Volume XlX.—Number 26.
National Guard Unit
Leaves Sunday For
Two Weeks In Camp
For First Time Every
Member Is Required
To Attend
Next Sunday, 'July 6, the local Nat
ional Guard unit will leave for Fort
McClellan, Alabama, for two weeks
of intensive training. The Heavy
Mortar Company, 119th Infantry Regi
ment, is composed of 72 officers and
enlisted men, everyone of whom is
scheduled to make the trip.
•For the first time since the Nation
al Guard unit was formed in Eden
ton, the company will have 100 per
cent attendance in camp unless an
emergency develops before departing
time.
While at Fort McClellan the local
outfit will join the remainder of the
division in going through drills and
training under simulated battle con
ditions. Practice will be made in fir
ing the 4.2 mortar, primary weapon of
the company, and training will foe giv
-1 en on local security, camouflage, in
dividual weapons, map reading and
first aid. Battle conditions will be
used in some of the drills making
the training as realistic as possible.
The company will leave by bus for
Ahoskie, where they will travel by
train to Fqrt McClellan. An advance
attachment under the supervision of
Sgt. Walter Mills left Wednesday to
prepare for the arrival of the remain
t der of the company.
Captain Cecil 'Fry is commanding
officer of the company, with these
other officers: Charlie Swanner, first
lieutenant; Jack Moore and Joe Swan
ner, second lieutenants; John Asbell,
warrant officer.
Recent promotions included Alva R.
Bunch, Williford P. Goodwin and Wil
liam E. Lassiter, who were promoted
from privates first class to Cor
porals.
According to Warrant Officer As
bell there are some vacancies in the
local unit, which will be filled after
the return from Camp McClellan.
Youfcg nten between It and 18% year*
of age who enlist in the ‘National
Guard will be draft exempt. The com
pany welcomes all veterans into the
1 company.
Those who will spend the two weeks
at Camp McClellan are: Captain Cecil
Fry, First Lieutenant Charlie Swan
ner, Second Lieutenants Wayland
Moore and Joseph ISwanner, Warrant
Officer John H. Asbell, Jr., Master
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Asphalt Spreader
Snuffs Out Life Os
Thos. Lloyd Wilder
Former Edentonian Kill
ed Near Green’s Cross
Monday Afternoon
Thomas Lloyd Wilder, 45, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Wilder, lost
his life about 4 o’clock Monday after
noon near Green’s Cross Church in
'Bertie County, when he was crushed
under a 10-ton asphalt spreader.
Wilder, formerly of Portsmouth, had
been living with his sister, Mrs. A. B.
Gilliam, at Windsor and since late
last week was employed by the Nello
Teer Construction Company, now en
gaged in Widening Highway 17 from
Windsor to the Chowan River Bridge.
According to reports, Wilder, who
was directing traffic, stepped back
when a tanker was approaching. He
evidently stepped back too far .and
was caught hg-the blade of the as
phalt spresadeiv Winch dragged him
under the hea*)p machine. James E.
Creech of Mackeys was operating the
spreader at the time, but was unaware
that he had run oyer Wilder until he
was stopped by other workmen. .
Surviving are two sons who live in
Portsmouth; his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
T. J. Wilder of Edenton; three sis
ters, Mrs. A. B. Gilliam of Wind
sor, Mrs. W. A. Culpepper of Ports
fouth and Mrs. C. E. Hardison; two
brothers, Thomas Wilder of Loujfi
viile, Ky., and Julios Wilder of Spring
field, Ohio. ,
Funeral services will be held this
(Thursday) afternoon at 8 o’clock at
the home of Mrs. Gilliam in Windsor.
The Rev. Mr. Johnson, pastor of the
Windsor Baptist Church, will aflktgts
and interment will-follow in Cedar
Lawn 'Cemetery in Windsor.
COUNTY OFFICES WILL CLOSE
two days forath of july
County employees will enjoy a two
day holiday over the Fourth sos July.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Hunt Parker Wins
Over Judge Bobbitt
For Supreme Court
Chowan Voters Add to
Small Majority In Sat
urday’s Election
Chowan County voters in small num
bers braved Saturday’s heat to go to
the polls to cast ballots in the second
Democratic primary election to choose
between Judge R. Hunt Parker and
Judge William H. (Bobbitt as the
Democratic nominee for Associate Jus
tice of the Supreme Court. Less than
250 voters cast a ballot in Chowan
County in the run-off.
Judge Parker was the favorite can
didate among Chowan voters, the Roa
noke Rapids candidate receiving a bet
ter than 3 to 1 vote over his oppon
ent.
For the short term Parker received
170 votes as against 55 for Bobbitt,
while the vote for the regular term
was 168 for Parker and 55 for Bob
bitt. Judge Parker carried a majori
ty in each of the county’s precincts.
Judge Parker won the nomination
for the office, although his majority
was comparatively close, just a few
thousand, in an 'election which result
ed in a low vote throughout the State.
Four Men Narrowly
Miss Drowning In
Albemarle Sound
Boat Sinks Rapidly Af
ter Hitting Submerged
Stake Saturday
John Pierce, Lionel Copeland, James
Byrum and J. C. Daniels, four Ber
tie County men who were trolling for
rockfish Saturday, had a harrowing
j experience., and but for theAlmely ap
pearance of another boat some of the
quartet or possibly all could have
easily lost their lives by drowning.
The four men were in the Albemarle
Sound off from Belvidere Swamp
when due to increasingly rought wa
ter they decided to turn their inboard
motor boat toward Edenton. A sug
gestion was made by one of the group
to make a short cut and in heading to
ward shore the boat hit a submerged
stake, tearing a large hole in the
bottom of the boat.
The boat sank rapidly and the four
men, two of whom could not swim,
managed to cling to a nearby net
stake which did not seem too se
cure.
About that time one of the group
saw a boat some distance away in
which was Bill Elliott, Tom Francis
and Ed Goodwin of Henderson, who
were also trolling for rock. Yells for
help were heard from the four men
and Mr. Elliott seeing their predica
ment speeded up the boat through the
rough water to shore, where he un
loaded his other passengers. He hur
riedly returned to the quartet and first
took to shore the two who could not
swim and then returned for the other
two.
The accident occurred about two
miles, from the Norfolk Southern Rail
road bridge and about 1% pules from
shore. The two who could swim man
aged to tie the crippled boat to a
stake and on Monday it was recovered.
Copeland, a good swimmer, salvaged
some of the fishing equipment which
floated when the boat sank.
Majorettes Chosen For
1953 High School Band
Ne4r majorettes for the Edenton
High School Band were<«elected in
tryouts on the Court House Green
this week. Miss Betsy Duncan
will again be head majorette.
'Libby 'Small and Betty Rowell were
.selected to fill two majorette vacan
cies and Linda Downum was chosen as
a pony to serve with Kitty Cam pen.
Flagbearers for next year will be
Mary Leggett Browning and Barbara
Jean Spencer, both of whom will be
substitute majorettes. The selections
were made by Ernest Gentile, band
master and former majorettes.
R. L. PRATT IMPROVED
Captain Robert L. Pratt of the
Edenton Police Department was able
to be on duty Tuesday after being
confined to his home as the result of
a heart attack.
ON BUYING TRIP\
Mm. George H. Privott and son,
Mack left Sunday morning for New
York Ctty^vjrere purehasiqg
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 3,1952.
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Writers A re People
By WILBORNE HARRELL
'*■ .r I
One of my most cherished beliefs!
about authors and writers was shat
tered last week when I came face
to face % with some of North Carolina’s
big-name writers.
Assembled here in Edenton for a
3-day conference was a group of ap
proximately 40 writers and journalists
, representative of the best that North
Carolina has to offer in literature. But
' before I had met any of these ladies
and gentlemen of the pen, I held most
, writers in awe; there was a fascinat
ed fear (but not unmixed with ad
miration) of meeting folks who had
hitherto been only names in magazines
or on the jackets of books. Now that
’ I have met them and have associated
, the names yvith definite personalities
, —why, I find they are only likeable,
; friendly people, pager for friendship
, and to like and be liked. In this pro
\ cess of democratic leveling what these
writers lost in dignity in my sight,
, they have gained in humaness and
| respect.
I attended the conference as a guest
of Prof. Richard Walser, whom I had
. previously met, and as a reporter. It
New Principal For
Edenton High School
Gerald D. James Chosen
To Succeed James O.
| Powers
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. Gerald D. James has been employed
! by the Edenton school trustees as
. principal of the Edenton High School,
i Mr. James succeeds James O. Powers,
. who resigned at the close of the 1952
term.
Mr. James comes to Edenton from
GibsQnville, N. C., where he has been
principal for four years. 'He also
taught school in Sampson County and
served- in the Armed Forces for four
years. He is married and has a three
year-old son.
The newcomers will make their
home in Mias Paulina Hassell’s apart
ment on North Broad Street, which
was vacated Monday of this week by
Mr. and Mrs. Powers.
Mr. and Mrs. Powers moved to Dur
ham, where he will be prineipai of
the Roxboro Grove School. Mrs. Pow
ers will teach at the Lowes Grove
High School in Durham County.
Bank Will Be Closed
(Friday And Saturday
In compliance with a proclamation
issued last week by Governor W. Kerr
Scott, the Bank of Edenton iwill ob
serve Saturday, July 5, as a banking
holiday.
The local Bank will, therefore, be
closed Friday, the Fourth of July and
Saturday of this week, so that im
portant banking business should be at
tended to today (Thursday).
CHOWAN COUNTY’S VOTE SATURDAY |
SHORT TERM HONG TERM
Parker Bobbitt Parker Bobbitt
East Edenton ..... 44 22 47 23
West Edenton ......55- 19 52 18
Center Hill 17 0 17 0
Rocky Hock 18 4 17 4
Wardville 18 5 17 5
Yeopim. 18 > S 18 ' 5
• j *rwu» •*« -$s ’ ■> 4 t6S * 55 •
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j was my job to write the story of the
conference, but since 'I took very few
notes I shall not attempt a factual,
blow by blow, news story. I quote
and write entirely from memory and
shall set down my impressions as they
occur to me. What I shall try to
write, then, is the human side of the;
conference.
Unfortunately the meetings were
held during some of the hottest wea
ther Edenton has experienced for
many summers. But despite the heat
the conference program went forward
as scheduled. Someone commented
that when he returned home he would
write an editorial in which would be
the phrase, “Hot as the hinges of
Edenton.” But on the other hand, he
added, that wouldn’t be quite fair to
Edenton, for the heat wave was gen
d£&t&£nd the whole country was swel
tering.
The first meeting was held in the
Joseph Hewes Hotel and was presid
ed over by Frank Borden Hanes, a
young writer and poet from Winston-
Salem. Mr. Hanes’ thesis revolved
around the relative merits and de
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Truck Crashes Over
I Temporary Bridge
l Eddie Wheeler Narrow
ly Escapes Death Fri
day Night
. Eddie Wheeler narrowly escaped
J death Friday night when a pickup
’ truck be was driving crashed through
• the railing of the temporary bridge
J over Pembroke Creek near the U. S.
■ Fish Hatchery. The accident occur
red while a thunderstorm was in prog
-1 ress and the electric current was off
' due to power lines being down.
' Wheeler managed to crawl out of
l the truck’s cab when it hit the water
' and swam to safety. His only injury
• was a lacerated hand.
Skeet Shoot Planned
, As July 4th Feature
Chowan County’s Skeet Club has
scheduled a skeet shoot for Friday,
! July 4th, as part of the holiday’s en
tertainment. The shoot will be a con
| test between Elizabeth City and Eden
-1 ton which is expected to create a lot
of rivalry and entertainment.
The shoot will be held at the Cho
wan Skeet Club range on the Wind
■ sor highway about a mile from Eden
ton. The club will be open from BA.
M., until 12 o’clock noon with the main
shoot scheduled to begin at 9:30
o’clock.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. &
A. M., will meet tonight (Thursday)
in the Court House at 8 o’clock. W.
A. Harrell, master of the lodge, ex
tends a cordial invitation to visiting
Masons to attend.
EttentonVlfting .
Penalty Attracts
Coronet Magazine
Inquiry Received From
Editorial Writer By
Mayor Haskett
That Edenton’s policy of dealing
with parking violations is attracting
widespread attention is reflected in a
letter received this week by Mayor ;
Leroy Haskett.
The letter is from Carmen C. Shee- ;
hey of New York, editorial assistant
of Coronet Magazine.
Mr. Sheehey’s letter follows: •
“In an article concerned with park
ing meters which is now planned for
fall publication, the writer discusses
the fines imposed on motorists for
overparking. In this connection, the
following paragraphs occur:
“For instance, in Edenton, North
Carolina, the motorist gets a crack at
a cut-rate fine. When he gets a tic
ket, all he has to do is hustle to the
police station and deposit a coin in an
indoor meter.
“If he reports within an hour after
his meter-time has expired, he deposits
only a nickel. If he comes two hours
late, he deposits two. If he turns up
24 hours later, he’ll have to pop in
24 nickels. Most motorists put in a
prompt appearance.
“We would appreciate your verifi
cation or correction of these state
ments by wire collect Monday, so that
we may have the accurate information
about Edenton for our production
deadline July 1, Tuesday.”
“Gashouse” Parker
Again Manager Os
Edenton Colonials
Arrives Monday From
* Florida to Take Ovtfr
Duties
Local baseball fans will be interest
ed to know that William (Gashouse)
Parker arrived in Edenton from Day
tona Beach, Florida, Monday and took
over the Colonials’ managerial reins
Monday night in. New Bern. He suc
ceeds Tom Inge, who has been acting
as temporary manager since the re
quested resignation of Vernon Mustian
about two weeks ago.
Parker managed the Colonials for
four seasons, leading the team to three
Albemarle League pennants and two
championship playoffs. Last year
the Colonials finished in third place
in the Virginia League and played
and lost to Elizabeth City in the semi
final playoffs. v
When Edenton decided to enter the
Coastal Plain League Parker was not
employed as manager, but instead
Vernon Mustian, former Wake Forest
star, who was highly recommended by
Lee Gooch, Wake Forest Coach, was
secured. When he was asked to re
sign the Colonials were in third place
after winning eight of ten games.
However, there has been a general
hankering for Parker as manager
among a large number -of fans, many
of whom are happy to again see the
big fellow in the Edenton. camp.
IParker while with the Colonials
has always been a feared batter and
many fans have often been thrilled by
his home run clouts. His return to
the Colonial fold is expected not only
to improve the playing, but also help
boost the attendance which has not
been up to expectations.
With Parker again as their mana
ger, the Colonials celebrated his re
turn in New Bern Monday night
when they defeated the Bears 4 to 3.
Plans Advancing
For Chowan Fair
Scheduled In Edenton
Armory Week of Oc
tober 6 to 11
Members of Ed Bond 'Post of the
American Legion at their last meet
ing devoted a considerable amount of
the time to plans for the annual Cho r
wan County Fair which will be held
October 6 to 11. The fair is spon
sored by the Legion Post.
According to Willis McClenney, who
is manager of the fair, this year's af
fair will be larger than in previous
fairs, with more exhibits and enter
tainment for those who attend.
’lbis year’s fair will again be held
in the Edenton armory, but it is ex
pected that the fair the following year
will be held on the Legion property
on the Windsor highway a few miles
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$2.00 Per Year.
Colonials Regain
Third Place Again
In Leap Race
Play Tarboro as Fourth
Os July Feature Fri
day Afternoon
STANDING OF CLUBS
(As of Wednesday)
WI L Pot.
Wilson 38 23 .623
Kinston 37 23 .617
Edenton 32 29 .525
Rocky Mount 32 30 .516
Taifooro 28 32 .467
Goldsboro 28 32 .467
New Bern 24 37 .393
Roanoke Rapids 24 37 .393
Edenton’s Colonials won four out
of seven games played during the
week and has replaced Rocky Mount
in third position in the Coastal Plain
race. The Colonials defeated Wilson
Tuesday night making four successive
wins after three successive losses.
Home games for the Colonials dur
ing the week will be: Tarboro on
Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock; Roa
noke Rapids Saturday night; Golds
boro Monday night; Roanoke Rapids
Wednesday night.
Edenton 2, Kinston 7
In Kinston Wednesday night of last
week the Colonials lost a 7-2 decision.
Lyn Chestnutt, Kinston hurler, was
a big gun in the victory, having been
called on the mound in the fourth
inning to relieve Jones and allowed
only three hits the rest of the way.
Besides, he hit a terrific three-run
triple.
The Colonials were leading 2 to 1
until the seventh inning, but Kinston
scored four runs in their half and add
ed another in the eighth.
i v Shahid was on the mound for Eden
ton and was touched for 11 hits. The
(Colonials were held to six hits, two
Vof which were made by Alford.
Bobby Anderson joined the Colonials
at Kinston and played a bang-up game
at second base.
Edenton 1, Kinston 7
On Hie!u Field Thursday night
Kinston nad fittle difficulty in de
feating the Colonials by a score of
7 to 1. Gissom, Kinston mounds
man, baffled Colonial batters, allow
ing only six hits and fanned 13 bat
ters. He held the Colonials scoreless
until the ninth inning when Inge
raced to third when a single got away
from Blackburn in centerfield. Mauney
as a pinchhitter singled, scoring the
only Edenton run.
Kinston took an early lead in the
first when they scored three runs.
Stinsa walked Blackburn and Stevens,
after which Davis hit a home run.
Stinso started on the mound for
Edenton, but was relieved by Stoude
mier in the second inning. In the
seventh Stoudemier gave way to Ron
nie White. The visitors collected nine
hits off the trio of Edenton pitchers,
who also issued seven bases on balls.
Edenton 0, Rocky Mount 17
The Colonials suffered their worst
defeat of the season in Rocky Mount
Friday night when they were trounced
by the Leafs 17 to 0. Rocky Mount
players boosted their batting aver
ages by making 18 hits at the ex
pense of Shahid and Stinza. Shahid
was touched for eight hits in three
and one-third innings, while Stinza
gave up 10 hits in four and two-thirds
(Concluded on Page Six)
Groups Appreciative
For Help Given To
Move Barker House
Money-Making Projects
Planned To Remodel
House
The Woman’s Club, Business and
'Professional Women’s Club and the
Junior Chamber of Commerce desire
to thank each individual and each
merchant who made a contribution to
the Penelope Barker House. Approxi
mately SI,BOO has been contributed up
to this time, and it is hoped that oth
ers will make a contribution in the
near future.
J. R. Watkins was paid $5,200,
which was the contract price for mov
ing the house, on June 18th.
The BPW Club and Junior Cham
ber of Commerce each borrowed $1,160
while the Woman’s Club paid this
amount from its treasury.
According to George Alma Byrum,
plans are being made to sponsor dif
ferent money-making projects and it
is hoped the house will soon be put
into useable shape, bat Ibis will def
initely take time unless substantial
donations are made.
The thiye dubs also desire to pub
licly thank Ur. Watkrin* for the fine
job he did in moving the-house and
the manner in which he did it.