Heard IMR Sc ■■ Seen fl|P Being promoted to editor emeritus of The Herald, whatever that means, has resulted that I am on the. job setting type six hours a day on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and most of those hours means pecking on the keys of an Intertype machine. This column for many years has been written on Wednesday morning so that being absent on that day the column has not appeared for a few weeks. This week, however, there was not very much type required from the typesetting machine, so that on Tuesday enough time was on hand to scribble a few lines. That the column has been read and ap parently enjoyed by a large number of readers is reflected in the fact that several letters have beat received asking why the column was missing and quite a few people have also asked why it has stopped. So that when time permits while on duty 18 hours a week maybe enough space will be available in the paper to print something. Os course, Tuesday was election day when,on the local scene there were five candidates for two county commissioners and three candidates for membership on the Board of Education. And election day is in the same category as athletic events. There must be some winners and some must be losers. At any event the voters have spoken so that some of the candidates are happy over the outcome and, of course, there are those, no doubt, who are disap pointed. But that’s the way of politics. So be it. And then those who were not interested enough to go to the polls to cast their ballot have no reason to bellyache about who has been elected. —O— Henry Bunting, up Arrowhead Beach way, jyafejn the, office the other day antfwhlle chatting with him he asked if I wanted to take a chance on a razor. “No," I said, “I have several razors.” But looking me straight in the eyes, I think what Henry want to say was: “Why in the dickens don’t you use one of ’em, for you need a shave.” John Mitchener has been bothered with a nagging cold for some time now. While in the office one day this week he said the cold bothered him very much, but what also caused some regret was that he has been taking them same pills that he carries to sell. Local Red Men were honored, Monday night when Wainwright Land of Wilson, Great Sachem of Red Men in North Carolina, visited Chowan Tribe, together with David Wilson of Elizabeth City, Great Junior Sagamore. It has been quite a while since a Great Sachem visted Chowan Tribe, so that some of the local officers were sort of fidgety as to go about greeting and introducing the big injun. However, Friend Land said he didn’t expect a lot of formality for he was just “one of the boys,” which caused the af fected officers to such a degree that they felt at ease. In the neighborhood of 30 members of the Methodist Men’s Club and their wives journeyed over to the Soundside Restaurant Wednesday night to observe ladies’ night. It was a very en joyable program which everybody apparently enjoyed The biggest trouble however, was that parking over there is about like finding a parking place at a football game. And the same problem has developed for local Masons since a lot at Johnson’s bridge has been roped off and Cliff Shoaf has fenced in his property across from ,the Masonic Temple. —o- Wanna see a beautiful sight? Just drive around Edenton, and took at the beautiful dogwood frees, azaleas and other flowers and trees now in their glory. ‘ Continued from Page I County water system, it would be a first for Eastern Tar Heelia. The area is closely aligned, with basically the same goals—pluses and minuses. In other words, it is a natural area to educators—just like Merchants Mill Pond is to ecologists and environmentalists. A Tri-County Career Education Center would also compliment the Albemarle Cento- which the State Department of Natural Resources & Community Development, along with the Alliance For Progress, is rapidly moving toward. This area has more to gain through cooperation than through independence. Interdependence is the name of the game, and so long as it does not do violence to the culture, economics, and live-style of an area, then the advantages are what makes things happen. People meandering along the Public Parade and throughout Northeastern North Carolina should applaud the boards of education for taking off their blinders. Like water and garbage; law enforcement and planning, problems don’t stop at man-made boundaries, be they county or municipal. Cooperation is the password and without it life will be more difficult for everyone. One of the greatest stumbling blocks is something called “credit” and-or “visibility”. The first should be left to the ac counting profession and the second should be erased from the vocabulary. Then, when put in proper prosepective, the citizenry can move ahead at an unhindered pace. Nicknames Our’s is “Bud”. That is what we like the majority to call us. Yet there are those who would add a letter and interchange them to comply with their own ex pressions. “Johnny” is what they call the coordinator of Distributive Education out at John A. Holmes High School. “Money”—Melvin Lane, and “Muskrat”—Pam Griffin” won 4he top honors at a recent banquet. But the whole show was a success, thrilling several hundred people who feasted on country ham and chicken, with a desert of entertainment ranked second to none. “Grand Ole Armory” was the theme. When Teresa Harrell sang, “You, Light Up My Life” one could remember when he had paid a higher fee and received much less, in song and in feeling. But you can’t measure achievement in dollars and cents, as Johnny’s merchandise majors might lecture. It is a longer suit, one of an assessment of values rather than world trade. If you teach a kid this, then you will have gone the second mile, no matter what nickname or handle you put on him. Water Safety Boating accidents'took the lives of 1,312 persons in 1977, the second lowest fatality count during the last 10 years, according to the latest U.S. Coast Guard statistics. During the past year there were 6,815 reported boating accidents involving 8,554 vessels. In addition to the fatalities, 1,779 persons were injured and 811.5-million worth of property damage resulted from these accidents. Die state agency is teaching a boating safety course to Seventh Graders. It is a relief to know that every student in that age group along the Public Parade have The Chowan Herald P. 0. BOX 207, EdcnlOn, N.C. 27932 Pubtishod *v*ry Thursday at E don ton by Th« Chowan Harald, Inc., L. F. Ambom, Jr., president and ganaral manager, 421-05 South Broad Straat, Edenton, North Carolina, 27932. Entered at second-class matter August 30, 1934, at the Poet Office of Edenton, North Carolina, under Act o» March 3, 1070. L. F. Amburn, Jr. Editors Publisher J. Edwin Bufflap E.N. Manning R. Hector mpton Editor Emeritus General Superintendent Advertising Director Emeritus R. Flynn Surratt Advertising Director Subscription Rates o»e Year (outside N.C) 1 M OO One Year (In N.C) p'n Six Months (outsMs N.C) ’ ft ay Six Months (In N.C) ff ft Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, May 4,1978 Heirloom Discoveries Net $ 2,210 By Anne Schenck , Almost 500 people brought their treasures to the Armory Saturday for appraisal by experts from Sotheby Parke Bernet. Thanks to this tremendous participation, $2,210 will be donated to the Cupola House as profit from the Saturday affair. On Friday night, over 300 guests gathered at Wessington House, the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Graham, for a party, one free appraisal, and an auction for such items as an hour flight over the Town of Edenton, a day on a sailboat, an 18th Century dinner, and a bird feeder, complete with 25 pounds of bird seed! Profits from this event bring the total contribution to the Cupola House to approximately $3,500. It was certainly a memorable weekend for everyone involved. Among the heirlooms discovered by Edentonians were a 17th Century Flemish master painting, valued at $600; a Hudson River Valley landscape, worth $8,000; and a 19th Century matchbox made of California gold, and valued at $l5O. Os course, there were a number of disappointments. One family discovered that their most prized painting, believed to be by an 18th century portrait painter was, in fact, a copy made at a much later date. The Cupola House Association wishes to thank everyone 1 who helped in planning and everyone who participated in this significant fund-raising effort. completed the course this year and over the past four years more than 250,000 students state-wide have been certified. In addition, the local auxiliary sponsors courses in water safety from time to time. Between the two there is bound to be an impact made on individuals they reach and this ultimately trickles down the line t<% affect the statistics. With-all the water we have access to this type training is beneficial to all who swim or ride. The chances are that if a person takes the commission course he will become safety conscious and if he needs a refresher course at a later date the auxiliary is standing by to assist. To Better Inform v “Government works best when its citizens are informed as to what the elected officials are doing,” Lt. Gov. Jimmy Green wrote in a memorandum to the Tar Heel news media. He went on to remind us of our responsibility to pass along in formation to our subscribers and agreed to provide the information in a manner which makes it almost effortless to obtain. The lieutenant governor has had a telephone answering and recording machine installed in his office. Pre-recorded messages on news actualities, schedule in formation, legislative wrap-ups (when the General Assembly is in session), and public service in formation will be available. The larger newspapers, through their correspondents and the wire services, already have ready access to the information coming from the Legislative Building. Lt. Gov. Green, we believe, had us small frys in mind since we reach more people weekly than a lot of folks would care to a