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FORMER CHOWAN CHOIR MEMBERS
Mrs. W. J. White, Jr., of Columbia, is shown
directing a group of her former choir members
at Chowan High School during Sunday’s Alumni
Tuesday's Primary
Tuesday is voting day along the
Public Parade and throughout Tar
Heelia. There are 5,801 registered
voters in Chowan County-5,301
Democrats and 446 Republicans.
Interest here in the primary
election on a scale of one to 10
would have difficulty getting out of
the minus column. This, though,
should not keep voters from
exercising their responsibility of
nominating candidates for the fall
election.
Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr., has
made one pit stop along the Public
Parade this year. Former Gov.
Bob Scott has been in the area
twice on his campaign to unseat
Gov. Hunt, but neither visit has
generated much enthusiasm for
the election.
Lt. Gov. Jimmy Green nor
Speaker of the House Carl Stewart
have campaigned here. This is
also true of the vast majority of
other candidates on the
Democratic ticket.
What could almost be called a
local race is one which pits
popular Rep. Walter B. Jones of
the First Congressional District
and Joe Hollowell. Rep. Jones has
stumped all 21-counties, as has
Mr. Hollowell. There has been
extensive personal campaigning
on the part of both candidates, but
Mr. Hollowell appears to have
been unsuccessful in putting
together organizations within the
counties of sufficient strength to
cut in the Jones faithful.
State Sens. J. J. (Monk)
Harrington and Melvin R. Daniels,
Jr., are candidates for re-election.
Mrs. Winnie Wood is campaigning
for one of the. two seats.
Over on the House side of the
State Legislative Building, Reps.
Vernon James and Charles D.
Evans want another two-year
term. Leonard W. Overman wants
to relieve one of the incumbents of
their seat in Raliegh.
There is but one local race. Mrs.
Patricia B. Downum, John A.
Mitchener, 111, and James E.
Taylor are running for a First
Township seat on the Edenton-
Chowan Board of Education. The
seat is being vacated by Mrs.
Emily G. Ambum. Eugene N.
Jordan is running unopposed in
the Third Township non-partisan
election.
Most of the candidates have
conducted a low key media
campaign, if any campaign at all,
along the Public Parade. There
are pockets of support here and
there but not a sufficient amount
to oust many of the incumbents,
from the Court House to the White
House.
The Hunt-Stewart combination
is expected to be a favorite in
balloting here. The fact that our
least favorite morning newspaper
of general circulation in Nor
theastern North Carolina has
endorsed both of than won’t
damage them greatly.
Mr. Hollowell could be labeled a
“favorite son’’ candidate along the
Public Parade in a race with
anyone other than Rep. Jones. The
congressman has strong ties here
Continued On Page 4
Weekend program. Several hundred people,
some from as far away as Ohio, were on hand
and agreed to meet again next year.
Chowan High Alumni Gather
The first Chowan High Alumni
Weekend was such a success that
Sunday afternoon the decision was
made to duplicate the event a year
from now. Jack Evans told the
people gathered for the final event
that next year’s activities would
be the weekend of April 25.
This year’s activities were
prompted by plans of Edenton-
Chowan Schools to carryout a
Hospital Earns
Accreditation
Chowan Hospital has received a
two-year accreditation by the
Joint Commission on Ac
creditation of Hospitals. Notice of
the action was received Monday.
The accreditation process is
entirely voluntary and it
represents a standard of quality
that is well recognized in the
health care industry, according to
a spokesman.
“Because of the status of Joint
Commissson, insofar as its
stringent criteria and the
reputation of the organization,
hospitals in general largely strive
to attain an accreditation status,”
David L. Hension, hospital
director said upon receiving the
notification.
Continued On Page 4
Faculty Members Honored
Four faculty members with
Edenton-Chowan Schools were
recognized for 20 years of service
and another was cited for her
accomplishments upon retirement
at Tuesday night’s banquet of the
local chapter of N. C. Education
Association.
Saying the race is not swift, but
long, Dr. J. H. Horton, vice
chairman of the local board of
education, recognized Mrs. Clara
Grant Awarded
Economic Improvement
Council, Inc. has been awarded a
$12,500 grant by the U. S.
Department of Housing and Urban
Development under their Com
prehensive Housing Counseling
program.
The grants are awarded to
provide housing counseling to
housing consumers - renters,
home buyers and homeowners -
under HUD single and multi
family programs.
The program is designed to
assist housing consumers to
become skilled participants in the
housing market, including how to
find suitable housing, to stabilize
their neighborhoods, to find
alternatives to displacement from
their current housing, and to
conserve energy. Also, the
program assists consumers by
providing information and
guidance by which they can
reduce rent delinquencies and
mortgage defaults that cause
evictions, foreclosures and sub
sequent losses to HUD’s mortgage
funds.
These awards are part of HUD’s
nationwide comprehensive
housing counseling program
delivered to consumers through
local public and provage housing
agencies approved by the
department.
consolidation plan which makes
John A. Holmes High School in
Edenton the senior high for the
entire county.
Gilliam Underwood, former
principal at Chowan who now
heads the faculty at Ernest A.
Swain Elementary School in
Edenton, directed Sunday’s
program which was attended by
several hundred people.
He described coming to Chowan
in 1957-his first teaching assign
ment. He described the com
munity as being populated with
the “most loving, gracious people
in Northeastern North Carolina.”
Alumni came from Ohio,
Florida, Rhode Island, Tennessee
and Virginia. Paul H. Cale, of the
Class of 1927, spoke to the crowd.
Cale was associated with
Albemarle County Schools in
Charlottesville, Va., for 38 years,
serving as teacher, principal and
superintendent.
Mrs. Emmett Jones spoke for
the 1920’s reading a capsule report
prepared by Mrs. Mary Nixion, a
resident of Elder Lodg- Edenton.
She noted that classes were held in
a Lodge Hall while the school
building was being constructed.
The firt graduation exercise was
held in 1922.
The memories of the 1930’s were
Continued on Page 4
Boswell, Mrs. Barbara Twine,
Mrs. Carolina Banks for two
decades of service. “We are all
very grateful to you for
you labored long and hard,” he
said. “The older you get the more
rewards you receive.”
Mrs. Marvis Hendrix was
presented a gift by Eugene Jor
dan, board chairman. She is
retiring after 24 years of teaching.
Jordan told Mrs. Hendrix and the
audience at D. F. Walker School
that she had “touched, en
couraged and helped kids to be
better citizens and live fuller
lives.”
The banquet speaker, James
Hamlett of the State Department
of Community Colleges, pranced
and shouted his way through
delivery of a talk entitled “ain’t
We Beautiful.” He characterized
school folk as “people’s people”
with the bottom line being the
children.
He called on the group to know
where they are going and what
they are doing; in doing so to say
what they are thinking. Hamlett
stressed that everyone has his own
attitudes and values and have the
privilege to express them so long
as they do not violate the rights of
others.
“Now is the time to take what
you’ve got and do something with
it,” he said in one of the few
serious moments in his en
tertaining presentation.
Ed Williams, NCAE chapter
president, presided at the meeting
where Dr. John Dunn, superin
tendent, recognized providers of
health and allied services to the
schools. They included: Chowan
County Health Department,
District Health Department,
Chowan Department of Social
Services, Edenton Lions Club,
Continued On Page 4
Primary Scheduled Tuesday
More than 5,800 registered
voters will be eligible to cast
ballots in the May 6 primary. Both
Democrats and Republicans will
be deciding on their choice of
candidates for President of the
United States and Governor of
North Carolina, while Republicans
will vote for either of two can
didates for state Attorney
General. Democrats only will vote
on candidates for eight state of
fices and the First Congressional
District.
In the non-partisan Board of
Education race, all registered
voters will be able to participate
except 17 year olds.
Polls will open at 6:30 A.M. and
will close at 7:30 P.M. Curbside
voting will be allowed from 7 A.M.
until 6 P.M. only.
Voting will be conducted at the
following locations: East Edenton,
Chowan County Office Building;
West Edenton, Edenton Municipal
Building; Rocky Hock, the
Rescue Squad Building; Center
Hill, Center Hill Community
Building; Wardville, Copeland
and Sons Turkey Hatchery; and
Yeopim, Edenton Municipal
Airport.
Three candidates are competing
for the First Township seat on the
Board of Education, being vacated
by Mrs. Emily G. Amburn, who
will not seek re-election. They are
Mrs. Patricia B. Downum, John A.
Mitchener, 111, and James E.
Taylor. Eugene N. Jordan is
running unopposed for another
six-year term as Third Township
school board representative.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Vol. XLVI-No. 18
Three Named To BNC Positions
RALEIGH The Bank of North
Carolina, N.A. has named James
W. Ball, Jr., city executive of its
Edenton offices, replacing W.
Lawerence (Larry) Robertson
who has been named city
executive in Wilmington, it was
announced by John F. Kabas,
executive vice president.
Allan B. Asbell, a native of
Chowan County, succeeds Ball as
city executive of BNC’s Hobbsville
office.
A native of Elizabeth City, Ball
joined BNC in 1979 as assistant
vice president and city executive
in Hobbsville. Prior to that, Ball
James W. Ball, Jr.
Food Stamp Cut-Offs Threaten 1,907 Locally
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Secretary of Agriculture Bob
Bergland has disclosed the major
features of regulations to be used
to suspend or reduce food stamp
benefits, if the program runs out of
money
Bergland said the regulations,
which spell out the procedures
states must follow to reduce or cut
off benefits, may be needed soon.
Funds for the food stamp program
will be depleted by the end of May,
and legislation to provide ad
ditional money for this fiscal year
still must clear a number of
hurdles. If funds are not provided
by May 15, Bergland must notify
states to suspend June benefits.
The Chowan County Depart
ment of Social Services reports
that suspension of benefits will
affect about 1907 persons, locally,
who are receiving about $62,973 in
assistance. With the current status
of the economy and possible job
lay-offs pending, that figure could
Candidates will be elected to the
school board by simple majority
vote.
President Jimmy Carter will
compete against Edmund G.
Brown and Edward M. Kennedy
for the Democratic Presidential
nomination. On the Republican
ticket, voters will have their
choice of seven Presidential
candidates including John B.
Anderson, Howard Baker, George
Bush, John B. Conally, Phillip
Crane, Robert Dole, and Ronald
Reagan.
Gov. Jim Hunt is being
challenged for the Democratic
nomination byßobert W. Scott and
Harry J. Welsh, while
Republicans will decide between
C. J. Carstens and I. Beverly
5,801 Registered To Vote
There are 5,801 registered
voters in Chowan County-2,724 of
them in the Town of Edenton. The
tally was made by the Chowan
County Board of Election as of
April 8, when the registration
books closed for the forthcoming
primary election.
E. N. (Pete) Manning, chair
man, and Mrs. Harriett Sawyer,
director of elections, said the
registration figure is rapidly
approaching 6,500, at which time
the county must provide a system
of fulltime registration.
The total added to the books
since September 10,1979, amounts
o 469, of which 443 are Democrats.
Blacks accounted for 310 new
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, May 1, 1980
was associated with Albemarle
Production Credit Association. He
is a graduate of the University of
North Carolina in Chapel Hill, and
served in the U. S. Navy from 1966
to 1969.
Active in civic affairs, Ball is
president of the Cape Colony
Ruritan Club and serves in official
capacities for the Boy Scouts of
America, and the United Fund.
He and his wife, the former
Carolyn Medlin, have one son,
Jay, age 6.
Robertson will replace Bruce A.
Bryant, who will become the
bank’s Regional Development
W. Lawrence Robertson
be considerably higher, a
spokesman stated.
Bergland said the food stamp
program is running out of money
because annual spending ceilings
set in 1977 were not high enough to
accomodate recent food price
inflation, projected increases in
unemployment, increased par
ticipation, and the fact that a large
number of new participants are
poorer than expected and qualify
for larger benefits.
The initial food stamp ap
propriation for this year was
limited to $6.2-billion, according to
Bergland, although the ad
ministration and lawmakers knew
it would not be sufficient. He said
additional funds cannot be
provided until the $6.2-billion
ceiling is removed or raised.
USDA is requesting a sup
plemental appropriation of $2.65-
billion to fund the program for the
last four months of the fiscal year,
Bergland said.
Lake.
Republicans Harold A.
Covington and Keith S. Snyder are
the candidates for state Attorney
General.
In the First Congressional
District, incumbent Walter B.
Jones is being challenged by a
new-comer, Joseph B. Hollowell.
State senators Melvin R.
Daniels and J. J. (Monk)
Harrington are joined by Winnie
Wood for a three way race, at the
same time Leonard W. Overman
is challenging incumbents Charles
D. Evans and Vernon G. James for
a seat in the N. C. House of
Representatives. Democratic
voters will elect two candidates
in each of those races.
Continued on Page 4
/oters on the books.
There are now 1,503 voters in
iast Edenton eligible to vote in
nunicipal elections, and 1,221 in
Vest Edenton.
There are 446 Republicans
egistered in the county, up from
25 last year. Also, there are 3,991
whites registered in comparison to
,808 blacks.
Total registration according to
recincts include:
East Edenton-1,696.
West Edenton-1,831.
Rocky Hock-630.
Center Hill-481.
Wardville-522.
Yeopim-641.
Single Copies 20 Cents
Officer for New Hanover and
Brunswick Counties.
A vice president of the Bank of
North Carolina, Robertson comes
to Wilmington from Edenton
where he held a similar position
with the bank. He has been with
BNC since 1976, and prior to that
with Central Carolina Bank and
Southern National Bank. He was
educated at the University of
North Carolina and Campbell
College. Robertson is also a
graduate of the Carolina School of
Banking and is currently enrolled
in the School of Banking of the
Continued on Page 4
Allan B. tU.ll
Regulations authorizing a
suspension of reduction of food
stamp benefits were published in
the April 1 Federal Register.
Savings Bond
Figures Noted
As of December 31, 1979, ap
proximately $1,021,000,000, was
being held in reserve in U. S.
Savings Bonds by the citizens of
North Carolina.
Os this amount, Chowan County
residents hold approximately
$714,700.00.
TTiis reserve has an impact on
the over-all economy of every
community in the state of North
Carolina. From time to time
Savings Bonds are cashed and
some of this money is released on
our local retail market areas. Sale
of Savings Bonds in North
Carolina during 1979 totaled
$1 Hi. 386,000. .