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CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXVl.—Number 53
Gifts Mounting For
'First ’6O Baby Born
Ih Chowan Hospital
Eleven Local Business
Concerns Now Offer
ing Gifts For First
Newcomer
Eleven locall 'business. firms
have already notified the Cham
ber of Commerce that they will
honor the first New Year baby
to arrive at Chowan Hospital in
1960.
Tom L. Ridgeway, hospital ad
ministrator, said the lucky baby
will receive presents given by
Mitchener’s Pharmacy, Peoples
Bank & Trust Company, Tots &
Teens, Belk-Tyler Company, Hol
ttowell’s, Iric., Cuthrell’s Depart-
Store, P & Q Super Mar
ket, Quinn Furniture Company,
Byrum Hardware Company.,
Ridbs Laundry & Dry Cleaners,
ana Hughes - Parker Hardware
Company. The hospital will also
present a gift to the baby.
Parents of the new-born child
will receive gift certificates
which may be exchanged for
free merchandise or service giv- 1
en by the sponsoring firms.
“Christmas wil'. therefore,
come a week later than usual j
for the little tot through •the'
courtesy of these business men,”j
Ridgeway stated.
He commended the firms for
making this fine gesture. Any
other firm wishing to honor i
1960’s first baby should notify |
Ridgeway or the Chamber of
Commerce. •
Property Listing
> Begins January 2
Beginning Saturday, January
2, property owners in Chowan
Coupty may begin to list their
for tax purposes. Prop
erty, according to law, must be
listed during the month of Janu
ary. Failure to do so is liable
for a penalty of 10% and if not
listed the delinquent property j
lister can be hailed into court, j
Tax listers urge early listing,
in order to save time. I
CIVIC CALENDAR !
~—
Feast of Lights service will
be held at St. Paul's Episcopal
Church Sunday afternoon, Janu-i
ary 3, at 5 o'clock.
Chowan Hospital, in coopera-,
lion with the Edenton Chamber
of Commerce will honor the first
baby bora in Ihe hospital in
1960.
' Automobile license plates for
1960 will go on sale at the Caro
lina Motor Club office on East
•P> Continued on Page 3
Edenton Basketball Teams Will
Begin Conference Play Jan. 5
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By BILL GOODWIN
Edenton’s Aces and Acelets
uncap <heir 1960 Albemarle Con
ference basketball schedule when
the Ahoskie Indians invade the
local gymnasium Tuesday night,
Hie Indians have been rated
as one of the b est Albemarle
Conference teams. The Aces,
who will bring a dismal record
of one win and three losses into
the contest, wfll have to rely on
their abundant scrap. The locals
fought Windsor all the way only
loose 42-41, dropped a 57-38
to Washington, lost to
Bfcabeth City 35-29, and then
THII CHOWAN HERALD
Legion Sponsors
Teenager Party
Free Affair Will Be
Held Saturday Night
In Lcfgion Building
David White, commander of
Ed Bond Post No. 40 of the
! American Legion, announced
early this week that the Legion
naires will sponsor a party for
teenagers of Edenton and Cho
wan County. The party will be
•held in the Legion building Sat
urday night, January 2. It will'
begin at 8:30 o’clock and last
until 11:30 o’clock.
Mr. White stated that the
party will be chaperoned by
members of Ed Bond Post and
the Legion Auxiliary, and it is
hoped many teenagers will at
tend. There will be no admis
sion charged, it being the pur
pose of the Legion to provide an
evening of wholesome entertain
ment for the teenagers of the
community. Mr. White also stat
ed that college students home
for the holidays are also cordi
ally irtvifed to attend.
A number of prizes will be
awarded and free refreshments
\ will also be served. Music for
I dancing will be furnished by a
, juke box.
I
j $557,000 Bond Issue
Ordinance Passed
By Town Council
Meeting in special session Mon
day night, Town Councilmen
adopted an ordinance authorizing
the Issuance of $557,000 of bonds
for the Town of Edenton for
enlargement and extension. of
i the sanitary sewer system of the
I Town of Edenton.
I This was another preliminary
| step in calling an election for
| the voters to decide if the said
j bonds are to 'be sold in order
j to comply with the requirements
jof the State Sanitary Stream
j Commission to construct a sew
age disposal plant to prevent
dumping raw sewage into local
| waters.
■ The ordinance as passed has
been sent to the New York bond
attorneys who N are handling the
legal phases of the bond issue.
OPENS LAW OFFICE
John F. White announced early
this "week that he will open a
law office at his home in the
Paradise section.
W
1
outfit. The Acelets dropped a
45-33 loss to Windsor and re
bounded to edge Chowan 35-34.
Sara Relfe Smith, Mary Anne
Overton and Beverly Morgan
have paced the scoring depart
ment, while Norma Blanchard,)
Ida Campen and Mary Ann Harej
have been doing a good job on]
defense. - j
The locals’ schedule is as fol-i
lows: *
January B—At Williamston.
January 12—Scotland Neck.
January 15—Plymouth.
January 19—At Perquimans.
January 22—Open (exams),
January 26—At Ahpskie.
January 29—Williamston.
February 2—At Scotland Neck.
February s—At Plymouth.
| February 9—Perquimans.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 31, 1959.
Special Customs
Around World To
ObserveNewYear
Church Services and
Frantic Parties Typi
cal Ways of Celebra
tion In U. S.
Not everyone celebrates the
beginning of the New Year on
j January 1. But people in al
I parts of the world have special
I customs to insure that the New
j Year will get off to a good
J start.
I Church services and frantic
parties, for example, are typical
| ways of celebrating in the U. S.
In many European countries
gifts are exchanged on New
Year’s day. The custom orig
inated with the Romans, accord
ing to World Book Encyclopedia.
Back in 747 B. C., reportedly,
they presented the king of the
Sabines with branches of bay
and palm trees consecrated to
Strenia, the goddess of strength. 1
The “strenae,’ or gifts, became
more elaborate, in expectation of j
royal fa'vor, and the emperors
came to regard them as deserved 1
tribute. i
Augustus Caesar is said to |
have passed the word along that j
he had had a vision in which he
saw himself receiving gifts from
the Senate and the people cn
January 1.
Continued on Page 3
Regional Blood
Center Asked For
45,000 Pints Blood
The American Red Cross Tide
water Regional Blood Center will
be expected to collect for the
fiscal year beginning July 1.
some 45,000 pints of blood to
serve civilian and government j
hospital patients.
Twenty-three Red Cross Chap
ters and the Norfolk Blood Cen
ter in Virginia are asked to pro
vide 38,250 pints of blood, 8 r
per cent of the quota. For 2 ;
North Carolina chapters th
quota is 6,750 pints er 15 pe
cent.
The bloodmobile will be re
quired to make 347 communitj
visits —263 in Virginia and 84 i’
North Carolina to secure th(
quota of 45,000 pints of life
saving Red Cross blood for hos
pital patients. In addition, thf
staff at the Blood Center in Nor
folk will receive donors on 104
days for six hour periods tt
carry out this extensive Red
Cross blood donor program.
Hundrens of volunteer workers,
\ scattered over some 32,500 square
miles, will be required to make
the necessary person-to-person
solicitation sos prospective first
time and repeat blood donors.
Officers Destroy
Brand New Still
Four law enforcement officers
on Tuesday about noon swooped
down on a brand new still in
the Paradise section about a mile
from radio station WCDJ. The
still apparently had been in
stalled over the holidays and
had not been used.
The still, together with 300
gallons of fermenting mash, a
doubler and cooler were destroy
ed. No whiskey was found and
no arrests were made.
Officers taking part in the
raid "were ABC Officer Troy
Toppin, Sheriff Earl Goodwin,
Deputy Sheriff Bertram Byrum
and Patrolman W. F. Miller.
BANK CLOSED NEW YEAR'S
The Peoples Bank & Trust
Company and toe Consumer Cre
dit Branch will be closed all day
Friday, January 1. in observance
of New Year’s Day. Important
j Enjoying Christmas Party j
mI r Ml tufi --■
ifc*. ' v. •
One of the most delightful holiday events in Edenton was a
Christmas parly held by the Chowan Hospital Auxiliary for
employees, doctors and their families in the nurses' home on
December 18. Pictured above, left to right, are Tom Ridge
way, hospital administrator; Miss Betty Perry, operating room
technician; Mrs. Lula Deaton and Miss Cleo Williams, nurses'
aids.—(Photo by James P. Ricks, Jr.)
Rocky Hock Citizens Organize
To Purchase School Property
Monday night of last week a
group of 37 Rocky Hock citi
zens mot at the old Rocky Hock
School building to consider the
purchase of the abandoned
school property. .
It was t voted ter name the
building ine Rocky Hock Com
munity Center, with emphasis
placed cn participation by other
communities. It was unanimous
ly agreed that the build.ng is to
be used for Home Demonstration
Club activities, development of a
future fire station, Boy Scouts, i
r baseball field, church and
other activities.
The meeting was opened with
prayer by the Rev. Thurman
W. Allred, pastor cf the Rocky
Hock Baptist Church. Sherlon
Layton was in charge of the
meeting, and called for the elec
tion of officers.
The following officers were
Red Men Flail To
Install New Os Geers j
Chowan Tribe of Red Men
.vill meet Monday night, Janu
iry 4, at 7:30 o’clock. At this
meeting new officers wi’l be in
stalled, so that Clyde Hollowell, i
retiring sachem, urges a large
attendance.
EASTERN STAR MEETING
Edenton Chapter No. 302, Or
der cf the Eastern Star, will
neet Monday night, January 4,
it 8 o’clock in the Masonic
t Temp!e. Mrs. T. J. Wood, wor
thy matron, urges every member
to attend the first meeting of
the new year.
UNC Post Graduate Courses
Begin In Edenton January 13
Announcement was made last
week that the first University of i
North Carolina medical post
graduate courses of the new year
will be held in Edenton, Rocky
Mount and Roanoke Rapids.
The weekly lectures will get
under way in Edenton on Wed
nesday, January 13. The lec
tures will continue in Edenton
for the next six weeks with the
exception of the week cf Feb
ruary 7.
Beginning Thursday, January
14, the lectures will alternate be
tween Rocky Mount and Roan
oke Rapids with the first 'being
at Rocky Mount. No lectures
will be held during the week of
February 7 due to a conflict
with the Watts Hospital Sym
posium in Durham.
\ The courses are sponsored by
the UNC Sdhool of Medicine and
the UNC Extension Division.
The Edenton course is co-spon-l
•owl by Tint District IMI-I
elected: President, Billy Leary;
secretary and treasurer, Lois
Ashley; members of the board of
directors, Earl Smith, Murray
Tynch, T. S. Leary, O. C. Long,
Jr., and Mrs. Eddie Nixon. Tie,
officers were elected to serve
temporarily. * After she election
Mr. Leary presided over the I
meeting, and it was voted to:
raise money by donations to pur
chase the school property. The*
board of directors was authoriz
ed to proceed with purchasing
the property.
Three Rocky Hock citizens
placed the highest bid of $2,000
on the property at a sale held
at the Court House door Mon
day, December 14. Since that
time the bid has been raised, so
that the property will again be
sold at the Court House door on
Monday morning, January 4, at
!11 o’clock. The starting bid will
be $2,150.
j Prize Winners For
i Holiday Decoration
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Twiddy,
i who live in Morris Circle won
j first prize for the best Christ
• mas decoration in Edenton this'
■ year. Mr. and Mrs. Leon G.
Leary won second prize and
honorable mention went to Em
mett Wiggins. The first two
• were awarded sls and $lO re
spectively.
The contest was sponsored by
the Edenton Woman’s Club and|
the judges were Mrs. John
• Shackelford. Mrs. Rupert Riley
' and Mrs. Harry Venters, all art
majors while in college.
cal Society.
These courses, offering a well,
balanced series of six meetings, |
were planned in cooperation with;
a committee of physicians in the!
areas that they are being of
fered. Two lectures will be gi'v-j
en at each location each day thei
course is held, one in the after
noon and the second in the even
ing.
The visiting lecturers for the
two courses will be Dr. Fred R.
MoCrumb, University of Mary
land School of Medicine; Dr.
Laurence S. Fallis, Henry Ford
Hospital, Detroit, Mich. ; and Dr.
Benjamin Manchester, George
Washington University School of
Medicine.
Faculty members of the UNC
School of Medicine who will take!
part in the two courses include
Drs. Arthur H. London, Luther
M. Talbert, Jeffress G. Palmer,
James F. Newsome and Paul L.
Bunce.
Masonic Officers I
Will Be Installedj
Thursday, Jan. 1\
McKay Washington to|
Succeed Ernest Ward 1
As Master cf Unani
mity Lodge No. 7 \
New officers for 1960 for]
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & j
A. M., will be installed at a
meeting cf the lodge Thursday
night, January 7.1
The elective officers to be : n- j
1 stalled will be McKay Washing- 1
ton, worshipful master; Dr. A.!
F. Downum, senior warden; J. C.
Parks, junior warden; R. E.
Leary, treasurer, and W. C.
Bunch,, Jr., secretary.
M . Washington has announced
the following appointments, who
will be installed at the smie
time: J. A. Bunch, senior dea
con; Thomas Bvrum, junior dea
con; Rodney Harrell, Jr., senior
steward; Albert Lassiter, Jr.,
junior steward; J. Eiw'n Buf’lap,
marshal; Richard W. King, chap
lain; and LaDel Parker, tyler. |
William Adams will be the in
stalling officer, and Ernest Ward, (
Jr., retiring master, requests a
large attendance for the occa
sion. j i
Bill George Listed
On All Star Pro
Football Teams
Chosen to Play In Pro
Bowl Game Played In
Los Angeles on Jan
uary 17
Edenton friends will be do- i
lighted to know that Bill George,
'brother of N. J. George and part > (
owner of the George Chevrolet; ,
Company, was listed among the',
football players on All-Star
teams announced last week.
Mr. George was chosen on the!
NEA All-Pro first team whehisj
voted by the players themselves.
He also was named on the first*
team of the Western Division ofj
the National Football League, j
Due to this selection, he will j
play in the Pro Bowl game ini
Los Angeles on January 17. j
The game will be televised over
NBC.
The Associated Press All-Pro
team also included Bi'l George.
Bill plays the defensive middle|
guard position with the Chicago
Bears and is the defensive cap-,
tain of the team.
County Council
Meets On Jan. 6
The Home Demonstration j
County Council will meet Wed
nesday, January 6, at 2:30 P. M.
at the Advance Community
Building, with Mrs. C. W. Over
man, president, presiding.
A number of items of busi
ness will be discussed in regard j
to the 25th District of Home!
1 Demonstration Clubs’ Spring
: Federation meeting to be held j
in Edenton April 12.
Dr. David P. Meggs of Eliza-,
[beth City will do a demonstra-1
tion on artificial respiration.
All County Council members are {
urged to attend this important
meeting.
P.“oTCLOSED FRIDAY
Edenton’s Post Office will ob- 1
serve New Year’s day on Friday j
las a 'holiday. During the day
, the windows will be closed and ;
j the>-° will be no ddiverv of mail
| in Edenton or on the rural
i routes. |
The lobby of the Post Office j
will be open, however, and mail,
will be deposited in the boxes, j
Mail will also be dispatched as,
usual
52.5 Q Per Year In North Carolirn
j 1960 Auto License
Plates Will Go On
jSale January 2nd
Guy Williams New
i Red Men Sachem
I
Group of New Offic
! ers to Be Installed
Monday Night
' Chowan Tribe No. 12, Im
proved Order of Red Men, elect
ed officers at its meeting held
Monday night. In the election
Guy Williams was chosen as sa
'Chem of the tribe to succeed
Clyde Hollowell.
Other officers elected were:
Piophet, Clyde Hollowed; senior
sagamore, Alton Shaw; junior
sagamore, Bill Harris; codec‘or
of wampum, Jack Barrow; keep
er of wampum, William Barrow;
| chief of records, J. Edw n Buff
lap; keeper of wigwam, Oscar
Peeples.
I These officers, together with 1
those appointed by the new sa-,
| them, will be installed at the
'meeting of the tribe next Mon
day night, January 4, at 7:30
o’clock.
j Caswell Edmondson, tribal
deputy great sachem, will be the
installing officer.
Feast Os Lights j
Service Sunday
The traditional Feast cf Lights
service will be conducted at St.
I Paul’s Episcopal Church Sunday,'
January 3, at 5 o’clock.
Evening prayer will be con- j
ducted by several members ofj
the congregation and Young
Churchmen with the Church
School vested choir also partici
pating. Harry H. Smith, Jr.,
I will be at the organ.
Holy Communion will be cele
-1 bra ted on the Epiphany, Janu
ary 6, at 10:30 A. M.
Band Parents
I
Meet Jan. 6
A meeting of the Edenton
Band Parents Association will
be held in the band room of the!
John A. Holmes High School
Wednesday night, January 6, at
8 o’clock.
Mrs. Kathleen Skilcs, presi-
I dent of the association, is very
I anxious to have as many mem
bers as possible attend this, the
first meeting of the new year. ;
i
! CLOSED FOR NEW YEAR'S
Chowan County offices, as
well as the Town of Edenton
| office, will be closed all day
Friday, January 1, in observance
of New Year's day.
Deadline For New Growers
Cotton Allotment February 15
The closing date for accepting
applications for new growers
cotton allotment is February
115, 1960.
“If you would like to make
I application for a new growers
[cotton allotment for 1960,” says
|H. O. West, ASC office man
ager, “you must (1) depend
largely on income from this
farm for your livelihood; (2) live
on the farm in 1960; (3) have
1 available labor with which to
operate the farm, and (4) not
own or operate any other farm
with a cotton allotment already
I established for 1960.
“If these requirements are
met and you are interested, con
itact the ASC office before Feb
'ruary 15, 1960, and file your
request
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
FS-1 Certificate of In-
surance Must Be Pre
sented Before License
Will Be Issued
Mrs. Goldie L. Niblett, branch
manager of the Carolina Motor
Olub in Edenton, states that th
-1960 automobile license plates
will go on sale Saturday, Janu
ary 2.
Again th.s year, the msura
declaration on the reverse si
cf the 1960 renewal caid nu»>.
be signed by owner before a
registered owner can renew his
license.
The sale of license piates, on
the presentation cf the certifi
cate of title, or 1959 registration
card is not permitted. Only the
1960 renewal card is used in
purchasing the 1960 licenses.
A current FS-1 certificate of
insurance must be presented
with all new registrations of
used and new vehic es.
A SI.OO driver education fen
will be collected on each license;
issued for $lO or more.
On the first section of the re
newal card, the applicant must
indicate in what county the ve
hicle is subject to property tax.
Effective January 1, the hiaxi
mum weight for which a farm
truck plate may be issued at the
farm truck rate is 12,000 pounds.
The 1960 renewal cards are be
ing sent out showing the 1959 li
censed weights. Farm truck re
newal cards showing welgh's in
excess of 12.000 pounds can be
reduced if this is sufficient for
the owner’s needs. If not, priv
ate license for the weight re
quired must be purchased.
Mrs. Niblett urges all motor
veh'cie owners to purchase their
license early in order to avoid
the rush.
Office hours are from 9 A. M.
to 4 P. M., except Saturdays
when the office closes at 12
noon. No plates will be issued
except during the time indicated
above.
20 Years A»o 1
A* Found in the File* of
The Chowan Herald
S ,>
Mr. and Mrs. S.-.elton Roger
son became Ihe parents of a
daughter. Imsgene, the lirst. baby
born in the Albemarle in 1940.
Two colored boys ware bound
over for the April term of Su
perior Court, charged with en
tering the Hobowsky store and
slealirg almost SIOO worth of
ladies' wearing apparel.
It was reported that liquor
sales at the Chowan ABC store
were far below the 1933 f gure.
Plans were announced to pre
sent Handel's ''The Messiah'' in
ihe high school auditorium the
latter part of January.
“Protect your cotton allot
ment. Plant it or release it!
“If you do not plan to plant
your cotton allotment, you
should release it to the ASC
County Committee to prevent
your allotment and history, from
being reduced for failure to
plant.
“Release of cotton allotment
will be accepted from now un
til April 5, 1960, in the county
office. To retain your allot
ment history indefinitely, you
must plant some cotton once
every three years and release
the acreage you do not intend
to plant.
“If you are interested in ob
taining cotton acreage on loan
for one year only, you must tilt
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