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Welcome Teachers
We want to be among the first
along the Public Parade to
welcome the teacher corps of
Edenton-Chowan Schools and
Chowan Academy. This goes for
the veterans who hang around
during the off season as well as
those who join the ranks for the
first time this year.
This is a community which
attracts people of all walks of life,
not just as tourists and visitors,
but people who find it a com
fortable and profitable place to
retire and-or make a living.
One of the primary reasons this
community has such an attraction
has to be credited to our schools
and the professionals who make
them click. We are experiencing
additional emphasis on volunteers
in the classrooms and community
based support for education. This
is a long overdue switch, but
without the expertise of the
professionals it could never work
effectively.
As the teachers work for the
next couple of weeks getting ready
for the students, we hope parents
will take advantage of the op
portunity to discuss with them the
test scores recently released.
Every effort is being made to
make it as convenient as possible
for the working parent to visit the
schools, and likewise, every
parent has a responsibility to help
in the attempt to strengthen the
education of their children by
keeping the appointment.
Next week the homeroom
assignments will be published in
The Chowan Herald. Then on
August 28 the students will arrive
and everyone will begin getting it
all together. Have a good year!
Pete's Goof
H.W. (Pete) Whitley of Hertford
County is chairman of the En
vironmental Management
Commission. He also owns
Tuscarora Beach, a public bathing
area on the Chowan River.
He admits to bring •
tlie-roader” so far as being an
environmentalist. But he doesn’t
want the Town of Winton to con
tinue to be allowed to discharge
treated sewage 1,500 feet from his
property.
Anyone knowledgeable of the
value of good water quality in
public bathing areas can un
derstand Pete’s concern. It is also
the concern of thousands of people
in the entire Albemarle sound
Basin which is now threatened by
the recent algae bloom.
This, then, leads us to Pete’s
goof. In a recent interview he got
sorta carried away in describing
his love for the Chowan, saying he
is now pleased with the river’s
condition, calling it “one of the
cleanest on the East Coast.’’
Either he made the statement
prior to July 4th or he hasn’t
visited Tuscarora Beach lately.
Projects
The weather may be hot and
humid, the river, bay and sound
green, but it doesn’t hinder ac
tivity along the Public Parade. As
yak meander through the com
munity you may get a glimpse of a
project here mid there, or hear
about others.
When one puts them down on
paper the degree of activity is
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photo, and hanger at Edenton Municipal Airport have been
buildings are said such a state of ill
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WORK TO FREE DRIVER Members of Edenton-Chowan
Rescue Squad are pictured as they worked to free the driver of
this overturned truck Monday morning. Leroy Nelson of Winston-
Salem was pinned in the wreckage for nearly two hours but
escaped serious injury. The mishap occurred on Base Road, east
of Chowan Golf & County Club.
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Volume XLIV.—No. 33.
New Study Os Algae Problem Slated
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WANT LAB MANNED The Coastal Resources Commission,
meeting in Raleigh last Friday, took action to encourage the State
Department of Natural Resources & Community Development to
provide funds to man this now unused mobile lab at the corner of
West Gale Street Ext., and Twiddy Avenue. The personnel would
continuously monitor the Chowan River and Albemarle Sound
Basm.
Teen Births High Here
Twenty-eight per cent of the
total births in Chowan County
during 1977 was to a teen-ager, the
second highest in the 10-county
Albemarle Area.
During the past year there were
207 births in the county with 58 of
them to a teen-ager. Tyrrell
County’s 29 per cent was the
highest in the region. There were
1,626 total births in the area, 394 or
one out of every four, to a teen
ager.
Os the 394, it was estimated by
the Family Planning Program of
Albemarle Regional Planning &
Development Commission that
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over half were unplanned births.
Firstborns went to 294 of these
mothers, the youngest mother
being aged 12. Quite a few vied for
the youngest mother with the most
children. At age 14 one mother
gave birth to her second child and
a 15-year-old did the same. Some
16-year-olds were giving birth to
their second child, while 17,18 and
19-year-olds were birthing their
third child. And three birthed their
fourth child at age 19.
The statistics were complied
from a report released by the N.C.
Division of Health Services, which
showed an increase in births
provement program. The tower building, which also houses the
administrative offices of the 10-county Economic Improvement
Council, Inc., would be replaced with a small, functional brick
structure. “T” hangers would replace the huge existing building
and would be easy to maintain.
No Serious Injuries
Damages Costly In Trucking Mishaps
Two truck drivers escaped
serious injury in separate accidents
in Chowan County early this week
while property damage mounted.
Leroy Nelson, 41-year-old
Winston-Salem Negro, was driver
of a 1973 Ford truck which
allegedly was forced off SR 1114
about 9:45 A.M. Monday near
Chowan Golf & Country Club.
The van-type truck, owned by
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LIQUOR TRANSPORT OVERTURNS This tractor-trailer rig, carrying an estimated SIOO,OOO
liquor cargo, overturned early Tuesday morning shortly after crossing the Chowan River. Terry
Curtis Thompson, Route 2, Four Oaks, second from left, was the driver and Jerry M. Barbour,
Route 1, Benson, left, was his passenger. Both escaped serious injury. State Trooper Pat Mitchell!
the investigating officer, is shown at the scene directing traffic while preparations were being made
to unload the trailer and clear the highway.
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, August 17, 1978.
A team of 10 people from the
State Division of Environmental
Management began a new study
Wednesday designed to document
present conditions in the Chowan
River and its tributaries. This is a
new effort to determine the cause
of a severe algae bloom which is
Head ‘Misleading’
Claiming that a headline in The
Chowan Herald last week was
misleading, Jimmie M. Parrish,
president, Chowan County Farm
Bureau, states that the directors of
the organization oppose the $3.5-
million school bond referendum
but are not opposed to con
solidation of the schools.
“We have not voted or men
tioned being opposed to con
solidation but we are against the
bond issue,” he said Monday.
Parrish said as far as the Farm
Bureau is concerned consolidation
and the bond referendum are two
different issues. “The bond issue
is controlled by the taxpayers and
consolidation is controlled by the
school board,” he added.
Last week a spokesman for the
organization appeared before
Chowan County commissioners
and presented a statement in
opposition to the bond referen
dum. The headline on the story
pointed up the bureau’s opposition
to consolidation, which Parrish
claims is misleading since his
group considers the issues
separately and distinct in their
own right.
Douglas Battery Manufacturing
Company, slid across the road and
overturned in the ditch on the left
hand shoulder. Nelson was pinned
in the wreckage for nearly two
hours before members of Edenton-
Chowan Rescue Squad could free
him.
Squad members were aided by
wreckers from Albemarle Motor
Company and Gregory Poole
choking not only the river but
Edenton Bay and portions of
Albemarle Sound.
Mike McCarthy, an en
vironmental engineer, heads the
team. The current study will
also include the taking of air
samples around CF Industries.
The study is in response to
requests from Edenton Chamber
of Commerce, Coastal Resources
Commission and others to Gov.
Jim Hunt and Sec. Howard N. Lee
of the Department of Natural
Resources & Community
Development.
CRC’s latest move came Friday
at a meeting in Raleigh where Sec.
Lee was asked to man a mobile lab
on Twiddy Avenue with personnel
to do continuous monitoring of the
river. Frank Furlough of
Columbia introduced the motion
which had the unanimous support
of the CRC.
Dr. Arthur Cooper of Raleigh, a
N.C. State University scientist
who was with the state at the time
of the 1972 algae bloom, said only
through the collection of data on a
systematic basis and over a long
period of time can accurate steps
be taken to correct the problems in
the Chowan River. He is now a
CRC member.
Dr. Parker Chesson of Elizabeth
City, CRC chairman, said the
intent of this motion, along with
earlier CRC resolutions centering
around water quality in the
Albemarle Sound Basin, is
designed to “get the attention of
those in a position to take action”.
In brief comments to the
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Workshop Set
Edenton-Chowan Schools an
nounce a workshop for anyone
interested in having their name
placed on the approved list of
substitute teachers for the 1978-79
school year. This workshop will be
held August 23 at D.F. Walker
Cafeteria from 9 A.M. to 3 P.M.
Persons who are already on the
approved list should attend from 1
P.M. to 3 P.M. the same day.
Substitute teachers must hold a
high school diploma or the
equivalent and must attend this
full-day workshop before they can
be employed.
Additional information about
substitute work may be obtained
by calling the Edenton-Chowan
Schools Administrative Office,
482-4436.
Equipment Company. Sheriff
Troy Toppin and his deputies
responded to the call as did
Edenton Fire Department.
State Trooper Ray Potts said
Nelson was taken to Chowan
Hospital where he was treated for
cuts and bruises. He was admitted
to the hospital for observation.
The trooper estimated the
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Program Aid
Local Farmers
The N.C. Agricultural Extension
Service has stationed two
specialists in Edenton to help
intensify educational programs
for farmers in the Albemarle
Area.
They are Dr. Henry W. Webster,
an animal science specialist; and
Dr. John R. Anderson, a crop
science specialist.
Dr. T.C. Blalock, state ex
tension director, said the
specialists were being placed in
Edenton to “provide technical
backstopping for our county ex
tension agents.”
“We fed that this additional
expertise can help farmers and
agribusinessmen take advantage
of some of the agricultural op
portunities that exist in the
Albemarle Area,” Dr. Blalock
added.
Dr. Anderson will work with
agents on educational programs
pertaining to corn, soybeans and
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