If ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXlH.—Number 35.
Ministerial AssocisHon
Urges Prayerful ThWght
Before Voting September 8
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Moral and Spiritual Is
sues Are Involved In
Problem *
The Tri-County Ministerial As
sociation, whose members are
ministers of Chowan, Gates and
Perquimans counties, at its regu
lar meeting in August, expressed
its concern over the matters in
volving public education which are
to be decided by the voters of
North Carolina in a special referen
dum on September 8. Rarely has
an issue arisen to match this prob
lem in importance, complexity and
need for careful and prayerful de
liberation. Although the immedi
ate issue is the future of the public
school system, the underlying prob
lem involves racial relations so di
rectly that the two must be con
sidered together. Because this un
derlying problem is basically moral
and spiritual, it is a vital concern
of Christian people of each race.
“We call upon all Christians to
give prayerful consideration to
moral and spiritual issues involved
before going to the polls on Sep
tember 8. It is our sincere prayer
that under the guidance -of God’s
Spirit we can reach a Christian so
lution which will be fair in its_ ef
fect on all people.
“We believe on the one hand that
past and present customs in race
relations are not the last word in
governing our plans for the future.
There has been, and is now, a plain
inconsistency between our practice
and our faith, both as followers of
Christ and as believers in democra
cy. On the other hand, we are
aware of the fact that adjustments
between present custom and ideal
praetica must be. orderly and at
different rates of speed in Afferent
localities.
“We heartily endorse th,e Advis
ory Committee’s statement: *The
advancement of our economy and
the preservation of our democracy,
depend in a large part upon the I
education, the understanding, and
the morality of the Negro as well
as the white. If there prevails,
ignorance in either race, servitude
Continued on Page 3, Section 1
Woman’s Club Will
Meet September sth
Wednesday of next week, Sep
tember 5, the Edenton Woman’s
Club will hold its first meeting of
the fall season. The meeting will
be held in the Parish House at 1
o’clock.
Mrs. Thomas Cross, Jr., president
of the club, urges every member to
attend this initial meeting in order
•to get off to a good start for the
year.
QANK CLOSED LABOR DAT
The Bank of Edenton will be
closed all day Monday, September
3, in observance of Labor Day. Im
portant banking business should,
therefore, be traitsacted according
ly.' •'
Chowan Coon Dog
Field Trial Will Be
Labor Day Feature
The Chowan County Coon Club
*iH**M Ate animal coon d<* field
trial on L.bar©ay, *«*•». B*P-
JjL o7 Etertlfc J«Wt 1 off
m£* 82-
■'.lHUtry fee for each do* <wiß he
jS3hHSHHS** r _ _. .
THE CHOWAN HERALD
N. C. Medical Society Urges
Coaches To Have Football
Players Vaccinated For Polio
Shots Given Monday
And Friday After
noons
The Medical Society of North
Carolina through its Committee on
Poliomyelitis is calling on High
School and College athletic officials
to encourage immunization against
polio for their teenage football and
basketball squad members. “This
is particularly important for the
squiyis in football and basketball
who may participate in late sum
mer pre-training assemblies,” says
Dr. S. F. Ravenel, of Greensboro,
Committee Chairman, in a letter to
the coaches and physical education
directors.
All young people up to the age
of 20 years are eligible for the
vaccine and this older age group
is among the more susceptible to
the disease.
Almost every fall a number of
our state high school and college
pluyers become victims of polio.
Since the hot early football prac
tice season is also polio’s peal:
time, the Medical Society Commit
tee is encouraging coaches to
"have your boys protected now
with two injections, 14 days apart,
and they can be safe in Septem
ber.”
The. Committee Chairman stress-
Continued on Page B—Section I
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Chowan County Ranks 20th
In 100 Leading Counties For
i Peanuts Harvested In 1954
Infestation Reports as!
Almost Double That |
Os Last Year I
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Peanuts harvested for picking or
threshing from 1,270,386 acres on
United States farms in 1954 totaled
884,664,110 pounds, with 1,095,748
acres, or 86.2 per cent, in 100 lead
ing counties producing 807,121,165
pounds, according to 1954 Census
of Agriculture figures for ranking
counties just released by the Bur
eau of the Census, U. S. Depart
ment of Commerce. ■
Comanche County, Texas, was
the leading county in acreage in i
peanuts for picking or .threshing!
with 34,862 acres—2.B per cent of
the U. S. total, and 27th in quan
tity harvested with 10,424,670
pounds. Early County, Georgia,
was second in acreage with 29,973
acres, and 10th in quantity har
vested with 19,091,185 pounds.
Southampton County, Virginia,
Continued on Page 4, Section 1
Red Men Change
Hour Os Meeting
,s ■
Chowan Tribe of Red Men has
called off ita meeting next Monday
night, September 3, due to the La
bor Day holiday.
The tribe will begin its fall and
winter meeting hour Monday night,
September 10, when meetings will
be*in at 7:30 o’clock instead of 8
o’clock each Monday night
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COMMISSIONERS MEET SEPT. 5
htißMeet Wednesday of next week,
jinatand of Monday, September 3.
it Vh<> mrptinr Kor Keen postponed
ItAMhiPHa on the fbat Monday.
m r Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 30,1956.
j Well Baby dime ]
It has been announced that a well
Baby Clinic will be conducted by
the Medical Department, with the
help of volunteers of the Officers'
Wives Club, at the Dispensary of
the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air
Station.
Children up to six < years of age
will be examined on the second and
fourth Tuesday of every month.
Examinations will be by appoint
ment only, starting at 1:30 P. M.
Phone the NAAS Edenton, Exten
sion 16 for appointments.
pTSTHioSI^MOOTAY^
The Edenton Post Office will be
closed next Monday, September 3,
in observance of Labor Day. There
will be no mail delivery in the city
or rural routes, nor will the win
dows be open. Mail will be dis
patched as usual, however, and the
lobby will be open so that boxhold
ers will be able to get their mail.
B & L CLOSED LABOR DAY
R. E. Leary, secretary-treasurer
of the Edenton Building & Loan
Association, announces that the of
fice will be closed all day next
Monday, September 3 in observ
ance of Labor Day. Important
business should, therefore, be trans
acted accordingly.
[Travel Bureau Will
OonductAn All-Out
Membership Drive
Meeting Is Held Last
Week at Lake Mat
tamuskeet
Grayson H. Harding, Shelton W.
! Moore and Ernest J. Ward, Jr., at
tended a meeting of the Albemarle
j Pamlico Travel Council held Wed
nesday of last week at Mattamu
skeet Lake Lodge.
At the meeting it was decided to
conduct an all-out membership
drive which will start at once.
Watson C. Jennette of Elizabeth
City, president of the Travel Coun
cil, stated: “We must educate our,
own people first in what we have I
to offer and what the advertising]
campaign our Travel Council is |
staging will produce in increased
business for the entire area.” !
Dr. Zeno L. EdwardS, Sr., of
Washington said: “The Travel
Council not only should attempt to
attract more tourists but should al-1
so concentrate in getting all of our
people, farmers, business men and
professional men work'ing as a
team to promote our area.” He
further stated, “If Florida had half
of what we have right here in
I Eastern North Carojiija in the way
of historical featrfres, they would
really go to tov.n.” He said East
ern Carolina Ws so much to offer
and,, therefore, should be willing to
spend money to tell the world about
the many attractions in this sec
tion. ~ '
George Attix, secretary of the
; Elizabeth City Chamber of Com-i
merce, spoke about the travel in
dustry in‘North Carolina, pointing
; out the increase experienced i*
I some localitiea whWfcepdlufored ad- 1
vertising campaigns.
Ernest Ward, Jr., reported Hut
Chowan County j* expected to have
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HO.W SHY CAN ONE GET?— To stare at a queen is one
thing—to be stared at by Britain's Queen Elizabeth is some
’thing else again. However, the “shy” airman hiding his face
isn’t overcome by the experience. He’s demonstrating the
action of an ejection seat canopy which shields a pilot’s face
•when he must bail out from jet aircraft at speeds in the near
supersonic range. Her Majesty was treated to the demonstra
tion while touring an air base at Marham, Norfolk, England.
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City Fathers Decide
To WidenS. Oakum
Street Eight Feet
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Town Council In Spe
cial Session Monday
Night
Meeting in special session Mon
day night. Town Council voted to;
. widen Oakum Street between |
Church and Queen Streets and also
awarded insurance contracts. An
other item on the ogenda T discus
sion of personnel policy for town
employees, was postponed until
Clerk Ernest Jj Ward, Jr., can se-|
cure some - information from the
League of Municipalities relative to!
a definite policy of municipal em
ployees.
The vote to widen Oakum Street
was split, with J. Clarence Leary,
John Mitchener and J. Edwin Buff
lap voting for the motion and
George Alma Byrum and Luther
Parks voting against it. Council
man Graham Byrum was not pres-i
I ent at the meeting. I
Actually there was only one bid
to do this work, that being the
Brown Construction Company of
Lexington whose hid was $5,090.00.
Since receipt of the hid, however,
the State Highway & Public Works
Continued on Page 6—Section 1
Picture Framing
Workshop Planned j
In County Sept 27i
Scheduled to Be Held
In Chowan Commun
ity Building
J Chowan Home Demonstration
. women are planning a picture
framing workshop for club and
non-club members in Chowan Coun
,ty and neighboring counties. The
! workshop will be under the super
vision of Miss Pauline Gordon, Ex
tension specialist in housing and
house furnishings, North Carolina ‘
; State College, Raleigh. The work
shop will he held on Thursday, Sep
tember 27, from 10:06 A. M., to
2:30 P. M., at the Chowan Com
munity Building.
Miss Gordon suggests* that wo
men attending take any old or new I
1 frames that they have, or any old i
pictures that need to b* cleaned |
or pictures that they want to
frame. Each woman should also
1 take containers such as mayonnaise
| jars, newspapers, old rags..
Ifisa Gordon will bring any ma
terials ft* ulfed and let each wo
hj man pay for the material that she
luses.
| Mias Gordon has bad years of
.experience,” says Mrs- Hattie By- 1
i‘ rum, home agent, “and I am sure
' I tha( she will conduct a very worth-1
I while workshop;" J
[ Final Notice ]
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Subscribers of The Herald are
especially urged this week to check
on the expiration date on their la-
I bels. Notices have been sent out
I to those subscribers who are in ar
rears and many have renewed their
subscription.
However, there are some who
have not sent in their subscription.
. and all those in arrears will be
' dropped from the subscription next
| week. The'Herald regrets to lose
; a single subscriber but postal reg
ulations require subscriptions to be
paid in advance.
Oscar Griffin Now
Assistant Manager
Os Belk-Tyler Store
Promoted From Man-
I ager of Men’s De
partment
J. R. DuLaney, manager of the
Edenton Belk-Tyler store, announc
ed early this week that Oscar Gris-
Ifin has been promoted to assistant
manager. He succeeds Elwood
Harrell, who resigned about a
. month ago.
Mr. Griffin is a native of Eden-
I ton, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. j
Griffin. He attended the Edeqton
schools and graduated from the
high school with the class of 1949.
Following his graduation he enter
ed the U. S. Air Force and after
serving two years in the States, he
completed a two-year tour in New
foundland. He was discharged as
a sergeant.
Upon his return home in 1954 he
spent a short time working in
Lancaster, Pa., and began working
for the local concern on December
'l, 1954. He shortly became mana
ger of the men’s department, which
position he held when he was pro
moted.
Mr. Griffin on March 17, 1956,
married Miss Patricia Weikel of
Ashland, Pa. He is a member of
the Edenton Baptist Church and
! the Edenton Junior Chamber of
I Commerce.
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Methodist Men’s Club
Will Meet Tonight
The Methodist Men’s' Club will
meet tonight (Thursday) it 6:30
o’clock at the church.. This will be
a dinner meeting and Rufus Carra
way, president, is very anxious to
I have every member present An
interesting program has been ar-
I ranged by John A. Holmes, pro
gram chairman. _ >
NAAS Morest Unit
Will Participate In
Big Aircraft Show
Affair Will Be Held at
Will Rogers Field In
Oklahoma Sept. 1-3
The Morest Unit from the Eden
ton Naval Auxiliary Air Station
has left to participate in the Na
tional Air craft Show to be held at
Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma, September 1-3.
Civilians were able to see the j
Morest Unit in action on Armed |
Forces Day when the unit put on ;
a demonstration of their work. l
With the use of arresting gear the
Morest Unit engages aircraft
bringing the craft to a halt. This
function, performed on land, is
similar to the method used aboard
aircraft carriers in stopping planes.
The present gear being used has
been under evaluation since August
1954. Since that time a total of
937 engagements have been made
with all type of aircraft.
Being mobile, the unit has been
airlifted, beached from LTS’s, tow- j
ed over highways and moved by l
way of railways. At Oklahoma'
' City gear has already been install- 1
ed thus necessitating only a move
Os personnel from Edenton.
Edenton Marines
Lead Sharpshooters
At Cherry Point
Pfc. R. E. Miller and Pfc. It. C.
Converse, stationed at the Eden
ton Naval Auxiliary Air Station,
led all MAG-14 shooters at. the
Cherry Point rifle range on gugust
10. They chalked up a sharpshoot
er score of 215. Six other men
from MAG-14 fired expert on that
day.
j Following close behind the two
leaders was Sgt:; G. H. Wilson with
a score of 2J4. A total of 29 men
fired for qualification at the range.
North Carolina Cotton Crop
Estimated As Os August 1 To
Be 31,000 Bales Below 1955
20 Years Ago ]
As Found In the Files of I j
The Chowan.Herald j
Town officials became alarmed
when it was learned that the new 1
well on the fair grounds property
was not capable of furnishing an,
adequate amount of water.
David Holton was employed as
football coach at the Edenton High
School, succeeding Leon Brogden I
who resigned to accept a similar
position at Wilson High School. 1
Edenton delegation returned,
from Raleigh very optimistic about
construction of a bridge crossing
Albemarle Sound after a conference
with State Highway & Public
j Works Commission.
Jimmy Partin expressed inten
tion to lease the Bridge-Turn Ser
vice Station.
Though work had been held up.
the belief was advanced that the j
Edenton armory would be complet
ed by December 1.
T. Wallace Jones rented the Dix
on building on East King Street,
formerly occupied by Campen’s
Jewelers, for displaying Duo-
Therm oil burning stoves.
J. C. (Dick) Leary was painfully
injured when he fell down a flight
of stairs at his home at the corner
of Queen and Oakum Streets.
Approximately 1500 were expect
ed to attend a county sins at the
Baptist Church.
Mrs. E. N. Elliott spoke at the
Edenton Rotary Club on the 15th
anniversary of woman’s suffrage.
Frank Williams and George
Wood entertained a number of the
younger set at a swimming party
at the Greenfield Club House.
Rocky Hock Home Demonstra
tion Club held a picnic at Ocean
View, Va„ on August 14.
Mrs. S. X. Stephanson announc
ed the engagement of her daugh
ter, Margaret Garland Stephenson,
to Thomas Merit Long of Norfolk.
Edenton High School Band join
ed a number of other bands Cora
week’s picnic held at Camp I-each
near Washington. ’
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Assignments Made
For Local Students
For School Opening
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Promoted
l M
flu
j OSCAR GRIFFIN
I J. A. DuLaney, manager of the
Edenton Belk-Tyler store, announc
ed this week that Oscar Griffin has
been promoted to assistant mana
ger of the store. —(Evelyn Leary
Photo).
Chaplain Mates Will
| Speak At Meeting
Os Methodist Group
The Wesleyan Service Guild of
the Edenton Methodist Church will
meet Tuesday night, September 4,
at 8 o’clock at the home of Mrs.
Harry Lassiter. The program will
he featured by an address on the
work of the military chaplain. The
speaker will be Chaplain John
Mates, chaplain at the Edenton
Naval Auxiliary Air Station. All
members are especially urged to he
present.
Report Just Released
By Bureau of
Census
The first cotton production fore
cast is for a crop of 320,000 (500-
I pounds gross weight, hales. This
I first estimate is based upon August
i 1 reports from growers, ginners
and others throughout the cotton
. growing areas of the State. If the
j forecast materializes, a crop of this
I size would be 31,000 bales less than
j the 351,000 bales harvested in 1955
and 137,000 bales less than the 10-
I year (1945-54) average. Based
j upon cotton in cultivation on July
1 and average abandonment, it is
estimated that 459,000 acres will
be for harvest—the smallest acre-
Continued on Page s—Section 1
Bids Invited For
Construction Jobs
At Local Air Base
[ civic calendar]
Extra general election will be
held Saturday, September 8, to
vote on an amendment to the North
Carolina Constitution to change the i
school laws regarding segregation. ;
Chowan County Commissioners :
will meet Wednesday, September
5 instead of September 3’due to :
the Labor Day holiday.
Picture framing workshop will be
held for Chowan home demonstra
tion club women, aa well as non
members at the Chowan Communi
ty Building Thursday, September
27, from 1* A. M„ to *:39 P. M.
. Golf tournament will bo hold on
the Edanton Naval Auxiliary Air
Station course September 5-9.
Revival services are in progress
, this week at the Rocky Hock Bap-
Continue*! on Ps*s 6—Section 1
| SLOW
DOWN
AND LIVEt
j Boys and Girls Urged
• I To Report to Rooms
Designated
Next Tuesday morning, Septem
: her 4, at 9 o’clock, some 400 stu
dents will enter the Edenton Jun
ior-Senior High School to begin
the fall term of school.
I Students are urged to report di
rectly to home rooms assigned and
for the convenience of students and
parents, names of students and
home room assignments are listed
below:
! Grade 7—Home Room Teacher,
Mrs. Alice Belch. Room 124
Boys—Herbert Ray Adams, Rich
ard Baer, Stephen Batton, Jimmy
Dail, Charles E. Cuthrell, Cecil Fry,
Gary Hardison, Richard Hollowed,
Roger Lamb, Joe Mitchener, Joel
Reynolds, Roland Tolley, Paul
I Whiteman, Mac Wright, Frank H.
' Collins.
Girls—Joan Adams, Ella Am
brose, Carolyn Bass, Brenda Bass,
Marian Lee Bunch, Ida Gampen,
Joyce Culliphor, Hazel Garrett,
Betty Jean Harris, Ann Jenkins,
Estelle Jones, Dorothy Mizelle,
Judy Riley, Jean Smith, Carolyn
Twiddy, Vivian Twiddy.
Grade 7—Home Room Teacher,
I Mrs. Rebecca Shepard. Room 123
1 Boys—John Alexander, Leroy
■ Barrow, Joe Boucher, Henry Dail,
I Carroll Forehand, Vem Goodwin.
, Daniel Himmelheler, Maurice Hop
j kins, Harry Lassiter. Jerry Nixon,
I Robert Skinner, James West, Brad
, Williford, Sam Wright.
, Girls —Barbara Alexander, J*>an
, Continued on Page 4. Section 1
: 37 Now Signed Up
In Golf Tournament
Seven Join Ranks of
Contestants This
Week 7
A total of 37 entries have thus
I far been received for the Edenton
Country Club golf tournament at
the Naval Auxiliary Air Station,
as seven golfers added their names
to the growing list of entrants.
The tourney is slated to get under
• ( way on September 5 with the finals
> i on the 9th.
:| New civilian entrants in the
i tournament are Carlton W. Good
i ] win and Bruce Jones. Nine other
■ j civilians are set for competition in
> f the tourney.
I I New military entrants in the
i tourney are Capt. J. T. McCaffrey
- and Lt.’s J. Dempsey. J. E. Gruc-
I, nan. J. Degen, and K. A. McFerren.
■ j No deadline for registration foi
: the tournament has been announc-
I ed. Entries are being accepted by
• Special Services Officer Capt. John
I L. Cobb at the Base.
Includes Public Works
Shop Building and
Barracks Repairs
The District Public Works office
of the Fifth Naval District, U. S
Naval Base at Norfolk is advertis
ing for bids on two construction
projects at the Edenton Naval Au
xiliary Air Station. The bids call
for the construction of a Public
Works Shop Building, and reha
bilitation of barracks and bacheloi
officers’ quarters.
The shop building will be ap
proximately 3,360 square feet in
area, one story, and will be gen
erally of masonry and concrete
construction.
The work at the officers’ quar
ters includes removal of existing
roofing, .m-roofing with- asphalt
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