A Newspaper Devoted
To the Progress of the
Albemarle Area
Volume XXXI. —Number 29.
Town Council Adopts New!
Personnel Ordinance To
Govern Town Employees
Purpose to Establish
Uniform and Equit
able System of Regu
lations
Meeting in special session
Thursday night, Town Council
adopted an ordinance which has
lor its purpose the establish
ment of personnel rules and
regulations for employees of the
Town of Eden ton. Every now
and then, over a period of about
five years, the idea bobbed up
to establish an equitably and
uniform system in personnel ad
ministration, but no definite ac- ,
tion was taken. Lately, how
ever, Councilman Luther Parks,
who was assigned to the task of
submitting a proposed plan,
contacted various towns and the
Institute of Government and on
Thursday night presented the
proposed ordinance which, with
a few minor changes, was unani
mously adopted.
The ordinance in its entirety
follows:
Article I—Purpose
Section 1. It is the 'purpose of,
this chapter to establish a cen- 1
tralized personnel system under
the supervision of the Town Ad-1
ministrator by which all matters)
relating to personnel may be ad-.
ministered. It is the intent of
the Board of Councilmen to es
tablish an equitably and uniform
system in personnel administra
tion.
Article 2—Organization
Section 1. Personnel Officer
Appointing Authority. The Town 1
Adfinistrator shall be the chief
personnel' officer. The various
department heads shall make
recommendations for appoint- ■
ments and the Town Administra
tor is designated as the appoint- |
ing authority for appointments
of \ officers or employes which
the charter of ths IWB es Eden- i
ton specifies shall be made by.
the Board of Councilmen.
Section 2. .Duties of Personnel |
Officer:, The personnel officer
shall be responsible for all
phases of personnel administra-j
tion not specifically reserved for
the Board of Councilmen and
shall perform all duties essential
to effective personnel adminis
tration. The personnel officer
shall administer all personnel
programs which may be activat-,
ed. such as classification and
compensation olans,, retirement
Continued on Pane 2, Section 2
20 Years Ago
As Found In Tb* Files Os
The Chowan Herald
Pfc. Casper Alexander, writ
ing from, a foxhole .in Italy, said
he sends his sincere thanks and
appreciation for receiving The
Herald. The Herald was sent to
all Chowan County boys in ser
vice by the Bank of Edenton.
"I've experienced this war and
it's just a matter where some
live and some die. What I've
seen can never be erased from
my memory. I hope and pray
that I will never be in another
war," is just a small portion of
Mr. Alexander's interesting let*
ter.
Sgi. James W. Mitchener, son
of Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Mitchener,
was credited with rigging and
packing a record number of
parachutes, none of which
failed to open when needed. He
was stationed overseas after at
tending a rigging school at Cha
nule Field in Alabama.
Continued on Page 7. Section 1
Miss Millie Price Sends Reporl
To Herald On Seminars Abroad
/
Miss Millie Price of Edenton.i
one of 40 students at the Uni
versity of North Carolina, is now
in Europe with the sdeventh an
nual ‘‘Seminars Abroad.” The
group left New York June 8 for
a 66-day program in Europe and
Miss Price sent the following re
port to The Herald:
For 39 Seminars Abroad mem
bers, a date long anticipated ar-
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Health Director
Calls Attention To
“Spotted Fever”
Dr. Isa Grant Points
Out Seriousness of
Disease and Preven
tive Suggestions
The rising number of cases of
‘Spotted Fever” has put North
Carolina second only to Virginia
in the incidence of this acute
communicable disease, according
to Dr. Isa C. Grant, Chowan
County’s Health Director. Two
deaths in the state have been re
ported already this year with, the
season barely begun. There
were four deaths last year out
of the 34 reported cases.
“Spotted Fever,” sometimes
referred to as “Rocky Mountain
Spotted Fever,” because of its
original diagnosis in the Rocky
| Mountain states, is often mis-
Centinued on Pad* 7—Paction I
Griffin Family Narrowly Miss
Drowning In Boating Accident
Claude Griffin had nothing
but praise early this week for
I the Edenton Rescue Squad and |
other individuals who helped
save him, his family and boat
from the waters of Albemarle
Sound Sunday afternoon.
“Those boys certainly did a
wonderful job,” Griffin said of
those who helped, flyoid a cat*s-
Save mu®
Ito work with, but they did the
j very best they could. I’m going
to try and thank everyone of
them personally.”
* The Griffins Claude, wife
Lena and daughter Carolyn—
were taking a pleasure boat ride
Sunday afternoon about 3 o’clock
When their craft struck some
thing in the water.
“I don’t know what it was, but
it put a hole bigger than a fist
in the bottom of the boat,” Grif
fin said.
The craft immediately began
Fisheries Committee
Will Hold Meeting
At Morehead City
The commercial fisheries com
mittee of the State Board of Con
servation and Development will
meet at Morehead City on Sat- 1
1 urday, July 18, for discussions 1
jof matters relating to the com
■ mercial fishing industry.
The committee will start ,its
meeting at 10 A. M. in the hear-,
ing room of the Division of.
Commercial Fisheries at the old
Section Base.
All commercial fishermen
wishing to be heard on any mat
ter relating to commercial fish
ing are invited to be present.
The meeting of the commer
jcial fisheries committee will be
t held prior to the summer meet
ing of the State Board of Con
servation and Development,
which will be held the follow
ing Monday and Tuesday at Fort
Macon.
1 down the corridor which led to
the waiting jet The seven,
hours’ flight five miles above
the ocean was relatively un
eventful. A sumptuous dinner
was served soon after take r off.
The stars and the flow from
the sun over the northern hori
onz provided a brilliant spec
tacle but sooner than we ex
pected the light from the rising
sun began to appear in the east
% ■nszxuzF.
The big jet settled into the
Brussel* Airport at 9130 A. M
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 16,1963:
Holton Chosen As i
Best Quarterback!
At Football Camp
165 Boys Participate
In Program Held at
Fork Union, Virginia
June 21 to July 1
David Holton was selected as
the outstanding quarterback at
the Sonny Randle Football Camp
held June 21-July 1 at Fork
Union, Va. One hundred sixty
five boys from ages 9 to 17 at
tended the camp, which featured
five professional stars. Forty
nine of the boys were quarter
backs.
The National Football League
stars were Norman Snead of the
Philadelphia Eagles, Charlie
Johnson of the St. Louis Card
inals, Duke James of the New
ifork Giants, Sonny Randle of
he St. Louis Cardinals and Mike
McGee of the St. Louis Card
inals.
The boys also participated in
basketball, volleyball -and other
types of recreation. Nightly en
tertainment included football
films of NFL teams in action.
Another feature of the camp was
lectures on college entrance and
SAT tests.
David learned a great deal at
the camp and had a wonderful
time.
: to fill with water and started to
.sink.
“I wasn’t particularly scared
l at the time,” Griffin recalled,
; “because we were close to the
s bell buoy. I knew we could
climb up on it if we had to.”
l Griffin said he managed to get
: the boat over by the buoy nvhen
■ f he spotted fijjpn Forehand and
i nis family coming along in an
i other, craft. “I waved to him
: and he came on over and picked
r us up,” Griffin said.
The Girffins, who were still in
: their sinking boat, climbed into
• the other boat with the Fore
: hands and came in to the dock
: at the foot of Broad Street.
The two men got the Rescue
Squad boat—manned by Chief
. W. J. Yates and Tom Goodman
of the Edenton Fire Depart
ment—and went back out to pull
the sinking boat to shore,
i Continued from Page B—Section 1
Prosecution Awaits
Those Who Violate
Social Security Act
Criminal violation of laws af
fecting entitlement to social se
icurity payments can result in
! imprisonment or heavy fines, J.
A. Morrison, district manager of
the Social Security Administra
tion in Norfolk, warns. Mr.
Morrison called attention to the
.sentences imposed on April 22,
. 1964, in Salisbury, N. C., on
Harry E. Honeycutt and his wife,
Mrs. Ruth Benfield Honeycutt.
Honeycutt was sentenced to
serve four months in prison.
Mrs. Honeycutt was sentenced to
one year in prison but the sen
tence was suspended and she
wasi placed on probation for five
years.
The couple pleaded guilty to
giving false statements in con
nection with an application for
monthly benefits filed on behalf
of Lizzie Mge Benfield, Mrs.
Honeycutt's stepmother, and to
concealing the death of the step
mother, who had been dead sev
eral weeks at the time the ap
plication was filed.
Mr. Morrison said the Social
Security Administration has the
duty of detecting any fraud that
may exist at any stage of the
claims operation and of recom
mending prosecution when the
facts justify it He added that
the majority of claims are free
from fraud because processes
and procedures used by the ad
ministration have been effective
in keeping to a minimum the
payment of benefits to those not
entitled to them. • ’
LEGION MEETS TUESDAY
Jbe given by tl\jC young people
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FLIGHT PATTERN—A flock of small birds found this
antenna an inviting perch. It created an unusual sight
in Cypress Gardens, Fla.
Chowan Manufacturers Invited
To Attend Government Clinic
In Goldsboro Monday, July 27
Eastern North Carolina manu- |
facturers interested in obtain
ing federal government contracts
will have a unique opportunity
to give Uncle Sam their sales
pitches on Monday, July 27, it
was announced Tuesday by
President West W. Byrum of the
Edenton Chamber of Commerce.
On that day, Goldsboro’s
Wayne Center will be the set
ting for a special “Government
Procurement Clinic” sponsored
by the Commerce and Industry j
Division of the N. C. Depart
ment of Conservation and De
velopment, Byrurp S|iid. |
Bicycle And Dog
Licenses Now Due
August 15 Is Deadline.
To Display Dog
Licenses
Dog and bicycle licenses are'
now on sale in Edenton. ■
Fees for dog licenses, which
can be obtained at the town of- '
fice, are SI.OO for each male and
$2.00 for each female dog. Townj
Administrator William Gardner
has warned local residents that
town ordinances require the ar
rest of any dog owner who fails
to license his dog by Saturday,
August 15.
Bicycle licenses are on sale at
the police station. The fee for
each license is 25 cents.
Edenton Boy Scouts
At Pipsico Camp
Nineteen boys from Edenton
Boy Scout Troop No. 156 are
spending this week at
Scout Reservation on the James
River near Spring Grove, Va.
There they are participating;
in Scout activities with other
Scouts from all over the Tide
water area.
Available to the Scouts are
boating, swimming, archery, ca
noe trips, knot-tieing, leather
craft, rifle, tin-can craft, sailing,
fishing, nature study, rope mak
ing woodcraft and many other
program features.
Continued from Page 7—Section 1
Second Red Cross Swimming
Class To Be Completed July 24
The Chowan County Chapter |
of the American Red Cross, ini
conjunction with the 50th an
niversary of the Red Cross wa
ter safety program, will com
plete its second swimming class
of the summer on Friday, July
24 at Arrowhead Beach.
The two classes sponsored by
the local Red Cross Chapter
have seen more than 400 per
sons trained in swimming.
Murray D. Ashley, chapter
chairman, said that the “water
safety program in Chowan Coun
ty has been very successful these
past two years, thanks to a
group of dedicated volunteers'
which has made this training
possible.
I The clinic will bring together
manufacturers and a special
team of buyers representing va
rious government agencies and
prime contractors. The goal, of
course, will be to increase North
Carolina’s share of U. S. govern
ment spending through more
federal contracts for area firms.
Military contracts to North Ca
rolina manufacturers during 1963
amounted to $259 million.
All types of manufacturers,
j large and small, in Chowan
I County have been invited to at
tend and discuss their products
| Continued on Page B—Section 1
Whiteville Grove
Revival July 20-26
Rev. Terry Jones Will
I Be Evangelist For
Meetings
The Rev. Joe Buck, pastor of
the Whiteville Grove Baptist
(Church near Belvidere, an
nounced this week that the an
,‘nual revival of the church will
be held the week of July 20-26.
j The Rev. Terry Jones, local
pastor in the Chowan Baptist
Association, will be the guest
speaker. Mr. Jones is pastor of
the Mt, Sinai, Yeopim and
Chappell’s Hill Baptist churches
land is heard daily over WCDJ
in Edenton. He is a part time
student at Campbell College.
There will be special music
during the week from several
different churches of the sur
rounding area. The services 'will
, begin each evening at 8 o’clock
and the public is cordially invit
ed to attend all of these services.
LLOYD V. ADAMS ABOARD
USCG CUTTER MADRONA
! Lloyd V. Adams, seaman,
USCG, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam W. Adams of Edenton, is
serving aboard the Coast Guard
Cutter Madrona at Portsmouth.
Virginia,
The Madrona was instrumen
tal in extinguishing an extensive
waterfront fire in Portsmouth
recently which did an estimated
$1,000,000 damage to piers and
moored vessels.
|zen of our county a swimmer
I and every swimmer a lifesaver.
Have fun at the beach, but prac
tice safety. Never swim alone.”
The Red Cross water safety
program was started in 1905 by
Commodore Wilbert E. Longfel
low. He traveled thousands of
miles, gave many demonstra
tions of lifesaving techniques,
started lifesaving corps in many
areas, and laid the groundwork
for what was destined to become
a far-reaching educational pro
gram.
As time went on and the
program continued to expand,
courses were developed to give
I individual* of all ages 'an op
| portunity to develop swimming
Centtauad aa Pag. «. Sec*. 1
Selective Service
CallsMear-Olds
For Examinations
Examination Does Not
Mean Early Induc
tion According to the
State Director
North Carolina Selective Ser
vice Local Boards are forward
ing 18-year-old registrants for
complete examination by the
Armed Forces, William H. Mc-
Cachren, state director of Se
lective Service, has announced.
Mr. McCachren emphasized i
that the examination of 18-year
oids does not r-ean that theyi
face induction in the immediate
future.
The examination ox these
young registrants who are out of
school and not deferred for
other reasons initiates a program
announced by President John
son on January 5, 1964. Thej
President directed the Secretary
of Defense and the director of
Selectiye Service to begin the
early examination of 18-year-old
registrants after a presidential
task force study determined that
large numbers of young men be
ing found disqualified for mili
tary service were interested in
obtaining educational, voca
tional and medical rehabilita
tion.
In announcing tile plan to ex
amine younger registrants, the
Piesident pointed out that early
Continued on Page 7. Section 1
Town Council Passes Ordinance
Aimed At Local Dog Nuisance
Town Council Tuesday night,
passed a dog ordinance aimed at I
eliminating stray dogs from
Edenton, but it deleted a section
of the bill that would have en
abled the police to seize any dog
loose between 10 P. M. and 6
A. M. \
The ordinance, which went in
to effect Tuesday night, empow
ers the Police Department to
seize any dog without a dog tax
and rabies vaccination tag found
off the property of its owner at
any time.
Such dogs will be kept in a
dog pound for five days or until
claimed by its owner, who will
be required to pay SI.OO penalty
fee and SI.OO for each day the
dog was kept in the pound.
AH dogs net claimed within
five days after seizure will be
offered for sale or disposed of
by the Police Department.
The section that was dropped
Varsity Club Still
In Softball Lead
Falcons Hold Lead In
Local Little League
Circuit
The Red Men advanced into |
second place in the local Soft- 1
ball League last week, but the ]
Varsity Club maintained its
tight hold on the league’s lead.
The Red Men slipped by the
No. 1 Jaycees in their close race
for the second spot by improv
ing their record to four wins and
three losses. The Jaycees end
ed the week with an even 3-3
record.
The No. 2 Jaycees held onto
fourth place, while the National
Guard sank deeper into the cel
lar position. The weekly war
riors had not won a game at
week’s end.
Continued on Pag* 6 - Section 1
LICNS MEET MONDAY
Edenton’s Lions Club will
meet Monday night, July 20, at
7 o’clock at the Edenton Res
taurant. Joe Thorud, new
president of the club, urges
Lion to be present.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
A stated communication of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F.
& A. M., will be held tonight
(Thursday) at 8 o’clock. W. M.
Rhoades, master of the lodge,
invites all Masons to attend.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton Rotarians will hold
their weekly meeting this
(Thursday) afternoon at 1
o'clock at the Parish House.
President West Byrum requests
pu»rv Rotarian to bo Drcscnt.
$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Norlina Man Loses Life As
Car Crashes Into Freight
Train At N-S Crossing
Farm Safety Week]
Observed July 19-25
Appeal Made to Help
Reduce Accidents
On Farms
President Lyndon B. Johnson
has proclaimed the week of July
19 through 25 as National Farm
Safety Week. He calls upon all
Americans to observe this week
and its theme, “Safer American
Families Everywhere.”
All organizations and indivi
duals allied with agriculture are
uiged to unite in this effort to
reduce the shocking number of
farm, home and highway acci
dents.
Last year there were 2,246 fa
tal accidents on farms in the
United States and this does not
include traffic or home acci
dents. The leading cause of ac
cidents was machinery, with 852
fatal accidents.
This is a time each year every
body should be reminded of the
part to be played to really make
it “Safer American Families
Everywhere.” It should be re
membered that anyone could be
involved in the next accident.
j from the ordinance would have
! empowered the chief of police or
his assistants to pick up any dog,
regardless of tax and rabies tag,
found running at large between
the hours of 10 P. M. and 6
A. M.
Councilman Elton Forehand,
who presented the ordinance,
said the chief of police “wanted
something to go on” in order to
break up pecks of dogs that
gather after 10 o’clock in the
evening.
The deleted section, Mr. Fore
hand said, would be used “with
discretion” by the police in pick
ing up loose dogs. They would
not, in other words, seize a dog;
unless it was creating a disturb
ance.
But the Council, under the
urging of Councilmen A1 Phil
lips, Luther Parks and George
Alma Byrum, passed the ordi-
Continuod on Paga 7—Section
Suzanne Hardison
At ECC Workshop
Miss Suzanne Hardison, public
school .music teacher in the
Edenton city schopls, is enrolled
*in the seventh annual East Ca
rolina College workshop in arts
and crafts for elementary teach
ers.
I Fifty-one elementary and high
school teachers and others from
North Carolina. New Jersey and
I Virginia are enrolled in the 10-
day program.
Major emphasis is placed on
methods of using art class ma
terials which are inexpensive
and easy to obtain. For ex
ample, participants use old rub
ber inner tubes, scraps of wood,
wire screening and other ma
terials to practice techniques of
print making.
Dry Weather Seriously Affects
Crops In Chowan Says Overman
Serious drought conditions
have cut deeply into Chowan
County’s projected crop yields
for 1964, County Agent C. W.
Overman reported this week.
“In the county overall,” Over
man “my observations indi
cated that the estimated com
crop has been cut 30 pdr cent or
more, tobacco from 20 to 25 per
cent and tlie vegetable crop by
30 to 40 per cent”
The drought has been most se
vere in the Yeopim, Gliden and
Edenton areas at the county,
Overman said. ,
“Some of the com yield in
these areas has been cut 60 per
cent or more,” he. said. “The
growth of soybeans, peanuts and
[tobacco has been very much re
tarded by the dry weather.
| "The vegetable crop out in
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Two Other Passeng
['■ ers Escape Death In
| Saturday Afternoon
| Accident
( Two men injured in a car
train crash that took one life in
Edenton Saturday afternoon
were reported in satisfactory
condition at Chowan Hospital
early this week.
Killed in the accident was Roy
Lee Buckner, 40, of Norlina. He
died in Chowan Hospital soon
after the collision occurred
about 1:45 P. M. on U. S. 17 at
the Norfolk Southern crossing.
Reported doing satisfactorily
at the hospital were "William Mc-
Millan, 46 of Lumber Bridge and
Fred L. Sessoms, Jr., 37, of But
ters.
Patrolmen M. W. Griffin and
G. E. Boyce of the Edenton Po
lice Department reported that
the car carrying the three men
ran into the third car of the
train as it was crossing the high
way.
Witnesses said the driver of
the car, which was coming south
toward town, apparently hit his
brakes and tried to go down be
'.ide the tracks. Police reported
70 feet of skid marks on the
highway.
The car was knocked across
, the highway and the train came
I to a halt some 200 feet beyond
I the point of impact. The train
Iwas going north away from
| Edenton.
| A. L. Spry of Camden, engi
| neer of the train, told police that
.he “saw the car coming down
, the highway about a quarter of
, 1 a mile down the road. I rea
i lized he wasn’t going to stop, so
i I opened up the throttle to try
|to get out of his way. My cab
, window was about half way on
the highway when I first saw
him."
I Police reported that McMillan
was driving the car. Buckner
was reported riding in the front
seat and Sessoms was in the
rear.
RED MEIN MEETING
Chowan Tribe No. 12, Im
proved Order of Red Men, will
meet Monday night. July 20, at
8 o’clock. At this meeting new
officers will be installed, so
that Thomas Jackson, outgoing
j sachem, urges a large attend
jance. The officers were scherl
j uled to be installed Monday
j night but was postponed.
| civic calendar]
' ;
Edenton Rotary Club will meet
this (Thursday) afternoon at 1
' o'clock in the Parish House.
A stated communication of
I Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F.
! & A. M., will be held tonight
j (Thursday) at 8 o'clock.
Chowan Tribe of Red Men will
meet Monday night at 8 o'clock.
William H. Coffield, Jr. Post
No. 9280, Veterans of Foreign
| Wars, will meet Tuesday night
l at 8 o'clock.
j Edenton Lions Club will meet
Monday night. July 20. at 7
o'clock at the Edenton Restauv
rant.
Ed Bond Post No. 40 of the
American Legion will meet
Tuesday night, July 21 at 8
o’clock.
i reducing yields perhaps as much
as 40 per cent in some areas.”
Overman estimated that the
tobacco yield in the Yeopim sec
tion has been cut “at least 50
per cent, and cotton in these
areas has suffered because of the
dry weather.” .
Despite the heavy losses in the
lower end of the county, the
Center Hill, Cross Roads and
Ryland sections have had enough
occasional showers to support
good crops. Overman reported.
And the. / overall cotton and
peanut crops, he said, also look
very good. "Even in the dry
areas there seems to be a rea
sonably good stand of these
crops.” -
Widespread rains during the
past week have been a “tremen
dous help” to cotton, peanuts,