Page 8, West Craven HlghllghtB, July 12,1984
Ft. Barnwell Bulletin
By MRS. B.H. MITCHELL
Reflections
Today has been a very lovely day (Sunday-July 8, T984) and I
have given myself a few brief moments to look back at the past
five years as a brief writer for the West Craven Highlights. The first article
appeared in this weekly paper on June 21, 1979.
The article was about the Girl Scout Movement in the Ft.
Barnweil area. At that time the Girl Scouters were very active and
the Scout leaders seemed to have given much time and planning
to the activities. Scouting was learning and having fun being a
part of it.
Since that time articles about conventions, politicians,
graduates of high schools or colleges, visitors of the area, class
reunions, church functions, gardening, farming, sick and shut ins
and also obituaries have been written by me. Each one has given
me a pleasure in spite of minor mistakes either made by me or the
printer who sometimes have a time making out the a’s from the o’s
or some other letter.
Again, I’ll say the writing has been a pleasure because the
owner and publisher of the paper, Mr. R.L. Cannon, Jr. has been
very liberai and considerate of the Ft. Barnwell area news. He has
given many areas in Craven County the chance to have the news
of interest published.
There is aiso a sense of satisfaction and gratitude when many
subscribers say to me that "I look for your write ups first. I realiy
enjoyed them! Why did you miss last weeks? Yes, I’ll subscribe
for three years."
Finally, I must say that I really enjoy reading the paper in its
entirety.
Now, I know that it takes time for each writer to get the articles
together, but I anxiously look for Mr. J. Phillips and Mrs. Leia
Barrow’s articles.
Let’s get down to more reading soon.
*****
The United American F.W.B. Church, inc. Northwest “A”
Division YPCL Convention wiil convene at St. Edwards F.W.B.
Church in Ft. Barnweli on July 13-14 with the President Elder
William Waters in Charge.
Friday morning service wili begin the first session with Rev.
Sidney Harper deiivering the morning message at 11 a.m.
Rev. Charles White wiil deliver the evening message at 7 p.m.
Business session and lunch will be between the morning and
evening sessions.
On Saturday morning there will be a baby contest. Each
Church was asked to sponsor a baby.
Each Church in the Northwest "A” Division is being asked to
please attend and bring in complete reports by Elder Waters.
Hundley
Named To
North
Carolina
Clean
Council
Keith R. Hundley, Region
Public Affairs Manager for
Weyerhaeuser Company, has
been named to a 59-member
statewide citizens committee
which wili advise the
Department of Transportation
in its management of a litter
reduction program.
The North Carolina Clean
Council was created in
December 1983 by the Board
of Transportation to soive the
problem of littering in the state.
The group wiil hold its first
meeting at the Highway
Building in Raleigh on
Tuesday, July 10th.
Hundley, who lives in New
Bern and has been with the
company for more than 15
years, was appointed to the
committee by Secretary of
Transportation, Wiiiiam R.
IJ ^
Keith Hundley
Roberson, Jr.
10 Years Service
Weyerhaeuser Company
employees in the North
Carolina Region was recog
nized recently for 10 years
service to the company. They
are Marshall W. Taylor of
Vanceboro and Timothy J.
Jarman of Jacksonville in the
Tmberlands Group; John H.
Wehrenberg of Washington in
the Raw Materials Group;
Willie Bryant of Cove City,
Vioia E. Patrick, Larry E. Rhue,
and Myron P. Thomas of New
Bern and Ruby H. Lewis of
Vanceboro at the New Bern
Pulp Mill; and Thomas B.
Chesson of New Bern at the
New Bern Sawmill.
Growth
(Continued from page 2)
*****
An anniversary for Elder William Waters has been planned for
the week of July 17-22 by members and officers of St. Edwards
F.W.B. Church.
Tuesday night - Rev. W.K. Raynor of the First Baptist Church of
Kinston will be the guest speaker. Wednesday night - Rev. James
Vance of Andrew’s Chapel F.W.B. Church of Trenton, N.C. will be
the guest speaker.
Thursday night - Rev. C. Gooding and St. John Disciple
Church of Dover, N.C. will be in charge of the service.
Sunday - Rev. Malcolm Johnson and St. James Disciples
Church of Vanceboro, N.C. will be the guest in charge of the
service.
Everyone is cordially invited to these services for the pastor’s
anniversary.
Sick And Shut Ins
Rev. Isaac Dancy is a patient in Lenoir Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Arthur (Shug) Harris is a patient in Lenoir Memorial
Hospital.
Mrs. Lottie Nobles, a long time citizen and resident of Ft.
Barnwell, was funeralized on Sunday afternoon. She was the
mother of Mrs. Mary Mitchell, Mrs. Josephine Bryant, Mrs. Rena
Bakers, Mrs. Daisy Gooding, Mrs. Elizabeth Washington, and Mr.
Leory Nobles.
*****
Mr. Owen Edwards of New Bern died on Saturday morning.
Funeral will be held at St. John M.B. Church on Thursday
afternoon at 2 p.m. He was the husband of Mrs. Ethel D. Edwards
who is a mother of St. Edwards F.W.B. Church.
Use your first chance advantageousiy and usefully, being a man,
being satisfied when you have done your best. So men grow by
having responsibiiity laid upon them. If something goes wrong,
which often does in business, don’t get upset and feel you are a
failure. Stop, think, humble yourself before God by saying: “i
made a mistake -1 wiil go more carefully and watchfully.” Seek to
be calm, be patient in ail things. You can only make others better
by being good yourself. Life’s hard tasks are never sent for us to
give up with. They are always intended to awaken strength, skiil
and courage in learning how to master them.
To grow higher, deeper, wider as the years go on to conquer
difficulties, and acquire more power in the sense of progress, and
truth coming into the soul—this makes life worth living. God
created this beautiful world. He expects us to plant and keep it
beautiful for His coming again.
Let us think of the people in Vanceboro who have tried to grow
and conquer difficulties. I only have space to write a few now—
maybe write others later.
After his undergraduate work at the University of North
Carolina, Rick Cannon began his work experience with the
establishment of the West Craven Higiilights, a community weekly
newspaper serving Western Craven County, in January 1978. He
was quickly involved in new areas of growth. He learned layout
advertisement selling, typesetting, business office set up and all
that is involved in putting together a weekly newspaper. After 2’/4
years. Rick followed his desire for a law degree and entered
Campbell Law School. This change put him back into the
discipline of study, writing and long hours of reading. Finally
following graduation in May 1983, and passing the bar exam in
the summer, Rick is at work as an attorney with the law firm of
Stephen Horne II in Greenville, N.C.
Ruth Jordan graduated from Farm Life High School in
Vanceboro, took a business course in Raleigh. Later moved to
New York where she got a job and worked. She also attended
night classes and earned several degrees in Business
Administration. For the past sixteen years she has been
Comptroller in one of the largest hotels in Los Angeles.
Edward Earl Lancaster went to East Carolina College in
Greenville, graduated as an art student - was given a schoiarship
to another college, kept on growing in knowledge and now he has
the Degree of Fine Artist.
Surplus
Food
Program
The Craven County Depart
ment of Social Services
announces that surplus food
will be given away to the low
income residents of Craven
County at the National Guard
Armory on South Glenburnie
Drive in New Bern, North
Caroiina on Thursday, July 19,
1984, between 8 a.m. and 5
p.m.
There will be 55,000 pounds
of cheese, butter, dry
powdered milk, honey
flour available. The am^
given to each family will
depend on the size of the
family.
To be eligible for the surplus
food, one must be a food stamp
recipient or live on a low
income. Those who feel that
they will meet the low income
guidelines should go to the
Department of Social Services
iocated at 403 George Street
and apply. Applications will be
taken Monday through Friday
between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. July
13,1984 is the Deadline for the
Juiy 19th Distribution.
Those who already receive
food stamps or who have
applied previously this year
will be mailed the necessary
information to enable them to
pick up the surplus food. If you
need further information,
piease contact;
The Department of Sociai
Services at 633-0131.
Those who do not receive
food stamps but have yearly
income iess than $6,474 yearly
per one person family would be
eligible. Add $2,260 to this
figure for each additionai
family member in the
household.
Bryant
Tours
Mexico
Tramellia Bryant, daug^P
of Mr. and Mrs. James I. Bryant
toured Mexico the weeks of
June IBrJune 30 with the
Friendship Force of N.C. out of
Research Triangle Park, N.C.
Fifteen persons were involved
in the tour which included
living with individual families
for eight days in Guanajuato,
Mexico in the mountains, and
three days in Mexico City, the
second largest city in the world
with 20 million people. Miss
Bryant thoroughly enjoyed the
tours and her family which she
says “were just like Ameg|k
cans.’’