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Summer Program nears
The Shepard-Pruden Memoriai Library wit! kick off its Summer Reading Program next Tuesday (June 4)at
10:30 a m. in the downtown Edenton Waterfront Park with an appearance by the Baiioon Lady (shown
above). Future Summer Reading Programs wi!) take piace each Tuesday morning at that same time and
iocation to the deiight of ioca! chiidren. Scheduied are: Trottey Tour (June il; sign up in advance at the iibrary);
SSSnakes, June 18; Dance Demo, June 25; Karate Chops, Juiy 2; Ciowns and Picnic, Juiy 9. Anyone interested
in more information is encouraged to cat! the iibrary at 482-4M2. (Chowan Heraid fiie photo)
Memorial Day
tribute offered
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Edifor
A time for remembering and
reflecting on the sacrifices of
others took place during a pa
triotic Memorial Day service
held Monday morning at the
Chowan County Veterans Me
morial.
Keynote speaker, the Rev.
Robert White, chaplain of
American Legion Post 30 in
Edenton, reminded the audi
ence, "Today we come together
to give honor to our fallen com
rades. Today we remember
those whose lives were snuffed
out."
White said that since the
horrific events of Sept. 11, the
response from Americans
across the land has been "an
outpouring of national pa
triotism...we must not let (it)
be put on the back burner..."
"Memorial Day is more than
just a three-day weekend," he
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Bi!! West of the National Guard (teft), Bii! Smith, a Korean
War veteran, and veteran Ron Greene pay tribute to their
Bag and their comrades as Taps is ptayed (Outiand photo)
Elizabeth Vann Moore Preservation Series this weekend
On Saturday, June 1, you will
have the opportunity to re-dis
cover in Edenton one of our
state's most cherished trea
sures, the. Chowan County
Courthouse. It is the only loca
tion outside of their courthouse
in Raleigh where the Supreme
Court of North Carolina, ac
cording to government statute,
is allowed to meet.
Saturday's program will take
place at the Edenton Baptist
Church Fellowship Hall, 200
South Granville Street. It be
gins with registration and re
freshments at 10:00 a.m., and
at 11 a.m. the program begins
with Carl R. Lounsbury, Ph.D..
A luncheon, catered by
Edenton's Nancy Hagan, will
be served at 12:30 p.m. The
program continues at 2 p.m.
Etizabeth V. Moore
with Linda F. Carnes
McNaughton, Ph.D. From 3
p.m. untii 5 p.m. tours will be
conducted through the court
house by Don Jordan, cabinet
maker, of Edenton. Tours of
Library expansion
won't be on tap
for next meeting
/
The Edenton-Chowan Pres
ervation Commission learned
this week that the plans for
expansion of the Shepard
Pruden Memorial Public Li
brary cannot be on the agenda
for its June 3 regular meeting.
After a public hearing in
Edentoh on May 6 the plans
! were sent to the Division of
Archives and History in Ra
leigh. Word has been received
that the review of the pians at
the state levei has been delayed
by staff absences, according to
Edenton Planning Director
Chad Sary.
It is expected that review of
the plans at Raleigh will be
completed in the next few
weeks and that the plans will
be on the Commission's agenda
for their July 1 meeting, Sary
said.
§ This simuiation reject* the proposed new design for
§the Shepord-Pruden Library expansion.
homes along King Street near
the courthouse will also take
place. Registration fee is $25
per person.
The event is made possible
by the Elizabeth Vann Moore
Fund, established as a private,
non-profit corporation, by
Mary Moore Rowe, in honor of
her sister, Elizabeth Vann
Moore. Miss Moore is noted as
a published writer and re
searcher in the history of
Edenton and Chowan County.
The event is part of the Bien
nial Series for Preservation
Studies. The next program in
the series is scheduled for the
spring of 2004.
Among the speakers fea
tured on June 1 is Carl
Lounsbury, Ph.D., noted archi
tectural historian. Dr.
Lounsbury has worked for the
Division of Archives and His
tory in Raleigh and now serves
(since 1982) as a member of
th< Architectural Research
Department of the Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation. His
career has included a number
of research and restoration
projects that include Archi
tects and Builders in North
Carolina: A History of the Prac
tice of Building, Anillustrated
Glossary of Early Southern
Architecture and Landscape,
and From Statehouse to Court
house: An Architectural His
tory of South Carolina's Colo
nial Capitol and the Charles
ton County Courthouse.
He is a graduate of the Uni
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On Saturday. June 1, many
will have the opportunity to
team more about Edenton'a
its architecture, and
y to our State of North
i our nation,
of the Saturday
restoration of
County
Moore
d cor
poration, established byEliza
The Steamers wii! hotd first game of the season at Historic Hicks Fieid June 4. That wm be Edenton-Chowan
Chamber Night, and wiii inciude a tribute to iocai iaw officers and rescue personnei. (Daiiy Advance photo)
Steamers season gets underway June 4
BY CARRY MICKEY SR.
Correspondent
"If you build it they will
come," goes a well-known
quote from the movie Fie/d o/*
Dreams. For the fifth year,
baseball fans in the Northeast
will once again be able to come
to Historic Hicks Field and
catch a glimpse of young men
playing on their own personal
"Field of Dreams."
They come from all over, and
from different backgrounds.
They represent different col
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leges, East Carolina Univer
sity, UNC, High Point Univer
sity, Flagler College, Univer
sity of South Carolina, Bir
mingham Southern, Northern
Illinois University, Mississippi
State University, Clemson Uni
versity and Ithaca College.
They represent their home
towns, and for this summer
they represent the quaint, his
toric town on the Albemarle
Sound, Edenton, NC. They are
thd Steamers!
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