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HONORED FOR FARMING ACHIEVEMENTS-Three different organizations in Chowan County
Monday night presented awards during the annual Farm-City Week banquet held at Edenton Jaycee
Building on Base Road. At far left, W. Earl Smith, chairman of the Agriculture Committee of
Edenton Chamber of Commerce presents the 1972 peanut production award to representatives of
Byrum Farms, Inc., Butch, Carroll and Joe Carroll Byrum. Oscar White is shown at left in center
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Volume XXXIX.—No. 46.
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Thanksgiving, 1973
This marks our ninth
Thanksgiving holiday along the
Public Parade. And it will be
even more meaningful than the
first because we are joined this
year by our mother who is cele
brating her 89th holiday season.
Although life, even along the
Public parade, appears to be one
crisis after another in our opinion
There ei»'«rVtt«Ppto&‘, no
better people, and no better cause
than in the Albemarle.
Two years ago we renewed our
pledge to strive to contribute to the
solution rather than be a part of
the problem. If we have been at all
successful in this continuing
endeavor it has been the result of a
team effort, for which we are
thankful.
There will be the traditional
Thanksgiving dinner, family and
friends. But we must not forget
those in every quarter who have
contributed to that for which we
are thankful.
Won’t you join us in such
remembrances during this holiday
season— Thanksgiving, 1973? "
Fair Dealing
We would like to call to the
attention of all who meander along
the Public Parade two items
included in The Chowan Herald
this week. One is the reproduction
of the Chowan County Sketch
Development Plan; the other a
questionnaire dealing with
penetrating matters of Edenton-
Chowan Schools.
Both items are of utmost
importance in the development of
a balanced community; one in
which the citizenry acts rather
than reacts; one in which public
officials are cognizance of the
needs and seek widespread input.
Chowan County planning Board,
with JJeorge W. Lewis as
chairman, is recognized as one of.
the most active in the state. I>nqf
are innovative, imaginative and
practically 'fearless. They
circulate the sketch development
plan, printed by Eden Press, lac.,
in an effort to obtain criticism and
comment from the citizens in
order to develop the beet possible
{dan for all the people.
who, for will
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Child-Care Service Need Cited
There apparently are 144
children under six years of age in
Chowan County who need child
care services but are not receiving
them.
This is one of the major
conclusions of a county survey
conducted as part of a statewide
chikl-care services assessment by
the Learning Institute of North
Carolina (LINC) of Durham.
The county survey was
coordinated by Mrs. D.
Mouse Figures In Campaign
Volunteers from the Methodist
Youth Fellowship of Edenton
Methodist Church will be
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OPERATION SANTA CLAUS VOLUNTEERS-Volunteer
coordinators from the Student Council of Chowan Academy for
uperauon oama are ptcmreaaoove wijn a gut receptaDie
that will be placed in the Consumer Credit branch of Peoples
Bank. Five other containers will be placed at various locations in
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Inglis of Edenton.
Reports for each county are
being issued by LINC as they are
completed, and a state report will
be published in November.
The survey covered day-care
centers, day-care homes, nursery
schools, and kindergartens. A
total of 175 children under six in
the county are enrolled in these
services, the survey report
indicates.
Four of the seven child-care
conducting a “Send a Mouse to
College” campaign Friday, in the
Edenton business district and
shopping centers.
If you are asked for a donation to
send a mouse to college, don’t take
it lightly. Citizens will be asked to
contribute two quarters and a
penny for a mouse to be used in
cancer research and thus will
receive a red button.
Fifty-one cents is the estimated
xostof raising a mouse, putting him
to sleep, performing an autopsy
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picture as he presented the Edenton Jaycee OYF award to Wayne Bunch. Edenton Lions Club,
represented by Marvin Barham, presented 4-H Corn Contest awards to Bill Jordan, Joseph Goodwin
and Nadine Monds. Below, Dr. William Toussaint is given a gift package of Chowan County peanut
products by C. A. Phillips, chairman, Chowan County commissioners; Wallace B. Evans, Farm-Citv
Week chairman; and Mayor Roy L. Harrell.
Single Copies 10 Cents.
services identified were selected
for the survey. Totals in the county
report, however, are projections
for all known child-care services.
The LINC report indicates that
there are 969 children five years of
age or younger in the county, and
245 women in the labor force
(employed or seeking
employment) with children under
six.
U. S. Census information shows
. Jhat the average. North Carolina
woman in the labor force with a
pre-school child, or children, has
1.3 children under six. Therefore,
LINC estimates that the 245
/women in the labor force with
children under six have a total of
319 preschool children.
Since only 175 children under six
actually are enrolled in child-care
services, the report states, more
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Gifts Sought For Area Patients
Operation Santa Claus is
presently organizing its third
drive to bring good tidings and
Christmas joy to the
approximately 200 Albemarle
Area residents who are patients at
Cherry Hospital, Caswell Center,
and the W. B. Jones Alcoholic
Rehabilitation Center. These
Parade Slated
Edenton’s annual Christmas
Parade will be held at 4 P.M. on
December 6.
This announcement was made
today by Alton Clark, chairman of
the Merchants Committee of
Edenton Chamber of Commerce.
The committee sponsors the
parade through - downtown
Edenton with Edenton Jaycees
assisting.
Clark said preparations for
another good parade are nearing
completion. Those who seek
further information are aksed to
call the chamber office, 482-&00.
Postmaster Urges Early Mailing For Christmas
Postmaster James M. Bond
today joined Postmaster General
E. T. Klassen in urging the
residents of Edenton to post then
domestic and foreign Christmas
mail one to two weeks earlier than
the Postal Service originally
recommended, so that the energy
shortage will not interfere with
one-time deliveries.
“Tbe urgency of the fuel energy
crisis compels us to request a one
dates we gave fo^ctomest^mail
foreign mail,” Postmaster Bond
said.
Tbe new deadline for posting
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For the first time in history the
income of farm people in 1973 will
equal that of non-farm people.
This is the prediction of a noted
farm economist, who also sees
increase of agricultural products,
lower prices and lower income.
Dr. William D. Toussaint, head
regional institutions are
dependent upon each mental
health area to supply gifts to those
residents from that area.
If there are those who would
prefer making a cash donation
rather than a gift donation, checks
may be payable to the Caswell
Center, ear marked for the
volunteer Services Christmas
Fund, Cherry Hospital Volunteer
Fund, or W. B. Jones A.R.C.,
voluntary Christmas Fund.
Appropriate gifts will be
purchased for each resident by
staff members who know them
and are familiar with their wishes.
The Albemarle Mental Health
Center and local volunteer
workers will coordinate the
project and solicit gifts and
donations.
Anyone wishing to give a gift or
make a cash donation may contact
the Albemarle Mental Health
Center or anyone of the volunteers
workers who will direct you as to
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mail is December 8 rather than
December 15, as previously
announced. Domestic surface
parcels, except those for Alaska
and Hawaii, should be mailed by
December 3, instead of December
10. To Alaska and Hawaii, mail by
November 23 instead of November
30.
Airmail parcels and letters
within the United States (except
Alaska and Hawaii) should now be
posted no later than December 15,
rather than December 21. To
Alaska and Hawaii, mail by
December 13, 1 rather than
December 20.
shortage to the Postal Mm*
of the Ag-Econ Department at N.
C. State University in Raleigh,
also told a Farm-City Week
banquet audience here Monday
night that the future of agriculture
will be determined by the weather
and fuel shortage.
He said the fuel crisis will affect
the availability of fertilizer as well
as the curing of crops and food
processing.
Dr. Toussaint said the American
people have taken agriculture too
much for granted for too long a
time. Over the years, he noted,
progress in American agriculture
has been truly remarkable. He
noted that in 1942 one farm would
produce enough food for 11 people
and by 1950 it had increased to 15
people and in 1973 one farm
produced sufficient food for 50
people.
Address himself to food prices,
he said in the U. S. consumers
spend less than 16 per cent of the
dollar for food and food items
while in most countries the
percentage ranges from 25 to 50.
“During the last 50 years
agriculture policy has been
directed toward increased farm
prices,” he said. This has been
through controls to keep the prices
up. He noted that the rapid price
increases of 1973 actually started
in 1971 with the Southern corn
blight. And price controls have
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underlined,” Postmaster Bond
said, “by the fact that in addition
to the ■ fuel consumed by
commercial air carriers, we
require approximately 350-million
gallons of fuel to travel 2.25-billion
miles delivering the 90-billion
pieces of mail that flow through
the system each year. Our
requirement for the month of
December alone is 45-million
gallons.”
Postmaster Bond said that
“public cooperation on meeting
these new, advance mail early
dates is needed to help us
complete all , Christmas
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