More Grants Now Available
Grants from The
Elizabeth City Foundation,
the Albemarle area's
community trust, in the sum
of $65,900 have been an
nounced by Levin B.
Culpepper, chairman of the
Foundation Committee. The
foundation was organized in
1959 as a project of The
Rotary Club of Elizabeth
City.
The grants just announced
are made possible by the
generosity of the donors of
the foundation’s three
principal funds: the late
Phillip P. Gregory of
Camden County, Mr. and
Mrs. W. G. Gaither of
Elizabeth City, and the late
Pauline B. Clark of
Elizabeth City. Each fund is
held in trust by a bank
selected by the donor and
administered as an en
dowment. The income is
distributed in accordance
with the donor’s directions
or, if the use of the income is
not restricted, as the
Committee directs.
The Gregory Fund has
made possible the awarding
' of educational scholarships
totaling $19,900 to foity-five
Camden County students for
Cotton Acreage
Less Than
Last Year
RALEIGH The leading
variety of cotton planted in
North Carolina for the 1979-
80 season is Coker 310, ac
couting for 61 per cent of the
planted acreage. This is
about the same percentage
as the previous season for
this variety.
The second leading
variety is NcNair 220,
representing 24 per cent of
the acreage, followed by
Coker 304 with 7 per cent.
Other varieties accounted
for approximately 8 per
cent.
North Carolina planted
cotton acreage totaled just
below that of last season.
Estimates by the Crop
Reporting Board of USDA
indicate 46,000 acres planted
for the current season in the
state, compared with 50,000
acres in 1978. __
| The variety information
was collected and published
by the Cotton Division,
Agricultural Marketing
Service of USDA, with the
cooperation of ginners,
seed-dealers and county
extension chairmen.
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the forthcoming academic
year. An additional $7,500 of
Gregory Fund income is to
be awarded to the Cadmen
County Board of Education
for the organization and
support of the new Middle
School band.
From Gaither Fund in
come, the Foundation
Committee awarded to the
Pasquotank-Camden Libra
ry the sum of $2,500, to
Ronaoke Bible College
$1,500, to the Perquimans
Restoration Association
(Newbold-White House
project) SI,OOO, to Salvation
Army SI,OOO and to Pride in
Pasquotank Organization,
for community
beautification, SSOO. Ad
ditional grants during the
current fiscal year are
anticipated.
The Pauline Clark Fund,
created recently pursuant to
the terms of her will, is
entirely unrestricted as to
purposes and the first
grants from its income have
just been awarded, with
additional grants to be
considered later in the year.
The initial grants are $17,500
as a challenge grant for the
acquisition of new uniforms
for the Northeastern High
School band, $2,500 to the
Pasquotank-Camden Libra
ry for the purchase of
books, $2,000 for the
beautification of the
Camden Causeway (a
Foundation project initiated
by Council, to help defray
the cost of engaging the N.
C. Symphony for Elizabeth
City concerts; SB,OOO to the
Elizabeth City Boys’ Club
for paving and fencing, and
$2,000 to the Nags Head
Woods project of The N. C.
Nature Conservancy.
Mr. Roberson
Is Appointed
Chairman
RALEIGH - Hoke S.
Roberson, Jr., of Hoke
Motor Corporation in
Edenton will serve as 1979-
80 Chowan County Area
Chairman for the N. C.
Automobile Dealers
Association. Announcement
of his appointment was
made recently by NCADA
President W. H. Anderson of
Waynes ville.
During his term, he will
act as liaison between new
car and truck dealers in the
area and the state and
national dealer
associations.
Members of the Foun
dation Committee other
than Culpepper are H. Clay
Ferebee of Camden, George
R. Little, Jr., of Elizabeth
City, George M. Wood of
Camden, and J. C. Abbott,
Jackson B. Harris and
George S. Haislip, Jr., all of
Elizabeth City. Dewey W.
Wells, Elizabeth City at
torney, is acting executive
Director.
Culpepper stated that
Albemarle Area residents
who are financially able to
consider lifetime gifts or
making provision by will for
the lasting good of their
community, should consult
with their attorney, who has
information about the
foundation and can draft the
necessary document. Gifts
to the foundation are
deductible for income and
estate tax purposes, he said.
First Union National Bank
serves as trustee of both the
Clark and Gaither Funds.
Wachovia Bank & Trust
Company, N.A. is the
trustee for the Greogry
Fund.
Death Claims
Mr. Wright
Samuel Thomas Wright,
600 Elliott Street, died
suddnely Friday in Chowan
Hospital. He was 73.
Mr. Wright was retired
from Edenton Cotton Mills.
A native of Tyrrell
County, he was born
February 27,1906, son of the
late Samuel T. and Mary
Alcox Wright. He was
married to Mrs. Cora
Cay ton Wright, who sur
vives.
In addition to his wife,
survivors include a son,
Terry Dean Wright of
Edenton; a daughter, Diane
W. Blackledge of Edenton;
three brothers: Kenneth,
Rubert and Washington
Wright, all of Edenton; nine
grandchildren and two
great-grandchilflren.
Mr. Wright was a member
of First Christian Church.
Funeral services were
held at 3 P.M. Sunday in
Williford-Barham Funeral
Chapel with Rev. E. C.
Alexander officiating.
Burial was in Beaver Hill
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were:
Murray Wheeler, Thomas
Harris, Shelton Rogerson,
Fred Ashley, Sr., Robert
Wiggins and Paine Twiddy.
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SCIENTIST—Wanda Williams Collins, is the daughter of
Chester and Ottis Williams, Route 2, Windsor. She is a 1963
graduate of Windsor High School; earned a bachelor of
science deg-ee from N. C. State University in 1971, a master
of science in 1974 and a doctorate in Plant Pathology and
Genetics in 1976.
New Potato Breed
By Bob Cairns
The Caromex, a new,
improved breed of sweet
potato, has made a
significant impression on
sweet potato growers in
New Mexico, and a young N.
C. State University
geneticist is very proud.
Dr. Wanda Williams
Collins has developed a new
variety of sweet potato with
characteristics that, she
says, make it a "natural”
crop for America’s
Southeast.
“It’s may first acceptance
of a new variety and I must
admit I’m very excited,”
Dr. Collins said.
‘‘The development and
release of a new plant can
take from five to 10 years of
selection, cross-breeding
and planting, and I’ve been
following this one for over
three years.”
While Dr. Collins
developed and tested the
plant in Raleigh, a National
Sweet Potato Collaborators
group in 14 states also grew
and evaluated the Caromex.
After favorable reactions
the Caromex, like all new
plant varieties, went before
the Agricultural Research
Services Plant Breeding
Release Board.
"If a plant is accepted as a
new variety by the board, it
must be significantly better
than those it ould replace,”
Dr. Collins explains.
Dr. Collins defended her
newly developed sweet
potato by citing the
Caromex for its deep copper
skin, excellent orange flesh
and resistance to disease.
“New Mexico growers
saw and liked the plant in
the testing stages and their
insistance on its release was
a great help,” she added.
But Wanda Collins, the
scientist whose sweet potato
will be feeding families
throught New Mexico, isn’t
all test tubes and
laboratories. The respon
sibilities of a home and
family fill a large portion of
her day.
“The transition from my
work to homelife is really
smooth,” she said. “My
husband and I are from
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Windsor, and he works with
the North Carolina Crop
Improvement . Association
here at NCSU. Our
backgrounds, careers and
intersts have a lot in com
mon.”
Mealtime conversation
for the Collins, who are so
closely associated with crop
improvement, often goes a
step further than pass the
potatoes.
“We really bring our work
home with us Carroll grew
up on a farm, and I am
always calling on his know
how.”
The Collins’ education at
NCSU have been a family
effort.
“At one time or another,
both of us worked to help put
each other through school,
so to us the degrees take on
an added meaning,” Dr.
Collins stated.
When the Collins aren’t
discussing plant im
provement, they enjoy
fishing, water skiing and
boating with their 16-year
old son, Chris.
"In addition to water
sports, I try to jog
everyday,” Dr. Collins
says.” I do it for my health
and it provides a good at
mosphere for thinking.”
For Wanda Collins her
daily jogs are more than a
breath of fresh air.
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Advisory Committee Begins Work
Nursing Home Com
munity Advisory Committee
began working as advocates
with nursing home residents
across the state in March,
following the completion of
training sessions at 22 sites
throughout the state. The
training program was
conducted by the N. C.
Division of Aging.
Approximately 425 North
Carolina citizens were
appointed by county com
missioners in the 74 counties
in the state that have nur
sing homes to serve on the
committee.
The committees have a
three-fold purpose: to work
to resolve grievances or
problems pertaining to
nursing home patients'
rights at the local level; to
serve as the nucleus for
increased community in
. volvement with nursing
home residents; and to
promote community
education and awareness of
the needs of the in
stitutionalized elderly.
The committees have
been appointed to serve an
initial term of one year,
ending Febuary 29, 1980.
The Nursing Home
Community Advisory
Committee program is the
result of legislation passed
by the 1977 General
Assembly and revised in
June of 1978. The legislation
was initiated by the
Legislative Study Com
mission on Aging headed
by Representative Ernest B
Messer. Ongoing assistance
and support to the com
mittees will be provided by
the North Carolina Division
of Aging.
Persons appointed to
serve on the Chowan County
Nursing Home Community
Advisory Committee are:
SERVING ON CRUISER
Navy Electrician's Mate
Fireman Apprentice Roger
A. Keown, son of Mary E.
Keown of Tyner, has
reported for duty aboard the
guided missile cruiser, USS
Albany, operating from
Gaeta', Italy. A 1978
graduate of Chowan High
School, he joined the Navy
in September, 1978.
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Wilbur Pearce, Asa Griffin,
Vivian Jordan, Mary Ann
Barham, co-chairman, and
Pat Storie. chairman.
For more information
Federal Tax Reminder
GREENSBORO - Civil
aircraft owners in North
Carolina are required to file
Form 4638. “Federal Use
Tax Return on Civil Air
craft,” and pay any Federal
use tax due by August 31.
When filing Form 4638,
taxpayers must include the
$25 annual fee for each
aircraft plus the tax ot three
and one-half cents for each
pound of maximum cer
tificated take-off weight for
turbine powered aircraft
and two cents for each
pound of maximum certified
take-off weight over 2,500
pounds for piston powered
aircraft. The tax year for
the use tax begins July 1,
and continues through June
30, of the following year. If
the first taxable use of an
aircraft is after July 31,
1979, the tax based on weight
is prorated by month.
Form 4638 and IRS
Publication 582. “Federal
Use Tax on Civil Aircraft,”
are available free from any
IRS office. For forms.
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about the Chowan County
committee, contact the
Chowan County Department
of Social Services, Mrs.
Sherry Jordan.
publications and assistance,
call the IRS toll-free number
1-800-822-8800 any weekday.
(Occasionally, this line is
monitored to ensure ac
curate and courteous
response.)
Church Plans
Structural
Improvements
The Church of Christ on
Mexico Road has recently
decided to enlarge its
meeting house to take care
of the rapidly growing
congregation. A decision
has also been made to install
a new heating and cooling
unit for the building
All Bible classes starting
at 9:30 AM. will study
’'Qualifications of
Preacher.” At the 10:30
A M. worship Evangelist
Bill Mead will preach on the
subject, “Differences That
Make A Difference.”
At the 6:30 P.M worship
hour he will preach on the
subject. “The Noise Os
Their Silence." At the 7 *
P M there will be Bible
classes for all ages
This week brings the
church's summer program
to an end. It has been an
exciting summer with
record breaking crowds
Everyone is looking forward
to resuming the program
next summer.
Dial-A Devotion (482-
8571) continues to be
popular with many in tne
area The church now mails
free devotional studies to
those requesting it.