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Volume XXlll.—Number 3ft
Christmas Parade
And Party Will Be
Held November 30
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BPW Club Is Already i
Planning For Out
standing Event
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The September meeting of the
Edenton Business and Professional
Women’s Club was held Thursday
night of last week at the Penelope
Barker ..Community House with
Mrs. Margaret Phthisic, president,
presiding.
Miss Inez Felton was appointed
general chairman of the annual
Chistmas parade and party with
Mrs. Clara Boswell as co-chairman. ]
The parade and party will be held
at 4 o’clock Friday afternoon, No
vember 30. The deadline for clubs,
merchants, individuals and organi
zations to place entries in the pa- 1
rade will be Monday, November 26.
Other appointments were: Mrs.
Nczzie Haste, chairman of the
community birthday calendars, with
Miss Inez Felton and Miss Mildred
Munden as co-workers; Miss Mary
Lee Copeland, chairman of the club
by-laws; Mrs. Alice Twiddy, Mrs.
Bommie White and Mrs. Rosebud
Ward, chairmen of the phone
committee; Miss Lula Williams
was appointed to secure informa
tion concerning the Elsie Riddick
Fund.
Mrs. Anne Jenkins gave a report
on activities for National Business |
Women’s Week. Mrs. Lala Smith
announced that popcorn and snow
balls will be sold at the Chowan
County Fair. A report of the re
cent BPW district meeting held in
> Tarboro was given by Miss Inez
Felton and Mrs. Bertha Bunch.
The club decided to send a <
Christmas check to the foster par
ents of war orphan J?*ola Sibp, in
♦ stead of the usual individual gifts.
Members who would like to con
tribute to this gift fund will be
given the opportunity ,at the Octo
ber meeting, which will be a dinner
meeting.
Mrs. Phthisic announced that the
mid-council meeting will be held at
High Point on November 10-11.
She also urged those who have not
turned in their money from the
card sale to do so at the October
meeting.
A meeting of the standing com
mittee chairman, hospitality, recre
ation and Christmas parade will be
held with Miss Mary Lee Cope
land Monday night, October 1, at
8 o’clock.
A meeting of representatives
from the various local organiza
tions was held Monday night of
this week at the Barker House to
discuss plans for the Christmas pa
rade and party, sponsored annually
Continued on Page B—Section 1
20YearsAgo
As Found- In the Files of
The Chowan Herald
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Actual site of the Joseph Hewes
shipyard was brought to light by
the lowest tide within the memory
of the oldest inhabitants.
A much forewarned, hurricane
skipped Edenton on wild rush to
.north.
A group of Raleigh boosters ar
rived in Edenton to advertise the
State Fair.
Edenton schools opened with an
enrollment of 800 and 001 enrolled
in the cbtinty unit.
Edenton Masons, with,!. A. Cur
ran 4 as master, planned to enter
tain a delegation of Williamsburg,
Va„ Masons.
Edenton school trustees declared
an emergency existed so that plans
and specifications -were submitted
for a new roof on the Edenton
school.
| . Mrs. Olive Cason Linberger leas
ed the site on the northeast corner
t>f Broad and Queen Streets for a
Sinclair Refining Company service
station. A delap Mated frame dwell
ing home occupied the Ml*.
. Fall faahion show was hkld at tha
' Taylor Theatre. ... .-.r .
| Benjamin F. Owe*, died at his
home on Paradise Road.
P County Conamiaaiot»*rS s pere eon
THE CHOWAN HERALD
[ Guest Os 'Rotariansj
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John H. Moore
- At the Rotary meeting today
(Thursday) John H. Moore of Eliz
abeth City, Covernor of the 278th
District of Rotary International,
will make his official visit to the
club.
District Governor
Guest Os Edenton’s
Rotary Club Today
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John Moore of Eliza
beth City Will Make
Official Visit
Edenton’s Rotary Club will he
host to John H. Moore of Elizabeth
City, Governor of the 278th District
of Rotary International, at the
club’s meeting this (Thursday) af
ternoon at 1 o’clock in the Parish
House. It will be Governor Moore’s
official visit, so that President
George A. Byrum urges every Ro
tarian to be present. Mr. Moore
will address the club and after the
meeting confer with President By
rum and the secretary, Thomas By
rum, as well as committee chairmen
on Rotary administra.ion and ser
vice activities.
Continued on Page 7—Section 1
William Cozart Now
Rural Mail Carrier
William Cozart this week began
carrying a rural mail route, suc
ceeding W. J. Daniels who retired
some few months ago.
Mr. Cozart for several years rep- 4
resented The News & Observer and
The Daily Advance, both of which
positions he has given up.
Miss Evelyn Leary will repre
sent The News & Observer and
Mr. Cozart’s wife will take over
The Daily Advance duties.
Electric Current Will Be Cut
Off InSome Areas Os Edenton
Sunday For Improvements
Interruption Expected
To Last About 30
Minutes
I R. N* Hines, superintendent of
i the Electric & Water Department,
I reports that next Sunday morning,
i September 30, at 1 o’clock electric
power will be turned off for ap
, proximately 30 minutes in the
■ southeast section of Edenton. The
i affected area will include all cus
( tomers east of Broad Street and
. South of Freemason Street inside
the dty limits and the Hayes farm
i line outside of the city limits.
Smaller areas within the above
i described area will have electric
outages varying from one hour to
. four hours. All electric service will
, be restored by 10 A. M. This ser
f vice interruption ip necessary to in
i crease the ability of the system,
i and t* prepare for, more electric
load titan presently camea.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 27,1956.
Aces Getting Rfl
To Tackle BeauM
In First Game Am
Hfctrd Charging BriH
White Out of Game
With Injury
With t’ ree hard-earned victories
tucked under their belts, Coach Bill
Billings’ Edenton Aces will play
their first game of the season on
foreign soil Friday night when they
travel to Beaufort to play another
non-conference game.
Little is known about the
strength of the Carteret County
gridders, but it is reported that
very few changes have been made
in the squad, so that the Aces will
probably fare about the same team
which they rolled over last season
by a score of 42 to 6.
The Aces, except for one player,
are in the pink of condition for the
' fray. Absent from the lineup will
| be Bruce White, hard-charging full
back, who is nursing a very sore
shoulder due to an injured nerve.
He will definitely be out of the
game Friday night and possibly for
the next game against Elizabeth
City. However, the Aces have been
practicing hard for the next game
and they hope to make it four vic
tories in a row.
[ King And Queen)
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Football fans, besides being
treated to a good brand of football
on Hicks Field Friday night, were
entertained at half time with the
climax to the obseiyance of Home
coming Day.
In an interesting and attractive
ceremony on the football field, with
the band taking a leading part, the
king and queen for the year were
crowned.
Winners for these honors went to
Wayne Emminizer and Peggy
Twiddy and they were crowned by-
Billy Gray Forehand and Mary El
lis, last year’s king and queen.
[CIVIC CALENDAR)
Edenton’s Christmas parade and
party will be held Friday afternoon,
November 30, at 4 o’clock.
Rotary Governor John H. Moore
will pay an official visit to the.
Edenton Rotary Club this (Thurs
day) afternoon at 1 o’clock at the
Parish House.
Chowan Hospital Auxiliary will
sponsor a bridge tournament which
will begin Monday, October 1, with
20 teams participating.
Edenton Aces will play Beaufort
High School on the latter’s gridiron
Continued on Page 7—Section 1
The most economical and practi
cal method of increasing the load
carrying ability of the system is to
change the primary voltage from
2400 to 4160. This change neces
sitates a change in the connections
of every transformer on the town
system. Upon completion of this
work approximately 75% more
power will be available without the
voltage ''difficult!*# that have been'
experienced during the past two
summers.
Execution of plans for the south
west, northwest and northeast sec
tions of town for similar work are
expected to bq carried out on sub
sequent week-ends, snd will be an
nounced in The Chowan Herald.
The Board of Public Works wish
es 4 to take this opportunity to ex
press its gratitude for your contin
ued cooperation and patronage and
hopes that this interruption of elec
brie service will not dause too great
an inconvenience to anyone.
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Linked Fund Drive
Started At NAAS
tyith Goal $8,875
First Week of Contri
butions Nets Total
Os $823.50
NAAS Edenton's 1956 United
Fund Drive has completed its first
week of soliciting with a total of
$823.50 being collected toward n
goal of $8,875, stated Capt. John L.
Cobb, drive chairman. The United
Fund Drive will last until Novem
ber 5.
Money-w: 'e Headquarters and
Maintenance Squadron- 14 has col
lected the highest total with a con
tribution of $378. The Headquar
ters and Maintenance Squadron
goal is $1,700. Marine Air Base
Squadron-1" has collected $236 to
ward a goal of $2,840.
Marine Attack Squadron-211 has
collected S2O with a goal of $1,500
to be reached by November 5. Ma
rine Attack Squadron-225 has a
goal of $1,505 and has collected
slls toward that goal;
Headquarters Squadron-1 has
been given a goal of $2lO and has
collected $74.50. The Edenton Civ
il Service employees have been as
signed a goal of $1,020.
All money contributed to the
United Fur.,’, will stay in the local
areas. Organizations which will
benefit from the Marine Contribu-
Continued on Page 7—Section 1
Hospital Auxiliary
Bridge Marathon
Plans Completed
Twenty Couples Lined
Up to Begin Play
ing October 1
Mrs. Edward G. Bond announces
that plans are now' complete for the
Chowan Hospital Bridge Marathon
which will begin Monday, October
I. Twenty teav.is have been enter
ed in the marathon and Mrs.
George Hoskins and Mrs. Bond
would like all the teams to be pres
ent for a very brief meeting to be
held at the nurses’ home Friday
evening, September 28, at 7:30
o'clock.
Following are the teams which
will participate in the tournament:
Mrs. J. H. Conger, Sr., and Mrs.
R. F. Elliott; Mrs. Richard Good
win and Earl Goodwin; Mrs. Thom
as Shepard and Mrs. Wesley Ches
son; Joe Thorud and Dr. Richard
Hardin; Mr. and Mrs. John Raines;
J. H. Conger, Sr., and R. F. Elliott;
Mrs. Jun'os Davis and Mrs. Earl
Goodwin; Mrs. George Hoskins and
Mrs. Albert Byrum; Mrs. Clarence
Leary and Mrs. Geddes Potter; Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Wood; Mrs. Mar
vin Wilson and Mrs. James Wood;
Mrs. W. D. t ruden, Jr., and Mrs.
Lloyd Burton: Mrs. Joe Thorud and
Mrs. Edward G. Bond; Dr. and Mrs.
Frank Wooa; Lt. and Mrs. John
Ingraham; Mrs. 11. A. Campen and
Mrs. A. M. Forehand; Mrs. L. A.
i Patterson and Mrs. William Rose
vear; Mrs. William S. McCaslin,
Jr., and Mrs. Jay McDonald; Cecil
Fry and W. T. Harry; Medlin Belch
and A1 Phillips.
USO Club Dance
Scheduled Friday
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1 Music Will Be Furn
; ished By Orchestra
!' From Cherry Point
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Mrs. R. P. Badham, assistant di
rector of the Edenton USO Club,
• announces that a dance will be held
! In the USO Club room at Hotel Jo
• seph Hewes Friday night, Septein*
• her 28. Tha dance will begin at
7:30 o’clock with music being pro,
■ vidrd 'by an orchestra from Cherry
■ Font
Mrs. Badham urges all the junior
I hostesses to be on hand and ex*
tends a cordial invitation to tnili*
: tary personnel to attend and enjoy
the affair.
Polio Victim ]
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Jimmy Parrish, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. Y. Parrish, was taken to ]
Maryview Hospital in Portsmouth
Monday a possible victim of polio.
While Mr. Parrish was not paralyz- ■
ed, all local tests pointed to the di
sease, so that he was taken to
Maryview, from where no report
has been received at the time The {
Herald went to press Wednesday. (
Col. Frank Collinsi
Lions Club Speaker;
Points Out Economic
Value to Edenton of ]
Local Air Station
Col. Frank H. Collins, command
ing officer of the Edenton Naval
Auxiliary Air Station, spoke at the |
Edenton Lions Club meeting Mon
day night. He was introduced by! j
Jesse Harrell. 5
Colonel Collins spoke about mat- (
ters concerning the Air Station’s
activities and contributions to the
Edenton area from a financed
standpoint, both now and in the j
future. He pointed out that funds ,
which found their way into the lo- •
cal economy came from such sourc
es as military and civilian payrolls, i
operating expenses such as power,
heat, petroleum prod"cts, and m-.myi ‘
other items. At the present time j
a considerable amount : s also be
ing spent to maintain buildings in
a usable state. The Colonel also!
mentioned the ,pospjbility of a large
number ot Nukingcubits to be : btiift:
under the Capehart Bill, as well
as the master plan, for the entire ,
base. He pointed out thut the
funds which were to be spent for
t'»te‘master'‘plan were not appro
priated by the last Congress be
cause the plans were incomplete,
but that there is a possibility that i
some funds not made available then i
will be made available in January, i
If this is the case the money will .
be available for use in the summer i
of 1957. 1
In other actions Dr. A1 SUrn ton :
was placed in charge of the White I
Cane Drive in Edenton during 1
White Cane Week in North Caro
lina. This drive is for the benefit -
of the blind. 1
A1 Phillips came to the meeting
attired in a white sweater with i
N. C. State emblem in red. Tail- j i
twister Williford, who is suspected]
of being a Carolina sympathizer. ,
levied a 10c fine against Phillips
for improper attire.
Most Cub Scouts
In Edenton Given
Proficient Rating
Inspection Shows Only
Three Boys Below
i 90-100 Grade
That Edenton’s Cub Scouts are
interested in Scouting as well as
receiving good training on the part
of den chiefs and den mothers was
reflected in the roll call and inspec
f tion held in the lunch room of the
Edenton Junior-Senior High School
Tuesday night. Present for the
, event were many parents, Scout
leaders and other friends of the
boys.
Os all the boys inspected only
three fell below the 90-100 score.
. so that almost 100 per cent of the
, Cub Scouts were given a proficient
1 rating on their inspection.
During the meeting a group of
. boys were also given various
t Awards, which went to Stephen
. Haines, Purney Sparks, William
r Gerald James, Douglas Sexton,
John Wright Floars, Kristian Whit
p ten, Ed Jenkins. Phil Harrell, Joe
- Conger. John White, Bill Ross.
• Glenn Hassell, James Wisely, Ker
f mit Layton and Joe Harrell. -
(Continued oh Pago B—Section 1)
Edenton BPW Club
Joins InCelebrating
National BPW Week
Program Is Presented
Monday Over Radio
Station WCDJ
This is National Business Wo
men’s Week and members of the
Edenton Business and Professional
Women’s Clubs are joining hands
with their 3,300 sisters in celebrat
ing the observance of the oldest
and largest organization of busi
ness women in the nation.
To “kick-off” the week’s activi
ties, Mrs. Margaret Phthisic, presi
dent of the local club, Mrs. Anne
Jenkins, public affairs chairman.
Mrs. Rosebud Ward and Mrs. Clam
Boswell, presented a program oil
the aims and purposes of BPW
Clubs over radio station WCDJ.
Edenton. Monday morning with
Douglas Ames as the interviewer.
Continued on Page 7—Section 1
Methodist Rally Day
Scheduled Sept. 30
The Methodist Church will ob
serve Church School Rally Day and
Promotion on Sunday morning. I
September 30. The program will
be held in the sancutary and will
replace the regular church school
classes.
The Rally Day offering will go
for the support of leadership cdu
ation in the North Carolina Con
ference. .
Edenton Aces Trip;
Williamston 19-0
In Conference Tilt;
or-
Jerry Downum Thrills
Fans With 81-Yard
Jaunt
With Johnny Kramer hack at his
regular quarterback position after i
missing the first two games due to
illness, Co:., h Bill Billings’ Edenton
Aces had little difficulty in defeat
ing Williamston 19-0 in the first Al
bemarle Conference game of the
season on Hicks Field Friday night
before another record crowd of
fans.
Kramer handled the team in a
very creditable manner and, aided,
by Jerry Downum, Billy Bunch and;
Bruce White, the Aces rolled up a
total of 219 yards on the ground,
j One of these gains was a sensa
| tional 81-yard sprint by the fleet j
Jerry Downum who, after breaking
l through the line, evaded three Wil
liamston tacklers and thrilled the
crowd by scoring the Aces’ first
j touchdown early in the first quar
ter. Kramer and Bunch were con
sistent ground gainers, while Bruce
White continued his battering-ram
tactics to add yardage and scored
one of the touchdowns by bulling;
3 and 5 yards before crashing
through for a TD from the 6-yard
Mrs.RolandVaughanElected
President Os Edenton’s Band
Association For Present Year
Birthday Calendar
Sale In Progress
Sponsored by the Edenton Jay-,
cees, BPW Club and Edenton Wo
man’s Club, the community birth
day calendar sale is now under way
in Edenton.
Workers from all -three of these!
organizations will make a house-to-'
house canvass to sell calendars and
to secure birthdays and anniversar
ies to be listed on this community
’ birthday calendar-
This year’s sale is under the lead
i ership of Ralph Outlaw.
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JAYCEES MEET TONIGHT
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Edenton Jaycees will meet to
. night (Thursday) at 8 o’clock in
• the Penelope Barker House. Pres
ident Dick Dixon urges every mem
ber to httend.
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Banquet Speaker
Hurls Indictment
At Public Schools
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Seal Chairman *)
■WsJif m.-. jaw
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Spencer Love of Gi tensaoro, will
hr the 195 S State Christmas Seal :
Chairman. The 1956 sale will be
gin November 15 with funds going :
to support programs of local, state
and national TB associations.
POCAHONTAS MEETING '
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Chovvanok. Council No. 54, De-1
gree of Pocahontas, will meet Fri- |,
day night, September 28, at 8 .
o’clock in the Red Men hall. Mgs. ,
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Dorothy Pavlich, I'ocahontas, urges
all members to be present.
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line. Kramer scored the other
touchdown which was set up when
Fletcher intercepted a Williamston |
pass and raced .to the 9-y?r,d. line I
before being hauled down. Kra-|
met 4 crashed through 4 yards out]
for the TD and his placement kick ‘
was good for the only extra point ]
of the game.
Williamston led in first downs 9
to 8. hut the Edenton defense was j
very stingy with long gains, so that
; the nine first downs netted only 81
; yards. The visitors’ principal of-
I fensive weapon was passing, but
the Aces were set for them, so that
only two of 11 attempted passes
were completed with a gain of only
26 yards.
In the Aces 4 line every playei
gave a good account of himself, so
; that about even credit goes to Ov
] erton. Speight, Chappell, Small.
Harrell, Fletcher and Ashley.
Near the end of the game Coach I
Billings *sent. in an entire reserve j
team with Robert White, who per
formed so well in the two previous!
games while substituting for Kra-j
met:, as quarterback. The reserves
performed very creditably, making
three gains before fumbling just as;
i the game ended.
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Band to Play In Eliza
beth City and Chapel
Hill Band Day
Members of the Edenton Band
Parents Association met last week
at the home of Mrs. R. H. Vaughan
4 and elected officers for the year.
: The officers elected and commit
tee chairmen appointed were as
follows:
President, Mrs. Roland Vaughan;
vice president, Mrs. Jack Mooney;
secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Ruth
1 Stokely.
Committee chairmen appointed
were: Membership, Mrs. Richard
Goodwin: uniforms, Mrs. R. A. Tar
kington; majorettes, Mr*. Lena
Leary; transportation, Mrs. Em
mett Dail; finance. Mrs. P. C. Ash
ley; publicity, Mrs. Anne Cates
(Continued on Page 7, Section 1)
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SLOW
DOWN
AND LIVE!
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Ray Wilkinson Points
Out Something Must
Be Done Now
An indictment against the public
schools of North Carolina was reg
istered by Ray Wilkinson of Rocky
Mount, who was the. principal
speaker at the Edenton Rotary
Club’s annual Teachers’ and Ladies'
Night banquet held Thursday night
in the dining room of the Mesonic
Temple. Mr. Wilkinson is State
Education Chairman of the North
Carolina Junior Chamber of Com
merce.
“Schools have been in the fore
front for the past three years,”
said Mr. Wilkinson, and the prob
lems are tragic facts so that the
time for somebody to do something
about it is now and not tomorrow."
Mr. Wilkinson said he didn’t -ome
as a “prospect of gloom,” hut that
if something isn’t done now, the
situation will becomo most serious.
“Our population is increasing.”
said the speaker, “so that school
enrollment is also going upward,
presenting many problems and
causing many schools to he inade
quate. There is a very critical
shortage of white teachers and the
average citizen does not realize the
seriousness of the situation.”
Mr. Wilkinson pointed out that
North Carolina stands 46th in the
number of children in a room and
35th in the nation in teachers’ pay,
42nd in number of draftees reject
ed on education tests and 41st in
per capita income.
“The teaching profession is not
so attractive,” said the speaker, .
“teachers are in competition in the
open market and moiyi times than
not accept positions in industry
where the far more en
ticing.”
He pointed out that 3,200 ele
mentary teachers were needed for
the .present school term, but they
were not available.
Schools must be geared to the
present, day world,” continued the
speaker, “and not what was need
ed 10, 20 and even 30 years ago.
We must prepare our children for
tomorrow and not yesterday, and
you just cannot teach children in
school buildings of yesterday.
Schools are now so over crowded
that proper attention cannot be fo
cused on the individual child. Can
we afford to give our children %
; second rate education?”
Mr. Wilkinson also referred to
the attitude some parents and citi
zens have toward education, being
one of too much apathy. In closing
the speaker said, “We must have
pupils, schools and teachers and we
must pay the price for good
i schools.”
j Mr. Wilkinson was introduced by
Continued on Page 7—Section 1
Two 1,000 Gallon
Stills Wrecked In
Valhalla Section
Clarence E. Holley Is
Held For Trial In
Federal Court
A.T.U. and ABC officers on Fri
day located two 1,000-gaJ’on stills
in the Valhalla section of the coun
ty and arrested Clarence E. Hoi
ley, a Negro, Holley owns the
property adjoining the land where
the stills were found. A road leads
from his house several hundred
yards through the woods where the
stills were found. He was given a
preliminary hearing before U. S.
1 Commissioner Lloyd Sawyer and
ordered held for trial in Federal
; Court. He is charged with pos
: session of the stills,
i Officers destroyed the two stills,
together with 1.200 gallons of mash
I and 7,800 pounds of sugar. Eight
-1 een gallons of whiskey were also
. confiscated.
i The stills were spotted by a
. Coast Guard plane Wednesday and
. it was reported that six men were
, seen at the stills. Nobody wba at
the scene when the officers arrived.
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