THE CHOWAN HERALD
Published In The Most beautiful Little City On The Worth Carolina Coast
volume Lll No. 3/
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, September 25, 1986
Single Copies 25 Cents
Look Who's Talking
When Jim Holshouser took
James G. Exum, Jr., to task the
other day for having voted as
associate justice on the state
supreme court to overturn a large
number of death sentences, the
most apt response we could think
of was, “Look who’s talking.’’
Speaking as a member of a
group calling themselves Citizens
for a Conservative Court,
Holshouser cited the number of
times Exum, now a candidate for
chief justice, had dissented in
capital punishment cases.
“There is clear evidence,” he
said, “that he is only willing to im
pose the death penalty when he
qan find absolutely no reason in
the world to oppose it.”
Look who’s talking.
Back when he was a member of
the legislature during the early
1970’s, Jim Holshouser voted to
repeal North Carolina’s capital
punishment law. Then when he
became governor in 1973, he made
it plain that no one would be ex
ecuted by the State of North
Carolina as long as he was in of
fice, as, indeed, no one was.
That raises an obvious question.
Is it worse, for a judge to dissent
in a capital punishment case than
it is for a legislator to seek to
destroy the law itself? Is it worse
for a judge to dissent in applying
the law than it is for a governor to
brag he will not enforce it?
Perhaps, rather than reminding
the emperor that he has no clothes
on, it would be more appropriate
to point out that the former gover
nor has on the wrong clothes. He
is wrapping himself in therohes
of tfie GOP in an effort to exploit
an issue for the benefit of his par
ty’s candidate for chief justice. If
her felt capital punishment was no
longer popular in North Carolina,
he would be the last person to
raise the issue in the context of the
judicial campaign.
Citizens for a Conservative
Court is nothing but an adaptation
of the old Richard Nixon dirty
tricks technique. Since candidates
for seats on the bench are pro
hibited from taking part in the
rough and tumble of politics, the
Republicans have set up a com
mittee to do the dirty work for
their candidates. 11)08, when they
take off after Jim Exum, they do
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Home Game Against Williamston Opens Bulldogs' Season
The Chowan Bulldogs will open
their season against Williamston
Junior High on Wednesday, Oct. 1,
at 4 p.m. at Chowan Junior High
School.
Head coach Waymann Hum
phrey and Assistant coaches
Douglas Ashton and Willie Koonce
are optimistic about the season
ahead. They feel that the team has
good size and speed. The coaches
hope to capitalize on these
qualities to establish a strong run
ning game.
Games this fall include:
Oct. 1 - Williamston at Chowan
Oct. 8 - Chowan at Ahoskie
Oct. 15 - Elizabeth City at
Chowan
Oct. 22 - Roper at Chowan
Oct. 29 - Ahoskie at Chowan
Nov. 5 - Chowan at Elizabeth
City
The public is invited to come out
and support the Bulldogs this
season. General admission at the
gate will be $1 per person.
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BULLDOGS PREPARE—The Chowan Jr. High School Bulldogs have been engaged in a heavy regimen
of practice in preparation for their season-opening game with Williamston on Oct. 1. Tuesday afternoon,
head coach Waymahn Humphrey was going over offensive tactics with his players.
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DEMOS GATHER—Asst. District Attorney Frank Parrish (1.) was one of the guests at East Edenton
Precinct meeting Monday night. Others with Parrish (I. to r.) are Edenton Councilman Willis Privott,
R.M. (Pete) Thompson, candidate for the state legislature, and Wayne Rice, candidate for sheriff.
Parrish Addresses Democratic Party
The Democratic Party, East
Edenton Precinct, met Monday
night with Edenton Town Coun
cilman Willis Privott presiding.
Charles H. Shaw, Jr., Chairman
of the Chowan County Democratic
Party, presented R.M. (Pete)
Thompson, candidate for a seat in
the N.C. House of Representatives
and Wayne Rice, candidate for
Chowan County Sheriff.
A special guest was Asst.
Five Plead Guilty To Speeding
Chowan District Court was in
session Sept. 23, the Honorable
Grafton G. Beaman presiding
over the criminal calendar.
Jerry Wayne Privott pleaded
guilty to larceny and was sentenc
ed to 90 days, suspended for three
years upon payment of a $30 fine
and cost of court. He was ordered
to perform 35 hours of communi
ty service.
James T. Gregory’s suspended
sentence was revoked and he was
ordered to serve a 60 day
4^pnpitment. ,
James Olie Jordan was found
guilty of speeding 69 in a 55mph
zone and he received a $35 fine
and cost of court.
Joseph A. Berlando pleaded
guilty to speeding 85 in a 55mph
zone and he received a $35 fine
and cost of court. A charge of
possession of marijuana was
dismissed.
Steven Scott Outlaw pleaded
guilty to DWI and improper pass
ing. On the first charge, he was
sentenced to a minimum and
maximum of 30 days, suspended
for two years upon payment of a
$75 fine and cost of court. He was
ordered to perform 24 hours of
community service, to attend
ADET School, and to surrender
his operator’s license. On the se
cond charge, he received a $20
fine and cost of court.
At a probable cause hearing, the
case of Robert Lee Wilder, charg
ed with possession of stolen pro
perty, was dismissed.
Brian Keith Sawyer pleaded
guilty to allowing an unlicensed
person to operate a motor vehicle.
He received a $25 fine and cost of
court.
Ida Beatrice Brown pleaded
guilty to speeding 45 in a 35mph
zone andshe-wasLassessed court
costs. An appeal was noted.
Michael Steven Mooney plead
ed guilty to speeding 64 in a 55mph
zone and he received a $10 fine
and cost of court.
John N. Daley pleaded guilty to
speeding 74 in a 55mph zone and
he received a $35 fine and cost of
court.
Kimberly Diane Maddred
pleaded guilty to shoplifting and
was sentenced to 30 days,
suspended for two years upon pay
ment of a $20 fine and cost of
court. She was ordered to remain
off the premises of Winn Dixie for
two years and to perform 20 hours
of community service within 90
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District Attorney Frank Parrish
who gave a brief resume of each
jf the Democratic judicial can
iidates for the fall elections.
Representatives for other can
didates also spoke at the meeting.
Privott told the group, “If all of
is come together, push the load at
:he same time, the load will be
lighter.”
Area Break-Ins
Investigation
Wrapped Up
The Edenton Police Dept, has
wrapped up the investigations oi
a string of recent break-ins ol
local businesses with the arrest oi
an Edenton man. Jesse James
Twine, 19, of 97 Davis Place, was
taken into custody Sunday night
following the attempted break-in
af the M.G. Brown Building
Materials store.
Officers, responding to a
burglar alarm, observed Twine
walking away from the scene
where a window had been broken
in the back of the store. Twine
later confessed to a total of six
break-ins.
Police Chief John Parrish said
that Twine admitted to break-ins
it the Ashley Machine Shop on
Sept. 6, Albemarle Motor Co. and
Boswell’s Restaurante on Sept. 12,
ind Edenton Auto Supply, Bos
well’s and M.G. Brown on Sept. 21.
Twine is being held in the
Dhowan County Jail with bond set
it $5,000. A first appearance hear
ng was held for the suspect on
ruesday with Oct. 7 set for a pro
jable cause hearing.
Parrish said that Patrolman
r.E. Palmer and Sgt. G.K. Bonner
were handling the case.
Legion Fair
Another Success
Fair crowds broke all atten
lance records at last week’s 38th
Chowan County Fair. Fair official
Jill Perry said there was “A very
lice increase” over previous
rears.
At the close of the fair, atten
lance totaled 19,229. Last year’s
ittendance was over 15,000 and
.985 was a record-breaking year
ilso. Perry said that this year’s
nark topped that of last year by
‘about 3,000 more.”
On Saturday night, the midway
teemed to be bulging at the seams
vith people. There were long lines
or the ferris wheel and other
lopular rides and long waits were
n store for those in line for cotton
:andy.
Saturday’s attendance was
1,848, compared with 4,796 for
Saturday a year ago.
About 100 members of
American Legion Post 40 worked
o keep things running smoothly
luring fair week. Highway Patrol,
Ihowan Sheriff’s Dept, and
toscue personnel were on hand to
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Chowan's Teacher Of
The Year Selected
By JACK GROVE
A panel of eight judges picked
a winner among winners Monday
afternoon as they chose the
Teacher of the Year for 1986 for
the Edenton-Chowan school
system. Finalists, representing
each of Chowan’s four schools
were Patricia A. Timberlake from
D.F. Walker, Geraldine Hill from
White Oak, Willie L. Koonce from
Chowan Jr. High, and Rodney Lee
Bass, Jr. from John A. Holmes
H.S.
The closeness of the results at
tested to the judges' difficulty in
choosing the teacher for the
honor. However, after the chalk
dust had settled, Geraldine Hill
was picked as the top teacher for
1986.
The four teachers were scored
on their written applications and
on interviews, with each being
asked the same set of questions.
Poise, manner in handling dif
ficult questions and appearance
were some of the determinants in
the final selection.
Hill, a fifth-grade teacher at
White Oak for five years has had
12 years experience in her chosen
field. She earned her degree from
the State University of New York
and after two years teaching in
elementary schools, taught adult
education courses to senior
citizens.
Coming to Edenton in 1979 with
her family, she “resumed the pro
fession 1 had grown to love.”
She shared some of her educa
tion philosophy with the panel. “I
believe that each child is a unique
and unrepeatable human being. It
is my belief that each dhild brings
his own intellectual and physical
ability to the classroom. Each
child also brings his life ex
periences, however limited, his
family’s aspirations, and his own
most intimate hopes and fears. It
is my duty to find ways to en
courage and help each child reach
his potential.”
Hill also feels that “Teaching is
an exciting and rewarding profes
sion. Every child is entitled to my
best efforts, as I am but a spoke
in the child’s wheel of life.”
Chowan’s top teacher is in
volved in a wide range of ac
tivities in her profession and in the
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Geraldine Hill
community. She takes an active
part in twelve school-related com
mittees and organizations and has
an impressive portfolio of work
shops, conferences and post
graduate courses in keeping
abreast of the teaching profession.
Panelists were: Clara M.
Boswell, Principal at Chowan Jr.
High; James E. Taylor, School
Board Member; David Spruill,
President of the White Oak PTA;
Rosemary L. Lewis, Program Ad
ministrator for Exceptional
Children; Florence Thatch,
Fourth Grade Teacher at D.F.
Walker and a past Teacher of the
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District Committee
Members Named
WASHINGTON, N.C.-Forma
tion of a First Judicial District
Democratic campaign committee
has been announced by Bill
Hodges, 1st Congressional District
Democratic, chairman.
Hodges said that those from
Chowan County serving on the
Judicial District Committee are:
Alice Twiddy, Marjorie H.
Hollowed, Lena M. Leary, Glenn
H. Perry, Carlton Perry, W. T.
Culpepper, III, Mrs. Mary Ann
Thomas, Christopher C. Bean,
and Charles M. Shaw, Jr.
The District committee was
named with the assistance and
concurrence of Judges of the First
Judicial District.
The committee was formed to
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CONFISCATED POT—These wilting marijuana plants stand in a
corner of the Alcohol Law Enforcement division’s office in Edenton
Tuesday. They were found growing in Perquimans County at the rear
of a field of corn. The illegal plants are being allowed to dry prior to
being burned by the agents. There are estimated to be 250 plants in
this bunch with the tallest some six feet tall. The ALE’s Dist. Super
visor, Ken Dover, said that his office has no suspects in the illegal grow
ing of the plants.