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public Parade A Pitch For Beauty The news release stated the Garden of Eden Club’s business is beautification. For the past few years they have an nually beautified the corner at Broad and Church streets with their sale of perennial plants. Peoples Bank & Trust Company ap parently took notice of the project and have gone about doing some beautifi cation of their own on the corner. So the girls have moved into the heart of downtown Edenton to hold this year’s event. And it is entirely fitting that Mayor George Alma Byrum owns the old bus station property where a. wide variety of plants, trees and greenery will be on display from 9 A. M., to 5 P. M., Tues day. Mayor Byrum is probably the most beautification-conscious of those meandering along the Public Parade. It is rumored that he has been recom mended as an honorary member of the Garden of Eden Club. By participating in Tuesday’s benefit sale you can do at least twp things: beautify your own premises fdr the en joyment of yourself as well as those who happen by; and help thb garden club members secure - funds for Planting and landscape projects in progress. “A thing of beauty is a joy forever,” someone wrote. While he didn’t limit himself to flowers, shrubs and trees, no one will argue that in this area is not a bad place to start a little enjoy ment of your own. Icing The Cake One of the most exciting theatrical years imaginable opened over the week end in the Tidewater. The benefits spread down into the Albemarle, giving those who want a periodic touch of Broadway a chance to feed from this cultural bowl. Now in its fifth year, Broadway Theater Attractions will have a special offering this season. During the year the new Chrysler Hall, a part of Scope, will open. This is considered one of the best theatrical facilities in the coun try. Stuby Kaye, et al, got the 1971-72 season off to a roaring start Friday night in Neil Simon’s latest smash comedy, “Last of the Red Hot Lovers”. And the Simon-lovers will be in for an extra dose this season with “Promises, Promises” scheduled for April 21-22. Sandwiched between these fine plays arc: “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” December lft-lL “Comagßy,” January 28-29; ana “Butterflies Are Free,” March 10-11. As a bonus, Rices and Broadway Theater Attractions will present the world famous “Vienna Boy Choir” on January 19. You can see from the playbill, something has been planned to suit most every taste. But to those who meander along the Public Parade, the entire offering is a bonus. It is another advantage of where you live. An evening at the theater is only a short drive away; nearer than for many of those, with regards to lime, who live in a metro politan area. There has, however, been something missing in our area for the past couple of years. One of the best little theater groups anywhere surfaced, prospered and bowed out. The reorganization of this group would put the Tidewater theater back where it belongs as icing on the cake. PR for PA Good Trade The N. C. Association of Educators has followed the lead of other unions throughout the nation in the formation of a political action arm armed with a war chest to be measured in'the six or seven figures. It is most unfortun ate. I PACE (Political Action Committee for Education) held an area meeting along the Public Parade Wednesday night as a prelude to Saturday’s rall£ iW Ra leigh’s Memorial Auditorium. Official and unofficial candidates for Governor Continued on Pago 4 /..'Cfl ■ M Acs , j*j^H Begin Service On Board—Seven Chowan County residents have begun serving on the board of trustees of Chowan Hospital. Left to right, they are: Lloyd Briggs, W. P. Jones Wilbur Privott, Edward Puryear, John Woolard, Jack Evans, and Merrill Evans, Jr. Volume XXXVTI—No. 40. Three Investifc £ ed Tragic Deaths By Patricia M. Arnold Two tragic deaths were recorded in Chowan County over the weekend by the Sheriff’s Department with the de partment assisting in the investigation of a drowning in the Chowan River. Eleven-year-old Mark Mize, son of Mrs. Robert Mize of Westover Heights and the late Mr. Mize, was killed acci dentally Sunday morning when he trip ped over a companion dog and was shot in the face with a .22 calibre rifle. Mrs. Birda Spivey, wife of Dennis Spivey, perished in a fire that destroy ed their home on Sunday morning around 7 o’clock. On Friday morning the body of a Negro male was found in the Chowan River on the south side of the bridge about 300 yards from shore by an early morning fisherman. The body is still unidentified. Williams Assumes Post With Group Frank L. Williams, a direct descend ant of James Iredell, was elected to head the James Iredell Association at the annual meeting Tuesday night at the Edenton Restaurant. He succeeds Mrs. Wood Privott who served as president for eight years. The major goal of the association will be the cooperative raising of $15,000 for Historic Edenton, Inc., in order that the historic group can obtain $30,000 appropriated in state funds by the Gen eral Assembly for capital improvements. W. J. P. Earnhardt, Jr., past chair man of Historic Edenton, Inc., informed the group that if the money is raised the Iredell House would receive $15,000 of the total funds. He asked the Iredell Association along with the Barker House and Cupola House associations to delay immediate projects in preference to secur.ig the state funds which would mean $2 every $1 raised ’ illy. He said the puipose of Historic Euen ton is to exhibit the five historical Continued on Page 4 Hospital Trustees Seven Edenton and Chowan County residents have terms of from one to three years on the board of trustees of Chowan Hospital. They are: Jack Evans, Route 3, Edenton; John Woolard, West Queen Street; Wilbur J. Privott of Tyner; Lloyd C. Briggs of Hobbs ville; Merrill Evans, Jr., and W. P. Jones of Edenton; and E. F. Puryear, Route 2, Edenton. Evans was appointed to a three-year term. He has just completed the un expired term of J. Clarence Leary who moved up to the position held by the late W. E. Bond, chairman, Chowan County commissioners. The board of trustees in August amended the by-laws to increase the membership from 12 to 15 members. This was done to provide wide repre sentation from the community the hos pital serves as well as to make avail able a wider selection of those elected to serve on the executive committee. Therefore, three new positions were filled this year. Privott will serve a one-year term; Briggs, a two-year term; and Jones, a three-year term. Woolard, Merrill Evans and Puryear Continued on Page 4 THE CHOWAN HERALD The Bertie County Sheriff’s Depart ment, with the assistance of the Chowan County Sheriff’s Department, are con tinuing their investigation. The body was taken to Bertie County Memorial Hospital and later transferred to Wash ington for an autopsy. According to the investigation report, Young Mize, Mike Bowman, 13; and Ray Bowman, 10, were camping in the yard of Fred Bowman on Saturday night. Sunday morning they decided to go frog gigging. Tlie Mize boy went home to get his .22 rifle and the three pro ceeded across fields to the American Legion Hut and were on their way home from the hut via the same route when Mark started chasing a dog, trip ped over the dog and was shot. The accident ocurred near the A. C. Griffin farm. After the boy was shot he stood up, Continued on Page 4 Mm > i m, Hector McGeachy Legion Post To Salute Area Officers State Sen. Hector McGeachey of Fayetteville will be featured speaker at a banquet here Monday honoring area law enforcement officers. This will be the second such banquet spon sored by Edward G. Bond Post No. 40, American Legion. Commander Roy Blackley said the banquet will begin at 7 P. M., and will be held at the post hut on U. S. 17. Sen. McGeachey, the son of a form er sheriff of Cumberland County, will fly to Edenton the afternoon of the Chamber Report A little over half of the 1972 Cham ber of Commerce budget has been rea lized, according to Bob Hutchinson, this year’s membership drive chairman. Hutchinson stated Wednesday that $9,122 of the SIB,OOO budget had been received and he has hopes of winding up the drive by October 31st. The chairman urges all team cap tains to contact their workers and en courage them to turn in their report as early as possible in order that the October 31 deadline may be realized. Dr. Choate, Steele To Keynote Opening Os Facility The official dedication and opening of the Albemarle Planning & Develop ment Commission offices here will be observed today (Thursday). The com mission serves the 10-county area of the Albemarle in a unified total develop ment program. The activities begin at 10 A. M., when open house will be observed at the office, 102 East Queen Street. The general public from the 10-county area is invited. At 5:30 P. M., the dedication of the building and ribbon cutting will official ly set the organization in motion. All city and county officials from the Albemarle, officers of AADA and commission members representing the ARPDC have been invited to attend a reception and dinner at Chowan Golf & Country Club that evening. Also invited are heads of all state and federal agencies. The speaker for the evening will be Dr. Pat Choate, mideastern regional director, EDA, from Huntington, W. Va. W. B. Gardner, commission chairman, said “we are overwhelmed at the re sponse of state and federal officials who will attend our official opening today.” He added that virtually every Depart ment of State Government will be repre sented. Also, representatives of the U. S. Department of Commerce, U. S. Department of Agriculture and the Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 21, 1971 Death Scene— Nothing but debris was left of the Dennis Spivey home after an early Sunday morning fire left Mrs. Birda Spivey dead. This was one of three tragic deaths recorded over the week end which also included an accidental shooting and a drowning. Schools Share State Funds Edenton - Chowan Schools received $1,140,272.69 from the state nine months school fund for the year 1970- 71. The figure is based on an audit of the fund by the State Board of Educa tion which shows all units in the state received $459,159,222. an increase of nearly 9 per cent over last year. The local expenditures included: General Control: $28,309. (This in cludes such items as salaries for super intendents, their travel and office ex pense and the salary of attendance counselor). Instructional Services: $876,977.68. (Under this heading are wages for teachers, principals and supervisors as well as instructional supplies and cleri cal assistance. No local supplements are included). Operation of Plant: $45,597. (Includes telephones, fuel, water, etc., and the banquet. Accompanying him will be Sheriff W. G. Clarke of Cumberland. The state legislator is expected to be a candidate for the office of Attor ney General of North Carolina in the May Democratic primary election. He has said he would seek the nomination if Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan is not a candidate to succeed himself in that office. Sen. McGeachy is a staunch supporter of law enforcement personnel in North Carolina. During his five terms in the State Senate he has sponsored and sup ported a large number of bills that have aided and assisted officers. In a recent statement ne said: “For 40 years, my father was Sheriff of Cum berland County. Therefore, my under standing of the problems faced by law enforcement personnel is seen through their eyes. Having been practically reared in a sheriff’s office, a deep ap preciation has been developed for all law enforcement officials and their families.” Along this line, he sponsored and guided into law a bill in the ’7l General Assembly that doubles the death bene fits paid when law enforcement officers are killed in the line of duty. Department of Housing & Urban De velopment will attend. On hand in addition to Choate will be G. Fred Steele, federal co-chairman of the Coastal Plains Regional Com mission as well as other officials. En tertainment will be by the Young Amer icans of Elizabeth City. Dr. Choate has an extensive back- Dr. Pat Choate #r 4# •TMxQt# wages of janitors). Compensation: $127,454.14. (This heading includes such things as tort claims, reimbursement to injured school children, employer's retirement cost and employer’s social security cost). Auxiliary Agencies: $61,934.87. (These include wages of bus drivers and me chanics, operation of the school buses, library supplies, child health programs, and kindergartens. The nine months school fund in cludes the bulk of the state money al lotted for public education. The average classroom teacher In the state earned $7,612 last year, $589 more than the previous year. By comparison, the average teacher pay five years ago was $5,112 and in 1961 it was $3,811. These figures do not include any sup plement paid to teachers by local school units. The average salary in 1970-71 for supervisors in North Carolina schools was and the average for school principals was $11,569. Superintend ents had an average salary of $15,836 ; Again, these figures do not include any local supplements. The number of classroom teachers and principals paid from the nine months school fund was 44,671 in 1970- 71 as compared with 44,949 in 1969-70, which shows 278 less instructional po sitions were paid from this fund. The decrease was due to a decline in stu dent enrollment. Baird Joins EIC Willis Edwyn Baird of Elizabeth City has been employed by the Economic Improvement Council, Inc., as director of economic development. Baird will have his office in Elizabeth City in the former Annie E. Jones School Building located on Banks Street. Baird was formerly employed by the College of The Albemarle where he assisted students with their financial needs. Roy L. Lowe, executive director, stat ed that Baird was well qualified for the economic development position based on his past employment and ex perience. ground in planning and development. He was state planner in Oklahoma from 1965 to 1969, during which time he helped plan and carry out a compre hensive economic development program. He also helped establish five multi county economic development districts in Oklahoma. Continued on Pago 4 G. Fred Steele , Jr. Single Copy 10 Cents
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