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Leave Well Enough Alone
) Well, it seems as if everything has to
go “mini” these days. Even Gov. Bob
Seott has started holding miniconferences
each Monday.
At the conference this week a reporter
inquired about progress of an SBI in
vestigation of the activities of Golden
Frinks, one of the miniest of those who
meander along the Public Parade.
Gov. Scott replied that interviews were
being made and to his knowledge there
had been no evidence of any wrong
doing.
The SBI, Gov. Scott, reporters and
everyone else would be better off to
leave Mini Golden alone. We haven’t
seen him in weeks and as a matter of
fact, haven’t lost a minute’s sleep over
it.
The Helping Hand
Never being one to brag, we really
hate to bring this up. But the people
who meander along the Public Parade
i have been so generous and we are get
ting credit for their generosity. And
we have just enough ham in us to like it.
In the December 25th issue of The
Chowan Herald we announced that
Edenton Police Club had voted to con
tribute SIOO to Edenton-Chowan Rescue
Squad. The policemen recognized the
valuable service these volunteers were
rendering the public and wanted to help
out.
Soon afterwards, Capt. Bob Roberson,
who when not answering rescue calls is
State Probation Officer hereabouts, ask
if we would publish a list of donors to
the fund. We readily agreed.
As of this printing, some $2,729 has
been donated, which amounts to nearly
one-half of the campaign goal. A lot
of it has come from members of the
squad who constantly donate valuable
hours of time and talent.
If you haven’t contributed thus far,
please hurry up and do so. We want
them to say we did at least one good
thing for the community.
Review Not Repeal
In a recent statement, maybe sorta
tongue-in-cheek, Gov. Bob Scott said he
would favor repeal of the one-cent soft
drink tax if the wholesalers would repeal
their four-cent hike in price.
Sam Whitehurst, spokesman for the
industry took the governor seriously_and
issued a statement which Gov. Scott later
called a “positive approach”.
Before the ink got dry on both state
ments, our Rep. Phil Godwin of Gates,
Speaker of the House of Representa
tives, chimed in, he too, favored repeal
if it was shown the money really isn’t
needed.
A long, hard look should be taken at
the so-called crown tax, before the 1971
General Assembly.
If the tax did anything, not to men
tion the revenue it is putting into the
Estate treasury, it made party chairman
Jimmy Johnson sick. So sick, in fact,
he charged the entire party with being
ill. This brought on a study of the
Democratic Party of this state which has
now gotten rid of the soft drink execu
tive as chairman and more of his gliberal
friends.
Our fuss with Jimmy, who was a
neighbor of this writer in Statesville be
fore he got to be a big shot in Char
lotte, is Siat he knew when he managed
Bob Scott’s campaign for governor such
a tax would be necessary to raise suffici
ent revenue to support the governor’s
program. The General Assembly agreed
and it was this pill which started all the
sickness.
The crown tax was just too long in
coming. Had it not been excluded when
the general sales tax was extended to
cover food items just look at how much
more could have been done for Gov.
Terry Sanford’s quality education pro
The mistake made was the liberal in
terpretation of the law by Commission
er I. L. Clayton of the State Depart
ment of Revenue. This can and should
be reviewed.
Soft drink manufacturers took the one
cent tax and went up five. In so doing
they have nearly made beer the “poor
man’s drink”.
So long, however, as we are taxed
from the cradle to the grave; so long.as
we pay tax on milk for our babies which
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Cancer Crusade Sets New Record
Chairman Wallace Evans announces
that the 1969 Cancer Crusade exceeded
Ha $2,800 goal by $152. Three hundred
dollars of this was in the form of me
| Chairman Evans praised the work and
cooperation given by all individuals and
groups assisting in the campaign.
Special praise was given Mrs. Ruth
Frinks, president of Woman’s Club, and
***** Their group’s solicitations more
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CONSERVATION ACTIVITY — Five members of the Albemarle Soil and Water Conservation District supervisors were sworn into
office January 13 at the regular district meeting in Elizabeth City. Ihe supervisors will serve for a three year term. Taking the oath
of office from left to right are: Ralph Sawyer of Camden County, A. Leonard Madre of Pasquotank County, M. E. Doxey of Currituck
County, Joe A. Webb, Jr., of Chowan County and Carroll Williams of Perquimans County. The supervisors also chose to reelect
Lloyd Bunch as chairman, A1 Etheridge as vice chairman and M. K. Berry as secretary-treasurer for the coining year. The highlight
of the meeting was the presentation of Goodyear plaques to the 15 supervisors in the district for their achievement as second place
winner in the state In the 1968 Goodyear contest. Shown in the right photo, Willis Owens, Goodyear dealer from Elizabeth City, and
A. K. Lawrence, Goodyear Company representative, made the presentations. Shown are the chairman from each county in the five
county district along with the Goodyear representatives. From left to right are: Owens, A1 Etheridge of Pasquotank, Joe Seymour
of Camden, Floyd Mathews of Perquimans, Lloyd Bunch of Chowan, Richard Poyner of Currituck and Lawrence.
Boyce, Candidate For Sheriff, First Out
Heat Being Applied To Political Pot
The frigid weather hasn’t affected the
political pot which is beginning to sim
mer in Chowan County and across
Northeastern North Carolina.
District Court Judge W. S. Privott of
Edenton said Tuesday he will file for
re-election to a four-year term on the
bench. His colleague, Judge Fentress
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Judge W. S. Privott
Jaycees To Honor
‘69 Man Os Year
Tonight (Thursday), for the 16th
consecutive year, Edenton Jaycees will
honor a young man in the community
for outstanding service.
The Distinguished Service Award will
be presented by Mayor George Alma
Byrum, who received it himself in 1961.
To be eligible for the award a young
man must be between the ages of 21
and 35.
Rep. Phil Godwin of Gates, Speaker
of the House of Representatives, wilj
be the keynote speaker. He will be in
troduced by W. B. Gardner, Edenton
town administrator.
Wayne Ashley, Jaycee president, will
preside at the meeting which begins at
7:30 P. M., in the Edenton Jaycee Com
munity Building on Base Road. This
will also be a Ladies’ Night function.
Gardner, who won the award in 1968,
and all former DSA winners will be
special guests at the banquet. James
P. Ricks, Jr., won the first locally pre
sented award in 1954.
than tripled last year’s amount. Other
groups exceeding last year’s contribu
tions were the Extension Homemaker
Clubs under the direction of Mrs. Fran
ces M. Ward and Mrs. Daisy N. Bem
bry.
There were 15 educational films shown
during the campaign. These are avail
able at anytime during the year. If
your organization is interested in having
one shown, please call Mrs. Frances M.
Ward at the Extension Office, 482-3129.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 22, 1970.
Horner of Elizabeth City, has already
done so.
The first to announce his candidacy
for a local office was Carroll A. Boyce.
Boyce said he will run for sheriff of
Chowan County.
Boyce announced four years ago his
intention to run against then Sheriff Earl
Two Face Break - In Count
Edenton Police Department has book
ed a second suspect in the Saturday
morning break-in and theft at Broad and
Church 'texaco.
Chief J. D. Parrish said Wednesday
C&D Area Event
Set Here Friday
A local development-team concept
aimed at improving local efforts to at
tract quality industry is being explained
by officials of the X, C. Department of
Conservation and Development during a
series of meetings across the state.
Edenton Chamber of Commerce will
host the final meeting Friday at Chowan
Golf & Country Club. The meeting be
gins at 2:30 P. M., with representatives
from IS Northeastern North Carolina
counties invited.
Representatives are expected from
Bertie, Camden, Chowan. Currituck,
Dare, Edgecombe, Gates. Halifax, Hert
ford, Martin, Northampton, Pasquotank,
Perquimans, Tyrrell and Washington
counties.
Roy G. Sowers, Jr., C&D director,
said: “This is a major new effort of our
agency and it is a key feature of Gov.
Scott’s total program for economic de
velopment in North Carolina.”
He went on to say, “One of the goals
of the Scott administration, and this de
partment, is to help local communities
prepare themselves for industrial devel-
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AID TO PlLOTS—Amateur pilots In the area are now engaged in a Ground Instrument Flight Course being taught at Edenteu
Municipal Airport through the College of the Albemarle. Buck Evans, FAA instructor, is shown at right in both pictures as he first
discusses the course wfth N. J. George, chairman, Education Committee, Edenton Chamber of Commerce, and West Byrum, Jr., and
Carlton Jackson, two of the 28 students In the class. Jackson is chairman of the class and he and Byrum are co-owners of a plane.
Evans bald once the coarse of instruction is completed the FAA test will be given here. This will be the first time the test has been
given away from a FAA office. The chamber committee proposed the course ajtd the community college offered to furnish the In
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Goodwin, but later withdrew from the
race. Sheriff Goodwin died last year
and Troy Toppin, a veteran deputy and
ABC officer, was appointed by Chowan
County commissioners to fill the sheriff's
unexpired term.
Sheriff Toppin has made no formal
announcement but has indicated he will
that David Lee Chamblee, 19-year-old
Negro, Route 4, Elizabeth City, has been
charged along with Charles M. Wilkins.
Wilkins is a 34-year-old Negro who re
sides on Route 1, Elizabeth City.
Wilkins was arrested by local police
some 20 minutes after the 1 A. M.,
crime. A second suspect escaped when
police closed in on Wilkins’ vehicle at
Home Feed and Fertilizer plant.
Wilkins waived preliminary hearing
Tuesday through his court-appointed at
torney. Merrill Evans, Jr.
Chief Parrish said 10 recapped tires
and a cash register taken from the sta
tion were recovered in the 1963 Chevro
let Wilkins was operating.
Wilkins was being held under $1,500
bond but Judge Fentress Horner of Eliz
abeth City reduced it to SI,OOO in court
T uesday.
Chief Parrish said Chamblee was out
on paroie at the time of his arrest.
Records in Bertie County Superior
Court show Chamblee was tried in May,
1967. for involuntarily manslaughter af
ter a murder indictment was reduced.
He was given six to eight years in a
youthful offender’s camp and later re
leased on parole.
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Long Wait,
But Talk Set
On By-Pass
The long sought after Edenton by-pass
of U. 5. 17 is getting closer to reality.
The State Highway Commission has
set February 23 as the date for a public
hearing on the proposal. The 2 P. M.
meeting will be held in Chowan County
Courthouse.
D. W. Patrick, division engineer, said
all interested parties will be heard at
this time.
Joe Nowell of Win}all, state highway
commissioner in this area, has said re
peatedly this project would be given top
priority while he, is on the State High
way Commission.
Nowell was successful in getting the
project on the state's priority list at an
estimated cost of $.3.8 million.
seek a full four-year term in the May
primary election.
History will be made in the May elec
tion when seven members are nominated
to the Edenton-Chowan Board of Edu
cation. Since the administrative units
of Edenton and Chowan County schools
were merged the combined boards have
served.
There has been no indication as to who
on the present board will seek election.
X. J. George has said iie will not be a
candidate.
Prior to the merger of the admini
strative units the city board was appoint
ed and the county board elected.
Chairman W. E. Bond and Commis
sioners J. C. Leary and C. M. Evans
also have terms expiring this year. Three
commissioners run every two years with
the two top vote-getters being nominated
for four years with the low man having
a two-year term.
Other local officials up for election are
the clerk of court and county treasurer.
Members of the General Assembly will
also be elected in 1970. Rep. Phil God
win of Gates, one of two representatives
from the First House District, is an un-
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More On Swine
The second in a series of tri-county
Swine meetings will be held at the Center
Hill Community Building on Monday,
January 26 at 2:00 P. M.
Ray Woodard. Extension Livestock Spe
cialist of N. C. State University at Ra
leigh will discuss selecting breeding stock.
All swine producers are urged to at
tend these series of meetings.