k » , t » . • •, , » « » / l < \JS * # / «*' I jfeaiMiißjpßf afe^cfeillalqis -T ? ’“ ’ P -e u ’tr/A'-l^ i'^^i bbE * ■v'V'i-'J.i"- 9 _ ■% Bfer--'^^B ™BM9BBBHB®2BB^*BBI!HBBI Mr*. F. L. Britt Lab Coordinator Learning Center Adds New Titles A record number of local citizens are now taking advantage of the Learning Resources Center in Swain School but more courses are being added to attract \ up to 100 students. Mrs. F. L. Britt, center coordinator, said 86 people are currently studying at the center. They are taking courses '1 which range from beginning reading to advanced math. More than 100 courses are available. The center is operated here by the College of the Albemarle in Elizabeth City. The facility was established last year and officials have been pleased with the reception given. It is designed for stu dents who want to further their educa tion. The theory is to let students pro gress at their own pace with supervision as needed. Some of the courses being added are basic transistors, basic electronics, basic electricity, pipe fitting, reading engineer ing drawings, blueprint reading, flower arranging, psychology, French, Spanish and phoncis in a nutshell. Mrs. Britt said, however, that a ma - Jjority of the students enrolled at the center are adults working on high school credits. The center will be closed through Janu ary 1 for the holiday season but Mrs. Britt encourages those interested in im proving their education on any level to stop by the center after January 2. Holiday Schedule A special schedule of trash collection over the holiday has been announced by VV. B. Gardner, town administrator. Gardner said street department em ployees will collect trash throughout Edenton Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. They will not work Wednesday and Thursday. 4 The administrator urged citizens not i to put out trash on days no collection I is scheduled. Area Citizens Prepare For Christmas ■ Employees in most local business estab- Es lishments will have three free days dur- I ing the Christmas and New Year’s holi i day within the next week. The Merchants Committee of Edenton Chamber of Commerce has recommend ed closing December 25 and 26 for Christmas and January 1 for New Year’s. Mdst businesses will observe Medical Course Edenton has again been named one of the sites tor a traveling post-graduate course in medicine offered physicians by the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill. The course will also be offered in Ahoskie and Eliz abeth City. The first session will be held January 8 at Edenton Restaurant with Dr. J. Roswell Gallagher of Yale University if* School of Medicine as lecturer. Dr. Gallagher is ciinical professor of pedi atrics at Yale. Sessions will be, held in Elizabeth City on January 15, Edenton, January 22, Ahoskie, January 29, and Edenton, Feb- ruary 5 and 12. Dr. Gallagher has had a long experi ence with adolescents. For over 20 || years he has devoted his attention ex ■ clusiyely to this age group. Jjfr, The lecturer is a member of the Com iamittee on Health and Safety of the Boy Hlpauts of America and the Committee on gHlfeKh Service Programs for Secondary IJBKjpols of the American Public Health CHO\f|N HERALD . , Volume XXXV,—No. 52. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 26, 1968. Single Copy 10 Cents CLhc Public Parade ■ ' • -- Christ 18 Born! Hard as one may try, it is impossible to improve on the Bethlehem scene as described in the Gospel according to St. Luke: And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria. And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David): To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; be cause there was no room for them in the inn. And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And. 10, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them; and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not; for, behold I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you: Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away f rom them into heaven the shepherds said one to another. Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph and the babe lying in a manger. And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. Continued on Page 4 this schedule although some are planning special events for December 26. Town, county, state and federal of fices will observe this schedule as will financial institutions. Peoples Bank & Trust Company, First National Bank of Eastern North Carolina, and Edenton Savings & Loan Association, close at 1 P. M., Tuesday and reopen at 9 A. M., Friday. They will be closed New Year’s Day. The Chowan Herald is being published early this week (Monday) but will re sume its regular schedule next week. vl J* J g.ir 1 Jpr w jiyßKpm ' /■ ■;,. • u %-2Bplife' wmbßk HHK 'T A JH| BH .^j^B MERRY CHRISTMAS—II'i about time for Santa Claus to stop taking orders and qet 1° fbe North Pole to prepare for Christmas Eve. ..He made one ot his appearances Saturday at Chowan Golf 8c Country Club during the annual children's Christmas party. Two of the many children he thrilled are shown here. They are Ei.iily Greer Amburn, left, and Martha Scott Harless. Safe Holiday Driving Being Sought A rash of minor traffic accidents dur ing the past week has kept members of Edenton Police Department busy and Chief J. D. Parrish joined state officials in urging motorists to drive with cau ?tototototototototototototototo» j CHRISTMAS 2000 | ! Oh, Santa Claus; Oh, Santa Claus, ' ; Don’t you know you’re breaking : [• laws, i \ When you drive your rocket sleigh ; ‘ln that swooshing, reckless way? i ; Since now you’ve pastured poor ] Rudolph i And jet-propel across the sky, ; We miss the good old Christmas • ' times ’ Your reindeer brought in Yules i gone by. 1 —Wilborne Harrell \ wt it. ";i 'td nn min nrun ■[» ow» ij (Editor’s Note: The late Wilborne Harrell, veteran staff member of The Chowan Herald, took great pride in pen ning a holiday poem each year. The above verse ran in 1967 and we know of no greater tribute we could pay the author than re-print it here). 1... • ZmM tion during the long Christmas holiday. The state will officially count its Christmas holiday traffic deaths from 6 P. M., December 24 through midnight December 25, and its New Year’s toll from 6 P. M., Tuesday through midnight Wednesday. The Christmas count for a 78-hour period last year was 27 killed and 862 injured in 1,481 accidents, while for New Year’s it was 17 killed and 515 injured in 879 mishaps. N. C. State Motor Club officials pre dict that with the holidays falling in the middle of the work week, the toll will be sharply reduced. “With traffic deaths running about 100 ahead of the 1967 pace, it becomes the direct responsibiilty of each motorist to drive carefully and exercise his best judgment in avoiding accidents and keep ing the final 1968 death toll as low as possible, said Thomas B. Watkins, motor club president. Meanwhile, motorists are being urged to take time out for coffee breaks dur ing long distance drives that are cus tomary during the holiday season. This advice comes from Motor Ve hicles Commissioner Ralph Howland who has pledged his department’s support for a program which restaurant operators will be serving free coffee to motorists as a public service during peak traffic hours of the season. .> x 'Af Vt, at* OS? i )a a Local Unit Among First Free Schools Nine of North Carolina’s 157 school systems are entirely free of fees. Among this group are Edenton-Chowan Schools. This is the first year all schools in the Edenton-Chouan system have been free of fees. The last high school fees were abolished by the board of education after elementary fees were absorbed the year before. The State Department of Public In struction has just released a survey that shows during the past decade the num ber of fees charged individual students in the public schools have been gradually decreasing. However, except for the elimination of high school textbook fees by the 1967 General Assembly, there has been little improvement during the past two years. “This leveling off of the downward trend to eliminate fees apparently indi cates reluctance to provide equivalent funds from tax sources." State Supt Charles F. Carroll said. The most heav ily fee infested areas of study were listed as business education, music, art. and vocational education. Many students are discouraged from taking these and other courses because of fees, Dr. Carroll said. The survey shews 28 different fees for vocational education courses, none lower than 75 cents and they range as high as Si 5 “I believe that such fee- are instrumental in causing many students to eliminate these courses from their schedule and. in some instances, fees cause student- to drop out of school." he declared. The new survey reveals that a total of 105 different fees (are being charged at the high school level. Different legs charged element ary children are almost as numerous. In some school system a student could pay as many a- 40