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PAGE FOUR Methodists To Hold Unique Evangelistic Mission Apr! 19-26 800 North and South Ca rolina Ministers Will Exchange Pulpits Methodist churches of Virginia and Eastern North Carolina are preparing for a great simultaneous iUnited Evan gelistic Mission 'April 19-26. About 800 visiting pastors from surrounding states will assist the 800 ministers of the area in preaching and visitation evangelism crusades in the nearly 1,- 500 Methodist churches. The Methodist Churches of this sec tion will cooperate in this unprece dented endeavor, according to an an nouncement by the Rev. E. B. Ed wards. Local church committees have been working for many weeks. Pray er groups have been formed. (Lists Legal Notices North Carolina In (The Chowan County Superior Court Howard William 'Stokes, Plaintiff, vs. Elizabeth Lester Stokes, Defendant. NOTICE OF SUMMONS The above named defendant, Eliza beth Lester Stokes, will take notice that an action entitled 1 as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Chowan County, North Carolina, by the plaintiff to secure an ab solute divorce from the defendant upon the ground that plaintiff and de fendant have lived separate and apart for more than two years next pre ceding the bringing of this action; and the defendant will further take notice that she is required to appear at the office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Chowan County, in the court house in Edenton, North Carolina, within twenty days after the 7th day ■of May, 1953, and answer or demur to the complaint in said action, or the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said com plant. This 3rd day of April, 1953. E. W. SPIRES, Clerk of Superior Court. Apr9,16,23,30c North. Carolina Chowan County NOTICE OF EXECUTRIX The undersigned, having qualified as Executrix of the estate of Leonard Rawls, deceased, late of Chowan Coun ty, N. C., this is to notify all per sons having claims against said es tate to present them to the undersign ed on or before the third day of April. 1954. or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons in- . debted to said estate will please make 1 immediate payment to the undersign ed. This March 26th, 1953. BERTHA BAKER, Executrix of the Estate of Leonard Rawls, Deceased. J. N. PEUDEN, Attorney, ] Edenton, N. C. i PEANUT GROWERS! j j; Let ;; | Satterfield & Leary Bros, i ;; In Edenton '• SHELL and TREAT ! YOUR SEED PEANUTS Y < ► I Last Chancejj <> To buy an A-l farm 4% miles from Ply-;; ;: mouth and get possession for 1953. 180 acres « ;; large tobacco and peanut acreage. All land :: ! t prepared for 1958 crops. Tobacco plants grow-: II ing. READY TO GO FOR 1953 POBSfcSFON i i NOW. Seven-room duelling with bail. We i j r have other farms of smaller acreage Cori- X :! venient terms. Will not accept all cash. This | of unchurched persons 'have been com piled. The opening highlight of the Mis sion will be the great Youth Bally on Saturday night, April 18, to be hold at the (First Methodist Church in Eliza beth City. Speaker for the Bally will be the Rev. LelGrand Moody of Wake Schoak, S. C. More than 1,500 youth and sponsors are expected to attend.* A second feature twill be the train ing schools in evangelism for pastors to be held at City Road Methodist Church and the Plymouth Methodist Church, beginning April 17. Out standing pastors from South Carolina and Maryland will speak on the new techniques of evangelism for our day. Perhaps the most dramatic and sig nificant feature of the crusade will be the “walking revival,” conducted by hundreds of teams of laymen through out the two-state area. These laymen will be trained in visitation evange-; lism and go out in teams of two to in terview non-church families concern ing their relationship to Christ and the church. Bishop Paul Neff Garber of (Rich mond is general chairman of the Mis sion. The Rev. Eugene 'Golay of Nashville, Tenn., is executive direc tor. Dr. F. S. Love, district superin tendent, is heading up the crusade in this section. General theme for the simultaneous evangelistic endeavor is: “You Need Christ Now!” Final Rites Are Held For James N. Boyce James N. Boyce, 64, died at his home Sunday afternoon, March 29, at 5:20 o’clock after a long illness. He was the son of the late Jacob and Missouri Boyce. A lifelong resident of Tyner, he was a retired rural mail carrier, for merly employed at the Hertford Post office. He was a member of the Center Hill Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Beulah Hollowell Boyce; one son, J. Cameron Boyce of Tyner; two daugh ters, Emmette Parker of 'Sunbury and Mrs. Billy Tucker of Goldsboro; four grandchildren, three brothers, J. I. Boyce and W. O. Boyce, both of Tyner and E. B. Boyce of Edenton; one sister, Mrs. Cecil Byrum of Hert ford. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at three o’clock at the Center Hill Baptist Church by the Rev. Lee A. Phillips, pastor, as sisted by the Rev. W. C. Francis, of Kannapolis, former pastor of the church. Mrs. J. H. Parker, Jr., of 'Sunbury sang “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere.” Pallbearers were Edgar'Fields, Chas. Skinner, Henry C. Stokes, Jr., W. W. White, S. M. Whed'bee. Elliott Lay den, C. F. Sumner and J. Edgar Mor ros. Honorary pallbearers were Chas. Williford, Dr. T. P. Brinn, Corp Reed, W. J. Berryman, deacons and mem bers of the Men’s 'Bible Class of the church. QUIZ PROGRAM AT. ROTARY Gilliam Wood presented a very in teresting program at last week’s Ro tary meeting, the program being along the lines of the television show “Who Said That.” Rotarians who gave the correct answers ware awarded a pack age of cigarettes. The truth is the centre of all re ligion. It commands sure entrance into the realm of Love. —Mary Baker Eddy. THE CHOWAN BERAJuD, ~ EDBMTQN. N. O, THURSDAY AIPRIL 9, 19§g, ■ t. . I COLORED SCHOOL I ; NEWS | j Recently, D. F. Walker, principal, received a letter from the registrar ‘ of Hampton Institute at Hampton, 1 Va., stating that Mias OLinelle B. Small, a graduate of Edenton High School, merited a place on the Hamp | ton Institute honor roH for the first ; semester of the 1902-63 term. The ' principal and his instructional staff were congratulted on the fine prepa ‘ ration given the students from Eden ton High School, and without a solid ■ high school foundation it would be | almost impossible to become an hon ' or student in college. The PTA of Edenton High School 1 will hold its regular monthly meeting in the school’s auditorium Tuesday night, April 7, at 8 o’clock. The monthly meeting of the faculty will be Tuesday night, April 7, in the school’s library at 7 P. M. Alexan der Blaine will preside. The Chowan Unit of the N. C. T. A. will hold its regular monthly meet ing Thursday, April 9. IWe will have at this meeting the reports of the delegates. The Seventh Grade will present to the public on Friday night at 8 o’clock a two-act play, “Never a Dull Mom ent” with 14 characters. Edenton Seniors Will Take Trip To Greenville Some members of the senior class of the Edenton Junior-Senior High School plan to make a trip to Green ville Friday, April 17, where Students’ Day will be observed at East Carolina College. The college has arranged an inter esting program which among other ac tivities includes visiting college class rooms and a baseball game. TRY A HERALD CLASSIFIED AD Edenton Furniture Co. I Invites you to attend I FACTORY DEMONSTRATION of H H Domestic Sewing Machine Fri. and Sat., April 10-11 BRAND NEW SSK&SS SEWING MACHINE I Domestic 1 I “r" I 8 I •■WINO MACH IMB I ™ 2 ~? You must act fast! For the next two days only and B B V.OnSOie La t offering a new Domestic Sewing Machine at less than B B '' '* ’ I what you would expect to for a used or rebuilt moddi *B * This dependable machine features an attractive console NONE SOLD fl • cabinet, 2 thread lockstitch, air cooled motor and bobbin iM MSifcp# H nindtr. Ii .1 be etn/feiHed. Ome in *Mt nvli. ■ . | Mrs. Millie R, Pafiisji Dies After Brief Illness ! Mrs. Millie R. Parrish, 7L <Hedat , her home in the Rocky Hock section • Sunday morning at 6:40 O’feloclt after , being ill for 10 days. ( Surviving are her husband, George! i L. Parrish; one son, John L, (Parrish . of Edenton; five daughters, (Mrs. IWill ; Jones and Mrs. Ernest L. White of . Edenton, Mrs. Ervin ISpivey of Hobbs - ville, Mrs. Julian Forehand of Nor . folk and Mis. Evelyn Johnston of Sil- < fH£ WAKEN COMPANY. LAWRENCEBURG. INDIANA . BLENDED WHISKEY • 85 PROOF • (5* GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS yep Springs, Mu.; ofte brs£bgr, White ofTyner; two sifters, T. fL OoUoMl of MocMf id Bunch of Edenton. She was a life-long member of the afternoon at 3 o'clock Lee A. Phillips, pastor of the Center Hill Baptist Church, officiated. Interment followed in Beaver Hill Cemetery. Unfortunately the man who thinks! he can control strong drink seldom I does so. SLUGGERS SPLIT GAMES Edenton Sluggers, local Negro base ball team split two games over the week-end, losing tin Zuni, Va., Sunday to the Blue Box 8 to 2. 11l a return gam© en Hicks (Reid Monday afternoon the Sluggers easily won by g score of 6 to 1. The Sluggers are scheduled to play the Windsor, Va., White Sox on Hicks Rfeld Sunday afternoon at 2:45 o’clock. I Ere you consult fancy, consult your purse. —Franklin.
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