EAST EDENTON.425 174
WEST EDENTON......534 284
ROCKY HOCK.118 68
CENTER HILL.156 71
WARDVILLE....202 75
YEOPIM. ft) 57
TOTAL...........1507 729
Rice Toppin
SHERIFF
22
242
132
22
33
490
Bunch
76
14
16
34
9
218
Jethro
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
385
507
104
176
123
187
1482
Hollowell
250
396
192
75
91
130
1134
Smith
427
519
128
163
135
199
1571
Boswell
185
346
197
89
104
109
1033
Ober
314
660
213
124
123
235
1669
Jones
361
342
40
124
62
119
1048
Jordan
BOARD OF EDUCATION
318 354
614 357
194 58
92 155
107 83
227 123
1552 1130
Cox Taylor
274
569
216
104
126
245
1534
Parrish
410
421
41
133
49
127
1186
Sharpe
CLERK OF
COURT
559 111
716 217
271 45
253 25
240 70
153 31
2192 499
Hollowell McCall
The Good News
And The Bad
Well, the primaries are now two
days past and everybody is
happy—or had just as well be.
That’s the thing about elections.
There isn’t much you can do after
wards to change the results.
Statewide, things went about as
expected. Terry Sanford was high
man in the 10-candidate
sweepstakes for the Democratic
nomination to the United States
Senate. We had hoped Sanford
could pull it off in the first
primary and that’s what he did.
On the flip side of the U.S.
Senate race, James T. Broyhill
has sewed up the Republican
nomination in the three-way
contest.
We voted for the constitutional
amendment for off-year election
of state and local officers, not
because we felt it was such a good
idea but because we wanted
somebody other than Tom
Gilmore and Eddie Knox, both
losers in the last gubernatorial
race, to tell us to vote against it.
They were complaining that
such a shift would be expensive
without explaining why it would
cost more for state candidates to
run concurrently with mayors and
other municipal officials than to
run concurrently with U.S.
Presidents and Congressmen.
Then, too, they complained that it
would mean holding elections
every year, which we are doing
^ anyway. In this, they overlooked
the fact that our constitution calls
for “frequent elections.” Article I,
Sec. 9, declares that “for redress
of grievances and for amending
and strengthening the laws, elec
tions shall be often held.”
- LjQpaUy* there was good news
•nd baa. As usual, Chowan Coun
ty voters went to the polls in large
( numbers to register their choices.
Thus they helped to nominate a
strong slate of candidates to lead
the major parties in the
November elections.
As a result, Marc Basnight was
nominated by the Democrats to
seek the First District seat in the
state senate.
Vernon James of Pasquotank
> received the nomination for one of
the two house seats in the First
District.
Winnie Wood of Camden and
Pete Thompson of Chowan were
in second and third place with
Thompson in position to go for a
run-off. The winners will face
Shirley Perry of Perquimans
County, the sole Republican can
I didate for the state house from the
First District.
County candidates were
nominated by the Democrats as
follows:
For sheriff, Wayne Rice.
For county commissioner, Joe
Hollowell; Clara Boswell and C.A.
“Al” Phillips.
For clerk of court, Marjorie
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Democratic Primary:
Moderate Turn Out
By JACK GROVE
(Editor’s Note: Statistics presented
in this article do not include absentee
or transfer votes.)
Fifty-one per cent of Chowan (
County’s registered Democrats'
went to the polls Tuesday to
choose among seventeen local
candidates, six for the N.C. House
of Representatives and ten for the
U.S. Senate seat being vacated by
Republican John East.
A four-way race for the nomina
tion for sheriff saw Wayne Rice
win with 1,507 votes or 51 per cent
of the ballots cast. E.C. Toppin
came in a distant second with 729
votes; Norman Bunch received
490 and Delvin Jethro, 218. Rice
will face Republican Fred Spruill
in November.
The remainder of the County
candidates face no opposition in
the November general elections.
Winning candidates for the school
board were elected Tuesday in a
non-partisan election.
Marjorie Hollowell swept away
with 81 per cent of the vote for
Clerk of Superior Court with 2,192
votes to Marguerite McCall’s 499.
In the contest for seats on the
Chowan Board of County Commis
sioners, incumbents Joe Hollowell
and Clara Boswell won handily.
C.A. “Al” Phillips ran unopposed.
Hollowell defeated Carroll Smith,
receiving 1,482 votes or 56.6 per
cent against Smith’s 1,134 votes.
BeswelTwoh bya wsrgih of 60 pgr
cent over challenger David Ober
with 1,571 votes to Ober’s 1,033
votes.
In the Board of Education elec
tion, incumbent Alice Jones
defeated Lois Jordan with 1,669
votes or 61 per cent to Jordan’s
I, 048. Incumbent James Taylor
was defeatd by challenger Frank
Cox with Cox receiving 1,552 or 58
per cent and Taylor getting 1,130.
J. M. Parrish won over Thomas
Sharpe with 1,534 votes or 56.5 per
cent to Sharpe’s 1,181 votes.
Representative Vernon James
was a clear winner for the
nomination for one of two seats to
the State House of Represen
tatives. Uqpfficial returns show
James with 10,265 votes across the
First District (1,072 in Chowan
County) or 30 per cent of the
ballots cast. To be nominated, a
candidate must receive 25 per
cent plus one vote.
It appears that a run-off will be
necessary for the other seat in the
state legislature. R.M. “Pete”
Thompson of Chowan County and
Winnie Wood of Camden County
received the next highest vote
totals/with Thompson receiving
5,833 and Wood getting 5,912. They
have seven days to request thi
run-off.
Other candidates in that raci
were Harry B. Schiffman witj
3,333; Audie Simon with 3,844 am
Sam Walker with 5,128.
Ballots cast in Chowan County
were 1,072 for James; 1,670 foi
Thompson; 420 for Wood; 195 foi
Schiffman; 508 for Simon; and23<
for Walker.
Former Governor Terry San
ford was the apparent clear win
ner for the Democratic nomina
tion for the U.S. Senate.
Also on the ballots were tw(
referendum questions. One con
cerning whether elections foi
state officials should be conductec
in odd-numbered years was
defeated in Chowan County by a
vote of 1,133 to 543. The other ques
tion concerned whether a nucleai
waste site should be established ir
North Carolina. County voters
registered disapproval by a vote
of 1,605 against and 183 for the
site.
Marjorie Hollowell
A two percent land transfer tax
was approved by Chowan County
Commissioners Monday morning.
The tax would be used in making
up an expected $400,000 shortfall
in funds due to federal cutbacks.
Currituck and Dare Counties
currently have a one percent
transfer tax. Chowan Commis
sioners decided that a two percent
tax should be requested from the
state legislature that would
generate $400-460,000 in new
revenue to maintain existing pro
grams in the county and some
new ones such as a 911 emergen
cy phone number system.
The land transfer tax would be
based on a percentage of the total
value of interest in real property
conveyed in the county. For each
conveyance of property, the seller
ELECTION RE8ULTO—Candidates and their siqjporters and reporters crowd the Chowan County Elec
I tion Office around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday evening as the election results are phoned in from the precincts
from around the county. Grim faces were mixed with smiling frees as the results poured in rapidly.
Vernon Janies
Winnie Wood Pete lliompson
Wayne Rice
Clara Boswell
Joe Hollowel!
Frank Cox
Alice Jones
m
J. M. Parrish
Board Approves Two Per Cent Land Transfer Tax
completes an affidavit of con
sideration of value. On this docu
ment, he certifies the true value
of the land being transferred
After certification by the tax
supervisor or his agent, the seller
must remit payment of the land
transfer tax to the Register of
Deeds before the appropriate
deed can be recorded.
Among the properties exempted
from such a tax would be gifts, in
heritances, governmental
transfers and leases of less than
ten years.
Stanton Harrell, with the
Albemarle Soil Conservation Ser
vice, made a presentation to the
board requesting their assistance
in generating greater participa
tion of county farmers in his agen
cy’s programs. Harrell said that
only 25 farmers out of some 400
are currently participating in
such programs as no-till cultiva
tion, providing approved field
borders and improved drainage
ditch measures.
C
The soil conservation said that
of $135,000 available to farmers
for such programs this year, only
$105,000 had been used. He said
that the remaining $30,000 “will
have to be turned in” if not utiliz
ed by June 1.
Commissioner A1 Phillips com
mented that “We have not had the
coordination between the state
and local extension service and
your organization.’’ Harrell
responded, “We’re asking for
your continued good support.”
Harry Gard and Haywood Jones
appeared before the board re
questing final approval for a new
subdivision in the Advance Com
munity of the county. The plat, as
submitted covers 65 acres of
usuable home sites.
The developers will sell lots,
and build homes for sale on some
lots. The development will restrict
single-wide mobile homes from
locating there and will have a
designated section especially for
double-wide homes. They said
White House Invitation Issued
John A. Holmes High School Principal Rob Boyce announced late
Wednesday that the school has received a special invitation to the
White House next Tuesday, May 13.
Boyce said that the senior class has been invited to Washington,
D.C. to receive their commencement address from President
Ronald Reagan. This address will be broadcast on network
television.
A White House aide explained that the President wanted to talk
to the seniors in the nation. The Holmes senior class was selected
to represent all high school classes. Boyce said that he was told
the selection was made on the basis of the school’s award of the
National Secondary School of Excellence and was made by the
Secretary of Education, William Bennett.
Boyce said that he was skeptical of the phone call at first, think
ing it might be a Joke. He said that he asked the aide, ‘‘Is this for
real?” After a few more details were given, he said he became
convinced the call was genuine.
Hie principal said that there are about 145 seniors in the class
who will make the trip.
)
that they expect to be able to
make some homes available for
$50,000 or less. Paved streets will
be provided in accordance with
the county subdivision ordinance.
In a split vote, the board decid
ed to proceed with the Historic
Foundation to market Swain
School to private developers for
conversion of the building into
condominiums or apartments.
The auditorium, under the pro
posal, would remain in the hands
of the county.
In a spirited exchange, commis -
sioners Joe Hollowell and Wayne
Goodwin maintained that public
property should not be sold. On
the other hand, Commission
Chairman Alton Elmore said, “I
would like to see it turned over to
the Historic Foundation and see
what they can come up with.”
Agreeing with Elmore were Com
missioners Phillips and Clara
Boswell.
The Board will be sending re
quests for three special pieces of
legislation concerning the county
to Raleigh for enactment at the
legislature’s short session in June.
These concern a new hunting law;
designation of Chowan Beach as a
special tax district to enable road
Continued On Page 4
Band Plans
Performance
The John A. Holmes High
School Concert Band will present
its spring concert on Wednesday,
May 14th at 7:30 P.M. in the
auditorium of John A. Holmes
High School.
Admission for this concert will
be $2.00 for Adults and $1.00 for
students.
Come out and enjoy an evening
of good music.