U.S. Sen. Robert Morgan
Friendly Waters
Well, former U.S. Sen. Robert
Morgan of Lillington was back in
friendly waters Friday night as he
meandered along the Public
Parade before delivering the
commencement address at
Lawrence Academy. The popular
politician visited with a number of
his friends at a dinner Mr. and
Mrs. E.L. Hollowell hosted at Mrs.
Boswell’s Restaurant.
Conversation dealt with many
things, not the least being the
outstanding Tar Heel Democrat’s
future. While he wasn't telling any
secrets he talked like a restless
young man who isn’t going to let
his first defeat at the polls do him
in for good.
Robert is still recovering from
an operation which removed a
malignant tumor from behind his
ear. And the defeat in the U.S.
Senate re - election bid probably
saves his life for it slowed him
down long enough for him to begin
thinking about himself. While he
admits he isn’t back to “talking
out of both sides of my mouth” he
is back practicing law. And his
first trial case since his return is in
Sampson County, where he tried
his very first case.
The Equal Rights Amendment
had just been defeated in the N.C.
General Assembly and was very
piuch cm the minds of those
fathered. Robert admitted to
spending considerable time in
deep study of the measure but
can’t find anything not already
covered by the 14th Amendment.
Just a few hours before, we had
a brief visit with Superior Court
•Judge Charlie Winberry of Rocky
Mount. Judge Winberry was
campaign manager for the
political fetes of Robert and was
top legislative aide to Gov. James
B. Hunt, Jr., until he was ap
pointed to the bench. Judge
Winberry had recalled how ERA
failed in 1977 because Gov. Hunt
refused to contribute two seats on
the Utilities Commission to the
cause. Two years later a couple of
Republican senators were elected
from a big county and the measure
was put into the deep freeze - not to
yet return.
We had asked Judge Winberry if
he didn’t get a bit restless when he
is away from the action in the
General Assembly. He admits to
having politics in his blood, but
swears it doesn’t run as thick as
the law.
There was little comment from
the popular jurist when he
questioned aloud why Gov. Hunt
has decided to jump into the ERA
thing with both feet. There was a
nod of agreement when he sur
mised that the lights of the
national stage is getting in the
good governor’s eyes.
But, why has Gov. Hunt taken
this drastic measure to further
move himself from the moderates
and conservatives in North
Carolina? The liberals couldn’t be
driven away with a stick, yet it
seems Gov. Hunt is making it
increasingly difficult for the rest
of us to hold still.
Why? For those aren’t friendly
waters along the Public Parade.
ECU Chancellor
Althousi a bit tardy, we want to
congratulate Dr. John M. Howell,
a veteran academic adkninistrator
at East Carolina University, on his
selection as chancellor. Dr.
Howell had been acting chancellor
since January.
The Board of Governors of The
University of North Carolina
followed the recommendation of
President William C. Friday in
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Recommendations
On Budget Heard
The Finance Committee
recommended this year’s
proposed budget. The total
General Fund budget for the
Fiscal Year 82 - 83 is $3,019,636.
This Fiscal Year’s budget calls for
an ad valorem tax levy of $.58
which will yield total revenue of
$1,496,554. This $44,000 less than
last years tax levy. It shows a fund
balance appropriated of $248,000
or approximately $140,000 over
and above last year’s allocation.
The budget contains no cost of
living pay adjustment for the
County employees. The Finance
Committee felt that with the
' present state of the economy a pay
raise could not be justified at this
point. Monies are available,
however, to grant a cost of living
increase in January if economic
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Mr. Gwaltney
Gets Promotion
Joseph A. Priestley, president,
announced the promotion of C. J.
Gwaltney, Jr. to general manager
manufacturing of the George C.
Moore Co. of Westerly, R. I.
Gwaltney has been with the
George C. Moore Co. for the past
17 years, most recently as plant
manager of the Greeneville, Term,
plant.
In his new capacity Gwaltney
will be responsible for all
manufacturing functions of the
company. George C. Moore Co.
has plants in Edenton and
Greeneville, Tenn.
Gwaltney, his wife Marilyn, the
former Marilyn Anderson of
Westerly, and their three sons
presently reside in Greeneville.
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Farmers Market Opens June 17th
June 17 marks this season’s
opening day for the Chowan
County Farmers Market.
Established last year under the
joint sponsorship of the Chowan
County Agricultural Extension
office and the Edenton - Chowan
Chamber of Commerce, this years
market will be operated by the
vendors themselves. Mrs. Virginia
Hobbs, who will be acting as
coordinator states that the market
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County Farmers Market will open June 17, and will be sponsored
by the Chowan County Agricultural office and the Edenton -
Chowan Chamber of Commerce. Jerry Hendee, left, director of
the Chamber, stands with Virginia Hobbs, the Market coor
dinator, and Mike Williams of the Extension office, in front of the
sign advertising the Farmers Market.
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Volume XLVII - No. 22
Basnight Blocks Attempts To Obtain Permit
by Richard Williams
Commissioner of the Depart
ment of Transportation, Marc
Basnight, again blocked an at
tempt by local construction
companies to obtain a permit to
haul overweight equipment over
area bridges.
Basnight, operating as the
governor’s appointee out of
Manteo, told County Manager Cliff
Copeland via telephone that he
would not issue an overweight
Standing Committees
Are Appointed
Standing committees of the
Edenton-Chowan Chamber of
Commerce have been appointed
by Les Fagan, president.
Fagan heads the Executive
Committee which is composed of
Tom Phillips, Tom Shepard, Olin
Sykes and Oscar White, im
mediate past president.
The other committees include:
Agricultural Committee—Mike
Williams - chairman, David
Bateman, Cam Byrum, Tom
Shepard, W.E. Smith, Wallace
Evans and Tom By rum.
Also, Thomas Paul Griffin,
Henry A. Bunch, Wesley Chesson,
J. Clarence Leary, Bud Perry,
Wilbur Privott and Leonard
Small.
Also, R. West Leary, A.L.
Briggs, Jr., Oscar White, Bruce
Wacklin, Murray Tynch, Jr.,
Eugene Jordan and Bill Monds.
Merchants Committee —Caswell
Edmundson - chairman, Jim
Blount, George Byrum, John
Cuthrell, Bill Norvell, Ben Rid
dick, Mark Rose and Willie
Whittington.
Industrial Committee —Bill
Norvell - chairman, Alice Bond,
George Byrum, Cliff Copelahd,
Les Fagan, Bill Gardner, Bruce
Gillikin, E.L. Hollowell, Spec
Jones, Tilmon Keel, Sam Noble,
Olin Sykes and Gilliam Wood.
Education Committee—Wes
Chesson - chairman, John Dowd
and Melvin Lane.
Highway Committee—Pete Dail
chairman, Tom Byrum, West
Byrum, Bill Gardner, E.L.
Hollowell and A1 Phillips.
Tourism Committee—Arch
Edwards, - chairman, Carol
Becker, Bill Myers, S. C. Patel and
Bruce Wackelin.
will be open each Thursday,
Friday and Saturday from 9 A.M.
til 4 P.M. or until produce is sold
out.
This seasons growing conditions
indicate potatoes, cabbage, beans,
beets, tomatoes, radishes, honey
and canned goods will be available
to customers on opening day.
Vendors that wish to participate
may contact Mrs. Virginia Hobbs
at 482 - 7186.
Edanton. North Carolina, Thursday, Juno 10, 1982
permit as long as the decision is
his.
In other action the Council:
proposed to reappoint eligible
persons now serving on the
Edenton Board of Adjustments,
ABC Board, Medical Development
Authority and the Recreation
Advisory Committee.
nominated Parker Chesson to
fill the position on the Coastal
Resources Commission.
approved to bury utility lines
now “unsightly” located in the
parking lot behind the County
Office building.
reduced the acreage
requirements for land use
valuations.
approved to update the water
system at the Brayhill plant, a
SIOO,OOO project.
approved a resolution
authorizing the Medical
Development Authority to proceed
with work on expansion of Elder
Lodge prior to issuance of bonds.
approved a SSOO contribution
PEANUT FESTIVAL SALES UNDERWAY Sales are under
way for this year’s Peanut Festival, according to A.B. Harless,
Jr., left, this year’s chairman. Linda Evans, center, is in charge
of the sales, and will be assisted by Co. Manager Cliff Copeland,
right. Support the Peanut Festival by buying an ad in the booklet.
Capital Improvements Are Discussed
by Richard Williams
Plans for capital improvements
to John A. Holmes High School
were discussed Monday night by
the Board of Education.
Renovations are to begin in
September, it was announced.
In other business the Board:
approved a 5 per cent in
crease or an additional $44,186.00
approved proposed personnel
for Summer School. They are
(tentatively) Susan Birckhead,
Esther Hollingsworth, Robin
DeMurry, Gloria Bryant, Willie
Koonce and George Johnikins.
Summer School classes for
the 7-12 program will meet for 7
weeks from 8 A.M. - 12 P.M.
Classes will begin on Friday, June
Winslow Is Chosen To Attend Special School
Charles R. Eilber, director of
the N.C. School of Science and
Mathematics, announced today
that a student from Chowan
County has Deen selected to attend
the School next fall as part of the
junior class of 238 boys and girls.
They were selected from 835
students nominated to attend the
School in Durham.
Selected was Carol M. Winslow,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.C.
Winslow. She is a student at John
A. Holmes High School.
The N.C. School of Science and
Mathematics is the nation’s first
state - wide, state - supported,
residential high school for
students with special ability in
science and mathematics. These
students will join the School’s 154
seniors for a total school
enrollment of 392. The student
body is ckawn from 85 of North
Carolina’s 100 counties and 153
public and nonpublic schools.
Director Eilber commented,
to fish hatchery tor auaiuonai
feed.
approved the MDA’s proposal
to purchase $160,000 worth of
equipment to be leased to the
hospital.
proposed to review Airport
operations.
Two local construction com
panies, Dickerson Inc. and Waff
Contracting Inc., are hurt by
Basnight’s decision, not to issue a
permit, and may be forced to
leave this area.
“If they continue with this
permit stuff, they’re virtually
telling us to get out of town,” said
Edsel Waff, who has been without
a valuable piece of equipment for
over a week because a permit to
bring an overweight crane across
the Chowan River bridge has not
been issued.
“If we don’t do something im
mediately, we’ll be forced to
move,” said John Smith of
Dickerson Inc. We don’t want to do
that because we like it here in
Edenton.”
18, and will end on August 6.
announced resignations of
Edna Reaves, Mary Rhea Gard
ner and Sarah Tynch.
approved the hiring of Ruth
Overman Bass.
granted Edith Holley per
mission for her sons to continue
the 1981-82 school year at Swain
School.
The total estimated cost for the
high school renovations is $738,450.
A new Science laboratory is
estimated at $75,000 with an ad
ditional $37,300 for the equipment.
A new dining and kitchen area will
cost $;»4,500 and a student com
mons area will add $199,650. The
projected completion date is
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“We are extremely pleased with
the outstanding academic abilities
and fine personal qualities of these
young people. Their impressive
academic achievement at such
Carol M. Winslow
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Mary Rhea Gardner
Mrs. Gardner
Resigns Post
By Richard Williams
Mary Rhea Gardner, a member
of the Chowan County Board of
Education for 19 years, announced
her resignation Monday night as
the Board met in a regular session
in the Chowan Co. office building.
Mrs. Gardner, a native of Bertie
County and a resident of Chowan
since 1957, says she will now have
time to do some of the things she
always wanted to do.
Attending her last regular
session Board meeting Monday
night, many of her co-workers
expressed that she will be deeply
missed.
“Mary Rhea is a very hard and
dedicated worker,” said T.P.®
Griffin. “She has done a lot of good
things for the area schools and she
will be missed a lot.”
Mrs. Gardner graduated from
the University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill in 1957 with a B.A.
degree in Sociology. She also
attended St. Mary’s College in
Raleigh for two years. Before
coming to Edenton she worked for
four years in Bertie and Martin
Counties in the Department of «
Social Services.
In her 19 years working with the
Board of Education she has
weathered the storms of various
school superintendents. “I’ve seen
them come and I’ve seen them
go,” she said
Her first few years was under
Hiram Mayo. But when her
resignation was announced
Monday night, John B. Dunn was
seated at table head.
“Mrs. Gardner has been a
valuable asset to the school
system,” Dunn said. “She has
been a tremendous asset to all of
the teachers. She is responsible for
bringing the North Carolina
Symphony back to Edenton and
Chowan County,” of which she will
continue to operate.
Mrs. Gardner has been married
for 25 “wonderful” years to
William “Bill” Gardner. They are
the parents of three children,
Ginny, 23; Beth, 22 and Bill, 16.
“I feel very rewarded,” she
said, “If 1 have contributed at all
to the education of children in this
county.”
young ages is a tribute to their own
hard work and the excellent
preparation they have received in
their first ten years’ of school.
These students have the potential
for making significant con
tributions to our society through
their leadership in mathematics
and the sciences. I wish we could
admit more than 238 additional
students for next year, but we
simply do not have adequate room
or funds available to ac
commodate more.”
Commencement Set
Commencement exercises tor
•the graduating class of John A.
Holmes High School will be held
June 13 beginning at 6 P.M. at
Hicks Field in Edenton.
The guest speaker for the oc
cassion is John T. Dowd, a 1967
graduate of Holmes High School,
and former Distributive
Education Coordinator and DECA
advisor at the school.