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CHOWAN COUNTY
Vofrufee XXVI-.—Number 20.
Solemnity Reigns Tue « € ay
Night As New Faces Aj g sar
In Edenton’s Official Fc 11 ily
Judge Marvin Wilson
Administers Oath of
Office; Organization
Os Board Perfected
Profuse handshaking, presen
tation of gifts, expressions of ap
preciation, commendations, a
prayer and an impressive swear
ing-in of officials featured the
session of Town Council Tuesday
night, adding an air of solemnity
never before experienced at a
meeting of Town Council.
The three who completed their
terms of office were Mayor Er
nest P. Kehayes and Councilmen
J. C.'irence Leary and Raleigh B.
Hollowell. The three newcomers
are Mayor David Holton, Billy
JBiinch and A1 Phillips.
Mayor Kehayes opened the
Meeting with prayer and after
Ihe minutes of the previous meet
ihgs were read, reports of com
mittees heard and ordering cur
rent bills paid, Judge Marvin
Wilson administered the oath of
office to new and old officials.
The oath was administered first
to Mayor Holton, then James M
Bond as treasurer, the Council
men and members of the Board
of Public Works.
Before Mr. Kehayes relinquish
ed his seat, he shook hands with
every Councilmen with whom he
had been associated. ' He said he
enjoyed working with them and
thanked them for their coopera
tion. “We wanted" to do more
things which were not done,’’ he
said, “but the four years I have
served as Mayor has meant a lot
to me. I want to thank those
who put me in" office, and extend
my wish for success to the offi
ciate during the next term.” Ke
hayes also commended Chief of
Poljce George I. Dail for an out
standing Police Department. He
told Fire Chief W. J. Yates that
under his leadership Edenton has
the best Fire Department it has
ever had. He also complimented
Sll ee t Superintendent Frank
Hughes unon the wonderful job
he has done and said he doubted
if a better man could be found
for the job.
Kehaves then congratulated
Holton for his victory and wished
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20 Years Ago j
7 As Found m the File* of j
The Chowan Herald
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Dean I. O. Schaub, together
with a corps of State College
professors and Experiment Sta
tion experts met in Edenton with
directors of the Peahui Stabiliza
y%laon Cooperative when every
tpaie of peanut growing was dis
cussed and consideration given to
the expenditure of $12,500 appro
priated by the General Assem
bly for two years for research
work.
Due to poor catches, the her
ring fishing season was extended
an additional five days.
Sixty members attended the
Spring Federation of Home Dem
onstration Clubs held In the
Continued on Page B—Section 1
POLIO SHOT CLINIC
Edenton Jaycees will sponsor
another polio Shot clinic. No
date for the clinic has been set,
but it is expected to be held the
latter part of this month.
Slate Highway Commission To
Meet In Edenton On May 28th
A public hearing on road mat
m: in Eastern Nbrth Carolin; I
will highlight the State Highwa:
Commission meeting to be heir'
in -Edenton on Thursday, May 28
The hearing Will be held in thf
Chfcwan County Court Housr I
beginning at 2 P. M. i
’'fhe State Highway Commis
*m. has announced that 15-
minute appointments • will be
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Albemarle Conference Track
Meet Tonight On Hicks Field
The third annual Albemarle
Conference championship track
I meet will be held on Hicks Field
tonight (Thursday) with the mile
j run and shot-put beginning at 7
o’clock.
For the first time a team tro
phy will be given to the cham
pions, and individual trophies
will be awarded the winners of
each event. All of the top four
participants in each event will be
given ribbons.
The events, besides the mile
run and s hot-put, are the 100-
discus, 220-yard dash,
440-yard dash, the 880-yard run,
the high jump and broad jump
and the mile relay.
i Special Meeting)
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Though a contract has bean
awarded to repair the county
dock waterfront and fill in the
, slip at the foot of Broad Street,
i Mayor David Holton reports that
| considerable objection has de
veloped concerning filling in the
siip. '
As a result, Mr. Holton has
called a special meeting of Town
Council for Friday night. May
15. for the purpose of hearing
any objections to this project.
Mrs. John Graham
GMScoutChairmaii
Court of Awards Will
Be Held Thursday
Morning, May 21
At a recent meeting of the
executive board of the Edenton
Girl Scouts, Mrs. John Graham
was appointed chairman succeed
ing Mrs. Roland Vaughan, who
will remain on the board as as
sistant chairman. Other officers
will be appointed before Scouting
activities get under way in the
fair.
The second annual Court of
Awards for Girl Scouts in the
Elementary School will be held at
chapel exercises Thursday morn
ing, May 21, beginning at 8:30
o’clock. Troops under the direc
tion of Miss Frances Marshburn,
Mrs. Frank Holmes, Mrs. Scott
Harrell, Mrs. W. T. Miller will be
promoted in rank and receive
badges and other awards. Par
ents and friends are invited to at
tend.
The Junior High School Troop,
under the direction of Mrs. C. W.
Overman, is planning a tea for
their awards program. This date
is to be announced.
Camp Hardee, a summer camp
for'Girl Scouts, is accepting reg
istrations from girls in the local
troops. Further information can
be obtained from the leaders.
AUXILIARY MEETS MAY 19
The American Legion Auxili
ary will m£et Tuesday night, May
19, at 8 o’clock at the home of
Mrs. J. E. Cozzens. Mrs. J. Paul
Holoman' president, requests ’ a
full attendance.
Raleigh. These appointments'
ire made to avoid long waiting
oeriods for those wishing to be
reard and as a means of expe
liting hearings.
The Edenton public hearing is
/he twenty-ninth such meeting
held by the State Highway Com
mission in . recent months.
» session of the
e held in the
the Chowan
ise on Friday
the Thursday
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 14,1959.
. Edenton’s track team has been
lon a steady improvement since
I the first meet. They came in
• second to Hertford in a three
way meet last Wednesday night
in Hertford by a 32-31 score. The
Aces’ big guns have ueen John
Mit.chener in the mile and half
i mile, Leroy Spivey in the 100,
220 and 440 yard dashes, Clyde
Cobb in the high jump, Billy
Cook Griffin in the broad jump
and Carroll Forehand in the dis
cus throw.
Other members of the Aces'
squad are Fred Britton, Johnny
Phillips, Crayton Hughes, Jack
I Perry and Bill Goodwin.
Mrs. Chesson Is
Installed President
Os Woman’s Club
Club Promoting Idea
Os Planning Commit
tee In Interest of
Beautification
At their May meeting, the Wo
man's Club voted to accept a rec
| ommendation of their Pilgrimage
j Committee to set up an Edenton
I Planning Committee whose pur
j pose will be to promote interest
lin the restoration, preservation
and beautification of the town.
Mrs. Ed Boni, chairman of the-
Pilgrimage Committee, presented
the recommendation to the club.,
-The planning committee will be!
a Woman’s Club committee al
though it will include in its num
berjntorested persons outside the
club. It will be organized with
the idea of preserving the history j
cf the community and keeping!
the older homes and public
buildings with a Colonial boun
dary.
One of the first moves of the
ne v committee was the dispatch
>t a letter to the Town Council
requesting the proposed new Mu
nicipal Building be constructed
along Colonial lines, and that an
architect experienced in Colonial
architecture be employed. The
letter included names of such ar
chitects.
Mrs. Bond also expressed her
thanks to the home owners and
club members for their coopea
tion "in making the Pilgrimage
this year such a success. Mrs.
Scott Harrell, chairman of thej
American Home Committee, also
expressed her thanks to home
owners.
New officers were installed at
this meetiifg with Mrs. Julian
Porter of Severn, district presi-
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Bandsman Os Week]
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The Bandsman for this week
is Tim Overman, son of Mr. and
Hn. Roy E. Overman. Tim is in
Winners Os Dealer-District Awards
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Three Edenton farm equipment dealers received dealer
district awards at the district supervisors' meeting Wednesday
1 of last week in Edenton. Hobbs Implement Comoany was the
first dealer in the five county Albemarle Soil Conservation
District to receive an award in 1957. In 1958 it received the
second dealer-district award. Byrum Implement 8c Truck
Company and Edenton Tractor & Implement Company quali
fied for the first time in 1958. In the picture, left to right,
are J. A. Webb, Jr., district supervisor and distr : cl chairman of
the dealer-district program; Rodney Harrell. Edenton Tractor
8t Implement Company; T. C. Byrum, Jr., Byrum Implement 8c
Truck Company. William Corprew, representative of the Hobbs
Implement Company, was not present when photograph was
taken.
Commencement At
Jr.-Sr. High School
Will Begin May 21
Rev. John S. Spong of
Tarboro Is Scheduled
To Be Speaker Forj
Graduation Exercises:
Gerald James, principal of the
Edenton Junior - Senior High
ISebpol announces that com
mehcement exercises will begin
!at the school with a band con
i cert in the school auditorium
! Thursday night, May 21, at 8
o’clock.
The commencement sermon
will be' preached Sunday night.
May 24, at 8 o’clock. Dr. Bruce
jE. Whitaker, president of Cho
[ wan College at Murfreesboro.
! will be the speaker for this
service.
Class Night exercises will be
held Thursday night, May 28, at
8 o’clock.
Graduation exercises will be!
held Friday night, May 29, at 81
o'clock. The address for this J
occasion will be made by the
Rev. John Shelby Spong, rector
of Calvary Parish at Tarboro.
There are 52 students in the
senior class this year. Janet
Marie Bunch is valedictorian of
the class and Miles Augustus
Hughes, Jr., is salutatorian.
Members of the class are:
Boys
John Melton Adams, Marvin,
Earl Ashley, Perlie Gene Ash- 1
ley, Jimmy Miles Baker, Claude ]
Talmadge Barnette, demon El-
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
Idea Os Planning Committee
Is Sponsored By Woman’s Club
Edenton Woman’s Club is
sponsoring a Community Plan
ning Committee which has for
its purpose the preservation of
historic buildings and the con
struction of new buildings along
colonial lines.
A request was presented to
Town Council Tuesday night and
will be presented to various or
ganizations in the hope that
Edenton will be able to preserve
its valued heritage and historic
buildings.
I The request as prepared by i
the Planning Committee follows:'
It has long been determined
'that Edenton’s historic back
ground is uneaualled in any
community in the South. This
fact was especially emphasized
by hundreds of visitors to Eden
ton during the recent Woman’s
Club Pilgrimage. Numerous
comments were made indicating
that Edenton should preserve at
any expense its valued heritage
and historic buildings.
During' recent year* the mem
bers of the Woman’s Club have
also noticed an increased inter
est along these lines by many
( Election Errors]
Due to the rush of adding up
i votes in last week's municipal
j election, two errors were mad:
affecting candidates for the
Board of Public Works.
In. the vote tabulation Robert
Powell was credited with 211
votes, when the actual coun
was 368.
Another error occurred in W.
M. Wilkins' vote. Mr. Wilkins'
total as published was 532. when
this figure should have beer
649. Mr. Wilkins was, there
fore, third in the race for the
five seats. Both errors are very
much regretted,
such regretted.
BPwTiuh^nP
Meet Mav 20tli
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i Mrs. L. F. Ferguson, president
of the Edenton Business and
Professional Women’s Club, an
nounces that the May meeting
has been stepped up to Wednes
day, May 20, instead of Thurs
day, May 21. The change in
| meeting is due to out-of-town
guests expected to attend.
The meeting will be held at the
.Edenton Restaurant at 7 o'clock
'and will be featured by the in
stallation of officers. Mrs. Fer
guson urges all members to be
present.
Poppy Day
Sponsored by the American
Legion Auxiliary, Poppy Day
will be observed Saturday, May
23, Mrs. Mary White is Poppy
Day Chairman this year and i
hopes citizens will, as usual, co- |
operate by purchasing and wear
ing a red poppy during the day.
Junior-Senior PTA
Will Meet May 19th
The monthly meeting of the
Edenton Junior - Senior High
School Parent-Teacher Associa
tion will be held in the school
auditorium Tuesday night, May
ID, at 8 o’clock. Haywood
| Bunch, president, urges a large
attendance in that new officers
I for the association will be in
stalled.
Mr. Bunch also announced
ithat an executive meeting of the
directors will be held in the
(conference room Monday night,
i|May 18, at 8 o’clock.
Fishermen Urged
To Enter Catches
In Fishing Contest
Sportsmen Now Hav
ing Good Time With
Fish Biting In Local
Waters
Largemouth bass, bream and
speckled perch (crappie) are
keeping sportsmen busy in local
creeks and the Chowan River, ac
cording to Joe Thorud, Chairman
cf the Chamber of Commerce j
Tourist and Recreation CommiL ]
tee. Good catches of these three i
excellent fish were reported over
the week-end.
J.esse Harmon and party of
Edenton brought in 24 nice bass
averaging 3 to 6 pounds. They
fished in Chowan River off Can
non’s Ferry using an artificial
bug. Other good bass catches
were reported by Rodney Harrell,
Jr., Carlton Nixon and Edgar
Rogerson of Edenton, fishing in
the river and Pembroke Creek.
Speckled perch are running to
good sizes and are active. Madi
son Phillips of Edenton brought
in his limit in short order in
Pembroke Creek using minnows.
John H. Cobb, Elm Citv, brought
in 10 crappie averaging ,% pound,
caught in Pembroke Creek on
live minnows. One nice speci
men weighting 1 pound, 7 ounces
was entered by Cobb in the,
Chamber of Commerce monthly
fishing contest.
Bream are hitting almost any
olace a fly rod and artificial bug
can be cast, especially in Pern- !
broke Creek. They are averag
ing from one-half to three-quar
’er pound.
Thorud urged fishermen to en
ter the best of their Catches in
’he fishing contest. Prizes worth
$lO will be awarded for the heav-1.
iest largemouth bass, bream,
crappie. white perch and rockfish
•aught in local waters. The first
monthly contest closes May 10
Entry forms are available at Bv
•um Hardware, Edenton Marina.
Edenton Restaurant, Hughes
’arker Hardware and Western 1
Auto Associate Store in Edenton 1
which are contributing the priz- <
es. »
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Boat Show At ]
Edenton Marina j
May 15, 16. 17
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The Edenton Marina announces ]
a spring boat show and new
show room opening which \\4ll be
held Friday, Saturday and Sun- i
day, May 15, 16 and 17. Hours i
to be observed will be Friday and
Saturday from 10 A. M., to 6
P. M., and on Sunday from 1
P. M., to 5 P. M.
The new show room is the for- ;
rr.er fish hatchery building which
was moved by barge from the .
U. S. Fish Hatchery property to •
the Edenton Marina. .
During the show and opening ,
free rides will be given on vari- .
ous kinds of boats and models of ,
various boats will be on display. ]
Free drinks will be furnished ,
during the three days and the |
public is cordially invited to at
tend.
j Contest Winner )
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Min Batty Prlvott a junior at
Edenton Junior • Senior High
School won a $lO cash award in
a national away contest. Betty,
daughter of Mr. and Mr*. Carey
Prirott, wrote on "What Being a
Good American Mean* to Me."
At the beginning of her junior
year Betty was chosen as a
member of the National Honor
Society end more recently was
i chosen |o serve as a marshal.
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
Program Launched
To Increase Farm
Income In Chowan
In High Jaycee Post")'
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WARREN TWIDDY
At a meeting of the North
Carolina Junior Chember of '
Commerce held in Asheville last <
week Warren Twjddy was elect
ed naticnal director of the United
States Junior Chamber of Com
merce. He won out in a tield of '
seven candidates. ;
Warren Twiddy Is ;
Elected National i
Jaycee Director ;
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Caswell Edmundson Is j 1
Honored For Being
An Outstanding Pre
sident In District
Edenton friends were delighted
to learn that Warren Twiddy was '
elected national director of the
United States Junior Chamber of l
Commerce at a meeting held Sat- *
urday at Asheville. Mr. Twiddy .
emerged the winner in a contest
with seven candidates in the
field. In the neighborhood of 850 j
Jaycees attended the meeting and< ’
Edenton Jaycees feel highly hon- j w
ored in that one of their mem- rt
bers has been so highly honored.)
Mr. Twiddy was further hon- j
ored at the meeting bv being i
presented the Cou-Browne ser-| n
vice, award. This award carries f
with it the distinction of being; t
the most outstanding vice presi- j i
dent in North Ca-olina for the,p
year 1958-59. i a
Accompanying Mr. Twiddy toj 0
Asheville were West Byrum.
president of the Edenton Jaycees. f
Scott Harrell and Bill Easterling, v
Mr. Byrum stated that he was "•
very much elated when Mr. C
Twiddy’s election was announced
and that he also derived a great
deal of pleasure when he was!
asked to accept, on behalf of Cas-
well Edmundson. an award for j
being the most outstanding Jay- i
cee president in the Tenth Dis- j
trict.
Baptist Fish Fry j)
On Friday Night i
Plans have been completed for
the annual fish frv of the Men's
Bible Class of the Baptist Church, fi
The affair will be held at the t
American Legion building Fri- a
day night, May 15, beginning at
6:30 o’clock.
Senator Jordan Urging Funds
For Fish Hatchery At Edenton
According to information re
ceived early this week Senator B
Everett Jordan is using his influ
ence in securing funds for thf
construction of a new fish hatch
ery at Edenton.
Senator Jordan wrote a letter
to Carl Hayden. Chairman of the
Senate Committee on Appropria
tions, in which he had this to say
“Included in the President’s
proposed budget, there is a re
quest for $139,800 for the continu
ation of the construction of a Fish
and Wildlife Service hatchery at
Edenton, North Carolina.
“Since this is the only hatchery
in the enttge Eastern section of
North Cardtinh I would like to re
spectfully request that at least
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
! Higher Yields Esti
mated to Boost Reve
|i nue By $1,092,700 at
Little or No Cost
A program to increase farm in
come in Chowan County by SI
million dollars in 1949 was ap
pioved by the Chamber of Com
merce board of directors at a re
cent meeting. Gilliam Wood,
chairman of the Agriculture
Committee, said the board adopt
ed the committee's recommenda
tions for a Chowan County farm
improvement program after hear
ing how farm income can be in
creased by 5i.092,700 at little or
no cost to the average farmer.
Wood said the program is bas
ed on obtaining higher yields for
crops and livestock now being
produced in the county. By fol
lowing soil test and land capabili
ty recommendations and conser
vation practices the average
farmer can produce higher in
come. Wood stated.
Statistics compiled by the com
mittee show, for example, that
the 1955-1958 average vield per
acre for tobacco was 1.604 pounds.
The highest yield according to
county records is 2.750 pounds.
The committee figures that if
each farmer in the county will
'raise his yield to 1,800 pounds
! per acre, the county will have an
increased dollar income of $54,-
200.
The committee’s statistics for
oeanuts show a similar picture
The average vield during the last
four-year period was 1.790 pounds
oer acre. If county farmers can
ncrease the yield to 2.200 pounds
hev will share a dollar increase
of $251,500 on this croo.
Other crops and livestock in
cluded in the committee’s pro
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John J. Ross Bnvs
Forehand Jewelers
A change in ownership of one
>i Edenton’s business concern's
was announced this week wnen
John J. Ross purchased the Fore
hand Jewelers next to Belk-Ty
ler’s.
Mr, Ross, who has been con
nected with Campen's Jewelers
for many years, purchased fix
tures and equipment and is now
in process of purchasing a com
plete stock of watches, diamonds
and gift items suitable for any'
occasion.
Mr. Ross cordially invites his
friends and former customers to
visit him in his new location.
civic calendar]
The annual fish fry of ths
Men's Bible Class of the Baptist
Church will be held at the Ameri
can Legion building Friday night.
May 15, at 6:30 o'clock.
A dance will be held at the
VFW home on the old Hertford
road Saturday night from 9 to
12 o'clock
Edenton's Lions Club will meet
Monday night at 7 o'clock.
William H. Coffield, Jr., Post
No. 9280. Veterans of Foreign
Vars, will meet Tuesday night
at 8 o'clock.
The Slate Highway Commis-
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he $139,800 requested by the
’resident be apDropriated for fis
•al year 1960 to carry on con
struction of this hatchery.”
Senator Jordan, in a letter to
The Herald also stated that the
hatchery at Edenton is the only
Federal hatchery in the entire
Eastern part of the State and it
: s of utmost importance that it
be completed as soon as possible.
“I am deeply interested in do
ing everything I can to insure
the comoiffion of the new hatch
ery at Edenton.” wrote Senator
Jordan, ‘tend I am hopeful that
the necessary funds will* be ap
oropriated to carry on- construe-