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a only newspaper ■i PUBLISHED IN I CHOWAN COUNTY V * Vdume XXVl.—Number 25. Drainage District Is Formed For Pollock Swamp Watershed Committee Appointed; At Meeting Friday Night to Gather Ne cessary Information Farmers in the Pollock Swamp "!*■ watershed met Friday night, June 12, in the Chowan County Court House and .voted to form a drain age district to improve the drain age of the watershed of Po’ oc 1 ’ Swamp. They instructed W. S. Privott, Edenton attorney, to file the necessary nape s for a drain age district. A temporary committee of Wal-i lace Goodwin, Sr., chairman: B. W. Evp~s, secretary, and Jo sephus Hall, member, were ap-. printed bv the group to deter-; nrne the boundaries of. the dis-i tridt, what improvements needed! to be made, and to gather other, necessary information for forma tion of the drainage district. The group also voted to make application to the State Soil Con servation Committee in Raleigh for a small watershed project un der provision of the Small Water shed Act (P.L.566). The group made an estimate | that over 3,000 acres of farmland | n-i floods during rains [ and that over j 6,000 acres needed drainage toi prevent flooding and to produce crops. Water floods the Green-; hall road in several places dur ing rains tjpcording to the land owners. Inadequate outlets for drainage and flood prevention is not obtainable due to the main channels and lateral ditches be-1 ing filled With silt, logs and oth er debris. Logging operations in the past have completely destroy ed the existing main channel of the swamp. The Watershed area includes about 90 farms and communical timber tracts of North- Carolina Pulp Company, Cam-Union Bag Company, and other communical timber companies. Approximate ly 50 per cent of the area is in cultivated land with the remain der in t'mberland. Mayor Speaker At Meeting Os Rotary' Edenton Rotarians will meet, u this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 I * okdock in the Parish House. The ; program will be in charge of , George A. Byrum, who has se- j cjjred Mayor John Mitchener as tie principal speaker. Dr. Ed Bbnd, president, urges every member of the club to be Resent. Sara Relfe Smith j r Camp Counselor - Sara Relfe Smith, daugh ter of Mr. and. Mrs. Robert B. Smith, is now serving as a coun selor at Midget Camp at Kanuga, the Episcopal Conference Center near Hendersonville, N. C. The camp opened June 8 with 58 campers and a- staff of 18, from the two Carolinas, Virginia, Tennessee, George and Louisi .wia. / Miss Smith will remain at the camp until about July 4. * Pmimination Day Will Be Held Wednesday, June 24th The ChoWan County 4-H Elim-' ination Day will be held at the Chowan High School and the Ohowan Community Building on Wednesday afternoon, June 24, at 2 o’clock. Several Clpwan 4-H Club boys gre planning to give their dem onstrations' at the Elimination Day. Leon Evans and Joe Nixon will give a 4-H forestry demon stration entitled "Plant Tomor * row’s Pine Trees Today.” Scott Cber and Johnny Winbome will give a wildlife demonstration on I US A PrwiH Maruiffpmpnt” k sration$ ration rße • THE CHOWAN HERALD i !i Elected Trustee l jlflsj •>', v 1111811111111 JM L ■ I • M DR. L. F. FERGUSON This week it was officially an nounced that Dr. L. F. Ferguso: was elected a trustee of the North 'Carolina Optometxic So ciety. | Band Inaugurates An Intensive Program For Summer Months i The Edenton Junior - Senior High School Band began an ex tensive summer program on June 15 which will continue through the summer until Labor Day. The program covers private lessons for beginners, and full ' band rehearsals for the junior band and the high school band. The High School Band will practice every Tuesday evening from 7:30 until 8:30. The junior band will hold rehearsals twice a on Tuesday and Thurs day mornings from 9:30 until 10*0? f - Beginning students and some high school students have been scheduled for private lessons 590 See “Atoms For Peace” Exhibit Five hundred and ninety per 'sons visited the “Atoms For ■ Peace” exhibit which was in j Edenton Wednesday of last week, j The exhibit was sponsored by ithe, Edenton Junior Chamber of Commerce, so that West Byrum, i Jaycee president and Elton Fore hand, committee Chairman, were very much pleased with the num ber of visits during the short time the exhibit was open. | Four high school students, Mary Pearl Harrell, Patricia {Waff, Gus Hughes and John • Mitchener 111, served as guides for the exhibit and they were highly commended for their in terest and knowledge of the various items on exhibit. The “Atoms For Peace” exhibit ■ was sponsored by the Edenton (Junior Chamber of Commerce, it , 1 being one of several exhibits on tour throughout the United States. The exhibits tire owned . by the I?; S. Atomic Energy Com mission and the tours are spon . sored by the National Junior Chambre of Commerce. nf» r»lTij-ti~rnr , w _ »*i*i**i** /demonstration on "How To Take A Soil Sample.” Several Chowan 4-H girls will also give demonstrations bn vari ous phases es their 4-H project work. County winners of the various demonstrations will represent Chowan County at the Eastern District Elimination Day which will be held at the Ghooowinity High School on Wednesday, July 1. District winners will enter the state contest which will be held during 4-H Club Week at State College July 20-25. All demonstrations at County Elimination Day on Wednesday, June 24, will toe open to the pub lic. The audience will see some | Marsh, assistant county agricul tural agent, urges aHChowan ] Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 18, 1959. Mrs. J ft Ricks, Jr. Honort Being! N. C. P ll Mother Presented Attractive Certificate at Meet ing of Jaycees Held Thursday Night A feature of the meeting 1 Thursday night of the Edenton Junior Chamber of Commeice at the Edenton Restaurant was the »oresentation of a framed official | eertifica.te to Mrs. James P. Ricks, »4r., as North Carolina’s polio tv other of the year, an honor be- 1 'towed upon her a few months ’go. The award was made nrior to j '.he Jaycees’ business meeting with this portion cf the program n charge of Tom Ridgejwav, 'tba : rman of the Chowan County Chapter of the Ntvponal Founda ion for Infantile Paralvs : s. The award was made by J. Ed win Bufflap, who had this to' av; “Mrs. Ricks, there are so manv ’omplimentary things which, mild be said about you. “Some months ago vou were chosen as the polio mother of the Continued on Psoe 2—Section 1 Dnce, and in a few cases, twice i week. There are eight 45- minute periods a day, all of which have been filled. Twenty-three new students nave been signed up for the summer program, most of wharr lave purchased new instruments in addition to- these, the sum mer program will include thi Junior-Senior High School Band of 47, and the elementary band of 19. Any students in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades who are interested in jjettirxr irctke band program for next year should get in touch with the band office at 2345 as soon as possible. Eastern Star Honors Past Worthy Matrons And Worthy Patrons Edenton Chapter No. 302, Order of the Eastern Star honored pas' worthy matrons and past worthy patrons at its meeting held Mon day, night. A delightful program was arranged with refreshments following the meeting. Those honored were: Pas'* worthy matrons, Mrs. Mary Leary, Mrs. Frances Wilkins Mrs. Edna Reaves, Mrs. Margare' Stanton and Mrs. Pearl Harrell: past worthy patrons, W. A. Har rell, Dr. A1 Stanton, Daniel P. Reaves, Louis George Wilkins and Bill Goodwin. Mr. and Mrs. W A. Harrell, immediate past wor thy patron and past worthy ma tron, respectively, were presented a beautiful Bible. Mrs. T. J. Wood, worthy ma tron, presided over the meeting and in behalf of the past worthy matrons and worthy patrons she said they have left a rich heritage and she hoped those coming after them will merit the time and ef forts given so unselfishly, “We are proud you have served,” she said. 20 Years Ago ] A* Found in tho File* of j The Chowen Herald Chowan County Commission ers assured the County Board of Education and the Edenton School) Trustees that the county budget calling for a home eco nomics course at Chowan High School, as well as erecting and equipping a new three-room bu'lding for teaching vocational agriculture would be approved. In an election to determine con solidalion of Beech Fork, Oak Grove and Gum Pond schools in the Rocky Hock section, 153 vot ed for the plan and M opposed consolidation. However, no pro vision was made in the county budget so that nothing was done about the matter. : „Dr. W. S. Griffin was elected president of tee Edenton Lions * Continued on Pane 6 Section I ! Helping To Increase Farm Income IL d I • I I I * * • •»' ’ l i.i A. C. GHIFFIN IN TCBACCD FIELD The program to increase farm income in Chowan County has received the enthusiastic sup port of A. C. Griffin, whose farm is on U. S. 17 south of Edenton. Many ot the practices recommended for higher yields have been applied by Griffin. The effect of these recommenda tions is shown in the accompany ing pictureof his excellent stand of tobacco. Griffin’s planting date was April 23. Immediately following the planting he irrigated the crop to secure his stand of to bacco. His field of broad leaf Hicks, which averages 18 leaves John A. Holmes Honored By Library At Methodist Church In its service of morning wor ship for Sunday. June 21, the Edenton Methodist Church will announce the opening of the John A. Holmes Library. The church has had the establishment 3f a library under consideration for the past year. In March the idea of a library in honor of Mr. Holmes, a member of the church and one df' its most' fi>ttTifuT"ser-' vants for the past thirty-six years, was suggested in a meet ing of the Commission on Educa tion. This idea was then duly considered and approved by the church’s committee on memorials. On June 1, after receiving re- Two Edenton Girls Make Good Showing In Beauty Contest With Chowan County having several young ladies participating in the beauty contest held last week in Elizabeth City to name "Miss Elizabeth City,” two Eden ton girls were chosen for out standing honors. Carolista Cabell Fletcher won the Miss Congeniality prize and trophy and Peggie Joyce Elliott was second runner-up for the ti tle of Miss Elizabeth City. The winner of the event was Barbara Jean Hansen of Eliza beth City. Optometrists Name Ferguson Trustee It was officially announced this week that Dr. L. F. Ferbuson was elected a trustee of the North Carolina Optometric Society. The election actually took place at the state convention held, in Winston- Salem in May, but it was not of ficial until the minutes of the meeting were released. Jaycees Sponsor Two Important Projects i i ; j# ifiE r . Edsstos't Junior Chamber of Commerce re cently sponsored two very important protects, polio shots and the "Atoms For Peace" exhibit. per plant, was fertilized with 1,200 pounas per acre of 3-9-9 fertilizer, side dressed with a mixture of 300 pounds of 3-9-9 and 100 pounds of 8-0-24 per acre. Griffin sltated that the prac tice of fumigation, which costs $34 per acre, will bring many extra dollars for this crop. This was Griffin’s first year for soil fumigation. He also, fol lowed soil test recommenda tions. A strict three-year rotation is followed by Griffin. However, this particular tobacco crop is Continued on Page 2—Section 1 ports of support from several 1 ' church organizations, the library! , was officially adopted and named | :'the John A. Holmes Library by! ■| the Official Board. At the same! time the board elected Mrs. Her-; bei t Hollowell as Libiarian. Shelves for the library are be- ( ing erected by the Methodist | 11 Men in the pastor’s study at the! church. The most substantial fi nancial support for the new pro- j ject has come from the Wesleyan' Service Guild and the Adult Fel-. lowship Class, the class taught by Mr. Holmes. Several contribu • | tions for the purchase of memor- Continued on Page 2—Section 1 Lewis Speaker At Rotarians’ Meeting t| ’ George Lewis was the principal ;; speaker at last week’s Rotary i : meeting, when he spoke about 1 : the importance of agriculture. I ■ He used as a basis of his remarks • the new concepts in farming and the banks’ service in farm opera- 1 tions. i Mr. Lewis referred to Chowan I County’s farm improvement pro- 1 : gram, pointing out that withi ■ proper farming Chowan County j farmers can increase income to [ ! the tune of one million dollars, j by higher yields at little or no 1 extra cost. He pointed out that j one of three in the nation are employed in agriculture or allied 1 ‘ activities. 5 METHODIST MEN'S CLUB WILL MEET TONIGHT 1 ■ The Edenton Methodist Men’s i : Club will meet at the church to- j -night (Thursday) at 6:30j - j o’clock. President Albert Cul : lipher urges every member to ( be present. Wwl Byrum. Jr., president of the Jaycses, Hughes. John Mitchener, 111, and the mani of tho exhibit. The pUo shot program will at bo in Edonton Friday, July 10, from 7 P. M • P. M. at the Penelope Barker house. The si will be free to anyone under 20 years cf age expectant mothers. Billy Hardison New Assistant Coach At ir.-Sr. High School Succeeds Johnny Mor i ris; Began Summer] Recreation Program] Wednesday i - Billy Hardison, a product of the i j Edenton schools, has been era- I pioyed to succeed Johnny Morris at the Edenton Junior-Senior j High School. Mr. Hardison has ' already arrived to assume the du ties of summer recreational di rector, a progiam begun Monday of this week by Coach Bi.l Bill-, .ngs. 1 Hardison was a star football player at the Edenton school, graduating in 1955. Ije was awarded a football scholarship and spent four years at the Uni versity of Noi'.h Carolina as n re serve center under Coach J!m Ta tum., He also assisted Coach Bill ings in training local football players before returning to school each fall. While attending the Edenton school Hardison won All-Eastern honors and won two cf the Var sity Club’s most outstanding i player trophies. He was a mem- : btr of the Aces when Coach Bill ings’ outfit won its state cham- \ pionship in 1954. Hardison is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie L. Hardison and many of his fiiends are delighted | to learn that he has returned to! his home town to work among the young people. RED MEN WEINER ROAST SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY Chowan Tribe of Red Men will j stage a free weinet- roast Mon- J day night, June 22. The affair will begin at 7 o’clock, after which the regular meeting of the tribe will be held. Leroy Har rell, sachem of the tribe, is very anxious to see a large number of Red Men turn vs. • Slimmer Recreation Program In Progress On Hicks Field A summer recreation program | began Monday at Hicks Field with Coach Bill Billings in ! charge. Mr. Billings will serve i in capacity of recreation director ! until a successor to Johnny Mor -1 ris is employed for the school sac ; ulty. Mr. Billings has been ! teaching driver education which ! will last through June 20 and will again begin the latter part of July, and continue until Au -1 gust 15, when he will begin foot j ball practice. j There are two groups in the | Pocahontas Elects New Group Officers Chowanoke Council No. 54, De ! gree of Pocahontas, have elected i new officers for the next six 1 month term. They will be in stalled at the meeting to be held Thursday night. June 25. The new group of officers in clude: Mrs. Barbara Farless, I prophetess; Mrs. Essie Perry, Po | cahontas; Mrs. Beatrice Harrell, | Wenonah; Mrs. Mai ina Crummey, j keeper of records; Mrs. Virginia | Williams, collector of wampum: I Mrs. Mryltle Hollowell, keeper of wampum, and J. Edwin Bufflap, : Powhatan. $2.50 Per Year In North Carolina Commissioners Set Tentative Tax Rate Os $1 For 1959-60 I ■■ —-' «—< New Books At Local Library ' A number of new books have been received by the Shepard- Pruden Memorial Library and are ready for circulation. Os special interest to readers from i the first through the ninth grades are a number of books on vari ous subjects compiled bv Dolch. Juvenile E. iks I ■ . Montgomery, Jet Navigator: Banting, Discovery of Insulin: Coitswo- !h. Pika and the Roses; Daly, Patrick visits the Farm: Chiis'ensen, Little Buin Keeps House: Cooke, Bomber Planes; Hikoff, The Cat Who Wanted | Out; Hall, White Collar Gr!;j Wellman. Ride, Rebels: Bennett.; Walk In The Moonlight: Malvern, i Rogues and Vagabonds: Paschal, Continued cn Page 2—Section i Michael Malone Honor Student At Duke University M chad Malone, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Malone, was among 1,100 Duke University students who received degrees at Durham j Monday morning. June 8, at the university’s 107th commencement program. Young Malone graduated mag na cum laude and stood 13th in about (iOO students Who received their BA degree. He was an honorary member of! Phi Beta Kappa by reason of his \ scholastic standing and was one I of six students to receive honors in the history department. He plans to enter Virginia Theological Seminary at .Alexan dria. Va.. next Sepfolnber. recreational program, one for boys through 12 years of ace and another up to 16 years old. Mr. Billings is planning a Little League for younger boys while the older group will play teams from other towns. Any boy is invited to participate in the rec reational program, which aside from baseball will include horse shoes, tether ball, tennis, as well as other forms of recreation. Mr. Billings urges any boy who wants to participate in the program to report at Hicks Field. Road In Chowan To He Retreated The State Highway Commis sion has approved and set up funds for retreatment of a sec ondary road in Chowan County. A secondary road is scheduled for retreatment from a point on N. C. 32, 1.5 miles north of the Edenton city limits, northwest to Pollock Creek, for a distance of 0.61 mile. Completion is expected during | the construction season at a cost of $8,500. Steve Bureh Now Oil Goodwill Tour Os European Countries Steve Burch, son of Mrs. Mar- 1 guerite Burch, is among the j privileged group of college stu-.i dents who have now embarked on a goodwill tour of various ' European countries. Steve is a rising junior at the University of I ■ North Carolina and a member I of Delta Upsilon fraternity. In! April he was awarded the sil ver cup for the most outstand ing pledge for the class of 1959. Prior to sailing on June 10. Steve attended a school of in struction in New York City for one week. The group will re main in London, England, fori several weeks. While ih Lon don they will study the govern ment of the country and observe the general administration of Eton College, where they will be privileged to audit classes. * Next on the' itinerary will be a visit to the Netherlands, a! % FIGHT CANCER WITH A CHECKUP AND CHECK A Scheduled to Meet To -1 day With Architect In Order to Consider Building: Program j Chowan County Commissioners met in special session Monday morning to consider the 1959-60 budget for the county. Very I little changes were made in the various department budgets as previously presented, so that the i Commissioners approved a ten tative budget which calls for a SI.OO tax rate, the same as the previous year. The budget will be adopted at the July meeting, which will, be held Monday, July 6. The Comm'sdoners were some what concerned about a build ing program for schools and will meet with an architect to day (Thursday) to secure an ap proximate cost of what work is decided to be done. It is hoped funds will become available to do the most urgent work with out floating a bond issue. How ever. if these figures run too high and it is necessary’ to sell bonds to raise the money, then, of course, it would be necessary to increase the tax rate to pay for the bonds. The total county budget as ap proved at Monday’s meeting amounts to $414,837.91. Os this amount anticipated revenue is placed at $220,063.13, leaving a balance of $194,774.78 to be raised by a tax levy. This amount will be realized with a rate of SI.OO per SIOO property valuation. Os course, the tax rate is ten tative and may or may not be changed before it is officia'lv adopted at the July meeting. The Commissioners, however, are , hopefut that no. change will La j necessary. Visiting: Preacher At Presbyterian Church The Rev. Roy A. Harrell will be the guest preacher at the Edenton Presbyterian Church for the service Sunday morning, June 21. at 11 o'clock. Mr. Harrell is the son of Mr. and Mrs, Luther B. Harrell. Sr, of Sunbury. formerly of Chowan County. Harrell attended gram mar grades both here in Edenton and at Chowan High. He spent tl years with the army before go ing to Bob Jones 'University, where he graduated with a Bacheelor of Arts Degree on Mav 27. The pubilc is cordially invited to attend this service. [ CIVIC c alendar] The John A. Holmes Library will be opened at the Methodist Church Sunday morning, June 21, at the 11 o'clock service. Chowan County 4-H Elemin ation Day will be held at Cho wan High School and the Cho wan Community Building Wed nesday afternoon, June 24. at 2 o'clock. ! Continued on Page 4—Section 1 trip to Copenhagen, Denmark, and famous cities of Norway and Sweden. I Having concluded the tour of the Scandinavian countries, the group will then enter Russia j and the Balkan Peninsula. | A highlight of the tour will be the observance of the an nual World Youth Festival in Vienna, Austria. This is a cov eted privilege which every vis iting American student is urged to attend. Each student, how ever, is strictly advised against participation in any activity I whatsoever pertaining to the festival. The group is scheduled to ar rive in Southampton, England, Friday, June 19, and will re turn to the United States on September 17, when Steve will resume his studies at the Unl- I versity of North Carolina.