panics and doing the research?
Congress, so far, has done a fair
ly effective job of protecting the
student-aid programs from the ad
ministration's budget-cutters. But
much of that aid is delivered in the
forjpft of loans, which means that
young people emerge from four
years of college with substantial
burdens of debt. As public policy,
that practice grows larger. A more
useful and elevated example can be
found in North Carolina, where the
state keeps the threshold costs low
and collects its interest in the broad
benefits of a rising level of
education.
...And the response...
Dear Editor:
“Tuition, Fees and Quality”
(November 21) was an outstanding
reflection of North Carolina’s
preeminent goal since 1900 - pro
viding accessible, quality education
to its young people.
Further, this is a perfect exam
ple of why tuition tax credits to
those who choose to send their
children to private schools is total
ly off-base. Support of education
should extend beyond “user fees”
if only because the product of finan
cial support to public education is
an improved quality of life which
reverberates throughout an entire
society. Elitism has no place in set
ting priorities for education.
Public education can work given
proper attention and can thrive
given inspired leadership, as
witnessed in North Carolina since
the days of Governor Charles B.
Aycock. Sincerely,
Maru R. Am burn
Alexandria, Va.
Merchant Os The Month
Continued From Page 1
Commissioners.
Iff addition to his service as a
County Commissioner, he has been
involved with numerous church and
civic organizations.
He is a member of the Edenton
Baptist Church where he serves as
a deacon. He is the Area 1 represen
tative to the North Carolina Baptist
Btate Convention and is also a
jfttistee for theSurid&y Sefrool Bdard
of the Southern Baptist Convention. r
When Mr. Elmore talks of civic
organizations, he has a long list of
credits to his name. He is a
Rotarian and was the past presi
dents the local Rotary Club. While
president of the club, he received
the Jpycee Distinguished Service
Award for 1965.
He was also a president of the
Edenton-Chowan Chamber of the
Mental Health Board and Historic
Edenton.
As for the future, Mr. Elmore is
optimistic.
“I look for a turnabout in the
economic situation starting this
spring,” he said.
Besides his optimism for the
economy, Mr. Elmore is optimistic
for the town and the county:
“Edenton is a small town and
Chowan County is the smallest
county in the state,” he said.
“We do things in a big way here
and as long as we continue to look
ahead we will be a leader in the
Albemarle Area,” Mr. Elmore
continued.
Mr. Elmore married Miss
Elizabeth Hofler of Sunbury and
has two children by the marriage;
a son, Kel Elmore and a daughter,
Mrs. Kim Campbell of Greensboro.
He also has two step daughters:
Mrs. Carol Bass of Route 3, Eden
ton and Jeanette Floyd of Route 1,
Hobbs ville.
Mr. Elmore enjoys his life here in
Chowan County, as he says, “I’ve
had several opportunities to leave
the area, but I’ve chosen to stay.”
“I must love it here!”
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BY BILL NIXON
Editor’s note: Nixon, an Edenton native, in
vice-president of Parker Brothers
Nesrepapers es Akoskie. His coiansa appears
weekly la a number of that (reap'*
From time to time, we find an
item of interest that seems to be
worth sharing. Such is the case with
the following story. The flow of
events, which occured in my
hometown of Edenton, NIC., offer a
humorous view of daily living in a
time gone by.
Mrs. George Wood, now deceas
ed of Chowan County, had a mule
who was named Horace. One even
ing she called up Dr. Satterfield in
Edenton and said to him, “Doctor,
Horace is sick, and I wish you
would come and take a look at
him.” ;
Dr. Satterfield said, “Oh, Fannie
Lamb, it’s after 9 o’clock, and I’m
eating supper. Give him a dose of
mineral oil, and if he isn’t all right
in the morning, phone me, and I’ll
come and take a look at him.”
“How’ll I give it to Him?” she
inquired.
“Through a funnel.”
“But he might bite jne,” she
protested.
“Oh, Fannie Lamb You’re a
farm woman and you know about
these things. Give it to him through
the other end.”
So Fannie Lamb went out to the
Numerous Seminars Slated To Ensure A Safer Holiday
The upcoming Christmas Season
is notoriously the worst time of year
for the occurance of armed rob
beries and burglaries in North
Carolina. The Edenton Chowan
Chamber or Commerce and area
law enforcement agencies are plan
ning to present numerous one hour
seminars between December 6 and
December 16, to assist local mer
chants in lowering the risk that
their business will become the
target of a robbery attempt. Addi
tionally . _ wiLL.be
available concerning jyjtat -the
employees of a business might ex
pect should they become a robbery
victim. Hie seminars are designed
to teach merchants, their
Three Rule Changes
Continued From Page 1
other change would allow ap
plicants to seek a variance after
any final permit decision, not just
denial. This will allow applicants to
seek a variance from permit condi
tions. Following a review of public
comments, the commission may
vote on these rule changes.
Other itmes of business on the
CRC agneda include consideration
of draft rules on establishing
estuarine beaches and on altering
marshes, a discussion of issues
raised by floating homes and a
review of reports on post-disaster
planning and ways to reduce en
vironmental harm from develop
ment projects.
The commission will consider a
proposal which would allow the
Town of Kitty Hawk to administer
minor development permits within
its jurisdiction under the Coastal
Area Management Act. Land use
planning documents developed by
Bayboro, Boiling Spring Lakes and
Minnesott Beach will also be
reviewed by the CRC. Public com
ment on these plans is welcomed.
At its October 8 meeting in New
Bern the commission heard public
comments on increasing exemp
tions to eliminate piers, wooden jet
ties and some single family homes
from the list of minor projects
which must have permits under the
Coastal Area Management Act. To
qualify for the exemption, the pro
jects must still be consistent with
coastal management regulations
and local ordinances and land use
plans. Exempted docks are limited
to 200 feet in length, 4 feet in depth
and one-third of the creek width.
Exempted jetties can be no more
than 25 feet long. Single family
hones must be 40 feet back from
the mean high water line and as far
back on the lot as pomtble. Along
sounds and rivers, coastal manage
ment’s regulations apply only
within 75 feet of the mean high
water line.
barn, and there stood Horace, with
his head held down, and moaning
and groaning.
She looked around for a funnel
but the nearest thing she could see
to one was her Uncle Bill’s fen hun
ting horn hanging on the wall. A
beautiful goldplated instrument
with gold tassels hanging from it.
She took the horn and affixed it
properly. Horace paid no attention.
Then she reached up on the shelf
where medicines for the farm
animals were kept. But instead of
picking up the mineral oil, she pick
ed up a bottle of turpentine instead,
and she poured a liberal dose of it
into the horn.
Horace raised his head with a
sudden jerk. He let out a yell that
could have been heard a mile away.
He reared up on his hind legs,
brought his front legs down, knock
ed out the side of the barn, jumped
a five-foot fence, and started down
the road at a mad gallop.
Now Horace was in pain, so every
few jumps he made, that horn
would blow.
All the dogs in the neighborhood
knew that when that horn was blow
ing, it meant that Uncle Bill was go
ing fox hunting. So out on the
highway they went, close behind
Horace.
It was a marvelous sight. First,
employees, and possibly their
customers how to help the respon
ding law enforcement officer
minimize the characteristic
hazards facing the officer while
simultaneously having reduced
their own risk.
Chamber of Commerce Ex
ecutive Vice-President Jerry
Hendee and North Carolina State
Trooper Mike McArthur have con
tacted the eight major lending in
stitutions in Chowan Countv and
■ w -v- ■ ,Tv ; ;
u hqve,, obtained, tremendous en^,
f couragerqßht fsd yqaprial support
to provide these seminars to the
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I Street surv vaT Seminar §
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Banks Fund Educational
Loans For Students
Continued From Page 1
the central lender for the N.C. In
sured Student Loan Program
(formerly the N.C. Bankers Student
Loan Plan).
Loans are insured against
default, death and disability by the
N.C. State Education Assistance
Authority. During the 20 years of
bank funding, the foundation has
made 126,000 loans to 61,000 student
borrowers for a total of
6185-million. Os this amount, 637
million has been repaid.
Loan funds are available for. the
spring term es the current school
yedr, and applications may be ob
tained by contacting College Foun
dation life, 1307 Glenwood Avenue,
Raleigh, N.C. 37606.
Parenta of dependent,
undergraduate students may also
apply for loans for the spring term.
The College Foundation, Inc., will
Horace—running at top speed, the
hunting hum in a moat unusual
position, the mellow notes issuing
therefrom, the tassels waving, and
the dogs baiting joyously.
They passed by the home of Old
Man Harvey Hogan, who was sit
ting on his front porch, He hadn’t
drawn a sober breath in 15 years,
and he gazed in fascinated amaze
ment at the sight that unfolded
itself before his eyes. He couldn’t
believe what he was seeing. In
cidentally, he is now head man in
Alcoholics Anonymous in the
Albemarle section of the state.
By this time it was good and
dark. Horace and the dogs were ap
proaching the Inland Waterway.
The bridge tender heard the horn
blowing and figured that a boat was
approaching. So he hurriedly went
out and uncranked the bridge.
Horace went oyerboard and was
drowned. Hie dogs also went into
the water, but they swam out
without very much difficulty.
Now it so happened that the
bridge tender was running for the
office of sheriff of Chowan County,
but he managed to poll only seven
votes.
Hie people figured that any man
who didn’t know the difference bet
ween a mule with a horn up his rear
and a boat coming down the Inland
Waterway wasn’t fit to hold any
public office in Chowan County.
business community and sincerely
interested area consumers at no
expense.
Chowan County Sheriff Troy Top
pin and Edenton Police Chief J.D.
Parrish will have representatives
at several of the seminars to assist
the public in obtaining a better
mutual understanding of what their
departments and the businesses
can do to ensure a safer holiday
season as well as the rest of the
year.
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the Edenton Municipal Building at
the following dates and times. If
necessary, additional showings
may be scheduled by contacting
either Mr. Hendee or Trooper
McArthur through the Edenton
Chowan Chamber of Commerce at
482-3400.
Dec. 10,1982 12:00 noon
Dec. 10, 1962 1:00 P.M.
Dec. 13, 1982 5:15 P.M.
Dec. 14, 1962 2:30 P.M.
Grant Awarded
For Local Film
ELIZABETH CITY—
Northeastern North Carolina
Tomorrow has been given $1,500
from the Dare County Tourist
Bureau as announced by Don
Bryan, chairman of the bureau and
Mayor of Nags Head.
The funds will be used as part of
a match of a SIO,OOO grant from the
N.C. Department of Commerce and
which is to produce a film and
brochure highlighting the 16-county
northeastern quadrant of the state.
“We hope to encourage other
counties and groups to contribute to
this worthwhile project," Bryant
said. “We are all going to benefit
from the film and brochure and it
is the best investment we can make
cost-wise.”
The film has already been
targeted for the new 400th Anniver
sary Visitor’s Center at Manteo and
for use in six other centers on the
Albemarle Historic Tour. The
brochure will augment the film and
highlight most activities in the
region.
The presentation of the award
was made by Bryan to Joe Parker,
Northeastern North Carolina
Tomorrow chairman, during the re
cent NNCT Fall Board Meeting
held in Washing**; N.C. "We are
excaadingly sroteful to tbo poopio
of Dare County," Parker said.
‘This film and brochure should be
one of the good investiments for
their county as will the other IS.”
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Survey To Understand The Needs
Os Elderly Citizens Is Underway
Church and State Unite in Coalition
by Ernest Messer
The foterfaith Coalition on Aging
< is starting a statewide survey
designed to bettor understand and
fulfill the special needs of North ;
Carolina’s 600,000 older adults.
The coalition is a cooperative ef
fort among the N.C. Department of
Human Resources’ Division of Ag
ing, churches, religious organiza
tions, and the Salvation Army. It in
cludes representatives from the
Roman tiatholic, Jewish, and Pro
testant faiths.
The goal of the coalition is to pro
vide a comprehensive range of ser
vices to alder citizens through their
local churches and communities.
The Division of Aging will provide
technical assistance.
The statewide survey is part of a
proposed education program for
the Interfaith Coalition on Aging.
When the survey is completed,
local congregations will then be
able to evaluate the needs of the
elderly in their communities, and
determine what resources are
1 available. Priorities will be
established and a workable pro
gram will be developed to meet
those needs.
Prior ito working with older
adults, educational programs on
aging will be presented to members
of churches and synagogues. They
will focus on three groups: the older
adults, families of the older adults,
and 'the general congregations.
These programs will offer informa
tion about the basic needs of the
older adult.
In addition to providing technical
services; the Division of Aging will
publicize information about the
general well-being of the elderly,
and provide specialists to conduct
workshops on specific topics.
Educational programs will be
organized in such areas a physical
fitness, myths and stereotypes
about aging, as well as issues sur
rounding rest home and nursing
home care.
Special information will be
available on education and training
opportunities for the elderly
[• through-the- Statewide Aging Con
■f ference and the Sumn^ffchudpf,
'Gerantology,
the Division of Aging.
Reverend Phillip Brown, director
of the Penick Memorial Home in
Southern Pines and chairman of the
Cotton Quality
Rated Superior
FLORENCE, S.C.—The quality
of North Carolina cotton through
mid November is superior to last
year’s except for grade, according
to Warren Deviney, area director of
USDA’s marketing services office
here. Leaf and trash have caused
grades to be lower. Reports in
dicate similar problems in most
other rain grown, cotton producing
areas in the United States.
Deviney said that 26 per cent of
the 56,200 samples classed this year
were grades 41 or higher. During
the same period last year, 55,500
samples; were classed with 46 per
cent grade 41 or higher, Grade 50
increased from last year’s 8 per
cent to 14 per cent this year. Grade
51 and 42 also showed an increase
from 30 per cent last year to 45 per
cent this year.
Staple lengths were considerably
longer this year. About one-half of
the samples this year were staple
36, compared to 32 per cent last
year. About 20 per cent were staple
37, up from 4 per cent a year ago.
Staple 35 accounted for 25 per cent
this year compared to 40 per cent
last year.
Mike is much better this year
with about 99 per cent in the 35-49
range. Last year 75 per cent fell in
the 35-49 range with all but 1 per
cent of the remaining in the 50 and
higher iknge. Fiber strength this
year averaged over 25 grams per
tax, while last year’s average was
34 grams par tax.
This has been a fast paced
harvest }n spite of interruptions by
rain on; several occasions, said
Deviney. Sample receipts ac
cumulated In the USDA’s cotton
marketing services office in
gutaitiliiHAaia
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coalition, said the survey will give
churches, synagogues and com
munity service groups a clear in
sight into both the spiritual and u
physical needs of older citizens, i
Hie Reverend Brown said older
adults will benefit by the expansion 1
of existing programs such as
friendly visiting; telephone ‘
reassurance; senior clubs; adopt a *
nursing home, older person or 4
family ; and home delivered meals. 1
Hie Interfaith Coalition on Aging, i
an historic link between church and ’
state in North Carolina, was form- •
ed last spring. The White House
Conference on Aging recommend
ed the formation of similar coali- ,
tions in all the states
the conference in December, 1981.
The Interfaith Coalition was of
ficially endorsed by Governor
James B. Hunt, Jr., in a ceremony -
held at the Capitol Building in
Raleigh this past July 29. j
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Mr.Edmisten To 1
Oppose Southern -
Bell’s Proposals
Attorney General Rufus Ed
misten announced that he would
formally oppose approval of
Southern Bell’s optional local
measured service tariff which is
scheduled for hearing by the
Utilities Commission in Raleigh on
Tuesday, December 7,1982.
Attorney General Edmisten
states, “Local measured service is
not just another innocuous option l
which should be routinely approved -
by the Utilities Commission and of
fered to Southern Bell’s customers
in North Carolina. To the contrary,,
the long-term social and economic
consequences which measured ser
vice may ultimately have in this,
State are so great and of such im
portance that implementation of.
local measured service must be*
carefully and cautiously considered’
by the North Carolina Utilities-;
Commission its arajjflval^
recogilzed that o*
Southern Bell’s proposed, service
would essentially amount to
nothing more than the establish
ment of ‘local long-distance ser
vice.’ Is that an acceptable long
term plan? In this case, the
proposed plan should be denied.”
The bases for Edmisten’s opposi
tion to Bell’s current proposal are
contained in the expat testimony of
Dr. Lee Richardson, Vice President
of the Consumer Federation of
America, which was filed by the At
torney General today and include:
1. Concern that the measured ser
vice tariff which Southern Bell to
day promotes and advocates as
“optional” in nature may not retain
its optional character with the
passage of time and may in fact
ultimately become mandatory.
This is founded upon the declared
nationwide system goal of the Bell
network to charge nearly all
business customers and a
preponderance of residential
customers for local service on a
measured service basis by the year *
1985.
2. The apprehension that, in up- j
coming general rate cases, !
Southern Bell would propose j
significantly higher rates for the j
present flat-rate service than for }
measured service, thereby in effect |
forcing many consumers to aban- j
don what would at that point be ex- \
pensive, “premium” flat-rate j
service. < .
3. The possibility that local*
measured service may eventually |
tend to isolate individuals such as;
the eldefiy and handicapped who i
presently depend upon their;
telephones for daily contact with j
the world.
4. The chilling effect upon thev
willingness of people to usei
telephones for charitable,
■nd volunteer purposes, t
5. The effect on low and fixedly
come consumers who may well be j;
more In need of flat rate telephone:
service than any other segment of |
society. 1
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