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CARTER’S INK CHOOSES EDENTON * The Carter’-s Ink Company, a century old manufacturer of stationery products, will 'build a new plant in Edenton, according to an announcement by Carter’s president, Nathan O Hubley, Jr. A modern, one story, air conditioned building of approximately 90,000 square feet will provide employment for 100 people initially, with up to 200 employed when op- erations are fully under way. Construction Will begin immediately. Ti on Highway 32, east of Edenton. Lewis H. Meacham of the architectural firm of Biber stein, Bowles, Meacham and Reed of Char lotte is designing the plant which will be built by Romeo A. Guest Associates of Greensboro. ’ In announcing the decision to build in Edenton, Hubley praised the citizens of the town and Chowan County for their coopera tion and interest in Carter’s and Edenton. The assistance and enthusiasm of men like Mayor John- Mitchesner, J. Gilliam Wood, Hiram Mayo, W. B. Gardner, George Byrum, Alton Elmore, W. E. Bond, Bruce Jones, W. P. Jones, Robert Moore, qnd a great many I others were important factors in Carter’s decision to locate in Edenton, according to the company president. “Their spirit,” Hubley said, “helped con • vince. us at Carter’s that we could look for ward to a future of growth and opportunity here.” He also praised the work of Robert W. Whitfield, who has done much of the co ordinating at the state level, and other state officials who were instrumental in Carter’s decision to build in North Carolina. Edenton was first called to Carter’s at tention by The Fantus Corporation. The building schedule is presently being prepared. Tentative plans call for opening of the plant early in 1967, with full opera tion by the end of the year. J. Gilliam Wood, chairman of the indus trial committee of Edenton Chamber of Commerce, said his group is extremely hap py over Carter’s decision to locate in the Edenton area. “A lot of people have worked awfully hard to see this prospect become a reality,” aaaa mm ~ g mffiGgm mmmmam '' niH&m iiilW&MiMi - i&& asg ilkjMtF ■ I u iwHKnfiiwM' ' I ■,, ■.. -| * Pt ■’ -4. .< I "• jHR- .mp# *v ii :'. 1 i • m^L. fey ,'4 •-•:<• I i 1. v- Mpi s-4 l?fl®# ISP’i c* ' • niMlMk \ M in Jm \ m&Mwmmmwk rn| I • j|^n» 4 \bl®ffl 11 rn ' '■wJ WBS Hh « , ON THE LINE Nathan C. Hubley, Jr., seated, signs on the dotted line as final negotia tions are completed to bring The Carter’s Ink Company to Edenton. Looking on are, left to right, J. Gilliam Wood, chamber of commerce official; Harold T. Davis, Carter’s trustee; and Mayor John A. Mitchener, Jr. x Paper Firm Asks Lease For Dock, Base Land Town Council is going ahead with plans to lease a portion of the dock’and old Marine Base property to Union Bag Cimp Paper Cor poration. / A proposal submitted by the industrial committee of Edenton Chamber of Com merce was approved and will fee sent to the paper company. In the proposal is a plan for the town to ac quire Union Bag’s property By-Pass Given Board Approval Chowati County commis sioners have added their sup port to efforts here to get V by-pass of U. S. 17 around Edenton. J. Clarence Leary made the motion Wednesday that the commissioners endorse such a by-pass. C. M. “Evans sec onded the motion and it car ried - unanimosly. t Chairman W. E. Bond, who presided at the meeting, said a copy of the endorsement would be sent to Highway Commissioner Don Matthews of Hamilton. .Earlier the Edenton Town Council and Chamber of Commerce board of directors endorsed the construction of fh* by-pass. For several years there has been talk of routing heavily traveled S. 17 around Edenton but no definite plans have been considered by the State Hi|hway Commission. Mattftrws is said to have informed local officials that if they would endorse the iky-pass he would seek Wedy action from the State Highway Commission. Hie commissioner, in the administrator, to draw up a proposal tor the highway that yould go around Edenton. ’he plant will be located on a 28 acre site Wood said. He paid special tribute to the city council, board of public works and county commissioners who possess a “pro gressive and constructive attitude” toward getting new industry. “Without this ex ceptionally fine attitude the efforts of the industrial committee would be in vain,” he said. The chairman predicted that the Carter’s firm will make a big contribution to the economic picture in this area. '-“We’re just as happy as we can be and are really grate ful for the splendid spirit of wholehearted cooperation which has been demonstrated by everyone,” he said. The Carter’s Ink Company was founded in 1858. It is an internationally known manu facturer of a wide variety of stationery pro ducts for home, school and office use. Among its many products are felt tip mark ers, stamp pads, writing and marking pens, paste, mucilage, rubber cement, tempera colors, and a broad line of marking, stamp ing and special purpose inks. The company tentatively plans to manu facture its growing line of carbon paper, typewriter and business machine ribbons, and related copying products in the new Edenton plant. Carter’s administrative headquarters and laboratories are located in Cambridge, Mass. ■ Manufacturing facilities are in Cambridge, Crossville, Tenn., Montreal, Canada, and Mexico City, Mexico. Carter’s also operates - distribution warehouses in New York, Chi s cago, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Dallas and To ■ ronto. „ ■ Through its distribution program, Carter’s name is well known in all of the United States, and throughout the entire free 1 world. ! on the waterfront in down i town Edenton. ! An agreed upon portion of i the annual rent on the base • property would go toward amortizing the cost of the firm’s local property. During this time 50 per cent of the rent will go to the Edenton-Chowan Airport Commission. W. B. Gard ner, town administrator, said the rent could run as high as $4,100 annually. A portion of the town dock would be retained v for use by parties other than Union Bag. However, the company [ would maintain the entire area. Company officials have in dicated a desire to greatly expand their local operation but are unable to do so at the present site. Too; town councilmen were of the opin ion the business district would be more desirable if , the log truck traffic was moved. Hicks Field, home of Eden ton’s highly regarded Aces, came in for considerable dis cussion at the meeting. The town owns the field and maintains it for use by John A. Holmes High School, i However, there have develop ed some disagreements about I upkeep of certain areas, such ] as the field house. Alton Elmore recently call- I ed the condition of the field | house a disgrace to Edenton in a letter to Mayor John A. Mitchener, Jr., and the Eden ton City School Board. Councilman' Henry Quinn, parks and playgrounds com missioner, said the town did pot have sufficient funds to erect a $4,000 field house. He suggested leasing the field to the school board. _ Councilman Luther C. Parks said the' council has cart 1 :' years and called the field a Continued on Page Two 1 y'l. ■** Reaves Assumes Lions Position i Daniel Reaves was install ed Monday night as presi dent of Edenton Lions Club. He succeeds Dr. Richard Hardin. Reaves and other club of ficers were installed by Dis trict Gov. W. Herbert Hollo well, a member of the local club. Installed to serve with the new president were the fol lowing: George Lewis, first vice president. Leo- Katkaveck, second vice president. E. L. Hollowell, third vice president. Directors for one year: Jim Partin, West Leary and Dr. Hardin. Directors for tv/o years: Warren Tvjiddy and Jesse Harrell. Lion Tamer will be Marvin Barham and tail twister *vill be J. D. Elliott. J. ’Clarence Leary is chorister and W. J. Taylor, secretary treasurer. The new club president is a life-long resident of Edenton. He graduated from local schools and attended N. C. Continued on Page Two I w ■ / JL i V JPk I ' '.. - i'h JPIk i wf * f \ / i mmmikimi " * m M I ** it WL. t 4J w H | . if i i i % at ■MUi * w I u \ ivl V- JL j -fm ft Jr*-, v A 1 m jm H | I ' 1 m ft ‘ 1/' - W W I jgl'l'Li 'ill 'l'i'i'liil'i 11 |i ill| ll'i i' &SL : i&i % *&&&&&&$& ■■■■Jlh . "C Hi 8 * NEW INDUSTRY LANDED Members of the industrial committee of Edenton Chamber of Commerce are shown with o.f cials of The Carter’s Ink Company following announcement that the film would construct a ,90,000-square-foot plant in Edenton. Seated are, left to right, Nathan C. Hubley, Jr., company president; J. Gilliam Wood, committee chairman; and llsr iSP Volume XXXIII.—Xo. 28. fnij p bt ti MORE NEWCOMERS—To day we welcome two new names to those who meander along The Public Parade. First National Bank of Eastern North Carolina open ed an office here Friday and today The Carter’s!lnk Com pany announces plans to join our expanding industrial community. As one newcomer to two others it is somewhat -a relief to have company. There is, however, one basic differ ence. A lot of time and ef fort was expanded landing the baftk and manufacturing firm. Us? We just dropped in, uninvited. And don’t think during the past 18 months we have not had to face up to this fact: This should not cause these two businesses any con cern, for as invited guests they will be shown every courtesy. And if there is any hospitality greater than what is found between Pembroke Creek and Albemarle Sound one couldn’t stand it. First National can be summarred with many “ives” as they have gained a repu tation for being both pro gressive and aggressive. Af ter more than two years at the conference table and the courts, they were granted permission to open their 21st office. Organized in October, 1952. with $150,000 in capital, the financial institution has grown rapidly, not through mergers but through provid ing banking competition to numerous communities. Re sources today are $44 mil lion, according to Mitghell F. Allen, president. The bank will renovate the old Citizens Bank Building, one of Edenton’s modern-day landmarks. The Carter’s Ink Company will further diversify the area’s industrial conjmunity. Sirtce they first took a look at Edenton they have enlarg ed the plant and increased the employment figure to 200. This speaks well for the community in which they plan to locate a 90,000- square-foot plant. Nathan C. Hubley, Jr., president, balked when hand ed a competitor’s' brand pen with which to sign the loca tion agreement. He good naturedly hinted that Mayor John A. Mitchener, Jr„ de served better writing instru ments. He then expressed his firm’s confidence in the fu ture for themselves as well as the Edenton area. His only regret was that no de cision had been made to move the administrative forc es to Edenton. The industrial committee of the Edenton Chamber of Commerce, under the able leadership of Gilliam Wood, did a fine job with this pros pect and Mr. Hubley didn’t miss the opportunity to ex THE CHOWAN HERALD Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina 27932 Thursday, July 14. 1966 press his appreciation. For a moment he waxed so senti mental you would think he had become so indoctrinated that he was on the chamber's staff. Carter’s Ink will make a real contribution to the en tire area as they build and grow with Northeastern Continued on Page Two ■.■■BBlfc*. - , y 4 i ** U ■ 4 ; Jb; I OFFICIAL GREETING Mayor John A. Mitchener, Jr., left, is pictured here with Mitchell F. Allen, Jr., of Jack sonville, president, First National Bank of Eastern North Carolina, shortly after he became the first depositor in the bank's Edenton office. The office, in the former Citizens Bank Building, opened at 9 A. M., Friday. 1 llSf mL < Jills BANK OFFICIALS Mitchell F. Allen, Jr., center, president of Firs* National Bank of Eastern North Carolina, is flanked by C. A. (Chuck) Benson, right, and Lloyd Warren as they prepare to open the bank’s Edenton office. Benson Is manager of the Edenton branch while Warren serves as assistant manager. Harold T. Davis, company trustee. Standing, in the same order are; Alton O Flmore, C. A. l'hiilips, W. P. Jones, Bruce Jones, George Alma Byrum, W. B. Gardner and Executive Vice President Robert .Moore. Carter’s has j urenasea Z 8 acres of land on Highway 32, just east of Edenton, and plans to begin work on the new plant immediately. Edenton Office Opened Bv First National Bank y First National Bank of Eastern Ndrth Carolina Fri day opened an office in the Citizens Bqnk Building, 216 South Broad Street. It was the 21st office in the rapidly expanding bank which is headquartered in Jackson \ i’lle. Mitchell F. Allen. Jr., president, was on hand in the bank lobby to receive of ficial notification from Wash ington that Comptroller of the Currency James J. Sax on had approved First Na tional’s application. Saxon’s approval of the application brought to an end the bank's two-year cam paign to open an office in jF.denton. _ , . Peoples Bank & Trust Company had objected to the approval. Allen announced that C. A. (Chuck) Benson of Jackson ville had been named man ager of the Edenton office. Benson’s assistant is Lloyd Warren of Mt. Olive. The bank will hire three female employes in the near future Benson said additional per sonnel will be employed as the bank's activity increases. Also, the bank officials are expected to select a local board of directors within the next few weeks. For First National the opening of an office in Eden ton marks the second branch epening in 45 days. A branch was opened in Diinn on May 30. Allen said while facilities at the present are somewhat crude, plans have been drawn and contracts let to completely renovate the building. “We will make this one of the most attrac tive and comfortable bank ing facilities in North Caro lina," he promised. Mrs, Allen accompanied her husband to Edenton for the opening and accepted the first deposit in the new office. Mayor John A. Mit chener, Jr., made the first deposit. Allen said First National Continued on Page 4 slala. *• Single Copy 10 Cents J. L. CHESTNUTT Chestnutt Holds High Legion Post J. L. Chestnutt, 210 West Eden Street, is the new divi sion one commander of Am erican Legion. Department of North Carolina, lie was. in stalled in his new post Sun day at China Grove) Chestnutt, 72-year-old re lived Edenton postmaster, 1 rads American Legion ac tivities in 25 counties which have five districts, 66 posts am! 5.302 members. His di vision • goes from Person County to the coast. Robert M. Davis of Salis bury is the new department commander. E, L. Hollowell.of Edenton is district one commander and, will, serve* 11 posts that have 744 members. Chest- Mitt is a former district commander. The now officers of the Department of North Caro l.na were installed by J. Al yl Carver of Dunn, outgo ing commander. Chestnutt has, been active in the American Legion since 1927. He is a former com marder of Edward G. Bond Fost No. 40. here and has served as post chaplain for many years. He retired last year after serving as postmaster in Edenton for 13 years. Resurfacing Set On Highway 32 The resurfacing of two Sections of Highway 32 north of Edenton are included in a call for bids by the State Highway Commission. The projects for the July 26, 1966, highway letting were announced in Raleigh last week. Included is 12.20 miles of sand asphalt base and sur face in resurfacing two sec tions of Highway 32 between Edenton and SR 1002 at Small’s Cross Roads. OFF TO ST. LOUIS Belinda Perry of Tyner is among North Carolina dele gates to the 1966 National ■ FHA convention being held ; this weak in St. Louis, Mo. | She is a member of Chowap High School chapter. #
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