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r 1 Volume XXXVII—No. 34. ithl.tr iJjJararlr In The Wings Students who are to attend Edenton- Chowan Schools have already been ad vised to report August 28 for registra tion. Next week they will be advised as to, where to go. The schools will release in The Cho wan Herald next week the class assign ments in the schools. It will be late Wednesday before the newspaper will be printed and no sneak preview will be permitted. You already know when school will open and next week you will learn where to go. Hasn’t it been a short summer? Right Again! Those who spread gloom and doom along the Public Parade this week re- L ceived a second and third set-back over the local option sales tax. Those most vocal in their objection to “just another tax” tried to make three points: 1— The tax, if not approved statewide, would cause retail sales to decline. 2 A county could never expect to re ceive more than it collected. 3 Local elected officials couldn’t be trusted to use the revenue to reduce property taxes. Well, the last was the first to be prov en wrong. Chowan County commission ers reduced property taxes 30 cents per SIOO valuation; Edenton Town Council reduced property taxes 10 cents per SIOO v valuation. Now comes the N. C. Department of Revenue with the cold, hard facts, back ed up with cash. The county and town received from first quarter collections, nearly $1,300 more than was collected here. And the retail sales continue to increase. Those who meander along the Public Parade can be comfortable in a com munity where it is good to live, work and 'play. And especially where politicians - carry through with promises. For Better Service Law enforcement officers along the Public Parade and throughout Northeast ern North Carolina are to be comoli mented for their willingness to spend off duty time in training. Three of them recently completed a 30-hour course in narcotics investigation. Sheriff Troy Toppin and Capt. Har y- vey Williams and Sgt. Melvin Griffin of Edenton Police Department received certificates from the College of the Al bemarle following the sessions. Twenty two other officers in the area made up the class taught by SBI Agent F. E. Epps, Sr., of Raleigh. Agent Epps is vice chairman of the Governor’s Committee on Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. Through the Albemarle Law and Or der Association, in cooperation with the community college and state and federal agencies, local law enforcement officers are becoming better trained to cope with problems of the time. After receiving such training they are more effective and more efficient. The end result is that taxpayers on all levels are going to get more for their money. And you can’t hardly find any one these days who will knock that. t Here Comes The Judge Lawmakers at all levels through the years have found the most practical way j to deal with those who abuse privileges j y is to deprive them of the privileges others enjoy. This is the practice used to deter ! crime. While there is considerable discussion as to the success of the system, it is nevertheless the best anyone has yet come up with. To handle those who drink and drive, the courts relieve them of their driving privilege. The mere thought of being grounded should cause motorists to think twice before putting in jeopardy then life or the lives of others. District Court Judge Fentress Horner of Elizabeth City has taken the same A course in dealing with the surfers on the ■■r Outer Banks. Surfers who abuse their privilege and are brought before Judge Horner will be grounded—they will be relieved of their boards. , : An Associated Press dispatch printef -l «a rage 4 THE CHOWAN HERALD c-J O' 6 U I ta Tn c J 32 ’ ■: ■wM 'j ea SJ - ■ _ - m ~ ■. ~~ " At Edenhouse Point, Corinthia enters the Chowan River with a tow of five barges. Her next stop will be Winton. Tug Chugs Right Along In Chowan The whistle on the river, a signal of general interest to the river landing com munities in days gone by, is all but gone now. The Albemarle Sound with its river networks and its big tributary, the Chowan, gave access byway of the Me herrin, the Blackwater, and to a lesser degree, the Nottoway to colonies and Wirtanen Named To Hatchery Job Lawrence J. Wirtanen has been named manager of Edenton National Fish Hatchery, and Nathan A. Powell, veteran hatchery man, has been moved to Natchi toches National Fish Hatchery in La. The announcement was made by Regional Director C. Edward Carlson of the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wild life’s Southeast Region. _ Wirtanen has been biologist in charge of developing striped bass feeding tech niques at the local hatchery. As administrator of the Natchitoches hatchery, Powell will be responsible for the complete operation of the facility. Last year the hatchery raised 6,508 pounds or 4,434,000 largemouth bass, bluegill, redear, and channel catfish for stocking in waters of Louisiana and the southern portion of Arkansas. Powell has managed the Edenton hatchery since 1965. Wirtanen’s first position with the bu reau was fishery biologist at Paint Bank National Fish Hatchery, Va. In 1967 he transferred to the Wytheville No. 2 National Fish Hatchery, Max Meadows, Va. While in this position he received Continued on Pnge 4 Veterans Officer Ready With Service John Lee Spruill, Chowan County Veterans Service Officer, has compiled a report for fiscal 1969-70 which shows increased activity in this department and reports VA payments of over $90,000 per month here to veterans, dependent widows and children. Spruill is in his office on the second H jdmMAK, i Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 20, 1970 traders moving Northward toward Vir ginia. Customs houses, King’s Landings, dot ted the banks of these rivers. Some of these locations like Murfreesboro, still prosper. Others like South Quay, have become only quaint place names that are little more than history. The old steamers that began plying the waters in the early part of the last century brought excitement in the form of goods ordered from far places and transported the produce of the area to distant markets. A less pleasurable form of excitement was produced by Federal gun-boats with names like Commodore Perry, Delaware, and Hunchback whose sighting was usually prelude to a shower of heavy naval shells during the War Between the States. One gallant, tough old lady with a turned up nose, the Union Camp Cor poration Tug Corinthia, still maintains this ancient tradition of waterway trans- Built in Philadelphia in 1890, she cele brates her 80th birthday, four-score years afloat, ths year. She’s changed a bit with a heart transplant in 1947 that con iContinued on Pace 4 Given Contract ATLANTA, Ga.—Wiley Messick, di rector, Region IV, Small Business Ad ministration, announced that under the program to set-aside a portion of gov ernment procurement for small business concerns, the Defense General Supply Center, Richmond, Va. has awarded to Townson Lumber Company of Edenton, a $19,945 contract for material handling pallets. floor of the county office building from 9 A. M., to 12 noon, Monday through Thursday and is available at other times by appointment. Last year he received 101 letters; wrote 245 letters; had 427 field trips " and conducted 951 interviews. He trav eled 1,076 miles in answering inquiries about education (25); compensation and pension (894); GI loans (nine); and * hospitalization (24). The veterans service officer has been with the N. C. Department of Veterans * Affairs for 10 years. He is a retired Army master sergeant and retired in 1968 after more than 31 years with Chowan County ABC Board. 90 Kindergarten Slots Are Open In School Program Supt. Bill Britt of Edenton-Chowan Schools, has announced kindergarten I programs to be held at the D. F. Walk er and White Oak Consolidated Schools I for the 1970-71 term. The program will I be limited to 90 children who will be I five years old on or before October 16. i The kindergarten program is funded j under Title I, ESEA. The children will be selected based upon the following policy statements which relate to Federal and State laws, guidelines, and criteria. (1) Projects for eligible children five years of age may be funded under Title I. Eligible children include those from low-income families, those who are edu- County, Town Get $76,000 From Tax Chowan County and the Town of Edenton are $76,732.79 richer with this week’s distribution of the first quarter * receipts from the one per cent local op [ tion sales and intangible tax collections. i While there was more than a $5,000 drop J in the share of intangible tax, the area • received $1,215.03 more from the sales tax than was actually collected. r The county’s share of collecting the E sales tax was $344.67. This is less than » 1 per cent of the total paid the N. C. Department of Revenue of handling the local option tax for 25 counties. During the quarter, April-June—s32,- 638.93 was collected in this county. Cho wan County received $25,870.96 and the Town of Edenton, $7,982.99. The coun ty’s total was more than was collected because of the method of distribution which involves ad valorem tax levies and population. It had been estimated that the coun ty and town would receive $135,000 from the sales tax in fiscal 1970-71. Despite approval by only 25 per cent 8111% ■ Br, \ j H ■ I ■ Rep. Walter B. Jones Rep. Jones Plans Visit To Chowan Rep. Walter B. Jones of Farmville will be in the First District during the Congressional recess for Labor Day, making several appearances in the Eden ton area August 27. Rep. Jones, who is seeking his third full two-year term in Congress, will be at a dutch breakfast at Edenton Res taurant at 8 A. M., Thursday. He will then be available at the Municipal Build ing from 10 A. M., to 11 A. M„ to meet with anyone who wishes to discuss mat ters with him. The congressman will be speaker at 1 P. M., at the regular luncheon meet ing of Edenton Rotary Club. Mayor George Alma Byrum and War ren Twiddy, co-managers for Rep. Jones in prior elections, announced plans for the visit. They also requested those who plan to attend the breakfast to con tact them for reservations. Rep. Jones was elected to the 89th Congress in a special election of Feb ruary 5, 1966, to fill the unexpired term of the late Herbert C. Bonner. He has been re-elected twice since. cationally deprived and those who are handicapped who live within an eligible attendance area. Kindergarten projects funded under Title I must be limited to those children who are educationally de prived and limited to a number which will allow project participants reasonable promise of substantial progress. (2) Opportunities for eligible children to participate in project Head Start should be fully explored with the local community action agency. Where Head Start funds are not available or insuffi cient, the needs of eligible children may be met by the use of Title I funds. (3) Title I funds may not be used of the 100 counties, the original esti mates of collections appears to be stand ing up, according to the report from the N. C. Department of Revenue. State officials blamed the stock mar ket slump and some legislative tax re lief to big corporations for the more than sl-million drop in intangibles prop erty tax this year. The Chowan Coun ty share of this pie amounted to $35,- 114.55, some $4,000 less than last year; and Edenton’s share, $7,764.28, or some SI,OOO less. The intangibles tax is a form of prop erty tax levied on money on deposit in banks, money on hand, accounts receiv able in excess of accounts payable, bonds and notes, shades of stock, bene ficial interest in foreign trusts, money on deposit with insurance companies, penalties and interests. Also, this week Commissioner I. L. Clayton of the State Department of Revenue reported July collections of the local 1 per cent local option sales tax in Chowan County to be $11,628.38. Extension Position For Mrs. Edwards RALEIGH Mrs. Elsie B. Edwards of Elizabeth City, has been named crea tive crafts specialist for the Albemarle area ,to succeed Miss Edna Bishop, who retired July 31. Mrs. Edwards will take over her new duties August 17, according to Dr. Eloise Cofer, assistant director, N. C. Agri cultural Extension Service. Miss Bishop, North Carolina’s first area home economics extension agent, provided the leadership needed to help create an interest in home industries among the agents and leaders in the Albemarle area, Dr. Cofer said. She held annual district crafts work shops and instilled in participants a re spect for creativity and quality in their work. As another important step, she helped organize the Albemarle Craftsman’s Fair, an event where area craftsmen could Canttnaed on Pare 4 "'if'/,,' v \ * • A Mrs. Elsie B. Edwards to establish a kindergarten program for all five year old children in a school district or a school system. Normally, those children not considered “education ally deprived” are not eligible for par ticipation in a Title I project. Additional information and application blanks are available in the schools or the Title I, ESEA office, 482-4437, Mrs. Elizabeth Byrd, director. Parents interested in a pay kinder garten program should fill out an appli cation blank, also. This will provide information regarding the need and in terest of parents in having a pay kinder garten program. frnf# I Single Copy 10 Cents
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