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AWARDS DISPLAYED —A host of awards will be given to
participants in next week’s Edenton-Chowan Bicentennial Arts
Festival. The awards are displayed in a downtown store window
in hopes that they will inspire widespread participation in the
many events.
BICENTENNIAL
ARTS
FESTIVAL
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April 8. 9. 10. 11
Edtnton. North Ctroliot
II you like community activities
sprinkled with variety you will
dearly love the Edenton-Chowan
Bicentennial Arts Festival along
the Public Parade next week. If
there isn't something appealing to
you in the four-day celebration we
doubt if you can be pleased at all.
If ever an event has been
arranged with the public in mind it
is this Happy Birthday salute to
America. It is a people-oriented
festival in the truest sense of the
word.
It has been designed to give the
people in the community away of
demonstrating to other people in
the community and throughout the
Albemarle Area the talent which
abounds here. It is a real
happening which has been in
the making for as many years
as the oldest participant boasts.
But it just didn’t happen. It has
been made to happen through the
hard work, dedication and
cooperation which is plentiful
hereabouts. This is a feature
which gives the festival
guaranteed success from the
beginning.
Everyone has cooperated; even
the weathermen who provided just
enough moisture to get the grass
growing in the new municipal
waterfront park. The prime
movers in the festival hope the
elements will remain in the
heavens during the festival but
adequate preparations have been
made in case of a missed
connection.
When you have such an event,
one with widespread and
wide based support, you always
get into trouble when you start
throwing around names.
Nevertheless, we will wax
reckless by saluting J. Clarence
Leary, Jr. and Mrs. Mary Rhea
Gardner. They have demonstrated
sterling leadership in ire-festival
planning; have motivated and
inspired scores of unit
coordinators; and have put
together a shindig that is even on
the discussion list of the drug store
authorities.
If you question our enthusiasm
for the Edenton-Chowan
Bicentennial Arts Festival just
turn to Page 7A in today’s
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Activities Set
For Festival
Contestants taking part in the
Edenton-Chowan Bicentennial
Arts Festival April 8-11 will be
profusely rewarded for their
participating in the numerous
avents and planned activities.
Over 130 trophies, awards, and
ribbons will be given to first,
second, and third place winners in
nine major categories of
competitive events. Samples of
these prizes are now on display in
the window of the former
Hobowsky’s Shoe Repair Shop on
Broad Street.
There are nine major categories
with some internal breakdowns
by age groupings, in which prizes
will be awarded as follows:
Oratory, essays, bake-off, spelling
bee, art, town window displays,
field day activities, sailing
competition, and the Town of
Edenton’s Name The Park
Contest. Competition for many of
these events are taking place with
the schools now.
Finalists in oratory and essay
competitions will perform on the
Green from 8 P.M. to 8:30 P.M an
April's, and from” 6:30 P.M. ,to 7
P.M. on April 9. Awards for all
completed events will be
presented at this time.
Motions Heard In Lawsuit
An extensive hearing on motions
for summary judgment was
concluded Wednesday in a lawsuit
in Chowan County Superior Court
where a group of local citizens
question the validity of action by
Edenton Town Council. Involved is
the changing of zoning on two
tracts of land at the intersection of
Highway 32 and U. S. 17 by-pass.
One tract was changed from R
-20 (residential-farming) to
Highway Commercial, while
the other was changed to
Shopping Center from R-20. The
Highway Commercial designation
was done at the time a Zoning
Ordinance Update was adopted.
A question arose after Mayor
Roy L. Harrell determined that
the council’s action was not valid.
Later the N. C. Attorney General
issued an opinion to support the
Flu Hits Schools
An unidentified virus referred to
as the “flu” is currently affecting
approximately 15 per cent of the
total student population in local
schools. As of Wednesday
morning, Supt. John Dunn
reported figures totaling 393
among the five units of the
Edenton-Chowan Schools, not
including staff members.
A breakdown of the absentee
rate for the individual schools
Wednesday census shows:
Chowan, 81; Holmes, 89; Swain,
73; White Oak, 47; and Walker,
103.
The Chowan County Health
Department was called out to
Holmes High School Tuesday to
check temperatures of some of the
students who reported being
affected. The department reports
that temperatures averaged in the
99-100 degree range, and some of
the students probably should
not have been hi school. ■"
Dr. Dunn said that there are no
current plans to dose any of the
schools unless the incidence rate
increases significantly.
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Volume XLDL—No. 14.
Costs Exceed
Farm Income
The estimated farm income in Chowan County in 1975 has bden placed
at $15.5-million, up more than 10 per cent over the previous year.
However, a farm expert estimates that production costs were up 80 per
cent.
R. M. (Pete) Thompson, county extension chairman, said the
increased swine income accounts for the junp from 1974’s sl4-million.
Swine income was $3-million in 1974 but has been placed at $4.7-million
for 1975.
While peanuts, corn and soybeans declined there was a $200,000
increase in tobacco income. The increase in tobacco was due to
increased production.
Peanuts were off slightly. The yield was down but the price was up. In
come from the crop was placed at $3.1-million.
Com income dropped about $200,000 to a sl-million figure.
The soybean income was placed at $1.5-million. Thompson blamed the
decline on a $3 per bushel cut in price.
Turkeys were also down slightly, also due to price.
The cotton income was estimated at $70,000.
Income from vegetables was $1.5-million with sweet corn and
watermelons accounting for more than half the total.
Government payments, once a sizeable income for farmers,
amounted to $6,318.84 in Chowan County in 1975. Os the total, the bulk
were in the form of cotton program payments and conservation
programs.
Thompson said the estimates in his report were compiled from
information furnished him by farmers and agribusiness officials.
Net Collections
Better $19,000
Net collections from the 1 per
cent local option sales tax in
Chowan County during February
amounted to $19,329.07, according
to a report released this week by
Sec. J. Howard Coble of the
State Department of Revenue.
State-wide the collections were
$9.4-million.
Collections in other Albemarle
Area counties were:
Camden, $4,924.74; Currituck,
',3,534.14: Dare, $22,472.42; Gater,
*<,21.1.57; Pasquotank, $61,556.10;
Perquimans, $9,713.39; Tyrrell,
$4,622.38; and Washington,
$23,745.71.
mayor’s position. However, the
council refused to rescind the
action.
Judge Elbert S. Peel, Jr., of
Williamston, is presiding and has
given no indication as to when he
will rule on the motions.
Attorneys for the Town of
Edenton have requested the case
be tried this week if the summary
judgment is not rendered in their
favor.
The suit was brought by Mr. and
Mrs. N. J. George and Mrs.
Loraine Burns, property owners in
the area, along with John A.
Mitchener, 111, James G. Blount
and Byron P. Kehayes, downtown
businessmen. Defendants are the
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Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, April 1, 1976.
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HOLMES DECA STUDENTS BRING HOME EIGHT
TROPHIES —Holmes DECA students came home recently with
an arm full of trophies after winning eight second and third place
titles at the State Leadership Conference in Winston-Salem last
weekend. Winners are: from left, Gail Bunch, Doug Shackelford,
Gene Meadows, Chris Habit, Howard Glasgow, David Cross,
Mike Layton and Kathleen Happel. The students won in the
creative manual competition. (Story on Page 4-A).
Harrell Considers House Seat
Filing for state, district and
county offices opens at 12-noon
Monday and the Chowan County
Board of Elections has set up an
“on call” system to save the
taxpayers money and still
accommodate those wishing to
seek office.
Mrs. Byron P. Kehayes,
chairman of the board of elections,
and Mrs. Joseph M. Thorud,
executive secretary, said while
they will not remain in the
elections office on the Fourth
AFTER THE BANQUET —Mrs. Josephine Patterson, left,
District Extension Agent and guest speaker, chats with Mrs.
Wallace Goodwin, Jr., president of Extension Homemakers
County Council, after the Bicentennial banquet held at the
American Legion Building.
Homemakers Celebrate
Colonial-style attire, a banquet
supper, and crafts displays
marked the Chowan County
Extension Homemakers
Bicentennial Celebration held
Tuesday night at the American
Floor of the County Office
Building on a regular basis, they
will be “on call” to assist anyone
who wishes to file.
Mrs. Kehayes can be contacted
at either 482-8112 or 482-2169. Mrs.
Thorud can be called at 482-4577.
The elections board number is 482-
8484.
The last day to file is 12-noon on
May 28.
The Chowan Herald learnec this
week that Mayor Roy L. Harrell of
Edenton is close to a decision on
running for one of the two seats in
the First House District.
When contacted he admitted he
has been considering filing. He
said he has received strong
encouragement from throughout
the eight-county district but has
been particularly impressed with
support expressed in Dare,
Washington, Pasquotank, and
Perquimans counties.
Mayor Harrell indicated that a
final decision would be made
within the next week.
He has a history of multi-county
interests. He was a prime mover
in development of the Albemarle
Cooperative Association, a feeder
pig operation, and previously was
associated with Albemarle Human
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Fish Fry Slated
On April 3,1976 a benefit fish fry
will be held for State Trooper
Robert Allen and family.
The fish fry will be held on
Saturday, at the Boy Scout Hut.
Hours are from 11 A.M. to 6 P.M.
and the tickets are $2.
Tickets may be obtained from
merchants, Police and Sheriff’s
Departments, Rescue Squad
personnel and from the Civil
Preparedness Office in the County
Office Building.
Single Copies 10 Cents.
Legion building. Mrs. Josephine
Patterson, district extension
agent, was guest speaker for the
affair which saw attendance by
over 200 people from Chowan
County and surrounding areas.
Mrs. Patterson explained that
extension came about as a result
of the Morrow Act of 1860,
establishing N. C. State University
as a land-grant institution, and
subsequent legislation that placed
emphasis on Extension in
particular.
Research and field testing, she
said, are a part of the total
extension program which seeks to
provide out-of-school learning
experiences for rural
homemakers, in an effort to better
the standards of living and quality
of environment. In addition, the
programs are geared to offering
leadership opportunities and
developing self-confidence and
security.
Community services, Mrs.
Patterson remarked, are a vital
aspect of the program. Extension
has been involved in school
programs, the bookmobile
program, and efforts to maintain
mental and physical health.
Perfect attendance certificates
were presented to 15 club
members. Among them was Mrs.
M. L. Hoffer of the Beech Fork
Club who noted 25 years of perfect
attendance, followed by Mrs.
Clara Mae Evans of the Oak Grove
Club with 23 years.
Mrs. Wallace Goodwin, Jr.,
county council president, presided
over the affair.
Grant Given
TheEIC, Inc., has been awarded
a combined grant of
approximately $40,000 from the
Community Services
Administration Office and State
Economic Opportunity Office to
conduct a Home Winterization
Project for Region “R”.
The Home Winterization Project
will focus upon the elderly,
handicapped and low-income
families who are affected by the
high cost of fuel and the impact of
cold weather due to cold air
infiltration in the home.
The EIC, Home Winterization
will include the replacement of
broken windows, minor roof
repairs and in some cases
underpinning.
Winterization work crews,
under the supervision of skilled
carpenters, will determine the
extent of needed repairs and
make the actual repairs to the
home. All supplies and building
materials will be provided by the
agency.
A Regional Winterization
Advisory Committee has been
organized to monitor the project
and to recommend priority
families for program
participation.
Applications for participation
may be acquired at any county
Economic Resource Center or the
EIC Administrative Office in
Elizabeth City or Edenton.