Volume XX.—Number 41
Boy Scout Drive To
Be Held In District
November 4 To 10
W. J. Taylor and Still
man Leary Head Cho
wan’s Campaign
Judge Chester R. Morris, chairman
of the Boy Scout finance drive for
the Albemarle District, announced
following a dinner meeting last week
that the annual drive will "be conduct
ed November 4-10.
The meeting, held at the Virginia
Dare Hotel at Elizabeth City, was at
tended by representatives from each
of the seven counties making up the
District and the following guests:
Peter Paulson, deputy regional exec
utive irom the regional office in Phil
adelphia, and Harold Pace, Scout
Executive of the Tidewater Council.
Judge Morris appointed the follow
ing men to serve as community drive
chairman: Holland Webster, Eliza
beth City; Charles R. Vann, Pasquo
tank County; John Biggers, Hertford;
Archie T. Lane, Perquimans County;
W. J. Taylor, Edenton; Stillman
Leary, Chowan County; Samuel Walk
er, Currituck County; Eddie C. Bell,
Camden County; Julian Oneto, Dare
County, and G. B. Morgan, Jr., and
C. V. Cross, Jr., Gates County.
In welcoming the group, Judge
Morris said that there is a big job
to be done in the district Both
leaders and resources are needed. At
present there are six new Scout units
to be organized in non-Scouting com
munities.
Judge Morris said that during his
years on the bench he has sentenced
hundreds of young men for various
crimes, but with only one exception,
he has never had a ranking Boy
Scout appear before him. He stat
ed that a man’s investment in land or
stock can vanish in a twinkling of an
eye, but an investment in Scouting
BPW Thrift Sales
Proves Big Success
Affair Continued Satur
day at Penelope Bar
ker House
Amid pleasant surroundings the co
operation of faithful members and a
host of bargain seekers, the Thrift
Sale, sponsored last Friday and Sat
urday by the Business and Profes
sional Women’s Club for the Barker
House bank note, was a success.
The club is deeply grateful to all
who made donations, and especially to
Jack Hopkins, who gave the club the
use of the old Tots and Teens store
for the sale.
This Saturday, October 10, the
Thrift Sale will be continued at the
Barker House at the foot of Broad
Street. Send donations there Friday
afternoon and come for bargains all
•day Saturday.
Eastern Star Officials
To Visit Local Chapter
Mrs. Annie Laurie Mullens of South
Mills, deputy grand matron of the
Eastern Star, will be guest of honor
of the Edenton Chapter Monday night,
October 19 when she will make an of
ficial visit. At the same time Robert
Spence, district deputy grand patron, (
also of South Mills will make an of-'
ficial visit.
Presence of these officials is ex
pected to attract every member of the
Edenton Chapter.
VFW SQUARE DANCE
William H. Coffield Post, No. 9280,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, will hold
a square dance in the Post’s home
Saturday night, starting at 9 o’clock.
Music will be furnished by the Pine
Ridge Ramblers.
The public is cordially invited to at
tend by couples only. _
Jhite Cane WeekJ
This is White Cane Week! This
is the week the Lions "Club of
Edenton conducts its annual '
White Cane Sale and member
ship enrollment campaign in the
State Association for the Blind.
Funds raised will be used to pre
vent unnecessary blindness in
North Carolina and for restoring
the sight of those already Mind.
Help the Lions Club of Edenton
stamp out unnecessary blindness.
There are over 10,000 blind per
sons in the State, most of whom
are unnecessarily blind. If a
member of the Edenton Lions
Club does not see you Hits week,
go to see him and join in the cam
paign against blindness.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Hathaway Body Is
Removed From Old
Methodist Cemetery
Casket In Good Condi
tion After Buried
96 Years
By Evelyn G. Leary
The body of Burton Walker Hatha
way, who died here 96 years ago, to
gether with his wife, Sarah Ann Bent,
and five infant children, was moved
recently from the graveyard sur
rounding the old Methodist Church on
the comer of Oakum and Church
Streets, and re-interred in the Hatha
way lot at Beaver Hill Cemetery, be
side the grave of his only son, James
Robert Bent Hathaway. His grand
son and namesake,'Dr. Burton Walk
; er Hathaway, who died in 1917, is
buried in the same lot. The church
burned down many years ago, and the
old burying ground has long since
been abandoned. The bodies were dis
interred and re-buried by the Willi
ford Funeral Home.
The deceased is the great-grand
i father of Mrs. Margaret Hathaway
Jones of Edenton, who was inatru
, mental in having the bodies moved,
s Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Hathaway,
l done by Sully are hanging in Mrs.
Jones’ home.
s Mr. Hathaway was bom on Janu
i ary 28, 1814, in Tyrrell County, and
t died on March 20, 1867, in Edenton.
: He was twice married, the first time
i to Mary Bennett Roberts and the sec
. ond time to Sarah Ann Bent. His
wife died on February 5, 1862, and his
i children, Mary Elizabeth died August
[ 22, 1849; Burton Walker, September
i 23, 1845; Sarah Ann, November 18,
, 1847; George L. December 10, 1849.
- and the second Burton Walker died
. October 29, 1853.
• He was the father of James Robert
i Bent Hathaway, author of the North
; Carolina Historical and Genealogical
Register, who was born February 9,
1841, and died September 22, 1904.
His daughter, Joyce E. R. Hathaway,
who married the Rev. Joseph H.
Amiss, a Methodist minister on Janu
ary 30, 1861, has also passed away
‘ and is buried in Norfolk.
1 Mr. Hathaway lived in Edenton in
the old Hathaway THome on Water
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Achievement Day
Will Be Held Oct. 15
Clubs Also Plan to Ob
serve Husbands’ Sup
i per Nov. 6th
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• At a meeting of the Home Demon
i stration County Council held at the
Chowan Community Building plans
• were made to hold the annual Home
i Demonstration Achievement Day next
t Thursday, October 15, at the Chowan
■ Community Building.
Miss Verna Stanton, assistant State
home demonstration agent, will be the
guest speaker.
The annual husbands’ supper was
set for November 6 at the Chowan
’ Community Building with the Ward
, Club preparing the dinner.
. At the meeting Mrs. W. H. Saun
. ders, county music chairman for the
home demonstration clubs, discussed
. plans to organize a county home dem
; onstration chorus in the near future,
.with the assistance of Miss Williford,
‘public school music teacher at Cho
wan High School, as director. In ob
servance of Constitution Day, a skit
was presented by Mrs. Scott Harrell
of the Enterprise Club on “Our Amer
ican Inheritance.” Mrs. H. T. Hollo
well of the Center Hill Club also read
an interesting essay pertaining to citi
zenship.
Dr. E. A. LeMoine Will
Be Speaker at St. Paul’s
Auxiliary Meet Today
The Woman’s Auxiliary of St.
Paul’ Episcopal Church will hold its
monthly meeting this (Thursday) af
ternoon at 4 o’clock in the Parish
House.
A feature of the meeting will be
an address of Dr, E. A. LeMoine,
father of Mrs. Gordon Bennett. Dr.
LeMoine is a retired Episcopal minis
ter, an outstanding scholar and inter
esting speaker so that a large attend
ance is urged.
Safety Campaign In
Progress In Schools
Sponsored by the American Legion
Fair Association, a safety campaign
is being conducted throughout the
schools of Chowan County under the
direction of Mrs. Alice Futrell, field
representative-of the Highway Safety
Division.
Each school win select its own
safety project in the campaign.
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" Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 8,1953.
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■ Above is pictured the casket containing tne Doay ot Burton Walk
! er Hathaway, which was removed from the old Methodist Church
cemetery on Oakum Street, where it was buried 96 years ago, and
removed to the Hathaway plot in Beaver Hill Cemetery. At the
same time the remains of his wif«i and five infant children were
placed in the container on left of grave which will also be buried
on the Hathaway plot.—(Evelyn Leary Photo.)
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; Chowan Gives One
i Sided Majority In
i Big Bond Election
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’ State’s Voters as Whole
r Vote For Selling $72,-
000,000 Bonds
* Chowan County voters joined in the
j. State’s overwhelming majority of
votes cast in Saturday’s general elec-
I tion for the issuance of a $72,000,000
bond sale for schools and mental in
’ stitutions. Os this amount $50,000,-
000 will be earmarked for additional
schools, improvements and additions.
’ The remainder, $22,000,000 will be
j used' to improve the deplorable con
ditions at mental institutions,
i Chowan County, like the State as a
• whole, registered a very light vote in
the election. Only a few over 500
voters in the county went to the trou
ble to go to the polls to cast a bal
lot.
For the school bond issue 501 vot
■ed favorable and 20 cast ballots
| against it. For mental institutions,
' 496 ballots were favorable and 18
against.
In three precincts no opposition at
all was registered in the voting.
Wardville Precinct had no votes
against schools or mental institutions,
while Center Hill had no opposition to
schools and only one for mental in
■ stitutions.
! The county as a whole voted 27 to
3 1 in favor of mental institutions and
: 25 to 1 for schools, which is far
above the average for- the State in
1 favor of the huge bond issue.
: Many Attend Mil
i House‘Open House’
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: Mrs. Ruth Vail Presents
1 Poem to Guests Who
Attended
“Open House” was observed at the
’ James Iredell house on East Church
' Street Monday night, when a large
number of guests called to enjoy the
hospitality of the Edenton Tea Party
j Chapter, sponsor of the affair. The
guests were received by the officers
of the James Iredell Association.
The house was beautifully decorat
, ed for the occasion and groups min
! gled to chat as they leisurely inspect
, ed the interior of the building.
1 Punch was served from two tables
’ with Mrs. J. M. Jones and Mrs. P. S.
McMullan serving.
A feature of the meeting was the
1 presentation to guests of a poem,
“The James Iredell House,” written
and distributed by Mrs. Ruth Vail.
County Council Booth
Is Planned Fpr Fair
A 4-H County Council meeting was
held Wednesday of last week at the
Chowan Community Building with 30
officers and leaders present. Includ
ed in the business transacted was the
election of new officers for the com
’ ing year, plans for a county council
fair booth and plans for Achievement
Day, to be held in November.
BPW MEETS OCTOBER 15
Edenton’s Business and Profession
al Woman's Club will hold its month
ly meeting Thursday night, October
15, at 8 o’clock in the Penelope Bark
er Community House.
(Employ Physically
Handicapped Week
i Is Being Observed
; Program Is Handled By
Employment Secur
ity Commission
: President Eisenhower, the govern
s ors of all States and mayors of muni
cipalities have issued proclamations
) setting up October 4-10, 1953, as Nat
• ional Employ the Physically Handi
• capped Week. Congress approved a
I joint resolution August 11, 1945, set
. ting aside the first week in October of
: I each year for observing this most im
■ ] piortant occasion.
i i This program is handled on a local
t 'lpsis through the Employment Se
j I (Jii'ity Commission, located at 204
) Citizens Bank Building. Mrs. Corie
.! B. White, manager, has this to say
about the program:
“In a full-employment economy
such as we in America enjoy today,
’ the single standard, “Ability”, stands
5 out as a monument to an enlightened
’ people.
i “Placing the physically handicapped
at suitable work is an everyday re
t sponsibility and a normal function of i
•! public employment offices every- j
3 where. Our growing body of knowl- j
>' edge and the resultant development
• and application of better job place
• ment tools and techniques has done
much to promote this specialized
> phase of our work.
1 “Counseling, testing, and industrial
: service programs, all aiding in the
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Dr. McGuire Speaker
At Chowan PTA Meet
I Special Music on Pro
gram Tuesday Night,
October 13th
Dr. B. B. McGuire, Chowan district
health officer, will be guest speakei
at the meeting of the Parent-Teacher
| Association of Chowan High School
1 on Tuesday night, October 13. Dr.
McGuire will speak on the Health De
-1 partment, its duties and aims in aid
ing the general health of the people
of Chowan County. He will also show
a film to illustrate his lecture.
A musical program will follow pre
sented by the Chowan Ramblers. This
is a group of local high school boys
1 with unusual talent. They have play
ed and sung their selections in vari
ous towns from Chapel Hill to Eden
ton. They will offer some of the se
lections which they plan to use while
competing in a contest at the coming
State Fair.
This group consists of Leon Privott,
Sammy Byrum, Britton Byrum, Jack
Evans, Stuart Hollowell and Waverly
Casper.
All parents and friends are invit
ed to the meeting at 8 o’clock.
School Teachers Guests
Os Rotary Club Oct. 22
School teachers and officials of
Chowan County will be entertained by
the Edenton Rotary Club at a ban
quest to be held in the Parish House
Thursday night, October 22, at 7
o’clock: Due to lack of accommoda- j
tions this meeting will be for only I
the teachers and Rotarians. I
The committee arranging the affair!
is composed of Frank Holmes, Wil-|
liam Holmes and Gilliam Wood. <
Aces Tackle Ancient
Rival, E. City Yellow
Jackets Friday Night
Invaders Have Big Edge
On Series Which Be
» gan In 1926
With a record of one victory, two
defeats and a tie game, Coach Ben
Perry’s Edenton Aces are scheduled
to meet their arch rival, the Eliza
beth City Yellow Jackets, on Hicks
Field Friday night at 8 o’clock.
The gridiron feud between the two
schools dates back 27 years, when'
they met the first time in 1926 when 1
Frank Suttenfield introduced football
at the Edenton school. In the inter
vening years the Yellow Jackets by
far have won the most games, but
despite that fact the rivalry has been!
keen from year to year.
The Aces have triumphed over the
Yellow Jackets only seven times,
first in 1928 and again in 1931. Then
in 1934 Coach Henry House’s state
champions easily won the game and in
1935 Coach Leon Brogden’s team also!
won. The next victory came in 1937
when David Holton was coach. It
was 10 years later before an Eden
ton team won, when in 1948 and 1949
Coach George Thompson’s machine
won. Coach Thompson made the best
showing against the Jackets by win
ning two games, losing two and tieing
| one. The 1950 game resulted in a
tie score.
Since the Aces have not won since
, 1949, they are hoping that Friday
night’s game can be recorded on the
win ledger and to that end they are
practicing hard in the hope of playing
their best game of the season.
The game is expected to attract the
largest crowd of the season, with both
the Elizabeth City and Edenton bands
on hand to add color to the game.
Jackie Morris Elected
County Council Head
Other Officers Chosen
At Meeting Held on
September 30
Jackie Morris, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Morris, of the Tyner communi
ty, was elected president of the Cho
wan Community Building at Cross
Roads, and was attended by 32 mem
bers from various 4-H clubs in the
| county. Jackie has been a very ac
tice 4-H club member for the past
j 7 years and his election to this high
office is a result of his experience in
4-H club work.
Jackie has been 4-H Health King
twice, county winner in 4-H entomol
ogy twice, district entomology winner
once, and county public speaking win
ner once. He has attended two 4-H
club weeks at State College and two
4-H Wildlife Camps.
County Council is the steering
committee for 4-H Club work in Cho
wan County. Other officers elected
are: Vice president, Jackie Byrum:
secretary and treasurer, Evangeline
Copeland; assistance secretary and
treasurer, Leon Privott; reporter,
Betty Byrum; program committee,
Barbara White, chairman, Emmett
Perry, Janice Harrell, Dick Lowe;
song leaders, Peggy Harrell, Larry
Lowe; recreation committee, Mary
Sue Elliott, Leon Privott, Sherwood
Harrell; pianist, Kay Francis White;
assistant pianists, Anne Pearce and
Evangeline Copeland; refreshments
committee, Marjorie Harrell, Carlton
Perry.
Civic Calendar
Dr. B. B. McGuire, district
health officer, will speak at the
Chowan PTA meeting at Chowan
High School Tuesday night, Octo
ber 13.
Business Women’s Week obser
ved October 11 to 17.
Chaplain William A. Swets
will preach at the Presbyterian
Church Sunday morning at 11
o’clock.
Chowan Ramblers will present
a musical and comedy show at
Hobbsville High School Friday
night, October 16, at 8 o’clock.
Woman’s Auxiliary of St.
Paul’s Episcopal Church meets
this (Thursday) afternoon at 4
o’clock in the Parish House.
Edenton PTA membership
drive ends Saturday
Lions Club White Cane Sale
ends Saturday.
Revival services this week at
First Christian Church.
Home Demonstration Achieve
ment Day Thursday, October 15,
‘ at the Chowan Community Build-
I >!»&•'
Home demonstration clubs will
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$2.00 Per Year.
Over IflflGHestLfei
DArR On Friday
Group Also Entertained
At Tea In James Ire
dell House
One hundred and two members of
the Daughters of the American Revo
lution attended the annual meeting of
the Eighth District, National Society
of DAR, held at the Chowan County
Court House in Edenton Friday morn
ing with the Edenton Tea Party
' Chapter as hostess. Mrs. W. D.
Holmes, Jr., is Regent of the local or
ganization.
The meeting was called to order by
Mrs, W. L. Goodwyn of Tarboro, dis
trict director, and invocation was
ilmade by the Rev. James MacKenzie,
pastor of the Presbyterian Church.
: The pledge of allegiance to the flag
was given by Mrs. O. F. Gilbert, re
gent of the Betsy Dowdy Chapter of
Elizabeth City, followed by the Amer
ican’s Creed by Mrs. John G. Tyn
, | dall, regent of the Washington Major
Reading Blount Chapter.
J. Clarence Leary, Mayor pro tern,
welcomed the visitors to Edenton, af
ter which Dr. Inglis Fletcher, histor
: ian, extended a greeting from the
; Edenton Tea Party Chapter. The re
■ sponse was made by Mrs. F. J. Dozier,
■ vice regent of the Miles Harvey Chap
. ter of Tarboro. Mrs. W. J. Eason of
Tarboro, district secretary and treas
, urer, read the minutes and the district
, director announced appointment of
, committees.
Mrs. G. A. Kernadle, State Regent,
, of Burlington, was the principal
speaker for the occasion. She was
presented by Mrs. L. T. Penniman of
Rocky Mount. Chapter reports were
, submitted, followed by presentation of
state officers and recognition of nat
ional and state chairmen.
I Reports were given by the follow
| ing committee chairmen: Mrs. P. S.
! McMullan, registration; Miss Jose
phine Smith, nomination; Mrs. S. H.
Edwards, invitation and Mrs. E. L,
| Hardy, courtesy.
Acting as pages during the day
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Edenton PTA Stages
Drive For Members
State Senator A. P. God
win Speaker at Meet
ing Oct. 12
1 Edenton’s Parent-Teacher Associa
-1 j tion is conducting an “all out” mem
bership drive this week in an effort
to enlist parents to join the organi
zation. In spite of the fact that last
year less than one-half of the par
ents with children in school were rep
resented in the PTA, it is felt that
1 there is still interest among the par
ents. Therefore, an urgent appeal is
made to parents to come out and let
their presence and interest be known
1 and to help reach this year’s goal of
400 members by joining and remind
■ ing someone else to join. “Help Your
I Child by Supporting Your School.”
A. P. Godwin, Jr., State* Senator
from Gatesville has been slated to
: speak at the opening Parent-Teacher
Association meeting to be held Mon
day night, October 12, at 8 o’c’ock in
the Elementary School Cafeteria.
Since most of the business was
transacted at a previous board meet
ing, the business session will be limit
ed to a short meeting. This will be
followed by Mr. Godwin’s talk, a soc
ial hour, and then for those interest
ed in visiting the elementarv school
rooms. A teacher will be present to
show the group around and discuss
matters pertaining to children.
[Chowan’s VoteJ
Following is the tabulation for
CJiowan County’s vote in the general
election Saturday giving the State of
North Carolina the right to sell 50
million dollars worth of bonds for the
improvement and building of schools
and 22 million dollars for improving
the State’s mental institutions:
SCHOOLS
For Against
East Edenton 148 4
West Edenton 196 9
Rocky Hock 28 3
Center Hill 67 0
Wardville 39 0
Yeopim 23 4
Total 501 20
MENTAL INSTITUTIONS
For Against
East Edenton 146 5
West Edenton 191 7
Rocky Hock 30 3
Center Hill 66 1
Wardville - 39 0
Yeopim 24 2