Local Arts Council
Begins 2nd Year
by C. Ray Dudley
To all of the residents of
Pamlico County, Let me present
to you, the Pamlico County Arts
Council. It was formed in the
spring of 1976. On May 5th, the
Board members met and were
selected. Mrs. Netta Broughton
served as the first President of
the Arts Council and did an
outstanding job. On June 2nd the
first General Assembly was held
inBayboro.
The Pamlico County Arts
Council was very successful in
the first year of organization.
The first program was a
delightful film festival in
November of 1976. The atten
dance was high with with all
parts of the county represented.
Also in the fall of ‘76 the ac
tivities included an Arts and
Crafts Festival in Oriental.
Many tourists viewed the works.
In December we held our first
Christmas Festival. Many
Craven County craftsmen
displayed their artistic talents.
Musical groups entertained
throughout the afternoon. The
attendance was light. Close coor
dination with the Pamlico Coun
ty Recreation Department has
aided the Arts Council. Also the
administration of the Pamlicot
Technical Institute has been ex
tremely helpful in allowing the
use of their facilities for
meetings and special functions.
We must not forget Netta
Broughteon, our first President,
Mesic
Celebrates May
Day Saturday
by C. Ray Dudley
On Saturday, May 14th, Mesic
will hold their annual May Day
celebration at the Mesic Com
munity Center, starting at 9 a.m.
Come on out and bring a friend
and plan to spend the entire day
of fun and games. There will be
activities for all groups and
ages. Come on out and join the
competition. Who will win on the
obstacle course? Who’ll hold the
record for the ice cream eating
contest.. What’s the record for
the most consecutive free
throws? Who’s the best in one
on-one competition? Who’ll win
more prizes and ribbons in the
track and field events? Come on
out on Saturday, May 14th and
see that all your questions to
these will be answered along
with many other events, in
cluding a few surprises. There
will be plenty of food and
refreshments. You all are in
vited to come on out and have a
good time. For further informa
tion contact Mrs. Matilda Jones
at 745-4355.
PIANOS
Before You Buy
$10.00 a Month Rents
a New Wurlitzer
Piano.
Rent Applies to
Purchase If you Buy
FULLER'S
MUSIC HOUSE
216' ? Middle Street
New Bern, N.C.
who did an outstanding job in
coordinating activities. One of
the Arts Council goals for this
year involves membership. We
need you to get on the band
wagon and come along with us in
awakening the arts in Pamlico
County.
Recently the Arts Council met
in a dinner session and selected
officers for. the coming year.
Tom Reed was elected President
with Nancy Tuttle May serving
as Vice President. Kathy Greene
was selected Secretary and
Treasurer was tapped by Mrs.
Grover Harris. In the Commit
tee departments, Sarah Alice
Harris was selected to the Pro
gram Committee along with
Dennis Delamar. Membership
selected Mrs. Lopez, Ways and
Means, Don Carter, and Publici
ty, C. R. Dudley, George
Thomason and Dot Avent. Other
committees will be chosen at a
later date. The Pamlico County
Arts Council Board consists of:
Tom Reed, Kathy Greene, Den
nis Delamar, Dot avent, Nancy
May, Sarah Harris, George
Thomason, Mildred Sawyer,
Walter Chance, Minda Harris,
Don Carter and Isidra Lopez.
Ex-Officio members include
Netta Broughton and C. R.
Dudley. “Stair Way to the Stars”
is the Arts Council first big pro
ject for the new year. Come on
out on Friday, May 13th at the
Pamlico County High School
Auditorium at 8 p.m. Tickets are
still available. Support and join
the Pamlico County Arts Council
today in awakening the arts here
in Pamlico County. Contact the
Arts Council today. The next
meeting is Wednesday, May
18th, at the Pamlico Technical
Institute.
Moose Lodge
Officers
Installed
The following officers were in
stalled on Sunday May 1 for
Pamlico County Moose Lodge
2216:
Ben Gaskill, governor; Victor
Woodard, past governor; James
Caton, prelate; Edward
Spencer, secretary; H.
W.Richardson, treasurer; Seth
Daniels, Donald Hardison and
Willie Paul,
trustees;Interguard, Leslie
Robinson and Earl Paul;
sergeant at arms, Wesley Robin
son.
Donna Willis
In Field
Education
Program
Donna Willis of Grantsboro,
was one of the 43 East Carolina
University students to par
ticipate in the field education
spring placements program in 31
social work and correctional ser
vice agencies in North Carolina
and Virginia.
Placements include mental
health institutions, agencies and
hospitals, alcoholism programs,
police departments, juvenile
courts, convalescent and day
care centers, probation and
parole offices, correctional in
stitutions and law offices.
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Mrs. Joseph D.
McClees Certified
Mrs. Joseph D. McClees of
Oriental and Morehead City was
certified April 30 in Raleigh by
the North Carolina Music
Teachers Association as a
qualified teacher of piano.
,3o attain this honor and
recognition, Mrs. McClees had
to have a degree from college or
conservatory with a major in
music, either as a piano major
or with piano as the major in
strument. Mrs. McClees is a 1974
graduate of East Carolina
University with a B. M. degree
in piano pedagogy. She also bad
to present proof or evidence of
Dried Flower
Demonstration
Now is the time to plant flower
seeds for summer bloom. Do you
ever wish you could enjoy the
beauty of these summer
bloomers year round.. You
can....by drying your flowers for
use in dried arrangements,
floral collages under glass, in
paperweights and other
delightful ways.
The Pamlico County
Agricultural Extension Service
will present a lecture
demonstration on drying flowers
and foliage on Tuesday, May 10,
at 9:30 a.m. The class will be
held at the Agricultural Exten
sion Service Office; Courthouse
Annex; Bayboro. Lecture will
cover such topics as which
flowers to dry, when to pick
flowers for drying, coloring
dried materials and the drying
methods or airdrying, pressing,
silica gel and alternatives,
microwave ovens and ironing. It
will take approximately two
hours. There is no charge.
Please call the Pamlico
Agricultural Extension Service
at 745-4121 to register. If you
have questions, contact Ms.
Susan Noble, Assistant Home
Economics Extension Agent, at
the above number.
PTI Testing
Schedule
For GED
GED testing for high school
equivalency will be held at
Pamlico Technical Institute on
Wednesday night, May 18 from
6:30 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. and
again on Thursday, May 19 from
8:00 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.. If you
need review before taking the
tests, the learning lab is open to
you free of charge from 8:oo
a.m. until 10:00 p.m. Monday
through Thursday.
The June testing date is June 9
from 8:00 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. .
Please contact Peggy Lawter at
249-1851 if you are interested.
Stop ‘N Swap
Wondering what to do with all
those paperback books you have
cluttering up your bookshelf?
Bring them by the Flea Market
this Saturday and swap with us.
Swap five of yours for three of
ours. Now isn’t that a painless
way to help the Pamlico County
Museum.. While you are there,
browse around. You may find an
item you have been looking. Br
ing a friend with you. The Flea
Market is open from 10a.m. until
3p.m.
If you cannot come by the Flea
Market, contact Dot Avent or
Dollie Ensley to arrange for
pickup of your donations. All
proceeds are used to support the
Pamlico County Museum.
professional public per
formances in piano solo, ac
companying and conducting.
She also submitted an original
composition she wrote entitled
“Beatitude” which was examin
ed by the board of judges. As a
last phase in achieving the
“Standard Certificate” she had
to prove she had at least three
years of teaching experience
plus four students representing
the different levels in her class
were to be examined by the
Board of Examiners.
The four pupils representing
these levels were Master Steven
Huber, Miss Marianna Mason,
Mr. David Innis and Miss Karen
Piner. The students had to per
form three compositions from
memory, sight-read material
commensurating with their level
of advancement and be prepared
for any musicianship phase the
judges desired to be tested such
as scales, arpeggios, chords, ear
training, music history, ac
companying and harmonization.
The judges were very much im
pressed with the students’
demonstration, especially with
their choice of literature as well
as the motivation and confidence
they displayed.
Stonewall
4-H News
by Karen Alexander, Reporter
The Stonewall 4-H Club met
Saturday, April 30th at the old
Stonewall School. The first order
of business was the election of of
ficers. The results of our election
were as follows: President,
David Gaskins: Vice-president,
Amanda Gatlin; Secretary
Treasurer, Steve Carey; and
Reporter, Karen Alexander.
After the election, discussions
were held on new and old
business.
The program was then
presented by Jimmy Howell, of
the North Carolina Highway
Patrol. He discussed the many
points of Bicycle Safety with
club members. After the pro
gram, the 4-H members receiv
ed reflectorized decals for their
bikes. After a recreation period,
the meeting was adjourned.
Pamlico Tech
Presents
Film Festival <
If you are looking for some
free entertainment don’t miss
the Film Festival on campus at
PTI. The public is invited. Films
are scheduled for Friday nights
at 7:30 p.m.
The films are for a good nights
entertainment for the whole
family. There is a special
feature film scheduled for June
10, and their possibly will be 2
more special feature films
scheduled during the festival.
Listed below are some feature
films that have already been
scheduled:
Desert Fox, May 6,1977
Special Feature Film, June 10,
1977
Adam’s Rib, June 24,1977
Northwest Passage, July 1,
1977
The Thin Man, July 8,1977
I Heard The Owl Call My
Name, August 12,1977
Stagecoach, August 19,1977
Dr. Jekl and Mr. Hyde,
Septembers 1977
National Velvet, September
30,1977
African Queen, October 7,1977
A SINGLE MARTIN darts
across the quiet surface of a
stream between Stonewall and
Merritt during early morning
hours, as a thin morning mist
clears away. A grove of trees
reflected in the rush bordered
stream adds to the rural
peacefulness of the scence
(Photograph by Jerry Raynor)
In And Around Oriental
By Mrs. G. P. Midyette
Quartely Meet
The Quarterly meeting of the
Pamlico County Historical
Association was held in the Wat
son Restaurant in Lowland Fri
day night, combining a dutch
dinner and a business session.
Several of the members from
Oriental attended. These were
Mrs. Inez Hargrove, Mrs. Annie
Phelps, Mrs. G. P. Midyette and
Mrs. Peggy Piland and others.
The new president, Mr. Avent,
presided and introduced the new
projects being planned for the
preservation and promotion of
the Museum building, formerly
known as the Register of Deeds
building. I guess that everyone
knows the Pamlico County
Historical Association was in
strumental in saving the
building and preventing its being
bulldozed down. It is presently
being used as a library and being
equipped as a museum.
There are several fund raising
projects being conducted such as
the flea market. Some of the
projects discussed for the
history of the county included
one to tabulate the grave sites
from old cemeteries, to locate
the oldest home in Pamlico
County and to take part in the
county celebration of the 4th of
July and perhaps an antique
show. Mrs. Linwood Gooding
will perhaps’ make a more
detailed report to the public,
seeking their suggestions and
support.
Oriental Woman’s
Club Met
The Oriental Woman’s Club
held its May meeting in the
Woman’s Club Building on the
first Tuesday of the month. Mrs.
Ineze Hargrove, president,
presided and led the pledge to
the flag. Mrs. Lucille Murray
brought beautiful and inspira
tional devotional thoughts, clos
ing with prayer.
Mary Harris, program chair
man from the Public Affairs
Department, introduced the
speaker, Sheriff Leland Brinson
who was guest speaker. His topic
was “Hands Up” on what part
women can play in prevention of
crime. The Sheriff told of
several incidents where people
have been robbed and other
crimes committed, then showed
a sound movie narrated by
Perry Mason, cautioning us
about invitations to burglary. He
showed pistols, safe and unsafe,
and cautioned us not to use mace
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for protection and demonstrated
locks and how to make your
house secure.
The Hands Up checklist
distributed contained several
pages of information on crime
and how to make one’s home
more secure. (This newspaper
will carry portions from the
literature from the FBI, each
week until all the information
has been used).
Several thank you letters were
read, one from a student for
money the club contributed to
the Special Olympics Program
and from junior delegates for
help on the trip to the North
Carolina Federation meeting in
Winston-Salem. Mrs. Linda
Sanderson reported on this
meeting. There was also a thank
you letter from the State Federa
tion for four gifts of art objects
which were contributed to be
sold for the State Arts Fund
which is used as awards to
students in State Fine Arts
Festival. A special thank you
was said to Mrs. Louise Oldham
for washing and ironing the
chair covers in the club house.
Reports were heard from the
treasurer, Lucille Murray, Ways
and Means by Louise Oldham,
membership by Agnes MacRay,
Mary Harris, hospitality and
cemetery by the two Spruill
sisters, Martha and Catherine to
whom a rising vote of thanks
was made by the members for a
job well done by these girls and
Grant Morris and James
Thomoson, who do the mowing.
Mrs. Ethel Harris gave the
first reading of changes that are
to be made in the Club By Laws.
The second reading will be heard
at the June meeting.
The Nominating Committee,
Mrs. Eula Walker, Mrs. Kunt
zler and Helen Eubanks
presented the slate of two of
ficers as follows: for vice presi
dent, Mrs. Fay Bond and for
secretary, Mrs. Louise Oldham,
who were unanimously elected
for the next biennium.
These announcements were
made. The play off game of the
Bridge Tournament will be May
18 at 7 o'clock in the home of
Mrs. Inez Hargrove. It was
decided to use the same project
for ways and means again next
year. This will be called a
marathon instead of a tourna
ment next year.
The play to be given at the
high school, “Stairway to the
Stars” was announced. This will
be on May 15.
Mrs. Marion Stewart announc
ed that she has tickets for
memberships in the North
Carolina Symphony. She sold
several for $10 each for next
year.
Hostesses were Mrs. Lucille
Murray and Louise Oldham who
invited the members to the
Marina Restaurant where they
were complemented with lemon
pie and hot coffee during a short
pleasant social hour.
Letter From
Rena Daniels
Irma Midyette had a beautiful
letter from our friend, Mrs.
Rena Daniels, which she wishes
to share with any who might be
interested.
She says she has joined the
Woman’s Club in Holland,
Michigan; the Homemakers
Club; also a genealogical socie
ty, a historical club, an art group
and a camera club She says she
has fun and her kids say they
can’t keep up She sent me a copy
of a letter of thanks she sent to
Dr. Warren for saving her life
when she had a severe stroke 10
months ago and was left paralyz
ed on her left side. She told him
she has had a miracle healing.
She uses a four pronged cane for
walking outside and no cane
around the house. Her left arm is
movable but not very usable
Here is another of Rena’s
Rhymes:
Down deep near my heart is
my hiding place
Where my memory jewels are
stored.
The love of friends, and my
sweetheart’s face
And a long list of gifts from the
Lord.
I store tid bits of love I really
should spend, *
A box of thanks for a kindly
deed,
A basket of laughs to share
with a friend
And that pile of dreams I no
longer need.
I presuume that she did not
know that Dr. Warren has
recovered from a stroke also-or
was it a heart attack?
Rena was nominated and
selected for her biography to be
included in the book, “Per
sonalities of the South” that will
come off the press in the fall. It
is compiled and edited by
Hisotirical Preservations of
America, Inc.
Church Services
The church services on the
first Sunday in May were held in
recognition of Christian Home
Week. The pastor, Rev. Michael
Oliver, based his sermon on
Joshua's statement, “As for me
and my house, we will serve the
Lord.” The topic was. “The
Sweetest Home on Earth.”
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