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Display American Flags
For Hostages In Iran
People throughout Edenton and Chowan County will join throngs
of others In displaying the American flag in support of the
American hostages in Iran. Paper flags appear as a supplement in
Hie Chowan Herald today and others can be obtained from spon
sors.
Sponsors of the program in Edenton and Chowan County are:
The Chowan Herald, Edward G. Bond Post 40, American Legion,
Carpet & Appliance Plaza, Hollowell-Blount RexaU Drugs, Little
Mint of Edenton, Ellis Carpet & Tile, Jays Clothiers, Griffin
Musicenter, Western Gas, Carter’s Ink Company, Western Auto,
Belk-Tyler, Jackson’s Radio & TV, Seabrook Blanching, Mit
chener’s Pharmacy and Hoke Motor Corp.
The concept of displaying the flag in support of the hostages in
Iran began in the community of Plymouth, Ind., and has spread to
several different states. The idea comes to us from Plymouth, N.C.
where thousands of these flags are on display.
Doward N. Jones, publisher of the Roanoke Beacon, said it is
unbelieveable how the idea caught on in Washington County. The
first printing was 9,000-includlng those distributed in the Beacon
and a second run is anticipated.
The idea was brought into Northeastern North Carolina by Rev.
Dennis Burton, pastor of First Baptist Church in Plymouth. He had
picked up the program in Mansfield, Ohio, his hometown.
Thousands of flags have been on display in homes, businesses,
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It's That Season
Edenton Police Department was
alerted at 8:50 o’clock on a recent
morning. A subject had not
reported to work as a watchman.
His wife said he had left home.
The mystery was solved when
the “watchman” was found at
Johnston Bridge...fishing.
Fearless Threesome
y
A fair warning has been sounded
for those who traffic in drugs.
“You ain’t wanted” along the
Public Parade or elsewhere in Tar
Heelia. This was made clear last
week by Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr.,
Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten, and
Dist. Atty. Thomas S. Watts of
Elizabeth City, president of the N.
C. District Attorney’s Association.
This fearless threesome took the
wraps off “emergency
legislation” which will be offered
in the mini-session of the General
Assembly, which convenes at 12-
noon next Thursday. They propose
“extremely harsh” prison sen
tences and heavy fines for drug
traffickers.
For example, the proposal
would triple the penalties for
smuggling large amounts of
marijuana, methaqualone (also
called Quaaludes or ludes),
cocaine and heroin. States like
Florida have already enacted
stronger laws and North Carolina
has become a haven for
smugglers.
At a recent news conference, the
attorney general displayed a copy
of “High Times,” a drug-oriented
magazine, and pointed to an ar
ticle entitled: “North Carolina
Coastline: A Smugglers Dream.”
There have already been
reports, although yet unfounded,
that unauthorized airplanes have
landed at Edenton Municipal
Airport in the wee hours of the
morning. This state has numerous
small airstrips which provide a
perfect cover for air smuggling.
This state’s coastline is also
popular.
Before the sounds of the fearless
threesome settled, their proposal
was labeled “more political than
substantive” by a spokesman for a
Democratic defector who wants to
be the second GOP governor in
this century. However, as tardy as
the proposals are they are badly
needed. It won’t take long for the
General Assembly to count the
two-thirds vote necessary to have
them considered.
Dist. Atty. Watts has built an
enviable reputation as a
prosecutor. This quality resulted
in his peers electing him head of
the state association. By the
same token, he has demonstrated
an almost uncanny ability to use
good judgment.
Gov. Hunt and Atty. Gen. Ed
misten were in good company with
the DA from the Isle of
Pasquotank. Between the
threesome, given the proper
legislation, boats will be captured
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Vol. XLVI-No. 22
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UNDERWATER EXPLORATION SET East Carolina
University and the N. C. Department of Archives and History,
Underwater Archaeology division, will be conducting studies of
Edenton Bay during the next several weeks. Gordon Watts, head
of the Underwater Archaeology division, said divers should begin
working this week. Inspecting equipment in the photo above,
from the left, is James Ownley, a student at NCSU, Dave
Thomas, a graduate of UNC-Wilmington, and Bob Judy, a staff
member of the Underwater Archaeology division.
Head Start Grant Approved
Congressman Walter B. Jones
announced, last Friday, the ap
proval by the Department of
Health and Human Services, of a
grant of $434,918 to the Economic
Improvement Council,
headquartered in Edenton. These
funds are to be used for the Head
Start program serving seven area
counties.
The allocation includes the basic
funding grant for administration
of the program, including mental
and dental health services and
meals, as well as funding of
special services for handicapped
FmHA Buys
Revalue Bends
Chowan County Commissioners,
last Tuesday in special session,
approved a resolution calling for
the sale of $46,000 in revenue bonds
for Phase II of the Chowan County
Water System project.
Certified copies of the resolution
were sent to the Local Govern
ment Commission and to James A.
Lapenn, the county’s bonding
attorney.
The bonds were sold, Tuesday,
to the Farmer’s Home Ad
ministration by the N. C.
Department of the Treasurer at a
net interest rate of five per cent
and maturity of 21.85 years.
Chowan County will begin
making payments in 1963 of $750
monthly, increasing to $2,750 by
the year 2014.
Former State Jaycee President
Emphasis On Awards Caused Scandal
A former state Jaycee president
believes too much emphasis on
awards and recognition led to the
recent funds scandal that has
rocked the N. C. Jaycees
organization, and that viable,
active chapters will not be
seriously effected by the “Jam
scam”.
In an interview, Monday, Joe
Hollowell commented, “It seems
that the organization got caught
up in the excitement to be
recognized as number one in
growth and that certain people
saw fit to put members on the rolls
that didn’t exist.”
Hollowell was state president in
1977 and is now a U. S. Jaycee
Senator and lifetime member of
the organization.
J. Harold Herring, an unopposed
candidate for national Jaycee
president, as well as the state
organization has been sharply
criticized for withdrawing $142,249
in funds for the N. C. Jaycee Burn
children.
According to Ivadean Priest of
Manteo, Head Start director,
funds under PA-26 Hadicapped
Services enable the program to
meet the needs of epileptic, deaf
and blind children and those with
speech and physical defects.
She said speech therapy is the
largest of the services with 245
pre-school children receiving
therapy.
Congress requires that 10 per
cent of the Head Start enrollment
be exceptional children.
The grant also includes funds for
teacher training. Mrs. Priest said
by 1981, all Head Start teachers
must have an associate degree in
child development. The teacher
training program is handled in
conjunction with East Carolina
University as an on the job
training and work experience
program.
Five teachers now hold the
associate degree, and four more
will complete requirements by the
end of the summer. Mrs. Priest
said two more, for a total of
eleven, will have completed the
requirements by the 1981 deadline.
“We have a very good
program,” she commented, “and
would like to see it expanded.”
Currently three counties in the 10-
county Albemarle area do not
have a Head Start program. They
are Camden, Currituck and
Tyrrell counties.
Mrs. Priest explained that
during a period of transition in
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Center in Chapel Hill to pay
national membership dues. The
funds were raised through jelly
sales by local chapters across the
state.
Some Jaycees have charged
Joe Hollowell
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, May 29, 1980
Underwater Study Os Bay Slated
For the next five weeks,
Edenton residents may notice
some unusual goings on in
Edenton Bay.
East Carolina University and
the Underwater Archaeology
branch of the N. C. Department of
Archives and History will be
conducting a bottom survey of the
harbor and nearby waters. The
purpose of the survey is to locate,
identify and possibly recover
parts of shipwrecks and other
water covered cultural resource
areas.
Areas where diving will be
taking place will be marked by
International Diver’s Flags. These
are square or rectangular flags
with a red or international orange
background divided by a diagonal
white stripe. State law requires
that boats approach no closer than
50 feet of these flags. Divers will
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WARNING Boaters are
warned to stay at least 50 feet
away from diving markers in
the Edenton Bay and
Albemarle Sound, as a safety
precaution for surfacing divers
who could be seriously injured
by boat props. The flags are
red or international orange
divided by a diagonal white
stripe.
Loss Os Service
Caused By Tree
Residents of Bayview Trail in
the Cape Colony subdivision were
without water for four hours
Saturday after an eight inch tree
limb penetrated four feet into the
ground, breaking a six inch water
line.
Graham Farless, head of the
Water Department, said a
resident, whose name he chose not
to disclose, felled a 60-foot oak tree
causing the disruption. About
45,000 gallons of water spewed
from the broken line before county
employees could shut it off.
Damages were estimated at
about S2OO.
Fund Raiser Set
The Edenton Aces Booster Club
will be raising funds to send
Holmes High School athletes to
training camp, this Saturday.
A fish fry is scheduled for 11
A.M. until 7 P.M. at the Boy Scout
hut on North Broad Street. Tickets
may be obtained from Booster
Club members and at the site for
$2.50 per plate.
that Herring used those funds to
establish “paper chapter” and to
pay dues for non-existent mem
bers.
The N. C. Jaycees are to be
recognized next month for in
creasing its membership from
11,500 in 1975 to 23,000, presently.
The State Attorney General’s
office is currently investigating
whether any state laws have been
violated, while the Federal
Bureau of Investigation is looking
into possible violations of federal
law relating to the misuse of
telephones and mail. In addition,
the N. C. Jaycees have employed
the firm of Peat, Marwick, Mit
chell and Company to audit the
financial records of the
organization. The audit is to be
completed by June when the state
executive committee meets.
Hollowell said he recently
confronted Herring about the issue
warning him that “no recognition
is worth it, if you don’t deserve it.”
remain in this area. This is to
prevent surfacing divers from
being injured by the propellors of
passing boats.
The divers expect to have vir
tually no visibility in the bay,
making it extremely important for
boaters to observe the safety rule.
As a further safety precaution,
survey personnel request that
visitors on boats stay at least 50
yards off unless signaled it is safe
to come closer.
Last year. ECU and the Un
derwater Archaeology branch
conducted their first joint survey
effort at Bath.
The surveys take the form of a
“field school”, for which ECU
students receive six semester
hours of credit in maritime history
and shipboard technology.
Office Building Is Reorganized
Many state and county offices
located in the Chowan County
Office Building have relocated in
an effort to group similar services
together for the convenience of the
public. The massive shuffle was
underway Monday morning on the
second and fourth floors with
about 11 different services
working to get settled in at new
locations.
As of today the WIC office,
Albemarle Mental Health office,
Veterans Services office, En
forcement and Theft Division and
N. C. Department of Corrections
Adult Probation offices will all be
found on the second floor of the
county office building.
The Chowan County
Agricultural Extension Service,
county finance office and county
manager’s office are now located
on the fourth floor.
The Chowan County Board of
Elections and Juvenile Probation
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CONFUSION The Chowan County Office Building was in a
state of confusion, Monday morning, and county and state em
ployees began moving their offices to new locations. County
manager Cliff Copeland said the project was an effort to group
similar services together for the convenience of the public.
Hollowell added that he, per
sonally, had asked Herring to
withdraw his candidacy for
national president. Herring has
since told the media he has no
intention of withdrawing from the
presidential race, and that not all
of the facts have been revealed.
Hollowell flatly stated that
certain policies relating to tran
sferral of funds as well as charter
extensions were violated.
He explained that all with
drawals and transferrals must be
approved by the executive com
mittee and that checks must be
signed by three authorized per
sons. He said he was aware that
checks had been drafted on one
signature, contrary to establsihed
policy.
Similarly, all charter extensions
must be approved by the executive
committee and applications must
be accompanied by letters from
the superintendents of the spon-
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The field school includes 11
students, three of which are non
divers, three student assistants,
and eight staff members from the
Underwater Archaeology branch,
headed by Dr. William Still,
professor of history at ECU, and
Gordon Watts, head of the Un
derwater branch.
Dr. Still and Watts expressed
their appreciation to local
residents for help and cooperation
in providing accomodations and
information. They extended a
special thanks to J. P. Ricks Mrs.
Rosa Davenport, W. B. Gardner,
town admistrator, Edenton Police
Department and Edenton Chowan
Rescue Squad.
They invited interested persons
visit and talk with students and
staff members at the waterfront.
offices have moved from the
building next door to the old
Chowan County Courthouse. In
addition, telephone calls to the
Board of Elections are no longer
handled through the Sheriff’s
Department. Their new phone
listing, which is not in the
telephone directory, is 482-4010.
Chowan County Adult Probation
offices have taken up residence in
the new courthouse on Broad
Street, and the old Sheriff’s office
on King St. now houses the Office
of Emergency Medical Services.
Relocation of EMS has enabled
the Health Department to expand
its working space into the ground
floor offices behind the building.
The Chowan County Tax Office,
Water Department and Depart
ment of Social Services will
remain in their present location,
as will the Edenton-Chowan
Schools, on the third floor.