More Than Just Another
Week
: Jaycees along the Public
Parade and throughout Tar
Heelia have taken on and
completed many worthwhile
projects. They have earned the
reputation in these quarters as
unselfish young leaders in the
community who put the best
interests of their community first.
Jaycees are not a group to shy
away from a challenge. While in
some instances they have been
criticized as being too fun loving
they have not in an equal number
of instances been given proper
credit for their labors in the area
of community betterment and
human services.
One of the latest kicks of these
young men is designed to develop
a burn center in North Carolina.
. So what are they doing about it?
They are selling jelly.
Next week, January 19-25, has
been designated as N. C. Jaycees’
Jelly Week. Throughout the state
they will knock on doors in
hundreds of communities for this
cause.
Shriners have done a
tremendous job nationally for
children and have developed in
South Carolina one of the finest
burn centers in the country. Now
the. Jaycees want to do the same
for North Carolina. It will take a
lot of jelly but we will wager that
they are successful.
On Moving Ahead
Realistically
Tuesday night was a most
frustrating experience for
members of Edenton Town
Council. They were faced with a
question of rezoning property
between the corporate limits and
the US 17 bypass for the purpose of
development of a shopping center.
After considerable discussion,
the majority of which was in
opposition to the request, the
council’s decision was to buy 30
days of time. This won’t change
many things. It will cause some
conversation and comment, such
as this column. But it won’t
change reality.
We have steadfastly
maintained that downtown
Edenton is in itself a shopping
center. The town fathers over the
years have purchased property
right and left in order to provide
free off-street parking for
shoppers.
Tlie town is now engaged in a
downtown development project
which before its conclusion could
cost as much as $500,000'. Every
effort on the part of elected
officials has been aimed toward
maintaining a viable downtown
shopping district.
Yet, their responsibility goes
beyond the historic district. They,
in good conscience, cannot stimy
growth in the area. If, through
proper planning, etc., they keep
some handle on the situation,
benefits wpll accrue even to those
who are not aware of them.
There is, as a matter of fact,
only a certain amount of
protection and accommodations
elected bodies can give preferred
areas.
New business enterprises must
make their own assessments,
based on required investment, and
plunge into the mainstream of a
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ASSOCIATION LEADERS—Wade Hubers of Hyde County,
center, was elected president of the Albemarle Area Beef Cattle
Association at a meeting here Tuesday night. Pictured with him
are, from left, Jack Parker, area livestock specialist; Mrs.
Bobby Lee of Polkton, Mrs. Kathy Harvey of Hyde County and
Yates Parrish of Edenton, outgoing president.
Hubers Takes Association Post
Wade Hubers of Hyde County
was elected president of the
Albemarle Beef Cattle Association
Tuesday night at a Ladies Night
banquet held at the American
Legion Building. He succeeds
Yates Parrish of Chowan County
in the post.
Mrs. Bobby Lee of Polkton was
principal speaker at the banquet.
She was introduced by Mrs. Kathy
Harvey of Hyde County. Mrs. Lee
is vice president of the state
Bowles Criticizes Holshouser Administration
Hargrove Bowles, Jr.
DSA Event
Edenton Jaycees will hold their
21st Distinguished Service Award
banquet January 23 at the Jaycee
Community Building on Base
Road. The banquet will begin at
7:30 o’clock.
Walter G. Oxendine of
Pembroke, past administrative
national director for N. C.
Jaycees, will be the keynote
speaker. Oxendine, who has been
active in community and state
circles, is a teacher and coach at
Pembroke Senior High School.
He is one of North Carolina’s
most active Jaycees and last year
was unsuccessful in his bid for the
v state presidency.
Oxendine will be introduced by
Woody Copeland.
_ Oscar White, local Jaycee
president, will preside and the
invocation will be given by Alton
Clark. Carroll Forehand will
introduce special guests and Ray
Midgett will recognize past DSA
winners.
Wallace Evans, chairman of the
Jaycee board, will present the
DSA award.
association auxiliary.
Parrish presided at the meeting
and entertainment was provided
by Elizabeth Stevens, Jackie
Parker and Joe Kinney, all of
Edenton.
Special guests were recognized
by Ike Jackson of Pasquotank
County, secretary of the
association. Door prizes were
awarded by Walden Hearn,
Pasquotank County Agricultural
Extension Agent.
(Editor’s Note: The General
Assembly of North Carolina
convened at noon Wednesday. Two
days prior to this event, Hargrove
(Skipper) Bowles, Jr., of
Greensboro, went before the Lions
Club of his hometown to deliver a
challenging speech. Normally
such a speech would not get front
page play in this newspaper, but
we believe what he has to say is
something that needs to be said,
deeply pondered and reacted to by
all Tar Heels. This newspaper did
not support Mr. Bowles in the
Democratic Primary but we
consider him a North Carolinian
with the best interests of the state
at heart. For that reason we
reprint here the full text of his
timely speech. LFA)
Two years ago someone else was
elected Governor of North
Carolina.
What I said that night as I
conceded to my opponent, I meant
and I mean today.
“Let’s wake up tomorrow
morning determined that Jim
Holshouser is going to be the best
governor we have ever had. We
are Democrats - yes - but first we
are North Carolinians and he is
our new governor, so let’s do all
we can to help him in his job.”
I confess that those words ring a
little uncertainly today. I have
come down somewhat in my
ambitions for governor
Holshouser.
I still hope, however, that he can
be a good governor and a
successful governor - because if he
is, the people of North Carolina
will benefit.
While that statement may be
greeted with some skepticism, I
mean it very honestly.
We have a tradition in our state
of working harder for North
Carolina than we do for party or
self.
It is a tradition we ought to
maintain.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Volume XLI. —No. 3. Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, January 16,1975 Single Copies 10 Cents.
Town Council Delays
Decision On Zoning
Edenton Town Council Tuesday
night delayed for 30 days action on
a request to rezone 10 acres on the
south side of the US 17 by-pass to
allow for the development of a
shopping center.
Councilman Errol Flynn,
following more than an hour of
discussion, said be had only
recently become aware of the
opposition to the rezoning and
suggested that further study was
necessary.
Councilman Jesse L. Harrell
agreed and made a motion that the
decision be delayed for 30 days
and that the council as a whole be
a committee to seek additional
information. Flynn seconded the’”
motion and although the vote was
quite inaudible, Mayor Roy L.
Harrell announced that it had
passed.
It was obvious to observers in
A part of this tradition has been
an unwritten rule that there are
lines we draw in our political
affairs in North Carolina; there
are boundaries beyond which we
do not step. One is that while we
may be Democrats or Republicans
when it comes to deciding who will
lead us, we are only North
Carolinians when it comes to
getting where we want to go.
The great movements in our
history- good roads, good schools,
good health care and industrial
development - have all been
efforts for all our people in which
all our people took part.
I want to give a personal
message to my fellow Democrats
because how well we as a state do
in the coming two years is going to
depend to a large extent on what
kind of leadership Democrats
provide.
I think we Democrats have two
great responsibilities. One
certainly is to see that our party is
vigorous in presenting its views,
offering alternatives where it
believes they are needed and
voicing responsible criticism of
the other party and its leaders.
The other responsibility - which
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New Procedures Approved
A substantial increase in water
rates and the establishment of a
separate sewer rate has been
approved by the Town of Edentor
and will become effective
February 1, according to an
announcement made, Tuesday
night.
W. B. Gardner, town
administrator, said the average
customer will experience about a
39 per cent increase in their water
rate. The minimum sewer rate
will be $2 with all waste treatment
being 79 cents per 1,000 gallons
of water consumption.
In a letter which Mayor Hoy L.
Harrell win send to users next
week, it was noted that this is the
first water and sewer rate
adjustment since January, 1970.
Councilman James Darnell
explained that the town was being
required by state and federal
agencies to upgrade the sewerage
disposal system and the Local
Government Commission requires
that any such expansion be
financed by the utility.
Gardner pointed out that while
the rate increase is substantial it
is still lower than most rates
charged by municipalities in the
region.
The administrator reported that
the town is going ahead with
certain work on the downtown
beautification project in order to
be out of the way when the
contractor is ready to go to work,
which is sometime after March 1.
He also reported that the
Pembroke Creek project again
experienced excessive bids, but
the Corps of Engineers has been
authorised*) negotiate with the
low bidder?
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the audience that more than one
councilman did not vote on the
motion to table, but the vote was
not challenged.
Most of those speaking in
opposition took the stand that the
property’s best use is for medical
arts and residential. A portion of
the site between Chowan Hospital
and the bypass has been given to
Edenton United Methodist Church
as the site for a new church. The
church board voted last week to
remain neutral on the
question of rezoning.
The most vocal opposition came
from those with downtown
business interests, those who
expressed concern about the
existing traffic flow in the area
and one developer of a proposed
shopping center in a different area
of Edenton.
Alton G. Elmore, a member of
Fair Association
Elects Perry
W. A. (Bill) Perry of Edenton
was elected vice president of the
N. C. Association of Agricultural
Fairs at their annual convention
held January 9-10 at the Royal
Villa Motor Inn in Raleigh.
Perry has a long history of
service, having served as
president of the Chowan County
Fair Association for the past 22
years and as a director of the N. C.
Association for the past
two years.
All county fairs are evaluated by
the Department of Agriculture.
Perry, president of Chowan
County Fair Association was
presented a Meritorious Award for
the 1974 Chowan County Fair by
James A. Graham. Commissioner
of Agriculture.
The convention featured
outstanding speakers and panels
on various phases of fair planning,
execution and management.
Dr. J. E. Legates, Dean of the
School of Agriculture, N. C. State
University, stressed the
importance of county fairs
throughout history in agriculture
education for farmers, promoting
healthy competion among citizens
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Council adopted the 1973 Fire
Code and denied a request from
Emmett Wiggins for
compensation for delay he alleged
the town caused in him completing
a bulk-head project in Filberts
Creek.
Region “R” Draws Allocation
Region “R” has been allocated
$158,532 out of $12.2-million
coming into North Carolina in the
form of Title VI Public Service
Employment funds.- Os this
amount $70,995 has been directly
earmarked for nine departmehts
of social services in the 10-county
region and none for
mimicipalities.
Chowan County has been
Assistance Offered
R. M. Midgett, local revenue
officer for the N. C. Department of
Revenue, advises that personnel
to assist in filing state income and
intangibles tax returns will be
available locally on Wednesdays
of each week through April 15.
The local office is located in the
Earnhardt Building at 102 West
Eden Street and assistance will be
available on Wednesdays from
8:30 AM. until 5:30 P.M.
Midgett requests tluft taxpayers
bring the pre-addressed forms
which were mailed to them from
Raleigh. Completed returns
showing refimds due should be
mailed to the N. C. Department of
Revenue, Box R, Raleigh, 27634;
other completed returns should be
mailed to the N. C. Department of
Revenue, Box 25000, Raleigh,
27640.
Chowan County commissioners
and chairman of that group’s site
committee, injected some humor
into the discussion when he noted
that only a few months ago some
opposition was expressed to
development of a governmental
complex in the same vicinity .
“Where are those voices tonight;
who felt it was the best interest of
the downtown area to have the
courthouse -jail complex remain
in the central business district?”
he asked. He said some of the
same people now support
establishing new businesses
outside the downtown area.
W. B. Gardner, town
administrator, noted that a 1969
plan adopted by the town
suggested that two areas south ot
any proposed bypass be developed
for commercial purposes.
Linwood Ward, son of the
owner of the property, pointed out
that while the rezoning request was
for 10 acres, there remains some
60 acres in the same tract for
residential or other development.
The plan calls for a 61-foot
“buffer zone’’, considered
adequate for a street and
plantings, to be between the
proposed shopping center and
property on the south side.
Bill Wilson, speaking for the
developers, said the owners have
agreed to dedicate property for
the street.
The proposal had earlier been
studied by the planning board and
recommended to the council for
approval.
N. J. George, who announced
publicly that he has requested that
his property in the same vicinity
be rezoned to commercial, said it
doesn’t “speak well of the
planning process to route people
through a business area into town. ’ ’
When questioned about the
present zoning, Gardner replied
that at the time of annexation it
was so zoned in order that it could
continue to be farmed.
Warren Twiddy said a study
made showed that 85 per cent of
the people contacted favored
commercial trade traffic coming
from the east. He argued also that
to put a shopping center on
highway 32 would further
bottleneck downtown, Granville
Street and Chowan Hospital.
James Bond, who was chairman
of the site committee when the
new hospital was built, said he
felt it was the intent of the owner
of the property to have the
surrounding area residential. “I
would like to see it. remain
residential.” he added.
allocated $16,708. The county will
get $3,535; Employment Security
Commission, $3,707; and the
department of social services,
$9,466.
David Mack, representing the
N. C. Manpower Services Council,
said Wednesday this is for full
time employees and the funding is
for only six months.
W. B. Gardner, Edenton town
administrator and chairman of
Albemarle Regional Planning &
Development Commission,
objected strongly not only to the
small amount allocated to the
region but the manner in which it
was handled.
“Just last May we were told by
Gov. Holshouser that the Lead
Regional Organization would be
the manpower representative,” he
said. “It appears that when we get
any means to help our region we
get the short shift.”
Gardner and other county
representatives said it appears
that those in Raleigh know better
about the priorities down in the
counties than those in the counties.
Dallas Jethro, Jr., Chowan
County coordinator, added that
the county should have the right to
establish priorities.
Gardner vowed that ARPDC
would exert every effort to get
more fundi for the region.