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Support for project urged BY LAURIE HUFFORD Staff Writer This year’s Memorial Day Ceremony at Chowan’s Veterans’ Memorial was well-at tended. Master of Ceremonies, George Stokes, led the Pledge of Allegiance. The flag was lowered to half mast while Tom Dyson played “Taps”. Lynn Bundy sang “Stars Spangled Ban ner” and the armed services wreaths were placed. Next came the laying of wreaths by Sons of the American Legion, Squadron 40; the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 40; and the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Edenton Teaparty Chapter. Robert White, Post 40 Chaplain, gave the invo cation, “...in loving memory of those who have given their lives for their country, in loving honor of those who continue to serve this land...” George Stokes addressed the cause Of build ing-America’s National Memorial for those who helped to win WAV.II.. According to the American Battle Monuments Commission, “The National WAV. II Memorial is a...tribute to the individual Americans who helped win W.W.II, the largest war of all time and the defining event of the 20th century. The Memorial honors the veterans ... (and) those on the home front who contributed to the war effort, and the high moral purpose that moti vated the nation’s call to arms. Never before or since has our country shared such a common bond of purpose and determination. This will be the first national memorial acknowledging the commitment and achievement of the entire na tion.” President Clinton authorized the building of this memorial May 25, 1993, but most of the funding ($100 million) must be raised from private contributions. “They’re going to build this memorial if we send them the money,” said Stokes. “We’re not going to have a memorial that’s just to veterans. Back in W.W.II... there was no one who backed off frorq a job that needed to be done ...” The W.W.II Registry of Remembrances; asso ciated with the proposed’Memorial , will list the names of Americans who participated in the war effort, and be kept on permanent public See PROJECT On Page 3-A Development wins approval BY LAURIE HUFFORD Staff Writer At its most recent meeting, the County Plan ning Board, with members Glorious Elliott, Bobby Winborne, Fran Ward, Dan Ward, and Roger Spivey present, unanimously gave the “go-ahead” to Multivest, Inc., regarding its platt for Sandy Point Cove. The:se eight lots, prob ably to be put up for sale this week, are located at Sandy Point Beach (off of 32). “That’s about the 10th revision. We have met with Cliff (Copeland) and Holly (Columbo) three different times to make sure — we wanted to do things like you all (Planning Board) would like to see them and meet all the codes,” explained Michael D. Ingalls, Director, Multivest, Inc. “I’m glad we spent that time ... We want to have something there that everybody will be proud of.” Lot size is a minimum of .5 acre, with a mini mum of 115'-120' of water frontage per lot. There will be county water, and a 60', rather than a 50' cul-de-sac. There is a requirement that homes built here have at least 2,000 sq. ft. of heated area under their roofs. Platt plans include 2 fire hydrants, double what is required, and there are common areas. A paved street with a formal entrance will be flanked by two common areas (tennis court possibilities were mentioned). There is another common area around a boat landing, which will be repaired by Multivest, Inc. All existing buildings on the property will be taken down, leaving pine trees, sand, and water. „ “That’s what intrigued me about this prop erty. There’s nothing like it anywhere else (sandy beach in back yard),” said Michael Ingalls. Each lot, besides touching water, will have a sandy beach. Water lines will be 6" rather than the required 4", giving better volume and pressure. The company has already contacted (and gotten permission from) Mr. Wood about the closest place from which to bring the water in — off Sandy Point Road. The new line will come across and go under 32, and then go down the beach. In addition to the lots in this plan, the com See APPROVAL On Page 8-A Retiring D.F. Walker Elementary School Principal Ralph Cole addresses the graduates at Friday night's graduation at Hicks Field. Looking on are Board of Education Chairman Glorious Elliott and Superint endent Dr. Allan Smith. Cole encourages graduates to continue reaching for dreams BY REBECCA BUNCH Editor Retiring D.F. Walker Elementary School Prin cipal Ralph Cole was the keynote speaker at Friday night’s commencement exercises for the graduating Class of 1999 at John A. Holmes High School. Cole’s daughter, Gerri, was among the graduates. Introduced by Salutatorian LeAnne Spruill, Cole told the graduates to always remain true to their dreams. “Don’t ever underestimate the power of your dreams,” he said. “Just think, man would never have gone to the moon had someone not dreamed of it...In each of us there lies the strength to make our dreams come true.” “You have worked hard, studied and prac ticed long hours and that effort and energy have afforded you a place in this event...graduation. Thirteen years ago, as you entered Walker’s and White Oak’s kindergar ten classes, I came to know you and have watched you grow and mature over the years. I have come roappreciate your intelligence, your dedi cation, ycur endless and seemingly tireless ef forts to achieve something great. I have wit nessed the way in which you have given your See DREAMS On Page 8-A Resource Team visits sites ID’d by Heritage Tourism Council BY LAURIE HUFFORD Staff Writer As part of NC’s Northeast 1‘ County Initiative for Heritage Tourism, the Interagency He source Team FAM recently visited Chowan County. The Team spent one day touring sites previously identified hn the Chowan County Heritage Tourism Development Coun cil as those needing to be pre served or further developed. The FAM team consisted ol Caron Whitakers Division ol Coastal Management, Chat Thomas, Wildlife Resource Commission, Kicky Howell Historic Sites, Myrtle Earley NC Department of Agricult ure Ian Phyars, Division of Com munity Assistance, Dan Kidd NC Tourism, Sports & Film Development, and Am> Brannock, NC Arts Council Leslie Williams, Folklore Spe cialist, joined the group later Nancy Nicholls, Chowan County Tourism Development Authority/Chamber represen tative, and Linda Eure, Site Manager, Historic Edenton Visitor’s Center, accompanied the team. Other individuals, including Sue Clark (Arts Coun cil), Claudia DiViney (Preser vation NC Office), Junius Britton (museum ), Bob Harrell (Albemarle Recreation Cen ter), Bill Mansfield, Robert Hendricks (landowner), Mike Williams (Agriculture), Fran ces Inglis (Yeopim Township), and Ann-Marie Knighton (Town Mgr.), contributed to the tour. At the close of the day, the Resource Team met with the community at the Barker House for a “wrap up” of what or lire are so close to tne land... she said. “One of the things that I think is important to capture is all the knowledge and the ways of life that elderly people have that has not been recorded,” she stressed. Net making, boat building, and farming tours were dis cussed. The idea of making audio tapes - driving tapes - containing music from local choirs, was presented. Church tours, scheduled for 3 or 4 times a year, or as part of an event, were suggested. Leslie Will iams will provide information on how to gather oral histories, and the possibility of getting a national marker erected at Lo cust Grove Church will be ex plored. Hidden sites will be investigated. An underground railroad reportedly operated in the area at one time, so pos sible sites related to this will be sought, and people who may know about it will be inter viewed. There may be funding available for public access boat ramps along the Chowan River. In the Cannons Ferry area, boardwalks for pedestrians, in place of the buildings, were suggested. The Albemarle Re creation Center’s focus on edu cation is constructive, but per haps certain times of the year or on certain days, it could be open to the public. Sensitive marketing was also suggested to let people know about canoe ing and kayaking at Bennett’s Mill Pond. The Mill houses were considered a tremendous asset, as was the old Roanoke River Lighthouse, which was considered to be a great spot for maritime history, re sources, exhibits, or archives. issues raised as concerns oy the community were the loss of wetlands and the weed prob lem at Bennett’s Mill Pond. Other citizen suggestions were for a maritime museum (and funding sources), family histo ries/genealogy, and the feasi bility of “old-time” transporta tion (e.g., train, old boats). The tour that generated all this discussion included a trip to the Edenton Cotton Mill His toric District and a visit to the Albemarle Recreation Center, an 80-acre farm with a collec tion of turn of the century farm equipment, and a demonstra tion. The tour also took the Team to Bennett’s Mill Pond, a 200-acre southern cypress swamp mill pond, whose mill served this community as a source of corn meal. Currently, it is open to the public for non supervised fishing and canoe ing. Another site visited by the group was Colonial Park Wa terfront, a public park owned by the town of Edenton, at the foot of Broad Street. This is part of the area included in the proposed Waterfront Develop ment Plan. Locust Grove Meth odist Church, on Drummonds Point Road, was a place of wor ship for African-American slaves even before it was built in 1865. In 1865, Edward Wood donated the land so that a church could be built. From this “Mother Church”, all the other country churches in the area grew. On the first Sunday in December, both black and white residents come together for a special service. Of the 11 church members, 7 are in the choir, so it is not surprising See TOURISM Ou Page 3-A Chowan Tourism Authority Director Nancy Nicholls (atfar right) accompanies members of an Interagency Resource Team on a familiarization tour to a Cannon's Ferry location that was one of the sites identified as needing t o be preserved or further developed by the Chowan County Herit age Tour ism Development Council. they’d seen. “It was a real treat to see some of the hidden-away trea sures that you all have here,” Amy Brannock started off the meeting. “...you have so much here that is drawing visitors...to the his toric district,” Amy said. “We...asked the counties to look beyond those ... to things that they thought might be po tential tourist attractions or also, what are the ‘sacred’ places”, (environmentally sen sitive or things that would lose something if they had too much traffic, or things the area might want to keep to itself). “They (Chowan’s group) have shown us a day full of wonder ful things...our role is to give you our impressions of what we’ve seen and also to give you some ideas of resources (and)... of technical assistance that might be available at the state level — to help you develop ideas.” Dan Kidd defined heritage tourism as including history, nature, and culture. Much of Chowan’s natural beauty and history is apparent. Its cul ture, however, is not. Leslie Williams, Folklore Specialist, explained that, in her job, she documents tradi tional cultures, particularly those that have been handed down through informal net works rather than though for mal education. In Chowan, she has looked at the rnaritime tra dition, with boat building and net making, at special crafts, like quilting, and at the hunt ing tradition. Lately, she has been looking at African Ameri can farming. “This is a region where ways SATURDAY, JUNE 5 Ryland Community Bldg. 4:00 - 7:00 P.M. Faith Fellowship lsapusi cnurui Youth "Barbecue Chicken Supper q>o.uu rt*r riaie Eat-lh or Take-Out Call 221-2239 * I ■J
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