BRING MEETING TO EDENTON J. Gilliam Wood of
Edenton, left, chairman of the state Board of Natural Resources
& Community Development, will preside at the first session of a
two-day board meeting which begins at 1:30 P.M. September 7 at
Chowan Golf & Country Club. Following a presentation con
cerning the condition of the Chowan River and a tour of Hayes
Plantation, board members will travel to Atlantic Beach for the
second session of their quarterly meeting on September 8. Sec.
Howard N. Lee, left, heads the department a r Mil participate in
the sessions.
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Volume XLIV.—No. 35.
Puhlic Parade
That Time Again
It is time again for the Harvest
Supper out at Cross Roads
Volunteer Fire Department. Fire
house chicken will be served
September 16.
At a meeting earlier this week,
Chief Frank White borrowed a
piece of paper and pen to write us
a “Memory Jogger”. It ended with
“We need somebody on our side
from the media.”
He didn’t say whether he meant
to buy tickets or eat the depart
ment’s special brand of barbecued
chicken. Then too, maybe he made
.his. point by informing us that
tickets are $3 each.
Busy Week
Gov. Jim Hunt returns from
Boston and this week’s
Democratic Governors Con
ference and prepares to meander
along the Public Parade and
Northeastern North Carolina a
great portion of next week.
The state’s chief executive is
always welcome in these parts,
but it is espe&aify fitting that he
comes to relax at the site of the
original Tea Party after Hieing
bombarded by the Kennedys in
Boston.
Gov. Hunt will be here Thursday
night to address the 10-county
Albemarle Regional Planning &
Development. His visit comes at a
time when there is considerable
discussion as to his ad
ministration’s policy concerning
regionalism. It is past time for the
in-fighting among his cabinet
members to stop and smoother
delivery of services to the people
begun.
Earlier in the day he will
dedicate the Washington County
Resources Center near Plymouth.
This is a new concept in the
Albemarle Area and one which
could serve as a model for other
programs, such as the proposed
Tri-County Education Center.
Tuesday will be a red letter day
for coastal Tar Heelia, as Gov.
Hunt joins Sec. Howard N. Lee,
members of the Coastal Resources
Commission and Advisory
Council, and U.S. Department of
Commerce representatives at
announcement of approval of this
state’s Coastal Management
Program. This event will be at the
Marine Resource Crater in
Martian
North Carolina is the first state
in be south to have such a
program approved and it opens,
the door to continued federal fen
ding for unpiementation land
local match.
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PROPOSED SlTE—This sign tells the story of Edenton-
Chowan Board of Education’s future building plans, subject to a
September 19 referendum regarding $3.5-million in bonds. Four
different crops now grow on the 48.32-acre site which is located
just off Highway 32 on SR 1200. Several letters regarding the pros
and cons of the referendum are found elsewhere in today’s
newspaper.
Hot Water Results In Fine
A woman was placed on
probation after being given a
Fuel Charge Up
The Town of Edenton has been
notified by VEPCO that the fuel
adjustment charge for this month
is $2.17 per thousand kwh. This
past month it was 36 cents.
W.B. Gardner, town ad
ministrator, said the September
billing would probably reflect the
most useage and will be billed on
the summer rate. This, coupled
with the drastic increase in fuel
adjustment charge will cause bills
to be extremely high.
“While we are distressed by this
tremendous increase in fuel ad
justment charges there seems
nothing we can do about it,”
Gardner stated.
He pointed out, however, that
last year at this time the fuel
adjustment charge was five times
what it will be on the September
billing. “Bat this is little con
solation when there is such a big
jump in one month,” the ad
ministrator added.
Sheriff Appointed To Crime Cbmmittee
Gov. Jim Hunt has named
Sheriff Troy Toppin of Chowan
County to membership on the
Crinie Prevention & Public In
formation Committee of the
Governor’s Crime Commission.
Sheriff Toppin rad the 48 other
members took their oaths August
a in Raleigh.
Judge Burley B. Mitchell, Jr., of
the N.C. Court of Appeals, ad
ministered the oaths after which
the &st meeting of the committee
was held. The committee was
and Coot-
Study Os Tri-County Center Slated
Taking a one year leave of
absence from his present position
as director of vocational
education for Chowan, Gates and
Perquimans counties’ schools,
Kenneth L. Stalls will serve as
director of a Tri-County Career
Education Feasibility Study.
A grant to conduct the study is
being made possible through joint
funding of the State Department of
Public Instruction and the Coastal
Plains Regional Commission.
Stalls will assume the duties of
this position on September 1, and
will be located in the Perquimans
Co. Board of Education office.
As director of the study, Stalls
will concentrate on determining if
the educational needs of students
in Gates, Perquimans and Chowan
counties can better be met by
combined efforts. The feasibility
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, August 31, 1978.
suspended sentence and fined for
assault by pouring hot water on
another person. Fevelyn Ruth
Husky entered a plea of guilty to
the count following an incident at
Arrowhead Beach early Friday
morning.
She was sentenced to nine
months, suspended upon payment
of $250 fine and costs. She was
placed on probation for three
years.
The defendant has been held in
Tri-County Jail in lieu of bond
following her arrest by Chowan
County Sheriff’s Department.
It was alleged that the defendant
poured the water on the
prosecuting witness and a man
while they were in bed.
Johnny Bowling, alias Hubert
Freeman, waived probable cause
hearings on three felony counts of
securing drugs under false per
tense. His bond was reduced from
$10,500 to $3,000 by Judge Grafton
G. Beaman.
In a companion case, Cheryl Lee
Gentry also waived the probable
cause hearing on a single felony
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Sheriff y Topp
study will explore offering
specialty vocational courses,
as well as advanced ac
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Kenneth L. Stalls
Increase Shows
Voter Interest
In Bond Issue
Interest in the $3.5-million
school bond referendum has
caused 234 more people to register
to vote, according to the Chowan
County Board of Elections.
Coupled with the registration
prior to the May election, some 9
per cent increase has been ex
perienced.
Mrs. Corinne F. Thorud,
supervisor of elections, reports
that there will be 5,475 eligible to
vote on the referendum.
New registration by precincts
include:
East Edenton, 30; West
Edenton, 71; Rocky Hock, 38;
Center Hill, 25; Wardville, 24; and
Yeopim, 46.
Registration to vote on Sep
tember 19 ended at 5 P.M. on
August 21. The registration books,
however, are open for those who
want to register for the general
election in November.
Application can be made for
absentee voting. The deadline for
applying is 5 P.M. on September
13.
Mrs. Thorud said that if a child
has gone off to school and the
parent wishes to send him or her a
ballot, the parent, grandparent or
a brother or sister may apply for
the student and the office will mail
the ballot to the student.
A person who plans to be away
from the county all day on the day
of the referendum may also apply
for an absentee ballot.
Provisions are also made for
those will be in the hospital at the
time of the referendum. Contact
should be made with the elections
office for details.
Holiday Schedule Released
The last long weekend of the
year Labor Day Weekend
will be observed here without any
fanfare and with some water
related acitivities cancelled
because of the condition of
Chowan River and Albemarle
chairman. Mayor Bill Cox of
Hertford is the vice chairman.
In addition to Sheriff Toppin and
Mayor Cox, other Albemarle Area
members are W.C. Owens, Jr., of
Elizabeth City, and John Wiley
Halstead of South Mills.
In making the appointment of
Sheriff Toppin, the governor
stated: “You are well aware that
our administration has made a
sincere commitment to the work
of the committee and with your
involvement I know we can reach
our goals.”
Also, Gov. Hunt said: “We have
a lot to accomptfeh in North
Carolina over tha next few years
and I am pleased you will be a part
of it”
ademic courses in the arts and
academic courses in the arts and
sciences. The possibilities of an
alternative school and offering
increased adult education
programs will also be examined.
The purpose of the feasibility
study will be to determine what
advantages a Tri-County Career
Center can offer to students and
citizens in this region.
The conception of a Tri-County
Career Center was begun in
December, 1977, at which time the
boards met jointly. Visits to in and
out of state Career Centers and
mounting enthusiasm precipitated
these boards’ application for a
grant.
In announcing Stalls’ leave of
absence to be director of the study,
Dr. John Dunn stated that he is
“pleased to have him in this new
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ARPDC SPEAKER Gov.
Jim Hunt will be keynote
speaker at a meeting of
Albemarle Regional Planning
and Development Commission
at 6:30 P.M. September 7. The
meeting, according to Riley S.
Monds, Jr., of Perquimans
County, will be held at Edenton
Jaycee Community Building
on Base Road. Local, county
and regional officials are
expected to be in attendance.
Grant Aids Health Care
COLUMBIA - X-ray
capabilities are being brought to
Tyrrell County by Northeastern
Rural Health Development
Association through redesignation
of location of a $22,000 unit. The unit
is part of the equipment approved
in a $200,000 federal grant to the
area.
For several months x-ray
capabilities have not been
available here. There has been no
x-ray available between Manteo
and Plymouth, which Dr. Clement
Lucas stated placed an undue
hardship on the general public. He
Sound.
Monday will be a general
holiday in Edenton and Chowan
County. The Merchants Com
mittee of Edenton Chamber of
Commerce recommends that
business establishments observe
the holiday.
The majority of the businesses
will be closed, while others plan
special sales.
All local, county, state and
federal offices will be closed.
There will be no mail delivery
Monday and the financial in
stitutions will be closed.
There will be no garbage
collection in Edenton Monday. The
East Side will be served Tuesday
and the West Side on Wednesday
with the normal schedule to
resume on Thursday.
For those planning trips, High
way Patrol Commander Col. John
Jenkins warns that the Labor Day
holiday weekend is one of the most
dangerous weekends of the year on
North Carolina’s highways. The
N.C. State Motor Chib predicts
that 16 persons could lose their
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Stalls Named Director
position.” Dunn added that “Stalls
possesses knowledge of all the
counties, (having served as
vocational education director of
the three since 1974), which gives
him a feel for the type of course
and offerings needed to make a
Career Center a success.”
Applications for the vacated
position are now being accepted
until September 5. This position
will be for an interim period of one
year. Anyone interested should
apply to Supt. John Dunn, P.O.
Box 206, Edenton-Chowan Schools,
Edenton, N.C. 27932.
Grant Funds
Have Priority
A feasibility study for a Tri-
County Career Center is among
items which Gov. Jim Hunt has
given first priority for funding
through the Coastal Plains
Regional Commission.
Another first priority item for
the state’s share of $184,548 CPRC
funds is the previously announced
Queen Anne’s Park development
in Edenton. That project calls for
$64,548.
A second priority item on Gov.
Hunt’s list is $50,000 for Phase II of
the Chowan County Water System.
The State Board of Education
will also provide $25,000 for the
Tri-County project being launched
by Edenton-Chowan Board of
Education and counterparts in
Gates and Perquimans counties.
Gov. Hunt has expressed
unqualified support for the in
novative concept of the program
and has gone so far as to appoint
Walter B. Jones, Jr., his Eastern
North Carolina representative, to
coordinate efforts at the state
level.
State Supt. Craig Phillips also
has thrown his support behind the
project, which would be the first of
its type in the state since it is
multi-county in nature.
The boards of education are
holding regular meetings in an
attempt to get answers to as many
questions as possible prior to
actually entering the plan
ning phase. The selection of a
director is the next step, according
to a source, and this is expected to
be announced at the next meeting.
said grant monitors had indicated
a willingness to relocate the unit
to Tyrrell County.
The NRHDA board also
authorized spending up to $4,000
for temporary work at the Tyrrell
facility in order for the dental
component to get into operation.
In further action, the board
approved the employment of Mrs.
Emily G. Am burn as health
educator. She will also serve as
the patient advocate-counselor for
the association.
Dr. Lucas said this is a very
important component of the grant
and she would be working with
other agencies throughout the
service area. Earlier he said the
research aspect of the grant in
dicated that a significant amount
of health education had to be done
with some evaluation of how
appropriatehealth education would
reduce the cost of medical care.
NHRDA proposes to operate the
Area Health Education Center
within the Tyrrell County Medical
Complex which also includes
space for the health department
and mental health as well as
medical rad dental services.
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Classes To Open
Opening day of classes for
Chowan Academy students will be
Wednesday, according to Paul
Lasker, headmaster.
Opening day will be a half-day
with classes beginning at 8,*30
A.M. and dismissal at 11:30 A.M.
Classes will follow a full schedule
commencing the following day.
Lasker reminds all parents of
kindergarten and Fhet Grads
students to oring tnetr otrtn
records and proof of the required
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