THE WEST CRAVEN
HIGHLIGHT
Volume 3, No. 1
Vanceboro, N. C. - Thursday, January 3, 1980
8 Pages
20 Cents
Christine Wetherington
Retires
Mrs. Wetherington was
honored at a retirement
luncheon held at the
JHenderson House on
fiursday. Other guest
^ere Mrs. Mozelle Barrow,
Mrs. Willie Northern, Mrs.
Mary Robey, Mr. Bob
Howard. Mr. Bob Dyson
and Mr. Farrell Teague,
Manager of the Belk Store.
Mrs. Wetherington retired
on December 31st after 18
years of service with Belk.
The honored guest rceived
memento of appreciation
from the store. We hope
you a life of leisure now.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson
and Mrs. Ethel Wilson of
Wilmington are house
guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs. David
Thomas of - Siler City
visited Mr. and Mrs.
Norwood Pate Monday
night.
Susan McCosley of
Atlantic Christian College
in Wilson is spending the
holidays with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Allie
McCosley.
Dannie McCosley of
U.M.C. at Chapel Hill is
spending the holidays with
his parents Mr. and Mrs.
Allie McCosley.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Jasper
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McCosley and Mike and
Debra of Fayetteville, Mr.
Dink McCosley and Tony
McCosley were dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Ipock and family on
Christmas Day.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney
French attended the
family Christmas party on
Monday night at her
parents home Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Sutton of Asburg.
Around thirty five guest
were present.
Mr. and Mrs. Danny
French and family visited
Mr. and Mrs. Hudson
Summerll of Ft. Bwhwell
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby
Ipock and daughter Carol
Ann were dinner guests of
her parents Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Price near Grant-
sboro.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Cox
and children of Chapel Hill
spent the Christmas
Holidays with Mrs. Ruby
Daugherty.
Mrs. Mamie Simpkins
spent the Christmas
holidays with Mr. and Mrs.
Hilton Boyd in Greenville.
Mrs. Herbert Beaman
spent the Christmas
holidays in Rocky Mount
with Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Ward.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale
Dupree and family spent
the weekend with her
parents in Charlotte.
Mr. and Mrs. Merril Dail
Jr. and family of Raleigh,
and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dail
and family of Washington
spent the weekend with
Mr. and Mrs. Merril Dail.
Mrs. Bertha Hubbard of
Cary spent the Christmas
holidays with Mrs. Bessie
Daughtery and relatives.
Mrs. Ellen Johnson of
Cary spent the Christmas
holidays with her parents
Mr. and Mrs. Billie
Daugherty.
John Henry Carawan is a
patient in Craven County
Hospital.
Mrs. Leona Stewart
spent the Christmas
holidays with relatives in
Norfolk Virginia.
Mr. and Mrs. Merril Dail
and Mrs. Bessie Daugherty
were dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Pete Cade in New
Bern Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ipock
^ew Tax Service
opens in Vanceboro
by Connie Bryan
A new tax service office
will be opening in
Vanceboro this week.
Community Tax Service,
located beside M & W Gifts
and owned by William
Cleve, will feature Dianne
Carawan as tax consultant.
During January they will
be open during the
afternoon hours, but as the
April 15 deadline ap-
f iches they will increase
^‘hours of business,
rs. Carawan is highly
qualified for her position
as tax consultant having
completed a two year
program in accounting at
Craven Community and
the H & R Block tax course
four times in order to keep
abreast of the constant
changes in the tax laws.
Mrs. Carawan, the former
Miss Dianne Ewell, is the
wife of Harold Carawan.
They lived with their son.
Dianne Carawan
Denton, in the Stewart
Park section of Vanceboro.
Mrs. Carawan reports
that they will be equipped
to handle any tax problem,
whether business, farm, or
personal. The shOTt IRS
form, 10-40 A, will cost
$10. Other charges will be
accessed according to the
complicity of the return.
Each return will also
include a North Carolina
Tax form.
Mary Cleve, who has
recently completed the
Block course, will be
assisting Mrs. Carawan.
Together they will re
check each farm to assure
the customer of the best
possible tax service.
and Mr. Hervey Ipock of
Asbury were supper guests
of Mr. and Mrs. .Allie
McCosley and family on
Monday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Ipock and family were
dinner guests of Mrs.
Guyula Ipock of Ernul
Saturday night.
Mrs. Mamie Simpkins
was dinner guest of Mrs.
Ruby Daugherty Saturday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Daugherty and family of
Sea Level. Mr. and Mrs.
Donnie Cox and family and
Pat Daugherty and family
spent Christmas Day with
Mrs. Ruby Daugherty.
Mrs. Bessie Ipock and
Ms. Johnnie Sullivan
attended the Christmas
program given at Cove
City Christian Church on
Christmas Eve.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Daly and family of
Vanceboro, Mr. and Mrs.
Carlton Ward and family
of Cove City, Mrs. Nola
Overby of New Bern and
Ms. Johnnie Sullivan were
dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Ipock on
Christmas Day.
Mr. and Mrs. Allie
McCosley and family and
Mr. Hervey Ipock of
Asbury were supper guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ipock
on Christmas night.
Mr. and Mrs. Shelton
Phillips, Miss Vickie
Phillips of Bridgeton, Jeff
Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Wilson, John Arthur
Wilson, Mr. and Mrs.
Alonza Wetherington and
family, Mrs. Ethel Wilson
and Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson
of Wilmington were dinner
Petersons
robbed
live nativity scene - The following
pai^cipated in the Nativity scene at Core Creek
FWB Church: James E. Riggs, Gail Wilson, Randolph
Wilson, Jack Bircher, Julia Bircher, John Bircher,
Scott Bircher, Vickie Wilson, Jason Wilson, Jimmy
Smith, Jennifer Smith, Jay Smith, Beth McCoy, Pam
Ludwig, Gail Ludwig, Cindy Ward, Kristy Ipock,
Kelly Ipock, Terri Grady, Frank Grady, Rhonda
Heath, Esther Heath, Debra Sinclair, Michelle
Sinclair, Jonnie Sinclair, Cindy Avery, Mike Mills,
Pam Mercer, Robert Warmack, Alice Warmack, Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Ipock, John Carroll Hawkins, Guy
Boyd, Rev. and Mrs. Melvin Everington.
Sometime in the wee
hours of Sunday morning,
December 30, someone
broke into the B. C
Peterson & Son store on
Main Street according to
Mr. J. L. Peterson. The
intruder damaged a TV
and apparently made ofi
with a pair of shoes. Police
Chief Melvin Hudgins
explained that the thief
must have been frightened
off for some reason since
little of the rest of the store
was distrubed. “It had to be
someone small to be able to
crawl in through the small
side window/’ Peterson
commented.
The apparent robbery
was discovered Sunday
evening by his son, J. L.
Peterson, Jr., who was
home visiting from Paris,
prance
guests of Mrs. Ruth
Daugherty, on Christmas
Eve.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
triece and family of Bricis
Creek Rd. and Mrs. Annie
Messier of New Bern were
dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Wethering
ton on Christmas Day.
Mrs. Ruby Daugherty
spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. George Dupree in
Kinston.
Mr. Sidney French
visited Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Tunstall in Aurora
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Gary
Wetherington of New Bern
were dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Jason Wethering
ton Christmas Day.
Mr. and Mrs. dick
Fairburn and son Dickie
have gone to Mississippi to
take Mr. Fairburn’s
mother to her home.
Mrs. Ruth Daugherty
had lunch with Mr. and
Mrs. Odric Adams on
Brices Creek rd. Sunday.
Charlie and Patricia
Daugherty are spending
the holidays with their
grandmother Mrs. Ruby
Daugherty.
Mr. and Mrs. Hozea
Morris of Caton, Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Wilson, Mrs.
Elizabeth Wilson, Mrs.
Ethel Wilson of Wilming
ton,. Ms. Nellie Midgett,
Robert Agent and Lori and
Ken of New Bern, Paula
Phipps, Margaret and
Kathy Adams and Mr. and
Mrs. T. 0. Wetherington
were Christmas Eve guests
of Mr. and Mrs. James
Wetherington.
Mr. and Mrs. James
Wetherington visited Mr.
and Mrs. Hozea Morris and
daughter Jane on Christ
mas Day.
Mr. and Mrs. T. 0.
Wetherington were dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jay
Amerson on Christmas
Eve.
Mr. and Mrs. Merril
Dail, Mr. and Mrs. James
Wiggins and Mrs. Ruth
Daugherty were dinner
guests of Mrs. Ruby
Daugherty on Thursday
night.
Mrs. Ruth . Daugherty
spent Christmas night
with Mr. and Mrs Shelton
Phillips of Bridgeton and
visited Mrs. John Lee of
Antiock.
Mrs. Lillie Hardison,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ipock
and Ms. Johnnie Sullivan
were dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Carlton Ward in
Cove City on Wednesday
ngiht.
Mr. and Mrs. Dirrell
Perry and daughter Lori of
Greensboro spent last
weekend with Mrs. Fannie
Quimby and Mrs. Quimby
returned with them to
spend the Christmas
Holidays.
Mrs. Erma Ward and
Mrs. Bessie Ipock visited
Mrs. Nola Overby at
Craven County Hospital on
Thursday.
Ronnie Daly of Virginia
Beach, Virginia spent
Christmas day with Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Ipock.
Mr. and Mrs. Pike Tripp,
Mrs. Bessie Ipock and Mrs.
Lillie Hardison attended
the funeral of their uncle
Charlie Smith on Satur
day.
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