edenton waterfront... without words! MBfc 1 o *-••-. - • v* '» u | ~ - - */•• : . tt ~z >»' HR|, . **,’•- '+* ~ J ‘ fts>. - 5 /; i OW Facility %t i •■ iM* . - .• THE CHOWAN HERALD Volume XXXVII— No. 30. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 23, 1970 j| |lublic ffiararl? For The Record Sometimes errors come easy. At other / times one really has to work to make a ' glaring mistake. To make a SIO,OOO mistake these days really hurts and we want to set the record straight. A figure was omitted from the story about net collections from the 1 per cent local option sales tax in Chowan County for June. That “1” made the difference in $1,620.07 in sales tax and $11,620.07, which was accurate. Now if this get correctly into type then the record will for sure have been set straight. Holding An Ace The district jail concept is new to North Carolina. Finding of a Tri . County unit( Perquimans, Pasquotank ' and Camden) has drawn considerable at tention and praise from state jail of ficials. However, threats are being made to call off the project if a great deal of progress isn’t made pronto. It is all aimed at Elizabeth City where council men refused to rezone a prospective site for the facility. Reports are that Clifton M. Craign, Services has entered the picture and plans to meet Tri-County Jail Commis sion officials Tuesday. Considerable pressure has been ap plied in the past to include Chowan in the district arrangement. Until now county commissioners along the Public Parade have held pat. They can’t see the benefit. Nevertheless, jail officials are now ap plying additional pressure with threats of closing the Chowan facility. In the opinion of this writer all this is being yione to force Chowan into a four-county unit. While the Chowan jail is old, it is adequate. It is no palace, but it serves the purpose. Once the late Sheriff Earl NjGoodwin speculated that 97 per cent of *he people jailed here have better lodg ing and better food than they have at home. Chowan commissioners meet face-to face Monday with jail officials. If they cannot escape their grasp, then the only logical approach is toward the district concept. Chowan County can ill afford any new building program now: the least desirable of which would be a jail. The burden a district jail would place on law enforcement officers and the citizenry in general here could be lessen ed some if the facility is located west of Pasquotank. Tile best place would be Hertford. / While we contend there is no justi- Continued on Pare 4 .£. ;-'.ii x ' •■ ?i.a».^-'» l^r^Ri^K- v " v •., -"' ' J "‘ ? - m y" -." : '*<*• 'v, * &i, r » , ';. !?*- .£<: "* VV* ’• - ’•' • in the county to seek assistance in get ting a more accurate count. He said after talking with officials in the Bureau of Census office in Charlotte, he was convinced that agency would not assist in any new efforts. “We have not been promised any help from the Charlotte office in getting the work done,” Phillips told the group. “They want to keep us in the dark as to what is happening.” Later he said officials “in the end will rely on a stock answer of ‘trends’ and we don’t feel we can let this drop at this point without knowing that everyone has been counted.” He pointed out that Town Admini- Contract Given Rep. Walter B. Jones of the First Congressional District has announced a federal contract for The Carter’s Ink Company here to supply typewriter rib bons to various agencies. The contract is estimated to be worth $234,824. The General Services Administration awarded the contract for an indefinite number of ribbons for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, Rep. Jones said the contract could amount to $234,824 if federal agencies buy according to estimated require ments. Housing Authority Buys Baer Tract Edenton Housing Authority has pur chased 7.75 acres of property on North Oakum Street on which will be built low rent public housing units. Cost of the property is $20,300. Jack Habit, chairman of the local au thority, announced signing of an order by Thomas M. Moore of Wilson, referee in bankruptcy for the Richard P. Baer ed by moderate rains omitting cooler run-off water into the lake caused what is referred to as a pond or water turn over. The cooler water on top reversing with the warmer water near the bottom. The cooler water causing more vegetation die-off. Further decomposing and oxy gen depletion took place. Crisanti’s loss was great. Fish large and small, some four to six tons, includ ing bass, bream, crappie and even trash fish. The bass were more obvious, 600 plus, weighing over 2 pounds, some as high as 5 pounds. Continued on Page 4 ; ; • ... . . . ... .V : .. ;•/. -v 1 X » N - ■ "X ST wr >r !0 - ' 1 Sky. __ /f ’ , -c i ' Old Freight Building strator W. B. Gardner had compiled a list of 116 names of people—6l in the Eden Heights area—who claim they were not counted. He said last week enum erators were in the area taking census without town or county officials being notified. Phillips, who is on a committee from the county commission with Chairman J. Clarence Leary, said he did not believe local people working for the Census Bu reau are at fault. “I believe the local people will cooperate if they know what to do. The commissioner said there are many intangible as well as tangible benefits from an accurate count. Therefore, he called on everyone in the county to co operate. “We are going to do the best we can to get satisfactory results,” he added. The preliminary count showed Chowan lost 940 people in comparison with the 1960 census. The town’s loss was placed at 90 although the land area had almost been doubled through annexation in May, 1969. In a story Wednesday, the Raleigh News & Observer quoted a census official in Charlotte as saying “a little bit of work is being done” in the “annex area” of Edenton, previously excluded from - census maps, Frank Bateman, regional technician, said it was being carried out under partial re-count procedures. Continued on Page 4 Company, authorizing the private sale of the site to the authority. This is the second of four sites the authority is obtaining for the 100-unit project. Mrs. Wood Privott sold prop erty on East Freemason Street recently. Two other styes, one on East Gale and East Albemarle streets, the other on West Gale Extended and Twiddy Ave nue, are now being condemned. The North Oakum Street portion of the project will be the prime site. Plans call for 56 units and a community cen ter on this site. The units here will be for the elderly as well as others who qualify. Habit said the authority would adver tise for construction bids as soon as pos session of all sites is realized. Storms Hit Area "It all fell right quick”. This is the way J. H. Conger, Sr., lo cal weather observer, described Monday afternoon’s stofm Which dumped 1.62 inches of rain on Edenton in a matter of minutes. Conger estimated that the area ex perienced wind gusts up to 35 miles per hour. The storm came from the southwest at about 5:15 o’clock. Although it con tinued to rain after the heavy down pour, Conger said the majority of the rain came in a matter of 20 to 25 minutes. Another thunderstorm struck the area about 5:30 P. M., Tuesday and Conger measured .82 of an inch. Forecasts were for more of the same through Thursday. W. B. town administrator, reported little damage. He said the wind and rain pruned many trees and street department personnel was busy Tuesday picking up limbs. There were no serious incidents report ed by the Electric & Water Department. One fire was reported by Chief Luther C. Parks. A tobacco barn owned by Worth Hare on Mexico Road burned. It was not known if it was struck by lightning. Two Deaths Investigated Last Week Chowan County recorded two tragic deaths this week, one a motor vehicle fatality, the other by drowning. Charles B. Ward, 32, Route 3, Eden ton, died late Thursday when his 1964 Ford overturned on a rural paved road. State Trooper C. T. Thomas said the car was traveling at an excessive rate of speed when it went out of control on a straight stretch of road. Thomas R. Lane, 48, Route 2, Hert ford, drowned in the Chowan River late Saturday afternoon. His body was lo cated some three miles from the scene in mid-afternoon Monday. Mr. Ward’s death brought to two the number of highway fatalities here this year—the first in the rural section of the county. The other was a mishap when a passenger drowned in Pembroke Creek in April. m. Trooper Thomas said eight died on streets and highways in Chowan in 1969. The highway death occurred at ap proximately 11:48 P. M,, Thursday. The victim was pronounced dead on arrival to Chowan Hospital. Mr. Lane, his wife, and three other couples were on a pontoon raft in the Chowan River Saturday. Deputy Sher iff Glenn Perry said his investigation showed that George Nixon was owner operator of the raft and that it left Rocky Hock Creek at about 4 P. M. Less than three hours later Mr. Lane drowned. Continued on Page < Leonard Mitzke VFW Picks Slate Leonard Mitzke, Route 2, Edenton, is the new commander of William H. Coffield, Jr., Post 9280, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Mitzke served as senior vice command er last year. Officers elected to serve with him in clude: H. E. Bass, quartermaster; Ker mit Mizelle, senior vice commander; George Nixon, junior vice commander; Marcus McClanahan, adjutant; and Joe Swanner, service officer. The VFW meets at 8 P. M., each Tuesday in the post home on Old Hert ford Road.’ The new commander is a retired Ma rine who earned five battle stars and two presidential unit citations in his more than 20 years in the Armed Forces. He retired in 1960 and joined the local post at that time. Mitzke is now employed at the Coast Guard Base in Elizabeth City. \ .