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PAGE TWO » WffBOR on [ AROUND THE FARMS ggglN CHOWAN COUNTY By C. W. OVERMAN. Chowan County Agent 'C 111 ■ Community Picnics were en ( joyed again this week. Beech Fork community held their pic nic at Sandy Point on Tuesday evening. There were approxi-l mately fifty people in attend ance. It didn’t rain this time as it. has the last two years. Enterprise community held their picnic at Mr. -and Mrs. Rodney Harrell’s cabin out in - Rocky Hock. There were thirty or more in attendance at this one. The moon smiled on the rippling waters of the Chowan River. It was a beautiful set ting to eat out on the river bank. We have thoroughly enjoyed these grand occasions with you good folks. The fellowship has been wonderful and the food ex cellent. The picnics have serv ed as a grapd opportunity for Home Economics Agent Pauline Calloway and Assistant Agricul- 1 tural Agent Harry Venters to make their debut to Chowan County. Harry says he hopes this will continue throughout the year, but one of the ladies said I “we don’t intend to make a monthly practice of it.” Any way, everyone seemed to have a go d t me. We Had A Goad 4-H Corn Tour on Tuesday. About eight 4-H corn boys and several dads went along. First, we visited the corn va- j riety test demonstration on Hayes Farm. There are about , forty-five varieties in this dem onstration and each one is la- : beled. Mr. A. D. Stuart, Ex- ] tension Corn Specialist, briefly ( d scussed each variety. ] Then we visited the 4-H com ] projects of Thomas Brabble in ] Yeopim, Jerry White of Enter- ' prise, Jack Ferry and Zackie Harrell of Advance, Gene Har- ( rell of Rocky Hock, Glenn j Bunch and Richard White of ] Cross Roads and Dorsey Ward j of Gliden. , All of the 4-H Com Projects l looked very good. Plant counts i were made on. each one. One 5 thing was outstanding in all of t them. The stand of plants is too 1 t . : • . . .... thin for maximum yield. The plant stands varied from sixteen TRY A HERALD CLASSIFIED WHERE'S THE * | j BEST PLACE TO "" £ , l SUV A USED CARP AT youß k FORD DEALERS -HIS 1| vjM Give you a new f| itBBKUKkb ... KIND OF PROTECTION* || | \ > . • v : i c '- ♦Every A-l Used Car is inspected, reconditioned if neces sary, and road-tested. And they’re warranted in writing by the exclusive new Performance Protection Policy! See cars with the A-l sticker at your Ford Dealer’s Used Car Shopping Cepter. . , SEE PAGE 4 FOR FORD DEALER CARS INSPECTED • RECONDITIONED • ROAD-TESTED . WARRANTED | Notice To The Public! I IAM NOW OPERATING THE I Sinclair Service Station f formerly operated by J. C Parks | Corner Broad and Queen Streets I I will continue to give the same courteous and prompt I service you received in the past Your continued pa- I tronage will be greatly appreciated and I wish to take | this means to solicit new customers. W. P. JONES & SON SINCLAIR SERVICE I II FHONEPK epenton || tto twenty-four’ inches. It takes a stand of ten to twelve inches to I make the top yield. Yes, we must -have good weather, too, and generally we have had plen ty of moisture this year. Our final stop was at A. D. Ward’s at Gliden. Heie we ob served another com variety test demonstration. Also, we observ ed a demonstration using Sima- I zin to control weeds and grass. The plot still looks good and shows results after the heavy rains. I Community ASC Election Com mittees met last week and se lected their slates of nominees to go on the community commit tee election ballets. Community “A” election com mittee is Bristoe Perry, Henryi Jordan and Carl Ober. They! nominated Richard E. Jackson, Noah Goodwin, Jr., Russell H. By rum, W. S. Bass, Edward Hare, Robert L. Bunch, Thomas Ward, Thomas Paul Griffin,. Thomas O. Harrell and Woodrow Lowe. Community “B” election com mittee is Lindsey Ray Bunch,' Melvin Evans and Bennie P. Monds. Their nominees are: > E. E. Privott, Ray Byrum, Alvin Evans, Edward Evans, Charlie Asbell, Preston Monds, W. H. Winborne, J. B. Hollowed, I. L. Harrell and Carlton Goodwin. Community “C” election com mittee is Willie Joyner, John Butler Byrum and J. Roy Wins low. Their slate of nominees is:, Elsworth Blanchard, Wallace | Chappell, Melvin Copeland, Jesse Harrell, J. H. Hollowell, E. M.| Howell, Eugene Jordan, C. A. 1 Perry, McCoy Spivey and Foy Ward. Any farmer wishing to make other nominations may do so by petition. Place the name of his nominee at the top of a. sheet of ( paper, have ten farmers in the, respective community sign be-! low, and turn this in at the ■ ASC office on or before August 28. The nominee will be added I to the community list on the bal- [ lot. Tin cwdWAir wnuLa, patron, warn cahoumji tmmiPAT. amiht m, nit, Mrs. Chestnutt Will * Attend National Meet Continued from Pago 1. Section 1 In her report to the delegates, • Mrs. Gunn will give a detailed » account at her official visits to 9 Europe, the Caribbean and the e Far East, noting how Auxiliary »> projects benefiting countries - outside the United States have , been important contributions to i. America’s national security. - Spotlighting our two new states, t Mrs. Gunn will welcome the - j delegations from Alaska and Ha -1 waii. Her report will be follow .jed by an address by Preston J. 1 1 Moore, national commander of r the American Legion. I A . special “production” has . been planned for the annual . presentation of awards to radio 5 1 and television programs. An .l other highlight of the first daj* * activities will be selections of re ligious musto of all faiths sung, ,|by Ray Middleton with narra ,|tion by Gerald Marks. ’ Greetings by the national offi cers will be a main part of the L agenda on Tuesday, August 25. , Delegates will see a special docu mentary film on the develop !’ment of space travel, “Road to the Stars,” which will be intro duced by Mrs. Robert H. God dard, widow of America’s pio -1 neer space pilot. | , A feature of the session on 1 ’ Wednesday morning, August 26, J , wi’l be an address by Yon Chan Yang, ambassador to the United States from Korea. The nomina tion of national officers for the 1959-60 year will be held later that morning. Afternoon busi ness will include the presenta tion of department presidents land the presentation of tbet 1959 'president of Girls Nation, Wallis i Jean Wilde of Wauwatosa, Wis-i iconsin. A state dinner at St. | , Paul Auditorium that evening will be followed by an ice show. | The election and installation of the new national officers will be the outstanding events on the 'schedule for Thursday morning, 'August 27. The officers will be | installed bv Mrs. Will’s C. Reed, I a past national president. Mrs. iE. A. Campbell, also a oast m ■ tional president, will present the | colors to Mrs. Gunn as the re-1 tiring national preside"*. The new National Executive Commit- ' tee will meet immed'ately after the convention adjourns. j 1 , Most of the convention sessions, will be held in the .Minneapolis i . Vocational School and Technical Institute. - - , _ ' i PJans Comuleto For Owning: At CHS Continued from Page I—Section 1. bach, history and English; Rob-- : ert ,D. Clark, English and French; Brace Hilton Webb, mathematics, science and baseball coach; Paul Stanton, physical education and basketball coach; Mrs. Marvis 1 Hobbs Hendrix, English and < commercial subjects; Mrs. Lor- 1 aine H. Rogerson, vocations’ ■ home economics; Everett S. ; I White, vocational agriculture. I Elementary and Grammar Grades ’ Miss Ada Morris, first grade; ; Mrs. Sadie Harrell Britt, first ( and second grades; Mrs. Mar- < garet Rountree, second grade; < Miss Jannie Louise Haislip, third grade; Miss Suson C. Willough- , by, public school music; Mrs. Marguerite B. Burch, third grade; Mrs. Mattie H. Asbell, fourth grade; Mrs. Ruth Boyce Mansfield, fourth and . fifth grades; Mrs. Hattie L. Byrum, seventh and eighth grades; Mrs. Margaret L. Smithson, seventh, grade; Mrs. Annie Perry Asbell, eighth grade; Conrad Ply let, pi- ■ ano instruction; Mrs. Myra R Stokley, sixth grade;, Miss ETaj Mae Nixon, fifth and sixth grades. Other PSHWinei Mrs. Esther Mae Fulcher, li brarian; Mrs. Frpnnie Lamb, | lunch room manager; Robert Turner, school bus mechanic; Marvin Hobbs, school bus me | chanic; Joseph Copeland, janitor | and maintenance; Lalta Riddick, i janitorial maid. There are four new teachers in high school this year. George K. Gelbach will teach history and English. He is a graduate of Gettysburg College and Duke University with the M.A. degree. Mr. GeCbach is a former teacher at Fork Union Military Academy and the Eden ton High School. He has had several years of successful teaching experience. , , Robert D. Clark will teach English and French. He is a i graduate of the University of North Carolina with the A.B. and M.Ed. degrees. He has twelve years experience teaching Eng lish and French in the Cumber land County school system. Bruce Hilton Webb will teach courses in mathematics and sci ence and coach baseball!, He is a recent graduate of State Col lege with the S.B. degree. Mr. Webb attended State on the [ science talent scholarship for 'four years. In high school he played baseball and basketball under the coaching of Brantley i Aycock, one of the outstanding high school coaches. He played | three years baseball and basket- i ball and one year varsity base ball at State and four summers! semi-pro baseball during the summer months. Paul Stanton will teach phy sical education courses and boysj and girls basketball. He is a graduate of High Point Co'i’eee j with the B.S. degree in 1957,'; majoring in physical education, i Mr. Simeon, athletic director and ! basketball coach of High Point; ' College, rates him above the ' average, and says he has “a J very good background for coach ing basketball." Mr. Stanton J coached basketball one year at 1 W inecoff School at Concord,! ‘ N. C. He resigned this position ' on having been offered a teach-1 1 ing fellowship at the University 1 1 of North Carolina for 1959-60,' but later decided to teach an- 1 other year before accepting the 1 fellowship. He played four years j ' on the first string varsity b->s-1 * ketball team at High Point ' College. “Alii four new teachers come j j to us with the best of recom mendations,” says Superinten-1 ‘ dent W. J. Taylor. “We hope 1 . for them much success and pleasant experience while in our school and community.” { PERRY FAMILY REUNION * c The Perry family reunion was j held Sunday, August 9, at the Chowan Community Building with a large number present. * The reunion was featured with ( an abundant of food. The building was decorated i with mid-season flowers. It was) a very enjoyable day with many' old and new acquaintances.!/ Some of- the group joined in <j singing hymns. I 0 The oldest person 'attending \ was Alfred Perry. - 'a •••#. ■ .*• .. .7.7 \* -.7. ■ Back To School 'fpiee j at LOW COST Fl**®- \ WWSr.rSWBS v-wcSN* «* nM ' <o, ® ,l, *.. m «iaa 1 ►*» you u» try, l« your » 'o££tHS I _ SUM, tAST, ~ | Mor„i« o,d Supw-Sp.re ■A WA tvfs ***** * 1 « yfciiif nin ill ' II 1 . *?•***• I ■ r- 1 -. Educational ■j ■ B ; ■ m . -p j . . ' & f ■ r ton m \f ■ll . nans rrogressing For Fishing Contest Continued from Fag* I—Section t > These firms are sponsoring the contest in cooperation with the Chamber 'of Commerce commit tee. Thorud added that Pflueger rods apd reels will also be -awarded to grand winners of the season’s entries in each of the five classifications. This will include entries in the Labor Day week-end contest and entries in the Chamber’s spring contest' which ran from May 20 to July 20. Rockfish, white perch and bass are running good with the let up of rain in the county. Shel ton Rogerson and K. M. Phil lips of Eden ton, trolling in Eden ton Bay, brought in 18 rock-1 fish averaging 2 to 3 pounds. White perch are being caught in the vicinity of the Edenton Bay bell buoy. Large mouth bass are hitting in Pembroke and Queen Anne Creeks. Thorud said the spring con test created a good deal of in terest and the committee was requested to sponsor another this fall. After discussing the possi bilities with local sportsmen, the committee decided on the three-day event AiR fishermen aie invited to enter the contest to try for the prizes. , Soil Conservation Postage Stamp Continued from Page L Section 1 carefully relate water, grass, trees, livestock, wildlife and other crops of the land. Local observances noting the issue of this three-calbr, four cent stamp will be sponsored in thousands of cities and com munities by the Soil Conserva tion Society of America, soil conservation districts, by thr Soil Conservation Service and other agencies of the U. S. De partment of Agriculture and by other conservation - minded groups. On August 27, one da’ after its first-day release at Rapid City, 120 million copies of the stamp will go on sale at post offices throughout the country. The observances being plan ned will combine pride of ac complishment in soil conserva tion with serious acceptance of the big job stDl ahead. To com plete and maintain a soil con servation program that will in sure the w’sest and best use o' this vital national resource for all .time—that is the challenge the first soil conservation stamp lays before all citizens of the nation. Chowan County supervisors of the Albemarle Soil Conserva tion District purchased 30 “first day” covers for friends of the district and stamp collectors in Edenton. Chairman L. C. Bunch will purchase the first of these stamps from Postmaster J. L. Chestnutt at the Edenton Post Office on August 27. LEGION MEETING Ed Bond Post No. 40 of the American Legion will meet Tues day night, August 25, at 8 o’clock. • Commander David White is very anxious to have a large turnout. CRP Applications ’ *****^» Conifaued from Pig. 1, Section I *T. Ask your County ASC, Committee, during the period rfotn August 24 through Septem ber 10, 1959, to set a basic an nual rate per acre for the land you want to place under con tract If you request a rate for all eligible cropland on your farm, the rate will be set high er than if you want to place only part of your land under ! contract. If you do not request this basic rate by September 10, you cannot place land in the 1960 program. “2. After the basic annual, rate per acre is established, you have from September 14 through September 25 to make’an offer to the County ASC Committee of i I the annual payment rate per acre you will ’ accept. Unless your offer is less than the es tablished basic annual per-acre rate, it oannot be considered by: the County ASC Committee. “3. If your offer can be ac cepted, the County ASC Com mittee will provide a. contract for your signature. You will be notified of the date by which you are to return the signed con tract to the County ASC office. “The average payment rate for land in Chowan County is $19.50 per acre. The average payment rate for land of less than aves age productivity will be le3s than $19.50 per acre. Land plac ed in the Conservation Reserve must be protected from wind and water erosion and other damage. Each acre must be planted to or established in ghase, trees, wild life cover, or other conservation; uses. You choose from a list of approved practices, those best suited to your land. T*-e Gov ernment shares the cost of estab- God Loves Kids In memory of Randy Swanner, who lost his life one year ago, August 19, 1958: When God calls ilittle chil dren ... to dwell with Him above . . . we mortals always question . . . the wisdom of His' love ... for no heartache com jares with . the death of one small l child . . . who does so much to make this world . . . seem wonderful and mild . . . perhaps God tires calling . . . the aged to His fold ... and so He picks a rosebud . . . before it can grow old . . . God knows how much we need them . . . and so He takes but few ... to make the iland of heaven . . . more beautiful to view . . . be lieving this is difficult . . . still somehow we must try . . . the saddest word that mankind knows . . . will plways be “good by” . . . and so when lUttle ones depart ... we who are left be hind . . . must realize God loves' children . . . angels are hard to! find. ~Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Swanner. rmm Food Stores W/ VI PHONE 2317- Wi -Wa DELIVER f/ HERE IT IS AGAIN . . . * SUN-SPUN Ice Cream ALL FLAVORS 1/2 gallon 59c I BETTY CROCKER ‘ ■Cake Mix > ■ WHITE, YELLOW, MARBLE " ■DEVIL FOOD AND HONEY SPICE . 12 boxes 59c ■ Green Giant Peas ■ HALVES OR SLICED 7 CflQ an r*T BVn ft- tmmvtt ■ 2 x€B t°r 25c B J. !■!—hi s r I ■ H-vfti 9 I f mtb 7 Wk a „ . .1 * , „ • - a lishing the approved conserva tion practices oh your reserved land. “Cali on your County ASC of | lice for details of .the" 1960 Con- \ (servation Reserve.” 1 - Center Hill Revival | Will Begin Aug. 30 Continued from Page l. Section 1 1 Services will begin August 30 j with the morning worship hour' at 11 o’clock and continue that* evening and each evening during | the week following at 8 o’clock. Special music is being arranged | for by the church choir and by the junior choir. The public is invited to attend every service. In connection with this re vival an all day prayer service . is being planned for August 29 beginning at 10 A.-M. and run ning through 10 o’clock that aim tax foa WOMY f«ff DaiVING LOOK FOC THIS SION OF QUALITY \^RE$/ DtMNDABLi FOR 65 VEAIH IQ!' 1 I'JIIBM'nM MIIIIIIMIIIII KELLY truc RETREADS TRAC Delivery JB[f .> applied to ftoloctod YRIIfK fin JBkS sound tiro cotings f or your tiro All r«|Mil«r Sized r.n /wi se&.-ken 9,0 ° ‘ ro -’ 5 TMM-TYM NYLON AND RETREADABIE TIM SCOTT £ ACNSS RECAPPING CO. West Eden Street Edenton, N. PHONES: EDENTON 2688 ELIZABETH CITY 7813 DRESSED AND DRAWN WHOLE FRYERS I ib. 27 c I FRESH I Ground Beef I lb. 49c I YE OLE ■ I Sausage jgleat I 1 -lb. bag. 29c i I 22-OZ. CAN RED & WHITE cin Jj Liquid Detergent. 49c | WECWL _ **** quart! Wesson 0i1.,. .*> ?v.., 49c I RED fc - MAYONNAISE I quart 49 c | l‘/4-OZ. SUM-SPUN . SUM-SPUN OLIVES UISOJITS ■ • IP ‘ PlaShor BuUermilk jg r r4s< : 29c I *•<*. RAW INSTANT -SUN SVVH . | LYUTWF vl Li Li Ip - ■ i jiit r riri w 7 STICKS ; “ V,i Minr swh siur AT ■ *** vr #*«•*» pi* a* ■' j none V ■ ■ night. The members of the . church* HM *AH interested ' - Rwrsi-..-.: 3 ' sons ara Upyited to attend this j prayer 4er|ice. The day will ! be diviaea Jn'to 15-minute periods tend one*'-persbn’ will be respon sible prayer during that’ 15- , ' ! minutd’ ! jj£riod. The public' has ' an invitation to enter the chinch r H and pray’at all times during the day. “ '! This yp’ill be the bibsing *e ' vival in a, series which includes . 1 Ballard’s Bridge, Warwick, Ma-” cedonii and Rocky Hock, along"’ j with Center’Hill. The serids be gan with Ballard’s Bridge the I second- Sunday, Macedonia and Warwick the third Sunday and Rocky Hock the fourth Sunday. Great Hope in Perquimans also joined: in these services. Against stupidity the gods themselves fight in vain. W. C. F. Schiller.