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Class Os 71
We want to be among the first to
congratulate the 168 students in the
Class of 1971 at John A. Holmes and
Chowan high schools. Again this year
we join with local business enterprises
in a salute to the graduates through
printing individual pictures of those in
the class.
The picture pages are on three and
four in Section C.
As the graduates pass another mile*
post and enter a new era in their lives,
we enjoy recalling the little story that
goes:
“Know what happened to the young
ster who set out to set the world on
fire?”
“He soon returned home for some
more matches.’’
Congratulations, grads! We hope you
always keep your powder dry.
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Clyde Cobb Rhea Adams
Glenn Turner
An American Phenomena
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Glenn W. Turner last week returned
to where it all began. The homecoming
was more successful than the Jaycee
Air Festival. The festival was not as
1 great a financial loss as it might have
been had not Turner agreed to under
write a portion of the cost.
It was from Northeastern North Ca
rolina and Southeastern Virginia that
the 36-year-old harelip has recruited his
best talent. He had three of them with
him on this trip—Rhea Adams and
Clyde Cobb of Edenton, and Ben Bunt
ing of Williamston.
DubbeTa‘ 7i supef huckster” last week
in an 11-page article in Life Magazine,
Turner proudly points out that nine of
his best minds came from a 30-mile
radius of Edenton. It is because of his
judge of men and character, along with
his super-human ability to motivate
people, that he has managed to amass
a tremendous amount of wealth in a
short period of time.
In little more than three years he
has turned a borrowed $5,000 into what
he claims to be S2OO-million in assets
in 45 corporations. (That was Satur
day night. He may have a couple more
corporations in his stable by now—and
he’ll own 100 per cent of the stock).
It was in Wilson in April, 1968, that
we first met the South Carolina share
cropper’s son who was “on the way to
harvest the world.” From this inter
view he enjoyed his first good press,
with his most recent being the Life
article which also treated him decently.
Turner blames the negative-minded
big city press with creating a cloud of
doubt over him and his enterprises,
thus resulting in failure by some who
otherwise could be living a better life.
It is for those who lost along the way
side that Clyde Cobb wrote the “Dare
to be Great” course which today is the
hottest selling item in Turner Enter
prises.
This is consistent with the Turner
philosophy. He definitely has sympa
thy pains for those who invested a wad
on faith, sat on that faith looking for
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ilir Festival Weekend Scenes—' The Chowan Herald camera was at all of the
events during the Jaycee Memorial Day Air Festival Weekend and shown here are
some of the coverage. At left, Charles Dunn, director, SBI, is shown as he de
livered Sunday’s Memorial Service at Edenton Municipal Airport Left to right
are: Mayor George Alma Byrum, Rep. Walter B. Jones, Dr. Bill Thornton, Roy L.
Blackley, and W. B. Gardner. Miss Hettie Wallace, a Holmes High senior, was
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School Tax
Stays Same;
Budget^ut
A total of $37,460 wt % • b y the
Edenton-Chowan Board o. t a -ation to
get the budget in line v& S hat the
county commissioners ■*| l and
thought was enough toi i 11 ' 1 ly run
the schools.
The final figure the commissioners
gave the board of education was
$395,450. This figure is based upon a
86 cents per SIOO valuation on revenue
derived from ad valorem tax plus non
tax funds.
The budget originally submitted to
the commissioners was for $476,768.64.
The commissioners felt they could not
fund this and the board of education
went back and could only cut some
$25,000 out so they re-submitted the
original budget without any cuts.
The commissioners told the board
they could not fund the budget and
gave them the 86 cents per SIOO valu
ation last week.
Cuts in the budget that is to be re
submitted include an English supervis
or’s position, a fire escape, not con
verting a coal furnace to oil, a speaker
system, improvements on athletic field,
arid the loan payment to the county
commissioners.
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Bid Openings Set
Bids will be taken in June on two
municipal projects in Edenton one
for 100 units of low-rent public hous
ing, the other for street improvements
in Morgan Park.
At 3 P. M., today (Thursday) in the
Municipal Building, bids will be opened
on the low-rent housing project which
has been developed over the past three
years by Edenton Housing Authority.
Construction could begin within 30 days
if the bids are within available funds.
Town Administrator W. B. Gardner
said the council is this week advertising
for bids on curb, gutters and pavement
in the Morgan Park development.
Water and sewer extension has been
completed in the area and bids on the
street improvements - will be received
June 17.
Lambeth Retires
W. O. Lambeth, area conservationist,
Soil Conservation Service, announced
his retirement effective May 28.
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Lambeth
Thomasville and is a graduate of the
Civil Engineering School of N. C. State
University.
For the past nine years Lambeth has
been in charge of all SCS activities in
the 20 Northeastern North Carolina
counties with headquarters in Edenton.
Before this he served as Area Conser
vationist in Raleigh and Lumberton.
He and his wife, Kate, will be leaving
Edenton in mid-June to reside in Lum
berton.
Roy Beck, district conservationist
from Pitt County, will serve as acting
area conservationist until a replace
ment for Lambeth is selected.
Lambeth has been
closely associat
ed with the conser
vation of soil and
water in North Ca
rolina for the past
38 years, having
first served with the
Soil Erosion Service
and later transfer
ring to the USDA
Soil Conservation
Service.
He is a native of
Price Gets Post With Co-Op
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S her lon Layton John Price Roy Harrell
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Volume XXXVII—No. 20.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 3, 1971
Local Hospital Costs Below Average
Chowan Hospital’s new acute care
unit has averaged 62 per cent occupancy
during its first seven months of opera
tion, somewhat less than anticipated.
Thomas M. Surratt, administrator, told
the executive committee of the board
of trustees last Tuesday the hospital is
staffed for 65 per cent occupancy.
The hospital operates three units—
acute, extended and long-term care fa
cilities—with the cost graduated down
according to the degree of care re
quired. Surratt supplied North Caro
lina Blue Cross & Blue Shield figures
which showed the average stay and
average cost of patients in the local
hospital to be much less than the state
average.
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DAIRY SUPPORTS HOSPITAL—Cho
wan Hospital’s building fund is SI,OOO
fatter this week due to a contribution
from Coble Dairy Products, Inc. Thomas
M. Surratt, hospital administrator, is
shown at right receiving the contribu
tion from Bob Hutchinson, local Coble
representative.
Crop Spray Clinic
The use of helicopters in crop spray
ing will be demonstrated Monday at
4 P. M., at Earl Smith’s Store in Rocky
Hock by Lockwood Lassiter of Elizabeth
City.
Lassiter will have his tank truck on
the scene to demonstrate to farmers
how he can land on the truck and take
on additional supplies. One of the ad
vantages of the use of helicopters in
aerial spraying is that it can put out
low volume chemicals (as little as one
gallcn to an acre).
This type service to farmers is just
being introduced to the area and the
local demonstration is sponsored by
Home Feed & Fertilizer Co.
crowned Miss Air Festival in a pageant Friday night at Swain Elementary School.
Some of those at the banquet-ball Saturday night were: Dr. Leo Jenkins, Rep.
Jones, Dr. Igor B. Bensen, and Wallace B. Evans. In the picture at right, Dr.
Thornton and Gardner look skyward, watching the rain clouds, no doubt Mrs.
Thornton is at left (Other pictures on Page 1, Section B).
Single Copy 10 Cents
An analysis of patients in Chowan
Hospital during 1970 covered by Blue
Cross showed the average stay to be
4.86 days and the average cost to be
$298.24. The state average was 6.40
days and the average cost, $438.33.
For Medicaid patients, the average
stay was 8.37 days at a cost of $402.29
compared to the state average of 10.43
days and a cost of $595.60.
Surratt told the committee that ex
perts in the hospital field feel the doc
tors, and other hospital staffers, coupled
with the unusually flexible facilities,
are providing better services and creat
ing a better atmosphere which allows
the patient to get well quicker.
After considerable discussion, the
committee agreed to continue the prev
iously approved overall plan of opera
tion of the unit concept at the hospital.
The administrator, also told the com-
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Officers To Meet
Law enforcement officers from
throughout 10 Northeastern North Car
olina counties will rally at Edenton Res
taurant tonight (Thursday) for the an
nual dinner meeting of the Albemarle
Law and Order Association. The event
begins at 6:30 P. M.
R. L. Spivey of Perquimans County,
president, will preside. Edenton Police
Chief J. D. Parrish, second vice presi
dent and treasurer, will welcome the
guests.
Holiday Festival Thrills Thousands
By PATRICIA M. ARNOLD
The Northeastern North Carolina Me
morial Air Festival is over but not for
gotten. Memories of the parade and
air show will long be vivid in the minds
of the thousands of children who view
ed such a spectacle for the first time.
The remarks on Memorial Day ob
servances by Charles Dunn will be re
membered by the parents, wives and
friends of the soldiers who gave their
lives in the armed forces fighting for
our country.
Everyone will recall the great efforts
made by Edenton Jaycees to put this
show on the road.
Hettie Wallace will cherish the mem
ory of becoming the first Miss Air Festi
val Queen and the mink stole and S3OO
cash prize she won.
Some 70 units participated in the
memorial parade and the American
Legion Post 40 took home a trophy
E. C. (John) Price, Route 3, William
ston, has assumed his duties as mana
ger of Chowan Cooperative Produce
Exchange at Valhalla. Price started to
work Tuesday. >
The Chowan cooperative was recently
granted a loan-grant from 1 the Office
of Economic Opportunity, through the
N. C. Rural Fund For Development.
Since that time, Roy L. Harrell, NCRFD
specialist in the area, has assisted the
cooperative in organizational work.
Also, an active search has been under
way for a full-time manager.
Sherlon Layton, cooperative president,
said the group feels extremely fortun
ate to secure the services of Price, who
has extensive background in farm
marketing.
For the past 20 years Price has been
employed by the Markets Division, N. C.
Department of Agriculture, as a market
ing specialist and area supervisor of
inspection. His duties were to recruit,
train, and supervise the inspectors in
the performance of their actual grading
work.
He also made on-the-job visits to
buyers, packers, growers, and millers in
the fruit, vegetable and peanut industry
to promote uniformity and good rela
tions with the trade.
Price is actively engaged in a farm
ing partnership with his son, Donald, in
Martin County.
He is 43 years old and married to
Dorothy Marie Jones of Selma. They
have six children.
He holds membership in Martin Coun
ty Farm Bureau and the Federal-State
Inspectors Association of America.
Students Decline
Edenton-Chowan Schools had a total
student enrollment of 2,894 with 141
professional personnel working with
them at the end of the first month
of the 1970-71 term.
This was revealed in a recent sur
vey released by the State Department
of Public Instruction which showed that
enrollment in North Carolina schools
this year decreased over the previous
year by 6,888 students. While the
number of students decreased, the
number of teachers, supervisors, and
principals increased by 241.
Os the teachers in the Edenton-Cho
wan unit, three, or 2.1 per cent, had
less-Jthan a class “A” certificate and
none were teaching out of their certifi
cate field.
The survey also reveals that although
1,200 new classrooms across the state
were made available for use during the
1970-71 year, 7,035 are still needed to
take care of excess enrollment. The
local schools had nine new classrooms
available at the beginning of the school
year but need 33 to take care of excess
enrollment.
and cash prize for their float entry,
“Our Defense Yesterday, Today, To
morrow.”. Also taking home a trophy
was the Circle K club of COA for win
ning second place with their entry,
“POW-MLA”.
In the mini float division, Girl Scout
Troop 757 took home a trophy and
cash prize for their entry of the Wright
Memorial. Second place winner was
Boy Scout Troop 164 for Prisoners of
War-Missing In Action, and third place
went to Boy Scout Troop 156 for Wright
Memorial.
On Saturday night, approximately 400
people attended the banquet and ball
to listen to Astronaut William Edgar
Thornton, Rep. Walter B. Jones and
Glenn W. Turner of Turner Enterprises
speak.
Sunday afternoon over 7,00 people
gathered at Edenton Municipal Airport
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