Vol. XXXII.—No. 27-
Local Industry
Olag Making Comeback
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IN PLANT—Headquarters for Toothcx Company here
is a shed on West Water Street. Here Col. W. B. Rose
-4 vear, front, and Ed Bass turnout Olag toothpaste. The
■ product is now ready for marketing in the Tidewater
area.
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BREWED OWN CUP—
There is some evidence that
the moderate left is becom
ing disenchanted with far
out liberals who now seem
so strongly entrenched in
our national government.
A "few—weeks' ago William
S. White, Washington col
umnist and LBJ biographer,
was complaining that the far
left had somehow managed
to take advantage of the
President to push through
Congress a program “of re
formist legislation.”
This group, he said end
lessly prods the President
and Congress “to materialize
I every one of their economic
and social ideas, with no
nonsense about giving the
other side a real hearing.”
“The very men in Con-
greas to whom the Presi
dent has given an unbroken
series of yeses on domestic
issues shrieks an unbroken
series of noes at him when
he takes a rationally hard
line against communist
encroachment anywhere
abroad.”
And now, in another col
umn just out, Mr. White dis
covers the “ugly and fright
ening odor” rising from the
“savage attack by civil rights
axtremists upon the nomina
tion of J. P. Coleman of
Mississippi to be a federal
appeals court judge.”
He says the assault is ugly
because it is unjust and
frightening because “it indi
cates once again that the
ultra-liberals, white and Ne
gro, cannot be placated by
any number of concessions
made in good faith by the
reasonable political center of
■v|his country.”
Here again Mr. White is
too right, but too late. Per
haps one of these days he
will discover the truth of
what moderate white south
ern conservatives have been
saying all along.
Another liberal who is
now going through an agon
izing reappraisal of his sit
uation is Mayor Richard
Daley 'of Chicago, who has
leaned so far to die left for
so long that he has develop
ed into a human question
mark.
For his trouble, Mayor
Daley is being harassed con
tinuously by Negro demon
strators protesting some
thing over which he had no
control in the first place.
And, to his utter amazement,
he now can discern the red
hand of communism in the
“civil rights” movement al
most as .dearly as
Fj some light is beginning to
i dawn is Dr. Harold Dudley,
formerly of the North Ca
rolina Council of/Churches.
says 5^
THE CHOWAN HERALD
testimonials from more than
1,000 practicing family den
tists in three states, Toothex
Company of Edenton has
franchised the Tidewater
and south, white and black,
has “reached a straining
point in regard to demon
strations.”
“We have long since main
tained,” Dr. Dudley contin
ues, “that though conditions
may nCT' be perfect in Ala*
bama, neither are they in
many other places where
demonstrations might be con
ducted with equal fervor,
and doubtless in most every
state in the nation.
“There is a limit to which
human nature can go, and
this has been demonstrated
to be true, not only by Ne
groes, but by whites as well.
Mayor Robert Wagner of
New York is still another
liberal who found the road
of leftist appeasement be
yond endurance. He decid
ed not to stand for re-elec
tion.
“He reached the point,”
according to Mr. White,
“where he could go on no
longer. The people for
whom he had done the most
were, quite simply, insati
able. Nothing he could do
was ever enough for them—
or ever could be.”
Somehow we cannot devel
op much sympathy for these
disenchanted gentlemen, least
of all for LBJ. However
bitter the cup, they all help
ed to brew it.
ON GETTING POORER—
Friend Francis Manning, who
rides herd over The Enter
prise at Williamston issued
the following comment on
poverty.
Editor Manning’s article
was headed: "The More You
Get, The Poorer You Are”
and follows: .
“Poverty headquarters in
North Carolina have been es
tablished in Martin County,
the establishment apparent
ly having been made by fig
ure manipulations and not
by actual fact.
“According to the North
Carolina Department of Con
servation and Development,
division of community plan
ning, retail sales in Martin
Continued on Page Two
Approval Os County’s Compliance Plan Expected By Friday
Federal approval of a re
vised plan for desegregation,
submitted last week by the
Chowan County Boprd of
Education, is expected to be
granted by Friday.
Supt. C. C. Walters told
board members at their
meeting Tuesday night he
had talked with officials in
Washington and they advis
ed that toe plan is now ac
ceptable.
The plan gives the stu
dent a “freedom of choice”
of schools to be attended
and puts the board on record
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Edenton, Ow O t lounty, North Carolina 27932 Thursday, July 8, 1965.
area for Olag toothpaste.
Col. W. B. Rosevear, sole
owner and only Toothex em
ploye, has granted the fran
chise to Ed Bass, also of
Edenton, for an area with a
population of one million.
Col. Rosevear has sent
Bass into this vast area to
compete with big soap com
panies who manufacture most
of the toothpaste used today.
The Toothex executive
said while there is no gim
mick in the product or the
proposed promotion he thinks
Bass can capture 10 per cent
of the market. That would
mean the sale of 200,000
tubes of Olag within a year.
“We have an ethical pro
duct and we intend to carry
out an ethical promotion,’’
Col. Rosevear stated. “It is
an ethical product because it
has the endorsement of prac
ticing family dentists.”
“I have picked a damn
tough market but I have
something they don’t have —
an ethical product,” Col.
Rosevear said.
The development of Olag
was started by the retired
Army officer in 1946 in
Greensboro. His wife had
gum trouble and he set out
to develop something that
would clean the teeth, yet
not harm the gums. Thus
Olag.
An earlier attempt at mar
keting the product was not
too successful. But now the
situation is more favorable.
Acceptance of the product
by the dentists has been
slow, therefore the research
period has been quite ex
tended. “Now practicing
family dentists find it is the
ultimate in toothpaste,” Col.
Rosevear claims. The job he
has now is to connect the
dentists and the patients.
Toothex now operates a
one-man—either Col. Rose
vear or Bass—bench machine
operation of production. They
can produce 60 tubes of Olag
an hour. They admit that
production will be of this
type for some- time because
of the formula the product
could not be produced in
mass, like other toothpastes.
The majority of the tooth
paste sold today is manu
factured by big soap com
panies. “They don’t know
what they are doing,” Col.
Rosevear stated. “They are
obsessed with a 20-year-old
theory.
“While the big companies
promote their product as this
and that, Toothex officials
contend toothpaste is not a
vehicle for any medication.
“It is for cleaning your
teeth,” Col. Rosevear says.
“And the foaming has noth
ing to do with the effective
ness of a product.”
He adds that other manu
facturers put detergent in
toothpaste. “This is good for
taking the grease off dirty
overalls, but just think what
it does for your gums,” he
adds.
Col. Rosevear doesn’t ex
pect to capture the tooth
paste market. He believes
the development of Olag is
something constructive and
he feels the market is prac
tically void.
Therefore, after 20 years
and $50,000 he is ready to
shoot the works. And in do
ing it he hopes to promote
this area while proving
there is room in big busi
ness competition for the little
man who has the welfare of
the people at heart.
JAYCEES MEET TONIGHT
Edenton’s Junior Chamber
of Commerce will meet
tonight (Thursday) at 7
o’clock at the Edenton Res
taurant. President Sam Cox
urges every Jaycee to attend.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton’s Rotary Club will
meet this (Thursday) after
noon at 1 o’clock in the
Parish House.
as favoring one administra
tive unit in Chowan County
by 1967.
If one administration unit
is not realized by the 1967
deadline, then the county
must construct Another high
school, according to the
plan.
The agreements, yet to be
ratified by the Edenton City
Board of Education, will al
low Negro high school stu
dents to continue to come to
D. F. Walker High School
for the next two years.
Favorable action by the city
board is expected to be tak
Ilrowning Victim’s Body Found
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In Sound Wednesday Morning
DISCUSS SEARCH OPERATIONS Lt. Harold Wilson, a U. S. Coast Guard helicop
ter pilot stationed at Elizabeth City, points out into the Albemarle Sound as he and
Capt. James P. Ricks, Jr., of the Edenton-Chowan Rescue Squad, discuss the search
for Bennf Harris, IS, 100 "East Church Street. Chast Guardsman Bobby Henderson, a
hospital corpsman assigned to the helicopter, is at left. The search for Harris began
at 5 A. M., Tuesday after he was thrown from a boat during a violent storm late Mon
day afternoon.
Three Are Promoted Huskins Named
In Town Departments
Mayor John A. Mitchener,
Jr., today announced the
promotion of three town em
ployees—one policeman and
two firemen.
Patrolman John D. Par
rish was promoted to the
rank of sergeant in Edenton
Police Department.
W. E. (Monk) Mills and T.
A. Goodman, both veteran
firemen, were promoted to
the rank of lieutenant in
Edenton Fire Department.
All three promotions be
came effective July 1.
Police Chief James H.
Griffin and Fire Chief W. J.
Baptist Church
Will Honor 10
Ten members of Ballard’s
Bridge Baptist Church will
be honored Sunday night at
a Girls’ Auxiliary Corona
tion.
The program will start at
8 P. M., and a reception will
follow.
Those being recognized for
outstanding service to the
church and community in
clude Chris Hollowell, Joan
Jordan, Beechye Lou Ward,
Gwendolyn Ward, Kitty Ev
ans, Rebecca Hobbs, Susan
Jordan, Beth Boswell, Edna
Earl Bunch and Lottie Bak
er.
Visitors are invited to at
tend the program.
en at their next meeting.
Supt. Walters reported the
county schools finished fis
cal 1964-65 with a surplus of
$10,843.20. The board
members said they will ask
, the county commissioners to
■ allow them to retain this
surplus in order to take up
the slack between the
board’s new budget request
and what they anticipate
from the 1965-66 levy.
' Also, the board discussed
supplements for teachers at
Chowan High School, which
■ is in the new budget. They
, said no additional pay was
Yates hailed the promotions
in their respective depart
ments and said this is an
other step in improving the
services offered by the Town
of Edenton.
In the fire department,
this will lie the first time
full-time officers have been
designated. With Lts. Mills
and Goodman, a ranking of
ficer will be on duty at the
fire station at all times. One
officer will be in charge of
fire prevention while an
other will be responsible for
inspections.
Lt. Goodman is one of
Edenton’s full-time firemen.
He began as a volunteer
in 1930 and became a regular
firemen two years later. In
October he will round out 33
years of service with the de
partment.
Lt. Mills became associat
ed with the fire department
in 1937. He became a regu
lar in 1954.
In making the recom
mendation for appointment
of Sgt. Parrish. Chief Griffin
cited his “military type de
votion to police duties, his
alertness, good public rela
tions and his always ready
attitude toward police du
ties.”
Sgt. Parrish, 26, was em
ployed as a policeman in
December, 1961. He has at
tended the area policemen’s
institute at East Carolina
College in Greenville.
voted for teachers at White
Oak because they have just
come off probation as the
result of an attendance rec
ord investigation. The board
members agreed that once
the faculty members have
proven themselves they will
be included in the supple
ment.
Dr. A. F. Downum com
mended the administration
at Chowan High School for
the good financial report
presented. He said it show
ed an efficient operation.
The school ended the year
with more, than $9,000 in ali~
Among recent appoint
ments by Gov. Dan K.
Moore was that of J. P. Hus
kins of Statesville to a six
year term on the State Board
of Higher Education.
Huskins, vice president of
The Chowan Herald, Inc., is
president and general man
ager of the Statesville Rec
ord & Landmark, an after
noon daily newspaper.
Gov. Moore named Watts
Hill, Jr., of Durham, head
of Home Security Life In
surance Company, chairman
of the board. Hill will also
serve for six years.
Huskins is chairman of the
board of trustees of Mitchell
College in Statesville, a com
munity owned and operated
junior college.
The veteran newspaper
man is also director of the
North Carolina Press Asso
ciation. His brother, Judge
Frank Huskins of Burnsville,
has been chosen by the gov
ernor as administrator of the
new uniform courts to be es
tablished throughout the
state.
JOINT DINNER MEETING
William H. Coffield. Jr.,
Post No. 9280, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, and the VFW
Auxiliary will hold a joint
dinner meeting Tuesday
night, July 13, at 7:30
o’clock.
funds.
The board moved to solve
the critical water problem
at the school. They will in
stall an additional 1,000 gal
lon tank and other equip
ment to insure adequate wa
ter at the school at all
times. This work is expect
ed to be completed by the
time school opens on August
30th.
O. C. Long, Jr., chairman,
presided at the meeting at
which all members attended.
They are: Dr. Downum,
Frank Williams, Eugene Jor
■ dan and N. J. George.
Benjamin Harris
Last Seen During
Monday’s Storm
The search continued here Wednesday for Benjamin
Harris, 18, 100 East Church Street, who is believed to
have drowned in the Albemarle Sound late Monday.
Capt. James P. Ricks, Jr., head of the newly organ
ized Edenton-Chowan Rescue Squad, said the search
will continue until the body is found.
The search party, which at times numbered near 20
Mathews Gets
Roads Position
Don Mathews of Hamilton
Tuesday became a member
of the State Highway Com
mission representing this
area. He and 13 other com
missioners took the oath in
Raleigh.
Mathews will replace J.
Gilliam Wood of Edenton on
the commission. Wood serv
ed four years in the Sanford
administration.
Gov. Dan K. Moore ap
pointed the new commission
last week and chose Joe
Hunt of Greensboro as chair
man. Hunt is a former Guil
ford County legislator, who
played a major role in the
governor’s successful cam
paign last year.
Mathews, a strong sup
porter of Dr. I. Beverly Lake
during the first primary, is a
40-year-old farmer and busi
nessman. He was a regional
campaign manager for Dr.
Lake when the candidate
threw his support to Gov.
Moore in the second primary.
The new commissioner is
serving on the executive
committee of the Chowan
College board of trustees af
ter having served one year
as board chairman. He is
also a town commissioner in
his hometown.
In a recent interview,
Mathews was quoted as say
ing he is “determined to look
at the division as a whole
and not as sections.” He
added that each county is an
integral part of the whole.
Gov. Moore asked and re
ceived needed legislation to
reorganize the highway body.
In doing this he cut the
membership from 18 to a
chairman, who also acts as
administrator, and 14 com
missioners.
Library Site
Being Prepared
Workmen this week began
tearing away a portion of
the Holmes Building on
South Broad Street to make
way for the new Shepard-
Pruden Memorial Library.
It was announced last
week that bids on the new
building, as well as those for
a new fire station here, will
be opened on July 15.
The library will face on
Water Street and will be im
mediately behind Goodyear
Service Store. Site of the
new fire station is at the
corner of North Broad Street
and Park Avenue.
Red Men Elect
New Officers
Chowan Tribe No. 12, Im
proved Order of Red Men,
elected three stump officers
for a six months term and a
trustee for 18 months at
their meeting June 28.
Clyde Hollowell was elect
ed sachem; Alexander De-
Blois, senior sagamore; Pat
B. Pickier, junior sagamore
and Robert Whiteman, pro
phet. W. J. Daniels was re
elected as one of the three
trustees. Fred Keeter was
elected tribal deputy Great
Sachem.
The new officers will be
installed at the tribe’s meet
ing Monday night, July 12.
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Single Copy 10 Cents
boats, combed the sound for
15 fruitless hours. They
were back on the water at
5 A. M„ Wednesday attempt
ing ta locate the body.
Rescued from the water
which apparently claimed
another victim were Dr. and
BULLETIN
The body of Benjamin
Harris of Edenton was re
covered from the Albemarle
Sound at mid-morning Wed
nesday. Details of the re
covery were unavailable at
press time.
Mrs. Richard Hines. Their
sailboat flipped over in the
choppy waters and Mrs.
Hines was unable to hold on
to the boat.
Ricks and his father were
in the vicinity in their cabin
cruiser when the Hines’ boat
went over. They rushed to
the scene and rescued the
dentist and his wife.
Soon they received a radio
message of a man being
overboard in the same area,
a mile from
the docks in Edenton.
Because of the weather,
Capt. Ricks did not launch
the extensive search opera
tions until early Tuesday.
Reports were that Harris,
son of Mr. and Mrs, Wilbert
Harris, and two companions.
Kay White of Merry Hill and
Kenneth Wright of Edenton
were caught in the storm
when the boat in which they
were riding ran out of gas.
The victim was thrown
from the front of the boat.
He allegedly swam back to
the boat, then decided to go
back for his hat. The pow
erless boat drifted away and
Wright threw Harris a foam
cushion.
Because of the high waves
and mist, Wright didn’t know
whether or not the victim
got the cushion. The cushion
was blown ashore at Cherry
Point, near Hayes Plantation.
Rescue squads from Cole
rain and Bertie County join
ed the local unit and the
Coast Guard during the
search Tuesday. However,
at about noon the Bertie
group was called home due
to an apparent drowning
near Lewiston.
Helicopters from the U. S.
Coast Guard station at Eliza
beth City joined the group
Tuesday morning but was
unable to offer any assist
ance.
Capt. Ricks reports that at
one time a complex of near
ly 20 boats combed a wide
area in the sound, attempt
ing to locate the body.
The Barker House lawn
became headquarters for the
search party. Mobile com
munications kept the search
ers in continuous contact
with the shore and boats
came in and went out
throughout the operation.
Local citizens, answering
a plea for assistance, brought
food and beverages to aid
those participating in the
search.
Another Boat
Taken Locally
Another boat has been re
ported stolen, according j to
Police Chief James H. Grjf
fin.
Police were notified ,at
8:05 A. M. July 4 that an
18-foot boat owned by Buck
Manning had been stolen. It
had not been recovered at
press time. (