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VOLUME 11 NO. 42
NOVEMBER 3. 1988
VANCEBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
PHONE 244-0780 OR 946-2144
(UPSP 412-110)
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SIX PAGES
$953,860
Divided
By Towns
Powell Bill Funds
To Repair Streets
-n Eight Craven County munici-
Idi^ties will split almost $1 mil-
'lion for street maintenance.
Checks for the eight towns and
cities and totaling $953,860 were
mailed by the N.C. Department
of Transportation earlier this
month. The money comes Arom
Powell Bill allocations. More
than $66.7 million was sent to 473
cities and towns. The money will
be used for street repairs and
maintenance inside the munici
palities that are not part of the
state highway system.
The money comes from tax on
gasoline and is distributed under
a formula set by the general
assembly. Seventy-five percent
of the money is allocate on a
population basis while the num
ber of non-state system street
-ilittes in each town or city is used
to calculate the remaining 25 per
cent
Vanceboro will receive
$24,751.81 of the almost $1 mil
lion. Based on the population for
mula, the town will receive
$15,703.07 and it will receive
$9,048.74 for its 7.78 miles of non-
system mileage.
Bridgeton will receive
$12,367.66 from the allocations.
The population formula will pro
vide $8,296.89 and the town's 3.5
miles of non-system mileage will
provide the remaining $4,070.77.
Cove City's allocation from the
PoweU BiU totals $12,068.24. The
town's 2.42 miles of non-system
mileage will provide $2,814.65
and the population formula will
provide the remaining $9,253.59.
Dover will receive$13,123.91 in
Powell Bill aUocations. The bulk
of the town's street money will
come ftom the ,$10,309.26 based
on the population formula and
the remaining $2,814.65 will be
based on 2.42 miles of non-
(See STREETS, Page 5)
Jobless
Figure
Unmoved
Rate At 3 Percent
For Last 2 Months
.^IJraven County's unemploy-
'ment rate remained the same in
September when compared to
August's rate. Pamlico County's
rate climbed by more than 1 per
cent, Jones County's rate fell
almost 1 percent and Lenior
County experienced a drop in its
jobless rate, according to esti
mates of the N.C. Employment
Service Commission.
Craven County's jobless rate
remained at 3 percent for the
second month in a row, begin
ning in August, while the overall
state rate increased from 3 per
cent in August to 3.1 percent in
September.
'The employment commission
said that in Craven County 996
,-WM>ple out of a total work force of
32,680 were seeking work in
September. In August, 1,010 peo-
(See JOBLESS, Page 5)
Dedication
For Center
Set Nov. 19
The Vanceboro Community
Assocation announces that
through the combined efforts of
the community, county govern
ment, state legislators, contribu
tors and volunteers that the Van
ceboro Community Association
building has been successfiilly
renovated.
A dedication ceremony will be
held Nov. 19 at 16 a.m. at the cen
ter to honor those whose support
has made the center possible,
said a news release prepared by
the association.
(Sec BUILDING, Page S)
Anatomy Of A Touchdown
Beclon grabs lipped pass
(tk Carter phetet)
races toward end zone
where leammales help celebrate touchdown
^The Play’ Wasn’t Enough
Eagles Torpedoed By Mariners, 21-14
If high school football games
lasted 24 minutes, West Craven
would have pulled off a miracle
finish for a 14>7 win over East
Carteret But prep games are 48
minutes long and the Eagles'
miracle turned to misery as the
Mariners handed them a 21-14
loss and ended any playoff
hopes.
After West Craven running
back Lee Becton picked up 14
yards on a first-down draw play
to the Eagle 48, the Eagles called
timeout with one second remain
ing in the first half and the score
knotted at 7-7. Fans could only
guess a pass play was discussed
on the sideline, but the guess
would have been correct.
Eagle sophomore quarterback
Kevin Hoizworth took the snap,
lofted the ball toward follow
sophomore Becton and the
swarming defeneders and saw
Becton slip in front of the ball
that was tipped several times,
catch it near the 25 and race un
touched into the end zone with
no time left on the clock. But the
clock read 14-7 after Jay Gaskins
tacked on the extra-point kick.
The play will be memorable for
years to come, but It takes two
halves to complete a football
game and West Craven used its
miracles up in the first half.
"We ran the ball well at times,
but the short pass was there most
of the game. By the end of the
game they were putting so much
pressure on our quarterback that
we have trouble even getting the
short passes off," said Eagle head
coach Clay Jordan.
“But they just came out and
ran it right at i*s in the second
half," Jordan said. “We stopped
them at times but we weren't
consistent.”
Jordan, dismayed over not
making the playoffs, said the
Eagles were unable to halt the
East Carteret ground attack.
“We’ve got good, powerful
senior backs in (Joe) Montford,
(Lee) Morris, (Greg) Frazier and
(quarterback Mike) Way, said
(See EAGLES, Page 5}
Now 100, Life
Remembered
Piece By Piece
Reprinted with permission of
The Daily ReRector.
By Carol Tyer
The Daily Rrflerlor
Estelle Adams, who turned 100
Monday, lived at her home place
in Craven County until she was
97. When she went to live at the
Grifton Rest Home three years
ago, she couldn’t take her chick
ens and her yard full of plants,
but her quilting squares went
along.
Her hands have since become
too unsteady for quilting, but she
continues to take pleasure in dis
playing the bed covers she made
in her younger days. Examining
a quilt recently in her room at the
rest home, she was quick to point
out which squares came from
which garments of various mem
bers of her family. She said the
quilt her son, Wade Adams,
brought to show reporters was
done in a pineapple pattern. Her
favorite, she said, was one she
gave to Tim Dudley, a member of
her community who mowed her
grass for many years. “Timmy’s
quilt was the prettiest one I ever
did,” she said. “I wish you could
see that one.”
Her son, Wade, who now lives
at the family home place near
Vanceboro and her daughter,
Minnie Runyon, of Alexandria,
Va., will be among those gather
ing at the nursing home to honor
her. Mrs. Adams has outlived two
of her children, sons Marvin and
Edward. She has two grandchil
dren.
She remembers a life of hard
work and taking pleasure in sim
ple things. She said her parents
were George Frank and Mary
Jane Braxton Bright. They
reared her and their three other
daughters — no sons—on a farm
on the River Road near Vance
boro.
“I picked cotton, did every
thing there was to do in tobacco
except plant the seeds,” she said.
“I helped with the chickens and
hogs. I’d do any outdoor work
my daddy wanted me to, because
(See 100, Page 5)
ScouU to help Hglit hunger tills month
Scouts Combat Hunger
With Nov. Food Project
Scouts from the Vanceboro
area will strike a blow against
hunger later this month as they
take part in a massive food
appeal from coast to coast spon
sored by the Boy Scouts of
America.
Scouts from the East Carolina
Council, which serves this area,
will join millions of their fellow
Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Varsity
Scouts and Explorers in a door-
to-door collection of canned food
that will then be donated to local
food pantries for distribution to
the needy.
Numerous area groups are ex
pected to cooperate with the
Scouts in hopes of obtaining a
local goal of 10,000 cans.
Scouts will distribute plastic
food bags door-to-door on Satur
day, Nov. 12. The bags are being
provided by Hardee’s. The fol
lowing Saturday, Nov. 19, the
Scouts will return for the bags,
which they are asking residents
to place outside of doors. Items
(See SCOUTS, Page 5)
Homecoming Sweethearts
Kathy Harmon, left, and Jennifer Peele were named West Craven
High School’s Sweethearts at the halflime of the homecoming foot
ball game Friday night. The naming of the two seniors highlighted a
week of homecoming activities at the school. Students voted on the
candidates and selected Misses Harmon and Peele as the school’s
Sweethearts. They were presented a bouquet of roses during the
halftime ceremonies. (Ric Carter photo)