Another Try
People along the Public Parade
will be exposed this weekend to the
second big October event. It is
Edenton Historical Association
207th anniversary celebration of
the Edenton Tea Party, first held
in 1774.
While not billed as a major
fundraiser, as is the annual
Edenton-Chowan Peanut Festival,
the Tea Party event will have a
full day of various activities for all
ages.
The big name group at the
celebration is the 2nd N. C.
Regiment of Foote which will
participate in a parade at 11 A.M.
Saturday. The show-stealer is
expected to be at 1:30 P.M. when
Rbp. Vernon James of
Pasquotank, along with Sen.
Melvin R. Daniels, Jr., also of the
Isle of Pasquotank, presides over
the burning of a recent tea tax bill
that raised the ire of constituents
earlier in the year.
The expertly organized event
was practically rained out last
year. This is another try. For the
sake of the sponsors and
participants it is hoped that a
much needed rain will come either
prior to Saturday or after 3 P.M.
Sunday.
Color Him Tough
We read in our least favored
morning daily newspaper of
general circulation along the
Public Parade where Rep. Walter
B. Jones of the First
Congressional District has gone
from his sick bed to Washington,
D.C., to lobby for keeping the
tobacco program in the 1981 Farm
Bill.
Rep. Jones was recently
released from Walter Reed
Hospital after surgery to remove a
number of aneurysms. His
instructions were to go home and
convalesce for a month.
The fisty congressman was
chairman of the Peanut and
Tobacco Subcommittee before
becoming one of 14 House
members to chair a permanent
committee (Merchant Marines
and Fishery). In his former
position, now held by Rep. Charles
Rose of Fayetteville, he
successfully turned back assaults
on the two programs so vital to
North Carolina.
The challenge of a real battle
was too great to turn back. So,
while feeling like “ a wet dishrag”
he flew to Washington Sunday
night. The matter-of-fact
statement reported in the press is
typical:
“I feel like I owed it to my
people who have sent me up here
for years and years to make this
personal sacrifice.”
The best way to describe his
commitment and lifestyle is
“color him tough!”
Edenton & Neighbors
October is fund time along the
Public Parade, as well as
throughout Northeastern North
Carolina. Edenton Historical
Commission is joined by the
Perquimans County Restoration
Association, and at least one other
group-the Roanoke Island
Historical Association in seeking
contributions.
I While it is important to support
the local funds campaign, it is also
important to lode outside of the
fish bowl at the neighbors. “Ye old
towne on Queen Anne’s Creek” is
not an island. While we know it is
something special and it takes
more and more bucks to keep it
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Edward M. Walker
Chamber Banquet
Set For Oct. 26th
The Edenton-Chowan Chamber
of Commerce will be holding their
Annual Membership Banquet at
the Chowan Golf and Country Club
on October 26th. The social hour
will begin at 6:30 P.M. and dinner
at 7:30 P.M.
This year’s speaker will be
Edward M. Walker, president of
the Pitt-Greenville Chamber of
Commerce. Walker is a native of
Rose Hill, North Carolina. He has
assumed a leadership role in
Chamber of Commerce work for a
number of years. He was
recognized as Outstanding
Chamber of Commerce Executive
in North Carolina in 1971 and again
in 1978, and is a well known
speaker for Chamber of
Commerce annual meetings and
executive workshops. Walker has
also formed Conifer Concepts
Company which conducts positive
attitude seminars for businesses
and associations.
Tickets for the banquet may be
obtained from any member of the
Chamber Board of Directors, at
the local banks, Savings & Loan
and the Chamber office.
Edenton Aces
The Edenton Aces rolled over
the Ahoskie Cougars last Friday
_ right uping their conference
record to 4-1. This Friday they will
face Bertie in a home game at
Hicks Field.
Edenton’s decisive victory was
powered by running back Tony
Creecy’s 3 touchdown
performance. Creecy contributed
184 yards in 14 carries to the Aces
overall 364 total offensive yards.
Assembly Funds
Local Projects
The General Assembly funded
two requests of local interest
before adjourning a “mini”
session early Saturday morning.
They were to Edenton Historical
Commission and an Albemarle
Sound Basin project.
The Edenton Historical
Commission will receive $60,000.
This is only a portion of what was
requested but is sufficient to
purchase the Zeigler Property at
the corner of Broad and Gale
streets. A visitor center is to be
developed at this location.
At the same time, the legislators
tied SIOO,OOO in appropriations to a
bill which established a joint
legislative commission to study
the Albemarle Sound Basin, which
includes continued study of the
algae-choked Chowan River.
Sen. Melvin Daniels of Elizabeth
City announced the grants. He is a
member of the Edenton Historical
Commission.
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Saturday, October 24
AN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY STREET FAIR !
9:30 ColoniaJ. military encampment open to public: Living History.
Ham biscuits, sweet potato pie, apple cider served.
Children's games begin with hoop-rolling and hopscotch.
10:00 "Penelope Barker Tea Room" open on Barker House veranda
'til tea, cookies, and pie.
5:00 Yankee Peddler open for business.
Gift shop at Barker House Visitor Center open.
Historic sites tours available in Visitor Center (fee).
Children's story time in Colonial Park.
Demonstrations by period craftsmen on the Green.
Free film, "Troublous Times", Municipal Building (30 min.).
10:30 Children's poster show opens, 1767 County Courthouse.
"Make-your-own" com husk dolls, Colonial Park.
11:00 Military parade: 2nd North Carolina Regiment of Foote.
11:15 Battle re-enactment on the waterfront.
11:30 Hoppin' John food service opens on the Green.
12:00 Children's corn-shelling contest in Colonial Park.
Free film, "Troublous Times", Municipal Bldg. (30 min.).
12:30 "Chuck-a-Farthlng" area opens for participation.
Brunswick Stew plates served - $3.00 per plate - advance
tickets available in Barker House Visitor Center (482-3663).
1:00 Free film, "Troublous Times", Municipal Bldg. (30 min.).
Children's Bite-the-Apple contest.
1:30 Representative Vernon James, with Senator Melvin Daniels
perhaps among those present, will star in the ceremonial
burning of a recent tea tax bill.
2:00 Yankee Peddler auction.
Presentation of prizes to poster contest winners.
2:30 Children's Puppet Show in Colonial Park.
3:00 Free film, "Troublous Times", Municipal Bldg. (30 min.).
Children's pea-dab shooting in Colonial Park.
3:30 Children's tug-o'-war in Colonial Park.
4:00 Military marching and drilling: 2nd N.C. Regiment of Foote.
Free film, "Troublous Times", Municipal Bldg. (30 min.).
4:30 Clogging exhibition
5:00 Tomahawk throwing exhibition by Colonial soldiers.
Craft exhibitions, games, children's poster show close.
5:30 Clap-sticks demonstration with bagpipes by soldiers.
6:00 Edenton Tea Party Variety Show - "An Evening of
Colonial(?) Entertainment" - place to be announced. (Fee)
Sunday, October 25
9 : 30 Horning Prayer Service with colonial >oldien / open to everyone
10:00 Colonial Military camps open to public for "Living History"
1:30 Military parade and battle re-enactment
3:00 Soldiers break camp
Score Convincing Victory
The first two scores of the game
came when Creecy scampered in
from 11 yards out in the first
quarter and when he sprinted 69
yards for another score. These two
scores gave Edenton a 12-0 lead.
Edenton scored one more time
in the first half, on a 45-yard
halfback pass from Troy Wright to
Kenny Valentine, giving them an
18-0 lead at the end of the first half.
The third quarter was scoreless,
but the final quarter opened with
Creecy scoring for the third time
on a 9-yard run.
The Cougars finally scored, on a
24-yard pass from Preston Wood,
thus avoiding a shutout.
All hopes of a comeback were
crushed, though, when Edenton’s
Ed Alston scored on a 5-yard run,
Secondary Road
Funds Allocated
Chowan County commissioners
and the N. C. Board of
Transportation have approved the
1981-82 Secondary Roads
Improvement Program. Local
approval was given September 18
with DOT’s approval coming on
October 9.
The county had an allocation of
$107,557. This included $28,749 in
unallocated funds from the past
year.
Three projects were given
priority. They are: Chambers
Ferry Road, 1.4-mile to complete
base and pave, $61,400; Small’s
Lane, 0.5-mile, grade, drain and
stabilize, $22,250; and Davenport
Road, 0.3-mile, grade, drain and
stabilize, $13,350.
The projects total $97,000 with
$10,557 being retained for road
additions, overdrafts, etc.
Paving priority No. 1, Morris
Town Road, and Number 2, Griffin
Road, are not included in the
program for paving due to right
of-way not being available. The
DOT attempted to acquire right of
way on the Morris Town Road in
1969, and on Griffin Road in 1966
and again in 1978.
Marc Basnight of Dare County,
a member of the State Board of
Transportation, and F. W. Adkins,
Jr., division engineer, assisted the
Chowan County commissioners in
establishing the secondary roads
improvement program for this
fiscal year.
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, October 22, 1981
making die final score 34-6.
The Aces passing game was led
by Joe Hoilowell, who completed 4
of 9 passes for 70 yards; Troy
Wright, who had a 45 -yard TD
pass; and Robert Cofield, who
completed 1 pass for 25. yards.
The receiving corps were led by
Thomas White, who caught two
passes for 55 yards; Kenny
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W. Raleigh Carver
Carver Re-Elected
To ARPDC Post
HERTFORD W. Raleigh
Carver, chairman, of Pasquotank
County Board of Commissioners
has been re-elected chairman of
the 10-county Albemarle Regional
Planning & Development
Commission. At last Thursday
night’s meeting at ARPDC
Headquarters here, Mayor Bill
Cox of Hertford was named vice
chairman; and C. M. Stokes of
Washington County, secretary.
The officers were elected
without opposition.
Carver, a retired supervisor of
ASCS, U. S. Department of
Agriculture, told board members
that they must work together to
overcome recent state and federal
budget cuts. ARPDC’s board is
controlled by locally elected
officials and their nominees.
“It must be a concerted effort by
the counties and the regional
agencies if we are to solve the
problems arising from the
cutbacks,” he is quoted as saying.
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LAW AND ORDER IN SPOTLIGHT Gov. James B. Hunt,
Jr., recently proclaimed October 19-24 as Law & Order Week in
North Carolina. The governor, second from right, displays the
proclamation with, from left: C. Keith Sink, department
adjutant; E. C. Toppin of Edenton, American Legion Department
commander; and Bob Richardson, chairman of the committee.
Law And Order Week Proclaimed
Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr., has
proclaimed October 19-24 as Law
and Order Week in North
Carolina. The observance is
sponsored by the American
Legion, Department of North
Democrats Shred
1981 Farm Bill
“Sugar turned sour, peanuts got
cracked, milk was curdled and, if
that pattern hold up in the House
this week, tobacco could go up in
smoke,” So reported a writer out
of Washington, D. C., as the 1981
Farm Bill was turned to shreds by
the Democratic-controlled House
of Representatives.
Peanut farmers are rapidly
bringing in what is believed to be
the best harvest in the past three
years, after suffering a
tremendous loss in 1980. Yet, the
fate of the future rests in the hands
of a House-Senate conference
committee.
Sen. Jesse Helms, chairman of
the Senate Agriculture
Committee, carved out a
compromise between the
committee section on peanuts and
amendments presented for Senate
debate. Peanut farmers had
generally agreed the compromise
would be something they could
live with.
Rep. Charles Rose, chairman of
the Tobacco and Peanut
subcommittee in the House,
predicted a close vote on peanut
legislation when debate began in
that chamber. However, the 40-
year-old program was resoundly
defeated, and the action moves to
the conference group.
The conference committee is
expected to meet within the next
week to reconcile the widely
different peanut programs. Sen.
Helms expressed “extreme
disappointment” at the outcome of
the House action which killed
acreage and Doundaee controls
and left the price-support levels in
the hands of the Secretary of
Agriculture.
“We will have to circle the
wagons and see what we can do,”
Sen. Helms said in reference to the
conference committee.
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Celebration Is Set
Military encampments, living
history demonstrations, Colonial
games and contests and tea
drinking will mark the second
annual Edenton Tea Party and
Street Fair Saturday and Sunday
in downtown Edenton.
All day October 24, 9 A.M. to 6
P.M., the second N. C. Regiment
of Foot encampment and living
history demonstrations of games
and food, drills and muster will
give visitors an idea of the life of
the colonial soldier.
On the streets will be a “Yankee
peddler,” a kind of flea market
and demonstrations by period
craftsmen on the Village Green,
such as woodworking, needlecraft,
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Carolina.
E. C. Toppin of Edenton,
department commander,
presented Gov. Hunt with a
resolution passed by the Legion at
a recent conference. The purpose
of the resolution is to bring at
tention to those individuals who
serve the state in the area of law
enforcement, and to make the
citizens more aware of their daily
sacrifice.
Gov. Hunt’s proclamation was
signed October 8 and presented to
Commander Toppin. Also on hand
in the Governor’s Office for the
presentation were Bob Richard
son, chairman of the Law and
Order Committee, and C. Keith
Sink, department adjutant.
R. M. (Pete) Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Assumes Post
Gov. Jim Hunt today announced
the appointment of Edenton
resident, R. M. (Pete) Thompson
as Chowan County chairman for
North Carolina 2000.
Thompson will join other county
NC 2000 chairmen and the
Commission on the Future of
North Carolina in putting into
action a statewide program to set
directions for the next two decades
in this state.
“I am proud to appoint Pete
Thompson to head the NC 2000
effort in Chowan, said Gov. Hunt.
“He is committed to making life in
Chowan County and in North
Carolina better, and he has the
leadership skills to make sure
Chowan County citizens have a
clear voice in this important state
effort.”
As NC 2000 chairman,
Thompson will be putting together
a local organization to build
awareness among citizens of the
emerging issues in North Carolina
and to determine what citizens
want for their future in this state.
Thompson currently serves as a
consultant to Peoples Bank in
Edenton. He is recently retired as
Chairman of Chowan County’s
Agricultural Extension Service
and has served as an ex-officio
member of the County Planning
Board.
A joint meeting of the
commission on the Future and
county NC 2000 chairmen will be
held October 22 at the Hilton Inn in
Raleigh, beginning at 11 A.M.