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'WOMAN OP THE YEAR'—Edenlon's first lady, Mrs. John A. Mitchener. Jr., right, is the
1964 Woman of the Year as selected by the Business and Professional Woman's Club. Mrs.
Mitchener is joining in this picture by Mrs. Mae Belle Wooten, BPW president, and Tivis Wick
er of Elizabeth City, who spoke at the banquet held at Masonic Temple. Mrs. Mitchener holds
the spray of red rose buds presented to her by Mrs. Wooten.
6PW Club Honors
< Mrs. Mitchener
Edenton’s First Lady is also
the 1964 Woman of the Year as
chosen by the Business and Pro
fessional Woman’s Club.
Mrs. John A. Mitchener, Jr.,
■was chosen for the honor and
presented a certificate and the
traditional red roses at a BPW
Bosses’ Night banquet February
18.
In announcing the winner,;
Mrs. A. W. Wooten, president,;
said the winner possesses out
standing- and desirable Chahacter
istics of womanhood,- - j
Mrs. Wooten said many do not,
realize the magnitude of Mrs. \
Mitchener’s impact as a com
munity leader because she does
not seek the limelight. Also
cited was the fact that she is
an “active and vital” member of :
the Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Mitchener, a registered
pharmacist, is a native of Con
cord and met her husband while
they were students at the Uni
versity of North Carolina. She
returned to the practice of her
profession when her children
went to school.
f Tivis Wicker of Elizabeth
City, director of adult educa
tion and extension at the Col
lege of the Albemarle, discussed
•the close ties of love and edu
cation. He also asked the ques
tion if students are being edu-1
cated for something better than
just for the sake of a college
degree.
Mrs. Julia Hassell was mis
tress of ceremony for the an
nual banquet held at the Ma-!
sonic Temple.
Anti-Poverty Groups
Attend Meeting Here
Representatives from Gates, j
Perquimans and Chowan counties
will meet here at 2 P. M. today
(Thursday)) to discuss portions'
of the Economic Opportunity Act
of 1964.
David Dear of Elizabeth City,
head of the EOA secticn of Albe
inarle Area Development Asso
ciation, will attend the meeting.
West Byrum, Jr., chairman of
Jhe Southwest Division of AAD 4,
said the meeting will be held at
Edenton’s Municipal Building.
JAYCEES MEET TONIGHT
Edenton’s Junior Chamber of
Commerce will meet tonight
(Thursday) at 7 o’clock at the
Edenton Restaurant. President
Pete Dail urges every Jaycee to
be present. I
Chowan Council To Offer
Extension Art Instruction
Tfce Chowan Art Council an
nounced this week that an adult
class in drawing and painting is
now available in Edenton through
the services off the College of the
Friends Os Library
t Recruiting Members
gs friends of Brown-Carver Li
brary are now recruiting more
members. All persons interested
in applying for membership
may do so by contacting Miss
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
®lje |Jubitc parade
VALUE DISCOVERED—EIse
where in The Herald is a
story about specialists from
the Department of Archives
and History in Raleigh who
made a big error in judgment
about some old Chowan Coun
ty records.
Since these documents were
not destroyed, as they sug
gested, but saved and shared
with those interested in his
tory in the form of booklets,
Chowan officials should think
twice before letting them be
hauled off.
Some of the records on tax
ables, etc., date back to pre
revolutionary period. They
would be ideal pieces for the
Hall of Fame or existing li
braries and museums. Some
could now be displayed in the
Panel Room on the second
floor of the courthouse as a
tourist attraction.
Pete Smith and Grayson
Harding have been criticized
for publishing their booklets
—Chowan County Taxables,
one of 1788 and another of
1800. They should be com
mended for their foresight
and not condemned.
Chowan commissioners acted
properly in asking the special
ists to inspect the records be
fore disposition was made.
The state folks made an
error in judgment. Another
one should be avoided.
LITTLE THINGS Edenton
has a couple of reluctant
guests this week and we are
being ribbed for going to any
length to boost our economy.
It all started Saturday
night when Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford Warren and Mr. and
Mrs. W. Ray Lackey came to
visit. Mrs. Warren became
ill and just when we thought
it was something we had fed
her, Dr. David Wright diag
nosed the case as appendicitis.
She was admitted to Cho
wan Hospital. While waiting
for Dr. Polk Williams to op
erate, we discovered that Ray
and Spec Jones were old bud
dies from the days when Ray
ran a county hospital in
Alexander.
Rudolph Dale checked out
of the hospital just in time
for our guest to have a pri
vate room waiting when she
returned from surgery.
Mrs, James Robinson was
very helpful in getting private
duty nurses and by mid-after
Albemarle and East Carolina Col
lege.
The class will begin the second
week in March and continue
through the spring quarter. The
fee will be $25 for the course.
Adults interested in participat
ing should register on Tuesday,
March 9 at 7:30 P. M. at the Art
Council IStudio above tlie Edenton
Savings and Loan Association of
fices or should cafl Mrs. L. Polk
Williams, Jr., 482-2575.
Don Durland, faculty mem
ber of the (School? of Art at East
Carolina College, will instruct the
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Edenton, Cht i “ County, North Carolina 27932 Thursday, February 25, 1965.
noon Monday the Warrens
were feeling as if they were
long time residents of our fair
town.
The Lackeys headed west
and Clifford settled down to
wait for Lucille to sufficiently
recover for the 290-mile trip
home. All the concern shown
at the hospital here just flab
ergasted the whole group
This is just one of the things
that makes Edenton unique.
Sometimes we grow to ex
pect such treatment which to
others is something money
can’t buy. Before the sore
ness leaves the Warrens may
just decide to stay. It would
be a good deal for both them
and the community.
WATER TEMPERATURE—
Have you ever wondered how
cold the water gets in the
Albemarle Sound when the
weather is like it has been re
cently?
■Our “sound water tempera
ture” expert is Bob Ashley
who took a short swim last
week. No, Bob isn’t a mem
ber of any polar bear club,
he just didn’t want an em
ployee of Union Bag-Camp
Paper Corp.. to drown.
RETROACTIVE?—Two piec
es of legislation which, if pass
ed, will come home to roost
two years hence! deals with
expense payments to members
of the General Assemblv. It
so happens that both bills are
authored by men from our
former home county of Ire
dell.
Rep. Robert A. Collier, Jr.,
a freshman, said he knew the
“political implications” which
would be tied to his bill to
increase daily expense allow
ance from sl2 to S2O. He had
to rewrite his original legisla
tion when it was found to be
unconstitutional.
The other, to be introduced
by Senator Jimmy Johnson,
also of Statesville, would give
members of the General As
sembly a small expense al
lowance while the Legislature
is not in session.
It is generally agreed that
one on a weekly payroll can’t
get along on existing allow
ances to our representatives.
Therefore, (every two years)
most campaigns are built
around an individual’s “burn
ing desire to be of service to
the great State of North Caro
lina.”
Both bills have merit. Our
fuss with Bobby’s daily ex
pense measure is the portion
which deals with making it
retroactive to February 3, the
opening of the 1965 General
Assembly.
The gentleman from Iredell
knew exactly what the job
paid when he flanked down
his filing fee and said: “Here
I am. Send me.”
We know the authors of
these two pieces of legislation
as tight-fisted men who the
taxpayer, up until now, would
have rested at ease with the
purse strings. •
Rep. W'. J. P. Earnhardt, Jr.,
gave up a county court solicit
orship paying $250 per month
and probably a goodly part of
his thriving law practice, to
seek Chowan’s seat in the
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b ooklets Create
Interest In Old
County Records
The North Carolina Department
of Aic.iives and History has had
a change of heart about some old
Jhe wan County records which
they declared of no value about
12 months ago.
What has apparently brought
he value of these papers to their
’ttenticn is a letter which Gray
son H. Harding of Edenton wrote
to Tire State magazine that was
published in the February 15
ssue.
Harding and Robert P>. Smith
saved the records from destruc
tion and printed two booklets
dealing with Chowan County Tax
ab es of 1788 and 1800. A con
siderable amount cf interest has
>een expressed in the booklets and
ither publications were planned
:nti' the state said the records
ould be carried to Raleigh.
At a time when the Cupola
House museum is being renovat
id, a new library is being plan
led and the Ha l of Fame for
Patriots of the Revolution is be
ng surveyed, some_ Edentonians
"eel these records snould not be
taken from Chowan County.
Smith gained possession of the
records when a building was be
ing razed to make room for the
off-street parking lot behind the
Hotel Joseph Hewes. The county
commissioners had asked the De
partment of Archives and History
io inspect the papers and were
informed that they were of nr
value.
Smith got the five boxes jus'
before the trash truck arrived l
ind has spent considerable time;
plowing through them picking out ;
hings of interest. He said some!
of the documents were signed by [
Samuel Johnston, Joseph Hewes j
and others.
W. E. Bond, chairman of the j
county commissioners, said the
Department of Archives and His
tory in Raleigh is a depository
for old county records. These
were not believed of any value
until Smith and Harding published
the booklets.
"Those men did this county*.r.
real service in saving those re>
rrds and the documents should re
main in Chcwan for future use in
museums and other places of in
terest ” one citizen said.
Harding’s letter to The State
follows:
‘'Sunday, I picked up one of
Continued On Page Six
Officials Awaiting
Report Os Survey
A report is expected within
two weeks on a feasibility sur
vey for the Hall of Fame for
Patriots of the Revolution.
Officials of Tamblyn & Brown
of New York, fund raising and
counseling experts, are now go
ing over the results of a physi
cal survey conducted by Dr.
Rian.
Whether or not the New York
firm is willing to organize and
direct a campaign to raise $1
million for the national shrine
will be told in a forthcoming re
port to the Hall of Fame board
of directors.
James M. Robinson, executive
director, said an official of the
New York concern will personal
ly report to the hoard at a date
to he established.
Dr. Rian, an educational con
sultant with the firm, was here
earlier this month and visited
numerous people in the state, in
cluding Gov. Dan K. Moore.
Later he discussed the project
with Frank P. Graham at the
United Nations. The reaction of
all the people interviewed will
be discussed in the report.
MAP HEART FUND CANVASS—-Tom Shepard, cooler, is surrounded by some of the vol
unteer* who art assisting him in having a successful Heart Fund campaign in Edenton. Shown
making plans for dosing activities are. left to right Mr*. Joe Conger, Jr. Mr*. Joe Thorud.
Shepard. Rudolph Dale. Mr*. Edward Bond and Caswell Edmund son.
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WINS PEANUT TROPHY—James Monds of Tyner, second from right, has won the Edenton
Chamber of Commerce trophy for peanut production. Monds, who produced an average of 4,162
pounds per acre on 4.6 acres, is shown here following a banquet at Edenton Restaurant. Left
to right are: Alton Elmore, chamber president: Lloyd E. Griffin, guest speaker; Monds: and
Leonard Small, a member of the chamber agriculture committee and who presided at the
banquet.
Farmers Given Challenge
To Spread Peanut Story
Chowan County’s exclusive pea
nut club held a banquet last week
and heard a man with state-wide
nfluence call for more local pro
cessing of their product.
Lloyd E. Griffin, executive di
rector, IN. C. Citizens Assccia-
Mayor Mitchener
Talks To Women
Chowan Democratic Women this
week-* heard! M9Yb'r Y JiYvir A, Mi t
chener, Jr., describe a recent good
will trip to Russia which l.e made
with a group of North Carolina
officials.
Meeting at Edenton Rastaurant
on Monday, the women also heard
their president Mrs. W. J. I’.
Earnhardt, Sr., urge them to study
state and national legislation and
be well informed on the issues.
A resolution of appreciation
and respect to former Rep. 1!.
Warner Evans was passed. It ex
pressed appreciation for “his
faithful service to the Democratic
Party and the citizens of Chcwan
County.”
The Democratic group also
drafted a letter recognizing the
abilities of Rep. W. J. P. Earn
hardt, Jr., who was appointed by
Gov. Dan K. Moore to replace
Evans when the latter resigned
because of ill health.
Mrs. John Graham, program
chairman, introduced Mayor Mit
chener.
Progress Made On
Chowan Courthouse
Charles Morgan, painting con
tractor, has a crew of men work
ing at the Chcwan County Cou: l
house. The courtroom and other
portions of ithe historic structure
are being repaired and painted.
The Courthouse will be head
quarters for the biennal Pilgrim
age of Historic Edenton and
Countryside April 9-11.
However, Morgan has promised
Chowan County Commissioners
that he will complete the project
prior to March 29 when a ses
sion of Superior Court opens.
tion, declared that as production
increases more avenues for pro
cessing and distributing peanuts
, must be explored.
lie suggested that a group of
Chowan farmers could be quite
successful by joining together to
i give the trad-; a small smart
i package of peanuts which would
be sold only under H e trade name
of “Tea Party Nuts.”
The speaker said packaging and
j advertising would do the distri
• hilling job. “Only the very se
' lect nuts would be included in a
-■j very attractive package,” Griffin
i said.
j “Once established as a favorite
' munching food at parties, recep
tions and banquets at which ‘Tea
Party Nuts’ were served,” Grftin
raid! “merchants throughout the
i ration would be anxious to stock
j‘Tea Party Nuts’ for their trade.”
He also cited other means of
making thy goober, “the lowly
duckling groundpea,” into a
“princely product of great value,”
I “Since nature has placed our
! community in the midst of the
j best peanut growing area of the
nation, can we afford to neglect
|so great an opportunity to make.
I Edenton the peanut capital .of
j North Carolina and one day rival
Suffolk in the processing and
sah cf peanut products through
. out the nation?” lie asked.
The speaker .challenged the
i members of the One and Three*
fourths Ton Peanut Club to send
students to State College to spe
cialize in. the chemistry of pea
nuts and type of soil necessary
for quality peanuts; to interest
capital to build a cold storage
plant for peanuts in Edenton; and
to start processing peanuts in
Edenton for a number of the pea
nut products now i:ii tile market
and for others which the chem
istry laboratory may disclose.
Griffin said to accept the chal
lenge, it will be necessary for
some hoy to decide in his heart
t.iat he wili become the peanut
king of North Carolina —and mak
i Edenton the peanut capita! of the
state and nation.
Earlier tile speaker traced the
i history of the peanut and report
ed on some unusual produets
Continued on Page Four
Successful War
On Polio Is Over
HERTFOR.D, N. C.—The First
District Medical Society held its
third and final Stop Polio Sun
day this past Sunday in a nine
county area of northeastern
North Carolina.
A total of 49,311 residents of
Pasquotank, Camden, Currituck,
Perquimans. Chowan, Gates,
Dare, Bertie, and Hertford coun
ties visited public clinics, mostly
in the schools. Sunday afternoon
to receive the final in a three
dose series of Sabjn Oral Polio
Vaccine, 5,184 Chowan County
residents turned out to receive
the final dose.
“We were highly pleased with
the traffic in the clinics Sun
day," Dr, T. P. Brinn, Hertford,
Chairman of the project, said
today. “We didn’t have quite as
many as we did for the second
dose on January 10, when we,
gave 52,787 doses,” Dr. Brinn
explained, “but we did much
better than we did on the first
dose back on November 15, when!
we had a total of 46,239.”
Dr. Brinn expressed apprecia
tion to the more than 500 vol
unteer citizens who worked ini
the polio clinics during the three
Sundays of the campaign. '“Our'
entire group performed in an i
outstanding manner,” Dr. Brinn
said. Volunteer physicians, nurs
es, P.T.A. members, school of- 1
ficials, and Jaycees manned the
clinic location* throughout the;
nine county area. They were
backed up by a smoothly work
ing radio communications team
made up of civil defense radio
personnel, citizens band opera
tors, and law enforcement offi
cers. Public Health .Department
officials also assisted in the
campaign.
Pasquotank County led the
nine county area Sunday in the
number of doses served with
10,198. Bertie County was a
close second with 10,004.
Make-up clinics are being held
in the public health departments
of most of the counties this week
to give make-up doses to persons
who missed the third dose Sun
day.
Heart Fund Goal In Sight
As Campaign Nears End
Tom Shepard, Chowan County
chairman of the month long Feb
ruary Heart Fund drive, today an
nounced preliminary returns with
a rack-up total of $703.38 toward
a goal cf $1,500 to reach by tire
close of February 28.
Still to be counted arc contri
butions from the city-wide Heart
iSunday solicitation on February
21, the tag and balloon day on
February 20. the road block tag
day and two-thirds of the rural
community.
The tabulation thus far includes
the following: $423.50, business
and corporations; $79.80, balloon
and tag day; $35. clubs and or
ganizations; SBO, special gifts; $54,
one rural community, and s3l col
lected from participants at the
Polio Clinic.
The final collection wall aug
ment the total already received
during the month-long campaign
which supports the expanded re
search, education and community
eervice program of the Tidewater
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School Officials
Told To Prepare
For Desegregation
School boards which think
they can continue to get federal
funds without a suitable plan for
desegregation are only fooling
themselves and buying little
time.
That was the opinion of Dr.
J. Everett Miller of Raleigh, as
sistant superintendent, State De
partment of Public Instruction,
as he addressed a meeting of
school officials from 11 North
eastern administrative units
Tuesday night.
Dr. Miller said the way he
reads the law, eventually nj
school can operate even if fed
eral funds are rejected by the
administrative unit.
The new Civil Rights Law is
that inclusive.
Showing signs of strain, the
expert on school law said the
I following is happening:
I—Sooner than we think chil
dren will attend the school near
est their residence, regardless of
; their wishes.
; 2—Students will ride the bus
serving the school being attend
: ed.
3 Teachers will be employed
on the basis of competence.
4 State organizations operat
ing at the schools will be merg
ed. (On July 1, 1965, the Future
Farmers of America and the New
Farmers of America will become
FFA and the same with the Fu
ture Homemakers).
5 Unitary staff meetings must
be held . . . teachers in all units
will work as a total staff.
Discussing alternatives, Dr.
Miller said the so-called '“free
dom of choice” plan is merely a
: stop-gap. The other alternative
is the zone method where stu
dents are assigned to the school
within the zone where they live.
Or. Miller pointed out that if
schools want funds continued
they should submit a plan by
April 1 so it can be reviewed
! in Raleigh and sent to Was.hin.g
--! ton for approval,
j The funds he spoke of are
sizeable. In 1964-65, North Car
olina schools are getting $34
; million in federal funds. If the
program submitted by Presi
dent Johnson is approved in full,
next year SB7 million in federal
funds would come to this state.
Dr. Miller traced the history
of federal aid to education back
in 1917 when the first vocational
act was passed by Congress.
From that time until now the
federal government has become
involved in all aspects of the
state’s total school program, he
Continued On Page Six
T ire Razes Home
Suiiday Morning
The entire community is re
sponding to a plea for assistance
for the family of Emily Riddick,
who lost most of their possessions
when fire destroyed their home
early Sunday.
Haughtcn Khringhaus said those
wishing to contribute any house
hold items to the family could
contact him. He can be calle 1
at the Hotel Joseph Hewes.
182-9716.
Fire Chief W. J. Yates reports
hat the frame home on Indian
Trail Road 12 miles east of
Kdentcn, was beyond saving when
firemen arrived. The fire de
partment was called at 2:15 a. m.
Firemen reported that, all the
furnishings were destroyed hut the
family was able to get some
clothing out.
Thus Was the first fire call
answered by the department this
i month.
Heart Association.
“T ou still have a chance to
contribute,” pointed out Shepard
and Caswell Edmuundson, city
chairman. Those not at homo
Sunday when the Heart Sunday
volunteer called may mail in the
envelope left at the door, or may
contact Mrs. J. H. Conger, Jr., or
Mrs. Joseph Tborud, co-chairman
of Heart Sunday. Those who may
have missed an opportunity in the
rural edthmunlty may contact
Harry Venters, who is co-chairman
of rural collections.
“We sincerely feel,” said Shep
ard and Edmondson, “that resi
dents of Chowan County and
Edenton wiU do their part as al
ways in fighting the No. 1 health
enemy.. The Otoccess of the Heart
Association’* fight against the
heagb ■os blood vessel diseases
depend* Qeee indications of
your godirosHy. We are de
lighted that the response so f;>-
indicate* the pom bftity our goal