Achievers
At the risk of being tagged
underinformed or worse, we
would like to say that the
American Tobacco Company
has done a commendable
thing in recognizing 100
9 American achievers as a part
of its centennial celebration.
You never know these days
when tobacco manufacturers
will be criticized for even the
nice things they do. Recently
P. Lorillard received just
such a treatment for buying
television time to offer free
0 copies of the Bill of Rights on
the 200th anniversary of its
adoption.
Now the American Tobacco
Company has published a 211
page book, with illustrations
in full color, depicting the ca
reer of 100 Americans, chosen
by a selection process, as
^ unique achievers during the
100 years since the company
was formed in 1890 with some
38 per cent of the cigarette
market.
By 1899 the American To
bacco Company had captured
60 per cent of the nation's
smoking and chewing tobacco
market. It owned two-thirds of
^ R. J. Reynolds and had just
bought out P. Lorillard. This
brought on such a hue and cry
that the "tobacco trust" was
dismantled in 1911, spinning
off such cigarette firms as
Lorillard, Liggett & Myers
and R. J. Reynolds.
But this was by no means
® the end of the company
founded by old Washington
Duke. By 1912 it owned 40
domestic and 20 Cuban facto
ries and employed 37,000 peo
ple. And today its products
account for a large portion of
the world market, with brands
introduced in 1987-88 captur
1 ing more than 12 per cent of
the American market.
That is a far cry from 1865,
when Washington Duke re
turned from the civil war to a
ransacked farm, which he
sold and then rented back a
few acres on which he planted
tobacco. He peddled his crop
9 from a wagon and earned $40
that first year. By 1866, W.
Duke and Sons were in busi
ness, realizing $5,000 in af
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M. A. (Johnny) Bryan
l Retirement
Announced
After eight and one-half
years as Chowan Hospital's
Administrator, Marvin A.
(Johnny) Bryan announced
his retirement at Tuesday's
i Board of Directors meeting, to
be effective June 30.
"I had initially planned to
wait until the psychiatric unit
was completed (at the end of
this year), but with the long
range plans moving more
quickly than I had anticipat
ed, I felt it was in the best in
terest of the hospital that I re
tire,” said Bryan.
Chowan Hospital is cur
rently embarking on a five
year long-range plan which
includes expansion and ren
ovation. ”1 felt that the hospi
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Published In The Mo*8eautiful Little City On The North Carolina Coast
Volume LVI - No. 13
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, March 29,1990
Single Copies 25 Cents
Day Care Bill
May B e Offered
By JACK GROVE
Seeking to make it more
difficult for convicted child
molesters to find employment
around children, Chowan
County’s state legislator, Rep.
R.M. (Pete) Thompson hopes
to introduce legislation to that
end.
Thompson said Tuesday
that he has drafted a bill that
would require a background
check including fingerprints
of applicants for day care po
sitions in the state. State law
currently has no require
ments that day care center
operators conduct any checks
on applicants.
Thompson said, "The bill
is to make sure that a con
victed child-abuser has a
harder time getting a job in a
day care center." He said that
the heart of the bill is the fin
gerprint requirement. The
prints would be sent to the
State Bureau of Investigation
to check against known abu
sers. The applicant would be
allowed to be employed during
the first ten days while the
check is being conducted.
A local day care case as
well as others in the state
prompted the legislation. Na
tionwide, there have been a
number of such cases includ
ing the well-publicized Mc
Martin case in a Los Angeles
suburb.
Thompson said that if the
bill is passed by the General
Assembly, it will act as a de
terrence to employment.
"These kind of folks look for
this kind of job." He cited a
New York study where he said
that, of the first 6,000 appli
cants for day care jobs, 240
individuals were identified
as convicted child abusers.
Since the legislation was
not submitted in last year's
regular session of the General
Assembly, it must have the
agreement of two-thirds of the
members of the House of Rep
resentatives in the upcoming
short session to even be intro
duced.
However, the bill has the
backing of Secretary David
Flaherty of the N.C. Human
Resources Dept., Thompson
said.
The Chowan legislator took
his bill before the state's Ju
venile Study Commission
Friday in Raleigh. The com
mission "will work on this
particular bill" and Thomp
son hopes the commission
will push the legislation.
While Thompson has not,
as yet, actively sought the sup
port of other legislators, many
by now likely have already
learned of it.
A news team from WTVD,
Channel 11, in Durham was
in Edenton Tuesday after
noon to do a segment on the
legislator and his bill.
They landed in the com
pany helicopter at Chowan
Hospital where they were met
by Thompson. The filming
took place on the green with
the historic courthouse as a
backdrop.
After the WTVD crew de
parted, Thompson said, in re
ferring to the local day care
case and his legislation,
"This is something positive
that can come out of this."
NEWS. TEAM DROPS IN--A TV crew of WTVD, Channel 11 from Durham flew in by heli
copter Tuesday to film a segment with Rep. R.M. (Pete) Thompson concerning upcoming leg
islation. From left are photographer Mark Hendricks, newsman Dave Boliek and Thompson.
(Photo by Pete Rogers)
Prison Terms Handed Out Last Week
The balance of cases tried
in Superior Court last week as
The Chowan Herald was go
ing to press include:
Delaware Kahn Hunter,
larceny by an employee, nine
years, suspended, five years
supervised probation, ordered
to submit to warrantless
searches for stolen goods,
drugs or contraband and to
complete 100 hours of commu
nity service.
Ruth Henderson Copeland,
70 in a 55, cost of court
Antonio Satterfield, com
mon law robbery and felo
nious possession of stolen
goods, 10 years, suspended,
five years supervised proba
tion with a special provision
that he serve a six month ac
tive sentence, submit to war
rantless searches for stolen
goods, drugs or contraband
and complete 48 hours of com
munity service.
Vickie Brothers Bryan, 70
in a 55, cost of court.
Clarence Junior White on
a probation violation, serve
two months in jail.
Willis Anderson Drew, as
sault with a deadly weapon
inflicting serious bodily in
jury, three years, suspended,
two years supervised proba
tion with a special provision
that he serve a 92 day active
sentence and complete 48
hours of community service.
Denise H. Archer, misde
meanor possession of stolen
Slade Is
Honored
CHAPEL HILL - Dr.
James N. Slade of Edenton
has been honored with a 1989
School of Medicine Distin
guished Service Award.
The award was presented
by Stuart Bondurant, Dean of
the University of North Car
olina at Chapel Hill School of
Medicine.
Slade, a pediatric and adult
medicine specialist, was
honored as a "quiet, gentle
force for excellence." The
second black medical gradu
ate of UNC, he returned to his
hometown to practice in 1965.
Since then, he has devoted
his professional life to im
proving access to health care
for the entire community. He
has served as a clinician for
the health departments of the
Martin-Tyrrell-Washington
and Perqtiimans-Pasquo
tank-Camden-Chowan Dis
tricts since 1966.
His citation quoted a local
newspaper which told its read
ers that "despite the late hour,
Slade's gentle bedside man
ner is still holding up. Few
doctors would work the late
hours for the hourly fee paid
by the state for conducting free
clinics to those unable to pay."
goods, 30 days, suspended, one
year unsupervised probation
and 24 hours of community
service.
Charles Riddick, domestic
criminal trespass, 15 days in
jail. The state took a volun
tary dismissal on another
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Home Improvements Are Made
By MARGUERITE MCCALL
In order to give special
recognition to North Car
olina's Small Cities Commu
nity Development Block
Grant Program (CDBG);
Governor James G. Martin
has designated April 7-14 as
"National Community De
velopment Week."
Communities in North
Carolina have used CDBG
flinds since 1982 to assist
businesses committed to cre
ating over 12,000 jobs; to
rehabilitate over 13,700
homes; to construct 260 miles
of water lines, 125 miles of
sewer lines and 127 miles of
street improvements.
In 1988 the Town of Eden
ton received $600,000 in CDBG
funds. The undertaking of
public works improvement
(water, sewer, street and
storm drainage) used a por
tion of the amount.
Rehabilitation of 34 units
in the West Albemarle Street
Community Development
Area received the bulk of the
grant, $488,000.
Administration of the work
is being handled by the
Wooten Company of Raleigh
and Greenville. Company
representatives are project
manager Donald Harvey and
community development spe
cialist Brendan Nolen.
Nolen said that twenty-six
of the units are severely run
down, eight are moderate and
three will require destruction.
The latter will necessitate ac
quisition of the properties and
relocation of the families.
"Archives and History
does not want anything torn
down except as a last resort,"
he said. "So those that come
down will be of absolute ne
cessity.
"In order to not even tem
porarily displace residents in
the homes being rehabilitated,
we're asking them to cooper
ate with the contractors while
the work is being done."
The proportion of grant
money used for rehabilitation
of homes depends on the own
ers income. Thus far, of the
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NEW FACELIFT — Brendan Nolen of Greenville, N.C.,
Wooten Company Community Development Specialist, stands
outside this house at 204 West Gale Street that glistens with new
paint. It is one of the houses rehabilitated under the CDBG pro
gram that aids small cities in community development. Mrs.
Callie Freeman owns the home. Nolen indicated his satisfac
tion with the job done.
Efforts Successful In Obtaining Additional Clerk
After several years of ef
fort, an additional clerk has
been added to the court clerk's
office.
Mrs. Marjorie Hollowell,
Clerk of Chowan Superior
Court said last week, "I've
been working since June of
1986 to get another clerk's po
sition for this office." She
said that her staff members
have, at times, had to work on
weekends to keep up with the
burgeoning workload.
Because of the increased
work, Mrs. Hollowell said
that she recently got a call di
rectly from Franklin E. Free
man, Jr., Director of the Ad
ministrative Office of the
Courts in Raleigh. He told her
that an additional deputy
clerk's position had been au
thorized for Chowan County.
Mrs. Hollowell worked
with Edenton's Employment
Security Commission to fill
the post Out of 11 who applied,
four were interviewed and
Stella Simpson Brothers was
selected for the job.
Mrs. Brothers is a graduate
of John A. Holmes High
School and Elizabeth City
State University. She also at
tended College of the Albe
marle for computer and no
tary public training.
She has worked with the
Employment Security Com
mission, Town of Edenton as
a CDBG director and the
Edenton-Chowan Schools as
in-school suspension coordi
nator.
A volunteer at the Teen
Center and Chowan Arts
Council, Mrs. Brothers is a
member of the Fannie A.
Parker Women's Club and is
on the Credit Committee of the
Chowan Credit Union. She is
married with two children,
ages 12 and four.
Mrs. Hollowell now coor
dinates a staff of one assistant
clerk and four deputy clerks.
They handle the paperwork
for Superior and District
Courts, both civil and crimi
nal, small claims, juvenile,
support cases, estates, adop
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wj&iAJUMfc AUUIIIUN-Mrs. Malone Hoiiowell, Chowan Clerk of Superior Court and her
staff welcome Stella Brothers to the clerk's office. Shown from left are Mrs. Hoiiowell, Sheila
Sawyer, Mrs. Brothers, Alice Twiddy, Sarah Copeland and Sam Evans.