Hos" Ain t It?
People meandering along the
Public Parade are experiencing
one of the longest heat waves for
1 mid-June remembered by old
timers. The common greeting on
Cheapside and through the area
is: “Hot ain’t it?”
Although some 10 days ago the
area had a generous amount of
rain, young com has rolled and
vegetable gardens are late.
The heat experienced on Broad
Street late Sunday evening cannot
be blamed on the weather. It has
been reported by a reliable source
that the Mitchener Clan is
responsible.
The Harrell-Kimmel wedding
drew Joe Mitchener from Spar
tanburg, S. C., Bill Mitchener
from Charlotte, and John A., 111,
from West Queen Street. The
godfather was at his usual position
near the safe.
The occasion was further
enhanced by John, Jr.’s 67th birth
day, which was Monday. Whether
it was the gathering of the clan,
the birthday or the heat, John’s
business partners are most
grateful for one thing. He was on
time for a 7 A. M. meeting Mon
day.
New Look?
North Carolina can be proud of
the fact that we are the birthplace
of manned flight. Our license
plates are wearing out and
hopefully will be replaced by a
proposed plate which promotes
this great achievement.
The design of the license tag
bearing the inscription “First in
Flight” was developed by Sen. J.
J. (Monk) Harrington of Lewiston,
and Elbert Peters, commissioner
of motor vehicles.
Sen. Harrington is joined by his
colleagues from the First
Senatorial District, Melvin R.
Daniels, and Sens. Henson Barnes
of Goldsboro and William Red
mond of Statesville.
Sen. Redmon is rapidly
becoming a driving force in the
General Assembly although he is
in the minority as a Republican. It
ig certainly proper for him to team
with Northeastern Tar Heel solons
in sponsoring First In Flight
legislation. He is an experienced
pilot, both in fixed wing and
helicopters.
Furthermore, he married one
half of a Statesville physician’s
secretary-nurse team. The other
half came with us to meander
along the Public Parade, all of
which has absolutely nothing to do
with the new license plate design.
The additional cost of the new
plate after the tool up costs, would
be three and one half cents. The
tool up cost would be $34,448.
Actually, the new tag
would make money for
the State, if people should
purchase the new plate before
their old plates wear out.
We now have what are called
“permanent” [dates and do not
receive a new plate unless our old
plate fades or wears out. If a new
plate was purchased before the old
plate fades, it would cost the
purchaser $5. As it costs the State
$1.24 to make a new plate, the
remainder would be profit.
All of the materials on hand will
be used before the new plates are
printed. It is estimated to be ap
proximately 18 months before the
new plates are issued as a
replacement for the old plates, the
General Assembly willing.
Record Not Bad
The media blitz, pro and con, on
the subject of highways along the
Public Parade and throughout
North Carolina is creating a new
awareness among the citizens. It
may also confuse more than it
enlightens.
Illegal bidding practices on
state highway work have been in
vogue for decades. Right or wrong
it wasn’t started during the ad
ministrations of Sanford, Moore,
Scott, Holshouser, or even Hunt.
Neither was it condoned by any
governor. It probably started
small and as things got most
costly the greed got greater.
The house Os cards collapsed.
The greater weight of the fallout
will be carried by Secretary of
'transportation Tom Bradshaw.
He happened to be in the right
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Edward T. Brynes
Byrnes Accepts
Bank Position
Edward T. Brynes has joined
the Bank of North Carolina, N.A.,
as branch loan and operations
officer in Edenton, it was an
nounced today by City Executive,
Jim Ball.
A native of Long Island, N.Y.,
Brynes has over seven years
financial experience with a bank
in Boone. In addition to his duties
as loan and operations officer, he
will act as Branch Manager for
Edenton’s Northside office.
Brynes has completed several
American Institute of Banking
courses and holds a masters
degree from Appalachian State
University in Boone.
Superior Court
Juries Empaneled
Jury activity was brisk early
this week in Chowan County
Superior Court. Three panels had
been seated by mid-afternoon
Tuesday.
Judge R. Michael Bruce of
Mount Olive is presiding over the
criminal session. Asst. Dist. Atty.
Frank R. Parrish of Elizabeth City
is prosecuting the docket.
A jury was seated Monday to
hear the case where William C.
O’Neal was charged- with the
felony of possessing stolen goods.
After the jury was empaneled, the
defendant entered a plea.
Another jury was seated
Tuesday morning to hear the case
where Randy Green was charged
with shoplifting. A pack of
cigarettes was involved. That jury
had not reached a decision before
still another panel was seated to
hear the case where Franklin
Thomas Riddick was charged with
disobeying an officer’s directions.
Mrs. Betty Byrum Ward was
foreman of the Grand Jury which
completed work Monday morning
and reported to Judge Bruce that
nine bills of indictment were
handled and a tour of the Chowan
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To Close
The Clothes Closet on North
Broad Street will be closed
June 22-25.
When the community project
reopens it will be located on
South Broad Street between
Cato’s and Pate’s Florist.
ADMINISTRATOR HONORED - The Chowan County Com
missioners presented a plaque to W. B. Gardner, on Monday
honoring his 20 years of community service as administrator of
the Town of Edenton. Chairman C. A. Phillips, above left, com
mented during the emotional presentation, “We are pleased that
you will continue living here. This means you will be available for
even more volunteer work.” Gardner’s resignation will be ef
fective July 4 after which he will assume the post of senior vice
president and chief operating officer of AGEnterprises.
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Vol. XLVI - No. 26
Gilliam Wood
ECSU Trustee
RALEIGH J. Gilliam Wood of
Edenton has been named to the
board of trustees at Elizabeth City
State University. Members of
boards, of 16 institutions in the
Greater University of North
Carolina system were named by
the Board of Governors.
Wood is former board chairman
of the N. C. Department of Natural
Resources & Community
Development. He was a member
of the State Highway Commission
during the Terry Sanford Ad
ministration.
McDonald Dixon of Edenton
compiled a lengthy record of
service to ECSU. A building on the
campus was named in his honor. >
Five other men from North
eastern North Carolina were
elected to four-year terms on
boards of three campuses.
Joining Wood as new members
at ECSU. are Willie Riddick of
Windsor, an assistant to Rep.
Walter B. Jones of the First
Congressional District; and J.
Samuel Roebuck of Elizabeth
City, head of the S&R Super
Market Chain.
Postmaster Levin B. Culpepper
of Elizabeth City was reappointed
to the ECSU board.
Geroge M. Wood of Camden,
chairman of the board at N. C.
State University in Raleigh, was
re-elected to a seat on the NCSU
board.
Roy Flood of Murfreesboro was
elected to the board at East
Carolina University in Greenville.
AADA Endorses
Tax On Gasoline
Gov. Jifh Hunt’s plan for in
creasing state highway funds,
including the three cents gasoline
tax, has been endorsed by the
board of directors of the
Albemarle Area Development
Association (AADA).
The directors passed the
resolution in support of Gov. Hunt
at its monthly board meeting on
June 11 at Angler’s Cove
Restaurant in Perquimans
County.
Ed Brown, Jr., AADA president,
said the resolution was offered and
passed after each of AADA’s 10-
county representatives were in
vited to present their respective
problem priorities as well as area
priorities. “The need for new and
better roads was by far the most
urgent problem listed,” said
Brown.
The resolution, a copy of which
has been sent to Gov. Hunt as well
as area representatives in the
N. C. General Assembly, points out
the need for new and improved
highways in northeastern North
Carolina to promote economic
development.
AADA is a volunteer develop
ment organization representing 10
counties of the Albemarle region
and include: Camden, Chowan,
Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hyde,
Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell,
and Washington.
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, June 18, 1981
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COMMISSION IN EDENTON Chowan County Courthouse on North Broad Street was the scene
last week for a regular meeting of the Coastal Resources Commission. Shown at the opening session
Thursday morning are, from left, Ken Stewart of Raleigh, executive director; Dr. J. Parker
Chesson of Elizabeth City, chairman; C. A. Phillips, chairman, Chowan County commissioniprs;
and W. B. Gardner of Edenton, chairman, Coastal Resources Advisory Council.
PM A Slates Construction
Gov. Jim Hunt announced June
10 that the energy development
firm Peat Methanol Associates
(PMA) will build a plant to
produce methanol from peat at
First Colony Farms near
Creswell.
“This plant will use one of our
state’s most abundant energy
resources to produce a clean
burning, versatile fuel,” Hunt said
in announcing plans for the plant.
“It is a perfect example of what
we must do if we are going to build
a secure energy future for North
Carolina.”
. PMA has committed $1.3-million
.for final design and permit ap
plication work, which is expected
to be completed in early 1982.
Pending permit approval and
final financial arrangements,
construction of the estimated $250-
million production facility is
expected to begin in early 1982.
Employment at the plant will be
200, with the construction force
ranging from 200 to 500.
The facility will be capable of
producing 51.3-million gallons of
methanol a year from 633,000 tons
of 30 per cent moisture peat. The
plant will be the first commercial
peat-to-methanol facility in the
world.
PMA expects to market the
methanol as an automotive fuel
and a chemical feed stock. Peat
for the facility will be provided by
First Colony Farms from its
Hot Weather Information
Due to the extremely hot weather being experienced, Chowan
County EMS-Rescue Squad would like to pass on to the citizens
the following information covering heat related emergencies:
Heat Exhaustion Prostration (exhaustion) due to
inadequacy or collapse of the peripheral circulation due to salt
depletion and dyhydration.
Clinical Features Weakness, dizziness, stupor and
headache, with or without muscle cramps.
Signs Skin cool and pale with profuse perspiration,
tachycardia (rapid pulse) and hypotension. May have mental
confusion and muscular incoordination.
Treatment Place patient at rest in a cool place, elevate feet,
massage the legs. Unless there’s danger of cardiac (heart)
failure, give the patient 0.1 sodium (salt) solutiori by mouth.
Heat Cramps Painful spasms of the muscles of the abdomen
and extremities, due primarily to salt depletion.
Signs Skin is moist and cool and muscle twitching may be
present. Temperature is normal or only slightly increased.
Treatment Sodium chloride (salt, 1 gram every 30 minutes
to 1 hour w-large amounts of water. Place in a cool place,
massage sore muscles gently. Continue rest for 2 to 3 days.
Heatstroke - A medical emergency, characterized by sudden
loss of consciousness and failure of the heat-regulation
mechanism; manifested by high fever and cessation of
sweating.
Signs Skin is hot, flushed and dry; pulse is rapid, irregular
and weak and blood pressure is low. Rectal temperature im\y be
107.6 or higher.
Treatment The patient must be hospitalized immediately!
While transporting, remove clothing, sprinkle with water and
fan patient to bring body temperature down. Massage ex
tremities vigorously.
Information sheets like the above can be obtained at the
Rescue-EMS office, County Office Building.
15,000-acre tract. State mining
permits to remove the peat have
already been granted.
If economic factors are
favorable, the facility could be
expanded to produce 513 million
gallons of methanol annually.
PMA, based in Santa Fe, N. M., is
a partnership formed by Energy
Transition Corporation (ETCO),
N. C. Synfuels Corporation (a
wholly owned subsidiary of
Koppers Company) and Jack B.
Sunderland, president of Coroil,
Inc. in New York. KBW
Gasifications System, Inc., a joint
venture of Koppers Company and
Babcock and Wilcox, will provide
the commercial gasifier for the
peat-to-methanol conversion
process. ETCO is the development
Loan Approved
WASHINGTON, D. C. Kep.
Walter B. Jones of the First
Congressional District announced
approval of a $901,000 loan to
Albemarle Rural Electric
Membership, headquartered in
Hertford.
The loan was approved bv the
Rural Electrification Ad
ministration. The purpose of the
loan is to finance service for ad
ditional customers, add additional
distribution lines and improve the
overall system.
Single Copies 20 Cents.
manager for the project.
Bank of America will develop
the debt financing for the project
subject to various conditions,
including federal price guarantees
for the methanol produced by the
plant.
ETCO has applied for price
guarantees from the U. S. Syn
thetic Fuels Corporation and the
U. S. Department of Energy. The
requested guarantee of 75 cents
per gallon of methanol compares
favorably with the 1980 year-end
price of 78 cents per gallon of
methanol on the Gulf Coast
“We are optimistic because the
guaranteed price we are
requesting is very competitive
with the existing price of
methanol." Charles W. Robinson,
managing partner of P.MA. said
Methanol is already in com
mercial use in California as an
automotive fuel, and its use is
being tested in North Carolina.
The North Carolina Department of
Transportation is currently
preparing for a fleet test of
vehicles modified to use methanol.
Methanol is a more efficient fuel
than gasoline, and can be
produced and used with relatively
less environmental impact. For
these reasons, interest in
methanol as an automotive fuel is
growing rapidly.
The PMA project is based on
studies performed in 1980 by
Energy Transition Corporation for
First Colony Farms. As a result of
these studies, First Colony con
tracted with ETCO for the use of
121-million dry tons of peat located
on 115,000 acres owned by First
Colony Farms in Washington,
Hyde, Dare and Tyrrell counties in
eastern North Carolina ETCO then
assigned the contract to PMA.
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FIREMAN RECOGNIZED
Leon W. Byrum was
recently named Outstanding
Fireman of The Year at Center
Hill - Crossroads Volunteer
Fire Department. He has been
associated with the depart
ment for 18 years. The trophy
was presented by Chief Frank
White at the semi - annual
Ladies Night Banquet.