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A C E S OPEN AT HICKS FIELD Action was brisk at Hicks Field last Friday night as the
Edenton Aces hosted the Northeastern Eagles of Elizabeth City. The 4-A visitors posted a 9-7 vic
tory. During the action Tim Copeland reinjured his knee and was rushed to the hospital by Edenton-
Narrow Margin
Meant Victory
For Northeastern
The 3-A Edenton Aces threw a
\ real scare into the 4-A North
i ' eastern Eagles of Elizabeth City
at Hicks Field last Friday. But the
Aces came out on the short end of
a 9-7 game.
Edenton goes to Hertford Friday
night for the second of three
opening season non-conference
tilts. Kickoff is 8 P.M.
Coach Jimmy Addison of
Edenton and Jerry McGee of
Northeastern agreed in post-game
interviews that the game was a
matter of breaks. A break or two
either way could have spelled the
difference.
The Eagles were big, both of
fensively and defensively, and
were directed by a junior quar
terback-jerry McGee-who threw
a 46-yard TD pass and held for a
13-yard field goal.
Henry Drew, the Aces fullback,
broiyga two-year drought as he
scored the only TD from three
yards out.
Only five yards separated the
two teams on offense, with the
Aces posting big gains on the
ground and McGee’s passing
pushing the Eagles ahead.
; The Eagles ported a 9-0 score
before the Aces *ere able to put
together a sustained drive in the
fourth quarter for a score. Thomas
White picked off a pass to spark
the Aces only score.
Edenton quarterback Steve
Holley opened the drive with a 16-
yarder to White. He then hit Drew
for six yards. David Bunch plowed
for a 12-yard gain with Drew
bulling in from the three. The
extra point was added by Michael
Holley.
Tim Copeland reinjured his left
knee and was carried from the
field with 9:50 left in the first half.
Holley missed some of the first
half action when he twisted an
ankle, j*
The was a real contrast
from previous two years.
Northeastern won 25-0 in 1977 and
36-0 * yelr ago.
Dr.,.Valerie Robison
Joins Dr. Hines
Dr. Valerie Anne Robison will
join Dr. Richard N. Hines, Jr., as
an associate dentist in September.
The addition of Dr. Robison to the
£ attended Du^te
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Vol. XIV-No. 36
Tough Road
Chowan Hospital has the
foremost health care delivery
mechanism along the Public
Parade. It is augmented and
complimented by medical groups,
private physicians, private
facilities and the health depart
ment.
No one envies the role of the
community hospital in the health
care field. It’s obligation is to the
county which must pay the freight
if it comes up short, while the
primary responsibility is to the
general public in need of the
services available.
By any standard it’s a tough
road.
The recent witch hunt proposed
of Chowan Hospital by an an
noymous complainant is a case in
point.
This newspaper is not informed
of the board meetings
Hospital or the
executive committee. Therefore,
the information we get is either
second, or third hand. The
“complaint” about a possible
violation of the Civl Rights Act of
1964 first appeared in a regional
publication. So did the denial.
Chowan County taxpayers have
more than a passing interest in the
operation of the hospital. While we
do not question the motives of
those in charge we feel a better
relationship can be formed.
As we said earlier, there is an
increasingly tough road for health
care facilities, and the public
should be adequately informed.
What appears trite to one person
could turn up as a major violation
to another. The answer, then, is
complete openness.
More Bureaucracy
Baxter Williams, chairman of
the Currituck County Board of
Commissioners, said recently: “I
don’t know how much more we are
going to be able to stand.” The
reference was to bureaucracy in
North Carolina as applied to the
Albemarle Area.
Mr. Williams has many friends
meandering along the Public
Parade. These friends have gone
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Peanut Festival Support Urged
What’s In a Peanut Festival?
Lots of hard work on the part of many individuals, family fun for
everyone, and most important, a pride In the food band program that
has been established in Chowan County.
That’s what the Fourth Annual Peanut Festival, to be held in Edenton
on October 4*7, is all about
If you attended the football game between the Edenton Aces and
Northeastern High School on Friday night, you had an opportunity to see
first hand the “Marching Aces’’perform. They had an outstanding show,
caßlw dco conununiiy coma oe justly proua. rTograms of tnis
Is order to sueosed, the community must support the total band
program, both physically and financially. The Peanut Festival Is the one
Hum during the year when ovwywe hi Chowen mh the
surrounding area can help the band by p«r M < > *p aH "g in the activities that
will take place.
Some of the highlights of the Peanut Festival wU be a parade, bar
becue, talent show, art show and sale, fleklwomtfttan by a number of
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Show-Down Vote Postponed
Ninth Grade Still In Limbo
Next year’s Ninth Graders in Edenton-Chowan Schools don’t know any
more today than they did last week about their fate. They are, however,
the most discussed among this system’s 2,619 students.
At a special board of education meeting Tuesday night, Mrs. Emily G.
Ambum’s motion to table further discussion pending additional in
formation headed off a show-down vote on the placement on the Ninth
Grade in the system’s 1980 plan of consolidation.
The motion to table carried with it the request for information at the
next board meeting on the cost of additional classroom at John A.
Holmes High School, how quickly they could be erected, and how quickly
the board could get $500,000 in state bond money. Seconded by Cecil W.
Fry, the motion passed without a negative vote recorded.
Mrs. Am burn’s motion came after Wilbur Ray Bunch had made a
motion to “sacrifice” for one year by having the Ninth Grade at D. F.
Walker School “to see how it works out.” His motion gained a second
Isaac Ruffin Self, 111
Bank Executive
Isaac Ruffin (Mike) Self, 111,
has been named vice president
and city executive of Tarheel
Band & Trust Company’s new
branch in Edenton. The an
nouncement was made by Robert
E. Lee, executive vice president
and chief executive office of the
community-owned bank based in
Gatesville.
The branch will open later this
month at the intersection of North
Broad Street and Coke Avenue in
Edenton Viillage Shopping Center.
Tarheel Bank was organized in
1904, and as of June 29, has assets
in excess of ISO-million. J. K.
Wyatt is chairman of the bank
which has other offices in
Gatesville, Lewiston, Winton,
Murfreesboro, and Ahoskie.
Self, a native of Lincolnton,
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Chowan Rescue Squad. Worth Reinhart sat out the game with a leg injury sustained in a scrimmage
with Currituck the week before. In the picture at far right, William Privott receives instructions
from Head Coach Jimmy Addison.
Edunton, North Carolina, Thursday, September 13, 1979
Candidates ’ Filing Deadline October 5
The municipal election in
Edenton will be held November 6,
according to E. N. Manning,
chairman, Chowan County Board
of Elections. The filing deadline
for candidates in this election is
noon on October 5.
The position of mayor, coun
cilmen in first and second wards,
as well as councilman-at-large
and treasurer will be up for
election. This will be the first,
municipal election since the Town
of Edenton returned to the ward
system of voting.
Under the new system, only
those registered voters in the first
and second wards will be eligible
to vote for councilmen in those
wards. Election of the mayor,
councilman-at-large and
treasurer will be a result of town
wide voting.
While no candidate had filed at
press time, it is expected that
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JUDGE PARKER WITH PROSECUTORS District Court
Judge Richard Parker is shown here outside Chowan County
25J£?22 J»«®wing his first session on the bench. Asst. Dist.
Keith Teague, left, and two new assistant's are pictured
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from Thomas Paul Griffin.
The parliminary maneuver to table came following a petition from
Holmes faculty members in opposition to placing the Ninth Grade at
Walker, as well as considerable discussion from board members, ad
ministrators, students, faculty and school patrons.
This discussion, which took on the appearance of a debate, touched on
such subjects as discipline, packing lunches, curriculum, failure,
scheduling, space, etc.
Chairman Eugene Jordan, whose plan for consolidation in 1980 was the
target, allowed ample time for the public represented to present com
ments before and during formal discussion of the agenda item.
Mrs. Amburn had other items placed on the agenda which resulted in
the following:
Continuation of plans for a school bond referendum with the establish-
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Mayor Roy L. HarreU will seek
another two-year term. Others
currently holding council seats up
for election are: Jesse L. Harrell,
at-large; W. H. HoUowell, Jr.,
First Ward; and Dr. Allen L.
Hornthal, Second Ward. A. B.
Harless, Jr., is treasurer.
Candidates who wish to file may
do so by going to the Board of
Elections office on the Fourth
Floor of County Office Building.
Ward boundaries have changed
for many voters, but Manning
pointed out that these voters will
not have to formally transfer as
this is being done automatically by
election officials.
Those who need to register may
do so at the election office or tax
office on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday from 9 A.M. to 1 P.M. They
may also register at the home of
the registrar or judges or with any
member of the Board of Election
Single Copies 1S Cents.
by appointment only.
Registration books close at 5
P.M. on October 8. Absentee
voting will be allowed in the
municipal election and will end at
5 P.M. on November 1.
Mrs. Andrew Whitson is
registrar in East Edenton and the
judges are Mrs. W. E. Mills and
Mrs. Rudolph Dale. In West
Edenton, Mrs. Carroll Wood Jones
is registrar with judges being Mrs.
S. F. Hicks and Mrs. David O.
Wright.
To Bury Cases
The first real activity toward
moving into the new Chowan
County Courthouse will actually
be a burial. Mrs. Lena M. Leary,
clerk of court, has been authorized
to destroy certain records, but
they must be buried at least five
feet below the ground.
Mrs. Leary said among the
items to be buried are criminal
case files from 1912 through 1975.
These are Recorder’s Court and
District Court files. District Court
files have been microfilmed since
1966.
Also, unimportant small claims
papers will be destroyed.
Mrs. Leary anticipated that the
“body” of files will weigh ap
proximately a ton.
Mr. Goodwin Dies
John Leon Goodwin, Sr., 217
East Edenton Street, died Wed
nesday morning in Chowan
Hospital. He was 74.
Mr. Goodwin was retired from
Barrow Bottling Works.
He was a native of Chowan
County and the husband of Mrs.
Celia Barrow Goodwin. In addition
to his wife, surviving is one
daughter, Mrs. Howard Collins of
Edenton; one son, John L.
Goodwin, Jr., also of Edenton; a
sister, Mrs. Mollie G. Hawkins of
Edenton; a brother, Sanford N.
Goodwin of Norfolk, Va.; and four
grandchildren.
Mr. Goodwin was a member of
Edenton United Methodiat
Church, the Lions Club,
Unanimity Masonic Lodge No. 7,
and the Red Men.
Funeral arrangements were
imcomplete at press time. The
body » at Swindell-Bass Funeral
Home.