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J ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN - CHOWAN COUNTY VOIUITIB aaV 4U* Sales Promotion Y•. r „ “Bid-a-Buck” Sale Is Scheduled to Be In Progress From Oct. 16 Through Nov. 22 One of the most unusual sales ; promotions evter Ondertaken by local .merchants was announced Tuesday by Henry Quinn, chair man Os the Sales Promotion Sub committee of the Chamber of Cemmerce Merchants Committee. Quinn said the community-wide promotion 'Will begin on Thurs day, October 13, and run for five weeks ending Saturday, Novem ber 22. The promotion will feature a “Bid-a-Buck Sale” which involves giving coupons for merchandise purchased in participating stores. The coupons will have “dollar” values and may be used at the end of the sale to bid on prizes adiich will be sold at a public auc tion, according to Chairman Quinn. Over 20 merchants have already agreed to participate in the sale. “The participating stores will offer real money-saving values -during this five-week sale,” Chairman Quinn stated. ”In ad dition, the Bid-a-Buck coupons issued for merchandise purchased during this period represent ex tra values and give the public an opportunity to use them as “dol lars”! to bid on any of the many prizes to be sold at the public auc tion.’' The committee will announce the major prizes at a later date. In addition, each participating , store will also provide smaller! prizes for this community-wide i promotion. Quinn said that his t committee believes the idee will, t, CuKtwiml On Page-s—Section >4 Jaycees Cooperating In Observing Fire Prevention Week Next week, October 5-11 Fire Prevention Week will be observ ed, with Edenton Jaycees coop erating with the Edenton Fire Department in the observance. During the week fire fighting equipment will be on display at the fire station, and Mr. Yates urges citizens to clean up about their premises in an effort to | eliminate fire hazards. Jaycees point out that Edenton can set an enviable record in fire safety by cooperating with its fire department not only during Fire Prevehtion Week, but every day of the week throughout the year. "ft any hazards exist in your borne,” they say, “correct the sit uation today—tomorrow may be too late. John A. Holmes Presents Very Interesting Address On Schools At Edenton Lions dub Meeting John A. Holmes, superin ten- 1 dent of Edenton Public Schools,] spoke to the Edenton Lions Club at its Monday night meeting on i the subject of the local public schools. Mr. Holmes spoke in terestingly from a background of 35 years as superintendent of the local school system. He be gan by recalling the condition of the North Carolina schools at the tarn of the century when Governor Charles B. Aycock be gan an intensive drive to esxaD lish a tmblic school system throughout the state, but dmg - . l Li - - ... ■ \ iS > . NewßooksAt Local Library Miss Harriet B. Leary, librarian at the Shepard-Pruden Memorial Library, announces the recent ar rival of a number, of new books which are now,available. The following list should afford interesting reading: Heyerdahl, Aku-Aku; Cousins, In God We Trust; Donleavy, The Ginger Man; Warner, The Young Caesar; Harriman, The Price Is Right; Gary, The Roots of Heav en; Soldafti, The Confession; Co lon, Angelique; York, Sight of Death; Powell, At Lady Molly’s; 'Yerby, Serpent and Staff; Hall, Warlock; MacKenzie, Scent of Danger; Queen, Finishing Stroke. Kirthland, Buttons in the Back; Israel, The Mark; Yerby, Fair oaks; Pinckney, Splendid in Ash es; wodden, Greengage Summer; Dennis, Around the World with Auntie Marne; Rockwell, Com plete Book of N Flower Arrange ment; Strayer, The D.A.R.; Hay dock, Your Allergy and You; Michel, Flying Saucers; Pei, Get ting along in Italian. IN ECC PLAY The East Carolina Playhouse presented two freshman plays Wednesday and Thursday of this week, sponsored by the English Department In one of the plays, ‘The Old Lady Shows Her Med als,” Miss Linda Leary of Eden ton plays the leading role as Mrs. Downey. . In the other play Miss Leigh ! Dobson, slaughter of Mrs. C. D. I Sawyer, jpiays the role of Twee jney -in “The. Admirable Crich- Machinery Set Up For General Election Scheduled For Nov. 4 Though it will be more or less a perfunctory affair in Chowan County, the Chowan County Board of Elections has set up machinery for the gen eral election scheduled to be held Tuesday, Noverhber 4. The board has appointed reg istrars and judges of election with registrars ordered to sit at precinct polling places from 9 A. M. to sunset on October 11, 18 and 25 for the purpose of registering voters. They will also be at polling places No vember 1 from 9 A. M. until 3 P. M. for the purpose of chal lenging any elector. Polls will be open on the day of election from 6:30 A. M. to r building, and the estimated half J million dollars for the Chowan County schools. As examples, the feeding of 1,500 meals a day and the county-wide transporta tion were cited, in, addition to many other activities not known during.- the days of the private academies. If the public school system is ■abandoned, Mr. Holmes pointed out, it will be necessary to come up with a system pf private schools or reopen the schools. It was fairly easy to raise un der $3,000, but it is not easy to raise $330,000. jMr. Holmes ex pressed the hope that public schools can be reopened wher lever they have been closed, and the expressed the belief that there will be brains enough to (to have schools. ' Ec n, Chowan.County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 2,1958. Ready For E | teth City Yellow " lets Many Fannin Edenton Expect Local Orid ders to Come Out on r Winning End Coaches Bill Billings and John -1 ny Morris are busy this week get -1 ting the Edenton Aces in shape ■ to meet their arch rivals, the Eliz -5 abeth City Yellow Jackets, in Elizabeth City Friday night. • There is a considerable amount of optimism that the Aces might • be able to upset the Jackets this 3 year, but on the other hand there I are quite a few fans who are of 3 the opinion that Elizabeth City ' will again be too strong for the ■ Aces. [ Os course, the Jackets are with ’ out the strength of Bill Burgess ’ and Nick Hilgert this year and c comparative scores against Roa ■ noke Rapids do not reflect too ’ great a difference. Roanoke Rap ids played the Jackets to a 6-6 tie and defeated the Aces 6-0. ’ The feud between the Aces and 1 Jackets dates back to 1926, during which 30 games have been played. Os these games the Aces have won only five times in 1934, ; 1935, 1937, 1948 and 1949. Last year the Jackets trimmed the Aces $2-12. The Aces came out of last Fri day night’s game with Scotland ; Neck in good shape and, barring 3 any injuries during practice ses -3 sions this week, should be in the l pink of condition for what is con , sidered one of the toughest games - on this year’s schedule. A large crowd of followers are • expected to accompany the Aces Jto Elizabeth City. The band, too, i will make the trip so that, togeth . er with the crack Elizabeth City ■ High School Band, a lively and • interesting game should be on tap. Continued on Hisa 3*—Sdotion 1 6:30 P. M. The registrars and judges of election will be as follows: East Edenton Precinct—Court House: Registrar, Mrs. Ruth Stokely; judges, R. B. Hollowell | and Mrs. J. M. Thorud. West Edenton Precinct Mu nicipal Building: Registrar, Mrs. George C. Hoskins; judges, Mrs. S. Francis Hicks and M. A. Hughes. Rocky Hock Precinct Henry Bunch’s Store: Registrar, Al phonso Spivey; judges, W. H. Saunders and Henry Bunch. Center Hill Precinct Elliott Belch’s Office; Registrar, Ralph Goodwin; judges, R. H. Hollowell and Louis Monds. Continued on Page B—Section 1 Sale Os Savings Bonds In Chowan $2,974 In August Richard S. Atkinson, Jr., coun ty volunteer chairman for U. S. Savings Bonds, reports that sales in Chowan County during August were $2,974.30 and that cumula tive sales for the year in Chowan were $64,242.01. ' This is 59.6 per cent of the 1958 quota for the county which is $107,800. Mr. Atkinson also reports that the sale of Series E and H bonds in North Carolina during the first eight months of 1958 was $32,502,- 641. Compared with the January- August period last year, the com bined sales of E and H bonds were up 2.6 per cent. > fcivic calendar) V , ASC farmer-committee elec tions held in three oom lai 8 o'clock. {Edenton Doctors {Join In Forming Medical Center i • New Building Will Be! 1 Located oiV Granville Street Opposite Cho wan Hospital Four. Edenton physicians have joined together in organizing a ( medical center, which will be lo cated at the corner of Granville Street and Highway 32, just op • posite from the Chowan Hospital. The doctors who have joined in ’ the medical center are Drs. Frank ; Wood, Roland Vaughan, Richard • Hardin and Ed Bond. The clinic will be housed in a building 48 x 121 feet and will have a capacity for accommodat ing six doctors. It is hoped to ; add two more doctors as condi : tions warrant. A contract for the building was 1 awarded to the Edenton Construc tion Company last week with the understanding that it will be ready for occupancy the early part of January. It will be equipped with a reception room, business office, laboratory, X-ray room, emergency room and stor age rooms. The building will be cinder block and brick veneer and a parking area will accommodate over 50 automobiles. The doctors point out that the medical center will offer many advantages, one of which will be that records of all patients will be on file, so that if a doctor of any particular patient isn’t on duty, another doctor will be able to determine just what treatment has been given. Another advan i tage will be that many more pa , tients can be handled than iat present, when at times one office is filled with patients and another . isn’t quite as busy. 1959 Qldsmabile On Display Today! A. E. Jenkins, manager of the I Chas. H. Jenkins .Motor Company, | announces that the new 1959 Oldsmobile will be on display in the showroom on East Queen Street today (Thursday). Mr. Jenkins and the entire per sonnel of Chas. H. Jenkins Motor Company are very much elated lover the new Olds and extend a cordial invitation to everybody toi visit, the showroom and inspect the new model. They say the| 1959 Oldsmobile is the most out-j standing product in Oldsmobile history— in styling, quality and ; value. 1 Edenton Aces Encounter Very Little Trouble To Trim Scotland Neck Friday By Score Os 31-0 Edenton’s Aces maintained a clean conference record Friday night on Hicks Field when they encountered little difficulty in running rough shod over Scot land Neck 31 to 0. Coach Bill Billings used practically every boy on the squad during the game, so that the Aces could 1 have run up a much larger score. The Aces outplayed the Fighting Scots in every depart ment of the game, but the visit ors fought gamely to the end. However, they never seriously threatened to cross the Aces’ goal line. The Aces got off to an early start by scoring a touchdown in five plays after receiving the opening kick-off. Quarterback Lloyd Lassiter connected with a pass to Robert White, who was in the open and White raced 40 yards to score untouched. The pass covered 01 yards. Edenton scored three touch downs in the second quarter. The first again resulted in a pass from Lassiter to White which was good for 16 yards. The next touchdown was made by Bubba Hopkins, who crashed through the line from two yards out after the Aces marched from the Scotland Neck 47 in four first downs. Fred Britton made the fourth touchdown when^he [; ii i fnrpnm anmefi [ Appreciative | V —r As chairman of the Program Committee of the Edenton Tea Party Chapter. D.A.R. for Consti tution Week, f wish to thank per sonally, as well as on behalf of Chapter members, all those who helped in the successful commem oration of the ratification of the Federal Constitution. I should like to thank especially Mayor Kehayes, the churches. The Cho wan Herald, radio station WCDJ, Taylor Theatre, schools and clubs for their solendid cooperation. ELEANOR P. ROWELL j District Rally j Os Democrats j Tuesday,Oct. 7 Congressman Herbert C. Bonj ner has announced that plans and arrangements have been made to hold the First Congressional Dis-j trict Democratic Rally at Ahoskie on Tuesday, October 7, at the Na tional Guard Armory at 5:30 P. M. The State Caravan led by Wood row W. Jones, chairman of the State Democratic Executive Com mittee, Governor Hodges, Sena tor Ervin, Senator Jordan, the counsel of State and John Larkin, National Democratic Committee man, will attend the meeting. Mr. Bonner says Hertford Courtty is very enthusiastic about this meeting and is determined to make it one of the best rallies held in eastern North Carolina in many years. He is proud of the,, meetings held in other cities in the district and looks forward to this one with equal enthusiasm, • “Governor Hodges, the two Sena | tors and others will make short talks which I am sure you will; find informative and interesting,” says Mr. Bonner. A free barbecue supper will be served at the ar mory immediately after the busi ness of the rally is completed. It is impossible for Mr. Bonner to write every Democrat in the district, but he urges many to at ! tend. “These meetings offer an opportunity for real fellowship,” | he says, “and I look forward with i great pleasure to seeing many of 'my friends in the First District. : At this meeting you will be given i ' Continued on Page 3—Section 1 Tolley, Cobb and Spivey alter nated in carrying the ball with the drive featured by a 46-yard jaunt by Cobb. Spivey bulled ris way through the line from the 6-yard line for the final touchdown. The Aces made good on only one try for extra point, that being a pass to Jack Bunch in the second quarter. The coaching of Johnny Morris was reflected in a stubborn Edenton line which held back the thrusts of the Scots’ ball carriers and also, made gaping holes for the’ Edenton runners. Robert White played his usual spectacular game both on of fense and defense, while Wilkins, used far less than in last week’s game, added yardage by bulling his way through the line. Hop kins was also a consistent ground gainer, while Phillips, Tolley, Hkrdison, Spivey and • Cobb made substantial contributions, Cobb especially thrilling the spectators with a 46-yard jaunt. On defense all of the boys gave a good account of themselves with Ashley, Britton, Johnson, Jimmy White, Baker, Forehand, Faircloth, Bametl, Griffin, Mit chener, 6mall, Phillips, Harrell and Dixon looking best Lassi ter handled the quarterback po sition very well, as did Billy Dail and Robert White at vari ous times during the game. The Edenton Junior - Senior High School Band was on hand [to liven up the game and at half [time put on a good show on the Ifootball field. CMlfalllMi an pann 1 filHiftW 9 Doctors in Edenton AbandonCustomOf Night Off ice Hours New Policy Is Sched uled to Go Into Effect After Sunday, Oc tober 12 1 Three Edenton doctors an -1 nounced this week that, effec ■ tive Sunday, October 12, they ■ will abandon the practice of f observing office hours at night. ’ The three doctors agreeing to 1 this new policy are Drs. L. P. ! Williams, Roland Vaughan and *• Richard Hardin. Os course, it is the purpose of the doctors to take care of ’ emergency cases, but they will 1 not be in their office unless it is necessary for them to go there for special treatment of a pa- j tient. j | In making the announcement, | jthe doctors released the follow-: ing statement to The Herald: “We wish to announce that! 1 after October 12 we will discon-j . tinue night office hours. The: daily work load incurred follow ling the loss of Dr. Martin Wise ly has made this step necessary for us to best fulfill the needs jof the community. We will al ways be available for emergen ciese of any kind at all hours.” ROTARIANS MEET TODAY Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet this (Thursday) afternoon at, 1 o’clock in the Parish House, i Dr. Ed Bond, president, is very anxious to register a 100 per cent, meeting, so that all Rotarians are urged to be present. Edenton Jaycees Now Seeking ’SB Outstanding Young Farmer Edenton Jaycees this week be gan their search for the outstand ing young farmer for the year 1958. Benbury Wood is in charge of this year’s project and an nounces that he has nomination blanks and that they are available at the county agents’ office. Mr. Wood points out that the outstanding young farmer must be between the ages of 21 and 35 and that the winner of the honor will be selected from the nominations by a secret judging board. He al so states that anybody is eligible to file a nomination, but that all nominations must be in by De cember 15. The winner will be announced at a Jaycee banquet to be held the latter part of January. Gil liam Wood was awarded the hon or in 1956 and last year Lindsay Ray Bunch received the honor. The purpose of this search, ac cording to Mr. Wood, is to in crease public understanding of the farmer and his problems and to create, through example, more youth interest in farming as a profitable and satisfying career. The basis for judging will be the young farmer who has made the greatest progress in his agri cultural career, best practiced soil and natural resource conservation and played the most responsible and contributing role in commun ity affairs and betterment. DAR MEETS OCT. 8 Edenton Tea Party Chapter of the DAR will meet Wednesday af ternoon, October 8, at 3:30 o’clock in the Iredell house. Mrs. Wood Privott, regent, requests all mem bers to attend. 20 Years Ago As Found in the Files of , The Chowan Herald V . A district library meeting was scheduled to be held in the Court House with the Shepard- Pruden Memorial Library as host. A tenant house on the E. N. Elliott farm was destroyed by fire and Willie Twine and his family narrowly escaped with their lives. - The Chowan Woman's Club sponsored a fiddlers' convention in the Chowan High School. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Has sell celebrated their 50th wed ding anniversary. ' Jennie Ruth McAlily repre sented the Edentop Junior Mu sic Club at a district meeting of the State Federation of Music Clubs held at Elisabeth City. Cawtrae VS a otwyar cum «* ni* Continued on pa flf f Btctitm 1 i- .: v $2.50 Per Year In North Carolina Twelve Directors Elected To Serve Edenton’s C. of C. i : Achievement Day On October 10th Plans are complete for the* Home Demonstration Clubs Ach ievement Day Program on Friday, October 10. Miss Pauline Gordon, Extension House Furnishing Spe cialist, is scheduled to be the guest speaker, giving a demon- 1 stration on “Dried Flower Ar-, rangements.” This annual event will be held! at the Chowan Community Build-1 ing at 2:30 P. M. According to Miss Maidred Mor. ris, Chowan County Home Agent, the achievement program is one iof the outstanding programs in ] the club’s year of work. All club 'members are urged to attend the' ' event. An interesting program j has bean arranged by the plan -1 ning committee, A special report will be given ; of the various club achievements during the past year. Certificates and awards will be presented to outstanding club members. Red Men Change Hour Os Meeting Chowan Tribe of Red Men will hold its weekly meetings at 7:30 o’clock beginning next Monday night, October 6. During the j summer months the meetings be gan at 8 o’clock. Caswell Ed ’ mundson, sachem, urges a full at -1 tendance at Monday night’s meet -1 ing. Episcopalian Debt I Drive Nears Endl i John W. Graham, Senior Ward en, and chairman of the Debt Drive at Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church, September 21-30, an nounced the first of the week that the drive is now about 80 pier cent complete. He urges all canvassers to make their repiorts to him as soon as possible and all who wish to make a contribution to the drive to either through the can vasser or directly to him. , The members of the congrega tion and friends of the parish have been extremely generous dunng the campaign and if those mem bers not contributing at this date will participate, the chance is ex cellent for subscribing to the debt in full. As was announced at the be-1 ginning of the drive, if the debtj is completely eliminated, an, equivalent amount will be forth-] coming from an anonymous source toward a building fund for 1 much-needed additions to the present Parish Hall. VFW AUXILIARY MEETING [ The Ladies’ Auxiliary of Wil liam H. Coffield Post 9280, Vet erans of Foreign Wars will meet tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock in { the Post home. Mrs. Pattie Jor- ■ dan, president, requests all mem-| bers to be present. Ne w Parent-Teacher Association Formed At Junior - Senior H. S. The Edenton Junior - Senior High School PTA launched its first year, apart from the Ele mentary School association at an official board meeting held in the school cafeteria Monday night, headed by the co-presi dents, Mr. and Mrs. Haywood Bunch. A membership drive will be gin Friday, October 10 and last through Monday, October 20, and since the association is more interested in having par ents attend meetings than mak ing money and the added fact that some parents have children in both schools, the membership fee was set at 25 cents per member. All parents are urged to stand by their teen-agers and realize they are needed just as much in the High School PTA as they are in the Elementary associa tion. 1 Principal Gerald . James offer FIGHT CANCER WITH A CHECKUP AND CHECK I Group Will Meet Next Week to Elect Slate 1 Os Officers to Serve For Coming Year Twelve directors of the Cham ber of Commerce were elected Tuesday by the membership to I serve one and two-year terms be j ginning October 1 it was announc | ed by Chairman John A. Holmes of the elections committee. I * ! Elected for two-year terms are John W. Graham, attorney; Dr. Richard Hardin, physician; Wil liam P. Jones, Spedic Food Pro ducts, Inc.; Philip S. McMullan, , The Edenton Cotton Mills; Ed Parker, Hughes-Parker Hardware | Co., and J. P. Partin, Edenton Furniture Company. Elected for one-year terms are N. J. George, George Chevrolet Co.; Scott Harrell, Edenton Ma rina; Gerald D. James, principal, Edenton High School; Shelton Moore, Eden Motel; Ralph Par rish, Ralph E. Parrish, Inc., and George S. Twiddy, Twiddy Insur ance and Real Estate, Inc. In addition 1 the directors elected by the n ombership, four others also sei \ on the Cham ber's governing c dy as represen tatives of other organizations, in cluding Mayor E. P. Kehayes; W. E. Bond, chairman of the Cho wan County Board of Commis sioners; Chairman A. B. Harless, Edenton Board of Public Works and Caswell Edmundson, presi dent, Junior Chamber of Com merce. The Chamber’s immedi ate past president is also a board member. President Gilliam Wood stated that the new board of directors will meet next week to elect Chamber officers for the coming year. Plans will also be made for the Chamber’s annual meeting and membership drive, Wood add ed. Tyrrell Murder Trial Is Changed To Chowan Court Judge Henry Stevens, presiding over a term of Tyrrell County Superior Court, on Monday trans ferred the trial of Richard Joseph Reynolds, charged with murder, to the November term of Chowan Superior Court. The transfer was ordered after the failure to seat a jury. Reynolds, 30. is charged with the death of Wilton Leo Arm strong, 42, who was found drown ed in Scuppemong River on May 10th. MASONS MEET TONIGHT A stated communication of ! Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M., will be held tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. Daniel Reaves, master, urges a good at j tendance. EASTERN STAR MEETING Edenton Chapter No. 302, Order of the Eastern Star, will meet in the Masonic Temple Monday { night, October 6, at 8 o'clock, j Mrs. W. A. Harrell, worthy ma j tron, urges every member to be j present. ed many helpful suggestions to the new organization, one of which was to invite two mem bers of the Student Council to attend each official board meet ing’ to present their problems and suggestions. Members of the School Board will be invite*.; to be official members and urged to attend meetings in order to better un derstand mutual problems. The first meeting will be held Tuesday night, October 21, in the High School auditorium, which will be in the form of a get-together meeting. Teachers will be introduced and following the meeting a social will be held I in > the cafeteria. The following will serve as officers for the ensuing year: Co-presidents, Mr. and Mrs. Hay- u wood Bunch; vice president, | Mrs. Kathleen Skttac; secretary, |