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I ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN CHOWAN COUNTY Volume XXlV.—Number IT. Edenton Woman’s Club Wl Stage Annual Flower Show At Penelope Barker House Outstanding Event Is Scheduled to Be Held , Tuesday, April 30 “Springtime in the Albemarle” is the theme of the annual flower show of the Home and Garden De partment of the Edenton Woman’s Club. The show will be held at the Penelope Barker House Tuesday, April 30. A cordial invitation is extended to all residents of Eden ton and Chowan County to attend this exhibition. All horticulturists and flower-lovers are asked to bring both specimens and arrange ments to the show which is to be judged by a group of certified flow er show judges from Virginia. In order that all entries might be shown to the greatest advantage the following rules and classifica tions should be studied, and in structions followed so far as is possible: 1. Competitions are open to resi dents of Edenton and Chowan County. 2. All exhibits are to be enterejd in owner’s name on blanks fumish .ed for this purpose. 3. Exhibits shall be received be tween 8:00 and 11:00 A. M., on .April 30th. 4. All exhibits must be removed by 10,00 P. M., April 30th. 5. The committee will take re sponsible precautions for the safe ty of the property of the exhibitor, but will not be responsible in case of loss or damage. 6. When judging" is being done only judjrcg and proper officers will be allowed in the show rooms. 7. Prises will be as follows: First prize, blue ribbon; second prize, red ribbon; third prize, yellow ribbon. I (Continued Hit Page s—Section 1) < Dr. Edward G. Bond Speaks On Mental Health At BPW dub Interesting Meeting of Club Held Thurs day Night An interesting talk on “Mental Health” by Dr. Edward Bond fea tured the monthly dinner meeting of the Edenton BPW Club held , Thursday night of last week in the Barker Community House. Mrs. ! Margaret Phthisic, president, pre sided and the meeting operled witfTi a blessing by Mrs. Mattie Halsey. \ Dr. Bohd centered his talk on the 1 two phases of mental illness which he named as psychological disor ders and organism disorders. He cited the factors causing mental . illness and explained the reaction j of normal and abnormal behavior, j “It is hard to pin down any single i cause for mental disorder,” he de- | dared, adding that “the keynote should be the prevention of mental j illness.” To stress his points, Dr. i Bohd referred several times to the y film which dealt with the psycho logical aspect of his subject. He termed organism disorder as be ing created from such things as Continued on Page s—Section 1 Methodist Men’s Club Will Meet Tonight The Methodist Men’s Club will meet at the church tonight (Thurs day) at 6:30 o'clock. A feature of the meeting will be an address by Captain Presson, who will discuss ’the work of Hie Wesley Founda- ‘ tion. > | • The Wesley Foundation carries on work with Methodist students on campuses of state-supported and universities. While a . horns, Captain Presson wag presi • dent of the Wesley Foundation. Since the local Methodist church supports this program in small measure, Captain Presson’« talk ‘ THE CHOWAN HERALD 1 Frank M. Holmes Announces Candidacy For Councilman [Tag Day Saturday] In order to stimulate contribu tions m the current cancer drive for funds, Mrs. Rodney Harrell, Jr., chairman of the Chowan Coun ty, drive, announces that Tag Day will be observed Saturday, April 27th. From 10 A. M., to 6 P. M„ 10 students of the Edenton Junior- Senior High School will be on the streets selling tags and it is hoped everybody will buy a tag to help boost contributions. ‘taffcylnsf Win Be Presented Tonight At School; Evening of Outstand- ( ing Entertainment Is In Prospect Tonight (Thursday) at 8 the Edenton Woman’s Club will! present “Gramercy Ghost,” a two act comedy, in the Edenton Ele mentary School auditorium. The, play is directed by Mrs. Jane' Holmes, with the following includ- ’ ed in the cast: | Mary Shep Burton, Ruth Phillips, AJ Vargo, Kathryn Goodwin, Dick Schunian, Bill Cozarf," Bill Harry,-. < Rodney Harrell, -jack Habit, Cbr- I inne Thorud, Bfetty Ward, Glee I Moore and Jane Holmes. I 1 On the technical staff are Marion James, Mary Ester George, Glee Moore, Imogene Byrum, Edna Reaves, Lena HarreH, Frances Wil- I kins, Mary Hopkins-, Nick George, I Cecil Fry, Luther Parks, Catherine Atkins, Stagecraft Club, Molly i Wisely, Peggy Holmes, Kit Fore hand and Carrie Earnhardt. Regular rehearsals have been held and advance reports are to the effect that the play will be ex pertly executed and highly enter taining. l2oYearsAgo j As Found In the Files of ; I The Chowan Herald l ! * With Mayor E. W. Spires de clining to seek re-election as May or of Edenton, J. H. McMullan an nounced his candidacy, a position he filled 30 years before, i Beil Battery Chapter, of the ! United Daughters of the Confeder ! acy, of which Mrs. George P. By- I rum was president, was host to 'a meeting of the 14th district at Ho i tel Joseph Hewes. | Radio stars Franklyn Browne Kay Lavelle appeared in person at j Continued on Pago 1 I UU UTJUgJTJTJTjXri_ Fashion Show Is Feature Os PTA Meet Held Last Week 31 Home Ec Girls Mo del Dresses They Have Made The Edenton Parent-Teacher As sociation at its meeting last week . enjoyed a fashion show which was j presented by girls of the Home Ec nomics Department of the Edenton Junior-Senior High School under the supervision of the instructor, Miss Jean Mobley. I The following girls modeled I dresses which they made: Patricia Waff, Norma Blanchard, Charlotte Burgess, Judy McLaughlin, Joyce ' Pond, Judy- Adams. Linda Spivey, ' Jimmy Cossens, Donna Mitchell, I Kay Lowe, Dolly Wright, Alice Wil . Hams, Lois Toler, Pa~e Cayton, North Carolina^Thursday April 25,1957. «• Will Oppose Incumb ent J. Clarence Leary In First Ward Race Another contest in the forthcom ing municipal election on Tuesday, May 7, developed early this week when Frank M. Holmes announced he will be a candidate for Council man for the First Ward. He will oppose J. Clarence Leary, incum bent, who has filled the position since 1941. In announcing bis Candidacy Mr. Holmes said he decided to seek the office only after seriously consid ering the close vote in the 1955 election, when he trailed Mr. Leary by 34 votes. Another deciding fac tor in deciding to make the run, he said, was that quite a few vot ers in the First Ward had ap proached him and urged him to again make a bid for the position. | ■ ■ ■ ■■ ■■■ May Day Festival : Sponsored By PTA . ScheduledMaylst I Parade Being Planned j Preceding Activities At Teen-Age Club | Plans have about been completed for a May Day Festival sponsored ; by the Edenton Parent-Teacher As sociation, scheduled to be held in ! the Teen-Age Clpbepom Wednqs , day, May 1, beginning at 3:30 o’clock. The affair is' designated Family Day, it being hoped that many parents as well as teen-agers will attend. To start off the event a parade is scheduled to be held "before the activities at the Teen-Age Club. Os course the parade will be headed by ■ the Junior-Senior High School! Band arid another feature will be| the new Junipf Band, making its I first public appearance. At the festival amusements and entertainment will he provided for all ages, a feature being pony rides j and a magic show. Cakes, candy, sandwiches and drinks will be sold, the principal idea behind the May Festival being to help raise funds for the PTA. The festival is scheduled to last until about 7:30 1 o’clock and a large crowd is urged. Those in charge of the pflair are Mrs. Bomqnie White, finance chair man, Mrs. Kate Whitten and Mrs. Jane Holmes. A small charge will be made for the pony rides and a photographer will be on hand to| take pictures of the youngsters i who ride the ponies. WOMAN’S CLUB MEETS The Edenton Woman’s Club will meet Wednesday afternoon at 1' o’clock in the Parish House. Mrs. 1 iT. C. Cross, Jr., president, urges a I full attendance. Spruill, Betsy Ross, Grace White-' man, Maude Lee Corprew, Jane DuLaney, Lorean Wright, Sheila Lanning, Wanda Singletary and Evelyn Ward. - Yvonne Williams and Mary Pearl Harrell served as commentators. Mrs. John J. Ross, president, pre sided over the meeting which was opened with the presentation of the U. S. flag by a group of Edenton Brownies, followed by devotional by Mrs. R. T. Whitten. •' Following the program a brief business session was held- An nouncement . was made that the May Day Festival will be held Wednesday aft-moon. May 1. at the Teen-Age Club. Mrs. Horace White is in charge of arrangements and everyone is urged to attend. The attendance award was won ,by Cecil Fry's home room. Mrs.. | Haywood Bund) and Mrs. Paulj I : : I ■ Uemmstratioa • ; Week # APRIL 26 • MAY 4,1067 * *••••->*••««•••••••••••* Pictures and stories about National Home Demonstration Week will be found on pages 1, 2 and 4 in- Section Two of this issue of The Herald. Attention Is Again Called To One Shot Voting In Edenton Votes Must Be Cast For All Offices to j Be Filled With a municipal election scheduled to be held Tuesday, May 7, attention is again called | to a new law regarding voting, | The law affects what is termed “one-shot” voting by which a voter casts a ballot for less than the number of offices to be filled. Heretofore when more than two candidates appeared on a ballot for which two or more offices were to be filled some voters would cast a ballot for only one of the candidates, a scheme for -giving somewhat of an advantage of a particular candidate over another. New, however,-according to *_ bill introduced by Representa tive Albert Byrum in the Gen eral Assembly and subsequent ly passed into law, a voter must cast a ballot for as many candidates as there are offices Rev. Edward Wellsj Speaker At Legion! Dies At Home After Meeting Points Out Siege Os HI Health Work Os Programs Served as Pastor of Baptist Church For 35 Years The Rev. Edward Lee Wells, 80, retired pastor of the Eden ton Bap tist Church, died at his home on West Queen Street at 2:30 o’clock Saturday afternoon. He had been in failing health for several years. A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Mr. Wells came to Edenton 46 years ago as pastor of the Baptist Church and served in that capacity for 35 years. He retired 11 years ago this month, due to failing health and was succeeded by the present pastor, the Rev. R. N. Car roll. Surviving are three sons, Ed ward L. Wells, Jr., and William H. Wells, both of Edenton, and Paul A. Wells of Rocky Mount; two daughters, Mrs. Alma M. Spears of Winston-Salem and Miss Helen Wells of Raleigh, and eight grand children. He was a member of the Edenton Baptist Church and Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M. Funeral services were held at the graveside in Beaver Hill Ceme tery Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Th Rev. R. N. Carroll, pastor of the Edenton Baptist Church, offi ciated. Music Festival At Chowan High Sunday The public is cordially invited to join in singing the old favorite hymns at the Chowan High School audi*~t on April 28 at 3 o’clock. The Home Demonstration Clubs and churches in the county are combining efforts to present the Music Festival *hieh will feature only religious music. Those who are participating on ,*he program are asked to he at the '.shoot by 2:10 KM. _ n to fill or else no candidate for that particular office will be credited with a vote. In previous elections (he “one-shot” ballot worked to the advantage of a particular can didate hut now it will count against a candidate unless the voter casts a ballot for as many candidates as there are offices to be filled. For instance in the race for Councilmen-at-large, for which there are two to be elected, a voter must, in order to have his vote counted, vote for two. If a cross mark appears for only one candidate the ballot will be thrown out and not counted. The same is true for members of the Board of Public Works, for which five are to be elect ed. If more than five names appear on the ballot a voter VUt vote for five in order to be counted. Care in voting is urged so that every ballot cast by vot ers will be counted and thus their favorite candidates given credit for their votes. Officers For District Elected Tuesday Night ’ Legionnaires of the First Dis trict held a district conference in the Edward G. Bond Post home Tuesday night, at which tinv‘ Tim T. Craig of Newton, Department ' Commander was the principal | 1 speaker. ‘ Bill Perry, Commander of Ed j l Bond Post, presided over the meet l ing and after the opening cere- mony turned the meeting over to B. C. Berry of Hertford, District Com j mander. During this portion of the! meeting the principal item of busi-! ; ness transacted included election of i 1 officers for the district. Wallace j |F. (Mickey) Thompson of Eliza-i I beth City was unanimously elected ' district commander; W. J. Yates, vice commander and B. C. Berry as delegate to the National American j Legion Convention which will be' 1 held in Atlantic City. Robert L. Pratt was elected alternate. Continued on Page 4, Section 1 'Veterans Os Korea Have Limited Time For GI Training Bill % J. L. Wigins, Chowan County Veterans Service Officer, reminds all Korea veterans recently releas ed from service who plan to take advantage of' the Korean GI Bill education and training program should remember they MUST begin such training within three (3) years from date of their separa tion. For further information and as sistance veterans should contact l Mr. Wiggins at his office, 303 N. Granville Street. Edenton, or Step-1 hen H. Afford, District Servjeo -Of- ’ |ficer, North Carolina Veterans J | Commission, 206 Kramer Building, f ElisAbeth City. • ► i Plans In Making For Mass X-Ray In District This Fall Remarkable Progress Shown In Eradicat ing Tuberculosis i Dr. William A. Smith director of; tuberculosis control, State Board 1 of Health, met with a group of ci-i tizens from Chowan, Perquimans; and Pasquotank counties April 19 j to make preliminary plans for the i mass X-ray survey this fall. The second preliminary conference will be held in August. In 1949 the first mass X-ray sur-! vey made 19,582 films: the second | in 1954 made only 14,898. It is hoped that 20,000 to 25,000 will take this opportunity tp have films.! Surveys show that five per cent of the people will show some path ology—enlarged heart, thickened pleura, pneumonitis, scars, etc. One i in about 1,000 will have definite evidence of active tuberculosis. One in 7,000 to 8,000 will show signs of lung tumors. In 1918, with little more than half the present population, 3.412 I North Carolinians died of tu.lie.rcu | losls. In 1950 only 201 died of tu berculosis. This shows remarkable progress toward eradication of tu berculosis which is the ultimate goal of the health authorities for this district. First Degree Tonight At Masonic Meeting William Adams, master of Una-: | nimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M., I announces that an emergent com munication of the lodge will he held tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. The purpose of the meeting is to ' confer the first degree, so that a full attendance is desired. 1 Region Baptist Brotherhood Will Hold Annual Meeting In Edenton Armory April 27th Married 57 Years! Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Crears on Tuesday of this week observed their 57th year of married life. The couple observed the day quiet ly at their home in Albemarle Court. Mr. and Mrs. Chears were unit ed in marriage in Grace Episcopal Church in Plymouth, April 23, 1900. It was an early tnornrng ceremony in order for the newlyweds to catch a train to go to Asheville on their honeymoon. MUSIC RECITAL MAY 3 Mrs. C. B. Mooney announces that the annual spring recital of her piano pupils will he presented Friday night, May 3. The recital will take place in the Elementary School auditorium, beginning at 8 o’clock. The public is cordially invited to attend. Three Contests Develop In Edenton *s Election May 7th Opposition For Mayor And Two Seats as Councilmen With only one more day remain-) ing for candidates to file for office | in the Edenton Municipal election scheduled to be held Tuesday, May 7, up to Wednesday morning three , contests had developed. The final day to file as a candidate is Fri day, April 26. The three contests include the Mayoralty race and the office of Councilman hi the First and Sec ond Wards. Interest centers around the race for Mayor in which Ernest P. Ke j hayes, incumbent, is opposed by j Leroy H. Haskett, whom Mr. Ke | hayes defeated by 124 votes in the 1 ’ 1955 election. Both candidates arei : hard at woric anglihg for votes and each one is reasonably optimistic that he will win the election. 1 1 • $2.00 Per Year In North Carolina. Lions V ariety Show Is Scheduled To Be Staged On May 17 Public Hearing v j i Attention is called to a public i hearing to consider a proposed zon ing plan for the area recently an nexed to the Town of Edenton. The meeting has been called by the Edenton Zoning Commission and will be held at the Chowan County Court House Monday night. ! May 13, at 8 o’clock, j All interested persons are espe cially urged to attend this meet ing. j CIVIC CALENDAR i 4 ~ Edenton Woman's Club w ill pre sent a two-act comedy. “Gramcrcv Ghost” tonight (Thursday) in the Elementary School auditorium at 8 o’clock. Chowan County Home Demon stration Club will sponsor a music festival Sunday afternoon. April 28 I at 3 o’clock in the Chowan High I School auditorium. Edenton Woman’s Club annual flower show will be held in the Pe nelope Barker house Tuesday. April 30th. Chowan County’s Home Demon stration Clubs will join 05.920 North Carolina women in cele brating National Home Demonstra tion Week April 28 through May 4. Region One of the North Caro- j lina Baptist Brotherhood will hold; its annual convention in the Eden- 1 , ton armory Monday night. April t 29. at 7 o’clock. “Grand Ole Opera” will he pre-1 seated Friday night. May 1(1, at 8 1 Continued on Page 3—Section 1 Barbecue Sunper Will Be Served at 7 O’clock Region One of the North Caro lina Baptist Brotherhood will hold I its annual convention in the Eden- 1 ton armory Monday night, April |29 at 7 o’clock. Charlie M. Smith, Region I president of Elizabeth I City will preside. The West Cho-I •' . | I wan and Chowan Association are in , j Region One. A barbecue supper will he serv ! ed at 7 o’clock while the program i will begin at 7:50. Guests who will speak briefly, | include Horace Easom, State Secre tary, Baptist Brotherhood: B. W. Jackson, State R. A. Secretary: Sylvester Green, vice president of I Wake Forest College, and Claude j Caddy, chairman of Christian Edu-; I cation. Dr. M. A. Huggins. Executive Secretary of the N. C. Baptist Con vention, will deliver a short address 1 Continued on Page it —Section 1 One of the other contests which . is claiming a considerable amount | of interest is in the Second Ward] where Larry Dowd and Raleigh R. Hollowell are opposing Graham By rum, the oldest Town Councilman on the Board in point of service. Mr. Dowd was the first to an nounce his candidacy and Wednes day of last week Mr. Hollowell de cided to throw his hat in the ring. The latest contest developed on Tuesday of this week when Frank M. Holmes announced he will op pose J. Clarence Leary as Council man from, the First Ward. Mr. Holmes opposed Mr. Leary in the 1955 election and trailed him by 34 votes. Up to Wednesday James Bond had no opposition as a candidate for Town Treasurer. The same sit uation prevailed in the Third and Fourth Werds, where John Mitch ener and Luther Parks respectively HELP CRIPPLED CHILDREN . . . BUY EASTER SEALS! $ Talent Auditioned at Radio Station WCDJ April 30th Plans are now going forward for staging the Edenton Lions Club’s annual Variety Show, which is scheduled to he held Friday night, May 17, at 8 o’clock in the Edenton Elementary School auditorium. As in past years, the show is sponsor ed for the benefit of blind work by the Edenton Lions. Auditions for the show will be held Tuesday night, April 30, at 7:30 o’clock in the studio of radio I station WCDJ. All talent in the Albemarle area having a desire to appear in the show is requested to be present for the audition. It has been announced that talent for the | show will be programmed that night. The show in previous years has j always attracted a capacity house I and this year’s affair is expected | not to he an exception. Masons Honor Past Masters At Meeting On Thursday Night Old-Timers Reminisce About Their Past Experiences | Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M., observed past master’s night/ at their meeting Thursday night, ;it which time past masters present, according to seniority, filled tAe various stations and places, i The past masters who served ns ' officers for the meeting were: H. A. Campen. master: E. W. Spires, senior warden; J. Edwin Rufflap, junior warden: .1. A. Curran, treas urer; W. M. Wilkins, secretary: J'. R. Byrum, senior deacon; W. J. Daniels, junior deacon: T. B. Willi ■ fin'd, senior steward; C. B. Mooney, ! junior steward: W. A. Harrell. | chaplain; W. M, Rhoades, marshall; : C. W. Overman, tiler. During the meeting various past 1 masters recalled interesting anec dotes (luring their term of office and special tribute was given to H. A. Campen and E. W. Spires for Continued on Page 3—-Section 1 I • ! Major Kin# Speaker At Rotary Meeting Edenton Rotarinns were treated to a very enjoyable program at last week’s meeting when Major Bill King was the speaker. He was introduced by Lt. Col. Jay MacDonald. Major King, a Conner Marine : Corps recruiting officer, fold about some of his experiences, weaving into his remarks a generous amount of humor which kept the Rotarians I in a happy frame of mind. I had no opposition as Councilmen. | George Alma Byrum and J. Ed ] win Bufflap, candidates for re-elec j tion as Couneilmen-at-large, had no ] opposition up to Wednesday mom i ing when The Herald went to press. Unless some announcements are j made very shortly, it appears that ! the office of members of the Board !of Public Works will go abegging. Up to Wednesday only three mem bers of this five-man board have announced their candidacy for re election. These were A. B. Harless, Philip McMullan and Thomas Bv rum. DC. J. A. Powell, incumbent, has not filed due to his health and W. J. Yates will not seek the of fsince b"’""' rrmninted Pi-O Chief of Edenton. Rumors have , been going the rounds that some : other candidates will file for the Bosml of Public Works, hut no an nouncements were made by. the time The Herald went to presa Wednesday.