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If it was possible to build a house as quickly as it takes to tear one down, here’s one who would be living in a new neighborhood by this time. As of this writing only three more houses remain stan ding in the block bounded by Broad, Queen, Court and Church streets with all the other buildings disappearing in a matter of about two weeks. The whole area ap pears very bare at this time, but a number of beautiful trees have escaped the wrecking crew. Which calls to mind the exhortation “Woodman spare that tree, for only God can make a tree.” And as a passerby remarked the other day while walking on Broad Street, “Edenton just don’t look like Edenton any more.” Mrs. Hope Harris Chappel, now living in Roanoke, Virginia, was one who renewed her subscription to The Herald last week. And in a brief note she wrote: “I was down in my old home town last week. I still love every inch'of it after 61 years being away.” Well, if any former Edentonians come back to the old town after being away for 61 years it’s a settled fact that they’ll hardly recognize the place. With Father’s Day scheduled to be observed Sunday of next week, June 19, my friend, Preston Cayton sent in a prayer written by General Douglas MacArthur. Here ’tis: A FATHER’S PRAYER Build me a son, 0 Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid; one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat and humble and gentle in victory. Lead him, I pray, not in the path of ease and comfort, but under the stress and spur of difficulties and challenge. Here let him learn to stand up in the storm; here let him learn compassion for those who fall. Build me a son whose heart will 1 be clear, who goal will be high; a ! son who will master himself before he seeks to master other men; one who will learn to laugh, yet never forget to weep; one who will reach into the future, yet never forget the past. And after all these things are his, add, I pray, enough of a sense of humor so that he may always be serious, yet never take himself too seriously. Give him humility so that he will always remember the simplicity of true wisdom, the meekness of true stength. Then I, his father, will dare to whisper, I have not lived in vain. Edenton and Chowan county experienced a very strong wind and a downpour of rain which approached very suddenly Monday. Os course, some minor damage was done by the wind, but even then this neck of the woods was again very lucky as compared with the area to the north of us. Thursday , June 9, 1977 The Chowan Herald Box 207, ie DENTON, N. C. 27932 Published every Thursday at Edenton by The Chowan Herald, Inc., L. F. Amburn, Jr., president and general manager, 421425 South Broad -Street, Edenton, North Carolina 27932. Entered as second-class matter August 30, 1934, at the Post Office at Edenton, North Carolina, under act of March 3, 1070. L. F. Amburn, Jc„ President-Gen. Mgr. J. Edwin Buffiap Editor E. N. Manning Production Supt. Sobscripfloo Rates One Year (outside N. C) »06 One Year (in N. C.) *042 Six Months (outside N. C.) tSJO Six Months (Ml N.C.) - tSM ~i P % Continued From Page 1 project will give Perquimans a handsome new office facility but if there is anything quiter than the application itself it is who is going to maintain the building after it is erected. There are those in other counties of the Albemarle Area who have been trying constantly to get the ARPDC headquarters removed from the Cradle of the Colony from the outset. If there is anything which trancends county bounties it is jealousy. But ARPDC grew out of the cradle, thanks to a transfer of the area power structure. “Preacher” Monds is ARPDC chairman; Lester Simpson, chairman of the Perquimans County Board of Commissioners, is secretary treasurer; Mayor Bill Cox is chairman of the Albemarle Association of Counties & Towns; and R.L. Stevenson is president of the sponsoring Albemarle Area Development Association. ARPDC has become too lag for the cradle. We just hope its ills have been nursed to the point where it can survive cavorting with the “beautiful Women”. The love affair will have its first test when the question of maintenance surfaces. In the meantime, if you want to rejoice with Perquimans over their catch you can join us at Monday’s ceremony. It will be at 10 A.M. on Harvey’s Neck Road, “between the ABC Store” (where Friend Lester works) and downtown Hertford. It won’t be hard to find; the road will be painted with envy. Sound Beef We read in our favorite af ternoon daily of general cir culation in Northeastern North Carolina where the county com missioners in the Isle of the Pasquotank are a bit miffed over the formula being used to distribute manpower funds, i.e. jobs, this summer. They have a sound beef. Pasquotank has 26.5 per cent of the population and is expected to pay that percentage of the budget for Albemarle Regional Planning & Development Commission. By contrast, Tyrrell has but 3.9 per cent of the population, puts up its pro rata share of the budget yet each county receives the same number of summer work slots. All of this is tied to a troubled ARPDC which shouldn’t be in the program administration business in the first place. However, Horace Reid, manpower coun selor, drew the short straw and was sent before the Pasquotank board to distribute and explain, not only his program but the entire ARPDC request. He got the heat that Bob Whitley, executive director of ARPDC, deserved. We don’t subscribe to the theory that bigness brings on greatness. Any formula devised for the assessment of “dues” or “con tributions” has holes which are hard to plug. And so long as those who pay the fiddler are provided with their share of the music they have no reason to complain. The manpower formula, which was probably dictated from the Ivory Tower, stinks. It is just another is a series of reasons while regionalism in Northeastern North Carolina is tainted. Therefore, every time such a proposal is presorted it makes it increasingly difficult for those of us who subscribe to the theory that multi-county cooperation is our salvation find our faith being watered down. We would be the last one to attempt to appease the Isle of the Pasquotank. But we will be numbered among their strongest advocates when it is apparent they are being done wrong. This time they are. Accident Incident It is 1 A.M. The telephone rings. “This is the State Highway Patrol,” the voice on the other end says. You may not be wide awake but thooe six words can do more to get your attention than all the coffee made—regardkss of pride. An accident near Behridhre. “On County line Road?,” we ashed. “That is right,” came the response. “There is evidence et Mrs, Hassell State Leader Continued On Rage 4 Federation of Business apd Professional Women’s Clubs at the 58th annual convention which wds held at Fayetteville. Another highlight of the con vention was the selection of Kathy Newbem of Hertford as second runner-up in the N.C. Young Careerist Program sponsored annually by the NCFBWC. Mrs. Newbern is news editor for The Perquimans Weekly. Mrs. Hassell has been a BPW member for 15 years and has served in nearly every office and chairmanship of the Edenton Club. Also, she has served as a District Director, vice president of the Eastern Area, and statewide as treasurer, first vice president, president-elect, and chairman of the following state committees: Finance, World Affairs, and Legislation. Various awards received by her include Woman of the Year, 1973, and the Edenton BPW Clubwoman of the year, 1969. A native of Northhampton County, she is the daughter of Mrs. C.J. Maddrey and the late Mr. Maddrey. Married to Roy Hassell, they have two sons, Glenn of Elizabeth City, and Danny of Detroit, Mich, with a major in music and religious education, she attended Greensboro College. Being an active member of the Edenton United Methodist Church, she has taught a Sunday School class, been secretary to the Board of Stewards, president of ’ United Methodist Women, and a member of the church choir. She is currently chairman erf the Com mittee of Social Concern. For 23 years Mrs. Hassell has been associated with Byrum Implement and Truck Company and at present is head bookkeeper. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Byrum, Jr., entertained in Mrs. Hassell’s honor with a tea on Saturday as- - Juniors Chosen Seven high school juniors from Chowan County will attend Boys State on the campus of Wake Forest University in Winston- Salem next week. They are being sponsored by the Edward G. Bond Post No. 40, American Legion. Representing Chowan High School will be Kevin Twine, Robert J. Jordan, Charlie Broome and Rabe Piland. Kenneth Pierce and West Small will represent John A. Holmes High School; with Raymond J. Chappell going from Chowan Academy. They will be at Boys’ State from June 12 through 18. Boys’ State is an objective citizenship school in which the nation’s boy leaders gain a con ception of the ideals and ob jectives, the function and operation, of government. While attending the program they will hear lectures and discussions by public officials, faculty members, and leading Legionnaires. Candidates are carefully screened, the high school principal recommending only those boys with outstanding qualities in cluding leadership, character and scholarship. one or more fatalities in Chowah County.” At the time, we didn’t need any coaxing. We needed reassurance there was nothing personal to face. But we dare not ask. , Seeing die blue lights flashing in the distance told us the right route had been taken. While the scene was not pretty, we drew a sigji of relief to know none of the vehicles involved could be recognized. But in every cash, accidents result in grief to someone the emergency medical technician who answers the call with the rescue squad or happens upon the scene; the State Trooper who must conduct an impartial investigation: and answer almost unceasing questions of “what happened?”, or the wrecker crew whose responsibility it is to remove the wreckage in order to minimize congestion. Most of diem are voliarteers. The jobs are taken for granted. The jobs are routine, you think. They, like the nervous : a*a*j Abtlity* It is now S AJt or later. The Bui rttg ternoon. Held at the’ Bordeaux Motel in Fayetteville, ap prttdfcataly 680 guests attended. On Sunday afternoon Mrs. Hassell was again honored with a reception. Hosted by the Edenton BPW Club, it was held in the Fellowship Hall of the Edenton United Methodist Church. Youth* Continued From Page 1 post graduation parties and he was taking her home at the time of the fatal accident. The officer said the compact station wagon they were riding in allegedly failed to stop for a stop sign and hit the Chappell truck in the right side, the impact was so great that “the pickup flew up in the air at the point of impact” with the body of the truck being knocked off the frame. Miss Lane had been named winner of die Faculty Spirit Award, Language Excellence Award and recognized as an honor student and Beta Club member. She was a marshal her junior year and was chosen the outstanding cheerleader in the Tar Heel In dependent Conference. She also participated in a majority of the academy's extra curricular ac tivities. She was a member of Ballard’s Bridge Baptist Church where funeral services were held at 2 P.M. Monday with Rev. George Cooke and Rev. Km Spivey of ficiating. Burial was in the church cemetery with Swindell Funeral Home of Hertford in charge. In addition to her parents, surviving are two sisters: Misses Melody and Holly Starr Lane, and a brother, Kevin Stuart Lane, all of the home; the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Vance Hare, Route 1, Tyner; and the maternal great-grandmother, Mrs. Corrie Byrum of Gates. Funeral services for her com panion were held Sunday af ternoon in Twiford’s Memorial Chapel with Rev. Homer Styons in charge. Burial was in the Ownley Family cemetery, Route 2, Elizabeth City. I jflf is as 'close as the nearest ’ telephone. "It’s a *69 sedan ... think the hose is busted .. . yeah • • Prn five miles south of there . . . there's nothing out here but the telephone and me.” Whan you run into trouble on the road . \ , what do you reach for? The telephone, of course. Help is not far away when a phone is close by. Remember, help Is as close as the nearest tele* phone. i. w BP | -■ )■ * * v .'•__ ■** * \ ..'V*V 4 County To Pay Board Members Continued From Page 1 involvement. Elmore said he had favored it for some time. Mrs. Pansy A. Elliott, finance director, was instructed to put 85,000 in the 1977-78 budget to cover per diem for members of various boards who are appointed by the county. Commissioners, following a request from Edenton Chamber of Commerce, said they will express their concern to the State Department of Transportation regarding movement of personnel and equipment from this county. Complaints have been lodged about the condition of the shoulders of the roads as well as the roads themselves. Later, Sheriff Troy Toppin said efforts were being made to get “rough spots” in West Albemarle Street and Coke Avenue fixed. Commissioners will hold a public hearing to take comments on the proposed Coastal Area Mangement Act Implementation & Enforcement Plan. George said Lucky! Continued From Page 1 While outgoing calls could be completed in the early morning hours the bells didn’t ring to signal incoming calls. An Impatient correspondent personally reported at 9:30 A.M. the difficulty experienced in reaching the office. Repairmen from Norfolk Carolina Telephone • Company responded rapidly to correct the trouble. Some news stories and pictures which arrived late are not printed in this week’s edition but will “show” next week, according to L.F. Amburn, Jr., president and general manager of the newspaper. There were no substantial damages to crops reported as a result of the storm. W. B. Gardner, Edenton town administrator, reported that numerous trees were “pruned” by the heavy wind and rain but the Utility Department did not ex perience damage of any con sequence. he considered the get “just another road block to metrt." The plat qf the J.C. Hall sub division on Paradise Road was approved as recommended by planning board. J Pete Thompson, county ex tension chairman, told the board that Chotoan Is again being used in a cotton research propam and it could ihean that up to 40 people would be working in the county at one time during the summer. Worth H. Hare submitted the high bid of 88,600 for the Bufflap house. It was sold while no bids were received on* the Roberson house and it will be readvertised. Hector Lupton, a veteran member of Chowan Comity ABC Board, was reappointed for a three-year term. Mrs. Gahl Stevens was reappointed to the Social Service Board; Phillips was critical of people who put trash on the ground around trash containers. He said a close check should be kept on the areas and those who violate thj. policy should be prosecuted. Commissioners Wednesday night began a series of budget meetings. Stokes Named Commander George Stokes will assume commander of Edward G. Bond Post No. 40, American Legioi}, Saturday night at an installation banquet. He will succeed Post Commander E.C. Toppin. Ttye event begins at 7:30 o’clock. ! In addition to Stokes new of ficers include: Joe Byrum, first vice corp mander; Frank Edmunds, secoqg vice commander; Jack Miflef, adjutant; and Earl White, finande officer. Also, Tom Perry, service of ficer; Rev. Willard Lamp 4, chaplain; James Ayleswortfi, sergeant at arpis; W.A. Perry, historian; and Ashley-Swaih, executive committee chairman.
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