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. JACK HARRIS Harris Takes New Job Jack Harris, vice president and Edenton operations manager for Bank of North Carolina, N. A., last week to accept a position with Poeples Bank & Trust Company. Harris said he would be associated with the Rocky Mount based bank in another city. The bank executive has been with BNC since 1967 and in charge of the Edenton branch since June, 1970. He moved here from Benson. He said he had “certainly enjoyed my stay in Edenton” but the new position was too attractive to turn down. \ Since coming to Edenton, Harris has been president of the chamber of commerce, vice president of the Cancer Society, vice president and director of Chowan Golf & Country Club, and a member of the board of Edenton Rotary Club. He is serving on the board of Albemarle Mental Health Center, as an appointee of Chowan County commissioners. He is the county Key Banker and project “Tell” chairman of the young bankers division of the N. C. Bankers Association. Harris said his family will remain in Edenton until the end of the current school term. Winners. Named In Annual DAR Contest Winners have been named in the essay contest sponsored annually by the Edenton Tea Party, Chapter, Daughters of American Revolution. Mrs. Marguerite Rf, yp|||j|^ppHk ESSAY CONTEST WlNNEßS—Pictured above are the first place winners in the American History Essay Contest sponsored by the Edenton Tea Party Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. Left to right are: Sandra Ward, Valerie Winslow, Scott Canterberry and Kimberly Holley. H%, <yv\ wHfIL BV ■bvsxV\. _ . %<■ - lArJHHR,. •. » _ 2ag _ ■ -_ •" J '— j : r -/* • < * vS * -V:>V " ; "‘ '••* + : ' mt *- ■"* •**- . •-_ A NEW LOOK—Pictured above if an artist rendering of the complete downtown development project which £* underway. Town departments are currently taking down existing street lights, preparing to fcu|||sectric wires underground and doing other work not in the contract with Gardner Publice Parade Meet "Bleu” This week we offer a new feature designed especially for the youngsters who meander along the Public Parade. It is a Young Reader’s Comer which p — 'rs with the beginning of an * M al Alphabet Book. . § And it’s being done by 6 Here is a taste of what \ c S’J see on the inside: -g £ & /rvjj s o i “Did you know that the tiny, tiny house mouse has just as many bones in his neck as the giraffe? Or that fish can fly? Can you imagine an animal that sleeps hanging upside down?” “Elcy” is the pen name used by Elsie Corbitt Currin, a fourth grade teacher at White Oak Elementary School. She lives at Arrowhead. Continued on Page 4 , ..„ > Burch is history month chairman and announced the winners. The first place winners, along with their parents and teachers, were at the chapter meeting last flagjjjiW£r I' |~X L* O .A fy IJ[ E 1 13 A Volume XU.—No. 8. jj! LIVER DISEASE IS WORLD WIDE-Kathleen Happell, an employee of Hollowell’s Drug Store makes her contribution to the National Hepatic Foundation for the fight against liver diseases. All contributions are used to combat such diseases as hepatitis and liver cirrhosis. Aces Take Sectional Titles In the past two weekends the Aces wrestling team won the Northeastern 3-A Conference and Greenville Sectional Titles Begins Jail Term Golden Frinks was arrested by Edenton Police Department last week and turned over to Chowan County Sheriff’s Department for transfer to state prison to begin serving a six-month sentence. He was conficted of blocking traffic during racial demonstrations here in the Summer of 1973. Frinks was arrested after appeals to two state courts had failed and he had failed to follow through on a federal appeal, according to local authorities. It was reported in the state press Tuesday that Frinks had started a hunger protest because of overcrowding, poor food and the circumstances surrounding his imprisonment. week where the four first place essays were read. The winners were: Fifth Grade-- Scott Canterberry, son of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Canterberry and a student in Mrs. Betty Bissette’s class at Swain School; Sixth Grade--Kimberly Holley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Holley, who is a student in Miss Elise Miller’s class at Chowan High School; Seventh Grade- Valerie Winslow, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Winslow, whose teacher is Mrs. Janet Yearwood at Chowan High School; and Eighth Grade-Sandra Ward, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Ward, who is a student in the class of Mrs. Virginia Wood at Chowan Academy. The students were presented American flags and history certificates by the chapter. Mrs. Burch noted that the DAR has designed Febraury as American History Month in order to stimulate a deeper understanding of American history and greater appreciation of our heritage. Continued on Page 4 Edentcin, North February 20, 197 T. consecutively. In the conference tournament, held February 8 in the Holmes gym, the Aces dominated their conference foes, capturing seven of the 13 individual titles while piling up 122 points to runner-up Plymouth’s 81 points. This marked the second year in a row since Holmes entered the 3-A conference that the Aces have taken the championship. Individual champions for the Aces were William Carter, 112 pounds; Larry Jackson, 132 pounds; Anthony Riddick, 138 pounds; David Norris, 145 pounds; Ralph Sutton, 155 pounds; John Norris, 185 pounds; and William Hassell, 195 pounds. Kenneth Slade, 105 pounds; and Haywood Bond, 126 pounds; took second place honors while Fred Lassiter, 121 pounds; and Mike Brown, 167 pounds; finished third in their classes. Plymouth, Ahoskie and Washington won two individual championships each to round out the 13 weight classes. This past weekend the Aces travelled to Greenville where they competed with 20 other teams, Continued on Page 4 Candidate For National Post Joe Hollowell, immediate past president of the Edenton Jaycees, is a candidate for the office of National Director of the « f JOE HOLLOWELL Construction Company, general contractor on the project. The project was designed by J. N. Pease k Associates of Charlotte. Council Adopts New Rates; 20 Per Cent Overall Increase Faced with a 46 per cent wholesale electric rate increase from VEPCO on February 22, Edenton Town Council has adopted a new residential rate and is working with a consulting firm on a new rate for commerical and industrial customers. The council met in special session Tuesday night and adopted the identical residential rate VEPCO now charges its retail accounts. W. B. Gardner, town administrator, said VEPCO has been charging this rate for some six months. The overall increase will be approximately 20 per cent, according to Gardner. It will go into effect on bills that are mailed April 1. While the rate has not -yet been determined by the council, the commercial and industrial rate increase will be effective at the same time. Gardner explained that the increase is a direct result of the cost the town is paying VEPCO. He further noted that the town is unable to absorb the entire 46 per cent increase and must pass approximately half of it along to the customer. He said the town will endeavor in every way to keep the rates low and continue to provide the best service possible. Booster Club Meeting Set Edenton Aces Boosters Club will have a meeting at 7:30 P.M. Monday, according to C. B. Smith, president. The meeting will be in the library at John A. Holmes High School. Smith said plans will be made at the meeting for the basketball and wrestling team banquet. All members are encouraged to attend. Northeastern Region of the N. C. Jaycees. He was recently named national campaign manager for Jim Hastings of Raleigh, who is running for president of the U. S. Jaycees. Hollowell has been active in the Jaycees for the past 10 years and is currently serving as an area vice president. The election will be held at the Regional Meeting of the Jaycees in Greenville in April. He graduated from Chowan High School and is a 1973 graduate of N. C. State University. He is a self-employed farmer, who is also a grower, packer and shipper of farm produce. Hollowell is married to the former Lynda Copeland and they have two sons They reside in Morgan Park and are members of the Ballards Bridge Baptist Church. Single Copies 10 Certs. A public meeting was also held in the town’s “201” plan for wastewater treatment and approved the lease of a building at Edenton Municipal Airport to a state agency. - ~r.v. WILLIAM H. BUNCH Promotions RALEIGH—WiIIiam H. Bunch, manager of the Mount Olive office of Bank of North Carolina, N. A., and L. Edwin Lane, assistant manager, were recently promoted to vice president and assistant vice president, respectively. The promotions were approved by the bank’s Central Board of Directors and announced by J. C. Saunders Jr., senior vice president - Banking Division. Bunch has been assistant vice president and manager of the Mount Olive office since 1970. He joined the bank as assistant manager in 1969 coming from Edenton, his home town, where he had been in banking for seven yeafs. He is a graduate of the N. C. School of Banking at UNC-Chapel Hill and has completed several courses offered by the American Institute of Banking (AIB). Bunch serves as a director of the Mount Olive College Foundation and has been active in the Jaycees and Chamber of Commerce, serving as president in both Mount Olive and Edenton. He and his wife. Imogene, have three sons. Top Producer By MURRAY L. GOODWIN Jimmie Parrish of Chowan County was named the champion soybean producer for North Carolina at the annual meeting of the N. C. Soybean Producers Association held last week in Raleigh. Parrish, who is a director of the state association, had a yield of 58.6 bushels per acre on a five acre measured area. He received a plaque and a trip to the American Soybean Association annual meeting to be held in Memphis, Tenn. Jim Wilder, executive secretary of the Continued on Page 4
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