i'HE CHOWAN HERALD Volume XXXVII—No. 4. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 28, Edenton, 111 Is N<f|l Ship Joins Service / By L. F. AMBURN, JR. PORTSMOUTH, Va. The good ship EDENTON, the third U. S. Navy vessel to bear this proud name, now sails as a part of the Atlantic Fleet. The only Tar Heel on the ship’s roster of officers and enlisted men is Lt. Cmdr. Jack C. Furr of Concord, commander. Commissioned here Saturday, the USS public |Jarade From Rumor Mill State Sen. Skipper Bowles of Greens boro proposes that new congressional dis trict lines be drawn by a computer. Re ports out of Raleigh are to the effect that First District Rep. Walter B. Jones might be put into the same district with Rep. L. H. Fountain of Tarboro. Such match-making appears to be via a 19th Century GOP calculator rather than a 20th Century computer. We will, however, place faith in the 1971 General Assembly to use common sense when drawing new district boun daries. It takes much less than common sense to foresee a Jones-Fountain dis trict in Eastern North Carolina. Such lines would almost guarantee the Repub licans representatives in Washington from the mountains to the coast. We’ll Agree “Weekly Newspaper in the Rough” is the work of Guidance Services Depart ment of John A. Holmes High School of which Mrs. Lane Kinion is chief drum beater. The Chowan Herald appreciates recog nition in the latest issue as follows: TAKEN FOR GRANTED who have contributed more than their share of time to the school system is The Chowan Herald and the radio sta tion. If one attempted to add up the cost of free advertising and informational services rendered to the schools by The Chowan Herald and the radio station, it would be financially shocking. We should take time out every once in a while and tell these people thank you for their tremendous free services to the school system. Thanks, Lane or whoever, for your thoughtfulness. We are quite familiar with the newspaper about which you speak and believe the radio station to be so honored uses the call letters WCDJ. Let The People Speak Gov. Bob Scott has proposed a work able solution to the financial problem faced in 25 Tar Heel counties. Rep. Sam Johnson of Wake has pack aged a bunch of bologna into what he calls “The Emergency Finance Act of 1971.” And our least favorite morning daily of general circulation in Northeastern North Carolina has again displayed utter disregard for the personal and political integrity of elected officials. The State Supreme Court in a 4-3 decision has ruled the 1969 local option sales tax unconstitutional. The majority held it was a state imposed tax, not a local tax, since the vote in November, 1969, was state-wide. We are convinced, though, the real reason for such left field thinking was because of the com plicated formula for distributing the tax back to localities. The “pool” method gave many counties, of which Chowan is one, a chance to get back more money than is collected. Gov. Scott, who isn’t hot on the idea of a sales tax fqr local government but who is human, used the only logical ap proach to a solution. He suggested the General Assembly could re-instate the tax in those counties which approved it at the ballot box and not affect the other 74 counties. Chowan County is one county which can’t afford Rep. Johnson’s unique find ing of a phrase written into the State Constitution in 1868. It is apparent the genial, intelligent gentleman from Wake wants to be everyone’s sweetheart with bis harmless bill in one hand and a state ment in opposition to this new revenue source for localities in the other. The “Old Reliable” (?) is even further off base, in our opinion, they suspect everything. If elected officials, county Caatfnai an fa<a4 EDENTON is the first of a new class of ship designed to provide the fleet with the most advanced and comprehensive capabilities for ship salvage, diving, emergency repairs, and long distance towing. Additional Picture Coverage Section C, Pages Four, Five Cmdr. Furr presided at impressive commissioning ceremonies alongside the ATS-1, docked at Norfolk Naval Ship yards on the Elizabeth River. Taking part in the ceremonies were top U. S. Navy brass as well as leaders from Cho wan County and the Town of Edenton. Rear Adm. Jamie Adair, commander of the shipyard, in welcoming remarks said the vessel is longer, faster and a stronger breed than any auxiliary salvage tug now at the Navy’s disposal. Adm. Adair, commenting on rapid changes in Saturday’s weather which switched from cold rain to a cloudless sky at com missioning time, said: “This service thrives on adversity and the weather is a good omen.” Mrs. William E. Ellis, the ship’s spon sor, was recognized and gave the shiaX** first piece of silver. George Alma Byrum some 11 iiiiiin 11 nii iljwi ~fllwqii| fnnfr Cimla Furr and Presented fjvf Wterrnlnr ings of historic £denton ship. The pejpiwrgs wejjßdone by EcjoP ton artist, Mrs. Town Gardner?" was another ognized the com missioning. jR ’I j Rear AdmIRJJL Pratt, cepimander service force, /Atlantic Plait, traced the history of\le tlree “Edenrtbn’s?’ in the U. S. Navy and laid the latesKvessel exemplified the Vooferation of a VoUq community and a\|ou(Jmilitary serH&j He called the EDEfJspN one <j>f the largest, best towing wefceft in existence. it This is the first shijvw catry salvage operations 85a Jmovjjjhe surface,” he pointed oik. I limit was 300 feet). A Also, the vessel is the IpostictßiStll able living and has the best Continued on PageXF \ g Books Are Moved 1 Mrs. Pansy A. Elliott, county \ ant, will register Chowan County ap)jl cants in her office on the second floor of the county office building on Eas\ King Street. > This announcement was made by Mrs. George C. Hoskins, chairman, Chowan County Board of Elections. Mrs. Elliott replaces Mrs. Margaret Floars in this capacity. Mrs. Floars was named recently by Chowan County com missioners to register voters, but due to the nature of her office will not be able to serve, Mrs. Hoskins said. Voters can register with Mrs. Elliott on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 A. M., to 1 P. M., or at other times by appointment. Jim Beatty DSA Banquet Speaker The annual Jaycee Distinguished Ser vice Award (DSA) banquet will be held Thursday night, February 4, at the American Legion Hut at 7:30. Guest speaker for the occasion is Jim Beatty, internationally known track star and member of the if. S. Olympic Team tt§B|r Jim Beatty Single Copy ° g ents w IIV- U* W 111 I MM 11 \ I Arrive For Commissioning Maybr George Alma Byrum and Town Administrator W. B. Gardner Naval Shipyards in Portsmouth, Va., Saturday for the commissioning savage carry five paintings by Mrs. Enola Smith of Edenton, the "“S _’anae*ak^ s many from Edenton, attended the special ceremonies. W>ww. In Money Bind “We Btbe financial if gel the ojjpta of money „.tbey are holdapSn IpleigfMstated Town when ask- how has local one cent safes tax bgipMffijoßaitutional as- Co^ipwe“ Ajjfe In Job H&pement By PATRICIA M. ARNOLD W Tbe Ernploymeht equity Commission hai- Bhtd& aewwrft c auges statewide to l)fitte| 'tSclr SciVi ,e at to- pubhe,'. j Also making changes wasithe Edenton branch M ESC. * T? The, biggest cljanie was the Employ ment Security Aujpntative Recording (|ystdta tekßp, Jpted] Neil Thagari, thi Edinonj Branch. Tfife yompqter enables automatic recording or daily Activities at thjjoffjce. The information compiled is sunt to the Raleigh office is kept on file foy* acceSs.anyMi'gft TnThe state. kw process can reccffd a person applying ¥>r\a job in Edentcm and find lon'G job anywherjljjn the state, nJitflfe K M^ting^^ianged Edenteo-CWwan BognMJi Education will meet il., instead of the regular evening, ac cording to SupVßilJJJrift. Supt. Britt reported that board mem bers will be touring campuses in the unit during Monday. The meeting is scheduled to begin at the conclusion of these tours. in 1960. The award is given to the man, age 21 through 35, who is best all around and has done outstanding community service through the year. Beatty is a graduate of the old Char lotte Central High School and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he received his degree in English in 1957. While at the Uni versity, he captained the track and cross country teams and served as president of the Junior Class. Beatty was named in 1962 as one of America’s 10 Outstanding Young Men of the Year by the U. S. Jaycees. That same year, he broke seven American track records and two world records and was the first man in history to break the four-minute mile indoors, and was voted the Sullivan Award as America’s Amateur Athlete of the Year. He is currently serving his third term as a member of the State House of Rep resentatives. As a member of the Legis lature, his main area of interest is edu cation, both public and higher. He is chairman of the Enforcement Commit tee of the Legislative Commission study ing the use of drugs in the state. He is presently employed as vice presi dent of Harmon Products Company in Gastonia. w m \ I \ facted Ed\ ~^ % He also ccWteed. “The ttlf-cocked ideas they, t helping us a bit. W^> ee d» sourjß’ofhong term revenue.” \ / / Gardner, Mayor Byrum, stated Thagard. out data sheets e day which in employment, per sons placed and l for unemploy eat value to the takes little space and the informa lyone in the state through a phone by writing, he local office is new rural man power service with Jasper Hassell head s ing the team. This team registers and sees to the employment needs of the peo ple in the rural areas. The team also schedules testing for various jobs. Some of the statistics and accomplish ments for the Edenton branch include placing 934 persons with jobs out of 1,015 available. The office referred 1.587 persons for the jobs available and in most cases the jobs were filled by peo ple sent from the employment office. The office employees gave 375 apti tude tests during the year. The apti tude tests are required for some plants in this area. The employees also made 445 visits to the business men in Eden ton and surrounding area and contacted 148 men by phone, and made 258 con- Con Untied on Page 4 Kb wßk WMmmpx; # AT ROTARY CLUB A film re cording of “Turned Out to Grass” as given by Leon F. (Monty) Montague be fore a large inter-city meeting in New York City will be the program today (Thursday) at Edenton Rotary Club. The program is designed to stimulate the thinking of people in preparation for retirement. Montague is a past officer of Rotary International and his travels are sponsored by O. M. Scott & Sons. and County Commissioner Chairman J. Clarence Leary were asked how the new' ruling for the local sales tax affected Edenton and Chowan County. Leary stated, “We hope they will let the optional sales tax carry on as before in such away that it is constitutional.” He stated the county commissioners were meeting this week to discuss the de cision. He commented, “We hope we can keep the tax but it is up to Ra leigh.” Mayor Byrum remarked, “The ruling affects the town because we have budget ed some of the money this year and a portion of the money was to be used to pay off the bonds passed in the recent bond issue.” He added: “If the legisla ture doesn’t correct the ruling in some way, it will be necessary to raise property taxes, but we don’t have any figures on how much they will be raised.” He commented he felt that Edenton was not in a dangerous state of finance but that if the tax was not reinstated that several projects that have been budgeted would have to be canceled until funds were available. He remarked that he had much con fidence in the legislature to reinstate Continued on Page 4 Fayton Advances CHAPEL HILL Charles E. Fayton, 210 East Hicks Street, Edenton, is one of 6C finalists in competition for 1971 More ead Awards to study at the Uni versity of North Carolina here. A total of 895 students were nominated for the awards. Fayton, a senior at John A. Holmes High School, is among six finalists from District I, ac cording to W. H. Hollowell, Jr., Cho wan County More head chairman. Roy Ar istrong, ex ecutive director of I the John Motley Morehead Founda-| tion said finalists 1 will be interviewed here March 5-8. Morehead Awards provide four-year, all-expenses-paid undergraduate educa tions at UNC. They are worth $9,000 each to each Tar Heel student selected. The awards were established in 1951 , by John Motley Morehead, UNC gradu ate and native North Carolinian who resided in Rye, N. Y., until his death in 1965. The Morehead Award at UNC has gained the reputation of being one of the most outstanding scholarships in the nation. Fayton is the son of IftpyLri Mrs. John Linwood Fayton. Other District I finalis|£'<kril John* Anthony Gillikin of Buxtqg; Gray Daughtridge. Jr., and filter ing Thompson, both of and Henry Alexander AUatife| S||!f||!|H >tephen Coie Worslev, aots . i ville. SP9lhl|bKb| B > 7

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