Vol. XXXIII —No. 12.
Wins State Award «;
Veneer Company Cited!
Chowan Veneer Company, Inc., was named outstanding employer with less thap
200 workers by the Governor’s Committee on Employment of the Handicapped.
E. L. Hollowell, president, received a handsomely engraved plaque Wednesday
from Gov. Dan K. Moore.
In a simple but impressive ceremony in the old House chambers of State
Capitol, Gov. Moore presented awards to individuals and firms which were cited
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GETS STATE RECOGNITION Gov. Dan K. Moore,
rifht, poses with E. L. Hollowell, president of Chowan
Veneer Company, Inc., following: an awards ceremony in
Raleigh last week. The local manufacturing: plant was
given a state award for employment of the handicapped.
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REMINDER The follow
ing note comes from Bill
Crowell, able director of
public relations for the De
partment of Motor Vehicles:
“Please remind your read
ers that the inspection dead
line for vehicles with lidense
plates ending in three comes
on March 31. Thanks.”
Think nothing of it, Bill.
LOOK AT RECORD
Over the past week a lot
has been said, as well as
written, about race relations
in Edenton and Chowan
County. Misinformation, dis
tributed through various
channels, has caused much
concern among those genu
inely interested in the future
of our area.
It will be our purpose
here to set the record
straight for those who tarry
along The Public Parade.
“Persuaded’* was the un
fortunate word chosen to
describe establishment of a
county-wide good neighbor
council. D. S. Coltrane, race
relations troubleshooter for
Gov. Dan K. Moore, met
with city and county lead
ers last Wednesday at the
reqtjest of W. B. Gardner,
towfi administrator.
Local officials learned
Monday that civil rights
leaders hereabouts had docu
mented 15 grievances. They
immediately sought a con
ference with these leaders —
mainly due to the timing in
volved.
A meeting was heljd be
tween Gardner, Rev, Fred
H. LaGarde and Nornjan
Brinkley Tuesday afternoon.
During this meeting a for
mal request was made for a
county-wide council.
The proper person to as
sist in establishing this
council is Coltrane. He was
contacted and agreed to meet
in Edenton Wednesday after
noon. He brought with him
Irving Tranen of Commun
ity Relations Services, U. S.
Department of Commerce.
' This group frankly disf
cussed the local situation and
voluntarily took steps to es
tablish the new council.
Recommendations for in
dividuals to ' serve on this
council came from the town
council, county commission
ers and Negro groups. It
was from .these lists that
Mayor John A. Mitchener,
Jr., and W. E- Bond, county
commissioners' chairman, se
lected the 15 - member com
mittee. It is composed cf
eight whites and seven Ne
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The Edenton-Chowan Good
Neighbor Coimeil was called
into session at 10 A. M. Fri- 1
day. They heard Coltrane
describe their duties.
This j new council,V less
than an hqur old, went to
work. They adopted a
strong eight-point list of pur
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poses and objectives. At
Coltrane’s suggestion, four
committees were agreed on
and their first recommenda
tion was that the city and
coynty adopt a non-discrim
inalory employment policy.
Mr. LaGarde had other
business Friday so the com
mittee, in fairness to him,
withheld further discussion
of his requests until he
could meet with them. This
meeting was held at 5 P. M.
Friday.
Another meeting—the third
session of the committee—
was held at 5 P. M. Monday.
Area leaders in the field of
education, employment and
anti-poverty were in attend
ance.
Although the committees
in various areas had only
two working days to func
tion, Mr. LaGarde was high
ly critical of the procedure
for action. He said the
grouD was not showing
“good faith” in meeting his
requests. He threatened to
return to the streets to em
phasize his demands.
This business of showing
good faith in trying to re
solve any problem is a two
way street.
Edenton and Chowan
County are not unique. Sure,
we have our problems. At
the same time, we have local
people of both races capable
of meeting them headon.
The new good neighbor coun
cil is .composed of just this
type individual.
If this council is to make
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BASEBALL HOPEFULS Coach David T. Bumgarner here instructs two of the
,S!l u *f °? 1966 Aces’ baseball team as the 6quad prepares for the first game today
oo-captain, whilt Tdike Overton, another out
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Edentc *| owan County, North Carolina 27932 Thursday, March 24, 1966.
for their work with the
handicapped during 1965.
Gov. Moore recognized the
outstanding job employers in
North Carolina is doing in
the field of employment of
handicapped persons.
“But this is your day, not
mine,” the governor stated as
he stood before his audi
ence. “Thank you for shar
ing it with me.”
Mrs. Emily Draughn of
Surry County was named
Outstanding Handicap of the
year. The outstanding phy
sician award went to Dr.
Walter S. Hunt of Raleigh.
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco
Company of Winston-Salem
won the award for employ
ers with more than 200 work
ers.
Essay winners were also
recognized and presented cer
tificates as well as cash
awards.
Gov. and Mrs. Moore en
tertained the award winners
at a lucheon at the Govern
or’s Mansion following the
ceremony.
Mayor John A. Mitchener,
Jr., R. E. Cheek and L. F.
Amburn, Jr., attended the
awards ceremony along with
Mrs. Hollowell' and James
Darnell, a Chowan Veneer
company official.
Baseball Squad
Will Play Today
It’s to the diamond at
Hicks Field today (Thurs
day) for the Edenton Aces
as they go after their third
conference championship' in
as many sports in the 1965-
66 term.
Game time is 3:30 P. M.
and the foe is Pasquotank
Central.
Coach David T. Bumgar
ner, who just joined the staff
at John A. Holmes High
School, has been well pleas
ed with the material and
believes the Aces will be a
real contender.
Coach Jerry McGee’s team
won the conference grid
championship last fall and
Coach James Kinion guided
his cage team to within one
point of a district title.
Therefore, the Aces are out
to bring home the big tro
phy in baseball.
Bob Bass, a pitcher and
shortstop, has been named
captain of the team. Dwight
Flanagan, a dandy outfielder,
was chosen co-captain. This
is the third sport this sea
son in which Flanagan has
been given a position of
leadership.
Coach Bumgarner has
three pitchers in his start
ing lineup and at press time
had not given the nod to the
man to take the mound to
day. Mike Overton, a junior
who pitches and plays sec
ond base, will be a starter
as will Thomas Willis, an
other junior who shares du-
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if ighway Funds
. .ogrammed
Secondary road improve
ments in Chowan County for
1966-67 will cost $130,232.23
with a postion of the money
coming from the S3OO-million
road bond fund.
County commissioners Mon
day programmed $53,600 of
the $110,850 bond money and
$73,100 in regular secondary
road funds.
Meeting with Highway
Commissioner Don Matthews
of Hamilton and district road
officials, the commissioners
programmed the following
work:
From Bond Money
Greenfield Road To be
widened, shoulders fixed, and
paved.
Green Road To be pav
ed.
(The cost of these two pro
jects will use the $53,800 now
allowed for programming
from bond funds. The re
maining $57,050 will remain
unallocated and is not ex
pected to be used for two
years. The actual cost cf
work on the two roads is
$105,300 but regular second
ary road funds have previ
ously been earmarked for
them.)
From Regular Funds
Rider’s Road - .3 mile;
$5,100 cost.
Griffin Road ■*- 1.2 mile;
$20,400 cost.
Wingfield Road—2.B mile;
$47,600 cost.
These three roads are to
be graded, ditched and stabi
lized.
The commissioners did not
program the remaining $3,-
332.23 in secondary road
funds.
D. M. Patrick of Ahoskie.
district engineer, told com
missioners $2,000 had been
taken from available second
ary road money to establish
a work order fund. He said
this could expedite work on
the secondary road program
by as much as 90 days.
Chairman W. E. Bond pre
sided at the meeting which
was attended by the follow
ing commissioners: J. Clar
ence Leary, Dallas Jethro,
Jr., C. H. Hollowell and
Carey Evans.
Elections Board
Members Named
Chowan County Board of
Elections has been appoint
ed by the State Elections
Board, it was announced re
cently in Raleigh.
West W. Byrum, chair
man, and E. L. Hollowell are
Democrats who were re
named to the board. J. L.
Chestnutt, retired Edenton
postmaster, is the GOP
member chosen to serve. He
replaces Robert Smith, who
teis been unable to serve re
cently because of his health.
DEAN’S LIST
Linda Basnight, a fresh
man at Atlantic Christian
College in Wilson, has been
named to the Dean’s List for
the first semester. She is
the daughter of Mr, and Mrs.
Dennis W. Basnight.
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rmmlm b FrLSI m 1 ’ r « ht ’ ?. nd Dr ' Joh " n,c H. Horton following formation of the Edenton-Chowan Good Neighbor
croon rviVtrn'np Harrell Mas nan,e(l «‘> lln c'l chairman and Dr. Horton serves as vice-chairman of the 15 member
group. Coltrane is head of the state counterpart and was h ere to assist in the organizational work of the council.
County Good Neighbor Council
To Hear Report Os Committees
The newly formed Edenton-
Chowan Good Neig hb o r
Council meets at 5 P. M.,
Monday to hear initial re
ports of four committees
working to implement the
Drainage Work
Is Too Costly
A consulting engineer told
Town Councilmen Monday
night it is not economically
feasible to do extensive storm
drainage work in the East
Water Street area.
George S. Rawlins, execu
tive vice president, J. N.
Pease Associates of Char
lotte, presented a report that
showed it would cost an esti
mated $228,600 to construct a
system in the area. This
would include only 82 acres
of the Town of Edenton.
Rawlins said due to the
tremendous cost involved he
could not recommend that the
work be done, However, he
recommended that the town
continue an existing plan of
repairing and expanding the
present system as finances
permit.
The engineer also recom
mended enlargement of catch
basins in the area.
The recommendations in
the study include periodic in
spection and cleaning of the
existing drainage system at
the lower end of the system
Town employees have been
working to remove sand and
similar solids.
In other business at the
lengthy councilsession, W. B.
Gardner, administrator, was
instructed to contact Herbert
Small and advise him that
April 1 was the_ deadline for
a decision on a piece of prop
erty needed by the town to
construct an off-street park
ing lot.
Councilmen unani
mously adopted a non-dis
criminatory policy in hiring
of personnel as recommended
by the Edenton-Chowan Good
Neighbor Council.
School Traffic
Pattern Changed
The traffic pattern around
Edenton Elementary School
will be changed, effective
Monday.
Police Chief James H.
Griffin said the recommen
dations of the Town Coun
cil, as agreed on by city
school officials, will be im
plemented.
They are.
Court Street, between
Queen and Church streets,
will be one-way north.
There will be no parking
on the west side of Court
Street in this block.
Loading and unloading of
children will be allowed on
the east side of Court Street,
in front of the school.
Teachers and other school
personnel will use the new
parking lot at the rear of the
school.
“We feci that these changes
are necessary for the even
and orderly flow of traffic
and for the safety of our
children,” Chief Griffin said.
“We ask the cooperation of
the teachers, parents and
general public in this mat
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council’s purposes and ob
jectives.
Rev. Robert S. Harrell,
chairman, and .Dr.. Johnnie
H. Horton, vice chairman,
named the committees Fri
Superior Court Session
Convenes Here Monday
A mixed term of Chowan
County Superior Court will
convene here at 10 A. M.,
Monday, Judge Howard H.
Hubbard of Clinton will pre
side.
Solicitor Herbert Small of
Elizabeth City will be prose
cuting his first Superior
Court docket in Edenton. He
was named by Gov. Dan K.
Moore in December to suc
ceed Judge Waiter Cahoon,
who was named to the bench,
Mrs. Lena Leary, clerk of
Court, said nine members of
the continuing grand jury
will be drawn to serve with
the nine members who are
currently serving a 12-month
term. Foreman of the grand
jury is C, A. Perry.
Criminal cases will be
heard during the first part
of the week with several cas
es calendared:
House Candidates File
Mrs. Leary Seeks Another Term
Mrs, Lena M, Leary, vet
eran Chowan County Clerk
of Superior Court, announced
this week she will seek an
other four-year term.
At the same time three
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day following the first meet
ing of the 15-member coun
cil.
The council was named
Friday morning by Mayor
John A. Mitchener, Jr., and
Trial is set in the ease
where John James Williams.
43-year-old Winfall Negro, is
charged with first degree
burglary. Williams was ar
rested after an intensive in
vestigation by Edenton Police
following a burglary at the
home of Mrs. John Bond.
North Granville Street.
Stephen E. Moreland, 42.
is scheduled to be tried on
three counts of false pretense
and a similar number of
counts of obtaining advances
on prior work.
Also docketed is a case
in which Lenhart Rescue,
40-year-old Negro. 208 North
Oakum Street, is charged
with throwing acid on Joe
Outlaw.
A number of support and
traffic cases are also sched
uled to be tried.
candidates-—two of the in
cumbents—announced for : the
First District of the House
of Representatives. Two seats
have been allocated to the
six counties of Northeastern
North Carolina.
Veteran Perquimans Rep.
Archie T. Lane said he
would seek a fourth term in
the House.
Philip P. Godwin of Gates
County, is also running for
a fourth term.
A newcomer to the politi
cal races in the forthcoming
Democratic Primary is W. T.
(Bill) Culpepper, Jr., of Eliz
abeth City. Another candi
date from Elizabeth City is
Robert Givens. Rep. Mil
burn Sawyer of Currituck
County is also running.
Mrs. Leary was elevated
to the clerk of court's posi
tion in 1960, succeeding Tom
H. Shepard, who resigned to
enter private business. For
11 years prior to her ap
pointment, Mrs. Leary work
ed in the office as an assist
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Chairman W. E Bond of the
Chowan County Board of
Commissioners.
Mr. Harrell, the chairman,
is superintendent of missions
for Chowan Baptist Associa
lion. Dr. Horton is a local
Negro dentist and civic lead
er.
The other council members
are: Mrs. E. N Elliott. W. H.
Bunch, Georgi Alma By rum,
Cecil Fry. W. P. (Spec)
Jones. J. Gilliam Wood and
McDonald Dixon.
And. Rev. J. E. Tilleft,
Rev. Fred H. LaGarde, Mrs.
C. C. Cox. Fletcher Lassi
ter, Thomas I. Sharpe and
Earl Jones
Bunch was chosen secre
tary.
Mayor Mitchener announc
ed the joint appointment and
asked the council to meet at
least once a month.
Chairman Bond said the
council is “what we consider
a ropfesentatiy< group,” He
urged the members to work
“aggressively and coopera
tively towards the needs of
the entire community."
The Edenton Unit of the
Southern Christian Leader
ship Conference and the
Chowan County Branch of
the NAACP earlier had giv
en W. B. Gardner; town ad
ministrator, a 15-point pro
gram toward “a free. Homo-
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ant clerk.
In her duties as clerk of
court she also serves as .ju
venile judge and has taken
an interest in the youth of
this area.
Mrs. Leary this year was
named winner of the BPW
Woman of the Year award
and had previously won the
Clubwoman of the Year hon
or given by the same club.
In 1691-62 she was a dis
trict director of the organi
zation.
She is secretary of the
Edenton Historic Commission
and has been active in civic
and religious circles for
many years.
In 1965 she was signally
honored by being included
among those who were listed
in Who's Who of American
Women. She is married to
Leon Leary and they have
one daughter:
Rep. Lane is well-known in
the Albemarle district, hav
ing contributed extensively in
civic and area improvements
through his association with
soil conservation service, ru
ral electrification, and area
development. In addition to
serving three terms in the
House of Representatives,
Rep. Lane served 14 years as
county commissioner, eight
years of which he was chair
man.
Rep. Lane in making his
announcement feels that his
many years of service in lo
cal and state government and
area improvements, qualifies
him to represent this district.
Rep. Godwin served in the
1961, 1963 and 1965 regular
sessions and served in the
special session of 1963 apd
two special sessions of 1965.
During his service in the
Legislature, he was chair
man of the Committee on
Corporations in 1963 and
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