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Pmkid T*tel White Black ocm. R#p. N.PX A. City
East Edenton 1608 981 f 122 1498 96 3 3 1410
West Edenton 1580 1099 481 1433 121 8 1 I? I 1022
Rocky Hock - 480 469 11 488 33 6 1 1a I 1022
Center Hill 405 280 125 389 16 0 o £ I
Wardville 500 453 47 452 48 0 0 i.
Yeopim 448 319 129 400 42 3 2 1
Totals -a— —...5016 3601 1415 4608 * 356 ~20 7 1 ”_ a 2432
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ROBERT MORGAN
Morgan, Dunn To Share Platform
Former Atty. Gen. Robert
Morgan and SBI Director Charles
Dunn will be program principals
Tuesday night at the annual. Law
Enforcement Officers
Appreciation Banquet to be held at
the American Legion. Building.
, Screening Set
A speech and hearing screening
program is planned in Edenton on
Saturday. Sponsored by
Albemarle Regional Sp>eech &
Hearing Center, the center’s
mobile unit will be at Edenton-
Chowan Rescue Squad at the
corner of Broad and Queen Streets
between the hours of 9 A.M. and 5
P.M.
David McGraw, director of the
center sponsored l?y. AU)e®fl*lfiw
Human Resources Development
System, said nominal charge will
be made for those affording the
services.
A similar clinic was held
recently in Hertford with more
than 30 p>er cent of those testing
have some type of problem
detected, according to a
spokesman.
The mobil unit is completely
self-contained with adequate
equipment.
‘ ARSHC operates in the District
Health Department building in
Elizabeth City and Chowan
Hospital Unit “B” in Edenton.
Phelps Speaker
Dr. David Sutton Phelps,
professor of anthropology at East
Carolina University, held the
attention of a large group of
regional representatives at the
meeting of Albemarle Area
Development Association last
Thursday in Columbia.
Dr. Phelps, a native of
Gatesville, said the Albemarle
Area is becoming more of an area
'of concern as development
continues. He said more and more
interesting materials are bong
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He was L. F.
Ajpbum, Jr., president. The
program was arranged by Mrs.
Jape Kinion. Y
T. Erie Haste, Jr., of Hertford,
and Frank Furlough of Gohimbia,
members of the Coastal Resources
Commission, were on hand and
fielded questions about the new
thebulte of development of land
use plain remained with the
individual counties and
encouraged them to move forward
so the act can be Implemented
with a minimum of hardships on
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CHARLES DUNN
Morgan will give the keynote
address and Dunn will present the
award to the “Outstanding Officer
of the Year”.
At the same meeting, Fisher Nut
Company will receive state and
national recognition for
empdoyment of the older worker.
This award, from the
Employment Security
Commission, will be presented by
Bob Tart of Benson, national
executive committeeman of the
American Legion.
W. P. (Sp>ec) Jones, the first
post-WWII commander, will
present certificates to three of hhe
oldest members of the p»st in
recognition of their service.
Sheriff Troy Toppin,
commando; of the sponsoring
limited and anyone who desires a
ticket should get it early. They can
be obtained from legion members,
the Sheriff’s Department or T & T
Fish Market.
Aces Still Roll
The strong Edenton Aces
defense has gone 16 consecutive
quarters without yielding a
touchdown while the offense,
spearheaded by Quarterback
Gerald Hall, has continued to put
together massive scoring drives
the latest last week at Roanoke
Rapids.
The Aces remained undefeated
in 3-A conference play, defeating
the Yellow Jackets on their home
field, 26-0.
Hall, a senior, figured in all four
Edenton touchdowns-piassing for
two and scoring two himself. He
scored on a 39-yard punt return
and a five-yard run. Zach
Valentine was the target for the two
scoring passes, one covering 13
yards the other 80 yards.
Valentine, William Hassell,
Mike Fry, Ralph Garrett, Rod
Cross, David and John Norris were
leaders in the successful defense.
fckAcss return home Friday
night to play host to Washington
They will be seeking their seventh
consecutive victory and Coach
Jimmy Addison is expected to
have the team ready for a real
battle. h
NamedTo Committee
Mrs. Mary G. Horton,
curriculum-instructional
specialist with Edecton-Chowan
Schools has been appointed to the
N. C. Advisory Counicl on
Teacher Educate for a three
year term.
The 33-member group is
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Every Vote Important
Traditionally Americans greet
an off-year election with apathy.
The same is true with single
issue elections, such as the county
wide water bond referendum held
recently along the Public Parade.
In off-year elections less than
half the registered voters bother to
go to the polls and few non-register
people make the effort to get on
the rolls. Already it is too late to
register now and election day,
November 5, is less than a month
away.
Elsewhere on this page is a
breakdown of the registered
voters, as released this week by
Chowan County Board of Election.
Os the 5,016 on the rolls it will be
interesting to see how many
ballots are cast on the new voting
machines Chowanians face for the
first time.
There are millions in this country
who are on the registered rolls,
and we urge these citizens to use
their votes to elect the best
possible men and women, from the
courthouse to the Congress.
Every vote in Congress has
extreme importance. The action of
just on member has been enough
to change to course of our history.
Texas, for example, became a
member of the Union by one vote.
Many, pieces of legislation have
been passed by only one vote.
The importance of one vote is
particularly felt in committees,
both in the House and Senate.
.... Our jSSMafty iMosanft many
problems both domestically an on
the foreign front. The
representatives we elect
November 5 may case deciding
votes in the next sessson of
Congress. The next session must
win a battle with inflation or this
country will be wrecked
economically. It also must face
the continuing battle I with
Communism the world over, a
battle we dare not lose.
If you want to help save our
country, if you want to have
something to say about taxes and
spending by Congress, if you want
to have something t say about the
strength of national defense-you
had better get out and vote on
November 5.
You only have a short time to
prepare yourself for your chance
to say how this country should be
run. How the elections will be run
along the Public Parade if found
elsewhere in today’s paper. Get on
with it. Your country needs your
vote.
House Guest
Everywhere you turn these days
up at 104 West Gale Street
someone justifies most everything
with the explanation that
“Grannybunch is here! ” They say
it with the same reverence as their
nightly prayers; with the same
awe as they greet Santa Claus;
and the same glee as school year
holidays and summer vacations.
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NMt with* banquet at t* Jaycee Community Building on Base
Road. Lucius Jems, left, presidential advisor with N, C. Jaycees.
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ARTIST AT WORK—Commissioned by the Chowan County
Bicentennial Committee to do certain sketches of various points
of interest in the area, Jerry Miller of Raleigh chose to begin with
the historic Chowan County Courthouse. He is pictured here as he
began a rough sketch.
Miller Doing Sketches Os Area
Jerry Miller of Raleigh, a
master of artist with a flair for
meticulous detail, has been
commissioned by the Chowan
County Bicentennial Committee to
produce a series of drawings of
local landmarks.
The first of these, a lithographic
print of Chowan County
Courthouse, will be available next
week. A limited edition of 300
prints will be sold beginning
Friday, to coincide with the 200th
anniversary of the Edenton Tea
Party.
Born and raised in Sanford,
Miller is a noted architect wh6
Survey Begins
A Count The Children census
campaign will be held in Chowan
County during the next week. Don
Lassiter, coordinator for the drive
here, said that the registration will
be carried out at the Edenton-
Chowan Board of Education office
in the County Office Building and
at Chowan High School from 8:30
A.M. to 4:30 P.M. each day from
October 21 through October 25.
The census to be taken in part of
the Etfual Education
Opportunities Act passed by the
1974 General Assembly,which
requires that a search be made for
all children in North Carolina
between infancy and 21 years of
age who have “special needs”,
and who are not being served on
any public school program. The
Act seek to guarantee an
education to any child in the State
regardless of his handicap, or the
severity of that handicap.
The census will be looking for
children with a variety of
conditions, including the educable,
trainable, profoundly and
functionally retarded, emotionally
disturbed and learning disabled.
Also included are physically
handicapped or other impairment
including the hospitalized,
homebound, pregnant, deaf or
hearing impaired, language or
speech impaired, blind or visually
impaired, gifted and talented,
artistic, dependent, abused,
neglected, multiple impaired, and
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Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, October 17, 1974.
graduated from the N. C. School of
Design. As the owner of the largest
home planning center in the
Carolinas, Miller is former
president of the N. C. Association
of Home Design and the N. C.
Institute of Residential Design.
He has drawn a large selection
of historical buildings throughout
the state and was awarded the
prestigious N. C. Liberary
Historical Award in 1970. While in
Edenton last week, he talked
enthusiastically of local
architecture as he sketched and
photographed the courthouse and
other buildings.
Mrs. Lane Kinion has arranged
for Miller to present a showing of
his work at the Blades Street
Community Center from 10 A.M.
to 12 noon on Friday. This art show
will be sponsored by D. F. Walker
School for the enjoyment of
students and friends.
Miller will also attend the
bicentennial dinner that night and
the Edenton Historical
Commission luncheon on
Saturday.
Advance orders for the prints
may be placed with Mrs. Kinion,
482-4510 or Mrs. Edward G. Bond,
482-3736 or 482-4978.
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STUDY UNDERWAY—James E. Lewis, executive director,
Albemarle Human Resources Development System, points to a
portion of Region “R” where the first phase of an integration of
services study has begun. Coordinating the 10-county study will
be Roy L. Harrell, left, ARDPC staff member, and Dr. Hal Holder
of The Human Ecology Institute.
Regional Study Underway
A study to determine the
feasibility of a 10-county system of
human services for the Albemarle
region has been launched by tte
Albemarle Human Resources
Development System, according
to Jimm Lewis, executive director
The study is designed to aid lo
cal leaders in making an informed
decision to develop (or not to
develop) a service network in the
region, Lewis said.
Roy Harrell of the AHRDS staff
has been designated as
commiHUty laison for the project
which is obtaining technical
assistance from The Human
Ecology Inistitute, a non-profit
research and development
organisation from Raleigh and
Boston, Blass.
Single Copies 10 Cents.
Unsuspecting as it may seem,
women’s lib probably started in
“ye ole towne on Queen Anne’s
Creek”, more familiarly known as
Edenton.
It was here in 1774 - on October
25 to be exact - that the women
flexed their muscle and protested.
It was not for equal rights, equal
pay, equal this or that. It was in
opposition to East India tea.
The Edenton Tea Party has been
described as one of the most
memorable incidents of the pre
war period. Fifty-one of the leading
women of the Albemarle region
gathered in Edenton and drew up
a resolution to discontinue their
use of “East India tea” as a token
of their devotion to the cause of
liberty.
According to Tar Heel historian
Dr. Tom Parramore of Meredith
College in Raleigh, it was the
“earliest instance of political
activity on the part of women in
the American colonies.”
In his history of Chowan County
and Edenton - “Cradle of The
Colony” - Dr. Parramore writes
that the incident 200 years ago
promoted James Iredell’s brother,
Arthur, to write from London that
Edenton appeared to possess
“more female artillery” than any
other place in America.
With this as a basis, the Chowan
County Bicentennial Committee
will launch a three-year
observance of the American
Revolution with a re-enactment of
the Edenton Tea Party on the
200th anniversary of the historic
event which is October 25th.
Festivities begin at 4 P.M. on
that Friday with 18th Centurj
Children’s Games on the famous
Chowan County Courthouse
Green,facingtheEdentonßay. The
tea party program will be
presented by the Drama Club of
John A. Holmes High School at 5
P.M.
The Chief Rockahock Junior
Historical Society will be in
charge of the games. They will
play games Colonial children
played, according to research
done at Old Salem and
Williamsburg.
At 7:30 P.M. the same day.
guests and patrons will enjoy
cocktails and dinner at Chowan
Golf & Country Club. Members of
the Edenton Historical
Commission will be in attendance.
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The first report of the study is
expected in April, 1975, with
periodic progress reports being
released monthly, Harrell said.
Regular meetings are planned with
citizens of the region, agency
heads, county commisssioners,
and the N. C. State Department of
Human Resources
representatives.
Specific elements of the study,
accroding to Harrell, will include:
a) An identification of unmet
people needs in the region,
b) An analysis of costs of
existing services and a reliable
estimate of costs for a regional
system of services,
c) A summary of current
services and programs and an
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