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A Blow To Culture
After more than two months of ardu
ous rehearsals, the Albemarle Choral
Society went on stage at Holmes Audi
torium Tuesday night with a brilliantly
arranged program, “Our Colonial Herit
age.” An earlier performance had }>een
held in Elizabeth City.
Those who meander along the Public
Parade will be ashamed of the response
to this program of music and mime,
which according to the program featured
an 18th Century music comedy with
preluding madrigals and a cantata.
There were more people on the stage
than in the audience.
This must have been disappointing to
Dr, Clifford Bair, director, and Lucy
Vaughan, technical director, both of the
College of the Albemarle. However,
the embarrassment was reserved for
local participants.
The Albemarle Area has an abund
ance of talent in the arts. Dr. Bair and
Miss Vaughan have, individually and
collectively, drawn this talent together
into community programs of great ac
claim. And, who would have thought a
program in the Cradle of the Colony
with the handle of “Our Colonial Herit
age” would not have attracted large
audiences?
We boast of a well balanced com
munity. The arts is an integral part.
Those who continuously participate in .
these programs sacrifice and labor to
further this aspect of culture in the Al
bemarle are to be encouraged rather
ri'an embarrassed. They cannot be ex
pected to maintain* enthusiasm for con
tributing to a well balanced community
when the results are all give and no take.
It is hoped that the hurt will soon
heal, the red faces will return to the
normal color, the upper lips will stiffen
and the community will in the not too
k distant future have .the opportunity to
demonstrate that the recent snafu was
by accident—certainly not bv design.
Blinders Passed Around
It is apparent from a recent story out
of Raleigh that the blinders worn by
State officials who administer aid pro
grams are being shared with columnists.
Bryan Haislip of the N. C. Associa
tion of Afternoon Dailies, discovered the
Emergency Employment Act for his
“Around Capitol Square” column. He
learned that this state’s share of the
federal program to relieve unemployment
while giving manpower assistance to
counties and cities amounted to $6.1-
million.
Bob Babcock, EEA project coordina
tor in the State Department of Adminis
tration, told the writer participation has
picked up since the first of the year,
after the department feared a cut-back
in funds due to a lag in developing and
filling jobs.
Also attributed to Babcock was a
statement that larger cities and counties
were more prompt to take advantage of
the program; smaller units, less fa
miliar with federal requirements, showed
some hesitancy. The facts, with re
gards to two regions in Tar Heelia,
don’t substantiate this conclusion.
Region ‘‘R”—the 10-county Albemarle
Area—was the only region in the state
to fill all allotted slots in the initial
phase of the program. A much larger
region, “G,” in the populous Piedmont
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Cat Tied To Rope
Chowan County Sheriffs Department
removed a dead cat from a rope on the
flagpole at Chowan High School Sun
day morning, according to Sheriff Troy
Toppin.
The cat is believed to have been alive
at the time it was tied by its hind legs
to the rope. An autopsy by Dr. L. A.
Dees, local veterinarian, revealed there
were no broken bones.
The sheriff said the victim of this
inhuman prank was not an “alley cat”,
but appeared to be someone’s pet. The
owner has not been located.
While the cat was seen swinging from
the pole as early as 7 P. M., Saturday,
it was not reported to Sheriff Toppin
until Sunday morning.
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Regional Commission Meeting Held The Chowan Herald photographer caught these candid shots
during the first annual meeting of Albemarle Regional Planning & Development Commission, held
last Thursday at Holiday Inn in Elizabeth City. In picture at top left, Elizabeth City Mayor John
Bell has a serious conversation with ARPDC Executive Director Wesley Cullipher. In the next photo,
Mrs. Jackie Ricks, ARPDC coordinator for the program for the aging chats with Wilbur Pierce, execu
tive director of Economic Improvement Council, Inc. Tom Willis of Greenville, head of the ECU Region
al Institute, on right, listens to Town Manager Julian Poston of Columbia tell of that town’s problems.
Elmer Cleveland of Atlanta, Ga., director of solid waste management, holds a lobby press conference
with Mrs. Bessie Culpepper of The Daily Advance and Frank Roberts of the Virginian-Pilot.
Volume XXXVIII—No. 10.
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To Campaign Here Mrs.
Margaret Harper of Southport, a
Democratic candidate for the
nomination of lieutenant govern
or, will be at the Municipal
Building here Friday afternoon
from 3:30 to 5 o’clock. Mrs.
Harper will join other candidates
at a “Meet The Candidates” ban
quet at Eden ton Jaycee Com
munity Building later in the
evening.
Counties Get Aid
Six “county government coordina
tors” and a secretary will be hired in
the Albemarle Area and paid by fed
eral funds through the mergency Em
ployment Act.
Wesley Cullipher, executive director,
Albemarle Regional Planning & Develop
ment CObimission (ARPDC), said the
area received $21,348.56 for these slots.
This is for the remaining fiscal year
with funding expected for the next
year. •
The coordinators will be hired in
Chowan, Pasquotank, Camden, Gates,
Dare and Tyrrell counties. The secre
tary will be for Dare Beach Water &
Sewer Authority.
Salary of the coordinators has been
set at S6OO pqr month. Applications
should be made to ARPDC offices on
West Queen Street
This is the second funding under
the EEA. Twenty-one slots were filled
jarlier with $118,467. ARPDC had re
quested 96 slots in the redistribution
of funds in the aihount of $227,230.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, March 16. 1972 Single Copy 10 Cents
Rural Housing Need Cited
Albemarle Area Development Asso
ciation (AADA) last Thursday endorsed
the Regional Housing Authority concept
and asked Albemarle Regional Planning
& Development Commission (ARPDC) to
promote such an authority in the 10
counties of Northeastern North Caro
lina.
This action followed a program by
AADA’s Housing Committee on the area
Housing Fair, April 28-30, at Edenton
Municipal Airport. George Lewis, chair,
man, said the fair will focus attention
on the need for improved housing in
the area.
Lewis, vice chairman of Edenton
Housing Authority, said a high percent
age of sub-standard houses in the 10
counties are located in the rural areas;
that the four existing municipal au
thorities—Edenton, Hertford, Elizabeth
City and Plymouth—are not adequate
to meet the needs of the people; and
that a regional authority would be more
economical to operate.
Wesley Cullipher, ARPDC executive
director, echoed Lewis’ remarks. He
said also that there is more emphasis
being placed on individual or duplex
units rather than clusters of public
housing.
L. F. Amburn, Jr., AADA president
and executive director of Edenton
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Property Loot Heavy After Home Damaged By Fire The home of and Mary Dildy was
damaged heavily by fire which swept through it early Thursday morning. Left photo shows how the
windows were destroyed and the frame of the house burned and smoked on the outside. On the right
is what is left of the front rooms in the home. Also th» upstairs was badly damaged and most of the
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Housing Authority, expressed the opin
ion that HUD would look with more
favor on a regional authority than on
10 county authorities. “The admini
strat've costs for the 10 authorities
could not be justified when compared
to a single administration,” he said,
“and this is what HUD is looking for.”
Assisting Lewis in discussing the
Housing Fair were Mrs. Ann Lewis of
Elizabeth City and Mrs. Betty Colbourn
of Windsor. They described displays
and the theme behind the 10-countv
promotion.
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Aid Sought For Victims Os Fire
A large portion of the home of James
and Mary Dildy was destroyed by fire
on Thursday morning around 8 o'clock.
Edenton Fire Department Chief Luth
er Parks stated that when the firemen
arrived on the scene most of the house
was already engulfed in flames.
According to the report the fire was
believed to have started in one of the
front rooms and spread upstairs to the
bedroom and destroyed the furnishings
in the front part of the house and in
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Citizen Help
On Survey
The Edenton Planning Commission
with technical assistance from the N. C.
Department of Natural and Economic
Resources, Division of Community Ser
vices, last week mailed out a Recrea
tion Questionnaire to the residents of
Edenton.
The information obtained from the
questionnaire will enable the town to
plan for an effective recreation pro
gram to be implemented in the near
future.
Specifically, the purpose of the sur
vey is to determine the types of recrea
ion activities presently available and
,o ascertain the types of recreation ac
ivities the citizens of Edenton desire.
Also, the survey w’ll give town officials
an indication of the support towns
people could lend to a recreation pro
gram.
The short questionnaire is divided in
to four sections and asking questions
on the following topics concerning rec
reation: A) Individual Data - such as the
number of children in your family and
in which age group; B) Administration
and Financing - what degree of finan
cial support are local citizens willing to
arovide and the economic feasibility of
establishing a recreation program; C)
facilities - those presently used and the
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Facial Filaments
Not Spring Fever
Spring is less than a week away, but
don’t blame the facial filaments on the
start of the ‘growing season'. The crop
of beards to be seen sprouting along
Broad Street this week are but the bud
ding signs of a week-long celebration
of the 250th anniversary of Edenton’s
charter, officially signed, sealed and
salted away in 1722.
The Jaycees are scheduled to start
off the activities with a colorful splash;
this will be a water festival on Sunday
afternoon, June 11th according to Alton
Elmore, committee chairman responsi
ble for the program. Gov. Bob. Scott
will be on hand during the week as well
as stars of the TV and movie world.
The Chowan Ilerald will publish a
special anniversary edition covering the
progress and history of “ye olde town
on Queen Anne's Creek”.
Special advertising representatives of
this newspaper, Thornton Brooks and
Tom Flowc, arc presently contacting
prospective advertisers for this very
special issue. They expect their work
in this area to be completed within the
next 10 days.
Also, James M. Robinson, experienced
newsman, public relations officer, and
retired executive secretary of Edenton
Chamber of Commerce, has joined the
staff to do research and writing for the
edition. Rob'nson will coordinate ef
forts to fill the edition with interesting
ed'torial material.
the bedrooms.
The cause of the fire has not been
determined at the present. An investi
gation is still underway.
Mrs. Dildy is an amputee in her
fifties and Providence Baptist Church
has started a fund for the family.
Anyone wish'ng to contribute cloth
ing or other items may do so by carry
ing them to the church Monday through
Saturday from 9 A. M.. to 5 P. M.
William Rascoe is collecting from
those interested in assisting.