Thanks To Someone
V It is Wednesday morning and we
are trying to fight the flu bug, and
a deadline. Hie delivery boy from
Pate’s Florist sends in a red
carnation, dressed with a piece of
holly.
The box is plainly marked, “no
card”.
If it was a joke we haven’t
figured out the punch line.
Nevertheless, it tickled our fancy
at a time when anything less
wouldn’t have been funny, let
alone appreciated!
Even editors like to be
reassured sometimes that
someone out there cares. So,
whoever you are, thank you.
Going On Tape?
Lester T. Copeland of the
Chowan County Board of Com
missioners has taken us to task
regarding a quote from last
week’s board meeting. His letter,
with some correction, appears
elsewhere in today’s newspaper.
Mr. Copeland contends that we
did not accurately quote him with
regards to discussion of the
livestock schedule adopted for tax
purposes. If we were in error it
was certainly not intentional and
therefore, the reporter in us is
being corrected by the editor in us
by printing his letter.
Neverthless, he deals only in
schismatics. The substance of
what we said he said and what he
said he said aren’t that far apart.
In reporting you can’t go into the
details that the speaker may want.
Space just won’t permit.
Mr. Copeland did go into a song
* and dance about the mandate
from the General Assembly, but
that is something he must take up
with the legislators and not this
newspaper.
Maybe the time has come, as the
Edenton Town Council decided,
for the commissioners to elec
tronically record their
proceedings. While the tape may
go on for hours, the substance of
what transpired could be reduced
to minutes.
If it is necessary, we will
provide the tape.
Good Choice
The N.C. Agricultural Extension
Service has announced the
promotion of Mrs. Josephine
Patterson of Greensboro to
district extension chairman in 15
northeastern counties. Both the
appointee and those who made the
appointment deserve
congratulations.
As a co-worker with J.C. Jones,
who has taken a position as
director of the Office of Marine
Affairs, Mrs. Patterson has
proven time and again that she
possess unique qualities of
leadership. She is also an able
administrator.
But best of all, while she resides
on the edge of the Piedmont, she is
a friend of Northeastern North
Carolina. This has been {woven
many times during the period
which she has been assigned to
this region.
In her appointment, Dr. George
Hyatt, Jr., director of the
m Agricultural Extension Service,
y reiterates his own special interest
in those who meander along the
Public Parade and throughout the
region.
While it is difficult to follow Mr.
Jones in any assignment, we know
of no one more able, nor who
better fits the bill than Mrs.
Patterson.
Personal Again
If you have grown tired of
reading about our family and our
love for the community, then you
will want to skip this item. But as a
proud husband and father with
particular resources, we would be
remiss if we didn’t share with you
these comments.
Out at Holmes High School last
Thursday night we sat in awe as
W the Edenton Little Theater scored
a ringing success with the
production of “The Enchanted
Christmas Tree” and "The
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Ward Property Rezoned Second Time
A 40-month struggle to get 10
acres of land on the Edenton side
of U.S. 17 by-pass zoned for
commercial use ended in a 5-1
affirmative decision Tuesday
night by Town Council.
Minutes later an attempt by a
property owner on the southwest
corner to obtain special use ap
proval within an approved zone
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WATCH HOME BURN James N. Granby and his wife were
photographed Friday afternoon as firemen from Edenton Fire
Department labored to save their home on Route 2, Edenton. The
"glass house” was heavily damaged and Granby’s work of more
than five years went up in smoke.
Friday Fire Guts House Made Os Bottles
Fire of undetermined origin
virtually destroyed the home of
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Granby,
Route 2, Edenton, last Friday
afternoon. The house, made of
bottles through the talent of the
owner, was located on a rural
paved road off Highway 37.
Fire Chief Luther C. Parks
estimated damage to the property
at $5,000. He noted that while a fire
hydrant wat located on the comer
of the lot the type of construction
kept the blaze in the attic and
hampered fire fighting efforts.
Firemen had to cut through the
roof to get to the fire which
.created more smoke than
flames.
While water was no problem, as
in most rural fires, oxygen was. At
least three trips back to Edenton,
some six miles away, had to be
made to keep fire fighters sup
plied.
Granby said at the scene he had
worked for more than five years
on the house, but had not com
pleted it because of recent poor
health.
He told authorities he and his
wife were sitting in a room
downstairs when they heard a
noise. Upon investigating they
found the second floor to be on fire.
Because of apparent panic they
did not call the fire department
immediately and later the blaze
got so hot they had to dash to a
neighbor’s house to use the
telephone.
Mrs. Patterson Takes Post
Mrs. Josephine Pattersen, a 25-
year veteran with the N.C.
Agricultural Extension Service,
has been placed in charge of all
extension work in 15 northeastern
counties.
Mrs. Patterson’s promotion to
northeastern district extension
chairman was announced by Dr.
George Hyatt, Jr., director of the
Agricultural Extension Service.
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Mr*. Josephine Patterson
was denied as councilmen seized
on the proposal as an attempt to
get around designation as a
shopping center.
It was the second time for
W.J.P. Earnhardt, Jr., and
Bernard P. Burroughs to get a
portion of the Ward property
designated as Highway Com
mercial. The issue is still before
Edent, '*th Carolina, Thursday, December 15, 1977
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Firemen answered a call at
11:05 A.M. Sunday at the home of
Preston King, 205 West Carteret
Street. An oil heater had flooded.
Then at 4:40 A.M. Monday they
were called to Coach House Inn
AADA Sets Annual Event
Speaker Carl J. Stewart, Jr., of
the State House of Represen
tatives, has acceded an invitation
to be keynote speaker at the an
nual meeting of the 10-county
Albemarle Area Development
Association. The meeting will be
held at 6:30 P.M. on December 21
at the Edenton Jaycee Community
Building on Base Road.
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Carl J. Stewart, Jr.
She succeeds J.C. Jones, who has
taken a position as director of the
Office of Marine Affairs in the
N.C. Department' of Ad
ministration.
A native of Rowan County, Mrs.
Patterson has a bachelor’s degree
in home economics from A. & T.
State University and a master’s
degree in adult education from
N.C. State University. She has
four years of experience as a
county extension agent and 21
years of experience as a district
agent.
Hyatt called Mrs. Patterson “a
proven, able administrator.” She
will be responsible in her new
position for extension educational
programs in agriculture, home
economics, 441 and community
resource development. The
Agricultural Extension Service is
a cooperative educational agency
involving county governments, the
state’s two land-grant universities
and the U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
Mrs. Patterson and her
husband, Matthew Patterson, live
on Youngs Mill Road, Grefensboro.
the N.C. Supreme Court on what
Attorney Earnhardt described as
a “procedural” issue.
The state’s highest court has
had the matter under con
sideration since May and Earn
hardt called on the council “to do
in 'a proper way what has been
alleged was improperly done in
August, 1975.” At that time the
PLENTY OF WATER—Firemen had plenty of water available
to fight the Friday afternoon blaze which heavily damage the
James N. Granby residence in rural Chowan County. A hydrant
on the county-wide water system was adjacent to the dwelling.
Junius Britton is the fireman operating the pumper.
where the night clerk reported
smoke. It was discovered that a
release valve on a hot water
heater was allowing steam to
escape and filled the room. There
was no fire.
Tickets to the event are limited
and can be purchased through the
county extension office in the
counties of the Albemarle.
R. L. Stevenson of Hertford is
president of AADA and made the
announcement of Stewart’s ac
ceptance which will be the first
major appearance of the Gaston
County legislator in Northeastern
North Carolina.
The program, coordinated by
R.M. (Pete) Thompson, county
extension chairman, and Thomas
P. Griffin, county AADA chair
man, will include an introduction
of the speaker by Rep. Vernon
James of Weeksville.
Mrs. Vivian Jones of Camden
will present community
development awards and Ed
Brown of Hertford will give in
dustrial recognition.
Chairman N.J. George of
Chowan County commissioners
will give the welcome and Phil
Quidley of Manteo will report for
the nominating committee.
Speaker Stewart is a Phi Beta
Kappa graduate of Duke
University where he received his
undergraduate and law degree. He
has been a leader in legal,
business, civic and community
affairs in his native county as well
as throughout the state.
He was first elected to the
General Assembly in 1966 and was
elected Speaker of the House of
Representatives in 1977 after
making a major contribution to
the state through committee and
floor work.
Feige Arrested
Eric W. (Butch) Feige, 19,
Route 1, Edenton, waived first
appearance proceedings Tuesday
morning in Chowan County
District Court.
Feige, who is in the U.S. Army
stationed at Ft. Benning, Ga., is
charged with taking indecent
liberties with a minor under 14,
and attempting to commit lewd
and lascivious act upon a female
child under 16.
Sheriff Troy Toppin said the
alleged offenses occurred in May
and involved an 11 year old girl.
Feige waived extradition and
was picked up at the Georgia base
by Deputies Glenn Perry and
Melvin Evans. He is lodged in Tri-
County Jail in lieu of $30,000 bond.
property was rezoned from R-20,
residential-farming, to Highway
Commercial via adoption of a new
zoning map.
N. J. George and others alleged
it was improperly done but the
N.C. Court of Appeals’ decision
was in favor of the council. The
Supreme Court was petitioned to
hear the matter and agreed to do
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Social Security
Benefits Paid
Social Security benefits were
being paid to 2,332 residents of
Chowan County at a rate of
$363,453 a month at the start of
1977.
Monthly Social Security benefits
are payable to workers and their
dependents when the worker
jr£tires. becomes severely
disabled, or dies. Some 1,149
retired workers and 191 disabled
workers received monthly Social
Security benefits at the beginning
of 1977. In addition, 275 wives or
husbands of the worker, 396
children, and 321 widows,
widowers or parents received
monthly Social Security benefits.
Today, Social Security is the
nation’s basic method of providing
a continuing income when family
earnings are reduced or stopped
because of retirement, disability,
or death.
Nine out of ten workers in the
area are earning protection under
Social Security. About 1 out of
every 6 persons in the Albemarle
area receives monthly Social
Security checks.
About 22-million people 65 and
over, nearly all of the nation’s
aged population, have health
insurance under Medicare.
Another 2.1 million disabled
people under 65 also have
Medicare. Nearly every family,
then, has a stake in Social
Security.
The Elizabeth City Social
Security Office serves the people
of Camden, Chowan, Currituck,
Dare, Gates, Pasquotank, and
Perquimans counties and
Ocracoke Island.
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TOURS HAYES Mrs. Sara Hodgkins, secretary of the N.C.
Department of Cultural Resources, is shown hone at Hayes
Plantation with A.B. Harless, Jr., left, chairman of Historic
Eden ton, Inc., and W.B. Gardner, town administrator. Mrs.
Hodgkins spent two hours here December 7 visiting historic
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so.
“Justice delayed is justice
denied,” Earnhardt stated at
Tuesday night’s meeting.
George argued the council’s
consideration of the latest petition
was not proper since the state’s
highest court had not sent down a
decision.
Councilman Gil Burroughs, who
has opposed any and every effort
to get the Ward tracts rezoned,
said he was opposed to the list of
“special uses” which rest in the
hands of the Planning & Zoning
Board of Adjustment. “I am not
ready to relinquish this authority
to anyone,” he declared. He cast
the only negative vote.
Mrs. Grace Griffin, a property
owner in the area, also opposed'
consideration of the petition. She
said as Highway Commercial it
can still “mess up” the entrance to
the town on Highway 32.
After Burroughs’ comments
about the lack of dimensional
requirements, it was indicated
that this would be handled at a
future meeting.
At one point, Councilman Harry
Spruill, Jr., who made the motion
to rezone, told his colleague: “You
are bringing out the worse and not
showing much trust in the zoning
board.”
In August, 1977, council voted
unanimously to rezone property
Thomas Francis owned at the
southwest apex of the interchange
from R-20 to Highway Com
mercial, with the stipulation that
council be advised as to what was
anticipated in the development.
Merrill Evans, Jr., representing
Francis, presented maps showing
such things as a department store,
grocery store, restaurant and
bank. The councilmen. lead by
Harrell, said this was not in
keeping the motion to rezone.
While all agreed it might be
considered “compatible” with
specified uses, it was not in
agreement with the “intent” of the
motion.
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PLEASED SECRETARY—
Mrs. Sara Hodgkins, right, and
Mrs. Frances Inglis are shown
on the steps inside the hallway
at Hayes. Mrs. Inglis is
chairman of the Edenton
Historical Commission and
was among those who showed
the secretary of Cultural
Resources several historic
sites in Edenton last week.