the Chowan Herald
Volume XLVII - No. 50
Guest Editorials
This space this week is devoted to
two important topics-DUI and
> High Tech Jobs. The editorials ap
peared recently on WRAL-TV in
Raleigh.
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The whole country is getting just
plain mad about people driving
under the influence of alcohol.
The expression “getting mad” is
slang, a colloquialism for getting
i? ) angry, and is not considered good
English. But, good English or not,
getting mad means getting doggone
angry and that is somewhere bet
ween being angry and outright
furious and somehow seems to
more appropriately fit the situation
about how we feel about drunk
drivers.
We are not alone. All across the
. country “MADD” mothers, that’s
an acronym for “Mothers Against
Drunk Drivers” are getting mad
about the terrible deaths, injuries
and destruction on our streets and
highways, from someone driving
under the influence of alcohol.
Each year 25,000 people are kill
ed and 750,000 are injured. That
, averages 70 people killed and over
► 2,000 injured every day. It’s a na
tional disgrace. It’s the most
wasteful, useless, careless, inex
cusable, needless, nonsensical way
we destroy ourselves. The war in
Vietnam was mild by comparison.
The Governor’s Task Force on
Drunken Drivers has made 30
recommendations to help curb this
carnage that include tougher laws
9 and mandatory jail sentences. So if
you drink and drive, the respon
sibility lies with you more than
anyone else, and when the law
treats you harshly, don’t look for
sympathy .., you won’t find any.
If you saw the new report from
the North Carolina Employment
Security Commission Monday,
you’ll recall their conclusion that:
high technology industry is our
state’s best hope for long-range
economic growth.
The report also predicted that
within two years, blue collar
workers will represent 43 per cent
of the labor force, down from 45 per
} cent in 1978.
A major reason is the decline of
the textile industry, North
Carolina’s largest employer. More
than 40 textile plants in the two
Carolinas have closed this year. In
October, the textile industry in the
state employed 17,000 fewer people
than last year.
The decline isn’t just the reces
i sion. It’s also the increasing com
petition from other countries with
cheaper labor.
All this is another reason North
Carolina needs to attract high
technology industry.
And to be a leader in high
technology, our state must increase
its emphasis on science and math
in public schools.
Without workers who feel at
home with science and math, high
tech industries will have to recruit
people from out of state and North
Carolina will not be able to employ
all its own citizens.
Residents Reminded To List Taxes
The Chowan County Tax Listers
would like to remind residents of
Chowan County to list their proper
ty for tax purposes from January 3
through January 31. A list of all real
and personal property is required
to be given in by the property
owner.
Property owners from the First
( Township, Arrowhead Beach,
Fourth should list their taxes with
either Sue B. Brown, Anne C. Len
non, Myrtle W. Hare, Jean B.
Perry, or Mary P. Ward at the
County Office Building between the
hours of 8 A.M. ito 5 P.M. on Mon
day through Friday or 9 A.M. to 12
P.M. on January is and 29.
Property owners from the Second
Township should list their taxes
with David Ober according to the
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ings and Loan located on Broad Street spent around $50,000 adding
a drive-in window, two private offices for customer service, and
a driveway that enters on Broad Street and exits on King Street.
Sen. Helms To Speak At
Annual Banquet In Edenton
U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms will be the
keynote speaker at the annual
meeting of the 10-county Albemarle
Area Development Association on
January 19. The 7 o’clock banquet
meeting will be held at the National
Guard Armory on Base Road in
Edenton.
C.B. Smith, AADA president,
said a limited number of tickets will
be available and those who wish to
attend should contact their county
agricultural extension service of
fice immediately.
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U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms
Sen. Helms is chairman of the
Senate Agriculture Committee, and
ranking member of other impor
• tant committees in Congress.
Sen. Helms is the first North
Carolina Senator and the first
Republican ever to win the coveted
Golden Gavel Award and the se
cond senator in history to have won
it twice. The Award is given to
those senators who have presided
over the United States Senate one
hundred hours or more in one
session.
He puts in 70 to 80 hours of work
each week-much of it spent on the
Floor of the Senate, as he puts it~
guarding the bridge. He has been
present and voting 97 per cent of the
time-one of the best records in the
Senate. He is first among
following schedule: January 3rd to
7th, County Tax Office (first floor
of County Office Building);
January 10,11,17,18, 24, and 25 at
the Rocky Hock Rescue Building
and January 12,19,26 at the Center
Hill Fire Department Building.
Times for listing taxes in the Se
cond Township will be from 1 P.M.
to 9 P.M.
Propety owners of the Fourth
Township should list their taxes
with T.D. Berryman according to
the following schedule: January 6,
13,20,27 at Byrum Service Center;
January 8, 15, 22, 29 at the Gliden
Rescue Building and on January 31
at T.D. Berryman’s residence.
Times for Fourth Township proper
ty owners to list taxes will be from
8:30 A.M. to 5 P.M.
Republican senators in attendance
and number five among all 100
members.
He is regarded as one of the top
two or three members of the U.S.
Senate in his knowledge and use of
parliamentary procedure and the
rules of the Senate.
He has sponsored or cosponsored
over 85 pieces of legislation design
ed to aid the farmers of this coun
try, and because of his chairman
ship of the Agriculture Committee,
has participated in the writing and
enacting of hundreds of such bills.
He has sponsored or cosponsored
many proposals to end forced bus
ing of our school children. On a
number of occasions, he has asked
the Senate to consider reinstating
prayer in our public schools. He has
offered legislation to aid the growth
and stability of the ecqnomy. He
has repeatedly attempted to get his
amendments, calling for a balanc
ed federal budget, passed. Once, he
came within three votes of getting
it through the Senate.
He vigorously opposes the ever
growing menace of federal controls
and is an outspoken advocate of
fiscal responsibility and a balanc
ed federal budget.
He practices what he preaches
when it comes to spending the tax
payer’s money. He has returned to
the U.S. Treasury well over a
million dollars of the funds
allocated for his official use.
He is a much sought after
speaker. He has made over 300 ma
jor addresses in North Carolina and
literally hundreds of other ap
pearances in the State. He has
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Mrs. Burch Retir
Mrs. Marguerite B. Burch retired
after ten years of service to the
community as a Trustee to the
Sheperd-Pruden Memorial Library
Board.
She was presented with a plaque
by the Library Board Chairman,
Tom Sheperd on behalf of the
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RETIRING AFTER 10 YEARS—Mrs. Marguerite Burch
receives plaque honoring her 10 years of service on the Library
Board.
Sinqle Copies 25 Cents
Historic Albemarle
Tours Receives Grant
by J. Allen Beeler
William Benners, Executive
Secretary of Historic Albemarle
Tour, Inc., has made public this
week that Historic Albemarle Tour
has received a grant for the amount
of ’5,000 from Northeastern Historic
Places Office. The grant is to be us
ed in the production of a series of
30-second commercials to promote
the Historic Sites on the Historic
Albemarle Tour.
The Historic Albemarle Tour,
Inc. feels that these commercials
are needed to promote the visita
tion of individuals who live between
25 to 300 miles from the tour sites,
because these people can take a
day trip and visit the sites.
The commercials to be produced
by the grant will be used by cable
television services, public televi
sion stations, libraries, schools,
public events and will even be
made available to people in their
homes.
Historic Albemarle Tour has
already developed a back log of
video tapes using the equipment of
it’s subsidiary, Historic Sites. Some
of the footage includes the produc
tion of “Blackbeard: Knight of the
Black Flag”, “The Lost Colony”,
“The Edenton Tea Party: An 18th
Century Affair” and video tapes of
site tours.
The Northeastern Historic Places
grant joins the monies already
made available to the Historic
Albemarle Tour from its general
fund and a matching grant of ’2,000
from the North Carolina Depart
ment of Commerce. The total in
come for the production of the com
mercials stands at *10,745 which is
to be used in editing the existing
video tapes, graphics and the pro
duction of the music that will ac
company the video tapes.
The new commercials will be the
first ones made by the Historic
Albemarle Tour since 1977. The 1977
commercials are now incomplete
due to the expansion of the Historic
Albemarle Tour in the last 6 years.
They have grown from 10 sites to 16
sites in that time, with the latest
site being the Elizabeth II state
Historic Site which officially
becomes a member on January 1,
1982.
Trash Collection
The Town of Edenton will close
its offices on January 3 for a New
Year’s Day holiday. This will in
clude garbage pickup.
Garbage pickup will begin again
on January 4 with the east side of
Edenton being collected on that day
and garbage—on the west side shall
be collected on January 5. After the
holidays the normal schedule will
resume
es From Library
Library Trustees.
Other trustees are Dr. Allen
Hornthal, Mrs. Lois Lassiter, Mr.
John Taylor, Mrs. Sarah Tynch,
and Mrs. Jane Mabry Williams.
The staff consists of Librarian,
Mrs. Anne Jones, Mrs. Goldie Mor
ris, and Mrs. Kathleen Cassell.
Summary Os IjV Jm
1982’s Major f >,l
ill
Happenings
by Clay Roberts
“Progress” was the word that
was used in the past years when
summarizing the previous year.
This year in The Chowan Herald
another word must be used. “Pro
gress” just wouldn’t be ap
propriate. Maybe the word “In
dependent”could be used. “Ex
citing” is a possibility. Read this
and use your own opinion.
Around January of 1982, Jim bo
Jumbo began producing peanut
butter in their new peanut butter
plant.
The Elder Lodge’s request for a
64 bed expansion was approved.
Jerry L. Parks was recognized as
a leader in Public Health in North
Carolina by his recent selection as
chairman of the Northeastern En
vironmental Health Association.
Beulah P. White retired after be
ing manager of P.H. Rose for 40
years. Her position was filled by
Melvin Lane Jr., who has been with
P.H. Rose for seven years.
The girls tennis team received
three awards at the banquet held by
the Edenton Aces Boosters Club.
The Most Valuable Player was
Elizabeth Hornthal. The Most Im
proved Player was Missy
Underkofler. A new award which
will be given annually was made in
memory of Bob Noneman for the
Most Dedicated Player, which went
to Patricia Flanagan.
Maybe now the word “Sad” may
be used. C.F. (Lynn) Barry, first
owner of WBXB died when his
plane struck a powerline and
crashed near Newport-Ritchie Air
port in Florida.
Repains on the damaged Coinjock
Bridge were delayed. The word
“Aggravate” should be used here.
Another sad word was the death
of Rev. Frederick Blount Drane
who died at the age of 91 at Chowan
Hospital.
W.A. (Bill) Wichard became
manager of the Carolina Securities
Corporation brokerage in Edenton.
Mrs. Shelby White won the award
for the 1981 District Secretary of the
Year by the North Carolina
Association of Soil and Water Con
servation Districts.
Edenton’s tallest building “The
Edenton Cotton Mill” was donated
to the Historic Preservation Fund
of North Carolina by Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse L. Harrell and Mr. and Mrs.
Alton G. Elmore.
February could be described with
the word “Uneventful”.
Mrs. Fran Ward was awarded
‘Woman of the Year’ by the
Business and Professional Womans
Club.
Chowan Hospital welcomed Emi
ly B. Byrum as a new member of
the Board of Directors.
The event that earned its
significance was the retirement of
Luther C. Parks after 41 years with
the Edenton Fire Department.
Great “honor” could define
March well.
Chowan Hospital was awarded a
$150,000 grant from the Duke En
dowment for construction.
Dr. Leibert DeVine was the reci
pient of this year’s Jaycee
Distinguished Service Award. The
DSA is the highest award given by
the Edenton Jaycees.
L.F. Amburn, Jr., the Hearld’s
editor and publisher was elected
Chairman of the National Exten
sion Advisory Council. He succeed
ed John Haas of Lamed, Kansas.
April could be called the month of
“Variety”.
East Edenton began a drainage
project because of flooding during
high tides and heavy rainfall.
W.M. “Bill” Cozart received an
award for driving 1,000,000 miles
without a preventable accident. At
the time, he had been with the Post
Office for 25 years.
Jimmy E. Stallings of Chowan
County was announced by G. D.
Culp (general manager of Farm
Bureau) as the state’s Most
Outstanding Agency Manager.
The April winds blew and blew
and eventually blew away the
water from the harbor behind the
Barker House.
Edenton held its Biennial Sym
posium April 28-30.
During the month of May, The
Thomas Glenn Rogerson family of
Chowan County was selected as the
five county Albemarle District Con
servation Farm F'amily of the
Year.
George Moore, manager for Belk
Tyler, appointed Edwin K. Clough
as assistant manager.
Marina Crummey became the
first woman on the Town Concil.
Unfortunately, the word
“Tragic” describes the first part of
June. Nineteen year old Mike Jones
drowned while swimming with a
friend. A house was destroyed by
fire while the occupants Ricky and
Hazelene Winslow were gone.
Now for the “good” side of June.
Marion Jones, valedictorian, and
Karen Roberts, salutatorian of
John A. Holmes High School “Class
of 82” received the Alumni Honor
Scholarship. Janet Hollowed w'as
selected for competition in the 1982
Teenworld State Finals.
"Tragic” can also describe a part
of July. Donald G. Pierce was the
co-pilot of a Boeing 727 that crashed
near New Orleans killing him along
with 152 others.
In Hertford, Charles Scott
Williams died when a train struck
his car.
The better side of July brings two
new doctors to Edenton. Dr. John
Perry and Dr. Joseph Haskett
joined the Medical Center Staff
The word “New ’ describes
August because the Chow an Herald
hired a "new” Reporter-
Photographer and the Edenton
Chowan School accepted a “new
slogan. Joseph A. Beeler joined the
Herald Staff and "Courtesy is
Contagious—Spread it” became
the slogan.
Just maybe the word “Progress
could define part of September
because several businesses opened
around the Mexico Road area.
Terry Jones Mobile Home. L&G
Heating and Air Conditioning, and
Wards Garage, for instance.
UPS moved to a larger building
on North Oakum Street.
L.F. Amburn, Jr., accepted the
Agriculture Award from the North
Carolina Association of County
Agricultural Agents.
The Chowan County Fair opened
in September.
Cheryl Faye Stalling was
crowned Northeastern Pork Queen
“Fun” perfectly describes Oc
tober. The Peanut Festival and the
Edenton Tea Party were
celebrated. An unexpected visit by
W'alter Cronkite and his wife sur
prised everyone
In November, John \ Holmes
prepared to build a now cafeteria.
E.N. (Pete) manning w as elected
by the Baptist State Convention cf
North Carolina to serve a four year
term as a member of the Board of
Director for the Biblical
Recorder.”
The Annual Christmas Parade
was held with a visit from good ole’
Saint Nick.
Could “Fame” define
December? Edenton was chosen
for the filming of the Frog
Hollow” series by WRAL -T V in
Raleigh.
John Mitchener, Jr., was
introduced as the first charter
member of the Courtesy Hall of
Fame by the Edenton*Chowan
School.
Gov. Jim Hunt gave L,F. (Luke)
Amburn, 111 the Governor’s Award
for Bravery and Heroism when >e
died in a fire at his residence as“ r
saving the lives of other farm
members
Everyone will use a differ t
word to describe the year. The e
would probably be a million wor s
if they were all listed.