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‘ 7 ONLY NEWSPAPER. |] v PUBLISHED IN CHOWAN COUNTY | Volume XXV. —Number 44. Annual Meeting Oi Edenton’s C. of C. Tuesday Nov. 4th 'Members and Interest ed'Persons Urged to Attend What Will Be Important Meeting The annual meeting of the Edenton Chamber of Commerce is ' scheduled to be held next Tuesday i evening, November 4, President, John W. Graham, has announced.' It will be held in St. Paul’s Par-j ish House at 8 P. M. Nfr. Graham said that the ac tivities of the organization dur-1 ing the past year will be review- 1 ed by Past President Gilliam Wood, Executive Vice President Harry Smith, Jr., and others. Mayor E. P. Kehayes and W. E. Bond, chairman of the Chowan County Comissioners, will also be on the program. Members of the 'Chamber of Commerce, representatives of oth er organizations and anyone in terested in the future of Edenton! are invited and urged to attend 1 the meeting. “We believe one in this area is entitled to; know what the Chamber of Com mefce is doing,” Graham stated. “We are also planning future ac-! tivities which will affect our com-! munity. We want to provide an opportunity for all interested per sons to consider and discuss these projects with us.” Graham added that a survey of projects to be undertaken in 1959; is now under way. Members^ • have received a letter and form' requesting recommendations for the three most important com-j munity-wide projects for action' next year. Graham said, “this is j a chance for every member to, take part in our plans, and I hope! everyone will fill out the formj’ and return it to the office. “Anyone in business today rea lizes that planning is essential sor | efficient operation. So it is with your Chamber of Commerce. By) adopting those projects and activi ties which the membeTs consider important, our resources will be| allocated and our efforts expend ed ir such away as to serve the community better. “Today communities must be as competitive as business. A well-| organized Chamber of Commerce can meet competition and bring! benefits to the town and county. “We want a vigorous and rea listic program for 1959. We invite your help to plan it and put it across.” Farm Bureau Will Stage Annual Fish Fry Friday, 5 P. M. The Chowan County Farm Bu reau will hold its annual meeting and fish fry Friday afternoon, Oc tober 31. The popular affair will be held at Chowan High School beginning at 5 o’clock. West W. By rum, Jr., president, urges all Farm Bureau members and their parents to turn out and enjoy this annual event. Aces Meet Plymouth Panthers On Hicks Field Friday Night In Deciding Game In Class A Race Edenton’s Aces, playing their last four consecutive football games away from home, will re turn to home soil FriOay night v/hen they face the Plymouth Panthers in a very important Class A game. The winner of this game will be qualified to participate in the State Class A championship race. The Panthers come to Edenton with a reputation of being strong er than they have been in sev eral years. In Class A compe tition 'they have won one, lost none and tied a game.' The Aces have won 2, lost none and ‘tied none, so that if Plymouth defeats the Aces, the Panthers will have the edge by virtue of the tie game. The Panthers’ season record TKS CHOWAN HERALD JRevival Begins At Presbyterian Church Monday Revival services at the Edenton I Presbyterian Church will begin j Monday night, November 3, and I continue through Friday, Novem -1 ber 7, every night at 7:30 o’clock. Messages will be brought by the I pastor, the Rev. James Mac Ke n! zie. The public is cordially in vited to attend these services, and | Christian people of all denomina- I tions are asked to remember them in prayer that there will be a great outpouring of the Holy- Spirit upon them. 'Cub Scouts Hang Up Almost Perfect Inspection Score Meeting Tuesday night for their annual inspection, Cub I Scouts of Pack No. 159 turned lin an outstanding record with a score of 99 out of a possible 100 points. Acting as inspectors were Chief of Police George I. Dail, Mayor Ernest Kehayes, Fire Chief W. J. Yates and Char lie Swanner, commanding officer of the local National Guard unit. On Saturday the Cub Scouts will go . to Greenville to be ! guests of WNCT-TV. The den 1 mothers will be contacted for de tails. | Den 8 won the attendance award with 100 per cent attend jance. Each member of the den ,was accompanied by both par. lents. j’ Awards presented during the meeting were as follows: Den No. I—Ernest Carpenter, t Bear; Elliott Leech, Bear; Billy Miller, Bear. | Den No. 8 Wesley Chesson, Bear, Gold Arrow under Bear; Donald Jordan, Gold Arrow un | der Wolf; Ronnie Harrell, Service Star, Silver Arrow under Wolf; Martin Boyce, Bear, Gold Arrow I under Bear. Assistant Denner; ‘ Lee Nixon, Service Star, Denner; | Jim Griffin, 2 Silver Arrows un d£r Wolf, Service Star. ! Den No. 9 John Graham, 2 Silver Arrows under Wolf, As sistant Denner; Lance Adams, Silver Arrow under Wolf; Ed- Carson, Denner; Joe Conger,! Silver Arrow under Lion. Awards due: Lyman Partin, Silver Arrow under Bear, Den ner; Henry Wells, Gold Arrow under Wolf; Steve Ferguson, Assistant Denner. Woman’s Club Will Meet November 5 Edenton Woman’s Club will meet Wednesday afternoon, No vember 5, at 1 o’clock in the Par ish House. Mrs. Robert J. Boyce, president of the club, requests members to make a special ef fort to be present. Tarboro 7. ’ In the regular Albemarle Con ference standing the Aces lead, with 5 victories. Ahoskie is sec ond with 4 wins and a loss. Ply mouth is third- with a 2-2-1 rec ord. Williamston is in fourth place with a 2-2-0 record. Hert ford, in fifth place, has a 1-3-1 record Tarboro is in sixth place with a 1-4-0 and Scotland Neck, in the cellar position, has a rec ord of 0-3-0. The conference, however, has no bearing on the Class A title due to including four AA-C schools. A trophy will be awarded the conference winner. Coaches Bill Billings and John ny Morris are emphasizing the importance of this game and are warning against over-confidence. The Panthers run from a single wipg formation. They have a number of outstanding players, {including Tailback John Jackson kwho has scored 80 points or bet- FuUbeck Billy Hall is a^lSO- Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 30,1958. op Winners At District Woman’s Club Meeting Held In Edenton Pictured above are three Woman's Ciub members who were awarded the lion's share of honors for iheir clubs at the 16th District of Federation Woman's Clubs meeting held in Eden ton Monday. Mrs. Mack Morrisette, left, of Camden was awarded two of the major awards for her club. Mrs. Joe Stokes, center, of Elizfbeth City, displays the scrapbook which won first place. Mrs. William Ritter, right, of Elizabeth City, displays the Corbell cup which was awarded her club for being the most outstanding senior club of the year. Many Youngsters Are Expected At Halloween Party Affair Will Be Held In Armory This Year From 4to7P. M. j Ghosts, goblins, witches and thej like will have a party in Eden ton Friday, October 31, when the annual Halloween Carnival will be staged in the armory under the sponsorship of the Edenton I Woman’s Club. Between the hours of 4 and 7 o’clock Friday, an afternoon of merriment is in prospect for the youngsters of the area. The us ual attractions of the carnival will be available once more this year and new ones have been added to provide more varied entertain ment. Included in the new at tractions will be a rock ’n roll session. New booths added in clude a white elephant booth, a coffee stand and a bake sale. Attention is called to the fact that small charges ranging from a penny to ten cents will be made at the various stands along the carnival midway. Prizes will be awarded for the best costumed boy and girl, the most comical boy and girl and for the most original costume. A parade will begin the fes tivities for the afternoon. It will form on the Church Street side of the elementary school around 3:30 and will proceed out to the armory. Adult supervision will be provided for the parade for the safety of the youngsters en route to The carnival area. The Woman’s Club is again this year preparing to entertain a large group of children and hope they will appear in costume to compete for the prizes. 20 Years Ago As Found in the Files of j The Chowan Herald j Ed Bond Post of the American Legion announced plans to stage an elaborate Armistice Day cele bration in the new high school auditorium. J. H. Conger, com mander, John A. Holmes, Richard Dixon and C. E. Kramer com prised the committee to make the 1 arrangements. i The Rev. E. L. Wells observed the 29th anniversary as pastor of the Edenton Baptist Church. The Electric & Water Depart ment began two water lines in the North Edenton area. : enabling folks in the arsa to be furnished with city water as well as con nection with the sewer system. One six-inch line, 2,100 feet long extended on Oakum Street from Park Avenue and Oakum Street to Broad Street. The other, a 4- inch line 1,900 feet long extended from Park Avenue to Oakum Street on Johnston Street The Standard Oil Company was erecting three new storage tanks on their Water Street property, adding approximately 45,000 gal lons more storage space. Three services were held at the Edenton Methodist Church in > C 2£w on Page^S^tonT Governor Hodges Scheduled Speaker In Edenton Nov. 25 Football Tickets On Sale At Drug Stores For Friday’s Game, i Gerald James, principal of Edenton Junior-Senior High School, has announced that stu-j dent and adult tickets for the football game Friday night willj be on sale at Mitchener’s Phar-; macy and Leggett & Davis Drug! Store Friday. The tickets are put, on sale at these two places in or-1 der to cause less waiting in line at Hicks Field. ! Tickets can be purchased until game time Friday night when Edenton’s Aces will meet the Ply mouth Panthers, which will be the deciding game to participate in the playoffs for the State Class A Championship. Senator Aydlett Will Visit Rotary Club i Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock in the Parish House. | Senator Elton Aydlett of Eliza-' beth City, district chairman of the. Boy Scout fund-raising drive, is expected to attend the meeting, which will be in way of a kick off dinner for the Chowan County drive. Dr. Ed Bond, president, urges every Rotarian to be pres ent. ALL SAINTS' DAY SERVICE AT ST. PAUL'S SATURDAY All Saints’ Day will be ob served at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church by Holy Communion celebrated at 10:30 o’clock Sat urday morning, by the rector, the Rev. George B. Holmes. Edenton’s Aces, In Underdog Role, Defeat Ahoskie 27 To 0 Edenton’s Aces, on Friday night considered by many to be i the underdog by from one to t three touchdowns, threw an un j expected surprise in the Ahos kie football camp to hand the Ahoskie Indians a sound thrash ing to the tune of 27-0 Edenton ball carriers literally tore the', highly-touted Ahoskie line to shreds as holes were opened and Edenton ball carriers, except in a very few instances, chalked up gain after gain to register four touchdowns and 14 first downs. A\ strong and determined Edenton line held the highly rated Butch Williams, Davis and Wise to 7 first downs and at , only one time did the Indians I seriously threaten to score. Late in the second quarter they marched from their own 43-yard line to the Aces’ 8-yard line. However, the Aces formed a ver itable brick wall so that in four plays the Indians netted only 2 yards and the Aces took over on their own 8-yard line. The entire Edentpn team play Chief Executive Willi Attend Area Meeting Os Soil Conservation Supervisors Gov. Luther H. Hodges will be the principal speaker at the third annual meeting of Area Six, Soil Conservation District Supervisors to be held in Edenton Tuesday, | November 25. L. C. Bunen, chair-j man of the Arrangements Com mittee, said Area Six includes the 18 counties which make up the Albemarle, Coastal Plain, Pamli co, and Roanoke-Chowan Soil! Conservation Districts. Over 400 j supervisors and distinguished; guests will attend the dinner) meeting to be held in the Na-‘ tional Guard armory. Alonzo C. Edwards of Green County, executive vice president) of the N. C. Farm Bureau Federa-| tion and chairman of the Coastal! Plain Soil Conservation District,! will be chairman and toastmaster, of the meeting. Others on the program include Mayor E. P. Ke- j hayes, who will welcome the 1 group to Edenton; Writ. Charles of Hertford County, chairman of the Roanoke-Chowan Soil Conserva-! tion District; R. M. Dailey, Deputy | State Conservationist; Charles L. Davis, vice president of the State! Soil Conservation District Super visors Association and the Rev. B. L. Raines, pastor of Rocky Hock Baptist Church. The meeting will have as its theme “water conservation” and most of the discussion will be con cerned with objectives and prob lems of the watershed program, Chairman Bunch stated. Assist ing him with arrangements are Joe Webb, Jr., C. W. Overman, Continued on Page 3—Section I ed a stellar brand of football, j so it is more or less unfair to j point out individual star per-! formers. However, slender Rob ert White, who alternated at halfback and quarterback, played his usual sensational game. Clyde Cobb consistently tore t holes in the big Ahoskie line to chalk up yardage. His perform ance was just about the best of his high school career. Ted Hardison and Bubba Hopkins, too, were consistent ground gain ers and both made a big contri bution to the Indians’ downfall, bloyd Lassiter played an im proved game at quarterback and he, too, played on of his best games. Fred Britton played a steady game and again thrilled the crowd by snagging a pass just ahead of an Indian tackier to score one of the touchdowns. The defensive play of the Aces was equally as good as the offensive. The line from end to end was very reluctant to yield any ground to the highly-rated Continued on Page 2—Section 2 Husbands Guests Os Chowan Club Women Nov. 19th Extension Service Edi tor Scheduled to Be Principal Speaker Chowan Home Demonstration Club women will have their an nual banquet honoring their hus bands. at the Wards Community! Building on Wednesday night, 1 November 19. Plans were com pleted this week, and announced by Miss Maidred Morris, home agent. In addition to the husbands, several special guests from this county and the Extension office in Raleigh have been invited to attend this event, another high light. in the year’s program of work. O. B. Copeland, editor for the N. C. Extension Service, Raleigh, I will be the after-dinner speaker. Mr. Copeland is well known in this State and in agricultural edi torial circles throughout the na tion. | "We are extremely fortunate to j j have Mr. Copeland scheduled for j this event in Chowan County,” I states Miss Morris. “I’m sure; I those who attend the Husbands’ ! Supper will find him to be a very witty and entertaining speaker”! Tickets will be available to the club women this week, and may) be purchased from their club presidents. | Wards Club will prepare and ! serve the banquet. Decorations j will be done by the Ryland Club. [Favors are to be obtained by the • Beech Fork Club. Bookmobiles In County Next W eek The two bookmobiles owned and operated by the Pettigrew Regional Library which consists of Chowan. Tyrrell and Washing ton Counties, will serve Chowan County the week of November 2 and part of the next week. Book service is free to all. If any persons wish books and are 1 not close to a scheduled stop, they should contact either Mrs. Harris or Mrs. Alexander, Book mobile Librarians, or Shepard- Pruden or Brown-Carver Li braries and stops will be added. Circulations for various units of the Pettigrew Regional Li brary for September were: White bookmobile, 3.377; col ored bookmobile, 1,873: Wash ington County Public Library, 1.643: Tyrrell County Public Li brary, 1.254: Brown-Carver Li brary, 1,083: Shepard - Pruden Memorial Library, 889: Wash ington County Negro Branch, ,246. Library hours are as follows: Shepard - Pruden, Monday-Satur ‘dey. 9:30 to 12 A. M.: Monday- Friday. 2:30-5 P. M.; Monday and I Thursday, 7:30-8:30 P. M. Brown-Carver Monday-Fri day. 5-8 P. M. I CIVIC calendar" 1— - J Twenty-two Edenton merchants are cooperating in a "Bid-a-Buck" sales promotion feature which will be in progress until Satur day. November 29. Edenlon's public schools will again sponsor UNICEF on Hallo ween night. October 31, to raise funds for the children's fund, i Another cancer clinic will be held at the cancer center in Eliz abeth City Friday afternoon, No vember 7, at 1 o'clock. St. Paul's Auxiliary will hold its annual bazaar in the Parish House Tuesday, November 11, beginning at 10 A. M. Prime F. Osburn, vice presi dent and general counsel of the Atlantic Coast Line, will speak in St Paul's Episcopal Church Sunday. Edenton Jaycees will sponsor their annual Thanksgiving dance in the Edenton armory Wednes day night, November 26, from 9 to 1 o'clock. A drive to secure funds for Boy Scouts in Edenton and Cho wan County is now in progress. VFW Auxiliary will stage Pop py Day Saturday, November 8. Edenton's annual Halloween Party Will be held in the Edenton armory Friday. October 31, from 4 to 7 P. M. Edenton Roiarians will meet this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 Continued on Page 6—Section 1 $2.50 Per Year In North Carolina Bid-A-Buck Sales Promotion Plan Is Creating Interest Gene Ward Fleeted Secretary Building And Loan District! l A meeting of District I of the | North Carolina Savings & Loan 1 League was held at Greenviilej ! Thursday of last week, with Eden-] ton being represented by seven ! people. The Edenton group in -1 eluded J. Clarence Leary, R. E. Leary, William S. Privott, Thom-j as Byrum. Geddcs B. Potter, Al- I bert G. Byrum and Eugene Ward. . | In the election of officers Gene Ward was elected secretary. Herb i Lee of Greenville was elected president and Grace Koonce of Kinston was elected vice presi dent. 1-H Achievement Program Planned Monday, Nov 10 Plans are under way- for the | Chowan County 4-H Achievement | Program to be held at Chowan Community Building Monday, November 10, according to Miss [Catherine Aman, assistant home agent. All 4-H’ers, leaders and | parents are urged to attend. The 4-H members are planning | to make displays representing the | different phases of project work. If a 4-H’er has anything he or she j would like to have on display for ; this Achievement Program, please contact the assistant home agent. The county awards, medals and I certificates will be presented to j the winners at this program. [ “Come and learn about Chowan County's 4-H program, and seel J the project work these young peo-| pie have accomplished.” stresses! ! Miss Aman. Five Leading Teams In Bridge Marathon j The Chowan Hospital Auxiliary is again sponsoring a bridge mar athon which is now in progress. This is the third annual tourna-i ment. sponsored by the Auxiliary j and, as in the two previous years, j has created a great deal of inter-,} est. Two rounds have been complet ed in the current tournament, with the five leading teams and their scores being as follows: 1. Mrs. Richard Goodwin and I Earl Goodwin, 9,790. 2. Dr. and Mrs. Frank Wood, 8,740. 3. Jesse Harrell and Nick George, 8.580. 4. Dr. Richard Hardin and Joe Thorud. 8,380. 5. Mrs. J. K. McMullan and Mrs. Fermor Hobbs, 7,570. EASTERN STAR MEETING Edenton Chapter No. 302. Or der of the Eastern Star, will meet Monday night, November 3. at 8 o’clock in the Masonic Temple. Mrs. W. A. Harrell, worthy ma tron, urges all members to attend. Approximately 175 Attend District Meeting Os W oman § Clubs In Edenton Monday Elizabeth City and Camden j Woman’s Clubs won top honors! among 16th District clubs at a meeting of the district held here Monday. Principal speaker for the day was Mrs. R. T. Dent of Spruce Pines, president of the North Carolina Federation of Woman’s Clubs. , The Elizabeth City Senior Club won the Corbell Cup for having accomplished the most outstand ing work during the year, and Mrs. H. A. Reid of the Elizabeth City Junior Club was named the most outstanding club woman of the district for the year and was awarded the Carrie Earnhardt Cup. Both Elizabeth City clubs won scrap book awards. The Camden Junior Club won the Mary Fearing Cup for the largest increase in membership during the year ,and the Dorothy H. Brown achievement award. Other awards included: Scrap " , " r FIGHT CANCER WITH A CHECKUP AND CHECK Shoppers Reminded { Ask For Bid-A-Buck I When Shopping Dur ing Event ! The “Bid-A-Buck Auction Sale” j being held by 23 local merchants j has created a good deal of inter ! est among shoppers, it is report ed by Henry Quinn, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Sales Promotion Committee. He said j housewives are first curious about ! the B:d A-Bucks then are an xious to obtain as many as possi ble. The Bid-A-Bucks can be used as “money” to bid on valu able prizes which will be put on sale at a public auction on Sat urday, November 29. Quinn reported that there are over $1,600 worth of outstanding prizes to be auctioned off. Many of them, including the top three— a refrigerator, portable television receiver, and a rotary lawn mow er—are on display in the lobby of the Peoples Bank & Trust Co. The sale will run for four weeks more ending with the public auc tion. “Customers of participating 1 stores should ask for Bid-A-Bucks when they make cash transac tions,” Quinn stated. “They are given out for cash sales, payments made on old accounts, or pay ments made on lay aways.” Quinn also advised the public to watch the individual ads of participating stores for “Bid-A- Buck Specials" which give extra coupons as well as outstanding merchandise v- ues. “It's easy and economic to build a Bid-A- Buck 'bank ' which can buy big prizes a e public auction,” | Quinn coneju ■ i. 14-H Leaders Meet Tonight Chowan County Local 4-H leaders will have a supper-busi ness meeting at the Oak Grove Community Building tonigh | (Thursday) at 7 o’clock. The Qak i Grove leaders and 4-H members i will prepare and serve the meal,. ; which will be a steak supper, and ‘ a dutch affair. There is much business to be taken care of and the help of all the leaders is needed. The agents | working with the 4-H program I urge all the leaders to attend iiiis j supper-meeting and to bring, some ; ideas of how to strengthen -the 4-H program in Chowan Com according to Miss Cat lie I Aman, assistant home agent, j Masonic School Os Instruction Tonigh: A Masonic district school of in struction will be held in the Ma sonic Temple at Elizabeth City tonight (Thursday). The degree 1 team of Unanimity Lodge will ex i emplify the second section of the I third degree at the meeting, so | that quite a few Edenton Masons are expected to go to Elizabeth ! City. Book, Class C, Ahosk:e, first; Sunburv. second: Edenton, 'third; and Press Book, Class C, Edenion Year Bonks, Class B, Elizabeth City Senior Woman's Club, first, Elizabeth City Junior Woman's Club, second, and Edenton Wo man’s Club, third. Class C, Mur freesboro Woman’s Club, first Ahoskie Junior Woman’s Clue, second, and Movock Woman’s Club, third. All 16 clubs in the district earned 100 per cent cer tificates. The attendance award went to Edenton and the mileage award to the Manteo club. Pres entation of award., was made by I Mrs. W. J. P. Earnhardt of Eden ton at a luncheon held at the. Ma sonic Temple. Approximately I7f persons attended the dwtrici meeting. In her f iress to thh tHatric'. Mrs. Deni ’led for the bundin'* of a finer K ierafk.rv. She urged Continued oa Page B—Jectiop 1