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Dewey W. Wells
Wells Bidding
For Judgeship
Dewey W. Wells of Elizabeth
City is making a bid for a federal
judgeship in the Eastern District
of North Carolina. Wells, an at
torney who resides in Camden,
admits he has not been nominated
for the post but he has been
“identified” by newspaper ar
ticles.
Wells, 51, a Republican and
president of the N. C. State Bar
Association, served as a Superior
Court judge during the ad
ministration of former Gov.
James Holshouser.
The attorney has a distinguished
experience in legal and com
munity affairs. He is a member of
the N. C. Wildlife Commission and
an outstanding volunteer with the
Tidewater Council of Boy Scouts of
America.
The U. S. District judgeship is
for 44 counties in Eastern North
Carolina. It is the seat Sen. Robert
Morgan sought for Charles
Winberry and Jerold Arnold.
Winberry was not confirmed by a
Senate committee and Arnold’s
nomination died in the 96th
Congress after Ronald Reagan
was elected President.
“I am only declaring my
availability for the job,” he told a
newspaper reporter last week.
“I’m not banking on it.”
Two other Republicans with
statewide reputations are seeking
two posts on the federal bench in
Eastern North Carolina. They are
I. Beverly Lake, Jr., GOP can
didate for Governor in November;
and Superior Court Judge Donald
L. Smith. Both are from Raleigh.
Church Displays
Christmas Scene
Caiter Hill United Methodist
Church lawn is a picture card
scene at this time of the year. The
Nativity scene is depicted by life
size figures of Joseph, Mary, and
the Baby Jesus with the three Wise
Men there to offer gifts for the new
born King.
In the far off distance there
are shepherds watching the flock
of sheep.
This Nativity scoie is set up
each year by Emmett P. Jones
who tries to create the old but still
new story of the birth of Jesus
many years ago in Bethlehem.
On Christmas Eve when the
evening star is brightest, Mrs.
Margaret Smithson and her class
of young adults will light the way
to the Manger with Binaries
which burn all night.
Members of the church invite
the public to ride to Center Hill
and see this old but familiar scene.
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west; and Mrs. Pat Smith of
Tyrrell County, secretary -
treasurer.
In brief remarks, Brown said he
is excited about the future of
AADA and Northeastern North
Carolina. He said that by working
together much can be ac
complished in the future.
L. F. Amburn, Jr., of Edenton,
who headed AADA for more than
two terms, pointed out that while
area improvement! associations
in other sections of North Carolina
are falling apart, this group is
getting stronger. The speaker
credited this to the abundance of
leaders in this area.
He said leaders in the Albemarle
Area have something to say, know
how to say it and more im
portantly, live out their messages.
In conclusion, he noted that the
greatest leaders are those who are
unselfish with their time and
talents and who influence others
' by their good deeds.
“Everyone wants to be a winner
and if we can draw on past ex
periences, it is evidence that the
future is bright for the Albemarle
Area because the people have
mastered one thing of utmost
importance, that of being able to
disagree without being
disagreeable,” he said.
Wheeler recognized officers and
committee chairmen who served
AADA in the past year. “This has
been a most rewarding experience
for me,” he added.
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better serve our county,” she said.
She can be reached by calling 482-
2546.
Mrs. Earnhardt said the con
tinuing education classes will get
underway for the winter quarter in
January. Curriculum credit
courses will be scheduled during
the spring quarter which begins in
March.
At'the present time, she said,
plans are being made to offer
credit courses in art history,
business finance, chldren’s self
esteem, and intermediate tennis.
Named To Board
RALEIGH The Bank of North
Carolina, N.A., has named Hayes
Carter and David C. Kelly, to
serve on the Hobbsville Local
Board, it was announced today by
BNC President Sam P. Douglas,
Jr.
Carter is a prominent member
of the community, having served
as Gates County Clerk of Superior
Court and on the Gatesville Fire
Department. He is a licensed
funeral director, and a member of
the Gatesville Masonic Lodge. He
and his wife, Mildred, are active
members of the Gatesville Baptist
Church.
Kelly is President of DAS, Inc.,
a trucking company, and Senior
Vice President of Coastal Farm
Equipment, Inc. Active in the
Hobbsville community, he and his
wife, Anne, have three children,
Sandra, Eddie, and Angelia. They
are members of the Somme
Avenue Christian Church.
President Douglas stated, “We
are extremely pleased to have
Messrs. Carter and Kelly join us.
Hobbsville’s City Executive, Allan
Asbell, and his staff will certainly
benefit from the guidance of such
strong and capable board mem
bers.”
Other members of the Hobb
sville board are: C. H. Carter, T.
Erie Haste, Jr., L. W. Hathaway,
R. O. Hobbs, and G. W. Ward.
State Foresters Assisting During Smoke Problem
The N.. C. Department of
Natural Resources and Com
munity Development is making
Forest Resources Division per
sonnel available as temporary
extra support for local govern
ment officials in four eastern
North Carolina counties during the
current period of poor visibility
due to heavy smoke.
Forest Service personnel will
provide communications
assistance to officials in Chowan,
Pasquotank, Hyde and Currituck
counties. They will help monitor
roads and advise county officials
of [daces where visibility is poor.
The action follows a visit by a
team of state officials who touted
the area and met with local of
ficials and citizens Tuesday of last
week. Dr. E. Walton Jones, deputy
secretary, led the fact-finding trip.
Sections of Eastern North
Carolina are plagued by heavy
smoke created by the burning of
debris from land-clearing ac
tivities. The department has
received complaints of dangerous
driving conditions, adverse effects
on health and interruption of daily
activities.
Jones and his team met with
local officials, legislators and
civic leaders in Elizabeth City,
discussed the problem with of
ficials of companies doing the
burning at a meeting in
Washington, and held a public
meeting in Swan Quarter.
“Our people gained valuable
insight into the problem from the
people affected by the smoke and
from the people doing the bur
ning,” Jones said. “It was a
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Chamber Elects
White To Office
Oscar White, president of
Edenton Tractor & Equipment
Company, and five new directors
will soon assume positions with
Edenton-Chowan Chamber of
Commerce.
White will move into the
presidency behind Wallace Evans,
another local merchant. Evans
will remain on the Board of
Directors as an ex-officio mem
ber.
The Edenton-Chowan Chamber
of Commerce recently, in mail
balloting, electing the following
new directors to serve throughout
1981-82:
Dick Dixon of Montgomery
Ward; Mac Self of Tarheel Bank
& Trust Company; Marvin Shaw
of Fisher Nut; Leonard Small, Jr.,
of Virginia Fork Produce ; and Bill
Smith of W. E. Smith’s Store.
Evans has expressed ap
preciation to directors who rotate
off the board. They include:
Charles Creighton, a past
president; Warren Hibbard, Wes
Chesson, Jim Darnell, Terry
Jones and Bud Perry.
Jerry Hen dee, executive vice
president, points out that the
organization had an active team
during the past year.
Listed among their many ac
complishments was another
Governor’s Community of Ex
cellence Award, decisive steps
toward the clean-up of the Chowan
River and Albemarle Sound as our
own Water Resources Committee
became the nucleus for the
Chowan River Task Force;
progress through work with
Operation Overcharge toward
fairer electric utility cost.
Also a study assessing the need
for additional motel and
restaurant facilities; a survey to
help set forth area requirements
as seen from a cross section of the
business community and
cooperative efforts with local
citizens and Carolina Telephone
such that no format change is to
take place in the-new directory.
productive exchange of ideas and
information.”
One of the chief concerns ex
pressed by the citizens of the area
was lack of communication about
road conditions. Many expressed
fears for children who ride school
buses and personal anxiety about
driving on local roads and high
ways. The smoke has been blamed
for a number of accidents, and
school buses have had to pull off
the roads at times due to poor
visibility.
Jones said his department is
offering the services of Forest
Service personnel temporarily
until local communications
programs can be set up. “Dus is
one way we felt we could provide
help immediately,” he said. “I
hope we can help prevent any
more accidents.”
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over the weekend and the temperatures dropped into the low teens. Luke Amburn of The Chowan
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For the long run, Jones said the
department is developing a
burning permit system that will
help prevent forest fires, which is
the purpose of current burning
permit regulations, and help
reduce air pollution, which is the
purpose of air quality regulations.
“We are attempting to develop a
permit system that will be ef
ficient and effective and at the
same time be responsive to the
needs of the people who live and
work in the area,” Jones said.
“We want the landowners to ob
tain one permit that will protect
against both forest fires and air
pollution.”
NRCD officials are attempting
to determine whether such a
system can be implemented under
existing authority or whether new
legislation will be required.
Land-clearing is vital to the
area’s large farm operation,
which are considered a vital part
of the local economy, and a key
element in developing the permit
system is determining ap
propriate practices for managing
the burning of scrub timber, other
vegetation and rich peat soil
cleared from the land. Peat burns
slowly and generates significant
amounts of smoke.
During Tuesday’s meeting in
Washington, many of the large
farm representatives indicated
they planned to consider more
effective fire management
practices for their windrow
burning.
NRCD and the farm operators
are also exploring ways to make
use of the cleared wood as an
energy source.