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Volume XLIV-No. 46
Puhlic Parade
Thanksgiving, 1978
Greed and selfishness abounds
in our society. There is growing
suspicion of people and their
motives. The tide has about taken
out man’s concern for others.
Thanksgiving is a proper time
for the rediscovery of the im
portance of other people in our
lives. We wrote about it in this
column 13 years ago and wouldn’t
dare to attempt to improve upon
it now. Here’s how it went:
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Thanksgiving, 1965
This season of the year is one of
our favorites. Thanksgiving is the
time to pause, take stock of our
selves and give thanks to God for
our many blessings.
It is also a time when we can
express our thanJts to others who
have helped us along the way.
We have more to be thankful for
on this Thanksgiving than ever
before. This is generally true for
everyone along the Public Parade.
We are thankful for a trusting,
understnding wife and four
healthy children. By the same
token we are thankful for our
mother and other family members
who have placed a great deal of
faith in our talents and the future.
We are thankful to be an
Edentonian. While we are thankful
for lasting friendship, we are
equally as thankful for new made
friends who have made our past
months enjoyable as well as
meaningful.
We are thankful for an . op
portunity to make a contribution
to this area in a time when the star
over the hub of the Albemarle is
just beginning to glow.
We are extremely thankful for
dedicated itind loyal employees
who are willing and able to put
forth an extra effort as we work
together to give Edenton and
Chowan County a newspaper in
which everyone can take pride.
We are thankful that we live in
America and a state, county and
city where officials work for the
best interests of all the people and
where good government is a habit.
We are thankful for freedom of
speech and the press as well as an
audience that while often in
disagreement acknowledges the
right of individual expression of
thoughts.
There are just a few of the things
we are thankful for on this
Thanksgiving. You can make your
own list but we are sure it will be
similar.
So, as you pull up to a table of
plenty this Thanksgivng, 1965,
take a minute to remember how
well off you are. Then go out and
share your life with others. *
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PROJECT LEADEflft—Mike Williams, left, and Steve Riddick
are spearheading q cooperative pest management services
project in three counties of tbe Albemarle Area. Some 6,000 aoes
In Chowan, Perquimans and Pasquotank counties are involved in
theprojectT ’
FARM-CITY WEEK EVENT—The annual Farm-City Week
banquet was held Monday night at Edenton Jaycee Community
Building with civic clubs from throughout Edenton and Chowan
County as sponsors. In the picture at left, Charles A. Creighton,
president erf Edenton Chamber of Commerce, and Oscar White,
banquet chairman, look on as Bill Smith congratulates Bobby
Winbome who was named Young Farmer of ffie Year. At right
Fear Expressed
A fear expressed to Edenton
Town Council last week may
become a reality as Chowan and
Perquimans counties move
closer to establishing a new
sanitary landfill.
The site has been identified as a
50-acre tract in the Hickory
Crossing area in the northwest
comer of Perquimans County. The
current landfill is at Cisco in the
northeastern section of Chowan
County.
Eddie Dick, Chowan County
manager, said Monday it appears
that objections to the Perquimans
site have been satisfactorily
cleared and that the state would be
asked for approval in the near
future.
Edenton’s concern is over the
distance of the haul. J.C. Parks,
director of the Street Department,
and W.B. Gardner, administrator,
said the alternative to a distant
landfill would be a transfer
station.
Lester Simpson, chairman of
Perquimans County com
missioners and chairman of the
Landfill Committee, said the area
would be leased for 15 years. He
conceded that while the haul
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Hearing Does Not Affect Consolidation Plan
A public hearing set for
November 30 at Chowan High
School is for the purpose of
complying with legal
requirements for closing a high
school and not to debate the pros
and cons of consolidation. This
was emphasized Monday by Dr.
John Dunn, superintendent of
Edenton-Chowan Schools.
Dr. Dunn said the board of
education has already determined
that consolidation is the best
educationally for the system.
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, November 23,1978
Rate Protest Petitions
Presented Jo Governor
WASHINGTON—A caravan of leaders from the 22-county nor
theastern region of North,Garina went to Raleigh on Wednesday to
deliver to Gov. Jim Hunt petitions signed by thousands of residents of our
region concerned about their electric rates.
The petitions call on Gov. Hunt, the State Utilities Commission, and
Federal agencies to cause rates granted by Vepco, the electric power
supplier for the region, to be rolled back.
Edenton Chamber of Commerce obtained the signature of some 3,600
resident on petitions circulated throughout the area. This is equal to
the total number of households in the county.
The concerned citizens maintain they are being discriminated against
because Vepco’s rates are higher than those charged other North
Carolinians by the other major power companies
The petitions were turned over to the governor in his office at 10 A.M.,
according to Stanley W. Hege of Edenton, chairman of the Petition
Committee of Operation Overcharge a citizens group carrying out the
petition campaign.
Operation Overcharge was formed by chambers of commerce in the
Northeastern region of the state. It is dedicated to getting lower electric
rates for people living in the region.
“The petitions are our first step,” Richard S. Coiner of Washington,
chairman of Operation Overcharge, said today. “We will continue our
efforts until electric rates in our region are like those in the remainder of
North Carolina,” he asserted.
Operation Overcharge originally had as its goal in the petitioning
campaign, to acquire 25,000 signatures. That total was surpassed, leaders
in the effort claim, and a much bigger number was turned over to the
governor.
A large delegation of people from Northeastern North Carolina were
on hand in Raleigh, when the petitions were turned over to Gov. Hunt.
“The public hearing is not for the
purpose of determining how (to
consolidate),’’ he said... Under
the plan proposed by the board,
Chowan would become a junior
high school for all students in the
county, plus the sixth grade
students from the northern portion
of the county.
All high School students would
come to John A. Holmes High
School in Edenton.
Dr. Dunn pointed out that the
board has already reached a
decision to close the high school
but a public hearing is required by
state law before the order can be
issued.
The superintendent said the
board had requested a meeting
with Chowan County com
missioners to discuss means of
financing a consolidation plan.
Economics Figured In Pest Management Project
A pest management services
project is in operation in Chowan,
Perquimans and Pasquotank
counties. It is unique in that an
economic evaluation component is
plugged in.
The project, funded by Coastal
Plains Regional Commission, is
designed to provide pest
management services to growers
v and for all major crops; to
organize grower participants into
a business cooperative; and to
evaluate the economics of the
services and the value of business
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are winners in the 4-H Corn Contest as well as the winner of the
1977 Peanut Award. Anna Goodwin, Neal Bass and Joseph
Goodwin were the top corn producers. Behind this is Fahey
Byrum of Byrum Farms, Inc., who captured the peanut award.
At right is Jack Parker, president of Edenton Lions Club, spon
sors of the 4-H contest.
“There has been no response
regarding a time to discuss it,” he
said.
Dr. Dunn expressed the hopes
that such a joint meeting could be
held before the public hearing but
said he doubts that it can be ac
complished.
Historic Edenton
Asks Assistance
Historic Edenton requests that
everyone who has a historic house
and historic signs to take the
responsibility to paint and repair
their own individual signs.
The Town of Edenton will no
longer be able to be responsible for
this project. It is hoped that
everyone will repaint their signs
before the April Pilgrimage.
provided.
Mike Williams is the pest
management agent assigned to
the project and Steve Riddick is
the farm management specialist.
They work under the umbrella of
the county extension chairmen as
well as with Clyde Weathers,
economist and John Van Duyn,
entomoligist, all of N.C. State
University.
The project is unique in that
while it is a pilot program growers
on die 6,000 acres involved pay a
portion of the cost for scouting and
Single Copies 15 Cents.
Motorist Fined
A New York motorist was
arrested here twice last weekend
for drunk driving anr’ related
charges. He was tried in Chowan
County District Court . Tuesday
morning and given two suspended
sentences upon payment of fines
and court costs.
State Trooper P.J. Mitchell
arrested Wesley Jordon of Bronx,
N.Y., Saturday for drunk driving
and transporting liquor with the
seal broken. Then Sunday Jordon
was involved in an accident and
was again booked for drunk driv
ing as well as driving to the left of
the center line.
In the first case, Judge Grafton
Beaman sentenced him to 60 days,
suspended upon payment ot sl2a
fine and costs. He was given a 90-
day term in the second case but it
was suspended upon payment of
S2OO fine and costs.
Asst. Dist. Atty. H.B. Williams
prosecuted the docket with the
following action taken before
noon:
George R. McPherson, con
tempt, $25 fine.
Eddie Lee Perry-, carrying a
concealed weapon, 60 days,
suspended upon payment of $25
fine and costs.
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FESTIVAL LEADERS—Robert Harrell, left, has been named
chairman of the board of Edenton-Chowan Peanut Festival.
Shown with him is Terry Williams who has been selected as
chairman of the 1979 festival which will be held in October.
for nematode-soil sampling and
analysis.
Riddick said all participating
farmers are also involved in the
farm business records program.
“Through the project we will be
able to evaluate the financial
benefit obtained through pest
management,” he noted. “The
project is designed to see jf pest
management is economically
feasible.”
Williams added that soil sam
pling and scouting will enable
them to pin-point problem areas
As much as 1,200 pounds of algae
feeding nitrogen per day is going
into the Chowan River from CF
Industries at Tunis and state
environmentalists are at a loss as
to a means of stopping it.
A.F. Mcßorie, director, Division
of Environmental Management,
said graphing of extensive sam
pling of water from the river
showed higher concentration of
nitrogen in the area of CFI. He
added that it is believed to be
seepage but “we don’t know where
it is coming from.”
He estimated that it could be
coming from ground water, air
emissions or some combination of
the two.
Mcßorie said at a meeting
Friday afternoon at Edenton
Chamber of Commerce that once
the state has a firm determination
(“and I think we have it now ’)
CFI should cooperate in getting
down to where the problem is and
what it is.
A public meeting to report the
recent findings will be held at 7
P.M. December 1 in Chowan
County courthouse. There will be
officials available to answer
questions concerning the state’s
approach to the Chowan River
problem.
Among those attending the
meeting Friday were J. Gilliam
Wood, chairman of the board of
Natural Resources & Community-
Development; and Pete Whitley of
Murfreesboro, chairman of the
Environmental Manaeement
Commission.
Charles A. Creighton, president
of the chamber, came away from
the meeting disturbed. “Ap-
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Williams Takes
Festival Position
Terry Williams has been anmeti
chairman of the 1979 Edenton
Chowan Peanut Festival.
Also, the Band Parents
Association has formed a board of
director to oversee the annual
fund raiser ir;
Edenton-Chowan Schools. Named
to the board were. Robert Harrell
Doris Litchfield, A1 Everson,
Peggy Anne Vaughan, and Linda
Keel. They are past festival
chairmen and-or band parent
presidents.
Harrell has been elected board
chairman. Otis Strother, band
director, will serve as an ex-officio
member of the new board.
Williams, who is assistant
manager in charge of sales for
WCDJ Radio, has actively par
ticipated in the three peanut
festivals which have been held to
raise money for band activities.
and recommend corrective
measures. In this light, he em
phasized that this is an
agricultural extension program
which will give extension chair
men and agents more timely and
accurate reports on conditions
thereby allowing him to make
more specific recommendation
as to what farmers can do.
Riddick and Williams said that
an economic threshold is the key
to what is looked for in the
program. That is the level where
damage will be more costly than
the treatment.