Candidates In Contested Races
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Public Parade
Tuesday's Happening
Democrats along the Public
Parade and throughout the state
will go to the polls Tuesday to
nominate candidates for a
multitude of elective offices.
Republicans and others will be
restricted in their balloting,
therefore, only a few of them are
expected to exercise their right to
franchise.
In 1970 we broke from our policy
as a registered Democrat, to
endorse a candidate in a local
race. It was because we wanted to
publicly support our wife for the
Edenton-Chowan Board of
Education.
She was one of the fortunate
candidates we have endorsed. She
won!
Our track record in the political
arena, admittedly, leaves a great
deal to be desired. Therefore, while
we ‘Otherwise would advocate
changes here and there, we are
reluctant to do so for fear 'of
putting the “kiss of death” on
our personal choices.
However, we will continue to
speak out on district and state
and Charles Evans of Dare County
for the two First District House of
Representative posts.
And of course, Rep. Walter B.
Jones of the First Congressional
District deserves re-election
because of the splendid manner in
which he handles the most difficult
position of public service, save the
presidency.
The First House District is now
served by two men of retirement
age. They have built seniority, of
course, but they cannot be ex
pected to serve with the same
vigor as a man of Mr. Evans’
qualities. He is young enough to
spark new leadership, old enough
to project mature judgement, and
experienced enough to mold them
together.
Mr. Evans, who is Mayor of
Nags Head, an officer of both the
Albemarle Law & Order
Association and Albemarle Area
Development Association, is a new
star on the regional horizon. He
has been tested and found to be
9 true. He is the Albemarle Area’s
brightest star and if he is shot
down now it is doubtful that
another will appear rapidly.
While he is ambitious, he is not
self-centered. He recognizes the
value of the whole rather than the
pieces. He has conducted a highly
visible campaign and he will be an
equally visible representative. He
possesses both the desire to be a
good public servant as well as the
capability of contributing to the
solution rattier- than being a part of
the problem.
Vote your choice Tuesday. ..BUT
VOTE!
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Henry E. Dick of Greensboro
will soon become Chowan Coun
ty’s first professional manager.
He, according to a story elsewhere
. in today’s newspaper, will report
te work prior to June 15.
While we have not had the op
jji portunity to meet Mr. Dick, we
have read his resume and are
inclined to be impressed with his
credentials. The $22,000 annual
salary was certain to interest a
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Voters To Decide
Issues On Tuesday
Nomination of two Chowan County commissioners, a six-year term on
Edenton-Chowan Board of Education, along with two seats in the First
House District will be among those races in Tuesday’s Democratic
Primary election.
The polls open at 6:30 A.M. and will close at 7:30 P.M. Curbside voting
will be allowed between 9 A.M. and until 5 P.M.
Incumbent N.J. George, board chairman since December, 1977, is
being challenged by Town Councilman Harry Spruill, Jr., and George
Jqnes. a prominent livestock farmer who is making his first id for
public office. They are running for a First Township seat.
C.A. Phillips, a second incumbent who served for several years as
chairman, is being challenged for Ms Fourth TownsMp seat by Mrs.
Lueta Sellers.
Commissioner J.D. Peele has no opposition in the Second Township.
Dr. J.H. Horton, incumbent school board member who is seeking his
last consecutive six-year term, also does not have opposition in the non
partisan election.
However, Morris Small chose not to seek re-election from the Fourth
TownsMp and there are three candidates—Cecil Fry, Mrs. T. Gwen
VanDuyn, and Mrs. Thiraza Shields.
Mrs. Corinne F. Thorud, supervisor of elections, said if one of the three
candidates for county commissioner in the First TownsMp does not get
51 per cent of the vote a second primary can be called. This must be done
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Incident At Fishery Nets Jail Term For Leary
Clyde Leary, Jr., 38, Route 1
Tyner, was given sentences
totaling nine months in Chowan
County District Court Tuesday in
what courthouse buffs tabled the
“almost pickled Negro” case.
Judge John T. Chaffin found
Leary guilty of trespass and
carrying a concealed weapon, but
dismissed a count of com
municating a threat.
Lennie Perry of Colerain, an
official of Perry-Wynns Fish
Company at Cannon’s Ferry,
testified that on the morning of
April 15 the defendent came to the
fish house and caused a distur
bance.
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DECCA AWARD WINNERS—WaIIace Evans, Second from
right, was named Boss of The Year by DECCA at an annual
banquet held at National Guard Armory. He was nominated by
Carroll Skinner, right. Johnny Dowd, teacher, sits in a new chair
given him by his students. At left are Melvin Lane and Pam
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Perry said he escorted Leary
out and told him not to return.
Later he was notified that Leary
was back in the building. He
testified that Leary used abusive
language and threatened which
resulted in Perry hitting the
defendant.
When Leary still resisted, Perry
stuck the defendant’s head into a
tank of fish. This exercise was
repeated when Leary continued to
resist, according to Perry, and
Leary then left, threatening “to
kill” Perry when he returned.
Deputy Sheriff Melvin Evans
was called. He said he saw Leary
walking toward his home, picked
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Volume XLIV.—No. 17.
High Court Reverses Zoning Ruling
The Supreme Court of North
Carolina has reversed a lower
court’s decision which held valid a
Chowan County Superior Court
judgement affirming action taken
by the Town of Edenton to rezone
a parcel of property on Virginia
Road, adjacent to U S. 17 by-pass.
The state’s highest court held
that the Town Council violated the
procedural provisions of the
town’s zoning ordinance in
rezoning a tract of land less than
six months after having denied an
application for the same change.
Since the case has been pending
in court, W.J. P. Earnhardt, Jr.,
and Bernard F. Burroughs,
developers, have made ap
plication in accordance with the
new ordinance and council has a
second time approved the
him up and drove him the balance
of the way. He said Leary’s head
was wMte where salt had dried.
The deputy said Leary said he
was going back to kill Perry. On
three different occasions-the
deputy said he stop ted Leary and
advised him not to go back to the
fish house. When the defendent did
return he was arrested for
trespass.
Enroute to Tri-County Jail in
Elizabeth City, Deputy Evans said
he saw Leary take a butcher knife
from under his belt, and the
concealed weapon count was filed.
Leary testified that he did not
threaten the prosecuting witness.
“The first thing I knew he hit me
and put my head down in the fish
tank,” he said. “Mr. Perry put my
head in that tank just like I was a
fish,”
Defense Attorney W.T.
Culpepper, 111, asked Leary if he
hadn’t “been in court a whole
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Net Collections
Net collections from the 1 per
cent local optical sales tax in North
Carolina in March exceeded sl2-
million, with $27,294.14 coming
from Chowan County.
Collections in other Albemarle
Area counties amounted to:
Camden, $5,898.64; Currituck,
$12,917.91; Dare, $30,179.24;
Gates, $8,293.10; Hyde, $5,701.75;
Pasquotank, $78,923.70;
Perquimans, $13,597.68; Tyrrell,
$5,576.54; and Washington,
$26,778.75.
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rezoning of the north tract.
What effect the Supreme Court’s
decision on the earlier council
action will now have on later
action has not been determined.
AADA SPEAKER—Gov.
James B. Hunt, Jr., will speak
at a meeting of Albemarle
Area Development Association
at Angler’s Cove Restaurant at
1 P.M. on May 4. Wayne Ashley
of Hertford, AADA president,
said next month’s meeting was
rearranged to fit Gov. Hunt’s
schedule. In Chowan County,
tickets to the luncheon have
been allocated by the county
AADA committee.
Dick New County Manager
Henry E. Dick of Greensboro has accepted the position as Chowan
County’s first manager. N.J. George, chairman of the county com
missioners, made the announcement tMs week.
Dick, 31, will fill the $22,000 post on or before June 15. Since 1974 he has
been administrative assistant to the manager in Guilford County.
The manager will maintain offices in Room 415 in the County Office
Building.
The employment of Dick resulted from a 3-2 vote several months ago to
move the county manager form of government here. There had been
discussion of the move over the past several years but only recently did
the board of commissioners take affirmative action to establish the
position.
George said he had been looking forward to tMs announcement. “It is a
step forward,” he said, “and one wMch will move the county off dead
center and toward more active growth.”
Dick is a graduate of Guilford College and completed a course in
county administration at the Institute of Government at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is currently enrolled in the master’s
program in public administration at UNC-Greensboro.
He worked for six years with WFMY-TV in Greensboro and spent two
years as a commercial photographer and producer for WBTV Charlotte.
He has extensive experience in community development. He was
responsible for organizing and coordinating groups of citizens in 15
different areas of Guilford County for the identification of local
problems,
Dick also was responsible for developing legislative proposals for
action by county commissioners and worked with the local delegation
dining the General Assembly to keep them informed of issues facing the
county and the anticipated impact of pending legislation and county
services and programs
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Loraine Burns, John A. Mit
chener, 111, James G. Blount and
Byron P. Kehayes brought suit
after the council rezoned 10 acres
from residential-agricultural to
highway-commercial. This is what
Ts known as the “north tract ” and
Judge E.S. Peel, Jr. of William
ston, found that the council had
acted within its rights in changing
the zoning classification when
adopting an ordinance update.
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New Contractor
J. J. Barnes, Inc., of Fayet
teville, has been signed as the new
plumbing contractor of the
Chowan County Courthouse-
Detension facility.
N.J. George, chairman, signed
the contract for Chowan County
Board of Commissioners.
The Barnes firm assumes the
$91,618.60 contract of Bullock
Plumbing & Heating Company of
Raleigh, which recently defaulted
on its contract for the work.
The new contractor, working
with Barnhill Contracting Com
pany of Tarboro, the general
contractor, went to work last
week. The change in the plumbing
contractor is not expected to delay
the job.