Public Parade
l Bowles Not That Far Out
* Have you taken the time to gaze
skyward recently? If so, did you hap
pen to see stretched out between the
North Star and the Big Dipper a ban
ner proclaiming: “Skipper Elected
Governor”?
Raleigh astrologist David G. Jarrell
has. And the release of his copyrighted
forecast has injected something into
politics which we had just as soon not
be j tampered with—the heavens.
In his analysis, Jarrell dealt with the
planetary make-up of Skipper Bowles’
personality at the time of his birth and
the direction ascertained from influence
of his past life. And as if that wasn’t
enough, the astrologist found Bowles’
present life manifestations were influenc
ed by the lunar and solar eclipses which
occurred respectively on August 6 and
August 20. 1971.
Jarrell admittedly has never met the
/• candidate on whose star he hangs his
* hat, if not his reputation as the June
Dixon of Tar Heelia. But those who
mtjander along the Public Parade can
make a shorter connection this after
noon. The real life Skipper Bowles will
be at the Municipal Building from 5
until 6 o’clock.
And without either a solicited or un
solicited astrological briefing we predict
he will appear sans halo and wings. Go
see for yourself!
That Woody, Again
Well, we knew if we managed to
weather a sufficient number of storms
our day would come. What we didn’t
suspect was that Woody Copeland, of
all people, would play savior.
Over the years, proud fathers and an
out-of-state doctor have about kept
“Buff" in cigars, as well as fillers for
. his and Seen” column. And we
p. have managed to live with the neglect.
Almost everyone knows Woody. He’s
Jhe husband of Phyllis, who is the
Toother of his son. He attempts to make
cute puns from behind the podium, and
lie hangs around Peoples Bank & Trust
Company. That is where we ran into
Wednesday morning.
The kid is making a valiant attempt
to keep up with the men in town by
growing a beard for the 250th annivers
ary of the Tomv of Edenton. It was
from behind this fuzz that .wr .noticed a
gleam in his eye: in his hand was a
cigar. It was labeled: “It’s a Girl. ’
She was born Tuesday, he proclaimed.
Phyllis and baby daughter arc report
edly doing fine. Woody? Well . . .
Survey Needs More Opinions
Recreation admittedly is not one of
the strong suits along the Public Parade.
M Except for an oVganized summer pro-
gram, which has increased in quality
and participation in recent years, there
is little for the young and old alike to
do, save go fishing.
This, however, does not have to be
the case. Town Council recognizes the
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Blood Is Needed
An urgent call has been issued for
175 volunteers to donate blood Friday
when the Red Cross Bloodmobile makes
its final visit of the fiscal year to Cho
wan County. This amount of blood is
needed to meet the annual quota for
this county.
The bloodmobile w.ll be at the Fel
lowship Hall of Edenton Baptist Church
from 11 A. M. to 5 P. M.
Roy Forehand, bloodmobile chairman
for Edenton Jaycees, said the quota for
regular visits is 95 pints. However, this
k quota has not been met on several visits
4[and efforts are now' being made to se
cure the additional donors so the fiscal
year will end with the Chowan County
* quota met.
“Unless wc meet our quota the ser
vices of Tidewater Blood Center will
be curtailed,” Forehand said. Hd
pointed out that residents of this county
receive more blood than is given anil
this works a hardship on other areas,
Chowan Cooperative Exchange Meets S. C. Layton, center,
president of the exchange, greeted Jim Hastings, left, and Carmel
Moore at the annual membership meeting held last Thursday night
at Rocky Hock Community Center. Hastings and Moore are execu
fives in the Laurel (Del.) Market >
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Hargrove Bowles
Bowles To Visit
In Edenton Today
Hargrove (Skipper) Bowles of Greens
boro, hot on the heels of his campaign
ing daughters, brings his bid for the
Democratic nomination of governor to
Edenton today.
The former state legislator will be
at the Municipal Building from 5 P. M„
to 6 P. M., according to A. B. Harless,
Jr., his Chowan County manager. Har
less has issued a blanket invitation to
cit ; zens throughout the area to meet
the candidate.
This will be Bowles’ first visit to Cho
wan County in his current campaign for
the top state position. He is the last
of the front-runners to campaign here.
The Bowles daughters, on thor Murphy
to-Manteo jaunt, were in the area Mon
day 7 . Earlier this year Mrs. Bowles ad
dressed the annual BPW banquet.
Bowles, w’ho headed the Department
of Conservation and Development in
the Sanford Administration, resigned
his State Senate seat to run for gov
ernor. He is a Greensboro businessman
politic’an.
Co-Op Event Held
Carmel Moore, manager of the
Laurel (Del.) Market, was guest speaker
at the annual meeting of the Chowan
Cooperatve Produce Exchange last
Thursday night at the Rocky Hock Com
munitv Center.
Moore has been the manager of the
produce market in Laurel. Del., for over
30 years.
Also on the agenda was Jim Hastings,
president of the market.
In Hastings’ remarks, he said you
need five tilings to make a successful
market. They are dedicated and deter
mined farmers; produce that attracts;
buyers; good managers; and cooperation
from all concerned.
In Moore’s address to the farmers, he
stated that in 1948 he and a few other
farmers had come to Edenton to see
how 7 to sell in bulk and had gone from
there and now have a very successful
market.
He described the market as a non
profit organization with over 1.300 mem
bers from seven counties and that it is
not affiliated with any other corpora
tion.
Moore commented that it is controlled
by its members and that they are 100
per cent farmers. The director is elect
ed by the officers and manager and
the policies are set up by the directors.
The Laurel Market is open usually
for about 10 weeks and on an average
they sell 650 to 700 loads of produce
a day with 100 sales per hour. This
past season they sold over 2.4-million
watermelons and 1.4-million canta
loupes. These sales were considerably
larger than 1970 sales.
Moore stated that the melons sold
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 30, 1972
Census Info:
Farms Here
Show Drop
Chowan County showed a total of
430 farms in the 1969 Census of Agri
ture, according to figures released by
the U. S. Department of Commerce’s
Bureau of the Census, a part of the
Department's Social and Economic Sta
tistics Adnvnistration (SESA).
In the last previous Census of Agri
culture (1964) the number of farms re
ported in the county was 448.
Os the county’s total farms in 1969,
282 are reported as selling $2,500 or
more of agricultural products in the
year, as compared with 300 in 1964.
The report also shows average farm
size in the county was 137.4 acres, and
average value of these farms (land and
buddings) was $50,492.
Other figures from the report arc:
1. Value of all farm products sold in
1969, $7,292,226; in 1964. $5,291,650.
2. Value of all crops sold in 1969.
$4,487,957; in 1964, $3.89.0,016.
3. Value of all lwestock. poultry, and
their products sold in 1969. $2,706,866;
in 1964. $1,355,581.
Reported for the first time in an agri
cultural census is ’nformation on the
extent to which the corporate structure
is being used by operators of farms
from which agricultural products total
ing $2,503 and over were sold. Includ
ing family farms using this type of busi
ness structure, eight of the county's
$2,500-and-over farms are incorporated.
Grants Are Made
Chowan County and the Town of
Edenton will share in a $285,000 HUD
grant to local governmental units re
planning and management assistance.
This was announced by .Charles W.
Bradshaw 7 , Jr., secretary of the State
Department of Natural and Economic
Resources.
The state department provides tech
nical service for both the town and
county planning boards.
Edenton will receive $4,000 wlvle
Chowan County will receive $3,600.
The local share of the program is one
third.
Campaigning For Father - Martha Bowles and Holly Ceil, sec
ond and third from left, were greeted upon their arrival in Edenton
bv Mr- and Mrs. Allen Harless. The sisters have been on the road
since February 14 campaigning for their father Hargrove (Skipper)
Bowles who is running for governor, Edenton was one of three
cities the girls visited Monday.
‘Daddy’s The Man’ Proclaims Duo
By Patricia M. Arnold
For the past two months campaigning
for their father. Hargrove (Skipper)
Bowies. Democratic contender for gov
ernor, has been a full time job for the
Bowles sisters, Holly Geil and Martha
Bowles.
As part of the girls’ Murphy to Man
teo trip they have been on tne road four
days a week visiting three towns per
day, hoping to impress upon the public
how “great of a governor our father
will be”.
The sisters had traveled over 2.800
miles when they arrived in Edenton on
Monday and had just left Gates County,
with which they were very impressed.
Upon their arrival here around 12:30
P. M., they were greeted by Mr. and
Mrs. Allen Hfmss and later ate lunch
with Mr. Harless, Herbert H oil Wall and
Frank Roberts. r
After lunch they went to the local
radio station, WCDJ, and taped a few
remarks about their father and gave
their reasons for voting for him “even
if he wasn’t our Daddy”.
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Working Towards Center Mrs. Jo Ann Foreman of Elizabeth
City, area coordinator of the N. C. Council on Mental Retardation
and Developmental Disabilities, spoke on Sheltered Workshops last
Thursday at an organizational meeting of the AADA - Help the
Handicapped Committee. Speaking with her at the conclusion of
the meeting were Charles T. Skinner, Jr., co-chairman of the com
mittee and Bert Hughes, committee member.
Workshop Need Is Aired
Mrs. Jo Ann Foreman of Elizabeth
C'tv, area coordinator for the N. C.
Council’ on Mental Retardation and
Developmental Disabilities, spoke about
sheltered workshops at an organizational
meeting of the AADA - Help the Handi
capped Committee on Thursday of last
week.
Mrs. Foreman stated the need for a
sheltered workshop in this area is great
because about 5 per cent of the total
population arc mentally retarded. She
commented that the percentage would
be greater if one included all the handi
capped people ol this area.
As part of her program. Mr«. Fore
man brought several different kits
which mentally retarded people bad
completed in a shcllc oil workshop in
Norfolk. Va.
These people arc paid for their work
on the basis of how- much work of the
same type a normal person can do in
the same length of time.
Cl outs at the sheltered workshop i t
Norfolk have learned to make coat bang
ers. stuff and address envelopes, weigh
They walked around town and handed
out paper which stated some of the
points Bowles would fight for as gover
nor, and met the citizens of Chowan
County.
A little behind schedule but still full
of fight for the father’s campa’gn. they
left Edenton around 3:3® to make
an appearance in Hertford.
Martha and Holly stated in accord
that their father is “a guy with a great
personality who is known for being
honest and cautious when it comes to
making an important decision."
They remarked, “Daddy will be fair
in any program that he administers and
will do what is best for all of the peo
ple. not just a few.”
Martha commented, “Daddy is a very
good businessman and will keep his
promise of no more or higher taxes, or
he will die trying.”
Five points of concern of Hargrove
Bowles are taxes and budget, publ?
education, career education, drunken
driving and highways and transporta
tion, according to leaflets passed around
Monday by his daughters.
Single Copy 10 Cents
nails and place them in boxes, assemble
hospital kits, and place knife, fork and
spoon in a plastic bat; and seal it for
the American Airlines to be used when
serving food.
The shop also trains the d ents for
jobs on the outside world as service
station attendants, laundry, services, and
they arc adding a food service program
which will train them as waiters, dish
washers. etc.
The Tidewater Vocational Center, or
sheltered workshop, was an old Colonial
Stoic which was com cried for this use.
Mrs. Foreman stated that the clients
in the workshop are usually lfi years
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Books Will Close
The books will dose for registration
for the May fi Primary Election at 1
P. M„ April T. according to Mrs. George
('. Hoskins, chairman. Chowan County
Board of Elections. This leaves only
five and one-half days to register or
transfer to the correct precinct.
In order to register, a voter must be
a resident of North Carolina for one
year by the date of the November Gen
eral Ejection.
“If you have moved to a different pre
cinct since you registered you will be
required to change your registration to
the proper precinct if you wish to vote.”
Mrs. Hoskins warns. However, those
persons who arc living in temporary
quarters until their houses are ready
will vote where they are now' regis
tered.
The election offee will be open for
registrations Monday through Friday
from 9 A. M., to 12 noon and 1 P. M., to
5 P. M.
Aid For Students
The PACE Program, designed to insure
college bound high school graduates and
college students job opportunities dur
ing the summer months, will bo coordi
nated again this year by the Economic
Improvement Council. Inc.
Fentress Morris, project coordinator
for E.1.C.. said last Wednesday. PACE.
Inc.. (Plan Assuring Col'ege Education)
in North Carolina, places students, in
terested in working during the summer
months with local human service agen
cies. The students work 4" hours per
week at a rate determined by the col
lege. The user agency obligates itself
to pay a matching fee of approximately
$225.00 plus provides the supervision
for the students. Most students work
approximately 10 to 12 weeks.
In order to oual fy for the program,
the students must be currently enrolled
in one of the approximately 50 partici
pating colleges or be a graduating high
school senior who has been accepted
to matriulate and participate under the
PACE Program. Morris said.
Students wishing to apply for the
program may obtain application blanks
from the EIC. Inc., administrative office
in Edenton or Elizabeth City, or the
local Economic Resource Centers, local
Social Service Departments, high school
guidance counselor or participating
colleges.
The E.1.C., Inc., in coordination with
the PACE Office in Raleigh and the
participating colleges, has the respon
sibility for program coord : nation and
student placements.