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SERVICE RECOGNIZED— Mrs. Julia Hassell, right, is pictured
presenting a special award from Edenton United Methodist Church
to Mrs. E. L. Ward, during services Sunday. Others shown are Mrs.
Marginette Lassiter and Rev. Richard R. Blankenhorn. Mrs. Ward,
who donated property for the new church buildings, has been a
member of the local congregation since 1924 and is moving to
Conway.
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■ Silent Leadership
H Mrs. E. L. Ward. 205 North Gran
■ ville Street, is moving from along
the Public Parade after a lifetime
of silent leadership to her church,
■ friends and the community.
■ Mrs. Ward has been a member of
■ Edenton United Methodist Church
■ since 1924. Since she will soon be
■ moving to Conway to be nearer her
H immediate family, Mrs. Ward was
■ given special recognition at the
\ church Sunday.
She was somewhat embarrassed
■ by the “fuss” made over her. which
■ is in keeping with her nature But
■ it was entirely fitting and proper
■ that she be publicly recognized
■ Mrs. Ward was among the first to
■ get the building program under
■ *way' which is now nearing comple
■ tion. She donated the site on which
the Education Building, and now
the new sanctuary are erected.
■ Rev. Richard R Blankenhorn,
I Mrs. Julia Hassell, chairman of the
■ Administrative Board; Mrs Laura
I Fagan and Mrs. Marginette
I Lassiter participated in the tribute.
■ It was Mrs. Lassiter who composed
I the following lines which tie
■ together the feelings of Mrs. Ward's
It many friends along the Public
r 1 Parade;
‘Rosebud’
I ‘The clothes she wore were
Fashion-wise
I In greens and gold and brown.
You knew she was a lady
When Rosebud came to town. "
I ‘‘She attended every meeting:
Not a one left in the lurch:
Holding up a pillar
Os United Methodist Church.
‘ Her views she shared at
Sunday School.
In circles she did toil.
No worthy cause exempted.
*No luncheon ‘lowed to spoil. “
V “A cheerful face she bnmght to you
When you were sick in bed.
A kindly heart to listen
When yours was filled with dread. ”
‘ ‘For her the word is loyalty:
One never heard to boast.
God bless you as you lea\-e us.
Which of us will miss you most. ”
Health Care Cost
• Health care costs along the
Public Parade are now lower than
at other regional centers, but action
by the State Senate Finance Com
mittee last week might change this.
i!ite committee killed a House pass
ed bill which would allow Chowan
Hospital to garnish wages of pa
tients whose bills were at least 180
days overdue.
As has been stated in this column
recently, if the local hospital-which
is a county owned institution leas
ed to a corporation to operate--
consistantly loses money, before
long county tax funds will be
f necessary to erase the red ink . The
<Jf garnishee measure was
misunderstood in the General
Assembly from the time Rep. Ver
non James of the Isle of Pas
quotank introduced it. As it wound
its way through the legislative
maze it got worse, even though it is
a fact that Albemarle Hospital in
neighboring Elizabeth City has had
Such a collection tool-although
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Arthur Franklin Beeler
Beeler Selected
Outstanding Man
The other day Mr. and Mrs. Ar
thur F. Beeler, Route 2, Edenton
received a letter with the return ad
dress of “Outstanding Young Men
of America”. The Beeler’s, upon
opening the letter, read the first
paragraph which follows: “Con
gratulations! Your son, Arthur
Franklin Beeler, Jr., has been
selected as an Outstanding Young
Man of America for 1983.”
Arthur F. Beeler. Jr., or “Art" as
he is known here in Edenton was a
1971 graduate of John A. Holmes
High School. He attended East
Carolina University where he
graduated with honors from its
Criminal Justice Program.
He was immediately employed
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SPINEY RECOGNIZED —Joe Grimsiey. left. Secretary of the
Department of Natural Resources and Community Development,
presents Chowan County Forest Ranger Roger Spivey with the
Department’s Outstanding Service Award Spivey was given the
award for his more than 20 years of leadership in forest manage
ment and civic work in the county.
Felony Cases Slated On Chowan
County Superior Court Calendar
Five men-ineluding a Hertford
attorney are scheduled to be tried
next month in Chowan County
Superior Court on felony charges
surrounding the burning of an unoc
cupied dwelling.
James David Singletary, a young
Perquimans County attorney, is
among those charged in the con
spiracy to burn the Elliott house on
Highway 32, approximately 15
miles north of Edenton. Also
charged are Larry Wayne Sanders.
Peter Rosenthal, Luckie Douglas
Cartwright, and Mitchell Duke
Ivey.
The cases are on calendar for the
session which begins July 18 and
was circulated this week by Mrs.
Lena M. Leary, clerk of court.
Judge Herbert O Phillips. 111. of
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Volum* XIVII - No. 26
4th Os July Brings
Traffic Fatalities
Monday is the Fourth of July, a
general holiday recognized by the
Merchants Committee of Edenton-
Chowan Chamber of Commerce.
Therefore, most business and in
dustrial establishments will be
closed for the day which will give
employees a long weekend.
While the Edenton Optimist Club
is planning a big Fourth of July
celebration here, many people will
be traveling. Fifteen people could
lose their lives and approximately
800 injured in traffic accidents in
North Carolina over the long
weekend, the N.C. State Motor dub
has estimated.
The slate will count its toil over
a 78-hour period beginning at 6 P.M.
Friday, to midnight Monday. Last
year 18 fatalities occurred during a
similar period and 926 were
injured
The Fourth of July holiday
weekend occurs near the start of
the summer vacation season and,
according to John G. Frazier, 111,
motor dub president, tends to pro
duce more fatalities on average
than any other holidays, except
Thanksgiving and Christinas.
Traffic fatalities to date are run
ning below the death rate of a year
ago "The safety trends are certain
ly most encouraging,” said
Frazier. "We are hopeful that the
current safety trend will continue
through the year and for the first
time in twenty eight years North
Carolina’s traffic deaths will not
pass the 1.000 mark.” Frazier
continued
In 1982 traffic fatalities totaled
1.320 in North Carolina, a 11.8 per
cent decrease from 1981. To date
510 fatalities have been reported
this year while 534 were reported
killed tltrough this same date last
year The downward trend is at
tributed to economic conditions,
and the crackdown on DUI drivers
by law enforcement officers
throughout the state. The concen
tration on DUI drivers will continue
over the upcoming holiday week
end. along w ith speeding drivers.
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Morehead City, will preside over
the criminal term. Asst Dist Atty.
Frank R. Parrish of Elizabeth City
will prosecute the docket
Also scheduled for trial is Charles
H. Small, Jr„ who faces six felony
counts of disposing of leased
property.
The trial calendar, which will be
called at 2 P.M. on July 18, includes
cases where Henry Drew is
charged with driving while las
license were permanently revoked,
third offense of drunk driving and
another count of driving while
license revoked, and assault on an
officer.
Sonnie Mae Hurdle Dillard faces
counts involving the sale of spirited
beverages to minors, as does Ed
ward Earl Hall. Sr.
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, June 30. 1983
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FIVE GENERATIONS REPRESENTED Mrs. Alice Bond, retiring manager of the Edenton
Employment Security Commission, is shown here with four former managers of the office. They are,
from left to right: Milton Bass, R.E. Cheek, Robert J. Jenkins, and Jim Hannan.
Mrs. Bond Is Honored Upon Retirement
A retirement dinner honoring
Mrs. Alice W. Bond, manger of the
Edenton Employment Security
Commission, was held June 24th at
Overton’s Restaurant.
Dinner guests included four
former managers of the Edenton
Employment Security Commission
office, past and present employees
of the Edenton office, and ESC of
ficials and workers from Raleigh
and surrounding counties.
Mrs. Bond’s family was
represented by her husband.
James, Edenton Postmaster, and
her three sons; Jimmy; Millard;
and Richard.
A native of Draper, N.C., Alice
Bond attended the Raleigh School
of Commerce. After completing her
studies, she was hired by the
Unemployment Compensation
Commission office in Charlotte,
N.C. In 1946, she began her work at
the Edenton office as a senior
stenographer -a position she held
until 1952.
Funeral To Be
Held On Friday
Edward Leroy Murphy. 80, of
Route 1, Hertford, was fatally in
jured in a fall from a ladder, June
28, while installing aluminum
siding at Ballard’s Bridge Church.
Mr. Murphy was the owner and
operator of Ed Murphy’s
Aluminum Products. He was a
member of Bethel Baptist Church.
He was married to the late Lin
da Lee Thurmond Murphy and had
two daughters; Mrs. Martha Ann
McGohon and Mrs. Lorraine Lamb,
both of Hertford.
He is also survived by three
brothers; William Murphy of
Jackson, Miss., Daniel Murphy and
Thomas Murphy both of Carthage.
Miss.; six sisters; Mrs. Sarah
Horn, Mrs. Emma Stribling, Mrs.
Ada Cochran, and Mrs. Nell Wag
goner all of Carthage. Miss.. Mrs.
Mildred Ellis of Jackson, Miss., and
Mrs. Mary Watkins of Louisiana;
seven grand-children and nine
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held on
Friday, July 1 at 3 P.M. at the
Swindell Funeral Home Chapel and
the Rev. Charles Middleton will be
delivering the eulogy. Burial will
follow at Bethel Cemetery.
Chowan Produce
Exchange Opens
The Chowan Cooperative Pro-
Ax* Exchange will open Monday
the 4th of July at Valhalla. Local
truck term produce, (such as corn,
tomatoes and watermelons), will be
available at toe auction which runs
through toe middle to latter part of
August.
Toby Williford of Windsor will
once again be toe auctioneer and
Los Bass will be the manager. Mr.
Bass said that the auction has been
hold ter just about as long as he can
remember, and that he is looking
forward to another good year.
Following an extended materni
ty leave, Mrs. Bond came back to
work in April, 1960 as an intermit
tent interviewer. Through a series
of promotions, she became
manager of the Edenton office in
February, 1972 - one of the first
women in North Carolina to hold
such a position
Mrs. Bond cited three reasons for
her early retirement: the
changeover from the federal CETA
program to the the new Job Train
ing Partnership Act (to take place
October 1st); wanting more time to
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CAPTIVE BEAR—Pictured above is the bear who came through
Edenton Sunday night. This picture was taken at the Wildlife Depot
on Airport Road.
An American Black Bear Visits
School Yard In Edenton Sunday
A young male American black
bear weighing approximately 200
pounds was treed Sunday night.
Highway Patrol
Out In Force
The State Highway Patrol will be
put in force during the weekend to
provide maximum coverage of the
state’s highways on this most dead
ly of all holidays in the year.
“This is a very dangerous holiday
period,” Col. David Matthews,
commander of the patrol, said. “We
urge everyone to be very careful if
they are going to be on the road. - ’
The patrol will increase the
number of troopers in marked cars
on selected highways during peak
traffic hours in high accidents
areas. Unmarked patrol cars also
will be in operation.
“We hope the presence of mark
ed patrol cars will deter violations
and encourage voluntary com
pliance with the posted speed
limit,” Jenkins said. “We also will
be making a special effort to
remove drunk drivers and speeders
from the highways. Those viola
tions were the most prevalent ones
involved in fatalities last year.”
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devote to community activities;
and finally, to be able to devote
more time to her family.
In addition to being presented a
certificate of retirement by Mr.
John Fleming, Director of the
Raleigh Employment Security
Commission. Mrs Bond was also
admitted to the Commission’s 20 -
Year Club, by Elmer Van Court,
club president.
Mrs. Bond will officially retire on
June 30. Mr. Bill Taylor will
become the new manager of the
Edenton office on July Ist.
June 26. in the parking lot behind
Swain School.
The bear was first spotted walk
ing across the bridge at Hayes
Plantation and later he was seen
crossing several backyards on
South Oakum Street. An uniden
tified man ran him up a tree in the
Queen Street parking lot around 10
P.M. Both the Wildlife Commission
and the police were contacted.
The bear was tranquilized by
Wildlife personnel, put in a cage,
and taken to the Wildlife Depot on
Airport Road. After the wildlife of
ficials applied a non-toxic green
"paint” (for tracking and iden
tification purposes), the bear was
released in a wilderness area away
from tow ns and populated areas.
Wildlife Commission personnel
believe that the bear sw am across
the sound in search of either new
territory, food, or both. An official
with the Commission said that the
larger male bears chase the
smaller males out of existing ter
ritories, forcing the younger bears
to seek a new habitation.