Volume XXXIII.—No. 25.
Robert Harrell Is Chosen
As Assistant To Coltrane
Gov. Dan K. Moore has
chosen Rev. Robert S. Har
rell of Edenton as assistant
to the chairman of North
Carolina Good Neighbor
Council.
Mr. Harrell will begin his
duties in Raleigh on July
15.
D. S. Coltrane, 71, chair
man of the state’s race re
lations arm since it was es
tablished by former Gov.
V Terry Sanford, personally
< ' picked Mr. Harrell son the
position.
Coltrane became acquaint
ed with the local Baptist
minister in March when the
Edenton - Chowan Good
Neighbor Council was organ
ized and Mr. Harrell was
named chairman. Several
times the veteran state of
ficial has expressed himself
as being impressed with the
manner in which the local
chairman carried out his du
ties.
Mr. Harrell, 41, has re
signed as superintendent of
missions, Chowan Baptist
Association, to accept the
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NOT FOR MEN ONLY—
jj With summer finally arriv
ing along The .Public Parade
i we thought maybe you would
' enjoy some tips on sun-fun.
As the picture might be mis
leading, we might hasten to
add that the tips are for the
entire family not just the
men.
This summer join the tan
ables and have sun - fun.
Here’s how:
1. Enjoy the sun at the
y right hours. The sun’s burn
ing rays are most intense
from 11 A. M. to 2 P. M., so
you’ll be much safer sun
bathing before or after these
hours. Start with only a few
minutes each day and gradu
ally increase your exposure
time.
2. Enjoy the sun in the
right clothes. A strapless
swim or play suit, if all you :
want to tan is your face,
shoulders, arms and legs. For
a body tan, wear a bikini.
3. Enjoy the sun in the '
right place. Your own patio •
makes a relaxing locale. If
at a public pool or beach 1
(like Sandy Point), spend 1
part time under an umbrella 1
or in shade. You can get a
sunburn on an overcast day,
because light rays, not heat
rays, cause sunburn.
4. Enjoy the sun with ef
fective protection. Accord-
to Dr. Archie Black,
§ Ph.D., Research Director of
the Coppertone Corporation,
one of the most effective sun
screens is homomenthylsa
licylate, which can be found
in the type product best for
your skin—cream, oil, lotion,
liquid or spray. Dr. Black
y, points out that people with
dark complexions cope better
with sunlight than those with
• fair complexions. Redheads
should be very careful. He
advises, ‘‘Select a suntan pro
duct to match your skin
type.”
Well, sir! Call your next
case! •
OPENING UP BOOKS—
The taxpayers of Edenton
soon will receive full infor
mation about the financial
status of their town. It will
be another first along The
Public Parade.
It has been the custom
tover the years for Edenton’s
Utilities department to op
erate separately from other
Town departments. This has
been mainly due to the fact
that there exiati her® an
elected Board of Public
Works. This board has held
A tightly the purje-strings of
profits from the sal* of
THE CHOWAN HERALD
governor’s appointment. He
will become the first full
time assistant to Coltrane,
who is mow past the mandi
tory state retirement age.
Coltrane was re-appointed
chairman of the N. C. Good
Neighbor Council by Gov.
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ROBERT S. HARRELL
utilities.
Mayor John A. Mitchener,
backed by an opinion from
the State Attorney General,
recently told the board to
work within the framework
of the town charter. This
requires an annual budget as
well as leaving the finances
of Edenton to the Town
Council.
At the same time, Mayor
Mitchener said the antici
pated revenue as well as the
expenditures of the utilities
department would be pub
lished along with the re
mainder of the town budget.
Publication of this- inform
mation will be interesting. It
will put at rest rumors which
have been flying hot and
heavy over the years.
It is common knowledge
that the Board of Public
Works has kept a sizeable re
serve. Estimates of the
amount have ranged from
$500,000 to $300,000. The ex
act amount has never been
made public, but either fig
ure would be outrageous for
a town of our size.
While this kitty existed,
many projects which would
have been beneficial to the
citizens of Edenton have gone
begging for lack of money.
The Board of Public Works
just wouldn’t turn loose the
money so the Town Council
could progress.
Come fiscal 1966-67, the
Town of Edenton, for the first
time, will operate on a con
solidated financial system.
This will do at least two
things: Open up the town
finances, allowing the coun
cilmen to more intelligently
run the town; and give the
Board of Public Works ad
ditional time to tend to the
operation of our utilities de
partment.
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NEW VISITOR PASS'—W. P. Jonas, administrator at
Chowan Hospital, hare displays a visitor's pass which will
be issued to persons visiting in the hospital beginning Mon
day, June 27. Jones said higher hospital census and more
visitors have necessitated a visitor control program at the
hospital.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina 27932 Thursday, June 23, 1966.
Moore and has been kept
busy during the past months
“putting out brush fires”
throughout the Tar Heel
State.
Mr. Harrell’s primary as
signment during the next
few months will be to main
tain contact with local good
neighbor councils. He will
assist them wherever pos
sible, and encourage them to
meet regularly. Local coun
cils will be encouraged to ad
dress themselves to not only
immediate but long range
problems in race relations.
The new appointee said he
counts it a distinct honor to
have been chosen by Gov.
Moore and Coltrane t o be
come associated with such an
important phase of state gov
ernment.
“I am especially happy
over the possibility of being
associated with a man of Mr.
Coltrane’s character and long
years of service in state gov
ernment,” Mr. Harrell said
today. “Obviously, I enter
this new challenge with the
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Visitor Control
Plan Established
A visitor control program
will be instituted June 27 at
Chowan Hospital here.
W. P. Jones, administrator,
said the new program was
brought about by high cen
sus at the hospital as well
as more visitors.
“This program, which lim
its the number of visitors in
each room of the hospital
during visiting hours, was re
quested by the medical
staff,” Jones said.
“The doctors and nurses
found that at times they did
-rrul lidvg sufficient-time to
do their work,” he added.
Jones said morning visit
ing hours will be stopped
when the new program be
gins. The strictly enforced
visiting hours after June 27
Will be from 2 P. M. to 4
P. M. and 7 P. M. to 8 P. M.
Children under 12 years of
age are not allowed to visit
patients.
Everyone visiting in the
hospital, regardless of his or
her relation to the patient,
will be required to secure a
visitor’s pass from the re
ceptionist.
Only two visitors may
visit a patient at any one
time. However, in addition
to the two visitor passes, one
family card may be issued
during visiting hours. When
ever a patient’s attending
physician requests that a
sitter be in attendance,
whether it be a member of
the family or an employed
sitter, a special pass will be
issued.
Special visiting hours have
been established for clergy
men. They are 2 P. M. to
4:30 P. M„ and 6:30 to 8:30
P. M. Too, a patient may
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!liowan County
flcial Security
ymentsßise
in Chowan County 1,422
people received a total of
$912,204 in social security
benefits in 1965, Thomas F.
Wyatt, social security dis
trict manager in Greenville,
revealed today, an increase
of $103,500 and 32 people
over the year before.
A large part of the in
crease in payments resulted
from changes made by the
social security amendments
of 1965, he said. Those
changes which were in addi
tion to the new program of
health insurance for the aged,
included a 7 per cent in
crease in monthly benefits
retroactive to January, 1965;
benefits for widows as early
as 60; benefits for full-time
students between 18 and 22;
benefits for some divorced
women; benefits for some
people over 72 who hadn’t
worked long enough to get
social security before; and
the payment of disability in
surance benefits to workers
who are unable to work be
cause of a disability that lasts
12 months or more.
“In addition to the people
who began getting benefits
in 1965 because of these
changes,” Wyatt continued, “a
good many older people who,
upon applying for medicare,
found they were eligible for
regular social security bene
fits, too.
All in all, the 1965 figures
for Chowan County include
712 retired workers, 63 dis
abled workers and their fam
ilies, and 644 wives and chil
dren of retired, disabled or
deceased workers. The aver
age monthly social security
benefit for Chowan benefici
aries amounted to $53 in
1965.”
“These figures,” Wyatt
said, “show how wide the
protection -offered by .social
security has become. Just
about every man, woman and
child in Chowan County has
in social security the assur
ance that loss of income be
cause of retirement, disabil
ity or death will not result
in destitution—and now with
medicare everyone has the
assurance that the costs of
operations or medical ser
vices in his later years will
not wipe out his savings.”
Robt. B. Smith
Taken In Death
Robert Bland Smith, Sr.,
303 Pembroke Circle, died at
3:15 A. M. Saturday follow
ing a lingering illness. He
was 55.
Mr. Smith was self-em
ployed as a real estate brok
er for the past 14 years.
He was bom in Edenton
on July 22, 1910, son of Mrs.
Sallie Benbury Bland Smith,
and the late Albert Sidney
Smith.
Mr. Smith was married to
the former Sara Lee Hobbs,
who survives.
In addition to his mother
and wife, he is survived by
a son, Robert Bland Smith,
Jr., of Alexandria, Va.; a
daughter, Mrs. Sara Smith
Kessinger of Duvedin, Fla.,
and two brothers, Theodore
Bland Smith and Albert Sid
ney Smith, Jr., both of
Edenton.
He was a member of St.
Paul’s Episcopal Church,
where funeral services were
held at 2 P. M. Monday.
Rev. George B. Holmes offi
ciated.
Pallbearers were Ralph
Blades, Frank Holmes, W. P.
Jones, David Warren, J. H.
Conger, Jr., Thomas Chears,
Jr.. Rhea Adams and Mere
dith Jones.
Williford Funeral Home
was in charge of arrange
ments.
State Road 1105
Gels Speed Limit
The State Highway Com
mission has established a 45-
mile-per-hour speed limit on
SR 1105.
The heavily traveled one
mile stretch of state road
connects Highway 32 with
U. S. 17.
Until signs were erected
last week there was no
marked speed limit on the
road, which is extremely
populated.
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ACCEPT CHECK FOR DAUGHTER —Mr. and Mrs. Lester Bass last week accepted a
$2,000 check from Chowan Ruritan Club, which recently joined with Center Hill-cross
Roads Volunteer Fire Department to have a benefit supper for Nola Bass. Presenting
the check is Fahey Byrum, who acted in the absence of Ruritan president Rev. George
Cooke. Sixteen-year-old Nola Bass was injured nine weeks ago in an automobile acci
dent. She has been unconscious ever since. The Hass family expressed grateful appre
ciation for everyone who contributed to the benefit and other expressions of kindnesses
during the past weeks.
Tough On Safety Devices
Evans Enjoys Aiding Sportsmen
A group of youngsters
piled into a speedboat for a
ride in the Albemarle Sound.
As an adult checked the
safety equipment he remark
ed, almost in threatening
terms: “You had better be
careful or Rob will get you.”
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Cecil Miller, 54, Drowns
After Falling From Boat
Cecil W. Miller, 54, .of
Bertie County, drowned ’
Monday afternoon in the
Chowan River. ]
Miller and three others .
were fishing approximately '
a mile north of the U. S. 17 ,
bridge when he fell from the
boat. Witnesses said the vic
tim appeared to be swim
ming and they returned to
fishing.
A short while later they
were unable to find him and
called for assistance.
Edenton-Chowan Rescue
Squad, Edenton Fire Depart
ment and Colerain Rescue
Squad were joined by indi
viduals in searching for the
body Monday afternoon.
The body was recovered
by a boat from Bertie at 10
A. M. Tuesday.
A native of Bertie Coun
ty, the victim had been a
lifelong resident of Merry
Hill.
He is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Mary M. Mil
ler; six sisters, Mrs. Lora
Cobb of Whaleyville, Va.,
Mrs. Molly Jernigan and
Mrs. Amanda M. Taylor,
both of Merry Hill. Mrs.
Clara Boyce of Ryland, Mrs.
Eva Harrell of Colerain and
Mrs. Dorothy White of Eliza
beth City; three brothers,'
George W. and H. Fredwell
Miller, both of- Merry HilL
and B. Oval Miller of Nor
folk,. Va,
The boat had just pulled
away from the shoreline
when there appeared prac
tically from nowhere a dark
green boat. Piloting the
craft was a heai'ty man in
a green uniform. He was
wearing an orange life jack-
R. E. (ROB) EVANS
He was a veteran of
World War 11.
Funeral services will be
held today (Thursday) at
2:30 o'clock at Riverside
Baptist Church. Rev. C. E.
Thomas officiated and burial
was in Hillcrest Cemetery.
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ADDED TO FLEET—Pictured above is an expensive piece of town equipment wfcleh
Mayor John Mitchener, Jr., says he hopes is never used. Those were the sentiments
expressed recently when Fire Chief W. J. Yates reported to town council that U»e new
fire truck had arrived. It is pictured at the foot of Broad Street with the Albemarle
Sound, Confederate Plaia and Municipal Building as a backdrop.
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He hailed the speedboat.
After checking for life sav
ing devices he sped away,
disappearing almost as mys
teriously as he had appeared.
R. E. (Rob) Evans, wild
life protector in Chowan
County, is tough on life sav
ing devices. He makes no
bones about this fact.
State law requires a life
saving device approved by
the Coast Guard for every
person in a boat. Evans says
this law is for the safety
and protection of occupants
Tn"the bo'hts'and he intends
-.to continue strict enforce
ment of the law.
Evans, at 54, has been with
the wildlife service in North
Carolina for nearly two de
cades. While his task has
meant long hours and hard
work, he has enjoyed his
work. He likes to work with
people and especially to be
out of doors.
A native of Chowan Coun
ty, Evans is a son of the late
Mi and Mrs. T. L. Evans
of the Cross Roads commun
ity. Ho is married to the
former Elsie Ward and they
have three daughters.
While his hobby includes
fishing and hunting, Evans
spends his leisure hours
working his garden or mow
ing the lawn in Montpelier
Acres.
Speaking of his wildlife
duties, Evans says in addi
tion to enforcing the fishing
and hunting laws, protectors
patrol the Albemarle Sound
for violators.
He estimates that over the
past five years there has
been a 40 per cent increase
in outdoor activity. A lot of
this is due to a big increase
in sport fishermen.
Evans said he has a great
desire to help others.
And contrary to what a lot
of people think, he isn't a
good enough prophet to give
accurate information about
the best fishing and hunting
grounds.
Single Copy 10 Cents
Labor Survey
Data Suprts
Chamber Claim
A labor supply survey re
port released here this week
shows 1,862 persons with
previous work experience
available for employment.
The data compiled from
4,750 survey forms supports
previous claims of sufficient
luoor in the Edenton area to
staff two industries now in
terested in locating in Cho
wan County.
Almost 93 per cent (4,416)
of all respondents indicated
either current or previous
work experience. Tho s e
available for employment
compose 42 per cent of this
number.
Sixty-three per cent, of
those participating in the 10-
Clay survey were female.
Over one-half of the re
spondents were unemployed
at the time of the survey.
The report shows 73 per
cent had more than a gram
mar school education and
half of this group had com
pleted high school.
About 5 per cent of all
respondents who had higher
than a grammar school edu
cation were under 35 years
of age. Nearly one-half were
under 35 and three-fourths
were under 45.
It was shown by the data
received that over 75 per
cent of the experienced but
not currently working re
spondents were less than 45.
O! these, over 83 per cent
(1.187) had higher than a
grammar school education
and 40 per cent were high
school graduates.
Seven per cent of those
participating in the survey
indicated no previous work
experience. Over half of
these were less than 25
years old.
The survey was conducted
in a seven-county area, and
2,663 of those filling out sur
vey forms reside within 15
miles of Edenton.
Hugh M. Rnp»r, director.
Bureau of Employment Se
curity Research, said it
should be noted that despite
the thorough efforts made
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Chowan Register
Diets Assignment
Mrs. Bertha Bunch, Cho
wan County Register of
Deeds, has been appointed to
an important state associa
tion committee.
At a recent convention of
the N. C. Association of Reg
ister of Deeds in Wrightsville
Beach, Mrs. Bunch was nam
ed to a five-member com
mittee to work on imple
menting the Uniform Com
mercial Code in this state.
The code, to become effec
tive July 1, 1967, creates
uniform fees and filing of
personal property in office
of register of deeds.
Those on the UCC com
mittee also are on the asso
ciation's legislative commit
tee.
Mrs. Audrey McCaskill of
Moore County, new presi
dent of the association, made
the appointments. Mrs. Mc-
Caskill is the mother of Mrs.
Fiances Ward. Chowan Coun
ty assistant home agent.
Mrs. Bunch has been reg
ister of deeds here for the
past eight years. She has
been an assistant or deputy
in the office since 1935,