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Vol. XXXIII—No. 3.
®he Public Paratie
TERRIBLE TREATMENT—
What the General Assembly
did in Raleigh last week
shouldn’t happen to a dog,
not to mention to good peo
ple of Northeastern North*
Carolina.
While big city dwellers
benefit from reapportionment
they do so at the expense of
oyr area. There could have
been a solution which* would
havie left the smaller coun
ties some tangible contact
with Raleigh,
“Good government is a
habit in North Carolina, and
the Democratic Party made it
so,” : is the slogan of one po
litieail party in the state.
This has been true because
they could always depend on
the east to take up the slack
for rapidly growing Repub
licanism in the central area.
The licking the east took
in rcapportionment may al
ter the voting habits. And
this would be bad.
Elsewhere in The Herald
are stories about what the
legislators did and how they
went about it.
Sit down with a state map
and population guide and
here is what you find:
1. —The First Congressional
District is comprised of near
ly one-fifth the total num
ber of counties in the state.
The western district line
runs along and includes
every county in the so-called
Black Belt of the Tar Heel
state. Adequate representa
tion by one man in such a
vast area borders on the
impossible.
2. —Two senatorial districts
were lumped together to
form a new district, with the
addition of Washington Coun
ty. The four new counties
have a population of 87,367,
while the others have 67,990.
The counties added have a
heavy concentration of non
white residents. Os the
155,357 people jn the district,
48.8 per cent are non-white.
3. —A six - county house
district was formed and two
representatives allotted. Run
Northeast Loses Representation In Assembly
Nineteen Nocfe Carolina
special session of the General
Assembly. ‘
m same body, working in
Raleigh last Woek,\put 10
northeastern counties into a
senate*- '
g^,, counties Jtave been
RODNEY JORDAN, 14, OF TYNER, STATE CORN GROWING CHAMPION
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina 27932 Thursday, January 20, 1966
ning for the state house in
this district will be like run
ning for Congress in other
areas. Too, we lost four
house members.
Also, we are in a six-coun
ty judicial district with two
judges, both of which could
be elected from Pasquotank
County.
Wasnlt there some mention,
years back about this area
being annexed by Virginia?
The Old Dominion couldn’t
have treated us much worse
than our own General As
sembly.
TOO MANY DRIVES—Has
there been a week in the
past year when local citizens
weren’t “driving” for some
thing?
The nTa n y worthwhile
causes which exist along The
Public Parade keep our citi
zens in a whirl, with those
who aren’t constantly asking
being kept busy giving.
Most of the causes solicit
ing here have a great deal
of appeal. However, there
are others, equally deserving,
that don’t. Naturally, those
with less appeal realize the
least amount of money.
Every civic organization in
Edenton is called on to con
duct funds campaigns, sfeme
being asked to take on two,
three, or more.
While in some areas there
is danger of being over or
ganized, this is not the case
with campaigns for funds.
Wouldn’t it be best to put
all the askings in one bas
ket? If in one week suffici
ent funds cquld be realized
to support .all worthwhile
causes, think of the man
hours which would be* saved.,
A united “ appeal in some
form would benefit the en
tire community..
JUST GARBAGE —Mayor
Jbhn' A.' Mitchener, Jr.,' takes
justifiable pride in Edenton
arid the accomplishments; of
his administration.
Continued on Page Four
“I don’t know when I have
felt so wrung out,” he said
hefe Monday as he got back
to his law practice. “Maybe
I iust took it all too personal,
Tbtit I have an empty feeling
irfstde”
The local representative
said the t only acceptable
thing about the action is that
the First Congressional Dis
trict, while adding four coun
ties, remained essentially -the
same.
jfawever, he said, there Is
some question as to whether
the counts will allow the
bdiferessioitel districts I to
stand. “While, the assembly
4MUed counties 40 bring the
384 300 people, ikis Twill un
der the porm by 7.22
4-H’er Wins Again
Jordan Com Champion
TYNER—A 14-year-old lo
cal 4-H’er has won the tittle
of State Champion Corn
Grower in North Carolina
,for the second straight year
and in doing so, set a new
'state record.
Rodney Jordan, a student
at Chowan High School, had
his current yield certified at
186.63 bushels per acre. This
is some six bushels per acre
higher than any existing cer
tification by the Agricultural
Extension Service at N: C.
State University in Raleigh.
Young Jordan’s champion
ship £ield last year was
177.5 bushels per acre.
A. D. Stuart, extension
agronomy specialist, inform
ed Jordan Tuesday of his
■new honor. Stuart said the
i-H’er has been named jun
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Aces Notch til-0
Basketball Mark
In Conference
With eight games remain
ing on the regular season
schedule, the Edenton Aces
are undefeated in the 2-A
Albemarle Conference bas
ketball race. - *- ~
The Aces are the only un
defeated team in the con
ference and knocked Ahoskie
from contention by defeat
ing them twice in back-to
back games.
Aided by a strong second
half, the Aces came from
behind to defeat the Indians
here Tuesday night, 72-52.
Thomas Willis led the scor
ing with 22 points while Bill
Griffin poured in - 20. The
Aces trailed by three points
at half, 25-28.
The second half play by
the local hardwooders brought
them through to victory Fri
day night at Ahoskie. Ahos
kie held a 26-21 halftime
lead but the Aces roared
back to take the tilt 59-50.
Wes Chesson Jed the scor
ing with 17 points, followed
by Charles Swanner with 16.
.Coach Jim Kinion is well
pleased with the mannef* in
which his team has develop
ed this season, although he
doesn’t think the players
have yet reached their poi
tential. “We are still mak
ing progress,” the coach said.
Friday night the Aces go
to Plymouth
Phone Hours Given
For Health Clinic
Due to illness among the
personnel, there will' be some
disruption of telephone ser
vice at thq Chowan County
Health Dept. (
Clinic schedules will be
conducted as usual but any
one wishing to contact the
Department by telephone,
please call before 10 A. M.,
and after 4 P. M.
cent,” he pointed out.
““While the assembly added
counties to bring the district
population here up to 384,300
people, it is still under the
norm "by 7.22 per cent,” he
pointed out.
Democratic nominee Walter
B. Jones of Farmville and
Dr. John Fast, GOP nomi
nee, yrill rim in a general
election February 5 to rep
resent the district
yJS he district will be com
iSosed of Northampton, Hert
ford, Gates, Chowajj, Per
quimans, Pasquotank, Cam
den, Currituck, Bertie, Mar
tin, Washington, Tyrrell,
Pare, Hyde, Beaufort, Pits,
Craven, Pamlico and Jongs '
counties.
The new First Senatorial
District will be composed of
■k
ior winner for the Coastal
Plain Section. For this the
young farmer will receive a
SSO U. S. Savings Bond.
“Also, since it is the high
est yield certified in the
state that makes you again
the State Champion Corn
Grower,” Stuart wrote Jor
dan. “My congratulations to
you on this accomplishment.”
The 4-Her will receive a
bronze plaque to go along
side the one presented last
May for the state honor.
In addition to the high
honor coming to Jordan, he
showed a profit of slOl on
the acre of corn certified.
His 4-H record book,
turned in to Harry Venters,
local extension agent, told
the story of his success.
Here’s how championship
Local Student Finalist
For U.N.C. Scholarship
CHAPEL HILL—Six nominees from this area have
been selected as District 1 finalists in competition for
1966 Morehead Awards to study at the University of
North Carolina here.
James Norfleet Pruden 111, son of Mrs. Helen G.
Pruden, 103 East Water Street, Edenton, is one of the
J. N. PRUDEN, IH
Auxiliary Ball
Tickets On Sale
Tickets went on sale this
week for the Hospital Au
xiliary Ball which will be
given at the Chowan Golf
and Country Club on Friday,
February 11.
Mrs. Richard Hardin and
Mrs. Thomas Cross, ticket
sale co-chairman, announced
that a sizeable portion of the
limited number of tickets
were sold this week.
Those interested in being
assured of tickets and reser
vations should contact one
of the following members:
■ Mrs. C. T. Dixon. Mrs.
Jesse Harrell, Mrs. Warren
Twiddy, Mrs. Floyd Frizzell,
Mrs. David Wrignt, Mrs. W.
P. Jones, Mrs. Bruce Jones
and Mrs. Jasper Hassell.
the following 10 counties
with a combined population of
155,357: Northampton, Hert
ford, Bertie, Gates, Chowan,
Perquimans, Pasquotank,
Camden, Currituck and
Washington. The two incum
bent, senators arc J. Emmett
Winslow of Perquimans and
J. J. Harrington of Bertie.
Six northeastern counties
comprise the ' First House
District: Chowan, pates, Pas
quotank, Perquimans, Cam
den and Currituck. Two
representatives will be cho
sen. In addition to Rep.
Earnhardt, representatives are
Archie Lane of Perquimans,
''George Wood of Camden, C.
A. Baker of Pasquotank, Phil
Godwin of Gates and M. E.
Sawyer of Currituck.
com yields are realized, a la
Rodney Jordan:
Before planting, broadcast
1,000 pounds of 5-10-10 . fer
tilizer. Use a like amount
of same when planting. Use
.Pioneer 309-B seed, spacing
four inches apart in 40-inch
rows. This will realize about
20,000 plants per acre. Cul
tivate twice and put on a
small amount of nitrogen for
side dressing.
To this you add six and a
half hours of labor —two
hours of which is spent har
vesting the crop.
Jordan, a member of Cen
ter Hill 4-H Club, is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Wilber T.
Jordan. He is the grandson
of the B. P. Monds'.
While he is a com grow-
Continued on Page 8
Single Copy 10 Cents
Pi-udcn is- a senior
at John A. Holmes High
School.
The announcement was
made by Roy Armstrong,
executive secretary of the
John Motley Morehead
Foundation.
These six finalists, along
with two alternates, were
selected from a field of 19
nominees from District 1
following interviews in Wil
liamston on January 13.
District 1 is comprised of
Beaufort, Bertie, Camden,
Chowan, Currituck, Dare,
Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax,
Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Nash,
Northampton, .Pitt, Pasquo
tank, Perquimans, Tyrrell
and Washington counties. No
nominations were made this
year from Camden, Dare,
Hyde and Tyrrell counties.
Finalists are, in addition to
Pruden, David Charles La
nier, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Lanier, 603 South
Howard Circle, Tarboro;
Haywood Day Cochrane, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Coch
rane, Sr., 305 Woodlawn
Avenue, Weldon; Asa Henry
Crawford, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. Crawford, Sr., 108 East
Grace Street, Williamston;
Hugh Gaither Shearin, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Shearin,
Sr., 3313 Hawthorne Road,
Rocky Mount, and James
Shelton Wells, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Wells, Sr., 1501
South Elm Street, Green
ville.
First alternate is John
Manning May, son of Mr.
and Mi's. J. O. May of
Spring Hope. Second alter
nate is David Robert Ander
son, son of Dr. and Mrs. R.
A. Anderson, 320 Pembroke
Avenue, Ahoskie.
Each of the 10 Morehead
Awards districts in the state
selects six finalists to appear
for interviews before the
Central Morehead Selection
Committee in Chapel Hill
February 25 - March 1.
A total of 52 nominees
from 26 private preparatory
schools on . the Morehead
Foundation’s selected list
will also be interviewed at
this time. Those chosen by
the Central Selection Com
mittee will then be inter
viewed by the board of trus
tees of the Morehead Found
ation, who will make the
final awards, in March.
Members of the Morehead
District 1 Committee' are
Thomas- J. Pearsall of Rocky
Mount, chairman, Lorimer
Midgett of Elizabeth City,
Louis Stuart Ficklen of
Greenville, Francis P. Jen
kins of Tarboro and Albert
House, Jr., of Roanoke Rap
ids. _
Kansas Coaching
Position is Taken
By Jerry McGee
Jerry - McGee, highly suc
cessful coach of Edenton
Aces, has resigned to accept
a position at Kansas State
University.
Announcement of McGee’s
employment on the Kansas
State coaching staff was
made Monday afternobn in
Manhattan, Kan., by H. B.
Lee, athletic director.
In his new position, McGee
will be head freshman coach
and be in charge of recruit
ing on the East Coast. He
will be the seventh member
of a staff headed by Coach
Doug Weaver.
McGee will replace Ed.
Dissinger who will devote
full time to recruiting, aca
demic counseling and admin
istration within the athletic
department.
The high school mentor,
generally regarded as one of
the finest in North Carolina,
said the offer to go to Kan
sas State was a “challenge I
feel I must accept if I am to
stay in coaching”.
Speaking of the tekm, Mc-
Gee said: “Edenton boys
were the finest boys I have
ever been associated with,
with more determination,
hustle, desire and loyalty
than any group I have ever
known.”
“And Edenton is the finest
town I have ever lived in,”
he added, saying this would
continue to be considered
“home”.
McGee, 27, came to Eden
ton four years ago from Roa
noke, Va., where he had been
a high school coach for one
year. Since that time he has
compiled an enviable record
at John A. Holmes High
School.
His “teams have won 35
games, lost only five and
had four ties. The Aces
have won their last 25 games
in succession and won the
2-A championship in both
1964 and 1965.
McGee also coached a high
ly successful track team and
his golf team was among the
tops in the Albemarle Con
ference,
Supt. Hiram J. Mayo of
Edenton City Schools hailed
McGee as the finest high
school coach in the' state.'
He said he is sorry to lose
such a fine coach and valu
able member of the faculty
at John A. Holmes High
School.
“Coach McGee has express
ed interest in going into col
lege coaching and I feel we
should assist him in any way
possible and this is exactly
what we are going to do,”
Supt. Mayo said.
AfcGee’s last day at the lo
cal school will be February 8
and he will fly to Manhattan
the next day to assume his
new duties.
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COACH JERRY McGEE
Smith Is Owner
Os Turkey Neck
Turkey Neck Farm, con
sisting of some 1,186 acres,
has been purchased by Adri
an J. Smith, Jr., of Per
uimans County.
The sale of this property is
believed to be one of the
biggest farm transactions
ever consumated in Chowan
County. ''
Smith, an outstanding farm
er in neighboring Perquim
ans, his wife, Doris and three
children, are moving onto
the farm located in the
Greenhall Section of Chowan
County. The Smiths gained
possession of the property on
Januafy 1.
The sale included 50 head
of Black Angus cattle.
Smith purchased the farm
from the Winborne Evans
Heirs. The property had
been under the management
of former Rep. B. Warner
Evans for many years.
John Broughton of HMC
Realty, Inc., of Elizabeth
City, was agent for the
transom
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MAYOR JOHN A. MITCHENER, JR.
State Os Town
Report Is Good
\\ hile Edenton has enjoyed considerable progress in
recent years. Mayor John A. Mitchener, Jr„ says the
community must forge ahead and not rest on past
laurels. „
Mayor Mitchener is extremely j)leased with accom
plishments made during 1965 and said a program of
Jaycees Begin
New Projects
Eden ton Jaycees last week
took on two big projects—-
the establishment of com
munity playgrounds and de
velopment' of a Jaycee build
ing at Cape Colony,
At their regular business
meeting at Edcnton Restau
rant, the members voted to
purchase the old PX at the
base and plans are underway
to renovate the building.
Three acres of land goes with
the building,
A olub spokesman said
plans are being developed to
renovate the building for
suitable use as a meeting
place for Jaycee and other
organizations. “The building
needs a lot of work but it
has a great deal of poten
tial,” he said.
It was reported that those
at the meeting Thursday
night were quite enthusiastic
about both the purchase of
this property and the estab
1i s h ment of playground
equipment in various com
munities.
Charles Morgan is chair
man of the community de
velopment committee. The.
first playground that is to be
equipped will! be in the Al
bemarle Court section.
The club will spend up to
S4OO to purchase appropriate
equipment th a t includes
swings, slides, benches, etc.
The Town of Eden ton is co
operating with the Jaycees
in this undertaking.
Sam Cox, Jaycee presi
dent. said Nture playgrounds
would be developed as com
munities became interested
and land was made avail
able.
Deadline Wars
For Fax Listing
Owners of property-—both
real and personal—have two
more weeks to list it for tax
es to avoid a 10 per cent
penalty.
Tax Supervisor ,W. P.
(Spec) Jones said this week
listing had been slow in Sec
ond Township while reports
from First Township are that
there has been a steady flow
of listings.
Jones said it is important
that property owners list in
the township in which the
property is located and that
it be done prior to Febru
ary 3 to avoid the penalty.
“Generally speaking people
in Chowan County list their
property during the 30-day
period required by law,”
Jones said. “This appears to
be true this year.”
Hbwever, he urged proper
ty owners to list their prop
erty for taxes right away to
avoid the last minute rush.
“There are no long waiting
lines in any of the town
ships at this time,” the tax
supervisor said.
He pointed out that houVs
for listing have been set up
to accommodate most people
who desire to list their tax
es.
work for the current year
could be termed “very ag
gressive”.
The local mayor, who is
first vice president of the
N. C. League of Municipali
ties, expressed pride in what
he terms the “excellent fi
nancial condition" of Eden
ton and the .strides made
with a rigid “pay as you go”
policy.
Municipal services, person
nel and equipment can. be
compared to any\ town of
5.000 in North Carolina yet
the tax rate is lower and the
bonded indebtedness of Eden
ton is some 6 per cent less
than communities of compar
able size, the mayor points
out. The assessed valuation
here is $lll0 1 b million and the
bended indebtedness is only
$490,000.
May o r Mitchener said
Edcnton will continue to
work on the “pay as you go”
theory but not to the extent
of hindering progress.
Town Administrator W. B.
Gardner reported at the
middle of the fiscal year
the budget is in good shape.
He ..said tax collections are
up and expenditures are in
line with budget estimates.
Mayor Mitchener said less
money has been spent in ev
ery department because of
the efficient work of depart
ment heads and other town
coupled with the
existence of adequate equip
ment to do the job.
Town employees were vot
ed a cost of living wage in
crease late in. 1965 and May
or Mitchener said council
men’s action in this area
also recognized the good job
being done by local person
nel.
In the program for 1966
are such items as improved
drainage, construction of a
fire station, runway lights
at Edcnton Municipal Air
port, new industry on the
base property, a planning
commission to work on the
orderly growth of the town,
new data processing equip
ment, and continuous up
grading of personnel and
equipment in all depart
ments.
The town has already initi
ated steps to provide more
off-street parking for down
town merchants. Mayor Mit-
Continued on Page Four
Registration
Books Are Open
Voters who desire to regis
ter for the forthcoming First
Congressional District special
general election have only
one more Saturday—January
22w-in which to get their
names on the books.
West W. Byrum, chairman
of Chowan County Board of
Elections, said the registrars
will be at the polling places
Saturday for the purpose of
allowing citizens to register.
Byrum said Saturday, Jan
uary 29, would be challenge
day and the election will be
held on February 5.
The chairman said there
had been no rush qf registra
tions since the books first
opened on January 8. “This
appears to be a normal reg
istration period,” be card.