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NEW AREA AGENT—Pete Thompson, left, extension chairman in Chowan County, is pictured outside the County Office Building with Bill Phillips of Siler City who this week became community resource development agent in Region R. A state employee, Phillips will work in all 10 Albemarle Area Counties. Bill Phillips Is Area Agent Region R is the first area in North Carolina to have a state employed community resource development Bill Phillips of Siler City went to work in this post Monday. Phillips, who has wide experience in grantsmanship, will work in all 10 Albemarle Area counties. He will have offices in the Chown County Office Building. The new agent is .employed by the Agricultural Extension Service and will be working closely with extension chairman as well as county and municipal governments in resource development. Prior to accepting this post, Phillips was program liaison with OEO in Region H, headquartered in Moore County. In this position [ he gained expertise in grant programs, which he feels will be beneficial in obtaining aid for local governments. A 1952 graduate of N. C. State University, Phillips worked for a short time with extension. He has also been associated with Sandhills Community College in Southern Pines. The agent is a lieutenant colonel in the USAR and is a batallion commander. He is a parsfc-- president of the Sandhills Area Development Association, a Mason, A Methodist and a former member of the Siler City Planning Board. Phillips is married to the former Ruth Elder of Siler City and they have two children, a daughter enrolled at Western Carolina University and a son of high school ' age. , Board Asked For Site Hearing Chowan County commissioners Tuesday were asked to call a public hearing on or after April 15 to discuss the selection of a site for a new courthouse-jail and to postpone further action until a hearing can take place. Nine local men signed a letter to C. A. Phillips, 'board chairman, requesting the public hearing after commissioners asked a three-member committee to recommend a site. “We strongly and sincerely believe that the public interest will be best served if selection of a proper site is limited to the downtown Edenton area,” it was f It was also stated that it appears that the board intends to select a site “which is not in or accessible to downtown Edenton.” v C' I^9 _ _— -• j_r3 ' IHK^JHBRfcHBI * s • _' ~ . jj \ ;>f LEGION HOSTS EVENT—TIie Edward G. Bond Post 40, American Legion, Saturday hotted the district Go-Getter celebration. In the picture at left Sheriff Troy Toppin, poet public |Jararlc Early Exposure A group of students from Chowan Academy got a good civics lesson Monday. They attended a portion of the meeting of Chowan County commissioners. It was somewhat ironic, however, as the private school students attended the session where Dr. Eddie West presented the 1974-75 budget for Edenton- Chowan Schools. Dr. West gave an impressive presentation in terms the students of Mrs. Virginia Wood’s class could readily understand. , At times the meeting appeared to be a love feast, with gracious words of commendation being abundant. This continued as Pete Thompson, county extension chairman, described the background to his staff getting the first state award honoring exten sion staffs. But just as the meeting of the mutual admiration society broke up, the daughter of Chairman C. A. Phillips, who is an academy student, touched her father for a budget request on her own. The chairman dug deep to comply, whHe there was some indication thflMligrequestgof Dr. West would bear a little more scrutiny. New Wrinkle A localbusiness establishnent and a realtively new industry along the Public Parade join together this weekend to put on the biggest sporting event in the area. They are Edenton Marina and Fiberform. Continued on Page 4 Commissioners have stated in consort that they oppose condemnation as a means of obtaining land on which to erect a new facility. A delegation favoring a downtown location met recently with die board and proposed six possible sites between Church Street! and Edenton Bay. After discussing these sites at an executive session believed to have been unlawfully called, it was determined that any or all of the sites proposed would require condemnation. Those signing the letter were: R. G. White, L. F. Amburri, Jr., John A. Mitchener, Jr., Wallace B. Evans, B. P. Kehayes, George A. Byrum, Wiley J. P. Earnhardt, Jr., James C. Dail and Jack Harris. Volume XL.—No. 14. Schools Request Special Funds 1 6 5 1 Board; f \ ones New C Ju dais 1 The new Chow 5 S jnty Board of Elections _.appointed registrars, judges and assistants for the May primary election, according to Mrs. Byron P. Kehayes, chairman. The appointees took office Wednesday afternoon. Following a brief swearing-in ceremony in the conference room of the County Office Building, an instructional meeting was held. Those name to serve include: EAST EDENTON—Registrar, Mrs. James E. Cozzens; Judges, Mrs. W. E. Mills, and Mrs. Earl Britton; Assistants, Mrs. Johnnie Horton and Mrs. Rudolph Dale. WEST EDENTON—Registrar, Mrs. H. O. West; Judges, Mrs. S. F. Hicks and Mrs. David 0. Wright; Assistants, Mrs. Janie McCloud and Mrs. Walter Noneman. ROCKY HCK—Registrar, Mrs. Joan Frances Lane; Judges Paul Ober and Earl Bunch; Assistants, Mrs. J. E. Peele and Mrs. Raleigh P. Harrell. i CENTER HlLL—Registrar, Ralph R. Goodwin; Judges, Rufus Smithson and Norman C. Hollo well; Assistants, Herbert Dale and Mrs. Ralph Goodwin. WARDVILLE-Registrar, Mrs. R. L. Hendren; Judges, Mrs. Sandra Hare and W. Jennings Continued on Page 4 Hearing Planned Hunters in Eastern North Carolina may be able to shoot an extra deer this coming fall. A recommendation to increase the 1974-75 season limit on deer from two to three in the Eastern countiesof the state which have a long season beginning in mid- October is one of the proposed changes in statewide hunting regulations being considered by the N. C. Wildlife Resurces Commission. The Wildlife Commission, at a regular meeting March 18, also proposed several other changes in deer hunting regulations for the coming season. The proposals will 4 be aired at nine public hearings across the state in April. The first heading will be held at Chowan County Courthouse here at 7:30 P.M. on April 8. k JJ prjj JB aH tJPUB- PPP l k h ttpiSy } rl ■ B. fife ■ Bafy v ■ : . >'*.} ms M "3 ■I WmTjjS * : n3‘ Jf ff Hmm .. '■§# Itart, national committee, renews friendship with Jack Harris. Above, Sheriff Julian Broughton of Perquimans County, left, welcomes Charlie Hodgson of Chapel Hill, one of this state's moot active legion &V- THE CHOWAN HERALD Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, April 4, 1974, t \ J9BI I jgl —B 1 * IHi ■ SiPfv4B|gp I\ . ' mjf ; I ■HWIIMW r p; ' : FACILITY OPENS—The second speech and hearing center in the Albemarle Area opened Monday in renovated quarters at Unit B of Chowan Hospital. Dave McGraw, left, director of Albemarle Speech & Hearing Center, appears pleased with the arrangements as does Ben Weaver of Durham, deputy director of Regional Medical Program; Thomas M. Surratt, hospital executive vice president; and John Young, RMP program development specialist. The other center, also supported by RMP and operated by Albemarle Human Resources Development System, is located in Elizabeth City. Big Clean Up Drive Is Slated The American Legion, V. F. W. and the Jaycees are sponsoring a county-wide clean up campaign along with their junk car project. “Saturday, May ■), has been picked as the final clean up day and we are asking the people at the land fill to keep it open that day so the trash can be dumped,” reports Pete Thompson. County extension chairman. “We have had our land fill in operation for about a year with the dumpsters throughout the county. This has stopped a lot of the dumping that has been done in the past on the right of ways, but those old piles are still there and in most cases are unsightly to people that are passing through the area. In the next two years during the bi centennial we believe that many people from out of this area will be visiting Chowan County due to the historical facts concerning the county. By cleaning up now and using the dumpsters, it is felt that the appearance of the communities in the county will be much more attractive to our visitors when they do come in to our county.” The program that these three organizations are working on is one of community pride whereby the people in the community are asked to clean up the roads that they live on. “We certainly do encourage you to work with these organizations. Other organized groups in the county will be asked to assist in encouraging this project to be completed also,” he noted. Holy Week Services Scheduled Ministers trom tne various churches in Edenton will once again be providing the 12-12:30 P.M. services that have become so popular. This year’s services will be held in the Edenton United Methodist Church. The line up of speakers is: Monday: Father Kenneth Parker, St. Ann’s Catholic Church “They Feared Him” Tuesday: Dr. William C. Butts, Providence Baptist Church, “Mountain-moving’ ’ Wednesday: Rev. Robert Gray, Edenton Baptist Church, “Render to God” Thursday: Rev. Raymond Storie, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church “Is It I?” Friday: Rev. Walter Lee, Union AME Zion Church, “A Cross For A Throne” Mrs. Agnes Chappell will be the Mr. Leary ,69 Leon George Leary, 309 South Mosley Street, died suddenly Thursday morning at his home. He was 69. Mr. Leary, husband of Mrs. Lena M. Leary, Chowan County Clerk of Superior Court, was re tired from the U. S. Post Office. He had served for 42 years as a city carrier in Edenton. ‘ Anati veof Chowan County, hewas bom October 11, 1904, son of the late George W. and Sallie Barrow Leary. In addition to his wife, surviving is a daughter, Mrs. Linda L. Beach of McLean, Va.;, a brother, William M. Leary of Norfolk, Va., a sister, Mrs. C. R. Baker of Norfolk, Va.; and one grandchild. He was a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and National Association of Retired Civil Service Employees. Funeral services were held at 11 A.M. Saturday in Colonial Funeral Chapel with Rev. Robert Gray and Rev. Raymond Storie officiating. Burial was in Beaver Hill Cemetery. Single Copies 10 Cents. Chowan County commissioners Monday were asked to appropriate $538,000 as the local share of a $3-million budget for Edenton-Chowan Schools for 1974- 75. At the same time, they were asked to place any surplus from the current fiscal year in a capital reserve account for new school construction program and to establish a special fund for the same purpose.' Dr. Eddie West, superintendent, made the requests on behalf of Edenton-Chowan Board of Educaton during a 35-minute presentation. He estimated the surplus will be $30,000. This has been brought about, he noted, by grants and positions being made available which have not taken local money. Commissioners N. J. George and David T. Bateman expressed the opinion that the requests were not fair. It was pointed out that the county has not voted on consolidation and it might not be proper to put away tax funds prior to a decision on this question. George said he had hoped the school board should have cut their budget request this year in light of full funding last yar. The proposal again contains $50,000 for maintenance and $50,000 for capital outlay. Dr. West said even with this included the budget increase is about 7 per cent. He reported that much progress has been made on the maintenance program and Phase 2 will begin when school is out for the summer. Chairman C. A. Phillips commended school officials for keeping their pledge to seek additional money from state and federal sources in order to operate within the framework of the budget. Dr. West earlier told the board their commitment to public education is overwhelming. “Your fairness, integrity and open mindedness has been an Continued on Page 4 organist on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Mrs. Lucy Brown will be the organist on Wednesday & Friday. John Allums will lead the congregational singing for the week, and special music is being provided for the services from the several churches involved. Everyone is invited to attend each and every service. Easter Sunrise Services will be held on the Courthouse Green at 7 A.M. Easter Sunday sponsored by Edenton United Methodist Church and Edenton Baptist Church. Rev. Robert Gray will bring the message this year. , Agent Chosen Miss Sandra Jones of Halifax County has joined the staff of Chowan County Agriculture Extension Department. Miss Jones was introduced to county commissioners Monday by Pete Thompson, extension chairman. Thompson said Miss Jones will be an assistant home agent. She will be working with Mrs. Fran Ward and Mrs. Gladys White. The new agentwill be working in sewing and with 4-H’ers. A 1973 graduate of Bennett College she majored in clothing and textiles. V-" ! " • x A* -a . :y<
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