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DISCUSS GENERAL ASSEMBLY- State Sen. J. J. (Monk)
Harrington of Lewiston, right, is shown following a speech at
Edenton Rotary Club last week with Dick Dixon, left, president;
and Dr. Lucas, program chairman. Sen. Harrington discussed.
*• in detail establishment of a Public Utility Review Board.
* Board To Review Utilities
A Review Board established by
the 1975 General Assembly hopes \
within the next few months to
“find out where there is some fat
in utility companies”, according
to State Sen. J. J. (Monk)
Harrington of Lewiston.
Sen. Harrington said he and
Squad Finds
Missing Men
By: FLYNN SURRATT
Thundershowers and rough seas
coupled with the failure of two
: p Aulander men to return from their
fishing trip prompted immediate
1 action from the Edenton-Chowan
Rescue Squad, Sheriff’s
Department, and Wildlife
personnel last Thursday night.
At 10:30 P. M. the Rescue Squad
was notified that concerned
friends had found their truck and
trailer still parked at the boat
ramp at the Chowan River Bridge.
Raymond Burden, 74, and
Edward Bazemore, 68, had left
from the ramp that morning-ancL
failed to return.
A visual search with binoculars
from the bridge revealed nothing,
but at midnight Donald Bunch and
Elbridge Smith of the squad were
more fortunate. They sstlighted
the small craft in a wooded area at
the tip of John’s Island. Both men
were safe.
Their boat had lost power that
afternoon, and doubtless.it would
£ have been a nasty night to spend
on the sound.
Two hours later, Smith and
Bunch arrived back at the Wildlife
landing with the crippled craft in
tow.
Sitting there in “water moccasin
heaven” as Murray Ashley, civil
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Mitchell Appointed
Dr. H. L. Mitchell of
Gatesville is among members
named to the Governor’s
Coordinating Council on Aging by
Gov. Jim Holshouser.
Dr. Mitchell, a well known
minister in Northeastern North
Carolina, was named to a term
expiring June 30, 1978.
jtkTbe new appointee serves as
£ transportation coordinator of the
Albemarle Regional Planning and
Development Commission’s Aging
Unit. He formerly directed the
New Careers program in the
region for Economic
Improvement Council, Inc.
He serves on the trustee board of
the Shaw University Divinity
School, board chairman of the N.
C. Senior Citizens’ Federation,
trustee of the N. C. Christian
Action League, and is a member of
the general board of the N. C.
General Baptist State Convention.
Rides Aid Scouts
Edenton Rotary Club this week
is sponsoring rides for all ages at
the Holmes parking lot on North
Broad Street.
There are the kiddie ferns
/teel* kiddie rockets, and kiddie
thejmall tots.
space walk for all ages.
Proceeds will go to support the
Bay Scout Program,
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Rep. Jay Huskins of Iredell
successfully sponsored legislation
to set up the Public Utility Review
Board, composed of six members
of the General Assembly. Working
with a budget of $25,000, Sen.
Harrington said: “They (the
utility companies) are going to
know in the 1 next six to eight
months that the Review Board is
going to do some good.”
Speaking last Thursday at the
luncheon meeting of Edenton
Rotary Club, Sen. Harrington said
he had just been named by Lt.
Gov. Jim Hunt to be one of three
State Senators on the board.
Sen. Harrington declared that
public utilities are the most
important thing facing the people
of North Carolina today. “And up
until this year I have never seen
them get anything less than what
they wanted,” he added.
He went on to say that the
energy crisis has placed many
businesses where public utilities
are now “and they are about to
price themselves out of the
league.”
Sen. Harrington said the
General AssemWyTraßguai v ariteed
the public utility companies a
profit. “I don’t agree with this,”
he noted.
He concluded that there are a lot
of people who cannot manage
when times are hard. “But the
public utility officials had better
learn,” he said.
Dr. Clement Lucus introduced
the speaker. Dick Dixon,
president, presided and presented
James Blount with a past
president’s plaque.
ARPDC Receives Funding
WlNTON—Albemarle Regional
Planning & Development
Commission has funding in the
amount of $1,506,112 for the next
fiscal year, according to a report
given the Executive Committee at
a meeting here Wednesday of last
week.
Wesley B. Cullipher, executive
director, noted that all existing
programs have been funded with
the exception of Emergency . j
Medical Services.. The federal
EMS grant was denied and two
staff people had their jobs
terminated on July 1.
The N. C. Regional Medical
Program has agreed to contiunue
to support the office operation of
the Human Resources Division
until September 30 along with the
Speech and Hearing Project.
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FACILITIES AT CROWAN-Hw Edenton-Chowan Recreation
Department is now operating a youth center at Chowan High
one at National Guard Armory in Edenton.
Good Water Coming
Chowan County is going into the
water business. And while it has
in a long time coming the
* gmty-wide water system is
D - oibably one of the greatest
J»mplishments ever achieved in
.5 w j history of this county.
•g HVith the signing of the “notice to
£ contractors of the $3.9-
! ollion project have 365 days to
c Snplete tjieir work. It has been
k S imated that the job could be
done adequately in half that time
which would put good water to
rural residences before spring.
Many people have worked long
and hard to make this project a
reality. It is now up to the citizens
to accept what is being offered
them while the price is right.
For example, a prospective user
can now sign-up by paying a $lO
deposite on a water meter. An
additional sls will be collected
later. If, however, a resident waits
until the water line passes his
house before expressing his desire
for water, then it will cost an
additonal $75 for labor to tap into
the line.
Also, individuals, businesses
and communities who desire a fire
hydrant at a specific location must
let their wishes be known within
the next 10 days. The special
hydrant will cost approximately
$550. To many this is a small cost
when a reduction in fire insurance
rates is considered.
As we said, the water system is
being made available to the people
of the county but if they do not
avail themselves of this
opportunity to improve their
standard of living then they will
have no one to blame but
themselves.
Now is the time to act. To wait a
few months and them react to
what has happened might prove
unnecessarily costly.
Noted And Passed
A new law enacted by the 1975
General Assembly required
motorists driving in the left or
inside lane of a dual lane highway
to'drive arthe-posted speed limitr ‘'
This might be a good law but it
won’t apply to but very few along
the Public Parade or Eastern Tar
Heelia.
The fact that it won’t apply is not
that the law isn’t enforced state
wide blit that there aren’t many
dual lane highways in these parts.
But for those who have the
occasion to journey out of the
wilderness, here’s what Col. E. W.
Jones, State Highway Patrol
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Continued funding will be
determined in September,
according to a letter from Ben
Weaver, RMP executive director.
RMP will continue to fund the
Hypertension Control Program
but there is some disagreement
about the salary budget for Dr. Ed
North of Nags Head who is
medical director.
Funding for the various
programs is as follows:
Aging, $65,467 ; 701 Planning,
$22,000; EDA, $75,500;
Manpower ,$932,659;
Hypertension, $63,800; Speech and
Hearing, $45,000; Health
Planning, $13,982.50; EMS, $6,000;
Family Planning, $234,785; and
Nutrition, $37,319.
T. R. Spruill, chairman,
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
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Volume XLI—No. 25. Edenton, North Carolina. Thursday, fcaeftifr, 1975. > Single Copies 10 Cents.
Water System
Plans Proceed
Contractors have been given a “notice to proceed” with the Chowan
County water system. The effective date was Wednesday.
Contractors have 365 days to complete their work but are expected to
finish in a much shorter period of time. Weather conditions will have a
great deal to do with the completion date, a spokesman said.
Chowan County Planning Board has again called on residents in the
county who want to hook onto the system to sign up within the next two
weeks in order to avoid extra costs.
Those who sign up now pay $lO deposit and the remaining sls is paid
later. The contractor has said if a tap is made after the line passes a
residence there will be a $75 charge for the labor involved.
Also, individual property owners, businesses or communities who
desire a fire hydrant at a specific location must express their wishes to
the county within the next 10 days, a spokesman said. The cost will be
approximately $550.
Anyone who desires a hydrant or wishes to sign-up for the water
system should contact either Dallas Jethro, county coordinator, or C. W.
Overman as quickly as possible.
Commission
Asks Hearing
Ten members of the Albemarle
Regional Planning and
Development Commission Board
of Directors have petitioned for a
meeting to be held at 8 P. M.
Monday in the Municipal Building
in Edenton.
The meeting was called in
accordance with the by-laws of the
commission.
A spokesman for those board
members calling the meeting said
the purpose is “to discuss
problems and loss of fine
employees of Region “R” and that
“it is that a meeting of this nature
will serve to better inform the
people in the region.”
Grid Schedule
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Coach Jimmy Addison has
released the 1975 Edenton Aces
grid schedule which has the team
traveling to Elizabeth City in
September 5 .for the season
opener.
The Aces travel to Perquimans
on September 12 and host Gates
County on September 19.
The team opens conference play
on September 26 at Plymouth and
move to Tarboro on October 3.
The first home conference game is
October 10 with Roanoke Rapids.
On October 17 the Aces go to
Washington and return home
October 24 for a game with
Williamston. Camden comes to
Hicks Field on October 31 and the
Aces close out the season on
November 7 at Ahoskie.
UPDW Files
Damage Suit
United Piece Dye Works has
filed suit in Chowan County
Superior Court to recover from
Ron Hines, owner of Farmers’ Air
Service, $14,713.51 in damages the
plane suffered June 14 when a
plane hit a power line and
crashed in the Rocky Hock section
of the county.
The suit alleges that the plant
was without electricity from 2:30
P. M. until 10:30 P. M. and
considerable damage resulted
because of the process in progress
at the time of the incident.
It is also alleged that the
defendants were negilgent in that
the plane was flying too close to
the power line Which was struck.
tennis courts and basketball goals. At right two young people
square off at ping pong in the gymnasium. There are numerous
other activities available.
Food Sales
Volume High
Special to the Herald
NEW YORK-How did the
average Chowan County family
spend its money in the past year?
How much of it went to local retail
stores?
According to figures just
released, following a nationwide
survey, consumer spending for
goods and services continued at a
relatively high level in the area,
despite the depressed state of the
economy.
The findings are contained in a
market study made by the
Standard Rate and Data Service.
It details just how the average
family in each section of the
country spent its retail dollar and
how much of it was allotted for
food, clothing, household
equipment, cars and other
products.
In Chowan County, it is shown,
the largest outlay was for food.
The sales .volume in local
supermarkets and other food
outlets totaled $7,095,000, as
against the prior year’s $6,595,000.
This was solely for take-home
food. It does not include the
amount that went to restaurants
and to other dining and drinking
places.
In effect, approximately 27
cents out of every dollar spent in
local retail stores was for food for
home consumption. The
proportion was greater than in
many communities.
Throughout the United States as
a whole, 22 cents was so-spent
in the State of North Carolina, 23
cents.
The report shows that the
expenditure for food purchased in
Chowan County for home use
would average out to $2,150 per
household if distributed equally
among the local population.
The figures indicate that
business was comparatively good,
under the circumstances, for most
other retail outlets in the area.
Automobile sales were an
exception.
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Recreation Facility Now Open
Effective June 16 recreation
facilities opened at Chowan Youth
Center located at Chowan High
School, reported Gigi Leary,
Biggs Jailed
Without Bond
For Charges
James Junior Biggs, 29-year-old
Negro, Route 1, Edenton, is in
Chowan County Jail without
privilege of bond on two felony
charges - murder and first degree
burglary.
Judge Grafton G. Beaman
Tuesday denied a request by W. T.
Culpepper, 111, Biggs’ court
appointed attorney, that a bond be
set in the cases.
Biggs was arrested early
Saturday morning soon after the
death of Doris Jean Ferbee,
Paradise Road, was reported. The
victim was 35.
Sheriff Troy Toppin said the
victim died as the result of several
stab wounds. The sheriff said he
was guarding his remarks about
the case because of the
seriousness of the charges.
It was learned the five children
were in the Ferbee home at the
time of the alleged assault. Judge
Beaman later read the warrant in
open court in which Biggs is
charged with first degree burglary
of the residence occupied by the
victim and her children.
The victim had had Biggs
arrested earlier on a charge of
assault on a female.
The report of the alleged assault
was telephoned to Edenton Police
Department at 1:24 A. M.
Saturday. Sheriff Troy Toppin,
Deputy Glenn Perry and SBI
Agent Bill Godley were called in to
investigate since the scene is
outside the town limits.
Sgt. G. W. Mizelle of the Police
Department is listed as a witness
in the cases.
Culpepper requested a
preliminary hearing in the case
and asked that it be set at a time
when a court reporter would be
available to make a transcript of
the testimony. The hearing date
was set for August 5 in Chowan
County District Court.
Classes Full
The Edenton - Chowan Board of
Education announces the closing
of registration for kindergarten
classes in its schools for the school
year 1975-76. The staff is confident
that most five-year-olds in the
county have been registered and
next week will begin forming the
classes neded.
Any parent who has a five-year
old who has not been registered for
kindergarten must do so by
contacting the Edenton-Chowan
Board of Education office no later
than Tuesday. According to Don
Lassiter, director of instruction,
no kindergarten student identified
after this date can be considered
in the planning of 1975-76
kindergarten classes.
Only five-year-olds of new
residents will be admitted to the
program after school opens on
August 28.
director of the Edenton-Chowan
Recreation Department.
Ferrell Pavlick, assistant
director, is in charge of the
program and reports that so far
the response has been very good.
Activities in the gym include
basketball, ping pong,
shuffleboard, and other table
games. Outside, there are
additional basketball courts,
volleyball, and the newly
completed tennis courts. PavlicL
is also offering tennis instruction
on Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday. Details are available
through the recreation
department.
The program at Chowan is the
result of the response’ by county
residents to the nedaeation. facility
in the Edenton National Guard
Armory. Participation by
residents outside of Edenton was
great enough to justify
a pmgram mainly far
people located outside of toe
immrrtjufa Edenton area, it was ■
stated