Public Parade
A Place In History
The Edenton Historic District,
composed of some 27 blocks of “ye
ole towne on Queen Anne’s
Creek”, has taken its rightful
place in the National Register of
Historic Places. Those
meandering along the Public
Parade can accept such
designation with pride and
humility.
There are at least two personal
reasons why we are exceptionally
proud of the national recognition
for Edenton. First, the descriptive
material submitted by the Office
of Archives & History to the
Department of Interior has very
kind treatment for the J. N. Leary
building on “Cheapside”--now
occupied by The Chowan Herald.
And secondly, we played more
than a stagehand’s role in one of
the bibliographical references in
f the application.
In the text, an example of
creating “dramatic visual foils” is
“the robust Jacobean-Georgian
Cupola House (which) is
complemented by the richly
ornamented metal face of the
Leary Building (1894) across
Broad Street.” Later the Cupola
House is described as being “of
major architectural significance
to the nation.”
After- “Cheapside” was
destroyed by fire the business
section was soon rebuilt, and a
“number of handsome
commercial structures remain
largely unaltered from that time.
Most important are the
uninterrupted scale and lively
facades of the unbroken blocks of
f the entire commercial district.
“Within this well-preserved
contest, the J. N. Leary Building is
the most remarkable, for both
stories of the elaborate metal
facade beneath its heavy
bracketed cornices and parapet
are iritact.’
Considerable information for
the entry was obtained from Dr.
C. Parramore’s history of
the area. “Cradle of The Colony:
The History of Chowan County and
Edeuton, N.C.” first appeared in
this newspaper and was later
published into booklet form by
Edenton Chamber of Commerce.
Copies are still available.
So, we could probably be
accused, and convicted of
wallowing in history--and enjoying
every minute of it.
Toward Best Bill
The coastal region of North
Carolina has been neglected by
local governments for centuries,
but when the state aimed its sights
in this direction there was a great
cry over intervention, take-over,
etc.
When the 50-page Coastal
Management Bill was put into the
legislative hopper late in the 1973
session, there was sufficient
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Foundation Funds Area Demonstration Project
The Albemarle Human
Resources Development System
(AHRDS) has received a grant of
$163,936 to fund a demonstration
project to reduce high risk
childbirth among low income
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* * DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FUNDED-Ttaomas M. Surratt,
| center, executive vice president at Chowan Hospital and
chairman of the Comprehensive Health manning Council in
Region “R”, reads die announcement of funding of a
demonstration project with Gary Lewis, left, and James E.
Lewis; right, of Albemarle Human Resources Development
System. The grant from Kate B. Reynolds Health Care Trust is in
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Shields Gets
Athletic Post
Several changes in athletic
personnel were approved by the
Edenton-Chowan Board of
Education Tuesday night,
including the employment of
James Addison as head football
coach at John A. Holmes High
School.
Addison comes to the Albemarle
area after tenure as assistant
football coach at Garringer High
School in Charlotte. He was a
high school All-American at
Durham High School and played
football at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill for four*
years.
He holds both bachelor’s and
master’s degrees from the
university.
Robert F. Shields will assume
new duties as athletic director and
head track coach at Holmes High.
Shields is a graduate of St.
Augustine’s College.
He has been associated with the
athletic program in the Edenton-
Chowan Schools for the past 12
years. Prior to coming to Edenton,
he was head football coach at
Carver High School in Norfolk, Va.
Robert Boyce has been
transferred from D. F. Walker
School to Chowan High School
where he will become junior
varsity basketball coach and head
baseball coach. He is a graduate of
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couples. The project will be
conducted in all 10 counties of
Region “R” and will span a three
year period.
James E. Lewis, AHRDS
executive director, said the grant
Health Care
ELIZABETH CITY-Dr. Edwin
W. Monroe, vice chancellor at
East Carolina University,
declared here last Thursday night
that the coastal region of North
Carolina is getting short changed
with regards to health care and
supportive services.
He also was critical of the fact
that this state is not doing its fare
Federal Grant
The U.S. Department of Interior
has granted $16,000 to the N. C.
Office of Archives and History for
use at the Jamej Iredell House in
Edenton .‘•nnoMicement of the
grant was made by Rep. Walter B.
Jones of the First Congressional
District.
Dr. H. G. Jones, state historian
and office administrator, said the
grant is for funding Phase II of the
restoration project. It includes the
dwelling can carriage house.
This ca. 1775 home and 19th
Century carriage house was the
home of James Iredell, noted
jurist. The work will include
removal of non-original wing,
restoration of rear porch, interior
restoration, mechanical work and
restoration of carriage house roof,
siding and interior. The work is to
be completed by July 16, 1976.
The Iredell House is among
several buildings jn Edenton listed
in the National Register of
Historic Places.
comes from the Kate B. Reynolds
Health Care Trust in Winston-
Salem. R. G. Page, Jr., executive
director of the trust, notified
Lewis of the favorable approval of
the application.
Lewis and Thomas M. Surratt,
executive vice president of
Chowan Hospital and chairman of
the area’s Comprehensive Health
Planning Council, said the project
is new in that it is a voluntary
program, is dealing with a
particular type birth control
method not covered under other
programs, and is funded by a
private foundation.
The program is designed to aid
up to 350 families.
Lewis said the program will
complement the existing Family
Planning program in the area, and
will not require additional
personnel. It will, however,
provide consultants to better train
existing personnel as well as to
instruct physicians in the new
methods.
One of the big emphasis is in
counseling, Lewis noted. And the
thrust will be on new techniques,
done on an out-patient basis.
A primary focus is trying to
provide women in the 35 and up
age brack who are typically risk
individuals, an alternative to more
traditional birth control methods.
Lewis said the gvstem and
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Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, August 2, 1973.
Needs Cited
share in educating doctors. “We
are relying on other states to do
this for us,” the head of health
affairs at the university stated.
Dr Monroe quoted statistics
which showed that in the
Albemarle Area the need for
additional physicians is even
greater than in other sections of
the east. In 1970 there was a
physician for every 1,700 people,
while in Region “R” there was a
physician for every 2,029 people.
The speaker, addressing the
quarterly board meeting of
Albemarle Human Resources
Development System, said 60 of
the Tar Heel counties are worse
than 10 years ago in the doctor
patient ratio. And, he said, one
reason why there appears to be
apathy about the problem is that
data on health care professionals
is not distributed to the people in
an objective manner.
Dr. Monroe was generous with
his praise for the work being done
in the Albemarle. “The state is
using you to show other areas
what is feasible,” he said. “What
you are doing represents a new
approach to problem solving and
the delivery of services.”
He added that over the next few
years what is accomplished here
will have a bearing on other areas.
“It is not safe yet to stop and
breathe a sigh of relief,” he told
his audience.
James E. Lewis, executive
director of AHRDS, said that in
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DOCTOR BECOMES DUKE-Dr. Edwin V.
Monroe, vice chancellor of Health Affairs at East
Carolina University holds his “Duke of the
Albemarle” certificate presented last Thursady
night at the quarterly board meeting of
Albemarle Human Resources Development
Town Given
Designation
The Edenton Historic District
has been entered in the National
Register of Historic Places. The
National Register has been called
“a roll call of the tangible
reminders of the history of the
U.S.”
Mayor George Alma Byrum was
notified by letter this week from
Dr. H. G. Jones of Raleigh that the
application had been favorably
accepted by the Department of
Interior. “It is a pleasure for the
Division of Archives and History
to participate in this program and
thereby make our nation aware of
North Carolina’s rich cultural
heritage,” he wrote.
Dr. Jones added: “We
appreciate your efforts and your
cooperation in preserving the best
of our past for posterity.”
Mayor Byrum said the inclusion
of such a large area of Edenton in
the National Register is “real
good." He said it makes “us more
aware of the value of our
downtown area” and should aid in
the promotion of Edenton to
attract tourists.
Also, the mayor pointed out that
such designation requires more
than is covered in zoning
ordinances with regards to
required permits for renovations,
etc. These applications must now
be viewed and approved in a
different light, he said.
The designated area includes all
or portions of 27 blocks, reaching
from Edenton Bay north to
Freemason Street. It includes the
area from Oakum Street to the
west of Mosley Street.
In the description of Edenton
supplied the Department of
Dail Is Named
James C. (Pete) Dail has been
appointed Chowan County
chairman of the nationwide
Democratic Telethon to be held on
September 15. The appointment
was made by E. L. Hollowed,
chairman, Chowan County
Democratic Executive
Committee.
Dail, executive vice president of
Edenton Savings & Loan, is mayor
pro tern and active in numerous
community activities.
The telethon, sponsored by the
Democratic National Committee,
will be on NBC-TV between the
hours of 7 P.M. and 1:30 A.M. All
state organizations have been
invited to participate in the
telethon and in North Carolina it is
being organized down to the
precinct levels.
System in Elizabeth City. At right is William A.
Miller of Swan Quarter, AHRDS chairman.
David McGraw, speech pathologist for a new
clinic the system is opening in Elizabeth City, is
at left.
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Interior, it was noted “that today
the scale, plan, and leisurely
atmosphere of Edenton are
remarkably unchanged” from
decades ago.
“Unlike some other towns whose
architectural fabric includes
representatives of several
periods, Edenton is not made up of
separate stylistic sections but is
rather a rich and intriguing
mixture, with unexpected
juxtapositions that create
dramatic visual foils. it is
written.
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THOMAS H. SHEPARD, JR.
Dies In Wreck
Thomas Hoskins Shepard. Jr.,
98 Pembroke Circle, died early
Tuesday morning in an auto truck
collision in Wake County near
Raleigh. He was 21.
He was a student at the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill and employed at Mayo
Knitting Mills in Tarboro
A native of Chowan County, he
was born July 4, 1952. son of
Thomas H. and Rebecca Walker
Shepard. In addition to his
parents, surviving is a brother.
William Blount Shepard, 111, and a
sister, Miss Anne W. Shepard,
both of Edenton; his materal
grandmother, Mrs. D. J. Walker,
Sr., of Burlington; and his
paternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. William B. Shepard of
Edenton.
He was a member of St. Paul s
Episcopal Church, where funeral
services were scheduled for 11
A.M. today (Thursday) with Rev.
George B. Holmes and Rev. Fred
Drane officiating. Burial will be in
Beaver Hill Cemetery.
Williford Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.