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Volume XXVl.— Number 34.
Plans Complete For
Opening Os School
At Chowan High
Teachers Called on
Job August 27 - 28;
Students Will Report
Aug. 28 to Register
Teachers for the Chowan High
School will be called on the job
August 27 and 28, two days be
fore actual classroom work is to
begin. August 27 - and 28 is
preparation time. Students will
be called into school on Friday,
August 28, for registration, place
ment and textbook assignments.
Actual classroom work is to be
gin on full schedule August 31.
All students will need to bring
the book rental fee Friday, Aug
ust 28, in order to get books
The high school book rental fee
is $3.80 per student/ihe same
as heretofore. The 'fee for high
school typing classes is $1.50 per
month per student, or $13.50 for
the year without refund. The
science laboratory fees will be
SI.OO per student for the year,
without refund. The book ren
tal fee for grades 1 and 2 is
SI.OO per student; it is $1.20 for
grades 3 ( 4, and 5, and for
grades 6,7 and 8 the fee is $1.40.
These fees are the same as here
tofore. Other necessary fees
will be announced at school Fri
day, iAugust 28, the date of stu
dent jregistration. Students will
be in school a full day August
31, gnd the lunch room will be
open that day on scheduled I
time.
The following teachers and
other personnel have been em
ployed as follows: ,
High School
R. H. Copeland, principal and
mathematics; George K. Gel-
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Bethel Revival
Begih^‘Stj&day
the annual Ffyl Revival, ®f the
Bethel Baptist Church will be
gin Sunday evening, August 23,
at 8 o’clock and continue through
Friday. The Rev. Dr. W. Otis
McClung, pastor of the Farm
ville Baptist Church, Fairmville,
Va., will be the guest evange
list.
McClung received the A.B.
degree at Mercer University in
1943, the B.D. degree at South
ern Baptist Theological Semin
ary in 1948, and then in Janu
ary 1954, he obtained the high
est degree that the seminary of
fers, the degree of Doctor of
Theology. He is a recognized
scholar in the Greek 'New Testa
ment field and is widely known
as an outstanding Biblical
preacher.
Dr. McClung was ordained to
the Gospel ministry in the Tab
ernacle Baptist Church in Car
rollton, Georgia, in 1939 at the
age of 20. He has held pastor
ates in Georgia, Indiana, Ken
tucky and Virginia.
The Rev. Bryan W. Holloman,
Jr., church pastor, 'invites the
public to attend the services.
There will 'be special music each
night. Visiting choral groups
will be in attendance as well as
the Bethel Youth and Adult
Choirs. I *’ *!’
The Soil Conservation Postage Stamp]
What It Stands For—What It'Means— 1
Why It Was Issued \
Many commemorative postage
stamps are issued to observe the
anniversary of a noteworthy
historic event or to honor • long
dead national hero.
The world's first soil eenServa
ust 26, at Rapid City, S. D.,
celebrates no anniversary and
nation that American farmers
THE CHOWAN HERALD
r. Be There! ]
A meeting of individuals who
pledged financial support for
construction of a plant here for
S prospective knitting firm is
scheduled for Tuesday evening,
August 25, at 8 o'clock in the
Chowan County Court House.
J. H. Conger, Jr., president of
the Edenton Development Cor
poration, which successfully
rpised $250,000 for the proposed
plfnt, said the meeting is called
to review recent developments
with the knitting firm and to
discuss other industrial matters.
Conger urges all persons who
signed loan agreements during
the fund-raising campaign and
those who own stock in the cor
poration to be present.
Center Hill Revival
Will Begin Aug. 30
Rev. Charles Howard
Os Buies Creek Will
Be Evangelist
Plans for the annual fall re
vival at the Center Hill Baptist
Church at Tyner have been an
j nounced by its pastor, the Rev.
Henry V. Napier. The revival
will feature as its evangelist
the Rev. Charles Howard, form
er teacher of Bible at Campbell
Cojlege, Buies Creek, N. C. This
wil be the 955th revival for
Mr. Howard in his 40 years of
preaching. He is well known
over th'ft, eastern part of North
Carolina 'hfld Virginia as a fer
vent evangelist who has the
people; on bis
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RCTAHIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton Rotarians will meet
this (Thursday) afternoon at 1
; o’clock in the Parish House. . The
program will be in charge of
Jack Habit and President Jim
my Earnhardt request* all mem
bers of the club to be present.
Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt In Important
Hole At National Convention Os
Legion Auxiliary August 24-27
Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt of Eden
ton, will play an important role
in tihe 39th annual national con
vention of tbe American Legion
Auxiliary to be held in Minne
apolis August 24 through 27.
’Mrs. Chestnutt is president of
the Auxiliary’s Department of
North Carolina.
More than 5,000 women repre
senting the organization's 1,000,-
000 members from every State,
the District of Columbia, the
Panama Canal Zone and Puerto
Rico will attend the four-day
meeting at which national offi
cers and committee Chairmen
i will report on the extensive pro
, gram of activities carried out in
the 1958-59 year. Under the
the same time that dwellers of
skyscrapers also have a stake in
soil conservation. The stamp
will be to them a symbol of as
surance that a plentiful supply
of food and other products of
the land will continue to flow
to the seven-eighths of our
people who live in town.
The stamp is a tribute to the
countless farmers and ranchers
who are demonstrating good'
•oil stewardship. It is a salute
Ito their locally organized soil
j agricultural woncers or
Edenton. 0 ° van County, North Carolina, Thursday,
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CHOMPING TO VICTORY— It was every man for himself when the Highland Park Boys
Club of Detroit, Mich., staged their watermelon eating contest. Winners received, of all things, j
watermelons.
Aces Open Football!
Season Home With
Camden On Sept. 4
Boys Being Drilled
Twice Daily, Morn-'
ing and Night to Geti
In Shape For Opener I
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With between 40 and 50 boys'
reporting for football practice,
which began Saturday, Coaches
Bill Billings and Billy Hardison
are taking the boys through
9trenuous practice sessions twice
daily, morning and night. These
training periods will continue
until the opening of school, when
the drills will be held each night
until the opening game.
The Aces will open the see son
Friday night, jSeptember 4; *ft
o’clock on Hicks Field. Their
opponent : Will fee Camden High
School. Last year the Acte I
played Camden for the district I
championship and defeated the|
Rebels 31 to 19. It will be the
first game for both teams this
season.
Coach Billings also announced |
that the Aces’ schedule is nowi
Continued on Page 3—Section I 1
leadership of Mrs. Charles W.
Gunn, retiring national president,
the American Legion Auxiliary!
pair particular attention this'
year to its programs of rehabili
tation, child welfare, American-1
ism and national security. *
Gov. Orville I. Freeman of
Minnesota, Mayor P. K. Peter
son of Minneapolis and Mayor
Joseph E. Dillon Os St. Paul will
be among the dignitaries ex
tending greetings at the open
ing session on Monday,' August
24. The national anthem that
day will be sung by Charles
Fullmer, a baritone who has.
sung with the Minneapolis and
St. Paul symphony orchestras.
Continued on Page 2—Section I
: Revival In Progress
At Macedonia Church
Revival services are being
held this week at the Macedonia
Baptist Church and will close
, Sunday night, August 23. A ser
vice is held each night, includ
ing Saturday, at 8 o’clock.
1 The visiting evangelist is Dr.
John T. Bunn, * pastor of Bragg
’ Town Baptist Church at Dur
ham. The public is cordially in
vited to attend till services.
. Evangelistic Services
At Warwick Church
: this week and will come to an
1,8 oVrlock.
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ASC Office Begins
August 24 To Take
C R P Applications
Program Provides For I
Storing Cropland In-j 1
stead of Storing Sur- I
plus Crops jl
On August 24, the Chowan'
ASC office will begin accepting
applications for new conti acts
for acreage to be placed in the
Conservation Reserve Program
beginning in 1960.
“By placing cropland in the
Conservation Reserve for. up to
10 years,” says H. O. West.
the Chowan. ASC office, ."you,
*hclp iTcPrecfuce burdensome crop ,
surpluses. The program ‘stores ,
cropland instead of surplus ■
crops’.
“If you wish to offer cropland
to the Conservation Reserve un
der a contract starting in 1960.
these are the steps you take:
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Presbyterian Revival
Will Start August 24
The Rev. Jesse Parks, pastor 1
of the Spring Hill Presbyterian i
Church, Lucama, N. C., will be
guest minister at evangelistic
services at the Edent.on Presby
terian 'Church beginning Mon
day night, August 24, at 8
o’clock, and continuing through
Friday, August 28.
Mr. Parks is a native of New
I Bern, N. >C., and is a graduate
of Presbyterian College in Clin-
I ton, S. C., and Union Thecfogical
Seminary of Richmond, Va. He
was instrumental in organizing
the Presbyterian Church at Ply
mouth, N. C.
The public is cordially invited
.to attend these services, and all
Christian people are requested
to remember them in prayer.
HD Club Officials
Meet August 26th
County Council officers and
Home Demonstration Club presi
dents will meet in the office of
Miss- Pauline Calloway, home
agent, Wednesday afternoon, Au
gust 26, at 2:30 o’clock.
The purpose of the meeting is
to review last year’s plan of
work and begin planning for
next year. Miss Calloway re
quests. thgt eatsh officer make
a'very special effort to attend
this important meeting.
Dr. James E. Tull Guest Minister
Next Sunday At Baptist Church
Guest preacher for the morn
ing and evening services at the
Edenton Church Sunday
will be* Dr. James E. TuM of the
Southeastern Baptist Theological
Seminary in Wake Forest, N. C.
br. Tull, besides having been,
an Army chaplain from 1941 to
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Edenton’sColonials
Play Lewiston Here
Next Friday Night
Local Team Lost 4 To
3 Ten-Inning Thrill
er Played In Lewis
ton Sunday
... jjkitrton Colonials, a member
of she Albemarle League, are
scheduled to. play Lewiston on
Hicks Field Friday night, Au
gust 21, at 8 o’clock.
The two teams crossed bats
in Lewiston Sunday afternoon,
when the Colonials lost a thrill-1
ing 10-inning battle 4 to 3. |
George Dawson was on the
mound for the Colonials and
Brigger was Lewiston’s hurler.
Gene Taylor was the outstand
ing hitter of the game, having
clouted two home runs and a
double. Johnson led for Lewis
ton with three singles.
Another hard-fought gome ap
pears to be on deck Friday night
when Pete Hunter, outstanding
Hertford moundsman, will pitch
for the Colonials. It is hoped
the game will attract a large
crowd of baseball fans.
Red Men - Pocahontas
Plan For Trail Blazer
Conference Sept. 19th
Red Men and the Degree of
Pocahontas of North Carolina
have arranged to hold a Trail
Blazer Conference, planned to
stimulate interest and member
ship throughout the state. The
conference will be held at the
Sheraton Hotel at High Point on
Saturday, September 19, and will
last all day.
J. Edwin Bufflap has been ap
pointed one of the moderators
for the conference by George
Davis of Greenville, Great Sa
chem. The tribe and council are
required to send two representa
tives to the conference. Chowan
Tribe has selected Leroy Harrell
and Caswell Edmundson as its
representatives. The Degree of
Pocahontas selected Mrs. Beatrice j
Harrell and Mrs. Louise Pratt toj
represent Chowanoke Council.
Seminary in Louisville, Ky., and
since 1955 has been a special in
structor in theology at the
Southeastern Theological Semin
ary in Wake Forest
Dr. Tull will preach at the 11
, o’clock morning worship service
and al tl* 7:30 o’clock evening
| worship service and the public
is invited to both of these *er-
August 20, 1959
Plans Progressing
For C. Os C. Labor
DayFishingContest
$17.50 Pflueger Rods
And Reels Will Be
Prizes In Five Clas
sifications
Plans are progressing to stage
a special three-day fishing con
test for the Labor Day week-end,
September 5. 6 and 7. Winners
in five classifications wil) rc- 1
ceive Pflueger rod- .and reels I
which retail for $17.50 each
Joe Thorud, chairman of the!
Chamber of Commerce Tourist
and Recreation Committee, said
the prizes will be given for the
heaviest entries for bream, large
mouth bass, crappie, white perch
and rockfish caught in local wa
ters and creeks adjacent to
Edenton and Chowan County
(during the three-day event.
Entry blanks will be available
at Byrum Hardware Company,
Edenton Marina, Edenton Res
taurant, Hughes - Parker Hard
ware Company and Western
Auto Associate Store in Edenton.
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Lions Will Hold Final
Summer Meeting On
Monday, August 31st
Bdenton’s Lions Club will
meet Monday night, August 31,
at 7 o’clock at the Edenton Res
taurant.
T. B. Williford, president of
the club, announces that this
will be the last meeting under
the summer schedule. The next
meeting will be held in the
Lions Den Monday night, Sep
tember 14, at 7 o’clock, after
which meetings will be held ev
ery Monday night.
Rocky Hock Revival
Will Begin Aug. 23
Next Sunday, August 23, a re
vival meeting will begin at the
Rocky Hock Baptist Churoh and
will continue through Sunday,
August 30.
The guest evangelist will be
j Dr. Douglas M. Branch, general
j secretary and treasurer of the
North Carolina Baptist State
Convention.
Services will be held at 3
o’clock in the afternoon and 8
o’clock at night, to which the
public is cordially invited.
Field Examination Os Pollock;
Swamp Watershed Is Scheduled
To Be Held August 26, 9 A. M.
The field examination of the
Pollock Swamp watershed will
be made Wednesday, August 26, 1
beginning at 9 A. M., according
to E. B. Garrett, State Conserva
tionist, SCS. Those wishing to
participate in this study should
meet at the work unit office, 1
SCS, in the basement of the postj
office at Edenton.
Application for a watershed
project was made in July, 1939. !
Following the field examination,
•a report will be made to the
North Carolina Soil Conservation |
Committee.
Pollock Swamp watershed be-|
gins at Hancock Station on
20 Years Ago
As Found |n tha Files of
The Chowan Herald
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Town Council at a special
meeting completed the 139 bud
get with a tax rate of SI.OO. Os
considerable concern to the
Councilman were appropriations
of S3OO for the Shepard-PruKlen
Library, S2OO for the Boy Scouts,
S4OO for supplementing Coach
David Holton's salary and buy
ing football equipment, SBOO to
complete the athletic held and
S9OO to go as a salary for C. L.
McCullers. band director.
More recognition wee made of
Edenton when the Ocean High
way Association at its annuel
meeting placed three Edenton
men on dm executive commit
tee. They were Mayor J. H. Mc-
Mullen, E. W. Spires and G. H.
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
Farm Bureau Starts
Membership Drive
On Tuesday, Sept. 1
( Tickets Here! ]
Chowan Tribe of Red Men has
received a batch of tickets, chil
dren and adult, for the King
Bros. Circus which is scheduled
to appear in Edenton Tuesday.
September 1. The circus will
present an afternoon and night *
performance on the American i
Legion grounds on the Windsor j
highway. ‘
The tickets will be sold by I
Red Men prior to the day of]
the circus, for the percentage of j
gate receipts will be far great
er for the tribe for the advance
sales than at the door. The Red!
Men hope that most people who
plan to attend the circus will j
purchase their tickets in ad
vance, thus helping the order to
raise funds for charitable pur
poses.
Revival Speaker j
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REV... CHARLES HOWARD .
A fall revival meeting will
begin at Center Hill Baptist
Church Sunday, August 30, for
which the Rev. Charles Howard
of Buies Creek will be the
evangelist.
MASONS Me"eT~TONIGHt"'*
A stated communication of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. &
A. M., will be held tonight
(Thursday) at o’clock. Ernest
jJ. Ward. Jr., master of the lodge,
promises a brief meeting, so that
a large attendance is desired.
Highway N. C. 32 and follows a j
northerly direction through the
i Greenhall community. About
18,000 acres of land is within the I
watershed of which about 60 ‘
per cent is woodland.
Flooding caused by inadequate
,outlets is the major problem.!
| Other problems are drainage and
i erosion.
| All organizations or individ
uals interested in this watershed
1 are invited to take part in this
study. E. O. Graham, SCS. As- 1
sistant State Conservationist,.
] Watersheds and Lonnie Thomp
son. Watershed Party Leader, i
j SCS, will conduct the field ex-1
- animation.
SCHOOL SAFETY
GEORGE B. HOLMES, PTA Safety Committee Chairman
School days are near again and soon many little feet will
be going to and from most homes during the day. YOU
play an important role in their welfare and safety during
these hours!
As a parent you can advise Junior to look both ways,
obey the patrolman, and watch the traffic light. As a pe
destrian you can practice what you preach by being a good
example (and to help reduce the glaring statistics). As a
motorist you can do what the law requires of you, use com
mon sense, and keep both eyes open!
Remember: 'Automobiles are faster, but children go
along at about the same speed they did in grandfather’s
day. Be fair, be safe, and slow down.
In Edenton this year your full cooperation is requested
by not only being a good example yourself when either
driving or walking, but insisting that others do also. The
attitude that “It doesn’t iqake any difference” needs to be
changed because it has been proven otherwise!
No carelessness, no recklessness, no speeding this year,
PLEASE!
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FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Robert Marsh and A.
C. Griffin Appointed
To Be Co-chairmen
Os Drive
Wheels of the drive to
strengthen the oragnization for
farmers in Chowan County are
beginning to speed up with
Robert S. Marsh appointed as
Chairman and A. C. Griffin co
chairman to sign up Farm Bu
reau members for the year.
The Chowan County Farm Bu
reau board of directors in a spe
cial meeting Monday night des
ignated Tuesday night, Septem
ber 1 as the beginning of the
annual membership campaign.
President Benbury Wood has
announced that women of the
Home Demonstration Clubs in
the county will work along be
! side the men in this most im
| portant project.
The Farm Bureau has played
a major role in state and nation
al legislation this year, accord-
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Sheriff Goodwin
Raids First Still
300-Gallon Rig Along
Rocky Hock Creek
Destroyed Tuesday
Sheriff Earl Goodwin on
Tuesday raided the first liquor
still since he has been in of
fice. The still was a .'.lO-gallon
outfit, found at Muristown,
along the Rocky Hock Creek.
The rig was not in operation,
but apparently would have been
in a day or two. Nobody was
at the site at the time of the
raid so that no arrests were
made.
Three gallons of liquor were
found at the still and 300 gal
lons of mash, which were de
stroyed. ATU officers from
Elizabeth City were called in
to dynamite the still.
Assisting Sheriff Goodwin in
the raid were Deputy Sheriff
Bertram By rum, Troy Toppin,
ABC officer and W. F. Miller,
Edenton patrolman.
fcrvic calendar]
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Field examination of the Pol
lock Swamp watershed will bs
made Wednesday morning, Au*
! gust 26, at 9 o'clock in the of-
I fice of James H. Griffin in th,
basement of the Post Office.
Edenton Colonials will play
Lewiston on Hicks Field Friday
' night, August 21, .at 8 o’clock.
| Edenton Aces will open th»
1959 football season Friday
] night. September 4, when they
meet Camden High School on
Hicks Field at 8 o'clock.
County Council officers and
Home Demonstration Club presi
* dents will meet in Miss Paulina
1 Calloway's office Wednesday af
lernoon. August 26. at 2:38
j o'clock.
I Edenton Chamber of Com-
I merce it planning to stage 9
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