Noted And Passed
/■-•* President Reagan, Sen. Jesse
Helms of North Carolina and Sen.
Robert Dole of Kansas have all
sacrificed some credibility over
filling a top patronage position in
the U. S. Department of
Agriculture. •
Wilmer (Vinegar Bend) Mizell
is a former Tar Heel congressman
and close friend of Sen. Helms.
Morgan Williams is a former aide
to Sen. Dole. They both wanted to
become assistant agriculture
secretary for government and
public affairs. It is difficult to fit
two people into a single position.
That is, unless you are President
of the United States.
In order not to offend either Sen.
Helms or Sen. Dole, the President
split the position. Each man will
be paid $52,750 a year. Mizell will
get the task of lobby members of
Congress for the administration
and Williams will be in charge of
the intergovernmental relations.
This type action does not befit
conservatives of the caliber in
volved in this matter. Sen. Helms
has been characterized, unjustly
many times over, as “Senator
No.” President Reagan would
have served his charge best had he
said “no” instead of taking the
easy way out.
Our National Guard
There are some vacancies in the
local work force. It is not because
there is no work to be done. The
N. C. Army National Guard is at
camp.
lot of things along the Public
Parade are taken for granted. The
National Guard is one good case in
point. North Broad Street is
Edentoh’s- busiest thoroughfare
and the National Guard Armory
out there plays an important role
in the community.
Soon the new National Guard
Armory at Edenton Municipal
Airport will be ready for oc
cupancy. The existing facility will
revert back to the Town of
Edetitbn and detailed plans
are ready to -transform- -it
into a first rate recre
ation center.
The new armory is a sign of
progress along the Public Parade.
Edenton and Chowan County
stand second to none as being a top
flight National Guard area. Gen.
William E. Ingram, adjutant
general of North Carolina whose
home base is still in the Isle of
Pasquotank, is proud of the
professionalism demonstrated by
local guardsmen.
Gen. Ingram has toured the
width and bredth of Tar Heelia
attempting to focus more attention
on the National Guard. While his
efforts have been worthwhile,
there are still too many people
who take the National Guard for
granted.
One contribution of the guard
which goes unnoticed is measured
in dollars and cents. The total
payroll last year for Edenton
guardsmen, members of Detach
ment 1, Company C, Ist Battalion,
119th Infantry was $191,498.31.
The National Guard along the
Public Parade is not a mere
service organization. It impacts
on our economy.
Our National Guard stands
second to none, along the Public
Parade or throughout North
Carolina.
A Prophecy
Carey Bunch, retired fishery
official with the U. S. Department
of Interior, found a clipping that
belonged to his father years ago.
He left the following in our
unattended typewriter:
These lines were first published
in England in 1835, before any of
the discoveries and inventions
mentioned therein.
Carriages without horses shall
go,
And accidents fill the world with
woe.
Around the world thoughts will
fly
In the twinkling of an eye.
The world upside down shall be,
And gold be found at the root of
tree.
Through the hills men shall ride,
And no horse or ass be at his
side.
Under water man shall walk,
Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk.
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Federal Offices
And Local Banks
Closed Monday
Except for the closing of federal
offices and banks, Memorial Day
(Monday) will pass with little
change of pace. Memorial Day is
not a general holiday recom
mended by Edenton-Chowan
Chamber of Commerce.
The U. S. Postal Service will
operate on a normal holiday
schedule, according to Postmaster
James M. Bond.
No residential, business or rural
delivery will be provided.
Crime Control and Public Safety
Secretary Burley Mitchell has
announced that North Carolina
will again join 47 other states this
Memorial Day weekend in im
plementing Operation CARE
(Combined Accident Reduction
Effort).
Mitchell said, “Memorial
Day unofficially marks the
beginning of summer and brings
with it heavy traffic. The recent
Easter weekend, in which the
number of traffic deaths were less
than half the number killed during
the same weekend in 1980, proves
that with the cooperation of the
motoring public and the hard work
of the Highway Patrol and other
law enforcement agencies, this
increased traffic need not be cause
for an increase in traffic deaths.”
The Memorial Day holiday
begins at 6 P. M„ Friday, May 22,
and ends at midnight, Monday,
May 25.
The N. C. State Motor Club,
estimating 16 people could lose
their lives in traffic accidents on
North Carolina streets and high
ways over the long Memorial Day
Week-End, urges motorists to
drive with care during the holiday
period.
Last year 17 fatalities and 817
injuries were recorded for a
similar period of time while 18
died in 1979.
Currituck Man
Slightly Injured
In Plane Crash
A Currituck man escaped
serious injury, Monday, when a
Cessna 183 Skylane he was piloting
crashed into a field owned by
Yates Parrish on N. C. 32 South,
about three miles from Edenton.
According to the Chowan County
Sheriff’s Department, James
Ferebee of Shawboro was en route
to Gregory Poole Equipment Co.
adjacent to Edenton Municipal
Airport when the single engine,
four passenger aircraft lost
power. Ferebee attempted an
emergency landing which failed
when he struck a large drainage
ditch, shearing the landing gear.
The plane hit a com field nose first
and flipped onto its back.
Ferebee suffered a bloody nose
but was otherwise uninjured. He
reported the accident to Edenton
Police Department shortly after 12
noon, and the Sheriff’s Depart
ment was called in to investigate.
Deputy Joseph Byrum said no
investigation by the Federal
Aviation Administration is ex
pected, though a report will be
filed with the agency.
It is believed the aircraft is a
total loss.
PILOT EXCAPES SERIOUS INJURY -r- James Ferebee, a Shawboro man, walked away from
the crash of his Cessna Skylane, Monday, with only a Moody nose. He reportedly lost power and was
attempting an emergency landing in a field when he struck a drainage ditch, causing the plane to
flip. Ferebee was en route to Edenton Municipal Airport.
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ALOA SPRING MEETING The Albemarle Law and Order
Association held its spring dinner meeting at the Seafare
Restaurant in Nags Head, Friday night. Among the 250 persons
attending were, in the left photo from the left, Congressman
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IT’S OFFICIAL TG&Y Family Center has scheduled its
grand opening at Edenton Village Shopping Center for July 2. It
has also been confirmed that Food Town Stores, a Salisbury -
based supermarket chain, will be moving into the 21,000 square
foot building formerly leased to Harris Supermarkets of
Greenville. They will join Revco Drug Store, Pizza Hut and
Tarheel Bank at the shopping facility.
Food Town And TG&Y
Opening At Shopping Center
Food Town Stores, Inc. and
TG&Y Stores Co. will both be
opening stores in Edenton Village
Shopping Center this summer
joining Revdo Discount Drugs and
Tarheel Bank.
According to Charles Nichols,
co-manager of TG&Y Family
Center here, a July 2 target date
has been set for the grand opening
of the 40,000 square foot depart
ment store. It is expected to
employ between 35 and 50 persons.
The Oklahoma-based firm
currently operates about 900
stores nationwide. The new
facility will include building
supplies, automotive,
photographic, fabric, and sporting
goods departments, pets, sewing
supplies, household items, infants,
children’s, men’s and women’s
clothing and more.
Heading the operation will be
Willie Whittington from Georgia.
Along with co-manager Nichols
will be assistant managers Jerry
Herring and Julie Williams.
Although not yet confirmed, it is
believed that Food Town will
begin business within the next 60
days. The Edenton store will be
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, May 21, 1981
one of 40 new Food Town location
to be opened over the next two
years in North Carolina, South
Carolina and Virginia.
Based in Salisbury, Food Town
presently has 111 stores in the
three-state area. The firm claims
to offer the lowest food prices
available.
The 21,120 square foot super
market was previously leased by
Harris Supermarkets of Green
ville.
Jobless Rate Noted
Unemployment in Chowan
County during March registered
6.9 per cent, according to the
Employment Security Com
mission of North Carolina. In
Perquimans and Pasquotank
counties it was above 8 per cent.
ESC reported unemployment at
14 per cent in Tyrrell and 15 per
cent in Dare counties.
Chowan County’s unem
ployment was exactly on target
with the state figure. Nationally,
the unadjusted unemployment
rate for March was 7.7 per cent.
Walter B. Jones, Sen. Melvin Daniels and Elizabeth City Police
chief W. C. Owens. In right photo, Mrs. Emily Amburn, chairman
of the Chowan County Democratic Women chats with Sen. J. J.
“Monk” Harrington.
Area EMC’s Are Threatened
By Wholesale Rate Increase
Virginia Electric and Power
Company’s latest proposal for
raising its wholesale rates could
put six N. C. Electric Membership
Corporations into a severe “price
squeeze” situation this fall.
“We’ve had price squeeze
situations before, but the EMCs
served by Vepco appear to be
headed for the most critical case
of this kind that the state’s co-ops
have faced in the past decade,”
said Jim Hubbard, executive vice
president of N. C. EMC, the power
supply arm of the statewide EMC
organization.
The EMCs that would be af
fected by the rate case are
Albemarle EMC, Hertford; Cape
Hatteras EMC, Buxton;
Edgecombe-Martin County EMC,
Tarboro; Halifax EMC, Enfield;
Roanoke EMC, Rich Square and
Tideland EMC, Pantego.
Ed Brown, Jr , general manager
of Albemarle EMC, explained that
the term “price squeeze” refers to
any situation where a co-ops cost
Mrs. Liza Knight Elliott
Death Claims
Area Leader
Mrs. Liza Knight Elliott, a well
known and respected community
leader in the Albemarle Area, died
Tuesday following an extended
illness. She was 83.
Mrs. Elliott, formerly of Route
1, Tyner, died in Tarboro where
she had made her home in recent
years.
She was bom August 23, 1897, in
Edgecombe County. She was the
widow of Emmett Nowell Elliott.
She was a graduate of St. Mary’s
College.
Mrs. Elliott was an active
member of the Democratic Party.
Surviving is a brother, Robert V.
Knight of Tarboro and several
nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Elliott was a member of St.
Paul’s Episcopal Church.
Graveside services were held at
3 P. M. Wednesday in Beaver Hill
Cemetery with Rev. Raymond
Storie officiating. Williford -
Barham Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Elliott was the first ex
tension home agent in Chowan
County. She was recipient of the
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Single Copies 20 Cents
of wholesale power is so high that
its charges to consumers are
disproportionately out of line with
the retail rates of the power
supplier.
‘NCEMC has raised this issue in
its petition to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission in
Washington with regard to the new
Vepco wholesale rate proposal.”
he said.
In that petition, the statewide
generating and transmission co-op
argues that the rates place the
EMCs in an “anti-competitive
price squeeze situation” that could
threaten to put them out of
business.
The VEPCO rate hike request
was filled with FERC to become
effective on September 1, subject
to refund if the agency later finds
the request excessive.
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Conference
Is Saturday
Approximately 100 women will
attend the Chowan County
Governor’s Conference on
Leadership Development for
W’omen to be held Saturday, May
23, at John A. Holmes High School
in Edenton. It will begin at 8:30
P. M., with adjournment at 2:00
P. M
“Conference participants will
hear and attend workshops
covering topics such as ‘Asser
tiveness Training,’ ‘Energy
Management,’ ‘Finance
Management,’ ‘Managing Your
Career and Your Family,’ and
‘Women and the Law,’ said Mrs.
Betty Manning.
,The county level conference is
an extension of the statewide
conference convened by Gov. Jim
Hunt in Raleigh in May 1978 and
the nine successful regional
conferences held over the last two
years. “All of the conferences
have shared the objectives of
helping women of the state
identify their own leadership
potential and develop skills they
can use to help their communities
and North Carolina grow even
stronger,” added Mrs. Beth
Taylor.
Mrs. Manning and Mrs. Taylor
are co-chairpersons of the Chowan
County Conference. Members of
the Planning Committee who have
assisted the co-chairpersons are
Mrs. Frances Boyce, Mrs. Gayle
Gieseke, Mrs. Debbie Hally bur
ton, Mrs. Julia Hassell, Mrs.
Marguerite Lassiter, Mrs. Ethel
LaVoie, Mrs. Carolyn Ricks, and
Mrs. Hettie Wallace.
The Chowan County conference
is just one of 100 being held across
the state. All 100 are being
sponsored by the North Carolina
Council oi. Status of Women
and the North Carolina Council of
Women’s Organizations in
cooperation with the Office of the
Governor.