BufT
It is a rare opportunity that we
have to participate in this column.
It is, however with a great deal of
delight we report that “Buff” is
recovering satisfactorily from his
recent operation.
He altered Chowan Hospital last
Thursday and underwent surgery
Friday morning. The latest report
is that he has made steady
progress and was expected home
Wednesday afternoon.
There has been a void in The
Herald crew this past week and we
all hope it will be filled in the very
near future with his return to the
scene, where he always manages
to be heard. LFA.
Localism Study
Needs People
GREENVILLE—The East
Carolina University Division of
Continuing Education is looking
for people in the New Bern, Bath,
Belhaven and Edenton areas to
participate on a steering com
mittee studying localism.
The project is an attempt to
define localism and how it affects
the people of Eastern North
Carolina. It will examine such
things as why people are attached
to the area? What influences do a
family, friends or neighbors have
on an individuals life? It will also
study the habit of centering one’s
life on such local community in
stitutions as the church
congregagion.
Members of the steering
committee will help plan town
meetings and will participate in a
working conference with ECU
professors in the fields of his
tory, sociology, anthropology,
psychology, economics, political
science and geography to discuss
the dimensions of localism.
Anyone interested in par
ticipating in the project is urged to
contact Karl Rodabaugh or Steve
Alexander at the East Carolina
University Division of Continuing
Education 757-6321.
The project is being coordinated
by ECU with the help of a grant
from the N. C. Humanities Com
mittee.
Gain Hour
Saturday night you regain the
hour you lost last Spring.
However, it will occur Sunday
morning.
At 2 A.M. Sunday set your clock
back one hour to signal an end of
Daylight Saving Time.
The nation’s clocks are con
trolled by the 1966 Uniform Time
Act which decrees six months of
daylight time—from the last
Sunday in April when clocks
spring ahead, until the last Sunday
in October, when clocks fall back.
The act has been tampered with
in the name of saving energy, etc.,
but this year the law reverts to the
original one affecting father time.
EMT Course
A refresher course for the
recertification of Emergency
Medical Training (EMT) per
sonnel will be taught in Edenton,
beginning on Tuesday. The
Continuing Education Department
at College of The Albemarle is
sponsoring the 20-hour course.
Murray Ashley will be the in
structor. Classes will meet each
Tuesday and Thursday night from
7 until 10 o’clock at the Rocky
Hock Rescue building. They will
continue through. November 23.
Persons who have satisfactorily
completed the initial EMT course
are eligible to enroll.
Thursday, October 28, 1976
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Congressional District they
provide a team that will bring Tar
Heelia and America back to their
senses.
Jimmy Carter should be elected
President because he is a new face
on the scene with a fresh approach
to our problems. He will be elected
because this is the first time the
American people have had a
opportunity to express themselves
on Watergate. The Congress and
the courts have failed, but the
people shall prevail.
Jim Hunt should be elected
Governor of North Carolina
because he has the best creden
tials. He has the knowledge and
the background to lead this state
out of the wilderness into which
the first four years of
Republicanism in this century has
implanted us.
Jim Green should be elected
Lieutenant Governor of North
Carolina because we have seen the
ineffectiveness of members of
opposing parties holding seats in
top government.
And Rep. Walter B. Jones should
be re-elected because he is the
best thing to come along in the
vast First District since
motherhood and apple pie.
In our opinion, the recent
episode between Rep. Jones and
his Republican challenger will
cause some people in the 2-county
district to “go to the trouble” to
vote as a display of disapproval of
the manner in which his opponent
has campaigned.
Those who number among Rep.
Jones’ friends and supporters, but
who were turned-off by politics
this time around and who felt he
would win hands down anyway,
will make an extra effort to insure
his re-election. And that’s the way
it should be.
In our opinion, the best lever to
pull Tuesday is the, one which
casts a ballot for all Democratic
candidates. If you disagree, do
otherwise. But please, go to the
polls and pull something.
By The Numbers
It is early on Saturday morning.
Very, very early!
No. 1 son got on the bus with the
Holmes band before 6 A.M. No. 1
Mama, No. 2 son, and No. 3
daughter got on a van with friends
less than two hours later for the
same destination . . . Chapel Hill,
where No. 1 daughter (with
escort) was to meet. No. 2
daughter was enroute to N. C.
State Fair.
The frustration was just
beginning. No. 1 football team had
just lost its first game the night
before in Williamston. The week
before No. 1 football team (ACC)
had lost to No. ? team in Keanan
Stadium. Now we were to view No.
1 clash with our most favorite
team from Eastern North
Carolina.
Winning, on our part would be
difficult.
First add—early, very, very
early Sunday morning!
No. 2 daughter shook the hand of
President Ford. UNC beat ECU,
12-10.
Hang the numbers!
Big Day Coming
Well, we solidly flunked our
history lesson last week when we
identified the Woodard Hotel as
the Barker House in some old
photographs. Then to compound
the confusion the headline placed
an earlier peanut festival as being
held in 1936 instead of 1941.
We are now dealing with current
events, and welcome Mrs. L. M.
Robeson of Virginia Beach as a
special guest to the Peanut
Festival being sponsored Satur
day by Edenton-Chowan Band
Parent Association. She won’t
care much about our identity
problem but she might take issue
to the festival dates since she
reigned as queen, being the for
mer Rachel Weeks of Tarboro.
Bob Harrell, festival chairman,
obtained her trophy and the
handsome silver piece has teen on
display at Ross Jewelers.
While we honor the lowly peanut
along the Public Parade to line the
coffers of an inspired group of
young musicians, there wfll be
another type of musk available
during the early evening hours.
The Meredith Ooßege Chorale will
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stated the courts would be used
under the supervision of the
Edenton-Chowan Recreaion
Director during off-school hours
by the general public. The tennis
courts are located on property
owned by Edenton Chowan
Schools, but the courts were built
with funds supplied by the county
Commissioners.
Two initial questions were who
owns the tennis courts, and does
Chowan Academy qualify as “the
public”.
According to the opinion for
warded by HEW, those two
questions would have little
bearing on the issue. The
statement in part reads: “The
facilities in question are located on
school property; are used as a
part of the public school athletic
program; and, for a substantial
portion of the day, used under the
direct supervision of the public
school authorities. Under these
circumstances, the use of the
facilities by a segregated private
school would violate Title VI of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964.”
The opinion goes on to state that
violation would jeopardize federal
financial assistance to the school
district.
A letter from the State
Department of Public Instruction
contained a similar statement
according to information from the
Office of Civil Rights.
The school board considered
five courses of action before ap
pointing a three-man committee to
further study the issue and try to
arrange a joint meeting with the
commissioners.
The first alternative was to fully
implement the 1973 agreement
and risk non-compliance, followed
by implementing the agreement
only as long as the commissioners
would assume responsibility for
loss of any federal funds.
Third, they discussed not
honoring the agreemnt as it
currently reads an accepting the
possible repercussions.
The board considered buying the
courts themselves, or selling the
property they are located on to the
county.
Options three and four were the
only ones the board felt would
keep the school system in com
pliance with the Civil Rights Act.
A line of reasoning was also
offered that the commissioners
are using reversed logic regarding
the agreement. It was suggested
by an observer, John Schroeder,
that the academy is an
organization not falling under
the category of general public,
therefore organized play by the
academy would bar the public
from the tennis courts, placing
violation of the agreement on the
commissioners.
Feelings ranged from those of
Mrs. Emily Amburn calling for
purchase of the tennis courts, to
Dr. J. H. Horton who said the
board should not change budget
priorities at mid-year especailly to
buy something the schools may
own already.
Dr. Edward G. Bond took the
viewpoint that it was not until
Chowan Academy needed the
tennis courts that the issue was
read into the joint agreement.
Supt. John Dunn emphasized
that the academy has not asked
for use of the facility since their
initial request, and at no time have
they used the courts for orgainized
activities.
Chairman Eugene Jordan ap
pointed himself and two other
board members, Dr. Bond and
Thomas Paul Griffin, to continue
studying the problem.
be featured at 7 P. M. at Edenton
Baptist Church, but there will be
plenty of time afterwards to get to
either the square dance at the
American Legion Building or the
street dance in downtown
Edenton.
We are sure many of you will
want to amend the Pea Pickin’s to
include the feature being provided
by the Meredith Alumnae
Association in this area.
The Peanut Festival is probably
one of the more extensively
prepared events of this nature
here in recent Ustory.lt has been
So done for your enjoyment and to
benefit a most worthy cause. For
the community not to support it
Satuday would be a shame in this
world!
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bitterly resented, even after
Dunstan’s sudden death in 1737.
Sanderson took his house back for
just what Dunstan had paid for it
and this time kept it several years.
William Moreton of Newcastle
upon-Tyne, who had recently
come from Britain, bought the
Cupola House in 1731 for 15 per
cent less than its earlier price.
Nothing else is known of him. His
property was eventually inherited
by his niece, Mrs. Margeret Peck,
in England. It may have been
rental property for years before
she sold it in 1756.
Francis Corbin, the new owner,
put a wharf at the foot of his
garden, installed handsome
woodwork in his house, and set the
date 1758 on the gable finial,
perhaps to mark the completion of
his project. Since 1744 he had been
Lord Granville’s business agent in
the colony. He was also a member
of the Governor’s Council, a
Justice of the General Court, and
colonel of the Chowan County
militia.
Armed Robbery
Charge Lodged
Joseph Twine has been ordered
to appear in Chowan County
Superior Court to face a charge of
armed robbery. His bond was set
at SIO,OOO.
Judge Grafton G. Beaman found
probable cause in the case
Tuesday morning in Chowan
County District Court.
He also found probable cause in
cases where four defendants were
charged with breaking and en
tering and larceny. They were:
Richard Wayne Fleming, Dennes
Leon Hassell, William Henry
Holley and Tyrone Decano Halsey.
In other cases called by Asst.
Dist. Atty. Chris Bean the
following action was taken:
Erie Lee Anthony, failure to
comply, 20 days, suspended upon
certain conditions.
Thomas E. Parker, Jr., failure
to comply, suspended sentence
revoked. Notice of appeal entered.
Raise Gideon Tarkington, traffic
violation, $lO fine and costs;
carrying a jcqnps&letf; weapon,
dismissed.
James Edward Byrum, Jr.,
drunk driving, 60 days, suspended
upon payment of SIOO fine and
costs. Notice of appeal entered.
Junious Alexander Cofield and
Robert Lee Wilder, larceny,
probable cause.
Frederick Lassiter, larceny, 90
days, suspended upon payment of
SIOO fine and costs.
James Willie Spivey, speeding,
S2O fine and costs.
Leon Wilson, inspection
violation, no liability insurance
and improper registration, SIOO
fine and costs. Notice of appeal
entered.
Larry Robert Privott, speeding,
S2O fine and costs.
Edward Lee Daniels, worthless
check, 10 days, suspended upon
payment of costs and make
restitution.
Open House
Open House will be held
November 3 from 3:30 P.M. to
6:30 P.M. for the Albemarle
Adult Activity Center and the
Edenton Residential Center.
The Albemarle Adult Activity
Center is a day program that
serves developmentally disabled
adults. The program offers
recreation, academics, and the
teaching of socialization and
commuintiy skills. The center is
located 1.3 miles north on Route 32
from Edenton.
The Edenton Residential Center
is a residential setting for
developmentally disabled adults.
The program provides a home
where the resident has the op
portunity to learn skills that
enables the person to function in
the mainstream of society.
The Edenton Residential Center
is located at 708 North Broad
Street.
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tired feet are expected to be
relaxed during barbecue, which
will be served until 8 P.M. at the
American Legion Fairgrounds
and Chowan High School, and two
dances will provide a successful
ending to a gala festival.
When he and his co-agent were
accused of corruption, Lord
Granville’s lawyer curried favor
with the governor and supplanted
both men after Corbin had been
kidnapped from his farm below
town by rioters from Enfield. But
Chowan like Corbin and kept
sending him as representative to
the Assembly. Towards the end of
his life he married a rich elderly
widow, Mrs. Jean Innes of Cape
Fear, who kept his Edenton
property until her death.
Dr. Samuel Dickinson bought
the house and wharf in 1777 for
almost seven times what Corbin
had paid. A physician from Rhode
Island, he seems to have had as
much time for business and
politics as for medicine. He was on
the Committee of Safety in 1776, a
town commissioner, in 1777, a
justice of the peace for years.
By 1784 he and Josiah Collins
and Nathaniel Allen had formed
the Lake Company to drain huge
tracts of swamp in Tyrrell County
for rice fields. His wife was the
niece and heir of Mrs. Penelope
Barker - hence the Barker por
traits still in the Cupola House.
After his death in 1802 and his
wife’s in 1819, the place belonged
to his daughter Penelope (Mrs.
Nathaniel Bond). At her death in
1866, Mrs. Bond left the store on
the south end of the lot to her son
Alexander, and the rest (two
stores and the house) to her four
daughters. Os these, only Miss
Margaret Bond was living 30 years
later. Her brother’s daughter,
Miss Tillie Bond, lived with her
and inherited the house. When she
sold it to the Cupola House
Association in 1918, four
generations of her family had
occupied it for 141 years.'
Farm Related
The Coastal Plains Area
Economics Program of the N. C.
Agricultural Extension Service
will begin a series of farm
management and marketing
educational programs on
November 4 at 7 P.M. in the
Perquimans County Office
Building at Hertford.
<ri t!Jfeati»ers, extension
farm management specialist at N.
C. State University, will lead the
discussion on partial budgeting.
Partial budgeting is a farm
management tool used to make
either-or decisions. Examples of
such decisions are whether to sell
feeder pigs to top hogs, whether to
dry com or sell field run and
whether to purchase new
machinery or custom hire.
Steve C. Riddick, area
management-marketing spe
cialist, encourages farm fam
ilies and agribusinessmen in
Chowan, Perquimans and
Pasquotank counties to attend this
meeting.
Escapes Injury
A 13-year-old girl escaped
serious injury Wednesday mor
ning when she walked into the side
of *a car on North Oakum Street.
Karen Maxine Wilson, 309 North
Oakum Street, was treated and
released from Chowan Hospital,
where she was taken by Edenton-
Chowan Rescue Squad following
the 8:05 A. M. mishap.
Sgt. G. W. Mizelle of Edenton
Police Department identified the
driver of the car as Jennett Morris
Stallings, 1000 North Oakum
Street. She was driving a 1973
Chevrolet.
Election
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County he must contact the
elections board and state that he is
still qualified to vote. “To keep
from getting one of these notices
after the election,” it was stated,
“any person registered in this
county who has not voted since
1968 should make every effort to
go to the polls on November 2.”
There are presidential and rice
presidential candidates from five
national parties. Twenty-nine
Democrats, lead by Lt. Gov. Jim
Hunt who is seeking the gover
norship, are on the state and local
ballot.
David T. Flaherty leads 12
Republican* on the state and
district ballot. Seven are on tte
American Party ballet and one on
the libertarian ticket.
CET A Contract! j
Now Sought I ]
Contracting for some flip- \
million in federal manpolnr |
monies has begun for fiscal ypr I
1977. The finds allocated under
Title I of the Comprehensive
Employment and Training Act
(CETA) are designed to provide .-
skill training, adult work ex- j
perience, and public service 3
employment' for unemployed* ?
underemployed, or economically
disadvantaged persons.
The CETA Title I grants come :
from the U! S. Department of:
Labor and are contracted through \
the State Office of Employment:
and Training for 86 \
' North Carolina. The remaining 14 ?
counties deal directly with the U. •
S. Department of Labor for fun-:
ding.
Region “R” has a grant of 1
$516,676, the second smallest in &e {
state. The program is ad- *
ministered by Albemarle Regional j
Planning & Development Com- j
mission.
Planning for-the fiscal 1977
programs began in September, •
1975, with an emphasis on >
program input at the local level.'
Each of the 16 multi-county *
planning units, or Lead Regional
Organizations, is responsible for
producing a manpower (dan for
that area. The LRO acts on (he
advice and recommendations of
its Regional Manpower Advi
sory Committees (RMAC’s).
The RMAC developed the plan
using unemployment statistics
and skill needs in the region. The
N. C. Balance of State Planning
Council then reviewed the plan
and it was combined into a
Comprehensive Balance of Stile
Plan that was reviewed and *p-<.
proved by the State Manpower
Services Council and the Regional *
Office of the U. S. Department of
Labor. i
Joseph R. Balak, Jr., director of ■
the Office of Employment and'
Training, expressed satisfaction'
at the effective completion of the
plans and the progress of the
contract negotiations saying “the
regional people and our staff have
worked extremely hard over the
past year trying to put together a
plan which reflects the regional;
needs and establishes goals for'
improving the lives of many
disadvantaged North Caroli
nians.”
He went on to say “the U. S.
Department of Labor’s field
personnel have praised highly our
comprehensive plan and agreed
with us that North Carolina should
have the most effective Title I
program to date in fiscal 1977.”
The Office of Employment and
Training translates the state (dan
and each regional plan into con
tract documents to insure that the;
goals set forth in the plan are:
accomplished as designed. OET:
writes contracts with regional;
contractors and subcontractors,
for operation of CETA Title I’
programs.
Si }
J ames Presiding ;
WEEKSVILLE—Rep. Vernon j
James will preside at a meeting of *
the National Potato Advisory s
Board which meets in Elizabeth j
City Friday with State Agriculture!
Commissioner James Graham as j
special guest.
It will be the first time that]
national group has met in •
Southeastern United States and!
will meet in conjunction with thei
N. C. Potato Growers Association. |
Rep. James is chairman of thej
national group and Clifton Moore j
of Currituck County heads the]
state organization.
After the business meeting;
Friday and a social that evening-
Saturday will include a tour of]
First Colony Farms and the Outer
Banks- Some 150 people are ex
pected to attend.
Dr. Hardin I j
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care: medicine, nursing, the allied;
health professions, pharmacy,;
dentistry and public health.
Among its responsibilities is the
rotation of students from Norik
Carolina medical schools iff
hospital residency programs,
The EAHEC is temporarily
located on the ECU campus. Hi
is scheduled for relocation in!
the Family Practice Center near)
the new Pitt County Hospital, j