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1 CHOWAN COUNT* J
Volume X XX.—Number 23.
Mayor John A. Mitchener
Offers Recommendations
For Councibnen's Study
Many Items of Busi
ness Transacted at
Meeting: Held Tues
day Night
Mayor John A. Mitchener at
Tuesday night’s meeting of Town
Council presented a series of
proposals which he requested
the Councilmen to consider in
the belief that t}iey will be of
benefit and progress for the
town.
While no action was taken on
any of the Mayor’s reccmmen
f dations, they were as follows:
—Proceed to provide a park
ing area back of the Belk-Tyler
store.
—The possibility of securing a 1
( city engineer, who would han
' die engineering problems for the
Street Department and Board of
Public Work".
—ln way of capital improve
ments to advertise for bids for
construction of a new municipal
building as soon as possible.
streets in need
of repair and to hardsurface all
present unpaved streets in
Edenton.
• —Complete plans for remodel
ing the present municipal build
ing to be used by the Fire De
partment and consider tempor
ary headquarters for the Police
Department when the municipal
building is being constructed.
—Replace the present parking
meters which are now over 15
years old and need constant at
tention and repair. To remove
the red Fine-O-Meters and in
crease- the fine for overparking.
—To change the title of W. B.
t Gardner from Town Clerk to
administrator, who will oversee
activities of the Police, Fire and
Street Departments, act in the
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New Amendment'
For Boat Owner*
Robert Evans, Chowan game
protector, calls attention to an
amendment to the General Stat
utes of North Carolina having to
do with boats.
The amendment follows:
All boats propelled by ma
chinery of 10 hp or less, which
are operated on the public wa
ters of this state, shall carry at
least one life preserver, or life
belt, or ring buoy, or other de
vice of the sort prescribed by
the regulations of the Wildlife
Resources Commission for each
person on board, and from sun
set to sunrise shall carry a white
light in the stern or shall have
on board a hand flashlight in
good working condition, which
light shall be ready at hand and
shall be temporarily displayed in
sufficient time to prevent col
lision.
Provided, that the provisions
of this subsection shall not be
construed so as to conflict with
>br repeal any of the require
ments or provisions set forth
elseyhere in the chapter; provid
ed further, that the provisions
erf this subsection shall not ap
> ply to Brunswick, Carteret,
Chatham, Columbus, Duplin,
Lee, New Hanover, Onslow, Pen
der and Rockingham counties.
This act shall be in full force
and effect from and after June
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20 Years Ago ]
At Found In l-» Files CM j
The Chowan Herald
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Chowan County Commissioners
sliced $86,100 from the county’s
property valuation for taxation
when they remitted county taxes
on that portion of land taken
over by the government used
for the U. S- Marine Cocps Air
I Otollon
Sltlion. ,
Four hundred Chowan County
farm boys and girls. 12 years of
I age and older, organised hfe •
LA Victory Garden Corps to
ne
cessary In' the war ptegram
' usual rate foe their week. _
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Large Still Found
In Upper Chowan
The largest still destroyed in
Chowan County this year took
place Sunday afternoon about 5
'o’clock. The still was located
about two miles east of Ryland
and was wrecked by Chowan
County ABC Officer Troy Top
pin, Sheriff Earl Goodwin and
Deputy Sheriff Bertram Byrum.
The outfit destroyed included
a 125-gallon copper pot subma
rine type still, a 10-gallon doub
ler, a 55-gallon cooling barrel
and copper coil, thirty-four 55-
gallon fermenting barrels and
11,870 gallons of fermenting
mash.
The officials report that it was
the first time any of them had
found barrels marked with the
dates the mash was put in.
Nobody was found at the still,
so that no arrests were made.
49 On Yearly Honor
Roll At Holmes High
Cecil Fry, principal of John A-
Holmes High School, announces
that 49 students in the school
made the yearly honor roll.
Included in the list were:
7th Grade
Ellen Cuthrell, Carroll Lassi
ter, Alyson Ward, Ronnie Har
rell, Frankie Katkaveck, Douglas
Maxwell and Henry Wells.
Bth Grade
Sanfra Ange, Anne Graham,
Beverly Ann Harrell, Linda Hol
lowell, Sylvia Jordan, Kay Kra
mer, Ivy Lowe, Grace Sawyer,
Mary Jo Wozelka, Wesley Ches
son, Dann Hassell, Larry Parks
and Joe Stokely.
9th Grade
Dianthia Sexton, Barbara Wal
lace, Brenda White, Vivian
Whitejnan, Vonnie Stilhnan, Joe
Conger,- Norfleet Pruden and
DaVid Ward. .
10th, Grade
Linda Basnigfit, Janice Bry
ant, Pat Byrum, Judy Cart
wright, Shartie Faircloth, Arlene
Fry, Nancy O’Neal, Brenda Stall
ings, Wayne Brabble and George
Wilkins.
llth Grade
Sandra Bunch and Jean Good
win.
12th Grade
Diana Brabble, Carolyn Grif
fin, Gale Hare, Jo Ann Leary.
Ann Wells, Laurie Whiteman,
Wayne Ashley, John Marshall
and Jerry Yarborough.
B. W. Evans Guest
On TY Program
Chowan Rep. B. Warner Evans
was a guest on the television
program A Look At The Legis
lature Sunday on WNCT at
12:45.
Rep. Evans and Rep. W. B.
Lupton of Hyde County dis
cussed recent happenings in tre
legislature with- the moderator
Walter B. Jones.
Rep. Evans Said that he has
been working for a bill that
would relieve the counties of
an inventory tax on manufac
turing and processing plants.
On the program he said that he
felt this would provide for
greater attraction for industry
and expansion of existing indus
-1 try. As explained by Evans the
I ’ county would be repaid the
j amount of the tax by the state
• and would stand to gain rather
[ than lose money with greater
i industrial development.
He also said that his requisi
tion for an appropriation of
t $24,100 for the Cupola House
and the Barker House had pass
ed in subcommittee.
! BPW Club Meets
At Smith Cottage
[ The Edenton Business and
i Professional Women’s Club met
• for their last meeting of the
l yew on Wednesday, June 5.
■ Club members and guests eri
. joyed a picnic at Mr. and Mrs.
» Percy Smith’s cottage.
I Miss Pauline C®Howay, presi
• dent, presided over a very short
t j business session and. Anita Bak-i
»!er, secretary, presented Mrs.
r| Smith with a gin of appreda-
I tion. The president‘will repre
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fidenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 13, 1963.
Officers Installed For Chowan County Teen-Dem Club
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State Teen-Dem President John R. Hughes of Trenton sweaff in the officers of the newly
formed Lloyd E. Griffin Teen-Dem Club of Chowan County. They are. left to right. Hughes.
Douglas Twiddy. president: Mary Thorud, vice president: Pal Byrum, secretary and Ruth Overman,
reporter. Not included in the picture is Johnny Winborne, treasurer.—Ricks Photo.
Former Police Chief George I.
Pail Dies After Lengthy Illness
George I. Dail, 60, died Sat
urday afternoon, June 8, at Cho
wan Hospital. Mr. Dail had
been in failing health for about
three years and about a year
ago suffered a heart attack.
A native of Beaufort County,
he was a son of the late George
I. and Sabra Dail, but lived in
Edenton many years. He was a
member of the Edenton Metho
dist Church.
In 1942 Mr. Dail was appoint
ed Chief of Police for Edenton
when he succeeded the late
George P. Helms. He served in
that capacity until August, 1961,
Ralph E. Parrish
Chairman Board
Os Public Works
Thomas Hyrum, For
mer Chairman, Will
Be Electric Commis
sioner
At their June meeting held
last week, members of the
Board of Public Works reor-1
ganized for the next two years,
with a few changes. >
Ralph E. Parrish was elected
Chairman of the Board, succeed
ing Thomas Byrum, who inform
ed the board at the outset that
he did not want to be reappoint
ed as chairman. • Jesse L. Har
rell was again re-elected as vice
chairman.
Mr. Parrish will also serve as
Chairman of the Finapce Com
mute and Mr. Byrum will be
electric commissioner, formerly
filled by Mr. Parrish.
James P. Ricks, Jr., iyas elect
ed water commissioner and Joe
Conger, Jr., member of the Fi
nance Committee.
The board reappointed Richard
N. Hines as superintendent of the
Electric & Water Department for
a two-year term and W. B.
Gardner was appointed secretary
to the board.
The board decided to increase
deposit fee for utilities to S2O,
broken down to $9.00 for elec
tric, $5.00 for hot water heater
and SO.OO for water.
The board also j discussed a
cost analysis for sewer extens
ions, but no action was taken
pending further study..
Schedule Released
For Little League
Play in the Little League be
gan Monday of this week and
Paul Stanton, summer recreation
director, ’ this week released the
following .schedule for the sum
mer:
June 10 —Falcons vs. Corvairs.
June 11—Rotary vs. Masury
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June 12— Falcons vs. Rotary.
June 13—Corvairs vs. Masury
Indians. > ,
June 14—falcons vs. Masury
Indians.
June 17 — Corvairs vs. Rotary.!.
Jun« 18—Falcons vs. Corvairs.
June 19—ftotary vs. Masury
June 20—4Talcons vs. Rotary.
June Ji—Corvairs ‘vs. Masury
•Indians.»sjfe | •
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when he was forced to resign
due to ill health. Prior to com
ing to Edenton he served as a
member of the N. C. Highway
Patrol for li years.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Olive P. Dail; a brother, Robert
J. Dail of Washington, N. C-;
two sisters, Mrs. Nora Dail Mill
er of Norfolk and Mrs. Lucille
B. Rowe of Washington, N. C.
i A graveside service was held
in Beaver Hill Cemetery Sunday
afternoon at 4 o’clock. The Rev.
Van T. Crawford, Jr.,- and the
Rev. George B. Holmes officiat
ed.
Norman S. Patten
New Band Director
At Edenton School
Comes From Plymouth"
And Will Begin His
Duties Here Monday,
July 1
Hiram J. Mayo, superintend
ent of Edenton schools, has an
nounced that Norman Stuart
Patten has been employed as
band director aGJohn A. Holmes
High School for the year 1963-
1964.
Mr. Patten has served as band
director in the Plymouth High
School for the past two years.
He is a graduate of the Mount
Olive High School and holds a
bachelor’s degree from East
Carolina College.
Mr. Patten will assume his du
ties in Edenton on Monday, July
1. He is married and his wife
plans to teach in the elementary
school at Hertford next year.
BAKE SALE SATURDAY
Enterprise Home Demonstra
tion Club will hold a bake sale
Saturday, June 15. at Belk-Ty
ler’s Store. The sale will begin
at 9 A. M., and will include
cakes, brownies and cup cakes.
Edenton Youth Made Honorary Policeman I
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I William Alexander Elliott 111, a ninth grad* student at John A. Holmes High School is the
• first youngster in the history of Edenton to be made an honorary policeman. Presentation of the
I official certificate eras made recently by Mayer John A. Mitchener. also Police Commissioner, at
la brief ceremony at the police station. Witnessing the ceremony were his parents. Mr. and Mrs
|W. A. Elliott, Sr., and Police Chief Jamas H. Griffin (canter). The honor for the 15-year-old
youth eras the result of his interest In law gnforcement and the desire of the department to rec
ognize his interest.—Ricks Photo.
Bids Sought For
Proposed Pollock
Swamp Watershed
Bids Will Be Accept-;
ed For Work Until;
2 P. M. on Thursday,!
July 11
The Chowan Drainage District
No. 1 has issued invitations to
bid on the proposed works of
improvement in the Pollock
Swamp watershed. Sealed bids
will be accepted until 2 P. M.,
j E.S.T., July 11, 1963, in the
j office of W. S-' Privott, attorney,
1 116 East King Street, Edenton.
The bids cover 13.5 miles of
stream channel improvement and
8 miles of drainage ditch con
struction. There is an estimated
191.3 acres of clearing to be
done and 286,700 cubic yards of
excavation plus numerous cul
yjiCts to be furnished and in
stalled.
Eight From Chowan
Graduates At ECC
East Carolina’s 54th com
mencement exercises were held
Sunday afternoon. June 9, a* 6
o'clock in the college stadium,
which marked the graduation of
more than 1,050 seniors and
graduate students.
Among those who graduated
were the following from Chowan
County:
M.A. Mrs. Carolyn Juanita
White, Edenton.
A.— Gerald Lester Harrell,
Edenton; Percy Eugene Saun
ders, Jr., Edenton.
B. Jacqueline Hunter As
bell. Tyner; Delores Love Bar
row. Edenton; Linda Leary
Beach, Edenton; Edwood Fay
Bunch. Edenton; Peggie Elliott
Harmon, Edenton.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton’s Rotary Club will
meet this (Thursday) afternoon
at 1 o'clock at the Parish House.
President W. B. Rosevear urges
every Rotarian- to be present.
Teen - Dem Club
Is Organized For
Chowan County
Douglas Twiddy Is
Elected President at
Meeting Teld Tues
day, June 4
The Lloyd E. Griffin Teen-
Dem Club of Chowan County
was organized at a luncheon
meeting Tuesday, June 4, at the
Edenton Restaurant which was
attended by the State Teen-
Dem President John R. Hughes
of Trenton.
Douglas Twiddy was elected to
head the newly formed group.
Mary Thorud was elected vice
president; Pat Byrum, secretary;
Johnny Winborne, treasurer, and
Ruth Overman, reporter.
The president and vice-presi
dent were elected as delegates
to the State Teen-Dem Convene
tion to be held in Raleigh June
14 and 15.
The state president stated
that the purpose of the Teen-
Dem Clubs is to insure a con
tinuous succession of young,
able and active Democrats into
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State ESC Survey Shows Very
Critical Shortage Os Nurses
The State Employment Com- j
mission reports that a survey of
over 400 North Carolina hospi
tals and other medi-care insti- \
tutiens has disclosed a critical j
shortage of nurses and other ]
trained workers at a time when j
hospital employment in the state
is at an all time high.
The survey, which was just
Ire leased by the Commission’s
research staff in Raleigh, re
ported a present shortage of over
1,500 hospital workers across the
state and by the end of 1966 hos
pitals will have at least 3,000
job openings even after all stu
dents completing nursing and
other medically-related training
Maj. Geo. E. Hassell
Back From Vietnam,
Chowan Native Now
Stationed at Fort
Lee, Va.
Major George E. Hassell has
just returned from duty with
the Military Assistance Advisory
Group at Vietnam and has been
reassigned to the 2d Logistical
Command (C), at Fort Lee. Va.
Major Hassell’s duties in the
Command are those of Depot
Operations Officer in the Quar
termaster Section.
He entered the U. S. Army in
June, 1945, and completed his
basic training at Camp Bland
ing, Fla., in December of that
year. In 1951 he successfully
completed the Officers’ Candi
date School at Fort Riley, Kan
sas. He continued his military
schooling by successful comple-
Ition of the Quartermaster Basic
| Officers’ Course at Fort Lee in
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$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Little Interest Shown In
Edenton Fishing Contest
No Younger Contestants
New Band Director
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NORMAN STUART PATTEN
Succeeding James Cozart as
iirector of John A. Holmes High
School Band is Norman Stuart
Patten, former band director at
Plymouth High School.
in the next three years gradu
ate and take jobs in North Caro
lina.
Made for the State Board of
j Education, the ESC report found
[that the greatest immediate need
;is for 650 registered nurses. By j
1966, however, the number of'
persons expected to be trained
in this occupation will reduce
the number to 97. The greatest
need by that time is expected to
be for about 815 nurse aides.
Although the survey was taken
to indicate future training needs
for medical occupations, it found
that serious shortages already
exist for trained hospital work
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Special Topics At
j Baptist Revival
“Victory Over Alco
hol” Will Be Subject
Friday Night
“Victory Over Alcohol’’ will be
the theme of the Friday even
ing revival service n>w in pro
gress at Emmanuel Baptist
Church at the corner of Park
Avenue and Cabarrus Street.
The meeting begins at 7-39
o'clock.
Bob Ware, pastor of the
church, has asked Orville Wil
liams of 104 Morris Circle to
[give his testimony as to how
he, through accepting Jesus
Christ, overcame alcoholism. Mr. j
Ware will speak on “Why Eden
ton is Overrun with Alcoholics.” j
The revival, which began June j
8, will continue through Sunday
night, June 16.
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George N. Ashley
Officer Os Month
Technical Sergeant George N.
Ashley of Edenton, has been
named the Outstanding Non
commissioned Officer of the
Month at Sculthorep RAF Sta
tion, England.
Sergeant Ashley, a United
States Air Force statistical ser
vice technician, was selected for
I the honor in recognition of his
j exemplary conduct and perform
ance of duty.
A graduate of Chowan High
I School, Sgt Ashley is the son
j of Mr. and Mrs. Miles P. Ash
ley of Route 1, Edenton.
He is married to the former
Jonnie M. Worrell of Route 1,
Gatesville.
SECOND DEGREE TONIGHT
AT MASONIC MEETING
A stated communication of
Unanimity Lodge ’No. 7, A. F.
I & A. M., will be held tonight
at 8 o’clock. T. B-
II Williford, master of the lodge,
[ has announced that the second
| degree will be conferred upon
I a candidate, so that he is very
.1 anxious to have a large attend-,
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FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
No Change Is Made
During Week In the
Leaders For Classi
fications For Adults
Nine worthwhile prizes of na
tionally advertised fishing tackle
await the winners of the fifth
annual Spring Fishing Contest
sponsored by the Edenton
Chamber of Commerce and yet
as of today there are no takers
in the classifications of rock fish
and bream. Oh where are the
ardent fishermen of yesterday?
The fishing contest open to
youngsters under 16 that is cur
rently running through the
month of June has uncovered
no contestants. Perhaps the pu
blicity has been too sparse al
though several weekly news re
leases and radio announcements
have been mailed from the
Chamber office. It is difficult
to believe that some of the fin
est recreational facilities in the
state are of such disinterest to
our young people. Once Upon
a time youngsters would play
hooky from school to go to the
old swimming hole or to get a
cane pole and go to the creek
fishing. Now school is out and
there is no needy to play hooky.
It is hard to believe that there
are no modern Huck Finns or
Tom Sawyers.
Current title holders in the
senior fishing contest are Mur
ray P, Bond, Route 3, Edenton,
in the largemouth bass classifica
tion whose entry weighed B*4
pounds. In the speckled perch
classification the present title
holder is Gerald Lassiter, who
is on record with a crappie
weighing 1% pounds and Wal
ter Adams with a "4 pound white
perch. The field is still wide
open in two classifications, that
of rock fish and bream.
In the junior division there
have been no entries in any of
the classifications. Both the
senior and junior fishing contest
run through June 30.
Weighing stations for all con
testants are Bunch's Gulf sen
vice, Bridge Turn Service Stv
tion, Byruin Hardware Co., Har
rell’s Marina and Hughes-Parker
Hardware Company. Free con
test blanks will be found at all
these stations.
Softball League
Now In Progress
Paul Stanton, Edenton’s sum
mer recreation director, has re
leased the summer softball
league schedule, which is as fol
lows:
First game 6:30 P. M. Second
game 8 P. M.
Team listed first is the home
jteam and will furnish the game
' ball.
June 11—Jaycees vs. Rinky
I Dinks and Varsity Club vs.
Harvey Point.
June 13—Varsity Club vs. Jay
cees and Red Men vs. Rinky
•Dinks.
June 18—Red Men vs. Varsity
Club and Harvvey Point vs. Jay
cees.
June 20 Harvey Point vs.
Red Men and Rinky Dinks vs.
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LIONS MEET iJIONDAY
Edenton Lions Club will meet
Monday night, June 17, at 7
o’clock at the Edenton Restau
rant. President Herbert Hollo
well. Jr., urges every Lion to
be present.
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A ski show will be presented
on Pembroke Creek near the
old Fish Hatchery Sunday af
ternoon, June 23. from 3 to 5
o'clock.
Red Cross swimming classes
will begin Monday moraine Tune
17, at 9:30 o'clock at Sandy
Point Baach.
Center Hill Community will
sponsor a fried chicken supper
Saturday, June 15. .from. 4:30
to 1:30 P. M~ at the Center Hill
Community Building.
Enterprise Home Demonstra
tion Club will have a bake sale
at Balk-Tyler’s store Saturday.
.June 15, beginning at 8 A. M.
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