Board Will Upgrade Roanoke River To Class B
The lower reaches of the Roanoke River
will be upgraded to Class B to conform
with reclassifications on the Chowan River
and Albemarle Sound. The action will be
taken when the N. C. Board of Water and
Air Resources approve recommendations
of its Water and Air Quality Control
Committee. I
The Chowan Herald has learned from an
unimpeachable source that the state board
has seen the fallacy in reclassifying the
Chowan River and Albemarle Sound to
Class B and leaving the Roanoke River,
public Parade
Breathing Room
The deadline for the
introduction of local bills in the
1973 General Assembly has passed
with apparently only one such
measure surfacing from
hereabouts--an appropriation for
Historic Edenton, Inc.
Local government officials
along the Public Parade have
known for some time that the
deadline for local measures to be
introduced in the Senate was
March 15 and March 20 in the
House. It would appear from their
lack of action that there was no
need for local legislation in this
session.
But it ain’t necessarily so!
Take the make-up of the Chowan
County Board of Commissioners
itself, for example. Voter
registration, which is a good
barometer, shows townships with
a mere 37 per cent of the total
control the board with three of the
five commissioners.
At the same time, First
Township has 63 per cent of the
registered voters, yet has but one
commissioner. The fifth
commissioner runs at-large.
There are a number of ways to
correct this inequity without
enlarging the board. Since the
General Assembly will begin
annual sessions in January, 1974,
the commissioners have some
breathing room within which to
come up with an acceptable plan.
We hope they will draft this plan
before they are faced with legal
action to force the issue. Even
“friendly” suits can become quite
ugly-
Mission “Hogwash”
The Federal Regional Council
rushed into North Carolina last
Thursday to explain the Nixon
Administration’s budget, to
“philosophy of government”, if
jfou please. They may have told it
just like the administration
knuckle heads wrote it, but if they
were out to win friends and
influence people they might have
well stayed home.
By so doing, they would have
saved the taxpayers’ money and
saved the time of about 200 people
who started out in the audience.
The morning session with state
government officials may have
been acceptable. The luncheon
break with Gov. Jim Holshouser,
who had “arranged” the meeting,
was the only thing which was
labeled as enjoyable. The matinee
performance was a bust.
“Hogwash” was the most
commonly used descriptive
adjective for the verbiage flowing
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VETERANS HONORED-The American Legion Auxiliary last
FYiday feted legionnaires on the occasion of their anniversary,
specifically honoring Edenton area Work! War I .veterans. Seven
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especially near where it fit w ?, o the
sound, at Class C. , c ’ ~
/‘There is just no rhymn n< n on in
such an approach,” the s % 7 said.
“Portions of the Roanoke, espc ► 7 n the
lower reaches, will definitely 1 % 7 aded
before final action is H7' on
reclassification.” £ S
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The matter came to a head umowing a
public hearing at Lenior Community
College in Kinston on March 1 where
proposed reclassification of six water
basins was aired.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Volume XXXIX No. 12.
Parrish Named Officer
Importance Os Farmer Cited
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AGRICULTURE DISCUSSED-Frank Harris of Raleigh, right,
an agriculture representative with Southern Railway, is shown at
a banquet of Albemarle Beef Cattle Association. Left to right are:
Ike Jackson of Pasquotank County; Jack W. Parker, area
-livestock specialist; and Yates Parrish of Chowan County, newly
elected vice president.
Burglar Enters
Through Roof
A roof-top burglar hit downtown
Edenton last week, entering one
establishment through a skylight
and attempting to enter one or
more, according to Police Chief J.
D. Parrish.
Chief Parrish said the entry to
Parker-Evans Hardware was
reported Friday morning. Taken
from the business was $12.90 in
cash and two shotguns.
Investigation indicated that a
skylight had been entered at
Mitchener’s Pharmacy, but
nothing was reported missing.
No arrests had been made at
press time.
Calvin Lee Holley, 17-year-old
Negro, 119 West Hicks Street, has
been charged with breaking,
entering and larceny following a
complaint from Cooper’s
Restaurant on North Granville
Street on Friday.
Taken from the restaurant was
sl4 in cash and some beer. Sgt. G.
W. Mizelle and Patrolman McCoy
Parker investigated the break-in.
Spokesmen for Chowan County, Town of
Edenton, Edenton Chamber of Commerce
Industrial Committee and area
development organizations raised the
question about the decision not to
reclassify the Roanoke. The same
spokesmen commended the committee for
steps taken to upgrade the Chowan and
sound.
At the same time, Mayor George Alma
Byrum asked the state agency to take
corrective action to clean up the Chowan
River which last summer was classified as
Hospital Is Faced
With Problems
Chowan Hospital is having its
greatest influx of patients, visitors
and smoke. And the bad weather is
being blamed for all three.
Hospital officials have taken
steps to curb the abuse of a long
established visiting policy, by
asking visitors not to go on a
shopping trip when at the hospital.
Also, the administration has
spelled out smoking privileges for
employees, patients and visitors in
the name of safety and better
health.
One hospital official noted that
bad weather creates a traffic jam
at the hospital as friends,
neighbors and relatives clutter the
halls stopping to visit everyone
they know who might be under the
weather. “This creates a real
problem as some visitors
apparently see how many patients
they can visit while on one trip to
the hospital,” it was noted.
Thomas M. Surratt, executive
vice president, is quoted in an
administrative bulletin as saying
stricter visitor policies must be
enforced as a “protective measure
for our patients.”
“These measures should help
achieve our objective of getting
the sick people in our care well as
quickly as possible,” he wrote.
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Prices Good
Prices remained steady last
Thursday at the second feeder pig
sale conducted by Albemarle
Marketing Association at its new
facility on Paradise Road. Some
654 animals were sold.
The Market News Service of
the N.C. Department of
Agriculture reports that prices at
the Edenton market
somewhat lower for lighter pigs,
but recorded higher for the
heavier animals.
Edenton now has one of eight
state graded association sales.
Compared to another sale, in
Fayetteville on the same day,
animals on the market in Edenton
were as much as nine cents per
pound higher.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carollina, Thursday, March 22, 1973.
Members of the Albemarle Area
Beef Cattle Association Tuesday
night elected new officers,
honored their wives and were
challenged to not be timid in citing
the good works of American
agriculture.
They were urged to “exercise
your privilege of telling people
what a great thing American
agriculture is doing.” Speaking
was Frank Harris of Raleigh,
agricultural representative with
Southern Railway. “American
agriculture is the most productive
in the world,” he proclaimed,
adding: “Farmers are now
producing enough food for himself
and 50 others.”
Vernon Cahoon of Washington
County was elected president of
the association. Other officers
elected at the banquet held at
American Legion Building were:
Yates Parrish of Chowan County,
vice president ; and Ike Jackson of
Pasquotank County, secretary
treasurer.
Harris said the Albemarle Area
is not only important to North
Carolina but is vital to the nation
when it comes to agriculture.
Turning to the Southeast area of
the U. S., Harris said it is the
fastest growing in the nation and
agriculture here is not dead or
dying. “Agri-business is big
business in the nation where 83 per
cent of the people are employed in
agriculture-related fields.
Therefore, he said Southern
Railway is justly proud of the
role it is playing in. this area as
well as being proud of the
southland.
The speaker said concern should
be shown for the image of
agriculture. He said the industry
is more competitive than ever and
people are generally not aware of
the importance of agriculture.
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“There she is . . Constance
Van Dorn, the reigning Miss
North Carolina and first runner up
in the Miss America Pageant ...
modeling her Atlantic City
wardrobe in the Sewing Festivals.
These events will be held in
Greenville on April 10 and
Elizabeth City, on April 12.
Festival sponsors are the N. C.
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being “dead” because of excessive algae
blooms which turned the river into a green
tide.
Dr. Arthur Cooper, assistant secretary
for resource management, and Sec. James
Harrington of the Department of Natural
and Economic Resources, met with area
officials at the Municipal Building
Wednesday afternoon. The meeting was
, scheduled at 4 P.M., which is beyond The
Herald’s deadline.
But as early as September 18, 1972, Dr.
Cooper had said the Roanoke and Chowan
Sewing Clinic Set In April
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STUDY WORKSHOP PROPOSAL-Mrs. Jackie Ricks goes
over a proposal for the Albemarle Sheltered Workshop with Gary
Lewis, standing, representing Albemarle Human Resource
Development System, and Rev. George B. Holmes, a key figure
in efforts to establish such a program in the 10-county area.
Sheltered Workshop Is Sought
The Albemarle Human
Resources Development System
will make a grant request to the N.
C. Department of Mental Health
for establishing a sheltered
workshop to serve the 10-county
area.
James E. Lewis, executive
director of AHRDS. said the
application for $51,000 will be
submitted by April. He praised the
efforts of a group of area citizens,
who have been working for nearly
a year to establish a facility for the
handicapped.
“The need for a workshop has
been determined,” Lewis said.
“AHRDS is working to develop a
total program for all citizens of the
Albemarle and the handicapped
person’s needs have been
overlooked too long.”
The facility would serve adults
with the Northeastern District
Extension Homemakers
Association.
Fashion Revues will be held four
timeseachday. Fashions will also
include creative home sewing and
the Simplicity Teen Fashion
Wardrobe.
Contact Mrs. Fran Ward, home
economics extension agent for
Chowan County, for further
information. The festivals will
include sewing demonstrations,
national exhibitors, fashion revues
and door prizes.
Miss Dorn, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard W. Dorn of Kinston,
is a graduate of Kinston High
School and is a rising sophomore
at the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro. She has
studied ballet for the past 19 years
and has her own ballet school of 40
students.
Connie will be majoring i n ballet
with a minor in physical education
for handicapped children. Her
future plans as a dance teacher for
the mentally retarded was
encouraged by the impressive
capabilities of a retarded child
enrolled in her own ballet school.
Her interests and hobbies
consist of modeling for fashion
shows and casual shots; oil and
acrylic painting; swimming;
singkig; and cooking.
The first runner up to Miss
America title earned her a $6,000
scholarship. She will lead the USO
tour to Europe this summer.
rivers would carry the same classification.
In a speech to the Ahoskie Rotary Club,
Dr. Cooper said: “This situation (of excess
nutrients) has been reviewed and it is the
conclusion of the staff that the same
pollution abatement schedules insofar so
nutrient removal is concerned, will be
required...on any rivers tributary to
Albemarle Sound.”
Dr. Cooper did not attend the Kinston
hearing and staff members were unable,
or unwilling, to explain why the
reclassification of the Roanoke was not
recommended.
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18 and over who are physically,
mentally and socially
handicapped. The blind would also
be included, Lewis said.
The goal will be to facilitate the
development of the total
individual to become self
supportive and to gain a sense of
personal value and worth.
Mrs. Jacqueline Ricks, who
heads the workshop committee of
the Help the Handicapped of the
Albemarle Area Development
Association, said “the committee
has studied the need and has
received wide support from
numerous individuals for an area
workshop program”.
“The benefits of this effort, she
said, will be received not only by
the disabled individual, but his
family and community”.
The location has not been
determined, Mrs. Ricks said, but
would probably be Edenton.
Hertford, or Elizabeth City,
depending on the availability of a
suitable building. Plans are for
satelite facilities to serve other
areas as needed.
The grant request will provide
for ’ staffing, supplies and a
passenger van for transportation
for clients.
Tour Is Hailed
RALEIGH -Identical reso
lutions -have been introduced
in the Senate and House extending
an invitation to the members of
the General Assembly and to the
public to attend the biennial
Pilgrimage of Colonial Edenton
and Countryside. The event is
April 13-15.
The resolutions were sponsored
by Sen. Phil Godwin and J. J.
(Monk) Harrington and Reps.
Vernon G. James and W. Stanford
White, all of the First District.
The resolutions point out that
the pilgrimage features tours of
many buildings and private homes
in the area, most of which are
opened only during this period,
sponsored by Edenton Woman's
Club.
“It is preservation, rather than
restoration that makes the
Edenton Pilgrimage one of the
most outstanding of the home
tours; and its town and country
houses are nationally known for
their authenticity and fine state of
preservation, with many dating
prior to the Revolution,” it is
stated.
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