i More Races Develop
Politics Warm Up
A flurry of activity was experienced
on the political scene this week with
races developing for county commission*
er, clerk of court and the Edenton-Cho
wan Board of Education.
Mrs. Sadie Hoskins, chairman, Cho
wan County Board of Elections, said
the election office on the second floor
of county office building, would be open
the remainder of this week for candidates
to file for the May 2 primary election.
All of the activity has been Democrats.
There are*no Republican candidates to
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Rx, Information, Plus
Since there are but 52 weeks in any
one year, organizations and causes must
overlap in promotion of special weeks
for this or that.
One of the least known weeks of
weeks is National Poison Prevention
Week. After reading the literature Jim
Blount and other pharmacists are hand
ling out, NPPW has more meaning than
one would at first realize.
Like, a University of Utah study
showed that adult aspirin was responsible
for one-half of admissions, though chil
dren’s aspirin account for 90 per cent
of ingestions handled.
And, SO per cent of drug poisonings
involved containers left uncapped, thus
negates any ingenuity of new packaging
techniques such as safety-cap, strip-pack,
etc.
Cosmetics, mind you, can also be con
sidered a poison.
A poison is any compound which in
relatively small quantities and by a
chemical reaction can cause death or dis
ability, or any substances which may
cause injury or produce untoward symp
toms or toxic manifestations when swal
lowed, absorbed or inhaled.
In 1962, President Kennedy first pro
claimed NPPW, this in a coordinated
attempt to counter the growing problem
of poisonings. Poisonings may be crimi
nal, suicidal, or accidental.
The proliferation of new, more spe
cific and potent drugs and various chem
icals for industrial and home use r pre
“ sent' a problem - nf great magimude.
Innocent children die by the hundreds
across America annually because of care
less adults. Let’s don’t let it happen
here by becoming not just concerned,
but informed and alert.
Census Preview
What will the upcoming census reveal
regarding the social and economic chang
es that have taken place along The Pub
lic Parade in the last 10 years?
What shifts have occurred in family
size, median age, educational level, liv
ing conditions and per capita income?
The government will be seeking the
answers to these and other questions in
the 19th Decennial Census, beginning
.April 1.
r This national stock-taking is consider
ed imperative for proper planning by
all levels of government and by busi
ness. The findings will serve as a guide
for needed changes and future develop
ment.
No radical surprises are expected to
be uncovered by the census. Local,
state and federal agencies, as well as
private organizations, have kept abreast
of most changes through various surveys
and studies made in the 10-year period.
Chowan County’s figures will show,
for one thing, a shift in the population
structure, according to unofficial esti
mates. About 8.8 per cent of the popu
lation will be found in the over-65 brack
et, compared with 8.1 per cent in 1960.
Also, because of the big increase in
r the proportion of young people, the
median age of the local population will
be about 1.9 years lower than in 1960,
when it was 24.9.
The “natural increase” in the Chowan
County population, which is the excess
of births over deaths, will come to ap
proximately 6.2 per cent, based upon
preliminary figures.
A definite jump will be recorded, also,
in educational attainment, meaning
years of schooling acquired by people
who have reached age 25 or over. It
will average 1.4 years more than in 1960,
when the median was 8.0.
The census will show that the incomes
of local residents advanced considerably
in the decade, although buying power
did not improve proportionately, due to
inflation.
The latest figures indicate an average
per capita income of $1,750 in the local
area, after taxes, compared with $1,200
per capita in 1960.
Most families will have to fill out only
23 questions on the forms they will re
ceive and mail them back. From one
family in four, more information will
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date. The deadline for filing £g■ in
the election is noon Friday. . o
YV. E. Bond, veteran chairnu u j the
county commissioners, filed tk s % ek.
Bond, who is a patient at Chov = | os
pital, is being opposed for tl £ £ rst
Township post by N. J. George. x la*
rence Leary, commissioner-at-lai -§ jm
this township, does not have of 5 * on
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C. M. Evans, commissioner from Sec
ond Township, also does not have op
position as the deadline nears.
Bond has been on the county board
since April, 1952, and chairman since
1958.
Ralph E. Parrish, 203 Blount Street,
a former town official, justice of the
peace and magistrate, has filed to op
pose Mrs. Lena M. Leary, incumbent
clerk of Superior Court.
Three incumbent members of the
Edenton-Chowan Board of Education
from the First Township have filed and
three others have made their intentions
to run. Four persons from this town
ship will be on the seven-member board.
Seeking election are Dr. Edward G.
Bond, chairman, Dr. A. F. Downum, Sr.,
and Dr. J. H. Horton, current members.
Dr. Allen Homthal and D. F. Walker
also have filed. Mrs. Emily G. Amburn
said today she would seek a seat on the
board.
Morris Smsrtl, Route 2, Edenton, has
filed for the seat from Fourth Township.
Frank Williams, who currently represents
this township on the board, said he will
not seek re-election. Williams said he
had strong feelings about members of the
board of education having children in the
public schools. His children are beyond
school age, and his term has expired;
therefore, he said he felt he should not
seek election.
At press-time, no candidate had filed
or announced from the Second and Third
Townships. O. C. Long now represents
the second and Eugene Jordan the third.
This will be the first time the board
has been elected. When the town and
county administrative units merged the
two boards joined to comprise the board
until this election. Previously the town
board was appointed and the county
board elected.
Parrish is no stranger to politics or
the courts. He served seven terms on
the Edenton Board of Public Works and
was chairman at the time he resigned in
1958. In 1960 he was appointed justice
of the peace and in 1966 became the
original magistrate in Chowan County
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Ralph Parrish
Studio, Variety Store Opening Here
Two new Edenton businesses are hold
ing formal openings this week—Jones’
Studio and Dixie Dollar Store.
The studio is located at 814 North
Broad Street and the variety store at 409
South Broad Street. Both businesses
open today (Thursday).
Boost Heart Fund
The Chowan County Heart Fund got a
healthy boost Saturday when members
of the National Guard unit based here
sponsored a benefit barbecue.
Mrs. Scott Harrell, campaign chair
man, said the unit realized a $305 pro
fit Jrom die event. This is nearly 10
per cent of the goal of $3,400 and put
the campaign within S9OO of being suc
cessful in meeting this goal.
Mrs. Harrell said the hard work of
the guardsmen will give all volunteer
workers a boost. “The guardsmen
should be recognized and commended
for their efforts in behalf of the Heart
Fund,” she stated.
Mrs. Evelyn Keeter, Heart Fund
treasurer, said the campaign to date
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Volume XXXVII—No. 12.
School Hearing Monday
Chowan High School students Tues
day voted overwhelmingly in opposition
to consolidation of their school with
John A. Holmes in Edenton.
The students in grades seven through
12—373 of them—voted 337 to 36.
Principal Kenneth Stalls explained the
proposal and the difference in curriculum
at an assembly program Friday. Fol
lowing the vote, which was approved
by Edenton-Chowan Board of Educa
tion, Stalls reported to the local school
committee and Supt. Bill Britt.
A public hearing on the consolidation
and closing of White Oak Elementary
School will be held at Chowan High
School Monday night by the board.
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W. E. Bond
Jimmy Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Heywood Jones, has recently returned
from the Armed Forces where he was
assigned to photographic duties. He
and his wife, Linda, will operate the stu
dio which will specialize in weddings and
portraits.
Jones said he would also do commer
cial photography.
No such services are available in
Edenton at the present time.
The studio will be open from 10 A. M.
to 5 P. M., and formal opening prizes
valued at nearly SIOO will be given
Friday.
Dixie Dollar Store, which occupies the
Parrish Building vacated recently by
Harrell’s, Inc., now has three outlets
with a fourth planned in the very near
future in Belhaven.
Mrs. Edith L. Harrison of Williamston
is owner of the variety store chain. She
has a store in Plymouth which opened
about three years ago.
Mrs. Harrison, a native of Washing
ton County, said she would personally be
in charge of the Edenton store until a
manager can be selected. She said Dixie
Dollar Store in Edenton, with 1,500
square feet of sales area, will have more
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 19, 1970.
Representatives of the Planning Division,
State Department of Public Instruction,
will be at the hearing.
The hearing starts at 7:30 P. M.
The board proposes to move the top
three grades from Chow’an to Holmes,
providing one senior high school for the
entire county. Supt. Britt has maintain
ed that transportation is not a problem.
It is also proposed that grades one
through four in the county, now at White
Oak, be moved to Chowan, making it
a school with grades one through nine.
Meetings Are Set
In Neighborhoods
Neighborhood meetings have been
scheduled over the next two weeks by
Edenton Town Council and Board of
Public Works to explain the water and
sewer expansion policy in anticipation
of a favorable vote on the forthcoming
municipal bond election.
Mayor George Alma Byrum said the
assessment policy will be discussed per
sonally with the areas to be affected.
“We will make every effort to insure the
property owners realize the benefits of
the program as well as the cost involved,”
he stated.
Town Council has called a $600,000
bond election for May 2, the same date
of the Democratic Primary.
The project includes a 500.000-gallon
elevated water storage tank, a new pump
ing station to handle the new Chowan
Hospital and surrounding area, as well
as neighborhood expansion to include
most of the area annexed last year.
The Town of Edenton has received a
federal grant which amounts to nearly
one-third of the total project cost.
Town Administrator W. B. Gardner
said the committee will meet in the Pax
ton Lane area Monday and Morgan
Park area Tuesday. A meeting is set
in the Paradise Road area March 31.
No date has yet been set in the Albe
marle Street area.
G. M. Byrum, 76
Funeral services were held Friday af
ternoon for Graham M. Byrum, 304
South Oakum Street. He was 76.
Mr. Byrum had been ill for approxi
mately three months. He was retired
owner of a local grocery store.
He was a member of Edenton Town
Council for a number of years. He
was a charter member of Edenton Lions
Club and was active in the Red Men
and Edenton Baptist Church.
Graham Murray Byrum was born in
Chowan County on December 17, 1893,
son of the late John Albert and Kate
Leary Byrum. He was married to Mrs.
Hazel Taylor Byrum, who survives.
Also surviving are four sons: Murray
F. Byrum of, Edenton; Muriel .G Byrum
of Newport News, Va.; Graham M. Bv
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TRIBUTE TO REP. JONES—The State of North Carolina paused
last Thursday to pay tribute to Rep. Walter B. Jones of the First
Congressional District by dedicating the Alcoholic Rehabilitation
Center in Greenville to him. The 76-bed in-patient facility, now
eight months old, cost sl-million and serves 32 Eastern North
Carolina counties. It is the first of three such centers to open as
result of legislation pushed in the 1965 General Assembly by then
State Sen. Jones. The ceremony was not without a surprise ele
ment as State Rep. David Reid, right, asked Mrs. Jones to unveil
a portrait of the congressman which had just been completed.
Mrs. Jones shows her approval as her husband takes a wistful
look. The picture at bottom left shows Rep. Jones, Gov. Bob
Scott and Joe K. Byrd of Morganton, chairman, Board of Mental
Health, in a huddle. Edenton Postmaster James M. Bond was
among Chowan County representatives at the dedication and is
shown with the Jones’ below. Mrs. Jones is the former Doris
Long of Edenton.
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Single Copy 10 Cents
Challenge Grants
Include Edenton
Historic Building
A $5,000 challenge grant to the Cupola
House is among a total of $30,500 for
historical restoration by the Smith Rich
ardson Foundation. Inc., through the
State Department of Archives and His
tory
The announcement of the grants was
made by Gov. Bob Scott.
To qualify for the 55.000. the local
association must secure SIO.OOO in quali
fying funds.
Other $5,000 challenge grants were
made to: Roberts House in Murfrees
boro; Richmond Hill Law School in
Yadkin County; and Wright Tavern in
Wentworth.
A $7,500 grant was given Xathaniel
Macom Home in Warren County and a
$3,000 grant went to Carson House in
McDowell County.
If these challenges are met. the six
projects will have available for restora
tion in 1970 at least $75,000.
The Richardson Foundation also ap
proved a direct grant of $10,116 to the
State Drpartment of Archives and His
tory for assistance in its state-wide sur
vey of historic sites.
Dr. H. G. Jones, director of Archives
and History, in commenting on the an
nouncement, stated that under this pro
gram the Smith Richardson Foundation
has appropriated more than $300,000 for
the restoration of historic sites in North
Carolina during the past decade.
This is the second such grant for the
local project, a part of Historic Eden
ton, Inc.
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ANNIVERSARY PRINCIPALS Leion
naires of Edward G. Bond Po*t No. 4*,
Tuesday night honored the American Le
gion Auxiliary at a banquet in celebration
of the auxiliary's 50th anniversary. Sheriff
Troy Toppin, commander of the peat, and
Mrs. J. L. Chest nutt, auxiliary president,
are shown at the event, Wl4 at the Jegioi
huv mi 11. S. 17.