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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2019
PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT TO OPEN
ATCHOWAN ARTS COUNCIL — A6
NEWS
Historic marker dedicated to ‘oldest rat in the
barn’ - A2
NEWS
Take a walk, fight hunger in Chowan County on
Oct. 13 - A5
SPORTS
Steamers hire Marshall McDonald as new head
coach - Bl
COMMUNITY
American Legion Post 40 to host activities Nov.
10-11 - B7
Ticket booth dedicated to longtime volunteer
F. Earl White’s family
helps with ceremony
BY NICOLE BOWMAN-
LAYTON
Editor
The Chowan County Re
gional Fair board dedi
cated its new ticket booth
in honor of a longtime vol
unteer on Thursday, Sept.
28.
. A dedication and ribbon-
cutting ceremony for the F.
Earl White Ticket Building
INFORMATION
The Chowan County Regional Fair started Oct. 1 and will run through
Saturday, Oct. 5. Tickets are $8 for every person over 36 inches in
height. The fair will be open from 4-11 p.m. today and Thursday, and
4 p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday. For information, including a
schedule of events, visit https://www.chowanfair.com/.
was held at the American
Legion Fairgrounds .with
the help of the Edenton-
Chowan Chamber of Com
merce. The 73rd annual
fair, which opened Tues
day, runs through Saturday,
Oct. 5.
Francis Earl White died
Jan. 26,2019. He had a long
history of serving his coun
try, which included more
See TICKET, A3
NICOLE LAYTON/
CHOWAN HERALD
Shelby White
(seated), wife
of the late F.
Earl White, is
surrounded
family mem
bers Thursday
as the Chowan
County Re
gional Fair
ticket building
is named in
Earl's honor.
2020 Campaigning Begins
Forest
visits
Edenton
Lt. governor running for
governor in 2020 primary
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff writer
NC Lt. Govenor Dan For
est stopped by Hood and
Anne Ellis' Water Street
home Tuesday to talk with
folks about the Tarheel
State.
“Edenton is one of the
most beautiful places in the
See FOREST, A2
5 years of vinyl
Melissa, Eddie Fields spin
tunes on Saturday nights
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff writer
Edenton Bay Trading Com
pany celebrated the fifth an
niversary of Vinyl Night on
Saturday.
If you haven’t been, Vinyl
Night is like being in your par
ents’ basement with your
friends listening to your fa
vorite records without having
to worry about your parents
telling you turn that music
down.
Ex-Congressman finds home in Hertford
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff writer
Editor’s note: Every now
and then you come across
someone who, while they may
not live in Chowan County, de
serves some ink. Besides, Albe
marle Plantation is just a few
miles away as the crow flies.
Because small toum journal
ists don’t get stories like this of
ten, this will be thefirst in a
two-part, series about the life
and times of Richard Schulze,
a retired congressman.
HERTFORD — The walls of
Dick Schulze’s condo are lined
MILlS LArTON/CHOWAN HERALD
(L-r) NC Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, Charlie Creighton and Simon Rich talk Tuesday on the porch of
Hood and Anne Ellis’ home.
Really, it’s that “Play that
Funky Music White Boy” kind
of thing between 7 p.m. and
11p.m.
“Only on Vinyl Night can
you go from playing ‘Redneck
Woman’ to ‘New York, New
York,’” said Eddie Fields who
co-hosts the show with his
wife, Melissa.
Idea for Vinyl Night came
from seeing a sign more than
five years ago that advertised
a similar such vinyl night in
Norfolk, Virginia. The couple
approached Edenton Bay
See VINYL, A2
MEET Your Neighbor
with photos of world leaders,
past and present. Each picture
has a story to tell about how
Schulze, a retired Pennsylva
nia congressman, came to
know world leaders such as
President Ronald Reagan,
Egyptian President Anwar Sa
dat and Israeli Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin?
Schulze, now 90, served as a
member of the U.S. House of
Representatives between 1975
and 1993. A Republican,
Schulze’s district encom
passed portions of
MILES LAYTON/CHOWAN HERALD
(L-r) Melissa and Eddie Fields co-host Vinyl Night every
Saturday at Edenton Bay Trading Company. Vinyl Night
celebrated its five-year anniversary of playing records that
span a multitude of musical genres this past weekend.
Montgomery, Delaware, and
Chester counties in the west
ern Philadelphia suburbs.
During his career in the
House, Schulze rose to serve
as a top-ranking member on
the House Ways and Means
Committee and the senior
Republican member bn the
Oversight Subcommittee. He
also served on the Armed Ser
vices Committee and Banking.
He chaired the Republican
Study Committee, and was the
Republican Whip for Pennsyl
vania.
44th annual
Peanut Fest
set for Oct. 5
Event proceeds benefit band programs
at Chowan Middle, John A. Holmes
STAFF REPORT
Preparations for the 44th annual
Peanut Festival are underway.
The annual event will last all day Oct. 5
and feature activities for people of all
ages. Proceeds from the event benefit the
Edenton-Chowan Schools band programs
at Chowan Middle School and John A.
Holmes High School.
First up will be the parade at 11 a.m.
Participants will line up on Water and
Oakum streets at 10 a.m. and travel up
Broad Street to the high school. Parade
registration forms are due today, Oct. 2.
For lunch and dinner, enjoy a tradi
tional barbecue and fried- chicken from
Leon Nixon’s catering. Tickets at $9 each.
The meals will be available from 11 a.m.
to 2 p.m. at Holmes’ front parking lot, by
the Boy Scout hut, and from 4-7 p.m. in
the Holmes Athletic Complex. The meals
There is also a raffle. For $1 a ticket,
people can win either $100 for first place,
$50 for second or $25 for third. You do not
have to be present to win.
This year’s Battle of the Bands will be
gin at 4 p.m. and will be held in the foot
ball stadium. Marching Aces band direc
tor Lynn Dale recently said that at least 12
schools had signed up to compete.
The band range oh size up to 90 mem
bers.
Ticket prices will be $8, while a pro
gram will cost $2.
New this year will be the arts and crafts
set up. They will be open from 3-7 p.m.
during Battle of the Bands inside the Aces
Athletic Complex, meaning that visitors
A few years after Schulze re
tired, he bought a condo in
1999 at Albemarle Plantation
where he lives with his wife,
Nancy.
“What attracted us here
were the people.... The people
are wonderful,” he said.
The couple could have lived
anywhere — even remain in
Washington DC where they
have a place that Congress
man Greg Murphy is staying at
as he transitions to his new
job.
But Dick and Nancy Schulze
chose to live outside a small
See SCHULZE, A5
See PEANUT, A5
MILES LAYTON.CHOWAN HERALD
Richard Schulze, a retired Pennsylvania
congressman, has a wealth of stories to
share about his life and times. He calls
Hertford home.
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