
of Cherry Hospital and
Caswell Center who cannot
be with families during the
holidays,” said project
chairperon Jane Latham.
“To plug into ‘Operation
Santa Claus, purchase
your gift before the
deadline of December 15,
and take it-unwrapped-
to one of th? following
collection places: in New
Bern--Centenary Metho
dist Church office, 9 a.m.-5
p.m.; Craven Evaluation
and Training Center,
Highway 70 West, 9 a.m. -
4:30 p.m.; First Presbyter
ian Church office, 9 a.m. -2
p.m.; Garber United
Methodist Church office, 9
a.m.-12 noon; and Clinton
Chapel AME Zion Church:
in Vanceboro to the First
Pentecostal Holiness: in
Havelock, to the Parish
House of St. Christopher
Episcopal Church.”
“Gifts of money can be
made by check to ‘Opera
tion Santa Claus,’ P. 0. Box
906, New Bern. Cash
makes it possible to
purchase televisions,
record players, and other
large gifts which can be
enjoyed by the entire
ward.”
For men, other sugges
tions are jackets, pants,
shirts, unaerwear, socks,
sweaters, wallets, tobog-
gons, belts, and gloves.
Gift suggestions for
women are slacks, tops,
pantyhose, cosmetics,
gloves, scarves, jewelry,
purses, and underwear.
For more information
about ‘Operation Santa
Claus,’ or to have a
volunteer pick upyourgift,
call Ms. Latham at 637-
6244
Consumer Protection
Topic of Speech
Sen. Joseph ‘Thomas
Thomas Speaks
Con’t, from 1
Craven County-(l)Mili-
tary, mainly Cherry Point
which has an annual
payroll of over .$184
million; (2) Manufact
uring, which adds about
$48 million in income; (3)
Agriculture, which yields
nearly $38 million in
income and (4) Tourism,
which makes about $12
million. He went on to say
that it seems that military
and agriculture income is
pretty well fixed, therefore
the only way to increase-
per capita income in
Craven County is to in some
way increase the income
yielded from manufact
uring and tourism.
Two areas which must be
improved, according to
Thomas, before these
increases can come is
education and transporta
tion in Crfkven County. “In
the public schools, money
^b§||^|>een appropriated to
class size in
grades 4-^ Ho thirty-two
students per teacher,” said
Thomas. He added that the
goal is twenty-six. Thomas
further stated that the
county must do all it can to
strengthen the Community
College Program and
improve the training for
handicapped citizens. He
commented that the
successful training for
handicapped citizens for
work in society such as the
highly successful program
being directed by George
Dimick at Craven Evalua
tion and Training Center
helps allow some citizens to
earn an income who might
otherwise be living on
welfare.
A second area which
must be improved before
the per capita income in
Craven County can be
raised is transportation.
“We must work to see that
Craven County and eastern
North Carolina as a whole
receives its fair share of
state highway funds,”
Thomas indicated. He
further stated that he
supports the four-laning of
U.S. Highways 70 and 17.
All these improvements
added to the creation of a
Craven Industrial Park
should help to bring
industry to Craven County
which would in turn help
increa.se the payrolls so
young people can stay in
Craven County.
Following Sen. Thomas’
remarks, officers for the
new year were installed.
The new officers are
Gilbert Whitford, Chief;
John Everington, Assis
tant Chief; Billy Gaskins,
Captain-Antiock Station;
Buddy Whitford, Captian-
Askins Station; Me Ray
Whitford, Captain Caton
Station; Johnny Toler,
Lieutenant. Administra
tive officers include
Leonard Gatlin, president;
Donald Toler, Secretary;
Sam Toler, treasurer; and
Lester Toler, special
treasurer.
Those in attendance
feasted on a pig cooked by
Gilbert Whitford for the
meal.
Wright wins
third time
Earl Wright edged out
three challengers in the tie
breaker for the tliird in as
many wMk8 in^e Footb^ .
Contest being spoitooradij^l
the Highlights and area
businesses. All four had 11-
3 records but Wright was
the only contestant that
picked the correct winner
in the tie-breaker. Ervin
Whitehurst was awarded
second place since he
guessed closest to New
Orleans’ score. Stacey
Patterson and John Parker
of New Bern finished tied
for third since both
predicted the same score
by New Orleans. Stacey
Patterson also won the
special Beat the Editor
drawing.
By having his entry
validated and choosing
double the bonus points,
Earl Wright exploded into
the lead for the trip to Walt
Disney World for two with
40 points with two weeks
remaining in the contest.
Still in contention for the
trip though is Larry Hayes
with 28 and Jay Huff with
24. Eddie Jordan has an
outside chance to win with
17. Jordan continues to
lead in the cash winnings
standings with $52. Stacey
Patterson moved into
second with $41.80 while
Earl Wright moved into a
tie for third place with
Neal Russell with $37.
The correct winners for
this past weekend’s games
are as follows: Miami,
Atlanta, N. Y. Jets,
Chicago, Pittsburgh,
Denver, Philadelphia,
Washington, Cleveland,
Los Angeles, Dallas, St.
Louis, Kansas City,
Alabama, (tie-breaker)
Oakland won and scored 42
points.
John R. B. Matthis,
Special N. C. Deputy
Attorney General for
Consumer Affairs, was the
guest speaker at last
Thursday’s meeting of the
Vanceboro Rotary Club.
Mr. Matthis spoke on
“Consumer Protection in
North Carolina.”
Concerning the N. C.
Consumer Protection
Agency, Mr. Matthis
explained that his agency
is “in the business of
protecting the consumers
of North Carolina against
fraud and misrepresenta
tion. He added that the
agency, which was first
established while Robert
Morgan was Attorney
General, collected $93,000
last month, $500,000 in
1978 and $1^ million in
1977 from businesses that
had committed fraud or
misrepresented their
product. He reported that
the agency handles more
than 10,000 complaints per
year.
Mr. Matthis has his B.C.
degree and Doctor of
Jurisprudence degree
from Wake Forrest
University. He joined the
U. S. Air Force as a legal
officer, in 1962, serving in
different capacities which
included Chief of Military
Justice for all air forces in
Europe Mtd Deputy Head
of the Law Department at
the USAF Academy. In
1973 he retired from the
Air Force and returned to
North Carolina as a
Special Projects Officer for
then Attorney General
Robert Morgan. He served
as Director of the
Environmental Protection
Section from 1974-1976,
when he accepted his
present position. Mr.
Matthis is married and
lives with his wife, Ann, in
Raleigh.
Veterans
should
pre-reg:ister
by James Tooker
Special to the Highlights
NEW BERN— Accord
ing to Steve Forinsky,
Veteran’s Affairs Officer
at Craven Community
College, all veterans should
pre-register for the Spring
Quarter if they wish to
continue receiving Vete
ran’s Administration
benefits. Forinsky explain
ed that since school is notin
session for much of
December and the early
part of January, no
benefits would be paid
unless the student is
registered for the follow-
ipg quarter. If the students
pre-register then their
regular monthly check will
continue.
Pain
There can be many reasons for back pain. Most often the
cause is muscuiar, siipped disc, pinched nerves, arthritis, or
displaced spinal vertebrae. Proper examination to
determine the cause of back pain is essential so the right
treatment can be administered for the patient’s recovery.
If back pain is a way of life for you, consult us. We
specialize in examination and treatment of these problem
cases.
Call 637-3136
Dr. Kevin E. McGinnis
Chiropractic Physician
303 Metcalf Street New Bern, N.C.
Block from Tryon Palace
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