Community news
Area weddings
Ward - Byrum united
Deborah Lynne Ward and John
Butler Byrum, Jr., were married
September 10 in Happy Home Pen
tecostal Holiness Church in Tyner
in a 5 o'clock candlelight ceremony
by Rev. Danny R. Meads and as
sisted by Rev. Henry Pillow.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. H. Ivey Ward, Jr. of
Tyner. She is the granddaughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. Lawrence Perry of
Rt. 2, Hertford.
The bridegroom is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. John B. Byrum, also of
Tyner.
The bride wore a formal length
gown of white bridal satin. The
bodice was designed with a high
neckline and long tapered sleeves,
both bodice and sleeves were over
laid with alenant lace, seed pearls
and irridescents. The back
waistline was highlighted by a but
terfly bow. The full skirt extended
to a chapel train accented with a
back panel of embroidered lace,
pearls and irridescents. The bride
chose a finger tip veil of illusion
bordered with alencon lace. It was
arranged from a terai cap en
hanced with pearls.
Maid of Honor was Tammy
Copeland of Tyner, cousin of the
bride. Bridesmaids were Karen
Ward of Tyner, Coleen Proctor of
Hertford, cousins of the bride, Ro
bin Byrum of Tyner, sister-in-law
of the groom and Debbie Moreland
of Edenton. Junior bridesmaid was
Hannah Overman of Hertford,
cousin of the bride.
John B. Byrum was best man for
his son. Ushers were Walter By
rum, brother of the groom, Ivey
Ward, brother of the bride, Ricky
Bunch, cousin of the groom and
Harry Ward, cousin of the bride,
all of Tyner. Junior usher was Ja
son Ward, brother of the bride, also
of Tyner.
Flowergirl was Jennifer Evans
of Merry Hill. Jonathan Parks of
Belvidere was ringbearer. Both
are cousins of the bride.
Wedding music was provided by
Danny W. Meads of Richmond, Va.
Vocalists were Sharon Meads of
Stoneville, N. C. Chris Evans of
Fayetteville, N. C. and Darryl Stal
lings of Tyner.
Mistress of Ceremony was Gwen
Overman of Hertford, cousin of the
bride.
A reception was held at the Cen
ter Hill Community Building.
After a wedding trip to Williams
burg, Va., the couple will make
their home in Tyner.
Yearly shots now
due for older adults
Raleigh? At the beginning of
each school year parents are ad
vised to immunize their child for
various childhood prone infection.
However, immunizations or
"shots" are not just for infants and
children. Adults also need to be im
munized to be protected against se
rious infectious diseases. In fact,
some immunizations are more im
portant for adults than for chil
dren.
Older adults are strongly encour
aged, by the U.S. Public Health
Service, to be immunized against
influenza, pneumococcal diseases
(pneumonia), diphtheria and tet
anus.
Two vaccines are especially im
portant for Fall. First, older adults
and high risk individuals should re
ceive influenza vaccine annually
between September and Decem
ber. A new flu vaccine is prepared
each year to protect against the
different types of the virus ex
pected to spread througthout the
United States during the flu sea
son. Secondly, pneumococcal vac
cine should be administered to
healthy adults over the age of 65
and other high rist individuals for
protection against pneumonia. Un
like the annual flu-vaccine, pneu
mococcal vaccine shold be admin
istered only once a lifetime.
Influenza, referred to as the flu,
is a highly contagious disease that
causes a variety of well-known
symptoms, including fever, aches
and pains, sore throat, runny nose,
and chills. When older people get
the flu, they are more likely to de
velop dangerous complications
such as pneumonia.
Pneumococcal bacteria can
cause a number of infections, in
cluding those affecting the lungs
(bacteria), or the covering of the
brain (meningitis). Older adults
are two to three times more likely
than younger people to suffer from
pneumococcal disease, which can
be much more severe in older
adults.
Other immunizations that are of
ten needed by adults are tetanus,
diphtheria, measles, rubella and
hepatitis B. As most people have
been immunized against tetanus
and diphtheria they only need a
booster shot every 10 years for pro
tection against these rare but dan
gerous illnesses. Tetanus is re
ferred to as lockjaw and diphtheria
is a bacterial disease that affects
the throat and windpipe.
It is also a good idea to check
with your doctor or local health de
partment concerning any immuni
zation you may need when travel
ing abroad. Older adults can
include appropriate immuniza
tions as regulat health care.
Mrs. John B. Byrum
CPR saves woman's lite
Winston-Salem, N.C.? When
Pam Collette asked her sick neigh
bor if there was anything she could
do, she was thinking in terms of
buying groceries or taking her to
the doctor.
But three weeks ago when a fu
rious knocking at the door got Col
lette, a North Carolina Baptist Hos
pital nurse, out of the bath tub, it
was more than groceries the neigh
bor needed.
Collette, an assistant head nurse
at the hospital, was getting ready
to go to bed when she heard the
commotion outside the front door.
It was her neighbor's husband. His
wife had collapsed while getting
out of the bath tub.
Collette threw on a bathrobe and
ran across the street. When she ar
rived, her neighbor was lying on
the bathroom floor and had no
pulse.
"I started CPR and told her hus
band to call the rescue team." Col
lette said.
"It's hard to do CPR on some
body you know," Collette ad
mitted. "When I have to do it at the
hospital, it's a matter of seconds
before everybody is there to help."
The Emergency Medical Team
arrived and transported the lady to
the hospital where she is progres
sing well. Later, the EMTs and
doctors told Collette that her neigh
bor wouldn't have survived without
her efforts.
The brown Indian muntjac. or barking deer, barks like a dog when excited.
The buck is 30 inches tall and hastwo-tined antlers, about four inches long.
STAINLESS STEEL
BY THE POUND OR TON
WE HA,E ,T IN STOCK
8 GAUGES - 2 FINISHES - CUT TO ORDER
GORDON SHEET METAL
315 S. Road St. _ _ _ _
Elizabeth City, N.C. PHONE 335-5405
State music teachers : -
convention scheduled
The North Carolina Music Tea
chers Association will hold its 29th
annual state convention at Elon
College, October 27-30. The group,
an affiliate of the Music Teachers
National Associaiton, is comprised
of independent music teachers and
collegiate music teachers from
North Carolina. NCMTA is a non
profit organization which promotes
musical performance and the ad
vancement of musical knowledge
throughout the state. This year's
representative from the nati?nal
organization will be Wayne Gibsoti,
Southern Division President. "
A special feature of the conven*
tion will be a recital on Friday eve
ning at 8:15 P.M. in the Fine Arts
Center by Joseph Schwartz, 1988
convention pianist and clinician.
Mr. Schwartz, a Juilliard grad
uate, is on the faculty of the Obef
lin Conservatory of Music where he
holds the Wheeler endowed dhair
for performance. - .
? Weddings
? Reproductions
CALL FOR APPOINTMENT
Hertford 426'7271
Eure's Seafood
Restaurant
&iwn,4te6
tAeix
tat
Belvin & Gloria
Eure
Owners
FREE
Cake and Ice Cream
(with meal)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29
Hours: Tuesday-Sunday 11 A.M.-9 P.M.
426-5151
Wards Shopping Center
US 17 By-Pass Hertford, N.C.
ISN'T IT TIME THAT WE GOT OUR FAIR SHARE
FROM THE LEGISLATURE?
Critical-needs funding for school construction
Distribution by legislative district
Rep. Bobby Etheridge,
D-Hamett
Co-chairman House
Appropriations Committee
Sen. J.J. "Monk"
Harrington,
D-Bertie,
Senate president- -
nrntpm
Sen. Aaron Plyler,
D-Union, Chairman
Senate Appropriations
Committee
All other
legislative districts
44.6%
$53.2 million
Liston Ramsey,
D-Madison
Speaker of the House
Rep. Billy Watkins,
D-Granville,
Co-chairman House
Appropriations Committee
Sourc&N?D9partm6rM
GREENSBORO NEWS & RECORD MAY 24, 1 988 p. 1
Special school funds sent
to districts of the powerful
By SETH EFFRON
Raleigh Bureau
RALEIGH ? More than half the money
from a new state fund to help local schools
meet critical construction needs made its
way into counties represented by five of
the most influential members of the Gen
eral Assembly.
Of the $119.3 million distributed two
weeks ago by the Commission on School
Facility Needs, $66.1 million, or 55.4 per
cent, went for school systems in 16 coun
ties represented by Rep. Billy Watkins, co
chairman, House Appropriations commit
tee; House Speaker Liston Ramsey; Sen.
Aaron Plyler, chairman, Sente Appropria
tions Committee; Rep. Bobby Etnendge,
co-chairman, House Appropriations Com
mittee; and Sen. J.J. "Monk" Harrington,
Senate president pro-tem.
The commission distributed the $53.2
million balance to school systems in 13
other poor, rural counties. Seventy-one
counties received nothing.
The 9 counties of the
1st House district have
many critical school
needs, but we didn't
get a dime of this
money from this legis
lative-appointed com
mission.
WHERE WERE OUR
LEGISLATORS?
"Your legislators, Thompson and James, are nice guys, but
they vote like they are told by Ramsey, and just roll over
and play dead. I've never heard them complain when Ram
sey cuts out funding for something the east needs."
?State Rep. Bill Boyd, (P?rqohTjan^^e?k^, Sept. 29, 1988)
"We in northeastern
North Carolina have been
taken for grated and
short-changed by the
Democract powerbrok
ers in the Legislative. We
have not receive our fair
share of funds.
"The main reason we .
are taken for granted by
the legislative leadership ?
is because of our out
dated pattern of one
party politics. Areas with
%
a two-party system seem.
to get the most attention -
from the legislature."
-Shirley Perry
SHIRLEY PERRY ? N.C. HOUSE
a real voice for the Albemarle ... for a change!
- ' : , PAID FOR BY 8HWLEY PERRY M