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Concert Choir To Represent N. Carolina Lobster Fundraiser Is Saturday Cho. County Residents Owed Refunds Miwriii i m wsm&k ruonsnea in 1 he Most beautipil Little City On The North Carolina Coast EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4,1993 ^ The Westinghouse Airship Incorporated (WAI) ground crew forms a "V" to hold cables steady while the mast operator (at nose of airship) performs a critical function in docking the "Sentinel 1000' at the Edenton Municipal Airport Friday. (Staff photo by Marguerite McCall.) Airship Practices At Airport (' By MARGUERITE MCCALL Residents looking sky ward around noon Friday may have spotted a blimp, an airship, circling above the Town and County. The Westinghouse Air ships Incorporated (WAI) vessel not only circled, it {^docked at the Edenton Muni cipal Airport. Approximately 25 people greeted the giant craft's unusual visit. Built in Weeksville, the "Sentinel 1000" was com pleted in June 1991. Since that time, until Friday, October 22, when it received FAA certifi cation of its type, it was con fined to flights within a 25 mile radius of the Weeksville base. "Now we can go any where," explained Samuel E. Porter, site manager at the Weeksville WAI Manufact uring & Flight Test Center. "We selected Edenton as the first flight and first docking (away from the base) after the certification." The docking was the air ship's 98th, Porter said. Excitement mounted as the ground crew and mast truck got into position to secure the descending airship. The crew moved into a "V" formation to Continued On Page 9-A Trash Reduction Is Required (j Chowan County continues to work toward a county-wide trash disposal/recycling pro gram through the use of con venience centers, County Manager Cliff Copeland said Monday. "The State of North Car olina set the requirement that ..counties reduce their trash 7disposed by 25 percent," Copeland said. "The only way this can be done is through recycling." Chowan County presently has two sites in operation, the first on Highway 32 beside Joe Lee's store and the second, recently opened, also on Highway 32 near Evans' Church. Construction on the site proposed on Soundside Road (Base Road) should be gin within the next two weeks. As the sites open, the green boxes are being removed from the communities served by the convenience centers, Cope land said. He said dumpsters in Rocky Hock and Cross roads have just been removed following the opening of the center at Evans' Church. "Patrons may use which ever site is most convenient," Copeland said, "and are re quested to separate their trash — plastics, cardboard, green and white glass, newspapers, cans, aluminum, and house hold garbage." He said staff is on-site to assist and that containers are also provided for yard debris. 'Kids’ Will Be Focus Of Parade By REBECCA BUNCH "Kids 'R' Christmas" will be the theme of this year's Edenton Christmas Parade, according to Jerry Holmes, who is coordinating the event with the Chamber of Com merce on behalf of the Legion tl Baseball Booster Club. Holmes met with interested Legion members Monday night to form an official pa rade committee. Serving on the committee this year will be: Doris Harrell, special events chairman; Cleo Grif fin; Sharon Edwards; Mary Ellen Pierce; Donald Wheel er; and Janet Thomson. "Santa's Workshop" will be set up in the old Quinn Furniture Building and will provide an opportunity for lo cal children to visit with Old Saint Nick and*tell him of their Christmas wishes. "Santa's elves will also be handing out Christmas bags of fruits and goodies," Hol mes said. He said that Shawn Mas sey, manager of the Belk's store in downtown Edenton, is arranging for local mer chants to stay open until 8 p.m. that night so that kids can stay and visit with Santa, and give working parents an extra opportunity to do some shopping. Holmes said the parade Continued On Page 3-A Low Turnout At Polls By MARGUERITE MCCALL This off-year election — as far as State and National of fices being on the ballot — re sulted in a slow day at local polls Tuesday. Only 28.3 per cent of Chowan’s 6,581 reg istered voters went to the polls. “Let’s just say we haven’t kept anyone waiting,” replied a registrar at West Edenton when asked if there had been a heavy turnout. Town voters sent back for mer Town Councilman Willis M. Privott Sr., 4th Ward, and returned Councilman Jerald I. Perry Sr., 3rd Ward, to Edenton Town Council. The candidates ran unopposed in their races. Hotly contested was an At Large seat held by Jerry Parks and challenged by Henry Smith. Voters returned Parks to the Council with 568 votes to Smith’s 392 votes. A State referendum on a constitutional amendment and four bond issues has re ceived a great deal of media attention in the past few weeks. Especially publicized by TV commercials and news paper ads was the $310 mil-: lion North Carolina Uni-: versity System bond issue. Both Town and County vot-. ers had the option of casting separate ballots for or against: the amendment and the four issues. Locally, they voted against the amendment but passed the University bond, the $35 million State Park System bond, the $250 million Community College System bond and the $100 million Clean Water Program bond. East Edenton West Edenton Center Hill Wardville Yeopim Rocky Hock Absentee! & PTV’s TOTAL Constitutional amendment permit ting the General Assembly to en act general laws permitting issu-" ance of bonds without referendum For 211 202 27 13 58 27 18 Against 136 371 52 57 164 108 17 556 905 The issuance of $310,000,000 por State of North Carolina University Improvement Bonds Against 229 392 44 37 135 59 27 127 201 35 35 92 82 8 The issuance of $250,000,000 for State of North Carolina Commu nity College Bonds Against 215 418 50 41 144 62 28 135 162 28 34 78 77 1152 580 958 521 The issuance of $145,000,000 State of North Carolina Clean Water Bonds For 215 436 51 44 161 70 31 Against 144 150 28 27 66 71 The issuance of $35,000,000 State of North Carolina State Parks Bonds For 116 400 45 41 154 69 28 Against 221 176 32 34 70 73 1008 490 853 613 JERRY PARKS HENRY SMITH, III JERALD PERRY, SR. WILLIS PRIVOTT, SR. East Edenton 334 170 63 West Edenton 216 219 44 68 Absentee 16 PTV's TOTAL 568 392 116 68 Veterans Honored Veterans Day will be ob served nationwide Thursday, November 11. The American Legion Post 40 encourages cit izeps to bring wreaths that day to the Veterans Memorial in Edenton to honor deceased or living veterans. Post member George Stokes said Monday that beginning at 11 a.m., a program will be held at the Memorial located on the corner of Court and East Queen Streets. Wreaths will be laid during the cere mony. Lest the day be viewed by some as simply "a holiday from work," reflect upon its designation, captured in an essay entitled, "American Hero," written by Mary West Jorgensen. "Our history is studded with heroic names. These names compose a world roster from which almost every na tion may choose one and say: He is ours! We produced the clan from which he sprung. See how he spells his name! That is how his family spelled their name years ago, here, in this land. The tale of heroism runs true from Valley Forge to Gettysburg, from the Argonne to Guadalcanal. How is it pos sible to select one and say of him: He is the bravest of all? Therefore, I choose one who lies in Arlington beneath the inscription: 'Here rests in honored glory, an American soldier, known but to God.' Of him we know three things: he was an American, he died for freedom, he sleeps in the comfortable keeping of the Lord of Hosts. He is a symbol of heroic qualities, of the vision of Washington, of the humanity of Lincoln, of the courage of Jack Peet (left), a masonry restoration specialist from Williamsburg, Virginia, works alongside his students during a masonry workshop conducted Thursday and Friday at the Old Chowan County Courthouse. (Staff photo by Marguerite McCall.) Masonry Workshop Held At Courthouse By MARGUERITE MCCALL Learning, caring hands caressed the brickwork at the Old Chowan County Court house Thursday and Friday during a masonry restoration workshop.v At no cost to the County, 17 participants came from Vir ginia, Georgia, and across North Carolina to work with Jack F. Peet, a third gener ation bricklayer and mason ry restoration contractor from Williamsburg, Virginia, to repoint bricks failing from improper repointing two years ago. "The failure occurred be cause the building was not wetted down," said A.L. Hon eycutt Jr., supervisor, Restor ation Branch State Historic Preservation Office in Ra leigh. Honeycutt, a member of the Old Chowan County Court house Study Commission (CSC), said omitting the step did not allow the mortar to dry properly. He also noted the more attractive and original appearance presented by the new repointing, which held the mortar back from the face Continued On Page** ,
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