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Help! Help!
Elsewhere in this issue of the news
paper, people along the Public Parade
| are being invited to an open house at
i the new Chowan Hospital. Through the
: years the hospital has enjoyed the sup
[ port of the entire community; more re
cently it was demonstrated when addi
tional funds were needed to construct the
facility.
In a quiet manner, without fanfare,
the Hospital Auxiliary has labored in
numerous ways to provide the hospital
with items, although needed, would have
gone without. At the present time some
$5,000 is being spent on valuable equip
ment, again muchly needed, but which
couldn’t have been purchased for the
new hospital.
The problem has not been getting
community support for membership
drive, auxiliary ball, etc. The problem
has been in getting women interested in
sufficient numbers so more than a few
would have to carry the entire load.
People in the community have been
generous with their financial support.
More women now must be generous with
their time if the Hospital Auxiliary is
to remain in existence.
The meetings are held at the Parish
House of St. Paul’s Church each first
Monday at 10 A. M. There are ho
lengthy programs, only short business
and planning sessions.
So gals, it’s your turn now.
To Region, or Not To Region
Regionalism, in the eyes of state of
ficials, is becoming about as sacred as
motherhood. Efforts are being made on
every front to bring together loose ends,
make the smaller bigger and the bigger
even bigger. While consolidation should
result in efficiency, that is not always
the case.
Two recent meetings at Nags Head
dealing with the 10-county Albemarle
Area of North Carolina, and one here
Friday dealing with nine of these same
counties deal with what we are talking
about.
On September 9, the Albemarle Law
and Order Association met in Nags Head.
A glowing report was given on the suc
cess of the year’s progress. In 10
months this group received grants of
over $55,000 for use by local law en
forcement agencies.
The association has asked for grants
for the coming year totaling $118,695
for the purposes of training peace offi
cers, purchasing new equipment and in
stituting new programs.
This money has been distributed
among participating agencies in a fair
manner. This is regionalism at work.
The Albemarle Area Development As
sociation’s quarterly meeting in Nags
Head last Thursday was praised by Irvin
Aldridge, director, State Department of
Local Affairs, for many contributions to
bringing the people of Northeastern
North Carolina into a tightly knit group
fighting for common cause. He said it
was one of the first organizations in the
state designed to promote an entire area
“and you have done a good job.”
He said this area would be ahead of
others as the concept of multi-county
regions develop,.
“You have already realized that you
must work together for the good of all,
and that coordinated efforts can bring
far greater results than individual at
tempts,” he said.
What he didn’t know, apparently, is
that about the only thing the Albemarle
Area has been able to agree on, with the
exception of Bob Scott for governor and
Walter Jones for congress, is a multi
laned highway opening up the area. This
was quite an achievement and Edenton’s
John A. Mitchener, Jr., deserves more
credit for it than he has been given.
So long as the Isle of Pasquotank ex
ists, the area will continue to be hamper*
ed. Just recently Coble Dairy Products
was cut completely out of anj milk busi
ness with Elizabeth City-Pasquotank
Schools. The siHy reason given was
that Coble didn’t have a distribution
plant in the county.
Now ain’t that tough? There are nu
merous things in Elizabeth City and
Pasquotank County which do not exist
in Edenton and Chowan County. Yet,
for example, we don’t believe people stop'
drinking Cokes because they are bottled
in Elizabeth City.
Chowan County has been pressured
from many fronts to join in a regional
jail —-to be located in Elizabeth City.
It has now become a district jail since
Camden saw the light. Now ooly neigh
boring Perquimans, which wouldn’t even
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Volume XXXVII—No. 40.
Mayor On Warpath
Pixh Made For Public Park
Mayor Gtorge Alma Byrum has fired
another volley in his continuing personal
campaign for a public park for Edenton
as well as “mini-parks”. He said neither
the citizenry nor the town cbuncil has
Mrs. Jean Ashley Mayor George Byrum Mrs. Dianne Dail
Hospital Dedication Set
Dedication and open house of the new
$2-million, 61-bed Chowan Hospital will
be held at 2 P. M., October 11, accord
ing to an announcement today by Thom
as M. Surratt, hospital administrator.
Fair Big Success
Chowan County Fair was a tremen
dous success, according to W. A. Perry,
president of the Chowan County Fair
Association. Perry estimated that over
19,000 persons attended.
“Response to the stage shows was
extremely good and the fair was proba
bly the best yet, except for the unfortu
nate accident where a teenage girl was
hurt,” said Perry.
Sue Modlin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Modlin of Lewiston, was standing
inside the fence of one of the rides when
she was struck in the back of the head.
On Monday, Miss Modlin had been
transferred to King’s Daughter Chil
dren’s Hospital, in Norfolk, Va., where
she was reported in fair condition.
New to the fair was the N. C. Pork
Cook-Out Champ Contest. Three men
participated and won money. First
place winner was Jake Belch, Route 3,
Edenton; second place was E. L. Hurdle
of Belvidere; and third place winner
was Lloyd Stallings also of Belvidere.
Two bicycles were given away on
“Kiddies Day” and they were won by
a boy from Windsor and a boy from
Hertford.
Also a big success was the 4-H pullet
sale on Thursday.
Perry stated that the greatest num
ber of people attended on Wednesday
and Saturday.
Past and Future —The terms of three members of the Board of Trustees of Chowan Hospital, Inc.,
have expired, a fourth has died and four new members have been chosen to serve on the board. Left to
right are: Jack Evans, Wesley Chesson, Wilbur Pierce, Thomas Shepard, all new members; Jesse L.
Harrell, chairman, Guy Hobbs, and J. Gilliam Wood, members who leave the board.
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 1, 1970
yet shown concern over what he termed
a “deficiency” in this community.
The Mayor said Edenton has less to
offer in the way of leisure living facilities
than any other town of comparable size.
Surratt said William F, Henderson
of Raleigh, executive secretary, N. C.
Medical Care Commission, will be key
note speaker. The hospital will become
operative on October 17.
At the same time it was announced
that four new trustees have been elected
to the board of Chowan Hospital, Inc.,
the corporation to which Chowan County
commissioners have leased the new fa
cility.
Jack Evans, manager of Byrum Hard
ware, has been named to fill the unex
pired term of the late W. E. Bond; Wes
ley Chesson, Jr., of Hobbs Implement;
Thomas H. Shepard of Home Feed &
Fertilizer Company; and Wilbur G.
Pierce, assistant director of Economic
Improvement Council, have been named
to three-year terms.
The terms of Chairman Jesse L. Har-
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Rain Finally Falls
In September, Edenton received 1.27
inches of rain, according to J. H. Conger,
Sr., local weather observer. The aver
age rainfall for September in 3.75 inches.
The majority of the rain for the month
came on Sunday evening, when I.L inch
es were recorded. The other .17 inches
was recorded during the first three days
of the month.
The Sunday night rain was the first
real rain of the month, says Conger.
“The rain that came earlier in the month
was classified as ‘traces of rain or ‘too
little to measure’.”
Rain measured in August was 3.45
inches, with 1.53 inches falling on Au
gust 21.
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“Ride down Broad Street and look
at the water,” he said. “God gave us
this asset and we have done little to im
prove on it.”
He went on to say Edenton could not
plead poverty. “We are not a poor
town . . . and the tax rate is not out of
line,” he noted. He then credited the
efficiency of the Electric and Water De
partments in providing additional reve
nue to allow the tax rate to remain low.
With all the advantages there are to
living in Edenton, the may >r said there
are three primary reasons why there has
been no action toward public recreation
facilities. He listed them as: Lack of
citizen concern; lack of planning; and
Negroes. “You will notice I did not
mention lack of money,” he added.
Mayor Byrum said the old Edenton
National Fish Hatchery property could
have been purchased by the town at one
time for a mere $17,000. “There was
no citizen concern then and there seems
to be none now,” he said.
Pointing to the town budget, he said
$2,000 was put aside last year for parks
and recreation and only $53.62 was
spent.
“We need mini-parks and a park of
25 or more acres,” he went on. “And
a civic center should be on the planning
board now.”
However, with more concern on the
part of citizens, nothing can be accom
plished, he concluded.
Speaking at the annual Installation
Banquet of Edenton Jaycettes at Eden
ton Restaurant, the mayor praised the
club for contributing SI,OOO to equip
ment at the new Chowan Hospital.
He said such organizations as the Jay
cettes provide leadership training and
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Budget Is Record
The Chamber of Commerce budget for
1970-1971 has been set at $18,500
52,000 more than last year’s budget,
announced Carlton Jackson, newly-elect
ed president of the organization.
The annual Installation Banquet was
held last night and a dutch breakfast is
to be held this (Thursday) morning at
7:30 o’clock to kick-off the annual mem
bership drive. The breakfast will be
held at Edenton Restaurant.
Chairman of the membership drive is
Marvin Barham and co-chairman is E.
N. (Pete) Manning who directed the
1969-70 campaign.
Heading the teams for the drive a ft
James Bond, George A. Byrum, Claude
Griffin, Bill Norvell, Dr. Allen Horn
thal, Pete Dail, Wayne Ashley, Joe Con
ger, Jr., W. P. Jones, George Lewis,
Jerry Downum, Allen Harless and Mrs.
B. P. Burroughs.
Workers are being asked to contact
prospective members by Tuesday in or
der that the new goal can be realized
without a lengthy campaign, Barham
stated.
Team members are being notified to
attend the breakfast and pick up their
solicitation cards. If they cannot attend
they are asked to contact their respective
team captain prior to the breakfast.