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J ONLY NEWSPAPER |] . PUBLISHED IN CHOWAN COUNTY Volume XfrVl—Number Wr Candidates Lining Up For Municipal Election On May 5 Election Rules Out law “One-Shot” Vot ing When More Than One Is Elected j ' > Interest in Eden ton’s election • to be held Tuesday, May 5, took | a decided boost during the week and as of Wednesday morning 13 candidates announecu their in tention to seek election to the 13 offices to be filled by the voters. . When The Herald went to press! there were only two contests, that of Mayor and Councilman from the First Ward. , The major interest centers 1 around the..race for Mayor, with three candidates in the field, j David Q. Holton was first to an nounce that he will seek the chief executive position. Mayor Ernest P. Kaforyes followed with the announcement that he will seek re-election, and on Tuesday former Mayor Leroy Haskett an nounced he will be a candidate for the office. Mayor Kehayes has served as Mayor for four years. He de feated Mr. Haskett in 1955 and again in 1957 won out over the former Mayor, who had served Continued on Page 6—Section 1 Mrs. John Kramer New DAR Regent At a called meeting of the Edenton Tea Party Chapter of the DAR, held Monday afternoon, Mrs. John Kramer was’ elected regent to succeed Mrs. Wood Pri vott. Other officers elected were vice regent, Mrs. P. S. McMul lan; chaplain, Mrs. J. L. Pettus; recording secretary, Mrs. Eugen ia Babylon; corresponding secre tary, Mrs. James Ricks, Jr.; treas urer, Mrs. Ralph Parrish; regis trar, Mrs. W. I. Hart; librarian, Mrs. S. M. McMullan; historian, Mrs. Medlin Belch. BPW CLUB ME£TS TONIGHT , Erlenton’s Business and Pro fessional Women’s Club will meet at the Edenton Restaurant tonight (Thursday) at 7 o’clock. Mrs Laura Ferguson urges all members to be present. 7 \ 20 Years Ago At Found in Iho Filet of The Chowan Herald V ? Faced with the possibility of losing his own life. Chief of Po lice G. A. Helms shot and killed Josh Norman, Negro bad man. The Edenton Parent-Teacher Association conducted a "ques tion box" and' spelling bee at its monthly meeting. Mrs. R. F. Tuttle was elected president of the Beaver Hill Cemetery Association. Mrs. E. S. Norman was elected vice presi dent, Mrs. A. S. Smith secretary end Mrs. W. S. Privott, treas urer. Edenton Lions Club celebrated' Continued on Page 3—Section 1 | Total Os 342 Members Enrolled In Chowan Hospital Auxiliary, That the recent membership i drive conducted by the Chowan Hospital Auxiliary was very suc cessful is reflected in the fact a; total of members have en rolled for the year. The report is still incomplete, so that even more members are expected. Chairmen for the drive are Mrs. R. F. Elliott and Dr. Martha Wood, whb request what ' can vassers have not completed their report to do so at once. Workers in the drive included: Mrs. James E. Wood, Mrs. Frank Elliott, Mrs. Ernest Kehayes, Perry, T Mofirp Mrs i»ranain OTIS. miwo, mi ». nun White, Mrs. Boyd Harless, Mrs. THE CHOWAN HERALD ( Put Out Flags J In cooperation with the Wo ' irlan's Club Pilgrimage and lour ,of homes, W. E. Ma.one, Chair - I man of tha Chamber of Com ! merce Merchants Committee, urged all stores to display the American flag tomorrow (Friday) Saturday. "This will add to the attractiveness of our busi ness district and will impress visitors coming to our communi ty for the tour. I therefore earnestly request all business , firms having flags to display them on these two days," Ma i lone said. John L Bass New VFW Commander New Officers Are In stalled at Meeting Last Week William H. Coffield Post No. 9280, Veterans of Foreign Wars, installed new officers at last week’s meeting, when John L. Bass became new commander succeeding Harold Langdale. Other officers installed were: William D. Harris, senior vice commander; N. J. Goodwin, Jr., junior vice commander; W. W. Perry, quartermaster; Kermit Mi zelle, surgeon; George C. Ward, chaplain; James Basnight, adju tant and Harold Langdale, trus tee for a three-year term. The installation ceremony was in charge of James H. Basnight. on a warrant issued by depart ment headquarters. I Bandsman Os Week) * RONNIE SAWYER The Edenton Junior - Senior High School Bandsman for this week is Ronnie Sawyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sawyer of Route 2. Ronnie is in the sev enth grade and has been a mem ber of the band for three years. He plays baritone in the band and is section leader, the only Junior High School student who has attained this status. Ronnie, attends the Presbyterian Church . in Edenton and is a member of I the Boys' Brigade of the church. | Carey Hollowell, Mrs. Richard | Atkinson, Mrs. Thomas Ward,) I Mrs. Ruth Worrell, Mrs. Laura ! Harrell, Mrs. Scott Harrell, Mrs. Warren Twiddy, Miss Myrtle Jenkins, Mrs. Grace Byrum, Mrs. j Inez Moran, Mrs. Earl Goodwin,! Mrs. George Hoskins, Mrs. Gra ham Byrum, Mrs. Herman Ed wards, Mrs. Dorothy Pavlioh, Mrs. Haywood Bunch and Mrs. A1 Phillips. Those who have been enrolled !as members are the following: Mrs. R. E: Forehand, Sr., Miss Margaret Pruden, Mr*. T. C. By rum, Mrs.. R. C. Holland,,Mrs. R. G. White, Jr., Mrs. J. Mb. El wood Nixon, Mrs. Hermit I Layton. Mrs. L. A. Patterson, Mrs. W. L Hart, Mrs. A1 Phillips, Mrs. Rupert Ann - -V . rr * ree Cornered Race For Mayor Os Edenton j 4MH|HIHH 5 nsni 1 fa. • ***'■-■ -•*l|W lrv uj -"' J ' ’ nhMLbr r. 1 c.t> As of Wednesday of -this week, three candidates have announced their intention of seeking the office of Mayor of Edenton in the municipal election to be held Tuesday, May 5. The can didates are Ernest P. Kehayes, incumbent, Leroy H. Haskett and David Q. Holton. Weighty Matters Hold Town 1 Coimcilmen In Session Until Midnight At Monthly Meeting Faced with a number of weighty problems, Town Coun men were held in session until midnight Tuesday at their April meeting. A petition was read by Mrs. W. P. Jones in which residents of the Pembroke Circle area re quested Town Council to abate what was termed a nuisance, _aused by Emmett Wiggins. The petition, bearing 33 signatures, dated that Mr. Wiggins moors, anchors and keeps barges and vessels opposite Pembroke Circle which causes a nuisance. In de fense of the accusation, Mr. Wig gins stated that he has done con siderable cleaning up around his property and that it was his in Center Hill Baptist Church Will Have Celebration On April 19 According to its pastor, the Rev. Henry V v Napier, the Cen ter Hm Baptist' Church at.Tyrter, has completed plans for a Special service which will be Homecom ing, 70th Anniversary and Dedi cation Day. Services will continue during the week following the special day, which will be Sunday, April 19, at 8 o’clock each evening. Many former pastors have indi cated that they will return for the special .services and a full program has been arranged. Mrs. Selma Privott has compiled a West Byrun Jr., Is Elected President Edenton’s Jaycees New Group of Offic ers Will Be Installed In American Legion Building April 23 At a meeting of the Edenton Junior Chamber of Commerce held Thursday night officers were elected for the new year. West Byrum, Jr., was elected president, succeeding Caswell Ed mundson. Other officers elected were: James Perry, first vice president; George Lewis, second vice presi dent; Dr. Walter O’Berry, secre tary; Allen Harless, correspond ing secretary: Charles Morgan, treasurer, and Warren Twiddy, Continued on Page 7—Section 1 civic calendar] Edenton Woman's Club will sponsor the fifth Pilgrimage of Colonial Edenton and Country side Friday and Saturday, April 17 and 18. An election will be held Tues day, May 5, to elect officials for the Town of Edenton. Center Hill Baptist Church will observe homecoming, its 70th Anniversary and Dedica tion Day Sunday, April 18. Edenton Jaycees will install officers for the new year Thurs day night, April 23, at 7 o'clo'k in the American Legion building. Edenton Chapter No. 302. Or der of the Eastern Star. will fi t o'clock -t T ininn will Menton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 16, 1959. LEROY H. HASKETT ; tention to move his barges as I soon as he completed a project ! in the Rocky Hock section where he plans to operate a blueberry! farm, thus contributing to the j economic structure of the com-. i munity. Mayor Ernest Kehayes j asked John Mitchener, Luther Parks and Mrs. Jones to confer; with the town attorney as to the legality of taking action. Mr. Wiggins also presented a peti tion signed by a number of peo- j pie, not living in the immediate | area, who did not object to pres ent conditions. Another petition had to do with a drainage problem in Mor j ris Circle where flooding occurs ] ! Continued on Page 6—Section l / church history whioh will be a, part of a special bulletin being prepared forthe services. 'At the same time revival services will ! begin with the pastor doing the I preaching. | For the special service Mr. and ! Mrs. Alfonso Jordan, former res | idents of the Center Hill com ' munity, will bring special music and Cradle Roll Enrollment and Dedication will be observed with Mrs. Jane Bunch in charge. Greetings and congratulations will be brought to those gather- Continued on Page 3—Section 1 Revival At Rocky Hock Church Will Begin April 19th Chowan Native, the Rev. John Pearce of Gaffney, S. C., Will Be the Evangelist Beginning with the morning worship at 11 o’clock Sunday morning, April 19, and continu ing through Sunday, April 26, revival services will be held in the Rocky Hock Baptist Church. Continued on Page 7—Section I __ EDENTON AND CHOWAN COUNTY IN JBBS j Editor’s Note: Some time back the question was asked if and when a his tory of Edenton and Chowan County had ever been written. J. Frank White last week uncovered at his home a historical and descriptive review of the State oi North Carolina, printed in 1885. The book also contains brief sketches about H. A. Band, J. A. Woodard, J. C. Sharp, Hon. W. N. Bond. Capt. William Blount Shepard, J. 31. Skinner, J. G. Wood, Frank Wood, M. H. Dixon, J. E. Bonner, William James Leary. Jr., John C. Bond, T. M. Small, Dr. W V ,J. Leary, Mitchell Elliott, J. B. B. Hathaway, C. F. Boßart and Pruden and Vann. .For the benefit of Herald readers the sec tion dealing with Edenton and Chowan “As remarkable for its beauty as for its commercial advan tages,” says a colonial historian, was settled a few years prior to 1710, at which time it was a ris- village known as the settle ment at the mouth of Queen' Anne’s Creek. The remains of 1 the old fort built chiefly out of Whinstone, (so abundant in Eng-1 land, and probably brought by* some vessel as ballast), native conglomerate and marl, which -was no doubt erected for safety against the inroads of the Indians v 4 v wLt. DAVID Q. HOLTON -1959 Cancer Drive Now In Third Week Chairman Urging All Workers to Make Thorough Canvass The 1959 Cancer Crusade spon ; sored by the Edenton Woman's Club is now in its third week. Mrs. J. D. Elliott, campaign chairman for Chowan County, | reminds all canvassers through out the county: “You are the j American Cancer Society. You ! and the rest of the great team that make up the fund campaign organization. By obtaining con tributions to the ASC, you are a part of all that is accomplished under its sword.’” Continued on Page 3—Section 1 C. Os G. Planning Business Direetorv * i The Chamber of Commerce I Advertising and Promotion Com-1 miteee, is 1 planning to publish >■] business directory of products I and services available from mem-i ber firms in Edenton. it is an-. nouncecf by Richard S. Atkinson.: Jr., chairman. The directory i will be circulated out of town j and will also be distributed in j town at various places where transients stop. Continued on Page 3—Section 1 ! [ Final Tally ] Ernest Ward, Jr., chairman, and Jesse Harrell, treasurer, an nounce that the final tally on thej receipts from the Easter Seal campaign would be available I within a few days. According to ■ the campaign officials, the re turns have been quite good, but | a number of persons in Edenton and Chowan County who usually respond to the drive, have ap parently overlooked returning their envelopes. "We are waiting a few morej days", said Chairman Ward, "so those persons who have forgot-! ten to return their envelope; may do so." "It is obvious," he continued, "that the more funds j we raise, the more services we will have available for crippled children and adults." Eden, who received his commis- I sion as Governor in 1713. In 1716 the town was incorporated, and | may thus be considered the old est incorporated town in the | State, Bath never having risen to be anything but a collection of a few hamlets. Governor Eden, says Moore, was a polished gen ial and popular man in social in tercourse, and soon became trust ed and beloved in all portions of the State. Just across the beau tiful bay, on Salmon Creek, he j built Eden House, where he spent, the latter part of his life. He j died and was buried here, where | his monument can still be seen, in 1722. His only issue was a daughter named Penelope, who became the wife of Governor | Gabriel Johnston. The State House, used by the General Assembly, still stands as ! perfect as the day it was erect ied. It was, built in 1758 by Fran- I cis Corbin—the brick, woodwork land glass coming from England. In 1777- it .was sold to Mr. Dick inson. fresh whom it passed to Nathaniel .Bond, and is now oc cupied by the Misses Bond. There are four portraits in the parlor, formerly the dining-room, of the house —one representing a County Entries Win Honors In District’s ’59 Poster Contest Win Two Places and Two Honorable Men- j tions In Elizabeth City Friday Chowan County students won two places of six and two hon orable mentions in the fifth an- I nual Albemarle Conservation I poster contest held at Elizabeth ; City, Friday, April 10. i | Ivy Lowe of the Edenton Ele mentary School won the first j place trophy in the fourth grade j competition. Her poster was j , titled “Rope in Conservation j (by . . . ” and showed conserva- j | tion practises such as wildlife I j food strips, drainage and con-, I tours, cover protection, strip i crops, irrigation, pastures and cover crops. Ivy is a student of 1 Mrs. George Asbell’s fourth grade. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Lowe of , the Advance community. j I Gene Harrell of Chowan’ j School won the second place tro ! phy in the sixth grade competi tion. He won first place in last year’s contest as a fifth grade! I student. His poster this year' i was titled “Join the Chain of Conservation.” Each link of the chain showed a conservation I I j scene such as strip crop, cover crop, contour farming, crop ro-1 | Continued on Page 7—Section 1 ] Fishing Contest To Be Resumed I - . j A monthly fishing contest j scheduled to run for three con secutive months starting April | 1 20 is announced by Joe Thorud, j | chairman of the Chamber of j J tion Committee. Prizes will be I 1 far* the heavies* b«e*un.J j largemoufh bass, speckled perch ! (crappie), white perch and strip ■ ed bass (rockfish) caught in !n- ; leal waters and creeks adjacent | j to Edenton and Chowan County, j Concluded on Page 6—Section 1 j Jaycee President | jEjKr A j' WEST W. BYRUM. JR. Edenlon’s Junior Chamber of Commerce on Thursday night | elected West W. Byrum, Jr., as president. He succeeds Caswell : Edmundson and will be installed Thursday night, April 23. I Mr. Barker, of London, who at one time during the Revolution- I ary War was held a prisoner, but by the interposition of Benjamin I Franklin, then in London, was re leased: the second portrait is his wife, who was President of the Ladies’ Anti-Tea Drinking Socie ty. During the war some Brit ish officers went to the stables and brought out her carriage horses, when she came out with a sword and cutting the bridles jset the animals free: seeing her , determination they made no at itempt to capture them; the third | picture is that of the son, a young lawyer, who died in his 21st year. The room is antique in ev erything but a modern carpet; the I furniture is from 60 to 125 years old. all in a good state of preser vation; the walls are covered with richly carved and paneled wood as high as the ceiling, the old-fashiond mantel-piece is . about six feet high, with a cano py of carved wood above, look ing something like the top of a gable end of a gothic house. Among the curiosities of the china of the house is a cake nlate two feet in diameter, in good or der an delegsntlv painted. There Continued on Page 3. Section 2 $2.50 Per Year In North Caroling Edenton All Ready For P ilgrimage And Tour April 17 -18 I —-—— V' [ Visiting Evangelist j '■ AT .jreMP i*;;. ‘s sx§| REV. JOHN L. PEARCE Beginning Sunday morning, April 19, at week of revival ser vices will begin in the Rocky Hock Baptisi Church. The visit ing evangelist will be the Rev. John L. Pearce, a native of Cho wan County and now pastor of the Cherokee Creek Baptist Church at Gaffney, S. C. Prominent Travel Group Will Spend Afternoon In Edenton As Part Eastern Cruise Itinerary J Travel editors, writers, photog- j raphers, and travel executives of American Automobile Assoeia- ( tion motor clubs will embark on' a six-dav land-sea cruise of his- ( toric eastern North Carolina, in- 1 eluding the Outer Banks, April! •27-. The- group, is soVedulrd tuj arrive in Edenton Monday after-! noon, April 27, at 3:30 o’clock and will remain until about 4:15 to depart for Elizabeth City to spend the night at Elizabeth City. While in Edenton the visitors; will visit the site . of the Eden- ; ton Tea Party on the Court Houst Green, as well as some of the outstanding colonial homes j and churches. Refreshments will! be provided during the visit with j j Better Pay Up } Both the county and Town of Edenton will advertise all unpaid 1958 taxes very shortly. Sheriff M. Earl Goodwin was instruct ed to advertise delinquent 1958 taxes on Monday, May 4. and Town Clerk Ernest J. Ward, Jr , has been instructed by Town Council to advertise town taxes Monday, May 11. The county list will appear ini The Herald Thursday, May 7, and the town list me following Thursday, May 14. To avoid ex tra expense and embarrassment, taxes must be paid before the above advertising dales. ENCOURAGING REPORT j “Friends -of Recorder Judge Marvin Wilson will be pleased t < learn that latest reports from the i N. C. Memorial Hospital at Chap- 1 el Hill are to the effect that his condition is very encouraging 1 and that he is responding satis factorily to treatments. Mass Chest X-ray Survey Will Begin Wednesday, April 22 Every person in Chowan Coun ty above 15 years of age is re minefed that a mass chest X-ray survey will be held in Edenton beginning Wednesday, April 22. The mobile unit will be in opera tion nine days, April 22. 23, 24. 25, 28, 29, 30 and May 1 and 2. and will be stationed in front of the Betty Shoppe on Broad Street. X-rays will be taken each day from 11 A. M., to 5 P. M., and it is hoped as many as 4,000 people will take advantage of this very worthwhile service. “No one is safe from tubercu losis,” says Dr. J. A. Johnson, district health director. “Any one from early childhood to old age may contract this disease — and for every young individual who has tuberculosis there is an FIGHT CANCER WITH A CHECKUP AND CHECK Sixteen Homes and Buildings Open For Inspection By Many Visitors Expected : With favorable cooperation on the part of the weatherman, ev erything will be in readiness so” the fifth Pilgrimage of Colonial Edenton and Countryside, Fri day and Satuiday, April 17 and ll:. Various committees of the Edenton Woman's Club, sponsor jof the , tour, have been working long on every detail of the oc j casion. so that nothing has been j left undone to make this event | successful and delightful for the I many visitors expected in Eden i ion. Sixteen homes and buildings ! will be open during the tour. All i historic places in the town and ‘countryside will be marked by signs, and places open for the tour will be identified with an American flag in addition to the sign. All visitors as well as residents of the town are invited for cof iee which will be served at the Penelope Barker house from 7 Continued on Page B—Section 1 | the host being Harry Smith, Jr., executive vice president of the i Edenton Chamber i.f Commerce. Cruise members will include . close to 40 of the nation's top ’ travel experts, notably Robert ] Crossley. executive editor of Mc j Calls Magazine. New York City: i Raul Friedlander, travel editor of the New York Times. New York City: John Hughes, travel editor .of the New York Daily News, New York City: Barrett D. Las ; chover, resort and travel editor 1 of the New York Herald-Tribune. New York-City: Lynn Nisbet. N. i C. Association of Afternoon Dai lies. Raleigh: Milton Pike, pho tographer. Washington Daily j Continued on Page 7—Section 1 Lions Securing Talent For Show | The American people are daily bombarded with entertainment— TV. radio, the movies, and other entertainment media. This is i commercial entertainment by 1 persons who have varying de . glees of talent—some good, some average, and some downright poor, and nearly ail of it dispers ed with advertising. All of it is I performed by people who ar professionals. j In almost every com muni* there is an abundant of talent. This is especially true of the Continued on Page 7—Section 1 i No Books Circulated Friday And Saturday The Shepard-Pruden Memorial ! Library will not circulate books on Friday and Saturdav of this week. While the library will be open, no books will be handled • due to the Edenton Pilgrimage. alder person with active tuher • tulosis who spreads the disease. Tuberculosis is now found more i often in the older age group, from 20 years to old age. So be safe—be sure—have a chest X • ray.” . This will he the first visit of f an X-ray unit in Edenton in five 1 years. At the 1959 visit about i 3,200 persons wpre X-rayed, and > it is expected many more will ; avail themselves of this very im ; portant precautionary measure this year. It will not be necessary to un , dress to be X-rayed and only -two minutes are required to have 1 the work done. Member* of • various organization* will act u 1 hosts during the time the X-ray unit is in operation..