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Minnesott News BY C.K. Sloan ORDINANCE ON ABANDONED PROPERTY At its regular monthly meeting held in the new Town Hall on the 10th of February, the commissioners adopted the following ordinance proposed by Commissioner Jack Anthes regarding the prohibition of the storage of abandoned or junked equipment within the town limits. —Section 1 - It shall be unlawful for any person to store abandoned or junk equipment on street right of-way or on private property whfen such equipment is visible either from a street or from a neighbor’s property. —Section 2 - In the case of automobiles, they will be considered abandoned and junked if they do not bear a current valid state license tag and have been unmoved for 14 days. This shall also apply to any other equipment requiring a state license tag. —Section 3 - Special per mission may be granted for circumstances such as an tique vehicles being restored or boats under construction on an individual basis. -Section 4 - When a resident is ordered to remove an of fending piece of equipment, such action must be taken within 72 hours. Failure to comply will result in the off ending equipment being towed away at the owner’s expense. A storage fee will be charged the owner until the equipment is properly disposed of. • Other town business conducted at the meeting included a favorable report by Town Manager Brad Rice regarding reception given to the recent increase in water tfates and omission of the Wednesday pick up of trash. ] Manager Rice presented a ^rawing of a proposed counter near the entrance of the town hall. He was authorized to build this counter at a cost not to ex ceed $800. The town manager was commended for his excellent work in construction of the front interior of the building. Mayor Peele and Com missioners Jack Anthes, Lawrence Tucker, Bill Potter, and C. K. Sloan were present, as were townsmen Ed Grondin and Bob Ken nedy. LIONS CLUB At the regular meeting of the Minnesott Beach Lions Club held Monday, the 9th, 120 members and guests e&joyed a delicious dinner. G&iests included visiting LJons from the two New Bern ctu'hs and from Havelock, Bpgue Banks, and Jacksonville New River Club.The latter club captured the Prowlers Award, based r on the percentage of club members attending and distance traveled. The Minnesott club had captured this trophy a month earlier at a meeting in New Bern. A feature of the meeting was the initiation of three new members into the Minnesott club, namely John Banbury, Jim Morton and Bob Baker. They were in ducted by an impressive ceremony put on by a team of New Bern Lions including Jim Stocks, J. C. Coley and C. W. Scott. The wives of the new members assisted in the pinning ceremony. Earlier in the evening Deputy Director Jim Stocks of District 31-H recognized C. K. Sloan of Minnesott and Neil Vester of Bogue Banks as having been most instrumental in the formation of the Minnesott Beach Lions Club. Neil Vester had been chairman of the district’s extension committee at the time. COUNTRY CLUB EVENTS Sunday’s good weather brought out the largest number of golfers since the winter season began. Playing in a threesome with Buck Brown and Lowland News by La Rue Cayton John Cayton of Smithfield and Ann Morgan of Clayton visited with his father Bemie Cayton and his sister on Tuesday and Friday. Sorry to hear about Dallas Lewis and Mrs. Roy Ireland who are patients at Craven County Hospital where both underwent surggery recently. Angel Ireland of Bayboro spent the weekend with Audry Mercer who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robbie Mercer. Mr. and Mrs. Mayhew Potter and grandson, Wayne, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Potter and their son JTravis of Grantsboro. Mrs. Trudy Jones and children of Vandemere visited with her daughter, Mr. Mrs. Jeff Potter. Mrs. Molly Gibbs and Mavis O’Neal left Sunday for Durham where Mavis will enter Duke for a check-up. Doug Lewis of Grantsboro spent the weekend with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Ellis Lewis. Mrs. Linda Lupton, Mrs. Ramona Willis of Arapahoe, Iola Leary and her son Timmy, Nathan Lewis, Mark Ross, Brad Potter, Ivon Ireland, Raymond Lupton and his friend, Mr. and Mrs. Rondyl Lupton, Gloria and Zool Ireland all attended the wedding of their son Brad Ireland who was married to Angel Potter. The wedding was held in Southport this past Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Foreman, Maggie Ireland and Florence Lewis of Hobucken attended the service that was held at Bethel Primitive Baptist Church in Grantsboro. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Garris and their son and Mrs. Mary Bert Eason of Wilson visited with her sister, Mrs. Ear nestine Yelverton. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lupton and son Joey and Iola Leary visited with Mrs. Minnie Pollard of Hobucken The ladies of the Goose Creek Island VFD will sponsor a Teen-Night for ages H-17. The admission will be 50 cents. The hours will be from7-ll p.m. at the Lowland Community Building on February 20. Also, there will be pool tables, ping pong, stero music. Chaperones for Teen-Night will serve refreshments. Judith Midgette of Williamston spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs. Willie Gray Midgette. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bruce and family of Cheasepeake spent the weekend with her father, Virgil Lupton. Mr. Donald Harris and his son Buddy of Grantsboro visited with his son, Mr. and Mrs. T. Harris and T.W. this past weekend. LaRue Cayton visited with Mrs. Lucy Toler and her daughters, Mary and Margie Rt. 1 Eraul and also Mr. and Mrs. Pete Lozica of Mesic. manager Bill Gillikin, Monty Willis scored a hole-in-one on the number 9 water hole. An unusual feature of this ace was that Monty’s drive with a pitching wedge went into the cup on the fly, shattering the cup. Bill Gillikin’s birdie on this hole only gave him second place. Buck Brown came in third with a par. As of Sunday, 42 golfers had signed up for the Two Man Best Ball Tournament to be played on the week end of March 7th and 8th. This popular event includes a steak dinner and dance on Saturday with live music. The Valentines Day dance was attended by about 50 persons. Because of the conflict with the above tournament, the men’s “Ham ‘n Egg” tourney will be played the second Saturday in March. Kirby Saunders of Wilson played golf twice the past week as the house guest of Malcolm Rowe. The beaver dam between number 8 and number 17 fairways is still intact. It backs up water to the bridge on number 8, thus covering what once was called “Cat Tail Flats”. This construction work by the beavers shows that they have more ar chitectural sense than the original designers of the course. VAN HOOKS | WRECKER SERVICE Stonewall, N.C. 745-3811 or 745-3886 Let a master mechanic repair your car - foreign or domestic .NOJOBTOOLARGE OR TOO SMALL Engines - Transmissions Starters - Alternators Carburator Overhauls - Tune-ups 24 hr. Wrecker Service Pleasing you pleases us ■. - Open 8am-6pm 6 days a wee Pictured above are the Governor's Page* for the week of January 12—16. Included in the picture are Rondall and Johnny Rice. Juniors Discuss Arts & Croaker Festivals The Oriental Junior Woman's Club held its regular meeting at the home of Ruth Statham on Monday, February 2. Guests were welcomed, the minutes approved and the treasurer gave her monthly report. Lynda Best reported on the District Arts Festival to be held in Jacksonville on March 7. Winners of the local Arts Festival will compete at the District Festival and District winners will compete in the state Arts Festival in Win stor.-Salem on March 28. Club members were encouraged to attend both if possible. Ruth Statham read, as the devotion, a piece by Mother Theresa, a Nobel Peace Prixe winner. She then reported on the plans for the 2nd Annual Pamlico County Croaker Festival. Gary Dean, Craig Weber and Lee Moore have agreed to return this year as the Masters of Ceremonies. Kandy Broughton volun teered to serve as the Public Affairs chairman. Stonewall N ews First things first with a correction from last week’s news. It was Diana Hewitt who was married to Ronnie Ireland not Linda. My apologies folks. Mrs. Eva Belle Casey was busy last week with her sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Gaston Strickland of Savannah, Georgia visiting. Mrs. Rena Salter of Atlantic, N. C. joined the family over the weekend and on Saturday night the entire family came for a family reunion dinner. Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Daniels, Mr. and Mrs. Tyrwe Daniels, Mr. Sammy Daniels, Mrs. Aurora News Rowe by Myrt Mr. and Mrs. Lee Porter were weekend guests of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Lee Portor. On Sunday af ternoon they attended his brother’s wedding, Fred Porter and Debbie Lewis. Mrs. W. E. Berry and Mrs. Doris Denton attended the Council of Aging in Washington on Wednesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Webster Walker and children spent the weekend in Charlotte with Mrs. Walker’s sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Gary Edwards. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hull of Warsaw were weekend guests of Mrs. Myrt Rowe. Mrs. Charles Hardy of Washington and children, Debby, Blount, John and Fred visited their grand mother, Mrs. Myrt Rowe, on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Kirby Saunders of Wilson were weekend guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Rowe. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bar tholomew have returned home after a visu with her mother, Mrs. Rosa Cotten, also her daughter and tamily, Mr. and Mrs. Byran Thigpen of Wilmington. Mrs. Doris Denton was honored on her birthday, Saturday 14, with a seafood dinner at the Berrys’ home with Mrs. Docia Lupton, Mrs. Marie Williamson attending. The evening was enjoyed playing bridge. Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Rena Salter, Mr. and Mrs. Gaston Strickland, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Daniels, Jr., their children Danny, David, and Kimberly, and, of course, Mrs. Eva Belle. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Alexander were in Port smouth, Virginia over the weekend visiting with Mr. Alexander’s brother, Ed ward, and sister, Mabel Lee, and their family. While there they also were hoping to visit Mrs. Ina Gaskins. To raise money this year for the Croaker Festival fireworks, the club will hold a dance over Easter weekend in the new club building. It was decided to hold a bake sale on Saturday, February 14 with the proceeds going to the Heart Fund. (Note: the bake sale netted over $101 for the Heart Fund). The meeting adjourned with the reading of the Collect. Refreshments were served by the hostess, Ruth Statham. by Patricia Wood Mr. and Mrs. Richard Banks and family had dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Luptoon on Wednesday night. Mr. Ray Gatlin has been feeling much better and is moving around town again. Nice to see him out and about again. Miss Cheryl McLawhom spent last weekend at the University of North Carolina in Wilmington getting to know the campus. Cheryl will attend classes there in the Governor’s Pages for Pamlico County Johnny W. Rice and Rondall R. Rice served as Pages in the Offices of Governor Jim Hunt for the week of January 12—16,1961. Johnny worked mainly with Ms. Daughtry and Rondall was assigned to work in the Office of the Secretary of Transportation. They stayed in the home of Secretary of Transportation, Thomas Bradshaw. It was a very educational as well as en joyable week for both boys. They were impressed with the workings of government at the State level and learned much about North Carolina on the tours offered each day to the Pages. Hie Bradshaws made them feel very much at home during their stay. Johnny was very pleased to have had the opportunity to speak with Governor Jim Hunt and felt he was much interested in the young people of North Carolina. Rondall had a friendly relationship with Mr. Thad Eure, Secretary of State, and visited with him every opportunity. Both boys ap preciated the opportunity to serve as Governor’s Pages at this particular time as they were among the first pages to serve a Governor elected for a second term of office. Johnny and Rondall are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Melbie L. Rice of Alliance. David Gaskins, son of Mr. and Mrs. William W. Gaskins of Stonewall, will be going as a Governor’s Page during the week of April 13 through April 17th. Joy Creech of Oriental, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Manley A. Creech, served as a Page in Governor Jim Hunt’s offices in Raleigh during the week of February 9-13. Joy is a Sophomore at Pamlico County High School. CETA Dropout Program If you are a high school dropout between the ages of 16 and 21 and presently out of work, the CETA Dropout k Program may be the answer to your problem. As a participant in the Dropout Program, you may work 32 hours a week at the minimum wate rate. All par ticipants must meet the eligibility guidelines as to family income and must enroll in an educational program with ultimate goal of receiving the G.E.D. Certificate or its equivalent. If you are interested be sure to contact the CETA Work Experience Program, Twin Rivers Opportunities, Inc. (formerly Coastal Progress, Inc.), Dunn Building. Corner of Craven and Pollock Streets, New Bern, or call 633-5671. 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