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Volume jßtel. Number 24.
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Town Councilmen Approve
Tentative 1959- 60 Budget
Providing For SI.OO Rate
Anticipated Expendi- j
tures For Fiscal Year 1
Estimated to Total
$191,650
After consider ng est mated ex
penditures ana income and jugg
ling figures for the town’s 1959-
80 budget until after 2 o’clock
Friday morning, Town Council
men at their June meeting Tues
day night approved the proposed
budget which calls for a SI.OO tax
rate, the same as last year. Prac
tically no changes were made
Tuesday night in the figures de
cided upon at the previous meet
ing, so that approval was given
to the budget. The budget is
now open for inspection at the
town office and if no changes are
necessary, it will be adopted at
a special meeting called for Mon
day night, June 29.
The budget calls for slight in
creases in salary for all depart
ments except the administrative
department, Where the salaries
remain unchanged.
According to the figures sub
mitted by the Finance Committee,
the budget calls for expenditures
amounting to $191,850. The prop
erty tax is iJMed on, a valuation
of $8,700,000 which with a rtft*.
of SI.OO will raise $84,500, allow-1|
ing for uncollectable balance of ,
J8&00, . The Finance
expects $19,500 frohi' tftr EJectric
& Water Department, with which ;
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To Attend Institute
Held A t Chapel Hill i
Oh’mber of Commerce Execu- 1
tive Harry Smith, Jr,, leaves Sat- \
urday for Chapel HUI to attend
the Institute for Organization
Management at the University of
, North Carolina. He will return !
June 20. ' *
Over 200 association business
managers from the southeast 1
have enrolled for courses in|
management of Chambers of j
Commerce and trade associa- ,
tions. The courses are spon
■ sored by the United States .
Chamber of Commerce in co
operation with the university.
Similar “workshops’; are held at
Vale, Michigan State, Colorado, 1
Houston and Stanford Universi
ties. Smith as a graduate' of the 1
Northeastern Institute at Yalef
and is taking the three-year ad- 1
vanced course at UNC.
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Friends will be delighted to (
leant that Eaola N. Smith won I
. the Mary Ethel Williams silver .
bowl for the beat waiercolor en- ]
tered in the recent H. C. State.<
Woman's Club exhibition aill
Pinehufst. Mr*. Smith's winning 11
wateroolor was entitled "A Cold i
Winter Night."
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Guy C. Hobbs, manager of i
«bfctt Implement Company, left I
■ italeigh-Durhajii airport Mon-1
#*y morning at 6 o’clock With the
“1989 Agribusiness Caravan" to
. California. |#ia planes carried
J 56 North Carolina bankers and
hrtn leaders to the west const to
J find and bringjbaek ‘home suc
«sp»*-prwed ways of. making more
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
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For the first time ip the history of Edenton. the God and
Country Award will be presented to three boys in the Metho
dist Church Sunday morning, June 14. The boys attaining this
high honor are pictured above, left to right, Cecil Fry, Boots
Lassiter and Brad Williford.—(Photo by John Mitchener, III).
Pollock Swamp Landowners
Scheduled To Meet Friday To ;
Consider Watershed Project.
Landowners of the Pollock
Swamp drainage area (watershed)
Will hold their first meeting Fri
da* night, June 12; at-3'o'clock
tha- Chowtn Cdunty Court
House, They will decide which
canals and ditches they wpsh im
proved and prepare an applica
tion for a small watershed project
under the Small Watershed Act
(P.L.566). Along with the appli
cation, they* will submit a plan
for the improvements. The ap
plication and plan of improve
ment will be sent to the State
Soil Conservation Committee for
its approval.
To be eligible for assistance un
der the small watershed act, a
legal organization, such -as a
drainage district, must sponsor
the project jointly with the local
Albemarle Soil Conservation Dis-
ive Chowan Girls
For Honor
If ‘Miss Albemarle’
Chowan County will be repre
■nted by five attractive young
dies in Jhe Miss Albemarle
sauty pagdnt being held in Eliz
seth City this, week. The pag
ing began Wednesday and "Miss
Ibemarle'’ will be named Friday
ight. -.'.
Among the girls vjeing for the
onor from Chowan County are:
rejjSa Deane Money, daughter
E Mr. and Mrs. C. ,B. Mooney;
arolista CabelL Fletcher, daugh
ir of Mrs. Cabell Pruden; Peggie
syce Elliott, daughter of Mr. and
[». W. A. Elliott; Mary Aramin
i Hobbs,' daughter of Mr. and
[rs. Guy -C. Hobbs, and Lucy
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k Arict board of supervisors. PpJ-j
1)1 lock Swamp land owners are or
■ Jganizing a drainage district to
j sponsor their project.
works of improvements are flood
h prevention, agricultural water
i- management including drainage,
i- irrigation and non-agricultural
it water management including mu
:t nicipal or industrial water sup
i- ply and fish and wildlife devel
n opment. All works are under the
>- supervision of the U. S. Soil Con
i' servation Service,
e This is a very important meet
►r ing for all landowners who have
water drainage in Pollock Swamp
t- or all land in the watershed,
a Watershed area Includes about
a 16,000 acres on about 150 farms
>r and communical timber tracts,
il Letters are being mailed to land
s' I owners.
Legion Chooses Two
Boys To Attend Boys
State June 14 To 21
Edward G. Bond Post No. 40
if the American Legion has se
ected two boys to. represent
Chowan County at the annual
3oys State which will be held
it Chapel Hill June 14 to 21.
The two boys are Zackie
Jarrell, son of Mr. and Mrs. A.
r. Harrell, and Woodrow Slades,
rr., son of Mr- and Mrs. Wood
•ow Slades.
Harrell is > a senior at Eden
on Junior-Senior High School
md was recently elected presi
dent of the Student Council.
Slades is a senior at Chowan
Sigh School, where he' is an
jonor student, it'
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Alter unplug •* Chamnan of
tha EdwHNsli Seh«**l trustee* for ■
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Planning Group Os
Woman’s Club Now
Studying Program
Members of Club Also
, Vote To Sponsor A
I Girl Scout Troop In
Edenton
At the June meeting of 'the
Edenton Woman’s Club further
plans were discussed by the
Planning Committee. This com
mittee consists of the following
. Woman’s Club members and oth
er interested Edentonians; Mrs.
W. J. P. Earnhardt, 'chairman;
Mis. Wesley Chesson, Jr., co
chairman; Mrs. J. M. Thorud, sec
retary; Mrs. Robeit W. Smith,
Mrs. John Kramer, Mrs. Edward
G. Bond, Mrs. R. J. Boyce, Giay
spn Harding, Mrs. Inglis Fletcher,
John Graham, David Warren, Gil
liam Wood and Miss Elizabeth
Moore.
This committee will meet the
fourth Monday in each month in
an effort to promote for Edenton
a long range program of restora
tion and preservation and. to en-
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National Guard Unit
Now At Fort Bragg
For Traning Period
73 Members Local
day Morning For a
Two Weeks Stay
Shortly ‘ after returning Worn
Henderson due to disorder ir
connection with a textile strike.
73 members of the local Nation
al Guard unit left Edenton Sun
day morning for Fort Bragg for
two weeks of intensive training.
The local contingent of the 30th
Division was headed by Captain
Charlie Swanner, commanding of
ficer. The group joined about
10,000 other members of the di
vision for the summer encamp
ment.
This will be the first summer
encampment of the 30th Division
under the new setup. The first
week of training will consist of
practice firing, studies and ex
aminations. The second week
the Guardsmen will be sent into
the field for intensive training
under combat conditions, with the
Edertton group having an oppor
tunity to practice in firing the
4.2 heavy mortar.
The Guardsmen will return to
Edenton Sunday, June 21.
Plans Progressing
For Variety Show
Center Hill Home Demonstra
tion Club is well pleased with
plans which are in the making*
for a variety show to be held in
the Chowan High School audi
torium Friday night, June 26,
at 8 o’clock. Although plans are
not complete at this time a num
ber of acts have, been engaged
and entertainers from several
bounties wiH be present.
The proceeds from this show
will go to Tyner Explorer Fopt
154 which is sponsored by the
■Center Hill Home Demonstration
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New Edenton BPW Club Officers
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Above appear new oincers lor uw r.ue.iiuii ousme-s and
Professional Women's Club who were recently installed at a
dinner meeting held at Ihe Edenton Restaurant. Seated, left
to right. Miss Inez Fellon, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Alice
Twiddy, president; Mrs. Elizabeth Flynn, firsl vice president.
Standing, left to right; Mrs. Ethel Simpson, second vice presi
dent; Miss Beulah Privott, treasurer; Mrs. Beulah Boswell,
recording secretary, and Mrs. Alice Owens of Hertford, who
conducted the installation ceremonies.—lEvvlyn Leary Photo).
Thomas Cliears Resigns As
Chairman Os Edenton School
Trustees; Served For 38 Years
Thomas Chears, who has serv
■ed as chairman ■of the Edenton
School Trustees for the past 38
years, tendered his resignation at
a meeting of the trustees held last
week. Declining health was giy-,
en as the reason for Mr. Chears’
resignation.
Mr. Chears was appointed a
member of the School Trustees
in September, 1916, and five
/ears was hßWed chair
man and served continuously un
til last week. His resignation
was accepted with regrets and he
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Ai Found in tha Files of
The Chowan Herald
Though the County Commis
sioners appeared in accord with
a proposition to consolidate three
schools in the Rocky Hock sec
tion and erect a central school in
stead, a wave of opposition de
veloped.
Chowan County Commission
ers instructed Tax Assessor Wil
liam Privotl to thoroughly inves
tigaie all tax listing in the county
in an effort to place all taxable
property on the lax books.
William M. Perkins was reap
pointed superintendent of public
welfare for a two-year term af
ter serving in that oapacity for
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To Perform In “The Lost Colony”
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of Mr. «ad Mm. C. B* Moonoy, Is a INB graduate of Edo&ton
I was highly praised by his eo- *
| members for his interest in local |
schools and his outstanding con
tribution to schools and education
i in Edenton.
j Joe Conger was appointed as.
j Mr. Chears’ successor as chairman |
|of the trustees. Mr. Conger has j
been a member -for many years .
j and he, too, is vitally interested I
' in the welfare .and progress of,
schools in Edenton.-* •
I The vacancy caused by Mr.
1 Chears’ resignation will be filled
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Band Candy Sale
Scheduled Friday
Friday evening, June 12, the
Edenton Junior-Senior High
School Band Parents Association
| will conduct a candy sale in
! stead of a bread sale to help
| raise money to apply on the
band’s indebtedness.
Students of the band will call
from door to door between 6 and
8 o’clock and everybody is urged
to purchase some of this candy /
and at the same time help the
band to raise money.
LIONS MEET MONDAY
Edenton’s Lions Club will meet
Monday night, June 15, at 7
o’clock. J. R. DuLaney, presi
dent of t’ae club, is very anxious
to see every member present.
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R. Elton Forehand
Appointed Third
Ward Councilman
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JOHN A. MITCHENER
Town Council at iis meeting
Tuesday night appointed John A.
Mitchener as Mayor of Edenton.
Mr. Mitchener will fill the unex
! pired term cf Mayor David Hol
| ion, who died suddenly June 1.
| at his lodge at Fair.'ield.
Edenton’s Colonials
Meet WeeksvNle On
Hicks Field Tonight
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Officials of Team Ap
pealing For Increas
ed Attendance at the
Home Games
Edenton’s Colonials are sehed-;
uled to meet Weeksville in an'
Aibemarle League game tonight'.
(Thursday) on Hicks Field at 8
o’clock. Manager Gene Taylor
has been disappointed with the
crowds thus far this season and l
; uiges support of the team by
'attendance. “I am confident our!
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Bill Passed To Retrieve School
Funds From Delinquent Taxes
Representative Albert Byrum
on Wednesday of last week intro- (
duced a bill in the House of Rep- 1
resentatives which will repeal a!
law passed in 1953. The bill is j
to direct the disposition of delin-,
quent taxes collected in behalf of!
Chowan Oountv. J
According to the 1953 law all
delinquent tax money was turned
into the general county fund, so
that that part levied for schools
did not go to the schools. The
bill passed in the House the same
day it was introduced, so that
hereafter the schools will receive
Three Edenton Boys To Receive
God And Country Award At
Methodist Church On Sunday
On Sunday, June 14, during the
morning worship of the Edenton
Methodist Church, three of the
young men of the church will re
ceive the God and Country
\ward. These boys are Brad
Williford, Cecil Pry and Boots
Lassiter. The pastor, the Rev. J.
Earl Richardson, will present the
awards. He will be assisted in
*ihe presentation by Gene Ward,
’ocal leader of Explorers, Other
Scout leaders will probably parti
cipate. It is hoped that all Scouts
*nd|Bxplorers of Edenton and
surrounding community who can
will 4>e present for the service.
Sidce November I the boys
I who are to b*. honored Sunday
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
J. Edwin Bufflap Is
Named Mayor Pro
Tern In Necessary
Organization Shuffle
At a meeting of Town Council
held Tuesday night John A.
Mitchener, Jr., was appointed
Mayor of Edenton to fill the t>n
exn red term of the late David Q.
Holton. The appointment was
made in accordance with Section
» ot the Town Charter which has
to do with filling any vacancy
from any cause in the office of
Mayor or any Councilmen or
member of the Board of Public
Works.
In accepting the appointment
Mr. Mitchener said:
“Gentlemen of the Council:
Vour choice as representatives
o f the different wards and the
rewn as a whole has been made.
I accept your selection with deep
humility, trusting that time will
reveal your decision to have
been a wise one and that you
'•'ill not have judged in vain.
“I know with your uusinesses
i and outside interests your time
i:s well occupied. However, if
those who are interested in
their city, its welfare and ad
vancement and civic affairs are
no. willing to sacrifice in order
to achieve these goals, then our
fotm of democratic government
is in . -eat jeopardy and ia
."landing on sinking sand."
To succeed *fr. Mitchener a s
! Third Ward Councilman, R. El
! ton Forehand was appointed to
fill the unexpired term,
j Clerk Ernest J. Ward, Jr., ad
ministered the oath of office to
I both Mitchener and Forehand,
: with the former’s family on hand
for the occasion, as well as other
ifiiends. Mr. Mitchener called
upon M. A. Hughes to offer pray
er immediately following his in
stallation as Mayor, and he him
self began his administration with
a prayer.
' In the other necessary changes
| made due to the unexpected
I death of Mr. Holton, J. Edwin
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all taxes levied irrespective of
I when they are paid.
Edenton and Chowan County
! regis'ered a complaint relative to
j the 1953 law in that the school
.budgets were based on all taxes,
j so that they were found wanting
j when a goodly portion went into
the general fund.
On June 5, the House also pass
ed HB 1201, introduced by Mr.
Byrum which amends Chapter 7
of the General Statutes of North
Carolina relating to fees of jus
tices of the peace in Chowan
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and polity of their denomination.
They have given evidence of
continuous Bible reading and
prayer. They have performed
clerical services for the pastor,
relieving him of many of the
chores connected with the num
eerous mailings the Methodist
Church has made to its congre
gation during tha past several
months. .
Cecil Pry has been a member
of the choir during the period at
preparation for the award. Bras
Williford and Bents Lassiter di
vided the responsibilities ck
acolyte between them for sev
eral months.