Decision Not Easy
The Edenton Town Council will
, meet tonight (Thursday) in a
' delayed monthly session. One of
the important items on the agenda
is reconsideration of a petition for
rezoning a parcel of land some
10 acres at an apex of Highway
32 and the new U.S. 17 by-pass to
allow for a shopping center.
It will not be an easy decision for
our elected officials.
However, what they must keep
foremost in their minds is that
zoning is not a tool to be used to
restrict trade and-or growth.
Zoning should be considered as
land classification separate and
distinct from other areas because
of its particular use.
There is but one access to the by
pass, except from each end. It is
natural that the apexes of such an
interchange would eventually
become commercial. Unlike some
*■ towns, Edfenton is fortunate, in our
opinion, that the interchange is so
close to the municipal limits so
essential utilities can be provided.
If the councilmen vote for the
common good, rather than their
selfish interests, then the aids of
justice and their individual
commitment to the citizenry will
have been achieved. We can ex
pect no less, although the decision
may not be easy.
Th« Leader
The cost of health care is in
orbit, to say the least. Talk with
any three people and you will get
as many answers as to how best to
solve the problem.
President Carter wants to put a
ceiling on increases in hospital
costs. Nonsense!
A finalist in the Junior Miss
Contest, from North Carolina,
mind you, said Monday night she
thought some type of socialized
medicine would work best.
Nonsense!
Getting the culprits out of the
health care institutions as well as
the physician’s offices might be
the only solution. But that won’t be
easy!
Ariffitkmal regulations, which
the first two opinions would foster,
certainly isn’t the answer. Also,
further computerization of this
and that also is adding to the
disease rather than the cure.
But what is happening in North
Carolina? It is addressed in a
recent annual report distributed
by Blue Cross-Blue Shield.
Benefit payments exceeded half
a billion dollars in 1976.
The organization—the state’s
I largest voluntary health {dan
saw enrollment growth at the rate
of 35 per cent of the Tar Heel
population.
The average in-patient hospital
claim was $720, a rise of about 13
per cent over 1975.
The alternatives to
hospitalization, such as out
patient surgery, home care by
visiting nurses, self-care units in
hospital, etc., are being stressed
and well received. While there are
those who would twist the
statistics to suit themselves,
extended care facilities are not the
monsters they are painted to be in
medicaid. They provide a certain
amount of cost containment which
must become the creed of health
care facilities and those who
& deliver services.
A cost containment program
includes bread coverage to en
courage use of alternative
methods of health care delivery
that provide high quality care at
less cost. A public "education
program encourages the public to
do their share in curbing the rise
in costs by taking better care of
themselves and by cooperating
with better cost containment ef
forts.
This prompted Thomas A. Rose,
plan president, to say: “We cannot
reasonably expect costs to
diminish; but we do think that
with the full cooperation 1 of all
segments of the health care field,
and the general ptMic, the rate of
increase in health care costs can
be moderated.”
far It wifi, however, take more than
efforts by the leader-Blue Cross-
Blue Shield - in the health plan
field. It WUI take you and me, who
Won’t sacrifice quality but will
, , insist that no stone remains un
turned In this important flftf
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CONSERVATIVE HUDDLE—U.S. Sen. Harry F. Byrd, Jr., of
Virginia, second from right, huddled with other conservatives of
the N.C. Congressional Club at a rally in Elizabeth City last
Friday night. U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms of Raleigh, right, was the
center of attraction. Among the promoters were Dewey Wells of
Elizabeth City, left, and T.B.H. Wood of Edenton.
Helms: Stop Socialist March
ELIZABETH CITY - U.S. Sen.
Jesse Helms told an enthuastic
audience of more than 500 here
Friday night the America must
halt the march towards the
socialist state and get its priorities
straight.
A cheering audience frequently
interrupted the popular
spokesman for conservatism in
the .U.S. Senate as he made his
remarks in introducing U.S. Sen.
Harry F. Byrd, Jr., I-Va.
“We must not follow Great
Britain into chaos,” Sen. Helms
declared.
Saying socialism denies every
Weather Stalls
Algae Bloom
Recent rain, wind and cool
weather have aided in limiting an
algae bloom in the Chowan River.
'This bloom, reported last week,
was credited to natural causes.
Unlike previous problems with
algae in the river, CF Industries at
Tunis is not befaig blamed.
Grover Cook, supervisor of water
quality monitoring with the N.C.
J>eptfrtfti*nt of Natural &
latest bloom was caused by high
concentrates of nutrients in the
water. He said the bloom
developed because of the lack of
rain in the area.
“Light to moderate” blooms
were noted between the Nottoway-
Blackwater River headwaters in
Virginia to Colerain in Bertie
County.
Cook said the water levels on the
Chowan were anywhere'from six
inches to one foot below normal at
the time.
“This deficiency of rain in the
Chowan basin has caused very
high concentrations of nutrients in
Hhe water and this has precipitated
the growth of green plant algae in
the river,” Cook was quoted as
saying.*
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LEARNING BY DOING Employees of Fiberform last week
concluded a Fire Prevention course by actually extinguishing a
blaze under the supervision of Chief Luther Parks of Edenton
Fire Department. At top right, Chief Parks lectures to some of
the 30 members of the class prior to putting a match to fiberglass
and a highly explosive chemical. At bottom right he demon
strates the proper use of a hose. Above, the chief stands back and
waldhes as the “students” move in to douse the blaze, an exercipe
which was repeated several times.
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spiritual truth so essential to
man’s, hope for freedom, the
speaker added: “It is the spirit of
people that makes them free.”
Also, he said it is time to
examine the realities of what is
happening to America. “We’re at
the crossroads—perhaps the final
crossroads,” he said, although he
didn’t “mean to be preachy.”
Sen. Helms called Sen. Byrd a
“model of what a United States
Senator should be. “He is im
peccably honest. He is unfailingly
a gentleman. He is completely
fearless, He is a gallant symbol of
a strong, free America...”
Sen. Byrd paid tribute not only
to Sen. Helms but to Sen. Robert
Morgan, a Democrat, saying they
had the rare combination of
“ability common sense and
courage.” He especially noted
their contribution on the Senate
Armed Services Committee.
The speaker called on federal
government “to put its financial
house in order,” calling it the
greatest need in America.
Rev. Ray Storie of St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church in Edenton gave
the invocation with Thomas F.
Ellis, chairman of Helms for
Senate Committee, preaiding.
The dinner was sponsored by the
N.C. Congressional Club and
promoted in the area by T.B.H.
Wood of Edenton and Dewey Wells
of Elizabeth City.
EIC Grant
Rep. Walter B. Jones of the First
Congressional District this week
announced approval by the
Community Services Ad
ministration of a grant in the
amount of $116,668 to Economic
Improvement Council, Inc.,
headquartered in Edenton.
This is an administration
general community programming
grant to provide assistance to low
income citizens of all ages through
projects such as housing, tran
sportation, job development,
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Publice Parade
Volume XOn.— No. J 9.
12 Attend CRC Hearing
Chowan County’s public
hearing, one of 20 in the coastal
area, on proposed Areas of En
vironmental Concern was held
Tuesday night by the Coastal
Resources Commission. The
hearings are mandated under the
Coastal Area Management Act of
1974.
Twelve people, including two
county commissioners, attended
the hearing in the Fourth Floor
conference room of the County
Office Building.
T. Erie Haste, Jr., of Hertford, a
Norfolk Men
Make First
Appearance
Two Norfolk, Va., men made a
first appearance in Chowan
County District Court Tuesday
morning on charges of breaking
and entering and larceny growing
out of an investigation by the
sheriff’s department.
Stephen Bruce Goldsberry, 19,
and Spencer Ray Autry, 20, face
multiple felony counts after local
law enforcement investigated a
series of break-ins in the northern
section of the county.
Judge Grafton G. Beaman
presided and Asst. Dist. Atty.
Richard Parker prosecuted the
docket with the following action
taken:
Joseph Warren Nowell, Jr.,
traffic violation, costs; failure to
report an accident, dismissed.
Delantry Terrial Trafton, traffic
violation, not guilty.
Carl Jean Rea, Sr., drunk
driving, third offense, and tran
sporting alcoholic beverage, 12
months. Notice of appeal entered.
Clyde William Speer, Jr.,
speeding, warrant srder,ed.
Johnny Wynn, no operator’s
license, dismissed.
Joseph Packard Noonan, Jr.,
traffic violation, costs. Notice of
appeal entered.
Carolyn Belch Mizelle, drunk
driving, 60 days, suspended upon
payment of SIOO fine and costs.
of appeal entered;
speeding, dismissed.
Tony Raymond Hare and
Brenda Lee Sessoms, traffic
violations, warrants ordered.
John Lee Parks, drunk driving,
60 days, suspended upon payment
of SIOO fine and costs.
Patricia Kay Gill, traffic
violation, costs. Notice of appeal.
James Edward Riddick, traffic
violation, $5 fine and costs. Notice
of appeal entered.
Darrell Lanston Hopkins, Jr.,
traffic violation, costs.
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commission member, was joined
by Frank Furlough of Columbia at
the hearing. County Com
missioners Alton G. Elmore and
J.D. Peele also attended.
Five staff members of CRC and
the N.C. Department of Natural &
Economic Resources; a local
planner; W.B. Gardner and L.F.
Amburn, Jr., Coastal Resources
Advisory Committee members,
rounded out the audience.
Haste, with the use of slides,
described the definitions of AEC’s,
practically none of which would
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YOU WANT MORE FOOD! “Mr. Bumble”, played by Dave
Holton, is shocked and astonished when “Oliver”, Eric Strother,
asks for a second helping. Accusing fingers point at the young lad
as he is told of his punishment.
Musical ‘Oliver’ Opens Here
Charles Dicken’s famous novel
“Oliver Twist” is the basis of the
most ambitious undertaking of the
Edenton Little Theater and John
V Holmes High School Cultural
Arts Department to date.
Tonight (Thursday) the curtain
will iise for the opening per
formance of “Oliver” adapted and
written by Lionel Bart, one of
England’s most highly regarded
authors and composers. Curtain
time will be 8 P.M. at the Holmes
High auditorium, with per
formances through Saturday
night.
This musical comedy about a
young orphan who grows up in the
underworld of 19th century
England enjoyed stunning
popularity in New York and other
large American cities during the
1960’s after its arrival from across
the Atlantic.
Now under the direction of John
Becker, also a native born
Englishman, this colorful musical
comes to Edenton with a 40-
member cast that features Eric
Strother as “Oliver”, Mel
affect landowners in Chowan
County. He said, in an exchange
with Peele after the official
hearing had been recessed, CRC’s
role in development within AEC’s
is merely to provide property
owners with information. “Most of
the cases are already covered by
some type permit,” he added.
After the 20-minute presentation
by Haste and a brief discussion
with Peele, the remainder of the
two-hour hearing was spent in
group small talk about matters not
related to CAMA.
Meekins, Jr. as “Fagan”, Dave
Holton as “Mr. Bumble”, Mark
Chilcoat as “Bill Sykes”, and Pat
Bond as “Nancy”.
“This is the first joint effort
between the Edenton Little
Theater and Holmes High School
Drama Department to produce a
major musical. It represents quite
a community project,” Becker
remarked.
Assistant director is Sandra
Boyce, who as head of the Holmes
High Drama Department, has
directed several award winning
plays. Shelby Strother is music
director and art work is under the
direction of Missy Harrell. J.H.
Conger, Jr., a long-time member
of the Little Theater, is producer.
In terms of directing and
staging, Becker calls the play
extremely demanding both in
coordinating a large cast and crew
as well as changing the numerous
and elaborate sets.
A lot can be expected, though,
from Becker who joined a touring
company after completing his
schooling at Charter House School
in Surry England. He toured
throughout the world with RAM
Productions, beginning as a
lighting technician and suddenly
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Replacement
Priority Sought
While the Albemarle Sound
bridge has been declared safe for
legal highway loads, district
Department of Transportation
officials have been making ef
forts to get a replacement
priority assigned for it.
This information was contained
in a letter from W.E. Moore,
district engineer, to C.A. Phillips,
chairman, Chowan County Board
of Commissioners.
At a meeting earlier this month
the county board, in cooperation
with Edenton Chamber of Com
merce, went on record favoring an
extensive study of the safety of the
bridge which was extensively
damaged by ice during the winter.
“There was an in-depth survey
and study made on this bridge
immediately following the ice
damage last winter/’ Moore
wrote. “Although the damage was
extensive, necessary repairs were
made to restore the bridge
strength sufficient for carrying
legal highway loads.”
Moore said additional work on
the bridge is planned for this
summer.