More Work
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Is Scheduled
At Hospital
An enclosed passageway will be con
structed between Unit “B” and “C” of
Chowan Hospital. The executive com
mittee of the board of trustees has
awarded the contract to Edenton Con
struction Co., Inc.
Thomas M. Surratt, hospital admini
strator, said the contract price is
$20,806. The contract also calls for
cutting a fire exit out of the old operat
ing room at the north end of Unit “B’\
At the same time, the hospital main
tenance crew will do related work as
the contractor progresses.
Surratt said the cost of construction
will be paid through regular operating
funds of the hospital and is being fi
nanced through Bank of North Caro
lina, N. A.
He described the work as Phase n of
an extensive renovation plan developed
by Atwood Skinner of Wilson in Aug
ust, 1970. Skinner designed the new
hospital. The Phase I work, consisting
of new lighting, new ceiling tile, a hair
care center, a physical therapy depart
ment and painting, was done by hos
pital employees. The administrator said
the hospital saved some $15,000 by be
ing able to do the work with its own
crew.
Annual Meeting
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Slated By ARPDC
The first annual meeting of Albe
marle Regional Planning & Development
Commission will be held March 9 in
Elizabeth City. The meeting begins
at 10 A. M., at Holiday Inn.
W. B. Gardner of Edenton will con
duct the meeting.
Wesley B. Cullipher, executive di
rector, has announced that among of
ficials who will par
ticipate on the pro
gram is Elmer G.
Cleveland of Atlan
ff ta, Ga., representing
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fHOT Protection Agency.
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Jm tonal director, Solid
Waste Management
"'jjf Program. He directs
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Cullipher said solid waste disposal
is an item of great interest to the coun
ties and municipalities within the 10-
county Albemarle Area and ARPDC is
fortunate to get a person of Cleveland’s
knowledge and experience to appear
at the meeting.
A native of Oklahoma, Cleveland’s
solid waste experience has been in spe
cial studies involving collection, stor
age, disposal, planning and waste utili
zation. He has had experience in spe
cial types of waste, such as medical and
hazardous waste. He has also provided
technical assistance to state and local
governments, private organizations and
individuals.
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Discuss Campaign —Ed Cox of Elizabeth City, left, area coordi
nator for Roy Sowers is shown here talking with the candidate for
lieutenant governor during Monday’s visit to Edenton.
‘Think North Carolina’, Says Sowers
Roy Sowers is a puzzle worker. He
wants to put North Carolina together.
He wants to see the struggle between
sections and regions discontinued. He
wants to see state government and the
citizens of the state “think North Caro
lina”.
And he wants to work toward putting
the peaces of the Tar Heel puzzle to-'
lieutenant governor.. .
Public Purade
New Gentleman From Dare
" Down in Manteo last Friday, W.
Stanford White took his oath as interim
representative in the First House Dis
trict. We want to be among the first
along the Public Parade to not only
congratulate Rep. White, but welcome
Dare County to this district.
It is doubtful that Rep. White will
have an opportunity to serve the district
between now and the May primary elec
tion, nor before the general election in
November. Therefore, his appointment
by Gov. Bob Scott is more of a ritual
than anything else.
Although acting on the recommenda
tion of the Dare County Democratic
Executive Committee, the good governor
could howe paid greater tribute to the
late Rep. Archie Burrus of Manteo. By
appointing Mrs. Lina Burrus interim
representative he would have spotlighted
her husband’s loyalty and dedicated
work in the General Assembly and the
Democratic Party.
But this was not done. Now with the
oath signed, sealed and delivered, Rep.
White is running in a four-man race
for two seats as an incumbent—sans ex
perience.
The new Gentleman From Dare point
ed to his experience as chairman of the
county commissioners as adequate quali
fications to serve the First House Dis
trict. He said he would “not be a
stranger to Raleigh and Raleigh will
certainly not be a strange*” to him.
We agree.
‘‘Our district has never been in a
more critical stage of development,” he
said later. “It has never had a greater
need for a dynamic and knowledgeable
spokesman with local, state and federal
government.” Again, we agree.
John A. Mitchener, Jr., of Edenton,
not only meets but exceeds the critia of
the statement. It is for this reason that
we enthusiastically support his candi
dacy. We hope the people agree.
Clean Campaigning
The three First Senatorial District
candidates this week issued a joint re
lease asking supporters not to clutter up
the roadside with political posters. In
addition to being a gesture of clean
campaigning, it implies their intention to
reduce the cost of getting to the General
Assembly.
Monk Harrington of Lewiston, Ashley
-Futrell of Washington, and Phil Godwin
of Gatesville in the statement agreed
“we shall discourage our supporters from
tacking up political posters on telephone
poles, trees, and fences along the road
side. We consider that the general
public feels such posters contribute to
a sort of pollution which is against the
public interest. If such signs do appear
along roadsides, they will be there with
out our knowledge or consent.”
The three candidates in the 14-county
district went one step further. They
called upon other candidates to refrain
from cluttering up the landscape with
political posters. We hope the word
gets around.
And if the three gentlemen, only two
of which will be elected, never agree
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ated programs along this line, he claims.
Among them is the Governor’s Award
Program for smaller communities and
the team approach to industrial develop
ment. And, according to Sowers, both
have been highly successful.
Sowers said the Governor’s Award
Program has caused communities that
have cried for industrial jobs to look
at themselves, inventory what they
have to offer and be prepared when a
prospect arrives. The second step is
the team approach to selling the com
munity to the prospect.
Turning to the multi-county regions
established by Gov. Bob Scott, Sowers
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Columbia May Be Doomed
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Crisis In Columbia Deterioration of the sewerage system in
the Town of Columbia has caused streets to cave in, shut-down of
the treatment plant, a threat to the water distribution system, as
well as threatened closing of the hospital and schools. Julian L.
Poston, town manager, is shown here with Miss June Myers of
Albemarle Regional Planning & Development Commission in one
of the holes caused by the problem. ARPDC is assisting in secur
ing federal assistance for the town. (More pictures on Page 1-B).
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Volume XXXVIII—No. 9 Single Copy 10 Cents
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 2, 1972
Statements Made
By White, Bonner
W. Stanford White of Manns Harbor
was sworn in to fill the unexpired term
of State Rep. Archie Burrus last Friday
and the week before, J. Jordan Bonner
of Hertford announced as a GOP can
didate for the U. S. Congress.
White, for the past 10 years chairman
of Dare County Board of Commission
ers, was administered the oath by Su
perior Court Judge Walter Cahoon in
the courthouse at Manteo. He was ap
pointed by Gov. Bob Scott following
recommendation by the county Demo
cratic executive committee.
He had already filed as a candidate
for a full two-year term in the revamp
ed First House District. Rep. W. T.
Culpepper, Jr., of Elizabeth City, Vern
on James of Pasquotank County and
John A. Mitchener, Jr., of Edenton, are
also running. The district has two
seats.
In his prepared femarks. White said
he has had a life-long interest in the
welfare of the region and the state and
that he has been in direct contact with
state and federal governments. “I will
not be a stranger in Raleigh and Raleigh
will certainly not be a stranger to me,”
he stated. He added that with e’qht
counties now in the district the office
is going to demand a lot of work.
“Our district has never been in a
more critical stage of development—it
has never had a greater need for a dy
namic and knowledgeable spokesman
with local, state and federal govern
ments,” he said.
On February 18, Bonner filed and
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Beards Are Vogue
Beards will be in style for the Town
of Edenton’s 250th anniversary.
This decision has been made by a
steering committee working on plans
for the celebration, June 11-18. Alton
Elmore is chairman.
Elmore said he hopes men in town
will participate in the anniversary
beard-growing event “in the spirit of
good fun”. But there will also be a
contest during the week and prizes will
be awarded.
In order to promote the week-long
celebration and explain the purpose
behind the anti-shaving movement, El
more said anniversary pins will be sold.
And for those who can convince the
officials it will be detrimental to his
health and happiness to grow a beard,
shaving permits will be sold.
Edenton Chamber of Commerce will
have the two type pins available.
Elmore said he is pleased with pro
gress being made on firming up plans
for the celebration.
The Chowan Herald la already work
ing on a progress edition to be publish
ed in conjunction with the anniversary.
And the Merchants Committee of Eden
ton Chamber of Commerce hope to kick
off the event with the biggest sale event
ever held here, June 8-10.
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Jones Gets Post
RALEIGH Gov. Bob Scott has an
nounced the appointment of two new
members to the Board of Directors of
the Governor Morehead School. They
are Earl Jones, 109 North Oakum Street,
Edenton, and Major S. High of Greens
boro. Jones’ term expires May 1, 1975.
Jones is a human resources developer
with the Economic Improvement Coun
cil, Inc., the anti-poverty agency in the
10-county Albemarle Area. He is ac
tive in community development pro
jects which have been highly success
ful in Chowan County.
The Governor Morehead School in
Rale gh is a state institution for the
blind and the deaf.
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Housing Units Completed— Thirty-four units of low-rent public
housing were inspected and accepted for occupancy Tuesday by
Edenton Housing Authority. Shown at a site on West Gale Street
is Jack Habit, second from left, authority chairman, as he discuss
es the project with, from left, Ed Hardister of Sheetz & Bradfield
Architects, Inc.; Habit; Frank Bradshaw, HUD inspector; and El
mer Hobbs, project superintendent for Kirkpatrick & Associates,
Inc., general contractor. Applications are now being taken at EIC
Resource Center on North Oakum Street and tenants are expected
to start moving during the month-
Editorial Correspondence
By L. P. Ambum, Jr.
COLUMBIA “As Tyrrell’s county
seat and only town, Columbia must be
all things to the surrounding popula
tion.”
This quote is from the late Bill
Sharpe’s “A New Geography of North
Carolina”. In another place in Vol. IV,
published in 1965, Sharpe wrote: “Still
isolated . . . Columbia has to get things
done for itself or do without.”
Tyrrell is about to lose its county
seat.
The Town of Columbia is at a point
where it cannot do for itself and cer
tainly cannot do without.
The town has experienced a major
disaster with the almost total break
down of its sewerage system. Streets
have caved in and are blocked off to
traffic; there is the danger that the
county hospital and private medical cen
ter, as well as the schools, may be
forced to close; erosiop caused by the
broken sewer pipe could cause water
pipes to snap; and the Scuppernong
River is being polluted with raw
sewage.
A health hazard exists. The weather
5s becoming warmer and the problems
will be compounded. The threat of
an epidemic, which could spread
throughout the area, is frightening.
The Columbia situation is more than
alarming and should be of concern to
everyone in Northeastern North Caro
lina. This is a crisis which cannot be
overcome without outside assistance.
“Without some outside financial help
we are doomed.”
Those are the words of Julian L.
Poston, town manager, who has worked
himself into a recent heart attack at
tempting to keep things tolerable while
awaiting word on a federal Emergency
Impact Assistance grant.
Mr. Poston has improvised to the
point that it is frightening. But with
the use of a small gasoline pump and
two and one-half inch fire hose, is
pumping the waste from one manhole
to another so the hospital can remain
open.
Columbia’s sewerage system was in
stalled in the early 1930’s and should
have been improved in 1969 when a
$126,000 wastewater treatment plant
was constructed. But it wasn’t. Now
the relatively new treatment plant has
been shut down because of extensive
damage done by sand and debris which
gets into the lines at the 10-odd breaks.
Therefore, an estimated 50,000 gallons
of raw sewage daily flows into the
otherwise clean Scupperneng River.
Hurricane Ginger, followed by ex
cessive rains in October, 1971, crippled
the already ail’ng system, constituting
the present crisis.
Columbia’s ability to helo itself can
best be illustrated by the fact that the
two veteran town office employees re
cently quit. They had access to the
financial records. They saw the hand
writing on the wall and sought employ
ment with more job security.
Economic Development Administra
tion of the Department of Commerce
was given a prior ty list of five projects
by Rep. Walter B. Jones of the First
Congressional District. Last month the
number five priority, the Town of Hert
ford’s water expansion program, was
funded for s2ll,ooo—a 100% grant.
The Columbia project has been given
number one priority by Rep. Jones. It
is for an 80% grant of $260,000. (The
Local Government Commission has giv
en the town permission to borrow the
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Board Will Meet
The regular monthly meeting of Cho
wan County Board of Commissioners
will be held at 9 A. M.. Monday. The
meeting will be held in Edenton Munici
pal Building. Chairman C. A. Phillips
will conduct the meeting.