ij‘l ONLY NEWSPAPER || ) PUBLISHED IN I I CHOWAN COUNTY J] Volume XXlll.—Number fIT Fish And Wildlife Servicd Request U. S. Fish Hatched I Property For Reactivation Town Council With draws Application To Buy Site What will eliminate in all prob ability an argument among Town I ► Councilman and people in Edenton was information received last week that the Fish and Wildlife Service desires to secure the U. S. Fish Hatchery property in order to re * activate it as a fish cultural sta tion. By a split vote Town Council some' weeks ago voted to purchase the property as a recreational area at a price of $17,500, which is about 50 per cent of a fair market value. Wednesday of last week Charles Jeffers, a representative of the Na tional Park Serivce, was in Eden ton to investigate the towns pro gram of use of the property before the purchase was approved. However, on the following day Mayor Ernest Kehayes received a letter from A. R. Smith, chief of the Real Property Division, in forming him that the Fish and Wildlife Service wanted the prop erty in order to reactivate it as a fish cultural station. The letter to the Mayor follows: "As previously advised, the ap plication of the Town of Edenton for the former Fish Cultural Sta tion was forwarded to the National Park Sendee for its recommenda tion regarding transfer on April 20, 1956. We have not, as yet, re ceived any information as to whether the National Park Service has inspected the property and dis cussed its possible transfer with : T U \ "We reeeivedvd the Fish and Wildlife Service in which , they requested that we authorize the withdrawal of this property from its excess category. This re quest is based on the need of the Fish and Wildlife Service for the property and we assume that if the property is returned to the Fish and Wildlife Service, the fish cul tural station will be reactivated. / “In view of the request of the Fish and Wildlife Service, we will ' appreciate your advice if the Town is willing to withdraw its applica tion for the property, if it is re turned to the Fish and Wildlife Service.” Signed by Mayor Kehayes and all members of Town Council, the following letter was sent to Mr. Smith: “This is to acknowledge with sincere appreciation your letter of iune 12th relative to the request J by the Fish and Wildlife Service requesting your authorization to Continued on Page B—Section 1 VII * u k/vvuun m. V wivv«» gicu—r\jxnxu~M~uxr~irtrxri-ru un~u~u~r fTj-Tjuu~i-n_ni~n _ Jaycees Will Again Sponsor ’57 March Dimes For Chowan Group Is Compliment ed For Success of 1956 Campaign S Elton and Robert Bass and Jack McGee of Raleigh, Eastern State Representative of the Na | tlonal Foundation for Infantile I Paralysis, were special guests at | the Edenton Junior Chamber of | Commerce meeting held Thursday I night in the Penelope Barker h house. .&? ■>; gElton and Robert were awarded II trophies as winners of the Jaycee -11 sponsored double-elimination horse shoe tournament. President Dick I | Dixon and Harold Stokes, chair 1$ man o# the Horseshoe Tournament, | the presentations. mJj The Bass boys defeated Chan I pWilson and Terry Bennett 50-36 1 and 50-40 in the best two out of I 1 three in the finals. ' Chan and Ter p% WOn the first game, 50-30. Six I r straight lingers thrown by Robert , the second game of the finals I uteri th„ turning pmnt nf the THE CHOWAN HERALD 4>- • ‘ Dog Vaccination In Chowan Is Scheduled For June 25-30 »> —— —• • ——~tt~ ; _ '♦>- Dog Owners Required j By Law to Have Dogs Treated The District Health Department is sponsoring clinics for vaccination of all dogs in the Pasquotank-Per quimans - Camden - Chowan Health District. In announcing these clinics atten tion is called to the fact that rabies is fatal to all unvaccinated ani mals and all untreated humans bit ten by a rabid animal. Generally, it is pointed out, dogs, cats and foxes spread the disease to other warm-blooded animals, as well as to man, through bites. This year one county in North Carolina reported 22 positively diagnosed rabid animals. Hundreds of persons took the antirabic treat ment last year. “No cases have j been reported locally,’” says Dr. G. L. Gilchrist, rabies inspector for I Chowan County, “but the time is | ripe for a rabid stray dog or fox to endanger the lives of our children.” Dr. Gilchrist points out the lav as contained in Section 106-365 of the Public Laws of North Carolina which states: “In all counties where a campaign of vaccination is being conducted, it shall be the duty of the owner of every dog to have same vaccinated annually by a rabies inspector in accordance with the provisions of Section 106- 364 to 106-387. And it shall be the further duty of the owher of said dug to properly restrain from same and to assist rabies inspectors in administering the vaccine.” Dr. Gilchrist} has arranged the following schedule in order to make it as convenient as possible for dog owners to have their dogs vaccin ated during the campaign: June 26—Quinton Bass’ store at 11:30 A. M. and at Grover Cale’s Continued on Page B—Section 1 FRIED CHICKEN SUPPER IS PLANNED AT CENTER HILL The Center Hill Methodist Youth Fellowship will sponsor a fried chicken supper on Friday night, June 29, at 7:30 o’clock in the Center Hill Community Build ing. WIENER ROAST PLANNt® The Fidelis NCO Wives Club is planning to have a wiener roast i for members of their families. The * affair will be held at Sandy Point Sunday afternoon, June 24, at 3 o’clock. d for the Edenton swimming pool j md the Boy Scouts. The show will be presented in wo parts revolving around three ‘ ively fellows grounded for various ’ tnd indefinite periods in an Army hospital. They don’t like it, of > f -curse, for they Would rather be ■ tut shooting at eViemies. They r -niss shows and girls, so that they J become mighty bored. A new ar ri rival takes full advantage of the i situation by Flaying practical jokes e >n all directions which leads to i- some harrassing situations and ex citement • f However, love enters, but in this d case it’s the mall order brqnd of| e love, which gets the boys in a big j jam, but all turns out satisfactory! ♦■■i - - ( All-Conference 1 Three members of the Eden ton Junior-Senior High School baseball team were placed on the 1956 Albemarle Conference all-star squad. The all-confer ence team was selected by the , coaches in the conference. I The three Aces chosen for ! the honor were Billy Gray Forehand, catcher; Lin Jordan, third baseman, and Tommy Bass, shortstop. The Aces also had three hoys on the honorable mention list, • these being Jesse Copeland, Billy Bunch and Sid White. in the end. The show is said tp be one of the most unusual stage presentation in America and will be presented by four men on two- legs and six .wheelchairs. Despite the fact that these men cannot walk, they lead normal, happy and useful lives. I I Just as the blipd learn to see with a cane or seeing eye dog, these men ! Continued on Page 3, Section 1 Edenton National Guardsmen Will Return Sunday Outfit Is Under Com mand of Lt. Charlie j Swanner Edenton’s Heavy Mortar Com | pany of the North Carolina Na tional Guard is now in training at . Fort Bragg and are scheduled to j return home next Sunday. The Edenton group is part of 8,000 oth- < er North Carolina National Guards- j men of the famed 30th Infantry Di vision participating in 15 days of I active duty field training. I Lieut. Charlie W. Swanner is ' commanding officer of the Edenton j unit in the absence of Capt. Cecil j ' Fry, who is now enrolled in an ] Army school. Lieut. Swanner is i high in praise of his outfit while in j camp. j The unit mess, under Steward l Archie T. Lane, is serving the 104 j officers and men of the unit. “It’sj the best mess on the post,” claims : First Sergeant Thomas J. Hoskins, Jr. This is the second encampment for the Guardsmen of “Old Hick ory” since the division was reor-1 ganized entirely in North Carolina in October, 1954. Training during the first week emphasized squad and platoon training and the development, of leadership in non-commissioned and . commissioned offeers. Men not qualified in their indivi- ( dual weapons fired the first week on the Fort Bragg small arms ranges. Artillery, recoilless rifles, mortars and other larger caliber weapons will be fired this week when the division moved to the west ranges of the Fort Bragg re servation. i Major General Claud Bowers of I Warrentonis commanding general I of the 30th Infantry Division, which has experienced rapid growth Since North Carolina assumed responsi-i ! bility for the half-division former-1 ly in Tennessee. First, Lieut. Josbph K. Swanner j was in charge of moving vehicles I; [j to Fort Bragg, along with 18 oth-j | ers. The remaining personnel i I traveled in private automobiles to : camp. Chief Warrant Officer John H. Asbell, Jr., is full time AS&MT and is also serving as supply officer for the regimental units. Ernest J. Ward Jr., Rotary Speaker Town Clerk Directs Remarks to Easter Seal Society Town Clerk Ernest J. Ward, Jr., was the principal speaker at last week’s Rotary meeting, when he spoke about, the benefits derived from the sale of Easter Seals. He was introduced by M. M. Perry, who was in charge of the program. “The crippled person today is be coming an integral part of Ameri can life, a front door citizen in in every sense.” Mr. Ward said. “There was a time, within the memory of all of us, when a crip pled child was a social reject and a crippled adult quite frequently the hopelessly indigent. That was Continued on Page B—Section 1 I civic calendar! <■ f> County-wide rat campaign is now in progress in Chowan County with poison bait furnished free of charge. Edenton Lions Club will conduct a bread sale Monday evening, July 9, starting at 6:30 o’clock. Sponsored by Ed Bond Post No. 40 of the American Legion, “Hell . On Wheels” will be presented to night (Thursday) at 8 o’clock in : the Edenton Elementary School 1 auditorium. 1 Edenton’s National Guardsmen : scheduled to return from Fort 1 Bragg Sunday, June 24. 1 The Fidelis NCO Wives Club will • hold a wiener roast, for members 1 of their families at Sandy Point 1 Sunday afternoon, June 24, at 3 Continued on Pare 6—Section 1 S2.QO Per Year In North Carolina Tentative Rate Os $ 1.30 Approved As Edenton’s Tax Rate s Enviable Record j v d ‘ 1 ... ,li iM* qa=gg S-: • # -p ■ ***** * CLINTON DAVIS Closing his high school ca reer, Clinton Davis, a member of the 1956 graduating class of the Edenton Junior-Senior High School, claims the enviable record of attending school the entire 12 years without being absent or tardy a single time. He is the third student to ac complish this record in the local school. Take Second Dose Os Polio Vaccine 1,425 In Two Counties Given First Dose In School According to Dr. B. B. McGuire. District Health Officer, it is advis able that those school children who took the first dose of polio vaccine before schools closed now get the second dose. The Health Department is now giving the third dose to those children who had the second dose nine months or more ago. In Pasquotank and Camden coun-| ties 1,425 children took the first ; dose in school. The National Polio Foundation and U. S. Public Health Service advise that the program be con tinued through the summer months. “Please remember,” says Dr. Me-j Guire, “that your private doctor I can give the vaccine if you prefer.] It is given to children from birth through 19, and to pregnant women regardless of age.” Commissioners Set Tax Rate At $1.53, Same As Last Year - w I 1 Total Appropriations! For Year Amount to i $362,348.31 With a considerable amount of the preliminary work out of the way, the Chowan County Commis sioners in special session Monday morning rehashed budgetary fig ures and wound up the morning by approving the 1956-57 budget which calls for the same county tax rate as last year, $1.53 on the SIOO property valuation. Os course, those taxpayers living outside the corporate limits of Edenton will have an additional 10 cents, or $1.63, due to a special levy for ru ral fire protection. The county has placed an order for a new fire truck which is ex pected to be delivered during Aug ust, so that the Edenton firemen will be better equipped to fight fires in the county. The truck will be housed in Edenton pnd plans are now in the .making to provide proper housing for all of the fire ‘ ~ SLOW DOWN AND LIVE! * Budget Considered at Special Session Held Monday Night Meeting in special session Mon day night. Town Councilmen re . viewed the budget for the 1956-57 (fiscal year as presented by the Fi nance Committee and after some i juggling of figures were able to ’set a tentative tax rate for Eden > ton for the year at 11.30. which is , the same rate as last year. The budget was approved and will be • presented for final adoption at the July meeting of Town Council. Tl\e budget calls for estimated “expenditures of $162,746.00, which is made up as follows: $8,755.00 for administrative purposes; $29,- 718.00 for the Police Department; $15,193.00 for the Fire Depart ment; $78,962.00 for the Street De partment; $1,943.00 for the ceme tery: $1,690.00 for publicity, and other expenses amounting to $26,- 785.00. Under the latter, the following appropriations are provided: Shepard-Pruden Library. $1,200: lights and water, $3,000; license tags. $285; memberships. $350; school appropriation. $900; band appropriation (white). $1,700; Boy Scouts. $300; discount on taxes. $350; hospital appropriation, $2.- 400; parks and playgrounds, $2,900: social security, $1,400; insurance. $2,000; Municipal Building. $500; Brown-Carver Library, $800; mis cellaneous expense, $2,000; Na tional Guard, $300; band appro- I priation (colored), $500; USO. $1,100; election expense, $1,000: revaluation mapping of town, $3,500. The budget calls for $26,000 froM the Electric and Water De partment. leaving $72,980 to lie raised by taxation and other sources of revenue. The tax leve ls based on property valuation of $5,350,000, which will in all prob ability be slightly more. The budget of the Electric and water Department will be sub mitted and reviewed at a special meeting of Town Council to be held this (Thursday) afterno- NEW PRESIDENT OFFICERS’ j WIVES CLUB TAKES OVER j The Officers’ Wives Club held its i regular monthly luncheon Wednes day at the Officers’ Club. Mrs. W. J. Wojeieehowski and Mrs. F. M. Bowne were hostesses for the occa sion. Mrs. Hamilton Lawrence [called the meeting to order, then j turned the gavel over to the neW jly elected president, Mrs. W. S. McCaslin. Jr. Upon completion of the business at hand, bridge was I played in the Fireplace Room. j fighting equipment. Total appropriations in the bud- I get amount to $362,348.3i for the 1956-57 fiscal year, which is brok en down as follows: Bonds, $37,783.11. Os this amount $2,908.11 is anticipated from other than ad valorem taxa tion. leaving a levy of $34,875.00, 1 which requires 31 cents of the tax rate. Capital outlay, $9,000.00, which requires 8 cents of the rate. Charity:. .General assistance. $9- 450.80 and hospitalisation. $12.- 560.00, or a total of $22,010.80. Os this amount $6,075.00 is anticipat ed from sources other than ad va lorem taxation, leaving a levy of $15,935.80 and 14 cents of the tax rate. Health: District, $10,655.80 and county. $1,200.00 for a total of $11,855.80, requiring 11 cents of the tax rate. Schools: County, $30,828.00: Edenton, $62,617.00 or a total of $93,445.00. Os this amount $27,- 079.08 is anticipated from sources (Continued on Page B—Section 1)