ONLY NEWSPAPER H PUBLISHED IN CHOWAN COUNTY J Volume XXnl—i'fumber 32 * White And Negro Women, Two Negro Men Among 50 Names Drawn For Jury Duty Unusual For Chowan County to Have Mixed Jury In preparation for the Septem ber term of Chowan County Super ior Court, the County Commission ers at their meeting: Monday drew from the recently corrected jury box the names of 60 persons Who will be summoned by Sheriff J. A. Bunch to serve in the capacity Os jurors at the term of court. Unusual for Chowan County, the names drawn from the box by a young boy included one white wo man, a colored woman and two col ored men. The white woman is Mrs. Gertrude Rosevear, the color ed woman Mrs. Alice V. Paxton and the two colored men are Cromwell O. Holley and Leander Long, Sr. The term of court is scheduled to convene Monday, September 10, with Judge Walter J. Bone of Nashville presiding. The list of those drawn for jury duty follows: Cromwell 0. Holley, C. B. Daven port, George W. Bennett, J. L. Lay ton, W. Walter Small, Percy W. Dali, Herman W. Nixon, Curtis M. Chappell, A. Lloyd Perry, G. Louis Goodwin, Thomas H. Shepard, Wal ter Adams, J. S. Turner, Paul Ober, Wallace J. Chappell, Edward Wo zelka, Leander Long, Sr., Claude Griffin, Henderson M. Nixon, Mrs. Gertrude S. Rosevear, Albert Bunch, Mrs. Alice V. Paxton, Ervin 1 Trotman Spivey, J. J. Oliver, A, V. Asbell, T. J. Jackson, E. M. Howell, W. C. Hollowell, J. E. Copeland, Willie Thomas Bunchy T. L. Whiteman* Hoskin Bass, Sr., • Rudjf/Parks, §£T. AlexandezyjG. W. Davidson, T. R. Hollowell, J; - *. Boyce, Roland Ashley, Ralph Dail, J. P. Raftin', J. Elton Jordan, E. F. Parks, John E. Rallies, Glenn Bunch, Percy Satterfield, Noahi J. Goodwin, Jr., Shelton Rogerson, W. M. Hare, Charles M. Asbell and Guy Russell Byrum. School Bells WV Ring August 20th White Oak Will Open First; County Schools Open September 3 School bells will ring in Chowan County Monday morning, August t 20, when the White Oak. Consoli dated School will open for the 1956- 57 term. The Rocky Hock School and Cho wan High School will open Mon day, September 3. W. J. Taylor, superintendent *bf the Chowan County unit, reports that his faculty is complete and that everything will be in readiness for the opening of school. Mr. Taylor will have the same faculty members as last year except one, Mrs. Bobby Goodwin, who taught in the Edenton school last year, will teach at the Chowan school. She will teach the fourth and fifth grades. Methodist Groups . . Meet Monday Nighty Various commissions and mem bers of the official board of the Methodißt Church met in the church Monday night to adopt the j year’s budget and hear reports , from chairmen of the various com- , missions. 1 i The meeting was presided over by John A. Holmes, chairman of j; - the official board. The reports, were very encouraging, so that a auccesful year is in prospect - „ ' .I'-'rri'l Change Meeting j ——— Chowan County CMMtttstawrs at their meeting Monday agreed t* | change in fleeting is due to Lahar j THE CI»WAN HERALD 92,197 Books Circulated By Pettigrew Regional Library During First Year Operation ; Over 100,000 Circula tion Is Expected This Year A total of 92,197 books were cir '■ culated to the residents of Chowan, ; Tyrrell and Washington counties ' by the Pettigrew Regional Library during its first year. The region 1 was officially formed October 1, ' 1966. Since the fiscal year ends ' June 30, the circulation in individ- I ual counties was counted for July, August and September of 1965. ' Broken down by libraries and book ’ mobiles the number of books loan ed by each follows: White bookmobile —33,465 r Colored bookmobile 14,489 Tyrrell County Public 11,755 ■ Brown-Carver, Edenton 11,026 ■ Washington County Public—ll,oo3 . j Shepard-Pruden, Edenton 8,088 . Washington County Colored- 1,489 i Tyrrell County Colored 882 , Total 92,197 Continued on Page S—Section 1 ; 20 Years Ago As Found In (he Files of The Chowan Herald IX-.- —■ ■ - z*’ Chowan County Commissioners ‘ approve $90,000 bond issue to build 'AM* rym|aee« the one burri9B at Cross Roads and to make necessary repairs an£ addi tions to the Edenton school. , Legion Auxiliary won three ci tations at State Convention. Peltier comet visible in Edenton in early hours of evening. Loading of watermelons at the county dock halted due to inspec tion law. Negroes make request for coun ty agent. Tyrrell county delegation appear i ed at Court House to confer with State Highway Commissioner Jul ian Wood relative to securing new roads hj their county. Barnett Bros. Circus announced i a showing hi Edenton on August 11th. | Chowan County Commissioners* approved a $1.19 tax rate, Steps taken to protect shad in- j dustry after decline of catch over • period of years. j Mrs. Sam Hobowsky 1 won S4O J hank night prise at The Taylor | Theatre. Work started on laying a storm sewer in North Edenton. : Town Rejects State Offer To Construct Curbing On U. S. 17 I W Property Owners For Most Part Register Objections An offer by the State Highway and Public Works Commission to construct curbs to the city limits on Highway 17 was turned down at a special meeting of Town Coun cil held Wednesday afternoon of last week. . f The State proposed to construct! curbs on West Queen Street from Dfosely Street to Twiddy Avenue and on North Broad Street from Oakum Street to the Norfolk Southern Railroad. Interested property owners were present and of those who spoke all registered objection to the pro | posal. The principal objection for curb ing West Queen Street was the fact jthat the State requires a 42-foot j right of way, which would place . 7'- < ■■ i Edenton, pounty, North Carolina, Thursday, August 9,1956. School Opening ——— ~— John A. Holmes, superintendent . of Edenton City Schools, announc , ed this week that school will open s Tuesday morning, September 4, at r 9 o’clock. This includes the Eden i ton Junior-Senior High School, the , .Elementary School, the two Negro ( schools and the Negro school at . St. Johns. , Up to early this week Mr. . Holmes still wgs short two or three . teachers, but he was awaiting word . from applicants, so that he feels certain a complete faculty will be ; employed before school opens. ) This year’s faculty will include ; seven new teachers. 1; RecordClrciriation : Os Books Reported At Edenton Library— Total of 1,275 Books Were Loaned Dur ing July i Shepard-Pruden Memorial Lib- I ; rary has had one of the highest • circulatioM».pf books during July, » ij has pver had. A total of 1,275 • books were loaned, of which 574 went to adults and 701 to juveniles. Fiction books led for the month j with 468 going to adults and 489 I I to juveniles. In the non-fiction group 106 went to adults and 212 , to juveniles. During the month there were 25 new registrations and 124 refer ence and ; research questions an swered. The public is reminded of the magazines available for both chil dren and grown-ups. They may be used in the library or checked out. ROTARIANS MEET TODAY Edenton Rotarians will meet this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock j in the Parish House. The program • will be in charge of John Graham j and President George A. Byrum I urges a full attendance. j JAYCEES MEET TONIGHT Edenton Jaycees will meet to ! night (Thursday) at *1 o’clock in | the Penelope Barker house. Presi ' dent Dick Dixon urges every mem ! ber to be present. It would also be necessary to re move some trees, so that property owners objected to having the curb in their yards as well as marring the beauty of the street by remov ing trees m- Edenton Marine Promoted ijyonn mBiHK HTj» ...- ' > Captain Earl E. Carpenter, center, receives promotion orders and t congratulations from Col. Frank H. Collins, commanding officer of the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air Station. The new captain’s wife, - Mrs. Carpenter, looks on at right. Ceremonies promoting the Mau ‘ rine from first lieutenant were held recently in the office of Colonel ' Collins.—(Official Marine Corps Photo). : Harless Appointed Director Atlantic And N.C. Railroad • Appointment Is An nounced By Gover- I nor Hodges The only new director named to i the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Board of Directors by Governor Luther Hodges was A. B. Harless of Edenton and Charles M. Johnson, Jr., of Raleigh. Both new directors will serve be t ginning with a jmeeting at Atlantic ; Beach on Friday, August 10.' Hart I less served ikri the Finance Commit tee of the A. & N. jC, during the t past year but Johnson is a .new i comer to the Board. Usually it is customary to change , the Board each year but because of significant negotiations with the Southern Railroad on a lease the Governor thought it best to make few changes. Faison Thompson of Goldsboro was appointed to the finance com mittee to succeed Harless and will hold the Governor’s proxy to vote the State-owned stock. M. G. Mann of Raleigh will head up the Board for the 1956-57 year. Kindergarten Class Opens September 4th Mrs. John F. White announced early this week that the kindergar ten class will open in the Edenton Elementary School Tuesday, Sep- , tember 4. Mrs. John J. Ross will , again assist with music for the ] classes. ] This is a public sendee and all ( children who are five years of age by October 15 are eligible to en roll. Children who are planning to enter must be immunized from diptheria, typhoid fever and small pox. Their certificate of immuni- j zation must be brought to school with them on the opening date of t registration on Tuesday, Septem ber 4. t Those who have not contacted Mrs. White for application for their children may do so by call ing her residence, phone 744-J-4. HEYWOOD ZIEGLER, JR, WINS , RIBBONS IN HORSE SHOW | Hpywood Ziegler, Jr, spent the £ week-end at Virginia Beach, where i he participated Saturday and Sun- < day in the horse show sponsored by the Kempsville Woman’s Club. « Mr. Ziegler wds entered in the i Western Parade Class and on Sat- i urday he won a lavendar ribbon I for seventh place. On Sunday he < won the championship ribbon for 1 seventh place. 1 t 64 JAILED IN JULY According to the monthly report Os Jailer Herman White, a total :of 64 persons were placed in the J Chowan County jail during July. £ Confinements ranged from 1 to 31 i days. Expenditures amounted to 1 $622.01 which included jail and < turnkey fees, scouring the jail, soap i and washing powders, telephone'' bill and a new broom, ' L I- 1 Golf Players Now Signing Up To Play In Edenton Match Qualifying Rounds to Be Played Opening Day, September 5 Nineteen linksmen—five civilians and 14 signed up to compete in the September 5-9 golf tournament at the Edenton Country Club. Capt. John L. Cobh, Special Services Officer at the Marine Base, reported names of the early entrants and said applications are 9th 1 heing accepted. > ' Ah l&hbie round will | be played opening day,’ September 5, and match play will follow until September 9. Flights will consist of 16 men each and foursomes will be designated. Trophies will he awarded in all flights. There is no entrance fee for the tournament, which will be played on the course at the Edenton Na val Auxiliary Air Station. Golf enthusiasts are invited to apply to Captain Cobb at the Base if they wish to enter. Civilians who have signed up so far are J. E. Debnam, R, F. Elliott, N. J. George, C. B. Mooney and W. B. Rosevear.. Marine entrants are Lt. Col. W. N. Case, Captains Cobb and C. G. Lanning, First Lieutenants Ray mond Casler, Kenneth Hopba'lle and Walter Waldrop, and Second Lieutenant John Bristol, Technical Sergeants W. E. Mabe and C. Spat otolous. Col. J. E. MacDonald, Maj. J. L. Read, Ist Lt. L. E. Palmer, Hospitalman 2nd Class E. B. Baumgartner and Hospital 2nd Classman R. J. Meuse. Two Edenton Youths Leaving For Germany Army Privates Robert L. Bunch. , Jr, 21 and Omery D. Hassell, 19, * of Edenton, are scheduled to leave | the U. S. August 15 for Europe as part of Operation Gyroscope, the ( Army’s unit rotation plan. . They are members of the Bth In- ' fantry Division which is replacing the 9th Infantry Division in Ger- 1 many. Bunch, a squad leader, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Bunch of Route 2. He is a 1953 gradu ate of Edenton High School and a former student at East Carolina 1 College. i Hassell, son of Mr. and Mrs. t James H. Hassell, Route 2, is a s rifleman. He was a farmer in ci- ] vilian life. Both men, who are assigned to i Company E of the division’s 13th i Regiment, entered the Army last 1 February and completed basic i training at Fort Carson, Colo. f / - ( MASONS MEET TONIGHT ( Ernest Kehayes, master of Una- < nimity Lodge No. 7, A.-F, & A. M, announces that an emergent com- I munication of the lodge will be 1 held tonight (Thursday) Rt 8 < o’clock. The purpose of the meet- I Ing is for Masonic inforrmHnn 1 1 with the program in charge of Dr. ■ A. t. Downum. 1 1 Machinery Set Up For Extra General Election For Voting On State School Amendment Albemarle Furniture Co. To Hold Grand Opening Days Today, Friday And Saturday I At Last! } v. At long last work was started j this week for the erection of me- i morials in honor of Chowan Conn-! ty men and women who served in the armed forces n hen this country was at war. Three flag poles w ill be erected in honor of those who fought for their country, one at the Edenton Junior-Senior High School, one at the Negro High School and one at Chowan High School. Preliminary work was started at the Junior-Senior High School on Tuesday and Superintendent John A. Holmes is of the opinion that all three poles will he erected be fore the opening of school. Work Is Started On Tiptoe Swamp! Drainage Project Project Must Be Com-1 pleted Before Sep tember 8 I Work has been started on Tiptoe, | Swamp’ by “Windsor Timber Com-j pany. This is the last of the civil j defense projects until more money is made available to the county. This project will be rushed due to a deadline set by the civil defense I authority for September 8 for all work to be completed on the pro-1 ject. j Tiptoe Swamp is 3.3 miles in j length with 22,5 acres of clearing and 27,270 cubic yards of excava tion. This' is a large project to be done within the allotted time but everybody is working hard to make the deadline. Another civil defense project be ing rushed to he completed by a deadline is the Town of Edenton drainage canal from E. T. Ward pond north of N. C. 32 to Dail and Ashley Machine Shop on West Al bemarle Street. Fleetwood Bros, have the contract for this work and good progress is being made. The j deadline on this project is August 21. SCS engineers designed both of these projects and are helping to supervise the construction. Continued on Page 6—Section 2 ' Local County Fairj Scheduled Be Held September 24 to 29 Pumpkin Contest Will Be New Feature of j Exhibits The Chowan County Fair will be | held at the American Legion build-1 ing on the Windsor Highway, Sep-j tember 24-29. This big event is; sponsored by the Ed. G. Bond Post No. 40, American Legion. Several valuable prizes are of fered in many departments. Prem ium lists are being mailed to all boxholders this week. Every citi zen of Chowan County is urged to study the premium list and to make as many entries as possible in or der to make the fair a successful one. Livestock is being emphasized by the Fair Association this year. Prises of SB.OO, $6.00 and $4.00 are offered for the first, second and third places, respectively, for beef and dairy cattle entries in each class. Prizes of $5.00, $3.00 and *2.00 are offered for the Ist, 2nd $2.00 Per Year In North Carolina | Two Big Prizes Will [j Awarded Saturday I Night i Thomas F. Hopkins, proprietor of Edenton’s newest concern, the | Albemarle Furniture Company, an nounces that the grand opening of , his store will he held Thursday, I! Friday and Saturday of this week. ' The opening of the stole has been delayed for several weeks due pri ! marily to the installation of an ele vator. The elevator is now in • stalled which allowed removal of a large quantity of merchandise to ! the second floor. A great deal of Work has been I done in renovating the interior and \ front of the building, so that Mr. Hopkins says everything will be in I readiness for the opening today (Thursday) and continuing through j the week, During the three grand • opening days the store will remain ■ open each night until 9 o’clock. J j During the opening eelebrationl free prizes will he awarded. The j only requirement to be eligible to win a prize is to register. Two •drawings are scheduled to take [place Saturday night at 9 o’clock, j The two prizes will be a Kings j down supreme innerspring mat | tress valued at $69.60 and a Carter | reclining lounge worth $129. | In connection with (he above I prizes, i.Hopkins . inounces an | other drawing to be held Saturday', ; October 6, when a solid cherry .early American bedroom suite Vail - j ued at SSOO will gj> to some.lucky person. Visitors afid customers are I urged to register weekly to par ticipate in the drawing for this ' prize. j For the grand opening days a free gift will be given to everybody who visits the store and there will also be treats for the kiddies. Mr. Hopkins has been purehas- Continned on Page 6—Section t I Give Blood ] h Joe Swanner, chairman of the Chowan County Red Cross blood program, reminds citizens that the bloodmobile will be at the Edenton I armory Friday, August 17. The county's quota will he 100 pints and Mr. Swanner hopes the county will meet the quota. Blood may be donated from 9 A. M., to 3 P. M. 'and 3rd places respectively, for j j hogs in each class, i An added attraction to the fair , i is the Chowan pumpkin growing contest, sponsored by E. L. Pearce, I seedsman, cf Rocky Hock. This I contest is open to any Chowan I County 4-H or FFA Club member ' who is between 6 and 15 years of ] age, as well as to non-club mem- I bers of the age group. Mr. Pearce, | the sponsor, donated the seed free j to each contestant last spring. One i of the requirements of the contest was that each contestant sign and turn in bis application by April 30. 195 ti. Another requirement is for each contestant to bring his largest pumpkin to the Chowan County- Fair on the opening day (Septem : ber 24), where it will be weighed and judged by an official commit tee. Prizes will be awarded by Mr. Pearce, the sponsor, for the ten largest pumpkins as follows: f irst, $5.00; second, $3.00; third, $2.00 and a dollar each for the next Cop.tintwd m Paje B—Section ! » J SLOW DOWN AND LIVE! Voters Will Cast Bal lots on Pearsall Plan September 8 Chowan County’s Board of Elec tions last week set up machinery for the extra general election which is scheduled to be held Saturday, September 8. The election was authorized by the General Assembly, called into special session hy Governor Luther Hodges to consider approval of the Pearsall Plan as North Carolina’s ansyver to the public school segre gation problem. Under the Pear sall plan voters will east their bal lots for or against a eon # itutional amendment which provides for tui tion grants for private schools and local option on closing public schools due to integration of white and colored children. Registrars, judges of election and voting places, as announced hy the Board of Elections follow: East Edenton Precinct—Voting place, Court House. Registrar, Mrs. Albert Cullipher; judges of election, W. M. Wilkins and Wil liam Cozart. West Edenton Precinct Voting place, Municipal Building. Regis- I trar, Mrs. George C. Hoskins; | judges of election, Mrs. A. K. Jen i kins and M. A. Hughes. Rocky Hock Precinct—V oti n g place, Henry Bunch’s store. Regis trar, W. H. Pearce; judges of elec tion, W. H. Saunders and jack Bunch. Center Hill Precinct—Voting place, Elliott Belch's office, Reg- istrar, Ralph Goodwin; judges of e election, R. H. Hollowell and F„ D. Byrum. Warlv i I 1 e- Pfec-inct Vqting ’ place, Herbert Peele’s store. Reg istrar, T. A.,Berryman; judges of , election, Jennings Bunch hhld Mel _ vib Copeland’. Yeopim Precinct,--Voting place. . Harry Perry’s store. Registrar, T. J. Hoskins, Sr.; judges of election, T. J. Hoskins, Jr„ and J. A. Webb, ; Jr- Registrars will sit at precinct polling places August 11. 18 and 25 from 9 A. M, until sunset for the purpose of registering voters whose names are not on the coun ty’s registration books. The regis trars will also sit at precinct poll ing places Saturday, September 1, from 9 A. M, until 3 P. M„ for the purpose of challenging voters. I Polls will open at 6:30 A. M, on election day and remain open until 6:30 P. M. J. Wallace Winborne New Chief Justice Os Supreme Court Chowan Native Will Succeed Maurice V. Barnhill Chowan County relatives and friends were delighted to learn Wednesday that Governor Luther Hodges had appointed J. Wallace Winborne to the office of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. Mr. Winborne succeeds Chief Justice Maurice V. Barnhill, who resigned due to ill health. Chief Justice Winborne is a na- I tive of Chowan County. He was appointed an associate justice of the Supreme Court in 1937 by the late Governor Clyde R. Hoey, and since has been re-elected for three successive eight-year terms. | u M [ cmc calendar] Red Cross bloodmobile will be at the Edenton armory to take blood donations Friday, August 17 from 9 A. M, to 3 P. M. Extra general election will be held Saturday, September 8, to vote on an amendment to the North Carolina Conetltution to change the school lawv fMsvdinif '' Continued m P&ge * "tmimi t