North Carolina Newspapers

s? ONLY NEWSPAPER ' PUBLISHED IN I CHOWAN COUNTY & Volume XXrrT^RuJiH^ \ Business Concerns Join The National Federation Os Independent Business Purpose to Protect and Promote Private Business Business concerns in Chowan County have joined in the vapidly growing National Federation r.f In dependent Business, an organiza- ; tion composed entirely of independ- 1 ent business men and women. The purpose and program of the organization is to promote and to protect the system of private busi ness, with equal rights for all: to give small business a greater voice in laws governing business and the nation. Big business does not ne cessarily mean the size of a busi ness. Instead, only those who are unfair and selfishly damage the system of real free enterprise. Big government comes within the same category. Independent business people have long realized the great importance and necessity of having an organi zation operating solely in behalf of independent business welfare A thorough appraisal of the federa tion’s program will disclose it was designed and does give an entirely different approach than any other program to promote and protect in-j dependent business welfare. It per mits independent business to com | pletely divorce its organized efforts, from monopoly and big business in- 1 fluence. By each member actually! king his own ballot and h iving' . > -warded directly to his Con- 1 Ttk .nan it builds a closer working j .cionship Itetween independent business men and their members of i Congress. This is one reason why members of Oongres have express-1 etl such great enthusiasm for thej Federation's program. District 'Chairmen are appointed in the different communities, The Chairman assembles the ballots and tabulates them. He’ forwards the ballots and the tabulation di rectly to the Congressman. A copy of the tabulation is forwarded to the Federation’s office. This en ables the Federation to prepare a national summary.' A copy of the • national summary is forwarded to ail of tho membership, as well as to every member of Congress. This national summary enables the Washington office, to folio w through in their work with the members of Congress, Congression al committees, as well as govern ment agencies, giving to them this great nationwide cross-section of independent business opinions. The Federation program is not a duplication of any other program. Over a period of years it has prov en to accomplish more for inde pendent business than any other program ever devised. The over whelming response received has built the largest individual mem-j bership of any business organiza-' tion in the world. The program has created a closer working relation | ship between independent business and professional people and their i members of Congress. Following are some reasons: (a) Members of Congress re-' ceive the personal opinions of their j Continued on Cage 3—Section I &b Wr v. 1 ’ - - ~*i - • - > , to study in years to come is the "highway AVI& MACADAMUo N ." . , • s hown above. Its tail feathers form the approach to a bird." A pr.me e!«mpte «J he fowMs showj»• ■“ e for new Kansas Turnpike. Bird's body is service plaza under const ™g U °" ]e a ro^e They join to form the beak, which stretches into the distance as ipper right "Perch” is a secondary roadjvhi Q h will be bridged by the new through- , S'av 'ated tor opening by October of this year-/ * JtHE CHOWAN HERALD Chowan County Ranks 2nd In Increase In Number Os Farms From 1950 To 1954 J New Master | * m \ J s§# i il v m ERNEST P. KEHAYES At Thursday night’s meeting of Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M., Ernest P. Kehayes was in [ stalled as master of the lodge for (he year 11(56. lie succeeds C. W. I Overman. Physical Exams Now Being Made | In Health District About 25% of Chowan Children Examined - - Thus Far The district school physician is now making physical examinations <m the third grade throughout the four counties in the four-county health district. All white schools in all counties have been completed except Eliza beth City. After the city white schools are completed, the third grade in the colored schools of all four counties will be seen. It is always regretted that other grades cannot be seen, hut lack of time prevents it. The enrollment is al ways increasing. Parents are always urged to he present at the examinations, and are sent written notices of the date and hour. Far too few parents | are present. The U. S. Public ' Health Service figures that, to be la good program, at least 80% of I the children should be accompanied by a parent. 1 So far this year Hertford Gram mar School leads in this regard, by i far, with 587 c, Other Schools are: J South Mills, 37%; Camden, 24%; i Win fall, 12' !; Newland, 7%; Cen- I tral, 28% ; Weeksville, 12% ; Eden j ton, 24%; Chowan High, 23%, and Rocky Hock, 27%. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 5,1956. *> County Credited With 895 Farms as of No vember, 1954 According to the 1954 census of agriculture. Chowan County, ranks second in North Carolina from April, 1950, to November, 1954, in the percentage increase in number of farms. In 1954 Chowan was credited with 895 farms, which rep resents an increase of 12,2% since 1950. Person County list with a percentage of 26.2%. There are only 16 counties with more farms in 1954 than in 19a0. The increases range from Person with 26.2 percent to Currituck with 0.4 percent. One county. Greens, < reports exactly the same number of farms at each census period. , Eighty-two counties reported fewer farms in 1254 than in 1950, The losses range from 0.2. percent I in Surry county to 27.4 perceiit in Gaston county. It is interesting to note (hat only two counties in the state show in creases of more than 10 percent in number of farms, while 32 counties show decreases of more than 10 percent during the approximately five year period. There does hot'appear to he any particular conclusion as to what parts of the state were most affect ed by gains and losses. Most of the counties that suffered heavy losses are pretty well scattered over the state. The number of sounties showing only nominal loss es are chiefly cash crop counties. I However, there are ail kinds of ex ceptions to any geographic obser vation. Several counties showed gains, or Only nominal losses, while their next door neighbors, showed heavy losses: There simply is no pattern to the gains and losses of farms during the: fast five years or so. The outstanding fact is that I 83 counties report fewer farms! than in 1959. Following Che Trend There is nothing to be alarmed about in the decline of farms in North Carolina. Wo are finally following the national trend. In the United States the number of farms reached an approximate peak about 1910 and remained rather 1 constant for the next 25 years. 1 The decline in farms set in after 1 1935, at which time the Census re -1 ported 6,812,350 farms. The num -1 her of farms had declined to 5,382,- ' 162 in 1950. The total for 1955 has not been reported. Preliminary rc -1 ports are out for about 30 states, nearly all of which show fewer afrms in 1954 than in 1950. r North Carolina has experienced a loss of from 288,508 farms in April ; 1950 to 267,906 farms in November ■ 1954. This means a loss of 20,602 farms, or slightly under 5,000 l farms per year for the four and Continued on Page s—Section 1 MARINES MAKE CONTRIBUTION ] jji »i imw kWMI m kiak WS 9W M far-' In (he above picture Colonel Hamilton Lawrence, Tert, com manding officer of the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Landing Field, and Colonel L. K. Davis, commanding officer of Marine Aircraft Group 14, are presenting Mayor Ernest I’. Kehayes a check for $1,500, representing the amount raised at the Edenton base to be distribut ed among the various charity organizations of Chowan County. The Mayor expressed his appreciation for the generosity and co operation of the Marines in activities affecting Edenton. 1956 Automobile License Tags Went On Sale Tuesday Musi Be Displayed on Vehicles Before Feb ruary 16th North Carolina’s 1950 automobile license plates went, on sale Tuesday of this week at the office of Miss Goldie Layton, branch manager of j the Carolih«t Motor Club. 102 East Water Street, as well as at some 80 other offices arid the Department of Motor Vehicles in Raleigh The new plates must lie display ed on all motor vehicles by mid night of February 15,. Approximately 1,600,00(1 applj cat inn cards for 1956 license: plates ! have heeii mailed from Raleigh by tin' I (opartmerit of Motor Vehicles, j These'application cards must be ■■presented by the owners when ap- j plying for the hew license tags.. •• Only one license plate will he Isold, in 1956, to lie attached to the I ' rear of all vehicles.. | Vo special numbers may lie re served by anyone, according to a . ruling of the Department of Motor j 'Vehicles; but, as customai'y, offi cial state license plate No. I will lie! reserved for the governor's limou- 1 sine. Ail owners of out-of-state motor, vehicles are required to obtain in- ! spent ion Certificates from any of ■ of tho North Carolina State High-1 way Patrol inspection stations) throughout the state before apply- ’ " tag for a North Carolina license. I Each year hundreds of out-of state owners waste countless hours standing in line—to discover that' they must first have their vehicles inspected by the State Highway Patrol before a license can lie is- j sued. For 1956 a black-on-orange color scheme will lie used on a slightly | enlarged plate. North Carolina is j a step ahead in a move to make ev- j erv motor vehicle license plate in . North America a uniform six by twelve. By 1957 such uniformity is expected to lie achieved according to officials of the American Asso ciation of Motor Vehicle Admini strators. For ’56 most states have complied with the AAMVA’s rec onl mendation. A new numbering system will al so go into effect next year. Single j and compound letters of the entire alphabet will he used to stretch out available numerical combinations. As a result the number of charac- 1 ters on any one place will not ex ceeil two letters and four numerals. The ’56 plates will he used with the “Drive Safely” slogan, which was dropped in 1955 because of space limitations. New tag dimen sions will he ample to include the slogan and North Carolina unab breviated. Last year approximately 1,600,- 000 license plates were sold. The 1956 total is expected to exceed 1,700,000. Miss Layton’s office hours will Continued on Pure < 1, Grand Opening Os Radio Station WCDJj Planned For Sunday l [Hiblic Is Invited to At tend From 1 to 6 O’clock Edonton’s radio station, WCDJ, though in operation a few weeks, J will observe its grand opening Sun day afternoon. January 8, from , 1 until 6 o’clock. Owners of the station, which is j located on the Paradise Road just a | short distance from Edenton, in j vites the public to attend and in-j spent Edenlon’s newest enterprise. •'! I Dediratory services w ill he j broadcast Saturday at 12 o’clock ! noon, when distinguished speakers will take part on the program. Refreshments will be served dur ; ing the.grand opening and it is ex pected a large number will visit and inspect the new radio station, fcivic calendarl A 8 Property must be listed for 19 >6 ) taxes during the month of Janu ary. I North Carolina 1956 automobile license plates on sale at the branch office of the Carolina Motor Club, 102 East Water Street. Northeastern Cancer Clinic at the Health Center in Elizabeth City j Friday, January 6, beginning at 1 j o'clock. Town Council will hold ils Janu ary meeting next Tuesday night, '.January 10. at 8 o'clock in the Mu ; nicipal Building. A staled communication of Una nimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M., will be held tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. Radio Station WCDJ will observe its grand opening Sunday after noon. January 8, from 1 to 6 o’clock. VFW Auxiliary will ineel tonight | (Thursday) in the VFW home at 8 o’clock. Young people of (he Methodist Church will hold a hake sale at the P & Q Super Market Saturday, Jan- I nary 14. Edenton Rotarians w ill meet this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock in the Parish House. Stockholders of The Bank of Edenton will meet at the hank Thursday afternoon, January 12, at 3 o'clock. Farm placement clinics in Room 204 al the Citizens Bank Build ing Monday through Thursday from 8 to 9:30 A. M„ and on Fri day from 10 to 12 noon. ■ Air Force recruiting represents. rirtnriniiwt nw Pjen l —1 Nationally Known Medical Speakers For Local Courses First Meeting Sched uled For Edenton January 25 Four nationally-known medical teachers have been included on the program for two postgraduate med ical courses to be held in Kinston, Ahoskie, Edenton and Elizabeth" City' during the next two months. Dr. W. A. Altemeier, University j of Cincinnati College of Medicine; | Dr. J. Lamar Callaway, Duke Uni versity School of Medicine; Dr. Louis Krause, University of Mary land School of Medicine, and Dr. Robert B. Lawson, University of Miami School of Medicine, are the four guest lecturers scheduled. They will join with five Univer sity of North Carolina medicM far ulty members in conducting the classes for physicians in general practice in Eastern North Caro- | lina. First meeting in Kinston is set j for Tuesday, January 10, with sub sequent lectures scheduled for Tuesdays through February 21. The second tri-city course will open Wednesday, January 11 in Ahoskie, moving to Edenton on January 25 and Elizabeth City oh February I. The remaining three, lectures will alternate between the cities in the above order, ending on February 22. . There will he no meetings on January 17 and 18. due to an nn ual meeting at the Ohiei Clinic, . Suffolk, Va. The Edenton-Ahoskie-Elizabcth | City course was arranged by First I District Medical Society represent atives, working with the UNC agencies. Methodist Church Calls Off Services On Sunday Nights Action Taken By Of ficial Board Meeting Monday Nitfht At tile meeting of the official hoard of the Edenton Methodist Church held Monday night, .January .2, it was decided that the church’s Sunday evening services shall lie discontinued. This decision does not do away,with Sunday evening activities at the church, however, Mr. Richardson, the pastor, and the two youth counsellors, Mrs. Dayton Robinson and Mrs. Harry Lassiter, will lie able to work out a more comprehensive program for the young people. Extra sessions in tile field of adult Christian educa tion will also be planned fo>- cer tain periods of the year, particular ly in the area of Christian family life. Before the action of the official board Mr. Richardson had already announced the beginning of Wed nesday evening prayer services to be hold at 7:30. The first of these services was held Wednesday night of this week. Members and friends of the church are urged t° attend these services. , iROTARIANS MEET TODAY Edenton Botarians will meet this (Thursday) afternoon at I o’clock in the Parish House. The program will be in charge of Dr. Ed Bond, and President Gerald James urges J every Rotarian to lie present. METHODIST BAKE SALE The young people of the Eden ton Methodist Church will put on a bake sale at the P &• Q Super Mar ket on Saturday, January 14. The proceeds will go toward helping fi nance a project of redecorating and j furnishing the MYF room at the . church. MASONS MEET TONIGHT A stated communication of Unn i nimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M., - will he held tonight (Thursday) at t 8 o’clock. The new officers for the - year 1956 will be in their stations and plaees, so that the master, Er . nest P. Kehayes. nines 5 full at tendance $2.00 Per Year In North Carolina Bookmobiles Again Resume Schedules Following Holidays Business Chairman "] ■ A. B. HARLESS I Wjth the National Federation of Independent Business recently or ganized in Chowan County, A. B. Harless early this week was named as chairman, taislstal! Officers For 1956 Ernest Kehayes Suc ceeds C. W. Over man as Master Officers for Unanimity Lodge Nil. 7, A. F. & A. M., for the year "1956 were installed Thursday night at ah emergent communication of the lodge, C. T. Griffin was in charge of the installation cere mony, during which the following were installed. Master. Ernest P. Kehayes, suc ceeding G. W. Overman; senior warden, William W. Adams; junior warden, Daniel Reeves; treasurer, R. E. Leary; secretary, Louis George Wilkins; senior deacon, Er nest Ward. Jr.; junior deacon, Mc- Kay Washington; senior steward, J. A. Hunch, and tiler, Herbert By rum. Lonnie Harrell, junior ste ward, will be installed at a subse quent meeting of the lodge. Red Men Oyster Roast January 16 Caswell Edmondson Is Listing Those Who Will Attend - ~ Members of Chowan Tribe of Red Men at Monday night’s meet ing agreed to hold another “Dutch” oyster, roast, the date set being -Monday night, January 16. The oyster roast will he held at Jackson’s Radio & TV Service on West Eden Street at 7 o’clock. The committee in charge of the affair includes Frank Hughes, Per cy Dad arid Caswell Edmondson. Mr. Edmondson is collecting from members and all who plan to attend should contact him at once so that the committee can determine how many oysters to purchase. Cancer Clinic Will Be Held Friday The next clinic of the Northeast ern Cancer Center will be held on Friday, January 6, at the Health Center in Elizabeth City, with' reg istration beginning at 1 o’clock. A free chest X-ray is part of the ex , animation. Examinees are asked to bring a robe or housecoat. | VFW AUXILIARY MEETING The Ladies' Auxiliary of William H. Coffield Post No. 9280, will meet tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock in tho VFW home. Mrs. Ella Gray • Potts, president, urges all members ■ to attend. t > TOWN COUNCIL MEETING ; Town Council is scheduled to - hold its regular monthly meeting -' Tuesday night, January 10, at 8 ’clock in (he Municipal Building. A ' SLOW DOWN AND LIVE! | Librarians Busy Pro -1 cessing Books Over • Holidays The libraries and bookmobiles of I the Pettigrew Regional Library I will resume regular schedules now' that the holidays are over. Even though the bookmobiles d|4 hot ran the weeks-before and after Christ mas, Mrs. Alexander and Mrs. Har ris have been busy processing new hooks and ordering catalog cards ' for them. At the Tyrrell County Public Library, 365 new' books, mostly juvenile, were gotten ready for circulation. Most of them are being placed on the two bookino ' biles. The white bookmobile is operat ing in Chowan County this Week and will also be in this county Mon day, January 9. January 10, 11, 12 , and 16 it will be in Tyrrell Coun ty and January 23, 24, 25, 26 it will be. in Washington County and then j will come back to Chowan County. The colored bookmobile will be gin operation January 9 in Chowan County. This week was eliminated because the schools requested that they keep their books until the erid I of January. They were cheeked out | the first and second weeks in De cember and because of vacat ion the-;., teachers said they could not ,%ll he . read. Individual patrons cheeked nut enough books to last them eight weeks. The bookmobile will go to Tyrrell County January 12, after Chowan has been completed, it ■ will also operate there January 16, • 17 and 19 and then will lie in L, Washington January 23, 24 and 26. ~ It will be in Chowan again begin i ning January 30. for the necessary... four or five runs, depending upon ■ how revised schedules work out,. . Edenton radio station WCDJ is broadcasting bookmobile schedule , at 9:30 week-day mornings on.the . program “News of the Albemarle.” Books have been left at the Cho wan Hospital for the use of hot li white and colored patients. The schedule for the white book mobile for Route I will be Meii dayS, January 30. February 27, March 26, April 23 and. May .21: Center Hill Community: Mrs. John Parrish, 9 to 9:15 A. M ; lln. Georgia Topping, .9:20 to 9:3 • A. M.; Mrs. Bertha White, 9:10 to 10:10 A. M.; Center Hill. I0:!0 to 10:40 A. M.; Mrs. Helen Hollowed, ! 10:45 to 11 A. M.; Mrs. Daisy i.Monds Jordan, 11:05 to11:20; Mrs, ' j Ruth f’jaire Dale, 11:25 to 11:10 A. M.; Happy Home Church, 11:10 to I 11:55 A. M.: Byram’s Cross Roads, I 12 noon to 12:30 I*. M.: Mrs. Doro thy Chappell. 12:30 to 12:45 I’ M.; Mrs. Thomas A shell, 12:45 to I I’. I M.; Mrs. Kate Bush, 1 to 1:15 I’. .' M.: Cross Roads, 1:15 to 1:30 I’M.; Henderson Peele's Store, 1:40 to , 1:50 I’. M.: Mrs. W. I). Elliott. 2 ti> 2:10 P. M.; Mi’s. Lena Ashell, 2:20 to 2:30 P. M.: Kyland. P O. and Mrs. Lane, 2:45 to 3:30 P. M. The schedule for Route 2 in the Rocky Hook community follows; Tuesdays, January 3, January 31. February 28, March 27, April 24 and May 22: I I Central School, 8:45 to 9:15 A. j! M.: Bunch’s Store, 9:45 to 10 A. ; M.‘ Mrs. Lloyd Bass, 10:05 to 10:15 • j A. M.; Mrs. Rodney Bass, 10:20 to 10:30 A. M.: C'. M. Evans, 10:35 to 10:45 A. M.; Mrs. Clarence Bass, 10:50 to 11 A. M.; Mrs. Harris, 11:05 to 11:15 A. M.: Mrs. Ralph T Dail, 11:20 to 11:30 A. M ; Mrs. David' Ober, 11:35 to 11:45 A. M.: - E. L. Pearce, 11:50 to 12 noon; i Mrs. Kermit Perry, 12:05 t 12:15 !i P. M.; Perry’s Store, 12:20 to 12:55 - P. M.: Martha McCleery, 1 to i:JO k I’. M.; J. T. Layton, 1:15 to 1:25 - P. M.; Mrs. Percy Perry, 1:35 to d 1:45 P. M.: Mrs. Eva Jordan 1:50 to 2 P. M.: Mrs. Lann.v Harrell, 2:05 to 2:15 P. M.; Mrs. Lester Harrell, 2:20 to 2:30 P. M.: Mrs. n Graham Bass, 2:35 to 2:45 P. M . t M. J. Tynch Store, 2:55 to 3:05 P. n M.; Will Tynch, 3:10 to 3:20 P M.: y Mrs. Dixie Harrell, 3:25 to 3:35 P. s M.; Mrs. Kermit Nixon, 3:40 to 3:50 P. M.; Mrs. J. W. Chilton. 3:55 to 4:05 P. M.; Marvin B. Smith, 4:10 to 4:20 P. M.: Mrs. o Doris tvele, 4:25 to 4:35 P. M. g The schedule for Route 3 fol -8 lows: Wednesdays, February 1, Continued on Page 2—Section