WETO:—Number 15.
Contract Is Awarded
For Moving Penelope
Barker House Intact
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J. K. Watkins of Stem,
N. C., Will Do Job
F0r55,200
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Five Bids Opened Satur
day Ranging as High
As SIO,OOO
Stack in moving and preserving the
Penelope Baricer home took an upward
trend Monday, when a contract was
awarded J. K. Watkins of Stem, N.
. C., to move the house from its pres
ent location to the waterfront.
Mr. Wartkins was one of five to sub
• mit bids for moving the house, which
were opened in the Municipal Build
ing Saturday afternoon- The bids
ranged from SIO,OOO without moving
the chimneys to $3,800 to move with
out the chimneys.
Mr. Waitkins was the lowest bidder,
- whose price was $3,800 to move the
structure without the chimneys and
$6,200 if the chimneys are moved.
A group of interested parties met
with Mr. Watkins Monday, when they
were informed that he is in position
to furnish the necessary insurance
and performance bond. Mr. Watkins
expects to start moving the building
on Monday, April 21. He will move
the building as it is, so that the chim
neys will go along with the house at
a cost of $6,200.
The historic value of the house sud
denly became apparent when the prop
erty was recently purchased by Henry
Quinn and Haywood Phthisic, owners
of the P & Q Food Center, who plan
to construct a modem super market.
Quinn and Phthisic agreed to give the
house to anyone who would move it
from the lot, so that George Alma
Byrum and a few more interested
people enlisted the support of local
organizations in an effort to preserve
the building. The Junior Chamber
of Commerce, the Eden ton Woman’s
Club and the Professional Woman’s
Club thought well of the project and
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Center Hill Plans
Hold Corn Contest
The Center Hill Community Com
Growing Contest Committee, consist
ing of B. P. Monds, H. E. Lane and
Joe Byrum, met last week at Joe
Byrum’s home to complete plans for
the contest. They decided to have
posters prepared announcing the con
test and to have entry cards for each
contestant to sign.
The closing date for signing up in
the contest is tentatively set for
May 1.
Spires Will Speak At
BPW Club Meeting
TTie Business and Professional Wo
men's Club will hold its regular
monthly meeting Thursday night,
April 17, at the Hotel Joseph Hewes
-at 8 o’clock. The Public Affairs Com
mittee will be in charge of the pro
gram.
E. W. Spires, Clerk of Superior
Court, will be the guest speaker for
the evening.
The election of new officers for
the year 1952-1963 will take place
at this meeting and Mrs. Corie B.
White, president, urges all members
to be on hand.
BANK CLOSED MONDAY
The Bank of Edenton will be closed
all day Easter Monday, April 14. Im
portant banking business should,
therefore, be transacted accordingly.
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Grand Jury Officers
Quiz Town Council
Complaint Registered at Last Week’s Court Ses
sion About Conditions In Vicinity of
Johnson’s Bridge
(As the result of a complaint regis
tertd with the Grand Jury in the dos
ing minutes of last week's term of
Superior Court and at the suggestion
of Solicitor Waiter Cahoon, M. A.
Hughes, foreman, and George Twiddy
appeared before Town Council Tues
day night to inquire if anything has
been done to "clean up” the waterfront
ia the vicinity of Johnson’s bridge.
Tim complaint was to the effect that
the vicinity in question is unsightly
and that some things ore going on
which ia objectionable to people in
1 the neighborhood and the tow% ig «n
--eral. In the area are fish anjl^pt
THE CHOWAN HERA-D
Easter I
Sunrise
Service
An interdenominational Eas-
Iter sunrise service is scheduled
to be held in the Ballard’s
Bridge Baptist Church on Eas
ter Sunday morning, April 13,
at 6 o’clock.
The Rev. Robert M. Grade-!
less, pastor of the Center Hill!
Methodist Church, will deliver!
the message for the occasion!
and special music will be pro-!
vided by a united choir.
Everyone is invited to at-1
tend the service.
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Optometrists Hear
Highway Expert At
Meeting In Edenton
s Northeastern Group Has
Meeting at* Hotel
Wednesday
| On Wednesday, April 9, Elton R.
I Peele, assistant director of the High
■ way Safety Division of the North
■ Carolina Department of Motor Ve
-1 hides, addressed the Northeastern Op
j tometric Society at a dinner held at
■ the Joseph Hewes Hotel in Edenton.
Mr. Peele is an expert on matters of
highway safety, and has devoted many
years to the preparation of suitable
tests and examinations for the award
-of driver’s licenses in North Carolina,
and is responsible to a great extent
i for use of the modern visual-screen
■ ing equipment now used by all of our
l State License Examiners.
1 Dr. Julian W. Selig of Elizabeth
City, is president of the Optometric
! group. As special guests for the oc
■ casion invitations were extended to
1 all the license examiners of the east
ern portion of the State and their
1 wives. Mr. Peele explained the val
uable safety information that has been
made available to safety officers by
the use of modern visual screening de
vices.
: VFW Officers Will Be
Installed Next Tuesday
1 The installation of Post Officers for
Wm. H. Coffield, Jr., Post, 9280, Vet
erans of Foreign Wars, will be held
, Tuesday night, April 15, at the local
, post home at 8:00 -o’clock. All offi
cers-elect are urged to be present as
. well as all members.
, The following officers that will be
installed are: Commander, J. H. Bas
i night; Senior Commander, J. L. Bak
er; Junior Vice Commander, John
Oliver, Jr.; quartermaster, Milton
Bunch; advocate, W. C. Moore, Jr.;
[ chaplain, W. C. Keeter; surgeon, Mar
. tin Wisely; trustee, Merril Byrum.
The installing officer will be Post
Commander W. C. Moore, Jr.
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houses where a few families make
their home.
' The Grand Jury committee wae in
; formed that the matter for severs!
, months had been considered by Town
Council, but that due to uncertainty
; as to who owned the land in question
I was reason for no definite action tak
; en. Because a spur of the Norfolk
Southern Railroad runs along Water
; Street, the Councilman were rather
; under the impression that the land
. was the property of the railroad. Re
i cently, however, it was learned that
the railroad has only a 15-foot right
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Edenton, Chowan County* North Carolina, Thursday, April !<!), 1952.
| Governor Endorses Cancer Fund Appeal 3
Governer W. Kerr Scott (left) hands O. Arthur Kirkman of High
Point a statement in which the Chief Executive strongly endorses
the annual Cancer Crusade which opened last week and continues
through ApriL As State Campaign Chairman this year, Kirkman
and co-workers throughout the State are asking contributions of
$300,000 to meet this year’s goal. Governor .Scott expressed the
hope that North Carolinians will “Contribute Generously.»
BUI Elimination
Meeting One Os
Best In Years
Several From Chowan
Among Successful
Participants
What has been termed one of the
best and one of the most inspiring
elimination meetings in the Chowan
' Baptist Association in recent years
, was held in the Edenton Baptist
Church Sunday afternoon, April 6, at
2:30 o’clock. Successful participants
came from Blackwell Memorial and
the First Baptist Churches of Eliza- 1
beth City and the Rocky Hock and
Edenton Churches. The music was
led by the chorister, Miss Carol Jean
Bizzell, and the order of service di
rected by John M. Elliott, the Asso
ciations! Director.
Much praise has been heard for the
three choirs of young people from
Blackwell Memorial and the First
Baptist Churches of Elizabeth City
and from the Edenton Church. These
choirs ware highly successful in the
hymn festival which was conducted
by Miss Carol Jean Bizzell, the As
sociational Chorister. Indicating the
quality and degree of talent exhibit
ed by the three choirs, the judges
awarded a grading of “A” to each of
them and this is a very coveted rating.
The Blackwell Choir was conducted
by Miss Carol Jean Bizzell, the First
Baptist Choir was conducted by Mrs.
Frank Stilwell, and the Edenton. Choir
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William E. Bond Is
New Commissioner
Succeeds A. S. Hollowell,
Who Resigned at
March Meeting
In a very pleasant ceremony at the
beginning 1 of the County Commis
sioners' meeting Monday morning, one
’of the Commissioners, A. S. Hollowell,
relinquished his seat and W. E. Bond
took Ifee oath of office as Mr. Hollo
wellV "successor. The oath was ad
ministered by Clerk of Court E. W.
Spires.
Mr. Hollowell, Commissioner from
the First Township, tendered his
resignation at the March meeting,
since which time he has begun his dut
ies as Town Clerk to succeed Wesley
Cheseon, Jr., will will resign as ’of
July 1. .
The Commissioners were high in
their praise of Mr. HoHowell’s services
while serving on the Board and at
the same time expressed the opinion
that in Mr. Bond they had a worthy
successor. Mr. Bond immediately be
gan his duties in the transaction of the
monthly business.
REAPPOINTED TRUSTEE ,
At the County Commissioners’ meet
ing Monday E. N. Elliott was reap
pointed as a member of the Chowan
Hospital trustees. Mr. Elliott’s term
expired and he was reappointed for
a three-year term.
Manager Mustian
Begins Whipping
Colonia|s In Shape
Officials Angling For
Prospective Players
For Team
Vernon (Preacher) Mustian, mana
ger of the Edenton Colonials, has re
ported in Edenton to begin whipping
together a team for the Coastal Plain
League for the forthcoming season,
which will open May 1, and hopes to
have a full squad at work by next
week.
At present the Colonial manage
-1 nient is angling for players, so that
the final roster is very much of a
question mark.
Among the players currently ex
pected to don a Colonial unifom in
clude John (Monk) Raines, Tommy
Reeves of Elizabeth City, Ronnie
White, Joe O’Rourke, Ernie Stinsa,
Joe Ott, Sam Mauney, Dick Bland,
Wadere (Shag) Shahid, Bobby Ander
son, Claude Griffin, Willard Stalls,
Elmer White, John Pavlich, Trot
Leary and Edgar Rogerson.
Os course, there will be others who
will try for berths on the Colonial
roster, so that Manager Mustian, as
well as other Colonial officials feel
very optimistic that Edenton will have
a creditable team in the Coastal Plain
League race.
Jurymen Drawn For
Civil Term Os Court
Judge Clawson Williams
Again Scheduled to
Preside
Chowan County Commissioners at
their meeting Monday chose a list of
35 jurors who will be summoned by
Sheriff J. A. Bunch to serve at the
spring term of Chowan Superior ,
Court which is scheduled to try only
civil cases. The term will begin
Monday, April 28, with Judge Claw
son Williams of Sanford scheduled to
preside.
Many civil cases remain untried,
so that it is hoped some of these will
be disposed of during the term.
Those chosen for jury duty are:
E. M. Howell, Edward Wozelka, Harry
A. Perry, W. A. Harrell, H. E. Lane,
J. Paul Bunch, W. T. Forehand, An
tone Davenport, William S. Morris,
R. Graham White, Kelly Hare, J. S.
Skiles, George E. PrivOtt, Clarence
E. t> Bunch, Lloyd C. Bunch, Leroy
Bunch, Carl Davenport, J. Louis Har
rell, Emmett H. Wiggins, T. O. As
betl, Claude Griffin, James L. Byrum, 1
Forest Ervin Lane, I. L. Harrell, R. 1
O. Blanchard, A. G. Byrum, Oscar 1
R. Layden, Everett Haste, Thomas
Brabble, John A. Bunch, Richard E.
Jackson, W. M. Wilkins, Frank Len
nox Williams, Thomas O. Harrell and
Roy R. Parks.
Tax COLLECTIONS
Sheriff J. A. Bunch reported to <
the county commissioners Monday that
1951 taxes collected during March
amounted to $7,080.84. Total 1951
tst collections to date are $180,589.95.
Flower Show Will
Be Held In Edenton
On Thursday, May 1
| “ f;
Stores j
Close L
j j
Monday I
According to information!
from the Merchants Committee! 1
of the Chamber of Commerce,| (
practically all business estab-j ,
lishments will be closed all day!
j Monday, April 14. This action|
(was taken in order for clerks j
| and employees to enjoy thej
| Easter Monday holiday.
| All places of business will bej
(open as usual on Tuesday j
j morning. j
vhlkf And Auxiliary
Hold District Meet
In Plymouth Sunday
Mr, and Mrs. Way land
C. Moore, Jr., Chosen
District Officers
Commander and Mrs. James Bas
night, Mr. and Mrs. John Oliver, Jr.,
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Moore, Jr., and
Rodney Rogerson, delegates of Wil
liam H. Coffield, Jr., Post, No. 0280,
Veterans of Foreign Wars and the
Ladies’ Auxiliary, attended the Dis
trict 1 meeting held in Plymouth on
Sunday.
Department Junior Vice Command
er Forrest Dunstan of Elizabeth City
was the principal speaker for the din
ner meeting. Barbecue and Bruns-!
wick stew was served.
The election and installation of dis-1
trict officers was a feature of the
meeting, during which W. C. Moore,!
past commander of the local post, was
elected district quartermaster. Mrs.
Miriam Moore was elected a. trustee
for District 1 of the Ladies’ Auxiliary
for a three-year term.
Revival Services At
Center Hill Church
The Center Hill Methodist Church
will begin a revival meeting on Mon-i
day, April 14 to continue through the j
regular Sunday morning service the I
following Sunday, April 20. The Rev.
R. M. Gradeless, pastor of the church,
will preach at this series of meet
ings.
Services will start at 7:45 each
night with the exception of Saturday
night!
Easter Sunrise Service
At Vine Oak Cemetery
A community Easter Sunrise Ser
vice will be held at Vine Oak Ceme
tery at 6:15 o’clock Easter Sunday
morning.
The sermon will be delivered by
Bishop H. T. Medford of Washington,
D. C., Bishop of A. M. E. Zion con
nection.
Music will be furnished by all choirs
of the various churches in the com
munity.
Pre-School Clinics
In Health District
Children Whose Birthdays Are on or Before Oc
tober 1,1946, Should Be Taken to Most
Convenient Place Scheduled
Dr. B. B. McGuire, district health
officer, announces that pre-school
clinics will be held in the four-county
district beginning April 16. Any and
all practicing physicians are invited
and urged to help with any clinics
they would like.
Dr. McGuire states that the list is
not complete, so that if any parents
fail to get a letter from the Health
Department, they should bring any
children if their birthdays are on or
before October 1, 1946.
The- schedule for Chowan County
is as follows:
April 24—Chowan High School, 9
$2.00 Per ifeac.
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Annual Event Sponsor
ed By Edenton Wo
man’s Club
2 TO9P. M.
Entries Will Be on Dis
play In Teen Age
Club Room
The Edenton Woman’s Club will
hold its annual Flower Show on
Thursday, May Ist, at the Teen Age
Club, which is located in the Gram
mar School Building. Entries will be
accepted between the hours 8:30 A.
M. and 11:30 A. M. Doors will close
promptly at 11:30.
Judging wall be done this year by
Mrs. H. W. Shoulars, Mrs. N. L. Turn
er and Mrs. R. B. Boulton, all of Rich
Square, N. C.
The show will be open to the public
at 2:00 P. M., and will remain open
until 9 o'clock in the evening.
Committee Chairmen are a« follows:
'Classification—Mrs. Allen Downum.
Entry Clerks —Mrs. John Graham
and Mrs. R. H. Vaughan,
Classes and Horticulture —Mrs. R.
N. Hines.
Arrangements—Mrs. W. J. P. Earn
hardt.
• Invitational Exhibits—Mrs. C. P.
Wales, Jr.
Junior Exhibits—Mrs. E. L. Nixon.
Properties—Mrs. Hubert Williford.
Clean-up—Mrs. Robert Boyce.
Publicity—Mrs. J. M. Boyce.
Ribbons and Prizes—Mrs. E. H. Wn
zelka.
Photography—Mrs. T. B. Smith.
Food Bazaar—Mrs. R. P. Baer.
Hospitality—Mrs. J. A. Kramer.
Flower Distribution—'Mrs. C. A.
Phillips.
Pick-up—Mrs. Martin Wisely and
Mrs. T. M. Thorud.
Show Chairman—Mrs. Frank M.
Holmes.
Those who will be unable to get;
their entries to the Teen Age Club on
Thursday morning are asked to call
Mrs. Martin Wisely, phone number
j 372-J, and they will be picked up.
Visitors will be invited to enjoy
i iced punch and cookies and the club
j is looking forward to a lovely show.
■To help defray expenses, voluntary
j contributions may be made at the door
in the form of a silver offering.
Drive For Cancer
Fund In Progress
Workers Requested to
Return Reports Be
fore April 25
All workers in Chowan County’s
cancer drive are urged to complete
their canvass as soon as possible so
that contributions can be turned in by
Friday, April 25.
An error occurred in the list of
canvassers appearing in The Herald
last week. Mrs. B. P. Monds was list
ed as the worker for Center Hill,
where Mrs. Wilbur Privott is in
charge.
Colored workers in the drive were
released this week and include Mrs.
Onnie Charlton, home agent, and J.
B. Small, County Agent, as county
chairmen.
Other colored workers are:
Mife. Deborah Privott, Cisco; Mrs.
Fannie White, Cedar Grove; Mrs.
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A. M.
April 29—White Oak School, 9 A.
M.
April 30—Primary School 1 P. M.
May I—Edenton colored school,
boys, 9 A. M.
May 2—Edenton colored School,
girls, 9 A. M.
May 6—Rocky Hock School, 9 AM.
May s—St. John's School, 10:30
A. M.
The clinics in the Edentxm white
school will be held early in June, with
1 the dates to be announced later.