EaPMIII ■ I »Wi| ■ liliWii ■l l Volume XXXV—No. 18 Something Extra Saturday is election day. It is a time when 3,808 people who meander along The Public Parade can exercise one of the few basic rights remaining—that of casting a ballot for a candidate of their choice. Since we are located in an area where first edition newspapers find their way to our doorsteps and The Chowan Her ald doesn’t publish until several days af ter the election, we have decided to do something about it. The first extra edition of The Chowan Herald will roll off the press early Sun day morning and be delivered to homes within the community before sunrise. Copies, carrying complete local election figures and whatever state returns are available early Sunday will be distributed to boxholders in Chowan County; Mon day morning. This is being made possible by a few local businesses who are interested in getting to the people of Chowan election information while it is news and before it becomes history. Go to the polls Saturday and vote for the candidate of your choice. Then wake up Sunday morning and read in the ex tra edition of The Chowan Herald how many pedple agreed with you. Plan For Future For some time there have been those in the community who feel our county commissioners have been lax in making proper plans for the future. This is true specifically in the area of facilities for county agencies. Recently the Education Committee of the Edenton Chamber of Commerce rec ommended that a competent firm be em ployed to study existing facilities and propose a plan which the commissioners could work toward. Before the recommendation cleared proper channels, a Superior Court Grand Jury inquired about action on a past recommendation regarding the county jail. Judge Albert Cowper of Kinston commented that the court facilities are inadequate and the historic Chowan County Court House should be turned into a museum. All this time the Edenton-Chowan Beard of Education has carried on a running battle with the commissioners to keep from moving the superintendent’s office into the former hotel building, which houses all other county agencies. At the board’s Monday session, it was Continued on Pace 4 School Board Agreeable To Move Edentcn-Chowan Board of Education has agreed to move the superintendent’s office into the county office building on East King Street on a temporary basis and is asking county commissioners to put aside $25,000 per year for the next four years to build a school administra tive building. The action was taken Monday night in a called meeting of the board. County commissioners have told the school board members that a portion of the third floor of the structure could be renovated to make adequate space for the office. They said no funds are now available to build a separate building for the. superintendent’s office. The county also rejected a suggestion of rent ing a location. The office is now in John A. Holmes High School and for the past year efforts have been made to move it to a new lo H m Wr I wl wSSJA Vk j|j| J?A?ff r y . . » jHaL *