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Governor’s Award Judges—Robert W. Moore, executive vice
president, Edenton Chamber of Commerce, sits at his desk and ex
plains Edenton’s entry in the Governor’s Award program to judges.
Standing, left to right, are: Ray Denny, Roger Critcher, Mrs. Lil
’ lie Britt, Cecil Bell and Mrs. Reno Hawkins. The judges are with
the Commerce & Industry Division, State Department of Conserva
tion and Development. The Governor’s Award will be presented at
Wednesday’s annual banquet of the chamber of commerce.
Manning Elected
Edenton Is Winner
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Corn Price ‘High’
The price of corn increased drastic
ally Tuesday in Chowan County Dis
< trict Court. A man convicted of lar
ceny of a bushel of corn was given a
suspended jail sentence, fined and or
dered to pay for the com.
Judge Wilton Walker, Jr., of Curri
tuck, found Leßoy Smith, Jr., 37-year
old Negro, of Belvidere, guilty of lar
ceny of an ungathered crop from R. C.
Ward. He sentenced Smith to six
months. The sentence was suspended
upon payment of SIOO fine and costs
and $1.15 restitution to Ward.
William Edward Brooks, 16-year-old
Negro, Route 3, Edenton, was convicted
of indecent exposure. He was sentenced
to six months, suspended and placed
on probation for three years upon pay
ment of $25 fihe and costs.
John R. Lewis, Jr., non-support, six
months, suspended upon payment of
$215.40 in support and SIOO per month.
Joseph Wallace Goodwin, traffic vio
lation, 10 days, suspended upon pay
ment of $lO fine and costs. Notice of
appeal entered and bond set at SIOO.
Joint Cancer Crusade Banquet Set
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Richard C. Buell of Jacksonville, a
bank executive and Cancer Society of
ficial, will be the speaker at a joint
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E. N. Manning, 216 West Eden Street,
will assume the presidency of Edenton
Chamber of Commerce Wednesday night
at the organization’s annual banquet.
Manning and other officers were elect
ed by the board of directors at a meet
ing last week.
Carlton Jackson has been president
of the chamber of commerce for the
past year.
It has also been announced that the
Town of Edenton will receive the covet
ed Governor’s Award at the banquet.
The banquet will be held at Chowan
Golf & Country Club. It will begin at
7:30 P. M., with a social hour beginning
at 6:15 o’clock. Tickets are now on
sale at $4 each.
Charles L. McCullers of Dunn, form
er band director in Edenton, will be
the banquet keynoter. McCullers is
now retired and spends his time with
a lengthy speaking agenda in com
munity and church circles.
McCullers is one of the most sought
after banquet speakers in Eastern
North Carolina.
L. F. Amburn, Jr., banquet chairman,
said fewer than 200 tickets will be
available for the banquet due to the
limited space at the country club. He
encouraged those who desire to attend
this annual function to purchase tickets
immediately.
Amburn said tickets are available at
The Chowan Herald, Edenton Chamber
of Commerce, Peoples Bank & Trust
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Calendars On Sale
Monday marked the beginning of the
annual sale of community birthday
calendars through a cooperative effort
by Edenton BPW Club, Woman’s Club,
Jaycees and Jaycettes. Proceeds from
the sale of calendars go to Historic
Edenton, Inc. •
The sponsoring clubs will be canvass
ing the Edenton area until October 4.
If you wish a calendar or to have your
name or the names of your relatives
included, as well as anniversary dates,
and are not contacted by October 4 you
are asked to call club chairmen.
Club chairmen this year are: Miss
Edna Snell, 482-2362; Mrs. Gayle Gie
seke, 482-4391; Mrs. Lenita Campen,
482-2656; Mrs. Linda Evans, 482-4795;
and Howard Collins, 482-3346.
kick-off banquet for the Cancer Cru
sades in Chowan and Perquimans coun
ties. The banquet will be held at 7:30
P. M., Tuesday at Chowan Golf & Coun
try Club.
October is Crusade Month of the
American Cancer Society and a goal
of $3,500 has been set, according to
Mrs. Marion Thrower of Edenton and
Mrs. Margaret Sullivan of Hertford,
president of their respective local chap
ters.
Last year $3,207 of a $3,500 goal was
realized, noted Mrs. Thomas M. Byrum,
area executive.
Buell is a vice president of the Bank
of North Carolina, N. A., and is a mem
ber of the executive committee of the
N. C. Division of the American Cancer
Society as well as being president of
the Onslow Chapter.
Before coming to Bank of North Ca
rolina, Buell had some 20 years of ex
perience in management consulting with
banks. He also has had extensive ex
perience in the fields of railroads, ho
tel*, and public utilities.
He is a native of Omaha, Neb., and
attended the University of Chicago. He
is married and the father of three chil
dren.
public parade
Shririert Red-Faced, But Happy
That was quite a benefit fish fry
Chowan Shrine Club put on Saturday
at the Boy Scout Hut. Why, they tell
me the Shriners dished out a ton of
fish as well as cash for 80 tickets after
the food supply was depleted.
The fish and tickets didn’t track and
about 5:55 P. M., the ticket-holders
gained a commanding lead. This was
partially due to the support given the
benefit by individual business and pro
fessional concerns in joining the 100%
Club.
So, when the local club presents the
traditional “wooden” check to Recorder
Nelson Bank of New Bern it should be
a record amount. And that is mighty
fine for it goes for a good cause—Shrin
er’s Crippled Children hospitals.
Members of the Shrine Club have
asked us to express their appreciation
to all those who made this event so
successful. Those who can’t testify to
the superior quality of the meal can
seek solace in the fact that another Sep
tember and another Shrine fish fry will
be here before they know it.
Fiddler Goes Hungry
This is National Highway Week and
Gov. Bob Scott is asking everyone along
the Public Parade and throughout Tar
Heelia to observe it. With the theme,
“Roads, and Streets—Backbone of Total
Transportation,” it is hard not to go
along.
Roads and Streets have been foremost
in the minds of us folks down East for
decades. But we watch as our tax
money is spent on fancy new highways
to totally develop other parts of the
state.
Citizens along the Public Parade re
cently demonstrated at a public hearing
on the proposed U. S. 17 by-pass of
Edenton that they are willing to sacri
fice in the name of progress and devel
opment. Like these people, boosters
of better highways in this area are not
being unreasonable in the requests
made to State Highway Commission.
They just want to be fed from the
same spoon as our neighbors to the
West.
And if there is any question of what
the area is being deprived of, just read
these paragraphs knocked out by Arch
Laney’s PR staff:
“Pointing out that ‘experience has
shown that the benefits of adequate
highways exceed their cost,’ the gov
ernor’s proclamation cited ‘reduced ac
cident and driving expenses, time sav
ings, enhancement of property values,
and encouragement of industrial, com
mercial and residential development’ as
some of the benefits.
“ ‘North Carolina is engaged in an
extensive program to upgrade its high
way system,’ the proclamation said, “to
meet the needs of its people and the
state’s growing economy.’
“He added that, ‘the constant need
for better highways of adequate ca
pacity to satisfy the ever-increasing
traffic demands, requires the under
standing and support of all our citi-
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Fall Cantaloupes In Chowan— Alvin Evans, Route 3, Edenton,
Monday won all three prizes for cantaloupes entered in Chowan
County Agricultural Fair. Evans pulled two bushels of melons
from a quarter-acre test plot and Pete Thompson, extension chair
man, entered three of them in the fair. Evans, his father, C. M.
Evans, and Ellie Bunch are shown in the field. Bill Reed of Plym
outh, area specialist, planted the cantaloupes July 26, testing plas
tic, paper and treated paper. Such a scheme is said to prevent di
sease, controls weeds and matures the melons earlier. Fall crops
of cantaloupes in Chowan may be the coming thing.
CUPOLA HOUSE
Historical Group Elects George Mack
George K. Mack, 105 North Granville
Street, has been elected president of
The Cupola House Association. He suc
ceeds T. B. H. Wood.
Mack is a retired engineer who has
been active in cultural and community
activities for many years.
At tne association’s annual meeting
September 15, officers re-elected in
clude: Mrs. Granbery Tucker, vice pres
ident; Miss Lena Jones, secretary; Miss
Kathryn Brown, assistant secretary;
and Mrs. W. B. Rosevear, treasurer.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Volume XXXVn— No. 36.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 23, 1971
Lowe Semifinalist
For Merit Grant
Gary Lowe, a student at John A.
Holmes High School, has been named a
semifinalist in the 1971-72 National
Merit Scholarship Program. The an
nouncement was made today by Prin
cipal Kenneth L. Stalls.
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were the highest scorers in their states
on the National Merit Scholarship
Qualifying Test, which was given last
February to more than 655,000 students
in about 16,600 schools nationwide.
Lowe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow
Lowe, Route 3, Edenton, attended the
Governor’s School for the Gifted in
Winston-Salem this past summer. He
plans to attend the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill and major in
math.
At Holmes, the semifinalist for the
coveted scholarship plays basketball and
baseball, is a member of the National
Honor Society and Student Govern
ment.
The approximate
ly 15,000 semifinal
ists appointed today
are among the na
tion’s most intellec
tually talented high
school seniors. They
will compete for
some 3,000 Merit
Scholarships to be
awarded in 1972.
The semifinalists
Among major items of business was
a discussion of plans for the coming
year. These include possible beginning
of a formal garden which will be lo
cated at Broad and Water Streets, start
ing at the south side of the Cupola
House.
The garden will be surrounded by
an appropriate fence of the period. Old
maps of Edenton show a formal garden
on this exact spot.
The Cupola House Association is a
part of Historic Edenton, Inc.
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James H. Canterberry
Area Post Filled
Effective October 4, James H. Can
terberry will assume the duties of area
conservationist for this 20-countv North
eastern North Carolina area and will
be stationed at the Soil Conservation
Service Area Office in Edenton. He
replaces W. O. Lambeth, who retired
in May.
Canterberry is a native of West Vir
ginia and a graduate of West Virginia
University with a B.S. degree in agri
culture. He worked as a summer stu
dent trainee for the USDA Soil Con
servation Service while in college and
since 1961 has served in various loca
tions in West Virginia as soil conser
vationist and district conservationist.
Prior to his transfer here, he was
district conservationist in Charleston,
W. Va.
Canterberry is married to the former
Rebecca Smith. They have two chil
dren, Scott, age six and Staci, age two.
Co-Op Event Set
HERTFORD—The annual meeting of
Albemarle Electric Membership Corp.,
will be held here at 2:30 P. M., Satur
day. The meeting will again be held
at Perquimans County High School.
Registration begins at 1:30 P. M.
The cooperative serves more than
4,300 customers in five counties, in
cluding 1,000 in Chowan. Other mem
bers are in Perquimans, Pasquotank,
Camden and Currituck counties.
James A. Whitehurst of Camden
County is president. John Coston is
manager.
During the annual meeting, three di
rectors will be elected—one each from
Camden, Chowan and Perquimans coun
ties. The nominating committee has
presented the following: Camden Coun
ty—W. E. Meiggs and E. D. Sawyer;
Chowan County—Joseph A. Byrum and
Edward Goodwin; Perquimans County—
Floyd Matthews and John H. Corprew,
Jr. Matthews is secretary of the co-op.
Joe Bunch and Joe Wiggins also are
directors from Chowan.
In two decades operating revenue
has increased from $87,158 to $581,508
and miles of line have jumped from
553 to 730. In 1950 the cooperative
had 1,782 members. The co-op is valued
at more than $2.2-million.
Last year the organization showed
margins of $77,819.
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