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Toll-Free, Yet
Having trouble with your 1972
federal income tax?
Why not call the Internal
Revenue Service for help. It won’t
cost you anything. That’s right.
You can call IRS toll-free via
Centiphone from anywhere in the
state of North Carolina for income
tax assistance. All you do is dial 1-
800-822-8800.
The toll-free service is provided
by IRS on a year ’round basis,
excluding weekends and holidays,
from 8:00 A.M. to 4:45 P.M. daily.
It began January 15 and will
continue through April 14. During
this period, taxpayers may call
toll-free on weekdays from 8 A.M.
to 6:45 P.M. and bn Saturdays
from 8 A.M. to 12 noon.
During the final day of the filing
period, April 16, Centiphone hours
will be provided from 8 A.M. to
8:45 P.M.
Centiphone service is not
available on Sundays
The toll-free service is designed
for quick response to specific
inquiries regarding taxes. It is not
intended for lengthy or detailed
discussions that tie up the
telephone lines for long periods.
Prudent use of Centiphone will
result in greater benefit for the
public as a whole.
The Battle Cry
Survey, study and plan are
rapidly becoming dirty words
along the Public Parade and
elsewhere in Northeastern North
Carolina. And until the leadership
becomes bold enough to stand up
and say “enough’s enough’’
seed money will continue to be
wasted in our fertile soil.
In the past, too many have been
complacent, taking token amounts
in our area of Tar Heelia in the
form of grants for surveys, studies
and planning. Meanwhile, other
areas have prospered from the
literally millions of dollars to
implement screwy programs set
afloat by simple dreamers. But it
is not too late for citizens of the
Albemarle to change the direction
of the past. It is not too late for_us
to demonstrate initiative and a
desire to seek the better things of
life; not in the name of the
familiar refrain of “our fair
share” but in the name of what is
best for our citizens.
We live in an area where the
expenditure of a widow’s mite will
make terrific impact. Therefore,
we can become the showplace of
the East Coast if we are provided
the opportunity.
By the same token, however, we
cannot demand this opportunity.
As was said recently, we must be
farsighted enough and possess
sufficient intellect and energy to
become so disturbed about our
problems that we react, not
negatively, but objectively and
yes, positively. The area must
speak in a unified voice, putting
aside petty jealousies and
prejudices.
Those with authority on the
outside looking in must be
impressed with the mere fact that
in the Albemarle our neighbor is
like our brother. Our objectives
should be so outlined and
constructed that we do not erect
further barriers or fences but
build something more attractive
a healthy climate for every citizen
to progress in the business of
enjoying a better life.
This cannot be done with the
acceptance of additional surveys,
studies and planning. At a recent
meeting it was noted that
questionnaire forms in a survey
were slow in being returned. This
may be those being surveyed
speaking back to the surveyors.
50, perhaps our people are tired of
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Council To Develop Regional Health Plan
Hie main order of business for
he coming year for the Albemarle
lomprehensive Health Planning
Council will be a major effort to
ievelop a full, broad plan for the
etterment of the health of the
dbemarle’s citizens. Hie Council,
it its annual meeting held on
January 15, at the Edenton Jaycee
iuilding, felt that without such a
ilan, coordination of health
■emcee and health needs of this
egion will be nearly impossible.
Herbert Chalek, the council
li rector, intoned the group that
a bit personal, but...
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Luke Amburn, at Four, With Picture
Os His Friend
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Volume XXXIX.—No. 4
FHA Housing
Loans On Ice
The Department of Agriculture
has announced today its rural
housing credit program,
administered through the
Farmers Home Administration,
will continue on an unsubsidized
basis.
The department said several
Federally-subsidized loan and
grant programs for rural housing
will be subjected to an 18-month
evaluation study, during which the
processing of new applications
will be temporarily discontinued.
This is a part of a government
wide program, previously
announced by Secretary George
Romney of Department of
Housing and Urban Development.
Farmers Home Administration
(FHA) will confine its subsidized
housing loan program this fiscal
year to loans that were approved
by January 8.
Unsubidized home ownership
loans will continue to be made. It
is estimated that there will be
more than 100,000 housing loans
for the fiscal year. The current
interest rate on unsubsidized loans
is 7-V4 per cent.
The department said the
suspension in subsidized housing
will be in effect for 18 months to
allow time for a comprehensive
evaluation of the programs.
FHA housing programs are
administered in rural areas,
including the countryside and
towns of up to 10,000 population,
and serve people of low and
moderate income who find no
other housing credit available.
New Schedule
Teachers, not students, will
work on Saturday to make up for
time lost during the “snow
holidays”, January 8-12.
Dr. Eddie West, superintendent
of Edenton-Chowan Schools, said a
decision has been made for
students to attend classes
February ~ 2 and four days
previously set aside for Spring
vacation-April 24-27.
Exams will be held in schools
February 1 and February 2 and
teachers will work on February 3.
The make-up schedule was
decided by a vote of the faculty
members. v
very few regions in the state have
undertaken this most important
task, but that the Albemarle, due
to its history of regional
cooperation, smaller population,
ancj less complex health system is
in an advantageous position to do
so.
Election of officers and board of
directors of the Council took {dace
also. Hie officers for 1973 are
Thomas M. Surratt, chairman;
Dr. ierry Pickrel, vice chairman;
Mrs. Jean Lassiter, secretary;
House To Our House
Unfortunate as it may be there is nothing like death to stir a
memory. This was the case Monday night when the news was
circulated that former President Lyndon B. Johnson had died at
his Texas ranch.
It was in October, 1964, that we put a 10-gallon hat, purchased
at a Democratic campaign rally, on the head of our four-year-old
and snapped his picture for the Statesville Record & Landmark.
The caption read: “HI PODNER! - From the expression on his
face it would appear that Luke Amburn had just been named
chairman of the Nursery Set for LBJ. This four-year-old is all set
to go on the campaign trail-Texas had, sparkling eyes, and a
ready smile. However, he does most of his campaigning for
cookies and apples-with an occasional fight-near his home, 425
Walnut Street.”
On a lark, a clipping went to President Johnson. Some two
weeks later the following letter was received with the
accompaning photograph:
“President Johnson asked me to thank you for your thoughtful
letter.
“He was pleased to see Luke’s picture in the paper in support of
his candidacy, and trusts he will continue to merit the confidence
and good will of his friends throughout the North Carolina
Piedmont.
“It occurred to him that Luke might like to have the enclosed
photograph as a memento of this campaign.
“With the President’s best wishes,
Ivan Sinclair
Assistant to the President”.
Mail from The White House is hard to come by, but Luke
Amburn has his and is mighty proud of it. LFA.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 25, 1973
Thad Stem, Jr.
Poet To Teach
The students and faculty of John
A. Holmes High School are looking
forward to experiencing a special
program being offered February 5
- 9 by the State Department of
Public Instruction, “Poetry in the
Schools,” which is a program
designed to acquaint students with
contemporary poets and to teach
them to develop an appreciation
for poetry and to write poetry
creatively.
Edenton is one of the 68 schools
to participate in the one week
programs being offered
throughout the state, and Thad
Stem, Jr., will be the poet-in
residence at Holmes.
There will be four classes held
each day. Students who are
participating signed up
voluntarily, and the classes will
include students from the ninth
grade through the twelth.
Each student will be writing
poetry throughout the week; and
with the help of Stem and Freddie
Powell, the coordinator of the
program at Holmes, the students
will publish a poetry booklet
consisting of their work done
during the week. The booklet will
then be sent to Raleigh, where
Mrs. Ardis Kimzey, poet and
coordinator for the State
Department, will then compile
poems from all the poetry booklets
presented from all over the state
into an anthology.
and Lem Cohoon, treasurer. The
board of directors for 1973 include
the four officers and Mrs. Marion
Walston, Mrs. Willie Harvey, Clay
Ferebee, Shedrach Booker, Dr.
Ernest Ferguson, Mrs. Naomi
Hester, and William Miller.
Four new members were
appointed to the Council. They are
William Miller of Hyde County,
Mrs. Pat Parker of Washington
County, Mrs. Marion Brinkley of
Gates County and Dr. William
Romm of Currituck County.
Health System Eyes New Grants
The Albemarle Human
Resources Development System
(AHRDS) plans to initiate
programs totaling $1.2-million this
year. Thus far grants in the
amount of $591,000 have been
initiated with a Family Planning
Program already funded at a level
of $300,000.
Counties Feel State Action
Counties are reaching a
“saturation point” in attempting
to maintain programs launched
and funded by the state and
federal governments and then
shifted back to the county for
continued operation, according to
C. A. Phillips, chairman of
Clark Moves
Peoples Bank and Trust
Company today announced the
appointment of Alton R. Clark as
assistant manager of the
Consumer Credit Department and
assistant cashier at their offices
here.
The announcement was made by
George W. Lewis, executive vice
president, Peoples Bank of
Edenton.
A native of Greenville, Clark
graduated from Belvoir-Falkland
High School in 1959. He joined
Great Southern Finance
Company, Greenville, in 1962 as
Loan Office Manager. Prior to
joining Peoples Bank, he was loan
office manager for Atlantic Credit
Company in Edenton.
Clark is a member of the
Immanuel Baptist Church. He is
married to the former Gail Garris
of Greenville. They have two sons,
Allen Ray, seven and Howard
Jason, four.
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VISUAL AIDS-Mrs. Julie Suk of Charlotte “primes” a fifth
grade class at Swain Elementary School for a poetry-writing
session. Mrs. Suk was a popular addition to the Swain faculty last
week.
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This goal for the year was made
public Tuesday night by James E.
Lewis, AHRDS program
administrator, at the system's
board meeting at Edenton Jaycee
Community Building on Base
Road.
Lewis said the system
anticipates approval this month of
Chowan County Board of
Commissioners.
Phillips said Monday the state is
shifting more and more on the
counties. “We are reaching a
saturation point” and some relief
is going to have to be realized.”
The chairman said a lot of times
it is not understood as to how this
“relates to the ad valorum
situation” in the county.
The discussion came up when
Commissioner Alton G. Elmore
pointed out that much thought
should be given to the long range
planning of Edenton-Chowan
Board of Education toward a new
central high school. He called
education “one of our most
pressing needs" and felt the state
should provide the relief.
Commissioner N. J. George said
there are several ways to solve the
problem and that he will soon
propose some alternatives. He
said it appears that the Title
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Julie Suk Popular At Swain
“Tomorrow is Julie’s last day,”
the youngster pondered aloud.
There was a definite trace of
sorrow in his voice.
“But who’s Julie?”, the parent
asked. The reply was quick, as if
the question had been anticipated.
Single Copy 10 Cents
a Speech and Hearing Program in
the 10-county region. Funding is
asked at the $86,000 level with an
additional $34,000 already assured
to make it operation almost
immediately. He predicted that if
approval comeson January 31 the
program could be in operation by
March 1.
Also, Lewis said AHRDS and Dr.
Charles Franklin, director,
Albemarle Mental Health Center,
have signed a letter of intent to
write a comprehensive Alcoholism
Treatment and Rehabilitation
Service Program for the region.
Lewis reported progress on a
Permanent Birth Control
Program proposal.
Earlier, Howard Campbell,
AHRDS board chairman, cited the
success gained through the
Family Planning proposal as “not
an easy method of planning but an
effective manner of planning.”
In explaining the system’s
approach to meeting the health
needs in the Albemarle, the
chairman said much emphasis is
being placed on inter-agency
cooperation to deliver the best
service to as many clients as
possible.
Considerable time at the
meeting was spent with a
discussion lead by Bill Porter of
The Institute on Human Ecology
in Raleigh on progress of a
planning study for the system.
“Oh. she’s Julie Suk. She has
been teaching us poetry this
week.”
When admonished for referring
to a teacher by her first name, the
kid said with much sincerity: “She
asked that we call her Julie,
daddy. She said that way we could
be more personal.”
Mrs. Julie G. Suk of Charlotte
was Poet In Residence at Ernest
A. Swain Elementary School here
last week. She was participating in
the “Poetry In The Schools”
project of the N. C. Department of
Public Instruction. And she was as
wrapped up in what she was doing
as the children were in what she
was inspiring them to do.
This is the second year of the
innovative program which puts
Tar Heel poets in the classroom. It
is Mrs. Suk’s first participation
and she finds it quite rewarding.
The poet hopes the program will
be an on-going one. “Anyone
having gone in and seen the
response of the youngsters
couldn’t help but realize how much
it (the poetry program) enriches
their lives,” she said in a brief
interview.
She does have some
constructive criticism for the
program, however, She would like
to see it broken down into two
weeks. The cram course-five
straight days-gets too much of it
jammed into one week, she thinks.
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