SLFHSJFHS y \ i ONLY NEWSPAPER 1 PUBLISHED IN I CHOWAN COUNTY * T* r olume XXll—Number 51. j —■ Eastern Cities Lose In Fight To Prevent Electric Rate Boost Supreme Court Last Week Upheld Lower ! Court’s Decision Eight towns in Eastern North Carolina, seeking renet trom a rate boost approved by the State Utili ties Commission for the Virginia Power and Electric Co., lost the court fight over the matter when the State Supreme Court last week ruled against the towns which had appealed the decision from a lower court and the Utilities Commission. The Supreme Court ruled that Roberson villa, Enfield, Scotland Neck, Kdenton, Hertford. Elizabeth City, Windsor and-Baiba van had failed to show the action resulting in an increase in costs of electric power furnished by Vepcd was dis criminatory. Thus the towns must continue to pay the power company higher rates for electric power, which has been in effect since June 1 !>f>4 when the State Commission granted the company the privilege of increas ing rates. In seeking relief from the higher | rates the eight towns contended that VEPCO was permitted to change their rate schedules without first making cost studies, that they were not given equal treatment with REA cooperatives served by * KI’CO: that VEI'CO rates were 0 it of line with those of other com panies, and that they were denied coverage under an industrial rate schedule under which they might have been placed. They also complained that the Utilities Commission had confer red privately with VEI’CO officials and attorneys, after the formal hearings on the case had been com pleted and before the order was issued. They held that they had not been notified of the' confer ence and were not given an oppor tunity to take part. The Supreme Court, reviewing the case in a lengthy opinion writ ten by Associate Justice E. B. Den ny, said no exception raised by the towns was sufficient, to justify re-. versing the Utilities Commission and Judge Carr, and it taxed the I towns with the costs of the action. 1 White Schools Close ! For Holiday Period White schools in the Eden ton ad ministrative unit closed Friday for the Christmas'holidays and will not reopen until Monday, January 2, thus allowing a two weeks holiday.' Colored schools in the unit, how ever, will remain open until Friday, of this week, and will reopen on the same day while children- return ' to school. CHRISTMAS PROGRAM AT CHAPPELL HILL CHURCH A Christmas program will he presented at the Chappell Hill Bap- - tist Church Friday night, Decern-1 her 23, at 7 o’clock. The public is j cordially invited to attend. Chowan County Has Bought 91 %Os Savings Bonds Quota Sales In State Are 10% j Ahead Same Month | | Last Year [ A new peacetime sales record in U. s. Savings Bonds is being set, this year in North Carolina. j With November sales of $4,346,- 939.75, which is 10% ahead of the same month of last year, sales in the State have now passed the $50,- 000,000 mark. Total State sales for j the year are $7,174,609.50 or 19' c ahead of 1954. Twenty-seven counties in North j Carolina have already exceeded, their sales tor this year. According to A. B. Harless, sav-j ings bonds rhnirnvin for PVvov-.r SFŚ THEiCHOWAN HERALD [Mike Spruill Fund Amounts To $513.49 To Tuesday Night Rumors About Finan cial Condition of Family False Mrs. Henry G. Quinn this week reported that up until Tuesday she had received a total of $513.49 to pay hospital and doctors’ expenses for Mike Spruill, 14-months-old son if Mr. and Mrs. George Spruill,! who was seriously burned in No vember. Os the amount in hand, SIOB was received from outside Chowan County, a check coming from as far as Lauringburg, N. C. Mis; Quinn is depositing contri butions in the Bank of Edenton with which to pay the expenses and has the hospital paid up until last I Saturday. Mrs. Quinn reports that about 80 per cent of the skin already graft ed on the hoys’ legs has healed, and that after Christmas another operation will be made to graft skin on the stomach. The skin has been taken from the boy’s back, so that the hack must heal before the • next operation. The Officers' Wives Club last week sent a cheek for SSO to the Spruill family to be used for Christmas and at the January meeting it is planned to make an other contribution toward the hos pital expenses. There have been some rumors go ing the rounds regarding the fi nancial condition of this family, but following a thorough investiga tion those rumors proved to be a i fake. The boy will receive all the at-1 tention and treatment necessary at the hospital but, of course, the hos pital cannot afford to absorb the ' expenses of patients who are un j able to pay the bills, so that eon i tributtons are being sought for a ) two-fold purpose, to help the un j fortunate family and at the same [ time prevent a hardship on the hospital. Christmas Program At Yeopim Church The annual Christmas party will j be held at the Yeopim Baptist Church tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 1 o’clock. The pastor of the church, the Rev. Philip Quidley, cordially invites the public to attend. ROTARIANS CANCEL MEETING Due to today (Thursday) being so close to Christmas, Edenton’s Rotary Club will not meet this - week. Regular meetings will be | resumed next Thursday, December 29, when Charles H. Wood, Jr., ' will be in charge of the program. ! County, county sales for November ■ amount to $10,831.25 and for the year $159,431.25. The county’s 1 quota is $174,900, so that 91 per | cent of the quota have been sold, i Nationwide November sales were i 3% above those of last November. 1 The accumulated national sales for I the first eleven months of this year are 11% higher than for the same months of 1954. Sales continue to exceed redemp , tions of matured and unmatured : | Savings Bonds. This year the net sales in excess of redemptions show | a 67% increase over last year’s | figures. | On November 30th, the cash val- I ue of outstanding Savings Bonds t was over billion dollars great -1 <>r *lrm n year rijr> B m.-J w* ' y i \ I TrM W fwXM&J-J / //f/o Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 22, 1955. '• 1 hmm / . ->jMfefy **sy[j9s!towßf ? : ~ X Regional Library Staff Entertained j Members of the Pettigrew Regional Library staff were en tertained at a Christmas dinner party a| Hotel Joseph Hawes Fri day night h> Mrs. Eugenia R. Babylon, director of the Pettigrew Regional Library. The picture shows the group at the home of Mrs. Babylon on -East King .Street, where gifts were exchanged and games played after the '.dinner, ■.-■Tlley arc: Seated, left to right, Mrs. Babylon: Mrs. Verdie Alexander of Columbia, driver of the colored bookmobile: Mrs. W. V. Reynolds of Columbia, Tyrrell County librarian. Standing, left to right, Mrs. C. E. Ayers of Ply mouth, librarian of Washington. County Public Library: Miss Har riet B. Leary iff Edenton. librarian at Edenton Shepard-Pruden Memorial Library and Mrs. Bryan Harris of Roper, driver of the white bookmobile.—(Evelyn Leary Photo). Charter For Cub 1 Scouts Received By Edenton Lions; -• ■ i c Officials Pleased \\ ith Interest Shown In New Cub Pack ? I The Kdentn Lions Chili bus re- * reived a charter from the Boys | Scouts of America for Cub Back | No. 159, Edenton. Officers' listed S on the charter are Robert R, Baker, j | Cubmaster: Jesse L. Harrell, com- | mittee chairman and Thomas E. i Francis, institutional represent.-!- tive. Other officers and commit- J tee members include Assistant Cub- ? master 'Hubert. Williford, Herbert ? Hollowel! and Earl Harrell, The Cub Bark has already held 5 one meeting and officials atai off!- 1 cers are well pleased with the te- spouse and enthusiasm of the boys ,1 in the Cub age group. John Mitehener. Jr., chairman of ■ the Lions Committee to assist 5 i needy family this Christinas at Monday night’s meeting made a fi- | nal rail for toys, lieddittg and cloth- ' i ing from members of the club. The club has decided to Cancel J meetings for Deceml>er 26 and «Tan- ' uary 2. The next meeting of the ! 1 jlnh ’"s srhednM for T- ?i»i - .n - > Bank Will Be Open Tuesday Next Week J , Th<‘ Bank of Kdenton will he j closed next Monday, Decomher 2B as a Christmas holiday. However, the hank will h,. open Tuesday, De cember 27, although most business | houses have flecided to close Mon- J day and Tuesday. ' | Spirit Os Christmas *]j I % | § It is not the tinsel nr the ribbons, »] £ . ! £ Or the holly or the gift-laden tree; t l & | i “ It is not Rudolph the reindeer or sleigh hells, \ ft * J • v Xt)r is it something to touch or hold or see. * | ” . o § It is not the laughter of girts and bovs, | £ It is not Santa Claus or stockings hung;' % f ft It is not the music of carols and songs, ‘ S Xor may it be uttered by word or tongue. i | Vet Christinas may be all oj these and more. — j |C It may be a gift from an empty hand, j | Put holding all the riches of the heart j I. And bearing all the brotherhood of man. 1 ! It may be, then, writ better than / can pen, These simple words : Peace on earth, good wilt to men. m —Wilborne Harrell.. wsaesaft '.os o— mw» «w<« im-w nm iw.w. ,w>, mn ter February 2 Once again property must ho ‘ listed for 1956 taxation and this - listing must, according to law, lie ; done during the month of January, The listing will begin Wednesday, January 3, and if hot completed by , February 2, a penalty of IP per . cent will be imposed and added to the taxes. Furthermore, if anyone fails to list their property the guil ty parties will be reported to the Grand Jury for court action. Crop, acreage for 1955 must also be reported to the tax listers. This information, however, is not, used for tax purposes, hut must lie fur nished so that tax listers will be able to make records. The infor | mation includes acreage for each crop harvested during the year 1955; number of cows, sows and hens on farm on January 1. T 956 and number of people living on farm on January 1. 1956. The schedule for the tax. listers follows: i First Township: Listers. Mrs. Margaret H. Flours and Mrs. Bat tle S. Byrum—Every day in the tax office, second finer of the Court House. Second Township: Henry Bunch, tax lister—-January 34. It, 18 and 25. at Byrum’s Filling Station at Center Hill; January 6, Miller’s store;; January 17, W E. Smith’s store at Rocky Hock; Jan uary 27, C.;C. Nixon’s.store; Janu ary 20, Evans store at Cross Roads. Mr. [Bunch will be at the above [.places afternoons and nights until i 9 o'clock and at his home on other days. J Third Township: T. D. Bcrry j man, lister—Every Saturday at. L. C. Briggs’!store: 'January s.and It*, Henderson Ray I’eele’s store; Janu ary 12, Epivey’s store at Hyland; January 26, Lonesome Pine Service ; Station. Fourth Township: Ward Bo.:- kins, lister—January .4. 7, 11, I t, 18, 21, 25, 28 and 31 and February 2 at Harry A. Perry’s store, and at home on other days. Delightful Partv Held By Edenton USO Club One of the most delightful af fairs ever to lx- held at the Eden-, ton USO Club took place Thurs day night when over 200 Marine.-, [their wives arid civilians gathered to enjoy a Christmas party. In charge of the party was Mrs. It. P. Radhain, USO aide, who was assist - ed by Airs. John Breeze. Mrs. W. T. W’hitten, Mrs. J. R. Corr and Mrs. Eugenia Babylon. Delicious refreshments well: ser ved by officers’ wives. t RED MEN CANCEL MEETING j Chowan Tribe of Red Men have j called off their meeting for next . Alonday night, December 20, due to the observance of Christmas, j Meetings will He resumed as usual Monday night, January 2. <4 We Noel,” “Whence Comes This Rush of Wings”, “A Joyous Christ mas Song,” “Shepherds, Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep,” “Good King Wensceslas,” “Hearken, O Shep herds,” “Here A Torch, Jenette, Isabelle,” “Carol of the Little King” and *0 Come, All Ye Faith ful.” Members of the Junior High School Choir participating were: Sarah Smith, Rebecca Boswell, Judy Elliott, Linda Brabble, Pris cilla Bunch, Milly Price, Judy Isra el, Pat Bennett, Norma Blanchard, Wanda Singletary, Jane Dulaney, Hairiet Bond, Sadie Crummey, Donna Mitchell, Mary Pearl Har rell, Betsy Ross, Avis Fu.ehand, Kathryn Wozelka, Mai.me White* C mi Pegs r —J ,