First Lady '
America just this week lost one
of the nation’s finest first ladies
with the death of Bess Truman.
There is a first lady of equal
stature in Northeastern North
Carolina and she does her share of
meandering along the Public
Parade.
Lucille Sermons Purser Win
slow does more for less than
anyone hereabouts. While her
official residence is over in
Perquimans - the land of beautiful
women - Lucille spreads her time
and talent throughout the
Albemarle Area.
Lucille’s latest recognition -
and actually one of the few con
sidering the volume of her good
work - is recipient of the East
Carolina University Alumni
. Association’s annual Outstanding
Alumni Award for 1982. ECU was
in its second decade when she
enrolled there and it is fitting that
she is one of three graduates to be
recognized during this year’s 75th
anniversary celebration.
Her credits are many. She is in
her third term as chairman of the
board of the Roanoke Island
Historical Association, where she
has been active since the
organization’s inception 40 years
ago. As a businesswoman she was
for many years general manager
of the Carolinian Hotel, a Nags
Head landmark.
And along the Public Parade,
she has been one of the biggest
boosters of the Edenton Historical
Commission. She never let the
Perquimans River separate her
from area interests, nor the
Chowan River stand in the way of
working on state - wide projects to
improve the quality of life in
Northeastern North Carolina.
Lucille Winslow is Northeastern
I North Carolina’s First Lady. And
she is finally getting some public
recognition for her efforts. And we
know of no one more deserving.
Two Zero Eight
This weekend has historical
-significance along the PuMre--
Parade. It is the 208th anniversary
? celebration of the Edenton Tea
Party. Saturday’s observance is
two days prior to the October date
in 1774 when women along the
Public Parade carved a place in
history for themselves.
The main portion of the
celebration is scheduled for
Saturday. However, on Friday
evening there will be an opening
reception for Dwane Powell’s
original cartoon show. This im
portant event, to be held at the old
courthouse on East King Street, is
being sponsored by the Chowan
; Arts Council.
Edenton Historical Commission
has put together an interesting
' chain of events for Saturday. In
fact, there are two schedules - one
on - going activities and another
group of special events.
One of the “on - going” events
you won’t want to miss will take
i place between 10:30 A.M. and 4:30
I P.M. on the Courthouse Green. It
. has been learned on good
i authority to Sheriff Troy Toppin
will be among the first “suspicious
characters” arrested and put in
stocks by Colonial soldiers.
Annual observance of the
Edenton Tea Party has quickly
grown into one of the finer events
of the year along the Public
Parade. Two zero eight will add to
the raster. Most of the events are
free of charge so you can’t beat
that price anywhere.
Jones To Address
, Chamber Banquet
The Edenton - Chowan Chamber
of Commerce will be holding its
annual banquet at Chowan Golf
i and Country Club on October 28.
The social hour will begin at 6:30
P.M. and dinner at 7:30 o’clock.
This year’s speaker will be Ray
Jones of Elizabeth City. He is one
of the area’s most humorous and
thought provoking individuals.
Jones’ community dedication
throughout the years, first as
teacher and coach at Elizabeth
City High School, then with
College of the Albemarle plus
extensive service with the Jaycees
and Rotary assures he is well
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The Chowan Herald
Volume XLVII - No. 40
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OFFICER OF THE YEAR E.C. Toppin awards Bob Paul
Roberson with a plaque declaring him the Chowan County Law
Enforcement Officer of the Year.
Bob Roberson Is Selected Law
Enforcement Officer Os The Year
One of the main purposes for the
Twelfth Annual Appreciation
Banquet for Law Enforcement
Officers is to pay tribute to all the
men and women who work all year
long to see that the people of this
community are safe from those
who would break the law. There is
another purpose though and that is
to chose a member of the law
enforcement fraternity that has
stood out from among his peers
and has established him self as the
Officer of the Year.
This year was no exception as
Bob Paul Roberson awarded with
the honor of being the 1982 Law
Enforcement Officer of the Year.
Mr. Roberson was bornon
February 2U. 1930 in Ajlus.!
Oklahoma. The son of the late" '
Thomas and Mary Roberson. He
moved to Windsor, California at
the age of 11 and after high school
he joined the U.S. Navy and
served for nine years. After being
Big Harvest
Predicted For
Soybeans, Com
Record high corn and soybean
crops are forecast for North
Carolina according to the North
Carolina Crop and Livestock
Reporting Service. A record high
sweet potato crop is also forecast
based on crop conditions around
October 1.
Today’s forecast indicated no
change in the month earlier
tobacco and peanut predictions.
However, cotton production is
down slightly, from the September
1 forecast, as the result of an
acreage revision.
Corn for grain production in
North Carolina is forecast at a
record high 157 - million bushels,
up 8 per cent from the previous
forecast and 11 per cent more than
the 1981 production of 141 - million
bushels. Acreage for grain harvest
is down 10 per cent from last year
but the average yield per acre at
95 bushels is a record high and 13
bushels above the previous record
set in 1973.
Soybean production in the state
is predicted to be a record high
51.3 - million bushels, down 6 per
cent from the last forecast but ll
per cent more than the previous
record high of 46.3 - million
bushels in 1981. Yield per acre at
25 bushels is down 1 bushels from a
month earlier and acreage for
harvest is down 2 per cent to
2,050,000 acres. / ,'
Peanut production is forecast at
412 - million pounds, unchanged
from previous forecast but 27 per
cent below last year’s record high
crop of 562 - million pounds.
Sweet potato production is
forecast at a record high 5.7 -
million pounds, up 4 per cent from
the month earlier forecast and 23
oer cent more than last year's
crop of 4.7 - million pounds.
discharged from the service he
attended Campbell College for two
years. He worked as a policeman
for a year in the city of Raleigh,
N.C. He left police work and en
tered East Carolina university
where he obtained a bachelor of
science degree in social studies.
Graduating from East Carolina
University he applied for a
position as a State Probation and
Parole Officer. He was sent to
Edenton as the Officer serving the
counties of Gates, Washington,
Tyrrell, Perquimans and Chowan.
He presently serves only Chowan
County.
Mr. Roberson is married to the
' former Loretta Briggs and they
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Paul and NlcoleTThey also Ihave
one granddaughter.
Mr. Roberson is a member of
the Edenton Baptist Church where
he has served both as a Deacon
and a Sunday School Teacher. He
has served in almost every
capacity in the Edenton - Chowan
Rescue Squad. He is also a
member of the Edenton Lions Club
and the Edward G. Bond Post 40 of
the American Legion.
Congratulations are extended to
Bob Paul Roberson this years
Chowan County Law Enforcement
Officer of the Year.
Williams Gets Suspended
Sentence In District Court
Chowan County District Court
was in session on October 12 with
the Honorable John T. Chaffin
presiding.
Edward Sylvester Williams was
on the calendar for two cases. The
cases were consolidated. He was
found guilty of a stop sign
violation; operating a vehicle left
of the center line and driving
under the influence. Mr. Williams
was found guilty on all counts. He
was sentenced to six months with
two years suspended, fined SSOO
and cost of court in both cases. He
is not to operate a motor vehicle
until he is licensed. Not to violate
any laws for 12 months and must
attend Albemarle Mental Health
in five days.
David Lee Wrighton was found
guilty of driving while under the
influence. Mr. Wrighton was
sentenced to 90 days with two
years suspended on the condition
that he pay a SIOO fine and the cost
of court. He is not to operate a
motor vehicle until licensed and he
is not to violate any laws for 12
months.
Daniel Mathews was found
guilty of assault on a female. Mr.
Mathews was sentenced to six
months with two years suspended,
fined $l5O and cost of court. He is
not to assault Jeanne Meher for a
period of two years; must be on
go'<d behavior for 12 months.
Elaine Herba was found guilty
of assault, sentenced to 30 days,
Edenton. North Carolino, Thursday, October 21, 1982
Political Cartoonist Scheduled
To Participate In Tea Party
The Chowan Arts Council, in
conjunction with The Edenton Tea
Party Celebration, is bringing a
nationally known figure to
Edenton this weekend. Dwane
Powell, political cartoonist, will
discuss his views of cartooning
and politics at 8 P.M. Friday
night, October 22nd in the 1767
Chowan County Courthouse. He
will then be the guest of honor at a
reception to mark the opening of a
one - man show of his original
political cartoons. They will then
be on display all day Saturday as a
part of The Edenton Tea Party
festivities.
Mr. Powell is best known locally
for his cartoons in “The News And
Observer”, but also is known
nationally for his scathing and
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two years suspended, fined $25,
the cost of court and be on good
behavior for a period of 12 months.
Chowan County District Court
was in session on October 19 with
the Honorable Grafton G. Beamon
presiding.
Bennie Marshall Lamb found
guilty of reckless driving as a
result of intoxication, sentenced to
60 days with two years suspended,
fined $125, cost of court and must
attend and successfully complete
Drug and Alcohol School.
Fred Blount, Jr., had two cases
consolidated, found guilty on both
cases: hit and run (property
damage), driving under the in
fluence and failure to yield right of
way; sentenced to six months. He
appealed.
Walter Eugene Vaughan, found
guilty of driving on an expired
license plate, must pay the cost of
court.
Kevin Smith Cutchins, found
guilty of no license and improper
registration; fined $25, suspended
and cost of court.
Rosalind Crenshaw Cutchins
found guilty of no license and
improper registration; fined $25
suspended &nd cost of court.
Bobby Alexander Wright, Jr.,
found guilty of giving aid and
abetting in the injury of personal
property; sentenced to 30 days,
fined SSO and cost of court. He
appealed.
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pamtuily accurate caricatures.
His works is syndicated by the Los
Angeles Times Syndicate, and
appears in the “Boston Globe”,
the “Washington Post”, the “New
York Times”, “Time”,
“Newsweek”, and the “U.S. News
& World Report”, to name a few.
Mr. Powell’s visit is most
timely, as it was partly through a
political cartoon in a London
newspaper of the history- making
action of 51 Edenton area women
in 1774 that we now have a record
of the resolves of The Edenton Tea
Party.
The Chowan Arts Cuncil invites
everyone to take advantage of this
rare opportunity to make welcome
a nationally known figure by at
tending their evening with Dwane
Powell.
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OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO YOUTH Jerry Parks,
President of the Edenton - Chowan Optimist Club awards Mike
McArthur a plaque for his outstanding contributions for Chowan
County Youth.
Archaeological Display Is Planned
The Site Manager for Historic
Edenton, Rosa E. Davenport,
announced this week that there
will be an archaeological display on
Afro - American culture during the
1700’s at the Municipal Building in
Edenton during the Tea Party
celebration this coming weekend.
The display will be based on the
findings at Somerset Place where
the slave quarters have been
studied by the State. Terry
Erlandson, Archaeology Branch
Head of the Historic Site Section
of the North Carolina Department
of Archives and History, will be on
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Mrs. Anne M. Jones
Mrs. Anne Jones
Joins Library Staff
Mrs. Anne M. Jones has just
continued a family tradition by
becoming a librarian at the
Shepard - Pruden Memorial
Library. Her new position is the
same as the position that was held
by her grandmother Mrs. Penny
McMullan; who was the first
librarian of the local library when
it was in the Cupola House in the
1920’s through the 1940’5.
The library has changed since
her grandmother’s days but
somehow and in some ways the
library still holds on to its
traditional roots.
Mrs. Jones was educated at St.
Mary's in Raleigh. She then at
tended Duke University and
received a B A. degree. Later she
attended Simmons College and
University in Boston,
Massachusetts where she received
a Masters degree.
Many people will recognize Mrs.
Jones; as she is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. P.S. McMullan of
Edenton. She has also lived and
worked m the area for the„nai»t
four years. She moved back tato
the area and started working at
the library at the College of the
Albemarle as an assistant
librarian in 1979. Wanting a job
closer to home she became the
assistant librarian for the Shepard
- Pruden Memorial Library in
Edenton. Advancement came to
Mrs. Jones as she was named the
Head Librarian of the Perquimans
County Library. Anne Jones has
now returned home as the Head
Librarian of the Shepard - Pruden
Memorial Library.
Anne Jones is now residing at
Cape Colony and is the mother of
four children.
hand to interpret the finding and to
explain what Black Culture was
like during the time of the Edenton
Tea Party. Artifacts will be on
display from the dig to permit a •
first hand view on of what she will
be talking about.
The findings of the dig are
considered fairly accurate for the
Edenton area because Somerset
Place was built by a prominent
citizen of Edenton. Josiah Collins. ;
Mr. Collins was a merchant who
emigrated from Somersetshire.
England in 1773. While residing in
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