New Great-Grandpa
As# Gr|ffin visited us on
Cheapside to brag a bit. This time
it wasn’t about watermelons.
In addition to his usual bits of
information from along the Public
Parade, Afta left a birth
announcement. With it was a cigar
heralding the arrival of Brandon
Neal Griffin cm September 28. The
infant is Asa’s great-grandson,
whose parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Neal Griffin.
Well, we long ago gave up cigars
- along with other “evil” habits.
But yre will pass it on to Buff who
still partakes.
It doesn’t seem like anytime
since Asa brought his grandson -
Neal - along to help with the giant
watermelons as the
photographer did his job. We hope
we are all around to see the great
grandson do the same.
By the way, the grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Paul
Griffin.
Congratulations to all sizes of
Griffins.
Guest Editorial
Why has Governor James B.
Hunt Jr. made such a radical shift
in his position concerning Virginia
Electric & Power Comany? That
question has b6en on the minds of
many in northeastern North
Carolina the past week or so
following news accounts of the
Governor’s speech to Vepco
officials and local industry
hunters in Eden ton.
We do not presume to know the
full answer to die question. We do
know Governor Hunt got bad
advice from one of his cabinet
members who in the past has not
been much of a friend to the
northeast. We also know the
Governor’s timing could hardly
have been worse and he has
created for himself a political
problem from which he may never
Sly recover.
The Edenton meeting was
engineered by Commerce
Secretary Lauch Fairdoth who,
when lie was chairmap of the
ffifh#(»y Commission In the Bob
Scott administration, virtually
wrote the northeast off the books
so far as new highways was
concerned. We got more highways
started during the Republican
Holshouser administration than
when Democrat Fairdoth was
minding the store.
Fairdoth appears to have been
encouraged to get Gov. Hunt to
switch positions on Vepco mainly
by Rep. Vernon James of
Pasquotank. Other members of
the northeastern legislative
delegation say the James family
are sizeable Vepco stockholders.
Whether true or not, it is a fact
Rep. James has been the utility’s
chief spokesman among the
delegation.
Vernon James is the same
fellow who, on the next to the last
day of the recent legislative
session, buried in a House
committee a resolution asking the
Utility Review Committee to take
a close look at Vepco. Rep. John
Gillam was speaking for the
resolution, which had already
passed the Senate, when James
used his seniority to get it referred
to a committee, in effect killing
House action.
The next day at a much
publicized meeting of the new
Northeastern Caucus with Gov.
Hud, James started the wheels
turning toward the Edenton
meeting and Gov. Hunt’s
unfortunate speech.
James’ maneuver failed to keep
Vepco from going under a Utility
Review Committee examination.
A resolution passed by one house
in the General Assembly has as
much effect as one passing both.
Senators Harrington and Daniels
bad been the prime sponsors in
the Senate.
Last week testimony before the
Review Committee indicated a $lO
per 1,000 kilowatt hour disparity
between Vepco and CPJtL on
September bills. The total
deference is closer to S2O per 1,000
kilowatts because Vepco’s quoted
rate did not include hid charges
and those tor CPI& did. The
is so much^that
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The
Chowan Herald
Vol. XLVI • No. 41
Peanut Festival Schedule Os Events
Friday, October 2,1981
0:00 P.M. Edenton Aces ». Perquimans County High School Pirates at Perquimans
County High School
Saturday, October 3,1981
10:00 AM. Peanut Festival Parade (Starting At Water Street And Ending At Hicks
Field)
11:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M. Activities On The John A. Holmes High School Campus: White
Elephant Sale; Crafts; Plant Sale; Clogging Demonstration;
Art Show A Sale
11:30 A.M.-12:15 P.M. Virginia Beach Community Ballet - John A. Holmes Auditorium
11:00 A.M.-7:00 P.M. Barbecue Dinner Plates - $2.50 (May Be Purchased And/Or
Picked Up At Boy Scout Hut On The Holmes High School
Campus)
11:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M. Bake Sale - Peanut Cooking & Sale On Holmes High School
Campus
1:00 P.M. Field Competition • Battle Os The Bands Hicks Field
(Admission: Adults - $2.00; Students ■ $1.00)
3:00 PJI. Drawing Os Riffle Tickets For Groceries And Gasoline (Hicks Retd)
M 0 MM* Midnight peanut Festi»l Student Dance • National Guard
(Admission: Couple ■ $2.00; SU? $150) 4 ~
9:00 P.M.-1:00 IM. Peanut Festival Dance • American Legion Bldg. (Tickets On
Sale In Advance Or At The Door - SIO.OO Per Couple;
Set-Ups And Party Pick-Ups) Music Furnished By Jack Revels
Sunday, October 4,1981
2:00 P.M. Sailboat Regatta - Cruising Division - Edenton Bay
3:30 P.M? Sailboat Regatta - Day Sailers - Edenton Bay
2:00 P.M. Concert In The Park - Colonial Park: John A. Holmes High School Band;
Country & Western Music; Gospel Music; Albemarle Pops Orchestra
5:00 P.M. Ceremony Awarding Trophies For Sailboat Regatta At Edentoh Marina
Bryan New Hospital Administrator
Marvin A. Bryan has accepted
the position of Administrator of
Chowan Hospital, effective
October 12, reports Jess Harrell,
Chairman of the Board of
Directors. The slot was recently
vacated by David L. Henson, who
accepted the post of Deputy
Director of Charlotte Memorial
Hospital and Medical Center.
Bryan comes to Edenton from
Alamance County Hospital in
Burlington, N. C., a 141-bed acute
care hospital, where he presently
serves as Assistant Ad
ministrator. He is an employee
of Carolinas Hospital and Health
Services, Inc. (CHHS) which has
provided management services
for Chowan Hospital since July
1977.
Selection and installation of a
mini-computer, working with
construction and renovation
programs, as well as specific
duties dealing with the financial
aspects of a building program,
head the list of accomplishments
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Bryan has had responsibility for at
Alamance.
A native of Burlington, Bryan
earned his business degree from
Elon College and his masters in
hospital administration from
Washington University of St.
Louis, Missouri.
Professional and community
involvements include membership
in the American College of
Hospital Administrators, the
North Carolina Hospital
Association, the Hospital
Financial Management
Association, the Alamance County
Chapter of the American Red
Cross, as well as work with the
Alamance United Way.
Bryan and his wife, Vivian, have
two sons and are active in the
First Christian United Church of
Christ in Burlington.
Tynch Receives
Prison Sentence
The following cases were heard
in Chowan Superior Court by
Richard B. Allsbrook, the
presiding Judge.
Leon Skinner, misdemeanor
larceny, dismissed.
Douglas Hill, receiving stolen
goods, dismissed.
Hazel Rountree, assault with a
deadly weapon inflicting serious
bodily injury, not guilty by jury.
Carroll Edward Tynch, indecent
liberties with a minor, five years
in the State Dept, of Correction.
Clyde Leary, Jr., injury to real
property and injury to personal
property, dismissed.
Misdemeanor breaking and
entering and carrying a concealed
weapon, six months in the State
Dept, of Correction.
Curtis Holley, uttering and
forgery, dismissed.
Continued on page 4
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Edonton, North Carolina, Thursday, October 1, 1981
Peanut Festival, Oct. 3-4
The Edenton - Chowan Band
Parents Association is making
final preparations for the Sixth
Annual Peanut Festival to be held
in Edenton October 3-4,1981. They
promise a weekend filled with fun
and for the entire
family and at the same time hope
to raise more than $12,000 for the
local band program.
The festivities will begin on
Saturday morning at 10 ’clock with
a gigantic Peanut Festival
Parade, beginning at Water Street
and proceeding up Broad Street to
Hicks Field at John A. Holmes
High School. There will be 16 area
bands participating in the parade,
along with floats and “Mr.
Peanut.”
At 11 A. M. the activities will
move to the high school where
there will be a sale of barbecue
plates, clogging demonstrations,
Aces Defeat Pack
Despite Penalties
The Edenton Aces upped their
overall record to 3-1 with a 29-8
victory over the Washington Pam
Pack in a penalty-plaqued contest
last Friday night. Edenton will
visit Perquimans this Friday at
8 P. M. for a game with the rival
Pirates.
The first points of the game
came on a 56 yard TD pass from
Edenton’s strong armed
quarterback Eddie Morris to Tom
White in the second quarter. White
kicked the extra point and
Edenton led 7-0.
The Aces added on two more
touchdowns in the third quarter.
Defensive tackle Tim Rankins of
Edenton scooped up a Washington
fumble arid ran the ball in from 38
yards out, with White again
adding the extra point. Later in
the same quarter, Bill Whichard
scored for Edenton, plunging in
from one yard out. Kenny
Valentine scored on the two-point
conversion, making it 22-0 in favor
of the Aces.
Morris rif ed a 30-yard TD pass
to Valentine in the fourth quarter
to complete Aces scoring, who now
led 29-0.
With 16 seconds remaining in the
game, Washington finally scored
on a 21 yard run from Seth
Edwards, with Steve Boyd adding
the two-point conversion.
Penalties, of which Edenton had
15 for 128 yards, nullified two
Continued on page 4
Bateman Elected To Third Term
N. C. Peanut Growers elected
David T. Bateman of Chowan
County to a third term as
(resident of the N. C. Peanut
Growers Association at their
annual meeting on September 10.
Other officers elected were: J.
Lewis Story, vice president,
Hertford County: Ed Nixon,
secretary, Perquimans County
and John R. Grimes, treasurer,
Edgecombe County.
Elected to the Executive
Committee were; Edwin Parker
of Bertie County; T. N. Dixon of
Halifax County; Clyde Jenkins of
Northampton County; Everette
Byrd of Bladen County and L. Pell
Hinton, Sr. of Gates County.
New members elected to the
Board of Directors were: McNeil
I pock from Craven County, Finley
Newbern from Currituck County,
John Madre from Pasquotank
County, Neil Lanier from Pender
County, L. Wayne Howell from
Perquimans County, Carl Branch
from Robeson County, Harlin
FHA To Host
Homecoming
The Future Homemakers of
America of John A. Holmes High
School are planning their annual
Homecoming Parade October 9.
Anyone interested in participating
may contact Marcheta Sawyer at
483-8426 or 297-2630.
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plant sale, crafts display and sale,
art show and sale, white elephant
sale, bake sale, and blood pressure
clinic along with other activities.
At 11:30 A. M. the Virginia Beach
Community Ballet Company will
perform in the John A. Holmes
High School Auditorium. Also on
display will be art works by
students in grades K-6.
At 1 P. M. the band competition
will begin at Hicks Field with the
following bands participating:
Manteo; Beddingfield of Wilson;
Williamston; Churchland of
Portsmouth, Va.; Oscar Smith of
Chesapeake, Va.; Goldsboro;
Currituck; Lynnhaven Junior
High, Virginia Beach, Va.;
Western Branch, Chesapeake,
Va.; Washington; Perquimans
County; Creswell; Bertie High;
Plymouth, and Northhampton
County. The John A. Holmes High
School Band will perform but will
not enter into competition.
There will be a teen dance
Saturday night at the Armory
from 8 to 12 P. M. Music will be
furnished by James “Shotgun”
Slade, assistant principal of South
Edgecombe High School. Mr.
Slade is known as the Master
Blaster.
An adult Peanut Festival Dance
will be held at the American
Legion from 9 P. M. to 1 A. M.
Music will be provided by Jack
Revels.
On Sunday afternoon a sailboat
regatta in Edenton Bay and a
concert by the John A. Holmes
High School Band at Colonial Park
will kick off the day’s activities.
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WELCOME BACK Carlton Perry, right, welcomed Gene
Sutton back to Chowan County for a short visit last week. Sutton
plaved a key role in the establishment of the feeder pig
cooperative on Paradise Road. At the time Sutton was with the
U. S. Farmers Cooperative Service.
Patrick from Washington County,
Ken Manning from Pitt County, J.
Lewis Story from Hertford
County, Everett Purvis from
Martin County, T. N. Dixon from
Halifax County and Clyde Jenkins
from Northampton County.
The annual meeting of the
association was held at the Peanut
Belt Research Station in Lewiston.
During the afternoon those
attending viewed research
activities being conducted at the
station and the results obtained
from the various cultural
practices.
David T. BtVmsn
Sinai* Copies 20 Conts
This will be followed by a program
of gospel music; country and
western music; and a debut
performance by the Albemarle
Pops Orchestra. At 3:30 there will
be a sailboat regatta for day
sailors in Edenton Bay.
A ceremony at 5 P. M. to award
trophies for winners in the sailboat
regatta will be held at Edenton
Marina. This will be the final
activity of the Peanut Festival.
Concessions will be available at
all events during the weekend.
Holiday Schedule
Is Revealed
The holiday season will begin in
Chowan County this year, with
Edenton’s Annual Christmas
Parade on Sunday, November 29th
at 2:30 P. M. The theme for this
event will be “The Twelve Days of
Christmas”.
As was done last year the
parade will be held on Sunday.
There seems to be no doubt that
this provides the best opportunity
for the entire family to enjoy this
outstanding event.
“As the pace of our everyday life
increases it becomes even more
important that we stop
occasionally and reflect upon the
importance of family and
community togetherness. Your
participation, by entering a
marching unit or float will do a
great deal to make this possible,”
says R. J. Hendee, Executive
Vice President of Edenton-
Chowan Chamber of Commerce.
Electric Bills
May Decline
ROANOKE RAPIDS Virginia
Electric and Power Company’s
North Carolina retail customers
may receive a slight decline in
their electricity bills this winter,
because of the company’s
increased use of coal and nuclear
generation.
Vepco has requested that the
N. C. Utilities Commission decrease
customer’s bills by about 1 per
cent beginning in December.
A residential customer using
1,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity
each month will see a reduction of
69 cents from $70.20 to $69.51 in the
months of December, January,
February and March.
The reduction in fuel charges to
customers reflects lower fuel costs
during May, June, July, and
August. Vepco reduced fuel costs
by increasing the use of lower cost
nuclear and coal generation and
decreasing the use of expensive
oil.
Vepco supplied customers with
electricity during May through
August using 43 per cent nuclear
generation, up from 25 per cent in
1960, and 30 per cent coal
generation, up from 25 per cent in
1960. Oil generation dropped to 8
per cent, down from 19 per cent
last year. About 18 per cent of the
electricity supplied was
purchased from other utilities.
These purchases were primarily
of coal-fired electricity.