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Losing Out
Gov. Jim Hunt has announced
that travel expenditures in North
Carolina last year exceeded
$3-billion for the first time. We are
quietly losing along the Public
Parade.
It is unfortunate that several
tourist attractions along the Public
Parade have gone by the boards.
Hie Biennial Tour of Colonial Eden
ton and Countryside took second
place to none in the entire state. It
was cancelled this year.
Christmas activities were also
cancelled. There is something bad
happening along the Public Parade
and one thing we hope it doesn’t
turn out to be is greed.
Tourist dollars are smokeless
dollars. The people come to the
area, enjoy what we take for
granted and are willing to pay for
it. What we are missing out on can
be explained by two paragraphs
from Gov. Hunt’s recent
statement:
“The impact of the travel in
dustry on the North Carolina
economy is very significant and
very broad. The benefits of this in
dustry reach into all parts of the
state and touch the lives of all of the
people of North Carolina.
“Thousands of businesses and in
dividuals prosper directly from the
expenditures of the visitors to our
state. Others benefit from the many
millions of dollars of tax revenue
generated from travel
expenditures.”
The quietness of Edenton-
Chowan Chamber of Commerce
and Edenton Historical Commis
sion is rapidly becoming deafening.
Pleasant Problem
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It is with a great source of pride
that we read in our favorite after
noon daily of general circulation
along the Public Parade where
Chowan County is facing a costly
expension to its water system. Pro
blems like these are signs of
growth, even if not as much pro
sperity as w&jvould like.
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amount of glee over the “problem”
since he took on the handle of “Ole
Countywide” when this newspaper
siqiported the water system several
years ago.
The critics said it would never
work. First, there would never be
1,250 customers needed to make the
project financially feasible. Then,
it would bankrupt the county
because there would not be enough
users to pay off the debt.
Paul Parks, an official of the
Farmers Home Administration in
Raleigh, had figures which showed
it would work. He not only approv
ed every possible loan, but he saw
to it that every penny available
from grants came to Chowan. The
result is a system which is the en
vy of all of Tar Heelia.
Phase II was financed at the cost
of Phase I. Now that another phase
is necessary it will probably cost
more. But the people of Chowan
County no longer have a health
hazard - poor quality drinking
water.
This writer has every confidence
in the world that Chowan County
commissioners, working with the
able assistance of County Manager
Cliff Copeland and Utilities Direc
tor Graham Farless, will find a
solution to the expansion project
which won’t bankrupt the county.
In fact, except for the time spent
by locally elected officials on the
project, we don’t think the coun
tywide water system has yet to cost
the taxpayers anything more than
the letterhead on which the resolu
tion of approval was drafted.
In good times and bad, the
Chowan County countywide water
system is a bargain and has proven
its critics to be more than a little
out of focus.
Bird Action
Over tne past several years our
neighhbors to the northwest have
been infested with black turds. It
was suspected that Mayor Ferd
Harrison of Scotland Neck voted
every one of them in Us Ud to
Town Council Holds Special Meeting To Vote On Rezoning
The Edenton Town Council held
a special Called meeting on
February 21 at 8 P.M.
The meeting was called to order
by Mayor Roy Harrell.
The first item of business to be
discussed at this special Council
meeting was the review of bids
received by the Public Works and
Finance Committee on a new street
sweeper. There were two bids
received for the street sweeper, the
first coming from the Tymco dealer
from Waco, Texas who made the
bid of $66,995 for a new sweeper.
The second bid came from Tymco-
Public Works Equipment and Supp
ly of Monroe, North Carolina, with
The Chowan Herald
Volume XI V|| . No. 8
The North Carolina Symphony
The N.C. Symphony Will Perform Tonight
At last, the waiting is over! This
Thursday, February 24, at 8:00 the
North Carolina Symphony will
return to Edenton for their 50th an
niversary season performance. The
cottcwt, under the direction of
Jumw -Ogle, will feature Jac
queline Bartlett, harpist, and
numbers by the combined Edenton
Choral Society and Holmes Concert
Choir.
At press time, some tickets re
main at Hollowell-Blount Drugs
and Mitchener’s Pharmacy. Those
concerned about tickets not yet pur
chased may wish to call Jake
Boyce, ticket chairman, at 482-4436
or 221-4188. There are expected to
be a few seats still available at the
door.
The program for this special per
formance offers something for
everyone, and was especially
tailored by Ogle for Edenton.
James Ogle, a graduate of the
University of Michigan, is now in
his fifth season as associate conduc
tor of the North Carolina Sym
Asbell Named As The 1982 Woman Os The Year
Mrs. Ann Perry As bell was nam
ed the 1982 Woman of the Year at
the annual Bosses’ Night Banquet,
sponsored by the Edenton Business
apd Professional Women’s Club.
The banquet was held at 7:00 last
Thursday night at the Fellowship
Hall of the Edenton Methodist
Church.
The prevailing theme throughout
the evening was “The Changing
World for Working Women - Be
Involved”.
The Methodist Churchwomen
outdid themselves with a delicious
Toast beef dinner cooked and serv
ed from their own special kitchen.
Following the meal and welcoming
addresses, the entertainment was
introduced.
Mr. Clifford Tretick again touch
ed the Edenton area with his joyful
performance on his “Golden
Flute”, while being accompanied
by Lily Tong Chou, a concert
pianist. The two are presently ser
ving as artists-in-residence, spon
sored by the College of the
Albemarle.
Mrs. Fran Ward, 1981 Woman of
the Year, introduced Fran Voliva
as the night’s speaker. Mrs. Voliva,
Home Economics Agent for Tyrrell
County, spoke on the changing rotes
of women and the importance of
keeping one’s perspective dear in
these oytHng . .but nmtnming .
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a bid of $62,400 street sweeper and
allowed $2,500 for the trade in of the
Town’s old Elgin street sweeper,
making their bid $59,000. Tymco of
Monroe went to offer for sell a
demonstrator, with 30 hours of
operating time on it, fra: $58,000 and
still allowed $2,500 for the trade in
of the Elgin giving a bid for the
demonstrator of $55,500.
The committees recomended that
the Town purchase the
demonstrator from Tymco of
Monroe on a lease purchase agree
ment, with First and Merchants
Leasing Corporation, for four years
at an interest rate of 10 per cent.
Council accepted the proposal
phony, after having served four
years as its assistant conductor.
Winner of the symphony’s first
Young Conductor’s Competition in
1974, he was also a 1974 winner in
the Malkb International Conducting
Competition held in Copenhagen,
Denmark
Ogle appeared with the Interna
tional Festival of Young Artists Or
chestra in Leysin, Switzerland, and
won the statewide James Bland
Memorial Scholarship Contest in
Virginia. He has also been a guest
conductor of “Music from Bear
Valley”, a music festival held each
summer in the High Sierra Moun
tains of California.
He studied at the National Con
servatory of Music in Paris and
with Igor Markevitch in France. IN
1980 Ogle studied with Seiji Ozawa,
Leonard Bernstein, Andre Previn,
and Sir Colin Davis at the renown
ed Tanglewood Music Festival,
summer home of the Boston
Symphony.
During the summer of 1981, Ogle
ed Mrs. Ann P. Asbell, the 1982
Woman of the Year. The surprised
Mrs. Asbell listened proudly as
Mrs. Hassell told of her dedication
to the teaching profession, her
family, her church, and her
community.
Ann Perry Asbell was born in
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THE 1962 WOMAN OF THE YEAR—Mrs. Ann P. Asbell, right,
is the new recipient of the Woman of the Year Award, given an.
nually by the Edenton Business and Professional Club. Mrs. Julia
Hassell, left, introduced the new 1982 Woman of the Year last
Thursday night at the Bosses’ Banquet held at the Edenton
Methodist Church.
unanimously.
The Council opened the floor for
a public hearing on zoning changes
next.
The first change in the present
zoning was the Planning Board’s
proposal to rezone the area on
Jackson Street between N.C. 32 and
Freemason Street from R-20
(residential-agriculture) to R-6
(residential). There was some
question during the hearing on this
change as to be the definition of
multi-family dwellings, which R-6
allows; but these questions were
dispelled when it was noted that for
each additional family unit, there
must be at least 3000 additional
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, February 24, 1983
was conductor-in-residence at Ap
palachian State University’s Can
non Music Camp. This summer he
returned to Cannon as artistic
director/conductor of the North
Carolina Symphony Chamber Or
chestra, which was in residence
during the first week in August.
The concert will include such
selections as George Frederick
Handel’s “Music for the Royal
Fireworks” and “Sing Unto God”,
Maurice Revel’s “Introduction and
Allegro”, Randall Thompson’s
“Choose Something Like a Star”,
Johannes Brahms’ “How Lovely Is
Thy Dwelling Place” and “The Bat
tle Hymn of the Republic”.
The Edenton Choral Society and
the John A. Holmes High School
Concert Choir will be singing the
following selections along with the
Symphony: Ralph Vaughan
Williams’ “English Folk Song
Suite”, Wolfgang Mozart’s “Diver
timento in D Major”, a medley of
George Gershwin tunes, and selec
tions from “My Fair Lady”.
Bertie County and graduated from
Merry Hill High School. She attend
ed Campbell College for two years,
and then transferred to East
Carolina University, where she
graduated with a degree in
mathematics.
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square feet of land over the original
lot size required, of an R-6 zoned
area, of 6000 square feet. There is
only one lot in the Jackson Street
area that has the required footage
and it falls under the grandfather
clause anyway. Council voted
unanimously to accept this change
in zoning.
The Planning Board proposed to
Council that the area North of West
Albemarle Street and those lots on
the south side of West Albemarle
Street be rezoned from R-10 to R-6,
next. The major change made by
this zoning change would be to
reduce the minimum lot size from
10,000 square feet to 6,000 square
Duke Endowment Appropriates
Grant To The Chowan Hospital
“The Duke Endowment has ap
propriated a second $150,000 grant
to assist with the current construc
tion projects of the hospital”,
Johnny Bryan, Hospital Director
recently announced.
Application was made to The
Duke Endowment in December
1981 for financial assistance with
the building program. The Endow
ment responded by appropriating
$150,000 “for assistance in the con
struction and equipment of addi
tions and alterations to the existing
hospital to provide ten (10) addi
tional patient beds, expanded and
modernized ancillary facilities, and
the addition of nuclear medicine
services.”
At that time, the Trustees of The
Endowment approved a recom
mendation that further support be
given in future years if funds were
available to do so. Following a
February 2,1983, Board meeting of
The Endowment Trustees, the
hospital received notification that
the grant had been approved.
Since 1945, The Duke Endowment
has granted more than $600,000 to
Chowan Hospital. These monies
Edenton Police Department Is Still
Investigating Weekend Burglaries
The Edenton Police Department
is at present investigating two
burglaries that occurred last
weekend, February 18 and
February 19.
The first burglary was
discovered when, on Friday night,
around 8:19 P.M., Ricky Browder
returned to his truck, after a
ballgame at the old Armory. When
he arrived at his truck, he found
that the glass on the passenger’s
side had been broken, and the two
guns stored there (a Renington
Shotgun and a .22 Marliner Rifler)
with scope, were missing.
The second burglary occured
sometime Saturday morning when
it was discovered that Hollowed
and Blount Rexall Drugstore was
broken into. The burglars gained
entry by removing the glass from
the back door. Apparently, they
then went into the prescription area
where they stole some Darvon cap
sules Darvon is a oainkilling drug.
The only motive the police have
The Extended Benefits Program
Mrs. Alice W. Bond, manager of the Edenton Employment Securi
ty Commission Office, announced today that The Extended Benefits
Program “triggered on” with the week ending January 28, and the
first payable week was the week ending February it. The program
is activated legally by a period of sustained high unemployment, and
it begins the third week after the week in which there is a “trigger '
Extended Benefits (EB) payments have the same monetary value
us regular unemployment insurance benefits. The EB Program will
last 13 weeks, and it can be extended only if the unemployment rate
maintains a igvel high enough to “trigger fa” another period.
Unemployed workers are advised to contact the ESC local attea
serving their area for complete faformation a boat the "-"mtfTfl
banufit period In Nmtk Caroßaa began week ending February «, MB.
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asffiea was paid to eligible claimants. EB payments are fuadad by
fdsfal governments
feet. The proposal was accepted
unanimously.
The final action requested by the
Planning Board was to amend
Edenton’s Zoning Ordinance to in
clude “storage warehouse and
mini-storage” as a permitted use
under R-20 (residential and
agriculture) zones. The Council
passed the proposed amendment
with one decenting vote, Coun
cilman Fenner. He was concerned
with what might be stored in the
Warehouses.”
The public hearing was closed
and Council adjourned.
Single (.opies 25 (.ents
have aided the construction and
renovation of the present hospital,
the renovation of the long-term
care facility, the addition of the
educational annex, the introduction
of fulltime Emergency Room
physicians, and reimbursement for
charity care.
North and South Carolina
hospitals are eligible to receive
assistance from The Duke Endow
ment for construction and equip
ment, charity care, and expanding
patient services.
The Endowment also assists
children’s homes in the Carolinas;
four educational institutions - Duke,
Johnson C. Smith, and Furman
Universities, and Davidson Col
lege; and rural United Methodist
ministers; widows and dependent
orphaned children of United
Methodist ministers in North
Carolina.
The Duke endowment was
established by James B. Duke in
1924, and is today among the largest
private foundations in the United
States. $36 million was ap
propriated in 1982, a $1 million in
crease over 1981 grants.
at present was tnat the burglars
were after the Darvon capsules,
since nothing else was taken.
The investigating officers for the
Hollowell and Blount burglary are
into both burglaries, and there are
no suspects at present.
Gayle Byrum: Winner
In NCNB Sweepstake
Gayle Byrum of Edenton has won
SI,OOO in the NCNB New Banking
Sweepstakes sponsored by NCNB
National Bank.
NCNB sponsored the precedent
setting SIOO,OOO sweepstakes as a
way of promoting its two new
money market accounts, Individual
Retirement Accounts and discount
stock brokerage service.
A. Donald Ross 111, director of
advertising and sales promotion for
NCNB, said approximately 140,000
entries were received during the
sweepstakes, which ran throughout
the month of January.