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The Chowan Herald
Published every Thursday by The Chowan Herald,
a partnership consisting of J. Edwin Bufflap and.
Hector Lupton, at 423-425 South Broad Street,
Edenton, North Carolina.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1955
Marines Do It Again
It is encouraging to note that Marines stationed
at the Edenton Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing
Field have responded in a splendid manner to the
appeal of March of Dimes to fight infantile paraly
sis. Early this week the drive was completed at the
base and Col. M. K. Peyton, commanding officer, pre
sented Chairman Bill Perry a check for $671.50.
It isn’t unusual, however, for Marines at the Eden
ton base to fall in wholeheartedly with any worth
while movement in Edenton. It has been the rule
rather than an exception for them to cooperate fully
whenever called upon. .This is borne out when they
are asked to donate blood in the Red Cross blood
program and it has been the case in many other
projects.
Os especial interest in Col. Peyton's remarks to
Chairman Bill Perry in presenting the check, when
the commanding officer had this to say:
"Marines stationed at the Auxiliary Landing Field
have enjoyed the friendly manner in which they
have been received as neighbors and fellow citizens
by the local residents.
“This friendship has kindled in them an interest in
local community responsibilities. For this reason,
the members of this command have requested that
all the money collected for the 1955 March of Dimes
be turned over to the chairman of the March of
Dimes for Chowan County.
“In accordance with that request, it gives me
great pleasure to turn over to you a check in the
amount of $671.50.”
With such a spirit of friendliness and cooperation,
which for the most part also prevails among the ci
tizens of Edenton, the splendid spirit of friendship
and neighborliness will surely continue between the
base and Edenton, which has existed for so long.
Money Well Spent
Whether it will be met with appro vial or not. the
time has came and is long past due when a revalua
tion of property in Chowan County is made. So far
as The Herald can learn, the last time property was
revalued was in 1941, over 14 years ago.
It is no secret that a large amount of property is
on the books at far less than the value it should be,
which, in effect, means that seme people are sharing i
more than their portion of the tax load. It isn't fair j
for property which has a value of say $25,9d1) to
$30,000 to V listed at a value of say from $5,000 to
SB,OOO when more recently built houses costing say:
from $15,000 to SIB,OOO are listed at twice as much. |
During the intervening years meagre efforts have I
been made to equalize property valuation, but ap- j
pa rent lv little in way of true equalization has been
effected.
By an adequate revaluation program a. great deal j
of property will be put on the books at a higher
figure, which, of course, will mean greater valuation j
and consequently n better opportunity to reduce the j
rate in order to meet the necessary amount needed :
to balance the budget. It. too, will mean that the i
tax burden will be more equitably distributed than it
is at present.
To revalue property as it should be in Chowan
County will entail an expense of something like
$1,5,00(1. but it will put the county up-to-date and in J
line with other counties and will result in. more j
people paying their just share of the taxes needed by '
the county.
The County Commissioners at their meeting Mon
lav gave some .consideration to the . matter, but no
definite action was taken. However, where there is j
smoke there is fire, so that it is reasonable to expect
that some: provision will be made to have a revalua- |
tion in the not-to-distant future.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE
TOWN OF EDENTON
The public will take notice that a public
hearing - will be held on the 28th day of Feb
ruary, 1955, at 8:00 P. M.. in the Chowan
County Court House in the Town of Eden
ton, N. C., for the purpose of explaining
the proposed Zoning Ordinance for the
Town.
The public is urged to be present to hear
this proposed ordinance explained.
A copy of the proposed zoning ordinance
and zoning map are on file in the office of
the Town Clerk for inspection prior to the
hearing.
G. B. Potter, Chairman
». Eden ton Zoning Commission
THE CHOWAN HERALD, FEBRUARY 10, 1965.
[Heard & Seen
By “Buff”
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It’s not always easy to be in a good mood when
obliged to pay a debt, but Gerald James was all
smiles ono night last week when he paid one of his
debts. At the beginning of the football season he
told the boys that if they won the State Champion
ship he would treat ’em to a steak dinner. I don't
know if the promise had anything to do with win
ning the State title, but Gerald paid off at Boswell's
Restaurant. It's hard to figure which were the most
delighted at the dinner, the boys or Mr. James.
For once I’m on the other end of this cigar busi
ness. Usually I’m getting a cigar for snmo fellow
becoming a daddy, but on Sunday I again became a
grandpappy. My son. Lance, who lives in Forest
City, became the proud daddy of a baby girl, so
that, while I had nothing to do with it, I’ve been
forking out the cigars. The first crop was given out
at Town Council meeting, which may have had some- .
thing to do with remaining in session until 11:30 I
o’clock.
And speaking about smoking, the Parish House
was thick with smoke last Thursday. Warren Twid
dy had a box of cigars on hand on account of he had
become the daddy of a daughter the night before. :
Ha still looked a little sleepy at the Rotary meeting. I
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It’s not hard to got plenty of advice when a fol- j
low has some trouble. Take for instance Izzy Cam- I
pen. At last week's Rotary meeting he asked Bob
Kennan what the trouble is when the water in the
hot water tank don’t get hot enough. Some of the
remedies from the boys were: Put oil in the stor
age tank, don’t use so much hot water, get a new
hot water outfit, and several others. Maybe Izzy
has the thing fixed now.
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Surprises affect people iri various ways. I sort
of felt, sorry and glad at the same time when Jimmy"
Ricks heardwith utter surprise that he was selected
for the Jaycee distinguished service award Monday
night. When the presentation was made he was ab
solutely speechless. Well, sometimes a fellow is bet
ter off by not saying anything. Anyway, my hat’s
off to him for winning the first Edenton Jay
cee DSA.
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It was more than a light breeze which hit Eden- I
ton Sunday night. In fact the wind was so strong
that some people thought Hurricane Hazel was on
its way back south. Anyway, mavhe it was one of
Hazel’s relatives, but. no serious damage resulted
from the howling wind,
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Maybe all the Boy Scouts serving in “official’' ca
pacity Tuesday were not the same build as the men
they represented. But in one case it wasn’t missed
very much, for Arthur White was serving for Bob
Pratt as Captain of the Police, And speaking about
j the Scouts, Chief of Police George Dail said t.h*
I “cops” wanted to go outside the city limits to tag
cars for parking. The boys did a good job, though,
and I understand Monty Peyton, “street commission- j
er”. had to be run down to get to the "Council Meet
| mg.” Well, he didn't have to follow my example in
! every respect. Anyway, the boys must have bad
I their eyes open for they found a lot. of things to .he.
I done in town and they didn’t stay in the meeting
| over three hours.
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Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Ashell were among a party
j to return, last week from Miami Beach. Ela. They
j brought, hack a fish story, but had pictures to prove
| the story. Mrs. Ashell hooked a sailfish 6 feet and
i 8 inches, long weighing 50 pounds. Os course. Mr.
Ashell had to help to land the fighting fish and was
about all-ini when the fish was hauled in the boat..
As the result of her catch, Mrs. Ashell was made a
j member of. Haulpver Beach Sailfish. Club and has her
i certificate to prove it. As for me, fishing is about a
j thing of the past.
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Edenton has had four fires since last Thursday,
the latest one being Tuesday when a shed at the
Albemarle Peanut Company burned. . It was a more
I disastrous fire which occurred at the plant Friday
: morning and then two other minor fires occurred.
| one on Mosley Street and one in the cotton mill
| village.
k MR. AND MRS. J. C. LEARY
INJURED IN AUTO WRECK
Mr. and Mrs. J. Clarence Leary
were painfully but not seriously in
jured Sunday night in an automo
bile accident near Bethel in Pitt
j County. Mr. and Mrs. Leary were
j returning from Greensboro, where
j they visited their daughter and in
j the heavy wind and rain their car
ran off the road and overturned.
Both, while bruised considerably,
| are gradually recovering from
their injuries.
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