Personal; Again
The silence at 104 West Gale
Street is deafening. There are
fewer Amburns in the same house
at a particular time than in the
past two decades.
And about the only thing we can
blame it on is education.
Maru, who is plying a specialty
in fun at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, is
brightening the corridors and
committee rooms of the U. S.
Congress this summer. Thanks to
Rep. Walter B. Jones of the First
Congressional District, she is on
the staff of the House Merchant
Marine & Fisheries Committee.
Paul, who became our first
Edentonian, is a member of the
John A. Holmes High School Band
which this week is the band in
residence at the Mid-Atlantic
Band Front Camp at Ferrum
(Va.) College. He is doubling as
photographer for The Chowan
Herald and Peanut Gazette.
Greer, who became the last of
the clan, is at the School of The
Arts in Winston-Salem for a five
week stint at ballet. This is the 12-
year-old’s second summer ex
perience. She studied gymnastics
two years ago at the University of
Richmond.
Sunday was a long day. Paul
was up early so he wouldn’t be late
for the band trip. After unloading
him on Otis Strother, we loaded up
Greer and headed west.
We stopped off in Greensboro for
free food and lodging with in-laws.
This afforded us the opportunity to
visit with Mr. and Mrs. William
Head who Greer guided during the
Pilgrimage of Colonial Edenton &
..Countryside.
Then Monday it was on to
Winston-Salem where registration
afforded us the opportunity to once
again stand in lines for more than
an hour. Our luck was still intact.
Greer received a third floor room
assignment and anyone who has
ever taken a youngster away for
five weeks knows how the old back
and legs felt once the last item was
. removed fromJthe car.. „
We got back along the Public
Parade to find that everything
didn’t come to a complete stand
still while we'were away. And that
didn’t provide much relief for the
empty feeling we had inside.
Back To Ricks
J. C. Jones is going back to
Ricks Hall, tthe ivory tower of
Agricultural Extension Service on
the campus of the West Raleigh
branch of the Greater University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Extension personnel are covered
by the federal Hatch Act so Mr.
Jones will have to forget
everything he learned (?) about
politics during his tenure with the
State Department of Ad
ministration these past two years.
Also, those in Ricks Hall have
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Coop To Open
Chowan Cooperative Produce
Exchange will open July 2. Kevin
Twine is manager.
The exchange at Valhalla wil) be
open on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday at I P.M.
Twine said Toby Williford will
be auctioneer, and Charlene
Evans will serve as secretary.
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ROASTER AND ROASTEE—J. Gilliam Wood, left, was one ot
«botttado«« local citizens who delighted in “roasting” John A.
Mitcbener, Jr , during WCDJ’s tint annual businessman's roast.
In the center Is Terry Jones, a WCDJ official. Nearly aoo people
attended the event June gi at Edenton Jaycee Community
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OFF TO CAMP The Marching Aces of John A. Holmes High
School are serving as the band in residence this week at the Mid-
Atlantic Band Front Camp on the campus of Ferrum College in
southwestern Virginia. Paul Amburn is shown here with Director
Otis Strother and his wife, Shelby. Paul, a member of the band,
will provide photo coverage of the week’s activity for The Chowan
Herald and Peanut Gazette. The other picture shows activity
outside the Holmes band room early Sunday morning as
preparations were being made to depart for camp.
Jim
%THE CHOWAN HERALD^
Volume XLV. No. 26
Organizational Plan To Be Discussed
In a report to be made at the
July 2 regular Edenton-Chowan
Board of Education meeting,
members will be brought up to
date on a planning process begun
Three months ago as the first steps'
toward total reorganization on the
local school system. This report
will culminate the results of a
week-long workshop, June 25-29,
set up to design a well defined
structure for the 1980 school
reorganization as mandated by
the school board in early spring.
Holiday Schedule Revealed
Wednesday, July 4th, will be a
general holiday in Edenton and
Chowan County providing a mid
week break for most workers in
business, industry as well as local,
state and federal jobs.
The U. S. Post Office will be
closed Wednesday as will the
Municipal Building, Chowan
Meeting Slated
The Chowan County Democratic
Executive Committee will meet at
7 P.M. tonight (Thursday) at Mrs.
Boswell’s Restaurant, according
to N. J. George, chairman.
Following a dutch dinner,
committee members will discuss
the Democratic Party
organization, receive a report on
finances, the appointment of
precinct officials, and officers
authorized to register voters.
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, June 28, 1979
Involving a steering committee
of 25 teacher representatives,
principals and central office
personnel, the workshop comes in
the wake of a series of meetings in
“*TKe~~various’ sThoolfc!" W"-total
evaluation of all existing federal,
state and local curriculum
programs for students was con
ducted then in preparation for
combining remediation and
regular programs into a total
comprehensive educational
program to meet each child’s
County Courthouse and Office
Building. All financial institutions
will be closed and a vast majority
of local business establishments.
The Chowan Herald will publish
on regular schedule next week.
The Herald office will close at 4
P.M. on Thursday and will remain
closed Friday to compensate
employees for working on the
holiday.
Murray Nixon will have his
annual fish fry Wednesday. This
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Production Up
RALEIGH All hogs and pigs
on North Carolina farms June 1
totaled 2,360,000 head, an increase
of 16 per cent from a year earlier
and 6 per cent above March 1 of
this year, according to the N. C.
Crop and Livestock Reporting
Service.
This inventory consisted of
385,000 head kept for breeding
purposes, 18 per cent above last
year and 1,975,000 market hogs, up
16 per cent. North Carolina ranks
seventh in the nation in the total
number of hogs and pigs.
North Carolina producers intend
to farrow 140,000 sows during the
next three months - June-August -
-17 per cent above the same period
a year ago. September-November
farrowing are expected to total
140,000 up 20 per cent from
Septemoer through November last
year.
During the past three month
period, March-May, N. C.
producers furrowed 144,080 sows,
an increase of 25 per cent from the
comparable period a year earlier.
Litters averaged 7.35 pigs -
compared with 7JO pigs per litter
for the same period a year earlier.
previous year.
Fearing Trial Is Underway
By L.F. AMBURN, JR.
An unusual exhibit was ad
mitted into evidence in Chowan
County Superior Court late
Hurt Farmers
While sympathizing with the
plight of striking independent
truckers, John Sledge, president
of the N. C. Farm Bureau
Federation, said their action is
seriously hurting many of the
state’s independent family far
mers.
Sledge indicated that the work
stoppage of independent truckers
has created a problem of near
“crisis proportions” for produce
farmers. “The next several days,”
he said, “are critical to perishable
agricultural commodities such as
cucumbers, squash, potatoes and
tomatoes that are ready for
harvest. Farmers desperately
need transportation in this critical
harvest period to prevent losses in
income of millions of dollars.”
The farm leader emphasized
that this loss will also mean
escalating prices for consumers.
Sledge said independent
truckers need to be aware that
they are not hurting the Depart
ment of Energy or the Department
of Agriculture. “Instead, they are
creating hardships, not only on
independent farmers, but on those
independent truckers who desire
to continue working but are afraid
to do so because of threats of
violence and vandelism.
Single Copies 15 Cents.
needs.
Supt. John Dunn expressed
excitement over the anticipated
outcome of the steering com
mittee’s efforts, which “should
give aITS handle'on a concrefe
reorganizational pattern.” In
formation to be included in the
report will mainly address the
effects of reorganization on
curriculum, communications and
scheduling problems. In arriving
at conclusions, problems in three
main areas perceived to be most
important in a systemwide basis
were explored - curriculum, in
ternal and external concerns.
Plans call for the identification
of three main publics - students,
community and school - to help
provide solutions to these con
cerns and to help set up a struc
ture and time frame for initiating
activities to insure a smooth
reorganization.
Other reports will include the
recent HEW approval of an ESAA
Pilot Project for $158,000 to
provide teachers for remedial
reaching programs in Holmes,
Walker, Swain and the Alternative
schools. Status reports are ex
pected on the ESAA Basic and
Community Education project
proposals.
The board will be asked to
consider the factors involved in
establishing a NJROTC program
recently approved by the Navy for
John A. Holmes High School and to
consider the plan for locally
distributing the teaching
positions tenatively alloted to the
school system.
The board will meet at 8 P.M. in
the third floor conference room of
the County Office Building.
PLENTY OF ACTION—The newest action scene in Edenton is
die old Reo fire trade which has been placed in Colonial Park, on
Water Street, next to die Municipal Building. Among those en
joying the retired apparatus recently was Mrs. Faye Hampton, in
driver’s seat, and children from her Little Rascals Daycare.
(Staff Photo by Luke Amburn.)
Wednesday morning. It was a 1972
Mercedes-Benz.
The vehicle was being driven by
Charles Silsby Fearing of Manteo
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J. C. Jones
Advisory Service
Plan Developed
Three state agencies have
developed a joint plan for
providing advisory services to
fishermen and other marine in
terests.
The plan involves the N. C.
Agricultural Extension Service,
the Office of Marine Affairs in the
Department of Administration
and the Sea Grant College of the
University of North Carolina.
Joe Grimsley, secretary of the
Department of Administration,
and Dr. B. J. Copeland, director of
Sea Grant, said they have agreed
to provide funds that the Ex
tension Service will use to employ
a director for a total marine ad
visory services program for North
Carolina.
Dr. T. C. Blalock, state extension
director, said the person selected
for this responsibility is J. C.
Jones. Jones is a veteran ex
tension worker, who has been on
leave for the past two years as
the office of Marine
Affairs.
His new assignment will be
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Pre-Holiday Sales Event Set
With July 4th coming in the
middle of the week, Edenton
businesses are participating in a
three-day pre-holiday sales event
which is expected to attract
shoppers from throughout
Northeastern North Carolina.
Upgrade Facility
Albemarle Electric Mem
bership Corp., has upgraded its
Edenton Substation to the point of
doubling the capacity. This allows
the cooperative to shift a heavy
loan from the Winfall Substation to
Edenton.
Some $63,000 has been spent in
the past two months on three new
regulators, and four high capacity
transformers.
The work at the Edenton Sub
station was authorized because
the station was nearing the
maximum levels which it could
carry.
“These improvements are being
made to fit into the overall work
plan so that we can continue to
provide you with the service which
you need,” it was stated in a
recent newsletter to customers.
the night of February 19. He told a
state trooper the “windshield
exploded” while prosecutors in his
trial cm charges of hit and run with
personal injury and death by
motor vehicle are out to prove the
car was involved in the death of
Cliose Crees the same night.
The Mercedes-Benz is owned by
Malcolm Keith Fearing, 111, the
defendant’s cousin, who along
with C. C. Duvall, a former Dare
County deputy sheriff, faces
charges related to Creefs death.
The date for their trials has not
been set.
Charles Aycock of Manteo, one
of three defense counsels, was
successful in getting Charles
Fearing’s trial moved from Dare
County. He claimed the
businessman, who is a former
chairman of the Dare County
Democratic Party, could not get a
fair trial in that county.
Mr. Crees was described in
testimony Tuesday afternoon as
spry for his age. J. C. Groce, Jr.,
his son-in-law, said the victim’s
health was remarkable for a man
of his age. “He could dance a little
jig if he wanted to,” he said as his
wife sobbed openly.
Groce also identified the
clothing Mr. Crees was wearing
when he last saw him alive,
sometime between 6:30 P.M. and 7
P.M. on February 19.
State Trooper J. W. Bonner went
to a location on US 64-264, west of
Manteo, with Deputy Duvall at
about 2:10 P.M. on February 20.
There he found Mr. Creef’s body in
a shallow ditch along the side of
the road.
The trooper said he discussed
with Charles Fearing an accident
the night of February 19 in which
Malcolm Fearing’s 1972 Mer
cedes-Benz was damaged. He said
Charles Fearing said he was
traveling on US 64-264 about 8
P.M. when a girl in the back seat
became sick. He said he (Fearing)
reached under the car seat, ob
tained a towel and turned around
to hand it to the sick person.
“About that time the windshield
exploded,” the trooper quoted the
driver as saying.
Continuing his testimony, the
trooper said Fearing told him he
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The sales event is sponsored by
the Merchants Committee of
Edenton-Chowan Chamber of
Commerce. Twenty-three
businesses and The Chowan
Herald are involved.
A 10-page circular is being
distributed to more than 13,000
residences to promote the pre
holiday event which begins today
(Thursday). John Smith of The
Herald staff was sales coordinator
for the supplement which is being
distributed through the
newspaper, by direct mail and
hand delivered to residences in
Edenton, Hertford and Windsor.
Participants include: P&Q
Supermarket, Belk-Tyler, Jay’s
Clothiers, Little Rascals Daycare,
Goodyear Tire Center, Parker-
Evans Hardware, Quinn Fur
niture Co., P. H. Rose, Mit
chener’s Pharmacy, Griffin’s
Musicenter, and WCDJ.
Also, Elliott Company, Western
Auto, Jackson’s Radio & TV,
Davis Jewelers, Hollowell &
Blount Rexall, La Dali
Distributors, Ross-Riddick
Jewelers, Carpet and Appliance
Plaza, Byrum Hardware, WBXB,
BB Furniture Outlet and George
Chevrolet.
Elected To Post
E. N. (Pete) Manning, 216 West
Eden Street, has been elected
chairman of the Chowan County
Board of Elections. Mrs. Opal
Kehayes is secretary and Mrs.
Novella P. Wilson is the third
member.
The board has accepted the
resignation of Mrs. Corrine
Thorud as director of elections. A
replacement has not been named
and Mrs. Thorud has agreed to
serve until such time ah a
replacement can be secured.
Manning and Mrs. Wilson
recently replaced Robert Harrell
and Mrs. Sadie Hoskins as
Democratic Party members on
the board. Harrell is immediate
past board chairman.