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Vol. XXXIII.—No. 11.
Three Angels’
Wttl Be Given
By Senior Class
The Seniof Class of the
John A. Holmes High School
will present the play "My
Three Angels” by Sam and
Bela Spcwack on March 25
and 26.
The prise of admission is
SI.OO for students and $1.50
for adults.
It will be given in the
John A. Holmes High School
auditorium. Curtain time is
8:00 P. M.
/ “My Three Angels” is a
dramatic comedy. The time
I is December, 1910.
Felix Ducotel (played by
Norfleet Pruden), and his
wife Emilie (Barbara Wal
lace). with their daughter
Marie Louise (Rachel White)
live in French Guiana. Felix
is the proprietor of a small
shop in Cayenne where there
is a camp of convicts. Three
of these convicts, Joseph
(Charles Swanner), Jules
(Dwight Flanagan), and Al
fred (Jim Elliott) are fixing
the Ducotel’s roof on Christ
flWeyer®"
The arrival of a letter, an
unexpected visit of Uncle
PtniJ (Chris Cordon), and the
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Rep. Jones Gets
Seat With Group
Rep. Walter B. Jones of
the First Congressional Dis
trict of North Carolina, has
been advised by the Ways
and Means Committee that
he had been appointed to
the Committee on Merchant
Marine and Fisheries.
This is the same com
mittee which Jones’ prede
cessor, the late Rep. Herbert
C. Bonner, served as chair
man.
Jones stated that he is
pleased with this appoint
ment inasmuch as his dis
trict has a vital interest in
the seafood industry and the
attendant water problems,
and in addition he would
continue to seek a place on
the Agriculture Committee
as soon as a vacancy occurs.
H. E. Bass New
Rotary President
Edenton Rotarians at their
meeting Thursday afternoon
- elected off«jsM, when Her
bert Edward Bass was elect
ed president to succeed
Glenn Mabo. In the elec
tion Alton Elmore was chos
en as vice president together
with MacDonald Dixon, Rev.
Fred Drane, Jack Habit and
William Cozart as directors.
These new officials will
take over their dutiek at the
first meeting in July.
Records Show Average Tax Deduction $1,320
How do income tax de- tax and business law, based come bracket. It ranges Os the remainder, $420
‘actions clairtied by Chowan on figures released by the from a low wf 15.2 per cent represents interest payments
£!junty resident* compare Internal Revenue Service. of income to a high of 22.8 on loans and installment
mn tne amounts listed as \lt jshows just how much pe r cen t debt, S4OO represents taxes
by people In oth- claimed in tax Practically every taxpayer “d $275, medical costs.
deductions for charitable *• . . The i*eport also shows
How dt> local eontribu- c<> n tributiOos, medical costs es ai * itemized re- , ..
liflns to and #n d other outlays by the turn lists a deduction for uhat th e average deductions
deductible items as average taxpayer in each in- taxes. In all but a few in- ar e families in various
Dmterest, medical expenses come bracket. stances, there is also a de- other income brackets. At
AQd local taxes compare? According to these guide- d , u . ctlon for contributions and $5,500 a year it is $1,193, at
pLoatl tvho are lines, most taxpayers in the g^ s ' Fewer people can SB,OOO it comes to $1,581 and
their federal United States with incomes c i® im allowances for medi- at $13,000, to $2,329.
Uco*e la* te*r* can now equal to the, average pre- These amounts are useful
Whether they are higher yntllnw in Chowan County the limitation on such de- on iy as a g u id ei j t i s cau .
lower than average in list deductions totaling $1,320, ducUons - tioned. Some . taxpayers
• x equivalent to 21.0 per cent Os the $1,320 in deduc- have legitimate deductions
' Tkey e(M» 'i4o so 4»y ie- of their grdss ipcome. tions that"* normal for tax- that are larger and some
* : s»•'cotnfWed : hy The'lnternal Revenue Ser- payers whose incomes eqdal have smaller ones. Proper
ComnSeree Clearing vice reports that the propor- the Chowan County average, records must he available to
jiauae, national authority on tion is different for each in- $225 is for contributions. support all claims,
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Local Talent Ready
Symphony Is Set
Ten vocalists from Eden
top will sing solo parts Sat
urday night when the Albe
marle Choral Society joins
the North Carolina Little
Symphony for a concert
here. .
\ Dr. Benjamin Swalin of
Chapel Hill will direct the
symphony while Dr. Clifford
Bair of Elizabeth City will
direct the choral group.
This will be the first time
a major choral will be sung
in Edenton with full orches
tral accompaniment.
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CUTE'COUPLE Sambo Dixon and Anna Lavezzo pose outside John A. Holmes
High School prior to making their first official appearance as mascots of the Class of
1966. Sambo is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Dixon, Jr., and Anna is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Lavezzo, Jr. They were introduced Monday at a student body
meeting at the school.
%[\t public parade
ADDED ATTRACTION
Students at John A. Holmes
High School were thrilled
Monday afternoon with a
wonderful surprise the
presentation of the 1966
Edentonian.
Norfleet Pruden, forthcom
ing Morehead Scholar, edit
ed the yearbook and had
some special copies to dis
tribute. He called on Sambo
Dixon and Anna Lavezzo,
•“Class mascots, to assist him.
Sambo got the honor of
giving an annual to Supt. Hi
ram J. Mayo. And for his
labors he received a quar
ter.
He ran back to Anna and
looking over the filled audi
torium exclaimed: “Everyone
is going' to give us a quar
ter.”
And that would have been
a good afternoon’s work.
Sambo and Anna were a
real added attraction at this
surprise yearbook party.
LACK OFXOGIC Any
one trying read a speck of
logic into recent racial ac
tivity in North Carolina will
find themselves as confused
as those directing the move
ment.
Reports out of Hertford
say nearly 200 students left
The group will sing se
lections from Mozart’s Re
quiem.
Soloists will be Celene
Huntt, Ruth Phillips, Nell
Jones, Nelson Chears, Emily
Amburn, Jane Holmes,
Fred Ashley, Charlie Over
man, W. J. P. Earnhardt, Jr.,
and Sam Braswell.
The concert will begin at
8:15 in the Elementary
School auditorium.
Mrs. Chears, head of the
sponsoring Chowan Arts
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina 27932 Thursday, March 17, 196 b
their classes to participate in
a demonstration.
Another report says 75
workers walked off their job
to protest because their boss
was a volunteer fireman and
was called to do his sworn
duty.
If we remember, education
al and job opportunities are
way up near the top of their
list of demands.
It is past time school of.
ficials put their foot down on
students playing hooky from
class to participate in any
thing other than school ac
tivities.
Yes, it wouldn't hurt if the
school superintendent became
something other than non
violent.
APPRECIATIVE AND CU
RIOUS Prospects are good
for a full house Saturday
night when the North Caro
lina Little Symphony comes
to town.
The concert at Edenton
Elementary School auditor
ium carries special signifi
cance since the Albemarle
Choral Society will also be
performing. Nothing' boosts
a crowd like hometown flav
oring.
However. Dr. Benjamin
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' North Carolina Little Symphony: In Concert Here Saturday
Council, said tickets to the
performance are still avail
able and can be purchased
at $1.50 for adults and SI.OO
Parker Assumes
Duties In Area
RALEIGH An animal
husbandry specialist to assist
the livestock industry in the
10-county Albemarle Area
has been appointed by the
Agricultural Extension Ser
vice at North Carolina State
University.
John W. (Jack) Parker
has taken the new position
and will work exclusively in
the area comprised of Gates,
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JOHN W. PARKER
for children. More than 700
free student tickets are be
ing distributed through the
schools in Chowan County.
Honor Students
At Holmes High
Named By Fry
Forty-seven students at
John A- Holmes High School
have been named to the hon
or roll for the fourth six
weeks period.
Principal Cecil Fry releas
ed the honor students today.
Students at the local high
school are in the seventh
through 12th grades.
Those on the list include:
Seventh Grade
Mary Alice Byrum, Marsha
Dixon, Linda Harrell, Jill
Mabe, Jewell Small, Nancy
Twiddy, Arthur Beeler and
Tommy Jackson.
Eighth Grade
Johnny Barrow, Earl Chcs
osn, Dillard Dixon, Curtis
Leary and Tommy Shepard.
Ninth Grade
Linda Byrum, Rosemary
Holmes, Rita Mayo, Sue
Powell, Helen Pruden, Mary
Sexton. Susan Shear in, Sandy
Wynn, Jimmy .Lambeth, Mike
Larum, Jeff Mabe and Ron
nie Rogerson.
, Tenth Grade
Jill Crandall, Bill Elliott,
John Graham, Ronnie Har
rell, Donald Jordan, Frankie
Katkaveck, Frederick Sexton
and Henry Wells.
Eleventh Grade
Sanfra Ange, Ann Harrell,
Linda Hollowell, Ann Jordan,
Ivy Lowe, Wesley Chesson
and Larry Parks.
Twelfth Grade
Barbara Adams, Dianthia
Sexton, Barbara Wallace.
Brenda White, Vivian White
man, Bill Mitchener and Nor
fleet Pruden.
Methodist Youth
Will Meet Here
Dr. Carl J. Sanders will
be the speaker at the Eliza
beth City District Youth
Rally to be held on Sunday
in the Edenton Methodist
Church.
Dr. Sanders is the super
intendent of the Norfolk
District of the Methodist
Church and chairman of the
Commission on Higher Edu-*
cation for the Virginia Con
ference.
Earl Willis of Wanchese,
president of the Elizabeth
City District Methodist
Youth Fellowship will pre
side. The opening session is
scheduled to begin at 3
o’clock.
The program will include
the election of officers for
the coming year with cam
paign speeches from the fol
lowing candidates: For presi
dent, Linda Hand of Gates
ville, Ann Hathaway, Sun
bury; vice president, Jap
White of Hertford and Susan
Morgan of Sunbury; secre
tary, Sarah Spivey of First
Church, Elizabeth City and
Joe Haskett of Perquimans;
treasurer, David Saunders of
First Church, Elizabeth City
and Sanfra Ange of Edenton;
publicity, Ann Tarkenton of
Roper and Gay Perry of City
_Road, Elizabeth City.
The program will be con
cluded with the installation
of the newly elected officers
to be conducted by Rev. E.
C. Shoaf, pastor the Edenton
Methodist Church. Metho
dist youth from throughout
Northeastern North Carolina
Will be m attendance*
Dr. Swalin scheduled only
three choral performances
with the sympnony for the
1966 tour. One is in Eden-
SHERIFF EARL GOODWIN N. J. GEORGE
Sheriff Goodwin Files,
George Running Again
Two candidates filed for
office in Chowan County
this week—both of them in
cumbents who seek re-elec
tion.
N. J. George, local auto
dealer. Monday filed for re
election to the Chowan
County Board of Education.
Later in the week Sheriff
Earl Goodwin filed.
West W. Byrum, Jr.,
chairman of ihe Chowan
County Board' of Elections,
said George and Sheriff
Goodwin were the only peo
ple to file for county of
fices.
Byrum said the filing
deadline for local races in
the May 28 Democratic pri
mary is noon, Friday, April
15.
Sheriff Goodwin, who has
been chief law enforcement
officer here since 1958, said
he would seek re-election on
his record.
“I appreciate the eonfi-
Annual Dedicated To Mrs. Hollowell
“It’s like writing your
own obituary,” was the way
a surprised Mrs. Frances T.
Hollowell expressed herself
upon learning the 1966
Edentonian had been dedi
cated to her.
Mrs. Hollowell, a popular
faculty member at John A.
Holmes High School, is ad
visor to the annual staff.
Norfleet Pruden, Eden
tonian editor, said Mrs. Hol
lowell personally proof read
every page in the year
book save one. It was
page two and started off:
“Dedicated to with deep
appreciation and gratitude
we, the Class of 1966, dedi
cate this edition of the
Edentonian to the person
who has done the most to
make it possible, the one
who has become our inspira
tion for the future, a bril
liant teacher, a beloved
leader, a wonderful friend,
and a, person who has all
the qualities we admire in
a teacher. Mrs. Frances T.
Heliowell.”
The student body showed
their approval in the dedi
cation with a standing ova
tion for Mrs. Hollowell.
The students had gathered
in the auditorium Monday
afternoon, thinking the only
order of business was the
awarding of a sportsmanship
trophy to their beloved
Edenton Aces.
However, when} student
body president Charles
Swanner asked if there were
any announcements, .Pruden
stepped up and spread the
word that the yearbooks
had arrived. He then di
rected a unique preview of
the book.
“We feel we (the seniors)
are members of a very spe
cial class, therefore, we have
tried to have a very special
annual,” he said.
The theme of the year
book i* the school song,
written la 1947 by Mra
Elizabeth Local music promoters
being at say this is a tribute to the
College fine work done by local tal
ent working with Dr. Bair.
ton, another in
City and the third
Atlantic Christian
in Wilson.
tience the good people of
Chowan County have placed
in me ana I solicit their
continued support," the
sheriff said
He said he lias enjoyed
the fullest cooperation from
Edenton Police Department
as well as state and federal
law enforcement agencies.
A native of Chowan Coun
ty. Sheriff Goodwin is mar
ried and the father of three
'children.*'
He is a member of the
North Carolina and National
Sheriffs' Associations.
The Goodwins are mem
bers of Edenton Baptist
Church.
George, a native of
Waynesburg, Pa., has lived
In Edenton since 1945.
He received his BS degree
front- Waynesburg College
and earned his MA at the
University of North Caro
lina at Chapel Hill. George
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Mary Leggett Browning.
In addition to Pruden,
yearbook staff members
recognized were: Mary Per
ry and Suzanne George, cir
culation managers; Kerrnit
Layton, business manager;
Bill Mitchener. photograph
ei and John Lavezzo, art
editor.
Dwight Flanagan handled
special features while Chas
Swanner wa s ex - officio
member. The layout com
mittee consisted of Ann Cas
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EDENTONIAN’ DEDICATED Mrs. Frances Hollo- ,
well, senior advisor at John A. Holmes High School, re
ceived the dedication of the school yearbook, “Edenton!an”
this week Making the pres&ntadon is Norfleet Prudeu,
editor of the handsome oublicatiod*
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Single Copy 10 Cents
Wayland Jones
Found Guilty
Os Bastardy
Wayland R. Jones, Jr., 35,
of Ahoskie. was eonvicltrl in
Chowan County Recorder’s
Court Tuesday of bastardy.
Jones was found guilty of
being the father of three il
legitimate children of Mrs.
Faye: McDonald of Bertie
County, (formerly of Eden
ton.
Judge W. S. Privott sen
tenced Jones to six months in.
prison but, suspended it upon
payment of costs and sls per
.Week toward support of the
children: The defendant was
also ordered to pay doctor
and hospital bills.
Notice of appeal was given
and. Jones Was bound over
to the March 23 term of
Chowan Superior Court. H<-
was released under S2OO
bond.
In ease tried Tuesday
morning, the following action
was taken:
Nelson Gilliam, failure to
list his taxes, no] pros.
Thad Revel. Jr., hit and
tun driving, eight months,
suspended upon payment of
$10) fine, and costs.
Albert Chris Nelson, no op
erator’s license, no! pros.
Charlie T. Haves, assault
on a female, no] pros with
leave.
Willie R. Moore, driving
drunk, four months, suspend
ed upon payment of SIOO fine
and costs.
Emmett H. Wiggins; im
proper registration.-' prayer
for judgment continued upon
payment of $lO fine and
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telloe, Jini Elliott. Bob Bass
and Artie Bass.
Junior editor was Ivy
Lowe arid; Brenda White was
assistant editor.
Sharon White, Dianthia
Sexton. Barbara Wallace and
Barbara Adams were staff
typists, while proofreaders
consisted of Brenda Perry,
Becky Williford and Vivian
Whiteman.
The inside of the front
cover is a color photograph
of a group of class members.