ONLY NEWSPAPER
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CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXVni. —Number 22.
Merchants Stage “Cv- cus Os Values” For Three Days
Mrs. Marvin Evans
State Winner For
Leadership Award
Will Be Presented A
& P Silver Tray at
Farm Home Week In
Raleigh
It has just been announced
that Mrs. Marvin Evans, a
member of the Oak Grove Home
Demonstration Club, has been
chosen one of 12 Home Demon
stration Club members in the
state to receive the A & P Tea
Company’s Leadership Award
for this year. As a reward she,
together with the other 11 win
ners, will be presented a silver
tray by the A & P Company
July 13 at the annual Awards
Night program during Farm
Home "Week.
Mrs. Marvin Evans has six
years perfect attendance as a
member of Oak Grove Home
Demonstration Club. She has
not missed a meeting since join
ing the club, and has served as
county home garden project
ohairman, local publicity chair
man and local family life leader.
She has served as treasurer of
her local club for several years.
Mrs. Evans was very instru
mental in organizing the Oak
Grove Community 4-H Club 1
36 members and has worked
very closely with the members
of this club. The Oak Grove
Community 4-H Club has had
several local, county, district and
state winners, for which Mrs.
Evans can claim a great deal of
credit as a result of her close
association aryj'jnwfk in helping
these ipertißers with their pro
jects (4M demonstratiorfs. ~
Lewis jSvans, her «pn, was
State Forestry wirier in 1960.
She and Mrs. W. L. Forbes of
Shawboro, Camden County, were
recognized as the two A & P
Leadership Award winners for
this year at a recent 25th Fed
erated District meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Evans and four I
of their six children won 46
medals and certificates at the
County 4-H Achievement Day
program.
This leadership award is di
vided into three parts club
member’s participation in Home
Demonstration Club work, 4-H
Club work and overall communi
ty activities. Mrs. Evans is
very outstanding in all three.
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Sponsored by the Edenton
Chamber of Commerce, a "Cir
cus of Values" will be held in
Edenton Friday and Saturday,
Juna 2 and 3 and Monday, June
3. during which many bargains
will be offered the buying pub
lic.
A public hearing will be held
in the Court House Friday night,
June 2, at 7:30 o'clock to give
sportsmen an opportunity to ex
press their opinions regarding
the 1961-1962 hunting and trap
ping regulations.
VFW Auxiliary will meet to
night (Thursday) at 8 o'clock.
Edenton firemen will hold
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Chowan Cooperative Produce
Exchange Will Open June 7th
Announcement was made this
week that the Chowan Coopera
tive Produce Exchange will open
far the 1961 season Wednesday
afternoon, June 7, at 1 o'clock.
The exchange is located gt Val
halla on N. C. Route 32, about
six miles north of Edenton.
Crops offered for sale during,
the season will include squash,
snap beans, cucumbers, com,
cabbage, cantaloupes, peppers,
watermelons and other vege
tables grown in the county and
this area. All will be soM by
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ger and auctioneer, with Wiflis
THE CHOWAN HERALD
j Public Hearing |
Friday night, June 2, a public
heai'ing will be held in the Cho
wan County Court House for the
entire First District. The hear-,
ing is one of a series being held
throughout the state in order to
give sportsmen an opportunity to I
express their opinions regarding |
hunting and trapping regulations!
for the 1961-1962 season.
F inal Exercises
At Holmes High
Sixty-one graduates of the
John A. Holmes High School j
were awarded diplomas at grad-i
uation exercises Monday night'
by Supt. of City Schools Hiram
Mayo. The class was presented
by the principal, Cecil Fry.
The invocation was delivered
by the Rev. E. C. Alexander,
pastor of the First Christian
Church. Alex Kehayes, presi
dent of the senior class, intro
duced the speaker, Dr. Selz
Mayo, professor and head of the
Department of Rural Sociology
at N. C. State College.
Dr. Mayo spoke on ‘‘The Free
dom to Dream” stressing “We
are such things as dreams are
made of.” He told the seniors
that their generation is the im
portant generation, as it is in
their hands whether there will
be another generation.
, .Jt dreams to answer
'many' -qflgXt'lEßw ■■**. =th*r--*rutur*,
Which will determine the des-
Uiny of many he said. Among
these dreams are ways to moti
vate men and women to greater
education. Mayo cited that to
day of the 100 students who en
ter school in North Carolina
only 40 graduate. He pointed
out the need for additional voca
tional and job opportunities in
order to keep young people in
the state.
Among the dreams for the fu
ture that must be solved is
peace for the world. Mayo said,
“We must understand all peo
ples and their ways and pre
pare our minds for the battle
for peace”.
He said we must also dream
of a better way of life, as our
world population is increasing
50 million per year and at this
rate the population by 2000
A.D., will be doubled. For a
better life it must be controlled.
The problem' of control of suf
fering where many of the peo
ple of the world do not have
enough to eat must be solved,
he added.
In order to have dreams there
must be the freedom of new
ideas he said and “we must
maintain the ability to freely
dream”. ‘The ideas must come,”
he said.
Valedictorian was Jimmy Ar
lyn Rogerson and salutatorian
was Mildred Gordon Price.
Supt. Mayo announced the
awarding! of a ministerial schol
arship to George Nixon.
W. A. Harrell, president; E. L.
Pearce, vice president, and C.
M. Evans, secretary treas
urer. The directors include W.
A. Harrell, E. L. Pearce, C. M.
Evans, L. C: Bunch, Lindsay Ray
Bunch, J. F. Ward and T. C.
Bunch.
Last year the total value of
sales at the exchange increased
over the previous year and it is
reported that acreage this year
is about the same as lest year.
Crops are expected to run about
two weeks later than last year
due to wpather conditions, but
officials anticipate business to be
as good or better than in 1960.
"Auction sales will be held for
non-members as in the past,
and all types of baskets and
containers'wm be handled by
the exchange for members and
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 1, 1961.
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Edenton Women Prc tit At Federation Meeting In Pinehurst j
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Edenton Women's Club members Dlaved a leading part in the 59th annual convention of North
Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs held recently in the Carolina Hotel at Pinehurst. District
16, the hostess district, made up 1 of 15 clubs from Eastern North Carolina, were identified by
their English style caps and their historic costumes. Much of the credit for a successful con
vention can be contributed to the fine work of the women of District 16. This photo shows a
few of the members from Edenton, including, left to right. Mrs. J. D. Elliott, Mrs. Wesley Ches
son. Jr„ Mrs. J. M. Thorud and Mrs. Elwood Nixon.—(Photo by John C. Hemmer).
The Rev. Carl Hart
SpeaksToSeniors
Os Chowan High
“The Certainties Os
Life” Subject Os
Address
The ’ RevV Car*' Hart, pastor of
Ballard’s Bridge Baptist Church,
addressed the graduating class
•of Chowan High School Sunday
night on “The Certainties of
Life” at the baccalaureate ser
vice.
He told the graduates that
they were crossing the threshold
of a new age, the atomic and
space age, where they would
find themselves in the midst of
many changes and uncertain
ties. However, he said, in spite
of these changes and uncertain
ties there are some things that
never change—“things that we
can nail down as certainties of
life”.
The Rev. Hart continued “It is
a certainty that life can not be
lived over. Yesterday is his
tory regardless of the pheno
menal powers of man, he is un
able to turn back- even one page
of life and live it over. There
fore it is imperative that we
make the best of each day that
God has given us.”
“It is certain that truth will
never be purchased at a cheap
er rate. So called ‘cheap love’
has filled our divorce courts
and emptied our homes, so call
ed white lies have filled our
jails and emptied our church
es, so called shady living has
filled our bar rooms and emp
tied our fellowship halls. Hon
esty, love and purity will never
be put on sale at a reduced
price,” he said.
“It is a certainty that we are
made free. God made us dif
ferent in that he made us free
to choose. We are free to choose
whom we will serve, self or fel
lowrnan; we are free to choose
who will be our judge, society
or God; we are free to choose
what stand we will take in life,
to trust in our own merit or to
trust in the saving grace of
God’s Son.”
He concluded with a chal
lenge to the graduates in the
midst of the uncertainties of this
age to nail down the certainties
which would stabilize their lives
amidst the storms of the age.
The Rev. Henry V. Napier de
livered the invocation and the
Rev. H. C. Leake the benedic
tion.
AUXILIARY MEETS TONIGHT
The American Legion Auxili
ary will meet tonight (Thurs
day) at 8 o’clock at the home
of Mrs. E. L. HolloweU on North
Broad -Street Mrs. Mack Roger
son requests all members to at-
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MRS. MARVIN EVANS
Mrs. Marvin Evans, Route 1,
Edenton, member of the Oak
Grove Home Demonstration Club
has been chosen one of the
twelve Home. Demonstration
Club members in' the Stale to
receive A&P Leadership Award
this year. The award goes to!
two outstanding women per su
pervisory district in the State
each year.
Plans Progress
For Local CAP
Plans progressed, for the form
ing of a Civil Air Patrol to be
based in Edenton at the third
organizational meeting held last
Thursday at the Hotel Joseph
Hewes. Eighteen men were
present to fill application forihs.
The total number of partici
pants is expected to number 25
according to Haughton Ehring
haus, chairman.
Col. Daniel T. Li! ley, Com
mander of the CAP’s Group II
in Kinston, was present for the
meeting. He was accompanied
by Communications Officer Cap
tain Gilliam Parker and Pilot
Lee Thomas, who answered
questions.
A nominating committee was
named to present names for
commandiny officer and other
posts. Appointed were J. M.
Robinson, chairman; John Mitch
ener, W. E. Bond, James P.
Ricks, rJt\, ’and Johriny Good
win.
The .group also met Tuesday
night fbr identification photo
graphs .and finger printing.
LOCAL WATERS STOCKED
WlfH LARGEMOUTH BASS
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According to R. E. Evans, Cho
wan County Wildlife Protector,
8,000 large-mouth bass were re
leased recently in the waters of
Pembroke Creek, Burnt Mill
Creek, Bennett’s Mill Pond and
Dillon Pond. These fish aver
aged IV4 inches long and were
produced at the State Pish
Hatchery located near Fayette
ville. -
Rev. Ralph Fowlkes
Speaks To Seniors
Os John Holmes HS
“The Wealthy Life”
Subject of Address
Sunday Night
“The Wealthy Life” was the
subject of the Rev. R. E.
Fowlkes’ commencement sermon
to the 61 graduates of the John
A. Holmes High School Sunday
night in the school auditorium.
The Rev. Fowlkes told the
seniors that “true wealth in this
life lies in spiritual treasures.”
He said a wealthy life is con
cerned with what a, person is in
stead of who a person becomes
He cited- the late Superintendent
John A. Holmes as an example
of a person who lived -a wealthy
life. ' >
k He placed emphasis -oil the
importance of young people hav
ing direction in their lives and
the fact that more will be ex
pected of them in an adult
world. He cautioned that earth
ly treasures alone would lead to
insecurity and that only with
spiritual treasures, too, would a
full life be obtained.
Mayor Proclaims
June Dairy Month
In recognition of the dairy in
dustry and its products. Mayor
John A. Mitchener has proclaim
ed the month of June as “Dairy
Month” in Edenton.
Mayor Mitchener reminds lo
cal citizens that every man, wo
man and child benefits from the
wealth and physical well-being
which originates from the dairy
industry and its products. He,
therefore, urges all citizens, civic
and business associations to co
operate in the observance of
“Dairy Month”.
Jaycees Insecticide
Drive Friday Night
Friday night, June 2, Edenton
Jaycees will conduct their an
nual insecticide drive. A group
of the members will meet at
6:30 o’clock and begin on a can
vass of homes in Edenton to sell
their wares.
The Jaycees are hopeful that
they will meet with many sales
in order to help raise funds for
local projects. In charge of the
drive are Britton Byrum and
John Paul Bass.
VFW MEETS TUESDAY
William H. Coffield, Jr., Post
No. 9280, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, will meet Tuesday night,
June 6, at 8 o’clock. Command
er John Bass requests all mem
bers to be present
15 Members Os
| Graduating Class
Presented Awards
Group Honored Dur
ing Class Night Ex
ercises Held Friday
Night
Fifteen members of the grad
uating class at John A. Holmes
High School were honored Fri
day night when they were pre
sented as winning various schol
arships at Class Night exercises.
The winners were recognized at
the close of the program which
followed presentation of various
awards.
The 15 scholarship winners
were Ronald Bunch, Mary Ann
Hare, Fred Britton, Milly Price,
Mary Ann Overton, Alex Ke
hayes, George Nixon, Jimmy
Rogerson, Bill Goodwin, Curtis
Twiddy, Sally Privott, Bubba
Hopkins, Jerry Tolley, Leroy |
Spivey and Jimmy White.
Vaiious awards went to the
following:
Bud Skiles —Arion Award spon-j
soied by the Edenton Lions Club I
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Final Exercises
At Chowan High
Commencement exercises came
to a close .at Chowan High
School Wednesday night when
graduation exercises were held, j
The graduation speaker was I
Dr. Ralph Brimley, director of
extension at East Carolina Col
lege. He was introduced by Su
perintendent W. J. Taylor.
Dr. Brimley holds degrees
from North Carolina State Col
iege, the University of North
Carolina, and George Washing-j
ton University, Washington.
D. C. In 1957 he became Di-j
rector of Public Relations at 1
East Carolina College, and cur- j
rently is Director of Extension, j
He is a life member of the j
N.C.E.A.; the N.E.A.; National!
Dept, of Elementary School Prin
cipals; National Department of
Secondary School Principals, and;
the American Association of j
Schooi Administration.
Various awards were present
ed during the program and Prin- j
cipal R. H. Copeland presented j
the diplomas to graduates. Two!
delightful numbers were present-)
ed by the Glee Club.
Class Night exercises were!
held Friday night with David j
J. Johnson directing the pro- J
gram, “The Parting of the!
Braves.”
The baccalaureate service was|
held Sunday night, when thej
sermon was delivered by the
Rev. Carl Hart, pastor of Bal-!
lard’s Bridge Baptist Church, j
Special music included two num-!
bers by the school’s Glee Club.
Rocky Hock Orioles
Join Baseball League
Announcement was made thus
week that the Rocky Hock Ori
oles will participate in the Roa
noke-Chowan Baseball League
this year. This action was tak
en at a meeting Tuesday night
in Colerain of 14 representatives
from Aulander, Edenton, Rocky
Hock and Colerain.
Plans were discussed for re
organizing the league and play
ing either a 20 or 28-game
schedule for the season or two
games each week. Rocky Hock
will play their home games at
Chowan Park.
Another meeting is scheduled
to be held Friday night in the
Colerain High School gymnasium
and any other teams which
might be interested are welcome.
20 Years Ago
A* Found In The File* Os
The Chowan Herald
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J. H. Conger as chairman put
machinery in motion in Chowan
County to raise funds for the
USO.
Edenton Rol&ri&ns unanimous
ly agreed to become sole spon
sor* at the Edenton Boy Scout
troop.
Mias Marcia Kepler was voted
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$2.50 Per Year In North Carolim
Many Stores Will
Present Bargains
On June 2,3 And 5
Naval Appointee
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CURTIS A. TWIDDY, JR.
Announcement was made last
week that Senator B. Everett
Jordan had appointed Curtis A.
Twiddy, Jr., to the U. S. Naval
Academy at Annapolis, Mary
land. Young Twiddy is a mem- :
ber of the 1961 graduating class
at John A. Holmes High School.
Curtis A. Twiddy
Gets Appointment
ToNaval Academy
Scheduled to Report
At Annapolis July 5
To Begin Training as
Student
Curtis Andrew Twiddy, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis A.
Twiddy, of 1101 North Oakum
Street, has been appointed to
the U. S. Naval Academy at
Annapolis, Maryland, by Senator
B. Everett Jordan. He was se
lected because of his scholastic
and physical qualifications.
Curtis is a member of the
graduating class of 1961 of the
John A, Holmes High School.
He is a member of the Edenton
Baptist Church, was a member
of the school-year book staff, a
member of the newspaper staff
and a member of the debating
team during his senior year.
Curtis is duo to report to the
Naval Academy on or about
July 5, to start training.
Another Pickled
Herring Breakfast
Another pickied herring and
herring roc breakfast will be
| served at the Edenton Metho
dist Church Saturday morning,
June 3, from 7 to 9 o’clock.
The breakfast is sponsored by
the Methodist Men’s Club and
two previous ones were very
popular and successful, so that
the club, at its last meeting, de
cided to try another one.
Ceremony Held Saturday To
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Unveil John A. Holmes Portrait
An unveiling ceremony of the:
portrait of the late John A. j
Holmes was held at the Eden- j
ton Elementary School Saturday;
afternoon. May 27. at 2:30
o'clock. Presiding at the cere-;
mony was Ernest A. Swain, j
principal of the Elementary
School.
The invocation was given by
the Rev. R. E. Fowlkes, pastor j
of the Edenton Methodist,
Church, of which Mr. Holmes
was an active member for many!
years.
Unveiling of the portrait was
by Nancy Holmes, six-year-old
granddaughter of Mr. Holmes.,
and daughter of Mr. and Mrs.;
John A. Holmes, Jr., of Ra- (
leigh.
Hiram Mayo, Superintendent'
of Edenton City Schools, made!
the presentation of the portrait,
and J. H. Conger, Sr., Chairman!
of the Edenton City School
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Unique Event Again
Planned as a Promo
tion to Boost Busi
ness In Edenton
Quite a few Edenton mer
chants have joined together to
celebrate a “Circus of Values,”
which will be held Friday and
Saturday, June 2 and 3 and
Monday, June 5. The idea is
sponsored by the Merchants
Committee of the Edenton
Chamber of Commerce of which
George A. Byrum is chairman.
During these three days local
merchants are planning to of
fer many outstanding bargains,
calculated to make it very
worthwhile for shoppers to visit
the cooperating stores. Prices on
many items will be reduced es
pecially for the event, so that
substantial savings can be rea
lized for those who take ad
vantage of this promotional idea.
The event has been widely ad
vertised with an eight page sec
tion of the bargains sent to ail
parts of the Albemarle section.
A number of previous promo
tional events have been staged
by Edenton merchants, which
proved to be very beneficial and
with the type of bargains offer
ed during the “Circus of
Values," it is the opinion of
ihose in charge that the coming
event will help boost sales and
result in many customers rea
lizing substantial savings.
Merchants cooperating in the
“Circus of Values” will be the
following:
P A- Q Super Market, Western
Auto Associate Store, A & P
Super Maret, Campen's Jewelers,
Belk-Tyler’s, Quinn Furniture of
Edenton, Byrum Hardware Co.,
The Betty Shoppe, Hughes-Park
er Hardware Co., Mitchener’s
Pharmacy, The Jill Shoppe,
Edenton Furniture Co., Hollo
well's Rexall Drug Store. Co
lonial Furniture Co., Western
Gas Service, Tots & Teens Shop.
Rose’s 5-10 & 25c Store, Elliott
Company of Edenton, Ross Jew
elers, Ralph E, Parrish, Inc.,
Cuthrell’s Dept. Store, Phthisic’s
Super Market, Bell’s, and Grif
fin's Musicenter.
4-H Program At
Rocky Hock Today
This (Thursday) afternoon at
3 o’clock the annual Chowan
County 4-H dress revue, health
pageant and talent show will be
hel dat the Rocky Hock Com
munity Center. The public is
cordially invited to attend this
usually outstanding event.
There will be three divisions
in the dress revue, senior, jun
ior and apron competition.
AUXILIARY MEETS TONIGHT
The VFW Auxiliary will hold
a business meeting tonight
(Thursday) at 8 o'clock. Mr-
Anita Connor, president, urges
every member to attend.
; Board, made the acceptance
! speech on behalf of the school
| board.
i Many friends and relatives
of the family of Mr. Holmes
' were present for the ceremony
J and letters from friends regret
ting their absence were read by
j Mr. Swain. Benediction was
given by the Rev. MV. Fowlkes,
i The portrait of the late Mr.
j Holmes was a gift from the
, Edenton Elementary School sac
! ulty and principal. It was paint
|ed by Artist Jean Spencer of
, New York City and will hang
* in the hallway of the Element
ary School.
i Mr. Holmes, who was Super
i intendent of Edenton schools for
i 38 years and for whom the John
'A. Holmes High School was
| named, was active in many
'phases of education, church and
' civic activities, throughout the
community.