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ADVISORY COUNCIL LEADERS Dr. T.C. Blalock,
director, Agricultural Extension Service, is shown here with
officers of the newly organized N.C. Extension Advisory Council.
Seated are: L.F. Amburn, Jr., of Chowan County, chairman; and
Mrs. Sue Murdock of Gaston County, vice chairman. The council
is composed of 21 members representing the seven extension
districts across the state.
Advisory Group Is Formed
RALEIGH - The first N.C.
Extension Advisory Council was
formed here last Thursday and the
state director hailed the move as
“a significant step forward with
the Agricultural Extension Ser
vice programs in North Carolina.’’
All seven of extension’s districts
were repesented by the 10 people
from across Tar Heelia who
gathered at the McKimmon
Center here for the day-long
meeting. Two representatives
from each district had been
chosen by Dr. Carlton Blalock, on
the recommendation of district
chairman.
Formation of the statewide
council was recommended by
those people representing 95 of the
state’s 100 counties at a con
ference in January where the N.C.
Agricultural Extension Service
Public Parade
From The Mail
It appears that the editor of the
best newspaper published along
the Public Parade is getting a lot
of letters these days. Those with'a
signature find their way into the
columns of the newspaper. Those
without find their way into the
round file.
Last week’s mail brought one
which was thrown away* then
retrieved. We remembered that
after a considerable amount of
garbage the anonymous author
finally said something. Here it is:
“Isn’t it about time for the
bickering to stop and the people
who are responsible for governing
the Town of Edenton. get back to
basics and settle their differences
as gentlemen? Get to work to try
to make Edenton a better place in
which to live!”
By the way, the letter was dated
February 22 and postmarked in
Norfolk, Va., on February 26. The
U.S Postal Service needs offices a
little closer to the patrons in
Tidewater.
New Blood
We want to be among the first to
welcome Chris Bean to Cheap
Side. While he is no stranger to
many along the Public Parade, it is
the first time the young attorney
has hung out his shingle.
On March 1 he began the general
practice of law in offices formerly
occupied by the late Merrill J.
Evans, Jr. Mrs. Jeanne O’Neal
will continue as secretary in the
office.
Fresh from successfully passing
the bar examination in Sep
tember, 1975, Chris joined the staff
of Dist A tty. Tom Watts. From
then until February, 1977, he was
frequently in District and Superior
court in Chowan Comity. But he
felt the urge to try something
different and for the next year was
with the N.C. State Bar.
Chris returns to the Cradle of
The Colony to try his wings in
general practice. We wish him
well.
Hail To COA!
Group therapy is in vogue. Some
feel this has brought about a new
emphasis on regionalism, which is
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Advisory Leadership System was
unveiled.
L.F. Amburn, Jr., publisher of
The Chowan Herald in Edenton,
was elected chairman of the new
advisory group. Mrs. Sue Murdock
of Cherryville, director of the
Ecdnomic Development Com
mission there, was elected vice
chairman.
The council will meet at least
quarterly but will have a func
tioning executive committee that
will meet more frequently. Plans
are to continue the annual
statewide conference.
Two council members will be
elected at the district level and the
extension director will appoint a
third representative from each of
the districts.
Dr. Blalock told a group
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Winning Essayist
Mary Kay Lane, sixth grade
student at Chowan Academy,
received state recognition March
2, 1979 at the DAR Conference
in Pinehurst. A silver engraved
History MedaLad S2O cash award
were presented to Miss Lane as
first place winner at her grade
level in the DAR-sponsored essay
contest on “Travel In The Thir
teen Colonies”.
The essay contest is an annual
statewide DAR activity, initiated
to encourage patriotism, ap
preciation for America’s heritage
and better knowledge of the
nation’s progress among school
students in grades five through
eight.
Culminating activities of the
contest are scheduled each
February, which is American
History Month.
As a state winner, Miss Lane’s
essay will be entered into
divisional competition for
judging. Winning divisional essays
are then to be submitted in nation
al competition.
Miss Lane’s is the third essay
submitted by the Edenton Chapter
of the DAR since 1975 to win a first
place state award. Scott Can
teberry, a fifth grade student from
Ernest A. Swain Elementary
School won in 1975 and Sambo
Dixon, a Chowan Academy
student, won in 1976.
Mary Kay is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Merrill T. Lane of Tyner.
Her sixth grade teacher at
Chowan Academy is Miss Nelle
Manning.
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STATE WINNER Ail Edenton Tea Party Chapter
representative in an essay contest has won state honors. Mary
Kay Lane of Chowan Academy won first {dace at the Sixth Grade
level. Shown with her are Mrs. Peggy Leeper, left, DAR regent
here; and Mrs. Marguerite Burch; American History Month
Meeting In Raleigh Friday
Officials To Discuss River Pollution
Chowan County is expected to be
well represented at Friday’s
conference in Raleigh called by
Gov. Jim Hunt to develop a
comprehensive approach to
solving pollution problems in the
algae-plagued Chowan River.
Some 40 top governmental of
ficials from North Carolina and
Virginia have responded to the
governor’s invitation to attend,
according to Miss Betsy Warren,
special assistant to Sec. Howard
N. Lee of the Department of
Natural Resources and Com
munity Development.
Miss Warren told The Chowan
Herald that Virginia Gov. John
Dalton will be unable to attend but
is sending six people from his
administration.
When asked what is anticipated
to come out of this meeting, Miss
Warren responded that every
effort will be made to make
working together a focal point.
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Volume XLV. No. 10
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C. Christopher Bean
Attorney Bean
Opens Practice
C. Christopher Bean is now
engaged in the general practice of
law at 431 South Broad Street.
Bean occupies the office of the late
Merrill J. Evans, Jr.
Admitted to the North Carolina
Bar in September, 1975, Bean was
an assistant District Attorney on
the staff of Tom Watts in Elizabeth
City until February, 1977, at which
time he became a staff attorney
with the N.C. State Bar. In this
position he participated in the
trials of attorneys who had
engaged in dishonest, negligant or
unethical conduct.
Bean, 30, is a native of
Burlington. He received his AB
degree in political science from
the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill ana' his LLB from
Wake Forest University.
At Chapel Hill he was vice
president of the Junior and Senior
classes; a member o.f the Student
Legislature, Order of The Old Well
and Sigma Nu Fraternity.
While in law school he was vice
president of Phi Delta Phi legal
fraternity and a member of the
Moot Court Board.
“We have been too much at
odds,” she continued. “We must
get together and solve this thing.”
C.A. Phillips, chairman,
Chowan County commissioners,
will attend. Chowan County was
successful in forming a 10-county
task force which made a
presentation to Gov. Hunt
recently.
Others going from this county
are: Edenton Mayor Roy L.
Harrell and Town Administrator
W.B. Gardner; Charles Creighton,
president of Edenton-Chowan
Chamber of Commerce; Alfred
Howard, president of Arrowhead
Beach Property Owners
Association and a chamber
leader; Ernie Knighton of United
Piece & Dye Works, and L.F.
Amburn, Jr., of The Chowan
Herald.
“Gov. Hunt has said the algae
blooms have reached “proportions
which require immediate, positive
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, March 8, 1979
DOT Presents Proposals On Roads
More than 80 per cent of the
secondary roads in Chowan
County are paved and this will not
increase in the next year as county
commissioners will concentrate
on the stabilization of unpaved
roads on the state system.
Flag Is Stolen
The flag thief has struck for the
third time at Edward G. Bond Post
No. 40, American Legion, on U.S.
17-business. This time, though, his
desire was for the North Carolina
flag, not Old Glory.
Sheriff Troy Toppin reported
that the flag was stolen sometime
Sunday. He said the Sheriff’s
Department is offering a SIOO
reward for information leading to
the arrest and conviction of the
person who stole the flag.
The sheriff said the thief either
in the commission of the crime. On
in the commission of th crime. On
two earlier occasions the Ameican
Flag has been stolen. No arrests
have been made.
ROTC Program
Edenton-Chowan Board of
Education will make application
for establishment of a Naval
Junior Reserve Officers’ Training
Corps Unit in the system.
The unit would be at John A.
Holmes High School and provide a
four-year course of naval science
curriculum.
Board members for several
years have been attempting to get
such a program included in the
curriculum. Their vote on the
application, as presented Monday
night, was unanimous.
There was no discussion on the
application as presented by
Eugene Jordan, superintendent,
but the tone of the vote was an
expression of their strong support.
In another move involving
students, the board approved an
overnight field trip for Alternative
School students. The trip would be
made to Raleigh and Mrs. Clara
Boswell, director, said it would
include some 40 students and six
staff members.
For nearly an hour, board
members listened to a recitation
from John A. Mitchener, 111,
regarding “general public
awareness that a major personnel
change is forthcoming.”
W.J.P. Earnhardt, Jr., board
attorney, spoke to the specific
requirements and procedures of
the Teacher Tenure Act of 1971.
\ Dr. John Dunn, superintendent,
told the audience that he has no
authority to dismiss anyone. And
he said, he certainly wouldn’t
redommend anyone for a position
whit'-h does not exist.
Chairman Eugene Jordan, a
manlier of the N.C. School Boards
Association, said the group has
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action to save this river system”
which he recognizes as being “a
valuable resource for both North
Carolina and Virginia.”
“Since a large portion of the
Chowan basin lies within the
Commonwealth of Virginia, North
Carolina’s efforts to control algae
blooms will succeed only through
cooperation and coordination with
similar efforts in the Virginia
water quality program,” the
governor states.
Vic Snyder, a state employee
assigned to monitor the river, told
county commissioners Tuesday
that automatic samplers had been
installed near CF Industries at
Tunis and at the Winton bridge.
Also, he said the program calls for
looking at all tributaries to get
base line data to determine the
input from agriculture.
Phillips told Snyder: “We hear
that this and that are not con
tributing factors, but we know
Marc Basnight of Manteo, a
member of the Board of Tran
sportation led a delegation of
Department of Transportation
personnel at a joint meeting with
commissioners Tuesday morning.
The county accepted staff
recommendations to program
$83,000 for work on four roads. They
include: Mavaton Road, SR 1315;
Chambers Ferry Road, SR 1205;
Blanchard Lane, SR 1324; and
Skinners Road, SR 1309.
The retainage is $12,031,
Basnight pointed out that
Chowan’s $95,031 in secondary
improvement money comes from
bond allocation, state allocation
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STUDY ROAD IMPROVEMENTS Representatives of the
State Department of Transportation met Tuesday with Chowan
County commissioners to present a Secondary Roads Im
provement Program. Shown looking over a map which details
location of roads being programmed are, from left, Marc
Basnight of Manteo, a member of the Board of Transportation; F.
Wayne Adkins, Jr., of Ahoskie, division engineer; and C.A.
Phillips, chairman of the local board.
Miss Jordan Morehead Scholar
CHAPEL HILL - Debbie Lynne
Jordan, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry L. Jordan, Route 2,
Edenton, has received a Morehead
Award to study at the University
of North Carolina here.
The announcement is made
today by Hugh G. Chatham of
Elkin, chairman of the board of
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there are so many things that have
a bearing on the problem.” He
said “hot spots” of point sources
should be attacked immediately
with long range plans to attack
other factors contributing to the
problem.
The chairman also stated that
“some theories put forth by those
in high places cause us concern.
They cause us to wonder if we are
being successful in getting our
point across at the level where this
problem must be focused.”
The day before, Rep. Vernon
James of Pasquotank County told
the commissioners he felt
that local officials had been suc
cessful in getting the attention oi
top state officials. “I think they
have felt the two by four,” the
legislator stated.
Rep. James said he is meeting
with Gov. Hunt this week and the
Chowan River will be the No. 1
priority item for discussion.
Single Copies 15 Cents.
and unallocated funds.
Commissioner Lester Copeland
suggested that the county try to
improve unpaved roads with the
money available until they are
all stabilized.
Chairman C.A. Phillips said he
thought this is a good approach,
adding that this is in line with
what DOT is attempting,
Commissioner J.D. Peele asked
for some work on SR 1206, near the
intersection at Grover Cale’s Store.
He said he realized that right-of
way had been a problem but some
work is needed. Basnight said he
felt the state could improve a
section of the road at minimum cost.
trustees of the John Motley
Morehead Foundation.
Miss Jordan, a senior at John A.
Holmes High School, is a National
Merit semi-finalist, a member of
the varsity track team and
president of the Biology Club.
She is one of the 66 high school
seniors who have received a 1979
Morehead Award, which is
presented to students of suprior
achievement and potential.
Academic standing, character,
evidence of leadership and ser
vice, physical vigor and ambition
are the qualities looked for in a
Morehead scholar.
The scholarship currently are
worth $12,000 for tv h Carolina
students for four years of study at
UNC-CH. Out-of-state scholars
receive the same stipend but the
foundation also pays the out-of
state tuition differential.
Morehead Award selection
followed a yearlong screening
process which culminated in fiM
al interviews in Chapel Hfil
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