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; Rep. Huskins of Our Dell
) didn’t get over to meander along
the Public Parade last weekend
but he was on hand Monday in
Williamston for the Senate and
House Joint Committee on
Congressional Redistricting. He is
chairman of the House committee.
.. His counterpart in the Seanate is
Mrs. Helen R. Marvin of Gaston
S County.
} I Sen. Melvin R. Daniels of the
• Isle of Pasquotank is a member of
, the committee and attended
i Monday’s meeting. However, he
i was quoted in Sunday’s edition of
our favorite daily of general
circulation in Northeastern North
Carolina as having considerable
concern over the way the
redistricting thing appeared to be
) going.
J’ Sir Melvin’s concern was that
both chairmen reside in the
“west” and had instructed that the
i lines be drawn from the mountains
| to the coast, which would leave
< Eastern North Carolina with the
\ pieces.
\ Friend Jay had some concerns
of his own over Sir Melvin’s
1 statements. He reminded the
audience at Martin Community
College that the last time he was
on the campus he was heading a
legislative committee which
made recommendations which
resulted in the establishment of
the East Carolina University
School of Medicine. “Somehow
you welcomed me back then,” he
said. “I’m the same man today.”
He also expressed disap
pointment that a colleague would
accuse his of regional bias on such
an important matter.
What Friend Jay didn’t say is
that he is also the same man who
spearheaded establishment of a
joint House and Senate oversight
committee on utilities from which
sprang the Public Staff of the State
Utilities Commission. Utilities in
general and Virginia Power &
Light Company in particular are
of great concern to the people of
Northeastern North Carolina and
'Sir Melvin.
The Public Staff, coupled with
ElectriCities--which represents
municipals that buy wholesale and
resale electricity--have saved
consumers millions of dollars.
They continue in this important
role, and like Gov. James B. Hunt,
Jr., want to see people in every
section of Tar Heelia treated
equally. '
Furthermore, Sir. Melvin and
his colleague from the First
District have “a little bill” in the
hopper which deals with money
for Edenton Historical Com
mission. It is more important to
this region than any other, but the
backers will need support from
legislators from throughout the
state. Among those needed is the
“same man” who has gone out on
the limb for our area in in the past.
A charge of regional bias is not
going to make success easy. It is
another incident where a public
figure didn’t engage his brain
before starting to talk.
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EXPLAINS PROBLEM Rep. Jay Huskins of Iredell, right,
and A. B. Avers, Jr., of Bear Grass, discuss the difficult problem £
the General Assembly will have in designing a congressional i
redistricting act. The committees in the Senate and House have j
agreed to attempt to arrive at a “norm” which deviates no more j
than 2 per cent. (See Public Parade.) t
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Force Reduction Policy Is Criticized
Several dozen concerned faculty
members of Edenton - Chowan
Schools turned out Monday night
for the board of education meeting
where the Reduction In Force
Policy was on the agenda.
However, when the item was
reached, Dr. John Dunn,
superintendent, said the document
was not ready for public
discussion.
Dr. Dunn. said the ad
ministration had been meeting
with a faculty committee but had
not refined the policy sufficiently
so as to make a recommendation
to the board. At his suggestion, a
special board meeting was set for
7:30 P. M. Tuesday.
In addition to the RIF Policy,
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Federal Agent
To Visit Here
Robert L. Pence, agent in
charge of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation in North Carolina,
will visit Northeastern North
Carolina next week. He will be
visiting with law enforcement
officers and citizen leaders in
crime prevention.
Pence will be at the Chowan
County Sheriff’s Office at 9 A. M.
Tuesday. Greeting him there will
be Sheriff Troy Toppin, Police
—Chief J. D. Parrish and -G.- "B -*
Smith, chairman of the crime
prevention group in this county.
FBI Agent Mark Goss of
Elizabeth City said Pence
hopes to meet as many officials in
this section of the state as possible
during this two-day visit. “He is
anxious to meet with officers and
personally pledge strong FBI
support for law enforcement,”
Goss stated.
Agent Charles S. Richards of
Charlotte, FBI coordinator for
press media and applicants, was
in the area several weeks ago and
arranged the visit.
Pence, who is stationed in
Charlotte, came to North Carolina
in March, 1980. Prior to that he
was with the Administrative
Services Division in Washington,
D. C.
He signed on with the FBI in
October, 1962, and in addition to
assignments in Washington he has
served in New Orleans, San
Francisco, New York City, and
Louisville, Ky.
the board will consider recom
mendations for career status of
teachers.
Faculty members filled the
Third Floor Conference room in
.the County Office Building prior to
the 7:30 P. M. meeting Monday.
Chairman Eugene Jordan an
nounced that the meeting would be
moved to the second floor of the
Chowan County Courthouse on
North Broad Street.
When the second meeting place
overflowed, the meeting was
moved to the courtroom.
Mrs. Harriett Small spoke as an
individual, but her comments
were nods of approval from the
audience when she called the
policy as it is now written as
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Vol XIVII - No. 15
Forehand Gets
25-Year Term
Lloyd Forehand, 51, 808 North
Broad Street, has been found
guilty in Chowan County Superior
Court of second degree kid
napping. The jury returned the
verdict this week.
Judge Edwin S. Preston of
Raleigh sentenced Forehand to 25
years in prison, no less nor no
more.
The defendant was charged in
the case which derived out of a
complaint lodged by a develop
mentally disabled woman.
In the case where Irvin Holley
was convicted earlier of assault
with a deadly weapon, Judge
Preston sentenced him to five
years.
Asst. Dist. Atty. Keith Teague
of Elizabeth City is prosecuting
the docket. Other action taken
included:
Major Drew, assault with a
deadly weapon, two years.
Jfrssjtftan „of sentence was
delayed for two weeks. The
judgment also made the defendant
eligible for immediate work
release. On parole he was ordered
to make restitution.
Oras Carlie Blount, 30 counts of
forgery and uttering, five years,
suspended upon payment of S2OO
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Leadership Conference Set
Women in Chowan County will
have the opportunity to attend the
County Governor’s Conference on
Leadership Development for
Women to be held Saturday, May
23, at the John A. Holmes High
School in Edenton.
“The county conference is a
follow-up to the successful
statewide conference convened in
Raleigh in May, 1978 by Governor
Jim Hunt and the nine regional
conferences held across the state
last year,” said Mrs. Beth Taylor,
co-chairperson of the planning
committee. “These conferences
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AIDING THE CROWD Rep. Chris Barker of Craven was
among redistricting committee members who attended a public
hearing Monday at Martin Community College in Williamston.
Martin County was well represented and the speakers were vocai
in expressing disagreement with any plan which would move
their county (rom the First Congressional District.
“belittling and demeaning” to the
teachers. She said there is ab
solutely no job security for
teachers.
Also, she said the N. C.
Association of Educators has
developed an alternative policy
but Dr. Dunn has not seen fit to
incorporate it in the local draft.
Mrs. Barbara Ward a faculty
member who is also a member of
Chowan County Board of Com
missioners, said the school
situation is not of “your doing or
our doing.” However, she said
they wanted to show concern
before the policy is adopted “and
we have a slim or no chance of
getting it changed.”
“All we are asking for is some
Edenton, North Carolino, Thursday, April 9, 1981
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OLYMPIC WARM UP Chowan County’s Special Olympics
athletes are shown above going through warm up exercises prior
to the start of last Saturday’s games on Hicks Field. A Special
Olympics feature can be found on Page 8-A of this week’s
newspaper.
Local Peanut Growers Support Coalition
A group of about 45 Chowan
County peanut growers elected to
join the N.C.-Va. Peanut Growers
Coalition, Monday night, and will
immediately begin soliciting for
additional local members in an
effort to boost prices for their raw
product. The coalition is expected
to seek a S7OO per ton minimum for
quota peanuts grown by member
farmers through a standard
contract developed by the
organization.
U. S. Secretary of Agriculture
are being held to provide
leadership development op
portunities for women and to
encourage them to exercise their
energies and talents to strengthen
their communities,” she said.
Training sessions at the con
ference will include topics such as
“Women and the Law ”
“Assertiveness Training,’’
“Managing Your Career and Your
Family,” etc.
For information or registration,
contact Mrs. Taylor at 482-3592 or
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little degree of consideration...
just a bit of security,” she con
cluded.
Another staff member pointed
out that other schools units have
adopted satisfactory policies.
Near the close of the meeting
Dr. Dunn presented a resolution
pointing to Parent - Teacher
Association Teacher Appreciation
Week. It was adopted.
The schools may be solvent on
June 30 because of action taken
February 1 to freeze local ex
penditures. Dr. Dunn said J. P.
Timberlake, 111, auditor had
monitored the situation and felt
their would be no deficit.
However, the board approved a
budget amendment to transfer
Single Copies 20 Cents.
John R. Block has proposed a $455
per ton support price, elimination
of acreage allotments and
limitation limiting the poundage
quota to 1.4-million tons.
Dave Kelly, a coalition director
from Sunbury, said the proposed
support price has prompted
growers to “get off their hindparts
and do something, though he
predicts the Block proposal will
not pass the House of Represent
atives.
Earlier, Rick Morgan, a
coalition member from Gates
County, pointed out, “Shellers
wouldn’t have given us S6OO per
ton now if we hadn’t pushed
them.” Planter’s Peanuts was the
first sheller to offer that amount.
According to figures presented
by D. T. Bateman, president of the
N. C. Peanut Growers Association,
the cost of producing one ton of
peanuts is $624.56 with an average
yield of 2,500 pounds per acre.
Kelly commented that farmers
invest thousands of dollars and are
expected to be happy with a
marginal livelihood. “You are the
only ones who have not made a
profit.”
Kelly warned the growers that
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SENATORS HUDDLE Sen. Helen R. Marvin of Gaston is
R> Ji aniels ’ Jr - of Pasquotank, left, and
inH u AB °S i ’ jr ” of . Rock y Mount > prior to Mondays joint
Co i ngressiona l Redistricting Committee public
hearing in WilUamston. Sen. Daniels vows to fight to keep the
First Congressional District intact. P
$15,000 from the Capital Outlay
Fund to the Current Expense
Fund.
C. Christopher Bean, board
attorney, discussed a
memorandum regarding fine and
bond forfeitures. He said although
the money is levied in criminal
court, collecting it is a civil
procedure.
Between January 1, 1978, and
December 31, 1980, he found
$10,300 in unpaid fines of SIOO or
more. Only $1,500 was found in
unpaid bond forfeitures which is a
credit to the “comprehensive job
in obtaining judgments absolute
on the boards” by the clerk’s of
fice and presiding judges.
Bean was instructed to continue
his work, collect what he can and
make regular reports to Dr. Dunn.
Mrs. Etta Hathaway, food
service director, presented
documents showing that the
system stands to lose $83,854 in
cafeteria financial support if
proposed federal cuts materialize.
She said the lunch price would
have to go to $1.15 or $1.20 (from
the present 60-cent price.)
Cecil W. Fry, a board member,
said the board should go ahead
and ask principals to find a large
room for those who will bring their
own lunch. Chairman Jordan said
62 per cent of the students get free
or reduced price lunches and it
may be the best meal they get all
day. “We must look at this
closely,” he said.
Dr. Dunn said he understands
the concern, but it is too early to
make a definite decision on what
to do. Also, the board delayed
adoption of the 1981-82 school
calendar in order to find out
exactly what the General
Assembly is going to to about
teacher days.
individual bargaining could result
in their signing contracts they
don’t fully understand and
receiving no more than the sup
port price. And he added, “The
shellers will go off the market
when they’ve got what they want.”
Kelly called for expanding
coalition efforts to include the
entire southeast, particularly
Georgia and Alabama where
runner peanuts are grown. “There
are other than Virginia-type
peanuts that can be used in candy
and peanut butter,” he remarked.
Later Bateman told the
gathering Georgia growers have
said they will plant 100 per cent of
their quota and sell them at the
support price.
Both men agreed Georgia and
Alabama pose a serious threat,
though in doing so, they risk
possible bankruptcy.
“If the movement is to have
impact, we must organize the
entire industry or we’ll push
ourselves right off the grocery
shelf,” Kelly said. “You’ll find
runners in cocktail peanut cans,
and once they’re coated in spices
and dry-roasted, you can’t tell the
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