our best bet - mitchener, godwin, taylor, hunt
An Endorsement
By L. F. Amburn, Jr.
v “We have lost the voice we need to
get things done in the Albemarle,” said
House Speaker Phil Godwin of Gates
in a Monday speech in Elizabeth City.
We agree!
Speaker Godwin, who shares the
stage with Secretary of State Thad Eure
as being Northeastern North Carolina’s
most influential voice in Raleigh since
Gov. Ehringhaus, later said:
“It is now more important than ever
before that people in the Albemarle
work together and plan ahead regard
ing the things we need from state gov
ernment.’’ Again, we agree!
What he didn’t say outright is that
the choice Albemarle voters make Sat
urday will determine whether or not
our voice continues to be that of one
crying from wilderness. By working
together, by voting with reason, by
impressing upon tne candidates our
seriousness about finding solutions to
problems, we can experience progress
on par with other sections of the state,
while maintaining the rich heritage and
beauty which makes this the best reg
ion in Tar Heelia.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Volume XXXVffl—No. 17.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 4, 1972
Parade
Election Extra Is Coming
It has now been Tour years since the
first extra edition of The Chowan Herald
appeared. It was in the form of a Sun
day morning Election Extra which gave ,
those meandering along the Public Pa
rade the results of the primary.
Now it is time for a repeat perform
ance. Not that we like to work all
night, but being located in the section
of North Carolina where first edition
Sunday newspapers are distributed, the
complete election story isn’t available
until several days following the ballot
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To our knowledge The Chowan Her
ald was the first weekly newspaper in
Tar Heelia to provide such information
to its readers on Sunday morning. The
advertisers said Monday business dem
onstrated that our efforts were appreci
ated.
The Election Extra will roll off the
press early Sunday morning and be dis
tributed to every home in Edenton
shortly thereafter. Boxholders through
out Chowan County will receive their
copies through the mail Monday morn
ing. So, by noon Monday we will have
an informed public.
There are 4,699 registered voters in
Chowan County and we encourage all of
them to exercise one of their few basic
rights remainihg—that of casting a ballot
for a candidate of their choice. And
with our extra edition they won’t have
to wait long to find out how many folks
agreed with them.
4 Second Chance
Registered voters in the Town of
Edenton will have the opportunity Sat
urday to restructure municipal govern
ment by merging the Board of Public
Works with the Town Council. This is
a progressive move which is long over
due.
There are many reasons why this
newspaper supports the one elected board
concept. Contrary to what has been
said, none of them are personal.
It is just good, sound business for a
town of 5,000 population to be operated
by a single elected board.
First, with a mayor, six councilmen
and five members of the Board of Public
Works, ybu are spreading the talent too
thin. It is becoming more and more
difficult to get the best talent along the
Public Parade to seek public office. With
one elected board you would, there
fore, cdhcentrate available talent on
Town Council and strengthen municipal
government.
Secondly, the Edenton Town Charter
allows for an awkward and somewhat
dangerous municipal structure. The
Board of Public Works can set rates and
salaries in the operation of the electric
and water department The Town
Council must come up with revenue for
operating Edenton. Council’s hands
would be tied, therefore, if at some time
the rates were lowered and the salaries
Increased to the point of bankrupting
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John A. Mitchener , Jr,
Since this is election year the time
is right to get something done about
the neglected minority known as the
Albemarle. On Saturday the voters
along the Public Parade and through
out the state will go to the polls to
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Cullipher Enters
National Contest
By Patricia M. Arnold
Wesley B. Cullipher, executive di
rector of the Albemarle Regional Plan
ning Development Commission, has
been nominated by the Employment
Security Commission in Edenton for
the Commander’s Trophy Award for
the Outstanding Disabled Veteran of
1972.
The award is sponsored by the Dis
abled Veterans Administration and is
on the national level.
Cullipher is a 1941 graduate of Eliz
abeth City High School and worked
with the Norfolk Naval Air Station un
til he joined the Army in 1943.
In 1945, while stationed in Germany
during World War n, he received a
scrapnel injury of the spine.
He was treated in a Paris, France
hospital and then transferred to Old
Contement Hospital in New York City.
After his treatment there he was sent
to Lawson General Hospital in Atlanta,
Ga., only to be transferred to the Para
palegic Center of McGuire Hospital in
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Jaycees Are Cited
Hie Edenton Jaycees held their 25th
annual installation banquet on Thurs
day night and presented outstanding
members with club awards. Guest
speaker for the occasion was Jim Ollis,
vice president, Jaycees International.
Woody Copeland was installed as club
president
Mac Privott, 1972 president of the
club, made presentations of plaques for
appreciation to several organizations for
their efforts in promoting the Edenton
Jaycees.
Receiving chib awards were: Key-
Man Award to Milon Stilley; Spoke of
the Year Award to Jimmy White, and
Spark Hug of the Year to Wayne Ash
ley.
/Receiving plaques were Edentofr
Town Council, Chowan County Com
missioners, Tht Virginian Pilot The*
Daily Advance, WCDJ Radio Station;
Chamber of Commerce and The Chowan
Herald.
Others receiving awards were Melvin
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nominate a new state administration, to
nominate district representatives to the
General Assembly, all of who, collective
ly, can perform corrective surgery and
restore the area to its just plateau.
Two of the strongest voices we could
Heavy Vote
Anticipated
For Primary
The 1972 primary election, which in
cludes two state bond referendums and
a special Town of Edenton vote on the
question of abolishing the Board of Pub
lic Works, will be held Saturday. Polls
will open at 6:30 A. M., and close at
7:30 P. M.
In two of Chowan County’s six pre
cincts voters will cast their ballots at
new locations. In Wardville the voting
will be done at Wardville Community
Building on Highway 32 and in Rocky
Hock at the new Edenton-Chowan Res
cue Building near Earl Smith’s Store.
Other polling places are: East Eden
ton, Chowan County Courthouse; West
Edenton, Municipal Building; Center
Hill, Community Center; and Yeopim,
Airport Administration Building.
There are 4,699 registered voters in
the county—4,346 are Democrats and
315 art Republicans with the balance
being either American Party, Independ
ents or those with no party affiliation.
Election buffs predict a record vote
because of the number of candidates
and issues in this election. Also, since
there are so many ballots and the extra
hour of voting it is expected to be into
the early hours Sunday before the final
unofficial returns are tabulated.
The Chowan Herald, as four years
ago, will published an Election Extra
on Sunday morning. It will be distribut-
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Mitchener Would Support Groups
John A. Mitchener, Jr., a candidate
for one of the two seats in the First
House District, has pledged, if elected,
to donate his salary as a representative
in the General Assembly to three area
groups.
In a statement today, Mitchener said
he would contribute one-half of his sal
ary to the College of The Albemarle in
Elizabeth City and one-fourth to each
the Albemarle Firemen’s Association
and Albemarle Law & Order Associa
tion. He said he bad expressed his de
sire to taneiblv support these groups in
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Hertford Smg» *Thamk Ymf— Perquimans County joined the Town of Hertford in hosting a banquet
at Holiday Island Clubhouse Friday night to say "Thank You” to scores of people who assisted in ob
taining a $211,000 federal grant to improve the town’s water system. Lester Simpson, left, commission
chairman, and Mayor Bill Cox, right, are shown with James Campagna of Atlanta, Ga., Economic De
velopment Administration planner, and Tom Brown, Perquimans Development specialist Among these
in attendance was Rep. and Mrs. Walter B. Jones. In the other picture Mrs. Brown is amusech at one
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have in the General Assembly are in
John A. Mitchener, Jr., of Edenton, a
candidate in the First House District;
and Speaker Godwin, who is seeking
election in the First Senatorial District.
And up in the sinful seat of govern
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Housing Fair Opened —Doris Smith, “Miss Ahoskie,” is shown
here discussing the Albemarle Housing Fair with George W. Lewis
of Edenton, left, fair chairman, and Rufus L. Edmisten of Washing
ton, D. C., a staff director for U. S. Sen. Sam J. Ervin, Jr. Edmis
ten made brief remarks Friday morning before the three-day expo
sition opened at 10 A. M.
5,000 Attend Area Housing Fair
The Albemarle Area Housing Fair
last weekend was called an excellent
example of local, state and federal par
ticipation in an education project of tre
mendous benefit to the general public.
“You are doing here what has made
America great,” said Rufus L. Edmisten
of Washingthn, D. C., chief counsel and
staff director of the U. S. Senate Sub
committee on Separation of Powers, Fri-
letters to their respective presidents—
Dr. Bruce Petteway of Elizabeth City,
Dennis Swain of Columbia, and R. L.
Spivey of Hertford.
"I am well aware of the tremendous
job these and many other organizations
are doing in Northeastern North Caro
lina,” he said. “Most of the people
involved in these groups are either vol
unteers or who work without adequate
compensation for the fine contribution
they make to an improved life for all
our citizens.
ment, the two men most atuned to the
Albemarle are Lt. Gov. Pat I'aylor, &
candidate for governor and James
Hunt of Wilson, a candidate for lieu
tenant governor.
John Mitchener and Phil Godwin can
turn Pat Taylor and Jim Hunt on and
a Taylor-Hunt administration would
tune in on the Albemarle more than
ahy other combination of candidates
seeking their respective offices.
We may be motivated by selfish
regionalism; nevertheless, we earnestly
believe that what is good for the Albe
marle is good for North Carolina.
Therefore, The Chowan Herald endors
es the candidacy of these four men in
the Democratic Primary on Saturday.
Why?
Well, John Mitchener has compiled an
enviable record of public service in lo
cal government, area planning and de
velopment, business, and as head of the
N. C. League of Municipalities. He is
the only candidate of four seeking two
House seats who has published position
statements in such important areas as
beautification, housing, area develop
ment, regional communications, improv
ed sports and commercial fishing and
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day morning.
This week Pete Thompson, county ex
tension chairman, said an estimated
5,000 people from throughout Northeast
ern North Carolina and Tidewater Vir
ginia visited the fa'r before it closed at
6P. M., Sunday. Commercial exhibitors
were well pleased with the attendance,
according to Thompson.
Also, Thompson said the visitors were
impressed with the helpfulness of ex
ivbitors.
George W. Lewis, general fair chair
man, called the fair “real successful”
and thanked the scores of people who
made it so.
The fair was sponsored by Albemarle
Area Development Association, Agricul
tural Extension Service; and Bertie and
Hertford counties.
Edmisten said he brought greetings
from Sen. Sam J; Ervin, Jr., who has
two_ Edentonians on his staff—Robert
Smith and Bill Goodwin. Goodwin ac
companied Edmisten on the trip.
The speaker, said it is healthy to have
organizations and agencies such as the
Albemarle Area Development Associa-
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