Vol, XXXH —No. 22.
Farewell To Coach ,
Hardison Paid Trill ite
Coach Bill Hardison of
John A. Holmes High School
was honored last Thursday
night at a banquet given by
parents of members of the
Jayvee athletic teams.
COACH RECEIVES TROPHY—Coach Bill Hardison,
left, is pictured receiving a trophy from Brian Twiddy at
a banquet the Jayvee parents gave in his honor recently.
Bill Cozart, center, was master of ceremonies. Coach
Hardison is leaving Edenton to become head coach at
Scotland Neck.
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BITING THE HANB lt
ought to be pointed out
somewhere in the Public Pa
rade that the President’s vot
ing rights bill, now well on
its way to passage, is a sorry
return for the support which
eastern North Carolina coun
ties gave him last fall.
This VWt yfhici hs been
aptly described as a voting
wrongs bill, wipes out litera
cy requirements and installs
federal registrars in 32 North
Carolina counties, Chowan
among them.
Thus, these counties are to
be judged guilty of discrimi
nation against Negroes with
out a hearing and can only
regain their standing by
proving their innocence to
the satisfaction of a federal
court sitting in the District
of Columbia.
i Lyndon Johnson carried
' every one of those 32 coun
ties, often by more than two
to one. In the area as a
whole, he polled 165,178
votes as against 83,936 for
Senator Goldwater.
Now, in return for this
generous support, they are to
have their political inde
pendence taken away from
them and, until they can re
establish their innocence of
criminal discrimination, they
will be forced to undfergo a
second reconstruction era.
Anson is the westernmost
of the 22 counties, most of
which are in the east. The
others are Beaufort, Bertie,
Bladen, Camden, Caswell,
Chowan, Craven, Cumber
land, Edgecombe, Franklin,
Gates, Granville, Halifax,
Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Le
noir, Martin, Nash, North
ampton, Pasquotank, Perqui
e* mans. Person, Pitt, Robeson,
Scotland, Vance, Warren,
Commencement Exercises Set At High School
Sixty-nine students at John
A. Holmes High School will
receive their diplomas during
graduation exercises at 8
P. M., Monday.
Supt. Hiram Mayo an
nounced that the graduation
exercise at the school will
climax three days- of com
mencement exercise for the
Class of 1965.
The calendar of events in
cludes class night exercises
at 8 P. M., Friday with the
commencement sermon set
for the same time Sunday,
and graduation Monday.
Rev. E. C. Shoaf of Eden
ton Methodist Church will
deliver the commencement
sermon and Dr. Douglas R.
Jones, dean of the School of
Education at Bast Carolina
College will give the gradu
ation address.
Principal Cecil Pry will
present the class and di
plomas will be presented to
the students by Supt Mayo.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
During the banquet at Tri
angle Restaurant, a trophy
was presented to the coach
as well as a handsome gift.
The trophy will remain in
the trophy case at the high
Wayne and Wilson.
As we said, every one of
them went for Lyndon John
son last November, enabling
him to enter the uncertain
piedmont and western sec
tions with a lead of 81,242
votes.
Oh, wjyyLJJuage will always
be anottier day"; and the canV
didates who bites -the hand
that marks the ballot js apt
to be remembered.
JUST ARRIVED Fishing
on North Carolina’s coast has
been fast and furious recent
ly and Aycock Brown has
been on the run.
However, he did get our
message about a mix-up in
photos and identification of
Edenton fishermen.
Today he sent a letter of
explanation and a handsome
photograph of local anglers
and a mess of blues.
The communication arrived
too late for us this week but
we urge you to look in next
week for a study in con
trast.
OUR DAY—This is awards
season.
Throughout the country
high school and college grad
uates are receiving awards at
commencement exercises.
Edenton is no exception.
Neither is The Herald office.
Tuesday is always a hectic
day in the weekly newspaper
profession. This week ours
was brightened with a visit
by two lovely ladies.
Mrs. Iris Mills and Mrs. J.
L. Chestnutt arrived to pre
sent a Certification of Par
ticipation to the newspaper.
The handsome certificate
states that it is awarded in
recognition for active par
ticipation in the American
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guest speakers.
Other, class officers include
Charles Overton, 111, vice
president; Louis G. Wilkins,
Jr., secretary; and James M.
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina 27932 Thursday, June 3, 1965.
school.
The football squad was
Jayvee champions in the
conference last fall. The par
ents donated the trophy to
the team and their coach.
Bill Cozart was master of
ceremonies at the banquet
and recalled the coach’s
playing days as well as his
'successful tenure at the high
school.
“We hate to see you go,”
Cozart told Hardison, “and
we wish you well. That is,
except one night each fall
when the Aces play your
team.”
Supt. Hiram Mayo, Princi
pal Cecil Fry, Coaches Jerry
McGee and Jim Kinion, Pat
Flanagan and L. F. Amburn,
Jr., were special guests at
the banquet.
The Jayvee teams consist
ed of the following boys:
Quinton Goodwin, Ronnie
Harrell, Randy Hollowell,
Wayne Hollowell, Frankie
Katkaveck, Scotty Phelps,
Frederick Sexton, Brian
Twiddy, Billy Wallace, Henry
Wells and Buddy White.
Steve Davenport, Ronnie
Alexander, Johnny Dowd,
Danny Hassell, Donald Jor
dan, Darrell Parker, Billy
Perry, Tony Twiddy, Cal
Goodwin and Cullen Baker.
Tony Webb, Rusty Boot
wright, Joe Stokley and Mike
Overton.
Lupton Assumes
Insurance Post
Rufus A. Hunter, General
Agent in Raleigh for the Fi
delity Mutual Life Insurance
Company of Philadelphia for
over 32 years, has announced
his retirement effective June
Ist.
general .Agent Emeritus
Hunter uyll be succeeded by.
R. Hector Lupton, Jr., pro
moted to Agency Manager
effective June 1. Lupton
jojned the Raleigh Agency in
1953 upon graduation fron*f
the University of North Ca
rolina. Since 1958 Lupton
has served as supervisor in
Raleigh and for the past
year has been in the Com
pany’s Management Develop
ment program.
Lupton is active in the
Wake County G.0.P., and is
a past president of the Wake
County Young Republicans
Club. He is married to the
former Helen Lackey and
they have one son, Davis
Roderick.
After July 1, the Lupton
Agency will be located in
the Branch Banking & Trust
Company Building, Fayette
ville Street, Raleigh.
Hunter, who joined Fideli
ty Mutual Life in 1933 as a
General Agent, is a three
time National Quality Award
winner and the recipient of
numerous company awards.
He will remain active in the
Raleigh Agency in an advis
ory capacity. He is a grad
uate with a degree in busi
ness from the University of
North Carolina, and served
in the U. S. Navy during
World War I.
Married to the former
Elizabeth Campbell, Hunter
has three sons, Rufus A., Jr.,
Carey J., and William C.,
who is an agent in the Ra
leigh Agency.
Phelps, treasurer.
Fry announced that Nancy
Jeanne O’Neal is valedictor
ian of the class and Linda
Kay Basnight is salutatorian.
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‘Million Dollar’ Rain Is Enjoyed
In Chowan; Crops Look Good
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LOSES BATTLE WITH TRAIN—Shown here is the Corvair which Tuesday morning collided with a train at the
crossing on U. S. 17 north. The driver, a sailor from Georgia, was hospitalized with minor injuries following the
3:30 A. M., mishap.
Sailor Escapes Serious Injury In Car-Train
Collision; Damage High From Local Wrecks
A 20-year-old sailor from
Savannah, Ga., escaped seri
ous injuries early Tuesday
morning when the car he
was driving collided with a
train at the crossing on U.S.
17 north.
Police Chief James H.
Griffin said Robert L. Carl
GARTH M. FERGUSON
New Teachers Hired
Edenton C'ty Schools will
have three new’ faculty
members in September, in
cluding an art teacher for
Vivian Whiteman is chief
marshal. Other marshals in
clude Barbara Adams, Nor
fleet Pruden, Dianthia Sex-
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DR. DOUGLAS R. JONES
son, who : s stationed at Nor
folk, Va., was ad'mitted to
Chowan Hospital following
the 3:30 A. M. mishap. He
received three broken ribs
as well as cuts and bruises
about his face.
The 1962 Corvair he was
driving was demolished.
MARY ANN HARE
the elementary grades.
Supt. Hiram Mayo this
week announced the employ
ment of Marion W. Kirby of
Hickory, Miss Mary Ann
Hare of Edentori and Garth
M. Ferguson of Charlotte.
Kirby will replace Coach
Bill Hardison, who has ac
cepted a head coaching posi
tion at Scotland Neck.
Miss Hare will teach Eng
lish and social studies in the
junior high school. She fills
a vacancy left by the resig
nation of Mrs. Louise Marsh.
Ferguson will teach art at
Edenton Elementary School
and in the elementary grades
at D. F. Walker High School.
This is a new position the
school board created at the
suggestion of the State De
partment of Public Instruc
tion.
Kirby, who for the past
year has done graduate work
at East Carolina College and
been an assistant football
coach, will be head baseball
coach and work as an assist
ant to Football Coach Jerry
McGee and Basketball Coach
Jim Kinion.
He is a graduate of Lenoir
Rhyne College, where he. ma
jored in physical education
and history. He has worked
with the. city recreation de
partment in Hickory and this
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Chief Griffin said Carlson
was headed nor'h when the
front of the car collided
with the engine of the Nor
folk Southern train. The
engine carried the car 60
feet down thb track before
stopping.
Police also investigated
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GIVEN RECOGNITION—The Town of Edenton was recently honored at the Slsrt
annual meeting of the Ocean Hiwav Association at Atlantic City, N. J. Mayor John
A. Mitchener, Jr., left is shown receiving a handsome plaque from Rov A. Steven*
president. Looking on are Mrs. Lena M. Leary and Mrs. W. L. Boswell. Edenton
was among the few cities in North Carolina recognised for 28 years of mnnliilpai
participation in the association.
two mishaps Sunday night,
both of which were one-car
accidents.
At 10:20 P. M„ Susan
Barrow Skiles, 301 East King
Street, reached down to pick
up her shoe and the 1962
Chevrolet she was driving
hit one of the cannon which
face the Albemarle Sound on
Water Street. The impact
knocked .he center cannon
around and moved another
approximately two inches.
One of the cannon balls
was knocked into the water
and another was located in
the driveway at WCDJ. The
third is siill missing.
Police charged the motor
ist with driving on the left
side of the street. Damage
to the ear was estimated at
S6OO.
Vernon Thomas Bunton. 24,
Route 1, Edenton, was charg
ed with reckless driving at
11:30 P. M. Sunday after his
1955 Ford hit a power pole
on the east corner of Mos
ley and Queen Streets,
The pole snapped off some
six feet from the ground.
Damage to the car was esti
mated at S3OO and Bunton
escaped injury.
Single Copy 10 Cents
Agent Expects
Banner Season
On Area Farms
Rain which fell on Cho
wan County late last week
has been valued at at least
a million dollars.
Farm Agent Charlie Over
man said the rain “hit us
just right.”
He said while April and
May were unusually dry
months here most crops had
come along good but were
at the point of being hurt.
However, the rajn started
falling Thursday afternoon
throughout most of the coun
ty and continued through
Friday night.
“It fell so it soaked in,”
Overman said. “It was just
grand”.
Overman said things look
“mighty good” on Chowan
farms and if the remainder
of the growing season is fav
orable, as well as at harvest
time, farm income will top
s6' ! 2 million in this county.
The 1964 farm income here
was $5,771,275, a half million
below 1963. The decrease
was the result of a 8300.000
drop in vegetable income and
low hog prices.
Five years ago a goal of
$6,532,542 was set for 1966.
“The peanut crop looks ex
cellent, cotton is good,”
Overman said. He then add
ed that the 1966 goal could
be reached this year if con
ditions remain good.
“It now depends on the
growing and harvest season
as well as practices used by
farmers,” Overma n said.
“And we are well pleased
with the new techniques our
farmers are using.”
Harry Venters, Overman's
assistant, said crops in the
county look as good now as
he has ever seen them at
this time of year.
J. H. Conger, Sri, local
weather observer, said near
ly an inch of rain fell dur
ing the two days. He re
corded 1.49 inches of rain
during the month of May.
Norman rainfall during th°
month would have been 2.50
inches.
Course Completed
By County Official
Mrs. Pansy A. Elliott,
Chowan County Accountant,
has successfully completed a
168-hour course of instruc
tion for county accountants
at the Institute of Govern
ment at Chapel Hill.
During the course of in
struction the county officials
touched on various phases of
work for which they are re
sponsible.