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County Commissioners I
Contract For RevaluatioJ
Os Chowan County Property
Work Is Expected to
Be Completed By
Feb. 1,1957
fig. -Chowan County Commissioners
HHfc, awarded a contract for re
* vjHt£fion of property in Chowan
County, the decision being made at
a.uncial meeting held in the Mu
nicipal Building Wednesday morn-
W iiis of last week when bids were
[ opened. The contract was officlal
[' eSwarded at the % Commissioners’
‘meeting Monday morning when it
was aigned by West Byrum as
chairman and Maurice L. Bunch as
secretary.
Edenton’s Town Council met
jointly with the Commissioners
Wednesday morning when fire bids
were opened which ranged from
127,000 to $42,000. The low bidder
was Associated Surveys, whose bid
was $27,000 which includes map
ping of Edenton at a cost of $5,000.
The concern has been highly rec
ommended by Lincoln County au
* thorities, where a revaluation was
made, as well as Buncombe County
where a revaluation project is now
in progress.
y The purpose of the Commission
, ere meeting jointly with Town
Council was to determine if the
Councilmen were in accord with
property revaluation and if they
b would go along on sharing to some
w extent in the expense. , The Coun
;! oilmen, of course, are in favor of
property- revaluation, but reffatn
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Mans Planning
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Puimose to Help Raise
Money For Varims
Local Projects
Edenton’s Rotary Club plans to
1 hold a pancake and shusage break
fast. in' the Parish House' Wednes
day; morning, May 16, from 7 to 9
o’clock. President Gerald James
appointed Frank Holmes and John
A. Kramer as co-ohairmen of a
committee to arrange the affair
and each Rotarian will be given
at least 10 tickets to sell.
The purpose of the breakfast is
to help raise money for projects
in which the Rotarians participate
. auch as the Teenage Club, Boy
Septal the Junior-Senior High
School,'Band, as well as others.
. 'EVery member of the dub is ex
pected to attend the breakfast and
beside*, it is hoped many other
people'will patronise the breakfast
.and enjoy a good meal as well as
t *aid in the support of various worth
whife projects in Edenton.
Cauntj Democratic
Convention Wl Be
IWt OnSatantay
tend Session
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
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EDENTON MAIL CARRIERS HONORED j
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Above Rod'tov Harrell, shaking hands with Chief of Police
George I. Dail, left, and Nathan Dail, shaking hands with Post
master J. L. Cheetnutt, right, were presented gold pins as safe
driving awards Wednesday of last week. The pins were in recog
nition for safe driving as rural mail carriers, Harrell having a
perfect record for 23 years and Dail for 15 years. Both were
highly complimented by Dsil and Chestnutt. Nathan Owens, not
present when the picture was taken, was awarded a gold pin for
driving the parcel post truck two years without an accident.
Chowan County To
Join In Campaign
To Eliminate Rats
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Bait Furnished Free to
Help Insure Full
Cooperation
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fjhnwan County Cpmmigsion6rs
(agrecu to join in j
'around rodent cohtrol program.
Chovtan will join with the Pafequo
tarrtc-Perquimans-Camden-Chow’an
Health District in an effort to be
as successful as possible to eradi
cate rats in the district.
The plan is to use Warfarin pois
on mixed with com meal and a
small amount of powdered charcoal.
Arrangements can be made by the
Health Department to purchase the
Warfarin from the" State Board
of Health at $1.75 per pound in
50-pound drums. >
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BPW Will Install
Officers May 17th
. New officers of- the Edenton
Business and Professional Women’s
Club will be installed at a dinner
meeting to be held at the Parrish
House on Thursday night, May i7,
beginning at 7 o’clock.
1 Mrs. Alice Towe of Hertford,
wiH conduct the installation cere
monies. Those planning to attend
the affair are requested to notify
their respective chairmen by Mon
day, May 14, so that the proper
plate! arrangements may be made.
Architect’s Drawing Os New Telephone Building In Edenton i
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iwny’s building now under the course of construction on Earn King Street. The base of the building
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Edenton, fljjyanCdunty, North Carolina, Thursday, May 10,1956.
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[ inTrouble j
In the neighborhood. of 50 war
rants are scheduled to be issued by
iWelden-Hpllowell, Chowan County
aßwtecjatut s>>-* Which charges will
%t> preferred for failure to , list
property for tax purposes as
provided by law.
The delinquent list Was present
ed to the Chowati County Grand
Jury and subsequently turned over
to Mr. Hollowell for prosecution.
LIONS MEET MONDAY
Edenton’s Lions Club will meet
Monday night at 7 o’clock. Presi
dent A1 Phillips urges a full at
tendance.
Blood Quota Exceeded
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Edenton and Chowan County top
ped the 100-pint Red Cross blood
mobile quota Wednesday of last
week with a total of 120 bottles of
blood donated at the Edenton ar
mory.
Joseph K. Swanner, Chowan
County blood chairman, said 71
pints of blood were given by Ma
rines from the Edenton-Naval Au
xiliary Air Station. The balance
of 49 pints came from civilians..
Swanner expressed “sincere ap
preciation” to military personnel
and civilians alike for helping to
put Hie Mood drive over the top. I
■own Forced To
■lnstall Plant For
I Sewage Disposal
i Vexing Problems Hold
| Councilmen In Long
Session
Faced with a number of vexing
problems, Town Councilmen were
held in a lengthy session Tuesday
night. To open the meeting Philip
McMullan, speaking for the Board
of Public Works, informed Town
Council that it is now not a mat
ter if the town wants to install a
sewage disposal plant, but that 234
towns and cities have been inform
ed by the State ’Stream Sanitation
Commission that they will be or
dered to proceed with the instal
[ lation if some progress of planning
is not shown within 60 days. The
.plant must be in operation by 1960.
In view of the situation the
Board of Public Works was au
thorized to employ the William F.
Freeman Company, engineers and
architects, to make a survey and
furnish an estimate as to the cost
of the installation. The concern is
to furnish a complete report for
submission to Town Council, said I
report to cover and to include pre
liminary plans and follow-through
diagrams of the proposed plant and
i lines, together with the estimat-
Continned on Page 2—Section 1
Band And Glee Club
Conceit On May 18
Affair Will Be Held In
Elementary School
Auditorium
A band and glee club concert is
scheduled to be held in the Eden
ton Elemental School auditorium
Friday night, May 18, at 8
Thefd will adntfsstair charg
ed, so that- it is hoped the audi
torium will be billed to capacity; ~
Participating in the concert- will
be the- 50-member Senior High
School Chorus Treble Clef Club,
the Elementary School Band and
the 52-piece Junior-Senior High
School Concert Band.
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A delightful program has been
arranged so that those who at
tend are assured of an evtening of
, outstanding entertainment.
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-1 This is the second time iii a row
- that Chowan County has topped the
t blood quta. The Moodmobile was
f last here on February 15, when 148
- pints were collected. That time,
Marines gave 106 pints and civili
i ans donated 42.
The names of the Marines who
donated Mood could not he secured, j
but civilians who gave a pint of!
1 Mood included:
George Warner, Grace Swanner, (
Thelma Mizzelle,* Father Francis
J Smith, Edmund Mills, Dr. Richard 1
Hardin, Charlie P. Hughes, Terry
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NEW WOMAN S CLUB OFFICERS
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Pictured above are new officers of the Edenton Woman’s Club
who were installed at a meeting held Wednesday of last Week in
the Parish House. They are, left to right, Mrs. T. C. Cross, Jr.,
president, succeeding Mrs. W. J. P. Earnhardt; Mrs. A1 Phillips,
vice president; Mrs. Wesley Chesson, Jr., treasurer; Mrs. Robert
Boyce, recording secretary; Mrs. Cecil Fry, corresponding secre
i tary and Mrs. C. B. Mooney, historian.—(Evelyn Leary Photo).
Officers Installed
For Woman’s Club
To Serve New Year
i Club Members Proud
Os State Awards Re
cently Won
New officers of the Edenton
Woman’s Club were installed by
I Mrs. ty. J. P. Earnhardt, president,
|| I at the regulaf meeting held May
1 2, at St. Paul’s Parish House.
They are: Mrs. Thomas Cross,
president; Mrs. A1 Phillips, vice
president; Mrs. Robert Boyce, sec
retary; Mrs. Wesley Chesson,
. treasurer; Mrs. Cecil Fry, corres
ponding secretary, and Mrs. C. Es.
Mooney, historian.
The spirit of the annual conven
tion of the North Carolina Federa
tion of Women’s Clubs held April
2#-27 in Durham was ; recaptured,
1 with a : miniature convention pa
’•*T»de> uaiiriiticj 'hy Jigs:; Earshapdt,
whp
thb- clttb. ) It is believed to be the
■ most prizes ever- by a club at
-‘a convention. The awards includ
ed the following:
The Clare Cullison Trophy—For
submitting the best report (out
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Mrs. Gilliam Wood Jr., And
Mrs. John A. Kramer Win
Top Flower Show Honors
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Though Fewer Entries
Flowers of Finest
Quality
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| Mrs. Gilliam Wood, Jr., and Mrs.
. John Kramer won top honors at
I the Edenton Woman’s Club Flower
Show held Tuesday of last week at
the Penelope Barker House. Mrs.
Wood’s entry was a Hutch Iris,
which was judged to be the most
perfect specimen of any flower of
the show in horticulture. She was
presented a silver bowl and blue |
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Chowan County Democratic Con
vention will be held Saturday, May
12, at 3 o'clock in the Chowan
County Court House.
Band Parents Association will
meet Tuesday night, May 15, at 8
o’clock in the cafeteria of the
Edenton Junior-Senior High School.
A free band and glee club con
cert twill be presented in the Eden
ton Elementary School auditorium
Friday night, May 18, at 8 o’clock.
Edenton’s Varsity Club will hold
its annual sports award banquet
tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 o’clock *
in Che Masonic Temple.
Edenton Rotary Chib will stage
s pancake and sausage breakfast in
the Parish House Wednesday mom
inx. May 1«, from 7 to 9 o’clock.
Open house will he observed at
the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air
Station Saturday, May 18, from 9
A. M„ to 1:M P. M- la observance
of Armed Forces Day.
Tim American tagion Auxiliary
will serve a turkey dinner in the
(~ Open House ]
This week is being observed as
National Hospital Week, and for)
nine years the celebration has been
observed at Chowan Hospital.
In accordance with the custom,
the Hospital and Hospital Auxili
ary will hold open house on Sunday
afternoon, May 13, from 2:30 to
4:30 o’clock.
The public is cordially invited
to visit and tour the grounds and
hospital facilities.
LEGIOiTaUXILIARY MEETS
he American Legion Auxiliary
will meet tonight (Thursday) at 8
o’clock at the home of Mrs. R. E.
Leary on Blount Street. Mrs.
Juanita CozzenS, president, ilrges
all members to .attend.
pocaSontas "meeting
Chowanoke Council No. 54, De
gree of Pocahontas, will meet in
the Red Men hall Friday night.
May 11, at 8 o’clock. Mrs. Louise
Pratt, Pocahontas, urges all mem
bers to be present.
ribbon. Mrs. Kramer took the
• sweepstake prize for winning the
most blue ribbons on her collection
of flowers. Although there were
fewer entries this year, the flow
ers were claimed by the judges to
be as handsome; if not prettier, and
of as good quality as heretofore,
despite the unfavorable weather ex
perienced this spring.
Mrs. R. N. Hines, chairman, says
the flower show was a huge suc
cess from all standpoints and she
wishes to thank all who contributed
. their time and entries in helping to
I make the event the success it was.
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FLOWER SHOW WINNERS
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Mrs. Gilliam Wood, left, display* silver bowl and Mrs. John Kra
mer a gold ribbon for taking first prises at the annual Flower ]
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$2.00 fter Year In
‘Open House’ Is Set
At Local Base For
Armed Forces Day
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A Problem
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Attention was called to the
County Commissioners Monday
about a vexing parking condition
| on the street or alley leading from
King Street to the jailer’s home.
Cars are now parked on both sides
of the street, along the Hotel Jo
seph Hewes building and along the
Cohrt House which creates a Haz
ard.
The situation presents a prob
lem, for it is the impression that
the county owns the street, so that
Town Council has no jurisdiction in i
passing an ordinance preventing I
parking on both sides of the street I
and the county cannot pass an ordi
nance to remedy the situation. Os
course, if the County Commission
ers deeded jhe street to the town,
then Town Council would have jur
isdiction.
In the meantime the County
Commissioners appeal to automo
. bile drivers to refrain from parking
lon the Court House side of the
street.
Band Parents Will
' Elect New Officers
At Meeting May 15
C. B. Mooney, president of the
Band Parents Association, calls at
tention to an important meeting
which will be held Tuesday night.
May 16. The meeting will be held
at 8 o’clock in the cafeteria of the
Edenton Junior-Senior High School.
An important item of business
will be the election of new officers,
so that Mr. Mooney is especially
anxious to-have a large, attendance
of parents of band rrietfiberS, is
. well as others interested in- the
band.
LIBRARIES CLOSED TODAY
The Shepard-Pruden Memorial
Library and Brown-Carver Library
will be closed all day today (Thurs :
day) in observance of Confederate
Memorial Day.
1 The chairman lists the following
ribbon winners:
Roses— Mrs. W. H. Coffield, yel
low and red: Miles Elliott, blue;
Mrs. John Kramer, blue; Mrs. W. J.
P. Earnhardt, blue; Miles Elliott, ;
red and two yellow; Mrs. W. J. P. j
Earnhardt, ted, special climbing (
rose.
Iris—Mrs. John Graham, yellow;
Mrs. A1 Phillips, red and yellow; I
Mrs. T. B. Williford, blue, two yel
low; Mrs. Frances Hicks, two red; i
Mrs. R. P. Baer, two red; Mrs. W.
J. P. Earnhardt, blue; Mrs. J. W. '
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Public Invited to Visit
Base From 9 A. M.
To 1:30 P. M.
Citizens of the Albemarle and
other Americans across the United
States and at far-flunp ilitary
bases all over the world will join
in the annual celebration of Armed
Forces Day on May 19. “Power for
Peace” is the theme.
President Dwight D. Elsenhower
has set aside the third Sunday in
May to honor the men and women
of the Armed Forces of the United
States and to become better acr
| quainted with the defenses on
I which security and freedom de,-
' pend.
In Chowan County, observance of
Armed Forces Day will center
around activities at the Edenton
Naval Auxiliary Air Station. The
Edenton Marines plan open house
from 9 A. M., until 1:30 P. M., on
Saturday, May 19.
Col. Hamilton Lawrence, com
manding officer of the Edenton
station, said all civilians are invit
ed to visit the Marine Base on May
19. Col. L. K. Davis, commanding
officer of Marine Aircraft Group
14 at the Station, joined Colonel
Lawrence in the invitation.
Activities at the Marine Base
will include display of latest jet
aircraft, conventional planes and
other equipment. Pilots and me
chanics will be on hand to serve
as guides.
Visitors will be invited to enter
large aircraft. Platforms are to
be provided for viewing the inside
of smaller planes.
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District: Legion ,
Meeting May 11
Election of New Of
ficers Heads Agen
da of Business
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A meeting of the First District
of the American Legion will be
held in the Legion hut Friday
night, May 11, at 8 o’clock.
A highlight of the meeting will
be the election of officers which
includes a district commander, dis
trict vice commander and one dele
gate and alternate to the national
convention.
All Legionnaires from posts in
the First District are urged to at
tend. The district includes posts
in Edenton, Elizabeth City, Hert
ford, Gatesville and Manteo.
E. J. Hobbs, Jr., is present First
District Commander, who says re
freshments will be served following
the meeting.
GreenUghtls Given
FOr War Memorials
In Chowan County
59-Foot Flagpoles Will
Be Erected at Three
High Schools
Chowan County Commissioners,
in conjunction with Town Council,
have authorized the transfer of a
veterans memorial fund to the
American Legion and Veterans of
Foreign Wars, which will be used
to erect memorials to Chowan
County men and women who served
ih the nation’s armed forces.
John A. Holmes appeared at the
Commissioners’ meeting -Monday
and stated that a contract will be
awarded as soon as the fun<| U
transferred. A number of years
ago the County Commissioners and
(Town Council appropriated SSOO
peach toward a memorial, but due
jto inability to agree on the type
1 0 f memorial no progress was made
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ow, nowever, ootn interested or
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