Hunt Endorses
Career Center
Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr., this week gave his “full support” to a
proposed tri-county career education center in Northeastern North
Carolina and appointed a field representative of his office to coordinate
the efforts.
'Hie boards of education in Chowan, Gates and Perquimans counties
have been discussing the possibility of a multi-county project which
would provide career educational opportunities for students. It would
offer.an expanded and varied curriculum.
Dr. John Dunn, superintendent of Edenton-Chowan Schools, Monday
said he was very pleased to have Gov. Hunt V * ~ ement of the concept
and to have Walter B. Jones, 11, as a coordin * % nes, who resides in
Farmville, will coordinate the project betwe ‘hree county local
groups and Gov. Hunt’s office. \
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Type Stuff
“Type lice” and “type
streachers” are things you send
newcomers searching for in a
newspaper office. If they are
careful they won’t be successful in
finding either.
After all the fun and games are
over, careless errors will still
appear irregardless of efforts to
put out a flawless product. Some of
them are simple to explain, other
just don’t seem to have an answer.
In last week’s newspaper the
specific case being made in an
application to rezone a piece of
property was turned around when
“now” became “not”. The quote
should have been: “...that the
most beneficial use...has now been
changed from farming to shopping
center or other commercial use.”
That is where the “lice” came
in.
In another instance, type was
not streached enough in a story
Mrs. Berrie Williams’
seventh and eighth grade group at
D. F. Walker School to identify
them properly. So, when the
person writing the headline read
qf a I ‘thirdjieriod” class it turned
into a “Third graders” title.
We regret b»*fh errors but if you
read the paper closely enough you
might find others, for which we
apologize in advance. If wrong
impressions have been given and
feelings hurt, we hope both will be
corrected by this admission of
guilt.
And that’s about as gracious as
we can be.
Noted And Passed
The March issue of Southern
Cities, trade journal of the N.C.
League of Municipalities, carries
an article about the Edenton
Historic Trail.
“The Town of Edenton, justly
proud of its heritage, can now
proclaim national recognition,” it
begins. Then it points out that the
Edenton Historic Traij was
designated by the U.S. Depart
ment of Interior as the “first
historic-urban National
s Recreation Trail in the
Southeast.”
The Chowan Herald was pleased
‘to provide the pictures for this
article and again delighted to note
in passing that we miss out on a lot
of things, but free publicity isn’t
among them.
Good Lick
Prospects for a tri-county
career education center in North
eastern North Carolina received a
boost this week in the form of an
endorsement from Gov. James B.
Hunt, Jr. He has given the concept
his “full support” and wait a step
further in designating his eastern
field representative as a coor
dinator between local school
boards and state government.
It is not a surprise to anyone who
knows Gov. Hunt’s interest in
education and regionalism that he
would be excited over a multi
county project with cost con
tainment built instead of
l systematically excluded.
' And to go a step further, lie has
instructed his staff to launch a
study to determine what outside
funding is available. Such a
single county.
Progr Tests
Student Skills
If you have a student in grade 1,
2,3,6, or 9, then your child is one of
approximately 500,000 that will
take part in an annual testing
program beginning April 4. Some
school systems plan to start
testing earlier. Students in these
five grades will be asked to
demonstrate their skills in the
basic subjects this spring in order
to help teachers and other ad
ministrators identify and correct
student needs in these basic areas.
The testing is a result of 1977
legislation passed by the General
Assembly and was designed to
enable parents and teachers to
find out what children in these
grades have learned and what
they need to learn in the basic
subjects of reading, language
arts, and math. Educators hope
that this information can be used,
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New Location
After April 3 those who wish to
obtain a driver’s license or renew
an old one must report to Room
210, Bank of North Carolina
Building. This announcement was
made by Dallas Jethro, Jr., county
coordinator.
Chowan County was recently
notified by Norfolk-Carolina
Telephone Company that the
building on West Water Street
could no longer be used. Jethro
said it had been determined that
the bank location was the best of
alternatives.
Spring Holiday
Monday, the first Spring
holiday, will be observed by most
people in Edenton and Chowan
County.
Easter Monday is one of the
general holidays recommended by
the Merchants Committee of
Edenton Chamber of Commerce.
There will be some exceptions.
Municipal, state and federal
offices, with the exception of the
U.S. Post Office, will be closed.
W. B. Gardner, town ad
ministrator, said because the
Sanitation Department will be
closed. Trash will be picked up in
East Edenton on Tuesday and
Thursday and West Edenton on
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Kindergarten Registration Set
Children who will be five years
of age, on or before October 16, are
eligible to enroll in a kindergarten
program for the 1978-79 school
year.
Registration at White Oak
School will be on April 11th, from
8:30 A.M. until 1 P.M. in the
library. Parents of kindergarten
age-students in the D.F. Walker
School area may register their
child on April 14 from 8:30 A.M. 1
P.M. in the primary library.
It is requested that parents
bring a duplicate copy of the
child’s birth certificate, which
may be kept by school, at the time
of registration. Copies of birth
certificates for children born in
Chowan County may be obtained
from the Register of Deeds Office
hi the Chowan County Court House
«t no charge.
Prior to kindergarten
registration, parents snotuo ootain
a copy of the child’s immunisation
Health
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POLITICAL BOUNDARIES N.J. George, chairman,
Chowan County commissioners has furnished The Chowan
Herald with a multi-colored map showing township boundaries.
These include the Town of Edenton. Because the lens on a process
camera used in reproducing the map is sensitive to certain colors
it is difficult to distinguish between some of the areas. However,
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Edward E. Brown. Jr.
Brown Elected
RALEIGH—Edward E. Brown,
Jr., manager of Albemarle
Electric Membership Cor
poration, Hertford, has been
elected secretary-treasurer of the
N.C. Association of Electric
Cooperatives.
He was elected to the post at the
1978 Annual Meeting of the
association in Raleigh last week.
The organization represents all 28
of the state’s EMCs.
As manager of the EMC, Brown
has been a director of the state
wide EMC board since 1974. He
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which ever is applicable. The
record should show that the
potential student has received
three doses of DPT vaccine, three
doses of the polio vaccine, one
measles vaccine and one rubella
(German measles) inoculation.
The inoculations are required by
state law before a child is allowed
to enroll on school. Parents should
check their child’s records now
and if all required inoculations
have not been received, they
should begin completing the shots
now.
Personnel from the Chowan
County Health Department will be
available to assist parents at the
scheduled registration periods
should help be needed in obtaining
records. However, parents are
urged to attend to the matter prior
to registration.
For the first time, represen
tatives from the Albemarle
Speech & Hearing Clinic will also
attend the registration to make
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Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, March 23, 1978
Criteria Revised For UPDW Project
WILMINGTON - The U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers is cir
-eulating 1 evised permit ap
plication for a water intake line
and pump station on the Chowan
River near Edenton for United
Piece Dye Works. The corps
requires federal authorization for
this project -
Worker Coverage Extended
Recent amendments to the
General Statutes of North
Carolina require some employers
of domestic and agricultural
workers to pay Unemployment
Insurance tax for the first time.
And payments are due soon,
reports Mrs. Bond, manager of the
local Employment Security
Commission Job Service Office.
Complying with federal
Series Continues
Holy Week services continue
today (Thursday) and Friday at
St. Paul’s Episcopal with area
ministers joining in the Union Pre-
Easter observance.
Today at 12-noon, the speaker
will be Dr. James Fenner of
Providence Baptist Church.
The concluding service, at the
same time Friday, will be under
the direction of Rev. Richard
Blankenhom of Edenton United
Methodist Church.
In addition to meditations on the
Seven Last Words of Christ, each
church will present special music.
The services last for 30 minutes
and the public is cordially invited
to attend.
Also, a Maundy Thursday
communion service will be held at
7:30 o’clock on the evening of
March 23 at the Methodist Church.
Furthermore, an Easter Sunrise
service will be held at 6:30 A.M.
Sunday on the Courthouse Green.
Special music will be presented
by Edenton Baptist Church.
The youth of the Methodist
Church will serve a breakfast at
the church immediately following
the sunrise service. Breakfast will
be served until 9 A.M. and
donations will be accepted.
“The Gospel of The
Resurrection” is the topic chosen
by Mr. Blankenhom for the 11
A.M. service at the Methodist
Church. His text is Phillipians 3: 7-
11.
the general outline should be beneficial to those who reside in
various sections of the county and town. The Chowan County
Board of Elections reports that the registration deadline is 5 P.M.
April 3 and those voters who have moved from one precinct to
another since the last election must so designate.
The new plans specify an 830-
foot-long pier that is to extend
about 30 feet into the 1,000-foot
wide main channel of the river
There is to be an overheau
clearance of 10 feet mean sea level
(msl) under the pier and the
facility is to be lighted in ac
cordance with Coast Guard
statutes, the General Assembly
last year extended Unemployment
Insurance coverage to an ad
ditional 262,000 workers in North
Carolina, including some domestic
and farm workers.
Any employer of domestic
workers in private homes, college
clubs or college fraternities or
sororities who paid SI,OOO or more
in wages in any calendar quarter
last year are required to pay
Unemployment Insurance taxes to
the Employment Security Com
mission.
Farmers who paid wages of
$20,000 or more for agricultural
labor during a calendar quarter
last year or employed 10 or more
workers for 20 weeks, are required
to pay UI taxes. Employers who
pay these wages during 1978 will
also be liable for taxes.
The tax is 2.7 per cent of the first
$6,000 paid in wages to each
worker. Taxes are paid on wages
commencing January 1, 1978.
There’s also a seven-tenths-of
one-per cent (.7 per cent) tax on
wages due the federal government
through the Internal Revenue
Service.
“Since this is new coverage,
we’re afraid that many employers
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Local Orator Edged Out
Gail Felton of Chowan High
School lost out Monday in
Charlotte in state competition of
the American Legion Oratorical
contest. She represented the First
Division.
She placed first in competition
at Edward G. Bond Post No. 40, on
March 7. Second place winner was
Sambo Dixon of Chowan
Academy. Hiey received SIOO and
SSO respectively.
Commander George Stokes
reports that Gail won the division
contest on March 14 at East
Single Copies 15 Cents
requirements.
The previous plans called for an
flfO-ioot-loiig pier with a vertical
clearance of 5.6 feet under the
pier. The increase in vertical
clearances is intended to allow
access under the pier for com
mercial and recreational
fishermen, especially in inclement
weather.
Both plans include a 17-foot
long, 12-foot-wide pump station
platform adjacent to the pier. Two
750-gallon-per-minute pumps are
to be located on the platform with
intakes placed 6.5 feet below the
low water level. They are to be
surrounded by a debris screen that
will extend to 10 feet below the
water. A 16-inch diameter pipe on
the pier is to transport raw water
from the pump platform to an
existing pump station on the river
bank.
The reinforced concrete pier is
to be six feet wide and be sup
ported by wooden pilings.
The review period R. the
revised permit application con
tinues until April 10 and comments
should be directed to J P. Zippin.
U.S. Army Engineer District,
Wilmington, P.O Box 1890.
Wilmington, N.C. 23402
Grant OK ed
Rep. Walter B. Jones of the Firsi
Congressional District has an
nounced approval by the Com
munity Services Administration of
a grant in the amount of $27,669 to
Economic Improvement Council.
Inc., headquartered in Edenton.
EIC will use the funds to provide
emergency energy assistance to
poor and near poor households.
Carolina University in Greenville.
She was then ruled out at the tough
state contest in Charlotte.
She will receive the American
Legion High School Oratorical
Medal as a division winner.
Commander Stokes said that
besides providing excellent ex
perience for thousands of students
to participate in the contests, the
program affords a vast audience
of the American public to better
understand the meaning of the
U.S. Constitution.