Chamber of Commerce Membership Banquet —J. Clarence Leary, Sr., second from left, was given the Senior Citizens Award at the annual membership banquet of Eden
ton Chamber of Commerce held September 29 at Chowan Golf & Country Club. Shown with him, left to right, are: Leary, Jr., Leary, Mrs. Martha Leary, Mrs. Leary and
Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Manning. A1 Callaway is shown holding the Governor’s Award which he presented to the Town of Edenton at the banquet. Others are: Carlton Jack
son, Charles L. McCullers of Dunn, and Mayor George Alma Byrum.
Leary Receives Special Local Award
A wheelbarrow load of awards were
handed out on Wednesday night of last
week during the annual membership
banquet of Edenton Chamber of Com
merce. E. N. (Pete) Manning assumed
Teacher Chosen
Mrs. Margaret Smithson of Chowan
High School has been named Teacher
of the Year in Edenton-Chowan Schools.
Mrs. Smithson was chosen Thursday
from a field of five representatives
from schools throughout the system.
The county winner will now enter
the district contest.
In addition to her work at Chowan,
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gram sponsored by the Council of Chief
State Officers and Look magazine,
In addition to the winner, individual
school representatives were: Jerry Law
rence, Holmes High; Mrs. Erma Rob
erts, Walker Junior High; Miss Roberta
Banks, Swain Elementary; and Mrs.
Carolyn Banks, White Oak Elementary.
Each teacher has received the distinct
honor of being chosen by his fellow
staff members as one who is exception
ally skillful and dedicated to the task
of education, who has the respect and
admiration of students, parents and co
workers. In the community, as well as
in school, they each play an active and
useful role, a spokesman for the school
system noted.
The judges—Mayor George Alma By
rum, chairman, Mrs. Fannie Parker,
Mrs. Emily Amburn, Mrs. Allen Horn
thal, and Mrs. Virginia West, weathered
the hurricane on Thursday to select
the candidate for Teacher of the Year
from Chowan County.
Miss Gene Tomlinson, supervisor,
coordinated the program.
Chowan Produces State FFA Winners; Trip Planned
Five members of the Chowan Chap
ter, Future Farmers of America, head
for Kansas City, Mo., next week, repre
senting the State of North Carolina in
two divisions. A former member has
received FFA’s highest honor —the Am
erican Farmer Degree.
E. S. White, advisor, will accompany
the group to the national convention,
October 13-15.
Some $785 in cash awards has been
applied toward the anticipated expense
of $1,500. Efforts are now being made
throughout Chowan County to secure
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Kansas City Bound —Everett White, Chowan High School FFA '
advisor, is shown here with state winners from the school who will
attend the National FFA Convention in Kansas City, Mo., next ,
week. Left to right are: White, Glenn Rogerson, Joseph Temple, ,
Jimmy Evans, Don Bass, and Alan Copeland. . <
Mrs. Smithson also
works with the Col
lege of The Albe
marle in the Learn
ing Resources Cen
ter at Swain Ele
mentary School.
This is the first
time Edenton - Cho
wan Schools have
participated in the
National Teacher of
the Year award pro-
the presidency in the traditional change
in-command phase of the program.
For openers, the Town of Edenton
received the Governor’s Award for ef
forts in economic growth.
Carlton Jackson, retiring president,
received a plaque.
J. Clarence Leary, Sr., was honored
as recipient of the Senior Citizen Award,
only the third such award ever voted
by Edenton Chamber of Commerce.
Charles L. McCullers of Dunn, form
er Edentonian, was banquet speaker.
In addition to Manning, new officers
who assumed their roles with the or
ganization include: Jack Harris, vice
president; A. B. Harless, Jr., secretary;
William Easterling, treasurer; and Jack
son, ex-officio. Members of the board
are: Marvin Barham, J. R. Baxley,
James Blount, George A. Byrum, James
C. Dail, Jesse L. Harrell, Dr. Allen
Hornthal, Robert Hutchinson, J. Clar
ence Leary, Mack Privott and Marshall
Whitt.
A1 Callaway, representing the Com
merce & Industry Division, State De
partment of Conservation & Develop
ment, presented the Governor’s Award,
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Health Program
The Comprehensive Health Planning
Council will hold its first meeting since
organizing tonight at 8 o’clock at Cho
wan Hospital. The meeting will be
held in the dining room.
C. B. Parks of Edenton, head of the
steering committee, said the meeting
was postponed one week due to Hurri
cane Ginger.
The purpose of this meeting is to
discuss comprehensive health planning
and the reason for organizing a Com
prehensive Health Planning Council.
Speakers for the occasion will be: Dr.
Lee Holder, director of planning and
development, Association of N. C. Reg
ional Medical Program; Elmer Johnson,
assistant 'State planning officer, Office
of Comprehensive Health Planning; and
Wesley B. Cullipher, executive director,
Albemarle Regional Planning & Devel
opment Commission.
All members of the council are urged
to be present for this very important
meeting, according to Parks.
the remainder of the needed money.
Representing the state will be the
Chowan livestock judging team, com
posed of Jimmy Evans, Don Bass, Glenn
Rogerson and Joseph Temple.
Alan Copeland of the Chowan Chap
ter has been declared the state winner
in farm and home electrification.
Paul Copeland, a student at N. C.
State University in Raleigh, is recipi
ent of the American Farmer Degree.
White said this has been one of the
most productive years ever experienced
by the Chowan FFA Chapter. This is
Public Parade
Problem Recognized
The number of complaints about the
inadequate condition of Chowan County
Courthouse is controlled only by the
frequency in use of the courtroom.
Grand juries and judges have repeated
ly called it to the attention of county
commissioners.
Monday the problem came home to
roost.
County commisioners were in their
monthly session. The meeting was in
terrupted by a chainsaw. Commissioner
N. J. George was quick to react to the
noise which was far greater than that
coming from around the table.
“Maybe that is what the judge is
talking about,” he noted. “Where’s the
sheriff? We’ve got to get this stopped.”
Touche!
Wholesome And True
Students at Chowan High School have
joined in a patron movement of long
standing to secure decent, safe and
sanitary facilities at their gymnasium.
And in another corner of the October
issue of “Chowanian”, pleas are made
for construction of tennis courts.
The gymnasium problem, caused by
the lack of an entrance ..lobby, is. not
new. If memory serves this writer cor
rectly, the work has been authorized
by Edenton-Chowan Board of Education
not once, but twice. But let’s let Be
linda Byrum and Bill Bunch do their
own thing:
“They talked about a lobby,
Seemed a great idea,
But now we are all wondering,
If they will get it up this year.
We would like to be proud of our
school,
And impress many folks,
When they all go out for halftime,
There will be no where to drink
their Cokes.
Maybe the blocks are out there,
To make us all see,
That they are doing something,
But they are not fooling me.
At its present state the construction
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the first time the local chapter has had
state winners and only the second Am
erican Farmer Degree winner.
“It has long been the ambition of
White to have a state winner in a con
test that would qualify both himself and
the student to attend the national con
vention,” a spokesman for the school
stated. “He is well assured of this trip
this year because of the state winners
in farm and home electrification and
livestock judging.
Alan Copeland will attend a luncheon
sponsored by the Farm Electrification
Council October 15.
Paul Miller will be attending a lunch
eon sponsored by Butler Manufacturing
Company, October 14.
The livestock judging team has been
preparing for the state contest since
winning the district event at Roberson
ville in the spring. Now they have won
that honor and have been preparing for
the national contest by judging both
locally and at the Rural Atlantic Expo
sition at Richmond, Va. The team will
not be eligible to compete in next year’s
contest.
Among the early contributors to the
Kansas City trip are: Hobbs Implement
Company, Edenton Tractor & Equip
ment Company, Byrum Implement Com
pany, Leary Brothers Storage Company,
Home Feed & Fertilizer Company, By
rum Hardware Company, Valhalla Pro
duce Company, Monts & Hinton, Cho
wan Ruritan Club, Peoples Bank &
Trust Company and Carey Lancaster of
Clyde Eby, Inc.
Others who wish to contribute can do
so by contacting White or Gilliam Un
derwood, Chowan High School prin
cipal • •
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Volume XXXVII—No. 38. Single Copy 10 Cents
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 7, 1971
School Board Vote
Action Questioned
Chowan County commissioners Mon
day publicly questioned the “fairness"
of Edenton-Chowan Board of Education
in denial of a request from Chowan
Academy for use of the athletic field at
Chowan High School. The academy is
expected to ask the school board to re-
Hurricane Ginger
Is Hard On Crops
Northeastern North Carolina is con
tinuing to feel the effects of Hurricane
.Ginger and damage to crops due to high
winds and excessive rainfall is expected
to be high. While the bulk of the dam
age was done Thursday through Satur
day, additional rain fell Wednesday
morning.
Pete Thompson said it would be some
time before an accurate estimate of the
crop damage could be determined.
Property damage was held to a
minimum, although gusts of wind in ex
cess of 50 mph were reported. There
was a considerable amount of damage
to trees in the area.
J. H. Conger, Sr., veteran weather
observer, said 4.5 inches of rain was
recorded Thursday with 3.25 inches
measured Friday. More than eight
inches was reported in some areas.
Edenton-Chowan Schools did not op
erate Thursday because of the threat
of the hurricane. Schools will operate
on an abbreviated schedule Saturday to
make up for the day lost.
The Edenton-Gates football game was
postponed Friday night and again Sat
urday night. When the teams were
unable to play Monday night the game
was cancelled and will be rescheduled
at a date mutually agreed by the two
schools.
Town of Edenton employees, both in
the E&W and street departments, were
kept busy answering trouble calls as
well as attempting to keep drainage
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Elm Tree Pruned
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Oil Tank Surfaces
consider its previous action.
Supt. Bill Britt was called before
commissioners to “bring them up to
date” on the request. He told the com
missioners the school board asked for a
legal opinion regarding federal regula
tions and that “probably would have
figured in their decision.”
“To deny the private school use of it
(the athletic field for football games)
is pretty far out,” stated Commissioner
N. J. George, who had requested that
Supt. Britt appear. “I’m disappointed.”
Commissioner George went on to say
the county ought to deny funds to the
school board if all taxpayers don't
have access to county property. “Our
facilities have always been available to
everyone when the activity didn't inter
fere with school.
Later he requested the school board
to reconsider the previous action. Then
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Road Funds Paid
RALEIGH Checks totaling over
$12.5-million were sent to 428 North
Carolina cities and towns last week
under provisions of the Powell Bill,
which allocates gasoline tax funds to
municipalities each year.
The Town of Edenton received
$26,622.83 from the allocation.
Distribution of the money is on the
basis of two increments population
and mileage. Therefore, Edenton with
a population of 4,956 received $14,-
221.23 for this section and with certi
fied non-state system miles of 20.25,
received $12,401.60 in this section.
Outside Elizabeth City, where $71,-
244.46, the Town of Edenton received
more Powell Bill funds than any other
town in Northeastern North Carolina.
This payment is for the fiscal year
1970-71, and will double next year since
an act of the legislature raised the
Powell Bill source from one-half cent
per gallon of the gas tax to a full cent.
While the current formula is on a
50-50 basis of population and mileage,
next year it will be weighted 75 per
cent on population and 25 per cent on
mileage.
This year’s largest check, as usual,
went to Charlotte, the state’s largest
city, which received $1,155,408 in
Powell Bill funds.
Nixon Promoted
Carlton R. Nixon, law enforcement
officer with N. C. Division of Commer
cial and Sports Fisheries, has been pro
moted to District One Supervisor. The
district covers fourteen counties in
Northeastern North Carolina.
Nixon has been with the division
since March, 1961.
The promotion was announced re
cently by Dr. Thomas L. Linton of Ra
leigh, commissioner of the state agency.
Nixon, who lives on Route 3, Eden
ton, is married to the former Ruth
Evans and they have two children: Mrs.
Charlotte Baker of Rancho Cordova,
Calif., and Billy Nixon of Tyner.
GOP Meeting Set
Chowan County Republicans will hold
their annual county convention Satur
day. The convention will be held at
2:30 P. M., at the county courthouse.
H. E. Bass, chairman, will preside.