TROOP LEADERS-Six members of Boy Scout Troop 164 in
Edenton will be going up for the coveted Eagle Award early next
year. Pictured here with Scoutmaster Errol Flynn are, from left:
Gris Bond, David McCall, Joe Kenney, Flynn, Wynn Dale, Oscar
White and Bruce Morgan. (See Public Parade.)
Look At Mr. Watts
Politics above the county level
are warming up. Candidates for
judicial posts are either filing or
“considering” in almost wholesale
numbers.
There will be more interest than
usual along the Public Parade
next year because of the
candidacy of Judge J. William
Copeland of Murfreesboro. The
popular Superior Court jurist is
seeking a seat on the State
Supreme Court.
Closer home, however, will be a
vacancy on the District Court
bench. Judge Fentress Horner of
Elizabeth City will not be a
candidate for re-election because
of the mandatory retirement law.
Judge Wilton Walker, Jr., of
Currituck, is expected to be on the
ballot.
A good running mate for Judge
Walker would be Thomas Watts a
young (34) bur-seasoned- trial -
lawyer who is assistant solicitor in
the First District. While Mr. Watts
has not committed himself he has
privately indicated that he would
like to go on the bench.
Mr. Watts was engaged in the
general practice of law in
Elizabeth City for six years before
becoming a prosecutor in 1970. As
a prosecutor he has earned the
reputation of being a hard worker;
a man who prepares himself to do
battle with the oppostition in a fair
manner but with his sights set on
winning.
Outside the courtroom, Mr.
Watts is best known for his
Jaycee-related activities. His
accomplishments are too
numerous to enumerate here.
As we have observed courts it
has been evident that some of the
best judges have gotten to the
bench via the prosecutor’s post.
Mr. Watts, then, would be the
logical man to replace Judge
Homer when he retires.
Boys Need Leaders
Edentop and Chowan .County
have been recognised far aria wide
over the years as a mecca for
strong leadership. However, at the
present time one of the most
important youth
programs along the Public Parade
is about to fold because of lack of
adult interest. Boys Scout
age will be the victin»R|. some
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Barge Project
Gaining Steam
A barge floating gently along the
streams and waterways of the
state like the showboats of old, but
carrying books, art and live
theater to remote hamlets and
thriving cities may one day ring
bicentennial celebration bells in
the state.
At the moment the barge is
something, but not much more,
than a gleam in the eye of a
woman known variously as “the
Gray Owl” (from a newspaper
column she writes) and “the barge
lady.”
The woman is Nellie Sanders of
Plymou h, a determined,
grayhaired, blow-cut golfing
grandmother. She is the regional
librarian for Chowan, Tyrrell and
Washington counties and the one
woman locomotion pushing the
barge.
While her barge project has the
blessing of various state and local
• petiticat and business leaders, and
practical aspects of her movable
feast of the arts remain to be
worked out before the target
launching date of 1976 is reached.
Os these, the foremost is money
but Mrs. Sanders is not to be
stopped by that consideration in
her pursuit of a dream.
The N. C. Department of
Cultural Resources has just given
a grant of SSOO for a feasibility
study to the Bicentennial Barge
Foundation, Inc. Grace J. Rohrer,
department secretary, has agreed
to serve on the foundation board
formed at her suggestion by Mrs.
Sanders.
Lt. Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr.,
recently endorsed the project to
give the non-partisan touch Mrs.
Sanders sought.
Mrs. Sanders’ idea got to
Cultural Resources byway of the
State Library and the N. C.
Bicentennial Committee, neither
of which had any money at all for
the barge.
“I originally suggested to the
State Library that we have a
floating library,” Mrs. Sanders'
said. “There was federal grant
money 14) for grabs for innovative
programs for disadvantaged
areas.”
The federal money fell through,
but in the meantime her ideas had
expanded from a library with its
meeting room to a theater
and an art museum.
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Jim (Catfish) Hunter,
proclaimed by many
i- sportswriters, newscasters,
Miches, and players to be the best
pitcher in baseball today, is
scheduled to be the guest speaker
at a banquet sponsored by Chowan
Academy, Inc., at the Edenton
Armory December 6, at 7:30 P.M.
Tickets for the banquet may be
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Volume XXXDC—No. 46.
Counties Aid Er|| gy Crisis
RALEIGH AH 'North Carolina
counties have been asked to
assist in early resolution of
problems relative to fuel
shortages. This announcement
was made recently by John J.
Tolson, 111, chairman of the
Governor’s Energy Panel.
Tolson wrote to the chairman of
the county commissioners asking
that they designate a responsive
and competent county employee to
serve as the local contact for
matters relative to the energy
crisis.
The Chowan County
commissioners named Murray D.
Ashley, Civil Preparedness
Coordinator as County Field Agent
to act as coordinator for problems
concerning energy. When
problems cannot be solved locally,
Ashley will serve as a clearing
house for transmitting cases
through Civil Preparedness
channels to the State Civil
Preparedness Coordinator for
disposition by the Governor’s
Energy Panel. Ashley may be
contacted at 482-3111.
The panel’s office in Raleigh has
already received many calls from
those affected by the fuel shortage
seeking assistance in resolving
their problems. “Many of our
problems relative to the fuel crisis
could be resolved at the local level
by a point of contact there,”
Tolson said.
The Governor’s Energy Panel
office will provide guidelines,
terms of reference and
implementing instructions for the
county Civil Preparedness office.
They will provide the necessary
information required to assist the
citizens and businesses of each
community.
The Federal government has
assigned a representative to North
Carolina to manage that part of
the energy crisis program which
has been delegated to the state.
The state’s role under the
allocation program is advisory in
nature and is designed to assist in
the resolution of severe hardship
cases. Final disposition, however,
rests with the Federal
government.
The national energy crisis has
Pate’s Florist In New Space
Pate’s Florist and Gift Shop has
expanded their business to include
a new location at 313 South Broad
Street in addition to the located
at 905 North Broad Street.
The new shop will feature
permanent flower arrangements,
various gifts, and related
materials. The North Edenton
location will continue to provide
fresh flowers. Mrs. Hazel Sadler
will be manager of the new store.
There will be a grand opening
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
and store hours will be extended
until 9 P.M. for the event.
Shoppers may register for a door
prize to be given away Saturday
night.
Pate’s Florist began in 1966 with
Dick Pate’s order for SSO of rose
bushes., His wife, Dolly, teased
him saying that he should go into
the flower business; so he took her
up on the idea.
He received initial training at
MacFarland’s School of Floristry
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n allocation of certain
fuelsS § will affect the citizenry
and u.c economy of all of North
Carolina. Middle distillate fuels
(kerosene, home heating fuel,
range oil, stove oil, diesel fuel,
gas-oil and jet fuel) all were
placed under strict allocation
along with liquid petroleum gases
such as propane and butane.
“The governor’s recent appeal
to the citizens of North Carolina to
conserve fuel, together with his
guidelines in other areas which
affect the use of fuels: car pools,
reduced speeds on highways, etc.,
should set off a real effort by our
citizens to practice good and
sensible use of all critical fuels.”
Tolson said.
Peanut Gross
Big Increase
An increase of more than
$600,000 in the gross income from
peanuts grown in Chowan County
this year has been estimated by
Pete Thompson, county extension
chairman.
Thompson noted, though, that
the net profit from the current
crop would probably be less per
acre because of increased costs.
He said seed peanuts were higher
as well as chemicals, fertilizer and
drying.
The farm expert said the 1973
yield is about 3,300 pounds per
acre, up some 500 pounds from the
previous year. Also, there is a net
price increase of sl7 per ton on
grade.
H. O. West, executive director
on th'e ASCS office, said the
highest individual peanut
marketing card thus farm turned
in showed a 4,938 pound average
per acre. This was on a 14.2 acre
tract.
Chowan County has
approximately 6,000 acres of
peanuts.
Thompson said while dry
weather was helpful in the
harvesting of peanuts and
soybeans, it hurt the quality of the
soybeans.
in Gary. He, in turn, passed his
knowledge on to Mrs. Pate and it
wasn’t long until Pate’s Florist
opened in their garage at 211 East
Eden Street. Numerous
individuals helped the blooming
business, and they continued their
education in floristry with the help
of other florists and various
schools.
In 1968, the store at 905 North
Broad Street opened. The present
staff of Pate’s Florist includes
Mrs. Doris Moreland, Mrs.
Novella Ward, Mrs. Alice Bea
Riddick, Mrs. Hazel Sadler, and
two John A. Holmes DECA
Students, Nancy Travis and
Wayne Evans. During holidays,
they also employ other helping
hands.
Mrs. Pate stated, “We want to
continue to serve the public with
the same type of flower
arrangements as in the past, but
we feel we can better serve the
public from two locations.”
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NEW LICENSE EXAMINER-C. T. Thomas, right, of Edenton
has joined R. L. Mitchell, left, as a license examiner for Chowan,
Perquimans, and Bertie counties. Thomas, who became an
examiner after nearly six years with the State Highway Patrol, is
a water skiing and fishing enthusiast. He and his wife, Robbie,
have one child, Amanda Jean, who is one week old.
Copeland Makes It Official
Judge J. William Copeland of
Murfreesboro has filed as a
candidate for Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court of North
Carolina. The candidate is a
special Superior Court jurist who
is seeking the seat vacated by
Justice Susie Sharp, who has
announced her plans to file for
chief justice.
Judge Copeland is well known in
the Albemarle Area, having held
numerous sessions of court in the
region since he was appointed by
Gov. Terry Sandord in June, 1961
He has been reappointed by Govs.
Dan K. Moore and Bob Scott.
A native of Woodland in
Northampton County, Judge
Copeland served four sessions in
the General Assembly, and in 1961
served as legislative counsel to
Gov. Sanford.
In 1968 he was named by the late
Chief Justice R. Hunt Parker as
one of three delegates to the
National Conference of State Trial
Judges, which is held at the time
of the annual meeting of the
American Bar Association. He
was subsequently reappointed by
Chief Justice William H. Bobbitt
and is now a member of that
conference.
Also in 1968, and again in 1972,
he attended the National College
of the State Judiciary at Reno,
New. He has been selected as a
faculty advisor for the college
in 1974.
Drunk Driving Charges Aired
Nine drunk driving cases were
called in Chowan County District
Court Tuesday. Eight of the
defendants were convicted and the
other had his case dismissed at the
request of the arresting officer.
Judge Fentress Horner of
Elizabeth City presided and
Assistant Solicitor Keith Teague,
also of Elizabeth City, prosecuted
the docket.
Clyde William Boyce, Howard
F. Maxwell, Major Drew, Joseph
Columbo Privott, Charles Vernon
Holt, Donald Elbridge Lane,
Julian Winston Williams and
Edward Lee Lawson were given
No Yule Lights
Downtown Edenton will be
without the colorful Christmas
lights this year but the usual street
decorations will be displayed. The
only lights will be on a big
Christmas tree to be placed at the
foot of Broad Street.
W. B. Gardner, town
administrator, said this decision
had been reached by the Utilities
Committee and had been
approved by Mayor Roy L.
Harrell.
Gardner said the committee
also suggested that homeowners
comply with President Nixon’s
recent request that no outside
lighted decorations be used this
year due to the energy crisis.
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At the present time, he is vice
president of the N. C. Bar
Association and is president of the
N. C. Superior Court Judges
Conference. Since he has been a
Superior Court judge he has
served in HO of the 100 counties of
this state.
Upon filing for the Supreme
Court post. Judge Copeland stated
that the people of North Carolina
know his record on the bench and
in the General Assembly and that
on the basis of that record he
believes he is qualified to sit on the
Supreme Court.
Judge J. W. Copeland
identical sentences of 90 days,
suspended upon payment of $125
fine and cost after being convicted
of drunk driving. Privott and
Williams gave notice of appeal.
A nol pros was taken in the case
where Allen Ray Perry was
charged with drunk driving.
In other cases called, the
following action was taken:
Gordan Fonvielle Hunt,
speeding, $lO fine and costs.
Notice of appeal entered.
Frankie Martin Shittlethorpe,
speeding, improper passing and
transporting alcoholic beverage,
S2O fine and costs in each case.
Calvin Monroe Harrell, driving
while license suspended, not
guilty.
Dennis Earl Layton, improper
muffler, not guilty.
McKinley Conner, Jr., improper
passing costs. Notice of appeal
entered.
Benjamin McPherson, assault, i
30 days, suspended upon payment i
of $25 fine and costs.
James Drew, assault, six
months, suspended upon payment
of costs.
Samuel Miller, assault on a
‘ female, costs.
) David Hatchett, damage to real ■
property, coats and $lO restitution.
' Ulysees C. Hoßey, larceny, not