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FIRE UNDER INVESTIGATION-A fire which early
Wednesday morning damaged an out building at the historic
Iredell House on East Church Street is under investigation. The
above picture shows damage done to the exterior of the frame
building and authorities are working on the theory that it was
intentionally set.
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Here Comes The Judge
Chowan County Superior Court
opens a four-week stand along the
Public Parade next Tuesday. It is
the first time to the knowledge of
court buffs that such a calendar
has been tackled here.
Judge William Copeland of
Murfreesboro, who has ties with
this community, will preside,
f Judge Copeland is an able jurist
and is being mentioned as a
possible candidate for the State
Supreme Court in next year’s
election.
Solicitor Herbert Small of
Elizabeth City will prosecute the
docket. He has probably never
been quite as familiar with a
lengthy docket before. He has
personally prosecuted those
arrested in-racial demonstrations
during the past weeks of trial in
District Court, whose cases are
now on appeal.
With able men on both sides of
the bar and responsible citizens in
the jury box, the wheels of justice
can be expected to turn in a fair
and impartial manner. And the
entire citizenry should be content
to leave due process to run its
course.
i Green And Clean
Transco, a giant in the gas
industry, has been discussing for
some months a plan to construct a
S3OO-million plant near the
Chowan River in Hertford County.
The impact such an industry
would have on the economy along
the Public Parade and throughout
Northeastern North Carolina
challenges the imagination.
It is apparent from statements
made last week by a state water
and air control board member that
Transco has convinced Tar Heel
officials that they are
“environmentally sound.” In this
case, about all that is holding up
formal announcement of the plant
is Gov. Jim Holshouser’s schedule
and Transco’s ability to negotiate
*a contract for crude oil with
Algeria.
f If a firm is economically sound
and environmentally pure then in
our opinion they are both green
and clean and deserve to be
welcomed with open arms.
Transco appears to pass both tests
and the area should look forward
to having them as corporate
neighbors.
Soda Pop Popular
Residents along the Public
Parade are going in for bubbly
beverages—the non-alcoholic
kind—in a big way. They are also
spending a lot of money in that
direction.
According to the latest figures,
consumption of these soft drinks is
breaking all records in the
regional area.
It is estimated from the reports
5 that local people are downing the
fizzy beverages at the annual rate
of 478 eight-ounce bottles and cans
average hi the area was 466.
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Another Fire
Reportedly Set
One of Edenton’s historic sites
was damaged by fire Wednesday
morning, but the blaze was
quickly brought under control and
extinguished by the Edenton Fire
Department.
The kitchen-museum section of
the Iredell House was discovered
ablaze by Sgt. Wayne Mizelle of
the Edenton Police Department at
2:53 A.M. when he noticed an
orange glow as he was patrolling
Church Street. He notified the fire
department immediately.
Investigation of the incident is
being conducted by the Edenton
Police and Chowan Sheriff’s
departments and the State Bureau
of Investigation.
Davis Waters, Historic Edenton
site manager, was called to the
scene, He.stated that damages
were restricted to the left and
right of the doorway facing the
gardens. A section of the floor
near the doorway was burned out
and a small antique high-chair
was destroyed. As well there was
smoke damage to parts of the
walls.
Assault Case Aired After Contempt Served
A 16-year-old Negro girl who
was given an active jail sentence
for contempt in Chowan County
District Court on July 17 entered a
plea of guilty to assault in the
same court Tuesday.
Janet Louise Perry was
sentenced to six months,
suspended upon payment of SSO
fine and costs. Judge Wilton
Walker, Jr., of Currituck, who
found her in contempt earlier,
heard the case.
Probable cause was found by
Judge Walker in the case where
James Drew was charged with
breaking and entering a dwelling.
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FISH FRY PLANNED-Chowan Shrine Club is planning
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Holiday Slated
For Monday;
Warning Issued
Monday, Labor Day, will be a
general holiday in Edenton and
Chowan County.
Schools will be closed as well
municipal, county, state and
federal offices. The Edenton Post
Office will be closed and there will
be no rural delivery.
Financial institutions, including
Peoples Bank & Trust, Bank of
North Carolina, and Edenton
Savings & Loan, will be closed
Monday.
Labor Day since before the
turn of the century the official day
for the American worker to relax
is the last day to relax his safety
precautions, warns the Insurance
Information Institute.
As the working man takes off for
the beach, ballpark or backyard
barbecue, overcrowded roads
increase the chance of an auto
accident and unattended homes
increase opportunities for
burglars.
Last Labor Day weekend, 602
persons died as a result of auto
accidents 2l in North Carolina,
according to the National Safety
Council. So far this year, more
than 873 persons have died in
North Carolina traffic accidents.
One and a half million
residences were burglarized last
year, the Institute reports, many
on the Labor Day weekend when
workers and their families were
“out-of-town”. Ironically, the
occupants assisted the burglar in
about 20 per cent of the cases
simple by leaving a door unlocked.
Traffic accident statistics for
the first five months of 1973
indicate that there will be more
auto deaths and injuries this year
than ever before.
Grant Received
Eight Albemarle Area school
systems have received a grant of
$41,588 under Tile I-Part C of the
Elementary and Secondary
Education Act, according to Dr.
Craig “Phillips, state "school -
superintendent. The Edenton-
Chowan system’s portion is $6,256.
The Part C grants have been
allocated in addition to each
school unit’s 1973-74 ESEA Title I
allotment and total $1,288,311 for
the state.
He ordered Drew held for trial in
Chowan County Superior Court
and fixed bond at SI,OOO.
Drew was convicted of assault
on a female and trespass. He was
given identical sentences of six
months, suspended upon payment
of SSO fine and costs. He noted
appeal and bond was fixed at SSOO
in each case.
The following other action was
taken:
Whitney James Smith, no
operator’s license, nol pros.
Theodore Roosevelt Holley,
wearing a mask, costs.
Edward Lee Casper, reckless
dunt To Speak To A ADA
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Volume XXXIX.
NEW AREA PLANT DISCUSSED-Pete Whitley of
Murfreesboro, center, was guest speaker at Edenton Rotary Club
last Thursday. He is shown with W. J. P. Earnhardt, Jr., club
president, left, and W. P. (Spec) Jones, program chairman.
Whitley discussed the new Transco plant which is expected to be
located at Tunis in Hertford County.
driving, 60 days, suspended upon
payment of SIOO fine and costs.
Notice of appeal entered and bond
set at $250.
Roger C. McNair, speeding, $5
fine and costs.
Isaac Taylor, Jr., drunk driving,
90 days, suspended upon payment
of $135 fine and costs.
Marvin Davenport, worthless
checks, 30 days, suspended upon
payment of $lO fine and costs.
Maddie Brown, assault and
battery on child under 12, six
months. Notice of appeal entered
and bond set at SI,OOO.
Anthony Perry and Larry
Darnel White, larceny, not guilty.
Scott M. Freeze, Percy Twine
and Danny Leslie Waff, disorderly
conduct, identical sentences of 60
days, suspended upon payment of
SSO fine and costs.
Buck Brooks, assault, case
dismissed and prosecuting witness
ordered to pay $lO fine and costs.
Clarence Elliott, damage to
personal property, dismissed.
Joseph Twine, assault with a
deadly weapon, case dismissed
and prosecuting witness ordered
to pay $25 fine and costs.
Seafood Topic
North Carolina seafood
processors and representatives of
Japan Airlines will meet today
(Thursday) in Morehead City to
discuss opportunities for
experting North Carolina fishery
products to Japan.
The meeting is sponsored by the
Seafood Marketing Section of the
Department of Natural and
Economic Resources.
According to Alva Ward,
seafood industries consultant, a
“strong and growing world
demand for fishery products and a
recent favorable realignment of
international curriencies combine
to create attractive expert
opportunities” for North Carolina
seafood products.
Lt. Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr., will
be keynote speaker September 11
at a meeting of Albemarle Area
Development Association and two
other regional organizations
scheduled at Seafare Restaurant
in Nags Head. The dinner meeting
begins at 7 P.M.
L. F. Amburn, Jr., AADA
president, said the banquet will be
preceeded at 5:30 P.M. by
meetings of the Albemarle
Regional Planning & Development
Commission and the Association
of Counties & Towns in Region
“R”.
W. B. Gardner, Edenton town
administrator, is chairman of the
ARPDC board and will preside at
that meeting. C. A. Phillips, also of
Edenton and chairman of Chowan
County commissioners, is the
acting chairman of the association
of county and municipal officials.
Phil Quidley of Manteo, an
AADA vice president, is in charge
of arrangements for the annual
Edenton, North Carolina. Thursday, August 30, 1973?
Transco Is Ready
To Meet Standard
A S3OO-million industry that will
have “a great economic impact on
the Albemarle Area and be no
detriment to Chowan River” is
expected to locate near Farmers
Chemical at Tunis in Hertford
County.
Pete Whitley of Murfreesboro, a
member of the State Board of
Water and Air Resources, said
here Thursday that he has been
told unofficially that Transco’s
proposed plant is “environ
mentally sound”. He also
said the giant gas company has
assured state officials that they
can meet any standard put on the
Chowan River.
Whitley described in much
detail a plant in Houston, Tex.,
visited by state officials, saying
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CEREMONY OPENS BRANCH-Ribbon-cutting ceremonies
Monday morning officially opened the Northside Branch of Bank
of North Carolina. Mrs. Warner Perry, wife of the branch
manager, was assisted by, from left: Mr. Perry; Mayor George
Alma Byrum; C. A. Phillips, chairman, Chowan County
Commissioners; and Norwood Blanchard representing BNC’s
central office in Jacksonville.
September meeting at Nags Head.
Amburn said the area is
extremely fortunate to have Lt.
Gov. Hunt as speaker for this
meeting and said a good
attendance is anticipated. He
requested that people desiring to
attend contact their respective
County Extension chairman so
Quidley can be informed.
Lt. Gov. Hunt, a past president
of AADA’s counterpart in the
Coastal Plains, will be introduced
by J. Gilliam Wood of Edenton, a
former State Highway
Commissioner and Hunt’s
regional campaign coordinator.
The state official, a native of
Wilson, is expected to deliver a
major address on the importance
of regionalism in the delivery of
services and with funds provided
by state government and other
sources. An advocate of a
statewide land-use policy to
promote economic development
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School Open;
All Is Quiet
Edenton-Chowan Schools
opened Tuesday morning without
incident. Dr. Eddie West,
superintendent, reports . that
opening day was “real calm, real
smooth.”
The superintendent reported at
mid-morning Wednesday, the
first full day of school, that 2.717
students were in attendance. He
had announced last week that a
total of 2,832 students had been
assigned to classes.
However, Dr. West said
attendance typically goes up after
Labor Day.
The opening attendance figures
indicate that a threatened boycott
of the public schools did not
materialize.
Dr. West reported that the
atmosphere is much different
from the closing days of the 1972-73
term when students boycotted the
schools and incidents occurred at
the schools. The incidents caused
school officials to cancel
graduation at John A. Holmes
High School.
Demonstrations have continued
throughout the summer, but there
have not been parades or pickets
in the past three weeks. In fact,
there have been no organized
protesting since Edenton Town
Council strengthened local
ordinances dealing with parades
and pickets.
Tax Is Collected
Net collections from the 1 per
cent local option sales tax in
Chowan County during July
amounted to $14,923.56.
Statewide the amount collected
was $7.6-million.
Net distribution proceeds for the
past quarter amounted to
$44,121.84 in Chowan County.
Distributed on the ad valorem
basis, the county received
$33,323.34 while the Town of
Edenton received $10,798.50.