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AWARD WlNNEßS—cnowan County J. D.
Peele, left, is shown with Riley S. Month of Perquimans
County, with an award presented hy the Na. %*£ Association of
CoUnties to six local counties and the Alliance %%*Progress, Inc.
Theystand in an AFP booth at the NACo com e in Detroit,
Mich. (Photos by Amburn). \%»
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Rx For Cooperation
We read where our least favored
morning daily of general cir
culation along the Public Parade
is attempting to get the Wake
County commissioners and board
of education pulling together.
It is ironic that this comes at a
time when the same two groups in
six Northeastern North Carolina
counties were receiving a National
Achievement. Award in
recognition of an - improved
educational process “through the
cooperative efforts of elected
officials.”
Alliance For Progress, Inc., has
brought county commissioners
* and elected boards of education
together in areas of mutual con
cern. This process will continue
and be broadened in the future as
new ground is plowed.
National recognition was not the
motive which influenced leaders
of thie project. They saw a problem
ared, which potentially would get
too big for our small counties, and
tailored a program to solve it. The
'factual it was successful lillbrtl'
them the opportunity to gain
national exposure for the six
, counties at no expense to the local
governments.
SO, Wake County, cooperation is
not an impossible dream. And in
fact, you don’t have to be lulled
into slumber to experience it.
Bullishness on both sides must
first be laid to rest. Openness,
honesty and the kindling a warmth
of mutual trust and understanding
tare prime ingredients for
meaningful cooperation of elected
officials.
Valuable Studies
The N.C. State University
School of Design has completed a
study of downtown store fronts
and'trees throughout Edenton. It
was; presented to Town Council
last week and received less than
enthusiastic acceptance.
The town has spent more than
$300,000 in the past few years on a
downtown beautification project.
This project was without cost to
the property owners, except for a
sidewalk assessment.
Now it is time for the property
owners to take more than a
Jykewarm approach towards
*doing their part in making
downtown Edenton a shopping
cm tar wfttch will continue to draw
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COOPERATION LAUDED— C A. Phillips, right, chairman of
the Chowan County commissioners displays a olaaue oriented
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BUSY IN DETROIT—The Alliance For Progress booth at the
National Association of Counties conference in Detroit earlier
this wedt was a busy place. Pictured here are Lester Simpson,
chairman, Riley S. Monds and Joe Nowell, all Perquimans
County commissioners; and J. D. Flowers, a colleague from
Hertford County.
AID Cites Local Cooperation
Chowan County’s cooperation
and assistance in a two-week field
study program for administrative
trainees of the Agency for In
«MifiH«mar DeveT6pffieht gained
the acclaim of Dr. Richard Blue,
director, as displayed in a plaque
presented to C.A. Phillips,
chairman of the Chowan County
commissioners. The presentation
was made during a luncheon
Monday attended by various local
officials.
The field study, conducted in the
spring of 1976, was the culmination
of a 12-week AID development
studies program in which 30
persons applied classroom
knowledge to analyzing, designing
and developing the skills nfeeded to
aid growing foreign nations. Most
of those involved had had prior
experience in foreign affairs.
The thrust of the work involved
evaluating and analyzing
development issues in various
areas and seeing “how human
beings try to improve their lives”,
Dr. Blue remarked.
During the two-week period
such programs and services as the
Albemarle Feeder Pig
Cooperative, the Chowan County
Water System, the solid waste
disposal program, FmHA sub
sidized housing, and the Expanded
Food Nutrition Program fell under
the study.
What made the Chowan County
study unique, Dr. Blue said, was
the openness, cooperation, and
sense of working together. “We’ve
Chowan County Gets Recognition
By L. F. Amburn, Jr.
COBO HALL, Detroit, Mich.
Vice President Walter F. Mondale
addressed the conference of
National Association of Counties
here Wednesday, three days after
the Alliance For Progress, Inc.,
was presented a National
Achievement Award.
Chowan is one of six counties in
Northeastern North Carolina
making up the educational con
sortium. In three years AFP has
drawn national attention for in
novative programs with special
emphasis on closer ties between;
boards of education and county
commissioners.
J.D. Peele, a Chowan com
missioner, attended the 42nd
annual conference which drew
some 3,000 delegates from
throughout the United States.
never gotten as close to the people
before. I feel like we enjoyed a
special kinship in sharing
development and domestic
"issues,” lie said. ■
“Though $lO-million was cut
from our administrative budget,
we hope we will be able to come
back next year,” he added.
W.B. Gardner, Edenton town
administrator, commented, “It
was evident that it was a learning
experience for us all. We benefited
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Payments Upheld
The Finance Committee of
Chowan County commissioners
has concluded that Murray D.
Ashley, director of Civil
Preparedness, was entitled to pay
from the county while a candidate
for Register of Deeds last year.
Earlier, a member of that
committee had tried un
successfully to get a motion
passed to require Ashley to repay
half of his salary for several
months.
Ashley resigned as CP director
and state and federal funds for his
salary were cut from the depart
ment. However, he continued to
draw full salary for his work with
Edenton-Chowan Rescue Squad
from county funds.
N.J. George, committee
chairman who questioned the
payment, has been quoted as
saying the inquiry showed Ashley
did in fact “earn” his salary.
Alton G. Elmore is the other
member of the committee who
questioned Ashley and Com
missioner Lester Copeland also
joined in the meeting.
At the August meeting of the
board, the Finance Committee is
also expected to recommend that
Chowan Hospital initiate payment
for ambulance service for patients
transferred to another facility.
This service has been rendered by
tberescue squad without charge in
the past.
The hospital will be asked to
seek third party payments
insurance companies and
Medicare if payment from
individuals is not possible. If
payment is not obtained the squad
will continue to we its vehicles
and manpower for the ambulance
trips.
The proposed new not
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Outside of the host state, Tar
Heels made up the largest
delegation.
The other five counties par
ticipating in AFP are: Gates,
Perquimans, Bertie, Hertford and
Martin. Peele joined 25
representatives from the con
sortium at conference activities,
headquartered in the new Detroit
Plaza Hotel.
The National Achievement
Award recognizes the counties for
their participation in AFP, which
has as its goal the improvement of
the educational process through
cooperative efforts of elected of
ficials namely the com
missioners and board of education
members in the member counties.
The counties pay $1 per capita
toward the AFP budget with the
remainder coming from grants
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Volume XLHI.—No. 30.
Dedication Slated
An address tentatively
scheduled by Gov. Jim Hunt is
expected to highlight the official
opening and dedication of U.S. 17
by-pass on August 8, reported C.A.
Phillips, chairman of the Chowan
County commissioners.
In addition State Secretary of
Transportation Tom Bradshaw is
slated to be on hand, joining area
officials and ranking Department
of Transportation members for
the event.
The ribbon cutting ceremony
and dedication will begin at 10:30
A.M. on the overpass at the in
tersection of U.S. 17 by-pass and
Highway 32, near Chowan
Hospital.
Chowan County commissioners,
in cooperation with the Town of
Edenton and Edenton Chamber of
Commerce, are organizing the
affair.. Other-tentative plans in
clude a special invitation to
Basnight
Appointed
Marc Basnight of Dare County
will be appointed to the State
Board of Transportation by Gov.
James B. Hunt, Jr., according to a
reliable source.
The Chowan Herald learned
Wednesday of the impending
appointment which will be an
nounced by Gov. Hunt this week.
Basnight, a contractor, has been
active in Democratic Party circles
in North Carolina and was a strong
supporter of Gov. Hunt in his bid
for the governorship.
He is a member of the newly
organized Albemarle Area High
way Committee and has, for a long
period of time, expressed an in
terest in obtaining better high
ways for Eastern North Carolina.
J. Gilliam Wood of Edenton and
Joe Nowell of Perquimans County
are both on the AAHC and are
former state highway com
missioners. Neither of them
sought appointment to the
enlarged State Board of Tran
sportation.
Funds Allocated
RALEIGH Secretary of
Transportation Thomas W. -
Bradshaw, Jr., announced today
that $43,800 have been allocated
for improvements to secondary
roads in Chowan County for tins
fiscal year.
This allocation is part of a $25-
million statewide appropriation
enacted by the last General
Assembly, effective July 1.
“The Chowan County share of
the funds is based on a formula
that puts all counties on an equal
footing by considering the number
of unpaved miles of secondary
roads in any given county and the
relationship of this mileage to fee
overall mileage of unpaved
secondary roads in the state,"
explained Jack Murdock,
Department of Transportation’s
Secondary Roads Officer.
There are M miles of unpaved
secondary roads in Chowan
County*.
acquired through a number of
foundations.
AFP was among some 31
National Achievement Award
participants to have an
educational display at the con
ference. The display included
three panel sections featuring
Registration Plan Opposed
COBO HALL, Detroit, Mich. -
County officials at the National
Association of Counties apnual
conference hare voted Tuesday
morning to adopt a resolution
against election day registration.
Efforts to delay action until next
year’s conference were un
successful as delegates voted
overwhelmingly by a show of
hands to adopt the highly con
troversial resolution.
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday,’July 28*1977
chairmen of the area county
commissioner commissions and
mayors.
It is hoped that the John A.
Holmes High School Band may
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Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr.
supplement the activities and a
spokesman for the county com
missioners stated that every effort
is being made to contact area civic
clubs and organizations to take
part in the program.
Though final plans are still in
the making, an appropriate
amount of fanfare will accompany
the dedication ceremony, it was
said.
Chairman Phillips Monday
urged the local citizenry to plan to
attend the event, saying that it
would be a good time for a show of
appreciation of the work by our
representatives in Raleigh.
Plans are also to include a
luncheon for the invited guests
after the dedication.
RESTORATION PLANS AIRED Professor Randy Hester of
the NCSU School of Design, standing, is shown reviewing the
schools’ plan for restoration of the Edenton downtown com
mercial district. Two other team members involved in the
presentation to the Edenton Town Council are shown seated from
the left. They are Will Hooker and Annette McAllister.
Principals Switch Locations
The Edenton-Chowan Board of
Education recently announced the
change in assignment of several
principals in the school system.
John Guard, former principal of
White Oak Elementary School will
become principal of Chowan High
School; Gilliam Underwood,
former principal of Chowan High
School, will become principal of
Ernest A. Swain Elementary
School; and Ralph Cole, former
principal of Ernest A. Swain
Elementary Schott will become
principal of White Oak Elemen-
artistic representation of the
areas of involvement: govern
ment, education, culture-heritage,
and community citizenship. A
slide presentation was also
presented.
The close ties between com-
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The action by the delegates,
some 3,000 of whom are attending
this 42nd annual conference, came
as the issue is being hotly debated
in Washington, D.C. It is expected
to come before the House this
week. The Tar Heel delegation
supported the resolution.
Breakthrough was believed to
have come earlier when the White
House agreed to amend its
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Downtown
Restoration
Plans Seen
Members of the NCSU School of
Design last Thursday night
presented Edenton Town Council
and a representative group of
downtown merchants and in
terested citizens the results of the
school’s restoration and
vegetation studies for downtown
Edenton.
Professor Randy Hester told the
group a plan had been devised
whereby the historic integrity
could be maintained while rein
forcing the attractiveness of
existing structures and enhancing
tourism at a cost not far-fetched or
unreasonable.
Hester termed Edenton a
national leader in historic
renovations and 9 living jnodel of
the country’s heritage, two
reasons for implementing the
proposals put forth in the studies.
Will Hooker, graduate teaching
assistant, reviewed the
restoration study. He pointed out
that tourists’ first impression of
Edenton is from their car, thus
increasing the importance of
entrances into town, the in
tersections, the waterfront area
and the second floors of the South
Broad Street businesses.
For the Broad Street com
mercial area a list of recom
mendations included the im
provement of the visual impact of
the Queen Street intersection;
make additional planting
peninsulas to give more views of
the buildings at street level;
emphasize the statue and
waterfront as a focal point at the
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tary School.
In making the announcement,
Supt. John Dunn indicated that
each principal had expressed an
interest in making the change and
in working with the age group at
each new assignment.
“It is our intent this year to
place increased emphasis on
curriculum development at each
school,” Dunn said. “Each
principal has expressed a desire to
do this and we expect increased
educational opportunities for our
students to be the remit.”