Public Parade
.#> Have A Safe Fourth
Nine score and 15 years afeo “our
fathers brought forth a new nation
T dedicated to the proposition that all
men are created equal” to the challenge
of the thousand traffic accidents which
the N. C. State Motor Club warns may
take 20 lives and injure 700 other per
sons on North Carolina’s streets and
highways during the long July Fourth
weekend.
The state will count its Independence
Day toll from 6 P. M. f Friday, July 2,
through midnight Monday, July 5, for
78 hours. In a similar 78-hour period
last year, the holiday weekend took a
toll of 22 lives in 17 fatal crashes and
seriously injured 654 others in 1,201
accidents.
Leading causes of accidents were
speeding, driving left of center, failing
to yield right of way, making unsafe
movement and driving under the influ
ence of alcohol.
f Thomas B. Watkins, president of the
motor club and the National Automo-
V bile Association, said: “Although the
state’s traffic deaths are still running
ahead of last year, the holiday tolls
have declined so far this year. Most
motorists are heeding our warnings of
increased holiday traffic hazards and
driving more cautionsly. Let’s keep it
that way.
“Don’t pick this July Fourth week
end to show your driving independ
ence!”
Salute To Postmen
Today (Thursday) has been designated
Postal Service Day, not only to com
memorate the official inauguration of
the U. S. Postal Service but in hopes of
doing something more. We’ll let Post
master James Bond say it:
* “The Edenton Post Office would like
July 1 to be a day when the general
public and the people of the Postal
Service can join together in a warm
and friendly manner. We would like
it to be a day when the traditional rela
tionship of this post office to the com
munity it serves is re-emphasized, when
our customers can come in to their post
office and learn more about us and
about how to help the Postal Service
serve them better.
“We Would like, therefore, for the
people of our community to join us on
Postal Service D?X Jo. help celebrate
in a simple and unpretentious manner.
Our customers are invited to drop by
our Post Office to say “Hello”, to re
ceive a souvenir envelope, perhaps to
purchase a commemorative stamp, and
to enjoy light refreshments and a tour
of our office.”
The U. S. Postal Service has pledged
itself to provide a maximum degree of
effective postal services to rural areas,
/ communities and towns across the na
v tion, and it is fitting that we support
the Service by recognizing its unceas
ing efforts to fulfill this commitment.
£ Since the vast majority of The Cho
wan Heralds are distributed through the
mail, every Thursday is Postal Service
Day to us. It is almost uncanny though
that the first nationally recognized
Postal Service Day should fall on our
day at the post office.
We, therefore, can vouch for the high
degree of efficiency of the Edenton Post
Office. After today we can tell you
how light they make refreshments.
The Higher Education Issue
One of the best informed and most
knowledgeable people on the issue of
higher education in North Carolina is
Jay Jluskins of Statesville. He is a
member of the State Board of Higher
, Education, was a member of the War
* ren Commission and represents Iredell
and Davie counties in the General As-
A sembly.
He has been on the inside, or where
the action is, but as an ethical news
paper editor he has made sure not to
violate a confidence. As the various
activities have been made public he
has commented freely about them.
Writing this week in his “Down In
Iredell” column in the Statesville Rec
ord & Landmark, Rep. Huskins had this
to say about the latest developments in
the higher education discussion:
UP HILL AND DOWN AGAIN
What to do about higher education
in North Carolina continues to be one
of the major unanswered questions re
maining before the General Assembly.
Early in the week the governor call
ed to a conference at the executive
mansion legislative and professional
leaders in the field; and once again
¥ President William Friday of the Con-
| T solidated University marched up the
hill and down again.
During the conference, called to dis
cuss legislative strategy during the clos
ing days of the General Assembly, Dr.
Friday tentative to a
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Figure In Bogus Money Investigation Police Chief J. D. Par
rish holds 12 counterfeit S2O bills which were placed in circulation
in Edenton Monday morning. He is flanked by Patrolman G. W.
Mizelle, left, and Patrolman Joe Norman, who were involved in the
investigation which has led to one arrest.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Volume XXXVII—No. 24. Single Copy 10 Cents
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 1, 1971
Farmers Get Payments
The area farm economy got a healthy
boost today when checks were distribut
ed to farmers who are enrolled in the
1971 set-aside programs on cotton, feed
grain, and wheat. Checks from Cho
wan County ASCS office delivered this
morning totaled $77,558.59.
H. 0. West, ASCS county office man-
Harding Antiques
Going On Block
The biggest antique auction ever
held in Eastern North Carolina will
take place Wednesday and Thursday at
National Guard Armory on North Broad
Street. The auction will consist of the
personal property from the estate of
the late Grayson Harding of Sycamore
Plantation.
The auction will operate each day
from 10 A. M., to 3 P. M. There will
be a free public inspection of all items
the same hours on Tuesday.
One of the unique features of the
auction is the fact that this is the first
time in many years that period furni
ture has been offered in the Albemarle
Area. J. C. Knowles, auctioneer and
estate appraisor, states, “this is with
out a doubt the finest furniture and
household items offered to the public.
Usually historic restorations and mu
seums get this type furniture.”
Knowles has appraised and auction
ed estates for 10 years. He recently
auctioned the Nellie Dorminy estate
in Raleigh for $112,000.
Offered at the auction will be beau
jtiful 18th and 19th Century furniture.
One item which will be the most sought
after in the sale will be a Chippendale
highboy, valued at SB,OOO. There will
be something for everyone, Queen Anne
tables, oil paintings, Windsor chairs,
Chippendale slant-top desk, blue glass
candle sticks, oriental rugs, empire
furniture, Wedgewood china, corner
cupboards, clocks, a rare ship’s clock,
sterling silver, Bennington pitchers,
crystal, cut glass, sleigh beds,
Hospital Praised
Chowan Hospital, including its ex
tended care facility has been accredited
for a two-year period. Notification of
accreditation was made by Dr. J. D.
Porterfield, director, Joint Commission
on Accreditation of Hospitals.
The accreditation was. made with only
a few minor recommendations and com
ments. It was indicated that “this fa
cility is to be commended for the good
medical care provided its patients".
Also, Dr. Porterfield, in a letter to
Thomas M. Surratt, hospital admini
strator, stated: "The Commission wish
es to commend you for maintaining
standards deserving of accreditation
and for your constant effort to improve
the quality of patient care.
ager, estimated that this represented
about half of the payments. He said
more checks are expected this week
and will be forwarded to farmers as
rapidly as possible.
Although the late spring slowed down
the acreage certifications necessary to
compute these payments, county ASCS
offices were able to begin mailing the
checks on schedule. A large percent
age of the payments will be made dur
ing the month of July.
County ASCS offices send data sheets
on each farm to New Orleans where
the Data Processing Center computes
the payments earned and prints out
sight drafts and statements-of-payment
computations. These are then returned
to the County ASCS Office for issuance
to producers. No payments could be
issued until July 1, the beginning of
the fiscal year, when sufficient funds
become available.
Some 89,000 producers are participat
ing in the feed grain program, 44,000
in the Wheat program, and 13,000 in
the cotton program in North Carolina
this year.
Swimmer Drowns
Lonnie L. Dillard, 24-year-old son of
Mrs. Daisy Dillard of West Albemarle
Street, drowned Sunday afternoon in
the Edenton Bay.
According to the police report, a man
came to the station around 6:10 P. M.,
and reported that someone was drown
ing and the police department called
the Edenton-Chowan Rescue Squad and
they dispatched two boats.
The squad drug the bay and at 6:45
P. M. recovered the Negro’s body.
It was reported that the man had
been swimming with several other men
and got in water over his head and
could not get back to shallow water.
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Iforifc /#» Progress —Water and sewer extension into Morgan Park has been completed and work is
now underway on curb and guttering with pavement to begin soon. Rose Brothers has been given the
contract for the street work. Also, a new water storage tank is being erected on Twiddy Avenue near
Beaver Hill Cemetery where a new deep well is being located. This is all part of a nearly sl-miliion
project being conducted by the Town of Edenton.
Bogus Bills Passed
Investigation into the circulation of
bogus S2O bills is centered in Edenton
as police, SBI and U. S. Treasury offi
cers move to round-up three Negroes
alleged to have passed the counterfeit
money.
Clarence Barrett, 27, 389 South Sixth
Street, Newark, N. J., has been charged
by Edenton Police Department with
passing bogus money. Police Chief
Brock Wins
Top Honors
With Flight
By Patricia M. Arnold
Over 400 out-of-state members at
tended the Ninth Annual Professional
Rotocraft Association convention held
in Edenton over the weekend.
The people attending were from 28
different states, Canada and Argentina.
Approximately 30 crafts were brought
in for the demonstrations held on Sat
urday and Sunday. Bill Meadows from
Statesville attended the meeting and
gave a demonstration with his seven
story high hot air balloon on Saturday
morning. Sunday morning a demon
stration was given by Ken Brock on the
different maneuvers of a gyrocopter.
A bansuet was held at the country
club Saturday night and awards were
given to outstanding members in the
PRA.
Among the awards given was one to
Brock for flying the longest distance.
Last week Brock flew from California
to North Carolina.
Joe Churchman received a trophy
for coming the longest distance to at
tend the PRA convention. He is from
Argentina.
Speakers at the banquet were Dr.
Igor Benson, president of Benson Air
craft Corp., and Mayor George A. By
rum. Also on the program were Mac
Privott and Carlton Layton, local Jay
cees.
Wallace Evans, promotion director
for the Jaycees, stated that everyone
was pleased with Edenton, and the peo
ple and facilities available. Many com
pliments were received on how clean
Edenton and the countryside was.
Evans feels it is the best public rela
tions job ever done by the Jaycees and
further feels that it helped the econo
my in the area by some $20,000.
Evans expressed appreciation from
the Jaycees to the residents of Edenton
and Chowan County for their support
and especial thanks to the E&W and
Street Departments, newspaper, radio,
and town officials for all of their spe
cial efforts to make the convention a
success.
The PRA has over 12,000 members
in 80 different countries
In Edenton Bay
Murray Ashley, director of the rescue
squad commented that the Edenton Bay
was a dangerous place to swim because
of snakes, stakes and miscellaneous
debris on the bottom and of holes in
the sand.
Capt. C. H. Williams and Patrolman
Joe Norman of the Edenton Police De
partment investigated the drowning.
Members of the squad that answered
the call were Murray Ashley, Bob Rob
erson, Tommy Jackson, Elbert Smith,
Donnie Nixon, Larry Knotts, Marvin
Spruill, Jim Ricks, Willis Privott, War
ren Nance, Joe Lee and Robert Hendrix.
This is the second drowning in Che
wan County this year.
Negro Suspect Held
J. D. Parrish reported that 12 bills
have turned up here and Barrett has
admitted putting six of them into cir
culation.
Also, there are reports that
money, all S2O bills, bearing serial
number B 8710453 A have also showed
up in Elizabeth City and Hertford.
John A. Mitchener, Jr., owner of
Mitchener’s Pharmacy, notified local
police at 12 noon Monday that he had
a counterfeit S2O bill. Chief Parrish
assigned Patrolmen G. W. Mizelle and
Joe Norman to the case.
Miss Carole Pickier, secretary-dis
patcher, immediately broadcast an
alarm for the three suspects, two men
and a woman in a late model Cadillac.
She also notified merchants throughout
Edenton that the bills were in circula
tion.
Within a short period of time the bo
gus money was discovered not only at
Mitchener’s but at Dixie Dollar Store,
Hardee’s, A&P, Pope’s 5 & 10, Elliott
Company, Montgomery Ward and Belk
Tyler. One was passed at each of the
businesses, except Pope’s and Elliott’s,
where two were distributed, and Belk
Tyler’s where three were passed.
Barrett was arrested at Rainbow Inn
in Hertford about 4:15 Monday after
noon after he allegedly passed one of
the bills. A 1971 Cadillac, in which
Barrett was traveling, was confiscated.
A U. S. Treasury Department spokes
man said in Charlotte that a report was
on file to the effect that bogus S2O
bills bearing the same serial number
as those distributed here were from
the New York area.
Interviews Slated
A Job Corps counselor with the N. C.
Department of Social Services will be
in Chowan County during the morning
hours of July 7 to interview prospects.
Hazel Tayloe of Aulander will con
duct interviews at the Economic Re
source Center on North Oakum Street.
Anyone interested in consulting with
the counselor should visit the center
on July 7 or call 482-4564 for an ap
pointment.
Trio Face Counts
A policeman’s hunch led to the ar
rest of three Virginians, one a juvenile,
on theft charges last Wednesday morn
ing.
Patrolman McCoy Parker was on rou
tine patrol at 1:30 A. M., Wednesday
at Edenton Marina when he spotted a
suspicious car. He checked the 1962
Plymouth and discovered a stolen gas
can.
Arrested on the theft charge was Ray
mond Seth Daughtrev, 20, of Norfolk,
Va., Crawford Lee Armstrong, 17, also
of Norfolk, and a 14-year-old boy.
Daughtrey was later charged with
theft of the car from Virginia. He
was released to the FBI to face a charge
of interstate transportation of a stolen
vehicle.
Police Chief J. D. Parrish commend
ed Patrolman Parker for his alertness.
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