I H ' ■- y •/%' i wc ■■ ] , [lC .. ][ l ~ a. Wimßrtfrti "T -V * JS?- < ■7 ~ flip 11 H w§fflm- a* Mrej^CTt^rrv^" ■ ii\i r3i s. ■*/ ' v '% <* ' h * * TnßWw - ■BP f HgL 1 , il9»&s JfFj I v.v‘6M i Wr~ x, m 'Aim £juL* m^mm g *fpP v * a, 7r*^ii , •;-. WHERE WATER HEATER EXPLODED Pictured above is the kitchen in the K. N. Floars home on West Queen Street Extension after a hot water heater exploded last Thursday afternoon. Fire Chief W. J. Yates said the house was damaged beyond repair by the afternoon explosion. No one was at home when the electric heater suddenly became a steam boiler and exploded. Boards In Agreement: ‘Merger Os Two Best’ The two school boards in Chowan County agree merg er of the administrative units is in the best interest of education. Board mem bers have already set about drawing up plans to perfect this move. Merger of the Chowan (£l]e public parade OPINION ASKED—In the past few weeks tremendous strides have been made in the direction of a better edu cational system for Chowan County. There is still a lot of work to be done. The die has been cast for ithe merger of the Chowan Board of Education and trustees of Edenton City Schools. This has come about in a relatively short time but the details of such a merger must be worked out. The Edenton board last Thursday not only agreed merger of the administrative units would be mutually beneficial for both units, ...uayeUed .. their " Wnile this caught the coun ty board somewhat by sur prise the progress was hailed by the Chowan board. Dr. Edward G. Bond, chairman of the city board, stated frankly the -.problem is how to select the board members. But he added: “I hope this won’t be a stumb ling block.” '-The city board, one of four self-perpetuating school bod ies in the State of North .Carolina, favors the appoint fment of the board by Eden ' ton’s Town Council, Chowan County commissioners .and the school board. The county board, which is elected, had their feeling best summed up by Frank Williams: “I highly disa gree.” They think the only democratic manner is at, the ballot box. In an endeavor to deter mine how the people along The Public Parade feel about this very important phase of the merger proposal, we are this week conducting a Straw Poll. Accompanying this ar ticle is a ballot which is sim ple enough to mark. To participate in the straw poll will cost you a little time and a postcard or envelope and stamp. The results of this poll will be tabulated by us and an nounced at a later date. The two schools boards are .y to be highly commended for # the businesslike manner in which they have thus far handled the merger question. They deserve the respect and cooperation of all the citizens of the county as they con tinue their efforts to perfect a plan to submit to the Gen eral Assembly. But how about your vote STRAW POLL □ Favor Election of School Board j □ Favor Appointment of School Board) W ■ Tear Oni and Mail To: I The Chowan Herald, Box 2t 7, Edenton, N. C. Board of Education and trus tees of Edenton City scHools was proposed several months ago by the county board. However, in a surprise move last Thursday night, the city board agreed a merg er would be “mutually bene ficial for both units” and on the question of selecting the combined board? WRONG DIRECTION— Elsewhere in The Chowan Herald is a picture of the new Edenton bus terminal. It is a tin addition to a service station. The Town Council Tuesday night passed a resolution in opposition to this inadequate facility. They, along with the Chamber of Commerce, will appeal to the bus com pany to reconsider their move. It may be too late. There is nothing wrong with the location of the sta tion. But the accommoda tions leave much to be de sired. When the bus station was located >on South Broad Street a bad traffic problem existed. This will be great ly aided by the fact the new terminal is located at the corner of Broad and Queen streets, outside the downtown business district. The plan is for Duses to enter to the north of the Sinclair station, drive around back and unload passengers on the Queen Street side of the structure. This will get the vehicles off the street but put the passengers in the rain on many occasions since there is no covered area. Some work has been done on this tin building, but the hot summer days have not been considered. It will be almost unbearable for those who can walk over and around freight and baggage to get to one of the few seats which will be avail able. Bus company officials say there will be additional seat ing in the station’s front. This will be extremely limit ed maybe no more than two or three as usual ser vice station items will be displayed in this room. Too, Continued on Page Seven 38 Are Certified In New Food Stamp Program The federal food stamp program was launched in Chowan County Monday with 38 families certified to re ceive the stamps. Chowan and Bertie counties join eight other counties in North Carolina now participating in this program. Mrs. J. H. McMullan, wel fare d rector, has been charg presented their plan for bringing this about. County board members Monday night began work ing on their own plan, which generally follows the line of the city proposal. The pri mary area of disagreement between the two boards is how the combined board will be selected. The city proposal calls for a seven member board to be appointed by Edenton Town Council, Chowan County commissioners and the school board. Four members would come from the First Town ship with one each from the remaining three townships. N. J. George told his fel low board members Monday night authorities in school matters generally agree the best manner of selecting a school board is by a popular vote of the people. There fore, he suggested the mem bership be cut to five—as in the case of the county com missioners and elected in the same manner. He added that the terms of the two members from the First Township should not expire at the same time. County Chairman O. C. Long, Jr., stated he had talked with one county com missioner and a former leg islator, both of whom agree the only proper way to se lect the board is by popular vote of the people. Dr. A. F. Downum and Eu gene Jordan, the other two board members at Monday’s meeting, agreed that the best way of seating board mem bers would be by the demo cratic process of election. The city proposal would have the merged board call ed the Edenton - Chowan Board of Education. County board members feel this is not necessary, saying there is just one board now, brok en in two pieces. They v/ould prefer it being called the Chowan County Board of Education. The final item of disagree ment is the city’s plan to have a 15-cent supplemental school tax which may be levied by the county board on at the same time as the question of merger. Bruce Jones, a memoer of the city board, said such a tax has been on the books in the Town of Edenton for many years, yet it has never been levied. This would not be binding on the county Continued on Page Seven ed with the responsibility of administering the stamp pro gram in this county. The director told Chowan A final makeup meet ing for grocers in Cho wan and Bertie counties wishing to participate in the food stamp program will be held in the Ag ricultural Building in Windsor at 2 P. M. Fri day, November 5. County Commissioners Mon day she did not foresee a big program in this county. She said some restrictions would prohibit a goodly number of people in the county from participating. Mrs. McMullan pointed out that the average number of families in the participating counties is just over 230. Therefore, a small county like Chowan could never have a big program. She said a lot of people don’t understand the require ments prior to certification and do not wish to put up the necessary cash to quali fy them from the bonus Vol. XXXII.—No. 44. John Mitchener Adds New Duties At Convention Mayor John A. Mitchener, Jr., has been elected first vice president of the North Carolina League of Munici palities. New league offic ers were elected at the final session of a convention in Ashville Saturday. Mayor Mitchener served as second vice president last year. The new officers, headed by Mayor J. Garner Bagnal of Statesville, will serve until the October, 1966, con vention, which will be held in Durham. The Edenton mayor played a major role in the league convention which opened Thursday at the Grove Park Inn. He presided at the Friday afternoon session of the gen eral membership during which a panel discussion was held regarding upgrading the revenue structure of munici palities in North Carolina. H. P. Taylor, Jr., of Wades boro, speaker of the House of representatives, and Hen ry W. Lewis of Chapel Hill, an assistant director of the Institute of Government, were the main panel mem (Continued on Page Seven) Sheriff Collects Quarter Os Levy Sheriff Earl Goodwin col lected more than 25 per cent of the 1965 tax levy during the month of October. A report sumitted to Cho wan County Commissioners Monday, indicated that $106,- 710.85 of the $423,676.41 levy was collected. Discounts amounted to $1,114.31. Sheriff Goodwin told com missioners this compares fav orably with the collections for the same period last year. The tax report also showed that $1,606.36 in delinquent taxes were collected in Oc tober, plus $181.17 in penal ties. It was also noted that No vember and December are also good tax collecting months. ! stamps. With regards to income, Mrs. McMullan said each ap i plicant must furnish a cer tified statement from his employer as to the monthly salary paid. If he is not working on a steady job the income can be estimated, but once an applicant signs the application he automatically certifies that the information given is true and correct. Mrs. McMullan said the - food stamps are not free, i Participating families buy . some stamps and get extra s stamps free. In this way ' the family actually has more : money for buying food. The amount of stamps bought t and the amount given de f pend on the size of the fami r ly and the amount of in come in the household. r For example: A family of ■ four with SIOO gross month ly cash income must buy S4O . in food stamps to get S3O in . bonus stamps giving them a , total of S7O with which to i purchase foods. A family of eight with a i SIOO gross monthly cash in- Water Heater Explodes Blast Destroys K. N. Floars Home Am electric water healer exploded last Thursday, de molishing the home of Mr. and Mrs. K. N. Floars, 321 West Queen Street Extended. No one was at home when the blast ripped through the frame dwelling. The cabinet type heater was located in the kitchen of the home. Fire Chief W. J. Yates es timated damage to the house and furnishings as being in excess of $15,000. This was the first such explosion in Edenton. This week the accident was investigated by H. B. Givens of Greenville, an employe of the boiler divi sion of the N. C. Department of Labor. He said the tank had a plastic dip tube of the THE CHOWAN HERALD Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina 27932 Thursday. November 4. 1965 r> . : I JMSL ifeMi COSTUME WINNERS More than 1,509 turned out Monday night tor the annual Halloween party given for community children by Edenton Woman’s Club in coopera tion with local merchants. Prize winners in the costume contest are shown above. Front row, left to right, are: Jenny Gardner, prettiest girl; Katherine Forehand, most comi ;aC girl; Mike McMuiian. most comical boy; and Tony Ranger, cutiest boy. Raggedy Ann arid Andy in the background, were portray ed by Candy Lane and Debbie Rogerson and won the most original prize. Edenton Aces Continue To Dominate Grid Play The highly - rated Ahoskie Indians met their Waterloo on Hicks Field Friday night when the Edenton Aces stunned them and a large following of fans with two Bank Is Seeking Drive-In Office Peoples Bank & Trust Company has made applica tion to the State Banking Commission for authority to establish a drive-in teller’s window at 701 North Broad Street. The new office would be built at the corner of North Broad Street and Hicks Street, on what is now a portion of the A & P park ing lot. This application will be considered in Raleigh on November 24. come must buy $46 in stamps to get $54 in food stamps free for SIOO in stamps. All foods may be pur chased with the exception of alcoholic beverages, tobacco, household supplies and any items identified as being im ported from foreign coun tries. Participants in the pro gram are certified by the welfare department for this program and purchase their stamps at Peoples Bank & Trust Company. They spend the stamps just like cash at any of the par ticipating grocery stores in Chowan County. The store then redeems the stamps at the bank. There are 15 par ticipating stores in Chowan County at this time. People already getting fi nancial assistance from the welfare department are au tomatically eligible to par ticipate in the food stamp program. However, Mrs. Mc- Mullan said there are many others who can be certified after proper application arid investigation. type found in most electric heaters that have exploded in recent years. Electric heaters of the type installed in the Floars home are now outlawed in North Carolina, according to Givens. The inspector said trouble with this type heater devel ops first in the thermostat. When the thermostat sticks, allowing the current to re main on, the water becomes so hot that the plastic tube begins to melt. The dip tube as well as all other openings become clogged and close up com pletely. “This situation turns the heater into a steam boiler,” Givens said. When the pres lightning - like touchdowns and near the end of the game chalked up another touchdown for good measure. Well coached, the Indians ripped through the Edenton line early in the game which looked as though they would easily scalp the Aces. The largest crowd in re cent years braved the cold night to watch the game, with Ahoskie probably hav ing almost as many fans on Edenton Aces journey to Plymouth Friday night for the final game in the regular 2-A Albemarle Conference season. hand as Edenton. Edenton’s first touchdown was made early in the first quarter when Ikey Davis slipped out in the open and Wesley Chesson flipped a perfect peg in Davis’ hands and he galloped over un touched. Very r shortly after, Dwight Flanagan jumped in the air to haul down a Chesson pass and also cross ed the line without any in terference. The third counter was made near the end of the Continued on Page Seven I j iAllßk NEW TRAILWAYS STATION This tin addition to a service station at the cWtaer of Broad and Queen streets has become Edenton’s new bus station. Town officials have expressed concern over the move, say tag it is inadequate and not in keeping with the best interests of the cittsens of Edenton, sure becomes the maximum for the tank the explosion occurs. He said most such tanks are tested to 300 pounds of pressure. The tank in the Floars home was little more than a year old. Givens said while it is now against the law to ship tanks of this construction into North Carolina, state inspec tors find them in various places. When this tank exploded it went up through the ceil ing and roof of the home and landed about 50 feet from the place it was lo cated in the home. The ex plosion knocked the house forward some five inches on the foundation. There was considerable damage to per- Issues Approved In Light Ballot Only 545 votes were cast in Chowan County Tuesday with the S3OO million road bond issue and the court amendment gaining over whelming approval. West Byrum, chairman of the Board of Elections, re ported the vote on the bond issue as being 458 in favor and 87 opposed. Those favoring the court question totaled 406, while the opposition gained 104 votes. Here’s how the vote went in Chowan: BOND ISSI E Yes No East Edenton 135 22 West Edenton 208 34 Rocky Hock 29 4 Center Hill 42 8 Wardville 38 14 Yeopim 6 5 Total 458 87 AMENDMENTS Yes No East Edenton 124 30 West Edenton 188 45 Rocky Hock 16 8 Center Hill 39 9 Wardville 33 7 Yeopim 6 5 Total 406 104 sonal property in the house as well as to the structure. Chief Yates said the fam ily should feel fortunate that no one was at home when the midaftemoon blast oc curred. Fire broke out at 3:10 P. M. Saturday at Jimbo’s Jumbos on Badham Road, causing considerable damage to the plant. Chief Yates said the roast er on the second floor caught fire but firemen were able to keep the fire undr con trol and confined it to the upstairs section. The amount of damage re sulting from the fire and water poured on the blaze had not been determined at press time. Single Copy 10 Cents Enterprise Wins County Award In Development Enterprise Community on Tuesday was awarded top honors in Chowan County’s 1965 Community Develop ment program. Judging was done earlier Tuesday and the winners named at the eighth annual awards program at Chowan High School. Mrs. Billy Dail, Enterprise Community chairman, was on hand to receive the check for first place in the county. The winners were revealed and checks distributed by Samuel Cox. chairman. Agri cultural Workers Council. Center Hill and Rocky Hock communities were also judged blue ribbon winners. In the red ribbon group were Cross Roads and Oak Grove. Rvland asked not to be judg ed this year. Peoples Bank & Trust Co., in Edenton contributes SSOO to the community develop ment program in Chowan County. George Lewis, as sistant vice president, also presented representatives from Center Hill with the attendance prize. In addition to Lewis, bank officials at the meeting in cluded J. Gilliam Wood, lo cal board chairman; J. W. Davis, vice president, and William Easterling, assistant vice president who heads the Consumer Credit Branch. In announcing the county winners, Cox said his defini tion of community develop ment is “away of helping Continued on Page Seven Veterans’ Day Closings Slated Veterans’ Day will be ob served here next Thursday, November 11, with local, county, state and federal of fices closed. The Chowan County Court house and all county of fices will be closed, as will Edenton’s Municipal Build ing. Postmaster J. L. Chest nutt Vports the Post Office will be closed on this day and no city or rural mail de liveries will be made. The Employment Security Commission office will also be closed. Peoples Bank & Trust Company’s main office and the Consumer Credit Branch will both be closed on this day.