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HOMECOMING ROYALTY—John A. Holmes High School will have homecoming
Friday night and students representing grades 10 through 12 are seeking the crown of
Homecoming Queen. First row, left to right, candidates for the coveted honor are:
Patricia Ashley, 10th grade; Debby Adams, 11th grade, and Jean Trexler, 12th grade.
Standing are Homecoming Princesses. They are, in the same order: Katherine Fore
hand, Seventh grades Julie Habit, Eighth grade, and Kim Easterling. Ninth grade.
Miss Bishop
Recognized
RALEIGH—Edna Bishop of Edenton,
North Carolina’s first area home eco
nomics Extension agent, has been named
the recipient of a high national honor
from the National Association of Exten
sion Home Economists.
She will receive the Florence Hall
Award Wednesday evening, October 25,
during the annual national meeting in
Jackson, Miss.
This award is given in recognition of
outstanding work in the adult home eco
nomics Extension program.
Described as “a home economist with
vision,” Miss Bishop will be honored for
her success in developing and carrying
out a home industries project in the lb
county Albemarle area, including Per
quimans County.
The idea for the project came in 1965
when Miss Bishop was home economics
Extension agent in Pasquotank.
It was designed to meet four needs:
(1) to help families in the Albemarle
area increase family income, (2) to help
creative persons realize and develop their
potential, (3) to provide intangible bene
fits, such as personal satisfaction, to
participants, (4) to provide tourists and
others who buy with a quality product.
To make it a reality, Miss Bishop pro
vided the leadership needed to help cre
ate an interest in home industries among
the Extension agents and leaders in the
Albemarle area.
She held annual district crafts work
shops and instilled in participants a re
spect for creativity and quality in their
work.
As another important step, she helped
organize the Albemarle Craftsmen’s Fair,
an event where area craftsmen could
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Miss Edna Bishop
Goodwin Presented Vietnam Honor
Bill Goodwin, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. P. oGodwin, 214 East Eden Street,
has been notified that the Republic of
Vietnam has awarded him its Navy gal
lantry medal with silver anchor.
A citation accompanying the medal
' commended Goodwin for his actions in
command of assault boats during Opera
tion Beaver Cage, an amphibious raid
in Vietnam last April.
t At the time Goodwin was a lieutenant
(junior grade) on active duty in the
Naval Reserye on the USS Point De
fiance, a landing ship dock whose home
port is Long Beach, Calif.
He commanded all assault boats of the
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Volume XXXIV.—No. 42. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina 27932 Thursday, October 19, 1967. Single Copy 10 Cents
public |laradc
Move With Dispatch
Edenton Police Chief James H. Griffin
leaves Friday to assume command of
the Sanford Police Department. Mayor
John A. Mitchener, Jr., has designated
Capt. J. D. Parrish as acting department
head until a new chief can be named.
Mayor Mitchener, Town Administrator
W. B. Gardner and Councilman Tom
Shepard are to screen applicants for the
job and present three to the council for
consideration.
Capt. Parrish has demonstrated ex
ceptional ability in his present position
and will do a good job of running the
department until a new chief is se
lected.
However, for the good of the Town
of Edenton it is hoped that the council
will not unnecessarily delay selection of
a replacement for Chief Griffin.
Good, fair, impartial law enforcement
is more essential now than ever before.
Qualified administrators aren’t plentiful
nor do they come cheap. Council will
have to establish a salary for the posi
tion attractive enough to keep the right
man in Edenton.
As we said, the least amount of time
should lapse before this vacancy is
filled.
Democrats Limber
Democrat hopefuls from various parts
of Tar Heelia are limbering up their
vocal cords as well as their writing
hands. They are getting in line for the
May, 1968, primary election.
Lt. Gov. Bob Scott is making speech
es from Manteo to Murphy as he pre
pares for a formal announcement early
in 1968. He admits he has his eye on
the Governor’s Mansion.
In an interview here recently while
doing some limbering up exercises along
The Public Parade, the lieutenant gov
ernor likened running for political office
to going fishing.
“You spend some time getting your
gear ready,” he explained. “There is a
lot of hopeful anticipation and then on
the day you are to go you look out and
take a look at the weather. If it is fair
you go.”
While every day or so a new trial
balloon is put aloft, Bob Scott still has
the inside track.
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amphibious ready group of the U. S.
Seventh Fleet during the operation south
of Da Nang, South Vietnam.
During the operation his boat group
came under fire from Viet Cong snipers
on the beach near the landing spot, and
he was left in command of the water
borne operation one afternoon when the
attack ships went to sea to refuel.
U. S. Marines who stormed ashore dur
ing Operation Beaver Cage killed about
280 Viet Cong.
A 1965 graduate of the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Goodwin
was released from the Navy this past
June. He is now a reporter for the At
lanta Journal in Atlanta, Ga.
Aces To Play Indians Friday
Coach Marion Kirby isn’t looking for
another dramatic grid contest finish such
as was the case last week when the
Edenton Aces rode to victory over Ber
tie on the foot of Matt Neipraschk.
Neipraschk, the soccer-type Ibooter,
split the uprights to knot the score at
Homecoming Set
The annual Homecoming festivities
at John A. Holmes High School will be
staged Friday, climaxed by the Edenton-
Perquimans football game at Hicks
Field.
Students at the school will select a
homecoming queen and princess by pop
ular vote prior to the game. The win
ners will be announced at halftime.
Prior to the grid classic, the candidates
for both queen and princess will ride in
a parade up Broad Street.
The parade will be led by John A.
Holmes High School Band and it will
include the Varsity and Jayvee cheer
leaders and the majorettes.
Miss Sanfra Ange, 1967 queen, and
Miss Hettie Wallace, 1967 princess, will
crown the new queen and princess.
Candidates for queen have been se
lected from the three top classes at the
school. The contestants, their grade and
escort are: Patricia Ashley, 10th Grade,
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MISS CHOWAN HIGH SCHOOL—FeIIow students have elected Linda Berryman to
the coveted post of Miss Chowan High School for 1967. Miss Berryman, a senior, will
represent the school at many functions during the current school year. Balloting in the
Miss C. H. S. contest was held Friday and results announced at an assembly program
by Principal Kenneth L. Stalls.
Adult Education Classes Underway
Adult education classes are currently
underway at John A. Holmes High
School and two of the five classes are
filled to capacity.
Principal Cecil W. Fry announced to
day that no more students can be ac
cepted for bookkeeping and sewing.
There are 44 in the sewing class with
24 currently enrolled in the bookkeeping
State Fair Entry
A series of five educational exhibits
by Home Demonstration Club women
will be presented at the 1967 N. C. State
Fair this year.
These exhibits will show how each
phase of homemaking can contribute to
raising the levels of living. Each is
equally important in the development of
the well balanced home.
Although these exhibits are not com
petitive, each receives a meritorious
award of S3OO.
Lenoir County will present the home
management exhibit. Mrs. Charles Liv
ick is county council president.
The nutrition exhibit will be shown by
the Orange County Club, directed by
Mrs. Bill Dorsett, County Council presi
dent.
The Polk County Club, with Mrs.
Minnie Greene as president will present
the clothing exhibit.
Family life will be presented by Cho
wan County. Mrs. C. W. Overman is
County Council president in that club.
Guilford County will present the
Home Furnishings exhibit. Mrs. A. G.
Greeson, Jr., is president of that club.
14-10 after the Aces had come from be
hind all night. Then with two seconds
on the clock, the nifty place kicker boot
ed a 30-yard field goal to keep the Aces
undefeated in 2-A Albemarle Conference
play.
Friday night the Aces play host to
winless Perquimans County High School
in a homecoming match at Hicks Field.
Gametime is 8 P. M.
Coach Kirby said his team was not
as sharp last week due to an open date
the week before. However, they showed
determination and a fighting spirit to
win at Bertie, 17-14.
The Aces are heavy favorites to keep
Perquimans in the cellar of the confer
ence.
Neipraschk missed three straight extra
points in the Pasquotank Central game
the opening night of the season. Since
then he has booted 11 consecutive points
after.
Bertie got on the scoreboard early in
the first period. A 65-yard drive by
the Aces, spotlighted by two Frankie
Katkaveck to Quinton Goodwin passes,
put them into a 7-7 tie.
The Falcons scored again in the sec
ond period to go into intermission with
a 14-7 lead.
With 4:31 minutes on the clock, Eden
ton mounted the drive to knot the score.
Their drive was set when John Sutton
intercepted a pass on the Edenton 26.
class.
However, there are openings in adult
basic education, high school equivalency,
and typing. There ?je a total of 109
students in these three classes.
Fry said some interest has been ex
pressed in starting classes in plumbing,
welding, drafting and blueprint reading
and small engine repair. There must
be at least 15 students to start a class,
therefore, anyone interested in any one
of these courses should contact Fry.
Students will be accepted in other
ope nclasses Monday night at 7 P. M.
A student cannot register for class after
that time.
Demonstration
It takes a special breed to be a fire
man. Why?
Members of Eden ton Fire Department
will show you tonight (Thursday). They
plan a public demonstration of many of
the challenges they face in the course
Os their work.
Fire Chief W. J. Yates said the dem
onstration will begin at 7:30 P. M., and
practice by regular and volunteer fire
men will include many fire services.
There will be ladder practices, tower
demonstration, small pit fire, auto fire,
large pit fire, house rescue and house
fire.
Most of the fire fighting equipment in
the department will be demonstrated
during the evening as firemen go through
the various drills.
Sutton then went 39 yards on a double
reverse to the Bertie 35. It took the
Aces four plays to get a first down and
Bill Wallace, the dependable, knocking
runner, kept them in the game. Kat-
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Board Seeks
Food Expert
Edenton-Chowan Schools will hire a
food service specialist to supervise opera
tion of the five school cafeterias.
The board of education last week ap
proved employment of someone to fill
the newly created position after Supt.
Bill Britt reported considerable deficits
in the operation of three of the lunch
rooms during September.
Supt. Britt explained this week actual
ly no money was lost during the month
since each cafeteria had an operating
balance. He did say continued deficits
would soon deplete these funds.
The superintendent said each cafe
teria operates individually and unless a
better coordinated and more economical
operation can be established then tax
money will be needed to support the
program.
Currently funds for operation of the
lunchrooms in the system come from the
sale of lunches plus federal reimburse
ment per plate. This ranges from 13
cents to four cents per plate served to
students.
Expenses in three of the five cafe
terias for September were more than
$3,000 greater than income. “We cannot
continue to operate in this manner,” he
said.
The problem is that labor costs as
well as food costs have increased while
the schools are trying to feed children
at the same price as five years ago, the
superintendent said.
He believes a competent supervisor
working with all cafeterias in areas of
personnel training, menu planning, buy
ing, etc., can keep this $150,000 depart
ment operating in the black.
During September an average of 2,245
students were fed in the system or 72
per cent participation. Individual school
participation ranged from a low of 53
per cent to a high of 97 per cent.
The board of education is also study
ing insurance on school buildings. They
were told by West Byrum, Jr., repre
senting local insurance agents, that in
surance now carried with the State Fund
is not adequate.
Byrum said while the schools are in
sured for $2,746,600 with an annual pre-
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Fall Festival Set
The Center Hill Community Develop
ment group will have a Fall Festival Oc
tober 28 at the community building. It
will begin at 10 A. M.
On sale for the day will be coffee, soft
drinks, cakes, pies and all kinds of
goodies for the sweet tooth, country pro
duce, canned goods, clothing, millinery,
jewelry, all types of needlework, aprons,
etc.
Lunch will include collard and ham
plates, as well as chicken pot pie and
jam plates. Hot dogs and hamburgers
will also be on sale.
Dinner will include chicken plates,
served from 5:30 P. M., to 7 P. M.
Tickets may be obtained by calling Mrs.
J. Cameron Boyce, 221-4374; or Mrs.
B. P. Monds, 221-4402.
Free entertainment is planned for the
evening with door prizes to be given
away.
Proceeds from the Fall Festival will go
to benefit Center H3l Community
Center.