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FAIR OPENS NEXT TUESDAY FOR 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION tte annual Chowan County Fair opens next Tuesday, Sept. 30 and will remain open through Oct. 4, to the delight of young and old. While all the county fairs are special, this one is especially so because it marks the 50th anniversary of our local fair. Hours at the fair, which takes place at the American Legion Fairgrounds in Edenton, are: 5-11 p.m., Monday. Wednesday and Friday; 3:30-11 p.m. on Thureday; and 1 p.m. until midnight on Saturday evening. This year's theme is, appropriately, "Celebrating the Gold/y_ T I Ernest A. Swain Respected educator dead at 91 BY REBECCA BUNCH Editor Retired principal Ernest Alexander Swain died Thurs day, Sept. 18, in the Skilled Nursing Facility of Chowan Hospital in Edenton. He was 91. Swain was the last surviving member of a trio of educators including D.F. Walker and John A. Holmes who had schools in the Edenton-Chowan school system named for them during a dedication ceremony held here on Dec. 15,1966. Swain, a native of Creswell, NC, was a 1927 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He worked for two years in Washington County at the Wenona School after which he came here as principal of the Advance School ip the Chowan County Unit, a post he held from 1929-1933. He served as principal of the Advance School in the Edenton City XJnit between 1933 and 1942. Then, from 1942 until 1971, he was principal of the Edenton Elementary School. That school was renamed Ernest A. Swain Elementary School in his honor in 1966. ' See SWAIN On Page 8-A ’Caring for Children' is effort to provide needy medical care Chowan Hospital has named ten volunteers to serve on the advisory board for the hospital’s “Caring forChildren” Program, a new service that pays for doctor office visits for certain uninsured children re and serving as volunteer1 in take coordinator for the pro gram; and Kay Wright, owner operator of the Edenton Tea Pot Child Day Care Center. Also serving on the board are Charles Shaw, director of the Walker Elementary School; and Anne-Marie Knighton, Edenton town manager. Lynn Bassett, special pro grams supervisor with Chowan Hospital’s Home Care Agency, serves as program di siding in Ch owan County. At the initial meeting of the board Ben Gregory, pastor of the Countryside Church of Christ and chief admin- I istrator , of j Countryside’s Child Day Care Center, was elected to serve as its chairman, reuiui . iui “faring for Children.” She expres sed great con i fidence in those serving on the board. “We are very fortu nate to have this talented, 1 interested and diverse board to give leadership to our new pro gram. We with Ben Rose, director of Chowan 'Caring for Children" advisory board members M1U W nia l opening doors to en County’s Department of Social Services, elected vice-chair man. Others appointed to serve on the advisory board are Angie Layden, school nurse for D.F. Walker and White Oak Elemen tary Schools; Patricia Downum, representing the public at-large local Partnership tor Children, which initiated Chowan * County’s bid for a Smart Start program here; Debbie Farmer, registered nurse* with the Chowan County HealthDepart ment; Ahmad Ali, MD, family practice physician in Edenton; Ralph Cole, principal of D.F. aoie an 01 uui tmiuicu lu uc come regular patients of our community’s doctors is very important, and that is what ‘Caring for Children’ is all about,”’ she said. “Without this program,” See CARING On Page 8-A Friday night belongs to the Aces as they defeat Columbia, 54-7 From Cox NC Publications staff reports Senior Mitchell Stanley scored three touchdowns in the first quarter as the Edenton Aces pounded host Columbia 54-7 in non-conference football Friday night. Stanley scored on rushes of 56, 1 and 47 yards as Edenton improved to 2-2. Columbia fell to 0-4. Edenton coach Jay Swice good said the Aces were able to take advantage of Columbia’s youth. “Defensively, Columbia is a young football team. They have a lot of sophomore players. They only had six seniors,” said Swicegood, whose team gained 380 yards total offense to Columbia’s 88. “It was obvious that we were much stronger than they were. It was a game where we were able to execute early.” That’s exactly what the Aces did—execute early. The score was 27-0 at the end of the first quarter and 41-0 at halftime. Swicegood said he pulled his starters after the first quarter to help give some of his re serves game-time experience in preparation for this Friday’s game against Northeastern. “This game gave us an oppor tunity to use a lot of kids,” Swicegood said. “They got a lot of experience Friday night. It’s not a game that you look for ward to preparing for a big game, but it gave us the win and the confidence going into See ACES On Page 10-A New director of Parks/Recreation is hired by town Lamar Adams of Sampson County has been named Edenton-Chowan Parks and Recreation Director. Adams replaces Rob Laughton, who resigned to become a manag ing partner for Dowd and Twiddy/Century 21 Real Estate. em end of the county.” Knighton said she felt his qualifications coupled with an obvious enthusiasmfor the job made him an excellent choice. “In addition to his educa tional and work experience, what impressed me about T .a m a r is cur rently serving as assis tant di rector of Parks and Rec reation for Clinton/ 'He set himself apart from several equally qualified appli cants when he told me why he wanted to lead our department.' Anne-Marie Knighton Town Manager was his obvi ous af fection for public recre ation,” she said. “He set County, NC. “I look forward to Lamar working with us. We are put ting together a busy orienta tion week for him,” said Town Manager Anne-Marie Knight on. “He is anxious to meet mem bers of the community and be gin v/orking on some of our big projects, such as the develop ment of the sbccer complex and exploration of possible expan sion of facilities in the north himself apart from several other equally qualified appli cants when he told me why he wanted to lead our department. Lamar said that he was a prod uct of a great recreation pro gram, that he grew up in a community that placed tre mendous value on its recre ation program and he wanted to give youngsters and adults See HIRED On Page 8-A J Dr. Ron Heiniger, NCSU Extension Crop Scientist Specialist, explains how the Global Positioning System (GPS) can benefit fanners when used to scout cotton electronically rather than manually. Graduat e student Mary Thurman (at right) waits by the GPS for her turn to address the group. (Photo by Marty Jacobi) Ag Expo brings new ideas to farmers here BY MARTY JACOBI Correspondent The Northeast Ag Expo fea tured cotton and peanuts at the third annual field day on Tues., Sep. 16 at C.A. Perry and Son. The event brought in educa tors from North Carolina State University, in Raleigh, to ex plain new methods about the two local crops. The Expo had been rescheduled after being rained out last week. “We wanted to offer a field day to show farmers new tech nology and techniques,” said Mike Williams, Chowan County extension director. Williams said that the great majority of farmers are not able to travel to other state shows, so this is an opportunity for them to learn more about farm ing. “The name of the game is going to be reducing costs over the coming years,” said Dr. Jack Bailey, NCSU extension plant pathology specialist. Dr. Billy Caldwell, the asso ciate director of the NC Coop erative Extension Service, told Clarence Leary, from the NC Cotton Promotion Association, spoke about ways to improve make the transition. “Those folks who’ve come out today are an important part of who we are,” he said. Clarence Leary, from the NC Cotton Promotion Association, spoke about ways to improve the quality of cotton. Most im portant , he said, is that the cotton has to be 100% contami nation free with no caps, coats, tractor parts or trash in it. He said that farmers need to counsel their workers to pick up anything that they drop out in the field. Too much cotton is being re jected because of the less de sirable short fibers due to im mature cotton, cotton left in the field too long and being overcleaned in the gin, he said. He commended growers for producing quality crops. “The U.S. has a reputation of having the finest cotton around,” he said. Bob Sutter, from the NC Pea See EXPO On Page 10-A Babies 24 mos. & under and persons 65 & over FREE ALL WEEK (rides not included)
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