Chowan Count Fair Opens Here N ext Week Expansion Os Utilities Slated Here Town Council Tuesday night approv ed water and sewer expansion projects totaling $612,000. Mayor John A. Mitchener, Jr., said the next step will be to determine the best way to finance the much needed work. At the same time, council restated a policy not to run the service outside the corporate limits. Since three of the projects are beyond the existing town limits, it will be necessary to annex them in order to complete the expansion pro jects. Given top priority was expansion of the water plant, with new wells, and a new storage tank. The cost of this has been estimated at $350,000. It is estimated that it will cost $90,- 000 to extend service to the proposed new Chowan Hospital; $79,800 to in clude Paradise Road; and $91,900 to serve Morgan Park. The town already has budgeted $50,- 780 for electric system improvements. During the joint meeting of the coun cil and Board of Public Works, Jesse Harrell, utilities board chairman, ex plained the capital improvement esti mates. He said: “We have got to get going on water situation,” and added that the hospital as well as Morgan Park pro jects are also pushing. The chairman and others said the town was in trouble this past summer because of lack of Continued on Pago 4 Sfek m ** wWw fl I IB * a? 11l ■jjfcJmaL--- lEX - JDK Miss Constance Williford Librarian Named Miss Constance Williford of Plymouth has assumed her duties as librarian at Shepard-Pruden Memorial Library in Edenton. Miss Williford has had experience as a school librarian in both the Char lotte and Norfolk, Va., school systems. Prior to this she was a classroom teach er. The new librarian attended Salem College in Winston-Salem and earned her degree in elementary education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Williford and is now living in Edenton. Miss Williford succeeds Miss Marion L. Robertson who retired several months ago. 1 wk I ’* 11,, . A A V7.A L, J 'l 1 '" K, jaPftv ■ ig§iSfßfjiyiliL*,«.«» l Uta MNCT CANCER SOCIETY ACTIVITIES New officers of the Chowaa County CtMtr Society were elected Monday night at the anaaal meeting of the organisation, held at the Municipal Building. Shown left to right are: Mrs. E. Elton Forehand. Jr., yntdeat; Jack Padgett, treasurer; Mrs. Alton G. Elmore, second rice president; W. H. fieUoweil. first vies president, and Mrs. Anne Burroughs, secretary. ■ ato - —1 ■ .5 g ■ I I -.'h*.'*' W i 4. ‘ ' % 'Skip" PHIN! f mm ■ ViViWißk'H ■l*i ■Il i ■liWkwAlHfi CTJ o 1 ■ C* I c/3 '■ /;• >, jUBfP BIG CHECK Nelson Banks of New Bern, recorder of Sudan Temple, center, Tues day night accepted a $900.33 check which represents profits of a fish fry held recently by Chowan Shriners. Shown with a non-negotiable replica are, Willie Bunch, left, treas urer, and Kermit L. Layton, chairman. A Shrine club was organized at the meeting and Layton was elected president. Shrine Club Formed; Check Given Chowan Shrine Club was organized Tuesday night and local Shriners pre sented their second annual check to Su dan Temple in support of Shrine Hos pitals. Although the club had not been for mally in existence, the 26 Shriners in the area have during the past two years of drawings. Consultations with several agencies in cluding The Duke Endowment and other hospital experienced people have been conducted. An application for federal and state participation in the funding of this pro ject was made in June. It was learned last week the application is to be acted upon in late October. No definite com mitment has been possible to this time. It was learned from the architect that if everything goes as planned at this time, contracts should be awarded in January, 1969. Approximately 18 months will be necessary to complete the build ing from that date. As it now appears, the plans and dia grams will be available for presentation to the public in late October or early November. Witness Is Jailed A prosecuting witness in Chowan Dis trict Court was found in contempt Tues day and ordered to serve a 10-day jail sentence. Evelyn Gilliam had signed a warrant charging Bobby Stanley with assaulting her. When Solicitor Wilton Walker called the case she refused to testify. Judge Fentress Horner ordered her sent to jail. In a few minutes the wit ness agreed to testify but when put on the stand said there wasn’t anything “much” to the charge. Judge Horner then instructed Sheriff Earl Goodwin to take her to jail. Stanley was sentenced to 30 days for assault and given another 30-day sen tence for a motor vehicle violation. If he appeals his bond was set at S2OO. James Arthur Harris, also charged with assault on a female, was sentenced to two years in prison. He gave notice of appeal but at presstime had been unable to post the SI,OOO bond. In other cases called, Judge Horner took the following action: Bonnie W. Rogerson, issuance of a worthless check, six months, suspended for five years upon payment of $25 ConHnwd on Pag* 4 Powell Bill Money State Street Aid allocations totaling more than $ 10-million will go to qualify ing cities and towns in North Carolina this year under provisions of the Powell Bill, J. M. Hunt, Jr., chairman of the State Highway Commission, said today. Hunt said Edenton is among 425 North Carolina towns and cities who share in the fund. Edenton will receive $20,860.08 in Powell Bill funds this year. The re lease shows the town has 16.25 of certi fied non-system miles. conducted successful fish fries to sup port the hospitals for crippled children. Nelson Banks of New Bern, recorder for Sudan Temple, represented the po tentate at Tuesday’s banquet. He prais ed the men for their dedication to the cause of helping children and termed as “just wonderful” the contribution of $900.33 —net proceeds from the fish fry held recently. The Shriners here con tributed $750 to this cause last year. Kermit L. Layton, active in interesting local Shriners to form a club, was elect ed charter president of the organization. Willie Bunch, who presented Banks the check, was named vice president; Warren Twiddy, secretary; and Elijah White, treasurer. Three directors will be appointed lat*7r. 73 At Academy Seventy-three students began the 1968- 69 school term at the new Chowan Academy at Rocky Hock Monday. The academy, recently organized, operates grades one through four. Miss Minnie Hollowell, headmistress, termed the opening a “real good day” and said “we are off to a good start.” Enrollment according to grades is: First, 23; Second, 19; Third, 16; and Fourth, 15. Several vacancies still exist. Enrollment is limited to a maximum of 25 students per class. Miss Hollowell is teaching the fourth grade and the three other faculty mem bers are: Miss Ada Morris, Mrs. Julia Bryant and Mrs. June Gregg Davis. Chowan Academy is operating in the old Rocky Hock Elementary School building which has recently been reno vated to handle the school. The Rocky Hock school closed in the late 1950’s and has been used as a community center since that time. Belk Official To Be Banquet Speaker Ray A. Killian of Charlotte will be the principal speaker at the annual mem bership banquet of Edenton Chamber of Commerce on September 26. The banquet, at Chowan Golf & Coun try Club, will begin at 7:30 P. M. Jack Douglas, chairman of the ban j hi mj ■ Fay A. KiUian Perry Looks For Record Attendance The weather holds the key to success of the 1968 Chowan County Fair, which opens here at 3 P. M., Tuesday. W. A. Perry, president, Chowan Coun ty Fair Association, said the exhibit hall is ready and is expected to be filled to capacity again this year. A consider able amount of money is being put up by the sponsors for premiums. The fairgrounds on U. S. 17 south will come alive Monday when exhibitors begin their work and activity gets un derway on the midway. Perry said a very interesting midway has been arranged this year with a va riety of rides as well as a free show. There will also be a local variety show held and will be directed by Bill Foster, star of the variety acrobatic and musi cal novelty twosome which will appear nightly in the free act. Agricultural exhibits as well as those by commercial establishments will be judged along with school and club booths. They will be judged prior to the owning Tuesday. Wednesday has been set aside as School Day with free admission up un til 6 P. M., and a special discount for the midway rides. The fair is being held nearly a month early this year and Perry believes this will lead to a more successful event. That is, if the weatherman cooperates. Aces Hosts Wave In Home Opener The Edenton Aces will be put to the acid test in the 2-A Albemarle Confer ence Friday night when they play host to the Williamston Green Wave on Hicks Field. Coach Marion Kirby sees the Eden ton-Williamston tilt as one of utmost importance to each team in the race for the conference championship. “They are strong and will field a real good ball club,” Kirby said this week. “Our boys will have to be in top condition to stay on the field with them,” he added. The coach of the defending confer ence champs points out that Williamston has won its last eight games. He sees the Green Wave and Pasquotank Central as the biggest obstacles the Aces will face in capturing another crown. There is expected to be some switch ing in the lineup for Edenton as Coach Kirby searches for an inside ground game. “We have just got to get it,” he says. Although the Aces won 28-12 last week at Northampton in the first con ference game, Coach Kirby wasn’t im pressed with what he saw. “We won, but it wasn’t an outstanding game, eith er on offense or defense,” he said. “They shouldn’t have even scored on us.” At the Edenton Quarterback Club meeting Tuesday night, A1 Partin was named back of the week for his play at Northampton and Tom Cross was Continued on Pago 4 quet committee, said Wallace Evans is in charge of tickets and they can be obtained at several downtown locations. Deadline for the sale of tickets is Fri day. There are only 190 tickets available and Douglas urged those wanting to at tend the banquet to obtain their tickets immediately. Killian is vice president and director of personnel and public relations for the group of 400 Belk stores in 18 states. He received his undergraduate degree at Lenoir Rhyne College and did graduate and special study at the University of North Carolina, George Washington University and Harvard University Graduate School of Business Admini stration. He has been associated with Belk’s since 1949 and previously was personnel director, N. C. Department of Revenue, and administrative assistant, Committee on Scientific Research and Development, Washington, D. C. The speaker is in great demand as a lecturer and local chamber officials said Edenton is fortunate to have him avail able for this banquet. W. J. P. Earnhardt, Sr., president, said new officers of Edenton Chandler of Commerce will be installed at this ban quet.