Chamber Os Coihmerce Backs 13% Sales Tax Levy For Schools At a Merchants Committee meeting of the Edenton Cham ber of Commence Tuesday at the Hotel v Joseph Hewes, those present voted to endorse Gov ernor Sanford’s school tax pro gram which embraces a 3% :> rales tax on food. A motion *. was passed voicing objections to the 4% sales tax proposal and . also against the 3% tax on utility bills which is another tax in the hopper of the Legis lature. Their stand in these tax matters will be forwarded to Representative Albert Byrum. Merchants Committee Chair man George A. Byrum appoint ed H. A. Campen as chairman of a subcommittee to investigate the most agreeable solution to effect' equitable parking on downtown Broad Street. Some towns in the area, it was learn ed, provide special overtime parking consideration for out of town shoppers but Mr. Cam pen’s committee will look into feme calendar] k. t Continued from Page 1. Section 1 night at 8 o'clock. Both show ings will be in the John A. Holmes High School auditorium. Ryland Home Demonstration I Club will hold a barbecue chick-' en and barebcu'e pork dinner at the Chowan Community Build ing Saturday, April 15, from 5! to 7 P. M. A dinner in honor of Mrs.' Inglis Fletcher will be held at' the Masonic Temple Friday night April 14, at 7 o'clock. Delinquent 1960 taxpayers will be advertised Monday, May 1. Chowanoke Council No. 54, Degree of Pocahontas, will meet tonight (Thursday) at 8 o'clock. Edenton Jaycees will meet to night (Thursday) at 7 o'clock at the Edenton Restaurant. A school exhibit displaying samples of work done by stu dents will be presented in the John A. Holmes High School gymnasium Monday night, April 17, from 7 to 9 o'clock. j Chowan County Confederate Centennial Committee will meet Monday afternoon, April 17, at 3 o'clock at Hotel Joseph Hewes. j E. P. Holmes, author and edi tor. will speak at Shepaxd.-Pxu den Memorial Library Thursday night, April 20, at 8 o'clock in connection with the observance of National Library Week. Edenton Methodist Church will hold its fourth quarterly conference Thursday night. April 20, at 8 o'clock. Edenlon's spring fishing con test will begin Saturday. April 15 and continue through June 17th. Edenton Lions Chib will meet Monday night at 7 o'clock. Methodist Men's Club will serve a pickled herring and her ring roe breakfast in the dining room of the church Saturday morning, April 15, from 7.30 to 9:30 o'clock. Wings Over Jordan Choir of LoS Angeles, Cal., will present a program at the Edenton Colored High School Tuesday night. April 18 at 8 o'clock. James Johnston, local repre sentative of the N. C. Depart ment of Revenue, will be in his office in the Citizens Bank Build ing until April 15 from 8:30 A M. to 5 P. M. to assist tax payers in filing their income re turns. Edenton Rotarians will meet this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 ,i o'clock in the Parish House. Chowan T-’be of Red Met will meet Monday night at 8 4/5 QUA** >. , y ': ~ , ’ T iffr'-' - * I**d— 6 t$ ,tl. JL Jjjj^- . BMBjiBBBpBIfPDMPb V • all phases of the parking prob lem in the business district. Subcommittee members in addi tion to Mr. Campen are Hector Lupton, Mrs. H. J. Cifthrell and John Woolard. The Merchants Committee vot ed unanimously to endorse a letter of congratulations to be written to the Woman’s Club of Edenton on their wonderful ly organized efforts to make this year’s Pilgrimage one of the most outstanding ever held and for their cooperation in obtain ing; antiques and 18th Century heirlooms for 24 window dis plays in the Broad Street stores. In order to keep abreast of developments and to further in dividual participation in future Merchant Committee meetings, it was voted that committee meetings should be held regu larly. Hereafter the first Thurs day in the month has been set for future meetings. o'clock. William H. Coffield Jr. Post No. 9280, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will meet Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. A dance will be held at the VFW post home Saturday night, March 25, beginning at 9 o'clock. Buell A. Bailey Is New ESC Manager Arrives From Shelby To Succeed Milton E. Bass Buell A. Bailey has assumed the duties as manager of the Edenton Office of the Employ ment Security Commission, hav ing taken over the duties as of April 1. He succeeds Milton E. Bass, who recently was trans ferred to Raleigh. Mr. Bailey was transferred to Edenton from the Shelby Em ployment Security Commission Office, where he served as vet erans’ representative. He is a graduate of Catawba College at Salisbury. Following his graduation Mr. Bailey taught school, after which J*# wa» .. connected ' with insurance and finance compan ies before being employed by the Employment Security Com mission, going first to Roanoke Rapids as an interviewer. Mr. Bailey is married and has three sons, 12, 10 and 3 years old. He is a Baptist and mem ber of the American and Opti mist Club. His family is now residing at Shelby but they plan to move to Edenton at the completion of the present school term. Mrs. Alice W. Bond has also recently joined the Edenton staff as,, interviewer-stenqgraph er, replacing Mrs. Virginia L. Wiggins, who has been trans ferred to Morehead City. Mrs. Bond has had 10 years prior service with the Commission and has lived in Edenton since 1946. Methodist Will Hold Quarterly Conference Edenton’s Methodist Church will hold its fourth quarterly conference Thursday night, April 20, at 8 o’clock at the church. District Superintendent R. L. Jerome will attend the confer ence and all organizations of the club are requested to pre sent written reports of the year’s work. ..JmS&MkJMfap, EDENTON. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. APRIL 13. 1961. New Manager 3 1111111 l HI mini tIIMMIIIIIMUtMf:IIHMim. , 111 M ■ MM II Mil FT • I S ■ • r.- •:; v : . Hr &, y .kw u j . Ip ~ t Buell a. bailet As of April 1, Buell A. Bailey has been office manager for the Edenton Office of the Employ ment Security Commission. Mr. Bailey succeeds Milton Bass, who was transferred to Raleigh. j Elementary School 1 Lunch Room Menu >| Menus at the Edenton Ele-1 mentary School lunch room for I the week of April 17-21 will be as follows: Monday: Spanish rice with beef, candied yams, corn bread, carrot strips, milk, chocolate pudding, butter. Tuesday: Beef vegetable soup, crackers, pimento cheese sand wiches, pineapple upside down cake, milk. 1 Wednesday: Corned beef and potatoes, corn bread, steamed cabbage, apple pie, spiced beets, milk, butter. Thursday: Roast turkey, tur nip greens, giblef gravy, fruit jello, creamed potatoes, milk, school baked rolls, butter. Friday: Fish sticks, cole slaw, potato salad, milk,- corn bread, | grapefruit, butter. Geo. Byrum Files As Councilman-at-large George Alma Byrum on Tues day announced that he will seek! re-election as councilman-at-! large in the primary to be held Tuesday, May 2, 1961. Mr. Byrum stated, “I believe the experience gained while ser- : ving on the Town Council for | the past eight years will be j of definite value in facing the! many pressing problems which will confront the town during the next term. “While being a member of the Town Council is both an honor and a privilege, I also feel it offers an excellent opportunity for me to discharge an obliga tion to the people of this town. “I invite the scrutiny of my record as that shall be my plat form. I believe the record will show I have endeavored to fur ther the cause of a progressive government in a sound and eco nomical manner and I shall con tinue that policy. If re-elected, I shall endeavor to represent all the citizens to the best of my ability.'* I IT'S TIME TO START GARDENING AND THIS IS THE EQUIPMENT YOU WILL NEED MOST! MORE v- ROWER TO YOU... V * ' NOW-NEW LOW PRICE! '