Thursday, December 31, 1970.
Looking Back On 1970; News Reviewed
CMttmed from Fate 1
Judge W. S. Privott died of
a heart attack while return
ing from a hunting trip.
In March a hearing for the
consolidation of the senior
high schools in Chowan
County was set for March 23
by the State Department of
..Public Instruction.
The Chowan County com
missioners set up four roads
in the rural area for paving
with $105,000 in secondary
road funds.
Judge Elton Aydlett was
appointed to fill the onex
pired term of Judge Privott.
Edenton Town Council took
action to insure sewage fa
cilities for the new Chowan
Hospital.
W. E. (Winks) Bond died
and J. Clarence Leary was
appointed to fill his unex
pired term as chairman of
the Chowan County Board of
Commissioners.
April headlines included
that Wallace B. Evans was
named by Mayor George A.
Byrum to chair the Citizens
Advisory Council of Edenton.
Chowan County Courthouse
was deemed inadequate by
Judge Howard H. Hubbard.
Supt. Bill Britt recommend-
I ed that no change be made
toward consolidation of the
top three grades at Chowan
High and John A. Holmes
High and that White Oak
Elementary School remain
open.
George W. Lewis, executive
vice president of Peoples
Bank, announced that Peo
ples Bank would build a new
building in Edenton.
John Michael Lee, Route 2,
ofl
to (s/^emombe i
By MARVIN BARHAM x
The weaver as he fashions a tapestry works on the
back side of his piece. To him and to everyone else
the whole thing seems a confused and tangled mass of
varicolored threads and knots. But the weaver works
according to pattern; and when he turns the piece over
and looks at the other side, behold, the promise of the
pattern has been fulfilled.
So many of us fail to fulfill the patterns of life.
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jDo young peopleedfryVhe TelijiftiV ttf a godly house
hold to the college campus?
Do we leave the high ideals of youth behind when
we become involved in the exciting—turmoil of the
business world?
Even snore tragic, are we failing to establish the
right patterns for our lives—our children’s lives?
OUR THOUGHT TO REMEMBER: Establish a pattern
and follow it closely.
(Colonial Jfutteral
Renton, Carolina
From house to house and friend to friend, here’s
a heartfelt greeting to all that the New Year brings
great happiness and prosperity day after day. We’re
proud and grateful to be members of this fine community.
Hobbs Implement Co., Inc
Guy C. Hobbs, Mgr. Edenton, N. C.
“YOUR JOHN DEERE DEALER” ,
With Us Service Is A Profession Not A Sideline
Colerain, was drowned as the
car of Jessie Wesley Hughes,
also of Colerain, went off the
Pembroke Creek bridge.
Hughes was charged with
manslaughter and reckless
driving. Later during the
year he was put on probation
for the crimes.
Miss Nancy Twiddy of John
A. Holmes High School was
selected to attend the N. C.
Governor’s School for the
Gifted in Winston-Salem.
Robert P. Dail was elected
president of the Edenton Jay
cees.
Rev. R. N. Carroll retired
as pastor of the Edenton Bap
tist Church after serving in
that capacity for 24 years.
The Citizens Advisory
Council unanimously endors
ed the $600,000 water and
sewer bond referendum.
Macks, a variety store, was
added at Northside Shopping
Center in May.
Kenneth L. Stalls and Stu
art N. Patten resigned from
the Edenton-lChowan School
System to operate a fran
chised employment placement
agency in Wilmington.
Frank B. White, Jr., chief
of the Center Hill-Cross Roads
Volunteer Fire Department,
won Fireman of the Year in
that department.
William Bindeman, IDavid
Cooke and Henry Hinton
were selected from Chowan
County to attend Boys State.
A record budget of $735,611
was approved by the Eden
ton-Chowan Board of Educa
tion for the year.
Roy T. Blackley was in
stalled as commander of the
Edward G. Bond Post No. 40,
American Legion.
Headlining in June was the
drowning of Oscar Peede over
the Memorial Day weekend
when he was involved in a
boating accident.
Also, Mayor Byrum lost
two toes and broke a bone in
his foot when riding lawn
mower overturned.
Fire Chief W. J. Yates re
tired after 28 years of ser
vice with the Edenton Fire
Department.
Edenton Town Council ap
proved a $1.2 million budget
an a tax rate of sl.lO per
SIOO valuation.
Formal protests were sent
from the Town of Edenton to
Rep. Walter B. Jones con
cerning the inaccuracy of the
1870 census report.
Joseph Pike Mitchener re
ceived a Fullbright . Hayes
award for post-doctoral stu
dies in Munich, Germany.
Dr. Bernie Baker, Sr., be
gan practice of obstetrics and
gynecology in Edenton.
Clyde Hollowell was ap
pointed to the Edenton Town
Council.
Forty-seven Edenton busi
nesses began a six-weeks
Red Carpet Days promotion.
Jackson B. Harris assumed
the duties of vice president
and manager of First Na
tional Bank in Edenton.
In July, Luther C. Parks
took the post as Edenton fire
chief after the retirement of
Chief Yates.
The first of four sites for
100 units of low-rent public
housing was purchased by the
Edenton Housing Authority.
Chowan County voted to
participate in the formation
of an economic development
district.
Gilliam W. Underwood was
named principal of Chowan
High School.
Construction in the Town
of Edenton during the fiscal
year of 1969 -70 totaled
$2,272,647.
Charles B. Ward was kiUed
in an automobile accident.
This was the second fatality
for Chowan County.
Thomas R. Lane of Hert
ford drowned in the Albe
marle Sound.
Leonard Mitzke was named
commander of the William
H. Coffield, Jr., Post 9280,
VFW.
Chowan jail was threatened
to be closed in August by
Clifton M. Craig, commission
er of the State Department
of Social Services, if not up
graded in the immediate fu
ture.
Chowan County’s share of
secondary road money for
1970-71 was set at $17,000.
Union Camp Corporation of
Franklin, Va., gave a one
half acre site on the water
front back to the Municipal
Building for beautification.
Ralph Fay Nixon was in
volved in an automobile ac
cident in which two persons
were killed. Nixon was
charged with two counts of
manslaughter and driving
drunk. The case is still pend
ing in court. This was the
third and fourth fatalities for
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Chowan County during 1670.
Cross retail sales Jn Cho
wan County continued to
climb at the rate of $125
million as the figure for the
year 1969-70 reached a record
high of $21,363,130. This
compared with $20,206,723 for
the previous year.
Edenton Town Council
awarded low bids of $631,-
500.86 for two phases of the
water and sewer project
Carlton Jackson was elect
ed president of Edenton
Chamber of Commerce in
October.
Chowan County Fair was a
big success with over 19,000
persons attending.
Approximately SI,OOO of
beer, whiskey, wine and boot
log were confiscated in Eden
ton and Chowan Countv as a
three month undercover cam
paign came to a head.
First Lieut. John H. Win
borne was killed in action in
Vietnam.
The new Chowan Hospital
was dedicated in October.
Modular Systems Plant an
nounced their location in
Edenton.
The Jayccc building was
destroyed by fire of un
known origin.
In the November head
lines were the plans of the
Edenton Jaycees to stage an
air festival in 1971.
Edenton was chosen as the
site of Albemarle Regional
Planning and Development
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Prosperous,
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Happy
New Year
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you make it a prosperous one.
LEGAL HOLIDAY - NEW YEAR'S DAY
JANUARY IST
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322 S. Broad St - Edenton, N. C
Commission office.
Town of Edenton filed suit
for ejection of U. S> Lumber
Company from property und
er lease at Edenton Munici
pal Airport and a suit for
$112,000 in damages.
The first law enforcement
officers appreciation dinner
was held in Edenton.
In December the hog chol
era that had been in the
county since June was over
come and hogs were taken
out of quarantine.
Rev. Robert E. Gray took
the position of pastor at the
Edenton Baptist Church.
The U. S. Department of
(K'JD announced the use of
federal housing funds for the
purchase of mobile homes for
temporary low-rent housing.
Slate Highway Commission
Planning Board had approved
a four-lane highway on U. S.
17 from Virginia to Berea
Baptist Church in Pasquo
tank County and at the same
time the PHC staff members
recommended denial of a re
quest for addition access of
another link of U. S. 17, th<
Edenton by-pass.
Albemarle Motor Company
was named by N. C. Depart
ment of the American Legion
as “Employer of the Year.”
Cecil Fry was named as
sistant superintendent of
Edenton-Chowan Schools and
Kenneth Stalls was nrmed as
the new principal of John A.
Holmes High School.
Tyfer
NOTICE
Our Store
Will Be Closed
All Day Thursday,
December 31st
To Take
Inventory
And
We Will Be
Closed Friday,
January Ist
For The
New Year's Day
HOLIDAY
~~
Open Again
For Business
On Saturday,
January 2nd
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HAPPY NEW
YEAR!
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Belk Tyler Os Edenton
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