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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 . w j Rmwnlnff 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 ! Continued on Page 3—Section 1 ( 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 • <*h * miursd»v> pf 7 q’ck»-k »t | Ifcj? nSber y tHttend. “Atoms For Peace” Exhibit In Edenton ] V—----- ..... s "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 ] ‘ ... ' . y ■ v<•,# . ; . . ■ '■ fc-XNyXv.- ' , ' 0* f. Jmt ** 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 f "" r * FIGHT CANCER WITH A CHECKUP AND CHECK | V 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.