1956
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i ONLY NEWSPAPER
1 PUBLISHED IN
| CHOWAN COUNTY
r olume XXll.—Number 52.
Survey Shows Only!
39.6% Os Students
Extend Education
33.3% of All Students'
Terminate Formal
Education
Less than a third (31.3'!) of
North Carolina's high school grad
uates, class of 1954, entered col
lege, according to a recent survey
by the State Department of .Public.
Instruction.
This survey, made by Nile F.
Hunt, Coordinator of Teacher Edu
cation, \vas an attempt to find out
what becomes of our high school
graduates. Although the survey
did not cover the entire number
(35,938) of high school graduates,
it did include a sufficient number j
(24,673) to reveal certain signi.fi- j
cunt data.
These data in terms of percent- j
ages applied to the whole are as
follows: 39.8'< continued formal
education: .'! I ..'!''• entered college:
26.6‘3 senior college; 4.7'i junior
college; B.3'T entered business and
trade schools, and nurses training;
7.lff entered military service;
53.30; terminated their formal edu
cation.
A racial comparison shows that
4(1.8'* white and 82.6'! Negro stu- -
dents continued formal education;;
19.9' • White and .3'! Negro enter
ed military service: .54.2'» white 1
and 59.1';; Negro terminated form- •
al education. t
A comparison o, white boys from
county units with white boys from ;
city units shows that 81,9'! from
the county anti 50.8'< from the
cities continued formal education;)
27.7':; county ami 48.2'! city enter
ed college; 22.3'< county and 42.fi'!
city entered senior college: 5.4'!
county and 5.(1'! city entered junior
college; 4.2'. county and 2.8'! city
entered business, trade and nurses
training; 16.7'; county and 11.4'!
city entered military service;
51. PA county and 87.8'city ter
minated formal education.
A comparison of white girls from
county units with white girls from '
city units shows that 3(5.87! from j
county units continued formal edu- i
cation as compared with 51.fi'! !
from city units; 23.fi'! county unit ]
students entered college compared
with 3574 from city units; 18.3'!
County and 357! city unit? entered
senior college and 5,37? county and !
5.875 city students entered junior)
college; 13.27! county and 10.87! j
city unit students entered business, j
trade and nurses training; .373 andj
.27! county and city respectively)
entered military service; 82.9'!
County and 48.2'! city students
terminated their education.
A comparison of Negro boys
from county and city units shows!
that 22.8", county and 32.4'< city ■
students continued formal educa-i
tion; 20.87! county and 27.73! city
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lous racer is shown above with his trainer, Sunny Jim Pitaim
jnons, |l, the grand old man at American racing. Combs, owner
of Spendthrift Farms, .heads the combine which purchased the
lltek beauty from the estate of the late William Woodward. Jr.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
THE CHOWAN HERALD
0. S. Mail Truck
Crashes Into Car
Os Major Baxter
Accident Occurred on
Wednesday Morning
At Boswell’s Case
The first traffic accident I<> mar
. Chowan County’s splendid record
took place about 7 o'clock Wednes
day morning of this week when
I Major Frederick Haxter, a Marine
jat the Kdenton Naval Auxiliary
j Landing Field was injured,
j The wreck occurred in front of
Boswell's Restaurant where Major
Baxter was sitting in his car with
the motor running in order to heat
the car while his breakfast was be
ing cooked.
Otis Grant Williams, colored U.
S. mail truck driver, crashed into |
the car when In- swerved to allow I
j another car to make a turn,
j Major Baxter received a number j
| of lacerations and was sent to the]
1 base hospital for examination. The!
j (ruck driver escaped with only a j
few slight bruises.
Major Baxter’s car was badly I
damaged, while the front end of
the mail truck was also battered.
Damage to Major Baxter’s car was
estimated t<> he at least S4OO and
the truck damage was estimated to
i he at least SSO.
Williams was placed under ar
rest charged with rfCkless driving
and operating a vehicle after the
expiration of his license.
Masons To Install
! Officers Tonight
Ernest Kehayes Suc
! ceeds C. W. Over
man as Master
Officers for Unanimity Lodge
No. 7, A. F., & A. M , for the year
! 1958 are scheduled to be installed
t at-an emergent communication to-j
i night (Thursday) at 8 o'clock.
The new group of officers are:
) Ernest P. Kehayes, master; Wil
-5 liam Adams, senior warden; Daniel
Reaves, junior warden; , Roy E.
I-eary, treasurer,, and Lou is George
Wilkins, secretary.
The new master will also name
! his appointive officers who will al
!so h e installed at this meeting.
| C. W. Overman, outgoing master,)
urges a full attendance for the in-1
1 stallation ceremony.
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Edenton, Chowar. County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 29,1955,
■Wf/ "tihf'
I ) vty*
u . We hope that tht baby New
• I A/Y Year, now toddling on the
Wf I / 1 ‘y A \ stage of time, will grow up to
|\f \ ' \ bring you an a * sun^ance °* a "
«I 4 that’s good in life.,, fine health,
v prosperity, friendship, love,
I jßra||| \ happiness. To everyone, we wish
J ,he very be,t year * verl
PUBLISHERS
New Pocahontas i
Officers Proposed
Election and Installa
tion Friday Night,
January 13
At a business meeting of ■Cho
wanoke Council No. 54, Degree of
Pocahontas. held Friday night of
last week officers for the Council
were nominated.
The nominations included: T’ro
i phetess, Mrs. Myrtle Hollowell; I’o-
Icahontas, Mrs. Louise Pratt: We-j
I nona, Mrs. Dorthy Pavlich; I’owba-1
1 tan, W. J. Daniels; keeper of for-!
j ords, Mrs. Ethel Simpson; collect
or of wampum. Mrs. Edith Bufflap;
of wampum, Mrs. Ellie Mae
Parrish.
Officers will be elected and in
stalled at the Council’s meeting
Friday night, January 13.
Watch Night Service
At Methodist Church
The Rev. Earl Richardson, pas
tor of the Edenton Methodist
Church, announces that a watch
night service will he held in the
church Saturday night, December
31, beginning at 11:15 o’clock.
Included in the service will be
music; meditation and prayer,
which will continue until the new
year 1956 arrives at 12 o’clock.
The Fidelis Club Will
Meet On January 3rd
The Fidelis Club will hold a busi
ness meeting Tuesday, January 3,
in the game room of the Staff NCO i
Club. All Staff NCO wives are in- 1
vited to attend.
i[civic calendar);
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Property must be listed for 19,1 S
taxes during the month of Janu- |
; ary.
Officers for I'nanimity Lodge'
. No. 7. A. F. &A. M.. «ill be in- 1
i stalled at a meeting to be held to
night (Thursday) at 8 o'clock.
A watchnight service will he
held in the Presbyterian Church
Saturday night, December 31, be
ginning at 11:30 o'clock.
The Fidelis Club will hold a bus
iness meeting Tuesday, January 3.
in the game room of the Staff
| NCO Club.
The Bank of Edenton will be
! closed Monday, January 2, in oh
! servance of New Year's Dav.
i
Watchnight services will he held
in the Ederton Methodist Church
Saturday night. Decemlier 31, be
ginning at 11:15 o’clock.
The Town Office will be closed
Monday, January 2. in observance
of New Y ear's Day.
Chowan Tribe of Red Men will
install officers al its meeting Mon
day night, Junuary 2, at 7:30
o'clock.
The Wesleyan Service Guild of
the Methodist Church will meet j
Tuesday night. January 3, at 8
c clock at the home of Mrs. Cecil
(•' ry.
Edenton Kotarians will meet this
(Thursday) afternoon at 1 o'clock
in the Parish House. I
A w atchnight service will be held |
at the Ballard’s Bridge Baptist
Church Saturday night, December
31, from 11:45 o’clock to 12:15
A. M.
Edenton Chapter No. 302. Order
of the Eastern Star, will meet
Monday right, January 2, at 8
o’clock in the Masonic Temple.
Chowan County Commissioners
I will meet Wednesday morning.
1 January 4, at 10 o’clock for their
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Quiet Christmas
I In Chowan County
No Accidents and Only
Few Minor Arrests
Made
Aside from being one of the
warmest Christmas days in many
years, the holidays in Edenton and
Chowan County were also very
quiet throughout.
Despite unusually heavy' traffic
and the death toll as the result of
highway accidents mounting in the
state and nation, no accidents were
reported in Chowan County.
Chief of Police George t. Dai] re
ports the holidays as quiet as any
he has experienced in a long time.
Only a few very minor arrests were
made in Edenton during the holi
days.
Telephone Operators
Hold Christmas Party
Edenton telephone operators en
| joyed a Christmas party Friday
night at the American legion hut
which was featured by dancing.
A special feature was a program
of songs by the Starlighters, an
Edenton quartet composed of Bob
'hy Pratt, Jimmy Robs, Stuart Hol
land and Terry Bennett. Delight
ful refreshments were also served.
OFFICES CLOSED MONDAY
Chowan County offices will be
closed next Monday morning, Janu
ary 2 in order to observe the New
Year holiday which falls on Sun
day. All offices will reopen Tues
day morning, so that important
busineaa should be attended to ac
cordingly.
Marines Turn Over
$1,500 For Various
Groups In Edenton
Check Is Presented to
Mayor Ernest P.
Kehayes
During the recent United Fund
Drive, the Marines of Edenton
tn mi d over $1,500 to the different
charity organizations of Chowan
County. The money will be dis
tributed among the following agen
cies: American Cancer Society, _
$200; National TB Association,
$200;. Chowan County Easter Seal
Society, $200; Boy Scouts of Amer
ica, $200; American Red Cross,
$350; United Service Organization,
$290, ami i 'hmvan Clm rity Fund,
S6O.
On Wednesday, December 21, in
the office of Col. L. K. Davis, Com
manding Officer of Marine Air
craft Group Fourteen, Mayor Ern
est P, Kehayes of Edenton, accept
ed the checks front Col. Davis and
.Col. Hamilton Lawrence, Com
manding Officer of Naval Auxili
ary Air Station, on behalf of the
different organizations.
Mayor Kehayes expressed his ap
preciation to Col.. Davis and Col.
Lawrence for the fine job done by
the Marines,
Red Men To Install
Group Os Officers
Monday, January 2
Willie H. Bunch Suc
ceeds Carl Keeter
As Sachem
Chowan Tribe of Red Men will
install new officers at its meeting
Scheduled to he held Monday night,
January 2; The new officers are:
Prophet. Carl Keeter; sachem,
Willie H. Bunch; senior sagamore,
C. D. Sawyer; junior sagamore,
Perry Dail; collector of wampum,
Jack Barrow; keeper of wampum,
W. M. Rhoades; chief of records,
J. Edwin Bufflap; keeper of wig
wam, W. J. Daniels and trustee for
a three-year term. W. J. Daniels.
I' At this meeting the new sachem
will name his appointive officers.
Carl Keeter, outgoing sachem,
urges a full attendance for the in
stallation ceremony.
Watch Night Service
At Ballard’s Bridge
Church December 31
Ballard's Bridge Baptist Church,'
located 14 miles north of Edenton
on Highway 32, will observe a
watchnight. prayer service Satur
day night. December 31. from 11:45
P. M.. to 12:15 A. M.
The pastor, tbe Rev. Ralph W.
Knight, will he in charge of the
service and invites anyone to at
tend who desires to join others in
prayer to welcome the new year.
There is a three-fold purpose in
this midnight New Year eve's ser
vice: First, to thank God for His
blessings during the past year; sec
ond, to ask His continued guidance
and blessings for the new year; and
third, as a counter-action to the
millions who arc unconcerned and
the thousands who will welcome the
new year in drunkenness and revel
ry.
"Many vital problems will he fac
ing the American people during
1956,” says Mr. Knight, “and we
need to enter the year in a spirit
of prayer and humility. If you
cannot attend a watchnight prayer
service, please pray at home for
God’s mercies upon us as we enter
and face the challenge of a new
year.”
SCHOOLS REOPEN MONDAY
Schools in Chowan County, both
white and colored, will reopen next
Monday, January 2, following the
Christmas holidays.
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina
S7OO Billions Spent
ToExtendTangible
Wealth In Decade
Farmers Advised
To Secure Social
Security Cards
New Law Covers All
Farmers as Well as
Farm Employees
“The time is fast drawing near
when it will be necessary for the
.farmers to have their Social Se
i curity cards,” states C. W. Over
man, Perquimans County Farm
Agent. “It will he necessary for
farmers to have their cards when ’
they file their income tax for 1955.
If you have not secured your card |
• as: yet you should apply for this
immediately as it takes several
! days for the card to be returned to
you after you make application.
“This card is necessary because
■ of a new law that went into effect
January I, 1955. It covers all
farmers and farm employees if the
farmer makes S4OO net profit in a
year or the farm employee draws
SIOO in salary from one single
farm during a period of. one year.
This law requires you to pay 37!
on your net earnings or if you are ;
employing farm hands it requires
j you to pay a total of 4"i-, of which
, 2"< is withheld from the employ
ee’s salary.
“The benefits from this Social
' Security law are such that I think
they should be of special interest
to our farm families as theres are
survivor’s benefits for your wife
and children and retirement bene
fits when you reach the age of 65.
“Make certain that you have
your social security card when you
file your income tax as it will save
you a great deal of confusion and
trouble, as this card is absolutely
necessary."
Presbyterians Plan ‘
Watchnight Service
This year, as every year, there
will be a watchnight service in the
Edenton Presbyterian Church, be
ginning Saturday night, December
31, at 11:30 o’clock and continuing
on into the new year. The Lord's
Supper will he celebrated.
All Christians are invited to at-,
tend this service of fellowship and
meditation, ending the old year and
j beginning the new in the House of
, : God. 1
TOY OF THE STORM —It's not a toy boat, abandoned on a
placid beach by some child. This powerful picture shows the
1 Belgian trawler Beatrix Fernande. battered by thunderous waves
onto rocks off the Banffshire Coast. Scotland. Os flve crewmen
who triad to swim ashore, three drowned. Three men who stayed
aboaad were rescued bj breeches buoy
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SLOW
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AND LIVE! j
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Savings Play Big Role
In Security and Pro
tection
A spectacular increase in the
people’s material possessions and
in the nation's over-all stock of pri
vately-owned capital assets has
gone hand in ham! over the last
decade with the great growth of
the American economy, now some
four-fifths bigger than it was at
the end of World War II in gross
national product..
An analysis of figures compiled
by the U. S. Department of Com
merce shows that a vast sum add
ing up to more than S7OO billions
, has been spent by the people and
' by business since the beginning of
! 1946 to expand their tangible
j wealth in the form of producers’
I and consumers’ durable goods.
The Breakdown
For the 191(5-55 period as a
whole, these figures break down in
to three broad components as fol
lows:
A total of more than $340 bil-
I lions in business investment, pre-
I dominantly in new plant and equip
ment, commercial construction, and
inventories.
Close to $260 billions in con
sunier durable goods, of which au
, j tqmohiles represent nearly one
,l third; and
More than SIOO billions in resi
dential nonfarm housing.
This accomplishment in such a
comparatively short space of time
) is without parallel in the history
of this or any other nation. It is
indicative of the stimulating fore*
of credit and investment on Amer
ican economic growth and pro
gress, and testifies to the effec
tiveness with which the capital
market, aided by the people’s thrift
institutions, has supplied the ris
ing need for lendable funds.
Savings Lip Sharply, Too
While adding to their tangible
possessions at a record rate, the
| American people also greatly
1 broadened the base of family se
j curity and protection through sav
ings and life insurance. Total
1 long-term savings of individuals,
for example, are now in the neigh
borhood of $230 billions, some S9O
billions more than they were a
decade ago. Life insurance protec
tion in force is currently well over
$350 billions, or more than double
: the total outstanding at the end
, of 1945.
Furthermore, assets of private
pension funds, insured and non-in
sured combined, which now cover
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