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Vol. X^II-No/h,
Local Projects
Win Get Ftnds
From Assembly
Rep. W. j. P. Earnhardt,
Jr., was successful in getting
$31,200 from the General As
sembly for three historical
buildings in Edenton.
Final approval of the three
bills was gained Friday in
the Senate.
The Earnhardt legislation
galled for $16,700 for Cupola
House Association; $11,600
for The James Iredell House
and $2,900 for the Barker
House.
The representative said all
three measures were approv
ed as submitted. He added
that the money bills gained
a lot of support in both the
House and Senate.
“We have a lot of friends
in the legislature," he said
and “they foe re very helpful
in our acquisition of the
money to carry out the work
at these valuable shrines.”
The funds earmarked for
the Cupola House will en
able the association to com
plete a renovation project
which is already underway.
Rep. Earnhardt said the
funds from the state will
now allow the James Iredell
House to undergo extensive
renovations. He said a park
ing lot is included in the
4 allotted funds as well as
wiring, central heat and oth
er items which will allow
the house to be home for
tourists the year-round.
Delegates Set
For Gbls State
Miss Brenda Joyce White,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Watson Earl White; Miss
Diantha Sexton, daughter of
Mr. and
Sexton of <-John A. Hbllhesf
High School, and Miss Linda
Perry Forehand, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Fore
hand of Chowan High School
will leave Sunday, June 20,
for Greensboro to attend
Girls State, which is held at
the University of North Ca
rolina.
Girls State is sponsored by
j the American Legion Auxili
ary. ,
All three girls are children
of veterans. Each girl is
chosen from the upper third
scholastically from the ris
ing senior class of the high
schools-of the state.
With the approval of the
principal and the local Girls
State chairman and commit
tee of the American Legion
Auxiliary.
For the past 25 years it
has developed within several
thousand young leaders a
deeper sense of their re
sponsibilities as citizens and
proved to be a practical
source of instruction in the
structure and operation of
state government.
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DRAMATIC WALK IN SPACE—Lt. Col. Edward H. White’s June 3
space walk has been cheered around the world. Photographs, like the one
above, are captivating the nation. The astronaut made the event look as
effortless as a walk around the block but during the 20-minute stroll from
<Eljp Public Parade
YOU CAN HELP—Partici
pants of the Civil War in
Chowan County may have
had a rough go of it, but so
are members. of fjhq Library
*nife club members decided
to make a real contribution
to society. They located an
old copy of Dr. Richard Dil
lard’s booklet about the
Cj.vil War in this county and
had it reprinted.
Rack in '1916, .the first
printing of /"“The Civil War
Iri/Chowanj County” was a
hu£e success. That is not
the case with a 350-run on
the secorid printing in 1965.
School i$ out and more than
100 of she booklet are still
unsold.
Library Club repro
duced this book as a non
profit' venture. Like a lot
of ..enterprises started for
profit, this one has ended up
with red ink and green
b<wks.
. This book is an account of
Chowan’s role in the most
tumultuous era in American
history, the War Between
the States. The foreword
states that Dr. Dillard was a
witness to that era and his
Booklet “is a vital and in
separable part of Chowan
County’s rich and colorful
heritage.”
A number of copies are on
sale at Hollowell’s Drug
Store. For those who live
out of town, if you will
send your $1.&0 to The Her
ald,'wtr wtR 'see ttlSfydu 'get
your booklet by return mail.
This is a good ' opportunity
to expand your knowledge
while helping a bunch of
youngsters wipe away the
red ink.
NEW HOURS Beginning
this week The Chowan Her
ald will be closed- on Satur
days.
The business office will be
open Monday through Friday
from 8 A. M. to 6 P. M.
These new hours are de
signed to give our employes
some extra free time and we
hope the policy will not in
convenience our customers.
C O N G R ATULATIONS
Two sisters from Columbia
came to Chowan Hospital to
have their babies. And it
happened on June 15 when
they gave birth to daughters
on the same day.
So, our congratulations go
to Mrs. Yvonne Etheridge
and Mrs. Sara Ann Voliva
and their husbands, who are
sometimes lost in the shuffle
until it is time to go to the
store.
AID TO BUSINESS —The
orderly flow of traffic jn
and through a town 6r city
is one of the greatest aids to
business. People are natur
ally going to frequent a
place where they aren’t re
quired to spend most of their
time between stop lights.
Edenton has spent a great
deal of money on off-street
parking. This free parking
area will help downtown
businesses if traffic is prop
erly routed and adequate
signs are erected pinpointing
the lot’s location.
What is a detriment to lo
cal business is the congestion
f which exists on Broad Street
on Friday afternoons and
. most of Saturday.
The solution to this is
quite simple. The allowing
of “U” turns at the foot of
f Broad Street must be stop
ped during the rush hours,
j At the intersection of Broad
and Water Streets there
I could be some channeliza
l tion which has worked so
| well in other areas of town.
There is no excuse for a
[ motorist to have to sit in a
parking space for JIO minutes
at the end of Broad Street
j trying to get into the line of
traffic and then find an
other 20 minutes or more is
I required to get to the poet
office.
Traffic is a constant prob
letn. Solutions are not nor
mally as easy to come by as
the one for the congestion in
Ed
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GIVEN AWARD—Edenton Jaycees were cited by the
National Foundation last week for their efforts on behalf
of the March of Dimes. Jack McGee of Raleigh, left,
made the presentation to Oscar White, March of Dimes
chairman, and Pete Dail, past president of the club.
Edmundson Is Winner
In Big RCA Contest
Caswell Edmundson, mana
ger of Western Gas Service,
313 South Broad Street, was
awarded a 1965 Chevy-van
truck loaded with RCA pro
ducts as grand prize winner
in RCA’s regional sweep
stakes contest.
Edmundson was one of
nine such winners in the na
tionwide contest sponsored
by RCA Electronic Compon
ents and Devices for radio,
television and hi-fi service
dealers throughout the coun
try.
The award was made this
week by A. O. Elingson of
Charlotte, area sales repre
sentative for the RCA Dis
tributor Products Division.
He said more than 100 ad
ditional prizes consisting of
RCA color TV receivers,
black and white portable TV
sets and transistor radios are
Group Attending
Legion Meeting
A group of local American
Legion and Auxiliary offi
cials left Wednesday for
Asheville to attend that or
ganization’s annual conven
tion.
E. L. Holloweil, command
er of Edward G. Bond Post
No. 40, and Mrs. Bertha
Bunch, auxiliary president,
led the local delegation.
Others attending the func
tion include Mrs. Holloweil,
Mr. and Mrs. Monk Mills,
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Tbppin
and Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Chestnutt. _
Gemini 4 he was making more history than
dangles at left from a 25-foot nylon tether
the space gun he used to maneuver around
being awarded to other ser
vice dealers throughout the
country who were selected as
runners-up in the contest.
The southeastern region for
RCA is composed of six
states.
An independent judging
organization selected the
winners in each region in
random drawings.
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NATIONAL WlNNEß—Caswell Edmundson, second from right, is shown receiving;
the keys to a Chevy van loaded with RCA equipment from A. O. Ellingnon of Char
lotte. Looking; on are Loyd A. Amyette of Kinston and Garland E." Hoke of Raleigh,
officials of Southeastern Radio Supply Co. Edmundson, manager of Western Gas
Service here was one of nine district winners in the United States in a RCA dealer
contest. _ _ „ _ .. ... , . „ ' _ .
most people can realize. He
and holds in his right hand
the capsule.
Dedication Set
At Kitty Hawk
A service of dedication will
be held for the Kitty Hawk
Baptist Chapel, located near
Kitty Hawk, Sunday, June
20 at 3 P. M. The Chapel
is a missions project of the
Chowan Baptist Association.
The chapel ministry on the
northern end of the beach
was begun in a rented build
ing in June, 1961. This work
was continued for the next
two summers under the di
rection of summer mission
students provided by the
Home Missions Board of the
Southern Baptist Convention.
When the association vot
ed to construct its own
building in the area of Kitty
Hawk, it was decided to sus
pend services for the sum
mer of 1964 and resume them
in 1965 when the new build
ing would be available.
The chapel, constructed at
a cost of SIB,OOO, opened for
services on June 6. Rev.
Albert Bishop, pastor of the
Nags Head Baptist Church,
also conducts the service
each Sunday morning at the
chapel. Morning worship is
scheduled at 9:45 A. M., and
Sunday School follows at
10:30 A. M.
Participating in the service
of dedication will be Rev.
Norman Burnes, 111 chair
man of the Association’s Mis
sions Advisory Committee,
Rev. Don Wagner, Modera
tor of the Association, Rev.
Robert S. Harrell, Superin-
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Reduction Voted
In Fire Tax Rate
By County Board
Chowan County commissioners have tentatively apr
proved a record $693,364.27 budget for fiscal 1965-66
while cutting the overall tax rate two cents on each
SIOO valuation.
At the conclusion of a lengthy budget session Tues
day morning, the commissioners approved a rate of
$1.58 per SIOO valuation, the same as this year. How
ever, they cut the fire tax rate from 10 cents to eight
cents.
Event Slated
At Rocky Hock
On Sunday, June 27, a
special day is scheduled to
be observed at the Rocky
Hock Baptist Church.
The occasion will be the
observance of the 130th an
niversary of the founding of
the church and will be a day
of homecoming festivities.
Rev. Thurman W. Allred,
pastor, announces that an in
teresting program is being
planned which is scheduled
to begin at 10:30 A. M.
Dinner on the grounds will
be served around 12:30 P. M.
and will provide an hour for
fellowship and the renewal
of old acquaintances. The
afternoon program will be
gin at 2 P. M. and the fes
tivities of the day will con
clude at around 3 P. M.
Rev. Bomar L. Raines, a
former pastor, presently
serving as pastor of First
Baptist Church, Kings Moun
tain, will be the speaker at
the morning service.
Several former pastors and
ministers, who went out
from the Rocky Hock Baptist
Church, will appear on the
morning program and will be
featured on . the afternoon
program. Special music will
be rendered during both
services.
Visit Is Planned
By Travel G ro up
A travel training group
from the Wilmington area
will be in Edenton today
(Thursday) as they wind up
a visit to the coastal and
northeastern section of North
Carolina.
Mrs. Peggy Holmes, who
has outlined the tour, said
the group will arrive here
during the morning for a
riding tour of Edenton. The
30 people on this tour will
have lunch at Edenton Res
taurant and present Mayor
John A. Mitchener, Jr., a key
to the City of Wilmington.
Mrs. Holmes said the
group is composed of repre
sentatives from five counties
around Wilmington.
The tour is held in con
nection with Cape Fear
Technical Institute in Wil
mington:
NEW MEETING DATE
The July meeting of Cho
wan County Board of Com
missioners will be held Wed
nesday, July 7 instead of
Monday, July 5. July 5 will
be a holiday for county em
ployees.
Single Copy 10 Cents
Chairman W. E. Bond said
a surplus exists in the fire
fund and since there appears
to be no interest in organiz
ing any new departments the
new rate will allow the
county to meet current ex
penses.
Included in the tentative
budget are pay increases in
most county departments.
Mrs. Pansy Elliott, county
accountant, said the county
will have a levy of $379,200
from the $1.58 rate, figured
on $24 million. Added to
this is $314,164.27 which is
anticipated from sources oth
er than ad valorem taxes.
She said the 1964-65 rate
of $1.58 produced $351,155,
bsaed on a valuation of $22,-
250,000. Added to this was
$287,799.35 from other sourc
es, bringing the current bud
get to $638,954.35.
While the overall budget
for next year is $54,409.92
more than this year, the
levy will increase only $28.-
045 with the remainder com
ing from other sources.
The county had anticipated
535.000 from ABC profits
this year and have actually
received $45,000. However,
for budget purposes, the
commissioners are again us
ing the $35,000 figure.
The breakdown of a $1.58
rate is the same as this year.
Mi’s. Elliott said. This is:
General Fund, 20 cents;
Bonds, 19 cents; Charity,
seven cents; Health, eight
cents; Schools, 81 cents;
Welfare, 11 cents; Revalua
tion, two cents; Agriculture
and Economics, eight cents,
and Civil Defense, two cents.
Chairman Bond said al
though the schools had re
quested a big increase next
year the commissioners felt
they could operate within
the 81 cent rate. He said
the split next 1 year will be
about 70 per cent for Eden
ton schools and 30 per cent
for Chowan County schools.
The county school budget,
however, carried a 20 per
cent increase. The Edenton
school budget was increased
9 per cent.
The chairman said the ten
tative budget also carries an
increase of SI,OO0 —from $4,-
000 to ss,ooo—to the Town
of Edenton for fire protec
tion. There is a stipulation,
however, that if a fire dis
trict is not formed within the
next 12 months the town will
not receive the increase. The
same is true with regards to
a SSOO increase for Cross;
Roads-Center Hill Fire De
partment.
At the meeting the com
missioners gave the fuel con
tract to Coastland Oil Com
pany. This business had
been put out on bids.
Larceny Counts
Aired In Court
Two of three young men
allegedly caught in the act
of stealing parts from two
cars were tried in Chowan
Recorders’ Court Tuesday.
Judge William S. Privott
found James S. Miller, 21,
604 Elliott Street, guilty of
larceny and acquitted Carroll
S. Miller, 23, Route 2, Eden
ton.
Fred Bunch, Albemarle
Court the third defendant,
asked for a jury trial and
the case was automatically
sent to Superior Court. He
was released under $250
bond for his appearance at
the September term.
H. L. Edwards, owner of
Edwards Body Shop, testi
fied that the three young
men stole a tacometer and
battery from two cars on his
lot as he watched through
the window. He stopped
them as they drove from the
garage in Bunch's Ford Mus-
He said the defendants
said they did not know why
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