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School patrons along the Public
Parade have a chance to see how
Eden ton-Cho wan Board of
Education and its staff brought
about reorganization. It is in die
forth-of . open house tonight
(Hiursday) from 5 o’clock to 8
o’clock.
Reorganization, and-or con
solidation, has been the topic of
conversation here for many years.
Although a bond issue for new
construction was soundly
defeated, the school board
remained commited to
reorganization to give all the
students in the system equal op
portunity for die best education
available.
t It has been a lot of work for a lot
of people. What isn’t that is worth
anything at all?
Before the shouts of the last day
of school died down, work began
on making the necessary moves
within the space available. This
has now been accomplished.
Because of the importance of a
smooth opening, local schools will
open at full steam on September 2.
In the meanwhile, it was decided
that it would be worthwhile to
have an open house to give parents
and children a chance to see what
has been accomplished physically
and what is planned on paper.
Tonight’s your chance to see.
Teachers have sacrificed to be
on the scene for the open house.
More than a handfull of patrons
should attend. After all, it’s all for
the good of the students.
Goodbye, Harry
- Harry Spruill gave up the ghost
a couple of weeks ago, and with his
hasty resignation as Fourth Ward
councilman the Town of Edenton
moved a step closer to a puppet
government.
Mr. Spruill’s almost asked-for
resignation by Mayor Roy L.
Harrell removes from Town
Council a dedicated and faithful
public servant. It will also cause
good people along the Public
Parade to think twice, probably a
. third time before offering
themselves for public office.
Again, the Spruill residency
matter is a clear case of Mayor
Harrell’s use of the Town Charter
when it is to his advantage. For
example, he didn’t bother to
question the most blatant example
of duel office holding when Steve
Hampton, his brother-in-law,
served on the Town Council while
also serving as chairman of
Edenton Housing Authority.
But Mr. Spruill often clashed
with Mayor Harrell on matters of
procedure and principle. In other
words, he was a bump in the path
of a power machine the like of
which has not been witnessed
before in this area.
Mr. Spruill did take up tem
porary residence outside the
Fourth Ward. But if it was a
matter of where he would be
eligible to vote, the best example
known concerning this is
Secretary of State Thad Eure. The
secretary has resided in Raleigh
for decades, but returns to Gates
County to vote at every election.
Harry Spruill got fed up with the
mess and quit. This was in
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THINKING AHEAD-Administraton of Edenton-Chowan Schools have bees thinking ahead to
the coming winter as coal is being stockpiled at the school sites. Coal is now selling for $65 per ton,
mod less than the cost of fad oil. The local school system is believed to be the only one in North
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ACTIVITY AT SHOPPING CENTER—Work is now underway on a 77-square-foot addition to
Edenton Village Shopping Center on North Broad Street. Also, new tenants are being signed for the
first two units at the center, now owned by Figure Eight Development Corp., of Wilmington. (Staff
Photo by Luke Amburn.)
Shopping Center Expansion Is Planned
Work is underway at Edenton
Village Shopping Center on North
Broad Street for a department
store, a shoe store and space for
small shops, according to Edwin
L. Goodwin of Figure Eight
Development Company in
Wilmington.
Goodwin said TG&Y will occupy
a 40,000-square-foot structure and
space is being left for 10,000
square feet of expansion. Shoe
Show will have 3,200 square feet in
Schools Slate Open House
Using the descriptive term
“Parent Orientation”, Supt. John
Dunn expressed the hope that
many parents and interested
citizens are planning to attend the
Open House to be held in each
school tonight (Thursday). From 5
P.M. through 8 P.M. pu Ibis
evening, all school personnel
teachers, principals and staff
members will be at their teaching
stations to welcome parents and
students.
“Having open houses, or parent
orientation prior to students
return on September 2,” Dr. Dunn
explained “resulted from a cer
tain degree of knowledge on
human nature.” He said that with
consolidation of schools on the
junior and senior high levels and
with general reorganization
throughout the system, it was the
administration’s feeling that
parents should welcome the op
portunity to see new situations
before, rather than after, students
start school.
The open houses in each school
will be informal and not follow a
given schedule. The teachers’
work day was changed on this day
to accommodate working parents
and those who might not be able to
attend during the regular day.
As they float through the
schools, parents will have the
chance to meet their childrens’
teachers and learn from others
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the center.
Goodwin announced that Revco
Drugs will occupy the 7,920 foot
space to be vacated by Big Value
Drugs. Negotiations are still
underway with a major super
market, he added.
The developer said space for
small shops and offices will push
the second phase of development
to 77,000 square feet. He did not
state when construction is ex
pected to be complete.
about new programs which will be
started in some schools. Prin
cipals and staff members who are
not classroom teachers will be
available as guides also, to answer
questions which parents might
have.
John Guard, Chowan Junior
High principal is especially ex
cited about the new enrichment
program being started for seventh
and eighth grade students this
year. He feels that parents and
students will be equally excited
about this and other changes made
at Chowan in preparation for
consolidation. He, too, hopes that
parents will turn out in droves to
become better informed.
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Bateman Is Farm-City Week Chairman
David T. Bateman has been
named Chowan County Farm-City
Week chairman for the 1980 ob
servance of Farm-City Week. The
appointment was announced by
Gus Tulloss of Rocky Mount, state
Farm-City Week Chairman. R. M.
Thompson, county extension
chairman, is serving as advisor to
the committee.
Farm-City Week will be ob
served across the nation on
November 21-27, ending on
Thanksgiving Day. The purpose of
the event is to help create a better
Figure Eight Development
Company purchased the center
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OPENS NEW PRACTICE—Dr. Leibert E. DeVine and his wife,
Cyndy, are shown in his new office on West Queen St. where he
practices family medicine. Dr. DeVine began his own practice
after a one-year association with Albemarle Family Health
.Services.
understanding between rural and
urban people. The theme for 1980
is “Farm and City, Patrners in
Progress, Key to the Future.”
Bateman, who resides at Route
1, Tyner, is a former County
County commissioner from Third
Township. He is currently serving
as president of the N. C. Peanut
Grower’s Association.
Also, he is charman of the
Chowan County Agricultural
Extension Advisory Council and a
member of the N. C. State
University School of Agriculture
and Life Sciences Advisory
Council.
In appointing county Farm-City
Week Chairmen, Tulloss stated
that North Carolina is fortunate to
have a fine relationship between
urban and rural citizens. “Farm-
City Week can help to maintain
and strengthen this relationship,”
he said. Tulloss is president and
treasurer of Tulloss Tractor
Company of Rocky Mount. Active
in civic and community affairs, he
has held leadership roles in a
number of organizations and in
1977 was named one of five out
standing young men in North
Carolina.
Serving with Tulloss as state
Farm-City Week Vice President is
Mrs. Lucy Wilson of Durham,
a nurse and homemaker.
This will be the 26th annual
observance of Farm-City Week.
Last year’s observance, according
to final reports received at
national headquarters, involved
the active participation of more
than 15,000 communities in the
U.S. and Canada.
Farm-City Week is under the
direction of the National Farm-
City Council, Inc. The non-profit
Barbara Ward
Board Nominee
Mrs. Barbara Ward became the
second woman to be nominated for
the vacancy on the Chowan County
jßoard of Commissioners, Tuesday
night, during a meeting of the
county Democratic Executive
Committee at the old courthouse.
Mrs. Ward polled 48 out of 57
votes.
The 20-year resident of Chowan
County is married to D. T. Ward.
Mr. and Mrs. Ward and their three
daughters reside in Ryland. Mrs.
Ward' is a pre-vocational in
structor at Chowan Junior High
School.
Also placed in nomination were
Greg Berryman, who polled nine
votes, and Richard Winslow, who
polled none.
Originally chosen to replace the
late Lester T. Copeland as Third
Township commissioner was Mrs.
organization is headed by its 1980
National Chairman Jean Rice,
vice-president for public relations
and advertising, Gold Kist, Inc.,
Atlanta, Ga. Kiwanis In
ternational will serve as coor
dinating agency for Farm-City
Week and act as headquarters for
the National Farm-City Council
for the 26th consecutive year.
The National Farm-City Council
is composed of representatives
from more than 150 major farm
organizations, industries,
businesses, associations,
governmental agencies,
educational institutions, and
church groups. A Presidential
proclamation and a joint
Congressional resolution have
called for Farm-City Week ob
servances each year since the
inception of the event. Farm-City
Week has won the Freedoms
Foundation’s Distinguished
Service Award (which carries the
same distinction in the community
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David T. Bateman
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Anne H. Bunch. Mrs. Bunch later
declined the nomination for
personal reasons. The term of
office expires December 1.
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Physician Opens
New Practice
Dr. Leibert E. DeVine is now
practicing family medicine on
West Queen St., here. Formerly
associated with Albemarle Family
Health Services, he decided to
embark on a solo practice and
began receiving patients at his
newly renovated facility about two
weeks ago.
The Ohio native graduated from
the Ohio State University School of
Medicine in 1975 and practiced
medicine in Daytona Beach, Fla.
before moving to North Carolina.
In 1978, he was certified with the
American Academy of Family
Practice.
Dr. DeVine took a circuitous
route into medicine, beginning
with forestry and moving into
U)tany before finding his true
calling. A short-lived interest in
commercial art proved too “dry”
for his interests, though art as well
as hunting, fishing and trapping
are among his leisure time ac
tivities.
Deciding he wanted to practice
in North Carolina, Dr. DeVine
visited Edenton, initially, and
used it as the standard by which he
judged other localities. He went
with his first choice because he
“liked the people and the town”
and it reminded him of his
hometown in Ohio only “without
the hills.”
The opening of his new office
was preceeded by several weeks
of hard work in which he employed
his talents as a carpenter,
plumber and electrician under the
supervision of his wife, Cyndy,
who now serves as nurse and
receptionist. Katie Brown also
assists as a receptionist. Regular
office hours at 8 A.M. until 5:30
P.M., Monday through Friday,
except Wednesday afternoon.
The DeVines and their two sons,
Jarret, 7, and Kirk, 5, reside on
Pembroke Circle.
Task Force
Meeting Called
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While a great deal of attention is
focused on the Chowan River,
expressions of concern are
building for water quality
throughout North Carolina, ac
cording to Capt. Alfred Howard,
chairman, Chowan Regional Task
Force.
Capt. Howard has called a Task
Force meeting for 1:30 P.M.
September 10 in Edenton
Municipal Building to discuss the
subject of water quality
throughout the state. He has asked
representatives of the N. C.
Wildlife Federation, N. C.
Fishermen's Association. Sierra
Club and Conservation .Council of
North Carolina to be present.
At the same time. Capt. Howard
said the Task Force supports the
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