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Personal Again
September is somewhat of a
special month around our house.
Greer Amburn is 10 years old
today. Earlier in the month her
Daddy was...oh well!
Greer is our second Edentonian.
Like all the rest she is something
special.
She enjoys ballet, likes to talk,
{days the piano, looks forward to
Sundays with church school and
worship service, still likes to
talk, likes to play, etc.
For her age she is handy around
the house. In fact, she ends up
doing most of the things her
parents aren’t successful in
getting the others to do. And if that
isn’t worth a public “Happy Birth
day” then there ain’t a rabbit in
the briar patch.
Noted And Passed
Picture on the front page of our
least favored morning daily of
general circulation in Nor
theastern North Carolina shows
four workmen with four super
visors. That is what is called
one on one, a popular dialogue
of the times.
Time To Get Tough
Thousands of dollars have been
spent in downtown Edenton in the
past 24 months to make the
business district and waterfront
more attractive. While the
majority of the citizenry ap
preciate what has been ac
complished there are still those
who need to get the message.
It is unfortunate that it is going
to take a little muscle from the
Police Department to get the
attention of the minority.
What we are talking about is the
damage being done to benches and
trees in the downtown area as well
as to Colonial Park. At the same
time, bicycle riders continue to
run down pedestrians on the
sidewalks.
Police have repeatedly warned
the cycling public of their unlawful
acts in the downtown area. Yet
hardly a day passes that there is
ing a bicycle and a pedestrian.
The benches in the downtown
area are placed there for the
convenience of the people. This
was a thoughtful gesture on the
part of the designer. It is, how
ever, less than considerate
when someone crashes through
«a four-by-four bench slat
just for “kicks”.
Because of abuse, restrictions
have been put on the use of
Colonial Park to the extent it is
hardly attractive. But so long as a
minority of the people take ad
vantage of a situation they can
continue to shackle the majority.
As we said, it is unfortunate that
it is going to take some police
muscle and some red faces to
correct the problem which grows
almost daily. This is a situation
where the innocent must adhere to
restrictions placed because of the
guilty.
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One-Way Street
Park Avenue is now one-way
going east, from North Broad
Street to North Oakum Street.
Signs are being erected this week.
Town Administrator W. B.
Gardner asks motorists to be
aware of this change in the traffic
pattern in this area and to observe
it since it was done to make travel
on the street safer.
Voter Deadlines Revealed
Three dates—October 4, October
27 and November I—are now
important for those who wish to
vote in the November 2 general
ctocton.
The deadline to register is 5 P.
M. on October 4. Also, people must
transfer to the correct precinct
befdfce this deadline. A person
must be a resident of the state or
prod** 30 days prior to the date
rfjhMjectton and must to IS by
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Volume XLII.-—No. 39.
50-Year Old Trestle Collapses
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Planning Board
Slates Meeting
The monthly meeting of Chowan
County Planning Board will be
held Tuesday at 8:00 P.M. in the
conference room on the Fourth
Floor of the County Office
Building. George W. Lewis,
chairman, will preside.
Among the items on the agenda
are a progress report and
dedication plans for the county
water system; subdivision plat
review; and discussion of a draft
mobile home and travel trailer
park ordinance.
elections office on the Fourth
Floor of i the County Office
Building is open from 9 A. M. until
1 P. M., Monday, Wednesday and
Friday. Or, a person may register
with Mrs. Myrtle Hare at the tax
office. Also, with the registrars
and two judges in the various
precincts.
Furthermore, members of the
board of elections can register a
person. They are: Mrs. Byron P.
Kehayes, Mrs. George C. Hoskins,
and JSarl Britton. They are
available by appointment.
Additional information re
garding the election is found
elsewhere in the newspaper in the
form of a paid ad as well as a
general news story regarding
federal election laws.
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Arrests Made As Officers Bust Drag Race
A drag race Sunday on private
property adjacent to Edenton
Municipal Airport lead to two
arrests and prompted property
owners to take steps to halt future
incidents.
Estimates of the crowd varied
between 750 and 1,000. Law en
forcement officers secured the
identification of more than 300
vehicles.
Take Positions
The George C. Moore Company
announces the appointments of
Charles Meeler to the position of
plant manager of the Edenton
facility, and Alan Sachs to the
position of manager, finishing and
inspection.
Meeler has had a long and
successful career in textiles,
having held many responsible
management positions.
Mr. and Mrs. Meeler, parents of
four grown children, currently
reside at Greenville, S. C. and
expect to locate in the near future
to the Edenton area.
Sachs has held responsible
positions with a company in the
same industry. He is a graduate of
the University of Georgia. Mr. and
Mrs. Sadis have four school age
children, all girls, and currently
reside in Royston, Ga. They ex
pect to relocate soon to die
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Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, September 23, 1976
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No Trespassing signs were
erected Monday on property
owned by Edenton Properties,
Inc., Joe Logan, MacMillan
Bloedel Enterprises, and the Town
of Edenton. An Edenton
Properties official wrote Sheriff
Troy Toppin as follows:
“No officer, agent, employee,
director or stockholder has the
authority to permit any drag
racing or similar activities on
subject property.”
In a June 30,1975, letter to Town
Administrator W. B. Gardner, the
corporation president said no
permission would be granted for
drag racing “on any land owned
by Edenton Properties.”
Sheriff Toppin said he arrested
Robert Tyler Lewis, 19, Route 3,
Edenton, for refusing to give his
Conference Action Begins
The Edenton Aces will face their
first conference foe this Friday
night as the unbeaten grid squad
plays host to the Plymouth Vikings
following a runaway victory over
the Gates County Red Barons,
48-7.
Aces’ halfback Charles Watford
ran roughshod over the outclassed
/Red Barons, scoring six touch
downs, rushing 333 yards total
including a kick-off and a punt
return of bettor than 80 yards
By L. F. AMBURN, Jr.
Southern Railroad workmen are
making significant progress in
replacing the trestle across Queen
Anne Creek which broke Friday
morning and dumped six freight
cars into the water. Another car
was derailed.
No one was injured in the ac
cident.
Railroad spokesmen have not
yet determined the cause of the
8:20 A.M. mishap which has cost
the company thousands of dollars,
caused employees to work around
the clock and created an unusual
amount of excitement in Edenton.
The trestle was more than 50 years
old.
The first car which went through
the span was about nine cars back
of the engine pulling the 100-car
train from Plymouth to Norfolk.
The cars were carrying mostly
tubing, bricks, gravel and raw
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A TRAIN ACCIDENT—The
photographic composite shows
. the Southern Railroad disaster
I at Queen Anne Creek within
the past week. At top is a photo
by Flynn Surratt only minutes
after the trestle collasped
Friday morning. The other
pictures in the series were
made by L. F. Amburn, Jr.
name to an officer at 6:45 P. M.
Sunday.
Chester Kent Bunch, 18, Route 1,
Edenton faces several charges
following a high speed chase by
Deputy Sheriff Glenn Perry on
Base Road and Highway 32.
Bunch wrecked his 1972
Chevrolet when Edenton
Patrolman McCoy Parker at
tempted to stop him.
State Trooper M. J. McArthur
said Bunch’s car hit the rear of a
vehicle operated by Warner
Everett of Roper. Everett suffered
a neck injury and was treated at
Chowan Hospital.
Bunch was charged with drunk
drivihg, reckless driving, hit and
run involving personal injury,
speeding in excess of 90 miles per
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each. In 12 carries, Watford
moved the ball 166 yards.
Further adding to the rout was
Gerald Morring who collected 139
yards over nine carries and
fullback John Norris who marched
for 85 yards in twelve carries.
Hay Tew abstained from
passing, and Haywood Bond and
Tony Pierce were the Aces main
defensive receivers. That pair
nahbed four of six interceptions
out of nine Gates passing at
tempts.
Single Copies 15 Cents.
School Survey
Proposes Two
Main Plans
BYFLYNNSURRATT
A comprehensive survey of the
Edenton-Chowan Schools made by
the State Department of Public
Instruction’s Division of School
Planning was presented to the
Board of Education last Thurs
day night at a special meeting.
Dr. J. L. Pierce, division
director, stressed two options for
reorganizing the system both of
which would call for construction
of a new middle school to house
grades seven and eight and
completely phasing out use of
Swain Elementary School.
The 135-page survey report
includes findings, recom
mendations, supportive data, and
11 possible options for
reorganization of which two were
judged to be the most readily
feasible.
Overall the schools were termed
under utilized in the light of a
declining student population.
The survey stated, “Without an
adequate student population it is
difficult to offer a reasonably
comprehensive program of in
struction without excessive costs.
In addition to program cost ad
vantages, high schools of an
adequate size offer opportunities
to differentiate staff such that a
greater variety of instructional
alternatives and specialized
services are made available.”
Chowan High School, the survey
indicated, has a student
population in grades 9-12 of 242
with 46 course offerings as com
pared to John A. Holmes High
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Fair Opens
Tbs' Chowan County Fair is in
full swing. Crowds at Tuesday’s
official opening were “pleasing”
to fair officials.
There was a shower in the af
ternoon but the clouds moved out
to provide mild temperatures for
those enjoying midway activities.
W. A. Perry, president of the
fair association of Edward G.
Bond Post No. 40, American
Legion, and E. C. Toppin, post
commander and fair manager,
said everything is going according
to plans.
A market hog show will be held
at 2:30 P.M. today (Thursday)
with the sale at 8 P.M. Chowan
County Pork Producers and the
legion post co-sponsor these
events.
At 5 P.M. today there will be a 4-
H poultry sale.
The 4-H talent show is again
being sponsored this year and
other free entertainment is
present each night. The fair closes
Saturday night.
Join Faculty
WINSTON-SALEM—Two Eden
ton physicians, Dr. Edward
G. Bond and Dr. David O. Wright,
have been appointed to the faculty
of the Bowman Gray School of
Medicine as clinical instructors in
community medicine (Allied
Health).
They are participants in the
medical school’s preceptorship
training program of the Depart
ment of Community Medicine.
Through this program, students in
the Physician Assistant Training
Program receive part of their
training in the offices of primary
care physicians, in clinics and in
small community hospitals.
Dr. James A. Chappell, interim
administrative director of the
Department of Community
Medicine, expressed appreciation
for the services rendered by the
Edenton physicians to the medical
school.
“The work of these physicians
enables the medical school to
{resent a more comprehensive
training program for physician
assistant students,” Dr. Chappell
said. “Their appointments to the
faculty recognize this valuable
assistance.”