E&W Objects To Gas Franchise Plan;
Competition With Town Is Claimed
Objections from the Itoard of Public
Works Tuesday night caused Town
Council to delay second and final read
ing on a measure to grant North Caro
lina Natural Gas a franchise for Eden
ton.
Luther C. Parks, mayor pro tern, said
members of the Board of Public Works
feel the natural gas firm would be in
competition with the town. Edenton is
an electric city—buys current from
VEPCO and retails it to local citizens.
“They object to it because it creates
competition," Parks told fellow board
members.' He added that while natural
gas wouldn’t offer local citizens “a
great deal” the town in the future might
consider getting into the gas business.
Parks went on to warn councilmen to
look long and hard at the franchise be
fore action is finalized. “We would be
allowing a company to come in and be
in direct competition with the town,” he
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Volume XXXIV.—No. SO.
SEARCH FOR ARTIFACTS —The Artifact* Committee of Historic Edenton, Inc.,
has begun a search for items to put in the visitor center museum which will open next
year fat the Barker House. A. L. Honeycutt Jr., representing the Department of Archives
and History in Raleigh, is shown with the committee during a recent meeting. Left to
right axe: Mrs. W. B. Rosevear, Mrs. Wood Privott, Mrs. W. J. P. Earnhardt Sr.. Mrs.
John Wood. Mrs. Fred Diane, Miss Elisabeth Moore and Mrs. Goldie NiblelL Mrs. Drane
is chairman.
Artifacts Are Sought For Museum
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The Artifacts Committee of Historic
Edenton, Inc., met last week to formu
late plans for securing items for a
Visitors Center at the Barker House.
This committee was appointed recent
ly by W. B. Gardner, president of the
group working to promote Edenton as
a tourist center.
Plans call for an audio visual program
and museum exhibits to be placed in
the Barker House which will serve as a
visitors center museum for Historic
Fatality Recorded
Highway 32 at Cross Roads is becom
ing one of Chowan County’s most dan
gerous stretches. Two people have died
in highway mishaps in this area in less
than a month.
The second fatal accident in the area
occurred Saturday night. The victim
was Lee Douglas Wilson, Jr., 29, of
Suffolk, Va„ driver of a vehicle that
went out of control and struck a utility
pole.
A passenger in the vehicle, William
Wood, also of Suffolk, Va., is a patient
v at Chowan Hospital. He is said to be
in satisfactory condition.
On Thanksgiving Day, a young Ma
rine died following a two-car mishap in
the same general area.
* State Trooper R. H. Allen, investi
gating officer, said indications were that
the Wilson vehicle was traveling at a
high rate of speed when it went out of
control at about 11:20 P. M. The car
skidded 400 feet before striking a tele
phone pole.
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RUDOLPH GETS ATTENTION—For the past three Christmases, one of the moot Rudolph gels his front tooth brushed bg a helpful angel, both of whom are floating
unique and attractive holiday displays has been the door at the office of Dr. R. N. on cloud nine. This picture series shows the artist sketching out her original de-
Hines, Jr., South Broad Street. They have been the handiwork of Miss Jean Peele, sign, painting, reeling and posing with the final product. At extreme right, Dr.
Wmtai assistant, who uses her artistry to promote the dental profession. This year, Hines stands back to appreciate the design and ponder the type of border to use.
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Councilman Henry Quinn argm d S t
the objections are not based on fa o l
see no great conflict,” he said. “S t
see where it will hurt some busi c «
(bottled gas) but not the town £
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The councilman went on to say cO
type industries require natural gas % ~
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ministrator W. B. Gardner said at least
three industries in the past five years
have marked Edenton off because nat
ural gas was not available.
“If we cannot stand competition then
something is vitally wrong somewhere,”
Gardner said. “It would make us
hustle.” ”
Other councilmen said they had not
been approached by anyone objecting to
the franchise since the first reading in
November.
However, it was voted to postpone
Edenton, Chowan County, N. C. 27032 Thursday, December 14, 1967
Edenton, Inc.
The committee emphasized the im
portance of citizens of Edenton and
Chowan County offering either as gifts
or loans any old objects that could be
used in museum cases to tell the story
of Edenton from its earliest days until
the present time.
Miss Elizabeth Moore is preparing the
Historical outline for museum script
with the help of Mrs. Elizabeth W. Wil
burn, Staff Historian, Historic Sites Di
vision of the State Department of Ar
chives and History.
Mrs. Joye E. Jordan’s Museum of
History staff under the direct super
vision of John Ellington will design and
install the exhibits for Historic Edenton.
At the meeting, A. L. Honeycutt, Jr.,
Restoration Specialist with the Depart-
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Hospital Administrator Cites Need For New Facilities
Editor’s Note: The author of this article
last week became administrator at) Chowan
Hospital. He moved here from Salisbury
where he was assistant administrator of
the 250-bed Rowan Memorial Hospital.
The Surratts have purchased a home in
Morgan Park. In this article he takes a
look into the future. It is timely and writ
ten with authority.
By THOMAS M. SURRATT
Today’s health care needs in the com
munity hospital are vast. The future
will require comprehensive planning and
greater organization by the health team
to just be able to keep up. It has been
said by many knowledgeable persons in
the health field that today you must run
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final reading until information can be
obtained from other electric cities that
have natural gas.
In other action, council approved a
petition to allow the sale of beer on
Sunday between the hours of 1 P. M.,
and 11:45 P. M. This becomes effec
tive immediately.
Police Chief J. D. Parrish recommend
ed approval of the petition. He agreed
with councilmen that it would be legaliz
ing what already exists. “We try to stop
it but haven’t been able to,” he said.
George Chevrolet Company was low
bidder on two new police cars. His
bid was $2,170. The town will trade
the 1967 models.
The cooperation agreement between
the town and Edenton Housing Authori
ty was approved as well as passage of
minimum electric, plumbing, building and
housing codes.
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One week from today, Chowan County
voters will go to the polls to say wheth
er or not the county should get into the
hospital business.
If the hospital bond issue and sup
porting maintenance tax-are approved,
the county'will have authority to sell up
to sl-million in bonds. With a federal
grant and other available funds, a new
60-bed hospital would be built and the
existing facility turned into a convales
cent home.
This writer vigorously supported the
$1 referendum little more than
a year ago. That campaign had many
flaws, some real and others manufactur
ed, which somehow gave voters a feeling
of mistrust. They said as much with
their ballots and the issue was soundly
defeated. , 4
The unfavorable vote"~did not erase
the critical need for additional and bet
ter medical facilities for Chowan County.
These factors are still with us.
The hospital census continues high
and the convalescent home waiting list
gets longer and longer. These conditions
can only worsen and be erased only
through construction of new facilities.
To our way of thinking, the real kicker
in the current proposal is this: Chowan
Hospital can have 60 beds and modern
facilities and 75 additional convalescent
beds for the approximate cost of adding
to what is already inadequate. This,
when the program is completed, would
provide a total of 150 hospital and con
valescent beds. Such facilities would
meet our needs for some time.
Over the past years the citizens of
Chowan County have enjoyed hospital
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very fast to stay ahead—to walk or
stand still puts you behind.
In my first week as Administrator of
Chowan Hospital I have found that
everyone in the community I have had
the opportunity to meet and talk with
has been running very fast to achieve
a realistic goal—a new and enlarged
hospital to better serve the health needs
of all. The need for this new facility 1
believe is obvious and absolutely essen
tial if we, the citizens of Chowan, are
to continue our motto and banner—“ Hi
storic and Progressive Edenton.” Al
though it is expected for the persons
associated with the hospital—the Board
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PROUD ADMINISTRATORS—Supt. Bill Brin of Edenton-Chowan Schools, standing,
is shown with principals of two schools in the system bearing their name which have
been admitted accreditation by the highly regarded Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools. At left is Ernest A. Swain with D. F. Walker at right. Their elementary
schools are among the few in Eastern North Carolina to be accredited by the Southern
Association. Announcement of the certification was made recently during a meeting in
Dallas, Texas.
Swain, Walker Schools Accredited
Ernest A. Swain Elementary School
and the Elementary Department of D. F.
Walker High School have been accredited
by the Southern Association of Colleges
and Schools.
Supt. Bill Britt of Edenton-Chowan
Schools said all schools in Edenton are
now accredited. The high school at D.
F. Walker and John A. Holmes High
School have been accredited for some
Quotas Approved
Chowan County farmers have voted
in favor of cotton marketing quotas.
They gave overwhelming approval to
continuation of the cotton marketing
quota program in a recent countywide
election. Out of 455 eligible voters. 181
cast their vote. This represents 40 per
cent of eligible voters.
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West, Chowan ASCS office manager,
was held to determine whether market
ing quotas will be continued for the 1968
crop of upland cotton.
If the nation’s voters approve, price
supports will be available to growers
who comply with their farm allotments
at levels set by the Secretary of Agri
culture. If the majority of the nation’s
cotton growers turn down the marketing
quota for next year, the allotment pro
gram would remain in effect, but price
supports would drop to 50 per cent of
parity.
Also, West reports that Tuesday the
county ASCS committee established pre
measurement rates as follows: $3 plus
80 cents per acre on all allotments or
bases, with a $7.50 minimum per farm.
West said interested persons should
contact the ASCS office immediately and
make application for pre-measurement.
of Trustees, the Medical Staff, the Hos
pital Auxiliary and the hospital staff—to
be aware of the needs, I have been im
pressed by the responsiveness of the com
munity at large to the bond issue to
be voted upon December 21.
The Jaycees, who give unstintedly, of
their time and efforts to promote worth
while projects in all progressive com
munities, are in Edenton going even be
yond their normal efforts to promote a
better understanding in the community
on the Bond Issue. Reaching back into
my own years as a Jaycee I cannot re
call a club of this size with such an
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time.
Also, Supt. Britt pointed out that ver\
few elementary schools in Eastern North
Carolina are accredited by the Southern
Association.
The superintendent commended the
principals, Ernest A. Swain and D. F.
Walker as well as their respective facul
ties for this accomplishment. He point
ed out that it was gained under the di
rection of former Supt. Hiram J. Mayo.
“These folks have all done a splendid
job,” Supt. Britt says. “The studies
and changes required to gain accredita
tion are long and hard but realization
of this:goal proves the type interest and
support these people have for our
schools.”
The accreditation was announced re
cently at a meeting in Dallas. Tex.
In order to attain accreditation, schools
must conduct several :h u' . i\stiicne-
School and community data -must be
compiled, a philosophy and purpose out
lined as well as self-study in programs,
personnel, facilities, community-school
interaction, and coordination as well as
a program for meeting standards.
All of these studies are done by facul
ty members and in some cases years are
spent in gaining accreditation
Deadline Nearing
Nominations are now being received
for the Outstanding Young Man of the
Year in Edenton, honored annually by
Edenton Jaycees.
James C. Dail, committee chairman,
said the deadline for submitting nomi
nations for the Distinguished Service
Award is December 27.
Men between the ages of 21 and 35
are eligible for nomination.
Blanks can be secured at Edenton
Savings & Loan Association. Peoples
Bank & Trust Company, Hollowell’s and
Mitchener’s drug stores, and First Na
tional Bank of Eastern North Carolina.
Any citizen can submit a nomination.
Extra Hours Set
The U. S. Post Office here is prepar
ing for the Christmas mailing rush.
Postmaster James M. Bond said the
local post office will be open all day
Saturday. The windows will open at
8:30 A? M., and close at 5 P. M. They
usually close at noon on Saturday.
Postmaster Bond said the extra hours
will be maintained for the convenience
of those desiring to mail parcels.
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