Volume XL —No. 12. Edenton. North Carolina, Thursday, April it, 1974
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Exhaust Pipe Hound
U. S. Sen. Jesse Helms is staying
ckrte to the exhaust pipes of
federal bureaucrats riding around
Washington, and other parts of the
country, in chauffer-driven
limousines at taxpayers expense.
If tjiis is the type program which
has gained him .the title of “Mr.
Negative” then there are many
along the Public Parade and
throughout the nation who would
like to be included.
Sen Helms and Sen. William
Proxmire of Wisconsin have been
successful in getting the Senate to
strip three agencies of their
limousines and. chauffeurs.
Shortly thereafter other agencies
got the message and voluntarily
followed suit.
Elmber B. Staats, Comptroller
General of the U. S., reports that
as of June 30, 1973, there were
98,5Q2 government-owned vehicles
being used. Salaries for the
chauffeurs of these vehicles
totaled $25.6-million per year.
Now the senators await a second
report from Staats about a study
which will show exactly what
savings are being realized.
“this foolishness should have
been stopped a long time ago,” the
Tar Heel senator says. “In fact, it
should never have been allowed to
start. The excuse that it has been
going on for 30 or 40 years doesn’t
lessen the outrage one bit.”
Tell it like it is, Mr. Negative.
The applause you hear certainly
doesn’t come from the gliberal
press but from appreciative
taxpayers.
A Touch Os Unusual
The death on March 31 of Mrs.
Clara Cotton Capehart Harney
removed from the scene an
interesting individual who had
many long and lasting friends
along the 1 Public Parade. The
account of her death in Beaufort.
S. C., and burial at Avoea-waa—
routine. It didn’t however, tell the
whole story as it appears
elsewhere in today’s paper.
It may be unusual to some to
read this posthumous account in
this newspaper. But Mrs. Harney
was an unusual person.
On a personal note, our first
pleasurable introduction to Mrs.
Harney was in the lobby of the old
Joseph Hewes Hotel nearly 10
years ago. At the end of our first
week at The Chowan Herald we
were still mighty excited over
moving to Edenton.
It was Sunday morning, but not
too early, when down the fourth
floor hall came the sounds of hymns
being played by someone with
considerable talent at the
eyeboard. For the next six weeks
or so we looked forward to Mrs.
Harney’s personal concerts. We
were only sorry that we had not
known her in her prime.
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SYSTEM ADDS ASSISTANT—HaroId McKiraey tfKtastojv
/dtemarte Human Resources Development System in Region R.
McKinney is pictured with James Lewis, left, executive director,
Chowan Takes First Pla< l|
The Annual Albemarle FFA
Federation Land Judging Contest
was held March 28 on the farm of
Edward A. Brumsey in Currituck
County. The event is sponsored
by the Albemarle Conservation Di
strict. All five counties in the dis
trict were represented with
over 40 students in attendance.
The Chowan FFA team won first
place in the contest and received a
check for sls for their
achievement from Richard
Poyner, Chairman of the
Currituck Committee of the
Albemarle Conservation District.
Team members were Glenn
Parks, Mel Evans, Ronnie Nixon,
Randy Copealnd and E. S. White,
instructor.
Poyner also presented a check
for $lO to the Northeastern FFA
team from Pasquotank County for
winning second place and a $5
check to Knapp FFA team from
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WINNERS—Shown here are members of the Chowan FFA
Chapter Land Judging Team as they receive their check for first
place winner in the five-county Albemarle FFA Federation Land
Judging Contest. Left to right are: Richard Poyner, Albemarle
Conservation District Supervisor, and team members Glenn
Parks, Mel Evans, Ronnie Nixon, Randy Copeland and E. S.
White, Vo-Ag teacher.
-April Symposium Scheduled
The second biennial Edenton
Symposium on History,
Architecture and Furnishings
begins April 18 and there is still
time for participants to register.
Louis Hafermehl, site manager
for Historic Edenton, Inc.,
reported Wednesday that 54 had
Registered for the three-day event
which was a big success two years
Longer Terms
Chowan County commissioners
will now be elected for four-year
terms. Legislation to set the terms
of all five members was ratified in
the General Assembly on April 4.
Prior to the recent law three
commissioners ran every two
years. The two high vote getters in
the November election received
four-year terms and the third
candidate was elected for two
years.
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Currituck County for thii -« w®.
Glenn Parks, a membei |j§ie
Chowan team, was also in §o al
high scorer in the conj K «id
received a check for $5.
Joe Covington. Soil Scientist
with the So’! Conservation Service,
selected the test sites and the
different land classes to be judged.
According to Covington the
purpose of land judging is to lean
first to recognize and evaluate the
physical tharacteristics of the soil
which affect crop growth and land
use. Second, to decide what soil
and water management will be
required to preserve the soil and
maintain it in profitable produce
under its most intensive use
capability.
The Chowan FFA team will
represent the Albemarle
Federation at the State Lane
Judging Contest to be held Apri
20 near Ashville.
ago. Registration is limited to 65.
This symposium is designed to
be more than a series of scholarly
lectures. Its purpose Is to use the
Town of Edenton as a laboratory
where the physical remains of the
past may be studied in situ.
Edenton is one of the few early
Southern towns where the
residential and business areas
have never shifted from the center
of the town. It is a place where the
overall scale of building and the
way of life have not been
interrupted by modern
development.
The symposium is sponsored by
Edenton Historical Commission
and draws some of the most
knowledgeable people in their
field to direct discussions on
various aspects of the community.
Holmes Drama
“Tonight at 8:30,” a collection of
three one-act plays by Noel
Coward, will be presented tonight
and Friday night, at 8 P.M. in the
John A. Holmes Auditorium by the
Holmes Drama Club.
Produced and directed by Mrs.
Sandra Boyce these plays include
two comedies entitled “Fumed
Oak” and “Ways and Means” and
a romance entittled “Still Life.”
“Fumed Oak” featuring:
Nelson Chears, Sue Stutzman, Jon
Baxley and Mitizi' Jordan is the
story of a hen-pecked husband who
finally gets his fill of a nagging
wife and ornery mother-in-law.
“Still Life” unfolds the story of
two people, Wendy Crandall and
Jason Weeks, who meet and fall in
love in a train station. Comic relief
is offered by the train station
manager, Alice Hines, and the
ticket agent, Calvin Vaughn.
“Ways and Means” is a story of
a very wealthy affluent couple,
MicheleßobersonandChuck Smith,
who are just plain broke. This
humorous play takes place in the
exquisite guest room of Mrs. Olive
Lloyd-Rovdaome, played by
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The three plays incorporate a
coast of more than » and offer an
to 6 theater *
TheydbhcH tMally invited to
attend. Admission is $1.50.
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Morgan Hits Export Policy
Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan
passed through Chowan County
last week, naming a local business
executive his county campaign
coordinator and lashing out at the
Nixon Administration’s tobacco
and agricultural export policy.
E. L. Hollowell, president of
Chowan Veneer Company, Inc.,
was chosen by Morgan to head his
campaign in Chowan County for
the Democratic nomination to the
U. S. Seante. “I am pleased E. L.
will be directing our campaign in
Chowan County,” the candidate
said. “He is the type of person you
want on your team.”
In accepting the post, Hollowell
said: “I am very pleased to work
for Robert Morgan in this
campaign. He is a fine man with
an outstanding record of public
service. He’s the man we need
now to represent us in the
U. S. Senate.”
Hollowell is also a member of
Morgan’s state finance committee
Biking For
Easter Seals
The Easter Seal campaign
will move on wheels, reported
Recreation Director Roy Winslow
to the Town Council Monday night.
He will chair a committee which
will organize a “bike-a-thon” to
raise funds for the campaign.
Riders in the project will receive
20 cents per mile which will in turn
go to the Easter Seal project.
Sidewalk reconstruction is
moving along with 700 out of 1,500
feet completed. Admistrator W. B.
Gardner reported the project is
expected to be completed within
the next 30 days,if the weather is
cooperative. He also stated that
there appears to be sufficient
money currently in the budget to
cover costs of the work.
Bids were expected to come on
the proposed Downtown Sidewalk
Project which will include more
sidewalk reconstruction as well as
changes in parking, but as of the
council meeting they had not
arrived.
The Council' voted the
annexation of the new Church of
God located on U. S. 17 South, after
a petition was submitted. This will
allow the church to receive water
and sewer service. It was
noted, however, that the
annexation applies only to the side
of the highway on which the
church is located.
In an update on the Pembroke
Creek Project, Administrator
Gardner stated that a high official
in the Army Corps of Engineers
now is seeking to require the town
to provide four acres of land for
deposit of dredging spoil before
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County Applies
For Grant Money
RALEIGH—Chowan County
commissioners have made
application for a grant of $730,500
under the N. C. Clean Water Bond
Act of 1971 to aid in development of
a countywide water system, the
first in Eastern North Carolina.
Joseph F. Riley of the Water
Supply Grants Unit of the
Department of Human Resources,
reports that the application seeks
a grant of $105,000 from funds
allocated for use in Chowan
County and $625,500 from funds
allocated for statewide use.
Chowan County commissioners
recently announced their
endorsement of the project that
with Gear Water Bond funds, a
grant from Farmers Home
Administration and a loan from
the same source would not require
tax funds. The users would pay off
the FHA loan over a 40-year
period.
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The project consists of
construction of four deep wells,
two water treatment plants, three
elevated water storage tanks and
a distribution system with fire
hydrants and meters.
Chowan County Planning Board
has been working on the
development of this system for
some time and several community
systems have been sidelined
pending action of a regional
which is seeking to raise $400,000
to finance the campaign. In
answer to a question during a news
conference from the steps of
Edenton Municipal Building,
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CANDIDATE GREETED—Northeastern North Carolina is
taking on more and more the atmosphere of being “Morgan
country” as Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan continues his campaign
for the U. S. Senate nomination. He is shown above as he
addressed a group outside the Municipal Building here last
Wednesday afternoon. At left, he announces that E. L. Hollowell,
local business executive and a state finance committee member,
will head his campaign in Chowan County.
Livestock To Be Exhibited
By MURRAY L. GOODWIN
Agricultural Extension Agent
The annual Chowan County
Junior Livestock Show and Sale
will be held next Tuesday at the
American Legion Fairgrounds.
The show will be held at 3:30 P.M.
and the sale at 7:30 P.M.
Eight trophies will be awarded
to 4-H and FFA members. The
sponsors of the trophies are v
Peoples Bank and Trust Comnanv
Mitchener’s Pharmacy, Hollo
well’s Rexall Drug Store, Albe
marle Motor Company, P & Q Su
per Market, J. H. Conger and
Son, Edenton Savings and
Loan Association and George Chev
rolet Company.
The trophies will go to the
Hunting Laws Are Dicussed
A public hearing on proposed
changes in hunting regulations
was well attended at Chowan
County Courthouse Monday night.
The hearing was conducted by the
N. C. Wildlife Resources
Commission for the 13-county
District One.
Some 85 interested sportsmen
were on hand to voice their
opinions about the proposed
changes.
On hand were Commissioner
Orville L. Woodhouse of Grandy
and Clyde P. Patton of Raleigh,
commission executive director.
Immediately prior to the
hearing, 31 commission
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WILDLIFE PRINCIPALS—N. C. Wildlife Commissioner
Orville L. Woodhouse of Grandy, center, is shown with Clydr
Patton of Raleigh, left, commission executive director, and
Supervisor L. C. Spain. A pre-hearing dinner was held for
commission personnel in District 1 at Edenton Restaurant
Monday night.
Morgan said he is pleased with the
widespread, grass roots
contribution to his campaign
which was then some $187,000 off
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exhibitors of top steers and top
hogs. Also, the winners of fitting
and showmanship contest for
steers and for hogs will be
presented a trophy.
This year the show and sale will
be held while the boys and girls
are out for spring vacation. It is
hoped that this will increase the
attendance of school age boys and
girls. The general public is invited
to attend the show and sale.
Businessmen interested in
Chowan County boys and girls and
the livestock industry bid the
animals up above the market
prices. This encourages boys and
girls to have livestock projects.
Buyers for hogs last year were:
employees in the district attended’
a dinner at Edenton Restaurant.
Commissioner Woodhouse and
Patton made brief comments.
Supervisor L. C. Spain of
Edenton welcomed the group and
made introductions. The
invocation was by Protector
Henry L. Bazemore of Ahoskie.
Activities in the various were
made by the following.
Richard C. Guier of Elizabeth
City, fish; Dan M. Connelly of
Edenton, game; Richard W.
Wright of Williamston, motorboat;
L. B. Tunnell of New Holland,
game lands; and A. R. Elks of
Edenton, protection.