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CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXVIII.-Number 16.
Success 0f1961 Pilgrimage
Passes Fondest Expectation
Os Woman s Club Members
Ideal Weather Con
tributes to Largest
Number Ever to Vis
it Edenton For Tour
Favored with almost perfect
weather, the Edenton Woman’s
Club 1961 Pilgrimage of Colonial
Edenton and Countryside, which
was held Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, far far eclipsed all of
the fondest expectations of any
one connected with the tour. By
far more people attended the af
fair than in any previous year,
so that the tour was very suc
cessful and set a hew record for
both attendance and revenue.
Those \/ho h.id anything to do
with -the tour are brim-full of
thanks rnd appreciation for t'he
splendid cooperation coming
from every direction. Mrs. Rob
ert J. Boyce, general chairman
for the Pilgrimage, is over
whelmed by as the result of the
success of this year’s affair and
pays due credit to those who
worked so hard for many weeks
previous to the big event. She
especially is grateful to Mrs.
Jackie Ricks, who did a splendid
piece of work in" publicing the
tour by of newspapers, tele
vsion and radio.
Mrs. W. J. P. Earnhardt, too,
has come in for a goodly portion
of pradse for the work she, as
chairman, handled the observ
ance of Inglis Fletcher Day, the j
opening day of the tour. Mrs..J.;
D. Elliott, president of the -
Woman’s Club, is especially
proud of the great success of this
year’s tour and viihes to thank
everybody who so willingly
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rAt the Jayeee meeting Thurs
day night. President James
Perry, left, is shown presenting j
Chief W. J. Yales with a!
check for over SIOO to be used
by the firemen. The money
was realized from a show spon- 1
sored by the Jaycees. !
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JACK BOONE
At »he annual Varsity Club
Sports Awards Banquet sched
uled Jot Tuesday night, April
25, Jack Boone, head coach at
East Carolina College, will be
the principal speaker. The ban
quet will be held ait the Ma
sonic Temple at 7 o'clock.
Fishing Contest
Creating Interest
✓
The Chamber of Commerce
announcement of its spring fish
ing contest which runs from
April 15-,Tune 17 has already
resulted in a number of inquir
ies from interested anglers from
Raleigh eastward to the coast.
The Roefbation Committee, R.
Elton Forehand, chairman, who
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Edenton BP W Oub
Will Meet Tonight
The ~ Edenton Business and
Professional Women’s Club will
meet tonight (Thursday) at 7
o’clock at the Edenton Restau
rant with Beulah Perry as
chairman of the program. Miss -
Pauline Calloway will show a j
film on “M-aking New Furniture ■
from Old”. Every member is j
urgSd to attend.
Alex Kehayes Named Teenager
Os Year By Eden toil’s Jaycees
On Thursday night, Alexan- j
der Ryland Kehayes, 18 years
old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Finest;
Kehayes, was named “Teenager
of the Year” by the Edenton
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Kehayes was selected by a
secret judging committee and
picked by his merits, accom
plishments, honors and leader
ship during the past year.
Allen Harless, chairman of
this Jayeee project, introduced I
Edenton, Chows ~ * unty, North Carolina, Thursday, April 20, 196 L
j Library Program Is
Cied Off Due To
Death Os Speaker
Another Program Is
Now Scheduled to
Be Held on Monday,
May 1
A story hour Will be held at
the Shepard-Pruden Memorial
Library . Friday afternoon, April
21, at 3:39 o’clock. This will
be the second of two story
hours this week to be conduct
ed by Mrs. Tom Shepard and
Mrs. Jasper Hassell. Children
from five to ten are invited.
> E. P. Holmes of Charlotte,
• who was to have been the
1 speaker this week died sudden
: ly. This news is deeply regret
: ted, and no attempt will he
made to hold the program
which was scheduled for this
(Thursday) evening. However.
Mr. and Mrs. David Warren,!
Friends of Shepard-Pruden Me
morial Library, have secured 1
, Henry Lewis for Monday, May
1. Mr. Lewis, an -assistant di- j
rector of the Institute of Gov- :
ernment at Chapel Hill, will
talk on the Life of Thomas
Barker. The meeting will' be
held at 8 o’clock at the Epis
copal Parish House.
Hospital Auxiliary
Will Meet Friday
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1 Chcjryi Hospital Auxiliary I
j will meet Friday afternoon,'
April 21, at the nurses’ home, j
The meeting will begin at 3
i o’clock and Mrs. Richard Elliott,'
president, urges all members to
]be present.
VFW MEETS TUESDAY i
William H. Coffield, Jr., Post j
- No. 9280, Veterans of Foreign ,
j Wars, will meet Tuesday night, i
' April 25, at 8 o’clock. Bill Har- 1
, ris, commander, is anxious to
1 have a large attendance.
j the Rev. George B. Holmes, rec
tor of the St. Paul’s Episcopal
! Church, who in turn made the
presentation to Kehayes. Mr.
Holmes in presenting the award
stated that Alex had been vot
ed the most outstanding senior
by his classmates, he was a
member of the 1960 champion
ship football team, .a finalist in
the National Merit Scholarship
Award, an Eagle Scout and also
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Another Polio Shot
Clinic On April 28
Sponsored by the Edenton
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
another polio clinic is scheduled
to be held Friday night, April
28. The clinic will be held a{
the Penelope Barker .house be
ginning at 7 o’clock.
Children' up to 18 years of
age and expectant mothers will
be given the shot free, but a
charge of SI.OO will be /collect
ed from others.
Booster shots may also be re
ceived at this clinic and- the
Jaycees are hopeful that many
will take advantage of this op
portunity to receive the polio
shots.
20 Years Ago
As Found In . Tbs Files Os
The Chowan Herald
Edenton Lions Chib advanced
the Idea of- a paint-up and
clean-up weak with Leroy Has
kett John Mitohenar and Gra
ham Byrum appointed a com
mittee to work out the de
tails^
it Edenton Airport Officially Opened
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In the foreground, left, is Mayor John Mitchener facing Governor Terry Sanford and Representa
tive Ainert G. Byrum when Governor Sanford cut a ribbon officially opening the Edenton airport at
the former Naval Auxiliary Air Station. Back of Mayor Mitchener is Congressman Herbert Bonner,
who spoke briefly at the ribbon cutting. The deed to the airport and other property was received
by Edenton officials Thursday. The ceremony took place while the Governor was escorted by a
motorcade from the airport to Edenton Friday to officially open the 1961 Pilgrimage of Colonial
Edenton and Countryside and to dedicate the first day of the lour as Inglis Fletcher Day (Hicas
Photo).
Four Contests Are Lined Up For
Local Election Tuesday, May 2
With the deadline to file as a
candidate in the Edenton muni
cipal election being Tuesday,
April 25, at 6 P. M., already there
are three contests scheduled for
the voters to make their choice.
Up to Wednesday of this week
every present town official has
filed as a candidate and with
them were four newcomers,
which results in the three con
tests.
John A. Mitchener is a candi
date for re-election as Mayor
and James Bond is again seek
Two Negroes File
In Town Flection
Rev. F. H. LaGarde
And George Tillett
Enter Race
Two Edenton Negroes have
filed for office in the Edenton
Municipal»election to Be held
Tuesday, May 2.
Those who have filed are
George Tillett, local attorney,
who is seeking a seat on Town
Council as Councilman-at-large.
Four candidates have filed for
these two seats, George A. By
rum, Frank Holmes, J. Edwin
Bufflap and Tillett.
The other Negro candidate is
the Rev. F. H. LaGarde, pastor
of providence Baptist Church.
He mas filed for Councilman
from the Third Ward, where R.
Elton Forehand is also a can
didate.
Hat Workshop At
Hotel Next Monday
A hat workshop will be held
in the ball room of Hotel Jo
seph Hewes Monday morning,
April 24, beginning at 9 o’clock.
The workshop will be in charge
of Miss Pauline Callow,ay, home
agent, and all Home Demon-!
stration members are especial- j
ly urged ’to attend.
JOHN WILLIS ELLIS
Governor of North Carolina at Beginning
Os Civil War
Submitted by Robert S. Marsh for the Chowan County
Centennial Committee
Editor's Nolr: Informalion obtained •
from History of North Carolina by
Ashe; North Carolina by I-efler; North '
Carolina, Vol 2 by Conner and North
Carolina Governors by Crabtree.
It is interesting to note that
John W. Ellis, Governor of North
Carolina at the beginning of the
Civil War, was from Rowan
County, a county which had rela
tively few- slaves. He was bom
there November 23, 1820, the son,
o; Anderson and Judith Bailey
Ellis.
He attended Randolph - Macon
College, and later was graduated
from the University of North
Carolina. El' is was a Democrat
and an advocate of internal im
provements. He was elected to
the Rouse of Commons in 1844
and returned the following two
Ellis was nominated for Gov
j error in 1808 by a convention of
I conservative Democrats, which
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i. Leroy Haskett on Wednesday
i announced that he will be a
candidate for Mayor, making
four contests in the election.
I ing re-election as Treasurer,
i Both are unopposed so far.
All five incumbents of the
! Board of Public Works are seek
l ing re-election which include
i Thomas By rum, present chair
-man, Ralph Parrish, Jesse Har-
Irtll, Joe Conger, Jr., and James
IP Ricks, Jr, Up to Wednesday
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James Cozart New
Director Os Band
To Succeed Derwood
Bray at School on
July 1
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James Donald Cozart has been
employed by the Edenton City
Schools to serve as band direc
tor of the John A. Holmes High
School Band lor the school year
1961-62.
Mr. Cozart received the Bach
elor’s iDegree from East Caro
lina College and the Master's De
gree from Columbia University.
He has taught band in the Tar
boro City Schools, New York
and Mt. Airy City Schools. He
will come to Edenton from Mt.
Airy, where he is presently em
ployed.
Mr. Cozart will start his work
in Edenton on July 1, to succeed
Derwood Bray, who has resigned
to accept a position in New
Bern. He is a native of Green
ville,. N. C., is married and the
father of a daughter.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
Dr. A. F. Downum, master of
j Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. &
| A. M., announces that a stated
! communication of the lodge will
!be held tonight (Thursday) at
j 8 o’clock. All Masons are in-
I vited to attend.
was controlled by party leaders
instead of public opinion. A
year later Tie was re-elected in
a slave-bolding aristocracy.
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Senior Class Play
On Friday Night In
School Auditorium
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First Play to Be Pre
sented By John A. j
Holmes High School I
Seniors In 3 Years
The senior class of the John
A. Holmes High School will I
present the first class play at
the school in three years Friday |
night when they perform “The
Many Loves of Dobie Gillis” at
8 o’clock in the school audi-I
torium.
Billy Cates Will star in the j
lead role of Dobie Gillis, while
Joan Garrett portrays his friend j
Bonnie. Together they cari v |
out a wild plot to get their!
school paper out of debt by
having a movie star visit a
dance they are staging.
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Bill Easterling New President
Junior Chamber Os Commerce
Edenton's Junior Chamber of
Commerce at its meeting on
Thursday elected officers for the
coming year with Bill Easter
ling elected president to sue- j
ceed James O. Perry, Jr.
Other officers elected were:!
First vice president, Carlton
Jackson; second vice president,
Bobby Bunch; secretary, Tony
Ailollier Chowan
Slill U Destroyed
Another Chowan County still
was wrecked by dynamite about
noon Monday when a quartet of
officers swooped down on a rig
in the Paxton woods near Eden
i tn.
Officers taking part in the
raid were Sheriff Earl Good
win, Deputy Sheriff Bertram
Byrum, ABC Officer Troy Top
pin and Patrolman W. F. Miller.
It was a 55-gallon still and
destroyed included a 35-gallon
steam boiler, 15-gallon doubler,
55-gallon cooling barrel, copper
coil, hand water pump, hand air
pump and 200 gallons of mash.
j ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
I Edenton’s Rotary Club will
| meet this (Thursday) afternoon
i .at 1 o'clock at the Parish House.
! The program will be in charge
of Thomas Byrum and President
Elton Forehand urges a 100 per
cent attendance.
? CIVIC CALENDAR
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An election to name Edenton
officials will be held Tuesday,
May 2, with polls open from 6:30
A. M., to 6:30 P. M. i .
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Senior class of the John A.
Holmes High School will pre
sent a play, "The Many Loves
of Dobie Gillis." in the school
auditorium Friday night, April
i 21, at • o’clock.
■ Bishop Thomas H. Wright
1 will make his annual visit to
St Paul's Episcopal Church on
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$2.50 Per Year in North CaroliM
Edenton Gets Title
To Over 800 Acres
At Base Property
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New Band Director
JAMES D. COZART
I Effective July 1, James Don
ald Cozart will be director of
John A. Holmes High School
Band. He will succeed Derwood
Bray, who has tendered his resig- 1
alion.
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RED MEN MEETING
Chowan Tribe No. 12. Improv- 1
ed Order of Red Men, will meet:
Mdnday night, April 24, at 8
o’clock. Bill Harris .sachem,
urges a full attendance.
Leo Katkaveck Is Employed As
Superintendent Os Cotton Mills
Leo Katkaveck has been em
ployed as superintendent of
Edenton Cotton Mills and as
sumed his new duties Monday
of this week. He succeeds Ru
pert Riley, who resigned in De
cember.
Mr. Katkaveck graduated
from N. C. State College in 1943
in textile manufacturing. He
played basketball and was cap
tain of the team for the 1946-
1947 and 1947-1948 seasons. He
was named outstanding senior
athlete in the class of 1948. He
Miley; corresponding secretary,
David Bateman; treasurer, Allen
B. Harless, Jr.; state director,
Caswell Edmundson; 2-year di
rectors, Nathan Owens, Jack
Habit and Bill Gardner.
Leonard Small was elected to
fill the remaining year of Tom
Shepard’s term as a director.
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Mrs. Goodwin New
Draft Board Clerk
Mrs. Kathryn H. Goodwin has
been employed as new clerk for
the Edenton Office of the Se
lective Service System, local
Draft Board No. 21 and is now
serving in that capacity.
Tire office will be open from!
9 A. M., to 1 P. M., each day
Monday through Friday. Any
men becoming 18 years of age
while the office was closed for
two weeks are requested to-re
port at once for registration.
• Alex Kehayes “Teenager Os Year’’
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had Mrs. Ernest P. Kehayes. was named "Teenager at 'the Year.
President James Perry is at left. Next is the Rev. George Holme
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FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
[Governor Terry San
j ford Cuts Ribbon Of
ficially Opening Ed
enton’s Airport
Title to the operational heart
of the former Edenton Naval
Auxiliary Air Station, consist
ing of 807 acres, has been cr
ucially granted to the Town
of Edenton for a municipal air
pert, it was announced Friday
oy Mayor John A. Mitchener,
ir.
Governor Terry Sanford, who
lew to Edenton Friday morn
:ng to attend “Inglis FI tclvr
Day” of Edenton's biennial Co
onial Pilgrimage and Country
side, cut ribbons at the new
airport’s main gate at 10:30
A. M., in a short ceremony to
officially open the new Edenton
facility.
“The deed to this splendid
facility has come to us free and
clear,” the Mayor stated, “from
General Services Administration,
Atlanta, as surplus government
property and I feel that the fu
ture benefits' to Edenton are in
calculable:”
Construction of the former
NAAS in Edenton took place
during the war years of 1942
and 1943. It was Commission-
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played twq years of professional
, basketball before entering the
textile field in 19^0.
Mr. Katkaveck comes to
Edenton from Roanoke Rapids,
where he was associated will
I the Simmons Company, now
owned by J. P. Stevens Com
pany. He is married to trie
former Miss Neysia Hinson .!
Roanoke Rapids. He has lived
at Roanoke Rapids for 11 years
and is the father of three chil
dren, two sons, Frank, 11, and
Steve 8, and a daughter, Beth, 6
By Jaycees |
Scott Harrell, left above, is
pictured presenting Tony Miley
a certificate of appreciation lor
his outstanding job as chairman
of the 1961 March of Dimes.
The certificate was presented at
the Jayeee meeting Thursday
night. —(Ricks Photo/.