ARPDC To Take New Direction
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The board of Albemarle .
Regional Planning & Development
Commission put past financial
problems ip the background
* A Tuesday night in accepting audit
reports for fiscal 1975 and 1976 as
well as a lengthy management
letter.
’/'■ Lead by C. A. Phillips, chairman
of Chowan County commissioners
and a veteran ARPDC board,
member, the decision was made
not. to “draw unusual attention to
an unusual situation” but to move
forward “with a fresh start.”
The board voted over-.
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Volume XjUII.—No. 29.
Public Parade
Back To Regionalism
Demolition of Albemarle
Regional Planning & Development
was so swift that board members,
a majority of who are elected
officials along the Public Parade
and throughout'. Northeastern
North Carolina, couldn’t get a
handle on it. The results have been
painful for them, commission
staff, and to a greater extent the
ordinary citizens of the area.
■ Indications are now those in
command are taking a page from
Gov. Jim Hunt’s “new beginning”
speech. If the result of Tuesday
r night’s board meeting is an in-
A positive steps are being
, UpiTto re-establish a viable
ft rogknial organization.
* “It might not sound too good to
you but it is sorta water over the
dam,” was the statement of R.S.
Monels of Perquimans County,
board chairman as he presented
the auditor who had just com
pleted reports for fiscal 1975 and
1976.
When discussions later got,
heated, and names began flying,
"eS&ier heads prevailed. C.A.
Phillips of Chowan County, a
staunch advocate of regionalism,
cautioned fellow board members
against “drawing unusual at
tention to an unusual situation.”
■*' And Bill Miller of Hyde County
added: “If revenge is our motive
then we are on the wrong course.”
To those who gave so much
[toward the regional concept of
delivery of services, etc., the
destruction of the system has been
* nothing short of agony.
The cancer started when
ARPDC tackled program im
plementation and operation,
something about which it knew
nothing, something about which it
was unable to learn anything,
something which was sure to
prove fatal.
When a proven system falls like
a house of cards as the resfilt of
jealousy and greed it is extremely
difficult to reconstruct something
viable. All what was done over a
period of time was undone in rapid
order, but it appears ARPDC is
talfeg a new’ direction which
deserves Jbe support of the people
-%fe factitive director has said
for a yier that ARPDC is getting
• W the program operation
bosftfceas, acknowledging that it
should never have gotten info it.
And by following his direction,
he believes ARPDC is “on (the)
track to make (it) one of the
greatest regional organizations in
the state.” r
That is what we had, but lost.
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Holley Faces Forgery Charge
Probable cause was found in
Cbpwan. County District Court
Tuesday morning in the case
{(here Louis HoOey is charged
Was arrested by Edeirtop
Police Department recently after
be allegedly forged the signature
llprtiy after a break-in at Edenton
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W®VIQ DlaClWfll,
. whekningly against a motion by
Macon Johnson of Camden County
to turn the audit reports over to
Diet. Atty. Tom Watts for further
investigation. Earlier, Herbert
Mullen, attorney for the board,
had said in his opinion no ARPDC
funds had been embezzled.
Bill Miller, director of Hyde
County Department of Social
Services and chairman of the
defunct Albemarle Human
Resources Development System,
said: “If our intent is to move
forward then ** good for the 10-
county area. « 'venge is our
Edenton, No*.a "Carolina, Thursday, July 21, 1977.
County To Stick To Own Funds
A Chowan County commissioner
Monday called on his colleagues to
authorize tax anticipation notes in
order to remedy a cash flow
problem rather than borrow from
various county funds.
Lester Copeland expressed the
opinion that it would be more
businesslike to authorize the
notes. Also, it would allow for
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FIELD REPRESENTATIVE—Robert S. Marsh, above center,
is the new field representative for the Albemarle Feeder Pig
Cooperative who will be assisting area swine producers with
management problems. He is shown with Jack Parker, left, area
livestock specialist, and Gene Nixon cooperative manager.
Marsh Assisting Hog Farmers
Albemarle Feeder Pig
Cooperative on Paradise Road has
employed Robert S. Marsh of
Roper as a field representative to
assist area swine producers with
various management problems,
reported Gene Nixon, manager of
the cooperative.
Marsh, a retired Washington
Downtown Study
Goes To Council
An architectural study of the
downtown area as well as a tree
survey in Edenton has been
completed by the N.C. State
University School of Design.
Results of the study will be
presented tonight (Thursday) at
7:30 P.M. at a special meeting of
Town Council.
The extensive study, the first of
its kind in Edenton, was done
without major cost to the town.
W. B. Gardner, town ad
ministrator, said he would par
ticularly like to see the downtown
merchants in attendance to view
the presentation.
Gardner said he understands an
excellent job has been done and he
personally looks forward to
receiving the results of the study.
Judge John T. Chaffin took the
following action:
Willies Augustus Moore, im
proper brakes, $lO fine and costs;
non-support and' assault, nine
months, suspended upon payment
of SIOO fine and costs and pay $45
per week for support of children.
Roy Jackson Privott, trespass,
90 days, suspended upon payment
,: of s{s fine and costs. i
James Williams, larceny* and
Williams, larceny, and William
Hemy Holley, receiving stolen
hosts each and make restitution.
motive then we are on the wrong
course.”
In his management letter, W.
Speight. Burrus praised Bob
Whitley, executive director, and
the new bookkeeper.' He said
Whitley had been successful
recently in getting some $24,000
owed the state Manpower
Program forgiven which puts the
commission in the black.
R. S. Monds of Perquimans
County, ARPDC chairman, also
lauded Whitley for his dedication
and accomplishments.
At the end of the meeting,
immediate extension of the county
water system.
However, Chairman C.A.
Phillips said the board had
decided some time ago that the
best option available to it was the
use of money already in hand.
Commissioner Alton G. Elmore
agreed, saying it would be a lot of
work and cost a lot of money to
County extension agent, will be
working, with producers in 15
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keepiM tainting breeding stock
and eyptpAppg health practices,
as wg| gffwttking to increase the
cooper*M»fy level of business,
said area livestock
specialist.
The new position is made
possible by N. C. Rural Fund For
Development, a federally funded
state administered grant. Nixon
reported that the position will be
an on-going one after the grant
funds are used.
Albemarle Feeder Pig
Cooperative is an area market
now operating on a weekly basis
with a sale each Thursday.
Hospital Programs
The Medical Staff and ad
ministration of Chowan Hospital
announce the addition of Con
sultant services from the
University of North Carolina
School of Medicine in the field of
gastroenterology and pulmonary
medicine beginning July 14.
The two groups will rotate visits
on a monthly basis every second
Thursday . The consultants will fly
to Edenton via the “UNC Air
Force”. Each visit will be
highlighted by a Continuing
- Education session from 8 A.M. til 9 „
A.M. in the hospital Conference
Room. Interesting case studies
will be presented with the medical
student on rotation at Chowan
Hospital for the month doing the
workup. Area physicians and
appropriate health professionals
are invited to attend these
sessions.'
Following the Continuing
Education session p-and rounds
will be atistie with the consultant
seeing appropriate hospitalized
Ration. outpKtwntj
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Whitley sounded a positive note.
He said he felt the board’s action
puts the commission “on track to
make this one of the greatest
regional organizations in the state.
One of the big contentions in the'
audits was the development of
Edenton-Chowan Day Care Center
at Chowan High School. Burrus
claimed it was not authorized and
that ARPDC sustained a deficit of
some $19,000. However, he said the
recent manpower action wiped
this out.
Speaking of the audits, Monds
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change directions “when we have
money we can borrow from
ourselves.”
Copeland’s primary concern
was the use of Water Department
funds within the county’s general
fund “when there are water lines
that need to be run.” To borrow
from that fund and not run the
lines would be an “injustice to
those who want and need water”
in Copeland’s opinion.
Phillips said the county is
awaiting a final audit of the Water
Department account in order to
obtain some $30,000 in additional
state money. “We are right on
schedule,” the chairman said with
regards to installing lines.
Dallas Jethro, Jr., county
coordinator, had suggested at an
earlier meeting that the county
lease a trenching machine so lines
could be installed more cheaply.
He was authorized to pursue this
matter while advertising for bids
for a new machine.
Jethro also told board members
the county had been authorized 20
CETA slots and $57,775 from
another public works employment
program. The State Board of
Education had requested four
teacher aides to work in the new
Primary Reading Program and it
was the general feeling of the
board that they would be ap
proved.
However, Jethro was instructed
to inform all agencies within the
county of the availability of the
slots and request written requests.
During the special meeting, the
Albemarle Area Resource Con
servation & Development Plan
was accepted. Commissioner N.J.
George, who objected to ac
ceptance of the plan a week
earlier, said he didn’t find
anything in it that “locked” the
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AGRICULTURAL PERSON lnstructor Everett White of
Chowan County explains a point from the text used in the Farm
Forest Management course which he is teaching this summer at
College of The Albemarle to Marsha Powell. Miss Powell, a
junior at N.C. State University, is taking two courses offered in
the Veterans Farm Training Program to expand her knowledge
of agricultural operations. (COA Photo)
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ATTENDED ELECTRIC CONGRESS Chowan County 4-H
members Joseph Goodwin and Anna Goodwin were delegates to
the State 4-H Electric Congress at the University of North
Carolina at Charlotte, July 11-13. Theresa Turner, assistant home
economics extension agent and Dick Pond, Division marketing
services manager with Virginia Electric and Power Company
accompanied the delegates. The 4-H’ers were selected for
achievement in their electric projects.
School Post Goes To Presley
James Sanford Presley,
currently a consultant with the
State Department of Public In
struction, Division of Develop
ment, will become director of
instruction for the Edenton-
Chowan Schools on August 1,
according to Dr. Dunn, superin
tendent.
Presley will
be filling a
position va
cated by the
resignation of
Don Lassiter,
who has ac
cepted the post
of assistant
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Presley
Miss Powell Future Farmer
It’s more rare than not that one
can find a lovely young woman
who has the interest to sit in class
to learn more about the intricacies
of housing livestock and how to
better manage farm forestland.
Most 21-year-olds are thinking
about sun and sand, rock concerts
or perhaps a summer wedding at
this time of the year.
Pretty Marsha Powell is not too
far removed from the pleasures
enjoyed by her peers but, in a
sense, she does hear a different
drummer. Two nights each week
from 5 until 10 o’clock, she attends
the Veterans Farm Training
Program classes at College of The
Albemarle. On Tuesdays, she
learns about livestock housing and
equipment from Carroll Davis,
and each Thursday, Everett White
teaches his course in farm forest
management.
Miss Powell is something of a
guest student at the community
college. She is regularly enrolled
at N.C. State University and has a
double major in animal science
and agricultural business. When
Nash County Schools.
Presley is a graduate of the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill and holds a Phd. in
educational administration. In
addition, he attended the Baptist
Theological Seminary. Prior to
working with the state, Presley
was superintendent of secondary
education with the Harnett County
Schools. Before that he was a
classroom teacher and assistant
principal at Greenwood High
As directed of instruction here,
he will be responsible for
curriculum development, in
struction, and personnel.
Presley is a member of the
Presbyterian Church, is married
and the father of one child.
she returns to Raleigh this Fall,
she will begin her junior year. The
1974 Peace College Associate in
Arts graduate will receive her
Bachelor of Science degree from
State in the Spring of 1979.
Her interest in farming and
animals is a natural one. She
comes from an agricultural
family, likes to be outdoors and
has helped around the family farm
in Shawbero since she was nine
years old.
Marsha is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Leon Powell. Her father
farms and is engaged in a swine
raising operation involving a herd
of between 2.500 to 3,000 hogs.
Woman Chosen
Mrs. Yates Parrish, Edenton,
Rt. 2, is representing North
Carolina at the National Extension
Homemakers Council meeting in
Columbia, Mo., July 17-22.
The over-all conference theme is
“Gateway to New Frontiers.”
At the convention, North
Carolina homemakers will receive
six national first-place awards:
three for International projects,
two for Safety programs, and one
in Civil Preparedness.
Tar Heel homemakers will also
receive honors for their cultural
arts, citizenship, Bicentennial and
energy conservation efforts.
“Mrs. Helen Bell, of Dallas, a
member of the Extension
Homemakers organization for 50
years, will also be honored during
the national meeting,” added Mrs.
Frank Phillips, Sr., of Newland,
president of the 25,000-member
state association.
Power Warning
As forecasts call for continued
hot and dry weather, concern is
being expressed over the danger
of electricity in all parts of North
Carolina exceeding the available
capacity for generating power.
The N. C. Utilities Commission
Tuesday called for conservation of
peak electric usage. Virginia
Electric A Power Company
reported the customers
established a one-hour peak
demand cf 7,709,960 kilowatts
between 4 and i P. M. Monday.
The Vapcs peak exceeded by
some 9 per cent an early record
established July 4.
A Vepco spokesman urged all
customers to me electricity wisely
during this continuing period es
high electrical demand.
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