Reverend Drane
A) Well, we lost another “back
fence” neighbor Monday. Rev.
Fred Drane was called to his
higher reward, after a 91-year
sojourn on earth.
The Chowan Herald office backs
up to the Drane residence. We
often 1 conversed over the fence
with Mr. Drane. The other senior
citizen to share his wisdom with us
)) was the late W. J. Berryman, who
was a neighbor on West Gale
Street. The two men had
similarities.
Mr. Drane and Mr. Berryman
were Biblical scholars. While Mr.
Drane was schooled at General
Theological Seminary in New
York City Mr. Berryman was self
taught.
') Another trait they shared was
humility and the love of family,
especially children. Then another
trait was a talent for doing things
with their hands.
Mr. Drane had an 11-year tenure
in Alaska shortly after obtaining
his degree from General, and
carved out an enviable reputation
of service to mankind. He was
! archdeacon of the Yukon five of
those years.
When he settled in at St. Paul’s
Church in Monroe in 1929, where
he stayed until 1958, he became a
leader in the Boy Scouts of
America. Among his charges was
a young man named Jesse Helms.
Now the senior U. S. Senator from
North Carolina, Mr. Helms has
i said that other than his parents,
Mr. Drane made the greatest
impact on his life. Each and every
time we have talked with Sen.
Helms he has inquired about Mr.
Drane.
The last time we conversed with
Mr. Drane he had a complaint. He
had just done considerable work
on the fence which separates pur
office on Cheapside from his
property. He almost
apologetically asked that we ask
truck drivers who move in the
narrow alley to be a little more
careful. This is an example of the
man.
The Episcopal ministry was a
dedication and commitment which
Mr. Drane carried to his death.
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When he returned to Edenton from
Monroe he served churches in
Woodville and Roxobel. Upon his
retirement nine years ago he
continued his calling through
association with Coalition 16, a
project which provides ministers
to small parishes in Northeastern
North Carolina.
Mr. Drane was the son of a
Chowan County minister. It was
natural for him to follow in his
father’s footsteps and he did it in
such away as to bring credit to not
only his parents but to his wife,
children and grandchildren.
Although the “back fence”
discussions had just about played
out in recent years, we continue to
i draw on the past in looking to the
future. This is the positive mode
which flowered through the body
of one of the finest senior citizens
ever to meander along the Public
Parade.
Note From Neil
In this column on December 10
we focused on the N. C. Depart
ment of National Resources and
Community Development. It in
cluded a tribute to Dr. Neil S.
Grigg, assistant secretary, who is
returning to Colorado State
University.
Redfent mail brought a note of
appreciation from Dr. Grigg for
“the positive reference” to his
. work. He then wrote the following:
“As I forecast what is in store
for the Chowan river, there are
three things that are clear to me.
“First, the river’s complexities
must be understood so that we can
continue to make progress. We
must avoid just studying the river
and not taking action, but it is
clear that unless we have scien
tific evidence we will not be able to
properly regulate the dischargers
who are causing the problems on
[the river.
“The second point is that the
problems we face are not unqiue to
the Chowan River itself; they
extend to Albemarle Sound and to
the lower portion of the Roanoke
River. The Chowan was unlucky in
& - that the first serious
algal blooms, but the problems are
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Vol. XIVII - No. 3
Warren J. Twiddy
Commissioner To
Face Opposition
A race has developed for two of
the Chowan County Commissioner
seats.*
Incumbent C. A. Phillips, the
present Chairman of the Com
missioners, will be opposed by
Warren J. Twiddy of Yeopim
township. Incumbent George
Jones will also face opposition.
Joseph B. Hollowell, Jr., has filed
against him. J. D. Peele, the Vice-
Chairman of the Commissioners,
has also filed for re-election.
Sheriff Troy Toppin, Chowan
County’s sheriff since 1969, has
filed for re-election. Lena M.
Leary has also filed for re-election
as Clerk of Court.
In the School Board vacancies,
Billy Ray Nixon of the Second
Township has filed.
Warren J. Twiddy, President of
Twiddy Insurance and Real
Estate, Co., is a past President of
the Edenton Junior Chamber of
Commerce,’"‘also serving as
District Vice President and
National Director. He was
honored as one of the ten Out
standing National Directors and
holds a lifetime membership in
Edenton’s Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
Twiddy is also a past President
of the Edenton P.T.A., and was
previously involved in Edenton’s
Lion Club and Rotary Club. Other
honors include past Master of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, past
District Education Director for
the First Masonic District,
member of Scotish Rites Bodies of
New Bern, Sudan Shrine of New
Bern, Board member of the
Widow’s Fund, and being awarded
KCCH Knight Commander Court
of Honor in 1981. Twiddy is also an
active member of Edenton Baptist
Church, and is presently serving
on the Board of Ushers and
Building and Grounds Committee.
He and his wife, Alice Pritchard
Twiddy, reside at Country Club
Drive in Edenton.
Whichard To 1
Carolina Securities Corp. of
Raleigh, N. C. has recently opened
a brokerage office at 114 E. King
St. in Edenton. The office will be
under the management of W. A.
(Bill) wkichard, who has been
with the firm since 1970 and
has recently been promoted to
Assistant Vice-President.
Carolina Securities, a member
of the New York Stock Exchange,
has its headquarters in Raleigh
and operates 15 brokerage offices
throughout the state. The firm is
also a member of SIPC (Securities
Investor Protection Corp.)
The new office has access to all
of the securities markets and
affords a variety of service to
include analysis and advice,
market quotations, and trading in
all types of securities. Carolina
Securities also deals in money
market funds, tax shelters, in
dividuals retirement accounts,
single premium deferred annuity
insurance and real estate in
vestments.
Through this new office Carolina
Securities will provide more
convenient and efficient in
vestment services to the residents
State Approves $60,000
Grant For Commission
Rep. Vernon James of
Pasquotank came to Edenton this
week bearing a gift. It was in the
form of a $60,000 check from the
State of North Carolina for
Edenton Historical Commission.
The General Assembly last year
approved a $60,000 grant to the
Department of Archives and
History for the purchase of the
Ziegler property at the corner of
Broad and Gale streets. This was
considered an exceptional grant
since the General Assembly had
such a tight budget, according to
Rep. James.
Although he was chief sponsor of
the legislation, he shared the
victory with Rep. Charles Evans
of Dare County and Sens. J. J.
(Monk) Harrington of Lewiston in
Bertie County and Melvin R.
Daniels, Jr., of Pasquotank.
The property will be maintained
by the Department of Archives
and History, according to W. B.
Gardner, chairman of the Edenton
Performance Is Set For January 28
Residents of Chowan County and
surrounding areas will have the
privilege next week to having
their lives enriched through a live
performance of the high quality
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James Ogle
Schedule Changed
The organizational meeting for
a community-wide sailing club
originally scheduled for Jan. 21
has been rescheduled for Feb. 4 at
7:30 P. M. at John A. Holmes High
School.
Manage New Brokerage Firm
of this community and the
surrounding area. The new
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NEW BROKERAGE OFFICE OPENS Jerry Hendee, right,
the Executive Vice-President of the Edenton - Chowan Chamber
of Commerce, looks on as W. A. (Bill) Whichard, left, works at
one of the machines in Carolina Securities Corp. new office. The
office, headed by Whichard, is located at 114 E. King St.
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, January 21, 1982
Historical Commission. The
commission will operate the
facility as a visitor center as well
as the point of entry for tourists
while the building will house state
site personnel, the office of North
eastern Historic Places; and the
executive for Albemarle Tours.
Gardner said George Alma
Byrum, immediate past chairman
of the commission, and other
commission representatives
worked on the project with the
legislators. “There were a number*
of people very helpful in making
this grant possible,” he added.
“We (the legislators) were
happy to work for this ap
propriation,” Rep. James said.
“This should get the project over
the hump for the commission since
the state will maintain the
facility.”
Gardner said no decision has
been made regarding plans for the
Barker House which now serves as
a Visitor Center-Museum.
that only a major symphony can
provide.
James Ogle, veteran associate
conductor with the North Carolina
Symphony, will serve as principal
conductor for a thirty-seven
member chamber group of the full
orchestra in concert at 8 P.M.
January 28 in Edenton’s Ernest A.
Swain Elementary School
auditorium.
Ogle’s impressive credentials
include winning in 1974 the
symphony’s first young con
ductor’s competition, in addition
to being a winner in the Malko
Office To Assist
Local Taxpayers
Don Aired, local revenue officer
for the N. C. Department of
Revenue, advises that personnel
to assist in filing State Income and
Intangibles Tax returns will be
available on Tuesdays of each
week through April 15.
The office is located at Room
201, Bank of North Carolina
Building, Edenton and assistance
is available on this day between
the hours of 8 A.M. and 5 PiM.
Aired requests that taxpayers
bring the pre-addressed forms
which were mailed to them from
Raleigh. Taxpayers filing their
own returns should mail those
which indicate a refund to the
N. C. Department of Revenue,
Post Office Box R, Raleigh, North
Carolina 27634; other completed
returns should be mailed to the
N. C. Department of Revenue, P.O.
Box 35000, Raleigh, N.C. 27640.
business phone number for the
local office is 482-2478.
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HISTORICAL COMMISSION RECEIVES $60,000 GRANT
Edenton Historical Commission recently received a $60,000 grant
from the State of North Carolina for the purchase of the Ziegler
house. Rep. Vernon James, left, presents the check for $60,000 to
Bill Gardner, chairman of the Historical Commission
International Conducting Com
petition held in Copenhagen
Denmark that same year. He has
appeared with the International
Festival of Young Artists Or
chestra in Switzerland and won
the statewide James Bland
Memorial Scholarship in Virginia.
Because of his widely acclaimed
talent and skill, Ogle has served,
invitationally, as a guest con
ductor of a music festival held
each summer in California’s High
Sierra Mountains, as assistant
conductor for the University of
Michigan Orchestra and its Arts
Chorale, and guest conductor for
the Winston-Salem Symphony’s
summer season. This past sum
mer he was conductor-in
residence at Appalachian State
University’s Cannon Music Camp.
Stimulating musical selections,
chosen by North Carolina’s
Fountain Presides
Over Court Docket
Chowan County Superior Court
met last week with George
Fountain the presiding judge. The
following cases were heard.
Timothy Lewis Phelps, charged
with 69 MPH in a 55 MPH zone,
was found guilty and ordered to
pay cost of court.
Carroll Allen Jones, charged
with a DUI, had his case re
manded to District Court where
he received 60 days suspended for
three years on unsupervised
probation, $175 fine and cost of
court, and ordered to surrender
his operator’s license.
Kenneth Eugene Johnson,
charged with DUI and unsafe
movement, was found guilty and
received 30 days in Chowan
County Jail.
Joseph Scott Harrell, Jr.,
charged with DUI, had his case
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Residents Urged
To List Taxes
January is a month with two
noticable facets in it. Cold weather
and tax listing. Neither is very
appealing, but both are sure to
come.
According to Dallas Jethro, the
Tax Supervisor for Chowan
County, approximately 50 per cent
of the residents in the county have
listed their taxes.
For those who haven’t yet listed,
all townships can list their taxes at
the Tax Office in Edenton, with the
exception of the third township.
The residents of the third
township can list taxes at Byrum’s
Service Center on Thursdays,
Jan. 21 and 28, or at Blanchard's
Grocery (L. C. Brigg’s) on
Saturdays Jan. 23 and. 30.
Those in the Second township
can list at the tax office on Wed-
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Rev. Fred Drane
Taken In Death
Rev. Frederick Blount Drane,
101 Colonial Square, died Monday
in Chowan Hospital. He was 91 and
a retired Episcopal minister.
A native of Chowan County, he
was born August 1, 1891, son of the
late Rev. Robert Brent Drane and
Maria Skinner Drane. He was
married to Mrs. Rebecca Wood
Drane, who survives.
Also surviving are two
daughters: Mrs. David Warren of
Chapel Hill and Mrs. Ross Inglis of
Edenton; and six grandchildren.
Mr. Drane was active in the Boy
Scouts of America, serving as a
scoutmaster. He is a past member
of Edenton Rotary Club.
He graduated from the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill in 1912 and went on to
earn his advanced degree in 1915
from General Theological
Seminar in New York. He was a
missionary to Alaska from 1915 to
1926 and was archdeacon of the
Yukon between 1921 and 1926. He
returned to the United States and
became rector of St. Paul’s
Church in Monroe until 1958. From
then until 1973 he was rector of
Grace Episcopal Church in
Woodville and St. Mark’s
Episcopal Church in Roxobel.
Since he retired he has worked
with Coalition 16.
Funeral services were held at 12-
noon Wednesday in St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church with Rev.
Raymond Story and Venerable
Webster Simons. Burial followed
in the church cemetery with
Williford - Barham Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements.
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Rev. Frederick Blount Drane
Repairs Are Delayed
NOTICE-Repairs on the Coin
jock Bridge have been delayed,
due to last week’s bad weather
conditions. One-way traffic will be
allowed through today and
tomorrow, with heavy trucks
experiencing delays up to 2 hours,
and beginning Jan. 25-29, the
bridge will be closed to all road
and water traffic from 10 A. M.
until 3 P. M.