For Quick Results ... Try a Classified Ad In The Herald Vol. XXXII.—No. 14 pi ■ Chamber Of 1 Commerce Gives Support To Proposal By Telephone Company For New ‘Albemarle Metro’ ELIZABETH CITY— The Nor folk & Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Company announced Friday that toll-free telephone service will be made available \ I / -Sr r-rVk v g3dNWM'iv.t^ »x 4 \ ' :s -y ; -\PrVApf\ f ' 1 I»3*. .«*• \ vlh®—\ fciv .. VTjA VO •' \ 1 :jHEjBBBr*- . ..\ 1 llSSli4f <*, ; SvWW C*tv \ HfpQA : l-iiw§Sr \A£* J atrwSt %•%' v^>V\\ nmfi- A**/* -r. .■ Mvlis * X.-yK e\y A\ r* /111 f ■:?'•. 4 \ /Ai \\ ’, L ilH'' £wk(\i ui s v s x ' r **gv»' > — ffisSTi /* —■» \ o » _ \_ _ -v7l -v e Wmrw-' V- \ \ A • i . 5^1555»22355H85&<^n-s \ O^jAs^ 1 -. r 1 S T ■> r-. 7 > w/'jXSC--/\ v? ’#v® t ./ f»? f . '?!> *im% \ V • „ - ,8, m ar ;K-? ® ALBEMARLE METRO.—The sketch above shows the proposed toll-free calling -area which Norfolk & Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Company proposes. The new system, known as Albemarle Metro, will go into effect nextfyear if telephone subscribers approve the plans later this month. Officials believe this would be the largest. area of toll-free calling in the country. tUh? Ttiublir IHararle ROLL HER OUT—The wel come carpet in Edenton is big ger and redder than anyplace else. And it is all rolled out this week for visitors to the dedication and* 1965 Pilgrim age of Colonial Edenton and Countryside. We take special pride in having the opportunity to wel come Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. Bunch, Jr., of Statesville. Mrs. Bunch is president of the N. C. Federation of Women’s Clubs. It was bur happy privilege to count the Bunches as friends while living in States ville. They are such fine folks they could qualify for mem bership in the exclusive Eden tonian society. Mrs. Bunch is one of the most charming women we know. She is also one of the -most active. In addition to her important service through the years to the Woman’s Club, she has had a little to do with politics.* As a matter of fact, she weath ered many storms on the Ire dell County Board of Educa tion and turned up as chair man. Rep. Herbert Bonner of Washington, veteran congress man from the First District, is interrupting a busy schedule in the Nation’s Capital to fly to “Ye Towne on Queen Anne’s Creek” for the dedica tion of the new Municipal Building today. He needs no introduction hereabouts. The Municipal Building is a handsome structure of Colon ial architecture. This thing of beauty replaced an eyesore on the waterfront. Sure, it cost money, but the funds came from profits in an ac celerated public works pro gram and no increase in taxes was necessary. Word has just been received that a special guest for the pilgrimage will be Alfred P. Nicholson, British Counsel in ftorfolk. \ To Mrs. Bunch, Rep. Bonner, and Counsel Nicholson we bid a hearty welcome. We know you will like what you see in Edenton. We already know we like you. So; the biggest and reddest cprpet is rolled out not only for the dignitaries, but for everyone. You enroll dtetin • A FIT PRODUCTION—The Edenton Little Theater will Rftrnarrl qu ow THE CHOWAN HERALD to its customers in U exchanges if they approve the plan by mail ballot. Under the proposal, the exist ing exchanges of Moyock, Coin- vious productions, it is confi dently expected that this play will surpass the others, at least in several aspects of the production. In that it is set in Revolu tionary times and because per formances coincide with the tour, special care has been taken to be historically accur ate in the selection of furni ture and properties. Many of the costumes —Particularly the military dress have been rented from New York, but the five different sets have been designed, built and paint ed by a small group of local people. Colorful authenticity has been aimed at in all scenes. The story is brisk and capti- j vating, and the acting will do it credit. Bill Cozart plays the sardonic Devil’s Disciple, and Elaine Williams plays opposite him as the distraught wife of the local minister. ' Charles Wood is the unfath omable minister and Jim Ricks the gentlemanly General Bur goyne. Snooky Bond plays the bitter and loveless mother of the devil’s disciple, while Joe Con ger, Jr., plays her other son. Dick Dixon is the Sergeant and Glenn Mabe the Major. Twenty-six people are in the cast, with a backstage, crew of several more. The play is produced and di rected by Ross Inglis, a most capable person. Performances are set for 8 P. M., Friday and Saturday, at the John A. Holmes High School auditorium. Tickets are available at Mitchener’s and Hollowell’s or at the door. If enthusiasm and overflow numbers warrant it further performances will be arranged. v JUST PLAIN SILLY—While action is lacking on other things, the General Assembly takes time to debate the “all important” name-change bill for State College. It is just plain silly, and a mite embarrassing, for so much time is spejjt over the name of an institution of high er learning. Now the clincher is ' the threat of a state-wide vote on the Question. That might be the real solution and it wouldn’t run higher than six Call it what you want, George, but to those who ma trtcuiate 8t Wsks Forest, 'Duko Carolina at Chapel Hill, °the t4 _ _.. , * 11 Elston, Chowan County, North Carolina 27932 Thursday, April 8, 1965 jock, Mamie, Elizabeth City, South Mills, Sunbury, Hertford and Edenton would become a free calling area called The Al bemarle Metro Area. Walters Re-Named To School Post C. C. this week was reelected superintendent of Cho wan County Schools. The board of education named Supt. Walters for another two year term. No other applica tions for the post were received and the board’s action was unanimous. At Monday’s meeting, the I school board also re-appointed four members to the district, school committee. They are: Willie Joyner, Ivan Bunch, Wil bert Hare and Carlton Goodwin. The board accepted the resig nation of district chairman Hen ry Bunch and planned to name the fifth member of the com mittee in the near future. White Oak Elementary School will be available for use by the anti-poverty group to set up a day care center, if such space is needed. Supt. Walters advis ed the board that some spare classroom space exists at the school and the board agreed to provide it for the anti-poverty program as it is needed. The board also took further steps to cover the concrete floor at the Negro elementary School. A discussion was held concern ing the election of faculty mem bers in the county schools, but no action was taken pending recommendations from the dis trict committee and Supt. Wal ters. Another lengthy discussion was held concerning fees charg ed in the schools and Supt. Wal ters was instructed to work to ward getting all fees cut to a minimum, especially those in volving commercial studies at' the school. The board agreed that no student should be de prived of the* privilege of tak ing typewriting because of the sl2 fee. Supt. Walters said some fees, such as fines on late library books, etc., are necessary but assured the board that every effort would be made to slash the fees as much as possible. O. C. Long, chairman, presided at the lengthy session. Dr. A. F. Downum, N. J. George, Eugene Jordan and Frank Williams, members, attended the monthly meeting. Tax Collections Off During March Tax collections in Chowan County were experiencing the usual spring slump, according to a report issued, this week by Sheriff Earl Goodwin. The sheriff reported that $16,- 165.94 was collected on the IW4 levy of $391,864.63. In addition, new exchanges [ would be located at Shiloh, Weeksville and Welch, which • will also share in the free call ing area. Rates would be standardized throughout the new metro area. “It would be the first ‘non urban’ metro area in North Carolina and one of the first in the nation,” N. & C. T. & T. President L. S. Blades, Jr., said. The proposal was formally an nounced here Friday night at a dinner for 100 business, civic and political leaders from the as- Edenton Chamber of Com merce is 100 per cent be hind the telephone company proposal, according to Presi dent Alton Elmore. “Here is something the average citi zen can do to attract new industry to the area,” Elmore said/in * urging local sub scribers to vote for the pro posal. He pointed out that the chamber had sought toll free service in the Edenton- Sunbury-Hertford area. “This proposal far exceeds our wildest expectation and the telephone company deserves a big favorable majority as an expression of our appre ciation for their foresight,” he said. fected area. The change-over would cost the company $2,152,908 in capital outlay and would climax a $6,855,458 expansion program which has been underway since 1961. The toll - free service area would extend for 60 miles from east to west—roughly the dist ance from Greensboro to Raleigh. It would reach from the Albe marle Sound to Virginia and from Currituck Sound west to the Chowan River, including Merry Hill section of Bertie County. It would include all of parts of seven dp the eight counties served by N. & C. T. & T. liertio. Camden. Choyap, Currituck, Gates, ' and Perquimans. There are now about 12,000 subscribers in the affected area. The company anticipates a growth to more than 13,000 by the target date of the change over in October, 1966. Os the area now served, only Dare County and 92 subscribers in Gatesville would not be in cluded in the new free calling area. Over-all monthly rate increases would range from 75 cents to $4.75 for business. However, residence rate increases would only be 75 cents to $2.00. The new areawide rates for (Continued on Page Seven) Scholarship Goes To James Brabble James Carroll Brabble, Route 2, Edenton, has been awarded a SI,OOO scholarship to study agri culture at State College, Ra leigh. The scholarship was awarded by Smith-Douglass, a division of the Borden Chemical Company, fertilizer and chemical manufac turers, which annually makes scholarships available to deserv ing students. Brabble, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James T. Brabble, is majoring in animal husbandry. He plans to do extension work after completing his formal edu cation. Since 1953, Smith-Douglass has contributed $26,000 and has awarded approximately 28 schol arships at North Carolina State. These were made available through the 4-H and FFA pro grams. Special Classes Set At School Mrs. Edna Reaves, home eco nomics teacher at John A. Holmes High School, will begin a series of -clothing construction classes for adults Tuesday even ing, April 13, at 8 o’clock, in the home economics department of the school. The classes will be held each Tuesday evening for a period, of six. weeks with the exception of the week after Easter, at which time the class will be held Thursday evening, April 22. The first meeting of the class will be an organizational meet ing and a period of determining the type of instruction wanted by those who enrol. There will be no charge for the course; however, the stu dents will have to furnish their own materials. Mrs. Reaves will be assisted by Mrs. Audrey Stafford, stu dent teacher from East Carolina ■. ' . •• V■: ■ ■ ' r*i ' - ' - HENRY G. QUINN Quinn, Twiddy File For Office A race for the second of three j town council seats up for elec } tion on May 4 developed Mon- I day when two men filed for councilman-at-large. Henry G. Quinn, Albania ! Acres, and Warren Twiddy, 100 1 Twiddy Avenue, tossed their j hats into the ring. Earlier, Mc- Kay Washington, 138 Morris I Circle, announced that he would | seek the seat now held by | George Alma Byrum. Byrum is I not seeking re-election. Thus, at least three posts in I the forthcoming municipal elec j tion are contested, according to ! West Byrum, Jr„ chairman of i Chowan Board of Elections. Mayor John A. Mitchener, Jr., | is seeking re-election and is now J opposed by Roy Harrell, j In the Fourth Ward, incum- I bent Councilman Luther C. Parks is running for another term and Earl Britton has filed I to run against him. The fourth post on the ballot will be from the Third Ward, where David White has filed. Councilman -JR. Elton Forehand is not running to succeed him self. White, thus far, is unop posed. Byruin pointed out that the deadline for candidates to file , -ift-tt-miM Saturday, April 10. Quinn, 46, is seeking his first public office. He is currently serving on the Selective Service Board of Chowan County, a post he has held for the past 10 years. The candidate is president of P & Q Super Market and vice j I president of Community Enter- j prise, Inc. He is also secretary- j treasurer of Pathway House, Inc. j Quinn is active in Edenton Chamber of Commerce and serves on the Merchants Com mittee. He is a member of (he VFW, American Legion, Unanimity j Lodge No. 7, A. ,F.& A. M„ j the Scottish Rite and a Shriner. He is married to the former Mamie Brazil and they have a daughter who attends John A. Holmes High School. The Quinns are members of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Quinn said he is vitally in terested in the continued growth of Edenton and with his busi ness background believes he could contribute substantially to this growth. “My candidacy is j a positive thing,” he emphasized. | Twiddy was out of town and could not be reached for com ment. Jaycees Winner Os Cash Prize Edenton Jaycees took the First District Rally in Wilson last weekend like Grant moving into Richmond. President Pete Dail said 17 Jaycees and their wives and two stags wept Sufficient to bring home the $25 attendance prize offered the cjub with the best attendance. , “They knew the folks from Edenton was there,” President Dail said in reporting on the rally. The event Was held at the Holiday Inn in Wilson with 375 registering. Those from the lqcal club at tending in addition to Mr. and Mrs. Dail were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Waller, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar White, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Habit, Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Harrell, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dail, Mr. and Mrs. Billy Ricks and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Goodwin. Also, Mr. and Mrs. Billy Boyce, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cox, Mr. and Mrs. John Jethro, Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. Van Small, Mr. and Mrs. Billy Dail, Mr. and Mrs. John Paul Bass, Frank Habit and Dave Hallock. LIONS MEET MONDAY Edenton’s Lions Club will meet Monday night, April 12 at ,7 o’clock at tbe Edenton Restau rant. President Thorud urg es every Lion to be present- Municipal Building Program, Pilgrimage Bringing Throngs Here For Special Baptist Church Scene Os Second Society Concert Another in a scries of con certs by The Albemarle Choral Society will be held at Edenton ’ Baptist Church at 4 P. M., Sun i j day with Dr. Clifford Bair as ; conductor. ■ | This is the first annual series i of spring concerts by the choral ! i group which is sponsored by 1 1 The College of the Albemarle j and the Fine Arts Council of j the Albemarle Area Develop- j ment Association. The first concerts by the, group was during the Christmas holiday season when programs j were presented in Edenton and j Elizabeth City. The spring concert held last | 1 week at Elizabeth City was well I received and a good audience is: expected for the event in I Edenton on Sunday. Soloists for the Edenton con cert will be Myrtle Pritchard,; Nelson Chears, F. S. Braswell and Irving Baccus. A quartet,! composed of Nelle Jones, Faye Cartwright, C. W. Overman and Braswell will also be featured on the program. The program includes the lent; and Easter portions of Handel’s ] “Messiah” and Vittorio Gian-! nini’s “Canticle of the Martyrs” which was commissioned for the j 500th anniversary of the Mo ravian Church. Anna Withers Bair yill be o;-i ganist. | While living in New York City, Mrs. Chears sang with two 1 choral groups, a Madrigal Quar-; ! tet and in a performance of Gil-! I bert and Sullivan’s “lolanthe” J i She was soloist in the American! : Churches in Bremen, Germany, | Rome, and Salisburg, Austria. She way soloist at St. Mat- Continued on Page Three MUNICIPAL BUILDING DEDICATION Thursday 4 p jj, TOUR HOURS Friday and Saturday 10 A. M., to 1 I’. M. and 2 I’. M., to 5 I’. M. Sunday 2 I’. M., to 5 I*. M Flajgfc Designate Houses Open. Closed Sunday The Homestead and James Iredell, Sr. Houses SPECIAL EVENTS Heritage Tea Barker House, 2 I’. M., to 5 I’. M. All Visitors Invited Colonial Craft Demonstrations by Home Demonstration Club Members Barker House Waterfront Tour on a U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Friday-Saturday (No Charge) / The Edenton Little Theatre Presents “THE DEVIL’S DISCIPLE” by George Bernard Shaw (AN'AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY DRAMA) Friday and Saturday Nights, 8 P. M., at the John