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• ' >{ / -..Vr - ' « N--* . 4 • tw A immmi • v * •».•; jyy.Watt'gyaig Ti > . yol. XXXII —-No. 31. * • .fcafr. "%n., A', Silk public Parade ? «« J ..P , " ■ .' FREE lEDUCATION—News Jof the abolition of fees in ’Chowan County schools will be welcomed by parents who are affected. It will raise questions by parents whose children attend city schools. While some of the fees run as high as $13.50, spread over the entire county stu dent population it was found that the cost was little more than $1 per student. The county board members found the available SI,OOO to enable them to abolish the for this year. It was in dicated at their meeting that fees will be studied on a year-to-year basis, but the intent is to keep them cut to a bone, if not abolished completely. No student should be de prived of a crack at a par ticular course because of a fee. Sometimes, in this status conscious world in whibh we live, a dedicated parent comes forth with money for school fees which could bet ter be spent for something else. When you get right down to it, fees in our public schools represent double-tax ation. The General Assembly saw fit to make available tax money so elementary book fees could be cut out. This should also be done on the high school level and each board should, while holding fees to a minimum keep their sights on abolishing them. There are approximately 1,200 county students who won’t be affected by this ac tion. They are the ones who live outside Edenton town limits but within the school administrative district. It is at times like this those parents should be out working for a single admini strative unit, where every Association Is Seeking 1 United Seafood Industry $ The forming of a united front for the entire seafood industry of this state was the theme of a meeting of the N. C. Fisheries Associa tion, held here Monday night. Prominent state leaders were on hand at Edenton Restaurant to urge some 60 fishermen to band together in telling . the seafood story in various areas. State Senator Tom White of Kinston said only one sea food industry is needed in North Carolina. Now there S | | I mWITB / W # " Wm 1 *T * fmmmi j* t 7 jMm FISHERMEN MEET—Approximately 60 members of the N. C. Fisheries Association met here Monday. Pictured above are, left to right, State Senator Tom White of Kin ston, Woodrow Price of Raleigh, Elmer Willis of Williston, president; Robert Broughton of Raleigh, Tom Belch of Edenton; and A.; P. Godwin, Jr., of Gatesville, president ol the N. G. Bar Association. Community Pays Tribute To Former State Highway Official Gilliam Wood hadn’t suf ficients time to wash the marl from his shoes before he lunged back into community service on an even wider scale. Wood, Chowan County’s most illustrious native son, was “flabergasted” and a show of affection and words witii distinction for four THEaCHOWAN herald taxpayer and student in Chowan County would be treated alike. TO TELL THE TRUTH— Efforts to determine the identity of a restaurant owner along The Public Parade who allegedly chased a Negro integration leader from his place with a hatch et have proven futile. United Press International, a highly respected news ser vice, has been unable to shed any light on the matter. The news service put out a story more than a week ago from Atlanta that Hosa Williams, a lieutenant of Dr. Martin Luther King had re ported the incident. The restaurant was not identified, except from being in Eden ton. A check by local police turned up nothing. We queried UPI in Ra leigh. When a week passed and no answer came we contacted them again. We were told UPI in Atlanta had been unable to get the information from Williams. Being chased around by a hatchet - wielding restaurant owner or anyone else is not a trivial matter. If it hap pened in Edenton or any where else the guilty should be brought to trial. The trouble in this case is it didn’t happen. The wire service, anxious to report disturbances of this nature, took at face value a story which was the figment of Williams’ imagination. This type reporting should not be taken lightly. The story has cast a reflection cn Edenton and is an attempt to paint an untrue picture of our people. It is time for Williams and UPI to substantiate this story or correct it. Yes, it Continued on Page Four are some five or six different organizations carrying out specialized programs. A. P. Godwin, Jr., of Gatesville, president of the N. C. Bar Association, was principal speaker at the monthly meeting. He call ed Dr. Dave Adams, state commercial fisheries commis sioner, “one of the strong est men ever connected with commercial fishing in North Carolina.’’ During the meeting a committee was appointed to Continued on Page Four years on the State Highway Commission. Wood’s former “boss”, Mer rill Evans of Ahoskie, called it an “occasion rightly de served”. He went on to say Wood measured up to the highest tradition. “The pro gram of progress in the 10- county area had never been matched and will not be in years to come,” the former commission chairman said. Evans went on to cite the bridges in the Northeast which Wood fought for—and "TOwe, Northeast counties - n : - AS.''' I m Jr m - iik «bi life i jKgK f j|fc mBBSKBaM- , - -ISSUk jbb# I i | i ;;5 II fir PREPARE FOR PROGRAM—Officials of educational television in North Carolina pause during activities here to talk with Mayor John A. Mitchener, Jr., about a pro gram on Edenton. At left is Hyman Field of Raleigh, who worked on the local pro gram. Center is John Young of Chapel Hill, director of WUNC-TV, the parent station of Columbia’s WUNB-TV. WUNB-TV Is Planning CllOWan Hospital Program On This Area RB-Accr6dit6d North Carolina’s educa tional television network is expected to be beaming sig nals along the east coast by mid-September. Among the first programs will be a documentary on historical and progressive Edenton and Chowan County. Educational television is coming to this area through WUBN-TV. The new trans mitter ig now under, con struction at Columbia. It will be on Channel 2. Production crews from WUNC-TV in Chapel Hill, the parent company, and as sistants from sister stations at Raleigh and Greensboro, converged on Edenton Tues day to begin preparations for the program. The hour-long program was video - taped Wednesday and will be shown when the Co lumbia transmitter is com pleted and activated. How ever, John Young, WUNC TV director at Chapel Hill, points out the program will also be carried on Channel 4 as well. Young has some very def r were brought back in and became an integral part *of • the State Highway Commis l sion,” Evans went on. Others spoke, including ’ Rev. George Holmes who had • heard about enough praise. With tongue-in-cheek, "Mr. Holmes said: “Yes, Gilliam did a good job. In tisg t, he i did such a good job with • bridges that the Oregon In let is filling up.” Mayor John A. Mitchener, : master of ceremonies, and W. El Bond, chairman of the county commissioners, made i short speeches praising the Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina 27932 Thursday, August S, 1965. inite feelings about educa tional television. One is that it should not become sectional. Therefore, so long as time permits, programs will be transmitted simultan eously on the two channels and any future channels. Young points out that edu cational TV does not appeal to all people and no one program gets a big audience. “Our audience is marie *>P oh more or less specialized groups,” Young said. But Young says with pride: “The sum of all we do will bring about a unity in this state and an under standing we have not had before.” He feels that too long we in North Carolina have had too much sectionalism. He thinks the people in the west are interested in what is go ing on in the east and vice versa. Therefore, special educational TV programs are designed to unify the state’s people. Hyman Field was among the busiest people in Eden ton Tuesday afternoon as he brought together loose ends prior to Wednesday's re hearsals and actual “take” (Continued on Page Six) New Post Office At Merry Hill MERRY HILL —The new Merry Hill Post Office open ed for business August 2, according to L. C. White, postmaster. White, who also owns the building, said a formal dedi cation will be . held some time this fall. The building is located on a lot next to White’s store, where the post office was located prior to the completion of the new structure. There are now two mail deliveries per day and Post master White said items mailed at 5 P. M. are sup posed to reach their destina tion almost anywhere in the United States the next day. Also, the postmaster said Merry Hill ZIP Code is 27957. . The new post office fea tures new boxes for people in the community. i work Wood has done and is f doing for the community. But it was Wood’s farm superintendent, Earl White ; who brought down the l house. White said his boss . “gave so much time to his . fellow man when he should i be tending to his own husi ! ness.” i Mayor Mitchener present - ed Wood a Distinguished Citizens Award on behalf of , former Gov. Terry Sanford, 1 who could not be present ; Sprays of red roses were : presented to Wood’s mother s and wife. Chowan Hospital has earn ed accreditation for a three year period. This is the second time the local institution has gained this status following inspec tions of the Joint Commis sion on Accreditation of Hospitals. W. P. Jones, administra tor, and other hospital offi cials are gratified over the news received from the com mission following a survey’ conducted June 8 by Dr. Edith P. Brown, a field representative. Dr. John D. Poterfield. assistant director of the com mission, stated: “The com mission wishes to commend you for maintaining stand ards deserving of accredita tion for your constant effort to improve your quality of patient care.” Jones said: “We are very proud of this accomplish ment as Chowan Hospital is one of the very few small hospitals in North Carolina that have accomplished this. It is due to the efforts of the fine people who make up the hospital staff and the com petent members of the qualified medical staff who are responsible for the calibre of medical care giv en. Physicians granted the privilege of practicing on an accredited hospital staff meet the highest professional, leg al and ethical qualifications.” He added that this is the standard of patient care re quired by the commission which is sponsored by The (Continued on Page Six) Six Majorettes Attending Camp Six majorettes from John A. Holmes High School are this week attending the sec ond annual Tar Heel Twirl ing Camp at St. Andrews College in Laurinburg. Headed by Sanfra Ange, chief majorette, those at the camp are Jo Ann Covington, Carrol Barnhill, Ann Par rish, Nellie Furlough and Shirley Alexander. Special emphasis is placed on work for school major ettes and groups for football season. Then, with every blond hair standing erect, Wood rose to speak for himself. “When I look at Lassie, I choke up,” he started. Then he thanked the community for the fine cooperation giv en him as well as the good treatment his family has re ceived over the years. “I’m out of the highway business now and ready to go back to work for Edenton and Chowan County,” he as serted. Mrs. Wood didn’t flinch but the community leaders breathed a sigh of relief. * " mK ~4tj I x JrJl -31 BUSY NERVE CENTER—Shown above if an in.erior view of VVT .SC- 1 v *, aun-sized highway bus, which serves as mobile television control room. The local one-hour pro gram was put on video tape for telecast in mid-September. Edenton Is Seeking Halt To Consolidation Efforts By County School Board Officials of Edenton City Schools have requested the Chowan County Board of Ed ucation to stop working to ward a merger of the two administrative units. O. C. Long, Jr., chairman of the county board, told his fellow members Monday night city officials contend the county action is “causing a hardship on them” and working for no benefit to the county. Long said he and Supt. C. C. Walters met earlier in the day with Dr. Edward School Fees Abolished Students attending Chowan Ghunty schools-this year, will not be charged any fees. Action to abolish all fees in all county schools was taken Monday night by the Chowan County Board of Education. Thus, the county unit mov ed closer to free public edu cation for all the students in the county. The fees which Funds Campaign Moving Slowly A funds campaign for the James Iredell House Associa tion is now two weeks old and a little more than one fourth of the $4,000 goal has been subscribed. Mrs. Wood Privott, asso ciation president, said Mon day approximately $l,lOO has been realized. Most of the memberships thus far have been from outside Edenton, she noted. Mrs. Privott said the Edenton contributors have been “most generous” but more annual memberships are being sought. Officials of the association are seeking to raise $4,000 which will qualify them for a $2,000 grant from the Rich ardson Foundation. These funds along with money made available by the General Assembly of North Carolina will be used to renovate and furnish this historical home. % Jkfc/a Pjl y ■ *" ,’v2Tr-, : v*> ‘"'s v//>h* 4 v'. WE? . HONORED FOR SERVICE—J. Gilliam Wood, center is shown at an appreciation ban quet held recently in his honor. Left to right are: Mayor John A. Mitchener, Jr.. Mm. Wood, Wood, his mother, Mrs. John Wood, and W. E. Bond, chairman of the county commissioners. ■ _ « . ‘ J J. ; _ •.- ‘ V FV Bond, chairman of the city board, and Supt. Hiram Mayo. Long said the city offi cials asked the county “to withdraw their efforts” with regards to forming a single administrative unit in the county. After considerable discuss ion, N. J. George asked his fellow board members if they still believed one ad ministrative unit would best serve the interests of the county and provide a better school system. were abolished for this school term ranged from a high of $13.50 charged for commercial classes to a low of $1 for science classes. Supt. C. C. Walters hailed the board’s action as “com mendable" and “a step in the right direction”. How ever, he said there would still be a $5 book fee for high school students. This fee is imposed by the state. At the insistence of N. J. George, the board has been discussing tees at almost every meeting during the past few months. George has contended that fees are not fair and in some instances deprive students of taking certain courses. Supt. Walters told the board that it would cost the county approximately SI,OOO to cut out all fees at Cho wan High School and White Oak Elementary School. The board members voted unanimously to abolish the fees when they were told funds were available to pro vide the services without making the charge. Book fees in the element ary grades were abolished by the state for the coming year. During their session, the board members approved the selection of Ervin Mansfield and Mrs. Nancy Gerald as new teachers at Chowan High School. Dr. A. F. Downum asked Supt. Walters about the al (Continued on Page Six) if^nnSftT fiWjjiigi * % iTv.- —2!Sv33t' Single Copy 10 Cents Long said lie agreed to work With the board toward establishing a single unit as a part of compliance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He said Commissioner Francis Koppc'l, of the Of fice of Education has said this merger is not a condi tion to compliance. He add ed that ever since he became a school board member resi dents in the county had in quired periodically as to when some action was going to be taken on consolidation of the schools. George argued that the consolidation of the schools is not the question. He said this is an administrative problem which must be handled later. Eugene Jo : n said he still favored a .‘single administra tive unit but reserved the right to act on consolidation of the schools when that time came. Frank Williams said he Wilt work for a single unit as will Dr. A. F. Duwnutn. Dr. Downum said he can't understand why the city board is fighting the merger when it will provide belter education for all the chil dren of the county. George told the board that politics and personalities should be kept out of this endeavor. “I see no reason, abso lutely, why we should have two school boards in this county,” George said. Later he added: “We have one high school for the Negro stu dents and Why not one for the white students?” When discussion of form ing a high school at White Oak—the fourth in the two administrative units Supt. C. C. Waiters said he didn't think the stale would look with favor on the proposal since there would be less than 100 students in the top four grades. George moved that an ap pointment be made with the State Department of Public Instruction to "get tbeir thinking” on the matters now being discussed. Supt. Wal ters was instructed to make the appointment.
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