Board Gets Go Ahead For Municipal Election
Chowan Board of Elections was instructed Tuesday night to go ahead
with the November 6 Municipal Election ia face of the feet that the new
ward voting has not been approved by the U . S. Department of Justice.
E. N. (Pete) Manning, board chairman, was assured that the Town
Council would take full responsibility for the action.
Earlier, W. B. Gardner, town administrator, told council members
that the U. S. Department of Justice has said approval was never
New Candidates File
For Municipal Offices
The field was set at noon Friday
for the Municipal Election in
Edenton on November 6. Races
developed for mayor, councilman
at-large, Second Ward coun
cilman, and treasurer before the
deadline for candidates to file.
Russell Wheeler, 52, 222 East
Queen Street, filed Friday mor
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Hospitalized For Dog Bite
A young Chowan County girl
was hospitalized last Wednesday
night after being severely bitten
by a dog. Shanor Bond, two and
one-half year old daughter of Mr.
’ and Mrs. H. L. Bond, Route 3,
Edenton, was released from
Chowan Hospital Saturday but
authorities believe she received
some permanent damage from the
attack.
Deputy Sheriff Melvin Evans
said the girl and her father were
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k OPENING NEXT WEEK - Tarheel Bank 4 Trust Company
F will open a branch next week at the intersection of North Broad
Street and Coke Avenue in Edenton Village Shopping Center.
Mack Self, vice president and city executive, is shown in front of
the new branch. Open house wiß be from 5 PJf. to t P.M. Wed
nesday wtth regular banking hours In commence at 9 A.M. on
ning as a candidate for Second
Ward councilman. Earlier, Steve
Hampton had filed for the seat
now held by Dr. Allen L. Hornthal.
Dr. Hornthal announced last
week that he would not seek re
election from the Second Ward,
but would instead run for the
councilman-at-large post Jesse L.
Harrell, the incumbent, is not a
candidate but Rev. J. L. Fenner,
pastor of Providence Baptist
Church is running.
A. B. Harless, Jr., town
treasurer, announced early on
that he would not seek re-election.
That post is now bong sought by
James M. Bond, a former town
treasurer, and Joe Lee.
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Billups Facing
Robbery Charges
A Hertford maa has been
charged with the December 20.
ISTR armed robbery of LaDall
Distributors oo North Oaknm
Street, following extradition from
New York by Hertford law en
forcement officials for robbery of
a funeral borne in that town.
Edenton Police Chief J. D.
Parrish reported Wednesday
afternoon that Way mare Billups
will face first appearance
proceedings in Chowan County
District Court next Tuesday. He is
currently being held under $25.0M
bond. Billups was arrested by
Edenton Police Department
Wednesday at 11:50 A.M.
Career Center
Meeting Slated
A special meeting of the
Steering Committee of the
proposed Tri-County Career
Education Center will be held at 8
o'clock tonight in the auditorium
of the Perquimans County Office
Building in Hertford.
Clifford Winslow, chairman,
said a number of important items
are on the agenda including a
report on fee status of continued
funding.
Kenneth L. Stalls of Edenton is
director of fee feasibility study in
Chowan, Gates and Perquimans
counties.
visiting at the Joe Jones residence
on Route i, Edenton. She and
another youngster was playing
with the dog.
The deputy said the dog knocked
the girl down and attacked her
face.
The dog has been impounded at
Dr. L. A. Dees’.
Deptuy Joe Byrum and Charlie
Fain, animal control officer,
participated in the investigation.
panted of towanride elections rated by cuonril same II jams aft, let
alone fee action in BBT.
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Mayor Roy L. feml said fee booonl sfemaM eqplfen tOmt fee commit
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Funding Halted
The Tri-County Career
Education Center Feasibility
Study along the Public Parade,
and in adjacent Gates and
Perquimans counties, has been
dealt a crippling btow Chances
are between slim and none of
funding by the Coastal Plains
Regional Commission.
Three projects in this area,
representing over 40 per ceat of
the North Carolina allocation were
funded. They are the Pasquotank
County Water System S2M.aB»:
Gates County Water System
$200,000; and an add-on grant for
the Wanchese Harbor Project
Sec. Joe Grimsley of the N. C.
Department of Administration
stated in a letter to this writer:
“Our interest in vocational
education, and in cooperation and
consolidation, is very strong. We
are extremely pleased with the tri
county efforts and I am happy we
were able to help pay for the tribal
feasibility study. 1 *
The initial plan was for a throe
year study. The Steering Com
mittee. headed by Clifford
study director, rwouoth L, State
of Edenton, made so much
process last year that stops have
been taken to combine the dkr
Coastal
mission had to drop not as a
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ALOA Is Threatened By Fund Cuts
The criminal justice planning
component in Northeastern North
Carolina faces a drastic cat in
manpower or even may be forced
to go out of business. Officials of
the Ateemarle Law It Order
Association are taking steps to
secure additional local handing
Second Auditions Tonight
A second series of audhtious far
the Edenton Little Theater's toll
production will continue through
tonight »Thursday' following
cancellation of "Play It Again.
Sam" torn to hm respoase aft heft
week's tryouts.
Readtogs wilbegmattP.il. in
the John A. Holmes High School
"Angel Street", termed a “Vk
tonan soap open" by dwector
Hogh DiaL Jr
Has psychological drama
far a cast of three women and two
in trying to caamace hfe wife that
she is cragy. However, a retired
"WsktoT provided the
basis tor tee movie Tvl^r
"uractoT DtoT stated Hal
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be added. “-Any other action «odd be dms.”
In otter bnsimess. iruwr 8 set pobic hnaripp* for fee nestmeetioß on
assessments for caasnkntinn of a petition to cmfc awl gntter Jackson
Street as writ as remaring of property of Eandmedt and on
BighKOQp 3k.
James PRkfcs. Jr , was named a voting delegate to fee N. C. League
of femur qiibli s CemeHon later in fee mowfe
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should federal lands not ®e
adequate to nta ntain the wait at
its present level.
The situation has become so
critical that tie Policy Board
meeting here Friday had to
transfer a year-end balance of
$638 50 to maintain the services of
482-4137 TechaneaJ positions are
also aviitable
Staging for this production is
scheduled for N o '■•em ber 15 and 16.
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CRIMINAL JVSTICE IJuAWJKS Sheriff Troy Toppm.
second froaa left, first rice prtskfcl of the Ahemik Law A
Coder Association. is shown with ether officials who attended a
Pefecy Board meeting here Thursday. They are: Glean Bassett,
p loaning director: UsL Atty. Thomas Watte; and dnef W. C
OneasofEhmhethCSly.president of the M Latejiwop
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titanne S. Pierce, secretary, for
the month of October.
Glenn M. Hassell, planning
linedor, and Chief W C. Owens of
Elizabeth City, told board
members that a ranking state
cfficsal had warned that the unit
might get as little as $3,963 from
the federal government for tins
fiscal year. Funding last year was
and this was matched by
local monies.
Chief Owens said there are
iatfecatKas from die state that
some planning regions will be
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