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Note Prom Blacksburg
Dr. Lloyd L. Hobbs, who
* meandered along the Public
™ Parade several decades ago, has
‘ become our chief correspondent
! up in Blacksburg, Va. His frequent
bows Os cigars of old were
: welcomed by “Buff” and now and
then a smoke or two filtered down
• our way, ’
I We’ve stopped smoking and
" j “Buff* has retired, but Dr. Hobbs
fe has kept us informed about ano
ther Edentonian, Robert Brown.
‘ Robert was an outstanding
defensive end on this season’s
Virginia Tech Peach Bowl team,
i Grid mentor Bill Dooley has
: been lavish with his praise of
I Robert. This has been justified
since the Eden ton junior has
! received the Most Valuable Player
i Award.
} “Tech Sports” reports:
[“Charles M. Forbes, the
university’s vice president for
Development and University
Relations, made the presentation
of the award to Brown, citing
Brown’s achievements which
helped Tech rank as the fifth best
defensive team in America.”
f/ Ugly Picture
Reports of suspected child
abuse and neglect received by
county social services depart
ments in North Carolina increased
about 30 per cent during fiscal
year 1979-80 over the previous
year. While this paints an ugly
picture it is Suspected that many,
I many more cases go unreported.
Child abuse and neglect is this
nation’s most hideous crime. It is
in a category all by itself. And as
in the crime of armed robbery,
offenders of child abuse and
neglect laws must be handled
firmly. The peanlty for the offense
tnust be substantial.
The child population along the
P Public Paradde is 3,635. Seven
child abuse and neglect incidents
were reported during the fiscal
year and all of them were sub
stantiated.
, The picture gets worse when you
Camden, for example, has a child
population of 1,982. There were 38
cases reported with 20 of than
P substantiated. The Hyde
situation is almost as bad. Twenty
two cases were reported from a
child population of 1,855; there
were 13 substantiated.
The most number of cases
reported (115) was in Pasquotank
which has a child population of
9,444 and 75 cases were sub-
stantiated. Washington County,
with 6,467 children had 102 cases
reported and 39 of them sub
stantiated.
Throughout the state 42 per cent
of 25,994 reports were sub
stantiated.
Page Shelton, supervisor of the
protective services for children
unit of the Division of Social
» Services, N.C. Department of
Human Resources, recently put
it this way:
“Child abuse and neglect is a
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Leary: Area Must Prepare For Rate Boosts
Oscar White officially took the
reins of Edenton-Chowan
I Chamber of Commerce here
Friday night and some 150 people
| in attendance were told not to
expect any substantial relief from
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Commerce occured Friday night at Chowan Golf & Country Club. Oscar White, President is
shown at left, presenting a plaque to Wallace Evans, immediate past president. Douglas P. Leary is
shown in the other picture as he addressed the banquet audience. Leary, a native of Chowan County,
is a member of the N.C. Utilities Commission.
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DSA PRESENTED Gary B. Anderson, second from right,
was named recipient of the 1980 Distinguished Service Award
presented annually by the Edenton Jaycees. He is shown at last
Thursday night’s banquet with, from the left, John Lowery,
president of the N.C. Jaycees* Mayor Roy L. Harrell who
presented the award, and W.T. Culpepper, 111, president of the
Edenton Jaycees.
County Crime Watch Is On Its Way
Chowan County Crime Watch
Committee is being formed by
Sheriff Troy Toppin. An
organizational meeting is set for 8
P.M. on February 6 at the
American Legion Building.
Civic organizations throughout
the county are being asked to
select a representative for
membership on the committee.
Sheriff Toppin says he is hopeful
that the person selected has a
utility rates.
Douglas P. Leary, a member of
the N.C. Utilities Commission, told
the banquet audience things are
changing rapidly in the
telecommunication field and the
sincere interest in crime
prevention. But, he pointed out,
attendance at the meeting is not
limited to one person from each
club.
“The purpose of this meeting is
to initiate concern about crime
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Parent-Teacher Talks Slated
A Parent-Teacher Conference
Day marking the end of Edenton-
Chowan’s first academic
semester, has ben scheduled for
February 6. Notice from each
school are being sent to all
parents, encouraging them to
make appointments with their
»child’s teacher. Students will not
attend school on conference day.
Because the Edenton-Chowan
Board of Education realizes the
importance of providing special
times for parents to discuss their
children’s progress with teachers,
two days are set aside in the school
calendar each year for this pur
pose. The first conference day
.followed the end of the first six
weeks grading period.
Semester Calendar - 1981
January 29 Ist day of 2nd semester
February 3 Report cards go home
February 6 Parent-Teacher Conference Day-Student Holiday
March 12 End of 4th 6 wks. grading period
March 19 Report cards go home
April 29-24 Easter Vacation (Days missed due to inclement
weather possibly made up during this period)
April 30 End of sth 6 wks. giading period
May 7 jßeport cards go home
June 11 Last day of school for students
A®® 16 Last day of school for teachers
changes could ■ result in local
service rate increases in small
towns and rural areas.
Also, the Chowan County native
commended Edenton-Chowan
Chamber of Commerce for taking
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Anderson Is DSA Winner
Gary B. Anderson, manager of
Atlantic Credit in Edenton,
became the thirty-third recipient
of the Jaycee Distinguished
Service Award at a banquet held
last Thursday night.
The Guilford County native who
currently serves as Jaycee
operations vice president, was
presented the award by Mayor
Roy L. Harrell. The mayor pointed
out that Anderson-has served as
chairman of the Red Cross Blood
Program and was chairman of the
1976-77 Edenton-Chowan Peanut
Festival. In 1976, he received the
Jaycee Project of the Year award.
Anderson served in the U. S. Coast
Guard; is married and the father
of two children. He moved to
Edenton in 1973.
“Receiving such an award
makes it awfully easy to say ‘l’ve
done all I can do,’ ” Anderson
commented. “But to me, it is a
challenge for the future. Right
now, this is the greatest thing ever
bestowed upon me.”
He said that since 1973, he had
had the opportunity to move away
from Edenton, but he has found a
home here.
John Lowery of Lincolnton,
president of the N. C. Jaycees and
a past DSA recipient, addressed
the gathering at the Jaycee
Community Building saying that
It is felt that direct com
munications between parents and
teachers at the end of these two
grading periods are most crucial.
If a student’s academic per
formance is not satisfactory at
these two stages, there is still time
for parents to use their influence
and work with teachers on a plan
to help the student before the end
of the school year.
First semester actually ended
for students with the completion of
mid-term examinations on
January 27. Students received a
holiday on January 28, while
teachers observed a regular Work
day grading exams and com
pleting first semester reports.
Report cards will .be sent home
with students on February 3.
the lead in citifcen involvement
regarding high electric rates
charged by Virginia Electric &
Power Company in Northeastern
North Carolina. He pointed out
there is a sign of a turnaround in
Vepco rates because of a-new mix
of coal, nuclear, hydro and oil. By
the end of 1981 Vepco is expected
to depend on oil for 11 per cent of
of its generating capacity and 44;
per cent nuclear. In 1979 the
utility used oil for 31 per cent of
capacity.
“The new mix may not cause
any substantial decline,” Leary
said, “but will tend to keep them
(Vepco) from increasing rates.”
The commissioner predicted
that in the next 10 years North
Carolina electric rates will be
more favorable than any other
state in the nation. This, he
pointed out, should be a plus for
attracting industry.
Leary said the Utilities Com
mission will continue to be sen
sitive to the needs of the people.
The speaker said a recent public
hearing in Elizabeth City on a rate
increase request by Carolina
Telephone Company produced
more complaints about services
than rates. But he said people now
DSA recipients are people that you
can always count on. “They are
the true leaders who treat life as
an investment.”
Lowery said the Jaycees, during
the past year, raised $96,000 for
the Cystic Fibrosis Campaign as
well as raised record high funds
for muscular distrophy and
cerebral palsy campaigns.
“The North Carolina Jaycees
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Heads Heart Fund Campaign
Mrs. Ruth Rose, 305 North
Broad Street, is president of the
Chowan County Heart Association
and announces that Jim Brown
has accepted the role as fund
raising chairman.
Brown is city executive with
Peoples Bank & Trust Company.
He will double as city chairman
with the annual fund raising ef
fort.
Mrs. Carolyn Ricks is secretary
and in charge of publicity. Mrs.
Evelyn Keeter serves as treasurer
and also handles memorial gifts.
Mrs. Georgia Hines is special
gifts chairman. Mrs. Martha
Britton and Jay Woglom are
handling special events.
Rural Heart Fund directors are
Mrs. Fran Ward and Murray
Goodwin, and they will be assisted
by the 4-H clubs.
Mrs. Betty Bunch will handle
solicitations from corporations
and industries.
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CHARITY BALL PLANNED Plans are now underway for
the annual Chowan Hospital Charity Ball, sponsored by the
hospital auxiliary. The ball will be held February 21 in the
Edenton National Guard Armory with all proceeds to be donated
to the hospital. Theme for the occasion will be “Mardi Gras”. Co
chairmen of the project are Mrs. Wanda Henson and Mrs. Shirley
Parker, shown above at left and center with Mrs. Thelma Smith,
auxiliary president.
served by Albemarle Metro in
Northeastern North Carolina can
expect normally higher telephone
rates because the extended area
service is the only regional system
in the state.
He explained that the present
rate structure allows toll charges
to subsidize local service. The
deregulation legislation changes
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County; NCSU
Discussion Set
R. M. (Pete) Thompson,
Chowan County agricultural
extension chairman, will lead a
discussion of the Memorandum of
Understanding between Chowan
County and N. C. State University
at a meeting of the Extension
Advisory Council today (Thurs
day).
The meeting will begin at 12:15
P.M. at Mrs. Boswell’s
Restaurant.
David Bateman, council
chairman, said he along with
Shirley Swain, Mary Julia Parrish
and Jimmie Parrish will report on
the district meeting held late last
year in Williamston.
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have had a great year and have
done many things to make a
dream a reality,” he commented.
The Jaycees have found that the
only limitations we have are those
we create in our own minds.”
Volunteers he cited as the
country’s greatest asset and
added that getting more people
involved is one way of restoring
world-wide respect for the U.S.
Serving on the seven-member
board of directors are: George
Alma Byrum, Ralph Cole, Dr.
Edward G. Bond, Jerald Perry,
George Stokes, Leslie Barry and
E. N. Manning.
Mrs. Edith Nixon, Heart
Association official, said an ac
tivity chairman will be announced
at a later date to round out the
organization for 1981.
Mrs. Nixon stressed that the
Heart Association is a voluntary
health agency, composed of
volunteers who are interested in
preventing premature death and
disability from diseases of the
heart and blood vessels. It is the
only voluntary agency devoted to
this mission.
“There are other agencies
working in the fight against heart
disease, but ours is the only
voluntary agency concerned with
the problems of heart disease in
our community,” Mrs. Nixon
stated.