Unique Experience
'' People who choose the
newspaper business as their
vocation are always anxious to
answer the telephone. They never
know what message it will bring.
It makes this business exciting.
And you have to love it to
sometimes tolerate it.
Last week a telephone call
resulted in two people from along
the Public Parade having a unique
experience, something which
generally doesn’t make news in
urban centers. The experience
was in Washington, D.C.
First it was the Platform
Committee of the Democratic
National Committee. Next it was a
reception hosted by President
Carter at the White House. While
0 we were not a media repesentative
in fact, we seized the opportunity
to capture the unique experience
on film. (See page 1-B.)
Mrs. Johnsie Setzer of Catawba
County is one of three Tar Heels on
the Platform Committee. She is,
among other things, a member of
the State Advisory Council for the
Agricultural Extension Service.
Ik.' This is where we fit in. She invited
us to be her guest at the White
House reception for Platform
Committee members.
As secretary of the National
Extension Advisory Council we
saw an opportunity to make a
pitch in efforts to get recognition
in the Party Plat
form. This we did.
® Our son Paul is both out of
school and unemployed. This must
qualify him for something. It
ended up with meeting President
Carter and a host of other
prominent national figures.
A full day at the Sheraton
Washington pretty well beats a
guy down. But when the bus en
tered the White House grounds
there was a new surge of energy.
Some 150 people were in the East
Room when President Carter
entered. He gave a 10-minute pep
talk in which he pointed out that
the United States has always been
on the “cutting edge” of change.
In one of his few references to the
upcoming Democratic convention
he said the party was filled with
people who have the ability to
“compromise without com
promising principle.”
President Carter greeted each
visitor personally and invited
them into the State Dining Room
for refershments. Music was
provided by a four-piece Marine
ensemble.
4 Eight o’clock came rapidly. We
told Paul it was obvious we were
not going to be asked to spend the
night so we headed home, fully
satisfied by this unique ex
perience.
Need Supported
Chowan Hospital is now
<4 'developing an application for a 10-
bed expansion along with ad
ditional ancillary space to meet
the ever-increasing needs of a
regional health care facility.
Obtaining approval from review
agencies is quite an exhausting
process.
Hie application is justified and
the need can be documented.
it takes time.
Those who meander along the
Public Parade can point with
pride to the health care facilities
located here to serve only Chowan
County but neighbors in Bertie,
Gates, Perquimans, Tyrrell and
Washington counties. Local
citizens recognize expansion of
medical providers which, coupled
(#with available facilities, keep
them in the community.
TosubstantiatehowChowan Hos
pitalis being used is best pointed out
by reports from Hie Duke En
dowment. The endowment con
tributed $4,601 to the local hospital
in 1979. This is based on a formula
including number of free days,
..hospital administrative services
(ibnd a professional activity study.
Between October 1, 1978 and
September 30, 1979, occupancy of
Chowan’s 61 acute care beds was
96 per cent. In 1978 it was 84 per
cent; 77 per cent in 1977; and 74
per cent in 1978. This clearly
reflects an increase in medical
manpower, primarily the
-establishment of a group practice
*4* Dr. C Clement Lucas, Jr,
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Vol. XLVI-No. 25
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WHITE HOUSE VISITOR Paul Amburn, son of Mr. and Mrs.
L.F. Amburn, Jr., 104 West Gale Street, is shown outside the
White House following a reception given Thursday by President
Carter. Paul and his father were among some 150 people greeted
by the President at a reception honoring members of the
Democratic National Committee’s Platform Committee. More
pictures on Page 1-B. (See Public Parade.)
Top Level Meeting:
Hunt Pleased With Progress
“We are hopeful, as is the
governor, that we can come up
with something that both regions
and states can agree on.” This
comment was made by Mrs.
Rebecca Hanmer of Atlanta, Ga.,
last week after a top level meeting
with Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr.,
about efforts to clean up the
New Collection
Schedule Set
The Town of Edenton will begin
a new schedule of garbage pick-up
and sidewalk cleaning beginning
Saturday. W.B. Gardner has
advised downtown merchants of
the new procedure and is seeking
cooperation.
The new plan includes the
following:
Garbage containers will be
emptied as late as possible on
Friday afternoon. Saturday
morning collection will be
eliminated.
Upon closing on Saturday night,
merchants are requested to sweep
the sidewalks in front of their
business to the curb where the
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ANNUAL VISIT Gen. Hubert Leonard, second from left, and Col. Sam Arrington, right,
representatives of the N.C. National Guard were in Edenton Tuesday for an annual visit. Shown
with them are Maj. Kenneth L. Stalls, left, and Mayor Hoy L. Harrell.
Chowan River.
Later, Gary Pearce, Gov.
Hunt’s press secretary, said the
governor was well pleased with
progress made at the meeting.
“He got everything he asked for”,
Pearce is quoted as saying.
Gov. Hunt called for the meeting
between Mrs. Hanmer, director of
the Altanta Region of En
vironmental Protection Agency,
and her counterpart in
Philadelphia, Jack Schramm.
North Carolina is in the Atlanta
Region while Virginia is in the
Philadelphia Region. This has
caused some confusion over
jurisdiction since 75 per cent of the
Chowan River Basin is in Virginia.
Hie meeting Wednesday of last
week in Raleigh came only days
after Virginia officials circulated
an “issue paper” on the Chowan.
Following the meeting, EPA
said an “audit team” will be
assembled to “determine once and
for all” what is needed to correct
algae problems in the river. It will
include seven people, all experts
in various fields. Work is expected
to begin this month.
Schramm said the team would
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Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, June 19, 1980
$1.04 Tax Rate Approved
Chowan County will operate on a
$4,228,100 budget during 1980-81.
Before adopting the budget
Monday with a 4-1 vote, com
missioners accepted a recom
mendation from the Finance
Committee to add $27,650 for
Edenton-Chowan Schools. A
settlement with the board of
education bumped the tax rate to
$1.04, two cents higher than was
accepted two weeks earlier.
Commissioners denied a request
from the school board to levy an
additional two cents to establish a
reserve.
Commissioner Lester Copeland
objected to the $39,000 item in the
schools’ budget for teacher sup
plement. He said it was “crazy
thinking anymore” to pay
teachers a S3OO supplement. This
will not bring in better teachers
because their regular pay is much
Compromise Budget Reached
The Edenton-Chowan Board of
Education in a special budget
meeting last Thursday night
approved what school Superin
tendent John Dunn presented as a
“compromise proposal.” The
compromise budget, reached
during a joint meeting of school
board and county commissioners
last Tuesday week, sets the school
system’s 1980-81 budget at
$868,377.
The approved budget, after
negotiations, falls $119,751 short of
the board’s originally requested
$988,128, but is $27,656 higher than
an $840,721.00 offer previously
made by the county com
missioners’ finance committee.
The new budget reflects a 10 per
cent increase over the 1979-80
budget, after- -notaawiug -$23,0G0
which had been agreed upon for
1979-80 only, to employ a music
teacher and make school
renovations. It also includes
$64,585, as agreed for 1980-81 only,
to purchase four new school buses
needed to effect consolidation.
The board approved cuts as
recommended by Superintendent
Dunn for new and existing
programs and personnel. The
approved budget, including
recommended cuts, will leave
approximately $30,000 in unap
propriated fund balance.
According to Superintendent
Dunn, affected personnel will be
notified on Friday and Monday
before this information is made
public. $47,326 in personnel
salaries, the largest cut, was
removed from the original budget.
The NJROTC program
scheduled at Holmes High School
next fall will not now be possible.
$25,000 was previously budgeted
for this program for which the
school board has fought since 1973.
In expressing disappointment
over the loss of NJROTC, chair
man Jordan stated that he would
higher than when supplements
were used, he adde^
Copeland voted against the
budget. He did not comment on his
vote.
Commissioners J.D. Peele and
George Jones, Finance Committee
members, said they were con
vinced by Eugene Jordan, school
board chairman, and Dr. John
Dunn, superintendent, that a
$30,000 figure in the budget was in
error.
County Manager Cliff Copeland
said the Finance Committee felt
the recommendation would allow
the schools to operate at the
existing level.
Chairman C.A. Phillips warned
at the public hearing that this is
going to be a very difficult year for
the county. “The Finance Com
mittee has done an excellent job
with this budget,” he added. He
“personally push for this program
again next year and hopes the
board will do the same.”
Superintendent Dunn remarked
that in contacting the Navy, he
was told that “they would give us
one more year on our contract to
start the program.”
Other cuts were necessary in
areas where funds had been
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Mrs. J.C.B. Ehringhaus
Death Claims
Mrs. Ehringhaus
Funeral services were held
Wednesday for Mrs. Matilda
Haughton Ehringhaus, widow of
Gov. J.C.B. Ehringhaus and
mother of Haughton Ehringhaus
of Edenton. The services were
held Wednesday at 11 A.M. at
Christ Episcopal Church in
Elizabeth City. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Mrs. Ehringhaus, 89, was a
resident at Mayview Convalescent
Center in Raleigh at the time of
her death Monday.
The former First Lady of North
Carolina was born October 23,
1890, in Williamston. She attended
St. Mary’s College, where she
received a business certificate in
1908.
In 1912 she married John
Christoph Blucher Ehringhaus,
who served as governor from 1932
to 1936. Her husband died in 1949.
Mrs. Ehringhaus collaborated
with the wife of North Carolina
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Guard Unit Draws Praise
National Guard brass from
Raleigh was liberal with praise
from the unit headquartered in
Edenton, during a visit hare
Tuesday morning. It is believed
that the unit, Det. 1, Company C,
Ist Battalion, 119th Infantry, will
make even greater strides when
the new armory is completed.
Gen. Hubert Leonard and Col.
Sam Arrington arrived in Edenton
at mid-morning and were met by
Maj. Kenneth L. Stalls, St. Carroll
Wood Jones and Mayor Roy L.
Harrell.
Maj. Stalls is executive officer
of the Ist Battalion. Hie local unit
in June, 1977, celebrated he 30th
year of reorganization.
Single Copie* 20 Cants
thanked the school board and
county departments for
cooperation in “working within
the framework of keeping ex
penses as low as possible.”
Walter Bond appeared at the
hearing to comment on annual tax
rate increases and the growing
difficulty of people, especially the
elderly, to pay their taxes. Phillips
said the county is well aware of the
elderly and the tax department is
working with them every way
possible.
Warren Twiddy, a member of
Edenton Airport Com
mission, thanked the board for
approving the commission’s
budget. He pointed out that taxes
on just one airplane housed at the
airport is more than the com
mission’s budget request from the
county.
Twiddy revealed that the
commission is seeking an SBOO,OOO
grant for improvements. The local
share will be $40,000 with equal
contributions from the town and
county.
The current county budget was
amended by $6,698 to bring the
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Finance Director
Post Abolished
Mrs. Pansy A. Elliott, 112 West
Gale Street, will end more than 16
years with the Chowan County
Finance Department on July 1.
Her duties as finance officer will
be assumed by County Manager
Cliff Copeland.
The Finance Committee did not
include the position of finance
director in the 1980-81 budget,
which was adopted Monday. Mrs.
Elliott had been told some time
ago of plans to abolish her
position.
Chairman C. A. Phillips told
Mrs. Elliott at Monday’s meeting
that she had done a particularly
good job of keeping the county’s
funds invested. Saying “change is
inevitable”, Phillips thanked her
for her past service to the county.
He further pointed out that when
the board employed a county
manager it was believed that some
existing positions would be
assumed by the manger.
“Hiis (expanding the respon
sibilities of the manger) will be
beneficial in reducing the costs of
doing business,” he added.
Cliff Copeland publicly thanked
Mrs. Elliott for the degree of
professionalism shown after being
informed of the board’s decision
not to fund her position.
Earlier, Mrs. Elliott said she
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P & Q To Close
P & Q Supermarket on Broad
Street is going out of business.
This follows by only two weeks the
closing of Harris Super Market in
Edenton Village Shopping
Center.
Byron Kehayes decided Wed
nesday morning to substitute the
announcement of plans at P & Q
for his weekly merchandise ad
vertisement. He did not comment
on circumstances surrounding
his decision. He plans to remain in
Edenton.
Gen. Leonard and Col.
Arrington noted that the local unit
now has the third generation of
guardsmen. Also, they said in
September each unit mobilized in
North Carolina in 1940 will be
asked to have a special
celebration. There were 45 towns
with units at that time and 42 of
them are currently in place.
The delegation represented Gen.
W. Emmett Ingram, adjutant
general, and former mayor of
Elizabeth City. Gen Leonard
scotched rumors that changes
were forthcoming in the Battalion,
headquartered in Ahoskie and now
under command of Col. William
Joyner