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. ■HHPMMMMn g® -rr 22 SW « W m vt v r i m * w *t mw # |Mgk jb ®I®BBB V - JK£L SnStR A JBWKfc >£ Hfe> vS ffSpSgßk k'i^fc : /at* y&MHI Eli jfl^^HßHß^Hf'- w DISCUSSES CHANGE IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY—State Sen. George Wood of Camden County, center, was guest speaker last Thursday at Edenton Rotary Club. He is shown with VV. B. Gardner, left, club president, and W. J. P. Earnhardt, Jr., program chair man. Sen. Wood, who is unopposed for another two-year term, said while urbanization had taken the people and gotten the majority of representatives, there is still a lot good about the General Assembly. He said the 1969 assembly was the most liberal in history—a drastic change from 1963 when he first went to Raleigh as a state repre sentative. public parade Party Without Guests The current controversy over consoli dation of the top three grades at Chowan High School with John A. Holmes High School is like preparing for a party, then having difficulty in obtaining guests. Edenton-Chowan Board of Education has spent practically all available capi tal outlay money on a spacious addition to Holmes School. When costs prohibit ed building the addition and a cafeteria at Walker School, the board added two more classrooms at Holmes in order to eat up more of the funds. Now they propose to consolidate the top three grades from throughout the county. Holmes, now with facilities for 500, can handle 750 when, and if ,the new structure is completed. The folks up in Third Township, and parts of Second, don’t want to lose their school. They have allowed emotions to overshadow good reasoning, economy and education. Over the years we have supported what we considered best for every child, regardless of where he happened to live. We argued for equal treatment and still* believe merger of the two administrative units was a step in this direci&i*- The school board, over the objection of at least two members, has now made its bed in the form of additions to Holmes High. They must now sleep in it, if even until .December. Squire of Clement Hall How do you write a memorial to a man who lived such a full life, and whose good deeds rear their pretty heads at your every turn? “Winks” Bond was such a man. He has now been called to do greater things, and preside over greater things. Although Mr. Bond was a sick man for years, he had an uncanny ability to hide his pain in his work and look on the sunny side of things. He handled the county’s business in the same way. This is by no means to say he was a push-over. He was a tough, but fair, administrator. He kept in mind that he was working for everyone who meander ed along the Public Parade. His actions, decisions, and votes, were always for what he considered to be the best inter ests of his constituents. He was stubborn when it was required, meek when the best could be realized Continued on Page 4 Extended Illness Fatal To Mr. Bond W. E. (Winks) Bond, retired farmer and chairman of Chowan County com missioners since 1958, died Friday night at Chowan Hospital after an illness of several months. He was 63. '• • j ■ . • t ■ RL : - • § V Wk E. Bond Chowanian Again Voted Top Honor The Chowanian, student newspaper at Chowan High School, has again been awarded All American rating by the National Scholastic Press Association at the University of Minnesota. Os the 1,600 school newspapers enter ed in the contest, the Chowanian was one of a few which received the highest honor bestowed. This is the third time that the Cho wanian has been named All American, but this year’s staff has acquired the highest total score of any other staff. Newspapers published from Septem ber through December of this school year were judged on coverage and con tent, writing and editing, editorial lead ership, physical appearance, and pho tography. Marks of Distinction for superior achievement may be awarded in each of the five categories and a paper must receive at least four such credits to be rated All American. The Chowanian was awarded Marks cf Distinction in the first four categories. H. S. Stensaas, NSPA judge, remark ed, “The Chowanian has exceptionally thorough, well-balanced coverage of all aspects of school.” He continued, “It contains exception ally well-written editorials of local im- Continued on Page 4 Easter Holiday Set Be a good egg this Easter and don’t crack up in one of the 1,400 traffic acci dents which, the N. C. State Motor Club cautions, could snuff out 24 lives and injure 850 others on the state’s streets and highways during the extended week end. The extended weekend is not only for accident count purposes, but will be a sort of spring vacation for many work ers. Chowan County offices, with the ex ception of the courts, will be closed Monday. A term of Superior Court is planned for Monday so that arm of gov ernment will continue to function. Edenton Municipal Building will be closed Monday, giving additional em ployees an extended weekend. There will be no trash or garbage collection Monday but the Street Department will Continued on Page 4 Mr. Bond filed only last week for an other term as commissioner from First Township. At the time he was confined to the hospital but was said to be re covering. He had been on the county board since 1952. He also was a former member of the Chowan County Board of Education. William Edmund Bond was born in Chowan County on June 25, 1906, son of the late Linwood D. and Lilly W. Bond, and was married to Mrs. Emma P. Bond, who survives. Also surviving are two sons: W. E. Bond, Jr., of Eden; and Linwood D. Bond of Greensboro; one daughter, Mrs. Harriet B. Small of Edenton; one broth er, Dr. Fredric T. Bond of Tavenier, Fla.; and six grandchildren. He was a member of Edenton Baptist Church. Graveside services for Mr. Bond were held at 3 P. M., Sunday at Beaver Hill Cemetery with Rev. R. N. Carroll of ficiating. Pallbearers were: A. B. Har less, Jr., Albert G. Byrum, Jr., Robert W. Moore, J. Clarence Leary, Jack Pru den, Dr. Edward G. Bond, Thomas Ward and Buck Flythe. Colonial Funeral Home had charge of arrangement High School Move Faces Big Protest Patrons and students of Chowan High School publicly and officially voiced strong opposition of the proposal to consolidate grades 10-12 into a single high school in the county and close White Oak Elementary School. This was evi dent from the outset of a public hearing held in the school auditorium. Edenton-Chowan Board of Education has proposed that all grades 10-12 in the county be housed at John A. Holmes High School in Edenton. The proposal also calls for moving grades one through four from White Oak to Chowan, there by closing the school. Supt. Bill Britt moderated the hearing and Dr. J. L. Pierce, head of the Depart ment of School Planning, State Depart ment of Public Instruction, reviewed the study made by his group. Dr. Pierce called the board’s proposal both feasible and practical. Steve Burch, a Chowan graduate who now has a law practice in Windsor, rep resented a group of Chowan patrons. He presented a petition signed by 562 people in the community and added that students voted last Tuesday on the issue with more than 90 per cent voting against the proposal. “These should weigh heavily on your decision,” he told board members seated on the stage. Burch said the Chowan facilities are adequate and the staff is competent. He compared the student-teacher ratio at Continued on Page 4 THE CHOWAN HERALD Volume XXXVII—No. 13. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, March 26. 1970. Single Copy 10 Cents Stage Is Set For Battle By Democrats Some Democrats are home free. Oth ers face primary battles. Only one has Republican opposition in November. This is the word from Chowan County Board of Elections following Friday’s noon deadline for candidates to file. Just two minutes before the deadline, Robert P. Dail, local civic leader and radio personality, filed as a Republican for county commissioner at large from First Township. He became the first member of his party to file for county office here in more than 50 years. Dail will face incumbent J. Clarence Leary, who is automatically the Demo cratic nominee since he has no primary opposition. HL Robert P. Dail Court To Convene On Easter Monday The March Term of Chowan County Superior Court will convene here Mon day morning although all other county offices will be closed for the Easter holi day. Judge Howard H. Hubbard of Clinton will preside. Solicitor Herbert Small of Elizabeth City will prosecute the docket. Mrs. Lena M. Leary, clerk of court, has released the calendar which is some seven pages in length. It is one of the longest dockets to face a judge here in many terms. Twenty-one drunk driving cases are calendared for trial. Also on the docket are perjury counts against Jerry Wallace Wells, Jack Williams, and Judson Curtis Wells growing out of a drunk driving trial in District Court. Jurors have been instruted to report o-?o A M.. Monday. Leary Is Chairman Os County Board Chowan County commissioners have reorganized, and decided not to fill a vacancy on the board until after the May 2 Democratic Primary. J. Clarence Leary, 219 West Queen Street, has been named chairman to fill the unexpired term of W. E. Bond. Mr. Bond, chairman since 1958, died Friday night. Leary was serving as vice chairman. At the called meeting Wednesday morn ing, commissioners also named C. A. f ■Kim )I** 1 ** igßggß I I J. Clarence Leary Mrs. Sadie Hoskins, chairman of the elections board, said names of candi dates without opposition will not appear on the May 2 ballot. A three-man race for the other First Township commissioner’s post developed Friday morning when J. Wallace Good win, Jr., Route 3, Edenton, filed. He was in a race with incumbent Chairman W. E. Bond and N. J. George. How ever, Chairman Bond died at 8:10 P. M. Friday. Mrs. Hoskins said since the chairman died prior to the time the ballots were printed his name will not appear, al though he had filed for re-election. The most interest, however, as far f'fWW v' ifrW MM J. Wallace Goodwin, Jr. VEPCO Computer To Aid Service The Virginia Electric and Power Com pany office at Williamston, has become computerized with the installation of the IBM 2265 Teleprocessing display unit. Resembling a television screen resting atop a typewriter, the display unit is connected to the computer system’s “memory”. After typing in a customer’s name or account number, the display unit flashes a picture on the screen with the complete history of the customer’s ac count. It shows metet readings, credit his tory, kilowatt-hour consumption, rate schedule, forwarding address and any special conditions pertaining to a given customer. “This will enable the Williamston of fice to answer customer inquiries con cerning service and billing information within seconds after typing in the name or account number,” J. R. Haden. Albe marle district manager said. “This is another way we are trying to improve our service for our customers in 'his Phi!lips to the post of vice chairman. The salary of the. chairman had been $3,000 per year with Mr. Bond devot ing the majority of his time to the post. The board set the new chairman’s salary at SSO per month plus S2O per meeting. He will also be reimbursed for travel expense. At the same time the commissioners found it to be in the best interest of the county to wait until after the primary election to appoint someone to the board. Mr. Bond’s term expires in De cember, 1970, and a nominee will be chosen in the forthcoming primary. There is no Republican opposition for the scat. Commissioners authorized resolutions of respect for both Mr. Bond and Judge W. S. Privott, who died since their last meeting. Glenn Perry was appointed custodian of the courthouse, a post Mr. Bond al so held. Perry is deputy sheriff and jailer. Mrs. Bertha Bunch, register of deeds, will continue as assistant cus todian. Leary, president of Leary Bros. Stor age Company, is commissioner-at-large from First Township, one of two seats allotted this area. He has been on the board for 10 years and is completing a four-year term. Earlier hr. served 18 years on Edenton Town Council. C. M. Evans, commissioner front Sec ond Township, is unopposed for re-elec tion and Commissioner David Bateman of the Third Township has two more years to run on his four-year term. ; ; ; as the number of candidates for a single office goes, is in the First Township race for seats on Edenton-Chowan Board of Education. This is the first time the combined boards have been up for election and eight candidates are running for the four seats in First Township. There also de veloped Friday a contest in the Second Township. Thomas Paul Griffin filed for the race in the First Township Thursday and Charlie Morgan and Mrs. Emily G. Am burn filed Friday morning. Four will be elected from this township and one each from the other three. Nominated without opposition were incumbent Eugene Jordan, Third Town ship; and Morris Small, Fourth Town ship. This is Small’s first time to seek an elective post in Chowan County. The line-up. as reported by the elec- Continued on Page 4 Meeting Changed Edenton Town Council’s April meet ing has been moved up one week in order to allow the council to host an area meeting of the N. C. League of Munici palities. The council will meet Tuesday, April 7 instead of April 14. The meeting time is 8 P. M. W. B. Gardner, town administrator and vice president for the league, said the meeting on April 14 will be from 2 P. M., to 6 P. M., at Chowan Golf & Country Club with representatives of 37 towns being invited. area.” There are 29,000 meters in the Albe marle District served by Vepco. The firm has more than 1-million accounts on the computer system at the present time. i Mrs. Judy Phelps at Keyboard 4h”i si j j t , t
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