,Rep. Walter B. Jones
STATE
HOUSE
PRECINCT JAMCS MORRIS WHITE WOOOHOUSC
West Edenton 413 116 ' 405 221
East Edenton 280 72 335 143
Center Hill 94 29 90 68
Rocky Hock 70 26 96 59
Wardville 68 13 68 32
Yeeplm 67 23 78 56
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Volume XL.—No. 19. Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, May 9, 1974. Single Copies 10 Cents.
Blke-A-Thon
The bike-a-thon for Easter Seals
was a big success along the Public
Parade. It is apparent that 71
riders peddled 24 miles on a sunny
Sunday afternoon to raise nearly
$2,500 for the project.
Now, there is some more riding
to be done. It involves those
participants who had sponsors.
The money needs to be collected
1 by Friday and turned over so Jack
Harris at Bank of North Carolina.
Once all the money has been
turned in then the winner of a new
bicycle will be determined.
Wise Investments
Chowan County is the leader in
the Albemarle Area in the
percentage of public money on
investment. The result is equal to
about 12t4 cents on the county tax
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A report from the Local
Government Commission shows
that no other county in the area is
doing as good a job of putting
available money to work than is
Chowan. Mrs. Pansy Elliott,
finance director, is doing a good
job of keeping up with the money
market and making the
investments where they will
produce the greatest yield.
Interest earned between July 1,
1973 and April 25 amounted to
' $38,597.23. Commissioner N. J.
George figured this out to be 121&
cents on the current tax rate.
If there is a less painful way of
keeping the taxes down we haven’t
run across it.
Exit No. 3
Northeastern North Carolina’s
brightajtliv has once again lost a
lot of spafltle. For the third time in
as many years those along the
Public Parade and elsewhere in
the Albemarle are searching for a
candidate to replace Phil Godwin
of Gates.
Mr. Godwin this week returned
to the fulltime practice of law in
Gatesville, something he hasn’t
been allowed to do for many,
many years. In an interview with
ins hometown paper, he said: “It’s
gopd to be home.’’ v
While be deserves to relax
do his law practice “justice”, tide
area has lost an unequaled voice
oathe Tar Heel political scene. We
tee sure his latest decision, hot to
seek the attorney generalship
should it become vacant, was as
difficult to come by as two
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DISCUSS EYE CLINIC—Dr. Marshall Redding, left, is
pictured with W. H. HoUowell, Charles Morgan and Howard
Campbell following his talk to Edenton Lions Club Monday night.
Pr. Redding briefed members on the benefits of a mobile eye
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Better Eye Care Is Promoted
Many citizens throughout the
Albemarle Area, children and
adults alike, are not enjoying the
beauty of their surroundings
because they are unable to see
properly. And, according to Dr.
Marshall Redding of Elizabeth
City, in a great majority of the
cases something can be done
about it.
Speaking' to members of
Edenton Lions Club Monday night,
Dr. Redding said the mobile eye
clinic coming into the area will
provide an accessibility to the
public which has not previously
existed.
“This is a giant step for the area
and a first for North Carolina,” he
told the sponsoring organization.
Unit Approved
The Comprehensive Health
Planning Section, Office of the
Secretary of the N. C. Department
of Human Resources, announced
on April 29 approval of the
proposal of Cape Colony Haven,
Inc., to incur a capital expenditure
for 32 bed expansion of
intermediate care facility under
development (total 96 beds) at
Edenton. \
Prior to approval, the project
proposal was reviewed by the
Division of Facility Services, N. C.
Department of Human Resources.
Hio decision to approve this
project was in concurrence with
the advice and recommendations
of these agencies.
Review of the project was
conducted under the authority of
Marti law on the basis of plans,
critaria and standards adopted by
the planning agencies involved.
These standards are used to
determine if a health facility
project la needed, can be staffed,
can be operated at a reasonable
cost, and incorporates coat-saving
. features.
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There is a unit operating in the far
west but it is designed for testing
only. “Your unit will provide
facilities for treating the patient,”
he noted.
Causes of blindness are an area
of concern and an area of major
achievement has been in cataract
cases. (He said 31 per cent of all
blindness is caused by cataracts.)
“About 95 per cent of the
cataract operations are safe and
effective,” Dr. Redding told his
audience as he used a slide
presentation to support his
remarks. He told of an operation
on an elderly woman who moved
her out of a nursing home situation
to become a self-sufficient citizen.
Another problem area pointed
out by tye speaker is children. He
said pre-schoolers are not being
seen properly. “One out of five
have need for eye care,” he
declared. “And children with
muscle problems need to be seen
early.”
Dr. Redding said there is a
definite need to get to people who
won’t come to us in clinics and
other settings. That is where the
mobile unit will play an important
role.
He noted that it costs North
Carolina $11.5-million annually to
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N. J. George
JUDGE
DISTRICT COURT
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Income from hogs in the 10-
county Albemarle Area has
increased from $11.4-million in
1971 to $29-million in 1973,
according to a report released this
week by dack Parker, livestock
specialist. The increase in Chowan
County during this period was
$1 6-n.illion to $3.8-million.
Parker’s report showed a $7-
million increase in 1972 over 1971
but an sll-million increase in 1973
over the previous year.
Perquimans County
experienced the greatest increase
in the area, jumping from
$1,624,000 in 1971 to $2,837,000 in
1972, and to $5,142,000 last year.
FIRST TOWNSHIP
COMMISSIONER
GEORGE LOWE
376 329
334 202
84 82
62 116
35 78
78 74
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\foting Reflects Pattern
Chowan County voters Tuesday
re-elected two incumbents to local
offices and generally voted the
same patterns with other area
counties in various races. Fewer
than 2,000 of the nearly 5,000
registered voters went to the polls.
Mrs. Emily G. Ambura lead the
ticket as she outdistanced Mrs.
Elizabeth Byrd, 1,249 to 656 for a
six-year term on the Edenton-
Chowan Board of Education. Mrs.
Amburn was elected to a four-year
term in 1970.
Mrs. Byrd, the only Negro on the
ballot, is a retired educator.
Mrs. Amburn carried every
precinct in her bid for re-election.
N. J. George was re-elected to a
four-year term on the board of
commissioners. He defeated
Woodrow Lowe, 969 to 881 for the
First Township seat.
J. D. Peele of the Rocky Hock
community defeated Melvin
Byrum of Center Hill for the
Second Township seat. C. M.
Evans, the incumbent, did not
seek re-election. Peele rolled up
substantial margins in the two
Edenton boxes.
Reps. Vernon James and W.
Stanford White both carried
Chowan County and the district in
their bid for re-election. Orville
Woodhouse placed third.
Solicitor Herbert Small of
Elizabeth City had almost a 2-1
majority in Chowan in his bid for
the Superior Court judgeship
against Distrcit Court Judge
Wilton Walker, Jr., of Currituck.
Small won election in the district.
Grafton Beaman, young
Elizabeth City lawyer, barely
nosed out O. C. Abbott, another
Pasquotank County attorney, in
Chowan balloting, but Abbot
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J. D. Peele
SECOND TOWNSHIP
COMMISSIONER
BYRUM PEELE
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230 291
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carried the district.
Rep. Walter B. Jones of the First
Congressional District upheld his
reputation of being a popular vote
getter in Chowan County as he
defeated Gene Leggett, 1,743 to
165.
Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan, who
at press time was near the vote
needed to win a clear majority for
the U. S. Senate seat being vacted
by Sam J. Ervin, Jr., was a big
favorite of Chowan County voters.
Nick Galifianakis was in second
place and Henry Hall Wilson was a
Sen.-Elect Daniels To Speak
State Sen.-Elect Melvin R.
Daniels, Jr., of Elizabeth City, will
be guest speaker for the spring
dinner meeting of Albemarle Law
& Order Association, to be held at
Nags Head. The meeting is
scheduled for 6:30 P.M., June 7 at
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MELVIN R. DANIELS, JR.
Gates County also showed a
considerable increase from $1.9-
million in 1971 to $5.1-million in
1973.
Parker showed that in nine of
the 10 counties the income from
hogs last year exceeded $l
- The highest income was in
Currituck County where it was
placed at $5.2-million.
Income by county included:
Chowan, $3,890,000; Currituck,
$5,275,000; Camden, $1,925,000;
Gates, $5,174,011; Dare, $16,200;
Hyde, $1,200,000; Pasquotank,
$2,202,125; Perquimans,
$5,142,000; Tyrrell, $2,863,227; and
Wasnington, $1,395,200.
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Mrs. Emily G. Amburn
SCHOOL
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poor third.
In judgeship races, it was
apparent that Superior Court
Judge James G. Exuni, Jr., of
Greensboro, had defeated Appeals
Court Judge Fred Hedrick for a
seat on the Supreme Court. Also,
J. William Copeland of
Murfreesboro has been nominated
for another Supreme Court seat.
Judge Robert M. Martin has
been nominated to the Court of
Appeals and S. Pretlow Winbome
has been nominated to an
unexpired term on the appeals
court.
the Seafare Restaurant.
Robert L. Spivey, president of
the 10-county association, said
Rep. Walter B. Jones of the First
Congressional District is expected
to be on hand to introduce
speaker.
Daniels, an Elizabeth City bank
executive, was unopposed for the
First Senatorial District seat
being vacated by Sen. Phil Godwin
of Gates.
Reach Accord
Chowan County commissioners
have agreed not to enter into a
contract to purchase a site for the
new courthouse and jail without
first calling a public hearing.
Board members explained to a
Downtown Committee Monday
that to hold a hearing at this lime
would be premature. W. J. P.
Earnhardt, Jr., a spokesman for
the committee, agreed after
hearing a report on activity by a
Site Committee of three
commissioners.
Earnhardt said if a downtown
site is selected the committee
would not press for a public
hearing. Later he said the
committee supports a new
courthouse and jail. “We are not
formed to thort a public project in
the public interest,” he said.
However, he added, he feels the
public interest would not best be
served by constructing the
facilites outside the downtown
area.
Byron Kehayes, another
committee member, said a great
deal of discussion has been
centered around adequate
parking. “Not everyone has a
car,” he told the commissioners.
“If you deprive them of access to
these facilities you are doing a
gross disservice to these citizens.”
Commissioner Alton G. Elmore,
chairman of the site committee,
agreed with Chairman C. A.
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Collections Report
Net collections from the 1 per
cent local option sales tax in
Chowan County during March
amounted to $16,689.21, according
to a report rdesacd bf Secretary J.
Howard Coble of the N. C.
Department of Revenue.
A total of $7.8-million was
doltocted from the counties where
the tax is levied-
Collections la ether Albemarle
Area cotatidfe amounted to:
Camden, $2,540.36; Currituck,
$5,627.70; Due, $15,883,91; Gates,
$5,778J0; Psaqnofi*, $53,543.88;
Perquimans, $7,728.79; Tyrrell,
$M32.*; had Washington,
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CONGRESS
JONES LECGET
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503 46
167 11
153 24
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