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Volume XXlV.—Number
Joint Committee
Organized To Seek
Industry For Area
Group Meets In Hert
ford to Form Or
ganization
The first step toward organiz
ing a tri-county committee to
develop an industrial program
for Northeastern North Carolina
was taken Wednesday night of
last week in Hertford when busi
ness and civic leaders from Per
quimans, Pasquotank and Chowan
counties met in the Municipal
Building and discussed views
aimed at attracting industry in
the area.
At the close of the meeting
when it was apparent those
present approved of the propo
sal the three counties unite for
a common purpose Mayor Ern
est Kehayes of Edenton, who
originated the idea and presided
over the meeting, appointed W.
P. Jones of Eden#n, A. W.
Houtz of Elizabeth City and R.
L. Hollowell of Hertford to head
the joint committee. These
three men now serve as chair
man of industrial committees in
their county. Mr. Jones was
chosen to serve as chairman of
the organization ancf membership
on the joint committee will be
named by the above mqn.
It was planned thai tne com
mittee will visit Governor Luth
er Hodges as soon as possible to
seek help and guidance in get
ting the Albemarle recognized
on the industrial map of North
Carolina., The group also will
converse with the Department of
Conservation and Development
in an effort to secure additional
permanent business and industry
for the district.
Some 40 business and civic
leaders werg among those pres
ent at’ the meeting Wednesday
and spokesmen expressed the
views that “nothing but good”
can come from a united effort
on the _part of the three coun
ties in seeking industry as a
group rather than as individual
cities or counties.
Mayor V. N. Darden was host
at the meeting and he welcomed
the group to Hertford.
Those offering advice and
recommendations for the organ
ization of the committee, in ad
dition to the three county chair
men, were State Senator Elton
Aydlett, Mayor Levin Culpepper
of Elizabeh City; C; R. Holmes,
Perquimans Representative; Lo
rimer Midgette, Ernest Ward,
Charles Skinner, Joe Conger,
Jr., and Albert Byrum.
Revival At Warwick
Will Begin Aug. 19
The Rev. Lee A. Phillips, pas
tor of Warwick Baptist Church,
announces that revival services
will begin at the church next
Monday, August 19th and will
continue through the week.
The Rev. J. O. Mattox of Hert
ford will be the guest speaker.
Services will be at 3 P. M., and
8 P. M., each day. Special music
will be furnished by the choir and
members of the church. The pub
lic is invited to attend.
20 Years Ago
As Found In the Files of
The Chowan Herald
Application was made to tha
WPA for federal assistance in pro
viding a guide or guides far show
ing visitors historic points of in
terest and to explain the tradi
tions associated with them.
John Harrison Spruill, oldest
white resident of Chowan Gounty,
celebrated his Mth birthday at the
home of his son. Harrison Spruill,
on the Edenton-Hertford high
way.
Rupert Goodwin and John Lee
Spruill were employed as clerks
of the Chowan ABC stow, with
file former named as manager..
Richard D. Dixon returned from
St Vincent's Hospital in Rorfolk
after undergoing an operation for
appendicitis.
Representative Lindsay War
ms named WendeU Copeland as
first alternate for appointment to
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THE CMOWAN HERALD
Important
The Health Department urges
all children under 20 who have
had two doses of polio vaccine
to have the third dose even
though the second dose may
! have been given a year or more
ago. It Is given in Elisabeth
City all day Mondays and Thurs
' days. "Call your health office
| for clinic hours in Hertford,
| Camden and Edenton," urges Dr.
B. B. McGuire, health officer.
"See your -private physician if
you prefer that he give it."
Stream Clearance
Survey In Chowan
Week Os Aug. 19
Final reports on civil defense
stream clearance work applied
for by 26 counties and two
towns in the coastal area are
scheduled to be completed in
early October, the Corps of En
gineers District offic has an
nounced.
So far, reports Col. H. C.
Rowland, Jr., District Engineer,
survey work on streams in 11
counties and one town—Clinton
—has been completed. The
counties are New Hanover, Co
lumbus, Brunswick, Bladen,
Pender, Sampson, Duplin, Ons
low, Carteret, Craven and Pam
lico.
The district's six two-man
crews are scheduled to survey
streams in Jones, Lenoir, Wayne,
Wilson, Green and Beaufort
counties during the two weeks
ending August 18.
Beginning August 19 the crews
will move into the following
counties in the order named:
Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington, the
town of Windsor, Hertford, Cho
wan, Perquimans, Pasquotank,
Continued on Page 4—Section 1
Chas. H. Jenkins
Motor Co. Wins
Knudsen Trophy
Pontiac Motor Devision has
awarded the Knudsen Trophy to
Chas. H. Jenkins Motor Co., Inc.,
of Edenton for’outstanding sales
achievement, it is announced by 1
W. E. Schoon, zone manager.
The Knudsen Trophy, named
for the division’s general mana
ger, S. E. Knudsen, is being
awarded to dealers who set sales
records during Pontiac’s national
sales campaign in April and May.
Mr. Schoon said, “We wish to
congratulate Chas. H. Jenkins
Motor Co., Inc., on winning the
trophy and upon their outstand
ing sales accomplishments.” !
Secondary Road Plan For State
Approved By Highway Group
The North Carolina State High
way Commission has taken the
first step in the development of a
state-wide program for secondary
roads which comprise over 58,000
of the State’s 70,000-mile public
road system.
The tentative plan, presented to
the seven member commission in
its second meeting by Highway
Director W. F. Babcock and Sec
ondary Roads Officer Harold W.
Makepeace, received unanimous
approval of the -policy-making
body as a basis for further study
leading toward a definite second
ary road policy.-
Under the plan, secondary road
funds would be divided primarily
among maintenance, general bet
terments, construction and addi
tions to the State system. Ad
ditional monies may be used in
establishment of an equalization
fund for construction work to as
sure that .pome paying would be
done in each county of the State.
These additional funds, if avail
able, might also be used in storm
damage work, bridge work and
for the building of access roads to
public and industrial facilities.
Three basic factors were men
Edentonlt, North Carolina, Thursday August 15,1957
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Through the Army’s new “Operation Hometown” enlistment plan, a mobile recruiting sta
tion on wheels was in Edenton Wednesday ol this week, which also featured the Army’s
NIKE guided missile display unit. The display was not made up of a model of the NIKE
but the actual NIKE itself. The station was staffed by a recruiter who answered any ques
tions in reference to the Army. The purpose of the mobile recruiting station was to give
an opportunity for a young man or woman to enlist in their home ’town for a choice Army
assignment without the inconvenience of traveling to one of the larger cities for enlist
ment processing. The display attracted a great deal of attention while in Edenton.
Peanut Crop Is
Estimated 18.0
Pet. Below ’56
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Based on reports from grow
ers as of August 1, production
of peanuts in North Carolina is
forecast at 283,200,000 pounds by
the North Carolina Crop Report
ing Service. If the August 1
forecast materializes, 1957 pro
duction would be 18.0 per cent
below 1956 production of 346,-
500,000 pounds.
Yield per acre from the cur
rent crop is estimated at 1,600
pounds. This compares with the
1956 average of 1,750 pounds and
the 1946-55 average of 1,230
pounds.
Growers are expected to har
vest the 1957 crop from 177.000
acres. This is 10.6 per cent less
than the 198,000 acres harvested
last year.
Unlike corn and tobacco, pea
nuts have received relatively'
little damage from the extended
dry weather. Dry soils have Te
tarded growth of vines in some
areas. However, the crop is
not too far advanced to receive
definite benefits from additional
rainfall.
Pocahontas Box
Supper Aug. 23
Chowanoke Council No. 54, De
gree of Pocahontas, will sponsor a
box supper at the playgrounds
Friday night, August 23, from 6
to 7:30 o’clock. Suppers for any
size family will be sold.
orities: (1) Average annual 24-
: hour traffic count; (2) Adjacent
: land-use characteristics; (3) Pub
lic service characteristics,
i Babcock pointed out the traffic
: count would reflect average road
usage and not unusual traffic con
i ditions. Land-use characteristics
i would include the number of oc
■ cupied private residences, schools,
churches, industrial and commer
. cial establishments. Public ser
; vice characteristics for each road
; might include its use as a school
■ bus route, a mail route, or a route
■ to community shopping.
In alloting maintenance funds,
l the main consideration will be the
■ number of paved and unpaved
■ miles of secondary roads in a giv
en county. In fixing “an average
■ maintenance cost per mile in each
i county, the Highway Commission
i would consider the traffic volume,
• soil and drainage conditions, ter
• rain and weather conditions.”
Tentative allocations will have
to be made until a cost account
i ing system, just put into effect
1 July 1, provides “a true picture of
i the various factors that influence
maintenance costs,” Babcock told
• the group.
IMPORTANT TO FARMERS
“Let that crotalaria grow,” advise County Agent C. W.
Overman and James H. Griffin, Soil Conservationist.
Both men point out that several farmers'who seeded cro
talaria are plowing it up because it is blooming or flowering
now. “Don’t worry about the flowers.” they say, “very few
if any seed will be made, although a lot of flowers will appear.
You’ll lose most of the soil improving benefits by plowing it
under now. Wait until the crotalaria has had a chance to im
prove your land . . . turn after the first frost.”
Many Matters Face Councilmen
At Brief Meeting Tuesday Night
Faced with a full agenda, Town
Councilmen transacted a goodly
amount of business in record
time Tuesday , night with the
meeting adjourning a little before
10 o’clock.
Residents on Barker Street and
Williamson Road in Westover
Heights submitted a petition re
questing the Town to take the ne
cessary steps to grade, drain and
hard surface the two streets. No
definite action was taken due to
another petition being expected to
do the same sort of work on Al
bania Street.
Another petition was submitted
from residents on East Freemason
Street which requested relief from
various distractions which take
place during baseball games. The
complaint hinged on groups of
boys racing after balls doing dam
age to flowers and yards as well
as congregating on the sidewalks
and otherwise causing a nuisance.
The matter was referred to the
police.
An application from Golden
Frinks for a permit to sell beer
on premises at 608 Iforth Gran
ville Street was not approved,
following similar action by the
County Commissioners.
A letter from Mrs. Fred Drane
was submitted which requested a
concrete curb on the western side
of Colonial Avenue between Wa
ter and King streets from Water
Street to the south end of the
brick office building on King
Street. The letter also requested
the Town to grade, fill and main
tain the ‘area between the new
curb and Mrs. Drane’s property
line as a sidewalk and that the
Town grade the west side of the
Court House Green back to its
original line as shown by the
curbs on Water and King Streets,
and by the ending of crosswalks
on the southwest corner of the
Green. The request was also
made that the Town permit park
ing only on the eastern or Green
sijie of the street.
No action was taken, but May
or Kehayes and J. Edwin Bufflap
were instructed to investigate the
request in order to ascertain an
approximate cost in that Mrs.
Drane agreed to pay half of the
cost if it does not exceed $450.
Bids werd> opened for Town in
surance with the low bidders be
ing as follows:
Comprehensive automobile li
abilityl—Nationwide Mutual In
surance Company, whose price
was $427.45. The same company
was low bidder for comprehensive
general liability at a price of
$942.64. The Edenton Insurance
Company was low bidder for
workmen's compensation at $2,-
147.75.
8.8. H. Motor Company was low
bidder for a Chevrolet truck for
the Street Department. The bid
was $2,691.16, less S6OO for an old
truck. The bid was SIOB less
than Byrum Implement & Truck
Company for an International
Continued on Page 4—Section 1
Alphonso Jordan
To Hold Revival
The Rev. Alphonso Jordan of
Raleigh will hold revival services
at Middle Swamp Baptist Church
beginning Sunday night, August
18, at 8 o’clock through August 25.
Mrs. Jordan will take part in the!
music. j
Mr. Jordan Is chaplain of the |
North Carolina Legislature and aj
former Chowan resident. I
Everyone is invited to attend,
any or all the services.
Edenton Wins Final
Game In League
Edenton won its final game in
the Albemarle League, which]
closed Sunday, by defeating Hert
ford by a score of 6 to 3. Eden
ton wound up in the cellar posi
tion in the league, trailing Eliza
beth City by 414 games. The lo
cals won 14 games during the sea
son while 24 were credited to the
losing side of the ledger.
[crvie calendar]
Red Cross bloodmobile will
again visit Edenton Friday, Sep
tember 6.
A Coast Guard boarding team is
in this area checking on minimum
requirements for outboard motor
boats.
Project leaders and committee
leaders of the Chowan Home 1
Demonstration Clubs will meet'
this (Thursday)• and Friday after-]
noons at the Chowan Community {
Building to plan a program for
next year. |
A special ordination service will
be held in the Rocky Hock Bap-'
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Cotton Vote'
Will Be Held
On August 23
Cotton growers of North Caro
lina will go to their community
polling places Friday, August 23,
to decide whether to assess them
selves 10 cents a bale for promot
ing the sale and use of the crop.
Wiley Long, Jr., Roanoke Rap
ids, president of the N. C. Cotton
Promotion Association, said the
balloting will be held jointly with
the Nickels for Know-How Ref
erendum.
Long explained that farmers
will be voting on a three-year cot
ton promotion plan. If passed,
another referendum three years
from now would be necessary to
continue it.
A two-thirds or greater majori
ty must favor the program before
it can go into operation. Long
pointed out.
1 If the necessary majority is
achieved, legislation passed by the
1957 General Assembly directs the
Commissioner of Agriculture to
collect the 10 cents per bale as
sessment from all active gins in
the state.
All money collected will be
turned over to the Cotton Pro
motion Association, Long explain
ed. There will be no deduction
for expenses by the Commission
er of Agriculture or the cooperat
ing cotton gins.
“Cotton is the last of major
crops in North Carolina to have
such a promotion plan,” Long
said. “Tobacco Associates has
been doing a similar job for to
bacco growers, and the Peanut
Growers Association actively pro
motes the use and sale of pea
nuts.”
Any cotton producer or mem
ber of his family is eligible to
vote in the referendum, regard
less of whether he is tenant, land
lord or farm operator. Long de
clared.
Biblical Drama
At Parish House
On Tuesday Night
The Rev. George Holmes, rector
of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church,
and the Rev. Earl Richardson,
pastor of the Methodist Church
jointly sponsored a Biblical dra
matic production, “The Boy With
A Cast,” in the Parish House
Tuesday night.
Performing in the play were
members of the Bishop’s Com
pany of Hollywood, California.
This company of professional ac
tors is dedicated to the enhance
ment of the idea of “drama-in
the-church.” They are people
who have left the commercial
theatre, where they worked for
profit, to work with religious in
stitutions, where their primary
motive is service.
Last year the Bishop’s Company
gave 378 performances. It has ap
peared in nearly 1,000 cities in 35
states, traveling 110,000 miles.
Yearly performances are given
by the Bishop’s Company at the
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Coast Guard Boarding Unit Is
Making A Check On Minimum
Requirements For Motorboats
Owners and operators of motor |
boats in this area are advised that j
a U. S. Coast Guard Mobile Unit j
from the Fifth Coast Guard Dis- i
trict, Norfolk, this week began a
systematic campaign to promote
water safety on the streams situ
ated in the Albemarle district.
The unit, headed by CPO John
DeCinzo, will conduct an inspec
tion and enforcement drive con-!
cerning the minimum legal re
quirements and suggestions for
the safety and pleasure of boat
operators. The unit, CPO De-
Cinzo stated, will be located in
this area for an indefinite per
iod of time.
“It is not our purpose to harass
the people who own and operate
motor boats,” Mr. DeCinzo said,
“we simply want to make them
safety conscious and have them
develop a respect for water.”
The unit will operate under the
authority vested in the Coast
Guard for the promotion of safe
ty measures on the navigable wa
ters of the nation. It will, ac
cording to CPO DeCinzo, work
during the days and evenings in
tarrying out inspections and en
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina.
Chowan’s HD Clubs
Second In State For
Best Publicity Book
Graduates
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Miss Thomissa Goodman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs, T. A.
Goodman of Edenton. is a member
of the 1957 graduating class of the
School of Nursing of North Caro
lina Baptist Hospital.
Graduating exercises for the 53
seniors who have completed their
three-year course at the North
Carolina Baptist Hospital School
of Nursing will be held in Wait
Chapel at Wake Forest College at
3 P. M., on August 18. Dr. M. A.
Huggins, executive secretary of
the Baptist State Convention will
deliver the commencement ad
dress.
Miss Goodman attended Wo
man's College in Greensboro for
one year. While a student at
Baptist Hospital Miss Goodman
was a member of the Glee Club,
Student Council, Honor Council, i
Santa Filomena (senior honor so-j
ciety), Junior Class President, and
editor of the school annual.
Griffin Speaks At
Rotary Meeting
James Griffin, Chowan County
| Soil Conservationist, was the
j orincipal speaker at last week's
1 Rotary meeting. Mr. Griffin very
j ably and interestingly explained
j his duties and the sort of work
i done in the countv in way of
i drainage and soil conservation.
I During the meeting Bii! Perry
j was inducted as a new member
with John A. Holmes in charge
j of the ceremony.
He explained the history of the
j organization of the Soil Conser-
I vatioh Service under Franklin D.
(Roosevelt’s administration, the
! purpose of which was to protect
natural resources. He pointed out
| that the CCC camps were the be-i
ginning of the service, which wasj
| later changed to the Soil Erosion
Service and then to the present
j Soil Conservation Service.
Mr. Griffin told the Rotariahs
that each district has a commit-
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
forcing the regulations.
:! For the benefit of boat owners;
:■ and operators. Mr. DeCinzo point
led out some of the regulations
i which must be observed, other
: wise the operator of the boat
faces possible citation to federal j
court. He stated, first of all, that '
i the person operating a boat is to
• tally responsible for the safety of
• [ himself and all passengers of the 1
boat.
All boats 16 feet or over in
t length must be registered with
■ the Coast Guard and carry the
t Coast Guard number for the boat.
Motor boats of Class “A”, less
than 16 feet in length, must be
i equipped with lifesaving devices
i such as one Coast Guard-approv
, ed life preserver, buoyant vest,
i ring buoy or buoyant cushion for
i each person aboard. It must have
a combination light in the fore
; part of the boat, showing red to
t port and green to starboard, visi
■ ble one mile. A white light, visi
■ ble for two miles, aft showing all
■ around the horizon. It is not re
; quired the boat have a fine ex
i tingiusher, but it is recommended.
Continued on Pag* I—Station 1
DRIVE CAREFULLY—
YOU MAY SAVE
YOUR LIFE!
Only One Point Be
hind Mecklenburg,
In First Place
Chowgn County Home Demon
stration Club women can now
boast of having ohe of the most
outstanding publicity books in
the state. Chowan County’s pu
blicity book was rated second
best in the state by the judges.
I Mecklenburg County was rated
j first with 98 points and Chowan
| ran a close second with 97 points.
I The publicity book was on dis-
I play during Farm-Home Week at
State College, Raleigh, and many
people throughout the state ex
pressed favorable comment on the
book.
I The judges were W. L. Car
i penter, Publications Editor, State
College and Llovd E. Turnage,
Assistant Staff Artist, State Col
lege, Raleigh.
[ The handsome leather cover
was designed and tooled by Sgt.
Julian C. Rice of the Naval Au
xiliary Air Station. Edenton,
The women wish to express their
appreciation to Sgt. Rice for such
a beautiful job on the cover. Ap
preciation is also expressed to
Mrs. H. E. Shore, Edenton. who
did the attractive art work on
i the divider sheets.
Mrs. Lonnie Harrell, County
Publicity Chairman, was largely
responsible for the success of the
publicity book. She worked long
hours on the articles for the book
and continually encouraged the
other publicity leaders to get in
their club news to the paper. She
is to be commended for a job well
done.
The club women wish to ex
press their appreciation to J. Ed
win Bufflap. editor of The Cho
wan Herald, local newspaper, and
his staff for their splendid coop
eration in the news coverage.
The publicity chairmen who
have assisted with the book are:
Advance, Mrs. Woodrow Lowe;
Beech Fork. Mrs. Cora Harrell;
Byrds, Mrs. C. W. Overman; Cen
ter Hill, Mrs. Emmett Jones; Cho
wan, Mrs. Roland Evans; Enter
prise. Mrs. David Goodwin; Gum
Pond, Mrs. Earl Smith: Oak
Grove, Mrs. Marvin Evans and
Mrs. Percy Nixon; Ryland, Miss
Gertrude Jackson; Wards, Mrs.
Nurney Chappell and Mrs. Ru
dolph Jordan.
Ordination Service
Planned Sunday At
Rocky Hock Church
The Rev. B. L. Raines, pastor
of the Rocky Hock Baptist Church
announces that a special ordina
tion service will be held in the
church Sunday afternoon, August
18, at 4:30 o’clock for Carroll
Copeland. Mr. Copeland is a son
of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Copeland
and is a student at Wake Forest
College.
Mr. Copeland has been called as
pastor of a church near Winston-
Salem and will begin his pastor
ate on Sunday, August 25. He
plans to continue his studies at
Wake Forest College until gradu
ation and then will enter the sem
inary.
Mrs. Copeland is the former
Miss Arlene Harrell of the Rocky
Hock community.
Neighboring pastors have been
invited to participate \n Sunday's
ordination service and the public
is cordially invited to attend.
Moyock Outing
For Boys Aug. 31 ’
Saturday, August 31 is the day
for local boys 6-12 to go on their
annual outing to Westebrad Farm
at Moyock, N. C.
The trip, which is free to the
boys, will include such activities
as archery, hiking, mule-train,
boating, tug of war, horseback
riding and rifle shooting—all very
carefully supervised by adults.
Transportation will be provided.
Boys are asked to bring their
lunches and wear old clothes.
Boys who are interested, or who
would like more information, are
asked to contact the Rev. James
MacKenzie, P. O. Box 481.