Mrs. Drane Honored
Award Is Presented
Rebecca Wood Drane of
Edenton was honored
recently in historic Halifax
for her continued con
tribution to the field of
historic preservation. The
“Halifax Resolves Award”,
presented each year since
1954 as a part of the special
ceremonies of Halifax Day,
was given to Mrs. Drane by
the chairman of the
Historical Halifax
. Restoration Association,
Ray Wilkinson. Present for
the ceremonies were
Secretary Sara Hodgkins of
the Department of Cultural
Resources; William Price,
assistant director of the
Division of Archives and
History; the Honorable
Joseph Branch, Chief
Justice of the N.. C.
Supreme Court and guest
speaker for the occasion;
and almost two thousand
visitors. Mrs. Drane was
commended for her help in
the continuing restoration of
the extraordinary Cupola
House (C. 1725) in Edenton,
she has been, for a number
of years, an enthusiastic
member of the Cupola
House Association, which
her father, in 1916, helped to
organize. She has served
both the Edenton Historical
Commission and the
Roanoke Island Association
since the early days of their
founding.
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She represents the sixth
generation of her family to
live in the Homestead (C.
1770) which she and her
husband, the Reverend
Frederick Drane, have
beautifully restored. The
house is traditionally open
to visitors during the
Edenton spring pilgrimage.
Recently, Mrs. Drane
sponsored two ar
chaeological digs on the
grounds of the Homestead.
The artifacts discovered at
the site will greatly con
tribute to our knowledge of
the china, ' glass, and
domestic ware of the early
nineteenth century.
In addition to her work for
Historic Edenton Mrs.
Drane was recognized in
Halifax for her interest in
and support of Somerset
Place in Washington
County, and Stagville, just
northeast of Durham in
Granville County. Somerset,
now a state historic site, was
built in 1810 by her maternal
ancestors, the Clooins
family. Stagville, now a
learning center for historic
preservation, was the 18th
century home of the Ben
nehans, from whom she is
also descended.
The first settlement at San
Francisco, called Yerba
Buena ("good herb") was
established in 1776.
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ALUMNI WEEKEND SET Pictured above is the
Chowan High School graduating class of 1942. It is hoped that
many of this class, as well as members of other classes from
1922-1980 will participate in the Alumni Weekend to be held
April 25, 26, and 27 at the school. Persons who attended
Chowan High School but did not complete the twelve years
there are encouraged to attend and renew friendships.
Letter To The Editor
Edenton is losing two very
fine young people. Your loss
is our gain. However, we are
losing something, too. My
husband and I have become
very fond of Edenton and of
all the friendly, lovely
people we came to know
there, and we are truly
going to miss our visits.
Nowhere have we ever been
made to feel more welcome
and at home. Even if we
don’t get back as often as we
might like, we will never
forget all of you.
Those young people as you
well know, Mr. Editor, are
our son, John, and your
sweet daughter, Missy, who
CARD OF THANKS
We would like to express
our sincere appreciation to
everyone who remembered
us with flowers, cards, gifts,
food, visits, prayers, phpne
calls and acts of kindness
while in the hospital and
since my return home.
May God bless each of
you.
Harold Hurdle
& family
Pd.
have come to Wilson to live.
Glad as we are to have them
near us, I know they will be
missed in Edenton just as
we will miss visiting there.
Keep us in fond memory
as we shall you all.
Sincerely,
R. C. and Jean F. Smith
Wilson, N. C.
Fashion Show
Is Held
By Connie Sherrill
Asst. Home Economics
Ext. Agent
Fashion Inspirations was
the theme of the 4-H Fashion
Revue on Tuesday, April 14,
1980. Fourteen youth par
ticipated in the event which
was held in the Chowan
County Courthouse.
Each person modeled a
garment they had made
either in a workshop or at
home. Garments were
judged on workmanship and
appearance by Mrs. Paige
Underwood, Home
Economics Extension
Agent, Perquimans County,
and Mrs. Norma Stearns,
Chowan County Extension
Homemaker.
The following awards
were presented. Preteen
division - Wanya Rountree,
red ribbon; Karen Stalls,
2nd place blue ribbon; and
Nicole White, Ist place blue
ribbon.
Early-Teen Division -
Sandra Rountree, red
ribbon; Holly Johnson, red
ribbon; Cindy Dunn, blue
ribbon; Carol Voigt, 3rd
place blue ribbon; Pamela
Albritton, 2nd place blue
ribbon; and Tommy
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Vepco Promises $5 Million In Fuel Savings
Virginia Electric and
Power Company will begin
conversion of Chesterfield
Power Station unit 4 from oil
to less expensive coal six
months earlier than plan
ned, if state and federal
approval can be obtained.
Vepco customers should
realize an excess of $5-
million in fuel savings in
1980 as a result of the earlier
conversion.
The 166,000-kilowatt unit
was scheduled to be convert
ed late this fall Vepco will
begin the conversion to take
advantage of an un
scheduled period when the
unit will be out of service
because of a fire March 28.
Jack H. Ferguson,
Executive Vice President
for power, said, “The ex
tensive fire damage at
Chesterfield unit 4 means
the unit would have to
remain out of service until
late summer for repair.
“Rather than make the
necessary repairs, return
the unit to service burning
oil, and then take the unit
out of service again in only a
few weeks, we have decided
to make both the repairs and
the conversion at the same
time.”
Before the unit can
begin burning coal, Vepco
needs approval from the
Virginia State Air Pollution
Control Board and The U. S.
. Environmental Protection
Agency.
“After we amend our
application the to the EPA,
we believe the plan will be
acceptable and we hope for
a prompt decision from the
agency,” Ferguson said.
Vepco has already sub
mitted an amended ap
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plication to the state.
Conversion of Chester
field Unit 4 will save about
421-million per year in fuel
costs and will conserve
about 1.4 million barrells of
oil each year.
Repair of the fire damage
and conversion of the unit to
burn coal will take ap
proximately four to five
months, Ferguson said. The
conversion will cost an
estimated $725,000. The
design and engineering of a
new dust collection device
began in 1979 and con
struction will be completed
by the end of 1982 at an
estimated cost of $10.6-
million.
Vepco converted two units
from coal in 1975 and
another unit in 1979, for a
total of more than 1,200,000
kilowatts. This is the largest
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A new dust collection
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Boyce Card Os Thanks
The family of the late
Clifton Edward (Red)
Boyce wishes to take this
time to thank their many
friends and relatives for
every act of kindness shown
them during the illness and
passing of our loved one.
We thank you for cards,
flowers, food, money, visits,
calls and most of all your
prayers. A special thanks to
SECTION B
emissions from the unit.
Ferguson said the fire at
Chesterfield Unit 4 occurred
when a pipe that supplied oil
to the boiler leaked, spilling
oil onto a hot surface.
Estimated costs to repair
the damage is ap
proximately $2-million.
Dr. O’Leary and the nursing
staff of Chowan Hospital for
the loving care they gave
him.
Your kindness will always
be remembered.
The family
Pd.
Some specimens of
the gnarled British
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back a thousand years.