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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2019
VETERANS DAY
TRIBUTE
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NEWS
Mayor-elect Stallings ready to serve Edenton - A2
SCHOOLS
Add handprints to White Oak’s walls during Craft
Show and Oak Fest - A8
SPORTS
With a win over Perquimans, Aces go 10-0 for regular
season, clinch AAC championship - Bl
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Shepard-Pruden Memorial Library earns accolades for
Harry Potter program - B4
District map proposal may shift Chowan, Perquimans
May move counties from 1st
to 3rd Congressional district
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff writer
RALEIGH - General Assem
bly’s Joint Select Committee on
Congressional Redistricting met
Tuesday to discuss various ver
sions of draft maps.
Lawmakers have to fit the en
tire North Carolina population of
nearly 10.4 million people into 13
equal districts.
One of the draft maps avail
able indicates that Chowan and
Perquimans county may be
shifted away from the 3rd Con
gressional District to the 1st Con
gressional District.
“The main idea is that as small
counties, we have to work to
gether,” said longtime political
activist Dianne Layden of
Belvidere, who served as the
Northeast Field Campaign Direc
tor for Congressman Greg Mur
phy, R-3rd District. “Dividing us
between congressional districts
will water down whatever influ
ence we may have. There will no
longer be one voice. There is a
movement to remove rural North
Carolina from the power equa
tion and put it in the hands of the
larger liberal cities. North
Carolina is a rural state and any
thing or anyone who tries to
remove our voice is wrong.”
Chowan County Commis
sioner Bob Kirby said one of the
draft maps seems to penalize
Murphy, who was elected in a
special election in September.
“It should be noted that at
least one iteration of the Novem
ber 8 map shows that the District
3 boundary is drawn so that Con
gressman Murphy, who was
elected less that three months
ago, will now be living in District
1,” he said. “Candidly, I look at
the redrawn districts, roll my
eyes, and see this as yet another
instance where the folks in
Raleigh continue to ignore the
plight of those of us who live east
ofI-95.”
Lawmakers have opted to go
ahead and redraw congressional
districts to avoid any delay to the
primaries. The candidate filing
See MAP, A7
Ward: Honor veterans all year long
Holmes graduate speaks at
annual Veterans Day ceremony
BY NICOLE BOWMAN-LAYTON
Editor
Lt. Col. William “Joe” Ward,
who retired in July after 34
years in the U.S. Army, noted
how he left several times during
his military career but he even
tually re-enlisted every time.
When he finally did decide to re
tire, friends and family would
ask him “haven’t you had
enough.”
“I didn’t realize it at the time,
but my friends and family just
wanted to see me get out of
harm’s way,” the American Le
gion Post 40 member said. “To
me, the military is who I am, it’s
what I do.”
Ward, a member of John A.
Holmes’ class of 1985, spoke
during the Veterans Day cere
mony Monday at the Chowan
County Veterans Memorial, be-
hind the courthouse, near the
intersection of Court and East
Queen streets. The event was
hosted by American Legion
Post 40, which was helped by
the John A. Holmes JROTC and
Boy Scout Troop 164.
Ward encouraged the com
munity to honor and help veter
ans the other days of the year
—not just Veterans Day.
See VETERANS, A2
INSIDE
* Youth Clubs host breakfast - A6
* Cotton Mill Kid - A6
* White Oak honors veterans - A6
* Hardy-Lassiter reflect on military
service - A6
* Church honors veterans - B3
NICOLE BOWMAN-LAYTON/CHOWAN HERALD
The John A. Holmes High School Junior RCTC presents the color; Monday during the Veterans
Day ceremony hosted by American Legion Post 40.
Post 40 celebrates 100 years
American Legion has served
Chowan County since 1919
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff writer
One hundred years of
American Legion history was
celebrated Sunday at Edward
Bond Post 40.
Photos of past and present
commanders were on display
as were medals from all
branches of the military.
Veterans dined on hot dogs
See POST, A2
MILES LAYTON/
CHOWAN HERALD
American Le
gion Edward
Bond Post 40
Commander
Maureen Sob-
ulefsky (left)
and past Post
40 comman
der E.C. Top-
pin pose dur
ing Sunday's
100th birth
day celebra
tion at the le
gion.
Mills dedicates to life of service
Has been an Edenton volunteer
firefighter for 34 years
BY NICOLE BOWMAN-LAYTON
Editor
Service to the community just
seems to be in Thomas Allen
Mills blood.
The Edenton Fire Depart
ment volunteer recently re
ceived the Outstanding Fireman
of. the Year award at the
Chowan County Emergency
Personnel Banquet.
Mills joined the fire depart
ment in 1982, according to Fire
Chief Bill Bass. He also has had
over 2,500 hours of training, and
serves as the department’s
safety officer. In his role, he
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makes sure that everyone is safe
at the scene.
“I look out for hazards before
the firefighters go into the
scene,” he said. “I help make
sure everyone gets home
safely.”
Mills was bom and raised in
Edenton and is a graduate of
John A. Holmes High School.
Shortly after graduation, he left
Chowan County to attend ap
prentice school, but when he
and his wife decided to start a
family, they moved back to
Edenton. In 2013, he retired
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Thomas Allen
Mills holds
the
Outstanding
Fireman of
the Year
award he
received
recently
during the
Chowan
County
Emergency
Personnel
Banquet at
American
Legion Post
40.
School
to stay in
Edenton
M.B. Kahn Construction hired
to oversee school project
BY MILES LAYTON
Staff Writer
The Edenton-Chowan Board
of Education has agreed with a
panel’s recommendation to keep
John A. Holmes High School
where it is and either renovate
the school or build a new one.
During the Nov. 5 meeting, the
school board also agreed to hire
the South Carolina-based con
struction management firm M.B.
Kahn Construction to oversee
the project.
The board’s unanimous deci
sion follows a recommendation
by a joint committee of school
board members and county com
missioners last month that
Holmes remain at its current site
on Woodard Street in Edenton.
School board member Ricky
Browder, a member of the panel,
said he thought it was important
that a county commissioner
make the motion to keep Holmes
where it is and a school board
See SCHOOL, A3
Candlelight
Tour set for
Dec. 13-14
Christmas event to feature four
centuries of Edenton homes
BY SALLY FRANCIS KEHAYES
For Chowan Herald
During Christmas Candlelight
Tour Weekend, Edenton is on
display. This year’s 38th annual
tour includes homes from four
centuries. From the 1758 Cupola
House to a 2009 waterfront
home, the variety on display re
veals the evolution of architec
ture, decorative arts and Christ
mas decor. From candle power
to Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs),
from driftwood to glass and sil
ver, the warmth of Yuletide per
sists through the centuries. The
self-guided tour of private
homes, sponsored by the Eden
ton Historical Commission, takes
place from 4-8 p.m. Dec. 13-14.
Three homes from the 18th
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