Big Increase Effective June 1
Town Adopts VEPCO’s Retail Electric Rates
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Volume XXXIX.—Wo. 18.
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A New Armory f
Edenton’s National Guard
Armory is totally inadequate for
its present use but it could be
turned into a tremendous
community asset. It appears that
this is in the wind.
The current policies of the
National Guard Bureau require a
< site of not less than five acres,
rconsiderably greater than what
was considered necessary when
the facility was erected on North
Broad Street.
The policies also require local
participation, which is
understandable. If a community is
not willing to provide the site and
the token 12% per cent of the
construction cost, then it doesn’t
want an adequate armory very
badly.
In the case of Edenton and
Chowan County, the battle is
already half way won before the
opening shot is fired. The town
owns valuable property at the
airport, including the firing range,
which would provide the National
Guard ideal training facilities, as
well as an armory site.
This means for a mere $31,250
y (the local share of estimated
construction funds), the
-4 community would not only get a"
new, modern and adequate
armory placed on a desirable site,
but would have the existing
facility on North Broad Street
revert to the town.
These bargains don’t come
along very often and we are
pleased to find those in command
moving with dispatch to take
advantage of it.
Farming Today
As farmers put in their seed-for v
a new crop along the Public
Parade and elsewhere, it is a good
time to take a good, thankful look
at farming today.
One of the tragedies of an age in
which fewer and fewer people
. produce what we eat is the lack of
of what is involved
in food production.
Our modern food production
system has experienced many
changes in recent years, and is
made up of all kinds of farms and
farmers. Some farmers work at
the occupation full time and have
no other source of income. Others
are parttime or even weekend
hobby farmers, but they all help
supply our food needs.
Most farmers are still the
traditional proprietor, using
mainly family labor and buying
and selling in the market. At the
other extreme, we have some huge
farm operations which require
wage laborers and even sales and
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SBA Session Is Planned
i Bankers and developers in the
* 10-county Albemarle Area are
being encouraged to attend a
meeting in Elizabeth City
Wednesday afternoon to better
familiarize them with the Small
Business Administration’s role in
development.
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FILMING FOR EDUCATIONAL TV-Fred Beyer, educational TV specialist with the State
Department of Public Instruction, is shown here directing a segment of a film on earth science in the
cemetery at St. Paul’s Epsicopal Church. William Olsen, right, protrays Edmund Halley in the series.
Curry Leslie is the cameraman.
Edenton Figures In Series
Edmond Halley, famed British
Royal astrologer, visited
Edenton Tuesday in the form of
William Olsen. Olsen is an actor
working with the State
Department of Public Instruction
on a unique, 36-part film series on
earth science.
As the movie camera ground out
footage, Olsen artisticly moved
Awards Given
Chowan County had six district
winners in 4-H long-time records.
The winners are: Eugene Jordan,
Jr., agriculture; Harold L. Bunch,
Jr., corn; Janie Evans, food
preservation; Cindy Davenport,
gas; Bill Mansfield, wildlife; and
A1 Ward, dog care and training.
These boys and girls have been
keeping their 4-H records over the
years they have been in 4-H and
competing them into a long-time
record. This gives the 4-H’er a
chance to see their growth and
development as an individual and
their progress in developing
leadership and skill in a particular
topic.
Many times a 4-H’er chooses a
vocation as the result .of
experiences in a 4-H project.
The meeting will begin at 1 P.M.
in the Council Chamber of City
Hall. It is arranged by Albemarle
Area Development Association
and Albemarle Regional Planning
& Development Commission.
Heading the information
training will be George W.
Marschall, SBA district director
from Charlotte. With him will be
Sandy McKeel, who is in charge of
an important phase of SBA’s
program.
In a joint announcement, L. F.
Amburn, Jr., AADA president,
and W. B. Gardner, ARPDC board
chairman stated: “Because SBA
can {day a very important part in
the total development of the
Albemarle and because banks will
be approached more and more to
participate in this development,
we urge you to attend this
meeting.’’
This is the second session of a
aeries being sponsored by the area
Recently the two groups passed
resolutions requesting
establishment of a SBA office in
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Edenton, North (\ r a, Thursday, May 3, 1973.
from weathered tombstone to
tombstone in the beautiful
cemetery of St. Paul’s Epsicopal
Church. He was protraying Halley
in one of his little known roles--
development of the first actuarial
tables for insurance companies.
Later, the historic Cupola House
was depicted as a low-budget
English observatory where Halley
worked.
Fred Beyer of Raleigh, a
television services specialist
working on the instructional TV
curriculum, explained that Halley
is primarily known for the Halley
Comet.
But among his least known
fetes, in addition to the actuarial
tables, is the development of the
first accurate theory to explain
wind belts; development of the
first ocean current maps; related
pressure above sea level; and
developed the first maps and
charts on the Eastern
Hemisphere.
“What On Earth”, when
completed in about a year, will be
the only available feature on earth
science in the U. S., according to
Beyer. It is developed for students
in the Eighth Grade.
He said it will teach different
concepts of the subject and make
it more exciting. Also, the films
take students where they would
not go otherwise.
The Edenton portion is in a
group on meteorology. The
program deals with circular
action, trade winds and local
breezes. And this is where Halley
comes in-with the actuarial bit
thrown in to show the astrologer’s
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Negro Is Held
In Fatal Death
Thomas Moore, 38-year-old
Negro, 125 East Albemarle Street,
has been charged with murder in
the shooting death of Anthony
(Choke) Coston Thursday night.
Moore is being held in Chowan
County Jail in lieu of $25,000 bond.
Coston, owner of Choke’s Grill
on North Oakum Street, died in the
emergency room of Chowan
Hospital a few minutes after
Moore allegedly pumped two
bullets into his body with a hand
gun.
When the case was called
Tuesday morning in Chowan
County District Court, Judge
Fentress Horner continued it for
two weeks to allow the defense
attorney to confer with his client.
Police stated that witnesses
reported that Moore entered the
grill at about 9:45 P.M. Thursday
and purchased a quart of beer.
That he and the victim matched
for the joke box and then got into
an argument when Moore did not
put in the quarter that Coston had
given him.
Stilley, Ellis, Forehand Are Given Awards
Edenton Jaycees installed a new
slate of officers and passed out top
club awards Thursday night in a
banquet keynoted by Jim Ollis
Laurinburg, executive assistant to
the Jaycee International
President.
Joe Hollowell was installed as
president, succeeding Woody
Copeland, who is a state vice
president.
Single Copy 10 Cents.
Satterfield
To Appeal
Richard L. Satterfield, band
director of John A. Holmes High
School, has been informed by the
Edenton-Chowan Board of
Education that his contract would
not be renewed at the end of the
current school year. He has served
notice that he will contest the
decision and the first closed
hearing in compliance with the
tenure law is being held today
(Thursday).
The board, meeting in special
session Tuesday night,, was
presented a petition in support of
Satterfield drawn by the Edenton-
Chowan Branch, National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People.
The representatives were
assured that the decision reached
by the board was not a racial
matter. They were also told that
the matter could not be discussed
in open meetings because it would
be unfair to Satterfield.
Spokesmen for the NAACP were
Dr. William C. Butts, president,
and A. C. Hudson. Dr. Butts is
pastor of Providence Baptist
Church and Hudson is president of
Chowan Credit Union and a local
businessman.
In a cover letter with 1 a
statement of support presented by
Dr. Butts, it was stated that the
NAACP “deplore(s) your action
and decisions made concerning
Mr. Richard L. Satterfield and by
vote of the organization have
employed an attorney.”
Supt. Eddie West said the
decision not to renew Satterfield’s
contract was based on
insubordination and incompetence
of performance. “The board has
been concerned for some time
over his lack of ability to
discipline,” Dr. West added.
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The Wessington House, 120 West King Street
Milson Stilley was presented the
club’s highest award, Key Man of
the Year, for the second year in a
row. He also heads the Cook
Committee which won an award
as the outstanding committee of
the year.
Forehand was named Sparkplug
of the Year and James Ellis took
the Spoke of the Year honor.
Fourteen members were given
WOODY COPELAND . JIM OLLIS JOE HOM. DWELL
Electric power customers of the
Town of Edenton face a rate
increase totaling more than 18 per
cent as a result of a new rate
structure adopted Tuesday night
by the Board of Public Works. The
new rates are effective with the
June 1 billing.
The decision followed an in
depth study of the town’s retail
electric rates and the new rates
are identical to Virginia Electric &
Power Company’s retail rates.
The City of Elizabeth City has
recently adopted similar rates.
VEPCO has increased its rates
to the town on two occasions
witlhin the past two and one-half
years. The first was in the form of
a 9.22 per cent surcharge on the
previous rate. The second
increase, effective January 11,
amounts to an additional 19.5 per
cent.
In order to recover these
increased costs and preserve
operating margins, the town
added a 10 per cent surcharge in
May, 1971. As a result of a study
completed by Southeastern
Consul ting Engineers, the VEPCO
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Put In Register
Wessin,gton House, 120 West
King Street has been entered in
the National Register of Historic
Places.
H. G. J'ones, state historian
administrator, Office of Archives
and History, made the
announce;me,nt in a letter to John
W. Graham, 'who owns the house.
Mr. and Mrs. Graham reside in
the historic place.
“You are mos't fortunate to own
and preserve .a property that
justly deserves this honor,” Jones
wrote Graham. Jones further
wrote:
“The National Register has
been called ‘a rol l call of the
tangible reminders of the history
of the United Sta tes.’ It is,
therefore, a pleasure for the Office
of Archives and History to
participate in this program and
thereby make our nation aware of
North Carolina’s rich cultural
heritage. We appreciate your
efforts and your cooperation in
preserving the best of our post for
posterity.”
Sparkplug certificates and seven
Spoke awards were j’iven.
A special President ial Award of
Honor was presented to Robert W.
Moore, executive vice president of
Edenton Chamber of Commerce,
and to Wallace Evans, a past
president of the local club.
Ollis declared E'.den ton to be a
chapter with “a great heritage”,
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