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Guest Editorial
& The following editorial, headed
“Tuition, Fees and Quality”, ap
peared in The Washington Post on
November 21. The unsolicited
response is from someone close to
the national scene as well as to this
writer. Here they are:
From time to time, various
listings and guides rank the col
leges by tuition and the cost of a
0 year’s education. It’s generally
pretty depressing, especially for
the parents of children in their last
years of high school. Mo6t of the at
tention generally goes to the top of
the list, a position currently oc
cupied by Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, where tuition and
fees now run $8,700 a year, and the
total cost for a resident
I undergraduate is around $13,500.
But it’s more interesting to look
down the list for those institutions
that maintain superior standards
while managing, somehow, to keep
the price down.
The leader in that more difficult
test, among the large universities,
is the University of North Carolina.
I tuition and fees there come to $702
" this year for local students. (Those
who are not fortunate enough to be
North Carolina residents are charg
ed a less unusual $2,260.) Including
living expenses and all, a resident
student can typically get through
the year on $3,800. Throughout the
country, on the average, college
co6ts in both public and private in
* stitutions have been rising at just
“ about the rate of inflation, which is
to say that in the past four years,
they have gone up by nearly half.
At the University of North Carolina,
they have gone up by less than a
third. Why does the student pay
less? Because the state pays more.
Public education is a creed and a
passion in North Carolina. The peo
| pie of the state make it a point of
pride not only to run a university
that is manifestly one of the finest
in the country, but to keep its doors
open to students who haven’t much
money. North Carolina is not a rich
state, bat it has clear ideas about
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Here in Washington, there is
much urgent talk about the need to
|) strengthen the national economy
and the country’s technological
base. That talk usually drifts
toward tax gimmicks to push com
panies into more industrial
research. How about investing that
money, instead, in the people who
are going to be running the com-
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* Chowan District
Court Report
Chowan County District Court
was in session on Tuesday,
November 30 with the Honorable
Gaston G. Beaman presiding.
York Hayes failed to show for
) commitment. An arrest order was
-issued and SSOO security bond.
Charlene Felton Richardson was
found guilty of going 70 in a 55 zone.
She was fined S4O and cost.
Linda McDougle Robinson was
found guilty of going 65 in a 55 zone.
She was fined $5 and cost.
Robert W. Sawyer did not show
\ on two counts of passing a worth
less check.
Charles Leslie Russell received
voluntary dismissals for driving
under the influence and driving
with no operator license. He did
receive a SIOO fine for reckless driv
ing and a $35 on delay or obstruc
ting an officer. He had to pay cost
for both of the last two charges.
Ernest Willie Hardy was found
guilty of reckless driving. He was
fined $75 and cost. He has appealed.
Sylvester Armstead was found
guilty of secreting property. He was
sentenced to 30 days with 2 years
suspended. He had to pay s2ll to
the Carpet and Appliance Plaza for
restitution.
Archie Stanley was found guilty
) of disposing of mortaged property.
He was sentenced to 30 days with 2
years suspended, cost of court and
$187.35 to Goodwin’s T.V. for
restitution. He has appealed.
Richard Elliott was found guilty
of trespass. He was sentenced to 90
days with 3 years suspended, fined
S6O, cost of court and must stay off
; the premisses of Edenton Laundry
} and Car Wash for a period of 3
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The Chowan Herald
Volume XIVII - No. 46
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FINAL SHOT—Cast and crew of “The First Holly Day” are shown here preparing for the final
shooting in Edenton where the flash-back ends and time is again in the present.
Edenton Is Chosen As Site For TV Series
The Frog Hollow series, a pro
duction of WRAL-TV Raleigh,
came to Edenton this past week as
the cast and crew spent two days,
November 29 and 30, taping the
series “Children’s Holiday
Special”.
The special, “The First Holly
Day”, is about a winter celebration
in Frog Hollow, which is a small
country town of some age. The
show itself is set in the present but
flashes back into the past so that
one of the characters can see and
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SPEAKER RECEIVES GIFT—Mr. Billy Jones, Vice President
of N.C. Jaycees, receives two drawings of Historic Edenton from
the Edenton Jaycees in appreciation for his speech.
Edenton Jaycee’s Hold Boss’ Banquet
In Honor Os Their Employers
The Edenton Jaycees held their
annual Boss’ Banquet on Tuesday,
November 23. The banquet was not
to honor one specific boss but all the
bosses that members of the
Jaycees work for.
The speaker at the banquet was
the State Vice-President for the
Jaycees, Billy Jones, from Gard
ner, N.C. His talk revolved around
the importance of a good
boss/employee relationship;
especially for members of
organizations.
First he talked with members of
the organizations urging them to
get involved with outside organiza
tions, that will help themselves and
their community.
It is important,” Mr. Jones said,
“for young men to join the Jaycees
and other groups and to be involv
ed with the community.”
“People have to get their
priorities in order,” he continued.
The family, job and community
is the proper order for priorities ac
cording to Mr. Jones.
“You have to think about what
you have to do and [dan ahead,”
Mr. Jones continued, “You know
for example you have to be off x
number of times.”
“You’ll need to make ar
rangements with your boss to be off
these times.”
Some of the arrangments men
tioned were to: com* to work early
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, December 2, 1982
participate in the original “Holly
Day” that took place hundreds of
years before. Thus the need arose
for historic location.
The producer, Julie Wick, called
the Department of Historic Sites in
Raleigh to find a historic location
that would fill the needs of the
show. The “Department” in return
gave her a list of several towns that
it felt would match her re
quirements, Edenton was on that
list. Ms. Wick came and previewed
the area on October 22.
to make up the time or to get the
boss and company involved with
the organization and the
community.
When he spoke to the bosses he
asked them to grant time off to
those people involved with civic
organizations because they [day a
“...more vital role in the life of the
community and the company.” He
also asked them to be attentive to
the needs of the people who are in
volved with civic organizations..
Mr. Jones encouraged the bosses
to encourage young men to join the
Jaycees and other civic organiza
tions and to get involved with the
community.
He clsoed his formal talk by
reminding both the employees and
bosses that getting along was a two
way street and they both need to
work at the relationship.
Banks Fund Educational
Loans For Students
ROCKY MOUNT-North
Carolina banks are funding educa
tional loans for North Carolina
students for the 20th consecutive
year. Since 1983 the banks have pro
vided student loan funds through
College Foundation, Inc., a private,
non-profit corporation serving as
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“I was struck by the beauty and
the appropriateness of Edenton to
the needs of the show that I didn’t
have to look any further,” Ms. Wick
said.
Edenton’s participation in the
holiday production was vast. It in
cluded the taping of scenes around
and in several of the historic homes
in Edenton including the Coffield
House, the Skinner-Bond Home, the
Homestead and the East Custom
House.
The series also needed and used
several people from Edenton in one
of the scenes which took place on
the Courthouse Green. The scene
involved a choreographed dance in
front of the Historic homes. The
Edenton participants: Ruth Rose,
George Byrum, Sheila Snell, John
Smith and Ctrol Baker- played the -
parts of musicians during the dance
scene.
Other people in Edenton helped in
the production by loaning the cast
their their 18th Century costumes.
Chief Parrish of the Edenton
Police Department also helped in
the production by stopping traffic
on the streets where the show was
being shot.
Julie Wick expresses her ap
preciation for all help given to the
production by the people of
Edenton.
The program “The First Holly
Day” will air on December 16 at
7:30 P.M. over Cable; channel 11.
Santa Makes Appearance In Edenton’s Christmas Parade
It was a dark and rainy Sunday
afternoon as a large crowd
gathered to watch Edenton’s An
nual Christmas Parade. The
weather may have been gloomy but
the spectators who watched the
parade warmed themselves on the
sights, sounds and colors of the
parade. The entrants ranging from
Joh.. A. Holmes High School Junior
NROTC class to a horse drawn sur
rey to the queens of various con
tests marched strolled or rolled
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SANTA ARRIVES—Santa arrived in Edenton last weekend to participate on the Edenton Christmas
Parade. Santa is shown here with several of his elves cm the Jaycee Float during Sunday’s parade.
Resources Commission To
Discuss Three Rule Changes
The Coastal Resources Commis
sion will meet December 3 to
review the results of the December
2 Oceanfront Development Con
ference and to act on a proposal to
eliminate permit requirements for
small, wooden jetties and single
family homes built along rivers and
sounds. The meeting and the con
ference will be held at the Hilton
Inn in Wilmington.
The Oceanfront Development
Conference will examine the
special challenges facing North
Carolina’s coastal communities
from growth along the fragile ocean
edge. The conference will feature
Governor Jim Hunt, Secretary Joe
Grimsley of the Department of
Natural Resources and Communi
ty Development, key members of
the General Assembly and Dr. Neil
Frank, director of the National
Hurricane Center of the U.S.
Department of Commerce. The
event is sponsored by NRCD’s Of
fice of Coastal Management.
The public is welcome at all com
mission sessions and encouraged to
attend both events. There is a
registration fee for the conference
to cover materials, lunch and
refreshments.
The commission will hold a
Edenton Holds
Townwide Sale
Sixteen merchants in Edenton
are participating in “Edenton’s
Townwide Pre-Christmas Sale”
this weekend. The sales event is
being sponsored by the Mer
chants Committee of the
Edenton-Chowan Chamber of
Commerce and is expected to
draw people from throughout
the area to shop in Edenton.
A 12-page advertising supple
ment is included in this week’s
edition of The Chowan Herald.
In addition, some 10,000 copies
of the advertising supplement
have been distributed through
the mail and hand delivered in
Edenton, Hertford and Windsor.
The Edenton jiar
ticipating in this special promo
tion include:
Jackson’s Radio and T.V. Ser
vice, Quinn Furniture Com
pany, Belk Tyler, Elliott Com
pany, TG&Y, Winn Dixie and
Ben Riddick Jewelers.
Also participating in the sale
are: Edenton Furniture Com
pany, Byrum Hardware,
Macks, The Betty Shoppe,
Cuthrell’s Department Store,
Carpet and Appliance Plaza,
Inc., Tarkington’s, Parker-
Evans Hardware and Western
Gas Service.
down Broad Street.
The dozen or more floats cap
tured the meaning of Christmas as
they depicted Christian and family
themes in their attempt to repre
sent the Parade’s theme of “Good
Will to All Men.” Groups sponsor
ing floats included; John A. Holmes
DECA; Chowan-Edenton Optimist
Club; Edenton Business and Pro
fessional Woman’s club; Hertford
Saddle Club; Edenton Fire Depart
ment and many others.
public hearing at 10:00 A.M. on
December 3 on three proposed rule
changes. The first would allow
piers to be built within 15 feet of ad
jacent property lines with
neighbor’s approval. The other pro
posals would clarify commission
rules on variances. Under one pro
posal a five day lead time would be
set of the legal ads already required
prior to a variance hearing. The
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Alton Elmore
Mr. Elmore Is Chosen
Merchant Os The Month
Alton Elmore has lived and
worked in Edenton for the past
twenty years; first with Belks as a
manager, and when Jim Parden
retired from the Edenton Furniture
Company, he bought one half in
terest with the “Company”. He
later bought the rest of the interest
in Edenton Furniture Company,
and brought courteous and cheerful
service to the people of Chowan
County.
In lieu of his outstanding service
to the community, Alton Elmore
has been named the Chowan Herald
Merchant of the Month.
Mr. Elmore came to Edenton
from Rocky Mount in 1962 as a
manager of Belk Tyler. Ten years
later, he ended his twenty-four year
association with Belk Tyler when
he bought half of the corporate
stock in the Edenton Furniture
Company.
That same year( 1972) he ran for
and was elected to the Chowan
County Board of Commissioners
where he has served for ten years
and is at present midway of his
third four-year term. While a
member of the County Commis
sioners, Mr. Elmore has served on
the Airport Commission, ARPDC,
representative of county’s District
Health Board and as past vice
chairman of the Board of County
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The parade traveled to the music
of the John A. Holmes Marching
Aces. They played selections of
traditional and contemporary
Christmas music.
The Edenton Jaycees did an ex
cellent job of getting the parade lin
ed up and underway with the
adverse weather conditions
hampering their efforts. A good
time was had by all who attended
the parade.