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NR# LOCAL INDUSTRIES— Fueitdtt Wood Product# on B«dhim Road, left, and Deaign Group,
near Edentoa Municipal Airport, rigid, art t#e newer additions to the local industrial community.
The former is a manufacturer of wooden boat parti and the other produces fiberglass cabs and
engine covers for railroad maintenance equipment.
Out Os Sight
The nation’s food stomp
progr— badly needs reforming.
The crying need is for something
more than mere cosmetic treat
ment. Any reasonable approach
will take time and it must be
tackled by politicians in a dif
ferent climate than is now found in
Washington.
Immediate action is necessary
to aid the needy. They should not
suffer because of the greedy.
If Congress had not dona
something by May IS more than
22-million people would be without
the aid in June that food stamps
bring. Along the Public Parade in
April there were 621 cases cer
tified covering 1,901 persons. A
toatal of $61,007 in free stamps
were distributed.
We support the basic underlying
- principle of the food stamp
program of providing needed
nutritional assistance to those of
our less fortunate citizens living at
or below the poverty level.
However, we strongly object to the
maladministration of the
program which wastes taxpayer
money through abuse or use of the
program by those who do not truly
need assistance.
For example, the food stamp
program has grown from SBIO
- in fiscal year 1971 to an
estimated $10.7-billion in the fiscal
year 1961. The last few months
have seen a burgeoning of
beneficiaries, with recipients
growing at the rate of almost
300,000 per month-from 13-million
in October, 1978, to nearly 22-
million in March, 1980.
Although some of this increase
no doubt is a result of increasing
unemployment and high inflation,
there is also no doubt that there
are widespread program abuse.
The General Accounting Office
has found that in 1977 there was a
12 percent error rate in ad
ministration of the program. By
applying that figure over sl-billion
of total program expenditures is
being issued in error during the
current fiscal year.
One of the first things needed in
the reform is to restore the pur
chase requirement. The
Congressional Budget Office
estimates this amendment would
save S9OO-million in fiscal 1981.
It is also proposed to rec ace the
overlap between the food stamp
program and the school lunch
program, this would have annual
savings of $630-mi!iion.
A third measure would be to
restructure the eligibility standard
by re-defining the income and
deduction formula. This could
save an estimated S6OO-million
annually.
The food stamp program, as it
now exists and could exist under
pending legislation, has gone out
of sight. Congress needs to
rediscover the basic underlying
principle of the program. The
needy must be served; the greedy
must be booted out.
Guest Editorial
As the campaign for the
nominations for the presidency
goes on, the general public well
may be dismayed at the money
wMcfc is being spent. And the
people also may wonder what may
IS expected of the winner, or
whmera, is returns for the huge
expenditures which are being
made This applies not only to the
peokfcnUal campaign but also to
malty other car paigna hi the
nation, including the guber
oUMrStatco!
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New Industries Open
In Chowan County
Two of the moat rfeeent additions
to Chowan County’s industrial
community are Fueston Wood
Products, located on Badham
Road, and Desigd Group, located
on Base Road near Edentoa
Municipal Airport.
Fueston Wood Products is in the
business of manufacturing wooden
boat parts. The firm was started
about 44 years ago in Virginia
Beach, Va., according to Vernon
M. Fueston, in, president.
They produce interior parts
such as tables, handrails, ladders
and molding as well as small parts
for Snark Sailboats. Fueston is
currently supplying parts for
Tanzer Yachts and Scott Boat
Works, botl} f -•* businesses. In
addition, the . ■'"•rany builds s
tine of made-to-order cocktail and
lamp tables, marketed by
Char Tables for about $390. The
unique tables feature marine
navigational charts mounted
beneath glass tops.
The company employs five
people, three on a full time basis.
They include Fueston, his son and
Hospital Plans Expansion
Chowan Hospital, Inc. has filed
and is awaiting approval of an
application with the State Health
Agency to proceed with an ex
pansion program. The proposal
was the result of a long-range
planning study and was recom
mended by the board of directors.
School Board
Gives Approval
To Bus Routes
Proposed bus routes for the
upcoming school year were ap
proved by the Edenton-Chowan
Board of Education, Tuesday
night, at their last regular mid
month meeting, held at Ernest A.
Swain Elementary School.
James Kinion, chairman of the
Transportation Committee,
reviewed some 35 routes that have
been devised to transport students
next year when consolidation and
reorganization of the school
system becomes reality. He said
the proposed routes have already
been approved by the
Reorganization Steering Com
mittee.
The school board authorized the
Transportation Committee to
revise the routes as is needed.
Kinion said the committee
began work in November, locating
students that had not previously
been bused. In setting up the
routes, running time was given top
priority. The transportation
system will include a two-fokl
approach. Some students will be
picked up and transported straight
to their respective schools. Other
students will be carried by shuttle
buses to Chowan and Holmes high
schools where they will re-load
onto express buses. Use shuttle
buses will then be toed to pick up
near-by students attendtag school
in their own locahty. The longest
route established thus far will be
21 miles and is by
Kinion to take oat how and ten
rmm*6S to compmc. mom otzwr
routes are wefl ucdnr an how, he
said.
lunum reported tot coramatre
is lookftig at Nrtof aduft bus
driver!; far transporting K-t std»
students, for dtectpHne and safely
reasons. At present, ths cem
mittes is screening potential
drivers from among thn school
xytteN's employees.
partner, Vernon, Jr., and his wife
Jacquelyn. Jacquelyn serves as
the company secretary.
The Fuestons moved to North
Carolina in 1979 and reside on
Holiday Island.
Fueston was formerly an in
dustrial arts teacher at a school in
Virginia Beach. Prior to that, he
served as main propulsion officer
aboard the aircraft carrier U. S.S.
Forestall. He retired in 1969 after
28 years in the Navy.
Design Group, in its first year of
operation, produces fiberglass
cabs and engine covers for
railroad maintenance equipment,
both manned and remote con
trolled. The firm is under contract
with the Plasser American Corp.
in Norfolk, Va.
Jack Ireson of Portsmouth, Va.,
is president of the company. It is
supervised locally by Robert S.
Rea. The firm employs three
people full and two, part time.
Rea stated all fiberglass, metal
and woodworking is handled on
the premises.
It has been endorsed by the
medical staff, hospital ad
ministration and the Chowan
County commissioners.
According to David L. Henson,
hospital director, the proposed
expansion calls for an additional
10 beds, expansion of ancillary
service areas, with the potential
addition of new diagnostic
equipment for those areas.
In a letter. Henson reported the
expansion will improve the
hospital's ability to admit pat
ients and will assist in providing
superior diagnostic and
therapeutic capabilities to the
patients.
"Over the past six months to a
year, the census at Chowan
Hospital has grown dramatically
to the point where we are having
difficulty in admitting patients on
a timely basis’’, he remarked.
“Often, admissions are having to
be deferred for one or two days,
and there have been several in
stances where we have had to
admit patients to hallway beds in
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Woman Fined For Issuing Bad Check To Court
Hilda Privott Taylor learned in
District Court, Tuesday, that the
worst thing a defendant can do is
pay a court fine with a worthless
check.
Judge Grafton G. Beaman gave
the Elizabeth City State
University employee a 120 day
suspended sentence, fined her S2OO
and cost of court, and ordered that
she pay $125 in restitution for a
worthless check she wrote to pay
off a fine for <kunk driving. She
was connoted of that charge about
a month ago in Chowan County.
Second Primary Set June 3
Chowan County Democrats will
return to the polls for a second
primary to elect a candidate for
State Auditor. State board of
Elections officials have learned
that J. E. B. Davis is a registered
Republican. E. N. Manning,
chairman of the Chowan County
Board of Elections, said on
Monday, the second primary wiß
bn held June 1
On May t, Edward Renfrew
polled Ml votes foflowed by W . S.
uienmn wits son. uavts trailed
dtiftveftffofl U
Publisher, Wife Stranded By Volcano
ttfLf. Ambarw, H.
VANCOUVER, British
Columbia A stubborn husband
prevented two EdentonUn* front
being caught in the action, Sun
day, when Mount St. Helens blew
her lid. It was one of two historic *
events Emily and I are ex
periencing in the western U S. and
Canada.
Mount St. Helens had been
dormant for 123 years. The first
sign of trouble came in late
March. Scientists have been
joined by the curious since that
time. Sunday’s eruption, thus far,
has caused at least seven deaths
and millions of dollars in
destruction. The cloud is on a
journey around the globe.
We came to the state of
Washington last Thursday. I was
- WAPi • FxJbBE 3! 9
Vol. XIVI No. 21
Former Aces Star Honored At Banquet
Zack Valentine of the champion
Pittsburgh Steelers saw his old
number 89 jersey retired from the
Edenton Aces, Monday night,
during a ceremony highlighting
the spring sports awards banquet
sponsored by the Aces Booster
Club.
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GRID STAR HONORED Spectators to the Edenton Aces
football games will no longer see the number 89 on the playing
field. That jersey, worn by former Aces star and member of the
Pittsburgh Steelers, 7ack Valentine, was retired Monday night.
Valentine is shown receiving a plaque commemorating the event
from head Coach Jimmy Addison during the spring sports
awards banquet, Monday night.
The worthless check conviction
came minutes after she was
granted limited driving privileges.
Judge Beaman found no
probable cause for James Drew to
be tried in Superior Court of a
second degree rape charge, but he
will face a charge of first degree
burglary when the next session
convenes, June 16.
The 74-year old resident of
Albemarle St. was arrested in the
early hours of May 4 after he
allegedly entered the Blades St.
home of Avis Dunbar and told her.
and Chestnut! received 172.935.
Again, Davis lagged behind with
157,849 votes that have since been
disqualified.
In a notice to voters. Manning
stated that absentee ballots will be
allowed. The final day to apply for
absentee ballots is May 2S at
5 P. M.
There will be no registration of
voters between the dates of the
first and second primaries. The
second primary is a continuation
of the first, therefore those
qualified to vote in the first
Coat bused On Page I
I- -..V . . 'if--
to represent the N. C. Agrfoitard
Extension Service at a leadership
development ifi rural areas
conferenco in Spokane, beginning
Tuesday.
The flight to Seattle was in the
company of Dr. and Mrs. Chester
Black of Raleigh- We went our
separate ways Friday. The Blacks
headed southeast to Richlands, to
visit relatives, located halfway
between Seattle and Spokane in
the direct line of the volcanic
fallout.
Our assistant program director
and navigator planned a Saturday
trip north from Seattle to
Anacoites, to catch a ferry to
Victoria, B.C. In my better
judgment, 1 retained veto power. I
flatly refused to leave early
enough to catch a 7:30 A M. ferry
Edonton, North Caroline, Thursday, May 22. 1980
Well over 300 people crowded
the Jaycee Building to honor the
Holmes High School graduate and
to witness the presentation of
awards to Edenton's top athletes.
Gerald Hall and Willie Holley,
Valentine's friends and former
teammates from Holmes High
at gun point, he was going to get in
bed with her The prosecuting
witness testified she w alked out on
him and went next door to phone
the police.
The court learned the two had
been acquainted for a long time
and that she had cooked and
cleaned house for Drew.
She said Drew came in the house
through a back door he opened
with a key.
Defense attorney Chris Bean
argued that the defendant's
statement “I'm going to get in bed
with you" inferred nothing more
than he intended tc go to sleep, and
that he didn't forcibly enter the
house.
While Judge Beaman agreed to
throw out the rape charge, he said
the burglary charge was a good
one for plea bargaining and jury
trial.
Drew was released from
custody under $5,000 unsecured
bond.
No probable cause was found in
a case where Stewart Elliott
Anthony was charged with first
degree burglary. Anthony will be
tried, however, on a charge of
assault with a deadly weapon
inflicting serious injury.
100 miles away. This route wocSd
have put us nearsr the volcano
dud nig*.
The alternative was to go front
Seattle to Bremerton, then along
the west peninsula to Port
Angeles. It was at Port Angeles,
some 200 miles northwest of tho
volcano, that we first experienced
the impact <* Mount St. Helena. At
8:37 A M. PUT (11:37 AM EDTJ.
wo were awakened. We didn’t
know tho cause until sometime
later. The earthquake jarred
buildings 209 miles away.
We decided to return to Seattle.
However, at Burlington, Wash, we
were informed that 1-5 South was
closed due to poor visibility. Tho
alternative for that was to go east
through the Cascades. The route.
Continued ea Page 4
Single Copiot 20«e*nt».
School and East Carolina
University made brief remarks
about their association with
Valentine and recounted rome
amusing experiences from the
past years.
Valentine commented that in his
success as an athlete, he was
proud to be able to represent
Edenton both on the playing field
and off.
Head football coach Jimmy
Addison presented Valentine a
commemorative plaque at the
conclusion of the ceremony.
Steve Holley was named most
valuable player and Chris Simons
was named most dedicated player
on the Aces basketball team.
Coach Tom Bass commented that
with next year’s consolidation, the
Aces can expect to be contenders
for the championship.
In jayvee basketball. Tony
Wright received the MVP award
from coach Herb Woodley.
Woodley also presented the MVP
award to Kathy Blount, the
sportsmanship award to Kim
Baker, and the senior award to
Tracy Armstead, all members of
the girl's basketball team.
Edward Jackson was named the
wrestling team's most outstanding
player. Coach Gil Burroughs
presented the most improved
award to Thomas Bembury.
In tennis. Bobby Ahsley
received from Burroughs, the
most outstanding award while
Craig Stepney was named the
most dedicated player.
bernise Riddick. Gloria Holley,
Herbert Hill and Alexander
Johnson were recipients of the
most outstanding awards for their
participation in track and field
competition. The awards were
made by coach Robert Shields.
Continued on Page 4
Warren Elonard Alexander was
denied limited driving privileges,
and was told that he probably
won't get them when he becomes
eligible to petition the court again,
in several months.
"If I do give you driving
privileges, it will be the first time I
ever have for someone who going
98 in a 55 icne and driving drunk."
Judge Beaman commented. "It
just makes me hot under the
collar"
Other cases prosecuted by
Michael T Johnson. Asst. Dist.
Atty.. including the following:
Ellis Ray Bonner, for dismissal
of support order.
Thomas Lloyd Forehand.
Continued on Page 4
Legion Baseball
Begins Sunday
American t.rginn Baseball
action will get tinder* ay this
Sunday when the Albemarle area
team takes on Washington for a
donMr header, (lame time is l
I' M. at links Field.
A game set for Satnrdav has
been cancelled tine to a conflict of
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