I public Parade
Twice The Fun
From reports received along the Public
Parade it was quite in order for Edenton
Jaycettes to purchase a wheelchair for
'use at Chowan Hospital and Convales
cent Home.
The Jaycettes, fully recognized as the
' backbone of the community’s most active
civic organization, sponsored a square
dance recently. They billed it as a
benefit but didn’t say for whom.
It was understood when the chair was
donated that Jaycees and Jaycettes
would have first refusal of the piece of
equipment whenever they had another
such benefit. Even the younger set was
reported not to be so mobile following
the dance.
But.from the smile on Dianne Dail’s
face in the picture today all the aches
and pains had been forgotten and only
the fun of doing something good for the
community was remembered.
Out Yonder , Yet
The cautious distance from which
| Edenton Town Council is viewing Urban
Renewal is inconsistent with its past his
tory of progressiveness.
Surely, all new programs should pass
the test of need. Anyone, including
members of Edenton’s elite, who have
been for a Sunday afternoon drive, can
see the ugly areas which need atten
tion. When private owners either don’t
have the money or initiative to do the
job, then it is the responsibility of the
council to act.
While the talk of Urban Renewal is
new to Edenton it isn’t a stranger in
our midst. Elizabeth City, the No. 2
municipality in the Albemarle Area (be
hind Edenton), has used it most effec
tively. So has New Bern, Greenville,
Washington and Wilmington, to mention
just a few.
A tremendous amount of improvement
has been realized on many fronts along
the Public Parade. With the exception
of the Municipal Building and new sew
age disposal plant, it has been accom
plished locally. There is a limit as to
what can be done in this manner.
When local sources are exhausted the
thrust must gain energy from outside
sources. This is where Urban Renewal'
steps in.
As in any worthwhile. project there
--will be the foot-drtgger*,-the—skeptics
and the greedy. Some will be hurt.
•» Ultimately, though, the majority of our
citizens on all fronts and in all walks
of life, will benefit.
Because of vision the community has
moved ahead. Obstacle after obstacle
has been overcome. A recent one is in
public housing. Because the need far
outweighed the greed a $1.7-million pro
ject is about to get off the drawing board
and 100 units for low income families
will be built.
These two projects—public housing
and Urban Renewal—work hand in
glove. They complement each other, so
to speak.
If steps are not taken, and taken now,
to rid the community of the blighted
areas, then the handsome new housing
will not be nearly so attractive.
Most of the bad things about Urban
Renewal, make the news. But to view
one of the completed projects tells more
than a thousand words.
Now is not the time for Edenton Town
Council to quit plowing the row of prog
* ress. We’re busting up the ground but
the end of the row is way out yonder.
i ElectriCities Support Ambitious Plan
SOUTHERN PINES—Mayor J. Gar
ner Bagnal of Statesville, was re-elected
president of ElectriCities of North Caro
lina at the annual meeting of the organi
zation here Friday and immediately call
ed for all-out support of action to im
plement a $1 billion statewide generation
and transmission project to provide the
long-range power needs of Tarheel cities
and rural cooperatives.
Members of the association approved
a resolution that would certify the mam
moth venture as both “desirable and
feasible,” recommending the matter be
submitted to the governing boards of
Seminar Planned
East Carolina University will host a
one-day seminar September 4 of interest
to merchants, government officials, plan
ning boards, and economic development
personnel from throughout Eastern
Forth Carolina.
The seminar will provide an over-view
•f the revitalization approach as a means
of overcoming some of the economic
difficulties confronting downtown or cen
* tral business districts throughout North
Carolina.
Representatives of Edenton Chandler
of commerce, Edenton Town Council
and Chowan County commissioners are
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Council 1 ks Needed Interest
Renewal Project Is Studied
Edenton Town Counc.. Tuesday night
appeared only lukewarm towards an
Urban Renewal program here but agreed
to give further consideration to it at an
August 26 meeting.
Councilman Luther C. Parks said he
wasn’t personally interested in any pro
gram which might result in condemna
tion proceedings. And Councilman J. D.
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DOWN TO PARADISE HOME—This big two story dwelling went for a trip Tuesday,
making an interesting picture as it inched along Paradise Road to a new resting place.
The home, former residence of Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. Craddock on North Broad Street,
wjf moved to the Leroy Haskett farm, north of WCDJ radio station. Worth H. Hare#
home moving contractor, moved the big house. Cooperating were the tWephone com
pany and Edenton's utility department—not to mention the motorists who otherwise
would have been in a hurry to use the highway. A new store will be built on the Broad
Street site.
Five Cases Aired
In District Court
Action was taken on five cases in a
session of Chowan County District Court
here Tuesday morning. Two of the
counts were against one defendant.
Paul Linwood Godwin was convicted
by Judge W. S. Privott of driving drunk
and carrying a concealed weapon.
In the first count, the judge sentenced
the defendant to four months, suspended
upon payment of SIOO fine and costs.
On the weapons count, the defendant
was given an additional 60-day sentence,
suspended upon payment of SSO fine and
costs.
The pistol was confiscated and turned
over to Edenton Police Department.
In other cases called by Solicitor Wil
ton Walker, the following action was
taken:
Luther T. Copeland, no registration
plate and not financial responsibility, 60
days, suspended upon payment of $25
fine and costs.
Christopher Harry Venters, 111, Speed-
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member cities to proceed with the next
phase. This would require authoriza
tion of detailed engineering, legal and
financial plans for actual construction of
the project. The statewide power pro
ject would serve electric distribution
systems in approximately 70 Tar Heel
urban communities and 36 rural co
operatives representing a present popu
lation in excess of two million people.
The long-range savings for the 10
year period 1975-1985 are estimated to
be as much as SIOO million. For the
15 year period 1975-1990, comparable
estimated savings may exceed $250
million.
Action on this monumental under
taking, formally labeled EPIC, short for
Electric Power in Carolina/Cities and
Cooperatives, followed the presentation
of engineering and legal reports on the
Joint Power Study, which ElectriCities
and the North Carolina Electric Mem
bership Corporation ordered a year ago.
Similar consideration will be given to
the project by the NC EMC at its meet
ing in Raleigh this week.
' According to Mayor Bagnal, EPIC
is the “first joint power supply system
ever put together for an entire state.’’
Edenton was represented at,the meet
ing by Mayor George Alma Byrum and
Richard N. Hines, Sr., head of the utili
ties department Mrs. Byrum and Mrs.
Hhuy attended with their husbands.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 14, 1969
Elliott added there were many unanswer
ed questions in his mind about the value
of the program. \
However, Mayor George 'Alma Byrum
indicated he favored Urban Renewal
here. “We know we have* a need and
want to give it good thought,” he told
a representative of a consulting engineer
ing firm.
ASCS Community Elections Slated
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Every eligible voter is 9f|;ed to par
ticipate in the Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation community and county
committee elections, Chowan ASC Com
mittee Chairman Asa Griffin said today.
ASC community committee elections
will be held the third week in September,
and slates of nominees are being com
piled at the ASCS county office.
Nominations for community committee
candidates may be made by petition by
eligible voters and by incumbent ASC
community and county committees.
Chowan County has three designated
committees, A, B, and C. There are 386
eligible voters in A; 265 in B, and 286
in C.
Community A has Morris Small as
chairman, Jarvis Skinner, vice chairman,
Yates Parrish, regular member; Dallas
Jethro, first alternate; and Edward
Goodwin, second alternate.
In Community B, Sammy Byrum is
chairman; Norman Hollowell, vice chair
man; Lindsey R. Bunch, regular mem
ber; Alvin Evans, first alternate; and
Preston Monds, second alternate.
Beecher Ward is chairman of Com
munity C; Foy Ward, vice chairman;
Wilbert Hare, regular member; Dorus
Copeland, first alternate; and Lyman
Blanchard, second alternate.
A new slate of nominees will be se
lected by the present community com-
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While the town would be required to
foot the ball for one-fourth the cost of
%y such project, Town Administrator
. B. Gardner said it is possible to get
the first project completed without any
cash outlay from the town. He said
Edenton has a number of “non cash”
credits which could be applied toward
the project.
Sam Robinson, representing Rust En
gineering of Birmingham, Ala., said of
primary concern is getting credit for al
ready completed projects. He pointed
to the new hospital, school additions, etc.,
as projects which would meet the criteria.
Robinson said recent state legislation
gave the town authority to designate the
existing Edenton Housing Authority to
carry out Urban Renewal projects.
The consultant talked against a down
town project because there is difficulty
in getting them funded at this time. He
did say there are a number of residential
areas which would qualify.
Robinson suggested a general neigh
borhood survey with one project being
completed at a time. He said major em
phasis at this time is on rehabilitation.
He called Urban Renewal a “total pro
gram” and one in which open space is
definitely included for parks and other
recreational facilities.
Mayor Byrum appointed Alton G. El
more, local civic and business leader, as
chairman of the new Citizens Advisory
Committee and indicated the committee
will be one of the hardest working groups
in the town’s structure.
He said he would appoint two vice
chairmen and two people from each of
eight neighborhoods to work on the
’ committee.
The mayor also aired some complaints
i heard about the mosquito control pro-
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mittee. H. O. West, ASCS office mana
ger stated. The county committee may
add additional nominees and others may
be nominated by petition. All nominees,
including petitions for new names, must
be received by West on or before Au
gust 21.
In addition to Griffin, members of
the county committee are Ray Byrum,
Route 3, Edenton, vice chairman; and
E. E. Boyce, Jr., of Tyner, regular
member. Byrum is up for re-election
this year.
Reynolds Testing Tobacco Harvester
Tobacco farmers, faced with a critical
labor shortage, may soon get help from
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in
the form of a compact, highly maneu
verable mechanical harvester.
The harvester, still in the develop
mental stage, was demonstrated recently
at the company’s Avoca Farm in Bertie
County. It has been undergoing field
testing at Avoca and earlier this season
in Florida and Georgia.
“R. J. Reynolds has always maintain
ed a close relationship with the tobacco
farmers, and has worked with the grow
ers and tobacco agronomists for many
years to help improve the quality of the
crop and tobacco yields,” A. H. Gallo
way, president of the tobacco company
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PROFITABLE PROJECT Edenton J«T
cettes recently held a tquar* dance at the
Jaycee Community Building on Base Hoaa
and said proceeds would go to a worthy
local cause. It happened when Mrs. Dianne
Dail presented a check to Thomas Surratt,
administrator of Chowan Hospital, for me
purchase of a new wheelchair. Surratt said
this is a new type chair which has a variety
of usee at the hospital and convalescent
home.
Area Employment
Is Staying At Peak
Full time employment continues at a
peak in the Edenton area, according to
Neil E. Thagard, manager of the local
Employment Security Office.
There was an increase in unemploy
ment claims during July which was caus
ed by the heavy rains slowing down op
erations in the lumber and logging in
dustry.
During July the local office registered
111 new applicants for work and placed
120 persons on jobs. A total of 65 con
tacts were made with area employers to
solicit job orders and to develop jobs
for unemployed persons.
Training courses will begin in Edenton
in the early fall for auto mechanics and
farm equipment mechanics. There is
also on-the-job training available with
many local industries.
Anyone interested in training should
contact the Employment Security Com
mission Office at 709 N. Broad Street,
Edenton, at once.
All unemployed persons who desire
work, are urged to visit the local office
and file an application. There is still a
desperate need for skilled construction
workers and heavy equipment operators.
said. “At the same time, we have been
working closely with tobacco farm lead
ers and the agriculture colleges in the
tobacco-growing states to help develop
the new equipment, labor-saving meth
ods, and devices to make it possible for
the tobacco farmers to keep operating.”
Reynolds started some 10 years ago
to assist in the development of mechani
cal harvesting, recognizing that unless
an economical, labor-saving means could
be found to produce the tobacco crop,
more and more growers would be forced
to abandon tobacco and look for other
sources of farm income.
Because the company sees the harvest
er as the key to the mechanization sys
tem the tobacco farmer needs for pro
fitable operations, the Mechanical De
velopment Department of R. J. Reynolds
began last year on a project to improve
on the systems that have been tried in
past years for harvesting the flue-curing
crop.
“While we still haven’t the final solu
tion, we are hopeful that our proto-type
model can be further modified to do the
job efficiently and at reasonable cost,”
said R. J. Reynolds’ vice president, Jo
seph H. Sherill.
“While the Reynolds’ machine will
have to undergo further changes before
it is ready for production,” Sherill con
tinued, “we have a real good model that
runs well in the field. It is a light ma
chine, roadable (can be driven easily to
other areas), and because of its size and
weight, it can be put into the tobacco
field over rough terrain.”
The harvester is small compared to
others that have been tried. It stands
'a little over six-feet high, is about 10
feet long, and can be operated by one
man.
The machine’s operation is relatively
simple. The defoliating system straddles
one row of tobacco at a time, and with
the ends raised, strips the leaves
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