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throe occasions when we needed
th* service. Each time they
responded quickly and performed
their duties professionally.
Hie latest time was the early
morning of July 13, 1961. There
will always be the pain of losing a
heroic son and a home. By the
same token there will always be
the remembrance of the calm
leadership of Fire Chief Luther
Parks, and the way he and his
fellow firemen performed.
Fire, with all it s good qualities,
can be as fatal as a bullet. It
requires respect. So do the men
who are always ready to control it
during its angry times.
All of us can at least give those
in our fire service a simple “thank
you” for the job they do so well.
Os Area Interest
On Friday at 8:00 P.M. NBC
Magazine, a nationally televised
program, will feature the Oregon
laid story as it relates to Wan
chese and the commercial fishing
industry.
Producer Beth Poison and crew,
cameraman Leigh Wilson and
sound man Claude Novak, spent
the week of February 22 in the
area interviewing and filming the
story. They were joined by NBC
correspondent Jack Perkins, who
will do the story.
No Room To Gripe
We are among that majority
along the Public Parade and
throughout the country who are
old fashioned about patriotism.
Yes, we still get a thrill when we
see the American Flag; we still
have a special feeling when the
“Star Spangled Banner” is
played; we still think this is still
the “goodliest land under
Heaven.”
This was reinforced Tuesday
when two items passed our clut
tered desk. The Take Pride piece
came from the N.C. Farm Bureau
while the second was from the
CPA Client Bulletin, sent by
MaZima & Company of Daytona
Beach, Fla. They are bofli
something that is grist for the mill
and we pass them along as we
received them:
Take Pride In America
Amidst all the cries of doom and
the moning about cutting social
programs in the budget, it was
refreshing to read a report of a
letter to the editor of a leading
news magazine written by an
immigrant from the Soviet Union.
The immigrant wrote:
“If Americans knew what it is
like to search for a piece of meat
and never find it; how it is not to
be able to buy a refrigerator
unless you stay on a waiting list
for 10 years; what it is like, by
mandatory registration, to be
committed forever to living in one
[dace; how easily people are put in
jail for complaining about it; what
it is like to live in constant fear and
to struggle for survival every day
in a country where courts are
designed to protect the govern
ment and justice is formulated in
one simple concept of guilty unless
you can prove otherwise; if they
knew all this, they would become
law-abiding citizens, never go on
strike, not demand more freedom
and never insult their govern
ment.”
“But with amazement, delight
and deserved pride, they would
The Chowan Herald (USPS 106-380) 1
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Published every Thursday at Edenton by The Chowan Herald,
Inc., L. F. Amburn, Jr., Editor and Publisher, 421-425 South Broad
Street, Edenton, North Carolina, 27932.
Entered as second-class matter August 30,1934 at the Post Office
of Edenton, North Carolina, under Act of March 3,1870.
L. F. AMBURN, JR. E. N. MANNING
Editor & Publisher General Manager
SUSAN BUNCH J. EDWIN BUFFLAP
Office Manager Editor Emeritus
Subscription Rate
One Year (outside N.C.) 111.00
One Year (to N.C.) ftfcM
Six Months (outside N.C.) |7.50
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I whisper as I do: ‘God Mess this
land and its people’.”
We Americans are the most
spoiled people on earth. We are so
I accustomed to having what we
want and need when we want it
and need it, to an abundance of
any kind of food we want at
reasonable prices, to the latest in
conveniences through technology,
and to the freedom to tell those
who govern us what we think of
them, that we forget how fortunate
we are to enjoy enjoy the fruits of
liberty and private enterprise.
We need those immigrants to
remind us from time to time about
how good we have it in this
country.
Prepare Taxes
It’s traditional for Americans,
especially at this time of year, to
moan about the income taxes they
pay. This year the moaning is
somewhat muted, but a lot of it
can still be heard.
How do our tax rates compare
with those of other industrial
countries - the nations of western
Europe, for example? Because of
differing definitions of taxable
income, fluctuations in the ex
change rates, added surtaxes in
some countries, the use of levies
other than income taxes to raise
revenues, and other variables, it’s
impossible to give precise answers
to that question. But, in general,
Annual Edenton Symposium
To Be Held On April 28-30
EDENTON Folk art and early
furniture, pottery and ar
chitecture of northeastern North
Carolina will be topics of
discussion by expert lecturers at
the annual Edenton Symposium
April 28 - 30.
The program, presented by the
Edenton Historical Commission
and the East Carolina University
Division of Contining Education,
will also include tours of historic
homes in Edenton and special
symposium meals in other historic
buildings.
Lecture topics and speakers
are:
/-Holdings of the Abby- Aldrich
Rsckfeller Folk A£t Center/’
Carolyn Weekly, Center curator,
Williamsburg, Va.;
“Furniture of the North
Carolina Albemarle,” John
Bivens, Museum of Early
Southern Decorative Arts, Win
ston - Salem;
“North Carolina Traditional
Pottery,” Dr. Charles G. Zug,
UNC - Chapel Hill; and
“A Vertical Tour of Edenton,
1672 - 1982,” Dr. Thomas C.
Parramore, Meredith College.
Special tours for symposium
participants include visits to
Sycamore, home of Dr. and Mrs.
Richard Hines Jr. and Leigh
House, home of Mr. and Mrs.
Nelson Crandall. Both houses
Holmes Student
Named Winner
Suanne Bass of John A. Holmes
High School was the series winner
in apparel and accessories and
was runner - up in the selling area
in recent District 1, Distributive
Education Clubs of America,
competition at East Carolina
University in Greenville. At total
of 36 student prizes were awarded.
Runner - up in the category won
by Miss Bass was Eric Byrum,
another Holmes DECA student.
Another local student won
runner - up honors. Jamie Lane
placed in human relations.
during the late seventies when the j
most recent summary of statistics
available was compiled, qt least 1
our income taxes were lower than 1 1
those of most noncommunist
Since then
thaU&Ltok act has increased the
contrast ift our favor.
Here are a few examples of the
comparative data that illustrate
how burdensome tax policies of
other countries can be;
- In most of western Europe the
maximum tax rate exceeded 50
per cent, as it did in the seventies I
for some Americans, but for most
Europeans the maximum tax rate
began at a much lower level - on
incomes as low as $33,300 in
Sweden, for example, $22,074 in
France and $14,620 in Denmark.
- In the United Kingdom the
maximum rate of 83 per cent
applied to incomes a low as
$42,000.
- In Iceland the maximum rate
was only 30 per cent but it applied |
to incomes of as little as $603.
- The least oppressive income
tax rates in Europe were those in
Switzerland, where a maximum
rate of 12 per cent prevailed on
incomes from $35,016 to $147,104.
Above $147,104 the rate dropped to
9M> per cent.
The next least burdensome
income taxes were in Portugal, |
where the maximum rate of 20 per
cent applied on incomes above
$35,000.
were featured in the January -
Febuary issue of “Colonial
Homes” magazine and are fur
nished with colonial antiques. 1
Other events are two luncheons, j
at the St. Paul’s Church Parish s
House and the 1767 Chowan County 1
Court House, and a cocktail buffet (
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Roland Vaughan. t
Further information about the i
symposium and about motel or t
private home accommodations i
are available from “Edenton
Symposium,” Division of Con- <
tinuing Education, East Carolina
University, Greenville, N. C.
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Is Declared
RALEIGH—Charles F. Merrill,
president and chief executive
officer of Bancshares of North
Carolina, Inc., has announced that
the board of Directors of Baric
shares, at a meeting held on
March 26, declared a 15 cents per
share dividend on its common
stock payable on April 15, 1982 to
stockholders of record on March
26, 1982.
Mr. Merrill also announced that
the board of directors l of Bane
shares and Bank of North
Carolina, N.A. (a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Bancshares) ap
proved and adopted the plan of
Reorganization and Merger
Agreement relating to the
aquisition by N.C. National Bank
of substantially all of the assets of
Bancshares of North Carolina,
Inc., including Bank of North
Carolina. -
The agreement calls for an
exchange of .9696 shares of the
common stock of NCNB Cor
poration (the parent company of
North Carolina National Bank) for
each share of Bancshares com
mon stock. The Plan of
Reorganization and Merger
Agreement was previously ap
proved and adopted by the Board
of Directors of North Carolina
National Bank and NCNB Cor
poration on March 24, 1982.
The reorganization and merger
is subject to the approval by
Bancshares shareholders and
various regulatory authorities,
including the Comptroller of the
Currency.
Recent Court Cases
Willie Lee Tann, hit and run with
personal injury, waiver of
probably cause.
Michael Thomas Perry, .10
Breath Alyzer and exceeding a
safe speed, 90 days suspended 3
years, $175 fine and cost of court,
surrender his operator's license.
Appealed.
Old fools are not more foolish
than young ones: they just look
sillier
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NEW TRUCK APPLICATOR Ashley Welding Co. of Edenton has new product, a
truck applicator. The 1400 gallon capacity stainless steel tank is carried on a S - 1800 four - wheel
drive diesel truck. Jimmy Winslow, center, of Tanglewood Farms in Elizabeth City, bought the first
such applicator. Jimmy Ashley, right, and Jim Bird, left, of Ashley Welding Co. hand him the
papers to the truck. The cab - operated hydraulic boon system has an 18 row spraying capacity.
Local Firm Introduces Applicator
Ashley Welding Co. of Edenton
has introduced a new truck ap
plicator. The S -1800 diesel truck,
set up by Gimco International of
Monroe, N. C., has a complete set
of flotation tires and features four
- wheel drive. They also helped in
the mechanics of the new tank,
and Don Smith, field represen
tative for Defco Pumps, assisted
in the technical data.
The tank itself has a 1400 gallon
capacity. The cab - operated boon
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system is an experamental set and
can spray 65 feet or 18 rows at the
time. The tank features are all
stainless steel, from the low -
control valve to the nozzle tips,
and include parts from all over the
country.
Jimmy Winslow of Tanglewood
Farms in Elizabeth City bought
the first truck applicator. Ac
cording to both Jimmy Ashley and
Jim Bird of Ashely Welding Co.,
“He (Winslow) has really worked
real close on the designing and
testing of this new unit with the big
boon.”
Gross Retail Sales
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the final month of 1981 were:
Camden, $897,499; Currituck,
$4,916,183; Dare, $5,798,897;
Gates, $2,094,030; Hyde,
$1,427,316; Pasquotank,
$18,091,417; Perquimans,
$2,661,264; Tyrrell, $1,260,831; and
Washington, $5,786,312.