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private partnerships, working for
the common good. Then why not
strong university-state govern
ment partnerships, working for
the same?
There are just so many
“leaders” in a community. They
are getting more and more dif
ficult to find. To further dilute
them through establishment of
another council isn’t in the best
interest of the communities they
will be charged to lead.
Every council, commission,
agency, department, and so have
you, are hell-bent on obtaining as
much “visibility” as possible.
There is more of the stuff around
now than there are leaders to
carry it. So, let’s don’t do violence
to the community development
concept, but strengthen it through
pumping, new life into area
development associations which
already exist.
In our opinion someone planted
a bad seed with Sec. Lee in this
regard, but we have confidence
in the fact that he will make sure
all his bases are covered before he
sends out a pinch hitter.
While some might find this
critical of Sec. Lee, it is not the
case. When anyone comes from
Raleigh-city with more than one
proposal at a time, it causes
suspicion. And when they leave
batting 500 it’s a good average,
even in an editor’s book.
Piece Os Action
Almost 30-million rural
Americans live in medically
underserved areas, according to a
recent federal government study.
Chowan County is not con
sidered a medically underserved
area but surrounding counties like
Bertie, Gates, Perquimans and
Tyrrell fit this category. In order
to help meet the needs, a group of
citizens formed a consumer group
known as Northeastern Rural
Health Development Association.
Announcement of a grant to fund
a $327,854 proposal is expected at
any time, which would put clinics
in areas not now being served,
along with providing a com
prehensive health care plan for
area citizens.
The concept has not been well
received by many professionals,
but at a public hearing in Hertford
the plan got enthusiastic support
of the citizens who witness to the
need for more medical manpower
in Northeastern North Carolina.
North Carolina.
“In a medically underserved
area, there are not enough
hospitals, clinics, doctors and
other health care professionals,”
explained Dr. John Mauldin,
medical adviser to the Co-op In
surance Fund (CIF).
Only one out of every four
hospitals in the United States is in
a rural area.
“The hospitals serving rural
America are generally smaller
than urban hospitals even though
more rural farm and nonfarm
aged need hospital care than
urban aged,” Dr. Mauldin said.
In addition rural hospitals are
less likely to have the organized
outpatient departments or
emergency treatment clinics
which serve as important sources
of medical care in urban hospitals.
This means that the more ex
pensive inpatient care is the only
choice for rural people.
Until recently little attention
and less money were focused on
health care problems in rural
America. However in 1974 the
Public Health Service began to
improve health care in rural areas
by establishing the Rural Health
Initiative. '
Under this program federal,
state and local resources are used
to develop better health care in the
areas where it is needed most. For
example to help solve the doctor
shortage in rural areas, the Rural
Health Initiative gives financial
aid to medical students who plan
to set up practice in rural areas.
“Today rural Americans can
look forward to a future of better
medical care supplied by well
qualified doctors from their own
areas,” Dr. Mauldin said.
Those who meander along the
Public Parade and throughout the
area will benefit from a piece of
die action.
CONCERT TONIGHT The Edenton Choral Society, tinder
the direction of Shelby Strother, will present a Spring Concert
tonight at 8 P.M. in the John A. Holmes High School auditorium.
A wide range of music for a variety of tastes will be featured.
Admission will be $1 for adults and 50 cents for students.
Legion Baseball Scheduled
Marvin Barham, athletic officer
for Edward G. Bond Post 40,
American Legion, has announced
that the 1978 American Legion
Baseball schedule has been
established. The Albemarle Area
American Legion baseball team
will be in a league which includes
Williamston, Washingon,
Greenville, Snow Hill, Goldsboro,
Rocky Mount, and Wilson Legion
teams.
Hick’s Field will be used for
regular season home games of the
Albemarle Area Legion team.
Barham continued by saying
that the first regular season home
game will be on June 3, against
Rocky Mount. The first confirmed
exhibition game will be played on
Sheriff’s Dept.
Position Funded
The Chowan County Sheriff’s
Department has recently hired
Karl Lynn Halsey on a seven
month grant which is funded by
the N.C. Department of Crime
Control and Public Safety. The
effective date of his employment
will be May 1, 1978.
Under the present grant, each
officer in the department must
secure a minimum of 40 hours of
formal training. Halsey will be
used as a replacement-_depujy
when one of these officers
school.
Within his first year of em
ployment, Halsey must also
complete the Basic Training
Course required by the N.C.
Criminal Justice Training and
Standards Council in order to be
certified as a deputy sheriff.
Sheriff Troy Toppin has been
attempting since March, 1977, to
get the position funded. It was on
March 8, 1978, after three ap
plications had been denied, that a
$13,965 grant was approved
through the Albemarle Law &
Order Association.
Halsey is a life-long resident of
Chowan County, and presently
resides at 130 East Freemason
Street. He is a 1976 graduate of
John A. Holmes High School in
Edenton. He is also attending
Elizabeth City State University,
majoring in business
management. “He also has
studied photography, which is a
factor that I feel will be ad
vantageous to our departmental
activities,” the sheriff stated.
Halsey is presently employed
part-time by Belk-Tyler. Other
organizations which he is a
member of include: Edenton-
Chowan Rescue Squad (certified
ambulance driver); member of
Pleasant Grove Methodist
Church; president, Junior Usher
Board; secretary, Albemarle
Conference Youth Council; and,
president, Edenton Youth Council.
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May 28 against Washington, in
Elizabeth City. Other exhibition
games are planned and will be
announced at a later date.
Barham wait on to say that
Coaches Jacobs and Criddle had
set May 20 and 21 as the first two
days of tryouts, for players from
Gates, Chowan, Perquimans,
Pasquotank and Camden
counties who are not on a high
school team which has advanced
to the high school playoffs. These
players will not be eligible for
tryouts and participation on the
team until high school playoffs are
complete.
Barham expresses appreciation
on behalf of the American Legion
Baseball Committee for the ex
cellent response and cooperation
that has been received from the
businesses, citizens and
recreation departments of the
area.
Cut Proposed
Mrs. Sara M. Hodgkins,
Secretary of Cultural Resources,
is considering a formula for the
distribution of state money to
public libraries that would limit
the amount coming to the public
libraries, in Chowan, Tyrrell,
Perquimans, and Washington
counties to what is currently
received.
, <^c^d(htioimL^ta)e f
this Srea-urttfl wl other
public libraries in the state were
raised to the per capita state aid
level of the Pettigrew Regional
Library, which serves this area.
“The acceptance of this formula
will be a great setback for the
Pettigrew Regional Library,”
says its director, Jay Wozny.
Wozny adds that the burden of
public library funding will begin to
fall on the county governments
much more heavily if this formula
of aid distribution is adopted.
“We seem to be getting
penalized under this new formula
for the progress we have made
under the current method of state
aid funding,” he says. He urges all
interested persons to attend the
public hearing called to discuss
the proposed formula. The hearing
is set for April 25 at 2 P.M. at the
Municipal Building in Edenton.
No Clues Yet
Investigators are still at a loss
as to the cause (ftthe crash of a
single-engine airpane here last
week which took the life of William
Henry Pruden, 59, of Plymouth.
Sheriff Troy Toppin said
preliminary findings by on-the
scene investigators indicated it
was not mechanical failure of the
plane, a four-place Cherokee
which went into the woods off
Paradise Road April 9.
There had been no report from
an autopsy performed.
Both Courts Tough On Two Defendants
Two local Negroes were given
active prison sentences on Both
Chowan Superior and District
courts here Tuesday.
Zack White Mabine, 33, Route 3,
Judge Albright Holds Court
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while license suspended, third
offense, 60 days, suspended upon
payment of S2OO fine and costs.
Elbert Lee Garrett, aid and abet
in druilk driving, remanded to
District Court for compliance.
Fred Michael Oldham, allowing
reckless driving, allow speed to
elude arrest and driving with
Mood alcohol content in excess of
.10, six months with work release
recommended.
Norma Jean Taylor, no
operator’s license and driving
wrong way on a one-way street,
remanded to District Court for
compliance.
Samuel R. Williams, drunk
driving, third offense, and driving
while license revoked, 12 months,
with work release recommended.
Ronald Williams, suspended
sentence violation, revoked 90-day
suspended sentence and recom
mended work release.
James Williams, Jr., Robert Lee
Appointments
The Helms for Senate Com
mittee today announced two
members of the Democrats for
Jesse steering committee in
Chowan County. The members
listed are Roland Vaughn and
W.P. (Spec) Jones, both of
Edenton.
Vaughn, self-employed peanut
broker and treasurer of the
Chamber of Commerce, stated,
“Jesse’s record in the U.S. Senate
demonstrates his leadership
capabilities, and his effective
work for the people of our state. I
urge all North Carolinians,
regardless of party affiliation, to
work for Jesse’s re-election.”
Sen. Helms expressed his ap
preciation for these outstanding
.Democ^atg,^wfor.have hesajtp-
Helms, “I am most'grateful that
these fine Democrats will join us. I
have always believed that it is
philosophy, not party, that mat
ters.
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Edenton, entered a plea in
Superior Court to hit and run.
Judge W. Douglas Albright of
Greensboro sentenced him to a
term of 90 days.
Later Mabine was in District
Dillard and James Fleming,
suspended sentence violation,
called and failed.
Jessie James Morring, 1 Jr.,
firelighting deer, remanded to
District Court for compliance..
Vernon Lee Parks and Robert
Owens, non-support, remanded to
District Court for compliance.
Johnnie Ferguson, worthless
check, 20 days, suspended upon
payment of $6 restitution, $25 to P
& Q Super Market for expense in
prosecuting case, and court costs.
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IN EACH CORNER Politics were being talked in evi ty
corner of a banquet room at Mrs. Boswell’s Restaurant 1 tst
Friday morning at breakfast. Mrs. Corrine Thorud makes a pi ch
to Rep. Walter B. Jones of the First Congressional Distri ct,
foreground, while in the background, State Rep. Vernon Jan gs
gets the word from Warren Twiddy, back to camera.
Community Calendar |
THURSDAY, April 20, 1978
Rotary—l:oo P.M. - St. Pauls Parrish House
' SATURDAY, April 22, 1978
John A. Holmes High School Senior Fish Fry - AH Day
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MONDAY? April 24, 1978 , '
Lions Club—7:3o P.M. - Boswells
WEDNESDAY, April 26, 1978 *
Young Farmer & Rancher Committee— 7:30 P.M. - Chamber pf
Commerce Office •!
Court where Judge Grafton
Beaman found him guilty of five
counts—speeding, obstructing
traffic, resisting arrest, assault on
an officer and public
He was given seven months to ru9
concurrently with the Superior
Court sentence. I -
William Henry; Holley, 22, 128
East Albemarle Street, received
his justice in reverse. He was |(|
District Court on two probation
violations and brought by
Roberson. Judge Beaman jfen
tenced him to serve six mojfths.
In Superior Court Jvpge
Albright also found he ;3iad
violated his probation and invoked
a two-to four year sentence, Also,
he revoked six month suspended
sentence.
The action brought to eight the
number of defendants ordered to
jail in the first two days of the
Superior Court term.