George C. Hoskins
If there was ever a person to
meander along the Public Parade
who walked softly but carried a big
stick it was George C. Hoskins. Pec
Hoskins died March 30, his last
years spent in painabout which he
didn’t complain.'
When we came to meander along
the Public Parade 19 years ago,
Pec Hoskins worked in a teller’s
cage at Peoples Bank & Trust Com
pany, just across the street. He
“moonlighted” as county
treasurer.
He was a gentle man; a man who
didn’t have a lot to say, but like E.
F. Hutton, when he spoke people
listened. He always had a kind
word for those he met while it is
understood that he had some
special words for the fish he
couldn’t get on his hook.
As county treasurer, at a time
before the county manager system,
Pec Hoskins kept Chowan County
out of financial trouble. He kept a
straight, current set of books and
each day Winks Bond knew exact
ly how much money the county had
to spend.
Times changed. The county saw
the need for a different system and
when the time came Pec Hoskins,
as he was expected to do, was the
first to come forth and admit that
the county treasurer’s position was
a duplication and no longer needed.
We wrote something about the sub
ject in this column, and the very
next morning Pec called to agree.
After he retired as assistant
cashier of People’s Bank & Trust
Cdthppny, Pec kept a desk at the
bank where he continued to tally up
the county funds. When he retired
as county treasurer he had put in 44
years of service to the county.
He was just as devoted to his
wife, Sadie, who is no slacker
herself when it comes to public ser
vice. Likewise, he was a loyal
member of Edenton Lions Club and
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.
Pec Hoskins paid his dues along
the Public Parade in man*; many
ways. Whak-tftWr I ** those of us
who ore
fairs, his kind are getting fewer and
fewer. His suffering now over, he
has gone on to a richly deserved
Heavenly reward.
Almost Converted
All of North Carolina has a right
to be proud of the Wolfpack-that
basketball team which defeated
Houston Monday night to bring
home the NCAA crown for the se
cond straight year. (Last year the
Tar Heels from the main campus at
Chapel Hill were victors.)
But nothing can be taken away
from N. C. State’s basketball team
and the coach who inspired them to
10 straight victories to end a season
Wolfpackers will be talking about
for decades.
For the past several years, as
was pointed out in this column
recently, we have been closely
associated with N. C. State Univer
sity through the Agricultural Ex
tension Service. I was elected
chairman of the first State Ad
visory Council, primarily because
I could write; like I was elected ex
ecutive director of the Edenton
Housing Authority a number of
years ago because I could type.
(Sounds somewhat like the
military, doesn’t it?)
Anyway, at the time I was nam
ed to the State Advisory Council
: there was adescrimination lawsuit
filed against the Agricultural Ex
. tension Service. Dr. Carlton
Blalock, then director, therefore
. had to have a token woman and a
: token Negro. I was his token Tar
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The Chowan Herald
Volume XLVII • No. 14
Schedule Speed Up On Albemarle Sound
Bridge Requested By Governor Jim Hunt
The North Carolina Department
of Transportation has ordered the
speeding up of the construction
schedule for a new bridge across
the Albemarle Sound. The order
comes at the request of Governor
Jim Hunt.
Governor Hunt in his request,
directed that two outside engineer
ing companies be hired to design
two versions of the bridge different
from the design being proposed by
the Department of Transportation.
The outside engineers were called
in after two steel companies argued
that a steel bridge might prove to
be more cost-effective than the
traditional concrete-pilling spans
designed by the Department of
Transportation.
The three designs to be con
sidered for the replacement bridge
will include a structural steel
highway bridge, a segmental con
crete bridge and a monolithic con
crete bridge; which is different
from a segemented bridge in that
each part is made elsewhere and
barged to the site because of the
larger size of the pieces. The
Department of Transportation
along with the Federal Highway
Administration will determine the
most feasible design for the new
Albemarle Sound Bridge.
The Department of Transporta
tion specifications for the new
bridge will call for an 18,000 foot
long roadway with a width of 32
feet. The center span will be fixed,
instead of a draw span. The center
span will be 65 feet high and will
Edenton Yacht Club Elects First
Woman Commodore In The State
Tlie fcdenton Yacht Club elected
thrstatfc’rfirstwomim commodore
and presented S6OO to. the Friends of
Elizabeth II at the club’s recent an
nual meeting, held at Soundview
Restaurant near Creswell.
Commodore Beverly Smith is the
first woman to commodore a yacht
club in North Carolina and may be
the first woman commodore on the
East Coast. She and her husband
Fritz live in Rocky Mount and are
active in the upcoming 400th an
niversary of the Roanoke Voyages
as well as spending as much time
on the water as possible.
Mrs. Smith serves on the sterring
committee for the July 13, 1984
commemorative activities, an ad
visory committee established to
serve America’s 400th Anniversary
Committee. Her main responsibili
ty has been to help plan events
which will take place on the water
during the kick-off commemorative
weekend.
Other club officers elected are
Bill Weir of Wilson, vice
commodcre, cruising; Allen Hum
phrey of Edenton, vice
commodore, racing; Jim Ricks of
Edenton, vice-commodore, power
and Reid Cottrell of Raleigh,
secretary-treasurer.
David Latham, site manager for
Assistance For Filing
Tax Return Available
Mr. Don Aired, local revenue of
ficer for file North Carolina Depart
ment of Revenue, advises that per
sonnel to assist in filing State in
come and intangibles tax returns
will be available on Tuesday of
each week through April 15, 1983.
The office is located at Room 201 of
the NCNB Bank Building, Edenton,
N.C. and assistance is available on
this day between the hours of 8:00
A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Mr. Aired re
quests that* taxpayers bring the pre
addressed forms which were mail
ed to them from Raleigh. Tax
payers filing their own returns
should mail those which indicate a
refund to the North Carolina
Department of Revenue, Post Of
fice Box R, Raleigh, North Carolina
27634; other completed returns
should be mailed to the North
Carolina Department of Revenue,
Post Office Box 25000, Raleigh,
North Carolina 27040.
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, April 7, 1983
allow a channel clearance of 124
feet. It is also expected to be built
approximately 250 feet east of the
existing bridge’s location.
The proposed bridge will be
replacing the existing 46 year old
bridge which is 3.44 miles long and
the longest in the state. The bridge
is also one of the most dangerous
bridges in the state. It is narrow
and many of its 2,700 piles are
cracked or damaged because of rot
ting and the ice flows of past
winters. A Florida based engineer
ing firm is reported to have given
the bridge a safety rating of four
our of a possible 100 rating.
Right of way acquisition for the
proposed bridge is expected to be
completed this year. The Depart
ment of Transportation has
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Governor Jim Hunt
the Elizabeth II State Historic Site
and Horace Whitfieltf. lSllzabdth II
captain, presented a slide program
on the ship’s construction and ac
cepted the S6OO donation, SIOO of
which will be used to purchase a
corporate membership in the
Friends of Elizabeth II for the club.
The Elizabeth 11, a represen
tative 16th century Elizabethan
sailing vessel is now being built in
Maneo for the state of North
Carolina as part of the 400th com
memoration. The Friends of
Elizabeth II was organized by Whit
field as a support group for the ship
and will operate a sales shop in the
ship’s visitor center as well as supp
ly crew members. The group also
hopes to carry on the boat building
tradition begun by Elizabeth II and
use the Manteo boat building site
for construction of other historic,
smaller craft after Elizabeth II is
completed.
The ship will be dedicated and
opened to the public for boarding on
July 13,1984; visitors interested in
watching her being built can visit
* the construction site in Manteo.
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ALUMNI OF NATIONAL CHAMPIONS CELEBRATE—Pete Thompson, agn-business consultant
for Peoples Bank, Leo Katkaveck, captan of the 1947 and the 1948 basketball teams, A1 Phillips, cap
tain of the 1946 and 1947 football team and chairman of the Wolf Pack Club plus Tom Phillips, NCSU
Alumni firman are shown here holding a cake congratulating them for their alma mater’s success
in obtaining its national championship. The cake was baked by Linda Overton at the request of
secretaries at the Cotton Mill.
Single Cooies 25 Cents
authorized the $485,000 needed to
acquire the right of way.
Construction on the new bridge is
expected to follow in 1984 - with the
first construction contract to be let
in the spring of that year.
Preliminary engineering for the
new bridge is expected to cost
1.4-million dollars. The actural
structure of the bridge is expected
to run 25-million dollars with
another 150-thousand dollars added
on for the construction of the
roadway.
The funding for the proposed
bridge will be coming from North
Carolina’s share of the federal 5
cent per gallon gas tax that became
effective last Thursday.
The accelerated construction
schedule is dependent upon the
General Assembly finding
75-million dollars in matching funds
for the Federal monies.
Governor Hunt in announcing the
new schedule said “I am pleased
that the Board of Transportation
was able to move up the schedule
for this important bridge. This will
be a tremendous boom to industry
in the area. Particularly those with
bulk shipping needs like the logging
industry.”
“The new bridge will be able to
carry the full legal weight load,” he
concluded.
Chowan County
District Court
Chowan County District Court
was in session on April 5 with the
Honorable Grafton G. Beamon
presiding as judge over the
criminal calendar.
Judy Warden Duncan was found
guilty of exceeding a safe speed.
She was fined sls and hr d to pay
cost of court. -**«.-•
William Lee Whi* was found
guilty of driving witi. license revok
ed. He was sentenced to 90 days
with two years suspended, fined
S2OO and cost of court. He has
appealed.
Thomas Alvin Fleming was
found guilty with license revoked.
He was sentenced to 90 days with
two years suspended, fined S2OO,
cost of court, and he must sur
render his license. He has
appealed.
Vernon Lee Rome was found guil
ty of exceeding a safe speed. He
had to pay cost of court.
Howard Gilbert Holley was found
guilty of non support of wife. He
was sentenced to 120 days with
three years suspended, must pay
cost of court and starting on April
8 must pay wife S3O per week on
each Friday.
Carl S. Williams was found guil
ty of passing a worthless check. He
had to pay cost of court.
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GETTING SERIOUS—George Alma Byrum, left, former Mayor
of Edenton and political leader in Northeastern North Carolina, is
shown here with Atty. Gen. Rufus Edmisten at a gathering Tues
day, March 29th in Elizabeth City. Byrum was on the executive com
mittee in 1972 which nominated Edmisten as the Democratic
candidate.
Eight Area Leaders Appointed To
The Board Os N.C. Tomorrow
ELIZABETH CITY-Eight area
leaders have been named as at
large directors to the board of Nor
theastern North Carolina Tomor
row, according to Joe M. Parker,
NNCT chairman.
They are Alice Ballance of Wind
sor, Issac A. Battle of Gatesville,
John S. Bone of Manteo, James
Wood Boone of Jackson, Dellerva
W. Collins of Manteo, A.C. Hudson
of Edenton, Lueta Sellers of Eden
ton, and Rev. Morris Shearin of
Garysburg.
Hudson is a retired union
organizer who is serving as presi
dent of the Chowan Credit Union
and president of the Edenton-
Chowan Civic League. He has serv
ed as a member of the Chowan
County Planning Board and as a
Transportation Dept.
Changes Schedule
RALEIGH—For the N.C. Depart
ment of Transportation (NCDOT),
daylight savings time also means
saving time, money and energy as
well.
That’s because the department’s
Division of Highways will imple
ment a summer work schedule for
its field personnel beginning
Saturday.
Secretary of Transportation W.
R. (Bill) Roberson, Jr., explained,
“We have implemented a four-day,
40-hour work week for field person
nel on a statewide basis for a
number of years. Our studies show
a considerable savings to the
department and the taxpayer.”
This year by implementing the
summer schedule, the transporta
tion department expects to
eliminate approximately 1.4 hours
of travel time per employee each
week from headquarters to job site.
This will create an additional
231,000 productive manhours worth
$1.5-million in improved service
value. Also, an estimated 290,000
gallon of fuel will be saved in the
process.
“Besides savings, our studies on
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member of the North Carolina
Democratic Black Caucus. He is
also active in church and other
civic activities.
A Florida native, Sellers, has
been a resident of Chowan County
for the last ten years. She is a cer
tified reality therapist in private
counseling and consulting practice.
She is serving as Chowan County
Democratic Party chair and a
member of the North Carolina
Democratic Party Executive Com
mittee. She has been active in
women’s organization and a wide
range of civic activities.
The eight appointees have been
assigned to serve on the commit
tees of NNCT and have all taken of
fice. They will attend their first full
board of directors meeting April 21
at the annual meetings to be helcKn
Elizabeth City. “We feel honored to
have eight individuals with such a
broad range of interests and such
a dynamic background,” Parker
said. The NNCT Board of Directors
consists of 60 people of which 35 are
at-large positions.
Basketball Team
Members Named
The Daily Advance has announc
ed its 1982-83 All-Albemarle Area
Girls’ basketball team. Two of the
five girls selected for this honor,
Monique Ward and Wanda Liver
man, are from Edenton. The others
are Currituck’s Susan Maxwell,
Shirley Banks and Manteo’s
Wilhelmena McClease.
The Daily Advance in making the
announcement stated, “They’re
fast, tough and smart. They’re the
leaders of their teams.”
Monique Ward, a 6 foot one inch
center, was said to be a tower of
power for the Lady Aces this year.
Coach Fred White said “Her
greatest asset is her size . . . She
doesn’t get pushed around.”
Ms. Ward led the Lady Aces to
their third place finish in the 3-A
Northeastern Conference with a
10.8 point average and 11.2 re
bounds per game.
Talking about Ms. Ward’s future,
Coach White said “Offensively,
we’re looking to increase her range.
. . If she turned it loose, there’s no
telling what she could do.”
In Wanda Liverman's case,
speed is her greatest asset. The 5
foot 11 inch junior forward averag
ed 5.2 points per game and was se
cond on the team in rebounding
with an average of 7.4 rebounds per
game.
According to Coach White, “For
a girl her size, she has excellent
speed. She can do a lot of things
because of it. She’s probably the
hardest worker on the team.”
Ms. Liverman has a 25-inch ver
tical jump which Coach White says
is pretty good for a girl. He added
that shexstarted with an 18 inch
jump which she improved on
because they had started her on a
strength program.
In conclusion Coach White added
“I’m really looking forward to
Wanda Liverman’s senior year.
She’s going to impress a lot of
people.”
In addition to the two girls on the
All-Albemarle Area Girls first
team, Edenton had one girl on the
second team, Stephanie Elliott. She
is five foot seven inches and is the
only freshman to place on either the
first or second team.