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.... ONLY NEWSPAPER 1 PUBLISHED IN l CHOWAN COUNTY Volume XXIII,- Number 2. Program Explains For Disaster Relief In Edenton Jan. 16 Meeting Will Be Held In Court House at 10 A. M. Governor Luther Horl-ges last work announced that, humeane di saster area farmers and small busi ness concerns are eligible foi' pur chase of government surplus prop erty. Only those farmers and business firms who actually suffered dam age or destruction of equipment used in their operation as a direct result of 1955 hurricanes are eli gible to apply. Business firm ap plicants are restricted to those with less than 500 employees. Governor Hodges pointed out that the property may not lie ac quir'd for purpose of re-sale. It must be used for rehabilitation and the carrying on of business and farming operation, within the di saster area. Much of the property is new and unused. Cities, con .ties and towns are not eligible to ap ply. Purchase cost is IOC of the amount paid by the Federal gov ernment for the equipment. Price is f.o.b. the government storage lo cation. State Civil Defense Director Ivl- W'ard F. Griffin is administering t tin- program. Applications must be j made to his offie’e. Representa tives from bis office will \ i^it cadi ' disaster county on a sehediile- cut , retitly being cJoa red with .■•county J officials. Application blanks will be distributed by Said representa tives to those who wish to pur chase. Assistance will be rendered to applicants who need help in exe cution of necessary papers. The procedure to obtain this re- | lief can be thoroughly explained at a meeting to he hold in the ('n<>wan : County Court House Monday nuirn- j ing, January 16. at 10 o’clock. P is ho|H-d anyone interested :n. tins' relief program will attend tin’s* meeting. Huge Amount Os Business Reported In Recorder’s Court I .Soini' filch of tl)«‘ \"lumo of tuisi-J lo ss doin' in Chowan Recorder's | Court during _IDSS is r' flected in ;t j report released .by Mrs. Lena Leary. deputy clerk of court. ■ whose figures show that during - the year ] 111 cases were recorded in her office. By far the 'most offenders 'wore speeders, drivers operating with-j out a license and drivers whose li-I cense had expired. Half or. more 1 of those arrested were caught by use of whammies and electric speed | clocks. Chowan In 40th Place For Average Value 'Farm Land * State Second In Na- , tion In Total Num ber of Farms According t» fitru!•«•-< compil'd for the 1954 census of agriculture. • Chowan County ranked 40th in av- j erase value ,of land and buildings per farm. j Average'.value of land and build- ; jngs for farms in the state is SB,- 105 per farm; average size of farms, 08.2 acres; average cultivat ed acres per farm reporting, 22.5 j and average value of all farm land j per acre, $128.13. Compared to this average, Cho wan’s average value of land and | . buildings per farm was $8,165; av erage acres per farm, 80.8; aver-j age harvested acres per farm, 42.2; ! average value per acre for all land, ( slll.lO. Perhaps the most significant fact brought out by the census is . that North Carolina is a state of small farms. With 267,006 farms, . North Carolina ranks second aiming, the States in total number of', farms. Incidentally, we have lost 20,602 farms since 1960, This is j : the first time in recent years that | , Vorth Cerollna has lost forme and ! i THE CHOWAN HERALD Welcome Signs) 1— A group <>f Chowan County I-TT Club members have begun, paint ing signs of welcome which will be placed at county lines on each of the four main highways leading into Chowan County. The signs are expected to be completed and erected during Jan uary. L wTSpires Quits As Chowan Court House Custodian Commissioners Name Sheriff J. A. Bunch As Successor At the meeting of Chowan County Commissioners Wednesday c.f last week K. W. Spires tender i il his resignation as custodian of the Court House, a position he has j filled for 14 years. i In his letter of resignation Mr. [Spires had this to say: "It is my desire that I lie re lieved of the office of custodian of .the Court House, effective as of i January 1 or as soon as a successor can he appointed. "I shall also submit my resig nation to tile Assembly Room Com mittee as secretary-treasurer at such time as my successor is nam ed, ns there is so much in common | between the two as to render it de sirable that one person serve in j both capacities. We have at this j time a balance on deposit at the Hank of Edenton to the credti of I this fund $162.00. "I have : always tried to safe guard and preserve the building during the past 1 i years. How ever, under the present rircum ' stances I feel that someone else j should assume tile responsibilities ' of such.” j The Commissioners appointed Sheriff J. A. bunch as Mr. Spires' V successor and is now serving in the capacity of custodian.. I SATURDAY AFTERNOON FIRE Kdontnii firemen were called to tile home ~f Winston (Barney) i Homier on North Granville Street I about 5:30 o'clock Saturday after ! noon, where a fire in the kitchen I developed due to a leaking flue, j Damage to the house was estimat ed at about $350. perhaps the second time during our entire history. The other loss was front the abnormal situation in 1935 to more or less normal con ditions in 1940. There were 245,703 farms that reported crop land harvested in 1954. Os this total there were 77,- 423 farms reporting from 1 to 9 harvested acres and 67,558 farms reporting fom 10 to 19 acres. This means that 59 per cent of all farm ers reporting on harvested acres, harvested only from 1 to 19 acres in 1954. Almost one-third of farm ers reporting harvested only from l to 9 acres of crops in 1954. North Carolina leads all states by a con siderable margin in the total num ber of small farms, whether it re fers to total acres or harvested acres. Fortunately, many of these small farmers have non-farm jobs or other sources of income. More nearly full time employment for the small farmers of North Caro lina and for an equally large num ber of more or'less under-employ ed other rural people is necessary before North Carolina will rank even moderately well in per capita income. We really have a labor supply in North Carolina. It is not concentrated in any one spot. It is s-biindonf e» orywjpM • Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 12, 1956. Ratings Announced i For Establishments In Chowan County Grades Based on In spections Made Dur ing Past Year Sanitation ratings for year 1955 j of various establishments in the Chowan County Health District •which are inspected periodically by | the Health Department were re--j leased this week. These inspec tions were made by K. J. layer and j I D. G. Brown, sanitarians with l'er-l quintans, Pasquotank, Camden and . Chowan Health District. j! The sanitation rating of estab lishments is based on a system of j grading wherein establishments re- j reiving a rating of at least 00'. or j more, is awarded Grade "A”, estab lishments receiving a rating of at ~ least 80'» , and less than 90G , is J rated Grade "H". and those estab lishments receiving a rating of at least 70G and less than 80'!, are awarded Grade no establish ment having a rating less than 70'! are Grade "C” shall operate. . The three milk plants who furu- , ish milk in the four county dis trict distribute Grade "A" IVsti-in i ized products. These plants an" Birtcherd, Sealtest and Mania. Til addition to establishments in spected and rated, all schools arc I inspected twice during the year, i Periodic inspections arc made of Welfare Department hoarding homes. Kish ponds arc inspected also. Establishments and ratings an as follows: Reslaura nts Colonial Motor Court Cal'.- 95.5 Kdenton Restaurant 01 11 Triangle Restaurant 01.0 Hi-Wav 17 Drive-Inn 9:5.5 Joe’s Drive inn 0 Continued on Pagy fi—Section 1 Edenton Firemen j Called To Fight 1 Fire In Hertford Grammar School In Neighboring Town a Complete Loss Due t«» a call f** l* help, l.'icnfoM firemen rushed to Hertford short ly after D o’clock Monday moinin. The call was due t'» a fi. at th»• Hertford Gramm,ir School \vhi< h developed a short time after school , convened. { In the huild’Htr at th»• time were j 275 children, all. of whom inarch-|, ed out to safety, most Os whom | , wen* under tin* impression that it ! ( was a rejtular Tire drill. The chi! - y dren made the exit without coats | or hats and were subsequently tak- j | en to the Perquimans High School. ( The clothing: as well as books and i other school supplu;s Aeiv consum ed by the flames as the entire, in terior of the building: was destroy I , ed. ! i Firemen from Hertford. Kdenton | and Elizabeth City fought the . flames in frigid weather until about 2 o’clock Monday afternoon and while the building: was a total loss. ' the firemen were able to pi-event j spreading despite a strong wind! which fanned the blaze. Red Men’s Oyster j Roast Monday Night Next Monday night. January 18, Chowan Tribe of Red Men will 1 stage a “Dutch” oyster roast at the Jackson Radio and TV Shop on West Eden.* Street. The affair will begin at 7 o’clock. With Frank Hughes, Percy Daii and Caswell Edmondson lieing the committee in ( charge. t Any member of the tribe who de- ] sires to attend must contact Mr. , Edmondson at once so that the j committee will know how many oy- ] sters to secure. ROTARIANS MEET TODAY | Edenton's Rotary Club will meet this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 ( o’clock in the Parish House. The ‘ program will he in charge of Lloyd , E. Bunch. President Gerald James irpec .. foil '.(-(end-.,.. | Jaycee Week ] Mayor Ernest P. Keh a yes on Wednesday issued a proclamation designating the »cek of January 11-21 as Jaycee Week in Edenton. The Mayor urges all citizens of the community to give full consid eration to the future services of tile Junior Chamber of Commerce. Many People Enjoy Grand Opening Os Radio Station WCDJ Owners Are Delighted W ith Number WTio Visited Station Ray A. Childers, Harry Doggett. William K. Johnston and David Ward, owners of the Kdenton radio station WCDJ, brained with joy Sunday afternoon when they <>b ' served grand opening and largfe crowds of pcoph* visited the radio station between 1 and 6 o’clock. With Mr. Johnston broadcasting' for the most part, the other throe | owners, together with radio station personnel, proved to he delightful hosts as they aecompanied the vis- j it ops about the building and ex-i plained the various phases of radio .broadcasting. Occasionally programs were in terrupted in order to interview vis itors in the building so that quit" :: few people expressed their ap preciation for a local radio station, some of whom spoke over a radio for the first time. Visitors were profuse in their compliments to the radio owners for the splendid station. During the afternoon light i-e --fr* shmciyts were served hv Mrs. William Johnston. [civic calendar] Property must be listed for 197>6 j taxes (luring the month of Janu- I ary. North Carolina 1056 automobile license plates on sale at the branch office of the Carolina Motor Club, 102 Fast Water Street. Kdenton Chapter No. 202. Or der of tin* Eastern Star, will meet , in the Masonic Temple next Mon day night. January 16, at X o’clock. Chowanoke Council No. 51. I>*»- gree of Pocahontas, will meet in tin* Red Men hall Friday night. January 1.2, at K o'clock. Chowan and Kdenton \ oc.it ion a I and home economics teachers plan ning series of special adult pro grams during the months of Feb ruary and March. Masons will staue a spaghetti j dinner at tin* Masonic ’"Temple to night ''(Thursday) at 6:20 prior to' the regular meeting of the lodge at S o’clock. The Fidelis SCO Wives Club will hold its social in the Staff NCO Club game room Tuesday night. January 17, at 8 o'clock. Young People of the Methodist | Kdenton Rotarians will meet this, (Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock in the Parish House. Continued on Page 6—Section 1 Jaycee DSA Honor Will Be Announced At Banquet Jan. 18 <*> Levin Culpepper Will Be Principal Speak er For Occasion Edenton’s Junior Chamber of Commerce Will hold its annual Dis tinguished Service Award and Rosses’ Night Banquet Wednesday night, January 18, at 7:30 o’clock in the dining room of Hotel Joseph Hewes. the feature of the meeting will he presenting the distinguished ser vice award to some young man who’ has been secretly selected. This honor last year went to James P. Ricks, Jr. Luther Parks, president, will he master of ceremonies and *o ’necin 1 Mrs. T.C. Cross, Jr. Elected President Os Woman’s Club | Dr. Richard Hardin Is Speaker at January Meeting The election of officers for the year 1 !Js(> and an address on “First Aid in Your Home” by Dr. Richard Hardin featured tin* January busi ness meeting of the Kdenton Wo man’s Club held Wednesday of last week. Mrs. Thomas Cross, Jr., active in every phase of club work, was elected president to head the slate of new officers. Others elected were: Mrs. O. A. Phillips, vice president; Mrs. R. J. Boyce, record ing secretary; Mrs. Cecil Fry, cor responding secretary; Mrs. Wesley Chesson, Jr., treasurer; Mrs. C. R. Mooney, historian. These new of ficers will he officially installed at the May meeting. Among committee reports called for I>y Mrs. W. J. P. Earnhardt, 'president, were reports on the aid given three needy families during the holiday season, and plans were ; outlined for the club sponsored (World Peace Speaking Contest. ; The club is assisting in supplying senior hostesses at the FSO Club) Thursday nights. Dr. Hardin’s talk dealt primarily j with the “Dos and Don’ts” in first aid. He stated that the proven- j ti*»n of accidents among children is, the greatest area for eonservat ion j •»f life in children, which takes J many more lives than some of our j most feared diseases. He dealt briefly with the more common needs for first aid among children such as nose bleeding, burns, hous.- hold poisons, cuts, bites, fractures, foreign bodies and convulsions. “Keeping calm in an emergency.” said Pr Hardin; “car. save ’many lives.” Road In West over Heights Is Added To Highway System Maurice 1,. Bunch, clerk to the Chowan County Commissioners, I was recently notified that the St a t«* Highway and Public Works Commission at its meeting in De (rmher approved another addition! t<» tho county highway system. The new acquisition is part of a , road in West over Heights which | runs from Highway 17 east of I West over Heights into the paved | section of road in tin* housing pro- I Masonic Spaghetti Dinner Tonight • Ernest Kehayes, master of Cna riimity Lodge No. 7. A. F. & A. M . has announced that he "ill serve a spaghetti dinner in the Masonic Temple dining room toni gh t (Thursday). The dinner will he I served at 6:.20 o’clock so that mem | hers will have ample time to eat ■and attend an emergent communi cation of the lodge for the pur pose of conferring the third de ! gice. tho meeting the invocation will lie by Warren Tvviddv. West Byrum, Jr., will then introduce the guests: The principal speaker for the oc casion will be Bob Cox. a national director. Following the address Levin Cul pepper, vice president of the 10th District, will present the DSA Award. Scott Harrell will explain the method of selecting the DSA Award and the meeting will come to a close by recitation of the Jay cee Creed, led by Elton Forehand. Present Jay'cee officers are: President, Luther Parks; vice pres idents. James P. Ricks, Jr., and Paul Partin; State director. Thom as Shepard; treasurer, Ralph Out law aim il. Id: n Wei Hyttin.J 1 T ’ Edenton Jaycees Perfecting Organization For All-Out March Os Dimes Campaign Lions Will Entertain Members 4-H Corn! Club On January 23 j Club Receives Marine, Cheek For Easter j Seals The Edenton Lions Club will en tertain the -members »»f the Cho wan County l-H Corn Club on Monday night, January 2.2. The Lions Club entertains the group an nually and presents tin-pi awards j for their Work in corn raising .dur ing- previous years. John Mitchener, at Monday night’s meeting, reported that, the family which the club- undertook to , help at Christinas -received blank ets, elothing, food, toys and other ; items. Ernest Ward, Jr., presented t . check from the l\ S. Naval Auxill ! ary Air Station in the amount of j S2OO for tin* Chowan County Fas | ter Seal Society. This represents : a contribution from M nine person nel through a United Fund drive > held at tin* air station. Tom Adams was the guest of j Milton Bass. Adult Programs Being Arranged For Two Months Teachers Plan Meet ings During Febru ary and March J I 'howall :i nil IN l( ■ f 1 : i»n vm .Itiiill.ll and home e«.»n<»mi'> t«-achers are planning a special adult program to he held one day .• • - ii week'during the months of February ami Man ‘i. Those having children are uig «l | •to attend for the yoiingst«r> will J lie taken care of by voluhe-er batiy- I sitters front 10. a! of t >.• I Future Honn-mak i> of Ximui a. An occasional done prize w !l awarded and refreshments will be served at each meeting. The program is designed ' • *i> j pha-'ize at.ttactive natty a,M»ti:t.g, quick *.•*(l simple a• rangemenj .*f* flowers find other featm'es. Listttl below is the .tentative j schedule, ■including location, time, j demonstrator and topic: February * it Kdenton and Feb- < ruary ID at Chowan at F M . when Sylvia Matthevys. N’Fl’Coj home economist will be the dem- J onstrator for party refreshments. | Fehruary 15 at Kdenton at 8 I’ | M.. and February 16 at Ct.ouati all F. M . where M rs. I - - «bet n | Flynn will pt—seni flower arrange ments. February 21 at Ktletdon at S I’, j M.. and at Chow ati at .2 P. M . v, hen j tmick meals w ill be demonstrated I by Mary Bom. February 2R at Fdeivton it P. j M., and at Chowan at .2 P. M.. where Lilaii Gant of Fast. Carolina . College will .demonstrate anterior 1 deco ration's. March 7’at Kdenton at 2 P M.. I 1 and March D rib Chowan at .2 P. 51.. when home lightingwill he demon strated by Sylvia Matthews. The remainder of the schedule has been completed, but additional , information will appear in Tho ; Horald. It is hopfil that, many will at tend and profit By those programs. . Third Degree Tnnie-ht | At Masonic Meeting Ernest - P- Kehayes. master of Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. A. M.. has announced that an emer- I gent communication of the lodge I will he held tonight (Thursday) at ; X o’clock. The purpose of the meet ing is to confer the third degree ' upon a candidate, so that a laigv r <i . rtf'** 1 *'e. - il tos' *-• ’ $2.00 Per Year In North Carolina School Money li I>s y i Late last week the State Board! 'of Education announced how the' money will he allocated front State j school hiiildint; funds to county and city administrative units. According to the announcement ( the Chowan Gounty Administrative I nit is scheduled to receive $37,- 913.92 and the Edenton City Unit $81,117.1*5. The funds are allocated princi ; pall> for class rooms, hut -Eden* ton's greatest need, is at present, for an auditorium at the Junior- Senior High School as well as a hand and music room. In thr county administrative unit the greatest peed is a lunch room at Chowan High School, so that both Superintendents John A. Holmes and \V. J. Taylor are not [ sure what the State Board will ap prove. Ruby Felts Again Edenton Teacher Returns to Teach Fol lowing Death of Her Mother IMi.ss Ruhy Kelts is again a mem lirr of the Kdenton school faculty after, having resigned as second grade teacher, at the opening of the school term due ;o illness of her mother. She succeeds Miss Helen Scarborough, who resigned to lie married during the Christmas holi days. Miss Felt-' mother died in Octo ber. ifter which -he spent about a month in Arizona, hut returned to resume teaching in Edenton when schools reopened following’ the Christmas holidays. For many y.ars a teacher of the second grade. Miss Felts is now a third | grade teacher Many of her friends I are delighted that she has returned i | to Kdenton to teaeh. Marriage Licenses In Chowan Totals 151 During Year 1955! During the y<»ar 1D55 ft total of Js l man* igo lironsns wore issued | in tho office "f Register of Deeds' ! Ma'.ii ii .’ L. Bunch, which is about the average number for a year ex t opt during World War II years, when many moiv were issued. Licenses issued by quarters were: ! First .quarter, .27; second quarter, j 11; third quarter. .21; fourth quar- i ; ter. ,2b. Barker House Association Request Lease For 99 Years Full Agenda Causes] Lengthy Meeting of Town Council Kari'd with a full agenda. Town <'minrilmen put in a full night Tuesday, remaining in session un til about 1 1:30 o’clock. At the meeting was a delega tion from the Barker House Asso ciation representing the Edenton Woman’s Club, Business and Pro fessional Women’s Club and the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The spokesman for the group, Miss Laura Satterfield, presented a re quest for the town to lease the Penelope Barker House property for a period of 99 years with an option to buy. In February, 1954, the Town leased the property for a period of 10 years. ' . Miss Satterfield stated that the request was due to a letter recent ly received from Christopher Crit tenden. director of the Department of Archives and History. Mr. Crit tenden called attention to the ap propriation of $1,250 made by the General Assembly for the 1955-57 biennium for the Penelope Barker House. But he stated that to clear •he iiTocedore, it will >,e uecessarv l* SLOW DOWN AND LIVE/ { (Canvassing Scheduled | To Begin In Earnest i Next Week Sponsored this year by the Kden ton Junior Chamber of Commerce, organization for the lDoti March of Dimes campaign is about, perfected and an all-out effort will he made to exceed last year’s contribu'ions in Chowan County- Acting chairman is Luther Parks.,’ president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, who reports that a job has been designated to every Jaycee who will be expected to do his: utmost to secure contributions. In the county the drive will he in charge of Mrs. Hattie Byrunt, C. W. .Overman and Robert S. Marsh among the white people, while J. B. Small and Mis. Ormie Charlton will be in charge of color ed contributions. W. J. Taylor will supervise the campaign in the county schools, while Gerald James will be in charge at the Edenton Junior-Sen ior High School, Ernest Swain at the Elementary School and D. F. Walker in the Edenton colored schools. Canvassers have heen designated to canvass industries, business houses and a house-to-house solici tation. Some canvassing has al ready been done, but the campaign is expected to go into full swing sometime next week. Cannisters have been distributed throughout the county to. receive contributions, so that the Jaycee; plan to do everything possible .-<> that any and everybody who will can join in helping Chowan matte a creditable contribution in *he fight against infantile paralysis. Mr. Parks points out that in ID.'IS less than 2,000 polio cases were re ported in the United States. In 1953 more than 88.000 polio, pa tients received financial aid from the March of Dimes; That is why fi.B cents of every March of Dimes dollar in the nation has been Spent j on direct financial aid tii polio p- 1 - , tients. “There will he no furgotten chil {dren in the battle against pelio, even though a vaccine eventually, may free future generations fp oh the threat of the disease.” Dr. K ell - i noth S. Landauer, assistant, medi cal director of the National Foun dation for Infantile Paralysis de clared. Polio patients by the hundred . he said, who might otherwise ha <• been doomed to life imprisonment, in iron lungs already are lieing re stored to fuller, freer lives, thanks i to new treatment developed at, sev en regional respiratory rentei , l Continued on Page 6—Section 1 . to submit a certified copy of a dc- d 1 to the property as well as a cert j fred copy of the charter anil by laws of the Penelope Barker Asso ciation, and a request for the sl,- 250 appropriation. I ■■ ' As soon as the papers are .sub mitted, said Mr. Crittenden, the matter will be referred to .the A I -• torney General to pass on. When certified the request will go to , the Budget Bureau, from where a voucher will be issued. . The Council men requested the . Barker House Association to confer ; further with Mr. Crittenden rela . tive to the requirements to secure I the appropriation, so that no action on the request was taken Tuesday | night. 1 Another matter which consumed j a considerable amount of time was a proposed program of improve ments in way of drainage and curb and gutters. Estimates will be se cured on various projects which will in large measure determine ' just what and how much work will | be done. W. J. Yates, Skinner White and j J. P. Ricks, Jr., representing the | Fire Department, made a request for the addition of 1,000 feet of ' new hose. It was pointed out that. Continued on B«wtinn 1