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"Serving Pink Hill, Deep Run, Albertson, Beulaville, And Their Surrounding Areas"
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VOL.2 WQ. 37 ! KENANSVILLE, NC 28349 SEPTEMBER 11. 1<W0
CHECKER PLAYERS WELCOME - Wilbur
Tyndall, owner of the Wilbur A. Tyndall Museum
in Pink Hill, would like to welcome any and all
checker players who would like to come out to
play checkers at the museum any Sunday
afternoon. Tyndall states that he gladly furnishes
the shelter to play, benches, and a free parking
space. For some time, men from several areas of
Lenor and Duplin Counties have gathered at the
museum on Sunday afternoons for fun and
relaxation. Don Williams from Beulaville is the
current area champion. Other players include
David Heath Jr. of Kinston, Roscoe Lee of Deep
Run, Oscar Tyndall of Deep Run and James
Aytch of Kinston. Pictured above, left to right,
Don Williams, David Heath Jr., Roscoe Lee and
Oscar Tyndall. Not pictured, James Aytch.
Picture by Lynda W. Stroud
Career Choice Based
On Part-Time Work
By Guy Peterson
Lenoir Community College
The idea of making plant
engineering / maintenance
his career began to develop
when James W. Best III, a
maintenance supervisor at
Kinston's Lenoir Memo
rial Hospital, worked as a
part-time helper in this field
during his High school
career.
"I did not have time for
extra-curricular activities
because I had to work," Best
said in a recent interview.
"My first part-time job
was as a carrier for a
newspaper. Then in my last
year in junior high school,
my mother, who is employed
in the hospital's payroll de
partment, helped me get a
job as part-time maintenance
helper with the engineering
maintenance department.
When I entered high school,
my highest ambition was to
become an architect.
However, the longer I
worked in my maintenance
responsibilities, the greater
became my interest in en
gineering and maintenance. I
liked the challenve of reoair
ing mechanical items. The
problems always were dif- (
ferent and required different '
approaches for solutions. I
Work is never boring. *
"When I was graduated s
from Kinston High in 1974, I r
was employed full-time as a
maintenance helper at the r
hospital. I knew, however, *
that if I wanted to advance in '
the field, I needed more r
training. I arranged my woHt 1
schedule for night shifts and r
enrolled in the two-year plant <
engineering-industrial main- s
tenance curriculum at Lenoir s
Community College." e
The plant engineering-in
dustrial maintenance ?'
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program carries a de- n
manding trade curriculum, |(
including study in electrical tl
principles, welding, air-con- tl
ditioning and refrigeration,
plumbing and pipe-fitting. ((
machine shop operations and
applied shop mathematics jj
from arithmetic to trigono- ^
metry. w
By the end of the 1976 j
spring quarter. Best had j
completed all program re- (j
quirements and was gradu- e
ated with honors in tne May v
commencement exercises, cl
His education began paying
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lividends shortly after his
XC graduation when he was
>romoted to mechanic. In
)ctober 1979. he received
mother promotion ? to
naintenance supervisor.
In his responsible role as
naintenance supervisor,
lest directs the activities of a
0-person maintenance team
nade up of four mechanics,
wepewters <md four general
nainenance employees. Best
ssues work orders,
chedules work-loads and
upervises the work of the
ntirecrew.
Best says, "1 am a work
ig supervisor. You might
erm me the master
lechanic to whom the crew
>oks for assistance when
ley run into any problems
ley cannot handle." %
Best's long-range goal is
> become a hospital en
ineer. This objective will
ivolve some time, however,
ecause his top priority is the
welfare of his wife Gayle and
9-months-old daughter
iffany Noel. Finding the
me and money to finance an
ngineering degree will in
olve sacrifice and hard
hoices. in his view.
The initial steps toward
lis life-time objective were
iken by Best when he
nrolled in the college trans
?r pre-engineering curricu
im at lrfX last spring. Best
opes when he has com
leted this two-year program
e will be able to work out a
?ay to complete his last two
ears at a four-year en
ineering school.
Best is enthusiastic about
is current prospects and
lans. however. He says,
I'd rather be a plant en
ineer in a hospital than in
ny other type of industry or
usiness because there is
uch a great variety of equip
lent to work on . "
Not only is he enthusias
c about his work, but you
et the impression that he
ikes his work very seriously.
Ie insists that hospital plant
laintenance is more impor
int than any other main
tnance "because the repairs
e make are essential to
fe."
Ambrose Promoted
Bv BB&T Bonk
The board of directors of
Sranch Banking and Trust
Company meeting in Wilson
n August promoted Darvl
N. Ambrose to assistant
Daryl W. Ambrose
cashier of the Wallace office, v.
William A. Ambrose, vice y
president and city executive, g
made the announcement.
He had eight years of h
experience with a finance p
company when he joined the "
bank .in February of this g
year. He is a graduate of a:
John A. Holmes High School b
in Edenton and the College si
of the Albemarle, where he rr
was president of Phi Theta
Kappa Honor Society. ti
He was a Jaycee and g
membership chairman of the 11
Aces Booster Club. H
Mrs. Ambrose is the rr
former Connie Layton of ts
Merry Hill and they have two te
children. He is a member of w
the Edenton Baptist Church. Hi
Byrd Residence
Robbed
By Lynda Stroud
The residence of Clarence
and Nancy Byrd of Route 1,
Pink Hill, was broken in -tot
Saturday night of last week.
The Byrds were away for the
weekend. When they re
turned on Sunday, they
found that a burglar had
gained entrance to the house
through the front door which
was locked. Upon entering
their bedroom, they dis
covered a safe missing. The
safe contained important
naoers. some monev and
jewelry. The Lenoir County
sneritts department is
investigating the break-in.
The Uyrd* arc ottering
$500 reward money for any
information leading to the
arrest and conviction of the
person or persons respon
sible for the crime. Any
individual with information
may contact Clarence Byrd or
the Lenoir County sheriff's
department.
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Area
Sports See
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Regional
FFA Winner
Randell Curtis Harper was
recently named winner of the
eastern region ? the FFA
turf and kt^scape
management proliciency
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Randell Curtis Harper
BRANCH FAMILY
REUNION
The direct descendants of
the late Gaston Branch Sr. of
Albertson held a family re
union Sunday. August 31.
The direct descendants
who attended included:
Carrie Watson and Miriam
Houston and Etter Quinn of
Baltimore. Md.;Pearlie Kor
negay, Leslie Branch, Gaston
Branch Jr.. and Doris Bizzell
all of Albertson: Vertie (Doll)
Loftin; Mable Henry and
Lindbergh Branch and
Minnie Clark, all of Brook
lyn. N.Y.; Yvonne West of
Hillside. N.J.; and Doris
Bizzell of Albertson.
There were four genera
tions represented at the
Albertson Adult Education
Center.
This reunion was the
second homecoming for the
Branch family and a success
ful event. The attendance
extended to over 300 family
members and several guests
shared the special event.
The Reverend Clifton
Jones and his wife, Hattie
Jones of Kinston. were the
family's honorary guests.
Rev. Jones officiated at the
reunion.
Family members from
coast to coast gathered for
the affair.
award recognizing his
achievements in his super
vised agricultural occupy
tional experience in
vocational agriculture. Curtis
is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Harper of Pink Hill and
a member of the South
Lenoir FFA Chapter.
The turf and landscape
management proficiency
award is sponsored by 0. M.
Scott and Sons Co. of Marys
ville, Ohio. Applicants for
the award must be involved
in activities and experiences
in the classroom and on the
job which provide a back
ground for career develop
ment in turf and landscape
managment. As a result of
winning the regional award.
Curtiss is now in the top four
in the nation, with the winner
to be announced at the
National FFA Convention in
Kansas City, Missouri in
November.
THANK YOU
The prayers, thoughts,
flowers, many cards and
every act of kindness shown
to us during the death of my
brother, Mark Worthington,
were deeply appreciated and
will be forever remembered.
God Bless You All.
Robert, Alice, Linwood
and A1 Worthington
Four Duplin Towns Win Governor's
Community Of Excellance Award
Governor Jim ' it an
nounced today th?. Beula
ville, Kenansville, Magnolia
and Rose Hill are winners of
the Governor's Community
of Excellence award^
The awards go *o those
communities under 15,000
persons which meet require
ments designed by the N.C.
Department of Commerce to
make them more competitive
in recruiting industry. Nearly
120 communities have
applied for the award.
BIBLE STUDY
A weekly Bible study en
titled "Great Figures of the
Bible: A Historical and
Biblical Study," will be
taught every TuesAv night
beginning at 8 p.m. at Grove
Presbyterian Church in
Kenansville. The study will
be taught by the pastors.
Rev. Ann Dickey and Rev.
David Dickey. Everyone is
invited to attend.
HOMECOMING
Rev. Ernest Webb, the
officers and members of Big
Zion A.M.E. Zion Church at
Kenansville invite you to
worship at their annual
homecoming service on Sun
day, September Hat 11 a.m.
Bishop George J. Leake,
presiding Bishop of the Ninth
Episcopal District, will
deliver the sermon and the
senior choir will render the
music. A fellowship dinner
will be served in the church
dining room.
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"This award doesn't guar
antee that a new industry will
locate within a community,
but we know from experience
that meeting the require
ments to win the award will
give a community an edge
when recruiting industry,"
Hunt said. "It will be more
difficult to recruit an industry
to an area that can't meet the
requirements of the awards
program."
Representatives of the De
partment of Commerce
visited the communities to n
assure the standard had been *
met. Each award-winning ^
community will receive high
way signs designating it as a ^
community of excellence.
The department will give
special promotional attention
to the award-winning com
munities when working with
industries looking for a plant s
site in the state. a
All four communities re- w
ceived the award when it was ^
lade for the first time last
car. Communities must
ualify each year. Gov. Hunt
ill present the awards at a
tatewide conference in
aleigh in late fall.
"I want to commend the
>b done by the citizens of
hese communities. Their
articipating in the program
> an example of the out
tanding community spirit
nd desire for progress that
ie see throughout North
'arolina," Hunt said.
OLD CHURCH LAKE* UN NEW LOOK -
The Smiths Chapel Church located on Craft
Road in Pink Hill has recently completed a
remodeling project by bricking the entire
exterior of the church building. The present
church was built in 1957, but the original
church was founded by Mr. and Mrs. M.C.
Carr. the first black family in Pink Hill, with
the church being held in the Carr home in
the early '20s. From there it relocated in an
old passenger car that was side-tracked on
the old Casey Railroad. The first pastor of
the church was the Reverend Billy Smith,
hence the name Smith's Chapel was derived.
He remained with the church for 22 years
until his death. The Reverend Rodoiph
Turnage of Kinston is the present pastor.
Photo by Lynda Stroud
200 Attend Women's
Leadership Conference
The Governor's Duplin
County Conference on
Leadership Development for
Women was held at E.E.
Smith Jr. High in Kenans
ville September 6 with over
200 present.
The conference was co
sponsored by Gov. Hunt and
the North Carolina Council
on the Status of Women. The
Duplin conference was co
ordinated by Christine
Williams.
Representing Governor
Hunt was Juanita Bryant,
executive director of leader
ship development for
Women. Bryant delivered a
welcome to the conference
from Hunt.
Delivering the keynote
address was McDowell
County Commissioner Jane
G. Greenlee. Mrs. Greenlee
is also a member of the N.C.
Parole Board.
Six workshops were taught
at the conference: assertive
ness training, time manage
ment, women and stress
management, building a
positive self image and be
coming the best that you can
be. women and the law, and
decision making and creative
problem solving and how diet
can affect our leadership
style. A morning and after
noon workshop session were
held at the conference.
Luncheon entertainment
was provided by Miss Duplin
County Shari Jones,' Miss
Black Teenage North
Carolina Beverly Judge, and
the Sounds of Music from
Wallace.
The conference was closed
by Christine Williams. Ac
cording to Mrs. Williams,
the conference was very
successful, with many of the
participants requesting a
second confernence.
Requests were also ex
pressed for night classes at
James Sprunt Technical
College on the topics of the
conference workshops.
Pink Hill Fire & Rescue Calls
By Lynda W. Stroud
August 31 - Rescue Call.
11:19 p.m., transported
Bonnie Deaver of Route 1.
Albertson to LMH.
Sept. 1 - Fire call, 3:22
a.m. to dumpster fire in
Duplin County; 12:42 a.m.
rescue call, transported r,
Robert Stanley of Route 1, |-|
Pink Hill to LMH. 0
Sept. 3 - 5:58 p.m., fire call
to Bill Byrd Store; b:57 p.m., ^
recall to Bill Byrd Store. |a
Sept. 4 ? 9:22 p.m.. rescue s;
call to Gertrude Branch, y,
Route I. Pink Hill; 9:47 p.m., b,
TTlWIkfTirT M
:scue - transported Olive
[erring of Route 2. Mount
'live to LMH
The Pink Hill fire depart
lent, rescue service and
idies auxiliary would like to
iy thank you for the support
:>u gave them at the donkey
allgame Saturday night.
KINDERGARTEN CLASS COOKING UP SOME
FUN - Mrs. Carter's kindergarten class at Pink
Hill School have already begun cooking up some
fun for the new 1980-81 school year. Each child
made his own gingerbread man. and to the
children's surprise, they ran away! The children
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learned about their new surroundings as they
searched the school to find them. After a
tiresome journey, the students found them back
in the classroom. Oh. what a treat. The class
enjoyed eating them!
Photo By Lynda W. Strand
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