Christ Is Born
Hard as one may try it is im
possible to improve on the
Bethlehem scene as described in
the Gospel according to St. Luke:
And it came to pass in those
days, that there went out a decree
from Caesar Augustus, that all the
world should be taxed.
(And this taxing was first made
when Cyrenius was governor of
Syria).
And all went to be taxed, every
one into his own city.
And Joseph also went up from
Galilee, out of the city of
Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the
city of David, which is called
Bethlehem; (because he was of
the house and lineage of David:)
To be taxed with Mary his
espoused wife, being great with
child.
t And so it, was that, while they
were there, the days were ac
complished that she should be
delivered.
And she brought forth her first
born son and wrapped him in
swaddling clothes, and laid him in
a manger because there was no
room for them in the inn.
And there in the same country
shepherds abiding in the field
keeping watch over their flock by
night.
And, 10, the angel of the Lord
came upon them, and the glory of
the Lord shone round about them:
and they were sore afraid.
And the angel said unto them,
Fear Not: for, behold, I bring you
good tidings of great joy which
shall be to all people.
For unto you is bom this day in
the city of David a Saviour, which
A is Christ the Lord.
And this shall be a sign unto
you: Ye shall find the babe
wrapped in swaddling clothes,
lying in a manger.
And suddenly there was with the
angel a multitude of the heavenly
host praising God, and saying,
Glory to God in the highest, and
on earth peace, good will toward
men. *>
And-it came to pass, as the
angels were gone away from them
into heaven the shepherds said one
to another. Let us now go even
unto Bethlehem, and see this thing
which is to come to pass, which the
Lord hath made known unto us.
And they came with haste, and
found Mary, and Joseph, and the
babe lying in a manger.
And when they had seen it, they
made known abroad the saying
A which was told them concerning
this child.
And all they that heard it
wondered at those things which
were told them by the shepherds.
But Mary kept all these things
and pondered them in her heart.
Election Filing Starts Jan. 2
Candidates who plan to ran in
primaries and elections next year
will have the opportunity to get an
early start. Filing opens January
2.
Mrs. Corinne F. • Thorud,
supervisor of elections for the
Chowan County' Board of Elec
tions, has noted that the posts of
sheriff, clerk of court, three
county commissioners and two
"* school board seats will be on the
ballot locally.
Kidnap Hoax
A youngster who “apparently
wanted some attention” got plenty
of it last Thursday as he hied a
prank kidnap report with Edenton
Police Department. For more
than four hours all law en
forcement officers in the area
were either mobilized or on stand
by as telephone technicians
tracked down the call.
Police Chief J. D. Parrish said
die call was made from die pay
station at the corner of Blades
Street and Blades Circle in the
Edenton Housing Authority
During the course of the call the
*soung Negro, about l» years of
age, sounds like a
hwgage. ■■s
MERRY CHRISTMAS
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Volume XLL 51. Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday December 2271977. Single Copies 15 Cents
TEMPORARY MEDICAL FACILITY—This special designed modular unit has been placed
adjacent to Chowan Hospital and will serve as offices for four specialists from Elizabeth City who
have extended their practice to Edenton. The facility will open the first week in January.
Schedules Set
For Holidays
A variety of schedules have been
established by area business and
offices for the Christmas holiday
weekend. However, most will be
closed only Monday.
Chowan County and Town of
Edenton offices will be closed
Friday and Monday for the
hiltday. State and federal offices,
including the U.S. Post Office, will
be closed only Monday.
James M. Bond, postmaster,
reports that the Post Office will
run a Sunday schedule on Monday
with mail going out in the af
ternoon.
The Merchants Committee of
Edenton Chamber of Commerce
recommends Monday, the day
after Christmas, as a holiday.
Most stores will take this
recommendation but others, in
cluding at least one super market,
will be open Monday.
Edenton-Chowan Schools closed
Tuesday afternoon and will reopen
on January 3.
Sheriff Troy Toppin and Mrs.
Lena M. Leary, court clerk, have
said privately they will seek re
election. They would seek four
year terms.
The seats on the Chowan County
Board of Commissioners which
expire next year are First, Second
and Fourth townships now held by
N.J. George, J.D. Peele and C.A.
Phillips, respectively. The terms
are also for four years.
The First and Fourth township
seats on Edenton-Chowan Board
of Education, now held by Dr. J.H.
Horton and Morris Small, will be
on the ballot. This is the last six-
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'Merry Christmas! ’
“Merry Christmas” is in everyone’s vocabulary and on every
1 thin time of the year. For some it is more difficult to
’ communicate their best holiday wishes to all the people they
| would like to remember and be remembered by.
' Therefore, The Chowan Herald today contains move than 11
; pages of Christmas greeting ads and stories related to the
| season. Nearly SO area business and industries are using this
[ method of expressing their appreciation to the citizens at
t Christmas.
> Today’s newspaper contains 34 pages. In addition to the
f greetings, local merchants are advertising special prices on
; merchandise during the last three shopping days before
| Chr 1 ** 1 "
; First, make sure you have a complete newspaper . Then read it
[ carefully and patronise the advertisers, not just at Christmas,
[ but the year.
[ Merry Christmas!
[ “Bud” Amburn and
i The Chowan Herald crew.
Specialists To Open Offices
Four medical specialists will
open offices in Edenton during the
first week of January, according
to Smiley W. Weatherford, Jr.,
director of Chowan Hospital.
Drs. Marshall S. Redding and
Jerome Henry Goldschmidt,
specialists in surgery and diseases
of the eye, and Drs. William M.
Crutchfield and Henry John
MacDonald, Jr,. who specialize in
surgery and diseases of the ears,
nose, and throat, will be tem
porarily located in a trailer ad
jacent to the hospital while per-
Services Slated
Two downtown churches in
Edenton will have special
Christmas services and two others
will have regular Sunday services.
“The Secret of Christmas” is the
topic chosen by Rev. Richard
Blankenhorn for the 11 A.M.
service Sunday at Edenton United
Methodist Church. His text is Luke
2:25-26.
St. Paul’s Church announces
that there will be a festival
celebration of the Holy Eucharist
at 8 P.M. on Saturday, Christmas
Eve. Assisting Rev. R.W. Storie
and Rev. F.B. Drane will be
Edward Wood and Ernie Kehayes
as lectors. Cyndi Phillips will
deliver the meditation.
The Choir, under the leadership
of Hugh D. Dial, Jr., organist, and
Mrs. Karen Luszcz, choir director,
will present a program of special
music. Nursery care will be
provided.
Following the service a
fellowship period will be held in
the parish hall.
On Christmas Day the regular
schedule will be observed with
celebrations of the Holy .Eucharist
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manent offices are being con
structed.
Weatherford indicated that the
new offices will be open from 9
A.M. til 5 P.M. Monday through
Friday, but all physicians will see
patients by appointment only. The
phone number for the offices in
Edenton will be 482-7126. Patients
can also contact Drs. Redding and
CtP](Uit{?Widt at 335-5446. Drs.
Crutchfield and MacDonald can
also be reached at 335-2923.
“Having the additional services
of these specialists in our area will
be a tremendous asset to both our
hospital and community”,
Weatherford commented. “We
certainly appreciate the effort
that these doctors are making in
allocating to us a substantial
portion of their time.”
Travel Promotion Matching Grants Given
Two matching grants totaling
$6,800, have been garnered to
promote Edenton and Chowan
County. Edenton Chamber of
Commerce and Edenton
Historical Commission are among
36 to receive billboard and
brochure money for travel
promotions.
Secretary of Commerce D.M.
(Lauch) Faircloth has announced
that the Edenton Chamber of
Commerce will receive a $4,800
allocation for signs to promote
Historic Edenton. Four signs,
Public Hearing
The pros and cons of a plan to
improve the delivery of medical
services in six Northeastern North
Carolina counties will be argued in
Hertford January 5. It will be a
public hearing set by the Project
Review Committee of Eastern
Carolina Health Systems Agency
on a proposal for a non-profit
group to establish satellite
medical-dental clinics in the
Albemarle Area.
The hearing will begin at 7 P.M.
in the Perquimans County High
School.
The Northeastern Rural Health
Development Association, which
has made application for a
$220,000 federal grant to *>di»Mi*h
clinics in Bertie, Tyrrell and
Gates-Perquimans counties,
requested that Hie public hearing
be held either in, Edenton or
Hertford.
At an earlier meeting of the
Project Review Committee of the
health systems review agency for
a 29-county area, providers—
physicians arid pharmacists—
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Boards Discuss Career Center
Tours Planned
By Flynn Surratt
Boards of education and superintendents from Chowan, Perquimans
and Gates counties, last Wednesday night decided on an initial course of
action in investigating the possibility of a three-county career center by
appointing a steering committee to arrange for tours of three such
facilities in both North Carolina and Virginia.
At the same time, those area school officials voted to invite county
commissioners of the three counties to join in making tours of career
centers in Forsyth and Union counties of this state as well as in Suffolk,
Va.
Appointed to the steering committee was Eugene Jordan, chairman of
Edenton-Chowan board; Clifford Winslow, chairman of Perquimans
board; and Alfred Stallings, chairman of Gates board.
Jordan chaired the joint meeting held at D. F. Walker School.
The meeting was the result of efforts intitiated by the Edenton-Chowan
Board of Education recently, and followed a tour last year by several
local board members of the Winston-Salem Forsyth Career Center. Thfc
local move was further prompted by word of possible sources of funding
for such a proposal.
At that time the Edenton-Chowan board considered that the cost to a
single county would be prohibitive bringing rise to a multi-county con
cept to provide area students with vocational and specialty training
going above and beyond the normal high school curriculum.
Pat Harrell, superintendent of Perquimans County Schools, will
arrange the first visit to Suffolk, Va. Dr. John Dunn, superintendent of
Edenton-Chowan Schools along with John Perry, Gates County
superintendent, and Harrell will make arrangements for tours in For
syth and Union counties.
In his opening remarks chairman Jordan emphasized that the meeting
put no board under obligation to continue through with the plan, but he
added, “I do hope we get obligated somewhere down the line.”
“It will mean extra benefits we don’t have; those enjoyed by only large
city schools,” he commented.
Perquimans board Chairman Winslow said, “We’ve felt sorry for
ourselves so long, I think it’s time to do something about it.”
He continued, “We may find ourselves strapped for finances but there
are ways we can help our young people. I’m ready to go with it.”
Likewise Chairman Stallings of Gates County backed the concept but
raised questions as to location, ownership, transportation and financing.
Jordan suggested that as a plan of Sfcfion solidified, committees should
be appointed to handle such questions.
Immediately recognized was the need for public interest and input.
Mrs. Emily Amburn, an Edenton-Chowan Board member, called for
public involvement from the outset.
Dr. J.H. Horton, also a local board member, later echoed that opinion
in stating that if there is no commitment at the base, the plan will fall
down.
Based on a suggestion by Dr. Horton, it was agreed that Edenton-
Chowan Schools would provide an audio-visual presentation of the up
coming tours to be used in public relations work.
designed by John Becker of
Edenton, are to be located off the
right-of-way of U.S. 17 by-pass, in
addition to new markers on other
roads in the area.
W. L. Norvell, chamber
president, said proper “signing”
of Edenton has been made the
number one priority of the
organization this year. He said the
state grant will make this a
reality.
The $2,000 grant to the Edenton
Historical Commission will be
used to help pay for a new
brochure designed to promote the
area and increase participants in
the guided tour carried on by
HOLIDAY TOURNEY CHAMPS—The Tar Heels of Edenton
Chowan Recreation Department’s Midget League, won a three
day holiday tournament Saturday afternoon at the National
Guard Armory. Hie team went undefeated in capturing the
crown over Hertford. Front row, left to right are: J.E. Darnell,
Willie Gay, Bob Noneman, Ricky Pate, Wally Black and Paul
a minim Second row, Andre Green, Milton Hedgbeth, George
Hawkins, Johnnie Rountree, Bill Gardner and Coach Darnell
Valentine. The team is 4-0 in league play.
Historic Edenton, Inc.
The maximum individual
allocation was $5,000 and the
money must be matched on a 50-50
basis. The chamber asked
members to increase their
membership this year in order to
raise money for the match.
Edenton Historic Commission
conducted a “Friends of Historic
Edenton” funds drive last year.
Sec. Faircloth said there were 51
applications for a total of $174,000
reviewed by the Travel and
Tourism Committee of the Board
of Economic Development. The
General Assembly appropriated
$94,000 for the project.