i'HE CHOWAN HERALD Volume XXXVII—No. 4. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 28, Edenton, 111 Is Nf 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|£'tephen Coie Worslev, aots . i ville. SP9lhl|bKb| B > 7