North Carolina Newspapers

ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN CHOWAN COUNTY R • /P Volume XXlll.—Number 29. Woodworking Shop OHL G. Brown Co. Lost Early Tuesday Morning < Firemen From Base' And Edenton Fight | Blaze Six Hours One of Edenton’s most disastrous fires in recent years occurred early Tuesday morning when the wood > working shop of the M. G. Brown Company was totally destroyed and with it two other warehouses, one adjoining the building and the oth er.across the railroad right of way. In the warehouses was general merchandise, practically all of which was destroyed. The fire was discovered about 1 o’clock by J. P. Ricks, Jr., who heard a crackling noise and saw a faint reflection of fire. He report ed the fire to the Fire Department at qbout the same time it was dis covered by James Horton, who was making his 1 o’clock round. An appeal for help was sent to the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air Station and three fire fighting trucks were dispatched to the scene, which, with two from the Edenton Fire Department battled the blaze for over six hours. There was little chance to save the woodworking shop, but the fire men were successful in preventing the fire from spreading to the planing mill, other warehouses and | the home of Mrs. M. G. Brown, j However, the latter was damaged to some extent by being scorched on the side facing the fire. A number of trees in the yard end some shrubbery also burned. The origin of the fire, which started near the center of the woodworking shop, is a mystery. Gurney Hobbs, foreman of shop, said a’l of.'the <electricky ex* eept the maffrlifeht sWKch had been turned off at quitting time Monday" night. The fire spread rapidly and its reflection in the sky could be seen for many miles, so that a large number of people, many at tired in night clothes, got as close to the fire as possible. Fire hose crossed Highway 17, so that traf fic was halted or was forced to de tour for several hours. C. 0. Letcher, general manager of the concern, was reluctant to es timafe the damage done until an inventory can be completed, but es timates ranged as high as SIOO,OOO. The loss was covered by insurance. Two persons were injured while helping to fight the fire. Gurney Continued on Page S —Section I. Edenton Marine Is Injured In Crash Plane Drops In Neuse River While on Search Marine Ist Lieut. Erich Kilmer of the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air Station was transferred to Portsmouth Naval Hospital last Friday morning for treatment of injuries suffered in an airplane crash on Thursday morning of last week. lieutenant Kilmer, a member of Marine Attack. Squadron 211, was flying an AD4 Douglas "Skyraider” which crashed into the Neuse River East of Cherry point. There were no passengers and cause of the ac cident has net been determined. The Marine pilot was participat ing in an intensive Search for two missing jet aircraft and their pi lots from the Oceana Naval Air Station. Cmdr. Cheater W. Gates, Jr., and Lt. (j.g.) William M. Aus tin disappeared after take off from the Odeana base Tuesday morning. A helicopter picked up the down ed pilot and Lt, -Kilmer was taken to sick bay at Edenton. re mained at Edenton Thursday night and was transferred to Portsmouth last Friday morning. . Lieutenant Kilmer is married and has no children. Hfc and his wife, 'Kara Kilmer, itvd oh Broad Street in Edenton. . . ' / * ] Parents of the hi}ured pilot are Mr. and Mrs. WHliam F, Kilmer of MU South State Si reet, Wester-: ville Ohio. THEXHOWAN HERALD • Chowan County Has Bought 135 Per Cent Os Savings Bonds Quota Thus Far This Year Harless Reports Series E Bonds Growing In Popularity U. S. Savings bonds sales in Cho-, ‘ wan County so far this year amount to $70,656.26, according to A. B. Harless, local volunteer sav ings bonds chairman. This amount represents 35 per cent of the an nual county quota. Mr. Harless reports that Series “E” bonds continue to show growth in popularity across North Caro lina. Last month “E” bonds sales to taled $3,118,648.75, a 3 per cent rise over June 1955. For the 6 months’ period ending in June, ! sales were $21,977,635, a 2.2 per cent increase over the same period last year. While the “E” bond sales have increased, the Series “H” invest ment bond which ranges in size from SSOO to $20,000 showed a drop as compared to the past 6 months of last year. The combined sales of Series “E” and "H” bonds totaled $3,961,648.75 which showed a drop of 5.2 per cent last month as compared to June 1955. For January-June period combined E and H sales totaled $27,793,635, which is 44.3 per cent of its annual quota of $62,700,000. Itansal MMeik Banquet Will Be Held Friday Night Great Sachem D. Reid Wallace Principal Speaker Plans have been completed for the annual banquet of Chowan j Tribe No. 12, Improved Order of Red Men which will be held in the American Legion hut Friday night, July 20, beginning at 7 o’clock. Wives of Red Men and members of the Degree of Pocahontas have been invited as special guests, so that in the neighborhood of 200 are expected to be present. A feature of the banquet will be an address by D. Reid Wallace of Bessemer City, who is now serving a term as Great Sachem of Red' Men in North Carolina. Dress for the occasion will be in formal. f Study Is Made Os Marketing Eggs Profitably In Chowan Purpose of Survey Is Two-fold Says C. W. Overman An egg marketing study was made in Chowan County last week, according to County Agent C. W. Overman. Egg producers in gen eral appear to he finding good mar kets for their eggs. The purpose of this survey was two-fold. First, to determine how producers are marketing their eggs in view of any suggested improve ments that might be made. Sec onds to determine whether organis ed marketing would improve the situation and give producers a lit tle higher net return for theii eggs. The survey was made by t)r. Clay ton Liebeau, Extension. Poultry Marketing Specialist and County Agent C. W. Overman. Many producers have regular re tail customers. Some of the eggs move to customers such as hotels, restaurants, and others where the producer gets approximately five cents per dosen under the regular retail price but better than the 'y ■ LasLl: Ts* t ■ V I*- Briton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 19,1956. 9 - ... rrrr | Still In Business Despite the disastrous fire early Tuesday morning at the M. G. Brown Company, which totally des troyed the woodworking shop, busi ness will continue as usual. The concern plans to rebuild the wood working shop as soon as possible. In the meantime merchandise destroyed will be immediately re stocked. One of the warehouses housing a great deal of merchan dise, was not affected by the fire and a. full line of lumber is still available, so that the concern will be able to service most of the or l ders received. T7 BT Williford Is New Tail Twister Os Edenton Lions Club Will Succeed West By rum, Jr., Who Has Resigned By action of the Board of Direc tors Monday night T. B. Williford was named tail twister to succeed West Byrurp, Jr., who. resigned. * At the Mohday night - meeting Norman Leonard was presented the Certificate of Membership. Dur ing the presentation, best wishes on behalf of the club were present ed on his move to Fayetteville. C. ,N. Nor- Proceeds from the bread sale net ted the club $172, which is some higher than announced at the close of the sale last Monday night, due to some late donations. The ease of a local blind person was brought to the attention of the j club by A1 Phillips. This man is | quite skillful in the art of caning Continued on Page 7—Section 1 Cub Scout Leaders Will Meet July 24th Adult leaders of Cub Scout Pack 159 will meet Tuesday night, July 24, at 7:30 o’clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl G. Harrell in Edenton. The Cub Scouters will complete arrangements for the regular monthly Pack meeting, scheduled for July 31, and will make plan? for August activities. <S> wholesale purchase of eggs. Sev eal cases of eggs each week are moving to hucksters and the pres ent prevailing price appears to be 40 cents per dozen. The present price of eggs paid by hucksters averages about the same as prices paid by organized receiving stations in other areas. Therefore, under the present mar ket conditions it appears that egg producers are getting a fair price for their eggs as compared with other areas. In talking with one huckster, it was found that possibly the huck ster is not making a very large profit. He explained that it is ne cessary tp go through and handle each egg individually that he buys each week. In many instances the producers have not properly clean ed the eggs and the huckster has this job to perform. He said that on an average he has to discard 10 to 12 dozen eggs per week because of. cracked shells. He hasn’t been able to find a tnarkfet for cracked eggs. Therefore, they are prac tically a total loss. This is based i (Continued on- Page B—Section 1) Jit* New Commander At Edenton NAAS ‘ i I r Pictured above during change of command ceremonies held at e the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air Station Friday are Col. Hamilton Lawrence (left) and Col. F. H. Collins (right). Colonel Lawrence ! was relieved as commanding officer of the Marine Base by Colonel Collins.—(Official Marine Corps Photo). 1 ABC Officers Ruin ; Fifty Gallon Still f.ln Chowan County I ! —1 1 1 Citizens Urged to Re port Any Known Illicit Stills ABC officers found and destroy ed an illicit still Wednesday after noon of last week in che Cowpen j - Neck section of Chowan County.| 1 The still, apparently recently con -1 structed, was found along' Rocky Hock Creek and was an outfit of. jj BO gallon T,hc stilj. » with 100 gallons of maslr'and 10 - gallons of non-tax-paid whiskey, ;' was destroyed, but no arrests were . made. The still was discovered by Troy Toppin, Chowan County ABC offi cer, who was assisted in its de ' struetion by M. R. Harshaw, F. T ; j Woolard and P. H. Blettner of the 1 ; j Elizabeth City Alcohol Tax Unit, I land Deputy Sheriff Woodrow i White of Gates County. ‘ ABC officials point out the fact > that operation of stills is. not only • a violation of the law, but at the same time operators are cheating both the federal and state govern ments out of revenue. They also point out that it is the duty of all law-abiding citizens to report any known still operations which can, be done by notifying ABC Officer . Troy Toppin or can be done by let ter, addressing it to P. 0. Box 467 at the Edenton Post Office. Methodist Men's j Club Meets July 26 Kenneth Ball of Char lotte Will Be Princi pal Speaker Kenneth Ball of the Wells Agen cies of Charlotte, a church survey group, will be guest speaker at a meeting of the Methodist Men’s Club which will be held at the I church Thursday evening, July 26, ! at 6:30 o’clock. I Mr.. Ball will arrive in Edenton ■ about noon for the purpose of hold ■ ing discussions with the Rev. Earl I Richardson, pastor of the church, 1 and other church leaders. On the i basis of these conversations Mr. Ball will point out ways in which ; the church may improve in the area of stewardship. This program is announced by John A. Holmes, new chairman of i the official board of the church i and program chairman of the Men’s i Club. All members of the club are • especially requested to attend the meeting. MASONS MEET TONIGHT A stated communication of Una nimity Lodge No. 7, A. F., & A. M., wiH he held tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. Ernest Kehayes, master | of the lodge, urges a full attend -1 ance, 4 ■ , , [cmc calendar] Adult leaders of Cub Scout Pack No. 159, will meet .Tuesday night, ’ July 24, at 7:30 o’clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl G. Harrell. A public hearing will be held in [the Court House at Windsor Sat urday afternoon, August 18, at 2 o’clock to consider regulations as ■ feeting commercial fishing in Roa noke and Chowan, Rivers and Albe marle Sound. The Methodist .Men’s Club will meet Thursday evening, July 26, at 6:30 o’clock at the church. The principal speaker will be Kenneth Ball of Charlotte, a representative, of the Wells Agencies. Chowan Tribe of Red Men will | j hold its annual banquet Friday I night, July 20, at 7 o’clock in the American Legion hut. Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F., & A. M, will hold a stated com munication tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. Cub Scouts will enjoy a water melon cutting Tuesday night, July 31, as a climax of the month’s theme “Cub Scout Regatta”. VFW Auxiliary of William H. , Coffield. Jr, Post No. 9280. will meet in the VFW’ .home tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 j o'clock in the Parish House. Chowan Tribe of Red Men will ! meet Monday night at 8 o’clock. | I Dog and bicycle licenses must be purchased before July 31. I Close Race In City Soft Ball League WCDJ Trailing’ Clod hoppers By Only 89 Points As of Tuesday of this week the Clodhoppers held a slight lead in the City Softball League with five victories and two losses. They were trailed by WCDJ with five wins and three defeats, a matter of only 89 percentage points. The National Guard team was in third place with a 3-2 record and percentage of .600. Close on their heels was the Varsity Club with a 4-3 record and a percent age of .571. The Red Men are next to the cellar with a 3-4 rec ord and a percentage of .429. The Jaycees. having lost all six of the games played, occupy the cellar po-i sition. A game is scheduled for tonight (Thursday) between the Clodhop-1 pers and the National Guard. On Friday night two games are sched uled, the. first between the Clod hoppers and Varsitv Club, and the second game will he between the Red Men and Javoces • .. - !i Boy Scouts Return From Week’s Gamp In Mountains Os Va. Boys Obliged to Ex perience Scouting In The Rough Forty Edenton Boy Scouts and three Scout leaders returned home late Saturday afternoon after Spending a week camping at Lake I Sherando, near Waynesboro, Va. I During the w T eek’s outing the j Scouts were on their own, being 1 obliged to do their own cooking and housekeeping, somewhat different from their previous camping trips at Camp Darden. The experience was new to some of the hoys and provided the sort of train ng essen tial'to development of good Scout ing. During the week classes were conducted in swimming, life sav ing, Scoutcraft, cookery and a full schedule of recreation. The list of boys who attended camp included the following: Tommy Kehayes. Jack Overman, Donald Welch, Arthur White, Le-! roy Spivey, Bill Harry, Paul Twid-1 dy, Ashby Tarkington. Billy Dail,' Jimmy Dail, Douglas Ward, Curtis | , Twiddy, Ronnie Turner, Billy Keet er, R. B. Keeter, Jack Ashley, Fred Britton, Wayne Baker, Bill Cates, Dick Goodwin, Warren Elliott, Joe Campen, Clyde Cobb, Frank Wil . Hams, Robert White, Roland ! Vaughan, Erwin Griffin, Clayton Letcher, Brad Williford, Bryant ■ White, Billy Bolanar, Jimmy White, t Alex Kehayes, Joel Reynolds, , 1 Dicky Hobowsky, Boots Lassiter, » Calvin Foxwell, Billy White, Dal las Stallings, Bill Goodwin, i The boys were accompanied by - j Scoutmaster Jack Habit, and Hor -1 ace White and Sgt. C. O. Turner, - Scout leaders. ; i Meeting Scheduled To Consider Fishing 11 (Regulations Aug. 18 |l . Hearing Will Be Held In Windsor Court House 1 Announcement is made by the, Board of Conservation and Devel-' ' opment that a public hearing will j r be held in the court room at the • * Court House in Windsor Saturday | afternoon, August 18. at 2 o’clock. The purpose of this meeting is to I consider regulations affecting con t ventional fishing in Roanoke and Chowan Rivers and Albemarle : Sound. j Proponents and opponents of any I proposal in regard to any changes' I in existing regulations will be giv- | !en an opportunity to be heard at ! the meeting. County AgentC.W. Overman! Talks Farming To Rotarians S' _ I pis npr arrp when it should have Says Farmers Can In-! crease Income An other Million County Agent C. W. Overman , was the principal speaker at last ) week’s Rotary meeting, at which , time he presented pertinent facts ’ relating to agriculture in Chowan I County. Mr. Overman stated that' „ Chowan farmers could increase j their gross income by about a mil , lion dollars if they would do the I job they are able and should do. t Mr. Overman paid tribute to the ( farm families in the county as be ing as fine a group of people as can , be found anywhere, but that it is a problem to impress upon them ; the importance of producing more : ' of their home food supply. j Citing figures, Mr. Overman said 1 farm income in the county in 1954 t amounted to a little over $3,750,- . j 000, of which over two million del ,, lars went for expenses, leaving a net income of over $1,750,000, In 1954 the county averaged 2,- > 007 pounds of peanuts per acre but : this figure could' be boosted, he said Corn averaged onlv 30 bush- I 1 l&OOPer Year In North Carolina i! Command Changes •'Friday At Edenton Naval Air Station 20 Years Ago I As Found In the Files of The Chowan Herald John Graham, C. E. Kramer and Earl Goodwin were appointed on a committee by the Edenton Rotary Club to investigate the possibility | of providing bathing facilities for f the youngsters of Edenton. Eighty-two children enrolled in a , swimming course at the U. S. Fish I Hatchery sponsored by the Chowan County Chapter of the American Red Cross. Town Council leased an acre of , land on Hicks Field to A. M. Fore hand for 10 years at a rate of $lO per year for the erection of a ware house. Upon complaint Town Council, authorized dangerous trees to be] removed in front of the residences i of John C. Badham, John C. Bond| and W. A. Everett. I Jim Henry Bowen was painfully . injured when he fell from a scaf fold at the Northcott Building. John G. Wood was elected presi dent of the Edenton Cotton Mill. Edenton won first half in Bertie- Chow an League, including Edenton, Perrytown, Lewiston and Windsor. Boy Scouts started drive for final S2OO reeded to send the Scouts to i camp at Atlantic Beach. J. H. Holmes Company held its 34th annual pre-inventory sale. Caroline White, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, John F. White, celebrated her third birthday. Postmaster C. E. Kramer re ported the highest postal receipts since the peak quarter during the year 1929. [ Red Men Speaker j 1 X?" mm da ■nHB D. REID WALLACE At the annual banquet of Cho wan Tribe of Red Men Friday night in the Legion hut D. Reid Wallace I of Bessemer City. Great Sachem of Red Mer, in North Carolina, will be the principal speaker. | els per acre when it should have • been 50 bushels, and soybeans av -1 eraged only 20 bushels per acre, which should have been at least 30 bushels. Mr. Overman pointed out that 463 pounds of lint cotton per acre and an average of 1.439 pounds of tobacco per acre isn’t so bad. but i that the livestock situation is seri | ous. He said bag raisers could re ! alize at least $300,000 more per j year if they would use proper hous ing, better management and good broad sows to bring the average litter up to seven. Other interesting data presented by Mr. Overman included the fol lowing: Chowan County has 895 farms of which 419 have no garden, 171 have i no hogs, 634 have no fruit trees or j grape vines, 739 no milk cows and 254 no poultry. Mr. Overman pointed out that a 5 to 10-year program has been launched in an effort t 6 improve farm income which emphasizes -more production of the farm fami ly food supply. He asked, the Ro-- tarians to use all of their possible influence in urging farmer friends I to join the long term program. SLOW DOWN AND LIVE! I Col. F. H. Collins Suo j ceeds Col. Hamilton Lawrence Change of command ceremonies ' were held last Friday morning at 1 the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air ' Station. A review and parade marked the relief of Col. Hamilton r Lawrence by Col. F. H. Collins as Commanding Officer of the Marine * 1 Base. 1 Officers and men of Marine Air ' craft Group 14, commanded by Col. 1 L. K. Davis, participated in the ceremonies with personnel of the Station command. Colonel Lawrence is scheduled to report for duty with the First Ma rine Aircraft Wing in the Orient. Colonel Collins arrived at Eden- I ton on Wednesday with his wife, ! j the former Miss Kathleen Pain of 't Sidney, Australia. Colonel and ] Mrs. Collins will reside at 901 Ca barrus Street in Edenton. This will be the second tour at Edenton for Colonel Collins, who was commanding officer of a medi i um bomber squadron here in 1944. The new Station CO has been as signed to various bases in North 1 Carolina during his 17 years in the | Marine Corps. Colonel Collins graduated from the Naval War College at Newport, R. 1., prior to reporting to Eden ton last week. Previously, he was Commanding Officer of Marine Aircraft Group 35 at Cherry Point. '££ Colonel Collins was graduated in $3 1939 by the University of Maine gp with a Bachelor of Science degrea *9 in mechanical engineering. He re ceived his commission as a secer.d lieutenant in the Marine Corps im mediately and won pilot’s wings at Pcnsncoltf. Fla., three years later. During World War 11, the new Station CO served in the Sou f ’"; Pacific for 22 months and on Oki nawa and in China for 10 months. He was stationed in Korea for 13 months. Decorations and awards which Colonel Collins holds include two Distinguished Flying Crosses, eight Air Medals, a Personal Com mendation and many others. Parents of the Colonel are Mr. and Mrs. Otis Collins, who live at 10 Kavanaugh Place. Bar Harbor, Maine. Coach Ben £ Perry Goes To Lumberton Succeeds Geo. Thomp son, Another Former Edenton Coach Friends in Edenton will be in terested to learn that Ben E. Per j ry. former football coach at the | Edenton Junior-Senior High School, j has accepted a coaching position lat Lumberton High School. Mr. Perry, now coach at Fuquav Springs, will succeed George Thompson, another former Eden ton coach, who has resigned to be come assistant football coach at Davidson College. Wflile at Fuquay r Springs Mr. Perry won the Wake County cham pionship. Edenton At ECC Music Camp Five Edenton youngsters left Sunday to attend the two weeks music camp being held at East Car olina College at Greenville. In the group were Leigh Dobson. Brenda 1 Mooney. Linda Leary, Sandra Boyce and Eddie George. Three of the group, Leigh Dob son. Brenda Mooneye and Linda 1 Leary are enrolled in the majorette ' school, while Sandra Boy-ce and Ed- I die George are enrolled in the band clinic. n - . j DISTRICT VFW MEETING TO BE HELD SUNBURY SUNDAY!® Announcement is made VFW District meeting will be hebiJfl in Sunhury next. Sunday, July 22. B ■ All Posts and Auxiliaries in tho Bj ! First District are expected to be JH ’ represented at ihe meeting jj mm