Mary Elizabeth Hurdle
Achievement
Program Set
The Chowan County 4-H Club
Achievement Program will be
held on Monday night at the
Center Hill Community Building
at 7:30 o’clock. The speaker this
year will be Mary Beth Hurdle,
former outstanding 4-H member
from Perquimans County.
Miss Hurdle was an In
ternational Farm Youth Ex
change Student to the Middle East
(Iran) in 1968; She will show slides
of her visit to the Middle East
including pictures of the Holy
Land (Jerusalem, Bethlehem,
etc.)
While a 4-H member she was
state winner in vegetable use
demonstration, and was a national
winner in canning. She was tapped
in the State Honor Club as a
climax to her 4-H career.
At the achievement program,
state, district and county winners
will be recognized. Those com
pleting at least one project will
receive a certificate. Stars will be
placed on certificate according to
the number of projects completed.
The club with the highest per
centage of parents present will be
honored at the County Council
meeting next month.
Dr. Dalton Proctor is expected
to be present for the program. Dr. <
Proctor is second in command of
4-H program,ln North Carolina,
All 4-H’ers and their parents are
invited to attend the climax of this
4-H year.
The Chowan Ruritan Club will
present a trophy for the Best All .
Round 4-H boy and one for Best All
Round 4-H girl this year for the
first time.
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Special Services
Special Christmas programs
and services are planned Sunday
at Edenton United Methodist
Church and Edenton Baptist
Church.
** The Methodists will have their
annual candlelight service and
White Christmas beginning at 7:30
P.M. Sunday. Special music will
be provided by the Senior and
Junior Chorus, under the direction
. of Mrs. Emily Ambura. They will
be accompanied by Mrs. Lucy
Brown, organist, and Mrs.-
Patricia Downum, at the piano.
Frank Cox will give a trumpet
solo. Other special music will be
by Mrs. Kitty Barringer, Mrs.
. Elaine Gibson, Mrs. Mary Alice
Jordan, and Mrs. Trudy Parker. .
The White Christmas offering
will be received for needy families
at the service. It is requested
that food items be wrapped in
white paper with the contents
marked on the outside. Money
received will’ be used for meats
and perishables to be purchased
by the Social Concerns Com
mittee.
Also at 7:30 P.M., three
children’s choirs and the Junior
High Handbells will present a
program of Christmas music at
■ Edenton Baptist Church. The
choirs are directed by Mrs. Robert
E. Gray and accompanied by
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Shortest Report
One of the shortest Grand Jury
lapeirti ever recorded hi Chowan
Copty Superior Court was handed
«• Jttdfle Ralph Walker Monday
“Tree bills of indictment were
Public Parade
Decision Sunday
Last Thursday the holiday *
shopping season wa's launched
along the Public Parade with a
delayed but gala Christmas
parade.
Sunday will mark the beginning
of our spiritual observance of
Christmas. The Methodists and
Baptists have planned services for
7:30 P.M., so people will have to
read the program announce
ment elsewhere in the paper today
and make a decision which they
prefer to attend.
The choice will be easy for us. A
recent marriage and honeymoon
resulted in a vacancy in the music
director’s job at the Methodist
Church. A lady we have grown to
know pretty well over the past 19
years was drafted to put together
the program. '
If what we have been hearing
around the house is any indication •
of what can be expected at the
candlelight service Sunday the
people who attend are in for a
treat. /
By the same token, Mrs. Robert
E. Gray has an enviable
reputation of producing heart
warming musical programs at
Edenton Baptist Church.
It will be Frank Cox’s trumpet
or the Junior High • Handbells.
Regardless of the choice, those
who attend either service will
certainly be in for a treat, not a
treatment.
In our case, though, the decision
will be painless.
Albemarle Sounds
Gov.-Elect Jim Hunt has indi
cated in interview after inter
view that he will lean heavily on
local government officials in his
administration. Therefore, the
caliber of people elected to
positions of public trust is now
much more important than at any
time in recent history.
The Albemarle has a storehouse
of leaders. In the recent past not
. enough of them along the Public
Parade nor throughout the area
have exerted, themselves to the
best interest of the citizens.
Now with the new attitude at the
top, where local government
leaders will be called on to make
the Tar Heel government function
smoothly, a new dimension of
leadership must surface. If this is
not experienced then what we get
is what we deserve.
This week we are impressed
with what is happening in local
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SENATOR HAS ANNUAL AFFAIR—Last Friday was a successful day for hunters at Sen. J. J.
(Monk) Harrington’s in Lewiston as 25 deer were counted at the end of the day. However, probably
the biggest kill came after dark when a host of people, including a number of state political figures,
gathered for dinner, E. L. Hollowell is shown at top left with Gov.-Elect Jim Hunt. In the other
picture, Lt. Gov.-Elect Jimmy Green, center, is shown with Tom Shepard, Gilliam Wood, Sen.
Harrington and George Alma Byrum. Below left are Agriculture Commissioner Jim Graham, Sen.
Melvin Daniels and Carl Renfrew. Rep. Walter B. Jones is shown in center photo talking with
Emmett Burden. At right, Gov.-Elect Hunt greets State Rep. HOrton Rountree and Phil Godwin,
center, and Jasper Hassell looks on.
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ARPDC Move Supported
The Albemarle Regional Planning & Development Commission’s
headquarters would move from Edenton to Hertford if Perquimans
County is successful in gaining 100 per cent federal funding for an office
building. This is stated in a resolution adopted, 7-2, by the ARPDC
Executive Committee Tuesday night.
ARPDC staff initially served notice of intent to apply for a $450,000
grant for a regional center but later it was taken over by die Perquimans
County Board of Commissioners.. The action was recently questioned at
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Chowan County commissioners
Monday took issue with
statements in a 1976 School Survey
dealing with local funding for
public education. Commissioner
N. J. George called it “poppy
cock” and contrary to fact.
Dr. John Dunn, superintendent
of Edenton-Chowan Schools, and
Eugene Jordan, board chairman,
answered the charges during a 50-
minute exchange.
Chairman C. A. Phillips and
Commissioner George pointed out
that local money going into the
public schools here exceeds both
the state and national average.
Dr. Dunn said he didn’t see the
intent of the study as being critical
of local funding. “I hope you won’t
zero in on percentages,” he
countered. “The emphasis is to be
on how your commendable effort
can be continued.”
Later the educator said the
study was not designed to focus on
finances but on curriculum and
organization. Commissioner Alton
Elmore said the board should not
dwell on percentages but on the
per pupil expenditure and on
giving the children the best
education this money will buy.
Phillips asked Jordan if, as a
board, the school decision will be
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Libraries Close
All libraries in the Pettigrew
Region: (Shepard-Pruden
Memorial Library in Edenton,
Perquimans County Library in
Hertford, Tyrrell County Public
Library in Columbia and
Washington County Library in
Plymouth) will be closed all day
on Wednesday for the regular
quarterly staff meeting to be held
in Hertford.
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Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, December 9,1976.
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TAKE OATHS—Three newly elected county officials were
administered their oaths Monday morning by Mrs. Lena M.
Leary, left, clerk of court. They were: Lester T. Copeland, county
commissioners; Wilbur Hay Bunch, Edenton-Chowan Board of
Education; and Mrs. Anne K. Spruill, register of deeds.
New Officials Take Oaths
Newly elected officials in
Chowan County took their oaths of
office Monday in a 30-minute
ceremonial prior to the regular
meeting of county commissioners.
Mrs. Lena M. Leary, clerk of
court, administered the oath to:
Alton G. Elmore and Lester T.
Copeland, county commissioners;
Mrs. Anne K. Spruill, register of
Five Break-Ins
Five local business establish
ments were broken into Sunday
night and an undetermined
amount of. merchandise taken.
Police Chief J. D. Parrish said
Wednesday morning every
available officer is working on the
cases but thus far no new leads
have been uncovered.
Entry was made at Fast Fare,
Chowan County ABC Store, Elliott
Company, Belk Tyler and Byrum
Hardware, all on Broad Street.
Watches, radios, rings, and a
variety of other merchandise was
reported missing.
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an “infoVmal” meeting of the ARPDC board.
Since that time a complete application has been submittted to
Economic Development Administration in the name of Perquimans
County. R. S. Monds, a Perquimans commissioner and ARPDC chair
man, said at Tuesday’s meeting: “Personally I fed it (the resolution to
utilize the building) will affect whether or not Perquimans County gets
Are you going to hdp Perquimans County get a building or
Single Copies 15 Cents.
deeds, and Mrs. Marjorie T. Allen,
deputy;
Dr. Edward G. Bond, Thomas
Paul Griffin and Wilbur Ray
Bunch, Edenton-Chowan Board of
Education;
Marvin S. Barham, coroner;
and
Joe A. Webb, Jr., Albemarle Soil
and Water Conservation District
Supervisor.
C. A. Phillips was re-elected
chairman of the county com
missioners. Elmore was elected
vice-chairman, both without
opposition. So was Mrs. Spruill,
clerk to the board; and-John
Graham, county attorney.
Phillips expressed his ap
preciation for the confidence his
colleagues placed in him. “I will
continue to do the best I can with
your able assistance,” he said. He
noted that the board has a lot
going on. “You fellows are doing
so tremendously well, and there is
plenty of work for everyone.”
The new vice chairman said it
had been a busy four years. “I look
forward to a new term with you
and will work in any way I can,”
he said.
Snow Forecast
A sleet and snow storm was
forecast for Northeastern North
Carolina Wednesday and by 2
P.M. public and private schools
had dismissed.
The forecast was that as much
as two inches of snow could be
experienced here Thursday
morning.
Norris All-Albemarle Player
John Norris of Edenton has been
chosen Albemarle Area Player of
the Year by The Daily Advance
and is joined by seven other
members of the Aces’ squad to
dominate the area grid team.
Three of the Aces—Norris, Ray
Tew and Charles Watford —were
among the starting offensive
backs chosen.
On the starting defensive team
were Allen Bunch, Mike Brown,
Tony Pierce and Gerald Morring.
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Robert C. Whitley, ARPDC
executive director, fidded several
questions concerning this and
other applications as well as with
regards to the wording of the
resolution.
Most vocal in opposition was
C. A. Phillips, chairman, Chowan
County commissioners, who
stated he would help Perquimans
County in any way possible but felt
this was an ARPDC undertaking
which would result in unfair
competition for federal funds.
ARPDC serves local govern
ments in 10-counties and it was
admitted that the commission
staff put together the application.
Phillips said Chowan County has
spent between $30,000 and $40,000
developing an application for a
courthouse-jail complex. He
added that Chowan has an “over
bearing need for a courthouse and
jail” and certainly has “a vested
interest and we have a strong
interest” in how the project ap
plications are handled.
Phillips said while the resolution
states funding of a facility in
Perquimans County to primarily
house ARPDC will not impair the
chances of funding for any other
governmental unit in the region,
he questioned funding of state and
regional projects which cut into
county projects.
Whitley at one point told the
committee members that Dale
Jones, EDA state administrator,
has admitted making a mistake in
saying each region will get a
certain number of projects. But he
added that the Perquimans ap
plication will be given no special
priority.
This prompted Phillips to point
to certain deadlines other ap
plicants had to meet, certain critia
in the guidelines, etc. He also
generally questioned the
procedure which had been
followed with this application.
Dr. J. H. Horton, also of
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Choral Society
The Edenton Choral Society will
present its annual Christmas
Concert on Sunday at 3 P.M. in the
Edenton Baptist Church.
The program will feature
traditional Christmas music.
Among the selections are a set of
the Alfred Burt Carols, the
English carol, “What Child is
This”, and the Randall Thompson,
Nowell.
Soloists for the occasion will be
Sherry Jordan, Elaine Gibson,
Evelyn Smith, Russell Baxley,
John Becker, W.J.P. Earnhardt,
Jr., and Cyndi Phillips. Ac
companist for the group is Mary
Smith.
The society is under the
direction of Mrs. Shelby Strother.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
Gaining honorable mention
status were Rick Jackson, David
Dail, Donald Rankins and James
Lawrence.
John Stallings, Advance Sports
Editor, wrote this about the player
of the year selection:
“Norris depended on brute
strength and balance for yardage.
He lacks speed, but he got most of
his yards by what Holton (Coach
Dave) calls ‘8.Y.0.8. —be your
own blocker.”