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CHOWAN COUNTY
V olume XXlV.—Number 16.
Final Plans Made For Third
Annual Fat Stock Show And
Sale Wednesday, April 24th
Affair Will Again Be
Held at American
Legion Grounds
Chowan County will hold its
third annual Fat Stock Show and
Sale at Edenton on Wednesday.
April 24, with a broad base of par
ticipation and support.
The Edenton Junior Chamber of
Commerce is sponsor of the affair,
which starts with judging at 10:00
A. M., on Wednesday at the Ameri
can Legion hut.
Caswell Edmundson, general
chairman, said several steers and
numerous hogs are entered. They
are animals grown by youngsters
of the 4-H and Future Farmers of
Continued on Pa (re S—Section 1
Warren J. Twiddy
Jaycee President
Officers Are Elected
At Meeting Thurs
day Night
Edenton Jaycees at their meeting
Thursday night elected officers for
the new year.
Warren Twiddy was elected
president to succeed Dick Dixon.
Mr. Twiddy has been a very out
standing Jaycee and was awarded
the club’s Key Man Award for
1956. ' ,
Other officers elected were: First
vice president, Leonard Small; sec
ond vice president, Caswell Ed
mondson; secretary, Gene Ward; i
treasurer, Lewis Leary. Bruce
Jones, Thomas Byrum and James
Band were elected members of tint
board of direct on* for two-year
terms arid Dr. Ed Bond, Dan
Reaves and West Byrum, Jr., were |
elected for one-year terms. Joe'
Conger, Jr., was elected as state di-1
rector.
The new officers will be official-1
ly installed at the first meeting of i
the Jaycees in May.
Back To Normal 1
The possibility of resuming nor
mal service at the post office with
in a matter of hours materialized
Tuesday, when President Eisen
howwer signed a 41-million dollar
appropriation bill for the Post Of
fice Department.
The only change from the service
before interrupted by Posmaster
general Summerfield will be that
windows will be open from 8:30
A. M„ to 5 P. M., instead of 8 A.
M., to 6 Pr M.
‘One Shot’ Ballot In
Chowan Outlawed
Votes Must Be Cast For as Many Positions as
There Are to Be Filled or Else Ballot
Will Be Thrown Out
According to a bill introduced in
the House of Representatives
Thursday of last week by Repre
sentative Albert Byrum, Chowan
County will outlaw “one-shot” vot
ing in future elections, including
the forthcoming Edenton election
Tuesday, May 7.
The bill known as HB-690, if
passed, and there, is no reason to
believe that it will not, amends sec
- tion 163-175 of the General Stat
utes which will include Ghowan
County among those counties which
do not allow “one-shot” ballots.
The bill was sent to the Elections
and Election Laws Committee and
: when passed will mean that in or
for votes to count they must
be cast for every position to be fill
ip ed. In other word*, ff more than
• two people are candidates for ope
office for which two-or more are to
, be elected, the voter must vote for
as manv candidates as there are
positions to be filled. For iusta—
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Open House At Teen-Age Club
I k.
The above picture was taken, at Saturday night’s observance
of “open house” at the Edenton Teen-Age Club in the Element
ary School. Teen-agers and parents enjoyed the evening which
was featured by refreshments served by members of the BPW
Club and Woman’s Club and drawing for gifts w.hich were do
nated by Edenton merchants.—(Evelyn Leary Photo).
Legionnaires Will
Hold District Meet
In Edenton April 23
Sunrise Service j
'
Plans, have been corn ppleted for
a sunrise Easter service on the
; Court House . Green at 6 o’clock
i Easter morning, April 21. The
I service is sponsored by the Tri
' County Ministerial Association, in
I cooperation with the Junior Cham
t ber of Commerce.
A feature of the service will be
selections by the recently organized |
Albemarle Chorus under the direc
tion of Richard Schulman, and it is
hoped a large crowd turns out for
the service.
LIONS CALL OFF MEETING
Edenton’s Lions Club will not
meet Monday night of next week,
the meeting being called off due to
the observance of Easter Monday.
OFFICES CLOSED MONDAY
All town and county offices will
be closed all day Easter Monday,
April 22. Important business
should, therefore, be transacted
accordingly.
for his ballot for that particular
office to be counted. Likewise for
the Board of Public Works, if there
are more than five candidates, a
voter must vote for five or else his
or her vote for that office will be
thrown opt.
The “ape-shot” voting practice
has been carried out primarily to
help a particular candidate. "Many
times in the past where there were
more candidates than offices to be
filled, a voter would vote for just
one of the candidates and in that
way tend to hold down the vote of
any of the other opponents for the
office.
The bill will in all probability be
come a law, and voters are warned
about the “one-shot” voting, for
| instead of helning a favorite candi
date, a vote will- be lost unless the
ballot is properly marked. So that
in the forthcoming elections vot
ers must vote for one Mayor, one
tr'S-'-r-r ,
one Councilman from each of the
four wards and five member. rs
[ tbs Snni oj public w oyiu.
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Edenton,o^B»^County^NorthCarolina,Thursday April 18, 1957.
Tim C. Craig, Depart
ment Commander,
Will Be Guest
B. C. Berry, district commander
of the American Legion has call- 1
ed for a district meeting to be held i
in the Ed Bond Post building Tues-j
day night, April 23. It will he a
dinner meeting, beginning at 7:30;
o’clock. The district includes posts
in Edenton, Hertford, Elizabeth
City and Gatesville.
A feature of the meeting will he
an address by Tim T. Craig of New
ton, State Commander of the North
Carolina Department of the Amer
ican Legion. He was elected to
head the more than 50,000-member
veterans’ organization at the con-;
vention held in Charlotte on June
9, 1956.
A World War II veteran, he has
been active in the American Legion
since being discharged from the
Army in December, 1945. He has \
held national American Legion com- 1
mittee appointments including,
membership and post activities, se- 1
curity training and law and order. I
Very active in church and com-,
munity affairs, he has been presi-
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
Plans Completed
For Music Festival
Program In Chowan
High School April
28 at 3 P. M.
Mrs. C. W. Overman, County
Music Chairman, has made further
announcements concerning the
Music ’Festival which will be held
at Chowan High School auditorium
on Sunday afternoon, April 28, at
3 j’clock. The event is being spon
sored by the Chowan County Home
Demonstration Clubs.
The Rev. B. L. Raines, pastor of
the Rocky Hock Baptist Church,
will give the invocation. The Rev.
Earl’ Richardson, pastor of the
Edenton Methodist Church, will
pronounce the benediction. The
congregational singing will be led'
by C. W. Overman, Farm Agent,
and Mrs. John Ross will serve as
pianist.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton Rotarians will meet this
(Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock
in the Parish House. The program
Kp jrx of I J>IV
McDonald and President George
Alma Bymmurges every Rotarian
■lies Vaccination
■pign Ordered
ifflng April-May
District Health Officer
Urges All Dogs
Vaccinated
The District Board of Health a
a meeting April 3, declared a va--
cination campaign against rabie
in April and May. All dog owners
are required by law to have thei
dog or dogs vaccinated against ra
bies during this period and to as
sist the rabies inspector in ad
ministering the vaccine, by re
straining the dog or dogs.
For Chowan County Dr. G. I
Gilchrist is the inspector.
“While we have had no rabie
reported in man or animals fo'
some .time,” says Dr. B. B. Me
Guire, district health officer, “tV
reason probably rests in the fact
that each year a vaccination cam
paign has been held. Have your
dogs vaccinated and protect you,
vour families and animals from ro
bres.”
Bloodmobile Again
Scheduled To Visit
Edenton May 6thi
i
Chairman Joe Swan
ner Aupeals For 110
Pint Quota
Joe Swanner, Chairman of the
Chowan County blood program,
calls attention to the next visit of
the Red Cross bloodmobile. which is
scheduled to appear at the Eden
ton armory Monday, May 6. The
quota for the county will be Ilf
pints and Mr. Swanner hopes
enough Chowan County people
both white and colored, will volun
teer to donate blood so that the
quota will be realized.
At the last visit the county fel'
short when 94 pints were donated.
Mr. Swanner points out the fact
that from January 1 to March 31
blood used at the Chowan Hospi
tal totaled 159 pints. This Wood
was free, the only charge being for
administering the blood.
“If each person was charged
for blood at the rate of $25 per
pint,” says Mr. Swanner, “it would
have cost $3,975. We are asked to
give only 110 pints every three
months and we don’t even do that
Even at this rate we use 49 pints
more at our local hospital for the
three months than we are asked to
give.”
Mr. Swanner points out that of
the 94 pints donated at the last
bloodmobile visit 42 pints were do
nated by Marines and 52 pints by
civilians.
Continued on Page 2—Section 1
Cancer Drive In
Full Swing During
Month Os April
Chowan County’s Quo
ta In Campaign Will
Be $1,600
Volunteers are still in action and
will be for the remainder of the
month of April for the American
Cancer Society’s 1957 educational
and fund-raising crusade. Nation
ally the organization is seeking
$30,000,000 this year for its three
front cancer control program of
medical and scientific research,
public and professional education,
and service to patients.
The quota for Chowan County is
$1,600. *
The number of deaths from can
cer is increasing despite the fact
that more lives also are being sav
ed than previously. It is impera
tive that more and more funds be
made available to combat man’s
cruelest enemy.
"T’v-re is no room for complacen
cy in this campaign to save lives ”
says Mrs. R. T. Harrell, Jr., chair
man. “If all of us do our best.
I’m sure w» will finish this inb
with a. record that this community
can be proud of.
“So let’s *fight cancer with •
chock-up and * chock V*
Chowan County Poster Winners
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Pictured above are three of the Chowan County winners in the
district conservation poster contest held in Elizabeth City Friday
of last week. At left is Carroll Tynch, son of Mr. and Mrs. Spur
geon Tynch, first prize winner; next is Jean Goodwin, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Willie P. Goodwin, a first prize winner, and Judy
Bunch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elton Bunch, who won a second
prize. The Edenton trio won three of the six prizes in |he district,
which includes Chowan, Camden. Pasquotank. Perquimans and Cur
rituck counties.—(Photo hv James Griffin).
Prize Winners In
Festival Os Values
Chosen Saturday
Legion Speaker
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TIM T. CRAIG !
Featuring the meeting of Ed
Bond Post No. 40, American Le
s
gion Tusday night, April 23, will
be Tim T. Craig of Newton, State
Commander of the North Carolina
Department of the American Le
gion. (
BAmT (XOSEIT MONDAY
The Bank of Edenton will be
closed all day Easter Monday,
April 22. Important banking busi
ness should, therefore, be transact
ed accordingly. |
SUNRISE SERVICE
The Rev. E. C. Alexander, pas
tor of the First Christian Church,
announces that a sunrise service j
will be held in the church on Eas-:
ter morning, April 21, at 6 o’clock.
The public is cordially invited. '
Edenton Given Publicity In
April Issue Os Ford Times ’
Editor's Note: A very interesting treatise on Edenton appears
in the April issue of “Ford Times.” Titled “North Carolina’s
Cradle of Liberty,” the article was written by Thelma Harrington
Bell, with attractive paintings of the Court House and Green, Cup
ola House, Booth House*, St. Paul’s Church and the Revolutionary
cannon on the waterfront by Corydon Bell. Permission has been
given The Herald by the Ford Motor Company to reprint the ar
ticle, which follows:
My flirtation with Edenton hasj
gone on since I first rambled its
streets on a rainy week-end.
That Edenton may claim to be
the goober capital of North Caro
lina and the second largest peanut
market in the world does not im
press me. And I am not interested
in its cotton yarn eminence or its
veneer plants oi its fish roe can
neries, nor by the fact that its
fields and streams abound with
■"iMc end fl ~h. P :i -'’oy'd e= It Is n"
famed Albemarle Sound and bord
ered by the Chowan River, one
would expect Edenton to lure
sportsmen and tourists. To me.
Edenton is Cupola House and old
St Paul’s Church, the Chowan
Court House and those remarkable
cannon that were brought from
I Merchants on Whole
1 Satisfied With Suc
cess of Event
i
The final drawing of prizes in j
connection with the observance of
i Edenton’s Spring Festival of Yal
| ues took place at 9 o’clock Satur
iday night in front of Mitchener’s}
Pharmacy. With the mercury (
standing, in the 40’s not so many j
peo|He braved the chilly weather
.to attend the drawing.
However, 18 prizes were award- j
•ed and those whose names were I
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Chowan’s Contestants Win
Three Os Six Prizes In District
Conservation Poster Contest
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[CIVIC CALENDAR!
Tim T. Craig of Newton, state
commander of the North Carolina
Department of the American Le
gion, will speak at a Legion dis
trict dinner meeting to be held in
the Ed Bond - Post home Tuesday
night, April 23, at 7:30 o’clock.
I Annual fatstock show, sponsored
by the Edenton Junior Chamber of
Commerce, is scheduled to be held
on the Legion grounds Wednesday.
April 24.
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. &
I A. M., w ill observe Past Masters’
; Night at its meeting tonight
1 Continued on Page 7—Section 1
j France. It is such survivals of the
old port’s past and its phantom ci
tizens, who mingle with the lei
surely traffic in King, Queen and
Oakum streets, that I cherish.
Earliest colonists came from
Jamestown in 1658, enticed by the
rich bottom lands o£ the Chowan
River. By 1710 the settlement was
an important borough, the virtual
bapital of the colony and the resi
dence of the governor, Charles
Eden. It was kr-o'-Ti vnWmisly as
the Port of Roanoke and Queen
Anne’s Towne. and. with the death
of Governor Eden in 1722, the town
was incorporated and received its
final name, Edenton.
Even though I know ’■iw that
tea was merely a symbol waved
like a red fog before the. eyes of
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina.
Candidates Lining
Up For Edenton’s
Election May 7th
120 Years Ago
| As Found In the Files of
( The Chowan Herald
Town Council was stunned when
Mayor E. W. Spires announced at
a meeting that, due to ill health,
he would not he a candidate for re
election.
County Agent X. K. Rowell an
nounced that two checks had ar
rived totaling $42,003.88 to be dis
tributed among 538 farmers for
participating in the 1936 conser
vation program.
Sheriff J. A. Bunch instituted a
series of illicit liquor raids in and
near Edenton.
The tea room in the Cupola
House was officially opened to play
ards and serve tea.
Continued on Page 7—Section 1
Teen-Agers Eniov
‘Open House’ Held
On Saturday Night
Drawing of Gifts Giv
en By Merchants
Highlight
Members of tile Teen-Age Clul
and their parents spent two hour.-
of enjoyment Saturday night when
the board of directors held its an
liual “Open House” in the clnb
room at the Elementary School
The room was attractively decorat
ed with a profusion of flowers as
well as an abundant of colored bal
loons and colored lights.
The highlight of the evening was
a drawing for gifts. Tickets were
distributed to each boy and girl at
Continued on Page 3. flection 1
Jean Goodwin, Carroll
Tynch and Judy
Bunch Win
l Conservation posters from Cho
i wan County and Edenton schools
| won three of the six possible places
in the fourth annual poster contest
| held in Elizabeth City Friday, April
I 12. Thirty conservation posters
from the five counties (Chowan.
I Perquimans, Pasquotank, Camden
j and Currituck) that compile the Al
jbemarle Soil Conservation District,
were judged. These posters had to
i be placed first or second in their
; respective county contest before
| Continued on Page 3. Section 1
| freedom-desiring American colon
: ists, I have great admiration for
those ladies, fifty-one of them, who
| gathered on October 25. 1774, at
Mrs. Elizabeth King’s home, with
Mrs. Penelope Barker presiding, to
I endorse the resolutions of the First
| Provincial Congress against drink
ing tea and trading with England.
In contrast to the affair in Bos
| ton, Edenton’s tea party was a real
! social at which Mistress Barker
1 patriotically poured, not tea, but a
brew of dried raspberry leaves.
The china sendee* used that day is
on exhibition in the museum at
Cupola House. The site of the
meeting at Mrs. King’s house on
Edenton Green is marked by a
large bronze replica of the famous
teapot, mounted on a Revolutionary
cannon.
Captain Wi’liem Rn-itz was mas
ter of the good ship The Holy
Heart of Jesus when it sailed from
Marseilles with forty-flvg Swi*
cannon on board. Th«- °rder for!
| the cannon was entirely shipshape,!
1 Continued on Page 8, Section I 1
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HELP CRIPPLED
CHILDREN ...BUY
EASTER SEALS!
Entire Present Coun
cil Have Filed For
Re-election
i
j The past week brought forth a
I crop of candidates for office in
| Edenton’s Municipal Election which
j is scheduled to be held Tuesday,
| May 7. Up to Wednesday morn
j. big every member of the present
Town Council had filed for re-elec
tion, but not a single candidate fil
ed for the five-member Board of
Public Works. Due to his health,
it is problematical if Dr. J. A.
Powell wiil seek re-election and an
other vacancy will occur due to the
appointment of W. J. Yates as Fire
Chief. Xo commitments have been
made by the other three members
h’ the Board. A. B. Harless. Philip
Mc.Mullan and Thomas Byrum.
James Bond filed his candidacy
ate last .'week for re-election as
t reasurer. Mr. Bond was appoint
ed to serve the unexpired term of
'lie late W. H. Gardner. He as
sumed the duties of Treasurer in
November, 1956. At present he is
treasurer of the following organi
■ zations: Town of Edenton. Eden
ton Graded Schools, Chowan Hos
pital, Edenton Cotillion Club, Cho
wan County Unit of the American
Cancer Society and St. Paul’s
Church School.
As of Wednesday when The Her
ald went to press only Mayor Ke
hayes and Graham Byrum, veteran
Second Ward Councilman, had any
ipposit ion.
Mayor Kehayes and Leroy. Has-:
(Continued on Page s—Section 1)
Miss Lula Williams
Lions Club Speaker
Speaks on Past, Pres
ent and Future of
Edenton Band
Miss I.ula Williams. Edenton
High School Rand director, spoke
Monday night to the Edenton
Lions, being presented by Jim Par
tin, who was in charge of the pro
gram. During the talk, the past
was recalled; the present discussed
and an optimistic future was pre
dicted.
Speaking of the past, it was re
called that two years ago members
of an 18-piece band were asked at
the director’s first rehearsal,
“where is the rest of the band?”
The band, in addition to needing
j personnel, needed new uniforms,
j and considerable instrument re
' pair. There was, however, a con
siderable interest in the band on
the part of the director, the com
munity and the school. Both the
students and the director particu
larly wanted a football hand. "Such
i interest on the part of the com
munity is about all it takes to get
a good band started,” stated Miss
Williams.
(Continued on Page B—Section I)
Masons Will Observe
Past Masters’ Night
Unanimity Lodge No. 7. A. F. &
A. M. will meet tonight (Thursday)
at 8 o’clock, when the lodge will
observe Past Masters’ Night. At
that time past masters, according
to seniority, will fill the various
stations and places and a past
master’s jewel will be presented to
Ernest P. Kehayes, the immediate
past master.
William Adams, master of the
lodge, urges a full attendance.
j 3-Manßace j
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Aside from the race for Mayor,
up to Wednesday morning only one
other contest developed for offices
in the forthcoming Edenton election
on Tue«d»*- May 7.
In the Second Ward Graham M.
Bvrum, incumbent, and Larrv
Dowd and Raleigh B. Hollowed
have filed as candidates making a
three-man rate. Mr. Dowd an
j noticed Monday of this week and
I Mr. Hollowed on Wednesday menu
to*.