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: { Albemarle Area
Volume XXXl.—Number 317
Town Councihnen Adopt
Budget For Year '64-65
Calling For $1 Tax Rate
Although Budget Is
$21,319 Higher Than
Previous Year, Same
Hate Is Maintained
Meeting in special session at
8:30 o’clock Thursday morning
of last week, Town Councilmen
/ took a final glance at the bud-
I get for the Town of Edenton for
the year 1964-65. No further
changes were made, so that the
budget was officially adopted,
which calls for a SI.OO tax rate,
the same as last year.
The budget provides for an
ticipated expenditures of $267,-
784.61, which is divvided among
the various departments as fol
lows
Adm in i strative Department,
$20,600.04; Police Department,
$45,552.50; Fire Department, $21,-
875.03; Street Department, $98.-
085.00, and other expenses, $Bl,-
672.04.
This year’s budget of $267,-
784.61 compares with $246,465.50
last year. However, despite the
increase of $21,319.11 the tax
ratfe was set again at SI.OO per
SIOO property valuation.
At Thursday morning’s meet-
ing Mayor John Mitchener ap
pointed a committee to proceed
with preliminary plans for a
f new fire station. This commit
' tee includes J. D. Elliott, A1
Phillips. Luther Parks, W. J. P.
Earnhardt, Sr., and Joe Conger,
Be has been decided to build
theEnew fire station on town
prqtterty at the corner of Broad
Stwet and Park Avenue.
Tbe Councilmen also agreed
to extend the lease to the Cho
wan Veneer Company for a
Pglod ofJDyears.
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' After meeting with one handi
cap after another, the Edenton
Street Department put the fin
idling touches on the town's
lettnis courts. Atfention to the
condition of the tennis courts
4hd desire on the part of
mtpy to play tennis was called,
to'the attention of Town Coun
cil .by J. Edwin Buffalo, Street
Commissioner, who decided that
Qi« courts should be put to use
or abandoned altogether. i I
W. J. Taylor, superintendent
of county schools, was appoint
ed chairman of Chowan County's
War Fund drive. j
The Rev. Frank Cale, pastor
of Rocky Hock. Center Hill.
Warwick and Great Hope
Churches, announced that he
would leave Chowan County
September 5 to enter the .South
ern Theological Seminary ai '
Louisville, Ky.
Mrs. Margaret Fletcher Jones. I
71. died at her home on East
Queen Street after a period of
tailing health. |
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Menton Boy Develops Into
Dedicated Athletic Official
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‘‘Strike three and y’er out!’’ I
’’ This familiar call on the part)
of an umpire has ruffled the |
feathers of many a batter, but;
not so when J. C, “Joby” Gris-J,
fin, an Edenton boy, is on the
galling end. j
Bar arbiter in'
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like he sees
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George N. Bisselte recently re
cently reported for work with
the North Carolina State Em
ployment Security Commission.
He comes to Edenton after re
tiring from the U. S. Coast
Guard Air Station at Elizabeth
City as Chief Yeoman with oarer
20 years service. A native of
Enfield, he attended the Char
lotte Center of the University
of North Carolina. Mr. Bissette,
his wife, the former Betty An
drews, and daughters Elizabeth,
Miriam and Anne will reside
at 104 W. Gale Street, Edenton.
Edenton Included
In New Film With
Wide Distribution
Film WilTse Sent to
Out -of - State Tele
vision Stations and
In Parts of Europe
The North Carolina Film
Board, a little publicized but ac
tive state motion picture agency,
expects to release a 30-minute
j film this fall which will be dis
tributed to many out-of-state TV
stations. The Edenton Chamber
of Commerce assisted the filming
crew several months ago when
they filmed various sequences in
Edenton, according to West W.
Byrum, president of the Cham
ber.
J Several of the various seg
ments filmed that will be a
part of the 30-minute master
film, will only run three or four
minutes, Byrum said, and be
sides historic Edenton, other
segments to be shown will be
Fort Raleigh, the Wright Me
, morial, the new Oregon Inlet
I Bridge, Lake Mattamuskeet, New
Bern, Bath, Beaufort and Wil
mington.
Continued on Page 7—Section I
Enfield Man Leases
Hobowsky Building
I Edward Myer of Enfield, N. C.,
has leased the Hobowsky build
ing on South Broad Street and
(will open soon under the name
'of Myer’s Department Store..
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Edentor fZ owan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 30,1964.
Band's Magazine!
Campaign Will fit !
Held Aug. 17-21
Campaign Kickoff to
Be Held August 17
In Band Room at 9
A. M.
The John A. Holmes High
School Band will conduct its an
nual Magazine Campaign begin
ning Monday, August 17 and
continuing through Friday, Au
gust 28.
In years past, high school band
members, through initiative and
salesmanship, have added meas
urably to the band music library
and instrument inventory. Eden
tonians, on the other hand, have
been offered a vast assortment
of magazines from which to
choose at subscription or below
subscription prices.
The campaign kickoff Will be
held in the high school band
room Monday morning, August
17 at 9 o’clock. All band mem
bers are requested to be pres
ent.
Immanuel Church
Planning Revival
Services Will Be Held
August 2 Through
August 7
Evangelist A1 Barbee, at one
time the world’s youngest college
president, will be at the Im
manuel Baptist Church for re
vival services beginning Sunday,
August 2, through Friday, Au
gust 7. ,
Services will start at 8 o’clock
nightly in the church’s new sanc
tuary just off Route 32 wept, one
mile from Edenton’s city limits.
Mr. Barbee, converted at the[
age of nine after hearing a gos
pel broadcast on the radio, re
ceived his formal training from
several schools. He is a gradu
ate of Bethel Baptist Bible Col
lege, Decatur, 111., The King’s
College, Briarcliff Manor, N. Y.,
and Millikin University, Illinois.
At 26 years of age, Mr. Barbee
became president of Berea
School of Theology. Decatur, 111.
Continued on Page 3, Section 1
Betsy Ross On ECC
Music Camp Staff
Fifty-one instructors, deans
and counselors are instructing
420 students during the two
week 1964 Summer Music Camp
at East Carolina College.
The staff includes 15 East
Carolina faculty members and
12 high school band directors
from North Carolina and other
states. An intensive training
program began Monday in band, 1
orchestra, chorus, theory, piano,
small ensembles, brass, wood
winds, sectional rehearsals, dance
bands and drum majors.
Students range in age from 13
through 19, all qualified mu
sicians recommended by their re
spective music teachers. The
12th annual camp closes Satur
day, August 1.
On the staff is Miss Betsy Ross
of Edenton, Who is an art in
structor.
Two Democrats
From Edenton To
Go To Unity Dinner
E. L. Hollowell and
James Bond Plan to
Attend Charlotte Af
fair Friday
Two staunch Edenton Demo
crats are expected to attend the
Democratic Unity Dinner sched
uled to be held in Charlotte Fri
| day, July 31, according to Tom
H. Shepard, county, chairman.
Tiie two are E. L. Hollowell and
James Bond..
State Democratic Party Chair
man Lunsford Crew stated that
more than 1,200 Democrats from
all over the state are expected
to attend the affair at the Park
Center atY B. |t,' when Secre
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Pictured above is a group of Edenlon Boy Scouts who recently
attended camp at Pipsico Scout Reservation. While there the
Scouts won three awards and completed requirements for 20 meri:
badges. Elbert Copeland is now Scoutmaster of Troop No. 156.
Four Edenton Jaycees Chosen
For Inclusion In ’65 Edition Os
“Outstanding Men Os America”
Edenton’s Junior Chamber of
Commerce announces that Jack
Habit, Jack T. Evans, Robert L.
Bunch, Jr., and James C. “Pete”
Dail bave been selected for in
clusion in the 1965 edition of
“Outstanding Young Men ,of
America.” These men were nom
inated earlier this year by the
Jaycee Chapter and have 'been
selected by a 13-man national
board of editors for the publi
cation.
Doug Blankenship, Past U. S.
Jaycee President (1962-63) who
is serving as chairman of the
Board, stated that men were se
lected between the ages of 21
and 36 who “had distinguished i
Regular Season
OfSoftballLeague
Will End Tonight
Semi-Finals Will Be
gin August 4 and the
Finals Week of Aug
ust 10
Jim Kinion, summer recreation
director, announced early this
week that the Men’s Softball
League will end the regular sea
son play tonight (Thursday).
The semi-final round of the
playoffs will begin Tuesday
night, August 4 with the No. 1
team playing the No. 4 team and
No. 2 team playing the No. 3
team. The semi-final playoffs
will consist of a best out of
three games.
The Varsity Club has a wide
margin -in league standing with
only one defeat in 10 games.
The Red 'Men are second with an
8-3 record, followed by Jaycees
No. 1 with 5-6 record, Jaycees
No. 2 and National Guard teams
tied for the' cellar position with
a 2-8 record.
The schedule for Thursday
night, August 4, will be as fol
lows:
Continued on Page 7, Section 1
Frank Roberts Is
The Man Os Month
By State Jaycees
His many friends will be de
lighted to learn that Frank Rob
erts, local WCDJ radio an
nouncer, has been named “Man
of the 'Month” by the North Car
olina Chamber of Commerce.
Contributing to a great degree
to this honor was Mr. Roberts'
efforts in the recent success of
Red Cross blood donations. At
one time Chowan County was
in danger of losing its supply of
emergency blood, at which time
Mr. Roberts and Edenton Jaycees
entered the picture and a sub
stantial increase, in blood dona
tions was realized.
U. S. Savings Bonds Sales Now
57.6% Os Quota In Chowan
R. Graham White, county vol-1
unteer chairman for U. S. Sav
ings Bonds, reports that bond
sales in Chowan County during
June amounted to $3,105. Cum
ulative sales fpr the year total
$41,177, which is 57.6 percent of
the e&unty’t qfiota for this year.
Ibis compares wjth $34,055 cum
ulative sales from January -to
June in 1063, This year’s quota
is $71,500. J
.U. S. Savin# Bonds Mta in |
themselves in one or more fields
of endeavor to the point of be
ing outstanding.”
“Outstanding Young Men •of
America” is an annual bio
graphical compilation of approxi
mately 10,000 young men of out
standing rank throughout the
country. Nominees for the book
come from many sources. How
ever, the majority of the nomi
nations are made by Junior
Chamber of Commerce Chapters
and College Alumni Associations.
The Junior Chamber of Com
merce has long been active in
the recognition of outstanding
adhievement among America’s
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Jaycees Selling
Tickets For Boys’
Home Bowl Game
Harry Spruill, Former
Edenton Aces’ Star,
Given Spot on North
Backfield
1 Edenton Jaycees are now sell
ing football tickets for the sec
ond annual Boys’ Home football
game which will take place at
Ficklen Stadium, East Carolina
College in Greenville, August 14.
This is a venture of the 10.000
North Carolina Jaycees in sup
porting the Boys’ Home at Lake
Waccamaw and is sanctioned by
the North Carolina High School
Athletic Association.
Harry Spruill, a 1964 graduate
of John A. Holmes High School
and football star, will be in the
North’s backfield. Therefore, the
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New Beauticians At
Leary’s Beauty Shop
Max Leary, operator of Leary’s
Beauty Shop, announces th.e ad
dition of two new beauticians,
who are now on duty. They are
Mrs. Dolores (Basnight) Ayles
worth and Miss Doris Jean Cale.
Mrs. Aylesworth is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bas
night and has been working as
a beautician in upper New York
State.
Miss Cale is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Grover Cale and
before coming back to Edenton
worked as a beautician at Vir
ginia Beach.
As an introductory to the new
beauty operators, Mr. Leary is
offering a special price for per
manent waves.
1 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.
j Rhoades, master of the lodge,
invites all Masons to -be present.
'North Carolina during the first
six months of the year amounted
to $26,572,315. This is over 53
percent of the state’s 1964 quota
of SSO million. Compared with
last year’s sales record for the
same period, sales are slightly
over 1 percent higher.
During June, sales in North
Carolina were $3,947,938. This is
a decline of more than 9 per
i cent from the comparable month
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Mrs. W. L Boswell
IsNamedDirector
Os Ocean Hiway
News of Appointment
Received Early This
Week For 1964-1965
Term
Edenton friends will be inter
ested to learn that Mrs. W. L.
Boswell has been appointed a
director of the Ocean Hiway
Association. Her appointment
was relayed to her in a letter
received this week, the appoint- 1
ment being for the year 1964-65.
The Ocean Hiway is the old
est in the country and a large
amount of money is spent an
nually in advertising and devel
oping this popular north and
south route.
Mrs. Boswell's name will ap- j
pear with the other directors on i
the association's stationery.
Reports Feature
Legion Meeting
Students Speak About
Boys’ and Girls’
State
Local Legionnaires had a very
enjoyable meeting Tuesday night
if last week When they 'heard
reports from five Chowan High
school and John A. Holmes High
School students who attended
this year’s Boys' and Girls'
State.
Those who gave reports were
Winborne Blanchard, Dennis Spi
vey and Florrette Byrum of Cho
wan High School and Nancy
O'Neal and Johnetta Davenport
of John A. Holmes High School.
Parents of the students also at
tended the meeting, 'after which
refreshments were served.
E. L. Hollowell, commander of
Ed Bond Post No. 40, says the
reports were very interesting and
well presented, so that the pro
gram was a very enjoyable or.e
and he is very complimentary of
'.he way the boys and girls pre
sented the reports.
Baptists Change Hour
Os Evening Service
Announcement was made this
week that the Sunday evening
worship service at the Edenton
Baptist Church will be changed
from 7:30 o'clock to 5 o’clock.
The change is on a trial basis
for the month of August and
will be effective this Sunday,
August 2.
The other services of the
church will remain as usual,
Sunday School at 9:45 A. M„
morning worship at 11 o’clock
and the Wednesday evening
prayer service at 7:30 o’clock.
Chowan Students On
Honor Lists At ECC
Three lists of students at East
Carolina College who have re
ceived official recognition for
outstanding achieve
ment during the spring quarter
of the 1963-1964 school year have
been announced.
Students on the honors lists
represented more than 15 per
cent of the students enrolled at
East Carolina for the spring
quarter.
Included among the honor stu
dents are eight from Chowan
County as follows:
Elizabeth Ross (all A’s); Pa
tricia Ann Waff (Dean’s List);
Avis J. Ashley, Ellen Virginia
Basnight, Nancy Marie Spivey,
Jerry Russell Tolley, Samuel Ro
land Tolley and Annie L. White
man (honor roll).
Edenton Trio At
ECC Music Camp
Carole Barnhill, Lyman Par
tin and Johnny Floars, all mem
bers of the John A. Holmes High
School Band, are in attendance
for two weeks at East Carolina
College Music Camp for high
school musicians. The music
camp provides opportunities for
participation in band, chorus, pi
ano, private instruction on in
dividual instruments, music
theory, and dance band.
These students were recom
mended for music camp because
of their outstanding interest and
participation in our local band.
$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Chamber Os Commerce Is
Nearing Accreditation
By National Organization
Guest Evangelist
REV. AL BARBEE
Revival services will be held
at Immanuel Baptist Church
Sunday, August 2 through Fri
day, August 7. Guest evangelist
will be the Rev. A1 Barbee, at
one time the world's youngest
college president.
Revivallervices”
Are Scheduled At
Center Hill Church
New Pastor, the Rev. 1
David Harris, Will
Bring Message Each
Night at 8 O’clock
Revival services will be held
this coming week, Sunday, Au
gust _2, through Saturday, Au
gust X at the Center Hill Bap
tist Church in Tyner. The spe
cial services will commence on
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock
and will continue nightly Sun
day through Saturday at 8
o’clock. During the services
special music will be featured,
with timely messages from the
Word of God. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
Preaching during the services
will be the new pastor of the
church, the Rev. David Harris.
He was born in Africa, the son
of missionaries, and is a gradu- 1
ate of Hampden Dußose Acad-'
emy, Zellwood, Florida, and!
Wheaton College, Wheaton, 11-1
linois. He is currently a stu- ]
dent at Southeastern Seminary
in Wake Forest. He was recent
ly ordained to the Christian min
istry at the Center Hill Baptist
Church.
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Semi-finals in the Men’s Soft
ball League will be played on [
Tuesday night. August 4, and I
Wednesday night, August 5, with!
games beginning at 7:30 o'clock I
aftd 9 o'clock.
John A. Holmes High School
Band will conduct its annual
magazine campaign from Mon
day, August 17 through Friday,
August 28.
Official dedication of new Im
manual Baptist Church will be
held Sunday afternoon, August
16. at 3 o'clock.
Revival services will be held
Continued from Page B—Section 1
Local 4-H Boys And Girls Take
Active Part In State 4-H Week
Eighteen Chowan County 4-H,
Club members joined over 1,3001
4-H'ers from throughout North
Carolina at State 4-H Club Week
in Raleigh last week. Accom
panying these 4-H'ers were adult
leaders Mrs. Carlton Perry and
Mrs. Fahey Byrum and Exten
sion Agents Frances McCaskill
and Harry Venters.
The 4-H’ers participated in
many activities during the week.
Philip Smithson, Bernard By
rum, and Sanfra Ange participat
ed in the State 4-H talent show.
Philip and Bernard, billed as
“The Torches”, formed a vocal
duet accompanying themselves
on electric guitars singing “Mi
chael”. Sanfra demonstrated her
ability with the baton. A spe
cial highlight of her act was
twirling the fire baton. Both oft
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'Special Trip Made to
Edenton By Examin
er to Discuss Evalua
tion Report
The Edenton Chamber of
Commerce moved one step near
er accreditation by the National
Chamber this week when Lester
G. Flesner, director of service to
State Executives Associations for
the Chamber of Commerce of
the United States, directed a dis
cussion at a luncheon regarding
an evaluation report previously
submitted.
“Mr. Flesner served as the
examiner of our report,” West
W. Byrum, president of the local
Chamber stated, “making a spe
cial trip from Washington to
| Edenton for this purpose. The
evaluation report was praised for
its thoroughness and is expected
to serve as the final step neces
sary before our Chamber is
awarded national accreditation
for its organization, objectives
j and programs of work. The dis
cussion involved our entire op
|erations since reorganization in
11958. Accreditation means pres
j tige and a strengthening of our
Chamber and its activities".
Others attending the meeting
at the Edenton Restaurant were
past and present officers and di
rectors of the Chamber and in
j eluded in addition to Mr. Byrum,
jw. P. “Spec” Jones, Joe H. Con
ger, Jr., George A. Byrum, May
or John A. Mitchener, George R.
Lewis, Bruce Jones, Scott Har
rell and J. M. Robinson.
Four Edenton Girls
| At Tri-Hi-Y Congress
j Pat Byrum, Helen Rogerson,
Arlene Fry and Susan Byrum,
I members of the Tri-Hi-Y at
i John A. Holmes High School,
left Sunday for Blue Ridge,
N C. While there they will at
tend the officer-leader sessions
of the Tri-Hi-Y Congress being
held there this week.
The girls were accompanied
by Mrs. A. E. Jenkins. Tri-Hi-Y
1 sponsor, and are scheduled to
return home Saturday.
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JAMES O. PERRY, JR.
After serving as clerk in the
Edenton Post Office for nine
years, James O. Perry, Jr„ will
leave Edenlon for Williamston.
Mr. Perry has been appointed
supervisor for the J. Paul Simp
son Agency in Williamston.
, these acts were well received,
j The “Rhythm Steppers,” She
lia Byrum, Chris Hollowell,
Vicky Leary, and Robin Hendrix,
presented special talent numbers
during the State 4-H dress revue.
They presented a Dutch tap
dance number in keeping with
the international theme of the
dress revue and the Honey Bun
number from “South Pacific”.
They were asked.to appear the
following day on the Aspect TV
program which is carried on
eight stations throughout North
Carolina.
Another of the main activities
at State 4-H Club Week included
the state finals in the demon
stration contests. Mary Alice
Tynch competed in the egg
cookery demonstration, Paul
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