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' : | * ' y ' W’ : -y^o'^ : i %Ur* * v Welcome, Senator U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms comes to meander along the Public Parade Wednesday. We want to be among the first to welcome him to ye olde creek on Queen Anne’s Creek where he meandered during a stint in the U.S. Navy. And he hasn’t forgotten us since he moved into the U.S. Congress. The last time he spent any time among us was that cold Sunday in February, 1981, when the new Chowan County Cour thouse was dedicated. Sen. Helms applied enough heat in Washington, in cooperation with • Rep. Walter B. Jones of the First Congressional District, to get a ; wrong righted. Sen. Helms’ appearance at the annual meeting of the Albemarle Area Development Association at National Guard Armory will be somewhat of a homecoming. It was to the same group on December 5, 1972, that he made his first post-election speech. Our favorite newspaper published along the Public Parade quoted Sen. Helms as putting his creed in simple terms. It went: “I’ll never be anybody’s yes man, and my only obligation is to the people of North Carolina who accepted and elected me as a fellow who believes in his God, his country, and the American free enterprise system.” Sen. Helms returns to the Public Parade a decade later having been accused of much, but he could . certainly ever be convicted of violation of the creed he ascribed to in these familiar surroundings. Deadly Weapons A young Edentonian died early Sunday evening in a single-car accident. There was no evidence of excessive speed. There was no evidence of alcohol or drugs. The usual elements of a fatal mishap Continued On Page 4 Rare Historical Map Found In Local Mansion’s Attic By William A. Shires ECU News Bureau GREENVILLE - Rummaging through the attic of antebellum Wessington mansion in Edenton several months ago, a researcher came upon an old map, folded neatly and tucked among stacks of papers, publications and ledgers of a century ago. When he retrieved and unfolded the map, historian Donald R. Lennon knew instantly he had discovered an extremely rare historical “find”, an original copy of a 250-year old map of North Carolina drawn by colonial sur veyor general Edward Moseley. “It was one of the most exciting moments of my life,” says Len non, director of the ECU Manuscript Collection at East Carolina University. It has been verified that Len non’s “find” is the only original copy of the famous Moseley map known to exist in the United States. j ,JF I ItfHtask ssnMp*’-' . **is@ Bp#: \ v EXAMINING RARE.MQSELEY MAP—Cartographer William Cumming of Davidson College and Donaldß. Lennon, right, direc tor of the ECU Manuscript Collection, examine the only known ex isting copy of the Edward Moseley map in the United States. The map was found at Edenton. (ECU News Bureau Photo), v, : ', * / . , Vo' l - • •••'". ■ ■•*.-i\ '-■•■. ■ fe;' ' JL fvt VW Vl r-M v w w v A m ww —^ i H K i Hfj\V A N hiTi? AT Ti * * Mmm m» A A IHi fir Volume XLVIII - No. 2 Accident On Highway 32 South Resulted In Local Fatality George Stephen Underkofler was pronounced dead on arrival at Chowan Hospital after a fatal acci dent Sunday night, according to a Chowan Hospital spokesperson. '■ Underkofler was traveling north on South 32 near the Barbecue Barn jaMMaanWi y ■ . MjM IK '' m 1t... FATAL ACCIDENT—Kevin Jacobs (left), a soon-to-be Rescue Squad member and Captain James Brabble (right), struggle to open the door of the 1975 Ford that struck the bridge and turned over in Queen Anne Creek, killing Steve Underkofler. (Photo by Clay Roberts) Town Council Appoints Carmon To New Post The Edenton Town Council met in regular session on Tuesday, January 11 at 8 P.M. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Roy L. Harrell, an in vocation was given and the minutes of the two Council meetings held in December were approved. Ad ministrative and Departmental Reports were also reviewed and Measuring 57 by 45 inches and in good condition, the Moseley map had been in the possession of the John W. Graham family of Edenton for several generations, but it had disappeared from view during the late 19th century. Mrs.* Graham, who had donated the papers of Graham’s grand father, William B. Shepard, to the ECU Manuscript Collection, has now added the Moseley map to the gift. “It is an extraordinarily im portant donation to the Univer sity," Lennon said. “Mrs. Graham has entrusted East Carolina University with a truly unique and irreplaceable historic treasure, “We are extremely excited that the Moseley has found a home here,” he said. After careful restoration and conservation work, it will be placed on per manent display in the ECU Manuscript Collection. Lennon said the Moseley map, Continued On Page 4 when the 1975 Ford he was driving slid off the road on the right and col lided with a bridge. A shift of the weight made the car turn over and rest on it’s top in Queen Anne Creek, according to a State Patrol spokesperson. accepted. The Finance Committee presented the first order of business when it recommended that the Council approve a resolution to ac cept the Community Development Block Grant to renovate the Oakum Street Community Development Area. The recommendation was unanimously approved. The Finaanw Canwuttee-further recommended approval of the following four recommendations, all of which passed unanimously. First, it was recommended that Council resolve to authorize Mayor Harrell and Linda Edmundson, Finance Officer to sign a requisi- Fires Result In Minor Damage by Clay Roberts The Edenton Fire Department responded to eight fires beginning in December. On December 10th, a stopped up chimney caused smoke to bkck up into the house. The fire department responded. ITie total loss of a 1962 Chevrolet resulted from a car fire at the Et na Station on December 13th. On December 15th, the E.F.D. responded to a firedrill at the Elderlodge. No damage resulted from a stove fire at 111 South Oakum St. on the 19th. Thirty-nine minutes later, just down the road at 1207 Oakum St. there was another fire. There was no damage. On New Years Day there was a chimney fire at 203 Court St. There was no damage. On January 4th there was a chimney fire with no damage at 136 Freemason St. Also on January 4th, a car fire at Tee-Lock resulted in the total loss of Sally Layton’s Chevrolet. “We have been very fortunate for this time of the year” Fire Chief Lynn Perry said about the lack of major fires this winter. '“The department does a very sufficient job at controlling the fires.” Perry credits this to the long and many hours of training members of the department put in. “In fact, the last Edenton firefighter that died fighting a fire was around 30 or 40 years ago” he said. “I think people have become more fire prevention cautions,” Perry said, “mainly because peo ple seem to knew how to handle fires, such as stove fires. They don’t grab the pan and burn themselves. They call the fire department or handle it correctly.” 1 Edenton. North Carolina, Thursday, January 13, 1983 The 1975 Ford he was driving belonged to his father, Bill Underkofler, who was a member of the Rescue Squad that was out on the scene. The spokesperson also said that the car was traveling around 55 tion for the Block Grant Funds. Second, that the position of Com munity Development Housing Specialist be added to Salary Grade 12 of the Town’s Pay and Classifica tion Plan. Third, that the position of Com munity Development Director be deleted from the Edenton Pay and Classification Plan. ■ « Lastly, it was recommended, that the position of Accounting Clerk WL James E. (Jim) Mims James E. Mims Named To Post James E. (Jim) Mims has been named eastern area executive for NCNB National Bank and given over?!! responsibility for banking activities in several eastern North Carolina communities, according to Robert L. Kirby, NCNB eastern region executive. Previously city executive for NCNB in Raleigh, Mims’ new assignment is a result of NCNB’s recent merger with Bank of North Carolina. Mims’ responsibilities include Greenville, Henderson, Kinston, Murfreesboro, Southern Pines, Tar boro, Washington, Wilson and Woodland, plus these communities previously served by Bank of North Carolina: Benson, Dunn, Edenton, Farmville, Hertford, Hobbsville, Lillington and Seabord. A senior vice president, Mims joined NCNB in 1967 and has served as commercial loan officer and metropolitan area director in Greensboro, city and central area executive in Eden and senior cor porate lending officer in Charlotte. Mims earned a bachelor of arts degree in economics from Guilford College in 1956. Mims and his wife, Katheryn Wall Mims, have two children. Mima will be based in Raleigh. miles per hour when the accident occurred. Members of the Rescue Squad spent a long time in the cold water. James Brabble, a captain of the Rescue Squad, spent around an hour in the water trying to get in side of the car. Underkofler’s body was not retrieved until the car was drug out of the water. He was also said not to have been drinking before the accident, accor ding to the State Patrol spokesperson. There was no one else in the car with Underkofler. .c ,v , + l^ George Stephen Underkofler Deputy Tax Collector (presently grade nine) be reduced to a gradt eight rating. The Finance Committee conclud ed with the recommendation that the Town of Edenton purchase two police cars from George Chevrolet Company of Edenton. A motion was made and seconded. Councilman Fenner requested that the two bidders’(George Chevrolet & Albemarle Ford) specifications for their respective cars be read to the Council with regards to the carburetors. The Chevrolet Impala with a 350 V-8 four barrel carburetor could go from 0 to 60 in 11.67 seconds. The Ford LTD with a 351 V-8 two bar rel carburetor could go from 0 to 60 in 12.17 seconds, a difference of one half a second. Albemarle Ford’s bid for the LTD was around S4OO lower than the George Chevrolet bid for the Im pala, with the only significant dif ference being the carburetor. Councilman Fenner asked the difference between the local bids and the state contract, which is a Ford contract for law enforcement vehicles in the state. He was quoted a price that was some S4OOO less than the local bids. Councilman Fenner suggested to Council that-it consider awarding the Town’s contract to the State’s contractor. Discussion continued for some time before being put to a vote. The measure was approved by a 3-2 vote; with Councilmen Fenner and Hampton voting against it. The Utility Committee was next to give it’s report. It recommend ed that Council approve a resolu tion authorizing Mayor Harrell to accept the $5,455,100 EPA grant for the building of a land application waste water facility. The Committee also recommend ed that council declare two trucks - one flat bed and one pickup - surplus and to be sold by sealed bid. Both items of business were pass ed unanimously. The Utility Com mittee also reminded Council of a special meeting to be held on January 15 at 5:30 P.M. There were three items of new business brought to the Council’s attention. The first was a resolution declaring January 15 as “Martin Luther King Jr. Day” in the town of Edenton. The resolution was sponsored by Councilman Fenner and passed unanimously. Mayor Harrell appointed three members to serve on a Town/Coun ty Committee as a liasion between Council and the County Commissioners. In it’s final action, the Town Coun- Continued On Page 4 Single Copies 25 Cents Underkofler was a native of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was the son of William and Mrs. Jane Winarski Underkofler. He was a senior at East Carolina University and a member of St. Anne’s Catholic Church. Surviving other than his parents, 2 sisters; Miss Laura Ann- Underkofler, N.C. State University, Raleigh and Miss Julie Marie Underkofler of the home; 1 brother, Michael Underkofler, University of N.C., Chapel Hill, N.C.; Maternal grandmother, Mrs. Stephanie Winarski, Edenton, N.C. A funeral mass was celebrated Wednesday, 10 A.M., St. Anne’s Catholic Church by Father Thomas Gaul and Father Raymond Donahue with burial in Beaver Hill Cemetery. Rosary service 7 P.M. Tuesday Williford-Barham Funeral Chapel. The family suggest memorial contributions be made to the George Stephen Underkofler Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o Jim Smith, P.O Box 387, Edenton, N.C. Farming Costs Increased In ‘B2 U.S. farmers spent almost $139- billion in 1982 to produce crops, livestock and poultry, topping the previous year’s $136-billion level. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the N.C. Crop and Livestock Reporting Service, this averages nearly $57,000 per farm, nationally. Feed purchases at sl9-billion, down 5 per cent from 1980, were the major expenditure for far mers. Purchases of livestock and poultry followed at $15.4-billion, down 11 per cent interest at $13.1- billion, up 24 per cent; rent at $11.2-billion, down 6 per* cent; farm machinery and equipment at Continued On Page 4 To Address Local Church R. Gene Puckett, editor of the Biblical Recorder, N.C. Baptist State Convention journal, will fill the pulpit Sunday at Edenton Bap tist Church during the 11 o'clock worship. Puckett’s visit to Edenton is in connection with the ses quicentennial (150th) celebration of the birth of the Recorder. The first issue appeared January 17, 1833 and was called the North Carolina Baptist Interpreter with Thomas Meredith, publisher while serving as pastor of Edenton Bap tist Church. The Recorder was moved to Raleigh in January 1838 and remained there until last month when it was relocated in the new N.C. Baptist State Convention Building at Cary. A native of Green County, Ken tucky, and a graduate of Western Kentucky University and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Puckett has held several pastorates before becoming af filiated with Baptist papers. He assumed reins of the Biblical Recorder in August 1982, following the retirement of J. Marse Grant after a 25-year tenure. E. N. (Pete) Manning is serving a four-year term on the Board of Directors for the Recorder. 3 . URL :#ssiPlHrifl Kl r y™ |||R| * - .flB ■ XL I rIHp JB R. Gene Puckett
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