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'^SP Volume XXXIV.—No. 19. City, County S 1001 Board Merger Vote Tuesday For The Sake Os Quality For nearly two years those who mean der along The Public Parade have been exposed to our thinking concerning merger of the two school administrative units here. As time passes, the foun dation on which we have built our case proves to be sound. Tuesday the voters in Chowan Coun ty will have an opportunity to express themselves on this important question. Over the years, those citizens who live in the Second and Third Townships have seen their tax dollars go to pro vide bigger schools which offer students a wider curriculum in the First and Fourth Townships. This has been brought out not by wrongdoing on the part of anyone, but merely because the money follows the students and the latter townships have the bulk of the popula tion. Until 16 months ago, there wert two school superintendents working here. One administered affairs of a unit with fewer than 900 students while the other had the responsibility of about 2,400 students. In January, 1965, the Edeu ton and Chowan boards of education agreed to certain terms for a merger of the administrative units and since that time have shared the services of a super intendent. This has proven satisfactory although there have still been two boards and two school offices. A high school in any administrative unit is not the place for the superintend ent’s office. The school needs the place and the superintendent needs to be on neutral ground. This would be realized in a one-unit arrangement. There would also be advantages rea lized in purchasing, planning, etc., which are not now being enjoyed. A favorable vote Tuesday would also see, for the first time in history, a com plete board elected by the people. Now, the city board with a budget close to sl-million, is seif-perpetuating with the taxpayers having little voice in how the money is spent. These are all on the plus side. How ever, the most important thing is the stu- Continued oa Page 4 IB mt Dr. Leo W. Jenkins Dr. Leo Jenkins Banquet Speaker Dr. Leo W. Jenkins, president of East Carolina College, will be keynoter at an Industrial Appreciation Week banquet here May 19. W. B. Gardner, president of Edenton Chamber of Commerce, said the dynamic booster of Eastern North Carolina will speak at the banquet honoring local in dustry to be held at Chowan Golf & Country Club. The event begins at 6 P. M. The banquet and Dr. Jenkins’ speech will be the highlight of a week of ac tivities where local industrial plans will be open for tours. Arrangements have been made for 10 local plants to be open Tuesday and Wednesday from 9 A. M., to 12 noon and 1 P. M., to 3 P. M. Groups are asked to make reservations with the Chamber of Commerce. The plants participating in this pro gram are: United Piece Dye Works, George C. Moore Co., Seabrook Blanch ing Corp., Chowan Veneer Co., R. P. Baler Co., Edenton Cotton Mills, Darf Corporation, Carter’s Ink Co., Jimbo’s Jumbos, and Albemarle Peanut Co. W. P. (Spec) Jones, chairman of the chamber’s Industrial Committee, has Osntinasl ■ Page « THE CHOWAN HERALD ME. CHAIRMAN—Leonard Small, chairman of Edenton Chamber of Commerce Af rican ture Committee, is almost dwarfed by the huge grain storage bins in the back ground. The local organization reatiaed the importance of agriculture in the local eco nomy and works with term groups to promote better practices which result in greater yields. A highlight of the year in Chowan Is the annual Peanut Banquet where top producers in the county are honored. Parks Chosen Town’s Mayor Pro Tem Town officials were sworn in Tuesday night at the council meeting and Luther S. Parks was chosen by his fellow coun cilmen to be mayor pro tem. Parks fills the spot vacated by J. Edwin Bufflap, who did not run in the recent Municipal Election. District Judge W. S. Privott adminis Vote Is Unchanged After Re-Count Mayor John A. Mitchener, Jr., has been declared winner of another two year term by Chowan County Board of Elections, following a re-count of the votes cast on May 2. E. L. Hollowell, elections board chair man, said a re-count gave Mitchener 639 votes to 600 for Roy L. Harrell. This was the same count as recorded the night of the election. Hollowed said the telephone cad to Surgeon To Move Dr. L. Polk Williams, Jr., surgeon and chief of staff at Chowan Hospital, will resign July 1, it was announced today. Dr. Williams plans to move to Eliza beth City, where he will be associated with Drs. Thomas Nash and Samuel Jenkins. Dr. Williams, a native of Edenton, has practiced here for five years. He is the son of Dr. and Mrs. L. P. Wil liams, Sr., and graduated from Wake Forest College, Bowman Gray Medical School and the Baylor University Surg ery Training Program in Houston, Tex. He is a past president of the local chapter of the American Cancer Society and is a member of the board of direc tors of Edenton Chamber of Commerce. A Rotarian, Dr. WUliams has been a member of that club’s board. Dr. Williams has served as a member of the vestry of St Paul’s Episcopal Church. James Kinion, highly successful bas ketball coach at John A. Holmes High School, moves across North Oakum Street this fad to become assistant prin cipal at D. F. Walker High School. In addition to being assistant to vet eran principal D. F. Walker, Kinion will teach social studies at the Negro school. In four years at Holmes High, Kinion has guided the Aces into a cage power. They have won the conference champion ship two consecutive years and have also been tournament champs. Supt. Hiram J. Mayo said Kinion will divide his time between teaching and working with Walker in administrative duties at the school. D. F. Walker High Sctoxd has a sac Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina 27932 Thursday, May 11, 1967, tered the oaths to Mayor John A. Mitchener, Jr., Councilmen Tom H. Shepard, Leo Katkaveck and J. D. El liott; Board of Public Works members Jesse L. Harrell, Thomas C. Byrum, Jr., and J. H. Conger, Jr.; and Treasurer James Bond. Elliott took his seat as counc;,man-at election central the night oi the voting which had Mitchener’s and Harrell’s vote in the third ward switched was not made by the registrar nor any person working for the elections board. It was on the basis of this call, which for a few minutes gave Harrell an un official victory by 43 votes, as wed as the closeness of the final figures which prompted the loser to demand a re-count of the 1,250 votes cast. At the same time, Hollowed clarified returns from the second ward in the matter of abolishing the Board of Public Works. The vote in this ward was 154 for abolishing, and 219 against, instead of 176-173 as reported on election night. This was an error in transcription and was discovered when the canvass was made Wednesday morning. Hollowed had nothing but praise for the work done by election workers at the four Edenton wards in the election. “The registrars and judges did a fine job for us and the confusion resulted from other sources and was not because of their actions,” he said. Wesley Chesson Gets Two Top Varsity Club Awards Wesley Chesson, the super athlete at John A. Holmes High School, Monday night was named most outstanding play er in both footbad and basketball. Trophies were presented to Chesson, Sanfra Ange, for girls’ basketball; Mike PRBBINTBD TROPHIES Oatstendlng athletes at Mm A. Holmes High School ware presented trophies Monday night at the anneal sports award banquet of xrtjPcSs? ssfg&zssis £»£■* vfc B '“ rys,k * SAMPLE BALLOT FOB SUBMISSION OF QUESTIONS AT SPECIAL ELECTION HELD IN CHOWAN COUNTY ON MAY 16, 1967 INSTRUCTIONS (1) To vote for or against the questions the voter should make a cross (X) mark in the appropriate square ap pearing below. (2) If you tear or deiface or wrongly mark this ballot, return it and get another. □ FOR Consolidation and reorgan ization of the Edenton City Board of Education and the Chowan County Board of Education and the creation of one administrative Board for all of the public schools in Chowan County and a supplemental school tax throughout Chowan not to exceed Fifteen Cents (15c) on the One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) valuation. □ AGAINST Consolidation and reorgan ization of the Edenton City Board of Education and the Chowan County Board of Education and the creation of one administrative Board for all of the public schools in Chowan County and a supplemental school tax throughout Chowan not to exceed Fifteen Cents (15c) on the One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) valuation. Chairman, County Board of Ejections of Chowan County, North Carolina. large, replacing Bufflap who has retired after 30 years of service to the town. Mayor Mitchener re-appointed David White to be street commissioner and named Katkaveck, Shepard and Henry Quinn to the important finance com mittee. Shepard was also asked to as sist the mayor in police department mat ters with Elliott functioning in a like capacity with the fire department. Town Administrator W. B. Gardner, Elliott and Fire Chief W. J. Yates were asked to make plans for dedication of the new fire station. Town Attorney W. J. P. Earnhardt, Jr., reported that the commissioners ap pointed in the Charlotte Virginia Small condemnation case had appraised the Continued on Page 4 Principal Resigns J. P. Snipes, principal at Chowan High School for the past four years, has re signed. The resignation was sent to O. C. Long, Jr., chairman of Chowan County Board of Education following a joint meeting of the board and the rural dis trict school committee last Tuesday night. The district committee had recom mended that Snipes not be re-hired for the 1967-68 term. At a meeting of the county school board last Monday, board members voted down a motion to re hire the principal but approved a plan for the joint meeting. Overton, baseball; anu Brian Twiddy, golf. No track trophy was awarded since the season in this sport is not finished. At the annual sports awards banquet given by Edenton Varsity Club, coaches Two Boards Are Agreed As To Issue Are two separate boards of education needed to run the affairs of five schools in Edenton and Chowan County? This is the question to be answered by voters Tuesday in a special referendum concerning merger of the two admini strative units. E. L. Hollowell, chairman, Chowan County Board of Elections, said the polls will open in Chowan’s six precincts. They will close at 6:30 P. M. In addition to the merger of the boards, voters will be casting their bal lots for or against a supplemental school tax not to exceed 15 cents on the SIOO valuation. This supplemental tax has been in effect for the First and Second Townships since 1941 but has never been levied. The vote will actually be on the questions of extending this to Third and Fourth Townships. Also, a merger of the two boards would mean voters in 1970 would elect a seven-member Edenton-Chowan Board of Education. Until then, the joint board would be composed of the exist ing members of the two boards as now constituted and no replacements would be appointed unless th* number falls below seven. The five-man Chowan County Board of Education is now elected. However, the Edenton City board, consisting of six members, is appointed by the board and Edenton Town Council. Alton G. Elmore, chairman of the Committee For Better Schools, pointed out last week that the two boards now have approximately $290,000 in state bond money that may be spent for ad ditional school construction. Release of this money has been held up by the state pending the outcome of Tuesday’s vote. “By merging both school boards we can save money by using the state bond money and not have to raise additional local money for school construction,” Elmore stated. Conditions for the merger, including Continued on Page 4 Questions concerning Tuesday’s ref erendum on the merger of Edenton City and Chowan County boards of education will be answered Saturday afternoon over WCDJ. Alton Elmore, chairman of the Committee For Better Schools, said questions will be fielded beginning at 3 P. M. Anyone who desires to ask questions directly connected with the school board merger are encouraged to call 482-2103 or 482-2104 between 3 P. M., and 4 P. M. Elmore said his committee desires to answer all the questions in the minds of local voters before thev fto to the polls Tuesday, presented certificates to others who par ticipated in the various sports. Coach Marion Kirby presented the football and track honors; Coach Jim Kinion, golf and basketball; Coach Sally Lytch, basketball; and Coach Dave Bumgarner, baseball. In an inspiring address to the group i i gathered at National Guard Armory, Coach Vic Bubas of Duke University described how studying relates to what an individual wants to do. He encouraged the students to study hard in high school and go on to higW education. He described a college di ploma as a “hunting license” which is necessary today when seeking the type of employment one desires. Coach Bubas held the audience spell bound as he said “time doesn’t mean anything if you like what you are doing.” He said tills is evidenced by the fact that students who participate in sports are not clock-watchers as they go about preparing a winning combination. He touched lightly on the importance of religious activities in one’s life. He asked his audience to “check your score board” and if “you do something thqt is right and know it is right you feel Own—< f y-o a Single Copy 10 Cents
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