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ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN CHOWAN COUNTY Volume XXlV.—Number 447" Way Os Bootlegger Becoming Harder In Chowan County * « ■ * J?our Chowan Outfits "Captured Within || " : ’ Two Weeks With ATU officials hard at work lately in this area the way] of the bootlegger is becoming j harder. Within two weeks four stills j were discovered and destroyed, | one of which was the largest and | most elaborate ever discovered in Chowan County. The latest still discovered was on Sunday morning on the Wild cat road where 200 gallons of mash was found, a 15-gallon cop per boiler and five gallons of whiskey which was just run. The raid was made by P. H. Bletten er, ATU officer from Elizabeth City and Jack Gaskill. Two Negroes, James Anthopy and Oscar Coffield were arrested find given a preliminary hearing in Elizabeth City Sunday before U. S. Commissioner Lloyd Saw yer, who placed Coffield under SSOO and Anthony under S3OO bond to await trial in Federal Court. One of the largest stills ever to be uncovered in the county was captured Wednesday of last week. The outfit was found between I Center Hill and the Chappell Hill'j section and was spotted by a heli-v copter from the Coast Guard. The raid was made by Joe Carter and( Frazier Woolard with Troy Top pin of Chowan County assisting. The operation included two 300- gallon stills, 216 gallons of whis key in 197 cases of half gallon jars, 11,000 gallons of mash and 1,300 pounds of sugar. No arrests were rpade during the raid, but some are pending. A week before the Sunday raid another still was discovered back of the Shannon home farm on U. S. 17. This was about a 100- gallon rig and everything was' destroyed, though no arrests were made. The following Tuesday a 300- gallon still was found and des troyed in the Ryland section. Some arrests are pending. V. Dance Armory Tonight •Tonight (Thursday) William H. Coffield Post No. 9280, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will sponsor a dance-, in the Edenton armory, be giiijjijfijj'at and continu ing-until midnight. Music for the dance will be fur nished by Garland Abbott and his Edenton’s Aces Barely Squeeze By Ahoskie Indians 27 To 26 To Win Conference Championship Edehton's Aces, generally con-! coded at least three touchdown favorites over the Ahoskie In dians, barely squeezed by a fired up team Friday night on Hicks Field by a slim margin of one point. The score was 27-26 with the Aces saved by extra points kicked by Henry Overton, who made good three of the attempts after four touchdowns. At the outset it appeared as though the. Aces could score al most at will, leading 21 to 0 until the waning seconds of the firtt fralf, when the Indians scored their first touchdown as they showed definite signs of becom ing stronger. \ ft was a different Ahoskie ■ team which came upon the field at half time, scoring two touch fawns ip each quarter while bidding the Aces to only one dur ing the entire half. The Indians tripped through the Aces’ de fense, consistently adding yard ggp..,.and making it extremely difficult for the Aces to gain ground, with only four first fawns chalked up during the -The Aces scored shortly after the opening kickoff when Bobby | Ashley returned the ball from THE CHOWAN HERALD New Car Models j Edenton's automobile dealers are very much enthused about the 1958 model cars to be displayed this and next week .and extend a cordial invitation to everybody to visit their showrooms when the new models are put on display. At the Chas. H. Jenkins Mo tor ComDany the 1958 Buick will be displayed Friday, while the Pontiac, Oldsmobile and Cadillac will be displayed nfext week. The 1958 Chevrolet will be proudly displayed at the 8.8. H. Motor Company today (Thurs day). At the Chowan Motor Company the 1958 DeSoto and Plymouth models will go on display Fri day. The new 1958 Ford will be put pn disolay at the Albemarle Mo tor Company Thursday. Novem ber 7. , FIDEui~CLUB~ELEcfs NEW OFFICERS NOV. 5 The Fidelis NOO Wives Club will hold its next business meet ing Tuesday night November 5, at 8 o’clock in the game room of the Staff NCO Club. New officers will be elected at this meeting and all members are urged to be present to cast their vote. All dues must be paid up to date in order to vote. f Heart President )j Dr. John Bamber Hickman, re- j searcher, clinician and teacher at Duke University School of Medi- j cine, has been chosen president of the North Carolina Heart Associa tion. He replaces Dr. Edward P. Benbow, Jr., of Greensboro, whoj installed him as Heart’s new vol- j unteer leader. Hardison alternating at ball car rying, aided by an Ahoskie pen alty, Robert White rammed through the line from the three yard line. The drive was featur ed by a 20-yard jaunt by Hardi son. Again near the end of the quarter ' the Aces recovered an Ahoskie fumble on their own 49- yard line. Bruce White, Ashley and Hardison worked the ball to the Ahoskie 39. Robert and Bruce White added four yards and Overton then got away for 15 yards. Ashley and Hardison car ried to the two-yard line, from where Robert White again crack ed the line for the second touch down. Edenton’s third todchdown was made about midway of the sec ond quarter. Ahoskie kicked af ter Bruce White threw Overton of Ahoskie for a four-yard loss <jn third down, and Ashley returned to the Aces’ 23. Aided by a pass from Overton to Jack Bunch good for 30 yards, Bruce White, Robert White and Hardison car ried to the • Ahoskie five-yard line, from where Bruce White bulled his way through for the touchdown. When Ashley kicked, the In dians held possession of the ball the remainder of the quarter. 1 Continued on Paps 6—Section 2 pMdenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 31,1957. ( r- '’j | J j The Rev. Edward C. Thornberg | of Greenville will be the speak !er at revival services at the | Edenton Presbyterian Church be ginning Monday. November 4 and continuing through Friday, No vember 8. Revival Begins At Presbyterian Church Nov. 4| The Rev. Edward C. Thornberg, ! pastor of Meadowbrook Prcsby ! terian Church, Greenville, will be | the speaker at revival services at I the Edenton Presbyterian Church ] beginning Monday, November 4, j and continuing through Friday, November 8, every night at 7:30 o’clock. Mr. Thornberg has studied at I Northern Baptist and Westminis- * | ter Theological Seminaries, and served with the Congregational Christian Church before uniting ' with the Southern Presbyterian Church. In addition to his pres ent pastorate, he has served, churches in western Michigan; near Grand Rapids. He is much i sought after as an evangelist, and ] a good week of meetings is ex-1 pected. The public is cordially invited | to attend. Christians in a11 1 churches are requested to pray for a mighty out-pouring of the Spir it on the services. Leonard Small In New Post At Duke Hospital • ________ j Leonard C. Small has been ap ! pointed administrative assistant | at Duke Hospital, Superintendent! ‘ F. Ross Porter has announced. Small succeeds John M. Mc- Bryde, Jr., who resigned to ac cept a position as assistant super intendent of Good Samaritan Hos pital in Lexington, Ky. I The post of administrative as | sistant was created four years ago to provide more efficient service I for Duke Hospital patients, Por ter said. Small’s duties will cen ter around supervision of the hos pital business offices. A native of Edenton, Small holds the B.S. degree from Wake Forest College. He was a prac ticing accountant in Elizabeth City before coming to Duke and was vice-president of the Eden ton Junior Chamber of Com merce. Small is married to the former Miss Charlotte Leary of Edenton. They are the parents of two chil dren. Halloween Party By Chowan PTA On Friday Night The Chowan High School Par ent-Teacher Association will sponsor its annual Halloween par ty Friday night, November 1, at the Chowan High School. The affair will begin with a supper to be served at 6:30 o’clock, after which a program of fun, frolic and merriment has been arranged. A large crowd is expected to at tend and be treated to an evening of wholesome entertainment. EASTERN STAR MEETING Edenton Chapter No. 302, Order of the Eastern Star, will meet in t h,e Masonic Temple Monday night, November 4, at 8 o’clock. Mrs. A1 Stanton, worthy matron, , is very anxious to have a full at tcodsnco* Helicopter Finds Buck Wheeler, Jr. Lost In Bear Swamp Trick Or Treat Money Goes To UNICEF Funfl Municipal endorsement was of ficially accorded Trick or Treat for UNICEF this week when May or Kehayes issued a proclamation setting aside October 31st as UNICEF Day, and urged all citi zens of Edenton to cooperate to their fullest extent with UNCEF spooks and goblins. The Student Council of Edenton Junior-Senior High School, sponsors of the pro gram, also received assurance of cooperation from Police Chief j Dail and endorsements from the} PTA and the Woman’s Club. Mayor Kehayes points out that the United Nations Children’s Fund is being helped by Ameri can children to aid 45 million children and mothers in 95 coun i tries and territories by sending ! UNICEF milk, vitamins and med icines and is overcoming ignor ance and superstition with sound mother and child care. So, your doorbell is going to be , kept busy Thursday night. This 1 year children will be trotting | around in masks and sheets as us- I ual, but they have volunteered to donate the pennies and nickels | you give them to UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund. Continued on Page 6—Section 1 i I . I Band Directors To Meet Nov. 4 • The Board of'Directors of the I Edenton Band Parents Association j will meet at the Junior-Senior: High School at 8 o’clock Monday, night, November 4, to complete, plans for Band Boosters’ Day] which will be observed Saturday, 1 November 16. Currently, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hollowell, co-chairmen of the' transportation committee, assist ed by Mrs. Leroy Harrell. Mrs. David Goodwin and Mrs. Worth Spencer, are engaged in arrang ing rides for the band, for the last road game of the season, hoping, of course, the flu epidemic doesn’t necessitate postponement. It is also hoped that this will be the last trip made by private cars. The answer to that lies with the board, and generosity of the citizens. 120 Years Ago j * As Found In the Files of The Chowan Herald V »> In the neighborhood of 300 Cho wan County farmers met in Eden, ton to hear R. C. Holland, whoj explained the peanut stabilization! price campaign sponsored by the 1 federal government. Mr. Holland was president and general mana ger of the State Peanut Stabilisa tion Cooperative. Edenton Aces, under Coach Da vid Holton, added their fifth con secutive victory by defeating Washington 6-0. Thomas J. Burgess, former Edentonian. lost his life by drowning following a fire on a I concrete mixer barge at the Continued on Page 7—Section 1 Aces To Play First Elimination Game For State Championship With Weldon In Ahoskie Nov. 8 Edenton's Aces will begin the playoffs for the Slate Class A football championship Friday night. November 8. Official in formation was received in Eden ton Tuesday that the Acee' op ponent in the first elimination game will bo Weldon, winners of the Roanoke-Chow an Conference. The game will be played on neu tral grounds with Ahoskie desig nated as the scene of battle. Weldon is reported to have a vary strong team, so that the Ac*S will bo golfing in shops in an of fort to continue in the race for l Youth Spotted Perch ed In a Tree Near Dark Buck Wheeler, Jr., 14-year-old j son of Mr. and Mrs. Buck Wheel er, had a harrowing experience Saturday when he became lost in the wilds of Bear Swamp. Young Wheeler, together with his father and Ray Norris of Portsmouth, went on a hunting trip in the swamp and somehow became sep arated from the other two for about six hours. The boy’s father contacted Sheriff J. A. Bunch, who enlisted the aid of a helicopter from the Elizabeth City Coast Guard Sta i tion. piloted by Lieut.-Comdr. J. J Weber, who with his crew spotted I the boy perched high in a tree and waving as the helicopter passed over. His location was reported to a searching party, who found the boy about 6 o’clock as it was getting dark. A group of men joined in the search for the boy, but it was not until word reached them from the helicopter that they knew exactly where the boy was. He had wan dered several miles from his fath er but when found he was none the worse for his exciting experi ence. j Billy Goodwin j Wins4-HClub ! Scholarship: i William Goodwin. Chowan i County Senior 4-H Club mem ber, \yas awarded a scholarship j Tfom iTirglnii"Electric and Power Company Tuesday night at the annual 4-H Electric Congress in, j Raleigh. Billy received his j .award for having the most out- j (standing ijoys’ record in his 4-H, 'electric project in the territory served by VEPCO. Audrey Chambers of Pasquotank was the girl winner. Billy won a gold watch last year for being second place territorial winner. Also attending the Congress sponsored by four electric com panies were Kay Lowe of the Advance 4-H Club and Tommy Parker of the Center Hill Club. Kay and Tommy won their trips by being Chowan County win ners in the electric project. Highlights of the Congress, I which lasted from October 27-1 29, were tours of the Westing- 1 house meter plant and State j (College Schools of Agriculture' and Engineering, demonstrations by 4-H Club members and seeing i the Ice Capades in the State College Coliseum. The climax of the meeting was the awards banquet in the ballroom of the i Sir Walter Hotel, where the Congress was held. Attending the meeting were 1 4-H members and agents from all counties in North Carolina. IN BEAUTY CONTEST Miss Ann MacFadden Taylor of Edenton, a freshman at Woman’s College, has been nominated for beauty representative of her class. The election will be held Wednesday, November 6. Miss Taylor, who is majoring in music at Woman’s College, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 1 W. J. Taylor. another State Championship un dor Coach Bill Billings. On the same night Millbrook. winner of the Wake County Con ference. will oppose Erwin, win ner of fits Mid-Central Confer ence. The winners of these two ggmee will oppose ooch other the following Friday night in the bat tle for a state chgfapionship. The Ahoskie football field will tool about lAM people and it is reasonably saw that both Eden ten and Weldon will have a largo number of nipKtut follow their respective teamy I State Winner Nt f v v || Ll: J I Annie Ruth Nixon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Nixon, Route 1, Edenton, has been a state win ner for four Consecutive years in the Junior Memory Work Tourna ment of the Baptist Training Un ion. She has learned 200 Bible verses and references. She re ceived a special award at Caswell Baptist Assembly, Southport, N C., this year. Annie Ruth is the second four year state winnei from Rocky Hock Baptist Church This church has had participants j in the tournament for six years ( under the leadership of Beulah ] Evans. Junior Leader. Most of the participants have been state ! winners one or more times. Three j other state winners from Rocky, Hock Baptist Church this year! were Marlene Gilley, Bettie Jean ! Smith and Dannie Long. 90Gii¥]^ Members Girl Scout Troops i Officers and leaders of the! Edenton Girl Scout Troops met at the home of the chairman, Mrs. R. >H. Vaogruni, Wednesday,-October 23. The problems encountered getting the various troops under way this fall were discussed and policy for the year’s activities outlined. The Edenton Girl Scouts now consist of three Brownie Troops, two Intermediate Troops and one Senior Troop with a total enroll-j ment of 90 girls. The board voted to the troops participate in the Christ mas parade and to offer swim ming instruction with the coop-1 eration of the Marine Base when the proper qualifications of an in structor are met. The Brownie Continued on Page 6—Section 1 St. I’auTs Bazaar Scheduled !Noa. 12 The annual bazaar of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church will be held on Tuesday, November 12, at the Parish House beginning at 10 A. M. Numerous handmade articles will be on sale as well as items suitable for Christmas gifts and other occasions. Novel Christmas decorations will also be available. A new feature this year will be a “Curiosity Shoppe” and a men’s table will be added. The plant table will include as usual, shrubs, perennial and an nual plants, bulbs and potted plants. Advance orders of any variety of small trees, shrubs, plants or bulbs will be given spe cial attention. Anyone desiring these may contact Mrs. R. P. Baer, phone 2537; Mrs. Roland Vaughan, phone 2538, or Mrs. John Kramer, phone 2662, before November 1, to be delivered on bazaar day. November 12. Many kinds of delicious home made pickles, preserves, cookies, candies and cakes will be on dis play at the food bar. A chicken salad plate luncheon will be served from 12 until 2 P. M., and a turkey dinner will be served at 7 P. M., followed by an evening auction sale. Tickets for the dinner may be bought from members of St. Paul’s Auxiliary. CHRISTMAS SAVING CLUB WILL CLOSE NOVEMBER 9 The 1957 Christmas Saving Club at the Bank of Edenton will close Saturday, November 9 After that date no more pay ments will be accepted, so that members who desire to receive the full amount of their club I should pay up promptly. $2.00 Per Year In North Carolina. Edenton Woman’s Club Takes Honors At District Meeting | Postponed j Though advertised to lake place Friday of last week, observance ot homecoming day at the Edenton Negro High School was forced to be cancelled and is now schedul ed to be observed Tuesday, No vember 26. The affair was postponed due to an epidemic of flu at Roper which prevented many members of the Roper football team from play ing. The Bears will oppose the Edenton Hornets as a climax of homecoming on Hicks Field Tues day afternoon, November 26. The usual pre-game parade will be held as originally planned and a dance will be held in the gym torium from 8 o'clock to mid-: night. Stage Set For ”57 Halloween Party Tonight Tonight (Thursdav) Edenton j Woman’s Club will stage its elev- I enth annual community Hallo ween party, which is expected to | attract youngsters by the hun-! dreds dressed in costumes of all j kinds. The annual party is supported 1 generously and enthusiastically by Edenton merchants, civic or ganizations and interested in dividuals. Party officials have announced the Jaycees will lend a helping hand again in staging the party . and the Varsity Club will also he on franc' to assist in the parade. All children who will partici pate in the parade are requested to meet on the Court House Green by 6 o’clock in order to j he ready to begin the march out' Broad Street to the playgrounds ,by 6:30. The parade is scheduled to reach the playgrounds by 7 Continued on Page 7—Section l Rotary Guest C. Gordon Maddrey ' At the Edenton Rotary Club's meeting Thursday of next week. C. Gordon Maddrey. district gov ernor of the 771st District will make his official visit and speak to the club after the luncheon. Cub Scouts Make Good Showing In Annual Inspection Tuesday Night; Competition Very Close Edenton Cub Scouts were diked out to perfection Tuesday night for their annual inspection which was held in the cafeteria at the Edenton Junior - Senior ' High School. Very little was found wrong with the boys so that competition was very close for the highest score. Den 9 managed to squeeze through with the best score, which was 99.25. Other scores were: Den 1, 98.66; Den 3, 97.80; Den 4, 97.80: Den 6, 97.5 and Den 8, 98.62. The judges for the inspection were Mayor Ernest Kehayes, Col. Frank Collins, C. W. Overman, Gerald James and J. Edwin Buff lap. All of the inspectors care fully scrutinized the boys from head to foot and found very few DRIVE CAREFULLY— YOU MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE/ ] Two Top Awards Won At Meeting In Ahos kie Saturday The Edenton Woman’s Club captured two top awards at the annual meeting of the 16th Dis trict of the North Carolina Fed eration of Woman's Clubs held in Ahoskie Saturday. Mrs. James P. Ricks won the Ethel Parker Cup for the best editorial on current events, and the club's yearbook was declared the best in the 51-100 member ship group. Mrs. Ricks’ award came in the individual achieve ment division. Her prize-win ning article was written about the local Chamber of Commerce. The 1957-58 yearbook which (took first place in its division j was compiled by Mrs. Dan I Reaves and her committee. The r over was designed by Mrs. C. A. [Phillips. By winning in the dis trict. the yearbook qualifies as |an entry for state honors. A blue ribbon and a cash award was given the club for winning the district event. Edenton s club also was given in honor award for being a 100 percent dub during the past year. This award is presented I annually for club activity and •support and partvipation in the ] Federation's program. Other awards of silver made at 1 the district meeting included the Corbel 1 Cup. Gates ville club; Mary Fearing pitcher, Severn club: Carrie Earnhardt Cup for the outstanding club woman o? the district. Mrs. W. F. Britt, district president of Ahoskie; Dorothy H. Brown Tray, Ahoskie Jun or Woman's Club. Mrs. Sam Tuten of C'amden was e'ected vice president of the district for the coming year and a mail ballot will be con ducted in order to elect a presi dent to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mrs. Gwynn Coekey of Gates ville, who was | forced to withdraw when it was ! learned she would he leaving the district next month. The district meeting was pre sided over by Mrs. Britt and special guests introduced in |eluded Mrs. Aubrey Maunev of (Kings Mounta’n, strip president; (Mrs. James M. Harper. Jr., of (Southport, second vice president, land Marjorie Yokelev of Mt. I Airy, third vice president. Attending from the Edenton jelub were Mrs. J. M. Thorud. president. Mrs. W. J. P. Earn hardt and Mrs. J. Earl Richard son. historian. I „ (civic calendar! Edenton's annual Halloween party, sponsored by the Woman's Club, will be held tonight (Thurs day) beginning at the Court House Green at 6 o'clock. Annual bazaar of St. Paul's Episcopal Church will be held , Tuesday, November 12, beginning l at 10 A. M. It will include a sal ad plate served from 12 to 2 P. M. : and a turkey dinner served at 7 : Continued on Page 6—Section 1 things Wrong with their uniforms and appearance. The inspection was in charge of Col. W. A. Free. Cubmaster, who during the evening complimented the boys and den mothers and made the following awards: Den I—Ernest Carpenter. Gold Arrow under Wolf: Elliott Leech, Wolf. Den 4—Bruce Miranda. Assist ant Denner; Gregory Hamilton, Denner. Den 6—William Gasper, Wolf: Thomas C. Phillips, Webelos. Den B—Martin Boyce, Wolf. Den 9 Robert Wisely, Wolf; Dan Hassell, Bear, Geld on Bear; Kermit Layton, Gold on Bear. The attendance |ward for hav ing the most parents present went to Den 1.