Officials Prepare
To Open Festival
' It’s festival time in ye olde
towne on Queen Anne's Creek. The
~*’*rea is rapidly taking on the
proper atmosphere.
A festival without a political
flavor has something lacking. This
ingredient is solid in the Edenton-
Chowan Bicentennial Arts
Festival opening
today (Thursday).
R. Jack Hawke of Washington,
D. C., federal co-chairman,
Coastal Plains Regional
Commission, will join U. S. Sen.
Robert Morgan as keynoters at the
dedication of the waterside park at
4:30 P.M. Friday in front of the
Municipal Building.
Coastal Plains Regional
Commission gave the Town of
Edenton an SBO,OOO grant for park
development- The town’s share of
the project is $20,000.
A name has been selected for the
park through a contest in Edenton-
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READY FOR CELEBRATION—Hugh Dial of Edenton Floral
Company is shown above displaying his costume for the
Bicentennial Arts Festival which begins today (Thursday) in
Edenton. Dial made the costume, designing it from pictures of
authentic clothing of the period.
Four Days Os Fun Begin
The die is cast!! Today,
(Thursday) months of planning
and work by many will come to
fruition-and the fruit is bountiful!
The Edenton-Chowan
Bicentennial Arts Festival, being
co-sponsored by the Cultural Arts
Department of Edenton-Chowan
Schools and the Chowan County
Bicentennial Committee, is one of
the major events planned for the
community in the celebration of
the 200th anniversary of this
country.
Beginning with an opening
ceremony at the Edenton
Municipal Building at 11:45
A.M. today (Thursday) and
ending with boat races sponsored
by the Edenton Yacht Club on
Sunday, there will be four days of
continuous patriotic, educational
and talented outdoor activities.
A main attraction during the
festival will be the U. S. Armed
Special Notice
The Collections Department in
the Municipal Building will close
at 3:30 P. M. Friday due to the
formal dedication ceremonies for
the Waterfront Park at 4:30
o’clock, according to W. B.
Gardner, town administrator.
At the same time. Police Chief J.
D. Parrish said certain streets
would be closed at varioos times
because of activities during the
Edenton-Chowan Bicentennial
Arts Festival.
-Colonial Avenue and Court
Street will be closed from 3 P. M.
to 8:30 P,M., Thursday; from 5 P.
M. to 8 P. M., Friday; and 8:30 A.
M. to 12-oosn on Saturday.
East Water Street will be closed
(ram 9:30 A. M. to 10:30 A; M.
Saturday.
Abe, Sooth Broad from Eden
Street to King Street will be closed
from B:3* P. M. to 11 P. M. on
fetartay for the street dance.
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Chowan Schools and Chowan
Academy. The name will be
revealed by Mayor Roy L. Harrell
at the conclusion of the formal
program.
J. Clarence Leary, Jr.,
chairman, Edenton-Chowan
Bicentennial Committee, will be
master of ceremonies.
W. B. Gardner, town
administrator, will introduce
special guests and Hawke will
deliver some comments.
C. A. Phillips, chairman,
Chowan County commissioners,
will introduce Sen. Morgan who
will give the major address.
Otis Strother, band director in
Edenton-Chowan Schools, has
been schools coordinator for the
“experience” expected to draw
thousands of people to Edenton.
Strother has coordinated some 30
different groups in developing a
varied program.
Forces Caravan tours. Vans
depicting the history and
contributions of the Army, Navy,
Air Force and Marine will be at
the Barker House Visitor Center-
Museum area and open to the
public on today and Friday
afternoon beginning at 2:30 P.M.
The Courthouse Green, the
Courthouse, Chowan County
Office Building and the municipal
area will provide the setting for
the majority of activities.
However, there will be a
Bicentennial Bake-Off in the John
A. Holmes High School home
economics department on Friday.
The public is invited to attend
these school events which will
begin at 9:40 A.M. and continue
hourly at 11:30 A.M. and 1 P.M.
Prizes will be awarded for the best
muffins on the Green on Friday at
6:30 P.M.
Also, at 6:30 P.M. Friday there
will be the presentation of the
Junior High and Elementary
finalists’ speeches and essays.
Awards will be presented in these
categories at this time as well as
trophies for art, business, and
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Crime Prevention Bolstered By Citizens
A group of interested local
citizens, headed by West W.
Byrum, Jr., have formed a
Chowan Crime Watch Program.
Sheriff Troy Toppin lauds it as a
self-help community crime
prevention endeavor to reduce the
threat of burglary to citizens and
their neighbors.
Chowan Crime Watch is simply
asking each household to be alert
not only of his own property but
any unusual activity, suspicious
person, acts or vehicles at his
neighbor’s property. If and when
this occurs, it is potted out,
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Volume XLII.—No. 15.
Candidates File For Positions
Murray D. Ashley
slnblte parade
Bye, Bye!
By the time a majority of you
along the Public Parade read this
we will be winging our way to San
Francisco, Calif. While we will be
assigned the valet duties for the
only female member of the
Edenton-Chowan Board of
Education, the trip is being taken
in anxious anticipation.
There is some background about
the jaunt which should be said
before the brickbats begin to fly.
Several years ago six area
counties formed the Alliance For
Progress, an educational
consortium. Funding from the
Rockefeller Foundation followed
and it included paying the
expenses of school board
members and members of county
boards of commissioners to the
annual meeting of the Nations
Schools Boards Association.
Foundation staffers schedule
interesting visits to schools whicl
excel in various innovate
educational programs, as well a
set up seminars with some of th<
leaders in the field of education
This is a bonus to those attending
and a departure from the oftei
times inadequate conventior
program.
In a sense it is pretty much like
having your cake and eating it too
It is possible for spouses to tag
along at the more favorable group
rates. That’s where we come in.
You might justify our position
by saying we are on an
educational trip to California. Ii
you can’t do that it really won’t
matter. We’re gone anyway.
Attractive Color
Several years ago the Norfolk &
Carolina Telephone & Telegraph
Company began a promotion of
the Albemarle Area of some
magnitude. It consists of the use of
scenes from around the region, in
process color, on their telephone
books.
The late L. £. Blades, Jr., was
proud of his homeland and never
missed the oppx>rtunity to spread
his enthusiasm around. The new
cover program meant an
increased cost of production but he
justified it by pointing to the
intangible value in promoting the
area.
Among his first selections was a
Jack Williams photograph of the
historic Chowan County
Courthouse as scene across the
Green from Water Street. He told
us of his selection in confidence
well in advance of publication.
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please call the Edenton Police
Department or Chowan County
Sheriff’s Department giving
accurate descriptions and license
numbers.
Decals will soon be available for
each home throughout the county
to be placed in a conspicious place
designating it as a Crime Watch
cooperator. Certain local citizens
are equipped with CB radios .to
further enhance the value of this
program. This affords the
opportunity to contact law
enforcement offices in case of
highway or other emergencies.
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Emphasis On Rural Health
Chowan County’s health service
agencies salute National Rural
Health Week, April 4-10, signed
into the Congressional Record by
President Ford on October 22,
1975.
Recognizing that the central
role of health services played by
the hospital has become greatly
augmented by a diversity of health
related services available from
other agencies over the past
years, a group meeting was
initiated’ by Chowan Hospital.
On March 19, representatives
from the various agencies which
serve Chowan County in delivery
of various health-related services
met to discuss a joint participation
of National Rural Health Week.
Present at the meeting were Dr.
Bernard Atkinson, clinical
psychologist, and Dr. Adren
Hughes, alcoholism counselor,
both of the Albemarle Mental
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DISCUSS HEALTH SERVICES —Representatives of health
related agencies are shown above discussing participation in
National Rural Health Week. The observance includes emphasis
on all phases of health care, and ways of more effectively
delivering these services to rural citizens.
Ruling Favors
Town Os Edenton
The Town of Edenton acted
legally when rezoning two parcels
of property on Highway 32 at the
interesection of U. S. 17 by-pass.
This was the ruling of Judge
Elbert S. Peel, Jr., of Williamston,
Friday in Chowan County Superior
Court.
In allowing a motion for
summary judgment by the
defendant town the jurist held that
“on the ground that there is no
genuine issue as to any material
fact . . . (the defendants) are
entitled to judgment as a matter of
law.”
Attorneys for the plaintiffs, N. J.
George and others, asked for an
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“Crime is on the increase,” a
spokesman said. “A burglary is
committed every 13 seconds in the
United States.”
“If there was ever a program
started in Chowan County that
costs less,” he continued, “with
possible greater end results and
which brings total community
participation I imagine what
it would be. The opportunity is now
for all of our citizens to work hand
in haqd for a common cause.
Prevent crime! If we are an
informed, / alert and active
community** can win the war
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Health Center; Glen Bunch, social
worker from the Chowan County
Department of Social Services;
Virginia Byrum, district director
of the cancer society; William
Culpepper, chairman of the
Chowan County of the American
Red Cross; Randy Horton, health
educator of the district Health
Department; Willis Privott,
captain of the rescue squad, Henry
Sawyer, director of the Elizabeth
City office of the Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation;
Thomas M. Surratt,
president, and Gail Singh,
vice president for administrative
services, both of Chowan
Hospital; and Gladys White, home
economics extension agent of the
Chowan County Extension
Service.
Other agencies not represented
at the meetng, but participating in
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Hunt’s Team Now In Action
Jim Hunt’s campaign for
Governor of North Carolina got off
to a fast start in Chowan County
this week with the selection of
general committee leaders. The
list reads like a Who’s Who in the
county and area Democratic
Party.
E. L. Hollowell, Sheriff Troy
Toppin, Mayor Pro Tern James C.
(Pete) Dail and Earl Smith are co
chairmen of the Hunt committee.
Wallace Evans will direct the
Friends of Jim Hunt campaign.
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HUNTING VOTES FOR HUNT—Chowan County, Albemarle
Area and First Congressional District campaign leaders for Jim
Hunt became more visible this week as the candidate filed for the
Democratic nomination for Governor of North Carolina. Left to
right are: Wallace Evans, Mrs. Annette Lucus, James C. (Pete)
Dail, Sheriff Troy Toppin, E. L. Hollowell, J. Gilliam Wood and
Earl Smith.
Single Copy 10 Cents.
Murray D. Ashley, 19 Westover
Heights, was the first of three
people to file as Democratic
candidates Monday with the
Chowan County Board of Election.
He is seeking the office of Register
of Deeds.
Ashley is Chowan County
Director of Civil Preparedness.
Mrs. Jean A. Bunch, who
previously announced her plans to
seek the Register of Deeds’ post,
also filed, according to Mrs. Byron
Kehayes, elections board
chiarman.
Mayor Roy L. Harrell, who last
week confirmed that he was
considering running for one of two
seats in the First House District,
made it official Monday afternoon
by filing with the local board.
David T. Bateman, a county
commissioner representing the
Third Township, told a newsman
Monday afternoon that at the
present time he is not inclined to
seek re-election. Bateman is vice
chairman of the board and is
completing his second four-year
term.
Alton G. Elmore, First
Township commissioner,
announced this week that he would
be a candidate for re-election.
Elmore, 43, is chairman of the
six-county Albemarle Mental
Health Board and immediate past
chairman of the six-county
Alliance For Progress. He is vice
president of Edenton Furniture
Company.
He issued the following
statement:
“In filing for re-election to a
second four-year term as Chowan
County commissioner from the
First Township, I look back with a
degree of satisfaction to some of
the county accomplishments that
have taken place in this first term
of working for the people of our
county.
“Because of Revenue Sharing
Funds, we have been able to up
date many of our school facilities,
remodel our county office
building, up-date our rescue squad
headquarters and rescue
equipment, install tennis courts
and basketball courts with lights
for the northern end of the county,
purchase two new school activity
buses, as well as place order for a
new fire truck to be housed in
Edenton and participate in a
county recreation program, just to
name a few things.
“With these things in mind, I
now look forward to completion of
the county-wide water system,
building of a new courthouse and
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Two other Hunt chieftains also
reside in Chowan. Mrs. Annette
Lucus is area coordinator for the
huge 21-county First
Congressional District. J. Gilliam
Wood is spearheading the Hunt
campaign in the 10-county
Northeastern North Carolina
area.
Hollowell, president of Chowan
Veneer Company, is a past
chairman of the Chowan County
Democratic Executive
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