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Machinery Set Up
To List Property
During January
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List Takers of Vari
ous Townships Re
lease Schedules For
Month
With the end of 1959 just
around file comer, machinery
has been set up for listing prop
erty for calculating taxes for the
• t year 1959. According to law
listing of property will begin
tile first day of January and all
property owners are required to
list their property during the
month of January,
Tax listers have received their
instructions and have arranged
their schedules so that it will
not be a hardship for any prop
erty owner to list their real es
tate, persona l property, etc.,
which he cr she owns as of
January 1.
All persons between the ages
of 21 and 50 years are also re
quired to list their polls during
the same time.
Also wnen listing taxes a 1959
crop acreage and other informa
tion must be furnished the tax
listers. The tax listers are re
quired to make records but farm
owners or tenants murt furnish
the facts. The list takers must
receive the following informa
tion: (1) Acreage for each cropj
harvested during the calendar |
year. (2) Number of cows, sows
and pens on farms January 1.
(3) Number of people living on
farm January 1. This informa
tion will be confidential and will
not be used in any manner that
is detrimental to the farmers
concerned. It is not used for tax
purposes.
It is pointed out that after
February 2 a penalty' of 10 par
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Christmas Services
At St Paul’s Church
Wednesday, December 23rd—
Holy Communion, 10:30 A. M.
Thursday, December 24 th—
Holy Communion, 11 P. M.
Friday, December 25 th—Holy
Communion, 10:30 A. M., and
evening prayer, 5 P. M.
Special music has been arrang-1
ed by the Senior Choir for
Christmas eve under the direc-l
tion of Harry H. Smith, Jr. |
Evening prayer Christmas Day,'
Miss Sue Byrum wil’J be at the j
console with the Junior Choir,
leading the congregational sing
ing.
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CIGARETTES STOLEN
Following a wave of petty
thievery in Edenton, somebody
entered the plant cf Spedic Pro
ducts Company on Oakum Street
Saturday night. Only cigarettes
were taken from the plant.
The theft was discovered Sun
day morning when William
Granby, janitor at the Negro
schools, noticed some cigarettes
under the platform at the Spedic
plant, after which he reported to
the police.
ENTERTAIN STAFF
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ridgeway
entertained members of the Cho-;
wan Hospital staff and their 1
friends at their home in Morris
Circle Monday night.
CLOSED FOR HOLIDAYS
County and town offices will
close at 5 o’clock Wednesday for J
the Christmas holidays and will
remain, closed until Monday
morning. December 28.
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Chowan Hospital Will Again
Honor First Baby Born In 1960
'
first new baby to arrive,
at Chowan Hospital in 1960 will
receive gifts contributed by. 10-j
cal business men, Tom L. Ridge- 1
way, hospital administrator, has
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announcea,
Ridgeway said that gift certifi
cates Will be presented to the
parents of the lucky New Year
baby. The certificates may be
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
James M. Bond Is
Appointed As New
School Trustee
Named Monday to Fill
Unexpired Term of
Late Marvin P. Wil
son
Meeting in a joint session
Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock,
Town Council and the Edenton
School Trustees unanimously ap
pointed James M. Bond as a
member of the board..
Mr. Bond was appointed to fill
the unexpired term of the late
Judge Marvin Wilson, wr. t serv
ed only about 13 months beiore
his death.
Mr. Bond’s appointment raised
the question of dual office hold
ing. he also holding an e.ective
office as Town treasurer. How
ever, it was pointed out tjiat
the Edenton School Trustees are
operating under a special act of
the North Carolina General As
sembly passed in 1903. In the
law is included a paragraph
which states that appointment
as a school trustee does not con
stitute dual office holding. Mr.
Bond does receive some remun
eration as Town Treasurer, but
members of the School Trustees
are not paid for their services.
Christmas Mail Is
Highest On Record
Postal authorities in Washing-'
ton estimate the current Christ- 1
mas mail on a nationwide basis
will be the highest on record for'
both greeting cards and parcels,
Postmaster J. L. Chestiurtt has
announced. • i
These conclusions are based
on samplings of postal receipts
made in several major cities
across the country which shcrw
anticipated increases of 2 to 5
per cent over last year.
Postmaster Chestnutt called
attention to the recent action of
the Civil Aeronautics Board
wh ch approved Postmaster Gen- (
eral Summerfield’s plan to make
use Os surplus space on commer
cial planes to speed the move-'
ment by air of first-class mail
during the Christmas ru*.
The Post Office Department
once again plans to deliver all
Christmas mail prior to Christ
mas day as it has for the past I
several seasons, the Postmaster
said.
[ CIVIC CALENDAR |
Eden Jon's Varsity Club will
hold its annual Christmas danc*
in the Edenton armory Friday
night, December 25, from 9 ip
1 o'clock.
Chowan Hospital, in coopera
tion with the Edenton Chamber
of Commerce will honor the first
baby born- in the hospital in
1960.
Chowan Tribe of Red Men will
meot Monday night at 7:30
o'clock.
William H. Cofflrtd. Jr,'Port
No. 8280, Veteran* of foreign
Wen, will meet Tuesday night
*1 8 o'clock.
. stroke at midnight on New
Year’s Eve.”
j Last year’s. first baby title
1 went to Thomas Lee Smith, who
arrived at 2:22 P. M., on Janu
; ary Ist. He is the son of Mr. i
' and Mrs. Edward L. Smith of |
Hdbbsville. He received gifts!'
and services from fourteen local
business firms.
I Firms wishing to participate in
j the 19W New Yost’s baby
| awards, arranged through the
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 24, 1959.
meRRy chßistmas
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We look back over the past year ... a good one, full
of the enjoyment of life and count ourselves extra
fortunate to have friends such as you.
May the coming year have a full measure of
happiness. And for this season, again we say,
meRRy chßistims
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! The Chowan Herald Publishers
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Planning March Os Dimes Drive- 1
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Plans tor the 1960 Chowan County March of Dimes drive in
January are mapped out by (left to right) Carlton Jackson,
assistant campaign director: William B. Gardner, campaign
director; Tom L. Ridgeway, Chowan County National Founda-
I tion chairman, and Mrs. James P. Ricks, Jr., 1959 North Caro
lina Mother of the Year and local publicity chairman.—(Photo
by James P. Ricks, Jr.)
( Farmers In Favor i
j Marketing Quotas
1 In the recent cotton marketing,
l
l quota referendum held December
15, two-hundred and fifty farm- i
.ers voted. Nineteen farmers vot
ed against quotas for the 1960
crop year. ;
Two-hundred ninety-one farm
' ers voted in the peanut market-1
1 ing quota referendum. Seven- ’
teep farmers voted against quo
tas for the 1960, 1961 and 1962
1 crops.
This was the largest vote
I Chowan County has had in a
number of years.
Red Men Tribe Electsi
New Officers Monday i
Chowan Tribe of Red Men
will meet Monday night, De-j
cember 28 at 7:30 o’clock. At
this meeting new officers will l
be elected, so that Clyde Hollo- j
well, sachem of the tribe, urges!
a full attendance to participate j
in thiS very important item of
business.
I A new slate of officers were
nominated at the meeting held
Monday night of this week.
CLOSED FOR HOLIDAYS
The Chowan County ASC of
fice will be closed one half day
December 24 for Christmas htrti-
Idaya and open Monday, Decem
ber 28 at 8:00 A. M. This of
fice will also be ckwed all day
1, IMO for New Y«rt.
I Banking Houses
! Closed Two Days
, The Peoples Bank & Trust
Company and the Edenton Sav
-1 ings & Loan Association wil'
be dosed all day Friday and
Saturday in observance of the
' Christmas holiday,
j Important business at both in
' stitutions should, therefore be
, transacted accordingly.
IVo Rotary Meetings
Have Been Called Off
Edenton’s Rotary Club will not
I meet this (Thursday) afternoon i
• due to the Christmas holiday. |
I The meeting for Thursday, De
cember 31, has also been called >
i off due to observance of New
Year’s Day.
. The next meeting will be held
I Thursday afternoon, January 7.
Dec. 31 Deadline For
Conservation Program
The 1959 Agricultural Conser
vation Program will come tb a I
close on December 31. Farmers,
who halve not completed con
servation practices for which
cost-sharing has been approved j
are reminded that the prateticesi
must be completed and perform-1
ance reports made by the date
on Form ACP-245 in OT*!
der to qualify tor payment.
North Carolina Minimum Wage
Law Goes Into Effect January 1
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January 1 1960, will be a red
letter day tor --cr.-.r 35,000 low
wage workers in the Tar Heel
State.
On that date a new state law
guaranteeing covered employees
a minimum wage of at least 75
cents an hour goes into effect.
Passage of the North Carolina
minimum wage law by the Gen
eral Assembly on May 7. 1959,
I made North Carolina the 33rd
j state in the nation to enact
1 minimum wage legislation. It
j made us the 13th state in the
I nation to require payment of
minimum wages to both men
and women workers. North
Carolina also became the first
state in the South to establish a
statewide, statutory minimum
wage.
Enactment of the minimum
wage !*!*• has been widely ac
claimed as a milestone of pro-
1 he Rug Shop New
Edenton Concern
I
Edenton’s newest business con
cern is The Rug Shop, now in
operation at 204 South Broad
Street in the building formerly,
:cjupied by the Western Gas
Service.
The Rug Shop carries a com
: plete line cf all types of floor,
wall and ceiling covering and ce
ramic specialists. A complete '
line of Pittsburgh Glass Com
pany products and aluminum
awnings is also carried.
A special service is tile lay- 1
;ng, wall-to-wall carpet laying
and a Duraclean rug and up
holstery service, including moth
proofing and fire-proofing.
Operators of the new store
' are Gene Taylor and Alex Mar-
I tin, who announce that in con
nection with the opening five
, big prizes will be given away
with drawings to be held Thurs- 1
day, December 24, at 9 A. M., j
and 4 P. M. Friends are invit
ed to v : sit and inspect the new I
store and register for the prizes.
IN IRS FIGURE
Last week IRS members at
Salem College at Winston-Salem
staged their annual Christmas
I dance. A feature of the affair
, was when Dr. Gramby called
the figures as the IRS members
were presented.
| Members of the figure pre
i sented by the IRS Council in-
I eluded four new freshmen, one
of whom was Grace Townson,
! daughter cf Mr. and Mrs. W. D.
Townson of Wanton.
gress in the economic add so
cial history of the state. j
| Minimum waee hill? had been ;
i introduced and defeated in seven
previous sessions of the Gen
eral Assembly, the first in 1939
and then regularly each session
from 1947 to 1957. Finally this
year the law was enacted with |
decisive majorities in both.
houses, notwithstanding the con
tinued vigorous opposition of
the low wage industries.
The measure was a cardinal
■ feature in both the 1957 and
: 1959 administration programys of j
i Governor Luther H. Hodges, j
Minimum wage legislation had
. been endorsed and recommended
I to the legislature by former
Governors W. Kerr Scott and
I William B. Umstead.
i J The state’s need for such a
; law had been pointed out con
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I Providence Church
To Reopen Sunday
j After Fire In 1958
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I j Providence Baptist Church
. i will open its doors for services
.'Sunday, December 27, at 3 P. M.
for the first time since the dis
astrous fire which occurred Feb-
I ruary 23, 1958.
'; By the help of God, under the
„ i leadership of the pastor, the
’ I Rev. F. H. LaGarde, the sanctu
(| ary has been completed. This
I has been done through the gen
' erous help of friends and the un
. I tiring work and help of the of
ficers and members of the,
church. ;
The doors will be open to all |
who wish to enter to worship
God in beauty and comfort.
Friends are invited to march into
the church, with the pastor and
members Sunday, December 27,
, at 3 P. M.
I MEETING CALLED OFF
j A meeting of Chowanoke
Council No. 54, Degree of Poca
hontas, scheduled for tonight
(Thursday) has been called off
due to the Christmas holiday.;
The next meeting will be held
Thursday night, January 14.
A CORRECTION
In this issue appears two Tay
lor Theatre advertisements, one
of which was inserted bv error.
The correct advertisement ap- 1
pears on page 8 of this section, i
wi*h corrections made after |
Manager Jimmy Earnhardt con- j
tacted The Herald from Char
lotte Monday ipfftt- ;
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolin?^
School Property
At Rocky Hock To
Be Resold Jan. 4
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(New School Trustee 1—
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JAMES M. BOND
At a joint meeting of Town
Council and the £_enion school
trustees held Monday afternoon
James M. Bond was unanimously
appointed s member cf the
School Trustees. Mr. Bond was
appointed to liil the unexpired
term of the late Judge Marvin
Wilson.
; lans Completed
For Varsity Club
Christmas Dance
Annual Affair Will Be
Held In Local Arm
ory Friday Night Be
ginning at 9 O’clock
Plans have been completed for
the annual Christmas dance
sponsored by the Edenton Var
sity Club. she dance will be
he'd in the Edenton armory
Christmas night, December 25,
beginning at 9 o'clock and will
end at 1 o’clock.
Music for the dance will be
provided by The Notables of
Suffolk, an organization well
known by local dance enthusi
asts. Jess Harrell is president
cf the Varsity Club and expects
this year’s dance to be as good
or even better than ii. former
years.
Those v h o have not reserved
tables can do so bv telephoning
2429 or 2601.
Stores Remain Open
Until Nine O’clock
Edenton stores will remain
open until 9 o’clock through
Thursday of this week for the
convenience of shoppers. Most
of the stores will remain closed
on Christmas Day and the fol
lowing day Saturday, but will
reor>»;i Monday, December 28, as
usual.
NO LIONS MEETING
Edenton Club will not
meet next Monday night. Decem
ber 28, due to the Christmas
holidays. The next meeting of
the club wi.l be held Monday
night, January 4. at 7 o’clock.
The Greatest Gift |
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f The greatest gift is not tied with ribbon, $
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I And holiday paper with tinselled snow; 3
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f It more than says, “Merry Christmas", and on
I Its merry face no boastful price tags show. 1
1 What we give to others is all we’ll hold =
I In our hands when comes the reckoning day; '
And all we have or own is never gold, ■
But just the kindnesses we give away.
The Star that shone from out the East still shines,
Although its lustre man has caused to dim; i
And when sonic day mankind awakes and finds
Itself, vte’U know the greatest gift was Him. a
—Wilbosne Haskell. I
L FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK |
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High Bid of $2,000 Is
Raised; Difference of
Opinion as to Use of
Property
The bid for the abandoned
Rocky Hock School property has
'been raised, so tnat another sale
will be held in accordance with
law.
| The second sale will be held
jat the Court House door Mon
i day morning, January 4, at 11
1 o’clock. A committee of three
! men represent ng a group of
: Rocky Heck citizens placed ti e
highest bid on the property at
a sale held Monday, December
14, at a price cf $2,000. T’:e
three bidders were Paul Ober,
Lester Harrell and Murray
j Tynch.
The starting b'd at the sale
ion January 4 w"/ be $2,150.
It was stateu bv one cf the
, I committee. Paul Ober. that the
• : purpose of purchasing the prop
,jer'y was to provide a recrci-
J tion center for* the Rockv Heck
! community, especial’y for tcen
' agers. However, another mem
ber of the committee, Lessor
Harrell, informed The Herald
Monday morning that he agree!
to be one of the b’dders cn *hn
assumption that the property
v/O'-ld be used primarily as a
Rockv Hock Communi'v Build
ing for the benefit of the
Demonstration C'ub women. P~v
Scouts and other community
j functions and not as a recrea
! tion center.
j A CLARIFICATION
|
Concerning the article in Dst
week’s paper about t’-'e future
plans of the Rockv Heck S h—4.
Lester HaTell states that he h'd
i been mis'nformed. He uo'U r
: s*ond the- the buiidms. if oVm
chascd. would he primar ; 'v
as a Rocky Hock Common iy
Roildiny for the benefit of tike
Home Demonstration C ,!, b V -
men, the Bov Scouts and oth'T
1 community functions.
20 Years A«ro
A* Found m the Files of
The Chowan Herald '
A game of basketball v-as
played in the Edenton armory
between fast-stepping Wi ham
sion Martins and Olsen's Ter
rible Swedes.
Mr. and Mrs. West Leary were
winre-s in the Chrstmas d-c
--oraticn contest for residences
and Badham's won the prza
among business houses.
Taxpayers were notified t’at
property was required to be list
ed for tax nurposes during Jan
uary instead of Aprjl as here
tofore. The change was made
effective by an act of the Leg
islature.
One of the most successful
j dances in several years was
I held in the armory. It was a
1 Christmas dance sponsored by
| the Edenton Rotary Club.
Thieves entered the Home
Fertilizer Works and carried
away 50 gallons of white end
gray paint and about 1.000
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