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Volume XXXIV.—No. 24. CL he ‘Public Parade Good Job, Boys! Loose ends are now being gathered on the labor availability survey which has been in progress here for the past two weeks. Results indicate there is an am ple supply of labor for Chris-Craft Cor poration or other new industries. The entire community owes a debt of gratitude to everyone who had a hand in the survey. Since school was out before the survey could get underway, the job was more difficult than in the past. Too, the fact that a survey was conducted only 12 months ago didn’t make it any easier to get people to complete the question naires. Leaders in other communities have been impressed with the manner in which difficult jobs are done well in Edenton. So will Chris-Craft. Out Os Character Recently we discussed in this column the ..importance of keeping the public business in public. Apparently we miss ed connections with Edenton Town Council. Tuesday night, First National Bank of Eastern North Carolina made a for mal request for a portion of the town’s checking account business. Also, they wanted to participate in equal distribu tion of certificates of deposit. After the presentation, Mayor John A. Mitchener, Jr., said he was sure coun cilmen wanted to give full “deliberation” to the request. Then he moved on to another item on the agenda. The gavel sounded ending the regular monthly council meeting. Councilmen went into the mayor’s office under the pretense of studying the proposed town budget. It has since been learned that more than an hour was s()ent discussing which check to pick up to pay town bills. Fi nal decision was made to alternate the checking account between the two banks. Now, this newspaper will not remote ly get irivolved in where the town keeps its money. But if public discussion on the question would embarrass any mem ber of the council then it is time he ex cused himself. The cloud of suspicion raised over another “secret” meeting played a big role in defeating one of the most pro gressive steps here in many years. Edenton’s handsome, comfortable coun cil room is the place to take action an requests placed before the council. The mayor’s office was not designed for this function. Don’t Cut Area Ties Chowan County is considered as the hub of the Albemarle Area of North Carolina. Progress on many fronts have proven to all who care to investigate that we live in an area where the action is. As those who meander along The Pub lic Parade well know, this has come about through joint efforts. Now we find Chowan County backing out of a most important phase of orderly devel opment—the Albemarle Area Regional Planning Commission. County commissioners failed to go Continued on Pago 4 H mar i ■ i | Hn ; Jj ■ Ti i ,i«m ft WUWFm*£ s tSijHMp T Js wftL t l '- jk l| v^AyJ V| a THE CHOWAN HERALD 1 \ m - wrwK&i- , ■ ?in v “ : - v L • - i. t «U / / S I . TOO CLOSE—Alfonsa White, SS-jear-otd Merry Hill Negro, got his log truck too dose to the curb as he rounded the curve at the Masonic Temple Monday afternoon and it strulck a power pole} and overturned. White escaped unhurt although sparks were flying from the broken wires. Damage to the truck was Council To Hear . • Project Experts An urban renewal program for Eden ton will be discussed within the next few weeks at a special meeting of Town Council. Mayor John A. Mitchener, Jr., asked Councilman Henry Quinn to arrange a meeting when it is suitable with firms interested in assisting in such a plan. Councilman Quinn said he and Town Administrator W. B. Gardner have been in contact with three firms currently en gaged in projects in North Carolina. The councilman recommended that Edenton proceed as quickly as possible to develop an urban renewal program. “I believe there is a need in Edenton for a program like this and now is the time,” he said. C. A. (Chuck) Benson, manager of the Edenton office of First National Bank 6T Eastern North Carolina, ap peared to request a portion of the town’s business. He said at one time the bank had several certificates of deposit but they have been cashed in as they ma tured, due to considerable capital ex penditures by the town. “We feel we have offered a contribu tion to Edenton,” Benson said in re questing the Electric & Water Depart ment account as of June 30. He also asked that the CD’s be split as equally as possible. R. Graham White, executive vice president of Peoples Bank & Trust Corn- Continued on Page 4 Lawns Watched Edenton Jaycees are again sponsoring a Lawn of the Month contest here. Each month during the summer a winner will be chosen and will receive a prize which is donated by local firms. Prizes in the contest include a lawn sprinkler from Hughes-Parker Hardware, one shrub from Leary Plant Farm and $5 from the Jaycees. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina 29732 Thursday, June IS, 1967. Labor Survey Tops 3,500 Final questionnaires of an extensive labor availability survey were being tab ulated today as Edenton Chamber of Commerce officials hailed the under taking as a grand success. Caswell Edmundson, chairman of the survey committee, rported 3,523 survey forms had been returned by noon Wed nesday. He told a joint meeting of the Industrial and Merchants committees the survey which ended Saturday could very easily reach 4,000 as forms continued to come in. “I am extremely pleased and appre ciate all the work which has gone into this project in the past two weeks,” the chairman said. The survey was requested last month by Chris-Craft Corporation, world’s lar gest builders of motor boats; The na tionally known concern took option on 54.05 acres on the Albemarle Sound near Edenton Municipal Airport and said they would await results of the survey bv fore making a decision on the size of their Chowan County operation. Company officials were being contact ed this week but no further announce ment is expected for several weeks. W. P. (Spec) Jones, Industrial Com mittee chairman, said while the survey returns were not as great as in the one conducted last year, he thought it was better than anticipated since the schools could not participate. The survey was requested too late to get the forms dis tributed by students. “In my opinion this is a true picture as to the availability of labor in this area,” Jones said. The forms were dis tributed in Chowan and seven neighbor ing counties, including those on the coast. The chamber president, W. B. Gard- County Pulls Out At last week’s meeting of Chowan County commissioners, Mayor John A. Mitchener, Jr., presented a resolution for Chowan’s continued participation in the 10-county Albemarle Area planning pro gram. It would cost the county about $1,500 over a two-year period. Mitchener is currently chairman of this group, being Chowan’s representa tive on the board. Commissioners said this work was being planned by the county planning board and decided to discontinue participation with the other counties. Discussion was also held concerning the new Jury Commission and appoint ment of a coroner. Mrs. Lena M. Leary, clerk of court, was instructed to investi gate further the use of a medical exami ner in the county to work with the coroner. Commissioners gave endorsement to a Continued on fi{t 4 Owens Is Injured Billy Owens was treated at Chowan Hospital Friday for injuries he received when he was thrown from a boat in the Albemarle Souhd. Owens was a passenger in a boat be ing operated by Robert Lane when the craft struck an object and bounced around. Owens was thrown out of the boat and struck by the motor’s pro pellor. The accident victim was rushed to Chowan Hospital by Edenton-Chowan Rescue Squad where he was treated for extensive cuts about his head, arms and body. placed at SIOO but power was interrupted due to the fallen lines. The rig was owned by James Kermit Mizelle, Route 3, Edenton, and White was charged with failing to decrease his speed to avoid an accident. Capt. J. D. Parrish and Patrolman W. A. Satterfield investigated the mishap. ner, commented on the full cooperation of the community in this whirlwind un dertaking. “It shows what can be done when everyone pulls together,” he said. Gardner expressed the chamber’s ap preciation to the Merchants Committee, which raisd more than SSOO from among local store owners; Chowan County Commissioners and Edenton Town Coun cilmen from which came SI,OOO to help finance the survey. Also, Gardner pointed out that pre liminary tabulation of the survey forms showed a distinct interest by males in working for Chris-Craft. While there were some 1,200 fewer forms returned than last year, there were but 99 fewer male respondents. Edenton junior and senior chambers of commerce conducted the survey in cooperation with the Employment Se curity Commission of North Carolina. r f- BANK OFFICIALS TOUR LOCAL PL ANT—Mitchell F. Allen, Jr., ri*h.t, president of First National Bank of Eastern North Carolina, leads a group of directors of the bank’s state and local board on a tour of George C. Moore Company’s plant here. Allen is shown with Edward Puryear, plant manager, as they test some of the elastic ma terial produced by the Moore firm. Later the bank group had a luncheon, followed by a meeting in the institution’s Edenton office. Another picture on Page 16. Youth Corps Aids 57 Area Students Fifty-seven Chowan County school students are participating in the summer program of the Neighborhood Youth Corps, according to John T. Biggers, di rector. Biggers said the students, out of school for the summer, started work at various public jobs June 5 and will work until September 1. “The desire to work was proven when all of these enrollees started work with no vacation from school,” Biggers said. The enrollees work 32 hours per week and are paid $1.25 per hour. Biggers and his assistant, Robert H. Mathes, point out that the enrollees are employed to receive work experience that will assist them in future employ ment and also to receive pay that may help them in necessities needed for the next school term. Most of the summer workers ate par ticipants in the regular program during the school year. The enrollees serve the community Single Copy 10 Cents Big Budget Is Approved; Rate Is Held Chowan County will have an $823,- 598.03 budget for fiscal 1967-68 and the tax rate will remain at $1.55 per SIOO valuation. The special levy for rural fire protection outside the Town of Edenton will be five cents. At a special budget session Monday, Chowan County commissioners approv ed the budget, which includes funds for participation in N. C. Local Government Employees’ Retirement System. Sixteen employees will participate in the system here and the county’s share next year is estimated to be $4,496.03. Mrs. J. D. Elliott, county accountant, said the county was already financing retirement for employees in many de partments. The cost for retirement in the schools, health department, welfare department, library, and Civil Defense amounts to more than $13,000 annually. The county budget is based on a valu ation of S2B million. Mrs. Elliott said the levy will produce $434,000 with the remaining $389,598 coming from other sources. Edenton-Chowan Schools will operate on a combined budget of $281,787.36. The 87-cent levy for schools will pro duce $243,600 with the additional $38,- 187.36 anticipated from fines, forfeitures, and other taxes. The school levy is up three cents from 1966-67. The next biggest item in the budget is welfare. The welfare budget is $258,703 but all except $28,000 comes from state and federal funds. Therefore, the levy for this portion of the budget is 10 cents. The county will again levy four cents for capital improvements and the $11,200 edrived from this will help re-pay the Town of Edenton for funds borrowed to extend water and sewer to industrial sites outside the town limits. Continued on Page 4 by working with public and private non profit organizations. Agencies in this area accepting stu dents include; Edenton Police Depart ment, E&W Department, Street Depart ment, Agriculture Extension office, Air port Commission, ESEA, D. F. Walker school, John A. Holmes school, Ernest A. Swain Elementary School, Neighbor hood Youth Corps office, Chowan High School and State Veterinarian Depart ment. Biggers said the bulk of these en rollees in Chowan County are working in maintenance type jobs, while others are working as library aides, cafeteria aides, office and clerical aides and ground and beautification aides. The NYC spends $41,000 in this county on the student program on a 12- month basis. The NYC program is sponsored by the Economic Improvement Council with headquarters in Elizabeth City. NYC offices are at Edenton Municipal Air port.
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