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Volume 5, Number 28
Vanceboro, North Caroiina
Thursday, Juiy 15,1982
Phone 244-0780
(12 Pages)
20 Cents
Destruction Planned. . . Meetings
AND THE WALLS
CAME TUMBLING
DOWN—Last week the old
Farm Life School Main
Building made her last
stand and former students
would have been proud of
how hard it was for a seven
jman crew using a Drott-40
ackhoe to shake her
'foundation. Each dump
truck load carried away
weighs about 6-7 tons and at
60 loads a day, it will take
about two weeks tg do it all.
The old cafeteria and
connecting hallway took
about 26 hours to bring
down.
FARM LIFE SCHOOL-circa 1925-1982
>wn,
.. .And Destruction Unplanned
SIZZLIN’JUKE JOINT
It was 2:45 a. m. Sunday
morning when the
Vanceboro Fire Depart
ment got the call about
Teddy’s Playhouse going
up in flames and it was 30
minutes later as the
flames subsided that
Eddie Hardy, Jr., who
lives next door to the
burned playhouse, sur
veyed the damage. The
fire was brought under
control within an hour
and destruction was total.
In an interview Mon
day night Sergeant
Stanley Kite of the
Craven County Sheriff’s
Department corrected a
mistake made in a front
page Sun-Journal report
on the murder of Andy
Lee Whitley of Vance
boro.
A paragraph in the
Sun-Journal read, “After
the shooting, Whitley was
taken td Teddy’s Play
house to await an
ambulance. The fire at
the bar broke out shortly
after Whitley was taken
to the hospital.”
After reading this
Sergeant Kite said, “This
is not correct and the fact
is that Whitley was still
lying in the road at the
place where he was shot
when I found him and
that is where the
ambulance picked him up
and transported him to
Craven County Hospital
at about 8 p. m.
“It wasn’t until 2:46 a.
m. that a fire was
reported at Teddy’s.
“The only possibility I
have at this time of the
fire being connected with
the shooting is that
Whitley was in a quarrel
at Teddy’s Playhouse
with Milton Harris, son of
J. W. Harris and that
Playhouse manager
Calvin Lancaster got into
it and tried to break it up
and there were some
words exchanged be
tween some of the
Whitley brothers and
Milton who works at
Teddy’s.•
The Vanceboro Board
of Aldermen held their
regular meeting June 12,
1982, in the Town Hall at
8:00 p. m. The following
were present: Mayor
Jimmie L. Morris,
Aldermen Abe Cleve,
Hqward Tyre, and A. F.
Whitley.
Mayor Morris called
the meeting to order.
Prayer was lead by
Alderman Whitley.
Minutes of the last
meeting were approved
as read.
Cash receipts, disbur
sements and current bills
were reviewed. After
discussion Alderman
Tyre made a motion that
all bills be paid. Motion
was seconded by Aider-
man Cleve and carried.
Mayor Morris present
ed the 1982 Audit
Contract from Arm
strong, Brinkley, Elam
and Knott to the Board.
After review Alderman
Whitley made a motion_to
accept the contract.
Motion was seconded by
Alderman Tyre and
carried.
In Cove City, Town
Clerk Evelyn Hood said,
“At the July 5th meeting
we discussed .the three
inquiries received about
library expansion from L.
A. Downey, R. H.
Brachner, and Rodman
Williams.
“Ed Nott was hired as
Cove City auditor and
Tom Crawford was hired
as an on-call town lawyer.
“The board decided to
get both liability insur
ance and a front-end
loader with a basket for
the town tractor.”
THE BOYS OF SUMMER—It’s bombs away if not a
belly-flop or worse for Don Lilly, Alvin Hoell, and Roy Lee
Nobles as Kim Arrington settles for a front row balcony
view of the big splash about to occur. This Sunday action
took place along Swift Creek bordering the property of
Jason Lilly in Vanceboro.
Details From Vanceboro Mayor Jimmie Morris
Vanceboro Mayor Jimmie L. Morris said the
following after the monthly town meeting Monday:
“We are now advertising for a police chief and will
do so until August 1st. It’s hard to get applicants for a
small town and prior experience is almost necessary.
The Sheriff’s Department is helping out now and
doing a good job.”
On another subject he said, “When the fire
department fills up someone’s swimming pool the
procedure is that they are supposed to notify the town
how many gallons are needed and collect for the
water before it’s put into the swimming pools.
“Swimming pool owners don’t have to pay sewer
charges this way and it would take two to three days
to fill up a good sized pool usingahouse tap which is
only three-fourths inches.”
Question of the Week: How does the tobacco
crop of 1982 look compared to recent years?
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Buddy Jones of Vanceboro
It’s growed right good and if it rains then
it’ll fill back out on top. make more pounds.
It’s about a week early and the dry weather
^ksure makes it come off right fast. The
^ j^narvester keeps me goin’ full blast."
Charles Booker of Asbury Road
“I believe this year is a good ’baccer year
and the rain come just in time to give some
height to it. I handled some leaves this
mornin’ looked tremendous, better than
last year.”
Harold Jones of Clayroot
“I have 125 acres with my brother-in-law
and it’s holdin’ pretty well growth wise but
it’s got to thicken up if it’s going to be better
than last year. It’ll take about eight weeks
to harvest. I better get a high price.”
Leroy Huggins of Ft. Barnwell
“My 25 acres got a better size and better
color than this time last year thanks to
more rain. I need a high price like $2.00
just to get out because of these risin’ costs
on everything.”
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