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Volume LVII - No. 7 Published In The Most Beautiful Little City On The North Carolina Coast EDENTQN, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16,1995 Single Copies 35 Cents African-American Heritage Celebrated The images of civil rights leaders Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., appear alongside that of South African President Nelson Mandela in the Black History Month show case now being exhibited at the Shepard-Pruden Library in Edenton. February is Black History Month, and is the focus of several special programs at the library (see related stories on page 12-A of this week's newspaper. (Staff photo by Rebecca Bunch) Knife Possession Results In Arrest By MARGUERITE MCCALL A first period class was evacuated to the school library at 8:30 a.m. Monday when a John A. Holmes High School student sprayed pepper gas into the room. When confronted by school officials, the student, Michael Dennis, 17, admitted to hay ing a knife in his possession but said he had no pepper gas Later in the day, when questioned again by school au thorities, Dennis confessed to having sprayed the gas and to having hidden the container in his sock, said Edenton Police Capt. G.K. Bonner. Police Chief C.H. Williams said he was contacted by JAH Principal David Wright at 5:25 p.m. Monday regarding the incident. He said Dennis and his father agreed to come to the police station Tuesday morning to give a statement. Continued On Page 3-A Crowd Relives Memories Of WW II At Community Center By REBECCA BUNCH Approximately 750 local re sidents crowded into Swain Community Center Sunday afternoon to relive memories of World War II through a concert, exhibit, and USO style reception sponsored by local American Legion, VFWs, and the DAR, and hosted by the Chowan Arts Council. Opening the program was a free concert by the U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command Heritage . of America Band.Under the direction of S/SGT Joseph A, Ott, the band performed such wartime fa vorites as "St. Louis Blues March," "Over There," "You Made Me Love You," and "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree." "The crowd just loved hearing all those old songs again, " said CAC Executive Director Ann Perry. "One of the ladies I talked to later said that tears just rolled down her cheeks, because listening to them brought back so many memories. "Someone else I talked with said what they enjoyed most was that the band played the songs using the original arrangements, and so they sounded just the way people remembered them," F*erry added. At the conclusion of the concert, Edenton Mayor Roy Harrell addressed those as sembled. He said that while he had served during the Korean Conflict rather than during World War II, he could relate to the feelings re calling those times brought back. "I wouldn't give anything for the years I was in .ser vice," Harrell said. "It is an honor and a. privilege for me to be here with you today, to stand here and pay tribute to all of you. The Town of Edenton owes you a debt, the State of North Carolina owes you a debt, and the United States of America owes you a debt." Following Harrell's re marks, a USO-style reception was held downstairs in the Arts Council Gallery. With the sounds of the Glenn Miller Band playing in the back ground, guests enjoyed view ing WWII memorabilia loaned by more than 100 fami lies in the community. "We had a special sign-up area for veterans who visited the exhibit on Sunday after noon," said Perry, " and we had 103 who registered with us. We were delighted to have so many of them here, to re ceive this special tribute." One portion of the exhibit was of particular interest. It featured photographs of many Chowan County veterans in their uniforms. Many visi tors crowded around the pho tographs looking for the faces of family members and old friends. "We learned many things while preparing this exhibit," Perry said. "Many younger residents of our community weren't aware of how many heroes of World War II we had right here in our commu nity. Although, let me hasten to add that in my mind every one who served the cause of freedom in that war is cer tainly a hero in the truest sense of the word.” Other special features of the exhibit were guns, swords, helmets, hats and manne quins dressed in soldier uni forms. There were also scrapbooks, model airplanes, Japanese and Nazi flags and 'Old Glory' complete with 48 stars. "We couldn't possibly have put an exhibit of this magni tude without the devotion and countless hours donated to the project by Corinne Thorud," said-Perry. "She did an abso lutely remarkable job." "While everyone connect ed with the project worked really hard and deserves a tremendous 'thank you' from Continued On Page 3-A Edenton Mayor Roy Harrell (center front of photo) is flanked by members of the Heritage of America Jazz Ensemble as he ad dresses local World War II veterans, their families and friends during a special 50th anniversary commemoration Sunday af ternoon. (Staff photo by Rebecca Bunch) High-Speed Ferry Idea Appears Closer To A Reality By CLIFF CLARK For two years the idea of creating a N.C. "Harbor Town" which would be serviced by high-speed ferries has been vigorously pursued by Bunny Saunders, head of the tourism division of the Northeastern N.C. Regional Economic Development Commission. It now appears her idea is about to become a reality. At first glance the plan seemed a longshot, but Saunders said Monday that she is currently negotiating with a company, which she wouldn't identify, that could operate a high-speed ferry on the Albemarle Sound as early as this summer. The ferry would shuttle tourists to the small picturesque towns which dot the shores of the sound. Edenton, of course, is included in the Harbor Town concept. "If negotiations are success ful," she said, "there is a good chance a ferry will be in opera tion this summer." She said the company, which hasn't been identified because of the Snowfall Gives Kids A Holiday From School By MARGUERITE MCCALL Several inches of snow fell Tuesday night, Feb. 7, while most of the populace slept. By dawn, children's shouts awakened many local house holds. "Snow! Snow! Hooray! No school today." All day long youngsters were seen making snow peo ple, throwing snowballs, riding sleds pulled by four-wheelers and just generally, having a joyous time. Some motorists, who were forced to venture out, didn't have such a good time. Ac cording to Faye Gray, with the N.C. State Highway Patrol in Elizabeth City, there were nu merous incidents in Chowan County where vehicles slid into ditches. "A lot of these vehicles were pulled out without having to be written up," she said. The only report Mrs. Gray gave for Wednesday, Feb. 8, occurred at 5:30 a.m. on U.S. 17 Business North near state road 1323. She said Ernest Raynor Jr., 38, of Route 2, Edenton, was traveling north at a slow rate of speed when his vehicle lost traction, turned around on the highway, and slid into a ditch. No injuries were sustained she said. The damage to Raynor’s 1994 Isuzu stationwagon was estimated at $4,000. Trooper D.C. Garriss in vestigated the accident. As for the children, the holi day ended Thursday, with school resuming two hours late. Their snowballs began to resemble large marbles, scat tered here and there across lawns. Their sculptured efforts gradually melted into heaps of dirty garments, procured for clothing from Mom’s rag bag. Promises by TV weather men of more white stuff over Continued On Page 3-A i "sensitive nature" of the nego tiations "has a boat that is ready and available for this region." This represents perhaps the biggest step forward in mak ing the Harbor Town concept a reality. Since the beginning of the discussions, the ferries have been proposed as a foun dation upon which success would spring. "We've got to have the boats. It's that simple," said Saunders. "Can you think of a more appealing way to move people back and forth between the Harbor Towns?" she asked rhetorically. Her sentiments have been duplicated by William Rich, an Elizabeth City developer who heads the Rich Co. "It won't work without the boats." Rich is acting upon his belief that the Harbor Town idea will work. He has said he will be forming a Harbor Town Investment Group with a goal of raising $15 million in pri vate funds to help the water front-revitalization project. A wee feathered friend huddles beside a birdseed feed er last week. As much as the kids enjoyed the snow, care had to be taken that outdoors critters had nourishment and thawed water. (Staff photo by Marguerite McCall.) The money would be raised by issuing shares of stock in the company, offering half to large capital venture groups and the other half to small private investors. / Using private funds, as op posed to state ■ funds, is paramount to the effort’s suc cess said Saunders. "For suc cess, there has to be private sector investment. There is clearly not enough money in the public sector to finance a development of this size." With events moving so quickly, Saunders said that she will soon be approaching the local governments of the proposed Harbor Town partic ipants to "buy into the idea. Each town will have a chance to decide if they want to be in cluded in the concept," she said. According to spokesmen for the Town of Edenton and the Chowan County Board of Commissioners, there has yet to be a formal request made by the tourist division for in Continued On Page 5-A Marina And Dock Get Portion Of Grant Funds The Edenton Marina and the Edenton Town Dock have received a portion of a $109,000 grant to install marine sewage disposal stations, Governor James B. Hunt announced last week The grants, administered by the N.C. Division of Coastal Management, are part of a program designed to increase the availability of sewage pumpout and dump stations and to reduce the amount of marine sewage discharged into North Carolina's coastal wa ters. . The Edenton Marina was awarded a grant of $4,944.73 which is to be matched with $1,648.25. According to Thomas Newhams, manager of the Edenton Marina and owner of Boat Doc, construction of the pumpout station will begin in about a month. The Edenton Town Dock re ceived a grant of $6,420 to be matched with $1,500. Details of any upcoming construction were not available at presstime. Marine sewage is sewage Continued On Page 3-A Light Odor Activates Detector Edenton Fire Chief Lynn Perry said a bad fluorescent light in the laundry, area of Britthaven of Edenton emitted an odor that made the fire de tector activate Thursday, Feb. 9, at 6:34 p.m. "We responded to the call," Perry said, "but it was a mi nor problem, I’m glad to say." He said an earlier response Thursday to a residence at 123 E. Gale St., was also a minor problem, with no struc tural damaee occurHnrr
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