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1 Albemarle Area
F Volume XXXl.— NumberJ.
C. Os C. President Points
Out Need To Prepare For
iHdge-Tunnel Traffic
‘Eighth Wonder of the
[World’ Expected to
jCause Thousands to
' Pass Through Eden-
Iton
i'' 1 ' “The ‘eighth wonder of the
grprld’ will shortly begin carry
ing thousands of tourists through
Edenton and we should be alert
t<> our -opportunity to serve
them,”" West W. Byrum, presi
dent of the Edenton Chamber of
Commerce, said this week.
Word has been received
through Lucius Kellam, chair
man of the Chesapeake Bay
Bridge and Tunnel Commission
that as of December 1, 1963, the
physical structure , of the cross
ing was more than 95 percent
complete. All major compon
ents, including 12.2 miles of
trestled roadway, four man
made islands,' two deep-water
tunnels, two bridges, 5.3 miles
of approach roads and a- traffic
interchange, are nearly ready for
business. Remaining to be done
is the installation of mechanical
equipment in ventilation build
ings, completion of electrical
Systems and “touch-up” details,
. such as grading and landscap
ing approach road shoulders and
medians.
With the last bulkhead cut
away between sections of the
underwater tunnels, it is now
possible for the Contractor's em
ployees to drive from shore to
shore, he says. This is a boon
for workmen on the project who,
since 1960, have gone to and
from work almost entirely by
boat.
The North and South toll
“plazas will be completed by mid
January.
■TL mat: *iais that have gonfe
into the* construction of the
•Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
are staggering to contemplate,
Byrum said. The structure has
required approximately half a
million cubic yards of concrete,
3,000 carloads’ of cement, more
than one million tons of con
crete aggregate, 12,000 miles of
prestressed strand and wire, 56
million pounds of structural
steel, 75 miles of aluminum tub
ing, 1,500)800 tons of riprap rock,
54 million pounds of reinforcing
steel.
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-
Tunnel’s 12.2 miles of trestle
used 2,640 piles, placed in bents
of three at intervals of 75 feet.
Placed end to end these piles
which averaged 110 feet in
length would reach 52 miles.
Farm Bureau Head
Discusses Election
Voters Os County Are
Urged Vote “For”
Amendment
■“lf - you want to keep good'
government in North Carolina,
vote for the Constitutional
Amendment on reapportionment,”
Chowan County Farm Bureau
President David T. Bateman
• says.
North Carolina has a remark
able history-of good government,
Mr. Bateman pointed out. “The
chief reason is that we have
kept a * reasonable balance of
power between conflicting inter
ests in the State Legislature”, he
said. "We don’t want to lose
■this balance and have a Legis
lature controlled by selfish in
terest.” '
Mr. Bateman said he believed
it would be a simple matter for
selfish power factions, backed by
blocs at voters, to gain control
of the Legisltd -if both Houses
are based on population.
♦The Constitutional Amend
ment would permit the House
to he based on area (one Repre
sentative to each county in the
State) and the Senate to be bas
ed on population,” Bateman said.
“It gives the populous areas of
this State quite enough power,
because, they would be in con-
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Atlas lists Text
Charts On World
Economic Outlook
New Kiplinger - Ham
mond Book Analyzes
Trends That Will Af
fect U. S. Growth
What will the country be like
in 10 or 15 years? According to
the newly published Kiplinger-
Hammond Economic Forecast
Atlas .of the World, population
will have grown by one-third,
average family*income will have
increased from $7,200 to about
SIO,OOO in constant dollars, and
there ' wil be 20 million more
workers looking for jobs —of
whom 95% to 96% will meet
with success in finding one.
The Atlas, in maps, charts and
text, takes a look at changes to
be expected here and through
out the world and analyzes their
effect on the economy of the
United States. “Many countries
will just begin to develop along
lines that the U. S. has already
pioneered,” it notes. “Other na
tions, which heretofore have
merely supplied us with raw ma
terials, will start making goods
we’ve produced for years. This
means that some of our jobs
will vanish while -others become
more lucrative—and this shift
alone will alter life and living in
entire cities and regions right
here at home.”
The Atlas, published by The
Kiplinger Washington Editors
and S. Hammond C 0..,
that the U. S. gross
national product will rise from
nearly S6OO billion in 1963 to |
around SI,OOO billion, or $1 tril-1
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Masons To install
Officers Tonight
Francis W. Clark of
Elizabeth City In
stalling Officer
»
Officers for Unanimity Lodge.
No. 7, A. F. /Sc A. M., for the;
year 1964 will be inducted to
night (Thursday) at 8 o’clock.
The installation officer will be
Francis W. Clark of Elizabeth
City, deputy Grand ’ Master of
the First Masonic District.
Officers to be installed are as
follows:
Master, W. M. Rhoades; senior
warden, C. A. Boyce, Jr.; junior
warden, R. T. Pickier; treasurer,
R. E. Leary; secretary, W. P.
Goodwin; senior deacon, Herbert
Baker; junior deacon, E. Philip
Robey; senior steward, J. Au
brey Hardison; junior steward,
Vernon Barrow; tyler, E. M.,
Parker; chaplain,. Raymond P.
Burroughs; marshal, .J. Edwin
Bufflap.
Mr. Rhoades has named the
following appointments:
Oxford Orphans Committee—
Murray D. Baker, chairman, C.
W. Overman and Raymond Tar
kington.
'Education Committee J. C-
Parks,, chairman, W. P. Goodwin,
W. W. Adams, D. P. Reaves and
Percy Smith.
Finance and Budget, Commit
tee —W. M. W’lkins, chairman, J.
Edwin Bufflap B. Willi
ford. '
Charity Committee W. M»
Rhoades, chairman, C. A. Boyce,
Jr., and R. T. Pickier.
Reference Committed,— Hiram
A. Weeks, Lee
Spruill and W, JHH
Flower Has
kett and Raymoi^^^Httfeld.
Another P*j=:
Her r in ast
Sponsored by
Men’s Club,
herring breakfastheld
at the Methodist The
7 to 9 ti’duife ;
, Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 2, 1964.
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FaR School Surr
Gives Statistics Ft u
Schools In ChowaL
1,167,963 Enrolled In
State at End of First
Month; 26,982 Above
Previous Year
The North Carolina Depart
ment of Public .Instruction has
just released the fall 19g3 sur
vey of enrollment, personnel and
school facilities in North Caro
lina public schools as of the end
of the first month of the 1963-
64 term.
The survey shows that 1,167,-
963 pupils were enrolled which
is an increase of 26,982 over the
first school month of 1962-63.
Information listed concerning
schools in Chowan County fol
lows:
Edenton City Unit
Enrollment at end of first
month, 2,340; professional per
sonnel employed at end of first
month, 95; men employed, 19 or
20%; personnel holding less than
class “A” certificate, 2 or 2.1%;
personnel paid entirely “out-of
certificate” field, 11 or 11.6%;
personnel receiving local salary
supply, 48 or 50.5%; personnel
not in unit last year, 15 or
15.8%; brand new teachers, 7 or
7.4%; former teachers, 2 or
2.1%.
The instruction room survey
shows that the Edenton unit had
50 instruction rooms available
beginning 1962-63 and 59 at the
beginning of 1963-64. Instruc
tion rooms needed to replace un
satisfactory facilities, 3.
Chowan County Unit
In the Chowan County unit en
rollment at the end of the first
month, 852; professional person
nel employed at the end of first
month, 36; men employed, 7 or
19.4%; personnel holding less
than class “A” certificate, 1 or
2.8%: person pel not having
scheduled teaching assignment, 2
or 5.6%; personnel teaching “out
of certificate,” 2 or 5.6%; per
| sonnet paid entirely from local
funds, 4 or 11.1%.; personnel re
! ceiving local salary supplement,
j 4 or 11.1%; personnel not in
unit last year, 7 or 19.4%; brand
new teachers, 2 or 5.6%.
The instruction room survey 1
shows 40 instruction roams avail
| able at the beginning of 1962-63
j and 40 beginning 1963-64; in- 1
struction rooms needed to re-1
place unsatisfactory facilities, 1.
Dedication Service
At Warwick Church
Warwick Baptist Church, near
Hobbsville, will have a Dedica
tion Service for its new educa
tional building on Sunday, Janu
ary 5, at 2:30 P. M.
The new building has provis
ions for nursery and beginner
children, an adult assembly room,
kitchen and intermediate girls’
room.
Those having a part in the
Dedication services will include
Frank Casper, a ministerial stu
dent at Qhowan College, the Rev.
Russell Cottingham, a former
pastor of the church, and the
Rev. Robert Harrell, Superin
] tendent of Missions for the Cho
wan Baptist Association. Fol
lowing the program there will
be Open House, at which time
refreshments will be served.
■ Members and visitors are invited.
20 Years Ago
As Found In The Files Os
The Ohowan - Herald
A deed was executed for the
purchase of part of the S. E.
Morris farm by Richard L.
Player of Fayetteville, contractor
for federal housing projects.
The deed called for over 12
acres of the Morris farm. The
purchase was reason for en
couragement on the part of many
in Edenton who were anxious to
see some relief in the housing
situation.
Ralph J. W. Hohbs. son of
Mr. end Mrs. H, T. Hobbs, was
among 31 graduates of the new
ly formed Bowman Grey School
of Medicine al Wake Forest to
receive the degree of Doctor of
Medicine. Dr. Hobbs is the
youngest of a group of four
brothers and the third to enter
upon a humanitarian profession.
Dr. J. Frank Hobbs of Chat
tanooga. Term., and Dr. Lloyd
UJHobbs of jra.
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Hooray! Mr. New Year is here and we’re Jim
1 resolved to start 1964 right by wishing you /M
9 ' and yours a bountiful, wonderful year, with /r:X
■ every dream fulfilled and every hope brought ft
S to fruition. Indeed, we wish that happiness ft *
S will walk with you always on your every
We thank you sincerely for your
patronage, which has helped to make J
the past year so pleasant for us, and j tg' J
we firmly resolve to serve you ever,
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Mayor John A. Mitchener
Lists Accomplishments Os
Town During Past Year
Mayor Has Optimistic
View Os Prospects
For Growth During
Coming Year
In an effort to inform the citi
zens of Edenton of the Town’s
accomplishments during the past
year and anticipated goals for
1964, Mayor John A. Mitchener
this week released the following
letter:
“Dear Fellow Citizens:
We are hgain at that time of
year when our thoughts turn to
the accomplishments of the past
year and to the hopes of the
year to come. As Mayor of the
Town of Edenton, I thought that
you, our citizens, would appre
ciate hearing of the accomplish
ments of your Town in 1963 and
its hopes for a prosperous and
happy year in 1964.
“At the outset I must state
that it is my firm belief that
the Town will have accomplish
ed more by the end of 1964 than
any like two year period in its
history. I believe that when
you read the following list you
will understand why the above
statement was made:
(1) Began construction in 1963
and completed a most mod
ern up-to-date sewage dis
posal plant costing $700,-
000.00.
(2) Secured additional Federal
Grants in 1963 for the
Town of Edenton amount
ing to $532,000.00. j
(3) Created in 1963 the Eden
ton - Chowan Planning
Board.
(4) Created in 1963 the office
of City Engineer.
(5) Appointed in 1963 a com
mission tfo study the
streamlining of the Town
Governmental structure to
create more efficiency.
(6) In 1963 assisted the Cham
ber of Commerce in suc
cessfully locating a much
needed new industry for
our area.
(7) Created in 1963 an airport
commission to assist the
Town in the operation of
the Edenton Municipal Air
port.
(8) Continued in 1963 the suc
cessful operation of the
Sanitary Land Fill.
(9) Completed in 1963 a Sani
tation Survey Study of the
Town.
(10) .Extended East Eden Street
Coal'd, on t><ye X ****i J
iJan. 15 Deadline
| For Nomination Os
1963 Young Farmer
Blanks For Nomina
tions Should Be Fill
ed Out and Returned
To Jack Evans
Edenton Jay’cees, in their an
nual effort to select Chowan
County’s most outstanding young
farmer, call attention to the fact
that the deadline for nomination
for this honor is Wednesday,
January 15. The nomination
blanks are placed at a number
of places and the Jaycees urge
many to signify their choice by
returning the nomination blanks
to Jack Evans at Byrum Hard
ware Company before January
15th.
Those who are nominated
must be between 21 and 35 years
of age and must receive at least
two-thirds of their income from
their farming activities.
After the nomination blanks
are turned in the judging will
be based on career progress,
conservation practices and ser
vices to the community.
Applications Taken
5 For Nursing School
The College of the Albemarle
Program of Practical Nursing,
formerly known as the Elizabeth
City Program of Practical Nurs
ing, is now receiving applications
for admission to the class begin
ning in March of 1964.
Candidates must be between
the ages of 18 and 50 and must
have graduated from high school
or be able to prove the equiva
lent in education. Interested
persons who can meet the quali
fications may obtain further in
formation by calling or writing
Mrs. Marcella Allen or Mrs.
Dorothy Dilday at Albemarle
Hospital in Elizabeth City. The
telephone number is 335-4381 at
the hospital, and calls may be
made between 8 A. M., and 5
P. M., on Monday through Fri
day. Those who are interested
must reply before January 31,
1964. Applicants will be notified
of the date for pre-entrance tests,
physical examinations and per-
MUdi lUtofVjfcWV
New 1964 North
Carolina Auto Tags
Go On Sale Today
.Penalty Provided For
I Falsely Certifying as
i To Carrying Liability
Insurance
Today (Thursday) new 1964
automobile license plates will go
on sale at the office of Mrs.
Goldie Niblett at the Edenton
Office Supply, 501 South Broad
Street in Edenton.
Mrs. Niblett emphasizes the
fact that to obtain a 1964 North
Carolina license plate, the own
er of a vehicle must have and
certify that he has liability in
surance with a company licensed
to write liability insurance in
North Carolina.
Certification of this is by
Form FR-2 which appears on the
reverse side of the 1964 license
application card. The name of
the insurance company, the pol
icy number and the effective
date of the policy is required.
This certification form should be
completed before the application
is presented for a new license
plate.
It is also pointed out that the
penalty for certifying falsely that i
liability insurance is in effect
is revocation of plate, suspension
of driver’s license for’3o days
and fine or imprisonment.
Immanuel Church
Given Three Lots
A prominent citizen of Eden
lon, who wishes to remain
anonymous, has donated three
large pieces of ground to the
Immanuel Missionary Baptist
Church this week, according to
the Rev. Bob Ware, pastor of the
church.
The three lots, located just off
Highway 32 toward Suffolk, has
been given with the condition
that it is not restricted for a
church establishment. Research
should reveal this week if a
church will be permitted. The
property is approximately one
mile from the Edenton city
limits.
“We are indeed grateful to our
benefactor,” Rev. Ware stated.
“We are awaiting anxiously the
zoning verdict, so that plans can
begin for the building we wish
to erect there.”
The first building to be placed
on the ground will be the first
of several structures. Among
the buildings planned are class
rooms for Sunday School and an
eventual Christian day school,
a sanctuary for worship and
tla asrouna fur a £ible kuUtuU^
$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina
j Board Os Elections Puts
Machinery In Operation
For January 14 Election
March Os Dimes
Campaign For’64
Will Begin Today
Aubrey Hardison, This
Year’s Chairman, Is
Anxious to Secure a
Creditable Offering
Aubrey Hardison, Chairman of
[the Chowan County 1964 Marcn
!of Dimes, calls attention to the
j fact that this year's campaign
j will begin today (Thursday). He
i has announced that he has a
number of key workers upon
1 whom he will depend greatly
for a successful campaign.
‘‘Not having been a resident of
Edenton very long,” said Mr.
Hardison, “I feel that I am con
siderably handicapped in that ]
am not acquainted with a great
number of people. However, I
hope the people of Chowan
County will realize the import
ance of the use of funds needed,
so that the county will again
raise a creditable amount.”
Mr. Hardisdn points out that
more than 250,000 American ba
j bies are born each year with a
[significant birth defect while ap
proximately 11 million children 5
and adults suffer from some
form of arthritis or other dis
abling rheumatic disease. Ex
emplary medical care utilizing
the skills of many specialists
working together is not avail- [
' able to a majority of those
(stricken by these cripplers. The
! March of Dimes now suppon's
: nearly 70 hospital treatment cen
| ters where improved treatment
;is being developed. The rnetfi
j cal leadership these centers pro-
J vide sends out waves of influ
; ence which serve to spread new
knowledge, new techniques and
j new public awareness for the
I benefit of victims of ail chronic,
[ disabling conditions.
| The March of Dimes is financ-
I ing the work of research scien
| tists seeking eventual break-
I throughs toward the possible
prevention of birth defects, arth
ritis and perhaps many other
j human ills.
j Mr. Hardison states that funds
are also needed for continued as- i
j sistance to polio patients, health
j scholarships for young people,
I and support of the new Salk In
stitute for Biological Studies,
i In connection with the March
of Dimes, Mayor John Mitchener
j has issued a proclamation set-:
| ting aside the month of Janu-.
: ary as March of Dimes Month
| and urges all citizens to contrib- j
| ute generously to this campaign. |
[civic calendarl
; Officers for Unanimity Lodge
No. 7. A. F. & A. M.. will be
installed at a meeting of the
lodge tonight (Thursday) at 8
o'clock.
VFW Auxiliary will meet to
night (Thursday) at 8 o'clock.
Edenton firemen will hold
their monthly dinner meeting to
night (Thursday) at 7 o'clock i
at the fire station.
Edenton Chapter No. 302. Or
der of the Eastern Star, will!
meet Monday night, January 8.
I at 8 o'clock.
A referendum to vote on two
state constitutional amendments
. will be held Tuesday. January
14 th.
Chowan County's 1964 March
of Dimes campaign will begin to
day (Thursday).
Edenton Lions Club will meet
Monday night at 7 o'clock at
the Edenton Restaurant.
Chowan County Commission
ers will hold their monthly
meeting Monday morning, Jan
uary 6. at 9 o'clock in the Court
House.
An Ordination Council will be
held Friday evening. January 3.
•t 7:30 o'clock at Rocky Hock
Baptist Church.
Dedication service for new ed
ucational building will be held
Sunday afternoon, January 5, at
! 2:30 o'clock at Warwick Baptist
Church hear Hobbsville.
Continual on Page 6—Setliqn 1
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Voters Will Register
| Wishes About Two
j State Constitutional
Amendments
Chowan County's Board of
i Elections .has made preparations
for a statewide referendum o:i
two amendments to the state
constitution. The election will
1 be held Tuesday, January 14.
The first amendment has to
do with increasing membership
of the Senate from 50 to 70,
providing for compulsory redis
tricting of the Senate and re
ducing the number of Repre
sentatives from 120 to 100.
The second amendment, if
passed, will empower the Gen
eral Assembly to make the
rights of husband and wife the
same in each other’s separate
property.
Registration books have been
open December 21 and 28 and
will also be open January 4 from
9 A. M., to 5 P. M.. for the pur
pose of those not listed on tlgA
registration books to register
order to vote t n the
To be eligible to vote, i
must be registered in the
tv's registration books.
Polls in the county’s six
cincts will be open from 6:30
A. M.. and close at 6:30 P. M., on
1 the day of the referendum, Tues
day, January 14.
Polling places, registrars and
judges of election for the elec
tion will be as follows:
East Edenton Precinct—(Court
i House): Mrs. William Stokely,
I registrar; Mrs. Emma Bunch anti
Mrs. Richard Hollowell, judges
West Edenton Precinct—(Mu
nicipal Building): Mrs. George
C. Hoskins, registrar; Mrs. Fran
cis Hicks and Mrs. Johnnie
Curran, judges.
Rocky Hock Precinct—(Henry
Bunch’s Store): Alphonso Spi
vey. registrar; W. H. Saunders
and Earl Bunch, judges.
Center Hill Precinct (Boss
Bunch's Store): Ralph
registrar; Norman Hollowell and
Herbert Dale, judges.
Wardville Precinct (Hender
j son Ray Peele’s Store): H. R.
Peele, registrar; Willie Joyner
and Jennings Bunch, judges.
Yeopim Precinct—(Harry Per
ry’s Store): Thomas Hoskins,
l Sr., registrar; Harry Perry and
Miss Sara Margaret Harrell,
judges.
Ordination Council
Friday, January 3
i Son Os Rocky Hock
Pastor Candidate
For Ordination
An Ordination Council will ’> •
held at the Rocky Hock Bap:i x
Church on Friday evening, ,'nv
iuary 3. at 7:30 P. M,. for the
[purpose of examining David
Wheeler Allred, a candidate
j ordination to the gospei r.mi
try.
David is the son of (he pastor
!of Rocky Hock Baptist Chun
and has recently been cubed
serve as pastor of the Jon.
Rideg Baptist Church in the A'
. ery Baptist Associa'ion in Wcst
[ ern North Carolina He is a
graduate of Wake Forest Collect:
land is currently attending South
! eastern Baptist Theological Scm
! inary at Wake Forest, N. C.
All pastors and deacons of
Baptist Churches affiliated with
the Chowan Baptist Association,
are being invited to attend and
participate in this council.
(Woman’s Club To
! Sponsor Hat Show
: The Edenton Woman's Club
iwill stage a hat show Tuesday,
i January 14. beginning at 10
iA. M., and continuing all day.
\ The affair will be held at the
Barker House and there will be
200 hats for sale with no two ..
alike. All the hats will
•i spring hats. Members oftk^B
Woman's Club are
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