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Continued From Page 1 would have considered it a coup had Mrs. Graham’s decision been other than what it was. The Moseley map is now on per manent display in the East Carolina Manuscript Collection of ECU. It hangs in a new portrait gallery and exhibit area of the J.Y. Joyner Library. It adds to the library and hopefully the gift and thoughtfulness of Mrs. Graham will encourage others to improve the prestige of East Carolina Universi ty by adding historical documents from time to time. While we cannot always keep our hands on pieces of our heritage, it is comforting to have them within reach. Business Activity Business activity along the Public Parade in 1982, as compared with 1981, showed a marked im provement. The comparison this time is in the form of sales and use tax data collected by the State Department of Revenue. Seventy-one counties (including Chowan) had an increase in collec tions and 29 counties (including four in Northeastern North Carolina) experienced a decrease. Statewide collections were 2.7 per cent greater last year than the year before. Chowan County showed a 9.89 per cent increase, second in the Albemarle Area only to neighbor ing Gates, where the increase at 12.14 per cent rivaled the state high of 12.86 in Davie County. The comparative statement of gross state spies and use tax collec tions by counties in his region showed: Camden, down B.46percent; Cur rituck, up 3.65 per cent; Dare, up 7.96 per cent; Hyde, up .11 per cent; Pasquotank, up 4.08 per cent; Per quimans, down 7.51 per cent; Tyr rell, down 4.20 per cent; and Washington, down 1.53 per cent. The surprise in this is the dif ference between the degree of business activity in Chowan and Washington counties. Normally, these two counties are good com parisons, but the neighbor across the sound depends so heavily on one smokestack that it reflected in sales. Statistics tend to bore, but they have'a useful message. This time it’s in our favor so we should all be pleased that by comparison with our neighbors, and throughout the state, business activity was good last year along the Public Parade. If we continue to support our local merchants it will remain this way. Public Meeting For Area’s Fishermen The annual public meeting for northern area fishermen will be conducted by the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission April 28, 8 P.M., Municipal Building in Eden ton, according to Jerry Gaskill, commission chairman. This will be the annual northern area public meeting to hear com ments for 1984 regulation changes. The Commission will hold another K meeting in the area this summer with specific proposed regulation changes. Fishermen are urged to attend and express opinions on any changes they think are necessary. The central area meeting was held in New Bern February 24, and the southern meeting was held April 14 in Hampstead. For further information contact Jim Tyler, (919) 726-7021. I The Chowan Herald (USPS 106-380) P.O. Box 207 Edenton, NC 27932 . rnjbiittwd (vary Thuriday at EMnton by Thy Chowan Harald. Inc., L.F. Amburn, Jr., Editor and Publiahar, 411-415 South •road Stray!, Edanten. North Carolina Trail. Entarad at aacond cloia matter Aufwot 30. 1434 at the Poet Ottlca of Edenton, North Carolina, undor Act at March 3, WE. LF. Mom, k. t«. M ( j Mha/fiiU I W hop ■MoMo MaM* MnHMai bp. Mm Ep. Subacrlptlon Mateo One Year (euttlde N.C.) 511.00 One YaardnN.C.) SIMO Six Months (ovtotda N.C.) 51.10 Six Menthol In N.C.) SMS ..JBk Hfit/ JH Ik \ I L W k 'WtBT '■/ I f op. 1 / L~J M w l DC 1 j ■ | iNj 11 Gs V fir MAY DAY CELEBRITIES — Shown above are Kim Irwin, displaying a batik quilt and photographer, Bill McAllister along with the familiar stylized signature of the political cartoonist, Powell. They are a few of the many celebrities that will be at the May Play Day. National Celebrities To Visit On May Play Day Dwane Powell, well-known politi cal cartoonist, will appear in the visual arts during May Play Day on Saturday, May 7, at the Rocky Hock Community Center. Powell’s cartoons, which are syn dicated nationally by the Los Chowan Court Continued From Page 1 ed but failed to show on the charge of driving without a license. William Owen Myers was granted a prayer for judgement continued upon payment of cost for disobeying a stop signal. Calvin Leary was found guilty of trespassing. He was sentenced to 60 days with one year suspended, fin ed SIOO, cost of court and is not to go on the premises of S&R for one year. Seth Lee Shannonhouse was found guilty of trespassing. He was committed for 90 days. Martha Basnight Gregory was found guilty of allowing motor vehi cle to be operated without financial liability insurance. She was sentenced to 30 days with one year suspended, fined SSO, cost of court and is not to allow car to be operated without proper liability insurance. Charles Black Mclntyre was found guilty of driving 66 miles per hour in a 55 zone. He was fined $lO and cost of court. Terry Lee Williams was found guilty of driving 70 miles per hour in a 55 zone. He was fined S2O and cost of court. Walker Honored Continued From Page 1 to bid him farewell are: one sister, Ms. Eva I. Morris, Jacksonville, Florida; four brothers, Ira H., Talladega, Alabama; Arnold G., Wilson, North Carolina; Abraham L., Jr., Chesapeake, Virginia, and David W., Wilson, North Carolina; four neices, four nephews, and a number of other relatives and friends. In 1932 he was joined in marriage to the former Dorothy Manley of Hertford, North Caroina. Although no children were conceived, the couple took an active interest in the young people in the community. They encouraged and supported many youths who desired to con tinue their education beyond high school. The at D. F. Walker School remembered DeMint Walker by holding a short memorial service on April 22. The service included a short history of Mr. Walker’s life given by a stu dent, Stephanie Peele. It also in cluded short remarks by one <rf Mr. Walker’s former students and a teacher who worked with him. The flag at the school was lowered to half mast in honor of the man who loved it so. Funeral services were held on Friday, April 22, at 4 P.M. at the Providence Missionary Baptist Church. Burial fallowed at Beaver mil Cemetery. Angeles Times Syndicate, appear in the News and Observer, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Time, Newsweek and many others. Powell has received a Cita tion for Excellence from the Overseas Press Club and an award for “consistently outstanding editorial cartoons” from the Na tional Headliners Club. Twice during May Play Day, Powell will demonstrate how he draws cartoons. He will also be available to answer questions and to autograph copies of his book Is That All You Do?, and Surely Some one Can Still Sing Bass. Other professionals demonstrating in the visual arts during May Play Day will include Betty Harris who is exploring paper-making as an art form. Ms. Harris uses only natural materials in making paper simtiqjdn methods*» to those.prlrofi 'Ao year*; 4^.5 She has exhibited at the Southeast 1982 Crafts Competition in Tallahassee, Florida, the Columbia Museum of Art and Science, the Mint Museum of Art, the North and South Carolina fiber arts competi- Honors Band Continued From Page 1 tal solo and Ensemble Contest “superior” rating in both solo and duet and second bassoon/top band in Senior High All-State, eleventh grade. The North Carolina Senior High School Honors Band concert, at which Susan Elks will be perform ing, will take place at Stewart Theater on the North Carolina State University Campus at 2 P.M., Sun day, May 1. Declaration Sold Continued From Page 1 Chapel Hill. They were removed earlier this year for sale. A Christie’s spokeswoman said the other letters and papers brought more than *95,000 on the auction floor. The collection was authenticated six years ago by historians at Chapel Hill and in the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. “We hated to see it leave North Carolina,” said William Price Jr., director of archives in the department. Price said the document was especially valuable because it was the only one known to have an association with a signer of the Declaration of Independence. On the back, Joseph Hewes, a North Carolina signer, endorsed the copy with the words “Declaration of Independence.” The Wood declaration also was the last known copy still in private hands. All 22 copies are now either on display at public institutions or available for limited public inspec tion at private archives, such as Chapin Library. Volz called the college’s acquisi tion of the declaration “absolutely exciting. ” He aaki it would be an tn- tion in Queens Gallery in Charlotte and the Spartanburg Arts Center. She was a winner of Women in Design International’s first com petition with work to be included in Women in Design International’s first compendium, recipient of Burlington Industries Award in North and South Carolina Fibers Competition and has had works selected for the permanent collec tion of the Southern Life Insurance Company. In 1977 she did a study tour under the auspices of Duke University of the Living National Treasures in Japan. Kim Irwin’s demonstration will include a hands-on activity for festival goers. Everyone will have a chance to help with a special on site canvas supervised by the artist. Ms. Irwin’s abstract art work has * from Minting fttsjL cfg lages to her present three dimen sional construction, utilizing pain ting, sculpture, and fiber techni ques along with various matrials and found objects. Since 1978 she has exhibited at the Mint Museum of Art, the University of Georgia, Purdue University, the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian In stitute, the Walter Phillips Gallery in Banff, Alterta, Canada, andSEC CA in Winston-Salem. In 1980 she was awarded a full scholarship to attend the Fibre Interchange Pro gram at the Banff Centre School of Fine Arts, and was one of four reci pients of the 1982 N.C. Arts Council Artists Fellowship. Visual arts in the area of photography will be represented by Bill McAllister. A professional photographer, McAllister has shown his work at the Foundry Gallery in Washington, D.C., the Art School Gallery in Carr boro, SECCA in Winston-Salem, the Atlanta International Photography Show, and other galleries in North Carolina. His extensive educational background in photography in cludes work at Imperial College in London. McAllister will be on hand to answer questions and offer ad vice to amateur photographers, and he is preparing a related hands-on demonstration specially for May Play Day. May Play Day, the second arts festival sponsored by the Chowan Arts Council, will begin at 9:55 with the flag raising by the Swam Elementary School Flag Corps and the Maypole Dance by students of D.F. Walker School. Throughout the day a wide range of activities have been scheduled to capture the interest of every age group. Did You Know A Small Business Ad ministration survey in 1960 estimated that it cost the na tion's small businesses an estimated $12.7 billion annual ly to fill out forms required by federal, state, and local governments. One hundred and three federal agencies re quired small businesses to fill ■ out at least one form. Local Anniversary Committee Met The 400th Anniversary Commit tee of Chowan County, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Dorothy plans for the county’s participation in the celebration commemorating, the anniversary of English Col-* onization of America. This celebra tion will be from July 13, 1964 to August 18,1967, the 400th anniver sary of the birth of Virginia Dare. The Committee voted to promote the selling of student tickets to visit the Elizabeth 11, the replica of the original ship which is being built in Dare County. Proceeds from the sale of these tickets will be used to purchase equipment for the Elizabeth 11. These sales are through “Student Friends of Elizabeth II” and will be held the week of May 9-13,1963. An Elizabethan Costume/Essay Contest is to be held in the Spring of 1984. This will be open to all Chowan County students in the sth through the 11th grades. The win ner will represent Chowan County May Day At Cupola House The Cupola House Association has invited all the residents*of Chowan County to be it’s guests for “May Day at the Cupola House”, Sunday afternoon, May Ist, from 2 o’clock to 5 o’clock. To help make the afternoon a pleasant one, the Association has arranged for two attractions of special interest. First, at the request of Mrs. John W. Graham, who recently donated the 1733 Edward Moseley map of North Carolina to East Carolina University, the University has agreed to bring the map to the Cupola House for viewing by the public at the May Day event. The map, which was the first definitive one of the colony, will be brought to the Cupola House by Mr. Don Len non, head of the manuscript depart ment of the ECU library. Mr. Len non will be on had during the after noon for informal discussion of the map and it’s significance. In addition, the Artist in Residence at the College of the Albemarle, flutist Clifford Tretic, will be present and will play eigh- WStPrSt Honorary hostesses for May Day at the Cupola House will be lady members of the Town Council and the County Commission, and the wives of the genUemen members of these bodies. The Cupola House and it’s gardens will be open for tour ing, including the newly repaired cupola itself. Refreshments will be served throughout the afternoon by members of the Cupola House Association Board of Directors, who will be in costumes of the period. Symphony Chapter Two years ago the Chowan Coun ty Chapter of the North Carolina Symphony was formed, commit ting itself to bring the State Chamber Symphony to the school children and community of Chowan County. Once again the chapter has renewed its committment to the youth and citizens of Chowan Coun ty. On February 22-23-24,1984, two in-sebool concerts, an evening con cert, and a chamber-choral rehear sal will be held. For these goals to be realized in Edenton, a twenty-one member Chowan County Chapter Board is already hard at work, with Terry Wackelin serving as its new presi dent. Recently installed new board members are Bonnie Bachman, Grace Bean, Barbara Burroughs, and Mary Smith. Mary Rhea Gardner, past president of the local chapter, N.C. SYMPHONY COUNTY OFFlCEßS—‘Pictured are the of ficers of the Chowan County Chapter of the North Carolina Sym phony. President, Terry Wackeiin; vice-president, Mary Partin; secretary, Barbara Burroughs (standing); and treasurer, Bill Pierce (abMnt in photo). ► ■ and carry the County Banner at the opening ceremonies of the 400th celebration in Dare County. Other plans suggested for 1984 in clude the promotion of a Spring Elizabethan Symposium and the sponsorship of fall forums through the Humanities National Endow ment of the Arts. It is hoped that a county-wide fish frjr will be held in the fall of 1984 with demonstrations of how fish were prepared for eating 400 years ago., As an on-going project, the Com mittee will sponsor a program for preservation of oral and written local history investigation of Chowan County. Heading this pro ject are Anne Jones, John Morehead, and Jake Boyce. Mrs. Graham announced that in 1985, displays of John White’s original drawings of. the five voyages to America will be on loan to the Raleigh Museum from the British Museum. Adult High School Chowan and Perquimans county residents who do not have high school diplomas can complete their requirements by enrolling in the High School for Adults, according to Mrs. Mary Partin, coordinator of College of The Albemarle’s Eden ton Learning Lab. Mrs. Partin said the lab, which is located at Swain Elementary School, is inaugurating the concept for adults who want to finish their high school educations. Class times will be scheduled both during the day and nights, she said. The programs will involve both GED and Adult High School Diploma study. Monday through Friday each week, the Learning Lab will be open from 9 A.M. until 12-noon. On Monday and Wednes day nights, it will be open from 6:30 until 9:30 P.M. Any adult who is 18 years or older can get full details by visiting the lab or by calling Mrs. Partin at 482-4745. Annual Spring Concert May 3, at 7:45 P.M. in the High School Auditorium. Come out and hear some of the old favorites such as Sousa’s - The Liberty Bell March, The National Anthem, Oklahoma, the main theme from On Golden Pond, and many others. The 1983-1984 Flag Corps will be presented and many of our outstan ding students will be recognized. Support those Aces. See you on May 3rd. Adults *1.50 and students *I.OO. Already At Work presented a Certificate of Apprecia tion to the board from the Friends of the North Carolina Symphony Society. The Edenton chapter was listed third in the State in member ship based on percentage in popula tion, in the N.C. Symphony Society. Edenton followed Chapel Hill and Hoke County, respectively, in this recognition. Mary Rhea Gardner’s diligent work on the local level did not go unnoticed in the State. The Chowan County Chapter is pleased to an nounce Mrs. Gardner has been in stalled as a member of the State Board of the Friends of the N.C. Symphony Society. Because of workers like this and the excellent support from local citizens, the peo ple of Chowan County will once again have an opportunity to see a live symphony orchestra in performance.
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