FRIDAY

WEATHER 

Tomorrow 

Abundant 

sunshine 

High 65 

Low 35 

IN BRIEF 

FROM THE REGION 

Vertical Church 

coming to WBH 

On Sunday, Nov. 

13, at 6 p.m., Vertical 

Church is coming to 

West Bladen High 

School for a night of 

worship and to explore 

what could be and 

should be. 

Anyone interested 

in seeing if you might 

be part of helping people 

in Bladen County 

who don't like church 

to meet God, we hope 

you'll join us for an 

evening of passionate 

worship and vision. 

The church is also 

teaming up with 

Bladen 4K on this 

evening to have a 

canned food drive. 

They ask that everyone 

bring canned food 

items so they may assist 

in providing 

Thanksgiving dinners 

for our friends and 

neighbors. Suggested 

items are: green 

beans, corn, yams, 

potatoes, ham, and 

cranberry sauce, but 

all canned goods will 

be accepted. 

All items will then 

be donated to the 

Bladen Crisis Assistance 

Food Pantry. 

Applications 

being accepted 

Applications are 

now being accepted 

for the fifth annual 

Bladen County Youth 

Focus Project Pageant, 

which will be 

held Saturday, Jan. 

14, 2012. 

All males and females 

ages 5 years 

old and up are welcome 

to compete. 

For information, call 

Minnie Price at 910- 

872-5333 or 910-872- 

1712, or Dolores 

McKoy at 910-872- 

0217.mail.com. 

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Police news ......... 3A 

Opinion ............... 4A 

Religion ............... 6A 

Education ............ 8A 

Sports ................. 1B 

Classified ............ 3B 

Calendar ............. 4B 

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ERIN SMITH 

esmith@bladenjournal.com 

Incumbents were an endangered 

species after Tuesday 

night in Bladenboro as the two 

seeking re-election to their town 

council seats were defeated. 

In Bladenboro’s Ward 1, 

challengers Everett Butler and 

Larry Simmons won election 

with 151 and 133 votes, respectively. 

They knocked out the 

lone incumbent to file for reelection, 

Bud Freeman, who received 

112 votes. 

Others receiving votes included 

Ashley Singletary with 

115 votes, Rufus Duckworth 

with 103 votes and there were 

four write-in votes. 

Butler and Simmons will be 

seated following the completion 

of the vote canvassing on Tuesday, 

Nov. 15. 

A fellow incumbent, David 

WASHINGTON, D.C. — 

U.S. Congressman Mike McIntyre 

has announced that he is taking action 

on three key agriculture issues 

to help North Carolina farmers. 

— First, McIntyre has become 

a co-sponsor to permanently extend 

the current 15 percent capital 

gains and dividend tax rate. Low 

capital gains rates provide incentives 

for farmers to invest in their 

businesses, improve their operations, 

and create opportunities for 

expansion. 

■ Second, McIntyre has signed 

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS 

ERIN SMITH/Bladen Journal 

Bladen County Board of Elections member Ray Britt reads out the vote totals to a crowd 

of onlookers Tuesday night at the Bladen County Board of Elections. 

BLADENBORO COUNCIL 

INCUMBENTS OUSTED 

Challengers 

knock off 

Freeman, 

Blanks 

E l i z a b e t h t o w n To w n 

Councilman Dicky Glenn 

goes over election tallies 

with Elizabethtown Mayor 

Sylvia Campbell at the 

Bladen County Board of 

Elections Office on Tuesday 

night. 

Hales, did not file seeking reelection. 

In Bladenboro’s Ward 2, 

there was one seat up for grabs 

and incumbent Ezra Blanks fell 

short of winning re-election 

after garnering 117. Challenger 

Sarah Jane Benson took 185 

votes to win the seat. Charles 

Suggs was a distant third with 

33 votes. 

See *ELECTION, Page 2A 

McIntyre pushes 

3 key farm issues 

on as a co-sponsor of the Beginning 

Farmer and Rancher Opportunity 

Act which will provide 

strong support for new farm entrepreneurs. 

This bill aims to preserve 

a way of life by encouraging 

younger Americans to choose 

farming as a profession. With the 

average American farmer approaching 

60 years of age, young 

and talented leaders are needed to 

ensure that our agriculture sector 

remains the envy of the world. 

See *McINTYRE, Page 2A 

Tar Heel 

write-ins 

create a 

new board 

ERIN SMITH 


TAR HEEL — In a town where 

no one wanted to file to seek election 

for the mayor’s post or three 

city council seats, four winners have 

emerged on election day after a 

write-in effort was made. The seats 

will be filled only after the winners 

accept the seats. 

There were a total of 46 ballots 

cast in the election. 

The town is reported to have a 

population of about 117, based on 

the 2010 Census, and was incorporated 

about 1964. 

Tar Heel’s incumbent Mayor 

Ricky Martin is not seeking re-election 

to the mayor’s seat because he 

has moved outside the city limits, 

according to reports, and none of the 

See *TAR HEEL, Page 2A 

Bladen 

Journal 

2011 

▲ 

White Oak 

man pleads 

guilty to 

receiving 

child porn 

Staff report 

A 52-year-old White Oak man 

entered a plea of guilty this week 

in federal court to a child pornography 

charge, and now faces up to 

20 years in prison. 

Andrew F. Hood, who investigators 

found with thousands of 

pornographic photographs of children 

on his computers, was convicted 

Monday of receiving child 

pornography, according to Thomas 

G. Walker with the U.S. Attorney’s 

Office. 

Hood will face sentencing on 

the charge in February. 

According to the investigation, 

while conducting undercover operations 

of peer-to-peer sharing of 

child pornography via the Internet, 

it was discovered that Hood was 

logging onto several known child 

pornography sites. On Feb. 15, 

2011, a search warrant was executed 

at Hood’s residence where 

two desktop computers, several 

external hard drives, multiple 

recordable CDs and a handwritten 

ledger listing file names were 

seized. 

Forensic analysis of the computers, 

hard drives and CDs revealed 

16,673 photos of child 

pornography and 227 videos. 

At sentencing in February, in 

addition to the 20 years’ imprisonment 

followed by up to five years’ 

supervised release, Hood faces a 

fine of up to $250,000. If Hood has 

had prior convictions that relate to 

sexual abuse or the production, 

possession, receipt, mailing, sale, 

distribution, shipment or transportation 

of child pornography, he 

faces up to 40 years imprisonment 

with up to a life-term of supervised 

release. 

Investigation of this case was 

conducted by the North Carolina 

State Bureau of Investigation and 

the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

■ This case was part of the 

Project Safe Childhood initiative, 

a national program aimed at ensuring 

that criminals exploiting children 

are effectively prosecuted by 

making full use of all available law 

enforcement resources at every 

level. For information about this 

national project, go to www.project 

safechildhood.gov. 

Donations 

are urged 

Staff report 

ELIZABETHTOWN — The Classic 

Cruisers Car Club of Elizabethtown 

got the Bladen Journal’s annual Empty 

Stocking Fund off the ground last week 

with a donation of $1,000. 

“Now we hope that momentum will 

build so we can reach or surpass our goal 

of $7,500 for the children of Bladen 

County,” said W. Curt Vincent, general 

manager/editor of the newspaper. 

A total of $125 has also been received 

for the fund, and the total stands 

See *FUND, Page 2A 

‘The Saturday Show’ 

Elizabethtown officials talk about the grand 

opening of the Cape Fear Farmers Market — 

starting at noon on Saturday, only at 

w w w . b l a d e n j o u r n a l . c o m

O 

James A. Lewis 

KELLY — James 

Alton Lewis, 55, died 

Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011, at 

home. 

The funeral will be 

held Saturday, Nov. 12, 

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BITUARIES ... 

Miss West Bladen 

to be selected on 

Saturday, Dec. 10 

DUBLIN — The second annual 

Miss West Bladen Pageant will be held 

at West Bladen High School on Saturday, 

Dec. 10, 6 p.m. 

Divisions will include Miss West 

Bladen, Senior Miss, Junior Miss, 

Sophomore Miss, Freshman Miss and 

Ambassador. 

The fee to enter is $30. 

Contestants will be judged in sportswear 

first. The outfit should be age appropriate 

and compliment your figure. 

Church outfits are recommended or “off 

the rack” apparel. Each participant 

should also plan to wear age appropriate 

formal gowns. 

The top four contestants in each division 

will have an on-stage question. 

The deadline to enter is Friday, Dec. 

2. Rehearsal will be Thursday, Dec. 8, 

at 5 p.m. at West Bladen High School. 

Checks or money orders should be 

made payable to West Bladen High 

School Pageant. 

Contact Karen Hales at 862-2130 for 

information. 

V 

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at 11 a.m. at Pleasant 

Hill Missionary Baptist 

Church in Kelly. Burial 

will follow in the Lewis 

Family Cemtery in Elizabethtown. 

Visitation will be Friday, 

Nov. 11, from 4 to 7 

OLUNTEERS, GROUPS ... 

Support Groups 

— Bladen Correctional Center 

is looking for volunteers for its 

Community Resource Council. 

The Council, which normally 

meets monthly, provides public 

awareness and support for the 

prison facility and assists inmates 

in making the transition from 

prison back into the community. 

Volunteer activities may include 

assisting inmate families in understanding 

prison policies and 

procedures, and providing things 

for the inmates who might not get 

p.m. at Dunn Funeral 

Home in Burgaw. 

A service of Dunn Funeral 

Home of Burgaw. 

Willie Mae Autry 

ELIZABETHTOWN 

— Willie Mae Autry, 83, 

of 179 McLean Road, 

died Wednesday, Nov. 

9, 2011, at Southeastern 

Hospice House in 

Lumberton. 

Arrangements are incomplete 

and will be an- 

*Election: Trio in E’town stay 

Elizabethtown 

Four folks were seeking 

election to the three available 

Elizabethtown Town Council 

seats. The three incumbent 

councilmen handily defeated 

challenger Jessica Wilson 

who received 316 votes. Incumbents 

Dicky Glenn received 

477 votes, Ricky 

Leinwand received 622 votes, 

and Ray Allen received 460 

votes. 

Incumbent Elizabethtown 

Mayor Sylvia Campbell, who 

ran unopposed, received 626 

votes and there were 27 writein 

votes. 

East Arcadia 

Three town council seats 

and the mayor’s seat were 

available in East Arcadia. Incumbent 

councilmen Horace 

Munn and Rhonda B. Hall 

*Tar Heel: Elects a write-in board 

incumbent council members filed for 

re-election in July. 

Roy Dew, who was campaigning as 

a write-in candidate for mayor, handily 

won election to the seat with 27 votes, 

compared with the 19 votes received by 

Phil Allen. 

Dew has served within the community 

in the past on the Property Owner’s 

Association Board in Bay Tree Lakes. 

For the town council, three seats up 

*Fund: Donations can now be made 

at $1,125. Donations will be 

accepted through Friday, 

Dec. 9. 

The Empty Stocking 

Fund is an effort to collect 

monetary donations from 

the community to help 

make the holidays of lessfortunate 

children a little 

brighter. 

The Bladen County Department 

of Social Services 

has already begun accepting 

applications from families 

in the county at their office, 

located at 208 E. McKay St. 

in Elizabethtown, and will 

continue to take applications 

through Friday, Nov. 

File photo 

Tera Richardson will give up 

her crown on Dec. 10 when a 

new Miss West Bladen will 

be chosen. 

them from other sources. Anyone 

interested in becoming a volunteer 

should call Supt. Randy Register 

or Assʼt. Supt. Cynthia 

Hester at 910-862-3107. 

— Alcoholics Anonymous 

meets every Thursday night at 

7:30 p.m. at Elizabethtown Presbyterian 

Church, 800 W. Broad 

St. Anonymity will be respected. 

For more information, contact 

Steve U. at 874-0147. 

— The Bladen County Free 

Clinic is now accepting patients 

who qualify for free medical care. 

were re-election to their council 

seats and will be joined by 

newcomer Carlee Carter. 

Munn received 106 votes, 

Hall received 68 votes and 

Carter received 77 votes. Incumbent 

Mayor William 

Perry Blanks was defeated by 

challenger Willie Dixon. 

Blanks received 57 votes to 

Dixon’s 66 votes and there 

was one write-in vote. 

Clarkton 

The mayor’s seat and one 

town council seat are available 

in the town of Clarkton 

and incumbent MayorArthur 

Whedbee was unopposed and 

received 77 votes. Incumbent 

Councilman Lawrence Mc- 

Dougald defeated challenger 

Allen Robinson. McDouglad 

received 59 votes to Robinson’s 

32 votes and there were 

18, between the hours of 

8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday. 

The names of the eligible 

children, as chosen by 

DSS, will be turned over to 

the Bladen Journal in December 

and parents will be 

notified to pick up their 

gifts from the Bladen Journal 

on Tuesday, Dec. 20. 

This year, gift certificates 

from Leinwand’s and 

gift cards from Walmart 

will be given. 

How you can help 

The Empty Stocking 

two write-ins and nine provisional 

ballots. 

The provisional ballots 

were the result of a snafu in 

the election system in which 

four streets within the town 

did not show up in the board 

of elections system as being 

located within the town limits, 

said Marsha White, 

deputy director of the Bladen 

County Board of Elections. 

“We get our information 

from Bladen County GIS and 

911Addressing,” said White., 

“We don’t why it happened.” 

As soon as the streets were 

verified to be within the 

town’s limits, residents of 

those streets in question were 

allowed to vote with provisional 

ballots, said White. 

White Lake 

In White Lake, three town 

for grabs. The top three vote-getters 

were Sam Allen with 33 votes, Angie 

Hall with 30 votes and Amy Knight 

with 24 votes. All three are contingent 

on the candidates accepting the positions. 

Other write-in candidates for council 

included: Seldon Ward with one vote, 

Mike McGuiness with 18 votes, 

Paulette Tanner with 10 votes, Roy 

Dew with three votes, Phil Allen with 

Fund is supported each year 

by contributions from local 

individuals, families, 

churches, businesses and 

civic organizations. 

Donations in the form of 

cash or check (made out to 

the Empty Stocky Fund) 

should be mailed to the 

Bladen Journal at P.O. Box 

70, Elizabethtown 28337 or 

dropped by the office at 

138 W. Broad St. in Elizabethtown. 

Donations will be accepted 

for the Empty 

Stocking Fund through Friday, 

Dec. 9. 

Donations can be made 

anonymously or in the 

name of an individual, 

business or organization; 

they can also be made in 

memory of a loved one. 

Also, a large jar for 

Empty Stocking Fund donations 

is available at the 

front desk of the Bladen 

Journal. 

On a regular basis, the 

Bladen Journal will publish 

the new donors and update 

the overall total of the 

Empty Stocking Fund. 

For information about 

making a donation, call the 

Bladen Journal office at 

862-4163. 

nounced by Carter Funeral 

Home in Garland. 

Carolyn Ratliff 

CLARKTON — Carolyn 

Ratliff, 55, of 220 

Edgewood Street, died 

Wednesday, Nov. 9, 

2011, at her residence. 

Arrangements are incomplete 

and will be announced 

by Johnsonʼs 

Funeral Service in Elizabethtown. 

Bladenboro man robs 

Trader’s Station in 

Lumberton at gunpoint 

Staff report 

LUMBERTON — A 

Bladen County man has been 

charged with robbing the 

Trader’s Station at gunpoint 

on Oct. 21 and kidnapped a 

clerk. 

Roscoe Young Jr., 39, of 

215 Lennon Drive in Bladenboro, 

turned himself in to the 

Sheriff’s Office late Wednesday 

night, according to sheriff’s 

Maj. Howard Branch. 

Young was charged with 

armed robbery, kidnapping 

and first-degree sexual offense, 

Branch said. He was 

held at the Robeson County 

jail under a $150,000 secured 

bond. 

If you are uninsured and live at or 

below the 200 percent poverty 

level call for an appointment to 

sign up at 669-3272. The office is 

open Monday through Thursday 

from 8:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. 

— The Bladen County Family 

Caregiver Support Group meets 

on Thursday after the first Sunday 

of each month at 6 p.m. at Mt. 

Zion AME Church on MLK Jr. 

Drive in Elizabethtown. A light dinner 

is served. Call 272-0121 for 

information. 

— Bladen Pregnancy Support 

council seats and the mayor’s 

seat were available. Incumbent 

councilmen Tracey 

Trivette, Don Smith and Tom 

Riel and incumbent Mayor 

Goldston Womble all ran unopposed. 

Womble received 

91 votes, Riel received 89 

votes, Smith received 81 

votes and Trivette received 

77 votes. 

Dublin 

In the town of Dublin, the 

mayor’s seat and two town 

council seats were available. 

Incumbent Mayor Horace 

Wyatt and incumbent councilmen 

David Kirby and 

David Hursey III all ran unopposed. 

Wyatt received 15 

votes in the mayor’s race, 

while Kirby received 15 

votes and Hursey received 12 

votes in the council race. 

two votes, Larry Martin with one vote 

and Angela Cook with one vote. 

There were also three provisional 

ballots cast. 

The votes are unofficial until the 

completion of vote canvassing on Tuesday, 

Nov. 15. In order to be considered 

elected, the write-in candidates must reside 

within the town limits of Tar Heel 

and the top vote-getters must accept the 

position. 

Branch said a man entered 

the store at 8750 N.C. 41 at 

about 11:45 p.m. on Oct. 21 

and walked around for a few 

minutes before pulling out a 

handgun and robbing the 

store of between $300 and 

$400 cash. 

The robber then grabbed 

the 29-year-old clerk by the 

arm and took her out to her 

car, Branch said. The two left 

in her car, with the robber 

holding the gun to the clerk, 

who was driving her vehicle. 

At about 3:30 a.m. the 

next day , the woman returned 

to the store, where officers 

were still investigating, 

Branch said. She was not injured. 

Services located at 509 Cypress 

Street, Elizabethtown, offers free 

support services. Hours are Tuesdays, 

from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. and 

Thursdays from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. 

Call 862-7903 to make an appointment. 

— Families First Inc. Domestic 

Violence Agency sponsors an empowerment/support 

group every 

other Thursday from 5:30 - 6:30 

p.m., and a parenting program 

each Monday and Wednesday 

from 6 to 7 p.m., at the agency at 

208 S. Morehead St., in Eliza- 

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bethtown. The public is invited to 

attend both events. For more information, 

contact Marjorie 

Walker at 862-2534. 

Volunteer Organizations 

— Bladen County Habitat for 

Humanity meets at 6:30 p.m. on 

the second Monday of each 

month at the Elizabethtown Presbyterian 

Church. 

— Elizabethtown Rotary Club 

meets every Wednesday at 1 p.m. 

at San Jose Restaurant in Elizabethtown. 

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ELIZABETHTOWN — 

The Elizabethtown Council was 

recently awarded a grant for 

$25,000 to develop a pedestrian 

and bike path plan for the town. 

Proposals were solicited and 

the council selected Withers 

and Ravanel of Wilmington as 

the consulting firm for the project. 

“They will be working with 

Christmas 

boxes to be 

collected 

Staff report 

ELIZABETHTOWN 

— For folks who have been 

diligently packing boxes for 

Operation Christmas Child, 

next week is collection 

week, which means all 

boxes must taken to the relay 

center for shipping. 

The Operation Christmas 

Child Relay Center for 

Bladen County is Fellowship 

Bible Church located 

on Alexander Street in Elizabethtown. 

The relay center’s hours 

are Monday, Nov. 14, 

through Friday, Nov. 18, 

from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m.; Saturday, 

Nov. 19, from 10 a.m. 

until 2 p.m.; and Sunday, 

Nov. 20, from 2 p.m. until 6 

p.m. Monday, Nov. 21, the 

relay center will be accepting 

shoe box gifts from 4 

p.m. until 5 p.m. 

Pat Warwick, relay center 

coordinator, said folks may 

participate by packing a 

shoebox and bringing it to 

the relay center during the 

collection week; they can 

adopt a shoebox for $7 each; 

they can adopt a shoe box 

shipping carton for $105 per 

carton; or they can donate 

items to be packed in shoeboxes 

such as school supplies, 

small toys, hygiene 

items, hard candy, lollipops 

and bubble gum. 

“If you are unable to deliver 

your shoe boxes during 

the relay center’s scheduled 

hours or need assistance 

with transportation of shoe 

boxes, you can call me,” 

said Warwick. 

She added she would assist 

anyone with arranging 

for the transportation or pick 

up of their boxes if needed 

or answer any questions regarding 

packing of shoe 

boxes. She can be reached at 

910-645-4596. 

November 11, 2011 ■ www.bladenjournal.com ■ Bladen Journal ■ Page 3A 

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the community to create a 

pedestrian and bike path plan,” 

said Town Manager Eddie 

Madden. 

A public hearing was also on 

the close out of the 2009 Community 

Development Block 

Grant program for the Swanzy 

Ridge project. There were no 

public comments. Madden said 

this was a close-out of a grant 

where the town received additional 

funds for a generator at 

the Swanzy Street Lift Station. 

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In other business: 

• The council voted to accept 

the addition of East McKay 

Street into the town maintenance 

system. 

• The board voted to approve 

the fair housing plan for the Tall 

Oaks project. 

“Every two years a fair 

housing report is filed to 

demonstrate we are meeting the 

requirements fro fair housing,” 

said Madden. 

The Tall Oaks project is 

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Contributed photo 

The Southeastern Cruisers Car Club recently held its annual car show during the BeastFest in Bladenboro, and 

presented its Best of Show award to Mike Martinʼs 1955 Chevy from Lumberton. Martin was also awarded $100 

cash donated by Billy Wells of Callihan & Wells Septic Systems. In the photo: Pete Freeman, vice president of 

the Southeastern Cruisers; Martin; the Beast; Carl Whitted, a club member; Jason Helms, president of the 

Southeastern Cruisers; and some the clubʼs junior members — Anna Smith, Jason Helms lll and Connor Pate. 

Council to work on pedestrian, bike path 

slated to begin construction in 

2012. 

• The council approved a 

proclamation for “Hire a Vet 

Week.” 

• The board approved tax releases 

in the amount of 

$27,109.68. 

• The board met in a closed 

session to consider a real estate, 

personnel and legal issues. 

When the board reconvened in 

open session, no action was 

taken on the items. 

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Crime News 

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VINCENT INCENT 

BLADEN LADEN JOURNAL OURNAL EDITOR DITOR 

Bladen County Sheriffʼs Office 

ELIZABETHTOWN — The 

Bladen County Sheriff’s Office has released 

its victims and arrest report for 

Nov. 2 through Nov. 8. There were 48 

victims of crime reported and 17 arrests. 

There were nine reports of breaking 

and/or entering, nine reports of larceny 

and three drug reports. 

Some of the main arrests included: 

— William Dresean Fields, 30, 

charged with misdemeanor possession 

of drug paraphernalia at N.C. 87, Tar 

Heel, on Nov. 3. 

— Jamie Renee Parnell, 33, 

charged with simple possession of a 

Schedule VI controlled substance at 77 

N. Gooden St./N.C. 211 W., Clarkton, 

on Nov. 4. 

— James Albert Brown, 40, 

charged with communicating threats at 

106 Courthouse Dr., Elizabethtown, on 

Nov. 6. 

— Brian Cory Baxley, 23, charged 

with felony larceny true bill indictment 

at Bladen County Jail on Nov. 7. 

— Carrie Willis Smith, 54, charged 

with felony continuing a criminal enterprise 

at 233 Sand Pit Road, Elizabethtown, 

on Nov. 8. 

— Tony K. Randolph, 43, charged 

with providing tobacco to an inmate at 

Bladen County Jail on Nov. 8. 

— Shana Lynn Horne, 32, charged 

with felony uttering forged endorsement 

at 426 Gum Springs Road, White 

Oak, on Nov. 8. 

The Bladen Journalʼs 

planned series on 

“Forgotten Cemeteries” 

will begin in January 

TheCapeFearFarmer'sMarketwillhost 

a ribboncuttingonFriday,November18, 

2011at4:00pm,wewouldliketohave 

vendor'stodisplaytheirhandmadecrafts, 

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November 11, 2011 

Page 4A 

EDITORIAL ... 

HEEREʼS WHAT WE THINK 

Giving 

thanks 

The old adage that “war is hell” has 

touched millions upon millions of 

American men, women and 

children since this country was 

created 235 years ago. And for many of 

those, the hell they faced in action 

carried over into their peacetime lives. 

It is an experience that, for those who 

have not endured it, is unimaginable. 

This is a month of thanksgiving — 

because of that, and for what our military 

men and women have provided and 

protected for us, we owe them a debt of 

gratitude. 

At 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918, a 

temporary cease fire occurred that was 

the beginning of the end of World War I, 

called "the war to end all wars." 

Unfortunately, this was not the case. 

Since that time, the United States 

fought in “The Big One” — World War II; 

in the “police action” of the Korean War; 

in Vietnam; and in the Middle East. 

Each conflict has involved men and 

women on the front lines, in various 

capacities as part of the military. These 

are our veterans. 

Although it is 

important to 

show our 

gratitude every 

chance we get 

for the 

sacrifices our 

veterans have 

made over the 

years, today it 

is especially 

important that 

our voice of 

support be 

heard the 

loudest. 

When the soldiers 

came home from 

World War I and 

World War II, there 

were celebrations 

that spanned a 

nation. But with 

each succeeding 

conflict, the 

celebrations 

became more and 

more private, 

particularly if the 

wars were less and 

less popular among 

the citizens. 

As the older 

soldiers died off who 

served in World War 

I, the legacy we 

have from that conflict is Veterans Day. 

And with that observance should also 

bring remembrances for those who took 

part in any military action from the 

Revolutionary War and Civil War through 

Afghanistan and Iraq. 

Although it is important to show our 

gratitude every chance we get for the 

sacrifices our veterans have made over 

the years, today it is especially important 

that our voice of support be heard the 

loudest. 

You can show that support for our men 

and women in the military by flying the 

American flag and, if possible, attending 

a Veterans Day observance. 

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Mr. Vincent goes to Washington 

T 

his past weekend, I did what 

every American citizen should 

do at least once in their adult 

life — visit Washington, D.C. 

It’s been about 40 years since I last 

visited our nation’s capital 

— a trip with my 

grandparents, and about 

all I really remember is 

the blooming cherry blossoms 

— but the Washington 

I walked this time 

was far different than the 

one I saw in 1971. 

What was evident 

from the start was the fact 

that what caught my at- 

tention as a 15-year-old is 

vastly different from what 

I noticed four decades 

later. Back then, aside 

from the cherry blossoms, 

the things I noticed were 

the policemen on horseback, street vendors 

and the agony of climbing the 897 

steps to the top of the Washington 

Monument. This time, I noticed so 

much more — including the first black 

squirrels I’d ever seen. 

My hotel was located on F Street, 

with George Washington University’s 

south boundary to the north and the 

icons of American history scattered 

within walking distance everywhere 

else. 

My first adventure was a self-guided 

walking tour of the GWU campus. Like 

any college grounds on a late Saturday 

afternoon, the sidewalks were teaming 

with students, and I couldn’t help but 

think just how fortunate these young 

folks were to be getting educated in the 

heart of perhaps the most historical city 

in the country, surrounded by block 

after block of gargantuan marble buildings 

all just a handful of streets from 

the most powerful office in the world. 

A walk through Washington Circle, 

located up near the Foggy Bottom area 

of the campus, quickly showed some of 

the underbelly of Washington, as the 

park was littered with homeless men 

who were getting ready to stake out 

their spots for the evening. 

Then it was on to the south, where 

the White House was getting shrouded 

in shadows as the sun began to set. But 

first, just east of the president’s home, 

was the White House Gift Shop — 

where there was everything imaginable 

for purchase, including a replica presidential 

desk in a makeshift Oval Office 

where you can have your 

photo taken for $5. 

Being a Civil War enthusiast, 

as well as an 

Abraham Lincoln fan, I 

looked carefully through 

a number of marble and 

metal replicas of the 16th 

president. But when I got 

close to settling on one, I 

happened to look at the 

bottom — and right 

there, in black lettering, 

were the words MADE 

IN CHINA. 

I left without spending 

a single Lincoln penny. 

Pennsylvania Avenue 

is a busy place, night or day. On this 

particular evening, numerous folks 

were pressed against the fence aiming 

their cameras and cell phones at the 

now lit up White House for photographs. 

It was here that you really 

began to hear the many different dialects 

of people. A couple were recognizable, 

a few were not. 

I happened to ask Officer Fields, a 

Secret Service member (Uniform Division) 

who was out on the street that 

evening, where the Occupy Washington, 

D.C., group was, and he said they 

liked to move around. I would manage 

to stumble upon them the next day. 

But one protest that was clearly visible 

along Pennsylvania Avenue, straight 

across from the White House’s front 

door, was the White House Anti-Nuclear 

Peace Vigil. It’s a single tent on 

the edge of Lafayette Park with a large 

sign on either side and manned — or 

womanned — by a single person 24/7. 

And it’s been there since Aug. 1, 1981. 

It is the longest continuous act of political 

protest in the United States. 

Inside the tent that night was Concepcion 

Picciotto, a woman who has 

been there since Day One and is now 

approaching her 80s. Her story, if you 

care to Google her, is incredible. 

Later that evening, I was fortunate 

enough to find myself at a table in Old 

Ebbitt Grill, a restaurant a couple of 

blocks from the White House that has 

been open since 1856. What an amazing 

place, and I spent three hours (one 

of them at one of their four bars waiting 

for the table) wondering just who might 

have stepped inside during those 155 

years and had a meal. Grant? Lincoln? 

Roosevelt? Kennedy? Reagan? 

The next day, because I didn’t have 

my camera with me on my first trip, I 

traveled much the same route as I had 

the night before, minus the GWU campus 

and adding the Lincoln Memorial 

and search for Occupy Washington, 

D.C., site. It was incredible how different 

the area looked in the light of day. 

The Lincoln Memorial was my No. 

1 mission for the weekend, and I wasn’t 

disappointed. For me, there is no other 

place in the entire city that is as awe-inspiring 

as the sight of Lincoln in his 

chair gazing out across the Reflecting 

Pool toward the Washington Monument. 

The man saved the country, plain 

and simple. 

And then there was the Occupy 

Washington, D.C., group — so many 

tents and people packed into McPherson 

Square, just a few blocks from the 

White House. It was like a mini community 

filled with college students right 

through elderly hippie types. But what 

really disappointed me was that, when I 

asked two college students why they 

were there, I was told “We wanted to be 

a part of it.” And when I asked one of 

the older folks what Occupy wanted, he 

said, “I’m not really sure. I just wanted 

to come support it.” 

There were also pockets of other 

protests woven into the Occupy group, 

which in my mind tended to water 

down the bigger picture. 

All in all, my trip to Washington 

was educational, therapeutic and 

mostly memorable on a number of levels. 

I found it very difficult to leave. 

And ohhhhh, would I have loved to 

have had a fireside chat with the president. 

Maybe next time. 

— W. Curt Vincent is the editor 

of the Bladen Journal. He can be 

reached by calling 862-4163 or by 

e-mail at editor@bladenjournal. 

BLADEN JOURNAL TIME CAPSULE ... 

BLADEN JOURNAL HEADLINES FROM ... 

■ Nov. 12, 1953: Billy Bryan is 

chosen North Carolina 4-H Club 

Boy and will participate in the 

National 4-H Club Convention in 

Chicago. He is the son of Mr. and 

Mrs. Eddie Bryan. 

■ Nov. 11, 1976: Jack Cross, 

a 20-year veteran of the 

Elizabethtown Fire Department, 

is appointed chief of the 

department. He replaces Henry 

Bostic, who has retired. 

W.CURT 

VINCENT 

Editor 

■ Nov. 10, 1986: Fourteen cars 

of a 126-car CSX Transportation 

train derails 9 miles east of 

Clarkton after striking a man who 

was sitting on the tracks. Two 

cars filled with methanol catch fire 

and burn for several hours. The 

train originated out of Wilmington 

and was heading for Rock Hill, 

S.C. 

■ Nov. 9, 2001: Voters in 

Clarkton approve the sale of beer 

and wine, while voters in 

Bladenboro nix the option. 

■ Nov. 10, 2006: Ed Tatum, a 

native of Elizabethtown, has been 

assigned to the “Old Guard” detail 

in Washington, D.C., since 1973. 

Since 1998, the 550 members of 

the select fraternity return to the 

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on 

Veterans Day to pay respects to 

the three unidentified soldiers 

buried there. 

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Public 

hearing 

set by 

ERIN SMITH 


ELIZABETHTOWN 

— The Bladen County Board 

of Commissioners voted Monday 

to schedule a public hearing 

regarding the proposed 

purchase of the Bay Tree 

Lakes Water System. That 

public hearing is scheduled for 

Monday, Nov. 21, at 6:30 p.m. 

in the Commissioners Meeting 

Room located in the basement 

of the Bladen County Courthouse 

in Elizabethtown. 

Also, in a related matter, the 

board voted in favor of a resolution 

authorizing the filing of 

an application for the approval 

of financing for the purchase 

of the Bay Tree Lake water 

system. According to The 

Fayetteville Observer, the projected 

cost is about $400,000 

with an additional $220,00 for 

the construction of a new water 

line along N.C. 41. 

The purchase of this system, 

if financing is approved, 

will add about 165 customers 

to the county’s water system 

and is projected to generate 

about $52,830 in annual revenue 

to the county. 


•The board approved a resolution 

revising the election 

districts for Bladen County. A 

public hearing was held at the 

last meeting. The changes will 

include Baldwin Branch moving 

from District 2 to District 1 

and Happy Valley will move 

from District 2 to District 3. 

• The board approved an 

agreement with Cape FearValley 

Health System approving 

an EMS Medical Director 

agreement. County Manager 

Greg Martin said the agreement 

basically allows the person 

hired as EMS director to 

be stationed at the hospital. 

• Bladen County Tax Administrator 

Chris Ellis updated 

the commissioners on the sell 

of surplus properties. Martin 

said three properties have been 

sold at auction but about 14 

properties remain. Ellis requested 

the board’s permission 

to continue with the sell of the 

remaining surplus properties. 

The board approved the request. 

• The board approved the 

conveyance of McKay Street 

to the town of Elizabethtown. 


waiving of disposal fees for 

Danny Priest, whose home 

was damaged in the April 16 

tornado. Priest had delayed 

disposal until he had reached a 

settlement with his insurance 

company, according to reports. 

The state’s deadline for the 

burning of tornado-related debris 

was May 31. 

BOE votes 

to approve 

Smartboards 

Staff report 

ELIZABETHTOWN 

— The Bladen County Board 

of Education voted Monday 

to approve the purchase of 10 

Smartboards for Bladenboro 

Primary School at a cost of 

about $42,000. 

“All of the classrooms will 

now have one (a Smartboard),” 

said Valerie Newton, 

communications and public 

relations director for Bladen 

County Schools. 



advisory council for Elizabethtown 

Middle School. 

• The board approved a 

field trip for the Beta Club of 

Bladenboro Middle School to 

go to the annual convention in 

Greensboro. 

• The board approved 

seven fundraiser requests. 

• An Energy Education 

Resolution was also discussed 

and approved. 

“We already had the programming 

in place for about 

one year now and this just 

needed to be added as part of 

the program,” said Newton. 

She added the resolution was 

simply an administrative matter. 


A T 83 YEARS OLD, R UDOLPH FLOYD 

WENT IN FOR PACEMAKER SURGERY. 

NOW, JUST TRY AND KEEP UP WITH HIM. 

Earlier this year, Rudy wasn’t his usual talkative self. “I kept trying to say something, but nothing 

would come out,” he recalls. A visit with Dr. Short of Duke Cardiology of Lumberton revealed 

Rudy was having a series of mini-strokes and needed a pacemaker. After surgery at Southeastern 

Heart Center, Rudy is back to his youthful enthusiasm and energy. If you see him on the Lumber 

River, say hello. Rudy will be sure to give you a smile and tell you a story or two. 

Walking for 

veterans 

county A 100-mile walk for veterans that began in 

Wilmington on Monday, Nov. 7, will come to an 

end today at the Airborne and Special 

Operations Museum in Fayetteville. At left, Mark 

Mosher and Mack Coyle, Marine veterans, stand 

in front of the Harmony Hall Plantation home 

Wednesday before settling in for the night. 

Below, right, Mosher plays his guitar for 

veterans with his gift of music. Below, left, 

Coyle has invented a solar trailer with outlets 

for operating equipment and charging many 

electrical apparatus. Both have the same goal 

— to encourage vets to begin small businesses 

and become involved with veterans in their 

neighborhoods. They awoke Thursday morning 

to visit the grave site of SFC Eugene Ashley at 

the Rockfish Memorial Park and then on to 

Fayetteville. Mosher may be reached at 

Mark@strummingforvets.org and you can see 

more information on Coyle's portable 

photovoltaic generator at www.coyle 

industries.com. 

JENNY HAYES-CARROLL/Bladen Journal 

LUMBERTON, NC | 910-671-6619 | WWW.SOUTHEASTERNHEART.ORG



Nov. 11, 2011 

Page 6A 

Nov. 12 

■ The 2011 

Women’s Empowerment 

Weekend will take 

place Saturday, Nov. 12, 

at 10 a.m. hosted by the 

Rev. Lorraine Jackson. 

The event will take 

place at Baldwin Branch 

Baptist Church in Elizabethtown. 

Two workshops 

will be featured: 

“Empowered through Financial 

Freedom” with 

Jackie King and “Pain 

No More” with Marjorie 

Walker. The keynote 

speaker will be Denise 

Marcia of Nashville, 

Tenn. 

■ Carvers Creek 

UMW is excited to announce 

their annual 

hamburger/hot dog benefit 

Saturday, Nov. 12, 

from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. 

at Carver’s Creek UMC 

located on Hwy. 87 in 

Carvers Creek. Hamburgers, 

hot dogs chips 

and drinks will be 

served at 10 a.m. A yard 

sale will begin at 9 a.m. 

inside the church building. 

Proceeds will benefit 

Bladen County 

Visually Impaired Support 

Group and Smile 

Train. 

Nov. 13 

■ Galeed Baptist 

Church will hold revival 

services beginning Sunday, 

Nov. 13, and continuing 

through 

Wednesday, Nov. 16, 

with several different 

guest speakers. The revival 

will begin on Sunday 

morning with the 

Rev. John Porter of 

Riegelwood Baptist 

Church. It will continue 

on Sunday evening at 6 

p.m. with the Rev. 

Charles Hester, also of 

Riegelwood Baptist. Dr. 

Jeff Laborg of Bishop 

Branch Baptist Church in 

Central, S.C. will lead 

the service on Monday 

and Tuesday nights at 7 

p.m. The revival will conclude 

on Wednesday 

night under the direction 

of the Rev. Jason 

Williams from Bethel 

Baptist Church, Dublin. 

There will be special musical 

performances during 

each service. All 

services will be held at 

Galeed Baptist Church 

which is located one mile 

south of Bladenboro at 

571 Galeed Church 

Road just off of NC 410. 

Just look for our big sign. 

We invite you to come 

worship with us. You can 

visit our website at 

www.galeed.us 

■ St. John AME Zion 

Church will observe Veterans 

Day on Sunday, 

Nov. 13, at 11 a.m. Our 

morning speaker will be 

Religion 

Sgt. Leroy Atkins, 

JROTC Instructor at 

East Bladen High 

School. The East Bladen 

Color Guard will present 

the colors. All veterans 

in attendance will be recognized. 

■ On Sunday, Nov. 

13, Vertical Church is 

coming to West Bladen 

High School for a Night 

of Worship and to explore 

what could be and 

should be. We’re calling 

it, “What If?” If you are 

interested in seeing if 

you might be part of 

helping people in Bladen 

County who don’t like 

church meet God, we 

hope you’ll join us at 6 

p.m. for this evening of 

passionate worship and 

vision. 

■ Dublin Pentecostal 

Freewill Baptist Church 

will hold revival services 

Sunday, Nov. 13, and 

continuing through 

Wednesday, Nov. 16. 

Services will begin at 6 

p.m. Sunday and 7:30 

p.m. Monday through 

Wednesday. The 

speaker will be the Rev. 

Marty Tew. 

Nov. 16 

■ First Missionary 

Baptist Church will hold 

Harvest Revival 

Wednesday Nov. 16 

through Friday, Nov. 18, 

and services will begin at 

7:15 p.m. each night. 

Speakers will include the 

Rev. Carl Smith of Piney 

Grove MBC on Wednesday; 

the Rev. Corey 

Blanks of Shady Grove 

AME Zion Church on 

Thursday; the Rev. Donald 

Perkins of White’s 

Creek MBC on Friday; 

and there will be a closeout 

on Sunday, Nov. 19, 

at 11 a.m. Dinner will be 

served following the 

morning worship. Dress 

is casual attire. 

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. 

Bladen churches unite: Being healthy, being faithful 2012 

ELIZABETHTOWN — Joy 

Williams of Partners in Health and 

Wholeness, a Christian-based organization, 

will collaborate with 

churches and the parish nurse on 

Monday, Nov. 28, at 5:30 p.m. in 

the fellowship hall of Elizabethtown 

Presbyterian Church at 800 

W. Broad St. (across from the Municipal 

Building), to make local 

churches healthier for the glory of 

God. 

Each year in North Carolina, 

thousands of people die of preventable 

diseases and almost 1.5 

million North Carolinians cur- 

love puzzles. Crosswords, 

brainteasers, and search-awords 

to be sure, but nothing 

beats an old fashioned 

jigsaw puzzle with about gazillion 

pieces spilling out of the 

box. 

Right now there is a monstersized 

puzzle strewn across our 

family’s dining room table. I 

have been persistently working 

on it for so long that I can’t remember 

the last evening we ate 

dinner at the table. 

My family has learned not to 

monkey around with me while I 

am hip-deep in puzzle solving. 

Yes, assist me – I’ll take all that I 

can get – but don’t walk by and 

offer advice or a litany of critiques 

unless you are willing to 

give the pieces a try yourself. 

Time, patience, and the right 

kind of help: These are the requirements 

for solving puzzles, 

even puzzles of faith. 

Sometimes when I lead retreats 

my love for puzzles spills 

over into the program. I divide 

the participants into small 

groups and give each group a 

children’s puzzle to complete. 

The only catch is this: While 

most puzzles are brand new in 

the box, I have tampered with 

one of the puzzles. 

The puzzle in 

question will have a 

handful of wrong 

pieces mixed in, or 

if I am feeling sinister, 

I will have replaced 

the puzzle 

altogether, the 

pieces not matching 

the picture on the 

box at all. The 

group with the 

jacked-up puzzle 

will pour the pieces 

out, start working 

the edges, looking 

at the picture on the 

box, and after a few minutes, 

they will be completely bamboozled. 

“Everybody else is almost 

finished,” I hear them say. 

“What is wrong with us? Why 

won’t the pieces fit together? 

How is that we can’t make the 

puzzle look like the picture?” 

When I reveal the dirty truth, 

they wail and protest, complaining 

that the assignment was unfair. 

“Ah,” I say. 

“Such is life and 

faith. Sometimes 

the puzzle doesn’t 

match the box we 

were given. Sometimes 

the pieces 

don’t fit together at 

all.” 

I’ve met a legion 

of people who 

begin their walk of 

faith and everything 

goes as it “should.” 

They go to church, 

learn stuff from the 

Bible, volunteer, 

serve, give, and become 

“productive, committed, 

faithful, Christians” – whatever 

that is supposed to mean. But 

then these good soldiers go 

through a divorce; or they are 

mistreated by a religious organization, 

or lose their career. 

Nov. 18 

■ A Released Time 

benefit will be held on 

Friday, Nov. 18, from 5 to 

7 p.m. at the Bladenboro 

Historical Building. An 

auction will begin at 6 

p.m. The event will consist 

of an auction, barbecue 

plates and bake 

sale. Barbecue plates 

cost $6 each. Various 

items will be auctioned 

and wide variety of 

cakes will be for sale. All 

proceeds go to Released 

Time Ministries so they 

can expand their ministry 

into more schools. For 

information, contact 

Sash Carroll at 910-876- 

2270 or Bruce Cannon 

at 910-862-3496. 

Nov. 19 

■ Piney Grove Missionary 

Baptist Church of 

Council will have a Fall 

Festival of Music on Sat- 

Maybe their child gets sick or 

their spouse dies. 

The result is much more than 

the proverbial “crisis of faith” – I 

have one of those every Monday 

morning. No, it is much deeper, 

more life-altering and foundation-shaking 

than that. The answers 

they used to rely upon, the 

faith that formerly sustained 

them, no longer works. The fitlypaired 

pieces of the puzzle go 

scattering in the wind. 

Often the only thing others 

can say in those moments is, 

“Well, pray longer! Try harder! 

Read this book I found. Clean up 

the sin in your life.” Such advice, 

beyond being asinine, will 

not work, because once one discovers 

that the puzzle of life no 

longer matches the picture they 

had imagined, it is impossible to 

pretend otherwise. 

What is the answer to these 

miss-fitted and missing pieces 

puzzles of life and faith? Time, 

patience, and a little help. Time 

and patience to keep working it 

out and to sift through the pre- 

urday, Nov. 19, at 6 p.m. 

Several choirs, groups 

and soloists will be on 

program. Contact the 

Rev. Janet Cherry at 

910-645-6421 for more 

information. 

■ First Missionary 

Baptist Church will have 

a Harvest Revival closeout 

on Sunday, Nov. 19, 

during the 11 a.m. worship 

service. Dinner will 

be served following the 

morning worship service. 

Dress is causal attire. 

Nov. 20 

■ Carver’s Creek 

AME Zion Church will 

celebrate its 137th anniversary 

on Sunday, 

Nov. 20. All day services 

will take place beginning 

at 10 a.m. with Sunday 

school, a worship service 

at 11 a.m. and a dinner 

will be served at 1:30 

p.m. and services will 

continue with 3 p.m. afternoon 

service. The 

guest will be the Rev. 

Samuel C. Blanks, pastor, 

Shady Grove AME 

Zion Church of Council. 

■ The mass choir of 

Mt. Olive AME Zion 

Church in Elizabethtown 

will celebrate their 44th 

choir Sunday, Nov. 20, at 

3 p.m. The church is located 

at 32 Mt. Olive 

Road, Elizabethtown. 

Everyone is invited to attend. 

■ The Baldwin 

Branch Missionary Baptist 

Church Family will 

celebrate the call and 

graduation from the ministers’ 

academy of 

Charles Crocker, Ernest 

Davis, Ronnie Jackson 

and DâVora Lennon on 

Sunday, Nov. 20, at 3:30 

p.m. Baldwin Branch is 

located at 4047 N.C. 242 

South, Elizabethtown. 

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and liberates the oppressed. The 

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Shipman Memorial Scholarship program to be held 

BLADENBORO — The 11th 

annual Shipman Memorial Scholarship 

program is planned to be held 

on Saturday, Nov. 26, at 5 p.m. in 

memory of William Dewey Shipman 

Jr. and Zenah Mae Clarida 

Shipman at St. James AME Zion 

Church. 

Six scholarships are expected to 

be awarded for 2011. 

The guest speaker will be the 

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event and has gone to great lengths 

to write, meet, and work with 

churches to attend. All churches 

should send at least one representative 

to learn about the resources 

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If you are a pastor, leader or 

member who desires to support the 

concept of health as a faith issue 

and acknowledge that our bodies 

are God’s temple then please join 

us on Nov. 28 at 5:30 at Elizabethtown 

Presbyterian Church at 800 

W. Broad Street. A light supper 

will be provided. Call the parish 

Rev. C. J. Ross Jr. of Parkton. He 

serves as the pastor of Hills Chapel 

Missionary Baptist Church of Faison. 

The master of ceremonies will 

be TyShon Smith, great-grandson of 

the Shipmans. He is a sophomore 

attending Waccamaw Academy in 

Whiteville. 

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Church/Shipman Scholarship fund 

and mailed to Shipman Scholarship 

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All proceeds will go towards the 

church educational library and 

scholarships. 

Community Thanksgiving service is planned 

ELIZABETHTOWN — Trinity 

United Methodist Church, Elizabethtown 

Presbyterian Church and Elizabethtown 

Baptist Church will be 

coming together to worship in a community 

Thanksgiving service on Sunday, 

Nov. 20, at 7 p.m., at Trinity 

United Methodist Church. The Rev. 

Chris Denny of Elizabethtown Presbyterian 

Church will be speaking. 

Community Advent Services will 

be held at “Old Trinity” on the following 

Wednesdays, from noon until 

12:30 p.m. 

• Nov. 30 – Rev. Tim Reaves, 

Bladen United Methodist Charge 

• Dec. 7 – Rev. Chris Denny, Elizabethtown 

Presbyterian Church 

• Dec. 14 – Rev. Chris Carroll, 

Elizabethtown Baptist Church 

• Dec. 21 – Rev. Shannon Ross, 

Clarkton United Methodist Circuit. 

The Rev. Jay Winston will be the 

worship leader at all services. 

Accept the call to lead your 

congregation into better health 

through the Partners in Health and 

Wholeness Initiative. By making a 

few changes congregants can potentially 

add years to their lives and 

reduce their risk of developing certain 

diseases — heart disease and 

stroke, diabetes, and some cancers. 

Partners in Health and Wholeness, 

an initiative of the North Carolina 

Council of Churches, is 

generously funded by the Blue 

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fabricated pictures of what life 

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Following Jesus.” He writes 

and speaks about life, faith, and 

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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 Worship 

Service 11a.m. 

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 

Worship Service 11a.m. 

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, Wednesday night Prayer Meeting 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, Sunday School 10 a.m., 1st & 3rd 

Sundays Worship Service 11 a.m., Wednesday 

night Prayer Service 6 p.m. 

Zion Chapel AME Zion Church, Across 

from TV Tower, Kelly, Sunday School 10 a.m., 

1st & 3rd Sundays Worship Service 11 a.m., 

Wednesday night Prayer Service 7:30 p.m. 

Assembly Of God 

First Assembly of God, Hwy 410, Bladenboro, 


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

Baptist 

Abbottsburg Baptist Church, Sunday 

School 10 a.m., Worship 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 White Lake, Sunday School 10 

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

Bethel Baptist Church, Dublin, Sunday 

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

Evening Services 7 p.m., Wednesday night 

Prayer Meeting 7:30 p.m. 

Bladenboro First Baptist Church, 500 

Main Street, Bladenboro, Sunday School 10 

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

night Prayer Service 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 School 10 a.m., Worship 


Bryant Swamp Baptist Church, Sunday 


Wednesday night Bible Study and Prayer 

Meeting 7:30 p.m. 

Butters Baptist Church, 1877 Berry Lewis 

Road, Bladenboro, Sunday School 10 a.m., 

Worship 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 


Worship 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 Church, Elizabethtown, 

Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 

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

Clarkton Baptist Church, College Street, 

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

a.m. 

Community Baptist Church, Bladenboro, 


a.m. 

Council Baptist Church, Council, Sunday 

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

Wednesday night Prayer Meeting 7:30 p.m. 

Cypress Creek Missionary Baptist Church, 

Garland, Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 

Service 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, Sunday 


Wednesday night 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., 


a.m., Life Changing Word Study Wednesdays 

6:30 p.m. 

First Baptist Church, Bladenboro, Sunday 

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

First Baptist Church, Clarkton, Sunday 

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

6 p.m. Sept - May, 7 p.m. during summer 

months. 


Bladen County Church Directory 

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 


Training Union 6 p.m., Wednesday nights 7 

p.m. 

Grace Independent Baptist Church, Garland, 


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 School 10 a.m., 

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

Nights Prayer Meeting and Children’s 

Services 7 p.m. 

Hickory Grove Baptist Church, Bladenboro, 


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

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, 


a.m. and 7 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 

p.m. 

Mt. Elam Missionary Baptist Church, 

Hwy 210 N, Garland, Sunday School 9:45 

a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m., Prayer Meeting/Bible 

Class Mondays 7:30 p.m. 

New Center Baptist Church, Bladenboro, 


a.m., Wednesday night Prayer Service 7:30 

p.m. 

New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, 

1604 White Plains Church Road, Clarkton, 

645-6464, Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 

Service 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 


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, Bladenboro, Sunday 


Wednesday night service 7 p.m. 

Pilgrim Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 

869 Elkton Road, Clarkton, Pastoral Services 

1st & 3rd Sundays, Prayer Meeting Wednesday 

8 p.m. 

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, 


a.m. 

Pleasant Union Missionary Baptist 

Church, East Arcadia, Sunday School 9:45 

a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m. on the 2th and 

4th Sundays, Bible Study Monday 7 p.m. 

Richardson Baptist Church, Bladenboro, 


a.m. 

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, Bladenboro, 


a.m. 

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, 


a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday night Bible 

study 7:30 p.m. 

Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, Dublin, 


a.m. 

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, Sunday School 

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

Training 7 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Service 7 

p.m. 

West Bladenboro Baptist Church, Village 

Street, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Service 

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

White’s Creek Baptist Church, Clarkton, 


a.m., Sunday Night Dicipleship Training at 6 

p.m. and Wednesday nights 7 p.m. 

White’s Creek Missionary Baptist Church, 

Libson Community, DR 1704 off NC 87, Sunday 


Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7:30 p.m. 

White Lake Baptist Church, 7585 NC 

Hwy. 41 East, Elizabethtown, Praise and Worship 

Service 10:30 a.m., Worship Service 11 

a.m., Sunday School 7 p.m., Wednesday 

Evening Bible Study 7 p.m. 

White Oak Baptist Church, Sunday School 

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

Prayer 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 School 9:30 a.m., Worship 

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

Bible Class 7 p.m. 

Bladenboro Church of God, 211 Business, 

Bladenboro, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 

Service 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 School 10 a.m., Worship 

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

Study 7 p.m. 

Grace Church of God, 113 Elm Street, 

Bladenboro, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 

Service 11 a.m. and Wednesday Bible Study 7 

p.m. 

Church of Christ 

Bladen Church of Christ, 803 East Swanzy 

St., Elizabethtown, Sunday School 10 a.m., 

Worship 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, 


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

Bethlehem Pentecostal F.W. Baptist 

Church, Hwy 410 N., B ladenboro 

Clarkton Pentecostal F.W. Baptist Church, 


a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. 

Dublin Pentecostal F.W. Baptist Church, 

Hwy 87, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 

Service 11 a.m. & 6 p.m., Bible Study & Crusaders 

for Christ Wednesday 7:30 p.m. 

Elizabethtown Pentecostal F.W. Baptist 

Church, Broad St., Sunday School 10 a.m., 

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

New Light Pentecostal F.W. Baptist 

Church, Spinner Park Road, Sunday School 10 

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

Wednesday 7:30 p.m. 

Riverside Pentecostal Church, Airport Rd., 

Elizabethtown, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 

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

Rowan Pentecostal F.W. Baptist Church, 

Hwy 210 near Kelly, Sunday School 10 a.m., 

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

Salem Pentecostal F.W. Baptist Church, 

Brown Marsh Rd., Clarkton, Sunday School 

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


Tar Heel Free Will Baptist Church, Old 87 

Loop Rd, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 

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

White Oak Free WIll Baptist Church, 

Hwy. 211 Business, Bladenboro Sunday 

School 10 a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m. & 7 

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, Bladenboro, Sunday School 10 a.m., 

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

7:30 p.m. 

Holiness 

Abbottsburg Pentecostal Holiness Church, 

14258 Twisted Hickory Rd., Bladenboro, Sunday 

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

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

Abe Branch Holiness Church, 965 Marsh 


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, Bladenboro, Sunday 


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

6 p.m. 

Colly Chapel Church, NC 41, White Lake, 


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

7:30 p.m. 

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, Sunday School 10 a.m., 


7:30 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 School 10 a.m., Worship 

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


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 School 9:45 a.m., 

Worship Service 2nd & 4th Sunday 11 a.m. 

Pleasant Hill Holiness Church, Rt. 2, Elizabethtown, 

Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 

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

Friday 7:30 p.m. 

Richardson Chapel Holiness Church, 

Hwy. 53, Sunday School 11 a.m., Worship 

Service 11 a.m. (1st & 3rd Sundays), Wednesday 

7:30 p.m. 

St. James United Holy Church, Council, 


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., Sunday School 10 

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

7:30 p.m. 

Independent 

The Apostolic Way Church, Hwy. 53, Lagoon, 


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

Bible Crusaders, Crusaders Mission, 700 

Poplar St., Elizabethtown, Sunday School 10 

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 


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, Sunday School 10 a.m., 


7:30 p.m. 

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, Sunday School 10 a.m., 


7:30 p.m. 

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. 

Greater McKoy’s Chapel, 284 Center 

Road, Dublin, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 

Service 11 a.m., Bible study and Tarry Service 

Wednesdays 7 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., Worship 

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

p.m. 

New Testament Missionary Church, 

McKoy Rd, Lisbon, Sunday School 10 a.m., 

Worship 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, Sunday School 

10am, Worship 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, Elizabethtown, Sunday 

School 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, Sunday School 11 a.m., Worship 


Bluefield United Methodist Church, 8697 

Lisbon Road, Clarkton, Worship Service 9:30 

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

Carvers Creek, Council, Sunday School 

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

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 

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

Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church, 

Pleasant Grove Church Road, Bladenboro, 


a.m. 

Purdie Untied Methodist Church, Tar Heel, 


a.m. 

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., Elizabethtown, Sunday School 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, 


a.m. 

Windsor United Methodist Church, Hwy 

242, Ammon, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 

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, Sunday 

School 10am, Worship 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, Elizabethtown, Sunday 

School 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 11 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Service 7 

p.m. 

Deliverance 

Abundant Life Deliverance Center, 412-A 

Peanut Rd., Elizabethtown, Sunday School 

9:45 a.m., Morning Worship 11am, Empowerment/Fellowship 

Service 5 p.m., Thursday 

evening Empowerment Bible Study 7 

p.m.Church of Deliverance, Clarkton, Sunday 


7:30 p.m. 

Greater Omni Deliverance Church, 112 

Swanzy Street, Elizabethtown, Sunday School 

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

Wednesday 7:30 p.m. 

Full Gospel Christian Church, Richardson 

Street, Elizabethtown, Morning Prayer 9 a.m., 

Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Service 11:30 

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

United Pentecostal 

United Pentecostal Church, Hwy. 701 N., 

Lakewood Plaza, Elizabethtown, Sunday 

School 10 a.m., Worship Service 11am & 

6:30pm, Wednesday 7:30pm 

Clarkton Pentecostal F.W. Baptist Church, 


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



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Education 

NEXT EXT WEEK EEK’S SCHOOL CHOOL MENU ENU 

Monday, Nov. 14 

Breakfast 

Sausage Biscuit 

Assorted Cereal with Toast 

Fresh Fruit 

Assorted Milk 

Lunch 

Cheese Pizza 

Pepperoni Pizza 

Baked Potato Wedges 

Green Lima Beans 

Carrot Sticks 

Peaches Cup 

Assorted Milk 

Tuesday, Nov. 15 

Breakfast 

Super Bun with Cheese 


Fresh Fruit 

Assorted Milk 

Lunch 

Chicken Nuggets with Roll 

Hot Dog with Fixings 

Carrot Sticks 

Corn on the Cob 

Apple Slices 

Assorted Milk 

Wednesday, Nov. 16 

Breakfast 

Scrambled Eggs and Bug Bites 


Fresh Fruit 

Assorted Milk 

Lunch 

Chili with Beans and Saltines 

Ham and Cheese Sandwich 

Tossed Salad 

Tater Tots 

Mixed Fruit 

Assorted Milk 

Thursday, Nov. 17 

Breakfast 

Breakfast Pizza 


Fresh Fruit 

Assorted Milk 

Lunch 

Nacho Supreme 

Corn Dog Nuggets 

Green Beans 

Tossed Salad 

Strawberry Cups 

Assorted Milk 

Friday, Nov. 18 

Breakfast 

Sausage 

Grits with Cheese 


Fresh Fruit 

Assorted Milk 

Lunch 

Buffalo Chicken Wrap 

Taco with Cheese, Lettuce and 

Tomato 

Refried Beans 

Corn 

NC Apple Slices 

Assorted Milk 

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The Three Rivers Federation FFA officers 

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Willis, student advisor, Bladen Agriscience 

Academy and Rebekah Norris, 

vice president, South Columbus. Back, 

l-r: Zack Wilson, secretary, West 

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Congratulations 

EAST BLADEN 

State Class 2A playoff’s at home tonight at 7:30 pm 

Against Jordan-Matthews! SEE YOU THERE! 

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B 

CATHY 

ELLIOTT 

Talkin’ 

NASCAR 

Closing 

time 


Nov. 11, 2011 

Page 1B 

During a discourse, the 

definitive final punctuation 

mark – the closer, so to 

speak – is a period. It denotes the 

end of the sentence; subject 

closed. 

But while much of the speculation in the 

days following the Tums Fast Relief 500 at 

Martinsville Speedway centered on just two 

drivers, the period is not yet placed. This 

conversation is far from over. 

The first driver under discussion was Carl 

Edwards, who maintained the lead in the 

Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup driver 

standings heading into the November 4-6 

race weekend at Texas Motor Speedway by 

8 points. Despite having earned no victories 

so far in the 10-race postseason playoff, Edwards 

had led the field thanks to his consistency; 

he finished in the top 10 in six of the 

seven races leading up to Texas, and posted 

an average finish of 6.1. Week to week, 

those are hard numbers to beat. 

The second driver in the conversation was 

Tony Stewart. Stewart has made it difficult 

for Edwards, or anyone else for that matter, 

to win a Chase race this season, since prior 

to Texas, he had visited Victory Lane in 

three of the seven races already run. Still, 

those three victories propelled him to only 

second place in the driver standings. 

While four or five guys could still theoretically 

win the title, many so-called “realistic” 

people believe that our eventual 2011 

champion will be one of these two front-running 

drivers. 

Not so fast. If NASCAR was a two-horse 

race, things would be awfully quiet on Sunday 

afternoons. And a third driver, who apparently 

is not a believer in foregone 

conclusions, has inserted his foot firmly in 

the door and intends to not only pry it open 

and walk through it, but to shut and lock it 

behind him. 

Kevin Harvick, who moved from fifth to 

third in the driver standings thanks to a 

fourth-place finish at Martinsville and trailed 

Edwards by 21 points headed to Texas, said, 

“The goal is just to keep chipping away at 

the lead. We got a little behind at Talladega, 

but we just gotta keep doing what we’re 

doing. We’ve got three to go, and we’re 

closer now then we were last week.” 

By his own admission, Harvick was 

thrust into the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 

spotlight a little too soon, taking over the renumbered 

No. 29 Richard Childress Racing 

Chevy in February 2001 after the passing of 

Dale Earnhardt Sr. 

Assuming NASCAR’s most famous and 

beloved seat is the most stressful measure of 

a man’s mettle imaginable, but Harvick 

came through. In only his third race as a fulltime 

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series competitor, 

he went to Victory Lane at Atlanta, and 

to date, has amassed 18 wins in NASCAR’s 

premier series, including four this season. 

He has also shown himself willing to put 

his money where his mouth – and his heart – 

is. Not content to be one of those drivers 

who just shows up at the track when it’s time 

to go racing, Harvick, along with his wife 

DeLana, has over the years invested and 

won driver and owner championships in 

both the NASCAR Nationwide and 

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. 

Harvick has represented his sport well in 

many ways, but if you asked him, he might 

say he still hasn’t represented it in the way 

that matters most to him – as the NASCAR 

Sprint Cup Series champion. He is determined 

to make that happen. “I am all for 

doing whatever you have to do to win the 

championship,” he said in an interview after 

Martinsville. 

This “by any means necessary” attitude 

may result in some late-season fireworks. In 

addition to being a brilliant and aggressive 

driver, Harvick is also known to be outspoken 

and honest to the point of brashness, 

See *ELLIOTT, Page 2B 

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BLADEN JOURNAL 

W. CURT VINCENT 

editor@bladenjournal.com 

COLLEGE FOOTBALL 

Cromartie earns a 

conference honor 

NORFOLK, Va. — Malik Cromartie, 

a junior defensive back at 

North Carolina Central University, 

was tabbed the Defensive Player of 

the Week in the Mid-Eastern Athletic 

Conference after the Eagles beat 

Delaware State on Nov. 5. 

Cromartie, a native of Elizabethtown, 

is a 2008 graduate of East 

Bladen High. 

Against Delaware State, Cromartie 

was credited with preventing 17 

points when he blocked a 38-yard 

field goal in the first quarter, then in- 

See *CROMARTIE, Page 2B 

PREP FOOTBALL — CLASS 2-A PLAYOFFS 

KENNY ARMSTRONG/Bladen Journal 

Jonathan Campbell and the Eagles defense will have to keep the wraps on the Jordan-Matthews High offense 

by blanketing its quarterback, just as they did against North Brunswick High in the regular-season finale. 

ROUND TWO 

Eagles expecting another tough game 

W. CURT VINCENT 

editor@bladenjournal.com 

ELIZABETHTOWN — East 

Bladen High last met Jordan-Matthews 

High in the third round of the Class 2- 

A playoffs in 2009 and were forced to 

fight for a 14-8 win at home. It’s the 

second round this time around, but Eagles 

coach Lenon Fisher is expected 

much the same kind of game. 

“Oh yeah, they’re tough,” he said. 

“They’ve always had a good program.” 

Over the past six seasons, the Jets 

have compiled a 56-20-1 record. But 

this season, they come into the second 

round with a 7-5 mark after upsetting a 

9-2 Randalman High team in the first 

round, 8-7, and breaking the Tigers’ 

eight-game win streak. They will be 

facing a second straight 9-2 team in 

East Bladen on Friday at 7:30 p.m. 

The Eagles will be looking for their 

sixth straight season with at least 10 

wins — they have a 70-13 mark in that 

time. 

Jordan-Matthews is the No. 4 team 

out of the Mid-State Conference and 

boasts a handful of players that will 

give East Bladen a challenge. 

Coach Marty Scotten said his team’s 

strength is its lines, and players like 

senior Clifton Brooks (5-foot, 11 

inches, 305 pounds) and junior Will 

Cockman (6-6, 320 pounds) provide 

the anchors for those lines. 

“Their defense is probably one of 

the best in the state,” Fisher said. “They 

are big and physical, and I’m not really 

sure how we will block them.” 

The Jets defense, which operates out 

of the 52, 53 and 55, has given up just 

199 points over the 12 games. 

They also have a talented kicker in 

Michael Bartolo, a speedy scatback in 

Alan Barnwell, along with a quarterback 

who can run or throw. 

Jordan-Matthews runs its offense 

MALIK CROMARTIE 

out of a spread shotgun formation, as 

well as the Wing-T with the quarterback 

under center or in the shotgun. 

The Jets have scored 196 points this 

season. 

East Bladen managed to survive last 

week’s 25-21 win over Providence 

Grove High in a downpour without sustaining 

any lasting injuries. 

Common opponent 

Jordan-Matthews faced North 

Brunswick High, a Waccamaw Conference 

foe of East Bladen’s, on Oct. 21 

in Siler City and handed the Scorpions 

a tough 7-6 loss. 

The Eagles, in the regular-season finale 

on Oct. 28, went to Shallotte with 

the conference’s No. 1 seed on the line 

and beat North Brunswick, 20-6, with a 

13-point surge in the second half to finish 

the conference schedule at 5-1. 

PREP BASKETBALL 

East Bladen 

has holiday 

plans set 

Staff report 

ELIZABETHTOWN — The 2011-12 

version of Eagles and Lady Eagles basketball 

will play in the Holiday Basketball 

Tournament on Dec. 20-22. 

The boys tournament will be played at 

Wallace-Rose Hill High, and the girls tournament 

will be played at James Kenan 

High. 

See *EAST, Page 2B 

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*Eagles: Playing in 

holiday tournament 

The boys bracket 

The Eagles will open the 

tournament on Tuesday, 

Dec. 20, at 4 p.m. against 

Heidi Trask High. 

A win would send East 

Bladen into the second 

round against the winner of 

the East Carteret High versus 

Union High winner at 7 

p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 

21. 

A loss in the first round 

would pit East Bladen 

against the loser of the East 

Carteret-Union matchup in 

the loser’s bracket on 

Wednesday, Dec. 21, at 4 

p.m. 

*Cromartie: Tabbed 

for MEAC honors 

tercepted a pass in the end 

zone close to halftime and 

picked off his second pass 

of the day inside the Eagles’ 

5-yard-line in the second 

half. 

*Elliott: 

Harvick 

is sneaky 

willing to spar both on and 

off the track. Although this 

has made him wildly popular 

with fans, he certainly 

doesn’t walk through the 

garage trailed by a crowd of 

butterflies and bunnies; there 

are a couple of more predatory 

animals hanging around 

there, too. He is polarizing. 

He’s also rather sneaky. 

On numerous occasions, 

when races appeared to be 

all but won by another 

driver, he has miraculously 

come from behind in the 

final laps to take the checkered 

flag, putting the period 

on the sentence and earning 

him the nickname, “The 

Closer.” 

Unless you’re an aficionado 

of Kyra Sedgwick’s 

hit TV show, you probably 

know that “The Closer” is a 

term most often used in 

baseball. It refers to a pitcher 

who specializes in coming in 

late in the game to get the 

final outs and seal the deal. 

In other words, the door may 

still be open just a crack for 

the opposition, but he closes 

it. 

Open doors are sometimes 

used as an analogy for 

success in other aspects of 

life, but to stock car racing 

competitors, it seems closed 

ones might be better. 

Maybe the true definition 

of a “NASCAR closer” is 

someone who is not only 

willing to slam that door, but 

will then nail it shut, remove 

the knob, use epoxy to apply 

weather stripping around all 

four sides, and then lay a 

wall of bricks in front of it. 

Chase drivers beware: I 

heard someone just spotted 

Kevin Harvick walking 

around with a toolbox. 

— Cathy Elliott, the 

former director for public 

relations at Darlington 

Raceway, is a syndicated 

columnist for NASCAR and 

author of the book 

“Chicken Soup for the 

Soul: NASCAR.” Contact 

her at cathyelliott@ 

hotmail.com. 

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New gymnasium 

The girls bracket 

The Lady Eagles will 

also open the tournament on 

Tuesday, Dec. 21, against 

Heidi Trask High at 4 p.m. 

Just like on the boys side, 

a win would send East 

Bladen into the second 

round against the winner of 

the East Carteret High versus 

Union High winner at 7 

p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 21. 

A loss in the first round 

would pit East Bladen 

against the loser of the East 

Carteret-Union matchup in 

the loser’s bracket on 

Wednesday, Dec. 21, at 4 

p.m. 

He also had a pass break-up 

and recorded six solo tackles 

in the 14-7 win. 

He is the son of Mona 

Cromartie McCullum of 

Chadbourn. 

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DEADLINES 

TUESDAY’S ISSUE: Thursday at 5:00 pm 

FRIDAY’S ISSUE: Tuesday at 5:00 pm

Nov. 12 

■ Join a park ranger 

Saturday, Nov. 12, at 9 

a.m. for a discussion 

about this federally endangered 

bird that calls 

Jones Lake State Park 

home. Learn about the 

many adaptations that 

make this bird unique. 

Participants should 

meet at the Visitor Center, 

this program is followed 

by a short hike. 

■ Paul M. Newby, 

N.C. Supreme Court 

Justice, will speak at 11 

a.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, 

at Elizabethtown Presbyterian 

Church Activity 

Center located at 800 

West Broad Street, Elizabethtown. 

The event is 

sponsored by the 

Daughters of the American 

Revolution Battle of 

Elizabethtown Chapter. 

There is an optional $5 

lunch of soup and sandwiches. 

Please RSVP if 

you plan to have lunch 

to 

susan.prevette@gmail.c 

om or call 910-645- 

6320 by Nov. 7. 

Nov. 13 

■ The descendants 

of Monroe and Edith 

Martilla Hester invite 

friends and relatives to 

join them in a reunion to 

be held at noon Sunday, 

Nov. 13, at the Bladenboro 

Historical Building 

at 818 South Main 

Street in Bladenboro. 

We will enjoy lunch, 

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businesses, remembrances, 

singing and a 

chance to be together 

as family. Each family is 

asked to bring a covered 

dish. 

Nov. 18 

■ The Town of Elizabethtown 

will be having 

a ribbon-cutting ceremony 

and dedication for 

the Cape Fear Farmer's 

Market and the downtown 

Streetscape Project 

on Friday, Nov. 18, 

2011, at 4 p.m. The 

events will be held at 

the Cape Fear Farmer's 

Market located at 106 

Martin Luther King 

Drive. Barbeque plates 

will be available for 

those interested in purchasing 

food at the 

event. 

Nov. 19 



p.m. and learn about 

the geological mysteries 

of the Carolina Bays. 

Formation theories, and 

the natural communities 

associated with Carolina 

Bays will be discussed. 

Participants 

should meet at the park 

Visitor Center. 

Nov. 26 



a.m. for a discussion 

about Carolina Bays. 

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THINGS TO DO 

IN BLADEN CO. 

Carolina Bay, will give 

you a chance to explore 

these natural mysteries. 

Participants should 

meet at the Jones Lake 

State Park Visitor Center. 

Nov. 27 

■ Elizabethtown- 

White Lake Area Chamber 

of Commerce will 

hold a Christmas parade 

on Sunday, Nov. 

27, at 3 p.m. Applications 

are now being accepted 

to participate in 

the parade. Contact the 

Chamber office at 874- 

4368 or e-mail 

tourism28337@embarq 

mail.com for a parade 

application. 

Nov. 28 

■ Join the Bladen 

HealthCare's parish 

nurse on Monday, Nov. 

28, at the Elizabethtown 

Presbyterian Church 

Fellowship Hall located 

at 800 W. Broad Street, 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7265 Old Fayetteville Road • Garland, NC 

HOME: 910-588-4626 • CELL: 910-391-0636 

Elizabethtown, at 5:30 

p.m. Joy Williams of 

Partners in Health and 

Wholeness, has a bundle 

of fresh ideas to 

help our families, 

churches, & ourselves 

be healthier in 2012! As 

a group, we wish to set 

a goal for every month 

of 2012. All churches in 

Bladen are invited to 

make our county a 

healthy one! A light supper 

will be provided. 

Call 876-3225, if you 

plan to attend. 

Ongoing 

■ 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. 

■ The Bladen County 

Youth Focus Project will 

meet every second Saturday 

of the month at 10 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


service directory 

McKoy’s Tree Service 

FREE ESTIMATES 

• Tree Topping, Trimming 

& Removal 

• Stump Grinding 

• Firewood Delivery 

• Sand Delivery 

• Dead wood & Pulp wood Removal 

• Hauling of tree limbs & debris 

a.m. at the Paul R. Brown 

Building on Martin Luther 

King Boulevard, Elizabethtown. 

All interested 

persons are welcome to 

attend. 

■ The Bladenboro Visual 

Arts Council Art 

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. 

■ 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. 

■ 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. 

■ The Elizabethtown- 

White Lake Chamber of 

Commerce meets every 

second Tuesday at the 

Front Porch Restaurant 

at noon. 

■ The Garland Lodge 

1511 of the Woodmen of 

the World Insurance Society 

meets the first Fri- 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

day of every month at 7 

p.m. at the Ammon community 

building. Members 

and guests are welcome. 

■ 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. 

■ 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 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. 

■ 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. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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