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>-g Continued From Page 1' which doesn’t ruin the agricultural economy in this state. And, on the other hand, if our congressman wasn’t doing such a fine job you can bet that the National Congressional Club would being fielding opposition candidates biennially. There will be no opposition to Rep. Jones again this year. (He wore them all out in the early years.) Nevertheless, his cam paign coffers continue to ac cumulate money. The fact that he has nearly SIOO,OOO available for a campaign and doesn’t have to use it certainly may speak well of the candidate, but it certainly could be put to good use in the media along the Public Parade. And that’s not non - news. PAC's For Some Political action committees have come into vogue. But never is their presence better known than around election time. In the most recent, incidence, our least favorite morning daily newspaper of general circulation along the Public Parade has published utility PAC contributions to members of the General Assembly. The utilities involved are Duke Power Company, Carolina Power & Light Company, Virginia Electric & Power Company, Southern Bell and Carolina Telephone & Telegraph. State Sens. J.J. (Monk) Harrington of Bertie County and Melvin R. Daniels, Jr., of Pasquotank, did not receive contributions from the utility PAC’s in 1980 or 1981.‘State Reps. Vernon James of Pasquotank and Charles D. Evans of Dare were ■inched lightly, ever so lightly. Rep. Evans received a total of $l5O in campaign contributions from the utilities. CP&L sent him SIOO while Carolina Telephone added SSO. All of Rep. James’ SIOO came from CP&L. . There is no elertfeflt of surprise in the fact that Sraa/Harmgton and Daniels are not among the favorite lawmakers 'of utility interests. They have both been outspoken critics of the ever in creasing utility rates. Sen. Harrington is a member of powerful Legislative Utility I Review Committee. The biggest thing to the committee’s credit has been the establishment of the Public Staff to the N.C. Utilities Commission. It is the Public Staff which is the fulltime consumer advocate which keeps the heat on utility firms, especially at rate application hearings. Likewise, Sen. Daniels has been a thorne in the flesh of at least one s utility company - Vepco. He has gone so far as to get Vepco invited out of . North Carolina (by Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr.). His legislation aimed at com prehensive investigation of Vepco management was watered down bj(making it apply industry - wide, but Sen. Daniels is not apt to relieve much pressure if he is successful in his re - election bid. 'The attention which the Legislative Utility Review Committee, Public Staff and legislators, such as Sens. Harrington and Daniels, have focused on Vepco, in particular, has garnerred results. Vepco, which now rivals the two Tar Heel electric utility companies rate - wanse, has made tremendous im The Chowan Herald (USPS 106-380) j P.O. BOX 207, EDENTON, N.C 27932 Published every Thursday at Edeiiton by The Chowan Herald, Jr Inc., L. F. Amburn, Jr., Editor and Publisher, 421-425 South Broad " "Street, Edenton,'North Carolina, 27932. Entered as second-class matter August 30,1934 at the Post Office of Edenton, North Carolina, under Act of March 3,1870. L.F. AMBURN. JR. E.N. MANNING Editor It Publisher General Manager SUSAN BUNCH J. EDWIN BUFFLAP Office Manager Editor Emeritus Subscription Rates One Year (outside N.C.) . f .7.... <il.ee One Year (in N.C.) fu.44 Six Months (outside N.C.) $7,50 1 Six Mouths (inN.C.) |7.28 North Corollno. Thursday. Moy 6, 1982 ■ v. r ■'*>■ tfa Wt •' . ■? y--■') : ■ yfc '> r ifrr i i y i wf' 11 ft j iT< ifii' v * ■ j’ . ■ ' ,1 <• ‘ l + - , /„ \ -r',.- ' - ’ TRACTOR TRAILER OVERTURNS At approximately 4:50 P.M. on May 3 a truck carrying a load of logs overturned. The truck, driven by Michael Wayne Miller of Edenton, was headed north on U.S. 17 and turned on to the bypass causing the logs to shift and weight down one side of the truck. There was an estimated SSOOO damage to the Tarkenton Brothers, Inc. owned truck, but Miller was not injured. According to investigating patrolman, Michael J. McArthur, Miller was charged with reckless driving and driving too fast for conditions. Tentative Date For Primary Election Continued From Page 1 School. Active in community and civic affairs, Harless currently serves in the following capacities; Public Relations Committee for the In dependent Insurance Agents of N.C.; director, American Lung Association of N.C. and chairman of it’s Special Events Committee; President, Edenton-Chowan Tennis Association; member of the Edenton Choral Society, Edenton United Methodist Church, Methodist Mens Club and the Edenton Rotary Club. Past accomplishments and activities include three terms as treasurer for the Town of Edenton, chairman of Historic Edenton, Inc., Edenton Rotary Club president, treasurer and Sunday School Superintendent, chairman, Administrative Board and president, Methodist Mens Club of Edenton United Methodist Church. Farm Family Continued Front Page ir~ the Soil Conservation Service most all drainage oriented problems ’ have been solved. No - till is the main- item of interest now. The Extension Service also provides help and advice on crops, chemicals, etc. Daughter, Marta Lynn, is studying for a Masters Degree in Entomology at N.C. State. Her advice is helpful on insect control. They use the ACP cost share assistance through the ASCS.” “We congratulate this farm family for their good work in the field of resource conservation,” Bunch concluded. pruvements in management. For Vepco though, it is a case of too little, too late since all but a token few of the electric towns have joined a power agency which in the same of Edenton will result in substantial savings to the con sumers. This has drifted somewhat away from the PAC’s contributions to candidates. However, the matter of campaign contributions are gaining in importance as it becomes more costly to seek election to public office. But in the case of candidates in Northeastern North Carolina, it is safe to say that the contributions to Reps. James and Evans have no great influence on their voting but the voting on Sens. Harrington and Daniels had a great influence on the lack of PAC contributions. • Jane Underkofler, candidate for the Edenton-Chowan School Board from the First Township, has been a resident of Edenton for the past eight years. She is a graduate of St. Mary’s Hospital School of Nursing in West Palm Beach, Florida, and has attended additional classes at the University of Miami and East Carolina University. Shortly after graduation, she was com missioned as a lieutenant with the U.S.A.F. Nurse Corp and served stateside and abroad. She is currently employed as a public health nurse with the Chowan County Health Dept, and is a member of the N.C. Public Health Association. Mrs. Underkofler has been active in community affairs and was instrumental in re establishing Girl Scouting in Edenton shortly after her arrival to Chowan County. She has been a member of the various school PTA’s, has served on school-based committees, the Band-Parents Association, Peanut Festival .. activities, assisted with-^Jiie also on the Health Advisory Committee for Head Start. She is an active member of St. Ann’s Catholic Church. Mrs. Underkofler and her husband Bill, who is retired from the U.S.A.F. and employed with United Piece and Dye Company, have four children, Steve, a student at East Carolina University; Micheal, attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and Missy and Julie, students at John A. Holmes High School. Jerald Perry, candidate for the Edenton-Chowan School Board First District also, is a graduate of John A. Holmes High School. He is also a graduate of the Automation Machine Training Center in Missouri and the Shaw Theological Seminary in Raleigh, N.C. He is presently a junior at Elizabeth City State, where he is also em ployed as a 1 computer operator programmer. Perry also works with the Albemarle Broadcasting Corporation in Edenton in the capacity of gospel disc jockey. The certifiaites and awards to Perry include: Management Information System Task Force, Washington, D.C.; Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society award in Area of Scholarship at Elizabeth City State University; Distributed Data Systems, Incorporated award for Intermediate Systems Software; Outstanding Young Man of America award in 1979 by the National Jaycees of America; licensed and ordained minister of the Church of God in Christ, International; pastor of the Community Temple Church of God in Christ in Windsor, N.C.; and the district President of the Edenton District YPWW (Young People Willing Workers) of the Church of God in Christ. His affiliations and mem berships include the John R. Page Masonic Lodge No. 13, Prince Hall Affiliated F&AM in Edenton; J.W. Hood Consistory No. 155 United Supreme Council, 33 Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite ®f Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction, United States of America Prince Hall Affiliation, Elizabeth City; Board member at \• ' - • &'.'■* <■ '''/V- , ‘ V.*"' - the Edenton-Chowan Civic League; Board member of Elders of the Church of God in Christ, N.C. Diocese; Commissioner on the Edenton Housing Authority Board; member of the Humanities Steering Committee for eastern N.C. region; and a Board member of the Chowan County American Heart Fund Association. In the race for the seat in the Edenton-Chowan School Board from the Second Township is Yvonne A. Smith and Billy R. Nixon. Yvonne A. Smith, a native of Chowan County now residing in Rocky Hock with her husband, Marvin (Ray) Smith, and son, has been employed at Chowan Hospital, Inc. for 14 years as a Licensed Practical Nurse and Senior Pharmacy Technician. A graduate of Holmes High School and The College of The Albemarle School of Nursing, she received her license in nursing from the State of North Carolina in 1965. She has received extra credit hours in continuing pharmacy education through courses sponsored by COA and the University of North Carolina at CSikpeHffll. A Red Cross nurse with the Tidewater Chapter and an active member of White Oak Elementary School PTA, Mrs. Smith is a member of Rocky Hock Baptist Church where she was a former director of Sunday School for pre school children. Currently she is a member of the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists and was named Pharmacy Technician of the Year in 1979 by the Owen Pharmacy Management C. based in Houston, Texas. She is an active member in community activities and serves as a Democratic delegate for the Rocky Hock precinct. Billy R. Nixon, who lives in Rocky Hock with his wife, Mary Privott Nixon, and their two children, is a farmer in the Center Hill Community. A graduate of Chowan High School and COA, he served four years in the U.S. Air Force, with two tours of duty in Vietnam. Smith is a member and captain of the Crater Hill-Crossroads Fire Dept., member and president of the Farmer Pest Management Service, member of the Board of Directors of Albemarle Electric Membership Corp., and a member and President of the Chowan County Agricultural Advisory Committee. Past honors for Smith include Outstanding Young Farmer in 1979 and 1980. He is also a football and baseball coach for the Midget League at the Edenton-Chowan Recreation Dept. Principal Continued From Page 1 School, after dose study by Board attorney Chris Bean, was not passed. Bean recommended that a few loose ends be tied up before passing the contract. The minutes of the previous meeting were approved as were school resignations and the request for transfer of school assignment. The Block Grant Application for .djoral * 'iflfF Cases Are Heard Williams Assumes Continued From Page 1 SaleS PoSt Orders. All sentences are on supervised probation. Two further counts of worthless check were dismissed because of insufficient evidence. Charlie Joe Britt, speeding to elude arrest consolidated with no operator’s license and disobeying a stop sign for judgement/ 6 months suspended 3 years, SSOO fine, cost at court in both cases; supervised probation. He was found guilty of reckless driving and received a 7 day active sen tence. He received a voluntary dismissal for another count of disobeying a stop sign and failure to stop for a blue light - siren. Appealed. Randolph Rosevelt Cofield, two counts of larceny. He received a voluntary dismissal for one count, and received 6 months suspended 3 years, on unsupervised probation, SIOO fine and cost of court, pay for his court-appointed attorney’s fee, and remain off the premises of Food Town for 3 years. Douglas Alvin Stallings, three counts of worthless check con solidated for judgement, 30 days suspended 3 years on un supervised probation, SSO fine, cost of court in all three cases, total restitution of $155 to Etna. Appealed. Nora B. Mitchell, two counts of worthless check. For the first count she received 5 days suspended 1 year, $lO fine and cost of court, restitution of $lO to S&R. The second sentence was a $lO fine and cost of court, restitution of $37 to Time Finance. Brenda Faye Holly, shoplifting, 60 days suspended 3 years, S6O fine and cost of court, remain off the premises of TG&Y for 3 years. James Michael White, 40 MPH in a 25 MPH zone, S2O fine and cost of court. Michael Conal Mizelle, second degree burglary, probable cause was found and the case was bound over to Superior Court. . Roosevelt Ford, Jr., shoplifting, 8 days committment. Credit was given for 8 days. Ordered to remain off the premises of A&P. 1 Herring Run Proves Big Success 1 Over 100 runners finished the fourth annual Great Edenton Herring Run held last Saturday. As predicted, new course records were set in the 10K (6.2 miles) and 5K (31 mile) events. Pete Silson of Murfreesboro held off the hot pursuit of Bill Hart to capture the men’s 10K trophy in a time of 34:26. This mark beating the old record set last year by Richard Beekers of Ahoskie by 54 seconds. Don Martin won the 6.2 mile dirt road course in 45:50 to win the women’s division, shat tering her 1981 record of 48:22. Bridget Cunningham finished a scant six seconds later to take second place. Keith White gained thesK crown with a well - paced 17:11 effort. Small business makes AmeticaYvotk. Small businesses create two out of every three jobs in America. \ Overall, the small'business paycheck provides the livelihood of more than 100 million Americans. Small business not only keeps America working.. it makes America work. , . f SMALL BUSINESS WEEK MAY 9-15 SHPku.S. Small Business Administration * ApiiMrjmwwAwSimnwrt ' - : fenHHßHHmHmnnMnnnHHHmnmnnnnHnßmHHHM Terry Williams, Vice - President and General Manager of Edenton Broadcasting Corp., has resigned to accept a sales position with i Jimbo - Jumbo’s foe. of Edenton. A native of Edenton and a 1973 graduate of John A. Holmes High School, Williams had been working at WCDJ since 1976. Williams primary job duties at WCDJ included personnel management and sal# duties. His new job will also be/in the sales * department. .1 " “I look forward to the new challenge of working in an entirely new field,” said Williams. “I’d like to thank the Board of Directors of Edenton Broad casting Corp. for their past sup port and their continued support in my future. I sincerely appreciate the citizens of Edenton who have j supported me in the past.” * Some of the honors bestowed on Williams include president of the Edenton Aces Booster Club and also of the D.F. Walker P.T.A., past chairman of the Edenton - Chowan Peanut Festival, and listed among the Outstanding Young Men of America in 1979 and 1981. He is married to the former ( Jane Bass and they have two children, Michael, 7, and Jennifer, 4. They are members of the First Presbyterian Church. ESjV s - < Terry Williams shading Michael Mrasing’s 1981 record by 11 seconds. Tammy Sligh took the women’s honors in a time of 24:07. The One - Mile Fun Run trophy went to Ken Jones, who raced the out and back course in 5:44. Young Elizabeth Reinhart won the women’s portion of this popular event in 7:12. , The unofficial “Most Impressive Runner” award was claimed by 12 - year old Dobbin Prezzano, who completed the 5K race in 23:55. He managed to beat his father by over 90 seconds, a feat of which he can well be proud. Preparations are already un derway for the 1983 Herring Run. It is scheduled for April 17.
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