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When it comes to special events, time
changes, etc., we manage to always be
somewhere out in left field. In the past
we have done no less than get people to
celebrate Halloween on the wrong night,
arrive an hour early for the Christmas
parade, and an hour late for church.
Because of all this, we vowed not to
call to the attention of those who me
ander along the Public Parade such
things as the semi-annual Daylight Sav
ings Time change.
However, this year we have it on good
authority that at 2 A. M. Sunday you
must advance your time pieces one/hour.
If you go to bed before this riiagic hour,
don’t forget that you lose an hour’s sleep
during the night and must wait until Oc
tober (?) to get it back.
Our authority this year is . Rev. Paul
Hawkins at Immanuel Baptist Church.
Since .our youngest attends Mrs. Hawk
ins’ kindergarten we are led to believe
anything that conies from Immanuel is
gospel. And if this thing about Daylight
Savings Time doesn’t conform, then the
hour you lost will be on Brother Paul.
Color It Incomplete
Edenton Jaycettes are continuously in
competition with their male counterparts
for the limelight in community servfce.
The fact that they remain about nedk
and-neck is a wholesome realization.
Recently the Jaycettes held an annual
banquet where new officers were install
ed, club members were recognized for
service, and Mrs. Lena M. Leary, popu
lar Chowan County Clerk of Court, de
livered a scholarly address about the
proper role of the fairer sex in the pub
lic forum.
Through pictures and type we did jus
tice to two of the three aspects of the
banquet—the officers and Mrs. Leary.
What managed to slip by was the two
.highlights of the year announcement
A(>f the Jaycette-of-the-Year and recipient
of the President's Award.
Mrs. Bonnie Overton received the
clubwoman award and Mrs. Frances
Boyce was chosen by Mrs. Diane Dail
to receive the president's top honor.
What makes it even more difficult to ex
plain away is that the Jaycettes are so
cial news correspondents for The Herald
and that Bonnie and Frances have had
the honor and privilege"f?'j to ifraßFthe
weekly treks to this office.
You might say you could color that
story incomplete. Sorry, girls!
Spring Fair Week
This could almost be dubbed "Fair
Week” along the Public Parade and
throughout the Albemarle Area. While
one can’t generate much in
terest in fairs this time of year, saving all
the excitement until the fall harvest sea
son, there are two important events go
/ !g on at this time.
We are speaking of the Housing Fair,
which opens at Edenton Municipal Air
port at 10 A. M., Friday, for a three-day
run, and the Jobs For Veterans Fair be
ing held today at National Guard Arm
ory in Elizabeth City. They are both
new “animals” to us and we hope you
are so curious as to take a look for your
self.
Neighboring Bertie and Hertford
counties join the Albemarle Area Devel
opment. Association counties and Agri
cultural Extension Service in sponsoring
the Housing Fair. About two years of
planning and hour upon hour of hard
'work has resulted in some SO exhibitors
of everything imaginable concerning
bousing; from advice to product selec
tion.
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Work Is Set
Edenton Housing Authority has been
authorized to spend $31,149.91 for im
provements to a three-acre tract south
of West Gale Street, between the new
construction and Filber’s Creek.
Jack Habit, chairman, said the new
work will be added to the contract of
Kirkpatrick & Associates, Inc., of
Greensboro, general contractor for the
100-unit low-rent public housing pro
ject.
Additional drainage will be installed
in the swampy area which will be
cleared, filled and seeded. The area
will be finished to provide a playground
and park facility.
The Department of Housing-& Urban
Development earlier denied a request
for inclusion of this work in the exist
ing project. A new plan was developed
by Sheetz & Bradfield Architects. Inc.,
of Atlanta, Ga., following a recent con
ference in Greensboro.
Mayor George Alma By rum, Town
Administrator W. B. Gardner, Habit,
Scott Harrell, housing authority mem
ber, and L. F. Amburn, Jr., executive
director, pointed out the need for the
work to be done before the present pro
ject is completed.
Banks Will Merge
HOBBSVILLE lnitial steps have
been finalized for a merger of the 61-
year-old Bank of Hobbsville into the
Bank of North Carolina, N. A.. it was
revealed in a joint announcement re
leased here today.
L. W. Hathaway, president and
chairman of the board for the $5-mil
l on Gates County bank, and J. Hugh
Rich, president of the statewide Bank
of North Carolina, N. A., with head
quarters in Jacksonville, said boards
of directors for both institutions now
have approved the merger arrange
ment.
Stockholders for the two banks arc
expected to meet simultaneously in the
near future to formerly ratify the merg
er arrangement before requesting final
approval from the Comptroller of the
Currency in Washington.
Hobbsville is located some 15 miles
from Edenton, where Bank of North
Carolina has maintained a successful
branch operation for the past five
years.
The Hobbsville bank already has re
ceived approval for establishing a
branch at nearby Hertford.
Following the joint merger announce
ment, BNC’s President Rich com
mented:
“The Bank of Hobbsville has, since
1911, succeeded in earning widespread
and enviable recognition throughout
the North Carolina banking comnrunity
as an example of how a community
bank can work hand-in-hand with its
customers.
“The Bank of Hobbsville has done
much through these past 61 years to
further the growth and prosperity of
the people in the area it serves, and
we at Bank of North Carolina are
honored and proud that this good
bank’s board of directors has elected
to join our banking system.”
President Hathaway of the Hobbs
ville bank, in commenting on the mer
ger, pointed to the exceptionally rapid
growth of BNC since it was founded
less than 20 years ago. He also em
phasized that greater financial strength
will be made available to Bank of
Hobbsville’s customers and the entire
community through the Bank of Hobbs
ville’s merger into the larger bank.
Loan Is Approved
Rep. Walter B. Jones announced
Wednesday that a participation loan has
been approved by the Small Business
Administration to Chowan Area De
velopment Corp., in Edenton. Richard
H. Bryant is president.
This corporation is going to assist
the Albemarle Marketing Association,
Robert W. Moore, chairman, in a pig
auction barn project. This is in con
junction with Albemarle Cooperative,
an 11-county feeder pig association in
Northeastern North Carolina, a project
of N. C. Rural Fund For Development.
The financing consists of a loan from
SBA in the amount of >25,000; $20,000
from a local bank, and $5,000 from
Chowan Area Development Corp., for
a total project cost of $50,000.
Rep. Jones said the funds will be
purchase land,
equipment to operate the new^business
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Souvenir Items —Commemorative ash trays and glasses have ar
rived and are being sold in conjunction with the 250th anniversary
of the Town of Edenton. Jack Harris, chairman of this portion of
the extensive birthday celebration, reports the peanuts in the glass
es come as a bonus, but the number of glass sets is limited. Ex
pressing her approval of the items in this picture is Mrs. Barbara
Stilley, a secretary at the Municipal Building.
Tentative Birthday Program Is Out
The schedule ol' events for the June
celebration of the 250th anniversary
of the Town of Edenton is taking shape,
reports Alton G. Elmore, general cha’r
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The “Two-Five-O" celebration will he
held from June 11 through June 18
with hundreds of people participating.
Edenton merchants plan a three-day
sidewalk sale June 8-10.
Elmore released the following tenta
tive program:
Sunday, June 11
Water Carnival; ski show; log-rolling
contest, in Edenton Bay and Pembroke
Creek.
Discount Rate Set
Chowan County commissioners have
adopted a d'seount schedule for tho
pre-payment of 1972 taxes, according
to Mrs. Elizabeth H. Goodwin, tax col
lector.
Mrs. Goodwin reports the rate as
follows: June, 2 per cent; July, IVi per
cent; and August, 1 per cent.
Area Concern Expressed Over Parks, Inlet Project
ELIZABETH ClTY—Albemarle Area
Development Association has called for
a feasibility study before dec'sions are
made on establishing parks in North
eastern North Carolina and asked for a
conference to determine the status of
the Oregon Inlet Project.
Resolutions on these subjects were
adopted last Thursday night during the
regular monthly board meeting held at
Holiday Inn here.
Phil Qu : dley of Manteo, chairman of
the Travel & Recreation Committee,
presented a resolution which stated that
great interest is being shown in the
creation of State Parks in the Albe
marle Area. Among these points of
interest being Jockey Ridge, certain
swamp lands including portions of the
Great Dismal Swamp and certain ocean
properties.
The resolution states that it is wise
and prudent that hasty action without
proper feasibility studies not be taken.
“The AADA requests that no public
funds be Spent or allocated until a
complete feasibility study of the entire
Albemarle Area be completed, present
ed and accepted to the people of the
Albemarle,” it is stated. Also, the N. C.
State Parks Commission is requested
to take immediate steps to complete
the study.
Alvah Ward, seafood industries spe
cialist with the N. C. Department of
Natural and Economic Resources, brief
ly traced the history of the “Manteo
Shallow Back Bay (Oregon Inlet) Pro
ject” in Dare County with those
present.
It was noted that this project holds
the key to seafood and marine related
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 27, 1972
Evening S'inspiration with county
wide participation at Swain School Au
ditorium.
Monday, June 12
Antique Show and Sale at National
Guard Armory.
Youth Day Activities, including tug
o-war. bicycle races, etc., behind
Holmes High School.
Night-time youth street dance with
name band on South Broad Street.
Tuesday, June 13
Antique Show and Sale at National
Guard Armory.
“Albemarle Day" at Hicks Field, fea
turing: U. S. Continental Army Band
and Chorus from Ft. Monroe. Va.: Of
ficials banquet with Gov. Bob Scott;
Entertainment from 10-county Albe
marle Area; Fireworks display.
Wednesday, June 14
National Flag Day observance at Cho
wan County Courthouse; Bell ringing
at all churches; Industrial plant tours;
Free tours of Historic Edenton build
ings for all citizens; Free public show
ing of documentary film at Municipal
Building.
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industries development of the state, and
especially in Northeastern North Caro
thorized by the U. S. Congress, Stale
of North Carolina, each of the 10 coun
ties in the area and AADA, no commit
ment has been made as to any estimate
of appropriation to be submitted for
construction of this project and there
has been no request for funds to initi
ate construction.
Area Development Meeting —Joe Landino of Columbia, left,
painted a bright picture for agri-busiiness in the Albemarle Area
and Alvah Ward of Raleigh, right, discussed hang-ups in the Ore
gon Inlet Project during last week’s meeting of Albemarle Area
Development Association in Elizabeth City. L. F. Amburn, Jr.,
AADA president, is pictured with them. Another story on page 7*
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State Bonds
Would Help
Local Plans
Voter approval of the issuance of
$l5O-million Clean Water Bonds would
mean an immediate savings of $150,000
for taxpayers in the Town of Edenton.
Mayor George A.lma Byrum and Jesse
L. Harrell, chairman, Board of Public
Works, estimates this to be the cost of
enlargement of the sewage disposal
plant being faced by the town. Also,
monies would be available to help pay
the cost of increasing municipal water
supply and to help the county finance
a county water system.
Mayor Byrum and Harrell have en
dorsed the referendum and urge voters
here to vote “for” thie Clean Water
Bonds on May 6.
Approval of the bonds would be the
first state help for local governments
in the field, of water supply and sewage
disposal systems.
Meanwhile in Raleigh, State Treas
urer Edwin Gill, who is ex officio di
rector of the Local Government Com
mission, issued the following statement
regarding the Clean Water Bonds and
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Ollis Is Keynoter
Jim Ollis of Laurinburg. vice presi
dent of Junior Chamber International,
will be keynote speaker and install new
officers of Edenton Jaycecs at a spe
cial banquet here tonight (Thursday).
The banquet begins with a s oc : al hour
at 6:30 o’clock with dinner served at
7:30 o’clock.
Sawyei, second vice president; Jacob
Jordan, secretary; Wallace Evans, treas
urer; Louis Craddock, chaplain: Mac
Privott. board chairman; Joe Hollowell,
state director: and Carlton Lay ton, Har
ry Spruill. A1 Partin. Melvin Copeland,
James Ell's and Bill Norvell. directors.
Spark Plug and Spoke awards will
be presented and Privott. who has nerv
ed as president this year will announce
the recipient of the Key Man Award.
Wavnc Ashley, state vice president,
will introduce Ollis.
Ollis, a college educator, has been
active in Javcees since 1961 and has
served as state president and U. S. Jay
cees director. Last year he was the
chief delegate of the U. S. Javcees ito
the JCI conference in Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic and attended three
World Congresses.
Albemarle Regional Planning & De
velopment Commission was directed to
act as project coordinator, to call a
conference and to:
1— Determine current status of the
project;
2 Define obstacle to funding;
3 Develop a specific plan of action
to accomplish appropriations and
construction.
The ban quet will
be held a t Javcee
Community Build
ing on Bstse Road
with Jim E’.lount as
banquet chairman.
New off icers to
be installed are:
Woody Copeland,
president: Roy Fore
hand. first vice
president; Wayne