Finding Money
The State Department of
Transportation has been pleading
poverty in recent years. Inflation
and a cut - back in federal funds
has made finding money for high
way projects more and more
difficult. It doesn’t seem to be that
much of a problem for Marc
Basnight of Manteo, a DOT board
member.
The board member has been
fighting constantly for im
provements along the Public
Parade and throughout North
eastern North Carolina. He
teamed with Bill Gardner, former
town administrator, for major
improvements in Edenton - ex
tension of West Hicks Street and
Coke Avenue, to mention a couple.
Biggies in the region include
keeping the U.S. 17 project to the
Virginia line on schedule, as well
as improvements to U.S. 158, a
thoroughfare into Dare County.
Mr. Basnight experienced a
major coup last Friday when the
board authorized $lO - million of
state and federal - aid highway
funds for the multilaning of U.S.
158 between Barco and Grandy in
Currituck County. This
authorization is contingent upon
getting the federal government to
reverse an earlier decision
reducing the size of the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers replacement
bridge at Coinjock from four lanes
to two lanes.
Hie board member is thinking
ahead. U.S. 158 could eventually
become this state’s first toll road,
an idea of Mr. Basnight whose
time has come. While it all may
seem far fetched, this all has a
direct bearing on the Albemarle
Sound Bridge which sorely needs
replacing.
Mr. Basnight’s proposed toll
toad along the northern corridor
of the Albemarle Area would
primarily tax out -of • staters who
find our precious Outer Banks so
attractive. The southern route, via
U.S. 64 - 264 or U.S. 64 -17 - NC32,
would become more valuable for
the locals and the Albemarle
Sound Bridge plays an important
foie.
We WWltl like to see a greater"
commitment from the State of
North Carolina for the S4O - million
needed to replace the 3.5 - mile
bridge. A key to obtaining such a
commitmtne is Mr. Basnight and
he is already on our side.
The other keys lie in our State
legislative delegation. A weak link
in this group seems to be the one
which should be the most viable -
Sen. J.J. (Monk) Harrington of
Bertie. As chairman of the Senate
Transportation Committee he can
aid in finding money, but he has to
become more enthusiastic than he
displayed at a recent meeting
along the Public Parade.
The area leaders need to be
united in regional endeavors. Five
or six years ago he was “Marc
Who?”. Now he is one of the most
influential voices in the Hunt
Administration.
More question marks need to be
erased or finding money for
regional needs, highways in
cluded, will grow more amd more
difficult.
Aid For CAMA
The Coastal Area Management
Act of 1974 has proven to be an
asset to 20 counties in Tar Heelia.
It has withstood numerous
challenges and has been
strengthened by the exposure.
CAMA has been called a
forerunner of statewide land - use
planning. One of the challenges
has come from the fact that it
applies to only one - fifth of the
counties in the state. It was
designed that way because federal
assistance has been available in
this area.
- The planning process consumes
a lot of time. It also takes a lot of
money. Furthermore, land - use
planning doesn’t enjoy top priority
among most locally elected of
ficials, so few financial resources
are made available.
The Reagan Administration has
targeted the Coastal Zone
Management Program for heavy
cuts. This could result in violence
to the North Carolina program
since Gov. Junes B. Hunt, Jr.,
said that tha state does not have
the resource to make up the
shortfall. The lack of adequate
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Volume XLVII • No. 32
Peanut Growers Association
Slates Its Annual Meeting
David T. Bateman, of Tyner,
president of the N.C. Peanut
Growers Association, has an
nounced the annual meeting of the
association for September 9, at the
Peanut Belt Research Station in
Lewiston at 10 A.M.
Bateman, a peanut grower and
agricultural leader from Chowan
County said, “We want all peanut
growers to attend their
Association’s meeting and learn
first hand what the Association is
doing for them.” He stated, “it is a
unique opportunity for our
Growers’ Association to join hands
with the North Carolina Depart
ment of Agriculture and the School
of Agriculture and Life Sciences,
North Carolina State University,
in highlighting this important
crop, through a Peanut Field
Day.”
Following brief reports at the
business meeting, George Dunlop,
chief of staff, Senate Committee
on Agriculture, Nutrition and
Forestry, will present timely and
informative comments about the
Washington scene. He served for
several years as a special
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PARRISH IS HONORED Edenton mayor Roy Harrell
awards Edenton Police Chief Ralph Parrish certificates in basic,
intermediate and advanced general law enforcement. Chief
Parrish has been with the Edenton Police Dept, for 21 years.
Chief Parrish Is
Advanced Law
Twenty - one years ago Chief
Ralph Parrish decided to go into
law enforcement in Edenton and
the citizens have profited greatly
from his decision.
Chief Parrish, a native of
Edenton, joined the Edenton
Police Department in 1961 ob
taining the rank of Chief in 1967.
The North Carolina Department of
Justice has honored Chief Parrish
by awarding him certification in
basic, intermediate, and advance
general law enforcement. The
certificates were presented to the
chief at Edenton City Council’s
regularly stated meeting by
Mayor Roy Harrell. For Chief
Parrish to rceive the advance
Board Meeting
Is Scheduled
ELIZABETH CITY North
eastern North Carolina
Tomorrow, region economic and
human development organization
of the 16 northeastern counties,
will hold its second full board
meeting October 28 at Beaufort
County Community College.
Arrangements for the fall
meeting were made by William R.
Abeyounis of Washington, NNCT
treasurer and executive com
mittee member. Abeyounis,
Washington Chamber of Com
merce executive and Beaufort
industry hunter, is an original
member of the group founding
NNCT.
The organization was launched
in February at a kickoff meeting
in Elizabeth City with Gov. James
B. Hunt, Jr., as principal speaker.
A series of meetings was bold
during 1981 by leaders from the 16
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assistant to Sen. Jesse Helms.
Lunch will be sponsored by the
Federal Land Bank Associations
and Production Credit
Associations of Eastern North
Carolina, for only those attending
the Peanut Field Day. Refresh
ments will be provided by the N.C.
Peanut Growers Association.
Parker Hears
Court Docket
Chowan County District Court
met in its regular session August
17 with the Honorable J. Richard
Parker presiding. The judge heard
the following cases.
Robert Lee Dillard, pleaded not
guilty to driving with license
revoked. He was found guilty,
however, and committed for six
months with two years suspended.
He was fined $250 plus the cost of
court. Dillard has appealed.
Janet Louise Dillard, pleaded
not guilty to aidding and abetting
an unlicensed person to operate a
motor vehicle. A motion to dismiss
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Awarded
Certificate
certification, a honor reserved for
few police officers in the state, he
had to amass 60 educational
points, which is the equivalent of
around 1200 hours of credit and at
least 12 years of actual police
experience.
Chief Parrish is married to Lois
Parrish and has three children,
two daughters Terry and Sherry
both of whom are now married
and now living away from home
plus a son, Jay, who still lives at
home.
Parrish is a member of Rocky
Hock Baptist Church. In his spare
time Chief Parrish likes to raise a
few Quail plus participate in his
hobbies, hunting and fishing.
PUBLIC PRESENTED TO
SERVICE
AWARD CHOWAN HERALD
®For Exceptional Support in
providing North Carolina Citizens
with Federal Tax Information.
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INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE f oirntiCT Diucroi
NEWSPAPER RECOGNIZED—The Chowan Herald is one of
two newspapers in Eastern North Carolina to be given a Public
Service Award in 1962 by the Greensboro District, Internal
Revenue Service. The certificate presented by B. Glenn Jones,
public affairs officer, recognizes the newspaper “for ex
ceptional support in providing North Carolina citizens with
federal tax information.” L. F. Amburn, Jr., editor and
publisher of The Herald, said he is much appreciative of the
recognition.
E don ton. North Carolina, Thursday, August 19, 1982
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CANCER SOCIETY Edenton - Chowan’s local chapter of the American Cancer Society has had
a successful year. Chapter representivites pictured here are, first row: Jennifer Blount, Pam
Stallings, Pete Thompson; second row: Mary Rhea Gardner, Judy Hughes, Sally Blount, Mrs. Ed
Bond, Carolyn Bunch and Sarah White.
Downum Praises Cancer Fund Volunteers
At Chowan County’s 1982 - 83
organizational meeting last week
of the American Cancer Society,
area director Patricia Downum
praised the local volunteer Board
and the community for its past
year’s programs and fund raising
successes. Having served as area
director for only one year, Mrs.
Downum expressed pleasure in
the county’s efforts and termed
the year as “an extremely good
year.” New officers and Board
members for the coming year
were also elected.
Chowan County was the first
unit in the State to reach its
established $6,500 quota, and will
have exceeded this goal by almost
$3,000 when the fiscal year ends
August 31. As in all American
Cancer Society units, 40 per cent of
the local Chapter’s funds go for
cancer research, which holds the
key for the cure of cancer.
Remaining funds raised by ACS
goes for public education,
professional education, patient
care, community service, cru
sades, and administration as set
by the national headquarters.
The local cancer unit sponsored
several fund raising projects last
year. Special recognition is ex
Hampton Named Merchant Os The Month
Faye Hampton is a lady of
'varied interests. The owner of
both Courtney’s, a children and
ladies’ apparrel shop in downtown
Edenton, and Little Rascal’s Day
Care on the comer of Court St. and
E. Queen St., she has started both
businesses and developed them
into prosperous and needed
vocations in the heart of Historic
Edenton. For her successful en
deavors into the business world,
the Chowan Herald has selected
Mrs. Faye Hampton as Merchant
of the Month for August.
tended to the volunteers heading
these events: Crusade - Pam
Stallings, chairman; Business
Cursade - Sarah White, chairman;
West Leary and Guy Hobbs;
Edenton Woman’s Club - Annette
Woglam; Fannie Parker Woman’s
Club - Ruth Frinks; Home Ex
tension Club - Fran Ward and
Mary .Julia Parrish; Upper
County Crusade - Jean Hinton. The
1982 - 83 Crusade will be conducted
locally in October.
Special events and chairpersons
were as follows: Pig Picking -
Oscar White, Pete Thompson,
Jimmy Stallings, Jerry Downum
and Albert Ward; Rock-a-Thon -
Edenton Baptist Church Acteens -
Betty Ward, Norma White and Bill
Norvell; Tar Heel Tastes cook
book - Thelma Smith; and the
Walter Hagen Golf Tournament -
Bob Kelly, chairman.
Board members and officers
elected for the 1982 - 83 Chowan
County unit are as follows: Pete
Thompson, president; Jim Ball,
first vice president; Wallace
Evans, second vice president; Dr.
Richard Hardin, medical advisor;
Pam Stallings, Crusade chair
man; Pat Jordan, treasurer;
Carolyn Bunch, secretary; Ruth
In conversing with Mrs.
Hampton, one might sense the
reason for her success as being the
credulity she exhibits towards
both ventures.
Little Rascal’s Day Care was
started in 1978. It proved to be
successful from the beginning.
While taking care of the children,
Mrs. Hampton noticed that
several mothers would bring their
children so they could go shopping
out of town. This formed the idea
of starting a place right in
Edenton where mothers could
shop for high quality women and
children’s clothes.
In November of 1981, Mrs.
Hampton first opened the doors to
Courtney’s in response to the
young women who desired a local
store that catered to their par
ticular needs. Under her direction,
the business has proven to be
unique, with its large selection of
women and children’s clothes, and
also the variety of hand crafted
gifts.
Checks Mailed
To Producers
Checks totaling $15,862,007.93
were mailed Monday to producers
placing 1981 crop segregation 1
additional Runner and Virginia
type peanuts under warehouse
storage loans through Peanut
Growers Cooperative Marketing
Association in Franklin, Va. The
profits were realized from sales of
peanuts placed under loan and are
in addition to guaranteed Federal
Price Support Loan amounts paid
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Frinks, Nominations In
volvement; Chris Bean, legacy;
Carrie Earnhardt, memorials;
Clara Mills, professional
education; Sally Blount, public
education; Mary Rhea Gardner,
public information; Pete Dail,
Service; Virginia Byrum, Reach
to Recovery; Marvin Barham,
loan closet; and Lola Bass, Sarah
White and Joyce Wrighton other
Board members. Joe Hollowell
and Mrs. Ed Bond will serve as
Area Crusade chairman and Area
Council Chairman, respectively.
As the newly elected president,
Pete Thompson asks the com
munity’s support for the upcoming
year. Thompson stressed that “the
financial success of a county’s
efforts depends on volunteers and
the general public’s conscious
generosity to the American
Cancer Society and the research
programs it conducts.” “All of us
have or probably will come into
contact with cancer at some
time,” Thompson said, “and those
will come to know what research
means to those who have and will
face problems with cancer.” The
incidence of cancer is on the rise,
but through research and
education, the cure rate is also on
the rise.
“The economy scared me very
much when I first started, and it
made it very difficult," said the
Edenton native, “but through the
benefit of past experiences of local
merchants and good sound
banking advice from the local
banker, the future looks very
promising.”
The business has prospered also
because of the large number of out
of town customers who do their
shopping at Courtney’s.
It is Mrs. Hampton s hope now
to one day expand the store by
starting a complete Junior Dept,
upstairs, to be run entirely by
teenage girls.
Mrs. Hampton noted that, “It
has been very rewarding working
with the public, especially the
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