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Distilleries Manufacturing Poisonous Booze Blasted
\ Two illegal liquor stills were blown up in rural Cho
wan County last Wednesday. Authorities said the
booze being manufactured could have been poisonous.
Sheriff Earl Goodwin reported the stills were located
about ISO yards apart in the Yeopim Section of the
county. A well traveled path connected the two and
led officers to surmise they were being operated by
the same crew.
Sheriff Goodwin said 55-gallon steel drums were be
ing used as fermenting tanks. This could have caused
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Volume XXXIII.—No. 30.
Hollowell In District Limelight
Lions Installation Program Scheduled
W. Herbert Hollowell, Jr.,
of Edenton, will be installed
tonight (Thursday) as Dis
trict Governor 31-J, Lions
..International.
Edenton Lions Club will
present the installation ser
vice of their favorite-son gov
ernor afid the 1966-67 district
cabinet at Chowan Golf and
Country Club, beginning at
'7:30 o'clock.
Wallace I. West of Wil
mington, past Lions Interna
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HAILS PROGRESS— More
and more publications are
finding interesting copy along
The Public Parade.
Recently Lloyd Griffin’s
“We The People” dealt at
length with interesting as
pects of Edenton and Cho
wan County, t
According“to L. S. Blades,
t Jr., president of The Nor
folk & Carolina Telephone &
Telegraph -Company, the
Elizabeth City based firm
has recently earned the dis
tinction of becoming the
cover subject for one of the
nation’s foremost telephone
industry publications.
The July issue of “Tele
phone Engineer and Man
agement,” one of the coun
try’s oldest trade maga
zines, features as its cover,
a composite of the 60 by 65
mile section of Northeast
North Carolina served by the
company, an illustration of
some of the new equipment
to soon be put into use, and
a photograph of historic
Edenton harbor in contrast
with one of the company’s
modem microwave towers in
the background.
The accompanying article,
“Long Range Economic Stu
dies, Community Support
■ Justify EAS„ Microwave Net
work,” acclaims the planned
December cutover to Extend
ed Area Service (Albemarle
Metro) to be the largest geo
graphic area cutover yet ac
complished by an -independ
ent telephone company. The
toll-free service provided by
EAS will be available to
telephone subscribers in all
or parts of seven counties,
comprising a total land area
ot 3,900. square miles.
The magazine devotes four
pages to an outline of the
planning required by the
company, how it has in
stalled and- is currently
using its microwave systems
and ties in its service to an
area abundant - in historical
lore. The article attributes
the local company to be
making a “progressive three
prong attack to stimulate its
own as well as the area’s
business.”
\ Through well-defined pop
ulation density and area ser
vice maps prepared during
the company’s economic
Studies to determine the
feasibility <f EAS for this
section, the article illustrates
how N&CTsrT, through its
toll-free am service, will
provide its present subserib
tional Director, will keynote
the program and install Hol
lowell and his cabinet. •"
West is principal of New
Hanover High School, the
largest single unit in North
Carolina.
District 31-J is composed of
39 clubs with a combined
membership of '1,400.
Hollowell, local business
man and civic leader, is the
first member of the Edenton
Lions Club to be elected to
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■ rates,” as well as “provide
1 maximum service to its rap
; idly growing summer tourist
population.”
N&C T& T is investing
nearly $2.5 million in plant
and communications facili
ties this year in its effort to
meet current and future ex
pansion requirements.
But these folks who me
ander along The Public Pa
rade occasionally are really
missing something. If they
v/ent to press with us each
week they would realize
more fully the benefits of
our area.
MEASURE OF SUCCESS—
This incredible bit of manu
factured news arrived recent
ly from the Office of Eco
nomic Opportunity for the
mid-Atlantic region.
Headed “North Carolina: A
Progress Report,” it declared
that the “tide has turned in
North Carolina in its war on
poverty.”
Now, on what rational ba
sis does this claim rest?
On the generally-unnoticed
fact that, from July, 1&65, to
June, 1966, “the number of
community action programs,
of all types, has almost
doubled, from 43 to 80.”
But what is really signifi
cant, if we are to believe the
OEO news account, is not
that the number of pro-f
grams has doubled, but that
the flow of “federal grant
dollars” -has risen from a
mere trickle in 1965 to a
real stream in 1966.
“For example,” the account
continues glowingly, “federal
grants to North Carolina dur
ing the fiscal year 1964-65
for regular Community Ac
tion ~ programs, excluding
Head Start, amounted to $2,-
500,000. In fiscal 1965-66,
this same unit of expendi
ture increased. almost four
fold to $8,159,358 in federal
funds! With the number of
programs have doubled from
one year to the next, the
quadruple increase in grant
dollars indicates more versa
tile programs encompassing
more services to more peo
ple.”
Well, that isn’t necessarily
so. It could, and very prob
ably does indicate the dis
covery of bigger and better
ratholes down which to pour
federal dollars.
So much for community
actibn. Head Start is an
other story. It increased
from 80 programs' at a cost
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the finished product to be poisonous.
Deputy Troy Toppin and two federal ATTD agents,
P. A. Lundell and Jack Caskill, located the outfits and
found more than 3,200 gallons of fermenting mash.
They estimated that the two stills could turn out a
minimum of 300 gallons of illicit booze in a single run.
Evidence indicated the stills had been in operation for
some time.
No arrests have been made.
The two stills were fed from a total of 54 drums. On
: the top district post. He was
chosen last month during the
Lions convention in Winston-
Salem.
Daniel Reaves, president of
1 the local club, will call the
meeting to order and Rev.
E. Clifford Shoaf will give
■ the invocation. Bob Hollar
of Wilson, past cabinet chair
man, will lead the pledge of
' allegiance to the Flag.
Dr. William H. Wynns of
1 Powellsville, immediate past
district governor, will be
master of ceremonies. Nor
man Trueblood, state secre-
will recognize
the guests arid the speaker
will be introduced by Hugh
Jones of Ahoskie, past dis
trict governor.
Alphus T. Doughtie, presi
dent of the Powellsville club
will present the district gov
ernor’s banner to Reaves.
Miss Jo Ann Leary will be
accompanist.
E. L. Hollowell of Edenton
has been selected cabinet
secretary-treasurer.
Other cabinet officers in
clude:
W. Chadwick Pierce of
Ahoskie, deputy district gov
ernor, Region One; D. Lee
Reynolds of Williamston, dep
uty, Region Two; William D.
Poindexter of Roanoke Rap
ids, deputy, Region Three;
and Warren Tait of Wilson,
deputy, Region Four.
The following zone chair
men have been named:
E. C. Knowles of Elizabeth
City, One; Elbert Ray Bry
ant of Askewville, Two; Dal
las G. Waters of Plymouth,
Three; Otley Leary of Bel
haven, Four; R. C. Overby of
Roanoke Rapids, Five; W. C.
Burt of Enfield, Six; R. Ed
ward Williams of Spring
Hope; Seven; and L. F.
Barnes, Jr., of Lucama,
Eight.
District chairmen include.
C. Jack Luper of Rocky
Mount, David L. Joyner of
Tarboro, Jesse Spruill ,of
Washington, Henry Miller of
Murfreesboro, J. L. Jackson
of Elizabeth City; Claude
Brinn of Hertford, Arthur
Lowrance of Pine Tops, Dr.
Wynns of Powellsville, Hol
lar of Wilson and Melvin
Jackson of Manteo.
New Off-Street
Lot Completed
A 13-car off-street parking
lot has been completed on
East Eden Street, behind the
office of Dr. A. F. Downum.
Town Administrator W. B.
Gardner said the lot has
been paved and spaces mark
ed.
Motorists are requested to
park headed into the center
of the lot to avoid any con
gestion in allowing traffic to
get in or out of the lot.'
Copeland Will Face Five Break -In Charges
Henderson Ray Copeland,
20-year-oid Negro, Route 3,
Edenton, is being held in
Chowan County jail in lieu
of $750 bond following a
hearing Tuesday on five
counts of breaking, entering
and larceny.
Judge W. S. Privott, pre
siding in Chowan County
Recorder’s Court, found prob
able cause in all five cases.'
Copeland is charged with
repeatedly entering Richard
P. Baer St, Company’s office
on North Oakum Street be
tween June 25, and July 23,
the date he was arrested.
Approximately SIOO was
taken from the petty cash
drawer in the office during
the time. It was reported
that Copeland had in his pos
session some $4.10 in marked
money at the time of his
arrest.
Two young Edenton teen
agers were given suspended
jail sentences after being
ocnvicted of damage to per
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Assistant Wildlife Supervisor
‘Country Boy’ Advances
Wildlife Is His Work
A “country boy’’ with. a.
natural love for wildlife is
second in command of the
N. C. Wildlife Resources
Commission’s Division of Pro
tection in this district.
L. C. Spain, 41, came back
to his native eastern North
Carolina from Catawba Coun
ty three years ago to become
assistant to Supervisor C. J.
Overton.
Spain joined the wildlife
protection service in 1952 af
ter serving as a deputy un
der veteran Protector Joe
Teal of Greenville. At the
time, Spain was a Pitt Coun
ty farmer.
“Being a country boy I was
naturally interested in the
wildlife which was always
around,” Spain said recently.
He became a wildlife pa
trolman and served as pro
tector in Beaufort County for
eight years prior to being
sent to Catawba County. In
December, 1963, he was pro
moted and assigned to Dis
trict One.
Spain’s primary duties now
involve keeping track of all
the division’s equipment in
the 13 counties in this dis
trict and getting new equip
ment for the various pro
tectors.
He feels that all protectors
have a responsibility to edu
cate the public to the~’wild
life program. Too, he be
lieves in impartial, courteous
enforcement of the laws con
cerning wildlife.
“More sport for more peo
ple will equal opportunity for
more to enjoy wildlife,” is
his motto.
sonal property.
Rudy Newsome, 18, 705
Johnson Street, and Charles
Driver, 19, 112 West Queen
Street, were' charged with
damage to a 1966 Mustang
owned by Mrs. Mary Smith
Bunch.
Testimony was that the
pair attempted to straight
wire the vehicle while it was
parked on the lot at Har
dee’s on the night of July 18.
Later when Mrs. Bunch
drove away in the car the
hood 'flew up, causing dam
ages estimated at $60.61.
Each defendant was given
a 60-day sentence, suspended
upon payment of sls fine
and costs and upon further
conditions that they pay for
the damage to the car.
Judge Privott called the
incident a “prank which
could have led to something
real serious.”
In other cases called by
W. J. P. Earnhardt, Jr., who
one site was a 150-gallon still and a 75-gallon steam
boiler. A hand pitcher pump was used to get water.
There was 1,900 gallons of mash ready to run at this
site.
Agents followed the path to the second site where the
still and coil had been removed. This operation was
in Ihe process of being moved although there was 1,450
gallons of mash fermenting in the steel drums.
Too, on the scene were 30 pounds of meal and 200
pounds of charcoal.
.Spain s4ys the wildlife
service is dedicated to re
search, management and ed
ucation. All of them are of
equal importance in his book.
He finds his work most re
warding. “Having a group
of young men, Boy Scouts,
etc., show an active interest
in our program which was
established for them is a real
joy,” he states. “You won’t
have too much enforcement
problem with this type indi
vidual,” he adds.
The assistant supervisor
expressed his appreciation to
the public for support and
cooperation of the wildlife
program. “The attitude of
the people in this area makes
our work more enjoyable,”
Spain said.
This means something even
special to Spain who avows
that wildlife work is “my
life”. “If I get time to hunt
or fish that’s strictly per
sonal,” he adds.
Spain is married to the
former Helen Copeland of
Pitt County and they have
one daughter.
Local Seedsman
Elected To Post
Edgar L. Pierce of Cho
wan County has been named
to the board of directors of
the N. C. Seedsmen’s Asso
ciation for the coming year.
The local seedsman was
elected to the post at the
same time Harry McLain of
Statesville was named presi
dent of the organization.
was acting prosecutor in the
absence of Solicitor Thomas
Chears, Jr., the following ac
tion was taken:
Carlton Welch, alias
Stuckie or Junkie Rankin,
trespass, prayer for judg
ment was continued upon
payment of court costs. He
v/as found not guilty of
damage to personal prop
erty.
Warner B. Perry, speed
ing, 30 days, suspended up
on payment of S4O fine and
costs.
Merritt E. Prothro, hit and
run, 60 days, suspended up
on payment of SSO fine and
costs.
Quinton Earl Goodwin,
speeding, 30 days, suspended
upon payment of SSO fine
and costs.
Willie Privott, failure to
comply with a former order
of the court in a non-sup
port matter, 12 months, sus
pended upon payment of
Grading Work Begins -
At Carter’s Ink Property
Heavy earth moving equip
ment moved onto the site of
Carter’s Ink Company’s new
Edenton plant Tuesday.
Groundbreaking for the
new 90,000-square-foot build
ing came less than two
weeks after the firm an
nounced plans to locate here.
Philip Burgess of Pine Tops
has the grading contract.
Council Adopts
1966-67 Budget
Formal adoption of a
$865,107 budget for the Town
of Edenton for fiscal 1966-67
came Tuesday.
Mayor John A. Mitchener,
Jr., announced that the bud
get, approved June 28 by
the Town Council, was
adopted without change.
The tax rate will be $1
per SIOO valuation, the same
as last year.
The new budget, a record
for the town, is based on an
assessed valuation of $lO,-
500,000. Town Admihrstrlfbr
W. B. Gardner said he anti
cipates collecting 97.5 per
cent of ad valorem taxes.
This is the first time the
utilities department budget
has been combined with the
remainder of the town de
prrtments. It is for that
reason that this budget is
almost double the figure for
fiscal 1965-66.
The Board of Public Works
will operatf on a budget of
$498,771. The biggest single
item in their budget is
$188,950.46 for the purchase
of electricity.
The board anticipates a
profit from the sale of
utilities in excess of $143,-
000. It is because of this
profit that the tax rate can
be maintained at sl, Gard
ner said.
Gardner said $60,000 was
being transferred from utili
ties profit to maintain the
existing tax rate..
Revenue from property tax
is anticipated to- be $102,000.
a $4,000 increase over this
year.
A breakdown of the bud
get by departments shows:
Administrative—s2B,4lo.
Fire—s36,o3s.
Police—ss9,9lo.
Street—s97,l9o.
Electric and Water—s49B,-
771.
Miscellaneous 5144,791.
(This includes expenditures
for a new fire station knd a
billing department comput
er).
$6lO and costs. In a case
where the defendant was
charged with failure to sup
port his illigimate child, he
was given two months, sus
pended upon payment of SSO
expense involved in the birth
of the child and $5 per week
in support. He was also
ordered to pay the costs of
court.
The following waivers
were recognized:
Guy C. Hobbs, Jr., Jack
son L. Langley, James F.
Lane, Herbert E. Hollowell,
Jr., James E. Holliday,
James L. Stoufer, Earcle B.
Riddick. Dwight Flanagan,
Gilbert W. Hare and Charlie
Lee Riddick.
Also, Robert E. Stallings,
David Thomas Nixon, An
drew A. Parrish. Jr., Walter
R. ■ Blankenstein, Davis
Pereyi, Jr., Michael R. Nie
prusehk, Janet S. Miller,
Dennis D. McCarthy, Cecil
H. Hollowell, Jr., and Jesse
T. Turnage.
Forty-five empty one-gallon jugs were at the two
still sites.
In 1964, North Carolina was topped only by Ala
bama and Georgia in the total number oF illicit distill
eries destroyed. State, local and federal authorities
destroyed 3,174 outfits during the year.
It has been estimated that a moonshiner makes $3.74
per quart on illicit liquor selling for $4. If the two
stills destroyed in Chowan County produced 300 gallons
of booze a week, profits from this would exceed $4,400.
Romeo A. Guest Associ
ates of Greensboro are build
ing the big structure which
is expected to be completed
by early in 1967. The build
ing is being designed by
Lewis H. Meacham of the
architectural firm of Biber
stein, Bowles, Meacham and
Reed of Charlotte.
At the same time Town
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Arthur J. Stofl
In New Position
Arthur J. Stoll of Roanoke
Rapids has assumed his du
ties as industrial engineer at
Seabrook Blanching Corp.
This is a new position at
the local peanut processing
plant, according to James W.
Gardner, owner.
At the same time it was
announced that construction
is already underway on a
5,200-square-foot addition to
the plant, located on U. S.
17, north of Edenton. The
new addition will be for
storage.
Stoll was industrial engi
neer at Albemarle Paper
Company Roanoke Rapids
for two years prior to resign
ing to accept the position
with Seabrook.
A New York native, Stoll
is a graduate of the Univer
sity of Kentucky, where he
majored in civil engineer
ing.
He is married to the form
er Joan Frantz of Lexing
ton, Ky., and they have three
children: Deborah, 13; Ste
phen, 11; and Larry, nine.
They reside in Edenton on
Queen Anne’s Drive.
Death Claims
Mrs. Powell
Mrs. Nell Nelson Powell
died Sunday morning at
Chowan Hospital after an
extended illness.
A native of Chesterfield
County, Va., Mrs. Powell
spent most of her life in
Edenton. She was the wi
dow of Dr. Jesse A. Powell,
Sr., who was a prominent
Edenton physician.
She was a daughter of the
late Henry Clark and Ida
Virginia Lee Nelson.
Mrs. Powell is survived by
one son, Dr. J. A. Powell,
Jr., of Athens, Tenn.; two
daughters, Mrs. G. W. Cape
hart, Jr., of Windsor, and
Mrs. Thomas Chears, Jr., of
Edenton; two brothers, Mon
terio Nelson of Portsmouth,
Va., and Claire Nelson of
Richmond, Va.; a sister, Mrs.
J. L. Weller of Norfolk, Va.,
and nine grandchildren.
She was a member of
Edenton Methodist Church,
where funeral services were
held Tuesday morning with
Rev. E. Clifford Shoaf offi
ciating. Burial was in Beav
er Hill 'Cemetery.
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Administrator W. B. Gard
ner said J. N. Pease Asso
ciates, also of Charlotte,
Eden ton’s engineers,, has been
instructed to complete final
plans and specifications for
the extension of water and
sewer to the Carter's Ink
plant site.
Gardner said as soon as
this work is completed the
Town Council will call for
bids on the project.
Too, Gardner revealed that
the town is working with
Farmers Home Administra
tion officials and Rep. Wal
ter Jones to obtain a fed
eral grant for participation
in this extension of utilities.
This will be the first such
work undertaken under an
agieement between the Town
of Edenton and Chowan
County Board of Commis
sioners to extend utilities to
industrial sites.
The commissioners recent
ly agreed to such a plan at
the request of the Industrial
Committee of Edenton Cham
ber of Commerce. The
board will consider financ
ing the extension of utilities
to industrial sites outside the
corporate limits of gdenton.
L. L. Taylor of Washing
ton, a regional representa
tive of the State Depart
ment of Conservation arid
Development, has hailed the
agreement as a forward
thinking step. He predicted
cooperation between the
town council and county
commissioners would be in
valuable to the future de
velopment of this area.
On July 14 Nathan C.
Hubley, Jr., president of
Caiter’s InJ, announced that
the century old manufacturer
of stationery products would
build a new plant here. He
said the plant will provide
employment for 100 people
initially, with up to 200 em
ployed when operations are
fully under way.
The plant will be located
on a 28-acre site on High
way 32, east of Edenton.
purchased from J. Gilliam
Wood.
Carter’s will manufacture
its growing line of carbon
paper, typewriter and busi
ness machine ribbons and
related copying products in
the new plant here.
Defective Lights
Bsinw Corrected
RALEIGH There has
been a vast improvement in
at least one of the safety
items covered by the North
Carolina motor vehicle in
spection law since the statute
took effect in February.
Analyists with the State
Department of Motor Ve
hicles discovered a large re
duction in citations and
warning tickets issued by the
Highway Patrol for defec
tive auto lights since the in
spection program began.
In May of 1965, Troopers
issued 1369 charges against
motorists for defective equip
ment—a large percentage of
the charges dealing with au
tomobile lights. During May
of 1966. defective equipment
arrests made by the Patrol
were only 492—a drop of 65
per cent. Again, defective
lighting made up a large part
of the total.
There was a 36 per cent
decrease in ( defective equip
ment charges issued by the
Patrol during June of this
year as compared with Janu
ary, 1966 —before the inspec
tion program got underway.
Part of the decrease in
warning tickets and charges
for substandard lights be
tween January and June can
be accounted for by longer
daylight hours in the latter
month, when lights are not
turned on, ( ~