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CHOWAN COUNTY J
Volume XXlll.—Number
Town Council Agrees To «
Strip Os Land Back Os Sto A
Between King - Eden Streets
Insurance Program of
Town Now Under
Consideration
After being under consideration
for a long time, Town Council at
its meeting Tuesday night voted to
* purchase the strip of land back
of the stores on Broad Street be
tween King and Eden Streets from
T. C. Byrum. The land adjoins the
property now owned by the county.
The purchase price of the prop
erty is $12,000. Town Council held
up purchase of the property for
several months due to a commit
tee from Town Council and the
Board of Public Works holding out
for a price of $)1,000. However,
the $12,000 figure was given as the
final price.
The purpose of the Town buying
the property is to provide an alloy
for collection of trash from the
baek of the stores, ns well as for
public utilities. It will also pro
vide better fire protection, bicause
water can be available clos.-r to
the stores. The property is some
50 feet wide, but just where the
alley will be located has not been
decided due to the probability that
some of the merchants might want
to add some footage to their pres
ent property for the purpose of ex
pansion.
Consideration of insurance cov
erage of the town consumed a ma
jor portion of the meeting. Rep-
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Marine Commander
Visits tientiHi Bass
Brig. Gen. E. A. Mont
gomery Taken on In
spection Tour
Brig. Gen. E. A. Montgomery,
Commander of the Cherry Point
Marine Corps Air Station, visited
the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air
Station Friday. The General tour
ed the Marine base, which is part
of h ; 3 command.
General Montgomery flew from
Cherry Poiht to Edenton Friday
morning in an R4D-8, which he pi
loted himself. The Marine General
returned to Cherry Point Friday
afternoon.
Col. Hamilton Lawrence, Com
mander of the N.A.A.S., Edenton,
and Col. L. K. Davis, Commander
of Marine Aircraft Group 14,
greeted the General when he step
> ped from his plane.
Following an inspection of the
guard, General Montgomery, Col.
Lawrence and Col. Davis started on
a tour of the base. The General
* passed up a waiting staff car and
chose to ride in Colonel Lawrence’s
convertible sports car.
[ CIVIC calendar] |
Chowan Tribe of Red Men will 1
hold its annual banquet Friday i
night, July 20, at 7 o’clock in the
American Legion hut.
Cub Scouts will enjoy a water
melon cutting Tuesday night, July
31, as a climax of the month’s
theme “Cub Scout Regatta”.
Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet
thia (Thursday) afternoon at 1
o’clock in the Pariah House.
Chowan Tribe of Red Men will
meet Monday night at 8 o’clock.
Chowanoke Council New 54, de
gree of Pocahontas, will meet in
the Red Men hall Friday night,
July IS, at 8 o’clock, at which time
new officers will be installed.
An emergent communication of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7. A. F, &
A. M, will be held tonight (Thurs
day) at 8 o’clock. A “Poor Rich
ard” dinner will be served at 6:30
o’clock, after which Paul Hefler of
Gatesville will apeak at the meet
* Bdenton’s Junior Chamber of
Commerce will meet tonifbt
(Thursday) at 7 o'clock in the Pe
nelope Barker house,
t Edenton Lions Club will meet
Monday night, July 18. at 7 o’clock.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
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New Pastors At Edenton Church
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The Rev. and Mrs. Ottis Denton
(above) have assumed their duties
as co-pastors of the Firs', Assem
bly of God Church, First and Bond
Streets in Edenton, succeeding the
,Rev. Fenton L. Jones. Mr. Jones
recently resigned io accept the du
ties of secretary-treasurer and Sun
day School director of the North
Carolina District of £he Assem
blies of God.
Rev. and Mrs. Denton are from
Pembroke, Va., where'they were en
gaged in Sunday School and youth
work. Mr. Denton is the former C.
A. President and Sunday School Di
rector of the Appalachian District
of the Assemblies of God. This
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i 52 Million Dollars Isi
Raised During 1956
March Dimes Drive
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NFIP Thanks Ameri
can People For Con
tinued Help !
The 1956 March of Dimes cam
paign raised a total of $52,100,000,
Basil O’Connor, National Founda- 1
tion President, has announced.
In thanking the American peo-!
pie for their continued help in the
fight against polio, Mr. O’Connor
said that the successful campaign
this past January revealed the na- 1
lion’s compassion for those chil
dren and adults for whom the vac
cine came too late.
Expect Adult Cases
“As the result of widespread use
of the polio vaccine this year we
should witness a substantial de
crease in the number of new poLo
cases,” Mr. O’Connor said. “How
ever, despite the use of the vac
cine, we must still expect thous
! ands of new polio patients requir
lnglis Fletcher Is Subject Os
! Chapter In New Book Written
| About Outstanding Writers
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Bernadette Hoyle of
Smithfield, N. C., Is j
Author
Edenton’s Inglis Fletcher is the
subject of a chapter in a new book.
“Tar Heel Writers I Know” by
Bernadette Hoyle, of Smithfield,
N. C.
The book is a collection of inter
views with North Carolina authors
and, with her pen and her camera,
Mrs. Hoyle pictures these writers in
delightfully informal surroundings.
The interviews appeared as a se
ries in the Raleigh News and Ob
server. Fortunately,' those with
Sam Byrd, James Street, and Wil
liam T. Polk were completed short-1
ly before’ their deaths.
All the many Tar Peel writers
eould not possibly be included jn
the book. Mrs. Hoyle has simply
made informal visits with 35 of her
friends and gives to the reader, not
only biographical facts, but also
some of the authors' suggestions j
f for beginning writers about work*
North Carolina, Thursday, July 12,1956.
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district covers most of West Vir
ginia and part of Western Virginia
The Dentons have labored on the
evangelistic field as well as in pas
toral work. Their duties have car
ried them through a wide portion
of the southeastern states and now
their duties as newly elected pas
tors bring them to Edenton.
Mr. Denton is an ordained minis
ter in the Assemblies of God with
headquarters in Springfield, Mo. j
Mrs. Denton, a minister, has ere-1
dentials with the Assemblies, also.
The Dentons have one child. 4-year
. old Beverly Jeanne, who helps them
: with special singing in their ser
i vice 3.
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ing medical and other treatment
j this summer. A drop in polio this
I year due to the vaccine will certaln
,ly be greatest among youngsters
( who have been vaccinated. We
.' cannot expect equal decrease
among unvaccinated adults—those
.' who are likely to be most severe- j
: ly affected by polio, w-hen they con
.! tract the disease, and who then re
, quire long-term care.”
■1 Mr. O’Connor poipted out that I
i while patients have always receiv- 1
1 ed the best available care through
March of Dimes funds, in several
• instances care was necessarily
limited by lack of knowledge at 1
the time these people were strick- 1
, eh. Many can now hope to bene- j
,' fit from new treatment techniques
. | developed in recent; years,
i Research in Rehab
In addition to patient aid, the
■' National Foundation will continue
• ! to support scientific research,
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ing methods, aims, and philoso
i phies.
! The book will be a welcome ad- ]
■ dition to school and public libraries
and will be valuable for study
groups and book clubs and for any
-1 ’ one interested in writers and writ-1
ing. It is interesting to note that
the volume about Tar Heel writers
is also published by a Tar Heel,
John F. Blair, Publisher, 404 First
National Bank Building, Winston-
Salem, N. C. Price of the book is
four dollars.
The author, too, is a North Caro
linian,, having been bom in Hender
son. Mrs. Hoyle, one of the State’s
top-flight free-lance writers and
press photographers, is equally at
home at a wreck, a murder trial, a
hurricane,' or a wedding. And she
has a knack for interviewing peo
ple. She has covered events of na
tional importance, ranging from
presidential campaigns to the “Miss
America” pageant in Atlantic City,
and has interviewed and photo
graphed numerous celebrities, in-
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ASC Office Polling
Place For Wheat
Referendum July 20
All Who Have at Least
15 Acres Eligible
To Vote
W. A. Harrell, chairman of th#
County Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Committee, an
nounced this week that the polling
place for the wheat marketing quo
ta referendum to be held Friday,
July 20, will be in the ASC office
in the Post Office building.
Growers eligible to vote in the
wheat quota referendum are all
those who will have more than 15
acres of wheat for harvest on a
farm in 1957. These farmers have
been notified of their wheat al
lotments. Quotas do not affect
those farmers who harvest 15 acres
or less of wheat for grain on a
farm.
I If quotas are approved by at
j least two-thirds of the growers vot
ing in the wheat referendum, the
' quotas will remain in effect for |
1957. and price support will be
available to farmers who have
complied with their farm wheat!
allotments at a level between 751
1 and 90 per cent of parity. Those •
i farmers who exceed the larger of
the farm allotment or 15 acres will i
I be subject to a penalty of 45 per
I cent of the parity price for wheat
| on the excess production.
If more than one-third of the 1
growers voting disapprove the quo
tas, they will not be in effect, and
price support will be . available to,
farmers who have complied with |
their farm wheat allotments at 50
per cent of parity.
Great Sachem Will
Be Spider At Red,
Men Banquet July 20
Reid Wallace of Bes
semer City Accepts
Invitation
Plans have been completed for
the annual banquet of Chowan
i Tribe of Red Men which will be
held in the American Legion hut
. Friday night, July 20, at 7 o’clock.
The banquet will be financed by the
' tribe and wives of the Red Men
and members of the Degree of Po
cahontas will be guests of the Red
Men, so that in the neighborhood
of 200 are expected to attend,
j The principal speaker for the oc
casion will be D. Reid Wallace of
Bessemer City, Great Sachem of
1 Red Men in North Carolina. Mr.
Wallace was in Edenton Friday
night, when he accepted the invita
-1 tion to speak for the occasion.
1 The committee in charge of mak
ing arrangements for the banquet
includes Frank V. White, William
Barrow, Willie Spruill, Caswell Ed
mondson, Frank Hughes, Worth
Layton, H. H. Stokes, Kenneth
Worrell and J. Edwin Buffi ap.
Cards have been mailed members
of the tribe, which should be re
turned at once if they plan to at
tend the banquet.
jPoorßichardDimier
|AtMasonic Meeting
Paul Hofler of Gates
ville Will Speak at
Meeting
Ernest P. Kehayes, master of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F., &
A. M., announces that an emergent
communication of the lodge will be
held tonight at 8 o’clock.
In connection with this meeting a
; “Poor Richard” dinner will he serv
ed at 6:30 o’clock with each mem
ber requested to pay 50 cents. At
the lodge meeting following the
dinner an interesting program has
i been arranged by T. B. Williford,
i who states thpt the speaker for the
, occasion will be Paul Hofler of
Gatesville. All Masons are urged
1 to attend both the “Poor Richard” i
’ dinner and the lodge rally. ‘
Montana Cattle Go Into Relief
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rates the Christian cross as a cattle brand for the
Christian Rural Overseas Program drive in Montana by affixing the first “cross” to a calf donated
to CROP. At round-up time, calves wearing the brand will be used to combat hunger overseas
through the Church World Service program. Watching the branding, left, is the Reverend Donald
A. Seanlin of Red Lodge, state CROP director. Directly behind Mr. Scanlin is William R. Maekay,
state senator and owner of the Lazy EL ranch near Itoscoe where the CROP drive for meat sni*
Rials waa opened. Close-up of new brand is circled in picture at right.
Parents Urged To
Protect Children By
j Giving Polio Shots
Administered Monday
| And Friday at Local
Health Office
Dr. B. B. McGuire, district health
officer, calls attention to the fact
that polio vaccine is given in the
local health officer in the Bank of i
Edenton building each Monday as
-1 ternoon from 2 to 3 o’clock and
| each Friday afternoon from 1 to 5
j o’clock. It can also he administer
• ed by private physicians.
In a letter to health officers from
I Dr. Hart E. Van Riper, medical di-
I rector of the National Polio Foun
dation, the following information is
I releaped: .. ,
I 11. 1 1. Poliomyelitis vaccine supply in
the United States as a whole now
exceeds the current demand.
2. May I personally urge you to
obtain just as much vaccine as you
need and inject it without delay in
as manv of your patients as arc
eligible to receive vaccine in your
cotnmumtv ?
3. The U S Pul lie Health Ser
vice, the American Academy of Pe
diatrics, the American Medical As
sociation. the American Public!
Health Association and other medi
cal organizations concur that h is:
both safe and desirable to vacmate
with poliomyelitis vaccine no v ai;o
throughout the summer.
I 4. At the 105th Annual Meeting
of the American Medical Associa
tion in Chicago on June 11. Surg
- eon General Leonard Scheele of the
r U. S. Public Health Service said:
“The immediate order of business
. in the polio fight is to use every
drop of vaccine available in the
widest possible way . . . Vaccine
given in July and August will pre
vent paralytic cases and even
' deaths id August and September."
5. May I suggest that you give
| reassurance that the present Salk
vaccine is safe and effective to pa
tients, parents and others in your
community who still needlessly
doubt it? The scientific documen
tation of the vaccine’s safety and
effectiveness is overwhelming. Over
30 million children in the United I
States alone have been inoculated |
1 without mishap since May 7, 19551
Experience in 1955, now reported
from 23 areas (mostly states)
1 shows that the vaccine is at least
! 75 per cent effective in preventing
poliomyelitis.
Cap’n Dick Hall Still
In Critical Condition
Veteran Fire Chief R. K. Hall
remains in a critical condition at
his home on Gale Street following a
heart attack, which wa's followed
by an attack of pneumonia. Mr.
Hall at times shows signs of im
provement and then takes turns for ]
the worse. He is in Iped and is able
to take very little nourishment.
JAYCEES MEET TONIGHT
Edenton’s Junior Chamber of
Commerce will meet tonight
' (Thutsday) at 7 o’clock in the Pe-1
nelope Barker house. President!
| Dick Dixon urges a full attend-[
anee, |
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20 Years Ago
As Found In the Files of I
The Chowan Herald
Chowan County voters turned in
a big majority’ for Clyde R- Hoey
iin a second primary with Ralph
MacDonald for Governor.
Roof was painted on the Chowan
County Court House.
Vernon Knox, 13, son of Mr. and
Mrs. B. L. Knox, drowned in knee
deep water at the cotton oil mill.
Edenton took over first place in
the Bertie-Chowan baseball league.
Chowan farmers received $7.-
697.01 representing final payment
under the corn-hog contracts under
AAA.
Colored people requested two
buses to transport students to the
Edenton High School.
Mrs. William Badham won the
bank night prize at Taylor The
atre.
Mrs. W. E. Baker was elected
president of the Legion Auxiliary.
Masons of Second Masonic dis-|
trict met in Edenton with Unanimi
| ty being the host lodge.
Little Change Noted In
Mrs. Ricks’ Condition
As Victim Os Polio
Little change has been reported
in the condition of Mrs. James P.
Ricks, Jr., a victim of pol’o now
confined to Maryview Hospital in
Port.- nouth.
Mrs. Ricks’ fever i as dropped
some extent and various kinds of
treatment have be :r administered,
but she still experiences severe
pain. It will be several weeks be
fore any prediction can be made
regarding her recovery.
New Rotary Club President
Names Committee Chairmen
To Serve During New Year
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George Alma Byrum
Pays Tribute to Re
tiring President
Last week Edenton Rotarians
held a business meeting at the
weekly luncheon during which the
new president, George Alma By
rum, read the appointments of the
various committee chairmen. Be
ginning the new Rotary year. Mr
Byrum paid tribute to the admini
sti’ation of Gerald James, retiring
president, who at present is attend-
I ing summer school at Chapel Hill.
Robert S. Marsh was appointed
chairman of Club Service, under;
whom the following will serve:
Attendance cnairman, W. T. Har
ry.
Classification chairmen. George
Twiddy, R. F. Elliott and Jimmy j
i Earnhardt.
| Club Bulletin '■hnlrmen, W. B.
1 Rosevear and C. W. Overman.
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STEVE BURCH |
In the public speaking contest for
4-H Club members held in Wash- 1
ington, N. C., Friday, Steve Burch,
a student at Chowan High School,
t won first place for district honors, j
FdentonMarinels
Top Man In Class At
CherryPointSchoolj
!m Sgt, Malcolm West!
Has Final Average 1
Os 97.30 J
!1 Marine Master Sergeant Malcolm!
I K. West from the Edenton Auxili-1
ary Air Station, graduated top man I
1 from a class of 17 in Staff Non-*
Commissioned Officers Leadership;
* School at Cherry Point, N. C., last I
■ week. His final average was 97.30.;
Colonel J. W, Burkhardt, assist- i
' ant chief of staff for G-4 present
;ed the diplomas and was guest
* speaker.
Addressing the students and
. their guests on the qualities of 1
■ | leadership, he said. “Leadership j
j implies the hardship of responsi
■ bility. but the mature man will al
ways take on this responsibility.” I
erman.
Magazine chairman, W. I. Hart.
Program chairmen, Gilliam Wood
and Hamilton Lawrence.
Public Information chairman, J.
Edwin Bufflap.
Rotary Information chairman,
Bill Cozart.
Sergeant-at-Arms. R. N. Hines.
Warren Twiddy is chairman of
the Vocational Service Committee,
under whom the following will
function:
Buyer-Seller Relations Chairman,
Lloyd E. Bunch.
Competitor Relations Chairman,
Jack Habit.
Employer - Employee Relations
Chairman. Frank Holmes.
Four-way Test Chairman, J. P.
Ricks, Jr.
Trade Associations Chairman, H.
A. dampen.
Elton Forehand will be Com
munity Service Chairman, with the i
following committees under his di-!
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Lions’Bread Sale
On Monday Night
Nets Total $241.36
Club Members Brave
Bad Weather to Sell
Bread
Borrowing inspiration from the
postmen’s “Nor rain, nor sleet, nor
dark of night”, the Edenton Lions
canvassed the town Monday night
in their annual bread sale, despite
uncooperativeness from the weath- ■
erman.
Damp Lions in teams of two re
ported to Lion Medlin Belch, chair
man of the Bread Sale Commit
tee, total sales of $241.36. Pro
ceeds from the sale go into the
Lion’s treasury to be used for
worthy causes, with special em,
phasis on sight conservation.
Possibly through sympathy for
the damp Lion at the door, but
more probably in recognition of a
good cause, the cooperation of the
entire Edenton com "aunty, both ci
vilian and military was exceilen’,
Tepirts Lion IM.-cii
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! LicensesOn Sale
Arrest Faces All Who
Fail to Buy Dog Li
censes By July 31
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Town Clerk Ernest J. Ward, Jr.,
calls attention of dog and bicycle
owners .to the law which requires
licenses to be purchased during the
month of July. An ordinance re
quires the arrest of all dog own
| ers who fail to purchase licenses
for dogs before July 31.
The dog licenses are on sale now
1 at the Town Office and bicycle li
* censes can be purchased at the Po-
I lice Station.'
j The fee for each bicycle is 25
cents, while the dog licenses are
SI.OO for male dogs and $2.00 for
j female dogs.
Red Men Install n
' New Set Officers
iC. D. Sawyer Is New,"
Sachem of €howan
j Tribe No. 12
j Officers for Chowan Tribe No.
12. Improved Order of Red Men,
' were installed at Monday night's
! meeting, with the ceremony con
! ducted by Carl Keeter. tribal depu
ty Great Sachem, asri- e.l by W.
J. Daniels as sanna"
Officers installed for the six
month term were:
C. D. Sawyer, sachem: Willie
Bunch, prophet; Percy Dail, senior
sagamore, and Albert Cullipher,
| junior sagamore.
| The new sachem named his ap-
I pointive officers who were also in
, stalled and included the following:
Sannaps, Clarence Shackelford
, and Caswell Edmondson: warriors,
' Oscar Peeples, Hurley Ward, Larry
1 Knox and Fred Britton: braves, Ed
; gar Rogerson, Guy Williams,
Thomas Jackson and Bill Elliott;
guard of the wigwam, Alton Shaw;
guard of the forest, Leroy Henn
inger.
All of the officers made brief
remarks after being installed,
thanking the tribe for placing them
in office and promising to do their
best in the interest of Redmanship.
POCAHONTAS MEETING
Chowanoke Council No. 54, De
gree of Pocahontas, will meet Fri
day night, July’l3, at 8 o’clock in
the Red Men hall. New officers
are scheduled to be installed at this
' meeting, so that Mrs. Louise Pratt,
retiring Pocahontas, urges every
member to be present. Mrs. Bom
mie White, the Council’s deputy
Great Pocahontas, will be in charge
of the installation ceremony.
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ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton Rotarians will meet this
(Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock
jin the Parish House. The program
, will be in charge of County Agent
jC. W. Overman and President
.George Alma Byrum urges e ery
j Rotariaii to be present.