New Industry Welcome
H
We want to take the lead along
the Public Parade in expressing
our appreciation to those officials,
public and private, who were suc
cessful in bringing an attractive
new industry to the community.
Of first importance. North
American Reiss, a plastics extru
sion molding firm, appears to be
an environmentally-compatible
industry that will not erode the
image of our area as a clean,
healthful place.to live.
Of comparable rank on the
scale of desirability is the fact that
North American Reiss will pro
vide good, jobs for 150 to 200 local
people. Available work at such
jobs is always a plus for a com
munity, especially in northeastern
North Carolina.
' And, finally, the company
domes with its own checkbook. It
has purchased a site in the Airport
Industrial Park and will erect a
100,000-square-foot plant, with the
possibility of expansion as the
business grows to a potential pay
roll of 400. It does not come ask
ing the community for tax conces
sions or a large advance of
capital.
No wonder there was keen com
petition from other cities in nor
theastern North Carolina and
other areas. Such industrial pro
spects do not come around often.
In the end, it was the quality of life
in the community, the availabili
ty of a suitable site at a reasonable
cost and the existence of an educa
tional system capable of giving
adequate training to workers that
carried the day.
So, we want to welcome North
American Reiss. We ask only that
it, as a new corporate citizen, help
to maintain the high standards it
will find when it gets here.
On Falling From Grace
«It has been interesting to watch .
the BroyhilJ senatorial campaign'
seek its level. Back during the
primary, he staked out the moral
Lhigh ground. As the General Elec
tion contest has dragged on, the
senator has lost altitude.
Early on, there was a television
spot in which a “citizen” observed
that when Terry Sanford “lined up
with McGovern and Mondale, that
was enough for me.” But when
voters began to ask in their own
minds if that were any worse than
, when Broyhill lined op with Spiro
Agnew and Richard Nixon, that
ad slowly faded from the screen.
Then there were those two
retired school teachers who were
all out for Senator Broyhill
because he had helped them cut
Social Security red tape and get
those checks coming again. This
ad lost its validity when someone
I suggested that, if it had not been
for Terry Sanford, those checks
would be a lot smaller.
Another television spot tried to
pin on Sanford “that cruel sales
tax on food.” But it paled in com
parison with the $135 billion in in
creased federal taxes Broyhill had
voted for in the past three years
on everything from gasoline to
^nicotine.
Then a Broyhill campaign
spokesman dug up the fact Terry
Sanford once suggested that
amnesty for Vietnam war pro
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Kids' Candy
* X-Rayed Free
Halloween stop at
i^nowan Hospital’s Emergency
Room can make your child’s
i a safer one.
goblins and ghoulies
the Emergency Room
p.m. on October 31 to
^have their goodies x-rayed, free of
charge.
It is sad to think that some in
dividuals would intentionally put
dangerous objects in Candy.
However, it does happen.
js' concerned
safety. With a
31,
an
visit
% THE
OWAN HERALD
Most Beautiful Little City On The North Carolina Coast
Volume LI I - No. 41
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, October 30, 1986
single Copies 25 Cents
General Election Polls
Open Next Tuesday
By JACK GROVE
Voters will go to the polls next
Tuesday to pick their favorites in
a long list of offices to be filled
during the general elections.
Heading the list are the can
didates for the U.S. Senate, Sen.
James T. Broyhill (R> and former
Gov. Terry Sanford (D). Both can
didates for the most part have
been able to shy away from the
mud-slinging tactics that marred
the 1984 contest between Sen.
Jesse Helms (R> and former Gov.
James Hunt (D).
Sanford, in addition to a four
year term as governor, served a
long presidency at Duke Univer
sity. Broyhill has served for over
twenty years in the U.S. House of
Representatives. He was ap
pointed by Gov. James Martin to
fill the vacancy left by the death
of Sen. John East.
In an unusual twist this year,
both senatorial candidates will be
listed on the ballot twice. Under
state law, Broyhill’s appointment
will expire on the date of the next
general election (Tuesday) while
the unexpired term extends to
Jan. 3. The first listing is for the
regular six-year term. The se
cond, for the unexpired term.
Cong. Walter B. Jones (D), who
has served the First District for
many years in the U.S. House of
Representatives, is being
challenged by a fellow Farmville
resident, Howard Moye (R).
State Sen. Marc Basnight (D),
looking for his second term in
Raleigh, faces Timothy Hodges
(R), seeking his first term in the
legislature.
A three-way race for two House
seats in the General Assembly
pits veteran legislator Vernon
James against two newcomers.
. R.M. (Pete) Thompson (D),
Chowan resident and retired
agricultural agent, is also in the
race along with Shirley Perry (R)
of Perquimans who has been ac
tive in organizations in her coun
ty and is a farm wife.
There is only one contested race
for offices in Chowan County.
Chowan Dep. Sheriff Wayne Rice
(D) and Edenton Police Officer
Fred Spruill (R) are vying for the
position of sheriff.
Running unopposed are: Mar
jorie H. Hollowell for Clerk of
Superior Court and Joseph B.
Hollowed, Jr., Clara M. Boswell
and C.A. Phillips for the county
Board of Commissioners.
Candidates running unopposed
for area offices include H.P.
Williams, Jr. for Dist. Attorney
and Judges Grafton G. Beaman,
John T. Chaffin and J. Richard
Parker for District Court
judgeships.
On the state scene, Judge
James G. Exum, Jr. (D) is runn
ing against Rhoda B. Billings (R)
for Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court. There are a total of 33
judgeships on the state level for
the consideration of the elec
torate. In the First Judicial
District, local Superior Court
Judges Herbert Small and
Thomas S. Watts are running
unopposed.
Polls will open Tuesday at 6:30
a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. Town
and county polling places are:
• East Edenton: Old National
Guard Armory (parking at the
rear)
• West Edenton: New Edenton
Chowan Rescue Building (parking
at the front and side)
• Rocky Hock: Rocky Hock
Rescue Squad Building (parking
at the front and side)
• Center Hill: Crossroads Fire
Dept, (parking in front)
• Wardville: Gliden Rescue
Squad Building (parking in front >
• Yeopim: New National Guard
Armory (parking at front and
side)
County elections official Marie
Akins emptwiBcd that there is—
cess for handicapped persons at
all the polling places. She said that
curb-side voting would also be
available for those unable to leave
their vehicles.
A sample ballot is printed on
page 8A of this edition.
OUT CAMPAIGNING—Howard Moye, Republican candidate for
Congress (second from left) greeted voters Wednesday, Oct. 22 on a
campaign visit to Chowan County. (Staff photo by Gail Basnight)
Members Attend Convention
A majority of Edenton’s Town
Council was in Charlotte last week
for the annual convention of the
North Carolina League of
Municipalities. Attending were
council members A.B. Harless,
Willis Privott, Marina Crummey
and W.H. Hollowell and their
spouses. Town Manager Sam No
ble also attended.
During the business meeting on
Oct. 21, Hollowell was reelected to
a second one-year term on the
NCLM Board of Directors for
1986-87. Also at that meeting,
Chapel Hill Councilman Jonathan
Howes was installed as the presi
dent of the League. Howes will
serve a one-year term of the non
partisan federation of 474 cities,
towns and villages.
Other officers elected for the
coming year were: first vice
president, Mayor Avery C.
Upchurch, Raleigh; second vice
president, Mayor Donald W.
Bryan, Nags Head; and third vice
president, Mayor Joe Knox,
Mooresviile. Winston-Salem
Mayor Wayne A. Corpening is im
mediate past president end will
continue to serve on the NCLM
I>?•v r"''
Board of Directors during 1986-87.
There are 22 members of the
board.
David E. Reynolds was install
ed as the League’s new executive
director. He succeeds S. Leigh
Wilson who retired Oct. 21. Wilson
joined the League staff in 1947 and
had served as executive director
since 1969. Reynolds joined the
League staff in 1980 and had serv
ed as the NCLM director of in
tergovernmental programs for six
years.
Former Edenton Mayor John
Mitchener, Jr. and Mrs. Mit
chener were invited guests for an
appreciation banquet for Wilson
on Tuesday evening. Mitchener
served as president of the
organization for 1966-67 term.
The Oct. 19-21 convention was
packed with business sessions for
the town officials. The conven
tion’s theme, “Innovations for
Changing Times,’’ was carried
out in a two-day program track of
informative general sessions and
workshops designed to assist
cities and towns in developing in
novative management and gover
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DEMOS HOLD RALLY—National, state and local Democratic Party officials and candidates gathered
at the Kermit E. White Center at ECSU to whip up support for next Tuesday’s general elections. At the
dais (1. to r.) are State Chairman Jim Van Hecke, Dist. Chairman Bill Hodges, National Chairman Paul
Kirk, Cong. Walter B. Jones, Mrs. Jones, U.S. Senatorial candidate Terry Sanford and Lt. Gov. Bob Jor
dan. (Inset: Jim Van Hecke lauds Congressman Jones.)
First District Democrats Gather
By E.N. MANNING
Democrats from Edenton and
Chowan County joined with other
First District Democrats at a
gathering in Elizabeth City Fri
day evening. The rally was held at
Elizabeth City State University
and drew well over 500 supporters
of U.S. Senate candidate Terry
Sanford, Cong. Walter B. Jones
and other Democratic hopefuls for
Tuesday’s general elections.
Dr\ Jimmy Jenkins, president
of ECSU, got the rally under way
with the welcome and invocation.
Bill Hodges, Chairman of the
First Congressional District Ex
ecutive Committee, introduced
Paul G. Kirk, National Demo
cratic Party Chairman. Kirk
•praised Congressman Jones and
called for complete unity within
the Democratic Party. He was
very critical of the Republican
Administration regarding the
federal budget and lack of help for
struggling farmers and support of
the textile industry.
Kirk said he understood that he
was the first National Chairman
to ever visit Elizabeth City and
that Congressman Jones was
responsible for his being there. In
closing, Kirk said “We have a
tremendous opportunity during
the next few vital years to make
history for the Democratic
Party.”
Hodges also introduced Jim
Van Hecke, Chairman of the State
Democratic Party. Van Hecke
projected victory for the
Democrats on Nov. 4. In his
remarks, he motivated the crowd
to a high level of enthusiasm
regarding the party and chal
lenged those present to ask them
selves the question, “Have I done
everything I can possibly do to
help send Sanford, Jones and
other Democratic nominees to
Washington?”
Lt. Governor Bob Jordan took
the podium and expressed how
happy he was to be in “Jones
country.” He said that he thought
victory was certain for Sanford
and Jones but cautioned those pre
sent to not let up even a little bit.
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UNIQUE CRAFT—N.B. Crandall (left) and R.N. Campbell toast the
new sailplane they built after a successful maiden flight on Oct. 18.
Campbell is the owner of the craft which both have flown. The sailplane
features a retractable engine which is used primarily to lift the plane
off the runway.
Sailplane Makes First Flight
A flying “first" was ac
complished recently at the Eden
ton Airport with the flight of a self
launching sailplane. The maiden
flight of the sailplane was made
by R.N. Campbell on October 18
after an FAA inspection and
clearance as “airworthy.”
Two Edenton men, Campbell
and N.B. Crandall, built the air
craft from a kit over a period of
almost three years. It was de
signed by Burt Rutan of Mojave,
Calif, who also designed the
“Voyager" which has been
featured in recent media reports.
Voyager was built as a non-stop,
round-the-world without refuel
ing, airplane.
The Edenton sailplane, dubbed
"Solitaire”, was built from a kit
which included a pre-molded
fuselage and wing spars and
which was obtained from the Task
Research Corp. of Calif. Crandall
explained that the front wing, the
main wing and other parts were
constructed of foamed plastic
"hot wired" to shape using
templates and then assembled
and covered with layers of glass
cloth and epoxy resin. Plans were
furnished with the fuselage and
wing spars.
Crandall said that. "As far as
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■HI *_
ELIZABETH II—The replica of
the 16th century sailing vessel was
open to the public on it’s recent
visit to Edenton. The visit coincid
ed with Edenton’s Tea Party
celebration. These pictures were
taken on the main deck and in
terior of the Elizabeth II. (top left >
Horace Whitfield, the ship’s cap
tain talks with a crew member as
area residents tour the ship. (top
right) Area residents flocked to
the ship during her visit to Eden
ton. (at left) This was the
“galley" in the interior of the ship,
(staff photos by Gail Basnight and
Deborah Collins)