Chowan County Fair Opens Next Week
Volume XlX—Number 3&
Plans Completed For Opening
Chowan County Fair Monday
This Year’s Affair Will
Open With Parade
Monday
free Tact
Officials Predict Better
Fair Than Any Pre
vious Year
Everything is in readiness for the
Chowan County Pair, which wiM open
for one week next Monday, October
6, at the Edenton armory and Hicks
x Field. The fair again this year is
sponsored by Edward G. Bond Post,
r No. 40, American Legion.
According to Manager Willi 3 Mc-
Clenney, the opening feature of the
. fair will be a parade to be staged
‘ Monday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock.
In the parade Mrs. E. N. Elliott, a
former Chowan County home agent,
will show how she and home demon
stration club women looked going to
club meetings in 1922.
Mr. McClenney and his -assistants
have spent a great deal of time and
effort to make this year’s fair better
than in former years and are of the
opinion that such wfH be the case.
Many more exhibits will be provided
and the premium list this year exceeds
the $2,000 mark.
The exhibits will be arranged 1 in
the spacious armory, while farming I
equipment will be displayed outside
the armory.
On the midway will be the shows, I
rides and concessions of the Virginia
Greater Shows, which will provide!
entertainment for old and young alike.
To appease the appetite the various
T horne demonstration cluibs of the coun
ty will be selling meals and other'
'‘•items which should strike the fancy
of fair visitors, such as home-made I
cakes, candy; canned foods, flowers!
and plants, aprons, toys, luncheon sots,
jelly, preserves, fresh fruits’ and vege
'! tables, pillow cases, baby caps, chil
dren’s Clothes and many other use
ful articles.
Manager McClenney has secured an
outstanding free attraction for fair
visitors. Winnie Colleano, a combi
nation of beauty, grace and daring
will perform on the flying trapeze
which should thrill everyone who
watches her. ,
The fair has been widely advertised,
with 8,000 copies of a 24-page sec
tion being distributed throughout
Chowan and adjoining counties. Pair
officials are hopeful that attendance
this year will eclipse any previous fair
and that the visitors will see not only
many things that will be educational,
buit entertaining as well to the end
that their fair will be enjoyable from
every angle.
Dr. Edw. McDowell
Will Preach Sunday
v At Baptist Church
Prominent Wake Forest
Professor In Pulpit
* For Two Services
In the absence of the pastor, the
Rev. R. N. Carroll, the pulpit at the
Baptist Church Will be filled Shnday,
October 5, both morning and evening,
by Or. Edward A. McDowell, Jr., pro
fessor of New Testament Interpre
tation at Southeastern Theological
f' (Seminary in Wake Forest, N. C.
Dr. McDowell comes to the Baptist
pulpit Sunday with the background of
serving on the faculty of the South
ern Baptist Theological Seminary in
Louisville, Kentucky, from 1935 to
1951. He a graduate of Furman
University arid received the Th. M.
and Ph. D degrees from the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary. (Fur.
thermore, Dr. McDowell is an author
and a powerful gospel preacher. Many
congratulations have been received
by the Southeastern Seminary on the
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Aces Tackle New Bern
Bears On Friday Nifirht
i Coach George Thompson’s Edenton
Aces will travel to New Bern Friday
Bight, where they wfH tackle the New
|L. Bern Bears. The Aces, greatly en
couraged over last Friday night’s vic
| tory over Willksmkton, are fa high
| spirits and are hopeful of comfag
| with the long end of the score.
"The Aces are in good condition with
no Injuries after last week’s game,
so that a hard-fought game is in pros-
O’ prick
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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la the picture above Miss Lena Jones (left) is presenting Mrs.
W. A. Graham a dozen red roses when the latter was named Eden
ton’s “Woman of the Year.” The honor was conferred (upon Mrs.
Graham by the Edenton Woman’s Business and Professional Chib at
its meeting Wednesday night of last week in the Triangle Restaurant
dining room. (Photo by Miss Evelyn Leary).
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G. A. Helms Killed In
Gates County Wreck
Saturday Morning
Couple Enroute to Vir
ginia For Two Weeks’
Vacation
funeralTmonday
Mrs. Helms In Serious
Condition Following
Crash
Stark tragedy crossed the path of
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Helms. Sat
urday morning while the couple was
enroute to Floyd, Va., to spend a
two weeks’ vacation.
At Savage Cross Roads near Gates
ville the Helms’ car and a car from
New Bern collided resulting in the
almost instant death of Mr. Helms.
Mrs. Helms suffered a broken leg
and arm and many cuts and bruises
and was rushed to the Roanoke-Cho
wan Hospital at Ahoskie in a critical
condition.
Three occupants of the New Bern
car were also hospitalized, but none
were in serious condition.
Mr. Helms, 53, was formerly chief
of police of Edenton and at the time
of his death he held a civil service po
sition at the Weeksville Auxiliary
Air Station. He was a member of
Unanimity Lodge, No. 5, A. F. & A.
M., and was, a paat master of the
lodge.
Funeral service* were held Mon
day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in tfoe
Methodist Church, of whibh he was a
member. Active and honorary pall
bearers were members of the Masonic
lodge.
Surviving are his wife. Mrs. Cor
nelia P. Helms; one son, Parker Helms
of Edenton; three brothers, Edmond
Helms of Oak Ridge, Tenn., Hamil
ton Helms of Hollywood, Md., and
Tazewell Helms of Willis, Va.; two
sisters, Mi*. Mattie Slusher of WilUs,
Va., and Mrs. Emma Alderman of
Floyd, Va., and two grandchildren.
Mrs. Helms, although still in a ser
ious condition, was removed from the
Rodnoke-Ghowan Hospital to the Oho-'
wan Hospital Monday.
Local Post Office Open
Wednesday Afternoon
Postmaster David Holton informed
The Herald early this week that be
ginning Wednesday of next week, Oc
tober 8, the Post Office will remain
open Wednesday afternoons. This
policy will be in effect at least
through the Christmas holidays or at
such time when all local Stores close
for a half holiday.
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CAKE SALE SATURDAY •
The Edenton (Woman’s dub will
'stage another cake and food sale
Saturday, Starring, at 8:80 o’clock
in the morning. The sale will beheOdi
in the Hughes-Hotton Hardware store.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 2,1952.
|_Powell Bill Money]
Mayor Leroy Haskett an
nounced late last week that the
Town of Edenton has received its
share of the Powell Bill fund for
the year 1952. The amount of the
check was $13,018.58.
Just what disposition of the
fund will be made has not been
decided by Town Council. Last
year’s share of the Powell Bill
money went toward paving prac
tically all olf the unpaved streets
in Edenton.
Iredell Association
Will Meet Oct. Bth
Mrs. Sidney M. McMullan, president
of the James Iredell Historical As
sociation, calls attention to a meet
ing of the organization which will be
held in the Iredell house Wednes
day afternoon, October 8, at 4:15
o’clock.
At this meeting officers for the
new year will be elected and Mrs.
McMullan is appealing to each mem
ber to make a special effort to be
present.
WHITE CINE DHVE BEGINS IN EDENTON
FDD WEEK BEGINNING NEXT MONDAY
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Above is pictured a group of mothers and children at Stunner
Institute for (Mothers of Blind Babies, a major project supported by
White Cane Drive funds. The White Cane Safa sponsored by the
Edenton Lions Club, will be held in Edenton the week starting next
Monday, October 6. Everybody is urged to cooperate in the drive.
Sponsored by the. Edenton Lions
drib, the White Cane Drive will be
gin next Monday, October 6. and
continue throughout the week. A. E.
Jenkins, president of the Edenton
I lions dribs, says onoJfbird of the
collections from the sale will be spent
Mrs. W. A. Graham
Is Named Edenton’s
Woman Os The Year
Honor Is Conferred By
Edenton Business and
Professional Club
——
i BY LENA M. JONES
Mrs. Anne Cameron Shepard Gra
ham, highly esteemed and widely
known for her activities in effective
church work, social, patriotic, philan
thropic and civic organizations, last
week was named ‘‘Edenton’s Woman
of the Year,” by the Edenton Busi
ness and Professional Women’s Club.
As a tribute of gratitude and appre
ciation for Mrs. Graham, she was
honored by the club at a dinner meet
ing held Wednesday night, September
24, at the Triangle Restaurant, at
which time she was presented with
a dozen red roses by Miss 'Lena Jones,
on behalf of the club.
Mrs. Graham is the third of Eden
ton’s outstanding women to receive
such honor from the local Business
I and (Professional Women’s Club. The
first woman was chosen in 1950, when j
Mrs. Lulie K. Summerell, now de- ■
ceased, was acclaimed the honor. Mrs. j
Charles P. Wales, 'Sr., who is now
active as librarian at the Shepard-
Pruden Memorial Library, was chosen
in 1951.
Mrs. Graham was born in Hillsboro,
North Carolina. Her parents were the
•late Hon. William Blount 'Shepard
and Pauline Collins 'Shepard. Her
husband was the late Dr. William A.
Graham, who for years was a promi
nent physician and surgeon in Dur
ham, N. C. He was also horn in Hills
boro.
Mrs. Graham has two sons, Dr. Wil
liam A. Graham, now a prominent
physician of Durham, and John W.
Graham, an outstanding lawyer of,
Edeqton. She also has four grand-1
children.
Practically all' of her life, with the
exception of nine years when she re
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First Band Concert
Sunday Afternoon
Hoped Large Number
Will Attend to Hear
Youngsters Play
Ernest Gentile, director of the
Edenton High School Band, an
nounced early this week that the first
band concert on the new band stand)
on Hicks Field will be held Sunday
afternoon at 3 o’clock. '
Mr. Gentile for a long time has
been interested in staging band con
certs and with the neiw band stand his i
ambition is realized. He is of thel
belief that the concerts will be very
worthwhile and enjoyable for those
who attend. It is hoped, therefoi-e,
that not only parents of band mem
bers, but many others will be on
hand Sunday afternoon to hear and
enjoy the music.
here in Chowan County and that the
other part will be sent to the North
Carolina State Association to be used;
in state-wide work. |
In charge of the local sale will be,
the Sight Conservation and Blind,
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Im p o r t a n
Os Farm Bureau Is
Called Friday Night
| Polio Suspect |
Little Stella Mae Jackson,
daughter of iHenry Jackson, who
lives on the Paradise Road, be
came ill Sunday and after an ex
amination by local doctors and a
diagnosis of an Elizabeth City
physician, it cannot be determined
locally if she is a victim of ence
thalitis or infantile paralysis,
both contagious diseases.
The little girl has been sent to
Maryview Hospital at Portsmouth
for an examination to determine if
she is a polio victim, but no re
port had been received up to
Wednesday morning
Gatesville Woman's
i Club Hostess For
District Meeting
107 Club Women and
Honor Guests Attend
Meeting Friday
The annual meeting of the Sixteenth
District of the North Carolina Federa
tion of Women’s Clubs met Friday,
September 26, at the Gatesville School. /
The Gatesville Woman’s Club was
hostess for the day to 107 club women
• and house guests.
There was an informal-coffee hour
• in the theatre grill from 8:45 to 9:45
' A. M., after which Mrs. Henry Har
■ key directed the Junior Session from
9:30 to 9:45 A. M.
Conrad Plyler, one of the South’s
outstanding organists, played the pro
cessional.
Mrs. W. J. P. Earnhardt of Edenton,
president of District Sixteen, and pre-j
siding officer for the day, declared
the 30th Convention in Order.
Mrs. H. G. Kramer, Jr., of Eliza
beth City led the convention in sing
ing the National Anthem. Buie Cos
ten lead the pledge to the flag. After
which the Rev. Henry A. Bizzell gave
the invocation.
Mrs. A. P. Godwin, Jr., of Gates
ville extended greetings to all the
clubs and guests present. Mrs. Keith
) Fearing. Jr., of Manteo gave the
response.
Mrs. Wallace Goodwin, twenty-fifth
District chairman of the Home Dem
onstration Clubs, brought greetings!
j from her organization. Mrs. Earn-1
I hardt recognized three past presi
' dents of District 16, Mrs. Arthur
Greene of Ahoskie, Miss Ethel Parker
of Gatesville and Mrs. Dennie Evans
of Manteo, also the mother of Dis
trict 16 Mrs. Fearing of Elizabeth
City and High Point, N. C.
Mrs. J. W. Bunn of Raleigh, presi
dent of the N. C. Federation of Wo
men’s Clubs, spoke on “Finding One’s
Plrice in the Federation.”
Mrs. Bunn stated that this is the
second half century of cluh work in
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New Officers Elected
For Chowan Council
Jackie Bunch Is Elected
President at Meeting
Last Week
The Chowan County Council met on
Wednesday night of last week with
27 members present. Officers were
elected for 1952-53.
Those elected were: President,
Jackie Bunch; vice-president, Jackie
Byrum; secretary-treasurer, Leon Pri
vott; assistant secretary-treasurer,
Shirley Harrell; reporter, Mary Sue
Elliott; song leaders, Peggy Perry
and Jackie Morris; pianists, Evange
line Copeland and Ann Pearce; pro
gram committee, Marjorie Harrell,
Ann Braswell, Jackie Morris, Jackie
Byrum; devotional committee, Janice
Harrell, Sherlon Layton; recreational
i committee, Leon Privott; Shirley Har
rell, Evangeline Copeland, Jackie Mor
i *ifl.
i The new officers will be formally
I installed at the annual 4-H Achieve
[] msnt Day which will be held in Octo
ber or November.
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I All Farmers In County
Cordially Invited
■ To Attend
AT 7:30
Plans *For Marketing
Peanut Crop Will Be
Discussed
“Do we need and want a strong,
active farm organization? How will
you market your peanuts this fall?
These two important questions will
be discussed ait a meeting of the Cho
wan County Farm Bureau on Friday
night, October 3, at 7:30 o’clock at
the Chowan Community Building,”
says Carey M. Evans, president of
I the Chowan County Farm Bureau.
All farmers, whether Farm Bureau
members or not, are invited and urg
ed to attend.
“If we want a strong Farm Bureau
in Chowan County,” says Mr. Evans,
i “we are not indicating it with a mem
bership of a little over 300 members.
1 We are just messing along. Let’s
have a strong, active organization or
else let’s quit.”
Mr. Evans says he is thoroughly
convinced we need a good farm or
ganization. It was through the ef
forts of the Farm Bureau that rural
( fire insurance rates have recently
been reduced. That one thing alone
lis worth several times the cost of a
’' membership fee each year. Farm
| price supports and much of the agri
( cultural program is the result of
farm organizations at work. Yet,
most farms are not helping support
; the Farm Bureau with a membership.
' “Another thing that is greatly
' handicapping the Farm Bureau in
1 Chowan County is the lack of attend
ance at meetings,” says Mr. Evans.
> “An organization only works when its
■ members actively take part in work
ing together through it. People can
, sit around the country store or else
* ; where and criticize the Farm Bureau
I and handicap it. If these same people
would attend the meetings, state their
criticisms there, and help eliminate
the undesirable features and help
make it a working organization for
■ the things they want, then we would
, have progress.
Another thing is ttye matter of how
to market peanuts to the best advan
tage this fall. Mr. Evans plans to
L have sufficient information to clearly
, explain peanut marketing possibilities
this season. Members of the audience
may ask all the questions they have
1 and it is hoped to have the answers.
“Remember,” Mr. Evans says, “all
1 farmers in, Chowan County are invit
'' ed. Come and let’s thrash these two
| questions out.”
Jack Conn Speaker
At Lions Club Meet
Gives Interesting Facts
I About Accidents on
Highways
“The N. C. State Automobile As
! sociation is intensely interested in
safety and is constantly working both
with private industry and the state
I government to reduce accidents and
fatalities on our highways,” said Jack
Gonn, field representative of the as
sociation, at the dinner meeting of the
Edenton Lions Club Monday evening.
“At present the Motor Club is
working with the Safety Division of
the State Department of Motor Ve
hicles in conducting a state-wide
1 school bus drivers safety program,”
1 Mr. Oenn said. All drivers who com
-1 ply with the rigid rules and regu
lations governing the campaign, and
. who go the entire school year without
* a chargeable fatality, will be given
an appropriate award by the State
, and the N. C. Automobile Associa
■ tion. Each driver will be supplied
r with a card outlining the contest re
■ quirements.
“Some 27 representatives of the
, highway department will keep in con
* stant touch with the drivers and
; will maintain the necessary scores to
1 determine which drivers are entitled
■ to recognition.
“It U a little known fact that North
Carolina maintains the largest num
r her of school vehicle* in rite world.
■ They haul 427,000 school children and
■ travel more than 220,000 miles per
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