He loved sharing his passion for sports with not only his sons, but the youths of Burlington. He supported all his children in their sports and spent his days shuttling them from rink to rink or field to field. He coached youth hockey and Babe Ruth baseball. John was extremely active in the youth sports of Burlington. John worked into his 80’s partly because he loved his job and coworkers, but also because there was no one who could perform the work that John did. With the onset of computer guided manufacturing, welders with his skill set have become a lost art. He worked on fabricating parts for airplanes, spacecraft, microwaves, and any other part that needed to be fabricated by hand. He extremely knowledgeable and skilled and very much respected by his peers and employers. Over the years he had worked at Alpha Industries, MA/COM, and Ferrite Company in Nashua, NH. His last reunion was last month, held at Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome New York. John was extremely proud of his military service and regularly attended the 49th Squadron’s reunions. During his military service, he married Marjorie Fahey and they eventually settled in Burlington in 1962. He was the recipient of the National Defense Service Medal, and Good Conduct Medal. He held the rank of Airman First Class and was a member of the 49th Fighter Squadron. He then served in the Air Force during the Korean War for 4 years.
He grew up in Newton and was a graduate of Newton High School.
He was one of six children born to Gildo and Margaret Caruso. Caruso, a extremely talented welder/brazer at Ferrite Microwave Technologies, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday morning, October 25, 2017.
Sheriff: 5 hurt after Amtrak train collides with tractor-trailer in Chesterfield Co.John D. What not to do the day of and during the total solar eclipse. Of course, anyone who comes here and breaks the law is going to go to jail."Ĭhannel 9 did see the Sons of the Confederacy set up right next to the Civil War monument, but they said they have set up there every year for the last decade. "It's a peaceful parade,” Catawba County Sheriff Coy Reid said. A festival was underway Thursday morning on the town square ahead of the parade, which starts at 5 p.m. Durham will not be re-enacted here."Ĭhannel 9 reporter Dave Faherty was also in Newton earlier Thursday as final preparations took place before the parade, and noticed a number of police officers and deputies along the route.Įach year, the parade attracts close to 10,000 people to Newton. "If there's any trouble on the square, or any organization, we're not going to ask questions,” Jerry Poovey, with the Sons of the Confederacy, said earlier in the day. "I feel it is a put down because of what the flag resembles, so I don't agree with it," Derr said. "The people that understand the flag is not a hate group," he said.Įrica Derr came to the parade to support her nephew, but not the cause. Gary Dellinger from Conover has been going to the parade for years and he said the parade is not about hate. It was the only incident during the entire week of reunion events, police said. Two victims were treated for pepper spray exposure by Newton Fire Department and Catawba County EMS. Smith was released from jail on the promise he would appear before a magistrate. "Did that happen in this case?" reporter Glenn Counts questioned. "They are required to identify that they do have a permit and are carrying a weapon as soon as they are addressed by law enforcement," Newton police Maj. He has a concealed carry permit, which carries certain rules. Police seized a small canister of pepper spray and a Smith & Wesson. Karl Smith, 56, of Morganton, was charged with two counts of misdemeanor assault and was also cited because he did not tell officers he had a gun on him. "He just walked up to the backside of the fellas that were fixing to do the salute," witness Amanda Chandler said. The suspect was described and pointed out to law enforcement, who immediately took the suspect into custody without incident. The two complainants said that when the re-enactors would stop to discharge their weapons, the man would discharge his pepper spray. Two parade participants notified police that a man with pepper spray was following the Confederate veteran re-enactors. The Civil War re-enactors and members of the Sons of the Confederacy were protecting a Confederate monument at the old courthouse.
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