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Being Prepared
Leadership in the Albemarle
Area of Northeastern North
Carolina has probably recognized
the advantages to be derived from
a regional approach to problem
solving more than any other in Tar
Hellia. It hasn’t just happened this
way.
Much hard work goes into
selling a program which
disregards the man made lines
which have all but become ‘
hallowed. But when the obstacles
are overcome the programs
designed to provide a better life
along the Public Parade and
throughout the Albemarle get
attention.
The proposed area human
resources center is a case in point.
“I think it’s a gutsy and
progressive step you are talking
about,” said Secretary of Human
Resources Dave Flaherty after he
was told about the proposal.
The very next day Gov. Jim
Holshouser unveiled his statewide
medical care program. Flaherty
immediately called the Albemarle
proposal a “prime candidate” for
involvement in the Holshouser
plan which is almost assured of
passage by the General Assembly.
Had the leadership in the
Albemarle not been “gutsy and
progressive” the mechanism for
taking immediate advantage of
new state and federal programs
would not be available.
The changing of attitudes isn’t
an easy process. However, good
programs with good leaders can
close the gap. Fortunately, in the
Albemarle we have more than our
share of both.
If the leadership remains “gutsy
and progressive” the Albemarle is
on the threshold of even greater
things.
Good Report
A survey of 1972 High School
graduates, prepared by the State
Department of Public Instruction,
indicates the public schools along
the Public Parade are doing a
good job in keeping children in
school and preparing them for
higher education. .
More than half the students who
graduated from Edenton-Chowan
Schools last spring went on to
higher education. The local
number, 56.6 per cent, is just
under the state acerage of 58.1 per
cent, but in line with other
counties in Northeastern North
Carolina.
A comparison of last year’s
graduates with 1964-65 Fifth Grade
enrollment showed the local
Schools had lost 26.9 per cent of the
students while the state average
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Grampian Turning Out Sleek Boats In Edenton
- By FLYNN SURRATT
Like a Norman Rockwell
painting many picture the salty
dog, resplendent in tatoos and
visions of mermaids at labor on
his sailboat, the manifestation of a
lifetime of learning.
But though this image is still
real today, science and technology
have also stepped in to create a
new image assembly line
production with synthetic
materials, completing in days
what formerly would have meant
months. This is the scene at
Grampian Marine, Ltd., now
occupying several buildings which
once were used by die U. S.
Marines on the Base Road.
In a tour through the Grampian
facilities, General Manager Terry
Cannon pointed out that while the
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of the initial steps in hirfWßng a Grampian sailboat is removal of
the mold for the fiberglass hull. Once hardened, the mold is
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the unique area sewing festival last Thursday in the National
Guard Armory in Elizabeth City. A like number attended
Tuesday in Greenville. Mrs. Fran Voliva of Tyrrell County, left,
and Mrs. Paige Underwood of Perquimans County manned one of
the 36 booths. The festival was sponsored by N. C. Agricultural
Extension Service and Northeast District Extension
Homemakers.
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Talks Slated
une or America s toremost
Christian educators, Dr. Bob
Jones, will hold a series of special
meetings at Immanuel Baptist
Church on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday 7:30 P.M. and Sunday at
11 A.M. Dr. Jones is chancellor of
i .ipnag.JJniversity, Jhhukdl
around the world as the “World’s
Most Unusual University” and
located in Greenville, S. C.
Dr. Jones is considered one of
the most eloquent and forceful
pulpiteers of this century. He is in
constant demand for evangelistic
campaigns, Bible conferences,
youth rallies, and many other
religious gatherings.
The pastor and members of
Immanuel Baptist Church extend
a cordial invitation for you to
attend these services.
ships are products of the 20
century, the way they were
assembled is analogous to the way
sailboats were built thousands of
y ears ago by the ancient
Egyptians. Now, as in the past, a
strong, light material is used
together with a bonding agent to
form the craft.
The Egyptians used papyrus
reeds bonded by mud. Os couse the
workable conditions and lifetime
of the craft were severly limited.
Grampian utilizes fiberglass and
synthetic resin, both of which are
applied by spray or brush. Cannon
pointed out that these materials
offer the advantage of being
unusually strong and flexible
while requiring only nominal
maintenance. As well, this process
is also easier on the pocketbook.
A Grampian sailboat begins
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Volume XXXIX. —No. 16. Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday. April 19. 1973 Single Copy 10 Cents
Easter Sunrise
Services Set
Easter Sunrise services will be
held at 6:30 A.M. Sunday at Sandy
Point Beach.
Rev: Ralph W. Knight, pastor of
Oak Grove Baptist Church, will be
the speaker for this special
service.
The Community Sunrise Service
of Anderson, Bethany, Center Hill
and Evans United Methodist
Churches and Center Hill and
Great Hope Baptist Churches will
be held at Great Hope church at 6
A.M. Sunday.
The message will be delivered
by Rev. George Broome, pastor of
the Center Hill and Great Hope
Baptist Churches. The special
music will be by the Anderson
Church Choir; including a duet by
Mrs. Annie and Bill Byrum,
Dennis Spivey and Tim White.
pastor of
the Methodist churches, will assist
in the service.
Edenton United Methodist
Church is also sponsoring a
sunrise service at 6 A.M. Sunday.
This service will be on the
Courthouse Green.
Rev. E. L. Earnhardt will
deliver the message.
SPRING HOLIDAYS
Students in Edenton-Chowan
Schools who had played away
their Easter vacation in the snow,
will now get next week off after
all
with a mold into which is sprayed
fiberglass to form the hull or deck.
Once the piece is hardened the
mold is removed and the hull
moves into another area where a
fiberglass and resin mixture is
spray-gunned on as rein
forcement. In acres where
feet will be treading, reinforced
balsa wood is applied. It will
withstand pressure up to 85 pounds
per square inch.
In another building, pieces of the
boat are assembled. Bulkheads,
living quarters, utilities, etc., are
installed. Following this the deck
is dropped onto the hull and
sealed. By this time, the craft is
nearing completion and the
finishing touches are made. In a
matter of days a new 23-foot or 34-
foot Grampian sailboat is ready to
be shipped to the owner.
stages of construction involve installation of the interior
furnishings. In the span of about a day and a half, a new craft is
completed and ready for shipping. In the far right, Terry Cannon,
general manager, left, James P. Bisiker, president, center, and
Area Center Supported
Secretary of Human Resources
Dave Flaherty has expressed a
keen interest in the proposal to
develop a regional human
resources center in the 10-county
Albemarle Area. The secretary
has gone so far as to suggest that
the newly formed Alliance For
Progress be included in the plan.
Alliance For Progress is an
educational consortium being
promoted in six Northeastern
North Carolina counties. The state
official has said inclusion of this
group into an earlier proposal
would be feasible.
Following meetings in Raleigh
last week, Flaherty called for a
detailed proposal for the center to
be put in an application for federal
funding.
Later, after Gov. Jim
Holshouser had revealed to a joint
session of the General Assembly
his proposed network of regional
medical centers, the Albemarle
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WINNING DISPLAY-Shown above is the downtown display
which was awarded First Prize during the Pilgrimage of Colonial
Edenton and Countryside. It was in the Edenton Furniture
window and was arranged by Chowan Academy. Mrs. Allen
Hornthal was chairman of the highly successful biennial tour
which attracted several thousand visitors to Edenton last
weekend.
Agriculture To Be Featured
SHAWBORO-Agriculture, still
king in Northeastern North
Carolina, will be in the spotlight
during the entire month of June.
The Agriculture Committee of
Albemarle Area Development
Association will promote the event
in all 10 counties.
The committee met here last
Thursday night prior to the
As with a car, there are several
options available in the design of
the boat. More than one interior
design is available, for example.
For shallow water, the
centerboard keel is available. It is
retractable and may be raised or
lowered depending on the depth of
the water.
However, in terms of speed, the
permanent full keel is superior.
Cannon stated that full keels are
ordered most often. He explained,
too, that Grampian manufactures
a boat intended for pleasure
rather than competition. He
added, however, that their boats
have performed well in
competition.
Presently in Edenton, only two
of the six models offered are being
built.
proposal looked even brighter
from many quarto's.
The proposal is for a $1.5-million
center to house the Pasquotank
County Department of Social
Services; the Albemarle Mental
Health Center serving six
counties; and the District Health
Department for Chowan,
Perquimans, Pasquotank and
Camden.
While the Alliance For Progress
is seeking federal funds for
education, its charter allows work
in the field of economic
development.
Gov. Holshouser’s proposal for a
statewide medical care program
would open five clinics the first
year and 10 the second year. A
group of 45 family-nurse
practitioners would be trained to
staff the clinics.
In citing evidence for need of
medical care for rural areas, the
governor mentioned 1970 figures
regular AAD A meeting. W. F.
(Mickey) Thompson of Elizabeth
City, committee chairman, made
the proposal which was
unanimously endorsed by AAD A.
Thompson named Jerry
Hardesty of Currituck chairman
of the special committee which
will direct the activities in June.
Working with Hardesty will be
Pete Thompson of Chowan and
four area specialists, Bill
Reid, Jack Parker, Steve Barnes
and John VanDuyne.
Parker reported on the
successful operation of a feeder
pig market in Chowan County. He
said the numbers have been good,
prices excellent and farmer
participation good.
The Agriculture Committee
passed a resolution endorsing the
market.
Hardesty presented a program
on “The Currituck Plan” at the
dinner meeting.
He explained that while
agriculture is the major industry
in the county citizens realize it will
change in the years ahead with
recreation moving into the
forefront.
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Allan Carlisle, sales representative, right, review the Edenton
plant operation.
of one doctor for 5,571 people in
Hyde County, and one for 8,351
persons: in Perquimans. Both
counties are in the Albemarle
Area of Region R.
This gave strength to the belief
that work already done on the
human resources center would be
advantageous toward obtaining
one of the first new medical care
clinics. Flaherty called the
Albemarle organization a “prime
prospect” because of group
already has the commitment of
their communities.
Among those meeting with
Flaherty on Wednesday of last
week were Dallas Jethro, Jr.,
Chowan County coordinator, and
Wesley B. Oullipher, executive
director of the Albemarle
Regional Planning & Development
Commission.
Refuse Plan
Is Explained
The Town of Edenton has
adopted a new refuse ordinance
which prohibits the collection of
building rubbish, imdustrial waste
and certain tree trimmings and
specifically spells out the type of
acceptable containers to be used
by patrons.
W. B. Gardiner, town
administrator, and J. C. Parks,
street department superintendent,
said the new ordinsince will be
strictly enforced.
Outlawed by the ordinance are
wooden boxes and 55-gallon
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Bids Sought
The state is taking steps to rid
Edenton Bay of hazardous
abandoned fish net stakes,
according to W. B. Gardner, town
administrator.
Gardner recently brought the
problem to the attention of the
Division of Commercial and
Sports Fisheries of the
Department of Natural and
Economic Resources. Earlier,
teams of volunteers headed by
Jaycees and Edenton-Chowan
Rescue Squad removed many of
the stakes.
However, Leo Tilley, assistant
fisheries commissioner, has
informed Gardner that the
dangerous situation has been
recognized and “we have initiated
the necessary action to start a
‘removal program’ in the near
future.”
Tilley went on to relate that
bids are already being solicited for
the removal of the stakes.
Gardner said the state agency
has moved with dispatch in this
matter and the removal of the
stakes would provide safer
recreation in Edenton Bay.
Sidewalk Work
Workmen this week began
reconstruction of the sidewalk on
North Broad Street, in front of
Holmes High School. The new
work will be from Freemason
Street to Park Avenue.
Also, the town is considering
other reconstruction of old
sidewalks in other areas. People
who have specific spots are asked
to report them to the Municipal
Building.
Sidewalk construction, both new
and replacement, has been given
priority status by the Town
Council. Revenue sharing money
will be used for the projects.