North Carolina Newspapers

Volume Xl!X.—Number 11. Vernon Mustian Will Manage Colonials In New Circuit For ’52 Wake Forest Star Came To Terms Last Week To Lead Colonials WELL-KNOWN Fans Generally Delight ed With Popular Cole « rain Pitcher „ Vernon “'Preacher” Mustian, a pitch ing star at Wake Forest College &'cou ple seasons back and who calls Cole rain his home, •will manage the Eden, ton Colonials in the Coastal Plain League this summer. David Holton, an official of the Co lonials’ organization, announced late last week that Mustian had agreed to terms. Holton expressed his pleas ure at the signing of Mustian and stated he felt this would be well re ceived by followers of the Colonials. Mustian, probably the most out standing relief hurler in Wake Fprest College history, particularly in recent years, is no stranger to Albemarle baseball fans. -Edentonians will re member the lantern-jawed righthand er as a tough pitcher in the clutch and they will remember his great com petitive spirit. Mustian hails from “just across the Chowan River.” He was a prominent member of the Cole rain baseball team in the days of the semi-pro Albemarle League and saw service in the'Coastal Plain circuit. A limited-service man, according to professional classification, Mustian will succeed William “Gashouse” Parker as manager of the Colonials. He is currently teaching in RolesviUe but it expected to come to Edenton in plenty of time to'whip the Colonials into shape for the opening of the Coastal Plain League. > ’Mustian is six feet tall ana weighs 185 pounds. He is a righthander who specializes ifi control and the use of the curve ball. He is no soft touch at the plate either. The new Colonial manager played for Wake Forest during the 1946-49 seasons. He compiled a 6-0 record in the 1949 season and had a 3-0 record in lt4B. In his entire college ca reer, Mustian started only two games, » winning them both. Many are the stellar performances he (turned in in relief for the Deacons during the years he yas at Wake Forest. A ; •vital cog in the Deacons machine in tournament play, he was selected to • the All-Tournament team in 1049 af ter turning in two outstanding relief < chores. His record in the Albemarle League and the Coastal Plain were not available at press time but he was j a winner in both circuits. Not only will Edenton fans hail the 1 signing of Mustian but fans from j Bertie County and the remainder of : the Albemarle are sure to be pleased. “Preacher” is a favorite particularly ] in Bertie where he was bom and is ] expected to draw a large number of fans from that area to games in i Edenton. 1 The task facing Mustian in Eden- j ton is not the easiest He will have , a nucleus of men to work with but due to Coastal Plain rulings, the ros ter can include only two class men, six limited service' players and the remainder rookies. He also steps into , the shoes of a man who piloted the Co- i lonials to three Albemarle League : pennants, two championship play-offs * i and to third place and the semi-finals j, in the professional Virginia League, j, 'Recommended highly by many play- . era and by his former coach at Wake, Forest, Lee Gooch, Mustian is known,, for his great competitive spirit and ] his insistence for hustle and.playing ; to win all the time. His progress in < Edenton will be followed with interest ■ by many. I Band Association WBI Meet Tonight Or. A. F. Downum, president of the Edenton Band Parents Association, calls attention to a meeting of the association which will be held to night (Thursday) at 8 o’clock in the band room. This will be a very important meet- i irtg In that officers for the new year are scheduled to be. elected, so that Dr. Downum is appealing for a larpe atwnuollvo. Senior Class Play On Friday Night The Bdenton Senior play wiH go on stage Friday night at 8 o’clock in - the grammar school auditorium. ; The results are hilarious when the 1 two younger Hunter girts advertise for a husband for Margaret, their eld er sister, who prefers the company «f bocks. The oomedy will famish sertay taught and H is bettered that this senior play will provide • pleas-1 ’ sftt evening of light entertainment. THE CHOWAN HERALD 159 Pints Os Blood Donated At Eighth BloodmobHe Visit Chairmen Desire to Ex press. Appreciation For Cooperation According to George Alma Byrum, chairman of the Chowan County Red Cross blood program, 169 pints of blood were donated Thursday of last week when the Red Cross bloodmobile made its eighth visit (to Chowan Coun ty. N. J. George, recruitment chairman, was especially active in seeking blood donors prior to the visit and he, to gether with Mr. Byrum and others in terested in the program, are delight ed that the quota of 150 pints was reached, although all of them feel that Chowan should easily have contributed over 200 pints. As in previous visits, Marines sta tioned at the Edenton Marine Corps Auxiliary; Air Station, rallied to the appeal for blood and over 40 pints came from the Marines. Both Mr. Byrum and Mr. George desire to express their sincere appre ciation to all those who in any way helped in the program, as well as those who donated their blood. W. E. Bond maintained his 100 per cent record, contributing ’ his eighth pint of Mood. Councymen Kill Idea Os Zoningln Edentoii Provisions Specified For Moving Penelope Bar ker House At Tuesday’s meeting of Town Council, the idea of zoning Edenton met its death knell when by a close vote it was decided not to consider zoning at this time. Some few years ago zoning was considered, but af ter lengthy preliminary work and i study the matter gradually died out. Another matter claiming attention of Town Councilmen was moving the Penelope Barker house. The town has purchased a lot on the water front and permission was granted to move the house providing the contrac tor furnishes public liability insur ance, property damage insurance and a performance bond. The town will lease the waterfront lot to the trustees of the Penelope Barker Home for SI.OO per year. The Street Department was au thorized to fill in a portion of the lot back of Belk-Tyler lot as a park ing area. Revival At Anderson Church Auer. 17 to 24 The Rev. R. N. Gradeless, pastor of the Chowan Methodist Charge, an nounces that the Rev. John Wynn Myers, pastor of the First Methodist Church of Farmville, Va., has been j engaged as evangelist for the Ander |son Methodist Church revival - to open August 17 and close August 24. I Mr. Myers, one of‘the finest pulpit 'speakers of the Virginia ‘Conference, has recently returned from a two months’ tour of the Holy Land. Mr. I Gradeless feels that the church is very fortunate in being able to se cure the services of Mr. Myers. ! ~Penelop<rT}aiker House | IT ini' . I ' i ... Dud to some comment regarding' the Penelope Barter house since a move ment was started to move and pre serve it, Miss Elizabeth Moore sub mitted the following letter this week: “Dear Mr. Bumap: About two years ago you were land enough to print an article „ about the Barter House when it was first <Hecovered to be the Barter House. At that time I had examined wills and deeds, court and tax records, and letters and pri vate papers in Edentcn. Since then I have checked all the Chowan County material in the State Department of Archives tmd History; in the libraries of Duke University; Harvard Univer sity, and the University of North Carolina;* in the New York aiid Bos ton Public Libraries; and in 'the lib rary of the American Antiquarian So ciety, Worcester, Massachusetts. This material includes legal documents, Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 13,1952. Lions dub Observes 15th Annual Charter Banquet On Monday Director of Lions Inter national Principal Speaker Edenton’s Lions Club celebrated its 15th annual charter banquet Monday night in the Edenton armory, which i was a very delightful affair, attract ing Lions from Colerain, Hertford, 1 Elizabeth City, Camden and William ston. An interesting feature of the meet ing was the fact that of 15 charter members of the club, all but two were present. The charter members are W. S. Privott, C. E. Byrum, L. S. Byrum, Dr. W. S. Griffin, Mayor Le [ roy Haskett, R. W. Leary, Jr., G. B. ; Potter, G. M. Byrum, George I. Dail, ; T. C. Byrum, G. C. Hobbs, J. Clar- J ence Leary, Hector Lupton and W. J. 1 Taylor. The two absentees were Dr. Griffin and T. C. Byrum. During the meeting two 10-year service awards were presented to Na than Dail and W. E. Malone by Nor man Trueblood. Special music for the occasion was rendered by the Sign Pine Sym phonettes and Norman Leonard sang several solos, accompanied at the pi ano ’by Miss Margery Thigpen. (President J. R. Byrum presided ov er the meeting with the invocation given by the Rev. E. B. Edwards. Past presidents were recognized as well as guests, which included District Governor Harry W. Woodruff and Deputy District Governor H. K. Houtz. The principal speaker for the oc casion was John L. Stickler, director of International, who presented a stir ring address on Laonism. He was in troduced by. District Governor Wood ruff. JPsamT.HarryNew President Os Rotary i —— Group of Directors Also Elected at Last Week’s Meeting of Club W. T. Harry, manager of the 8.8. H. Motor Company, was elected president of the Edenton Rotary Club at the weekly meeting Thursday of last week. Mr. Harry succeeds J. L. Chest nutt, who will remain in office until, the first meeting in July, when the I gavel will be handed over to Mr. Har-1 ry. John Kramer was elected vice presi dent of the club by virtue of receiv ing the highest number of votes for directors. Other directors elected Thursday were Lloyd Bunch, Robert Marsh, Gilliam Wood and M. M. Per ry. J. L. Chestnutt, retiring presi dent, Mr. Harry and John Kramer will also serve as directors for the Rotary yeas. Chain Saw Carniyal Tuesday, March 18th Hobbs Implement Company, local Disston representative, announces a big Disston Chain saw carnival which will be held on -the old Yeopim road near Harry Perry’s store Tuesday af ternoon, March 18, at 2 o'clock. Factory trained wood cutting and chain saw service experts will be on hand to demonstrate Disston’s new est lightweight saws in the fastest cut ting, fastest moving show of saw equipment ever assembled in Edenton. Guy C. Hobbs, manager of the I Hobbs Implement Company, hopes a large number will attend what he terms a complete chain saw service . station on wheels. personal papers, of all kinds, and. North Carolina newspapers from 1751 i to 1830. In addition, die architect in charge of rebuilding of St. Paul's | Church, Mr. Finlay Ferguson of Nor folk, Virginia, made an architectural study of the house in order to determ- 1 ine its probable date of construction. ' Since this is the sort of work he did during the yean of his connection with the Williamsburg Foundation, I do not think there can be any, question about the validity of his judgment on such an matter. the facts are these: Some time between April 30, 1748, and February 18,1752, Mrs. Penelope Pag ett Hodgson, widow of John Hodgson, bought from James Craven six lots running north and south from Queen Street to- Eden Street line and east and west from Broad Street to the east side of what is now Court Street Penelope Barker House Now On Way To New Location Geo. Alma Byrum Principal Speaker For Woman's Club i • Miss Jane Goodwin Also Presents Prize Win ning Speech George Alma Byrum spoke to mem -1 bera of the Edenton Woman’s Club at 1 their monthly luncheon meeting last • week in the Parish House, concern ing the moving and preservation of • the iPenelope Barker House. The club 1 voted to assume its proportionate shatc of the moving and preservation of the building in cooperation with • the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the iBPW Club, The meeting was pre sided over by Mrs. W. D. Holmes, Jr., president. Miss Jane Goodwin, World Peace speaking and study contest winner at i Chowan High School, delivered her winning speech before the group and ’, received a warm applause. She was introduced by Mis. J. R. Dulaney of the Edenton Woman’s Club, which sponsored the affair. / Mrs. T. C. Byrum, Jr., Welfare Chairman, reported that the club has i been asked to take part in a drive to provide linens for a nursing home being established in Lumberton for cancer patients. The club voted to make the April meeting a white meet ing at which time each member would ■ bring linens for the home. • It was announced that the club will send this year’s president, Mrs. W. D. Holmes, Jr., and the president elect, M -i. J, H. Conger, Jr., as dele ■ gu'.es from the local club to the State Federation of Woman’s Clubs Convert- I tioniin Winston-Salem on April 23-25. Mis# Kathryn Brown was named as Miss Ms Gordon Speaker For Clubs Federation Meeting at Rocky Hock School Next Wednesday Wednesday afternoon of next week, I March 19, the Spring Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs will be |held in the Rocky Hock Central School auditorium beginning at 2:30 o’clock. The principal speaker for the occasion will be Miss Pauline Gor don, home furnishings specialist of the North Carolina Extension Ser vice. ( “Arrangements of flowers and foli age in your home, your church or your house can add interest and charm,” says Miss Gordon. “Yoji may become an artist of still life by developing the ability to arrange flowers. Flowers arranged by set | rules lose their naturalness. There are certain principles which you may apply that will aid you in getting pleasing effects. Your arrangements should be lovely and individual. They should satisfy you.” The Enterprise Home Demonstra tion Club will be host at a tea fol lowing the meeting, to which the pub lic is invited to attend. VFW And Auxiliary Dance Sat. March-15 The VFW and VFW Auxiliary will sponsor a dance Saturday night, March 15, from 8 until 12 o’clock, in the Edenton armory. Freddie Byrum and his orchestra will furnish the mus ic for the affair. On February 18, 1752, Mrs. Hodgson sold them back to James Craven, just before she married him. On October 110, 1755, James Craven died, leav ing this same property to his widow, Penelope. On July 10, 1756, Mrs. Craven repeated the pattern and sold her town property to Thomas Barker, just before her marriage to him. At his death, December 9, 1787, Mrs. Barker inherited it again. It remained in her possession as long as she lived, and was finally sold November 30, 1798, four years after her death, by the nephews who settled her estate. Thus for fifty years th e whole square belonged to Penelope Barker, her sec ond and third husbands, or her legal heirs. The early house on this proper ty, shown on file 1769 sap, was later used for many years as a shop and was eventually incorporated in the fGbattaued on Ptepe Four) |_Last Waming!_| Mrs. P. S. McMullan, County Tax Supervisor, reports that ! many in Chowan County have not 1 > as yet listed taxes for 1952, al though the deadline was January * 31. According to law, ■ delin -1 quents will be forced to be turned over to the Grand Jury. Take your choice—list your taxes immediately or tell the judge why you have not done so. Aces Will Play 11 ; Games On Gridiron i i i Schedule For 1952 Sea ; son Released By Coach George Thompson Edenton’s High School Aces will play 11 football games during the i 1952 season, according to Coach | George Thompson, who has practical : Iy completed and released the sched -1 ule. Only one more open date remains that being November 7. ! The Aces will meet two new foes 1 on the gridiron, these being Golds ! boro, triple A team, and Manteo. Os 1 the ten games already scheduled, five will be on the home gridiron and ’ five away from home. The schedule as released by 'Coach ' Thompson is as follows: 'September s—Goldsboro at Golds ' boro. September 12—Greenville at EJjlen ■ ton. September 19 Williamston at ( Edenton. September 26—Elizabeth City at . Elizabeth "City. ( October 3—New Bern at New Bern. October 10 —Kinston at Kinston. October 17—Manteo at Edenton. October 24 —Hertford at Hertford. October 31 —Roanoke Rapids at Edenton. November 7—Open. 1 November 14—Washington at Eden -1 ton. Arthur S. Hollowell Named Town Clerk, ’ Begins Period of Train i ing Under Wesley Chesson April 1 Arthur S. Hollowell, who resigned ’ as County Commissioner at the March meeting of the County Commissioners, ’ was on Tuesday night appointed Town | Clerk at a meeting of Town Council. ‘ He will succeed Wesley Chesson, Jr., ; who tendered his resignation to be effective July 1 in order to become as -1 j sociated with the Hobbs Implement ’! Company. Mr. Hollowell will begin his duties April 1 while Mr. Chesson is still in i office in order to become acquainted with the various phases of the duties ■of the office. Chowan Junior Class Rians Baby Contest Affair Ends Night of Junior Class Play on March 20 The Junior Class of Chowan High School is sponsoring a baby contest which ends the night of the junior play on March 20. At the close of the first act the baby having receiv ed the most votes will be announced and a valuable gift will be awarded. , The following children have been j entered by grades two through the . twelfth: Second grade, Robbie Boyce; ! third grade, Charles Davis; fourth . grade, Linda Nixon; fifth grade, Mary Privott; sixth grade, J. D. Peele, Jr.; ’ seventh grade, Sylvia Knight; eighth j grade, Dee Dee Hare; ninth grade, Philip. Smithson; tenth grade, Brenda j Hugo; eleventh grade, Gail Parks; ” twelfth grade, Belinda Perry. ! Safety Picture Today ; ,At Rotary Meeting Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet s today (Thursday) at 1 o'clock in the . Pariah House. A feature of the meet- I ing will be a highway safety film, . with Thomas Byrum in charge of the r program. I President J.. L. Chestnutt is very 5 anxious to have a 100 per cent meet ing. $2.00 Per Year. Dwelling Will Be I Made Into Commun [ ity Center bigTob Jaycees, Woman’s Club And BPW -Club Join In Preservation By Evelyn G. Leary Considerable interest is being cre ated among the citizens of Edenton concerning an old historic landmark here, the Penelope Barker House. Sometime ago this building was pur- I chased by the local P & Q Food Cen ter for the purpose of erecting a mod ern super market on the site. Owners, Haywood Phthisic and Henry Quinn, offered the building to any organiza , tion willing to remove the construc tion from its present location on South Broad Street, with specifica tion that the building be used as a community building. [ The Edenton Junior Chamber of , Commerce, which for sometime, has seen the great need for a community ' building here, took advantage of the opportunity offered and immediately , started the ball rolling by calling a ’ j meeting of the organization to see if I plans could be worked out for pre -1 serving the*Penelope Barker House. The club voted to accept the building and its responsibilities, provided two 1 other organizations could be secured to join in with them in the under taking. The two local women’s or ganizations, the Woman’s Club and the Business and Professional Wo men’s Club, have agreed to unite with the Jaycees in this worthwhile pro ject. George Alma Byrum, president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, deserves high praise for his interest and hard work spent on the many re sponsibilities created by the new pro ject. He has appeared before all or ganizations and explained and answer ed questions concerning future plans of the community building. Byrum pointed out that the Jaycees had, for sometime, been thinking of presenting the idea of building a new community building. “Now that such a building is being offered for the same purpose we would have been striving for, it would be nothing short of a crime to let it slip through our fingers,” he told members of the various organi zations. The BPW Club and Woman’s Club immediately got busy and ap pointed committees to work’ with the I Jaycees in finding a location for the ! Penelope Barker House. The wheels of action were held up, however, causing no little concern, when no suitable place could be found ] for the building. Although an ex i! tension was granted by the P & Q Food Center, who are anxious to get started on their new market the sit uation looked indeed dark. (Continued on Page Twelve! 4-H Club Group Speaks . On Radio Broadcast The 4-H radio program, which was broadcast over Station WGAI on Tues day of last week, was heard by [a great many Chowan farm people. TJe club members who participated on tfle program did an excellent job and ate to be congratulated on their first broadcast. * The following club members were on the program: Leon Privott, Jac queline Bunch, Hilda Rae and Shirley ' Harrell and Roger Bunch. Two Edenton Teachers Submit Resignations Two teachers in the Edenton High School have resigned, one being Miss Elizabeth Mayfield and the other Mrs. Thomas Shepard. Miss Mayfield, teacher of French, has accepted a position in Maryland, where she will receive an increase in salary of S7OO. Mrs. Ep Debnam is substituting until a regular teacher can be secured. | Mrs. Edith Hassell Bouton, sister of Miss Paulina Hassell, has been em ployed to take Mrs. Shepard’s place as I a mathematics teacher. Mrs. Bouton taught in the Portsmouth schools, but ' for the past few years has been em -1 ployed in New York City. 1— i ■ ■ .a- . .... ... J Jesse White Honored By Insurance Company Jesse W. White was notified this week by A. Rogers Maynard, super , intendent of agencies of the Metro ‘ politan Life Insurance Company, that t he had completed 20 years of con i tinuous service with the company in ' Edenton. > 'By virtue of 20 years of faithful s service Mr. White has qualified to be a member of the Veterans Association 7 of the Metropolitan. Mr. Maynard - was high in his praise of "Mr. White’s loyal and faithful service.