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WOMAN OF THE YEAR Happily accepting a spray of red roses is Mrs. Lena Leary,
Edenton’s 1965 Woman of the Year. Making the presentation is Mrs. Mack Rogerson,
president of Edenton BPW Club, sponsors of the annual project to cite an outstanding
woman of Edenton. The banquet was held Thursday night at the Masonic Temple.
Coveted Honor
To Mrs. Leary
Mrs. Lena M. Leary is
Edenton’s Woman of the
Year for 1965.
The genial clerk of Su
/ perior Court, was honored
Thursday night by Edenton
jfeusiness and Professional Wo
man’s Club at a banquet at
Masonic Temple. Following
the banquet, Mrs. Leary was
honored further at a recep
tion at Edenton Restaurant.
Several years ago, Mrs.
Leary, who has been active
in various phases of com
munity life for many years,
won the Clubwoman of the
Year award presented by the
BPW,
Last year Mrs. John A.
Mitchener, Jr., won the
award which is the highest
honor bestowed by the club.
Miss Catherine Aman made
the presentation of the win
ner and presented a surprised
Mrs. Leary with a spray of
red roses.
In making the presentation
Miss Aman said of Mrs.
Leary: “She has served
Edenton and Chowan Coun
ity well in many various ea-
Tpacitics . . . wife, mother,
friend, and as a professional
person. She is truly an out
standing citizen.’’
Mrs. Leary was assistant in
the clerk’s office for a num
ber of years and was elected
to the position she now holds
succeeding Tom Shepard.
In addition to ner con
tribution to the political life
of the community, she has
been active in business,
church and civic affairs.
Mrs. Leary is a native of
Edenton. She is married to
Leon Leary and they have
a married daughter, Mrs.
Linda Beach. The Learys are
Baptists.
Approximately 120 persons
attended the banquet where
Mrs. Mack Rogerson, BPW
president, acted as mistress
of ceremonies.
Role Os American Education Lauded
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Dr. John j,£/Us, of Whapcl
Hill; declared here Tuesday
night instability of family
life will tear down America
faster than any outside force.
In a talk at the District 1
meeting of N. C. State School
Boards Association, the Uni
t, vcrsity of North Carolina ed
ucator said this instability
ji.- can be avoided through prop
, er education.
The speaker asked the
I question: “Is Education Good
Business?” and went on to
I develop this from the stand
• point of the student, the
1 businessman and the Ameri
i can citizen.
: An average person with an
eighth grade education will
fe have lifetime earnings of
he This iA
| increased to $247,000 for a
| hign senool graduate; $385,000
for a college graduate; and
$455,000 for a person with
f one year of graduate study.
is important the* ™ P !-v
[; "Sladcnt go as far as his po-
M taatial demands,” He said. He
added that education means
r greater opportunities, opens
f wide horizons for young peo
| pie aftd is a hedge against
' .unemployment.
he quoted indi
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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HOMETOWNISH Little
more than a week ago we
read in our favorite after
noon newspaper where Rep.
Walter B. Jones had ap
pointed an Edenton boy to
the U. S. Naval Academy.
Now we read this week in
our favorite morning daily
where our new representa
tive announced the approval
of a $9,234 federal grant for
Edenton to finance a plan
ning program.
We at e hometownish enough
to think the media to use in
making announcements abr ut
hometown happenings is in
the hometown press.
SEEKING SOLUTION— The
situation which has develop
ed at Arrowhead Beach is
most unfortunate. County
Commissioners, health de
partment officials and the de
velopers of this area are
working to find a solution.
But was all this commotion
necessary?
Finding fault ancr placing
blame at this point willi do
nothing to solve the problem
which exists out at Arrow
head. \
However, it is a fact that
county commissioners have
known for some time that a
neighboring developments
Chowan Beach —, was sub
standard. When this was
discovered, why was not suf
ficient action taken to keep
it from being repeated else
where in Chowan County?
The same developers were
involved in both areas. They
were aware of troubles at
Chowan Beach, so why did
they move on up the river
and “in good faith’’ sell some
900 property owners in a new
development?
The district health depart
ment knew as much about
the soil at Arrowhead prior
to the public offering of lots
as they do now—some two
years later. Was someone in
this department not asleep at
the switch?
cate a high school drop-out
throws away $35,000 in life
time earnings.
For the businessman, Dr.
Otts said education gives
TALKS TO EDUCATORS Dr. John OUs of Chapel
Hill is flanked by Dr. Edward G. Bond, left, and Supt.
Hiram J. Mayo of Edenton and Chowan County schools,
fo!lo'v : ng Tuesday night’s district schoolmasters’ meeting
at John A. Holmes High School. Dr. Otts was principal
speaker and Dr, Bond is retiring district president.
Chowan County, North Carolina 27932 Thursday, February 24. 1966
All of this could probably
have been avoided if Chowan
County had an active plan
ning commission. The coun
ty officials are now looking
into an ordinance to regu
late future development and
the sooner this becomes reali
tf the better.
In a time of rapid change
in laws, regulations and the
demand for services bv tax
payers, this business of run
ning a county is complicated.
Therefore, many counties—
both large and small—are
turning to professional men
to assist in keeping pace with
the times.
Chowan County is in dire
need of a county manager.
Had such a person been at
the helm a few years ago,
it is entirely possible Arrow
head would not have been a
repeat of Chowan Beach.
At the present time the
chairman of the county board
of commissioners functions as
sort of a county manager.
The sheriff is tax collector,
the register of deeds and
clerk of court are also on
fees and the tax supervisor
is a moonlight position.
All of these people are do
ing a commendable job.
The law enforcement of
Chowan County or any other
county should be completely
divorced from the collection
of taxes.
Being sheriff is a full-time
job.
There is probably no more
dedicated or capable tax su
pervisor in North Carolina
than Spec Jones. Notwith
standing his ability in this
department, being admini
strator of Chowan Hospital
is a full-time job.
The clerk of court will
soon go on a salary and the
register of deeds should fol
low suit.
It would be in the best
interests of all the people of
Chowan County if a county
manager was hired, the sher-
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him a better staff, more com
petent workers and additional
business.
As for the American citi-
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Schools Seeking
New Personnel
Starting March 1
Supt. Hiram J. Mayo of
Edenton and Chowan County
schools, this week began ac
cepting applications for
teachers and teacher’s aides
being added to the faculty
of the systems through a
federal project to improve
language arts.
Mrs. Elizabeth L. Byrd has
been employed as project
director and 37 additional
employes in various areas of
instruction will be needed.
The project will start
March 1. A budget of
$230,641.24 has been approv
ed for a six-month period.
However, Supt. Mayo said
this is designed as a three
year project and it is ex
pected to continue through
August, 1968.
All of the funds to sup
port this project are appro
priated by the federal gov
ernment. The project is de
signed to improve the langu
age arts of economically
and educationally disadvant
aged students in grades one
through 12 in the two school
systems.
Supt. Mayo said Mrs.
Byrd will be director of the
entire project and since the
projects are being worked
jointly some other employes
will work in each unit. He
said this will be a consider
able savings.
In addition to the project
director, administrative per
sonnel will include reading,
music, art and guidance and
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Habit, Leary
To Be Honored
The Edenton Jaycees an
nounced today that Frank
Habit and Jack Leary have
been selected for inclusion
in the 1966 edition of Out
standing Young Men of Am
erica. These men were
nominated earlier this year
by the Jaycee chapter and
have been selected by a 13-
man national board of edi
tors for the publication.
Doug Blankenship, past
U. S. Jaycee president (1962-
63) who is serving as chair
man of the board, stated
that men were selected be
tween the ages of 21 and 36
who “had distinguished
themselves in one or more
fields of endeavor to the
point of being outstanding.”
Habit was recognized last
year by the Edenton Jay
cees as being the club’s
most outstanding first year
member and was presented
the Spoke of the Year award
for his achievements. Lcarv,
an active Jaycee, was Cho
wan County’s Outstanding
Young Farmer for 1964.
Outstanding Young Men
of America is an annual bio
graphical compilation of ap
proximately 10.000 young
men of outstanding rank
throughout t h e country.
Nominees for the book come
from many sources. How
ever, the majority of the
nominations are made by
Junior Chamber of Com
merce chapters and college
alumni associations.
“This hook,” states Henry
Ford, 11. ‘“serves as more
than a tribute to those it is
meant to honor. It calls at
tention to the great capa
bilities of our young men
and their capacity for get
ting things done.” The book
is 7 inches by 10 inches in
size and will contain ap
proximately 896 pages. Pub
lication date is approximate
ly July 1,1966, ,
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iv'T'it l r Workmen are shown nearing the
top of the 150-t'oot microwave tower erected in Edenton
bv Norfolk & Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Co. This
is part of the firm’s multi-million dollar Albemarle Metro
system, scheduled for completion later this year.
Edenton Aces Capture
2-A Basketball Crown
The Edenton Aces won
the 2-A Albemarle Confer-
with an
18-0 mark fund Coach Jim
Kinion this week headed
the best local cage team in
memory into tournament
play.
Edenton went against
WiUiamston at 8:30 P. M.
Wednesday in Ihe first
round of the annual pest
season tournament at Bertie
High School. The winner of
Wednesday’s game plays at
8:30 P. M. Friday in a semi
final match with the finals
being scheduled, for Satur
day nigh t.
Coach Kinion says the
conference Championship as
sured his Aces of a berth in
the District 1 2-A tourna
ment, starting in Wilson.
March 2. Edenton plays the
first game in this event at
8:30 Ft M. on opening night
with the winner going on to
the semi-finals on March 4.
The championship game will
be played at 8 P. M. March
5.
Wes Chessor. -a junior
standout, placed on the all
conference team with Char
lie Svvanner and Bill Griffin
being: named to the second
team.
Two other juniors joined
Chesson on the team select
ed last week. They are
Paul Sharp of Ahoskie and
Walter Brown of Northamp
ton. Rounding out the team
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EDENTON ALES 2-A ALBEMARLE CHAMPIONS ___ „ , .
were Gray Whitehead of
Scotland Neck and David
Anderson of Ahoskie. They
are both seniors.
Edenton closed out the
regular season Friday night
with an impressive 66-51 win
over Pasquotank Central at
Elizabeth City. S wanner
scored 22 points and was
followed by Thomas Willis,
who had 17.
The home fans saw the
Ac os swamp Bertie, 81-64,
last Tuesday > night in the
final home tilt. Griffin and
Chesson each had 19 points
while Svvanner and Willis
each poured in 14.
Coach Kinion said earlier
this week he was highly
pleased with the regular
season play of his team.
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Bank Promotes
Mrs. Pruden
Mrs, Helen Pruden has
been named an assistant
cashier of Peoples Bank &
Trust Company.
She was named to the po
sition recently at a meeting
of the board of directors in
Rocky Mount. Mrs. Pruden
has been employed by the
bank in Edenton since 1957.
Th is was the only staff
change reported at the local
bank following the 35th an
nual meeting of the board.
Metro Telephone
System Advances
A micro-wave tower has
been erected on Water
Street here as part of the
Albemarle Metro telephone
system now under construc
tion.
L. S. Blades, Jr., president
of Norfolk & Carolina Tele
phone & Telegraph Com
pany, said construction of
the ultra-modern system is
about on schedule. "Wo
are highly pleased with the
Science Fair
At Holmes High
Some students enrolled in
science courses at John A.
Holmes High School have
been working on science pro
jects for months now; par
ents have fumed and fussed
over untidy rooms; teachers
have worried, worked, and
wondered, and now the fin: I
results are to be shown on
Thursday night. February 24
from 7 until 9 P. M
Science projects offer an
outlet for those students in
terested in science and give
the public some idea of what
is being taught in the field
of science. Every person is
intimately involved wi t h
some field of science and
therefore a science fair cov
ering many areas must in
variably offer something of
interest to everyone.
The science fair is divided
into two main divisions—
junior and senior.
The junior division consists
of projects from seventh
through ninth grade students
who may work in groups of
two, but this is not compul
sory.
The senior division consists
of projects fr o m tenth
through twelfth grade stu
dents who must work alone.
Further division is made by
dividing the projects into bi
ological and physical levels.
Each project will be .judged
by qualified personnel from
surrounding schools.
Judges for the junior and
senior biological division will
be Mrs. Anne Austin and
Marshal Redmond from Ber
tie High School in Windsor,
and the .junior and senior
physical division will be;
judged by David Johnson
from Chowan High School,
and G. L. Underwood from
Perquimans High School in
Hertford.
The judging will be done
on a point system totaling 100
points: creative ability 3O
points, scientific thought—3o
points, thoroughness l5.
points, clarity and dramatic
value —-15 points, and tech
nical skill—-10 points. In
case of a tie, a third judge
will be asked to evaluate the
projects in question.
The first, second, and third:
place winners in addition to
the honorable mentions will
go to East Carolina College.
Friday, March 11, for the
District Science Fair.
The people of Edenton
should be proud of the work
of their young people for
they have worked! Support
your school Thursday night.
Single Copy 10 Cents
manner in which our sched
ule of construction is being
met,” Blades said.
He added that within the
next 90 days the company
will spend $1,250,000 on va
rious phases of the system.
The system, the. first of
its -kind, is designed to pro
vide toll-free service be
tween the following ex
changes: Mnyock. Coinjock,
Mamie. Elizabeth .City. South
Mills, Sunbury. Hertford and
the three exchanges of
Weeksville, Shi 1o h an d
Welch.
Norfolk & Carolina had
general plant improvements
costing $558,516 in 1965 and
plans to spend $2,152,908 to
bring Albemarle Metro into
being. The five-year period,
including. 1966, has. seen the
company spend 56.855,458.40
on expansion and improve
ments in the area telephone
system.
On April 30. 1965. some
subscribers voted on increas
ed rates, necessary to pro
vide them with toll-free
service to more than 17.000
telephones in the area. Al
bemarle Metro will include
the area from Chowan River
east to the coast and the
Albemarle Sound north to
the .Virginia line, including
Merry Hill to the west.
The micro-wave towers,
which provide radio service
between Edenton - Hertford
and Elizabeth City, will be
activated" .within 90 days,
Blades said. Then the sys
tem will be starting on the
Metro phase . of . the project
in Weeksville in September;
Shiloh in October, and Welch
(in Chowan County) in No
vember.
Edenton Construction Com
pany has the contract for
the three new ' " exchange
buildings and Blades said
the local firm, is. “doing a
marvelous job for us.”
“We are very apprecia
tive of the cooperation from
the various comniunitic— a.~
well as the builders and
suppliers." the . official s..id.
"Doe to this, cooperation;" he
said, “things are moving
along "beauti-fußy and falling
into place wonderfully well.”
Graham. Tavlor
Hurl In Wreck
John W.;Graham and John
A, Taylor were seriously in
jured last week in an auto
truck mishap just west of
Tar boro.
Both .local men. are patients
in Edgecombe Memorial Hos
pital.
Graham, prominent local
attorney, was driving his car
West on US 4 when it was
in collision With a tractor
trailer rig. headed east. Re
ports are that the truck .jack
knifed- into Graham’s lane of
the Highway.
Graham suffered a head
injury as. well as two broken
legs and a broken arm and
crushed elbow.
Taylor, a retired banker
who has lived in Edenton for
some time, was a passenger
in the Graham car He also
suffered a broken leg, a
broken arm and other in
juries.