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ECU UNVEILS MOSELEY MAP—East Carolina University Chancellor John M. Howell (R) accepts
the gift of a rare 1733 Edward Moseley map from Mrs. John W. Graham of Edenton. The map will
hang in the search room of the East Carolina Manuscript Collection in ECU’s Joyner Library. (ECU
News Bureau Photo).
The Chowan Herald
Volume XLVII - No. 16
Noted And Passed
Yes, Virginia, that was snow
which fell along the Public Parade
on Monday and Tuesday. The state
of the weather continues to baffle
scientists.
Could it be that all the hardware
we have shot into the atmosphere
in the past three decades is taking
a toll on our season?
William W. Shaw
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William Whitfield Shaw, retired
president of Peoples Bank and
Trust Company, died Monday. The
' 79-year-old banker was a great pro
moter of community activities in
Rocky Mount, as well as along the
Public Parade.
Mr. Shaw was not a closet
banker. He believed in the bank be
ing more than merely an institution
where people kept money. And he
practiced what he preached.
William Shaw had a particular
love affair with Edenton. He was.
for many years a member of the
Edenton Historical Commission
and the main office at the corner of
Broad and Church streets stands as
a monument to him. When Peoples
Bank got ready to build a head
quarters in Edenton, he insisted
that the architecture not only be in
keeping with what we have, but
that it add something special. He
succeeded!
Along with his stepfather, Mr.
Shaw founded Peoples Bank and
served as president from 1954 until
1967, when he became chairman of
the board, a post he held until he
retired in 1973. His philosophy of
maintaining a community bank,
regardless of size, has continued.
The bank has 59 branches in 30
communities and assets of nearly
$522-million.
Mr. Shaw loved to travel.
Whether it be to Currituck County
duck hunting or to some foreign
land, he enjoyed different scenes.
But he always kept a special place
in his heart for Edenton. This com
munity shares the loss of his death
with his colleagues and his family.
Maintaining Image
Next week is Consumer Protec
tion Week for the U.S. Postal Ser
vice. It provides all postal
employees the opportunity to re
emphasize to their customers that
they care about them and the ser
vice provided.
The public’s awareness of fraud
and misrepresentation schemes
has been greatly expanded over the
past several years. Hopefully, this
awareness will be increased even
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COUNCIL INSPECTS REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT—Edenton Town Council is shown here in
specting the renovations being done on one of the houses in the Albemarle Street Redevelopment Pro
ject. Also shown is Mayor Roy Harrell, Town Administrator, Sam Noble and Redevelopment Coor
dinator, Lorenzo Carmon.
Fireman Association Held Meeting In Edenton
The Eastern North Carolina
Fireman Association met in Eden
ton on April 14 at the Edenton Fire
Department. They came to Eden
ton at the invitation of Chief Perry,
The Edenton Fire Department and
Rates Raised At
Council Meeting
The Edenton Town Council in
action taken during a special Coun
cil meeting raised electric
rates for the citizens of Edenton, 7.9
per cent.
The rate increase is due to the
jump in the wholesale price of elec
tricity that Vepco and Carolina
Power and Light charges its
wholesale customers.
The utilities, having increased
the price of wholesale power by 10.5
per cent, have forced the Town of
Edenton to raise its retail prices by
7.9 per cent to cover the cost of pur
chasing electric power.
Mayor Roy Harrell at one point
in the meeting exclaimed, “I can’t
imagine how the people are going
to be able to keep up. Everything is
going up and I just don’t see how.”
The 7.9 per cent raise in rates will
mean that the user of SSO worth of
electricity will have to pay $3.95
more. It will also mean that the
retail rate of electricity here in
Edenton will be six pm* cent above
the retail rate that Vepco charges
until September when Vepco’s
retail rates are scheduled to go up
11 per cent.
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, April 21, 1983
the Crossroads Fire Department.
Mayor Roy Harrell speaking on
behalf of the citizens of Edenton
welcomed the firemen by saying,
“We are delighted to have you here
in Edenton and we are always pro
ud to have a group of people as
dedicated as you visit our town.”
The meeting continued after the
secretary and treasury reports with
Mr. Skinner saying that “we’ve all
heard stories about teenagers and
the bad things they do; well, we
have something to show the good
things at least one has done.” He
then introduced a commendation to
be given to Tom Bouch. Mr. Bouch,
18 years old, heard an explosion
that blew away the side of a trailer
where eighty-four year old E. L.
Fennels lived. Mr. Bouch forced his
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Dr. Greggs
Moseley Map Now In Its Permanent
Home At The East Carolina University
GREENVILLE—Restored and in
fine condition, a very rare 1733 Ed
ward Moseley map of colonial
North Carolina is now on perma
nent display in the East Carolina
Manuscript Collection of East
Carolina University.
More than 100 persons recently
attended formal dedication and
unveiling of the Moseley map at a
reception given by Friends of the
ECU Library.
Mrs. John W. Graham of Eden
ton, who gave the map to the
university, was guest of honor and
unveiled the framed document
which will be on permanent display
in the newly decorated search
room. Chancellor John M. Howell
accepted the gift from the Graham
family on behalf of the university.
Donald Lennon, director of the
Manuscript Collection, discovered
the Moseley map last fall among
papers stored in the attic of Wess
ington mansion in Edenton. He
recognized it as one of the three
known originals of the map drawn
by royal surveyor-general Edward
Moseley in the early 18th century.
way into the burning dwelling and
rescued Mr. Fennels. The Associa
tion voted unanimously to award
Tom Bouch the commendation.
Dr. Greggs a cardiologist from
the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill was introduced as the
primary speaker for the night and
as a true friend of the Fireman. In
the introductory remarks about Dr.
Greggs it was noted “If not for him
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Elder Lodge Held
A Volunteer Day
Elder Lodge Nursing Home held
its annual “Volunteer Day” Sunday
the 17th of April to recognize and
honor the many individuals and
groups from our community that
have provided their time, energy,
and resources to enhance the daily
lives of our residents and patients.
The week of 17-23 April 1983 has
been designated by the National
Center for Voluntary Action as
“National Volunteer Week”
nationwide.
This is our opportunity on behalf
of our residents and their families
to extend our most sincere “thank
you” for the continued community
support that we have received
throughout the year.
A Proclamation designating the
week of April 17 through 23 as Na
tional Volunteer Week has been
signed by Mayra* Roy Harrell, Mrs.
Pat Storie and Lolita R. Lawrence
Activity Director.
It hangs in a new portrait gallery
and exhibit area of the Manuscript
Collection section of J.Y. Joyner
Library. The wall display also
features an original 1779 Antonio
Zatta Italian map of the mid-
Atlantic states.
A Queen Anne sofa table which
complements the Moseley map also
Ammended FSC Increases Benefits
RALEIGH The Federal Sup
plemental Compensation (FSC)
Act of 1982 has been ammended as
of April 1. According to Glenn R.
Jernigan, chariman of the N.C.
Employment Secturity Commis
sion, “Approximately 8 to 10 thou
sand un employed persons may be
eligible to receive additional
unemployment insurance benefits.
The first compensable week was
the week ending April 9, 1983.”
“The amendments changed the
maximum amount of benefits
payable and extended the date of
the FSC Program to September 30,
1983.
Claimants who exhausted FSC
The Cupola House Association
Invites Residents To Be Guests
The Cupola House is the oldest
structure in Edenton. Today it looks
south across the restoration of its
lovely garden, past the municipal
building and the Confederate monu
ment to the Barker House and
Edenton’s developing waterfront
park. The Cupola House Associa
tion invites all the residents of
Edenton and Chowan County to en
joy this view and tour the house
itself as the Association’s guests
Sunday afternoon, May 1, from 2:30
to 5:30. Refreshments will be
served.
Those attending “May Day at the
Cupola House” will find it
fascinating to consider how the
view today differs from the one
guests would have seen at a similar
event two hundred years ago. The
Cupola House then, already fifty
years old, was the home of Dr.
Samuel Dickinson and his wife,
Elizabeth, they having acquired the
house early in 1777. Bruce S.
Cheeseman, in a report prepared
by him under the sponsorship of the
North Carolina Department of Ar
chives and History, describes the
view from the Cupola House on
May Day, 1777:
“The decade of the 1770’s and the
years of the American Revolution
have rightfully been called Eden
ton’s “Golden Age” . . . Edenton’s
waterfront was lined with wharves
and warehouses, and the
storefronts were operated by a sur
prisingly cosmopolitan lot of mer
chants: the Swiss, Borritz; the Ger
man, Kock; the Frenchman,
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MAYOR SIGNS PROCLAMATION—Mayor Roy Harrell is shown
here signing a proclamation declaring the week of April IV through
23 as National Volunteer Week. He is signing the document under
the watchful eye of Pat Storie, left, and Lolita R. Lawrence, Elder
Lodge’s activity director, right.
has been donated to the university
by Car-Mel Home Furnishings of.
Rocky Mount.
Lennon said the Moseley map
restored by map artists in Penn
sylvania and the cost of restoration
and the redecorating of the search
area was borne by the Manuscript
Collection’s endowment.
prior to April 1, 1983, can re-open
existing FSC claims provided they
have not rights to compensation
under any state or federal law.
Eligible claimants currently
receiving FSC benefits should con
tinue filing. Additional monetary
benefits will be added automatical
ly to the maximum benefits.
“We urge eligible claimants to
contact their local Job Service of
ficers across the state to determine
the extent of their benefits under
the recently signed legislation.”
Jernigan said.
Since the program began in
September 1982, FSC paid out
$46.7-million in FSC benefits.
Single Copies 25 Cents
Peyrinnaut; the Scot, Littlejohn;
the Irishman, Bennett, and many
others. On the west side of town at
the point where Pembi ke Creek
meets Edenton Bay, Joseph Hewes,
one of Edenton’s foremost
maritime merchants, operated a
large shipyard capable of produc
ing sloops of up to 200 tons. Across
town on the east near Queen Anne’s
Creek, Josiah Collins and others
later established a huge ropewalk
that became well known along the
entire Atlantic seaboard for its
superior cordage. A tanyard stood
near the center of town, and its
owner later branched out into lime
burning and operating a snuff and
tobacco factory . .. Overall, Eden
ton consisted of 150 to 200 dwellings
stretching back about eight blocks
deep from the waterfront: the
blocks were rendered irregular,
however, from the positioning of
the houses, all of which had their
own garden and pasture lots, out
buildings. and such. One English
visitor during the 1770’s called
Edenton "the most pleasant and
beautiful town in North Carolina”;
However, a Philadelphian was less
kind, recording the following
description in his journal after a
week’s stay in June, 1777: “Eden
ton is a small town (the capital of
Chowan County) situate upon
Albemarle Sound, the houses in
general are low wooden buildings
and much scattered; however, the
Court House is a decent two-story
brick building. The Sound at Eden
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