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A Little Humor
Chowan County commissioners
had a full agenda Monday morn
ing. However the seriousness of
the business was tempered from
time to time with a little humor.
Take the appearance of Pete
Thompson, who was a regular
while serving as Agricultural
Extension Service chairman. He
represents Chowan on the North
Carolina 2000 committee and
invited commissioners to a
meeting tonight (Thursday).
Friend Pete has learned well his
new consultant role at Peoples
Bank. “Come on over and open an
IRA with your per diem,” he said.
“We don’t make that much,”
was a reply.
“But we have them in all sizes,”
Pete retorted.
Later Dallas Jethro, Jr., tax
supervisor-collector, fielded some
hot comments about the values on
automobiles. In explaining what
the tax listers face, he told the
story of a lady who was asked
about her car.
“Is it running?” the lister
inquired.
“No,” was the reply.
The lady was watched as she
left the office. She walked to the
parking lot, got into her car. Got it
running and drove off.
Some days even tax listers can’t
win!
Goodbye, Grace
The Chowan Herald is losing a
correspondent. Mrs. Grace Griffin
has decided to relinquish her
duties of providing society news.
When we arrived along the
Public Parade some 17 years ago,
the society column was being
handled by the women of Edenton
United Methodist Church. This
relationship was fostered by J.
Edwin Bufflap, editor emeritus of
The Herald.
In recent years, however,
Grace--a Methodist--has made her
appointed rounds and telephone
calls in an effort to expand the
column beyond the church
membership. We think she
realized a certain degree pf
success, considering the small
financial reward.
The Herald will not have a
designated society columnist right
now. Items of interest will still be
welcomed. Just jot them down,
mail or drop them by. Telephone
calls will also be accepted.
Touch Os Culture
There was a special touch of
culture along the Public Parade on
Thursday night of last week. The
N. C. Symphony Orchestra, in
concert with the John A. Holmes
High School Concert Choir and the
Edenton Choral Society, played to
a packed house at Ernest A. Swain
Auditorium.
The Chowan Chapter of the N. C.
Symphony was spearheaded by
Mary Rhea Gardner, community
coordinator for Edenton-Chowan
Schools. She had a whole bunch of
help down the stretch and the
appreciative audience witnessed a
professional performance. The
music and the audience wiped
clean ugly memories of not so
successful Symphony visits of a
few years back.
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INTERIM REPORT FINISHED Hie long awaited Chowan-
Perquimans soil survey is now in {Minted form and available for
use. C. A. Phillips, left, chairman of Chowan County com
missioners, is shown receiving a copy of the report from Stanton
Harrell, of the U. S. Soil Conservation Service. At left is Lloyd E.
Bunch, a long-time SCS booster who helped secure funding for the
study.
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Debate Continues On Redistricting Plan
The N. C. General Assembly
faces another round of activity in
redistricting the State Senate and
House of Representatives, along
with Congressnional seats. The
latest “trial district plan” sur
faced last week and pot shots
weren’t long in coming.
Redistricting plans have been
turned back by federal agencies.
The trial plan on the House side
continues the First District as a
two-member area. However, the
County And Town At Odds
Over Funding Os Airport
Chowan County and the Town of
Edenton may be on a collision
course over future funding of the
Edenton-Chowan Airport Com
mission. Commissioners were told
Monday that the council has
tabled efforts to share ownership
of the municipal airport with the
county.
Commissioner Alton G. Elmore,
the county’s liaison on the com
mission, said “it is quite obvious
the (council) members were not
awareof the history of the airport . ”
This conclusion was drawn from
remarks made at a joint council
commission meeting January 21.
“They (the town councilmen)
didn’t pay much attention while
improvements were taking
place,” he continued. “Now the
commission needs funds to
operate.”
Elmore said the county had been
offered one-half undivided in
terest in the airport. “The county
accepted the offer and now find
this has been withdrawn.”
County Manager Cliff Copeland
added that he cannot see how a
case can be made for funds
without the county having some
control.
Elmore took the opportunity to
commend Capt. A1 Howard,
airport commission chairman, for
the time, efforts and leadership he
has demonstrated. “If you read
between the lines there are per
sonalities involved,” he noted.
Elmore has beat an avid ad
vocate of joint county and town
operations. He appeared provoked
by the town’s position on the
airport.
The commissioners saw the
other side of the coin in the
Monday meeting when an interim
district would differ from the
current one by adding a Gates
County township and removing a
township in Washington County.
Whole counties would be: Chowan,
Perquimans, Pasquotank,
Camden, Currituck, Dare and
Tyrrell. Reps. Vernon G. James of
Pasquotank and Charles D. Evans
of Dare have not officially com
mented on the plan.
Major surgery appears to be
scheduled for the Senate. The
report of a Chowan-Perquimans
Soils Study was distributed.
Stanton Harrell and Lloyd C.
Bunch of the U. S. Soil Con
servation presented copies to
commission members. “The
document is now complete and
ready for use although it is not in
the final form,” Harrell said.
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FUND RAISING CHAIRMAN NAMED Mrs. Ruth Rose, left,
president of the Chowan County Heart Association, announced
that Bruce Gilliken, right, has accepted the position of fund
raising chairman. Mrs. Edith Nixon, center, is a Heart
Association official.
Gillikin Chairs 1
Mrs. Ruth Rose, president of the
Chowan County Heart
Association, has announced that
Bruce Gillikin has accepted the
role of fund raising chairman.
Gillikin is city executive with
Peoples Bank & Trust Company
here in Edenton, having assumed
the position in December. He has
been very active with United Fund
and American Cancer drives.
Mrs. Evelyn Keeter serves as
treasurer and also handles
memorial gifts. Mrs. Carolyn
Ricks is secretary.
Mrs. Dorothy Graham is special
gifts chairman; Mrs. Charlotte
Patterson and employees of
WBXB are handling special
events.
Bruce League and Edenton
Baptist Church youth are in
charge of Balloon Day sales
Saturday, February 13 and Ann
Hare is schools chairman.
Business Days, which are being
observed during the first week in
February, are being directed by
Howard Collins and Heart Sunday
- February 28 • by Mrs. Ann Ed
mundson, Mrs. Peggy Voigt and
Mrs. Delois Sanford.
Rural Heart Fund directors are
Fran Ward, Murray Goodwin,
Mabel Jordan and 4-H clubs and
leaders.
Mrs. Betty Bunch will handle
solicitations from corporations
and industries.
Edonton. North Carolina. Thursday, February 4. 1982
First District would be split with
Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford,
Northampton, Perquimans,
Tyrrell and Washington counties
in one. The other would be com
posed of Beaufort, Camden,
Currituck, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico
and Pasquotank.
Sen. J. J. (Monk) Harrington of
Bertie and Sen. Melvin R. Daniels,
Jr., of Pasquotank are the in
cumbents. Sen. Harrington is a
member of the Senate Committee
on Redistricting and admits that
he picked the counties he wanted.
Sen. Daniels disagrees with the
split and has gained support of
commissioners in Chowan,
Perquimans and Pasquotank.
The First Congressional District
remains as previously drawn --
adding Northampton while losing
Jones. Rep. Walter B. Jones of
Farmville has appeared satisfied
with the minor change.
Considerable conversation is
expected to be generated at a
public hearing on the three “trial”
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Heart Fund
Mrs. Rose emphasized that the
Heart Association is a volunteer
agency, composed of volunteers
who are interested in preventing
premature death and disability
from diseases of the blood vessels.
It is the only volunteer agency
devoted to this mission.
“There are other agencies
working in the fight against heart
disease, but ours is the only
volunteer agency concerned with
the problems of heart disease in
our community,” Mrs. Rose
stated.
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Emergency Appropriations
Approved By Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. Congress approved an emergency ap
propriation Tuesday that will allow North Carolina to keep Employment
Security Commission open. Rep. Walter B. Jones of the First
Congressional District said the measure would allocate S2IO-million to
the states for Job Service offices.
Employment Security Commission and local governments have been
searching for ways to keep the offices open, including the one in Edenton,
since cuts at the beginning of the federal fiscal year, October 1,1981.
The appropriation is part of a »2.3-billion package President Reagan
sent to Congress on Monday. The plan won unanimous approval by a
House Appropriations subcommittee.
Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr., said: “I’m glad the president has apparently
responded to the nation’s governors and members of Congress who
realize the impact of unemployment in their respective states and
districts.”
It was not immediately known what effect Tuesday’s action would
have on proposed reduction in force.
(Earlier story follows.)
Three Incumbents
Facing Opposition
Filing for election in Edenton’s
upcoming primary is now over,
with several of the positions being
opposed.
Sheriff Troy Toppin will be
unopposed for re-election, as will
the present Clerk of Court, Lena
M. Leary. There will be com
petition, however, for all other
seats available.
Incumbent George Jones of the
First Township will be opposed by
Joe Hollowell. Incumbent C. A.
Phillips, present chairman of the
County Commissioners, of the
Fourth Township, will be opposed
by Warren Twiddy. And in
cumbent J. D. Peele, the Vice-
Chairman of the Commissioners,
will be opposed by Clara M.
Boswell.
The competition for the two
School Board seats is hot and
heavy. The available seat in the
First Township is sought by Jane
Underkofler, John A. Mitchener,
111, Gerald Perry and Allen B.
Harless.
Billy R. Nixon and Yvonne A.
Smith are both seeking the Second
Township seat.
Yvonne A. Smith, a native of
Chowan County now residing in
Rocky Hock with her husband,
Marvin (Ray) Smith, and son, has
been employed at Chowan
Hospital, Inc. for 14 years as a
Licensed Practical Nurse and
Senior Pharmacy Technician.
A graduate of Holmes High
School and The College of The
Albemarle School of Nursing, she
received her license in nursing
from the State of North Carolina in
1965. She has received extra credit
hours in continuing pharmacy
education through courses
sponsored by COA and the
University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill.
Mrs. Smith is a Red Cross nurse
with the Tidewater Chapter, an
active member of White Oak
Elementary School PTA, and a
member of Rocky Hock Baptist
Church, were she was former
director of Sunday School for pre
school children. Currently she is a
member of The American Society
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It is still “business as usual” at
the Job Service office on North
Broad Street. Mrs. Alice Bond,
office manager, said Tuesday
things are not expected to change
prior to March 31.
The office, which serves
Chowan, Perquimans, Gates,
Tyrrell and portions of Hyde,
Washington and Bertie counties,
has been targeted to close. A cut in
federal funds also threatened to
reduce staff by 30 per cent.
In a related area, unem
ployment rose in 86 per cent of
North Carolina’s 100 counties from
November to December.
Unemployment in Chowan County
was 6.2 per cent, while the state
average was 6.8 per cent.
Tyrrell and Dare counties in the
Albemarle Area were among 15
which experienced double-digit
unemployment in December.
Unemployment in other area
counties was reported as:
Camden, 5.9 per cent;
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2000 Committee
Meeting Tonight
The North Carolina 2000 Com
mittee meeting in Chowan County
will be held tonight (Thursday) at
John A. Holmes High School
Auditorium. The meeting was
originally scheduled for January
but was rescheduled due to bad
weather.
R. M. (Pete) Thompson, former
Agricultural Extension Service
county chairman and now an
executive at Peoples Bank & Trust
Company, is chairman of the local
effort. He said a great deal of
interest was expressed in the
earlier meeting and encourages
people to attend.
In a brief presentation to
Chowan County commissioners
Monday morning, Thompson said
he hoped to steer clear of extended
discussion about highways. “I
hope we can stay off highways,”
he said. “It has been heavy in
discussions since 1954, to my
knowledge. We should address
human concerns., “something we
can do something about.”
The format for the meeting will
include four discussion groups
according to predetermined
topics. “This way we hope to get a
lot of interaction and par
ticipation,” he said.
Tobacco Hearings
On February 16
Rep. Walter B. Jones stated
today he had been advised by Rep.
Charlie Rose, chairman of the
House Subcommittee on Tobacco,
that hearings would be held in
Kinston, on Tuesday, February 16
at King’s Barbeque Restaurant,
located on U.S. 70 in Kinston.
In a joint statement, Reps. Rose
and Jones said that the meeting
will start at 10 A. M. and conclude
at approximately 12:30 P. M.
Following this, a dutch luncheon
will be available.
The purpose of the meeting is to
entertain suggestions or ideas as
to how we might strengthen the
t present tobacco program to
eliminate current criticism.
Anyone wishing to testify should
contact the office: Rep. Walter B.
Jones, 241 Cannon House Office
Building, Washington, D. C. 20515,
AC 202-225-3101.