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Thursday. May 12, W* Hang Gliding Tournament Set NAGS HEAD—The 11th An nual Hang Gliding Spec tacular will be held here at Jockey’s Ridge State Park, May 13-15. This gliding spec nfflHMlflfr *• Tm t t - Wm/'i y * y 'lst «. s v* .^“ ll ."••**£- *' *” * ■ *®w^ 3H : ' ( r-yyrv tabular is distinguished as the oldest continuously held hang gliding competition in the United States. Staged from atop the highest natural sand dunes on the Atlantic Coast at Jockey’s Ridge, the non-profit event is sponsored by the Dare Coun ty Jaycees and Kitty Hawk Kites. Duration, distance and target competition for more than 50 gliders will be con ducted on Friday, and Satur day, with Sunday as a rain date. Mark Airey, director of the spectacular, explains, “com petition will consist of both duration/target events and distance trials. Pilots will be trying to stay airborne as long CHS'Class Os fis®union by Sarah Harrell Trexler The class of 1934 held it’s annual reunion on April 30, at Jimmie’s Barbeque in Sun bury. We were joined in our reunion by the 1935 graduating class. A candlelight service was held in memory of Hallett P. Perry, Sr., and Lloyd Chap pell - Hallett was a member of the 1934 class and Lloyd was the husband of Albertha Dail Chappell - also our 1934 classmate. After the service the lighted candles were carried to their wives. Mrs. Perry presented each member a copy of some meaningful bits and pieces of Hallett’s life and his death. One line read: “Death is not extinguishing the light, it is pulling out the lamp because the dawn has come.” MINI STORAGE YOU Lock It Up & Keep The Key Store Anything, Any Size, Anytime, • ' V As Long-As You Need Open 24 hrs. a day - 365 days per year (4xß) (4x16) (8x16) or (16x16) To Choose From' ' Motor Home Or Boat Parking STORE ANYTHING At Mini-Storage, you can store almost J anything. It’s a great place for household goods between moves. (It's cheaper to store with us for a month than rent a mov- K ing truck overnight.) 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Kdenlon, N< J I 482-8421 as they can and still hit a target in the landing area about the size of a frisbee. Also, flyers will attempt to see who can fly the greatest distance from the peak of Jockey’s Ridge.” The present Outer Banks hang gliding duration record is 5 hours and 20 minutes. Orville and Wilbur Wright chose this area of North Carolina’s Outer Banks for their famous flight ex periments from 1900 to 1903, climaxed by their historic powered flight at Kitty Hawk which provided the birth of aviation as we know it today. At this year’s Gliding Spec tacular, ultralight aircraft will be repeating history when they fly their motorized air craft for a demonstration at the end of the glider competi tion each day. Ultralights are essentially light weight airplanes which have evolved Those present were: Mrs. Beulah Gaylord of Manto, Mr. & Mrs.- Wilbur Privott, Mrs. Emmett P. Jones, Mrs. Lloyd Chappell, Mr. & Mrs. Drew Welch, Mr. & Mrs. Moody Chappell and Mrs. Margaret Morris. McKay Washington, Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Boyce, Mr. & Mrs. Hardy Warren, Mr. & Mrs. Jake Spivey, and Mrs. Mary E. Belch of Tyner. Mr. & Mrs. Britton Winslow of Belvidereand: Mrs. Edith White, Mrs. Sarah H. Trexler, Mrs. Florence Webb, Miss Lorinda Ward, and Mr. & Mrs. Murray Tynch, of Edenton. Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Dale, Springfield, Va.; Mrs. Daphne Johnson, Suffolk, Va., Mrs. Hallett P. Perry, Sr. and Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Perry, Mr. & Mrs. Carey McNider of Hampton, Va. from hang glider and airplane technology. They take off on land or water under their own power. In the aviation in dustry, they are considered the sport aircraft of the future. In addition to the ultralights, we will demonstrate Land Winch Towing using the new three ring tow bridle This will be a great chance for flatlanders to get as much or more air time than mountain pilots. Francis M. Rogallo, inven tor of the “Rogallo wing” us ed in hang gliding kite con struction today, lives at Kitty Hawk and will take an active part in the annual event. Information about competi tion and registration can be obtained from Katherine Martin, Kitty Hawk Kites, P.O. Box 340, Nags Head, N.C. 27959. Workshop District 8, Daughters of the American Revolution of North Carolina, will meet for a summer workshop May 17 at the YWCA in Rocky Mount, according to Mrs. Albert J. Potter of Asheboro, state regent, and Mrs. Joseph K. Showfety of Hickory, state vice regent, who will conduct the meeting. Registration will start at 9:30 A.M. followed by business meeting at 10 o’clock and lunch at 1 o’clock. Mica jah Pettaway Chapter in Rocky Mount, will be hostess for the meeting. Mrs. R.T. Williams of Farmville is District 8 director. District 8 is composed of nine chapters as follows: Edenton Tea Party, Edenton; Betsy Dowdy, Elizabeth City; Major Benjamin May, Farm ville; Susannah Coutanch Evans, Greenville; Elizabeth Montfort Ashe, Halifax; Micajah Pettaway, Rocky Mount; Halifax Resolves, Scotland Neck; Major Reading Blount, Washington; and Thomas Hadley, Wilson. Mrs. Luke Hollowell and Mr. & Mrs. Ray Hollowell of Portsmouth, Va. The spoon, as we know it today, with its spatulate handle, dates only from the 18th century. HI? ” V Chocolate Chip Cookies V ■P# < 49* , 1 When you want some milk and cookie* and Mama ain't there, make a Zip Trip That** satisfaction lickity split! Now Zip Mart is a supermarket, convenience store, drug store, snack bar. gas station and ol course milk and cookies in the THp CHOWAN HERALD ’ l yvMFj f -, \ ’ m . ,|3mm ' m * jfiMr, ’kwW^. SHARP SHOOTERS—The John A. Holmes Shooting Team took second place in the rifle competition and tenth overall as it competed with 79 other teams in rifle, shotgun and bow at the Fifth Annual North Carolina Hunter Safety Shooting Tournament on April 23. Shown above are Ed Alstor, Rodney Chappell, Kevin Bunch, Wayne Tynch and Jerry Stotesbury DAR Congress Elects New Officers The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution 92nd Continental Congress convened in Washington, D.C., recently with Mrs. Richard Denny Shelby of Mississippi, Presi dent General, presiding. The Vice President of the United States, George Bush, spoke at the opening meeting. Edenton Tea Party Chapter DAR was represented oy the Chapter Regent, Mrs. William Nixon. The Chapter received three awards. As Constitution Week Chairman for North Carolina, Mrs. Nix on attended the Constitution Week Breakfast in the Mansfield Room of the Senate, United States Capitol, with Miss Gertrude S. Car raway of New Bern as honoree. Miss Carraway in itiated Constitution Week as a National Observance. Her ef forts began in 1955 and on August 2, 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Bill which requires the President of the United States to proclaim September 17-23 as Constitution Week each year. Mrs. Albert J. Potter, Asheboro, State Regent of North Carolina, reported to the DAR Continental Con gress on DAR activities in the State. Mrs. Potter and State Officers received guests at the North Carolina Tea. Chapter Regents served as hostesses in the beautiful North Carolina Room in DAR Memorial Continental Hall. National Society DAR of ficers elected lor the next three years are: President General: Mrs. Walter Hughey King, Murfreesboro, Ten nessee, Vice President General: Mrs. Eldred Martin Yochim, Falls Church, Virginia, Chaplain General: Mrs. James Louis Robertson, Arlington, Virginia, Recor ding Secretary General: Mrs. Raymond Franklin Fleck, Norwood, Mass., Correspon ding Secretary General: Mrs. Wallace Reed Decker, Wichita, Kan., Organizing Secretary General: Mrs. James Edward Clyde, Camillus, N.Y., Treasurer General: Mrs. Richard Osborn Creedon, In dianapolis, Indiana, Registrar General: Mrs. James Justin Hamm, Hud son, Illinois, Historian General: Mrs. Paul Howard Long, Kearney, Nebraska, Librarian General: Mrs. Owen Vincent Gauthier, Cot tonport, La., Curator General: Mrs. Gabriel Omar FOR SALE Older house, on large lot Conveniently located in town Call: Bernard P. Burroughs Realty, 482-4190 Saavedra, Mexico City, Mex ico and Reporter General: Mrs. Leroy Conrad Kaump. Fullerton, Calif. Get Degrees DURHAM—Approximately 2,000 men and women were awarded degrees during Duke University’s graduation exer cises here Sunday. Among the graduates was Mary Annette Partin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Partin, 1 Queen Anne’s Drive, Edenton. Mrs. Mary D.B.T. Semans, philanthropist and great granddaughter of Washington Duke for whom the universi ty was named, delivered the commencement address. Duke President Terry San ford presided. Meeting The Edenton Chowan Chris tian Fellowship Union will meet May 22, at 7 P.M. at Gale Street Baptist Church. Rev. T.M. Jones is the pastor. Attends State Convention Mrs. Jean Newell, presi dent of Pi chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society, an in ternational honor society for women educators, attended the N.C. State Convention of the Society held at Grove Park Inn, Asheville, April 29-May 1. She attended the state ex ecutive board meeting Friday evening and all sessions through the Hour of Remem brance Sunday morning May 1. Others attending were Mary Alexander, E.J. Buck ingham, Milah Meekins, Emi ly Jackson, Marvis Hendrix and Minnie Hollowed. Highlights of the convention were the presentation of the first Eta State (N.C.) Founders’ Award at the Forty-ninth Birthday Lun cheon, the election of state of ficers for 1983-84, the banquet address by Mrs. Jean Ricks of A four-eyed fish, the anableps, has eyes divided in two. When the fish swims just below the surface, the top half of each eye sees objects above the sur face and the bottom half sees underwater objects. JOHN DOWD I & ASSOCIATES, INC. INSURANCE ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ CALL FOR ALL YOUR INSURANCE NEEDS AUTO HOME LIFE HEALTH COMMERCIAL ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ REAL ESTATE CURRENT LISTINGS: ON GOLF COURSE: Beautiful lot, panoramic view cf Albemarle Sound. COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE: Lovely two story home, formal living room, dining room, foyer, den/fireplace, 3 baths, 3 bedrooms, office, large screened back porch, 1 car garage, pantry, utility room. CHOWAN COUNTY: Home 90% completed, priced to move. j SMALL COMMUNITY GROCERY: In Cape Colony area. COLONY DRIVE: Brick single family dwelling 3 BR, l'/i bath, LR, nice workshop I central heat and air. WESTOVER HEIGHTS: Brick single family dwelling, 3 BR, kitchen, Dining Room, l Bat 1 -1 SOUNDVIEW AREA: 4 BR, Living Room, formal dining room, 3full baths, 2 fireplaces kit./den combo., sun porch. Excellent buy BROAD STREET: j| 3 BR brick home with LR, dining room, den, kitchen SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING: L.R., D.R., 2 BR, 1 Bath, Kitchen. On Johnston Street. TWIDDY AVENUE: Nice brick home, 3 BR, Great room w/fireplace, wall to wa carpet. Frame storage building. ALLENDALE: 4 Year Old Brick Home Features 3 Bedrooms, Bath & x /i, Den with Fireplace On Corner Lot. HARVEY POINT ROAD: 3 Miles From Hertford; Lovely Brick Home, 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, Den with Fireplace, Dining Room and Foyer. Priced To Sell. CAPE COLONY AREA: Neat cottage in wooded area. Priced to move. MEXICO ROAD: Attractive Brick home featuring living room, den kitchen, (with fireplace), three bedrooms, two baths, utility room, garage. MORGAN PARK: Lovely brick home with living room, huge den (fireplace), rec room, kitchen, three bedrooms, two baths, screened porch. ALLENDALE: ~ Nice brick home in 9<»'VViTßPvC'' : ' - e features living room, din ing room, kitchen, ee bedrooms, two baths. ARROWHEAD BEACH: 2 Bedroom home with kitchen, den, and glass patio. QUEEN STREET EXTD.: Brick 3 BR Home, l’/a Bath, LR, Den, 2 Fireplaces, Central Air & Heat. HISTORIC DISTRICT: f.tory, 3 Bedrooms, 3 Car Garage, Fireplace, Floored Attic, Chain link Fence, Excellent location. HISTORIC DISTRICT: 4 Bedrooms, 3 Baths, 5 Firepla--. r\ Livingroom, Dining Room, Eat In Kitchen, Laundry room, stove. Included, Studio Apartment. OTHER LISTINGS: 60x 12 Mobile Home, Well Constructed 8. Insulated. Excellent Buy. Various Home Sites & Commercial Property Available. CAPE COLONY AREA: Mobile Home on Large Lot, Rear Deck 8, Screened Back Porch, New Spacious Garage-Workshop. COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE: Excellent Waterfront Proper**- xpTCT)sch, 2 Boat Slips, 3 Bedrooms, 2Vi Baths, GreaCuD' “ -u>arage. CHOWAN BEACH: Neat 2 Bedroom Home, 3 Out Buildings, Chain Fence, Large Lot Priced to SELL. WATERFRONT LOTS FOR SALE John Dowd. Dawn Whitt. Beverly Morris 482-2101 f EQUEAHCE EOCMCT 214 S. Broad Si. P.demon, NC Page 5-B Wesson, Mississippi (Southeast Regional Director of the Society) and the selec tion of three state scholarship recipients for 1983-84. The scholarship awards amount to $3,000 each. PI Chapter will celebrate its 37th Birthday at its meeting on Saturday at Soundview Restaurant. The business meeting will follow a 9:30 o’clock coffee hour. The program is on “Influen cing Educational Policy”. This will be a very special meeting. Mary Alexander will lead in a Founder’s Day Bir thday Celebration; Clifford Tretick (visiting artist for COA) will perform; and Mrs. Reba Proctor (our Eta State Regional Director) will visit us. Also our Recruitment Grant Scholarship recipient for 1983, Sandra Newbern, from Currituck, has been in vited to this meeting.
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