) North Carolina will not in the
near future join the growing list of
states which fatten the financial
coffers with profits from a legal lot
tery. Hie State Senate put the clin
cher on such a movement last
week, at the insistance of Gov.
James B. Hunt, Jr.
• One of the chief weapons Gov.
Hunt and others who oppose the lot
tery centered around the “quality
of life” in Tar Heelia. Gambling, a
type of which our good governor
gets involved with colleagues in
other states over sporting events,
does affect the quality of life in our
society. So does alcohol, illicit sex,
and about everything else con
sidered either illegal or immoral.
However, the greatest threat to
the quality of life along the Public
Parade and throughout the nation
today centers around drugs. In re
cent months a U.S. Task Force in
Florida has been successful
successful in pushing the drug traf
fic north to the Outer Banks of
North Carolina. Unless such a
federal movement is continued
along the Atlantic coast, which is
being promoted by U.S. Sen. Jesse
Helms, we can expect increased
drug traffic and an even greater
threat to our quality of life.
In a Senate subcommittee hear
ing in the Isle of Pasquotank last
month, Sen. Helms spoke in strong
terms about the need to stop drug
smuggling from Latin and South
America. The price of the federal
task force in Florida was tremen
dous. The cost of a similar plan in
North Carolina would not be less
exf^sive.
Nevertheless, illegal drugs do
more damage to our quality of life
than a $1 lottery ticket.
Award Earned
Our favorite afternoon daily of
general circulation along the Public
Parade noted a couple of years ago
that W. Herbert Hollowell, Jr., “is
not a novice to volunteer work...”
The occasion was his rise to the
presidency of the American Lung
il years of service.
Last weekend up in Greensboro,
Herb was most signally honored by
another organization to which he
has provided exceptional
leadership-the Lions Club. At the
state convention he received the
Lions International President’s
Award. It is a coveted honor since
it is next to the highest award
presented by Lions International
and only one such award is
presented for each 3,500 Lions each
year.
.-. There is more about this and
Herb’s other volunteer ac
complishments elsewhere in todays
newspaper. But we wanted to make
special mention here because
sometimes a man is not adequate
ly appreciated among homefolks.
Not All Bad
The N.C. Eastern Municipal
: Power Agency, of which the Town
of Edenton is a member, was one
year-old on April 22. And while utili
ty rates continue to increase, they
have not done so as rapidly in the
past year because of NCEMPA.
Electricities of North Carolina,
the umbrella agency for, among
other things, joint ventures be
tween municipalities in the electric
business and private power com
panies, reports the savings at
♦7,773,336.
. Between April 22, 1982, closing
with Carolina Power & Light Com
pany on NCEMPA’s ownership in
terests in four electric generating
plants and December 31,1982, the
32 participating municipalities
.aavfcd the collective total
mentioned above.
■: This is compared to what the cost
wou)d have been if CP&L and
Vriginia Electric and Power Com
pany had continued to supply the
electrical requirements of these
cities. - v
Thanks, Parker
: This writer and The Chowan
Herald is recognized (deserving or
not) from time-to-time for what is
considered the mission of a f
newspaper. All of the attention,
whether by note or otherwise, hf
: This week’s matt brought a letter
and certificate from the College of
The Albemarle. Dr. Parker
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W.H. Hollowell, Jr.
Lions Award
Presented To
Hollowell
“One of the many pleasant duties
I have as (Lions) International
President is to present the Interna
tional President’s Award to Lions
who have given outstanding service
to our association,” stated Everett
J. Grindstaff of Ballinger, Tex., in
notification of the honor to W.
Herbert Hollowell, Jr., Queen Anne
Drive, Edenton.
The presentation was made last
weekend at the Lions State Conven
tion at Four Seasons Motel in
Greensboro. One such award is
presented each year for each 3,500
Lions Club members. The presen
tation was made by William
Woolard, International director, on
behalf of President Grindstaff and
is the second highest award
presented by Lions International.
“In presenting this award to
you,” Grindstaff wrote, “I desire
you to know that I view your hum
ble approach to life as Lionism at
its best and that this award ex
presses my personal appreciation
for the unselfish service you have
given to the people we serve.”
Hollowell, a local pharmacist, is
a member of Edenton Town Coun
cil and is active in community and
• church functions. In addition to his
work with the Lions, Hollowell has
worked as a volunteer for the past
„A2L years with the American Lung
Association, having served as
president of the North Carolina
Chapter.
He has served in all offices of
Edenton Lions Club, including
president. Also, he has been zone
chairman, deputy district governor
and district governor as well as
president of the N.C. Lion’s
Association for the Blind. In 1979 he
was appointed by Gov. James B.
Hunt, Jr., to the N.C. Commission
for the Blind.
Chowan County District Court Calendar
The Criminal Calendar for the
Chowan County District Court was
heard by the Honorable Grafton
Beaman on May 24, 1983.
Edward Earl Hall, Sr., was found
guilty on one count each of posses
sion of alcoholic beverage for sale
and sale of alcoholic beverage
Former Governor To Speak At
COA’s Spring Commencement
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The new president of North
Carolina’s 58-campus community
college system, former Gov. Robert
W. Scott, will be the principal
speaker at College of The
Albemarle’s spring commence
ment at 6:30 P.M. tonight.
Scott, who started working at his
new post on March 1, will address
116 candidates for graduation dur
ing an outdoor ceremony on the
front lawn of COA’s North Road
Gov. Robert W. Scott
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Commissioners Approve DOT’S Road Improvement
The Board of County Commis
sioners met in a special session on
Friday, May 20, in the Commis
sioners room of the Court House.
The first item of business was the
purchasing of a new van for the
Water Department. Two bids were
received, one from Albemarle
Motor Company for $8,309 and the
other from George Chevrolet Com
pany for $8,525. The Commissioners
voted to accept the bid from
Albemarle Motor Company.
The next item of business was the
sale of two sheriff’s cars that had
just been replaced. The County
received 13 bids for the two cars.
The first car which is known to
have motor problems, went for a
bid of $865. The second car went for
a higher bid of $1,327.27.
Two public hearings were held
next. The first being held with the
Department of Transportation
(DOT) on its proposed Secondary
Roads Improvement Program for
1983.
The DOT engineers suggested
that funds be made available for
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EDENTON HISTORICAL COMMISSION RECEIVES DONATION— The Edenton Historical Com
mission has received a check for SSOO from the Edenton Business and Professional Women’s Club. The
money comes from the sell of Birthday Calendars by the club and is to be used for the upkeep of the
Barker House. Shown above are Hettie Wallace, Chairman of the Birthday Calendar Committee, George
A. Byrum, Operations Chairman for Edenton Historic Commission, and Margaret Leeper, President
of the Edenton Business and Professional Womens Club.
without a permit. He was sentenc
ed to six months with three years
suspended, fined SSOO and cost of
court on each count. He was
ordered not to willfully violate any
rendition of GS7BB (Alcohol con
trol) for three years and all
alcoholic beverages in his posses
Street campus in Elizabeth City. It
will be his first visit to the college.
In the event of rain, the gradua
tion will take place an hour later,
at 7:30 P.M., at Northeastern High
School gymnasium.
The Haw River native attended
Duke University and graduated
from N.C. State University in 1952
with a bachelor of science degree in
dairy husbandry.
He was elected to the office of
lieutenant governor in 1965, and
served as an ex-officio member of
the State Board of Education. He
was a member of that board’s com
munity college committee.
In 1969, Scott was elected as
governor of North Carolina. During
his administration, he was credited
with achieving three major
milestones in the educational
history of the state.
The first move was a restructur
ing of the state’s system of higher
education, bringing its 16 public
supported colleges and universities
together into one constituency.
Next, the system of state-supported
kindergartens was initiated. Final
ly, his support of a dual system of
higher education was approved by
the legislature when it voted to give
public aid to private institutions.
the improvement of the following
roads: Morristown Road, High
Bridge Road, State Road 1307 and
Bear Swamp Road. Morristown
Road is listed as the highest priori
ty for pavement but before it can be
paved a right of way must be ob
tained and as of present there are
two citizens on the road who refuse
to give right of way because of the
loss of farm land. The DOT officials
suggested that if right of way can
not be obtained soon that the funds
for it be used to pave two roads in
the sub-divisions of Chowan Beach
and Arrowhead Beach.
The County Commissioners next
heard complaints about the condi
tion of State Road 1305, particular
ly in areas where water stands over
the road. The commissioners
strongly urged the DOT to look at
the problem and they decided to
hold back funds from one of the sub
division roads, should Morristown
not be paved, until a plan was made
to resolve the problem.
It was requested that Griffin road
be considered for pavement and the
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, May 26, 1983
sion were ordered confiscated and
distroyed.
Percy “Hootie” Leary was found
guilty of communicating a threat.
He was committed for 23 days but
was given credit for the 23 days he
was in custody awaiting trial.
Cornelious (Pee Wee) Leary was
found guilty of assault on a female,
he was sentenced to 90 days with
two years suspended, placed on
supervised probation for two years,
fined $75 and cost of court at the
direction of probation officer.
Boris Donway Anthony was
found guilty of larceny. He was
sentenced to 90 days with three
years suspended, fined SSO, and
ordered to pay $44 cost of court and,
a $75 restitution to the benefit of
S&R. He was also ordered to stay
off the premises of S&R for three
years.
Brenda Copeland was found guil
ty of simple affray. She was fined
$35, cost of court and the weapon
confiscated to be returned to owner
upon petition by owner.
Oliver Lee Parks was found guil
ty of larceny. He was sentenced to
90 days with three years suspend
ed, fined $75, cost of court and is not
to go on the premises of S&R for
three years.
Harold Melvin Jones was found
guilty of larceny. He was sentenc
ed to 90 days with three years
suspended, fined S2OO, cost of court,
supervised probation for two years,
and is not to go on S&R property.
Irene Denise Felton was found
guilty of shoplifting. She was
sentenced to 90 days with three
years suspended, fined SSO, cost of
court, and is to stay off the
premises of Macks for three years.
Commissioners allocate $4,000 for
right of way aquisition.
The County Commissioners ap
proved the Secondary Roads Im
provement Program as requested
by the DOT with the above
amendments.
The County Commissioners and
DOT next heard feed-back from the
Adoption of the petition requesting
that the road which parallels the en
trance road of Murry Nixon’s
Fishery be added to the state main
tained system. The controversy
arose since many of the landowners
had not been approached about the
construction of a state maintained
road. It appears that many of the
land owners would lose a large por
tion of their lots should such a road
be constructed.
The land owners also stated that
a 30 foot right of way already exists
for such a road. The DOT officials
stated that they could not find the
right of way the land owners spoke
of but they would be willing to
maintain the existing road and
right of way if someone would show
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Chowan Junior High School Holds
Annual Athletic Awards Banquet
Chowan Junior High School held
its annual Athletic Awards Banquet
on Saturday, May 21.
Rob Boyce, principal at John A.
Holmes High School was the guest
speaker at the Banquet. The core of
his talk entitled “What is Pride”
was the distinction between
positive and negative pride.
One type of pride Mr. Boyce said,
“. . . involves self discipline, con
fidence and hard work.” This type
is the positive type of pride.
“A person with negative pride,”
Mr. Boyce continued, “has the at
titude that 'l’m good; I know I’m
good and I only have to put out fif
ty per cent to still be better than all
the others.”
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808 NONEMAN AWARD GIVEN—The Bob Noneman Award
was presented to Teresa Drew and Richard Lane at the Chowan
Junior High Athletic Awards Banquet. The award is given to a male
and female athlete who best exemplifies the qualities of good sports
manship and athletic ability.
them where it was. Linwood Lane
volunteered to show them where
the right of way is.
The public hearing with the DOT
was brought to a close.
The second public hearing was
the first of two public hearings on
the County’s pending application
for a Community Development
Block Grant. It was held to describe
what the Block Grant is and to get
public feed-back on what such a
grant should be used for.
The grant being applied for must
promote, cause or create more
jobs. It must also enhance income
levels and/or provide for local
ownership of businesses. Fifty per
cent of the grant must also benefit
persons of low to moderate income
levels.
The next public hearing on the
grant will be held on June 6 and it
is expected that the requested grant
will be used to expand the County’s
water system which is already at
capacity and local industry is
already requesting more water.
The meeting was then adjourned.
Single Copies 25 Cents
Official Stream
Watch Started
The N.C. Department of Natural
Resources and Community
Development has designated two
official Stream Watch Organiza
tions in the Albemarle Area.
The Arrowhead Property Owners
Association Stream Watch Pro
gram. headed by Capt. Alfred
Howard, has undertaken respon
sibility for protecting the lower
Chowan beaches in the Chowan
River Watershed
The John A . Holmes High School
Stream Watch Program, headed by
Steven Karl, has undertaken
responsibility for protecting Eden
ton Bay in the Chowan River
.watershed
Under the NRCD-sponsored
Stream Watch Program, citizens
across the state are encouraged to
“adopt” a stream in the local com
munity to watch over and care for.
Stream Watch groups will learn
about their adopted area and teach
others in the community to ap
preciate the natural resource.
Stream Watch activities can in
clude stream clean-ups, water
quality monitoring, stream restora
tion and nature trail construction
Continued On Page 4
pride nas his priorities in order ac
cording to Mr. Boyce. He used the
example of Coach Wooten, a
basketball coach with a very high
win record. Coach Wooten requires
that his players put God first, fami
ly second, school third and basket
ball or any other sport fourth.
Mr. Boyce concluded his speech
by stating that there are three kinds
of people: first, the wipeouts who
never accomplish anything; then
the almost - those who talk alot but
do not produce; and lastly the
achievers who have self-discipline
and keep trying.
Awards were given out next:
The Academic Excellence
Awards were presented by John
Guard to Leslie Ervin and Chris
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