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i■', - • , > & THE CHOWAN HERALD A Kji -- -- - - ■ - f Volume XXXIV.—No. 6. -■•)> I »R. FRANK WILSON, JR. Athletic Injuries To Be Discussed » v • CHAPEL HILL—The three most common athletic in juries will be discussed in Eden ton on Wednesday Feb ruary 15 by practicing' phy sicians in a 19-county area of Eastern North Carolina and Southeastern Virginia. This will be the last in a series of six weekly medical meetings constituting a post graduate course in medicine. The windup speaker will be Dr. Frank C. Wilson, Jr., an orthopedic surgeon at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine here. He will speak at 4:30 P. M. on the treatment of sprained ankles, injuries to the major knee ligaments and shoulder separations. He also will describe some methods for lessening the chances of athletic injuries. In a second talk at 7:30 P. M., Dr. Wilson will be concerned with low back pain. He will explain the diagnosis and treatment of a back injury which may mimic the herniated disk and L,he will describe in some de , ail the so-called “disk syn- Ji drome.’’ The meeting Will be at the Edenton Restaurant. It is sponsored jointly by the First District Medical Soci ety and the UNC School of Medicine. Aces Heading For Cage Title Two games stand between the Edenton Aces and their second straight 2-A Albe marle Conference cage cham pionship. The Aces are 12-3 in the conference at this point and entertain Perquimans County High School Friday. They then travel to Bertie Tuesday for a game which could ice the championship for the lo cal „ Cagers. M games last Friday and this Tuesday, the Aces de feated Northampton there, 57-55 in overtime, and went to Gates where they brought home a 60-53 victory. Coach Jim Kinion was well pleased with the showing of hiS4cagers at Northampton as the two teams battled for undisputed possession of first place. The regulation game end fd with a H 9-49 deadlock and the teams went into overtime. The score was tied at 55-55 with only about three sec onds to play When Edenton got the ball and Wes Chesson tossed one in from just in side midcourt. Chesspn paced the locals wjth 23 points. Thomas Wil lis hpd 12 and Billy Wallace scored nine. At Gates, Chesson was again the big gun with 19 points as four of the Aces scored in the double figures. Willis had 18, Wallace 13, and Rusty Bootwright, 10. The Acelets are having their troubles as they lost to WilUamston, 48-35 last Tues day night although Sue Pow ell scqred l« points. Northampton downed the Aeelets, 52-37 Friday, night. PowjH got 14 points and Beth Moore had nine in the FT A, MEETING , The Parent-Teacher Associ ation will mefet at John A. , Holmes High School auditor ium February 16 M $ P. M. Students under the guidance of Mrs. David Holton will present the program on " “Teen-Age Code of Ethics”. ; Buff lap T!| Retire From Council After 30 liars On Town Board J. Edwin Bufflap, 'dean of politicians in Edenton, will step from the political arena i in May. He said today he j will not be a candidate for | re-election to the Town | Council in the forthcoming I Municipal Election. Bufflap. editor of The Chowan Herald since if was founded in 1934, is rounding out his 30th year as a mem ber of Edenton’s official fam ily. He is in the final months of a four-year term as oop£)cilman-at-large. He also ? serves as mayor pro , tern. ) in .addition to a council man-at-large, Edenton voters will elect a mayor and councilmen (from the First | and Second Wards. Mayor John A. Mitchener, Jr., has not (made a formal statement and no word has been received from Thomas Shepard, First Ward coun cilman, or Leo Katkaveck, Second Ward incumbent. Commissioners Handle Requests Chowan County Commis sioners Monday were be sieged with requests for funds not budgeted for fiscal 1966-67. And before the board adjourned they had satisfied most of those who had appeared. The board agreed to parti cipate with the Edenton Woman’s Club and Town of Edenton in the forthcoming biennial Pilgrimage. They voted $250 to assist in the since the focal point of the tour will be Chowan County Court House, which is now in its 200th year. Mrs. R. J. Boyce, tour chairman, and Mrs. Chester Stevens, club president, pre sented preliminary plans for the April festivities. Later, Mrs. U Polk Wil liams, Jr., representing Cho wan Arts Council, asked the commissioners to again par ticipate in bringing the N. C. Little Symphony to Edenton for a free concert. The commissioners agreed to con tribute $l5O if county child ren were allowed to attend. It was learned later that children from county schools as well* as city schools will be transported to the con cert at Ernest A. Swain Ele mentary School on March 3. One thousand students from various schools will attend. The commissioners balked at a request by O. C. Long, Jr., chairman, Chowan Coun ty Board of Education, that the board be allowed to pass up a $5,000 payment on a loan from the commissioners. He explained that the board had experienced a consider able amount of legal expense during court actions. After much discussion, the gist of which was that the school board should have consulted with commission ers prior to getting involved with p.uch debts, the school group Was advised that $3,000 would be allowed for legal Continued on Page Seven Hill To Teach Local Art Class Adults and high school students interested in paint ing arc encouraged to attend the first session of a 15-week art class which begins today (Thursday) in the Art Stu dio qyer Edenton Savings & Loan. Registration for the course, as well as the first class, will begin at 6:30 P. M. The class sessions are two hours in length. Ben F. Hill, who is in charge of the Fine Arts Stu dio, College of the Albe marle in Elizabeth City, will be instructor for the course. There will be one session each week and the cost of instruction is S2O. Oil paints, brushes and other necessary supplies are available in Edenton. Those attending the first class arc asked to bring a sketch pad, charcoal or oil painting sqpplies if they have them as well as still life ob jects or a piature they would like to copy. v The art class is another cultural program sponsored by Chuwao Arte Council. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina 27932 Thursday, February 9. 1967 Between now and the May election a considerable amount of activity is fore cast. There have been rum 9K| mm wSSSm ' jx mSJBri MnnK J. EDWIN BUFFLAP '■ ' ; ' ‘' " \ ; • ' ' INSTITUTE FOR AREA— D. S. Coltrane and Robert Harrell came down from the ivory tower this week to dis cuss race relations with area folk. During his briefing at Edenton Restaurant, Coltrane pointed out that communities have a great challenge in providing educational oppor tunities for unskilled work ers. He pointed specifically to opportunities available at technical schools and insti tutes. From time to time The College of the Albemarle in Elizabeth City offers adult education courses in Eden ton. That, while providing a needed service, does not do a lot for our economy. Edenton would be a highly desirable place for an insti tute which functions within the framework of the North Carolina system of Communi ty Colleges. Such an institute would have a nice payroll with relative little expense to the county. The county would have to provide the build ings and maintenance. The buildings are available at the old Marine base and they would be ideal for conversion to classrooms. Institutes not only offer adults additional educational opportunities but have a full time curriculum of study for students desiring to earn the Associate in Applied Sci ence Degree for two years of study. Money is available on the state level for establishment of these institutes which of fer a wide variety of courses. It is up to the community to provide the initiative to get the project off the ground. Leadership, where are you? REPEAT PERFORMANCE —ls you missed the talent show and womanless wed ding here a couple weeks ago you will have another chance to see some of Eden ton’s finest perform. The show, and what a lH ; ,, j-.y.y jS; J < I ilHg •vs.-s *> v - ■/■> Jy' /«-**'. *JHf &1| .. , - ,v **jw* ■ BF ■ Bp if ii — Hr f -JHK-' .J|^K]<J^:^;^ :j C 1 n* n j \£>: ■ p ——ffip*, _. ' : -w I JM K **** •» '• T - d| a ' ' Jiiif m | A;. s,> 'JUS' * «k #w| -m. s r «£? > . &.4SI ■■> \..m jm J| HH j ijg i Bj| REGIONAL MEETING - Dr. Edward G. Rond, cen'er, chairman of Edenton C*ty School Board, is pictured with D. S. Coltrane, left, chairman of the N. C. Good Neighbor Council and his assistant, Robert Harrell, formerly of Eden ton. About SO people Tuesday night attended one of eight regional council meetings at Edenton Restaurant. ors for months that several different people would test their political strength in the spring election. However, no one has committed himself publicly at this time. First elected by a margin of five votes in 1937. Bufflap ran in the biennial elections 13 times. Ccuncilmen were elected on four-year stagger ed terms in 1963 and at that lime he won the four-year seat as councilman-at-large bv five votes. He and George Alma Byrum, who retired from the council two years aga, ran unopposed for the two at-large seats with the high man being elected for four years. In making his retirement statement today, the 74-year old veteran publisher and town official said he will definitely sit . this election out. “I have serve d long he said. “Like an show it was. proved highly successful the first time around. The talent! in both phases of the production, caught the eye of those in terested in putting some money in the Red Cross chest. The Heart Fund is more than S7OO richer because of the show and at 7:30 ,P. M., Saturday out at Chowan High School it is hoped that a like amount can be raised for the Red Cross. Those in the cast of the womanless wedding will have to get all perfumed up again, which is about the most distasteful aspect of the show. This is a real sacri fice and ail you are asked is to purchase a ticket for $1 and come watch the monkies work. The Red Cross will appre ciate it. THE COUNTY FAIR—The county fair is usually good for a lively conservation at least once each year. In some areas, the carnival phase of the annual fair has overshadowed the exhibits. There are those in the fair business who, like in most any other, become greedy. They place loss and less em phasis on agricultural, edu cational and other exhibits and turn to the midway, from which comes most of the change. Chowan County Fair boost ers have not fallen into this trap. They encourage more arid more exhibits of various varieties. Instead of selling their soul to the carnival barker they have turned to a premium book as a means of boosting their income for charities. Efforts by the local asso ciation paid off recently when the Chowan premium book took fifth place in state-wide competition. It is remarkable that this could be accomplished the second year, such a book was print ed. It points to the interest those promoting the local Continued on Page 5 old car, I have just about worn out.” He said new blood is’ needed on the council and there are younger men cap able. cf carrying on the town’s business. “I have greatly enjoyed my work for a better Edenton and have had the privilege of working very closely with many of our finest citizens,” he continued. “However, the time comes when one must step aside and with younger men available for service, I feel I would be doing the cotizens of Edenton an in justice by continuing on the council.” He expressed his apprecia te for the fine spirit of co operation he has received from Edentonians down through the years. "The at titude of the people in our town made serving on the council a genuine pleasure,” he concluded. | School Plan To Be Drawn O. C. Long. Jr., chairman. Chowan County Board of Ed ucation, and Supt. Hiram J. Mayo Monday night were in structed to draft a plan for further integration of county schools. The board is under court order to file such a plan for 1967-68 with Judge John Lar kin in Eastern District Fed eral Court prior to March 1. The members agreed that any plan submitted to the court would be subject to the merger' of the Chowan and Edenton administrative units in a forthcoming vote of the people. It was also agreed that v.'hile the favored the freedom of choice plan for assigning students, no choice period would be fixed at this time. This will be discussed with members of Edenton City Board of Education at a meeting to be scheduled in the near future. Dr. A. F. Downum, Sr., said any plan for compliance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 should be discussed with members of the city board Continued on Page Six Road Closed In Hertford RALEIGH A portion of U. S. 17 and highway 37 and live old Perquimans River bridge at Hertford will be closed for one month be ginning Monday. Ferbuarv 6, officials of the State High way Commission have an nounced. Commissioner Don Mat thews of Hamilton and Dis trict Engineer E. R. West of Elizabeth City said U. S. 17 business traffic moving be tween Elizabeth City and Hertford and highway 37 traffic (moving between Win fall and Hertford will be de toured via U. S. 17 business, SR 1300, U. S. 17 bypass and . SR 1336. This means traffic will come into Hertford via the new bridge. BOOST PILGRIMAGE Mrs. Chester St< vens, left, president of Edenton Woman's Club, and Mrs. R. J. Boyce, chairman of the 1967 Pilgrimage of Colonial Edenton and Countryside, are shown above. Pilgrimage plans are currently being made and a spe cial celebration will be held focusing attention on the 200tli anniversary of Chowan County Court House. Pilgrimage Date Is Set The 1967 Pilgrimage of Colonial Eden tori arid Countryside, biennial tour spon sored by the Edenton Woman’s Club, will be held the weekend of April 14, 15 and 16, it was announced today by Mrs. R. J. Boyce, Pilgrimage chairman. Pbe Pilgrimage offers a rare oppor tunity for the public to visit during the tour, a number of pre-Revolutionary homes open at no other time, the chair man said. Included in this year’s tour is Sycamore, the oldest house in North Carolina, built in 1660 on a bluff over looking Albemarle Sound. In connection with this year's Pil grimage in Colonial Edenton there will be celebrated the 200th anniversarry of the Chowan County Courthouse consid ered the finest Georgian courthouse in the South built in 1767 and in continu ous use since that date. Among other historic homes and pub lic buildings open for the 1967 Pilgrim age will be the ( harlton House built in the 1760’s' by Jasper Charlton active in Group Hears Coltrane D. S. Coltrane. chairman of the N. C. Good Neighbor Council, said here Tuesday night progress is being made with regards to creating a climate of good race rela tions in Tar Heelia but (more emphasis must be placed on training the unskilled to make them acceptable for industrial employment. Speaking at an informal regional meeting of area Good Neighbor Council mem bers, educators, businessmen Revolutionary politics and neighbor of Joseph llewes. a signer of the Declara tion of Independence. Charlton's wife was also a “.signer", being the first one to sign the famed Edenton Tea I’artv resolutions of the 51 ladies who gathered in Edenton in 1774. Hostesses dressed in colorful colonial garb will receive visitors also at such his toric homes as the Barker House, the kittleJohn House. West Custom House, the Paxton House and stately Pembroke Hall. Especially arranged for the Pilgrimage visitors will be displays us local antiques and artifacts of the period, as well as Horn elsewhere in this historic area; ,t kittle Theater performance: an arts and vrafts show, a waterfront tour via Coast Guard cutter and special events schedul ed throughout the weekend. Block tickets will be S 5 with individ ual admittances SI Pilgrimage infor mation may be obtained bv writing Mrs. R. J. Boyce. 205 West Church Street. Edenton. X. C. 27952. and municipal leaders. Colt rane said more and more in dustries arc becoming Equal Opportunity Employers. In order for the non-white pop ulation to take advantage of the new job opportunities, they must be trained to en ter the more skilled and technical labor market of to day. Coltrane urged local coun cils to work out affirmative action programs. He said in the agricul tural area of the state more attention is being focused on new industry. This means new jobs but a person ac customed to .farm tools must have special training before becoming a machine opera tor. Coltrane said industrial and technical schools could be of valuable service in of fering courses to teach such skills. It .was pointed out by one person in attendance that in Elizabeth City, plans are un derway for a course in atti tudes. This is designed to condition people in their minds to work with ma chines. Robert Harrell, formcrlv of Edenton who is now Colt rane's assistant, reported on areas of progress. Harrell said a lot has been done [ in the area of better communications and under standing among the races. He said church, civic, business, industrial, municipal and other groups are meeting on a regular basis to discuss better race relations. He said progress is also being made in the area of school desegration. Harrell Continued on Face Six Single Copy 10 Cents Farm Bureau Meets Tuesday The Chowan County Farm Bureau will hold a general membership meeting Tues day at 7:30 P M. This meeting will be hold at Ad vance Community Building. The main speaker will be Charles Russell of the N. C Fa r m Bureau Federation. Russell is one of the Farm- Bureau representatives to the legislature who promote fav orable farm legislation. Russell will speak on the ■minimum wage and how it affects the farmer. He is also expected to touch on proposed legislation in the 1967 General Assembly. All farmers and people in terested in farm matters are invited to attend this meet ing. Phone Questions Will Be Heard Area telephone subscribers who would like- to discuss local service with officials of The Norfolk & Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Com pany will have a chance to do so at 10 A. M.. todav (Thursday). L. S. Blades. Jr., president, and other representatives of the Elizabeth City-based util ities firm, will be at a meet ing at the Municipal Build ing. W. B. Gardner, town ad ministrator and president-of Edenton Chamber of Com merce. said the Chamber ar ranged the meeting after sev eral members expressed a desire to lodge complaints about local service.
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