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HERE TODAY—Joseph E.
Johnson of Greensboro, a
Democratic candidate for N. C.
Commissioner of Insurance,
will make a campaign stop in
Edenton today (Thursday). A.
B. Harless said the college
professor, who is seeking to
unseat the incumbent, will be in
downtown Edenton at mid
morning. This will be his first
visit to this area during the
current campaign.
Grid Team
Lists Foes
Coach David Holton has
released the 1976 football schedule
for the Edenton Aces.
As in prior years, the Aces open
with a non-conference contest with
Northeastern on September 3 at
Elizabeth City. The following
week, September 10, the aces host
Perquimans on Parents’ Night.
The Aces travel to Gates County
on September 17 for another non
conference tilt and on September
24 host Plymouth on Civic
Appreciation Night. Walker
Junior High Night has been,
designated for October 1 when the
Aces meet Tarboro at Hicks
Field.
On October 8 the locals journey
to Roanoke Rapids and meet
Washington here on October 15,
which is homecoming. The Aces
go to Williamston on October 22
and Camden on October 29.
Edenton closes out the grid
campaign on November 5 with
Ahoskie on Senior Night at Hicks
Field.
>New Business Sets
Grand Opening
Edenton’s first exclusive shoe
store will begin operating Friday
morning as Terry and Carolyn
Jones start the grand opening of
Terry’s Shoe Box, located at 318
South Broad Street.
The grand opening will extend ,
through August 7, and in
conjunction with it, $175 in shoes
will be given away.
Jones, a native of Edenton and
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Haywood
Jones, stated that they will feature
over a .dozen top brand names
such as Jarman and Cedar Crest
for men, Cover Girl and Easy
Street for women, and Striderite
and Mother Goose for children.
Many styles ranging from dress
K and casual footwear to boots will
be available for all members of
the family.
Managing the new downtown
business will be C. E. Styron, a
former owner and operator of a
shoe business in Morehead City.
Jones stated that he specializes in
fitting footwear for special
orthopedic needs.
BUSINESS OPENS—Terry’s Shoe Box, S new downtown
business, will begin its grand opening Friday. Shown in front at
the store are C. E. Styron, left, manager, and Mr. and MW. Teny
Jooet, owners. The store is located at SIS South Broad Street.
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, July 29, 1976
Fish Kill Is Studied
The recent fish kill in the
Chowan River, south of Tunis, has
been termed “natural” by state
officials. The kill did not extend
below Wiccacon Creek, it was
stated.
The kill was confined to a salt
water species called menhaden,
according to Harry Kaufmann,
engineer with the State
Department of Natural and
Economic Resources.
An investigation was conducted
Friday afternoon and again
Monday. The initial report was of
a small kill, but Monday it was
labeled “major”.
“The fish just apparently swam
up into fresh water and then died.”
Good Stuff
The Chowan County Water
System went into formal operation
Saturday. And the users east of
Edenton who began getting water
from the central system were
quick to praise the results.
There were those several
months ago who doubted if water
would ever flow through the pipe
being put into the ground. Now the
dreams of many are becoming a
reality.
A formal dedication of the
system is being planned for
September 29. This should be a
red-letter day along the Public
Parade, a day to recognize many
volunteers who signed-up users, a
day to salute the best example we
know of local, state and federal
cooperation on a program to
improve the life of a rural
citizenry.
Stanton Harrell, a Soil
Conservation Service official here,
put it this wdythe other night: “It
is the best thing since electric
lights.” And there were those who
back then didn’t think REA would
work.
Both electricity and pure water
are good stuff. Rural people in
Chowan are beginning to
appreciate this fact.
A Chance To Cry
This is an election year and
highway improvement speeches
are in vogue. A politician without
such a popular subject in his
portfolio really isn’t worth much
at all.
But the lame duck Holshouser
Administration isn’t letting all the
glitter go to those on the outside
wanting in. This is evidenced by
the call of a public hearing to
discuss the design for the
improvement of U. S. 17 from
Elizabeth City to the Virginia line.
This has been discussed for
decades and you won’t find anyone
who is not in agreement that a
better route to the north would
make things more attractive along
the Public Parade and throughout
Northeastern North Carolina. Yet,
when transportation officials in
this state and Virginia finally
agree to talk about a solution to
the problem, the price tag is
something less than palatable.
The cost of fancy interstates
through the mountains is equally
as high but when they connect into
a metropolican area like Charlotte
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Kaufmann said.
Kaufmann also stated the kill
was from present indications, “a
natural thing” which sometimes
happened to the menhaden.
“The fish enter river mouths
which are salty and continue to
swim into fresh water for some
reason which is unknown to us.”
Kaufmann said.
Kaufmann stated a water check
of the river Friday revealed there
was no above normal salt content
in the river at the point where the
fish were discovered. Still a
number of crabs, another salt
water species were sighted in the
same area where the dead
menhaden were reported.
WALKAWAY EXTENSION—Workmen this week were busy
extending a covered walkway at D. F. Walker Junior High
School. The walkway extension will go to the paved parking area
on School Street, in the background. This is one of many summer
maintenance projects being carried out by Edenton-Chowan
Schools.
RC&D Adopts Measures
At a meeting Tuesday night of
last week, the RC&D Council
approved the reports and adopted
a number of specific RC&D
measures, the RC&D measures
were proposed by the eight
working committees and will be
incorporated in the Project Plan.
The committees were charged
to keep in mind the overall
purpose of the RC&D Program in
Region “R” which is “to plan for
and to promote the orderly
development and prudent use of
the Region’s resources’’. These
resources include but are not
limited to: people, land, water,
plants, animals and man-made
improvements.
One man from each of the 10
Albemarle counties was named to
each of the eight Resource
Committees. They chose their own
chairman. A team of technical
advisors was assigned to and
assisted each Resource
Committee, said Frank J. Veach,
project coordinator.
An interesting fact is that the
Albemarle Region RC&D Project
has no expiration date. Any citizen
More Voters
Chowan County has 5,282 people
eligible to vote in the August 17
primary election. This is up 280
from the registration of February
23, 1976.
Os the total number registered,
there are 4,842 Democrats, 393
Republicans, 20 Independents, 20
with no party affiliation, and
seven American Party. The no
party affiliation, Independents
and American Party registrants
will be allowed to vote on the
Edenton-Chowan Board of
Education only. Those registered
with no party affiliation may on
the day of the election declare a
party and vote on that party
ticket.
Seventeen year olds who are
allowed to register and vote in the
primary, but whose 18th birthday
comes after August 17 will be
allowed to vote for their party but
will not be allowed to vote for the
school board because it is an
election.
Democrats win be voting on the
state ticket, county ticket and the
school board, which, is non
partisan. Republicans will vote on
the fctate ticket and board at
education. Thera will be no write-
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“These fish turn up dead in the
Pamlico and Neuse River
regularly and the Chowan River is
not that much different from those
two rivers,” Kaufmann stated.
Kaufmann said he observed
approximately 60 dead fish
along the two or three mile section
Friday. Sunday afternoon several
hundred dead had washed
ashore near the J. D. Flowers
farm.
Kaufmann said Monday that he
would investigate the kill further
since more fish have been
discovered dead. Kaufmann said
he would talk with his superiors
and probably come back to the
river this week for more testing.
may propose an RC&D measure to
the council by appropriate
Resource Committee.
The hard core of an RC&D
Project is its natural resources.
Albemarle Region is unique in that
it contains 61 per cent of the water
resource of the State of North
Carolina. The Outer Banks,
marshes, large and small swamps
further distinguish the region.
More than half of the land area is
woodland. The varied soil series
are managed by land users to
produce row crps. The water,
marshes, swamps, woods and
fields provide habitat for fish and
wildlife that are at home here.
The RC&D Project approach
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ALL-STARS—Win Dale, left, and Bruce Morgan, graduates of
John A. Holmes High School and former members of the Aces
football team, played in the Boys Home All-Star Game at Ficklen
Stadium in Greenville, last Saturday. In the N. C. Jaycee
sponsored contest, Dale played linebacker and Morgan, played
center for the winning North team. In addition, Morgan was
recipient of the Bryant Powell Memorial Award for
sportsmanship, given in memory of the. first young man from
Boys Home to play in the all-star game. The North squad was
coached by Jimmy Addison, former Aces head coach.
Two 4-H’ers Tapped Into Honor Club
One of the highest honors in 4-H
work was bestowed Monday night
on two Chowan County youths.
Marta Rogerson daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Glenn
Rogerson, and Pat Perry,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carlton
Perry, were tapped into the State
4-H Honor Club in a colorful
candlelight ceremony marking
one of the highlights of N. C. 4-H
Congress in Raleigh.
The Congress is conducted by N.
C. State University but assemblies
are held at the Scott Pavilion at
GROUP DISCUSSION—OfficiaIs from Chowan and
Perquimans counties held a joint meeting at Chowan County
Planning Board’s regular session Tuesday night to discuss a two
county soils survey. Left to right are: Lester Simpson, chairman,
Perquimans County commissioners; C. A. Phillips, chairman,
Chowan County commissioners; Floyd Matthews, SCS district
supervisor in Perquimans; George W. Lewis, board chairman;
Sam Cox, area conservationist; Lloyd C. Bunch, SCS district
supervisor in Chowan; and Albert Moore, district
conservationist.
Agreement Is Expected
On Six-Year Soil Survey
Chowan and Perquimans
counties are expected to execute
an agreement Monday with the U.
S. Soil Conservation Service to do
a joint detailed soils survey. Sam
Cox, area conservationist, told a
group Tuesday night SCS is in a
Wilder Charged
Arnell Nathaniel Wilder, 16-
year-old Negro, Route 3, Edenton,
has been charged with possession
of marijuana.
Wilder was arrested by Edenton
Police Department Friday and
will be tried in Chowan County
District Court on August 3.
Edenton police Department
made another arrest on drug
charges Monday night. Taken into
custody was Vernon Edward Lee,
20, Route 1, Merry Hill. He too was
charged with possession of
marijuana.
Lee was arrested in the parking
lot back of Peoples Bank’s
Consumer Credit office at 8:30
P.M. He posted bond for his
appearance in District Court on
August 31.
Collections Noted
Net collections from the 1 per
cent local option sales tax
exceeded $11.6-million in North
Carolina in June with Chowan’s
total being $21,992.98.
Collections in other Albemarle
Area counties included:
Camden, $5,934.28; Currituck,
$13,928.34; Dare, $52,615.43;
Gates, $6,432.48; Pasquotank,
$76,368.25; Perquimans, $9,501.06;
Tyrrell, $4,876.99; and
Washington, $28,526.36.
the State Fairgrounds.
Membership in the some 1,000-
member oorganization is a reward
for outstanding 4-H work in
leadership, activities and
projects. Selection is made after
careful study by the Honor Club
members. The tapping is a
distinction thatis reserved for less
than one-half of 1 per cent of the
state’s 4-H members.
Pat has been a 4-H member for
nine years. During this time she
has won State Championship twice
in demonstration - artistic
position to move ahead by October
1.
The agreement will cover a
six year program. Each county has
budgeted $6,000 for the current
fiscal year, but will be billed for
actual work done.
Cox, speaking at a meeting of
SCS, county officials and planning
board members, said the SCS
state office has assured him that a
soil scientist will be available to
conduct the survey.
In answer to a question, the
conservationist said a soils
inventory such as the one
proposed in Chowan and
Perquimans is “good forever.”
He said such an inventory meets
FDA requirements, aids in land
use planning, helps in re
evaluation, is a basis for soil
conditioning, and shows the
potential of woodlands.
Floyd Matthews, a Perquimans
County farmer who serves on the
planning board and is a SCS
district supervisor, said such a
study is not a farm program. “It
will help most people as much or
more than the farmer,” he noted.
Jud Little, county planner,
hailed the decision to conduct the
study. He said it will provide some
of the best information a county
might have.
George Lewis, Chowan County
Planning Board Chairman, led the
discussion where Chairman C. A.
Phillips of Chowan County
commissioners said the joint study
is a natural since “the two
counties get along very well.”
After the joint meeting the
planning board went into session
to discuss formal opening of the
county-wide water system. It has
tentatively been set for September
29.
Dallas Jethro, Jr., county
coordinator, said the project
continues to be ahead of schedule.
Club Sets Meeting
The first meeting of the 1976-77
year for the Booster Club of the
Aces Athletic Association will be
held on Tuesday, at 8 P. M. in the
library of John A. Holmes High
School. All past members, parents
and interested citizens are
encouraged to attend this meeting
as plans are now being made for
another full year of athletics at the
school.
Some items of business to be
discussed at this meeting include
new programs for football games,
a “Meet the Aces Day” on August
28 and membership.
New officers for the year are Dr.
Robert Gray, President; Greg
Clark, vice president; Carolyn A.
Bunch, secretary; and Frances
Boyce , treasurer.
arrangement and pork cookery.
She has exhibited hog champions
in Chowan Junior Livestock and
has been president of local club
and county council.
Marta has also been a club
member nine years. She has
achieved national recognition in
horticulture marketing
demonstration and automotive
skill driving contest. She has been
local club president and County
Council reporter.
Marta is currently president of
Northeastern District