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■HI |f card Sc H||B jlmt -e, e.tr Edenton’s Aces, playing far from par Friday night, were easy prey for the Bertie County Falcons, coming out on the short end of a 25-12 score. Not taking ; anything away from the visiting gridders as a whole, it was no aoubt too much of a Mike Parker that downed the Aces. This 160- pound end was as slippery as an eel, skirting around end time and again for long gains and at other times ploughing through the Aces’ defense like a knife cutting soft butter. Os course, Edenton fans did not especially like the score, but rounds of applause exploded when both the Edenton and Bertie bands put on a show at half time which was not far short of what is •; seen at college football games. :. The Edenton band has greatly increased in membership as well •; as the quality of music they •; render, so even if the Aces were • the losers, Band Director Otis • Strother and his musicians are : winners, in my humble : estimation. Anyway, the Aces will play in Plymouth Friday night and ' here’s hoping they’ll do as well as j the band and come out on top. And speaking about football, local fans will be interested to ■- learn about the good showing of : three former Aces at East I; Carolina College at Greenville. :• The trio includes Gerald Hall, Zack Valentine and Willie Holley. > Edenton fans will remember the 1 stellar game these boys played with the Aces and according to - newspaper reports they are making names for themsleves in college ranks. : Being in the throes of moving from one house to another the first time in 50 years, here’s one who doesn’t know if he’s going or ■i coming and wonders how enough < time was snitched to get ■ something in this column this • week. At this writing some things I . don’t need are on Church Street • and some other things I need are ; over at Queen Anne’s Place. Just goes to show that a fellow can be at - only one place at a time. Which was reason for missing a very important meeting of the local Eastern Star Chapter Monday night as well as a Red Men’s . meeting, all of which was because Lennie Copeland and his crew and c I were busy hustling some fur ; niture to a new house. Then J.D. : Elliott says some degree work will be conferred tonight (Thursday) at the Masonic Lodge meeting so that again it will be impossible to attend a lodge meeting and hustling some stuff of 50 years standing to a new location at the same time. There’s no telling what some people will steal these days. And maybe somebody here in Edenton is over-patriotic and wanted to get hold of Old Glory, for an all weather American flag has been stolen from American Legion Post No. 40. A reward has been offered for apprehension of the culprit so he will, no doubt, be very careful when and where the stolen flag is displayed. Here’s hoping the Legionnaires will have better luck ; in recovering the flag than I’ve : had in getting some of the fishing : equipment which was stolen a ; while back. Age changes the appearance of : a lot of people as is the case of • Carroll Goodwin, who has lived i out in Indiana fra: many years. The j other day be had to introduce j himself before I knew who he was. Thursday, September 22,1977 i The Chowan Herald ■ex mn, sdsnton, n. c. m Published every Thursday at Eden tor by The Chowan Herald, Inc., L. P. Ambum, Jr., president and general manager, 421-425 South Broad Street. Eden ton, North Carolina 27*32. Entered da second-class matter August • 30, 1934. at the Post Office at Edanton, North Carolina, under art of March 1,1570. L. P. Ambum, Jr., President-Gen. Mgr. • J. EdwM Bumap Editor > E. N. Manning Production Supt. I One Year ***** »•» Continued From Page 1 boundaries have also been juggled. While Max Cornwell was headquartered in Aboskie the new director’s home base will be in Edenton. The redesignation of the headquarters should make the move from Old Fort to the coastal area more comfortable, with pleasant living along the Public Parade. Clarence P. Stewart, who was chosen by Sen. Robert B. Morgan as the newly designated state executive director, denied there was any politics involved in the transfers, announced Friday to become effective Monday. “It’s to give them a broader scope of what farm programs we have,” he is quoted as saying. Mr. Briggs’ scope will certainly be broadened. But as for Mr. Cornwell, one of the finest Democrats we know, it means going home to Shelby. ' Politics notwithstanding, we predict Mr. Briggs and his family will rapidly become happy in their new environment. After all, there are more than a handful of Jessecrats among us. Mayor Seeks Continued from Page 1 each and every citizen in Edenton is treated the same, seeing that all the town employees are treated fairly, and, most of all, seeing that our town is maintained in a manner that will make each and every citizen proud to say, “I’m from Edenton, N.C.” It is my hope that the voters of Edenton will vote to change the way our councilman are elected. As it is today, our four councilmen must come from their own ward, but the person elected is chosen by the voters of the other three Wards. I have never liked the idea of someone else “picking” my councilman for me and I don’t think anyone else does. I say, each Ward should elect their own councilman. This would bring the people and the councilmen closer. As it is today, a ward could vote 100 per cent against a candidate running for office in their ward and still have him voted into office by the other three wards. I hear the argument that to go to the ward voting would cause you to lose your vote for the other three councilmen. Well, I say, that I feel the voters of the other three Wards know more about who they want as their councilman than I do. I may vote for a man that they didn’t want. This has happened in the past here in Edenton. I simply say that we should put the voting of councilmen back into the hands of the people in each ward. The two councilmen-at-large would stay at-large as they are today. I will discuss this further with the voters in their homes as time permits. In all of my elections I have promised the good citizens of Edenton, good, clean, and honest government. Every day that I have held office I have lived up to this promise. This is my promise to you again in this election. If you voted for me in the past, I ask that you stick with me. If you were not with me before, I en courage you to join, with me, in making our town the greatest [dace to live and raise our children in Eastern North Carolina. He is here visiting his mother, that grand old lady, Mrs. Henry C. Goodwin, so we had a brief delightful chat. Carroll was telling about his sen who earned a college degree and now has a very lucrative and responsible position. “I can’t quite figure it out,” said Friend Carroll, “for I didn’t get along so well in school and my wife must not be so very bright or else she would not have married me.” Some people apparently follow, instructions to the letter. For instance, my favorite notary public, Miss Sue Bunch, some time ago was notorizing a paper for a colored man and after filling in die information she asked the fellow totign Ms “John Hancock” on the paper. Promptly the fellow took a pen in hand and scribbled “John Hancock 99 Moving Address Stirs Jaycees At Meeting By Flynn Surratt Approximately 70 persons, including Edenton Mayor Roy L. Harrell and Bob Moore, Edenton Chamber of Commerce executive director, were on hand for the Jaycee District A-Coastal Region ftffl meeting, Tuesday night. Edenton Jaycees hosted clubs from Dare County and Columbia as well as other guests.' Jack Hayes, national vice president, from Oklahoma, was guest speaker for the steak supper. He was introduced by Joe Hollowell, immediate past president of the N.C. Jaycees and a member of the local club. In a moving address that spurred a standing ovation, Hayes told of events that lead to his association with the Jaycees of his hometown beginning with his painful recovery from massive wounds sustained in the Vietnam Chowan Fair Continued from Page 1 Holmes High School Future Farmers of America will sponsor a mini-tractor pull for 500 pounds through unlimited classes. Competition for those in the 500- 800 pounds classes will take (dace on Friday with the remaining classes competing on Saturday. Tractor and driver will be ad mitted free to the fair grounds. Other noted highlights will in clude the N.C. Museum of History mobile unit, to be featured during the whole week. Tuesday and Wednesday will be school days with free admission for students ages 6-17. Thursday will be senior citizens day with free admission for those 65 and over. Livestock and poultry shows will be held, two bicycles will be given away, and numerous booth exhibits will be displayed in the American Legion building. Peanut Festival Parade Planned ♦ ff : i Gary Anderson, parade chairman for the Peanut Festival, is assembling entries that will dazzle a record crowd October 22. Slated to begin at 10 A.M. at Coke Avenue and to end on South Broad Street, the second annual Peanut Festival Parade will begin with the din of sirens and “whoopers” and flashing lights of police cars. The always colorful clowns will be present to please young and old alike. Costumed dancers, military units, and precise riding groups are scheduled to appear in the Edenton parade. Floats will be interspersed with bands, cars carrying dignitaries, cheerleaders, royal float carrying peanut king, queen, prince and princess. Also in the march will be such characters as Mr. Peanut and Smokey the Bear. Grandeur and breath-taking beauty are the order for the day, states Chairman Anderson. There will be humor. There will be floats reminding the onlookers of more serious things—education, the care of the needy and helpless. Os considerable interest to the crowd will be the large number of antique and classic peanut equipment. The parade, then, will signal the beginning of the second annual Peanut Festival. At the conclusion of the parade, the crowds will gather at the Courthouse Green to hear concerts by a number of bands, including John A. Holmes and Elizabeth City State. Festival activities will continue in the afternoon at the American Legion Fairgrounds where the horse shows and children’s games and special events will take place. Concession stands will be stationed on the fairgrounds.* Barbecue plates will be sold at the fairgrounds, John A. Holmes and Chowan High schools from 11 A.M. to 7 P.M. The festival is being sponsored by the Edenton-Chowan Band Parents Association and proceeds will be donated to the band program^ Anyone interested in entering any float, vehicle, etc., in the parade, please call Anderson at 482-4461 qr, after 6 P.M., call 49- War and the subsequent operations that left him a virtual shut-in with a drug addiction. He credited a friend’s insistance that he become involved in the Jaycees that enabled him to rebuild himself physically and. mentally through the support he received from file club. It was after he had moved the ranks of the state organization and was involved nationally that he learned the real reason for the pain that had led to his drug problem. During his last operation, ARPDC Continued from Page 1. been determined. W.B. Gardner, former ARPDC chairman and town administrator in Edenton, joined E.V. Wilkins of Roper in requesting that municipalities be given “a fair shake” in the allocation of slots. R.S. Monds, Jr., of Hertford, ARPDC chairman, said during the discussion that ARPDC would continue to have a great deal to do with how the manpower program is administered. Gardner disagreed, saying once the con tract is signed with ESC the agency has full control of the program until the contract comes up for renewal. Whitley said he intends to see that the Regional Manpower Advisory Council be re established. At Whitley’s suggestion, the board agreed to find funds within the existing budget to get the housing and land-use planning element completed. Monds was re-elected chair man; Donald Byran of Nags Head, vice chairman; and Lester Simpson of Hertford, secretary treasurer. Six of the 10 counties were represented along with three municipalities. Three staff members and three represen tatives of the press rounded out the attendance. Organization Continued from Page 1 year,” Mitchener said. “This has prompted us to propose the new facility which will provide a service to our fellow citizens needing a lesser degree of care.” The new facility would contain about 20,000 square feet of space and have a 68-bed capacity. It is being designed by Pendleton, Leonard & Krider of Statesville so that adult day care can be provided if it is found to be needed. Construction costs have been placed at $750,000. The annual payroll would be in the $150,000 range. Like the 96-bed intermediate and skilled care facility of Cape Colony Haven, the retirement complex would provide a home atmosphere at a reasonable cost, according to Mitchener. The chairman said the facility would allow the owners to utilize approximately three acres of open space between the present nursing home and Paradise Road, which is bounded on the north by U.S. 17 by pass. The Haven Group will also contract for services with Outer Banks Haven at Nags Head when it is completed within the next 12 months. Mitchener, former Mayor of Edenton and past president of the N.C. League of Municipalities, owns Mitchener’s Pharmacy and has extensive real estate holdings in the area. Amburn, who served more than two terms as president of the 10- county Albemarle Area Development Association, is president and general manager of The Chowan Herald and has been executive director of Edenton Housing Authority fra* the past 10 years. Habit is a real estate and in surance executive who has been a foremost community leader. Lewis came to Edenton as. director of the now defunct 10- county Albemarle Human TT 1111 ■ ■■■ 1111 * n ■■lnrmn wait ffiiatSkill Resources oerf.,.. .^... surgeons discovered he had cancer. Again be said it was the Jaycee organization the bolstered Ms will to recover and that Ms greatest regret was, because of health reasons, he would not be able to stand the strain ofjrunning for the national presideney. : , Morris Small, Edenton Jaj<JeC president, reporting on' recent projects included that their dunking machine is emerging as a popular and successful fund raising tool. In one day’s operation the instrument raised $660. Small also noted the success of the local Blood Program chaired by Allan Asbell. Last year, Edenton rated first per capita in the Tidewater Red Cross Chapter for donations. Contract Renewed With Architect Dr. John Dunn, superintendent of Edenton-Chowan Schools, has announced that the board of education has re-established its contract with the architectural firm of Smart, Isley Inc. of Raleigh and Durham, to proceed with plans for a proposed con solidated high school in Chowan County. In making the an nouncement, Dr. Dunn stated that the firm would “continue to assist the board members in making applications for federal and foundations funding.” For several weeks the school board has been interviewing prospective architects, viewing presentations of their designs, ideas, and previous works. The contract of approval and letter of renewal were agreed upon at the September 6 board meeting. Smart, Isley, Inc., was the same firm employed several years ago under similiar circumstances. A site committee has been established to find a suitable location for the proposed new high school. This year will be spent in the direction of planning for the facility. lW Last spring, the school board held ppblip ißeetings in all schools . and spoke at numerous civic clubs and organizations in an effort to find out what parents and citizens of Chowan County wished to see in education. Their commitment to a new consolidated school was an outgrowth of public response. Day Treatment Now Underway Fentress Morris, executive director of the Economic Im provement Council, Inc., stated that Monday the mini-bus at the EIC Resource Center in Edenton, started transporting clients from various areas in Chowan County, to the Blades Community Center in Edenton for mental therapy. This new program known as “Day Treatment”, is sponsored by the Albemarle Mental Health Center of Edenton. The main purpose of the program is to get clients, who need increase activity in their social life, to prevent hospitalization and to get them active again. Mrs. Debbie Bunch, RN, and Dr. M.B. Atkins, will be the staff at the center, along with a counselor and a psychologist. There will be two, three-hour sessions every Monday and Thursday, from 8 A.M. to 11 A.M. Mrs. Fannie Bonner, acting coordinator at the Resource Centra and John Roberts, are working closely with the Mental Health Centra in referrals and transportation for the accepted clients. Community Calendar Thursday Sai 1:00 P.M.—Rotary Club, St. Pauls Parrish House. 2:00 P.M. Highway Signs Committee, Chamber Office. / 4:00 P.M. Historic Edenton, Barker House. 7:00P.M. —Region “R” Meeting, Sqund View Restaurant. ---- • IjQ r 1 Saturday »ath <- r 10 AJI. - 4 P.M. - Ladies Ateillh*, National Guard, White Elephant X Sale, Rescue Squad Bidfctng on S. Broad St. |.f* Sunday 25th Attend Sunday Schooland Church of your choice. Monday 24th 26 thru’Oct. I—Chowan County Fair, Legion Fairgrounds. Tharsday 20th 6:30 P,M. —Ghamber of Commerce Annual Meeting Chowan Gctf and County Club. - ■ Falcons Upset Edenton, 25-12 An ill-prepared Edenton Aces team was handed a 25-12 upset < against the Bertie Falcons last J Friday night at Hicks Field In the last game before 3-A conference play gets underway this week against the Plymouth Vikings in Plymouth. Michael White was Edenton’s largest ground gainer, posting both home touchdowns from 11 and 58 yards out in the third and fourth quarters respectively. He amassed 103 yards over the evening. Bertie went on the scoreboard in the first quarter capitalizing on an option play for 40 yards, and the Aces responded with a scoring drive of their own, only to have Michael White called back for stepping out of bounds. Bertie struck again in the second quarter to stretch out a substantial lead at halftime. The Falcons pulled out two more'' fourth quarter touchdowns, one of which was made with three seconds left in the contest, and was the result of an unsuccessful fourth down attempt by the Aces that gave Bertie possession on the two yard line. Council Names Nine To Board Edenton Town Council Sep tember 13 appointed nine mem bers to a Community Develop ment Advisory Council, including two councilmen and two people closely associated with low-rent public housing. Mayor Pro Tern James C. (Pete) Dail, executive president of Edenton Savings &’ Loan Association, and Councilman Jesse L. Harrell were named to the council. Also, A.C. Hudson, chairman, and L.F. Amburn, Jr., executive director, Edenton Housing Authority, were chosen. Other members included: Mrs. Novella Wilson, Dr. James L. Fenner, Sr., W«»t W. Byrum, Jr., Russell Baxley and Charles Swanner. The council will work with the town in administration of a $450,000 block grant announced last week for an area east of North Oakum Street. In the absence of Mayor Roy L. Harrell, Dail presided at the meeting. During the meeting Councilman Allen Horathal said it is apparent that “our recreation program is on the move.” He noted that par ticipation showed an over-all increase of 122 per cent with 430 per cent increase noted in the rural area. W. B. Gardner, town ad ministrator, said designation of the walking tour of Edenton, a national project, would be for thcoming during the second an nual Peanut Festival, set for October 21-22. The low bid of Rose Brothers Construction of $77,310 was ac cepted for paving certain streets in Edenton. Speaking of the waterfront property recently purchased by the town, Vann Johnson com plimented the town for the role played in the project. “The lot is ours,” stated Gardner. “We are' very grateful for the help we got (in obtaining outside funding for the project).” Dail told the representatives that the town appreciates their interest and in his opinion the outcome has been in the best in terest of all the people. Rose Brothers was also declared the low bidder for resurfacing at the Edenton Municipal Airport
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