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jloody battle on Iwo Jima.
Honor our country today,
June 14, by flying your flag and
saluting it.
Liz Will
National Society
Daughters of the
American Revolution
Open Your Eyes
Dear Editor:
I am a Southern man. Some of
ny ancestors settled on the
Mbemarle Sound in the 1650’s
md some of them have been in
:he South for God only knows
low long because they are of the
Cherokee Nation.
The NAACP is demanding that
the Confederate Battleflag must
come down because it represents
a nation connected With slavery.
It saddens me to see the recent
cultural cleansing being waged
against the South and her
symbols not by the average
American, but by a special
interest group.
Why hasn’t it occurred to
them that the money they are
spending to erase our Confeder
ate symbols might be better used
to feed the hungry in our
country, to educate our children,
support programs to help stop
crime and drug abuse, and
programs that promote racial
harmony instead of an agenda
that breaks down racial relation
ships. To be sure, the churches
gracing our fair South could use
some of that money to teach our
children the love of God. They
are are not learning that in our
schools.
Should we take down the U.S.
flag? The atrocities committed
against my Cherokee ancestors
by the U.S. government have left
us decimated. There are not
enough of us left alive to protest.
The institution of slavery was
welcomed for many more years
under the U.S. flag than that of
the Confederate flag. Three slave
states fought for the Union!
Where does it stop?
I believe it will stop when we
stop looking at the various
shades of our skin and start
looking into the other man’s
eyes. That is where lies a man’s
heart.
Charles Alexander
Albemarle Chapter
NC League of the South
Hertford, NC
Coffey
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the committee members traveled
to Avoca, the home of Dr. William
Capehart, who lent the men a
steamer to go to Eden House. The
remains of Gov. Eden “rested un
der a beautiful group of cedars in
the field about one quarter of a
mile from where we landed,” the
report stated. While the slab over
the grave had been broken, the
committee was “successfully re
warded by finding the remains in
a good state of preservation for so
long a period, 167 years.” The body
of his wife, Penelope Eden, buried
nearby, was also recovered and
both were returned to Edenton.
In 1911, the remains of Joshua
Bodley, his wife, Jeanne Henriette
Damery Bodley, her second hus
band, Stephen Cabarrus, and their
child, Henrietta Cabarrus, were
moved from the United States Fish
Hatchery to St. Paul’s Churchyard.
The tidy arrangement of flat
stones that we admire today has
existed only since 1964, when Mrs.
Joseph H. Conger Sr. and Mrs.
Philip S. McMullan, as represen
tatives of the National Society of
the Colonial Dames of America,
recommended the governors’
graves “be separated sufficiently
to allow passage between the mark
ers and to make maintenance
easier.” St. Paul’s agreed that “five
graves were to be in one line and
six in another line with the west
ends of the markers even.”
Recognizing that there had been
enough disturbance, the report of
the work expressly notes that “the
graves were not actually disturbed;
only the. markers were moved in
such a fashion as to leave at least a
portion of the marker over what is
believed to be the remains in each
case.”
And now, finally, they rest in
peace.
Martin
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I eas.
* There are several reasons why
anyone vacationing in North Caro
; lina this summer should have a
[ copy of the new book. First, the 38
different tours sample every re
gion of the state. So almost every
body in North Carolina is within
an hour’s drive of at least one of
the tours.
Second, all the tours are designed
for automobiles. You don’t have to
assemble a lot of equipment to take
one of these ecotours. You can
travel in style and still see some of
the same things that our backpack
ing friends think are special.
Finally, each tour is written by
someone who can explain scien
tific matters to those of us who
don’t already know everything.
Dirk Frankenberg wrote about
things like the shifting sands and
delicately balanced forests on the
barrier islands. Along the way he
explains how it all works together
in dramatic, changing harmony.
In his work, Frankenberg never
missed a chance to remind any
body who would listen how the
activities of man in the coastal ar
eas are often destructive-especially
when man tries to fight the natu
ral movement of the barrier is
lands. In each of his tours, he qui
etly makes the same point.
Other writers guide us though
places in the coastal plains where
rich plant and animal life has sur
vived man’s activities. There are
trips through the
Sandhills and around the eroded,
mountain-like hills of the Pied
mont. Of course, there are moun
tain trips in which the variations
in elevation give magnificent op
portunities to see an incredible
variety of plants and terrain within
a few minutes.
If you use this book to take just
one ecotour this summer, you will
have a memorable vacation.
But there is a risk.
You might become not only a
new ecotourist but also a commit
ted environmentalist.
As you learn about the remain
ing “natural” areas in North Caro
lina, you might start worrying
about how few of them there are.
You may find yourself wondering
what will happen to these places if
they are not better protected. All of
, a sudden you may be working to
save enough of North
Carolina’s natural areas so that
our grandchildren will have the
chance to be ecotourists, too.
Even if just a few us who enjoy
the tours in this book become a
little more committed to preserv
ing our natural environment, it
would be a great tribute to Dirk
Frankenberg and his life of ser
vice.
******
North Carolina Bookwatch, the
UNC-TV program that I host, airs
on Sundays at 5 p.m. My guest on
June 18 will be Margaret Supplee
Smith, co-author of “ North Caro
lina Women Making History”
More information about upcom
ing programs is on UNC-TV’s web
site (www.unctv.org ) under the
“Local Programs” category.
WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS WEEK . . .
Monday-6/19
PADDLE THE POND
On Saturday, June 17, at 9
a.m. come join the staff at
Merchants Millpond State Park
in Gatesville, NC in a short
canoe trip to enjoy the scenery,
plants and animals that can be
found at Merchants Millpond.
The program will take about 1
1/2 to 2 hours and will require
pre-registration. There will be a
$3 fee for the use of park canoes
on this trip. Dress appropriately
and bring binoculars if you
wish. Call (252) 357-1191 to
register. This program will also
be offered on Saturday, June 24.
TURTLE TAILS
On Sunday, June 18, at 4 p.m.
come to Merchants Millpond
State Park in Gatesville, NC,
observe some of our native
turtles and learn some of the
interesting tidbits that make
each species unique. Meet at the
canoe rental area. Questions?
Call (252) 357-1191.
BASKET WEAVING
Well-known basket weaver
Jean Bridges will be holding an
“Introduction to Basket Weaving”
class June 19-20. In the class
students will make a large usable
service basket. Students need to
register one week in advance of
the class. For information about
fees, or to sign-up, call the
Chowan Arts Council at 482-8005.
Tuesday - 6/20
NAACP TO MEET
The Chowan County Branch of
the NAACP will meet on Tues
day, June 20, at 7 p.m. at the
Providence Missionary Baptist
Church in Edenton.
Upcoming Events
CIVIC LEAGUE MEETS
The Edenton-Chowan Civic
League will meet at the Fannie
A. Parker Woman’s Club in
Edenton Monday, June 26, at 6:30
p.m.
BOATING SAFETY COURSE
A North Carolina Wildlife
Boating Safety Course will be
held June 27-29 from 6-9 p.m. at
the COA Chowan County Center
in Edenton. To register, contact
Officer Mark Rich at 482-5855.
PRESCHOOL SCREENINGS
The Head Start Program,
Chowan County Board of Educa
tion, Health Department and
DEC will conduct county wide
screenings in the areas of
Speech, Language, Hearing,
Developmental, Vision and
Dental on Friday, June 30, at D.F.
Walker Elementary School in
Edenton, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Children that will be three and/
or four years old should be
brought to these screenings.
Walk-ins will be accepted from 9
a.m. to 11 a.m. Questions? Call
Ms. Gertha Bond-Thomas at 482
4495, ext. 109.
O'Connor
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amongthe states. Considering that
the cost of living is not high in
many of the state’s smaller com
munities, these salaries might be
attractive, particularly to recent
grads in northern states where the
population is somewhat stable.
When the schools hire profes
sionals to teach in their fields - a
reporter teachinghigh school jour
nalism, for example - they can
credit that new teacher’s experi
ence, and thus pay them a mid
career salary. That helps.
But the schools face more than a
money problem. They must also
convince new teachers that the
schools are safe, that discipline
problems are being handled bet
ter, and that mid-career transfers
won’t get all of the problem stu
dents just because they are the new
est faculty members.
One other thing might help.
Schools, parents and all levels of
government must work to keep
current teachers from quitting.
Too many are doing so now.
Things have changed since 1973.
The job market has shifted, and
applicants for teaching jobs now
have the advantage. There are
plenty of jobs from which to choose.
Uncle Joe was right.
Product sales workshop is scheduled
I
A workshop on selling services
and products to federal, state,
county and municipal agencies
will be held Wednesday, June 21,
from 4:30 p.m. until 6 p.m. at Col
lege of the Albemarle Small Busi
ness Center, Building E, 1208North
Road St., Elizabeth City.
For all businesses wishing to
sell the services of their machine
shop, dive service, marine con
struction firm, fiberglass fabrica
tion business, metal shop or
boatyard - and for those businesses
that want to sell products such as
boats, floats and bolts.
This no-cost workshop will pro
vide the basics, let you know what
tools are available to help you, what
the real opportunities are, and how
much effort and expense might be
involved in winning a share of the
over $1,800,000,000 in government
contracts which will be awarded
in 2000.
Doug Bowlsby, a counselor in
the Procurement Technical Assis
tance Center (PTAC) of the Small
Business Technology and Devel
opment Center (SBTDC) in
Wilmington, will present this
workshop. Bowlsby has over 30
years of experience in purchasing
management, developing and as
sisting small and minority busi
ness and construction manage
ment in both DOD, state, civilian
agency and commercial opera
tions. He is retired from the U.S.
Army.
There will be no charge for at
tending.
To assure that you will receive
an information package when you
arrive, call Mike Bradley in Beau
fort at (252) 728-2144 or e-mail him
at Mbradley@SBTDC.org
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