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RALEIGH—A. R. Elks, 32, of
Edenton, has been named
supervisor of the N. C. Wildlife
Resources Commission’s District
1 in the northeastern counties. He
k replaces the late L. Carlton Spain
who died recently after some 22
of service with the Wildlife
Resources Commission.
Elks has been with the
commission eight years,
beginning in 1967 as a wildlife
protector. In 1971, Elks became a
wildlife patrolman, then was
named assistant supervisor under
Spain in 1973.
“We’re proud to have a man of
Ray Elk’s caliber to fill the
position so ably handled by
Carlton Spain for so many years,”
said Don Curtis, chief of the
commission’s Division of
Protection.
Elks is a native of Chocowinity
in Beaufort County, and
graduated from Chocowinity High
School in 1961. He is married to the
former Carol Jones of Chocowinity
. and the couple has one daughter,
j Susan, age eight. Elks will
continue to live in Edenton.
Assistance
Ft. M. Midgett, local revenue
officer for the N. C. Department
of Revenue, advises that
personnel to assist in filing state
income and intangibles tax
returns will be available ini
Wednesday of each week thru
April 15. In addition, theofficewill
be open on Monday and Tuesday,
April 14 & 15 to render assistance .
The office is located on 102 West
Eden Street, Earnhardt Building
and assistance is available on
these days between the hours of
8:30 A M. and 5:30 P.M.
Midgett requests that taxpayers
bring the pre-addressed forms
which were mailed to them from
Raleigh. Completed returns
showing refunds due should be
mailed to the North Carolina
Department of Revenue, P. 0. Box
R, Raleigh, N. C. 27634; other
completed returns should be
mailed to the N. C. Department of
Revenue, P. 0. Box 25000, Raleigh,
N. C. 27640.
Graded Hog Sales
A graded market hog sale has
been added by Albemarle
Cooperative Association, Inc., at
its facilities on Paradise Road,
Gene Nixon, manager, reported
this week that after three sales via
tel-o-auction prospects for
improved prices for producers is
evident.
For more than two years the
cooperative has operated graded
A feeder pig sales on the first and
third Thursdays of month. The
new graded market hog sale is set
of the second and fourth Tuesday.
This gives the facility a sale each
week, which improves the
feasibiltiy of the market,
according to Nixon.
At the sale held last week there
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Academy Receives Delegate
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hree high school students to Boy:
tate at Wake Forest University ir
Winston-Salem this yepr.
A decision was made at i
meting Tuesday night to.sponsoi
1 student from Chowan Academ>
« well as from Chowan anc
win high schools.
Commander Troy Toppin
' resided ad the mmilteg where
au-l White gave a report from the
nominating committee. Election
| new officers will be held at the
. text meetl)g|. Sheriff Toppin has
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Volume XLI.—No. 14.
A r o Surprise
The fact that Rep. Walter B.
Jones of the First Congressional
District has saved the taxpayers
over $500,000 by not filing all the
staff positions allotted to him
won’t come as any surprise to the
people the Public Parade. It is
consistent with his philisophy that
biggness doesn’t make greatness.
The following is from Jack
Anderson’s syndicated column:
“Most members of Congress try
to beef up their staffs at
taxpayers’ expense. But Rep.
Walter Jones, D.-N. C., a hard
working, nine-year House veteran,
has turned back $413,507 in his
clerk hire pay to the U. S.
Treasury. With the other extras
that go along with Capitol Hill
jobs, he has saved the taxpayers
well over $500,000.”
One area in which these funds
have been saved is the fact that
Rep. Jones has not chosen to
scatter staff people throughout the
21-county district. Instead, he does
his own leg work with frequent
personal visits in order to
maintain the pulse of his
constituency.
In this manner, he can do his
own independent thinking and not
rely on a memo from a field
assistant. He had rather have a
phone call or a personal note on
matters of interest and concern.
This is the type representation
that is desired but so seldom
experienced.
The Health Care Arena
There are some surprises in that
January report from the N. C.
Board of Nursing on the licensing
examinations for registered nurse
certificates.
The report covers in state
graduates from 44 schools of
nursing who were standing their
first examinations for registered
nurse certificates in 1974.
The results show that the East
Carolina University of Nursing led
all the others in thee percentage of
candidates passing the
examination.
This is particularly surprising in
the light of all the controversy that
went on over the ability of ECU to
mount an adequate medical
education program; for these
nursing candidates were up
against graduates of the best
schools in the state.
Only one of the 42 candidates
from ECU failed to pass the exam.
And while on the subject of the
health care situation we were
especially interested in Wes
Lefler’s recent “Around the Old
Well” column which follows:
CHAPEL HILL-Dr. Charles C.
Ewards, a former federal health
official, said here in March the
health care system in this country
is out of focus, out of balance,
without direction and without
leadership.
Dr. Edwards delivered the
annual Fred T. Foard Memorial
Lecture before several hundred
persons attending the 1975
University of North Carolina
School of Public Health Alumni
Day. Dr. Edwards is senior vice
president for research and
development at Becton,
Dickinson, Inc., and former
assistant secretary for health, U.
S. Department of Health,
Education and Welfare.
“The failure to devise and carry
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been commander for the past two
years.
W. A. Perry reported that the
Chowan County Fair Association,
sponsors by the post, was being
dissolved but an organization
acceptable to tax authorities
would be set up. He said the public
should be assured that the county
agricultural fair will continue as
in the past.
The legion’s district meeting is
scheduled for Edenton. Adjutant
E. C. Toppin is a candidate for
district commander in the
northeastern area.
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SPECIAL FEATURE—One of the special features at next
week’s Bicentennial Pilgrimage of Colonial Edenton And
Countryside will be the presentation Saturday night of “The
Enchanted Tree” by the Carolina Reader’s Theater. It begins at 8
o’clock in Holmes Auditorium, sponsored by Edenton Little
Theater. Advance tickets are available and tickets will be sold at
the door.
Livestock Show Is Scheduled
By MURRAY L. GOODWIN
Agricultural Extension Agent
The 21st annual Chowan County
Junior Livestock Show and Sale
will be held April 21 at the
American Legion Fair-grounds.
The show will be held at 3:30 P.M.
and sale at 8 P.M.
Nine businesses will support this
youth event by sponsoring
trophies. They are as follows:
Albemarle Production Credit,
Peoples Bank & Trust Company,
Mitchener’s Pharmacy,
Hollowell’s Rexall Durg Store,
Drug Arrests
Nine physicians, including Dr.
Robert B. Hodgson of Hertford,
are among more than 100 persons
arrested last week in a statewide
crackdown on illegal drug
operations.
Dr. Hodgson, according to
records in Perquimans County
Courthouse, was arrested on five
counts. They involve illegally
dispensing prescription drugs.
The arrests followed several
months of undercover work by the
State Bureau of Investigation in
cooperation with other law
enforcement agencies.
Citations Ordered
A local ordinance requires that
residents of the Town of Edenton
purchase and display a town tag
on their motor vehicle. The tags
arrived late and motorists were
given beyond the usual February
15 deadline to purchase their tags.
Police Chief J. D. Parrish
reports that officers have
insturcted to begin writing
citations for the violation of failure
to display the 1975 tags. Several
have been issued within the past
week.
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GOOD LAND JUDGES—Four schools participated in the
recent Albemarle Future Farmers of America Land Judging
Contest held in Camden County. The Albemarle Conservation
District sponsors the annual event with assistance from Soil
Conservation Service personnel in selecting the test sites and
land classes to be judged. At left, Joe Covington, soil scientist
with the SCS, supervised the event. He says, “The purpose of the
land judging meet is to help the boys recognize and evaluate the
physical characteristics of the soil which affect crop growth and
land use. “They have to decide what soil and water management
practices will be required to preserve the soil and to maintain it
under its most intensive use capability.” In picture at right, H.
Fahey Byrum, district supervisor with the Chowan committee,
is shown with a judging team on a typical exercise. As monitor of
this particular pit, he pointed out some of the physical features of
the top soil layer. Other district supervisors assisting with the
event were L. C. Bunch, also of the Chowan committee, and Ed
Ferebee of the Camden committee. Northeastern FFA Chapter
from Elizabeth City won first place and Perquimans FFA
Chapter won second. The Chowan FFA Chapter placed third and
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday. April 3, 1975.
Albemarle Motor Company, P & Q
Supermarket, Edenton Savings &
Loan Association, George
Chevrolet Company, and J. H.
Conger & Son.
This year boys and girls will
have an opporutnity to judge
classes of animals. Also there will
be a civic club judging contest.
For boys and girls with pig and
steer projects, there will be a fit
ting and showmanship demonstra
tion on April 9. Jack Parker, area
livestock specialist, will show the
F.F.A. and 4-H Club members how
to prepare their animals for the
livestock event and how to show
them.
Wallace Evans will be the
auctioneer The official judges will
be Sam Buchanan and Jim Butler
of Animal Husbandary
Department, N. C. State
University.
Court Rules Against Wiggins
The April Term of Chowan
County Superior Court designed
to hear civil cases failed to get off
the ground Tuesday. The court
"Broke down’ ’ less than 30 minutes
after it opened.
Forty-seven persons were
available for jury duty but Judge
Albert W. Cowper of Kinston told
them their services would not be
needed. He said a witness in one
case would be unable to attend
because of a death in his family
and the other case set for jury trial
had been settled.
Two motions were heard
Tuesday morning after the jury
was released.
William Jack Stallings, etux
Mary E. Stallings, etals, were
given a default judgment against
Herbert L. Edwards, etux Fannie
F. Edwards.
Tar Heel Spotlight
L/ STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES
Grace J. Rohrer, Secretary
Once more in April, North
Carolinians and visitors will
glance backward and get a
glimpse of early North Carolina
history as the biennial Pilgrimage
of Colonial Edenton and
Countryside is held next Friday
through Sunday.
History surrounds visitor and
resident alike in this small
picturesque Chowan County town
on Albemarle Sound, and
citizens, proud of their heritage,
share it with the rest of the world
every two years.
Sponsored by the Edenton
Woman’s Club, the three-day
festival includes tours of 17 homes,
gardens and buildings, an art
exhibit, reenactment of historical
events, and dramatic productions,
as well as an arts and crafts fair.
Although many of the public
buildings on the tour are open year
Public Hearing
TheN.C. Wildlife Resources Co
mmission will hold a public hearing
at Chowan County Courthouse at
7:30 P.M. Monday to discuss
proposed changes in regulations.
Clyde P. Patton of Raleigh,
executive director, and O. L.
Woodhouse of Grandy, a
commission member, will be
among officials attending.
Prior to the hearing, a dinner
meeting for District 1 will be held
at Mrs. Boswell’s Restaurant.
Newly named district supervisor,
A. R. Elks, will preside.
Activity reports will be given by
Elks, Richard C. Guier, Dan M.
Connelly, Richard W Wright and
B. D. Hyder.
Judge Cowper also allowed a
defense motion for summary
judgment in cases brought by E
H. Wiggins against Edward L
Evans, Willie Bunch and Miles
Bunch.
Wiggins argued he had new
evidence that would be developed
by a recently employed attorney
from Charlotte. He said the
evidence had been discovered in
the Attorney General’s office in
Raleigh.
The cases involve a land dispute
in Rocky Hock.
Judge Cowper told the plaintifl
that he had had his day in court
and the Supreme Court had ruled
against him. “In my opinion you
have been closed out,” the jurist
added.
Wiggins gave notice of appeal.
are shown below with Byrum presenting them a check for their
achievement. Left to right are: E. S. White, advisor, Michael
Jordan, Lonnie Jones, Harry Ward and John Byrum.
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Single Copies 10 Cents.
around, most of the private homes
are open only bienially for this
tour.
Unlike some restored historical
communities, Edenton’s historical
structures are mostly original,
and are still in daily use.
These buildings, fine examples
of varyings styles of 18th and 19th
century architecture, have
witnessed some of the momentous
events that took place in Colonial
North Carolina.
Edenton townsfolk go about their
daily lives, still using the buildings
and houses that once saw such
patriots as Joseph Hewes,
merchant and signer of the
Declarationof Independence; Hugh
Williamson, an Edenton
physician, scientist, philosopher,
educator and merchant, attorney
general of North Carolina, and
associate justice of the first U. S.
Supreme Court: Samuel Johnston,
early governor and North
Carolina's first U. S. Senator; and
Penelope Barker, leader of some
of the first political activity by
women in the colonies.
The James Iredell House (1759)
and the Penelope Barker House
(1782), maintained by the State as
Historic sites, are among public
buildings open for the tour. Other
historic structures to be seen
include the Chowan County
Courthouse, in continuous use
since its completion about 1767.
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Student Figures
Some 54,000 Tar Heel children
are currently enrolled in the
state’s approximately 270 non
public schools, according to a
report recently released by the
Department of Public Instruction
Approximately 5,000 of these
children are kindergarteners.
There are 225 enrolled in the
only-non-public school in Chowan
County -Chowan Academy,
according to the report.
Seventy-five per cent of the non
public enrollment is concentrated
in 15 counties.
Compared to last year’s
enrollment of 53,489, there has
been a slight increase in non
public attendance during the
current school year. Last year s
increase was over 2.000.
While the enrollment has
increased, it is noted that the total
represents only about 4 per cent of
the total student population in
North Carolina. Over 1.2-million
students are enrolled in public
schools.