P™ ch o wanher! l Volume XXlll.—Number 52. . Three Aces Placed ■ On News-Observer All-Eastern Squad Downum, Kramer and Overton Singled Out For Honor Edenton’s Aces, 1956 Class A State football champions, placed three players on the annual News and Observer Class A Eastern All- Star team, which was announced Saturday. The three Aces honored were Halfback Jerry Downum, Quartoi back Johnny Kramer and End Henry Overton. The Aces did not place any player on the second team. %he News and Observer’s choice for the first All-Star team follows: Henry Overton of Edenton and Gaylord Perry of Williamston, ends; Charles Johnson of Perquim ans and Karrol • Teachey of Wal lace-Rose Hill, tackles; Joe Jack son of Massey Hill and Clayton Pilaod of Ahoskie, guards; Jimmy Lanier of Warsaw, center; Johnny Kramer and Jerry Downum, both of Edenton, Sidney Teachey of Wallace-Rose Hill and Boogy Bass of Chadboum, backfield. Overton was referred to as a fine ; 4 pass receiver and a linebacker de- j luxe, playing the best game of his career in Burlington when the Aces i * defeated Mebane for the State title b£ distributed among the were also :f annual party was started bids a 1945 by Chief of Police Geonte I. Dad primarily for the benefit of the late John Sutton and [ Schools Re-open ] Schools in Chowan. County will re-open Wednesday morning, Janu ary 2, after being closed for the Christmas holidays. Schools closed : I Wednesday, December 19 in order for school children and teachers to enjoy the holidays. Some of the students, as well as teachers, worked part time, while many spent most of the time visiting friends and .relatives. ' :c r: ! 20 Years Ago | As Found In -the Files of The Chowan Herald S r> Chowan County fishermen packed the Court House to meet with a committee of the Board of Conser vation and Development determined I to oppose any curtailment of the shad fishing which would eliminate herring catches from its provisions. Another historical marker was erected in Edenton designating Eden House, home of Governor Eden. Bank night prize at the Taylor j Theatre reached'a total of SSO. Edenton business concerns build i up in a movement to secure mem bers for the Farm Bureau Federa tion. with Julieiu Wood being one of the first to sign up. The United Charitids Made an appeal for a mattress for a man who was forced to sleep on a set of springs covered only with cor rugated paper. Edenton Masons elected W. M, Wilkins as master of Unanimity Lodge for the year 1937. Ruth Rea ElHott wag reported to show little signs of improve ment hi Norfolk General Hospital, where she was suffering with pneumonia. Melvin Layton was named cap tain of the Edenton High School football team at a banquet held at the Rotary meeting honoring the football team. He was also pre sented the football which he lug ged for so many yards in the game with Washington. Mrs. J. N. Pruden and Mrs. Jun ius W. Davis won the two cash prizes offered by the Town of Edenton for the moqt attractive outdoor Christmas decoration. Patrolman R. L. Pratt return, ed to duty following bis marriage to Louise Simpson. R. B. Hollowel] was elected con sul commander of Elen Camp No. 1 946, Woodmen of the World. Thirty students at the Edenton -High School made the school’s hon or roll. WiHiam Coffield was strickCti with an attack of appendicitis while on his way home from The Citadel to spend the- Christmas holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Coffield. Watch Night Service At Methodist Church The Rev. Earl Richardson, pas tor of the Edenton Methodist Church, announces that a watch night service will be held in the church Monday night, December 31, from 11:15 to 12 o’clock. An appropriate worship service has been arranged and the Holy Communion will also be observed. The public is cordially invited to attend the service. TWO CHIMNBT FIRES Edenton firemen were called out Sunday afternoon about 1:30 o’clock when a flue fire was re ported on West Freemason Street. The fire was soon extinguished without causing any damage. Again Tuesday morning about 10 j North Granville Street, where an other ciumney fire wag put out [without doing any damage. * Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 27,1956. EDENTON’S FOURTH GRADE BROWNIES J '>, , * ill Pictured above are the fourth grade Brownies of the Edenton troop, oi which Mrs. M. .1. Bowen is leader and Mrs. Patt Spiers and Mrs. Angela Pathcart, assistant leaders. The troop is sponsored by the Officers’ Woman’s Club of the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air Station aid MrS. Frank Collins as representative sponsor. The troop committee includes Mrs. W. T. Harry, Mrs. Medlin Belch and Sirs. Earl Richardson. The Brownies In the picture are: l’at Byrum, Hazel Harrison, Delores Jean Watson, Barbara Lynn Strickland. Pencie Kay Sutton, Catherine Collins, Claire Belch, Margaret Wiggins. Janet Gayle Oliver, Pamela Ashley, Peggy Ward, Nancy Harry, Elaine Parks, Brenda Perry, Connie George, Carol Lee Beeler, Judy Ann White, Katherine Crooner, Vickie Clair Allsbrook and Cheryl Doty Bar- The Brownies made tray favors for the Chowan Hospital which were presented before Christmas. Installation Os New Officers At Masonic Meeting Tonight William Adams Will Be New Master Os Lodge . Officers lor the year 1957 wilt be installed for Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M., at an emergent communication to be held tonight (Thursday). The installation of ficer will be C. T. Griffin, and the outgoing master, Ernest Kehayes, is very anxious to have a full at tendance. The elective officers to be in stalled are: William Adams, mas ter; Daniel P. Reaves, senior war den; Ernest Ward, Jr., junior war den; R. E. Leary, treasurer; Louis George Wilkins, secretary, and W. M. Wilkins, trustee for a three year term. The officers appointed by the new master and who will also be in stalled are: McKay Washington, senior deacon; J. A. Bunch, junior deacon; Lonnie Harrell, senior stewart; Dr. A s F. Downum, junior stewart; W. T. Harry, tiler; J. Edwin Bufflap, marshal and W. A. Harrell, chaplain. Mr. Adams has also made the following committee appointments: Finance and Budget: W. M. Wil kins, H. A. Campen and J. Edwin Bufflap. Reference: J. A. Curran, Frank Holmes and C. W. Overman. Masonic and Eastern Star Home: William Holmes, E. W. Spires and R. A. Tarkington. Charity: William Adams, Daniel Reaves and Ernest Wal'd, Jr. Masonic Education: W. P. Good win, W. M. Rhoades and H. A. Campen. Ways and Means: W. M. Wil kins, Richard P. Baer and Frank Holmes. Refreshment: Ernest Ward, Jr., Lonnie Harrell and Dr. A. F. Downum. Flowers: Raymond Mansfield and R. T. Pickier. House Committee: William Ad ams, Daniel Reaves and Ernest Ward, Jr. Fish Film Shown At Rotary Meeting Robert S. Marsh, assistant coun ty agent, presented a very interest ing film at last week’s Rotary meeting. The film, sponsored by the North Carolina Wildlife Com mission, had to do with sports fish ing in the state. The film pointed out that wa ter pollution, land erosion and an over abundance of predatory fish was more than anything else re sponsible for the gradual dwind ling of game fish in North Caro lina waters. Potter, Wells, Pratt No Longer Members Os Local Draft Board G. B. I’otter,* E. L. Wells, Jr., and. Robert. are no Lai get members of the Local ‘Board No. 21, Selective Service System. Mr. Pot ter has served with this board since 1948 and as chairman since 1950. Mr. Wells and Mr. Pratt have ser ved since 1950. These men deserve public appreciation for their long years of uncompensated service. Any business with the Selective Service System can be transacted with the clerk at the office. Of fice hours are Monday through Fri day from 9:00 A. M., to 1:00 P. M. Any business that cannot be at tended to during these hours, please call the clerk, Mrs. Maybelle Sex ton, at 2292. ON DEAN’S LIST Clinton Davis, son of Mr, and Mrs. William Divers, won sclfolas tic honors as a student at East Car olina College during the first quar ter and made the dean’s list of hon or students. SANTA CLAUS AT NAAS ~ } |Lf -I - ... ■lvKi aWve Santa Claus is seen meeting some of the children at « Christmas party held at the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Ain Sta tion for children of military personnel. The party was sponsored by the Officers’ Wives Club and the Fidelis .Club-—(Official Ma rine Corps Photo).- _ , . _ _ 399 Municipalities Receive $5,711,979 In Street-Aid Funds 33% of Amount Used For New Paving In 1956 The. State Highway Commission gives an accounting of how Tar Heel eities and towns had spent their State street-aid funds during fiscal 1956. The report showed that a total of 399 eligible municipalities had received a total of $5,711,979 in State funds for local street-aid dur ing fiscal 1956. This allocation plus the $1,699,868 brought for ward as unexpended balance from fiscal 1955 gave the municipalities a total of $7,411,847 available for construction and maintenance of lo cal streets in fiscal 1956. - Although $7,411,847 was avail able for local street work during fiscal 1956, the 399 participating cities and towns only expended $5,- 257,916, leaving an unused bal ance of $2,153,932, which is still Continued on Page B—Section 1 86.902 Acres Os Land In Farms Os Chowan County Preliminary Report of Farm Census Just Released According to a preliminary re port of the 1956 farm census sur -1 vey, Chowan County had a total of 186.902 acres of land in farms in 1955. Other information revealed in the report included: 34,986 acres from which crops were harvested in 1955; 261 acres used only for soil improving crops and crop failures; ,231 acres on which no crops were I planted or harvested; 2,727 ac res I in improved pasture; 492 acres un , improved open pasture; 48,205 I acres of other land, woods, waste, cutover and home sites; 14,500 acres of corn grown for ail . pur pose's; 2,529 acres of cotton har ■ vested; 764 acres of tobacco har | vested and 6,748 acres of peanuts | grown for all purposes; 185 acres 'of wheat; 131 acres of oats; 21 j acres of all other small grains; 70S acres of milo and other sorghums; l 'j 4,835 acres of soybeans; 45 acres of lespedeza: 95 acres of soybeans | out for hay; 30 acres all other, hays; 54 acres Irish potatoes; 837 j j acres sweet potatoes; 3,932 acres! | other vegetables grown mostly for | sale; 198 acres all other crops har-j 'vested; 10 colonies of bees; 9,145 i I tons of fertilizer used; 1,954 sowsj and gilts kept for breeding; 165 cows kept mainly, for milk; 8381 cows kept mainly f6r beef; 22,650 j hens and pullets of laying age; 74 ponds on farms; 956 acres which, could have been irrigated; 5,072 people of all ages living on farm j land. Red Men Will Elect Tribe Officers Monday Members of Chowan Tribe No.I 12, Improved Order of Red Men,: will elect officers at a meeting ol the tribe Monday night, December) 31, beginning at 7:30 o’clock. C. D. , Sawyer is the outgoing sachem of the tribe and he urges a full at tendance to take part in this im-j portant item of business. JAVCEES MEET TONIGHT Eiienton’s Jufiior Chamber of j Commerce will meet tonight! (Thursday) at 7 o’clock in the! l’enelope Barker House. President j Dick Dixon urges a full attendance! due to the fact that the March of: D imes drive, sponsored by the Jay-1 cees, will be considered. Two Plymouth Men Jailed In Edenton for Armed Robbery Thomas Harris Reliev- 1 ed of About SSO Fri day Night Two white men spent Christmas in the Chowan County jail and are awaiting trial on a charge of armed: robbery. The two are Charlie Saw yer, 20, of Route 1, Plymouth, and! Calvin A. Downs, also of Plymouth. I According to the police the two; white men held up Thomas Harris,! a colored man, Friday night and) relieved him of in the neighborhood : of SSO. The holdup took place on East Church Street between Oak um Street and the Norfolk South- i ern Railroad. The two men are also charged, with an assault on Miss Violet Alexander. According to the po lice, Sawyer and Downs grabbed; Miss Alexander by each arm on| East Queen Street between Court! and Oakum Streets and told her to! keep her mouth shut. However, j Miss Alexander screamed about the $2.00 Per Year In North Carolina Authorities Break Theft Ring In Raid On Marine’s Trailer calendar] A watch night service will be held in the Methodist Church Mon day night, December 31, beginning at 11:15 o’clock. Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. I-'., & A. M„ will install officers for the year ,1957 at a meeting to h,- held tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. The Northeastern Cancer Clinic j w ill he held in the Health Center in Elizabeth City Friday afternoon. January 1. beginning a| 1 o'clock. Edenton Woman’s Club will meet Wednesday afternoon, January 2. at 1 o’clock in the Parish House. Schools in Chowan County will reopen Wednesday, January 2, fol lowing the Christmas holidays. Revival services w ill be held in the Methodist Church the week of February 3. with l)r. Clovis Chap-, pell of Waverly, Tennessee as the evangelist. Ch-bwan Tribe of Red Men will elect officers at its meeting Mon i day night. December 31. at 7:30 o’clock. Edenton Javcees will meet to > night (Thursday) at 7 o’clock in the Penelope Barker house. * Chowaroke Council No. 54, De j gree of Pocahontas, will elect of | ficers at a meeting to he held Fri day night, December 28, at 8 o'clock in the Red Men hall. Edenton’s Parent-Teacher Asso- I ciation w ill meet Tuesday night, January 15. Adults who have daughters in terested in joining the Girls Scouts are requested to telephone Mrs. El len Case at 118-W. A joint meeting of the Methodist Men’s Club and the Committee oil Membership and Evangelism will be held at the church Wednesday | night. January 2, at 7:30 o’clock. POCAHONTAS MEETING Chowanoke Council No. 54, De gree of Pocahontas, will meet Fri- ‘ day night, December 28, at 8 o’clock in the Red Men hall. Mrs. Dorothy Pavlich, Pocahontas, urges every Wmbcr to lie present to take part in the election of officers. ROTARY MEETING CALLED OFF Due to the Christmas holidays, Edenton Rotarians will not meet today (Thursday). The club will meet Thursday of next week at 1 o’clock in the Parish House, at which time Elton Forehand will ho; in charge of the program. 1 time an automobile approached and when the driver jumiied from the car the two men ran. A Marine, Franklin Jackson, a companion of the t\vo_ Plymouth men during the night, was also ar ! rested charged with an assault on I Isaac Collins, a colored shoe shine j boy. The boy was cut in the side | with a knife. Jackson was turned over to the ] Marine authorities and Sawyer and : Downs will be given a hearing in ■ Recorder’s Court Tuesday, Janu ary 8. Police were informed that Downs i was a deserter from the U. S. I Army since November and after being arrested Friday night it was ; learned that both he and Sawyer ■ were wanted in Plymouth on 1; charges of breaking and entering, i! larceny and armed robbery. :: Both men at first denied holding i up Harris when questioned by pe ,j lice, but later when their stories did ■ not jibe, thpv admitted the crime. About $3,000 Worth oi Stolen Merchandise Recovered | What is believed to be a sizeable theft ring was apparently broken Jup Thursday night of last 'week when approximately $3,000 worth | of stolen merchandise was recover 'ed in a raid on a Marine’s trailer ! located at Harrell’s Motor Court or : tile Windsor highway. Heading the raid were Lieut. Dick Frohiieii, provost marshal at the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air 1 Station: military police, Sheriff J. A. Hunch, Sheriff J. Kelly White of Perquimans County and SBI agents. Military authorities were search ing for stolen government weapons | and other property, while civilian authorities were seeking a large j amount of merchandise stolen from a number of concerns in this section over a period of more than , six months. In the raid guns stolen from the Edenton base were recovered as well as other merchandise. Some of the merchandise was identified as that stolen from W. E. Smith’s store in the Rocky Hock section: .1. C. Hendrix, who operates an up : county store and Kermit E. Nixon's ! electrical appliance store at V'al j holla. * Among Hie merchandise recover : cil included vacuum Meaner* and 1 movie projector, radios, electrical appliances, groceries, wearing ap parel and other items. Tile names of the Marines labeled as a “theft ring” have been with held by Marine authorities, for it is expected several afe involved and will tie rounded up. It is expected i.that cracking the ring will lead to solution of thefts which have oc curred in Edenton, Elizabeth City, Hertford and Plymouth in recent months. The recovered stolen loot was taken to tile Nava! Auxiliary Air Station for inventory purposes. Just how large the reported “theft gang” is has not been de termined. but a full scale investi gation is in nrogress in order to round up all the members. Cancer Clinic Will Be Held January 4 'The Northeastern Cancer Clinic will lie held in the Health Center . at Elizabeth City Friday afternoon, January 4, with registration be ginning at 1 o’clock. A free chest X-ray will he given anyone wishing it along with the examination of the five areas of the body where cancer is most -easily found and cured. There are no limitations as to sex, race, physi cal or economic status at the center. However, women should lie 35 or more; men should b,. 40 or over unless referred by a doctor, or un less one of tbe “Seven Danger Sig nals" or “Symptoms” are present. Only 30 people can lie seen at the Center each month due to limit ed facilities, so it is suggested that anyone who wishes to lie assured of an oppointment should write the Cancer Center, Elizabeth City. N. C., for a priority. Examinees are asked to bring a robe or housecoat with them. Large Crowds Enjoy ' Christmas Programs The Christmas story in music was portrayed at the Episcopal and Methodist Churches Sunday morn ing and at a 5 o’clock service Sun day evening at the Baptist Church. The choirs in all three churches presented the programs and -all three services were very well at tended and enjoyed by those who \VPTf»