North Carolina Newspapers

«====^V ONLY NEWSPAPER ‘ PUBLISHED IN CHOWAN COUNTY Volume XXll.—Number 37. | School T eacherl if o Be Rotary’s Gußts Thursday Sept. 22 Dr. Amos Abrams Will Be Principal Speak er For Occasion Edenton Rotarians " ill entertain j all the white school teachers of- Chowan County at their annual, Teachers’ Night meeting ne x t Thursday night, September 22. The banutlet will he held in the Ma sonic Temple beginning at 7 o’clock with members of the Eastern Star serving. President Gerald James, who hopes every teacher, and every Ko ta ri an will attend, has appointed following committee chairmen to to make all the necessary arrange ment'. for the annual affair. General Chairman -- War " c n Twiddy. Dinner—George Twiddy. Favors and Door Prizes —John Kramer. Entertainment —W. T. Harry. Program—J. Edwin Hutflap and j Gerald James. Fellowship—H. A. Campon and C. W. Overman. General Chairman Twiddy has j announced that the principal speak-1 er for the occasion will he TV- ■ Amos Abrams, editor of Education | Magazine of Raleigh. Dr. Abrams has the reputation for being a splendid speaker and the Rotary | Club feels, very fortunate in being able to secure him as the Teachers'| Night speaker. Rotary Amies w-ijl J also be guests of the Rotarians for; big meeting. k Dr Abrams will be introduced le. I r an A. Holmes. Court Delayed One Day Due To Illness Os Judge Morris Many Cases Disposed Os Duriner First Day Os Term Due to illness of Judge Cheurr Mortis, the September term of C to- Wan Superior Court did not roi'.wn,- until Tuesday morning of this Week. Judge Morris arrived rue. - day morning and immediately aft- r opening court the following were < best n as members of tile Grand J .rv: T. A. Perryman, foreman. Ker j nut E. Layton, T. C. Cross, Jr., r.u" C Harrell. Walter S Pane. Richard F. Jackson, Henderson Goodwin, Shelton W. Moore, Jr.. -1. Edgar Cl.- - pi < 11, Isaac Byrum HI. E. M Wald, Wilford N. Toppin. Albert Bunch, Melvin E. Copeland. Murray F. Byium, H. D. White. Mclyer Byvom and Gibson Mitchell In eharging the Grand Jury i Judre Morris said hi' did not i- - i j physically able to deliver a long address, but be did briefly out line the duties of the Grand Jury. During the early par of th< session four divorces were granted. | these being Oliver V. Galtehtin- ! from Beth V. Gallentine, William Stallings from Missouri Stalling;. | Continued on Page Three Mrs. Badham Appeals For More Cooperation With USO Junior Hostesses Now Especially Needed At Club Mrs. R. P. Badham, staff aide of the Edenton USO Club, with headquarters in the Joseph Hewcs Hotel, is making an appeal for more cooperation in T. SO activities, especially pointing out the need for townspeople to visit the club, con tributions of games and reading material for the club room and last but by no means the least, junior hostesses. "Now that fall has arrived,” says Mrs. Badham, “we are very an xjous to get db the Town Calendar and be heard and seen. We need your cooperation if the USO is go THE CHOWAN HERALD Baptist Speaker j wsSBbL, SBEXfiSm dr. e. a. McDowell, jr. i lit the absence of the pastor, the ; Rev. R. N. Carroll, Dr. Edward A. I McDowell, Jr., of Wake Forest will pfeach at both services at the Bap tist Church next Sunday, Septem | her 18th.. I Herald And Firemen Signally Honored By National Guard j-Presented Certificates For Service In Oper j. ation Minutemen The Chowan Hefald and the Edeuton Fire Department were sig nally honored Wednesday night of last week when they Were award ed ;:n Army and Air National I Guard,certificate of commendation. Tie certificates were in reeogni j lion of distinguished service, ren ! dered the National Guard during ! Operation Mihutemen which whs a ; i etlomvide test alert held on April ! jo. 1! 55. The certificates were I signed iiy Major General Edgar C jEiirksofi. Chief of the National l Guard Bureau and Major General I din 11. Manning, the Adjutant | General. The certificates were presented j before the. local Heavy Mortar • ICompany -was assigned to its du el ties by Captain Cecil W. Fry, coin mam'ing officer of the Eden ton • outl’il Receiving th,. certificates ■ wcri J. Edwin Rufflap for The Chowan Herald and W. J. Yates for the Fiia Department. Captain Fry was high in his praise for the ser ve-,, rendered by The Herald ar.d Fire D< partment during the opera tion. Mrs. R. B. Hollowell Wins Lipton Prize Mrs. Raleigh Hollowell was noti j fieri last week that her entry in Linton’s recent contest to name Ar thur.-Godfrey's colt has been award ed a second prize by the contest judge;. The second prizes are ]Si hwinn bicycles. The company i.vvill ship the model she selects to j her grandson, Britt Jones, in Nor i folk, Va. ing to survive, and President Eis enhower says it must, and I believe the town feels the same way. "The town has been most gener ous ir its support of the USO, but we need the townspeople to come ' to see us and take an interest in us, 1 both ladies and gentlemen, i. “W e need more magazines, play ing cards, games, papers, etc., for ■ the boys and above everything else we need junior hostesses. Please ■ help us and help make the boys • j happy. I am sure the families in : I Edenton who have boys in the ser ' vice elsewhere appreciate what is being done for them in other towns, i So let's all give them the glad hand -of welcome. Since we are a small - town with so few amusements, we 1 must try and make up for that by I an extra attractive USO,” * Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 15,1955. Visiting Preacher At Baptist Church Sunday, Sept. 18th Dr. Edward A. McDon old of Wake Forest Will Preach Dr. Edward A. McDowell, Jr., comes to the pulpit.of the Edenton Baptist Church Sunday, .September 18, as the second professor from the Southeastern Baptist Theologi cal Seminary in Wake Forest to preach for the local congregation within tile last three weeks. Dr. McDowell will fill th,> pulpit dur , ing the absence of the pastor, the Rev. R. N, Carroll,who is on vaca tion. He will he remembered by a previous and simthtr engagement. This popular and well prepare-! speaker possesses a scholarly back ground as educator, preacher, edi tor, lecturer and author. Besides the Th.M. Degree, lie holds the Ph.D. Degree from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kv., and th,. Honorary D.D. Degree front Furman Univer sity. Tn 192a. DK McDowell .'became in strut-tor of New Testament inter-, pretation lit the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, then assist and associate professor professor, .becoming, head Os the de | partment in 1951. He has in-id pas torates in Kentucky and South I Carolina. As an author, Dr. McDowell has| written “Son Os Man,’’ “Suffering | Servant”, “The Meaning and Mes sage of Revelation". He is Very much in demand as a lecturer at assemblies, preacher's schools, col-; i leges and Rihle conlirenees. Tlic regular services > the day and week will be observed: Sun day School at 9:45 o'clock and , Training Union at 9:15 o’clock; the wid-week prayer service on Wed s nesdav at 7950. P. M.: the Bible Study Hour at 7:30 P. M„ on Fri- I day evening. Exchange Students I In Chowan County ? ■ i Foreigners Are Study -1 ing Agriculture In America Rasheer Khawaga ->f Tulkamt, ! Jord.m niut Isam M. Yiik-tiii ot “I K:ib-Klias. Albuka. Lebanon, iiro now. n» Chowan County stuHyiiij? acjirulture. Tlic two young nicii * are \u America in conn*vt.ion with the International Farm \outh E\- 1 change. They are being conduct ‘led throughout the eounty by As ,-istant Farm Agent Robert S. Marsh, In their native land both have lived on farms, where major crops arc a) t ies,wheat, barley, corn and I vegetables. Their native language | ' is Arabic, but both read and speak] English . fluently. j While in America the young men ' are scheduled to study farming in several states. They arrived in ' New York in April and are schcd ' uled le leave for their homes Octo ' her 29. ( Yaktin’s future occupational j plans are working in rural com-] munity development while Kha waga plans to continue his study] ii: agrit ulture. These two men arrived in Chd-; wan County September 7 and will remain here until about October 15, when they will le*ve for State College in Raleigh. While in Cho wan County Yaktin is making his' - home with Mr. and Mrs. Tom As-j belli and Khawaga is living at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ward. Lions Club Resumes Regular Meetings The Edenton Lions Club resumed • its schedule of regular meetings - last Monday night with an excel lent attnendanee. President Ail Phillips requested the club members to make every . effort to start functioning through the various committees in order that th- club might.have another cutstamling year. He emphasized the importance of reporting all ac tivities to the secretary so that he can in turn report to Lions Inter national, Edenton Woman’s Club Renews Fall Program Os Work Encouraging Reports. Presented By Vari- I ous Committees The Edenton Woman's Club held its first Fall meeting Wednesday of last week at St. Paul’s Parish House with Mrs. W. J. P. Earn hardt, president/presiding. There "ere 91 members present. Os special interest was a report of Mis. R. H. Goodwin, chairman of the committee on Sewerage Dis posal and Zoning Ordinance, in which she said the committee met I last week with Mayor Ernest Ke hayes and Town Clerk Ernest Ward to discuss the sanitation problem. Mayer Kehaycs said he would in form the E & W Board and Town Council of the club's suggestion of hiring a sanitation engineer to make a survey and report to the club el its October meeting, when B. C. Snow of the Department of ■ Cpnse 1 vat ion and Development, will address the club. Mr. Kehaycs told t ic committee that the opening of ditches and the fixing of curbs were among his recommendations! to the Council when he took office, end that he hoped that the Wo man'. Club would support his pro gram. 1 Th, Yearbook, edited by Mrs. J. R. Dulaney, was distributed to members and she and her commit tee were complimented by the pres ident. for their work. Mrs.. T. B. Smith was thanked for her original Continued on Page 3—-Section 1 Great Bridge Next On Aces’ Schedule Second Game of Sea son Will Be Played On Foreign Soil Co.'eh Bill Billings' Edenton Aces, smarting from the defeat at: tlic Lands of Roanoke. Rapids Fri day night, will play their second game of the season next Friday night when they arc scheduled to nice- Great Bridge High School on the latter's gridiron. Coach Billings has been taking I s boys through strenuous practice .sessions in order to iron out the Wrinkles detected in last week’s playing. All of the hoys arc in 1 ..good, shape and they will he out for revenge next Friday night in or der te tuck under their belts the first victory of the season. The .strength of Great Bridge is 1 an unknown factor, so that the. Ace,-; are not aware of the strength of Heir opponents, a netv school on 1 tile, Edenton schedule, Town Council And Trustees Os School Settle Land Title; Lengthy Meeting of Both Boards Held Tuesday Night Faced with a full agenda. Town Council held a lengthy session right, during which a problem .of many years’ standing was settled —definite title to Hicks Field. Present at the meeting were members of the trustees of the Eiio-ton Administrative Unit of Schools and it was definitely de rided that to settle the debatable title question, the town deeded t > thr ur,’> all of the Hicks Field prop erty except the baseball diamond, the northeast coiner on which the armory is located and that section now occupied by Industries. J N. Pruden, Town Attorney, was au thonzed to prepare deeds, using di mensions appearing on a map. At the same time Mr. Pruden will pre pare deeds for the areas to which the Town will maintain title. The Town in turn has agreed to i ßirthday Calendar' Project By Edenton Clubs Is Under Way Three Groups Expect Idea to Surpass Last Year Edenton Jayeees, the Woman’s ! Club and Bl’W Club members are now very busy selling the commun- j ity birthday calendars. Last year a “Community Birth-1 cay Calendar” was inaugurated by the three clubs as an experiment to see how Edenton would react to this “friendship” offer. The cal endar sale was such a huge success that the clubs decided to sponsor the call ndars again for 1959. Many merchants, businessmen, end lodge and civic leaders aided in the good will builder with their I advertisements and listings. Sev i era! business places offer free gift? and discounts to those listed on the calendar. Chairman Kathryn Goodwin stat ed this week that a number of per sons arc lamenting that they were not given a chance to get their names on the novel calendar. She jointed out that everyone will lie given the opportunity this year and the 1959 calendar should carry far more names than the 1955. The clubs are pleased to anr hource some of the merchants whp have aided ill our good will buildtA with their advertisements. The Continued on Page 3—Section 1 Baseball Game At Chowan Sept. 28th i Chowan Team to Play | Aggregation From Cross Roads Palmer Tynch, manager of the Chowan team in this year’s Albe marle League, announced early this week that his team will play a team made up of baseball players in the Cross Roads community. The game is scheduled to be played on I the Chowan High School diamond Tuesday night, September 29, at 8 o’clock. Mi. Tynch stated that the Eliza beth City High School Band has | consented to play at the game and , that the Edenton Higdi School Band has also been invited. The proceeds of the game will ha I used for the ball park. deed the armory property to the N. C. National Guard, reserving. ' however, that portion where the 1 reposed swimming pool is to be; < located: Another school matter also con sumed a goodly portion of the time which had to do with appointing school trustees. According to the statute, passed in 1903, trustees are ! r ppcir.ted jointly by the trustees and Town Council. Some discus sion developed to the effect that there should be more frequent changes made in school trustees. liowever, no change was made Tuesday night when four of the trustees were reappointed. The four who were reappointed were J. H. Conger, P. S. McMullen, - Thomas Chears and Mrs. J. Clar- : cnee Leary. The terms of Mr. Con- i per ar.d Mr. McMullan expired the first Monday in June, 1953, but for i some reason th e expirations were i ever-looked. Both were reappoint- i ed ioi six year terms dating from Continued on Page 3—Section 1 Edenton Aces Lose Bpening Grid Game! To Roanoke Rapids | Squad Arrives Late on Account of Break Down of Bus With the breaks of the game against them. Coach Bill Billings’ ! Edenton Aces lost the opening foot ball gamp of the season to Roanoke Rapid? Friday night in Roanoke ] Rapids by a score of 20 to 13. De- Ares were further handicapped as well a? disheartened in that the I r irst trip on the second-hand activi ties bus hogged down when it stall id thi? side of Aulander. It was necessary to borrow an Aulander! bus too small to comfortably tran —1 port the Aces' aggregation, and tin ! squad and officials rolled into Ron. ! coke Rapids less than half hour he- ] fore game time, thus preventing 1 adequate warming practice on the] field. However, contrary to predictions,l. the /-ces. outplayed Roanoke Rap idsin the. first half with a score ] of 13 to 7. Apparently worn down,' the Arcs weakened in the second" half with Roanoke Rapids scoring; two more touchdowns, both on had breaks for the Aces: One of these; breaks was. a fumble by Holland while knocking for a touchdown, less than 10 yards away. Another bad break occurred when Billy Bunch jumped up to break up a Roanoke Rapids pass. His fingers touched the ball just enough to de flect it- into the arms of Pete Har ris v I n ahead of all blockers, raced for the touchdown which was the, turning point of the game, The Aces scored early in the first quarter. Roanoke Rapid-, kicked and the Aces made a first down on three (days. Roatioki Rapid;, then intercepted a pass on, the Edenton 45, hut fumbled and It was the Aces' ball on the 10. Af ter a long pass failed Holland made a first down. Wilson added mre- Continued on Page 2—Section 1 Juniors At Chowan Elect Class Officers Carroll Peele Elected | President at Recent Meeting The Juniors of Chowan Iliah School held their first class meot- Ing/September 7 with : 28 members present. Officers elected were: President, Carroll Peele; secretary. Woody Knight; vice president, Shirley Ann Bass; treasurer, Ber-I nic Baker: reporters, Steve Burch j and Marjorie Morris. Sidney Campon, representative .of; Herff-Jones Co., visited the class] Frier y and took orders for ciass j rings. An early delivery has been j promised. A Christmas card sale campaign | will get under way in a few days ! to help finance the Junior-Senior banquet in. the spring. Grndcmothers selected to work with the Junior Class are: Mrs. Robert Morris, Mrs. Liriwood La; ton, Mrs. Kenneth Copeland, Mrs, I Mnrral Baker and Mrs. Lloyd ( Peele. Under the guidance of Miss T/OU- j iso Wilson, the Juniors hope to ! have a successful School vear. ' j . ■■ ■ - [civic calendar] Classes for expectant mothers j will be hedd every Wednesday night : thiough October 19 at the VFW home at 8 o’clock. Special meeting of Town Council will he held Monday night. Sep tember 26, to consider extension of Town limits. Woman’s Auxiliary of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church will meet in the Parish House Tuesday afternoon. September 20. at 1 o’clock. Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F„ & A. M„ will hold a stated com munication tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock, Edenton Chapter No. 302, Order of the Eastern Star, w ill meet Mon. day night, September 19, at 8 o’clock in the Masonic Temple. Edenton Lions Club will meet| Continued on Pi ye 2—-Section 1 $2.00 Per Year In North Carolina Jones Is Permanent | President Edenton Development Corp. State Chairman ] i . -- < H. REX EDISON Basil O’Connor, Chairman of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, has announced that H. Rev. Edison of Gastonia has been : appointed as chairman for the 1956, March of Dimes campaign in North Carolina; Classes Slated For Expectant Mothers First of Series to Be gin at VFW Home September 21 Announcement was made thi? week that a new series of classes for expectant, mothers will begin Wednesday night, September 21, at the VFW home. These --lasses will he conducted •very Wednesday night through ■ Ictober 19 at 8 o'clock. Dr. R. H. \.-ugl-an will conduct the fir- - : Has . Included in these series of c!n --e, will la i vi-iting nutrition ist from file State Board of Health as well a- a representative from the Pel Milk Company with instruc tions and a film in regard to for mula preparation. These ela-s-s are not limited to • xpectant mothers, for prospecthe mot in are cordially invited. Upon • empli tion of these classes acer-j l ''ieala of good motherhood will b■ j presented. The classes are sponsored by tin- ! Hcaiffi Department in cooperation] v-ath ili< VFW Auxiliary. Light re-1 freshmonts wilt he served at each | i lass, . . Tommy Kehayes Will ; Be Auxiliary Speaker] Tin- Woman’s Auxiliary ofaSt.! tauik Efiiscojial Church will meet an the Parish House Tuesday after | noon. September 20, at 1 o’eloek. A f( attire of this meeting will be an address by Tommy Kehaycs, who will give bis impressions of Camp Leach. Mrs. L. A. Patterson, president of the Auxiliary, requests every member to be present. J Ruth Ann Lay den And Jerry White Win 4-H Poultry Prize Sale Said to Be Best In History of Con test In County “Slick Chicks” werp the order of the day at the ninth Chowan Couu, ty 4-H poultry show and sale held at tin Edenton armory on Septem ber 1 at 2:30 o’clock. Eleven Cho wan 4-H Club members entered seven pulllets each. The pullets were judged by T. J. Maupin and Tom Morris, poultry specialists from State College, and prize win ners were announced. Jerry White, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney White, Sr., of the Paradise community and Ruth Ann Layden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J, Oliver Layden. of the Hohbsville communi ty, were co-winners of the grand ehampio.n award They each re SLOW GOWN AND LIVE! | 11 Directors Elect cd at Meeting Held Mon day Night Stockholders of the Fidf.r.ton Do-, velopmtiit Cornoritton met in the CbowiiT.- County C ov«rt H.ou?e Mon day lupht :uid »lected a pernicincnt board of directo* s for the eorjuira tioM. Members of the board of ili jT/tors elected 'Vtae: \Y. l\ Joi.c-n L. H Haskett, W W By urn, i ne,st J. Ward, Jr,, J. Clarence I.cry, T. S. M<M Haih J 11. gef, Sr lh I'. Baer, li. . 1 . H.<m II H. A, Campon and Ki'neat I*. K» ha yes. I The board yl‘ *ih« ' t*u> met fJ- I Tmvms the moetinir of .-the to-. !.> I l.oldrrs and elect 'd tiie fnijouin.}^ 1 officers: W. r. Jones, president; Jesse L. Harrell, \ iee president; K. J. Ward, , Jr., sccfetary and .treasur< r. 1 Tile* Edenton DevElopnient Cor ,] po rat ion was rh.ai tered for 11 1 »• pur pose of stimulating .and pronioi i! indasti ial (I**\e|opm* nt forth” Town of Edenton. X-ortii Cnrolin i ;ml Chowan County. The corpoiv - tit-n i ; . authorized t«*construrt i - lory ;. 11 <i comm« r al buildiip sal.»-»»r leasv.and t*» s<*|| hr j.eas*’ iin drveh ped real properly. Th { . cof jD.ratior. is furlh *r fivun th.* ;»a . • rizat n to perform nil ..n i. .which ; m -i>- deemed expedient . >• - aw. or rdnyc ufeJit, forth. proper and suc ce?sfiil accompiishm* }, t ’>f the v-nv- I »>ea f’-r which tile ••.oTpo'ra.tion was Term* d. Edenton Bue To Get $14,569.68 in Powell Bill Funds $5,711,817.71 Will Be Distributed Among 398 Municipalities Tim* State Tj ijrhw ay (‘'ommission will OJstnijutc >5 '. 11 ,s 1 7.71 ca'i ait i. t’: 3!>B incaMMO •V’d. iVytivi l , .•l i - nilJe and (pialifi •’ na *• -'ip i’ ; i for im|• rove?t. n( .on •»-n hr : ’ y ; system s* i C h 1 A H. Graham 1v - ia *•* i j Hi* sabi tia.- 'Wa C the/. L, * ■ r i am’ mnt ,evc?r d. tributed I T’o\V( v i HU] A• ? Was r 1 ;• Hin ]■<:, 1, j when total of ~ l.‘> b’.o9<’u2D. v.aas ] divided anion# f-mu: r. In . ,a tobaj oJ S4.!US.s w: i silli ed -i l»y towns. In 11)50, .* t >*ai - \y\ j $5,241,203.40 wiis divided among j il!)4 Tar Heel towns. Last year, $5,301,717:41 was shared hy 3;)G towns. This year’s 'aljocal* :i 5 brings the total fi'c-ycar a'lloca .;a of Powell Bill fends t ( > • 677.02 Acc4>i 'i ’hg to.-th • i;res Edenton AvP) ivc ivo ,<} : i ).6S, The allot. j the 1950 census, of a jnaa ia -7! tion increment. 1 ‘ 07 n >n " syrten; miles and a .mileage inno- mert of 177.57. . ceivcd $? ou m addition to th( they received for having a pen of pullets which were placed in the ■ Blue Ribbon group by the judges. Tile contest Was sponsored by H. R. Hiii and the Berkley Feed Com pany, of Norfolk, Va. The Danish system of judging | was used for placing the pullets. In this system, each pen of pullets was placed in a blue, red, or white group signifying first, second and third place respectively. The ov,'ti er of each pen of blue ribbon group pullets received SO.OO prize money; each red ribbon group, SO.OO. How ever, there were no pens in the white ribbon group. This is the first time in the history of the contest that there were pullets only in the blue or red ribbon groups. Contestants whose pullets were placed in the blue ribbon group by Continued on Cage 3. Section 1 <