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Volume XXXVII—No. 36.
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1 Watch For PHB
The Methodist Men of Edenton Meth
odist Church have decided to take an
additional month’s vacation from their
popular pickled herring breakfasts. The
first PHB has been delayed until Octo
ber 3.
The announcement didn’t mention not
wanting to provide this rare opportunity
to newcomers and blue bloods, nor not
needing the money as excuses.
Maybe they haven’t had time to clean
the cook (ers).
No Bread to Spread
Gov. Bob Scott has appointed a widely
representative commission to examine
public employee-employer relations. The
report will be presented to the governor
and the 1971 General Assembly,
t The good governor chose two repre
' sentatives for the commission from
Northeastern North Carolina. They are
Edenton’s James C. (Pete) Dail, a town
councilman and member of the State De
partment of Local Affairs, and State
Rep. Bill Culpepper of Elizabeth City.
There can be no fretting over the recog
nition given this area.
There are, however, persistent stories
about the position of the governor him
self on the question as well as the two
professional local government organiza
tions. These reports blame the N. C.
League of Municipalities and the Asso
ciation of County Commissioners for
joining with the AFL-CIO in opening the
wound.
We do not favor repeal of the present
law prohibiting recognition of public
employee unions. There are many rea
sons, the primary one being that public
officials have no money with which to
» bargain. They don’t handle their own
money but that of all of us —the tax
payers.
la shott, they don’t have any bread
to spread.' To give thenr rfouttcr-knife
now woud be superfluous.
Those Chesson Boys
Those who meander along the Public
Parade will be interested in this item
out of Chapel Hill. Jack Williams, UNC
sports information director, calls it
Car-O-Lines:
The University of North Carolina foot
ball coaching staff hosted a picnic at a
nearby lake Sunday night for the incom-
ing freshmen team —and who should
show up but Duke’s great senior star,
Wes Chesson.
Wes was on hand to give his brother,
Earl, a big sendoff at the start of his
v college career. The famiy members of
* the incoming freshmen were, of course,
special invited guests.
Earl, who starred last season for John
Holmes High School in Edenton, will be
a candidate for a backfield position with
the Carolina freshman team this season
Wes is one of the Atlantic Coast Con
ference’s premier players. He has been
a key figure the past two years in games
between Duke and Carolina.
The Carolina coaches enjoyed chatting
with Wes and wished him and his Duke
teammates good luck in the forthcoming
season.
Occupational Hazard
, How long can a person here in the
States expect to live? Proba
bly 20 years longer than his grandfather
did, notes Isabelle Buckley, extension
spedalist in aging, N. C. State Univer
¥ A sity.
For life expectancy in this country
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Edenton-Chowan Schools Open Year
Edenton-Chowan Schools opened or
registration Monday morning and Supt.
Bill Britt reported a total of 2,889 stu
dents answering the roll Tuesday, the
first official day of school. Fifty-four
of these were in two kindergarten classes.
There are 22 new faculty members
in the public school system here this
year. Two of them return from a leave
of-absence status while there are Others
who return from prior years. One va
cancy exists at Chowan High School and
one at John A. Holmes High School.
Supt Britt reported an uneventful
. »ynlw with fullest cooperation from
atudehto,. faculty and parents.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolir u j ursday, September 3, 1970.
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Farmin g Outlook
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Good In Chowan
Chowan County farmers haven’t es
caped the great corn blight epidemic of
the 1970’5. However, Pete Thompson,
county extension chairman, predicts a
good com crop this year.
Thompson said based on harvesting
thus far in the season there is more than
an average yield. While he doesn’t pre
dict a near record corn crop, Thompson
does feel it will be better than average.
Speciaists. have instructed farmers to
pick up their corn as rapidly as possible.
Thompson said this is being done in
Chowan.
The extension chairman says of the
Southern blight: “I have a feeling I have
seen this Stuff before, but I don’t be
lieve I have seen it this bad.” He says
it affects different varieties worse than
others.
He then says he doesn’t expect the
blight to harm this year’s crop here. He
does wonder aloud about where the seed
corn will come from for next year’s crop.
Thompson says the general farm out
Break Ground For New Bank Building —Peoples Bank & Trust
Company last week held brief groundbreaking ceremonies at the
corner of Broad and Church streets for a new bank building of
colonial architecture. Left to right are: William Stanley, president
of the Rocky Mount based bank; J. Gilliam Wood, chairman of the
local board; Rep. Walter B. Jones of Farmville; J. Clarence Leary,
chairman, Chowan County commissioners; Mayor George Alma By
rum; W. B. Gardner, director; William Shaw, Peoples board chair
man; R. Graham White, senior vice president and trust officer;
and W. J. P. Earnhardt, Jr., director. Gardner, White and Earn
hardt are building committee members.
Town’s Land Fill Is Open Again
The Town of Edenton’s sanitary land
fill has been re-opened for use by all
county residents. Town Council took
the action in a special meeting Friday.
At the same time the council instruct
ed Mayor George Alma Byrum to im
press upon Chowan County commission
ers that the action was only a temporary
reprieve. They want a definite financial
commitment from the county by June
30, 1971, or the dmping facility will
again be closed.
There has been considerable discussion
of the problem since the county adopted
a budget for fiscal 1970-71 without funds
for participation in the land fill. Coun
cil carried through with an earlier threat
to close the facility and several individ
uals and businesses have complained.
The matter was discussed by the
Board of Directors of Edenton Chamber
of Commerce after a rural industry com
A breakdown of enrollment for Tues
day shows:
Chowan High School (524)
Fifth Grade, 48; Sixth Grade, 52;
Seventh Grade, 77; Eighth Grade, 79;
Ninth Grade, 72; 10th Grade, 66; 11th
Grade, 77; and 12th Grade, 53.
, John A. Holmes High
School (688)
Ninth Grade, 200; 10th Grade, 174;
Uth Grade, 184; and 12th Grade, 130.
•*" D. F. Walker High School (903)
Kindergarten, 20; First Grade, 138;
Second Grade, 155; 'Third Grade, 168;
Seventh Grade, 204; Eighth Grade,lßo;
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look is good. “If we continue to dust
our peanuts we are going to have a good
crop, if harvesting conditions are good,”
he says. “We must not stop taking care
of them now.”
Showers a couple of weeks ago helped
the fall vegetables.
The best farm news, according to
Thompson, is the reports concerning hog
cholera. “This cholera situation looks
better,” he adds.
“Teams have worked real good with
the farmers and in turn the farmers have
tried to cooperate with the state and
federal officials. The vets have done
a tremendous job in the field as well as
at the lab. They have worked not only
at inspecting herds but educating the
farmers.”
Why the break in the cholera out
break which began June 3? Thompson
credits it to people “just plain being
careful.”
There have been but six cases diagnos-
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plained.
Town Council had requested S3OO a
month from the county.
In a letter to J. Clarence Leary, chair
man, Chowan County commissioners,
Mayor Byrum said council action was
“with the explicit understanding that if
satisfactory financial participation by
the county has not been arranged by
July 1, 1971, the sanitary land fill will
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A» If A Dream —Edenton-Chowan Rescue Squad earlier this week received a 1970 Olds ambulance,
purchased by Chowan County with the aid of a federal grant. George Howard of Kinston, second from
right, dealer for the coach firm, congratulates J. Clarence Leary, chairman of county commissioners,
on accepting delivery of the vehicle. At left is CapL Bob Roberson of the squad with Murray Ashley,
Civil Defense director and squad training officer second from right. The vehicle, when fully equipped
will be valued at more than $15,000. It features 48-inch headroom in the back with air conditioning
front »nd b»<*k. The county’s share of the cost is $7,950 with a like amount coming from federal fund'.
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Mrs. Roy L. Harrell Rep. Walter B. Jones
Warren Twiddy Mayor George A. Byrum
Jones Campaigns In Area
Rep. Walter B. Jones of the First Con
gressional District campaigned in Cho
wan County for six hours Thursday, tak
ing time off to deliver a non-partisan
speech to the Edenton Rotary Club.
The congressman, seeking his third
regular term in the House of Representa
tives, spoke informally to SO enthusiastic
supporters at a breakfast meeting. Later
he spent more than an hour discussing
problems of constituents before going in
to the county.
Rep. Jones returned to Edenton at
noon to participate in the ground-break
ing for the new local office of Peoples
Bank & Trust Company.
At the Rotary luncheon he discussed
the 91st Congress and what he called
the “trend of government” most of
which he is dissatisfied with. He admit-
Aces Stay Home
The Edenton Aces, with a win over
under their belfTpTay host
Friday night to Bertie County. Game
time is 8 P. M., at Hicks Field.
The inexperienced Aces, rebuilding
from a championship squad last year,
opened the season before one of the
biggest regular season crowds in years
by defeating the Bulldogs, 13-6 —the
visitors’ score coming with just six sec
onds left on the clock. There were no
serious injuries in the tilt and Coach
Marion Kirby is expected to pit a
healthy—if not big and experienced—
squad against the Falcons.
While they committed numerous errors,
the Aces were in command of the Louis
burg game throughout. The Aces piled
up IS first downs and gained a total of
243 yards rushing. Halfback Joe Bunch
was the Edenton workhorse. He carried
27 times and gained 111 yards rushing.
Charlie Fayton called the majority of
the signals for Edenton and in addition
to Bunch, Fullback Jessie Morring and
Halfback Willie Moore turned in good
performance on offense.
Lewis Brothers, a tackle, and ends
Tommy Fleetwood and Blount Shepard
were outstanding on defense, holding the
visitors to six first downs and only 80
yards rushing.
ted seeing some advantages to a Con
gress composed of a majority of one
poitical party while the opposition oc
cupies the White House.
In his only apparent political jab, Rep.
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Alton Clark
C. D. Bowles
Donate Facilities
Cape Colony Association, Inc., has ac
quired title to property in the develop
ment valued at $50,000. C. D. Bowles,
president, L’nited Properties, Inc., pr<>
sented the deed to Alton Clark, president
of the association of property owners.
The property was given to the associa
tion by the developers.
Bowles explained that the association
of property owners has taken title to the
roads, three miles of canals, an 11 acre
park with SIB,OOO worth of playground
equipment and buildings and the lodge.
He said this was not a new idea with
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