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Volume XXVl.—Number 29.
Chas. H. Wood, Jr. 1 % med
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Member Os Edenton < {! hool
Trustees At Joint Mil *ting
J. H. Conger and P. S.
McMullan Reappoint
ed to Serve Six Year
Terms '
Faced with a full agenda, in
cluding some vexing problems,
Town Councilmen were held in
session until shortly after mid
night Tuesday at their July
meeting. f
After the usual department re
ports were heard, Town Council
and Edenton School Trustees
met jointly for the purpose of
naming three member to the.
Board of Trustees. The terms
of Joseph H. Conger, who is now
chairman, and Philip S. McMul
lan had expired and it was ne
cessary to name a successor to
Thomas Chears, who recently
resigned after serving as a trus
tee for 43 years.
Cbnger and McMullan were
nominated and subsequently ap
pointed to succeed themselves
for terms of six years.
The School Trustees then put
in nomination Charles, H. Wood,
Jr., to fill the unexpired term
of Mr. Chears, which has two
more years to go. It was stated
that the School Trustees had
given long and serious thought
to a successor for Mr. Chears
and that Mr. Wood was the
unanimous choice from some
eight or ten prospects.
Councilman J. Edwin Bufflap
asked the question why Mr.
Chears’ successor was held as a
secret until presented at the
joint meeting, when both boards
are charged with the responsi
bility of naming the School
Trustees. No particular reason
was given other than that it
was deemed unwise to let the
name become public before the
. appointment was made. Mr;'
Wood was' 'uiuitilfnously appoint
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Mayor John MitcWher read a
letter froth Mrs. David Holton!
thanking the Councilmen for the
resolution sent to the family
following the death of her hus
band shortly after he .was elect
ed Mayor.
Two service stations present
ed bids for gas, oil and service
for the town’s fleet of automo
biles and trucks. Gulf Service
Station and Bridge Turn Ser
vice Station were practically the
same, so it was decided to di
vide the business among the
concerns, each for six months.
Bids were also opened for a
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CIVIC CALENDAR
Sponsored by the Edenton
Jaycees, another polio shot clinic
will be held at the Penelope
Barker house Friday night. July
17. front 7 to 9 o'clock.
A stated communication of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7. A. F. &
A. M„ will be held tonight
(Thursday) at 8 o'clock.
Edenton Lions Club will meet
Monday night. July 20. at 7
. o'clock.
The King Bros. Circus, spon
sored by Chowan Tribe of Red
Men. will appear on the Ameri
can Legion grounds for two per-
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John Lee Sprui
Meritorious Ser
Performance In
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Master Sergeant John Lee
Spruill, member of the ideal
Combat Support Company, 2nd
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Mrs. Kathleen Shiles President
Os Band Parents Association
The Edenton Band Parents
Association met Wednesday night
of last week in the band room,
When the presidency changed
frdm Mrs. John Bundh to Mrs.
Kathleen Skiles. Before relin
quishing the gavel to her suc
cessor, Mrs. Bunoh expressed her
thanks and appreciation for the
interest and cooperation she re
ceived during the year and said
she hoped the same cooperation
would be given Mrs. Skiles dur
ing her administration.
Other officers for the associa
tion are: Vice president from
the Senior Band, Mrs. Rebecca
Overman; vice president from
the Junior Band, Mrs. Haywood
Jones; vice president from the
Bruce F. Jones
Is Area Chairman
For Auto Group)
Bruce F. Jones of the Albe
marle Motor company has been
appointed an area chairman of
the North Carolina Automobile
Dealers Association.
Jones will be the liaison man
between new car and truck
dealers in Chowan County and
the state organization and the
National Automobile Dealers
Association, said State Presi
dent C. Odell Sapp of Salisbury
in announcing the appointment.!
Sapp said Jones will- advise'
the two associations on local j
matters and keep local dealers |
informed on state and national'
affairs affecting the retail auto
mobile business. He also will
conduct a> joint meftitterdfiip
campaign of both orgariizations
in the’fall. ’
“We feel fortunate to have his
services,” Sapp added, “for this
is a vital position in our or
ganizations.”
RED MEN MEETING
Chowan Tribe of Red Men
will meet Monday night, July
20, at 8 o’clock. Clyde Hollo
well, new sachem of the tribe,
urges a large attedance.
LIONS MEET MONDAY
Edenton Lions will meet Mon
day night, July 20, at 7 o’clock.
T. B. Wflliford, the new presi
dent, requests every member of!
the club to be present. 1
Dr. O’Berry Leaves Edenton To
Open An Office In Jacksonville
Many Edenton friends will re
gret to learn that Dr. Walter I
O’Berry, popular Edenton den-1
tist, closed 'his office in the Citi-j
zens Bank Building Friday and'
he and his wife and daughter,'
Blanche, left Wednesday for
Jacksonville, N. C. He has
opened an office in Tarawa Ter
race, a suburb of Jacksonville,
wh’ere he 'believes prospects ap
pear brighter for his business
in that there are many more
homes to draw from than in
Edenton.
ill Recipient Os
vice Award For
Summer Camp
Guard Unit and served for three
years. He served 3% years with
the U. S. Army during World i
War n, and his main duties was
post ammunition sergeant at
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 16, 1959.
i Elementary Band, Mrs. J. D. El
: liott; secretary, Mrs. Maybelle.
, Sexton; treasurer, Mrs. H. L. Ed
i wards.
Mrs. Skiles announced the fol
lowing appointments for com
mittee chairmen:
Finance Committee Henry
: Quinn.
[. Transportation—H. L. Edwards
( and Joe Stone.
Social—Mrs. L. E. Davenport
: and Mrs. Dennis Basnight.
Majorettes—Mrs. John Bunch.
Publicity—Mrs. J. D. Elliott.
The next meeting of the Band
Parents Association will be held
in the Band room Wednesday
night, August 12, at 8 o’clock.
Legion-Auxiliary.
Officers Will Be
| Installed July 21
Ed Bond Post of the Ameri
can Legion and the Legion
Auxiliary will hold joint instal
lation ceremonies Tuesday night,
July 21, at 8 o’clock at the Le
gion building.
John A. Holmes, a past com
mander, will install officers of
the Legion and Mrs. J. L. Chest
nutt, Department president, will
install officers of the Auxiliary.
Refreshments will be served
after the meeting and it is
hoped many members of both
| organizations will be on hand.
Cancer Drive
Totals $1 4 515
In winding up the 1959 can
cer crusade, Mrs. J. D. Elliott
Chowan County Crusade Chair
man, ’announces that Chowan
contributed a total of $1,515.04
toward the fight against cancer.
Th& compares with $1,567.80
contributed the previous year.
Mrs. Elliott points out that the
state's contribution at present
stands at $396,590, about $40,000
ahead of the previous year.
Mrs. Elliott said she wants to
especially thank The Herald for
generous space contributed dur
ing the campaign, as well as all
! who in any way contributed to
1 the success of the drive.
Dr. O’Berry 'has been in Eden
iton about a year, having open-
I ed his office here in July of last
j year. During his short stay here
■he ha 9 been active in religious
• and . civic affairs. He took an
active part in the Methodist
Church, where he taught a
young people’s Sunday School
class, he was a member of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce
and Lions Club.
Dr. O’Berry said he regretted
to leave Edenton, but that his
future appeared more promising
at Jacksonville.
Former Edenton
Marine Helps In
Visit By Queen
Edenton friends will be inter
ested to know that Lt (jg) Roger
l Millett, stationed at the U. S.
Coast Guard Station at Elizabeth
City, participated in England’s
Queen Elizabeth’s boat trip dur
ing opening ceremonies of the
St. Lawrence Seaway. Millett
was formerly stationed at the
Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air
Station before he transferred to
the Coast Guard. He is. the
husband of. the former Miss
Dolly Kehayes, daughter of Mr.
I Millett piloted a HOtS^hehr
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CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR HEROlNE— Shirley O’Neili? left,
counselor with a San Francisco children’s youth organization,
will receive the Carnegie silver medal for heroism. Her feat:
pulling a companion, mortally wounded by a shark off the San
Francisco coast, to shore. With the medal goes a $750 cash award.
Polio Shot Clinic Scheduled To
Be Held Friday Night, July 17
Attention to the people of
this area is again called to the
polio shot clinic which is sched
uled to be held Friday night,
July 17. The clinic, sponsored
by the Edenton Junior Chamber
of Commerce, will be held at
the Penelope Barker house from
7 to 9 o’clock.
As has been previously an
nounced, the shots will be free
to everybody up to 20 years of
age and expectant mothers, but
for others a charge of SI.OO will
be made.
The Jaycees point out that a
previous polio shot clinic was I
very successful and they hope
even more will take advantage
of this opportunity to take the
Salk vaccine shots in order to
prevent becoming a victim of the
disease.
A severe polio season has been
predicted for North Carolina, so
that it is hoped the .precaution
of polio shots will be taken by
a vast majority of the people
in this area.
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Thitee Members Os
Edenton Band Will
Attend Music Camp
Three Edenton Junior - Senior
High School Band students will
leave Sunday for the annual
two week music camp at East
Carolina College in Greenville.
The three were recipients of
the Band Parents’ 1958-59 schol
arships to the camp.
The band’s drum major, Vem
Goodwin, will attend. In addi
tion to playing in one of the
three bands which will be or
ganized, he will also receive in
struction from Robert Elwanger,
nationally known exhibition
twirler, who will be in charge
of the camp’s drum major and
majorette staff.
Another student, Mary Anne
Overton, who is one of the
band’s majorettes, will receive
majorette instruction and will
also play bass clarinet in one of
the bands.
Dick Hobowsky, the other
student, will play clarinet in
both the camp orchestra and one
of the bands.
Attending the camp also will
be the director of the High
School Band, Derwood Bray,
who will act as a dormitory
counselor.
The band program at the
high school will be halite* for
the two week period, resuming
again Monday, August 3rd.
Camp director is Dr, Earl
Beach, head of the Department
of Music at East Carolina.
Heading the band staff will
be Herbert Carter, director of
bands at East Carolina. The
orchestra will be directed by
Dopald Hayes of the East Caro
lina staff.
Rain Hahs Play
In Little League
The rains of . the past week
have interferred with the play
of the Little League. Only two
game, were played 1«* week.
In theae two games the Lions
defeated the Rotary Club by a
score pi 14-13 and the Rotary
Wool Referendum I
Scheduled To Be
Held Sept. 1- 30
Election Will Determ
ine Advertising 1 , Pro
motion and Develop
ment Activities
Tar Heel producers of wool
and lambs will be permitted to
vote in a referendum indicating
their approval or disapproval of
an agreement with the American
Sheep Producers Council, Inc.
According to H. D. Godfrey, ASC
State Administrative Officer, the
agreement, if favored, would
continue the financing of the
Council’s . advertising, promotion,
and development activities. This
financing is accontplished through
deductions'- front Wool phyrtierits
Under the Original agreemeht,
deductions have been made from
payments at the rate of 1 cent
per pound for shorn wool and 5
cents per hundredweight for
lambs. Under the new agree
ment, the deductions cannot ex
ceed these rates. The funds ob
tained from the deductions from
wool program payments will be
used as in the past to finance
activities of the Council to en
large or improve the market for
products of the industry.
Godfrey further explained that
all producers who have owned
sheep or lambs, 6 months of age
or older, for any one period of
at least 30 days since January
1, 1959, will be eligible to vote.
Each producer will report the
number of. sheep and lambs on
his ballot.
Ballots will be distributed to
producers by mail prior to the
September referendum. Ballots
may be voted during the period,
September 1 through 30. The
extended period of voting, which
was also followed for the 1955
referendum, is aimed at en
couraging participation in the
referendum by as large a num
ber of sheep producers as possi
ble, he said.
Farm Fresh Foods
At Gatesville Offers
Improved Marketing
Fred G. Logan, manager of
Farm Fresh Foods, Inc., announc
ed that the market- facilities
there can greatly improve the
usual method of marketing wa
termelons in this area.
Mr. Logan urges growers to
contact Farm FreSh Foods for
information on the watermelon
situation before offering their
melons for sale. The growers,
through the services Offered by
Farm Fresh Foods can line up
the best buyers of melons, so
that by orderly marketing, the
grower can obtain a fair price
for his entire crop, rathej then
to sell-his best melons at a fair
price and then be unable to find
a market for the remainder of
his watermelons.
Support Price For
' '59 Crop Peanuts
$205.30 Per Ton
‘lnterim’ Support Lev
el According to An
nouncement By ASC
Chairman Ratcliffe
The support rate for 1959-crop
Virginia type peanuts in this
State will be $205.30 per ton,
according to Zeno O. Ratcliff,
Jr., chairman of the ASC State
Committee. This, he said, is an
“interim” support level. This
means that when support rates
are finally determined, if the
final rates are higher than those
announced, any farmers Who
may have placed peanuts under
loan at the “interim” level will
receive additional payments to
reflect the higher level.
The support .price for individ
ual loans will be calculated by
the same method as was used in
this State last year. The value
of loose-shelled kernels, however,
will be calculated at 6 cents per
pound as compared, with the 7
cent rate last year.
To qualify for “Virginia type”
price support, Virginia peanuts
must contain not less than 30
percent fancy size.
Loans and purchase agree
ments on 1959-crop peanuts will
be available to individual pro
ducers and grower associations
from the time of harvest through
January 31, 1960. This newly
announced support rate, accord
ing to Ratcliff, is at the rate of
75 percent of parity. Support in
1958 reflected 80.8 percent of
parity.
Dial Telephones
Now At Buxton
The Norfolk & Carolina Tele
phone & Telegraph Company
through its manager, V. W.
Chase, reports that a new dial
telephone exchange has been es
tablished at Buxton, effective
July Bth Which replaces the toll
station lines. 1
The conversion to dial Was ac
complished in spite of bad
weather, and it is apparent that
the residents of this Outer Banks
area are pleased with their new
service and are enjoying making
toll free calls to their many
friends in and between Avon.
Buxiton and Hatteras.
Driver License Office
Closed On July 20th
Ronald Wallace, state automo
bile driver license examiner in
Edenton, announces that the lo
cal office will be closed all day
Monday, July 20. The closing
of the iffice is due to a district
meeting scheduled to be held in
Greenville.
Clyde Hollowell Installed New
Sachem For Chowan Red Men
Officers for Chowan Tribe No.
12, Improved Order of Red Men,
were installed at Monday night's
meeting with Clyde Hoflowell
succeeding Leroy Harrell as sa
chem. The installation ceremony
was in charge of Caswell Ed
mundson, tribal deputy Great
Sachem. He was assisted by
William E. Barrow as sannap.
The officers installed were:
Prophet, Leroy Harrell: sachem,
Clyde Hollowell; senior saga
more, Guy Williams; junior sag
amore, Alton Shaw. •
The new sachem announced
the following appointments, who
were also installed by Mr. Ed-
Edejiton Directory
Will Be Published
Representatives of the Hill
Directory Company have been
in Edenton during the past few
days in the interest of prepar
ing a city directory. The pre
liminary work is about complete
and enumerators began Monday
to .secure the names of residents,
business and professional con
certs.
I The directory will be made up
of.fdiir major departments, a
• list of names and addresses of
busifwfcs and professsional con*
cems, a catalog of all die activi-
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52.50 Per Year In North Carolina
Red Cross Workers
Point Out Need For
Meeting Disaster
Service Award!
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JOHN LEE SPRUILL
Master Sergeant John Lee
Spruill of the local National
Guard unit has received the 30th
Infantry Division Commander's
Meritorious Service Award for
his outstanding performance of
duty during field training held
recently at Fort Bragg.
Tyner Scouts Reach
Goal For Camp Trip
Tyner Boy Scout Troop and
Tyner Explorer Post 154 for the
last several months have been
busy selling candy, mail box
markers, and putting on a sup
per once each month for the
benefit of the boys who will go
to Philmont. With the help of
the sponsoring organization,
whioh is the Center Hill Home
Demonstration Club, the goal has
been reached.
Four boys will leave on Au
gust Ist by chartered bus for
Philmont Ranch in New Mexico.
This Post has She laegest num
ber of boys in this area to go
from any one Post. The Hoys
who will go are: Tim White,
Jackie Ray Ward, Emmett Jones,
Jr., and James Turner.
The Scouts and Explorers
would like to take this oppor
tunity to thank each person who
has helped in any way, and es
pecially do they want to thank
Center Hill Home Demonstration
Club and all those Who had a
part in the variety show for
such a wonderful help.
VFW MEETING
William H. Coffield, Jr., Post
No. 9280, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, will meet Tuesday night,
July 21, at 8 o’clock. Command
er John Bass requests a full at
tendance.
, mundson:
, Sannaps—Thomas Jackson and
: Edgar Rogerson.
1 Warriors —Robert Brooks, Os
• car Peeples, Billy Ed Lassiter
' and William Crummey.
Braves —Obed Lee, Fred Brit
; ton, Walter Bond and Graham
Fafless.
Guard of the Forest—Bill El
• liott.
- Guard of the Wigwam—Bill
' Harris.
A number of the members
highly praised the interest and
I accomplishments of Leroy Har
• rell, outgoing sachem.
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T. B. Williford Installed New
Lions Qub President; Members
Raise $165 Toward Blood Bank
Edenton Lions at their regu-S
lar Monday night meeting raised 1
$165 to be used in connection •
with the blood bank. The mon- ,
ey came from individual Lions
on a_ voluntary baSia, with 100% ,
of those present participating.
Outgoing President J. R. Du-. 1
Laney was presented the Part
President’s pin by Secretary W. ]
J. Taylor, who complimented Du- ,
Laney on 'die year's accomplish- <
ments. |
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
SJ
Meeting Held Tues
day Afternoon In
Court House; No
Disaster Chairman
Importance of having a well
organized Red Cross Disaster
Relief organization was stressed
at a meeting held in the Court
House Tuesday afternon. A
small group of interested per
sons attended the meeting,
which was also attended by Miss
Cecile Cheddix, disaster repre
sentative out of the Atlanta Red
Cross office, and Glenn F. Bro
sier, field representative of
Elizabeth City.
Miss Cheddix stated that she
was contacting chapters in the
southeastern section of the coun
try in order to be properly or
ganized for disasters and ex
pressed the hope that an or
ganization will be formed in
Chowan County to meet any
emergency.
She pointed out the effects of
a disaster on a community
which often causes a hodge
podge of trouble and confusion
without proper organization.
The result of disaster, she point
ed out, includes homes destroy
ed, people killed and injured,
water supply cut off. blocked
streets, utilities disrupted, con
gester traffic, families separated,
removal of debris and any num
ber of other problems.
The Red Cross chapter, she
said, is responsible for mass
care; a survey, wherein teams
are responsible for every area
as to damage done; providing
shelters with nurses on duty;
feeding and rehabilitation. Miss
Cheddix very thoroughly ex
plained the duties of each one
connected with disaster reli-f,
pointing out that public infor
mation ’4s very important.
“The Red Cross must meet
immediate emergency relief >n
case of disaster,” said Miss
Cheddix, “and to do this we
must have an efficient disaster
relief organization.”
Mr. Brosier also explained the
mechanics of the Red Cross in
connection with disaster relief
as well as other services.
The local organization is now
without a chairman. Leroy Has
kett has served in that capacity
for several years, but recently
resigned. Dr. Archie Walker,
Cross Chapter, will be requested
chairman of the Chowan Red
to appoint a new chairman, and
it was emphasized at the meet
ing that to properly function a
board of directors should also
be appointed to participate in
the program.
20 Years Ago
A* Found m the File* of
The Chowaa Herald
V .
At a lengthy meeting of Town
Council the salaries of Edenton
policemen were increased sls
per month, but the Councilmen
decided to take away from po
licemen fees which were paid
them for making arrests. The
fee system was for a long time
under fire. The Councilmen al
so considered placing drinking
fountains on Broad Street.
Chowan Woman's Club an
nounced an all-day picnic at
which J. Melville Broughton of
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'of officers being: T. B. WiHi
ford, president: James Griffin,
first vice president; John Mitch
ener, second vice president; Mil
ton Bass, third vice president;
A. F. Downum and Medlin
Belch, incoming members of die
hoard of directors.
Lions Were visited by Captain
Richard Barter, guest of Clar
ence Leary; Luther Parks, guest
of John Mitdheher; Ralph Hess,
guest of Bob Harped, and Silly
Bunch, guest of his father Hav.
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