Walter Not Out
-.*. There is something new in the
journalistic field. It is called an
“Analysis” which really is nothing
hut a reporter interviewing the
typewriter when things get a little
slack.
This was witnessed Tuesday by
those who subscribe to our favorite
morning daily of general circula
tion along the Public Parade.
Mary Anne Rhyne of the
Associated Press did a pretty good
job of filling a hole with a piece
about work in the N.C. General
Assembly being as slow as a snail’s
.place. But sHte went a step further
and said “lawmaker’s thoughts
often turn to the challenge of seek
ing higher office.
‘ This is not great discovery. We
thought politicians always aspired
to higher offices, just like lawyers,
;dnd newspaperpeople.
’ ' On down in her story she got
around to the First Congressional
District, which is largest in size and
number of counties in the state and
is actually larger in square miles
than several individual states. The
columist named State Sen. Melvin
R. Daniels, Jr., of the Isle of Pas
quotank, and Rep. John Gilliam of
neighboring Bertie as being poten
tial congressional candidates in
1984.
What we want to know is what’s
wrong with Rep. Walter Boones,
one of the most popular and effi
cient members on Capitol Hill? We
visited with Rep. Jones last week as
part of a lay delegation for the
Agricultural Extension Service. We
vf&ind him to be in good humor and
good health. He has gained seniori
ty to the point that he heads the
Merchant Marines and Fisheries
Cpmmittee-one of only 14 standing
committees in the entire U.S. House
of Representatives. His friends and
foes alike give him high marks for
„bis service.
Ih addition he has a constitiuent
service which is the envy of the en
tire U.S. Congress (Much of the
credit for this goes to Floyd Lupton
Ms administrative assistant). Rep.
Jones also says hc stitteanrcook die
best fish stew available.
Younger men who aspire to
higher office or greater things are
to be congratulated and encourag
ed. However, we feel it’s too soon
to start giving the full count to Rep.
Walter B. Jones.
Guest Editorials
One of the most important needs
in the United States today, we
believe, is the need to realize that
better education is the key to a bet
ter economy.
There’s no such thing as a pros
perous nation whose people are il
literate and poorly educated.
It is no accident that one of the
first acts of the earliest settlers of
America in New England was to
establish schools, including
colleges.
Our forefathers knew well the
value of education. Since their day,
others have sometimes lost sight of
it.
We must recapture that ap
preciation, especially now that we
are entering what is being called
the “information age”. or the
“knowledge age.”
. .Already experts are predicting
r that this change will be just as im
portant as the change from farm to
factory 150 years ago.
But we are not meeting this
challenge. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics estimates that in the next
ten years, there will be a shortage
of 2Vi million skilled workers.
Helping meet this shortage thru
better education is exactly what
, North Carolina should do, to find
new prosperity as a leader in high
.Wwtogy.
We don’t have any scientific
survey to prove it, but it’s a good
bet that one of the most frequently
violated traffic laws is the speed
limit in school safety zones.
.Walk along the sidewalk in any
school zone and you're sure to see
cars go whizzingpast 10 to 15 miles
phr hour faster than the posted
•Many of the drivers have their
don’t notice the school zone signs,
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Volume XLVII - No. 12
Methodist Church)
Adds Their Steeple
The raising of the steeple is a pro
ud and special moment in the life
of a church. It represents the
realization of a dream and the pro
mise of the future.
Such is the case with the raising
of the steeple at the Edenton
Methodist Church. It is the realiza
tion of their dream to have a sanc
tuary to replace the old building
next to the Post Office; which had
to be abandoned because of its
rapidly deteriorating structure.
It represents the promise of a
future filled with worship unin
cumbered by major repairs. It also
promises to those that worship
there that God looks over their
physical and spiritual needs.
The steeple itself was constructed
by Campbellsville Industry, Inc. of
Campbellsville, Kentucky. It is a
sleek white spire pointing heaven
ward and crowned with a cross.
It was scheduled to be put in
place on Thursday, March 17, but
was postponed until the next day
because of rain. Friday came, but
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Commissioners Met To Discuss Civil Preparedness
The Chowan County Commis
sioners met in a special called
meeting on Tuesday, March 22 at
7:30 A.M.
The reason for the early
breakfast meeting was to discuss
civil preparedness with the district
and state officers for emergency
response.
Davis Spivey, District Civil
Preparedness officer introduced
Mr. Pugh of the State office by ex
plaining that Mr. Pugh tries to meet
with each county board of commis
sioners in the state, once every
three years, to explain what his
agency is and to see how they can
be of service to the counties.
M r - Pugh opened his speech by
reminding the County Commis
sioners that the basic purpose of
government is to protect its
citizens.
He continued by pointing out that
the major problem facing local
governments, in the protection of
its people in an emergency situa
tion, is hazardous chemical spills.
The EPA has identified 45,000
separate hazardous chemicals and
around 120-million gallons of these
chemicals are produced in North
Carolina per year. “There is not a
day that goes by, that the state
Emergency Response Team is not
contacted about a chemical spill,”
according to Mr. Pugh.
The basic response in counties to
chemical spills or any other
emergency situation must however
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TOWN CELEBRATES ARBOR DAY The Town of Edenton
planted a live oak across from the Barker House. Pictured here is
Mayor Roy Harrell: Sam Noble, Town Administrator; and Dr. Dee
Flannery, acting Chairman of the Town’s Tree Committee.
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, March 24, 1983
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of the Edenton United Methodist Church being put into place. The addition of the steeple signals the
work on the sanctuary being nearly completed.
be handled by the county, accor
ding to Mr. Pugh. The reason for
this is that the county services are
the first ones confronted with an
emergency, as such they should be
trained to handle the emergency;
thus becoming self-sufficient. Only
when the county has done all it can,
should the State Emergency
Response Team be called in and
they have statutory authority to get
what is needed to the counties.
In the discussion that followed
Mr. Pugh’s talk, it was noted that
the bottom line in emergency situa
tions is communication. Chowan
County is the only county in the
area not to have iniplemeiited a
single number for all emergency
Town Os Edenton
Awards Contracts
The Town of Edenton opened bids
on March 14 for renovation of six
houses in the Oakum Street Com
munity Development Area.
Bids were accepted on three of
the six houses, while the bids on the
other three houses were considered
too high and put up for rebid.
Os the five contractors who bid on
each house, three were awarded
the contracts. The contractors for
the first three houses are Kenneth
Felton (Elizabeth City), Hurbert
Whaley (Williamston) and Curtis
Felton (Elizabeth City).
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agencies. Chowan County has nine
separate numbers to call depending
on ths situation (fire, rescue, law
enforcement, etc.). An informal
poll showed that most people were
only able to give one of these
numbers. Mr. Pugh and Spivey
both noted that there is a strong
need for a single emergency
number.
The Commissioner’s meeting
closed after they took action on a
request by the Chowan Hospital for
the power of garnisheeing on un
paid bills after all other avenues of
collection have been exausted. The
Commissioner’s passed the request
and will now submit it to the
legislator.
/Chamber Os Commerce Releases Names Os Officers
Edenton-Chowan Chamber of
Commerce recently released
names of officers, directors and
committee members for the year.
Tom Shepard is president and
Bruce Gillikin is president-elect.
Ollin Sykes serves as vice presi
dent for internal affairs while John
Dowd is vice president for external
affairs. Les Fagan is past
president.
Other board members include:
Gary Anderson, Carol Becker,
Alice Bond, George Byrum, Cliff
Copeland and Warren Hibbard.
Spec Jones, Sam Noble, Tom
Phillips, Bruce Wackelin and Mark
Rose.
Agricultural Committee
Wesley Chesson - Chairman,
David Bateman, Tom Byrum,
Wallace Evans, Thomas Paul Grif
fin, Bill Monds, David Ober, Bud
Perry, Leonard Small, Jr., Milton ,
Tynch, Oscar White and Mike
Williams.
Education Committee
John Dowd - Chairman, and
Melvin Lane.
Highway Committee
Bruce Gillikin - Chairman, John
Dowd, E.L. Hollowell, W.P. (Spec)
Jones, A1 Phillips and Bruce
Wackelin.
Industrial Committee
Les Fagan - Chairman, Jim Ball,
Alice Bond, George Byrum, Cliff
Copeland, Bill Gardner, Bruce
Gillikin, E.L. Hollowell, Spec
Jones, Tilmon Keel, Sam Noble,
Daniels Files A Bill
On Trailer Safety
Senator Melvin R. Daniels, D-
Pasquotank, has filed a bill that will
legislate safety standards for dou
ble or twin trailer use on North
Carolina highways. Senator
Daniels, who opposed the use of
twin trailers on North Carolina’s
single lane roads in prior legislative
attempts, stated that this new
legislation would fully comply with
the new federal law allowing dou
ble or twin' trailers on many of
North Carolina’s highways. The
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Brown Cited For
Years Os Service
RALEIGH - The former
manager of Albemarle Electric
Membership Corporation, Hert
ford, has been cited for his years of
service to the rural electric
program.
Edward E. Brown Jr.,
who resigned recently as manager
of the EMC to join the staff of a
cooperative in Alaska, received a
“meritorious service” award for 15
years of service in the program.
The awards are presented by the
statewide EMC organization.
Brown was a member of the staff
of the statewide organization before
joining Albemarle AMC as
manager in 1973.
Bill Norvell, Tom Shepard, Ollin
Sykes and Gilliam Wood.
Merchants Committee
George Moore - Chairman,
George Byrum, Dick Dixon,
Frankie Edmundson, Warren Hib-
President Os Local Heart Association
Thanks Citizens For Their Support
Bruce Gillikin, President of the
Edenton-Chowan Heart Associa
tion, expressed his appreciation to
day to everyone who contributed to
the success of the Heart Fund cam
paign. “The total now stands at
around $5,000 with several ac
tivities still in progress” he
reported. “This reflects the concern
of the citizens of Edenton and
Chowan County for our number one
health problem. With this generous
support, the Heart Association can
continue its work to save more lives
from the threat of heart attack,
stroke, high blood pressure, and
other killing and crippling cardio
vascular diseases,” he added.
“The President has credited the
National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute and the American Heart
Association with helping to bring
about the recent decline in deaths
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CONTRIBUTIONS CONTlNUE—Contributions to the Heart Fund
are still being accepted, John Bohn of the American Legion gives
the Legion’s gift of S2OO to Evelvn Keeter, Heart Fund Treasurer.
The Local School’s
Dropout Prevention
Approach Featured
By Walter Noneman
The Edenton-Chowan Schools
“Dropout Prevention Approach”
was featured at the Governor’s
Eastern North Carolina Conference
on School Dropouts held on Tues
day, March 8, 1983 at the
Mendenhall Student Center of East
Carolina University, Greenville,
N.C.
Governor James B. Hunt Jr. said
“I am proud of our state’s efforts
to decrease the number of students
that drop out of our public schools
before graduating from high
school. The numbers have been
reduced significantly in the last five
years; but the fact remains, that
almost 25,000 of our young people
dropped out of high school last
year.
The effect that dropping out has
on their personal lives and to the
economic health of our state is im
measurable. In a time when
technological skills are becoming
more important to every citizen, it
is imperative that we continue to
focus our efforts on making public
education appropriate to individual
and community needs and keeping
students in school.”
The Model Program Description
was presented by John B. Dunn,
Superintendent; James R. Boyce,
Principal of John A. Holmes High
School; and Clara M. Boswell,
Principal, Edenton-Chowan Alter
native School. Our local school
system was invited to make this
presentation because of its
dramatic performance in the area
of dropout prevention. A brief
description of Edenton-Chowan
Schools' approach follows:
A dramatic decrease in the
number and percentage of school
leavers has occurred during the
last twelve years. The school
system's approach involves goals
setting and commitment on the
part of the Board of Education
toward greater expectations of per
formance. The focus of the
Edenton-Chowan School System’s
approach to dropout prevention
recognizes the importance of
developing the full potential of each
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bard, Melvin Lane, David Mertz
and Ben Riddick.
Tourism Committee
Carol Becker - Chairman, Arch
Edwards, C.B. Smith, Peggy Anne
Vaughan and Charlie Wood.
from heart and blood vessel
disease.” Gillikin continued, “say
ing that if the present trend con
tinues, there will be at least 170,000
fewer deaths from these diseases
this year than there were ten years
ago. The Heart Fund dollars rais
ed here in Chowan County added to
those contributed throughout the
country make it possible to carry on
the fight for all of us,” he
concluded.
Gillikin said that in addition to
thanking all of the workers who col
lected on Heart Sunday, Business
Day, helped with the tag and
balloon sales, benefits and other
special events, he wished to
recognize the chairmen of these ac
tivities: Corrine Thorud - Heart
Sunday Chairman; Howard Collins-
Business Day Chairman; and Mrs.
Allen - Balloon and Tag Chairman.