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! The following appeared in a
recent edition of TTie Tribune in
Elkin, N.C.:
“Over 40 local residents have
been employed by Elkin’s new K-
Mart store located in Elkmont
Shopping Center on N. Bridge
Street, Manager Rick Bed
dingfield announced today.
“Additional employees will be
i added to the K-Mart staff during
peak seasonal periods, Bed
dingfield said. “We are eager to
announce the opening date as soon
as department layouts are com
plete,” Beddingfield said.
“K-Mart employees, over
200,000 in the United States, are
among those with the longest
employment tenure in retailing.
Over 3,000 employees have been
with the company 25 years
or more.
“The local store is one of more
than 2,000 K-Marts, Kresge and
Jupiter stores operated by the K-
Mart Corporation, headquartered
in Troy, Michigan, and founded 81
years ago.”
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Dr. Neil Grigg, director of the
N. C. Environmental Management
Commission and assistant
secretary of the Department of
Natural Resources and Com
munity Development, reported
Tuesday that a statement from the
federal Environmental Protection
Agency on a task force study of the
Chowan River will be out by
August 20.
Dr. Grigg said the scientists,
gathered at the request of Gov.
James B. Hunt, Jr., complimented
the state agency for knowledge
concentrated on the algae choked
river.
“We are anxious to see what
they have to say,” Dr. Grigg told
The Chowan Herald.
So are we.
Carolina Fever
Well, we were glad to get back to
the Public Parade early Sunday
- evfeniftg after- three days—of -
business and pleasure which took
us as far west as the Blue Ridge
Mountains. We have managed
over the past few days to pick up
the pieces and can now appreciate
what is becoming popularly known
as Carolina fever.
The chain of events began early
Friday at we left our “Hilton” on
the Chowan River for an 8 o’clock
business appointment in Green
ville. From there we went to
k. Chapel Hill to load up the
belongings of the first Amburn to
become a graduate of the
University of North Carolina.
We were joined in Tar Heel
country by other Amburns from
along the Public Parade and
headed toward Elkin (remember
the “Tale of Two Cities”? for a 4
o’clock business appointment. A
t car was left in Greensboro
because part of the crew planned
to visit relatives in South Carolina
on Sunday, while the working mem
bers of the family headed
back to the salt mines.
In Elkin we found our 95-year
old Mother had sufficiently
recovered from recent
hospitalization and had just taken
f up residence at Chatham Nursing
Center.
By noon Saturday we were
ready to escape the heat, seeking
relief at the Air Bellows home of
Pat and Harold BrendUe; Pat
being one of our six sisters. From
there we journeyed deeper into the
Blue Ridge that evening for our
30th high school class reunion at
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TOO HOT TO HANDLE A van fire Sunday afternoon tem
porarily interrupted a weekend trip of the Amburns from along
the Public Parade. Greensboro firemen are shown getting things
under control. See “Carolina Fever” in Public Parade. (Staff
Photo by Luke Am burn.)
Armed Robbery Suspects Apprehended
By L.F. Amburn, Jr.
A small plastic? divider in a cash
register tray placed a key role in
Eden ton Policfe Department ’ s
breaking an armed robbery case
at Fast Fare, at the intersection of
North Broad antt East Albemarle
streets. Two Nqw York residents
have been charged in connection
with the 1:20 A.M. crime Monday.
John Robert Bush, 25, of
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ARMED Jobbery QUICKLY SOLVED Edenton Police Department,
working with cooperation of other law enforcement agencies in the area, have
arrested two suspects in connection with an armed robbery early Monday at Fast
Fare on North Broad Street. Police Chief J.D. Parrish holds a small plastic cash
Unearth Building
Carolina Telephone Company
workers apparently unearthed the
foundation of a building which
may date to 1720 during routine
line expansion work on South
Granville Street.
Archaeologists from the State
Division of Archives and
History in Raleigh have been
working at the scene, adjacent to
Wessington House.
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Spruill Resigns From Council
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Harry A. Spruill, Jr.
Guardsmen Plan Reunion
National Guardsmen who were
mobilized on September 16, 1940,
with Edenton’s Company D, 105th
Medical Regiment will gather at
the. Edenton Armory the weekend
of September 13-14, for a reunion
and dinner. The occasion is the
40th anniversary of their
mobilization for World War 11.
Activities spearheaded by PSG
Syracuse, N.Y., is being held in
lieu of $20,000 bond on an armed
robbery charge. Charles Phillip
Bond, 32-year-old Negro, of
Liverpool, N.Y., is being held in
lieu of $60,000 bond on charges of
armed robbery and discharging a
firearm.
Both defendants are also being
questioned in connection with
recent robbery case in Hertford
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WEAPON RECOVERED Parts of a sawed off shotgun police
said was used in the armed robbery at Fast Fare is shown here at
Edenton Police Department. Officers, working on a tip from a
suspect, found the weapon in weeds along Old Hertford Road.
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, August 14, 1980
Councilman Harry Spruill
walked out of the Town Council
meeting, Tuesday night, resigning
his seat and ending a long debate
over his eligibility. The Fourth
Ward representative had been
residing outside his ward due to
personal problems.
Spruill said his was a unique
situation and that certain people
had been trying to take advantage
of it. He urged that the person
appointed to serve the remainder
of his term not be a part of the
“power struggle”.
His walk-out came after lengthy
discussion including an opinion
from attorney Chris Bean that a
number of questions needed to be
answered before determining his
Carroll W. Jones and SSG Albert
C. Everson, who were appointed
for Project 40, will include a
dinner September 13, and on
September 14 an open house which
will have displays of weapons,
equipment, uniforms, awards,
memos, pictures (all of which will
be from the past up to the
present). Presentation of Colors,
Roll call, and many other events.
Mobilization of the Guard was
launched on September 16, 1940,
the same day that President
Roosevelt signed the Selective
Training and Service Act.
Together, the two actions were the
first step in what would be the
most far-reaching mobilization of
military power the United States
had ever conducted.
Making up the first increment of
mobilized Guard units were four
combat divisions and numerous
antiaircraft, coast artillery, an
titank and aviation units, totalling
63,646 men from 27 states. Thir
teen months -- and 25 mobilization
increments -- later, the last
Guardsmen went into Federal
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and Elizabeth City. Furthermore,
Dist. Atty. Tom Watts of Elizabeth
City and SBI Supervisor O.L. Wise
questioned the suspects Tuesday
morning, indicating a possible
expansion of the investigation.
Police Chief J.D. Parrish
praised officers of the local
department as well as Chowan
County Sheriff’s Department who
participated in the investigation.
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eligibility. Bean recommended
that the town charter be amended
to exactly define “residence”.
An opinion of the Board of
Elections said Spruill was not
eligible to hold office in the Fourth
Ward while residing outside of it.
Councilman Allen Hornthal
maintained that both the coun
cilman and the citizens of that
ward were entitled to due process
of law.
The selection of a replacement
will be the first order of business
at the September council meeting.
Adopted was an ordinance
closing all town parks at 11 P.M.
and the council agreed in principal
to light dark areas in the parks.
Rewards will be posted for in
formation leading to the arrest
and conviction of persons van
dalizing those facilities. In ad
dition, the cooperation and
assistance of persons living next to
the parks is being urged.
The old fire engine in Colonial
Park adjacent to the Municipal
Building will be removed due to
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COMMISSION FEATURE A unit of the Second N.C. Regiment of Foot, shown in action, will
encamp here October 24-26 as a principal feature of a special semi-annual meeting of Edenton
Historical Commission. This year’s meeting is being held in conjunction with celebraUon of Edenton
lea Party Day.
“Everyone did a mighty
professional job,” the chief said.
“I am real proud of the way the
events unfolded.
Police received a call at 1:20
A.M. Monday from Mrs. Mickey
Black that Fast Fare had just been
robbed. An undisclosed amount of
money was taken by a Negro with
a ski cap over his face, who
carried a sawed off shotgun.
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drawer divider found in the suspect’s car. Dist. Atty. Tom Watts, left, and SBI
Supervisor O.L. Wise are shown with him. Witnesses said a Negro man, wearing
a ski mask and brandishing a sawed off shotgun came from the south side of the
building, at right. (Staff Photos by L. F. Amburn, Jr.)
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MANAGER AT SCENE Bill Jordan, manager of Fast Fare
on North Broad Street, is shown at the scene of an armed robbery
at 1:20 A.M. Monday. Money was obtained from the cash register,
but the attendant did not open the safe below.
Commission Slates Meeting
The semi-annual general
meeting of the Edenton Historical
Commission will take place Oc
tober 24, according to J. Gilliam
Wood, cairman. This date has
been selected to coincide with the
annual celebration of the famous
Attendance Urged
The executive committee of the
10-county Albemarle Area
Development Association will
meet tonight (Thursday) at 7
o’clock at Gabby’s Restaurant in
Perquimans County.
W. W. Wheeler of Dare County,
president, said important business
will be discussed and he en
courages all county represen
tatives to be in attendance.
Mrs. Black said the man entered
the convienence store from the
south, told a customer, Julius
Harris, if he moved, “I’ll kill you,”
and threw a pillow case at the
attendant. When Mrs. Black
started putting in change she was
told by a person identified as Bond
that he wanted the “green stuff”.
In emptying the cash register,
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Edenton Tea Party, which oc
curred on October 25, 1774.
This year’s Tea Party
celebration will feature a weekend
of “living history”, as portrayed
by the Second North Carolina
Regiment of Foot, a re-enactment
group from Fayetteville. Fully
uniformed military personnel, and
costumed frontiersmen and their
camp followers, are expected to
reach Edenton the evening of
October 24, where they will set up
camp at a waterfront park.
The Regiment will parade
Saturday morning. However, it is
reported that contingents of Bri
tish Redcoats are active in the coas
tal areas, and citizens are warn
ed that skirmishes may take place
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