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’,„; v ir -JR 51if r> tSMBF r - -*-w j~j . 1 m ~*m -- m W W^ > >. ,y . & * ' 3 MKKt*^^Sxsss&F™* _~, iT jsSSki- \jt • <,. J k, •'"" K- ■ | Ji»i* « 3 ■k. -tar. . £ |y|HH3» iffW| 1 M Cyi mMr.J*m ?* ' .ifffptk I sk&ftje ' It PLAN ATTACK ON MEASLES—Members of Chowan C ounly Health Department are cooperating with physicians in the county in efforts to stamp out measles. Dr. David O. W right holds a container of measles vaccine to be used Sunday in an End Measles Clinic for children between the ages of one and six. Left to right are: Mrs. Elliott Belch, Dr. Wright, 7 Miss Hulda Wood, and Mrs. Ed Bass. Parents are asked to bring their children to the health department for the free vaccine between the hours of 12 noon and 2:30 P. M. %ITHE CHOWAN HERALD M Volume XXXIV.—No. 4. y FIRST THINGS FIRST— Counties and municipalities in North Carolina will be re questing the General Assem bly to give them a new source of revenue—the sales tax. Permissive legislation in this area will probably be granted but the job of selling it to the voters will be a horse of a different color. The N. C. Association of County Commissioners and League of Municipali ties asked the Tax Study Commission to recommend a general 1 per cent increase in the sales tax. In effect, they were trying to shirk their political duty. The study commission did not' fall into this trap but came forth with a local op tion increase. This means counties and towns 'desifOU? ofjhe additional tax must put it to the voter*. And it is here that the hard sell must enter. It is a fact that citizens are being deprived of many services because counties and towns just don’t have suffici ent money to pick up the tab. While these services are being demanded by the citi zens the manner in which they are paid for comes up for considerable debate.- If taxpayers get maximum benefit out of the money al-' ready being collected by their governing body they will be more likely to vote in additional tax on them selves. But in Chowan Coun ty it is doubtful if a referen dum on an increase of the sales tax could get much sup port. One of the prime objections to the recent Hospital Bond question was not the build ing of a new hospital. Ra ther, it was over a mainten ance tax for operating the hospital, should additional money be needed. In many areas, the tax payers of this county are get ting a real bargain. There are others, such as the cost of maintaining Hotel Joseph Hewes, the collection of tax es, and county purchasing, where there is considerable to be desired. The best figures available on the 1 per cent increase in the sales tax show this coun ty would realize something over $78,000 annually. This is not mere change when compared with the total levy from property taxes. Nevertheless, if' county commissioners are going to sell an additional tax to the people, they must first take steps toward getting things around the Court House Green in order. GETTING OUR SHARE— State parks play a major rple in development of travel hs a leading North Carolina ihdustry. While other sec tions Of 4 Tar Heelia are en joying _Jhe foil benefits of these facilities, we in the east are having to once again ’rrieasetT'by the N. C. Department of Con servation and Development show attendance at 13 state parks during 1968 climbed to 2,182,300. This figure ex ceeds by some *O.OOO the number visiting the jjarks in 1005, ,- y . , -x ,* ' Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina 27932 Thursday, January 26. 1967 state facilities were below the Pettigrew total in at tendance. Lack of traffic in the area surrounding Pettigrew cannot be blamed for the small at tendance at this facility. Dur ing the peak months, U. S. 64 is crowded with vehicles heading eastward and return ing in the opposite direction. Many of the 1,133,003 persons visiting Cape Hatteras Na tional Seashore last year passed through Creswell. There is but one reason why a goodly number of those passing through the area didn’t drive out to Pettigrew. There is just nothing there. And from statements made by C&D hiarchy the state doesn’t plan to do much about it. J. W. - York, C&D ..chair man has gone so far as to say he favored giving Petti grew back to the Indians. Is this consistent with a state plan to expand travel and tourism? With a lot of imagination and a considerable less amount of money, Pettigrew' State Park could be a popu lar place for area folks as well as those passing through. During the past few years the state has dumped thous ands of dollars into Duke Power State Park and as a result the Piedmont North Carolina facility drew 128,- 420 people last year, the fifth largest attendance of any park in the state. We could never muster the political influence of the uukes, but one way to keep the east pacified is through good deeds throughout the year and not just promises at election time. NEW FEATURE— In an ef fort to further broaden the news content of The Chowan Herald, we are cooperating Continued on Page 4 mm & * It Wp vv * sn*- f^n&bK * if • v . - jB p HILARIOUS WEDDING IS SATURDAY—Mrs. Martha Britton had some strange guests earlier this week and her neighbors weren’t quite sure what was happening. Three hi larious characters showed up at the Britton borne Ml Pembroke Circle for “tea” and what made it unusual was their costumes. They were practicing for the Womanless Wedding which is slated for 8 P. M., Saturday at Ernest A. Swain Elementary School to benefit the Heart Fund. Mrs. Britton is directing the benefit show and reports that costumes art properly fitted and surprises are in store for (hose who sppear on the scene. In the picture above, Mrs, Britton savs goodbye to her good natural friends, who won’t be like- QBra|| ';*:' \. fiL :-. ■•i-inif'::„: •••••’ •- *■ H $' \ THOMAS C. BASS Thomas C. Bass Added To Staff . r.v* . ~ t‘. Thomas C. Bass, Rome 2. Edenton, has been empldved as a teacher of social studies and physical education at John A. Holmes High School for the 1967-68 school term. Supt. Hiram J. Mayo said Bass, who is currently doing his practice teaching at the school, will strengthen the existing program in Edenton. He will be associated with Football Coach Marion Kirby, Basketball Coach James Kin ion, and Baseball Coach Da vid Bumgarner. Principal Cecil Fry said the new coach will direct the junior varsity football program, be assistant basket ball coach and be head golf coach. Bass, a native of Chowan County, will receive his de gree from Atlantic Christian College in Wilson at gradu ation exercises in June. He is a 1956 graduate of John A. Holmes High School and at tended Chowan College prior to entering ACC. He is married and the fath er of two children. - Teacher Pay Increase Voted By Town Board Trustees of Edenton City Schools last week voted an increase in the annual teach er- supplement in an effort to compete with area schools for teachers. The increase would cost taxpayers $12,000. The current minimum teacher supplement in the city unit is $l5O. The in crease, if approved by Cho wan County commissioners, will boost the minimum sup plement to $270 for the 100 faculty members in the sys tem. Supt. Hiram J. Mayo told the trustees it is becoming more and more difficult to get and keep well trained and qualified faculty 'mem bers. He said other school units are AiereipSing. the, sup plement in order to attract the caliber of teachers they desire and the Edenton unit had to do the same in order to be competitive. The board agreed with the Young Farmer Will Be Honored The Outstanding Young Farmer Aw'ards banquet will tie held tonight (Thursday) at 7 o’clock at the Jaycee Building on Base Road. Van Small, chairman, said this year's banquet and OYF presentation will be held in conjunction wdth the regular Jaycee meeting. Small said persons nomin ated for the 1966 award will be in attendance at the ■meeting. Richard Bryant, agricul ture engineer for VEPCO in Elizabeth City, will make a short talk prior to present ing Chowan County’s OYF winner with his citation. VEP.CO co-sponsors the OYF program with the Jaycees. ‘End Measles’ Sunday! Children Between Ages 1-6 May Obtain Vaccine - Free Os Charge Only From 12 Noon To 2:30 P. M. At Chowan County Health Department Single Copy 10 Cents superintendent’s recommend ation and the request will be made to the commissioners when the annual school bud get is submitted in the next three months. At a monthly meeting last Thursday night, the board voted to continue the free dom of choice plan for com pliance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The choice period for all students in the unit will begin March 1 and end March 31. Too. the board gave ifinal approval to a bill for mer ger of the city and county administrative units and sent it to Rep. Phil Godwin of Gates. In a cover letter, Dr. Edward Bond and O. C. Long, Jr., chairman of the city and county boards re spectively. asked that the bill be introduced at the earliest possible time in the 1967 General Assembly. The board approved a rec ommendation of Supt. Mayo that all students in the top three grades at John A. Holmes High School next year be required to take six subjects. This would elim inate study halls and give teachers a period for plan ning. Supt. Mayo said at least half the students are taking six subjects this year. He added that the study halls do not serve any real purpose to the students and are not used to any advantage. Continued on Page 5 Shoplifting Charge Is Made Area police are continuing an investigation into a theft ring from Norfolk, Va. which was apparently broken up Saturday when an alert state trooper made a routine ve hicle inspection near Hert ford. Arthur E. Bunch, 27-year old Negro, of Norfolk, Va., has been charged with the larceny of 61 cartons of cig arettes from three local stores and larceny of 13 records from one of the stores. Bunch was arrested when State Trooper R. W. Rawls became suspicious after stop ping Bunch’s car Saturday night near Hertford. He called local police who found the cigarettes and records had been taken locally. Police Chief James H. Griffin said Capt. J. D. Par rish investigated the tip sup plied by Trooper Rawls and found cigarettes had been taken from A&P Store, P&Q Super Market and Belk- Tyler’s. The records were allegedly taken from Belk- Tyler’s. Deadline Nears For Tax Listing; Penalty Steep Property owners in Cho wan County have only one week to list their belongings for taxes or face a 10 per cent penalty. W. P. (Spec) Jones said taxlisters in the county’s four townships have been kept busy during the month and the percenage of listings thus far appears to be running ahead of last year. The tax supervisor said * f||ll f *' I iHf wf § yjtk |Hmß| H ■ Rk iM Rk jM | E —4m '■: , v > mm ■ 'MMdiPjfl 1 HM : |r M w/’ * **« WW Tflj Jjj || jM W I 9L DISTRICT COMMISSIONER’S CONFERENCE—W E. Bond, seated right, chairman of Chowan County commissioners, Tuesday welcomes some 50 county officials from this area to a district meeting at Chowan County Court House. Seated at left is John Morrisev or Rai’.eigh, general counsel for the state association. Fred Jones of Hertford County, standing left, is a past state president. Joe Thigpen of Martin County is the new district director. Officials Discuss Finances If, as the old saying goes, “money is the root of all evil” there was a consider able amount of evil talk here Tuesday. Money matters were prin cipal topics for discussion when more than 50 county commissioners fr o m sh e Northeastern area met in Chowan County Court House. One speaker said the coun ties in North Carolina need an additional $490-miliion to meet existing needs for capi tal improvements and current expenses. Another official of the N. C. Association of County Commissioners, told his audi Aces In Four-Way Tie One of the tightest races in the 2-A Albemarle cage history has developed with four teams currently tied for first place. A loss by the Edenton Aces to Plymouth last Fri day' put the local basketball ers in a tie with William ston. Gates County and Northampton for the top spot. No games were played Tuesday night as the confer ence teams were having mid ter mexams. Edenton re turns to the hardwood Fri day night with a contest against Scotland Neck at Mrs. Pattie S. Bvrum and Mrs. Annie M. Hare are available in the tax office in downtown Edenton from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.. Monday through Friday ,and 9 A. M. to 12 noon on Saturday. This is ‘for First Township property owners. Sherlon Layton, lister in the Second Township, is at Earl Smith's Store from 6 P. M. to 9 P. M. on Monday and Thursday and will be at ence the 1 per cent local op tion sales tax increase is a must if local government is to change directions, The speakers were Paul Guthrie. Jr., assistant execu tive secretary, and John Morrisev, association general counsel. Guthrie said counties in this state have real limits on financial resources and other avenues must be developed to secure funds other than a constant increase in the prop erty tax. the speaker said property tax grows slow with econom ic development but this grad ual, steady increase in reve- John A. Holmes High School gymnasium. In the 65-62 loss to Plym outh, the Aces were led by Rusty Bootwright with 15 points. Wes Chesson ac counted for 12 tallies and Billy Wallace had 11. Jeffcoat was the big gun for Plymouth as he garnered 34 points. In the first game of the doubleheader, the Acelets were defeated by Plymouth, 43-24. Sanfra Ange led the locals with II points and Beth Moore had nine. Moore grabbed 11 rebounds. E. R. Bunch’s Store from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. today (Thursday). Tommy Berryman will be at the L. C. Briggs Store Saturday (for the conveni ence of property owners in Third Township. In the Fourth Township, property owners can list with Ward Hoskins at H. A. Perry’s Store .Saturday, Tuesday or February 4. nue cannot finance the exist ing needs of local govern ment. Guthrie said property tax in North Carolina brings in $l4B-million annually to the 10 counties. He said twice this amount is needed to meet the capital improve ment needs of our schools alone. He estimated these needs at $235-million. He went on to say 100,000 students in the state are cur rently housed in temporary’, inadequate facilities. In ad dition to this, other school needs are constantly forcing county commissioners to in crease the property tax. Additional needs of coun ties include: health, water and sewer, county office space, libraries, airports, rec reation, fire protection, eco nomic development, garbage collection. community col leges, training institutes and many others. Too. Guthrie said counties must gird themselves for par ticipation in the highly com petitive matket for qualified employees. He said if a county expects to get a good person and be able to keep him on the job it must com pete with business and in dustry as well as other local governments who have a higher wage scale. Morrisey. in discussing the Continued on Page 5 Jones said all persons owning property .either per sonal or real estate, are re quired by law to list it for taxation during the month of January. All male persons between the ages of 21 and 50 are to list their polls dur ing the same time. He encouraged those who have not yet listed their property to do so within the week to avoid 10 per cent penalty. y . .
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