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Mrs. Lena M. Leary
Mrs. Lena Leary
Leads State Clerks
Mrs. Lena M. Leary of Edenton has
been elected president of the Associa
tion of Clerks of Superior Court of North
Carolina. She is the second woman to
serve as head of the association which
includes court clerks in the 100 Tar
Heel counties.
Mrs. Leary, veteran Chowan County
Superior Court clerk, has been an offi
cer in the organization for six years.
She moved up for the post of first vice
president at the 52nd annual conference
held August 2-5 in Wrightsville Beach.
She succeeds Alton Knight of Durham
County.
Elected to serve with Mrs. Leary dur
ing the next year were:
Ralph Knott of Franklin County, first
vice president; Marion Pearson of Cum
berland County, second vice president;
Everett Barbee of Onslow County, treas
urer; and John Skeen of Randolph Coun
ty, assistant secretary. The Institute of
Government in Chapel Hill serves as
secretary.
Sixty-five court clerks answered the
roll call at the conference in The Block
ade Runner Hotel. Banquet speaker was
Lt. Gov. Pat Taylor of Wadesboro.
*7O Tax Valuation
Chowan County has a taxable personal
and real property valuation of $35,159,-
230. The county taxes on 50 per cent
of the actual valuation.
A breakdown of the valuation was
distributed to county commissioners at
a recent meeting. It showed the follow
ing totals for 1970:
1970 TOTALS
Beal Graad
Ist Township Personals Kstate Totals
Corporations * 5.001.005 $ 3.543,770 * 8.544,775
A- H 1,241.740 4.148,670 5.390.410
1. Z 1.373,795 4,928.495 6.302.290
Fire District: *4,899.785
Ist Grand Totals * 7.616.540 *12,620.935 *20,337.475
2nd Corp S 601.590 * 783.510 1.385.100
A- Z 1.269.125 3.199.700 4,468.825
Chowan Beach - 30.890 181,020 211.910
Am. Central .... 4.280 77.320 81.600
Ar. Beach 66.365 938,525 1,004.890
2d Grand Totals 1.972.250 * 5,190.075 * 7,152,325
3rd COrp. * 38.660 $ 218.355 $ 257,013
A- Z 1.032,460 2,200.630 3,233,090
3d Grand Totals * 1.071.12* * 2.418.985 $ 3,490.1*5
4th Corp * 93.425 * 55.465 $ 148.890
A- Z 310.310 1.416.370 1.726.680
Capa Col. Corp. 728,670, 500,925 1,229,595
C. C. A-Z - 184,355 * 989,805 1,174.160
4th Grand Totals * 1,316,760 * 2.962.565 * 4,279,325
Grand Totals In
All Townships .-*11,976,670 *23.182.560 $35,159,230
Grand Total Fire Districts In All
Townships *19,821,540
Aces Rebuilding; Opener August 28
V' It isn’t a lengthy process for Coach
Marion Kirby to describe the 1970 edi
tion of Edenton Aces. This is “far and
away” the least experienced of any team •
to suit up at Hicks Field in Coach
Kirby’s six years at John A. Holmes
High School.
Nevertheless, the mentor hastens to
point out, what the boys lack in size and
experience they appear to be making it
up in enthusiasm and dedication. “They
realize they have a tremendous job to
do,” he said Tuesday afternoon. “And
I have confidence they will put forth
every grain of effort to get it done.”
When asked bluntly what he thought
would be the outcome, he humorously
reported: “When we make our initial
first down we are going to halt the game
and have the ball bronzed.” The smile
On his face and the devilish twinkle of
his eyes gave him away, however.
How do you field a team to defend an
Eastern 2-A championship when you
have eight boys returning? Coach Kirby
admits it isn’t easy. “Well show up
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Sen. Sam*B Plain T** 1,
Chief Justice Warren Burg ° ii the
U. S. Supreme Court laid it 01 £ r - line
in St. Louis Monday in a speet -? ?fore
the American Bar Association. %% so
licited the aid of American a yeys
to streamline the courts—especi. •£ the
federal judiciary.
Now Chief Justice Burger was
the right words and they were ~„uig
heard by the right people. In our sys
tem where attorneys make the laws,
prosecute, defend and judge the accused,
they are the logical ones to do some
thing about a “cracker barrel system in
a supermarket age”.
It has been contended for some years
that there is nothing wrong with the
courts that lawyers couldn’t cure. And
this is exactly what Sen. Sam Ervin, Jr.,
said on a CBS analysis of the Burger
speech.
He said they talk about detention of
suspects, etc. His remedy for the courts
is simple. Get sufficient numbers of
judges and district attorneys. Then de
tain the attorneys in their offices long
enough to prepare the cases and detain
judges in the courtroom long enough to
try the cases. It’s as simple as that.
Where it takes 14 “support personnel”
for each federal judge, lost motion is
costly.
A case in point is a recent “term” of
U. S. District Court in Elizabeth City.
Judge John Larkins of Trenton was pre
siding. Attorneys for the government
and defendants were called, so were the
defendants, witnesses, jurors and the oth
er “support personnel”.
Court convened Monday morning. At
2:30 P. M., Tuesday, Judge Larkins was
seen passing through Edenton. It can
be assumed he was on his way back to
Trenton rather than coming here to see
how our schools are operating under his
orders.
The “term” of court had apparently
“broken down”. This often happens.
Without the proper planning, administra
tion, etc., they will continue to run on
less than four wheels, and considerable
less power than eight cylinders.
Sen. Sam, you go ahead and tell ’em.
Statement of Policy
Styles and policies, along with format,
give a newspaper distinction. They are
all vital to the success or failure of a
publication. Policies which apply to
everyone are most important. "
For this reason we are compelled, from
time to time, to state certain policies—
not so much in our own defense as to
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Court Term Set
Judge Robert Rouse, Jr., of Farmville,
a recent appointee to the N. C. Superior
Court bench, will preside over the Sep
tember Term of Chowan County Super
ior Court.
Judge Rouse has notified Mrs. Lena
M. Leary, clerk, that the court would
take a holiday on Labor Day, September
7, and convene at 9:30 A. M., on Tues
day, September 8.
Mrs. Leary said anyone who has busi
ness with the court should attend the
opening session.
Solicitor Herbert Small of Elizabeth
City will prosecute the docket. The
names of prospective jurors will be re
leased next week.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Volume XXXVII—No. 33. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 13, 1970 Singe Copy 10 Cents.
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County Road Fund Is Slack
Chowan County’s share of secondary
road money for 1970-71 is $17,000.
With unallocated funds this will be suf
ficient only to start work on the two
mile Yellow Hammer Road (SR 1311) in
the northern part of the county.
Chowan County commissioners, meet
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Thomas M. Surratt
Hospital Administrator
White Takes New Post At Hospital
Bruce White began his duties as man
agement engineer at Chowan Hospital.
The announcement of the new position
was made by Thomas M. Surratt, hos
pital administrator.
Surratt said the addition of a manage
ment engineer would strengthen the hos
pital’s organizational plan and prove to
be of great benefit in the future. He
said while this is a relatively new con
cept in hospitals, it has long been used
in industry to develop means to supply
services and materials at a lower cost.
The administrator said with the rising
costs of medical care it is more important
than ever that every avenue be explored
to maintain or reduce costs. “This adds
further to the basic plan of physical fa
cilities to economize and develop more
efficient work patterns,” Surratt added.
“We are fortunate to have available
in the community a person who qualifies
for this position,” he stated.
A hospital management engineering
program has three major functions. First
is the provision of staff services to hos
pital administration. Second is staff ed-
Work On Building
Painting and re-decorating the front
and lobby of the county office building
is expected to be completed this week.
Albemarle Paint Company is doing the
work.
Commissioner C. A. Phillips has been
assigned this property by Chairman J.
Clarence Leary. Phillips assigns space
to various agencies as well as being re
sponsible for upkeep of the building.
He announced at a recent meeting that
the Chowan County Department of So
cial Services will soon move to the second
floor in offices formerly occupied by
W. J. P. Earnhardt, Jr., attorney. The
commissioner said he is also studying
plans for combining offices to provide
better use of the building.
AADA Meeting
“How to Sell Your Community to an
Industrial Prospect” will be the program
topic tonight (Thursday) at a meeting
of the Albemarle Area Development As
sociation at Edenton Restaurant. The
dinner meeting starts at 7 o’clock.
Wesley Cullipher of Elizabeth City,
AADA president, has issued a special in
vitation to county commissioners, may
ors, city managers and the press to at
tend. Representatives from the State
C&D Department and the Industrial
Development Team from Elisabeth City
will present the program.
ing Tuesday with Highway Commission
er Joe Nowell of Perquimans and di
vision and district personnel programmed
this road for grading, draining and stab
ilizing. In the action commissioners ex
pressed the intent to pave the road when
additional money is available.
Bruce White
Management Engineer
ucation. Third is research.
White, 30, formerly was associated
“with Chris-Craft Corporation in the field
of production control. Prior to his po
sition with the local boat works, White
worked in electrical design at Newport
News Shipyard.
A native of Edenton, the new manage
ment engineer is married to the former
Barbara Divers of Hertford and they
have two children. The Whites reside
in Montpelier Acres..
Union Camp Gives Site To Edenton
Union Camp Corporation of Franklin,
Va., has donated a half-acre site on the
waterfront back of Municipal Building
to the Town of Edenton for beautifica
tion.
Deed to the property, formerly Campus
woodyard here, was presented to MayOr
George Alma Byrum this week by Jo
seph H. Stutts, community relations man
ager, and Glenn Mabe, formerly of Eden
ton who is now assigned to the Frank
lin headquarters.
Union Camp has purchased a site on
Albemarle Sound near Edenton Munici
pal Airport for use as a woodyard.
Barges are loaded at this site and taken
to the Franklin plant.
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Commissioner Nowell said the State
Highway Commission was placing em
phasis on the primary road system, there-,
fore only SIC .miiion was available state
wide for secondary roads.
It was reported that four projects pro
grammed last year Cofield, Sewage
Plan, Macedonia and Smith roads —
would be ready for paving in the spring.
County Commissioner C. A. Phillips
mad£ a strong plea, armed with support
from the Town of Edenton, to have
Country Club Drive in Cape Colony
added to the state system. He said it
was no longer a private road and was
used extensively by the public.
Thomas Chears, local attorney, spoke
as a property owner as well as counsel
for other property owners along the road.
He said the road met all SHC critia ex
cept number of houses on the one-mile
stretch which connects two paved state
roads.
“County Club Drive has lost its ex
clusiveness as a private road,” he argued.
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Schools To Open
Registration and orientation for stu
dents in Edenton-Chowan Schools will
begin at 9 A. M., August 31, according
to Supt. Bill Britt.
Supt. Britt said students will be at
school for one-half day. Lunches will
not be served.
Tuesday, September 1, will be the first
full day of classes. Teachers, will, how
ever, report for work on August 28 at
the school of their assignment.
Teachers’ Workshop for the Improve
ment of Science Teaching, grades one
through six, will be held on August 20-21
and August 24-25, at Walker School.
Workshop for Improvement of Junior
High Science Instruction, grades seven
through nine, will be held on August 24-
27, at Holmes High School. Workshop
for Improvement of English Instruction,
grades seven through 12, will be held on
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In presenting the deed to the valuable
downtown property, Mabe noted that it
concluded an extensive project on the
part of Union Camp to move its barge
operations to a site outside Edenton. He
said the local operations are valuable to
the company and the new site allows
a more flexible operation.
Mayor Byrum thanked the company
for its generous gift and commended
Union Camp for a fine spirit of coopera
tion in community pride, beautification
and recreation.
It was noted that this is the first area
of waterfront property to be secured
by the town as a part of the plan rec
ommended by Edenton Planning Board.
Mayor George A. By rum
Robert W. Moore
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