I Let’s Put Christ Back Into Christmas’
Yule Parade, Downtown Edenton, Sunday, 2:30
Ninth Grade At Walker
At the School Board’s mid
month November 20 meeting, Gil
Burroughs expressed disap
pointment over the fcoiihty com
missioner's denial of $26,000
requested to purchase six tem
porary classrooms for John A.
Holmes High School next year.
Burroughs, a strong advocate
for keeping grades 9-12 together
during consolidation, also
questioned the Board’s com
mitment to “consolidate in the best
manner.”
' ■"
y Pre-Holiday Events
Ready or not, Christmas is just a
matter of a few weeks away. To
get the pre-holiday season in gear
are two events which deserve the
support of everyone meandering
along the Public Parade.
In a break with tradition, the
annual Christmas Parade in
Edenton will be held at 2:30 P.M.
Sunday. Then Wednesday from 5
P.M. to 7 P.M. the Cupola House
Association will sponsor the fifth
annual Wassail Bowl fund-raiser.
“Lets Put Christ Back Into
Christmas” is the theme for this
year’s yule parade. Again it is
sponsored jointly by Edenton-
Chowan Chamber of Commerce
and Edenton Jaycees.
Efforts are being made to make
this year’s parade something
special. There is still time to enter
units. The deadline is 12-noon
Friday, so if you want to par
ticipate with a float or other type
unit there is still time to contact
Bob Moore at the chamber office.
The Wassail Bowl Party is
among the area’s most fadnating
jVund raisers. It. is an evening of
ana Christmas
cheer developed in medieval
England which has become a
tradition along tne Public Parade.
Ann Ellis assured us this week
that Nancy Campbell still plans to
make the Wassail, the Chowan
County Homemaker Extension
Clubs will provide baked refresh
ments, the Cupola House will be
decorated in traditional 18th
Century Christmas greenery by
the Garden of Eden Club, and
group carolers from the Edenton
Choral Society directed by Shelby
Strother will provide other en
tertainment.
Too, Ann reminds that while this
is a fun time it is also a fund
raiser. A silver offering will be
provided to insure continued
restoration and preservation of
the Cupola House, its furnishings
and grounds. Those who want to
make it a silent offering by
depositing checks or greenbacks
are welcomed to do so.
Both the Sunday afternoon
I Christmas Parade and the
Wednesday evening Wassail Bowl
pqrty are designed to be
multipurposed. What you get out
of either, and-or both, will depend
upon you. First you must attend to
derive benefit from these pre
holiday events.
Guest Editorial
There is a lot of conversation
along the Public Parade and
throughout Northeastern North
Carolina these days about the cost
of energy-gas, electricity, wood,
efc. None is more in the limelight
than the prime provider of elec
tricity--Virginia Electric & Power
Company.
The latest banner item is
Vepco’s planned “lobbying” of
local officials in the General
. Assembly. Following is an
editorial which recently appeared
.in the Parker Brothers
■ - Continued on Page 4
Concert Slated
The Edenton Chorale Society
will present its annual Christmas
concert on Sunday at the Edenton
Bajifiist Church, at 3 o’clock.
The public is invited to attend.
As reorganization plans now
stand, the Ninth Grade will be at
Walker and Grades 10-12 at
Holmes next year.
Echoing Burroughs’ disap
pointment, Chairman Eugene
Jordan, Supt. John Dunn and other
board members pointed out that
the school board does not have the
money, that separating the Ninth
Grade was not the original nor
considered the desired method of
consolidation, that the county
commissioners have twice denied
Discussion Set
The tobacco production
program for 1980 will be discussed
here Wednesday morning when
tobacco farmers in Chowan
County meet in the County Office
Building. The meeting is set for
10:30 A.M. in the Fourth 'Floor
conference room.
S. N. Hawks, tobacco specialist
with N. C. State University in
Raleigh, will be the resource
person for this meeting.
R. M. (Pete) Thompson, county
extension chairman, said farmers
in Chowan have a 400-acre
allotment and the crop produces
some sl-million in income.
■uu * "fr W 111 i
IhS ’ P ’Bl
‘tf**
PERFECT FIT Three law enforcement officers who have spearheaded investigation of the
theft of stained glass windows from Evans United Methodist Church are shown here matching two
of the windows recovered recently in Virginia. Sheriff Troy Toppin, right, Deputy Joseph Byrum,
and SBI Agent Kent Inscoe are shown above as they continue their investigation. The upper portion
of the 13 windows was not disturbed, nor was the window over the front entrance, also shown. Below
is a file photo taken by Luke Amburn shortly after the theft was reported. A ladder used in removing
the windows is in the foreground.
Stolen Items Are Recovered
Chowan County Sheriff’s
Department has recovered items
including stained glass windows--
taken earlier this month from two
churches. While no arrests have
yet been made, Sheriff Troy
Toppin said suspects are being
sought.
Sheriff Toppin reported today
that 13 stained glass windows
taken from Evans United
Methodist Church on highway 32,
north of Edenton, along with two
chandeliers, are now in the
possession of his department.
Also, the communion table taken
from Locust Grove United
Methodist Church has been
|T
■ J|i
■ a B
requests due to lack of funds and
that the only course of action to
accomplish consolidation and
reorganization is to use available
facilities.
Burroughs viewed that “the
method of consolidating will be
one of the most far reaching things
that will happen in this county,
educationally, in a long time.” His
“gut level feeling” is that people
in the community seem to have
placed a great deal of importance
on keeping grades 9-12 together.
Failing to understand the
Board’s priorities, Burroughs
further stated that it is hard to
understand why the board,
through its authority to re-budget,
can’t “find” SIO,OOO out of a $5-
million budget, which would ac
complish the desired 9-12 plan.
A motion made by Mrs. Emily
Ambum and seconded by Dr. Ed
Bond, which would “say that the
9th grades will be at Holmes”,
failed. Mrs. Ambum and Dr. Bond
both felt that if the board was
committed, the money could be
“found somewhere”, even if the
board “has to re-prioritize” or
“solicit donations.”
Taking a wait-and-see stand,
Cecil Fry stated that should a
Continued on Page 4
recovered.
All the items were found in the
shop of an antique dealer in
Virginia. Other items taken from
two unoccupied resedences have
not been recovered.
Sheriff Toppin said law en
forcement officers are looking for
a blue van with side windows and
being operated by two white males
in their late 30s. The van is
believed to have out-of-state
license tags.
Anyone with information about
the van or its occupants is asked to
call Sheriff Toppin at 482-8484.
At the same time, the sheriff
Continued on Page 4
-Mmmj i 11 fiaKpß
> ”w ” SalK- w ' •- .?• «■
iqy iW- 4gitißE|9BUgpggg£ W ■>-P'S'.'->P ’ * m
Ife, *<MiiTiPiii i in i>y • w&zxr.tKm
„**/ yV/ ;
s> x< / .
EXTENSION OF DOWNTOWN The theme of downtown Edenton has been extended north
through the block on which the new Chowan County Courthouse is located. Brick sidewalks, holly
trees and lamp posts have been installed. To add to the beauty, the same type holiday decorations
adorn the lamps. Leary Plant Farm is putting finishing touches on the landscaping of the block and
the beauty of the new courthouse is further outlined. (Staff Photo by Luke Amburn.)
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Vol. XLV - No. 47
~ —
Edenton. North Caroline. Thursday. November 29. 1979
Food Stamp Participation
Increases In Chowan Co.
Major changes in the food stamp
program that took effect in
.January and March of this year
have resulted in a 31 per cent
increase in the number of low
income people in Chowan County
participating in the program.
In July, 1979, there were 1,662
residents of the county par
ticipating, compared to only 1,273
in July. 1978. The total value of the
Pastor Is Chosen
Rev. Joseph Willis has been
called to serve as the pastor of
Warwick Baptist Church in
Hobbsville. His new ministry will
begin on December 2.
Mr. Willis and his wife,
Dorothy, are moving to Hobbsville
from Wallace, where he was the
pastor of Poston Baptist Church.
He is a graduate of Fruitland
Bible Institute at Hendersonville,
North Carolina and of
Southeastern Baptist Theological
Seminary at Wake Forest, North
Carolina. Formerly, they have
served churches in Natalie and
Danville, Va.
Gifts Donated
The Cupola House Association,
the James Iredell House
Association, and the Edenton
Historical Commission extend
thanks to the Edenton Woman’s
Club for their gift of a generous
portion of the proceeds from the
spring, 1979 Pilgrimage. A total of
$8,987.42 from the Woman’s Club
will be used to enhance the historic
sites operated for the benefit of the
public by the Commission.
The Cupola House Association
will use the Woman’s Club gift of
$3,000 to help complete the pur
chase of a number of English and
American antiques, now on
display in the Cupola House.
The $3,000 gift to the James
Iredell House Association will be
used by the Furnishings Com
mittee to buy appropriate pieces
for the second floor bedroom of the
State Historic Site. Over $450 will
restore the entrance walk to the
Iredell House and create a brick
pathway from the parking lot to
the back gate of the property.
A gift of $2,500 will extend walk
ways from the parking lot to the
front of the Barker House and
replace the Visitor Center’s oil
storage tank with a larger and
more attractive fuel container. •
“We are deeply grateful to the
Woman’s Club for their continuing
support of Edenton’s historic
properties,” a spokesman said.
Single Copies 15 Cents
stamps issued in July, 1979 was
$52,164,
Even with this increase in
participation, there are still 3,049
people in the county who are
eligible for the program who are
not participating based on
estimates from the Division of
Social Services of the N. C.
Department of Human Resotirees.
Many changes have taken place
in the program this year as a
result of food stamp reform
legislation enacted by Congress in
1977
John Kerr, chief of the hood
Assistance Section of the Division,
cited two changes, however, as the
most significant in determining
the number of participants. "The
elimination of the requirement
that people have to pay a certain
amount of their money in order to
get a larger amount of food
stamps became effective on
January 1. Participants now
receive a smaller amount of
stamps at no charge. Lowering the
eligibility level to the federal
poverty level on March 1 had little
t ontinued on Page 4
JB
Bnjglic
■■■■■
Mrs. Johnnie Bass
Recognition Set
Mrs. Johnnie Bass, of the Gum
Pond Extension Homemakers
Club, will be recognized at the
State Extension Homemakers
Club meeting to be held in
Pinehurst November 28-29 at the
Pinehurst Hotel.
Mrs. Bass was selected as the
Outstanding Young Homemaker
in the 15-county Northeastern
District.
Mrs. Mary Julia Parrish.
Chowan County Council vice
president, and Theresa Ford,
associate home economics ex
tension agent, will also attend the
meeting.