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.• NEW SLATE 6f OFFICERS — Chowan Democratic Women ejected a new slate of
officers at a luncheon meeting held last Wednesday at Edenton Restaurant. Pic-
above, from left to right, they are: Mrs. Carrie Earnhardt, recording secre
tary; Mrs. Hurley Winborne, treasurer; Mrs. Gahl Stevens, president; Mrs. Imogene
Byrum, second vice president; Mrs. Lane Kinion, corresponding secretary, and
Mrs. Snooky Bond, third vice president. Not pictured is Mrs. Neysia Kataveck,
second vice president.
tetter To The Editor
How much proof does one
need? “A picture is worth a
thousand words”...is an old
adage which has again proven
to bo so true. I am referring, of
course, to the enclosed picture
of ojie Emily G. Am burn and
heiv.five “school-attending”
children which appeared in
your newspaper last week.
I could not hep but think how
lucky the voters of Chowan
j County and Edenton are to have
\such vivid and conclusive
evidence of genuine interest in
young people, education, and
Y community spirit. Certainly
this Evidence would help make a
prima facie case. In addition.
Important Notice
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Serfage 2-Bof This Paper
for a complete list of Sample Ballots for next
Tuesday's Primary Election. We urge you to
study these ballots for familiarization and
then go to the polls and cast a ballot for the
candidate who, in your opinion, is the best
qualified and will do the best job.
(Holmttal (Sfmtmtl JMome
Highway 32 North Edenton, N. C
MAY 7,1974 PRIMARY ELECTION
» VOTE FOR ELIZABETH L BYRD
FOR THE
i Edenton-Chowan Board of Education
n _
jij -V Elizabeth L. Byrd’s philosophy of edu-
H cation, training and experience cover
the improvement of public education
for
1 The P r °g ram of the Edenton-Chowan
■ School Unit has been improved by the
implementation of projects written by
If (1) The initial Title 111, ESEA Fine Arts-
(2) The initial CSlP—Comprehensive School
(3) The 1966-1973 Title I, ESEA Projects
the fact she is runnipg for a seat
on the Board of Education
would substantiate that interest
in young people, education, and
her adopted community. More
especially, when we have the
impressive record she has
already established in your
community as a mother of five
fine children, a wife, a nurse, a
civic worker, a church
participant and an incumbent
member of the Edenton-
Chowan Board of Education.
I am now an “outsider looking
in" since I am no longer a
resident of Edenton, but I can
assure you that my interest in
Edenton-Chowan affairs has
been nurtured intact through
the years. I feel compelled again
to caution our qualified voters
against apathetic good
intentions about voting. If one
so qualified as Mrs. Amburn
offers herself to public service,
then I urge each and every
voter to do no less than to give
priority to his and her privilege
and responsibility on election
day and VOTE.
I wish I could cast my vote for.
Emily G. Amburn on May 7th
for the Edenton-Chowan Board
of Education.
WILLIAM C. BUNCH, JR.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Tar Heel Spotlight
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
of cultural resources
Grace J. Rohrer, Secretary
ODYSSEY OF THE ARCHIVES
The nationally-known and
extensive state archives
collection located in Raleigh in
the Archives and History-State
Library Building wasn’t always
so—it hasn’t always been
nationally-known or extensive
or located in Raleigh.
The first official record of
North Carolina was created in
1663 when Charles II granted to
eight Lords Proprietors the
Carolina Charter, now
displayed in the lobby of the
Archives and History-State
Library Building.
Later, as immigrants arrived
to settle, and a colonial
government grew, records
accumulated as the legislature
moved from town to town,
assembling in Edenton, Bath,
New Bern or Wilmington. Royal
Governor Gabriel Johnston
wrote in 1748 that the papers
and records were so dispersed
that he had to send from one end
of the province to the other for
them. “This situation was
owing to the want of a town 1
where all the offices could be
kept,” he wrote. The site for a
fixed capital was disputed for
years, with the records being
hauled arund in carts from town
to town—wherever the General
Assembly met.
The most central coastal
town, New Bern, was finally
selected, with the palace for the
royal governor completed in
1770, almost of the eve of the
Revolution.
Druing the Revolution, the
records fared very well, except
during the last year. In May,
1781, as troops marched up the
coast from Wilmington, the
archives were evacuated under
military escort into Virginia
and thence into what is now
eastern Tennessee.
For almost 20 years after
Independence, the General
Assembly continued to move
from New Bern to
Tarborough, Halifax, Cross
Creek (Fayetteville), Kinston,
Smithfield and Wake Court
House. Movements of the
archives which followed the
officials can be traced through
the records of payments to
wagoners who transported the
papers.
Despite the war and the
nomadic life of the legislature, a
. large collection- of records
survived. And from time to time
the lawmakers tried—with bills
introduced into the General
Assembly— to select a
permanent capital which
“would greatly tend to the
preservation of the public
papers therof .”
Finally, in 1792, the archives
appared to have found a home:
land was purchased in Wake
County from Joel Lane, with 400
acres laid out for a town.
Construction began on a state
house and late in 1794 the
General Assembly held its first
session in the new State House
in Raleigh.
After a fire scare in 1816, the
Secretary of State, who was in
charge of public records,
requested the General Assembly
to provide for the construction
of a fireproof building to
safeguard the archives.
Because of this foresight, when
the Capitol was destroyed by
fire in 1831, with the loss of the
Canova statue and over 1,000
books in the State Libaray, the
public records in the office of
the Secretary of State were
spared.
When the new Capitol
building was finished, the
archives were moved in—a
permanent home at last!
Then came war again—though
enemy troops occupied much of
the coastal areas, the capital
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city was spared until toward the
end. As General Sherman
marched toward North
Carolina, Gov. Zebulon B.
Vance was advised to evacuate
the state’s valuables. By mid
march of 1865, some of the older
records were on the train for
Salisbury. As the union troops
moved closer, other archives
moved by wagon to Durham
and thence by train to
Greensboro, with the more
valuable ones being placed in
a bank vault.
As soon as the Union forces
were in command at Raleigh,
negotiations were begun to
permit Treasurer Jonathan
Worth to return with the
archives. Within a month, most
of the public records were back
in the Capitol.
Undoubtedly some of the
records were lost or stolen from
the trains or wagons that
carried them to both safety and
confusion—over the years some
have been returned. Yet, the
overall loss from the war was
apparently slight.
Early in the twentieth century
the General Assembly
established an unsalaried
Historical Commission with an
appropriation of SSOO for
collecting and publishing
historical documents. Later, the
Commission was given broader
authority and a larger
appropriation to permit it to
preserve public and private
papers. The first head of the
agency, R. D. W. Connor, whose
office initially was in the
Capitol, became the first
Archivist of the United States in
1934.
But again, thqpapers began to
move—this time, however, only
around Capitol Square. The
Commission and its
documents moved into the Hall
of History, formerly with the
Museum of Natural History,
into a new Administration
Building, later called the State
library and now known as
the Ruffin Building.
As the Commissin’s services
expanded, another space
seeking move was made into the
new Education Building in 1939.
Once again, the collection grew
and the need for space became
desperate; but in 1962, a needed
bond issue was defeated. Blit
happily the next year the
General Assembly
appropriated funds for the
Archives and History-State
Library Building. Because of
delays in construction, it was
1969 before the archives were
moved into the new building,
erected on land bought in 1792
by William Richardson Davie
when one-acre lots were being
sold in the new town to finance
the building of the State House.
Davie was a hero of the
Revolution, a signer of the State
Constitution in 1776, a state
senator from Halifax County, a
founder of the University of
North Carolina, and Governor
in 1798.
That a man of such
significance in the history of the
State once owned the land
where 300 years of North
Carolina’s history is now
preserved seems entirely
appropriate.
In 1943, the Historical
Commission’s name was
changed to the State
Department of Archives and
History, and under recent state
government reorganization, the
archives became part of the
Division of Archives and
History of the Department of
Cultural Resources-at long last,
finally settled, and available for
use by the citizens _of North
Carolina!
Wdt Diversity
Necessary h
Ortreadi Workers
A family planning out-reach
worker talks about and helps
people in more areas than Just
Family Planning.
As eigdained by Jim Lewis,
Albemarle Human Resources
Development System executive
director, “Family planning
outreach workers are genera]
resource-referral people as well
as family planning workers.
Other than family planning,
their capacity is one of seeking
out sources of health needs.”
In talking with Mary Belch,
Family Planning coordinator, it
was learned that the Family
Planning Program, under the
auspices of AHRDS has one out
reach worker per county in
Region R, giving the program a
total of 10 out-reach workers.
Mrs. Belch outlined the
requirements and qualifications
of an out-reach worker stating
that “An out-reach worker
needs a high school education
and above all must have the
ability to communicate with
private citizens and conduct
themselves in a professional
manner at all times.”
Out-reach workers are a part
of an area team consisting of a
counselor-team leader, nurse
and doctor, which work in
conjunction with all agencies to
provide better health care for
the community. Part of her
duties include transporting
family planning participants to
clinics when necessary,
assisting in the clinics where
needed, and preparing monthly
reports of her activities for the
team leader.
In talking with several of the
out-reach workers it was
learned that much of their time
is spent in searching out new
participants and making home
visits to make sure all family
planning participants are
healthy and happy with the
methods they have chosen. Out
reach workers also talk with
any community groups or
organizations that want to
know more about family
planning, veneral diseases and
health care.
Another major qualification
expressed by the out-reach
workers for their job is
flexiblity - they must be flexible
enough and willing to perform
any task, even baby sitting, so
the people of Region R can
receive the health services
available to them, especially
family planning. Out-reach
workers are vital to the Family
Planning Program. They are
people who care about other
people. People who love
working and are concerned
about individual and
community health needs.
Albemarle Human Resources
Development System is proud
of its community repre
sentatives in each county
and pleased with the success of
each ut-reach worker in the
totaled Family Planning
Program.
BIG BUSINESS
Although the U. S.
economy has its ups and
downs, one aspect of the
economy has been going
up and up. That’s the
American Toy business
where sales are now
reaching well over three
billion dollars annually,
notes Mrs. Faye Hay
wood, extension family
life specialist, North
Carolina State Uni
versity.
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Among some Moroccan tribes,
women play ball to bring on
rain. That’s a lot of RBls
rains batted in!
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HONORED Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Lane, 221 East
Queen Street, were honored at a surprise Silver Wed
ding Anniversary party April 14 at Macedonia Baptist
Church. More than 150 relatives and friends of the
couple attended. Hosting the party were their daugh
ters, Mrs. Becki Hughes and Mrs. Linda Cullipher.
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Habits are at first cobwebs,
then cables.
Spanish Proverb
NOTICE!
The May 6,1974 Meeting
oi the
Edenton-Chowan Board of
Education
Will Be Held at 7:30 P.M.
In the
D. F. Walker School Primary
Library
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Phone 482-8421
EDENTON. N. C.