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Vol. 113 No. 56 n Est. 1899 

December 30, 2011 

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2011 TOP STORIES 

Tornadoes kill four in the 

county 

A historic tornado outbreak 

occurred on April 16 as a strong 

storm system pushed its way 

across North Carolina, 

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spawning as many as 

62 tornadoes in North 

Carolina. About 24 

lives were lost in the 

state, including four in 

Bladen County. 

Bladen County took a 

direct hit from two and 

possibly three tornadoes during 

the outbreak. The tornadoes 

were later determined by 

the National Weather Service 

to be F2 tornadoes, which can 

have winds of up to 125 mph. 

Three lives were lost in 

Bladen County in the Ammon 

area and one life was lost in 

Bladenboro as a result of the 

tornadoes. The Elizabethtown 

Baptist Church was severely 

damaged and several homes 

and businesses were also damaged 

by the storms. 

Gov. Beverly Perdue toured 

the devastation in Bladen 

County along with local officials. 

Many local groups and state 

and federal agencies came in to 

help with the recovery efforts. 

The Bladen Baptist Men’s 

Association assisted with 

Erin Smith | Bladen Journal 

debris removal and repairs. 

FEMA, the Salvation Army, 

American Red Cross and other 

groups also arrived to offer 

their assistance to the storms 

victims. 

West Bladen High School 

offered their assistance to 

the relief efforts by donating 

items and preparing emergency 

kits. Once the kits were 

prepared then-Principal Todd 

Finn and his students set out 

to the Bladenboro community 

to assist as best they could 

and deliver the emergency kits 

which consisted of toiletries, 

cleaning supplies, school supplies, 

canned goods and other 

items. 

Melton Powell sits among the debris of his mobile home on Old Fayetteville Road in Ammon after the April 16 tornadoes swept through the area. Three people 

were killed by the storms in Ammon. 

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Staff writers 

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The Bladen Journal staff 

took a careful look at the stories 

that came out of Bladen County 

during the past 12 months and 

discussed the importance and 

relevance of each one. 

What follows is our subjective 

choices for the biggest and 

best stories that made up this 

county’s fabric in 2011. Those 

choices are strictly the opinion 

of the Bladen Journal newsroom 

staff. We understand, and 

hope you will as well, that 

certain stories carry greater 

importance to different people. 

But the list we are presenting, 

we think, is one that 

includes stories of far-reaching 

interest and importance. 

Happy New Year! 

Store Hours: 

Mon.- Sat. 9am to 6pm 

 

of Elizabethtown

Obituaries 

... 

Regina Pridgen 

ELIZABETHTOWN — 

Regina Priden, 56, of 2566 U.S. 

Hwy. 701 N., died Friday, Dec. 

23, at Bladen County Hospital. 

Funeral services were held 

Wednesday, Dec. 28, at Mount 

Olive AME Zion Church in 

Elizabethtown. The Rev. 

Haywood Oliver presided. Burial 

followed in the Mount Olive 

Staff report 

Monday, Jan. 2 

No School 

Tuesday, Jan. 3 

Breakfast 

Super Donut with Cheese 

Assorted Cereal with Toast 

Fresh Fruit 

Assorted Milk 

Lunch 

Cheese Pizza 

The following businesses 

and government offices have 

announced they will be closed 

for the New Year’s holiday: 

— All Bladen County government 

offices will be closed 

Monday, Jan. 2, in observance 

of the New Year holiday. 

They will resume their 

normal hours of operation 

Tuesday, Jan. 3. 

— Bladen County Schools 

were released Friday, Dec. 

16, for the Christmas holiday 

and New Year’s holiday. 

The school system will 

resume normal operations on 


— Bladen County Solid 

Waste Transfer Station will 

be closed Monday, Jan. 2, in 

observance of the New Year’s 

holiday. All other collection 

sites will operate on their normal 

schedule. 

— All municipal offices 

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Staff writers 

New Year’s Eve has always 

been a time for looking back to 

the past, and more importantly, 

forward to the coming year. 

It’s a time to 

reflect on the 

changes we 

want (or need) 

to make and 

resolve to follow 

through on 

those changes. 

The cel- 

ebration of the 

New Year is 

the oldest of 

all holidays. It 

was first observed in ancient 

Babylon about 4,000 years ago. 

The tradition of the New 

Year’s Resolutions goes all the 

way back to 

153 B.C. Janus, 

a mythical king 

of early Rome 

was placed at 

the head of the 

calendar. 

With two 

faces, Janus 

could look back 

on past events 

and forward 

to the future. 

Janus became the ancient symbol 

for resolutions and many 

Romans looked for forgiveness 

from their enemies and also 

exchanged gifts before the 

beginning of each year. 

Following are the resolutions 

made by local folks, past and 

present, for New Year’s Eve … 

— Rosita Age, Bladenboro: 

“I don’t make them; that’s so 20 

years ago. I don’t need a New 

Year’s resolution to be disciplined.” 

Corn Dog Nuggets 

Baked Tater Tots 

Seasoned Corn 

Applesauce 

Assorted Milk 

Wednesday, Jan. 4 

Breakfast 

Scrambled Eggs 

Bug Bites 


Fresh Fruit 

Assorted Milk 

— Ruth Rice, Dublin: “I still 

make them, usually for a good 

exercise program. This year my 

resolution is to concentrate on 

living life to the fullest.” 

— Jean Gooden, 

Elizabethtown: “I don’t make 

them anymore. I take it as it 

comes and just enjoy myself.” 

— Horace Ball, 

Elizabethtown: “I’m 77 years 

old, so I make a resolution 

every day to wake up tomorrow. 

And when I do, I thank God.” 

— Susan Porter, St. Pauls: 

“I don’t really make any. But I 

do strive to be the best wife, 

mother and friend I can be.” 

—Jane King, Elizabethtown: 

“Organization is my priority 

for 2012. My goal is to follow 

Mary’s (McKeithan) guidance 

New Year’s holiday closings listed 

will be closed Monday, Jan. 

2, for the holiday. They will 

resume normal operations on 


— All North Carolina 

Courts will be closed on 

Monday, Jan. 2, for the holiday. 

They will resume their 

normal hours of operation on 


— All North Carolina 

government offices will be 

closed Monday, Jan. 2, in 

observance of the New Year’s 

holiday. They will resume 

normal hours of operation on 


— All federal offices will 

be closed on Monday, Jan. 

2, in observance of the holiday. 

They will resume normal 

hours of operation on 


— All banks will be closed 


of the holiday. They 

will reopen for business on 


Lunch 

Chili with Beans 

Saltines 

Turkey Tortilla 

Tossed Salad 

Baby Lima Beans 

Peach Cup 

Assorted Milk 

Thursday, Jan. 5 

— The Bladen Journal 

office will be closed on 


of the New Year’s holiday. The 

office will reopen for business 

at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 

3. In addition, The Tuesday, 

Breakfast 

Sausage Biscuit 


Fresh Fruit 

and increase my exercising.” 

—Linda Clark, 

Elizabethtown: “I gave up a 

long time ago. In 2004, I made 

a resolution and I kept it. The 

last one I made was to quit 

smoking and I kept it. I figured 

I would end on a good note 

and I have not made one since 

then.” 

From years past … 

— In 1985, Steve Lesane of 

Elizabethtown said he’s “going 

to keep my same girlfriend.” 

— In 1985, Ruth Gooden 

of Elizabethtown said she was 

“going to live a better life and 

try to be healthier.” 

— In 1985, Teresa Parker of 

Clarendon said she wanted “to 

Jan. 3, newspaper will arrive 

in the mail for subscribers 

on Wednesday, Jan. 4. The 

Bladen Journal will be available 

in the newsstands and at 

the office on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 

after 4 p.m. 

Assorted Milk 

Lunch 

Spaghetti with Meat Sauce 

Chicken Nuggets 

Whole Wheat Roll 

Green Beans 

Veggie Cup 

Mixed Fruit 

Assorted Milk 

Friday, Jan. 6 

Breakfast 

Sausage 

Grits and Cheese 

work harder and be able to do 

a better job (and) try harder to 

get along with fellow employees.” 

— In 1985, Geneva Hester 

of Clarkton said “at my age, 

I’ve made up my mind to slow 

down this year (and) I’m going 

to take it easier and do more of 

the things I want to do.” 

— In 1985, Mable Fisher of 

Elizabethtown said she was 

“going to try to catch up on 

the resolutions I made last year 

(and) to try to find something 

good in everybody.” 

New Year’s traditions and 

superstitions 

— Kissing at midnight is 

a tradition for many couples. 

According to toptenz.net, the 

Toast 


Fresh Fruit Assorted Milk 

Lunch 

Cheeseburger 

Ham and Cheese Sandwich 

Baked Beans 

Carrot Sticks 

Chilled Pears 

Assorted Milk 

It’s that time: Resolutions are on folks’ minds 

Ruth Rice 

Jean Gooden 

AME Zion Church Cemetery. 

Survivors include: two 

daughters, Pamela Pridgen 

and Lamonica Pridgen, both 

of Elizabethtown; five brothers, 

Gary Gillespie, Mark 

Gillespie, Desmond Gillespie 

and Christopher Shirer, 

all of Elizabethtown, and 

Cornelius Shirer of Clarkton; 

two sisters, Daisy Gillespie of 

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Bernard Robinson looks over the collards in his truck at the Cape Fear Farmer’s Market recently. Collards are supposed to 

be consumed as part of a New Year’s meal to bring good luck and prosperity throughout the new year. 

BURIED 

in 

Lumberton and Luella Carter of 

Elizabethtown; and two grandchildren. 

A service of F.W. Newton & 

Sons Mortuary, Elizabethtown. 

Robert Smith Jr. 

ELIZABETHTOWN — 

Robert “Sunny” Smith Jr., 64, of 

706 Powell Street, died Friday, 

Dec. 23, 2011. 

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A memorial service was held 

at 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29, 

at Browns Creek AME Zion 

Church. 

Surviving are his wife, Evon; 

daughters, Marion Blanks and 

Sharon Montgomery; siblings, 

Albert, Donald, Shirley Grimes 

and Judy. 

A service of F.W. Newton & 

Sons Mortuary, Elizabethtown. 

kiss at the stroke of midnight 

on New Year’s Eve is a symbol 

that your love and affection for 

each other will continue all year 

long. 

— The making of resolutions 

for some folks is a wellentrenched 

tradition. 

— According to toptenz. 

net another tradition for New 

Year’s is the singing of Auld 

Lang Syne. The song is based 

on a Scottish poem and refers 

to “the good old days” according 

to the web site. 

— According to the website 

toptenz.net the first person to 

visit your home in the New Year 

also has significance. According 

to the web site it is good luck if 

a man crosses your threshold, 

but as a guest, not as someone 

who resides there. Also, it is 

even better luck, according to 

the website, if he is tall and has 

dark hair. 

— The web site adds that 

nothing should leave your 

house, including the trash, on 

New Year’s Day as it will allegedly 

bring bad luck. Oh, and 

for those who loath household 

chores, the web site recommends 

not doing laundry or 

dishes on New Years Day as 

that washes away good luck. 

— It is also a tradition held 

by many that the New Year’s 

meal should consists of pork, 

black-eyed peas, greens such 

as collards, cabbage or kale. 

Also, the web site recommends 

eating 12 grapes, one for each 

month of the new year and 

adding lentils as they resemble 

coins for wealth and prosperity 

throughout the new year. 

— Another superstition is: 

What you do on New Year’s 

Day you will do all year long. 

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Top Stories 

From page 1A 

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First Republican DA in 

two decades takes office 

Jon David had the distinction 

of being the first 

Republican 

District 

Attorney elected 

to serve 

in the 13th 

Prosecutorial 

District in 

more than two 

Jon David 

decades. The 

district serves 

three coun- 

ties — Columbus, Bladen and 

Brunswick. 

David handily defeated challenger 

Harold Butch Pope with 

36,063 votes to Pope’s 31,990 

votes in the November general 

election. Pope had earlier ousted 

longtime District Attorney 

Rex Gore in the May primary 

election. 

Baby is killed by family dogs 

A Clarkton infant was mauled to 

4 death by five family dogs and the grandfather 

and mother of the child were 

later arrested in the case. Addyson 

Camerino was just 9 days old when the attack 

occurred. 

The family reportedly owned five dogs — a pit 

bill, a bulldog, a German shepherd, a German 

Shepherd/bulldog mix, and an Alaskan mala- 

Johnson 

Saquan Johnson drafted 

by the Texas Rangers 

On June 7, three-sport star 

Saquan Johnson from East 

Bladen High was drafted in 

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the 28th round of the Major League 

Baseball Draft by the Texas Rangers. 

He was the 864th player chosen in 

the draft, and 12th high-school player 

selected by the Rangers. 

Johnson hit .415 for the Eagles in 

the spring, scoring 32 runs and steal- 

ing 25 bases. He also had a .522 on-base percentage 

for Coach Russell Priest’s team. 

Johnson, who also excelled for the Eagles in football 

and basketball, was sent to the Arizona Rookie 

League by the Rangers, where he played for the team 

in Surprise, Ariz. While there, Johnson was given a 

chance to become a switch-hitter. 

Late in the season, Johnson hit his first professional 

home run in Arizona. After the season, he was sent to 

the Dominican to continue training. 

Public officials indicted 

Four former public officials were indicted by 

7 a Bladen County Grand Jury. Indicted were: 

• Gregory Alan Killingsworth, 59, former 

superintendent of Public Schools in Bladen 

County. He was indicted on one count of obtaining 

property by false pretense. Date of offense: July 15, 

2010. 

• Sandra A. Baldwin, 52, a former counselor for 

Bladen County Vocational Rehabilitation Services, was 

indicted on 17 counts of obtaining property by false pretense. 

Date of offenses: Aug. 3, 2009 to June 24, 2010. 

Ken Cross goes to East Bladen 

Coach Ken Cross, who served as 

varsity basketball coach for West 

Bladen High through its first 10 

years and won a Class 2-A state 

championship with the Knights in 2008, 

resigned his position at West Bladen 

after philosophical disagreements with 

the principal at the time. 

Cross then was hired as varsity basketball 

coach at East Bladen, where 

he took over an Eagles team that had 

turned in a 6-18 mark the previous 

season. 

“This wasn’t something I planned,” 

Cross said. There were some mitigating 

factors — I prayed on it, because I just 

want to coach and be happy.” 

So far, he has led East Bladen to a 

10-1 record. 

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mute. 

Chelsea Lynn Briggs, 18, was arrested and 

charged with involuntary manslaughter shortly 

after the attack. 

According to sources close to the investigation, 

Brigman left her child in a car seat on a 

kitchen counter and went to take a shower. 

The baby’s grandfather, Nelson E. Camerino, 

was later arrested and charged with involuntary 

manslaughter. 

Courtney Melvin of 

East Bladen High 

was named the 

state’s female high 

school athlete of 

the year in 2011. 

Kenny Armstrong | 


• Kelly Ard Smith, 41, former vice-president of 

finance for Bladen Community College, was indicted on 

two counts of obtaining property by false pretense. Date 

of offenses: July 1, 2010 to Dec. 31, 2010 

• Mitchell Gerald Byrd, 51, former Bladen County 

fire marshal, was indicted on 25 counts of obtaining 

property by false pretense. Date of offenses: Nov. 14, 

2005 to March 3, 2009. 

These officials were each employed by various public 

agencies in Bladen County and were indicted for financial 

crimes and misuse and misappropriation of public 

funds. 

Coaches get milestone wins 

Bladen County is fortunate enough to have a solid lineup 

of high-school coaches for all of its athletics, but two took 

the spotlight in 2011 when they each achieved a coaching 

milestone. 

First was East Bladen varsity girls basketball coach Patty 

Evers, who notched career coaching win No. 300 on Feb. 4 when 

her Lady Eagles defeated South Columbus High, 56-23. 

“This means a lot because it means I’ve built up a program in 

the county I grew up in,” Evers said. “But I couldn’t do any of it 

without the hard-working players I’ve had …” 

Evers, who was in her 15th season as a head coach, got her 

first 73 wins at Tar Heel High before coming to East Bladen. 

Second was West Bladen varsity boys coach Ken Cross, who 

got career coaching win No. 600 with a victory over Beddingfield 

High on Feb. 23 in the Class 2-A sectional semifinals. 

“My teams won 600 games,” Cross said, “I didn’t win any. I 

never played in any of those games.” 

Cross, then in his 39th season as a head coach, has led successful 

programs in New Jersey, Georgia and Pennsylvania. He spent 

11 seasons at Tar Heel High before coming to West Bladen. 

Write-in candidates 

fill Tar Heel board 

Write-in ballots were cast in 

the recent municipal elections 

for the town of Tar Heel after 

no one filed seeking election to 

mayor and three council seats. 

There was a total of 46 ballots 

cast in the election. 

Roy Dew won the mayor’s 

seat and will be joined by newly 

elected council members Sam 

Honorable 

Mentions 

n January: A blizzard 

dumps 7 inches of snow and 

ice throughout 

Bladen 

County. 

n February: 

Former 

District 

Attorney 

Rex Gore 

and an 

Rex Gore 

Gov. Bev Perdue 

talks with Bladen 

County Sheriff 

Prentis Benston 

and Bladen County 

Emergency 

Management 

Director Bradley 

Kinlaw in Bladenboro 

the day after a tornado 

touched down 

in the area. 

Jenny Hayes-Carroll | 


Allen, Angie Hall and Amy 

Knight. 

Knight was an incumbent on 

the board who had initially 

decided not to run for re-election. 

All received their oaths of 

office in December. 

The election of write-in candidates 

circumvented any possible 

difficult decisions about 

the future of the town’s charter. 

Courtney Melvin tabbed state’s 

Female Athlete of the Year 

6 A stellar high-school career at East 

Bladen High had a cherry placed 

on top when Courtney Melvin was 

selected the Female Athlete of the Year 

by the North Carolina High School 

Athletic Association in May. 

Chosen by a panel of statewide media 

representatives, the award went to 

Melvin after she averaged 24.2 points 

per game for the Lady Eagles, along with 

10.9 rebounds per game. She was also 

the Eastern Region MVP, and led East 

Bladen to its third straight state championship 

game. 

Melvin, who signed a scholarship to 

play basketball at East Carolina, established 

a new school career scoring record 

with 2,527 points. 

Melvin also excelled in volleyball and 

track for East Bladen. 

Earthquake felt in Bladen County 

Residents in Bladen County received 

8 a jolt as an earthquake, which measured 

5.9 on the Richter scale, rocked Virginia. 

No damages were reported but the 

911 county’s Call Center was kept busy for a few 

minutes as about 10 calls were received reporting 

the incident. 

The earthquake caused officials to evacuate 

the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., the 

Pentagon and downtown Washington, D.C., as a 

precaution. 

assistant, 

Elaine 

Marshall, 

are put under investigation 

by the State Bureau of 

Investigation for improper 

activities. 

n April: Robert Taylor is 

announced as the new superintendent 

for Bladen County 

Schools. 

n June: Larry Hammond, 

the longtime director of 

Bladen County Elections, 

retires. 

W. Curt Vincent| Bladen Journal 

January brought the area its second 7-inch 

snowstorm of the winter. 

n June: State Rep. William Brisson of Dublin sides with the state’s 

GOP to override Gov. Bev Perdue’s veto of the state budget plan. 

n July: Todd Finn, principal at West Bladen High for one year, leaves 

the school for the same position at New Hanover High in Wilmington. 

n July: The Bladen County Board of Education announces that no 

teaching jobs will be lost within the school system for the coming school 

year. 

n July: U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre tours the business district of 

Elizabethtown to look over the recently completed downtown revitalization 

effort. 

August: Bladen County hosts its first-ever Day of Caring, organized 

by the United Way of Bladen County. 

n November: The town of Elizabethtown holds an open house for its 

recently completed Cape Fear Farmer’s Market.


Friday 

December 30, 2011 

Page 4A 

EDITORIAL ... 

LETTERS ... 

Here’s WHat We tHink 

Little 

value 

Y 

es, that time of year is 

upon us again: during the 

December holidays we were 

especially good to each other, 

and on Jan. 1, we resolve to 

be especially good to ourselves. 

We’ll eat healthier, we’ll make our 

lifestyles more sustainable, we’ll be 

more frugal (the current economic 

climate leaves us little choice), we’ll 

turn over that new leaf that pops up 

every year around this time … 

Blah, blah, blah. 

Enough already with the resolutions! 

You’ve been there, done that, got 

the bumper sticker, bought the teeshirt, 

misplaced the button, and 

chipped the coffee mug. In two places. 

Fear not — you can relax, because 

we’re not going to exact a single 

pledge from you. After all, you’re 

slogging through the vicissitudes of 

winter and you’ve got enough to deal 

with. 

Those who still make New Year’s 

resolutions do so with every good 

intention they can muster to follow 

through with them. And every once 

in a while, one of those resolutions 

might actually find a way to achieving 

success — though it’s probably more 

through luck than willpower. 

For those who understand how resolutions 

can be a source of self-torture 

and disappointment, we offer you this 

small piece of comfort: You are not 

alone. In fact, you are in the majority. 

While it’s nice to use the dawning 

of a new year to re-evaluate your personal 

and professional standing in 

life, there is little reason for setting 

yourself up with lofty “wants” that 

you know good and well will only fall 

flat. The sad truth is, more than 90 

percent of the resolutions made on 

Jan. 1 never survive the month. 

And if you stop making resolutions, 

we are sure you will quickly see just 

how far less stressful your life will be. 

So as 2012 approaches, we will 

wish for you the simple things that 

are so important in life — family, 

friends, health, a comfortable lifestyle 

and a realization that God loves you. 

Everything else is secondary. 

Happy New Year, y’all. 

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We reserve the right to refuse letters longer than 

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Opinion 

I 

don’t do New Year’s resolutions. 

They just don’t seem 

to work out, which is true 

for most of us … so why 

waste the time? 

The argument to that, 

of course, is that there are those 

who will tell you (and me) that it 

is up to you (and me) to lay the 

groundwork for our own destiny; 

that it’s up to you (and me) to put 

the pieces in place to ensure future 

successes; that it’s imperative for 

you (and me) to create the goals, 

set a course and follow it through. 

Blah, blah and blah. 

I can’t say exactly what 

I want to do tomorrow, 

much less for the next 

year or 10. 

Sure, I’d like to lose 

some weight, but it’s not 

yet something my doctor 

says is necessary. And I 

wouldn’t mind exercising 

more often, but you sure 

won’t see me out running 

the streets anytime 

soon … or in this lifetime. 

Then there’s the bit about 

being a better person — 

and if anyone needs a resolution 

for that one, it’s already too late. 

So resolutions of any kind aren’t 

my thing. I’ve just never felt the 

need to set myself up for disappointment, 

which is exactly what 

resolutions do nearly every time. 

If YOU don’t mind disappointment 

and regret … by all means, 

have at it. 

Instead, my annual first-of-theyear 

“thing” is to think about 

the things I’d like to see happen 

around me in the new year — kind 

of “My Hopes for 2012.” These 

don’t always work out, either, but 

at least I know that I had very 

little control over their success or 

failure. And, in some cases, absolutely 

NO control over them. 

So here are my Top 10 hopes for 

2012 … 

— No. 10: I would hope there 

would be no tragedies caused by 

God, man or beast in all of Bladen 

County. We had more than our 

share in 2011, which really ought 

to buy us a reprieve for the next 

365 days. 

— No. 9: I would like to see 

the economic doldrums of this 

nation — and, by extension, this 

state and county — truly begin to 

recede. It’s gone on long enough. 

Far too many folks have been hurt 

by it already. 

— No. 8: I would like to see the 

NCAA stop its ridiculous reasoning 

for not having a Div. I college 

football playoff. We know 

who the best college basketball 

team was in 2011 

(Connecticut); we know 

who the best college 

baseball team was in 2011 

(South Carolina); and we 

know who the best college 

hockey team was in 

2011 (Minnesota-Duluth). 

We know this because 

there are playoffs in each. 

We have NEVER known 

for sure who the best college 

football team is. It’s 

time. 

— No. 7: I would like to see 

Harmony Hall Plantation in White 

Oak somehow become the historical 

icon and tourist attraction it 

should be — perhaps through a 

mix of local creativity and state 

support. 

— No. 6: I hope the furious 

pace of social networking slows 

to a snail’s pace. While things 

like Facebook and MySpace and 

Twitter and even email and texting 

have provided the world with a 

much quicker way to communicate, 

it has also created many destructive 

and dangerous opportunities. 

We’ve moved too far away from 

handwritten letters, talking and 

handshakes. 

— No. 5: It is my hope that 

America becomes, once again, a 

Christian nation. We need to put 

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My hopes for 2012 

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God back in the schools. We need 

to remove agendas from those 

churches that teach anything but 

the true word of God. We need to 

elect leaders who put God above 

all else. And we need to get back 

to prayer. There was a time when 

all of these things were in place, 

and this nation was far more 

accepting, compassionate and worthy 

of God’s blessings. 

— No. 4: I hope this country 

has had enough of “Yes, we can!” 

when clearly “No, he couldn’t!” 

After four years of “The Great 

Half-Black Hope,” this country 

needs yet another new direction 

before we are forced to bail out 

everyone except ourselves. There 

is nothing better today than it was 

three years ago. In fact, it is worse. 

If the donkeys want to keep the 

White House, then they need to 

find someone to run against Mr. 

O-No-I-Can’t. 

— No. 3: I hope, somehow, we 

can start to eliminate our reliance 

on China for manufactured goods. 

Too many things we purchase say 

“Made in China” on them, when 

they need to be made right here in 

the United States. NAFTA should 

be eliminated and jobs brought 

back home. And YOU, the consumer, 

should refuse to buy anything 

made in a foreign country. Now 

THERE’S a New Year’s resolution 

for you! 

— No. 2: It’s about time peace 

on earth meant something. Over 

the past handful of years, we’ve 

seen the downfall and even death 

of many of the world’s most heinous 

dictators — now I hope we 

start to see a rebuilding toward a 

peacefulness that has been far too 

quiescent for far too long. 

— No. 1: And finally, I hope for 

the simple things in life … health, 

happiness, prosperity, joy and love. 

If we each strive for these things 

in our own little world, it just may 

begin to spread. 

Happy New Year, everyone. 

LADEN JOURNAL TIME CAPSULE ... 

n Dec. 31, 1953: Bladen County 

Sheriff John B. Allen reports 

that “10 illicit liquor stills (and) 

1,925 gallons of mash” have been 

destroyed during the year. A total 

of eight arrests have been made. 

n Dec. 30, 1976: Elizabethtown 

Police Chief Charles Taylor is featured 

in the winter edition of the 

“North Carolina Police Officer” 

magazine. 

n Dec. 29, 1986: The personal 

income average in Bladen County 

jumps at a higher rate than either 

the state of North Carolina or 

the United States between 1984 

and 1985. The increase in Bladen 

County was 7.9 percent; the 

increase in North Carolina was 7.2 

percent; and the increase in the 

United States was 6.7 percent. 

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To his delight and relief, Edwards 

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lzheimer’s. 

Just the word scares you to 

death, doesn’t it? 

A few years ago, I saw an 

article that described and gave 

examples of a new mental test 

that can make a very reliable preliminary 

diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer’s. 

I read every word. I answered every 

question. I will tell you why in a minute. 

My family has a long interest in this 

disease. It slowly robs its victims of the 

ability to remember and to reason. Then it 

takes their personalities and slowly steals 

their lives away. 

My father was a victim. After his death, 

my mother spent the last part of her life 

comforting the families of victims, organizing 

support groups, and raising money 

to find the causes of Alzheimer’s. 

But there is more to it, more 

that explains why any article about 

Alzheimer’s always stops me in my tracks. 

More than 40 years ago my father, only 

58 years old, learned he was afflicted with 

early onset Alzheimer’s. A successful col- 


Who can teach us how to live and die? 

A 

Most people judge the 

economy by the job market, 

and certainly the job news 

in North Carolina during 

the last few years has been 

challenging. For 34 straight 

months beginning in January 2009, our 

state has had an unemployment rate (seasonally 

adjusted) above 9 percent, and 

in 23 of those months the rate was over 

10 percent. Today there are more than 

300,000 fewer jobs than there were in 

early 2008, and although there’s been job 

growth since 2010, the growth rate has 

been quite low, at 0.6 percent. 

And what’s more worrisome to many 

is that the state’s job situation has underperformed 

the national numbers. In the 

last three years, North Carolina’s unemployment 

rate has been higher than the 

national rate in all but one month. Also, 

since the beginning of 2010, the nation 

has added jobs at a rate three times faster 

than North Carolina (1.8 percent versus 

0.6 percent), and even the 

national growth is sluggish. 

So this isn’t a very 

positive picture for North 

Carolina. But what if I told 

you another broad measure 

of the economy actually 

shows North Carolina performing 

much better and 

even better than the nation 

for two straight years? This 

would give us some hope. 

The good news is that 

such a measure does exist, 

and it gives a much more 

upbeat view of our state’s 

economy. The measure is 

“gross domestic product,” 

usually shortened to GDP. 

It calibrates the value of 

what is produced in an 

economy, and the measure 

is available for the 

nation as well as all states. 

Unfortunately, we don’t yet 

have 2011 GDP information 

available, so my comparisons 

are based on 2009 and 

2010 data. 

The worst of the recession 

occurred in 2009, so it 

shouldn’t be a surprise that 

GDP fell in both the nation 

and in North Carolina during 

that year. But GDP 

fell less (2 percent) in 

our state compared to the 

national drop (2.5 percent). 

Fortunately, 2010 was a 

growth year for GDP, and 

once again North Carolina 

did better, with our state 

GDP rising one-third faster 

than national GDP. 

These results create an 

economic paradox. While 

North Carolina has performed 

better than the 

nation in the past two years 

by a broad measure of production 

(GDP), the state’s 

job market has lagged 

national trends. Why? 

There are several possible 

answers. Usually it takes 

time — especially when the 

economy is coming out of 

a recession — for increases 

in output to translate into 

increases in jobs. One reason 

is that businesses must 

be convinced the economic 

improvement is permanent, 

so they will hold off on hiring 

until they are certain 

the recovery is for real. 

Yet there’s no requirement 

that the time between 

output improvements and 

hiring is the same in North 

Carolina as in the nation. 

In fact, traditionally the 

time span between output 

improvements and jobs 

has been longer in North 

Carolina. For example, in 

the economic expansion 

of the 2000s (2002-07), 

employment growth was 

faster in North Carolina 

than in the nation over the 

entire period, but it was 

slower in the first three 

lege president, widely admired and loved, 

he seemed happy with his work and ready 

for many years of additional service to his 

college and community. 

It never seemed fair. 

But, of course, the killer diseases 

that bring about premature 

death never seem fair. 

Now, why did I try all the 

questions on that test that 

made the preliminary check 

for Alzheimer’s? Well, we all 

worry sometimes, don’t we? 

We worry about losing little 

bits of memory and wonder if 

perhaps, God forbid, it might 

be Alzheimer’s? 

I worry, too, but then I 

think about my dad, and it is 

more than worry. 

I am older than my dad was when he 

found out about his Alzheimer’s. 

So I think about it more. It is not so 

much worrying about losing my memory. 

In fact, I did well on the test. Instead, I 

mourn the loss of what my father would 

years. 

Job growth in North Carolina could 

also be lagging due to the continued 

downsizing in some of the state’s traditional 

industries. Tobacco, 

textiles and furniture, which 

dominated the North Carolina 

economy for almost a century, 

have been cutting output and 

jobs during the last 30 years. 

These changes have occurred 

in both expansionary and 

recessionary periods. 

However, trends since early 

2010 don’t suggest this down- 

sizing has been a big factor in 

the state’s job market. Since 

then, cuts in tobacco and textile 

(including apparel) jobs 

have been relatively small, 

accounting for only 0.1 percent of all 

state jobs. The furniture industry has 

actually added some jobs in the last two 

years. 

D.G. Martin 

Contributing Columnist 

have taught me had he been spared. 

My father’s life was full of monuments 

for me. He showed me how to live and 

serve with grace and honor. His example 

was a good one, all the way 

until Alzheimer’s brought him 

down. 

Now I ask myself, “Who 

teaches me how to live the rest 

of my life? Whose example do I 

follow now?” 

I miss not knowing how he 

would have dealt with all the 

things life brings in late middle 

age and retirement years. And 

now, when normal old age 

would almost certainly have 

brought about his death even if 

Alzheimer’s had not taken him 

so early, I miss most of all not 

having had the chance to watch and learn 

how he would have faced his normal aging 

and death. 

You see, Alzheimer’s stole not just his 

life. It stole his ability to face death and 

deal with it. 

This brings us to an explanation for 

the North Carolina economic paradox 

that can be a short-run negative but 

a long-run plus: worker productivity. 

During and immediately after 

recessions, businesses strive 

to use their workers smarter 

and more efficiently; that is, 

to improve output per worker. 

This can be done by improving 

production techniques, using 

better technology and upgrading 

equipment and machinery. 

Indeed, spending on technology, 

machinery and equipment 

has been a strong factor in the 

recent economy. 

North Carolina is one of the 

leading states in worker productivity. 

In 2010 (latest year 

available), the state ranked 11th among 

all states in a broad measure of worker 

productivity. Also, from 2009 to 2010, 

North Carolina’s worker productivity 

I wish I had his example. I think it 

would have been a good one. But I will 

never know. 

Meanwhile, I can watch and learn from 

others. 

Terry Sanford, for instance. When the 

former governor and senator received 

a diagnosis of “inoperable cancer,” he 

turned it into a challenge to live to the 

fullest until his death in 1998. He figured 

out new ways to persuade people to support 

good causes. He seemed to be telling 

us, “I am going to live a lot longer than 

you might think, but however long it is, it 

is going to be good.” 

I like that example. 

When the time comes, I hope I can follow 

it. 

And, if I do, I know that my dad would 

be proud. 

n D.G. Martin hosts UNC-TV’s “North 

Carolina Bookwatch,” which airs Fridays 

at 9:30 p.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m. For 

more information or to view prior programs 

visit the webpage at www.unctv. 

org/ncbookwatch/ 

What explains N.C. economic paradox? 

improved twice as fast as the national 

rate. 

Obviously, if two people can do the 

work that three used to accomplish, job 

gains will be slower in the short run. 

This could be what has been happening 

in North Carolina and may be one reason 

for the state’s economic paradox. 

Yet there can be a silver lining. 

Businesses like to locate where worker 

productivity is high. So the payoff for 

the state may be a burst of jobs down the 

road. I know many people are waiting, 

and I’m hopeful it will happen, but you 

decide! 

n Mike Walden is a William Neal 

Reynolds Professor and North Carolina 

Cooperative Extension economist in the 

Department of Agricultural and Resource 

Economics of N.C. State University’s 

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. 

He teaches and writes on personal 

finance, economic outlook and public 

policy 

WALKING UP THE STAIRS, JUNE QUANDT 

F E LT HER CHEST SQUEEZE TO G E T H E R. 

O H BOY, H E R E WE GO AG A I N, 

SHE THOUGHT BEFORE SHE COLLAPSED. 

“I had a mild heart attack in 2008. My first thought 

was I was having another, but this was different,” 

said June. “I couldn’t breathe, and it felt like my 

body was shutting down. For the first time in my 

life, I was scared I was going to 

die.” Turns out, June wasn’t 

having a heart attack, but did 

need a pacemaker. “During my 

surgery, everyone at Southeastern 

went beyond the call of duty. I had 

such confidence in the doctors, especially 

knowing they were with Duke,” June said. “I know 

I’m not going to live forever, but I’m going to be 

healthy and enjoy life.” 

Mike Walden 


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Dec 31 

n The Sandhill MBC 

Deacons will conduct 

a Watch Night Service 

starting at 10:30 p.m. 

with a candlelight march. 

Come and help usher 

2011 out and 2012 in. 

n Baker’s Creek 

A.M.E. Zion Church 

located at 656 Center 

Road, Dublin, will have 

a Watch Night service 

Saturday, Dec. 31, at 

10:30 p.m. and a New 

Year Day Worship service 

at 10 a.m. with Holy 

Communion. Sherwin 

O. Greene Sr., pastor, 

will be preaching at both 

services. 

n The Baldwin Branch 

Missionary Church will 

have New Year’s Eve 

“Watch Night” service at 

10 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 

31. Musical ministry 

will feature the Praise 

Ensemble and musicians. 

n First New Light 

Baptist Church of 

White Oak will have a 

Community Fellowship 

New Year’s Eve Service 

Saturday, Dec. 31, at 10 

p.m. The speaker will be 

the Rev. Troy Russell, 

pastor of St. Thomas 

AME Zion Church, and 

the choirs of St. Thomas 

AME Zion Church and 

St. John AME Zion 

Church will also perform. 

The church is located at 

5146 River Road, White 

Oak. 

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Jan. 1 

“ 

Always be prepared to give an 

answer to everyone who asks 

you to give the reason for the 

hope that you have.” 

These are the words of Simon 

Peter, one of Jesus’ first disciples, 

written to some of the first and 

earliest Christians. And like most words 

put down on paper, these instructions 

have not always honored the intent of 

the author. 

Peter wrote this during a time when 

Christianity was new, unheard of in 

most places, and very often viewed 

with suspicion. Thus, a graceful and 

thoughtful explanation “for the hope 

that you have” was absolutely required. 

Thousands of years later, Christianity 

is still handled with suspicion by many. 

Not because it is a novel invention, but 

because a large core of its adherents 

have misapplied Simon Peter’s good 

words. 

Having a “prepared answer” – that 

is a ready opportunity to interact, dialogue, 

and discuss beliefs with others 

– has been replaced with defensiveness, 

anger, and out-and-out hostility toward 

those who see things differently. Many 

have forgotten to read the second half 

of old St. Pete’s instructions: “But do 

n Baker’s Creek 

A.M.E. Zion Church 

located at 656 Center 

Road, Dublin, will have 

a New Year Day Worship 

service at 10 a.m. with 

Holy Communion. 

Sherwin O. Greene Sr., 

pastor, will be preaching 

at the service. 

Jan. 4 

n Baldwin Branch 

has also scheduled their 

Bible Class series, “The 

Power and Purpose of 

the Daniel Fast” for 6:30 

p.m. each Wednesday 

beginning Jan. 4 and will 

meet Jan. 11 and Jan. 18. 

Baldwin Branch is located 

at 4047 NC 242 Hwy. 

South, Elizabethtown. 

Jan. 28 

n A wild game cook 

off and barbecue supper 

will take place at 

Elizabethtown Baptist 

Church in Elizabethtown 

from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. 

Supper will start at 5:30 

p.m. Events will include 

a 3D archery shoot, long 

range and iron buck 

shoot, bounce houses 

for the children, and the 

U.S.D.A. Wildlife services 

trapping trailer will 

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this in a gentle and respectful way,” he 

said. 

Yes, I am a follower of Jesus. Yes, I 

consider myself a Christian (on most 

days). Yes, there are a number of essential 

beliefs important to me 

and to which I hold. Yes, 

some of these beliefs are in 

conflict with the beliefs of 

others, and these conflicts are 

not easily dismissed. But my 

beliefs, as important as they 

may be, do not give me the 

right to be belligerent toward 

others who do not share my 

beliefs. 

I will allow that Christians 

aren’t the only ones who 

behave this way. Devotees to 

other faiths, politicians of all 

parties and persuasions, soccer 

fans, college alumni, and those with 

all manner of competing opinions will 

attack, degrade, and smear those they 

consider their opponents. The intent, it 

seems, is clear: Win the argument at all 

costs. 

This cutthroat way of life is consuming 

every facet of our society, resulting 

in a complete collapse of common civility 

– that’s a column unto itself – and 

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The Religion calendar is for Bladen County 

churches to announce their upcoming events, 

which are published on a space-available basis. 

The deadline to submit events for Friday’s edition 

is Wednesday at noon. 

We must rely on belief, not on belligerency 

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also be onhand. There 

will be door prizes and 

more. The grand prize 

will be a pheasant tower 

hunt at Allen Brothers 

Hunting Preserve. The 

church is located at 

1800 W. Broad Street, 

Elizabethtown. 

Ongoing 

n Centennial AME 

Zion Church will be having 

bible study every 

Tuesday night from 6 

p.m. until 7 p.m. and 

Sunday worship services 

at 10 a.m. These 

services will be held 

temporarily at the Paul 

R. Brown building, 1360 

Martin Luther King Dr., 

Elizabethtown. Call Rev. 

Andrea McDowell for 

any questions or concerns 

at 910-991-1386. 

n Grace Church of 

God will be sponsoring 

a “give-away” of clothes 

and other items on the 

first Saturday of each 

month from 9 a.m.-11:30 

a.m. for all who desire 

to come. The event will 

take place at the church 

on 113 Elm Street, 

next to the Bladenboro 

Community Center. 

n The White Oak 

Family Worship Center 

is holding evening services 

the first, second 

and third Sundays of 

each month at 6 p.m. 

The fourth Sunday is 

Paul Sessoms 

Wholesale 

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Family Day and there 

are no evening services 

on Family Day. The 

church is located at 1932 

Burney Road, White 

Oak. 

n Are you looking 

for a good Bible 

study? Then join us 

each Wednesday night 

at 7 p.m. at Living 

Springs Church located 

at 909 Poplar Street, 


n Elizabethtown 

Baptist Church will have 

a fish fry every third 

Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. 

For more information, 

contact Elizabethtown 

Baptist Church Office at 

862-4538. 

n The Refuge of 

Deliverance Ministries 

will be having a noon 

day prayer every 

Wednesday. The prayer 

is open to everyone. 

n The “Hour of 

Prayer” is held each 

Thursday from 7 to 8 

p.m. at Living Springs 

Church. The church is 

located at 909 Poplar 

Street, Elizabethtown. 

n Purdie United 

Methodist Church, located 

on Hwy. 87 W. near 

Tar Heel, has opened 

a food pantry, but the 

hours have changed. 

Items may be picked up 

from the church fellowship 

hall between 5 and 

6 p.m. every Wednesday 

evening. A church 

representative may be 

contacted at 876-3761 

there is no relief on the near horizon. 

Anywhere there is an “us” versus 

“them” attitude there will be nothing 

but antagonism and disappointment 

until “them/they” are somehow rehabilitated 

or totally vanquished in 

favor of “us/we.” 

In other words, peace will 

only come when all our adversaries 

are destroyed. This may 

be the way the world works, 

but it is not the way of Christ. 

For Christians, if Jesus is 

who this thing is about, then 

things should be different. 

Just because we have some 

assurance of our faith and 

beliefs, we forfeit the ability 

to share that assurance when 

we behave badly. 

Our beliefs need not 

– should not – cannot – must not 

– be used to hurt or harm others. 

Consistently, and this should rend our 

hearts to pieces, Christians are characterized 

as mean-spirited, judgmental, 

critical, and inflexible (You don’t need 

research statistics to confirm this conclusion. 

Simply do an informal interview 

on any street corner.). 

This is a reputation we have largely 

for more information. 

Donations for the pantry 

are welcome and may 

be dropped off at Allen’s 

Tire Service in Tar Heel. 

n Trinity United 

Methodist Church in 

Elizabethtown is holding 

two morning worship 

services with a service 

at 8:30 a.m. and a second 

service at 11 a.m. 

n Full Gospel 

Christian Church of 

Deliverance is now 

offering a daily prayer 

ministry hotline Monday 

through Friday from 10 

a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Call 

645-6046. 

n I Am Inc. will 

have a breakfast each 

Sunday morning. 

Breakfast will be served 

at 9 a.m. in Leinwand 

Park in Elizabethtown 

on Sundays and on 

Saturday mornings in 

Riegelwood on 87 South 

make a right on Lake 

Road in front of the 

school. For more information 

contact Dave at 

876-0421 in Riegelwood 

and Hubert at 910-580- 

3099 in Elizabethtown. 

n Sword of the Lord 

is offering free meals 

every Monday and 

Wednesday from 5 p.m. 

until 6:30 p.m. Meals 

will be served at 404 

Martin Luther King 

Drive in Elizabethtown. 

Everyone is invited to 

attend. 

n Dublin First Baptist 

Church will hold an 

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after-school care program 

for children Pre-K 

through 5th grade. The 

cost is $45 per week and 

hours are from 2:30 p.m. 

until 5:30 p.m. There is 

a $45 registration fee. 

For more information, 

contact 862-2277. 

n Awana Kids Clubs 

have begun at Dublin 

First Baptist Church. 

All children ages 3 

years to 8th grade are 

invited to attend every 

Sunday night from 6 - 8 

p.m. Register by calling 

the church at 862-2277 

between 9 a.m. - noon. 

n The Baldwin 

Branch Missionary 

Baptist Church Book 

Store is open. Current 

hours of operation are 

Sundays from 9:15 - 9:45 

a.m., and for 30 minutes 

following the 11 a.m. 

worship services. 

It is also open each 

Wednesday evening from 

6:45 - 7:15 p.m. The 

church is located at 4047 

N.C. 242 Hwy. S. in 


n Galeed Baptist 

Church is holding Kids 

Worship at 11 a.m. for 

ages 5-10 in the church 

fellowship hall. Contact, 

Nicole White at 863- 

3407 for more information. 

n Sword of the Lord 

Ministries, located at 

404 Martin Luther King 

Drive in Elizabethtown, 

holds a daily prayer session 

at 6 a.m. 

earned, because we have been more 

concerned with proving we are right, 

than we have been proving God’s profound 

love and grace. We have been 

more concerned with providing answers 

than we have with providing gentleness 

and respect. 

Personally, I don’t think Jesus came 

to create an “in” group, an assembly of 

elitists who have truth held down under 

lock and key. I believe he came to create 

a “come on in” group, a crowd of fellowjourneyers 

who come to know God, 

experience grace, live life, and serve 

others together. But why would anyone 

want to come in to such a group if its 

representatives are constantly rude, 

arrogant, and unyielding. 

Even if such a group had all the 

answers to all the questions in the 

world (and humility should caution 

anyone from making such a claim), it 

would be impossible to hear what they 

had to say, because it is simply impossible 

to hear the truth when it is communicated 

from a hard heart. 

n Ronnie McBrayer is a syndicated columnist, 

speaker, and author. His books 

include “Leaving Religion, Following 

Jesus” and “The Jesus Tribe.” Visit his 

website at www.ronniemcbrayer.net. 

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AME Zion 

Baker’s Creek AME Zion 

Church, Dublin, Sunday School 

10am, Worship Service 11a.m. 

Brown’s Creek AME Zion 

Church, Brown’s Creek Church 

Road, Sunday School 10a.m., 

Worship Service 11a.m. 

Carver’s Creek AME Zion 

Church, 210 Carver’s Creek 

Church Road, Sunday School 9:45 

a.m., 1st & 3rd Sundays Morning 


Cromartie Hill AME Zion 

Church, Council, Sunday School 

9:45a.m., 1st & 3rd Sundays 

Worship Service 11:45a.m., 

Wednesday night Prayer Meeting 

Cromartie Hill AME Zion 

Church, Clarkton, Sunday School 

10a.m., 1st & 3rd Sundays Worship 

Service 11a.m., Wednesday night 

Prayer Meeting and Bible Study 

7p.m. 

Harrison Creek AME Zion 

Church, White Oak, Sunday 

School 10am, 2nd & 4th Sundays 


Martin Chapel AME Zion 

Church, Hwy. 53, Elizabethtown, 

Sunday School 10 a.m., 1st & 3rd 

Sundays Worship Service 11 a.m. 

Millers Chapel AME Zion 

Church, Old Fayetteville Road, 

Garland, 1st, 2nd and 4th Sunday 

School 10 a.m., Worship Service 

11 a.m., Wednesday night Prayer 

and Bible Study, 6:30 p.m. 

Mt. Olive AME Zion Church, 

Mt. Olive Community, Sunday 

School 9:45a.m., Worship Service 

11a.m., Wednesday night Bible 

Study, 7:15 p.m. 

Mt. Zion AME Zion Church, 

Ben Street, Elizabethtown, Sunday 

School 9:45am, Worship Service 

11am, Tuesday night Bible Study 

7:15pm 

Pierce’s Chapel AME Zion 

Church, Clarkton, Sunday School 

10am, Worship Service 11am, 


and Bible Study 7:30pm 

Piney Grove AME Zion Church, 

Clarkton, Sunday School 9:45am, 

Worship Service 11am-1pm 

Rehobeth AME Zion Church, 

Clarkton, Sunday School 10 a.m., 

Worship Service 11am, Tuesday 

night Prayer Meeting and Bible 

Study 7:30 p.m. 

Savannah Temple AME Zion 

Church, Lisbon Road, Clarkton, 

Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 

Service 11 a.m., Wednesday night 

Prayer Meeting 7 p.m.-8 p.m. 

St. James A.M.E. Chuch, 1630 

Overlyon Road, Kelly, Sunday 

School 9:45 a.m., Worship Service 

11 a.m. 

St. John AME Zion Church, 

White Lake Road, Sunday School 

10a.m., Worship Service 11a.m., 

Wednesday night Bible Study 

7p.m., Community Fellowship and 

Empowerment Sunday, every 2nd 

Sunday 11a.m. 

St. Luke AME Zion Church, 

Bladenboro, Sunday School 

10a.m., Worship Service 11a.m., 

Wednesday night Bible Study 

7p.m. 

St. Peter’s AME Zion Church, 

White Lake, Sunday School 10 

a.m., 2nd & 4th Sundays Worship 

Service 11a.m. 

St. Rest AME Zion Church, 

White Oak, Sunday School 10 

a.m., 2nd & 4th Sundays Worship 

Service 11 a.m. 

St. Thomas AME Zion 

Church, Hwy 53, White Oak, 


Sundays Worship Service 11 a.m., 

Wednesday night Prayer Service 

6 p.m. 

Zion Chapel AME Zion Church, 

Across from TV Tower, Kelly, 


Sundays Worship Service 11 a.m., 


7:30 p.m. 

Assembly Of God 

First Assembly of God, Hwy 

410, Bladenboro, Sunday School 

10 a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m., 

Wednesday nights 7 p.m. 

Baptist 

Abbottsburg Baptist Church, 


Service 11 a.m. and Sunday nights 

7:30 p.m., Wednesday night Prayer 

Meeting 7:30 p.m. 

Baldwin Branch Baptist Church, 

4047 Hwy 242 S, Elizabethtown, 

Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 

Service 8:45 a.m. every 2nd and 

4th Sunday; 11 a.m., Bible Study 

Wednesday 7 p.m. 

Beards Chapel Missionary 

Baptist Church, Hwy 701 N of 


a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m. 

Bethel Baptist Church, Dublin, 


Service 11 a.m., Evening Services 

7 p.m., Wednesday night Prayer 


Bladenboro First Baptist 

Church, 500 Main Street, 

Bladenboro, Sunday School 10 

a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m., 


6:30 p.m. 

Bladen Union Baptist 

Church, Sunday School 10 a.m., 

Worship Service 11 a.m., Bible 

Study Sunday nights 6 p.m. & 

Wednesday nights 7:30 p.m. 

Briar Branch Baptist Church, 

NC 242 near Ammon, Sunday 


11 a.m. 

Bryant Swamp Baptist Church, 



Bible Study and Prayer Meeting 

7:30 p.m. 

Butters Baptist Church, 1877 

Berry Lewis Road, Bladenboro, 


Service 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., 

Wednesday Prayer and Praise 

Service 7:30 p.m. R/A & G/A’s 

Acteens, Mission Friends firstst 

and third Wednesday’s at 7 p.m. 

WMU first Monday of the month 7 

p.m. Brotherhood second Monday 

of the month 7 p.m. Prayer meeting 

each Monday 10 a.m. 

Center Road Baptist Church, 

2484 Center Road, Bladenboro, 


Service 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., Church 

Training 6 p.m., Wednesday night 

Prayer Service 7:30 p.m. 

Centerville Baptist Church, 

Kelly, Sunday School 10 a.m., 

Worship Service 11 a.m. and 7:30 

p.m., Wednesday night Worship 

Service 7:30 p.m. 

Christ Community Baptist 


Bladen County Church Directory 

Church, Elizabethtown, Sunday 


11 a.m. and 7 p.m. 

Clarkton Baptist Church, 

College Street, Sunday School 9:45 


Community Baptist Church, 



Council Baptist Church, 

Council, Sunday School 9:45 



7:30 p.m. 

Cypress Creek Missionary 

Baptist Church, Garland, Sunday 


11a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 

nights 7:30 p.m. 

Dublin First Baptist Church, 

Dublin, Early Worship Service 

8:45 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., 

Traditional Worship Service 11 

a.m., AWANA 6 p.m., Evening 

Worship Service 7 p.m., Youth 

Bible Study 7 p.m., Wednesday 

nights 7 p.m. 

Elizabethtown Baptist Church, 



Fellowship Supper 6 p.m., Bible 

Study 6:45 p.m. 

Faith Baptist Church, White 

Oak, Sunday School 10 a.m., 

Worship Service 11 a.m. 

First Baptist Church, 501 

Martin Street, Elizabethtown, 

Intercessory Prayer 9 a.m., Sunday 


11 a.m., Life Changing Word 

Study Wednesdays 6:30 p.m. 

First Baptist Church, 

Bladenboro, Sunday School 9:45 


First Baptist Church, Clarkton, 


Service 11a.m. and 6 p.m. Sept 

- May, 7 p.m. during summer 

months. 

First Missionary Baptist 

Abbottsburg, Bladenboro, Sunday 

School 10 a.m., 1st & 3rd Sundays 

Worship Service 11:30 a.m. 

First New Light Baptist Church, 

White Oak, Sunday School 10am, 

Worship Service 11 a.m., CTU 1st 

Wednesday 7 p.m., Bible Study, 

Wednesdays 7 p.m. 

Friendship Missionary Baptist 

Church, Garland, Sunday School 

9:45 a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m. 

and 7:30 p.m. 

Galeed Baptist Church, 

Bladenboro, Sunday School 

9:45 am, Worship Service 10:45 

a.m., Sunday night Discipleship 

Training 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 

nights 7:30 p.m. 

Good News Baptist Church, 

intersection of Center Rd. and 

N.C. 211 Bypass, Bladenboro, 

Sunday School 10 a.m., Morning 

Worship 11 a.m., Evening Worship 

6:30 p.m., Wednesday Service 7 

p.m. 

Grace Baptist Church, 

Bladenboro, Sunday School 9:45 


Training Union 6 p.m., Wednesday 

nights 7 p.m. 

Grace Independent Baptist 

Church, Garland, Sunday School 

10 a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m., 

Prayer Time 5:45 p.m., Evening 

Services 6 p.m., Wednesday nights 

Prayer Service and Bible Study 

7 p.m. 

Haw Bluff Baptist Church, 1433 

Haw Bluff Road, Kelly, Sunday 


11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 

Nights Prayer Meeting and 

Children’s Services 7 p.m. 

Hickory Grove Baptist Church, 



Sunday night Discipleship 

Training 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 

night Prayer Service 7:30 p.m. 

Jerusalem Baptist Church, Hwy 

211, Council, Sunday School 10 

a.m., 1st & 3rd Sundays Worship 


Kitchen Branch Missionary 

Baptist Church, Council, Sunday 

School 10 a.m., Sunday Pastoral 

Services 11:30 a.m. 

Lisbon Baptist Church, 

Clarkton, Sunday School 9:30 

a.m., Worship Service 10:30 a.m. 

Love Grove Baptist Church, 

Tar Heel, Sunday School 10 a.m., 

Worship Service 11 a.m. and 7 

p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 

p.m. 

Mt. Elam Missionary Baptist 

Church, Hwy 210 N, Garland, 


Service 11 a.m., Prayer Meeting/ 

Bible Class Mondays 7:30 p.m. 

New Center Baptist Church, 




7:30 p.m. 

New Hope Missionary Baptist 

Church, 1604 White Plains Church 

Road, Clarkton, 645-6464, Sunday 


11 a.m., Missionary Meeting 1st 

Wednesday night 6:30 p.m., BTU 

(Baptist Training Union) 2nd 

Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Bible Study 

3rd, 4th and 5th Wednesday nights 

7:30 p.m. 

Northside Baptist Church, 898 

Sunset Park Road, Bladenboro, 

Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday 

morning Worship 11 a.m., 

Discipleship Training 6:30 p.m., 

Sunday Evening Worship 7:30 

p.m., Wednesday evening Prayer 

Service and Bible Study 7:30 p.m. 

Peace Baptist Church, 



Wednesday night service 7 p.m. 

Pilgrim Hill Missionary 

Baptist Church, 869 Elkton Road, 

Clarkton, Pastoral Services 1st 

& 3rd Sundays, Prayer Meeting 


Piney Grove Missionary Baptist 

Church, 851 S Braddy Plantation 

Road, Council, Sunday School 10 

a.m., Morning Worship 1st and 

3rd Sunday 11a.m., Bible Study 

Thursday 6:30 p.m., Missionary 

Meeting 1st Monday each month 

6:30 p.m., BTU every 2nd Sunday 

11 a.m. 

Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, 

Clarkton, Sunday School 9:45 


Pleasant Union Missionary 

Baptist Church, East Arcadia, 


Service 11 a.m. on the 2th and 

4th Sundays, Bible Study Monday 

7 p.m. 

Richardson Baptist Church, 



Riverside Baptist Church, 

Harrells, Sunday School 10 a.m., 

Worship Service Sunday 11 a.m. 

and 7 p.m., Wednesday 7 

p.m. 

Round Branch Baptist Church, 

10295 Center Road, Bladenboro, 

648-6026, Sunday School 9:45 

a.m., Worship Service 1st, 2nd, and 

4th Sunday 11 a.m., Youth Worship 

Service 3rd Sunday 11 a.m., Youth 

Bible Study Wednesday 6 p.m., 

Adult Bible Study Wednesday 7 

p.m. 

Sandy Grove Baptist Church, 



Sandhill Missionary Baptist 

Church, 16920 Twisted Hickory 

Road, Bladenboro 

Second New Light Missionary 

Baptist Church, 3201 Purdie-Hall 

Rd., St. Pauls, Sunday School 9:45 

a.m., Morning Worship 11:15 a.m., 

Prayer Service Wednesday 11 a.m. 

&7:30 p.m. 

Shady Grove Missionary Baptist 

Church, 10981 Twisted Hickory 

Road, Bladenboro, Sunday School 

10 a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m. 

and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday night 

Bible study 7:30 p.m. 

Shiloh Missionary Baptist 

Church, Dublin, Sunday School 10 


Suggs Missionary Baptist 

Church, Hwy. 53, Fayetteville, 

Sunday School10 a.m., Worship 

Service 11 a.m., Sunday Night 

Service 1st & 3rd Sunday 7:30 

p.m., Wednesday Night Prayer 

Service 7:30 p.m. 

Tar Heel Baptist Church, 


Service 11 a.m., Discipleship 

Training 7 p.m., Wednesday 

Prayer Service 7 p.m. 

West Bladenboro Baptist 

Church, Village Street, Sunday 


11 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Service 

7 p.m. 

White’s Creek Baptist Church, 


Worship Service 11 a.m. & 6:30 

p.m., Sunday & Wednesday Night 

7:30 p.m. 

White’s Creek Missionary 

Baptist Church, Libson 

Community, DR 1704 off NC 87, 


Service 11 a.m., Wednesday Prayer 


White Lake Baptist Church, 

7585 N.C. Hwy. 41 East, 

Elizabethtown, Praise and Worship 

10:30 a.m. Sunday; Sunday morning 

Worship Service 11 a.m.; 

Sunday school 7 p.m.; Wednesday 

Bible Study 7 p.m. 

White Oak Baptist Church, 



Service 7 p.m. 

Zion Hill Baptist Church, 12418 

NC Hwy 131/410 N., Bladenboro, 

Sunday School 10am, Worship 

Service 11 a.m., Church Training 

6:30 p.m., 1st Wednesday Mission 

Night 7:30 p.m., Prayer Meeting 

every other Wednesday 7:30 p.m. 

Catholic 

Our Lady of the Snows Catholic 

Church, Broad St. Elizabethtown, 

Spanish Mass Saturday 7 p.m., 

English Mass Saturday 5 p.m. 

Church of God 

Ammon Church of God, 4816 

Old Fayetteville Rd., Sunday 


11 a.m. & 7 p.m., Wednesday 

Night Bible Class 7 p.m. 

Bladenboro Church of God, 

211 Business, Bladenboro, Sunday 


11 a.m. & 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 

7:30 p.m. 

White Oak Family Worship 

Center, 1932 Burney Road, White 

Oak, Sunday School 10 a.m., 

Worship Service 11 a.m. & 6 p.m., 


Elizabethtown Church of God, 

2326 U.S. Hwy. 242 N., Sunday 


11 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible 

Study 7 p.m. 

Grace Church of God, 113 Elm 

Street, Bladenboro, Sunday School 


and Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. 

Church of Christ 

Bladen Church of Christ, 803 

East Swanzy St., Elizabethtown, 


Service 11 a.m. & 6 p.m. 

New Shiloh Church of 

Christ, 801 Peanut Plant Rd, 

Elizabethtown, Service Sunday 

11 a.m. 

Episcopal 

St. Christopher’s Episcopal 

Church, 2602 W. Broad St., 

Elizabethtown, Worship Service 

10:30 a.m., Holy Eucharist first 

and third Sundays, Morning 

Prayer every other Sunday in the 

month. 

Free Will Baptist Church 

Ammon Pentecostal F.W. 

Baptist Church, Sunday School 10 

a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m. & 7 

p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. 

Bethlehem Pentecostal F.W. 

Baptist Church, Hwy 410 N., B 

ladenboro 

Clarkton Pentecostal F.W. 


a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m. and 

6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. 

Dublin Pentecostal F.W. Baptist 

Church, Hwy 87, Sunday School 


& 6 p.m., Bible Study & Crusaders 

for Christ Wednesday 7:30 p.m. 

Elizabethtown Pentecostal F.W. 

Baptist Church, Broad St., Sunday 


11 a.m. & 6 p.m. 

New Light Pentecostal F.W. 

Baptist Church, Spinner Park 

Road, Sunday School 10 a.m., 


Wednesday 7:30 p.m. 

Riverside Pentecostal Church, 

Airport Rd., Elizabethtown, 


Service 11 a.m. & 6 p.m. 

Rowan Pentecostal F.W. Baptist 

Church, Hwy 210 near Kelly, 


Service 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. 

Salem Pentecostal F.W. Baptist 

Church, Brown Marsh Rd., 




Tar Heel Free Will Baptist 

Church, Old 87 Loop Rd, Sunday 


11 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 

p.m. 

White Oak Free WIll Baptist 

Church, Hwy. 211 Business, 

Bladenboro Sunday School 10 


p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m. 

Original Free Will Baptist 

Oak Grove Original F.W. Baptist 

Church, Bladenboro, Sunday 

School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 

11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sunday; 

Wednesday night 7:30 p.m. 

White Oak Original F.W. 

Baptist Church, Hwy 211, 



p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m. 

Holiness 

Pleasant Grove United Holiness 

Church, 188/150 Church Drive, 

Elizabethtown, NC 28337. Sunday 

school 10:30 a.m.; worship 11:30 

a.m.; Bible study Tuesday nights 

7 p.m. 

Abbottsburg Pentecostal 

Holiness Church, 14258 Twisted 

Hickory Rd., Bladenboro, Sunday 


11 a.m. & 7 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 

p.m. 

Abe Branch Holiness Church, 

965 Marsh Road, Bladenboro, 

Sunday School 10 a.m., Morning 

Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Evening 

Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 

Evening Worship 7:30 p.m. 

Bethal Emmanuel Holiness 

Church, Hwy 211 Business West, 


a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m. & 

6:30 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m., 

CYS Sunday 6 p.m. 

Colly Chapel Church, NC 41, 



& 7:30 p.m., Prayer Meeting 


Davids Chapel Holiness Church 

of Praise and Worship, 627 Barney 

Coe Road, Kelly, Sunday School 

10 a.m., Morning Worship first 

and third Sunday at 11:30 a.m., 

Wednesday night Bible study, altar 

prayer and tarry service 7 a.m. 

Faith Fellowship Holiness 

Church, Railroad St., Bladenboro, 


Service 11 a.m. & 6 p.m., 


Floyd’s Temple #2 Holiness 

Church, Bladenboro, Sunday 

School 10am, Worship Service 2nd 

& 4th Sunday 11:30am, Prayer 

Meeting & Bible Study 7:30pm, 

Wednesday 7:30pm 

Friendship Holiness Church, 

Mote Road, Colly Area, Sunday 


11 a.m. & 5:30 p.m., Prayer 

Meeting Wednesday 6 p.m. 

Galilee Pentecostal Holiness 

Church, 459 Airport Road, 

Garland, Sunday School 10 a.m., 

Worship Service 2nd and 4th 

Sunday 11 a.m., Prayer Wednesday 

5 p.m., Bible Study Friday 7 p.m., 

Missionary Service 2nd Sunday 

5 p.m. 

Greater Robinson Temple 

Holiness Church, 173 Robinson 

Temple Church Road, 

Elizabethtown, Sunday School 10 

a.m., Worship Service 11:30 a.m., 

Prayer and Bible Study, Tuesdays 

7:30 p.m. 

Highway of Holiness Church, 

528 Twisted Hickory Road, Dublin, 

Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Morning 

Worship 11 a.m., Bible study 6:45 

p.m., Noon Day Prayer noon. 

Living Springs Church, 909 

S. Poplar Street, Elizabethtown 

Sunday Worship Service 10:30 

a.m., Children’s Church (Ages 

4-10) 10:30a.m., Wednesday Night 

Bible Study, Royal Rangers, Girls 

Ministries 7 p.m. 

Lula’s Temple First Born 

Holiness Church, Della St., 

Elizabethtown, Sunday School 

10 a.m., Bible Study 7:30 p.m., 

Tuesday & Friday Prayer Meeting 

7:30 p.m., Worship Service 2nd & 

4th Sunday 11:30 a.m. 

McKoy’s Chapel First Born 

Holiness Church, Dublin, Sunday 


2nd & 4th Sunday 11 a.m. 

Pleasant Hill Holiness Church, 

Rt. 2, Elizabethtown, Sunday 


1st Sunday 11:30 a.m., Pray 

Service Friday 7:30 p.m. 

Richardson Chapel Holiness 

Church, Hwy. 53, Sunday School 


(1st & 3rd Sundays), Wednesday 

7:30 p.m. 

St. James United Holy Church, 

Council, Sunday School 10 a.m., 

Worship Service 11 a.m. on the 

4th Sunday and 6 p.m. on the 

2nd Sunday, Bible Class every 3rd 

Monday 7 p.m. 

St. Matthews Holiness Church 

by Faith, 4681 Old Fayetteville Rd., 


Service 11:30 a.m., Wednesday 

7:30 p.m. 

Independent 

The Apostolic Way Church, 

Hwy. 53, Lagoon, Sunday School 


& 6:30 p.m., Thursday 7:30 p.m. 

Bible Crusaders, Crusaders 

Mission, 700 Poplar St., 


a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m.(1st, 

2nd & 3rd Sunday), Bible Study 

Tuesday 7:30 p.m. 

Bible Faith Assembly of God, 

Elizabethtown, Leadership 

Training 10am, Worship Service 

11 a.m. 

Calvary Independent Church, 

405 Main St., Bladenboro, Sunday 

School 10am, Worship Service 11 

a.m. & 7 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 

p.m. 

Christian Faith Independent 

Church, 400 Main St., Bladenboro, 




Elizabethtown Deliverance 

Evangelistic Center, 412-A Peanut 

Road, Elizabethtown, Sunday 

School 10am, Worship Service 

11a.m., Bible study: Prayer 7 p.m. 

Bible study 7:30 p.m. 

Fellowship Bible Church, 

2803 Waddell St., NC 87 East, 

Elizabethtown, Worship Service 

10:30 a.m. 

God’s Freedom & Faith 

Independent Church, Bladenboro, 




Graham Tabernacle FBH 

Church, 281 Grand Road, Clarkton, 

647-0294, Sunday School 10 a.m., 

Worship Service 11:30 a.m., 

Mission Night Tuesday 7:30 p.m., 

Bible Study Wednesdays 7:30 p.m. 

Holy Temple of Living 

Water Ministries, 109 Hill St., 

Elizabethtown, Sunday Worship 

Service 10 a.m., Thursday Prayer 

and Bible Study 7 p.m. 

Liberty Worship Center, 89 

North Grove St., Clarkton, Sunday 

School 10 a.m., Sunday Worship 

11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Wednesday 

7 p.m. 

Love Mission Christian 

Center,408 Hwy. 242, Bladenboro, 

Worship Service Sunday 10 a.m., 

Thursday 7:30 p.m. 

New Beginnings Fellowship of 

Elizabethtown, Sunday school 10 

a.m., Morning Worship 11 a.m., 

Sunday night service 7 p.m., Bible 

study Wednesday 7 p.m. 

New Faith Ministries 

Fellowship, 56 3rd Street, 

Dublin, Sunday School 10 a.m., 



New Testament Missionary 

Church, McKoy Rd, Lisbon, 


Service 2nd, 4th, & 5th Sundays 

11:30a.m., Prayer Service 

Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Bible Study 

Friday 8 p.m. 

Outreach For Christ Church, 

Hwy. 211 Business W., Bladenboro, 


Service 11am & 6pm, Wednesday 

7:30pm 

St. James United Holy Church, 

Brady Plantation Road, Carvers 

Creek Community, Sunday School 

10am, Worship Service 2nd & 

4th Sundays 11am, Bible Class 

Tuesday 7pm, Prayer Meeting 

Wednesday 7pm 

Sweet Home Holiness Church, 

Sweet Home Church Road, 


9:45 a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m. 

& 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m. 

Second Chance Community 

Church, 1615 River Rd., at 

Harmony Hall in White Oak, 

Sunday school 10:15 a.m., Worship 

service 11 a.m., Sunday evening 

worship 7 p.m., Wednesday night 

prayer service 7 p.m. 

Greater Mount Calvary Church 

of Deliverance, Airport Road, 

Elizabethtown, Sunday school 

10:30 a.m.; Worship service 1st, 

2nd and 3rd Sunday 11:30 a.m.; 

Prayer service Tuesday 7 p.m.; and 

Bible study Thursday 7:30 p.m. 

Methodist 

Bethelehem United Methodist 

Church, NC 53, White Oak, 



Bluefield United Methodist 

Church, 8697 Lisbon Road, 

Clarkton, Worship Service 9:30 

a.m., Sunday School 10:30 a.m. 

Carvers Creek, Council, 



Clarkton United Methodist 

Church, 9050 U. S. Hwy. 701 S., 

Clarkton, Worship Service 11 a.m. 

Live Oak United Methodist 

Church, Hwy 53 & Live Oak 

Methodist Church Road, Sunday 


11 a.m. 

Pleasant Grove United 

Methodist Church, Pleasant Grove 

Church Road, Bladenboro, Sunday 


11 a.m. 

Purdie Untied Methodist 

Church, Tar Heel, Sunday School 


Singletary United Methodist 

Church, Hwy 410, Dublin, Sunday 

School 9:45 a.m., Worship Services 

8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. 

Trinity United Methodist 

Church, 901 W. Broad St., 


9:45 a.m., Worship Services at 8:30 

a.m. and 11 a.m. 

Trinity United Methodist 

Church, Hwy 53, Kelly, Sunday 

School 10:45 a.m., Worship 

Service 9:30 a.m. 

Wesley’s Chapel United 

Methodist Church, Peanut Road, 

Rt. 3, Elizabethtown, Sunday 


11 a.m. 

Windsor United Methodist 

Church, Hwy 242, Ammon, 


Service 8:45 a.m., Wednesday 

Night Fellowship 6 p.m. 

Presbyterian 

Acme Presbyterian Church, 

Hwy 87, Riegelwood, Worship 

Service 10 a.m., Fellowship 11 

a.m. 

Beth Car Presbyterian Church, 


Service 11am 

Clarkton Presbyterian Church, 

College Street, Sunday School 

10am, Worship Service 11am 

Elizabethtown Presbyterian 

Church, Broad & Morehead 

Streets, Sunday School 10 a.m., 

Worship Service 11 a.m. 

Mount Horeb Presbyterian 

Church, Hwy 87 & SR 1712, 

Sunday School 10:30am, Worship 

Service 9:30am 

Second Presbyterian Church, 

Dunham & Williams Streets, 


10am, Worship Service 11am 2nd 

& 4th Sundays 

White Plains Presbyterian 

Church, Sunday School 10am, 

Worship Service 11am 

Seventh Day Adventist 

Elizabethtown Seventh-day 

Adventist Church, 403 Broad 

Street, Saturday Sabbath School 

9:45 a.m., Church Service 

11:30a.m., Prayer Service Tuesday 

7 p.m. 

Philadelphia Seventh Day 

Adventist Church, 1855 Microwave 

Tower Road, Council, Saturday 

Sabbath School 9:45 a.m., Church 


Service 7 p.m. 

Deliverance 

Abundant Life Deliverance 

Center, 412-A Peanut Rd., 


9:45 a.m., Morning Worship 

11am, Empower-ment/Fellowship 

Service 5 p.m., Thursday evening 

Empowerment Bible Study 

7 p.m.Church of Deliverance, 


Worship Service 11 a.m. & 7:30 

p.m. 

Greater Omni Deliverance 

Church, 112 Swanzy Street, 



Bible Study Wednesday 7:30 p.m. 

Full Gospel Christian Church, 

Richardson Street, Elizabethtown, 

Morning Prayer 9 a.m., Sunday 


11:30 a.m. & 6:30 p.m. 

United Pentecostal 

United Pentecostal Church, 

Hwy. 701 N., Lakewood Plaza, 


a.m., Worship Service 11am & 

6:30pm, Wednesday 7:30pm 

Clarkton Pentecostal F.W. 



p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.

Christmas shopping 

season is strong one 

By erin smith 

Staff writer 

ELIZABETHTOWN — Bladen County business 

owners said their Christmas sales numbers were 

strong and the returns have been basically nonexistent. 

“We about broke even from last year. Returns have 

not been tremendous,” said Denise Smith, manager of 

Goody’s. “It seems everyone did their exchanges before 

Christmas.” 

While Smith said her store broke even on sales 

numbers, she credits the pre-Christmas exchanges that 

were made by savvy shoppers with keeping the store’s 

after-Christmas return rate down. 

JoAnna Schryber, manager of Bargain Town, said her 

store did well overall even though they came in fifth in 

sales in their district this year. 

“It went good. Our district was tops in all the company,” 

said Schrbyer. “We were up against some really 

tough (sales) numbers. That was because there were 

some stores going out of business.” 

Schryber said the return rate for her store was also 

very low. 

“It’s the lowest it has ever been. We’ve hardly had 

any returns what so ever throughout the company,” 

said Schryber. 

Schryber added her store has an ad going now which 

offers 50 percent off all Christmas items; 40 percent off 

all sweaters, and another clearance markdown will be 

taken next week. 

Ricky Leinwand, owner and operator of Leinwands, 

said sales were “outstanding.” He said his sales numbers 

were up compared to last year. Last year’s sales 

were strong after a slow fall season due to construction 

in the downtown area. 

“We honestly had the best month of December in the 

entire 77 years our store has been in business,” said 

Leinwand. “With the economic times like they are, we 

are very pleased.” 

He added returns have gone smoothly as well. 

Leinwand said the only thing he and his staff ask is 

that if they don’t have an item in stock, to give them a 

few days to get the item. 

National outlook hopeful 

On the national sales front, things are looking up 

for the final few days of 2011 for retailers. Joya Doss, 

a correspondent with The Nightly Business Report 

said Tuesday that retailers expected about 3.8 percent 

gain this year. That was not as large as last year when 

retailers saw a 5 percent gain according to Doss, but it 

is still positive. According to Nightly Business Report, 

consumers spent about 5 percent more this year on 

their holiday shopping this year than last year. 

The research firm Comscore released a report indicating 

that free shipping accounted for about 60 percent 

of the transactions which were made online this 

holiday season. 

Not all retailers are feeling so jolly though as Sears 

announced it will close 120 Sears and KMart stores. 

The company has yet to identify which stores will be 

closed. 

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Rainy day 

W. Curt Vincent | Bladen Journal 

A couple braces themselves under an umbrella against the wind and rain in 

downtown elizabethtown on Tuesday. 

Jose Buenaseda, M.D. 

Crime News 

Elizabethtown man 

charged with felony 

statutory rape 

w. Curt Vincent 

Editor 

ELIZABETHTOWN — An 

Elizabethtown man has been arrested 

and charged with two counts of felony 

statutory rape of a minor and two 

counts of abduction of a child. 

Rogelio Labra, 30, of 114 Robin Dr., 

reportedly picked up 

the minor from school 

on two occasions and 

transported her to 

his residence, where 

investigators with 

the Bladen County 

Sheriff’s Office say the 

sexual assaults took 

place in May. 

According to Capt. 

Rodney Hester, Labra 

would drop the young girl off near her 

residence after committing the sexual 

assaults. 

Hester said Labra was arrested on 

Christmas Eve and is now in the 

Bladen County Jail under a $100,000 

secured bond. 

Bladen County Sheriff’s Office 

The Bladen County Sheriff’s Office 

recently released its arrest and victim 

report for Dec. 21 to Dec. 28. 

There were a total of 33 victims and 

nine arrests. 

Among those reports were eight for 

breaking and/or entering, five for larceny 

and two for assaults. 

Following are the more interesting 

and/or important arrests: 

— Burnis Floyd, 44, charged with 

felony common law robbery at 77 

Shane lane, Bladenboro, on Dec. 24. 

— Otis Darnell Montgomery, 44, 

charged with assault on a female at 

1468 Baldwin Elkton Road, Clarkton, 

on Dec. 26. 

— Douglas Dee Lacy, 52, charged 

with assault on a female at 105 

Singletary St., Bladenboro, on Dec. 26. 

Dr. Jose Buenaseda, or “Dr. B.” to anyone who’s met him, is a pediatrician 

with Bladen Kids’ Care. He is a prime example of a caring and compassionate 

physician who goes above and beyond each and every day. 

Dr. Buenaseda goes out of his way to ensure that he is providing excellent 

care not only to his patients, but to anyone who walks through the door. He 

spends as much time as needed with each patient, even if it means working 

through lunch or staying late. He always takes the time to answer questions 

and treats everyone with respect. 

Dr. Buenaseda not only strives to help his patients, but he comes to work 

every day with a positive attitude. He finds a way to make everyone’s day 

brighter and his co-workers consider it a “joy to work with him.” 

Congratulations to “Dr. B.” on winning this year’s Golden Stethoscope Award! 

rogelio Labra

B 

Cathy 

Elliott 

Talkin’ 

NASCAR 

Letters 

to Santa 


Dec. 30, 2011 

Page 1B 

We’ve all grown accustomed 

to seeing busy 

UPS and FedEx personnel 

around NASCAR garage 

areas, but the bright 

red mailbox in the corner 

of a particular motorhome lot at 

Homestead-Miami Speedway seemed 

especially overstuffed. A few racing 

folks, it seems, had very particular 

requests to make of Santa Claus this 

year. 

Tampering with U.S. Mail is a federal 

offense, but North Pole security isn’t 

quite so strict, and consequently, the 

contents of those letters have been 

anonymously leaked to the media. A 

few of them are printed below. 

Dear Santa, 

I guess it’s probably bad form to 

complain, since you gave me exactly 

what I asked for in 2011 – the highest 

number of points in the NASCAR 

Sprint Cup Series. The problem as I 

see it is that one of my competitors 

asked for the same thing, and being 

the generous kind of guy you are, you 

came through for both of us. So with 

your indulgence, this year I’m going to 

recycle my request and make it a little 

more specific. 

In 2012, I would like to have the 

highest number of points in the Cup 

Series … plus one. 

Also, I don’t mean to be greedy, but 

if you’re feeling generous, you might 

want to slip a nice neck brace under 

the tree, just in case one of those backflips 

goes horribly wrong. I’m not getting 

any younger, you know. 

Thanks, Santa. You’re the best … 

Carl Edwards Well Santa, I thought we 

had a mutually beneficial arrangement 

working, but apparently I was wrong. 

I have only asked for one thing every 

year since 2006, and you have always 

come through until now. Obviously, it’s 

a one-of-a-kind gift, so I couldn’t help 

but notice that you already gave it to 

another guy. It can’t be that difficult 

to deal with a list as short as mine, 

so what’s the deal? I admit I may not 

have been great this year, but I was still 

pretty good. 

Anyway, there wasn’t much else I 

wanted, and I realize we’re dealing with 

short notice at this point, so I guess I’ll 

just go ahead and get my 2012 request 

in early. Two words: Number Six. 

Respectfully yours … Jimmie Johnson 

Santa, we need to talk. 

How can you realistically expect me 

to be nice when you just can’t seem to 

give me anything decent to work with? 

Really, considering all your shortcomings, 

I can’t imagine how that sleigh 

could even get through a single lap at 

Bristol, much less a full circuit around 

the world. You are pathetic. 

Despite my penchant for verbal 

naughtiness, I have won a bunch of 

races and a championship, and have 

buried a few bucks in the backyard for 

a rainy day. But in case you haven’t 

noticed, it’s raining RIGHT NOW – at 

my house, anyway – and the yard is 

turning to mud in a hurry. 

So if you think you can manage to 

get it together long enough to handle 

my list, I’ll make it easy for you and cut 

it down to just three letters. I would 

like a J-O-B. 

I’m interested to see what you’ll 

come up with, and strongly suggest you 

get started right away … Kurt Busch 

Hi, Santa! 

I need your help. I’m getting a little 

tired of hearing that I got my sweet 

2012 fulltime ride in the NASCAR 

Nationwide Series even though I’m 

nothing but a pretty face with a pocketful 

of sponsorship money (thanks for 

the pretty face, by the way). So I’m 

going to ask you to give me a little 

extra help behind the wheel next season 

so I can prove I deserve to be here. 

I don’t even have to win a race, 

Santa; just finishing out the season in 

the Top 10 would be awesome. 

See Elliott | 2B 

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BLADEN JOURNAL 

BOYS BASKETBALL 

Knights nipped by Fairmont 

West Bladen 

also falls 

against 

Richmond 


Editor 

SOUTHERN PINES — It hasn’t 

been much of a holiday for West Bladen 

High at the Holiday in the Pines basketball 

tournament at Pinecrest High. 

After dropping its opener against 

Richmond Senior on Tuesday, the 

Knights lost a heartbreaker to Fairmont 

High in the consolation bracket on 

Wednesday, 56-53. It was the third 

time West Bladen and Fairmont had 

squared off this season, with the 

Golden Tornadoes taking the last two. 

West Bladen opened the game with 

a 6-2 spurt, but Fairmont turned the 

tables and ran off a 10-2 run to build a 

12-8 advantage. The Knights, however, 

finished the first quarter on a 5-1 run 

that gave them a 13-12 edge at the 

buzzer. 

D.J. Mason and Justin Gillespie each 

hit 3-pointers early in the second stanza 

and helped the Knights to a 19-12 

cushion, but the Golden Tornadoes 

fought back with a 6-0 spurt that cut 

the deficit to 19-18. 

West Bladen went on a 6-2 run late 

in the half, but Fairmont had a run 

of its own and took a 28-27 lead into 

intermission. 

The Knights scored the first two 

baskets of the second half for a 31-28 

lead, but Fairmont manufactured a 9-0 

spurt that propelled it to a 37-31 lead. 

West Bladen fought back with a 9-3 

spurt that knotted the game at 40-40 

early in the fourth quarter, but the 

Knights never could muster a lead the 

rest of the way. 

The Golden Tornadoes exploded for 

a 13-5 run and 53-45 lead in the fourth 

frame that all but sealed the victory. 

West Bladen managed to get a pair of 

late 3-pointers — from Gillespie and 

Rahu Purdie — but it was too little, 

too late. 

Mason led West Bladen with 

19 points and 15 rebounds, while 

Gillespie tallied 13 points and grabbed 

seven boards. 

Knights drop opener 

Undefeated Class 4-A Richmond 

Senior proved too much for the 

Knights of West Bladen on Tuesday 

in the opening round of the Holiday 

in the Pines basketball tournament at 

Kenny Armstrong | Bladen Journal 

D.J. Mason has led West Bladen High in scoring and rebounding through the first two games of 

the Holiday in the Pines tournament at Pinecrest High. 

Pinecrest High, as the Raiders took a 

79-55 win. 

“We didn’t play well,” Knights coach 

Travis Pait said. “In fact, it may have 

been the worst game we’ve played this 

season.” 

West Bladen showed early that it was 

there to compete. The Knights took a 

5-2 edge fueled by a 3-pointer from 

D.J. Mason, but Richmond showed 

why it’s one of the better big school 

teams by going on an 11-0 run that put 

the Raiders up by a 13-5 margin. 

Still, the Knights didn’t fold. 

Baskets by Justin Gillespie and 

Shaquan Whitfield preceded a bucket 

by Mason and two 3-pointers from the 

lanky senior to cap a 13-2 West Bladen 

spurt that gave the Knights an 18-15 

lead after the first quarter. 

West Bladen held a 20-17 edge early 

in the second stanza, but that’s when 

things began to go sour. Richmond 

scored seven unanswered points for a 

Baseball 

exhibit visits 

local library 

Staff report 

ELIZABETHTOWN — Bladen County 

Public Library has received a grant from the 

National Endowment for the Humanities 

and the American Library 

Association for a six-week 

exhibit of “Pride and Passion: 

The African-American 

Baseball Experience.” 

The exhibit will be in the 

meeting room at the main 

library in Elizabethtown. 

There will be program- 

ming to enhance the exhibit. 

Larry Lester, author, historian 

and one of the founders 

of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, 

will present programs for the high schools in 

early January. 

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BOYS BASKETBALL 

Holiday in the Pines 

Tournament 

Pincrest High School 

First round 

Richmond Senior 79 

West Bladen 55 

Richmond 15-24-18-22 — 79 

West Bladen 18-12-12-13 — 55 

Highlights: For West Bladen, D.J. 

Mason scored 21 points with three 

3-pointers and grabbed eight 

rebounds; Justin Gillespie scored 

20 points with two 3-pointers and 

had six rebounds. 

Records: West Bladen 7-4. 

Holiday in the Pines 

Tournament 

Pincrest High School 

Second round 

Fairmont 56 

West Bladen 53 

Fairmont 12-16-11-17 — 56 

West Bladen 13-14-6-20 — 53 

Highlights: For West Bladen, D.J. 

Mason scored 19 points and had 

15 rebounds; Justin Gillespie 

scored 13 points and grabbed 

seven rebounds. 

Records: West Bladen 7-5. 

Elliott 

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Church to host wild game cookoff, BBQ supper 


Editor 

ELIZABETHTOWN — The possibilities 

may not be from “A” to “Z,” but 

Elizabethtown Baptist Church is expecting 

to be able to offer folks the chance to taste 

a wide variety of wild game on Saturday, 

Jan. 28, when it hosts a wild game cookoff 

and free barbecue supper. 

“The church did a wild game dinner 

two years ago,” said Greg Taylor, one of 

the event’s organizers. “But we wanted 

to do something similar to give people 

the chance to taste food they hadn’t had 

before.” 

Taylor said that should include alligator, 

bear and a whole lot more. 

The event will begin at 10 a.m., and the 

barbecue supper will start at 5:30 p.m. 

Younger visitors will have activities like 

bounce houses to look forward to, while 

the adults can participate in the wild game 

cookoff, a 3-D archery contest and/or a 

From page 2B 

I love hearing fans yell “Go Daddy” – and please 

let us know if you need any help setting up www. 

ExpressLettersToSanta.com – but “You go, girl,” would 

sound really good, too. 

Thanks as always … Danica Patrick Dear Santa, 

I’m good. Thanks, Bud. 

Your pal … Tony Stewart Mr. Claus: 

Thank you for your thorough and completely satisfac- 

Knights 

From page 2B 

24-20 lead it would never 

give up. The Raiders went 

on to outscore the Knights 

by a 24-12 margin in the 

period and take a 39-30 lead 

into halftime. 

Richmond kept the pressure 

on in the second half, 

forcing West Bladen turnovers 

and scoring in spurts. 

Holding a 44-35 edge, the 

Raiders went on a 13-6 run 

that all but sealed the game 

at the end of the third quarter. 

West Bladen never could 

mount any sort of rally down 

the stretch and Richmond 

used a 10-2 spurt to end the 

game. 

“We just didn’t attack the 

glass like we should,” Pait 

said. “I’m not going to say 

Richmond isn’t good — they 

may be the best team we’ve 

played all season — but if 

we do what we do best for 

48 minutes, we can beat that 

team.” 

Mason led West Bladen 

with 21 points and three 

3-pointers. He also had eight 

rebounds. Gillespie was 

right behind with 20 points, 

a pair of 3-pointers and six 

rebounds. 

“I think D.J. could have 

scored 40,” Pait said. “He’s 

one of the best in our league 

shooting the ball, but he’s by 

far the best going to the rim 

and he settled for jump shots 

too much in this game.” 

Baseball 

From page 2B 

On Saturday, Jan. 21, 

Carl Long, outfielder for 

the Birmingham Black 

Barons, will meet and greet 

from 10 a.m. to noon at 

the Elizabethtown Library. 

Long lives in Kinston. 

He often attends games 

at Grainger Stadium to 

watch Kinston’s current 

team, the Kinston Indians. 

He has been honored by 

the Indians with “Carl 

Long Day” games, and in 

2003 he was inducted into 

the Kinston Professional 

Baseball Hall of Fame. 

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long-range and iron buck shooting contest. 

The wild game cookoff fee is $10 for 

three dishes. Additional dishes will be 

charged an extra fee. Winners will receive 

cash prizes, and the grand-prize winner 

will receive a pheasant tower hunt 

from Allen Brothers Hunting Reserve in 

Bladenboro. 

The USDA Wildlife Services Trapping 

Trailer will also be available during the 

day. 

“There should be plenty for everyone of 

all ages to see and do,” Taylor said. 

The barbecue supper, which will include 

the wild game and all the trimmings, 

will be free and open to the public. After 

the dinner, The Outdoor Channel’s Hank 

Parker Jr. will be the featured guest speaker. 

Elizabethtown baptist Church is located 

at 1800 W. Broad Street. 

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tory response to our letter of request dated Dec. 24, 2010. 

The 2011 season was, simply put, the best year in 

recent memory. From 20-year-old Trevor Bayne’s win in 

the Daytona 500 to the triumphant return of veteran Tony 

Stewart to the head seat at the champion’s table, it was 

just spectacular. 

Next year, we would like to respectfully request that you 

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Hank parker Jr. will be the featured guest speaker at 

Elizabethtown Baptist Church on Saturday, Jan. 28. 

in their enjoyment of racing, but in every aspect of their 

lives. We truly appreciate them; they are the greatest gift 

you could ever give us. 

Best wishes for the happiest of holidays and a prosperous 

New Year for everyone … NASCAR — 

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Having qualified as Administratrix of 

the estate of Barbara Gillespie, deceased, 

late of Bladen County, North 

Carolina. This is to notify all persons, 

firms and corporations having claims 

against the estate of said deceased 

to present the bills to me, the undersigned 

at 988 Dewitt Godden Road, 

Elizabethtown, NC 28337, on or before 

the 16th day of March, 2012. 

This Notice will be pleaded in bar of 

their recovery. All persons indebted 

to said estate please make immediate 

payment. 

This the 12th day of December 2011. 

Erica Campbell, Administratrix of the 

Estate of Barbara Gillespie 

2173 Mercer Mill Road 

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Having qualified as Executrix of the 

estate of Helmut K. Krein, deceased, 

late of Bladen County, North Carolina. 

This is to notify all persons, 

firms and corporations having claims 

against the estate of said deceased 

to present the bills to me, the undersigned 

at 306 W. 21st Street, Lumberton, 

NC 28358, on or before the 

9th day of March, 2012. This Notice 

will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. 

All persons indebted to said estate 

please make immediate payment. 

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W. Bernard, deceased, late of Bladen 

County, North Carolina, this is to notify 

all persons, firms and corporations 

having claims against the said 

estate to present them to the undersigned 

Executrix c/o Gary A. Grady, 

Hester, Grady & Hester, P.L.L.C., Post 

Office Box 130, Elizabethtown, North 

Carolina 28337, on or before the 

23rd day of March, 2012, or this notice 

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All persons indebted to said 

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payment to the undersigned. 

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2011. 

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PRIMERA FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., 

COMMUNITY FIRST BANK (Lienholder) 

and MARC LIVELY Trustee (Lienholder) 

or if deceased, all assignees, 

heirs at law devisees of Primera Financial 

Services, Inc., Community 

First Bank (Lienholder), and Marc 

Lively, Trustee (Lienholder) together 

with all their creditors and lienholders 

regardless of how or through 

whom they claim and any and all 

persons claiming any interest in the 

estates of Primera Finiancial Services, 

Inc., Community First Bank, (Lienholder), 

Marc Lively Trustee (Lienholder). 

Defendants. 

Under and by virtue of an Order of 

the Clerk of Superior Court of Bladen 

County, North Carolina, made and 

entered in the action entitled 

COUNTY OF BLADEN vs , PRIMERA FI- 

NANCIAL SERVICES, INC., COMMU- 

NITY FIRST BANK (Lienholder) and 

MARC LIVELY Trustee (Lienholder), or 

if deceased, all assignees, heirs at 

law devisees of PRIMERA FINANCIAL 

SERVICES, INC., COMMUNITY FIRST 

BANK (Lienholder) and MARC LIVELY 

Trustee (Lienholder), together with all 

her creditors and lien holders regardless 

of how or through whom 

they claim and any and all persons 

claiming any interest in the estate of 

PRIMERA FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., 

COMMUNITY FIRST BANK (Lienholder) 

and MARC LIVELY Trustee (Lienholder) 

the undersigned Commissioner 

will, on the 16th day of January, 

2012, offer for sell and sell for 

cash, to the highest bidder at public 

sale, at the Courthouse door in 

Bladen County, North Carolina in 

Elizabethtown, at 12:00 oclock noon, 

the following described real estate, 

lying and being in Hollow Township, 

State and County aforesaid, and 

more particularly described in Exhibit 

A attached hereto and incorporated 

herein by reference as if set out in 

full herein. 

Exhibit A: LYING in Hollow Township, 

Bladen County, North Carolina, Being 

bounded on the east, south and west 

by property described as Lot 2A of 

the J.G. Hughes estate as reported in 

the Book of Maps 13, Page 33, 

Bladen County Registry, bounded on 

the north by the southern right of 

way margin of NC 20: COMMENCING 

from the centerline intersection of 

said NC 20 and NCSR 1306 South 47 

degrees 30 minutes 59 seconds East 

for a distance of 43.79 feet to an iron 

pipe in the northern margin of NC 

20, the point and place of true beginning; 

thence South 03 degrees 58 

minutes 51 seconds East for a distance 

of 534.06 feet to an iron pipe; 

thence South 89 degrees 37 minutes 

53 seconds West for a distance of 

165.33 feet to an iron pipe; thence 

North 03 degrees 58 minutes 51 

seconds West for a distance of 

520.00 feet to an iron pipe in the 

southern right of way margin of NC 

20; thence North 82 degrees 25 minutes 

13 seconds East for a distance 

of 44.04 feet along said right of way 

margin to an iron pipe; thence North 

85 degrees 36 minutes 18 seconds 

East for a distance of 121.05 feet 

along said right of way margin to an 

iron pipe, the point and place of true 

beginning containing 1.9997 acres, 

more or less. Being all of Lot 301 of 

the Cowan Development. Being a 

portion of lot 2A in map Book 13, at 

page 33, Bladen County Registry. For 

title reference see Book 83, at page 

251, Bladen County Registry. Together 

with and subject to covenants, 

easements, and restrictions of records. 

Subject to those certain restrictive 

covenants recorded in Book 

400, at page 465, Bladen County 

Registry. This sale will be made subject 

to all outstanding taxes, assessments, 

and other liens not included 

in the Judgment in the above entitled 

action. A deposit of 10% of the successful 

bid will be required. 

This is the 5th day of December 

2011. 

ALLEN M. JOHNSON 

ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF 

P.O. BOX 2212, ELIZABETHTOWN, NC 

28337, (910) 862-2252 

JL 12/16 12/23 12/30 1/6 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

Notices (ANNOUNCE) 

TOWN OF ELIZABETHOWN 

PUBLIC NOTICE 

The January 2012 Town of 

Elizabethtown Planning Board 

meeting has been rescheduled 

for Monday, January 9, 2012. 

The normal meeting time has 

been changed to 5:30 p.m. for 

that date. The meeting will be 

held in the Elizabethtown 

Municipal Building. 

Sylvia Campbell 

Mayor 

TOWN OF ELIZABETHTOWN 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC 

HEARING 

Amending Text Amendment, 

Town of Elizabethtown, North 

Carolina Pursuant to 

N.C. G.S. 160A-364, 385 and 

386 the Town of Elizabethtown 

will conduct a public hearing 

on Monday, January 9, 2012 

at 7:00 pm in the 

Elizabethtown Municipal 

Building. Council will consider 

the following: 

Text Amendment Petitioner: 

Town of Elizabethtown Case 

Number: TA 1012108780 

Include additional language in 

the Elizabethtown Zoning 

Ordinance to Article 8, Section 

8.4.1. to amend the Storm 

Water Protection Ordinance 

pertaining to TSS removal and 

fee schedule for the Town of 

Elizabethtown's zoning 

jurisdiction. The Elizabethtown 

Planning Board will consider 

amending this same Text 

Amendment at their 6:00 pm 

meeting and forward to Town 

Council for their consideration 

at 7pm. 

All interested citizens are 

invited to attend this hearing 

and present comments on the 

above petition. Citizens 

desiring to speak are required 

TOWN OF ELIZABETHTOWN 

HEARING 

Amending Text Amendment, 

Town of Elizabethtown, North 

Carolina Pursuant to 

N.C. G.S. 160A-364, 385 and 

386 the Town of Elizabethtown 

will conduct a public hearing 

on Monday, January 9, 2012 

at 7:00 pm in the 

Elizabethtown Municipal 

Building. Council will consider 

the following: 

INCLUDES 

Text Amendment Petitioner: 

Town of Elizabethtown Case 

ONLINE 

Number: TA 1012108780 

Include additional language in 

the Elizabethtown Zoning 

Ordinance to Article 8, Section 

8.4.1. to amend the Storm 

Water Protection Ordinance 

pertaining to TSS removal and 

fee schedule for the Town of 

Elizabethtown's zoning 

jurisdiction. The Elizabethtown 

Planning Board will consider 

amending this same Text 

Amendment at their 6:00 pm 

meeting and forward to Town 

Council 

Notices 

for their 

(ANNOUNCE) 

consideration 

at 7pm. 

All interested citizens are 

invited to attend this hearing 

and present comments on the 

above petition. Citizens 

desiring to speak are required 

to place their name on the 

sign-up sheet before agenda 

adoption. Changes may be 

made in the advertised proposals 

that reflect information 

presented at 

the hearing. Those who 

choose to view a copy of the 

proposed text amendment 

may do so during regular 

business hours at the Town 

Manager's Office located at 

805 W. Broad Street. 

Sarah L. Baysden 

Deputy Clerk 

ANIMALS 

FINANCIAL 

300 SERVICES 

AGRICULTURE 

MERCHANDISE 

400 FINANCIAL 

FOR SALE 

40 gal. propane gas water 

heater and a 19 gal. electric 

water heater for 110 current. 

Call 910-862-6634. 

Want To Buy (MERCH) 

I buy junk cars 

Pay from $170-600. 100% 

Guarantee call-910-385-8585. 

Open 7 days a week. 

Yard Sale (MERCH) 

MOVING SALE 

At 10710 NC Hwy 131, located 

between Dublin and Bladenboro. 

Desks, Day bed, crib, 

baby items, mens name brand 

clothes, size medium and 

large, household items and 

much more. Sat. Dec. 31, 7 

a.m. - until. 

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES 

AUTOMOTIVE 

REAL ESTATE SALES 

REAL ESTATE RENTALS 

House For Rent (RENT) 

Home for Rent 

3B/1.5B brick home in Council 

Community. $550/mo + $350 

sec. dep. Call 804-873-4793 

HOME FOR RENT IN 

CENTER ROAD AREA 

3-BR, 1 BA, LIVING ROOM 

AND SEPARATE DEN. 

1800 SQ. FT. $700. MONTH, 

PLUS DEPOSIT. 

CALL 910-549-9396. 

MANUFACTURED HOUSING 

Rentals (MANUFACTURED) 

FOR RENT: 2 and 3 Bedroom 

manufactured homes in 

Elizabethtown. Range $350 

to $500. Deposit required. 

Call (910) 872-5302 

FOR RENT: 2 BR/1 BA mobile 

home. NO PETS. 

References. $285 month, 

deposit $285. South of 

Bladenboro. 910-874-0470. 

✍ 

Begin with a KEY WORD such as “Item for Sale”, etc. 

Use DESCRIPTIVE WORDS to identify the item 

State your PRICE or TERMS for the Sale 

Include a PHONE NUMBER and/or EMAIL ADDRESS 

BEST WAY 

TO WRITE YOUR AD 

6 

CALL | 910.862.4163 • FAX | 910.862.6602 

EMAIL | class@bladenjournal.com 

ONLINE | www.BladenJournal.com 

IN PERSON | 138 W. Broad Street, Elizabethtown, NC 

MAIL | P.O. Box 70, Elizabethtown, NC 28337 

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An hourly wage is offered and 

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sales. You will work at The 

Robesonian in Lumberton and 

be eligible to participate in the 

company benefits program. 

Send resume to: 

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PO Box 1028 Lumberton, NC 

28359 or email: jcraig@ 

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This is a full time position 

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Hourly wage plus a generous 

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If interested send inquiry or resume 

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Heartland Publications has 

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We are a growing company offering 

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L C ocal alendar ... 

Dec. 31 

n Join a park ranger 

and learn about the 

geological mysteries 

of the Carolina Bays at 

Jones Lake State Park. 

Formation theories and 

the natural communities 

associated with Carolina 

Bays will be discussed. 

Participants should meet 

at the Jones Lake State 

Park Visitor Center at 9 

a.m. This event is free 

and open to the public. 

Jan. 7 


for a discussion on the 

basics of waterfowl identification. 

This program 

will provide a basic 

understanding of the 

different types of waterfowl 

and their habitats. 




p.m. This event is free 


Jan 12 

n The Bladen County 

Retired School Personnel 

will meet at the Front 

Porch Restaurant in 

Elizabethtown at 10 a.m. 

An auction will be held 

to help raise funds for 

the two scholarships to 

be awarded in the spring. 

Jan 14 


for a discussion about 

Carolina Bays at Jones 

Lake State Park. After 

the discussion a short 

hike through a Carolina 

Bay, will give you a 

chance to explore these 

natural mysteries. 




p.m. and be sure to dress 

appropriately. This event 

is free and open to the 

public. 

Jan. 21 



butterflies and how to 

attract them to your back 

yard. Participants should 

meet at the Jones Lake 

State Park Visitor Center 

at 2 p.m.. The event is 

free and open to the 

public. 

Jan. 28 

n A wild game cook 

off and barbecue supper 

will take place at 

Elizabethtown Baptist 

Church in Elizabethtown 

from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. 

Supper will start at 5:30 

p.m. Events will include 

a 3D archery shoot, long 

range and iron buck 

For more event listings, or to submit a calendar item online, go to www.bladenjournal.com 

THINGS TO DO 

IN BLADEN CO. 

shoot, bounce houses 

for the children, and 

U.S.D.A. Wildlife services 

trapping trailer. There 

will be door prizes and 

more. The grand prize 

will be pheasant tower 

hunt at Allen Brothers 

Hunting Preserve. The 

church is located at 

1800 W. Broad Street, 




the red-cockaded woodpecker 

which calls 

Jones Lake State Park 

home. Learn about the 

many adaptations that 

make this bird unique. 



Park Visitors Center at 

10 a.m. The program will 

be followed by a short 

hike. The event is free 


Ongoing 

n Grandparents and 

kinship caregiver’s 

raising grandchildren 

support group meets 

every third Wednesday 

of the month at the 

Bladen County Division 

on Aging located at 

608 McLeod Street, 

Elizabethtown. For more 

information, call 910- 

872-6334. 

n Dublin First 

Baptist Church Child 

Development Center is 

enrolling children ages 

2-4 in the half-day program. 

The program uses 

the A Beka curriculum. 

For more information or 

to enroll call 862-2277 or 

876-0419. 


Youth Focus Project 

will meet every second 

Saturday of the 

month at 10 a.m. at 

the Paul R. Brown 

Building on Martin 

Luther King Boulevard, 

Elizabethtown. All interested 

persons are welcome 

to attend. 

n The Bladenboro 

Visual Arts Council 

Art Gallery will feature 

the artwork of Esther 

Colliers through the holiday. 

The gallery is located 

in the Bladenboro 

Historical Building and 

is open daily from 10 

a.m. to noon, and on 

Saturdays and Sundays 

from 2 to 4 p.m. 

The Bladenboro 

Historical Building is 

located at 818 South 

Main Street, Bladenboro. 

n The Bladen 

County Amateur Radio 

Society meets the 

first Tuesday of every 

month at the Bladen 

County Courthouse in 

Elizabethtown Room G7 

at 7 p.m. The public with 

or without an amateur 

radio license are welcome 

to attend. 

n The Cape Fear 

Farmer’s Market is now 

offering its tailgate market 

from 7 a.m. until 6 

p.m. 

Vendor information 

and copies of the rules 

for the market can be 

obtained by contacting 

Sarah Baysden at the 

Elizabethtown Town 

Office at 862-2066. 

n The Elizabethtown- 

White Lake Chamber of 

Commerce meets every 

second Tuesday at the 

Front Porch Restaurant 

at noon. 

n The Garland Lodge 

1511 of the Woodmen 

of the World Insurance 

Society meets the first 

Friday of every month 

at 7 p.m. at the Ammon 

community building. 

Members and guests are 

welcome. 

n Families First, Inc. 

is offering a parenting 

program for men and 

women. The women 

will meet on Mondays 

at 4 p.m. and men will 

meet on Wednesdays at 

4 p.m. These classes are 

open to anyone. Families 

First is located at 208 

S. Morehead Street, 

Elizabethtown. For further 

information contact, 

862-2534. 

n Families First, 

Inc. is offering an 

Empowerment Group for 

Women meeting Fridays 

from 4 p.m. until 5 p.m. 

You don’t have to be in 

an abusive situation to 

attend. We encourage 

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all women to come and 

express themselves. 

The program is open 

to anyone. Families 

First is located at 208 

S. Morehead Street, 

Elizabethtown. For more 

information contact, 862- 

2534. 

n A new military 

monument has been constructed 

by the Bladen 

County Military Museum 

on a brick patio at 818 

S. Main St., Bladenboro. 

Brick’s may still be 

purchased and are $100 

each. The bricks honor 

all branches of service 

beginning with the 

Revolutionary War. For 

more information, call 

863-4707. 

n Bladen County 

Habitat for Humanity 

meets at 6:30 p.m. on 

the second Monday 

of each month at 

the Elizabethtown 

Presbyterian Church. 

n The Woodmen of 

The World Lodge 865 

meets the third Tuesday 

of each month at 7 p.m. 

at the Woodmen of the 

World Lodge on Hwy. 

242 N. 

n The Woodmen of 

The World Lodge 208 

meets the first Monday 

of each month at 6:30 

p.m. at the Woodmen 

of the World Lodge on 

Whiteville Hwy. Meal 

will be served. 

n The Kelly Historical 

Society meets on the 

third Saturday each 

month at 10 a.m. at the 

Kelly Museum. For more 

information, call 910- 

763-6966. 


Chapter of the NAACP 

will meet the third 

Tuesday of every month 

at 6 p.m. in the Focus 

Building on Martin 

Luther King Drive in 


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