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. Continued On Page 4 * 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 Continued On Page 8 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»