County Budget Gets Approval;
Commissioners Slash Tax Rate
Chowan County commissioners Monday ap
proved a record high budget for fiscal 1966-
67 while cutting the tax rate.
The budget amounts to $741,683.71.
The tax rate is $1.55 per SIOO valuation.
An additional five cents was levied for fire
protection for those residing outside the Town of
Edentpn.
This amounts to a three cent reduction in
taxes for citizens of Edenton and a six cent de
cline for others. The 1965-66 rate was $1.58 in
Edenton, plus eight cents for those living outside.
Commissioners appeared extremely pleased
with the increase in property valuation which
brought about the tax cut, although the budget
is higher than this year.
Chairman W. E. Bond said there was a good
increase in valuation due to changes in land
classifications and new construction. He said
while the actual valuation is about $27,300,000,
Volume XXXIII.—No. 23.
cThc public Parade
STILL BEDFELLOWS—
There is one matter of busi
ness which didn’t appear on
the agenda of a brief meet
ing of Chowan County com
missioners Monday. That is
the question of a U. S. 17
( by-pass of Edenton.
r This question has been
j smoldering here for several
years. While the local blaze
never got hot, other towns
Were obtaining by-passes and
enjoying the type of growth
we need.
It is ironical the county
commissioners brought the
by-pass question out into the
open and then retreated
when the flames began to
lick at their boots.
At a March 21 meeting of
the board with State High
way C o m m Lssio n.e r Don
Matthews and district road
officials, Matthews was asked
about the status of the by
pass. He replied it had not
been discussed since he took
office.
Matthews asked if the
commissioners wanted him to
look into the situation. While
no formal vote was taken it
was generally agreed a by-
Sass would be desirable and
latthews should look into
it.
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Apparently before Matth
ews got back to Hamilton
i . there was some mind-chang
ing by at least one commis
sioner. The brakes were then
applied.
The highway commission
has many, many places to
spend money and doesn’t
usually go around throwing
up a by-pass here and an
other one there. The com
munities have to go after
them if the highways are to
be placed in such a manner
as to be of maximum bene
fit.
Matthews told a local
group in May if the people
“down there’’ want a by-pass
let’s hear it.
The Edenton Town Coun
cil then passed a resolution
favoring the by-pass. The
merchants committee of the
Edenton Chamber of Com
merce asked the chamber’s
board of directors to do like-
H.,- wise. All three votes were
' reported as unanimous.
That raises the question:
What happened to the com
missioners?
They stand to gain the
most by such a road as it
will open up hundreds of
acres for future development.
Yes they rempin silent
Yes, politics and highways
have been bedfellow* for as
long as the two have exist
ed. It now appears there is
no exception to this rule in
Chowan. ...
Attorney General’s Opinion On Handling Os Profit From
Edenton’s Board of Public
Works Tuesday were asked to
operate within the frame
work of the town charter
and leave financial matters
up to the Town Council.
Mayor John A. Mitchener,
Jr., said it has been the cus
|tom for the council’s finance
| committee to ask the utilities
department for money to put
in the budget to maintain a
certain tax rate.
At a joint meeting of the
two boards, Mayor Mitchener
said this was started many
years became a cus
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina 27932 Thursday. June 9. 1966
BRING HOME BACON—
May we be among the first
along The Public Parade to
congratulate Herb Hollowell
upon his election as district
governor of the Lions Club?
He was the first local Lion
endorsed for the District 31-J
position. Through hard work,
his campaign resulted in
Edenton Lions Club getting
the governor’s banner.
Once he got the ball, Herb
Hollowell ran with it, dem
onstrating the same tireless
effort, attention to duty and
zest which has made him a
valuable member of this com
munity. He can be expected
to compile an outstanding
record in his new office.
The entire community can
take pride in the fact that
this high Lions Club position
has come to Edenton.
FROM THE PlLE—Every
one’s desk needs a little at
tention from time to time.
Ours is no exception.
Digging down through one
of many piles of communi
cations, we ran across a note
from Murray D. Ashley, Civil
Defense director here.
Murray submitted the fol
lowing facts about the Am
erican Red Cross. We found
them interesting and pass
them on for your informa
tion. Here ’tis:
“During the past 12 months
the Chowan Hospital has
used 266 pints of blood from
the American Red Cross
Tidewater Blood Center. This
blood has been free to all
patients needing blood at the
hospital.
“At a minimum value this
blood would have cost $6,650.
Local donations to the Red
Cross last year came to
$1,200. Is this the value you
place on life saving blood?
It’s your decision! Do we
keep the blood bank? We
have to pay our fair share.
When will you need blood?
“Last year more than 500
young people in Chowan
County received training by
qualified American Red Cross
water safety and swimming
instructors. Who knows how
many drownings or water
sport accidents this training
might prevent
“ How much value can you
place on training that might
save a life?
“If you want this program
continued you must support
your Red Cross.”
SOFTBALL LEAGUE
Jim Kinion, director of the
summer recreation program,
says any club or organization
wanting to enter a team in
the softball league should
contact him by Friday.
cessary and will no longer
take place,” the mayor said.
Over the years the town’s
profits from the utilities de
partment have been kept
separate from other income.
This money has been con
trolled by the utilities board.
Mayor Mitchener read an
attorney general’s opinion
that this should not be the
case. Hie opinion stated
utility revenue “should be
handled as other
municipal revenues and their
disposition and expenditure
should be governed by the
appropriate laws regulating
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the levy will be on $26,000,000, or $2 milliun
more than this year.
Chowan County has 37 employes on the
monthly payroll and they are paid $7,172.33.
Os the 1966-67 budget, $338,683.71 is antici
pated from sources other than ad valorem tax
es. The bulk of this comes from surpluses, ABC
income and state and federal funds.
While the budget is based on an estimated
levy of $403,000, the 1965 levy amounted to
$433,193.41.
The 1965-66 budget was $693,364.27, or $48,-
319.44 less than the new one, and anticipated
funds were $314,164.27.
Mrs. Pansy Ell iott, county accountant, said
a breakdown of the $1.55 tax rate showed:
Bonds, 14 cents; charity, four cents; health,
seven cents; schools, 84 cents; welfare, 10 cents;
capital improvements, four cents; revaluation,
two cents; agriculture and economics, seven
cents; civil defense, one and one-half cents; ac
countant, one and one-half cents; and general
fund, 20 cents.
Governor, District 31-J
Lions Post To Hollo well
WINSTON-SALEM W. Herbert Hollowell of Edenton Tuesday was elected
governor of District 31-J, Lions International.
Hollowell, a member of Edenton Lions Club for 19 years, defeated Bob Hollar
of Wilson for the district’s top office. The conventions of Lions Club members
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W. HERBERT HOLLOWELL, JR.
County Opposes
Summer School
Chowan County Board of
Education has failed to ap
prope a summer school pro
gram for pre-school child
ren in the county.
Supt. Hiram J. Mayo pre
sented the program at the
board’s meeting Tuesday
night, but it did not gain
approval.
The summer school was
originally set up for White
Oak Elementary School and
funds placed in the Eco
nomic and Secondary Educa
tion Act budget for its op
eration. However, revised
federal guidelines said such
programs must be held in
white schools.
County school board mem
bers decided to ditch the
proposal rather than have it
operate at Chowan High
School
Mrs. Elizabeth Byrd,
ESCA director, and Mrs.
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municipal expenditure of
such revenues.”
“These powers would be
exercised by the Board of
Councilmen and not by the
Board of Public Works,” it
stated.
Mayor Mitchener asked the
Board of Pubic Works to
submit a budget in the same
manner as does every other
department in the town. He
said publication of the next
town budget will not only
show the expenses of the de
partment but the anticipated
income.
The mayor went on to say
Chowan County schools have a budget of
$70,259.51 while the Edenton city administrative
unit has a budget of $189,190.55. The new budg
ets include supplements for every teacher in
the two school systems.
The welfare budget amounts to $240,820.53
but the commissioners anticipate $209,820.53
from state and federal funds.
A five cent decline in the levy for bonds al
lowed the commissioners to include the four
cents for capital improvements, which is a new
item in the budget. Previously the accountant’s
office budget has been in the general fund,
which is limited to a maximum of 20 cents of
the levy.
The commissioners allso received a report from
Glenn Perry, jailer, which showed 44 persons
confined for from one to 31 days at a cost of
$378.38.
The board agreed to postpone their regular
July meeting from Monday until Wednesday
due to the fact that the first Monday falls on a
legal holiday.
Northeast Area
Health Seminar
Set Here June 24
Edenton has been chosen
as the location for one of six
venereal disease clinics being
planned by the State Board
of Health.
Dr. Isa Grant, district health
director, will host the one
day clinic scheduled for June
24 at Edenton Restaurant.
Dr. Jacob Koomen, state
health director, said other
clinics will be held in Dunn,
Winston-Salem, Wilmington,
Franklin and Morganton.
Each seminar program will
onen at 9:30 A. M., and close
at 4 P. M.
“In view of the enormity
of the venereal disease prob
lem and the broad spectrum
of topics to be covered (at
the seminar), it is hoped
that members of the educa
tional field and civic leaders
as well as public health per
sonnel and private physicians
will attend,” Dr. koomen
said.
by requiring a budget the
Council was in no way try
ing to tie the hands of the
department. He said the de
partment can expect the full
est cooperation from the
council when it becomes ne
cessary to change the budget
to meet pressing needs.
Jesse Harrell, chairman of
the Board of Public Works,
assured the councilmen of his
board’s willingness to comply
with the request.
Speaking of the utilities
department budget. Harrell
called it “unusual” because
it varies so greatly. He said
Single Copy 10 Cents
from across North Carolina
was held at Robert E. Lee
Hotel.
The election of Hollowell
ended more than seven
months of extensive cam
paigning. Over the past
months the candidate has
carried his campaign to every
club in the spacious district,
and meant more than one
visit to some of them.
It was on Hollowell that
Edenton Lions Club pinned
their hopes for their first
native son district governor
in the club’s 29 year history.
And he carried them to vic
tory- the first time they
sought the top office for an
Edentonian.
A host of local club mem
bers were at the convention
to secure votes for Hollowell
in the hotly contested race.
Hollowell, a pharmacist, is
a native of Chowan County.
He is a graduate of Edenton
High School and the Univer
sity of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. He has been
president of Hollowell’s Drug
Store in Edenton since 1957.
The new district governor
is married and the father of
two daughters.
He has been active in the
Edenton Lions Club and has
10 years of perfect attend
ance. He has served in vari
ous local and district offices
ana was deputy district gov
ernor in 1964-65.
Hollowell has also been ac
tive in numerous other com
munity activities.
Penalties Accrue
On Unpaid Taxes
The collection of taxes on
the 1965 levy during May
by Sheriff Earl Goodwin
amounted to $18,761.48, of
which $535.15 was in penal
ties.
In a report filed Monday,
Sheriff Goodwin reports the
collection of $1,904.14 in de
linquent taxes. Os this
amount, going back to 1955,
$347.11 was in penalties.
The sheriff also picked up
taxes back to 1950 on one
piece of property with the
tax being $31.26 and the pen
alties amounting to $24.02.
NEW BANK HOURS
Peoples Bank & Trust
Company will be open Mon
day through Friday from 9
A. M., to 1 P. M., and 2:30
P. M.. to 4:30 P. M.. and Sat
urday from 9 A. M., to 12
noon.
it is impossible to anticipate
far in advance some of the
reuirements of the depart
ment.
However, Harrell said:
“We’ll do the very best we
can.”
During the discussion Har
rell asked the council if the
utilities department was to
include capital improvements
in the budget. Mayor Mitch
ener replied: “No. When it
is necessary (to have capital
improvements) you should
present it to the council and
it becomes the responsibility
of this board to raise the
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PLfcASKI) ( Ol’Nt ILMEN—Two of Edenton’s Town Councilmen who are exception
ally pleased With plans for a new fire station are shown conferring on the grounds
at the corner of Ncrth Broad Street and Park Avenue. Luther C. Parks, left, chair
man of the finance committee and an active volunteer fireman, goes over some
figures with .1. I). Elliott, fire station building committee chairman. Edenton Con
struction Company has beguft work on the structure which wiil cost $85,000.
LLOYD E. BUNCH
Lloyd E. Bunch
Taken In Death
Lloyd E. Bunch. 202 East
Queen Street, died suddenly
Sunday morning at Chowan
Hospital. He was 60.
He became ill Saturday
night and was taken to the
local hospital where he died
a short time later. Death
was attributed to a heart at
tack.
He was owner of Chowan
Storage (Company, a business
he had operated since 1933.
Lloyd Ethriam Bunch was
born in Chowan County, a
son of Mrs. Lizzie Saunders
Bunch, and the late W. E.
Bunch. His marriage was to
the former Ruth Davenport,
who survives.
In addition to his mother
and wife, survivors include a
daughter. Miss Marian Bunch
of the home; two brothers,
J. Haywood Bunch and Hen
ry Allen Bunch, both of
Edenton; three sisters: Mrs.
Elizabeth Pierce of Edenton;
Mrs. Herbert Hollowell of
Portsmouth. Vai; and Mrs.
Jeff White of Merry Hill.
Mr. BUnch was a member
of Edenton Baptist Church,
Edenton Rotarv Club and the
Improved Order of Red Men.
Funeral services were con
ducted Monday at 11 A. M.,
at Edenton Baptist Church.
Rev. R. N. Carroll officiated.
Burial was in Beaver Hill
Cemetery. Williford Funeral
Home was in charge of ar
rangements.
BENEFIT SUPPER
The Chowan Ruritan Club
benefit supper for Nola Bass
will be held Saturday at the
Cross Roads-Center Hill Fire
Department.
Utilities Gives Nod To Councilmen
money.”
Thomas Byr um. public
works board member, asked
the councilmen if there had
ever been any doubt about
them not getting “what you
wanted” from the utilities
board. Mayor Mitchener said
this was not the question,
“This situation has develop
ed as custom,” the mayor
said.
It is stated in the town
charter that the Board of
Public Works “shall have no
power to expend any money
or incur any debt for any
purpose, by conti act or other-
5,200 Signed Up
In Labor Survey
The comprehensive labor
availability survey which
ended here Saturday has
been acclaimed as a big suc
cess.
Alton Elmore, general
survey chairman, reports that
approximately 5,200 survey
forms have been sent to the
Employment Security Com
mission of North Carolina in
Raleigh. The ESC will com
pile information given on
the survey forms and make
it available to industry in
terested in locating in the
area.
Elm Ore said the final ESC
report should show that
Edenton can more than staff
two industries now consid
ering locating here.
“I wish to take this op
portunity to sincerely thank
the people who worked on
this project as well as those
who took the time and ef
fort to complete the survey
forms,” Elmore said.
“I believe something good
will definitely come from it
City’s Summer School
Program Now Assured ;
A summer school for pre
first graders in the Edenton
City schools has been as
sured with 100 children reg
istered by noon Tuesday.
Supt. Hiram J. Mayo said
the summer school project
would be financed by fed
eral funds and it was anti
cipated that 120 students
would attend.
Although he had request
ed parents of pre-school
students to express their de
sire for the school by last
Friday. Supt. Mayo said stu
dents would be accepted up
until opening day, June 20.
The school is being oper
ated on a voluntary basis
and will be fully integrated.
Three of the teachers w’ill be
from Edenton Elementary
School and three from D. F.
Walker School.
Although Supt. Mayo said
the exact cost of the sum
mer program had not been
determined, he said 16 people
will be employed.
The budget set up in the
overall program to improve
the language arts of the eco
wise, beyond the appropria
tion made by the Board of
Councilmen for that pur
pose.”
The attorney general’s
opinion was that this sen
tence “clearly places control
of the purse strings in the
hands of the Board of Coun
cilmen.”
The two boards agreed to
hold joint meetings quarterly
on the third Tuesday.
Councilmen present for the
meeting were: Leo Katka
veck, Henry Quinn, J. Edwin
Bufflap, Luther Parks and
David White,
(the survey) in the very
near future”’
The survey was conducted
in the seven-county area by
the Edenton junior and
senior chambers of com
merce in cooperation with
ESC. It ran for 10 days.
Elmore said thousands of
survey forms were distribut
ed through area schools and
had it not been the last
week of the 1965-66 school
term he -is confident more
response would have been
received from the area.
Robert W. Moore, execu
tive vice president of'Eden
ton Chamber of Commerce,
said today survey forms
were continuing to arrive in
the mail and they would be
sent to Raleigh as soon as
possible. He reported re
ceiving forms from Texas,
New Jersey, New York and
many other states.
The ESC report is expect
ed to be completed within 10
days, according to a Raleigh
official.
notnieally and educationally f
disadvantaged pupils in the
school system listed the fol
owing for the summer pro
gram:
Kindergarten teachers, six
at S6OO per month, $6,400;
school . technicians, two at
$2lO per month. $560; jani
tor and maid servicee, $1,000;
food and labor, $2,800; and
transportation, $1,500. The
total of $12,260 does not in
clude materials, guidance
and testing, and the li
brarian.
The school will operate
five hours a day, from 9
A. M. to 2 P. M., Monday
through Friday, for eight
weeks. Free lunches, as well
as necessary books, pencils,
paper and other items, will
be provided without cost to
each student attending re
gardless of their ability to
pay.
Supt. Mayo said the only
criteria for admission is that
the child shall enter the
first grade this fall and have
reached his or her sixth
birthday by October 15.
Members of the Board of
Public Works, in addition to
Harrell, are: By rum, James
Ricks, W. J. P. Earnhardt.
Sr., and Joe Conger, Jr. All
were present.
Following the joint meet
ing the council received a
request for re-zoning a lot
next to Hardee’s for the es
tablishment of a car wash. It
was sent to the zoning
board.
Also, they received a let
ter from the Cupola House
Association giving a firm bid
of $12,500 on the old fire
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