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PAGE TWO ►-SECTION ONE Edenton Hornets Will Open Home Season April 18th Local Outfit Will Meet P. W. Moore High School The Edenton High Hornets will open the 1957 home 'baseball sea son Thursday, April 18, with the P. W. Moore High School of Eliz abeth City. All home games will be played on Hicks Field at 2:00 P. M. The Hornets defeated Sun _ ' bury 14-9 Tuesday. When weather permits the Hor nets’ squad is hard at work trying to get ready for the coming season. The pitching staff, Thomas Holley, John “Buck” Felton and Thomas Nixon have been showing much poise and balance. Infielders Capt. Haywood Harrell, Thomas Harris, Sherman Horton, Willie Overton, Roy Lee Collins and George Simp son show the best form to date. Flychasers Ernest Goodwin, Henry Overton, John Beasley and Willie Jenkins are showing promise. James Drew will be the starting catcher assisted by Donald Roberts. The team will be coached this sea son by Howard K. Wilson and the team manager will be William Bon ner assisted by James Mayo. The tentative schedule the Hornets is as follows: April B—P. W. Moore, here. April 12—Tarboro, there. April 17—Tarboro, here. April 19—Buckland, there. April 23—Sunbury, here. April 24—Sunbury, here. April 26—Lewiston, there. April 29—Buckland, here. May 3—Winfall, here. May 10—Lewiston, here. May 15—P. W. Moore, there. May 20—Winfall, there. Chowan Included In Income Contest Continued From Page 1, Section 1 ing improved practices on present enterprises. Up to 20 points for Improvement in general farm and home management, which includes records. How the contest works. A fami ly may decide to start a laying flock enterprise to increase income. A hog raising enterprise may be adopted or hogs increased. Any additional enterprise or increase in present ones will count. Using improved practices on present enterprises will count. For example, a family has their soil tested for crops to be grown this year and they follow the soil test recommendations for lime and fer -1 tilizer. Controlling insects on crops, planting adapted hybrid corn and controlling plant diseases are other examples. Farm and home records must be kept to show the achievement.. This will be included under the j farm and home management phase. I Also included will be the economi cal use of family income. The contest is open to both land Samovar VODKA mam ImLa yn»nnnl»n * '®® proot . ... - * M jjui j (BMP GIVE ill! EASTER SEALS owners and tenants and both col- 1 ored and white. In order for a i family to participate, they must fill out and sign an application form by May 1. Application forms may be obtained from any of the agri-: cultural workers such as the county | agent’s or home agent’s office, Soil! Conservation Service office, voca tional agriculture and home eco nomics teachers. The completed form must be returned to the agri cultural worker' by May 1. Agricultural workers have ap proved the contest for Chowan County. They will be glad to as sist participants with their plans for increased, income nnd in putting their plans into action. Farm families who are interest ed should contact the county agents’ offiee or one of the other agricultural workers and get set upj by May 1. The contest participa-l tion does not involve any obligation on the participant’s part. Those who increase their income by par ticipation will win the additional in come whether they win a prize or not, so they can’t lose. ROTARIANS MEET TODAY Edenton’s Rotary Club will meeti this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 1 o’clock in the Parish House. The program will be in charge of Jack Habit and President George Alma| Byrum urges a 100 per cent at- j tendance. PEANUT GROWERS LET US Shell Your Seed PEANUTS All Peanuts Cleaned, Shelled, Hand- Picked and Treated; Ready for Plant ing Before Leaving Plant REMEMBER: An Experienced Operator Can SAVE You Money! OUR PLANT IS LOCATED ON NORTH BROAD STREET IN FRONT OF BA.H. MOTOR CO. We Also Have Seed Peanuts for Sale Leary Bros. Storage G>< 1 (formerly Satterfield It Leary) PHONE 214 V iSDttNtdfr THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRS. 4, IMT. Rev. E. S. Parker Dies After Lengthy Illness The Rev. Elias Spring Parker J pastor of the Gale Baptist Church, died Thursday afternoon in Chowan Hospital following a j lengthy illness. A native of Cho-1 wan County, he served as pastor of. the Gale Street Baptist Church for! 20 years and pastor of St. John’s j Church for 10 years. Prior to en tering the ministry he taught school in Pitt, Camden and Chowan coun ties. He was also a past master of the John R. Paige Lodge No. 13 and a member of the Shrine. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Fan nie A. Parker; a daughter, Mrs. Sy bil S. Ervjn, and two brothers, Al bert and Addison Parker. Funeral services were largely at tended at the Gale Street Baptist Church Sunday afteiyioon, when many prominent friends attended. At the sprvice quite a few friends paid tribute to deceased. Burial was in Vineoak Cemetery. COUNTY DEBT REDUCED West Byrum, Chairman of the Chowan County Commissioners, was on Monday to pay $3,165 on the county’s indebtedness. The amount represents road, bridge and culvert bonds and coupons due May 1. Posters To Be Judged Friday Afternoon Continued From Page 1, Section 1 ed in store windows in Elizabeth City the week of April 8-12. Thej five counties that form the soilj conservation district are:' Chowan,; Perquimans, Pasquotank, Camden and Currituck. Judges for the district contest are: Rod Amundson, Editor of Wildlife In North Carolina and chief of education division, North; Carolina Wildlife Resources Com mission; C. C. Abernathy, manage ment agronomist, soil conservation service and S. A. Dowdell, district forester, North Carolina Forest Service. b • LIONS MEET MONDAY Edenton Lions will meet Monday night, April 8, at 7 o’clock. Presi dent Ernest J. Ward, Jr., urges ev ery member to he present. (3 jgSy jrs -m- This f 64.95 executive Chair tree with the purchase of Cole's steel desk To introduce our new line of desks, this brand new $64.95 Executive chair is offered to you absolutely free. Satisfaction of both chair and desk is guaranteed or you may return them at no cost to you. • / * . r • THI "IXECUTIVE" DISK The desk has everything you ever dreaved of. Smart in appearance, beautifully styled, comfortable to work at. Used by America’s largest industrial concerns. Heavy steel, linoleum top, aluminum trim. Aatomdtictwik. Size sS'”wide, 28" deep. Finished m Gray, Mist Often, Olive Green or Desert Sand. I letter drawer, 4 box drawers . $155.00 No, letter drawers, I Sea drawers.-. 155.00, ! CIVIC CALENDAR]] * »»»*»-**" I , Continued From Page 1, Section 1 j first aid course Friday nights at the Junior-Senior High School 7:30 o’clock. Stephen Alford, district offiwtj for the North Carolina Veterans Commission, will be in his office,! Room 304 Citizens Bank Building,! Tuesday afternoon, April 16, from 1:30 to 4 o’clock. Edenton Lions Club will, meet Monday night, April 8, at 7 o’clock, o’clock. Edenton Jaycees will stage an nother light bulb sale Friday night, April 5. Oak Grove Home Demonstration Club will hold a barbecue dinner at | its community building Friday night, April 12", at 7 o’clock. Northeastern Cancer <slinic will be held at the Cancer Center, Eliza beth City Friday, April 5, with registration beginning at 1 P. M. MYF of the Methodist Church will sponsor a hake sale Saturday, April 6, beginning at 9 o’clock atj the P & Q Super Market. St. Paul’s Woman’s Auxiliary will meet Tuesday afternoon, April 9, at 1 o’clock in the Parish House. Town Council will meet Tuesday! night. April 9, at 8 o’clock in the: Municipal Building. Edenton Rotariniis will meet this! (Thursday) afternoon at 1 ’clock in the Parish House. The banquet of local chapters of | the North Carolina Education Asso-I Ciation has been cancelled. The banquet was scheduled to be held ] tonight (Thursday) in the Masonic | Temple. A stated communication of Una-' nimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M., j will be held tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. Sponsored by the Tri-County Ministerial Association, in which Edenton Jaycees will cooperate, a sunrise service will be held on the Court House Green Easter morn- I Edenton’s Pa rent-Teacher Associ ation will sponsor a May Day festi i val in the Teen Age Club Wednes day afternoon, May 1, beginning at 3:30 o’clock. Ed Bond Post No. 40 of the American Legion will meet Tuesday night, April 9. at 8 o’clock. Edenton Tea Party Chapter of the DAR will meet in the Iredell Hqtify Wednesday afternoon, April 10 at 3:30 o’clock. Evening prayer services will be held in St. Paul’s Episcopal Church each Wednesday night during Lent at 8 o’clock. Judging for Chowan County's en trants, in the conservation poster contest will be held Friday after non, April 5, at 2 o’clock in the Edenton Elementary School. Dis- rf'Vf' V ■ m LJ j-, ■■aw I -J I triet judging will beheM Frtjaf, l April 12, in the Virginia Dare TTd -1 tel at Elizabeth City, The Albemarle Chorus will meet ! FViday night, April 5- at 7:30 o’clock at Hotel Joseph Hewes. i Chowan Tribe of Red Men will meet Monday night at 8 o’clock. VFW Auxiliary will meet tonight (Thursday) at 8 o'clock, when new officers will be installed. • Pre-school clinics will be held hi Chowan County from Wednesday, April 17 through Thursday, April 25th. ’ ■ 20 YEARS AGO Continued From Page 1, Section 1 age was scheduled to present its program in Edenton. Services at the Methodist Church were resumed after being called off due to a defective heating system. It was practically assured that the Edenton Lions Chib would sponsor an eye clinie. Eighteen took an examination at the Edenton Post Office for a sub stitute clerk-carrier opening. House Bill 778 passed in the Gen eral Assembly authorizing the new Highway Commission to adjust claims which certain counties have against the State for roads con- j structed prior to the state taking over the system. Interest ran high m a proposal to have published a booklet setting forth all phases of Edenton life. Chowan County sponsored a pre school clinic. R. E. Leary reported that 221 shares of building and loan stock matured, representing $22,100. A. S. Smith reported catching in his nets a rockfish which was tag ged in Connecticut. Game Warden. J. G. Perry an j nounced that it was unlawful to I fish in inland waters from April 1 I to May 10. W. A. Everett announced that the ; Edenton-Mackeys Ferry would be ' gin its summer schedule. I Books Now Cataloged At Colored Library The card catalog has arrived, at the Brown-Carver Library and the books in the library are now in the process of being cataloged. New adult books added to the li brary last month were: “White Fang” by London: “Don’t Go Near The Water,” by Brinkley, and *‘loo Greatest Sports Heroes” by Davis.' Juvenile: “Little Black Sambo” by Bonnerman and “The Hiawatha Primer” by Holbrook. He Snored First Traveler You woke me out of a sound sleep. Second Traveler—l had to. The i sound was too loud. THE "EXECUTIVE" CHAW Colorful ond impressive, die lost word M beauty. Scientifically designed for the ut most in comfort. Five way adjustment inates office fatigue and corrects improper posture. One piece steel base equipped with kick plates. Alt nylon bearings. Luxuri ously upholstered with exdusivd (CAVstG fab ric m Green, Gray, Wine, Orange or Ton. Spot size IVH" x 17»". Chair may be poklmnM saparaldty. .' No 2»2SWO $64.95 v a Spring Festival Os Values April STo 13 „ Continued From Page 1, Section 1 the quality and price of merchan dise purchased. The merchants cooperating* in Edenton’s Spring Festival of Val ues indude the following: Edenton Furniture Company, Ralph E. Parrish, Inc., Hughes- Parker Hardware Company, Elliott j Company, Chas. H. Jenkins Motor Cotnpany, Malone’s 5 and 10-cent Store, *S. Hohowsky Department Store, Harrell Gas & Coal Com pany, Western Gas Service, C. N. Ricks Jewelry Store, The Jill Shoppe, The Betty Shoppe, P & Q Super Market, Mitchener’s Phar macy, Quinn Furniture Company, 8.8. H. Motor Company, Belk-Ty ler’s, Albemarle Furniture Com pany, Albemarle Motor Company, Rose’s 6-10-25-cent Store, Cuth rell’s Department Store, Western Auto Associate Store and Byrum Hardware Company. An eight-page circular including a partial list of the many bargains! to be found in the various stores] has been mailed throughout the en tire Edenton trading area in an ef fort to attract shoppers to Eden-| ton during the Spring Festival oft Values. Radio Station WCDJ is I OLD Kentucky Javern i * SEVEN YEARS OLD KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY 86 PROOF , ✓ Hi """ 1 11 111 86 PROOF RjX nsTiiiii i i»mn it ROME SKTUfMCS cuifMT, iniiiiii. ieiucii ‘ * V',' '* v , v >• 1 I "v ' * i '"jSjH Sit alio giving a generous aingjft of** public dty fp the event, so thatjjfltjcg aliens publicity conebrrfartj3sh»g ShojLln Patent,in Days, it is shajjiplrs by the hundreds will advantage of the many special of ferings being made to attract »new and old customers. Arrests In Edenton Total 79 In Marclf Chief of Police George I. Dail- re ports', that Edenton police made a of 79 arrests during March, of. which 73 were found guilty as charged. Miscellaneous traffic ar rests led the list at 21, followed.by 15 for having no town automobile license and 10 drunks. Os those arrested 55 were white males, three white females, 19 col ored males and two colored females. Fines amounted to $317.50 and costs $410.65, for a total of $728.15, of which $95 representing officers' fees \yps turned back to the town,, . Activities of the police during the month included 65 calls answer ed, five accidents investigated, 10 funerals worked, 24 ' street lights , reported out, 21 courtesies extend ed, 13 dpors found unlocked, 18 in vestigations made, two fire calls answered, and 566 citations issued. The police made 848 radio calls an#j were! on the air one hour, 10 minr utes and 40 seconds.