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HITS FIRE CHIEF Fire Chief Frank White of Center Hill-
Crossroads Volunteer Fire Dep, * <gient returned home Tuesday
from Albemarle Hospital in Eliz* ,%h City where he had been a
patient since being struck by a po V>of flying steel two weeks
earlier at the scene of the Winslow fire in Hertford.
Here W.B. Gardner, Edenton town^^ ninistrator, and Sheriff
Troy Toppin inspect the heavy top of a gasoline
storage tank which struck the fire Ls%, as he stood several
hundred feet from the blaze.
Noted And Passed
Editor’s on the Union Camp
Corporation mailing list recently
received a correction notice. It
corrected a S4O-million error in
Union Camp’s favor in a report
of fourth quarter sales.
When you do a billion dollars
plus in business, such an “in
significant” error is hardly worth
correcting.
GOv. Jim Hunt announced his
decision regarding the Wilmington
10 case Monday night. Before the
airwaves cooled there were those
willing to make him the
Wilmington 11th.
Like President Carter and the
Panama Canal, this is something
Gov. Hunt inherited. In our
opinion he would have done just as
well to leave it alone.
However, he did not cop out, as
did his predecessor. He main
tained his strong commitment to
law and order while showing some
compassion.
A Missing Link
North Carolina has more fire
departments, more firemen and
more state-supported fire service
training than any other state in the
nation. Tremendous!
At last count there were 1,100
fire departments in the state and
38,000 firemen (this does not in
clude persons trained for fire
brigades). Fire service training is
big business in North Carolina.
Super!
There are six agencies which to
some extent, offer fire service
training—the Department of
Community Colleges, the In
surance Department, the State
Bureau of Investigation, the In
stitute of Government, N.C. State
University and the Insurance
Rating Bureau. Fantastic!
The missing link in the chain is
in the area of communications. It
is especially true along the Public
Parade and throughout North
eastern North Carolina. Un
fortunately, we have well trained
firemen—paid and volunteer—
who constantly encounter “dead”
spots in radio communications.
On the other hand, a
sophisticated law enforcement
communications system is
nearing completion in the 10
counties of Region R. This is fine
but their brothers in the fire.
departments are systematically
being overlooked.
There is more to the program
than numbers and training. You
must have the hardware to go
along with it. The best trained and
equipped fireman must not
continue to be sent out without
adequate contact with his
colleagues. Mutqal aid has no
town or county lines—until it comes
to communications. This, then, is
the missing link.
In away, it is like sending a
member of the CIA into the jungle
without a compass.
Local units of government can
purchase law enforcement and
rescue vehicles and allied
equipment through federal
programs. There are not such out
side resources available for fire
trucks and fire fighting apparatus.
Those who write the {dans for
Federal Domestic Assistance
have always left out the fire
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Tanzer Builds
Third Model
A third production line building
the Tanzer Yachts’ 16-foot model
has been added in the third month
of operation of the Base Road
plant, reports R.J. Higman,
operations manager of the
Canada-based firm.
Tanzer Yachts, Inc., a subsidiary
of Tanzer Industries Ltd., of
Dorion, Que., Canada, began
production in Edenton during
November, working out of the
30,000-square-foot facility that
previously housed Grampian
Marine, Ltd.
Higman said their first model to
emerge was the Tanzer 22. In
December a second line, the
Tanzer 7.5 measuring 24 feet seven
inches, was added.
The Edenton operation is one of
three Tanzer Yachts branches.
Others are located in Canada,
serving the northeastern U.S. and
in Arlington, Wash., for service to
the West Coast. The local plant
will serve the eastern U.S. from
Pennsylvania to Florida and
west to Mississippi.
'EaeffioA fdenity, whose
location was selected from a field
of 35 others, will serve a growing
market for sailboats in the
southeastern U.S., according to
Higman, and is expected to
produce 300 boats during this,
their first full year.
Higman calls their products
“family, cruising racers” with
good competitive performance
records and roomy and com-
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SENATOR IN EDENTON U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms and Mrs. Helms are shown with two of some
500 supporters who turned out Friday night for a banquet in his honor at National Guard Armory
here. At left is Roland Vaughan, who was in charge of local arrangements. T. Erie Haste, Jr., of
Hertforu, is at right.
Helms Visits
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An enthusiastic crowd of more
than 500 people honored U.S. Sen.
Jesse Helms at a dinner hosted by
the N.C. Congressional Club
Friday night in the Edenton
National Guard Armory.
In his address to the receptive
group of Eastern North
Carolinians, Sen. Helms criticized
the practice of wasteful spending
by Congress, and stressed the
need for survival of the free en
terprise system. Helms asked,
“What have the (politicians) done
for their country when they vote to
heap more and more government
regulations upon the backs of the
small businessmen, and the
farmers, and all the rest of
productive society costing the
Continued On Page 4
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Volume XUV.—No. 4.
Power Plant Not Feasible
The Town of Edenton and 15
other municipalities won’t be
going into the business of building
a power plant for use during heavy
demand. The decision was made
late last week when the City of
Greenville, for the second time,
withdrew from the N.C. Municipal
Power Agency No. 2.
Without the largest user in the
group, construction of the power
plant was deemed impractical,
according to Marshall Lancaster,
executive of Electricities and
I
BOAT BUILDERS—R.J. Higman, operations manager of the
Edenton branch of Tanzer Yachts, Inc., is shown above with two
crew members on the production line at the Base Road facility. A
subsidiary of Canada-based Tanzer Industries Ltd., Tanzer
Yachts opened their third plant in November. They currently
employ 22 persons.
No New Candidates List
No new candidates had neither
filed nor announced intentions to
file for Chowan County positions
by mid-morning Wednesday. The
deadline to file for the May 2
w primary election is 12-noon on
February 6.
Those who desire to file can
contact Robert S. Harrell,
chairman, Chowan County Board
of Elections, or Mrs. Corinne F.
Thorud, supervisor of elections.
Sheriff Troy Toppin, Clerk of
Court Lena M. Leary and County
Commissioners N.J. George of the
First Township and J.D. Peele of
the Second Township do not have
opposition
CHEERFUL TRIO lt is not certain who told the “funny” but
it obviously tickled, from left, U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms, Dewey
Wells of Elizabeth City, and Jim (Catfish) Hunter of Perquimans
County. They are pictured at a banquet here last Friday night at
which Sen. Helms was the principal speaker.
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, January 26,1978.
acting general manager of the
agency.
The authority to construct
“peak load” generation facilities
was granted municipalities by the
N.C. General Assembly. After
considerable negotiations,
Virginia Electric & Power
Company agreed in April to the
proposal.
“What it boils down to,” Lan
caster is reported as saying, “is
that if Greenville had par
ticipated, it was clearly a feasible
Commissioner C.A. Phillips of
the Fourth Township is being
challenged by Mrs. Lueta C.
Sellers.
Dr. j.H. Horton, a veteran
bomber ot'Edentort-Chowan
Board of Education from First
Township, does not have op
position at this time.
Morris Small of the Fourth
Township is not seeking re
election but a race has developed
for his seat in the non-partisan
election on May 2. Cecil W. Fry, a
veteran school administrator, and
Mrs. Gwen VanDuyn, a housewife
who formerly taught in the local
school system, have filed.
project offering a projected
savings of about $53-million (for
the 16 cities in 28 years).”
Greenville accounted for from
40 to 42 per cent of the total an
ticipated load.
The participating municipalities
would have invested about $lB
- in a generating plant,
expected to be in Greenville.
Controlled by Vepco, the plant
would be put into use to satisfy the
extra energy demands of peak
periods such as hot summer days.
Greenville has decided to with
draw in favor of a load
management program. Devices
would be installed on customers’
heaters and air conditioners to
automatically curtail use briefly
during peak periods.
W. B. Gardner, Edenton town
administrator, said ap
proximately $2,200 had been in
vested in local funds in the
program. Jesse L. Harrell, town
councilman, represented Edenton
on the board of commissioners of
the agency.
Hunt Affirms
Land Use Stand
Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr., has
assured the citizens of North
Carolina’s coastal area of the
state’s commitment to local
coastal community land use
planning.
In special session January 18 in
Raleigh with the members of his
cabinet present, Gov. Hunt stated,
“the effects of the Coastal Area
Management Act have been im
pressive. Localities, some for the
first time, planned for the future
use of their land.”
He continued, “extensive efforts
were made to involve citizens in
all aspects of the state’s Coastal
Management Program, from the
local land-use planning and
designation of areas of en
vironmental concern, through to
the development of im
plementation procedures.”
“The results of these efforts
have been to lay down a design for
the N.C. Coastal Management
Program. The things that you
were to have done to implement
the Coastal Area Management
Act, have been done.”
“Now we need a commitment
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Workshop Set
A 12-hour workshop on Working
Relationships will be held here
February 20-21, conducted by the
Industrial Extension Service of
N.C. State University.
J. A. Miller will be workshop
leader. Sessions will be held from
9 A.M. to 12-noon and 1 P.M. to 4
P.M. each day. The registration
fee is $35, which includes all
student study materials.
The sessions will be held in the
Unit B Classroom at Chowan
Hospital.
This workshop is open to all
levels of supervision and is
especially recommended for first
line through middle level super
visors and key employees being
groomed for supervisory
positions.
Jaycees Set DSA Event
The 24th annual Distinguished
Service Award Banquet, spon
sored by Edenton Jaycees, will be
held tonight (Thursday) at the
Jaycee Community Building on
Base Road. Fred Morrison of
Raleigh will be the keynote
speaker.
The event begins at 7:30 P.M.
Highlight of the event will be
presentation of the DSA to a young
man in the community who has
contributed of his time and talents
above and beyond the call of duty.
The presentation will be made by
Mayor Roy L. Harrell.
Morrison is a past president of
Single Copies 15 Cents,
Charles D. Evans
Evans Seeks
House Seat
A third candidate, the second
from Dare County, has filed for
the Democratic nomination to two
seats in the First House District.
Mayor Charles D. Evans of Nags
Head is running for one of the
seats held by Reps. Vernon James
of Weeksville in Pasquotank
County and Stanford White of
Manns Harbor in Dare County.
Reps. James and White have
both filed for re-election.
The district includes Dare,
Tyrrell, Currituck, Camden,
Pasquotank, Chowan,
Perquimans and Washington
counties.
A native of Dare County, Evans
graduated from Manteo High
School in 1963. from UNC-Chapel
Hill with a BA in economics in 1967
and from UNC Law School with a
J.D. degree in 1971. He has served
six terms in the U.S. Army
Reserve.
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Groundbreaking
Formal groundbreaking
exercises will be held at 10 A.M.
Tuesday for the Chowan County
Courthouse-Detention facility on
North Broad Street. N.J. George,
chairman of the county com
missioners. will be master of
ceremonies.
Brief remarks by J. Everette
Fauber, Jr., architect, on the
theme of “A Dream Takes Shape”
will highlight the program prior to
the turning of the soil.
George said all five county
commissioners will participate in
the event.
Mayor Roy L. Harrell and town
councilmen are being invited to
attend along with court officials on
the local and district level and the
Economic Development Ad
ministration. funding source for
the $l.B-million project.
Speeding Nipped
Edenton Police Department has
cracked down on speeders.
Twenty citations were written
during as many days in January.
“We’re trying to slow them
down some,” was the comment of
Police Chief J.D. Parrish.
Many of the citations were
written on Highway 32, south of
the railroad tracks. Another
favorite spot for the electronic
device to clock speeders has been
Old Hertford Road.
N.C. Jaycees and served as legal
advisor to former Gov. Robert
Scott. He is now head of the In
mate Grievance Committee in
sL government.
le speaker will be introduced
by Woody Copeland, an active
Jaycee who won the DSA in 1973.
Alton Clark, immediate past
president of the local chapter, was
the recipient in 1976.
Morris Small, Jr., Jaycee
president, will preside at the
meeting. Others on the program
include Jerry Small. Clark,
Jimmy Patterson and BUI Smith.
Past DSA winners will be
special guests.