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- Repairing The Chain
Economic Improvement Council, Inc.,
(E.1.C.) operates a fl. B-million program
for the disadvantaged in the 10-county
Albemarle Area of North Carolina.
From a meager beginning in May, 1963,
EIC has earned the reputation of being
one of the best anti-poverty agencies
funded by various governmental sources.
Contrary to what has happened in so
many of these agencies, the leadership
of EIC has not forgotten the organi
zation’s mission in Northeastern North
Carolina.
While being progressive, aggressive
and innovative, E.I.C. officials have
written and made operational only the
programs which would be most bene
ficial to the area being served. And
it has been done in a prudent manner.
Office of Economic Opportunity guide
lines allow for up to 15 per cent of the
total cost of a program to be spent on
administration. The EIC administrative
costs are 9.3 per cent.
Like so many other things, this hasn’t
just happened. Careful selection of
leaders on the board of directors, care
ful selection of executives and careful
selection of staff personnel on all levels
has been the answer.
Elsewhere on this page is a story
about the resignation of Roy L. Lowe,
EIC executive director. This is a blow
to the total program and therefore, is a
weakening of the chain.
Those who have been closely asso
ciated with EIC will recognize the void
being created by the departure of Roy
Lowe. He has been deliberate, he has
been cooperative he has been dedicated,
he has been good for the Albemarle
Area.
While we are among those who
wouldn’t stand in his path to a more
challenging task with greater oppor
tunities of service to mankind, we are
selfish enough not to want to bid him
farewell.
There is some comfort, however, in
the realization that EIC enjoys good
leadership and an exceptional staff. At
a time when EIC is kind of shifting
gears, it is important that the weakening
of the chain by Roy Lowe’s departure
be quickly, but professionally, repaired
and strengthened.
And to Roy Lowe, we wish him God
speed!
Step Up or Shut Up
1972 is an important year in the fu
ture of those who meander along jhe
Heeiia. This is election year. And
while the direction this state is to take
up for considerable debate in state
wide races, the course to be charted
on the county and district scene isn’t
showing any warmth.
This week two incumbents Mrs.
Bertha B. Bunch, veteran Register of
Deeds, and Morris Small, a two-year
member of Edenton-Chowan Board of
Education—filed for re-election. There
is good chance that all present office
holders on the county level, whose
terms expire this year, will seek re
election.
At the same, time, there is absolutely
no behind-the-scene maneuvering or the
sending up of trial balloons by oppon
ents. It is hard to believe everyone is
completely satisfied.
Chowan County has the best chance
in years of sending a representative to
the General Assembly. In fact, not
since the county representatives were
sent home in favor of two house mem
bers for six counties—now nine—has
Chowan been in a favored position.
Rep. W. T. Culpepper, Jr., of Pasquo
tank County, is the only incumbent in
this House District. Gates County,
home of Speaker Phil Godwin, was
placed in another district and Rep.
Archie Burris of Dare County died last
year.
Chowan has many capable men but
efforts to interest them in becoming
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Building Activity
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Building permits issued by the Town
of Edenton during 1971 neared the
$2-million mark, with public housing
and new residences contributing the
greatest volume.
Sam Long, building inspector, report
ed to Town Council that permits total
ed $1,982,577 for the calendar year.
Garry Lowe Set
For Grant Talks
WILLIAMSTON Eighteen high
school senior men from 15 counties
in this area will be interviewed by the
District I Morehead Selection Commit
tee next Thursday at Town and Country
Restaurant here.
■ District I nomi
nees incll|cie Garry
Freeman Lowe of
Edenton. A student
" at John A. Holmes
? J# ‘ Bf High School, he is
A fw- the son I^lr - anc *
K# Mrs. Woodrow Lowe
,of Route 3, Edenton.
Lowe is a mem
ber of the National
Honor Society and
■ for the past three
years has been on
B the Student Council
■■■■He letters in base
ball and basketball at Holmes High.
He is a member of Macedonia Baptist
Church.
District I is composed of Beaufort,
Bertie, €amden, Chowan; Currituck,
Date, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hert
ford, Hyde, Martin, Nash, Northampton,
Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell
and Washington counties.
Six finalists will be chosen from Dis
trict I. These young men will visit
Chapel Hill March 3-6 for interviews
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2 Candidates File
Mrs. Bertha B. Bunch, veteran Cho
wan County Register of Deeds, has filed
with Chowan County Board of Elections
for another four-year term. Also, Mor
ris Small of Fourth Township has filed
for re-election to Edenton-Chowan
Board of Education.
Mrs. George Hoskins, elections board
chairman, said these are the only two
candidates to file, as of Tuesday after
noon.
Mrs. Bunch was appointed in Octo
ber, 1957, to fill the unexpired term
of her husband when he died. She
has been re-elected every four years
since that time.
Small was elected to the school board
two years ago. He is now seeking a
six-year term. The other board seat up
for election is held by Dr. J. H. Horton,
First Township.
Mrs. Hoskins said February 21 is the
last day to file for county Offices and
the General Assembly.
New Homes Boost Building Permits In Town of Edenton During 1971
The permit for the 100-unit low-rent
public housing project being developed
by Edenton-Housing Authority amount
ed to $1,072,000.
This project includes 47 dwelling
buildings and an administration-com
munity center on four sites scattered
throughout Edenton. Construction is
expected to be completed in late June.
Long issued 28 permits for new resi
dences which were valued at $529,800.
Total .fees collected for building per
mits amounted to $1,210.40; fees for
electrical permits was an additional
$450.
In his report, the inspector showed
30 permits issued for residence repair,
$86,350; two commercial, $30,000; 13
commercial repair, $42,600; two new
industrial, $152,227; one new institu
tional, $50,000; one institutional repair,
$10,000; nine miscellaneous, $9,600.
During the past year, Long made
1,274 inspections.
Twenty-one houses were demolished
and 124 others were up-graded by add
ing bathrooms and other required re
pairs.
There were 11 new residences within
the extra-territorial area and 36 at Cape
Colony.
Long noted that there are now 19
houses to be demolished and four to
be moved.
Project Discussed
The establishment of a Resource Con
servation and Development Project
(RC&D) in the 10-county Albemarle
Area wash described Tuesday night as
a possible turning point for this region.
Application for such a project, designed
to spur development of natural re
sources and conservation of the area,
is being prepared with the blessing of
county boards of commissioners.
Wesley Cullipher, executive director
of Albemarle Regional Planning &
Development Commission here, told a
gathering at Edenton Restaurant a
RC&D project would be no duplication
of efforts. ‘Tn the past we nave not
had enough effort aimed at develop
ment in the Albemarle,” he asserted.
“No area in the United States has
more going for it than us in the Albe
marle,” he added.
“We have got to band together to get
things our people so rightly deserve.”
Cullipher went on to point out that
the per capita personal income in the
area is one-half that of the state and
one-third the U. S. figure. “We must
have outside help to overcome this prob
lem in per capita income,” he con
cluded.
Cullipher earlier said the RC&D had
the endorsement of Albemarle Area
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Area Event Set
Edward G. Bond Post No. 40, Ameri
can Legion, will host a district meeting
of posts in 11 Northeastern North Ca
rolina towns at 8 P. M., on February 9.
Sheriff Troy Toppin is district com
mander.
Sheriff Toppin said Bruce Honey
cutt of Henderson, division commander,
and Bob Tart of Dunn, past department
commander, will be guests at the meet
ing.
A dutch steak dinner will be held at
7 P. M., and those who desire to attend
are requested to. Call Guy Toppin at
T&T Fish Market for reservations.
Posts in thexdistrict include: Ahoskie,
Columbia, Edenton, Elizabeth City,
GatesviUe, Harrellsville, Hertford, Man
tee and Sunbury.
Ratilc* Send Young Chowan Farmer To State Course
BmAKS hi North Carolina are coo
ifauW their service to
agriculture tnrougn toe sponsorsmp ot
the two-week Short Course in Modem
nrafc« * N. C. Stele University in
Raleigh. The 20th annual session is set
Jack Harris, for Chowan County an
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Volume XXXVIII—No. 4
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 27, 1972
Lowe Leaving EIC Post
Roy L. Lowe, executive director of
Economic Improvement Council, Inc.,
(EIC) has resigned to accept an admini
strative position in another North Caro
lina region. His resignation is effec
tive February 11.
In a letter Monday to Mrs. Elizabeth
L. Byrd of Edenton, EIC board chair
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Martin Takes Job
James D. Martin of Marietta, Ga., will
become assistant superintendent of
utilities for the Town of Edenton on
Tuesday. The employment of Martin
was announced today by Jesse L. Har
rell, chairman, Board of Public Works.
Martin will fill a new position being
created by the utilities board. Supt.
Richard N. Hines will remain head of
the department.
Martin, 28, holds both associate and
bachelor degrees in electrical engineer
ing technology from Southern Tech in
Marietta. He has also attended Georgia
Southwestern College in Americus, Ga.,
and Columbus College in Columbus,
Ga.
The engineer was associated with
Georgia Power Company in the Atlanta
area for two years , prior to becoming
director of utilities in the City of
Quincy, Fla., in March, 1967. He left
that post in January, 1970, to return
to Southern .Tech.
He is married to the former Rose
Helen McCardel of Columbus, Ga. Mrs.
Martin is an art teacher in the public
school system in Georgia. They are
Baptists.
Company will sponsor (me young fanner
for tne short course. All expenses will
be paid by the banks.
Attending the short course from this
county will be H. I. Ward. Jr., Hbute 1,
Tyner.
The shot* course begins Monday morn
fog and ends on Friday, February 11. A
total of more than 90 is expected. While
in Raleigh these young farmers from ell
sections of North Carolina will learn to
reoomiae and evaluate modern technol
ogy in a changing agri-business environ
ment The program covers broad areas
of interest to agricultural leaders and
man, Lowe highly recommended the
promotion of Deputy Director Wilbur G.
Pierce to the top administrative posi
tion within EIC. “As for new planning
and directions, there is no one better
qualified to Jead EIC, Inc., than my
friend and associate, Mr Wilbur G.
Pierce,” Lowe wrote.
ElC’s Personnel Committee is expect
ed to make a recommendation to the
48-member board of directors concern
ing a successor for Lowe.
“As I look back I realize that t
experience with EIC, Inc., has been re
warding and challenging,” he wrote.
“When noting some of the accomplish
ments of EIC, Inc., one can see that
new thinking has begun with increased
emphasis on what- can be accomplished
through EIC, Inc., by regional coopera
tion.”
The administrative office of EIC is in
the Tower Building at Edentoq Munici
pal Airport. Other offices are located
in Elizabeth City.
In an interview Tuesday afternoon,
Lowe said EIC has 118 staff positions
in 12 different programs with a budget
of $l.B-million. This contrasts greatly
from May, 1965, when he was employ
ed as deputy director and the first full
time employee. EIC had a program
development grant from Office of Eco
nomic Opportunity for $29,878. As
many as 15,000 people in the 10-county
Albemarle Area ore involved in EIC
programs, he stated.
In March, 1968, Lowe was promoted
to executive director.
Lowe points with special pride to the
fact that the EIC program operates at
9.3 per cent administrative costs when
OEO guidelines allow up to 15 per cent
for administration.
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Iredell Drive Open
The annual membership campaign for
the' James Iredell Association is under
way.
Frank L. Williams, president of the
association, stated that through the mem
berships theii efforts of restoration and
the furnishing of the James Iredell
House and grounds have been tremend
ously assisted.
Williams stated that if a person is not
presently a member of the association
but would like to join, they would be
most welcomed to join in this most
worthy cause.
Williams further commented that it is
through the interest and financial assist
ance that we are able to carry out this
restoration of one of our most esteemed
patriots—James Iredell, Associate Justice
of the U. S. Supreme Court (1790-1799).
Memberships to the association range
from $5 to SSOO.
specific commodity information.
Harris was appointed County Key
Banker last year by Claude C. Arm
field, Jr., of Asheville, president of the
N„ C. Bankers Association. Harris is
vice president of Bank of North Caro
lina, NA, in Edenton. Working with
him has been Pete Thompson, county
extension chairman.
The short course is one o* me num
erous agricultural projects sponsored
by the NCBA. For 27 yean, consecu
tively, the association has won a nat
ional award for fts outstandfog »•"'
program.
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