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Lions Club Starts Swimming Pool Fund
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$5,000 Is Pledged
By Club At Meeting
Held Monday Night
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Mayor Haskett Starts
Ball Rolling With
First SIOO
C05T"520,000
All Civic Organizations
In Edenton Asked
To Take Part
Mayor Leroy Haskett was the first
member of the Edenton Lions Club
to contribute SIOO toward a $5,000
pledge that the members of the club
made to be used for the erection of a
swimming pool in Edenton. Mayor
HaskOtt stated that he is making his
contribution in the name .of his
grandson, R. Kent Haskett, Jr.
This pledge of $5,000 brings nearer
to realization a project that the Lions
■Club has been - willing to take an ac
tive part in since the organization of
the club in 1937. The club first start
ed making, plans for a pool just be
fore World War II but these plans
did not materialize because of cur
tailment of building materials. The
first project that Jesse Harrell
brought to the attention of the Lions
Club when he became president in
June was the swimming pool. Presi
dent Harrell pointed out the need for
such a facility in Edenton because of
the lack of adequate recreation fa
cilities for children in Edenton and
the water pollution problem that exist
in this area. He also emphasized the
fact that many lives will be saved in
the future if a pool is provided for
swimming instructions.
President Harrell appointed G. B.
Potter, J. Rodney Byrum and R. West
Leary, Jr., as a committee to secure
information pertinent to the erection
of a swimming pool. The committee
learned that a swimming pool 50 feet
by 100 feet, to include a wading pool
for small children, could be elected
for $20,000 and made this report to
the club at the regular meeting Mon-,
day night. The members of the club
then pledged SIOO each toward a $5,-
000 pledge for the club.
Every civic organization in Edenton ’
will be called on to take an active part
in the erection of a swimming pool .
and the Lions Club will work coopera- 1
tively with all clubs in an effort to
complete this worthy project. j
Guests at the meeting Monday
night were Tunney Brooks, physical
education director at the Edenton
Junior High School, Francis Kis
mukes from Alabama and Col. Des
mond Canovan, commanding officer of
Marine Air Group 14.
Colerain Winner Os
Five-Game Series
Bertie County Boys Win
Three Out of the Four
Games Played
Colerain, champions of the Bertie
County League, defeated Rocky Hock,
champions of the Tidewater League,
in a five-game series which terminat
ed Monday night in Colerain, after the
Bertie County boys won three of the
four games played. „
Colerain won the first game of the
series Friday night and Rocky Hock
evened the count by winning Saturday
night.
Colerain came back strong to win
the series by defeating the Chowan
County boys on the Colerain diamond
in two extra inning games Sunday
afternoon and Monday night.
(Continued on Page Eight)
BPW Woman Os Year
To Be Named Tonight
Tonight • ,(Thursday) at 7 o'clock
Edenton’s Business and Professional
Women’s Club will meet in the Penel
ope Barker house. This will be the
first meeting since activities were
suspended during the summer months
and one of the principal itpms of
business will be announcing the club’s
choice as “Woman of the Year” in
Edenton. i
Mrs.. Evelyn Jackson is president of
the club and asks every member to
make a special effort to attend.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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Civic Calendar
VFW Auxiliary will meet to
night (Thursday) at 8 o’clock in
the VFW hall.
Business and Professional Wo
; men’s Club meets tonight (Thurs
day) at 7 o’clock in the Penelope
Barker House.
Edenton Aces play first home
game of season Friday night on
Hicks Field at 8 o’clock with Co
lumbia High School.
Edenton chapter of the Eastern
Star will meet Monday night at
8 o’clock in the Court House.
Women’s Society of Christian
Service of the Methodist Church
meets Tuesday night at 8 o’clock
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Grand Jury Sees
Necessity To Build
New County Home
Judge Chester Morris
Praises Group For
Fine Work
; The Grand Jury for the September
i term of Superior Court presented its
report to Judge Chester Morris late
• Tuesday afternoon, which called for
praise on the part of the judge for
the splendid report.
. . A greater portion of the report had
, to do with minor repairs at various
schools in the county. Excellent con
, ditions were found at the jail and
, jailer’s home.
The Grand Jury found that school
[ bus drivers are experiencing difficul
ty in securing driver’s licenses and it
. i was recommended that bus drivers be
i given instruction by competent teach
. ers before taking the driver’s tests.
At the County Home facilities were
i 1 found generally inadequate, so that it
: was recommended that the County
Commissioners give serious considera
-1 tion to the erection of a new and suit
able County Home.
| All county offices were found to be
in satisfactory condition except it,
was learned in the Clerk of Court’s
office that John W. Cates, Jr., of
■ Fayetteville failed to file a report of
the estate of J. W. Cates and Mrs. Ef
fie B. Cates, of which he is adminis
trator. Judge Morris ordered the clerk
to instruct Mr. Cates to come in and
file a final account or show cause
why he should not be held in contempt
of court.
j AUXILIARY MEETS TONIGHT
The Ladies Auxiliary of William H.
j Coffield, Jr., Post, No. 9280, Veterans
lof Foreign Wars, will meet tonight
(Thursday) at 8 o’clock in the VFW
home. Mrs. Ellie Mae Parrish, presi
dent, urges all members to attend. I
L EDENTON ACES WILL SHOW WARES TO LOCAL FANS FRIDAY NIGHT j
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Pictured above is the 1953 edition of the Edenton High School football team. The Aces will play their first game of the season on Friday night at
g? a " ok * R*P' di » *nd will be aeen in action on home soil Friday night, September 18, when they are scheduled to meet Columbia High School on Hicks I
Frnld at 8 o clock. In the picture are: Front row, left to right, Billy Bunch, Sherwood Harrell, Johnny Speight. Ralph Chappell, Jimmy Harrison, Robert
Earl Edwards, John Earl Whitson, Milan Stilley, Taye Byrum and Fred Wood. Middle row, left to right, Bobby Pratt, Ted Wright, Billy Bass, Gerald 1
Lassiter, Lyn Bond, Wayne Keeter, Cecil Miller, Robert Twiddy, Ray Rogerson and Charles Knox. Back row, left to right, Assistant Coach Alton Brooks, <
Robert Kennan, Bobby Whiteman, Asa Dail, Clifford Overman, Buster Hall, Chan Wilson, Billy Hardison, Sid Campen, Stewart Holland and Coach Ben r
Perry. Jerry Downum and Sonny Wright were absent when the picture was taken. (Photo by Florian Arthur). 1
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, September 17,1953.
Dr. Inglis Fletcher j 1
Principal Speaker
For Woman’s Club
Group Holds First Meet
ing of Fall Season In
Parish House
Members of the Edenton Woman’s
Club heard an interesting and infor- |
mative talk by Dr. Inglis Fletcher, ,
noted authoress, on the Elizabethan i
Garden on Roanoke Island at their
first Fall meeting held last week in
the Parish House.
Mrs. J. C. Leary, Jr., who was in ,
charge of the program, presented Dr.
Fletcher, introducing her as “Inglis ;
Fletcher, Citizen” in praise of the *
many valuable contributions she has 1
made in civic work in the community.
She is an honorary member of the
club.
Mrs. Frank Holmes, president, pre
sided at the meeting and called for re
ports from the officers and standing
committees during the business ses
sion.
Mrs. J. P. Ricks, Jr., presented a re
quest from the Junior Chamber of
Commerce for blankets or funds for
blankets to be sent to the Greek
earthquake victims.
The club voted to present the name
of Mrs. J. H. Conger, Jr., as the out
standing member for the past year at
the district meeting.
The president reminded members of
the ■ club of the District Convention
which will be held at Moyock on Sep-
I tember 22, and asked that as many
members as possible make an effort
to attend this meeting.
Marines Directing
Traffic For School
Children Crossing
Stationed Daily at Three
Dangerous Street In
tersections
In cooperation with the Edenton
Marine Corps Auxiliary* Landing
Field, military police will direct traf
fic during lush school hours at three
busy intersections.
Effective Monday of this week, mil
itary 'police will be stationed at the
corner of Church and Broad, Court
and Church and Oakum and Church
! streets each morning and afternoon
when a large number of children are
going and coming from school.
Permission to serve in this capacity
was given by Lieut-Col. Reeder and
this assistance is greatly appreciated
by school and town officials.
Second Degree Tonight
At Masonic Meeting
Tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock in :
the Court House, Unanimity Lodge,
No. 7, A. F., & A. M., will hold a stat- <
ed communication. At this meeting i
the second degree will be conferred 1
upon a candidate, so that C. T. Gris- ■
fin, master of the lodge, urges a full <
I attendance. j
Wesley £ Halsey Is
Given Life Sentence
On Murder Charges',
Reverses Plea of “Not
Guilty” In Court Wed- -!
nesday Morning
The September term of Chowan Su
perior Court opened promptly at 10
o’clock Monday morning with Judge
Chester Morris of Currituck County
presiding. Immediately after calling
the roll of jurymen, the following
were chosen as members-of the Grand
Jury.
Julius L. Hardison, T. Stillman
Leary, M. P. Ashley, Louis E. Bunch,
*N. E. Hollowell, Jr., Jesse F. Harrell,
Thurston Stallings, G. H. Asbell,
Worth E. Spencer, H. W. Dail, Rubie
E. Byrum, J. H. Conger, Henry T.
Lane, Henderson E. Waff, C. D. Saw-
After entering a plea of “not
guilty” of first degree murder
late Tuesday afternoon, Wesley
E. Halsey on Wednesday morning
submitted a written plea of “guil
ty” of the murder of his wife, Iva
Beatrice Halsey and L. Thurston
I Dunbar. The plea was accepted
by Solicitor Walter Cahoon, coun
sel and Judge Chester Morris.
Judge Morris immediately sen
tenced the defendant to life im
-1 prisonment on both charges.
yer, Henry Jordan, Luther Lane and
J. Wallace Goodwin, Jr.
With the naming of J. H. Conger
as foreman, Judge Morris in charging
the jury said he was pleased to pre
side over this term of court, stating
that it was here he held his first
term of court after becoming a judge.
He said it is j always a pleasure to
visit in Chowan County, so near his
native Currituck.
In commenting upon the Grand
(Continued c" i-'age Ter
Harless Apinted
Chairman For Bond
Issue ]n Chowan
Says Chowan Likely to
Realize Quarter Mil
lion Dollars
Brandon Hodges, State co-chairman '
of Better Schools and Mental Care, '
Inc., announced today the appointment i
of A. B. Harless of Edenton as chair- 1
man for Chowan County.
Mr. Harless, in accepting the ap- :
pointment, said that he would conduct i
an active campaign and that he felt
that Chowan County would lend full <
support to the bond issue. But he add- 1
ed active support and help of all citi- ’
zens will be needed on October 3.
Further plans and the organization
will be announced at a later date, he
said.
Meantime, it is possible for the
county and city school units to receive
up to a quarter million dollars from 1
the bond issue. This, Harless added, <
would permit our schools to overcome (
crowded conditions and bring our f
plants up to date. t
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Northern Concern
Tells Committee It
Desires Move South
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Coaches Ben Perry and Alton
Brooks have a batch of reserved
seat tickets for sale for the five
home football games the Edenton
Aces will play. Thus far com
paratively few have been sold and
the financial success of the sea
son depends largely on the sale
of these tickets, which are for re
served seats near the middle of
the field.
Tickets cost $5.00 and are now
on sale at Leggett & Davis Drug
Store, Mitchener’s Pharmacy and
Spruill’s Soda Shop.
An urgent request is made for
fans to purchase these tickets,
thus helping the Edenton Aces.
Nurses’Aid Course
Planned By Chowan
Hospital Auxiliary
Meeting of Group Is
Scheduled For Fri
day Afternoon i
I
At the regular meeting of Chowan
Hospital Auxiliary on Friday after
noon, September 18, at 3 o’clock in the
Nurses’ Home, Mrs. Martin Wisely,
president, will preside and will also
present the program. During the j
summer Mrs. Wisely has had an ex- 1
tended European trip and will show |
color films of some of her interesting <
experiences. Tea will be served. i
Tt is requested that all organiza
tions send their representatives, for
plans will be made for the year’s
work. The long-awaited" big project i
is about to be realized.
An American Red Cross Volunteer I
Nurses’ Aid Course will be instruct-1
ed by Mrs. Robert Fallais, R.N., at
the Chowan Hospital each Monday
night from 8 P. M., to TO P. M., be
ginning October 12 for 3Ys months.
The requirements for this course
are good health and being a high
school graduate between the ages of
18 and 55.
After the course has been complet
ed practical experience under trained
supervision will be required of each
graduating volunteer. A representa
tive of the Southeastern District of
Red Cross will be present at the first
meeting for orientation and answer-1
ing individual questions.
Those interested in taking this'
course please register with Miss
Kathryn Brown, phone Edenton
767-W.
Willifords Hosts To
Funeral Directors
Williford Funeral Home was host
to the annual meeting of the funeral
directors of the First District Tues
day night. Several state officers were
guests at the meeting, which was fea
tured with a barbecue chicken dinner.
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Employment Office Is
Listing Women Who
Will Work
publicTmeeting
Pilot Plant Will Be Lo
cated In Elementary
School Basement
A strong possibility that a north
ern garment factory will move to
Edenton developed last week when a
small group of local business men re
turned from New York where they
conferred with the owners. It was
reported that the concern is very an
xious to move its plant here and that
the only requirement was to ascertain
if enough women were available for
training to operate power sewing ma
chines, as well as a building to oper
ate a test plant.
The concern will need from 150 to
200 people, 10 per cent of which will
be male. Handbills were distributed
over the week-end in an effort to se
cure names of women who will accept
employment and up to early this
week about 70 applied. Applications
are being taken at the local employ
ment office on the second floor of
the Citizehs Bank Building. Anyone
interested in accepting a position is
urged to file at the employment office
) at once.
With this phase of the new enter
prise taken care of, the committee
immdiately began searching for a site
to operate the pilot plant. It was re
ported early this week that permis
sion was granted to use the basement
at the Edenton Elementary School,
I formerly used as a lunch room. It is
believed this will provide enough room
Jfor training women and that later a
, permanent location will be available.
I The local committee is working with
the North Carolina Department of
Conservation and Development in an
effort to attract industry to the
j South, and at present it seems a cer
itainty that this particular Concern
| will move to Edenton. An adequate
| pay scale will be provided for train
ee's and when qualified, salaries will
be on a production basis. It is under
stood that the concern sells its pro
ducts to several chain stores, includ
ing Grant’s, J. C. Penny, the Belk
stores and a number of others.
A public meeting will be called in
the very near future, just as soon as
a few more details are ironed out,
when it is hoped a large number of
interested people will attend.
News of the new enterprise coming
to Edenton has been received very
j enthusiastically on the part of many
j Edenton citizens.
Aces Face Columbia
In First Home Game
On Hicks Held Friday
Band With Majorettes
Will Be on Hand For
Game
Facing a defeat in their first game
of the season Coach Ben Perry’s
Edenton Aces will make every effort
to swing over into the win column
Friday night when they play their
first home game on Hicks Field. Their
opponents will be Columbia High
School and the game is scheduled to
begin at 8 o’clock.
Coaches Perry and Alton Brooks
are right much encouraged over the
way the Aces performed in Roanoke
Rapids Friday night, but detected
some weak spots which are being
ironed out in practice sessions this
week. The Aces and fans alike are
hoping to chalk up a win Friday night
at the expense of the Wildcats.
Band Director Ernest Gentile will
have the High School Band out to per
form prior to and during the game
with the group of majorettes offering
a special attraction. With the new
football bleachers installed ample
room will be afforded fans, and it is
hoped both bleachers will be filled to
capacity..
Probable starters will be Sid Cam
pen and Ralph Hall, ends; Ray Rog
erson and Cecil Miller, tackles; Lyn
Bond and Bobby Whiteman, guards;
Billy Hardison, center; Tay Byrum,
quarterback, and Bill Bass, Robert
Twiddy and Milan Stilley in the back
field.