ij ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
CHOWAN COUNTY |
VOLUME XXVl—Number 14
Compromise Is Reached i IS
Argument Between Sports
And Commercial Fishing
Chowan Court House
Filled to Capacity at
Hearing Held Friday
Morning
Chowan County's Court House
was filled to capacity Friday
morning with both commercial
and sport fishermen from Cho
wan and nearby counties. The
meeting was called by C. G. Hol
land, Fisheries Commissioner and
William P. Saunders, director of
the Department of Conservation
and Development, for the pur
pose of amending regulations un
der* food fish and to discuss gill
nets being set in Chowan River
and that part of Albemarle
Sound west of the Norfolk South
ern Railroad bridge.
Members present from the
Fisheries Committee were Cecil
Morris of Atlantic, Lorimer Mid
gett of Elizabeth City and H. C
Kermett of Durham. Members j
of the Commercial Fisheries Ad-!
visory Board at the meeting were!
Eric Rogers of Scotland Neck, 1
Arnold Daniels of Wanchese and
Winfield Daniels of Charlotte. 1
( Also present at the meeting were
Fred Whitaker of Kinston, execu
tive secretary of the N. C. Com
mercial Fisheries Association;
) Fraiik Kugler of Washington,;
vice- president of the N. C. Wild
life -Federation; B. F. Turner of
Continued on Page 6—Section I j
Membership Now
Stands At 300 In j
Hospital Auxiliary
At a meeting of "ute. Chowan
Hospital Auxiliary held last week
it was reported that the Auxili
ary membership now stands at
300. with a report still to come
in from the county. A feature of
the meeting was a program in
conversational French presented
by Miss Ann Mayo and a group
of French students. This portion
of the program was followed by
a most timely film about the
blood bank, shown by Glenn
Brosier, field representative for
the American Red Cross.
JJrs. J. W. Davis, president,
{ announced the following commit
tee, chairman:
Membership—Mrs. R. F. Elliott
and Mrs. Frank Wood.
House—Mrs. Gilliam Wood and
Mrs. Charles H. Wood, Jr.
"Grounds—Mrs. John G. Wood
and Mrs. Roland Vaughan.
Publicity Mrs. Edward G.
Bond. *
.Scrapbook Mrs. L. P. Wil
liams.
Hospitality Cart—Mrs. George!
Hoskins and Mrs. William E.'
Bond.
' Hostesses—Mrs. J. H. Conger. 1
Program—Mrs. L. A. Patterson.
Finance—Mrs. J. M. Thonid.
Sewing—Mrs. J. C. Leary, Sr.,
anti Mrs. E. N. Elliott
[ civic calendar].
An election will be held Twat
day. May 5, to Meet officials for J
the Town of Edenton.
Edenton Junior-Senior High
School Band will pnunt a con
cert in the auditorium Thursday
night. April 9. from 9 until 9
o'clock to help raise funds for
the hand to participate in the
State band contest at Greensboro
April and 19.
1' Mixed Chorus of the Edenton
Junior-Senior High School will
(rfascl the musical comedy
“Springtime," in the school au
ditorium Friday. April M.
■ Edenton Tea Party Chapter of
DAB will meet Wednesday
dfternooa. April 9. at *99 o'clock
i ja u o _
Edenton Chaptm Ha m. Or
night. I April* 1 it I
•yr ' eewl .
;i Rill Baptist Qiurcn
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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Conservation Poster Contest
Will Be Held Friday, April 3rd
At Edenton Elementary School
The Chowan County Conserva
tion poster contest will be held
Friday afternoon, April 5, at 2
clock in the library at the Eden
ton Elementary School. Ths con
test is s?*>nsored annually by the
Chowan County district superv-s
--ors of the Albemarle Soil Conser
vation District. Students cf the
fourth, fifth, and sixth grade;
prepare posters on the conserve
t’op of "Mur'd resources during
the month of March. Each rromj
of the respective grades will sub
mit three of their best posters in
the county contest
Robert Marsh, assistant county
agent and George Lewis, farm 1
! Auxiliary Os Legion Entertains
Legionnaires Oil 40tli Birthday
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Members of the American Le-;
gion Auxiliary entertained mem-|
j bers of Ed Bond Post No. 48. at I
the Legion building Friday night, j
i the occasion being the 48th j
; birthday of the local post. The l
ladies served a delicious meal
and provided a very interesting
j program which included cutting
I of a large and delicious birthday,
1 cake baked by Mrs. WiUie Saun
ders.
Among the guests were She!- j
ton Hutchinson of Charlotte, de- J
partment commander; W W. |
Green of Durham, department!
chaplet* Mrs. L. H. Martin of,
Rich Square, department Amen- '
Sixteen Homes And
Public Biddings To
Be Opened For Tour
Several Events Plan-:
ned to Entertain Vis-j
itors as Well as Eden
ton People
Sixteen stately homes and pub
lic buildings, many of them dat
ing back to pre-Revolutianary \
days, will be thrown open to
visitors during the Pilgrimage of
Colonial Edenton and the sur- 1
rounding countryside on April i
17th and 18th.
This will be the fifth ©arganie
ed guided tour of this historic j
city since it was established ini
1628. The Pilgrimage was begun
in 1949 by the Edenton Woman's
Club.
Known as Queen Anne's Town
until 1781. when its name was
Continued on Page 7—Section 1
Edenton C. Os C. Is
Supporting Band’s
Concert On April 9
President John Gra-j
ham Says Band Is
One of Community’s
Outstanding Assets
The Chamber of Commerce
board of directors at a meeting
last week voted to support the
Edenton Junior - Senior High
School Band in the sale of tick-!
ets for a concert on Thursday i
evening, April 9. President John *
W. Graham said he had sent a
letter to aU members asking
them to purchase tickets when
Eron, JuTte
fctlei I s Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 2, 1959.
■; consultant of the Peoples Bank
I & Trust Company, will assist the
! teachers in selecting the best
three posters in each room to be
entered in the county contest.
Cash awards will be given by
the Chowan County supervisors
to the best two posters in each
■ of the three grades.
Judges for the county contest
will be agricultural workers from
Perquimans County* including R.
M. Thompson, county agent. Mrs.
Paige L. Underwood, home eco
nomics agent, and Joe Tunneil.
agricultural teacher.
Chowan County's top two post-!
Continued on Pago B—Section . !
canism chairman as well as oth
i er Legion and Auxiliary officials
i and visitors from the Hertford
j Post.
! Mrs. Paul Holoman was toast
-1 mistress and called upon Mrs. J.
L. Chestnutt, state president of 1
the Legion Auxiliary, to intro
duce the special guests,
I A delightful part of the pro
gram was “Taps” played by Rob
| ert Powell, who also rendered a
cornet solo “Batt’e Hymn of the
i Republic." and a musical num
j her, “The Children's March” by
! a group of children including Al
, len Mill#* Judy MUW - Marv Joj
1 Continued on Pag* t —Section ' j
Art Sliow Scheduled'
Saturday And Sunday
Plans have been completed
for what is expected to be a very
successful art show to be held
Saturday and Sunday, April 4
and 5.
The show, sponsored by the;
I Edenton Woman’s Club, will be
held at the Barker house from j
18 A. M. to 5 P. M. on Saturday,
and from 2 to 5 P. M. on Sunday. J
The public is cordially invited
to attend the show, for which J
many entries will be exhibited, j
j Give Blood ]
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I Jo* Swuuwr. Chairman of the
! Rod Cross blood program, an-
I nounc«s that the bloodmobile
i will b* at th* Edenton armory
j Friday. April 3. Th* county's
quota is again 100 pints and blood
can ha donated from 10 A. M.,
to 4 P. M.
Mr. Svaaatr points out th*
great n**d for blood and hopes
•nough people will turn out to
meet fit* quota.
j Graham wrote that “a ticket
j will not oniy help pay for the
1 trip but will alsv give members
! and their families a chance to
hear some fine musk. The band
is doing a worthy job for our
young people hut in addition,
you would be surprised how
many industrialists are deeply
interested in such community
j ectivities when a plant location
|is hang considered. The Sden
j ton Junior-Senior High School
I Band is one of Edenton’s out
standing assets and should p
reive your full support"
Dr. W. L Hart, chairman of
the band contest trip, said that
no other financial request would
He made of business people tor
****** Wp V means of
’59 Cancer Crusade
Is Now Under Way
In Chowan County
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j Bandsman Os Week
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'
ELLEN BASNIGHT
The Edenton Junior - Senior
High Schcel Bandc.-r an for this
week is Ellen Basnighl. daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Bas
-1 night. Ellen is in the 10th grade
ana has been in the band for
three years. She plays E-flat
clarinet in the marching and
concert bands. She is the public
relations officer for the band
and holds the rank of second
lieutenant. Her activities in ad
dition to the band include mem
bership in the FHA.
Spring TermTOf
j Chowan Superior
| Court Very Brief
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Only Four Criminal
Aijid Four Civil Ac
| lions Are Disposed
f Os; Four Divorces
Judge Malcolm C. Paul of
Washington opened a term of
Chowan Superior Court Monday
morning promptly at 10 o’clock.
The term was opened with pray- j
er by the Rev. E. C. Alexander. '
who made a special petition for;
i the recovery of Recorder Judge j
Marvin Wilson, a patient in N. C. j
j Memorial Hospital at Chapel 1
! Hill- |
I With the roll of jurymen call-!
. ed, the following were chosen as |
j members of the Grand Jury:
j Carlton Privott, W. J. P. Earn
l hardt, D. E. Copeland, John As-
I bell, Sr., Claude E. Small, Jr.,
John L. Goodwin, J. Clarence
| Leary, Jr., Wilbur T. Jordan.
William H. Wells, Luther N.
Keeter, G. A. Chappell, William
W. Adams, Lycurgus Perry,
Quinton Bass, Nolan B. Toppin,
Harold Langdale, James J. Jor- j
dan and Seth A. Cayton.
The judge said he would not
make a lengthy charge but that
the law requires certain matters
to be explained. He, therefore.
Continued on Pago 7—Soction 1
I Two Edenton Eagle
I Scouts Honored At
Recognition Dinner
- •
Alex Kehayes and Bill Good
win, two Edenton Eagle Scouts,
were among the 34 boys to be
honored by Tidewater Council
Monday night at the Pine Tree
Inn at Norfolk. The occasion was
an Eagle Scout Recognition Din
ner which attracted Scouts and
sponsors from all over the dis
trict.
The two Edenton boys were
sponsored by Dr. Ed Bond and
J. Edwin Bufflap, who accom
panied the boys to the dinner.
An interesting .program was
arranged with the principal
speaker being A. B. Metheny, as
sociate professor of the Athletic
Department of the College of
William and Mary.
FIRST DEGREE TONIGHT ,
AT MASONIC MEETING
A stated communication of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. &
A- Hf„ will be held tonifht
(Thursday) at 9 o’clock. At this
meeting the first degree will be
conferred upon a candidate, so
that Ernest JJVard, Jr, urges a
;Mrs. J. D. Elliott, as
Chairman of Cam
' paign, Names Com
i mittees For Drive
Wednesday, April 1, marked
the beginning of the 1959 Cancer
| Crusade sponsored by the Eden
ton Woman’s Club. Mrs. J. D
Elliott is chairman of this year’s
drive.
Chowan County’s goal is un
limited. “Goal Unlimited” is a
declaration to conduct an all-out
1 effort to conquer cancer, to put
an end to its cruel pain and mis
ery and to stop the tragic loss of
life. The American Cancer So
t cietv feels that the needs are too
j complex and too broad to be giv
j en any kind of a dollar tag.
1 Mrs. Elliott plans a house to i
house canvass as the prirc : pal j
method of securing contributions.
Chairmen for the various areas
: are as follows;
J.* R. DuLaney—Trade and in- j
dustr.v.
1 Mrs. Roy Spruill—North Eden
ton.
] Caswell Edmundson Road
block.
Mrs. Louis Ferguson—Tag Dav.;
Mrs. Lee Sadler—Mill Villa re. |
Mrs. J. D. Elliott—Residential.!
i Mrs. Kermit Layton—Coin cans;
! and posters.
Miss Maidred Morris, home |
agent, will again solic't w'ntej
; people of the rural seet’on of the!
| county through her demonstra-j
tion clubs. Mrs. J. H. Horton.!
president of the Negro Woman's
Club, will solicit colored r.enn]e j
' with the Negro home agent, Mrs. j
Onnie Charlton, heading iid the I
! campaign in the rural section. I
Mrs. Elliott points out that 13
people d??d of'cancer in Chowan:
County last year.
The American Cancer Societvi
is the onlv health agency that!
has been given a special month'
bv Congress in which to solicit
for research, education and spe
cial assistance. Mrs. Elliott savs
that a number of patients in th"'
county are now receiving aid
from the local Cancer Societv. j
She also emphasizes that “YOU,
—the canvassers and the contri- j
butors—are the American Can
cer Society. YOU are a part of
all that is accomplished under!
the sword.”
West Byrum, Jr.
Jayeee President
At a meeting of the Edenton \
Junior Chamber of Commerce
held Thursday night a slate of ;
officers for the new year was
submitted.
The officers include:
President, West Byrum, Jr.;,
first and second vice presidents, |
Rudolph Dale, Tom Cross, Geo.!
Lewis and James Perry; secre
tary, Walter O’Berrv: corre- '
sponding secretary, Allen Har
less, Wallace Goodwin and Tom
Ridgeway; treasurer, C. J. Still
man and Charles Morgan; State
director, Warren Twiddv; board
of directors, John Goodwin, Bill
Easterling, Joe Thorud, Gene
Ward, Charles Morgan, Elton
Forehand, Ralph Outlaw, Gene
Carpenter, Carlton Jackson and
Kenneth Worrell.
The Jaycees discussed various
projects which reflected a busy;
month of April. Warren Twiddv j
reported that 124 persons receiv-1
ed polio shots at the recent clin-;
ic sponsored by the Jaycees. A
delegation was present from Eliz
abeth City. *
DAR Chapter Will
Ellect New Officers
Edenton Tea Party Chapter of |
the DAR will meet Wednesday
afternoon, April 8, at 3:30 o’clock
in the Iredell house. A feature
of the meeting will be the elec
tion of officers, so that Mrs.
Wood Privott, regent, is vqry an
xious to have a full attendance.
The guest speaker for the
meeting will be Mrs. Robert
Campbell of Plymouth. Mrs.
Campbell is chairman of the Pet
tigrew Regional Library and will
apeak on the subject “National
Book Week”.
Chowan Board Os Elections
Calls Election For Edenton
Officals Tuesday May sth
Center Hill Baptist Cliureh Will
Observe 70th Anniversary With
, Special Service Sunday April 19
I Center Hill Baptist Church
j has completed plans for a special
1 homecoming, 70th anniversary
and Dedication Day to be held
Sunday, April 19. At that time
revival services will begin wit a
• the pastor, the Rev. Hcnrv V.
• Napier, bringing revival mess »g
--es each evening during the week
, at B o’clock.
| For the special dav firmer
members and pastors have b-en
1 invited back and the program
I will include a rededication of the;
iGeneral Assembly Ratifies Bill
For New Board Os Education
| Thursday of last week the Gen
eral Assembly ratified House Bill 1
No. 839, introduced by Albeit G.
Byrum, Chowan County Repre- ,
jsentative. The bill was to amend |
1 House Bill No. 217 entitled "An i
j act to appoint certain members ,
: of the Boards of Education of the I
: respective counties of North Car- t
j olina and to fix their terms of
I office.” ]
The amendment calls for strik- t
j ins out names appearing as 1
j members of the Chowan County >
Board of Education and substi- <
tute the follow,ng names: Eugeni <
Lions Variety Show
Will Be Presented
Friday Night May 1
Outstanding Acts Arc
Being Lined Up; Mit
chener and Ward to
Feature Comic Skits
Edenton Lions have announce :
that their annual Variety Show j
will be held Friday night. May)
1, in the Elementary School au
ditorium. Curtain time will be
8 o'clock. This year’s show will
feature comic skits by John
Mitchener and Ernest Ward. Jr.,
and a number of outstanding
acts are being lined up from
Edenton, Roekv Hock, Hertford.
Continued on Page 7—Section 1
RED MEN TRIBE CHANGES
WEEKLY MEETING HOUR
Chowan Tribe of Red Men will
change its weekly hour of me. t
ing from 7:30 to 8 o'clock, ef
fective Monday night, April 6.
Leroy Harrell, sachem of the
tribe, urges members to note the
change to the summer schedule
and especially invites all mem
bers to attend Monday night.
Everybody Is Urged
To Fully Cooperate
In 'Clean-up Week’!
.
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Safety Committee of
C. of C. Is Backing
Mayor Ernest P. Ke
hayes’Proclamation ■
The Chamber of Commerce
health and safety committee
gives full support to Mayor E. P.
Kehayes’ proclamation for Clean
up week, April 6-11. Dr. Edw.'
G. Bond, chairman, said every-'
one in the community should
join in to carry out the mayor's
request to tidy up private prop
erty during this week.
“Not only should we support J
this worthy project to impress
visitors coming here for the Pil
grimage on April 17 and 18, but
we should also be concerned
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
sanctuary and a dedication- of the
child) e t in the cradle roll ss well
as a dedication of the new educa
tional building which tnclu es a
church office, space for kitchen,
two bathrooms, and eight cia s
rooms This brings to a total
of 14 the number of classro >ms.
The new building was planned
with the thought in mnd o
farming departments and the
Sunday School will now have six
departments.
Continued on Fage 7—Section 1
Jordan. Mrs. F. A. Ward She-km
C. Layton. Mrs. C. C. Nixon, Mar
vin L, Evans and Garland Ashed.
These new Board of Education
members will replace Gecldes
Potter, J. 1 Boyce. D. H. Berry
man. G. E. Nixon, Carev Evans
and Murray Baker, who was
originally appointed t > succeed
Conrav Perry, who resigned.
Another bill passed by the
House and Senate will require
town elections to be conducted
by the County Board of Elections,
with the same powers over town
elections as over countv and
state elections.
i j Spring Federation
Meeting April 15th
|1 Spring is here and ~ t'hmvtnf
' County Ho m e Demonstrate in J
.Club women are planning for;
itheir Spring Federation. It willj
be held at the Chowan Comtnun-,
! ity Building on Wednesday, April i
la. at 2:30 P. M Miss Pauline
Gordon, who is House Furnishing i
! Specialist in Raleigh, will be the
guest speaker. Mis.- Gordon will.,
give a demonstration »n "Cra.td
For The Home". She will show 1
crafts that arc considered excel
| tent for accessories in the home.
All club women are urged to
! make plans to attend the Spring
Federation.
LIONS MEET MONDAY
Edenton Lions will meet Mon
day night, April i». at 7 o’clock.
! President J. R. DuLaney is e-pe
cially anxious to have every
member present.
Still lagging
« f*
Dr. L. F. Fsrguson. Chairman
of the Chowan County Red Cross
fund raising drive, reports that
contributions are far behind the
52.218 quota set for the county.
Dr. Ferguson is appealing to
any who have not made a con
tribution to do so at once.
i with health and safety precau-!
, tions.” Dr. Bond stated. “We
should make sure that all drains
1 are clear of winter debris so that j
| water will not stand to breed'
- mosquitoes. Broken bottles, open
I cans and other causes of cuts j
should be raked up and earned'
away.
"One of our greatest dangers
.is fire. Make sure that papers.
' rags, dry leaves and other in
-1 flammable material are properly
disposed of during this week,” i
Dr. Bond emphasized. "Let’s
make a special effort during
( Clean-up Week to make our com
munity more attractive, healthy
and safe. The Health and Safe
ty Committee joins 100 per cent
with the Mayor in requesting
observance of Claan-up Week.’’ 1
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I FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP I
AND CHECK j
I ’ Deadline For Candi
dates to File For Of
fice Will Be 6 F. M.
I Wednesday, April 29
In accordance with a new act
■ ratified at the present session of
the General Assembly the Ch ’-
wan County Board of Elect.ons
on Tuesday passed a resolution
. calling for a regular election for
the purpose of electing a Mfyo.-,'
six members of Town Council, a
treasurer and five members ol
the Board of Public Wonts:
Heretofore, the elections h:ve
been called by Town Council and
supervised by the Town C erk.
The election will be held Tues
day, May 5. The registrars will
be stationed at the various poll
ing places -for'the purpose of reg
istering voters Saturday. April
18. and shall keep the books operf
tor seven days, excluding Sun
day, from 9 A. M„ to 5 P. M.. ex
cept Saturday, when the books;
shall remain open until 9 P. M.
Saturday, April 25, will be
Challenge Day, when any person
desiring to challenge any name
included in the registration books
shall advise the registrar and
judges who will set a date and
time for hearing the challenge,
which must be prior to May 4.
The deadline for candidates to
file for office will be Wednesday. ,
April 29, at 6 P. M.
The polling places, registrars
and judges of election will be as
follows:
First Ward: Registrar. Mrs.
, Sadie Hoskins: judges of election.
F. W. Spires and Mrs: S. F.
; Hicks; polling place, Municipal
Building.
1 Second Ward: Rig-drev.Wilrs
[ Continued on Page B—Section 3
I t
(« Os C. Planning
To Hold Another
Fishing Contest
The Chamber of Commerce
Fishing News Bulletin, which
proved popular with sportsmen
last spring and summer, will be
issued again by the Tourist and
Recreation Committee. Chairman
Joe Thorud said the first copy
for the current fishing season
wilt be published next week.
The bulletin is mailed to over
300 state and out-of-state sports
men, sports goods dealers, news
papers and others. It gives the
latest information on fishing con
ditions in local waters and what
is being caught. Copies arc
available by writing to the
Chamber of Commerce office.
The committee also ..approved
tentative plans to hold another
fishing contest this spring. Chair
man Thorud appointed Scott
Harrell and Milton Bunch ; ~
complete final arrangement
which will be announced short
ly.
Last year’s contest drew huh-.
• dreds of entries for the week! "
prizes offered by five local busi
ness firms. Among the season’s
■ winners were the wife of Mayor
E P. Kehayes and an eight-year
, old boy.
20 Years A«*;o
I As Found in the Files of
The Chowan Herald
jV
I Meeting in joint session. Town
, Council and the Electric 8c Wa
-1 ter Department agreed to pur
chase 700 chairs to be placed in
the Edenton armory.
! Following newspaper stories
’ regarding the discovery of I
stone near Center Hill which wad
i thought to be a marker of tb.4
i grave of a group of Lost Colonist*
massacred by Indians in the year
1591. a number of letters were re
ceived by prominent citizens cri
ticising this community for al
lowing the first stone to get out
;of North Carolina as well as
seeking advice from Georgia
historians relative to a later fin*;
J. C. Parkin, resident engineer,
announced that work was resum
ed on the now road leading into
j Edenton from the Albemarle
. Sound bridge highway.
I Continued an Pane 8 Saetiae 1