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MEETS PRESIDENT— State Jaycee President Joe HoUoweU
of Edenton is shown being greeted by President Gerald R. Ford
during a U. S. Jaycees governmental seminar held last week in
Washington, D. C.
Hollo well Meets President
State Jaycee President Joe
Hollowell was in Washington, D.
C., last week for a Jaycee
Governmental Affairs Leadership
Seminar and met with President
Gerald R. Ford.
At a national press conference to
welcome the Jaycees, President
Two Favorites
Two of our favorite and most
respected groups of people along
the Public Parade will be in the
spotlight during October. We refer
to Edenton and Crossroads fire
departments and law enforcement
agencies.
Fire Prevention Week is Oc
tober 3-9. Then on October 14
Edward G. Bond Post No.
American Legion will hold its
sixth annual appreciation banquet
for law enforcement officers in
Chowan County.
Chief Luther C. Parks and the
Edenton Fire Department will
host the Albemarle Firemen’s
Association parade Saturday.
Floats, fire equipment and fire
trucks will make up the 25-unit
parade which will move
the downtown area beginning at
1:30 P. M.
“Learn Not to Burn’ ’ is the theme
for this year’s observance. Roots
of this international observance
are in the so-called Great Chicago
Fire of October 9, 1871-a con
flagration which killed 250 persons
and destroyed 17,430 buildings at a
cost of $l6B-million.
Fire prevention is someting
which sould be practiced
every day of the year but each
October special attention is fo
cused on the subject.
The legion’s banquet to
recognize the outstanding job done
by law enforcement officers here
has become one of the area’s more
popular events. It shows the
respect a majority of our citizens
have for those charged with the
responsibility of protecting us
either from ourselves or others.
Along the Public Parade we are
most fortunate to have real
professionals in both of the above
groups. They are proud men who
discharge their duties in such a
manner as to bring credit to
themselves, their colleagues and
their profession.
Watch the parade Saturday
afternoon, then rush out and buy a
ticket to the banquet. The parade
will move rapidly, and so will the
tickets.
CRC Takes Advice
There were two important
meetings on the Outer Banks
earlier this week. On Monday the
Coastal Resources Advisory
Council met. The next day CRAC
held a joint quarterly meeting
with the Coastal Resources
Commission.
Since press coverage of either
meeting at this, point has beers
practically nil we want to inform
those who meander along the
Public Parade of some of what
went on.
We are on die 47-member CRAC
as a representative of Chowan
County. -
In its wisdom the General
Assembly wrote a local govern
ment oriented advisory group into
the Coastal Area Management Act
of 1974. And the 15-member CRC
has been generous in accepting the
recommendation of the larger,
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Ford announced that a major
upsurge in housing starts had
taken place during the month of
August, thereby providing further
proof that the economy is steadily
improving.
The meeting with Ford was the
highlight of the annual Jaycee
governmental seminar held by the
U. S. Jaycees, whose corporate
headquarters is in Tulsa, Okla.
The meeting’s purpose was to
educate the Jaycees national
leadership on key issues affecting
the United States governmental
process.
Other speakers to address the
Jaycees’ concerence, the 16th
annual of its kind, included
pollster Albert Sindlinger,
Secretary of Commerce, Elliot
Richardson, Georgia Rep. Andrew
Young and Republican Party
Chairperson Mary Louise Smith.
The theme of the Jaycee con
ference revolved around the
question, “Is Government Too
Big?”
Hollowell joined 70 other state
and national Jaycee leaders in the
nation’s capital for the three-day
event, which also featured
seminars on the organization’s
national governmental in
volvement programs, “Get In
volved With U. S.” and a national
“Get Out The Vote” drive for its
8,500 chapters and 350,000
members.
Hollowell resides in Edenton
with his wife Lynda, and three
children Joseph, Mark and Kerry
Lyn. He is currently serving as the
40th President of the North
Carolina Jaycees.
new"OWNERSHIP— Shown above are the""facilities of
Creywood Oil Co., formerly Coastland Oil Co., located on Coke
Avenue. Charles A. Creighton is president of the business which
also includes the fuel oil portion of Western Gas and Fuel Service.
The warehouse, bulk plant, and offices have been undergoing
remodeling and renovation during the first month of new
ownership. t
Oil Company Changes Hands
Charles A. Creighton has found
the transition from Caterpillar
equipment dealer to oil
businessman to be a relatively
Net Collections
The 1 par cent local option sales
tax collections in Chowan County
during August amounted to
$21,173.37, according to the State
Department of Revenue.
Sec. J. Howard Coble reports
that net collections in all North
Carolina counties where the tax is
levied was more than Hi-million
and in other Albemarle Area
wamHM onHectkttm were:
Camden, $6,506.97; Currituck,
$15,346.97; Dare, $106,856.90;
Oates, $6,596.71; Pasquotank,
$74,706.22; Perquimans, $9,443.98;
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Volume XLII.—No. 40. Edenton, %’? h Carolina, Thursday, September 30, 1976
Court Hears lDrug Cases
A Chowan County Superior
Court jury Tuesday convicted
Howard Lee Alexander of selling
and delivering marijuana. Judge
Herbert Small of Elizabeth City
sentenced the defendant to four
years in prison.
R. W. Leggett, special agent of
the State Bureau of Investigation,
testified before the 10 women and
two men sitting on the jury that he
purchased one ounce of the con
trolled substance from Alexander
for S2O while working undercover.
The evidence was turned over to
Agent W. E. Godley and for
warded to the state laboratory for
analysis.
Agent Leggett was also the
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TO PRACTICE LAW HERE—Superior Court Judge Herbert S.
Small is shown above congratulating John C. Morehead upon his
being sworn into the North Carolina and Chowan County Bar
associations. Morehead is a graudate of the Marshall-Wythe
School of Law of the College of William and Mary, and was an
undergraduate at UNC-CH. His office will be located in the Habit
Building at the corner of Broad and Queen streets. Morehead was
introduced by W. J. P. Earnhardt, Jr.
CRC Supports Land Planning
KILL DEVIL HILLS-The
Coastal Resources Advisory
Council reorganized here Monday,
adopted a strongly worded
resolution supporting continued
land-use planning and mutilated a
staff draft document which did not
project local tones.
Also, the council initiated a
easy one.
“Both businesses are very
customer oriented and service is
one of the most necessary
ingredients,” Creighton said.
He is now president of Creywood
Oil Company which consists of all
assets of Coastland Oil Co. and the
fuel oil portion of Western Gas and
Fuel Service. The warehouse, bulk
plant, sales and service offices are
located on Coke Avenue.
Creywood Oil Co. is the BP
distributor for all types of heating
oils, residential and commercial.
In addition, the complete line of
BP gasoline, lube oil, greases, and
other associated petroleum
products are distributed to retail,
agricultural, commercial and
industrial outlets in the Edenton-
Albemarle area.
“Although our . business is
growing, we plan to stay small
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state’s witness in another case
involving the selling and
delivering of marijuana by 17-
year-old Enoch Lorzan Jones.
He told the court that on
December 19, 1975, while in
Florence’s Grill on Albemarle
Street he approached Jones
concerning a purchase and sub
sequently paid sls for three
quantities of pot that totaled less
than one ounce. Later, in January,
Jones approached the officer
concerning another purchase, but
Leggett declined.
Jones was given a two-year
suspended sentence and ordered
to pay $250 fine and costs.
However, Judge Small gave the
move for the Coastal Resources
Commission to meet jointly with
them and coastal area members of
the N. C. General Assembly. It is
anticipated that this meeting will
be held in December, just prior to
the 1977 Session.
In a session Tuesday morning at
Holiday Inn, the commission
accepted the resolution and plans
wide distribution of the document.
Then the council’s recom
mendation to have a meeting with
legislators to give a progress
report on the Coastal Area
Management Act of 1974 was
adopted.
Later Tuesday a commission
committee, headed by Dr. Arthur
Cooper, approved numerous
changes presented by the council
to a staff drafted Model Im
plementation and Enforcement
Plan which local units of govern
ment must develop in order to
become permit letting agencies
under the legislation. The
modification is designed to “give
the model more of a local flavor
rather than something dictated
from Raleigh”, it was noted.
Thomas Gray of Buxton, a Dare
County commissioner, was
unanimously elected council
chairman at Monday morning’s
session which saw 15 new mem
bers sworn in to the 47-member
group. Thirty-two members were
present.
Col. Phil Leesburg of Topsail
Beach, who had been acting
chairman since Jerry Hardesty of
Currituck became a commission
member, was elected vice
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Grant Approved
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Rep.
Walter B. Jones has announced
the approval by the Community
Services Administration of a
$16,004 grant to Economic Im
provement Council, Inc., from the
Community Food and Nutrition
program.
The funds will provide for in
dividual community gardens for
low-income residents and to
mobilize community resources to
reduce malnutrition among target
population with emphasis on
elderly persons, pregnant women
and low-income residents not
participating in any federal
feeding programs.
defendant the option of spending
four weekends in jail, reducing
the fine to SSO. Jones accepted
the option.
Ray Grant King was found
guilty of growing marijuana and
was given four years, suspended,
S3OO fine and costs. King was
placed on probation for three
years.
Agent Godley testified that he
and Deputy Joseph Bryum ob
served King as he returned to
water several marijuana plants
growing on a canal bank in Cape
Colony.
Steven Ray Sharber was gound
guilty of possession of marijuana
and David Raymond Garrett was
found guilty of possession with
intent to sell and deliver. Both are
scheduled for sentencing today
(Thursday).
In yet another drug case,
William Holloman, charged with
possession and selling and
delivering marijuana, was con
tinued until the December session
of Superior Court.
Dist. Atty. Thomas S. Watts is
prosecuting the docket. Actions
taken in the other cases as of
Wednesday include:
Clifford Lee Eubanks, drunk
driving, six months, suspended,
SSOO fine and costs.
John Christopher Habit,
speeding, sl2 fine and costs.
Carroll Bond, assault with a
deadly weapon inflicting serious
bodily injury, pay restitition and
costs.
Rayford Wilson Perry, drunk
driving, 90 days, and driving with
permanently revoked license, two
years, suspended, SSOO fine and
costs.
Peanut Festival
Time Approaches
Although it is still 30 days away
the Peanut Festival is taking
shape and could turn into one of
this area’s most popular events.
This is the assessment of Robert
Harrell, president of the spon
soring Edenton-Cliowan Band
Parent Association after he
received the work of several
committees.
The one-day event, with a wide
variety of activities, is expected to
attract thousands of people to
Edenton on October 30.
Kicking off the activities will be
a parade through downtown
Edenton. It is being put together
by Edenton Jaycees, Gary An
derson chairman.
After that people can pick and
choose their favorite activity.
James Blount, special events
chairman, reports that Ferrell
Pavlich will be in charge of peanut
games; Mrs. Gladys White,
peanut cooking contest ; Mrs. Fran
Ward, peanuts arts and crafts.
An adult and youth peanut king
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FEBTIVAL COMMITTEE—Eight of the committee chairmen
who are putting together the Peanut Festival here on October 30
are pictured above. Seated are Robert Harrell, president of the
Edenton-Chowan Band Parent Association and horse show
chairman; Mrs. Mary Rhea Gardner, publicity; and Mrs. Pat
Storije, treasurer. Standing left to right are: A1 Everson, con
cessions; Gary Anderson, parade; Mrs. Janice Dunn, ticket
sales; James Blount, special events; and Dr. A. F. Downum, Jr.,
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Single Copies 15 Cents.
John Guard
Guard Cited
John Guard, principal at White
Oak School, has been selected as
the Outstanding Educator in
Educational District 14 by the N.
C. Congress of Parents and
Teachers. This singular honor is
being bestowed by the State PTA
this year for the first time.
In recognition, Guard will be
presented an award during the
banquet session of the annual PTA
Convention, October 1, in
Charlotte.
The White Oak School PTA
submitted their principal’s
nomination for this distinction,
which was open for teachers,
principals, superintendents, and
other professional educators. By
their nomination, the PTA
recognized Guard as a key person
in affecting the quality of
children’s education, in molding
the lines of children, and in
assuring the success of Parent-
Teacher endeavors.
To win the Outstanding
Educator honor. Guard’s
nomination was in competition
with nominees from 11 other
counties in District 14. There are
15 educational districts in North
Carolina, an award will be
presented to an Outstanding
Educator from each district.
Guard has been in the Edenton-
Chowan educational system ior
eight years. He was employed as
regional driver and safety
education coordinator from 1969-
1972. Since 1972, he has served as
principal at White Oak School As
a citizen of Chowan County, Guard
is active in community, school and
church affairs.
Those attending the annual PTA
Convention in Charlotte are Mrs.
Milton Tynch, White Oak PTA
president; Mrs. Melvin Howell,
program chairman, and Mrs
Guard.
Vikings Defeated
Halfbacks Gerald Morring and
Charles Watford provided the
legwork that brought the Edenton
Aces from behind to capture their
first 3-A conference contest
against the Plymouth Vikings last
Friday night, 13-6.
This week the Aces will host
another conference game against
Tarboro as they seek to remain
undefeated thus far in the season
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