More Soil Work Slated At Site Os Courthouse > As Chowan County com missioners prepare to finalize bids on a $l.B-million courthouse-jail complex word has been received the National Park Service has funded additional archeological work on the downtown site. Although commissioners This Week This column does not contain much of what could be called “heavy stuff” this week, but that isn’t the case with the remainder of the newspaper. Merchants along the Public r Parade, not just in downtown v* Edenton, are having a three-day Pre-Autumn Sale. Their goodies are advertised in a 12-page sup plement put out by The Chowan Herald in cooperation with the Merchants Committee of Edenton Chamber of Commerce. In addition Belk-Tyler and A&P have advertising supplements. Local advertisers participating in the weekend sale caused the regular sections of the paper to be smaller and it required that some material with no particular time value, except to those who sub mitted it, be carried over to future editions. But, you have a 34-page package this week. Enjoy it! Then rush out and take advantage of the good prices offered by local merchants. * National Plug Edenton has become the third location in North Carolina to have a walking tour designated by the U.S. Department of Interior in its National Recreation Trail group. It should prove to be a boost to tourism through national recognition and publicity. There are some supporters of HiatorHrßdentonrtmrrwho could be narrow enough to resent such designation as a threat to paid tours of certain areas within downtown Edenton. They are, however, very much in the minority and we believe they will be proven wrong. Historic Edenton Trail covers some two miles in an area bound by Mosley, Church and Oakum streets and Edenton Bay. Within the area some 30 places have been designated as of sufficient historic and-or architectural value to deserve attention. Attractive signs will be erected to direct those on the trail. It is .a well designed loop trail Continued on Page 4 Dr. Williams Given Award Dr. L. P. Williams, Sr., 300 South Granville Street, was recognized last Thursday by Edenton Chamber of Commerce at a membership banquet attended by more than 200 people The retired physician was named recipient of the Senior Citizens Award. In presenting the award, Dr. 4 Richard Hardin noted that Dr. Williams closed his local practice of medicine at 82 and three years later became associated with the extended care units of Chowan Hospital. “We are the contributors, not the consumers,” stated William L. Norvell, the new president. He added there is a lot the chamber needs to make happen. He repeated that the top priority of the next year will be the erec tion of directional signs along U.S. 17 by-pass. He said a sign has been designed by John Becker and funds are being sought to have them built and erected. To fund the project he has requested a 20 per cent increase in memberships throughout the chamber. “This is an opportunity h to make things happen in our community,” he concluded. Or. A. F. Downum, Jr., im mediate past president, was recognized for 100 per cent at tendance at board meetinfs. or. Albert G. £ s 1 1 cii Mb \y . * QUEEN ST - | “ E QUEEN ST 3 I 9 I ✓ - TT-- I 2LSB2L2L \ E EDEN ST ■ I 1 -s 1"1 G _ ST _ ill ____E_KWy3T__ \\ A ■ W WAT ER ST ! , \ I D • YOU ARE HERE. ( _ £1; | B TOUR ROUTE V U S |U EDENTON BAY TRAIL DESIGNATED —Pictured here is a copy of the sign which will be placed along the two-mile route of Historic Edenton Trail. Dedication of the walking tour by the U.S. Department of %THE CHOWAN HERALD^ Volume XLIII.—No. 40. Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, October 6. 1977 Single Copies 15 Cents News Is Made At Nags Head NAGS HEAD A lot of news copy was generated from the monthly meeting of the N.C. Coastal Resources Commission meeting here Wednesday and Thursday of last week with action items resulting from each session. The CRC met jointly Wednesday afternoon with its Advisory Council which had held a quar terly session earlier in the day. The primary item to come from the joint meeting was a decision by the CRC to defeat action, upon recommendation of the CRAC, which could have resulted in the chairman of the commission and the executive committee being two different people. The governor appoints the chairman of the commission and as the Internal Operating Procedure now stands he is chairman of the executive com mittee. It was the recom mendation of a sub-committee that the chairman be elected by the executive committee. This was amended Thursday to retain the chairman of the com mission as chairman of the executive committee and to have three other members elected by secret ballot. The motion failed. Thomas Gray of Buxton, chairman of the Advisory Council, brought the matter to the attention of the committee Wednesday morning, expressing his op position to the proposed change. L. F. Ambum, Jr., of Edenton Continued On Page 4 11 i 13^^ I n wm k ‘ It jMPw • -A ■ REHEARSALS CONTINUE—Members of Edenton Little Theater continue extensive rehearsals for next week’s presen tation of The Glass Menagerie at Holmes Auditorium. Pictured is Anne Bissette and Jon Baxley in a scene from the play. Curtain time is 8 P.M. next Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Tickets may be purchased at Hollowell-Blount Rexall, Mitchener’s Pharmacy and Country Corner. Gieseke New RSES Leader FAYETTEVILLE - Lowell Gieseke, 401 North Broad Street, Edenton, has been elected president of the N.C. State Association of Refrigeration Service Engineers Society. He and other officers were installed at a banquet here last week which concluded an annual conference. In his acceptance remarks, Gieseke stated that there is a need to educate the manufacturers and dealers as well as servicemen as to the benefits of RSES and for more involvement on the local level. The new president of the state organization is currently serving his second term as president of the Northeastern North Carolina Chapter, headquartered in Elizabeth City. The 1978 state conference will be held on the Outer Banks. Bernard P. Burroughs, also of Edenton, served on the conference Registration Committee. The RSES is a non-profit, Interior will take place October 22 during the Peanut Festival sponsored by Edenton-Chowan Band Parents Association. educational association. The main purposes are to improve educational standards and technical ability of members, some 28,000 strong in 400 local chapters. >V ■■■■■ - /Pff ■ 1 lift; I I —1 Lowed Gieseke Tour Made For Walking The Historic Edenton Walking Trail has become the third in North Carolina to be designated by the U.S. Department of Interior. W.B. Gardner said dedication of the addition of Edenton as a National Recreation Trail will be October 22 during the Peanut Festival. The ceremony will take place at 11:30 A.M. on the Saturday of the festival during a band concert on the Courthouse Green. A representative of the Department of Interior will formally present the documents to Mayor Roy L. Harrell. Tour signs are being erected along the two-mile trail where nearly 30 places are designated. Gardner said the town feels there has been a number of people visiting Edenton who have not previously been provided with the benefit of a walking tour of this nature. “I definitely believe this designation will boost par ticipation at the Historic Edenton Visitor Center-Museum,” he said. Judd Little, who prepared the application, said while the tour is designed to start at the center at the foot of Broad Street on Edenton Bay, it is a loop tour which will allow a person to start anywhere along the route. To Re-locate Dr. C. Clement Lucas, Jr., who is a diplomat of the American Board of Family Practice, resigned from the Chowan Medical Center on September 30 in order to complete plans for the opening of a new private medical facility for Edenton and the surrounding area. The initial part of the facility will be known as Albemarle Family Practice, Ltd., and will be for the practice of family and internal medicine. It will be staffed by a team that will offer total family health care. Temporary offices will be located in a new modular building at the intersection of U.S. 17 and Highway 37, effective November 7. Plans call for completion of a new major comprehensive am bulatory family health center at the site. The new facility is scheduled to open in the summer of 1978 and will offer pharmacy, dental care, eye care, respiratory and physical therapy as well as complete lab and x-ray. According to Dr. Lucas, plans are underway to recruit several more physicians as well as other J health personnel into the area.l Persons desiring more in-J formation may telephone the new main number, 482-8461.