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Leave Patrol Alone
A report that the State Highway
Patrol Office in Elizabeth City is
soon to be closed and operations
a moved to Williamston should not
* be well received along the Public
Parade and throughout
Northeastern North Carolina.
Not only will it inconvenience
the citizens who must do business
with the patrol, Sheriff Troy
Toppin says it will hurt law
enforcement. And at a time when
rising crime is a threat to society
certainly isn’t the time to throwing
road blocks in the law
enforcement.
The move could also prove
costly for the citizens of the
region. Emergencies, etc., can
now be reported to Elizabeth City
toll free. Having to call long
distance to Williamston might
keep some people from bothering
with aiding law enforcement.
A few years ago Chowan
County was moved from the
A Elizabeth City District to the
Ahoskie District. This was short
lived because it wasn’t practical
*■ and the patrol hierarchy
recognized it.
We support consolidation of
offices, stations, etc., so long as it
does not affect the quality of
services to the people. The
monetary savings by closing the
Elizabeth City office just won’t
hold up when compared with the
cost to the citizens and the threat
to efficient law Enforcement.
An Important Month
September may be one of the
most important months in recent
history along the Public Parade.
For on September 28 registered
voters will have the opportunity to
approve a $1.9-million bond
\ referendum to provide a county
wide water system.
Already more than $1.3-million
has been secured in grants from
state and federal sources.
Farmers Home Administration
has approved a loan of $1.5-million
to be paid over a 40 year period at
5 per cent interest.
The beauty about the entire
program is that the indebtedness
will be repaid by the users.
Already a sufficient number of
users have expressed an interest
to make the project feasible.
The Chowan County Planning
Board, working with Rivers &
Associates of Greenville, has
secured sites for the wells and
treatment plants. Options are
being secured for the storage tank
sites.
Engineers have studied maps
jt showing the locations Os interested
users, and are well along toward
of the system layout.
All of this means that when the
referendum is approved bids can
be secured quicker, therefore,
hedging on inflation.
While the syßtera will be built to
serve rural residents and the vote
is county-wide, including Edenton,
the risk of it costing the taxpayere
anything is practically ail. fit
return for any gamble the system
is to with
Edenton s. Had Wilson County had
such an arrangement the City of
Wilson would not have been
required to go all the way to Rocky
Mount for water when their well
un
The need for a comity-wide
water system has been Well
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Volume siL.—No. 36.
Gross Sales Exceed *29-Million
The rate of increase in gross
retail sales in Chowan County
during the past fiscal year more
than doubled the amount for the
previous year as sales exceeded
$29-million.
Railroad Concept Questioned
Norfolk Southern Railway plans
to file an application with the N. C.
Utilities Commission to establish a
mobile agency concept in
Northeastern North Carolina
which close four agencies.
Under a notice of the {dan made
Trio Caught
Three Pasquotank County
residents are being held in
Chowan County Jail in lieu of
SIO,OOO bond after being
apprehended early Friday
morning on charges of breaking
and entering and larceny.
Arrested at Byrum’s Service
Center were: Robert Allen
Saunders, 25, Route 5, Elizabeth
City; Mike Morgan, 17, Route 3,
Elizabeth City; and Thomas
Walker Speight, 21, Route 3,
.. Eh*#®* City.
Sheriff 1 Troy -Topphr "said
Saunders and Morgan were
arrested after a short chase about
2 A.M., and Speight was arrested
in the weeds behind the store at 4
A. after bloodhounds had been
brought to the scene from
Jackson.
Sheriff Toppin and other officers
surprised the trio as they were
loading beer and cheese onto a
1974 Ford pickup truck. The
officer said he and SBI Agent Bill
Godley saw one of the men cut the
padlocks on two refrigerator
storage units back of the store.
He said Deputies Joe Byrum
and Melvin Evans, State Trooper
B. Chappell and Probation
Officer Robert Hendrix were
staked out at other locations and
upon signal closed in to assist in
the arrests.
Sheriff Toppin said the
establishment, located some 15
miles north of Edenton on
Highway 32, had been under close
surveillance since 46 cases of beer
were stolen the night of August 15.
Morris At Post
The Economic Improvement
Council, Inc., met on August 29
and accepted the resignation of
Wilbur G. Pierce as executive
director. Pierce had been
executive director since 1972.
Fentress T. Morris, former
assistant director, was appointed
to fill the Executive director’s
position.
The notice of a.587,000 grant
effective July 1 was approved to
enable the agency to continue the
administration and services
currently provided by its program
for a three-month period.
The board also was presented an
Emergency , Foods Program
Report. ~
The Economic Improvement
Council, Inc. was awarded two
fpartod of femmM&s/Lne l •
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The State Department of
Revenue reported sales in 1972-73
at $26.1-million or $1.4-million
above the previous year. Sales
last year were $2.8-million over
1972-73.
this week, the agencies in
Camden, Edenton, Hertford and
Shawboro would be closed.
Agency service would be provided
from a station wagon or other
motor vehicle. There would no
longer be an agent of the railroad
on duty in the stations. The
building at the agency stations
would not be open to the public.
Albert C. Everson, agpncy
manager in Edenton, said jgßias a
full day’s work and he does not
know exactly how the new concept
will work.
Everson said he is available to
assist consignees wffen problems
arise as well as personally check
out reports of damaged freight.
“It helps tohave someone available
at the agency,” he continued.
Hertford Mayor Bill Cox called
the proposal “a step in the wrong
direction” and one which would
effect the economy of the region.
“We’re looking into it,” stated
W. P. (Spec) Jones, co-chairman
of the Industrial Committee of
Edenton Chamber of Commerce
and chairman of the Industrial
Committee of the 10-county
Albemarle Area Development
Association.
Band Program
r»Ms Strothers is striking up the
band at John A. Holmes High
School with band also being
offered to students in certain
grade levels throughout Edenton-
Chowan Schools.
Strothers, the new band
instructor in the system, has
announced that a meeting of band
students will be held Saturday to
discuss the rental of band
instruments. The time is 1 P.M. to
5 P.M. in the band room at Holmes
High.
A representative of Burrage
Music Company of Raleigh will be
on hand. Parents are asked to
accompany students interested in
taking band to this meeting, and
are also requested to bring any
instrument, if one is owned.
The rental possibilities are to be
discussed for those who desire to
take band but do not own an
instrument.
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Aces Show Big Potential
BY FLYNN SURRATT
Northeastern 3-A conference
football action should see the
Edenton Aces as frontrunners
with a squad that looks about the
sank as last year. Only six
starters were lost through
graduation.
Head Coach Jimmy Addison
coached the Aces to a 9-1 winning
- season, last year. It was his first
season with the team.
The 1974 squad is heftier,
averaging from 195 to 200 lbs. on
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, September 5, 1974.
State-wide, gross retail sales
were $18.5-billion, up from $16.4-
billion the previous year.
Currituck County continued to
show great strides in retail sales,
reaching $25.6-million, up from
$17.2-million in fiscal 1972-73.
Figures for other counties in the
Albemarle Area show:
Camden, $4,775,769; Gates,
$12,458,330; Hyde, $8,890,399;
Pasquotank, $92,325,828;
Perquimans, $19,998,987; Tyrrell,
$7,130,719; and Washington,
CHOWAN COUNTY
1% Retail Sales
2% Auto, Planes & Boats
Apparel
Automotive
Food
Furniture
General Merchandise
Building Materials
Unclassified Group
Use Tax - 1% & 3%
Licenses Wholesale & Reg.
TOTALS
Pilot Day Care Program Set
The teacherage at Chowan High
School will be renovated, to
provide facilities for a pilot child
day care center to be developed by
“Albemarle Human Resources
Development System.
Edenton-Chowan Schools will
provide the facilities and following
the demonstration phase it is
anticipated that similar centers
could be opened throughout the 10-
county Albemarle Area.
The. project was recommended
the board by the Programs
Evaluation Committee at the
quarterly meeting Thursday night
at Angler’s Cove. Bill Miller of
Hyde County, committee
chairman, said the committee
realized the need for such a
program and hoped that it would
be so successful that it could be
expanded throughout the region.
Dr. Eddie West, superintendent
of Edenton-Chowan Schools, said
screening has already resulted in
more students than had been
anticipated. He assured the board
that the pilot program would
involve many existing agencies in
the area and will be a learning
experience rather than
babysitting.
James E. Lewis, AHRDS
executive director, reported that
contracts have been signed with a
consulting firm to do the
Integration of Services Feasibility
Study, and that a transportation
proposal was nearing completion
the line; and this will be an asset
as the offensive backfield is
considered a bit slower than the
previous season.
Gerald Hall is the veteran
quarterback, returning from two
years as signal caller. David
Norris returns as fullback. Willie
Holley will be in the tailback spot.
Jimmy Fleetwood will operate
from the slotback position.
Coming from the Jayvees as
back-up for Holley is Wesley
Riddick. He is expected to make a
$36,828,711.
In Chowan County , the sale of
automobiles and food account for
nearly one-half the entire retail
total. In both categories there was
an increase of about $600,000
during the year ; autos reaching
$5.3-million and food, $7.7-million.
Apparel showed a modest
$21,000 increase over 1972-73, and
furniture $34,000.
The following breakdown shows
where the money went in Chowan
County:
Gross Gross
Collections Retoil Soles
* 26,913.80 $ 2,774,490
51,660.84 2,656,580
14,440.82 497,128
56,312.04 5,319,669
217,440.41 7,723,885
29,793.80 1,129,934
111,218.67 4,577,424
16,007.26 1,268,519
54,994.76 3,081,239
17,019.11
* 596,191.51 $ 29,028,868
and will be sent to proper
authorities.
W. B. Gardner, chairman,
Albemarle Regional_Planning &
Development Commission,
discussed the agreement which
has been reached between the
commission and the system re
lative to the program operations.
He said the commission enjoys
close ties with the system and
wants to continue as in the past.
L. F. Amburn, Jr., chairman of
the budget and finance committee,
presided in the absence of Thomas
M. Surratt, chairman.
Student Population
There were 2,564 students
enrolled in Edenton-Chowan
Schools on opening day, August 28,
according to figures released by
Supt. Eddie West.
The breakdown by schools
showed: Chowan, 478; Holmes,
628; Swain, 407; Walker, 824; and
White Oak, 227.
Creek Project Begins November
The Wilmington District Corps
of Engineers proposes to perform
dredging in Pembroke Creek
starting November, according to
Col. Homer Johnstone, district
engineer.
The dredging will include a new
channel eight-feet deep and 80 feet
wide and 1,800 feet long beginning
at the western end of the Edenton
strong contribution in his debut in
varsity competition. As is the case
with the defensive squad, the
offensive team notes three
personnel changes from 1973.
Coach Addison expects good
tidings from a strong defense.
Three big front men, William
Hassell at middle guard, Ralph
Garrett at tackle, and Zach
Valentine at defensive end, will
lead the “headhunters”.
In a preseason scrimmage
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WILBUR G. PIERCE
Pierce Joins
School System
Wilbur Pierce joined the staff of
Edenton-Chowan Schools this
week as director of the
Emergency School Aid Act
(ESAA) programs, which
are being implemented in
the schools throughout
the county this year.
As director, Pierce will
these programs,
develop additional new federal
programs and serve as laison
between school and community
groups as they become involved,
according to Dr. Eddie West,
superintendent.
ESAA, a federally funded
project, involves many programs,
of which the pilot and basic
programs are the largest. One of
the major goals of ESAA is the
improvement of student basic
reading and communication skills
in elemeptary and secondary
schools.
One of the pilot programs wi’l
involve working with students
having learning disabilities at
Walker and Swain Schools. The
baisc program, which is geared to
improve reading, will include
mini-courses at Holmes,
expansion of the reading
accountability program from
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Harbor project and extending up
Pembroke Creek to deeper water.
This work involves the removal
of all the material lying above the
plane of eight feet within the
designated limits of the channel.
The estimated quanity of
material to be removed is 26,700
cubic yards of unconsolidated
soils, debris, logs and swamps.
The new work and anticipated
future maintenance dredging, if
any, should occur for at least
12 years, according to the corps.
All materials dredged to provide
project dimensions will be placed
outside the creek banks in upland
diked areas. Local interests in
Edenton have provided temporary
easements for use of seven old
hatchery ponds to contain the
material to be removed from
Pembroke Creek. The Town of
Edenton has obatined a
permanent easement for a future
maintenance dredging disposal
area and have further agreed that
should this area later prove to be
unsuitable, the town will furnish
another suitable area.
The disposal area provided by
the temporary easement has not
previously been used Neither has
the site selected for the future
maintenance disposal area and
there is no development or
anticipated development near this