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A Man Big Enough For The Job
The 1 1967 General Assembly of North Carolina will
be an unusual one. It will be the first session held
since reapportionment which realigned senate districts
and established districts for the House of Representa
tives.
In the case of the senate, realignment did no real
harm to the majority of incumbents.
However, this was not the case with the house. By
W. J. P. EARNHARDT, JR.
and one representatives.
This means 20 incumbents won’t be going back next
year.
A check of the house membership in 1965 shows 43 rep
resentatives or one third of the total were freshmen.
This has generally been the case as old timers retire and
others are defeated at the ballot box.
Therefore, turn over in incumbents and reapportionment
makes it conceivable that nearly 50 per cent of the 120
legislators will be freshmen in 1967.
Due to reapportionment which automatically limits
the number of incumbents in both bodies of our 1967
General Assembly it is more imperative than ever before
that the voters of North Carolina send dedicated and tire
less men to Raleigh.
Rep. W. J. P. Earnhardt, Jr., of Chowan County is such
a person.
As a freshman legislator, Rep. Earnhardt earned the re
spect of his colleagues through hard work and keen at
/ tention to proceedings. He was not an eager beaver who
* started to drag when the luster began to fade. It is at
< these times that the gentleman from Chowan shines.
' A member of the General Assembly said Rep. Earnhardt
was one of the best informed members of that body. “He
has the reputation of keeping up with what is going on,
reading the bills, attending various committee meetings,
and being thoroughly informed when matters reach the
floor of the house,’’ the legislator said.
Those who know Chowan’s man in Raleigh aren’t sur
prised by such praise. They know' he puts everything he
has into whatever task he undertakes. They have watched
him as a young, thorough attorney. He was an able prose
cutor in Recorder’s Court. lie just doesn’t do things half
way.
He knows the importance of industry and tourism to the
Northeast and will work diligently to see that it is ex
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During the 1965 session, Rep. Earnhardt introduced II
local bills and Chowan is not considered an “active” coun
' ty. He not only listened to elected officials, but spent
Untold hours discussing issues with and seeking answers
from Mr. Average Citizen.
He knows Northeastern North Carolina and the thinking
area folk. He was born in Elizabeth City 34 years ago,
son of Wiley J. P. and Carolina Virginia (Miller) Earn
hardt, He attended Edenton schools, graduating in 1949.
Rep. Earnhardt entered Duke University and received
a degree in business administration. In 1960 he graduated
from Duke University School of Law and began practicing
Vhis profession in Wilmington.
In Wilmington he met and married Judy Laßue Horne
who has carved her own place in Tar Heelia as a promoter
of our state at various exhibitions throughout the United
States and Canada.
Rep. Earnhardt served in the U. S. Navy and holds a
reserve commission of lieutenant commander.
He has been active in local, district and state Demo
cratic Party affairs for many years. The Earnhardts are
Episcopalians.
Jimmy Earnhardt is a young lawyer. Likewise, he is a
young husband, legislator and dedicated middle of road
North Carolinian.
Being a representative of the six-county First District is
going to take all the energies of the man elected. It is
going to be a real sacrifice as the affairs of this district
must come first to the man elected.
The General Assembly took four legislators from the six
counties. The voters are now challenged to see that the
two remaining representatives are men who recognize the
job to be done and who have the knowledge and ability
to go out and do it.
Jimmy Earnhardt is such a man.
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taking several counties and
lumping them together in
districts 20 counties lost full
time representation. In oth
er words, they were placed in
multi-county districts and
given fewer representatives
than the individual counties
had previously.
Citizens of Northeast North
Carolina felt the full impact
of this reapportionment. Six
counties Chowan, Gates,
Perquimans, Pasquotank,
Camden, and Currituck—each
with full-time representation,
were lumped into one house
district and given only two
representatives. This cut
down four legislators.
The Second District, to our
south, and the far western
49th District, were the next
hardest hit. There they- took
five and four counties respec
tively and gave them two
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SEN. J. J. HARRINGTON
Position Sought
By Harrington
LEWISTON—Farm Mach
inery Executive J. J. (Monk)
Harrington will seek a third
term in the State Senate, he
announced Wednesday.
Sen. Harrington is the first
Democratic candidate to an
nounce for the two-seat Sen
ate race in the re-established
10-county First District..
The district is composed
of Camden, Currituck, Pas
quotank, Chowan, Perquim
ans, Gates, Washington, Ber
tie, Hertford and North
ampton counties.
Sen. Emmett Winslow of
Hertford is the other in
cumbent senator in the new
ly formed district.
Sen. Harrington based his
bid for re-election on hav
ing previously served all
counties of the district ex
cept Washington. And of
Washington County he said,
“I have close ties there
among my many business
acquaintances.’’
The candidate was first
elected to the State Senate
in 1962. At that time the
First District was made up
of eight counties—the pres
ent district minus North
ampton and Washington. In
the 1965 session, serving a
second term, Sen. Harrington
represented the Bertie-North
ampton-Hertford district.
In the last session Sen.
Harrington was chairman of
the labor, manufacturing and
commerce committee, vice
chairman of highway safety
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Go 2.S To Pruden
CHAPEL HILL James
Norfleet Pruden 111, son of
Mrs. Helen G. Pruden of
Edenton, has received a
Morehead Award to study
at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, it
was announced today, March
3rd.
The announcement is made
by Norman A. Cocke of
Charlotte, chairman of the
board of trustees of the John
Motley Morehead Founda
tion.
Pruden is a student at
John A. Holmes High School
in Edenton. He is one of
102 boys to receive the
awards this year. The awards
are worth $5,800 to North
Carolina residents for four
years of study.
As a student, Pruden’s ac
tivities include being presi
dent of the senior class; edi
tor of the yearbook, and
treasurer of the National
Honor Society.
The Morehead awards were
first presented in 1951.
Payrcfs In Chowan Increased
Greatl Over Past Five Years
A new, county-by-county
tabulation of the nation’s
business population shows
that Chowan County supports
a greater number of busi
ness firms than do many lo
calities of its size.
Locally, according to a
Federal report, there are
some 186 separate business
establishments—small, medi
um and large—in operation.
The vigor of the business
community has been growing
in the past five years or so,
despite mergers, automation,
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NEW LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION Workmen are making progress
on the new home for Shepard-Pruden Memorial Library on West Water
Street. The structure, of colonial architecture, is being built by Edenton
Construction Company and when completed and furnished will cost nearly
890,000. Tom Shepard is chairman of the library trustees and says some
Associations
Given $12,000
Two local historical asso
ciations have qualified for
challenge grants from the
Richardson Foundation.
Checks totaling $12,000 were
received here last week.
The Cupola House Associa
tion was successful in raising
sufficient funds to receive a
SIO,OOO grant from the foun
dation.
A state-wide campaign for
memberships in the James
Iredell Association netted
more than $3,000. thereby,
qualifying the association for
$2,000 from the foundation.
David Warren, head of the
Cupola House group, said the
foundation grant will pay off
the debt on the real estate
bought two years ago.
The new Shepard - Pruden
Memorial Library is being
built on a portion of the
property purchased at the
corner of South Broad and
Water streets. The remain
der of the property will be
developed in the future.
Mrs. Wood Privott, presi
dent, James Iredell Associa
tion, said the $3,030.48 se
cured through the member
ship has been earmarked for
furniture. She said a com
mittee will immediately be-
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Pancake Feed
Coming Again
Several hundred citizens
didn’t let heavy rain keep
them from enjoying a recent
pancake supper and break
fast sponsored by Edenton
Rotary Club.
Therefore, Ed Bass, project
chairman, announced this
week a repeat performance—
without the rain —has been
scheduled for April 1 and 2.
Site of the, Friday night
supper and Saturday morning
breakfast is the Barker
House. Those attending can
" f all they want to eat for
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strong competition and con
solidations.
This is evidenced by the
gain achieved in employment,
in size of payrolls and in
overall business activity.
The facts and figures come
primarily from reports re
leased by the Census Bu
reau, which utilized data
supplies by the Department
of Health, Education and
Welfare.
They were based, on tax
reports filed by employers in
1956 under the social se
curity program, listing tax
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina 279.32
Eye On State Finals
Aces In 2-A District Play
Coach Jim Kinion brought
home a pair of trophies Sat
urday night and sends his
Edenton Aces after district
honors this week at Wilson.
The Aces won the 2-A
Afbemarle basketball confer
ence with a perfect 18-0
mark. They then went to
Bertie last week and proved
State Symphony Coming
To Edenton March 19th
Local members of the Albemarle Choral Society will
have a rare opportunity to sing with a symphony or
chestra in Edenton on March 19.
The North Carolina Symphony Orchestra will per
form in concert at Edenton Elementary School audi
torium at 8:15 I\ M., on that date and a capacity
crowd is anticipated.
Mrs. Thomas Cheats, Jr., chairman of the sponsor
ing Chowan Arts Council said tickets for the concert
went on sale this week. Adult tickets are $1.50 and
student tickets are selling for sl.
Seven hundred free student tickets will be distributed
through music departments in the city and county
schools. They have been made available by Edenton
Town Council, Chowan County Board of Commission
ers, local businesses and industries, as well as individual
donations.
There are 300 advance tickets to be sold, according
to Mrs. Chears as the auditorium seats 1.000.
The North Carolina Symphony Orchestra is currently
on its 21st annual tour. According to symphony di
rector, Dr. Benjamin Swalin. the orchestra plans to
present 93 concerts on its tour, which will take the
group some 10.000 miles prior to May 23.
The little symphony is a section of 25 players.
Mrs. Chears said the joint symphony-choral society
performance will lie another “first” in this area. She
claims this will be the first time a major choral has
been sung in the Albemarle area with full orchestra ac
companiment.
The groups will do selections from Mozarts Requiem.
Soloists for the Local concert will be from Edenton.
able payrolls for the previ
ous year.
In Chowan County, they
show, payrolls reached the
highest point over, $4,728,000.
This was 33.2 per cent
more than in 1959, when a
similar survey placed the to
tal of $3,548,000.
The increase was greater
than that chalked up in most
parts of the United States,
the average being 30.6 per
cent in the period.
The figures take into ac
count all persons receiving
items of furnishings are not included in the bid and hopes local citizens
and civic groups will sponsor the things needed. Chowan County com
missioners and Edenton Town Council contributed to the building fund
so matching federal funds could be received.
their superiority on the hard
wood by winning the con
ference tournament.
Edenton was scheduled to
play Charles B. Avcock at
8:30 P. M., Wednesday in the
first round, of the district
event. If the Aces are suc
cessful in this tilt, they will
play the winner of the Ber
wages and salaries from pri
vate, non-farm employment
covered by social security.
The number of people so
employed locally comes to
1,642.
This is exclusive of do
mestic workers, members of
armed forces, civilian em
ployees of Federal, state and
local governments, far m
workers and certain others.
Although Chowan County
has a sizeable number of
businesses that employ 20
people or more, smaller-size
concerns are firmly rooted
Thursday, March 3. 1966
tie-Farmville game on Friday
night, with the finals coming
Saturday night.
A district championship
would send the Aces of John
A. Holmes High School to
Winston-Salem and the state
finals.
Last Wednesday night the
Aees opened their conference
tourney play by handing
Williamston a 77-50 defeat.
Charles Swanner and Bill
Griffin each had 15 points in
this contest. Wes Chessoh
dropped in 14 and Dwight
Flanagan accounted for 11
points.
Scotland Neck defeated
Northampton in the first
round and met the Aces on
Friday night in the semi
finals.
It didn’t take Edenton long
to master Scotland Neck and
they came away with an im
pressive 61-48 win.
Chesson led the Aces with
18 points and was followed
by Swanner who scored 13.
Griffin and Flanagan each
had 11 points.
Coach Kinion took his
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Bishop Wright
To Visit Hero
Rev. Thomas H. Wright,
D.D., Bishop of the Episco
pal Diocese of East Carolina,
with residence in Wilming
ton, will make his annual
visitation to Saint Paul’s
Church Sunday.
Rev. George B. Holmes,
rector, will present a num
ber of candidates for con
firmation at this time. The
Churchwomen are preparing
a coffee hour following ser
vices at 11 o’clock in the
Parish House in honor of the
bishop and the newly con
firmed.
All parishioners are urged
to participate in services
Sunday and all acolytes,
choir members and Church
School members are asked
Jo be present by 10:30 A. M.
and constitute the bulk of
the business community.
The breakdown released by
the Census Bureau shows
that there are 94 local es
tablishments that have from
one to three employees each,
36 with from four to seven
and 41 with eight to 19. The
rest, are larger.
Those with fewer than 20
employees comprise 92 per
cent of the total number.
The five-year growth local
ly coincides with the nation’s
big boom, which has just
celebrated its fifth birthday.
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Possible Sites
Viewed By Firms
The Industrial Committee
of Edenton Chamber of
Commerce has no less than
three active prospects and
officials are ‘'very much en
couraged" by the prospects
of a new industry locating
in the near future.
J. Gilliam Wood, commit
tee chairman, said at a
meeting Tuesday he is con
fident one or more of the
industries now considering
Edenton will locate, here.
Wood said one firm, which
he did not identify, wants to
begin, operations by Sep
tember 1. Therefore, a site
will have to be selected this
month so construction of the
plant can begin no later than
April 15.
The chairman told com
mittee members another firm
wants to pick a site this
year and .their timetable is
to begin operation in 1967.
All of the firms consider
ing Edenton are well estab
lished and their new opera
tions would be expansion of
existing business rather than
complete relocation.
‘‘They all like what they
see in Edenton,’’ Wood said.
"We expect to have a defin
ite commitment in the not
too distant future.”
George Alma Byrum said
the committee should select,
additional sites in order to
give prospects a variety to
choose from. It was agreed
that more sites are needed
outside the town limits, but.
with municipal sewer and
water facilities.
Wood appointed Byrum,
W. B. Gardner and Graham
White as a committee to
recommend additional sites.
Robert Moore, chamber
executive, said two of the
prospects who visited Eden
ton last week “just dropped
in from nowhere.”
In addition to those al
ready mentioned, committee
members at the meeting in
cluded W. P. (Spec) Jones.
Bruce Jones and Alton El
more, j