OnSchoolBonds
We want to take advantage
of this last opportunity before
the election next week to lend
our support publicly to the $7
( million school bond issue for
Edenton and Chowan County.
If we were a legal resident
of Chowan County, we would
vote in support of the bond is
sue November 8. Not being a
legal resident, we can only
say that we support it as a tax
payer to both the city and
county.
I Building needs of the
Edenton-Chowan school sys
tem are well documented. Not
only will additional class
rooms be needed to take full
advantage of the Basic Edu
cation program, which is de
signed to narrow the gap be
tween the education opportu
nities of children in small
j counties and those in the
larger systems, but additional
support structures will be
needed as well.
We can support such a large
bond issue in this small
county because the last legis
lature adopted a school build
ing finance plan which, over
the next 15 years, will make
| available to Chowan County
from state sources sufficient
funds to retire the bonds with
out an additional tax burden
on local residents.
It is a well-recognized
principle that one legislature
cannot make a binding com
mitment for future legisla
tures. It can set up long range
4 plans and adopt financing
schedules running into the
future, but the actual funding
of those plans becomes the re
sponsibility of each succeed
ing assembly, which it can
accept or reject.
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* Voters Face A Multitude Of Choices
Voters will have a lot of
choices to consider when they
go to the polls next Tuesday.
From Presidential candi
dates through state offices to a
local school bond issue, voters
will pull levers for their fa
| vorites (or vote against the
* least favored candidate).
A majority vote in favor of
the school bond proposition
will provide $7 million for
what county officials call
much-needed new construc
tion and renovation at
Chowan Middle School, John
A. Holmes High School and a
^ new wing at D.F. Walker
School.
Voter turnout may be heavy
according to Mrs. Beverly
Schroeder of the Chowan
County Elections Board. "I
would think that there would
be a heavy turnout because
there was a heavy turnout for
^ registration," she said. Dur
* mg the last week of voter reg
istration, Oct. 1 through 10
(six working days) some 250
residents registered.
Total current registration
count is 6,959 compared with
6,750 registered in 1984. The
books were purged in Decem
ber 1984. Registration was
4 5,207 in October, 1985 and
6,533 in October 1987. This
shows a net gain of 426 regis
tered currently.
Records show that 4,500
voted in the 1984 Presidential
election or 67 per cent of reg
istered voters.
Polling places are:
East Eden ton - Old Na
tional Guard Armory;
West Edenton - New
Edenton-Chowan Rescue
Squad building;
Rocky Hock • Rocky Hock
Rescue Squad building;
Center Hill - Crossroads
Fire Dept;
Wardville - Glidon Rescue
Squad building; and
|^) Yeopim - New National
Guard Armory.
Polls will be open from 6:30
a.m. until 7:30 p.m. One stop
absentee voting may be done
at the Elections Office in the
old courthouse through Fri
day, November 4 until 5 p.m.
A listing of candidates fol
lows with party affiliations in
parentheses. Unopposed can
didates will also be followed
by (U):
• President and Vice-Presi
dent - Michael S. Dukakis
and Lloyd M. Bentsen (D);
George Bush and Dan Quayle
(R); and Lenora B. Fulani
and Wyonnia B. Burke (New
Alliance);
• Governor - Robert B. (Bob)
Jordan, III (D); James G.
Martin (R);
• Lt. Gov. - Tony Rand (D);
Jim Gardner (R);
• Secretary of State - Rufus
L. Edmisten (D); John H.
Carrington (R);
• Attorney General - Lacy
H. Thornburg (D); Sam Wil
son (R);
• Commissioner of Labor -
John C. Brooks (D); Richard
D. (Dick) Levy (R);
• State Treasurer - Harlan
E. Boyles (D); Nancy Lake
Coward (R);
• State Auditor - Edward
Renfrow (D); Edward Gar
ner, Jr. (R);
• Commissioner of Agri
culture - James A. (Jim) Gra
ham (D); Leo Tew (R);
• Commissioner of Insur
ance • Jim Long (D); H.L.
(Pete) Rednour (R);
• Superintendent of Public
Instruction - Bob Etheridge
(D); Tom Rogers (R);
• Judge of Court of Appeals -
John R. Friday (D); Robert F.
(Bob) Orr (R);
• Judge of Court of Appeals -
John B. (Jack) Lewis, Jr. (D);
Donald L. Smith (R);
• Member of Congress -
Walter B. Jones (D); Howard
D. Moye (R);
• Superior Court Judge - Cy
A. Grant, Sr. (D); James D.
Riddick, III (R);
• Superior Court Judge -
George R. Greene (D); Carl
ton E. Fellers (R);
• Superior Court Judge -
Narley L. Cashwell (D);
Howard E. Manning, Jr. (R);
• Superior Court Judge -
Ernest B. Fullwood (D) (U);
• Superior Court Judge -
G.K. Butterfield (D) (U);
• Superior Court Judge -
Donald W. Stephens (D) (U);
• Superior Court Judge -
Gregory A. Weeks (D) (U);
• Superior Court Judge -
Orlando F. Hudson (D) (U);
• Superior Court Judge - Joe
Freeman Britt (D) (U);
• Superior Court Judge -
Steve Allen (D) (U);
• Superior Court Judge -
Howard R. (Rick) Greeson,
Jr. (D) (U);
• Superior Court Judge -
Thomas W. Ross (D) (U);
• Superior Court Judge -
Joseph R. (Joe) John (D) (U);
• Superior Court Judge -
Judson D. (Dave) DeRamus
(D) (U);
• Superior Court Judge -
James A. Beaty, Jr. (D) (U);
• Superior Court Judge -
Lester P. Martin, Jr. (D) (U);
• Superior Court Judge -
Shirley L. Fulton (D) (U);
• State Senate - Marc
Basnight (D); Daniel W.
Lawrence (R);
• State House of Representa
tives - Vernon G. James (D);
R.M. (Pete) Thompson (D);
Shirley E. Perry (R);
• Register of Deeds - Anne
K. Spruill (D) (U);
• County Commissioner •
Alton G. Elmore (D) (U);
• County Commissioner •
Wayne Goodwin (D) (U);
• County Commissioner -
James C. (Pete) Dail (D) (U);
and
• Albemarle Soil and Water
Conservation District Super
visor - Watson Earl White
(Non-Partisan) (U).
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Published In The Most Beautiful Little City On The North Carolina Coast
Volume LLIV • No. 42
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, November 3.1988
Single Copies 25 Cents
Police Chief Resigns
Parrish Retires
By JACK GROVE
Edenton Town Manager
Anne-Marie Kelly announc
ed Wednesday morning that
Police Chief J.D. Parrish has
resigned his position effective
December 2, in order to retire.
Police Chief J.D. Parrish
Chief Parrish had resigned
once before, in May of 1986,
but, "people talked me out of
it," he said yesterday in a
joint interview with Ms.
Kelly. She said that they in
cluded the mayor, council
members and citizens who
felt that "the town would
benefit from him staying on."
He cited as a main reason
for entering retirement, his
elderly parents who live on a
farm. "The big reason is to
get out there in the county with
my family.”Parrish has been
working the farm's hog oper
ation part time. He said that
upon retirement, he will be
able to devote all of his time to
his family and the farm.
Ms. Kelly said that she and
the chief had discussed his
pending retirement for about
two weeks prior to the an
nouncement.
The town manager was
asked if a replacement would
be picked for the post by the
time Parrish leaves. "No, not
by December 2. We're going
to be doing intensive inter
viewing."
Ms. Kelly said that she
would try to set up an
"assessment center” that
would screen applicants for
the position and that the pro
cess might take eight to ten
weeks. Participating in the
process would be the town
manager, "maybe a sheriff or
a police chief in this area and
maybe another manager.
That's what I'm going to try
and formulate."
She expects the process to
include psychological testing
and background checks of
applicants.
"I consider the police chief
to be probably one of the town's
most important positions.
We're going to do a search.
We will look very carefully at
the personnel in the depart
ment," Ms. Kelly said, as
well as advertise the position
for applicants from outside the
police department.
She said that an acting
chief would be named from
within the department to serve
on an interim basis after De
cember 2 until the post is per
manently filled. She said that
while no decision had yet been
made, "The chief and I will be
discussing that."
Parrish joined the depart
ment as a patrolman in 1961.
He was promoted first to ser
geant and then to captain. He
served under former Police
Chiefs Leo Lavoie and James
H. Griffin before assuming
the post himself in 1967.
A native of Chowan Coun
ty, he is married to the former
Lois Allen. They have two
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CHAMBER ROAST--Contrary to the sign on the podium, dumping was allowed at the
Chamber of Commerce Roast of N.C. Highway Patrol Trooper Mike McArthur. Here, Jack Habit
takes his shots as Jerry Parks awaits his turn. McArthur, at right, got a turn to respond at the end
of the good natured fun. He reminded his tormentors that he would be seeing them on the
highway.
Edenton Receives Funds
For Street Maintenance
The Town of Edenton has
received $124,485.92 in Powell
Bill funds from the N.C. Dept,
of Transportation. Use of the
funds is restricted to mainte
nance and construction of lo
cal streets.
In all, the DOT sent $66.7
million to the state's cities
and towns for street mainte
nance during the first part of
October. Charlotte received
the largest amount, $8.1 mil
lion, while the Pitt County
town of Falkland received the
smallest amount, $2,337.19.
Charlotte had an estimated
1987 population of 388,995 and
1,444.15 non-system street
miles, while Falkland's
share was based on a popula
tion of 129 and .18 non-system
street miles.
Seventy-five per cent of the
funds are allocated on the ba
sis of population, while the
number of non-state system
street miles in each town or
city is used to calculate the
remaining 25 per cent.
Seeks Local Votes
Moye Pays A Visit
Howard Moye, a Republi
can from Farmville, was in
Edenton recently in his cam
paign to replace Democrat
Walter B. Jones in the U.S.
Congress. Jones also hails
from Farmville.
In an interview, Moye said
that until the last two weeks,
he had been campaigning
primarily in the southern part
of the First Congressional
District.
"The worst thing that we
run against is apathy and the
feeling the he can't be de
feated," Moye contended.
Jones has held his seat in
Congress for 22 years.
The challenger said that he
want to know who in this dis
trict can "take pride in voting
for Jones and dial-a-porn,
special rights for homosexu
als, tax increases and a long
list of liberal causes." He
said that the Congressman
had earned a zero rating from
the American Conservative
Union and American Secu
rity Council. On the other
side, he said, was a rating of
87 per cent from the AFL-CIO.
Moye said that Jones was
on record as voting for a fed
eral dial-a-porn bill that
would limit for-profit tele
phone calls to hear porno
graphic material to adults
only.
He also castigated Jones
for voting for a measure that
would prohibit physicals that
require a test for AIDS of ap
plicants in the District of
Columbia for life insurance.
"It's obvious that those who
know that they've got AIDS
load up on insurance," Moye
says. He continued that in
AIDS-related death claims, 33
per cent die in the first two
years. "Normally, only one
per cent (of the general popu
lation) die in the first two
years."
Moye said that if his oppo
nent was defeated, along with
14 additional Congressmen,
"we will have a working
coalition of conservative
Representatives to work on
trimming the deficit."
The challenger said that
North Carolina Democratic
Congressmen Martin Lan
caster of the third district and
Tim Valentine of the second
district-vot»<b withthe conser
vative coalition 86 and 88 per
cent of the time, respectively.
The average N.C. Congress
man voted conservatively 84
per cent of the time, while
Jones voted with the coalition
only 28 per cent of the time, he
charged.
Moye expects to visit every
county in the Albemarle by
election day. "If people in this
district vote their convictions,
I win," he stated emphati
cally.
Using Edenton's popula
tion, certified by the State
Budget Officer and the certi
fied local street mileage, the
allocation was computed at the
rates of $16.50 per capita and
$1,163.08 per mile. The local
population figure of 5,787 and
24.96 miles of non-state sys
tem streets was used.
Last fiscal year, the for
mula for the allocation of
funds was $14.52 per capita
and $1,011.24 per mile. This
year's allocations are $'2
million more than the $63.8
million dispersed last year
The money comes from
funds produced by one and
three-fourths cents of the
state’s 15.95 cents per gallon
gas tax.
Edenton will use the funds
for a Gradall, maintenance
and repair to several of the
town's catch basins, inter
change costs associated with
the acquisition of the right of
way on improvement of U.S.
17 interchanges SR 1319 and
SR 1234, paving East Gale
Street and resurfacing and
maintenance to other streets.
The town is required to
submit a detailed report
showing all receipts and ex
penditures of Powell Bill
funds each year to the DOT.
Area Hospice Program
To Be Topic Of Forum
A public forum on "Hospice
in the Albemarle" will be held
Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7:30
p.m. in the AHEC classroom
of Chowan Hospital in the ob
servance of November as Na
tional Hospice Month.
The forum by Albemarle
Home Care and the Chowan
County Hospice Volunteers is
being held to increase public
awareness and support of
Hospice.
The Chowan County Hos
pice Volunteer Program was
organized in 1984. They pro
vide certified volunteers to
give care and support to per
sons in the final stages of an
incurable disease so they can
live as fully and comfortably
as possible in their homes.
For more information
about the Hospice Program,
contact Robin Temple at 338
4066 or Jacqueline Ricks at
482-3737 after 6 p.m.
OPTIMIST AWARD-Chowan Sheriff Fred Spruill was
presented with the Optimist Club's Award for his work with
young people. Presenting the award at the Law Enforcement
Banquet on Oct 20 was Frank White. Spruill said that he has
enjoyed working in the Boy Scout program. "I would really
encourage anyone to work with the youth. Now is the time," he
said.