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FARM-CITY WEEK ACTIVITIES Some 300 farmers and businessmen attended a Farm-City
Week banquet Monday night at National Guard Armory. Activities at the banquet are shown in
these pictures. Top left are the 4-H Corn Production winners: Claudia Lane, Harold Lloyd Bunch,
Jr„ and Bob Jordan with Murray Goodwin, extension agent, and Caswell Edmundson, Lions Club
president. David Ober, left in center picture, was recognized as 1970 peanut production winner by
Edenton Chamber of Commerce. W. E. Smith, agriculture committee chairman, made the presen
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Volume XXXVH—No. 45
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 25, 1971
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Z)r. Jerry C. Pickrel
Dr. Pickrel Takes
Hospital Position
Dr. Jerry C. Pickrel of Elizabeth City
has joined the medical staff of Chowan
Hospital as director of pathology. His
association with the hospital began No
vember 15.
Dr. Pickrel replaces Dr. George C.
Carroll of Suffolk, Va., who has been
in charge of pathology services, at Cho
wan Hospital for the past 19 years.
Thomas M. Surratt, hospital adminis
trator, said Dr. Carroll and his associate
had been unable to arrange their sched
ules so as to give the local hospital the
type coverage deemed essential. He
said Dr. CarroU had been a valuable
member of the* staff and he (Surratt)
is sorry a suitable arrangement could
not be reached.
Dr. Pickrel is now medically re
sponsible for clinical as well as surgical
pathology. He will make regular visits
to the hospital, mostly on Thursdays
, and will be reviving quality control
standards in the lab and work with
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Archie Burrus, 51
MANTEO Funeral services were
held here at 11 A. M. Saturday for State
Rep. Archie Burrus, D-Dare, who died
Thursday in Duke Hospital after a
month’s hospitalization for paralysis and
inability to speak.
Rep. Burrus was 51. He was owner
off Sea Otel and Dare-o-Lina Restau
rant at Nags Head.
Services were held at Mount Olivet
Methodist Church and burial was in
Manteo Cemetery.
The General Assembly earlier this
year redistricted the House of Repre
sentatives and placed Dare County in
the First House District. Speaker Phil
Godwin of Gates had his county moved
1 to another district which with the
death of Rep. Burrus leaves Rep. W. T.
Culpepper, Jr., of Elizabeth Ci|y, the
only fact unbent. The district has two
representatives.
Rep. Burrus had served in the Gen
eral Assembly since 1965.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lena
Oden Burrus; a son, Archie Douglas
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Thanksgiving, 1971
Well, we are celebrating our seventh
Thanksgiving along the Public Parade
and with the fleeing years we are fortu
nate to garner more and more for
which to be thankful.
In our opinion there can be found
no better people, no better place in
which to do business, raise a family and
enjoy life, than here. This has not been
■—by accident; but by design.- Maybe that
explains the difference.
As we sit down to the traditional
Thanksgiving dinner we will do so with
a full heart, ever mindful for all of
those who have contributed to that for
which we are thankful.
And as we continue to meander along
the Public Parade we will strive anew
to contribute to the solution rather than
be a part of the problem. Won’t you
join in this pledge during the holiday
season Thanksgiving, 1971?
A Worthy Cause
At this Thanksgiving season there
are many along the Public Parade who
are more concerned about the plight of
others than in counting their own
blessings. Among these are members
of Edenton Police Department.
A fellow officer, Patrolman W. S.
Clements, is confined in Norfolk Gen
eral Hospital where his condition early
this week was described as “very cri
tical”.
The popular policeman was hospital
ized at Chowan Hospital prior to being
transferred to Norfolk, where his con
dition has worsened. The hospital ex
penses are more than the Clements fam
ily can keep up with and Police Chief
J. D. Parrish and the other officers
started a fund in the name of the pa
trolman.
At noon Monday, in less than a week
of solicitations, the fund has reached
$450. But more, much more, is need
ed. Anyone who has been hospitalized
recently or who has been connected
with anyone who has suffered a lengthy
illness realizes this fact.
For nearly 13 years, Patrolman Clem
ents has been a faithful, dedicated pub
lic servant. This community can now
show appreciation for this service
through contributing to the Clements
Fund sponsored by Edenton Police De
partment.
Contributors can send their check or
cash to the department or handed to
any of the men in blue as they walk or
cruise their beat. And by so doing
Thanksgiving, 1971, will have a special
meaning to the family of the stricken
officer as Well as the scores who help
lighten the burden.
The Morgan Swan Song?
Be it conscious or cash, Atty. Gen.
Robert Morgan’s decision last week not
to be a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Governor of North Ca
rolina came as a great shock to many
along the Public Parade and throughout
Tar Heelia.
Right up until the last minute he had
kept asking strong supporters and con
tributors to not get committed until he
could make up his mind. They had
honored his request.
Some, therefore, have apparently
gone so far out on a limb for the ami-
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Awards Given At Banquet
Bass, Lane, Jordan, Bunch, Ober. It
reads like a Hall of Fame of farm fam
ilies in Chowan County. They were
all honored Monday night during the
first of what is expected to be an an
nual Farm-City Week banquet.
Carroll Bass was presented the Out
standing Young Farmer Award by
Farmers At Event
Fourteen counties were represented
at the Regional Swine Conference held
Thursday at the American Legion
Building. There were 147 people in
attendance, including 110 producers,
making this the largest of the regional
meetings.
Jack Parker, area livestock specialist,
said the purpose of the regional meet
ings is to update farmers on the latest
production practices for producing pork.
He said the five other regional meet
ings were held at Wilson, Clinton,
Statesville, Greensboro and Sanford.
The program here was sponsored by
Chowan County Swine Producers Asso
ciation of which Wilbur J. Privott is
president.
Smithfield Packing Co., Inc., sponsor
ed a barbecue lunch for those partici
pating.
Gordon Sawyer, Camden County ex
tension chairman; George O’Neal, Hyde
County chairman; and Richard Bryant,
Perquimans County chairman, were
chairmen of the conference and the
group was welcomed at 9 A. M., by J.
Clarence Leary, Sr., chairman Chowan
County Board of Commissioners.
Pork Producers Meet A regional meeting of pork producers
was held Thursday at American Legion Building here. Left to
right are: Wilbur J. Privott, president, Chowan County Swine Pro
ducers Association; Glenn Carter of Smithfield Packing Company;
Dr. J. R. Jones of Raleigh, swine specialist with N. C. State Univer
sitv onH .TocV Pii.l-oi- «>»•'>-« Kvaetnek specialist.
tation and E. N. (Pete) Manning, chamber president is at right. Caught by the cameraman after the
banquet were, left to right: J. C. Jones of Raleigh, district extension chairman; Sen. George Wood of
Camden; Pete Thompson, Chowan extension chairman; and Dr. George Hyatt of Raleigh, speaker.
Dr. Hyatt is shown in left picture below with J. Clarence Leary, Sr., Wallace Evans and Mayor
George Alma Byrum. Carroll Bess, left, holds the Outstanding Young Farmer plaque presented by
Edenton Jaycees. At right is Mack Privott, Jaycee president, and in the center is Joe Hollowed,
committee chairman.
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Edenton Jaycces.
Claudia Lane’s 131-bushel corn yield
won for her top honors in the Eden
ton Lions Club 4-H corn production
contest in the 15-year-old and above
group; Harold Lloyd Bunch, Jr., won
the 13-14 age group with a 174.6 yield,
and Bob Jordan was cited in the nine
through 12 age group with a 149.6
yield.
David Ober v/as recognized by the
Agriculture Committee of Edenton
Chamber of Commerce as winner in the
1970 peanut production contest.
Some 300 farmers and businessmen
gathered at National Guard Armory for
the program arranged by Wallace Evans
and Pete Thompson, co-chairmen of
Farm-City Week observance here.
They heard Dr. George Hyatt of Ra
leigh, director of the Agricultural Ex
tension Service of N. C. State Univer
sity, declare that the consumer has the
best buy in America in food.
Sales Tax Receipts Are Distributed
County sales and use tax levies for
the quarter ending September 30, 1971,
amounted to $9.5-million, according to a
report issued this week by I. L. Clayton,
commissioner, State Department of
Revenue.
Os the total amount, net quarterly
collections in Chowan County amount
ed to $40,036.06. There was $414.37
deducted for cost of collection, leaving
$39,621.69 to be distributed.
Chowan County received $30,451.15
and the Town of Edenton received
He also said it is fitting that the
business community recognize the con
tribution farmers are making to the
economy, saying: “Successful agricul
ture is the guts of the economy of
North Carolina. Successful
is the basic ingredient for an expand
ing economy in the United States.”
Dr. Hyatt said his agency is dedicated
to making the agriculture of North Ca
rolina even more successful than in the
past. “You and your organizations are
dedicated to improving N. C. agricul
ture, rural life and the consumer’s
stake in agriculture.”
He went on to state that while all
are fully aware of the problems of
ecology, pollution, proper pesticide use,
etc., “we must not let these problems
divert our attention away from the
great agriculture industry in this state
which is so vital.”
The speaker called for improved pro-
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$9,170.54.
Net quarterly collections in other Al
bemarle area counties include:
Camden, $6,341.80; Currituck, $15,-
612.71; Pasquotank, $120,539.48; Per
quimans, $17,596.43; Tyrrell, $8,369.27,
and Washington, $36,830.63.
Net collections of the local option 1
per cent sales tax in Chowan County
totaled $14,571.36 for October, accord
ing to a report issued by I. L. Clay
ton, commissioner. State Department of
Revenue.
The local sales tax amounted to
$4.6-million in the counties throughout
North Carolina where it is collected.
Mecklenberg continued to collect the
largest amount —$681,931.50,
Collections from other Albemarle
area counties included:
Camden, $2,055.46; Currituck, $4,-
762.92; Pasquotank, $41,643.81; Per
quimans, $7,111.46; Tyrrell, $2,760.23;
and Washington, $13,479.84.
Aces In Spotlight
Seven members of the 1971 Edenton
Aces football team have been named to
the All-Albemarle Conference team.
Another player was listed on the hon
orable mention list.
Four offensive players made the
honor list. They were: Steve Leary,
Tommy Johnson, Joe Bunch and Neil
Griffin. On the defensive team 'were:
Lewis Brothers, George Riddick and
Tommy Fleetwood. All are seniors.
Lee Leary was named honorable
mention on the defensive team.
The Aces are coached by Marior
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