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Thursday. September 21, 1978 ftwmmm . ; i|« n^HI -M *5 _ 'TOfflmflff' jyil-v- ' RAFFLE TICKETS ON SALE—Tom Dail and Greg White, two members of the John A. Holmes High School Band are pictured above making a raffle ticket sale to Mayor Roy L. Harrell as part of a fund raising effort for the annual Peanut Festival and the band. Spon sored by the Edenton-Chowan Band Parents Association, the raffle drawing will be held on October 7at 3:30 P.M. in the American Legion Building. First prize will be SIOO in groceries and double green stamps from P&Q Supermarket. Second prize will be SSO worth of gasoline from the Edenton Shell Service Station. Members of the band and the association are jurently selling the raffle tickets community-wide. You do not have to be present to win. ECAS Elects Student Council Slate Seven students at the Edenton-Chowan Alter native School were elected to the Student Council on September 11. Those elected were: Johnny Nixon, president; Club Prepares For Fair The members of Center Hill Extension Club and the ladies of Center Hill com munity are busily making plans for operating the Center Hill Concession stand at the Chowan County Fair next week. The stand will open for breakfast which will be served from 8 to 9:30 A.M. At other times fried chicken and ham plates will be the feature of the week, hot dogs and hamburgers, will be available at any time and to I Peanut Festival A Horse Show T 1:00 P. M„ Oct. 7,1978 I Chowan Co. Fairgrounds NEWIS | ■ , K ★ Console Styling ★ Enamel ★ 60,000 BTU ★ Gyro Jet Burner —NOW AVAILABLE AT Carpet & Appliance Plaza Inc. I South Broad St. Edenton, N. C. 4 WHEEL DRIVE large stock of SPECIALIST! ■KWHPIPO I HEAVY DUTY CHASSIS BLAZERS & SUBURBANS CABS IN STOCK! aI■AH ■ ■ m d 794-4071 MliTmiWIW ■ FRANCHISED HEAVY DUTY CHEVY DEALER <-■ Debbi Dunham, vice president; Darlene Coston, secretary; Gloria Boyce, treasurer; Wayne Chappell, reporter; Mark Drew, chairman, of the Fund Raising Committee; and Johnny Copeland, sergeant- top it off, there will be the desserts, such as pies, cakes, candies, nuts, tarts and other home baked foods all home baked made from the kitchens of Center Hill ladies. Drinks will be for sale at all times, both hot and cold. Mrs. H.T. Holloweil, club president, extends to each and everyone an invitaton to come visit Center Club members at the Center Hill Concession Stand. g The penny it an alloy of copper, tin and zinc. at-arms and historian. The newly elected officers already have several projects planned for the coming school year. Plans include decorating a booth at the County Fair, drafting a constitution, opening a student store, conducting fund raising projects and participating in the Peanut Festival. Representatives of the Student Government will also attend division and district meetings at Perquimans and John A. Holmes High Schools this month. NOTICE OF MEETING The Community Development Citizens Advisory Board will meet Tuesday, October 3, 1978, at 7:30 P. M. in the Edenton Housing Au thority Offices at 115 Blades Street. Items on the agenda in clude a progress report on the public works improvements, hous ing rehabilitation and acquisition. Chairman West Byrum will pre side. Information about the Com munity Development program can be obtained at the Commun ity Development Office, 115 Blades Street or by calling 483- VALUE * Newfanti-corrosion measures W ■ A Partial tirp^ | * Body c °!° recl ,ront and rear • New ease of service features • More head and leg room than last year • More trunk space, too. • LeMans are equipped with GM-built engines m—mmmm—m produced by various divisions. See us for details Y >dßx«" l « Ho ** WTm * oM * 0 ‘ AHT PONTIAC MOTOR CORP. f{mi saw THE CHOWAN HERALD College Offers Local History, Geneology Course A class in Local History and Genealogy will again be offered at Martin Com munity College beginning Wednesday evening and concluding Novemeber 29. The course will provide an introduction to the Colonial history of the Roanoke River area through the formation of Martin County in 1774 and the Revolutionary War with special attention to those factors having influence upon the study of genealogy. In the genealogy portion of I the course, special attention will be given to the problems facing the beginning | genealogist, how to develop I a pedigree chart, and making family charts. In struction is given on the ‘ collection, organization, and , use of family data as well as public records. The class will visit both the Martin i County Courthouse and the i State Archives at Raleigh, i The class will be taught i by Ralph W. Donelly of Washington, who conducted several classes last year. Donnelly was a reference historian for the U.S. Marine Corps for eight years before retiring to Chartered Bus To State Fair To all youth that are in terested in the Raleigh State Fair! There will be a chartered bus leaving the Resource Center at 114 North Oakum Street, at 6:30 A.M. October 14. Price per 1 person is $7. All monies must be in by October 7. For further in formation call 482-4564. Washington three years ago. He is currently the chair man of the Beaufort County Historic Properties Com mission. Class members will be introduced to both original records and microfilm copies of public records. The library at Martin Com munity College has recently expanded its holdings of public records on microfilm by the addition of 314 reels from not only Martin County but neighboring counties as CITIZENS JJigtftlue ml Discount Drug Center J»SL VITAMINS Liquid] m I 030 1 =■ 1 ELECTRIC SHAVER iMjj 9 ! y> 99 11 r>26“ i ~~Will flllilUJi TYLENOL EXTRA-STRENGTH PEPSI ADULT LIQUID ■jflF | MT. 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The material now available at Martin Community College offers an unusual and unique opportunity to residents of the area to pursue much of the research for their family history locally in Williamston. The class will begin September 20 at Martin Community College and will meet from 7 to 10 P.M. on Wednesdays with an all-day Saturday visit (date to be arranged) to the State Archives in Raleigh. There is a $5 registration fee (no fee for registrants Page 5-C over 65) A reference book by Gilbert H. Doans entitled, “Searching For Your An cestors”, (3th Revised Edition) is recommended for the class members and will be made available through the college book store. The word “veto" comes from a Latin word meaning"! forbid."
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