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READY TO RlDE—Above, some 72 participants in Sunday’s
Easter Seals Bike-A-Thon sit awaiting the starting signal while
j, Rudolph Dale assists Mrs. Emily Ambum in preparing to join the
Strictly Personal
It is difficult to believe that four
years have passed since in this
column we advised those who
meander along the Public Parade
that we would vote for a woman
for the Edenton-Chowan Board of
Education.
This time around we are
competed to be more specific. We
will say we vote for our wife,
Emily Ambum, in Tuesday’s
Democratic primary election. She
h&s earned a new term. She has
worked tirelessly, often times
neglecting what some of lesser
\ qualities would consider more
important, in order to carry out.
her responsibilities as an
elected official.
Her decisions have often times
gotten her into trouble at home but
it nonetheless hasn’t affected her
unwavering dedication to the
position of trust to which she was
elected.
Four years ago we broke from
tradition in a primary election by
announcing that we would yotefur ■
the woman running for a seat on
the board of education. Then she
Was elected we withdrew from
personal coverage of board
meetings, leaving that to a
reporter on the staff in order to
keep down cries of bias, etc.
It has been our goal to look at the
bdard of education objectively. If
we have not done so it has been by
accident rather than by design.
We have had an understanding
from the start. We would not tell
‘ her how to carry out her
responsibilities as a member of
the school board and she would not
tell us how to run the newspaper.
We have not abrigated this
agreement.
While this is strictly personal, it
must be said. We know of no one
more dedicated, more aware of
the awesome responsibilities of the
office, and more willing to work
unselfishly or more objectively for
the purpose she deems right than
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CHARLES M. HARRELL, JR.
Mr. Harrell,s3
HERTFORD—CharIes Manning
Harrell, Jr., 53^ givic, church and
business leader of 'the Albemarle
Area, died suddenly Monday
afternoon at 3:30 o’clock in the
Albemarle Hospital. He lived at
109 Railroad Avenue.
Mr. Harrell owned and managed
Harrell’s Inc., in Hertford,
Edenton and Elizabeth City as
well as the Culligan Albemarle
Water Conditioning Service.
His parents were the late Charles
M. and Joyce Brattain Harrell.
He was a member of the First
United Methodist Church and its
Administrative Board, a member
president of the Hertford
Lions Club, a former president of
the N. C. LP Gas Association, a
past president of the Albemarle
Area Development Association
and a member of the American
Legion. i
He was instrumental in
organizing the Perquimans
County Chamber of Commerce,
serving as its first president. He
was currently serving as assistant
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other riders. At right, National Guardsman Steve Davenport
signs validation cards at checkpoint seven while bikers take a
short breather before taking to the highway again.
Light \hter Turnout
Is Predicted At Polls
North Carolina primary
elections will be held on Tuesday
for the first time this year and
May 7 is the day. Previously
primaries have been held on
Saturday and the switch is
expected to result in a lighter vote
in some areas.
Chowan County Board of
Elections has prepared for a big
vote although interest has been
almost non-existent in most races.
The 10 new voting machines have
arrived but will not be used in the
primary.
The elections board decided
there was not sufficient time to
educate the poll officials and the
general public prior to the other
primary. They will be used in all
six precincts in November.
Cases Remanded
The cases of some 46
demonstrators arrested here last
summer have been remanded to
Chowan County Superior Court for
trial. The action came Monday in
Elizabeth City as U. S. District
Court Judge John Larkins denied
a petition to have the cases tried in
federal court.
Judge Larkins stated in his
memorandum opinion that there
was no evidence that the
defendants could not get a fair and
impartial trial in Chowan County.
“In this instant case the
petitioners have baldly alleged
that the state statutes in question
are either unconstitutional or
unconstitutionally applied,’’ he
wrote. “They do not contend, let
alone offer proof, that the law in
question will inevitably deny them
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Budget Approved
A $509,200 budget for manpower
programs for the next fiscal year
has been approved by the Region
R Ancillary Manpower Board,
according to John T. Biggers,
chairman.
The prime sponsors are
Employment Security
(Commission and Economic
Improvement Council, Inc. ESC
will receive 24.6 per cent of the
budget and EIC the remaining 75.4
per cent.
Albemarle Regional Planning &
Development Commission will be
the alternate sponsor for
manpower programs.
Biggers said Neighborhood j
Youth Corps which told the lion’s
share of the manpower budgetiin
past years, hs been changed td a
Youth Program that will opeiite
similar to NYC but with more
flexibility. £
Should more than the budgeted
amount be allocated the region,
Biggers said the same
percentages Ibr programs, will
apply.
He also said the summer Youth
Program is expected to be funded
were SIC wuHiy
The polls will be open from 6:30
A.M. until 7:30 P.M. on Tuesday.
The voting places are: East
Edenton, Chowan County Office
Building; West Edenton, Edenton
Municipal Building; Rocky Hock,
Chowan Rescue Building No. 3;
Center Hill, Center Hill
Community Building; Wardville,
Wards Community Building; and
Yeopim, Municipal Airport.
Curbside voting will be allowed
from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. only. There
are no write-ins allowed in the
primary.
Democrats will vote four
ballots. There are three races for
posts in Chowan County. Mrs.
Emily G. Amburn, incumbent
member of Edenton-Chowan
Board of Education, is being
challenged by Mrs. Elizabeth L.
Byrd, the only Negro in a local
race.
Two are to be elected to Chowan
County Board of Commissioners.
N. J. George, an incumbent, is
being opposed for the First
Township seat by Woodrow Lowe
of the Advance Community. In the
Second Township, two newcomers
are seeking the seat being vacated
by C. M. Evans. They are J. D.
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Jaycee Officers Are Elected
Edenton Jaycees installed new
officers and passed out club
awards last Thursday night at a
banquet held at Jaycee
Community Building on Base
Road.
Oscar White was installed as
president and James Ellis took
top club honors. White succeeds
Joe Hollowell.
Ellis not only was named Jaycee
of the Year but won a presidential
award as Project Chairman of the
Hollowell named Ellis’
“cooking group as committee of
the year.
Jacob Jordan was presented the
Keyman II award and Bud
Spencer was receipient of the
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being installed as president of Edenton Jaycees. With him are
Mrs. White, Woody Copeland and Andy Johnson.
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Bike-A-Thon Is Successful
By FLYNN SURRATT
Both in and out of town, on
streets and highways, a lot of
people were taking advantage of
that glimpse of summer Sunday
afternoon peddling around on then
bikes. It could hardly have been
a more perfect day.
Warm enough to work up a
- sweat, the occasional
gentle breezes kept the
temperatures from becoming
oppressive. Just the kind of day
that is right for a Bike-A-Thon.
By 1:30 in the afternoon, most of
the riders for the Easter Seals
Bike-A-Thon had completed
registration procedures and were
sitting on their wheels in a big
cluster at the end of Woodard
Street beside the National Guard
Armory. A few riders were still
Keyman I award.
Andy Johnson of Plymouth, 1973
State Jaycee Speak Up winner in
the novice division, addressed the
audience on Jaycee opportunity.
Mehan Mehta spoke briefly of his
native India.
In addition to White, new
officers include:
Carroll Forehand, internal vice
president; Ray Midgett, external
vice president; Woody Furlough,
secretary; Mike Deßlois,
treasurer; Ellis, state director
and Terry Nixon, corresponding
secretary.
Directors are: Wallace Evans,
chairman; Ken Lowe, Jerry
Severson, Steve Sharber, Spencer,
Jordan and Henry Overton.
arriving, a couple of men sporting
cassette recorders looked official
while a camera-man for WAVY
TV moved through the crowd
shooting a few feet of film here
and there.
Now and then a young voice
would cry out, “Hey buddy, take
my picture!” The statickv crackle
of National Guard radio
telephones, tennis shoes,
gym suits, bermuda shorts, sun
glasses, and hectic organizers
made up the festive scene.
Half an hour later, just as a few
signs of impatience were
beginning to show, the signal to
start was given. The more
youthful riders on 10-speeds
leaned forward and pumped hard,
while some of the adult
participants carefully pushed off
with one foot, gained control of the
wobbly front tire, and shot
spectators a big impish grin.
One hundred feet down and 23
miles, 5,180 feet to go!
National Guardsmen manned
the 10 checkpoints along the route,
validating the bikers’ cards and
providing a drink of water before
moving on down the road.
The route, itself, extended out N.
C. 32 south, bore left at Hoskin
Harrell’s store, crossed Highway
37 at Les Jones’ through Yeopim
down Nixon’s Beach Road,
running back across Highway 32 to
the tail end of Base Road leading
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Pre-registration
All parents who have children
who will enter the first grade in
either D. F. Walker School or
White Oak School for the 1974-75
school year should make a special
effort to pre-register their child at
the appropriate school in their
attendance district on May 9 from
9 A.M.—l2 noon.
North Carolina requires that
parents provide a birth certificate
and an up-dated immunization
record to school officials before a
child can be officially enrolled in
school. Parents should bring both
birth certificates and up-dated
shot records for each child
enrolled.
To enroll in the first grade in the
Edenton-Chowan Schools, for
school year 1974-75 the law re
quires that a child be six years
old by October 15 as indicated
by a valid birth certificate pre
sented prior to the child’s enroll
ment in school.
graders on die above date will be
held in the priipary library at
Walker School and in the library at
White Oak School.