The Chowan Herald
BOX 207. EDENTON. X. C. 27032
Published over}- Thursday at Edenton by The
Chowan Herald. Inc.. L. F. Amburn. Jr., president
and general manager. 421-425 South Broad Street.
Edenton. North Carolina 27932.
Entered as second-class matter August 30. 1934.
at the Pott Office at Edenton, North Carolina,
under the act of March 3, 1879.
L. F. AMBURN. JR President and Gen. Mgr.
J. EDWIN BUFFLAP Editor
HECTOR LUPTON -Advertising Manager
E. N. MANNING Mechanical Superintendent
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THURSDAY. MAY 2, 1968.
A LIFT FOR TODAY
Mary stood without at the sepulchre weep
ing . . . and seeth two angels in white
sitting, the one at the head and the other
at the feet, where the body of Jesus had
lain.—John 20:11-12.
The Disciples found angels at the grave
of Jesus whom they loved, and we should
always find them, too, but that our eyes
are too full of tears for seeing—Beecher.
O God, give to nil who mourn faith to
look beyond the sadness of the grave, and
sense the gladness of Eternal Life with
Thee.
Story of Judge Morris
It is no longer unusual for wo
men to be elected or appointed to
the bench these days, but a story
like the rise of Judge Naomi E.
Morris is rare indeed.
Judge Morris was appointed
by Gov. Moore last year to serve
on the new State Court of Ap
peals, but behind the appoint
ment is a personal history of
hard work, perseverance and
ability that would do justice to
Horatio Alger.
Judge Morris made her first
acquaintance with the legal pro
fession as a clerk in a Wilson
law firm, and the story mierht
have ended there except for her
exceptional ability. Her talent
and industry so impressed the
partners in the law firm„ which
is known as one of the better
ones in the east, that they saw to
it that she attended law school
at the University in Chanel Hill.
At school she ranked hio-b in
hep class and was an associate
editor of the Law Review. After
graduation she became an ajSgp
'>iate member of the Wilson law
fii;m, but her work was so im
pressive that within two years
sho was made a full partner.
With such a distinguished rec
ord it was only natural that Miss
Morris was appointed hv Oov.
Moore as one of the nine original
iudees on the Court of Appeals.
This year six of those judees. in
cluding .Tudere Morris, are seek
fne election, and we believe that
her unusual ability will be as ap
parent to the people as it was to
Gov. Moore. Winston-Salem
Journal.
Is Given Grant
The District Health Department in
Elizabeth City has been given a federal
grant of $34,863 to be used to improve
health services to migrant agricultural
workers and their families. The district
department includes Pasquotank, Per
quimans, Camden and Chowan counties.
This was one of 20 migrant health
projects, located in 12 states to receive
Public Health Service Grants. The to
tal grants exceed $798,000.
Projects will use these funds to pro
vide medical and dental care, nursing
and sanitation services, health education,
and in-hospital care.
Grants are made to state or local pub
lic agencies and to non-profit private or
ganizations, which are required to con
tribute part of the cost of the project.
EDENTON JAYCEES
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Pete Dail, Jack Evans and Marvin
Shaw, two-year directors; and Louis
Craddock, Bobby Bunch, and Carlton
Jackson, one-year directors.
Fifteen club members qualified for the
Spark Plug Award. They were:
Marvin Shaw, Dr. A. F. Downum,
Jr., and Frank Halsey, one year: Junius
Britton, Jenkins, Albert Ward, Bob
Weintraub and Bert Hughes, two years:
John Jethro, Bill Bunch, Jack Evans and
Frank Habit, three years; Wallace Ev
ans, four years; Sam. Cox, live years;
and Pete Dail, six years.
In addition to Craddock, qualifying
for the Spoke Award was Joe Hollowell.
Exhausted Rooster Certificates were
presented to Charles B. Morgan, Clar
ence Shackelford, and Billy Ricks.
Halsey was recognized for having per
pect attendance during the 1967-68 Jay
cee year and the Ways and Means Com
mittee was picked by Habit as Commit-
matter August 30. 1934.
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Well, it will be a little more convenient
now for more people to get a toothache.
Two of our dentists, Dr. W. I. Hart and Dr.
Wallace S. Griffin have just returned to
Edenton from their winter homes in Flor
ida—Dr. Hart from Coral Gables and Dr.
Griffin from Fort Pierce. Doc Griffin told
me he caught a lot of many kinds of fish,
but this winter he spent a lot of his fish
ing time to adding improvements to his
house. He’s “sold” on Fort Pierce as a
fishing paradise and urged me to try it
sometime. As proof that he’s been in
Florida, he brought me a few grapefruit
and oranges picked from his own trees.
Anyway, it’s nice to have the two dentists
back in our midst.
Though I’ve been down Nags Head and
Manteo way many times, this past week
end was the first time I visited the Eliza
bethan Gardens. And here’s one who was
very much and delightfully surprised. My
impression was that it was only a small
garden with a few flowers—hut was I mis
taken! The area covers in the neighbor
hood of 10 acres and in walking through
the place one sees countless flowers of
many varieties as beautiful as can be seen
anywhere. So, if anyone happens to be in
that neighborhood, it is well worth the 50
cents admission charge especially about
this time of year.
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Maybe a lot of wives of local Masons do
not know it, but some of their husbands
are stumped down good cooks. This was
proven Thursday night when the Masonic
Players of Norfolk came to Edenton to
present their annual Masonic play. The
local lodgemen, of course, had to serve the
visitors supper—and so they did. The
menu included chicken pot pie, snap beans,
slaw, cake and coffee. Maybe the “boys”
hadn’t anything to do with the cakes, but
the rest of the supper was as good as any
of the wives could have made. And the
meal was very much enjoyed by the visit
ors as well as local Masons —so much so
that some of ’em went back for a second
and even third helping.
Then some members «f the Chowan
Scottish Rite Club are not such bad cooks
either. The club had a fried chicken din
ner Friday night in the club house on
North Granville Street, and while here’s
one who was out of town I was told that
the meal was fit for a king.
And speaking about eating, the Scottish
Rite Club plans to have another fish fry
Friday, May 10, from 5 to 8 P. M. in front
of their club house. The “boys” will fry
the fish, so that a good meal will be on
deck for a buck.
Then while -on the subject of fish, the
Methodist Men’s Club will hold its final
pickled herring breakfast of the season Sat
urday morning at the church. As usual,
the men will be the cooks and waiters and,
as in the past, anyone can eat all they want
for a greenback.
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k Jack McMpl lan’s, comments when, used
occasionally in this column very seldom
are questioned, but not so regarding his
lecent letter about the purple martins out
his way. In his Ode to the Purple Mar
tins, Jack said they are the wily birds
whose feet never touch the ground. But
Sunk Bell disputes that claim. Mr. and
Mrs. Bell, too, have purple martins at their
heme along the Windsor highway and
Sunk says he saw some on the ground,
though they didn’t remain on terra firma
very long. And to prove that he wasn’t
seeing things, he called his wife to get a
glimpse of the birds on the ground. Well,
martins don’t visit our yard, so I’m keep
ing out of that bird argument.
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A brief letter was received this week
from J. Vernon White, who lives at Largo,
Fla. “Tom,” as I knew him when I first
went to the old Edenton Daily News back
in 1923, lives at Largo but in the summer
manages a motel and Ocean View Trailer
Park at Myrtle Beach, S. C. He’s now at
Myrtle Beach and says he’d he glad to
have any Edentonians call to see him
when in that neck of the woods. Os course 1 ,
he wanted The Herald sent to him at
Myrtle Beaeh instead of Largo. Incidentally,
his place of business is at Second Avenue
South and Highway 17.
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Well, we’ve heard a lot from the can
didates who are seeking office in the
primary election which takes place on Sat
urday. I’m not telling anybody how to
vote, but it’s not only a privilege but a
duty to go to the polls and cast your bal
lot for the person you think is best quali
fied to perform the duties of the office.
The important thing is to VOTE.
BIG TO EXPECTED
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Incumbent State Treasurer Edwin Gill
is opposed by Sneed High while Incum
bent Attorney General Wade Bruton is
being challenged by Robert Morgan.
Commissioner of Labor Frank Crane
is opposed by John B. Wardell, Jr., and
Encumbent Edwin S. Lanier finds op
position from John B. Whitley, George
A. Belk and Fred Benton.
The five Democratic candidates for
the school post are: Dr. Craig Phillips,
Dr. Raymond A. Store, B. Everiette Mill
er, William D. Harrill and Wendell W.
Smiley.
Two judges on the court of appeals—
Raymond B. Mallard and Naomi E.
Morris—are opposed by Kidd Brewer
and Walter C. Holton, respectively.
Sen. Sam J. Ervin, Jr., is opposed by
John T. Gathings, Sr., Charles A. Pratt
and Fred G. Brummitt. *
Rep. Walter B. Jones of the First Dis
trict has three opponents. They are:
L. C. Nixon, B. B. Felder and Clarence
Gene Leggett
While there is a Republican race for
lieutenant governor, commissioner of In
surance and U. S. Senator, the GOP
Mayor On Panel
Mayor John A. Mitchener of Edenton
was featured in a panel discussion on
“Approaches to Planning in Rural Areas"
at the 11th Annual N. C. Planning Con
ference in Chapel Hill recently. Ap
pearing on the panel with the Mayor
were James H. Wallace, vice president
of The Herald (Ahoskie) and James R.
Hinkley, Director of the Coastal Area
Office of the N. C. Division of Com
munity Planning in Washington.
Mayor Mitchener stressed the import
ance of communications between planning
bodies and county commissioners. He
also emphasized the extreme value of
rural planning on the regional level.
Many references in his presentation were
made to the efforts of the Albemarle
Area Development Association’s plan
ning work. Mayor Mitchener, a propon
ent of sound planning for the future, is
presently chairman of the A ADA Plan
ning Commission.
Precinct Meetings
Democrats in Chowan County will hold
precinct meetings May 11 for the pur
pose of electing delegates to the county
convention.
Thomas Shepard, county chairman,
said the county convention will be held
at Chowan County Court House on May
25 with the state convention set in Ra
leigh on June 6.
Shepard said the precinct meetings
will begin at 10:30 A. M., at the respec
tive polling places in the county except
at Center Hill where the meeting will
be at E. R. Bunch’s Store.
SCHOOL BOARD”
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of their choice for the 1968-69 school
term. Supt. Bill Britt said it is impossi
ble at this time to say what increase in
integration the recent Freedom of Choice
period brought about since some forms
have not been returned.
Parents who did not return a form
are presently being contacted by a rep
resentative of Britt’s office to determine
their choice of schools.
Edenton-Chowan Schools will partici
pate in the Head Start program this sum
mer. The local application has been ap
proved for 120 students. The program
will be operated in cooperation with the
10-county Economic Improvement Coun
cil.
Supt. Britt and his staff were authoriz
ed to plan future programs under ESEA.
Also, the schools will participate in the
summer recreation program as in the
past.
Approval was given the American
Legion for use of Hicks Field.
Dr. Edward G. Bond presided at the
meeting. The board will not meet Mon
day night due to the Varsity Club ban
quet honoring athletes.
®he |Jublic parade
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voted to accept the county’s proposal to
renovate space on the third floor for
temporary quarters. Then the school
board members went a step further.
They requested a $25,000 kitty each
year for the next four years to build a
separate school administration building.
The board is to be commended for
finally burying the hatchet over the su
perintendent’s space. They are also to
be commended for their foresightedness
in asking commissioners to put aside
funds for future construction. However,
these funds should not be earmarked for
a school administration structure. "
The Town of Edenton took advlinta&t !
of a federal grant to construct not just
a necessary building but a Municipal
Building adequate for the town’s future
growth. These funds are still available
and with a little downpayment, the com
missioners could get a county office com
plex in keeping with the progressive
community in which we live.
Therefore, it doesn’t make sense to
continue talk about separate quarters
for every agency in the county. The
first money the county puts up should be
used for professional advice. That
would be the best money the county
could spend at this juncture. For until
there is a goal to shoot at the county will
continue to be operated on a month-to
month basis. This is, until the boom is
lowered.
Indiana Are Coming
The Indians are returning to North
eastern North Carolina next week in the
form of Agatha Christie’s three-act
mystery.
‘Ten Little Indians” will be present
ed by Edenton Little Theater in public
A new wrinkle iTthT dress rehearsal
Tuesday afternoon for students at John
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GOING TO VlETNAM—Recently « Chowan County soldi*! tarvinq in Vietnam wrote
Mayor John A. Mitchener, Jr. requesting a North Carolina flag to display in the war
zone. Mayor Mitchener spread the word and Haughton Ehringhaus, right, donated the
flag shown hero. Skinner White, center, of Sanitary Dry Cleaners rf—w+d the flen and
Mayor Mitchener sent it on its way to Vietnam.
YDC Will Meet
The Chowan County Young Demo
cratic Club will have a brief meeting at
5 P. M., today (Thursday) in the coun
cil room at Edenton Municipal Building.
L. F. Amburn, Jr., president, said the
meeting is called to discuss forthcoming
precinct meetings as well as future ac
tivities. Also, one new officer will be
elected.
All young Democrats in Chowan Coun
ty are invited to attend this important
meeting.
Unclaimed
Layaway
1967 Zig Zag cabinet
model sewing machine.
Never used. Sews on but
tons, makes button holes,
lines and hem dresses.
Built-in bobbin winder.
Original five-year guaran
tee.
$336.60 due
or pay 95.16 poo month.
Call Collect: '
Capitol Sewing
Credit Manager
8 A M. to I P. M.
703-397-7031
for full home demonstra
tion without obligation.
Feb 1 tfc
FOR SALE—Approximate
ly 70 feet of 2-inch plastic
pipe. Excellent for drain
lines. Priced to sell at 35
cents per foot. Contact
The Chowan Herald. Phone
482-2221. t f
FOR SALE—3O acres of
woodland in Yeopim Town
ship. $l5O per acre. Dr.
A. F. Downum, Sr. Phone
482-3218. t f
SINGER repossessed in
modern cabinet. Zig-Zags,
buttonholes, twin needles,
etc. No attachments need
ed. Six (6) payments at
$9.20 or discount for cash.
Also, five (5) month old
Zig-Zag with beautiful
walnut cabinet payments
of $12.38 per month. Dis
count for cash. For de
tails write: Credit Depart
ment, P. O. Box 381, Wil
son, N. C. exp May 23c
Volkswagen
JOEPECHELES
MOTORS
•'Easlera Carolina's fewest
DEALER HO. 7M
GREEH vjILK, N, C.
Phone 759-1135
Apr 25 tfc
FOR SALE
Tropical fish and supplies
for sale at the Countryside
Aqua Shop. Open Monday
through . Saturday from 7
A. M. until 10 P. M. Closed
on MizeU's fur
sisy z v jlo, zap
American
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WANTED TO BUY—Pop
lar logs and 69-inch blocks.
Top prices paid. Hertford
Veneers, Inc., Hertford,
N. C. Phone’426-7420.
Jan 4 tfc
WANTED Hardwood and
cypress logs. Tracts of
hardwood and pine tim
ber. Top market prices.
Williams Lumber Co., Inc.,
Mackeys, N. C. t f
FOR‘SALE—7% HP three
phase motor from old
newspaper press. In good
condition. Must selL Come
in and make an offer or
call The Chowan Herald,
482-2221 or 482-3740.
HOUSE FOR-RENT—Cen
ter Hill community. Fur
nished. Call George Chev
rolet Company. 482-2138.
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ENJOY YOUR VACATION
at popular Nags Head in
one of five cottages owned
by Howard and Artie
Ange. Wide selection of
cottages and apartments
available at reasonable
prices. Contact the Anges
at Route 1, Edenton, prior
to June 1, afterwards at
their Nags Head Produce
Market, Box 296, Nags
Head. exp July 15c
FOR SALE
GROCERY STORE
Complete with stock, fix
tures and equipment. Good
business. Two story build
ing, apartment upstair! (4
rooms and bath). Forced
to sell because of serious
illness. Contact C. C. Nix
on, Highway 32, 11
north of Edenton, N. C.
Phone 221-4082. tfc
OFFICE FOR RENT —407
South Broad Street. Now
occupied by R. Elton Fore
hand Agency. Available
May 15. Call Ralph Par
rish. Phone 482-2421 or
482-2288. tfc
GOOD BUY—Pierce Simp
son tCJB two-way radio. 23
channel positions with five
channels in it SSO. Steve
Hampton. Phone 482-4557.
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DRAFTSMEN
DESIGNERS
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Public Hearing Set
The Wildlife Resources Commission
has scheduled a series of public hear
ings during May to give Tar Heel sports
men a Voice in setting the 1968-69 hunt
ing regulations for nonmigratory game
species.
Regulations for migratory game birds
are set by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Service after consultation with state
wildlife officials in the four waterfowl
flyways.
Between May 14 and May 24, meet
ings will be held in the nine districts.
The District One meeting will be held
at Chowan County Court House at 7:30
P. M., on May 24.
FOR SALE—I6-foot truck
body. In good condition.
Mrs. Elton Ward, Tyner,
N. C. Phone 221-4045.
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FOR FILL DIRT, MARL
and lot clearing, call Oscar
Griffin, 482-2859. tfc
UPSTAIRS APARTMENT
for rent. Call George
Chevrolet Co., 482-2138.
tfc
’67 Singer Zig Zag
Cabinet model sewing
machine, slightly used.
Monograms, sews on but
tons, makes button holes,
lines and hems dresses,
fancy stitches, all without
attachments. Five year
guarantee.
COMPLETE PRICE
$57.80
or payments of $5.79
per month
Call Collect
Capitol Sewing
Credit Manager
9 A. M. to • P. M.
703-397-7031
for full home demonstra
tion without obligation.
Feb l tfc
TEENAGE BOY wants
lawn mowing and yard
work after school and Sat
urdays. Phone 482-3173.
Apr 4 11 18 25 May 2p
HOME FOR RENT—Three
bedrooms. Brick. 108
Twiddy Avenue. Available
immediately. Phone Ralph
Parrish, 482-2421 or 482-
2288. tfc
FOR SALE
Furniture for sale, new
used and antique. Tea
carts, DeacoW benches,
round oak tables with claw
feet, wash stands, dressers,
brass beds, ou beds, an
tique iron beds, sideboard,
oak chairs, hall racks. Also
tropical fish and supplies.
Mizell’s Furniture Com
pany, Route 2, Colerain,
N. C. Phone 358-2107.
May 2 9 16 23p
FOR SALE—Lot on East
Queen Street 45 feet six
inch frontage. 219 feet six
inch depth. Call 482-2697.
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SPARE TIME WCOME
(Man or Woman)
Dependable person from
this area to service and
collect from new high
quality type vending mi
needed. We establish ac
counts for you. Car, ref
erences and 9MO to $1,900
cash capital necessary. 6
to 1* hours weekly. Nets
Full time more. For local