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CROWDED—Construction of the recently funded $l.B-million Chowan Courthouse-Jail
[ complex will alleviate the crowded conditions in the office of the Register of Deeds. Mrs.
Anne K. Spruill, registrar, is shown in the left photo pulling a file in the cramped storage
vault that also serves as office for the assistant registrar. In the right photo, Mrs. Spruill’s
£ working space is further lessened by the coping camera situated against the back wall.
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Consolidation
Move Made
In one of their shortest meetihgs yet, the Edenton-Chowan Board of
Education took a giant step forward Monday night in reaffirming their
committed position on a reorganizational plan for public schools in
Chowan County., The cost was set at $3.7-million.
In an approved motion “to effect consolidation in grades 9-12 by
constructing a new high school, embracing a community concept, and to
re-organize grades K-12 as soon as possible,” the board members felt
that they were honoring the wishes of the people, as perceived through
numerous public meetings.
This action, taken during a special board meeting, was “a result of
community opinion combined with the board members’ long range goal
of providing the best possible education for students in Chowan County,”
theorized Dr. John Dunn, superintendent.
For months, the public has been exposed to several possible plans of
re-organization within existing school facilities. All plans centered
around the idea of a new middle school and phasing out of Ernest A.
The school board devised tfyqr'own plan, commonly referred to as
“Option C,” by which re-organization could temporarily be ac
complished through additions and renovations to existing facilities. The
general vocalization of public opinion at the majority of these meetings
has been the request for a new consolidated high school to bring about
consolidation and re-organization.
Recognizing the large expense of a new high school, a committee was
appointed by Chairman Eugene Jordan to investigate possible sources of
funding. This committee is to make its report at the regular March board
meeting.
Based upon these findings, the tentative decision to construct a new
high school will be taken back to the people through public meetings in
' each school for their reaction and feelings. No final proposal of re
organization will be decided upon by the board until all avenues are
explored. The board has previously set a June date to announce its
' final intention.
Further action by the board included accepting the $31,172.00 bid of
METCO, builders in Windsor, to construct the proposed new main
tenance building on the newly acquired property adjacent to D.F.
Walker School.
The school day missed due to recent snow will be made up by students
on March 14, previously set aside as a Parent Conference Day. Teachers
will add this day to the end of the school year.
The board was reminded of the House and Senate joint Education
Committee meeting on March 8 and 9 in Raleigh and finalized plans to
attend the National School Board Convention in Houston, Tex. in March.
Electricity Rate Increase
Electric customers of the Town
of Edenton can expect higher
electric bills next month but not as
high as they would be if the local
government passed on a major
increase in fossil fuel charge from
VEPCO.
W. B. Gardner, town ad
ministrator, said he was notified
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GREETING THE BOSS Representatives of the Federal
Land Rank Association of Ahoskie and Albemarle Production
Credit Association are pictured with Robert Derr of Columbia,
S.C., left, president of the Federal Land Bank and Federal In
: tennediate Credit Bank of Cohnnbiaj With him are Roy Miller,
uresklfcmtof AlbemarlePGA; Gens MdCreary, president of FLBA
qf Ahoikie; andT. B. H. Wood of Edenton, a FBLA director.
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by VEPCO this week that the fossil
fuel charge would be sl.lO per
1,000 kilowatts per hour of current.
“It is our intention to spread this
out over several months rather
than shock the consumer at one
time,” Gardner said. He went on
to explain that in recent months
there was a fossil fuel credit.
Authority
Is Named
A five-member Chowan County
Medical Development Authority
was named by county com
missioners in a special session
Monday morning. Named to the
authority were Graham White,
Tom Palmer, J.P. Timberlake,
Tom Phillips and E.L. Hollowell.
White is senior vice president
and trust officer at Peoples Bank
& Trust Company. Palmer is vice
president of George Chevrolet,
Timberlake is a local Certified
Public Accountant and a principal
in the Holland & Timberlake firm.
Phillips is assistant vice president
of Edenton Cotton Mills. Hollowell
is president of Chowan Veneer
Company, Inc., and recently was
named chairman of the board of
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The authority will pick its own
chairman.
County commissioners, at the
suggestion of the board at Chowan
Hospital and its Medical Staff,
approved establishing the
authority on February 7. The
purpose will be to assist in
securing additional medical
manpower for the area.
Successful medical develop
ment groups are functioning in at
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CHOWAN WELL REPRESENTED—Chowan County was weU
represented at an agri-business meeting in Elizabeth City last
Thursday at which Robert Darr of Columbia, S. C., second from
right, was the principal speaker. Among those from Chowan
attending were, from left: Bud Perry, Dan Ward, Leonard Small
and Milton Tynch.
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DISCUSSING FINANCE Walter Harlow, second from right,
vice president, Bank of North Carolina, N. A. at Hobbsville,
makes a point to Robert Darr of Columbia, S. C., during an agri
business meeting held in Elizabeth City last Thursday night. At
left to Frank White, a Chowan County farmer; with Gary Taylor,
of Elizabeth City, vice president of the Federal Land Bank
Association of Ahoskie, at right.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Volume gin.— No. 8. Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, February 24, 1977 Single Copies 15 Cents.
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i Nubs And Stuff
A new feature appearing along
the Public Parade is “Chalk Dust”
by Mary Rhea Gardner. It is
patterned after her weekly radio
talk show.
Before she got through the first
article for publication her chalk
was worn down to a nub, to use her
words, and primarily because she
used so much chalk in lavishing us
with praise for affording her the
opportunity to become a colum
nist.
So, we now have another
inexpensive female columnists
working for us and Mary Rhea
faces stiff competition with
another one, who happens to have
played a major role in our life.
Some might debate the success the
latter had, but we have confidence
that Mary Rhea will make “Chalk
Dust” interesting and in
formative, which is what all
writers try to achieve.
Good Group
Chowan County commissioners
are to be commended for the
choices made for appointment to
the new Medical Development
Authority along the Public
Parade.
In Graham White, Tom Palmer,
J.P. Timberlake, Tom Phillips
and E.L. Hollowell they have a
combination of youth and depth
which just about insures a suc
cessful future for the authority.
Operating independently, but
closely, with Chowan Hospital and
the fine group of physicians
already in the community, the
authority can attract additional
medical manpower.
Their job will not be easy. But
they are men who aren’t ac
customed to lolling in a bed of
jnen who have a
deep sense of commitment to the
community.
About all we can give them is
our blessings. But that comes in
abundance and we challenge
everyone meandering along the
Public Parade to dedicate
themselves to doing the same.
One For Each
Secretary of State Thad Eure
reported to the General Assembly
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SB A Announces
Disaster Status
BULLETIN
Earlier story on Page 4.
GREENVILLE - The Small
Business Administration an
nounced at mid-afternoon Wed
nesday that it will open three
emergency disaster branch offices
for interviewing and assisting
prospective loan applicants who
realized physical damage or
economic injury caused by severe
cold weather during the month of
January.
The office locations and hours of
operations are as follows:
Edenton, beginning Friday 9
A.M. to 5 P.M. daily at the Civil
Preparedness Office in the County
Office Building.
Manteo, beginning Friday, 9
A.M. to 5 P.M. daily in the com
missioner’s meeting room in the
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MAKE PLANS FOR PROJECT Dale Jones of Raleigh,
standing right, state EDA representative, was among those
meeting Monday morning with Chowan County commissioners to
set in motion plans for the courthouse-jail project. With him is
C.A. Phillips. Seated, from left, are: J.D. Peele, Alton G. Elmore,
Lester Copeland and N.J. George.
More Hurdles To Clear
By L. F. Amburn, Jr.
Tension, pressure and pain was
experienced by Chowan County
commissioners in obtaining a $l.B
- federal grant for a new
courthouse-jail complex , but they
Rate Increase
The full Board of Directors of
Chowan Hospital, Inc., approved
February 14, an increase in room
and general service charges for
“A” Unit, effective March 1. The
new rates will be: private rooms,
$59 and S6O; semi-private rooms,
$54; Intensive Care rooms, $lO4.
Increased cost of operations is
the primary factor involved in the
decision to raise rates, according
to a spokesman.
It was pointed out that the local
hospital rates still compared
favorably with other nearby
community hospitals. The board
emphasizes that all efforts are
being made to give the best care
for the least amount.
Management of the hospital
continues to work with methods of
cost containment in all areas of
the hospital, it was stated.
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Subscription rates on The Chowan Herald will be increased April
1. The price for a single copy will remain at 15 cents.
This is the first mail subscription price increase in a good while
and is necessary due to the continuing increase in postage,
newsprint and production.
The rate for Chowan County residents and those throughout
North Carolina will be $8.32 for one year.
Outside the state the rate for a year will be 9.00. The student rate
(for nine months) will be $6.24.
All of the above prices include N. C. sales tax and must be paid in
advance. However, telephone subscriptions will be taken and billed
immediately. Anyone who renews a subscription prior to April 1
will be allowed to do so at the existing rate.
Also, the U. S. Postal Service considers any subscription six
months in arrears as not a paid subscription and cannot legally be
mailed in accordance with the Second Class Postage Permit. These
subscriptions will be discontinued without a second or final notice
being sent.
The Chowan Herald, Inc.
L. F. Amburn, Jr.
President It General Manager
Dare County Office Building.
Greenville, 8:15 A.M. to 4:45
P.M. daily at the SBA office
located in the Federal Building at
215 Evans Street.
No Saturday office hours are
planned.
Forms and application in
formation will be available at the
following additional locations:
Elizabeth City, beginning
Friday, 9 A.M. to 12-noon daily, in
the Civil Preparedness Office, 1404
Park View Drive; Washington,
beginning Friday, 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.
daily at the Civil Preparedness
Office in the Beaufort County
courthouse; New Bern, beginning
Friday, 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. daily, at
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discovered Monday there are still
many hurdles to clear.
The commissioners met in
special session with J. Everette,
Jr., of Lynchburg, Va., architect
on the project, along with
representatives of Economic
Development Administration, the
funding agency; the Historic-
Preservation Section, Division of
Archives & History, N.C.
Department of Cultural
Resources; the Jail and Detention
Services, N.C. Department of
Human Resources; and property
owners.
C. A. Phillips, chairman, said
Chowan County has a “long
history of red letter periods, but I
think we are now going into one of
the greatest.”
The county is now in the process
of exercising options on 11 parcels
within the block bound by Broad.
Church, Court and Queen streets.
Dale Jones, state EDA
representative, said the major
obligation the county has with
regards to the funds is to have
people at work and a payroll met
within 90 days. Once this EDA
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