Sun Journal offers vacation paper transfer to nursing homes
Vacation readers can assign their Sun Journal subscriptions to local nursing homes rather than canceling. Residents, like Lucy Lee of Twin Rivers Nursing Home, say the service helps keep them connected when away, with director Melanie Nobles coordinating activities and deliveries.
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Sun Journal drives paper donations for local nursing home residents
Residents at Twin Rivers and Britthaven of New Bern rely on donated newspapers to stay connected. Volunteers note fixed incomes limit purchases while December and Memorial Day drives boost gifts. Kathy Jones and Sabine Duncan discuss steady efforts and residents enjoying puzzles, news, and grandchild updates.
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Alvin Walston
Britthaven
New Bern
Norris
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Grace
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Kathy Jones
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Carol Purcell
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Margaret Pomeroy
Twin Rivers Nursing Home
Happenings of Tryon Civitan April luncheon at Sonny's El Mex
Tryon Civitan met April 24 with Paula Hincher presiding. Isabelle English gave the invocation. Volunteers for Guardian ad Litem were honored and certificates presented by Carol Mattocks who discussed the program and introduced attorneys Marc Chestnutt Scott Thomas and William Ward III. The Swim Step Dance and Prance fundraiser raised $4,500. Cards from Ellie Kelenberg and the Howell Center were read thanking the club for the Easter Egg hunt. Next meeting set for May 8 at the restaurant. call Jean Cornelius for details.
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Sonny’s
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Isabelle English
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Annette Milstead
Ellie Kelenberg
Howell Center
Carol Mattocks
Guardian
Woodmen of the World Delegates Award Dinner Raleigh
Delegates from Woodmen of the World lodge 449 attended a Raleigh dinner to accept the organization’s top fraternalism award for the past two years. Hazel Broughton accepted a gold wall clock on behalf of the lodge, with members Guy Jones Robert Homan Bruce Broughton and their spouses present. The lodge spent 6027.80 on fire rescue squads nursing home gear Meals on Wheels DARE and youth programs and presented life saving conservation and Woodman family plaques.
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Raleigh
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Robert Homan
Bruce Broughton
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New Bern Toastmasters Meet Chooses Morning Winners
The New Bern Toastmasters Club 2812 met at 7 a.m. May 2 at Berne Restaurant with Pat Gallo presiding. Bill Pappas was Toastmaster, Joni Lopes table topics master, and speeches by Carl Spock and Mike Marsh. Awards went to Pat Gallo, Walter Wood, Joni Lopes, and Mike Marsh.
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Toastmasters Club
Berne
Pat Gallo
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Bill Pappas
Joni Lopes
Carl Spock
Mike Marsh
Walter Wood
Smaller trees lining Craven County streets show new urban plantings
Craven County extends a trend toward smaller diverse street trees for better landscapes and fewer sidewalk cracks. Bridgeton residents Haggett and DeLorme helped plant varieties along A, B and C streets, including white fringetree, vitex, trident maple, and more. Havelock teams, led by Thompson, Deedman, and Bob Collins, added Chinese parasol and fringetrees near Highway 70, with Chinese pistache nearby. New Bern crews, led by Roger Heckman, expand Chinese pistache, vitex, and Natchez crape myrtle along streets. A May 20 meeting at the agricultural building will discuss North Carolina Urban Tree Evaluation.
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Carol Haggett
Connie DeLorme
Japan
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Barbara Thompson
Barb Deedman
Bob Collins
Public Works Department
Highway 70
Charles Barnard
Parks and Recreation Department
Highway 101
New Bern
Roger Heckman
Was
North Carolina
Tom Glasgow
Craven County Cooperative Extension Service
Loose collar saved stray dog from injury
Dear Heloise shares a warning about a stray young dog with a collar tightly digging into the skin. A reader notes a two to three finger fit as a safe rule, emphasizing frequent checks as dogs grow quickly.
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Birth of Daughter Tru Alexis Smith in New Bern
Clifton Brian Smith and Alison Irene Sutton announce the birth of a daughter, Tru Alexis Smith, born April 22 at Craven Regional Medical Center. Grandparents are Jean Sutton and Omar Sutton of New Bern, Buck and Mary Eubanks of New Bern, and Lind say Smith of Vanceboro.
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Clifton Brian Smith
Alison Irene Sutton
New Bern
Tru Alexis Smith
Craven Regional Medical Center
Jean Sutton
Omar Sutton
Buck Eubanks
Lindsay Smith
Vanceboro
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