Corrects Wrong
Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr., last
week notified seven of his ap
pointees to dhe Edenton Historical
Commission that their services
were no longer needed. But when
the smoke cleared Monday, five of
the members were reinstated.
Gov. Hunt’s swift action to
correct the wrong speaks well of
his commitment to strengthen, not
weaken via political ploy,
volunteer groups.
The chief executive certainly
wasn’t given all the facts when he
notified the members - including
the commission chairman, the
head of the important Oper
ations Committee who is
immdiate past chairman, and the
commission’s representative to
the Historic Albemarle Tours
board who - was later named
chairman of HAT.
New leadership on the Edenton
Historical Commission took the
helm at the annual meeting in
October. W. B. Gardner, vice
chairman who paid his dues as
head of Historic Edenton, Inc., in
that organization’s formulative
years, was named chairman
although other commitments kept
him from attending the meeting.
Only recently has he circulated his
committee assignments and some
folks aren’t completely satisfied
with his elections.
However, one which did suit was
the selection of Mrs. Judy Earn
hardt as representative on HAT.
At that group’s reorganizational
meeting she was named chair
man.
But the one which probably drew
the most fire was the selection of
George Alma Byrum, immediate
past chairman, as head of the
Operations Committee. It
was, though, a very logical
selection to strengthen the bond
between Historic Edenton, which
a couple of years ago was com
bined with the historical com
mission.
Now that Gov. Hunt has moved
without hestitation to reinstate
five* of Seven membefs (including
all locals) there should be no
break in the stride toward greater
things for the area through the
commission. By the same token,
the eight newly appointed
members have a contribution to
make the panel and Mr. Gardner
should waste no time in putting
their talents to work.
And, if a lesson is to be learned
from this exercise it is that you
don’t accomplish a great deah
even in politics-by public em
barassment of those who find
themselves on the other side of the
fence.
Time For Reflection
Historically, the holiday season
is a time for reflection, a time to
count our blessings which are
many in this country, ‘it is
sometimes easy to lose sight of
how fine and great a country we
have. And, a lot of tnis nation’s
strengths are due to agriculture.
Agriculture can take pride in its
accomplishments because without
an abundant food supply much of
this prosperity, which we take for
granted, would not be possible.
American farmers remain
unchallenged as the world’s
greatest supplier of food. As
farmers we are quite proud of this.
Americans are the best fed of
any country and it takes less of our
disposable income than ever
before.
And, it’s indicated in the way we
eat. Some of the items the average
American consumed last year
included 18 pounds of cheese; 18
pounds of ice cream; almost 80
pounds of beef; 62 pounds of
poultry ;11.5 pounds of coffee, and
93 pounds of sugar.
In these days of double digit
■inflation, it’s difficult to think of
anything as cheap.
But, cheap is not necessarily
good. Rising food pr ices get a lot of
attention.
But how high are food prices?
Whether we admit it or not, this
country does have a cheap food
policy. Occasionally, it may bring
temporary relief at the checkout
counter. But, the long-term costs
can and will be very high indeed
and the dangers of continuing in
this direction are great.
For one thing, it threatens one of
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TRACTOR-TRAILER OVERTURNS A tractor-trailer, owned by D. &M. Produce of Norfolk
and driven by Tony Hawes of Norfolk, overturned Tuesday morning at 12:05 A.M. The accident
occurred five miles north of Edenton on U.S. 17 when another tractor-trailer passed and cut in on
Hawes. Hawes truck then hit the right shoulder and overturned. It was loaded with 15 tons of frozen
chicken. According to investigating State Trooper Mike McArthur, there were no injuries. The
reason for the sign, he added, was just to let everyone know that he already knew about the ac
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Vol. XLVI - No. 52
Standards Adopted For Construction,
Siting Os Marinas And Canals
The Coastal Resources Com
mission last week, during its
meeting at Kill Devil Hills,
adopted standards for the con
struction and siting of marinas
and canals. The standards are
designed to protect water quality,
wetlands, navigation and nursery
areas for fish and shellfish. The
action followed six months of
discussions with marina owners.
•The, new regulations .require»
construction techniques which
allow adequate water circulation
in canals and marinas. Canals
built for multiple residential
development must have approved
septic tanks, no point sources of
pollution and natural methods for
filtering stormwater runoff. New
marinas which will require
dredging must be located outside
primary nursery areas. Dredging
these valuable productive waters
would harm North Carolina
fishery.
The commission also adopted
new regulations for nominating
special natural areas as “areas of
environmental concern”. The
action came after discussions
which resolved concerns of
agricultural officials who had
feared the regulations would harm
farming and forestry in the
coastal area. Under the new rules,
landowners and local govern
ments will be involved in
preliminary discussions with the
CRC about the nominated area to
decide if this is the best method of
managing the resource. A public
hearing will be held in the affected
county if the CRC decides to
consider designating the area.
The commission discussed the
value of local land use planning
supported by the Coastal Area
Management Act. Nearly 70 plans
Services Held
For Industrialist
Graveside services were held
Monday for Richard P. Baer, 11,
forma* Edenton industrialist. Hie
services were held in Druid Ridge
Cemetery in Baltimore, Md.
Mr. Baer died in Sarasota (Fla.)
Memorial Hospital on December
9. Death was attributed to a heart
attack.
A native of Baltimore, Mr. Baer
operated die R. P. Baer & Com
pany lumber mills in Creswell and
Edenton for 30 years. After he
moved to Dare County, he and his
family operated Outer Banks
Trading Poet for 15 years.
Mr. Baer was a Mason, and past
master of Unanimity Lodge No. 7
in Edenton. He was also a member
of Sudan Temple of New Bern and
was past president of Outer Banks -
unamuer 01 tcpnerce.
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Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, December 17, 1981
have been developed by counties
and towns in the 20-county coastal
area to guide development. Ap
proval was given for land use plan
updates submitted by Beaufort
and Pender counties and the towns
of Atlantic Beach, Aurora,
Burgaw, Cape Carteret, Edenton,
Emerald Isle, Holly Ridge, Long
Beach, Manleo, Minnesott Beach,
New Bern, Newport, Ocean Isle
Beach, Plymouth and Shallotte.
David "Brower of the UNC
Center for Urban and Regional
Studies reported to the CRC on the
progress of the beach access
program. Inventories of existing
accessways have been prepared
and other states’ programs sur
veyed. At the next CRC meeting
there will be a discussion of ad
ministrative rules necessary for
the beach access program which
was created and funded by the
1981 session of the General
Assembly. Brower is a consultant
to the NRCD Office of Coastal
Management.
The CRC task forces discussed
post-disaster planning for high
way relocation with represen
tatives of the Department of
Transportation and heard staff
suggestions for new surface water
classifications to be proposed to
the Environmental Management
Commission to protect shellfishing
and primary nursery areas and to
avoid over-enrichment and algae
blooms.
The next CRC meeting is
scheduled for February 4-5 in the
Morehead City area.
Herald Printing
Schedule Changed I
i’l'he Chowan Herald will be
I published a day early next
f week. The holiday schedule 1 1
| requires that all news and J
advertisement copy be I
submitted by 12-noon I
Monday. 1
The newspaper will be I
printed Tuesday evening, I
placed at the newsstands I
open at that time, and cir- I
culated in the mail on I
Wednesday, instead of 1
I Thursday. |(
I This holiday schedule will 1
I allow an extra day before I
f Christmas tor shoppers to I
1 get last minute items as ad- 1
I vertised by local merchants. I
I Also, it will allow The /
1 Chowan Herald employees to 1
I have an extra day off since (
J the newspaper office will be I
I closed Thursday, as well as 1
I Friday, for the holiday. I
] Remember, the magic I
j time next week (other than 1
(/ Christmas) is 12-noon (
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ADDS NEW MEMBER
Haywood Jones, left, manager of Jones Mobile Homes in
Edenton, was admitted to the Edenton-Chowan Chamber of
Commerce as part of the 1982 Membership Drive. Jerry Hendee,
right, the Executive Vice-President for the Chamber, said the
drive is doing very well.
Schedule For Christmas
Observances Is Revealed
Sunday afternoon at 5 o’clock,
the Adult Choir of the Edenton
Baptist Church will render a
Christmas cantata entitled the
“Dawn of Redeeming Grace.”
Written by Robert Graham, this
work tells the Christmas story
through songs and narration.
Under the direction of James H.
Hyatt, minister of music of the
church, the choir will be ac
companied by Miss Anna Kay
Manning at the organ. Alton
Elmore will be narrator for this
musical service and soloists will
be J. Russell Baxley, Mrs. John
Smith, and Mrs. Michael Spruill.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
The choir of the Edenton United
Methodist Church will present: “A
Christmas Concert: Churches In
Early America,” at 11 A.M. on
December 20 at the Edenton
United Methodist Church. This
choir program, with an early
American theme, was written by
Roger C. Wilson.
A Christmas Candlelighting
Service will take place at the
Edenton United Methodist Church
at 7:30 P.M. on December 20. The
Children’s Choir, Adult Choir and
congregation will participate in
the singing of Christmas hymns
and carols. A period of fellowship
and refreshment will follow the
program.
The general public is invited to
attend both services.
The Adult Choir of Ballard’s
Bridge Baptist Church will
present their annual Christmas
Cantata “I Believe” this Sunday
at 7 P.M. The cantata seeks to
discover the true message of
Christmas.
Christmas is a fact, a happening
Council Votes Change In
Utility Collection Policy
The Edenton Town Council met
on December 8 in a regular
session. Following the opening
invocation and the approval of the*
minutes, the Administrative and
Departmental reports were given.
The Administrative report
consisted on a request that the
Council meet on January 14 with
the Airport Commission to discuss
joint city-county ownership.
The Departmental reports in
troduced Robbie Laughton, the
new Recreation Director and
reported that the Police Depart
ment still had one opening.
The Committee reports were
next. The Finance Committee
recommended that the Council
adopt the assignment of classes to
pay grades and annual salary
schedule. It was approved. The
Committee also recommended
that an employee evaluation
p'rocedure be implemented. This
was also approved. The Com
mittee recommended that the
Council amend the Town of
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in history. Christmas is truth,
God’s word made flesh. Christmas
is the birth of a person, Jesus
Christ. Christmas is the new birth
of the human race - you and me.
The cantata is under the
direction of Mrs. Brenda Win
borne, music director at Ballard’s
Bridge. Refreshments and
fellowship will follow.
The public is invited to attend.
The 60-voice combined youth
and adult choirs of Rocky Hock
Baptist Church will present the
Christmas Cantata, “Come To The
Manger” by Joe Parks on
December 20 at 5 P.M.
Soloists in the musical are Chris
Evans and Mary Smith. The choir
is under the direction of Jack
Evans.
The public is invited to attend.
The Oak Grove Baptist Church
will present the Cantata, “His
Love Reaching” by Ronn Huff and
Bill and Gloria Gaither on Dec. 20
at 5 P.M.
“His Love Reaching” is a
service of celebration, a
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Home Decoration
Contest Is Slated
The Garden of Eden Club is
sponsoring a home decoration
contest this Christmas season.
Everyone is urged to par
ticipate. Judging will be done the
weekend of December 18-20.
.Two first prices of sls each will
be awarded for the best decoration
of a traditional home, and a
contemporary home. Second
prizes for each type of home will
be $lO.
Edenton’s utility policy to allow
that cut off letters be forwarded to
deliquent customers after one
month’s delinquency instead of
after two months. This was due to
the extremely high arrears ac
count which the utility fund
currently possesses. The
recommendation was approved.
The Finance Committee’s final
recommendation was to amend
the Personnel Policy section 19-52
on bonus pay so that each Town
employee be paid by longevity
instead of by percentage This
would help approximately 90 - 95
per cent of the Town employees.
This was approved.
The Utility Committee gave its
report next. They requested that
L. E. Wooten and Co. be
authorized to prepare a grant
application for Clean Water Bond
Act Funds for sewer line extension
in areas where the Town doesn’t
possess sewer lines. They also
recommended that L. E. Wooten
and Co. by authorized to provide
engineering service for the Town’s
brine storage tank project. Both
were approved.
The Public Works Committee
report followed. The Committee
recommended that a 1968 truck be
sold as surplus property and that
the street leading into Beaver Hill
Cemetery be paved when funds
become available. Both recom
mendations were approved.
The unifnished business was
moved to the last item on the
agenda. In new business Herman
Satterwhite, a representative of
the N. C. League of Municipalities
Group Insurance Plan, presented
the League’s health insurance
plan and presented a comparison
of the League’s health insurance
costs and coverage as opposed to
the Town’s present coverage The
Council recommended this to the
Finance Committee for con
sideration.
Jim Lewis, a representative of
Senior Village of Edenton,
pn*sented plans for a proposed
senior citizens retirement home
and requested that the retirement
home be added to the Towr s
sewer system. The Council ap
pointed Councilman Willis Privott
to appear before the En
vironmental Management
Commission < EMC) to present the
request.
Steve Mollar, National
Resources and Community
Development Recreation
Specialist, discussed the Town's
recent grant application for water
based recreation funds for a
proposed park behind the Police
Dept, and discussed the
which his office can provide the
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Mr. Lane, 27
Becomes Victim
Os Accident
Ronnie Thomas Lane, 27, of
Route 1, Edenton, was killed
Thursday when the car he was
driving crossed the center line of
U. S. Highway 17 and struck a
truck, injuring the three men in
the truck.
All three men in the truck were
listed in satisfactory condition at
Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth
City.
According to State Trooper \\.
Charles Eley, Lane was not
passing another vehicle when he
crossed the center line into the no
passing zone.
Lane, the son of Mrs. Cassie
Nixon Lane and the late Henry T.
Lane of Edenton, was employed as
a welder first class at a Norfolk
shipyard He was a member of
Rocky Hock Baptist Church.
Besides his mother, he is sur
vived by his sister, Mrs. Betty L.
Owens of Edenton.
Funeral services were held at 2
P. M. on December 12, at the
Williford - Barham Funeral
Chapel by Rev. Donald Wagner.
Burial followed at the Nixon
Family Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Wade Parks,
Glenn Parks, Wade Casper, Gary
Casper, Wayne Hudgins and Tom
Reynolds.
Williford - Barham Funeral
Home was in charge of
arrangements.
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