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- I u * i 1 * f , f *«** ' [ "■.■fea... 1 f wBT ' RALPH E. PARRISH _ Parrish Named As Magistrate 4 Ralph E. Parrish, 203 , Blount Street, has beeri'hp ' pointed Magistrate in 6ho wan County under the new court reform plan which be comes effective on Decem ber 5. ", • Parrish, who has been jus tice of the peace here for six years, received the appoint ment from Judge Walter W. Cohoon, resident judge in the First Judicial District. Judge Cohoon announced that his appointments throughout the seven-county district came from lists fur nished by the Clerks of Su perior Court in the repre sentative counties. “There were many fine candidates among the list of names furnished me, and many factors had to be tak en into consideration regard (ing the appointments, es pecially since the Magistrates will have to be available at night for the issuance of warrants and fixing of bonds, etc., when the clerks’ of ■ fices will be closed,’’ Judge Cohoon said. “For this reason, in the strictly rural counties with out a sizeable town, geogra phy was the deciding factor. In these counties the aim and effort was not to have the Magistrate and the clerk re siding in the same general area. “I feel certain that those appointed can and will do the job expected of them.” Parrish, 54, is a native of Chowan County and has been active in the business, social and religious affairs of this community for several years. He entered business in Edenton in 1937 as Western Auto Supply Co., and closed this business in 1942 due to the shortage of merchandise. .He was employed by the f Federal Government for Continued on Pago Sevan , Autorama Event Set Nov. 9-12 As Big Promotion “Autorama Trade Days” in Edenton, the first of what is expected to become an an nual Fall event, will be held November 9-12. Claude Griffin, chairman of the Merchants Committee of Edenton Chamber of Com merce, said elaborate plans are being made for this pro motion which will focus at tention on Edenton as a busi ness center in the Albemarle area. Griffin noted that during the first two days of Jjhe Trade Days a portion of Broad Street will become a giant automobile showippm. Dealers in town will nave 1967 model cars on display til in the street between Eden and King streets. - Valuable'prises to be gfv en away include a Console Color TV set, a Browning Automatic Shotgun; and a table model radio. These prizes are being displayed in the window a i Griffin Musi center, South Broad Street. Griffin said reristraikw.for these prises will begin in participating stores on No-\ vember 1. People will-be allowed to register at any store participating in ( . this promotion, and in the down town showroom, until the drawing at 9 P. M, oar No vember JO. Only those 16 or older can win one of the grand prizes, . A professional musical team is being encaged to perform in the downtown area from 6 P. M., to 9 P. M. ' M and Thursday \ ' Many of the pnrtie&ting •* stores wW donate additional prises to be awarded, to the children. These prises will also be given out Thursday * j v •vrv* Griffin said tht promotion hmmmhhmhhhmh| § Htinm CHOWAN MUST GET INTO rfOS 1 g L BUSI NESS On November Bth the vote § Chowan County will have an opportunity to expi u ‘ c - emselves on the question of selling bonds for the construction of a new hospital. It is estimated that a new, 60-bed hospital, fully equipped, will cost SI.J4 -million dollars. While the voters will be asked to approve this amount of money for the hospital, the figure in itself is misleading. Federal funds as well as grants from various foun dations are available to defray much of the construction cost as well as for new equipment. At the present time Medical Care Commission is allowing $9,900 per bed toward new hospital construction. This alone would mean Chowan County could expect close to $600,000 in federal funds. , Last year The Duke Endowment appropriated $2.4- million toward construction, equipment and purchase of 35 hospital projects in North Carolina. Lincoln Coun ty received $172,000, Cleveland County, $150,000, Carteret County, SIOO,OOO, Watauga County, SIOO,OOO for new plants. Medical Care, Duke Endowment and other agencies have already been contacted hy officials of Chowan Hospital in regards to grants. Each time the answer to requests was the same. First, the citizens of Chowan County must express their desire for a new hospital and their willingness to finance the facility. Then commitments would be forthcoming. These funds are in sight, while not committed.’ Therefore, the best estimate as to the amount of bonds which will be sold for hospital purposes is SBOO,- 000. It will be the duty of every citizen, ff the issue passes, to become watchdogs and make sure only such bonds are sold as are needed. The cost of hospital construction, like any progressive step, is costly. Direct financial support for medical facilities would be a new venture for taxpayers of this county. Over the past 15 years only tak funds going to the hospital has been for payment of welfare patients. At this, the hospital does not receive in excess of SIO,OOO annually and the cost of medical c&re for these patients is much more. What the cost of retiring SBOO,OOO in hospital bonds would be is purely a matter of speculation. It would hinge on the interest rate, increased valuation and oth er factors. , At the present time the best interest figure is 4 }4 per cent. This is the highest any such bonds haye„sokL , During the past 11 years we have had two revalua tions in Chowan County and the average increase in valuation during this period is $1.4-million. With a booming economy in Eastern North Carolina, more roads, industry, etc., it is not unreasonable to believe that this increase in valuation will not be enjoyed in years to come. Suppose the county sells SBOO,OOO in bonds at \Y\ per cent and the valuation continues to increase at the 11-year average. What would it do to the tax rate? It doesn’t take a computer to figure the first year cost would be 27 cents and decrease annually until the 20th year when the cost would be four cents. If the voters approve the hospital referendum on No vember Bth it will still be two years before any bonds are sold. The valuation of the county will have in creased and the hospital tax could be lower than the projected figure. These were the figures used and the manner in which Graham White, executive vice president of Peo ples Bank & Trust Company, went about arriving at an average tax increase of 15 cents per SIOO valuation while the bonds are being retired. Those who oppose the hospital bond referendum do not deny that this community needs additional medical facilities. Some go so far to say If the question was for the anticipated figure of SBOO,OOO rather than sl/4- million they would be a staunch supporter of the issue. What they are saying is that they do not have faith in the future of Chowan County. They are closing their eyes to the concrete advantages 6f Chowan Coun ty become a medical center for this area as well as Edenton becoming a trading center. Too, when they talk about giving the county com missioners a blank check for slj4-million, they are forgetting that members of this board are setting the tax rate for themselves as well as other property owners -in Chowan County. All of the commissioners have \ sizeable real estate holdings and will pay their fair share of taxes to retire the hospital bonds. What a lot of people in Chowan County xion’t realize, is the enviable financial situation here over the years. A recent report shows 18 counties in North Carolina, with an assessed valuation as much or greater than Chowan County’s and which have a higher tpx rate. This figure goes from Chowan’s $1.58 to S2.(H in Scot land where they enjoy a valuation of $49,3-Hullion. 1 We have enjoyed a nice hospital, which is now over crowded and obsolete in many ways, at no cost. It is to the point now in this county where the, taxpayers must bear their portion of the burden of better medical facilities and other things if we are to continue to grow and prosper. * , The hosfrital question is a serious one. It should not be taken lightly. If the voters of Chowan County fa vor it we will continue to move ahead on mamft fronts. If the vote is negative* then the course our county will take is a matter of pure conjecture. a To Promote Tourism Historic Edenton Group Asked Edenton’s attempt to seek wider support toward at tracting tourists may be done through the formation of Historic Edenton, Inc., with all historical commis sions and associations work ing within the framework of this corporation. Included in recommenda tions received by a Steering committee of Edenton and Chowan County Historical Volume XXXIII. —No. 42. Formal Opening Held By First National Bank First National Bank of Eastern North Carolina form ally opened its 21st office Friday and paid special tri bute to a local man who is credited with rendering val uable service to the bank in locating in Edenton. Prior to the ribbon-cutting ceremonies at the completely renovated bank building on the corner of Broad and Eden streets, W. Carroll Bryan of Jacksonville pre sented an engraved plaque to Herbert Small. Bryan, chairman of the School Boards Meet Thursday The Chowan County Board of Education and the trus tees of Edenton City Schools will hold meetings Thursday night. Whether or not they meet jointly will be deter mined at an earlier meeting of the county board the same night. . -^chairman of the county board, caiTea a meeting of this body for 7:30 .P. M., in the superin tendent’s office in' Hotel Jo seph Hewes. The purpose of this meeting is to receive a report from W. J. P. Earn hardt, Jr., concerning a meeting last week in Raleigh with the attorney general’s office. Supt. Hiram J. Mayo said it would be determined at this meeting whether or not the county board would meet with the city board. There fore, the city board will de lay their meeting 30 min utes to await the decision of the county officials Earnhardt, attorney for the county board of education, met Thursday with Ralph Moody of Attorney General Wade Bruton’s staff, and Dr. Everett Miller, assistant state superintendent of schools. He would not discuss the outcome of that meeting prior to making his report to the county board. The discussion is over an agreement between the two boards, signed in 1931. con cerning high schooling of Negroes in the county. It was learned from a re liable source that Rep. Wal ter B. Jones is again at tempting to get the Office of Education in Washington to allow 26 Negro students turned back by the city to have another freedom of Continued on Page Seven HHL HJl mm MWM— MI \? W? f < : FIRST NATIONAL OPENS NEW QUARTERS Traditional ribbon cutting ceremonies were held Friday at First National Bank of Eastern North Carolina’s new home on the edrner of Broad and Eden Streets, in downtown Edenton. Pictured at left is W. Carroll Bryan of Jacksonville, chairman of the board of the bank, as he presented a special award to Herbert Small, owner of the building in which the hank is headquartered here. Small was died for his assistance in locating the bank in Edenton. Commission is the formation of this non-profit corpora . tion as well as the establish ment of a tourist center at the Barker House. A. L. Honeycutt, Jr., res toration specialist, State De partment of Archives and History, Raleigh, was here last week to make his rec ommendations to the com mittee. The committee, chaired by W. E. Bond, chairman, Cho THE CHOWAN HERALD Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina 27932 board of the Jacksonville based bank, said without the untiring efforts of Small he doubted if the bank’s formal opening in Edenton would have been realized. He said it is because of people like Small, teaming with the young financial institution, that the bank has grown so strong. / Small, owner of the build ing leased by the bank, re called in his remarks that it had been 36 years since Edenton and Chowan Coun ty had banking competition. He expressed his confidence in First National and its ability to serve the people of this area. “I will ask each Cif you in this county, individually, to support this bank,” Small stated. When ' the clock struck 10:30 A. M., on the sunny mid-October day, C. A. (Chuck) Benson, vice presi dent in charge of the Eden ton office, opened the cere monies. A crowd of more than 100 had gathered on the sidewalk in front of the building. Bomjorr - introduced . Mitch - ell F. Allen, bunk president, who has become a familiar figure in Edenton over the past months. Allen called the day “truly a Thanksgiving Day for all at First National.” Every thing was “beautiful,” “wonderful”, “magnificent”, “splendid” and “joyous” to Allen as he spoke to the crow’d. He promised that First Na tional would become a good citizen of this business com munity and make available its full resources and talents to the growth of the area. Later in a prepared re lease, Allen noted that in 14 years the bank has grown from “only a barrel and two nail kegs plus some very fine people” to assets of SSO - “This SSO-million, was earn ed the hard way rather than through mergers or other special situations,” he said. “Less than $3-rnillion was created through mergers, while the other $47-million has been earned in the com petitive market by the indi vidual efforts of our em ployees, officers, and direc tors.” He also emphasized that the bank expects its second SSO-'million milestone to be reached more quickly than the first. “A milestone is not a des tination. We look at it as Continued on Page Seven wan County Commissioners, received the recommenda tions and will now meet with Dr. Robert Lee Humber, chairman of the historical commission, to make further plans. A budget would be pre pared for Historic ' Edenton, Inc., and a request made of the General Assembly for funds toward this budget. In the ‘ past, the legislature . gsjgfj/ MW BABY CONTEST WINNER Little Patricia Flanagan, two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James (Pat) Flana gan, Albania Acres, won first place in a Baby Contest sponsored earlier this month by Edenton Woman's Club. Patricia poses here with her crown and trophy presented "Thursday “afternoon"'atr a paTty for the more than 40 par ticipants at the Barker House. Gardner Picks Chairmen Chairmen of 12 of 13 standing committees of the Edenton Chamber of Com merce have been appointed by President W. B. Gardner and many of the groups have already started functioning. At the monthly board of directors meeting Thursday, Gardner announced the chairmen of the committees and assigned a director to meet with each group. He said it would be the respon sibility of the directors to. keep the board informed on committee functions. The committees and chair men include: Merchants, Claude Griffin; Tourist, George Alma By rum; Industrial. W. P. (Spec) Jones; Downtown, Henry Quinn; Membership. George Lewis; Governmental Affairs, W. J. P. Earnhardt, Jr.; Highway, J. Gilliam Wood; Housing, West W. Bvrum, Jr.; Agriculture. Leonard Small; Recreation. J. Scott Harrell; New Quarter. Jack Habit and Caswell Edmund son, and Education, N. J George. A chairman of the Beau tification Committee has not Cutting the ribbon are Mayor John A. Mitchener, Jr., a bank director, and W E. Bond, chairman of the Chowan County commissioners. Left to right are: Bryan, Mayor Mitchener; W. B. Gardner, president, Edenton Chamber of Commerce; Bond; and Mitchell F. Allen, president of the Jacksonville based bank. The establishment of an office in Edenton is the 21st office for the young financial institution. Open House will be observed for three more weeks, has made available money for the Barker, Cupola and Iredell houses on an indi vidual basis. Historic Edenton, Inc., would have a professional director and a paid staff of hostesses and other person nel. The proposed budget was set at $45,600 with the General Assembly being ask ed to appropriate $40,000 to ward this amount. While the Barker House Thursday, October 20, 1966 been designated. The board was told that Continued on Page 8 QUESTION: If we build a new sixty bed hospital, would this assure us additional doctors and nurses in Chowan County? ANSWER: This will not guarantee additional doc tors and nurses, but we certainly will not get any additional doctors and nurses if . | we do not have adequate facili- l"LOSI)ltcll ties. Doctors settle in eommun- A ities where there are modern / x • up-to-date hospital facilities. UlllZ The proof of this is the counties in North Carolina that : have I) hospitals as opposed to those J3OX. who do not have hospitals. QUESTION: What will be done with the present hospital? ANSW’ER: Upon the completion of the new hospital the existing facility will be converted into a nursing home, which can be used for patients of any age who are convalescing and need less intensive care and will be less expensive than the hospital. QUESTION: Where will the new hospital be lo cated? ANSWER: The site for the new hospital has not been selected and will not be until after the Bond Election. Every prospective site will be given serious consideration. (If you have.a question concerning the hospital, send it along to “Hospital”, The Chowan Herald, P. O. Box 207, Edenton, N. C. 27932). would be used temporarily as a visitor center-museum, the group plans to work to ward a permanent location on, U. S. 17. Committee members at tending the meeting, in ad dition to Bond, were: W. B. Gardner, Sam Cox, Mrs. Goldie Niblett, Mrs. Wood Privott, Mrs. James P. Ricks, Jr., Ben Wood, John A. Mitchener, Jr., and Rob ert W. Moore. * Single Copy 10 Cents Aces Hit Road Seeking Another Long Win Streak Crippled and unbeaten, but tied, in the 2-A Albemarle Conference, the Edenton Accs journey to Hertford Friday night to meet the Perquimans Indians. The Aces, who won five straight conference tilts be fore journeying out of the league to take an 8-0 defeat at the hands of Elizabeth City, had to settle for a s-oreies? tie last week against Bertie County. Coach Marion Kirbv is still switching players around like checkers in an attempt to put together an offensive threat. Without the services of Quarterback Wes Chesson, the Aces have shown little offensive brilliance. Chesson missed the first game with Pasquotank Cen tral and the Aces were lucky to come out with a 6-0 vic tory. He was injured in Eliz abeth City and it is doubtful whether or not he will see action the remainder of the month. Last week Kirby relied on Frankie Katkaveck. who call ed a good game at quarter back but had trouble putting good plays back to back. ' Katkaveck had Bill Wal lace at |ullback and Wallace ran the ball well. However, switching Wallace to the Continued on Page Seven
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