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Volume XXVl.—Number 30.
Compromise Is Adoptee s For
Controversy Between !s|brt
And Commercial Fish© lien
Both Groups Are Giv
en Certain Rights By
Action of C & D De
partment
Y The three-year-old controver
sy between commercial fisher -
.men and sports fishermen with
sespect to the use of the Cho-
IjEi' Wan River and Western Albe
marle Sound by members of the
two groups appeared to have
been settled at Morehead City
last week When a compromise
proposal which gave both groups
certain rights was adopted by
the; Board of Conservation and
Development.
The compromise measure for
the use of these valuable fish-'
jng grounds came after numer
ous public hearings held during!
the past three years, at which (
no agreement was reached, and
a series of conferences in the
last several weeks between as-l
fected parties and represenrta- 1
tives of the state government
The agreement was finally ham
mered out at an unofficial meet
ing of the Commercial Fisheries j
Committee at Morehead City. It
1 was later presented to the full
committee in official session, was
unanimously adopted and was
. presented to the full Board of
Conservation on Tuesday and
again was unanimously adopted
and made the prevailing regula
tion concerning fishing in the
Chowan River and West Albe
marle Sound.
Eric W. Rodgers of Scotland
Neck, a member of the Commer
cial Fisheries Advisory Board,
Was named several weeks ago
by the chairman of the Com
mercial Fisheries Committee of
the Board iHjjpfrSiiji i
Development to undertake nego
tiations between the two oppos
ing groups when several confer
ences, and a jnunn|beg ,gs jtyfclifj,
hearings had foiled tot'ddcompliisi' J
the desired purpose fcnenhad 1
onlji resulted in some bitterness <
and a great deal of confusion. :
At the same time H. C. Kennett :
i of Durham, a member of the C. 1
and D. Board, conducted nego-
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♦ 20 Years Ago
As Pound m the FUaa of
Tha Chowan Herald
W. H. Winborne, S 3, promi- 1
rent Chowan County farmer, '
died in Leigh Memorial Hospital ,
in Norfolk.
Millard F. Bond was elected
president of the Edenton-Chowan
Chamber of Commerce.
Three convicts who escaped '
near Sunbury were captured .
with the aid of Dan Cannady's
bloodhounds on the Hayes farm. '
Town Councilman, Graham
Byrum end Leroy Haskett ptec- '
ed an order tor two- drinking
fountains to be placed on Breed
Sires* for the convenience of
visitors.
Edenlon Building and Loan 1
f Association announced a new 1
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£ Two Edenton Optometrists On
Committees For State Society
Two Edenton Vision specialists
were named' to committees of
the North Carolina State Op
tometric Society for the coming
year at a meeting held in Wil
son.
The appointments, announced
by Dr. J. Hugh Sowtier at North
Xilkesboro, society president, in*
chide Dr. Louis F. Ferguson and
Dr. A. F. Downum.
will serve as a member of the
Department of Organisation and
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
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10th District Jaycees Meet In
Edenton; State President A1
Harrison Is Principal Speaker
The first meeting of the 10th
District of the N. C. Junior
Chamber of Commerce was held
in Edenton bn July 15 in the
American Legion home. The
meeting was in charge of Russ
Twiford of Elizabeth City, 10th
District Vice President. The in
vocation was gven by the Rffl*
Heath Light, also of Elizabeth
City after which 125 members
enjoyed a chicken dinner.
After dinner Russ Twiford rec
! ognized special guests at the
meeting, after which he called
lon West Byrum f president of the
'host cllfuib. Mr. Byrum welcom
led the visiting clubs and visitors
to Edenton and asked them back
|at any time they might be in,
this area.
Vice President Twiford then
introduced Warren Twiddy, who
'Pollock Swamp Landowners
Petition For Drainage District
Pollock Swamp landowners
'have filed a petition with the
Clerk of Court of Chowan Coun
ty to form a drainage district.
Purpose of the drainage district
is to correct present conditions
in the watershed area and to
sponsor work of improvement.
Over 85 per cent of Hie land
owners signed the petition or
ganize this district.
Drainage and flooding are the
two major problems of the land
swmers in this 18,008 acre water
shed. The local people propose
to enlarge the main stream and
laterals,
,b4eri!'d£i4ht by individual land
oWnera itt] constructing drainage
ditches in, the watershed area.
$9,000 of federal government
funds have been used to help
the local landowners with their;
problems. Now, the main chan-1
Rev. Roy A. Harrell
Preaches Sunday At
Rocky Hock Church
The Rev. Roy A. Harrell, grad
uate of Bob Jones University,
will hold the regular worship
service at 11 o’clock at the
Rocky Hock Baptist Church Sun
day, July 26.
Mr. Harrell is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Luther B. Harrell, Sr.,
of Corapeake. He spent most of
his childhood in the Rocky Hock
community before his family
went to Gates County. He serv
ed 11 years in the Army, where
he spent a three-year tour in
Germany with his wife and two
children.
Harrell is making his home in
Corapeake now with his parents
until he receives a call to pastor
a church.
many areas of their profession.”
Dr. Ferguson, president of the
Northeastern District Optome
tric Society, will direct much of
his attention this year to in
creasing society membership. He
will share that attention, how
ever, with his many other pro
fessional positions, primarily his
work with die Lions Clubs of
North Carolina.
Dr. Downum, as a member of
the Committee on Visual Prob
lems of Children end Youth,
will concentrate his efforts on
Approved visual screening meth
tee point up the need for a re-
I abbreviated clinical examina-
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 23, 1959.
i is now a National Director. Mr.
■ Twiddy expressed his apprecia- 1
I tion to the 10th District for sup
■ porting him last year as 10th
! District Vice President and also
; this year as National Director.
I I He then introduced to the group
A1 Harrison .of Tabor City, who
, is State Jaycee President.
President Harrison gave an in
; spiring talk on Jayceeism and
also stated that the most im
portant item of Jaycee work is
; service to the community. He
told of always hearing of the
mighty 10th district, when there
was a job to be done, the 10th
was always one of the first to
come through.
President Harrison gave a few
new projects for the entire state
for the coming year: (1) Junior
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nel and laterals must be en
larged to receive full benefit
from past works and to correct
the flooding and drainage con
ditions.
An application for a small
watershed project under Public
I Law 566 has been prepared and|
mailed to the State Soil Conser-!
vation Committee at Raleigh. |
The application is being spon-1
sored jointly by the Albemarle:
Soil Conservation District and
•the Chowan County Commission
ers. The proposed drainage dis
trict will be another
as sooin- as it is organized.
Interest in organizing a drain
age district and a small water
shed project is very high. Offi
cers for the landowners have
been elected. They are Wallace
Goodwin, Sr., chairman, B. W.
Evans, secretary, and J. C. Hall,
I member.
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Two Hospitalized
By Heart Attacks
Two prominent Edentonians,
Hubert Williford and Haywood
Phthisic, are patients at Chowan
Hospital, -both as the result of
heart attacks.
Mr. Williford was stricken
Sunday morning, but Mr. Phthis
ic has been hospitalized about a
week. Both were put under
oxygen tents, but fortunately
both are . making satisfactory
progress.
P & Q Wins In
Ballard Contest
P & Q Super Market has been
notified that the store was a
winner in Ballard’s Favorite
Grocer Contest and with the let
ter was an attractive certificate
to that effect.
“Special mention was made of
the best products, best service
and hearty welcome,” wrote R.
S. Clayton, regional manager of
the Pillsbury Company, “in
stating Why they recommended
you their favorite grocer.”
The contest was judged on
personnel, merchandise, pricing
policy and physical plant
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Cub Scouts Planning
Watermelon Cutting
Cub Scout Padk No. 159 will
have a watermelon cutting Tues
day night, July 28, at 7 o’clock.’
at die playgrounds. Games have)
been arranged and there will be
fun for everyone.
Cubmaster James Griffin urg
es Ml Oufc Scouts to attend and •
to bring along their song books.'
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NO MASONIC MEETING
Ernest J. Ward, Jr, master of :
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USE FOR EGGSHELLS —Dr. and Mrs. E. T.Ackerman of Muscoda, Wis., are shown
with some of the 400 shadow boxes they’ve made by cutting windows In eggshells and dec
orating them. Shells.range from a robin’s egg to a goose egg. In the foreground is their,
tribute to Alaska. a star and igloo.
C. Os C. Fishing
Contest Closes As
Big’Uns Caught
Another Contest Is
Being Planned to Be
Held During the Fall
Season
The third monthly fishing
contest, which closed July 20
and ended the spring contesf
sponsored by the Chamber of
Commerce and five local busi
ness firms, had winners in five
classes.
Mack Hendrix of Tyner took
first prize for largemouth bass
with an entry weighing 6 lbs.
15 ozs., caught in Chowan River,
using f pet spoon. George
Dew is, Edenton, was close with
a 6 lb. 14 oz. entry.
First prize for striped bass
(rockfish) went to Bobby Gene
Bjrurii of Tyner for a nice 10
lb. 12 oz. whopper caught in
Chowan River near Cannon’s
Ferry. He also caught a 9 lb.
11 oz. rock the same day.
Herbert Ray Byrum, Tyner,
took first prize for bream with
a 14 oz. entry caught with live
I bait in Chowan River.
First prize for crappie (speckl
ed perch) went to Stuart Hollo
well of Tyner for a 12 oz. en
try caught in Pembroke Creek.
Henry Wells, Edenton, brought
in a white perch weighing 1 lb.
to take the prize for white
perch. Wells caught his winner
in Albemarle Sound. Looks
like the country boys took care
of the Edenton crowd in this
contest with only one winner
from town.
A week of rain slowed down
fishing. It has picked up again
in the last two days, however,
and the outlopk looks good
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Chowan Allocated $126,465F0r
Secondary Road Work In ’59-60
Allocation of funds to the
State’s 100 counties for mainten
ance and construction work on
the Secondary Road System for
the 1959-1960 fiscal year were
announced last week by the
State Highway Commission.
Total State-wide appropriation
for the current year is $42,299,-
585. Os this amount, $18,000,000
is set aside for road construction
according to the Secondary Road
Plan of each county which is
now being worked up while
$>1,299,585 is earmarked for
maintenance of the State’s 58,000
mile - Secondary Road network.
Harold Makepeace, Secondary
Roads Officer, said the $18,000,-
000 allocation was distributed on
the basis of each county’s rela
tive need as determined by a
comprehensive study of all un
paved rural secondary roads in
the State. The survey, which
was conducted during die first
five months of this year, carried
estimates of oost to stabilize ev
ery road to minimum standards
and the cost to pave those roads
serving more than 50 vehicles
Such in g*
129,932 Books Circulated By
Pettigrew Library In 1958 59
Mrs. Eugenia Babylon, direc
tor of the Pettigrew Regional
Library, reports that total cir
culation during 1958-59 was
129,932 books. This compares
with 132,477 in 1957-58, 123,017
in 1956-57 and 92,197 in 1955-56.
Circulation of various units
for 1958-59 were: White book
mobile, 42,011; colored bookmo
bile, 21,568: Washington County
Public Library, 22,068; Tyrrell
County Public Library, 16,656;
Shepard-Pruden Memorial Li
brary, 12.547, Brown-Carver Li
brary, 11,663; Washington Negro
Library, 3,348.
Even though there are slight
drops in circulation this last
year generally, library service
throughout the region is improv-1
ing in quality and more people j
.are, being reached as evidenced]
Two Chowan Boys i
Make Dean’s List
At Duke University
A total of 385 undergraduate
men at Duke University, includ
ing 98 North Carolinians, have
been named to the Dean’s List
for the spring semester.
A 3.0 average out of a pos
sible 4.0 average is necessary to
qualify for the Dean’s List,
Among those making the
Dean’s List are Michael Malone
of Edenton and Bernie Balling
ton Baker of Tyner.
Warwick Revival
Begins August 16
Revival services will be held
at the Warwick Baptist Church
beginning Sunday, Augusit 16,
and continuing through Satur
day, August 22. Services will
be held each night at 8 o'clock.
The visiting evangelist will be
the Rev. D. S. Moyers.
: need for each county. Alloca
tions were made strictly on the
i percentage of need in the coun
■ ty compared with total State
“ wide need. Thus a county with
! 1% of the State’s need was giv
en 1% of the $18,000,000 avail
i able. „
Under the allocation method
l Chowan County' is scheduled to
i receive a total of $126,465, of
1 which $78,765 'is for mainten
i ance and $47,700 for new can
-1 struct ion.
Allocation to the counties from
1 the $24,299,585 maintenance ap
propriation was based on the
number of miles of State-main
tained Secondary Roads in each
county. However, Makepeace
said some counties, where weath
er, soil and other conditions
bring traditionally higher main
tenance codts, got additional
maintenance money to enable
engineers to maintain a uniform
level of road service in all sec
tions.
“We were especially proud of
our Division people for their
i work in surveying all the Sec
ondary Roads while, continuing
.their routine work,” said Make-
by the fact that 868 new pat
rons have registered. This fig
ure does not include children
served at the schools. They are
registered when the bookmo
biles go to their homes.
Nineteen hundred reference
questions were asked and an
swered. Brown-Carver Library
and Shepard - Pruden Library,
Edenton, led all libraries in use
of reference materials. Samples
of questions asked are: How
far is it from Edenton to Win
nipeg, Manitoba? What nations
belong to' the United Nations?
What are the origins of the dif
ferent Christmas carols? What
are the Christmas customs in
Hungary? From what poem is
this fragment, “We have a new
church organ.” What are the
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Little League Is
. Still Undefeated
Pony League Team to
Play Elizabeth City
Boys’ Club Here Fri
day Afternoon
Despite frequent rains, the
Little League has managed to
play a few of their scheduled
games. In the past week only
three games were rained out.
The Varsity team is still un
defeated in league play. In
their latest victory the Varsity
team defeated the Jaycees by a
score of 3-2. It was a well
played ball game by both teams
and the outcome was not de
cided until the very end.
The Varsity team is playing
like true champions. No mat
ter how far they are behind,
they always have plenty of
hustle and desire and manage
to win the close games. One of
the big reasons for the team’s
success is the faot that the par
ents of the players of the Var
sity team come out to support
them at each game. The Vars
ity team always has a goodly
number of spectators supporting
and cheering for them. Per
haps the other three teams in
the Little League could play
better ball if more of 'the par
ents of these boys would come
out and support them.
Standing of Teams
W. L. Pet.
Varsity 8 0 1.000
Lions ..... 3 3 .500
Jaycees 2 5 .285
Rotary 2 7 .222
Top Ten Batters
Ab. H. Pet.
Bill Cozart 18 8 .444
Michael Smith 41 17 .439
Ronnie Rountree 26 11 .423
Phil Harrell 19 7 .368
Melvin Barnett 33 10 .333
Durell Ambrose 34 10 .265
David Holton 37 9 .243
Bill Mitchener 37 8 .216
Mike Phelps 28 6 .215
Charles Swanner 40 8 .200
The Pony League will play
the Elizabeth City Boys’ Chib
here in Edenton on Friday as-
Sam. ***,«*«**
52.50 Per Year In North Carolina
563 Receive Polio
Shots Friday Night
At Jaycee Clinic
; Public Hearing 1
The Zoning Commission and
Town Council jointly will hold
a public hearing in the Munici
pal Building Tuesday night, Au
gust 11, at 8 o'clock.
The meeting is in connection
with zoning she recently annex
ed area to Edenton which lies
along U. S. Highway 17 north.
All interested parties are invit
ed to attend.
Principal Vacancy
At Edenton School
Is StHI Unfilled
George S. Mcßorie of
Robersonville Finds
It Impossible to Ac
cept Offer
Though it was reported that
George S. Mcßorie of Roberson
ville had been employed to suc
ceed Gerald James as principal
of the Edenton Junior-Senior
High School, it was learned
early this week that Mr. Mc-
Rorie could not accept the posi
tion. .
It was reported that Mr. Mc-
Rorie was desirous to enter thei
administrative field, but a num-’
ber of complications developed;
so that it was necessary for him I
to decline the offer.
Superintendent John A. Holmes
has in the neighborhood of 201
i applications for the principal-j
ship and feels confident he will |
be able to secure a first class
man from the applicants.
Easterling Speaks
j To Methodist Men
'i Bill Easterling was the prin
j cipal speaker at the Methodist
| Men’s Club meeting Thursday
night, when he spoke on the
topic of “Fishing.” Mr. Easter
ling displayed various kinds of.
fishing tackle and commented
upon the various species of fish
caught in local waters.
During his remarks he said
that before coming to Edenton
he spent his vacations in Florida
primarily to fish, but that he
catches just as many fish and
derives more pleasure in sash
ing around Edenton and that it
it is far less expensive.
During the meeting Erwin
Griffin, president of the club,
presented Albert Cullipher a
past president’s pin.
ROTARY MEETING TODAY
Edenton’s Rotarians will meet
this (Thursday) afternoon at 1
o’clock in the Parish House. The
program will be in charge of J.
L. Chestnutt. President Jimmy
Earnhardt urges every member:
of the club to be present. *
Tom Byrum Discusses Sewage
c?
Disposal Plant At lions Meeting
At their regular Monday night
meeting. Edenton Lions heard
the proposed sewage disposal
plant discussed by Tom Byrum,
Chairman of the Electric and
Water Department for the town
of Edenton. Mr. Byrum was in
troduced by Dr. A. F. Downum.
Mr. Byrum announced that the
town will have an engineer’s
drawing of the final plans for
the sewage disposal plant with
in the next few weeks. A site
has been selected from among
five that were being considered.
The site selected is on the base
property. The .land will be leas
ed for 20 years from the United
States Government to be renew
ed after 20 years. No cost is
involved so long as the property
leased is used for a sewage treat
ment plant and is maintained in
good condition. Although only
five acres is required at pres
ent, the E & W Bond is ac
quiring 22.47 acres take eng
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Necessary to Round
Up Practically All of
the Salk Vaccine In
Edenton
Edenton Jaycees are very well
pleased with the success of the
polio Shot clinic which was held
Friday night in the Penelope
Barker house.
A total of 563 people receiv
ed the Salk vaccine shots, which
were administered by -Dr. Ed
Bond and Dr. Archie Walker
from 7 to 9:30 o’clock. The two
doctors were assisted by Mrs.
Robert L. Pratt.
Os the 563 inoculations 394
were free shots, while 169 per-
I sons paid SI.OO for the treat
ment.
George Lewis was director of
the project and Caswell Ed
: mundson served as chairman.
Others on the oommittee were
| West Byrum, Jr., Tom Ridge
way, Dr. Archie Walker, Dick
Dixon, James Perry, Ralph Out
law and Bill Easterling.
The project was staged to im
munize those who could not get
the shots any other way, and
the Jaycees are delighted with
the success in that 332 more took
the shots than during a previous
clinic when 231 shots were ad
ministered. The number treat
ed Friday night represents about
five per cent of the county’s
| population, which is encourag
ing at a time when it appears
i that a severe polio season is in
] store for North Carolina.
1 With the number reporting to
Ibe inoculated the Jaycees were
[ kept on the run to secure
1 enough of the vaccine. They
| originally purchased 200 cc’s and
i with the supply diminishing they
. borrowed 126 cc’s from the
'Health Department, all that it
j had. Later it was necessary to
secure another 100 cc’s from the
drug stores and finally 100 cc’s
from the Medical Center. For
tunately, however, they manag
ed to secure enough of the vac
cine to treat everybody who
called.
civic calendar]
V j
A public hearing will be held
by the Zoning Commission and
Town Council Tuesday night
August 11, at 8 o'clock in the
Municipal Building to consider
zoning of the newly annexed
area on U. S. Highway 17 north.
Cub Scout Pack No. 159 will
stage a watermelon cutting
Tuesday night, July 28, at 7
o'clock at the playground.
The Pony League team will
play the Elizabeth City Boys'
Club in Edenton Friday after
noon, July 24, at 2 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
formances on Wednesday, Sep
tember 2.
The Rev. Roy A. Harrell will
preach at the Rocky Hock Baip
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. of possible town expansion in
area and population.
Mr. Byrum told the group that
! the North Carolina Public Health
1 Department and the Stream San
i itation Commission require the
residue of treated sewage to be
piped approximately 1400 feet
i into the water where there is a
depth of 8 feet and a moving
stream. After treatment the
sewage residue will be 85%
pure. The pipes from the town
to the treatment plant will 1 fol
low the railroad right-of-way.
In the town the two present out
lets wiU be joined and connected
with a pumping station to be
located near the Pottice Depart
ment. Also a connection will be
made with Westover Heights,
and no sewage may be dumped
from Westover Heights into the
creek.
Additional problem* facing the
E & W Board, according to Mr.