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Volume XLV.-No. 24
Committee To Study
Issue Os Consolidation
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MAKING IT OFFICIAL Gregory Thomas Todd signs the
Edenton-Chowan Board of Education’s contract to become
principal of John A. Holmes High School effective July 1, as Supt.
John Dunn, left and Betty, the new principal’s wife, witness.
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Let's Be Serious
Councilman Gil Burroughs was
dead serious Tuesday night when
he brought up the subject of
consolidation of local govern
ments along the Public Parade.
His colleagues, Chowan County
commissioners and John Q. Public
should be just as serious.
The fact that it has never beat
done in North Carolina is certainly
no excuse for not having an open,
complete and frank discussion of
the possibilities of consolidation.
Anyone at the Town Council
meeting knows full well that such
discussions won’t have the
assistance of Mayor Roy L.
Harrell. He has expressed a bias
against any local government
consolidation, while expressing
opposition to continued increases
in taxes.
However, as a member of the
committee to investigate con
solidation possibilities the mayor
is in a position to play a true
leadership role.
When the county and town
budgets finally are adopted those
who want to know where a lot of
their tax dollars are going can
pick out the duplication. It then
takes simple arithmetic to apply
the cost to your valuation in
determining the savings. While it
certainty won’t be a savings in
ego, what could be saved in dollars
and cents is impressive.
Local government officials
along the Public Parade must bite
the bullet. Udi community cannot
afford two of everything and in
some instances not one of many
things.
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Eden ton, North Carolina, Thursday, June 14, 1979
‘New-Principal
Hired By Board
Following an executive sesson
on June 7, the Edenton-Chowan
Board of Education announced the
election of Gregory Thomas Todd
as the new principal of John A.
Holmes High School. Todd’s
principalship becomes effective
July 1.
From a field of 28 applicants,
interviews conducted by Supt.
John Dunn and Director of In
struction James Pressley, three
candidates for approval were
recommended to an Advisory
Selection Committee, composed of
parents and teachers representing
a cross-section of the county and
the two high schools. It was from
the recommended and approved
list that School Board members
made their selection.
Unanimously elected by the
board, Todd will be coming to
Holmes from North Edgecomb
High School in Tarboro where he
has served as principal since 1971.
A native of Colerain in Bertie
County, Todd, 33, has also sowed
educationally as a teacher and
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Bateman Takes NCSU Post
Dr. Durward F. Bateman,
chairman of the Department of
Plant Pathology at Cornell
University, has been selected to
succeed Dr. Kenneth R. Keller as
director of the N. C. Agricultural
Research Service and associate
dean of the School of Agriculture
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A move toward consolidation of
town and county governments was
launched here Tuesday night with
the appointment of a committee
from Edenton Town Council.
Mayor Roy L. Harrell said the
theory is “very fine” but he
doesn’t “see it (consolidation) in
our future.”
Mayor Harrell appointed
himself and Councilman Harry
Spruill and James P. Ricks, Jr., to
the committee to seek discussions
with Chowan County com
missioners.
Councilman Gil Burroughs
suggested that the town take the
initiative in establishing a forum
for discussing the possibilities of
the consolidation of local govern
ments. “I feel it is wise for us to
investigate the possibilities,”
Burroughs said and cited the State
iof Virginia whereitis done widely. .
The councilman added that he
doesn’t think it is practical for
10,000 people to have “so many
things” and that elected officials
“owe it to the people to operate
more efficiently through a con
solidated government.”
Further in the discussion he said
by consolidation “we would get out
of double taxation.”
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Trial Scheduled
Charles Silsby Fearing of
Manteo, one of three men charged
in the death of an elderly man in
Dare County, will go on trial June
26 in Chowan County Superior
Court.
Fearing is charged with hit and
run with personal injury and death
by motor vehicle.
Judge James R. Strickland of
Jacksonville will preside over the
criminal term of court and Asst.
Dist. Atty. D. Keith Teague of
Elizabeth City will prosecute the
docket.
Forty cases appear on the trial
calendar released this week by
Mrs. Lena M. Leary, clerk of
court.
and Life Sciences at N. C. State
University.
Keller is retiring June 30 after 22
years as a research administrator
at NCSU.
Dr. Bateman’s appointment was
announced by Chancellor Joab L.
Thomas and Dean J. E. Legates.
The appointment is effective
August 1.
Bateman, 45, grew up on a farm
near Tyner in Chbwan County and
received his B.S. degree with
honors in botany from NCSU in
1956. His M.S. and Ph.d., both in
plant pathology, are from Cornell,
where be has been on the faculty
since i 960.
Dean Legates described
Bateman as “a scientist and
administrator ot extraoruiiiary
“At Cornell be has proved ex
ceptional leadership for Ua
experience aTiffamb^lin^orth
Project Being Highlighted
Edenton’s original “industrial
park” is slowly but surely
developing into a five-acre
waterfront park for townsfolk and
visitors to enjoy. Planning and
development over the years has
pretty much put the town in the
right (dace at the right time, and
now an effort is being made to tie
it all together.
If the town obtains a grant from
the Office of Coastal Management,
N. C. Department of Natural
Resources and Community
Development, such a plan will be
forthcoming. If Edenton’s track
record is any indication, the odds
are overwhelmingly in the town’s
favor.
W. B. Gardner, town ad
ministrator, recently told
representatives of the Office of
Coastal Management that
Edenton is fortunate to have been
able to acquire the waterfront
property at a reasonable price and
with the assistance of gifts and
grants.
Jud Little, planner and .com
munity development director,
Tuesday told Liz Lance and Glenn
Dunn of the state agency, that the
project is really cost efficient
because recreation in Edenton is
where the people are. He pointed
out that within less than two miles
of the waterfront live some 5,000
people.
In answer to a question, Little
said only about three-quarters of
an acre of waterfront property
between Granville and Oakum
streets remains to be purchased.
He also pointed out that the
waterfront was Edenton’s original
industrial park. “It is interesting
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Holland Oldest
Haven Resident
Mr. June Holland has the honor
of being the oldest resident, and
father, in Cape Colony Haven. He
is 104 years old and he was bom on
November 10., 1875 ia, Franklin,
Virginia. He is highly thought of in
his home town, when he was in
Raleigh all of his friends char
tered a bus and came down to help
him celebrate his 104th birthday.
He is a very friendly person and
enjoys talking with people, and
attends many activities here. He
walks with a walker, still shaves
himself in the morning and per
forms many of his activities of
daily living.
He has only been in our facility
since April of this year, but he has
quickly found a very special place
in our hearts. His daughter said he
was always a very nice and
special person to all who knew
him, and the years seem to only
have added to this.
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OLDEST RESIDENT—June Holland, seated above, holds the
distinction of being die oldest resident of Cape Colony Haven
where he has resided since April. He is shown above with Mrs.
Elsie Thornton, Director of Nursing, Mrs. Aldine Lewis, Charge
Nurse and David Lutz, administrator.
IN SPOTLIGHT The successful Edenton Waterfront Project
has become a focal point of a state agency evaluation of the
funding process. Liz Lance, seated, and Glenn Dunn, standing
center, of the Office of Coastal Management, were in Edenton
Tuesday to discuss the project with Jud Little, left, and W. B.
Gardner, town administrator.
State Funds To Bolster
Chowan River Clean-Up
ATLANTIC BEACH Ad
ditional funding by the 1979
General Assembly will allow the
Department of Natural Resources
and Community Development to
Position Funded
The 1979 General Assembly
funded an additional clerk’s
position for Chowan County
Superior Court, as well as an
additional district court judge and
assistant district attorney.
Rep. Vernon James of
Pasquotank made the an
nouncement at the close of the
session Friday.
Rep. James also said funds are
included in the state budget for the
Albemarle Agricultural Livestock
Facility in Elizabeth City. Jack
Parker, area livestock specialist,
said this facility will enable the
area to have a lot of regional
activities not possible in the past.
“This is one of the nicest
facilities of its type in the state,”
Parker added.
Rep. James also noted that a
Three Month’s License Plate bill
was passed which relates to farm
trucks.
Os statewide interest, he pointed
out that the legislature passed a
tax break to cut state taxes by SBO
- in the next two years--by
raising the tax exemption for
dependents, increase in
inheritance tax exemptions,
changes in the military survivor’s
benefits, and reduce state in
tangible tax.
In all, some 1,000 new laws were
enacted during the session.
Waterfront Transition
obtain necessary resources to
move forward with cleaning up the
Chowan River, according to Sec.
Howard N. Lee.
In response to a question from
Dr. Gene Huntsman of Beaufort, a
member of the Coastal Resources
Commission, Sec. Lee also hinted
that a separate Water Quality
Division might be established in
his department.
“Gov. Hunt and I agree that
more attention needs to be given to
water quality,” he continued at
last week’s meeting of the Coastal
Resources Commission.
Dr. Huntsman had asked Sec.
Lee if the department had suf
ficient resources to handle the
Albemarle Basin. “We expect to
continue and expand the
program,” Sec. Lee said in
pointing out that specific budget
items were earmarked for the
Chowan River, which is ex
periencing problems with algae.
Furthermore, the secretary said
there was a question as to whether
the existing regional DNR&CD
offices are adequate. He has asked
Betsy Warren of his staff to
conduct a feasibility study to
determine if an office is needed in
the Northeast. He said Elizabeth
City would be looked at as the site.
“We must continue to take our
programs to the people,” he ad
ded.
Sec. Lee thanked Dr. Parker
Chesson, CRC chairman, and the
entire commission and Advisory
Council for assisting in “tough
problems,” and asked for con
tinued cooperation and guidance
as the state moves toward finding
solutions.
In earlier comments about the
Chowan River in particular, Sec.
Lee said the algae blooms have
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NJROTC Site
Rep. Walter B. Jones of the First
Congressional District announced
from Washington, D. C., today the
approval of John A. Holmes High
School as the site of a Naval Junior
Reserve Officer Training Corps
unit.
Approval was given by the
Assistant Secretary of The Navy
for Manpower Reserve Affairs
and Logistics, upon recom
mendation of the Chief of Naval
Operations. This designation had
been sought by Edenton-Chowan
Schools for more than six years.
“This most worthwhile program
offers an unusual opportunity for
young men and women to consider
possible career roles,” Rep. Jones
said. “Through the program it is
hoped that our teen-age citizens
will be better prepared to
discharge their responsibilities as
dependable adults.”
Designation requires that the
school develop a four-year course
of Nava) Science curriculum. It
also makes the unit eligible for
certain government equipment.
Retired officers and enlistment
personnel will be employed as
instructors while the U. S. Navy
will provide educational materials
and equipment.
This is a for emit course of
instruction ami will be available to
at least 100 cadets who are 14
years of age or older.