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Planning Not Evil j* ■ ■[ • , We will be in Nags Head a couple of days this week, representing Chowan County on the Advisory Committee of the Coastal Resources Commission. It will be an interesting meeting because of legislation introduced to mandate land-use planning throughout North Carolina. Also, Tuesday night the first public hearing'on Areas of En vironment Concern was scheduled in Manteo with regards to the Dare County plan under the Coastal Area Management Act of 1974. (The Chowan County- Edenton plan will be up for discussion on May 10.) While opposition has developed from some quarters with regards to CAMA, and it is being tested in the courts as well as the General Assembly, the fact that a western legislator introduced the latest bill P in the House of Representatives r should go a long way to prove that more consideration should be given with regards to natural resources and what one does with one’s property. It was heartening to read that some sl-milliob in federal money is available for land-use planning in areas beyond the coast. Some $3-million has already been spent in the 20 coastal counties under the CAMA umbrella with little state monies needed and NO local funds. This is a service available to the people at no cost. The protection of “big brother” is not a popular subject, yet it is necessary. There are those who not only will use his neighbor, but abuse him, if there appears to be an avenue to enhance his own position. Proper land-use planning <r enforcement can prohibit this. We are probably the most over planned people in the world. However, those plans are only as effective as their implementation and enforcement. Everyone has something at stake in the process and as long as we live among others it must be compatable. We subscribe to the theory that - every mute tome ie but wheai it affects others then they have a right to meander, to thd same degree thereabouts. ' While we may feel that we reside in a world that is over regulated, we have a respon sibility not only to ourselves but to our neighbors. And, in simple terms, this is what land-use planning is all about. So long as the ultimate authority rests at the grassroots then our » gripes should be minimized. But if mat authority is not held in check, nor exercised, then big toother is as certain as death and taxes. In The Classroom Well, we went over to Swain Elementary School last Thursday afternoon to “dialogue” with the Fifth Grade students of Mrs. Betty Bissette. It had been some nine years since we had been afforded such a privilege so there were three Am burns in between. The initial statements from the students indicated that they spent more time in front of the boob tube than in reading our favorite newspaper published along the Public Parade. However, as we got into the ■thing, we realized that either students are smarter or editors dumber than a decade ago. They asked intelligent questions, which indicated they possessed a genuine interest in the media, which shapes public opinion. In fact, they are interested in publishftg their own newspaper. Fifth graders, yet! The Chowan Herald wifi assist in any way passible, since their sincerity was The classroom is the proper Piece to start motivation of this nature and we are not only pleased, but impressed, with their willingness to tackle such a project. We were afraid at 32. N«v Com mandlar i Gw. Jim Hunt is to be com- JStoxted on his selection of Capt. r? <JVhe T. Jenkins of Greenville as tfee new commander of the N.C. tin* far . ‘ V' On ’4 :*■ V,-:... -V'v THE CHOWAN HERALD * . Volume XLQL—No. 17 Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, April 28, 1977 Single Copies 15 Cents. Area Traces Development -,j '-•<*- •' ’/ ... . 1 ,of ‘ - > “This study can be the beg The goals of the project, which ningof a reawakening of regioi “ g was begun last year, is to follow awareness and the beginning oj '-| -g the “pattern of development renewed pride of who we are a 'J* £ vhich occurred in this area during where we’re going,” said historii -g to he earliest years of development Dr. Thomas C. Parramore in h Sis the region, explained description of the current study % 6 'arramore. the Albemarle region. w “We want to know everything Parramore, chief historian for we can about the region,” the project, detailed what the Parramore added, project was in an infprmation Until recently, Parramore said, meeting at the Municipal Building there has been little attempt to here Friday. construct a social or demographic The meeting followed the history of North Carolina, awarding of a National En- The Albemarle region is the dowment for the Humanties grant northeastern section of North to the conductors of the study, Carolina, bordering on the Alliance For Progress, Inc., The Albemarle Sound and its tributary Consolidated University System of streams. The area was first set- North Carolina, and Meredith tied by Europeans who intruded College. Past and proposed ac- upon the various tribes native to tivities of the project were the region, disclosed during the gathering of “Historians know about Virginia area teachers, students and and South Carolina but very little government officials. about North Carolina. This state is n H PROGRAM EXPLAINED Or. Julian F. Keith of Winston- Salem, center, explained . the Bowman Gray Medical Center Challenge Program at a regional Alumni Association meeting last Thursday night at Mrs. BoswpHto Restaurant. Pictured with him are Dr. William A. Hoggard of Elizabeth City, left, and Dr. Leßoy C. Hand, Jr., of Pecan Grove, hosts for the meeting. Expansion Plan Outlined A program which includes an $lB-million expansion at Bowman Gray Medical Center in Winston- Salem was outlined at a regional meeting of the Alumni Association last Thursday night here. Dr. Julian F. Keith outlined the Medical Center Challenge Program at the meeting held at Mrs. Boswell’s Restaurant. The Challenge Program is a plan designed to enable the Medical Center to meet two primary l objectives to irrt 4 (dement programs that will assure improved access to proper health care in medically underserved areas of North Carolina and to meet increasing demands for patient services at the Medical Center. It includes an $lB-million ex pansion program, the major elements of which are a four story, 112,000-square-foot Family Judge Orders Jail Terms Three men were given active prison sentences last week in Chowan County Superior Court after a jury found them guilty of breaking and entering and larceny ■ of pelts. John Pierce, 25, of South Mills, was convicted of the theft of six opposum pelts and 30 raccoon pelts from E.F. Parks of Hobb sville. Judge Herbert Small of Elizabeth. City sentenced him to tour years in prison. He gave notice of anneal. Martin W. Stokley, 19, and Ricky David Byrum, 17,'-, both of ttticc, ftt larceny. They uve Practice Building and a six-story, 96,000-square-foot Focus Building. Alterations to existing Medical Center buildings also are planned. During the meeting Pat Kelly, Medical Alumni Association director, gave a brief report. Co-hosts for the meeting were Drs. William A. Hoggard of Elizabeth City and Leßoy C. Hand, Jr., of Pecan Grove. Sale Prices Set Record Businessmen stogmtadthe sale of prize 4-H and FFA animals at the highest [vices in the 23 year history of Chowan Junior Livestock Show last week. The 10 steers in the show averaged 94 cents per pound ‘ ‘.We are very grateful for the fine support our businessmen gave our show, which resulted in the highest prices ever in the sale,” said Murray L. Goodwin, 4-H coordinator. Total amount paid for ten steers was $10,361. The 38 hogs sold for $5,808. This makes the total of the sale $16,169. “These prices should encourage more boys and girls to take part in livestock projects in 1978", Goodwin concluded. The champion steer, exhibited by. Jill Copeland, sold for a record high of $2.25 per pound and was purchased by C.A. Perry it Son and Central Fertilizer oi Shaw boro. The steer was a Charolaia cross, heavily muscled, had a beautiful gold color and weighed 1215 pounds. Tbe hogs sold separately in the stow sold at an average price of 9« cento per pound The champion again sold at a record high of S2,OS per pound and was purchased by Weyerhauser Corporation ol Plymouth. The champion pig was a trim, muscled Hampshire and was proudly afcpwn by Debbie Ward. ■ - . , . Catfhnad On Page 4 the missing link in studying colonial society,” assistant project historian Barbara Lathroum explained the value of the study. Currently, the study is focusing on tracing the earliest period of development in this region from 1663, when the colony of North Carolina was founded, to 173 Q when the colony came under British rule. The study is expected to take several years. As a result of the project it is hoped work can begin on several historic reconstructions in the state, such as constructing an early fur trading post, a ship landing site and an Indian village, Parramore said. “Another possibility as a result of our study may be that both blacks and whites will be able to trace their roots well into colonial Registration Continues The Community Life Program is continuing registration for its Telephone Reassurance Service. The Community Life Program, which serves the Senior Citizens of Pasquotank, .Perquimans, Camden and Chowan counties, is providing a Telephone Reassurance service to interested Senior and disabled persons. The service, which is free of charge, allows participants to be reassured by daily telephone contact with the staff at the Community Life Center in Elizabeth City. All the participant agrees to do is cafithe Community. Life Center at 335-0711 between 8:15 A.M. and3P.M., Monday thru Friday. If a call is not received, the Community Life Center staff investigates to see that all is well. Community leaders, law en forcement officials, and other concerned citizens agree that the Telephone Reassurance Service is one that is needed in the area. Senior Citizens and others who would like to learn more about the Telephone Reassurance Service, and about the Community Life Program, are asked to call the center at 335-0711. McKnight Visits Edenton On Campaign Tour Dave McKnight of Fayetteville, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in 1978, arrived in Edenton last Thursday morning on the 13th day of a walking campaign that began on the steps of the Dare County Courthouse and will end on October 1 in the mountain town of Murphy. McKnight declared his can didacy in January and after a great deal of consideration and planning, decided that the most effective way of meeting people was on foot. Since his April 2 starting date, he has visited such towns as Manteo, Elizabeth City, Hertford and Edenton, but the bulk of his campaigning has taken (dace in small businesses, country stores and along the roadside in com ■ w Hi ' times,” Parramore added. Involving area students in the project was a prime theme of the meeting. Suggested ways to do this were for students to do research in local courthouses in the area; to photograph old buildings; collect and tape record oral histories by interviewing elderly citizens in the area; and help to archelogists in their work. The area currently under study by the research team includes the Mount Pleasent-Swain’s Mill are in eastern Hertford County, Wyanoke Ferry in the extreme northeastern comer of Hertford County; lower Salmon Creek in Bertie; Durant’s Neck in Perquimans County; Newbegun Creek in Pasquotank County ; and Wingfield in Chowan College. New Ownership Albemarle Radio Corporation has purchased WCDJ here from Colonial Broadcasting of Edenton, Inc., with the effective date of change being May 3. Terry H. Jones is president of the new corporation and Pat Flanagan is president of the selling group. They jointly an nounced this week that the Federal Communications Com mission had approved the sale and transfer of the license. WCDJ, an AM station with 1,000 watts, was established in Edenton in 1955. Flanagan assumed control in 1963. Jones said Flanagan, a popular radio personality, will continue to be associated with the station. Jones, 36, is a native of Edenton and while pastor of First Baptist Church in Plymouth opened Terry’s Shoe Box on South Broad Street here. When he became involved in the radio endeavor he resigned as minister in Plymouth. Mrs. Jones, the former Carolyn Godwin of Hertford County, will manage the shoe store. The new radio executive resides with his family in Morgan Park. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Haywood Jones of Edenton. Jones told The Chowan Herald he has plans for many im provements in programming at the station with heavy emphasis on community service. The station will have the United Press In ternational news service. munities such as Hancock. Belvidere, Center Hill, Tyner, Rocky Hock, Valhalla and Small’s Crossroads. “I wanted to take a route to smaller cities and towns even if it meant detouring larger cities,” McKnight commented. “I’ve talked to about 3,000 individuals in less than three weeks of walking. It’s a wonderful way to meet people at work, in stores and businesses.” With one of his main campaign points being the re-vitalization of small businesses, his choice of the Albemarle area as a starting point was a logical one that turned out to a«pi Tf' ■ '■ * •. . ' lx' v -'" ‘ '*• • .» V'^ tL ' **i ,*?' CAMPAIGNS IN EDENTON—Dave McKnight, ritfit, can didate for U. S. Senate chats with Mrs. Bessie Poxy and Guy Toppin during his campaign stop in Edenton. McKnight’s cam paign walk began inDare County and will cover ever I,l99 milas Id Murphy in the N. C. mountains. Ifcjjlpl F”" 3 fill’ •< • jf* imW\^ mKm .<* M- w maHm Miss Robin Harrell Student Earns Scholarship GREENSBORO Miss RoDin Lynn Harrell of Edenton has been awarded a Katharine Smith Reynolds Scholarship to attend the University of North Carolina at Greenshoro this fall. The Reynolds Scholarship winners were announced by the UNC-G Competitive Scholarships Committee, which selected 42 recipients from the 94 finalists in the competition. Overall, there were approximately 325 ap plicants from throughout North Carolina for the awards. Miss Harrell is a senior at John A. Holmes High School and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Harrell, Route 1, Edenton. She is a member of the National Honor Society, senior class president, is president of the high school band and is secretary of the Modern Music Masters. Miss Harrell was a Governor’s School nominee in 1976, was junior head marshal, was voted Homecoming Queen in 1976 and has served as a tri-captain of the basketball team. She has won various sports awards and has also won honors serving as a member of the band. She was been very active in church work, is a member of the church Handbell Choir and has been on a mission trip tp serve the Navajo Indians. The amount of a Reynolds Scholarship ranges between SSOO and the total amount of money needed by an individual student. In some instances, this can go as high as $2,200 per year. The scholarships are renewable for three additional years of un dergraduate study beyond the freshman year. Thus, over four years the range of a Reynolds Scholarship would be between $2,000 and SB,BOO. have several unanticipated ad vantages. One advantage was the free-flow communication from community to community. People know who he is and what he is doing before he arrives, a situation of “you must be the fellow a friend of mine was just talking about.” Another advantage is being able to hear about the problems of the small businessmen first hand. McKnight sees a lingering high unemployment rate in the private sector. He believes that most people would like to see federal dollars create jobs there as well as Continued On Page 4
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