Parker Named To Post
J RALEIGH ~ Gov. James B
Hunt, Jr., has named J. Richard
Parker of Elizabeth City to the
third District Court position in the
First Judicial District of North
Carolina. The district includes
seven northeastern counties.
Parker is currently serving as
assistant district attorney.
Dist. Atty. Thomas Watts said,
while he hates to lose the services
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NRHDA Funds
Not Approved
By Agency
An application by Northeastern
Rural Health Development
Association for $200,000 in federal
funds for its second year of
operation was disapproved August
8 by the Eastern Carolina Health
Systems Agency, meeting in
Greenville.
ECHSA’s Project Review
Committee gave the application
conditional approval following a
public hearing last month in
Windsor. The committee
recommended that NRHDA obtain
a positive linkage with Tyrrell,
Bertie and Perquimans counties.
ECHSA board members, by voice
vote, turned down the application
after lengthy discussion. The
genial was said to be based uj»on { ■
the established criteria requiring
evidence of a local support.
NRHDA, with administrative
offices in Hertford, has dental, x
ray and health education
programs in Tyrrell County. It
proposed to open satellite clinics
in Perquimans and Bertie counties
during its second year of
operation.
Andy Martin, NRHDA executive
director, has announced that the
next board meeting will be at 7:30
P.M. on August 27 in the
Perquimans County Courthouse.
At that time a decision is expected
to be made about future plans of
the non-profit association.
Also, Walter White of
Perquimans County has been
named acting president. He fills
the slot left vacant by the
resignation last month of Frank
White of Chowan County.
The acting president has called
the annual membership meeting
for September 10. “The main point
of business will be the election of a
Jkew board of directors and ad
rnission of new members into die
corporation,” according to the
notice.
Reorganization of the board has
been undertaken to give broader
representation from counties
sowed as well as involve elected
officials and other health care
providers. ,
Heads Hospital
David L. Henson, currently an
assistant administrator at a 474-
bed Alabama hospital, has been,
approved as the new hospital
administrator by the Chowan
Hospital Board of Directors.
His approval was announced
today by John Carlisle, who has
worked closely with Chowan
Hospital as area director for the
hospital's management
organization.
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later this month, Carlisle said.
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of Paifcer on his staff, he is
complimented by the fact that
Gov. Hunt chose his assistant for
file newly created post. The third
district judgship was authorized
by the 1979 General Assembly.
Judge John T. Chaffin is chief
Jhdge, while Judge Grafton
Beigman is the other jurist in the
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Parker, 31, is married to the
former Margaret A. Stockton of
Winston-Salem.
He was reared in Murfreesboro
and graduated from the
University of North Carolina with
a degree in history. He graduated
from Wake Forest University
School of Law.
He was a state probation officer,
policeman and intern in the DA’s
office before being admitted to the
N. C. State Bar in September, 1974.
He has been associated with the
DA’s office since that time.
Parker said he is most ap
preciative of the confidence Gov.
Hunt has placed in him. He said he
wifi administer justice firmly but
fairly, the same he has attempted
to do as a prosecutor.
Highway Rallies Promoting U.S. 17
At a rally here Tuesday night
promoting the development of
Highway 17, the leader of the
effort asserted that adequate
highways opening Northeastern
North Carolina to the Norfolk Port
would “make the region one of the
very best areas for industrial
develoDment.”
William H. (Bill) Page of
Washington, president of the
Highway 17 Transportation
Association in North Carolina,
called on state transportation
officials to develop an overall
development plan for Highway 17
from the Virginia border to the
South Carolina line.
“Right now, their plan is to build
a few miles here and a few miles
there,” Page said. “When they get
finished, we’ll have as much
confusion and, inadequate highway
as-wet da now,” hie asserted/“Tt
will just be four laned and there
will be a driveway every 100 feet
and a stop light 'every three
miles.”
State Sen. Melvin R. Daniels,
Jr., of Pasquotank County, called
the route the state’s “forgotten
interstate” and said it has been
brought about through erosion of
the area’s political power.
Sen. Daniels, who keynoted the
first Highway 17 Association rally
in New Bom, told his audience not
to be discouraged by what the
transportation “folks are saying”
or be critical of the State Board of
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always be on the top of the
list when inquiries are made
regarding business and industry
locations.
While we have everything, in
our opinion, required by the
program for designation, the
judging required that it be
properly assembled. Edenton-
Chowan Chamber of Commerce
chose Mrs. Peggy Anne Vaughan
as project coordinator and she has
done an exceptional job.
Mrs. Vaughan surrounded
herself with some of the finest
talent in the community. In a short
period of time they have put
together a presentation which is
impressive, to say the least.
As we said, we think this
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HIGHWAY 17 PROMOTED Some 80 people Tuesday night
attended a rally at Edenton Jaycee Community Building on Base
Road to promote improvements to U. S. 17 from Virginia to South
Carolina. William Page of Washington, second from left, is
president of the Highway 17 Association and was keynote
speaker. With him are, from left, Postmaster Levin Culpepper of
Elizabeth City; Tom Campbell of Elizabeth City; who presided;
and Robert W. Moore, executive of Edenton-Chowan Chamber of
Commerce.
Blair Facing Court Action
A local funeral director and an
Indiana casket manufacturer are
being sued in Chowan County
Superior Court for more than
$150,000. The defendants are Oscar
Blair, individually, Blair Funeral
Home and Batesville Casket
Company.
The heirs of Sophie Harris
Blount brought the suit. Mrs.
Blount died December 28, 1976,
and was buried by Blair on
Edenton, fiorth Carolina, Thursday,-August 16,1979
School Board Seeks Funds
Edenton-Chowan Board of
Education hks instructed Supt.
John Dunn to search the school
budget to see if sß'ooo in matching
funds can be found to provide a
music teacher for Chowan and
White-Oak schools. The decision
was made following Friday
Morgan To Visit
Sen. Robert Morgan will make
an appearance at 4 P.M. Friday at
the Albemarle Regional Planning
& Development Commission
Building in Hertford.
Archie T. Lane, Sr., chairman of
the Perquimans County
Democratic Executive Committee
has extended an invitation to
citizens of surrounding counties to
attend the informal reception for
Sen. Morgan.
January 1, 1977.
The suit alleges that the family
entered into' a $1,807.58 contract
with Blair which included
preparation of the body, a her
mitically sealed metal casket and
a sealed concrete vault. The
Batesville firm’s casket was
specified and the vault was to be
one produced by Wilbert, Inc.
On December 24, 1978, ac
cording to the complaint, one of
the plaintiffs went to the grave to
take flowers and heard noises
coming from the vault. She
returned on May 9, 1978, and
noticed that the grave had risen,
that the vault was open and the
casket exposed. She notified Blair.
It is further alleged that Blair
removed the body and casket and
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Meeting Slated
The annual meeting of the
Peanut Growers Cooperative
Marketing Association will be held
in the air conditioned Armory, in
Suffolk, Va., August 29 at 10 A.M.
Presiding over this 26th annual
gathering will be President Hoke
Leggett of Hobgood, who along
with S. Womack Lee will present
reports on activities of the
Association during the past year.
Lee, who will retire on August 15
after being manager for 25 years,
will present B. E. Marks, Jr., who
will become acting manager of
PGCMA. Marks will present the
association’s plans and recom
mendations for handling the 1979
peanut crop with emphasis on
trying to market into the edible
trade all the peanuts produced in
the V-C ares.
On August 29 tbs group plans to
pass out Price Support Schedules.
Guests will indude members of
tbs Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service, extension
agents, vocational agriculture
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organizations, sheller
representatives mid others in the
Virginia, Worth and South
Cardins peanut gvvlug area.
morning’s joint meeting with
Chowan County commissioners.
Fines and forfeitures
from Chowan courts
will be more than budgeted and
will be a source for the additional
funds.
The motion to search for the
matching funds was made by
Thomas Paul Griffin and seconded
by Wilbur Ray Bunch. They voted
against a motion at the regular
board meeting Monday night
which could have left the rural
schools without any cultural arts
program.
Chairman Eugene Jordan
presided at the meeting and Cecil
Fry was the fourth board member
in attendance.
Prim: to going into Executive
Session, Mrs. Chester Stevens
commended the board for its
quickness of action in seeking
funds from the commissioners as
voted upon in its regular August
meeting. She also personally of
fered to work to help in any way or
going to the people if necessary to
find money.
Mrs. Sarah Tynch, advocate of
students in the upper end of the
County, stated that it is “just as
important to have cultural arts in
K-8 as it is in high school” and
requested that the board not
“forget White Oak as it locks for
funds.”
Following the executive session,
the board was also informed of the
administrative personnel
Boats Reviewed
The introduction of the 1980
models to the Fiberform dealer
organization took (dace this past
week in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
Tom Dugall, general manager of
the Edenton plant, attended the
meeting and reports that dealer
acceptance of the new product was
excellent. Orders for fall shipment
were very good.
Initial production of the 1980
models began this past week in the
lamination department and
production line employees are
being recalled on an as needed
basis. It is expected that the entire
plant will be back into full swing
within two to three weeks.
Carlton Layton, Eastern sales
coordinator, also attended the
meeting and stated that the
current order backlog was very
strong and anticipates that fall
and winter schedules will run at a
normal rate production.
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PAVEMENT BEING APPLIED Employees of the State
Department of Transportation this week surfaced the new ex
tension of West Hicks Street which ties into Virginia Road near
U. S. 17 by-pass. The new street, a portion of which was paid for by
local developers, provides rear access to the Emergency Room at
Chowan Hospital as well as two driveways to the new Edenton
United Methodist Church.
Suspected Thief Is Arrested
Marked money was stolen
Wednesday from the pocketbook
of Mrs. Hazel Elliott in the County
Office Building. The next day it
showed up in deposits from two
local businesses and before
midnight Sheriff Troy Toppin had
arrested a suspect in Bertie
County.
The same day, money was
stolen from Mrs. Pansy Elliott,
county finance officer, and Mrs.
Mary Rhea Gardner, an employee
of Edenton-Chowan Schools. Mrs.
Elliott’s Second Floor office is just
down the hall from that of the
director of Social Services white
reassignment of Mrs. Mary Nixon
from K-6 supervisor to a Title I
reading resource teacher at Er
nest A. Swain School.
An earlier story follows:
If Edenton-Chowan Board of
Education can supply SB,OOO, the
Chowan County commissioners
will match it with an equal amount
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Dr. John A. Allen
Edenton Baptist
Posts Are Filled
Edenton Baptist Church has
recently called two staff mem
bers. Dr. John A. Allen has ac
cepted to serve as pastor, and
James H. Hyatt has assumed
duties as minister of music.
Dr. Allen will deliver his first
sermon as pastor on Sunday at the
11 o’clock worship service.
A native of Norfolk, Va., he is a
graduate of Old Dominion College,
and Southeastern Baptist
Theological Seminary in Wake
Forest.
The Allens moved to Edenton on
Wednesday and will reside at 119
Blount Street. Mrs. Allen is the
former Carolyn Cooke, and they
have two sons, Billy and John.
Hyatt started serving Edenton
Baptist Church last February as
interim music director. On August
1, he accepted a call from the
church to serve as full-time
minister of music.
Hyatt is a native of Ahoskie, and
is a graduate of East Carolina
University in Greenville, and
Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary in Louisville, Ky.
He resides at 307 North Gran
ville Street, Apt. 1.
Mrs. Gardner’s office is on the
Third Floor.
Charged with the theft is Ada
Holley Leary, Route 1, Merry Hill.
She has been identified as the
person who used a marked $1 bill
to purchase a record at LaDall
Distributors on North Oakum
Street. She has also been identified
as the person who used a marked
S2O bill to purchase gasoline at the
Etna Station on North Broad
Street.
This was the third time in recent
months that money has been
stolen from pocketbooks in the
County Office Building.
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