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SHHINERS PLAN BENEFIT—K*rmit Layton, loft chairman of the second annual
* Shrine Fish Fry set for September 7. huddles here with two of his fellow workers as
they plan for the event. Going over preliminary plans are: Layton. Willie Bunch, chair
man of ticket sales and treasurer, and Warren Twiddy, vice chairman. Tickets for the
•vent, to be held between 11 A. M. and 7P. M., went on sale this week. Chowan
Shriners sponsored the fish fry last year and gave $750 in proceeds to the Shrine hos
pitals. Layton said the goal this year is >I.OOO.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Volume XXXV—No. 34. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina 27932 Thursday, August 22, 1968 Single Copy 10 Cents
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Welcome, Jim!
May we be among the first to welcome
Rep. Jim Gardner to Edenton and Cho-
I wan County?
As you meander along The Public
Parade we are certain you will enjoy
the warm hospitality of our people. You
will also be shown every courtesy. (The
weather we can do nothing about).
Since you do not come from the
Fourth District into Walter Jones Coun
try as a proselytizer we can swing the
door wider.
And as a Republican candidate for
governor we feel you must understand
that while we don’t have a great deal
we are pretty much obligated to the
_ Democrats for what little we do have.
But it will be some comfort to you to
know our citizens haven’t always voted
in the General Election i,n direct pro
portion to what has come our way.
While your political party has gained
some inroads in the balloting here one
can’t* honestly say there exists a two or
three party system. Recent court rul
ings are helping it right along, however.
We are sure you won’t say anything
here or elsewhere to win us over, but
we’ll listen.
And anyway, with good substantial
ex-Democrats like Frank Everett and
Rudolph Dale in your corner, shucks
you don’t need a novice like us.
Food For Thought
Seen on an announcement sign out
side a Suffolk church:
< “You don’t have to be listed on Who’s
Who to know what’s what.
New Careers For Whom?
A new anti-poverty program is now
functioning in the 10-county Albemarle
Area. It is called New Careers. The
question the program here raises is: Is
it New Careers for the 24 enrolled in
the program or Better Careers for the
six staff members?
The theory behind such a program
isn’t too bad. It is designed to take un
skilled but trainable people, give them
adequate education, motivation and train
ing to make them suitable for employ
ment. They are paid the federal mini-
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Authority Names Evans To Position
Edenton Housing Authority Wednes
day elected a neyr vice chairman and
made plans for a visit by an economist
with die Department of Housing and
Urban Development.
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Rep. James C. Gardner
Candidate Plans
Visit Here Friday
Rep. James C. Gardner of Rocky
Mount, Republican candidate for gov
ernor, will make his first official visit
to Chowan County Friday afternoon.
Local supporters for the Fourth Dis
trict representative have scheduled a
public meeting for 5 P. M. in Chowan
County Courthouse, The candidate will
later greet citizens from the rural areas
at Earl Smith’s Store in Rocky Hock.
This meeting has been tentatively set
for 6 P. M.
Rep. Gardner will be making his first
swing through Northeastern North Ca
rolina, visiting some seven counties on
this trip. He will leave the area Friday
evening by plane from Edenton Munici
pal Airport.
‘We want as many people as possible
to come out Friday and meet Jim Gard
ner,” a spokesman for the local commit
tee stated. “He will be available and
willing to answer any questions on the
minds of our people.”
The congressman is currently engaged
in a campaign with Lt. Gov. Bob Scott,
Democrat nominee, for the governorship.
He is a past chairman of the N. C.
State Republican Party and in Congress
serves on the House Education and La
bor Committee.
Merrill Evans, Jr., local attorney, was
elected vice chairman at Wednesday
morning’s meeting. He replaces Glenn
Mabe who recently moved from Eden
ton. Evans’ term expires in 1969.
Evans last month was appointed by
Edenton Town Council to replace Mabe
on the five-member authority.
Jack Habit, chairman, presided at the
brief session.
It was learned earlier this week that
Miss Frances Barrett, HUD economist,
will be in Edenton Thursday afternoon
or Friday morning to review the local
market for low-rent housing. This is
the first visit here by a representative
of HUD since the local authority made
application for 309 units.
Edenton’s Workable Program, one of
the requirements for consideration for
low-rent housing and other federal pro
jects, is in an advanced stage of review.
In addition to Habit and Evans, au
thority members at the meeting were
George W. Lewis and L. F. Ambum, Jr.
A. C. Hudson, U* tilth member^of^the
Proper Zoning Is Big Asset
BT TED MIKALSEN
Community Planner
The past is alive in Edenton, vivid re
minders of American history which have
endured over the centuries and remain
an ever present reminder of our Colonial
heritage. Many other communities share
this awareness of years gone by, a his
tory which is, unfortunately, a monu
ment to man’s abuse of his land.
For just as Edentonians look with
pride at the products of former genera
tions, the majority of these communities
conceal the shoddy, haphazard develop
ment which clutters their streets, high
ways, downtowns, and residential areas.
These are unsightly remnants of a past
with an enduring future, a future where
relics degrade rather than improve the
community.
Edenton is growing and changing, not
with the unrestrained sprawl of a boom
town, but with steady controlled growth
Training Program
Planned In Area
Chowan Manufacturers Association
and the Continuing Education Division
of College of the Albemarle are making
plans for a series of courses designed to
provide more trainable and employable
people to the industries in this area.
A meeting of representatives of vari
ous groups in the community will be held
Tuesday night at 8 o’clock. The meet
ing will be held at the Municipal Build
ing here.
At this meeting will be representatives
of industry, trades, manufacturing, gov
ernment agencies, schools and lay citi
zens.
“It is important at this time to pro
vide all the trainable people possible for
existing job openings,” a spokesman for
the group said. “To accomplish this end
we propose to provide facilities whereby
persons now classified as untrainable
can be schooled adequately in basic skills
to make them suitable for employment.”
Ted R. Rollins, dean, Continuing Edu
cation Division, said: “A primary con
cern of the sponsoring agencies will be
the developing of manpower potential to
increase the value of the people to their
organization and to themselves, to help
them acquire basic education skills and
develop new skills, so necessary for their
own welfare and the welfare of their
employer, prospective employer, and
community.”
If enough interest is generated at any
level, the College of the Albemarle can
offer proper training at this level, it was
noted.
Following the briefing of local repre
sentatives of various groups, people who
desire this training will be solicited and
classes started in September.
Academy Assured
Chowan Academy has been established
with grades one through four to operate
this year in the Rocky Hock Community
Center.
Jack Evans, who has charge of regi
stration, said 62 students had enrolled
by noon Tuesday. He said the dead
line for entering a student in the acad
emy has been set at noon Wednesday,
August 28.
At a public meeting held Friday night
parents of 104 students had expressed an
interest in the formation of a private
school.
Carroll Evans, chairman of the plan
ning group, said sufficient interest had
been shown to insure operation of the
academy this year. He predicted the
school would be no more than IS days
late in opening.
Added to the board of directors were
J. Gilliam Wood and C. A. Phillips, both
of Edenton; David Bateman and Fred
Winslow.
Although the definite cost has not been
established, Evans said it would be based
on the number of students. He predict
ed it would cost approximately the same
as enrollment at Roanoke-Chowan Acad
emy in Windsor. The entrance fee
there is SSO and tuition $350. The tui
tion does not include textbook costs.
Stephen Burch, Windsor attorney who
is active in the R-C Academy, caution
ed those at Friday’s meeting against tak
ing the formation of a private school
lightly. “It takes a lot of hard work
and money,” he explained. He added,
however, having a building in which to
operate gives the local group an advan
tage.
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of a mature community. It has thus
avoided to a great degree the hodge
podge growth of gawdy commercial ac
tivities, obnoxious signs, dirty industries,
and dilapidated homes which have rav
aged the landscape in many other towns
and cities. Nor is the town experiencing
the gradual erosion and decay of com
munities which have not prepared ade
quately for the future.
New industries have located in Eden
ton bringing with them employment op
portunities, population growth, and new
business to serve the increasing popula
tion. The future, as a result of the past
efforts and plans of city officials and
interested citizens, is bright. Today’s
community is a result of these ambitious
efforts, while the Edenton of tomorrow
is being planned and developed today.
Will the future Edenton be a credit to
its Colonial heritage? Will future resi
dents, just as those of today, cherish the
history and relics of Colonial days?
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PREPARES FOR NEW TERM—James A. Kinion, new principal at D. F. Walker High
School, is shown here in front of the school as he pauses during work in preparation
(or the openinq of a new term September 3. Kinion sees no problem in having grades
one through three and seven through 12 at the school.
Walker Principal
James A. Kinion, new principal at D.
F. Walker High School, is hard at work
making preparation for the opening of
the 1968-69 term on September 4. And
he bubbles with enthusiasm over the
prospects of having a good year.
Kinion, assistant principal last year,
has been unusually busy preparing for
the changes in student assignment
Canvass Planned
Canvass will begin Monday for the
Annual Community Calendar, a project
of four service organizations who donate
proceeds to Historic Edenton, Inc.
Miss Edna Snell, BPW Club presi
dent, urges everyone to buy a calendar,
list birthdays and anniversaries.
In addition to the BPW, sponsors are:
Edenton Woman’s Club, Edenton Jaycees
and Jaycettes.
Miss Snell said if anyone is not at
home during the canvass, which ends
September 10, they are requested to call
either: Mrs. Ruth Shackelford, Mrs.
Jean Ashley, Mrs. Nancy Palumbo, T. S.
Barnes or Miss Snell.
She added that Historic Edenton, Inc.,
is the community’s newest baby and has
thus far proven to be an ideal project.
“Help your community and civic clubs
by responding to their solicit,” she con
cluded.
Display Container
A representative of the Baker Com
pany will be in Edenton next week to
contact individual merchants concerning
the purchase of containers to work with
the new packer trash truck recently
purchased by the town.
W. B. Gardner, town administrator,
said more than 16 merchants have order
ed the metal containers.
A display container is now at the
Street Department and can be viewed by
any interested merchant. The container
on display is a three-yard size.
New Trash Container
These are questions which are being an
swered today by citizens and city of
ficials.
One positive step ii the advancement
of a bright and continued future, The
Land Development Program, has been
approved and adopted by the Edenton
Town Council. This is only a partial
step, however, for the council must be
granted the legal authority to prevent
the onset of deterioration which has
plagued numerous communities and to
faster the development of Edenton’s nu
merous assets.
While the town is empowered, through
municipal codes, to prevent the hazard
ous construction of houses and other
buildings, it yet lacks adequate meas
ures to protect property owners and
the municipality from the intrusion of
offensive establishments in residential,
commercial, and industrial areas and
the destruction of the natural landscape
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Very Optimistic
brought about by a federal court order
less than a month ago. Although he
knows there will be some rough spots
to smooth out, Kinion is quite optimistic
about the final results.
The school will have grades one
through three on a totally integrated ba
sis and grades seven through 12 made
up of Negro students.
With the layout of the classrooms and
proper scheduling there will be no con
flict between the younger and older stu
dents, Kinion points out. All elementary
grades will be housed in the two newest
classroom buildings in the entire Eden
ton-Chowan School system. They will
have their own separate play area and
will be unloaded from buses near their
classrooms and far removed from the
junior and senior high classrooms.
New walkways have been built from
where the buses unload to the two ele
mentary buildings.
Also, the elementary library is con
sidered one of the best in the system, ac
cording to Kinion, and will be used en
tirely by the elementary students.
There will be eight sections of first
grades, eight sections of second grades
and six sections of third grades. The
first grade classes will be composed of
about 24 students each while the other
two grades will average 25 students each.
“We have an ideal class load and an
excellent faculty in these grades,” he
adds.
Kinion says there will be 649 students
in grades seven through 12. The total
enrollment at the Walker School is off
more than 150 students due to the switch
in classes.
The new principal is making the cafe
teria his top priority. He has scheduled
a conference with the local sanitarian and
predicts the cafeteria will have an “A”
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To Honor Team
Edward G. Bond Post No. 40, Ameri
can Legion, will honor Coach David T.
Bumgarner and the local Legion base
ball team at 7 P. M., Saturday at the
Legion Hut on U. S. 17.
Commander J. L. Chestnutt said the
dinner meeting will honor the coach and
team which made a good showing in the
past summer season.
The local team won second place in
the first district and played two games
with Greensboro in the final play-off.
All Legion and Auxiliary members are
urged to attend Saturday’s function.
Those planning to attend are asked to
call 482-2654 or 482-2589.