ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
, CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXX.—Number 26.
Chowan County Tax Rate
$1.58; Adopted Monday
By County Commissioners
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Quartet Is Appointed
To Represent County,
On Mental Health
Clinic Board
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Chowan County Commission-'
ers at their July meeting held
Monday morning gave their fi
nal glance at the budget for the
fiscal year 1963-64 and adopted
It as presented *at a previous
meeting. The tax rate will re-j
main ■ the same as last year,
$1.58 with an added 10-cent levy,
for rural fire protection outside
the Town of Edenton.
The overall budget calls for
anticipated “expenditures of $595.-
926.92 and includes some in
creases in the various depart
ments of the county government.
The Commssioners, however,
were able to meet with the vari
ous increases without boosting j
the budget. The tax levy of
$1.58 per SIOO property valua
tion is based on a property valu
ation in the county of $21,-
500,000.
At Monday’s meeting Dr. Ed
Bond reported on a meeting of
the District Mental Health Clinic
in the interest of organization.-,
Each county in the four-county
district is called upon to appoint!
four members on the board of
managers. The Commissioners
appointed Mrs. Ed Bond, W. E.
Bond, the Rev. Thurman W. All
red and Dr. Edward G. Bond
to represent Chowan County. |
A delegation from upper Cho- i
wan Cbunty attended the meet- i
ing with Wilbur Hare as spokes-1
man. Mr. Hare, on behalf of,
the delegation, requested a full
time ABC officer for that section 1
of the county. The Commis
sioners, however, took no action.
The • Commissioners granted
the Chowan Golf and Country
Cluh permission to display
works on July 4th with the pro
vision that they are handled un
der proper supervision.
Sheriff Earl Goodwin was au
thorized to attend the annual
convention of the State Sheriffs’
Association. The convention will!
be held at Carolina Beach July!
25-27;
The Commissioners approved
the application of a beer license
for the Simpson Sinclair Service
at the corner of Broad and
Queen Streets.
Rocky Hock Group
H Meet My Ith
Organizational Meet
ing Scheduled at the
Community Center
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The Rocky Hock Community
Center will hold an organiza
tional meeting Monday night,
July 8, at 8 o’clock. The meet
ing will be held at the Com
munity Center and diie to its
importance, all members are
especially Urged to attend.
Ap ice cream party will be
held immediately following the
meeting.
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Howard Robbins Employed As
City Engineer By Town Council
Information was released early i
this week that Howard C. Rob-1
bins has been employed as city
engineer for Edenton, a move
'which has been considered for
some time by Eden ton’s Town
fcoupcil and which is expected
to .be a big improvement for
work of an engineering nature in
Edteton. .. j*j.. - .
M*. Robbins will he directly
connected and in charge of the
'strict Department and act as
consulting engineer fW the
• *ia*ictric & Water Department.
He will
Edenton Thursday, 'August 15.
Hr. Robbins is npw in charge
if construction of Edenton’s
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
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I Meeting jointly Monday morn
ing. members of the Chowan
| County Board of Education and
Chowan County Commissioners
reappointed J. W. Davis as a
‘member of the Chowan County
ABC Board. Mr. Davis' term
. had expired and he was reap
, pointed for a three-year term.
Edenton Fire Loss
Figured At 50c Per
Capita For Year
Rate $6.50 Per Capita
In County; Firemen
Respond to 56 Fires
During Year
Eire Chief W. J. Yates reports
that during the fiscal year end-1
ing June 30, Edenton’s fire loss
' amounted to 50 cents per capita.
,This figure was based on 5,000
population. The per capita loss
in the county was $6.50 based
on 3,000 population.
Chief Yates’ annual report
'shows that during the year there
I were 29 fires in Edenton and 27
lout of town. For the Edenton
I fires 380 volunteers responded
land were out 16 hours and 40
I minutes. For rural fires 540
i volunteers responded and they
,were out 22 hours and 15
.minutes.
The firemen were on the air
six minutes and 25 seconds in
Edenton and seven minutes and
SO .. seconds nut of toW»r~ Tbey
traveled 34 miles in Edenton and
229 miles out of town. In Eden
ton 4,053 feet of hose were laid
and 6,100 feet out of town. Lad
ders were raised 156 feet in
Edenton and 94 feet out of town.
Property involved in Edenton
I was estimated at $348,500 and
$214,000 out of town. Damage |
in Edenton was estimated at $2,- \
500 and $19,500 out of town.
Insurance in Edenton was $147,-
200 and $76,850-out of town.
During the year the firemen
held 15 fire drills, answered 24
still alarms in Edenton and
! seven out of town, answered 10
rescue calls, responded to eight
standby calls at the airport, ex
tended six courtesies, rendered
mutual aid in three instances,
and refilled 18 fire extinguishers.
No Fires Reported
In County In June
Fire Chief W. J. Yates reports
that no fires occurred in Cho
wan County during the month
of June. The only activity of
the Edenton Fire Department for
the month included a chemical
burning job, two standby calls at
the airport, one street washing
job and two fire extinguishers
refilled.
I sent to Edenton from Greens-
I boro.
Mr. Robbins is a native of
I Jackson County in Western-
North Carolina. He attended
West Carolina College at Cullo
whee and- State College at Ra
leigh. He spent several years
in California before -coming back
east to become associated with
Freeman, Inc. He has been in
the engineering business for 12
years and has experience in all
kinds of engineering, including
streets, sidewalks, highways,
storm and sanitary sewer work.
He is also a registered land sur
veyor.
Mr. Robbins is married and is
the father .of two daughters,
Kimberly and Joanna. They are
presently living on the base
road,* >
Mr. Robbins is especially fond
of Edenton, which had a major
influence in his accepting the
[position in Edenton when it was
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 4, 1963.
Water T "s In |
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Group Nov winning
To Visit Other Areas
In Order to Display
Their Skill
Local water skiers, who re
cently displayed skills before an
appreciative home town crcwd,
are now being sought in other
places. Plans are being made
for the troupe to perform at
three places during the next two
months.
The skiers next will go to
Clarksville* Va., on beautiful
Kerr Lake in late July.
Scott Harrell of the Edenton
Marina was pleased with the re--
cent efforts of the group he
sponsored. Tentative plans for
the future include the construc
tion of a six-foot water ski
jump ramp, which should add
considerably to the list of acts
and thrills that will be available
in future shows. Now that local
skiers have the experience of
their first show behind them,
future efforts will require less
time to organize.
Members of the ski troupe are
Rita Mayo, Mary Thorud, Scot
tie Harrell, Wayne Ross, Frank
Bunch, Animal Lafavor, Kappy
Kirtley, John Graham, Bud
Holmes, Jay Ross, Gray Kirtley,
Linda Garrett, Scarlet Wheeler,
Leslie Phipps, Hiram Mayo, Jr.,
Reny Spencer, Sam Cox and
Scott Harrell.
George Burdick, former pro
fessional skier, is directing the
group as well as performing in
the shows. Acts that have been
accomplished include barefoot
skiing, the human pyramid, top
side tandem, doubles with a
layout, water ballet, backwards
swan on shoe skis, wrap-around,
wake turns and other stunts.
A color film made of the re
cent show will soon be available
for showings.
WilHamston Negro
Faces Manslaughter
Charlie Ben Biggs, who was
involved in an automobile acci
dent Sunday night, June 23 in
which two people were killed
and five injured, has been charg
ed with two counts of man
slaughter and drunken driving.
Biggs, 34-year-old Williamston
Negro, was released under $2,500
bond for trial at the September
term of Chowan Superior Court
and S2OO bond for his appear- 1
ance in Chowan Recorder’s |
Court on the drunken driving.
charge.
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A* Found Tn Lit File* Ol
The Chowan Herald
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Users of electricity In Edenton
were agreeably surprised when
they received their June electric
bill which was mefked "Paid."
A slip accompanying the bill
said that the Board of Public
Works feels that the financial
situation at the close of a fiscal
year warrants passing on to the
customers a 'month's electric ser
vice at no cost.
Two Edenton boys, William
Leary and Gurnie Hobbs, played
the role of heroes at Nags (Head
when they saved two young la
dies from dtowning. The two
ladies were Miss Annie Cooper
and Mrs. Roger Hunter, both of
Elisabeth City.
At the Lions state convention
held at Winston-Salem, W, J-
Taylor, secretary of the Edenton
Lions Club, was awarded a sec
retarial award for efficiency and
promptness in sending in month
ly reports to the district gov
ernor.
Josh Horne, publisher of the
Rocky Mount Telegram, in a
letter to The Herald, compli
mented Edenton for employing
J. R. (Fats) Tanner as chief of
Police. Mr. Tanner was deputy
sheriff for 14 years in Rocky
Mount.
Mrs. Edith West died in the
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ROTA RIANS CALL OFF
MEETING TWS WEEK
Edenton’s Rotary Club will
not meet Thursday afternoon,
July 4, due to the observance of
Independence Day. The club
will meet Thursday, July 11,
when .Bill Court wiU have
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At a meeting of District 1 VFW Auxiliaries of District 1 held
in Sunburv Wednesday night. June 19, Mrs. Wilma Dean Bunch
of Elizabeth City, president of District 1, presented a set of Sam
sonite Air Flite luggage to Mrs. Blanche Hudgins of Sunbury on
behalf of members of VFW Auxiliaries in the First District.
Town Council Approves
Tentative Budget Calling
For Same SI.OO Tax Rate
Year’s Overall Budget
$246,569, Which Is
$22,119 Higher Than
Last Year
Meeting in special session Wed
nesday night of last week, mem
bers of Edenton’s Town Council
worked at great length on the
town’s budget for the fiscal
year 1963-64.
At the conclusion of the meet
ing, after figures were juggled j
to some extent, the Councilmen
came up with a tentative tax
rate of SI.OO per SIOO property
valuation, the same rate as last
year.
The overall budget provides j
for anticipated expenditures of I
$246,569.40 an increase over last
year when the overall budget
was $224,449.64.
The budget for the Admini
strative Department calls for
expenditures of $18,825.04 com
pared with $10,794.81 last year.
The Police Department budget
estimates expenditures of $40,800 j
which compares with $36,455 •,
last year.
For the Fire Department the
anticipated disbursements are
$25,543.02 as compared with;
$21,44’8 last year.
The Street Department, largest
of the various department bud- 1
gets anticipates expenditures of
$128,070. This compares with
SIIO,OOO last year. I
Other expenses are calculated
to amount to $33,228.33 this year
as compared with $45,651.83 last
year.
With estimated revenue calcu
lated to be $159,465.40, the
amount to be raised by taxation '
is $87,000, which will be raised |
by the SI.OO tax rate.
At the meeting the Councilmen
also approved a government,
grant under the accelerated pub
lic works program for $138,000
for water and sewer extensions.
Stis will include Brown Com
ny subdivision, Jackson Street,
U. S. Highway 17 west of Hewes
Street, Leigh and Barker Streets, I
Albemarle Street and Twiddy.
Avenue, the Industrial Park, |
Dock Street, Granville Street to]
the Virginia Road, Church to 1
Oakum, Oakum on Mill Avenue
to King Street and Albemarle
Street.
During the meeting bids were
opened to furnish gas and oil
for the town’s rolling equipment.
The low bidder was Simpson’s
Sinclair Service, which was
awarded the contract for the
new fiscal year. Coastland Oil
| Company was awarded the con- (
[tract to furnish fuel oil and ker
osene.
The Councilmen also accepted
a strip of land 25x490 feet in
the Cypress Lodge area.
MEETING CALLED OFF
Unanimity, Lodge No. 7, A- F.
& A. M., will call off its regular
meeting Thursday night, July x 4, i
due to the observance of lnde-|
pendence Day. _
Mayo Installed As
Rotary President
Other Officers Take
Over Duties at East .
Week’s Meeting
Edenton Kotarians at their
meeting Thursday installed Hi-,
I ram J.. Mayo as president for
the new Rotary year. He suc
ceeds Col. W. B. Rosevear, who
was given a round of applause
for a very successful year under
his administration. Mr. Rosevear
j expressed his appreciation for
I the interest and cooperation he
had received during the year.
The installation ceremony was
conducted by C. W. Overman.
Others who took office were
West Byrum, Jr., vice president
and Richard Dixon, Comdr. Zech;
Bond, Blair Gibson and W. B.
Gardner as directors of the club.
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Chowan Golf and Country
Club will stage special events on
July 4.
Rocky Hock Community Cen
ter will hold an organizational
meeting in the community cen
ter Monday night, July 8 at 8
o'clock.
An emergent communication
of Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A- F.
& A. M.. will be held Tuesday
night, July 9, at 7:30 o'clock.
A baseball game between the
Rocky Hock RA's and Ballard's
Bridge RA's will be played on
the Chowan High School dia
mond Thursday night, July 4, at
8 o'clock.
Bridge lessons will begin the
first week in July.
Chowan Tribe No. 12. Im
proved Order of Red Men, will
meet Monday night at 8 o'clock.
William H. Coffield, Jr. Post,
No. 9280. Veterans of Foreign!
I Wars, will meet Tuesday night i
at 8 o'clock.
Classes tor Civil Air Patrol,
! pilots and future pilots will be
[held Friday night at the opera
tions building at the Edenton
airport.
14 Negroes Apply
For Enrollment In
Local White Schools
Applications from 14 Negro
children have been received to
: enter John A. Holmes High
I School and the Edenton Ele
mentary School. However, the
applications were not made on
the proper form, so that the
Edenton school trustees have
allowed 10 days beginning June
29th to secure and fill * out the
proper application forms, which
can be secured from Superin
tendent Hiram Mayo.
The names of the 14 Negroes
I seeking enrollment in the white
schools were not divulged.
VFW Auxiliaries
Os First District
Meet At Sunbury
Mrs. Doris Toler, Pre
sident of Local Aux-|
iliary, Honored Dur
ing Meeting
A meeting of the Sunbury
Ladies’ Auxiliary, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, was held at the
Post Home at Sunbury on Wed
nesday night, June 19.
The meeting was opened by
Mrs.~Vera Hofler, president of
the Sunbury Auxiliary, and
minutes of the previous meeting
were read.
Mrs. Wilma Dean Bunch of
Elizabeth City, president of Dis
trict No. 1, presented a set of
Samsonite Air Flite luggage to
Mrs. Blanche Hudgins of Sun
bury. Mrs. Hudgins was recent
ly elected president of the La-1
dies’ Auxiliary of the Depart |
ment of North Carolina, Vet
erans of Foreign Wars, at the
Department Convention in Ashe
ville June 7 through the oth.
She was president of District
No. 1 for a number of years and
was first vice president of the
Department last year. She has
taken a very active interest in
the VFW and is one of its best
champions. She has a VFW
family in fact. Her husband. I
Bill Hudgins, has held a number 1
of offices in the district and De- j
partment and her daughter Sally
recently became a member of
the Auxiliary in Sunbury.
The luggage was presented to
Mrs. Hudgins in behalf of Dis
trict No. 1, Ladies’ Auxiliaries,
which includes Edenton, Eliza
beth City, Plymouth and Sun
bury.
A two year district president
pin was presented to Mrs. Doris
I Toler of Edenton by Mrs. Hud
gins. Mrs. Toler is now presi- ‘
dent of the Ladies’ Auxiliary, j
William H. Coffield Post 9280,;
, Edenton.
Mrs. Hudgins also gave a re- |
port on the Department of North
Carolina VFW Convention held
June 7 through 9th in Asheville
Each auxiliary in District No.
1 was represented at the meet
ing with Plymouth having three
present, Elizabeth City having
eight present, Edenton having
two present, and Sunbury hav
ing six present.
A social hour was held after
the meeting during which Mrs. |
Maude Fearing of Elizabeth City j
played the piano. The meeting
was then adjourned.
Fred Keefer New
Red Men Sachem;
Tribe Elects New Of
ficers For 6-Month
Term
Chowan Tribe No. 12, Improv
ed Order of Red Men elected
officers for a six months term
with Fred Keeter being elected
sachem to succeed Robert.
Brooks.
Other officers elected were
Prophet. Robert Brooks; Thomas
Jackson, senior sagamore; Leroy
Henninger. junior sagamore, and
J. Edwin Bufflap, trustee for 18
months.
Clyde Hollowed, William E \
Barrow and William D. Harris
were appointed «s the tribe's j
representatives on a committee
to work with the state organiza
tion on behalf of a retarded chil
dren’s movement adopted by the
Great Council of North Carolina.
MASONS CALL FOB SPECIAL
MEETING TUESDAY, JULY 9
T. B. Williford, master of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7. A. F. & |
A. M., anounces that an emer- 1
gent communication will be held J
Tuesday night, July 9, at 7:30
o’clock. The purpose of the
meeting is to examine two can
didates and Mr. Williford urges
a large attendance.
Immediately following this
meeting the Chowan Scottish
Rite Club will meet.
VFW MEETS TUESDAY
William H. Coffield, Jr. Post
No. 9280, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, will meet Tuesday night,
July 9, at 8 o’clock. Commander
Noah Goodwin, Jr., urges a
•large turnout of members. 1
$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina
W. J. Taylor Settles School
Squabble By Submitting
Resignation On Monday
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Edenton Rotarians at Tues- j
day’s meelinq installed Hiram J. ;
Mayo as new club nresideni. He I
succeeds Col. W. B. Rosevear. (
George K Mack ln:
Group Honored For i
| Highway Service:
Edenton Man Among J
I 41 to Receive 40-Year «
Award Representing !
1,640 Years Service
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Forty-one highway employees ■
from across North Carolina, rep- ■
resenting 1,640 years of service :
were honored by a special ,
awards program held in Ra- 1
I leigh Thursday. i
Gov. 'terry Sanford. Highway
.Commission Chairman Merrill
| Evans and Director W. F. Bab
| cock were joined by highway ;
'officials and personnel to pay
special tribute to the group. '
Speeches by Chairman Merrill
Evans and Governor Sanford
proceeded a presentation cere
mony. Each employee with 49 j
years of service was presented
a framed certificate by the Gov
. ernor and service pins were
'awarded by Assistant Chief En
gineer Ivan Hardesty.
| Among those to receive the ;
1 40-year award was George K.
Mack of Edenton.
Schedule Is Released
For SS Representative
Icen E. Wilson, district mana
ger of the Greenville Social Se
jcuritv Office, released the sched
ule of visits to all counties in
!t he district for the month of
July.
For Chowan County Mr. Wil- ;
son will be at the Court House
Thursdays. July 11, 18 and 25
from 9:30 A. M . to 12:30 P. M.
Baseball Game On 1
Chowan Field July 4
There will be a baseball game
Thursday night, July 4th at 8.
'o’clock at the Chowan Highj<
School ball park. The Rocky I
Hock RA’s will play the Bal
lard’s Bridge RA’s. All are urg
-led to come out and have an en-
Ijoyable 4th of July night. I
! Ringing Os Bells In Edenton
To Feature July 4 Celebration
The Chowan Court House bell. |
along with church bells in Eden-1
ton. will ring July 4th at 1 P. M.
EST as part of the nationwide
| observance of “Let Freedom
Ring” on Independence Day.
| As it was 200 years ago that
■ Joseph Hewes, a signer of the
jDeclavation of Independence,
moved to Edenton, a wreath will
be placed at the Joseph Hewes
monument on the Court House
Green Thursday to commemo
rate Hewes’ participation in
signing of this historic document
that marked the birth of our
country' as a free and independ
ent nation.
The' local observance is spon
sored by the Edenton Tea Party
Chapter of the DAR.
Everyone is urged <to ring
bells and to display the flag on
iJuly 4th. Radio station WCDJ
'will have a special program in
FIGHT CANCER 1
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Paul Stanton Also Re
signs After His Ap
pointment as Princi'
pal at Chowan High
The situation at Chowan High
School has this week become
more complicated in that at
present the county unit has no
superintendent and the high
school has no principal.
W. J. Taylor, around whom
three members of the Board of
Education concentrated their ef
forts to oust him from the super
intendency, tendered his . resig
nation at Monday night's meet
ing of the board. The resigna
tion was effective as of June 30.
A major school squabble de
veloped at the April meeting of
the Chowan County Board of
Education when the members
split 3-3 in reappointng Mr.
Taylor as superintendent Those
opposing Mr. Taylor advanced
the opinion that he should re
tire according to the state re
tirement system due to reaching
the age of 65. There has been
bickering ever since as those
favoring Taylor’s reappointment
sought to have him continue as
superintendent for at least an
other year,
Representative B. Warner Ev
ans introduced two bills in the
General Assembly, but neither
one was reported by the Senate
Committee and, therefore, died.
The first bill was to direct the
Board of Education to employ
Mr. Taylor for another year
with the understanding that lie
would retire after that. When
support of this. bill was with
drawn and the squabble con
tinued. Mr. Evans introduced an
other bill which would have
permitted Taylor’s reappointment
despite the policy of the state
retirement system for an err
ployee to retire at the age of 65
without being requested to con
tinue longer by an employer.
In the face of opposition to
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Final Winners In
Fishing Contest
The fifth annual spring fish
ing contest sponsored by the
Recreation Committee of the
Edenton Chamber of Commerce
officially ended June 30. Com
mittee Chairman Dr. Ed Bond
congratulates the following prize
winners, who will receive award,
of nationally advertised fishing
tackle.
In the senior, division Murray.
P. Bond topped all contestants
with an BW-pound largemouth
bass. Runner-up was E. C
Bunch with a seven-pounder.
IWinnei in the white perch divi
'sio.n was D. S. Twine with a l'i
pounder, caught in Albemarle
Sound. Runner-up was Benny
Twine with acne-pounder.
Noah Goodwin, Jr., took first
prize in the bream classification
.with one weighing 1 1 4 pounds.
Runner-up was Ernest Kehaves.
whose entry weighed in at 14
j ounces.
Gerald Lassiter was the win
ner in the speckled perch divi
sion with one weighing 1 3 i
pounds. Runner-up was L. V/
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[connection with the observance
jat 1 P. M. moderated by Mrs.
James P. Ricks, Jr., DAR regent.
The Chowan Court House bell,
which was used to summon court,
has not been "rung in recent
years.
“It is particularly fitting that
the Court House bell should
ring, Mrs. Ricks said, “because
it was in this historic building
that citizens of Albemarle Pre
cincts gathered before the Revo
lution in stormy protest against
taxation without representation
by Great Britain. Joseph Hewes,
who later' signed the Declara
tion of Independence, presided
at this meeting.
“It is also fitting that special
tribute be paid to Hewes for his
part in formulating ffafciDeelara
tion of Independence. Hewes
moved to Edeftton in 1763,
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