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REGULARS RETURN Among the more than 50 boys reporting to the Edenton Aces’ pre-season grid camp are six regulars from the un
defeated, All East championship squad of last year. Five of them are pictured here during a break in the current workouts. Left to right are:
Bill Griffin, Charles Swanner, Mike Overton, Dwight Flanagan and Ikey Davis.
Vol. XXXII—No. 34.
Chowan County,
State School
Officials Meet
Chowan County school of
ficials met with the assistant
State Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction Monday after
noon but were not prepared
to give a detailed report of
the “discussion”.
Supt. C. C. Walters said he
felt some progress was made
in solving the long range
county school problems as a
' result of the meeting with
Dr. Everett Miller.
“It was an informative dis
cussion,” the superintendent
said. He added that no for
mal decisions were made but
the meeting would probably
be discussed further at the
board’s September meeting.
When questioned about Dr.
Miller’s recommendation con
cerning adding a high, school
at White Oak, S*H>K--Walters
replied that the state official
“doesn’t think much of it.”
Numerous problems facing
the county board, including
the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
were topics of discussion.
The Chowan plan for compli
ance, along with the plan for
Edenton City Schools, has
been approved.
In response to another
question, Supt. Walters said
Dr. Miller outlined neces
sary steps to perfect the con-
I solidation of the two local
administrative units. These
steps had already been dis
cussed by the board at previ
ous meetings.
Supt. Walters said the state
officials are familiar with the
situation in Chowan County
and Dr. Miller was very in
terested in school matters in
this area.
Those attending the meet
ing were Supt. Walters, O. C.
Long, Jr., chairman, Frank
Williams, Eugene Jordan, A.
F- Downum and Nick George,
members and W. J. P. Earn
hardt, Jr., board attorney.
Council Meeting
Set September 1
The Chowan County Home
Demonstration Council meet
ing will be held Wednesday,
September 1, 2 P. M., at the
- Ryland Community Building.
Mrs. Glenn Langley, Ty
' ner, N. C. delegate to Home
makers Week in Raleigh, will
make a report Mrs. O. M.
Blanchard, Hobbsville dis
trict Music Chairman, will
make a report of the State
Music Workshop held in
Greensboro-, N. C.
Items of . business will in
clude Chowan County .Fair—
September 20-25, selection of
a United Nations delegate,
American Cancer Crusade —
October 1-15, ’ Achievement
Day—October 27, Husbands’
Supper—November 16.
The Ryland Home Demon
stration Club will be hostess.
Calendar Drive
Se t August 31
The annual Community
Calendar drive gets under
way here August 31, accord
ing to Mrs. Lena Leary,
V chairman.
Mrs. Leary said represen
•' tatives of Edenton Jaycees,
securing birthdays, annivers
r; aries and meeting dates to
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina 27932 Thursday, August 26, 1965
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RECOGNIZED FOR SERVICE S. A. White, right, who recently retired after 36
ft* fMfttwyf niifh. ipf* KH-rftnn here received congratulations from
Mayor John A. MStchener, Jr., during a meeting of the Town Council.- White, a local
businessman, served as assistant chief for a number of years.
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MUD CLEARING UP—An
other chapter into the mys
tery of Catherine Stokes has
been written by the East Side
author.
The “Letter to the Editor”
appearing elsewhere in The
Chowan Herald doesn’t make
a lot of sense, but the hand
writing does.
“Mrs. Catherine Stokes”
wrote us two previous let
ters. Both dealt with the
Town Council’s action in ap
pointing a Second Ward
councilman.
The. first letter appeared in
“Heard and Seen” while the
second was not printed be
cause we could not deter
mine the true identity of the
author.
Instead of coming forth
■ with something other than a
1 pen name, the chief admini
stration critic took her busi
ness to oar favorite after
noon newspaper. There she
gave a South Oakum Street
address.
The latest epistle arrived
Tuesday afternoon. While
the name signed was “Jay
Harrell”'and the address was
308 East Queen Street, the
handwriting was the same
as earlier letters from “Mrs.
Stokes”.
It took only a little check
ing to discover that J. L.
Harrell, Jr., and Catherine
Stokes were married on May
16, 1955. Mr. Harrell is a
brother of an unsuccessful
candidate in the recent mu
nicipal election.
We don’t know who in the
Harrell family is doing the
brain work but the penman
ship is the same.
WHERE TO GO—A con
siderable amount of space on
page one, section two, of to
day’s Herald is devoted to
student homeroom assign
ments at John A. Holmes
High School. ,
Principal Cecil Fry this*
week made the assignments
for students entering grades
seven through IT: JSPe are
happy to print them for the
So, look them over and go
straight to your homeroom
next Wednesday at 8:30 A. M.
Ethel LaVoie will be most
appreciative. ,
WORD OF CAUTION—
Schools open next week.
Beginning Monday the fa
miliar orange school buses
will be on the highways.
Waiting for them will be
children of all ages who will
be going to Chowan County
schools.
Then Wednesday even
more buses will make their
rounds as Edenton City
Schools begin the 1965-66
term.
Motorists are urged to be
on the lookout for the chil
dren and buses. The local
units have an enviable safe
ty record. You, the consid
erate and careful motorist,
can help maintain it.
TIME TO PLAN Now
that the pilgrimages to Ra
leigh have been completed,
it is time our two school
boards got together.
The current controversy
over consolidation of the two
administration units is bor
dering on the still side.
Members of the two boards
are not acting like adults.
There was first a hassle
over Negro students from
outside the Edenton City
Schools, district who are
transported to D. F. Walker
High School. It took a lot
of telephoning and at least
two trips to Washington to
get this resolved.
When the Chowan County
Board of. Education went on
record as favoring one ad
ministrative unit for the
county, you would have
thought they had taken their
ball and bat and gone home.
The State Superintendent
of Public Instruction was
asked, not about the consoli
dation of the administration
units, which is the question,
but about consolidating city
and county schools. His re
ply was about what was ex
pected.
- What City Supl. Hiram J.
*T«ayo found out in Raleigh
two weeks ago has not been
discussed publicly.
And very little is being
said about a conference "mem
bers of the county board had
with state officials Monday.
This county is unique in
that there are only 3,200
students in the two systems.
Nine hundred are in the
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Play Planned
At St Paul’s
The Bishop’s Company of
Burbank, Calif., will present
Ibsen’s portrait in courage
and truth, “An Enemy of the
People,” Sunday evening at
7 o’clock in Saint Paul’s
Episcopal Church.
Reserved seats may be se
cured from any member of
the Young Churchman’s
group who are sponsoring
the chancel play or at the
door prior to the perform
ance. This is one of the com
munity projects of the Young
Churchmen for the current
year.
The story is set in a small
village of Norway and con
cerns a battle between two
brothers and a town, which
looks forward to prosperity
from a health spa develop
ed near the village.
Dr. Thomas Stockmann is
health officers of the village
and he discovers that the
water used in the spa is
polluted and is detrimental
not only to those who come
to use the health-giving wat
ers but also to the towns
people as well. He reveals
his information to his broth
er, who is mayor of the vil
lage and to the editor of The
People’s Messenger, and his
wife’s father.
The climax of the contro
versy comes in a debate be
fore a meeting of the Springs
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‘AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE’ The timely and exciting drama, “An Enemy es the People”, will be staged Sun
day night at SL Paul's Episcopal Church. The Bishop’s Company, a unique organisation specialising in drama-in-the
church, will present Henrick Ibsen’s play At left is a rehearsal scene, while the cast performs at right.
Single Copy 10 Cents
Reward Posted
For Information
In Theft Case
Police Chief James H.
Griffin this week posted SIOO
cash reward for information
leading to the arrest and
prosecution of thieves who
broke into the home of Mrs.
John M. Bond, 207 North
Granville Street, last Sat
urday night.
“I am very much concern
ed about this crime," Chief
Griffin said. “We have sev
eral good leads and are no>v
checking them out.”
Police were called at 9:44
P. M., Saturday by Mrs. Bond
after the lights went out in
her home. It was later dis
covered that the burglars had
pulled the light meter from
the wires after being unsuc
cessful in other attempts -to
get the lights off in the
house.
Mrs! Bond said she was
alone in the house when she
heard a disturbance. When
the lights went out she
thought there had been some
power failure. After find
ing some candles she discov
ered the house had been en
tered.
Chief Griffin said a back
screen had been cut to gain
entrance to the porch. Exit
was made through a window
in the room where Mrs. Bond
was sitting.
Missing was her pocket
book which contained ap
proximatley S2O in cash and
a bus ticket to Asheville.
She had planned to make a
trip the next day.
Chief Griffin said this
burglary constitutes a capi
tal offense and his depart
ment is pressing the investi
gation to the fullest.
In other police activity,
Chief Griffin reported the
following:
Isabel Partin Tribou, 302
South Oakum Street, arrested
at 8:30 P. M., Saturday and
charged with driving drunk
and hit and run driving.
Joseph Richard Forehand,
Route 3, Edenton, charged
with reckless driving.
James Wesley Miller, 60,
of Merry Hill, booked for
driving drunk and failing to
have an operator’s license.
Johnie Henry Gallop, 27-
year-old Negro of Hertford,
reckless driving.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton’s Rotary Club will
meet this (Thursday) after
noon at 1 o’clock in the
Parish House. President
Glenn Mabe urges every
Rotarian to be present.
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DIRECT ACES Head Coach Jerrv McGee, left, is joined by his new assistant, Marion
Kirby, as they pose in front of some grid hopefuls prior to a pre-season session. Coach
McGee is optimistic about the forthcoming season.
Ac res At Work
Grid Drills Continuing
Jerry McGee and Marion
Kirby are operating a school
out on North Broad Street.
It is known as the School of
Hard Knocks.
More than 50 high school
City Board Abolishes
Elementary School Fees
All fees in the elementary
grades of Edenton City
Schools have been abolished.
Action by the Board of
Education affects approxi
mately 1,700 students who
will enroll in grades one
through eight on Septem
ber 1.
Chowan County Board of
Education earlier abolished
all tees at Chowan High
Fire Damages
Dunbar Home
Fire broke out last Thurs
day afternoon in the storage
room behind the home of
Mrs. Irene Dunbar, at the
corner of Gale and North
Granville streets. Firemen
quickly extinguished the
blaze, keeping damage to a
minimum.
Fire Chief W. J. Yates said
no formal estimate of the
damage had been made.
Warren Twiddy was driv
ing up Granville Street when
he saw the flames leaping
from the north corner of the
structure. He radioed his of
fice and the fire department
was in turn notified.
Firemen moved with haste
to get the fire under control
and keep it from spreading
across the carport into the
house or to the Gale Street
Baptist Church which is just
a few feet from where the
blaze was burning.
Intensive heat from the
fire caused a window to
break in the house. Other
damage inside the house re
sulted from smoke.
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boys, a lot of them over
weight, report twice daily for
extended training.
The grid coaches are'hard
at work trying to transpose
these boys into a winning
School and White Oak Ele
mentary School. No student
attending any grade in the
rural schools will be charg
ed any mandatory fee this
year.
Supt. Hiram J. Mayo said
high school fees will be the
same as last year. “There
just wasn’t enough money in
the budget to cut out the
high school fees this year,”
Supt. Mayo said.
He called the board’s ac
tion a “step in the right di
rection” and said further
consideration will be given
high school fees when the
next budget is compiled.
The superintendent esti
mated that fees in the ele
mentary grades mostly to
cover supplemental instruc
tional supplies—averaged $3
per student. Therefore, the
board’s recent action means
a total savings to parents of
more than $5,000.
Supt. Mayo pointed out
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Band’s Project
Shows Progress
The magazine campaign
now being conducted by
members of the band at John
A. Holmes High School has
passed the half-way mark.
As of Monday, a report
showed $799 of the $1,500
goal had been realized.
The solicitation for maga
zine subscriptions continues
through this week. Proceeds
from this project will go to
ward the purchase of new
uniforms.
combination for the Edenton
Aces.
At one end of the prac
tice field Coach McGee keeps
the backs and ends busy
pushing a dummy around,
their legs churning and their
ears hearing shouts of en
couragement from the men
tor.
Just down the way the
liperv-n art put through
their paces by Coach Kirby
who keeps the sweat beads
popping as the boys work out
against a seven-man dummy.
First they hit the dummy
with one shoulder, then an
other and leather pops.
On the paved apron just
north of the practice field
another group is put through
the paces. Stuart Patten,
band director, works with his
musicians in pre-season ma
neuvers.
Everyone is hard at work
to provide excitement and
pleasure to Edenton rooters.
Hot, humid weather has
hampered pre-season grid
workouts, but Coach McGee
is very optimistic. “We will
have a small but determined
squad,” he reports. By small
he doesn’t refer to people
like Bill Griffin and Johnny
Dowd. He is talking about
numbers with only 23 being
able to dress the same night
the Jayvees play.
With six “regulars” back
and a lot of help from last
year’s Jayvee squad, Coach
McGee and his assistant,
Coach Kirby, hope to come
up with a team that can
match the 1964 record.
The Aces have been work
ing out twice daily for more
than a week. “We looked
real good last week but the
boys aren’t as sharp now as
they were,” the head coach
said.
“The boys have been
knocking real good at the
night scrimmage sessions and
they are demonstrating a real
desire to get out there and
play football,” he added.
Coach McGee appears very
well pleased with the man
ner in which Wes Chesson is
developing. A standout back
as a sophomore. Chesson has
been switched to quarterback
to fill the void created by
the graduation of David Hol
ton. . Chesson was a week
late in reporting for drills
since he was in summer
school at Western Carolina
College.
Injuries, a nightmare for
all coaches, have not hit the
Aces’ training camp. There
are plenty of sore ribs and
skinned places but thus far
serious injury has been
avoided. “Don’t even think
about it,” Coach McGee said
when asked about his luck
with respect to the lack of
injuries this season.
When the Aces romp onto
Hicks Field on September 3
to meet Pasquotank Central
in the opening encounter of
the season, the coaches hope
to have a team worth yell
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