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t HERRING SEASON—This is the herring season in Albemarle Sound and Chowan River, and
creeks thereabouts. Weather conditions have hampered the “run” but this week more fish were
being caught. This photo by Allan Asbell was compiled Sunday in rural Chowan County as people
spent a leisurely afternoon along a creek bank or over a bridge railing. Walter Lane is shown at
Salute To Secretaries
This is National Secretary
Week, designed for bosses to pay
special attention to their “right
arms”. (Wives are to take this in
the most favorable light to the
husband.)
Since we have never had the
good fortune of having a
secretary, most anything we say
would be comparable to a
childless couple trying to tell us
I how to raise a family.
Nevertheless, we have seen good
secretaries at work and know
from observation, if not
experience, that they play an
important role in the scheme of
things along the Public Parade
and throughout the country.
A secretary must be more than a
good typist or fast at dictation. She
must be one step ahead of anyone
else in the front office if she is to
earn her keep. In many cases she
unfolds the image of the office just
by the way she answers the phone.
A secreatary must also be
crafty. She has to know when to
break certain news to her boss,
she has to know when to interrupt
a conference, she has to be all
things to all people.
The secretarial profession is an
important one and if we ever
k. manage to get into a position of
affording a secreatry she had
better be all the things we think
one should be.
Broad “Thank You "
The Bicentennial Pilgrimage of
Colonial Edenton and Countryside
is now history. It was the most
successful biennial event ever
staged by Edenton Woman’s Club
in terms of gross receipts. And in
the minds of many, it was the most
successful, period!
We have been asked by the
sponsors to say “thank you” on
their behalf to everyone who made
this a true “Community effort”.
This is one of the easiest things we
have ever been asked to do.
The spirit of cooperation
, displayed during this event is not
* an accident. It is by design. It is a
design that becomes natural event
when something comes along that
really benefits the community.
Edenton Woman’s Club enjoys
the respect and cooperation of the
community / because they are
women of action, not of talk. Over
the years they have plowed more
than SIOO,OOO back into the
community in profits from the
home and garden tours.
While they are primarily
interested in paying homage to
those who made the pilgrimage a
community effort, they are the
vehicle by which it happened. In
this respect it is truly
demonstrated which came first,
the chicken or the egg.
Premature Legislation
a* Legislation to regulate
development of North Carolina’s
mountain area is now making its
way through the General
Assembly The bill, patterned
after the 197$ Coastal Area ‘
Management Ant, would apply to
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Action Taken
To Dissolve
Agency Suit
Steps were initiated last week to
dissolve a suit between two
regional organizations-Albemarle
Human Resources Development
System and Albemarle Regional
Planning & Development System.
The system brought the suit in
February after the commission
sought to take over programs
being operated by the system.
Since that time the two boards
have worked out a settlement and
a 36-member Human Resources
Advisory Committee has been
appointed by the commission.
The commission recently
adopted changes in the bylaws to
provide for other agreements
made with the system.
Mrs. Mary Riddick, system
board chairman, reported April
16, that the commission had either
fulfilled its obligation to the
system or had taken positive steps
toward doing so. L. F. Amburn,
Jr., said in view of the fact such
action had been taken the suit
should be dissolved. His motion
carried without opposition.
The new 36-member advisory
committee will revise the existing
system bylaws so that they are not
inconsistent with the commission
bylaws. “We will certainly remain
active,” Mrs. Riddick said.
Harold McKinney, acting
executive director, reported on the
status of the transportation and
EMS grants, child development
center, family planning, RMP
projects and child abuse.
He noted that the transit system
proposal is in the amount of
SBOO,OOO and the EMC amounts of
$390,000.
Donald Young, health planner,
presented the Comprehensive
Health Planning report which was
accepted by the board.
Jordan Bike-A-Thon Winner
For the second consecutive year
Bill Jordan has won first place for
money raised in the Easter Seals
Bike-a-thon in Chowan County. As
last year, Jordan will receive a
bicycle donated by Belk Tyler.
Jordan collected over S3OO in his
24-mile ride through Edenton and
the Chowan countryside.
Gail Hare Singh won second
{Mize with Susan Spruill being
named third prize winner. [
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Champion steer at the junior livestock show. The Charolais cross
was nurchased bv Firsi Colony Farm?
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Volume XLI.—No. 17.
Livestock Sale Is Success
Participants in' the 21st annual
Chowan County Junior Livestock
Show and Sale here Monday
realized $12,331.08 in which has
been described as one of the most
successful such events ever held.
Held at the American Legion 1
Fairgrounds, the event is
sponsored by the Chowan and
Ryland Ruritan clubs.
The hogs brought $5,189.18 for an
average of 59 cents per pound. The
12 steers averaged 68.5 cents per
pound for a total of $7,141.90.
Others in the top 10 finished in
the following order:
Craig Halsey, Allen Perry, A1
Ward, Worth Hare, Jr., Ann
Meadows, Lynn Dale and Carroll
W. Jones.
The benefit is sponsored by the
Chowan County Easter Seals
committee and the Edenton
Recreation Department. Prizes
are to be picked up at the National
Guard Armory.
extreme left as he rows out to his net. The center picture shows fishermen waiting for their catch as
at right a young fisherman brings up his wire basket. Two successful fishermen are shown below
left cleaning their herring. K. L. Lewis of Arrowhead Beach is pictured at right displaying a fine
catch in his basket.
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, April 24, 1975.
Jill Copeland of Ryland 4-H Qub
exhibited the Grand Champion
steer and won the project record
contest. Her steer, a Charoyas,
Schools Close Early
All public schools in the
Edenton-School System will close
one hour early on Tuesday.
John A. Holmes High School will
host a regional meeting of
teachers and administrators
from 19 school systems at this
time. Educational consultants
from Lakewood, Ohio, will be
training the personnel involved in
the “New Model Me” curriculum.
“New Model Me” is a nationally
validated, innovative educational
practice, which was begun at John
A. Holmes High this spring.
Teachers and administrators at
D. F. Walker, E. A. Swain, White
Oak, and Chowan High will be
involved in 1975-76 school plans
and staff development activities at
the respective schools for the
remainder of the afternoon.
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PRIZE WINNING HOGS—Anna Goodwin is shown here with
the Grand Champion Pen of Three hogs she showed at the
Chowan County Junior Livestock Show and Sale. Byrum
Implement purchased the hogs for more than $1 per pound.
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was bought by F'irst Colony Farms
of Creswell at 80 cents per pound
and totaled $896.
The Reserve Champion steer, a
Black Angus. Hereford Cross
was exhibited by Jane Parrish.
Hobbs Implement Company
paid $717.10 for the animal, or 71
cents per pound.
Alvin Ray Winslow showed the
third place steer which was bought
by Central Fertilizer and C. A.
Perry for 62 cents per pound or a
total of $564.20.
The Grand Champion individual
hog was exhibited by Karen Ward
of Ryland 4-H Club. Valhalla
Produce Company said a recordl
high of $1.33 per pound of the hog.
The total price was $299.25.
The Grand Champion Pen of
Three was shown by Anna
Goodwin and purchased by Byrum
Implement for $1.07 per pound.
The three hogs weighed 630 and
brought a total of $674.10.
Randy Lowe displayed the
Reserve Champion Individual
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Salaries Force
Rate Increase
At Hospital
Chowan Hospital has been
forced into a mid year room rate
increase in order to raise funds tc
stay competitive with other
hospitals for professional ar.b
other personnel salaries.
The difficult decision was
reached Tuesday morning by the
Executive Committee, according
to Thomas M. Surratt, president.
The increased rate, to be
effective May 25, is $3 per day for
each bed. This is considerably
lower than the $lO per day
increase announced recently by
Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth
City.
The Pasquotank County
hospital s rates were increased to
fund salary boosts and a
retirement program as well as
help with a $250,000-per-year
emergency room program.
At Chowan, the new rates will be
$46 for semi-private beds and $49
and SSO for private beds.
“Both the Finance and
Executive committees could see
no other alternative in order to
generate money to meet salary
requirements,” Surrat said. "To
the man they were concerned
about increasing rates but their
backs were to the wall.”
Surratt said no rate increase had
been anticipated when the hospital
board approved the budget for this
fiscal year. “We had believed we
could continue to be competitive in
the area without it,” he said.
Recent developments made the
increase necessary, he concluded.
At the same meeting the
Executive Committee decided to
use Trustee Funds to match
donations from Chowan Hospital
Auxiliary to purchase a ventilator
for Vaughan Respiratory Center.
The auxiliary in March donated
$2,000 towards the machine and
other donations have been
received.
Surratt said the committee’s
action provides for the machine to
be ordered immediately