Firemen’s Day Conies To Vanceboro This Saturday
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West Craven Highlights
VOLUME 10 NO. 40
OCTOBER 1.1987
VANCEBORO. NORTH CAROLINA
PHONE 244-0780 OR 940-2144
.(UPSP 412-110)
25 CENTS
SIX PAGES
Jobless
Numbers
Decrease
Aug. Figures Down
In Craven, Jones
The rate of unemployment in
Craven and Jones counties drop
ped in August, according to the
N.C. Employment Security Com
mission.
The commission estimated the
rate in Craven County at 4.5 per
cent, down from 5 percent the
month before. It said Jones
County’s rate was 3.5 percent in
August, compared to 4.2 percent
in July.
In Craven County, the employ
ment service estimated that 1,450
people were out of work during
August and 30,880 were working
'Iff a work force of 32,330.
The work force in Jones Coun
ty was estimated at 4,620, with
4,460 holding jobs and 160 job
less.
The statewide unemployment
rate was estimated at 4.2 percent
in August, down half a percen
tage point from July.
The commission said only one
county, Graham, showed a rate
higher than 10 percent during
August. Graham’s rate was 13.6
percent, down from July’s 15 per
cent unemployment rate.
Currituck and Dare counties
had the lowest jobless figures in
August. Dare had a 1.2 percent
rate and Currituck had a 1.4 per
cent rate. The two counties also
fSee JOBLESS, Page 2)
Prescriptions,
Other Drugs
Need Safety
Pharmacist Warns About
Possible Complications
B, TERRI JAMIESON
SliJT Writer
In A Hole
This worker seems unsure of what tg do next.
Maybe he is making sure he is cutting the right
line with his hand-heid saw. The line to the left is a
teiephone cable and the line to the right is a water
line. Hopeftilly the worker didn’t get a “wrong
number" and cut the telephone line. He is sup
posed to be working on water lines in western
Craven County. Then again, if he cuts the water
line at the wrong time he will still end up "all wet.”
(Mike Voss photo)
Part of a terica
Last week the benefits and
dangers of prescription and over-
the-counter drugs were discus
sed, along with recommenda
tions on how to stock a medicine
chest. This week information ab
out how pharmacists keep an eye
on prescriptions is discussed.
Vanceboro pharmacist Mike
Morton said that local drugstores
offer hundreds of over-the-
counter drugs and it is important
to be aware of all the facts about
drugs people may be taking. The
pharmacist said people should
not get prescriptons filled until
all their questions about the pre
scription are answered. The best
place to get information about
prescriptions is from the doctor
prescribing it, said Morton, and
then a pharmacist.
It is important people know
what medication they are taking,
especially if they are allergic to
certain medicine or ingredients
in medicine, said Morton.
Pharmacists are a reliable source
for advice when making the
appropriate seiection for drugs,
said Morton. The pharmacist
said people can’t always listen to
family or friends because they
may have taken a medication for
a certain ailment but that doesn’t
mean it is right for anyone else.
Always visit or call the
pharmacist who fills the pre
scription for any advice about
the drug, said Morton.
The pharmacist stressed that
most pharmacists try to take care
of their own customers. The
pharmacist who iUis a custom
er’s prescription knows what
other prescriptions that custom
er has had in the past or currentiy
is taking, said Morton. He said
pharmicists can best answer
questions customers have about
their medicine.
Morton said about 25 to 30 per
cent of his time is spent evaluat
ing customers, deciding if they
need to see a physician or if an
over-the-counter medicine couid
be recommended. “The pharma
cist also works in other ways. He
works an an interpreter to see if
prescription medicines are being
(See MEDICINE, Page 5)
Poverty In North Carolina: Hunger And Soeial Justice
Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks this
newspaper will continue a series of articles titled
Porrrijr In North Carolina. The West Craven High
lights hopes this series will be informative and
uselitl to its subscribers. This installment is titled
“Hunger And Social Justice.”
By ROBERT MASON
A speaker extoliing a churches-sponsored food
bank said that by easing desperation, it would
reward contributors and workers with joy. He re
marked that governmental welfare agencies,
while clearly necessary, were “about the coldest
places in the world.”
I am not persuaded that welfare offices are un
iquely unfeeling. Surely police stations and cour
trooms are equally so. If those comparisons are
not suitable, I gladly will substitute a tax window,
a Ucrasing bureau or a registration desk. One peti
tioning the bureaucracy for a fees adjustment, a
drainage ditch or rescue from marauding dogs
should not expect an outpouring of pleasantries.
For public servants, elected and employed, are
bound by statutes, regulations and objectivity.
Fun and games should be no more expected of the
welfare director, social worker and food-stamps
clerk than of the sheriff, tax administrator and
sanitation inspector. I imagine, meanwhile, that
persons applidng for assistance favor practiced
efficiency and a quiet departure over demonstra
tive giving and ritualistic receiving.
*1716 poor, says the Book of John, “always ye
have with you.” In this region and state it is not
necessary to consult the Scriptures for that assur
ance. To poke into any period of the past and to
look about us will do. The earliest settlers in this
back country subsisted poorly. Scrabbling far
mers and their rivais, plantation slaves, endured
inadequate shelter and mean fare, no matter what
a^logists for the latter may argue. During the
Civil War over slavery, “There is no question that
thousands, indeed tens of thousands, of North
Carolinians went hungry,” notes Paul D. Escott in
a new book about the mighty and the meek in this
state during the latter half of the 19th Century.
Food riots erupted, with women often leading
them; “robbery became social banditry;” schools
withered as counties, the state and the Confedera
cy “made unprecedented efforts to extend gov
ernment aid to the poor.” An internal war erupted
within the intersectional strife and recrimination
lasted for two generations.
George ’Tindall devotes a thick chapter of “Em
ergence of the New South” to health disasters
oozing from poverty dumg the opening quarter of
this century. A Rockefeller agency, the Sanitary
Commission on the Eradication of the Hookworm
Disease, between 1909 and 1914 contributed to the
treatment of 694,494 cases in 11 Southern states.
Malaria stood second to hookworms as “probably
the most serious obstacle to the development of a
civilization in the region where they prevail," re-
(See POVERTY, Page 2)
Becton Goes Both Ways
JXo Earn Flying Eagle
mm
West Craven’s offense ex
ploded in last week’s win over
West Carteret, but it was the de
fensive play of one Eagle that has
earned him this week’s Flying
Eagle Award.
Anthony Becton
Anthony Bectonhad nine tack
les, one interception and one
fUmble recovery from his line
backer’s position last FViday as
the Eagles posted a Coastal Con
ference victory. Becton also
added a pair of touchdowns and
rushed for 85 yards against West
Carteret’s Patriots.
Becton is the second lineback
er to win the Flying Eagle Award.
Jonathan Taylor was the other
linebacker to win the Flying
Eagle Award.
’The Eagles are 3-1-1 and will
play North Lenoir tomorrow
night in another Coastal Confer
ence battle.
Coach Clay Jordan is suffering
from a bout with the fiu and was
unable to comment on Becton’s
play.
The Eagles had been suffering
on ofrense, but that suffering en
ded Friday night as the Eagles
posted 17 first-quarter points and
(See EAOLE, Page 2)
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Reporter, Ad Manager
Join Newspaper’s Staff
Terri Jamieson of Vanceboro
has joined the staff of the West
Craven Highlights as a reporter,
announced Mike Voss, editor of
the newspaper.
Voss also announced that
Karen Taylor has taken over
advertising duties for the pub
lication. Taylor lives in Cho-
cowinity and she heads the clas
sified advertising section of the
Washington Daify News.
Mrs. Jamieson’s duties will be
to cover news, develop feature
stories and some photography in
the near fiituie, said Voss.
”I am very happy to have Terri
join the staff. I think that because
she is from Vanceboro she gives
us a better feel for what is hap
pening in the area. Although she
has worked for the newspaper
before, her role this time will be
much different and expanded,”
said Voss.
Mrs. Jamieson, who also works
part-time as a nurse, will be given
assignments, but also will be free
to develop stories on her own,
said Voss. Anyone with any news
or other story ideas are asked to
contact the West Craven High
lights’ office in Vanceboro or
Mrs. Jamieson at 244-0101.
Mrs. Jamieson said she wanted
to help improve local news
coverage and help develop other
interesting stories for the news-
(See REPORTER, Page 5)
.A -
New Upholstery Shop
Opens In Vanceboro
Firemen s Day Makes
Annual Autumn Visit
It is time to get out your leisure
clothes and head once again to
-tH., Vanceboro Fire Depart
ment’s annual Firemen’s Day
celebration this Saturday.
But wait, dont forget to make
sure to take a lawn chair or pull
up your vehicle on the side of the
road so you can get the best view
in town of the annual Firemen’s
Du' parade. The parade is sche
duled to begin at 10 a.m. Parade
entries will line up at 9 a m. at the
front of the Royster Pamlico Mill
site. ’The parade will begin there
and wind its way down Main
Street and end near the fire de
partment headquarters.
If your club or group Is in
terested in participating in the
parade, contact Stanley Kite at
the fire department for more in
formation.
In addition to the parade there
will be other activities avaUlib)&
Some of these include a ei'an'
(See FIREMEN'S. Page S)
Fall Colors
Most North Carolinians tend to think of the mountains when
talking about colorftal autumns in the state. But at Tryon Palace In
New Bern and elsewhere in the city, there will be plenty of color
U^s to chrysanthemums and the Chrysanthemum Festival Oct.
16 through 18. ’The chiysanthemum-filled gardens of TVyon Palace
tn fim to the public during the festival. The Elizabeth II, a repro-
ducUon era leth centtuy sailing vessel, will be in New Bern. Giant
hot-air balloons will fill Bicentennial Park with colors of their own
at 5:30 p.m. Oct 16 and 17.
We’ve got you coveted Vance
boro.
That could be the slogan for a
new business that opened its
doors recently in town. Vance
boro Upholstery and Canvas is
located on Streets Ferry Road
near the bridge.
Bill and Betty Dunn, along
with Linda McLawhom, operate
the business.
Mrs. Dunn said that the shop
does complete upholstery and
canvas work. This includes
working on tractor canopies to
church pews to boats and trucks.
She added at the store has a very
large selection of fabrics such as
vinyl and veneer which can be
used for cars, trucks and re-
cliners.
The new establishment will
order the fabric seiected by cus
tomers. Currently the fabric
selection for frimiture is limited,
but in the near friture the firm
expects to expand the selections.
Dunn is currently associated
with the military and plants to
retire next spring. He was trained
in uphoistery whiie in the mUit-
aty. He has 10 years experience
and managed an upholstery shop
on a military base in Hawaii.
Mrs. Dunn encourages cus
tomers to stop by and talk about
their upholstery and canvas
needs. “We’re hometown people
and will work with them in any
way we can,” she said. She said
(See SHOP, Page S>