As a result of a paragraph in this
column maybe we’ll be able to find
the oldest person in Chowan
County. During the week we’ve
learned that at least four more
people are nearing the century
mark. They are Sophia Paxton
Jemigan, Mrs. Ruth Morgan, Mrs.
Bessie Bass and Arthur H. Jordan.
“Aunt Sophia” Jemigan, who
lives at 221 East Freemason
Street, tops the list. She was bora
May 10,1876 so that she will be 100
years old this coming May 10.
The next oldest on the list is Mrs.
Ruth Morgan, who lives in the
Cowpen Neck section. She was 98
years old on February 19. She is
the widow of Jim Morgan, who
died about 27 years ago, and
enjoyed good health until recently
when she fell and broke an arm.
She is the grandmother of Mrs.
Nancy Morgan’s husband.
Incidentally, Nancy is one of the
attractive ladies who works in The
Herald office building.
Following is Arthur H. Jordan,
who lives in the Ryland
community. He was bora on April
22, 1882, so that he will reach his
94th birthday this coming April.
He is the father of Mrs. Evelyn
Jordan, who says he is in very
good health, one of those people
who does not show their age, and is
able to be about and even works in
his garden. (Well, here’s hoping he
can raise more tomatoes than I
can manage to raise).
The youngest on the present list
is Mrs. Bessie Bass, who lives in
the Rocky Hock section, of the
county. She will be 93 years old in
September. She is the
grandmother of Graham Bass and
is rather feeble being obligated to
get around in a wheel chair.
Well, that’s the list of Chowan
County’s oldest citizens up to date,
which goes to show that Chowan
County is a very good place to live
and here’s congratulating each
one on their long life.
Some restaurants have very
interesting place mats on the
tables, and one picked up over the
weekend is very unusual. It was
titled “Granny’s Remedies,” and
a few of the remedies listed are:
Dirty socks tied around the neck
will drive away sorethroat. A
flannel shirt soaked with lard and
turpentine cures chest congestion
in the winter time. Bread mold
applied to wounds will prevent
infection. Garlic rubbed on bald
spots will produce hair; it also
cures dandruff. Trim your finger
nails on Friday and you will not
have a nose bleed. Axle grease is
good for burns. A nutmeg tied
around the neck will prevent
neuralgia. Freckles will go away if
stump water is put on them. To
cure hiccups, take one teaspoon of
peanut butter. Catnip made into
tea acts as a mild sedative. To
cure cramps in the feet, turn shoes
upside down before going to bed.
To cure rheumatism, carry a
potato in your pocket, the
rheumatism is absorbed by the
potato when it becomes hard later
on.
Then three headache cures are
listed as follows: (1) Tie a flour
saclj around your head; (2) Bind
wilted beet leaves on the
forehead; (3) When you get your
hair cut, gather the clippings and
bury them under a rock and you’ll
never get headaches. And one
says: Carry an onion in your
pocket to ward off fits. This one
and the garlic remedy to get rid of
dandruff might also be a remedy
to ward off friends. Anyway, that’s
some of Granny’s remedies if you
want to try ’em or not.
Thursday, March 18, 1976
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to case a ballot, their 10 could have
outvoted the 13 board members.
But their time could have better
been spent somewhere else.
It is uncommon among multi
county agencies to have scattered
representation. While it is not
desired, it is something which
must be tolerated. Although they
could sometimes meet in a rest
room, they still call the shots.
Two of the pet words in today’s
regional glossary are expertise
and input. Both should be weighed
cautiously when the hired help
talks with the bosses (elected
officials).
One has an inherent right to
disagree. But so long as one feeds
at the trough, the boss, while not
always right, is still the boss.
Regionalism in the Albemarle is
taking a terrible beating. While at
one time it was the area to which
everyone pointed with pride and to
a system where this writer lauded
it as a “saviour”, it has eroded to
the point where it could be used by
those who would desire to destroy
the entire concept.
Regional cooperation does not
improve with empire building,
greed nor finger pointing. It is
difficult enough at its best-the
fault finders run rampant then
those who spread gloom and doom
always have a ready ear.
The entire system is best served
by people at every station of the
structure who put personal service
above personal gain, who keep one
eye on sources of revenue and the
other one on those to be served.
It is when the tail begins to wag
the dog that those who have been
fearful, critical and outspoken
against the concept have the tool
with which to beat the ainmal to
death. For this reason, those who
have been staunch boosters of
regionalism, as well as those who
have been fortunate enough to
benefit from the services derived
from the system, can«take heed in
what Mr. Gardner is saying.
Vote Tuesday!
Well, we weren’t among the 51
“fortunate” Tar Heel editors to be
invited to the White House, but we
won’t let that keep us from going
to the polls Tuesday. We
encourage all the registered
voters along the Public Parade to
do likewise.
If there is as little interest in this
state’s first Presidential
Preference Primary as in
registrations the election could be
held in a telephone booth. Only a
handful of people bothered to
register, but for the first time in
history Chowan’s voter rolls
exceed 5,000~by two.
It will be interesting to see what
the three elections in this state this
year produce. Already people
appear to be “turned off” by the
blitz which the big city scribes and
the boob tube are giving the
preference primaries.
There are three important
questions on Tuesday’s ballot.
Irregardless of how one feels
about the race for the White House
these questions are vital to the
future of the state.
There are two state
constitutional amendments. One
would allow nonprofit
corporations to issue revenue
Anybody want to hear some very
good music? Well, there’ll be two
places a person will be able to hear
it on Sunday. At the local
Methodist Church, at the 7:30
evening service Wayne West, an
evangelist from WilUamston, will
present some special music. Then
on Sunday morning at the worshipi
service at Rocky Hock Baptist
Church the “Seekers”, a youth
group from the Baptist Kennedy
Home at Kinston will present the
musical “Alleluia.” And at the
7:30 evening service at Rocky
Hock a concert of gospel music
will be presented by a male
quartet including Jack Evans,
Lloyd Wayne Evans, Sammy
Byrum and Sammy Morris. Any
one of these services will be well
worth attending.
Wetkiesday was St. Patrick’s
Day and a lot of people up north no
doubt had a big holiday. Well,
Gashouse Parker hasn’t so much
Irish in him, but be sort of
celebrated on Wetfoeeday. It was
Gashouse’s birthday anniversary.
To Open Park
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Museum, the historical exhibits
will be open to the public from 12-
noon until 7 P.M. on April 8 and 9
A.M. to 5 P.M. the following day.
Admission is free.
All students in Edenton-Chowan
Schools will visit the vans.
The Edenton visit will be among
six stops the caravan is making
across North Carolina.
The four tractor-trailer units,
one representing each branch of
service, will present “The History
of the American Armed Forces
and Their Contributions to the
Nation”. It is not a recruiting
effort.
The Army, Navy and Marine
Corps vans are walk-through
displays while the Air Force van is
a mini-theater.
The Army van covers that
service’s wartime role;
contributions during periods of
military government; community
assistance; science, medicine and
technology; exploration; and
current achievements. Displays
include a short filmstrip, a multi
media slide show, an electronic
question and answer board and an
operational computer-controlled
“bionic” arm.
Exhibits in the Marine Corps
van depict the “Heritage of the
Corps” in five sections:
Revolutionary War, the Century of
1798 to 1898, the Marine Corps
Band, the 20th Century and
Marines Today. Utilized in the
display are short movies,
paintings and models of Marine
Corps aircraft.
The Navy exhibit protrays that
service’s role in America’s first
200 years with emphasis on the
Navy’s contributions to knowledge
and Navy-developed products and
processes which have improved
the life of the average American.
Included in the display are: a
short-wave radio tuned to the time
signal transmitted from Fort
Collins, Colorado (.001 of a second
accurate), an operational radar
system and a display
demonstrating the principles of
sonar.
The Air Force, though only 28
years old, has been an essential
fa£lor in IpHifary
mini-theater, 15 slide projectors,
five screens and a stero sound-,
system are used to present a 17-
minute, multi-media program.
This unique production won the
Gold Medal as Best Multi-Media
Documentary at the International
Film and TV Festival of New York
in November, 1975. Showing over
700 slides, the story describes the
development of aviation and the
history of the Air Force.
These unique exhibit vans are
expansible from eight to 14 feet
wide to provide additional exhibit
space. Employing the most
modern! audio-visual techniques,
the automated exhibitry makes
the displays entertaining as well
as educational.
Attn: Craftsmen
Youth and adults interested in
participating in the 1976
Craftsman’s Fair should submit
three craft items to the County
Extension office before 9 A.M.
April 1.
Adults interested in submitting
for membership in the Albemarle
Craftsman’s Guild may do so at
the same time.
Application blanks for the Guild
and Fair are available at the
Chowan County Extension office.
bonds at no cost to the county or
town. The other would permit each
of the 100 counties to issue tax-free
bonds through local industrial
development authorities to help
attract new industry and expand
existing industry. Again there
would be no raid on the local
treasury.
Hie state bond election would
allow the issuance of $43.3-million
in State Institutions of Higher
Education Capital Improvement
Bonds.
We plan to vote for all three
without hesitation. It is important
that people who feel likewise also
cast a favorable vote. It is a known
fact that those who are negative to
such questions generate sufficient
interest to vote. In many cases a
true picture is not drawn on file
issues because those who are
positive are not equally as
enthusiastic.
The polls open at 6:30 AJL
Tuesday and dose at 7:30 P.M.
See you there! !
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NEW PROGRAM DISCUSSED—Ferd Harrison of Scotland
Neck, president of Electricities of North Carolina, is pictured at
left with officials of the Town of Edenton during a break in a
meeting where formation of an agency to generate power was
discussed. They are: W. B. Gardner, town administrator; Mayor
Roy L. Harrell, and James Martin, director of utilities. .
Electric Agency Considered
GREENVILLE—Edenton. and
15 other municipalities in Eastern
North Carolina that retail
electricity have the opportunity to
join an agency which could
ultimately result in independent
generation of power.
The N.C. Municipal Power
Agency No. 2 was explained to
representatives of electri-cities
here March 10 and ownership of
certain peak shaving generating
facilities within the next few years
was described by engineers as
being feasible.
The adoption of resolutions to
form the agency would {dace no
financial responsibility on the
municipality, spokesmen for
Electricities of North Carolina
said. Some $30,000 in special
assessments already collected
would get the agency into business
but a future budget would have to
be met.
It has been estimated it would
cost between sl7 and $lB-million to
Provides
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function and is perhaps overdue.
“In many areas we have been lax
in planning," hfe continued. :*ln
others we are being imposed upon
by state and federal government.”
The key to any progress made
here is the fact that local
government is surrounded by
highly dedicated volunteers and
good professionals, he pointed out.
He also touched on several multi
county projects which are brought
about because of sparce
population.
Mayor Roy L. Harrell outlined
some of the town’s priorities, as
well as giving an overview of
differences between town and
county government.
Gardner, town administrator,
went into more detail. He said the
town and county got it’s real
drive in the late 1950’s after the air
base closed for good. Leadership
has pulled together “quite
successfully since then” he noted.
Having served as chairman of
Albemarle Regional Planning &
Development Commission for
three years, Gardner warned that
there appears to be another level
“of government being imposed on
us.” He added that the agency
should remain a planning
organization.
He called regionalism “the
hallmark for inter-local and inter
county relationslyps”. He
declared that “if we didn’t get
together and accomplish things we
would be left at the starting gate.”
Gardner also noted that this
area pays much attention to the
quality of life and historic value.
Ambura, former president of
Albemarle Area Development
Association, outlined the
volunteer’s role in total
development. He said enough
emphasis cannot be placed on the
importance of involvement by
elected officials and others in
leadership positions, in the
community.
Ambura credited the area’s
positive approach to program
development with the fact that
those in leadership positions “pick
and choose” programs which will
be of true benefit to the people.
“This is the reason for whatever
degree of success we have
experienced, ne saia.
The group broke up into teams
in-depth study in several program
finance an adequate generator
with a saving of up of sl4-million
over a 10-year period.
“Vepco has indicated a
willingness to have any new
generating facilities added to its
transmission system,” said
Robert E. Bathen of R.W. Beck
and Associates.
He said the proposed agency’s
generator would run only a short
period of time each year, only to
shave the peak loads which are not
extremely expensive to muni
cipalitites.
The agency would also continue
ip detail negotiations with Vepco
concerning the acquisition of
generating facilities now on or to
be constructed to the firm’s
system. Negotiations would also
be concluded with Vepco
concerning the interchange
agreements needed for joint
municipal generation.
In answer to a question Bathen
said establishment of a municipal
generating system will not rule out
the purchase of some of Vepco’s
generating capacity.
The spokesmen said any bonds
issued by the agency would be
backed by contracts from the
members of the agency to
purchase power.
Marshall Lancaster, executive
director of Electricities, said a
similar agency was formed by
Duke Power Company municipal
customers in North Carolina
recently and 22 of the eligible
cities have joined.
Legislation to allow
municipalities to individually or
jointly establish generating
facilities of the nature described
was approved by the 1975 General
Assembly.
Fred L. Harrison of
Scotland Neck, president of
Electricities, presided at the
meeting at which Mayor Roy L.
Harrell, Town Administrator W.B.
Gardner and Director of Utilities
James Martin, represented the
Tpwn of Edenton.
Places Third
Melanie Morris of Hertford
placed third in the N.C.
Department of American Legion
High School Oratorical Contest.
The state finals were held last
Wednesday at East Carolina
University in Greenville where
she had earlier been selected to
represent the First Division.
Miss Morris, a freshman at
Chowan Academy, represented
Edward G. Bond Post No. 40 in
Edenton in district competition.
Bill Phillips, oratorical contest
chairman for the Edenton Post,
said there was “terrific
competition” in the department
contest and “Melanie did very,
very well.”
Boat Courses
Two boating courses have been
scheduled by the Edenton Coast
Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 16-3. Hie
courses will be presented free of
charge to all. Those interested in
boating are encouraged to attend.
The first course, beginning
Tuesday at 7:30 P.M., will deal
with principles of safe sailing.
Another course on charts,
compass and piloting will begin on
March 25, also at 7:30T P.M.
The classes will be held in Room
125 at John A. Holmes High
School.
For information for
these family-oriented courses
contact Warren' Hibbard f*2-
3214.
A Chowan County District Court
Jury last week awarded A.
Caswell Edmundson a judgement
of $873.55 against Albemarle
Builders Supply, Inc., of Elizabeth
City. * >
Edmundson had brought suit
against the firm charging ga ;
breach of warranty on some [
building materials purchase fora I
beach cottage on the Outer Banks, \
Two other cases calendared for \
trial were dismissed. They were \
Gainesville Steel Products, Inc.-, j
against Townson Pallets, Inc., and :
Charlie Nathaniel Boyce against
Calvin Lee Roberson and William :
Gregory Berryman.
Divorces granted by Judge ~
Grafton G. Beaman and not 5
reported last week included: . t.
Barbara D. White from Bruce N. -
White, Jr.; Darrell Riddick
Sharpe from Gloris Anne Sharpe;
and Ross Edward Privott, Jr.,
from Shirley White Privott.
Child Abused
An Edenton woman was given a
suspended sentence in Chowan !
County District Court Tuesday >
after being convicted of assaulting
an eight-year-old child who :
allegedly had struck her young *-
son. :r
Mrs. Helen Rhymer Robinson 1
was sentenced to 90 days,
suspended upon payment of SIOO
fine and costs after pleading no
contest to the assault charge. ;
Mrs. Erma Slade told Judge *
Grafton G. Beaman that her son 5
was on his way home from D. F.
Walker School when Mrs, :
Robinson stopped her car, got out !
and carried the Slade child across ■
the street and struck him. It was
brought out that another child, not
the one Mrs. Robinson struck, had ~
been involved iri the
disagreement.
Forum Set
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the U. S. Armed Forces in conflict, :
the conflict over spending money :
and a new balance between the •
President and Congress. s
J. Clarence Leary, Jr., will (
introduce Dr. Holtzman and serve
as moderator of the discussion =
panel which includes John Taylor,
Pam Amick, D. F. Walker and
Clarence Stallings, Jr. -
The Bicentennial Committee of
- N. C. Library Association and
the N. C. Humanities Committee
are presenting the American
Experiment which is locally ’
sponsored by Shepard-Pruden
Memorial Library.
Dr. Holtzman did his
undergraduate and master studies
at U.C.L.A. and received his
doctorate from Harvard in 1952.
He served as staff assistant to
the chairman of the Democratic
National Committee in 1954 and
was a Fullbright Professor in Italy
from 1968-1969.
The meeting will begin promptly
at 7:30 P.M. and end not later than
9:30 P.M. Ample time will be
alloted for questions and
discussion after the lecture and
panel response.
Commission
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setting meetings and expressed
concern over the Personnel :
Policy.
When questioned about the ■
grievances, Mrs. Hester said they
were suggestions which had
previously been put in writing
“but nothing has been done.”
The chairman was authorized to
appoint a committee to
recommend a policy for dealing
with requests from consultants for
information accumulated by
ARPDC staff. Beckler said it j
appeared that some consultants i
wanted the agency to do their !
work for than.
W. B. Gardner, past agency j
chairman, said he felt that anyone i
representing a member unit of I
government should be given all (
the information available. This I
should not be the case where •
consultants are on a “fishing 1
expedition”.
Bill Hartman, who recently i
resigned as Pasquotank County {
coordinator to become county •
manager in Washington County, j
said staff time involved for non- •
be charged! cost*** j
Routine reports on program f
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