The Chowan Herald
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Published cvtry Thursday at Xdenton by The
Chowan Herald, Inc., U F. Am burn, Jr., president
and general manager, 431-435 South Broad Street.
Edentoa, North Carolina 21383.
Entered as second-class matter August 30, 1934,
at the Post Office at Edenlon. North Carolina,
under the act of March 3, 1879.
•j U F. AMBURN. JR President and Gen Mgr.
J. EDWIN BUFFLAP Editor
•: HECTOR LOFTON , Advertising Manager
;5 E. N. MANNING Mechanical Superintendent
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•*: * THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16. 1969
Tuft for today
My times are in Thy hand; . . . deliver
me from them that persecute me.—Psalm
31:15.
Godless nations show that man cannot
live without God. The Prince of Peace has
assured us of good from evil days.
Almighty God, w« surrundnr out worried
-way to Thee and pray for release from
•vil, and victory through righteousness.
Varied Docket
A Greenville used car dealer was
convicted Tuesday in Chowan County
District Court on a charge of issuance of
a worthless check in the amount of
$1,931.
Guy Kite of Kite's Used Cars was
sentenced to six months, suspended- upon
payment of SSO fine and costs and
make restitution to Albemarle Motor
Company. Testimony was that Kite had
paid $80.42 on the check.
He gave notice of appeal and bond
was set at $2,000.
Judge W. S. Privott presided and So
licitor Wilton Walker prosecuted the
docket. Other action taken included:
Charles E. Perry, tampering with un
attended auto, nol pros.
Glenwood Ray Horton, no operator’s
. license, nol pros.
i Sherly Spencer, speeding, 30 days,
suspended upon payment of $25 fine
and costs; issuance of worthless check,
30 days, suspended upon payment of
$lO fine and costs and make restitution
of $25.
Johnny Lockford Owens, Jr., reckless
driving, spinning wheels, 30 days, sus
pended upon payment of SSO fine and
costs.
Virginia Lee Holley, depositing trash
upon a public highway, called and failed.
Willie Rudolph Respass, speeding, $5
fine and costs.
Walter Collins Brown, traffic viola
tion, 30 days, suspended upon payment
of $25 fine and costs.
Eugene Everett, traffic violation, costs.
Joseph S. Landry, abandonment and
non support of wife, prosecuting witness
refused to testify and was charged with
the costs of court.
Emmitt Lester Riddick, Jr., non sup
port of children, six months, suspended
upon payment of costs and $25 per week
for support.
Mary Elizabeth Adams, speeding, $lO
fine and costs.
Economic Study
Virginia Electric and Power Company
representatives have announced plans to
prepare an economic study of Perquim
ans County.
Kenneth W. Lane, assistant manager
of Community Development for Vepco,
stated that the purpose of the study is
to provide a reference of current eco
: nomic information on the county. The
• study will encompass the entire county
area and will include current economic
data on all phases of the county’s econ
: omy as well as a number of representa
tive industrial sites. It is also to be
used as a tool to assist in the economic
and industrial development of the area.
Lane said, “In this highly competitive
field of industrial development, it is es
sential that you have current economic
data on your community, readily avail
> able and in presentable form, .in order
: to work effectively with industrial pros
• pects. This study will be prepared at
: n° cost to the county and we welcome
this opportunity to work with the people
j of Perquimans County on this commun
: ity project."
: Lane stated that the study had been
} requested by the Perquimans County
j Industrial Development Commission and
i the county board of commissioners.
An economic study committee has
been formed to aid Vepco in the com
pulation of current information to be in
cluded in the study. The committee is
| headed by Mrs. Jean Harrison, Secre-
I tary, Hertford Chamber of Commerce
• and individual areas of the county are
j represented by the following county
j leaders:
H. Thomas Brown, Jr., R. C. Elliott,
Bobby S. Heath, Edward Nixon, Frank
M. Roberts, R. M. Thompson and C. C.
I Walters.
i p Presentation of the study by Wepco
i ’is tentatively planned for early Decetn
j her 1969.
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-By Bu/f
My good friend Jack McMullan, even
though I did not know it, has been con
fined in a hospital and though now at home,
he is very weak. He sent me what he
termed his "swan song,” and here ’tis:
Dear Buff: When one has outlived his
day and generation, he “feels like one who
tread* alone some banquet hall deserted;
whose lights have fled, whose garlands
dead, and all but him departed.”
I definitely find myself in this category.
There comes a time, when one feels the
pangs of the demise of most of those people
he most admired and respected.
And, too, he is sorrowed when he notes the
disintegration of the things and institutions
he most cherished through life. A few
days ago I received a great shock when I
witnessed the demolition of one of my
brain childs the old Municipal Building.
Fifty years ago I organized a company to
build this structure and drew the plans for
it. Later while Captain Wiggins was mayor
it was purchased by the town for a city
hall and has been occupied since by Mayors
Spires, myself, Kehayes, Haskett, Holton
and Mitchener. Peace be to its memory.
The eternal law of compensation is al
ways at work, so today I find consolation
in the fact that the site of this building
will be incorporated in the premises of the
Cupola House, which has, too, been one of
my life hobbies—for fifty years ago this
building was preserved for the town when
a group of patriotic citizens composed of
Frank Wood as president and myself as
secretary, together with John Wood, Ist,
W. D. Pruden and wife Annie, J. N. Pru
den, Ist, C. S. Vann Dr. Richard Dillard,
Dr. R. B. Drane and Annie Graham.
Today the only survivors of the organiz
ers of the Cupola House Corporation are
Mrs. Annie Graham and myself.
Note: Jack McMullan was among the
first of very few people to welcome me
back in 1923 when I came to Edenton from
Elizabeth City to help with a struggling
small daily newspaper. It was the smallest
newspaper office I had ever worked in, and
it was due, for the most part, by Jack Mc-
Mullan’s urging to remain with the paper—
either because I liked Edenton or couldn’t
get enough money to get away. Anyway,
through the years I served under Jack as
Mayor, participated on many various com
mittees with him and in short profited by
many of his suggestions. Jack, like a lot
of us, is now in the twilight of his life, but
before he departs he should have a great
deal of consolation in the realization that he
has done a lot of good for good old Eden
ton.
Edgar Rogerson, who now lives at Wins
ton-Salem, was visiting relatives and
friends this week and dropped in The Her
ald office to inquire about fishing. When
living in Edenton, Edgar caught his share
of fish hereabouts and said he was going to
try ’em before he went back to Winston-
Salem. Haven’t heard how he made out.
but those fish he oaught years ago just’
“haint here no mo’.” f
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Members of Edenton Chapter of the Order
°f the Eastern Star are getting -ready for
their fish fry to be held Saturday next to
the Boy Scout Cabin. They are hoping a
lot of people will patronize this fish fry,
for all the proceeds will go to the Masonic
and Eastern Star Home in Greensboro,
where a large number of elderly men and
women are spending the twilight of their
lives in home-like surroundings. Fried
fish will be served from 11 A. M. to 7 P. M.
and in case anyone wants to buy a ticket
yours truly has a batch of ’em he wishes
to get rid of.
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Well, the Edenton Aces tucked another
victory under their belts Friday night when
they downed Dave Holton’s Northampton
High School gridders 28-0. However, the
game was closer fought than the score in
dicates, for the visitors played us to a
standstill for a goodly part of the game.
This Friday night an old rival, the Per
quimans Indians, will meet the Aces on
Hicks Field, which should attract another
ar 8* crowd of fans. Incidentally don’t
you think the High School Band is just
about as good or better than any band we
have ever had? They’re worth hearing, so
go out to Hicks Field, listen to the band
and see if the Aces can scalp the Indians.
Makeup Os D. D.
HATTIESBURG, Miss. Take a
pair of sparkling brown eyes, hair to
match and set them on a trim five-foot,
two-inch frame and you have the mak
ings of a Dixie Darling.
More specifically you have Sanfra
Ange, a vivacious brownette from Eden
ton, N. C., who is beginning her third
season as a member of the nationally fa
mous Dixie Darlings, the precision dance
and drill squad of the University of
Southern Mississippi.
The Darlings, who appear at most of
Southern’s football games and at least
twice yearly on nationwide television, are
composed of about 60 coeds who are
chosen for their twirling and dan/-;™
abilities.
Sanfra, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Howard M. Ange, is a graduate of John
A. Holmes High School, and is pursuing
an undergraduate degree in Business
at USM.
her college career Sanfra has
been a Pom Pom girl, a group that ap
pears at the university’s basketball
contests; a member of Delta Delta Delta
social sorority and a sponsor for a com
pany of the university Reserve Officers
Training Corps Brigade.
spare time—limited during the
football season as the D. D.’s work-out
at least two hours a day, five days a
week—she enjoys skiing, horseback rid
>ng and surfing.
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Continued Ftam Pie* 1
discussed. It takes a particular breed
to weather the storms and keep his good
humor.
Joe Nowell, one of two first district
commissioners, is proving his ability to
do this. Joe admitted when Gov. Bob
Scott made the surprise appointment
that he didn’t know too much about
farming, and nothing about highways.
Somewhere, however, he has run into
a good tutor. In a few short months he
has proven he will go to bat for what
he believes is right, fighting tooth and
nail.
He did this job so well that it took
a vote of Chairman Lauch Faircloth to
keep the district office way up yonder
in Hertford County when the most logi
cal place would have been in Perquim
ans, near the center of the district.
And now he is taking on the Virginia
State Highway Commission as to where
North Carolina should join them with
a four-lane road. Now these are prob
lems only Joe and his Virginian counter
parts can work out.
We’ll continue to support his efforts.
That is, until we learn the super high
way he proposes to program to open up
Northeastern North Carolina doesn’t
come through Chowan.
More On Former Aces
Recently we passed along to those who
meander along the Public Parade the
splendid job Wes Chesson, a former
member of the Edenton Aces, is doing
at Duke University.
While we have no intention of turn
ing this into a sports column, we do
want to say others who played with Wes
are also sparkling. They, too, in de
feat.
The column’s East Carolina University
scout reports Dwight Flanagan set a
team record recently. He compiled 65
yards on a pass-run. It turned out to
be the longest such play in ECU history
where a touchdown wasn’t scored.
This is sorta backdoor records but
shows Dwight is still a pretty fancy step
per on the gridiron.
Charlie Swanner and Billy Wallace
are also doing good work for ECU’s
Pirates, who like the Blue Devils are
lnving difficulty winning. They can,.
f„lVJWtver, come home on- Friday nights
and watch their alma mater do what they
aspire to do win.
URBAN RENEWAL
Continued From Peg* 1
Mayor Byrum publicly commended
the police department for their recent
activity, pointing out that Supt. of School
Bill Britt had commended the depart
ment for their handling of the crowd
at a recent football game.
Mayor Byrum said although the de
partment is under strength and has been
further hampered by illness, the men
continue to do a good job.
Gardner was instructed to advertise
for two new police cars. Also, he was
instructed to get prices on improvements
to the Hobowsky property on West King
Street, where a parking lot will be built.
The administrator was instructed to
get proposals on painting at the Munici
pal Building.
Permission was granted College of
the Albemarle to use a building at Eden
ton Municipal Airport for training auto
and farm implement mechanics provided
the students enrolled come from this
general area.
Mayor Byrum called attention to com
plaints about traffic problems at D. F.
Walker School. He appointed Council
man David G. White, Gardner, Police
Chief J. D. Parrish and J. C. Parks,
street superintendent, to work out the
problem.
Chamber Drive
Two-thirds of the 1969-70 budget of
Edenton Chamber of Commerce has been
realized during the current membership
campaign.
E. N. Manning, membership chair
man, said the campaign to raise $16,500
for the chamber is still going extremely
well. He said while it is taking longer
than had been anticipated, the goal is
expected to be readied in the n*ap fu
ture.
The current budget is 10 per cent
higher than last year.
At the same time Robert W. Moore,
executive vice president, announced the
appointment of Mrs. Garland Askew as
office secretary. Mrs. Askew replaces
Mrs. C. W. Overton who resigned when
her husband was transferred to Raleigh.
Mrs. Askew moved to Edenton recent
ly when her husband became associated
with W. J. P. Earnhardt, Jr., In the
practice of law.
Woman's Club Presents Projects
The Edenton Woman’s Club has
adopted as its major project of the year
' the raising of SI,OOO to furnish a room
at the new Chowan County Hospital in
memory of Inglis Fletcher.
The first fund raising project will be
t a Flea Market to be held Saturday at
the former Griffin Musicenter building
at Broad and King Streets. Hours
will be from 10 A. M., to 3 P. M.
Other projects under consideration by
the club to help raise the needed funds
are a teenage dance, a handiwork work
shop and a bridge luncheon.
Mrs. Warren Twiddy, the club wo-
Douglas Is Named
It was announced in Raleigh Tuesday
that a federal grand jury there had in
dicted a former local plant manager on
charges of transporting stolen goods in
interstate commerce.
John J. Douglas allegedly transported
peanuts from Seabrook Blanching Cor
poration here across the North Carolina-
Virginia line. There are three overt acts
flleged, in 1966, 1967, and 1968, each
charging transportation of goods valued
at more than $5,000.
* Douglas was plant manager at Sea
brook until he resigned late last year to
establish Tidewater Blanching Company
in Suffolk, Va. He is president of the
Tidewater firm.
USE LASSIFIED DS
FEMALE HELP WANTED
Power sewing machine
operators. Starting addi
tional shift. Forty hours
weekly full time. Experi
ence preferred but not re
quired. . Brand new air
conditioned mill. Skilled
operators averaging SBS to
S9O weekly. Elizabeth Hos
iery Mills. Telephone 335-
2989. exp Nov 6c
FOR SALE Lightning
Class sail boat. 19x6%
feet. In good condition.
New sails. Will sell cheap
for cash. Apply Rev. F. B.
Drane. Phone 482-4193.
Oct 16 23 30c
HOUSE FOR SALE —Two
bedrooms, two full baths,
dining room, living room,
kitchen, garage. Leslie R.
Nixon, 901 North Oakum
Street. Phone 482-2897 af
ter 7 P. M.
Ctt 123 p
FOR RENT Three bed
room house. Located near
city limits on Highway 17
North. All conveniences
including city water. Call
482-3344.
Oct 9 16c
FOR RENT—Three or four
bedroom house with two
baths Westover Heights.
Call 482-3511 after 6 P. M.
Oct 16 23c
YOUNG MAN WANTED—
Between age 25 and 35.
Selling experience helpful.
Starting top salary. Call
482-4515. t f c
WANTED Hardwood and
cypress logs. Tracts of
hardwood and pine tim
ber. Top market prices.
Williams Lumber Co., Inc.,
Mackeys, N. C. t f
FOR SALE 1966 Corvair
4-door Monza. Call 482-
3764 evenings.
Oct 9 16p
SALES PERSONNEL—Men
or women to represent well
known insurance company.
No collecting or debits. In
come unlimited. Write
Barry Hoggard, P. O. Bo*
Ahoakie, N. C. tie
FOR THOSE SICK OF
BEING ALCOHOLIC
AA Meets Monday at I
P. M. at the Methodist
Chuck.
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Albemarle Tire
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Albemarle Tire
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man of the year, will compete in the
district for the Carrie Earnhardt Award j
for the most outstanding dub woman '
in the district.
The District Sixteen District Meet
ing will be held next Wednesday at The
Carolinian at Nags Head. The Manteo
Woman’s Club will be host.
The Edenton delegation will be head
ed by Mrs. Robert Moore, dub’s'presi
dent.
The club’s November meeting will be
a Christmas Workshop.
The dub is presently conducting the
in-town solicitation for the American
Cancer Society for the Chowan Chapter.
The Edenton Woman’s Club has collect
ed for the cancer drive the longest period
of time of any Woman’s Club in the
state.
TWO JOIN HANDS
Continued From Pm 1
missioners have pledged to use revenue
from the tax to reduce taxes on real
and personal property.
The N. C. League of Municipalities
has estimated the local option sales tax
revenue would be SIIO,OOO to Chowan
County and $34,000 to the town. This
is equal to 36 cents on the county tax
rate and 34 cents on the town rate, based
on July, 1969, valuations.
Those promoting a favorable vote
claim business does not decrease after
a one cent sales tax has been added.
FOR SALE—Piano. Reas
onable. Phone 482-3665.
t f c
RUMMAGE SALE —Satur
day, October 18, corner of
King and Broad Streets.
Clothing, china, sofa and
miscellaneous items.
1 t c
FOR SALE—Modern three
bedroom bungalow. Living
room, dining room com
bination, kitchen, two
utility rooms and car port.
Oil fuel central heat, spa
cious lot with plenty of
shrubs. Located 6 Haw
thorne Road. Call Howard
Wilson, 482-4929 after 6
P. M. for appointment.
_ t f_c
r: FOR SALE —Girl’s 16-inch
bike with training wheels.
Like new. Mrs. J. D.
Swindell, 40 Miles Brown
Street 1 t p
Installment Loan Department
LOANS FOB
• Automobiles • Home Improvement
• Appliances • Hosts sad Motors
• Furniture •Personal Loans
• Vacations • Low Bates
“We Love to Say Yes at First National”
FOR RENT Three fur
nished apartments with
garages. Close in down
town. 219 East Queen
Street. See Bill Nixon af
ter 6 P. M. at above ad
dress. exp Oct 23c
FOR SALE—Used Coleman
gas floor furnace. 70,000
BTU. Good condition. SBO.
Call 482-3410.
Oct 2 9 16c
FOR SALE —1965 Pontiac
LeMons GTO. Good condi
tion. Financing available.
Phone 482-4683. t f c
Local Men Needed
Aa semi-truck drivers.
No experience necessary,
we will train. You can
earn over $4.00 per hour.
For application, call (615)
525-9481 or (015 J 548-2901
or write Safety Director,
Nationwide Systems, Ino,
3408 Western Ave., Knox
ville, Tenn. 37921.
exp Oct 30c
FIELD REPRESENTATIVE
needed by large financial
corporation for Edenton-
Chowan County area. Above
average income and future
security. Many fringe
benefits. Write Box 213,
Elizabeth City, N. C-, or
phone 335-5140. tfe
WANTED:
Bird Decoy*. All Type*. Old or New.
Trudy Taylor
Morgan Crock Kami
CM ATtL BILL, N. C. VUi
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FOR SALE Three cycle,
two speed 18 lbs. capacity
washer. In good condition.
Price $75. Call 482-2825.
1 1 c
IB MEMOBIAL
AMERICAN CANCER
SOCIETY
HEART FUND
Those wishing to maxe
donations in memory of a
departed friend in whicn
a card will be sent in your
name may send donation*
to the following:
Mrs. W. J. P. Earnhardt
208 North Granville Street
Edenton, N. C. 27922 -
Mrs. Fred Keetar
P. O. Box 327
Edenton, N. C. 27982 i
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Edenton, N. C. 27932 , w
EDENTON-CHOWAN :
RESCUE SQUAD
FIELD REPRESENTATIVE
needed for large financial
corporation for Chowan
County area. Above aver
age income and future se
curity. Telephone 338-
6395 for appointment.
Oct 16 23 30c
FOR RENT Five room
apartment. Completely fur
nished. Call W. E. Smith,
Rocky Hock, 221-4031.
Exp Oct 30c
HELP WANTED
HOSIERY MACHINE me
chanics. No experience re
quired. New air condition,
ed mill now going into
production. Opportunity to
learn highest skilled, high,
est paid job in hosiery in
dustry. 48 hours weekly.
Night shift {Elizabeth City
Hosiery Mills. Phone 335-
2989.
Exp Oct 80
LOSE WEIGHT safely
with Dex-A-Diet Tablets.
Only 98c at Mitchener’s
Pharmacy.
Exp Nov i
FOR SALE—ABC Deluxe
inner. Practically now.
Contact lire. Mamie Quinn.
Phone 482-2680.
Oe»f 10c