Volume XXXIII.—No. 40. pPUI^HpMB: k agr l^*Bfcjf-. Ms C^aHSL^. 1 % y m.r" >4; # >K* T. B. H. WOOD Wood Elected 8y Association T. B. H. Wood is the new president of '. the Cupola House and Library Associa tion, Inc., as the group met Thursday to select replace ments for vacant offices. At the same time the group elected Mrs. Mary Bradham Tucker as vice president. Wood was elected to fill the vacancy elated by the death of David M. Warren, Jr. : ■ -S Mrs. George K. Mack, vice president, acted as president until the recent election and had resigned as vice presi dent, creating the opening filled by Mrs. Tucker. Miss Lena Jones is secre tary and Mrs. W. B. Rosevear ' is treasurer. The association received a letter of intpht from the Town of Edenton about the sale of the old fire station. The association has agreed to purchase the property and the old kitchen will be re stored on the site. Wood said, the program started by Warren will con tinue. That includes, in ad dition to the kitchen, the de velopment of the formal gar dens on Broad Street be tween the house and Water Street. The new president said it would be his pl an to create more local interest in the association to insure success ful completion of the entire project, which includes pe riod furnishings for the home. The association hopes to make the Cupola House one of North Carolina’s most pop ular and authentic tourist at tractions. The house was recently opened to the public on a regular schedule. Mrs. Nel l" son Crandall is hostess and has a need tor additional Coo tinned on Page 4 HpF ■ I Is. JL? jH ..■' ?*■ Hbi , . Jmk, Hf ■ I JAYCEES LAUNCH FUNDS CAMPAIGN The 8* members of Eden ton Junior Cham- Iter of Commerce, in cooperation with Hie C howan Herald, this week launched a month - lona newspaper subseripfion campaign as a fund-raisin* project Wallace Evans, left, uid Jim Jewn. co-chairmen of the project are shown looking at a recent copy of The Bemn prior to beginning the drive. Jajreeee will receive a commission On all new sub-' wijpttena as wall as renewals during the next four weeks. ; THE CHOWAN HERALD 'in (the fflithltt SCHOOL MATTER SERI OUS The current school crisis along The Public Pa rade is not something to be taken lightly. Federal inter vention in our schools, as well as others across the country, have created a seri ous problem. Regardless of how the problem is now resolved it will leave some scars. Unfortunately, the manner in which the local matter has been handled has put people in one section of the county against another. Blame for recent happenings is be ing spread with reckless abandon. Those, including this writ er, who had high hopes of our community enjoying cool heads and wisdom during in tegration of our schools are now doubtful of what will be the outcome. Many feared what would happen if a large number of Negro students were enroll ed in the Chowan High School. Although conditions are crowded Principal J. P. Snipes and the school facul ty have maintained order. They are to be commended for their ability to do this. Nevertheless, adults in the community are seeking to have these students transfer red back to Edenton and a school of their choice. They have been successful in get ting the County Board of Education to go on record of starting court action to see that this is done. Court action, to which the county board is now commit ted, will not solve the prob lem. It will only cause more tension and more scars. Whether we like it or not this business of school de segregation is a matter with which we all must live. Granted, they went too far in putting so many students in the county high school at one time and on such short notice. But the principal hinaetrstates that other than crowded conditions .things are going smoothly at the school. School officials should con tinue to search for the proper solution to this problem and take such steps necessary to ease the crisis which now exists. NEW JAYCEE PROJECT— Edenton Junior -Chamber of Commerce is recognized in club ranks across North Ca rolina as a real “go getter” organization. They have nu merous community service prbjects. In order to finance these projects they have to have money. Therefore, The Chowan ' Herald is happy to cooperate with the Jaycees in a sub scription campaign along The Public Parade. Between now and Novem ber 15, the 88 members of this organization will be so liciting renewal as well as new subscriptions to The Herald. For every subscrip tion they write the club will Teceive a commission. With full cooperation from the community this could be the club’s most successful fund raising project. Since money derived from such undertakings is poured back into the community in vari ous ways, we here at The Herald are happy to cooper ate with the Jaycees in this project. If you have recently re newed your subscription to the newspaper you can help Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina 27932 Thursday, October 6, 1966. the Jaycee c ~y having your subscription extended another year. In order for the club to get credit during this campaign, the subscrip tions must be written prior to November 15. President Bob Waller chose two energetic members to spearhead this project. Wal lace Evans and Jim Jenkins are co-chairmen of the sub scription campaign and have organized the drive among the many members of the club. If you are not a regular subscriber of The Herald you can now get a subscription at the regular price and still as sist the Jaycees in this pro ject. You can rest assured that the money they receive in this project will be spent for the betterment of this community. STATIC AND BABIES— This week we had a guest along The Public Parade who knows a solution to just about every problem. If you don’t believe he is great, just ask him. At our house we have ex perienced some difficulty in getting the little one to sleep at night. We had such trouble while our radio exec utive friend was in town. Being one who believed that “The Body Beautiful” should get plenty of rest, he volunteered to solve our problem of sleepless nights. Taking the little one in arms, he rocked, whistled, made like a speedboat, etc. Once the kid tired of these entertaining sounds she fell asleep. The Great Solver placed her in bed. He then inquir ed if we had a radio. Re luctantly, we admitted our sin. “Turn it on and get some static,” we were told. “That will be no problem at all since we have considered ra dio just so much static for years,” we replied. The radio produced the best signal of static any baby would want to sleep by. And sleep she did! We know, the static kept us awake, allow ing to sit there and enjoy watching her sleep. Just another case where the remedy is worse than the disease. Hospital Issue Gaining Support The final legal hurdle was cleared Monday as Chowan County voters moved a step closer to balloting on a sl% million hospital bond refer endum. Chowan County commis sioners had set 10 A. M., Oc tober 3, as the time to hold a public hearing to hear pro tests to the proposed elec tion. No one showed up for the hearing and commissioners passed resolutions setting up the election on November 8, the day of the general elec tion. The questions voters will be asked to pass on are the approval of the bonds and a special tax levy to operate the hospital. The special levy would be a maximum of 10 cents per SIOO valua tion. In order for the new 60- bed hospital to be construct ed, voters must approve both Continued on Page Two (Mm ill : ssssss&sfflsi l 5c53h s:;: --y* Jlaf NEW PLANT Shown above is an artist’s drawing of The Carter’s Ink COmpanjf'e new plant which is now under construction in Edenton. The new 90,000-square-foot structure is located on Highway 32, just east of the town limits. Workmen are well underway on the building and occupancy is expected early in 1967. City, County School Boards Again Clash Over Placement Os 28 Negro Students Chowan County Board of Education has again called on the trustees of Edenton City Schools to take 28 Negro ninth graders, even if it means the city unit would be out of compliance with the Civil Rights Act of 1984. The city board, meeting in called session at noon Tues- Contract Let For Extension Chowan County commis sioners have awarded a $99,- 280 contract for water and sewer expansion to an indus trial site outside the Town of Edenton. *■ The corhmissioners' made"' history Monday morning by awarding the first such con tract to T. A. Loving & Co., ot Goldsboro. The work, to extend utilities to The Car ter's Ink Company site on Highway 32, is to be com pleted within 150 days. J. N. .Pease Associates of Charlotte recommended that the bid from Loving be ac cepted and necessary action be taken so the job could get underway. Bids on this project were opened Thursday and ranged from the low bid up to $150,000. On hand Tuesday when the contract was awarded were Town Administrator W. B. Gardner, who is also president of Edenton Cham ber of Commerce, and Supt. R. N. Hines of the Electric and Water Departments. The Town of Edenton will finance this expansion and will be reimbursed by the county over a period of years. This will enable the work to proceed without the county going through the cost of a bond election. Several months ago the county agreed to extend util ities to industrial sites out side the town limits as added inducement to more indus trialization in Chowan Coun ty- Action by the county en abled the local Industrial Continued on Page 5 Notices Sent To Taxpayers Sheriff Earl Goodwin Mon day mailed 1966 tax notices to Chowan County property owners. The tax levy turned over to the sheriff for col lection amounts to $437,- 659.21. Mrs. Bertha Bunch, regis ter of deeds and clerk to the county commissioners, said the levy this year is $13,- 982.80 more than in 1965. Commissioners cut the tax rate this year but enjoyed in creased valuation. Immediately upon receiv ing the tax books, Sheriff Goodwin mailed the notices to taxpayers. His report of collections for September, 1966, while not reflecting pre-payments of 1966 taxes, showed $3,- 155.65 deposited in the bank. This was for delinquent tax es with the tax amounting to $2,942 17 and penalties of $213.48. .The taxes were for the years 1957 through 1965. He also collected taxes in the ! amount of $29.64 for years t < 1955, 1956, and penalties of $17.29. . day, made it clear they would remain in compliance with the federal act. After hearing a delegation of approximately 50 school patrons from the Chowan High School area, county board members voted to re quest the city board to re consider once more and live REP. WALTER B. JONES Rally Is Monday For Democrats Rep. Walter B. Jones of the First Congressional Dis trict will keynote a Chowan County Democratic rally scheduled