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NORTHEAST DEMOCRATS RALLY—Representatives from most cou 5 i in Northeastern North Carolina
last Thursday joined in on the Pasquotank Booster Banquet to honor «tW. L. Thompson. Rep. Walter
Joom presented an award to Sheriff Thompson naming him “Mr. D at in Northeastern North Caro
““*• . V* e surprise event was attended by more than 204 people. Pete Thompson, Chowan County exten
sion chairman, is shown at left with his father and State Sen. Ruffin Bailey of Raleigh, a relative, who at-
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Gospel and Bologna
Over the years, much guidance and
comfort has been derived from the
Gospels according to Matthew, Mark,
Luke and John. The recent gospel ac
cording to Grant leaves a great deal to
'be desired.
As an individual, Marse Grant is en
titled to his opinion. As a Democrat,
Marse Grant is entitled to his opinion.
As editor of the highly respected Biblical
Recorder, Marse Grant is entitled to his
opinion. He professes to be all three
and with his opinions in these fields we
can find no fault.
However, it was disappointing to re
ceive a copy of his letter of February 4
to Robert Bingham of Boone, president
of the Young Democratic Clubs of North
Carolina. Written on stationery of the
journal of the Baptist State Convention
of North Carolina, Mr. Grant attacks
Mr. Bingham’s statement concerning
balloting on local option liquor by the
drink. Then at the bottom he writes:
“P. S. You will note that this is a per
sonal letter and not for distribution in
the press or elsewhere.”
What bologna! But if that was all
the bologna Mr. Grant dwells on in his
letter we could, in good conscious file it
along with 90 per cent of the junk mail
ire receive.
t Mr. Grant, intentionally or unintenion
ally, squarely put the Baptist Church
in politics with his “personal letter: He
not only threatened to marshal the forces,
or speak for, one million Baptists, but
500,000 Methodists.
He wrote Sam Johnson out as a pros
pect for lieutenant governor and put
U. S. Rep. Jim Broyhill in the mansion
on Blount Street. Our line isn’t as di
rect apparently as Mr. Grant’s, but we
didn’t know Mr. Johnson was interested
in the No. 2 tag in North Carolina nor
that Rep. Broyhill, an able GOP con
gressman, wants to give up the security
of his Washington post.
Mr. Grant is a clever, experienced
and highly respected editor. Now he
has distinguished himself as a letter
writer. Politics, though, appear not to
be his cup of tea.
* He lost some stature with this writer
some months ago when he allowed an
anonymous release concerning an Eden
ton minister to make the print. Now,
he has added more “grist for their mill”
and less respect by going beyond his li
cense of opinion as a Democrat and
Biblical Recorder editor.
If he is going to state his opinion’s as
an individual then his name needs to be
erased from the masthead of the Record
er as well as from their stationery.
The gospel according to Grant just
ain’t got it.
Change In Countryside
In a speech in Raleigh earlier this
week, Gov. Bob Scott challenged rural
electric co-ops to do the same in the
field of housing as they have done in
lighting up the rural communities across
Tar Heelia. That was a pretty big
order.
A This job can be done in many ways
with many agencies cooperating. One
is the entrance of counties into the pub
lic housing field. Another is through
Farmers Home Administration. And
there are others.
\ Chowan County commissioners have
Caked Edenton Housing Authority to
mkke recommendations concerning a
public housing project in the rural area.
The commissioners have indicated an in
terest in a home-ownership program for
low income families who cannot qualify
for FHA or conventional loans.
Elsewhere in today’s paper, Melvin
Howell reports that rural housing loans
are available for low to moderate income
famffies. Because of population, these
houses can be built within the town of
Edenton.
Howell says his office is able to handle
applications as they come in. And there
are builders in the area who are inter-
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Volume XXXVII—No. 10.
Hearing Is March 23 On school Issue
A State Department of Public In
struction survey team has recommended
consolidation of all senior high school
students in Chowan County at Holmes
High here next year.
But a recommendation for long-range
planning called for construction of a new
school to house grades 10-12. “. . . there
are two possibilities for a new secondary
County Road Funds Set
Chowan County commissioners Mon
day set up four roads in the rural area
for paving with $105,000 in secondary
road funds.
State Highway Commission represen
tatives said the county had $59,600 in
current funds and $54,000 from an
abandoned project on the Morristown
Road. Highway personnel ran into
Loans Available
Melvin E. Howell, F.H.A. county su
pervisor, announced that loans are now
available to construct purchase or repair
homes in rural areas and small towns
with populations of not more than 5,500.
These loans are made to farmers and
other rural residents including senior
citizens who are 62 years of age and
over.
Loans may also be made to urban
residents of low and moderate income
who are employed in rural areas, and to
other urban residents who own building
sites in rural areas.
Funds may be used to finance dwell
ings, building sites, and essential farm
service buildings.
Rural housing loans may be used to
build, improve, or repair rural homes
and related facilities, or farm service
buildings, or fall-out shelters, or to pro
vide water for farmstead and household
use. In addition to major construction,
funds are available to modernize homes—
add bathrooms, central heating, modern
kitchens and other home improvements,
as well as to enlarge or remodel farm
service buildings and put in related fa
cilities such as yard fences and drive
ways.
Lean funds also may be used to buy
an existing house and lot or to buy a
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Dinner, Tour Set
Benjy L. Gibbs, Route 1, Tyner, will
be honored tonight (Thursday) as the
top peanut producer in Chowan Countv
for 1969.
Gibbs, along with 49 other peanut
farmers, will be joined by businessmen
at a banquet to be held at Advance Com
munity Building. The annual banquet
is sponsored by the Agricultural Com
mittee of Edenton Chamber of Com
merce.
The banquet begins at 7 P. M. Fol
lowing the turkey dinner awards will be
presented and a tour is planned of Sea
brook Blanching Corporation by C. B.
Smith, chairman of the agricultural com
mittee and a Seabrook official.
It was reported recently that Gibbs’
average was 3,861 pounds per acre.
H. O. West, office manager of Cho
wan County ASCS, reports the county
wide average at 2,637 pounds per acre.
This is expected to be the best in the
entire state.
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school that merit consideration: (1) a
three-county senior high school located
on a central site to serve the senior high
school students from Chowan, Perquim
ans and Gates counties, or (2) a senior
high school on a new site to serve only
the senior high school students, grades
10-12, of Chowan County,” it was
stated.
right-of-way problems on this road.
Set to be graded, stabilized and paved
are:
Coffield Road, .3 mile, $11,250 cost.
Sewage Plant Road, .7 mile, $26,250
cost.
Macedonia Road, .7 mile, $26,250
cost.
Smith’s Road, .9 mile, $33,750 cost.
The total of these projects is $97,500.
Commissioners questioned the cost on
some of the projects and decided to
maintain a balance in the fund at the
present time.
They were told it costs $37,500 to
grade, stabilize and pave a mile of road.
Therefore, the county had less than three
miles to deal with in the present allo
cation.
At the same time, Commissioner C. A.
Phillips asked the district engineer to
look into pavement around Cross Roads-
Center Hill Fire Department and the
drive at Chowan Academy.
Commissioners approved a resolution
requesting federal funds to assist in an
initial planning study. George Lewis,
chairman, Chowan County Planning
Board, said the assistance of the pro
fessional planners in the Department of
Local Affairs, and a minimum housing
study as well as establishment of sub
division regulations are necessary.
The county’s cost of the project, with
a federal grant, would be $1,560 during
the next year.
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Chowan Academy Is Dedicated In Campus Ceremony
Chowan Academy Sunday afternoon
was dedicated to the glory of God and
quality education in a brief service on
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ACADEMY DEDlCATlON— Principals In Sunday's dedication of Chowan Academy at
Koeky Hock are shewn above. Left to right are: Rev. Thomas Clarke, Miss Minnie
HoUowell, Gary Byram, Ear. R. N. Carroll, Jack Evans and Carroll Evans. The private
being effort £ c s}{j3 1 * PI>Uc * Uoos fw its thW ‘enn with grades one through nine
tended the event Rep. Jones pauses for a few words with Tom Shepard, Chowan County Democratic Execu
tlve Committee chairman, just prior to the banquet. In the picture at extreme right. State Sen. J. J. (Monk)
Harrington of Lewiston is flanked by State Reps. Bill Culpepper of Elizabeth City and Phil Godwin of Gates
ville. Rep. Godwin is speaker of the State Hqiise of Representatives. The crowd p-rompted Godwin to com
ment: . u Thepe. is r so much jenthusiasm here you would think there was a rural mail route ooen.*’
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 5, 1970.
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Senior High Consolidation Topic
“We think the first possibility i. nh
feasible and possible,” the report
eluded.
Edenton-Chowan Board of Educatk
said the county is in no position to get
into a school building program. They
did, however, call a public meeting for
7:30 P. M., March 23 at Chowan High
School to discuss consolidation of the
Three Now Seek
Seats On Board
Three persons have filed for seats on
Edenton-Chowan Board of Education
from First Township. The other three
townships will nominate one each but
there has been no indication as to candi
dates.
Incumbent Dr. A. F. Downum filed
with Mrs. Sadie Hoskins chairman, Cho
wan County Board of Election. Dr.
Downum was elected to the old Chowan
County Board of Education and has
served on the combined county and city
board since the merger of the admini
strative units.
Dr. Allen Hornthal, Edenton dentist,
has also filed for a First Township seat.
This is Dr. Hornthal's first venture into
the political arena.
D. F. Walker, retired educator from
the public schools here, has also filed.
C. M. Evans, who announced several
weeks ago that he would seek re-election
to Chowan County Board of Commission
ers from the Second Township, has paid
his filing fee according to Mrs. Hoskins.
All candidates who have filed thus far
are Democrats.
Sheriff Troy Toppin is being challenged
Mrs. Hoskins said the deadline for
filing for county offices is noon on
March 20th.
At this tin.e only one race is assured.
Sheriff Hroy Toppin is being challenged
by Carroll A. Boyce.
the Rocky Hock campus.
At the same time, it was announced
that registration is now open for stu
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senior high schools in 1970-71.
Dr. J. L. Pierce, director, division of
school planning, will be in attendance
0 discuss the recommendations of the
' ■ rvey team he headed.
he report stated that many of the
e i;g school buildings did not meet
n ,1. im fire safety standards. N. J.
Geo , a board member, said this is of
utmost concern. “Getting the students
out of the buildings (in case of fire)
should be our first order of business,”
he said.
Supt. Bill Britt said the Advisory Com
mittee at Chowan High School recom
mended that students in grades seven
through 12 be allowed to vote via secret
ballot on the consolidation question.
Eugene Jordan made a motion to al
low the request, seconded by Dr. A. F.
Downum. It was approved.
During discussion George said such
a vote should come only after the stu
dents are well informed. He said the
total educational program should be ex
plained by Principal Kenneth Stalls
and/or Supt. Britt.
Speaking about the school patrons,
George said: “If these people are given
the information they will vote right. It
is not a question of busing.”
Board members were given a copy of
courses offered at Chowan and Holmes
school during the 1969-70 school year.
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Clergy Solicited
In conjunction with the county drive
for year-round participation in the pub
lic library, letters have been sent to the
clergy of Chowan County. These letters
enlist the aid of the clergy in compiling
a list of the books on religious subjects
which should be placed in the library.
Mrs. Sandra Phillips, librarian at the
Shepard-Pruden Memorial Library, is
pleased to announce that “the initial
results have been gratifying.”
dents in grades one through nine for the
1970-71 term, which will be the third
for the private institution. The ninth
grade is being added next year and of
ficials hope to add a grade each year un
til the full 12 year program is offered.
Rev. R. X. Carroll, pastor of Edenton
Baptist Church, spoke briefly at the cere
mony. He stressed the importance of
good teachers.
The minister also said the home,
church and school “used to work hand
in hand”, but questioned this coopera
tion at the present time. He pointed out
that education is more than the three R’s.
It deals with the entire person.
Carroll Evans, chairman of the board,
traced the history of the school which
opened in 1969 with 75 students in the
first four grades. This year there are
146 students in eight grades. Evans
said from the beginning emphasis has
been placed on quality education.
Gary Byrum, young son of Mr. and
Mrs. Isaac Byrum, spoke for the student,
body.
The Welcome was given by Miss Min- J
nie Hollowell, headmistress, and Jnck 1
Evans, treasurer, gave the benediction.
Rev. Thomas Clarke, pastor of Hobbs
ville Baptist Church gave the invocation
and Martha Jo Hollowed, a student at
the academy, was pianist.