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CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXVin.— Number 26.
Gilliam Wood Eliminate n
To Hitvay Commission ,|l b
Causes Albemarle Uproar
Optimism Raised, Due
To Thomas Joyner of
Northampton County
Declining Position
Though it was the general
opinion in the Alberparle sec
tion that Governor Terry San
ford would appoint Gilliam
Wood of Edenton as a State
Highway Commissioner, the area
was more or less shocked when
news leaked out late last week
that the appointment would go
t« Thomas G. Joyner of North-,
ampton County instead.
Sentiment reached a high
pitch forthwith and phone calls,
letters and telegrams went out
from the entire Albemarle in
protest of Joyner’s appointment
instead of Wood. The opinion
prevails that the area east of
Chowan River should have a
representative on the Highway
Commission.
Though the actual appointment
is not scheduled to be made un
til Governor Sanford returns
July 2 from Hawaii, where he
is attending the National Gov
ernors’ Conference, some San
ford friends in the Albemarle
have not given up hope that
Wood will get the nod for the
appointment.
This optimistic view was
strengthened Saturday when Mr.
Joyner declined the proposed i
appointment because of business
reasohs. Mr. Joyner stated that
he told Governor Sanford per
sonally that he didn’t have the
time and, therefore, would be
unable to serve.
Wood has strong support from
Continued on Pag* 6—Section 1
Negro Is Held For
Killing His Wife
Elisha Burke Bound
Over For Term of
Superior Court
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Elisha Burke, 33-year-old Ne
gro, faces a charge of murder
as the result of the death of
his wife, Mildred Burke, 30.
According to "heriff Earl
Goodwin, Burke shot his wife
with a shotgun about 4:30 o’clock
Wednesday afternoon of last
week at their home in the Wild
cat section of the county.
Burke at first alleged the
shooting was accidental, but af
ter completing an investigation
Sheriff Goodwin charged the
Negro with murder. The Sher-1
iff was assisted in the investi- (
gation by E. E. Epps of the {
State Bureau of Investigation ,
and Walter) Cohoon, District So- i
licitor.
Burke w4s given a preliminary |
hearing ii} Recorder’s Court
Tuesday afid was bound over,
for trial in Chowan Superior j
Court. !
I Need Instructor)
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John Shackelford, chairman of,
the Chowan County Red Cross
Chapter, is very anxious to hold i
Red Cross swimming classes in I
Edenton. However, he has not
been able tt> secure a Red Cross,
swimming instructor.
Anybody who can qualify for
the position and is interested is
requested to contact Mr. Shack
elford at otic*.
Highway Patrolmen Appealing
For Careful Holiday Driving j
Lccal Stkte Highway Patrol
officials p rcfrnise to use all men
afid equipment at hand during
the Fourth iof July week-end in
ap effort to reduce accidents and
ftfe futilities in this area.
Lem S. Meiggs, along
local SUite Highway patrol
men, urges all motorists to drive
wjth the same care that has
kept this area fatality-free dur
ing the past two Fourth cf July
holidays.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Safe Driving Postal Employees I
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Postmaster J. L. Chestnut! presented safe driver awards this
week to four employees of the local Post Office. The pins and
badges are given by the National Safety Council to employees
who exhibit professional driving skill and have no accidents dur
ing the year. Nathan Dail, Route 3 letter carrier, is shown above
accepting the award from Chestnut!, extreme right. Dail’s certi
ficate is for 20 years of safe, accident-free driving. During that
time he has driven over 200,000 miles delivering mail to his rural
patrons. In the photograph above are, left to right, W. M. Cozart,
five years, 70,000 miles; John E. Raines, two years, 28,000 miles;
James Stillman, city delivery. 17,000 miles; Dail and Postmaster
Chestnut!. —(Photo by Frank Twiddy).
junior Chamber Os Commerce
Sponsors Water Skiing Schools
Sponsored by the Edenton
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
water skiing schools were sched
uled to bp held Tuesday and
V‘cdlWidfly' , %f this week, and i
again today (Thursday). Schools!
will also be conducted Wednes-1
day, July 5; Thursday, July 6;
Tuesday, July 11; Wednesday,
July 12, and Thursday, July 13.
The classes will be conducted!
in front of the old Fish Hatch
ery on Pembroke Creek, begin
ning at 5 o’clock each afternoon.
Application blanks to enter;
Capt. Harold Shore
i Killed In Accident
Son-in-law of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Boyce
Os Edenton
Capt. Harold Elison Shore, a
naval aviator stationed at Camp
| Pendleton in California, was kill
■ed Sunday morning in an auto
! mobile accident. He was mar
i lied to the former Miss Frances
1 1 Boyce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
R. J. Boyce of Edenton.
Apparently lie lost control of
the car and it overturned sev
eral times. His wife and three
i Continued on Page 6—Section *
Two Edenton Boys
i I Enter Naval Academy
Bill Gpcdwin and Curtis
j Twiddy left Tuesday morning
. for Annapolis, Md., where they
entered the U. S. Naval Acad
| emy. They were accompanied '
Iby Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Goodwin |
and daughter Jean and Mrs.
.Curtis Twiddy. |
I Twiddy received the appoint- 1
' ment by Senator B. Everett
Jordan and Goodwin was ap
pointed by Congressman Her
bert Bonner.
Fourth holiday. Gates County i
had two accidents which result- j
ed in no injuries Perquimans
County recorded one accident
that left three injured and one j
dead.
For 1959 Chowan County i
again recorded no accidents. Per-!
quimans County had one acci
dent that resulted in on in- '
juries and Gates County had one
accident that resulted in two
injuries. ! ■ I
Last y egr Chowan and Per- j
“ n, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 29, 1963.
the school are now available at
Belk-Tyler's, Tasty Freeze and
Edenton Marina.
Parents or guardians will be
leqtrired to . sign an agreement
jto hold harmless tMf -Ertwßon
! Junior Chamber Os Commerce,
I its agents and personnel acting
officially or otherwise from any
and all claims, demands, acts, or
causes of action of every nature
I and character whatsoever in law
or equity which may arise or
occur as a result of any injuries
; which he may receive while en
i gaged in the skiing school.
Error Last Week
In County Budget
i Figures For Operation
Os Schools Mixed
Up In Correction
Discovered too late to be cor
rected, an error appeared in the
Chowan County budget for the
fiscal year 1961-1962 which ap
peared in last week’s issue of
The Herald. The error occurred ]
in making corrections which
were necessary to be made.
The error occurred in the
budget for the schools, where
$123,595.00 appeared for the
schools in the county unit. This
figure should have been $52,-
For Edenton schools,
$177,799.00 was listed, which
should have been $123,599.00.
The total, of course was also
misprinted, which should have
been $177,799.00 instead of $162,-
399.00 as it appeared in the
printed budget.
The budget has been corrected
and appears again in this week’s
edition.
20 Years Ago
As Found In The Files Os
The Chowan Herald
To aid in the operation of a
new and second selective service
draft, a double conference con
cerning the medical and admini
strative provision* of the act for
the eastern part of the state was
held in Edenton.
Edenton High School Band re
turned from Durham, where they
participated in an American Le
gion parade end due to their
performance, an invitation was
»tended to play ** homecoming
day when Duke eras scheduled
to play Tennessee.
Chowan County, which had al
ready fait the effect of compul
sory mintary training by the
operation of the first setectire
Continued on Page 7—Section 1
Local High School
i HangsllpEnviable
| Record For Term
l
1 16 Students Awarded
| Various Scholarship^
, Totalling $46,225 For
Best School Record
According to Hiram Mayo, su
| perintendent of John A. Holmes
; High School, 60 students gradu
ated this year. This is the
largest graduating class in the
history of the local high school
He also states that 65 per cen
of the graduates will attend col
lege or further their education
I .ns is also the highest percent
age in the history of the school.
Mr. Mayo is also proud of the
fact that the percentage of grad
uates receiving scholarships is
the highest in the history of tie
school. This record is one of
the best, if not the best, records
for any school in the state of
North Carolina.
Sixteen of these students, or
26-2/3%, won scholarships total
ing $46,225.00. The scholarship;
were awarded by colleges, uni
versities, U. S. Naval Academy,
hospitals, American Legion, Ai
. bemarle Schoolmasters Club, I
I PTA and a local citizen.
Water Safety Is
| Principal Topic At
Edenton BPW Club
i
Harry Venters Pre
sents Interesting Ad
dress on Swimming
And Bathing
An interesting and
talk on “Water Safety” by Har-1
ry Venters, assistant county
agent, featured the June meet-;
ing of the Edenton Business and I
‘Professional Women’s Club, held'
j Wednesday night of last week
lot the cottage of Mr. and Mrs.!
j Percy Smith on Chowan River. |
j Mr. Venters gave in detail the
Continued on Page 6. Section J
David Ottaway Joins
Local Funeral Home
T. B. Williford of the Willi-
I ford Funeral Home, announces
that David G. Ottaway has been
j employed as a licensed embalm
er and funeral director for the
Williford Funeral Home.
Mr. Ottaway is the son of Mr. I
and Mrs. H. J. Ottaway of Wil-i
mington, N. C.
He served, his apprenticeship J
with Ward Funeral Home, Wil-;
mington, N. C„ after which he j
entered the Cincinnati College of
Embalming, Cincinnati, Ohio,
i graduating in 1955. Since that
, time he has been with Forbes &
■Murray Funeral Home and I
I Hanes Funeral Home of Greens
j boro, N. C.
He is married to the former
Carole Newton of Greensboro,
N. C., who is a graduate of
Watts Hospital School of Nurs
ing, Durham, N. C.
The Ottaways are lfsiding at
110 W. Albemarle Street and are
members of the Episcopal
church.
Twister Wrecks Wright Property
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In picture above some idea is given of damask done to Major
Wright'* store and filling station Thursday night When a freak
twister, within a few seconds, wrecked the store M well as dam
aged the Wright home,—(Photo by J. P. Rick*. Jr.)
Legion Property Now Free Os Debt
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Above R. E. Leary, retiring finance o'ficer of Ed Bond Pert No.
40 of the American Legion, is presenting Robert Powell, raw corn
ua ,dci of the nod, a dcc-1 for the Legion property as being paid
n full. Bbsidc Powell is David White, outgoing commander. Next
5 M J. L. Chestnult, new president of the Legion Auxiliary, and
4rs. Mack Rogeison, outgoing president.—(Ricks Photo).
Roanoke l howan J .eamio Meets
ij i
Good win To Art As President
Chub Goodman, owner of
Chub’s Place ana Joe’s' ; Drive-
In' in Edenton, has been elected
| president of the Roanoke-Clio
; wan Baseball League. Goodman
lis very well qualified for the
: job, having played profes
[sional baseball for IV yeui.;. It"
i made his debut in organiz'd
| baseball- when he .was only 13
!years of age in the Albemarle
League. He played with the
j Hertford Indians
| Goodman went into proses
• sional hall and went as high as
Mayor Mitchener
! Urges Support In
J ‘Hire Now’ Drive
Secs Job Drive as Ne
i eessity to Maintain
i Healthy and Sound
Economy
Mayor John Mitchener is call
i ing upon Edenton employers to
! “slaff their plants and businesses
I
now to prove their faith in the
tree enterprise system."
His appeal was made in a
proclamation endorsing the na
tionwide “Hire Now” drive be
ing spearhede .1 in Edenton by
j the Edenton office of the Noitii
j Carolina State Employment
I Service. The drive lias also
j been endorsed by Governor Ter
jry Sanford.
Slogan for the campaign is
“When They Work, You Profit, .
Hire Now."
Mayor Mitchener sard the
drive is being undertaken to j
■onlinupd on Pago S—Section >
Health Department
Closed Three Days
The local Health Department j
was closed Wednesday of this
week and will be closed today
(Thursday) and Friday. The
closing is due to the Public
Health Convention which is be
ing held in Greensboro.
Rochester, N. Y., in AAA and
was headed for the majors, but
! began his decline because of an
injury. He belonged to the St.
Louis Cardinals, He also had a
13-year career in football.
Goodman is very much inter
ested in baseball and says he is
out to help in any way he can
to maintain organized baseball
in this area.
The Roanoke-Chowan League
is composed of four teams, Au
lander, Colerain, Creswell and
Rocky Hock. Goodman is a na
tive of Hertford.
Special Meeting j
j For Jr. C. Os C. Is
Called For Tonight
President Bill Easter
ling Emphasizes Im
portance of All Mem
bers to Attend
Bill Easterling, president of
tlie Edenton Junior Chamber of
Commerce, announces that a
special meeting of the Javcees
will be held tonight (Thursday)
at 7 o’clock at the Edenton Res
taurant. This meeting is term
ed “College of Knowledge," says
Mr. Easterling in that it will be
an orientation program for all
members. It will have to do
with the history, organization,
various activities, the set-up of
national, district and local Jay
ceea.
Mr. Easterling extends a cor
dial invitation to all prospective
Jayeees to attend the meeting
and emphasizes the urgency for
all members to be present.
Four guest speakers are sched
uled to appear on the program.
These are A1 Sharp of Lumber
ton, immediate past president of
North Carolina Jaycees; George
Saleeby of Grifton, a national
director; W. 11. tßeans) Weather
ly of Elizabeth City, vice presi
dent of North Carolina Jaycees,
and West Byrum, who will pre
sent a history and organization
of the Edenton Jaycees.
Employment Office
Closed On July 4th
B. A. Bailey announces that
the Edenton Employment Office
will be closed Tuesday, July 4,
due to the observance of Inde-'
pendence Day. People scheduled 1
to file (jheir claims on July 4,
arc requested to file on Tuesday,
July 11, for two weeks.
calendar]
An election to authorise the
issuance of $289,000 school build
ing bonds will be held Tuesday,
July 11, with polls open from
6:30 A. M. to 6:30 P. M.
A special meeting of the Eden
ton Junior Chamber of Com
merce has been called for to
night (Thursday) at 7 o'clock at
the Edenton Restaurant.
A community meeting will be
held tonight (Thursday) at 8 ■
o'clock in the Advance Com
munity Building 1
Continued on Page 6, Section 1
$2.50 Per Year In North Carotin?
Town Councilmen
Able To Maintain
Tax Rate Os SI.OO
. Attends Boys State
Y |
RONNIE TOPPIN
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Troy Top- j
pin. Rennie Toypin above, was j
one of three Chowan County
boys who attended Boys’ State;
in Charel Hill last week. Ron- j
nie, a senior next year at Cho- j
wan High School, was sponsor
ed by Ed Bond Post No. 40 of
the American Legion.
Red Men Elect
New Set Officers
Edgar Rogerson Now
Sachem of Chowan
Tribe
1
Chowan Tribe No. 12, Improv-1
ed Order of Red Men. elected J
officers for a six-months term at|
its meeting Monday night.
The officers elected were:
Prophet, Bill Harris: sachem. Ed
gar Rogerson: senior Sagamore.j
Obed I.ee;'junior sagamore, Os-!
car Peeples; trustee for 18.
months, William E. Barrow.
This group of officers will be!
installed at the tribe’s meeting;
next Monday night. July 3, by
Clyde Hollowell, tribal deputy!
Great Sachem.
John M. Bond
Dies Suddenly
John Manning Bond, 68, died
Sunday afternoon at 6:10 o’clock
in the Albemarle Hospital at
Elizabeth City after a 10-hour;
illness. A native of Chowan!
County, he was a retired Civil
Service employee.
He is survived by his wife, I
Mrs. Julia Dodson Bond: twot
daughters by his former marri- '
age to Mrs Mary Bruce Bond, 1
Mrs. Elizabeth Casciano of
Hampton, Va.. and. Mrs. Mar
garet Pethley of San Diego. Cal.,
and four grandchildren.
He was a member of the
Edenton Methodist Church and:
1 a veteran of World War I.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock
in the Methodist Church. The
pastor, the Rev. Ralph Fowlkes, j
officiated and burial was in :
Beaver Hill Cemetery.
Palibearers were Joe Conger.
Jr., Elton Forehand. Dr. Ed!
Bond, Allen Boyd Harless, Jr., j
W. E. Bond, Jr., Tom Shepard. ;
Billy Gardner and Charles
Wood, Jr. I
National Guard Unit Returns
From Camping At Fort Bragg
Members of the Edenton Na
tional Guard Unit returned home
near noon Sunday after spend
ing two weeks in camp at Fort
Bragg. The local outfit is a
I member of the 2nd Battle Group
j of the 119th Infantry, command
•ed by Lt. Col. Herbert H. Tay
j lor, Jr., of Tarboro.
The group was awarded the i
Division Commander’s trophy for
being the most outstanding
marching unit in the 30th Di
vision Review. This was the
second year in succession that
the 2nd Battle Group of the j
119th Infantry has earned this
coveta(| award. Unit of this
Battle-|Group are: HQ & HQ
Co., Rjpcky Mount, commanded
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Following Two Special
Meetings Budget Is
Tentatively Approved
Tuesday Night
i
' Meeting in lengthy special ses
sion Monday and Tuesday nights
of this week, Town Councilmen
on Tuesday night approved a
entativc budget for the Town
of Edenton for the fiscal year
1961-62. The proposed budget
was presented by the Finance
Committee composed of George
A. Byrum and A1 Phillips after
they spent many long hours
delving through a mass of fig
ures and meeting with heads of
various departments to scrutinize
each individual budget as pre
viously presented. The commit
tee was highly commended for
the very efficient work done in
[ preparing the budget.
While a few more figures
might be subject to change, the
Councilmen feel certain that the
tax rate can be held at SI.OO
per SIOO property valuation, the
same as last year.
Total estimated disbursements
for the fiscal year amount to
$211,666.75. This amount in
cludes $10,162.72 for administra
>n. $36,526.00 for the Police
Department, $105,053.03 for the
Street Department, $20,175.00 for
the Fire Department and $38,-
86(1 00 for other expenses.
Continued on Page 2—Section t
New Officers For
Local Pocahontas
'Mrs. Betsy Jackson Is
Selected as New
Pocahontas
Chowanoke Council No. 54,
Degree of Pocahontas, elected of
ficers for a six-months term at
its meeting Thursday night.
Those eleetpd were: Prophetess,
Mrs. Myrtle T.vnch; Pocahontas,
Mrs. Betsy Jackson; Wenona,
Mrs. Virginia Williams; Powha
tan, J. Edwin Bufflap; Keeper of
Records, Mrs. Beatrice Harrell;
Collector of Wampum, Mrs. Myr
tle HolloWelt. and Keeper of
Wampum. Mrs. Ella Gray Potts.
These officers will be installed
at the next meeting, July 13,
by Mis. Louise Pratt, tribal dep
uty Great Pocahontas.
Mrs. Cozzens Breaks
Hip In Fall At Home
Mrs, W. I. Cozzens had the
misfortune to fall at her home
on West Gale Street about noon
Sunday which resulted in break
ing her hip. She was taken to
the Norfolk General Hospital
Sunday, where she was schedul
ed to undergo an operation on
Tuesday.
| Business Stops j
>- v*
Business in Edenton will be
virtually at a standstill next
Tuesday, July 4, due to the ob
servance of Independence Day,
Practically every place of busi
ness will be closed for the day
in order to provide a holiday for
employees and employers alike.
by Capt. Sol Hertzberg; Co. A
of Windsor, commanded by Capt.
Aubrey Harrell: Co. B. Ahoskie,
commanded by Capt. James Mar
tin: Co. C, Elizabeth City, com
manded by Ist. Lt. Walden Hem;
Co. D, Tarboro. commanded by
Capt. Linwood Brock; Co. E,
Farmville. commanded by Capt.
John J. McDavid, Jr.; C/S Co.,
Edenton, commanded by Capt
Richard T. Duke.
Members of the Edenton Unit
who attended camp were:
Captains 0-3 Richard Duke
and Charlie Swanner.
First Lieutenants 0-2—Dallas
L. Jethro, Jr., Joseph W. Park
er, John E. R. Perry, Joseph K.
Continued on Pag* 2—Section 1