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LT» GOt. ROBERI^COrr
Lt Gov. Scott
Banquet Speaker
Lt. Gov. Robert W. Scott
of Haw River will be the
principal speaker here Janu
ary 27 when Edenton Jaycees
present the annual Distin
guished Service Award.
Bill Boyce, DSA committee
chairman, said the Bosses’
and Ladies’ Night function
will be held at Masonic Tem
ple. It will begin at 7P. M.
Boyce said application
blanks for the DSA nomi
nees are currently available
from him at the Consumer
Credit Branch of Peoples
Bank & Trust Company; Bill
Bunch, at the bank’s main
office, or Tony Miley at Hol
lo well’s Drug - Store.
Nominees for the DSA
must be between the ages of
21 and 35. Nominations for
this award must be submit
ted by noon January 24.
James C. Dail won the covet
ed award in 1965.
The DSA banquet will be
Lt. Gov. Scott’s first official
visit to Edenton since he was
elected to office in 1964.
The Alamance County
farmer is a son of the late
Gov. Kerr Scott and today
operates the family farm. As
lieutenant governor, Scott
serves as president of the
State -Senate. '
He has been active in the
Presbyterian Church, Demo
cratic Party and N. C. State
Grange as well as many oth
er organizations. Lt. Gov.
Scott was Master of the
Granges in this state from
1961, to .1963, NS and Mrs.
Scott were chosen National
Grange “Young Couple of the
Year” in 1959.
Public Jlearing
The Town Council will
hold a public hearing Janu
ary 24 to ,discuss off street
parking needs and consider
rezoning the Thomas Jack
son property on West Eden
Street for such a purpose.
Other areas for parking
are being discussed.
Business, Industry, Farming
Moore Predicts Continued Progress
While 1965 was an excel- :
lent year for business, indus- :
try and agriculture in Eden
ton and Chowan County, the
forecast for 1966 is for even
greater things.
Robert W. Moore, executive
vice president of Edenton
Chamber of Commerce, this
week reviewed last year and
gazed into the crystal ball
for a moment. He gets so
excited when he talks of die
future for this area that he
can hardly contain himself.
“Look”, he says, our
greatest asset is our people
and when you have people
who are sincerely interested
in their community and take
pride in every aspect of it
and every forward step that
is taken, you can’t go any
where but up.”
Moore says further that
Edenton and Chowan County
has what every industrial
prospect wants. There is an
abundance of recreation fa
cilities, good government, a
good business climate and
responsible people to accept
employment.
Too, there is a growing in
terest in history and more
and more emphasis is being
placed on. historical sites.
Her* again, Moore points
out, Edenton has an edge.
Once the Iredell House
and Cupola House restoration
j is completed and these two,
~ along with the Barker House
are open swcific times, he
predicts tourists will come
in eVer increasing numbers.
“Tourism is an industry in
and by the way one
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
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IN CONTRAST Heading
a list of “musts” for 1966 was
merger of the administrative
units of our schools and re
gaining possession of the val
uable base property.
The school matter has been
satisfactorily resolved. The
courts must settle the base
property question.
These two items paint a
picture of contrasts. While
there were some differences
of opinion three or four
months ago on the school
question, all of the prob
lems were aired at the con
ference table and a solution
was realized.
Had the negotiations been
conducted by people without
a common interest then
there might not be the har
mony which exists today.
But, fortunately, the 11 mem
bers of the two school
boards agreed from the start
that their primary concern
was the education of the
school children of this coun
ty.
Therefore, they faced their
problems with courage and
strong conviction, never los
ing sight of the primary goal.
The two school boards have
agreed on conditions for the
merger and the voters will
have their say next year.
The situation in which the
Town of Edenton finds itself
with regards to the lease
held on the base property by
U. S. Lumber Company is
quite in contrast with the
school matter.
Naturally, our town fath
ers are interested in develop
ing that property to the best
interests of the entire area.
An example of their coopera
tion is the formation of an
airport commission with rep
resentation on the board ap
pointed by them as well as
the county commissioners.
They entered into a lease
with the lumber company in
good faith. They gave the
firm the benefit of every
doubt, even to having an in
verted rent payment scale.
They wanted this firm to
succeed because it would
mean employment for our
people.
This did not work. The
firm not only failed to live
Up to terms of the lease, but
ran more than one small in
dustry away with unreason
able sub-lease agreements.
A considerable amount of
money has been spent dir the
site by the town, through
erection and installation of
costly power facilities. This
is now idle.
The plant which should,
according to the lease, be
employing more than 100
people has been shut down
for more than a year.
U. S. Lumber Company has
not shown good faith in this
matter, and now wants to
hold on for another two
years. The town officials are
Moore said. “And we haven’t
scratched the surface in this
area.”
Moore, who came here in
ROBERT W, MOORE
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina 27932 Thursday, January 13, 1966.
fed up wit %T, ituation, as
well they s mSi >e.
Tuesday they sent
back a “v ~r see you in
court” reply to the firm's lat
est offer. That is strong lan
guage but about all you can
say to a firm that has
brought nothing but grief to
our town and county.
Several industrial prospects
are waiting to move into the
base property if the town
can get it back in a reason
able time. The dispute is
holding up the Hall of Fame
project, as well.
The town councilmen have
taken a strong stand on this
matter now and deserve the
full support of the citizens.
The school matter was re
solved by parties with a com
mon goal—the betterment of
the community. This element
is lacking in the lease dis
pute.
GROWING IN VALUE—
Too much cannot be said
about the value of East Ca
rolina College to Northeast
ern North Carolina. This
institution is one thing which
can aid this area in feeling
more like Tar Heels instead
of Cavaliers.
Dr. Leo Jenkins, the far
sighted president of ECC, is
pushing hard for his college
to gain university status. He,
with the assistance of State
Sen. Walter Jones, was able
to get plans in the mill for
a two-year medical school.
The request for university
status has more merit and
will probably be realized
first.
To have ECC so close is an
asset to our area. There are
now nearly 50 students from
Chowan County enrolled in
the school and others are
benefitting from extra-curric
ular programs which are con
stantly expanding.
The one which comes to
mind now is the ECC Sum
mer Theater that is bringing
this type culture right to our
front door.
A drive is currently on to
sell season tickets. They are
sls for the season, but the
price goes to $lB on Janu
ary 15. Mrs. W. J. P. Earn
hard, Jr., is representing the
theater here and has some
tickets available. The thea
ter has thus far banked about
$25,000 from 1966 season tic
ket sales.
Scheduled next summer
are the musicals “Kismet”,
“Stop the World I Want to
Get Off’, a non-musical com
edy, “Sound of Music”, “Fin
ian's Rainbow”, and another
non-musical play. If they
are made available for off-
Broadway production in time,
the plays may include “Any
Wednesday”, “Never Too
Late”, or “Mary, Mary”.
East Carolina College will
continue to grow and ex
pand programs offered to the
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April, 1965, said in his 15
years in chamber of com
merce work he has never
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Pruden Seeking
Morehead Grant
James Norfleet Pruden 111,
of Edenton, is a nominee
from Chowan County for a
coveted Morehead Scholar
ship.
Pruden, a student at John
A. Holmes High School, is
among 19 high school male
seniors from 15 counties in
this area who are being in
terviewed in Williamston to
day (Thursday) by the Dis
trict I Morehead Awards
Committee. The interviews
are being held at Roanoke
Country Club.
Keith Rollins, a graduate
of Chowan High School, last
year won a Morehead Shol
arship to the University of
North Carolina.
The 19 nominees from this
area are from Beaufort, Ber
tie, Chowan, Currituck, Edge
combe, Gates, Halifax, Hert
ford, Martin, Nash, North
ampton. Pasquotank, Perqui
mans, Pitt and Washington
counties.
These boys will be inter
viewed in statewide competi
tion with 176 nominees from
the other nine Morehead
Awards District.
Four counties in District I
made no nominations this
vear. They are Camden,
Dare, Hyde and Tyrrell.
Thomas J. Pearsall of
Rocky Mount is chairman of
the District I Committee.
Members are Lorimor Midgett
of Elizabeth City, Louis Stu
art Ficklen of Greenville,
Francis P. Jenkins of Tar
boro and Albert House, Jr.,
if Roanoke Rapids.
Morehead Awards provide
t-year, all-expense-paid un
dergraduate educations at the
University of North Carolina
in Chapel Hill. They were
established in 1951 by John
Mitley Morehead, UNC grad
uate and native North Caro
linian, who resided in Rye,
N. Y., until his death last
Tanuary.
Each of the 10 Morehead
District Committees will
nominate six candidates to
be interviewed in Chapel Hill
February 25-March 1 by the
Central Morehead Selection
Committee, along with 52
nominees from 26 private
preparatory schools on the
Morehead Foundation's se
lected ligy
Auxiliary Ball
Set February 1 L
At Country Club
The second annual Auxili
ary Ball will be held Feb
ruary 11 at Chowan Golf &
country Club.
Plans for the ball, to bene
fit Chowan Hospital, were
made this week by the
Chowan Hospital Auxiliary.
Co-chairmen for the ball
are Mrs. Joseph M. Thorud
and Mrs. Edward G. Bond.
The formal dance will be
gin at 9 P. M. and music
will be furnished by Woody
Pittman and his orchestra of
Ahoskie.
Only 150 tickets are avail
able for this dance and
tickets go on sale this week.
Mrs. Thomas Cross and Mrs.
Richard Hardin are in charge
of ticket sales.
The first Auxiliary ball
was a tremendous success
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PLAN MOTHER’S MARCH Mrs. Wayne Rawls, right, chairman of the Jaycettes
Mother’s March of Dimes, here displays a campaign folder with Mrs. Bob Bunch, presi
dent of Edenton Jaycettes. The mother's march will take place here January 21 as
Edenton Jaycees push toward the foal lor 196&
Town To Push Action
On Lease With Lester
Town Attorney W. S. Pri
vott Tuesday night was in
structed not to negotiate fur
ther with U. S. Lumber Co.,
Inc., concerning about 200
acres of property the firm
has under lease from the
town.
The attorney was advised
to push for a Superior Court
hearing on the temporary re
straining order the lumber
company secured last month
to keep the town from
breaking (he lease,
W. B. Gardner, town ad
ministrator, told councilmen
he had talked with Lawson
Lester, president of the firm,
and his attorney at length.
The latest proposal to the
town would tie up most of
the property until November
1967.
Councilmen were unani-
Four Townships
Vary Immensely
Chowan County Board of
Commissioners will tackle
the problem of equalizing
population of the four town
ships at their February meet
ing.
Chairman W. E. Bond said
census figures just received
point to the need of redraw
ing township lines.
Based on the 1960 census
of 11,729 population, here is
how the residents are split,
according to townships:
First: 7,294
Second: 2,224
Third: 1.449
Fourth: 762
The map at left shows the
approximate township boun
daries. This was taken from
a map in the Tax Supervis
or’s office.
However, Chairman Bond
said he has been unable to
find any record which de
scribes the township boun
daries or when they were
even drawn.
mous in their disapproval to
this plan.
The town moved on De
cember 1 to reclaim the
property on grounds that
Lester had not complied with
various terms of the lease—
mainly in the area of em
ployment. While the firm
was to have more than 100
persons employed by this
time in the 10-year lease,
there has been no activity at
the plant since December 15,
1964.
Robert W. Moore, chamber
of commerce executive, said
he has several industrial
prospects interested in the
base property but nothing
can be done until the matter
with Lester is settled. The
town also has at least two
firms ready at this time to
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“I have gone back through
the minutes of the commis
sioners to the Civil War and
I can’t find anything about
township boundary lines,”
the chairman stated.
Although it will be diffi
cult to redraw the township
lines to equalize the popula
tion, Chairman Bond says he
favors this so each town
ship will have representation
on the county board. If this
is not accomplished, then to
comply with existing opinions
in the “one-man one-vote”
cases, all commissioners
would have to run at-large.
Chowan County is one of
48 in the state asking the
legislature for enabling legis
lation to reapportion. How
ever, Chairman Bond said he
thinks the commissioners
here have the authority to
"m'-e townshiD boundary
lines under existing law.
It is evident from tne cen
sus figures received by the
ommissioners that all the
reapportionment problems are
not centered in Raleigh. At
press time the General As
sembly was pushing toward
a favorable vote on a bill that
would put Chowan County in
a six-county House district
with two representatives.
Other counties in the district
would be Gates, Perquimans,
Pasquotank, Camden and
Currituck.
Rep. W. J. P. Earnhardt,
Jr., has spoken out against
the special session to reap
portion the state House, Sen
ate and Congressional dis
tricts. He said the state
should delay until the Dirk
sen amendment could be act
ed on in Congress.
Nonetheless, all signs point
ed to a completion of the
state task this week and the
county commissioners are
ready to complete redrawing
of the township lines to
make them more equal in
population.
Supt Mayo Adds
County Position
Hiram J. Mayo Monday
took on the dual responsi
bilities of superintendent of
Edenton City Schools as well
as Chowan County Schools.
The State Board of Edu
cation, meeting in Raleigh
Thursday, approved the re
quest of the Chowan County
Board of Education to em
ploy Supt. Mayo, who will
continue as head of the city
system.
Supt. Mayo’s contract with
the county will be until
June, 1967, the same period
of time of former Supt. C.
C. Walters.
Supt. Walters on Monday
became head of Perquimans
County Schools.
State Superintendent of
Public Instruction, Dr. Chas.
F. Carroll, has informed lo
cal school officials that a
survey team will be as
signed to Chowan County in
the spring. He said the state
board has approved a survey
of local schools but the re
quests for such surveys were
so great it would be some
time before a team could
come to Chowan.
The two school boards
have requested such a sur
vey and recommendations
for the independent team
concerning future school
construction.
The employment of Supt.
Mayo in the dual capacity
and the survey are steps to
ward the merger of the two
administrative units.
Supt. Mayo said he looked
forward to working with the
county system and would
spend some time each day in
the county schools office in
Hotel Joseph Hewes. He said
the schools would maintain
two offices until the merger
if approved by the voters.
Rally Planned
A First Congressional Dis
trict rally to boost the can
didacy of Walter B. Jones,
will be held in Williamston
on January 26.
J. Melville Broughton, Jr.,
chairman, State Democratic
Executive Committee, said a
keynote speaker for the rally
will be announced soon.
Broughton said entfipsiftgin,
for Jones, Democratic nom
inee for Congress, in the
special primary electron in
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