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HAVEN OPENED Construction of Cape Colony Haven, a %-bed B
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DEMOLITION STARTED Demolition on the site of the Chowan
IPBMBnBBBHP County Courthouse-Jail complex began in May at the comer of Broad
•’*" * - r and Queen Streets. A BP service station on the comer was the first
HHIHHHHH! structure to fall.
DISCUSS HIGHWAYS -Members of Albemarle Area Development PAVING WORK - Dickerson Construction Co beKmi pmdng the UA
Association in March took a “go for broke” stance on highways for the IV by-pass m April with work progressing on schedule on the seven mile
area. Dr. Vance Hamilton, center, state community development stretch. -", %OW
specialist is shown with Sen. Melvin Daniels, right, and R.L. Stevenson, . */
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I . >r. t»jr . COUNTIES HONORED The National Association of Counties last
->• 8'» rS*' 'I ' /- »- July at a conference held in Detroit, Mich., honored six local counties
Jr ■L: .;-' arv -k* </ ' '■'*'■* and the Alliance for Progress with an award being held above by Riley S.
“ ', , . . .. _ .. , Monds, Jr., of Perquimans County. He is shown with Chowan County
GROUND BROKEN - Riley S. Monds, Jr., chairman of ARPDC is shown above breaking ground in Hertford commissioner J D. Peele who also attended the event,
on the new ARPDC-Perquimans County building. The event which was held in June was also attended by, from
the left, Joe Nowell, a Perquimans County commissioner; Hertford Mayor Bill Cox; Lester Simpson, chairman
of Perquimans County commissioners; and Robert Whitley, executive director of ARPDC.
Hill ffMfk . i BY-PASS OPENS Plenty of scissors were available August 8 when
M/mH Mr officials dedicated the new y.S. 17 By-pass around Edenton. From the
A left is Pete Dail, Edenton mayor pro-tern; Sen. Melvin Daniels; Rep.
WJfIEMm I I Stanford White; Rep. Vernon James; Sen. J.J. (Monk) Harrington; C.A.
DEDICATION OF WATER SYSTEM A rainy day in September was the setting of the dedication of the ch “ l ™ a " of C ' howan . t Z^? t ™ SSl ° nerS ’ Md ThomaS W ‘
Chowan County Water System, held at the Valhalla Cooperative Exchange. A variety of local, state, and Bradshaw, State Secretary of Transportatio
federal officials were on hand to comment on the completion of the $3.8-million project. Shown above from the
right is Dr. Bill Turner, NCSU Vice-Chancellor; Paul Parks, state FmHA representative; Rep. Vernon James;
Sen. Melvin Daniels; Steve Stevenson of the State Division of Health Services and his wife, Helen; and at far
right, Edenton mayor Roy L. Harrell.
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HISTORIC TRAIL—One of the highlights of the successful second
annual Edenton-Chowan Peanut Festival was dedication of the Historic ■■■■■■
Edenton Trail, one of three in this state. Second from left above, Bill NOVEMBER ELECTION—Roy L. Harrell was elected to another term as Mayor of Edenton, defeating Dr.
Bellinger, U.S. Department of the Interior representative, presents the Allen Horntiud while Gil Burroughs, a local school teacher, unseated veteran councilman James C. (Pete) Dail
commemorative plaque to W.B. Gardner, town administrator, left, Rep. for councilman-at-large poet J J*. Ricks, Jr. likewise defeated Errol Flynn for councilman from the Third
Walter B. Jones, and Mayor Roy L. Harrell, right. Ward.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Thursday, January 5,1978