- ONLY NEWSPAPER
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CHOWAN COUNTY
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Volume XXV—Number 5.
Bank Os Hobbsvilh Given
Authority To E Sablish
Branch Bank In Edenton
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Details of Operation
Held Up Until Ap
proval Is Given By
i FIDC
At a meeting of the State Bank
ing Commission held in Raleigh
last week authority was granted
the Bank of Hobbsville to estab
lish a branch bank in Edenton.'
The request was Submitted to the
Commission about six months ago
at which tim'e no action was tak
en in favor oY in opposition to the
application. However, at last
week’s meeting permission was
given to''establish the branch
bank.- * , ,
Officials of The Bank of Eden-j
ton registered opposition to a new
- bank locating in Edenton, this op
position being based on the pres- 1
ent economic outlook, with the 1
Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air Sta
tion scheduled to be deactivated
by March 31, 1959, and the faim (
income drastically reduced due to j
unfavorable weather conditions. |
It was pointed out that if and,
wh’e- nthe base closes,' in the)
neighborhood of 2,000 people will i
leave the area and that due pri
marily to farming conditions 1957
deports in the Bank of Edenton
decreased approximately $600,000.
However, it was stated, depositors
and the number of applications
for loans have increased.
The Banking Commission, how
ever, based its decision to au
thorize a branch bank on the fact
that it hvpuld not threaten the j
solvency of The Bank of Eden
ton. The Bank of Edenton was;
given authority tp merge with'
the Peoples Bank aad.Trust Cora*}
pany of Rocky Mount, which will]
greatly increase its banking fa-[
cilities. t
The branch of the Bank of,
Hobbsville will, no doubt, be|
named The Albemarle Bank and
Trust Company. However, no*im-1
mediate steps will be taken to es- j
_ tablish the branch bank until the
application is given approval by
the Federal Deposit Insurance!
Corporation. This approval, how-1
ever, is confidently expected to |
follow the State Banking Com-;
mission’s action in about two,
weeks.
According to expectations, the,
new bank will be located in the;
Citizens Bank Building, owned by I
Herbert Small. The lower por-’
tion of the building is now occu
pied by Drs. Martin Wisely and
Roland Vaughan, who will be giv-j
en a six months period to va-;
cate.
The capital stock of the new
bank will be SIIO,OOO and quite a]
few local people have agreed to
buy, shares of stock. It is the
purpose of those interested in the
new bank to spread the stockhold
ers as equally as possible in Cho
- wan and Gates counties. The
bank will provide all modern
banking facilities and additional
management will be selected from
Chowan County.
The directors’of the Bank of
Hobbsville express their opinion
that the new bank will be able
to provide complete banking ser
vice for the proposed area to be
served, ”
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20 Years Ago
As Found In Jhe Files of
The Chowan Herald
Herbert Leary of Edenion and
Judge C. E. Thompson of Eliza
beth City annephced their inten
tion to be candidates for Judge
of'np Superior Court in the First
Judicial District. '
4 ;jbdhf of Police G. A. Helms
announced that he would arrest
d&jpnr person who had slot ma
chines in operation, resulting in
Lloyd E. Griffin was the princi
pal speaker at the first anniver
sexy celebration of the Edenion
Th A1 h lie
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
l Mrs. O. C. Long, Jr., Appointed
’ To Represent Chowan As First
Vice President Os 25th District
Mrs. O. C. Long, Jr., was ap
pointed by the County Council at
its meeting last week to represent
Chowan County as first vice-pres
ident of the 25th District Federa
tion of Home Demonstration
Clubs. The 25th district will hold
its annual meeting in Currituck
County in April.
Other Chowan club women
named to committees were: Nomi
nating, Mrs. Gilbert Harrell; res
olutions, Mrs. Jim Swindell; reg
istration, Mrs. Herman Nixon;
courtesy, Mrs. Elliott Belch; time
and place, Mrs. C. A. Perry.
A special effort to enlist new
members in the local home dem
onstration clubs was voted by the
Council to be the number one
project for 1958. Some clubs
plan to sponsor contests among
their members as encouragement
to increase membership.
The County Council met in the
Chowan Community Building
with Mrs. H. T. Hollowell, presi
Meeting Called
For Vegetable
Growers Jan. 311
A vegetable growers meeting
will be held at the Rocky Hock
School building on Friday night,
January 31, at 7:30 o’clock, ac-!
cording to G.- W, Overman, couii- (
ty agent. All vegetable growers!
are invited and urged to attend
this meeting.'.
Assisting with the meeting will
be State College Agricultural Ex
tension Service Specialists Albert
A. Banadyga and Donald E. Far
ris. The specialists will discuss
the vegetable outlook for 1958.
They will also discuss varieties
of various vegetables, vegetable
diseases and insect control, other
production practices and market
ing.
Vegetable growers are urged to
attend this meeting because it
will be packed full of good infor
mation for the 1958 season.
COMMISSIONERS' MEETING
Chowan County Commissioners
will hold their February meeting
in the Court House Monday
morning, February 3, at 10
o’clock. (
LIONS MEET MONDAY
Edenton Lions will meet Mon
day night, February 3, at 7
o’clock. Medlin Belch, president,
! urges all members to be present.
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Weldon Hollowell announced
Tuesday morning of this week
that he will be a candidate for
re-election as solicitor for Cho
jvan County in the Democratic
primary election to be held Sat
urday, May 31. He is the sec
ond . candidate to announce his
candidacy for Chowan County of
fices to be filled in the election.
The first candidate to announce
was Herman White, who is seek
ing'the office of Sheriff.
Thomas W. Elliott, Jr., Elected
Assistant Vice President Os The
Wachovia Bank And Trust Co.
Edentori friends will be inter
ested to know that Thomas W.
Elliott, Jr., a native of Edenton,
has been elected assistant vice
president of the Wachovia Bank
& Trust Company Jn Raleigh.
Thte • announcement came fol
lowing the' bank’* antral stock
holder. meeting held in Winston
Ndenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 30, I^sß.
dent, conducting the meeting. For
the devotion, Mrs. W. H. Saun
ders read the Beatitudes inspir
ingly, concluding with “The Be
atitudes of a Good Leader”.
Several other matters of great
importance to club work for the
coming year were discussed.
A “Womanless Wedding” will
be sponsored by the council as r
fund raising measure. The plan
ning committee appointed is com
posed of Mrs. Nurney Chappell
Mrs. Lonnie Harrell, Mrs. B. P.
Monds.
The Council voted to have lo
cal clubs solicit subscriptions so:
The Progressive Farmer magazin -
with the proceeds being kept in
each club.
Mrs. Bristoe Perry was named
chairman of a planning commit
tee for National Home Demon- 1
stration Club Week activities. 1
with Mrs. O. C. Long, Jr., and
Mrs. Scott Harrell as assistants.
Continued on Page 6—Section 1 j
B. & L. Meeting
R. E. Leary, secretary of the
1 Edenton Building & Loan Asso-,
i ciation, announces that a meet
ing of the shareholders of the as
sociation will be held Monday,
night. February 3. The meeting
{ will be held in the Court House, '
beginning at. 8 o’clock.
1 All shareholders are urged to
attend the meeting.
March Dimes
Dance Feb. 7j
—i;
Sponsored by the Edenton
Jaycees, a Valentine dance will (
be held in the Edenton armory
Friday night, February 7. The 1
dance will begin at 9 o'clock and
continue until 1 A. M., with mu
sic provided by John Pilant and
his orchestra from Scotland
Neck. Table reservations can be
made by contacting any member
of the Junior Chamber of Com
merce. The price of the dance
will be SI.OO per person.
. The proceeds of the dance will
go into th> March of Dimes
fund.
Tom Ridgeway, March of
Dimes chairman, announces that
a house-to-house canvass will be
made tonight (Thursday) be
tween 7 and 8 o’clock. He re
quests any who desire to make a
contribution to allow lights to be
burning on front porches in or
der to spe.ed up the canvass.
Mr. Ridgeway had a rather
discouraging report Wednesday
morning of this week when he
stated that only about SSOO had '
been received in the Ivlarch of
Dimes drive thus far. He also
announced that if anybody de
sired to make a contribution it
may be sent to March of Dimes,
P. O. Box 510, Edenton.
RED MEN MEETING
Chowan Tribe of Red Men will ;
meet Monday night, February 3,
at 7:30 o’clock. Hurley Ward, sa
chem, urges a full attendance.
graduate of the University of
North Carolina, during World War
11, he was a naval aviator and
holds the rank of lieutenant com
mander. He* was founder and
vice president of the Wake Coun
ty Chapter of the American In
stitute of Banking, educational di
vision of the Atperican Bankers
Association. He served as presi-
of the chapter in 1955 and is
currently a director. , ; , ■«
.Mr. Elliott is the son of. Mi*.
TT W. Elliott, 209 Water Street
m Menton and the late Thomas
W, EUmtL
Heart Fund Drive
Scheduled To Be
Held In February
Dr. Ed Bond Chairman
For Second Consecu
tive Year
For the second consecutive year
Dr. Edward G. Bond will be
chairman of Chowan County’s
annual Heart Fund drive. *
The Heart Fund campaign will
begin February 1 and continue
through February 28 It will be
conducted here by the North Car
olina Heart Association, an affili
ate of the American Heart Asso
ciation. The campaign is nation
wide and will reach its high point
on Heart Sunday, February 23,
with a door-to-door collect’on
carried on by local Heart Sunday
volunteers.
Last year a total of $1,400 was
Collected for the Heart Fund in
Chowan County, a major portion
being retained in the state to sup
port research and local heart pro
grams. Chowan County was sec
ond in 17 Eastern North Carolina
counties in money collected per
capita for the Heart Fund. Dare
County was first.
Continued on Page B—Section 1
Big Whiskey Still)
Destroyed Monday!
In Yeopim Section!
New Outfit Is Valued
At $6,500 By Raid
ing Officers
ATU officers from Elizabeth
City and Chowan County ABC
officers destroyed another large
still early Monday morning. The
still was discovered on the prop
erty belonging to Thomas O. Har
rell in the Yeopim section. •
The still, a double unit outfit,
had capacities of 411 and 319 gal
lons, both metal pot type, with
a 123-gallon doubler.
Also destroyed were 54 gallons
of non-tax-paid whiskey, 4,892
District Masons Christmas Club
Meeting Today Closes Feb. 3rd
Masons from all over the First
District are expected to gather in
Edenton today (Thursday) for a
district meeting called by Willie
H. Burgess of Old Trap, district
deputy grand master. The meet-:
ing will be held in the afternoon!
and at 7 o’clock a supper will be •
served in the dining room.
A special feature of the meet- j
ing will be a group of members
of the Demolay of Norfolk, who
will entertain those present by an
exemplification of their degree, j
The youngsters are expected to be i
accompanied by a goodly number!
from Norfolk.
Daniel Reaves, master of Una-'
nimity Lodge, is very anxious to
have a large number of local
Masons attfend.
A. P. Godwin, Jr.,
Is Candidate For
State Senate Seat
A. Pilston Godwin, Jr., Gates
ville attorney and former State
Senator,, will seek re-election to
the 1959 State Senate from the
First District.
The First Senatorial District
elects two Senators. Godwin
represented the District in the
regular sessions of 1953-1955 and
in the Special Session of 1956.
| In the 1955 Session, he was chair
man of the Senate Committee on
Judiciary II which handled a
greater volume of legislation than,
any other legislative committee
and wa s also a member of the
following committees: Appropri
ations, Courts and Judicial Dis
tricts, Ijjjucation, Election Laws
and Senatorial Districts, Manufac
turing and Commerce. Retire-
Con tinuad on Pag* 2—Section I
Bank Official ]
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THOMAS W. ELLIOTT. JR.
Stockholders of the Wachovia
Bank 8t Trust Company at a
meeting Tuesday, January 21,
elected Thomas W. Elliott, Jr„ an
Edenton native, assistant vice
president of the Wachovia Bank
& Trust Company in Raleigh.
gallons of mash, a 244-gallOn boil- j
er, coal burner. 127 feet ■>. 7 se
a B & & gaS motor wltjn JJomarY
water pump, a 250-galon pre
heater, cooler box with radiator
condenser, a filter barrel and nine
bags of coal.
The officers estimated the value
of the still at $6,500 and that il !
had been in operation for a pe-|
riod of not over two weeks. It:
had a 5,060 gallon mash capacity,
and had a daily whiskey produc- j
ing capacity of 274.4 gallons
Though the officers waited fori
some time before raiding the still,
nobody put in an appearance, so j
that no arrests were made at thej
time.
The Bank of Edenton has an
nounced that its 1958 Christmas'
Savings Club will close Monday, i 1
February 3. After that date no
more members will be enroled.
In the neighborhood cf 1,000 j
peope received 1957 Christmas j
Savings Club checks a few weeks
before Christmas, which came in
handy, to say the least.
Holmes Will Speak
At Plymouth Friday
The Rev. George B. Holmes,;
rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal j
Church, will speak in the Wash-!
ington County Public Library, I
Plymouth, thi s Friday afternoon, I
January 31, at 3:30 o’clock. His j
subject will deal with the place]
of the Christian Church in the |
present world situation and will j
cover phases of the “cold war".
The trustees and staff invite the
public to attend. It is hoped that
people from Edenton- will avail
themselves of this interesting and
, enlightening opportunity. •
|(civtc calendar]
j Edenton Jaycees will sponsor
| a Valentine Dance in the—Eden
ton armory Friday n : ght, Febru
! ary 7, from 9 o'clock to 1 A. M..
with the proceeds going toward
the March of Dimes.
A vegetable growers meeting
will be held at the Rocky Hock
School building Friday night.
January 31, at 7:30 o'clock.
A story hour for children 4 to
12 will be conducted in the Shep
ard- Pruden Memorial Library
Thursday afternoon. February 6.
from 3:45 to 4:45 o'clock.
A band concert will be held in
Continued on Page B—Section 1
Executive Vice President
i Os Chamber Os Commerce
Impressed With Edenton
j Savings Bonds Sales In Chowan
Go Over Quota During 1957!
j A. B. Harless, volunteer U. S.
I savings bonds chairman for Cho-:
j wan County, repotted late last:
| week that sales of E and H bonds 1
j nt Chowan for December amount- j
|ed to $7,408.90. Sales for the year i
[1957 totaled $139,432.14, which j
was 116.5 per cent of the county’s j
1957 goal.
Twenty-two counties in North!
Carolina attained their 1957 quo-j
ta. These counties and their per.
cent of achievement are as fp 1- *
lows: Dare, 250'1 : Macon, 143*7 ;!
Alleghany, 136'7 : Gates, 128'7;|
Noithampton, 125'7 ; Stanley,'
125';; Moore, 123'7 ; Chowan,:
116.5' > ; Transylvania, 114*7;
Hoke. 113 '"I ; Cherokee, 112 r 7 :,
Hertford, 110*7 : Martin, 108*7 :
Washington. 108*7 ;• Rockingham.]
105*7; Gaston, 105'7 : Henderson.
104'7 ; Ashe. 103'7 : Clay, 102*7 :
Jackson, 100*7 and Yancey, 100*7 .
Walter P. Johnson, State Direc
tor. Savings Bonds Program, ex
pressed the Treasury’s apprecia-
r Band Concert j
Tonight (Thursday) at 8 o'clock
a band concert by the Edenton
Junior-Senior High School Band
will be presented in the Elemen
tary School auditorium. A small
admission will be charged with
the proceeds going to the March
of Dimes. The band will be un
der he direction of Mrs. Lula
Williams, who hopes a large
crowd will turn out.
A.E.M.C. Cuts
Electric* Rates
The board of directors of
Albemarle Electric Membership
Corporation have announced a re- j
duction of electric rates to their
members of about 5*7 effective
with their January 20th, 1958 bill
ing.
A. T. Lane, president, said the j
Board was aware of the adverse I
financial conditions in the rural :
area served by the cooperative
and felt that a rate reduction j
would be of some assistance at;
this time.
He also pointed out that this
was in line with the policy of the
Albemarle Electric Membership
Corporation to render the best
service possible at the least cost
to the members and that it is the
aim of the Board to make further
reductions when thought feasible.'
VFW MEETING
William H. Cofficld Post No.
9280, Veterans of Foreign Wars,)
will meet Tuesday night, Febru-!
ary 4. at 8 o'clock. Commander'
Earl White urges a good attend
ance.
State Librarian Is Scheduled To
Be Library Week Speaker At
Washington County Library
The Regional Board of the Pet
tigrew Regional Libraiy held it'
quarterly meeting January 16 at
the home of the director. Mrs
Eugenia Babylon. All members
were present, namely Mrs. J. Rob
ert Campbell, chairman; Thomas
Shepard, vice-chairman; Paul
Liverman, secretary; E. E. Har- 1
rell, treasurer: Mrs. C. E. Morris,
Mrs. George Mack, Mrs. Sidney
McMullan, Mr. Davenport andj
Mr. Leavitt.
It was announced by the chair- j
man that Mrs. Elizabeth House
Hughey, State Librarian, had con
sented to speak in the Washing
ton County Public Library on
Friday, March 21, as part of the
observanpe of National Library
Week, which is March 16-22. The
public is invited to attend.
At the request of the chairman,
Mrs. Babylon gave a brief report
on the North Carolina Library
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina
tion for the splendid support giv
! en to the Savings Bonds Program
during 1957 by the volunteers,
; banks, industry and medias. John
| son said, “The growth and success;
1 of the Savings Bonds Program is
| a remarkable expression of the
j patriotism and thrift habits of
I the American people.”
The calendar year of 1957 end
ed with sales of Series E and H
! Savinas Bonds increasing arid re-'
; demptions decreasing, said Mr.
' Harless.
In North Carolina, total sales
j for 1957 were $46,851,064 which
; was 86 per cent of the state’s an
j mini quota. Final state figures]
I show 1957 as being behind 19561
: sales by 9 per cent. This decrees" j
w; s brought about primarily by •.'
i decline in the sale of large de
nominat on bonds. With a moia l
favorable interest rate and im-'
moved market conditions, the i
veal* ended with definite improve
ment j n the sales of the larger!
bonds.
! Ingram Speaks
At Men's Guh
A goodly number of the mem
bers of the Methodist Men's Club
attended a meeting at the Meth
odist Church Thursday night,
when the principal speaker was
the Rev. Kelly Ingram of Eliza
beth City. Mr. Ing ram spoke
about the finances of the church
as a whole, pointing out the need
: for larger contributions to prop-'
erlv carry on the work of the
church.
A delicious dinner was served
by A. 1.. Brinson. Larry Knox
and Erwin Griffin.
EASTERN STAR MEETING
Edenton Chapter No. 302. Or
| der of the Eastern Star, will meet
Monday night. Februay .3. at 8
o'clock in the Masonic Temple.
Mrs. Margaret Stanton, worthy
jmatron, is very anxious to have'
I a large attendance.
[ Penalty Near 1
! Sheriff J. A. Bunch and Ernest
I Ward, Jr„ tax collectors for Cho
wan County and the Town of
Edenton. respectively, call atten
tion to the fact that after Satur
day, February 1, a penalty of one
per cent will be added to unpaid
I 1957 taxes.
1 If the taxes are not paid by
March I. a penalty of two per cent
will be added to the taxes and on
and after April 2, in add’lion to
said two per cent, one-half of one
per cent per month or fraction
thereof will be added until the
taxes are Daid. Os course, they
both urge taxes to be paid before
the penally goes into effect.
Raleigh November 20-23.
The general progress of the
region was discussed and the fol- j
lowing circulation figures for De- 1
cember were given:
White bookmobile 2553 .
Colored bookmobile 1574]
Washington Co. Public 1532,
Tyrrell Co. Public .1213,
Brown-Carver. Edenton 986
Shepard-Pruden, Edenton 665
Washington Co. Colored 278
Brown-Carver led all libraries
jin reference with 99. Tyrrell, 31; j
Shepard-Pruden, 17; Washington
County Public, 4.
Circulation figures usually drop!
during the holidays. The book
j mobiles did not run Christmas
j week and the libraries were clos- 1
, ed fbr three days.
The next meeting will be a,
I short one held Friday, March 21, |
! at Plymouth in the library, just
before-Mrs. Hughey’s talk.
ry
FIGHT POLIO . . .
GIVE TO THE
MARCH OF DIMES!
. - r
l! Enthusiastic Meeting
- j Held In Court House
Monday Night With
Many Present
1 1 That interest in the Edenton
• Chamber of Commerce is at a
high pitch was reflected Monday
’ night when the Court House was
filled with local people to at
tend the first Chamber of Com
merce meeting since the arrival
of Harry Smith, Jr., executive
[.vice president.
President Gilliam Wood ex
pressed his pleasure for the
isplendid turn-out and at the
outset - the Chamber of Com
merce was assured the lull sup
port and cooperation of the
i Edenton Industrial Development
'Corporation by Joe Conger, Jr.,
its chairman. Mayor Ernest
jKehayes a’so expressed his plea
. sure to see so many present and
j hoped the Chamber of Commerce
.would be a success.
I Mr. Wood introduced Mr.
'Smith and was high in praise of
| the calibre of the executive vice
| president, saying he was exactly
lihe sort of man Edenton needs
to operate a successful Chamber
Inf Commerce and said Edenton
I was fortunate in securing him.
In opening his remarks Mr.
Smith sa;d he wanted to express
the real pleasure he and Mrs.
Smith have experienced since
arriving in Edenton.. •Everyone
I have met in the Chamber of
fice and on the street has mad"
me feel that I have lived in
town for years.’’ he said. "At
home, the ladies of our neigh
borhood have called on and en
tertained Mrs. Smith and have
•given her relaxation and com
fort amid unpacking and set
tling. All of which confirms our
first impression of Edenton and
it- friendly, cooperative people.
We thank you very much.’’
And getting down to the busi
ness at hand. Mr. Smith had
tins to say:
"People have asked mo what
is a Chamber of Commerce ’ 4 and
'what do you propose to do ’ The
answers to these questions could
consume hours and I do not in
tend to bore you with a full dL
course on .the subject. I dr,,
think it appropriate, however,
ltd take a few minutes to discus:;
'some of tile reasons for a Charm
'ber ol Commerce and what tli■
I
: Edenton Chamber proposes to do.
"The urge to. improve com
munities is fundamental. Man
has long sought to improve not
only his own individual position
jbut to develop his local, state
■and national groups.. We have
local government and enforce
ment agencies which make liv
ing and doing business in com-
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
'Children's Slorv
Hour At Library
I
! A story hour for children, age,
j 4 to 12. will be conducted in the
Shepard-Pruden Memorial Li
brary on Thursday. February 6,
under the auspices of the library.
, The program will begin at 3:45
o’clock and end at 4:54. No ad-
I mission fee.
I This will be the first in a res
ular series of story hours and
should provide fun and enter
tainment for the youngsters. Stor
| ies will be told by Mrs. Ed Bond,
; Mrs. Ernest Learv, Mrs. Selby
i Harney and Mrs. Eugenia Baby
loln. For further information,
i consult the library. Volunteers
! are needed to help with future
! story hours.
Seeks Re-election I
n- **
1 J. Wiliam Copeland of Mur
freesboro. State Senator from the
| First Senatorial District, inform
ed The Herald late last week that
he will be a candidate for re-elec
tion in the Democratic Primary
i Election to be held Saturday. May
131.
"If re-nominated and re-elect-
I ed," s *vs Mr. Copeland. "I will
serve the district and the state
1 to the best of my ability."