THE CHOWAN HERALD
Volume XXXVII—No. 43. Single Copy 1 'ls
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 11, It
Town Balks
At Site Plan
For Housing
Edenton Town Council did not ap
prove the Hertford Road Subdivision as
presented to them by the Planning
Board at their regular meeting on Tues
day night.
Mayor George Alma Byrum led the
discussion and expressed his disap
pointment that the subdivision plans
did not provide any open space for a
playground. He stated he felt it is the
town’s responsibility to provide facili
ties for the children to play.
Town Administrator W. B. Gardner
reminded the councilmen that under
the present subdivision guidelines that
open space for playgrounds was not
required. He did state, however, that
under the guidelines now being plan
ned that this would be a requirement.
Councilman Roy Harrell remarked
that some 63 families were involved in
the subdivision and that this would
mean that over 100 children would
have no place to play except in the
streets. He further stated that he
agreed with the mayor that the children
need playground facilities.
It was the council’s decision to send
the subdivision plans back to the Plan-
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Pork Producers
WiU Meet Here
The second Northeast North Carolina
Pork Conference will be held at the
American Legion Building in Edenton
on November 18. The program starts
at 9 A. M.
This conference is being sponsored
by the N. C. Agricultural Extension
Service, The Smlthfield Packing Co.,
Inc., and Chowanbounty Swine Asso
ciation.
Jack Parker, area livestock specialist,
says that farmers, feed dealers and
agri-business people from throughout
Northeastern North Carolina are being
invited. The theme for the conference
will be: “What is New in Pork Pro
duction.”
The speakers for the conference are:
Professor Clyde R. Weathers, NCSU—
“The Cost of Producing Pork 1961 -
1971; Professor J. R. Woodard “Ex
pectations of Performance Testing”; Dr.
J. R. Jones “Where We Stand on
Waste Disposal”; J. W. Parker “Up
dated Sow Confinement”; Professor L.
B. Driggers “Ventilation in Swine
Structures”; Dr. D. G. Spruill “The
Secrets of Producing Acceptable Feeder
Pigs”; Dr. C. M. Stanislaw “Maxi
mizing Performane of Boars in Total
Confinement”; Dr. I. D. Porterfield
“What’s New in Swine Research at
NCSU”; and Tom Farmer, N. C. Pork
Producers “Activities of N. C. Pork
Producers”.
All farmers and agri-business people
are urged to attend.
Lunch will be available, courtesy of
The Smithfield Packing Company, Inc.
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Tremf’ ft fk Wens The new yellow fire truck was delivered
to Center iHill-Creaanoiide Volunteer Fire Department on Wednes-
last week. Showing off the truck atthe annual Ladies’ Night
was Frank White, chief of the department, left He was shewing
th« equipment to Carroll Holmes, guest speaker for the dinner and
Mrs.E. N. Elliott, a member of the board of directors.
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Cancer Goal In Sight
The loose ends of the 1971 Cancer
Crusade along the Public Parade are
being gathered and the $3,500 goal is
in sight. But a final push is needed
for the county to wrap up this campaign
and move on to other important things.
Alton G. Elmore, crusade chairman,
aid $2,938 was in the bank on Monday
and he could see another S4OO from
various sources. Street solicitation last
Saturday brought in $163.38 but an
other S2OO is needed.
If you haven’t been contacted, now
is the time to send your check to Mr.
Elmore or Mrs. Marion Thrower, chap
ter president. Mrs. W. J. P. Earnhardt,
Sr., would also welcome your memorial
gifts.
Then And Now
Hie Town of Edenton’s population
hasn’t quite doubled in the past 50
years. While considerable progress has
been made on many other fronts, it is
interesting to compare life along the
Public Parade then and now and note
the similarity.
The population was 2,777 according
to the 1920 census. And lifted from
the 1924 edition of Drummond’s Pic
torial Atlas of North Carolina are the
following items about Edenton:
Citizenship—Today Edenton stands four
square for progress, though she retains one
feature which other cities might emulate—
her citizens are of the natural Anglo-
Saxon stock of their forefathers, with very
little foreign blood within her borders. The
people are home loving and contented, but
are wide-awake to seize every opportunity
to advance the best interests of the city.
Progress The main thoroughfare of
Edenton is 80 feet wide and extends from
Edenton Bay for a mile through the heart
of the city, tranversing both the business
and residential sections. The city has over
five miles of asphalt streets in the residen
tial sections, which together with city
owned electric power, light and artesian
water wells and sewerage system, con
tribute to the happiness and health of the
citizenship. The bonded indebtedness of
the city is small. The tax rate in 1922 was
$1.18% per SIOO.
Beauty—Centuries make little differ
ences in nature. This is what has blessed
Edenton from earliest settlers’ days to the
present time, making it “The Little City
on a Bay of Myriad Diamonds,’! where the
sparkle of both winter and summer sun
transforms the 10 miles of Edenton Bay
into a glorious vision of “things not made
by human hands.”
The Chowan County population has
managed to hold its own, being 10,649 in
1920. Many other things have changed,
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New Rural Fire Truck In Service
A new fire truck has been delivered
to the Center Hill-Crossroads Fire De
partment and this was the reason of
much excitement at the annual Ladies’
Night held at the fire department on
Monday.
Fire Chief Frank White stated that it
is the only yellow fire truck in the dis
trict. (
Guest speaker for the evening was
Carroll Holmes, an attorney from Per
quimans County.
Farmers' Hopes Kept Alive
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Participate In Crop Disaster Meeting Rep. Walter B. Jones
of the First Congressional District, left, is welcomed to a meeting
of Northeastern North Carolina farmers and businessmen by N. C.
Commissioner of Agriculture James A. Graham. In the back
ground are Mayor George Alma Byrum of Edenton, Tom Shepard,
Jack Harris, N. J. George and J. Clarence Leary, Sr., who were a
part of a large delegation from Chowan County at the meeting
Monday night in Elizabeth City.
Little Change In Harvest Conditions
Little has happened to moisture and
soil conditions to improve the harvest
ing situation in Northeastern North Ca
rolina during the past week, according
to the Crop Reporting Service in Ra
leigh.
“N. C. farmers have experienced one
of the worst harvest seasons of record
for many crops, particularly for corn,
soybeans, peanuts and cotton,” it was
Dickerson Is Low
Dickerson, Inc., is apparently low
bidder on 22.7 miles of resurfacing four
sections of primary roads in Chowan,
Washington, Camden, Currituck and
Perquimans counties. The bid was
$402,207.75 with final completion date
set at July 1, 1972.
This was among bids totaling $ 16.8-
million received recently by the State
Highway Commission at its regular
monthly letting.
Holmes is a native of Farmville and
was a member of the Legislature in the
1950’5. He is also a very active lay
reader in the Baptist Church.
Holmes spoke on the “knowledge ex
plosion”. He remarked that the knowl
edge explosion was the greatest ex
plosion that had ever been experienced
in the world and that it was God’s
loosening of the power that brought it
about.
He stated that in the past there has
been muscle or animal power and that
was the only power known to man. He
stated the knowledge explosion began
in the early 20th century.
He commented that first came the
steam power, then the electric power,
internal combustion, transportation, and
lastly, the power to conquer outer
space.
Holmes stressed the fact that all of
man’s knowledge was given by God and
by God man would lose it.
A steak supper was cooked 'and serv
ed by members of the department.
Sheriff Troy E. Toppin, Rubin Byrum
and Wilbur Ray Bunch were on the
entertainment committee.
Chairmen Picked
Mrs. Jack Harris and Mrs. Bernie
Baker have been named co-chairmen
for Chowan County in “Operation Santa
Claus” for the Albemarle Mental Health
Center area.
Mrs. George Wood of Camden Coun
ty will serve as general chairman for
the annual project in' which volunteers
obtain Christmas gifts for patients at
Cherry Hospital in Goldsboro and Cas
well Training Center in Kinston.
It is the responsibility of each Mental
Health Center Area to provide gifts
for patients from their respective area.
The only Christmas gifts many of the
patients will receive will be gifts donat
ed by the residents of the area, it was
noted.
Mrs. Wood pointed out there are ap
proximately 90 patients at Cherry and
80 at Caswell from the Albemarle Area.
stated.
It was reported that harvest of fall
crops made little progress during the
week and continued to lag well behind
last year’s pace. By the end of the
week over half of the corn, four-tenths
of the cotton, one-tenth of the soybeans
and three-fourths of harvestable pea
nuts had been gathered.
Meanwhile, the Seed Testing Labora
tory of the N. C. Department of Agri
culture has,begun a special program to
assist the state’s peanut, soybean and
cotton industries to assure an ample
supply of good seeds for next year.
“There is much concern in the state
concerning the harvesting of this year’s
crop of peanuts, soybeans and cotton,”
said N. C. Agriculture Commissioner
Jim Graham. “But a supply of good
seeds for next year is an equally serious
problem, I think.
“George Spain, director of the Seed
Testing Laboratory, has been putting
emphasis on this problem for more than
two weeks. He will continue to give
priority to peanuts, soybeans and cotton
until he feels that an ample supply of
good seeds is available for next year.
“I am sure seedsmen in the state
will want to route almost anything that
is suitable for seed into holding chen
nels until the situation can be fully
evaluated.” the commissioner continued.
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Lambeth Honored ln a surprise move Tuesday night at the
Northeastern Area Conservation Rally in Windsor, district super*
visors honored W. 0. Lambeth, retired area conservationist/ Pre
senting a special award to Lambeth is Lloyd C. Bunch, right, area
chairman and Chowan County farmer. In the foreground is State
Rep. Sam D. Bundy, banquet speaker. Soil and water conservation-,
ists from a 19-cdunty area attended the annual rally.
ELIZABETH CITY A “Marshall
Plan” for Northeastern North Carolina
farmers who have suffered what is de
scribed as the greatest economical loss
of this century, was proposed Monday
night at a mass meeting with state and
federal officials. Some 800 concerned
farmers and businessmen crowded into
National Guard Armory to discuss dif
ferent types of aid available.
The plan, as suggested by Vernon
James, Pasquotank farmer-produce deal
er, would include low-interest, long
term loans and outright grants in se
vere cases. “While many need a grant
just to stay in business, others need
long term loans of from three to 15
years.
Extensive efforts are being made to
have the 21 counties in the First Con
gressional District as well as Halifax,
Northampton and Edgecombe counties
declared a major disaster area. Rep.
Walter B. Jones told the audience action
on the request is expected from the
White House this week.
Although it was reported in the news
media Tuesday and Wednesday morning
that such a determination—in the nega
tive—had been made upon recommen
dation of the Office of Emergency Pre
paredness, Rep. Jones said at noon Wed
nesday the hopes are still alive.
“They (the OEP) are talking about
the loss of public-owned facilities such
as roads, bridges, etc., which we don’t
have,” he said. “But we definitely have
a major disaster and we are doing all
within our power to get sufficient evi
dence before the White House so such
a designation can be made.”
Rep. Jones, in a telephone interview,
said the state OEP office is attempting
to secure sufficient evidence to meet
the minimum standards for certifica
tion. He also pointed out that last
year President Nixon declared three
Florida counties a major disaster area
solely on the basis of citrus loss.
In his remarks Monday the congress
man said he would encourage legisla
tion to aid future disasters. He said
Wednesday the Agriculture Committee,
of which he is a member, had reported
out a bill to let Farmers Home Admini
stration loans be insured.
“This makes unlimited funds avail
able and makes it so the private eco
nomic sector can participate with some
degree of security,” he added.
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Lambeth Honored
WINDSOR Lloyd C. Bunch, Route
I. Edenton, Tuesday night was nominat
ed for re-election as chairman of Dis
trict Supervisors, Area Five, N. C. As
sociation of Soil & Water Conservation
Districts.
At the Northeastern Area Conser
vation Rally here, W. O. Lambeth, re
tired area official from the Edenton
office, was voted a special award by
the supervisors. Bunch presented Lam
beth with a handsome plaque and wrist
watch.
Also, Hassell Thigpin of Edgecombe
County was recognized as Conservation
Farmer of the Year and WITN-TV in
Greenville was given a special award
for programming.
In addition to Bunch, area officers
nominated for another term were Arch
J. Flanagan of Pitt County, vice chair
man; and A. B. Etheridge of Pasquo-
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