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W THE CHOWAN HERALD II XXXIII.—No. 47. For March Os Dimes Holmes Named Chi 1 *man “The March of Dimes is fighting birth defects because each year these tragic con ditions rob more than a quarter-million American children of their birthright: *. - s > , j V* h - L jH *** jJjjl Bj |p ■F .'"" 'V WhHh iMH >.* \ MARCH OF DIMES CHAIRMAN Jerry Holmes, a member of Edenton Junior Chamber of Commerce, is shown going over advance material in preparation for the 1967 March of Dimes campaign in Chowan County. Holmes y is chairman of the funds campaign. tEfye |lubltc Parade - THANKSGIVING, 1966 Madison Avenue's complete take-over of Christmas has taken from the luster at a most important holiday. Thanksgiving has been lost in the shuffle not only as a holiday but as something which should be expressed more often. Thanksgiving has always been a favorite of ours. Our "old fashion” parents instilled in all 11 children the im portance of being thankful for -*what they received. As a. parent we find it increas ingly more difficult to pass this on' to the little ones. Thanksgiving to the young today means only four weeks P to Christmas. To this writer, Thanksgiv ing is a time for sober re flection and expression to God and those around us of our appreciation for their love, friendship and under standing during the past months. It appears only a matter of weeks since we observed Thanksgiving, 1965 It is hardly believable that we are celebrating our second Thanksgiving along The Pub lic Parade. The rapid pass ing of time is evidence of the quickening of the pace in the area which we chose to live, work, play and rear - our little ones. Time doesn’t drag for us because we enjoy what we are doing and the people with whom we are associates in our endeavors. And for this we are thankful. . . There are those among us xfcpho are enjoying the fruits sos their labors; who over the years made their contribution to this community and now are satisfied to relinquish in creasing community responsi bility to; younger hands. We are thankful that at this im portant time in tHe, history of our area there are capable young minds who are demon strating the ability to keep the wheel turning in a pro gressive manner. As our community ad vances others will single out Edentagi and Chowan County as their home. We are thank ful that; a friendly atmosphere prevails here and newcomers find it easy to get into the mainstream of living in the Cradle of the Colony. As we said, the pace has quickened along The Public Parade. There are more and a more demands on our time, 1 taking us away from home frequently than in the past Without the love, faith, understanding and confidence •of the mother of five at our house, the responsibilities xd that the- latch string is al ways in place and the hot \'\Sfe-.-.v ' to enter the. world healthy and grow normally.” Jerry L. Holmes made this statement today as he ac cepted the chairmanship of the January 1967 Chowan dogs are kept warm by the one who tolerates our sched ule. These are just a few of the things for which we are thankful this Thanksgiving season. You can make a list of your own. As you reflect on your reasons for giving thanks things will come to mind which otherwise might be lost. So, make this Thanksgiv ing holiday a meaningful one for you, your loved ones and friends. And we see noth- . ing wrong with taking on a small amount of the tradi tional bird. YULE PARADE Eden ton’s annual Christmas Pa rade will be held at 4 P. M., December 1, sponsored again by local merchants and the £PW Club. The parade, _as in past years, will make up at Hicks Field and move down Broad Street to Water Street. Bands, clowns, floats and of course, Santa Claus, will be in the parade. Santa will greet the little children on the Courthouse Green following the parade. Efforts are being made to have the 1966 Christmas Pa rade the biggest and best ever. Everyone along The Public Parade and the sur rounding area will not want to miss this event which opens the Christmas shop ping season in the area. BILL NEEDS HELP—BiII Powell, librarian of the North Carolina Collection at the University of North Ca rolina Library in Chapel Hill, is putting the finishing touches on a N. C. gazetteer. Now, we don’t recall hav ing seen one of these ani mals. The dictionary says a gazetteer is a dictionary of geographical names. There fore, it could be of great value to those who study about North Carolina. The mere fact that Bill Powell has spent 12 years on the thing is enough to con vince us of its worth. But, . the author asks the assist ance of those along The Pub lic .Parade. Let him say it himself: Any information which your readers can give me concerning the origin, deriv ation or meaning of place names in North Carolina will be gratefully received. Af •ter more than a dozen years I am completing work on a North Carolina gazetteer. It now contains more than ,20.000 entries relating to .. cities and towns, rivers and other streams, mountains, lakes and other named geo graphical features in the Many facts have been Continued on Page Six Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina 27932 Thursday, November 24. 1966. County -.idicn of 'Dimes cam paign. Holmes is a general clerk with the Chowan'" Ve neer Co.< Inc., Edenton. He is a member of the Edenton Jaycees and Edenton Varsity Club. Mr. and Mrs. Holmes are the parents of a daugh ter, Jennifer. “I think most of us would consider it alarming if we heard about an epidemic in which a new case struck every other minute, which was the secohd greatest de stroyer of life, and which caused half of all cases of mental retardation,” declared Mr. Holmes. “Yet,” he pointed out, “birth defects are responsi ble for all this, and for much more human damage. Many defects are not apparent at birth. They appear later in life, causing physical or men tal disability. The March of Dimes is making important progress in birth defects, but we need increased public support to continue ancl to expand these programs.” Holmes noted the growing number of March of D'~''=- supported centers where birth defect children receive su perior treatment from teams of trained medical profess ionals. There are now 77 of these centers in operation, in cluding the Birth Defects Treatment Center in Chapel Hill and a brand new Evalu ation Center at Western Ca rolina Center in Morganton, Continued on Page Six Thanksgiving To Be Observed Here Thursday Thanksgiving, long observ ed as a general holiday throughout the nation, will be a day of rest for most workers in the Edenton area. Except for policemen, fire men and hospital personnel, most people hereabouts will have a day to do as they please.' Downtown stores will be closed for the day Thurs day as will Peoples Bank & Trust Company’s main office and Consumer Credit Branch; Edenton Savings & Loan As sociation, and First National Bank of Eastern North Caro lina. Chowan County offices will be closed as will the Munici pal Building and federal of fices, including the U. S. Post Office. No mail will be delivered outside the post of fice Thursday. W. B. Gardner, town ad ministrator, said no garbage would be picked up Thurs day but the street depart ment crews would make reg ular rounds on Friday and Saturday. Police Chief James H. Griffin and State Highway Patrol officers in this area warned motorists of the pre diction for heavy traffic on the streets and highways dur ing the holiday. They en couraged motorists to drive safely during the Thanks giving holiday. ‘ - _ . - ■ If you eat too much of the holiday bird And pass back your plate for a second or Ultra, Tummy is certain to be in distress - J‘ / And send out a frantic S.OJ3. ( For a dose of bicarb to intercede . And counteract the effects of the feed. So stock up on soda andyouMilbe set effective buffer U. S. Finances 2 Area Courses For Students ATLANTA, Ga. A reg ional spokesman for the U. S. Department of Labor here said that U. S. Secretary- of Labor W. Willard Wirtz and Secretary of Health, Educa tion, and Welfare John W. Gardner announced approval of six Manpower Develop ment and Training Act (MDTA) projects for North Carolina costing $298,249, of which $287,967 is in Federal funds and $10,282 from State resources in facilities and services. A project at Edenton. Cho wan County, will train 20 stenographers for 38 weeks at a total cost of $44,034; Federal funds of $42,427 have been allocated to it; State, $1,607. Another project at Edenton will train 15 auto mechanics up to 38 weeks at a total cost of $43,656 of which $42,240 will be in Fed eral funds. Both projects will be conducted at the Edenton Branch, College of the Albemarle. Twenty secretaries will be training up to 38 weeks in Greenville, Pitt County, at the Pitt Technical Institute. Federal funds of $45,985 and State facilities and services will bring the total cost of the project to $47,984. Lexington, Davidson Coun ty, will have a project at the Davidson County Communi ty College to train 20 weld ers up to 39 weeks. The to tal cost of this project will be $60,266 of which $58,471 will be in Federal funds and $1,795 in State funds. An other project there will train 18 production machine opera tors up to 399 weeks at a total cost of $58,835 of which $56,917 will be In Federal funds and $1,918 State. A project in Washington, Beaufort County, will train 20 .clerical secretaries up to 38 weeks. The Federal cost of this project will be $41,927 and with State resources and facilities, the total cost will be $43,474. MDTA institutional pro grams are established through the cooperation of the North Carolina Employment Service (NCES) and vocational edu cational facilities. The NCES has the responsibility of finding jobs for the train ees upon their satisfactory completion of the MDTA course. Although the train ees cannot be guaranteed jobs, nationally 74% were employed at time of last con tact. Employers interested in recruiting MDTA graduates may do so through the NCES. The MDTA is jointly ad ministered by the Department of Labor and Department of Health Education, and Wel fare. CHANGtf MEETING DATE The regular meeting of Chowan Ruritan Club has been changed from Monday, November 28 to Tuesday, No vember 29. Ladies’ Night will be observed at this meeting and the affair will get underway at 7 o’clock. CLUB PLANS SWIMMING POOL Mem ers of Chowan Golf & Country Club will have an added attraction next summer as con iructian of a swimming rod began this week I’om Hopkins, left, past president of the club, is chai man ot the swimming pool committee appointed bv Gilliam Wood, head of the club. Shown with Hopkins as they display of the pool is George Mack, retired State Highway Commiss.on engineer, a club director who is assisting in the pool pr ;ject. The spacious pool is expet ted to be a popular addition to the club facilities. 4-H’ers Honor Charles W. Overman Charles Wood Overman, Chowan County Extension ■Chairman, last Thursday was honored for outstanding service to 4-H Club work by the Chowan County 4-H members and leaders. Overman has worked with 4-H for over 30 years. He served as assistant agent in Nash and Bertie counties and as extension chairman in Dare County before coming to Chowan in 1941. For several years Overman was responsible for both ag riculture and 4-H and 'many of our outstanding county citizens have been trained by him! Although 4-H has not been his major responsi bility for some years, he has remained .vitally interested in the work and has assisted 4-H’ers and trained leaders on numerous occasions. The bronze plaque was presented by a former 4-H member, Eugene Jordan, at the leader recognition dinner held at the Center Hill Community Building. Sixty - four leaders were presented awards for service to 4-H totaling 311 years, the longest beirtg Bristoe Perry, School Officials Will Air Issue Members of Edenton City and Chowan County boards of education, along with Mayor John A. Mitchener, will meet Friday in Wash ington with officials of the ,U. S. Office of Education. The meeting, arranged by Rep. Walter B. Jones of the First Congressional District, is to discuss local school ’ problems. At a joint meeting here two weeks ago, at which Mayor Mitchener presided, the boards agreed to ask Rep. Jones to arrange a ses sion with federal education officials in hopes of resolv ing a dispute between the two boards. The dispute centers around 26 Negro ninth grade stu dents who live in the county but who chose to attend D. F. Walker—High School in the city. The government told the city board, a matter of days before the opening of school, that they could not accept the students from another administrative unit and remain in compliance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Court action by the county board to force the city to take the students, in accord ance with a 1931 agreement, has been non-suited. How ever. four of the students involved have filed a suit in the U. S. District Court to keep the county from dis criminating against students. Chiefs Os Police To Gather Here Police department officials from throughout .the coastal plains were scheduled to meet in Edenton Wednesday. Chief Clyde Harker of Rocky Mount, president of the Coastal Plain Chief of Police Association, presided at the meeting. Chief James H. Griffin of Edenton was host officer. having served for 18 years. Mrs. Jesse Lane, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Evans and Mr. and Mrs. Percy Nixon re ceived gold clover pins and certificates for 10 years of service. Other awards included Dick Lowe and Mrs. E. P. Jones, nine years; Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Byrum, Mr. and Mrs. H. Fahey Byrum, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Jordan, Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Copeland, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Bunch. Sr., Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Winborne, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Bunch, Mr. and Mrs. Deroy Bunch, Mr. and Mrs. c. W. OVERMAN Sanfra Ange In Hertford Contest HERTFORD Miss Sanfra Ange, pretty senior at John A. Holmes High School in Edenton. will be a contestant in the Junior Miss Pageant being sponsored here by Hertford Junior Chamber of Commerce. The pageant will be staged at Perquimans County High School at 7:30 P. M.. Mon- bI J§f MISS SANFKA ANGE Enters Junior Miss Pageant Hubert Byrum, Jack Leary, and Rev. and Mrs. H. C. Leake were presented awards lor six years. Mrs. Norma Bulls, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Byrum and Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Ward received silver clover pins and certificates for five years c. F leadership. Mrs, Otis Chappell and Mrs. Jack Leary were honored for four years. Third year awards went to Mr. and Mrs, Lloyd Over ton, Jr., Mrs. Ruth Efird, Mrs. Adolph Spivey, H. Ivey Ward, Mr. and Mrs. Wood row Lowe, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Costelloe, Tom Brabble, Dallas Jethro, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Webb, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Nonman Hol lowed. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Jordan, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Davenport, Mr. and Mrs. Yates Parrish and Mr. and Mrs. Frank White were pre sented two year awards. Bronze clover pins and certificates were presented to Mr. and Mrs. Sherlon Layton, Mr. and Mrs. Car roll Evans and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Goodwin for one year of service. Each year the 4-H mem bers prepare and serve a dinner for their leaders and certificates and pins are presented by the extension service in order to recognize the invaluable leadership given by these people to the youth of our county. day. November 28, The lo cal winner will receive a SIOO scholarship, a handsome tro phy and have the first pre mium-paid on a SI,OOO life insurance policy. She will also be given an all-expense paid trip to Char lotte for the state pageant. Trophies will be given to others who win categories in Single Copy 10 Cents Recorder’s Court Hears Last Cases .;*■'***•* In Chowan County When Judge William S. Privott, sounded the gavel Monday afternoon to adjourn Chowan County Recorder’s Court it spelled finish to a court which began in 1912. Judge Privott had pound ed the gavel on many occa sions during his tenure • on the county court bench. However, Monday afternoon was the first time he had done it with the w r ords “sine die.” This was the final session of Chowan County Record er’s Court as Superior Court will be in session next week and the new District Court will begin operation on De cember 5. Although modernization vic timized the county court, it didn’t get Judge Privott, who will become one of the two district jurists.. He will conduct court throughout seven area counties. It was not a short session for Judge Privott on Man day. The court lasted well into the afternoon and Soli citor Thomas Chears, Jr., called the calendar in an at tempt to clear up as many cases as possible. Judge Privott found prob able cause in four cases where local Negroes were charged with forgery. A fifth defendant in the forg ery ring is a juvenile. The Negroes were charged with participating in the passing of five checks which they had forged. The names of some of the most influen tial citizens of Chowan Countv had been used by the Negroes.. Eddie Hedgbeth, 19. 211 East G'ale Street, and John Wallace Hassell, 26, Route 2. Edenton, were ordered held for Superior* Court trial un der SSOO bond each. Bond for William Henry Ford, 19. Route 2, Edenton. was placed at S3OO and bond for Mary Twine, Route 2, Edenton, was set at $250. Two Elizabeth City men were charged with moving overwidth eouioment on the highways. Willie Bow and Clyde V. Small, Jr., had prayer for judgment con tinued upon payment of court costs. Sophia B. White, charged with hit and run - driving, was sentenced to six months, suspended upon payment r.f $25 fine and costs and reim bursement of $139.17 in dam ages. George Johnson. Jr., was Continued on Page Six the judging. The, Junior Miss contest ants will be judged on scho lastic achievement, creative and performing arts, youth fitness, poise and appearance, and personal interviews. Miss Ange. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard M. Ange. Route 1. Edenton. was home coming queen at the Edenton high school earlier this month. She is chief major ette and has been in the band for six years. She holds membership in the Na tional Honor Society and at tended Girls' State. She was. a state 4-H Club talent win ner and is president of the Monogram Club, having been voted the Most Valuable Girl Basketball Player last year. In senior superlatives she was named Most Talented and Most Athletic. A member of Edenton Methodist Church, Miss Ange sings in the Senior Choir and is a member of the MYF. She has a nine-year perfect attendance at Sunday School. Fourteen contestants have been signed up for the Hert ford Junior Miss Pageant and come from Hertford. Eliza beth City. Edenton, Plym outh, Bertie and Gates. The local contest is a pre liminary to both the state contest in Charlotte, January 13 and 14; and the American Junior Mias Pageant to be held in Mobile, Ala., in March, 1967. The purpose of this con test is to honor the_ nation’s high <school senior girls and reward these outstanding young ladies with national recognition and with scholar ships for the furtherance of their ecfocaiion.
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