Rep. Jones: Durable
1 There Are certain things which
you think you will never forget,
things like birthdays,
anniversaries, Halloween,
Valentines, Christmas, etc.
Then there are things which you
hope you can forget. Things like
when a congressman takes office
and political wags entice you to
make a long journey to witness the
grand event.
We, therefore, had almost
forgotten that 10 years ago Rep.
Walter B. Jones of Farmville took
the oath in the U. S. Congress to
represent the First Congressional
District of North Carolina.
Elsewhere in today’s paper he
calls attention to the fact. It was
on February 10,1966, just over a
year after we came to meander
along the Public Parade, that we
participated in the event. Had we
not been intent on impressing the
local “power structure’’ we doubt
that the trip would have become a
reality for us.
Rep. Jones is humble. He is also
a sentamentalist. If there was
ever a man who cared more for his
friends . . . and only God knows
how widespread they are... than
he, we don’t know them.
Therefore, we enjoyed being
included in those invited to this
special event a decade ago.
The symbols for a 10th
anniversary are tin and
aluminum. They are as diverse as
Rep. Jones. Webster defines tin as
a “soft-white, soft metal easily
rolled out and melted. ” Aluminum
is defined by the same source as
“a durable metal which does noti
rust.”
Rep. Jones, like aluminum iis
durable and will not rust. Unlike
tin, he won’t ever be easily rolled
and melted.
Maybe that is the character we
recognized in the man and enticed
us to make the journed to
Washington 10 years ago ... the
power structure notwithstanding.
On Revenue Bends
Probably the most important
piece of
presented to the voters 1?
Constitutional Amendment No. 1,
which If agpfoved on March 23,
win permit the State of North
CaroQha to sell revenue bonds to
finance hospital improvement
projects.
No tax money is involved in this
amendment, and there will be no
tax increase if this amendment is
approved and such bonds are
subsequently sold.
Passage of this amendment will
help hold down hospital costs by
enabling lower interest, tax free
revenue bonds to be used for
financing the building of new
hospitals or additions to replace
existing obsolete facilities,
construction hospital-owned
doctors offices and clinics, and
bailing or modernizing of
laboratories, an#* other hospital
All public (city and county) and
community nonprofit hospitals,
including .church affiliated
hospitals, and sohmfrtpte hospitals
will be able to use tax free revenue
bonds. Each hospital’s board of
trustees will make the decision if
they want to use this financing
mechanism.
The wording of the ballot is
somewhat laagthy, but the ballot
willie entitled: “Amendment No.
I.” In pert the ballot reeds: “For
or against, Ca—Htutional
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Volume XL&— No. 8.
County Seeks
HUD Grant
ELIZABETH OTY-Chowan
County commissioners are
making application to HUD for a
$400,000 block grant to purchase a
site for a new courthouse-jail
complex in Edenton. The pre
application was given A-95
clearinghouse approval here
Thursday night by Albemarle
Regional Planning & Development
Commission.
The application is being
developed by Albemarle
Associates, an Edenton consulting
firm employed by the county to
seek funding for the complex.
Mayor John Bell of Elizabeth
City, ARPDC vice chairman,
presided at the meeting where
Pasquotank County physicians
objected to the manner in which
regional representatives were
named to the Health Service
Agency board.
A representative of the four
county medical society was
critical of the procedure and made
an issue of the fact that no
physician from the area was
placed on the board. “The largest
hospital (Albemarle) and the
largest medical society was not
asked to give input,” he said.
After considerable discussion a
resolution was presented by Bell
which called for further expansion
of the HSA board in order to have
more physician representation. W.
B. Gardner of Edenton suggested
that since the HSA board was
holding a meeting in Greenville at
the time no hasty decisions should
be made.
Gardner’s motion that future
appointments by the region be
given widespread publicity and
have input from every area was
unanimously adopted.
T. R. Spruill, chairman, had
named a Plymouth physician to
when a vacancy existed.
This was questioned by Alphonza
Nixon of Pasquotank. Wesley
Cullipher, ARPDC executive
director, said the notice of the slot
came late and he (Spruill) could
not have contacted the board prior
to the deadline.
Mel Bunch, executive of
Albemarle Law & Order
Association, said the merger with
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'Theater Classes
Being Offered
Having reviewed the interest
demonstrated in the recent
Edenton Little Theatre-Chowan
Arts Council survey, the Arts
' Council is announcing that it will
be offering classes in directing
and scene design during the month
of March.
Directing classes will be offered
every Tuesday evening from
March 2nd through the 30th. Scene
design classes will be scheduled
for every Wednesday evening
from Match 3 through 31st. All
classes will begin at 7:30 P.M. and
will last for lVfe to two hours. Class
meetings will be held at the
Shepard-Pruden Library.
Both courses will be taught by
William Springer, the Chowan
Arts Council’s 3rd Century Artist.
There will be a $5.00 fee charged
per course, to cover expenses and
all special materials required will
be furnished.
Application and course
information has been mailed to
time who indicated interest in
such classes on the recent survey.
If you did not get a copy of this
information, copies are available
at the Library or by contacting
Mr. Springer and Mrs. Louise
Darby.
Each course must have a
minimum enrollment of 3 persons
in order to be held. The maximum
enrollment for the Directing
course will be 9 and for the Derign
class will be 7. B you are
“BwvSwo ad now ana enroll now.
This will be the only time that
mew ciinee win oe onereo owore
tne 3rd Century Artist funding
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Edenton, North ( % o ta, Thursday, February 19, 1976.
Contractor Has Final Word
The contractor for U. S. 17 By
pass, Dickerson Construction Co.,
has the authority to deny
permission to cross rights-of-way
with pipe for the Chowan County
water system, a Department of
Transportation official told the 1
Chowan County commissioners
Monday afternoon. And he added
that the department has no
authority to make them do it.
District engineer F. W. Atkins
from Ahoskie told the
commissioners that until the
project is completed and
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DISCUSS RIGHT-OF-WAY—Officials of the State Department
of Transportation are shown discussing with the Chowan County
commissioners, the problem of getting permission to cross U. S.
17 By-pass rights-of-way with water system pipes. Dickerson
Construction Co., the contractor for the highway construction,
has turned down requests from the county on the matter until the
by-pass is completed and approved by the state.
Cargo Plane Destined For Earthquake Victims
A cargo plane loaded with
emergency medical supplies
departed from Edenton Municipal
Airport Tuesday morning with a
-gttentwr n}shteni tn-command.
The medical and baby supplies are
earmarked for the earthquake
victims of Guatemala.
The supplies are a gift “from the
People of Israel Aircraft Industry
to the people of Guatemala”,
states the boxes filled with the
supplies.
Upon hearing of the dilemma
the people were experiencing in
Guatemala as the result of the
tremendous earthquake that left
virtually everyone homeless and
several thousand dead, the
workers pooled their monies to
buy the much needed supplies.
The mission of mercy is being
carried out by North Atlantic
Aircraft Deliveries, based in
Edenton with a home office in
Miami, Fla.
Joseph L. Logan, Jr., of
Edenton, managing director of the
delivery service is command pilot
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MISSION OF MERCY TO GUATEMALA—Joseph L. Logan
Jr. of Edenton, standing left, is piloting the cargo plane loaded
with emergency meffical supplies which is now en route to the
earthquake leveled country. Tlie other crew members are Tom
Brown, co-pilot, standing, and Hiem Ganon of Israel, flight
engineer. The supplies are a gift to the people erf Guatemala from
the people of Israel Aircraft Industries.
accepted, it belongs to Dickerson
and the county must have their
permission to cross the rights-of
way. Whether or not the water
system work would affect by-pass
construction is immaterial in the
matter, he said.
At present, the commissioners
have hit a snag in that the water
system lies in two parts separated
by a seven mile section of the by
pass. The county would like to
cross the by-pass now, rather than
have to wait for the project to be
completed and responsibility
for this delivery. His co-pilot is
Tom Brown, originally from the
Chicago area and Hiem Ganon of
Israel, is the flight engineer.
‘ Logan war on -route back to tfie~
State after picking up a plane in
Israel when he was contacted to
make this emergency delivery of
supplies to Guatemala. He landed
in New Jersey where the supplies
were loaded and he made a
overnight stop in Edenton
Monday before continuing the
flight.
The 3,000 pounds of supplies
being delivered on this trip is the
first of three loads en route to
Guatemala. The supplies cost the
workers over $5,000. This amount
is considered slight in the States,
as far as foreign aid is concerned,
but to the Israeli’s, it constitutes 10
times the buying power as we
know it. Co-pilot Brown
commented that the workers don’t
even make close to $5,000
annually.
Logan stated that the supplies
would be transported to
given to the state. On two
occasions, the commissioners
have requested permission to
cross the rights-of-Way, and
Dickerson has turned them down.
Atkins added that if the request
were granted, the state would not
inspect any of the work until the
by-pass project is complete.
“You mean to tell me”,
commissioner N. J. George said,
“that the state will not give us aid
or assistance?”
Atkins replied, “We will give
you aid or advice in telling you
what should or should not be done,
but we cannot say that the work
has been done according to the
contract, that is Dickerson’s
responsibility.”
He added the the state would
provide all information necessary
to correctly perform the work, if
permission were granted, but DOT
would not put an inspector on the
job. They do not have the right.
Earl Moore, another DOT
official, explained that if a third
party encroachment had been
secured when the by-pass was
begun, this problem would not
exist.
It was Moore’s suggestion that
the county post a bond to cover the
work in the event something were
not constructed properly.
Commissioner George noted,
“We’ve got to sell Dickerson on
the idea that crossing the by-pass
is in their best interests as well as
the interests of the people in the
county and state.”
The commissioners will meet
with Dickerson representatives
Guatemala City where they would
be unloaded and distributed to the
needy people.
Logan generally makes at least
one major trans-ocean flight a
month, covering all parts of the
world.
Nominated
Florence Berryman, a Chowan
Academy junior has been
nominated to Governor’s School
for 1976, it was announced by Mrs.
Frances T. Hollowell,
headmistress.
The Governor’s School is. a six
week summer program for 400
gifted and talented high school
students from N. C. secondary
schools. It is operated by the
Board o' Governors under the
Department of Public Instruction
of tiie N. C. Board of Education. A
staff of about 65 has been chosen
for the program. A number of
instructors from outside the state
have been employed, but the
majority of the staff are among
the best qualified available in
public and private schools in this
state.
The session will be held from
July 5 through August 14 on the
campus of Salem College in
Winston-Salem. The program
attempts to introduce and to
stimulate critical inquiry and
thought for student application in
continuing education. The final
student selection will be
announced April 12.
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ISRAELI BUILT PLANE CARRIES SUPPUES-The cargo
plane was loaded with 3,000 pounds of emergency medical and
baby supplies when it landed at the Edenton Munidpii Airport
Monday evening. The flight resumed Tuesday morning and
expected to land sometime late Wednesday at Guatemala Cgy.
Single Copies 10 Cents.
next Wednesday afternoon at 2
P.M., and Atkins said they will
have a DOT representative
present. He again emphasized that
the repreesntative can only serve
as an interested party, with no
official authority.
Construction and grading of the
by-pass should be finished in
September bu’ Dickerson has
asked for an extension. Atkins said
that this is customary, and added
that contracts for paving have not
been made yet.
He said that the highway will not
be open for traffic until late 1977.
Permission to construct a bridge
across Pembroke Creek has not
yet been given. Atkins reported
that the request “is in Washington
on an admiral’s desk.”
( Notice
| Thomas M. Surratt, president
iof Chowan Hospital, reported
| Wednesday that due to the high
| number of influenza cases in
"the community, and because of
concern for patients, visiting
hours will be temporarily
) restricted.
j During regular visitingi
’hours, which are 2 P.M. to 4
(P.M. and 7 P.M. to 8 P.M., 1
visitation will be limited to one<
Imember of the immediate
family at a time. No visits, |
except by special permission,
i will be allowed at any time I
other than regular visitingi
hours.
Joseph James
Named Interim
HSA Chairman
GREENVILLE—Joseph James,
hospital administrator in Wayne
County, has been named temporary
chairman of the Health Service
Area board in Eastern North
Carolina.
At its initial meeting here
Thursday night, committees were
named to establish the permanent
organization of the board to decide
health care policies in a 29-county
area which includes four regions.
Mrs. Ila Gray White of
Perquimans County was named to
the nominating committee;
Thomas M. Surratt of Chowan
County, by-laws committee, and
Raleigh Carver and Dr. C. B.
Jones of Pasquotank County,
plans committee.
Fifty of the 53 members named
to the board were present for the
meeting which ended bickering
over its establishment over the
past several months.
The HSA program objectives
were explained by Lawrence B.
Burwell of the State Department
of Human Resources. He said the
board will be responsible for
health fund spending, building
new health institutions, approving
modernization and changing uses
for out-patient health clinics.
The next board meeting will be
March 3 in Greenville.