vPCO
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Price Hike
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CjßiVMnyhes alerted the Town of
Kdtaitttitf an increase in the price
olf electricity for the next three
. “Far the next several months
tHe feel adjustment portion of your
tills for dec trie service will show
a significant increase,” H. G.
Little of Richmond, Va„ wrote
Mayor Boy L. Harrell.
Little Soted that the main reason
for increased fuel costs ex
perienced in October, November
apd December “is that nuclear
generation decreased in those
months, causing a corresponding
increase dn the use of higher cost
fossil fa4l generation.”
He noted that “One unit at the
nuclear-fueled Surry Power
Station had been removed from
service for a scheduled refueling.
The other unit was out of service
i for steam generator repairs. In
addition, several coal fired units
were out of service for scheduled
maintenance. Under these cir
cumstances, it was necessary to
increase the use of higher cost oil
firied generation and purchased
po(wer.”
In conclusion, Little stated:
“Because of the impact of the high
fuel costs already experienced as
considerable increase will be seen
in bills for December, January
and February.”
W. B. Gardner, town ad
ministrator, termed the situation
“unfortunate” but something the
town will have to accept. The fuel
adjustment portion of the
VEPCO bill to the town is passed
on to the local electric customers.
Mayor Roy Harrell has ex
pressed his “great concern” over
the VEPCO statement. In a letter
to State Sen. J. J. (Monk)
Harrington he said people in this
area “are already having a
terrible time making ends meet.”
Sen. Harrington is a member of
the Utilities Review Committee in
the General Assembly.
Survey Set
Hie Edenton-Chowan County
Rqpreation Commission is
sponsoring a survey to find out
county citizens’ opinion and
desires concerning recreation. A
scientifically selected 5 per cent
sample of county and town
residents will be contacted by
phone and interviewed briefly.
The objectives of the survey are
to determine what programs and
facilities county citizens are in
terested in and also to determine
how county and town citizens view
the current programs and
facilities.
Past surveys that have been
mailed to all county citizens have
had a low response, rate. To
overcome this problem, a small
cross section of the county is being
selected and will be telephoned to
try to get a high percentage of
responses. The survey has only 11
questions and will take only a few
minutes to complete.
Since the telephone survey will
contact and question adults, a
separate questionaire will be
given to school children at several
of the local schools to determine
the desires of junior high and high
school age students.
Citizens that are interest in
recreation will have ample op-
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No Cause Found In Manslaughter Case
No probable cause was found in
Chowan County District Court
Tuesday in the case where James
Wilson, Jr., was charged with
manslaughter. Judge John T.
Chaffin ruled in the case.
A defense motion was allowed to
dismiss charges of driving while
his license were revoked, reckless
driving and drunk driving. All of
the chargee were brought by State
Trooper M. J. McArthur following
a fatal automobile accident last
year.
Asst Dist. Atty. Chris Bean
prosecuted the lengthy docket
Bloodmobile Monday At Edenton Baptist Church Fellowship Hail ffi
12:00 Nooa Til 6: P. M. Quota 130 Pints m
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An Open LntUr
Dear Gov. Hunt:
(That salutation is a couple of
days premature but it just seemed
to fit.)
As you become Chief Executive
of the State of North Carolina we
want to give you the best wishes of
those who meander along the
Public Parade. You have an
awesome duty and one in which
you will need * v e cooperation and
prayers of & % Tar Heels if your
administrat to achieve any
reasonable i, 5 -* A’ of success.
If you, fron to time, turn
your ear to Uu % least we are
confident you w.% ize right off
that we are doing art. If you,
by the same token. \ a turn your
ear in this directio. ' r * c ' .1 enough
we are equally as confident the cry
from the wilderness will be
deafening.
You have been a “man with a
plan” all of your adult life. As you
pick up new challenges it is im
perative that you continue to be
your own man, not a pawn for any
section of our great state; nor for
the people who dwell therein.
In the past you have shown a
great interest in the Albemarle
Area. We ask that this interest be
magnified, not at the expense of
any other area but with a
dedication to treat the whole of
North Carolina.
We ask no special consideration,
only just consideration. We ask no
special favor, but we don’t want to
see other area’s favored. What we
ask is continued fair and equal
treatment from you, something
which we have taken a liking to.
The people hereabouts are
familiar with many of your top
level appointees. The ap
pointments, in general, are to be
lauded. There are strong in
dividuals, like the man who ap
pointed them. We would hope very
earnestly that you won’t allow any
one or group of thenri flex their
muscle to the point of tarnishing
your administration.
This has been Hunt Country
throughout your political career.
We ask now that we not be
required to hunt to long for an
equal voice with other, more
prosperous and populated sections
of the state.
Maybe what we have been
trying to say from the salutation
can be?t be expressed in this plea:
“Be a good Governor!”
“Bud”
Healthy Beginning
While we do not generally favor
expansion of the bureaucracy,
something has evolved along the
PubUc Parade which we not only
sanction but laud. It is the creation
of Chowan County Water
Department.
The first dollar-volume report
handed county commissioners
Monday indicates the new county
wide water system was bom in a
good state of financial health. This
was predicted from the outset, yet
some remained quite skeptical as
to the threat of it being a burden on
the county—financially.
Dallas Jethro, Jr., county
coordinator who has babied the
establishment and construction of
the system, reports that 1,767
water bills were sent out for last
month. The total billing was
$13,200.45 for water or $7.47
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where the following other action
■was taken:
Carl Purnell Hall, speeding and
improper loan, 10 days, suspended
upon payment of SSO fine and
costs. Notice of appeal was en
tered.
William Larry Swindell,
speeding, $lO fine and costs.
Ned Wilson Nixon, Jr., speeding,
$lO fine and costs.
Elijah Eugene Privott,
speeding, $25 fine and costs.
Prentis Valentine, first ap- -
pearance for larceny and assault
with a deadly weapon with intent
First County Water Bill Sent
The Chowan County Water Department now has 1,767 customers and
the list is growing daily. The first monthly billing by the department
totaled $13,200.45, or an average of $7.47 per customer.
The county has established a $7 minimum charge.
Dallas Jethro, Jr., county coordinator, told county commissioners
Monday that the first county-wide billing by the department was made
this week. Many of the bills contained the remaining sls of a $25 tap
charge for users who signed up prior to the deadline.
Jethro also reported that 2,070 potential users have signed up and
“people are still coming in every day.” The county is now searching for
an additional well site north of Edenton to insure an adequate supply of
water as well as for expansion. A treatment plant will also be built but no
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NEW YEAR BABY— Mrs. William S. Phelps is shown with her
son, William Martin, who was the first baby born in 1977 at
Chowan Hospital. He arrived at 10:14 A.M. on January 1.
New Year Baby Is Honored
Mr. and Mrs William S. Phelps
of Windsor are the proud parents
of a seven pound eight ounce baby
boy. Their firstborn after nine and
one-half years of marriage,
William Martin, arrived at 10:14
A M., January 1 in Chowan
Hospital, the first baby born there
in 1977.
Thomas M. Surratt, president,
congratulated the Bertie County
couple and reported that various
Edenton businesses in cooperation
with the hospital have joined in
Shillito To Speak
Leo Shillito of Hickory will be
keypote speaker at the
Distinguished Service Award
banquet being sponsored by
Edenton Jaycees on January 13.
The banquet begins at 7:30 P.M. at
the Jaycee Community Building
on Base Road.
This is the 23rd annual DSA
banquet, at which time past
recipients of the award are
honored hs well as the winner for
1976. W. T. Culpepper, 111, was
cited for outstanding service to the
community in 1975.
Alton Clark, club president will
preside and the award will be
presented by Mayor Roy L.
Harrell.
Woody Copeland will introduce
Shillito
to kill.
Larry Wayne Lyle, speeding, $25
fine and costs.
Vickie Marquinez, damage to
personal property and assault, 90
• days, suspended upon payment of
SIOO fine and costs and pay
damages. Notice of appeal en
tered.
Finley Donnell Norfleet, drunk
driving, 60 days, suspended upon
payment of SIOO fine and costs.
James McKennley Arnold,
Queen Howell Myers, Charles
FYedrick Bacon, Norman Leroy
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Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, January 6,1977
celebrating the baby’s arrival.
Mr. and Mrs Phelps will be
treated to a steak dinner by the
hospital, be given a $25 Savings
Bond from Holloweli-Blount
Rexall Drugs; a $25 gift certificate
from Mitchener s Pharmacy,
flowers from Pate s Florist; and a
gift from Ross Jewelers.
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DECORATIONS COME DOWN— Those attractive Christmas
decorations that gave downtown Edenton a “winter wonderland”
sort of quality have been taken down and put in storage for
another year. The Electric and Water Department unbolted the
ornaments Monday morning, removing the last signs of the
holiday season that just ended.
additional storage is planned at this time.
The well and treatment plant, along with additional lines on Paradise
Road and in other sections are being paid for from money saved during
the general construction of the system, Jethro has said. No additional
local money will be.involved.
The county’s newest department has four men in the field and a
secretary in the billing department.
Jethro reported that problems in the system east of Edenton has been
isolated arQund the tank at Cape Colony which was purchased by the
county. “We were pumping 300,000 gallons per day in the area but when
he cut off the tank we dropped to 120,000 gallons, so we think we know
there is a problem with a valve or something of that nature,” he said.
Property Question
Termed i Moot 9
A Broad Street resident who was
once satisfied with the option he
gave Chowan County lor the
purchase of his property is now
asking for reconsideration. But
commissioners Monday termed
the question “moot” at the present
time since the county has ap
parently been denied a federal
grant for construction of a
courthouse-jail complex.
Chairman C. A. Phillips told
Walter Bond the county has “no
basis for acquiring anything at
this time” and that he felt it was a
“moot question”.
However, Bond said while he
cooperated with the county’s
negotiator for options
Commissioner Alton G. Elmore—
and was satisfied with the price
Office Moves
The genera! office of Cape
Colony Haven, Inc., was moved
from The Chowan Herald Building
on South Broad Street Wednesday
morning to the nursing facility off
Paradise Road.
James E. Lewis, administrator
secretary, said construction of the
%-bed intermediate care facility
is rapidly nearing completion. An
open house is being planned prior
to the admission of patients in
order to give everyone in the area
an opportunity to inspect the at
tractive facility
Single Copies 15 Cents.
written into the option, after
seeing the prices offered other
property owners in the area he
wants the option to be recon
sidered.
Bond said he would protest, as a
private citizen, the county’s
purchase of the block between
Broad and Court streets and
Church and Queen streets.
Commissioners did not discuss
the purchase of property since
they have not been notified of
ficially of denial of their grant
application
Dr. C. Clement Lucas, Jr., was
appointed to the Health Services
Agency board to replace Thomas
M. Surratt. Surratt, president of
Chowan Hospital, Inc., recently
resigned to take a position in
Morehead City.
At the same time the board re
appointed Dr. David O. Wrighi to
the District' Health Department
board. He will serve another
three-year term.
Richard Baker, executive
director of Alliance F or Progress,
appeared to discuss programs of
the six-county consortium. Af
terwards, Dallas Jethro, Jr.,
county coordinator, was appointed
to the board.
Community development was
discussed when Thomas Paul
Griffin presented the county with
the Albemarle Area Development
Association’s first place trophy
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Grant Received
The Town of Ederton has
received a $32,500 grant for im
provements at Edernon Muni 'pal
Airport
W. B Gardner, town ad
ministrator, was notified of the
grant by Sec G Perry Greene, of
the State Dtp > tment of IVan
sportntion.
Sec. Greene S3id the grant is
from state airport aid funds It will
be used to pay for a new asphalt
surface on the main terminal
apron and correction of drainage
deficiencies.
Project Expands
The Albemarle Regional
Planning and Development
Commission has expanded its Title
Vll— Nutrition Project for the
Elderly to include two additional
counties beginning January 6.
The two new
counties are Chowan and Tyrrell.
Persons in these two counties
aged 60 years and over, wishing to
register for the meals program
should visit the following locations
beginning Thursday, between the
hours of 11:30 A. M. and 1 P. M.
Chowan—Providence Baptist
Church, 214 West Church Street.
Tyrrell—Salem Baptist Church
Annex, Scotsville Street,
Columbia.
The Nutrition Project which
operates in three other counties, is
designed to improve the health of
participants through a nutritious
hot foods service while providing
other beneficial supportive ser
vices.