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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Volume XXXVII— No. 30.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 23, 1970
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For The Record
Sometimes errors come easy. At other
/ times one really has to work to make a
' glaring mistake. To make a SIO,OOO
mistake these days really hurts and we
want to set the record straight.
A figure was omitted from the story
about net collections from the 1 per cent
local option sales tax in Chowan County
for June. That “1” made the difference
in $1,620.07 in sales tax and $11,620.07,
which was accurate.
Now if this get correctly into type
then the record will for sure have been
set straight.
Holding An Ace
The district jail concept is new to
North Carolina. Finding of a Tri
. County unit( Perquimans, Pasquotank
' and Camden) has drawn considerable at
tention and praise from state jail of
ficials.
However, threats are being made to
call off the project if a great deal of
progress isn’t made pronto. It is all
aimed at Elizabeth City where council
men refused to rezone a prospective site
for the facility.
Reports are that Clifton M. Craign,
Services has entered the picture and
plans to meet Tri-County Jail Commis
sion officials Tuesday.
Considerable pressure has been ap
plied in the past to include Chowan in
the district arrangement. Until now
county commissioners along the Public
Parade have held pat. They can’t see
the benefit.
Nevertheless, jail officials are now ap
plying additional pressure with threats
of closing the Chowan facility. In the
opinion of this writer all this is being
yione to force Chowan into a four-county
unit.
While the Chowan jail is old, it is
adequate. It is no palace, but it serves
the purpose. Once the late Sheriff Earl
NjGoodwin speculated that 97 per cent of
*he people jailed here have better lodg
ing and better food than they have at
home.
Chowan commissioners meet face-to
face Monday with jail officials. If they
cannot escape their grasp, then the only
logical approach is toward the district
concept. Chowan County can ill afford
any new building program now: the least
desirable of which would be a jail.
The burden a district jail would place
on law enforcement officers and the
citizenry in general here could be lessen
ed some if the facility is located west of
Pasquotank. Tile best place would be
Hertford. /
While we contend there is no justi-
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County Is Aiding In Census
A concentrated effort is being made in
Chowan County now. as well as Edenton,
to secure information on people who
were not counted in the 1970 census of
population and housing.
C. A. Phillips, vice chairman of Cho
wan County commissioners, met Friday
with representatives cf several agencies
Finishing Contract —Joe Cam
pen, local masonry contractor, is
shown on the east side of the new
Chowan Hospital as workmen
prepare to complete work on the
second floor wall. Campen was
the only local sub-contractor for
the nearly $2-million project. T.
A. Loving Company is general
contractor.
Crisanti Loses Fish In Ranch Lake
Eight years of work and the most
sound of fish pond management practices
was erased without warning, overnight
at Joe Crisanti’s. The entire fish popu
lation of Crisanti’s 25 acre lake was
killed due to an oxygen depletion in the
water, according to Wildlife Biologist
and Hatchery personnel.
It was described as one of nature’s
phenomenon.
What happened?
Several successive days of hot, still,
cloudy weather increased the decaying
and decomposing of dying aquatic vege
tation and other organic substances using
more oxygen than normal. This, follow
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Tragedy At /. C. Ranch —Joe Crisanti, owner of J. C. Ranch
near Edenton Municipal Airport, experienced a real tragedy
when the entire fish population in his lake was killed..
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in the county to seek assistance in get
ting a more accurate count. He said
after talking with officials in the Bureau
of Census office in Charlotte, he was
convinced that agency would not assist
in any new efforts.
“We have not been promised any help
from the Charlotte office in getting the
work done,” Phillips told the group.
“They want to keep us in the dark as
to what is happening.”
Later he said officials “in the end will
rely on a stock answer of ‘trends’ and we
don’t feel we can let this drop at this
point without knowing that everyone has
been counted.”
He pointed out that Town Admini-
Contract Given
Rep. Walter B. Jones of the First
Congressional District has announced a
federal contract for The Carter’s Ink
Company here to supply typewriter rib
bons to various agencies. The contract
is estimated to be worth $234,824.
The General Services Administration
awarded the contract for an indefinite
number of ribbons for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1971,
Rep. Jones said the contract could
amount to $234,824 if federal agencies
buy according to estimated require
ments.
Housing Authority Buys Baer Tract
Edenton Housing Authority has pur
chased 7.75 acres of property on North
Oakum Street on which will be built low
rent public housing units. Cost of the
property is $20,300.
Jack Habit, chairman of the local au
thority, announced signing of an order
by Thomas M. Moore of Wilson, referee
in bankruptcy for the Richard P. Baer
ed by moderate rains omitting cooler
run-off water into the lake caused what
is referred to as a pond or water turn
over.
The cooler water on top reversing with
the warmer water near the bottom. The
cooler water causing more vegetation
die-off. Further decomposing and oxy
gen depletion took place.
Crisanti’s loss was great. Fish large
and small, some four to six tons, includ
ing bass, bream, crappie and even trash
fish. The bass were more obvious, 600
plus, weighing over 2 pounds, some as
high as 5 pounds.
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strator W. B. Gardner had compiled a
list of 116 names of people—6l in the
Eden Heights area—who claim they were
not counted. He said last week enum
erators were in the area taking census
without town or county officials being
notified.
Phillips, who is on a committee from
the county commission with Chairman J.
Clarence Leary, said he did not believe
local people working for the Census Bu
reau are at fault. “I believe the local
people will cooperate if they know what
to do.
The commissioner said there are many
intangible as well as tangible benefits
from an accurate count. Therefore, he
called on everyone in the county to co
operate. “We are going to do the best
we can to get satisfactory results,” he
added.
The preliminary count showed Chowan
lost 940 people in comparison with the
1960 census. The town’s loss was placed
at 90 although the land area had almost
been doubled through annexation in
May, 1969.
In a story Wednesday, the Raleigh
News & Observer quoted a census official
in Charlotte as saying “a little bit of
work is being done” in the “annex area”
of Edenton, previously excluded from
- census maps, Frank Bateman, regional
technician, said it was being carried out
under partial re-count procedures.
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Company, authorizing the private sale of
the site to the authority.
This is the second of four sites the
authority is obtaining for the 100-unit
project. Mrs. Wood Privott sold prop
erty on East Freemason Street recently.
Two other styes, one on East Gale and
East Albemarle streets, the other on
West Gale Extended and Twiddy Ave
nue, are now being condemned.
The North Oakum Street portion of
the project will be the prime site. Plans
call for 56 units and a community cen
ter on this site. The units here will be
for the elderly as well as others who
qualify.
Habit said the authority would adver
tise for construction bids as soon as pos
session of all sites is realized.
Storms Hit Area
"It all fell right quick”.
This is the way J. H. Conger, Sr., lo
cal weather observer, described Monday
afternoon’s stofm Which dumped 1.62
inches of rain on Edenton in a matter of
minutes.
Conger estimated that the area ex
perienced wind gusts up to 35 miles per
hour.
The storm came from the southwest at
about 5:15 o’clock. Although it con
tinued to rain after the heavy down
pour, Conger said the majority of the
rain came in a matter of 20 to 25
minutes.
Another thunderstorm struck the area
about 5:30 P. M., Tuesday and Conger
measured .82 of an inch. Forecasts were
for more of the same through Thursday.
W. B. town administrator,
reported little damage. He said the
wind and rain pruned many trees and
street department personnel was busy
Tuesday picking up limbs.
There were no serious incidents report
ed by the Electric & Water Department.
One fire was reported by Chief Luther
C. Parks. A tobacco barn owned by
Worth Hare on Mexico Road burned.
It was not known if it was struck by
lightning.
Two Deaths
Investigated
Last Week
Chowan County recorded two tragic
deaths this week, one a motor vehicle
fatality, the other by drowning.
Charles B. Ward, 32, Route 3, Eden
ton, died late Thursday when his 1964
Ford overturned on a rural paved road.
State Trooper C. T. Thomas said the
car was traveling at an excessive rate of
speed when it went out of control on a
straight stretch of road.
Thomas R. Lane, 48, Route 2, Hert
ford, drowned in the Chowan River late
Saturday afternoon. His body was lo
cated some three miles from the scene
in mid-afternoon Monday.
Mr. Ward’s death brought to two the
number of highway fatalities here this
year—the first in the rural section of
the county. The other was a mishap
when a passenger drowned in Pembroke
Creek in April. m.
Trooper Thomas said eight died on
streets and highways in Chowan in 1969.
The highway death occurred at ap
proximately 11:48 P. M,, Thursday. The
victim was pronounced dead on arrival
to Chowan Hospital.
Mr. Lane, his wife, and three other
couples were on a pontoon raft in the
Chowan River Saturday. Deputy Sher
iff Glenn Perry said his investigation
showed that George Nixon was owner
operator of the raft and that it left
Rocky Hock Creek at about 4 P. M.
Less than three hours later Mr. Lane
drowned.
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Leonard Mitzke
VFW Picks Slate
Leonard Mitzke, Route 2, Edenton,
is the new commander of William H.
Coffield, Jr., Post 9280, Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Mitzke served as senior vice command
er last year.
Officers elected to serve with him in
clude: H. E. Bass, quartermaster; Ker
mit Mizelle, senior vice commander;
George Nixon, junior vice commander;
Marcus McClanahan, adjutant; and Joe
Swanner, service officer.
The VFW meets at 8 P. M., each
Tuesday in the post home on Old Hert
ford Road.’
The new commander is a retired Ma
rine who earned five battle stars and
two presidential unit citations in his
more than 20 years in the Armed Forces.
He retired in 1960 and joined the local
post at that time.
Mitzke is now employed at the Coast
Guard Base in Elizabeth City.
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