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THE cmitVAM
I SO YEARS AGO
V Though the proposition lor
Erecting a new ichooi build
ing at Cross Roads to re
jpiace the one which biwitd
hgd been postponed from
time to time ip the hope of
Securing federal funds, the
prospect waSi—no brighter
than at the build
' ftrg was destroyed. In an
effort to ethanol all efforts
to secure help before
the entire butdlix of the cost
was borne byf cpunty tax
payers, County Commission
ers instructed W. J. Taylbr
lo communicate ,with Lindsey
Warren in an-effort to learn
what may be?, expected in
way of financial assistance.’
C Dr. and Mrs. W. 1. hart,
Jr., and John- Jprabam left
for Atlantic City to atterid
the International Rotary Con
vention.
| With the Rertie-Chpwan
Baseball League in full
swing, Ederitoav and Perry
town ,wefe tied "for first
place. Graham Byrum, .rmn
ager of the Edetiton team,
was well pleased with the
team’* showing and felt con
fident his boys would be
strong ccmjtepdfers for the
Championship:' The fence
around the ball park, which
"icas blown down by a storm
during the winter had' been
ifppaired and plans were
made to erect a new grand
stand.
• Chowan County's only
Contest for office which
failed to decide the candi
date in the Jjjne primary
ic as settled, tHus eliminat
ing the necessity for a sec
ond primary sos the office
of constable of the Second
Township. Herbert W. Dale
was declared the nominee in
an executive session of the
Chowan County Board of
The final scene of the John
Horne murder trial was en
l acted in State Prison, Ra
leigh, when he was executed
in the lethal - gas chamber
for the murder of his wife,
Kellie Horne.
1 The Hilltop Hotel (now
Hotel Joseph , Hewes), to
gether with the furniture
and fixtures and the prop
erty back of; thf hotel build
ing, was sold at the Court
House door for $53,500. j
Hosts of Edenton friends
rejoiced to learn that John
A Holmes “hatf* hot been se
lected as superintendent M
Raleigh schools and that he
would remain, hn Edenton.
Progress was reported in
Seging a new? well on the
ir ground property to aug-
SP »v Edentnn's nt-r sttppiv
Little Billy Davis, son of
Mt. and Mrs. W. J. Davis, ]
Was clinging to life in Nor
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folk General Hospital, a vic
tim of spinal meningitis.
County Agent N. K. Row
ell was installed president of
Edenton’s Rotary Club.
According to a Supreme
Court ruling, elimination of
slot machines known as “pin
, table” or “marble games,”
was ordered in Chowan
County.
2t YEARS AGO
Robert S. March began his
duties as. assistant farm
agent for Chowan County;
having arrived from his
home on a farm near Mon
roe.
Chowan County Commis
sjoners reappointed W. J.
Taylor as school attendance
Officer for Chowan County.
•H. F. Elliott ’was unani
mously elected a member of
Os the Chowan County ABC
Beard. /■
Despite the fact that OP A
had practically lost its grip
on prices, Edenton merchants
said they intended to hold
the line on present prices.
Chowan County Commis
sioners made several changes
in the budget, but despne
these changes, the rate was
held at'sl.oo.
Mi as Margaret Griffin,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd E. Griffin, was at
tending a Methodist Youth
Caravan Training Center at
Williamsport, Pa., for 10
days.
Edenion’s familiar hitching
lot which, in the memory of
bid Edentonians, was located
on West Water Street, be
came a thing of the past
when the lot was purchased
by the Edenton Bay Packing
Company.
J. L. Pettus narrowly es
caped fatal injuries when he
crashed into a ditch near
Creswell in order to avoid
colliding with an automobile
heading toward him.
State highway officials in
formed Edenton officials
that curbs and gutters would
be constructed on U. S.
Highway in North Edenton
if the town would agree to
install storm drainage in or
der to eliminate a serious
drainage problem. The pro
ject also called for removal
of a number of trees in or
der to widen the highway.
Town Council agreed to the
terms of the agreement fol
lowing a petition signed by
practically all of the resi
dents on North Broad Street.
For the first time in the
■hjytory ot.Jtyf 4oyfcp,fE<&‘n
ton was equipped with life
saving equipment for use in
any emergency in the water.
Hie equipment included a
sturdy * skiff with an out
board motor mounted on a
trailer.
Mr., and Mrs. Henry Good
win were delightful hosts
THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1966.
when for the first time in
over four years they enter
tained all of their children
and grandchildren at their
home.
Rev. D. C. Chawford, pas
tor of the Presbyterian
Church, announced that he
planned to leave Edenton
within a few months.
It was reported that many
tobacco fields in lower type
ts soil had been droWned by
heavy rains.
A boiler explosion at the
Edenton Building Supplies
Company in North Edenton
killed William Riddick, col
ored laborer, and injured
Erie Harrell, a white ma
chinist.
Hiram Mayo
At Conference
Hiram J. Mayo, Superin
tendent of Schools in Eden
ton, is attending the 25th
Annual Work Conference for
Superintendents of Schools
at Teachers College, Colum
bia University. The confer
ence runs from July 5 to
July 22.
During the conference, su
perintendents from 28 states
and Canada will review sev
eral critical educational is
sues and their relationship
to some of the major prob
lems facing America today.
The participating superin
tendents will hear a variety
of outstanding educators and
scholars, including President
John H. Fischer of Teachers
College, Dr. William H. Cur
tis, President-elect of the
American Association of
School Administrators, Dr.
Arno Bellack, Professor of
Education at Teachers Col
lege and Dr. Ralph Di
rector of the Center for Ad
vanced Study Behav
ioral Science at Stanford
University.
The conference is chaired
by Dr. Felix McCormick,
Professor of Education at
Teachers College and Dr.
Raymond Collins, Superinten
dent of Schools, Manhasset,
Long Island. Professor Mc-
Cormick added that the su
perintendents will explore
such important issues as edu
cational programs for metro
politan areas, the implications
of expanded federally-sup
ported educational programs,
the changing relationships be
tween the professional staff
and boards of education and
the proposed national assess-
JOent of educational progress.
The conference participants
were the guests of President
Fischer at a reception dur
ing the first week of the ses
sion.
Even an intelligent man
makes a fool of himself about
some things.
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