The Governor Speaks: 1965 General Assembly !| Is Hailed As One Os Most Progressive By GOV. DAN MOORE It is a privilege and a pleasure to make this report to the people of North Carolina on the' 1965 session of the General Assembly. This is also in the nature of a report ’’’ ’ GOV. DAN K. MOORE ;V Vol. XXXII.—No. 26 (Ehe Public parade HISTORIC AND PRO GRESSIVE—During the past several weeks school mat ters have been discussed along The Public Parade as N never before. Citizens have a new awareness of what is happening in this important field. Now we are faced with what administrative system is best for the schools, the siudent, the taxpayers, and yes. the entire community. We believe one admini strative unit in Chowan County M th* ~*mty .anstwer. This would provide atoOre efficient and eC6nomi*¥iT op si*atioh of our existing' Schools. It wouljl - strengthen the entire system. During the 1964 -65 term the e were 3,294 students enrolled in our schools. The Edenton City administrative unit was responsible for 2,- 416 of these in three schools while the county’s two schools had a total enroll ment of 878. Chowan Coun ty taxpayers paid approxi mately $212,000 on educa- I tion—or more than one half the total tax levy for the county. The combined budgets of the two administrative units for fiscal 1965-66 is in ex cess of 233,000, an increase of about 10 per cent. It will be financially im possible for Chowan County to provide a choice for rural Negro students by Septem ber, 1967. ; Yet, without a consolidation of the two ad ministrative units, the great white fathers in Washington say it must be done. In order to comply with the all-inclusive Civil Rights Act of 1964, students must be given a choice as to what school they want to attend. Heretofore this was simple. They could go to Chowan High School or D. F. Walk er High School in Edenton. This will not be the case .two years hence. Chowan County has been given two years to solve the problem of transporting students from one admini strative unit to another for schooling. Consolidation of the two administrative units here would be quite simple since the money for operation of both units comes from the county tax levy. If Edenton had a special school tax that would complicate matters. And if the consolidation is not realized a special levy for schools in Edenton might be much closer to reality than we care to discuss. If the county has to build another high school, or sub stantially add to the exist ing one, every taxpayer in the county, will feel the pinch. And then we would be taking students from an accredited school and plac ing them into one which is not accredited. Ck, Therefore, this is not just 4, a matter of dollars and cents. It is also a means for pro : FHpn t o n aim) Chowan ; County is very historic. We THE CHOWAN HERALD Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina 27932 Thursday, July 1, 1965. had very little to do with that. Our mayor and cham ber of commerce likes to spread the word that we are also among the most pro gressive communities in the state. This is an area in which we can now prove ourselves. NURSE NEEDED “Does anybody know where we can find a registered nurse for the hospital to do the 11 P. M., to 7 A. M., tour of duty?” That is a question W. P. - (SpeoJ afanes' 'ts asking in has *leep. The hospital is in (tffe need of a nurse for this shift and the administrator has called on the entire com munity to join in the sedrch. “This is a real serious problem at the hospital and we sincerely solicit every one’s help,” the administra tor said. Nurses are a vital part of the operation of a hospital. Edenton and Chowan County has a good hospital and through the years has had good nurses. Right now they are caught short. If nurses also didn't make good homemakers we could solve the problem by letting them have the best one ever to don a uniform. But that’s another story. The hospital needs your help. If you know of a prospect contact the admini strator or Mrs. Helen Robin son, director of nurses. TICKER TAPE POVERTY —According to an item in The Dallas Morning News, Rep. William Fitts Ryan, D., N. Y., is getting worried about the poverty war’s Job Corps. Ryan has suggested that the two applicants who have been accepted “deserve a pa- Continued from Page 4 >•:: S' <■*&< . £ v fljSpj*'. • ; V Jr NEW EPISCOPAL DEACONS Thomas Carl Kehayes of Edenton, right, and James Frederick Fardham of Washington, left, were made deacons in St Paul’s Episcopal Church here Tuesday. Bishop Thomas BL Wright, center, was the ordaining bishop. Dr. Albert T. Mollegen, second from left was the preacher. The hoot rector, Rev. George B. Holmes is shown second from rigid as the group poses outside the historic on. the first six months dministration, as much of opr time and effort was i'?* Ito working in close co operation with the General Assembly. I want to take this opportunity to thank the newspapers of the state for their cooperation and assistance during these six months. They Have been crucial months. We have had a change of administration and a new legislative session confronted with many challenging and difficult issues. It has been important for us to know what the people are thinking, and it has been important for the people to know the nature of the issues we have been dealing with. The newspapers, along with other communications media, have done a commendable job of keeping the people in formed. I think it has been a good six months for North Caro lina. The 1965 legislature has acted wisely and courage ously. It has moved effectively against the major prob lems facing our state today. It has smoothed the way for the full development of many of the opportunities avail able to us. In my opinion, the 1965 General Assembly has been one of the most progressive and outstanding in the legislative history of North Carolina. It has appropriated the largest biennial budget— than $2.15 billion—in the history of the state. In terms of capital improvements, this General Assembly has approved $149 million for construction pro jects. This is made up of $39 million from the general fund, $17.9 million from legislative bonds, $46.7 million from self-liquidating projects, $35 million from grants and gifts and $lO million from special funds. Os this total amount, $73.7 million, or 49 per cent, is for educational purposes. Critics of the General Assembly have had their say about this session. Now, let’s permit the record of this Assembly to speak for itself. The facts are most impres sive. The education of our children is the first responsibility of state government. I recommended a program that I felt would meet that responsibility. The General Assembly is mksm ~ / >. 88 a* .’W & >s■' ■ --v >) #. •- s 9k M J/k.. 18 wr ip 'mm |||pp f wm&m Jmt ' Ii M- 4 mk HE jHy 130TH ANNIVERSARY Some of the estimated 1.000 people who attended the 130th Anniversary at Rockv Hock Baptist Church on Sunday are shown entering the sanctu ary as two' of the principals of the day pose for the photographer. At right is Rev. Thurman W. Allred, pastor of the historic church, with Rev. Bomar L. Raines of Kings Mountain, a former pastor. Mr. Raines delivered the Sunday sermon at the all-day combination anniversary homecoming. County Board In Favor Os Single School Unit The Chnwan County Board of Education, hastening to resolve the existing school crisis, has gone on record as favoring one administrative unit for the en- tire county. This is one of the provisions of a revised plan for Rights Act of 1964. At a special meeting Monday night, the four board Fire Station, Library Bid Opening Scheduled Sealed bids will be opened here July 15 for construc tion and equipping the new fire station and Shepard- Pruden Memorial Library. Bids for the fire station will be opened at 2:30 P. M„ with the opening of bids on the new library building set for 3:30 P. M. . The fire station bids will be received by Mayor John A. Mitchener. Jr., while Thomas Shepard, chairman of the library trustees, will take the bids for that group. Carr, Harrison, Pruden & DePasquale, associated arch itects, of Durham, are archi tects for both proposed structures. The fire station is to be erected on North Broad Street, next to the National Guard Armory. The library will be built on Water Street across from Colonial Furni ture Co. The notice to bidders, ad vertised this week, states •operate proposals will be or expanding research in more than a dozen fields—half of them relating directly to agriculture and the others to such diverse subjects as computer programming, minerals, highway safety, speech and hearing defects, marine fish eries and zoology. Faculty research grants have also been made available, as well as funds for studying regional characteristics and potentials. The health of our people has not been neglected. Four year nursing schools have been established at the Greens boro and Charlotte campuses of the university, and a two year nursing school has been established at Wilmington College. Steps have been taken to create a two-year medical school at East Carolina College. Capital improvement appropriations of $4.3 million have been made available for the improvement and expansion of our mental institutions. $2.7 million nas been provided for the establishment of Alcoholic Rehabilitation Centers. And $738,000 has been appropriated for construction of a mental health unit in the prison system. Funds have also been made available for the support of day-care centers for the mentally retarded, for the opera tion of local mental health centers, for support of a very promising program to detect signs of possible future men tal retardation in infants, and for general support in ojher physical and mental health areas. Traffic safety is a primary concern of mine, and I am especially pleased that the General Assembly has matched my concern and recommendations with positive action. A North Carolina Highway Safety Authority, with the gov ernor as chairman, will direct the total program. Driver education is a prime deterrent in the rising toll of high way tragedies. And I am pleased that the legislature has appropriated more than $4 million for support of the Driver Education Program in North Carolina. To supplement this education program, we will now have a Highway Safety Research Institute located at the University of North Carolina. We will have a simple, ef fective Motor Vehicle Safety Inspection that will reduce (Continued on Page 2) received for general, plumb ing, heating and air condi tioning, and electrical con tracts on each building. Construction of the fire department and library will be of brick and steel roof framing. Both are of co lonial design. The fire department struc ture will contain approxi mately 7,500 square feet. It will be supported by treated pile foundations. Exterior walls will be brick with con crete masonry unit back-up. Interior walls will be gen erally-exposed concrete, vinyl asbestos and ceramic tile floors and plastic ceilings. Library work consists of constructing a building with an area of approximately 3,- 500 square feet. Type of construction will be basically the same as for the fire sta tion, with the exception of the piled foundation. It is anticipated that con struction on the two build ings will get under way around August 1, compliance with the Civil members attending unani mously approved the revis ed plan which is almost as sured of being accepted by federal authorities. With the acceptance of this plan and the continua tion of an agreement of 33 years standing with the Edenton Citv Board of Edu cation, all Negro high school students in the county can be transported to D. F. Walker High School for the next two years. Following a conference in Washington last Thursday and earlier action by Supt. Hiram Mayo of the city schools, all the Negro stu dents—some 98 in all—who chose to attend the local Negro high school, can do so. If one administrative unit is not realized by September, 1967, the county board must move to establish a senior high school at White Oak School. Prior to the appointment in Washington, Supt. Mayo reqiiested and received ten tative approval from federal authorities to allow 68 Ne gro students who had al ready begun their high school education in Edenton to continue. However, this did not apply to 31 rising ninth graders who had re quested transfer to D. F, Continued on Page Seven j