May, 1996 Reunion in Morehead
City
The schedule for the weekend included:
1. Friday evening, May 10, informal get-togethers. We designated the Dock House in
Beaufort as a good place to meet.
2. Saturday, May 11, continental breakfast 8:00-10:00am at the Dunes Club, 710 Fort
Macon Road. This was sponsored by Cap'n Purcell and Helen Jones.
3. Saturday, gathering at Camp Morehead for fun and sun. This will begin around
10:00am. Lunch was catered by Bill's Barbecue of Wilson, NC.
4. Saturday night "Big Dance" and party at the Sheraton on Atlantic Beach
7:00pm - 1:00am. This included heavy hors d'ouevres, keg beer, cash bar, speakers to
reminisce and roast Purcell, presentation of gifts and award to Purcell and Helen, and a
dance to follow with live music. Casual dress.
5. Sunday, May 12, brunch at the Sheraton from 9:00am to 12:00 noon.
Here is the agenda and list of speakers from the Last Big Dance on May 11, 1996.
Hello Camp Morehead.
Welcome to the Last Big Dance
My name is Bob Richards and I would like to thank you all for coming this weekend, I
have often wished that I could get together again with my Camp Morehead friends, and in
that respect, this weekend is a 'Dream come true'. Obviously, we have all shared that
dream and it has brought us here tonight. We have traveled from near and far, London
(Kevin Hudson), California (George Jones), Arizona (Sheridan Stone), and from even more
exotic places like Lynchburg, Va., to be here. We have a big evening planned. First we are
going to talk for awhile, and while we do please continue to eat and drink The food will
be out until about 9:00 PM. The beer will continue to flow until the end of the party, the
cash bar will remain open all night, and chips will be available later. Many of our 'old
salts' and some of our young buccaneers' would like to speak and we are going to lead off
with them. Then we have a gift or two that we would like to present to Helen and Purcell.
And finally, we are going to 'shake a leg and dance into the night with "Power
Play" from Virginia Beach.
Let me make a few announcements:
1.) Name and address lists are available...... please take only one per family and
there should be enough to go around.
2.) Brunch tomorrow will be served in the..... restaurant from 9:00 AM until Noon, not
in this room. The hotel will be having a Mother's Day brunch in this room tomorrow, so we
gather in the....
I would like to recognize several people as we get started:
1.) Ted and Shirley Garner, the owners of The Sanitary Seafood Restaurant, are sponsors
for us tonight and it is a pleasure to have them here.
2.) Donny Jones of Jones Brothers Marine is also one of our sponsors. Thank You Donny,
and welcome
3.) Karen Amspacher and her husband Jimmy. Karen is the Director of the Core Sound
Waterfowl Museum. The Waterfowl Museum is very near and dear to the hearts of Purcell and
Helen and we will hear more about that later. I would like to thank Karen for coming and
for
4.) Jim Phillips and his wife Miriam. Jim is a long time friend and hunting buddy of
Purcell's and later on he may be able to give us some of the real 'low down! on Purcell.
5.) Elsie Jones
6.) Cap'n Tommy Cordova
7.) Cap'n Jim Edwards, his wife Odessa, daughter Gail Edwards (Corwin)
8.) Cap'n Bill Tucker and his wife Peggy. 87-95
9.) We will not be able to say enough about the Jones Family Helen and Purcell, Helen
B. and Rob Davis, John and Jackie Jones, but we will try as the evening goes on.
Let me now call up some of our 'old salts would like to speak.
Charles McDowell, Richmond
JJ Summerell, Greensboro
Chuck Keeley, Greensboro
Bart, Mobile, AL
Hewitt Gehres, Greenville
Bob Rodman, Greensboro
Paula Howard (Rose), Wendell, NC
Bill Rixey, Wilmington
Butch Wooton, Durham
Robert Enochs, High Point
Allan Drash, Pittsburgh
Bill Faircloth, Winston Salem
Steve White, Lexington, NC
Lewis Riley, Raleigh
Ed Richards, Lynchburg
Tom Lambeth, Burlington, NC
Gifts
We cannot count or measure the ways in which Camp Morehead enriched our lives and we
likewise cannot thank Helen and Purcell, Helen B and John enough for these gifts which
they have given us over the years. As a token of our appreciation we have several gifts
that we would like to present to Purcell and Helen.
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