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jJublic parade ' I Statewide Systems' (Can Be Harmful , Gov. Bob Scott is opposed to any trend or effort toward establishing a state police force in North Carolina. He is to be commended for thinking along these lines. 1 North Carolina is already pretty deep in the law enforcement business via the State Highway Patrol. And we would fear another statewide law enforcement system capable of moving state services further from the people. That is exactly what has hap pened along the Public Parade in recent months. Chowan County had long enjoyed inclusion in the Elizabeth City SHP District. But for some reason, yet to be adequately explained, Chowan was suddenly moved into the Ahoskie Dis trict. , Citizens who desired to transact busi ness with the highway patrol, not to mention court officials, could communi cate directly to Elizabeth City via the toll free telephone facilities of Norfolk 6 Carolina Telephone Company. Al though the toil rate to Ahoskie isn’t excessive, it is a matter of principle. Government officials express alarm at the lack of respect for law enforcement officials and the lack of obedience to the law in general. They are desirous of “citizen involvement” and a greater understanding of the importance of law and order. Playing politics with law enforcement agencies isn’t exactly the tool to use to tighten the nuts and bolts of a rest less society. It is extremely more diffi cult to “involve” citizens in something when it has to be accomplished via long distance. Hail! The Road Builders The State Highway Commission will have come into Northeastern North Carolina and gone by this time next week. Therefore, we hope it won’t be considered premature to welcome them now into the most historic and pro gressive area of Tar Heelia. This visit to neighboring Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank, is unusual. The proposals to be made by the High way Committee of Albemarle Area De velopment Association are likewise un- USUa I- ill ) iniiiiiiiWlpi Levm Culpepper, the genial EC post master who is quite knowledgeable about the needs of this area, has done his homework. And his efforts to keep •• secret his committee’s recommenda tions have been successful. He did share them with AADR county repre sentatives last week and if a leak de veloped we missed it. The board en dorsed his proposals. 4 AADA, a 10-county organization whose sole purpose is a united effort to improve life in the entire area, is co-hosting the meeting Wednesday and Thursday with Elizabeth City Chamber of Commerce. There are those skeptics who felt our neighbor to the northeast would hog the show. Levin Culpepper is too big a man to let this happen. Basically, what will be presented to the SHC Thursday morning are the rec ommendations of the AADA Planning Committee, which Edenton’s John A. Mitchener, Jr., guided so expertly. This is only as it should be, since it was on Continued on Page 4 Wheels Are Taken A night nurse at Chowan Hospital got a real shock Sunday morning when she went to her car in the parking lot if to go home and found it setting on blocks with the rear wheels missing. Mrs. Eugene Jordan, Route 1, Tyner, reported to Edenton Police Department that sometime between midnight and 7 A. M., Sunday thieves made off with the two rear wheels of her Dodge Dart. The car was parked on the south end of the employee lot, almost directly under a street light. Police were continuing their investi gation at press time but no arrest had been made. rr- 11,1 i m ■ \ " r '" .v >*c tftffivY* • *;jfc - ~£j&£ •»* - first Building On New College Os The Albemarle Campus Takes Shape /u ' :' P 'Hf jXBt Archie T. Lane, Sr. ■ -- mmmjaammm «- m- ■ - - - - AS thewhowan herald K 3 Volume XXXVII—No, 28. Report Says Food Plans Miss Target RALEIGH Food programs for the poor have had “no demonstrable bene ficial effect” on the low-income nutri tional picture in North Carolina, accord ing to a State Health Department sur vey made at the request of Gov. Bob Scott. This is but one of several findings of deep concern to Gov. Scott, he em phasized in a release Monday, dealing with the survey which he authorized be cause of his deep concern over nutri tional inadequacies of the poor which he noted during his campaign for gov ernor, he reported. -.-Of -the federal surplus commodity and food stamp distributions, Gov. Scott commented that “it appears that these programs should receive careful study to determine how they can be made more effective.” Diet of 27 per cent of the more than 1,300 families checked was considered inadequate for proper nutrition and less than 60 per cent of pre-school chil dren included in the study are getting adequate nutritious diets, according to the report. Gov. Scott noted that the staff con ducting the survey “was frequently amazed at the consumption of soft drinks by very young children at the expense of more nourishing foods and beverages” —, a finding particularly distressing to the governor, in the face of evidence that children consuming proper diets are growing at a faster rate than those who are not, he com mented. Too, Gov. Scott pointed out “there is suggestive evidence that early malnu trition has an adverse effect on event ual intellectual attainment.” Inadequate dietary intake occurred with the highest frequency in Eastern North Carolina, where the finding was that lower average household income and larger average family size occurs, Gov. Scott pointed out. The survey findings were released in a 103-page booklet published by the N. C. State Board of Health and the survey was undertaken at the governor’s request after a national nutritional sur vey by the U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare declined to in clude North Carolina in its study of malnutrition among the American poor, the governor reported. Details as to the findings by counties are not included in the report. Archie Lane Keeps Record, House Tidy RALEIGH Archie T. Lane, Sr., has a scrapbook which would send TV’p Ralph Edwards rushing to organize a “This Is Your Life” program. Lane, who is a native of Perquimans County and who still operates the fami ly farm there, is currently sergeant-at arms for the House of Representatives. He has served in that capacity since 1967. Prior to that time he served three terms in the General Assembly as representative from his district. The genial, slight, balding man gen erously shared his fat, brown leather scrapbook which is tooled in gold and bears his name. Like the man whose life it depicts, the book is orderly, well indeed and organized. tS’ie TV showman were organizing tl .% Auction of Archie Lane’s life, as se o in his scrapbook, he would call in % s l ss section of this state’s political Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 29, 1971 Bibles For Hospital Patients— G. B. Potter, right, has sponsored through Edenton Baptist Church, the placing of Bibles in patient rooms at Chowan Hospital. Potter and Rev. Robert Gray are shown presenting two sizes of the New Testament to Thomas M. Surratt, hospital administrator, left. “Good News For Modern Man”, is the name of the texts with large print editions being made available for patients in the extended care facility. This is the American Bible Society translation. Surratt said sufficient copies were made available so each patient could have access to the Bibles. Copeland, Godwin RALEIGH Two special superior court judges from Northeastern North Carolina were reappointed Monday bv Gov. Bob Scott. They are: Judge J. Tax Is Reported Net collections from the 1 per cent local sales tax reached $l.B-million during June in the 26 counties where the tax is levied. In Chowan County, net collections amounted to $11,611.95. Collections in other Northeastern North Carolina counties included: Cam den, $1,488.38; Currituck, $3,574.47; Pasquotank, $36,222.35; Perquimans, $4,451.36; and Tyrrell, $2,448.80. Mecklenburg County, which has had the tax for two years, collected $625,- 232.52. According to Commissioner I. L. Clayton of the State Department of Revenue, total collections amounted to $1,819,230.30. By Mildred A. Huskins leaders during the past decade. There would be Senators Sam Ervin, Jr., and Everett Jordan. Prominent on stage would be Gov. Terry Sanfprd, Gov. Dan K. Moore and Gov. Bob Scott. There would be Joe Hunt, Jr., speaker of the House of Representatives in which Lane served his first term in 1961. This session was the last one held in the old chambers in the capitol building. Then there would be Clifton Blue, who was speaker during Lane’s second term in 1963 when the first session was held in the new State House of which the sergeant-at-arms is so proud. Speaking of this State House, Lane has included the formal program for the dedication of this building Novem ber 20, 1964, and handsome color photographs of the various parts of the Get New Terms William Copeland of Murfreesboro, and Judge A. Pilston Godwin of Raleigh, formerly of Gatesville. Judges Copeland and Godwin were among eight special judgeships which expired June 30. Gov. Scott filled four of them, leaving the remainder in abeyance at the present time. Two special judges appointed by Gov. Dan Moore were not given new terms, a third was named a resident judge and a fourth post was vacant due to death. Both Judges Copeland and Godwin have strong ties in Chowan County. Judge Copeland is a former legislator and aide to Gov. Terry Sanford. He was first named to the bench by Gov. Sanford and reappointed by Gov. Moore. Judge Godwin, brother of House Speaker Phil Godwin, went to Raleigh as Commissioner of Motor Vehicles un der Gov. Moore and was later tapped for a special judgeship by the governor. New College Campus Takes Shape The framework of the occupational education building the first structure on the College of The Albemarle’s new campus, is completed. The front wing will house technical occupational programs such as drafting, business • secretarial, and electronics. There is even space provided for a data processing lab for instruction in this highly specialized field of the business world. With more businesses and in dustries using computer systems, the decision for moving ahead with the training of data-processing technicians has become necessary. The rear wing will house vocational education pfograms such as automotive building. The gentleman from Per quimans feels so close to the handsome legislative building that the “This Is Your Life” program really should be staged there in the hall of the House with its brilliant red carpeting and Lane should be seated just to the left of the speaker. Then Pat Taylor, Jr., would be called. The current Lieut. Gov., who has been presiding over the Senate during the 1971 session of the General Assembly just recessed, was House Speaker dur ing Lane’s third term in 1965. It might be difficult and require some pulling of national political strings but Vice President Spiro Agnew could be invited to say in person what he said in a let ter to Lane after he made his appear ance before a joint session of the 1971 General Assembly. This letter, includ- Continued on Page 4 Single Copy 10 Cents Site Grants For Edenton Are Funded The North Carolina General Assembly has appropriated $30,000 for three sites included in Historic Edenton, Inc. The -equest was for $65,000. Rep. W. T. Culpepper, Jr., of Eliza beth City, introduced legislation re questing funds for the Barker, Iredell and Cupola house during the next bi ennium. The legislation, as ratified, calls for state funds to be matched by $15,000 in local funds. It has been reported to W. J. P. Earn hardt, Jr., chairman of the local his torical group that restoration funds were granted as follows: Barker House, $10,000; Cupola House, $8,000; and Ire dell House, $12,000. The Iredell House is state owned and the state furnishes an historic sites technician to Historic Edenton, Inc., and a visitor center-museum is operated in the Barker House. Barringer Given Suspended Term A felony charge against a young Edenton man for drug law violation was reduced in Chowan County District Court Tuesday but Judge Wilton Walk er, Jr., of Currituck, dealt firmly in passing judgment. Jerry William Jay Barringer, 20, 16 Hawthorne Road, was charged with possessing marijuana seeds and grow ing marijuana, the latter charge a felo ny. On this count, Solicitor Tom Watts of Elizabeth City accepted a plea of guilty to possessing less than one gram of marijuana. Judge Walker gave the defendant identical sentences in each count —two years in prison, suspended for three years and placed on probation for three years upon payment of $l5O fine and costs and not drive for 12 months. Edenton Police Department, after an intensive investigation, had arrested Barringer after finding two small mari juana plants growing in plastic cups on the front porch of his home. The officers also found a quantity of mari juana seeds. In other cases tried Tuesday, Judge Walker took the following action: John Willis Simmons, inspection vio lation, 30 days, suspended upon pay ment of $35 fine and costs. mechanics; machinist; and cosmetology (beauticians to most of ns). According to the general contractor, Mid-South Construction Co., the pro ject is “a little ahead of schedule at the present time.” This is attributed to a good start and good working weather when the bids were let This building represents a real bar gain to the Albemarle region in that the entire project is being built without using any local tax funds. Funding was obtained through grants of $140,000 (private foundations); $185,000 (N. C. State Board of Education); and $742,000 (U. S. Dept of HJtW.). College offi- CnHwuad an Fa§a 0 #TmT Trr?«3V
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