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ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN CHOWAN COUNTY Volume XXlV.—Number 4. $25,000 Is Earmarked Fom Reactivatin§rish Hatcherm ByFishAndWildlifeServic& Congressman Herbert Bonner’s Request Is Approved Reactivation of the U. S. Fish Hatchery at Edenton took on the form of reality early this, week when The Herald received a letter from Congressman Herbert C. Bon ner to the effect that $25,000 was included in this year’s budget for reactivation purposes. Congressman Bonner’s letter fol lows: “Dear Buff—ln a conference with the officials of the Fish and Wild life Service this week I was in formed that they had approved my request for the reactivation of the Fish Hatchery at Edenton and in cluded irt this year’s budget an item of $26,000 for this purpose. “I have always felt that this sta tion should never have been closed and have continued my effort in its behalf. This decision is very pleas ing to me, and I am sure will be good news to the people of Eastern North Carolina. “I was also informed yesterday that the Department of Agriculture Was shipping a carload of surplus grain to Edenton to be distributed from the Hatchery for feeding pur-i poses of migratory waterfowl in | the Eastern North Carolina area.” civic calendar) V., ! A public hearing will be held in the Municipal Building Monday night, February 18, at 8 o’clock relative to changing the zoning or dinance as it applies to West Eden Street. All persons interested in singing iit%a proposed choral sofiety in E4em|oa are ihglted to trieet at the BdfiftUki' Baptist Church Friday nigni, January 25,, at 7:30 o’clock. March of Dimes, sponsored by the Edenton Jaycees, in progress during the month of January. The Methodist Men’s Club will meet at the church tonight (Thurs day) at 6:30 o!dock. Annual stockholders’ meeting of the Edenton Building and Loan As sociation will be held in the Court House Tuesday night, February 5 at 8 o’clock. Revival services will be held in Continued on Page 2—Section 1 ♦-vVWV’iA/SAAAAAiA^WVNA^VWVWVS^A. Prospects Brighten For New Auditorium To Be Added To Junior - Senior High School , —.— <%. State Board of Educa tion Announces Re lease of SB2 J. 78 Prospects for the addition of an auditorium to the Edenton Juniof- Senior High School brightened con siderably late last week following a trip to Raleigh by Superintendent John A. Holmes. Mr. Holmes, af-| • ter a conference with State school! officials, was informed that the; North Carolina 'Board of Education approved using $82,178 of state school funds for the addition'of an auditorium to the north end of the present building. When the pres ent building was' built in 1951 funds were inadequate to include an au-{ ditorium, so that the-building was so constructed to cause compara tively little trouble and expense in adding the auditorium to the pres ent structure. Edenton school trustees for a long time have endeavored to have the state funds released to build fte auditorium, but heretofore the it h ' M " p poll,, that the mone, .hooH r> [ Wilder 1% 150,0(10,000 school 4*- ST lTte WilHam TtJmsSi/wS THE CHOWAN HERALD ♦- Plans Are Announced To Organize Choral Society — co All Interested Urged To Meet ait Baptist Church Friday Night Ruth Phillips, vice president of the Edenton Woman’s Club has an . nounced that its organization will sponsor a new men and women’s i chorus to be called “The Albemarle ' Choral Society.” Mrs. Phillips urg es all persons in the Albemarle who can be~ at the Edenton Baptist Church Friday, January 25 at 7:30 o’clock to be here.. The only re quirement for membership in the choral society is that the member Wants to sing and can pay a very small fee for music. The chorus will be conducted by Richard W. Schuman, manager of WCDJ radio and a former mu sician. Mr. Schuman did graduate work in music composition at Colo rado College, Colorado, and he has conducted the Colorado College Choir on many occasions in his own compositions as well as those of j many other composers. I Mr. Schuman founded and was the first conductor of the Colorado Springs, Colorado civic chorus and | has studied conducting with Hugh ! Ross at the Berkshire Music Festi val, Tanglewood, Massachusetts, and also with Edgar Schenkman,, conductor of the Norfolk Symphony Orchestra. He has sung as a chor us member himself under such in ternationally known conductors as Robert Shaw, Serge Koussevitsky, Leonard Bernstein, and Mr. Ross. ,His own composition's have been • performed widely. Dick 'hopes that ■ the Albemarle Choral Society will eventually give concerts, but at the same time, he stresses the‘fact that the main purpose of the organiza tion ig simply for those who like to sing. Mrs. Phillips says that the suc cess of the Albemarle Choral Socie ty depends upon the number of peo ple who are interested gnd will be at the Edenton Baptist Church Jan uary 25th at 7:30. Future rehear sals will be arranged to suit the greatest number of people and will not necessarily be on Friday nights. - - l*— Public Hearing Is Scheduled To Change Zoning Ordinance r . ■■■.. <S> 120 Years Ago! I As Found In the Files of 1 1 The Chowan Herald A new Well was dug along the Suffolk highway 358 feet deep and registered an output of over 500 gallons Os water per minute to au gumant Bdenton’s water supply. Present at a teat was Mayor E. W. Spires, F. W. Hobbs and T. Wal -1 lace Jones, who expressed entire ! satisfaction with the amount of water pumped from the well as well as to its quality. The Edenton Lions CM waa or ganised when 20 chatter members and OUt-pf-towit guests met for n dinner at Joeeph Hew# Hotel. The charter members were: Dr. W. S. Griffin, J. A. Curran, J. Clarence Leary, Ralph Cuthreil, W. P. Jones, L, S, Byrum, George Dpil, W. S. Privott, Guy C. Hutto, Hector Lap. .ton, W. R. Horton, W. W. Byrum, T. W. Jones, C. E. Byrum, G. M. Byrum, L. H. Haskett, H. C. Goad wtn, Jr. W. M, Jones, G. 4. Potter and T. C. Byrum, H xjSsiSsafir Cont to ued on' iPiige 3—Section 1 • Ertrntnn, Ogy n County, North Carolina, Thursday January 24,1957. | Little Time Left ] Tax Supervisor W. P. Jones re minds Chowan County taxpayers that January is fast passing away, so that very little more time re ! mains to list property for the pur pose of taxation. All property not listed by Sat urday, February 2, will he subject to a penalty of 10 per cent, so that 1 all who are required to list their property are urged to do so at once. SHrectoF Visits BPW Club Miss Kathleen Jackson Speaks on “For ward Look” An interesting talk on “Does Your Club Have The Forward Look?” by Miss Kathleen Jackson, district director, featured the monthly dinner meeting of the Edenton Business and Professional Women’s Club held Thursday night of last week in the Barker Com munity House. Miss Jackson stressed the fact ; that the Business and Professional , Women’s Club is a service club rather than a social club. “We should examine ourselves as to ; membership," she said, “the BPW Club is open to all working class es. This is not a sitting club, one learns by doing.” The speaker pointed out that it is better to pin point a program i and never lose sight of the BPW aims. She stated that a speaker should be invited in occasionally, but that the programs should be planned for all to participate. I “Make 1957 a vital and > fruitful year,” she urged. Mrs. Margaret Phthisic, presi dent, opened the meeting and Miss Continued on Page 6—Section 1 | Meeting Will Be Held In Municipal Build ing Feb. 18 Pursuant to action taken by Town Council at its January meet ing, a public hearing will be held Monday night, February 18, at 8 o’clock. The purpose the meet ing is to hear complaints relative to amending Edenton’s zoning or dinance in order to change the classification of a portion of West Eden Street between Broad and Granville Streets. The proposed change would class ify the affected area from RA-7 to RA-5 residential area, and would permit the construction of a doc tor’s office or clinic on the site of , a house owned by Mrs. S. W. Tay : lor and recently purchased by Dr. Martin Wisely and Dr. Roland , Vaughan. Under the RA-7 classi fication only residences are allow , ed. The meeting, called at the re quest of the Board of Zoning Ad ■ juhtment, will be held in the Mu nicipal Building and any interested I citizens are invited to attend and .:express their wishes in the mat ter. ; | Korean Orphans Enjoy Christmas ! ——Him % ■■hk. Above is pictured a group of Korean orphans who were made happy on Christmas as the result of a large quantity of clothing and other items sent by individuals and organizations in the United States. Headed up by Mrs. E. E. Mcßride, whose husband, Lieut.- Col. Mcßride, is in Korea, many boxes were sent from Chowun County filled with clothing to be distributed among the unfortun ate children. Dr. Clovis Chappell Will Be Speaker At Methodist Revival * '2 l Services Will Be Held February 3 Through February 8 Dr. Clovis G. Chappell of Waver ly, Tennessee, comes, to Edenton the week of February 3 for revival services at the Edenton Methodist Church. This distinguished minis ter was ordained a preacher of the Methodist Church in 1908. He re ceived his higher education at Duke and Harvard Universities. In 1920 Dr. Chappell was honored with D.D. Degrees from Duke Uftrversitji and Centenary College of Louisiana. In 19fc9‘ he received the ftfgree of Lit.D. from Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Ala. Dr. Chappell' hiiS held many of: the most distinguished pulpits df the Methodist Church. They in clude Epworth Church, Oklahoma City; Highland Park Church, Dal las, Texas; Mt. Vernon Place Church, Washington, D. C.; First Methodist Church, Memphis, Ten-j nessee; First Methodist Church,; Houston, Texas; First Methodist Continued on Page 6—Section 1 Cancer Clinic Will Be Held February Ist The Northeastern Cancer Clinic will he held on Friday afternoon,' February 1, with registration be-1 ginning at 1 o’clock. A chest X- ( ray will be given to 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, physical or economic status at the center. However, women should he 35 or more; men should be 40 or over unless refer red by a doctor, or unless one of the “Seven Danger Signals” or “symptoms” are present. Only 30 people can he seen at the Center each month due to lim ited facilities, so it is suggested that anyone who wishes to be as sured of an appointment should write the Cancer Center, Elizabeth City, N. C., for a priority. Ex aminees are asked to bring a robe or housecoat with them. Annual Meeting Os. B & L February sth R. E. Leary, secretary of the Edenton Building and Loan Asso ciation, announces that the annual shareholders’ meeting will be held in the Court House Tuesday night, | February 5, at 8 o’clock. It is hoped many members of the \ association will be present at the meeting, when officers and direc tors 'will be elected. ROTARIANS MEET TODAY Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 • o’clock in the Parish House. Last • week’s meeting was devoted to a • business session, so that R. F. El- I liott will have charge of the pro- I gram. President George Alma By ■ rum urges every member to at Bunch Is Re-elected Chairman For Soilj Conservation Group First Meeting of Year Held In Camden County L. C. Bunch was reelected chair-1 man of the Board of Supervisors foi*’-irte Aibortmrle Soil Conserva-' tion District for 1957 at the first meeting of the supervisors since the election which was held the first week in December. The meet ing was held in Camden County at the Camden Yacht Club on Janu ary 11. Fourteen of fifteen super visors from the five counties were j present plus four work unit con- 1 I servationists and the area conser-l S vationist for the Albemarle Soil j Conservation District. H. A. Leary from Camden County was absent! due to illness. Other officers elected for the district to serve this year were. H.i A. Leary, vice chairman from Cam den County, and Frank Skinner, j secretary-treasurer from Perquim ' ans County. | Three supervisors and one work . unit conservationist were appoint i ed to attend the state-wide super- I visors’ meeting in Asheville Janu- J ary 15-16. These men were: Joe Webb, Jr., supervisor from Cho wan County: George Winslow, su ’ pervisor from Perquimans County; Ralph M. Powers, supervisor from . Currituck County, and W. E. Smith, work unit conservationist from Currituck County. These men rep resented the Albemarle District at the State meeting. Chairman Bunch appointed a su pervisor from each of the five I counties in the district to serve on the poster committee this year. Appointed to serve were Grady Stevens, chairman from Camden; Joe Webb, Jr., Chowan; Ralph M. Powers, Currituck; Frank Skinner, Perquimans, and W. R. G.regot*v. Pasquotank County. A special I meeting of the supervisors will be held February 14 at Elizabeth City. , The school superintendents from the five counties will be invited t.o I attend this meeting and will he in- I vited to help the poster commit tee work up the rules for the con test this year. It is the plan now , to hold the contest in April. Gordon Will Preach At Warwick Church i The Rev. R. E. Gordon, Southern t Baptist Missionary to the Philip [ pines, will preach at Warwick Bap t tist Church Sunday morning, Janu i ary 27. He is well known in this . section as he was pastor of the - Rocky Hock Baptist Church for - several years. The public is invit - ed to attend this serfice which be gin* at It o'clock Koreans Grateful For Contributions Sent On Christmas Col. James H. Reeves, Jr., Writes Letter . Os Appreciation In response to an appeal made before Christmas by Mrs. E. E. Mc- Bride, a large amount of clothing was sent by various individuals and organizations in Chowan County to orphans in Korea in order to make these children happy and more com fortable over Christmas. Mrs. Mc- Bride’s husband, Lieut. Col. Mc- Bride, informed Ill's wife about the needs of these unfortunate chil dren and a campaign for contribu tions sponsored by Detachment C (Provisional) 8202 D AU, stationed i in Korea. This week The Herald received a letter from Col. James H. Reeves Jr., commanding officer, expressing appreciation for what was sent from Chowan County. Col. Reeves’ letter follows: “This is to acknowledge receipt of your contribution to our Christ mas welfare drive. W P are most grateful for your wholehearted co operation. “With the contributions received from individuals and organizations in the United States together with donations from the Americans sta tioned here, we were able to pro-1 vide a very cheerful Christmas for at: least 102 Korean orphans local-J [ed in this general area. Clothing! ! received in excess of that needed | | by the orphans will be distributed, i! to some of the most needy families' ! in the surrounding towns. We have! employed the assistance of mission-' ! aides located in this area to assist I us in selecting the most needy ami most worthy families. “We have hut one regret, that; ' you were not able to share with us I the gratitude and joy that was j demonstrated by the Korean people' j who have shared in your contribu ' tion.” j | District Governor Visits Lions Club Robert M. Langley, president of the Bath Lions Club and District' Governor, visited the Edenton Lions Club Monday night, and met with j presidents and secretaries of Lions ! Clubs from Williamston, Plymouth land Edenton. Hertford, in the j zone, was not represented. Because ' of this meeting the program was j postponed. It was decided to entertain the ■ | -4-H Corn Club and fathers from . | Chowan High School at the reg'j j lar meeting on February 11th. . j A belated Christmas gift was -j presented to Lion ladies. The gift, j a Futurama lipstick case and re ; | fill by Revlon, was not available . tit the Christmas party. A letter of appreciation for flow ers was read from Leroy Haskett , who is now homo from Norfolk General Hospital and his condi tion is improved considerably. j MEN’S CLUB MEETS j The Methodist Men’s Club will ,I hold a meeting tonight (Thursday) .'at li:30 o'clock at the church. Ru |.' fus Carraway, president, urges ev i ery member to be present. | Announcement Os USO Club’s Closing : Stirs Edentonians Urged to Re quest Reconsidera tion By USO 1 No little concern has been arous ed following a recent announcement by Major Bergren that the Eden -1 ton USO Club will be closed, giving | the closing date as February 15. Major Bergren stated that it was rj his opinion that the Town of Eden . ton is not enough interested in the USO and, coupled with the fact j that other communities are clam-j R , oring for a USO Club, pie decision B j was made to close out the Edenton r Club. The Herald understands that G. - H. Harding, proprietor §f Hotel Josenb Hewes, which houses the $2.00 Per Yea* In North Carolina. Freshmen At High School Inaugurate Delores Long Week c •< * |J Revival Speaker j Is —-—. fiiplSife Jm I DR. CLOVIS G. CHAPPELL World famous as a preacher and j author. Dr. Clovis (I. Chappell of Waverfy, Tennessee, will be the preacher for a revival meeting at the Edenton Methodist Church Feb ruary 3 through February 8. Jr. C. Os C. Annual | DSA Banquet To Be Held Friday Night Time Short ] v ; For those who want to join the Bank of Edentou’s 1957 Christmas savings club hti| have not yet done! * so. very lillfe time remains to join. Tile 1957 club w ill close Monday, January 28. after which time no more members will b t . accepted. In the neighborhood of 1,000 clubs are used annually by local people as a popular method for saving money for Christmas and other expenses. Marsh Attends Fair Meeting In Raleigh i Timely Advice Given For Putting on County Fairs | Robert S. Marsh. Assistant CoUli • ty Agent, attended the convention, of,tile \. C. Agricultural Fairs; : which \v: s hold in Raleigh on Jaii-i ■ uary 17 and 18. There will not lie a County Fair! Short Course at X. C. State Col i lege this year as there lias been I for the past two yearst The low i j attendance a’ tile short course in - 195<> caused this decision to be -l made, as only 14 fairs were reme -1 Continued on Page 2—-Section 1 USO Club, ha.s been notified that the room will not be needed after February 15. Tom Hopkins, new chairman of the USO directors, is very much concerned about the decision to close the club and has enlisted the aid of citizens to make every effort in order to keep the USO in Eden ton. Accordingly many letters have been written to Dave Robin son. United Service Organization in New York, urging reversal of the decision to close the local club, i To show that Edentonians arc an ! xious to save the USO, all who are interested are requested to write Dave Robinson, United Service Or ganization, Inc., 237 East 52nd Street, New York 22, N. Y., appeal ing for reconsideration and point -o>n?fß!!6d or. 4—l FIGHT POLIO ... 1 JOIN THE MARCH OF DIMES! Purpose to Help Raise Funds For Afflicted Classmate Sponsored ny the freshman class at the Edenton Junior-Senior High School, tile week of January 28 to February 1 will he designated as | “Dolores Long Week” in Edenton, , the purpose being to come to the i aid of an unfortunate classmate who is tlii' victim of Hodgkin’s di | sease. ' Delores Long, 14 years old, 'daughter of Mr, and Mrs. S. H. Long, is a member of the freshman i class and has been affected with I the disease for about two years hut * was able to attend school until I about a month and a half ago. She | is now being treated twice a week ; in Suffolk, hut in the meantime it is necessary to administer ldood j transfusions in order to build up j enough strength to take the treat ments. The girl's classmates are desir ous to raise enough money to pay for medical expenses and the cam- Continued on Page 6—Section 1 1 Past State President Will Be Principal Speaker Plans have been completed for I tile Edenton Chamber of Commerce ! annual I) istjng u i s h e d Ser vice ! Award Banquet, which will he held in the dining loom of the Masonic Temple Friday night. January 25 at 7 o'clock. The meeting was origi nally scheduled for Thursday of last week, hut was postponed due to conflicting activities. Nominations for the award hav° : been presented to a secret commit tee ami the winner will not 4m* gen erally known until the night of ti e banquet. The award goes to the young man ire tween 21 and 35 years of age. He need not he a : member of the Junior Chamber of • Commerce. At the same time the jaycees will present a IG y Man Award to i the member win inis been most nr ftive in club 1 activities.- during 'he year. Another honor will be the Rookie Award, which goes to the Jayeee showing ihe most progress ; during the year. Tile principal .- e.-iker for them ! easion will lie Edgar (Red) Grtr- I ganus of Willramston, a. past presi dent of the North Carolina Junior Chamber of Commerce. A great deal of interest is engendered in ■ these annual awards, .-so that prac j tically every Jayeee is expected to attend the banquet. Edenton PTA Will Meet February 19 Due to thu weather, the Edenton • Parent-Teacher Association meet* | ing was called off last week, so I that the January meeting has been ! abandoned. The next meeting is scheduled to be held Tuesday night, February 19, at 8 o’clock in the j Edenton Elementary School audi torium. Third Degree At Masonic Meeting William Adanis, master of Una nimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M., ' has announced an emergent com munication to be held tonight • (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. The pur pose of the meeting is to confer " the third degree, so that all mem bers are urged to attend. A cor -1 i dial invitation is also extended f 1 • I visiting Masons to witness the de • i gree. ?j JAYCEES MEET TONIGHT ■ ‘ Edenton’s Junior Chamber of - Commerce will meet tonight ij (Thursday) at 7 o'clock at the Pe -1 nelope Barker house. President -jDick Dixon urges eveiv member i u
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