Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, April 10, 1986 Single Copies 25 Cents Toward A Good Team With the primary elections now only a few weeks away, many Chowan County citizens are trying to make up their minds whom to vote for in the contested races. It is always a complex decision and few of us appreciate help from the outside. In most of the races you know the contestants better than we do; so we are go ing to leave it up to you to make your own Choice in the sheriff’s race, the contests for the school board, board of country commis sioners or other purely local offices. There are, however, contests in which we feel qualified to offer a suggestion, and that we are going to do. If we could vote in Chowan County, we would cast our ballot for R.M. Thompson and Vernon James for the First District’s two house seats in the General Assembly.' We would vote for Pete Thomp son for the simple reason that he is a resident of Chowan County. He no doubt has other qualifica Continued From Page 1 a new motei appears to De in Edenton’s future. Bob Thomas of Edenton, one of the developers of the motel, made the announce ment Monday. He said the other developers are Dowdy Brothers, REQUESTS FUNDS—Eeprestenting-the Chowan Arts Council, Bruce Wackelin requests funding for that organization Tuesday evening at the Edenton Town Council meeting. Wackelin requested $2,960 as the town’s contribution which would be matched by the N.C. Arts Council. Council Accepts Agreement Amendments Amendments to the power sales agreements between the N.C. Eastern Municipal Power Agency (NCEMPA) and its members, in ; eluding Edenton, were offered for the Town Council’s consideration Tuesday evening. The general manager of the agency, Jim Bobo, explained the six amendments which concerned funding and refinancing of the debt structure of the agency. Bobo also said that one of the future projects of the agency is the con struction of an administration building in the Raleigh area. Bobo said that the debt restruc turing could save the agency some ' $524 million in brining interest costs from around 11 percent down to the 7 percent level. ' Other provisions of the amend ments dealt with technical aspects of the functioning of the agency’s board of commissioners and its budget process. The council passed resolutions accepting all six amendments I with only the first one, concerning debt funding, passing unanimous ly. A tie vote on one was broken by a vote in favor by Mayor John Dowd. When the second amend ment was reached, Councilman Steve Hampton said, “l'm going to have to object from this point bn. I really don’t understand * them.” * After the vote, Bobo was asked, “When are we going to get a cheaper rate here? ” He respond ed that a lower rate could not be expected. Instead, he warned of “a very large increase” in the first quarter of next year when the Harris nuclear plant becomes operational. He said the increase would be on the order of 15 per cent. “The same kind of thing is going on all over the country,” Bobo said. Councilman Hampton respond ed with, “I don’t understand. We were supposed to have lower rates” (in reference to the reason Edenton contracted with the agen cy). Bobo said of the rates, that they “had to do mostly with the in flationary spirals.” David Ethridge appeared before the council to ask for an ex tension on his April 21 deadline to bring his house at 210 S. Oakum Street into conformity with the building code or be faced with its demolition by the town. Ethridge was given more time when coun cil tabled the issue until its April 29 meeting. The Chowan County Arts Coun cil, represented by Bruce Wackelin, requested that the council provide $2,960 for the group’s operating .expenses. He said that Chowan County has pro vided a like amount and matching funds will be provided by the N.C. Arts Council. The request will be taken up by Councilman Hamp ton’s Finance Committee. Another request for funds total ing $10,500 was made by Brad Barker who is conducting an historical survey of the area’s ar chitecture. He said that he had looked at over 600 buildings in the county and “hundreds of documents” in an effort to docu ment the area’s past. The funds would go toward such a survey of Edenton. He said that very little is known about several areas of the town. Barker said that he had discovered and documented a 1760’s dairy on West King Street. He said that the building could easily have been torn down and that carpenters working there called it a “piece of junk.” The end result of the survey would be a book on the subject. The request was referred to the Finance Committee. Robert S. Thomas asked the council for satelite annexation by the town of a parcel of land at the northeast corner of the intersec tion of N.C. 32 and U.S. 17. Thomas explained his plans for the construction of a motel on that site and asked for the council to take action at one of its special meetings in April. Town Administrator Sam No ble, said Wednesday that after the petition, which was submitted by Thomas asking for the annexa tion, is studied and certified, coun cil could set a public hearing date at its April 29 meeting. The hear ing and final approval could come as early as mid-May. During the public comment period at the end of the meeting, Continued On Page 4 ^ Architects drawing of the proposed Travel Host Inn motel. New Motel Developers Request Edenton Annexation Inc. ot Blacksburg, VA and Van Johnson of Richmond, VA. The motel, a Travel Host Inn, is to be located at the northeast cor ner of N.C. 32 and U.S. 17 at Edenton. Thomas said the building design will be colonial in nature, in keep ing with the historical significance of the area. The inn will offer telephones, air conditioning and color TV in the rooms and a swim ming pool. The seventy unit motel will con sist of three different room designs and is planned to cater to the needs of the commercial and leisure traveler. Thomas termed the room rates as “low to medium.” He said that, “Although an ex act opening date has not been determined, it is hoped that the motel will be ready for use early in 1987." Construction of the motel is expected to cost some $1.4 million. The site of the planned motel in eludes 18 acres owned by the developers. Thomas attended Tuesday night’s Edenton Town Council meeting to ask that the site be the subject of a satelite an nexation by the town. He also ask ed that action on this request be taken at one of the two special meetings of the council on April 16 or April 29. Thomas said that the motel would offer full-time employment for a staff of twelve. No restaurant is included in the plans. Board Candidates Express Concerns ny jacK urove (Editor’s Note: This is a continuing series on candidates for the May fi Primary.) David Ober_ Challenging Clara Boswell for the Second Township seat on the Chowan County Board of Commis sioners is David Ober, 56, of the Rocky Hock community. Ober, a Chowan County native, is married with four grown children and four grandchildren. He is a graduate of Chowan High School. A farmer, his major crops are peanuts and cotton. He is a charter member and past secretary for four years of the Albemarle Cotton Growers Association. It was this associa tion that was instrumental in establishing the cotton gin in Rocky Hock in the late 1970's. Ober is a member of the Rocky Hock Baptist Church where he is a Deacon and substitute Sunday School teacher. He is a charter member of the Rocky Hock Ruritans and a past member of the Chowan Ruritan club. He is a naval uner past president of both clubs and has served as Zone Governor, Lt. Governor and District Governor Continued On Page 4 Clara Boswell The incumbent County Commis sioner for the Second Township is Clara M. Boswell. Now serving as the Vice-Chairperson of the Board of Commissioners, she has had an extensive career in public service. Boswell, 53, is a native of Hyde County and the widow of W. Elton m .mm Clara Boswell Boswell. She has four grown children and one grandchild. Boswell earned three college degrees from East Carolina University: a B.S. in Home Economics M.A. in Secondary Home Economics; and a M.A. in Education Administration. She began her career in Chowan County in 1954 as a Home Exten sion Agent. She then operated a florist business for two years. In 1957, she embarked on a Continued On Page 4 ^ mmm w: mi •* *% ^ DEMO RALLY—Floyd Lupton, Administrative Aide to First District Congressman Walter B. Jones, was the featured speaker Friday night at a Chowan County Democratic Party rally at the American Legion building. Most local candidates were present and allowed three minutes each to speak. Chairman of the Chowan Democratic Party, Sara Tynch is at right. Saturday, April 12 from 9:30 r 12:30 I at Hicks Fifld i Special Olympics Admission is Free Come out and support these special children.

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