The Chowan Herald
Vol. XIVI • No. 27
public parade
Milestone Reached
Ballard’s Bridge Baptist Church
is 200 years old. It is among the
oldest congregations along the
Public Parade.
A full day of activities is set for
Sunday and several former
pastors will participate in the
services. Rev. George Cooke and
the church leaders have put
together a fine program for the
200th anniversary observance.
The word of Ballard’s Bridge
was beamed across the nation
Monday morning. Willard Scott
acknowledged on the NBC
“Today” program that he had
received some peanut brittle from
, the Tyner church which called
attention to the anniversary.
Many male church members
have discarded their razors and
grown a variety of beards in
recognition of the event.
We want to join the entire
community in saluting Ballard’s
Bridge Baptist Church on this
plateau in the religious life along
the Public Parade. The church is
200 and counting.
Working Vacation
The lights of Norfolk never
looked better than Tuesday night.
We winged in from Chicago
toward the Public Parade on the
last leg of a working vacation
which took us into the North
Central area of the U. S.
Between noon Wednesday of last
week and Tuesday we had
traveled on six different airlines
on our journey as a “witness” for
agricultural extension. In
meetings in Kansas City and
Janesville, Wise., we renewed old
friendships and made new ones
* with people we consider to be
some of the finest.
There always seems to be new
ground to plow. In March, 1980,
representatives of 37 states
organized the National Extension
Advisory Council. This prompted
advocates of research and
teaching to actively seek par
ticipation in a national lay
program.
At a meeting in Kansas City, the
framework for blending NEAC
into a National Council on
Agricultural Research, Extension
and Teaching (CARET) was put in
place. We were joined at the
meeting by Dean J. E. Legates of
the NCSU School of Agriculture
and Life Sciences, and Frank
Harris of Raleigh.
When that meeting adjourned,
we moved into another room to
chair the meeting of the National
Extension Committee of the Joint
Council on Food and Agricultural
Sciences of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture. The big agenda
item of this new committee,
organized in mid-April, dealt
with technology transfer through
computer sciences.
Support of a national computer
network for those in the
agriculture industry has been
expressed by the W. H. Kellogg
Foundation, The Kellogg Foun
dation already has invested
heavily in state and regional
programs. The network would be
designed for communication as
well as computation.
While we didn’t have to be in
Janesville, until Monday we went
up to Madison for a couple of days
of “R&‘*. We managed to play the
tourist bit Saturday and enjoyed
the countryside.
In Janesville we were in
troduced to a “Brat and Beer”
social. On the menu was brat
wurst, sauerkraut, a relish tray and
of course, beer. Since beer, even if
it is free, is not on our list of ac
ceptable beverages we con
tributed to the cause by paying $1
for a glass of Coke.
At noon Tuesday we spoke at the
annual meeting of the Wisconsin
Associated County Extension
Committees. More than 150
elected officials, their spouses and
extension staff were in at
tendance. Tbe luncheon duties
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Hedgebeth Found Guilty
Os Manslaughter Charge
Eddie Wendell Hedgebeth, 34-
year-old Negro, 310 East Church
Street, was given a suspended
sentence in Chowan County
Superior Court last week on a plea
of involuntary manslaughter.
Hedgebeth was originally charged
with murder.
Judge R. Michael Bruce of
Mount Olive, sentenced the
defendant to five years. However,
the sentence was suspended and
Hedgebeth placed on probation for
five years. He was ordered to pay
a fine of $5,000 and court costs.
Hedgebeth was charged in the
death on March 22 of Kenneth Earl
Valentine on North Oakum Street.
Charles Busby, defense at
torney, negotiated the plea with
Asst. Dist. Atty. Frank R. Parrish.
A mistrial was declared in the
jury trial of Randy Green for
shoplifting. Green was charged
with taking a pack of cigarettes
from S&R. After the mistrial was
declared, Green agreed to pay
fees of his court appointed at
torney John V. Matthews, Jr., of
Hertford, in lieu of future
prosecution.
Willie Athen Twine, Jr., charged
with drunk driving, gave notice of
appeal after he was found guilty in
a jury trial. Judge Bruce had
sentenced him to six months,
suspended upon payment of costs
and on condition that he spend 30
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Ballard’s Bridge Baptist Church
Church At Ballard’s Bridge
To Mark 200th Anniversary
Ballard’s Bridge Baptist Church
will celebrate its 200th an
niversary Sunday.
The event will begin at 10 A.M.
with the Sunday School meeting to
fill out their report and then
returning to the main auditorium.
The main worship program will
begin at 10:30 A.M. with a
welcome to all former pastors and
their families and to all former
members and guests.
Rev. Lamar Sentell and Rev.
Carl Hart, former pastors, will
respond to the welcome. Rev.
Ralph Knight, another former
pastor, will deliver ‘the 200th an
niversary message.
Dinner will be served on the
church grounds at 12 noon.
The afternoon services will
begin outside at 1:30 o’clock.
It is supposed that the first
meeting was held under a brush
arbor. The men of Ballard’s
Bridge have constructed such an
Edonton, North Carolina, Thursday, Juna 25, 1981
days in jail.
Haywood Lewis Burke was
given 12 months for possession of
marijuana. He was given an ad
ditional 12 months for possession
with intent to sell. He was
recommended for work release
and ordered to pay a fine of $2,000
and court costs.
In other cases called, the
following action was taken.
Preston Woodard, Jr., damage
to real property, two years but
work release was recommended.
Joseph Richard Rogerson, lar
ceny, three years, suspended and
placed on probation for three
years and ordered to pay a fine of
SSOO and court costs.
William C. O’Neal, possession of
stolen goods, 12 months,
suspended upon payment of S3OO
fine and costs.
William James Gillespie,
reckless driving after drinking, 90
days. He was recommended for
work release.
Hilda Twine Gilliam, drunk
driving and assault on an officer,
six months, suspended upon
payment of S2OO fine and costs and
pay for damage. In the split
sentence judgment the defendant
was ordered to spend 10 days in
jail and spend the remainder of
her sentence on probation.
Franklin Thomas Riddick,
disobey officer’s directions, not
arbor and this is where the af
ternoon service will be held.
The choir, under the direction of
Mrs. Brenda Winbome, will be
singing a number of old hymns of
the church.
Dr. Ben Kisher, former interim
pastor, will deliver a message,
after which Ralph Hollowell, Mrs.
Jane Joyner, Mrs. Vivian Jordan,
and J. Wayne Bunch will give a
brief history of Ballard’s Bridge.
Lewis Assumes
Corporate Post
NEWPORT, N. C. Blake C.
Lewis, Jr. has been named Ad
vertising - Promotions Manager
for Conner Homes Corporation.
The announcement was made by
Wallace J. Conner, President and
Chairman of the Board of the
Newport, North Carolina home
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guilty.
Charles HoUowell, assault by
pointing a gun, dismissed.
Governor Awards
Four Reseachers
Gov. Jim Hunt recently
presented awards of excellence in
scientific research to four North
Carolinians involved in studies of
North Carolina peat and olivine
resources.
The awards were presented on
behalf of the N. C. Energy In
stitute for exceptional work in
energy-related research funded by
the Institute.
The awards went to Dr. Roy
Ingram and Dr. Lee Otte of the
Department of Geology at UNC-
Chapel Hill for their research
report, “Peat Resources of North
Carolina,” and to Billy Gay and
Dr. Hayne Palmour, 111, of N. C.
State University for their report
on the usefulness of North
Carolina olivine in heat storage
brick.
“This research has paved the
way for the commercial
development of our important
energy resources,” Ffunt said in
presenting the awards.
“Already the information on our
peat resources gathered by Dr.
Ingram and Dr. Otte has given
peat mining firms like First
Colony Farms a head-start in the
development of peat as fuel. Soon
our peat will be used to produce
methanol, a versatile, clean
buming fuel that may be widely
used as an automotive fuel.
“I believe the information
gathered by Dr. Palmour and Gay
will soon yield similar benefits in
the commercialization of olivine
heat storage brick,” Hunt said.
“Peat Resources of North
Carolina” is the first complete
resource assessment of North
Carolina peat deposits. The
Energy Institute provided a grant
of SIOO,OOO for the research. The
U. S. Department of Energy has
provided $200,000 for a more
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Funds Allotted
For Day Care
RALEIGH The N. C.
Department of Human Resources
has allocated county social ser
vices departments almost sl7-
million in anticipated federal and
state funds for day care services
for low-income children for the
1981-82 fiscal year that begins on
July 1.
Chowan County will receive
$23,008. Allocations for other
Albemarle Area counties include:
Camden, $19,228; Currituck,
$21,200; Dare, $21,012; Gates,
$16,080; Hyde, . $11,294;
Pasquotank, $54,069; Perquimans,
$17,235; Tyrrell, $11,913; and
Washington, $32,337.
County social services depart
ments are currently preparing
their total budgets for the 1981-82
fiscal year. They will be required
to budget less than $1.2-million in
local matching funds for day care
in order to receive their total
federal and state allocations.
When the county social services
departments were notified in
February so their allocations they
were told that the allocations were
based upon the availability of
state and federal funds, according
to Rachel Fesmire, chief of the
department’s Day Care Section.
“Our department is requesting
$6.9-million in state funds for day
care in its continuation budget
being considered by the current
session of the N. C. General
Assembly. The 1979 session, at the
request of Gov. James B. Hunt,
Jr., appropriated state funds for
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Newbold-White House, Perquimans County
Newbold-White House Opening
To Public On July Third
The Newbold-White House, near
Hertford, which is opening to the
public on July 3 at 11 A.M. is the
oldest house in North Carolina,
dating from the 1680’s. It was built
before George Washington was
born, during the proprietary
government of the State when
Charles II was King of England.
Perquimans has long claimed
its rightful place in the settlement
of the State, with more than three
hundred years of known history.
The oldest deed recorded in North
Carolina is in the Perquimans
County Court House, showing that
an Indian Chief, Kilcocanen, sold
land to a pioneer settler, George
Durant in 1661. The deed refers “to
the land already sold to Samuel
Pricklove” who could possibly be
North Carolina’s earliest per
manent settler.
The Newbold-White House
survived from the 17th to the 20th
century, but it has undergone
many changes in those three
centuries. It was raised from the
ground, rebuilt inside, the stair
way moved, and additions made
on both front and back as life
styles changed, and families in
crease. But it was built four
square, following medieval
building practices used in
England, and it withstood time
and change. It now stands
restored to all its seventeenth
century glory.
It may look like a small cottage,
with its two rooms down, two
rooms upstairs, but in its day, it
was a mansion. The medieval
English architectural pattern of
hall and parlor prevailed, with the
parlor probably used as a
bedroom for the master of the
house. All other activities -
cooking - eating - gatherings of
various kinds - took place in the
“Great Hall”.
The two small bedrooms up
stairs were probably overflowing
when the proprietary assembly
met there in 1697. It is the only
surviving meeting place of this
proprietary government. The
speaker, John Porter, had quite a
ways to come, all the way from
Bath-town, in Hyde (now
Beaufort) County. It probably took
him a few days, depending on
favorable winds for his sailing
vessel.
Sara W. Hodgkins, Secretary of
the State Department of Cultural
Resources, will be the speaker at
the dedication of the Newbold-
White House on July 3, at 11 A.M.
It is rumoured that she will arrive
by helicopter from Raleigh,
probably a two-hour trip. She will
be accompanied by First District
Sen. Melvin R. Daniels.
Mrs. Hodgkins, now serving her
second term, has long been active
in public service, having served as
vice-chairman of the N. C. Arts
Council, and the president of the
N. C. Symphony Society. One of
only two women in Gov. James B.
Hunt’s cabinet, Sec. Hodgkins is
responsible for more than 400 full
time employees and an annual
budget in excess of sl6-million.
The department contains three
main divisions: Archives and
History; the State Library and the
Arts, which includes the North
Carolina Arts Council.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the opening ceremony on
July 3. The building will be open,
without charge, for viewing by
visitors until 4:30 P.M.. Julv 3.
Single Copies 20 Cents.
from 10 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. on July
4, and from 1:30 to 4:30 P.M. on
July 5. Regular hours of operation
will begin on July 6 from 10 A.M. to
4:30 P.M. through Saturday, and
1:30 to 4:30 P.M. on Sundays.
Admission will be $1 for adults
and 50 cents for all students.
Registration Card
Expiration Noted
RALEIGH lf you registered
• your car, truck, motorcycle,
trailer or rental vehicle between
July 1 and Dec. 31, 1980, check the
expiration date on your vehicle
registration card
Your card will probably show
that your license plate expires
June 30, 1981.
The N. C. Department of
Transportation’s Division of
Motor Vehicles is gearing up to
mail license plate renewal cards
to approximately 500,000 motorists
whose license plates expire in June.
License plate renewal cards will
be mailed by the motor vehicles
division May 1 through May 15.
Validation stickers and new
license tags may be purchased as
soon as the motorist receives the
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Sgt. Thomas M. Carter
Local Guardsman
Completes Course
FORT BRAGG - SFC Thomas
M. Carter of Ridgeway, Va.,
graduated June 13 from the N. C.
National Guard Advanced Non
commissioned Officers Course
conducted at the NC Military
Academy here.
The course was conducted over
a 15-day period by instructors of
the N. C. National Guardi and the
3286th United States Army
Reserve School using the general
theme, “Sergeant’s Business.”
The program of instruction
included such subjects as land
navigation, military leadership,
history of the National Guard,
training management, nuclear,
biological and chemical training,
and communication procedures.
SFC Carter is a member of the
731st Maintenance Company of the
National Guard in Edenton. He is
employed by E. I. Dupont of
Martinsville, Va. He and his wife,
Anna, reside in Ridgeway, Va.
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