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T* r olume XXll—Number 51.
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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
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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
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 22, 1955.
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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;
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Officials Pleased \\ ith
Interest Shown In
New Cub Pack ?
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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
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§ It is not the tinsel nr the ribbons, »]
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“ It is not Rudolph the reindeer or sleigh hells, \
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v Xt)r is it something to touch or hold or see. * |
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§ It is not the laughter of girts and bovs, |
£ It is not Santa Claus or stockings hung;' %
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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..
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11955 Car Licenses
Valid Until Feb. 15
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Delinquent Motorists,
However, Will Re Ar
rested February 16
. Current license plates will he
1 valid until mid-February. 195 ft, the
I Motor Vehicles Department re-.
| minds Tat - Heel car owners.
Under a revised registration
I schedule, new tags will go oh sale
I throughout the State January 3i
I and extend through February 15.
| Col. Janies R. Smith, commander
j Os the State Highway Patrol;: said'
that enforcement measures against
j delinquent motorists! would become
| effective promptly on February- Id.
He urged owners to secure their
new tags without delay following
the opening of sales.
New license plates will lie sold
by branch offices of the Carolina
Motor Cluli, the Winston-Salem
Auto Cluli, and by Motor Vehicle-
Headquarters in Raleigh,
Renewal cards will go into the
mail around December 27, Depart
ment officials said.
[Young People Sing
Carols Sunday Night
| In the neighborhood of 25 Sleth
! odist hoys and girls, led by the
I Rev. J. Earl Richardson, enjoyed
Christmas caroling Sunday night,
when they visited Methodist shut
ins and sang in Pembroke Circle.
Following the caroling members
I of tin- group were served refresh- j
j omnts at the parsonage by Mr. and I
Mrs. Richardson.
Christmas Program
By Fourth Graders!
Features PTA Meet
Monthly Meeting Held
At Elementary
School
The Edenton Parent-Teacher As
| sociation held its regular monthly
| meeting Tuesday night of last week
in the Elementary School auditori
um at 8 o’clock.
The Rev. James. Mackenzie, pas
tor of the Presbyterian Church,
had charge of the devotional. He
led the audience, in a responsive
reading by Gladys Huntington Bev
ans which was most appropriate.
The short business meeting was !
followed by a delightful Christmas j
program presented liy Mrs. Lloyd i
Griffin’s fourth grade. The chaiv
actors were: Redder, Bennie Har
rell; Father. Toni Phillips; Mother, j
Mary Thonid; Children, Randy
Sawyer and Brenda Sawyer; Santa
Claus, Jim Fletcher; Angel. Jean
Goodwin: Star, Jim Lawrence.
. The majority of the students
i formed a chorus' which sang 'sev
eral Christmas selections. The
members of the chorus formed a
Christmas tree. The children wore
green capes and each one held a
flashlight.
The members of the chorus were:
Bcttv Archer. Billy Twiddv, Janice
Hardison. Frances Privott. Mafia j
Autos, Lytle Hicks. Ray Wheeler.
I,inwood Dail, Margaret Bom
bridge. Harry Spruill, Ronnie Saw
yer, Betty Jean Miller. Davis
Cartwright, Janet Small, Helen
Boyce, Waverly Bond, Tommy
1 Leary, Sandra Gale, Kathleen Ad
ams, Arthur Baer. Doris Wright,
April Woefnrd. Mavis Phelps, Mel
va Forehand. Sandra Hare, Betty
Campen, Glenn Hassell. Hugh
Hambris,
R. H. Hollowsll Wins
i Out In Election For
Chowan Supervisor
Succeeds Himself In
Election Held De
cember 5-10
K. If. ((’apt. Bob) Mollowell was
reelected in the supervisor election
held December 5-10 in Chowan
County. This continues his services
to the Albemarle Soil Conservation
District for another three years.
He was [elected first in Dec., 1947
as one of the first three supervis
-1 ors for this county and has serv
ed as vice-chairman of the Chowan
supervisors since his election to
the-board in 1917.
The. other two supervisors for
Chowan County are L. C. Bunch
and J. A. Webb, Jr. These two and
Capt. Boli were all elected as the
I first supervisors for Chowan Coun
i ty to the Albemarle District Board
jof Supervisors. L. O. Bunch’s term
i will expire in 1956 and ,J. A. Webb,
I Jr., in 1957. Flections for super
j visors are held each year during
! the first week in December.
! Collection Os Trash
Omitted Two Days
Because practically all stores in
I Edenton are expected to be closed
| Monday and Tuesday of next week
jin observance of Christmas, the
Edenton Street Departpient will not
j collect trash and garbage these two
! days.
The entire town will be covered
Saturday and regular collections
will be made beginning Wednesday.
[civic calendarl
Majority of stores in Edenton
I will close Monday and Tuesday,
December 26 and 27, in observance
of Christmas. Stores will remain
open nights through Saturday until
9 o’clock.
Mrs. Henry G. Quinn is soliciting
funds to help save the life of 14-
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$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Property Required
To Be Listed During
January For Taxes
f Open Nights
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In order to make it more con
venient for people to shop in Eden
ton, stores began Wednesday of
this week to remain open every
night until 9 o’clock. The night
hours will be carried out through
Saturday. December 21.
Most of Edenton s stores have
agreed to remain closed Monday
and Tuesday of next week in ob
i servance of the Christmas holiday.
Varsity Club Will
Stage Christmas
Dance Dec. 26th
Music Will Be Provid
ed By Homer Zirkle
And Orchestra
Kdenton Vs Varsity Club will stage |
its annual Christmas dance Mon's
! day flight, December 26. in the
Edenton armory. The dance will
begin at 9 o’clock and continue un
til 1 o’clock.
Music for the affair will be pro
vided by Homer Zirkle and his or
chestra. With many college stu
dents home for the holidays, the
Varsity Club is expecting a large
crowd.
Anyone desiring to make table
reservations are requested to phone
3U-J or 430-J.
i Stockholders Os Bank |
Will Meet January 12
Stockholders of the Bank of
Edenton have received their semi
annual dividend which amounts to
5« cents per share, along with an
extra dividend of 40 cents per share
on stock held.
The. annual meeting of the stock
holders will be held in the office
of the bank Thursday afternoon,
January 12, at 3 o’clock,/when an
nual reports of officers will be sub
mitted and directors of the bank
will lie elected.
Holidays Observed
By County Offices
Chowan County offices will be
closed Saturday, December 24, and
Monday, December 26 in observ- *
anoe of Christmas holidays. The
offices will also he closed Monday,
January 2 due to New Year’s Day
falling on Sunday,
Town Office Closed
December 26 And 27
Edenton’s town office will be
closed all day Monday and Tues-!
day, December 26 and .27 for the j
Christmas holidays. It wail remain
open Saturday, December 24, until
1 IV M. The office will also be
closed Monday, January 2 due to i
the observance of New Year’s Day.
School’s Choral Groups Give
Pleasing Christmas Program
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Numbers Please Good
ly Crowd Present
For Occasion
Members of the eombined choral
groups of the Edenton Junior-Sen
ior High School presented a de
lightful program of Christmas
music in the Elementary School au
ditorium Thursday night. The
program was under the direction of
Mrs. Mary Leggett Browning and
pleased a goodly number who turn
ed out.
The numbers sung, with Donald
Welsh as narrator, included: “God
Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,’’ “Lo,
How A Rose E’re Blooming,” “On
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SLOW
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AND LIVE /
| 10% Penalty Will Be
j Added to Taxes Af
> 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.
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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*
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