AREA LABOR SURVEY IS TODAY
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- The number of men and women in this area willing
, to take an industrial job will determine if a big, modern
industry locates in Edentoh.
Every person who would take such a job is asked to
participate ill an important labor survey here today
(Thursday), Those interested in industrial employ
ment should report to the National Guard Armory be
tween the hours of 9 A. M., and 4 P.’M.
W- A. Hollar, manager of the local Employment Se
curity Commission office, said the survey has been re-
School Property
Survey Released
Edenton City Schools own
36.69 acres of land and
buildings at three schools.
. comprise 221,552 square feet.
< This is but some of- the
information contained in a
new school propertv fmrvev
just released by Supt. Hiram
J. Mayo of the city schools.
The survey was made by
Architect Owen F. Smith of
Raleigh and is said by the ,
State Department of Public
Instruction to be among the
tops in this state.
State school officials have,
required such a survey by
all public schools in North
Carolina and one is currently
being compiled for Chowan
County Schools.
This survey relates the
number and size of each
classroom, gymnasium, office,
auditorium, ''etc. The date
each building was construct
ed and tbe type of construc
tion fs noted as is when ad
ditions were built and how
big they are.
Turning' through this book
of renderings is like brows
ing in an encyclopedia. Sum.
Mayo says it will be a valu
able source of information
for his office as well as the
school boards as they plan
for the future.
Francis Selected
State 4-H Winner
A 17-year-old Advance 4-H
Club member is among the
top 44 4-H’ers in North Ca
rolina.
R.Jtf. Francis Jr.. Royte 3,
Edenton, has beets named
state 4-H forestry project
winner. This places him
among the most outstanding
of 67,000 Tar Heel 4-H Club
members.
The' 44 top winners were
selected on the basis of long
time project records.
Dr. Carlton Blalock, state
4-H Club leader, said: ‘'While
they are being honored for
project achievement, they
have also demonstrated su
perior leadership ability, citi
zenship responsibility and
other characteristics of well
rounded, talented young men
and women.”
The 44 winners, the total
up by five over last year, re
ceive valuable awards rang
ing from trips to Chicago to
attend National 4-H Club
Congress, to wrist watches
and savings bonds.
Francis is among the 28
winners chosen to represent
this state in Chicago where
they will place their project
records in competition with
others from all over the
United States.
The recent winner joins
Leon Evans a* a state for
estry project /winner from
Chowan County.
He will, leave November 26
for Raleigh where he and
other state 4-H leaders will
fly to Chicago for the 4-H
Congress. They will return
December 4.
\? Harry Venters; assistant
county agent, Said the entire
area should be' proud of the
high honor which has been
given to Francis. “He is an
outstanding 4-H. club mem
ber as well as one of the
county’s leading junior citi
zens,” Venters said. “His
record of accomplishments
speaks for itself and the fact
that he was chOMn for state
PROPERTY SURVEY COMPLETE—A complete property
survey of Menton City Schools has been completed and
submitted to the board. Here Dr. Edward G. Bond, seated,
chairman, goes over the survey with Supt. Hiram
J. Mayo.
public Parade
VALUABLE FACILITY—
“UnIess there are the right
airport facilities, ycur com
munity may miss 84 per cent
of its potential ' industrial
growth-’’
That sentence atop a story
caught our eye, The story
went on to cite study in
Missouri from among 500
corporations in the country
showing 84 per cent required
an airport near their plant
locations. x
Another study in Texas
showed that the airport was
a in business locating
in 42.8 per cent of the towns
between 1,000 and 1,999 pop
ulation. But 30'per cent of
the towns in this category
did not have a public use air
port.
In Georgia, a leading milk
processing firm had a smdll
plant. In 1962 the town
built the county’s first pav
ed airstrip to make the area
more accessible for business
firms. The company expand
ed its plant in the county
as a direct result of this air
strip and today It i% the
second largest in the com
pany system.
These are but -a few of
the examples of an airport’s
value to a community where
industrial development is
concerned.
Edenton is fortunate in this
respect. There is. a more
than adequate airport here
which cost the town nothing.
In the past few months an
airport commission has been
formed to activate' this fa
cility,
Dr. Richard Hardin, W. P.
(Spec) Jones jmd James W.
Gardner are working on this
commission and progress is
being made.
A firm is now studying
lighting nearly a mile of the
north-south runway. Once
this is done and some boards
are nailed back, sothe paint
is spread and a gas pump
installed, Edenton will have
an operator of the airport
and the facility will continue
to play a major role in our
future. ' . N
The area is bn the verge
of landing another big, mod
ern, progressive industry.
When this industry comes to
Edenton you can rest assured
the availability of -such an
airport as ours played a key
role in the decision.
Too many people take
these things for granted.
Those without these facili
ties will continue to be
bridesmaids —never a bride.
; iouth continue to pass
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quested $ S lanufacturgr who is interested in locating
a model rtrial plant in Edenton. It is important
to the fi -f adequate labor be available for staffing
the plan £ '
The fi rli Id manufacture small appliances.
Edentc als have branded this survey “urgent”
business. *; feel existing labor, coupled with new
workers naturally drawn from the region wpuld be suf
ficient to staff such a plant. But the company must
be convinced.
office reported judgments 'in
Charlotte and Birmingham,
Ala., in which one union of
ficial was sent to prison and
three others were placed on
probation 4«r -wioieiion •
existing laws.
Rqbert Ethridge, former
business representative of
Local 884, Hodcarriers, Build
ers and Common Laborers
Union of America, Charlotte,
was sentenced to two years
imprisonment after entering
a plea of guilty to embezzle
ment of $1,404.50 of local un
ion funds.
While down in Alabama
Riley L. Thornton, former
secretary of Local 240, In
ternational Union of Eleva
tor Constructors, was plead
ing guilty to two counts of
failure to file financial re
ports as required by the La
bor - Management Reporting
and Disclosure Act. He was
placed on probation.
Also in Birmingham, Fred
J. Short and William J. Mc-
Nair, both former officials
of International Typographi
cal Union locals were placed
on probation for embezzle
ment of a total of nearly
$20,000.
These men, and others like
them, are the ones some
members of our Congress and
the present administration in
Washington want to force on
every business in America.
This should be resisted in
the strongest possible man
ner.
BOOST CRUSADE The
Cancer Crusade along The
Public Parade is'' barely off
the ground and the deadline
for the two-week campaign
is rapidly approaching.
Ctusade officials report
only about S3OO of a $2,000
goal. This doesn’t speak
well for our community.
Cancer is one of the lead
ing causes of death in Cho
wan Courity and the nation.
In order to fight this dread
disease money must 'be not
only spent on research but
on education. Therefore, a
goodly portion of the funds
raised stay right here in
Chowan County,
Mrs. Caswell Edmundsom
crusade chairman, and her
host of -volunteers are work
ing hard: However, they
need a financial boost from
the community.
Let’s' get this behind us.
We will all feel better when
it is done. -
APPEAL FOR FUNDS—
The newly organized Eden
ton-Chowan Rescue Squad is
-about ready to begin opera
tions. They have not asked
,for help before.because they
felt it was necessary for
them to demonstrate their
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Vol. XXXII —No. 41.
E. L Hollowed
Named To Post
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By Gov. Moore
E. L. Hollowell, president
of Chowan Veneer Company,
Inc., has been appointed by
Gov. Dan K. Moore to a
four-year term on the board
of directors of Governor
Morehead School in Raleigh.
Gov. Moore Monday named
Hollowell and 10 other mem
bers to the board. Only two
past were reap
pointed.
The Governor Morehead
School is this state’s school
for the blind and deaf. The
school has a full academic
kindergarten through high
school. The state school pro
vides treatment, training and
education for deaf and blind
children of North Carolina.
Hollowell was co-manager
of Gov. Moore’s campaign in
Chowan County Xlast year.
He is commander of Ed
ward G. Bond Post, Ameri
can Legion, and a member
of the N. C. Department,
American Legion, Child Wel
fare Committee. He is vice
president of the Tar Heel
Chapter, 30th Division As
sociation:
A past director and treas
urer of Edenton Chamber
of Commerce, Hollowell this
year serves as membership
chairman for the chamber.
He is an active member of
Edenton Baptist Church.
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E. L. HOLLOWELL
Road Committee
Will Re Formed
J. Clarence Leary of Eden
ton will set up a local com
mittee to coordinate all edu
cational efforts in the coun
ty in behalf of the S3OO mil
lion road bond issue, which
will be voted on November
2nd.
Materials used in the pro
motional effort include many
thousands of bumper strips,
printed, brochures and plac
ards.
The bond issue would en
able the state to meet more
than three-fourths of its to
tal road needs in’ the next
five years without increasing
taxes, Robert P. Holding,
Jr., said. Holding is State
Chairman and Leary heads
the county group.
More than a hundred town
and county governing boards
and civic organizations have
endorsed the bond issue, he
said. .
The county campaign will
be aimed at informing voters
of the benefits es the bond
’issue to every citizen of the
state and getting out the
Vote on November 2nd, Mr.
H.Mn* «ud.
George Alma Byrum, chairman of the industrial
committee of Edenton Chamber of Commerce, said the
plant would employ a great many women. “More
than 50 per cent of the workers would be women,” he
understands. Too, the firm is talking in terms of an
employment of 600 or more people.
Byrum said Edenton officials have been entertaining
the industry leaders for some time. “Everything looks
good and we are encouraged by the manner in which
our town has been accepted by the people who nianu-
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Edenton, Chowan Countv, North Carolina 27932 Thursday, October 14, 1965
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WHERE TWO DlED—This is all that was left of a U. S. Marine helicopter which
crashed on highway 37 Sunday night, claiming the lives of two passengers and injurying
the pilot and co-pilot. The cause of the 5:45 P. M. crash in a field just off the highway
has not been determined.
School Traffic Mayo Outlines Chamber
Hazards Aired Work For Coming Year
Edenton Town Council and
Edenton City Schools are
working jointly to remedy
what has been termed “seri
ous traffic problems” around
local schools.
Tuesday night the council
heard recommendations from
the traffic committee which
includes prohibiting parking
on Court Street from Church
to Queen streets and the es
tablishing of a parking lot
near St. John’s Episcopal
Church. Parking on Court
Street would not be allowed
between the hours of 8 A. M.,
and 5 P. M.
Teachers at Edenton Ele
mentary School would be re
ouested to park in the new
lot.
A sidewalk will be con
structed along Court Street
from Church to Queen streets
to the two nearest entrances
to the school.
Council is also studying in
stitution of a new system of
school crossing guards thus
relieving policemen of this
task.
Proper school markings are
to be installed on Broad
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AT CHAMBER BANQUET—Hiram J Mayo, left, newly elected president of Edenton Chamber of Commerce, is
shown here with other principals at the annual banquet Monday night at Chowan Golf and Country Clab. Others,
(ram the left, are: Robert W. Moore, executive vice prati dent; Rev. La Foil Vereen of Raleigh, speaker; and Elton El
more, immediate past president. About 175 local chamber members attended tile banquet, . 1
Monday night saw the of
ficial change in command of
Edenton Chamber of Com
merce as Alton Elmore bow
ed out as president and Hi
ram J. Maya took up the
reins.
Mayo, superintendent of
Edenton City Schools, be
gan his tenure as president
by announcing the appoint
ment of E. L. Hollowell as
membership chairman. The
membership campaign got
underway Wednesday at a
kickoff breakfast at Edenton
Restaurant.
The new president said:
“Your chamber of commerce
can be everything you want
it to be. You must remem
ber that it cannot solve all
of our problems, but it does
provide the ‘vehicle’ for town
and county effort and united
action for the good of our
area.”
He went on to say the en
tire program of 1965-66 can
be accomplished it the indi
viduals of the community are
willing to give of their time
and talents. *
“You are the chamber of
commerce,” he told the audi
facture small electrical appliances,” Byrum said.
He added it is now at a point where Edenton must
justify the adequate labor supply. According to exist
ing figures this labor supply is here, but there must be
an impressive turn-out for the survey today.
People living within a 30-mile radius of Edenton are
being asked to participate in this survey.
The company is expected within 10 days.
Company officials have looked at sites in this area,
but no commitment has been made pending the out
come of the labilr survey.
ence of some 175. “Your
chamber is on the go, to
ward a betttr tomorrow—
let’s keep it going.”
1 Mayo also introduced a
bboklet “Toward a Better
Tomorrow” which outlines
his program for the coming
year. He said there are 12
areas in which he wishes to
place emphasis. They are:
industrial development, gov
ernmental affairs, education,
givic affairs, agriculture and
area development, traffic and
trnsportation, aviation, pub
licity, membership, downtown
development, historical, and
tourist.
Elmore told the audience
his year as chamber presi
dent gave him deep insight
of the attitude and charac
teristics of the community.
He warned that the business
of building a city is never
finished, therefore, the work
of the chamber must con
tinue.
“Just as the spirit ol' man
knows no limitation, a city's
growth is endless,” he said,
“for it is tile people who
make the city. As long as
Continued on Page Three
Single Copy 10 Cents
Helicopter Crash
On Highway 37
Claims 2 Marines
Two Marines were killed
and two others wounded
Sunday night when the heli
copter in which they were
flying crashed on Highway 37
east of Edenton.
Dead were: Sgt. Cleo C.
Hallani, 29, of Memphis.
Tenn., and Cpl. Paul Sund
holtn, 24. of Worchester,
Mass.
Injured in the crash, in
which the enlisted men were
killed were pilot Capt. Mel
vin Cooper, 29, of Blackwell,
Okla., and ec pilot Lt. Don
•iM Howard, 27, of Hayward,
Calif.
The injured we re-rushed to
Chowan Hospital where they
were given emergency treat
ment for severe burns and
later transferred to Ports
mouth. Va.
An eyewitness to the crash,
Charles Small, 24, said he
saw the powerless chopper
swaying helplessly in the air
and then drop out of sight.
The copter struck a tree
and then hit a 7,000-volt
power line before crashing
into a field and catching fire.
The victims were trapped in
the blaze and died befole
rescuers could get to the
scene.
One of the injured men
hailed a car on highway 37
and was carried It the hos
pital while the other was
rushed to the hospital hv the
Edenton - Chowan Rescue
Squad.
Rescue squad members and
the Edenton Fire Depart
ment were on hand only
minutes after the crash oc
curred but were unable to
do more than stand bv until
military personnel arrived on
the scene.
The cause of the crash has
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Library Friends
To Meet Sunday
Friends of the Library of
the Shepard-Pruden Memori
al Library will meet at the
Episcopal Parish House on
Sunday, October 17 at 4:00
P. M.
Mrs. J. H. Conger, Jr.,
president Os Friends of the
Library, urges all members
to be present. There will
be election of officers for the
coming year and discussion
of important matters of con
cern to all members of
Friends of the Library.