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Volume 30 No. i'3
Hartford, Perquimans County, North Carolina Thursday, September 19, 1974
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SIGNS OF INFLATION Albemarle EMC general ,
manager Ed Brown discusses the problems of rising costs
to members attending the luncheon prior to the ;;
cooperative's annual meeting. '
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Corporation.
Albemarle EMC Holds
AudMemberMeeting.
"Approximately 250
members of Albemarle
- Electric Membership Cor
v poration met at Perquimans
. High School on Saturday for
their annual meeting.
The day's activities began
with a luncheon for the EMC
Directors and : special
guests. - James A.
Whitehurst; ' president
welcome the group and J.A.
Wiggins,, vice-president
presented the invocation.
Next, Edward E. ' Brown,
Jr., manager introduced :
guests. Following the meal
i prepared ;; by the Ladies'
NAuxilary of the Bethel
...i Volunt eer Fire Department, ;
Brown presented a , brief
summary concerning the
'. rising costs of electricity.
. He stressed the point that
. when the cost of wholesale
j power increases, then the
; cost to members must also
- increase. Albemarle EMC
does not generate any of its
electricity, but instead buys
it at wholesale price from
Virginia Electric Power
Company VEPCO). Brown
also briefly., explained the
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fossil fuel adjustment which
is much talked about among
consumers. In his closing
remarks. Brown asked the
group if they felt the.
majority of the EMC's
customers understood' the
reasons for recent in
creases. In response, a
member replied, "Well,
isn't everything going up?"
The members' meeting
began at 2 p.m. with a call to
order by President
Whitehurst. W.E. Meiggs a
member of the EMC's board
of directors gave the in-,
vocation. Floyd Mathews,
secretary-treasury, repor
ted on the day's attendance
and read the minutes of the
last meeting.
Following this, Carroll
Williams reported on his
committee's nominations
for the Board of Directors
and Charles Johnson, , at
torney explained the secret
ballot voting procedure to
the members and the votes
were cast, , '
Annual reports were given
by the president, treasurer
and - general manager.
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1 :sv3 elected. All w ere re
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THE LINE-UP These members of Albemarle Electric
Membership Corporation were tempted to line up early for
the annual meeting in hopes of being one of the first 75 to
registered and win a silver dollar.
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Questions from the floor
were then heard and most
inquired about rising prices.
Following the business
session, a drawing for at-"
tendance prizes was held.
Entertainment for the af
ternoon included per
formances by: Gwayland
McClenney and Ellis Hin
ton, Darrell Stevenson,
Karen Bridgman, Danny
Local Man Will
Represent Area
MURFREESBORO, N.C.
A local, man has been
assigned a key role in
Chowan College's Annual
Giving Fund for the 1974-75
academic year. The goal for
the recently established
program is $50,000.
Chowan's president, Dr.
Bruce E. Whitaker, said the
Annual Giving Fund was
established by the Board of
Trustees following a
recommendation of - the
Board of Advisors to secure
undesignated gifts to help
'underwrite the day to day
operation of the college. - '
President Whitaker said
Chowan will be represented
in the Hertford area by
Julian E. Winslow, Jr.
Chowan's chief ad
ministrative .officer ex
plained that gifts to the
Annual Giving Fund will be
earmarked for the daily
operational costs of the
college. t'This is Chowan's
most pressing need," he
explained.' "Gifts to the
Annual Giving Fund will be
used to meet the daily needs
such as lights, food, fuel and
supplies, thereby benefits
ting every student on
campus," he added. -
Whitaker said support of
the Annual) Giving Fund is
important in helping
Chowcn keep tuition within
the reach of students and
f-'inUng the ccllce in
y : p
tmitrtmi of JUhmarle "
and Linda Meads, Darryl
Stallings, The Blue Lights,
and square dancing by The
Tar Heel Squarers and
Shooting Stars with Earl
Steele.
In closing this year's
meeting, President
Whitehurst called for un
finished business, and read
the results of the election.
providing its services to
young people.
"Chowan ' College is
depending on its many
friends and supporters to
help it maintain and
strengthen its program and
. service to young men and
women. The goal is
challenging but one that is
well within reach. I am
confident that our many
friends and supporters who
believe, in Chowan College
. will give generously in order
to share in the important
- mission of this private,
church-related college," he
stated.
i Whitaker also announced
. the three division chairmen
' of the 1974-75 Annual Giving
' Fund. They are: Irwin Belk
. of Charlotte, who will head
the Corporations and
, Foundations Division;
' Norman Beeks of Roanoke
'Rapids, who will direct the
Friends .' of the College
Division; ' and J.J.
Harrington of Lewiston, who
. will lead the 'Parents
' , Division. Serving as the
drive's general chairman is
sBob Hill, Sr.
! The Alumni Annual Fund
is under he leadership of
Miss Betsy Craig of Rich
mond, Va. president of the
Alumni Association, and
Mrs. Joy Dilday of Mur-
freesboro, alumni president-
elect.
Helms Introduces Bill
To Restore Prayer
", U.S.Sentor Jesse Helms
. (R-N.C.) introduced a bill in
. the Senate today which will
restore prayer in the public
schools. The Helms bill has
several cosponsors, in
cluding President pro
tempore James 0. Eastland
(D-Miss.), Chairman of the
Senate Judiciary Com
mittee. The Helms bill will limit
the appellate jurisdiction of
the U.S. Supreme Court and
the original iurisdiction of
Federal District Courts.
'.Limitation of court
jurisdiction can be ac-
'complished without
f lending the U.S. Con
tution. In a statement to the
nate, Helms noted that
tempts to adopt a con-
itutional amendment to
turn prayer to public
hools and public buildings
Proposed Change
Raises Opposition
. Elizabeth City . . .Police
Chiefs and Sheriffs from ten
Northeastern North
Carolina Counties met with
Highway Patrol and
Department of Tran
sportation Officials,
Tuesday, in Elizabeth City,
N.C. The Sheriffs and Police
Chiefs attending voiced
their opposition to the an
nounced plan to change the
! peration of thevElizabeth
City Highway Patrol
Communications Substa
tion. Colonel E.W. Jones,
who is the Commanding
Officer- of the North
Carolina State Highway
Patrol, told the Law
Enforcement Officers quote
"The Elizabeth City High
Workshop Is Set
For Substitutes
A workshop for substitute
teachers will be held
Tuesday, Sept. 24 from 9
a.m. until 4 p.m. at the
County Office Building in
Perquimans County.
" The workshop is designed
for anyone interested in
working as a substitutel
teacher in any of the schools
in the county.
The purpose of the
workshop is to first provide
minimum training and
second, to identify those in
the community who are
interested. This will give
school administrators a list
of available substitute
teachers.
- Anyone who has at least a
high school diploma is
eligible, although some
college is preferred. Also,
those wishing to serve as
substitutes must be reliable,
friendly, enjoy children,
willing , to work and be
dedicated and concerned
with quality education.
Persons meeting these
qualifications will be
welcomed.
Items covered in the
workshop will include:
obligations and respon
sibilities of the substitute,
teacher, -the principal and :
regular classroom teacher,
exercises in understanding
children their charac
teristics physically,
socially, and emotionally,
substitute . teacher
regulations, professional"
ethics j as a substitute
teacher, classroom
management, and operation
and use of audio visual
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' have been unsuccessful. He
reminded his colleagues that
he is one of 22 sponsors of
Senate Joint Resolution 84,
which would amend the
Constitution in such a
manner, and that the
Resolution has been before
the Senate Juficiary
Committee for more than a
year.
'The amendment process
is time-consuming and
exceedingly difficult. The
time has come to consider
an alternative means of
dealing with this problem,'
Helms said.
"Fortunately, the Con
stitution provides this
alternative under the
system of checks and
balances," he continued. "In
anticipation of judicial
usurpations of power, the
Framers of our Constitution
wisely gave Congress the
way Patrol radio station is
substandard and costly to
the state of North Carolina.
There is not enough radio
traffic here to warrant its
continued manned service."
Colonel Jones along with
Major O.R. Roberts, Head
ot the Patrol's Com
munications Operations,
explained that the system
which Patrol Officials say
; "Will provide Northeastern
North Carolina's residents
with better service."
Colonel Jones said that
installation of a telephone
relay system at the
Elizabeth City Substation
will be completed by Sep
tember 17th and put into
operation October 1st.
Adding that residents of that
equipment and materials.
Following the workshop, a
list of persons interested
will be presented to the
Board of Education for
approval. Then, as the need
for substitute teachers
occurs, principals will be
able to select them.
Additional training may
be provided if there is
enough interest shown in the
first workshop.
Pre-registration for the
workshop is encouraged and
persons may do so by calling
426-5227.
s FALL'S ON ITS WAY When the gourds and pumpkins start lining the fence and yard
of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Lane, county residents know that fall is on its way. The Lanes
live on Hertford-Edenton Highway where Elsie Lane runs "Elsie's Dollhouse."
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authority, by a simple
majority of both Houses to
check the Supreme Court
through regulation of its
appellate jurisdiction."
Helms pointed out that the
Congress has exercised this
power on numerous oc
casions, since the earliest
days of the Republic.
The Helms bill states that
the Federal Courts shall not
have restricting as un
constitutional, voluntary
prayer in any public school.
"The purpose of my bill,"
Helms explained, "is to
restore to the American
people the fundamental
right of voluntary prayer in
the public schools. The bill
seeks to promote the free
exercise of religion by
allowing those who wish to
recite prayers-and they are
the vast majority of our
citizens-to do so with or
area would still call
the
same number 335-4309
for
highway patrol assistance.
When operative, the
system will automatically
relay all incoming patrol
calls to the Highway Patrol
Radio Communications post
at Williamston, which is
manned 24 hours per day.
Currently, Northeastern
North Carolina residents
. can reach jhe Elizabeth City
Highway Patrol Substation
only 16 hours per day.
Colonel Jones added that a
repeater radio relay system
also being installed will
increase patrols com
munication with North
eastern North Carolina.
Highway Patrol Com
mander told the police
delegation that similar
operations in other areas of
the state are working
satisfactory. Colonel Jones
further stated that the three
Telecommunication Offi
cers now on duty in
Elizabeth City Substation
will continue employment at
Williamston. The Police
Officials and the two and
one half hours meeting still
argued against the plan
change until Colonel Jones
said the patrol would send
its Chief Radio Engineer,
Buck Sloop, to the area to
meet with each Sheriff and
Police Chief and further to
test the new system. "If this
operation is not better than
what we have now in
Elizabeth City then we will
design a system that will
give your citizens the ser
vice we expect from the
Williamston operation,"
Colonel Jones concluded.
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without the blessings of
government."
"Public school children are
a captive audience. They
are compelled to attend
school. Their right to the
free exercise of religion
should not be suspended
while they are in at
tendance. The language of
the First Amendment
assumes that this basic
freedom should be inforce at
all times and in all places,"
Helms concluded.
Sign Of
The Times
Tourists and travelors on
the nation's highways
during the Bicentennial era
will have an easily
recognized symbol helping
guide them to Bicentennial
activities in many areas of
the country.
The Federal Highway
Administration, in cooper
ation with the American
Revolution Bicentennial
Administration (ARBA),
has authorized and en
couraged States to use the
official national Bicen
tennial symbol on Inter
state, primary and secon
dary highway signs giving
destination directions to
local Bicentennial ac
tivities. The national Bicentennial
symbol takes the form of a 5
pointed star, surrounded by
continuous red, white and
blue stripes which form a
second star.
They symbol is widely
used now in newspapers and
magazines, and by officially
designated Bicentennial
Communties. It also can be
used in private sectqr
Bicentennial projects of
ficially recognized by the
ARBA and will be used on
products and other items
licensed by the ARBA to
help commenorate the
country's 200th anniversary.
The Federal Highway
Administration has
authorized State agencies to
use Federal aid funds to
install the Bicentennial
highway guide and rest area
information signs which
must be up by July 1, 1976
and removed before June 30,
1977.
The Federal Highway
Administration's authori
zation does not include
additional funding which
must come from money
already budgeted.
State highway officials
will work with State
Bicentennial Commissions
to identify appropriate
destinations which will
include those associated
with programs accorded
official recognition by the
ARBA.
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