Next Case, Please
When a former United States
district attorney can embezzle a
quarter million dollars and be
paroled after two months in
prison, it is time the public started
asking how come.
Two months in prison as punish
ment for stealing almost $250,000
comes down to something like
$125,000 per month. That’s not the
minimum wage the rest of us are
guaranteed in return for an honest
day’s work. It can’t be equated
with the minimum retainer most
expert attorneys will be willing to
settle for. It’s more like what
bigtime white collar crooks make
away with.
Something like the way General
Electric was dealt with after
pleading guilty to padding its
payroll in order to rake in more
money on a defense contract.
Or the way E.F. Hutton com
pany was treated after being
caught in one of the greatest
check kiting games in history. Or
General Dynamics for throwing
everything up to and including the
fiscal kitchen sink into the ex
pense account it turned in to the
government as a defense
contractor.
If you are on the fast track in
white collar crime these days, it
appears you don’t have much to
worry about. But if you fail to
buckle your seat belt, or claim a
questionable deduction on your in
come tax, or make a personal call
on a government telephone,
brother you’re in real trouble.
It reminds us of that old English
rhyme, which goes something like
this:
The law is harsh on man or
woman
Who steals a goose from off the
common,
But lets the greater villian loose
Who steals the common from off
the goose.
As North Carolinians, we cannot
do much, except being frustrated,
with the kid glove treatment ex
tended to the bigtime corporate
criminals. But we can do
something about cases like the ex
district attorney, for that is a
homegrown case. It happened
right here in North Carolina.
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Am. Legion
Auxiliary
Poppy Day
On Saturday, May 25, the red
crepe paper poppy will be offered
to the public by the American
Legion Auxiliary. This reminder
off the sacrifice of countless
thousands in four wars is an an
nual event undertaken by the
members of Unit #40 in Edenton.
Volunteers from the unit will
once again take part in this nation
wide program in memory of the
citizen soldiers who gave their
lives in the cause of freedom.
Funds collected on Poppy Day
are used to assist the needy
veteran and his family. It is a self
help program, for the Auxiliary’s
familiar red paper poppy is hand
made in poppy shops runs by
volunteers. In these shops, disabl
ed and hospitalized veterans
make the flowers by hand, petal
by petal. It is part of a physical
and psychological therapy pro
gram by veterans for veterans.
These poppies are purchased
from the shop by the Auxiliary
and offered to the public, not at a
price, but for a contribution... a
few cents to say America
remembers.
This memorial flower was
adopted by the American Legion
Auxiliary in 1920 and since that
time, programs have been con
ducted throughout the United
States each year.
Contributions made on Poppy
Day are used by the Ideal unit to
aid needy veterans and their
families in the community and in
hospitals throughout the state. All
proceeds are channeled directly
into rehabilitation and welfare
work for children and youth.
Auxiliary members from Eden
ton will ask the public to pause for
a moment, pin on a poppy, and
wear it with pride, remembering
the civilian who took an oath to
serve his country and gave his life
so that America would survive
today.
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Volume XLIX - No. 19
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, May 23, 1985
Single Copies 25 Cents
A FAIR ON-THE-GREEN— (right picture) Wrenn Phillips, Town
Crier from Historic Halifax, officially welcomed state legislators to
the Old Courthouse Green on Saturday, May 18. (left picture) Lieute
nant Governor Robert Jordan accepts a hat from Queen Elizabeth
(Mrs. M. Keith Fearing) after the queen dubbed the lieutenant gover
nor a knight in good standing. The festivities were part of the two-day
Albemarle-Chowanoke Legislative Express.
Albemarle-Chowanoke Legislative Express Tour
Lt. Gov. Robert Jordan praised
the citizens of northeastern North
Carolina for making their needs
and problems know to state
legislators and encouraged
residents to continue being vocal
in the future.
Jordan spoke his words of en
couragemnet Saturday from a
stage on the Old Courthouse
Green during a program official
ly opening “A Fair-On-The
Green.” The fair was one stop on
the Albemarle-Chowanoke
Legislative Express, a two-day
bus tour designed to acquaint
legislators and officials with the
heritage of the Northeast and the
problems it faces.
“Sometimes the people of the
northeast feel closer to Virginia
than North Carolina,” Jordan told
those gathered for the program.
“We don’t want it to be that way.”
Jordan said legislators are go
ing to be looking closely at the pro
blems of rural areas and small
towns in the northeast in the
future and will doing all they can
to help farmers to insure that the
area is not “the forgotten part of
the state.”
“Northeastern North Carolina
is an extremely important part of
our state,” said Jordan who pro
mised that more will be done to
protect “the goodly soil of the
area.”
Before Jordan’s address, Rep.
Charles Evans (D-Dare)
presented a certificate to C.A.
Phillips, chairman, Board of
County Commissioners, and
Edenton Mayor Roy Harrell
acknowleging the historic impor
tance of the Chowan County Cour
thouse, “thS finest Georgian cour
thouse in the south.”
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ATHLETES OF THE YEAR— (left picture) Stephanie Elliott was named John A. Holmes High School’s
Female Athlete of the year, (right picture) Kevin Wrighton (left) and John Downum shared the high
school’s Male Athlete of the year award. The three received their awards during the Annual Spring Sport
Awards Banquet held at the high school on Monday, May 20.
Athletes Recognized: Sports Awards Banquet
The John A. Holmes High
cafeteria was filled to capacity
Monday night as athletes, their
families and coaches gathered for
the annual Spring Sports Awards
Banquet sponsored by the Aces
Boosters Club.
“The banquet is solely to honor
our athletes and show apprecia
tion for what they’ve done through
the years,” said Tom Bass,
Athletic Director, John A. Holmes
High.
Every athlete who participated
in school sports is recognized at
the banquet. Some received cer
tificates and letters, but others
are singled out with special
awards.
Receiving top awards were
Stephanie Elliott who was named
Female Athlete of the Year and
Kevin Wrighton and John
Downum who shared the Male
Athlete of the Year title. The Male
and Female Athlete of the year
awards are awarded on a point
system which gives points for the
number of sports played during a
year and athletic honors attained.
Patrick Becker and Gray Kelly
shared the Most Valuable Award
for the tennis team. This year they
were Northeastern 3A Conference
Doubles Champions. Coach Bass
said they are the first players
from Holmes to win the con
ference title.
Other special awards given
Monday night went to: Tanja
White, Best All-Around (Varsity
Cheerleaders); David Rosenblatt
- Most Valuable Player, Patrick
Becker - Most Improved (Varsity
Wrestling); Cheryl Creighton -
Most Improved, Norma Simpson
- Hussle Award, Diane Nixon -
Leadership (Girls Basketball);
John Downum - Efficiency
Award, Joe Ward - Most
Dedicated, Lawrence Holley -
Most Improved, Rodney Leigh -
Most Valuable Player (Varsity
Basketball); Brian Bunch and
John Downum - Co-Most Valuable
Player, Erie Downing - Most Im
proved (Varsity Baseball);
Stephanie Elliott - Bonnie
Flanagan Award, Arlene Twine -
Offensive Award, Lynn Elliott -
Most Reliable (Softball Team);
Leslie Ervin - Most Improved,
Dianne Nixon - Most Dedicated,
Wanda Sharpe - Most Valuable
(Girls Track); Gary Ester - Most
Dedicated, and Kelvin Wrighton -
Most Valuable (Boys Track).
Also a special award was given
to William Bonner from all the
coaches. The award recognized
Bonner for the twenty years he
has voluntarily worked as an
assistant trainer.
Partners With
Youth Grant
Perquimans-Chowan Partners
With Youth recently received a
grant of $1560.00 from the
Methodist Task Force on
Hunger/Human Need. Rev.
Charles Davis, District
Hunger/Human Need Task Force
Chairperson, was instrumental in
Partners With Youth obtaining
the grant.
The grant monies will be used to
help Partners With Youth reach
their goal of matching 25 caring,
responsible adult volunteers with
youth who have had court contact.
These volunteer/youth matches
will provide positive role models
for these youth and will hopefully
head the youth in a more ap
propriate direction.
If you wohld like to be a
volunteer with Partners With
Youth of if you’d like to make a
contribution please call Sandy
Webster at 482-3939 or visit the
Partners With Youth office
upstairs in the Old Courthouse.
The program ended with Queen
Elizabeth (Mrs. M. Keith Fearing
Jr. of the Outer Banks Woman’
Club) dubbing the lieutenant
governor a knight in good stan
ding. Then Wren Phillips, Town
Crier from Historic Halifax rang
his bell signifying the opening of
A Fair-On-The-Green and the
lieutenant governor,legislators
and other officials toured booths
set up on the green representing
historic sites, National wildlife
refuges, state parks, regional
schools and the Pettigrew
Regional Library.
Reps. Evans, James Visit
Local citizens gathered for
breakfast at McDonald’s on Satur
day morning to meet with
Representatives Charles Evans
and Vernon James. Following a
similar format of a breakfast
meeting with Senator Marc
Basnight last Monday morning, a
question and answer period was
conducted as well as observations
made by Rep. Evans and Rep.
James on matters of interest.
Among items discussed were
taxes and budget, seat belt law,
income tax reduction for first
bracket taxpayers, hospital gar
nishment bill, appropriations for
restoration of old Court House,
John R. Page Masonic Lodge on
Oakum Street, and the old Ziegler
home-place on Broad Street. Rep.
Evans made some suggestions
which he said might be helpful
along this line.
Also, matters pertaining to
schools with Edenton-Chowan
School Superintendent John Dunn
speaking in support of the 1/2 cent
sales tax bill to aid schools and
also, at the request of Rep. James,
touched on Basic Education
legislation being considered, giv
ing his views on each.
In a telephone interview, Dunn
said that people he has talked to
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Forty Year Service Honored
Lloyd C. Bunch of Chowan
County was honored by his peers
for his forty years of service as a
Soil and Water Conservation
District Supervisor at a regular
meeting of the Albemarle Conser
vation District on May 14.
Plans for the program to
recognize Bunch for his years of
hard work and dedication to the
soil and water conservation move
ment were a well-kept secret.
“It was a real surprise,” Bunch
said of the program given in his
honor. “They wouldn’t let me say
anything and they roasted me real
good.”
Bunch said he feels he has been
performing a service since he was
appointed District Supervisor by
the governor in 1944. He also looks
at those years as a time of great
satisfaction.
“If I didn’t enjoy it, I wouldn’t
have been in it so long,” he said.
During the program on May 14,
Floyd Matthew, District Vice
Chairman, highlighted Bunch’s
activities from 1944 until now. He
said that Bunch, as District Super
visor,attended as many, if not
more, local, district, area, state
and national district supervisor’s
meetings than any man in North
Carolina.
Matthews said Bunch served as
Chairman of the Albemarle Con
servation District since 1948 and
was Chairman of Area Five of the
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HONORED — Pictured here is Lloyd C. Bunch (center) as he proudly
receives recognition for forty years’ service as a Soil and Conserva
tion District Supervisor. Presenting the award are Albemarle Conser
vation District Supervisors, Robert Harrell (left) from Chowan Coun
ty and Floyd Mathews (right) from Perquimans County.
Veterans
Honored
(Editor's Note: Reynold L. Mosley,
1st District Commander of the
Disabled American Veterans, offers
some thoughts on Memorial Day.)
Every day of the year,
someone—somewhere—pauses to
remember a loved one who gave
his or her life in defense of this
nation.
Every day of the year, someone
recalls a special person who donn
ed our nations uniform and went
off to fight America’s enemies.
And every day of the year, so
meone visits the grave of a
Soldier, Sailor, U.S. Marine or
Airman and U.S. Coast Guard
man, and wonders about the large
price freedom so often extracts.
These solitary moments—
moments between a veterans’ lov
ed ones and his memory—occur
countless times in countless dif
ferent ways and countless dif
ferent places.
But on one day of the year, a na
tion remembers. And on that
special day—Memorial Day—
America draws strength from
that memory. We look to the
graves and recall the sacrifices of
sons and daughters who fought
and died to keep this land free.
And we look to each other and
recall how precious that freedom
is. And how dearly we must pro
tect it.
This year, we gather for
Memorial Day on 27 May at a time
when American flags are proud
ly snapping in the breeze. Across
the land, people are standing tall
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