PAGE 2 - WEST CRAVEN HIGHLIGHTS — MAY 21, 1987
Eastern
Echoes
By
Gail Roberson
Geritol On The Rocks
I recently received a letter from a friend which contained a
list of ways I can continue to tell I’m aging without gazing into
a mirror or checking the calendar on the wall. It brought a few
smiles and a nod of agreement, so I’m going to pass it along to
you today:
YOU KNOW YOU’RE GETTING OLD WHEN. . .
You feel like the morning after and you haven’t been any
where
You sit down in a rocking chair and can’t get it started
You order Geritol-on-the rocks at the bars
Your back goes out more than you do
Your little black book has only last names ending with
“M.D.”
You need oxygen after blowing out your birthday candles
You get worn out dialing long distance
Your favorite newspaper column is “25 Years Ago”
You need a fire permit to light all the candles on your birth
day cake
It takes an hour to undress and another hour to remember
why
You bum the midnight oil by 9:00 P.M.
You get your exercise by being a pallbearer for a firend who
exercised
Your knees buckle and your belt won’t
Anything under a quarter isn’t worth bending over and pick
ing it up
Your pacemaker opens the garage door whenever you see a
sexy girt go by
You get winded playing checkers
You sink your teeth into a thick, juicy steak and they stay
there
The only whistles you get are from the tea kettle
You need a smaller house with a bigger medicine cabinet
Work becomes more fun and fun becomes more work
’The gleam in your eyes is the sun reflecting off your bifocals
A dropping faucet causes an uncontrolled bladder urge
You forget what happened yesterday, but can easily remem
ber events 40 years ago
Your children begin to look middle-aged
You finally get to the top of the ladder but it’s leaning against
the wrong wall
You regret all the times you resisted temptation
You look forward to spending a quiet evening at home
Your mind makes agreements your body can’t meet
You start eating Bran Flakes and Pmne Juice for breakfast
You remember today that yesterday was your birthday
You buy a health club membership and don’t go • -
You have more hair on your chest than you have on your
head
After painting the town red, you have to wait a long time
before applying a second coat
That little old lady you helped across the street is your wife
and
Everything hurts, and what doesn’t hurt.. .doesn’t work.
Banjo
From Page 1
it possible for Morris to have his
first banjo. That banjo was made
up after the parts came firom va
rious sources—including a wild
cat. That’s right a wildcat
His uncle took some maple
wood, parts of an old guitar and
the hide from a wildcat to make
Morris his first banjo. ’The uncle
could tan hides and made the
head for the banjo firom a wildcat
he has shot
"I wouldn’t take I don’t know
what for it today,” said Morris of
the banjo which he still owns.
His second baixjo was a second-
hand one he bought from
another banjo player. “I remem
ber it was from Sears-Roebuck
and I paid the man $3.50 years
ago. Money was tight in them
days,” he said. Money might
have been hard to come by, but
good times were plentiful to hear
Morris talk.
“I played with just local boys
that I grew up with,” said Morris.
“We would get together and play.
It was sometimes all we had to
entertain us.”
“Me and another boy who had
a guitar would play a lot but he
went into the service,” said Mor
ris who put away the banjo for
several years after that.
Later his wife, Hattie, per
suaded him to buy a new banjo
and began playing again. “I
guess I give my wifb credit for
that,” he said.
Morris began playing for a
radio station in Kinston before
hitting the “big time” with an
hour-long television show in
New Bern in the 1960s. “Me and
some other fellows played on
television for about a year,” he
recalled.
Morris said he may have let
several chances to further is pro
fessional career slip by. “But I
always loved home and that’s
why I probably didn’t leave. I’m
not sorof,” he said.
Morris said much of the credit
belongs to Charlie Slaughter for
turning him into the banjo player
he is today. "Charlie Slaughter
moved here from Roxboro. He
had lots of children but he
adopted me as sort of one of his
own,” said Morris.
“He was a real good three-
finger banjo player. He taught
me a lot,” added Morris.
“I guess have to give credit to
Charlie for teaching me most of
what I know today,” said Morris.
‘"That’s hard to say,” said Mor
ris when asked what his favorite
song was to play on the banjo.
After a brief pause Morris said, “I
guess my favorite would be a
slow song called ‘Oh What a
Friend We Have in Jesus.’ I think
it’s such a pretty song.”
Morris and his wife “don’t miss
many weekends” playing and
singing together at birthdays,
reunions and other gatherings.
Recently the two performed
together at Vanceboro’s Straw
berry Festival.
Morris said he doesn’t plan on
putting away the thumb pick and
banjo anytime soon. He plans on
keeping those five strings twan
gin’ for a few more years.
Any stray wildcats in Craven
County might consider leaving,
unless they have an unexplained
hankerin’ for banjo music.
Loan
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money to continue his studies.
As he finally approached gra
duation, Lancaster found he
was $199 short of meeting reg
istration costs. A.F. Bowen,
the N.C. State treasurer at the
time, arranged a loan that
allowed Lancaster to finish his
senior year and graduate.
Earnings from the eventual
Lancaster endowment will
fiind a distinguished profes
sorship in engineering. N.C.
State officials estimate earn
ings of $25,000 to $30,000
annually to be used as sup
plementary salary to attract
and retain the nation’s out
standing faculty and scien
tists.
lR0prmted by permission of
N.C. State University’s Sitirlog
magazine.)
LotisrS Vikings, Pack And East Carteret In Playoffs
To The
Editor
We, the friends of Western
Craven County and West Craven
High School, are highly in
terested in lighting the baseball
field at West Craven High
School. The western part of
Craven County has very limited
recreational resources and a
lighted baseball field would fill a
void.
With a lighted field, the com
munity would be afforded this
opportunity to involve our youth
in wholesome activities such as
youth league baseball and the
high school could play night
games which would allow more
community and family-involved
activities.
A committee has been formed
to help secure the needed fimds
($35,000) to light the ball park.
Any individual or organization
which contributes $100 dollars or
more will be recognized on a pla
que to be affixed to the new
athletic field house at West
Craven High School.
Your assistance in helping to
fund this program will be greatly
appreciated. All checks are to be
made payable to the West Craven
High School Baseball Fund, Rt.
2, Box 118, Vanceboro, N.C.
28586.
’Thank you for contributing.
Lany Hill
Chairman
To the Editor:
’The 1987 Strawberry Festival-
Rescue Day is just a fond mem
ory now. But that day as I
thought back over all the long
hours of planning, the hard work
and the worrying, I asked myself
was it worth it? My answer was a
loud “Yes.” I was pretty sure it
was worth it when I saw Main
Street turn into a sea of faces and
when I saw plates of barbecue
stacked to the ceiling sell out af
ter a few minutes. However, the
definite proof came that after
noon when I saw a man holding
up a little boy so he could see Dad
help big sister ride a donkey. I
have never seen four wider grins.
Good, clean family fim — that
is what the Strawberry Festival-
Rescue Day is all about. ’That is
what makes it worth all the
headaches. That is why I am
proud to have served as this
year’s festival chairman.
Several people have asked me
how the monies are divided. All
profits fiom the dinner, conces
sion stands and rides (except the
donkey ride) belong to the Res
cue Squad. Ad money from the
Strawberry brochure goes to
ward the cost of printing and fes
tival expenses. ’The rest (about
$700 this year) goes to the Rescue
Squad. The $10 fee charged to
local groups for a booth is usded
by the festival as start-up money
next year. The Junior Woman’s
Club charges a fee to the crafters
for their lots. We keep this money
plus any from our strawberry ice
cream ^es. I hope this clears up
any questions.
’There are some “thank yous”
that the festival board would like
to extend. First, to the businesses
and residents around the festival
area, we hope we did not cause
too great an inconvenience that
day. Second, to the local groups,
we truly appreciate the contribu
tion you made towards the suc
cess of the festival. Hie donkey
ride sponsored by Holly Hill was
a great hit with the kids. We
would also like to thank the West
Craven Highlights for its coop
eration and excellent coverage.
I probably should not have
started thanking people. If I were
to name everyone who should be
thanked, this paper would look
like the Sunday edition of the
Raleigh paper. I hope ot will be
sufficient to say a big “thank
you” and “well done” to every
one who took part in making this
year’s festival so great.
Obviously, for the festival to
have been such a tremendous
success it took an awfiil lot of
hard work from dedicated peo
ple. Danny Barrow and the Res
cue Squad members shouldered
most of the larger tasks, from
organizing the parade and enter
tainment to cooking and serving
the dinner. This is their major
Amd raiser for the year and they
really worked hard at it.
Peggie Mills and the crafts fair
committee of the Junior
Woman’s Club took on that huge
task and made it look easy. With
about 69 lots sold, this was by far
the biggest crafts fair yet.
The Strawberry Festival Board
welcomes your ideas and com
ments to improve the festival.
Elsewhere in this issue you will
find a survey form. Please take a
few minutes to fill it out You can
mail it in or drop it by the town
library. We will read each of these
and try to implement your sug
gestions. Bear in mind that some
thing you do not like might be a
favorite part for someone else.
’Thanks for your help.
’Thanks to everyone in the Van
ceboro community. Without
your support each year, none of
this would have been possible.
Connie Bryan
1987 Festival Chairman
Patriots Clip Eagles’ Wings;
Mariners Hand Conley Loss
By DAVID MALCOLM
Special to the
Weal Craven HigMighIa
West Craven’s baseball team
dropped a 7-2 conference game
to West Carteret to give the Pat
riots a tie for third-place and a
shot at a playoff berth.
In Vanceboro, West Carteret’s
Jamie Boyd, Derick Lasater and
Jamie Gamer each had two hits
and Davy Willis hit an inside-the-
park home run.
Monte Brown homered for
West Craven in the sixth inning.
Jennifer Peele had two hits for
West Craven’s softball team.
Jeannie McCausley and Teresa
Ashley had twohitsforWest Car
teret.
Elsewhere, Ekist Carteret gave
D.H. Conley’s baseball team its
first Coastal Conference loss in
two years ’Tuesday by defeating
the Vikings 5-1.
The East Carteret-D.H. Conley
game did not have any bearing
on the playoffs, but the other two
games involving league teams
did. West Carteret’s win over
West Craven put the Patriots in a
position to tie for third place.
Washington claimed that spot,
though, and the league’s No. 3
seed in the state Class AAA play
offs with a 5-4 win at Havelock.
Conley will host ’Tar-Roanoke
Conference No. 3-seed Southern
Nash in the first round of the
playoffs. East Carteret will visit
East Wake, the 'friangle Confer
ence runner-up, in the first
round.
Conley’s softball team defe
ated East Carteret 7-3 to tie North
Lenoir for second place in the
final regular-season standings.
North Lenoir already had locked
up the league’s No. 2 seed in the
playoffs by beating Conley twice
this season. In the other two
games. West Craven scored four
runs in the bottom of the sixth
iiming and edged West Carteret
6-5 and Havelock pounded
Washington 15-1.
In the first round of the softball
playoffs, Conley plays at South
ern Nash, the top se^ from the
TRC, while Havelock hosts TRC
No. 3-seed Southwest Edge
combe. North Lenoir will play
either South Johnston or South
ern Durham. ’Those two teams
play today. w...
In Beaufort, Conley lost to a
Coastal opponent for the first
time since North Lenoir defeated
the Vikings during the 1985
season.
Brian Bullock and Jim Faulk
ner had two hits for Conley.
Darren Willis and Richard
Bailey had two hits for East Car
teret. Willis had a home run and
drove in two runs.
Rhonda Jackson led Conley’s
softball team with three hits
while Charlene Davenport and
Gayle Cash had two hits each.
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In Coastal Conference Baseball
Conley Clinches Championship
D.H. Conley defeated West
Craven 9-3 to clinch the Coastal
Conference baseball cham
pionship Friday night.
In other league games,
Washington defeated North
Lenoir 9-4 and Steve Daub’s two-
run homer in the bottom of the
seventh irming gave Havelock a
dramatic 5-4 win over West Car
teret.
Havelock wrapped up the
Coastal softball title with an 11-3
win over West Carteret. North
Lenoir claimed the league’s No. 2
playoff spot with a 15-1 win over
Washington and Conley defeated
West Craven 4-0.
In Hollywood, Bronswell Pat
rick’s inside-the-park grand slam
in the sixth inning highlighted
Conley’s victory over West
Craven.
Tabitha Daughton hit a two-
run homer in the first inning tb'
lead the Lady Vikings past West
Craven. ’The home run was one of
Coastal Roundup
two hits for Daughton. ‘Trellaney
Boyd and Charlene Davenport
also had two hits for Conley.
Lauri Webster had two hits for
West Craven.
In Havelock, West Carteret
pitcher Davy Willis had retired 11
consecutive batters before walk
ing Kim Duncan on four pitches
to open the bottom of the
seventh. Willis threw two strikes
to Daub, but the next pitch was
sent sailing over the fence in cen
ter field.
Havelock led 3-1 after David
McDonald and Duncan hit RBI
singles and another run scored
on an infield error in the bottom
of the first inning.
Willis’ RBI single in the top of'
the first had given West Carteret
a 1-9 lead. The Patriots picked up
a run in the second when Jamie
Gamer singled to right field to
score T.C. Dysard. Wiljis triply
and scored on a single by Rodifiy
Howard as the Patriots tied the
score at 3-3 in the third.
Willis hit a homemn on the first
pitch in the top of the sixth to
give West Carteret a 4-3 lead.
Greta Diederich and Ingrid
Meyers had three hits, while
Vicki Kent, Michelle Mullins and
Marci Sorenson had two hits
each as Havelock’s softball team
pounded West Carteret.
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Obituaries
Vera H. Whitford
BRIDGETON — Vera
HopeweU Whitford, 70, of 504 C
St died May 15 at Craven County
Hospital.
’The frmeral was at 4:30 p.m.
Sunday at Neuse Forest Pre
sbyterian Church with the Rev.
J. Murphy Smith and the Rev.
John Sweitzer officiating. Burial
was in New Bern Memorial
Cemetery.
She is survived by her daugh
ter, Elizabeth W. Parker of
Raleigh; her brother, Harry
Hopewell of Portsmouth, Va.; 10
grandchildren; and four great
grandchildren.
Mrs. Whitford wasamemberof
the White Shrine 9, Order of the
Eastern Star 32. She was a mem
ber of the Intemationai Order of
Turtles.
New Bern Moose Lodge 1292. He
was a member of the Bridgeton
Fire Department He was a part
ner in R&R Radiator Shop for 41
years. He was a veteran of World
War II, having served in the U.S.
Navy.
Julian P. Raynor
BRIDGETON — Julian Pierce
Raynor, 68, of 204 Hickory St
died May 15 at his home.
’The frmeral was at 2 p.m. Sun
day at Pollock-Wells and Best
Funeral Home Chapel with the
Rev. George Smith and the Rev.
Parker Hagar officiating. Burial
was in New Bern Memorial
Cemetery.
He is survived by his widow,
Mamie W. Raynor; his daughter,
Julia R. Hartof Minnesott ^ach;
his brother, Jerry S. Raynor of
Greenville; two sisters, EVances
R. Grantham and Ann R. Ste
wart, both of Los Angeles.
He was a member of Bridgeton
United Methodist Church, where
he was a lay leader for 25 years.
He also taught the adult Sunday
school class. He was a member of
Faye H. Smith
Faye Holmes Smith, 74, of Van
ceboro died May 16 at her home.
’The frmeral was at 3:30 p.m.
Monday at Wilkerson Funeral
Home Chapel with the Rev. Greg
Howard officiating. Burial was in
Celestial Gardens.
She is survived by her widow
er, Roosevelt “Tet” Smith; one
daughter, Mrs. Carson Jones of
Rt. 2, Vanceboro; one grandson,
Jeffrey Jones of Rt. 2, Vance
boro.
Mrs. Smith was a native of
Craven County. She lived most
of her life in the Lane’s Chapel
community and was a member of
Lane’s Chapel United Methodist
Church.
boro; two sisters, Mrs Lloyd Ahl-
strom of Baltimore, Md., Mrs.
George Dornbush of North
Linthicum, Md.; 10 grandchil
dren and four great
grandchildren.
Mrs. Lancaster was a native of
Craven County. She spent most
of her life in Vanceboro. She
taught at the Ernul School. She
was a merchant in Vanceboro for
more than 20 years. Along with
her sister, she was the owner and
operator of Pat’s Soda Shop for
the past 16 years. She was a mem
ber of the Vanceboro United
Methodist Church and past pres
ident of the Annie Peterson Cir
cle of Woman’s Society of Christ
ian Service. She was a member of
the Woman’s Betterment Sociqtjux
for many years.
Agnes W. Lancaster
Agnes Weiss Lancaster, 77,
died May 17 in her home on Farm
Life Avenue in Vanceboro.
The funeral was at 2 p.m.
Wednesday at Vanceboro United
Methodist Church with the Rev.
Claude Wilson officiating. Burial
was in Vanceboro.
She is survived by two sons,
Edward D. Lancaster Jr. of
Champaign, Ill., and Stephen P.
Lancaster of the home; two
daughters. Mrs. James Chandler
of Hinesville, Oa. and Frank Alli-
good of Fort Worth, Texas; one
brother, Dick Cleve of Vance-
First Place
Nevonia Edwards took first place in the Future Homemakers of
America state competition’s food service team event held in Raleigh
recently. Ms. Edwards will continue to the next level of competition,
the national FHA competition in Washington, D.C. in July. (Photo'
by Richard Cannon Jr.)
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