Volume XVIII.—No. 14.
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Original Colonial
Papers Presented
To Edenton Museum
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( Very Valuable Docu
ments Gift of Miss
Edna Zickler
DIXON ~ACCEPTS
Ceremony Thursday Af
ternoon In Historic
Cupola House
Original iColonial Documents of two
land grants and tlwo, deeds, dating
' 'back to 1724, bearing seals and signa
tures of such illustrous leaders and
“Ye Lord’s Proprietors,” as 'Gov. Chas.
Eden, George Durant, Thomas Harvey,
Gov. Everard, Thomas Pollock, Rich
ard Whedbee, John Blount, Robert
■»Waff, Ghrisopher Gale and others was
presented last .week to the Edenton
'Museum by Miss Edna Zickler of
Black Mountain, a descendant of the
George Durant, whose signature ap
pears on the deeds.
Miss Zickler, who was unable to
make the presentation in person, sent
the documents by Larry Allen Glenn,
a close friend, who is deeply inter
ested in history and IColonial North
Carolina.. Glenn was accompanied to
Edenton by Eugene (Hudson, also of
Black Mountain.
Miss Lena Jones, a member of the
Edenton school faculty, first heard
about the important documents while
she was spending the summer in (Mon
treat, N. C., where she met Mr. Glenn.
During a discussion on historical
events, Glenn revealed that he had a
friend who possessed some original
papers pertaining to Edenton. Great
ly impressed, (Miss Jones persuaded
the young man to ask Miss Zickler if
she would present the documents to
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Special Meeting Os
Presbyterian Church
Dr. J. W. Hassell Sched
uled to Install Church
Officers
The Rev. Herman L. Cathey, pastor
of the 'Presbyterian Church, an
nounces a meeting of special interest
at the 11 o’clock worship hour at the
church Sunday morning when a con
gregational meeting will be held to
elect, ordain and install officers.
Present for the meeting as moderator
will be Dr. J. W. (Hassell of Green
ville, N. C., executive secretary of
the Presbytery of the Albemarle. (He
will be assisted by the pastor, the Rev.
Herman L. Cathey.
Sunday School will be held at 10
o’clock Sunday morning with J. A.
Mitchener, Jr., superintendent, in
charge.
The public is cordially invited to at
tend both services.
Operetta At School
Delights Audience
Superb Acting and Sing
ing By Glee Club
Members
Exotic seuoritas, dazzling costumes
and excellent acting provided a pack
ed house with (two and a half hours off
humorous entertainment (Friday night,
when the Edenton (High School Glee
Club, under the direction -of Mrs. Mary
L. Browning, presented its annual
operetta, "The Belle of (Barcelona,” a
musical comedy by Charles Ross
Chaney.
Displaying superb acting and ring
ing by all members of the cast, the
show was definitely a Mt from begin
ning to end wtdMpb field of comedy
provided for by John (Ward ((baritone),
prano). Ward, as usual, deUghted the
audience with his capers and along (
with Miss Elliott, a prim governess, 1
frightfully skeptical of men and -my i
good, kept itne crowd in a continuous U
uproar during the entire performance. 1
The principal characters of the play, 0
syfale Cayton as (Margarita Monteroli
(soprano), and Prank (Hughes As 'Lt
Wright (terror), were exceptionally 1
good in their roles. These wen* a
experiences
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Edenton
[_ Pilgrimage _
For the last three .weeks, The Herald
has listed the homes and places to be
shown during the 'Pilgrimage of 'Co
lonial Edenton and Countryside, April
13th and 14th, 'and sponsored by the
Junior Woman’s 'Club Os Edenton. This
’ week, and the next, The Herald will
list and give a brief description of the
. fourteen places that (will be marked
but not open. All places (including
those that are open as well as those
1 that are not open) Will be marked by
’ Colonial designed markers, painted
’ white with old English lettering, and
giving information including the name
, of the shrine, date built and the origi
nal and present owners. These places
1 will also be designated by an Ameri
can flag.
, The first seven places, not open,
. but to be marked, are:
, “OMalley’s Ordinary”—E. King St.
Built circa 1790. Myles O’Malley kept
i an ordinary victualling house here in
, his dwelling around 1797. Now the
’ home of Mr. and Mrs. Junius Davis.
House not open.
The Old (Bond House —On Court
.House Green. The early American
' home of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ross
Leary has 'been in Mrs. Leary’s fami
ly, (with the exception of a few years,
since 1846, when her great grandfath
er. Henry A. Bond, purchased it from
John R. Herndon. The ISkinner fami
y built the house prior to 1800 and
> sold it to Dr. Herndon in 11833. The
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: Elimination Meeting
For Chowan 6TU In
I Hertford On April 8
Winners Will Represent
Training Union In
Ahoskie
One of the high lights of the train
ing program in the Baptist Church
es of the Chowan Baptist Association
, will be observed Sunday afternoon,
April 8, at 2:30 o’clock, in the Hert
, ford Baptist Church.
At this time the candidates from
' the local churches of the Association
will assemble and make an effort to
be successful, through this elimination
meeting, and represent the Chowan '
Association in the five outstanding
B. T. U. Projects at the Regional
Training Union Convention in Ahos-j
kie; April 13-14. The five projects
are: Junior (Memory Work Drill; 'ln
termediate Sword Drill; Young Peo
ple’s Better Speakers’ Contest; Adult
Bible Readers’ Tournament; Hymn
Festival.
After a brief praise and worship
period the five department leaders '
will conduct the elimination procedure
and determine who will represent the •
association at the regional convention :
in each of the five projects. All train
ing union members, pastors, leaders,
church members, and those interested; 1
are cordially invited to attend this 1
very interesting and inspiring meet- 1
in * . .!
DARta Exhibit Os
Edenton Tea Party
Display Planned In Pen
elope Barker House <
April 13-14
i
In connection with the pilgrimage of 1
Colonial Edenton,and Countryside,
April 19 and 14, the Edenton Tea ,
Party Chapter of the Daughters of *
the American (Revolution will sponsor c
an exhibit depicting the Edenton Tea ,
Party held in 1774. The display will 1
be exhibited in the Penelope Barker C
House next to Belk-Tyleris store from J
II A. HI., to 10 Ip. M. 1
The DAJR laches will also conduct
«n antique show and sale, when home- r
made sandwiches, Penelope Barker
cookies, cakes, piee, note, drinks and
Wnmnlr* of Edenton will be. sold. j
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, > Thursday, April 5,1951.
| Strut Their Stuff Friday Night |
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Pictured above are two of the star performers in the Lions
Club minstrel which will be presented in the high school auditorium
Friday l night at 8 o’clock. The annual mins'J.-el is sponsored for the
benefit of the club’s major i roject, (Sight Conservation. They are
not identified because they do not look, nor will they act, like they
do in everyday life.
Local Claimants
Are Convicted In
U. C. Fraud Cases
Claims Deputies Active
In Prevention and De
tection of Fraud
| Recent arrests and convictions for
false reports in order to obtain or in
crease benefits of earnings when fil
ing claims for unemployment com
pensation shou’d Ibe a wamisg to oth
ers who file claims, according to Wood
Privott, /'Claims Deputy who, with the
assistance and cooperation of the local
employment officek in the Northeast- j
era area which he serves, has uncov
ered a number of cases of false re
porting regarding earnings.
The latest to be tried and found
guilty of making false reports in this
section are Willie 'A. Drew, Leroy
Simpson, Eddie Lee Rankin and Min
go Pierce, all Edenton men filing
claims in the Edenton office of the
Employment Security Commission. !
All were tried before Justice of the
I Peace F. tW. Holbhs and sentenced to
30 days in jail, suspended upon repay
ment of the Employment Security]
Commission of the amount which they/
overdrew for the weeks for which!
they made false statements, and costs
of court.
Afcso part of the punishment that
goes with such violations of the law
is that the claimant is also ineligible
for further benefits during his cur
rent benefit year, and the total
amount of benefit payments which
may have been madie after commission
of the fraud will have to be liquidat
ed before the claimant can draw anyi
unemployment compensation benefits
in the future. It is very important,
therefore, that claimants for unem
ployment compensation report their
actual earnings. ,
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Three More Miles Os
Highways Completed
In Chowan County
The Sta le Highway Commission
completed 119 and one-half miles of
read (work under the secondary road
program in the First Highway Divis
ion during 'March. Three miles of this
total centered in Chowan County.
Completion is announced of the fol
lowing projects in Chowan County ,
during (Much:
From NC 37, 2.4 miles north of its
intersection with NC 32 to Yeopim for
one mite; From Yeopim to intersection |,
vith NC 37 one mile south of US
17 arid from Yeopim toward Bethel to
he Perquimans County line, for 2.2
miles.
ROTARY MEETS TODAY
Eden ton’s Rotary Club will meet to
day at 1 o’clock in J»e ’Parish House.
Edenton Lions Will
Present Minstrel
• On Friday Night
f
i Annual Affair Schedul
ed to Begin at School
At 8 O’clock v
r Edenton’s Lions Cluib will present
- i s annual minstrel Friday night in
- the Edenton High School, starting at
- 8 o’clock. The mins.rel this year is
- coached by Nick George and the ad
-1 vance information is that the show
: will 'be even better than performances
1 in previous years.
-| The cast has been practicing for
- several weeks and the show will in
- elude all new songs and jokes, so that
lit is expected the spacious auditorium
1 ' will be filled to capacity.
ij The program will be as follows:
'; Opening chorus by entire cast.
“Pret-y Baby,” by West Leary.
< “You’d Be Surprised” by Lillian
' Leary, 'Carolyn White, Mildred Small,
• Dorine Alexander and Virginia Down
“ ing.
> “IChicken Song” iby A1 Phillips, Dr.
.A. F. Downum, Haywood 'Bunch, J
'|P. Partin, Earl Harrell and John
’ j Mitchener.
1 “Georgia Brown’’ by M. A. Hughes.
; j Quartet, Jiesse Harrell, Earl Har
well, 'Clarence Leary and Skip Leo
: nard.
“If You Got the Money, Honey” by
■ J. P. Partin.
Dance by Shirley Keeter.
“Blue Heaven” by George Thomp
i son.
“The Sign Pine Symphonettes,”
Billy Gardner, Francis Hicks, Richard
■ i Hines, (Freddy Byrum and Mike Ma
( lone. ,
Baton Dance, Betsy Duncan, Pa
tricia Bunch and Anne Spruill.
Song, Ben Perry. ,
Dance, (Ben Perry and Miss Miriam
Scott.
“Tennessee Waltz” and “Mocking
Bird Hill” by Juanila Bennett, Fran
ces Bennett and Grace Hudson.
01’ Man River” by Skip Leonard.
“So Long” by Medlin (Belch, Dr.
Richard Hardin, Ralph Parrish, Ken,
neth Floars and Geddes Potter.
Junior Woman’s Club
Will Collect Books
Officials of the Edenton Junior Wo- ,
man’s Club announce that the ergani- (
zation will hold a book and maga
zine collection for overseas Friday of
this week. Those who have old books
and magazines are urged to place them
•on their front porch Friday so that
members of the club may pick them
up.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT j
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & ,
A. M., will meet tonight (Thursday) 1
m the Court House at 8 o’clock. All
are urged to attend. >’
Mrs. Inglis Fletcher
Listed In ‘American
Novelists Os Today’
CinceTCrusade [
Gets Under Way ;
In Chowan County j
Mrs. J. N. Pruden, Jr., 1
Says County’s Quota
Is SBOO
The 1951 Cancer ICrusade opened
here Monday and every resident of
this community will have a chance to
“strike back’’ at cancer during the
fund-raising and educational campaign
iof the American Cancer Society.
Mrs. J. N. Pruden, Jr., County Com
mander, announces that arrangements
I for the Crusade have been completed
land posters and coin cans have been
distributed throughout the business
section of town.
Chowan County’s quota this year
has been set at SBOO.OO. Os all funds
collected for the cancer program, 60% (
is retained within the state for Use inj
the state and county projects and 40%
goes to the national organization for]
research, education, promotion, etc. !
Cancer is responsible for more
deaths in .the United States than any
other single cause except heart di
sease,” says Mrs. Pruden. “Last year
in North Carolina there were 3,100 re
ported deaths from cancer. The fact
that cancer strikes eventually in one
of every two homes creates a tremen
dous potential of personal interest in
the cancer problem. It is Jioped that
contributors will consider this fact in
apportioning their gift.”
[Volunteer workers for the town are
as follows:
Businesses and industries—Mrs. W.
P. Jones, Mrs. J. R. Dulaney, Mrs.
John Graham, Mrs. Martin Wisely,
drs. T. C. Byrum, Jr.,, and Mrs. J.
Cierance Leary, Jr.
Edenton Cotton Mill—'Mrs. T. B.
Smith.
White Schools —(Mrs. George Thomp
- son and Mrs. (Cecil Frye.
1 Colored Schools—D. F. Walker.
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i
: Bill Is Introduced
To Change Two
Ward boundaries
Both Second and Fourth
i Wards Affected By |
Change
At the request of Town Council,
' Representative John F. (White, last
week introduced HB 850 in the House
1 of Representatives which calls for a
change in the boundaries of the Second
and Fourth wards.
At present the Second Ward’s north-J
ern boundary is the south side of!
Church Street, while the Fourth Ward]
begins at the north side of Church'
Street. Under provisions of the bill
tlie new northern boundary for the
Second Ward will be the south side of
Carteret Street and the southern
baundary for the Fourth Ward will
be the .north side off Carteret Street.
The change was requested by the
' •Coumcilmen due to the increased
number of voters in the Fourth Ward, :
where there is still room for expan
sion, whereas in the iSecond Ward
there is little rootn for expansion.
The bill was referred to the Com
mittee on counties, cities and towns.
HB 757 which extends the jurisdic
tion of Edenton police was ratified
Thursday of last week.
HB 679 setting the county treasur-.
er’s salary at $1,200 per year was
passed by the Senate (Friday. HB ,
322 setting the compensation of the
chairman of the County Commission
ers at *s2s per meeting and other t
commissioners at $lO per meeting,
and eliminating the board’s clerk sal
ary at sllsO per month was also pass- ,
ed by the Senate Friday. ,
State Asked To Take
Over Road At Gliden
Chowan County Commissioners were
requested Monday Jmoming to ask the .
State Highway and Public Works ,
Commission to take over .the Winslow
Mill (Road in the Gliden section.
Hie request was Bent, to the High
• way Commission.
$2.00 Per Year.
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Among 575 Living Writ
ers Chosen By Dr.
I Harry Warfel
! LEADING YVRITERS
No Other Nation Able to
Boast Such Distin
guished Group
A new biographical and informa
tional dictionary entitled “American
Novelists of Today” includes among
its roster of leading writers Mrs. In
glish Fletcher, Bandon Plantation,
Edenton.
The local author is among 575 prom
inent living writers chosen by Dr.
Henry R. Warfel, for representation in
his new hook.
Commenting on these writers who
reflect the high quality of the nove
list’s art in this country, Warfel said,
“In no other nation is there an equal
number of notable novelists or as dis
tinguished a list oif recent novels as in
(the United States.”
j By preparing accounts of these
books, Warfel has produced the first
j panoramic survey of this form of
(writing. Focusing on stories published
in the last ten years, he shows that
every section of America and every
period in history has been portrayed.
The new book gives sketches of the
lift and writings of authors who come
from virtually every state in the
Union. ■
Dr. Waiifel, professor of English at
the University of Florida, is a leading
biographer .whose “Charles Brockden
Brown” issued by the University of
Florida Press in 1949, attracted favor
able attention. He is (the author i and
collaborator of ten other hooks in
cluding “Noah WCbster: Schoolmaster
to Amerira” and “The American
Mind.”
Criminal Docket
Os Superior Court
Finished Monday
Judge Says Area Knows
Little About Serious
Crime
With a number of cases continued,
the criminal docket for the April term
of 'Chowan Superior Court was com
pleted Monday afternoon with Ji#dge
Chester Morris presiding.
'Court convened promptly at ' 10
o’clock Monday morning, with the; se
lection of the Grand Jury including
the following: J.esse L. Harrell, fore
man, John Lee Spruill, Joe A. Webb,
Jr., Glenn Bunch, Percy Satterfield,
S. J. Sutton, William E. Jordan,: Jr.,
A. S. Bush, W. O. Elliott, Lindsay
* Bass, R. H. Byrum, Carlton W. Good
' win, Johnny 'Bass, J. Colon Forehand,
U. G. Umphlett, Tom Byrum, Percy
iW. Dail and Lonnie Bunch. ;
In charging .the Grand Jury, Judge
Morris said he was glad to be: as
signed to the First District “There is
no .place in North Carolina quite like
Ibis eastern area,” he said. “You know
very little about serious crime (and
the reason is that our people whoifor
the most part are descendants of jthe
forefathers of the country’s Anglo-
Saxon blood, were taught to fear tend
worship the Creator of all men. itiey
are Christian, which is the reason*for
less crime.”
He stressed the importance of jury
service, saying that some might free!
that Grand Jury service is undesirable
ai.d that someone else ought to serve.
He pointed out that every juror sum
moned for duty should deem it an hon
or to be called, for they are meg of
mental ability and moral integifty,
asked to attend to matters of comijion
good. He said they composed Jane
grand inquest to inquire into thejai
fairs of the county and that they {oc
cupied a different status after bang
called on the Grand Jury.
Judge Morris pointed out thatWf
fenders do not violate the hwr
presence of officers, and that it isjm
possible for law enforcement- ofiM
to know of all ;.lgw viulillnnii in tSvi
county. “With you comitate] f>ni -ev
.... ' section of the county,” -id .
Morris, “nobody cap
ate the law * .•« « *
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