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In the current issue of the North
Carolina Christian Advocate there
is a picture of the propped up north
side of the local United Methodist
Church. And because Mrs. Bess
Tyree Suiter of Rocky Mount saw
the picture she promptly sent a
check to Bud Ambum, who is the
new chairman of the church
building fund. Accompanying the
check Mrs. Suiter told of the in
conveniences and hardships when
the old Rocky Mount church was
tom down in order to build a new
church. Mrs. Suiter taught school
in Edenton in 1918 (maybe a few of
the old-timers remember her) so
she says she has a warm place in
her heart for everything here. And
in commenting on the Herculean
task the Edenton congregation
faces in order to raise enough
money to build a new sanctuary
Mrs. Suiter wrote: ‘literally,
where there is a will there is away
and here’s hoping you can hold the
roof on.” Anyway, Mrs. Suiter’s
check is very much appreciated
and so will any others who wish to
make a donation.
Edenton Masons will observe
Past Masters’ Night at their
meeting tonight (Thursday). At
this time the custom is for all past
masters to fill the various stations
and places which is more or less a
test to discover how much the
“has-beens” have remembered or
forgotten while they were master
of the lodge. Yours truly is the
oldest living past master of
Unanimity Lodge and is scheduled
to be among the others who will
stumble through the work. J.D.
Elliott, master of the lodge, is
looking forward to seeing most of
the past masters on hand as well
as a large number of the lodge’s
members.
Having eaten for so many years
here’s one who thought he had
eaten just about everything fittin’
to eat (except chitterlings). But at
the Methodist Men’s Club meeting
Wednesday night Qfjast week a
new kind of meal was served by
some of the ladies of the church.
Asking what I was eating, I was
told it was GOLUMKI. I was in
formed that it was a Polish dish
and the best I could figure out it
was green cabbage leaves
wrapped around some kind of
meat, together with tender string
beans sprinkled with noodles like
those used with chop suey.
Whether they knew what they
were eating or not, some of the
“boys” went after seconds, so that
the whole works apparently en
joyed the meal. Well, a fellow is
never too old to learn.
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Things are about back to normal
at The Chowan Herald office. Hec
Lupton turned up Monday morn
ing after spending a few weeks
with his daughter and family way
out at San Diego, California. While
out on the west coast he and the
Missus enjoyed the delightful
weather but did keep up with the
weather we’ve been having on the
east coast byway of television
weather reports. And like most of
us say, it’s so very nice to go
visiting or on a vacation, but it’s a
darn sight nicer to get back home.
Then Becky Bunch, who handles
The Herald’s advertising,
reported for work Monday morn
ing after about a week’s tussle
with a case of flu or a virus as
they call just about every ailment
a person has these days. Anyhow,
she had a hard time during her
illness but she didn’t lose her
cheerful smile and hearty laugh.
Frank Curran, down in
Jacksonville Beach, Florida,
Thursday, March 10, 1977
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than from our most offensive
industry.
The quietness with which the
aquarium at the National Fish
Hatchery along the Public Parade
was closed is almost deafening.
The aquarium was felled by an
“economy” ax on November 30,
1974. Thusly, we lost one of our
most interesting and diversified
tourist attractions.
A not so quiet move is now afoot
to get the facility reactivated so
that the local people, as well as the
traveling public, might become
more familiar with the friends
who inhabit our waters.
In addition to SIO,OOO annually
being requested for maintenance
and a guide, it will take $20,000 to
get the facility, which should
never have been allowed to close,
reopened.
Although operation of the
aquarium is a burden of sorts to
personnel at the national facility,
strong support for its reactivation
is being generated by Elliott At
,stupenas and his co-workers.
At the time the ax fell locally, 11
other of the 17 warm water fish
hatcheries in the Southeastern
United States felt the same blow.
Many have since been reopened.
The aquarium here was opened
in the late 50’s when the hatchery
was moved to a new site. Over the
years visitor load averaged from
15,000 to 17,000 people a year. Cost
of operation the last year was
$6,000.
Rep. Walter B. Jones of the First
Congressional District has made
an appeal to have the aquarium
reactivated—including $20,000 to
bring it up to snuff which would
not be necessary if the
bureaucrat’s dart had not landed
on Edenton two and a half years
ago.
The area needs the diver
sification in tourist attractions
which the aquarium offers. We
feel comfortable that it is now in
the hands of our able
congressman, who at times has
been able to move not only
sideways, backward, forward,'ahd
quietly with the bureaucracy, but
also up and down when the oc
casion arose.
More Than A Tad
Gary Anderson is taking over
the American Red Cross program
along the Public Parade at a
dangerous time. But, actually,
there is no good time to follow
W.T. Culpepper, 111, in a pro
motional effort.
It is an even more critical time
since Allan Asbell, volunteer
Bloodmobile chairman for
Edenton Jaycees, is asking for
more than a tad of blood during
the visit from the Tidewater
Bloodmobile here Monday. Friend
Allan has operated a highly
successful campaign since he took
over the chairmanship from
Friend Gary.
Some say he may have gotton
carried away with the program by
establishing a 175-unit quota for!
Monday’s visit to Edenton
Baptist Church. By becoming a
donor Monday you can do two
things. First, you can keep the
bloodmobile chairman from
having to eat crow; secondly, you
can get the new president’s
regime off to a tremendous start.
While we can’t be there Monday
we promise to send our proxy.'
Won’t you do the same?
renewed his subscription to The
Herald this week and enclosed the
following brief note:
“Dear Buff I enjoy your little
comer on page 4, for I learn a little
about folks who have left Edenton
as I did. Then I hand The Herald to
another Tar Heel from Greenville,
N.C. So we have to keep up a little
about that section.”
Then Mrs. Mary P. Willis, now
living in Windsor, in a note, had
this to say:
“Am enclosing check for $6.24
for Chowan Herald renewal. Even
though I am not living in Edenton
now, I enjoy reading The Chowan
Herald. Hope all is going well with
all of you. All good wishes to aH.”
Edenton Chapter of the Order of
the Eastern Star elected a slate of
officers for the year without
speeches, handshaking, etc., at its
meeting Monday night. Because
Margaret Smithson and Jimmy
NEW PROSECUTOR —Judge Grafton G. Beaman of Elizabeth
City, above left, welcomed new Asst. Dist. Atty. David Blackwell
as district court prosecutor for the seven-county First Judicial
District, Tuesday. Blackwell, a native of Niagra Falls, N.Y., and
former resident of Winston-Salem, obtained his degree from
Wake Forest School of Law in 1976. In addition he holds a degree
in American diplomatic history from the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Va. He completed
studies there in 1972. Blackwell was sworn in by Superior Court
Judge Herbert Small on January 31,1976. Blackwell is a licensed
parachutist and enjoys audio equipment as a hobby.
Take A Friend
It is interesting to note that
nearly half of the trips we make in
automobiles are short trips around
town and over half are with just a
driver. An energy specialist at the
West Raleigh Branch of the
Greater University of North
Carolina feels that this is where
conservation should begin.
Transportation accounts for 31
per cent of the use of primary fuels
in North Carolina. Only coal for
electric generation ranks higher
at 43 per cent of the total fuel use
in Tar Heelia.
“By far the major tran
sportation consumer is the private
automobile,” explained Fowler W.
Martin of N.C. State University’s
Energy Group. Martin is former
head of the Energy Division of the
N.C. of Military and
Veteran Afrairs. r
“A high percentage of
automobile travel is one driver
occupancy for short trips,” Martin
said. “Such usage is highly
inefficient in terms of energy as
compared with public tran
sportation.”
From national figures equally
North Carolina,
Martin reports that automobile
travel accounts for 55.3 per cent of
the total transportation of people
and goods; trucks, 21.1 per cent;
commercial air, 7.5 per cent;
railroad, 3.3 per cent; and buses,
water, pipelines, and other, 12.8
per cent.
“In North Carolina we have a
minimal amount of public tran
sportation and depend heavily on
trucks to move goods and farm
products,” Martin said.
Methods used to commute in
clude automobile (driver only), 56
per cent; automobile (with
others), 26 per cent; public
transportation, 14 per cent; and
other, 4 per cent.
Only 25 per cent of the
automobile trips which consume
fuel in the United States are
greater than 10 miles. Urban trips
of lesS than five miles account for
15 per cent and urban trips of from
five to nine miles add another 15
per cent.
Oglesby hung up such an out
standing record as worthy matron
and worthy patron during the past
year, they were just about
unanimously elected to stay on the
job for another year. Others
elected were: Louise Goodwin,
associate worthy matron; Bill
Goodwin, associate worthy
patron; Ruth Overman,
secretary; Mary Leary,
treasurer; Virginia Karaska,
conductress; Louise Dilday,
associate conductress. Prior to the
meeting Eastern Star members
prepared another of their famous
covered dish suppers, to which
Masons and their wives and
husbands of Eastern Stars were
invited. As usual, just about
everything good to eat was there
in abundance/so that if anybody
went away hungry it was their own
fault, although a few did venture
in the dining room after the
meeting for a slight “midnight
lunch.”
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the programs has improved, no
new courses have been offered.
The allocation of local matching
funds, needed by July 1, will allow
the program to continue next year
at its present strength.
The increase in the local match
reflects statewide pay increases
and other increased costs, Stalls
said.
Representatives of the school
system met with state legislators
Tuesday during School Board Day
in the General Assembly. They
discussed education-related bills
pending before the assembly.
Attending were Supt. John
Dunn, Eugene Jordan, board
chairman, and Don Lassiter,
director of instruction.
Dr. Dunn, at Monday night’s
meeting, briefed the full board on
legislation coming before the
General Assembly. He expressed
opposition to a bill that would
guarantee a 30-minute duty-free
lunch period to all school em
ployees because of possible
liabilities. One teacher would have
to supervise two classes during
lunch, opening the question of the
school’s liability if a child was
injured during that time.
He also voiced opposition to a
bill that would require the schools
to open after Labor Day.
A vote is forthcoming on the
Governor’s Reading Program, a
$45,000,000 primary program for
grades 1-3. The appropriation
would establish a statewide,
uniform program providing a full
time teacher and teacher aide,
staff development, and student
testing.
A graduate competency test has
been proposed at a funding level of
$271,000 Dr. Dunn explained, that
it would be a survival skills test,
standardized, with confidential
testing and grading.
Also proposed is an annual
testing bill for grades 1-3 and 6 and
9, costing $121,000. Dr. Dunn
stated that there has been no
report as to the status of two
collective bargaining bills.
Joanne Hanley, speech
pathologist, reported that a total
of 26 students, system-wide, are
currently undergoing speech or
language therapy in three 30-
minute sessions each week. She
said that 255 contacts have been
made of which 18 are Medicaid
eligible.
Federal reimbursement for
contacts made with Medicaid
eligible chilcken is $36 per child.
That money will be used as the
basis for continuing the program
next year.
Trips within a city account for 43
per cent of the automobile travel.
Mr. Martin’s statistics might not
hold true to form along the Public
Parade or throughout other more
rural areas but we found them
interesting. At least, conservation
can be aided by asking somqone to
go withyou the next time you get
the urge to ride.
Retail Sales: $4.4-Mi)lion
In December, 1976, gross retail
sales in Chowan County- amounted
to $4.4-million, according to
figures released this week by the
N.C. Department of Revenue.
State sales and use taxes collected
were $91,443.92.
The figure on collections does
not contain any county sales and
use taxes.
In-the 10-county Albemarle Area
gross retail sales for the holiday
month exceeded $34-million.
In addition Ur Chowan, sales in
other counties were placed at:
Camden, $710,231; Currituck,
$3,267,207; Dare, $2,819,146;
Gates, $1,279,960; Hyde,
$1,002,064; Pasquotank,
$12,915,445; Perquimans,
$2,305,501; Tyrrell, $758,202; and
Washington, $4,580,900.
Retail sales in the 100 counties
totaled $2.2-billion with the town’s
with populations in excess of 5,000
accounting for $1.5-billion of it. In
Elizabeth City sales amounted to
within sl-million of the total for
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Law and Order Association for
purchase of a patrol vehicle for the
Sheriff’s Department. Melvin
Bunch, projector of the
association, stated that an ap
plication accompanied by a
statement of intent must be
submitted.
Bunch also stated that S4OO should
be appropriated next fiscal year to
match a possible grant for pur
chase of additional radio equip
ment for the Sheriff’s Depart
ment. Approval of the grant would
provide for purchase of four
portable field radios, six 12-
channel scanners, and two
scramblers. The equipment
purchase would total SB,OOO and
would, in Bunch’s words, “give
Chowan County a first-rate
communications system.”
Sheriff Troy Toppin reported
that CB’s have been installed in
the department’s radio cars at a
cost of $25 to the county. The rest
of the tab was covered by an.
ALOA grant;
Ron Huffman, social services
director, and J. Clarence Leary,
Jr., chairman, told the com
missioners funds for locating
fathers of illegitimate children not
paying support will soon be
depleted. In addition the case load
presently is so heavy that a full
time position is needed, and there
are up to 12 new cases coming in
each month.
Huffman added that the full
time position would also provide a
second line of authority for the
entire Social Services Depart
ment. At present there is no one
with decision-making power in
Huffman’s absence.
The commissioners approved a
$3,200 budget amendment to
establish that supervisory job, to
be held by Mrs. Logan Elliott. A
transfer of several hundred
dollars from the now defunct Day
Care Center will offset some of the
cost.
Approved were the by-laws of
the newly re-organized Edenton
Airport Commission, chaired by
Dr. Richard Hardin. Three
commission members were
reappointed and N. J. George was
selected to act as ex-officio liason
between the airport commission
and the county commissioners.
Transfer of funds from capital
outlay reserve to the general fund
was approved for purchase of
property at the site of the Chowan
County Courthouse Jail Project.
Also approved was a motion by
Commissioner Alton Elmore
requesting DOT to establish a
state maintained picnic area on
county property off N. C. 32, near
one of tiie water system elevated
tanks.
Community Calendar
THURSDAY March 10th.
1:00 P. M.—Rotary Chib - St. Paula Parrish
3:30 P. M.—Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors • Chamber
Office
7:00 P. M.—AADA • Association of Counties and Towns - Anglers Cove 1
7:30 P. M.—Regular Jaycee Meeting
7:30 P. M.—“ Limits of Dissent” - Chowan County Courthouse.
SUNDAY March 13th.
Attend Sunday Bchool and Church Services at the Church of your \
choice.
MONDAY March 14th. . J
7:00 P. M. Lions Chb • Edentou Restaurant
7:00 P. M.—Jaycees N. C. Lung Walkathon Chamber Office.
Pasquotank County.
Williamston and Ahoskie both
reported sales in excess of the
total sales in Chowan County.
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Municipalities surrounding the
river are not without blame for
pollution of the river. Town
sewerage systems, many of which
are undergoing federal 201
program updating, fail to meet
required pollution standards.
On the other hand, Chowan
River is in good condition, ac
cording to Division of En
vironmental Management division.
Cooke said there is nothing in
North Carolina that points to
major pollution. According to
reports Cooke receives from
Virginia where two-thirds of the
river basin lies, no major pollutioh
is entering the river.
Still pollution enters the river.
Town and industries cannot
remove 100 per cent of their
wastes. But according to Cooke, 85
per cent of better of all wastes are
removed.
Several questions remain
unanswered for the river’s ap
proximately 200 commercial
fishermen, water sportsmen and
the Environmental Management
office.
Cooke said the river is at a point
where the slightest influx of
nitrogen or phosphorous could
trigger an algae bloom next
summer.
A rare disease for river fish has
developed in perch. The disease
commonly called, “red .sore”
because of the sorelike marking
that appears on fish, may or may
not be related to pollution in the
river.
A three-year grant has been
issued to study the disease, which
generally appears among land
locked waterways fish. A mobil&
lab has been moved to Edenton to
study the problem.
Cooke said the Chowan River is
the most carefully monitored river
in the state. The largest portion of
his division’s funding has been
used to analysis the Chowan River
during the past few years.
Still, fisherman and some area
people mistrust state officials who,
according to them, acted too
slowly to stop CF’s initial pollution
of the river.
Neither environmental
protection officials, fishermen,
river located industry heads or
local residents know if the “Green
Tide” will return early next
summer. Only time will tell what
is brewing the stilled waters of the
river or the pro and anti-river
industrialization forces.
In the next two segments of this
series, attitudes of these two
human forces toward the river’s
health and future will be ex
pressed by fishermen, state of
ficials, private citizens and river
based industry management.
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something that simply did not
occur.”
It is further claimed that the
split in the town resulted from
“the manner in which members of
the Town Council circumvented
procedures and then tried to cover
up their actions by changing the
minutes.”
“At issue is not simply an un
popular rezoning of 10 acres os_
land but the very integrity of a
governing body in refusing to
follow the guidelines and rules set•
up for it and the public generally
to follow,” the petition reads.
It is also claimed by the;
plaintiffs that for Judge Peel not to
deal with a petition to amend the l
complaint “was the most pizarref
and unprecedented occurrence on.
the trial level.”