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published in
CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXVll.—Number 2(5.
Town Councilmen A* f -ove
Budget For 1960-61 doling
For Same Rate As Last Year
Members Held In Ses
sion Until 2 A. M.
Juggling Figures In
Order to Prevent an
Increased Rate
Meeting in special session Mon-'
ts day night, Town Councilmen
considered the budget for the
fiscal year 1960-61. The Coun
cilmen went over every item in
the various budgets as present
ed by the Finance Committee
and after some juggling of fig
ures, head scratching and eye
nibbing left the Municipal Build
ing about 2 o’clock confident
that the tax rate can remain at
$1.00,’ the same as last year. j
' s The budget was approved by
the Councilmen and H will be,
open for inspection subject for
adoption at a special meeting;
to he held Wednesday night,
July 20.
The over-all budget calls for,
expenditures of $185,061, which
is made up as follows: Admini-I
strative Department $10,138; Po-|
lice Department $35,303: Fire,
Department, $19,042: Street De-j
partment, $90,042: Cemetery De-,
partment $2,236; other expenses,]
$27,675. Anticipated revenue to
cover these expenses is listed as I
follows:
Revenue from E & W Board,!
$32,500; automobile and bicycle
licenses. $1,100; rent $410; offi
cers’ fees, $3,000; parking meters,
$7,500; beer and wine licenses,
$5,000; interest on delinquent
taxes. $500: Schedule B licenses,
$9,000: intangible and franchise
tax. $9,000; miscellaneous rev
enue. $2,500; street and sidewalk
assessment, $500: Street Depart
ment revenue. $600; unexpend
ed balance from previous year,
$6,000; Powell Bill funds. sl6-
000; unexpended balance of Pow
ell Bill funds, $10,500; Chowan
fire protection, $4,000.
The above amount lacks $87,-
000 of meeting the budget fig
ures. so that this amount is ar
rived at by the tax rate of SI.OO
on a property valuation of SB,-
950,000, less an uncollectable bal
ance of $2,500.
, The full budget as approved by
die Town Councilmen Monday
night appears elsewhere in this
issue of The Herald.
Holmes Chaplain
At Camp Kanuga
The Rev. George Holmes, rec-J
tor of SC Paul’s Church. Eden-1
ton, is serving as camp chaplain
foe Midget Camp at Kanuga. the
Episcopal Conference Center near
Hendersonville, N. C.
Eighty-four little girls from the
Wo Carolinas. Georgia, Florida,
Tennessee and Louisiana are
spending twelve days of out
door life, worship, study and
varied activities. * Their theme,
this year, is “All Are God’s
Children”. <
Camp opened June 20th and
will continue until July 2.
cmc calendar!
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Edanftaa Jaycits will sponsor
elaaaaa in skiing and another ski
ibnr hf the Outer Banks Ski
CM at the old Fkh Hatchery!
grounds Sunday afternoon. July
11 at lt» o’clock.
The official board of the
iiitbaiHil Church will meet on
Monday night July 11. at •
o’clock.
Wagaan’s Society of Christian
Coattaned on Pago 4—Section 1
Spedic Continues To Carry On
Business In Willis Warehouse
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SpOdfc Food Products. Inc..,
whose (riant was destroyed by
tb* FHday night, has moved its
otto temporarily in the Willis
Warehouse at the toot‘of Broad
Street; now owned by the Town
have been Oontaated amt have
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Cresweli Woman Dies As Result
Os Accident Friday Afternoon
A serious accident occurred
about 4 o’clock Friday afternoon
at the corner of Court Street and
East Queen Street, which result
ed in the death of Mrs. Julius
Alfred Reynolds of Creswell, who
died in Chowan Hospital shortly
after 9 o’clock Monday morning.
The accident occurred when
Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds were
driving south on Court Street
apd entered Queen Street when
their car collided with a pickup
truck driven east on Queen
Street by Bobby Lewis Elam of
Louisburg.
The impact caused the Reyn
olds car to hit and break a tele
phone pole, throwing Mrs. Reyn
olds from the car. She sustain
ed a punctured lung, broken ribs
and other cuts and bruises. She
was rushed to Chowan Hospital
[John G. Fletcher ;
{ Passes In Hospital
At Charleston, S.C.
Funeral Services Held
Wednesday Afteroon
At National Ceme
tary at Wilmington J
Many Edenton and Chowan
County friends were grieved Sat
urday When it was learned that
John G. Fletcher, &2, passed
away .iri.the U. S. Naval Hospi
tal at Charleston, S. C/" He had
been in ill health for about
three months.
Husband of Chowan's novelist.
Inglis Fletcher, he was born in
Evanston, 111., in 1878, son of
Donald and Mrs. Julia Hay
Fletcher. 1
I
During the Spanish-American
War he enlisted in Col. Torrey’s
Rough Riders at the age of 17
and was acquainted with Teddy
Roosevelt. At one time he ac
rompanied a train of horses from
Cheyenne, Wyo., to Jacksonville,
Fla., and had risen to the rank]
of sergeant when the war ended.,
He was a mining engineer, a 1
I graduate of the University of
J Colorado and worked with 'mines
■ Continued on Pago 4—Section I
Methodist Official
Board Is Organized
The official board of the Meth
odist Church met for the pur
pose of organization after the
service Sunday morning. J. R.
DuLaney was re-elected as chair
man of the board. E. W. Spires
was elected vice chairman; Allen
B. Harless, Jr., corresponding
secretary, and Mrs. Grace Grif
fin, recording secretary.
! The board changed its month
ly meeting from Monday night,
July 4, to Monday night, July
ill, at 8 o’clock due to the Fourth
■ of July holiday.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
•! Edenton Rotarians will meet
« this (Thursday) afternoon at 1
[o’clock at the Edenton Restau
• ! rant The program will be in
i charge of J. L. Ohestnutt and
i this being the last meeting of
the Rotary year. President Jim
i my Earnhardt requests every
member to be present (
t Mr. Jones wishes to express
hiS sincere appreciation on be
half of the employees and stock
holders of Spedic Products, Inc„
to the Fire Department mem-.
| hers who worked so hard to try
to save toe plant, also the em
ployees of toe Town of Eden
tan, Police Deparbnent and to
many individuals who he has
not baea able to see for their
very fine efforts in helping to
the
‘Wlffl* WanhouM l» 8110.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 30, 1960.
and an emergency operation per
formed at 2 o’clock Saturday
morning. Her condition appear
ed to be satisfactory until Mon
day morning when a sudden
change for the worse took place
and she passed away.
Reynolds and Elam were not
seriously injuied. but both ve
hicles were badly damaged so
that they had to be towed from
the scene of the accident. Dam
age to the truck was estimated
at S6OO and the Reynolds car
$450.
Officer K. L. Armstrong, who
investigated the accident, stated
that Mr. Reynolds admitted he
failed to stop and realized it was
a stop corner after he entered
Queen Street too late to avoid
the accident. He was charged
with failing to stop at 'a stop
sign.
Warren Twiddy One
Os Five To Receive
High Jaycee Honor
Presented Clint Dun
can Award at Na
tional Convention In
I St. Louis
Edenton’s Junior Chamber of
Commerce and Warren Twiddy
in particular was signally hon
ored at the national Junior
Chamber bT Comrfi6h:e Conven
tion held in St. Louis Thursday
of last week.
Mr. Twildy was one of five
Jaycees in the nation to receive
,the Clint Duncan award, an hon
or going to five national direc-
I tors who are considered the most
outstanding in the entire coun
try.
Mr. Twiddy has been a wheel
horse in both local and State
Jaycee activities. He is a past
president of the local organiza
tion, winner of the club’s Key
) Man Award anl has served in,
1 practically every capacity in the|
!club. He was recently given a
life membership by Edenton
Jaycees when he became ineligi
ble for membership due to his
age. He is also a past vice
president of'the 10th District.
He was given the Cou 'Browne
Award as North Carolina’s out
standing vice president and the
state organization also presented
him with the Charlotte Ed Ellis
Award for being North Caro
lina’s outstanding director 'at the
State Convention.
Closed Shop
I Practically every store and
' business concern in Edenton will
;be closed all day next Monday
lin observance of the Fourth of
July, a national holiday. Busi
ness will be resumed at usual
Tuesday morning, July 5.
Edenton National Guardsmen Win Parade Honors At Fort Bragg Encampment
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Above is pietund a view of toe parade of troops of Worth
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J Local National Guardsmen Win High Honor While In Camp ]
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Above appear a group of officers of the 2nd Battle Group, 119th Infantry, local National Guard
unit, which won the commander’s trophy at the annual encampment held a! Fort Bragg. The beau
tiful trophy was awarded for being the most out standing unit during the two weeks of training.
Pictured, left to right, are Ist Lt. W. C. Bunch. Jr., Ist Lt. Joseph K. Swanner. Caot. R. T. Duka.
Capt. Charlie W. Swanner, Ist Lt. J. E. R. Perry, and Ist Lt. Dalla-- Jethro. Jr. 1., the background
is Ist Lt. C. J. Williford. Five other officers were no! present when !he picture was made.—
(Photo by J. P. Ricks, Jr.)
Varsity Club Leads
In Little League
Interest Is Very Keen
Among Boys Mak
ing Up Circuit
i
j Interest is very keen among
the boys who are playing in
Edenton’s League under the di
rection of Billy Hardison. The
Varsity team leads the league'
only 214 points ahead of the Ro- \
tary team. The Lions team is l
in third place, only half a game
ahead of the Jaycees.
The ten leading hitters in the|
league for the week ending
Monday of this week were as]
follows:
Ab. H. Pet.
Mike Smith 19 11 .579
Rudy Tolley 26 14 ,538
Wcstey Chesson .. ....12 5 .417
Ronnie Harrell 27 11 .407
Charlie Swanner 14 5 .357
Earl Bunch 18 6 .333
Mike Phelps 19 6 .316
Johnny Cates 13 4 .307
Rusty Bootwright ...11 3 .273
Wayne Brabble 13 3 .231
League Standing
Won Lost Pet. !
Varsity 5 2 .714
Rotary 3 3 .500
Lions 3 4 .429
Jaycees 2 4 .333
Davis Resigns As
Director Os College
J. W. Davis, Sr., recently re
signed as a trustee of State
Teachers College at Elizabeth
City. Mr. Davis has served as a
trustee for 12 years, and for
about the last five years was
chairman of the board. He
served under appointments of,
three Governors, W .Kerr Scott,
William B. Umstead and Luther
Hodges.
Mr. Davis will be succeeded
by Lunsford Long of Warren
ton.
WSCS MEETS JULY 5 J
The Women’s Society of Chris
tion Service of the Methodist
Church will meet Tuesday night,
July 5, at 8 o’clock. The meet
ing will be held at the home
of Mrs. A. B. Harless, Jr., in
Pembroke Circle. 'All members
are urged to attend.
Sanford Winner In
Run - Off Election
Over Beverly Lake
Chowan County Goes
In Sanford Column
By Slight Majority of
12 Votes
Though by a slim margin, Cho
wan County joined the major
ity of the other 99 counties in
North Carolina in choosing Ter
ry Sanford of Fayetteville as the ,
Democratic nominee for Cover-1
nor in the November general
elections. Sanford led Dr. Bev- j
erly Lake of Raleigh by over
77,000 votes in a' hotly contest-'
ed race during which tactics
smacked of the mid-'slinging va
riety in the latter stages.
Chowan County gave Sanford 1
the slight majority of 12 votes, j
with 629 going for Sanford and 1
617 for Lake. The six precincts
divided on the choice between
the two candidates with East I
Edenton, West Edenton and
Center Hill turning in majori
ties or Sanford. Rocky Hock.
Wardville and Yeopim precincts
gave Lake majorities.
Voting was heavy throughout 1
the state, but with returns rap
idly trickling in, Lake conceded !
defeat about 9 o’clock Saturday
night. He visited Sanford's
headquarters to offer his con
gratulations and wished Sanford
a successful administration.
Chowan's vote was counted in
record time and the loeal result j
was the first complete report to
reach Raleigh.
20 Years Ago ;
A* Found is tho File* of
Th* Chowan Herald
V. j
Geddes Potter was installed as
president of the Edenton Lions
Club and J. Edwin Bufflap was
installed as president of the \
Edenton Rotary Club.
According to the 1940 census
report, Chowan County's popu-,
lation was 11.569, a gain of|
2,312 over the 1930 census.
Continued on Page 3—Section t
mous choice for commendation as the outstanding unit in the
division review by a board of officers composed of regular Army
fedrMn to the Nattenal Quant end officers tom the Usd Air
heme Division tfaSeued as Fart Bray j. . _
j Cotton Blossom I
L. E. Emminizer is the first!
in Chowan County to report a
cotton blossom tor 1960. The;
bloom was picked from a field;
in the Cowpen Neck section Sun- *
day. June 26. and Mr. Emminizer
says some were seen Friday,
j A. C. Griffin also brought in
'a cotton blossom from his farm
; in the same section of the county
which was picked Monday 'morn
ing.
Chowan Members
! Os SCS Society
Win State Honors
Given Award For Soil
And Water Conser
; vation Achievements
During 1960
1 Chowan County members oi
the Soil Conservation Soeietv of
America have won the state
chapter award for achievements
in soil and water conservation
and carrying out the chapter
j program in 1980.
The .award was made at the
annual North Carolina Chapter
meeting of the Soil Conservation
Society of America at Carolina
! Beach on June 24-25.
j Attending from Chowan Coun
itv were Mr. and Mrs. L. C.
] Bunch and Mr. and Mrs, James
j H. Griffin.
James H. Griffin is state treas
urer of the society for 1980
i OFFICE CLOSED JULY 4
I Mack Janies, local automobile
license examiner, announces that
his office at police headquarters
will be closed all day next Mon
| day. July 4, in observance of In
dependence Day.
Friday Night’s Fire
Causes Total Loss
SpedicPeanutPlant
[ Chowan’s Vote j
Sanford Lake
Kast Edenton 230 195
West Edenton 249 > 204
Rocky Hock 25 78
Center Hill 59: 48 1
Wurdvilte 42 44 ]
Yeopim 24 48 j
j Total 029 017 |
joint Meeting Os !
| Legion • Auxiliary
! Scheduled July 5
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■Officers of Both Or-:
i ganizations Will Bej
j installed; Boys’ and
1 Girls’ State Reports !
David White, commander of
lEd Bond Post No. 40 of the*
j American Legion, announces that,
| a joint meeting of the post and
I the Legion Auxiliary will be
j held Tuesday night, July 5, at
8 o’clock in the Legion build
, ing. !
| Tlie purpose of this meeting
jis to install officers for each
| group, and Mr. White stated that
| refreshments will be served, soi
that a large number of both
j organizations are expected to at
[tend. Prominent Legionnaires of
this area are also expected to be,
' guests.
! A feature of the meeting will
be reports from the boys and •
girls who attended Boys' Statej
and Girls' State this year. These!
young people will be Millv Price. 1
Mary Ann Hare, Alex Kehaves, I
j Jimmy Rogetnon and Robert!
j Chappell.
Johnny Kramer In
Golf Tournament
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Friends will be interested to J
| know that Frank Johnston, who j
1 participated in the Greensboro
J Junior Golf Tournament last]
1 week, reached the semi-finals.
It is also interesting to know |
' that Johnny Kramer is entered t
lin the North Carolina Pro-AM j
'Golf Tournament to be played ini
[Wilson today (Thursday). Young I
Kramer will play in a foursome |
!which includes Ed Brown, a pro*
from Plymouth. Harvey Hill and |
Jack Booker. Jr., both also from
I Plymouth.
A goodiy numoer of young,
men are now playing golf on j
the Plyfouth course, and inter- 1
•est in the game is increasing |!
among Edenton's younger set. j*
Summer Schedule
At St. Paul’s Church;
1
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During the month of July and;
August services at Saint Paul’s,
Episcopal Church will be at 8
I and 10 o'clock.
| Holy Communion will also be;
I celebrated at 10:30 A. M.. Wed-,
nesdays.
Church School is not being
conducted during the summer
due to the Parish House addi
tions. '
The Rev. George B. HoLmes. 1
rector, urges parents to bring
children to church services.
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Plans Progressing For Holding
Ski Show And Skiing Lessons
Plans are gradually being
whipped into shape for another
ski show and inauguration of
skiing lessons, as announced last
week by Scott Harrell. Both
the show and lessons are being
sponsored by the Edenton Junior
Chamber of Commerce,
Both the show, which is sched
uled to be hpld Sunday after
noon. July 10. beginning at 1:30
o’clock and toe skiing school
will be held at the old fish
hatchery on Pembroke Creek.
Following the show, a group of
prominent Edenton people will
be given the opportunity to
learn to-ski, but toe actual water
skiing school will be held three
weeks in July. . Classes wflj be
held fee week of July 11 on
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
$2.50 Per Year In North Caroline-
[Large Building Level
ed to Ground Within
Half Hour After Fire
Is Reported
One of Edenton’s most disas
trous fires in recent years oc
curred about 8:30 o’clock Friday
I night when the plant of Spedie
] Food Products, Inc., on Not th
Oakum Street was totally des
j troyed.
The fire was discovered and
reported when it had reached
the eaves of the first floor of
the 4-story building and spread
so rapidly that it was out of
control before Edenton firemen
arrived at the scene. Within
half an hour the corrugated
metal building collapsed. Only
j records and some of the office
; equipment was saved.
The three Edenton fire trucks
I responded to fight the blaze, but
! it was too far gone to save the
1 building. The firemen, however,
: played streams of water on the
burning inferno and also saved a
* large number of cypress' logs on
the adjoining lot. They were al
'so ready to protect a number
of nearby houses had the- wind
shifted in that direction. The
1 firemen remained on duty until
1 5:30 o’clock Saturday morning
when all danger was apparentlv
over. Origin of the fire remains
unknown, and while an estimate
of the loss is lacking it is calcu
lated that it will run between
$75,000 and SIOO,OOO.
The concern is a locally-owned
corporation with William P.
Jones as manager. The concern
w:u formed in 1945 by Mr. Jones
and the late Richard Goodwin
jand marketed roasted, salted, raw
j and blanched peanuts. The con
cern. employed eight regular em
j ployees.
j 1 lie plant was leased bv the
I Spedie concern from the Town
|of Edenton and at present Mr
\ Jones will maintain an office in
the Willis warehouse at the foot
of Broad Street which was re
l gently purchased by the town.
The building was insured by
j the town and the machinery and
[ contents of the building were
I insured bv Spedie
I '
[county commissioners
CHANGE MEETING DATE
I Chowan County Commission
j ers will meet for their monthi\
meeting Wednesday morning
I July 6. at 9 o'clock The neet-
( ing was changed to this d to (in
to the first Mor .1 tall ng .«n
1 the Fourth of July eg- holi
day.
Still Destroyed!
(V >
An illicit 55-gallon whiskey
1 still was discovered and de
stroyed Wednesday of last week
: when a group of officers swoop
' ed down on it on Route 32 east
[of Edenton on the base prop
erty.
Destroyed included a 55-gal
lon doubler, a 15-gallon doubler
1 and 450 gallons of mash. No
-1 body was at the still at the
lime of the raid, so that no ar
rests were made.
Officers participating in the
; raid were ABC Officer Troy
Toppin, Sheriff Earl Goodwm.
j Deputy Sheriff Bertram Byrum
and Officer W. F. Miller.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday at 5 P. M.. with
the Wednesday classes being for
adults only. The same schedule
will be carried out the weeks
of July 18 and July 25.
All those who are interested
in enrolling in the skiing school
should file an application form,
which is available at the Eden
ton Marina and Byrum Hard
ware Company.
Mr. Harrell points out that
permission to take the skiing les
sons must be granted by parents
of minors and that .those who
enroll in the classes agree to hold
harmless the Junior Chamber of
Commerce and to release and
discharge toe Jaycees. its offi.
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