The Public Parade Step Right Up ,- Elsewhere in today’s paper is a story about the forthcoming municipal elec tioh in Edenton. And while ,there has " been some behind the scenes maneuver ing, no clear-cut lines are drawn by prospective candidates. v Voters will have two really big shoes to fill on May 6th. When veteran pub lic servants like Mayor John A. Mitch ener, Jr., and Councilman Luther C. Parks bow out, voters have an awesome responsibility to fill the vacuum. Elections should never be taken light ly. However, when the ship is being steered on a steady course there isn’t reason for too much concern. Edenton’s municipal vessel has en joyed pretty smooth sailing during the past several years. Predictions for the next decade indicate rougher seas. This makes the job of seeing that the best talents in the community are to work for the common good. There are citizens in the wings who can make a real contribution. They must, however, be willing to take the j ballot box test. So, step right up folks. It’s about time to roll out the soap box and talk sense. There promises to be more head aches than orchids but nothing really worthwhile comes easy. i Bulletin The sun is shining! We’ve already acquired Spring fever. Well, got that little hole filled. Soothing The Hurt We’re indebted to Bill Hensley for a bit of disappointing, while not surprising, information. It relates how we are fair ing along The Public Parade with re gards to tourism. Lt has been our opinion for many years that for a community with as much to offer the traveling public as Edenton and Chowan County, not near ly enough of the “smokeless dollars’’ are being corraled. Hensley, state travel director, has circulated a survey for 1968 which bears this out. The annual income of Xorth Caro lina’s travel industry nearly doubled during the past decade. During the I same period the local take increased only 20 per cent. In 1968, according to the sucvev, the local economy received sl,o36.odß—the f first time the figure went over sl-mil lion. This isn’t anything to sneeze at: neither, is it much to crow about when the figure was $862,000 back 10 years Continued on Peg* 4 fISRL ' m By a * ■ 1L ,;g V I &■ Wf . -Mm UMul - if J. D. Elliott Elliott Chairman J. D. Elliott, 112 West Gale Street, has been named chairman of the annual Easter Seal fund appeal for Chowan County, which began March 1. The appeal runs through April 6. Working with the Edenton Lions Club, sponsors for the drive, Elliott will be coordinating Easter Seal efforts to pro vide help for crippled children and adults through direct services in the county. Active in the Lions Club for many years, Elliott is an insurance executive and serves on Edenton Town Council. The appeal for funds is being con ducted by state and local affiliates of* the National Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults through out the U. S., and last year provided rehabilitation and direct services to more than 250,000 people, i In North Carolina, Easter Seals have given assistance to over 3,000 handi capped persons, with the concentration of Us efforts being in equipment loan pools, offering wheelchairs, braces, 1 crutches, and walkers to the physically disable^. Some 200 children and adults also attend Camp Eastmin-the Pines, the N- C. Camp, where activi- IBR| THE CHOWAN HERALD EIH Jsr* JL JLJLhI w&m# JL w w JL Jb JL wl JL IJUIV4, JL JLml jwMfflgrj Volume XXXVI—No. 10. Election f t For Offices Here Majlß Citizens of'-the Town of Edenton will go to the polls May 6 and elect a new mayor—something that hasn’t been done here in more than a decade. Mayor John A. Mitchener, Jr., vet eran political figure, has announced that he will not be a candidate. He has been connected with municipal government here since 1951. In addition to the mayor, who is elect ed every two years, voters will elect three councilmen for four-year terms. Also, a treasurer will be elected for two years. Two seats on the Board of Public. Works also come up in the forthcoming election. In addition to the mayor, there is cer tain to be at least one other new face behind the big council table. Mayor Pro Tern Luther C. Parks of Fourth Ward said recently that he would not be a candidate tor re-election. The other council seats up in the elec tion are for councilman-at-large, and Third Ward. Henry G. Quinn serves in the at-large post now and David G. White represents the Third Ward. James P. Ricks. Jr., and W. J. P. Earnhardt are the two members of the Board of Public Works who are round ing out four-year terms. Mrs. George Hoskins, chairman, Cho wan County Board of Elections, has an nounced that filing for the municipal election will begin March 28. The board, which also conducts municipal elections, has already set into motion machinery for the balloting. A special act of the General Assem bly is being secured to allow voters to cast their ballots in two locations—the Municipal Building and Chowan County Court House. Road Bids Asked Resurfacing of a portion of C. S. 17 in Chowan County is among projects being advertised for bids by the State Highway Commission. The project includes 48.72 miles of sand asphalt base and surface, bitumin ous concrete surface and guardrail on l\ S. 17-13. Highway 45. 350 and 30S Answer To Hospital Question Today Will Chowan County be able to build a new. 61-bed hospital? The answer to this question will be Jaycees In Book Three members of Edenton Jaycees and a former member have been selected for inclusion in the 1969 edition of Out standing Young Men of America. These men were nominated earlier this year by the Jaycee chapter and have been selected for the publication. Heading the list is Jaycee President Wallace B. Evans. Other local Jaycees included are Sanford Byrum and Louis Craddock. Jim Jenkins, executive director of Xorth Carolina Jaycees, will also be in cluded in the publication. Jenkins was nominated while a member of the Eden ton chapter. -. .. HA gateau-■ ROY SCOUTS KEEP ACTIVE—Than was a gnat daal of activity Monday night at tha Boy Scout Cabin on North Broad Street, whan a court of honor was bald. Pictured hare an many of the boys who participated. In the picture at left, Murray Byrum. as sistant scoutmaster, la shown with a group of Tenderfoot Scouts. Left to right, they an: Rod Cross, Mika Fry, Mark Burroughs, David Shacklatcid, Dat 'd Twiddy. Tony Habit, Jamas Briley, Tun Overman, Douglas Shackleford, Russell Wheeler and John Woal ard. Scoutmaster Robert Ray, second iron right m p.ctuie at hi. goaa ova* the program with Robert Neal Bas night Haywood Phthisic and Joa Bunch. Sixteen merit badge awards were given. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina - Thursday, March 5, 1969 '' ' ■ • ' y | jg| LESS THAN PICTURESQUE — What is commonly referred to as the "county dock" could more recently be christened the "city dump." Here is what visitors see when they head down South Broad Street to leak out over beautiful Edenton Bay. This is har:'ly the place for such a sight, furthermore, since Historic Edenton's visitor center museum is iust to the left. Neither is it the impression the chamber of commerce would like to leave with visitors. Someone call the harbormaster! Attendance Zone Plan Is Approved Edenton-Chowan Board of Education has approved a desegregation plan for 1969-70 which establishes two attend ance zones within the unit. It also sets up a senior and junior high school in Edenton. The plan proposed by Supt. Bill Britt last week was approved without altera tions. The vote was 7-1. Following a called board meeting Fri day night, the plan was mailed to Fed eral Judge John I). Larkins. Jr., of Tren ton, who had ordered that a plan be sub mitted which abolished the dual school system. The Britt Plan is expected to meet the requirements of his order. (The full text of Judge Larkins’ order is found on Page 2-B). The plan calls for the following make up of Edenton-Chowan Schools tor the known shortly after 2 P. M„ today (Thursday). Bids for this medical facility will be opened in the Municipal Building. There is $1,708,000 available to construct and equip the hospital. This includes $l - on county bond funds, $600,000 in federal money and a SIOB,OOO state grant. Atwood Skinner & Associates of Wil son designed the hospital and it was re ported that the architects have been en couraged by the firms who have ex pressed an interest in bidding on the project. The hospital would be built on a 25- acre tract on Highway 32, just west of Chowan Medical Center. The existing hospital would be turned into an extend ed care unit. It has been said when the project is completed Chowan County will have one of the finest medical complexes for a community of this size anywhere. next school term: White Oak Consolidated: Grades one through four. Chowan High School: Grades five through 12. D. F. Walker: Grades one through three: grades seven through 9. Swain Elementary: Grades four through six. John A. Holmes: Grades 10 through 12. . It also allows students that were en rolled in the first half of a two-year vocational program to have an option to attend either Holmes or Chowan schools. There is no mention in the plan of abolishing the top three grades at Cho wan school after next year. Although the desegregation plan was discussed by the board earlier in the week, no action was taken pending a hearing last Thursday night at Holmes school. It was estimated that about 90 people, including some student lead ers, were on hand. Invited to participate were leaders of the Parent-Teacher groups, Student Council, principals and teacher repre sentatives. The general feeling, accord ing to one report was “What else can be done?” in the face of the federal court order. Supt. Britt was quoted as saying it was “possible” that some teachers would be lost in the new plan and “probable” that more interest would be shown in private schools. Chowan Academy Plans Eight Grades Chowan Academy at Rocky Hock will have eight grades for the 1969-70 school term. And a funds campaign to secure at least $35,000 for capital improve ments is being well received. The added popularity of the private institution has been brought about by recent federal court orders concerning I Bypass Gets Board Vote At Meeting Chowan County commissioners Mon day reaffirmed their support of a U. S. 17 bypass of Edenton. Similar action is expected soon from the Edenton Town Council and Edenton Chamber of Commerce. All three groups have previously en dorsed such a highway. The current resolutions are being obtained for the Scott Administration. Also, the bypass has been given a high priority by the Albemarle Highway Association. Commissioner C. A. Phillips said he feels such a highway could be more suitably located if the community is of one accord. Commissioner J. Clarence Leary made the motion for a resolution favoring the bypass and it was unanimously adopted. In another highway matter. Chairman W. E. Bond read a letter from the State Highway Commission stating that an access could be provided the new Cho wan Hospital from Highway 32. How ever, any extension of West Hicks Street into the site would be the county’s re sponsibility. A commission spokesman said at the time access was made to the Carter’s Ink Company it was understood that the hospital would be located in that area. The board adopted a resolution rela tive to investing hospital bond money, naming County Treasurer George Hos kins as agent. Chairman Bond and Phillips will serve as a finance com mittee from the board to assist the treas urer. Phillips said the committee should al so look into the matter of all county fi nances. Chairman Bond said all available Continued on Pago 4 Russell To Speak ‘Marketing the key to farmer’s net" ’ income—through the Farm Bureau”. This subject will be discussed at an open meeting of Chowan County Farm Bureau Tuesday night at the Advance Community Building. The meeting be gins at 7:30 o’clock. 1 d - RUSSELL ed directly with several of the bureau’s marketing programs on the state and national level. The N. C. Farm Bureau Marketing Association is presently engaged in four programs—apples, broilers, dairying, and hogs. Several other commodity market ing programs are currently under study. All farm bureau members and other interested citizens are invited to attend Tuesday’s meeting. integration of Edenton-Chowan Schools, a spokesman said. Just prior to an open house Friday night, academy directors held a special meeting and decided to add an eighth grade. Plans had already been an nounced to include seven grades. The school, operating in its first year, now has grades one through four. Several hundred interested citizens visited the academy during open house. They viewed the classrooms and talked with faculty members and members of the board of directors. Applications were handed out and registration begins March 15. It is estimated that the school will have a minimum of 250 students in the eight grades. Classes are limited to 25 students. E. L. Hollowed, chairman of the fi nance committee, said several cash con tributions have been received along with commitments. “We are gratified by the early reception of our campaign,” he added. Plans call for construction of a 5,000-square-foot permanent building which has six classrooms, bathroom fa cilities and central heat. The heating plant is. designed to accommodate the four - existing classrooms. Single Copy 10 Cents Charles Russell of the N. C. Farm Bu reau. will be guest speaker. He is ad ministrative assist ant of the organiza tion and has been with them since 1961. Russell has work-