ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXVl.—Number 22.
Final Plans Given
For Watershed For
Burnt Mill Creek
Cost to Local People
Will Be SB,OOO With
Federal Government
Paying $23,500
Burnt Mill Creek Watershed
landowners met at the Edenton
Court House Tuesday night and
received the final plans for their
Y watershed from the ECS wa.er
shed planning party. L. F.
Thompson, SCS watershed plan
ning party leader presented the
plan.
All landowners in the water
shed were invited to attend by
the drainage district commission
ers, T. R. Kirby, Stanley Blanch
ard and Joseph E. Harrell. These
plans can be accepted or Rejected
by the landowners. In other
words, the plans must conform
to the local people’s desires.
This watershed is sponsored by
the Burnt Mill Drainage District
and the Albemarle Soil Conser
vation District.
Cost to the local people will be
about SB,OOO or 29 per cent while
the federal government cost Vvill
be about $23,500 or 71 per cent.
Cost-share is based on flooding,
* Continued on Page 3—Section 1
Draft Board Warns
r ßoys Becoming 18
To Register Names
The Department of Defense
requested the Selective Service
System to provide ior induction
into the armed services 8,000
men for March, 7,000 for April
and 6,000 for May. William S.
Elliott, Sr., chairman of Local
Board No. 21 reports that of
this number the quota for Cho
wan County was two men. These
were forwarded to the induc
tion station ait Raleigh on May
26th.
Mr. Elliott reminds men be
coming 18 years of age they are
required by law to be registered
with the Selective Service Sys
tem on the day they are 18 or
* five days thereafter. Penalties
of fine, imprisonment and in-
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
LIONS MEET MONDAY
r Edenton Lions will meet Mon
day night, June 1, at 7 o’clock.
President J. R. DuLaney is very
anxious to see every member
present.
20 Years Ago
As Found m the Files of
The Chowan Herald
V
W. S. Summerell presented a
leather wallet to the local mu
seum. The wallet was the prop
erty of his grandfalhen William
R. Skinner, who served as clerk
of court in Chowan County for
40 years and was a very promi
nent citizen in Edenton 100 years
ago.
The singing class of Oxford
Orphanage made its annual visit
C to Edenton.
Plans were completed for the
jFirst District meeting of the
Legion to be held in
Edenton with Burg in Pennell,
department commander from
Asheville scheduled to be the
principal speaker. J. H. Conger
«h commander of the local post.
Continued on Page 2—Section 1
Graduation Exercises Friday
Night At Jr.-Sr. High School
Graduation exercises will be
held in the Edenton Junior-
Senior High School auditorium
Friday night, May 29, at 8
o’clock. ,' ,
The principal speaker for the
occasion will be the Rev. John
Shelby Spone. rector of Calvary
Rev. James MacKenzie, pastor
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
' dosed May 30 j
1 1 ——
! Town and County offices and
| the Post Office will be closed all
day Saturday, May 30, in observ-!
ance cf national Memcr al Day.
The lobby al ihe Post Office will I
be open, but no windows will be i
epan nor mail delivered. Mail
w'll, however, be delivered in
boxes and mail dispatched as us
ual.
Girl Scouts
Given Awards
| A Girl Scout Court of Awards
was held in the Edenton Ele
mentary School auditorium on!
Tnursday morning at 8:45
1 o’clock with approximately 60
girls taking part.
j Continued from Page B—Section l i
Mrs. Alice Twiddy Installed As
Edenton BPW Club’s President
New officers of the Edenton |
Business and Professional Wo
men’s Club were installed in an
impressive ceremony Wednesday
night of last week at a dinner j
meeting held at the Edenton Res-1
taurant. Mrs. Alice Owens of j
Hertford, a past district president
and president of the Hertford
Club, conducted the installation
ceremonies.
Heading up the organization for
the 1959-60 term are: President,
Mrs. Alice Twiddy; first vice
president, Mrs. Elizabeth Flynn;
second vice president, Mrs. Ethel
Simpson; recording secretary,
Mrs. Beulah Boswell; correspond
ing secretary, Miss Inez Felton,
Bible School Will
Begin At Baptist
Church Bn June 1
Plans Made to Enroll
All Children Between
Ages 3 and 16 For
Week of Study
T,he annual vacation ’Bible
school of the Edenton Baptits
Church will get under way on
Friday, May 29, when preparation
day will be held at the church
at 3 P. M. The school will con
tinue' on Monday, June 1, and end
Friday, June 5. Each day’s ses
sion. will begin at 8:30 A. M.,
and close at 11:30 A. M.
There will be provisions made
in the Bible school for all chil
dren of the church ages three
through sixteen. In order to be
enrolled a child must have been
Continued on Page 2—Section 1
EDENTON WOMAN'S CLUB
SCHEDULED MEET JUNE 3
Edenton Woman’s Club will
meet Wednesday afternoon, June
3, at 1 o’clock in the Parish
House. Mrs. Wesley Chesson,
Jr., new president, is very an
xious to have a full attendance,
inasmuch as the program for next
year will be considered.
presented by Principal Gerald
James and Superintendent John
A. Holmes will award the dip
lomas. The class roll includes:
Boys
John Melton Adams, Marvin
Earl Ashley, Perlie Gene Ash
ley, Jimmy Miles Baker, Claude
Talmadge Barnette, demon El
ton Ba!ss, Jr., Stanley Wayne
Blanchard, Ephraim Jordan
Boyce, Jack Webb Bunch, Clyde
iCapehart Cobb, Jr., Calvin Lee
iFoxwell William Cook Griffin,
|Thurm*n Lee Goodwin, Tedford
j Hawkins, Jr. t Qjftrroll Bskcr
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 28,1959.
Dr. Ro k Holt Os
Greero % Will Be
Speak lit CIS.
32 Young Women and|
Men Will Bring to an
End Their Careers In
High School
Graduation exercises will be
held at Chowan High School
Friday night, May 29, at 8
o'clock.
The guest speaker for the ex
ercises will be Dr. Robert Holt,
registrar of East Carolina Col
lege, who will be introduced by
Superintendent W. J. Taylor.
The invocation will be by the
Rev. Lamar Sentell, pastor of
Ballard’s Bridge Baptist Church.
Diplomas will be presented by
Principal R. H. fcopeland and a
special number will be present
ed by the Glee Club under the
direction of Miss Ceceilia Wil
loughby.
The marshals will be Karen
Raines, chief, Margie Evans,
Billy Whiteman, Faye Ober and
Woodrow Slades.
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
I and treasurer, Miss Beulah Pri
, vott.
Mrs. Owens gave a brief talk |
t during which she cited the fol
] lowing federation objectives:
| 1. To elevate the standards for
j women in business and the pro
fessions. i
2. To promote the interests of i
business and professional wo- j
men.
3. To. bring about a soirit of j
cooperation among the business j 1
and professional women of the
United States.
4. To extend opportunities to
business and professional women
through education along lines of j
Continued on Page 3—Section 1 |
i “Atoms For Peace”
! Exhibit In Edenton
Wednesday, June Id
i
Mobile Unit Will Be
1 Stationed at Corner
Os Broad and West
Eden Streets
i According to Elton Forehand
of the Edenton Jaycees, the U. S.
Atomic /Energy Commission’s
newest traveling exhibit will be
shown in Edenton Wednesday,
June 10. The exhibit is part of a
statewide showing and there will
. be no admission charge.
The exhibit is a self-contained,
I walk-through mobile unit housed
I In a modern bus-type vehicle that
| will be shown at the corner of
, Broad and West Eden Streets in
front of The Betty Shoppe. En
titled “Atoms for Peace,” it is the
| latest in a series of traveling
atomic energy exhibits prepared
! by the U. S. Atomic Energy Com
mission as part of its many pro
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I . i
Chowan Has Two
Winning Drivers In
School Bus Roadeo
Chowan High School and the
Edenton Junior-Senior High
School placed tWo- winners in
the District 2 school bus roadeo
held at the Maple Air Strip
.Thursday of last week.
The winner at Chowan High
School was Jacaueline Hunter
Asbell and the Edenton school
winner was Ronald Perry. Both
bus drivers will be awarded a
SIOO scholarship and both will
go to Chapel Hill June 12 to
compete for state honors.
It is the second time in four
years that Chowan High entered
a winner, Joe Privott havine
previously won the district
honor.
JAYCEES MEET TONIGHT
Edenton Jaycees will meet to
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Ifcj? nSber y tHttend.
“Atoms For Peace” Exhibit In Edenton ]
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"Atoms for Peace," a free mobile exhibit presented by the
United States Atomic Energy Commission, will appear in
Edenton Wednesday, June 10. The exhibit will be located on
Broad Street in front of The Betty Shoppe. The exhibit is
sponsored by the Edenton Junior Chamber of Commerce and
the public is cordially invited to view it.
Mass Door To Door Blood Tests
To Detect Syphilis Is Scheduled
In Edenton Week Os June 8-12
Sponsored by the State Board
of Health in conjunction with the
local Health Department, a mass
door to door blood testing pro-]
gram is scheduled to be held in
Edenton the week of June 8. In
connection with the program a
street set-up will also be in op
eration Saturday only where tests
will be given to any who have
not been contacted.
These will be serological tests
for syphillis and other blood dis
orders. The program is on a
statewide basis, with the present'
Priscilla Bunch, Vern Goodwin
Win Band Awards At Concert
A goodly number attended and
''thoroughly enjoyed the spring
: concert presented by the Edenton
Junior-Senior High School Band
in the school auditorium Thurs
day night. A varied program was ]
| presented with each number be
| ing greeted with rounds of ap’
plause. The various selections
j were very. well executed and
. some who heard the baqd play in
concert for the first time express
ed surprise at the quality of mu-
I sic rendered.
| Narrator for the program was
I Lorean Wright.
Jesse T. Harmon
Wins Fishing Prize
Jesse T. Harmon, local sports- i
man, won the first prize for
bass in" the Chamber of Com- j
merce monthly fishing contest, j
His entry was a beautiful 6-lb.!
S-oz. largemouth bass which ]
measured 23% inches. Harmon;
caught the winner in Chowan i
River off Cannon’s Ferry using]
a Caper spoon.
In making the announcement,
Chairman Joe Thorud of the
Tourist and Recreation Com
mittee said another bass entered
Continued on Page 4—Section 1—
DEGREE CONFERRED AT
EASTERN STAR MEETING
Edenton Chapter No. 302, Or
der of the Eastern Star will meet
Monday night, June 1, at 8
o’clock in the Masonic Temple.
Degree work will feature the
j meeting so that Mrs. Helen
[ Wood, worthy matron, urges all i
members to make a special effort j
to be present. I
District Health Officer Releases
Information About Meningitis
/. ,
Because of two recent cases
of meningitis in this area. Dr.
J. A. Johnson, district health
officer, furnished the following
| article in an attempt to inform
people about this disease:
First a definition of menin
gitis. This is tin acute inflam
mation of the meninges, which
are thin layers of tissues that
cover the brain and spinal cord.
The organism causing this dis
ease may be a virus such as
one which causes influenza or
measles, or may be a bacteria
such as *he germ which causes
pneumonia or scarlet fever.
Less freqhent organisms which
may cause the.disease are pro
tozoa, yeast and fungi. These
organisms usually get into the
meninges from some foci else
where in the body, such as in-1
--
program including Chowan, Per
quimans, Pasquotank and Cam
| den, as well as migrant workers
lin the area. There will be no
I cost for the tests so that it is hop
ed many will take advantage of
thejn.
It is pointed out that syphillis
was in the top bracket of diseases
reported last year in the country
and that if it is detected early
much hardship and suffering in
later life can be prevented. If
traces of the disease are found,
there will be no charge for treat
ments.
A feature of the occasion was
the presentation of awards to
members of the band.
The achievement award was
presented to Priscilla Bunch.
, This award, sponsored by the
Edenton Ghamber of Commerce,
was presented by John W. Gra
. ham, Chamber president, for the
! most progress made on an instru
ment during the year. Miss
Bunch plays the oboe, a difficult
instrument to play.
The John Philip Sousa award.
, sponsored by the Edenton Rotary
I Continued cn Page 2—Section 1
Polio Shot Clinic
,! At Barker House
j Friday Night, May 29
i
I Sponsored by the Edenton
I Junior Chamber of Commerce, a
j polio shot clinic will be held at
| the Penelope Barker house Fri
! day night, May 29, from 7 to 9
j o’clock.
Jaycees are very anxious to
I have a large number take advan
tage of this clinic. There will be
no charge for anybody under 20
years of age and expectant mo
thers, but there will be a SI.OO
charge for others.
Legion Auxiliary
Officers Elected
The May meeting of Edward
G. Bond Unit No. 40, American
Legion Auxiliary was held at the
home of Mrs. M. L. Bunch
Tuesday night of last week.
Various committee chairmen
i made their reports and the
j Poppy Day chairman asked for
1 Continued on Page B—Section 1
> fected tonsils or sinuses, the
. mastoid or the middle ear.
i When meningitis is mention-
I ed, most people immediately
i. think of the epidemic form, or
the meningococcic spinal men
ingitis. This is the type which
• usually comes in epidemic form
i during the winter and spring
; among densely populated areas.
It is spread by droplet spray
from the nose and mouth, and
i usually from an apparently
1 healthy carrier or person who
bar a , mild upper respiratory
meningococcal infection, but who
has not developed meningitis.
This sometimes makes it vefy
difficult to find' the source of
infection of a case of meningi
jtis. *
The death rate in meningitis
Continued on Pago 6—Section >
Bloodmobile Will
! Appear In Edenton
Friday, June sth
180 Pints of Blood Is
Necessary to Be Do-!
nated If Chowan Is toi
Meet Year’s Quota
Billy Gardner, new Red Cross
blood program chairman for Cho-1
wan County, calls attention to
another bloodmobile visit to
Edenton Friday. June 5. This
will* be the final bloodmobile vis
it for the fiscal year.
Mr. Gardner points out that
I Chowan County's goal for the
year is 400 pints, of which only,
220 pints have been contributed.
This means that approximately,
j 180 pints will have to be donated
jon June 5 if the county is to
meet its year’s quota.
i The bloodmobile will again be
j stationed at the armory where j
blood can be donated from 10,
IA. M., to 4 P. M. Mr. Gardner l
i is appealing for a generous re-j
sponse for blood donations, em-1
j phasizing the great need for |
i blood.
J.B. Small Retiring j
As County Agent
Recognition Program j
June 5 at White
Oak School
! John Baggett Small, Negro J
County Agricultural Agent in
Chowan will retire as of June!
30, and a recognition program in |
his honor is scheduled to be held
Friday night, June 5, at 8 o’clock
at the White Oak Consolidated
School.
' Small has served as county
agent in Chowan County since'
1938, a period of 21 years, and
during that time he has done a
splendid job, often winning high
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
I Hospital Auxiliary j
Gives Scholarships
|
The May meeting of the Cho-j
wan Hospital Auxiliary was held
at the nurses’ home Friday, May
22, with the president, Mrs. J. W.
Davis, presiding.
The Auxiliary voted to present l
two annual scholarships to Cho
wan High School and Edenton
i Junior-Senior High School to be
awarded for the first time this
year.
Tom Ridgeway reported on thej
observance of Hospital Week.
About a dozen high school girls
interested in nursing and allied 1
fields tourned the hospital. i
The Auxiliary will assist the j
blood bank to be held in, Eden
ton Friday, June 5, by mailing
cards to prospective donors.
Mrs. W. S. Harney presented a !
most interesting talk on her re- i
cent European tour. Tea was
served by Mrs. W. J. Daniels nad
Mrs. L. S. Byrum.
i
Memorial Service
At Baptist Church
Sunday Morning:
Sponsored by Ed Bond Post |
No. 40 of the American
j a memorial service will be held I
in the Edenton Baptist Church j
Sunday morning, May 31, at 11 1
o'clock. An appropriate Mem- j
orial Day sermon will be 1
preached for the occasion by
the pastor, the Rev. R. N. Car- '
roll. |
Woodrow Slades, commander
of the post, requests Legionnaires
to assemble in front of the!
church by 10:45 o’clock in order]
to march in the church in a'
body. He also urges all Le- j
gionnaires to join in the service.
I civic calendar],
\
Red Cross bloodmobile will be
in Edenton. Friday. June 5.
Edenton Chapter No. 302. Or
der of the Eastern Star, will
meet Monday night. June 1.
A mas* door-to-door blood teat
program will be held in Edenton
Continued on Page 6—Section 1*
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
Edenton’s National
Guard Praised For
Duty At Henderson
j Bandsman Os Week ]
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BILLY TWIDDY
The Edenton Junior - Senior
High School Bandsman for thi>
week is Billy Twiddy, son oi
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Twidc'y
Billy is in the seventh grade
and has been a member of the
band for three years. He plays
baritone saxophone in the con
cert band and a'lo saxophone ir.
the marching band. He is also r
member of the Symphonic Band
Ensemble, the band's varsity
group. He has been appoint’d
to the equipment department of
the band for the 1959-60 school
year and will be in charge of
woodwind instruments in this
capacity. Besides band, his
hobby is water skiing and fish
ing.
Chamber Os Commeree Issues
Edenton Business Direetorv
A business directory listing
j products and services available
from members of the local Cham
ber of Commerce has been pub
lished by the Advertising and
Promotion Committee. It will be
distributed to visitors and others
| who may be interested in local
| merchandise and professional ser-
I vices.
| Committee Chairman Richard
! S. Atkinson. Jr., said that tran
i sients and out-of-town shoppers
; often ask for such a buying
guide. "The committee, under
/the supervision of R. Elton Fore
t hand, prepared the directory to
serve this need. We believe it
Albemarle League
Expected To Open
Season On June 4
Johnny Morris Will Be
Manager For Eden
ton; 24 Games For
Each Team Planned
I
\ T. P. Forehand of South Mills. 1
president of the Albemarle
League, has announced that thei
league will open Thursday. June
4. with the loop including teams
from Pasquotank County. Hert
jford. Edenton and Camt,uck. The
I announcement was made fol
, lowing a meeting of team of
jficials he’d at Hertford last
I week. Each team is scheduled
to play 24 games.
! Forehand said plans call for
j three night games a week and
j Continued on Page 6—Section I
POCAHONTAS MEETING
j Chowanoke Council No. 54, De
gree of Pocahontas will meet to-
I night (Thursday) at 8 o’clock.
I Mrs. Barbara Farless, Pocahontas,
urges all members to be pres
ent.
Chowan Purchases 26.7 Per
Cent Os Savings Bonds Quota
Dick Atkinson, volunteer chair
man for U. S. Savings Bond'
sales in Chowan County, reports
(that sales for the month of-April
amounted to $4,188.85, bringing
sales for the year to date to $31,-
502.05 or 26.7 per cent of the
county’s quota for 1959. »
I Chowan’s quota for 1859 is
$117,30i0. . j
1 E and H Savings Bonds sales in
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FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK |
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Group of About 60 Lo
cal Men Return Sat
urday Night After
Two Weeks Stint
With pent up joy and a sense
of satisfaction, in the neighbor
hood of 60 members of the local
National Guard unit returned
happily to their homes late Sat
urday night after two weeks
spent at Henderson in connection
with the Henderson textile strike.
The Guard was called out by
Governor Hodges after a new
flare of violence in the strike
which began last November fol
lowed the withdrawal of State
Highway patrolmen from the
scene.
Since the arrival of Guards
men in Henderson the repeated
acts of violence have been large
ly stemmed. Using cordons of
troops at the two struck mill
gates workers at the mills were
safely conducted to and from the
plants at each change of shifts.
Jeep patrols in the residential
areas around the mills further
aided in the restoring of order to
the Henderson community.
i
The men of Capt. Charlie
Swanner’s mortar platoon were
i heartily congratulated by Battle
Group Commander, Lt. Col. B. A.
Peterson for the fine manner in
which they carried out their dis-
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
will create additional interest and
business by calling the attention
of the out-of-town shopper to our
progressive business firms and
professional people."
Forehand said that "Where To
Find It", as the directory is titled,
will be distributed at service sta
tions. restaurants, motels and
places out of town. He added
that copies are available to any
one who can put them to good
use. The directorv gives the
business classification, firm name,
address, telephone, description of
merchandise and points out the
advantages of doing business lo
cally.
Natl Guardsmen
To Begin Summer
Camp On June 7th
More Than 9,000 Will
Spend Two Weeks at
Fort Bratfg' For In
tensive Training
More than 9.000 Army Na
tional Guardmen from North
Carolina, including the Edenton
unit, are expected to go to Fort
Bragg on June 7 for two weeks
of active duty for training.
Commanders of the 30th (Old
Hickory) 'lnfantry Division re
port that plans are complete
for the first summer training
period following the recent re
organization of the division.
They said that only minor
Continued on Page 4—Section 1
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton Rotarians will meet
this (Thursday) afternoon at 1
o'clock in the Parish House. Last
week’s attendance .hit a very low
mark, so that Dr. Ed Bond, presi
dent, urges all Rotarians to at
tend today’s meeting.
r
North Carolina during April were
$3,629,732.00. This brings die
state’s total sales for the first
four months of this year to $16,-
741,602.00.
Cumulative sales for January-
April represent 32.8% of the
> state’s years dollar goal. As of
April 30th, forty-one counties are
: running ahead of their dollar
sales goal for the year.