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Continued
The fabric of Bertie County since 1832
BERTIE LEDGER-ADVANCE
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Department, Windsor
Fire Department and
Windsor Public Works
Department all were on
hand to keep citizens
safe.
The initial collapse
damaged the adjacent
law offices of Tonza Ruf
fin, but did not cause
any other damage. Ruf
fin owned both build
ings, but had agreed to
allow the town to re
move the Western Auto
structure.
Castelloe said the next
step will be having con
tractors resubmit bids
which now will be just
for cleanup. Those bids
will likely be approved
at the April 12 meet
ing, and cleanup begin
shortly thereafter.
Castelloe said the
area should be safe, but
urged citizens to stay
away from the debris.
He also expressed
appreciation to Boyd
Copeland Contracting,
the Windsor Police De
partment, Windsor Fire
Department and the
Windsor Public Works
team.
Phelps, took to the podium
to share some special mo
ments about Dr. Davis.
“1 spent some time at East
Carolina University with Al-
den and when he left and
went to medical school we
would go visit him,” Phelps
said.
Phelps also joked about Dr.
Davis’ performing surgery
on his mother and how af
terward he seemed a little
nervous about the fact that
he had just operated on his
best friend’s mother.
“1 asked Alden what he is
going to do now that he has
graduated, because he is not
retiring he is just graduating
from having to work,” Phelps
added.
Phelps, along with other
lifelong friends, Bert Castel-
low and John Davis, present
ed Dr. Davis with a special
retirement gift, a gold rifle
Windsor Mayor Pro Tem
pore Cathy Wilson recog
nized Dr. Davis and the many
surgeries he had performed
in the more than 30 years of
services he provided to the
area.
“Dr. Davis provided vari
ous surgeries such as: her
nia repairs, open and laparo
scopic cholecystecomy (gall
bladder removal), breast
biopsy, mastectomy, vas-
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Dr. Alden Davis (left) receives a gift from his friend Tim Phelps during his retirement banquet.
cular surgery, pacemaker
insertion, appendectomy,
hemorrhoidectomy, colon
resection, small bowel sur
gery, soft tissue surgery, and
placement of infusaports,”
said Wilson.
“The total procedures esti
mated in over 30-plus years
include 60,250 procedures
and surgeries. A total of ap
proximately 30,250 colonos
copies and 12,750 gastrosco
pies,” she continued.
On behalf of the town of
Windsor, Wilson presented
Dr. Davis with a key to the
city.
Former co-worker Penny
Clough talked about going to
work for Dr. Davis fresh out
of a local medical assisting
program.
“Dr. Davis was the one who
helped encourage me to go
to nursing school. He is also
the one who found my colon
cancer. He is a great doctor
and a wonderful friend,” said
Clough.
Dr. Davis’ brother, Brian,
enlightened the crowd on
funny stories of him growing
up.
“My brother rode his bike
down the road with an acre
on each side and would hit
the only stove pipe in the
area. Mom took him in and
had to clean up all of his
wounds. The funny part was
it was on our sister’s bike,
and all she was worried
about was where was her
bike,” said Davis.
“After Alden started col
lege, he really found his
groove in things, like the
movie ‘How Stella Got Her
Groove Back.’ He really has
done great things,” he con
tinued.
“1 enjoyed my time, but 1
did miss a lot of things when
my children were growing
up. 1 missed a lot of school
plays, church programs and
ballet recitals. 1 tell my resi
dents all of the time to take
time to slow down and en
joy the simple things in life,”
said Dr. Davis.
“1 hope to enjoy to get to
go fishing and hunting in my
retirement. 1 also hope to re
turn to work at some point.
1 just know 1 can’t spend
many hours over an operat
ing table,” he continued.
Dr. Davis has had multiple
abdominal surgeries over
the past two years.
Leslie Beachboard can be
reached via email at Ibeach-
board@ncweeklies.com.
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By early Sunday evening, all that was left of the fornner Western Auto building on Granville Street was a pile of rubble.
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