Board Favors Renovation
A special committee from
Edenton Chowan Board of
Education has recommended a
consolidation plan with a $150,000
price tag. It would be ac
complished by August, 1979,
through the use of mobile
classrooms and renovations of
Public Parade
Two Fronts
Elected officials along the
Public Parade this week launched
attacks on two important fronts.
Chowan County commissioners
agreed Monday morning to
spearhead the establishing of a
task force to do battle with state
and federal officials over water
-quality in the Chowan River and.
Albemarle Sound.
Ten hours later, Edenton-
Chowan Board of Education ac
cepted the mechanics of a plan “to
provide the best education
possible for all students of the
county and to do so as inex
pensively as possible.”
Neither the algae in our waters,
nor the need for school con
solidation are new topics of
discussion. Both assaults now
being mounted are bold efforts on
'the part of our elected officials and
deserve the support and
cooperation of everyone.
The condition in which our
greatest natural resource along
the Public Parade and throughout
Northeastern North Carolina has
been allowed to develop is
shameful. The unequal op
portunities now afforded our
children is equally as bad.
To do something about both is
going tt> take patience, un
derstanding and money; probably
in that order. If all of us exercise
the first two the third can be
found.
Touching Base
It was in August, 1977, that a
group of men and women gathered
in the board room of Peoples Bank
& Trust Company in Hertford. It
was a representative group of
citizens concerned about voids in
health care in pockets of Nor
theastern North Carolina.
Out of that, and subsequent
meetings, grew the Northeastern
Rural Health Development
Association. Significant progress
has been made by the association
and signs on the horizon indicate
great accomplishments for the
citizens in our area in the near
future.
The concept developed by NRH
DA, with the aid of providers in
medicine and dentistry, was to
establish satellite clinics in rural
unserved communities. These
clinics would be backed up by a
base facility with sufficient
flexibility and diversity to provide
a multitide of services under the
same umbrella.
Those associated with NRHDA
shared the excitement of this
concept with the innovative
providers. The area’s Health
Systems Agency also liked the
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THAT LOCAL FLAVOR—Edenton and Chowan County were
well represented at Friday night’s foil banquet of the Albemarle
Law A Order Association held at Nags Head. In picture at far left,
Bloodmoble Visit—Monday, Nov. 13—American Legion Building
12 Noon Until 6 P.M.—150 Units
existing facilities.
. To this end the board will seek a
meeting with Chowan County
commissioners to discuss finances
and move ahead for a public
hearing which is required to close
Chowan High School.
(The Chowan Herald is printing
the text of the report elsewhere in
today’s edition.)
The report was the target of
criticism from Gil Burroughs,
faculty member at John A.
Holmes High School, who com
plained that the public and
professional staff had not
been asked to provide. input
at this point.
Chairman Eugene Jordan ex
plained that it was the board’#
responsibility to get a basic . c <
established before solicit. °<.
comments from others. H*.
assured Burroughs that this was
just the committee’s report and
there would be adequate time to
explore other avenues.
At one point he said it should be
kept in mind that money would
have to be found to do the work.
Supt. John Dunn said the com
mittee wanted to provide the best
education for everyone and do it as
inexpensively as possible.
He too said the real problem
would be money.
Dr. Edward G. Bond said he felt
the board should have additional
input before the [dan goes to public
hearing or the commissioners. He
was told the public hearing would
be on the closing of a high school
and not the consolidation plan.
Mrs. Emily G. Amburn
reminded her colleagues that they
are committed to consolidation.
She added that the committee
wanted to do as little as absolutely
necessary to accomplish it at this
time since it was the feeling that
the best way is through a new
school.
Tough Approach
Chowan County commissioners
are taking a “hard line” on area
water quality problems and will
spearhead organization of a task
force of locally elected officials to
pressure state and federal of
ficials for corrective action.
This decision was made at a
meeting here Monday where
Commissioners J.D. Peele and
C.A. Phillips were named to serve
on a steering committee with
County Manager Eddie Dick to
form the task force.
While no decision was made at
the meeting, it was expressed that
the involvement of locally elected
officials from the Virginia line to
Oregon Inlet would be invited to
participate.
Earlier efforts by Hertford
County to form a four-county
group Hertford, Chowan, Gates
and Bertie never materialized.
The involvement of locally
elected officials was stressed by
Edenton Chamber of Commerce
which has “exhausted about all
avenues of citizen effort”
regarding the algae bloom in
Chowan River and Albemarle
Sound this summer.
Commissioner Peele reported
that Sunday the river in the
vicinity of Rocky Hock Creek was
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Cost At $150,000
In the report, the only basic
deviation from a May, 1978,
decision for consolidation would
be to leave Sixth Graders in the
northern end of the county at
Chowan Junior High School,
because of space limitations at
White Oak.
Ernest A. Swain Elementary
School would be used only for the
Alternative School and COA
Learning Resources Center.
J.P. Timberlake, CPA, touched
on highlights of the 1977-78 audit
and commended the staff for an
outstanding job, especially with
investments.
A resolution of appreciation was
presented to Morris Small, who
did not seek re-election.
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PLAN OBSERVANCE— Representatives of local government
here pledged their support to the Farm-City Week observance,
November 17-23. Oscar White, center, chairman of the annual
banquet set for November 20 is flanked by Mayor Roy L.
Harrell and Alton G. Elmore, vice chairman of the board of county
commissioners, as Farm-City Week is formally proclaimed
here.
Shepard Heads Observance
Thomas H. Shepard has been
named Chowan County chairman
for the 1978 observance of Farm-
City Week. The appointment was
announced by J. Wilbur Cabe of
Statesville, state Farm-City Week
Chairman.
Civil Court Set
Judge David I. Smith of
Burlington will preside over a civil
session of Chowan County
Superior Court here next week.
Motions will be heard beginning at
10 A.M. Monday.
Mrs. Lena M. Leary, court
clerk, said the trial of cases had
also been set for Monday. Several
contested cases are expected to
keep the court in session much of
the week.
On the motion docket are three
cases in which E.H. Wiggins is the
plaintiff in which he is requesting
a new trial on the basis of newly
discovered evidence. The
defendants are Edward Z. Evans,
Miles E. Bunch and Willie T.
Bunch.
The cases involve property in
the'ltocky Hock section of the
county.
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Mrs. Melvin E. Bunch is shown with U.S. Sen. Bob Morgan and
State Sen. Melvin Daniels. In the center photo, Howard Kramer
of the State Attorney General’s office is greeted by Mrs. Juanita
How Chowan Co. Voted Tuesday
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Ingram 265 307 70 114 37 81 10 884
U. S. House
Jones 325 497 109 166 60 107 20 959
Newcomb 46 85 26 64 17 8 7 253
Edenton, North Carolina, November 9,1978
Serving with Shepard as co
chairman for the county com
mittee is Pete Thompson, county
extension chairman. Oscar White
is chairman of the banquet
committee.
Farm-City Week will be ob
served across the nation on
November 17-23, ending on
Thanksgiving Day. The purpose of
the event is to help create a better
understanding between rural and
urban people. The theme for 1978
is “Farm and City Partners in
Economic Progress.”
The annual banquet, set for
November 20, is planned by the
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ALOA Honors
Former Leader
NAGS HEAD Albemarle Law
& Order Association honored the
late Melvin E. Bunch of Edenton
at its fall meeting here Friday
night. U.S. Sen. Bob Morgan was
the keynote speaker.
Bunch served as planning
director for the association from
1971 until his death late in October.
Robert L. Spivey of Perquimans
County, past ALOA president, said
the event was dedicated to Mr.
Bunch who made it outstanding in
all of North Carolina. “We are all
proud of the work he did that will
live after him,” he added.
At the conclusion of the meeting,
Mrs. Lena M. Leary of Edenton
accepted a plaque on behalf of
Mrs. Bunch, who attended
In his prepared remarks, Sen.
Morgan said he believes that the
association “represents a basic
understanding that many law
enforcement problems are best
managed through cooperative
efforts which avoid needless
duplication and waste.”
“I don’t believe, however, that
federal money should be used to
encourage or discourage local
actions,” he continued. In other
words, the LEAA motto should be
assistance, not control.”
Sen. Morgan encouraged officers
to continue to focus attention on
improving the criminal justice
system within each locality and
within the state.
Elizabeth City Police Chief W.
Clarence Owens, ALOA president,
presided
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Cozzens and F.M. Godwin. At far right, W.B. Gardner chats with
Charlie Winberry of Rocky Mount, who is expected to be named
by President Cuter to a federal judgeship.
Balloting Close
For Jesse Helms
U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms picked up
support in Chowan County
Tuesday but failed by 90 votes to
top Insurance Commissioner John
Ingram in extremely light voting.
However, Sen. Helms won re
election to a six-year term in
statewide balloting.
Rep. Walter B. Jones of the first
Congressional District was elected
to another two-year term, out
distancing Republican James M.
Newcomb 959 to 253 in the six
Chowan boxes.
The two U.S. Congress races
were the only ones to draw much
attention of local voters. There
were no local contests.
A total of 1,750 votes were cast,
including 28 absentees. This
represents but 32.1 per cent of the
5,441 registered voters. Sen.
Helms received 45.4 per cent of the
votes cast in his race with Ingram
In 1972, a year in which both a
president and governor was on the
ballot to create interest, Sen
Helms got 42 per cent of the votes
cast in his bid against Nick
Galifanakis. At that time the GOI’
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Sheriff Troy Toppin
Nags Head Mayor Don Bryan