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WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 2019
Annual chamber
fundraiser offers
food and music
18th annual Shrimp by
the Bay set for Friday
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff writer
“Shrimp by the Bay”
celebrating the life Paul
Waff will take place Fri
day at Wharf Landing
Pier.
Bring your lawn chairs
for food and fun that
kicks off at about 6:30
p.m. and ends around 10
p.m. Music will be per
formed by Adam Nixon
See SHRIMP, A5
FILE PHOTO
The 18th annual Shrimp by the Bay will be held
Friday at Wharf Landing.
Heard & SEEN
BY ROBERT WHITE
BUFFLAP
Editor’s note: J. Ed
win Bufflap, longtime
editor/owner of the
Chowan Herald, wrote a
very popular column for
decades
that was
called
“Heard &
Seen.”
Bufflap’s
column of
fered local
observa
tions and
quick anecdotes about
the comings and goings
of our community. In
that spirit, Bufflap’s step
son, Robert White of
Scuppernong, sent us
this letter as a tribute to
Bufflap.
I write this article to
honor of Mr. J.E. Buf
flap, the former owner
and editor of this wonder
ful newspaper, the
Chowan Herald.
He would have been
very proud of what you
people have done to ex
pand and improve upon
this paper. When I was a
toddler and teenager
growing up, he was my
stepfather.
Ministry aids homeowners
Volunteers provide
repairs, other services
BY VERONICA DOWNING
Correspondent
Going northbound on
Mexico Road, one can find
a U-Haul truck sitting out
side the home of one Eden
tonian family, with a host
of younger volunteers
chipping in to get the
and Chuck Hodges —
Clustergoat.
Tickets are $40 a piece
— none will be sold at the
door.
Stop by the Chamber
Office, 101 W. Water St.,
Edenton, to get your tick
ets or call 252-482-3400 to
purchase and reserve
yours today.
“This is our 18th An
nual Shrimp by the Bay
and is the premier
fundraising event for the
We lived at 207
E.Church St. I’m proud to
say he was my step-father
and the most quietly the
most honorable man I
ever knew. He dearly
loved this “Old Town on
Queen Anne’s Creek”
(now Edenton) and all
the people within it’s en
virons.
His best friend was Mr.
Kehayes of Pembroke
Circle (proud father of
our Dr. Alexander Ke
hayes). They would meet
at the Kehayes’ home fre
quently to play cards and
eqjoy each others com
pany. Although Bufflap
was introverted and did
not converse, he con
veyed with me a sense of
favor.
Myself, brothers
Jimmy and Bruce were
privileged to be cared for
and supported by this
wonderful man. He was
raised in Pennsylvania,
but as real an Edentonian
as one could be!
In the tradition of
“Buff,” 1 write his column
about other things and
thoughts.
1 wish to thank all of
our northern brothers
See SEEN, A2
house up to code.
For the past few
decades, the Carolina Re
building Ministry out of
Plymouth has been offer
ing their services to fami-
lies in need. The mission
which started in Washing
ton County, extends its ser
vices to Bertie and
Chowan counties, but they
are planning to expand to
other North Carolina cities.
PHOTOS BY MILES LAYTON/CHOWAN HERALD
Tyrell County Manager David Clegg talks with area leaders about not only the virtues of the Harbor Town
Project, but of the scenery that water travel offers in Tyrrell County.
Ferry plans underway
Local officials get update
on Harbor Town Project
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff writer
COLUMBIA - A pontoon
boat excursion up the
Scuppernong River pro
vided a small taste to poli
cymakers who are actively
working to create and pro
mote the Harbor Town
Project.
Guided by River Roam
ing Tours Captain Ray
Davenport, the tour fol
lowed a meeting Monday
between town and county
officials who discussed the
planning needed for a high-
speed ferry system to link
waterfront towns between
Plymouth and Manteo.
NC Representative Ed
Goodwin, R-Chowan, pro
vided an update as to what
Toxic algae reported in river
State agency finds toxins
near Arrowhead Beach
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff writer
Early indicators suggest
the annual algae bloom
was reported in spots be
tween Arrowhead Beach
and Edenton Bay.
However, the Chowan
Herald’s weekly kayak
trip that started near the
Chowan River Bridge, up
the Bertie shoreline, then
across the Albermarle
Sound to St. John’s
“We serve homeowners
who can’t afford to do the
repairs themselves, to help
keep them safe, dry and
healthy,” Susan Creed, or
ganizer for the Carolina
Re-Building Ministry, said
in an interview July 25.
The Rev. Dr. Jill Smith,
of Christ United Methodist
Church, in Salisbury, and
See MINISTRY, A5
River Roaming Tours Captain Ray Davenport talked
about local history as he provided town and county
leaders a small taste of what a boat ride would be if a
ferry were traveling the Scuppernong River.
Raleigh is doing to make
this feny system as popu
lar as the boat ride be
tween Hatteras and Ocra
coke.
A video featuring Nick
Didow, a key organizer of
the project, appears on the
Chowan Herald’s Face-
book page. For an
Island and past Edenton
Bay shorelines, revealed
no algae by sight or smell
on Sunday. Maybe last
week’s thunder storms
washed the green stuff
away.
Nothing lasts forever,
because by Tuesday’s
press time, what appears
to be algae or perhaps
duck weed was reported in
Edenton Bay near Blount
Street. Because tempera
tures have topped the mid-
to upper-SOs, the water has
See ALGAE, A5
extended version of the
story, see the Daily Ad
vance’s website.
A local folklorist, Daven
port entertained his guests
as he told tales about river
traffic from long ago. He
knew the history of almost
every building by
Columbia’s waterfront.
Knowledgeable about
most every turn, depth and
channel marker, Daven
port spoke about how vari
ous bridges spanned the
river before showing the
remains of a passenger
ship that sunk in 1910, the
Estelle Randall. The river
tour flowed up near the
edge of the Albemarle
Sound before returning
dockside to the historic
town that features restau
rants, Pocosin Arts Center
See FERRY, A2
PHOTO COURTESY FAISON WINBORNE
Algae was sighted Tuesday morning by Edenton Bay.
Last week, algae was reported in a sampling taken
July 23 by the Shawnee Trail Canal by Arrowhead
Beach, according to the North Carolina Department of
Environmental Quality.
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Volunteers
from Christ
United
Methodist
Church in
Salisbury work
on a house on
Mexico Road
recently as
part of
Carolina Re
building
Ministry, based
in Plymouth.
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