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Volume XXVlt—Number 4
Edenton Aces Win Regional
Class 2-A Championship By
Walloping Garner 40 To 0
Easily Outclass South
Central Conference
Champions 111 Every
Department of Came
Edenton’s Aces ran roughshod
ovhr the. Garner Blue Rams in
Greenville Friday night to win
the regional Class 2-A champion
ship 40 to 0. The game was
played in a downpour of rain
during the first Half which made
the field wet and sloppy and
had' some effect in slowing
down both teams* each of which
had the reputation of being fast.
After the first sets plays it was
next to impossible to distinguish
the numbers on players of either'
team.
The Aces, however, outclassed j
the Rams in every department j
of the game and before the con- j
test was very old the outcome
appeared very little in doubt.
The Rams never seriously threat
ened to score, only once get-j
ting any closer than the Eden
ton 27-yard line and on only
one other occasion penetreated,
Edenton territory and that was
oh the 49-yard line. So stub- 1
born was the Edenton defense
that it yielded only 54 yards by
nishing during the night and
allowed the Rams only one first
down. Despite the wet field, I
ghg ggme was one of the dean- j
Plans Shaping Up
for 1 Christmas
Parade And Party
BPW ClubTs Expect-1
irtg One of Best Af
fairs Ever Staged Ini
Edenton
Plans have about been com
pleted for Edenton's annual
Christmas parade and party!
sponsored by Edenton Business
and Professional Woman’s Club.
The big affair for the young
sters of the community is sched-
Coniinued on Pago faction )
Stores Will Open
Saturday Nights
Until Cliristinas
Beginning this week. Edenton
stores will remain open every
Saturday night untH t o'clock.
This announcement was made
by George Alma Byrnen, chair
man of the Merchant# Commit
tee of the Edenton Chamber of
Commerce,
Aces Meet Wallace-Rose Hill j
For Eastern Title Friday Night
* * ’ V.
Edenton’s Aces continue their
march toward another State
Class 2-A' football championship
when they meet Wallace-Rose
Hifi. The game to decide the
eastern champions is scheduled
to be played on the East Caro- 1
lina College gridiron in Green-’
vine Friday night, November j
25, beginning at 8 o’clock. |
The Aces now have won 11
consecutive games this season in;
which they have scored 427
point and have limited their c*>- j
ponents to only 31 paints, not|
more than one touchdown being;
Pmade in any game. I
It will not be
ber 1* the third game on the]
Mfa” schedule, . the Aees easily .
defected th* Bulldogs in the if
owT back ywd to the tune of
TOE CHOWAN HERALD
Public Invited To See Film
“Ye Towne On Queen Anne s j
Creek” Friday, November 25 j
The Edenton Tea Party Chapter, XSDAR, and the
James Iredell Historical Association. Inc., cordially in- i
vites the public to attend the premiere showing of the I
film “Ye Towne On Queen Anne’s Creek” Friday after
noon, November 25. The film will be shown at the Tay
lor Theatre at 2 o’clock and again at 5:45 o'clock. There
will be no charge, so that it is hoped everybody in Eden
ton will see the picture.
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Work On Actual Construction
Os Pollock Swamp Watershed
Expected To Begin By March 5
The landowner committee from j
Pollock Swamp watershed met
with E. O. Graham and L. F. |
Thompson, watershed planning
party. Soil Conservation Ser
vice, Friday, November 18, at
9:00 A. M., in the Chowan Coun
ty Court House. It was decided
that all the necessary legal work
was done to go ahead with
planning the watershed. I
The local landowner commit- 1
tee of Wallace Goodwin, B. W.!
Evans, J. C. Hall and L. C.
Bunch, representing the Albe
marle Soil Conservation Dis-J
trict, were asked if planning,
work could begin on the Gum
Home Demonstration Clubs
Plan Christmas Festival Dec. 6
The 13 Home Demonstration
Clubs of Chowan County will
have a Christmas Festival Tues
day night, December 6, at 7:30
o’clock, at Chowan Community
Building.
All articles displayed will be
for sale and will be articles
made by various Home Demon- j
stration Club members. ,
Articles and food for sale will I
be as follows: Advance Club,:
Thanksgiving Dance Week Os Prayer At
On Wednesday Night Local Baptist Church
Edenton’s Junior Chamber of
Commerce will stage its annual
Thanksgiving dance Wednesday
night, November 23. The dance
will begin at 9 o’clock and con
tinue until 1 o’clock.
Music for this year’s dance
will be furnished by Ray Aber
nethy and the Club Men. The
Jaycees have completed all ar
rangements and a large crowd is
expected to turn out
siderably. So, knowing the cali
bre of the team they will go up
against for the eastern cham
pionship, Coach Thell Overman,
a very good coach, will have his
boys primed to put up a much
harder fight than the first out
ing of the two teams.
Wallace-Rose Hill won the
right to play for the eastern
championship last Friday night
When the Bulldogs had little dif
ficulty in turning back Eliza
bethtown by a score of 28-6.
The Aces are in good shape
for Friday night’s fray and
Coaches Bill Billings and Billy
Hardison are leaving no stone
unturned in’ order for the Aces
to cope with anything the Bull
dops will throw at them.
The Edenton band and cheer
leaders will accompany the Aces. 1
and with favorable weather it,
■ji
Neck watershed project in Tyr- i
rell County first since it had to.j
be presented to Congress for ap
proval and appropriations. The |
Pollock Swamp project doesn't
need Congressional approval
since the edit is under $250,000.
Mr. Graham said he hoped the
planning party could plan the
two projects together to reduce!
planning cost.
After some discussion the lo
cal committee agreed for the
planning party to complete the:
Gum Neck Watershed before
starting on Pollock Swamp Wa
tershed. It was pointed out by j
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candy; Beech Fork Club, cook
ies; Byrd Club, place mats and
napkins; Center Hill, door dec
orations; Chowan Club, refresh
, ments; Colonial. Christmas as
sortment; Enterprise Club,
stockings: Gum Pond Club, fruit
cake; Oak Grove Club, candy;
I Rocky Hock Club, tin craft: Ry
. land Club, candies: Wards Club,
i aprons, and Yeopim Club, table
: decorations.
Edenton Baptist Church will
observe a week of prayer from
Monday, November 28, to Fri
day, December 2. The theme of
the week will be “His Peace For
I The Multitudes.”
I Meetings during the week will ,
be as follows: Monday night at
7:30 o’clock: Tuesday afternoon
at 3:30 o’clock; Wednesday af
ternoon at 3:30 o’clock; Thurs
day night at 7:30 o’clock and
Friday night at 7:30 o’clock.
Various circles of the church
| will be in charge of the pro- ’
grams and it is hoped many
will attend.
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20 Years Ago i
As Found in lbs Fllaa of
Tha Chowan Herald
Tha Bank of Edanton dis- !
tribulad $20,000 in way of J
Christmas Savings Club chacks
to over 700 members. i
At a joint meeting of Town
l Council and the Board of Public
Works, Town Councilman passed
a motion revoking a previous
motian calling for notification
of rite Board of PttbOc Works
to abide by the Town Charter
in that, the Board of Public
Works should consult Town
Council before making ony ap
propriations aside from current
°fe* r ]
of the talking morion picture \
“Golgotha" to be shewn in the ]
hHftt school •udiloriuxh.
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 24, 1960,
Gene Lewis Evans And
Jerry White Win Corn Contest
Edenton Lions Club, at its
regular meeting Monday night,;
honored the 4-H corn production
contestants. James Griffin, Lions
Club president, welcomed the
thirteen 4-H'ers entering the con- i
test and their dads to the
awards banquet.
Harry Venters, assistant coun-J
ty agent, introduced the 4-H’crs,
who in turn presented their!
dads. Mr. Venters praised the,
Lions Club for its interest in,
young people as evidenced by|
their sponsorship of this pro-!
ject.
C. W. Overman, county agent, j
gave a brief history of the con-j
test. It was pointed out by Mr. I
Overman that this is the 16th j
consecutive year the Edenton
Lions Club has sponsored the '
Heartfelt Thanksgiving
We should not speak in terms of words
When giving thanks to God above
For His rich blessings through the years
Bestowed because of His true love;
But from the depth of heart and soul
We ought to give Him thanks and praise.
And live to honor His great name,
However long or short our days.
As years of time go passing by
God makes provision for our needs
From trees and vines and wondrous crops
That grow from fields of tiny seeds; .
For truly it is from the soil
That all mankind are clothed and fed,
And through the strength and toil of men
And by the sweat that must be shed.
Then as we think of life on earth.
With all it takes to keep us here,
Along with health across the years
That is to us both sweet and dear,
And crowned with blessings for the soul
That only heaven’s King can give.
Our thanks should flow like living streams
For all His bounties while we live.
O heart and mind and soul, look up
From whence our many blessings flow.
And waft your thanks On wings of praise
Like pilgrims of the tong ago,
That Gocfbe pleased to bless us on
As we have need from day to day,
Whatever be our place in life
And hear us as we humbly pray!
’ REV. WALTER E ISENHOUR, Taylorsville, N. C.
4-H com production contest.
Joe Thorud. chairman of the
agricultural committee, recogniz
ed the three winners in each
age grou(j. Gene Harrell was
winner in- the 10-12 year age
group; Lewis Evans, in the 13-
14 year age group 'and Jerry
White in the 15 years and over
age group. Mr. Thorud present
ed each of these boys with a
check worth ten dollars.
\ The contestants, their dads and
their yields were: Gene Wayne
Harrell, son of I. L. Harrell, 141
bushels per acre; Glenn Bunch,
Jr., son of Glenn Bunch, Sr., 11l
bushels; Don Evans, son of Mar
vin Evans, 103 bushels; Lewis
Evans, son of Marvin Evans. 132
bushels; Dennis Spivey, son of
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Dr. Rachel Davis
Speaks At Annual <
Husbands’Supper
123 Gather For Occa- i
sion at Wards Com
munity Building on
Tuesday Last Week ;i
■ i
i ‘'Be a good citizen, contribute
something to your community
and have fun living,” Dr. Rachel
D. Davis, physician and legisator ;
’of Kinston, told Home Demon
| stration members, their husbands i
I and invited guests at the 14th .
Annual Husbands’ Supper. The
Wards Home Demonstration
[Club was hostess for the occas-i
! ion. j
Miss Pauline Calloway, home
> economics agent, introduced Dr.
Davis. Invocation was given by,
the Rev. Harold Leake, pastor i
of Happy Home Church. Spe
cial music was presented bv Mr. 1
and Mrs. Hubert Byrum. Wel
come was given by Bristoe Per
ry. Response was given by Mrs.
Lester Copeland. Recognition of
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Friends Os Library
Meet December 1
Mrs. Hazel Backus has an
nounced that all persons inter
ested in becoming Friends of the
Brown-Carver Library are ask
ed to meet at the library Thurs
day evening, December 1. at 8
o’clock.
feme CALENDAR 1
is. *
Premiere showing of Edenton's
promotional film, "Ye Towne on I
Queen Anne's Creek" will be
presented in the Taylor Theatre
Friday, November 25, at 2 and
5:45 P. M. There will be no
admission charge. |
Edenton's Christmas parade
and carty, soonsored bv the
BPW Club, will be held Thurs
day afternoon, December L be
ginning at 4 o’clock.
Awards Night Program for
white communities participating
in the 1960 Chowan Community
Development Contest will be
held in the Chowan Hicrh School,
auditorium Wednesday night.
November 30. at 7:30 o'clock. I
Edenton Aces will nlav Wal-
Wallace-Rose KOI football team
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$2.50 Per Year In North Carolin?
Term Os Superior
Court Scheduled
To Begin Monday
Ruritan Club Will
Hold Ladies’Night
Monday, Nov. 28th
Principal Speaker to
Be D. E. Roney, Spe
cial Agent of Char
lotte FBI Office
Chowan Ruritan Club will ob
serve ladies night Monday night.
November 28, when a barbecue
chicken supper will be served
at the Chowan Community
Building at 7 o’clock. The sup
per will be served by ladies of
the Ryland Home Demonstration
Club with the proceeds of the
supper going toward the com
pletion of the Ryland Communi
ty Building.
The principal speaker for the
occasion will be D. E. Roney,
special agent in charge of the
FBI out of the Charlotte office,
so that the Ruritans feel cer
tain a good and profitable pro
gram will be in store for those
who attend.
Tickets for the supper may
be secured from Troy Toppin or
Mrs. Ester Copeland at Ryland.
Shots Now Required
Before Children Can
Start Going To School
According to a memorandum
recently received from the State
Board of Health, it will be ne
cessary’ for each child who is en
tering school for the first time
in September. 1961. to have com
pleted 3 polio “shots”.
Parents are urged to note that
a child who has not had polio
“shots” should begin these im
mediately. as it takes eight
months to complete the series of
three injections.
In addition to the polio "shots”
the child will have to have com
pleted diphtheria, tetanus, small
pox and whooping cough before
they will be permitted to enter
school.
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Industry Appreciation Week To
Be Observed Nov. 28 To Dee. 3
; The North Carolina Association,
■of County Commissioners, all
; their annual convention in More-'
head City in June, voted to have!
an Industry Appreciation Week!
during the fall. The date has j
now been set for the week of;
November 28-December 3, ac
j cording to W. E. Bond, chairman;
jof the Board, Chowan County;
; Commissioners.
: j
The purpose is to provide an
opportunity to express appre- i
! ciation to existing industry for!
its contribution to economic pro-j
gress. In the efforts to attract i
new industry to a county, some-j
times the people of the county
are left with the impression that
, new industry is more important
Nearly 500 Attend Meeting Os
Soil Conservation Supervisors
' Nearly 500 people gathered in
the Edenton armory Thursday
night to attend the fifth an
[ nual meeting of soil conserva
tion supervisors of the North
-eastern area. Large delegations
were present from 18 counties,
with a sprinkling of women as
guests'. Counties represented in
| eluded Chowan, Camden, Per-
Currituck, Pasquotank.
Pitt, Greene, Edgecombe, Mar
[ tin, Beaufort, Tyrrell, Hyde,
Washington, Gates, Northampton,
1 Hertford and Bertie.
I A delicious barbecue chicken
’i dinner was served by ladies of,
I the Center Hill-Cross Roads
t Rural Fire District,
i Included among those
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Indications Point To
Brief Session With
Only Two Criminal
Cases on Docket
The November term of Cho
wan Superior Court is scheduled
to convene Monday morning. No
’ vember 28. Judge Walter J.
I Bone of Nashville will preside,
i Indications point toward a
very light criminal calendar with
possibly only two cases docketed
for trial. These two cases in
-1 volve Johnnie Kenlev Leary,
! who is charged with hit and run
1 and murder. The other case in
. valves Roland Neilsen. who is
| charged with breaking and en
tering and larceny back in 1954.
He is at present imprisoned in
Virginia and will be released
to stand trial here
j Civil cases on the calendar in
clude:
! Emmett H. Wiggins vs. Ed
ward Evans et al.
Berkley Feed Corporation vs.
Mattie Knight Perry.
Cora Pugh vs. Jessie Jones.
E. J. Goodwin, administrator
of George Carroll Goodwin Es
tate vs. Lloyd Bass.
Shelby Spencer Bridges vs.
Richard Arlen Bridges, a divorce
action.
i Emma Collins Glenn vs.
Charles W’illiam Glenn, a divorce
action.
Donald M. Fraser vs. Hayesel
B. Fraser, a divorce action.
Hester Hill Rankin vs. John
Rankin, a divorce action.
R. L. Chesson, administrator
of Emma N. Chesson Estate and
R. Y. Chesson. individually vs.
Rupert W. Chesson, et als.
$2,029.25 Loans Made
On Corn In Chowan
Chowan County ASC office
has disbursed loans on 1,765
bushels of corn with a loan
value of $2,029.25. Producers
may obtain a loan on corn
through February 28, 1961.
One farm storage facility loan
has been disbursed on two bins
equaling a capacity of 4,400
bushels.
than existing industry. “This, of
course, is not an accurate im
pression," said Bond, "but never
theless. the ’impression exists.’’
Industry Appreciation Week can
correct this impression by giv
ing attention to the industries
of a county that are currently
making a contribution to our
; county's economy.
"As Governor Luther Hodges
said, in his address at the an
nual luncheon during our 1960
Convention, Industry Apprecia
| tion W’eek can serve a multiple
i purpose." says Mr. Bond. "It
j can show industries, old and
new, that we are aware of the
part they are playing in our
Continued on Page 4—Section 1
ent were prominent state and
district soil conservation offi
! cials. A surpi ise visitor was
Congressman Herbert Bonner,
who was called upon for a few
remarks. Mr. Bonner highly
praised the work and interest in
soil and water conservation in
this area and emphasized the
importance of the work.
Th principal speaker for the
occasion was Congressman L. H.
Fountain of the Second District,
who pinch-bitted for Governor-
I elect Terry Sanford, who was
forced to cancel the speaking en
gagement by his doctor.
Mr. Fountain stated that the
1 small watershed program is the
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