Rezoning Bid Defeated; Mayor Breaks Tie
Efforts to rezone 10 acres of land
on the south side of UJ5.17 by-pass
for commercial development of a
shopping center failed with the tie
breaking vote cast by Mayor Roy
L. Harrell.
In voting against the rezoning,
he stated that he had talked to a
number of “average people” who
definitely were not opposed to
commercial development of the
land while at the same time he had
considered the work already
completed by Twiddy Insurance
and Real Estate, Inc. to build a
shopping center on some 22 acres
of land near Old Hertford Road.
Councilmen voting in favor of
Inadequate, But True
Well, tomorrow is Valentine’s
Day. It has now been several
years since we publicly claimed
our Valentine. In the meantime
the ties which bind have tightened
just as the times in which we live.
It is difficult to express
adequately appreciation to an
admiration for one who can take a
difficult task and work on it as if
there were no rough spots.
Fortunately for us, our
Valentine can. While we have
grown older and busier, she has
managed to become a more
steadying force, more
understanding and with more
strength.
It just seems that as things get
tougher our Valentine almost
painlessly adjusts to the situation.
Sterotyped cards can’t
express our feelings.
Neither does this article on this
our favorite commercial
observance. But if no one else
recognizes it, Emily will know that
it comes from the heart.
Touch Os Homeland
Those who look upon the DAR as
a group of little old ladies with
their heads buried in the past
haven’t met Carolista Fletcher
Baum of Nags Head and Chapel
Hill. .
In addition to being a wife,
mother of three and career
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Tank Sites
Determined
By C. W. OVERMAN
The Chowan County Water
System is progressing. Dallas
Jethro, Jr. reports that all of the
well and tank sites have been
located and surveyed. Test wells
will determine the quanity of
water at the sites.
All water signers in the six areas
of the county are spotted on maps
and lists prepared for the
engineers, except subdivisions.
The Cape Colony and Country Club
area map spotting and lists are
well alpng. I have just secured a
map of the Arrowhead area so
those signers can be spotted^
At present there are 1296 users
signedin the county. We need many
more and many more need good
water. We get a few each week. It
appears that many people are
displaying an attitude of “wait and
see”. Delay in joining in for a good
water system over the county
limits the lines and distance the
engineers can plan for the system.
People who are interested
should sign up promptly. I am
located in 217, second floor, of the
county office building. Out in the
county the following helpers Bate
application forms: Gliden area -
Harry Lee Winslow and Tommy
Berryman, Jr.; Ryland area - H.
Ivey Ward and Wayne Goodwin;
Rocky Hock area - Henry Bunch
and Alvin Evans; Center Hill and
Grass Roads area - Emmett Jones
and Fleetwood Harrell; Advance
Area - Jackie Caststtoe, Carlton
Perry, W. ft Roberts mdUmna*
P. Griffin; Valhalla apt Green
Hall arse • Jamas A. Roberta; US
Griffin;
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the rezoning were Leo Katkaveck,
James C. Dail, J. H. Conger, Jr.,
and Harry Spruill; Voting against
were Herbert Hollowell, James
Darnell, Errol Flynn, and Jesse L.
Harrell.
The action followed about one
and a half hours of discussion by
those present. There was a full
house.
Debate was opened by Bill
Wilson, representing a developing
firm, Quadrant, who is subsidary
of Weyerhaeuser. He stated that it
was the intent of the firm to
develop a commercial center, not
to buy the land for re-sale in order
to turn a profit. He added,
Volume XU.—No. 7.
Sandra Boyce Named Speech Teacher Os Year
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SPEECH TEACHER OF THE YEAR—Sandra Boyce, Speech
and Drama Instructor at Holmes High School was named North
Carolina Speech Teacher of the Year by the N. C. Speech and
Drama Association board of directors. Mrs. Boyce will be placed
in nomination.for Southern SpeeckTeacher o£ the Year in April.
BPW Banquet Event Slated
The Edenton Business and
Professional Woman’s Club will
• Judge Herbert J. Small
Town Unaffected
By Rate Roll-back
The ruling by the State Utilities
Commission calling for a 25 per
cent roll-back in fuel charges on
electric bills will affect neither
North Carolina’s municipal
electric systems-such as the
Town of Edneton-nor the state’s
electric membership
corporations.
Two EMC’s function in Chowan
County. They are Albemarle,
headquartered in Hertford, and
Roanoke, with principal offices in
Rich Square.
The order does not apply to Tar
Heel consumers on municipal or
cooperative systems because their
rates are governed by the Federal
Power Commission, according to
W. B. Gardner, Edenton town
administrator. He said news
coverage of the commission’s
ruling had failed to report this fact
clearly and, as a result, many of
tbesa consumers are expecting to
hoaefit from the rate reduction.
As in the case of Edenton, the
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however, that after the g » vas
completed property ma ££ld to
an investor or investor 'H w Jwas
the general pra f§ ; of
Weyerhaeuser to de 1 ~g> such
properties and then m _ M them
after they had been developed to
their best use. Concerning the
importance of the land toward
future residential use, he
remarked that the balance of 60
acres should be sufficient to
handle Edenton’s needs for ten
years if developed properly.
Said Wilson, “it is my
impression that the opposition to
zoning is not broad and general,
but rather,it comes from those with
hold its annual “Bosses Night-
Woman of the Year” banquet at
Edenton Restaurant on February
20. Honorable Herbert J. Small,
resident Superior Court Judge of
the First Judicial District will be
guest speaker for the ocassion.
Judge Small is a redi resident of
Elizabeth City and a well known
jurist throughout the state. He
served as District Attorney, here,
for eight years prior to his election
as Superior Court Judge in 1974.
Small is a graduate of the
University of North Carolina Law
School and has served the judicial
system in numerous official
positions as well as being active in
the civic affairs of Pasquotank
County and eastern North
Carolina.
The Edenton BPW “Bossess
Night-Woman of the Year”
banquet is the highlight of the
social activities of the club each
year, at which event some
outstanding woman of the
community is recognized for her
dedication to the professions,
community service, church, and
home.
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special interests whose motives I
do not question.
“It is not our intention to destroy
Edenton. We hope to be good
citizens of this community.”
Wilson said that several firms
had committed themselves to
locate in the shopping center if the
rezoning succeeded.
Also speaking in behalf of the
issue, Bernard P. Burroughs
stated, “According to a study
accepted 18 months ago, shopping
centers should be located near the
intersection of major
thoroughfares and concentrations
of population.”
Drawings of the proposed center
Edenton, North Carolina. Thursdav. Fcbruarv 13, 1975.
Chowan County has had many 0
firsts in its colorful history, but
Mrs. Sandra Boyce’s selection as
the North Carolina Speech
Teacher of The Year is an
educational first. It is the first
time in nine years that anyone
East of Raleigh has received such
an honor. “Generally the winner
each year is debate oriented. This
is the first time I know of that a
teacher connected with general
speech and drama has been
selected,” stated Mrs. Boyce.
Mrs. Boyce, the Speech and
Drama Instructor at John A.
Holmes High School, received this
honor recently from the North
Carolina Speech and Drama
Association, whose judging Board
of Directors is composed of
representatives from major
colleges and universities in North
Carolina. Mrs. Boyce’s honored
nomination came from Dr.
Howard Dorgan of Appalachian
State University and was
seconded by U.N.C.-Chapel Hill.
As North Carolina Speech
Teacher of the Year, Mrs. Boyce
will be nominated for Southern
Speech Teacher of the Year at the
Southern Speech and Drama
Association’s April meeting in
Tallahassee, Florida.
Democrats
Plan Drive
The Chowan Democratic
Executive Committee is
conducting a fund-raising drive
during the month of February. All
money raised will be used in
Chowan County for various party
functions and to pay the county’s
quota to the North Carolina
Democratic Executive
Committee. j
The Jefferson-Jackson Dinner is
to be held in Raleigh on March 1.
Tickets are SSO per person and it is
a fund raising function for the
state committee.
Anyone wishing to make a
contribution to the Chowan County
Democratic Executive Committee
can mail their check to Wallace
Evans, treasurer, c-o Parker-
Evans Hardware, Edenton, N. C.
All contributions up to SIOO are
tax deductible.
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PROJECT BEGINS—The initial legwork of the Downtown Beautification Project has begun with
preparing Broad Street for underground electrical conduits. Work began last week on the south end
of the street The pole in the middle of the sidewalk, shown in the right photo, is one of several poles
which will provide street lighting while the existing arm-like street lights are removed.
were presented to the town
council.
Arguments in opposition hinged
on the use of the land for medical
arts, with the increased
importance of Edenton as a
regional center of activity. It was
cited that a shopping center on the
“front door-step” would not be
esthetically pleasing and would
detract from Edenton as an
historic place. It was also argued
that the close proximity of a noisy
commercial trade area to the
hospital would not be desirable,
whUe it ma’y also impede the flow
of emergency vehicle traffic.
The main point contested was
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CHOWAN HOMECOMING QUEEN-Chowan High School
senior Jill Hendrix, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hendrix of
Tyner was selected Homecoming Queen for 1975, last Friday
night. Among a long list of school achievements and honors, Jill is
listed in Who’s Who Among American High School Students, is a
bus driver, chief cheerleader, art editor of the Chowanian school
newspaper, member of FFA, FTA, and the monogram club. She
plans to attend East Carolina University where she will major in
art.
Student’s Play To Be Produced
Mitzi Jordan, a senior at John A.
Holmes High School and member
of the Holmes Drama Club
recently learned that her play “A
Family Affair”, was selected by
the Carolina Dramatic
Association as being worthy of
production and performance. Miss
Jordan’s play was one of only four
plays selected from across the
State to receive such an honor.
Each year the Carolina
Dramatic Association, of which
Holmes Drama Club is a member,
invites students on the high school
and college level to enter their
original plays for a panel of judges
to consider for production.
Miss Jordan’s play, “A Family
Affair”, will be performed by the'
Holmes Drama Club at the
Regional Drama Festival
competition in March. Should the
entry win at the Regional level,
the play will then be entered into
State competition.
the overall effect on the downtown
area.
“If these concerns want to
locate in Edenton,” said John A.
Mitchener, Jr., “then invite them
downtown. There is room. There is
property that can be bought. Once
the downtown has to
deteriorate you can kiss it good
bye. It will erode the taxable base
for this town.”
Warren Twiddy, of Twiddy
Insurance and Real Estate, also
presented detailed drawings of his
proposed shopping center, citing
that they were now three years in
preparation for a mini-mall. His
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