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For The Record
An editorial in this column last
week has drawn a great deal of
conversation, and one letter. The
letter appears ( elsewhere in
today’s newspaper. While critical 1
of our observations, the writer is
entitled to have her expressions of
disagreement circulated among
those who meander along the
Public Parade.
For the record, however, we
want to point out that our critic’s
comment regarding our lack of
attention to the Harrell Ad
ministration is ill founded.
We are confident that Mayor
Roy L. Harrell could quote
“chapter and verse” of all our
writing, but due to our lack of time
we only turned to the August 12,
1976, edition of this newspaper.
In our column regarding can
didates in the Democratic
Primary election, we en
thusiastically endorsed the can
didacy of Mayor Harrell for one of
two seats in the First House
District of Tar Heelia. Fur
thermore, we contributed in other
respects to this campaign, before
and later. But because of the
personal nature of this, we will
allow the mayor courtesy of any
further comment.
This writer didn’t set out last
week to defend anyone for
anything. That was not considered
necessary. If others shoulder a
different sack of rocks then the
burden is theirs.
But we want to make certain the
record is kept straight.
Welcome Back
Walter Jones is always welcome
to meander along the Public
Parade. The senior grade Walter
captured the heart of an Eden
tonian and from that union came
Walter, Jr., who still has a soft
spot in his heart for his mother’s
homeland.
It was a sight for sore eyes
Tuesday afternoon to have Walter,
Jr., drop in for a visit. It was
especially delightful to learn that
he had regained his wings in the
Hunt Administration and will be a
listening post in much of Eastern
North Carolina.
Walter Jr., was taught well, and
learned fast. Walter Sr., the
representative of the 21-county
First Congressional District,
believes in responsiveness to
citizen concern and this has been
passed on to his son. The trump
suit of the Jones’ is not found
among the four of a deck of cards.
It is their sensitivity to the human
element i.e. recognition.
For a time the Hunt Ad
ministration, probably because of
lack of communication and in
decision, appeared to have lost a
great asset with the assignment
6f Walter, Jr., to the Department of
Commerce. This now seems to
have been corrected to the benefit
of the worker and the “workees.’
Welcome back, Walter, Jr.
While the hat you wear may be
dingy it is from the old school, a
school which remains refreshing.
Safeguards Needed
If there is- a better place to
meander than along the Public
Parade we haven’t found it. There
is a social, business and industrial
mix here which every community
desires, but which few ever ex
perience.
It is for this reason that every
safeguard should be employed to
insure no further deterioration.
Divide and conquer is an age old
theory of messing up a good thing
and it is incumbent on those in
positions of leadership to see that
this community doesn’t succumb
to mv* a ploy.
While steeped in history,
there are few along the Public
Parade who have gotten carried
away with their heritage.
But there are those who would
pit the “haves” against the “have
nots” in an effort to benefit per-
Mayor Delays Consideration
Os Hicks Street Extension
Mayor Roy L. Harrell was
successful Tuesday night delaying
further consideration by Edenton
Town Council of extension of West'
Hicks Street to tie into Virginia
Road. At the same time he ap
parently prohibited the town’s
availability to right-of-way to
complete another section of a
Increase Excepted
Electric customers of the Town
of Edenton are in for a suprise
when their utility bill arrives in
the next few days.. There is
considerable increase in most
bills.
Town Administrator W.B.
Gardner said bills reflect as much
as 25 per cent increase. He said
two factors are suspected: ex
tremely cold weather during this
billing period; and higher fuel
adjustment charges from Vepco.
Poster Contest
Winners Named
The Chowan County Con
servation Poster Contest, an
annual event sponsored by the
Chowan Board of Conservation
District Supervisors, was held
February 22 at Swain Elementary
School.
Winners in the contest were:
Fourth Grade: first place - Jason
Harrell, Chowan Academy, and
second place - Liza Vaughan,
Swain Elementary; Fifth Grade:
first place - Smith Roberson,
Chowan Academy,- and second
place - Robert Keeter, Swain
Elementary; Sixth Grade: first
place - Neal Bass and Second
place - Michael Byrum, both from
Chowan Academy. -
The event is the climax of a
course on conservation conducted,
in the fourth, fifth, and sixth
grades during the month of
February. The students study
conservation and then prepare
individual posters on any sound
conservation practice at the end of
the course.
Cash prizes of $lO were
presented to the first place win
ners and $5 to the second place
winners. A $3 prize was also
presented to room winners for
those rooms not having a county
winner.
The county winners will com
pete with winners from
Perquimans, Pasquotank,
Camden and Currituck counties in
the Albemarle District Poster
Contest being held at the
Albemarle Electric Membership
Building in Hertford today.
(Thursday).
The local board of Conservation
District Supervisors wishes to
express their appreciation to the
students and school officials for a
job well done and for making this
event possible.
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CONTEST WlNNEßS—Winners in the Chowan County
Conservation Poster Contest are pictured here as they display
their winning posters. Left to right are: front row - Fourth Grade,
first place - Jason Harrell and second (dace - Liza Vaughan;
second row - Fifth Grade, first place - Smith Roberson and second
place - Robert Keeter ; and back row - Sixth Grade, first place -
Neal Bass and second place - Michael Byrum.
Fdenton, North Carolina, March 1,1979
thoroughfare plan more than a
decade in the planning stage.
“We were ready but the mayor
wanted it delayed,” was the ex
plantion of a councilman following
a meeting of council with Chowan
County commissioners and the
Edenton-Chowan Recreation
Commission.
The source said a meeting would
probably be called later in the
week but it was learned that
Mayor Harrell wanted it on the
March agenda of the council.
W.B. Gardner, town ad
ministrator, had earlier informed
councilmen in a memo, of his
negotiations with developers of the
property in question. At the same
time the administrator renewed
his recommendation that right-of
way for the connector • between
West Queen Street and Virginia
Road be acquired at this time.
The extension of electric service
to the new Edenton United
LOOK A LIKES—Law enforcement officers in Chowan County
and the Town of Hertford feel like they are looking for the same
person in their investigation of armed robberies in the area. At
left is an SBI composite of a suspect in the robbery-murder of Les
Jones at his store in rural Chowan. The other composite, done by
a different artist, was the result of descriptions given by wit
nesses to a Hertford robbery last week. Sheriff Troy Toppin said
some helpful information regarding the two cases has been ob
tained in Virginia.
Council Hears Recreation Proposal
The Edenton-Chowan
Recreation Commission has a
preliminary plan for renovating
the National Guard Armory on
North Broad Street into a func
tional center which would include
a swimming pool. The price tag is
$331,000, less than one-half the
estimated replacement cost.
The plan was presented Tuesday
night to a joint meeting of Chowan
County commissioners and
Edenton Town Council. The
presentation was made by Bill
Britt, architect for the proposed
project. Britt’s firm had done an
evaluation of the entire recreation
program.
Mike Johnson, recreation
director, briefly described the
local program which includes 30
activities with 9,622 participants in
1977-78.
Volume XLV.-No. 9
Methodist Church has been
delayed for several weeks
awaiting a decision by the council
regarding the loop street. Earlier
it had been proposed that the town
pay one-third of the $33,000 cost of
the street in exchange for a
dedicated right-of-way for the
connector road.
Mayor Harrell objected to the
arrangement, saying he did not
favor the expenditure of town
funds for private roads and fur
thermore, that the connector road
was unnecessary.
Proponents of the project have
pointed out that such action as
proposed would not set a precedent
since the town obtained right-of
way for the recently completed
extension of Coke Avenue in the
19505.
L.F. Amburn, Jr., chairman of
the Building Committee of
Edenton United Methodist
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Johnson said participation is on
the increase. Plans are being
made for Summer Day Camp as
well as supervised teen-age
dances. “Once we acquire the
armory we can have a further
expanded program,” he said.
In answer to a question, the
Roads Meeting
Chowan County commissioners
and State Department of Tran
sportation representatives will
meet at 10 A.M. Tuesday to
establish the county’s 1979-80
Secondary Roads Improvement
Program. The meeting will be
held in the Fourth Floor Con
ference Room in the County
Office Building.
Marc Basnight of Manteo, a
member of the Board of Tran
sportation, will lead the state
delegation. F.W. Adkins, Jr., of
Ahoskie, division engineer, and
Earl Moore of Plymouth, district
engineer, will also be in at
tendance.
ECU Chanceller To Speak
Dr. Thomas Brewer, chancellor of East Carolina University in
Greenville, will be the guest speaker at the quarterly meeting of the
board of Albemarle Area Development Association. The meeting will be
held at 7:30 P.M. on March 8 in Edenton Restaurant.
Larry Davenport of Washington County, president of the 10-county
association, says he hopes there will be good representation from each
participating county at this particular meeting.
Those who plan to attend from Chowan County are asked to contact the
County Extension Office, 482-8431.
This will be the first time Dr. Brewer has addressed an audience in the
Albemarle Area since he assumed his duties as chancellor,
Dr. Leo Jenkins. His appearance was arranged by Tom Willis of ECU’s
Regional Development Institute.
Program chairman for AADA this year are L.F. Amburn, Jr., of
Edenton, and Wayne Ashley of Hertford, past presidents. Futwe board
meetings are set for June, September and the annual meeting in
December.
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IS IT LEGAL?—-Does Edenton Police Department have the
authority to periodically abolish the U-turn at the intersection of
South Broad and Water Streets? This was exactly what is hap
pening as this handsome sign indicates. The last time it happened
was Saturday as a bucket brigade was underway for the Heart
Fund.
Policy Discussions Planned
With the advent of the state
mandated Competency Testing
Program, school systems through
North Carolina have been faced
with establishing a policy on types
of Exit Documents to be issued
upon the successful completion of
12 years academic work.
As required by law, only
students who have satisfied the
local school’s academic
requirements for graduation, as
well as passed the State’s Com
petency Test, may receive a High
School Diploma. The type of
document presented to students
failing the Competency Tests, but
meeting other requirements, has
been left to local educational
agencies.
director said he sees no immediate
need for additional full time
personnel.
Britt called the plan “a con
ceptual approach to maximize
the use of what you have now.” He
added: “This represents more
than the armory down the street,
he added.
The architect said the armory
would become a community
center, in the plan, with neigh
borhood and mini parks
throughout the area.
He also pointed out that
Edenton-Chowan Schools have
expressed interest in cooperating
with the town and county in the
recreation program.
Herbert Hollowell, a councilman
who is chairman of the Recreation
Committee, expressed his
pleasure with the number of
people in attendance. He said he
felt the community had a good op
portunity to develop a recreation
center at the existing armory at a
reasonable cost.
The first year in which the
students will be affected is 1980.
At its regular monthly meeting,
7:30 P.M. Monday Edenton-
Chowan Board of Education will
consider an Exit Document
Policy which was developed over a
period of time by local high school
teachers and instructional ad
ministrative personnel. “Even
though the policy will not take
effect until 1980, we feel that
students and parents need to know
in advance what to expect upon
graduation,” commented School
Supt. John Dunn, “and before the
last opportunity to take the
examination.”
Juniors failing any part of the
Competency Test administered in
the fall of 1978 will be given three
more opportunities to pass before
the end of their senior year in 1980.
Remedial instruction is now
being offered to failing students.
The Competency Tests were
designed to measure “minimum
survival skills,” not academic
ability.
Other items for discussion on the
board agenda affecting students
and school personnel will be a
tentative School Calendar for 1979-
80 and the make-up days missed
due to recent snow.
Arrests Made
Five break-ins in Edenton and
Chowan County have been cleared
by the arrest of two residents of
Chowan Beach, according to
Sheriff Troy Toppin.
Charles Ray Embery, 20, and
Joyce Faye McKown Lane, both of
Route 1, Edenton, had their first
appearance in Chowan County
District Court Tuesday or. charges
of breaking and entering and
larceny. Embery is being held in
lieu of $2,500 while Mrs. Lane is
free on bond.
Judge John T. Chaffin set the
probable cause hearing for March
13.
Sheriff Toppin said his depart
ment has information that a third
subject was involved in the
crimes. This suspect had not been
apprehended at noon Wednesday.
The defendants are charged
with breaking into Byrum’s
Servicenter on Highway 32, north
of Edenton, and Cyrpress Point
Fishing Center. Route 3, Edenton,
the night of January 30. The
allegedly went into Griffin
Musicenter on South Broad Street
on February 6 and B&R Grocery
on Highway 32, north of Edenton;
and Valhala Grocery, Route 3,
Edenton, the night of February 20.
A considerable amount of the
stolen merchandise has been
recovered, the sheriff reports.