Record #:

9114

Author(s):

Bowie, Phil

Abstract:

Recently, the gravesite of Richard Dobbs Spaight, Sr., was discovered. Spaight signed the U.S. Constitution and served as the first native-born North Carolina governor. He died in 1802, and his son, Richard, Jr., also served as governor and is buried in the same small cemetery as his father. The graveyard is located on Brice's Creek Road in New Bern, and the overgrowth has been cleared by a local Boy Scout Troop.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 44 Issue 1, June 1976, p20-21, il, por

Subject(s):

Spaight, Richard Dobbs Sr., 1758-1802

Record #:

9142

Author(s):

Bowie, Phil

Abstract:

Ross Morphew and his family runs a boat repair shop in Morehead City but he and his family live on a pirate ship. Morphew hired an architect to design and build the ship, and his family lives there, dressing on pirates on weekends and holidays to “attack” other boats. The State has awarded the Morphews an official privateer's commission for the success of their exploits. Their boat is called the MEKA II and is a highly popular tourist attraction.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 44 Issue 4, Sept 1976, p16-17, il

Subject(s):

Sailing ships; Pirates--Morehead City

Record #:

35871

Author(s):

Bowie, Phil

Abstract:

This feud’s source was not of the Hatfield and McCoy ilk: it was a refinery for Carteret County. Pete Dorrance owned the business he promised was economically sound and environmentally clean. Against it was John Costlow, director of Duke University Marine Laboratory. He asserted a threat of oil spills carried an ecological damage price tag too high to pay.

Source:

Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 8 Issue 6, Aug 1980, p14-17

Subject(s):

Ecology and conservation--North Carolina; Environmental protection; Environmental pollution; Carteret County--Economic conditions; Carteret County--Industry

Record #:

9158

Author(s):

Bowie, Phil

Abstract:

Willie Taglieri was a police officer in Manhattan for seven years before becoming an artist in 1958. Last year, the Kellenberger Foundation and the Craven and Jones County Art Councils put together a grant for Taglieri to pant a scaled-down mural in a former bank building in downtown New Bern. Taglieri is currently working on the full-scale mural in the courthouse and hopes to have it completed by May.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 48 Issue 10, Mar 1981, p10-11, il

Subject(s):

Artists; Mural painting and decoration--New Bern; Taglieri, Willie, d. 2002

Record #:

8839

Author(s):

Bowie, Phil

Abstract:

Wilbur Tyndall, president of the Pink Hill Supply Company, has been in the business of selling John Deere tractors for twenty-six years. In his large collection of farm equipment, Tyndall has a replica of the first steel two-horse plow that Deere forged in 1837. He keeps his museum in a renovated garage and it is open to the public.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 48 Issue 8, Jan 1981, p18-19, il

Subject(s):

Farm equipment; Wilbur A. Tyndall Tractor Museum (Pink Hill); Museums--Pink Hill