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COLLISION RESULTS IN LOSS OF TWO LIVES Thad Braddy, 77, of Asbury Park, N.J., lost
his life in a collision early Christmas Day morning. Braddy was a passenger in a car that went
across the center line of U.S. 17 and struck another car head-on. The accident occurred just south of
Edenton at 8:45 A.M.
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Vol. XLVI - No. 54
Joseph S. Crisanti
JoeCrisanti was a “newcomer”
along the Public Parade whose
love of people and wildlife will
long be remembered. During his
79 years, Papa Joe overcame
numerous hurdles, conquered
many obstacles, but chose to dwell
- on the unpretenious.
There was one project he never
feared-death. He lived a full,
event-filled life which ended
December 17 in Jersey Shore
Medical Center in Neptune, N. J.
Papa Joe was proud of his
heritage. He was proud of his
family, his home, his friends, his •
*■ accomplishments. In the two
decades he spent along the Public
Parade he made regular trips
back to New Jersey to visit his
children, especially enjoying the
birth and growth of granchildren.
It was family and friends, not
things which entrigued the land
developer, rancher and inventor.
He was not opposed to boasting. It
was however, more about his
family and friends, his ac
complishments on the golf course
and the different wildlife he at
tracted to his pond than material
things. For example, he could tell
you in a heartbeat how .much it
cost to feed the waterfowl on his
pond but the emphasis was on
being able to preserve it, for local
enjoyment.
When the U. S. Government
started selling off property around
what is now Edenton Municipal
Airport, prospective locals waited
for a gift. Joe Crisanti plunged
ahead by paying a fair price for
acres between Albemarle Sound
and Highway 32-A. The result was
the Montpelier Acres development
which the owner parceled out as if
every sale was for his personal
residence.
Papa Joe married the former
Esther Elliott late in life and they
enjoyed dividing their time
between Florida and the Public
Parade. Doctors had encouraged
him not to return to Edenton in the
Spring, fearing such a journey
might hasten his death. However,
the strong-willed man not only
survived the trip, but managed to
go on tcfNew Jersey to spend his
last days on earth with his im
mediate family.
Joseph S. Crisanti never looked
balk. His positive thinking, as well
as positive action made him
somewhat controversial. He
proved, however, that knowledge
ufas drawn titan His source. If
there is any developing to be done
in the hereafter, Papa Joe win be
there to chart the course.
We share in the grief of his wife
and other members of his family.
J. C. Ranch and Montpelier Acres
will long stand as a monument to
Joseph S. Crisanti, a man of aU
seasons if one ever meandered
along the Public Parade.
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Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, December 31, 1981
Pending Lawsuit Decision May Affect
Future State Primary Election
1982 will be an election year for
some local, state and federal of
fices but when the elections will be
held is still a matter of conjecture.
However, candidates are still
required to file between January 4
and February 1 for county offices
while congressional condidates
have to file between February 15
and March 1.
The U. S. Courts might change it
all, though, and an opinion is
expected on pending lawsuits
around January 5. If the challenge
is successful, then the state
primary election on May 4 may not
be a reality.
The primary ballot will be full of
names and issues. Besides can
didates for the 100 county board of
commissioners, there will be
candidates for various county
departmental offices, four seats
on the state Supreme Court, seven
seats on the state Court of Ap
peals, 24 Superior Court
judgeships, 34 district attorneys
and 49 District Court judgeships.
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CYPRESS SENTINEL The weather these days may be
changeable from spring-like sunniness to depressing cold rain but
even a foggy, gray day on Albemarle Sound presents a peaceful
scene of silnoutted Cypress near the railroad bridge.
Photographer Jack Williams of Elizabeth City welcomed this site
after days of hectic turnpike traffic in the Northeast. When he
dashed across a sleet covered highway to help a driver out of an
asphalt truck which had overturned after crumbling a car, and
found the Lord was with the unscathe driver that day, corned as
he apA the road were with hot asphalt, Jack turned his wheels
toward the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and the cypress-lined shores
of Carolina. He’d like to put Christmas tree lights on all those
Cypress. (Jack Williams Photo) -
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There will be five state con
stitutional questions:
—Should members of the General
Assembly run for four-year
terms?
—Should the General Assembly
be empowered temporarily to
recall retired state Supreme Court
and Court of Appeals judges to sit
on those panels and deal with case
backlogs?
—Should the Supreme Court
have authority to review direct
appeals of state Utilities Com
mission rulings?
—Should the General Assembly
_gil4C J:ertajiLSfcate agencies power
to develop seaports and airports?
—Should the General Assembly
enact laws enabling state agencies
to issue revenue bonds to finance
higher education facilities for non
profit corporations?
Gov. Jim Hunt has the option of
calling for a statewide referendum
on issuing new Clean Water Bond
Act bonds.
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HEAD-ON COLLISION KILLS TWO MEN Robert Earl Taylor, 39, of Kinston, N.C. was killed in
a head-on collision last Friday morning. The accident also claimed the life of another man. The
other car crossed the center line of U.S. 17 south of Edenton and struck Taylor’s car. Funeral ser
vices for Taylor were held Dec. 28 in Kinston.
Taylor, 39 And Braddy, 77 Victims
Os Christmas Day Traffic Accident
Two men were killed in an
automobile accident just south of
Edenton on Christmas Day.
Robert Earl Taylor, 39, of Kinston,
N. C., and Thad Braddy, 77, of
Asbury Park, N. J., died in a head
- on collision at 8:45 A. M. that
morning. A spokesman for the
Highway Patrol said Braddy was
a passenger in a car that crossed
District Splitting Is Considered
(Editor’s Note: The following
article of local interst first ap
peared in the Sunday edition of
The Virginian-Pilot.)
Peggy Payne
RALEIGH Splitting the
Northeast’s 14-county, two-seat
senatorial district into two one
senator districts emerged as a
serious possibility this week, as
New Directors Are
Elected To Board
Five new directors have* been
elected to the board of Edenton-
Chowan Chamber of Commerce
and a replacement for a member
who has resigned was recently
announced.
The membership, in mail
balloting, elected as new direc
tors: George A. Byrum, Tom
Phillips, W. P. (Spec) Jones, Tom
Shepard and Ollin Sykes. They will
serve for two years. ~,
Murray Nixon was named to fill
the vacancy of Jim Brown who
resigned after being promoted a
Rocky Mount position with
Peoples Bank & Trust Company.
The members rotating off the
board are: Gary Anderson, Les
Fagan, Chris Bean, Tilmon Keel
and Warner Perry. Fagan is
serving this year as president of
the chamber and Oscar White
remains on the board in the role of
past president.
The executive vice president is
Jerry Hendee.
CWA Employees Ratify Contract
TARBORO Communications
Workers of America (CWA)
employees of Carolina Telephone
and Telegraph Company have
Woman Driver Is
Assault Victim
a
A Windsor woman was shot at
while driving to work on
December 23. According to the
Chowan County Sheriff’s Dept.,
Linda Joyce Jones, the manager
of the Zip Mart in Edenton, was
driving to work from her home in
Windsor, when after crossing the
Chowan River Bridge, someone in
the car behind her fired three
shots at her, with two of the bullets
hitting the car. The Sheriffs Dept,
investigated the shooting and on
December 29 Thomas Alvin
Fleming, 28, of Route 2, Edenton
was arrested by Deputy Sheriff
Glenn Perry. He was charged with
discharging a firearm into an
occupied vehicle and assault with
a deadly weapon with intent to kill.
Fleming is now being held in the
Chowan County Jail under a
$20,000 bond. O. L. Wise of the SBI
has been assisting the Sheriff’s
Dept in the investigation.
the center of U. S. 17 south of
Edenton and hit the car Taylor
was driving.
Taylor’s survivors include his
mother, Mrs. Nannie R. Shriver of
Kinston; his father, Jessie Taylor
of Kinston; a brother, J. W. Taylor
of Vanceboro, N. C.; a sister, Mrs.
Marjorie Allen of Edenton, N. C.;
and two half-brothers, Tom Taylor
legislators considered the next
steps to take in the state’s reap
portionment.
The U. S. Justice Department
has rejected North Carolina’s
congressional and state senatorial
redistricting plans under the
provisions of a federal act
designed to protect the voting
strength of minorities. A com
mittee appointed by leaders of
both legislative chambers met
Wednesday and recommended
that a final decision and appeal be
deferred, and that the legislature
reconvene. The panel suggested
that, in the meantime, the state
senate and congressional
redistricing committees be ready
to report by Jan. 25.
The federal argument against
the state Senae redistricing plan
was that the state’s use of large,
multimember senatorial districts
diluteed the voting strength of
blacks.
In the past, Sen. Mel Daniels, D-
Pasquotank, one of the Ist
District’s two senators, has
spoken in favor of the use of one
senator districts for the whole
state. He said this week that his
position had not changed.
The change came from the
district’s other senator, Sen. J. J.
(Monk) Harrington, D-Bertie.
“I’ll split it,” Harrington said. “I
don’t favor it, but I see the hand
writing on the wall.”
The Justice Department’s
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voted to ratify a new 3-year
contract worth approximately
$18,200,000 in wages and benefits.
Delbert Gordon, CWA
representative who chaired the
union’s bargaining committee that
reached agreement with company
negotiators on Nov. 28, reported
that the ballots were counted
December 21.
CWA represents approximately
3,200 of the company’s total 5,400
employees.
In addition to the wage increase,
which calls for 10 percent the first
year, 9 per cent the second year
and 8 per cent the third year,
terms of the new contract include
one additional holiday, increased
company contribution to
premiums for life, health and
dental insurance, increased
company contribution to
premiums for life, health and
dental insurance, increased job
related travel expense allowance,
and a supplemental income
protection {dan which will be
made available to certain em
ployees in areas where a surplus
of employees exists.
Wayne Peterson, company
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and Bobby Taylor, both of Kin
ston.
Funeral services were held
December 28 at 2 P. M. in the
Howard and Carter Funeral Home
Chapel in Kinston with burial
following in Pinelawn Memorial
Park.
Williford - Barham Funeral
Home was in charge of local
arrangements.
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Bruce Gillikin
Gillikin Is Chosen
To Fill Position
At Peoples Bank
ROCKY MOUNT The Board
of Directors of Peoples Bank and
Trust Company announced on
December 28 that Bruce Gillikin
has been promoted to City
Executive in the bank’s Edenton
office. He was formerly with the
bank’s Raleigh - Falls of the Neuse
Office.
A native of Bettie, North
Carolina, Gillikin is a 1972
graduate of the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill with
a Bachelor of Science degree in
Business Administration. Prior to
joining Peoples Bank in 1979, he
was associated with First Citizens
Bank in Raleigh as adjuster, In
stallment Loan Officer, Bank
Manager and Commercial Loan
Officer.
Gillikin was certified in Mid-
Management, and Advanced
Management by the North
Carolina School of Banking. He
was previously the Vice President
and Treasurer and presently a
board member of the American
Institute of Banking. He is a 1981
scholarship winner of the North
Carolina Bankers Association
Group 111 at the advanced
Banking School at the University
of North Carolina and a member
of the Bank Administration In
stitute.
Gillikin is a member of the
Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
where he received the President’s
Cup Award. He is past Youth
Chairman and Treasurer of the
Durham Civitan Club and past
member of the Durham Chamber
of Commerce. He has been active
with the United Fund, American
Cancer Society and Ernest Myatt
Presbyterian Church. He is
married to the former Rose Marie
Pittman of Davis, North Carolina.
They have a daughter, Elizabeth
Marie.