THE CHOWAN HERALD Published In The Most Beautiful Little City On The North Carolina Coast _ , Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, December 18, 1986 : Single Copies 25 Cents Volume Lll • No. 48 Not Much Of A Choice There can be no argument that President Reagan, while his sub ordinates were shipping arms to the Iranians and cash to the Con tras, either knew what was going on or did not know. The problem lies in trying to figure out which is worse. If he knew — and most Ameri cans think he did — then that brings his credibility and judg ment into serious question. His credibility because he played down the amount of arms involved when he went on television to give the American people “the facts.” And because, in that same ad dress, he denied knowledge of trans-shipments, third-party in volvements or shady transactions. His judgment because he was saying one thing publicly while do ing the opposite under cover, urg ing our friends and allies abroad not to negotiate with terrorists while trying to ransom U.S. hostages held by moslem zealots with arms and spare parts. Given that this course of action might, in the long run, have re sulted in improved relations with post-Khomeini Iran, the President should have known that any mili tary aid to Iran, perhaps the Continued On Page 4 PREPARE FOR CONCERT—The Concert Choir (pictured above), Treble Ensemble and Mixed Choruses of John A. Holmes High School will hold a Christmas concert Thursday, December 18 (tonight) at 7:30 p.m. in the school auditorium under the direction of Mrs. Shelby Strother. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Admission will be $2.00 for adults, and $1.00 for students and children wishing to attend. Rice Submits Resignation Deputy Sheriff Wayne S. Rice said Tuesday that he has sub mitted his resignation from the Chowan County Sheriff’s Depart ment in order to accept an ap pointment as a county magistrate. •Of the appointment he said, “It’s just something I couldn’t turn down.” Rice defeated four Democratic opponents in the May primary in his bid for election for sheriff. In November, he was defeated by Republican Fred Spruill. Magistrates are appointed by the senior resident Superior Court AJudge every two years. Superior Court Clerk, Marjorie H. Hollo well said that the process begins with applications submitted to her office which are then forwarded with recommendations to Judge Small. Mrs. Hollowell said of the appointment, “He’s been inter ested in it for a good while.” Chowan County has two magis trates, currently Tarkington and Carlton Perry whose appointment has expired. In the performance of their duties, they are super vised by Chief District Court Judge John T. Chaffin, Mrs. Hollowell said. Rice said that he learned of his appointment on Monday in a let ter from Judge Small. His resig nation from the sheriff’s dept, is effective Dec. 28 and the Court Cleric said he will be sworn into his new position on Dec. 31. Schedules Provided (Editor’s Note: As a service to our readers, we are providing a listing of Holiday dosings of government of fices, trash pickup schedules and selected businesses in the area that and services to area .) EDENTON - Town offices will be closed Dec. 25 & 28 and Jan. 1. Trash collection: Dec. 22, East Eden too; Dec. 23, West Edenton; Dec. 24, normal limb pickup; Dec. 29 and 31, East Edenton; Dec. 30 CHOWAN - County offices will be closed Dec. 24,25 and 26 find 4 ■5 Deadlines Announced In observance of the Christ mas holiday, The Chowan Herald will be closed all day next Thursday and Friday, December 25 and 26. Accord ingly, an early printing schedule has been set for next week’s edition. Classified and legal adver tising for next week’s issue should be submitted no later than 12 noon on Monday, December 22. Display adver tising should be turned in before 2:00 p.m. on Monday, December 22. Exceptions will be made for ads which do not require composition. News items and photo graphs intended fra* publica tion in next week’s edition should be turned in by 2:00 p.m. on Monday, December 22. Those who can have ads, news items or photographs brought in on Friday, December 19 (tomorrow) by 5:00 p.m. are encouraged to do so. Your observance of these deadlines will be greatly appreciated. r” Swearing In Ceremony Held By JACK GROVE Three Chowan County residents flew to Washington, D.C. and join ed more than 1,500 North Caroli nians in celebrating new Sen. Terry Sanford’s swearing in on the U:S. Capitol steps on Wednes day, Dec. 10. Witnessing the event were Chowan Democratic Party Chairman, Charlie Shaw; local chairman of the Terry Sanford Election Committee, Dr. Ed Bond; and Paul Waff, local businessman. Tom Lawton, aide to Sanford, described the day’s events in a telephone interview. A brunch, sponsored by N.C. Lt. Gov. Robert Jordan, former governor Jim Hunt, State Democratic Party Chairman Jim Van Hecke and Cliff Benson, a Raleigh businessman, kicked off the festivities. Senator Sanford was sworn in on the east steps of the Capitol at 12:30 p.m. by the Hon. J. Dickson Phillips, Jr., Federal Judge of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Phillips makes his home in Charlotte and is an old friend of Sanford’s dating from attendance j at law school at the same time, i Lawton described the day as J cloudy until 12:30 “when the sun j broke through.” He said that the ( sun went back into hiding shortly ; after the ceremony was com- j pleted. The aide quoted a Duke j University associate of the ] senator, where he was president ] for many years, as saying that j Sanford had “weather magic.” Many university ceremonies were conducted outside when the weather was threatening only to brighten up long enough for the ceremony. . According to Lawton, Dec. 10 1 was a day of “firsts. It was the ' first time ever that a senator was ' sworn in on the steps of the ' Capitol. Most are sworn in together on the Senate floor on the 1 first day of the new congress.” He * said that it “was the most people sver to witness the swearing in of > i senator.” < Sanford was sworn into the 99th * Congress, to fill the unexpired * term of the late Sen. John East, which runs from Nov. 5 to Jan. 6. ' Sanford will then be sworn into the < LOOth Congress with the other new- j ly elected senators early in 1 January for a normal six year « term. Lawton pointed out that the senator automatically gained seniority over other freshmen senators by taking office last veek. The ceremony on the Capitol steps was made necessary by the arge home state crowd which :ould not be accommodated in the Senate galleries. At the conclusion *f the ceremony Sanford spoke •riefly to the crowd, just another srecedent that would be impossi >le under normal circumstances. In alluding to the unusual ar angements, Lawton said, “We lon’t think Terry Sanford is a isual senator. We think he is ixtraordinary.” A reception followed in the Senate Caucus Room with the en ire crowd invited. The room “was am-packed. Washington knew forth Carolina had arrived,” the side observed. Continued On Page 4 RECEPTION—New U.S. Senator Terry Sanford receives the con gratulations of supporters last Wednesday afternoon in the Capitol’s Senate Caucus Room. Harrington Retains President Pro Tem Position State Sen. J.J. (Monk) Harr ngton was victorious in his quest 0 retain his position as President sro Tem in the state senate tccording to Sen. Marc Basnight >f Manteo in a telephone interview it press time Wednesday. Bas light, who had participated in a Senate Democratic Caucus in laleigh on Tuesday, said that larrington had come out on top in 1 contest with Sen. Henson Barnes, a Goldsboro attorney, by a vote of 21 to 17. Basnight said that it was very important to the northeast for Harrington, a retired business man from Lewiston, to hold the post in what is described as a key senate leadership role. The Presi dent Pro Tern is in charge of the Rules and Operations Committee that approves legislation to go before the full senate; assigns senators to offices and seats; makes some committee assign ments; and is co-chairman of the Legislative Research Commission that operates between legislative sessions. His influence could be crucial in legislation directly af fecting this area. Harrington represented an area MltWfL included Chowan Goupty before redistricting about two years ago. It was at that time that Basnight was elected to represent the present district that includes Chowan. The Manteo senator said that Lt. Gov. Bob Jordan will appoint major senate committee chair manships on Feb. 9. Basnight said, “I am hoping to get the chairmanship of an Appropria tions Board,” one of four in the senate. On other subjects, Basnight was asked if he thought a ban on phosphates in detergents was in the future for the state. He reiterated what some of the ex perts said at the recent convo cation of Virginia and N.C. legislators of the Chowan River Interstate Study Commission. SEALED—The entrance to a ros ty’s Cowpen Neck area, where mir and drink, was sealed off with a fe Sheriff urged owners of similar a to the public. “We will be watchini volving minors using alcohol and i to make arrests,” Sheriff Spruill desire to arrest any adults provic Most of the phosphates entering rivers comes from treated waste water from sewage plants, 75 per cent from human waste residue and 25 percent from detergents. With this treated material diverted to land application systems, (all of the municipalities Continued On Page 4 d leading into sand pits in the coun ors have been known to congregate nee this week. The Chowan County *eas to close them off from access l areas of the county for parties in Irugs. When they occur, we expect said. He particularly indicated his ing minors with alcohol. Woman Evading Police Wrecks Car A Hertford women led local police on a high-speed chase through Edenton and onto U.S. 17 last Wednesday evening. Edenton Police Officers C.C. Alexander and S.B. Terry responded to a domestic disturbance call at 6 p.m. in a neighborhood near D.F. Walker School. A woman, identified as Leola Jones, 25, one of the subjects of the call, stopped her car briefly alongside the police car before abruptly pulling away. The of ficers followed, with blue light and siren after she was seen to be driv ing on the wrong side of the street and ignoring stop signs and traf fic lights. She reportedly passed three cars waiting at a Hwy 17 business north red light and attained speeds of 60 mph before coming to the intersection of 17 Bypass. Ig noring that stop sign, she is said to have “spun out” on the highway where the patrol car stopped in front of her. After ramming the police car, she spun her car around and pro ceeded toward Hertford at a high rate of speed, apparently driving more in the southbound lane than her own, passing northbound traf fic. While attempting to pass a semi-trailer truck and two other vehicles near Gabby’s Restau rant, she lost control of her car, which jumped the ditch on the southbound side and came to rest. Continued On Page 4 FETED AT RETIREMENT—A retirement reception was held for former Chowan County Sheriff Glen Perry at the Carolina Room Tuesday afternoon. Perry will continue with the sheriffs department as a Special Deputy. A plaque honoring his many years of service to the county was presented to Perry by Chairman of the Board of CSwwan County Commissioners, Alton Elmore (right) and Commissioner C.A. (Al) Phillips. i

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