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Edenton’s Official
Family Takes Oath
Os Office Tuesday
Meeting Called Mon
day Night to Con
sider Zoning
With Town Council opening its
May meeting with prayer by Town
Clerk Ernest J. Ward, Jr., Tuesday
night, the first business transact
ed was payment of the April bills,
the last official act of the Town
Fathers who were elected two years
ago.
With this business out of the way
Town Clerk Ernest J. Ward. Jr.,
administered the oath of office t)
the successful candidates in the
municipal election held Tuesday of
last week.
Few changes were made in the
official family for the next two
years, which includes:
Mayor—Ernest P. Kehayes.
, Treasurer—James Bond.
Councilmen-at-Large— J. Edwin
Bufflap and George Alma Byrum.
First Wal'd Councilman—J. Cla
rence Leary.
Second Ward Councilman Ra
leigh B. Hollowell.
Third Ward Councilman John
A. Mitchener, Jr.
Fourth Ward Councilman Lu
ther C. Parks,
Board of Public Works Philin
MdMullan, Thomas Bvrum, A. B.
Harless, Walter M. Wilkins and
Sidney Campen.'
Before the meeting adjourned
Town Council perfected its organi
zation, which is almost the same
as it was during the last admini
stration. J. Clarence Leary was
appointed Mayor pro tern. The
Finance Committee includes J. Cla
rence Leary and John Mitchener.
Luther C. Parks was appointed
Packs and Playground Commissipn
er. succeeding Graham Byrum. J.
Edwin Bufflap was appointed
Street Commissioner. Georgr' L
Dail was again named Chief al Po
lice and W. J. Yates, Fire Chief
and Harbor Master. Skinner White
was appointed Assistant Fire
Chief; W. E. Mills, building inspec
tor; William S. Privott, Town At
torney; Ernest J. Ward, Jr., Town
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Grand Opening Os
Stokes’Sunoco
Service May 17-18
41 Free Prizes Will Be
Awarded During
Two Days
Although open for business for
several weeks, Harold Stokes will
observfe grand opening of his new
Sunocb Service Station on the
northeast comer of Broad and
Gale Streets Friday and Saturday,
May L’7 and 18.
As !an incentive for friends to
visit his station during the two
days, 41 free prizes will be award
ed. These include a 14-inch port
able television set, ten prizes of
10 ga lions Premium Blue Sunoco
gasoline, 10 five-quart oil changes
and 2(8 A-Z lubricants. Free candy
and bajlloons will be given to chil
dren, /and free dimks will also be
distrit iuted.
In connection' with the grand
openir g Mr. "Stokes has arranged
a gif antic sale of tires ’which
shouk I attract automobile owners
in n« *1 of tires.
Eas tern Star Chapter
\Wil I Celebrate Fourth
Birdhday On May 20th
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Edetnton Chapter No. 802, Order
Os 4h«l Jpastem Star, will celebrate
its fPfifth birthday at its regular
t Monday night, May 20, at
P 8 o’clock. Mrs. Margaret Stanton,
\ matron, announces that an
I interesting and appropriate pro
gr«tt( is being arranged and she
\ fcop4W member of the ch.p
--* terwMl be present. 0
District deputies ape expected to
THE CHOWAN HERALD
I Poppy Day j
IS. . r\
j Saturday, May 25, Poppy Day
; will be observed in Edenton, when
i | everyone in Edenton will be asked
'! to wear a poppy in memory of
those who gave their lives to pro
, | tect free America against the
threat of twentieth century tyran
i i ny which three times have made
j war on freedom.
Wearing a poppy is the individ- j
ual way of showing remembrance, j
honor and gratitude for those who
died, standing between America and
the enemies. It is the way to give
them a personal salute.
PTAWfirMeet
Tuesday Night
Slides of Europe and
Installation of Offic- |
ers Features
Edenton’s Parent-Teacher Asso- j
ciatipn will meet Tuesday night, I
May 21, at 8 o’clock in the Edenton
Elementary School auditorium. A
feature of the meeting will be the
showing of a number of pictures
taken in Europe by Lieut. H. G.
Gillis, who will comment upon the
various slides.
New officers for the year will
also be installed at the meeting,
and these will include the follow
ing:
President, Joe Conger, Jr.; vice
president, Charles Wood, Jr.; sec
retary, Miss Frances Marsh burp;
. treasurer, Mrs. .Leon Leary.
The flag will be presented by a j
group of Cub Scouts.
Mrs. John Ross, retiring presi
dent, urges nil PTA members to
attend the meeting.
My Number At
Hearing On Zoning
Interested Parties Ad
vance Various Sug
gestions
That there is considerable inter
' est in the zoningjof the newly an
nexed area Edenton was re
flected in the goodly number at
tending the public hearing concern-
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Baptist Women’s Missionary
Union Os Chowan To Meet In
Local Baptist Church May 23
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Class Postponed]
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Due to the Lions Club’s Variety
Show Friday night, the first aid
class, sponsored by the Business
and Professional Women’s Club,
will not be held this week. How
ever, the class will be resumed Fri
day night of next week, May 24,
when the subject will be "Injuries
Due To Heat Or Cold.” The 12-
week course will continue through
June.
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Edenton’s first collective visual
representation of what home com
forts were Uke here 156 or 200
years ago was afforded the public
in an exhibition of antiques and
historic relics and momenta* at
the Cupola House. The exhibition
was sponsored by the Garden Club
to help raise money to paint, re
decorate and regaaden the Cupola
House property.
Nineteen graduates at Chowan
County, North Carolina, Thursday May 16,1957.
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Pictured above at right is HMC Carroll Boyce of Edtiuon receiving a Letter of Commendation
from Captain A. H. Willis, commanding officer of the U. S. Naval Air Facility at Elizabeth City.
The commendation was in recognition of his outstanding loyalty and service in saving the life of
J. M. Boyette from drowning in August, 1956, at Avalon Beach, North Carolina.
St. Ann’s Catholic
Church Observing
100th Anniversary
Series of Events Plan
ned In Connection j’
With Event
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one hundredth anniversary of the!
j ground-breaking for St. Ann’s!
! Church on North Broad Street. ,
The parishners have planned a|
series of events to commemorate
the day and to. inaugurate a year- j
long celebration of the various j
events connected with the erection
of the church, now a century old.
At 5 o’clock on Thursday even
ting Solemn Benediction of the
!’Blessed Sacrament will be given by
the Right Rev. Monsignor Charles
J. Gable, V.F., pastor of St. Peter’s
Church, Greenville, N. C., and dean
of the Rocky Mount deanery of the
Diocese of Raleigh. Monsignor
Gable will be assisted by the visit
ing priests of the deanery, within
whose jurisdiction lies St. Ann’s
Parish.
Following the Benediction, a par
ish picnic will be held on the |
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Very Interesting Pro
: gram Arranged For
Two Sessions
The Baptist Women’s Missionary
Union of Chowan County will meet
in the Edenton Baptist Church
Thursday, May'23, with the meet
ing scheduled to begin at 10 A. M.
The theme of the meeting will he
“Our Task,” and a very interesting
and uplifting program has been
arranged.
The morning program will be
opened with a prayer by Mrs. E. L.
IBelch, after which Mrs. Haywood
Bunch will welcome those present
and the response will be made by
Mrs. D. H. Berryman. The devo
tional will be in charge of Mrs. A.
D. Ward, Sr., followed with spe-j
cial music by Mrs. Ruth Phillips. I
Those taking part in the dis
cussion of the theme of the meet
ing include: Mission Study by
Miss Margaret Harrell; steward
ship, Mrs. G. W. Smith; commum-1
ty missions, Mrs. W. A. Harrell;
literature, Mrs. B. P. Monds; Cho
wan College scholarship, Mrs.'C. T-
Doughtie. The Rev. R. E. Gordon
will speak on “Our Task As "Seen
In the Philippines.”
. The morning session will close
with a prayer by the Rev. R. N.
I Carroll, puator of the church.
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New Fire Chief 1
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W.JORDAN YATES J
Recently appointed Edenton’s,
| Fire Chief, W. Jordan Yates sue-1
ceeds the late Robert K. Hall as
' head of Edenton’s Fire Depart- j
ment.
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Albemarle Chorus
Meets Monday Night
The Albemarle Chorus will meet I
Monday night, May 20, at 8 o’clock
at the home of Oscar Duncan on j
West Queen Street. Dick*Sehu j
man is director, and all members ]
are especially urged to be pres ]
ent.
Elizabeth City Is Planning To
Present Edenton Bell Painting
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Local Committee Chooses Cupola House From |
Six Pictures Appearing In April
Issue of Ford Times
By EUGENE HURDLE
“ . . . a token representing the
good feeling we . . . of Elisabeth
City have for Edenton and for ali
of our neighbors in the Albemarle’’
prompted outgoing Mayor L. S
Blades, Jr., of Elizabeth City, to
check Fold Times publication in
Dearborn, Mich., with reference to
securing a watercolor painting
which recently appeared in that
monthly magazine with thejjur
pose of presenting it to the Town
of Edenton.
In the April, 1957, issue of the
magazine, published monthly by
the. Ford Motor Company at Dear
born, a six-page story appeared en
titled: EDENTON—North Caro
lina’s Cradle of Liberty. The
story waa by Thelma Harrington
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Medlin Belch New
President Os lions
Club Elects Officers
At Meeting Mon
day Night
lAt is regular Monday night.
meeting, Edenton Lions Club used
1 its unique system of electing new
officers by balloting on the entire
membership without nominations
: | Medlin Belch, popular sales man
' was elected president on the first
, ballot. Belch replaces Ernest Ward.
Jr. J. R. DuLaney was elected
first vice president, and Dr. A!
Stanton was elected second vice:
president. T. B. Williford was
elected third vice president and j
James Griffin, tail twister, both in
run-off balloting. Joe Thorud was .
elected Lion Tamer.
Two directors were elected, Cecil !
I Fry and Jesse Harrell. W. J. Tav
| lor, secretary-treasurer, Earl Har- 1
rell, pianist and J. Clarence Leary,
choirster, continued in office by
j motion from the floor.
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i, Edenton Lions Club will present
] its annual Variety Show Friday
i night. May 17, at 8 o’clock in the
j Edenton Elementary School audi
torium.
Baptist Women’s Missionary Un
ion of Chowan County w ill meet in '
. the Edenton Baptist Church Thurs
day, May 23, beginning at 10 A. M. j
j Edenton’s Parent-Teacher Asso- 1
| ciation will meet Tuesday night,
j May 21, at 8 o’clock in the Elemen- '
’ tary School auditorium, when new
| officers will be installed.
] The first aid class sponsored by
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Bell and was accompanied by six
oil paintings by Corydon Bell.
Among these paintings were the
Chowan County Courthouse on the
Court House Green; the Cupola
House, erected in about 1725;
Booth House, built in 1769; Eden
ton’s famous teapot; St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church, begun in 1733.
and Penelope Barker’s house on
Edenton Bay.
In a letter dated April 13 and
addressed to Mayor E. P. Kehaves
of Edenton, Mayor Blades cited the
Ford Times article. “I feel that if
we in Elizabeth City could acquire
these paintings in their original
and, as a city, present them to
Edenton.” Blades wrote, “it would
be a token representing the good
feeling we have for Edenton ... ”
Ist Band Parents
Awards Banquet
Very Successful
Sgt. Paul George Is
Elected President
For Year
Edenton’s Band Parents Associa
| tion held its first Awards Banquet
Tuesday night in the Masonic
Temple with approximately 200
band parents, hand members and
guests in attendance.
Mrs. R. H. Vaughan, president
of the association, presided and
the meeting was opened by Jack
Mooney leading the group in sing
ing “God Bless America.” after
which Percy Mclvcr, senior mem
her of the hand, pronounced tb*
invocation. Mrs. VauaJian then
welcomed Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
McCullers of Kinston. Mr. Mo
Cullers, idol of Edenton children
was director of the famous Eden
ton Band some 20 years ago and is
now executive vice president of the I
Kinston Chamber of Commerce |
He organized the first Edenton j
High School Band and served as!
director for five years, enjoying -
great amount of success and ae
eomplishments with the band un
til he was called into the armed
Services in 1943. Mr. Mae, as he
was fondly known by Edentonians
outlined the organization of th.
Edenton Band and its success while
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Hosnital Auxiliary
Will Meet May 24;
Chowan Hospital Auxiliary will J
meet Friday afternoon, May 24, at]
3 o’clock in the nurses’ home. This
will he the last meeting before tile!
summer recess, so that Mrs. John
Raines, president, urges all mem
bers to make a special effort to
attend.
Edenton Base Will
Join In Celebrating
Armed Forces Day
f Poster Winners ]
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In the Poppy Day contest, spon
sored by the American l.egion Au
i xiliary. Marilee Case, a member of
j the sixth grade, won first prize
i with Billy Harrell, also a sixth
grader, coming in second place.
First prize was $2.00 and second
prize $1.50.
Honorable mention went to Bet-]
sy Campen. fifth grade and Sue j
1 Bunch and Allan Smith, both sixth i
1 graders.
BAKE SALE FRIDAY
The monthly bake sale sponsoi
j ed by the Fidelis NCO Wives Club
will be held Friday, May 17, in the
Albemarle room of the PX at the
Edenton Naxal Auxiliary Air Sta-j
! tion.
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I and asked if they would accept it.
Mayor Blades went on to say he
had been in contact with Arthur T.
Lougee, art director in the publi
cations office of Ford Times, who
explained that “a standard policy j
concerning the paintings which are 1
used in our publication” would nor I
allow Elizabeth City to purchase j
the originals.
“After reproduction,” Louge° 1
continued to explain, “they are en
tered into a permanent collection |
from which traveling exhibitions 1
are made up and circulated!
throughout the country. It may be,
possible,” he added, “for us to com- j
mission the artist to duplicate one ;
of his paintings for the purpose
you have in mind . . , (and) let me j
knqw which of the paintings would j
best fill your need and I will be I
glad to raise the question and let
you know the answer.”
Then Mayor Blades advised that.
Continued on Page 2—Section 3 !
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina.
Stage Is All Set For
Lions Club Variety
Show Friday Night
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Auxiliary President j
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A native of Chowan County,
laughter of Mr. and .Mrs. .1. C.
Leary of tlit* Cross Roads communi
ty, Mrs. VV. I). Welch. Jr., of Wash
ington, N. C.. was elected presi
dent of the Woman’s Auxiliary of
the North Carolina Pharmaceutical
Association at its annual conven-j
tion held in Charlotte last week.
Community Sing
At Warwick Church
Announcement Is made that .i
community sing will be held at
Warwick Baptist Church Sunday
afternoon. May 19, at 2:30 o’clock.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
I Public Cordially Invit
ed to Visit Base
Saturday
Saturday, May 18, officers and
personnel at the Edenton .Naval
: Auxiliary Air Station will join all I
military installations in the nation 1
, in celebrating Armed Forces Day. j
[ Special features Wave been arrang-j
ed for the Ivenefit of visitors and |
lit is hoped manv civilians will visit
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j the iia.se during the day to 7 help j
I make the celebration a success.
Col. Frank Collins, commanding j
officer of the base, has announced t
that the base will lie open to the i
■ general public from 9 A. M„ to 3
' | P. M. Eastern Standard Time and j
he extends a personal invitation to j
''all civilians in this section to visit]
the base for the event.
One of the features will he a !
static display of different types of J
aircraft flown by Marines and a|
.special feature at 2 o’clock will he,
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a demonstration of arrested land-j
nigs in which will he used Marine'
, Corps latest mobile arresting'
equipment.
The national theme for Armed
Forces Day is “Power For Peace.”
HMC Carroll Boyce
] Is Commended For
Saving Man’s Life
Awarded In Recogni
j tion of Loyalty and
Service
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j Edenton friends will be pleased
1 , to learn that Hospital Corpsman
I Chief Carroll A. Boyce. United
■ | States Navy, was recently com-
II mended by Captain A. H. Willis,
: i commanding officer of the U. S.
; Naval Air Facility at Elizabeth
| City for performance of duty which
: | resulted in the saving of a life.
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DRIVE CAREFULLY—
YOU MAY SAVE
YOUR LIFEt
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Os the Year
i On Friday evening. May 17, at 8
o’clock in the Elementary School
auditorium Edenton Lions will hold
their annual Variety Show. In de
scribing the show for this year, J.
; R. Dili.aney, general chairman, and
.Jim Bowers, director, resorted to
, Hollywood-type adjectives such as
j “collossal” “sparkling” and “best
I j ever’’. Special emphasis was made
j°f thf fact that the should would
'run for only one evening, pointing
| out that tact so that everyone
j would he sure to purchase his ticks
let and reserve Friday night for this
entertainment event. DuLaney
j pointed out that even though the
, show this year had several pro
fessional entertainers, everyone
had donated his services, since the
proceeds will go toward Lions’
work with the blind and other
handicapped persons.
I he first portion of the program
will be a country hoedown with the
following participating:
Randy Lee, “All Star” Label re
cording artist; A! Doraczon, accor
dion soloist; Sunny White, '‘Ala
bama Jubilee”; The Three J’s, “My
J Gal”; Jackie Ough, “The Hokey
, Pokey” (song and dance); Pat
| Mooney. “Cuddle I p A Little Clos
j er”; Loretta Benton, “Minnie
Pearl” (comic); Helen Rogerson,
j “Old Fashioned Waltz” (aooompan
list. Miss Cecelia Willoughby, Cho
wan High School Public School
Music Instructor).
Scene II is in a park with Ruth
Phillips singing “Busy Day Ahead ’
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Native Os Chowan
Auxiliary President
Mrs. W. I). Welch. Jr.,
Os Washington, N. C.
Elected In Charlotte
Relatives and friends of Airs, W,
1). Welch, Jr., of Washington, D.
C., will ho interested to learn tha;
she was elected president of the
Woman's Auxiliary of the North
Carolina Pharmaceutical Associa
tion at its annual convention held
in Charlotte last week.
Mrs. Welch is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Leary of the
Cross Roads community and daugh
ter-in-law of Mi-, and Mrs. W. D.
W elch. Sr., of the same section of
the county.
She served as first vice presi
dent during the year just ended
and succeeds Mrs. I’. W. Kendall of
Charlotte.
The Auxiliary voted to refurnish
the girls’ lounge at the University
of North Carolina Pharmacy School
and to furnish and equip a room at
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Lumber Concern
Opens In Edenton
W. I). Townson, Jr.,
Opens Plant on N.
Broad Street
Another new industry began op
eration in Edenton when the W. T 5.
Townson Lumber Company began
doing business Monday of this
week in the building formerly occu
pied by the Outland Supply Com
pany on North Broad Street.
! The concern will manufacture
pallets, boxes, crates, racks and
skids and will employ in the neigh
borhood of 20 persons. Their pro
ducts are made from low grade
hardwood.
The owner of the new business is
William D. Townson, who comes to
Edenton from Murphy, where he
was in the same type of business
since 1919. Mr. Townson is no
stranger in Edenton. having mar
ried the former Miss Pearl Which,
ard, daughter of the late Dr. and
Mm. M. P. Whichard.
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