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Volume XllX - No. 50
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, January 23, 1986
Single Copies 25 Cants
A Lesser Enthusiasm
Much as we would like to fall in
step with our new mayor and city
council in their initial effort to
bring a new business and industry
». to EJdenton, we remain to be con'-'
. vinced that the proposed b6d-arid-<
breakfast inn for the waterfront at
the foot of Broad Street would be
a desirable development for the
community.
To begin with, the delegation
which went to Beaufort to study a
similar project returned so en
thusiastic that they may have
been oversold. Even it it wanted
to be,- Edenton is not Beaufort and
the Edenton proposal is not what
actually was done at Beaufort.
The Beaufort inn is not strictly
> • on the waterfront, but across the
street from the waterfront.
Beaufort did not have to relocate
its city hall, but simply made
available—for a reasonable
consideration—a vacant lot for a
project which did not deprive its
citizens of a square foot of beach
or boardwalk access.
Now can Edenton ever expect to
attract the marine traffic that
Beaufort does. Beaufort and
Morehead City are adjacent to a
deep water channel to the nearby
Atlantic. Large freighters tie up
regularly at Morehead and large
yachts and pleasure craft tie up at
Beaufort because both are near
the ocean and the Intercoastal
Waterway.
Edenton is a good 70 miles from
Oregon Inlet, which is not a deep
channel, and 40 miles from the In
tercoastal Waterway at its
) nearest approach. To expect a
bed-and-breakfast inn to pull a
measurable amount of boat traf
fic that far is not realistic.
That leaves us, then, with a pro
ject the success of which rests
largely on land-based travel. How
to stifeh a business climate? Would
it be as much of an economic asset
as a good motel, with self
contained eating and meeting
facilities? We seriously doubt it.
Another aspect of the proposal
needs to .be looked at frankly.
Does Edenton need the sort of pro
ject which employs only a small
number of people, usually at
minimum wages? Since they seek
to avoid the high cost of kitchen
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Morris Small
Promoted
GATESVILLE-Robert E. Lee,
Chief Executive Officer of Tarheel
Bank & Trust Co. recently an
nounced the E. Morris Small, Jr.
has been promoted to Assistanct
Vice President and City Ex
ecutive of the bank’s Edenton
Office.
Small, who has been with
Tarheel Bank since January of
1960 is a native of Edenton and a
graduate of the College of the
Albemarle with an associate
degree in Business Administra
tion- He is also a graduate of the
American Institute of Banking
and the Mid-Management Pro
gram of the North Carolina School
of Banking sponsored by the
North Carolina Bankers Associa
tion and the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Kill.
Proclamation Signed
itiiniF tn-tfaii
Alton Elmore, Chairman of the
Chowan County Commissioners,
and John Dowd, Mayor the the
Town-of Edenton, have jointly
proclaimed January 19-25,1966, as .
Jaycee week, commending the
EdentoH Jaycees for Contributing,
. tQ the weU^mgif^hje.cdttununi-’
ty' through such '’projects as the
Bloodmobile, Football Conces
sions, Hunter Safety Course and
the Underpriviledged Children’s
Christmas Party.
The Chairman and Mayor urge
citizens of Edenton and Chowan
County to take note of the
chapter’s contributions and to
support its future efforts.
Going into its 66th year, the U.S.
Jaycees, a leadership training
organization based in Tulsa,
Oklahoma, has some 268,000
members in 6500 American
communities.
The Edenton Jaycees, ‘
chartered 38 years ago, will mark
the special week with community
activities, including its annual
Distinguished Service Award
Banquet, its annual “Radio Day”
for selling jelly for the N.C.
Jaycees Burn Cehter at Chapel
Hill, and a prayer breakfast.
The North Carolina Jaycees are
again conducting their annual
Jaycee Jelly Sales to raise money
for the North Carolina Jaycee
Burn Center in Chapel Hill.
Lasting throughout the month of
January, this year’s campaign
will be the twelfth year of the jel
ly sales. Jaycee chapters all
across the state will be selling the
jars of jelly for $1.00 each.
According to State Jaycee.
President, Jerry Wall of
Asheboro',.-“,The North Carolina •
Jaycefes would Ji^ tf* thank the
fihe citizens of North Carolina for
their continued support and
assistance with our Jaycee jelly
sales. It is through this support
that we have been able to con
tribute over $825,000.00 to the
North Carolina Jaycee Burn
Center.
Since opening in February, 1981, |
approximately 1,000 North Caroli
nians have received treatment'
and therapy at the Jayced Bum
Center. The citizens of our state
are extremely fortunate to have
such a tremendous facility j
available, arid the North Carolina .
Jaycees are very proud to play a
small part in the excellent profes
sional care provided there.”
The North Carolina' Jaycee
Burn Center has been recognized
as one of the most outstanding <
facilities in the nation for burn i
treatment and care. In.addition to i
providing patient car, the center '
staff also conducts bum treatment <
research, maintains a skin bank <
and places emphasis on burn i
treatment and prevention educa
tion to rescue squads, fire depart
ments, and emergency room per
sonnel all across North Carolina.
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FORTY YEARS SERVICE— Lloyd C. Bunch (right) receives a for
ty year length of service pin from David C. Holland, President of the
N.C. Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts. The award
was made at the statewide conservation organization’s 43rd annual
meeting held in High Point, January 5-8.
Bunch Honored For Service
Lloyd C. Bunch of Route 1,
Edenton, was recently honored
for forty years service as a Soil
and Water Conservation District
Supervisor by the North Carolina
Association of Soil and Water Con
servation Districts.
Accepting the award, Bunch
reminisced back to when he was
first appointed a district super
visor by the Governor in 1944 to
the local soil and water conserva
tion district board. He attended
the Third Annual State Meeting in
1945 and has missed only one state
meeting in his forty years of ser
vice. He served as President of
the N.C. Association of Conserva
tion Districts in 1967.
On the local level, Bunch serves
as Chairman of the Chowan Con
servation Committee where there
are three elected supervisors and
one appointed. He also serves as
Chairman of the Albemarle Con
servation District (a five-county
district comprised of Camden,
Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank,
and Perquimifns Counties), a
position he has held since 1948.
Under his leadership the
Albemarle Conservation District
has come to be. known as ■ one of
the moat outstanding Districts in
the state in developing and carry
ing out conservation education
programs directed toward the
youth, Some of these programs in
ConservatiOh Poster
Ith., 5th., and 6th.
epta; the FFA
and Land Judg
Robert Harrell, Chowan District
Supervisor, to his third term as
Chaplain for the State Associa
tion; and the recognition of Nan
cy Webb, Secretary for the Pas
quotank Committee, as Outstan
ding District Secretary of the
Year.
Court Docket
Reported
Chowan District Court was in
session January 21, the Honorable
J. Richard Parker presiding over
the criminal calendar.
Margaret Pittman pleaded guil
ty two three worthless check
charges which Were consolidated
for judgment. She was sentenced
to 90 days, suspended for one year
and is concurrently to have one
year of supervised probation. She
was ordered to pay cost of court
in each case. She was ordered to
make restitution to: T.G.&Y,
$19.09; Cuthrell’s, $110; and S&R,
$30. She was also ordered to reim
burse the state for her court
appointed attorney.
Mrs. Tommy G. Marriner (aka
Frances Marriner) pleaded guil
ty to a worthless check charge.
She was sentenced to 30 days,
suspended for one year and was
given one year of unsupervised
probation. She was ordered to pay
cost of court and to make restitu
tion of $20 for the benefit of Winn
Dixie. An appeal was noted.
William Lee Wilson pleaded
guilty to intoxicated and disrup
tive behavior. He was sentenced
to five days in the Chowan Coun
ty J#il and was given credit for
the five days already served.
SIGN PROCLAMATION—Bruce Wackelin (left) and Kel Elmore (right) look on as Edenton Mayor John
)owd and Chowan County Commission Chairman Alton Elmore sign a joint proclamation for Jaycee Week.
Council Reverses Personnel Policy
Edenton’s Town Council revers
:d itself on a longstanding person
al policy at its regular monthly
neeting last Tuesday evening. Up
mtil then, employees of the town,
:ould not campaign for political
jffice without resigning or being
iuspeneded from their job while
;he campaign was in progress,
rhis policy was amended to app
Banquet
Scheduled
The Edenton-Chowan Chamber
of Commerce will hold its annual
General Membership Banquet at
the American Legion Building on
Thursday, January 30, 1986.
The evening will begin with a
Social Hour at 6:30 p.m. followed
by dinner at 7:30 p.m. Plans in
clude an outstanding menu by Bo
and Elizabeth Cleveland, as well
as music by the Bob Thomas Trio.
Tickets are available at the five
local financial institutions and
Hollowed & Blount and Mit
chener’s Drug Stores at $15.00
each or $27.50 per couple.
The speaker for the evening will
be Mr. Carl Sapp, Executive
Director of the N.C. Telephone
Associaton. Mr. Sapp’s long
history with National Service
Organizations at the executive
level, as well as top management
positions within the communica
tions field provides him with ex
ceptional insight into modern day
information exchange in both our
business and personal lives. His
address is expected to be both
humorous and thought provoking.
ly to campaigns only for town
political positions.
The Council heard a plea by
David Etheridge for a ninety-day
extension of a building permit to
effect repairs to his property at
201 S. Oakum Street. The extern
sion was approved.
The Council also ratified a
resolution supporting the position
of the Albemarle Commission op
posing the proposed expansion of
the Navy’s practice bombing
ranges in Albemarle Sound and in
the Stumpy Point area.
The Navy’s proposal surfaced
early last year and was opposed
at that time by resort com
munities in Perquimans County
and by Clarence Skinner, the
manager of the Dare County Air
port. The proposal would expand
those ranges and impose a
restricted area “from the surface
to 14,000 during week days.
Fears of the Albemarle Sound
being effectively closed to boating
and to detrimental environmental
impact led to a series of hearings
in Raleigh, Hertford and the Outer
Banks. A heavy volume of cor
respondence flowed from con
cerned citizens to state legislators
and the office of Congressman
Walter B. Jones.
State environmental manage
ment officials are involved in the
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May Primaries Shape Up I
By Jack Grove
The Democratic Party Primary
on May 6 and the General Election
in November are beginning to look
more like real races now as new
challengers "have filed for local
offices.
As reported in last week’s edi
tion, the following had filed for of
fice: E.C. Toppin for Sheriff (cur
rent Sheriff, Glen Perry, tem
porary appointee, has indicated
that he difinitely does not intend
to file for the office); Marjorie H.
Hollowell as Chowan County Clerk
of Court; Joseph B. (Joe
Hollowell) for the first township
County Commissioner, challenged
by W. Carroll Smith; Clara
Boswell for the second township
seat on the County Commission,
challenged by W. David Ober; and
three seats on the School Board,
Alice P. Jones and J.M. Parrish,
Jr. (different Beats K
Joining the race are Deputy
Sheriff Wayne S. Rice who is
challenging E.C. Toppin in the
May 6 Primary and Edenton
police officer Fred A. Spruill who
has filed as a Republican.
Marjorie H. Hollowell has a
challenger in Marguerite B.
McCall for the post of Court Clerk.
Incumbent County Commissioner
C.A. (Al) Phillips filed for reelec
tion to his fourth township seat on
Januray 22.
And in the School Board race,
James E. Taylor has filed for
reelection to his first township
seat. The School Board seat in the
third township being vacated by
Eugene Jordan has had no takers
so far.
28 YEARS OF COACING—Robbie Laughton, director of the Edenton-Chowan Receation Department,
(right) is shown with some of the 96 coaches honored at a banquet. The men shown here represent 28
years of coaching for the recreation program. They are, (I. to r.) James Rouson, Louis Brothers, Carroll
Jones, Hoke Roberson, and Thomas Simpson. *
Appreciation Banquet Honors Volunteer Coaches
Ninety-six volunteer coaches
were honored Tuesday night,
January 14 in a Coaches’ Ap
preciation Banquet held at the
American Legion building. Spon
sored by the Edenton-Chowan
Recreation Department, the ban
quet honored the coaches who had
worked with the fifty-four youth
teams in baseball, basketball,
football and soccer for the 1985
seasons.
Approximately 750 area youth
were involved in team sports
sponsored by the Recreation
Department this past year.
Recreation Director Robbie
Laughton acknowledged the help
from many different people who
were instrumental in the success
of this first annual banquet. The
Recreation Advisory Committee
organized the program and acted
as hosts.
Several area businesses
donated door prizes including
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