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/ VvMltSß' PATRICIA WAFt
< Patricia Waff
lakes Position
GREENVILLE—East Caro
lina College’s expanding
.School of Art will increase
its faculty to 19 next month
-when the 1985-66 school year
opens.
Dr. Wellington B. Gray,
dean of the art school since
1956, has announced the ap
pointments of five new
teachers. Two will be addi
tions to his staff, one will
be a replacement and two
have accepted one-year posts,
V the dean said.
Additions are Ralph Eu
gene Jacobs, a native of Jop
lin, Mo., who comes to ECC
from Pennsylvania State
and Edward Bing
bee of San Francisco, Calif.,
who resigned a teaching
post at Sloan School of Art,
S&ith Orange, N. J.
Norman Keller, sculptor
V from Athens, Ga., is a re
placement. Reynold Duffy
Totir of Washington and
Greenville and Patricia Ann
Waff of Edenton, both ECC
graduates, are the two one
year
One faculty member has
resigned, John C. Merritt.
Another has been granted a
one-year leave of absence,
Williaflj H- .Holley, who will
be working' on his doctorate
at Penn State.
Wesley V. Crawley has
moved from chairman of the
sculpture department to
chairman of the figure and
drawing department in the
art school. He will be re
placed in sculpture by Kel
ler.
V Mjjs Waff, also a gradu
w-atfe assistant last year in the
aiht school here, earned the
BE and MA degrees from
ECC. She. will be an in
j Stfuctor. i She is the daugh-
I M of Mr. and Mrs. H. E.
’of ’Edenton and is
shaking hfcr home in Green
ville at 617 Maple Street.
t Dye Works Sales Jump;
pEdenton Plant In Gear
Piece Dye Works
•reports increased sales for
3Ke~ six rnonths ending June
30, but net income was down
Charles Blount, Jr., chair
man and president, said that
'a substantial portion of the
xtauine in net was due to
start up operations at the
new plant -in Edenton. He
pointed put that net plant
investment of United Piece
Pxfc Works had been in
creased more than 50 per
ctfltt since last year.
V* Hlount added that the ma
jor break-in problems at the
new plant had been over
come.
the report of sales and
earnings showed net sales
of $10,187,451, compared to
$9,732,601 in 1964, an in
crease of 4.8 per cent. Net
income after taxes was $564,-
253 as compared with
$683,537.
After dividends on the
$5.56 preferred stock, net per
common share was 47 cents
in 1965 as compared to M
cents last year.
In a letter to the stock
holders last week, Blount
said working capital declin
ed to $874,479 as compared
to $2,149,050, “reflecting the
major investment In capital
added: “Since the
spring of 1964 we have com
pleted a major advance ia
company more than 50 per
THE CHOWAN HERALD
0 ihlic ffiarariJt
o* Tape —ls educational
television is as nice m the
conected with m then
it is destined fpr great' suc
cess in North Carolina. ,
Last week about'tw® doz
en WUNC-TV employees,
headed by John Young of
Chapel Hill, director of tele
vision, spent the better part
of three days along The Pub
lic Parade.
The crew was here o» be
half of WUNB-TV in \ Co
lumbia, which will go on the
air next month and become
the second in a series of sta
tions that make up the state
wide network.
Two programs were taped
here. One was a 66-minute
historical piece designed to
tell the colorful story of our
area. Another was an in
class history lesson from the
famous Barker House.
Mayor John A. Mitchener,
Jr., Alton Elmcfre, president
of the Chamher of Com
merce; Robert Moore, cham
ber executive;- and C. W.
Overman, county agent, spent
most of last Wednesday with
the crew. So you can see
the Edenton and Chowan
County story was in capable
hands.
Mr. Young was highly
pleased with the results of
the local stop, one of several
in Northeastern North Caro
lina. He writes:
“The Chowan Herald and
indeed all of Edenton have
been very' kind to us during
our brief visit. I want you
to know how much we have
enjoyed our stay and how
much we appreciate the com
plete cooperation of everyone
we me.t
“It is perhaps too much to
hope that educational tele
vision will be completely un
derstood after such a short
visit, but we do look for
ward to the inauguration of
service on Channel 2 next
month, in the belief that our
brief visit and the programs
that we have recorded will
be useful in introducing ETV
to northeastern North Caro
linaTfs weiras- smHrttrjhlfrqftr*
in the central part of the
state something of the herit
age and progress of your sec
tion of the country."
Thank you, John. Ya’ll
come back.
SLICING OUR MELON
TWO recent tax reductions
have been put into effect
with great fanfare for the
ostensible purpose of helping
,the economy. But little is
being said in the meantime
about how this advantage is
quietly being eroded away.
First cut;, designed specifi
cally to stimulate the econ
omy, was the six billions
lopped off the federal income
ly accounted for by installa
tions of equipment at Eden
ton.”
The executive said modem
equipment, broad experience
in textile finishing and dye
ing, and a number of pro
prietary processes, enable the
company to give unique ser
vice to its customers. He
said the firm is now equip
ped to serve the trade in a
larger volume than ever be
fore.
“It may yet be some time
before the new plant in
Edenton is fully operating,”
he pointed out, “but the ma
jor break-in now lies behind
us.” He cited machinery de
lays which extended into
June.
Blount said he is pleased
with the progress at Eden
ton and “looks forward to a
busy fall and winter season,
expecting profitable opera
tion to be attained.”
Patrol Stressing Highway Safety During August
Cpl. Lem Meiggs of Dis
trict 2, Troop A of the State
Highway Patrol, stated to
day that the records indi
cate that during the month
of August, 1964, North Caro
lina experienced one of its
worst traffic years since
1930.
Sunday was the most haz
ardous day of the week with
73 fatalities. Saturday fol
lowed with 42 per cent. The
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the only fnt.Uty in 19M.
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went into effect over a two
year period.
The second reduction came
about a few weeks ago when
President Johnson signed a
bill repealing various war
time excise taxes.
Both these actions were
heralded as great boons to
the economy; but almost be
fore the ink was dry, the
bureaucrats were figuring
out ways to raise other levies
enough to wipe out the ad
vantage.
First the social security
tax bill back in 1964, which
tax base was raised from $4.-
800 to $6,600 and the rate ad
vanced to where it will,
within a few years, total 11
per cent. Unlike the income
levy, which has its exemp
tions and deductions, this
social security tax applies—
or will apply in a few years
—against the first $6,600 re
ceived by every wage earn
er.
And now pretty much the
same thing is being proposed
with respect to unemploy
ment compensation taxes. A
bill before Congress would
increase the base from $3,000
to $6,600, wipe out the ex
perience rating benefit and
broaden the coverage to in
clude all employers of one
or more persons.
This would be done in or
der to increase unemploy
ment benefits to 66-2/3 per
cent of the average weekly
wage and extend the period
of coverage from 26 to 52
weeks.
This is a very insidious
piece of legislation, but it has
broad-based support in Con
gress. Take, for instance, the
matter of wiping out the ex
perience rating table. Under
this system, employers who
maintain steady pay rolls
can earn a lower rate than
firms which periodically lay
off help. This has amounted
to a saving of $400,000,000 to
North Carolina employers
since 1943.
Not only would such sav
ings be impossible under the
.PKMEMBrti'ifcgwtetioß, bat the
total' cost to North Carolina
employers would jump from
$44,000,000 to $90,000,000 per
year.
One other thing. Up to
now North Carolina and oth
er southern states have been
able to build up large re
serves in their unemploy
ment compensation funds;
while such states as Michi
gan, New York and Cali
fornia deplete their reserves
as fast as the money is paid
in. They look with envy
upon the comfortable re
serves of other states and
want the funds “federalized”
so they can get their hands
on them. In other words,
they want to cut our water
melon, having already en
joyed their own.
Both the social security
and unemployment taxes, it
will be noted, bear directly
upon the employer, who pays
all the latter and half of
the former. He is the busi
nessman supposed to
“helped” by the widely her
alded income and excise
cuts.
Hearings on the unemploy
ment insurance proposal be
gin today before the Ways
and Means committee of the
House of Representatives in
Washington. If you do not
want to see the money which
has been accumulated against
the day you may be out of
a job go to someone else,
you should communicate your
objections directly to mem
bers of that committee.
Or, if you are an employer
and can see some danger in
extending rocking chair pay
ments to 52 weeks at 66-2/3
per cent, you should also
let your feelings be known.
If this thing goes through,
you will be reading more
and more about that “hard
core” unemployment which
cannot be reduced. After ail,
if we could sit in the shade
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The hours in which the
most persons were killed was
between 1 A M., and 2 AM.
with 17 persons losing their
lives in automobile accidents.
The greater number of acci
dents are still recorded oc
curring between the hours of
5 P. M., to 6 P. M.
Contrary to our belief, we
usually think of the young
and the old pedestrians be
ing the ones killed, l>ut in
ffi
24 years of age;
Edenlj howan County, North Carolina 27932 Thursday, August 12, 1965
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Architect’s Sketch of New Shepard-Pruden Memorial Library on West Water Street
Library Board Lets Contracts
For Handsome New Building
Big Percentage
OfStudentsPlan
Coliege Future
Supt. Hiram Mayo of
Edenton City Schools an- ?
nounced this week that 67.1 -
per cent of the 1965 graduat
ing class at John A. Holmes
High School plan to attend
college this fall.
This is more than a 7 per
cent increase over students
who were graduated from
the local high school in 1964.
At the same time Supt.
Mayo said scholarships and
other grants to students in
the Class of 1965 amount to
$43,200.
A breakdown of plans by
the recent high school grad
uates shows 35.7 per cent
plan to attend four-year col
leges while 31.4 per cent will
be attending two-year col
leges.
There will be 14.1 per cent
of the graduates being en
gaged in trade schools, with
8.5 per cent of these enter
ing beautician school.
The superintendent said
the state average for stu
dents graduating from city
schools who go on to college
is 50 per cent.
He singled out the work
done by Mrs. James Kinion
has had a great deal to do
with the percentage of stu
dents who receive scholar
ships and plan to continue
their education above the
high school level.
Sheriff Goodwin
Picks New Jailer
Sheriff Earl Goodwin to
day announced his selection
of Glenn H. Perry as Cho
wan County jailer.
Sheriff Goodwin said Per
ry will replace Bertram By
rum, who resigned effective
September 1 to join Edenton
Fire Department.
The new officer, who will
assume his duties September
1, is the son of Mrs. Mattie
Knight Perry of Tyner and
the late John E. Perry.
Unless there is a trend we
can expect from the prior
records that 200 people will
lose their lives in August,
1965 on North Carolina high
ways.
The weekend we are ap
proaching, was the worst
weekend during the month
of August 1964.
Cpl. Meiggs and members
of the State Highway Pa
trol have pledged to do their
best in curtailing the useless
waste of human life on the
highways of our state; they
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STATE WINNER Wilma Nixon, right, a member of
Cross Roads 4-H Club, was named State Senior Dairy
Foods Demonstration winner at the recent 4-H Club Week
in Raleigh. She is pictured here with her advisor. Miss
Frances McCaskill and Homer Sink of Greensboro, an of
ficial of the American Dairy Association.
Wilma Nixon Winner
Os State 4-H Honors
State 4-H honors have
been bestowed on Wilma
Nixon, a member of the
Cross Roads Club in Chowan
County.
At the recent Scale 4-H
Club Week in Raleigh, the
Chowan County 4-H’er was
declared Senior Dairy Foods
Demonstration winner for
North Carolina. As state
winner she received a SSO
Savings Bond from the
American Dairy Association.
The winning demonstration
was one Miss Nixon had giv
en more than 50 times tc
4-H, civic, and Home Dem
onstration Clubs, as well as
will be out in full force and
use all available means to
protect motorists and the
pedestrian.
The Corporal and the en
tire patrol solicit your full
support in driving careful
and abiding by courtesy and
the rules of the road.
It will be utterly impossi
ble to police each driver,
however, you can rest as
sured that if you are not
driving as you should a pa
trolman will be looking at
you.
on television.
Two other 4-H'ers from
this county were entered in
state competition. They were
Donald Bunch in cotton pro
duction and Carolyn Leake
in the dress revue.
One of the highlights of
the State Talent Show was
a tap dance number from
Chowan County’s “The Rhy
thm Steppers” composed of
Shelia Byrum, Vicki Leary,
Chris Hollowell and Robin
Hendrix.
Miss Nixon is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Nixon. She is 1965 Health
Queen from Chowan County
and was winner of the 1964
Key Award. She has been
a county winner a number
of times and was district
winner in Dairy Foods Dem
onstration prior to taking
state honors.
She has been in 4-H club
work for five years and has
completed projects in foods
and nutrition, home manage
ment, home grounds beauti
fication, safety, grooming,
safety and automotive.
Miss Frances McCaskill,
assistant home agent in Cho
wan, said she is highly pleas
ed with the record of ach
ievement Miss Nixon has set
and is especially delighted
over the state recognition
the 4-H’er received.
$86,714 Project
Will Be Started
Within 2 Weeks
Activity is expected to begin within days on the new
Shepard-l’ruden Memorial Library on West Water
Street. Contracts which total $62,525 have been sign
ed by the board of trustees.
Tom Shepard, board chairman, said the completed
project will cost $86,714. This includes, the site, build-
Local Road Fund
Totals $30,160
Chowan County has been
allocated $30,160 in second
ary road funds for state
maintenance and construc
tion.
Don Mathews of Hamilton,
state highway commissioner,
said the allocation if based
on $556.43 per mile of un
paved roads in the county.
Chowan had 54.2 miles of
unpaved roads on January 1.
Os the 14 counties in the
first div’ision, only Dare has
fewer miles of unpaved
roads than Chowan. Dare
has only 32.2 miles of un
paved roads while Bertie has
237.1.
Mathews said this division
received a total allocation of
$841,000 from the sl6 mil
lion set up for fiscal 1965-
66. There are a total of
1,511.6 miles of unpaved
roads in the division. The
divisian ranks second to the
10th Division in number of
miles of unpaved roads, ac
cording to figures released.
Jayoees Pushing
Big Bowl Game
Although grid season is
several weeks ago, Edenton
fans will get a primer Fri
day night via the third an
nual Boys’ Home Bowl game
at Ficklen Field in Green
ville.
Charlie Overton, a lineman
who was a key man in the
Aces’ undefeated season last
year, will be in the lineup
when the whistle blows at
8 P. M.
This is expected to be a
real game and a host of
Edentonians are set to be
on hand.
The Boys’ Home Bowl
Game is sponsored by North
Carolina Jaycees, with pro
ceeds going toward the Jay
cee cottage at Lake Wacca
maw.
Tickets are available local
ly from Jaycees or at Hollo
well’s Drug Store.
Single Copy 10 Cents
ing, furnishings, equipment
and fees.
The board received a fed
eral grant of $45,695 for this
project as well as $20,000
from Chowan County and
$15,000 from the Town of
Edenton. The balance was
raised locally.
Edenton Construction Com
pany is the general contrac
tor and has workmen ready
to start on the job. They
are awaiting the go ahead
from the architect.
Davis Electric Company of
New Bern has the electric
contract and White Heating
and Sheet Metal in William
ston has the plumbing con
tract. Heating and air con
ditioning will be done by
Climate Craft, Inc., of Wash
ington.
Shepard pointed out ne
gotiations with the contract
ors were necessary and some
items desired had to be cut
out in order to proceed with
the project. Therefore furth
er community support will
be necessary.
He said some additional
supplies and equipment must
be bought if the library is to
give complete service and
take advantage of programs
offered by the state and oth
er agencies. These include
the purchase of a 16m:n
movie projector, record cabi
nets and some other items.
Also, drapes for the build
ing and other interior dec
orations are not included in
the cost of the library build
ing. “The library board
would certainly appreciate
any further assistance given
by local citizens and organi
zations,” Shepard said.
He said he is grateful for
the cooperation and support
given by individuals as well
as the two governmental
groups.
The building will be of
Colonial architecture and will
be located on a site purchas
ed from the Cupola House
Association behind the Good
year Store and facing the
new Municipal Building.
HAM DINNER
The William A. CofQeld
Post, VFW, will sponsor a
ham dinner Saturday, begin
ning at 6 P. M., at the post
home. Take-out orders may
be obtained by calling 483.
4061,