m X-Rated Show
The operator who set the type
for out; little piecelast week about
the state zoo must have been
thinking about Ramar and Hope
rather than the whole animal
population.
Those “loving exhibits” refer
red to in the story were really liv
ing exhibits of birds and animals
from around the world. We
wouldn’t want anybody to get the
idea the zoo is putting on x-rated
shows.
Ball In Agency’s Court
That paragraph in the Chowan
Herald story which said that
Eastern Municipal Power Agency
officials charged that Mayor Hoy
Harrell’s criticisms “had lowered
the organization’s bond rating to
a point that might cost the agen
cy $6 million over the next 20
years” says more than meets the
eye of the casual reader along the
Public Parade.
If the mayor’s criticisms have,
indeed, lowered the agency’^bond
rating, that can only be because
what he has been saying is true;
and, if it is true, market analysts
would have recognized it whether
the mayor opened his mouth or
not.
With local customers paying the
agency more for electricity than
if they buying it direct from
Carolina Power and Light, it can
not be said that the agency has
been caught with its kilowatt costs
down. On the contrary, if its
bloated bureaucracy and ineffi
ciency have pushed costs up to
where it cannot undersell the utili
ty, then it has abdicated its reason
for being.
Whatever the current status, we
can understand why, under the
mutual agreements which
brought the agency into being, it
may not be feasible to permit any
of its 32 municipal members to
withdraw. Slicing losses into big
I" ger pieces is never a popular pro
position; whereas, on the other
hand, if it were a money-making
situation, there would be lots of
takers for Edenton’s small share.
So there was little left forJSden*
toil to do bUtaccept in as flood a
ONE HUNDRED FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY— (from left to right) Sammy Morris, Mary Ann Bunch,
Lou Ann Elliott and Kay Evans were players in a skit depicting the 150 year history of Rocky Hock Bap
tist Church performed as part of the church’s One Hundred Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration on Sunday,
July 14. The skit was written and directed by Sandra Boyce.
Church Observance:
150th Anniversary
Old friendships were rekindled,
the past remembered and com
munity bonds strenghthened on
Sunday, July 14, when close to 800
people gathered at Rocky Hock
Baptist Church to celebrate the
church’s One Hundred Fiftieth
Anniversary.
The sanctuary and both
balconies were filled to capacity
as former pastor Rev. Meredith
Garnett delivered the Sunday
morning message. Garrett, who
was pastor of the church from 1966
- 71, is now pastor at Bayview
Baptist Church in Norfolk, Va.
The current and twentieth pastor
at Rocky Hock Baptist Church is
Rev. Donald Wagner.
After worship services, the
celebration moved outside where
the ladies of the church had
prepared a generous noon meal.
Throughout the churchyard
were reminders of the past:
Volume XLIX - No. 26
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, July 18, 1985
Single Copies 25 Cents
Area Allocated Funds
For Road Improvement
The North Carolina Board of
Transportation recently allocated
$97,134 for secondary road con
struction improvements in
Chowan County. The money is the
county’s apportionment of $47.1
million approved by the board to
fund improvements to secondary
roads and statewide.
The funds, which were allocated
on a county-by-county basis, were
appropriated by the North
Carolina General Assembly
earlier this month. The legislative
action guaranteed that 13/8 cents
of the state’s 12 1/4 cents per
gallon gas tax will be used for
secondary road improvements.
The amount of funding for each
^^o^ijdgtermiRed by a formpla
established by the state
legislature. According to the for
mula, every county receives a
percentage of the total funds bas
ed on the unpaved secondary
roads in the county in relation to
the total mileage of unpaved
secondary roads in the state.
Statewide, 17,929 secondary road
miles remain unpaved, a figure
that represents 20 percent of the
state’s highway system. In
Chowan County 36 miles remain
unpaved.
State Transportation Secretary
James G. Harrington called the
secondary roads program one of
the most important elements of
North Carolina’s overall highwav
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Slogan Chosen By Extension Service
“Eat Right For Life” is the
state foods and nutrition slogan
for the Agricultural Extension
Service during the next two years.
Mrs. Margie Harrell and Mrs.
Cora Guthrie are members of the
Chowan County Extension staff.
They are Foods and Nutrition Pro
gram Aids and work with families
in Chowan County, especially
those with young children. The
purpose of the foods and nutrition
program (EFNEP) is for families
to acquire knowledge, skills, at
titudes and changed behavior
necessary to improve their diets
in normal nutrition.
Mrs. Harrell has been a pro
gram aide for ten years. She
works primarily in the southern
part of the county. She lives at
Route 3, Edenton with husband,
Samuel and has two sons, Tommy
and Cedric.
Mrs. Guthrie joined the exten
sion staff in March, 1985 and
works more in the northern part
of the country. She resides in
Tyner with her family, husband,
Rev. Sherman Guthrie and son,
Shane.
They visit families individually
to enroll them in the program.
Generally homemakers remain
with the program about one year.
While they are in the program, ef
forts are made to involve them in
other programs offered by the Ex
tension Service. One prominent
result has been the motivation of
homemakers to want to pursue
and improve other facets of fami
ly living.
The most outstanding result is
the incresed levels of dietary ade
quacy along with the fact that
nutritious diets are being obtain
ed at a lower cost than the amount
spent before the aide enrolled
families in the program. Thus the
economic value has great appeal
among clients.
Considering the fact that the
percent of family income spent for
food varies from one famly to
another, financial management
and efficient use of resources
necessarily are integral com
ponents of the ..utrition education
subject matter taught. A sizeable
proportion of program
homemakers have been able to
reduce their food expenditure
while improving the quality of
diet.
Working under the supervision
of the Area Home Economics Ex
tension Agent, Ila Grey White,
they participate in a continuous
training program. During the first
three weeks of employment they
were involved in intensive train
ing on district basis.
Currently Mrs. Guthrie and
Mrs, Harrell have attended
workshops related to “Eat Right
for Life”, osteoporosis, cancer
and nutrition, cooking with light
touch, weight management and
nutrition and heart disease.
Specialists at N.C. State Univer
sity provide educational materials
and resources. These staff
members are specialized in foods
and nutrition, home management,
family relations, entomology,
adult education, etc.
Families are interested in
gardening, canning, freezing,
sanitation, storage, food prepara
tion and planning. Young families
are interested in nutrition during
pregnancy, for the baby and
children. All families are in
terested in saving money of food.
The program aides are not ex
pected to cope with non-related
nutrition problems. However,
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FIREMEN’S ASSOCIATION—John Baker (standing) Chief of the
Farmville Fire Department and President of the Eastern Carolina
Firemen’s Association, and Edenton Fire Department Chief Lynn
Perry were on hand for the quarterly meeting of the association held
at the American Legion Building on Thursday, July 11. During the
special Ladies Night meeting, new officers were installed. The Eastern
Carolina Firemen’s Association has representatives from 32 counties.
County District Court Session
Chowan County District Court
was in session July 16, 1985 with
the Honorable John T. Chaffin
presiding over the criminal
calendar.
Monique Armel Ward was call
ed but failed to show on a charge
of unsafe movement.
Zenetta Simpson plead guilty to
shoplifting and was sentenced to
90 days suspended 2 years on the
condition that she pay a $100 fine
and cost of court. She is also to re
main off the premises of Revco
Drug Store for 2 years.
Charles “Chuck” Paylin was
called but failed to show on a
charge of secreting secured
property.
Archie Allen Felton was called
but failed to show on a charge ol
communicating a threat.
Other cases tried in the July 9tt
session of Chowan County Districi
Court were:
Joe Louis Johnson was found
guilty of DWI. He was sentenced
to 90 days suspended for 2 years
on condition he pay a fine of $15C
and cost of court, fie is to perform
72 hours of community service
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members of the congregation
dressed in period costumes and
two horsedrawn carriages which
had transported families to the
anniversary celebration. A shelter
reminiscent of the ones used by
families to eat their noon meals in
years past was contracted for the
occasion; it housed relics from the
church’s rich history and also con
tained photographs of former
pastors.
Later in the afternoon a skit was
performed by 23 church members
whose ages range from 7 to 70.
The script, written by Sandra
Boyce, a Drama Professor at
Chowan College in Murfreesboro
and chairman of the five-member
Anniversary Committee, told the
history of the church organized in
1835 by Elder J.B. Webb, Robert
Felton and others. The name of
that'Church was The Church of
Christ at Rockahock.
Boyce did research for the skit
i__minntoc frnm
UJ 1 UMUlIlfj
the past century-and-a-half. Those
minutes told of the first church
built of logs and located in the fork
of the road known as the “big A”,
150 yards northeast of the present
building. The congregation mov
ed to its first frame building on the
present site in 1855. She also found
that Elder J.B. Webb served as
the church’s first pastor at a
salary of $25 per annum.
In a news article published in
1955, Boyce found a description of
the people of Rocky Hock. A man
was reported to have said, “If I
were blindfolded and put on the
Chowan River, I would know
whether I was at a Rocky Hock
fishing pier. They don’t drink and
there is no dirty talk.” Also an
Edenton merchant was quoted as
saying,“ I a man is from the
Rocky Hock Community, I will
give him credit or cash his check.
I know he is honest.”
The One Hundred Fiftieth
Celebration on Sunday was a huge
success.
“I just had a real good feeling
about the day,” said Boyce.
“There’s a real good feeling of
community in Rocky Hock. I’m so
glad that I live in a rural setting
where everybody is so close.”
Another member of the con
gregation, Jack Evans, com
mented on the celebration. “I
really does you good to look back
and see what went on before your
time; I just hope we’ll be able to
come up with some history that
people beyond us will be able to
look back on and say,‘Hey thats
great.’ ”
Annual N.C.
4-H Congress
Chowan County 4-H members
will be among some 900 Tar Heel
youth attending the 1985 North
Carolina 4-H Congress July 22-26
in Raleigh according to Theresa
Clark, Home Economics Exten
sion Agent.
Leaders and extension agents
from across the state will accom
pany the youth for the annual
event.
Registration will be held at the
North Carolina State University
Faculty Club. Delegates will
reside in NCSU dormitories. Ac
tivities are scheduled for the
NCSU campus and the State
Fairgrounds.
The congress officially opens
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TOURNAMENT— Little League teams have been participating all week in Edenton-Chowan Recrea
tion Department’s End-of-Season Tournament. The final championship game is scheduled to get under
way 6:30 p.m. Friday, July 19, at Fisher Field, Badham Road. The photo above was taken Monday night
during a game between Rocky Hock and Hardee’s; final score: Hardee’s - 23, Rocky Hock - 3.