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CHOWAN COUNTY J
Volume XXlTl.—Number 30
North Carolina”MJKal
Society Starts
Program For Polio pfccine
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Program Starts July I
30 And Continues
# For Six Weeks
The fact that two-thirds of eligi
ble susceptibles or 1,936,000 per
sons in North Carolina have not
been immunized against poliomye
litis, and with the peak season rap
idly approaching the N. C. State
Medical Society has announced an
emergency poliomyelitis vaccine
program. The decisioh was made
that the State Medical Society
should do something about this po
tentially critical situation.
Accordingly, doctors of the State
are cooperating in administering
Salk vaccine with the program in
the Chowan-Perquimans Medical
Society beginning Monday, July
30 and continuing for the next six
weeks. The program includes all
people up to 20 years of age and
all expectant mothers. Those ini
this group are especially urged to
go to the doctor of their choice to j
be vaccinated. Under the program
a charge of $2.00 will be made per
injection and it is pointed out that
due to the present situation the
second injection should follow the'
first by a two weeks interval in
stead of the customary four week
period.
The State Medical Society stress
es the emergency nature of the pro
gram—that is, the plan is calcu
lated to take care of the immedi
ate urgent situation only. After
its completion in six weeks or two
months the emergency poliomye
litis vaccination program will be
terminated. At that time the pro
gram in this state will revert to its
former status of immunization pri
marily in physicians’ private of
fices and secondarily, for indi
gents, in the' established welfare
clinics.
The vaccine used will be pur
chased by. tye State Health D«*
partment from Surplus, vaccine
which has" been refused by com
mercial outlets in North Carolina.
The use of this vaccine will not di
minish by one single, dose the
amount available to private physi
cians in the State.
The committee urges the con
tinuation of a vigorous private
vaccination campaign by practicing
physicians in North Carolina be-
Continued im Page 6—Section 1
Over 150 Attend
Red Men Banquet
Many Prominent State
Red Men Present
For Occasion
Over 150 Red Men and their J
wives, members of the Degree of
Pocahontas and visiting Red Men!
from Elizabeth City, Wilmington,
Bessemer City, Rocky Mount and,
Washington gathered in the Ameri- 1
can Legion hut Friday night when
Chowan Tribe held its annual
banquet.
Members of the tribe prepared
a fried chicken meal with all the
trimmings which bought forth the
most favorable comment on the
part of those who attended.
Among the prominent visitors
present were D. Reid Wallace of
Bessemer City, Great Sachem of
Red Men in North Carolina, who
made the principal address; Char
lie Johnson of Rocky Mount, Great
Senior Sagamore; W. E. Yopp of
Wilmington, Great Chief of w Rec
ords; L. B. Wynne of Washington,
immediate past Great Sachem; C.
W. Ward of Elizabeth City, first
vice president of the Death Bene
fit Department, together with a
number of past Great Sachems, in-.I
eluding A. S. Hollowell and W. J.
Daniels of Chowan Tribe.
%J. Edwin Bufflap served as
, toastmaster and after W, J. Dan
iels led in a song and W. C. Hollo-,
well led in prayer, the group filed |
np to the counter to receive a very
generous meaL j
r C. D. Sawyer, sachem of Chowan
Continued on Page 8, Section 1 •
THE CHOWAN HERALD
John G. Wood Dies
AtHayesPlantation
After Long Illness
Funeral Services Held
At Home Friday at
12 O’clock Noon
Edenton and Chowan County lost
one of its most prominent citizens
early Thursday morning ’when
John Gilliam Wood died at 1:30 at
his home at “Hayes”. He had been
in failing health for several years.
Mr. Wood was 71 years old. He
was born at “Hayes” October 27,
1885, the son of John Gilliam
Wood, Sr., and Elizabeth Martin
Wood of Elizabeth City.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Leila Budlong of New Jer
sey; one son, John Gilliam Wood,
1 Jr., of “Hayes” Edenton; one
daughter, Mrs. William Trent Rag
land, Jr., of Raleigh, two grand
daughters and one grandson, and
i one sister, Miss Sophia Martin
Wood of Edenton.
Os a quiet and retiring nature,
his qualities of leadership were
recognized by his fellow citizens
in the positions for which he was
chosen and which he held for many
years prior to his resignations be
cause of ill health. At the time,
of his death he was president of
the Edenton Cotton Mills, a posi
tion he held since 1936. He was a
member of the board of directors
since 1920. He was also president
of the Home Feed & Fertilizer
Company and chairman of the
board of directors of the Bank of
Edenton, of which he at one time
served as president. He was a.
member of the board of directors
ofv the Chowarj Hospital and also
* served'-sscnairman of the Chowan
County Commissioners.
Mr. Wood was a graduate of
the University of North Carolina.
With a keen and appreciative
sense of the historic interest of
“Hayes” and the trust which it im
posed upon him, he has made an
invaluable contribution to. the state
in his careful preservation of its
priceless treasures.
Funeral services were held at
the home on Friday, July 20, at
12 o’clock noon, conducted by the
Rev. Gordon Bennett, rector of St.
Paul’s Episcopal Church of which
he was a member, and the Rev.
Frederick Blount Drane of Monroe,
N. C., son of a former rector of
St. Paul’s Church, the Rev. Robert
B. Drane. I
Interment was in Beaver Hill
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Graham White,
Roy Spruill, Bembry Wood, Elton
* Forehand, Joe Conger, Jr., A1 Phil-
Ilips, George Alma Byrum and Billy
Pruden. 1
Damage By Insects
Showing Increase
In Chowan County
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801 l Weevil and 801 l
Worm Show Signs
Os Activity
The cotton insect population
shows some build up this week over
last week, according to County
Agrcgt C. W. Overman. This is
true both in boll weevil and in boll
worm infestation.
j One undusted field in the Gliden
community had 30% punctured
squares and one in the Edenton
community had 24% punctured
squares. The averaged for the ten
fields examined was 8% punctured
[ squares. Three fields were found
to be clean. Fourteen per cent boll
I worm damage was found in one
' field in the Gliden community,
i The infestation of boll weevil
Edenton. Chowan County. North Carolina, Thursday, July 26,1956
New“ Resident” 1
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Quite a little excitement was
caused in Edenton Monday morn
ing when Danny Wright was carry
ing around in a tin bucket a young
alligator. The reptile, measuring
18 inches, was found crawling
across a road near the Edenton
Peanut Company about 9 o’clock
Sunday night. A group of four
boys, Daniel W. Wright, Fred
Bunch, Joe Meeks and Steve Ba
tam, spied the alligator wending its
way across the road and Danny
Wright immediately picked it up
back of the head.
The alligator was very lively and
how it turned up in these parts is
a mystery among those who have
seen it.
Farm Bureau Will
Meet Friday Night
Principal Speaker Will
Be Area Represen
tative
L. T. Copeland, president of the
Chowan County Farm Bureau an
nounces that a meeting of the or
ganization will be held Friday
night, July 27, at 8 o’clock in the,
, Chowan Community Building.
Bill Little, area representative of
the North Carolina Farm Bureau,
will be present and will discuss
agriculture problems and policies
very important to Chowan Coun
ty farmers.
"The more correct information!
the farmer has, the better position l
he is in to understand farm prob
lems and policies and to help mold
them to meet the farmer needs,”
says Fiesidcnt Copeland:
Mr. Copeland urges all Chowan
County Farm Bureau members to
be present. He says the meeting j
is open to non-Farm Bureau mem- j
bers also in order that all may be
better informed on conditions sac-.
ing us today. |
Col. Frank Collins
Winner At Drawing
Col. Frank Collins, new com
manding officer of the Edenton
Naval Auxiliary Air Station, was
the winner of the Bunting Chaise
Lounge at a drawing held Saturday
night at the Edenton Furniture
Company. The drawing was the
climax to the store’s pre-market
| sale.
FINANCE COMMISSION MEETS I
.The Commission on Finance of
the Methodist Church will meet at
the church Friday night, July 27,
at 8 o’clock. This is an important
meeting, so that every member is
• requested to be present.
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and boll worm is spotted and not
exactly general. Each grower
should examine his own field for
punctured squares and squares
damaged by boll worm
Not every field needs dusting,
but as a general recommendation,
Mr. Overman recommends dusting
this week and again next week.!
The second generation of weevils is j
now working.
“801 l worms can do a lot of
damage, even though we have a
beautiful cotton crop at the pres
ent,” says Mr. Overman. “We
recommend using either Aldrin con- '
tabling DDT or Toxaphene contain
ing DDT for these two dusting.
The DDT in the mixture will be
more effective on boll worm but
will not be sufficient to take care
of boll weevil alone.”
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DEMOCRATS’ ARENA The 1956 Democratic National Convention, which opens on Aug. 13,
will be held in the International Amphitheater in Chicago. An exterior view of this building
is shown, above. The amphitheater has been expanded by 188,000 square feet already, and
a second ’ addition will make it the largest exhibition building in the world under one roof,
according to the owner, Wm. Wood Prince.
Immunization Clinics Will
Be Held In Chowan County
July 26, August 2 and 9
Importance of Treat
ments Stressed By
Health Department
According to an announcement
by the local Health Department,
immunization clinics will be held in
Chowan County during July and
1 August. The following schedule
i has been released for Thursdays,
July 28 and August 2 and 9:
Rocky Hock Church —9:30 A. M.
W. E. Smith’s store—lo:3o A. M.
Center Hill—11:30 A. M.
Arthur Byrum’s store 12:30
P. M.
Gliden Fork, Morris & Hinton
.Service Station —1:30 P. M.
At these clinics the Health De
partment will be prepared to give
the following immunizations: diph
theria, whooping cough, tetanus,
and smallpox to children and ty
phoid to both children and adults.
The Health Department also con
ducts a weekly immunization clinic
i at the Health Department on Fri
days from 1 P. M., to 5 P. M.,
throughout the entire year.
The Health Department stresses
the importantance of diphtheria
and whooping cough immunizations
to all infants and urges that these
I “shots” be given during the first
I year of life, by either a family i
1 physician or at clinics as scheduled
j above.
Boxing Likely To Be'
Resumed At Base
Invitations Extended
To Marines to Test
Interest
According to Capt. John L. Cobb,
special services officer at the
Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air Sta
tion, plans are in the making to
resume boxing at the base.
Station personnel have been no
tified of the effort to form a box
ing team and should there be good
response to the invitation, a team
will be formed.
Edenton Marines competed in
two matches -during the past win
ter and wound up with a 1-1 rec
ord. They lost their match to the
experienced Sailors at the Norfolk
Naval Air Station, and then whip-|
ped a team of Cherry Point Ma
rine boxers. j
Under a new order issued by.
headquarters, Marine Corps offi-,
cers are now eligible to compete in.
amateur boxing competition. This
order affords officers and warrant
officers the opportunity to prepare
for Olympic competition.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
Ernest Kehayes, master of Una
nimity Lodge No. 7, A. F., & A. M.,
announces that an emergent com
j munication of the lodge will be
i held tonight (Thursday) at 8
{ o’clock. The purpose of the meet
ing is to present a program on Ma
sonic information, so that a large
attendance is requested;:
JAYCEES MEET TONIGHT
I Edenton’s Junior Chamber of
Commerce will meet tonight
(Thursday) at 7 o’clock in the Pe
nelope Barker house. President
Dick Dixon calls upon every mem
ber to attend;
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In Society Bow)
V. c 1
Edenton will be represented by
two charming young ladies when
173 debutantes make their bow to
society on September 7 in the Ra
leigh Terpsichorean Club’s Debu
tante Ball. )
The two are Miss Anne Hollo
well, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Hollow-ell, and Miss Martha Mich
al Wood, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
Frank Wood.
Methodist Club
Meets Tonight
Wells Agencies Rep
resentative Will Be
Speaker
Tonight (Thursday) at 6:30
o’clock the Methodist Men’s Club
will hold an important meeting in
the church- A feature of the meet
ing will Be -an address by Kenneth
Ball, representing the Weils Agen
cies of Charlotte. ,
Mr. Ball will confer with the
pastor, the Rev. Earl Richardson,
!and other church leaders prior to
the meeting. John A. Holmes is
program chairman of the Men’s
Club and urges every member to
j attend.
Talmage Outlaw
Dies As Result Os
Truck Accident
Former Local Baseball
Pitcher Burned By
Hot Asphalt
Talmage (Huckleberry) Outlaw,
60, died at 8:30 o’clock Thursday
morning in the Albemarle Hospi
tal at Elizabeth City. Deceased
will be remembered by many base
ball fans in Edenton and surround
ing area as a baseball pitcher j
some 30 years ago.
Mr. Outlaw died as the result of
a truck accident which occurred on j
U. S. highway 17 about seven
miles north of Hertford. He was
, engaged in hauling asphalt for the
State Highway & Public Works
Commission from the plant at Rv
land to a highway project between
Camden and Belcross.
According to Highway Patrol
men Outlaw was returning to the
plant for a load of asphalt when
he crashed into another loaded
truck driven by Mador Harrell of
Hertford. Outlaw was thrown
from his tfuck to the highway and
was virtually covered with the hot
asphalt, inflecting severe burns all
over his body.
Patrolman Rogcrson advanced
the opinion that Outlaw evidently
became, unconscious while driving
either as a result of sleepiness or
some kind of illness. The steering
apparatus was found to be in good
working order.
Outlaw is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Nealie C. Outlaw; a stepson,
Continued on P*ge B—Section 1
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Large Diamond
Back Rattlesnake
Killed By Marine
Reptile Said to Be the
Largest Ever Seen 1
In This Vicinity
What is believed to be one of
the largest diamond-back rattle
i snakes ever reported in this area
was killed Sunday evening by Sgt.
J. L. Bennington of the Edenton
Naval Auxiliary Air Station.
Sergeant Bennington discovered
the diamond-back north of Eden
ton near the junction of Highway j
17 and the Hertford road. He at- j
tacked the rattler with a small:
shovel.
The ■ reptile is approximately 50
inches long, weighs about 15
pounds and is seven inches in cir- ]
cumference at the largest point. I
James H. Griffin, soil conservation-1
ist. said the snake is the largest'
he has heard of in this vicinity.
Monday morning, Sergeant Ben
nington gave the snake to Maj.
S. A. Antos, who studies them as
a hobby.
Cub Scouts Will Meet.
At Local Playground
Cub Scouts and their parents of I
Pack 159 will meet at the Edenton i
playground for their regular
monthly Pack meeting Tuesday
evening, July 31, at 6:30 o’clock.
The Cubs- will take part in or
ganized games, presentation of
achievement awards and a water
melon slicing. Each family will
bring its own melon.
POCAHONTAS MEETING
Chowanoke Council No. 54, De
gree of Pocahontas, will meet in
the Red Men hall Friday night,
July 27, at 8 o’clock. Mrs. Doro
thy Pavlich, Pocahontas, urges a
full attendance.
Conditions of Crops
In Chowan County
Now Looking Good
d
j Corn, Cotton, Peanuts
I And Tobacco Now In
Good Shape
Generally crop conditions
throughout Chowan County look
very good at present, according to
County Agent C. W. Overman.
Rains during the last two weeks
have greatly improved the situation
in the drier areas of the county.
While some fields of corn in
very dry areas were damaged by
the drought in late June and early
July, rains came in time to make
fair recovery. Corn in general
throughout the county is looking
excellent
Peanuts are looking very good.
Some fiel is have broken stands due
to dry weather at planting time,
but in general there is a fairly
good stand and the crop is making
excellent growth. Growers are
applying dust to control leaf spot
disease and insects. Land plaster
was applied to most of the fields
in early July and is about complet
ed now.
Cotton is looking verv goo-i
$2.00 Per Vear In North Carolina
Irvin S. Blanchard
Appointed Member
Os FH A Committee
r —.
20 Years Ago
As Found In the Files of
The Chowan Herald
Chowan watermelon growers
balked at AAA ruling requiring in
spection of watermelons being i
shipped from the county.
Nine dog owners faced Justice of
the Peace W. S. Summerell charg
ed with failure of having dogs inoc- j
ulated. All were found guilty and
charged with court costs and pay
ing for inoculation.
Masons announced plans for the
31st annual Masonic picnic to be 1
held at luscarora Beach near:
Winton on July 30.
Edenton Rotary Club held a,
meeting at Cross Roads, the first
I of a series of meetings held in the j
i rural section. The Rev. C. A. Ash
ley was in charge of the program. J
i Two new ambulances arrived for
I the Hath Ambulance Company of
! the N. C. National Guard, of which
; Major M. P. Whichard was com
manding officer.
Miss Ruby Lentz began her du
ties as full time health nurse.
John H. Holmes was elected (
commander of EM Bond Post of
the American Legion.
W. E. Baker was installed as sa- 1
chem of Chowan Tribe of Red >
jMen. I
The Rocky Hock Young Ladies’
Clnh planned for picnic to be held
at Virginia Beach August 14.
J. A, Curran observed the first
anniversary of his grocery store on
| Broad Street.
Miss Evelyn Brown was hostess
j at an enjoyable dance to a number
, of the younger set in honor of her
house guest, Miss Helen Willis of
Farmville.
CIVIC -’ALENDAr]
«t 1
Immunization clinics will be held
. in Chowan County Thursdays. July
l 26 and August 2 and 9. See sched
i ule elsewhere in this issue.
Chowan Coun’v Farm Bureau
will meet in the Chowan Communi
ty Building Friday night, July 27,
' at 8 o’clock.
Edenton doctors are cooperating
in the emergency poliomyelitis
vaccine program beginning Mon
day, July 30 and continuing six
weeks.
A public hearing will be held in
the Court House at Windsor Sat
urday afternoon. August 18, at 2
o’clock to consider regulations af
fecting commercial fishing in Roa
noke and Chowan Rivers and Albe
marle Sound.
The Methodist Men’s Club will
Continued on Pape 3—Section 1
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, Many fields of cotton have broken
stands but plants are making ex- 1
eellent growth. A weekly survey
of cotton fields for insect infesta
tion has revealed the lowest boll
. weevil infestation in several years.
: Some weevils are puncturing
, squares but these are in spotted
areas in the fields and the damage
. does not seem to be heavy. Most
, growers plan to dust during late
July and early August to catch the
i second generation of young weevils.
. Pastures and soybeans are making
r excellent growth since the rains
, came. Cantaloupes and watermel
| ons and other later vegetable crops
, are looking very good, also.
The tobacco crop in general is
. looking very good. In some fields
> growers have not controlled bud
, worms as early as needed and some
r damage has resulted. Due to the
; dilemma as to what variety to
; grow this year, some growers
t planted non-black shank resistant
- varieties. The black shank disease
: is showing up in some of > these
- fields and an occasional field has
as much as 25 to 30 per cent loss.
, Qultinnw) -n P* era R 1
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AND UVEt
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Will Succeed James L.
Hassell, Whos' >rm
Has Er; w
Announcement was made this
week of the appointment of Irvin
' S. Blanchard, Route 2, Edenton as
i a member of the Chowan County
I Farmers Home Administration
| County Committee succeeding
James L. Hassell whose term ex-
I pined on June 30, 1956. Mr.
Blanchard’s appointment became
effective July 1, 1956 and is for
a period of three years.
Mr. Blanchard will work with
j Melvin E. Copeland and Emerson
I' M. Ward in determining the eligi
bility of local farmers who apply
; for Farmers Home Administration
loans.
Each agricultural county in the
country has a similar committee of
J three members who are responsi
ble for determining loan appli
cants’ eligibility, certifying the
value of farms being purchased or
improved through Farmers Home
Administration loans, and making
recommendations on loan approvals
and loan servicing actions.
, Each member is named for a3-
year term and one appointment ex
| pires each year. A member com
| pleting his 3-year term cannot sue
■ ceed himself. At least two of the
members must be farmers.
i The committee works with, the
county supervisor in connection
with all types of loons. These in-
Continued on Page 6—Section 1
Mrs. Cermon Sutton
Wins Byrum Prize
Mrg. Cermon Sutton, 3 Haw
thorne Road, was 'ttie winner of the
9-foot Westinghouse electric refrig
erator valued at $269.95 in a draw
ing held at Byrum Hardware Com
pany Saturday night. The drawing
climaxed a period of 27 days of
savings in Bjrum's Trade-In Pic
nic.
Bail’s Superette
Changes Name
Percy Dail and James
Byrum Form Part
nership
Announcement is made that the
name of Dail’s Superette on North
Broad Street has been changed to
D & B Superette.
The change in name came abort
by the forming of a partnership,
between Percy Dail and James Bv
-1 rum, which actually went : n effect
two weeks ago.
Mr. Dail has bo ” ng a
grocery business in Edenton for
nine years and a few years ago
constructed a new store known as
Dail’s Superette.
Mr. Byrum has been associated
with the Colonial Stores for 11
years, acting in the capacity of
manager of the meat department
when he resigned to become asso
ciated with Mr. Dail.
Both partners cordially invite
their friends to visit them.
M. G. Brown Cnmnanv
Able To Do Business
Though sustaining a severe loss
by fire last week, the M. G. Brown
Company is open for business, so
that customers can secure their
needs just like they did before the
fire.
The concern has secured a stock
of items lost in the fire from an
other source, so that orders can
be filled as usual.
Plans are how being made to
purchase machinery which was
ruined by fire and water, and re
building the woodworking shop,
when the concern will again be
able to make doors, windows, cabi
nets and other building needs.
The company also plans to build
a new and modem building supplv
; store on the comer of Highway 17
and the present mad leading to Ihe
trill. j