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Speaker Phil Godwin
public Parade
Goodbye, Mr. Speaker
Before the ink dried on a committee
approved plan to redistrict the state
House of Representatives, Gates had
jumped the Chowan River and Wash
i, ington had successfully crossed the Al
bemarle Sound. One of the odd things
about the rapid shift is everyone ap
peared to be happy.
If there is no more jumping around,
Dare, Tyrrell and Washington counties
will join the First House District. The
Gates seat held by Speaker Phil God
win will be gone and the Dare seat,
held by Rep. Archie Burris will be
added. Therefore, there will be no
clash of incumbents.
In gin rummy it is sometimes bene
ficial to split a pair. It will remain to
be seen whether or not it was wise for
the Gates commissioners to ask to be
placed in another district which split a
pair of legislators like Speaker Godwin
and Rep. W. T. Culpepper, Jr.
. While the Fifth House District of
' Bertie, Northampton and Hertford is
still part of Northeastern North Caro
lina, we do not see any advantage to
■4[ be gained by an Albemarle Area county
hooking up with the Roanoke-Chowan
Area.
It is apparent, though, Speaker God
win has his sights on greater things
and would not be a House candidate
regardless of where Gates is placed.
And we want to be among the first to
endorse Godwin for whatever statewide
office he seeks, be it lieutenant gov
ernor, attorney general or anything
else.
When the one man, one vote fever
hit the General Assembly, the Albe
marle Area had to settle for four less
representatives in the House. Fortun
ately, Godwin and Culpepper were the
pair to survive. They have been a
good pair in the last two sessions and
have carried a big stick for Northeast
ern Tar Heelia.
Speaker Godwin is the first from this
' area to serve in such a lofty position
in the House. He has relied heavily
on Rep. Culpepper in committee and
on the floor to get important legislation
r on the books.
While we welcome Washington, alon
with Dare and Tyrrell, we have mixed
feelings about bidding farewell to Gates.
Speaker Godwin and Gates County are
dear in the hearts of those who me
ander along the Public Parade.
Our least favored morning daily of
general circulation in this area last
week accused Speaker Godwin of not
possessing the leadership capabilities
needed for his job. They said he ap
pears “shaky in the saddle”.
Speaker Godwin may have spoken a
bit hastily about the higher education
question. Nevertheless, from these
quarters he sits tall in the saddle. And
the gliberals of the daily press won’t
be able to shoot him down.
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The Real “Sacrifice”
£ The Center Hill-Crossroads Volunteer
Fire Department’s anniversary chicken
barbecues have rapidly become one of
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Officer* Honor Legislators More than 1,000 law enforcement officers from
across North Carolina gathered at National Guard Armory May 12 to honor mem
bers of the General Assembly. In the picture at left, Sheriff C. D. Knight of
Orange County, second from right, is shown with his counterparts in this area.
They are Sheriff Troy Toppin of Chowan, Ed Daniels of Bertie, Knight, and Ju-
Jian Broughton of Perquimans. Sheriff Knight is president of the N. C. Sheriffs
Volume XXXVH—No. 18.
School E sard Holds Budget
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HERTFORD —Chowan and Perquim
ans County officials will be joined by
representatives of municipalities here
today (Thursday) for discussion of a
solid waste disposal system.
Melvin Howell, area representative,
Farmers Home Administration, has ar
ranged the meeting with W. 0. Strick
land, N. C. Department of Health en
gineer, and Ed Barnes of the Local Gov
ernment Commission.
Howell recently told the individual
boards a joint system might work to
the best advantage of everyone. The
boards then called for a survey by
health officials.
The FHA official said this is the first
major step forward toward a solid
waste disposal system for the two coun
ties.
At the Chowan meeting, Howell also
discussed, along with Pete Thompson,
extension chairman, central water sys
tems for the county. Preliminary work
is now underway in Center Hill and
Rocky Hock and could be realized with
in two years if sufficient interest is
shown.
Howell said it takes 12 to 15 fami
lies per mile to justify a FHA loan and
grant for a six-inch water line. He said
it could be used for fire protection un
der recent federal regulations.
Also in the preliminary stage is a
water system for portions of US 17,
north, and Highway 32, east of Edenton.
Howell said it is hoped that a non-
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Brenda Smith Charles Dail
Chowan Leaders
Charles Dail and Brenda Smith re
ceived the honors of valedictorian and
salutatorian, respectively, of the 1971
graduating class of Chowan High
School.
Dail has obtained a 95.07 scholastic
average during his school days and
Miss Smith has maintaned a 92.50 aver
age.
Dail is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Dail of Tyner and plans to attend
the University of North Carolina in the
fall.
Miss Smith is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. Earl Smith, of Edenton
and plans to attend Hardbarger’s Busi
ness School in Raleigh.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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Ralph V. Cole
Cole Is Promoted
Ralph V. Cole has been named prin
cipal at Swain Elementary School for
the next school year. He was promoted
to the position by Edenton-Chowan
Board of Education Monday night.
Cole was recommended for the post
by Supt. Bill Britt.
He will succeed Ernest A. Swain,
veteran Edenton eduator who plans to
retire.
Cole is a native of Elizabeth City. He
is a graduate of Elizabeth City State
University and has done graduate work
at N. C. Central University at Durham.
He is presently pursuing a master of
education in administration degree at
East Carolina University.
Cole came to the Edenton schools in
1962-63 and taught sixth grade at D.
F. Walker School. He assisted the
coach after school hours in coaching
football, basketball and baseball. He
has also taught driver education dur
ing the summer. He has served as
assistant principal at Swain School for
the past two years.
Cole is 30 years old. He is married
to the former Joyce Boone of Woodland.
They reside on School Street.
Gates Moves; Three New Counties Join First District
Three more Northeastern North Ca
rolina counties would join the First
House District in a plan which won
committee approval in the General As
sembly. Washington, Tyrrell and Dare
would join the existing six counties and
have two representatives.
Speaker Phil Godwin of Gates and
Rep. W. T. Culpepper of Pasquotank
now represent Gates, Chowan, Perquim
ans, Pasquotank, Camden and Curri
tuck. Rep. Culpepper headed one of
two sub-committees which studied the
realignment of the state’s House dis
tricts.
Under the plan Gates would move
into the Fifth House District with
Hertford, Northampton and Bertie.
Bloodmobile Visit
The American Red Cross bloodmo
bile will be in Edenton on Tuesday at
the National Guard Armory from 11
to 5 P. M.
The quota for this trip is 105 pints.
“Help someone live, give a pint of
blood,” stated a Red Cross spokesman.
Association. Speaker of the House Phil Godwin was among area law-makers at
the event and is shown in center picture with Sheriff William H. Eure of Gates
County. SBI Director Charles Dunn paused at the banquet to huddle with other
area officers. They are, left to right: Harold B. Babb, inspector, License and
Theft Division, Department of Motor Vehicles; Dunn; Edenton Police Chief J. D.
Pgrrish and Joseph Byrum, Chowan ABC officer and deputy sheriff.
By PATRICIA M. ARNOLD
The Edenton-Chowan Board of Edu
cation met Monday night until after
midnight discussing the proposed school
budget as well as other school busi
ness.
After much consultation and consid
eration the board members decided that
there is no way that the budget can be
cut more than $25,000 and even this
figure was not agreed upon by all
members.
It was the unanimous decision of the
members to take the budget before the
Chowan County commissioners again
just as it was proposed the first time.
The board of education and the
Chowan County Commissioners met
jointly May 10 and a proposed budget
of $476,763.64 was presented. The
budget was not accepted by the county
commissioners and they asked that the
proposal be cut down to $l2O per stu
dent instead of $166 per student.
The cut would be some $131,000 less
than the proposed budget and a reduc
tion of $43,000 from the 1970-71 budget.
In a desperate attempt to cut the
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Sports Banquet
Henry Trevathan, second year assist
ant football coach at East Carolina Uni
versity, will be the guest speaker at
the All Sports Banquet for John A.
Holmes High School on Monday at
7P. M. The affair will be held at the
American Legion Hut.
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Trevathan Americans: Danny
Talbott, who was All-American at
Carolina and Carlester Crumpler, who
is now at East Carolina.
The plan approved by the full House
Legislative Districts Committee pro
poses to reduce the present 49 House
districts to 45 in order to bring the
state’s 120 representatives in line with
current population and the one man,
one vote edict of the federal courts.
Welch’s Chapel Church To Re-Build
A funds campaign has been launched
to re-build Welch’s Chapel Baptist
Church which was destroyed by fire
May 9. Rev. W. H. Davis, pastor, said
the site has been cleared and plans are
moving ahead toward construction of a
new church.
The church building, which was 96
years old, was covered by only $6,000
in insurance, according to Mr. Davis.
He said donations began coming in
shortly after the fire. Those who wish
to contribute can do so by sending
their donation to Mr. Davis at 209 East
Albemarle Street.
The fire which destroyed the struc
ture started during a severe electrical
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Trevathan, prior
to going to ECU,
was head football
coach at Wilson Fike
High School. While
at Fike, he became
the first coach to
win three successive
4-A State Champion
ships.
He has coached
two high school All-
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Lt. Gov . Pat Taylor
Taylor Is Speaker
For COA Finals
ELIZABETH CITY—Lt. Gov. Pat Tay
lor will deliver College of the Albe
marle’s commencement address June 6
at 2:30 P. M. in the gymatorium. There
are 72 candidates who will receive eith
er an Associate of Arts or an Associ
ate in Applied Science degree.
Dr. Bruce Petteway, president, will
present the degrees.
Highlighting the exercise will be the
awarding of the President’s Cup. This
recognition will be given to the student
who has demonstrated outstanding
scholarship, leadership, character and
service to the institution. Selection of
the student is made by the faculty and
staff from all the candidates for grad
uation.
Academic excellence will be recog
nized for those who will be graduated
with honors.
Candidates for the Associate in Arts
degree from the Chowan County area
are:
Daryl Wayne Ambrose, Lanny Earl
Hollojjgll, Benjamin Larry Knox, Jr.,
David Edwin Nixon, James Calvin Par
rish, Erma Phelps Spruill and Donald
Mathias Wiggins.
Among the candidates for Associate
in Applied Science degree are: Wil
liam Albert Partin and Connie Over
ton West.
Over in the Senate, it is reported that
“Northeastern North Carolina” will lose
one seat. Sen. J. J. (Monk) Harrington
of Lewiston told The Chowan Herald
this is not accurate.
“They (the news media) haven’t
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storm and it is believed that the build
ing was struck by lightning.
Welch’s Chapel was organized in
1866. Mr. Davis has been pastor there
for 38 years.
He said several years ago the mem
bers purchased the Hudson Grove
School building which was used as an
educational building. He said worship
services will be held in the educational
building until a new sanctuary can be
constructed.
Mr. Davis said the church owns about
four acres and the members look for
ward to re-building on the present site.
There are approximately 150 active
members in the church, the pastor
stated.