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Vol. XXXIII.—No. 17.
Recognize d for Service
Baptist Minister Is Paid Tribute
. Rev. R. N. Carroll of
Edenton Baptist Church was
honored Sunday on the 20th
anniversary of his coming to
the local church.
Several hundred church
members, and friends of Mr.
and Mrs. Carroll from
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MINISTER HONORED Rev. and Mrs. R. N. Carroll, left are shown at a reception
following the 20th anniversary service of Mr. Carroll’s ministry at Edenton Baptist Church
last Sunday. Pictured with them are Dr. and Mrs. R. W. Kicklighter of Elizabeth City.
Mr. Kicklighter delivered the anniversary sermon.
Hlje public parade
MISSING THE MARK—Six
months hence Chowan Coun
ty will be among the first
"20 in the state to adopt a
new court system. The new
system is designed to bring
about uniform courts below
the level of existing Superior
Courts.
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From what has happened
•••along The Public Parade in
the past month, many feel
the legislators stopped short
of the mark.
Chowan County taxpayers
have just footed the bill for
a S4OO session of court which
actually lasted less than one
working day. That is steep
by most anyone’s standards.
If there is any consolation
in not being alone—and there
isn’t we can look across
the Albemarle Sound and
find comfort in Washington
County.
In Chowan County, this
was the second Superior
Court session in four weeks
—neither of which consumed
much time. The April tprm
—a mixed term where both
criminal and civil cases were
calendared—opened March 28
at 10 A. M. It ended dur
ing the afternoon three days
later.
Now comes a May term
limited to civil matters.
Many of the cases were
docketed for trial four weeks
earlier but were continued
for one reason or another.
This term also began at 10
A. M., Monday with 33 jurors
being called for prospective
djUty. Two were excused py
the court.
After the calendar was
read it was evident that only
one jury trial would be ne
cessary. A jury was en
, paneled and the rest of the
body sent home The judge
took a 20-minute recess to
confer with attorneys for
both sides and (Tame back
a report that the case
had been settled.
Members of the jury were
paid $238.45, which includes
$1 each, plus mileage. The
sheriff was paid an addition
al_ $24.75 for “serving” them
and a court reporter picked
UP $125, plus mileage, for
less than a day's work.
In Washington County a
mixed -term of court was
called. The result, one crimi
nal case disposed of and five
divorces granted.
We have supported court
reform while at the same
time having the opinion It is
« costly means of curing the
justice of the peace ills.
.. There is nothing wrong
with our courts today which
cannot be cured by the law
yers who practice in tfteVn.
We are totally unaware of
. any way to legislate efficien
cy. However, something
jfeeds to be done in stfbh. in
stances as cited here. Cho
wap .County taxpayers aren’t
going to holdr still for many
|4QO one-day court terms.
throughout the area attended,
the 4 P. M., service and re
ception which followed.
Presented a love gift at
the conclusion of the 45-
minutes long service, Mr.
Carroll was visibly moved' by
the entire event.
OVERHEARD One of
the comments along The
Public Parade recently was
a resident complaining about
having to purchase a new
garbage can so often.
The real answer docs not
lie in getting town employes
to handle the cans more
carefully. It is in having
garbage picked up at the
back of the house, not on the
street or in the street, which
ever the case may be.
BIG DAY COMING—FinaI
preparations are being made
at the James Iredell House
property on East Church
Street for an important func
tion on Mother’s Day, May 8.
Mrs. Wood Privotl, presi
dent of the Iredell Associa
tion, hopes a goodly num
ber of local citizens will at
tend the ceremonies which
will include the dedication of
Bandon Plantation School
house to Mrs. Inglis Fletcher.
The association will meet
at 2 P. M., with State Treas
urer Edwin Gill delivering
the principal address.
Dr. Christopher Crittenden,
director of the S f ate Depart
ment of Archives, and His
tory, will dedicate the Ban-
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State Jaycee President
To Install Local Slate
Cabell Ramsey, state presi
dent of the North Carolina
Jaycees, will attend the local
Jaycees’ Installation banquet
Thursday night and install
the 1966-67 Edenton club of
ficers.
To be installed at the ban
quet to be held at the ,Jay
cee Building at 7 P. M., are
the following: President, Bob
Waller; first vice president,
Wayne Rawls; second vice
president, Oscar White; treas
urer, Leo LaVoie; secretary,
Jim Jenkins; corresponding
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CABELL'RAMSEY
Edenton,
_. He said he recalled 20
years ago—the Sunday he de
livered his first sermon as
pastor of the church. But he
more vividly remembered
four weeks earlier when he
had come from Knoxville,
Tenn., to Edenton for the
Precinct Meetings Set
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By Chowan Democrats
Democrats in Chowan
County’s six precincts will
meet May 7 for the purpose
of perfecting the precinct or
ganization and electing dele
gates to the county conven
tion,
Tom Shepard, county party
chairman, said the meetings
will be held at 10:30 A. M„
in the respective precincts.
The county convention will
be held at 10:30 A. M., May
14/ at the court house. At
that time delegates to the
state convention will be se
lected and other party busi
ness transacted.
Shepard said the state con-
WEINER ROAST
Chowan Tribe No. 13, Im
proved Order of Red Men
will hold a weiner roast at
the meeting hall next Mon
day night, May 2 at 7 o’clock.
BENEFIT DINNER
The annual chicken bar
becue supper, to benefit
Center Hill-Cross Roads Vol
untary Fire Department, will
be held May 14 from 5 P. M.
to 8 P. M. Tickets for the
event are now being sold by
members of the department.
secretary, Billy Ricks; state
director, Pete Dajl; chairman
of board, Samuel Cox; di
rectors: Jimmy Yates, Wal
lace Evans, Albert Ward,
Robert Dail, Earl Britton and
Clarence Shackelford.
Numerous club awards will
be presented at the banquet
before the installation cere
mony.
Ramsey, 33, of Kinston, is
the 29th president of the
North Carolina Junior Cham
ber" of Commerce, and the
first member of (he Kinston
Jaycees to hold the number
one spot for North Carolina
Jaycees.
A native of Kinston, Ram
sey was graduated from
Grainger High School there.
He is now president of Ram
sey Realty and Insurance
Company.
He has been a member of
the Kinston Jaycees for the
past 12 years and has served
every office in the local or
ganization. During his ten
ure as president of Kinston,
the chapter finished
one in Parade of Cities com
petition in North Carolina.
Ramsey has also served as
vice president assigned to the
Sixth District, National Di
rector assigned to the Sowth
v eastern Region, and as state)
chairman for public Jfelationg
and publicity. _ r
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first time.
Mr. Carroll said W. J.
Berryman conducted the first
portion of the service.
His voice filled with emo
tion, his speech being choked
out at times, the popular
minister said:
“You were looking at me
with a great deal of curiosity.
“I was looking at you with
a great deal of curiosity also.
“Suddenly, I knew I was
to come to Edenton.”
He didn't complete his re
marks.
E. L. Hollowell presented
the gift to the Carrolls from
the congregation.
Earlier, Dr. R. W. Kick
lighter of Elizabeth City had
listed the qualities of Chris
tian discipleship in the anni
versary sermon.
The three qualities listed
were:
1— Giving absolute'priority
to God.
2 Exlusive attention.'
3 Self-denying devotion.
Dr. Kicklighter, pastor of
Blackwell Memorial Baptist
Church' said such an anni
versary says something about
the man, the church Sand the
pastor’s wife. He commend
ed Mr. Carroll upon the 20-
year relationship between the
pastor and the people.
He called the celebration
“too tender to be treated
lightly, trivially or briefly.”
Duard Murphy was in
charge of the service.
The reception followed in
the Fellowship Hall.
vention will be held in Ra
leigh on May 19.
The location of precinct
meetings arc:
East Edcnton, Chow a n
County Court House.
West Edenton, Edcnton Mu
nicipal Building.
Yeopim, Harry Perry's
Store.
Rocky Hock, Taylor's Store,
Center Hill, D. R. Bunch's
Store.
Wardville, H. R. Peel’s
Store.
Shepard said the precinct
meetings are an important
part of the Democratic Par
ty’s organization. He said
party members in the pre
cincts should attend the
meeting and participate in
the selection of delegates and
other items of business which
might- come up.
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YOUNG TYPISTS WIN DISTRICT AWARDS Typists from John A.
Holmes High School and Chowan High School won district awards recently
in a contest at East Carolina College. Miss Brenda White, left, won the
district title for advanced individual typing. The group picture shows the
Student Typists From Chowan County Win District Titles
On ■J'/Tarch 29, the Cho
wan County Typewriting con
test was held at John A.
Holmes High School from
9 until 11 A. M., with Mrs,
Hiram Mayo administering
the tests and Mrs. John Per
ry, Chowan business educa
tion teacher, serving as as
sistant.
The following students par
ticipated in the contest from
Chowan High School: Be
ginning Division, Belinda
Perry and Stanley Tynch.
Those representing John A.
Holmes High School were
Ivy Lowe and Larry Parks.
Those entering the advanced
contest were Margaret Tynch
and Wilma Nixon, students
from Chowan. Brenda White
Board Cancels
Student Fees;
Hires Teachers
All fees in Edenton Public
Schools —with the exception
of a state required book rent
al—have been eliminated for
the 1966-67 term.
Trustees of the local
schools passed a motion at
their meeting Thursday to
abolish locally instituted fees.
The cost of this will be
around $5,000.
Therefore, no student at
tending school in Edenton or
Chowan County schools will
be required to pay a fee to
take a particular course or
participate in specific activi
ties.
Fees in Chowan County
schools were abolished last
year.
Supt. Hiram J. Mayo said
the hew policy affects stu
dents in grades nine through
12 ;is the lower grade fees
were abolished last year.
The maximum fee which
could have been paid by a
single student a 1 John A.
Holmes High School under
the existing ■ system was
$19.80.
Supt. Mayo said insurance
will continue to be optional.
Several resignations, all to
become effective at the end
of the current school term,
were accepted by the board.
They include: Mrs. Brenda
Harrison. Miss Miriam Tay
lor, Miss Betty Jean Brown,
George N. Hood, Mrs. Lenora
Atkinson and Mrs. Mary F.
Partin.
All other teachers were
employed for the 19G6-67
term.
The board went on record
requesting the Town of
Edenton to pave the road on
the north side of D. F. Walk
er High School. The board
agreed to pay one-fourth the
cost, not in excess of SI,OOO.
The school calendar for
1966-67 was adopted.
Board Adopts
New Ordinance
The Pasquotank - Perquim
ans-Camden-Chowan District
Board of Health in session on
April 14 adopted amend
ments to the septic tank ord
inance.
This action was prompted
by existing subdivisions hav
ing sub-standard lot sizes
which would not. accommo
date both individual water
and septic tank systems.
These lots are located mostly
in resort areas.
and Barbara Adams partici
pated from Holmes High,
In the beginning division
Larry Parks was the highest
individual scorer with 173,
followed by Ivy Lowe. They
also held the highest record
for the beginning team aver
age with 158.
Brenda White was the
highest scorer for the ad
vanced division Vith a score
of 195. Her five minute
timed writing was the high
est that Mrs. Mayo had ever
witnessed a student typing.
Her score was 96 words with
three errors; this represents
an outstanding record. Wil
ma Nixon came in second
with 153. The Holmes High
students had the highest ad
vanced team score of 165
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REV. ALAN A. SMITH
British Preacher
WilLVisit Area
Methodists of the Albe
marle Area will share in a
“Mission to America" during
the week beginning May 1.
Rev. Alan A. Smith, Brit
ish Methodist pastor of the
St. Ives circuit in Cornwall,
will be located in Edenton
as guest of the Edenton
Methodist Church and will
preach each night during the
week in one of .the towns in
the Albemarle Area.
He will speak at the Eden
ton Methodist Church on
May 1 at a special mission
study program. A Family
Night supper will precede the
mission observance.
On subsequent evenings he
will preach in Windsor,
Ahoskie, Plymouth and Eliz
abeth City.
Mr. Smith is one of 30
Methodist preachers from the
British Methodist Confer
ence who have been brought
to the United States for a
three-week “Mission to Am
erica”. The ministers are
listed as “30 of British Meth
odism’s most outstanding
preachers.” and they will be
preaching in most of the 50
states.
Arranged and sponsored by
the General Board of Evan
gelism of the Methoriits
Church, the British raission
ers helped to observe the
Bi-Centennial of American
Methodist preaching, held in
Baltimore, Maryland, a week
ago.
Following his week in the
Albemarle Area, Mr. Smith
will go to the Wilmington
area the week of May 9-11
for a series of services with
Rev. Clyde Boggs, district
superintendent.
Mr. Smith is 30 years old.
married and the father of
one child.
four Chowan County entries who brought home district honors. Left to
right are: Ivy Lowe, Wilma Nixon, Larry Parks and Miss White. Miss
Nixon is a student at Chowan High School while the others attend Holmes
High in Edenton.
At noon a cold plate lunch
eon was served to the group
by the Holmes High typing
mothers. Mrs. Earl White
was chairman of the group
and was assisted by Mrs.
William Adams, Mrs. Wood
row Lowe, and Mrs. Luther
Parks.
Larry Parks, Ivy Lowe,
Brenda White, and Wilma
Nixon represented Chowan
County at the District Type
writing Contest in Greenville
on April 21 in the Rawls
Building, Business Education
Department at East Caro
lina College. The beginning
test, administered by college
professors, was given at 11:00
A, M., and the advanced test
at 1:30 P.M.
Approximately 100 students
Layton’s Body
Is Recovered
By R. L Evans
The body of Joseph Lin
wood Layton, 48, was recov
ered from the Albemarle
Sound at 5:50 A. M., Tues
day, thus ending an extended
search which lasted more
than a week.
Coroner Carroll Boyce rul
ed the death as an accidental
drowning.
Wildlife Protectin' R. E. Ev
ans spotted the body floating
underneath the bridge tend
er’s house on the Norfolk
Southern Railroad bridge.
The location of the recovery,
was only a few feet from
where Mr. Layton’s shad skiff
was found tied up at 8:30
P. M., April 18.
Mr. Layton was a com
mercial fisherman and truck
er.
C. J. 'Overton,' Wildlife o
pet visor, said members of his
depart menl had spool !!t()
man hours searching the ares
for Mr. Layton after it was
reported that he had drown
ed.
Members of the Edenfon-
Chowan Rescue Squad, under
the direction of Capt. Jimmy
Ricks, spent an unknown
number of hours in the drag
ging operation. Also lending
assistance were other fish
ermen and scuba divers from
Cherry Point Maine Base.
Mr. Layton was the soft of
Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas
Layton, Sr., who survive, and
resided in the Rocky Hock
community. He was a life
long resident of Chowan
County.
He was married to the for
mer Hilda Chappell, who also
survives. Other survivors in
clude: two daughters: Mrs.
Delores L. Brown of Wind-
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Library Moving
To Watrr Street
Shepard-Prudcn Memori
al Library will he closed
while the library is being
moved into its new quar
ters on Water Street. The
last day of operation on
North Broad Street was
Tuesday.
The opening date at the
new building will be an
nounced later.
Patrons are requested
not to return books during
this relocation period. No
fines will be charged for
overdue books during this
time.
competed in the northeastern
contest with the others al
ready being eliminated in
the county. There were 29
counties represented from
this district.
While the students were
being tested, their teachers
were looking over the tests
and attending an IBM work
shop.
The climax of the entire
day came at the Awards Din
ner at 6 P. M. After dinner,
speeches were made by busi
ness education fraternity and
sorority officers, the college
president, dean of the school
of business, the chairmen of
the contests, etc.
Larry Parks was an indi
vidual winner coming m sec
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CLARENCE STASAVICH
Sports Banquet
Slated On May 9
Tickets went on sale here
this week for the Varsity
Club’.' annual spoils awards
banquet.
President Ken Stalls said
a record attendance is ex
pected for the banquet sched
uled lor 7 I’. M., May 9. The
site of I lie f imct ion t Na
tional Guard armory. Price
of the ticket's is $2.
The Varsity Club each year
honors athletes at John A
Holmes High School. Stalls
said more athletes will he
honored' this year than ever
before as the .school's pro
gram has been expanded.
Os particular interest this
year will be the fact that
the Aces wort the conference
and district, title in football
and won the .conference : title
in basketball. A fine track
team is gunning for the
fourth conference crown in as
many years.
Coach Clarence Stasnvich,
head football coach and ath
letic director at: East Caro
lina College, will be the
principal speaker at the ban
quet.
His coaching record
through the 19.65 season in
cluded 152 wins, 43 losses,
and seven ties. He rolled un
this record while coaching at
Campbell Cob' ge (1935-38),
Lenoir Rhvne College (1938-
42). and Ea-t Carolina Col
lege since 1962.
BAKE SALE
The G.iidcn Community De
velopment members will be
holding a Bake Sale in front
of Belk-Tvler's Friday after
noon. May 6. starting at I
o’clock. Special orders will
be taken for anyone wanting
a cake* baked, especially for
mother on Mother’s Day. In
terested persons mav contact
Mrs. O. M. Blanchard.
und in the contest in the
beginning division, winning a
medal and plaque for both
the school and himself. Lar
ry Parks and Ive Lowe re
ceived second place for hav
ing the highest average of
the team scores and won a
district banner.
Brenda White placed first
in all the district in the ad
vanced division, winning a
medal and plaque for herself
and her school. Brenda
White and Wilma Nixon were
second place team score win
ners for their countv in the
advanced division and receiv
ed a district banner.
While in Greenville, the
group was entertained by
Mrs. Mayo’s mother, Mrs. Al
fred Kennedy. , „