Public Parade
No Breather
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* The past 30 days have beat real
zingers for us along the Public
Parade. Let me let you share in
the misery.
Hardly/ had we recovered from
another birthday before the School
Bond Referendum came along. It
was followed by the Chowan
County Fair ah 1 now the Edenton-
Chowan Peanut Festival and
townwide Harvest Sale.
Somehow we were deeply in
volved in them, all of which can be
labeled a success, depending on
the side you were and-or are now
on.
But we still can’t take a
breather. On ! October 14 our
Melissa will be married to John
Smith in a family ceremony at
Edenton United Methodist Church.
With a ,93-year-young mother who
birthed 11 children, just our sideJf
the family will create a crbwcf
We’ve asked John and the bride’s
mother to bring theirs along too.
We are the father of, w
children and have been the father
of a deb. But being the husband of
the mother of the bride is about to
do us in. So, if we act stranger
than usual for the next 10 days
you’ll know it ain’t your fault.
Think Bridge'
Hugh Morton’s camera caught
the beauty of the area surrounding
the Albemarle Sound Bridge.
Anything so pretty has to be of
immense value.
“For all the Albemarle its day of
days is nearly here, and next
Thursday, (August 25), the
mammoth new vehicular bridge
over the Sound, which has been
under way in agitation and con
struction since 1933, and which has
culminated in an engineering feat
unequalled and unsurpassed in the
annals of national bridge work,
North Carolina’s greatest pride
and most expensive roadway
venue, will be formally dedicated
in the presence of an expected
great concourse of people with
go veiTiors, ex-governors andtfttnr
state and federal dignataries on
hand to lend oratorical eclat to the
occasion.” From The Chowan
Herald, August 18, 1938.
“...along with damage to
property, fish and wildlife, many
people are being inconvenienced
due to the closing of Albemarle
Sound Bridge.
“The bridge was closed last
Wednesday when it was learned
that huge chunks of ice pounding
against the wooden pilings made
the bridge unsafe for vehicular
traffic.”
“...The bridge will be closed
from 60 to 90 days while repairs are
being made.” From The Chowan
Herald, February 3, 1977.
More than 50 of the 3,000 pilings
which support the three and one
half mile span were repaired
during that close-down.
Many others were weakened, to
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ALBEMARLE SOUND BRIDGE—Thia photograph showing Highway 32 crossing the Albemarle
Sound was taken by Hugh Morton from his helicopter on a political tour across the state in 1971. The
bridge was closed for a long period in February, 1977, while repairs were made to many of the
pilings damaged by an ice storm. (See Public Parade).
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Volume XLIV-No. 39
CHAMBER LEADERS Charles Creighton, left, is the new
president of Edenton Chamber of Commerce. Shown with him at
last week’s annual membership banquet are Robert Moore,
executive vice president, and W.L. Norvell, immediate past
president.
Creighton To Head Chamber
Members of Edenton Chamber
of Commerce were exposed to an
overview of activities over the
past year at last Thursday’s an
nual meeting at which time new
officers assumed office, headed by
Charles Creighton.
An “in house” program was
presented in the form of reports
from directors and committee
chairman. Giving reports were:
Vann Johnson, W.B. Gardner,
Terry Jones, Stanley Hege, Capt.
Alfred Howard, W.P. Jones, and
Larry Roberson.
Robert Moore, executive vice
president, said the chamber had
enjoyed one of it’s busiest and
finest years under the direction of
William L. Norvell.
The top priority project was to
secure additional motel ac
comodations followed by the
erection of signs on the by-pass.
The chamber has a letter of intent
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Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, October 5,1978
Highway Hazard Sounded
Driver Critically Injured
Mrs. Mary (Kitty) Evans
Barringer, 22 Stratford Road, was
reported in critical condition in a
Greenville hospital Tuesday af
ternoon with inuries sustained in a
single-vehicle accident Sunday
afternoon on Highway 32, just east
of Edenton.
Mrs. Barringer was the lone
occupant of a 1977 Toyota station
wagon which went out of control
about 1:40 P.M. during a down
pour and crashed into a utility
pole. She was removed from the
wreckage by Edenton-Chowan
Resque Squad and taken to
Chowan Hospital.
Because of the serousness of her
injuries she was later transferred
to Greenville.
State Trooper Y.Z. Newberry
said Mrs. Barringer lost control of
her vehicle in the curve in front of
Carter’s Ink during heavy rain.
The motorist, the wife of Jerry
Barringer, is the daughter of
Deputy Sheriff and Mrs. Melvin
Evans.
Sheriff Troy Toppin said the
Safety Committee of Chowan
County has called to the attention
of the State Department of
Transportation the hazardous
condition of this particular spot in
the highway. On June 1 he
reported it to the county com
missioners and DOT responded on
July 21.
The response was that “due to
the nearness of the pond located on
each side of the roadway and the
Sale Promotion
Twenty-two businesses this
week are having a Harvest Sale to
coincide with the Third Annual
Edenton-Chowan Peanut Festival.
The special sales event begins
today (Thursday) and runs
through Saturday.
Flynn Surratt, advertising
director for The Chowan Herald,
put together a 12-page supplement
for today’s newspaper through the
cooperation of the participating
merchants.
Businesses represented in the
supplement are:
Belk-Tyler, P&Q Super Market;
Big Value Discount Drugs, Quinn
Furniture, Byrum Hardware, BB
Furniture Outlet, Goodyear Tire
Center, Edenton Furniture,
Company, P.H. Rose Store,
Albemarle Tire Service and Elliott
Company.
Also, Hoiloweil-Blount Rexall
Drags, Carpet * Appliance Plaza,
Ross-Riddick Jewelers,
Montgomery Ward, Davis
Jewelers, The Betty Shoppe, Hoke
Motor Corp., Tarkington’s,
Terry’s Shoe Box, Creywood Oil
Company and S4H Green Stamps.
inadequate recovery area should
a vehicle run off the road, we feel
that delineators should be placed
around the outside of the curve.
These delineators will be erected
as soon as our schedule will
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DRIVER SERIOUSLY INJURED Mrs. Kitty Barringer, 22
Stratford Road, was seriously injured about 1:40 P.M. Sunday
when the 1977 Toyota station wagon she was driving struck a
utility pole on Highway 32, just outside the town limits. Gris Bond,
an EMT with Edenton-Chowan Rescue Squad, is shown in
specting the vehicle after Mrs. Barringer was taken to Chowan
Hospital.
State, Federal Funds Sought
Chbwan County is close to being
selected for development of a
model land records management
program, funded heavily by state
and federal sources over the next
two years.
The fact that this county has
already budgeted money for new
tax maps is an indication of local
interest in such a project, stated
Donald Holloway, director of the
section of the N.C. Department of
Administration, in a presentation
here Monday morning.
Special Services
Rev. George W. Blount, a for
mer pastor, will be the guest
preacher for the Home
coming Services at the
Edenton United Methodist Church
on Sunday, at 11 A.M. Mr. Blount
is now retired and he and his wife,
Evelyn, reside in Raleigh.
Mr. Blount has chosen “God’s
Family” as the tope for his ser
mon. The Scripture lesson will be
Mark 3:31-35.
Friends and forma* members
are cordially invited to share in the
worship service and feliowsmp
dinner as the church celebrates its
170th year of ministry to the
people of Edenton.
Peanut Festival,
Harvest Sale Set
For This Week
The area is rapidly getting
“peanut fever” as time ap
proaches for the Third Annual
Peanut Festival. Numerous
committees of the Edenton-
Chowan Band Parents
Association, under the direction of
Mrs. Linda Keel, have put
together what many feel will be a
highly successful festival.
This festival is expected to draw
many people to the area. With this
in mind, the Merchants Com
mittee of Edenton Chamber of
Commerce is sponsoring a
Harvest Sale.
The festival proper will begin at
10 A.M. Saturday with a parade.
Forming at Coke Avenue, the
parade will move down Broad
Street to the Courthouse Green for
competition among par
ticipating bands.
Barbecue plates will be served
at the American Legion Building
from 11 A.M. until 7 P.M., and a
horse show will be held at the
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Single Copies 15 Cents.
allows.”
Sheriff Toppin said he again
called the situation to the attention
of Marc Basnight of Manteo
Monday morning. Basnight is a
member of the DOT board
Holloway said funds could be
available for the purchase of
additional equipment to insure a
successful project. He said good
maps and a percel identifier is
very important.
At the insistance of Tax
Supervisor Dallas Jethro. Jr., the
county has budgeted funds over the
past two years for new maps.
When asked of his opinion of a
broader program, Jethro said: “It
couldn’t harm us.”
County Manager Eddie Dick said
the county already has more than
$25,000 available for new maps
which could be applied as matching
funds for state and federal monies
Holloway said this is gooc since
the federal program has placed
little emphasis on maps
Ronald Scott, also u the
Department of Administrate.
said this not “an academic
exercise, not merely a test, but
something that would be
ongoing.”
He said it would allow 6 »*iter
tool for searching title to pr-, erty
and create a situation who * it
would not be as costly.
The state has funds to conduct a
demonstration project in the field
of manual and computer system*
Washington County is being
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