' if’-V ' ■ - .r-f"? ~ C&f v\^^B pr B -^||J|H||r Ik ' Mjl -J^L- Bip ~ : .:'l&r l ft«p. Walter B. Jones B-®he parade So He Sez What did the Mayor of Edenton say to the Mayor of Rocky Hock? "So long as the fried chicken, butter beans, creamed corn, potato salad, hot rolls, pickles, celery, carrots, cake and ice cream and coffee hold out I’m in good shape.” was overheard during the third passing of food at the Chowan puritan Club’s Ladies’ Night Banquet Seniors In Spotlight I he spotlight along The Public Parade « this week is focused on members of the Class of 1968 at three area high schools. It is significant that these students have completed 12 years of secondary edu cation and hopeful that many of them will have the opportunity to continue their studies at institutions of higher learning. However, not all who graduate from high school can continue in the class rooms. Thanks to added job opportuni ties in the Albemarle Area, few will have to journey far from home to find employment. More good jobs are be • coming available at home than at any other period in our history. School officials are making a special effort to offer training in high school to provide workers with skills suitable for the local trade. This will further bene fit the area. ' - This week. The Chowan Herald fea tures the seniors at John A. Holmes, Chowan and D. F. Walker high schools. Photographs available from the three .schools are reproduced in Section B of this newspaper. So, to the seniors at three local high schools we say: Congratulations and best wishes. Trucker’s Glossary Ever hear of a “bed bug hauler,” a "cackle crate” or a “pajama wagon?” How about a “horse” or a “boll wee < vil?” If this all sounds a bit unusual, the translation can be found in the just released “Truck Drivers Dictionary and t Glossary” published by American Truck ing Associations. This handy glove compartment-sized lexicon defines a “bed bug hauler” as a moving van driver, a “cackle crate” as a truck that hauls live poultry, and a “pa jama wagon” as a truck cab with a sleeping berth. “Horse” is industry jargon for a truck tractor. A “boll weevil” is a novice truck driver. The glossary takes much of the mys tery from the special vocabulary of the truck jockey and gives motorists, per haps while they’re stopped at a road side case for some “hundred mile coffee”, a chance to understand what they’re hearing. C outlawed •> Page 4 Llift ' ' Jones Speaker For Opening Os Center First District Rep. Walter B. Jones of Farmville will be keynote speaker June 9 at the dedication of Historic Edenton’s Visitor Center-Museum. W. B. Gardner, president, Historic Edenton, Inc., said following Rep. Jones’ address, Mrs. Jones will cut the ribbon opening the facility in the Barker 'House on Edenton Bay. Mrs. Jones is the former Doris Long, a native Edentonian. The dedication program begins at 2:45 P. M., with special music by trie Choral Society, under the dii g of Dr. Clifford Bair of the Colle Q the Albemarle in Elizabeth City, i g’w be held at the James Iredell < '■*; -p; (at 4 P. M. The public is invited ££ :nd the entire events of the afteri ts w Mrs. Wood Privott, presidei «g ties Iredell Association, Inc., said g so- ri in THE CHOWAN HERALD Volume XXXV—No. 22. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina 27932 Thursday, May 30, 1968. Single Copy 10 Cents ■k Ronnie Harrell Holmes High Graduation Is Sunday Seventy-one members of the Class of 1968 at John A. Holmes High School will receive their diplomas in commence ment exercises Sunday. The program will begin at 4 P. M., in Ernest A. Swain Elementary School auditorium. Principal Cecil W. Fry has announced that Jennifer Cady Crandall has earned the honor of valedictorian while George Ronnie Harrell has been named saluta torian, both on the basis of their scho lastic achievements. Thirteen members of the class are members of National Honor Society. Rev. E. C. Shoaf of Edenton Metho dist Church will give the inspirational Storm Hits Area A “bluster” storm moved through the Albemarle Area Sunday night and a strong northeast wind caused an un usually high tide that resulted in flood ing in many sections of Edenton. J. H. Conger, Sr., local weather ob server, reported 2.51 inches of rain dur ing the 24-hour period between 6 P. M., Sunday and 6 P. M., Monday. He said the wind reached 35 to 38 miles per hour Sunday night. Conger estimated that the tide was more than 30 inches above normal. He said the wind, tide and rain was caused by an unusual low pressure in South Carolina that produced northeast winds here. Some damage to crops was reported throughout Chowan County in a storm that was unusual for this time of year. “It was not a hurricane, but just a bluster storm,” Conger said. ciation’s annual meeting honoring Ire dell’s descendants, will be held June 8 at 12:30 P. M., in conjunction with the Historic Edenton event. Tours of four historic sites —Cupola House, James Iredell House, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and Chowan County Court House— will be conducted from 1 P. M., to 3 P. M., and 4 P. M., to 6 P. M. Beginning Tuesday, hostesses will be available on a regular schedule to con duct tours of Edenton’s historic sites. The sites will be open daily, Tuesday through Sunday. Gardner said the dedication of the Visitor Center-Museum marks the be ginning of what could be a tremendous tourist boom for Edenton and Chowan % " r Jill Crandall message. Special music will be provided by John Becker and speakers to be introduced by Harrell, class president, are: Carroll Lassiter, Miss Crandall and John Gra ham. Principal Fry will present the class and Supt. Bill Britt will award the diplomas. Helen Pruden is chief marshal and other leaders of the rising Senior Class assisting her are:. Linda Byrum, Rose mary Holmes, Sue Powell, Ronnie Rog erson, Mary Sexton and Susan Shearin. The mascots are Patricia Flanagan and Bobby Ashley. Serving as ushers will be Shirley Alexander, Susan Hare, Jeff Mabe, Beth Moore, Faye Parrish and Sandy Wynn. “Fork in the Road” is the theme for Class Day Exercises in the Holmes Au ditorium at 1:30 P. M., Friday Program participants are: Harrell, Donald Jordan, Frankie Katkaveck, Henry Wells, Helen Jernigan, Carol Bry ant and Malcolm Dixon. Thirteen awards will be presented by school and community groups. Exhibits Planned W. E. Bond, chairman of the Board of Trustees of Shepard-Pruden Memorial Library, announces that with the coop eration of the Chowan Arts Council fa cilities for rotating art exhibits have been installed in the library. The first exhibit will be one circulated by the North Carolina Museum of Art entitled “Saint Leon Bouquet” and con sisting of 19 water colors done between Continued on Page 4 County. “We are es[>ecially pleased that our own Rep. Walter Jones will be re turning ‘home’ to be principal speaker for this dedication,” the president said. W. J. P. Earnhardt, Jr., local attor ney and former State Representative, will introduce Rep. Jones. Invitations have gone out to hundreds of dignitaries in North Carolina and many are expected to attend. Dr. Robert Lee Humber of Green ville, chairman, Edenton Historical Com mission, and Dr. Christopher Crittenden, director, State Department of Archives and History, will also appear on the program. The Department of Archives and His tory has worked with local members of the board of Historic Edenton, Inc., to transform the first floor of the beautiful Party Post Again Held By Shepard Thomas H. Shepard was re-elected chairman of Chowan County Democratic Executive Committee without opposition Saturday following the county conven tion at the court house. Mrs. E. N. Elliott was elected vice chairman and W. B. Gardner, secretary treasurer. The committee omitted the positions of two vice presidents. Five of the six Chowan precincts were represented at the convention during which a telegram from Rep. Walter B. Jones of the First District was read. Rep. Jones urged party members to work hard toward a clear victory in Novem ber general elections. Twenty-nine delegates to the state convention were named. They will go uninstructed. N. J. George from East Edenton pre cinct, expressed an interest in being a delegate to the National Democratic Con vention in Chicago. Shepard urged party members at the county convention to support the party and all Democratic candidates in the forthcomig election. Officers and members of the precincts are: WEST EDENTON: George Alma By rum, chairman; Mrs. W. J. P. Earn hardt. Sr., vice chairman; Philip McMul lan. W. B. Gardner, Thomas H. Shepard, Continued on Pare 4 Alcoholism Topic ELIZABETH ClTY—Alcoholism i« a kind of affliction that the more one knows about it the more one learns he doesn’t know enough about it. This definition was given the term Tuesday night by one of the foremost authorities in the state on alcoholism and mental health —Dr. Assad Meymandi of Fay etteville. Speaking to representatives of the Advisory Board of the Alcoholism C enter for Information and Service and com munity leaders from five Northeastern North Carolina counties, Dr. Meymandi said alcoholism has a definite place in constellation of services of public health. The director of the Cumberland Coun ty Mental Health Clinic pointed out that the primary principle of public health is prevention. Therefore, it is in this service that commupities must start to Continued on Pare 4 Twenty Complete Hospital Course Twenty area citizens who 11 weeks ago composed the first Nurse Assistants course at Chowan Hospital received cer tificates of successful completion of their studies Friday. The fact that all 20 students complet ed the 330-hour course was hailed by Tom Surratt, administrator, and others who participated in the brief graduation exercises at Edenton Municipal Building. Seven of the class members graduated with honors. Surratt pointed out that this is the first class to graduate from Chowan Hospital and it was made possible through cooperation of College of the Albemarle in Elizabeth City and trus tees of the hospital. He said the stu dents learned more about how to take care of patients better. He said their newly obtained knowledge will help them aiso in their home environment. The administrator, who acted as mas ter of ceremonies, “aid the course plays Barker House into the Visitor Oilier Museum. Many items of interest, in cluding priceless artifacts, will Ik: on permanent display in the museum. A visual aid program will also be available for visitors. Rep. Jones represents nearly one-fifth of the 100 counties in North Carolina. He has been active -in politics in Pitt County and North Carolina for more than two decades. He served in both houses of the General Assembly. Upon the death of veteran Rep. Her bert C. Bonner, Rep. Jones won in a special election and later was re-elected to the 90th Congress. He is currently seeking his second two-year term in the House of Representatives in Wash ington. an important role for future of hospitals in the area and in improved patient care. Another class is planned this fall. Dr. Edward G. Bond, chief of staff, spoke briefly to the class. He said the need for such a class was recognized long ago and has finally been realized. “This is a local project and all of us will benefit,” he said, “certainly the patients”. He added that it shows what can be attained to strengthen the community from within and not seek outside assist ance. Mrs. Barbara Cale, director of nurs ing, recognized the three instructors — Mrs. Mary Twiddy, Mrs. Emily Am burn, and Mrs. Dorothy Pavlich —and said they are graduating 20 competent and qualified nurse assistants. The honor graduates were: Linda As kew, Agnes Bunch, Regina Bunch, Blanche Harrell, Cleo Gibbs, Brenda Continued on Paco 4 REVIEW PLANS—Samuel Cox. Chowan County Soil Conservationist, who has ac cepted a post with the Soil Conservation Service at Burgaw, is shown at left review ing Chowan County's Conservation Program objectives with F, A. McGoogan of Hert ford, who will assume the conservation po sition here next Monday. Sam Cox Leaving County Position Samuel Cox, Chowan County Soil Con servationist with the U. S. Soil Conser vation Service for the past six years, has accepted a position with the Soil Con servation Service in Burgaw effective June 2. Cox says he regrets having to leave Edenton and Chowan County but feels the move is a necessary one in the in terest of his career with the Soil Con servation Service. “I do not believe there is any place in America that enjoys better rural living in general than in Chowan County,” Cox stated. “It has been quite a rewarding ex perience for me to be associated with this community and feel the progressive attitude of the people has helped me as much as our program has helped the community.” Cox reminds us that the local Soil and Water Conservation Dis trict Program has been recognized over the past years with numerous Area, State, and National awards. “This would not have been possible without the people’s cooperation with our program by applying conservation on the land. The local Board of Soil and Water Conservation District Super visors, Lloyd C. Bunch, Joe Webb, Jr., and H. F. Byrum are one of the most active District Boards of District Super visors in North Carolina,” Cox reminded. At the same time Cox announced he had no reservations about leaving the SCS here because of the capable staff that will carry on and further develop the conservation program here. F. A. McGoogan of Hertford will assume the position of Work Unit Conservationist here next Monday. McGoogan, a career SCS employee, has a wide variety of ex perience with the SCS and Albemarle Soil and Water Conservation District. He is considered one of the top SCS employees in North Carolina.