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A Second Chance
i On Saturday people from throughout
North Carolina will have a chance to
nominate Democratic and Republican
candidates for such important offices as
Governor and U. S. Senate. This will
be a second primary or “run-off” elec
tion called by the second candidate when
the front-runner failed to obtain a ma
jority.
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Lt. Gov. Taylor
and both favorites here were in second
place by a few percentage points.
On Saturday citizens who meander
along the Public Parade will have a sec
ond chance to express their good judg
ment in favor of Lt. Gov. Taylor and
Sen. Jordan.
Democrats in this state have had dif
ficult decisions to make since the bal
lots were filled with men of experience
and proven ability. The decision being
which among the candidates are “tailor
ed" for the years ahead.
Sen. Jordan
For this
reason we
endorsed the
candidacy of
Lt. Gov.
N Taylor and
add Sen.
yVlordan to
the list. They
are the
breed of
p o 1 i t i cian
who don't
‘‘know it all”
and are
wi 11 in g to
listen: who don't claim title to a magic
formula to cure the ills of the state and
nation: who are more solid than the
dollar: and who know the plight of the
little man.
Sen. Jordan gained a fortune before
fame. It was earned through the school
of hard knocks and hard work, not
through marriage or inheritance. And
as a V. S. Senator he has walked softly
but: carries a big stick.
Lt. Gov. Taylor, likewise has battled
for his political fame and appeared sec
ond best in ihe first primary due to lack
of fortune. He is running some $200,000
behind his opponent in campaign spend
s ing. so he has that many fewer obliga
tions to repay with state government
favors, etc.
Many times things are labeled good,
better or best. All the men can be con
sidered good; most better than what they
will face in November; but Lt. Gov.
Taylor and Sen. Jordan are the best for
those meandering along the Public Pa
rade and throughout I'ar Heelia.
Policy Unchanged
This week, so far, this newspaper has
received three anonymous letters on
subjects of general interest along the
Public Parade. They were all presented
in such a manner as to have been print
ed —except they flunked the most im
portant test as to whether or not a let
ter “shows.”
The rules are established in order that
everyone will be treated This
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E. L. Wells Retires
E. L. Wells, Jr., assistant cashier of
Peoples Bank & Trust Company anil
manager of the branch at Mitchener
Village, retired Wednesday, according
to George W. Lewis, executive vice
president in charge of the bank’s Eden
ton operations.
At the same time Lewis announced
that Mrs. Mearplene Peeples, head tell
er, has been promoted to manager of
tire branch, succeeding wells. Mrs.
Susan Godley will be transferred fron\
the main bank to the North Edenton
Branch, to assist Mrs. Peeples.
Wells joined the old Bank of Eden
ton on January 1, 1933. In 1942 he left
the hank to enter service and returned
after his discharge.
: _ In 1956 he was named assistant cash
ier afcd manager of the Installment
Loan Dept In 1958 he transferred
> to the Consumer Credit Branch and in
1907 became manager of the drive-in
Hfe is the widower of Carolyn Riddick
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Hollow Kill Heads Democrats
E. L. Hollowell of Que» %« ine’s
Place, Saturday was elected g % man
of the Chowan County r. St ratio
Executive Committee. He succeeds
Thomas H. Shepard, veteran party
leader who was not eligible for re-elec
-170 To Graduate
At Holmes High
One hundred seventy students at
John A. Holmes High School will grad
uate Friday night in commencement
exercises to be held at Hicks Field.
The exercises begin at 8 o’clock.
Principal Kenneth L. Stalls has an
nounced that Rachael Brugh Holmes is
valedictorian of the Class of 1972 and
Debra Leigh Wynn is salutatorian.
Misses Holmes and Wynn will be
joined by Garry Lowe in presenting
addresses based on the topic: “A Place
For Us”. They will be intrdduced by
Rdbin Kanipe.
Principal Stalls will present the sen
iors and the diplomas will be awarded
by Supt. Bill Britt of Edenton-Chowan
Schools. Blount Shepard will lead in
the turning of tassels.
Special music will be presented by
Betsy Harrell and Walter Bvrum along
with the singing of “We've Only Just
Begun,” by Julia Lamb, Marva Jordan.
Phyllis Anthony Susie Ward and Keith
McPherson, accompanied bv Wilson
Bryaut.
Marva Jordan will give the invoca
tion and the benediction will be given
by Janet Palmer.
Nancy Overton is chief marshal.
Shepard was named as the Outstand
ing Senior at John A. Holmes High
School Monday during the Awards Day
Program.
Others receiving l awards and recog
nition were Elaine Burke. DAR Award:
Karen Spruill, John Phillip Sousa
Award; Robert Backus. Arion Award;
Joyce Woodle, Woman’s Club Award;
Clarence Cofield, Bus Driver Award;
and Blount Shepard, outstanding boy
athlete.
--Rachael Holmes. Readers Digest
Award; Lois Satterfield, DAR Good
Citizen; Beth Katkaveck, outstanding
girl athlete; Russell Garwood, National
Math Award; Janet Palmer, NCAE
Scholarship; Cynthia Jackson. News and
Observer Award; and Joe Bunch, Rotary
Cup.
Bloodmobile Visit
The American Red Cross Bloodmobild
will be at Edenton Baptist Church Fri
day from 11 A. M., to 5 P. M., and
Edenton Jaycees hope to meet the quota
of 95 pints.
Bill Norvell, Jaycee volunteer chair
man, said this is the first visit of the
new Red Cross fiscal year and it is hop
ed that the quota can be met on each
visit to avoid having a crash program
at the end of the year in order to con
tinue to use the facilities of Tidewater
Blood Center.
On May 6,
Chowan
County vot
ers gave ov
erwhelming
support to
l.t. Gov. Pat
Taylor in his
bid for the
governorship
and to the
re - election
efforts of U.
S. Sen. B.
Everett Jor
dan. Others
across Tar
Heelia di d
not agree
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Visit Edenton On *Thank You’ Trip— The “Bowlesmobile” is back
on the road during the closing days of the campaign for the Demo
cratic nomination for governor and Holly Bowles Geil, left, and
Martha Bowles continue to be ambassadors so their father, Har
grove (Skipper) Bowles. They are shown here reading the Election
Extra published earlier this month by The Chowan Herald.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
tion.
Hollowell headed the slate of officers
elected without opposition at the party
convention held at Chowan County
Courthouse.
Mrs. Edward G. Bond was elected
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More ‘2so’ Activities Set
By James M. Robinson
“Batter up! An' catch up on yore
beard before yuh trip over it!" So says
the plate umpire at the Hicks Field Ball
Park??? Not so you'd notice it, even
though it's the start of OLD TIMERS'
TWO-FIVE-O Baseball Game to be jaw
ed at. snickered at. hollered at and
otherwise enjoyed Saturday afternoon.
June 17th.
Also, an audition to discover local en
tertainment talent will be conducted
June 7 at Swain Auditorium, it was an-
Souvenir Praised
John A. Taylor praised the Edenton
250th anniversary token penny when
he gave a program on .rare coins at the
regular meeting of Chowan Shrine Club
Thursday night.
Taylor, local numismatist, is a dealer
and appraiser of old and rare coins. He
said the anniversary penny is well de
signed. made of unusually durable
metal and the workmanship is excellent.
Shrincrs were told that the Edenton
token will have good trade and resale
value in the future because the supply
is limited.
During the talk. Taylor warned
against cleaning any old coin that is
found. The use of common cleaners
may decrease or utterly ruin the value
of a rare coin, he pointed out. Collect
ors and dealers want the coin in the
same condition that it was originally
found.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 1, 1972
first vice chairman; Dr. J. H. Horton,
re-elected second vice chairman; Frank
White, third vice chairman; and George
Alma Byrum, secretary-treasurer.
Mrs. B. W. Evans was elected to the
State Executive Committee.
Serving on the State Senate District
Executive Committee will be D. F.
Walker and John A. Mitchener. Jr. On
the State House of Representatives
Executive Committee are J. Gilliam
Wood and W. B. Gardner. Merrill Ev
ans, Jr., and Mis. Elizabeth Byrd were
named on the Judicial District Execu
tive Committee. Byrum and Earl Jones
were elected to the Congressional Dis
trict Executive Committee.
Shepard, who has been party chair
man for more than 10 years, presided
and named L. F. Amburn. Jr., Gardner
and Jones to the nominating committee.
After the election of officers and
committee members, the convention se
lected delegates and alternates to the
district and state conventions.
Delegates to the county convention
gave Shepard a rising vote of thanks for
his service to .the party over the years.
Hollowell, president of Chowan Ve
neer Company, Inc., has been among
the party faithful for many years. He
is a past chairman of Chowan County
Board of Elections and serves on the
board of trustees of Chowan College.
Also, the new party chairman is ac
tive in veterans' affairs.
nounced today by Mrs. Clara Boswell.
Talent Festival planner for the TWO
FIVE-0 celebration of the Edenton
charter.
You may not be a devotee of Sonny
& Cher, Flip Wilson or even Dean Mar
tin. to know that the most stupendous
salaiies in the world are paid to top
level entertainers. Sonny & Cher are
reported to make umvards of $150,000
PER WEEK.
If you are eight or 80 now' is your
chance to see how your talent will rate
with the judges, June 7th, who will
award first, second and third prizes at
the tryouts. Winners will perform dur
ing the Talent Festival a week later.
June 14.
Other events listed for the Festival
will include the Best Beard Contest
judging and for the best and most origi
nal costumes conceived and worn by
contestants from the Albemarle region.
The talent audition on June 7, how
ever. will be only for Edenton and Cho
wan County residents. Talent can be
of an infinite variety, it was pointed
out, from playing a musical saw' to do
ing a ventriloquist act with a dummy
that, looks as toothy as Mortimer
Sncrd. What is hoped for is at least
one ‘histoiical reading’, so very appro
priate for the occasion of the TWO
FIVE-0 Celebration.
Bob Shields and Bill Herman, activity
co-chairmen for THE game, announce
that they have indeed rounded up a
full complement of Old Timers ready
and able to stretch old-time muscles
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Truck Is Damaged
Damages were estimated at SIB,OOO
Sunday afternoon when a tractor-trailer
rig overturned on Highway 32, north
of Edenton at the C. T. Dixon Store.
State Trooper C. T. Thomas identified
the driver as Wilbert Mullen, 32, Route
3, Edenton. The 1970 Ford rig was
owned by E. L. Vargo Trucking Com
pany of Prince George, Va., and was
loaded with cabbage.
Mullen was charged with failing to
reduce his speed to avoid an accident
after the truck failed to make the curve
and overturned. There were' no in
juries.
Bowles Girls Continue To Campaign
Still smiling after 6,000 miles of cam
paigning for their father, Hargrove
(Skipper) Bowles, Holly Bowies Geil and
Martha Bowles were back in Edenton
and Chowan County Friday on their
“thank you” trip.
The girls traveled into all the 100
counties asking people to “vote for my
daddy.” And since Bowles is faced
with a run-off primary Saturday, the
girls decided to go back on the road to
say “thank you” to block workers, coun
ty coordinators, etc., who are being ask
ed to “do it just one more time.”
Asked if that meant Bowles would
stick to his promise to seek no higher
elective office, they agreed that it did.
“Daddy doesn’t make many promises
but when he does you can expect him
to keep it,” Martha was quick to say.
* Political polls figured greatly in the
first primary which found Lt. Gov. Pat
Donald S. Cape
Visit Is Planned
By British Official
The British Government will be rep
resented at Edenton s I wo-Fivc-0 ob
servance next month by Hon. Donald
Stewart Cape, senior counselor at the
embassy in Washington, D. C.
Cape and Rep. Walter B. Jones will
be among honored guests at the His
toric Edenton. Inc.. Patrons banquet at
7:30 P. M.. June 16. The banquet will
be held at Chowan Golf Country
Club.
Alton G. Elmore, general chairman
said Mayor George Alma Byrum had
secured ‘the British dignitary through
the cooperation of Rep. Jones.
Cape joined the diplomatic service
in 1946 and has since served in bet
grade, Lisbon. Singapore, Bogoto and
at the Holy See. as well as three times
in the Foreign Office in London.
Since September. 1970. he has been
senior counselor at the British Em
bassy, dealing with European and inter-
American affairs.
Dog Law Passed
Edenton Town Council, in a 4-2 vote,
Tuesday night adopted a strongly word
ed dog ordinance w'hich makes it unlaw
ful to allow dogs to run at large, day
or night.
The council vote, with Councilmcn
Leo Katkaveck and Roy L. Harrell cast
ing opposition votes, came following a
lengthv public hearing at the Municipal
Building. The council chamber was
completely filled, with an overwhelm
ing majoritv of those in attendance fav
oring the “leash" ordinance.
Town Administrator W. B. Gardner
said Wednesday morning the ordinance
will become effective on July 1. He
said the town would seek a cooperative
agreement with Chowan County for the
employment of a fulltime dog warden.
Among those at the hearing speaking
in favor of a strong ordinance were
Drs. L. A. Dees and George Hunnicutt,
veterinarians.
Those who opposed the new ordin
ance argued that the town now has a
dog ordinance on the books that is not
being adequately enforced. The exist
ing law prohibits dogs running at large
between the hours of 10 P. M., and 7
A. M.
Within the language of the new law,
at large means off the premises of the
owner and not under control of the
owner, member of the family or a re
sponsible person.
Also, a dog license will become $3.
Councilman Katkaveck said he would
oppbsc the ordinance in the present
form, stating he felt it should be relax
ed to some degree.
Taylor trailing Bowles. Now the Bowles
camp is “very much encouraged'’ by a
recent poll which, according to Holly,
shows “Daddy way out in front”.
While their “thank you” trip was
designed to take them to the larger
towns, they especially wanted to visit
Edenton again. “This is one of our
favorite towns,” Holly said.
In response to a question about the
important role family members have
played in the campaign, they were quick
to say they couldn’t be expected to have
any active role in a Bowles Administra
tion. “He’s the one with the brains,
not us,” said Holly.
“However, you can't keep us apart
very long,” she added.
And with that they departed for Cho
wan Academy and Earl Smith’s Store in
Rocky Hock—the only Chowan precinct
to give their father an edge over Taylor
in the first primary.
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