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Additional items have been added to
our cluttered desk during the past week.
However, none have gained prominence
of the 1970 census form which contains
seven people not counted in Chowan
County.
It has always ‘been our practice to
start cleaning from the top. Therefore,
we not only want to be included in the
number meandering along the Public
Parade in 1970 but have a lot of much
less important things to dispose off be
neath the census form.
If so much hadn’t been spent to ac
complish so little, we might just drop
off our form on the desk of Secretary
of Commerce Maurice H. Stans in Wash
ington City. That, however, might cause
a few waves in the Greenville office, and
we certainly wouldn’t want to reflect on
the establishment there.
Taking This Time
Well, we had more correspondence
this week from “The Town’s Tool Box”
of a town across the Perquimans River.
Thankfully, the one from Hugh Rich,
president, of First National Bank of
Eastern North Carolina, was more com
plimentary and can be found elsewhere
in the newspaper.
The decision as to which one to run
really wasn’t one of great magnitude.
It’s a little game we call “Editor’s
Choice”.
Passing Os An Era
The retirement on June 30 of W. J.
Yates as chief of Edenton Fire Depart
ment will mark the passing of
Chief Yates and good fire service—fight
ing and prevention—are synonymous.
While theoretically he will be “hang
ing up his boots”, until he turns up his
toes he will continue to be a “fire bug”
of the first order. When the whistle and
horn blow, when the siren wails the ex
citement within him will be just as great
as in the past; his concern for the pro
tection of property and life will be equal
ly as great.
It was on February 2, 1942, that Jor
dan Yates’ interest in fire service was
recognized by town officials who invited
him to become a volunteer fireman. His
value to the department in ability to di
rect and train men was further recogniz
ed in 1957 w r hen he was named chief.
Since then he has continued to press
in a convincing and gentlemanly manner
for which he is known, for excellence in
equipment, facilities and personnel. Be
ing a former town councilman he knew
the ropes and has seen the majority of
his aspirations become reality.
The image he has built for Edenton
Fire Department cannot be equalled any
where. His dedication to duty, his tire-
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Benson Promoted By First National
C. A. (Chuck) Benson, 208 South
Mosley Street, vice president and man
ager of First National Bank of Eastern
North Carolina here, has been named to
-a position in the system’s central office
in Jacksonville.
Benson assumes his new duties as a
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Sales Event
Kickoff Set
J. Guy Chipman, nationally known
sales and advertising executive, will
speak Tuesday night at a dinner and
sales clinic sponsored by The Chowan
Herald as a prelude to “Red Carpet
Days” in Edenton. The dinner will be
held at 7:15 o’clock in Edenton Restau
rant.
“Red Carpet Days”, a six-week festi
val of values in merchandise and ser
vices, will be launched June 25. Each
participating store will hold an elimina
tion drawing for grand prizes to be
awarded each week. (Details of regi
stration will be announced next week).
Special “Red Carpet Days” values
will be featured in advertising in The
Chowan Herald each Thursday. To
kick-off the campaign, Chipman will be
the guest speaker at the dinner Tuesday
and will conduct a sales and human re
lations clinic for participating merchants
and their employees.
A veteran of 30 years in sales and
advertising. Chipman emphasizes the
role of the “hometown” business and
merchant.
“I believe the small town merchant
and business has an unmatched advan
tage over the big city merchant,” he
says. “When a merchant is not near
enough to his customers to service what
he sells, the customer is robbed of the
most important part of the sale. People
know they can trust their local merch
ants, who are also their friends.
Following is a list of Edenton merch
ans who will participate in “Red Carpet
Days”. Additional participants will be
announced next week.
Macks Variety Store, Edenton Laun
derette, Western Gas, Carpet Plaza,
Dixie Dollar Store, NuCurl Salon, West
ern Auto, Belk Tyler, P&Q Super Mar
ket, Tagtee-Freez, Bridge-Turn Esso, G.
T. Davis Jewelry, Jackson Radio & TV
Service, Edenton Savings & Loan, and
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T. Guy Chipman
vice president in the system’s central
credit department this week. He has
headed First National’s Edenton opera
tion since it first opened here July 7,
1966.
Harold Wall of Raleigh has been
named interim manager. A permanent
manager is expected to be announced
from Jacksonville headquarters within a
week.
In his new position Benson will assist
managers in the $ 100-million system in
the field of credit management. He
was promoted to vice president of First
National on January 1, 1970.
First National opened a branch in
Edenton on July 7, 1966 with Benson
at the helm. Since that time officials
of the. bank have praised the success of
the local operation for both growth and
service to the area.
In a Monday interview, Benson ex
pressed mixed emotions about leaving
Edenton. He said he and his family
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Paving , Fencing Underway on Multi-Vehicle Laboratory Near Chowan Veneer
Work On Driving Lab Advances Here
“Laboratory driving” is coming to
Northeastern North Carolina. This new
concept in improvement and expansion
of driver education is being directed by
John Guard, coordinator for 26 counties.
Paving and fencing of the driving
range on Park Avenue is now underway.
When the range is completed more than
$89,000 in state and federal money will
have been spent to provide a facility
for training driver education teachers
as well as student drivers, bus drivers,
etc.
This is one of six such sites in North
Carolina.
The Eastern North Carolina Traffic
Education Center was established in
July, 1969, through a cooperative grant
from the National Highway Safety Bu
reau and the Governor’s Highway Safety
Officials Lodge Protest To Census [?]
Formal protests have been sent Rep.
Walter B. Jones of the First Congress
ional District Concerning the inaccuracy
"of a preliminary "report of the 1970 cen
sus of population and housing.
As protests were drafted by the Town
of Edenton, Edenton Chamber of Com
merce and Chowan County commission
ers, individuals continued to report not
being counted.
The protests stem from a report in
The Chowan Herald last week, from
Jerry Scott, Greenville office manager
of the census of 17 eastern counties
which showed Chowan had a net loss of
940 population between 1960 and 1970.
Rep. Jones was not aware of the pre
liminary figures until notified by The
Chowan Herald on June 8. The figures
Nixon Given Post
HERTFORD —Francis B. Nixon has
been named fire chief for the Town of
Hertford.
Mayor Emmett Landing announced
the appointment following a recent
meeting of town councilmen. Nixon
succeeds Bobby Elliott, who held the
joint position of fire chief-town clerk.
Elliott is now town manager of Windsor.
Nixon is associated with Jackson
wholesale Company and has been a
volunteer fireman here since 1946.
At the same time it was announced
that Perquimans County commissioners
had named Charlie Skinner as county
fire marshal. Skinner, one of the Albe
marle Area’s most active fire service pro
moters, is now head of the area’s fire
men’s association.
Skinner works with Employment Se
curity Commission of North Carolina in
this area out of the Edenton office.
Sales Tax Report
Net collections of the 1 per cent local
option sales tax in Chowan County for
the month of Maj was $10,550.62, ac
cording to I. L. Clayton, commissioner
of revenue.
Clayton reported net collection in the
state at $1,757,599.57, including $586,-
169.17 in Mecklenburg County which
has had the extra sales tax-for more than
two years.
Os, the 25 counties adding the local
option tax in March, Buncombe and
Durham collected also identical amounts
last month. In Buncombe the collection
was $192,611.98, and in Durham, $192,-
602.21.
Perquimans County’s net collection
was $4,851.40 while in Pasquotank it
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 18, 1970
Program.
Construction on the center began in
October. 1969. but bad weather prevent
ed the beginning of full-scale construc
tion until mid-April. The range, being
paved this week by Rose Brothers, Inc.,
consists of approximately 11.000 square
yards of asphalt. The contract for this
was $35,000.
A 16-place mobile unit driving simu
lator will be delivered in mid-August.
The approximate cost of this unit is
$40,000.
A drivocator, a multi-media system
consisting of a dual track tape deck
which narrates lessons and controls a
filmstrip projector and a 16mm motion
picture projector will be provided as an
in-the-classrooni phase of teaching. This
will cost $13,000.
indicated a decrease of 14,444 in the
17 counties —all in his First District.
J. Clarence Leary, chairman of Cho
wan County commissioners, said his
board would meet within the next few
days to discuss the preliminary figures.
He said more and more reports are
coming in indicating many houses and
families were not contacted. “There
appears to be a lot of people they didn't
count,” he said. “It’s a terrible thing
to spend the amount of money they did
and do such a poor job. I think we
have gained . . . certainly . . . over the
1960 census and something needs to be
done about the latest count.”
N. J. George, a member of the county
board, was among those who said he
was never counted. “I like to be count
ed .. . there are four of us here . . . and
I know of several families in my neigh
borhood who were missed . . . 40-45
people, I’m sure.”
W. B. Gardner, town administrator,
sent Rep. Jones the following letter:
“I am writing you for any advice you
can give regarding a matter of grave con
cern to the Town of Edenton. As you
know., the 1970 census has just been
completed, if you can call it that. Many
allocations of funds collected by the
state for municipalities are based on
the census figures and therefore, any
downward deviation from the true fig
ures will adversely affect our town fi-
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Mitchener Is Given Fulb right Grant
Joseph Pike Mitchener has received a
Fulbright-Hays Award for post-doctoral
studies in Munich, Germany. Mitchen
er, now studying at Tulane University
in New Orleans, La., will leave with his
family for Germany on August 2.
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Single Copy 10 Cents
A low broadcast transmitter, used to
communicate with automobiles on the
range will cost an additional S7OO. A
storage and observation facility contain
ing approximately 240 square feet will
also be built.
All costs of the facility are being
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Dr. Bernie Baker, Sr.
Dr. Baker Plans
To Open Practice
A native son. Dr. Bernie Baker, Sr..
will begin the practice of obstetrics and
gynecology here July 6. He will be
associated with Chowan Medical Center.
Dr. Baker is the son of Air. and Mrs.
Alurray I). Baker of Tyner.
Dr. Richard 11. Hardin, president of
the Chowan-rerquimans Aledical Socie
ty and also a member of the Chowan
Aledical Center group, said the addition
of a specialist in Dr. Baker’s field will
bring a valuable medical service to this
community.
“We are extremely fortunate to have
Dr. Baker decide to return home to prac
tice his specialty and we are pleased that
he will be associated with the medical
center,” Dr. Hardin said.
Dr. Baker attended Chowan High
School and graduated from Fishburne
Alilitary School in Waynesboro. Va. He
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He is the son of former Mayor and
Mrs. John A. Mitchener, Sr., 203 North
Granville Street. He will receive his
doctorate in chemistry at Tulane s Au
gust commencement.
Mitchener will study in the field of
inorganic chemistry under Dr. E. 0.
Fischer at the Technische Hochschule. in
Munich.
He received his BS degree from the
University of North Carolina in 1966
and his MS degree from Tulane in 1968.
A 1962 graduate of John A. Holmes
High School, he completed his four years
with a 97.1 average, one of the highest
in school annals. He was chief marshal
his junior year.
Mitchener, while in high school, was
active in athletics as well as most other
school activities. He was a member of
the National Honor Society, won the
Rotary Club and DAR Citizenship
award.
He is married to the former Eva G.
Chandler of Currituck and Goldsboro.
They have a 17-month-old son, J. P.,
Jr. The family will travel from New
York for Germany on the T. S. Bremen.