Volume XLIX • No. 28
Edenton, North Carolina, Thureday, August 1, 1985
Single Copies 25 Cents
The Pot and The Kettle
Well, the legislature finally
went home and now is engaged
with Gov. Jim Martin in a game
of the pot calling the kettle black.
That, no doubt, will cause the peo
ple along the Public Parade to
yawn and ask what’s new.
The governor and the
legislature have been carrying on
a double-header ever since the
assembly convened. One game
has been the government game
and the other has been the game
of politics. We would say it has
been a draw, with the legislators
winning the government match
the governor winning the political
game.
Now comes the name calling
and the public should not be taken
in by #.
The legislative leadership is ac
cused of trying to grab power by
stripping the governor of authori
ty which, historically and con
stitutionally, belong to the ex
ecutive. Some newspaper and
editorial commenters have even
joined the controversy on the side
of the governor.
But, from where we sit, it would
appear it is just the other way
around. The legislature, being the
most powerful in the nation, has
no need to grab power. It has had
it since the revolution threw off
colonial tyranny. More properly,
the legislature has been trying to
prieserve power.
One of the first things the new
governor asked was full-fledged
veto power, including authority to
disapprove line items in the
budget, with a two-thirds majori
ty required to override. The
General Assembly turned him
down, as it did his predecessors in
office.
Another example given of
ment of thi Administrative Pro
cedures Act. The legislature set
up a commission to review rules
made by the executive depart
ment. Such rules have the effect
of law and often exceed authority
granted in the statutes. Is passing
laws a proper function of the
legislature or the executive?
Then there is the issue of
bipartisanship. The governor
says there wasn’t much bipar
tisan support for his program.
And a lot of sins are alleged to
have been committed for that
reason.
One of them was failure to adopt
the governor’s tax cut program,
which was nothing but supply-side
economics that have been.such
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Area Jaycee
Fund Raiser
Hie Edenton Jaycees are gear
ing up for one of their largest 1965
fund raisers. The Jaycees are hop
ing to raise enough money in the
Edenton-Chowan area to sponsor
a “Chowan” bedroom on Green
ville’s Bonald McDonald House.
The Ronald McDonald House
provides a low-cost “honte away
from home” for the families of
children receiving care at Pitt
County Memorial Hospital. Since
the House in Greenville will serve
the Chowan area, the Jaycees are
counting on the support of other
local organizations, as well as in
dividuals in the community, to
help them raise the approximate
ly $5,000 needed , to furnish a
Chowan Room.
In order to raise atjeast a por
tion of this money, a Gospel and
the Jaycees in early November.
Area Gospel groups and church
choirs are being asked to par
ticipate in the show. For more in
formation, those interested may
call 482-4939 or 2*1-4312. % v
The Jaycees are the custodians
of a special Ronald McDonald
Room.
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Holmes’ Coaches Set Definite Goals For Season
Jay Swicegood, the new head
Football coach at John A. Holmes
High School, and the team’s other
coaches, Tom Bass and Randy
Hollowell, have a definite goal in
mind for their team this season -
to bring back the Edenton pride.
“People talk about the good old
lays, and that’s what we’re work
ing toward - to bring back those
lays,” said Swicegood who of
ficially became head coach on
rhursday, July 25. He replaces
Rotarian
Activities
J. William (Bill) Stone, Gover
nor of District 771, Rotary Inter
national, will speak to the Eden
ton Rotary Club today (Thurs
lay). The club meets at St. Paul’s
Parish House at 1:00 p.m.
Prior to the general meeting,
Stone will confer with president
Prank L. Fagan, officers, and
committee chairmen at 11:00 a.m.
it the House, on the group’s ser
irice activities for the Rotary year.
There are 52 clubs in District
F71, which covers a large part of
eastern North Carolina. The
Edenton Rotary Club was found
ed on March 27, 1926. i
Rotary International, with more
ban 21,000 clubs in some 150 coun
;ries, is an organization of
eusiness and professional men
vho provide humanitarian ser
vice, encourage high ethical stan
iards in all vocations, and help
euild goodwill and peace in the
vorld.
Stone, a graduate of Duke
University, has been a Rotarian
iince 1962. He is secretary
reasurer of Stone’s Southern
School Supply Company, Raleigh.
Hbocaiftate
Up In June
Chowan County’s unemploy
ment rate for June was 4.0 per
cent, up from 3.8 percent in May,
according to rates released by the
N.C. Employment Security
Commission.
The slight increase reflected a
statewide trend with North
Carolina’s June unemployment
rate up to 5.5 percent from 5.4 per
cent in May.
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Jimmy Addison who accepted the
head coaching position at N.
Forsyth High in Winston-Salem.
Those good old days are
something Swicegood knows
firsthand. A native of Salisbury,
he moved to Edenton in 1967 and
played junior varsity ball under
coach Tom Bass. It was the first
year Bass coached the JV team
and they finished the season with
a 10-0 rating.
The next year Swicegood went
on to play varsity ball. That year
the team, headed by Coach
Marion Kirby, won the Eastern
Championship.
Swicegood, a graduate of East
Carolina University, says he is
depending a great deal on the
other coaches to help bring back
that Edenton pride and stresses
that, “ this will not be a one man
show.”
The three coaches have per
sonal reasons for wanting to see
the team do well: they are all
John A. Holmes graduates. “All
three of us know how it used to
be,” said Swicegood. “Friday
nights were big things then.”
Swicegood has an edge this
season that most coaches don’t
have in that he has worked with
most of the players during his last
five years as head coach of the
Chowan Junior High Bulldogs.
That team has been undefeated
for two years.
His other coaching experience
includes two years at Havelock
Jr. High and four years as junior
varsity coach at Bertie Senior
High where he coached with Ran
dy Hollowell.
The new coach wants to see
more students participate in the
football program this year
because “football can help teach
kids the way of life.” He added
that football players “stand out
and are something special.”
Swicegood said he already feels
at home at the high school and
credits Principal Rob Boyce with
making him feel welcome.
“Boyce makes you feel comfor
table here; it’s like having
another guy on the team,” he said.
Tonight (Thursday) at 7 p.m.
the first practice of the season will
get underway at Hicks Field.
Coach Swicegood urges all team
members and prospective can
didates interested in playing ball
to bring shorts, T-shirts, and ten
nis shoes to the practice. If it
rains, practice will be held in the
gym.
The first scrimmage of the
season will be played against
Camden at Hicks Field on Friday,
August 16; another scrimmage
game will be held in Manteo on
Thursday, August 22. The first
game of the season will be played
against Bertie on August 30.
“We’re anticipating a lot of fun
and hard work this season,” com
mented the new coach.
Coach Jay Swicegood
County Awarded Natural Resources Funds
Chowan County was awarded
$10,000 for natural resources plan
ning, N.C. Department of Natural
Resources and Community
Development Secretary S.
Thomas Rhodes announced
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The county joins 12 other
coastal communities which have
been granted a total of $129,700 for
local planning. Perquimans Coun
ty will also receive $10,000 and
Camden and Gates counties will
receive $9,600.
“These grants will assist towns
and counties'with their efforts to
protect their natural resources
through the local planning pro
cess,” Rhodes said.
The grants, which will be ad
ministered by the Division of
Coastal Management and partial
ly matches by local funds, will be
used to update local land use
plans. The Coastal Area Manage
ment Act requires that the up
dates be prepared every five
Community Block Grant Public Hearing
The Edenton Improvement
Council, Inc. will conduct a public
hearing at the Municipal Building
in Edenton on Monday, August 5,
beginning at 2 p.m. The hearing
will be on a proposed Community
Services Block Grant project
scheduled to begin on November
1.
According to the council, the
hearing is to give the public a
chance to review a proposed Anti
Poverty Plan and to receive com
ments on how the project is to
operate within the Albemarle
Region. Similar hearing will be
held in the other nine Albemarle
counties during the month of
August.
For more information, contact
Fentress T. Morris, Executive
Director, at 482-4459. A copy of the
INSPECT TABLOID—Members of the Edenton-Chowan Chamber of Commerce look over the “Last
Fling of Slimmer” tabloid, published this week by The Chowan Herald as their part in a joint effort with
the Chamber. Radio station WZBO is also participating in the townwide sales event with on-air promo
tions. Pictured (from 1. to r.) are: George Moore, Townwide Promotion; Jerry Hendee, Executive Vice
President of Chamber; Tom Palmer, Chairman, Merchants Committee; and Merchants Committee
members Preston Sisk, Lorene Bunch and Frankie Edmundson. Not pictured are committee members
Wallace Evans, Steve Robertson and' Cam Byrum.
Chamber Of Commerce And Area Businesses
Combine Efforts For Town Promotional Event
shopping
n County
a large number of local
b have joined with The
eiai&WZpO Radio Sta
in an effort
at home amt
Fling of Summer” and will be tak
ing place this weekend - August
i. 2, and J.
Many of the participating mer
chants have substantially reduc
ed prices and ordered special
merchandise specifically for this
.sale.
In. order to give you a sneak
preview of the bargains you can
expect to find, a 16-page tabloid is
included with this week’s issue of
The Chowan Herald.
' What follows is a list of the
businesses participating in the
“Last Fling of Summer” and the
goods and services they offer to
the community:
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Anti-Poverty Plan is available for
review by the public at the
Economic Improvement Council.
years. Some of the policy areas
which the updates will address
are pre- and post-storm disaster
planning, public beach access and
coastal water quality.
These awards are part of the
current grant cycle which will
fund 75 communities between 1984
and 1987. This is the third genera
tion of plans since the coastal pro
gram began in 1974.
Rhodes stressed that land use
planning “is essential to effective
ly manage coastal resources.”
District Court Session Held
Chowan County District Court
was in session July 30 with the
Honorable Grafton G. Beaman
presiding over the criminal
calendar.
Jacquelyn R. Combs was found
guilty of passing a worthless
check. She was sentenced to 10
days, suspended 1 year, on the
condition that she pay a $25 fine,
cost of court and makes restitu
tion to Broad Street Texaco.
Darryl Alexander Gibbs was
found guilty of disorderly conduct
and assault on a female. The two
charges were consolidated for
judgement and he was credited
with 2 days in jail while awaiting
sentence. He was sentenced to 90
days, suspended 3 years on the
condition that he pay a $25 and
cost of court. He is also to remain
off the premises of Hardee’s for 2
years and to report to Albemarle
Mental Health.
Cheryl LaRue Gibson was found
guilty of unsafe movement and
was fined the cost of court.
Annual Tennis
Tournament
For the fourth year, the Annual
Colonial Invitational Tennis Tour
nament will be held in Edenton on
August 9th, 10th, & 11th at the
Edenton City Courts. There will
be Singles Open for Men &
Women; Doubles Open for Men &
Women; Men’s 35 Singles &
Doubles; Mixed Doubles Open;
and Boy’s & Girl’s 18 & Under
Singles.
For more information contact
Mary Sawyer or Mark Noneman
by phone at (919)-482-8595 or write
to: CTA, P.O. Box 1024, Edenton,
N.C. 27932 for an entry form. En
try deadline is 12 noon, Sunday,
August 4. No telephone entries will
be accepted.
Julian Elberry Forehand was
found guilty of shoplifting and was
sentenced to a 30 day
commitment.
McKinley Joe Norton was found
guilty of operating a motor vehi
cle and following too closely. He
was fined $25 and cost of court.
Glenna Q. Alexander was found
guilty of two counts of passing
worthless checks. She was
sentenced to 20 days, suspended 1
year on the condition that she pay
cost of court and make restitution
to Etna and TG&Y.
Thomas Leroy Leary was found
guilty of assault by pointing a gun
and assault on a female. He was
sentenced to 120 days, suspended
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Swain School
Stays Open
After visual inspection at
Walker School the Edenton
Chowan Board of Education at
a special meeting on July 25,
decided to leave Swain School
in operation for some part of
the 1985-86 school year. This
decision was based on the fact
that construction at D.F.
Walker was running behind
schedule.
The board unamimously
passed a motion to approve a
plan as submitted by Principal
Ralph Cole. This plan calls for
grades K,l,2,3, and 4 to be hous
ed at D.F. Walker School leav
ing grades 5 and 6 E.A. Swain
School. This arrangement
would remain until such time
as all renovation is completed
at Walker School.
All school and class assign
ment information will be car
ried in the Chowan Herald of
August 22.