ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
CHOW AN COUNTY
Volume XXVIII -Number 27.
Chowan County Cit is sns Will
Decide s2B9,oooSchool Bond
Issue Next Tuesday, July 11th
Amount Necessary to
Make Additions at
Colored School, John
Holmes High School
And Chowan High i
Next Tuesday, July'll, Cho
wan County voters have the op
portunity to cast their ballots
for or against the issuance of
bonds in the amount of $289,000.
The money is desired to finance
the cost of additions at John A.
Holmes High School, Chowan
High School and the Edenton
Colored high school.
The polls for the election will
be open at the six precincts
from 6:30 A. M„ to 6:30 P. M.
It is again pointed out that only
those voters who are listed inj
the county registration books
will be eligible to oast a ballot
in the election. The ballot willi
have two blocks in which the
voter can express his wishes by
voting either “For” or “Against”
the bond issue.
Some opposition has develop
ed against the bond issue, but
school officials say that some of
the facts appearing have been
distorted.
In order that voters may be
intelligently informed exactly
what the $289,000 bond issue will
be used for, the following has
been submitted by school of
ficials:
Os the $289,000 requested,
$100,085 will be earmarked for
the Edenton Colored high school.
This includes the addition of
eight classrooms, toilets and a
library estimated to cost $116,-
600. A vocational agricultural
shop classroom and industrial
arts shop is estimated to cost
$53,250 Drainage and land
scaping Will cost $5,325 and to
cover walkways between all
three buildings will cost $14,900.
It is pointed out that the
school is now overcrowded ■ by
three classrooms and the school
is growing at the rate of one
classroom per year, so that four
additional classrooms will be
needed in 1962.
The St. John’s School has been
condemned, and the two class
rooms at that schpol will have
to be moved to the Edenton
Colored school for the 1962 term,
so that a total of six extra class
rooms will be needed in 1962.
At Chowan High School it is
planned to add two new class
rooms and a lunch room. This
is estimated to cost SBB,OOO.
The least amount will be spent
at John A. Holmes High School,
where $10,650 will be earmark
ed. This amount is necessary
for constructing a dressing room
for boys. This will be added
to the gymnasium for use in
connection with physical edu
cation and athletics. It will not
be built on Hicks Field.
Covering of the walkways be
tween the building at the Color
ed school is deemed necessary in
order to prevent pupils from
getting wet while going to the
lunch room, auditorium, library
and gymtorium during bad
weather.
20 Years Ago
As Found In The Files Os
The Chowan Herald
After serving as Clerk of Cho
way County Superior Court for
IS years, Richard D. Dixon was
administered the oath of office
4a a Superior Court judge by
Judge C. E. Thompson of Elisa
beth City. Mr. Dixon was ap
pointed a special Superior Court
judge by Governor J. M. Brough
ton.
C. W. Overman was singled
out by H. A. Campon and his
troop committee ae an ideal per
son te act as Scoutmaster.
Father Francis J. McCourt
succeeded Father Arthur J. Ra
cette as pastor of Si. Ann's
Catholic Church in Eden ton.
J. W. Davis was re-elected as
president of flw Chamber of
f Ernest L. White was tnstaltod
as sachein of Chowan Tribo of
Red Mea. . y- .
In MfMffllliliAii n| aL. inldlitllll
THf CHOWAN HERALD
$46,225 In Scholarships Won
By Holmes High ’6l Graduates
With John A. Holmes High
School hanging up what might
Ibe a state record byway of
scholarship awards among the
1961 graduates, it will be inter
esting to note just how the $46,-
225 in scholarship awards was
distributed among the 16 grad
uates or 23-2/3% of the class of
60 who graduated.
The names of the winners,
type of scholarship and college |
land total amount of scholarships)
follow:
Bubba Hopkins—Athletic, East j
Carolina College. Four years,
$4,000.
I Leroy Spivey Athletic, East j
Carolina College. Four years,!
$4,000.
Jimmy White Athletic, East
Carolina College. Four years,
$4,000.
Jerry Tolley Athletic, East
Carolina College. Four years,
$4,000.
Fred Britton Athletic, Fred
erick College. Four years,
$4,000.
Jimmy Rogerson Academic,
University of North Carolina.
Four years, $5,000.
New Members On
Advisory Board
Chowan County Commission
ers on Monday approved new
membership of the Chowan
County Extension Advisory
Board. The term of office of
this seven-member board has ex
pired, so that a new group of
members has been named.
Those ’Vhosfcr'terms have ex
pired include Robert S. Marsh,
Mrs. E. N. Elliott, Dallas Jethro, I
J.r„ E. S. White, Eugene Jor
dan, George Lewis and W. H.
Sawyer.
New appointments to, the
board include Henry Hinton, C.
J. Hollowell, T. O. Asbell,
Woodrow Lowe, Richard S. At
kinson, Jr., Mrs. Marvin Evans
and Andrew Littlejohn.
The purpose of this board isi
to consider problems and activi
ties of the farm program in the
county.
Jones Reappointed
As Tax Supervisor
Chowan County Commissioners
on Monday morning appointed
William P. Jones as county tax
supervisor for a two-year term.
Mr. Jones’ term has not ex
pired, but the appointment was
made in order to be in line
with the calendar of duties for
county officials prepared by the
Institute of Government.
Mr. Jones had another year
to serve under his previous ap
pointment, so that the Com
missioners’ action Monday will
extend his term of office another
year.
OFFICIAL BOARD MEETING
The official board of the
Methodist Church will meet
Monday night, July 10, at 8
o’clock at the church. All mem
bers are especially urged to at
tend this meeting, the first in
the new church year.
Jaycees Hold Very Successful
Road Block For Safe Driving
During Fourth Os July Holiday
Eden ton Jaycees, in coopera-i
tion with State Highway Patrol,!
conducted a very successful road
block Friday afternoon from 2:30
to 5:30 o’clock in front of the
American Legion building on
Route 17 south. The project was
carried out in order to promote
safe driving over the Fourth of
July holidays, with 22 Edenton
Jaycees participating.
| During the three hours the
road block was in operation, 671
cars were stopped. Thg Jaycees
and highway patrolmen passed
cut 1300 bottles of Double Cola
a. f V. ilasst. iVia.f nrf
to tne motorists ana aistnoutea
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 6,1961.
Bill Goodwin Academic,
i Wake Forest. Four years, $5,000.
Appointment, U. S. Naval Acad
emy. Four years, $5,000. (Ac
cepted).
Milly Price—Veterans Admin
istration, Woman’s College. Four
I years, $5,000.
Curtis Twiddy Appointment,
|U. S. Naval Academy. Four
; years, $5,000.
j Sally Privott American Le
i gion, Woman’s College. One
j year, SI,OOO.
! Alex Kehayes Academic,
Duke University. One year,
I S4OO.
Mary Ann Hare Academic,
Woman’s College. Two scholar
ships at SIOO each.
Ronald Bunch Bus driver,
State College. One year, SIOO.
George Nixon—Essay, King’s
College. One year, S3OO. Eden
ton Citizen, King’s College. S3OO
per year for seven years.
Mary Ann Overton—Academic,,
Louise Obici Memorial Hospital.
One year, SIOO.
Ei win Griffin 111 Academic,
State College. SSOO for four
years.
Rotary Installs
New President
Edenton’s Rotary Club will
meet this (Thursday) afternoon
at 1 o’clock in the Parish House.
At this meeting Richard Atkin
son will be installed as presi
dent, succeeding Elton Forehand.
All Rotarians are especially
urged to be present.
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Edenton And Merry
Hill Girls Winners In
Sterling Silver Contest
An Edenton and a Merry Hill
girl were among the 1961 high
school graduates who will be
receiving prizes of handsome
sterling silver flatware as win
ners in the nationwide “Gradu
ate to Sterling” contest spon
sored by the Sterling Silver
smiths of America. Each girl
qualified for the contest by reg
istering the name of her favorite
pattern with a local sterling re
tailer.
Winners were selected from
some 70,000 entrants in a nation
al drawing in New York City.
They will be presented with
their sterling silver prizes early
in August by the store at which
they registered.
Winners from this area, and
the prizes they will receive are:
Mary Jeanne Adams of Edenton
and Margaret White of Merry
Hill. They entered the contest
at Campen’s Jewelers, who par
ticipated in the. con test.
Elliott Reappointed
To ABC Board
At a joint meeting of Chowan
County Commissioners and Cho
wan County Board of Education
held Monday morning, Richard
F. Elliott was re-appointed to a
three-year term as member -of
the Chowan County ABC Board.
Mr. Elliott was the only appli
cant for the appointment and
was elected unanimously.
ton as well as leaflets having to
do with safe driving. Besides,
400 bags of peanuts were also
handed to those who were stop
ped, so that the groject is be
lieved to have Been effective in
holding down accidents as well
as creating good will on the part
of those who were stopped brief
ly to enjoy the friendliness and
hospitality of the Jaycees and
patrolmen.
The Double Colas were donat
ed by Barrow Bottling Works,
the peanuts by Jfiubo’s Jumbos
and Adeifton Ice Company do
nated the ice to keep the drinks
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Edenton Jaycees Win National Recognition
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Eaenton's Junior Cham er o Commence, in picture above, is being Dresenled a trophy and
plaque in national recognition for community health and safety projects for the year May, 1960, to
May, 1961. Pictured are, left to right, W. H. (Beans) Weatherly of Elizabeth Citv, vice president j
of Jaycees in charge of the 10th District; A1 Sharpe of Lumberton, immediate past president of I
N. C. Jaycees; James Perry, immediate past pres ; dent of Edenton Jaycces; Bill Easterling, new l
president of Edenton Jaycees. and George Saleeby of Grifton, national director for the 10th Dis- j
trict. The trophy and plaque were presented at a a special orientation meeting held Thursday night I
at the Edenton Restaurant.—(Photo by John Ricks).
New Minister At
Methodist Ctiurch
Rev. Van T. Crawford
Succeeds Ralph E.
Fowlkes,
Edenton’s Methodist Church
has a new pastor, who was as
signed to the local church last
week at the annual Methodist!
Conference held at Trinity Meth
odist Church in Durham.
The new pastor is the Rev. |
Van T. Crawford, who was
transferred from LaGrange. He
preached his first sermon Sun
day and during this week will
move his family in the parson
age on West Gale Street. He
will preach at the morning ser- j
vice next Sunday morning.
The Rev. Ralph Fowlkes, whoj
has served two years, was trans
ferred to Trinity Methodist 1
Church at Burlington.
Another new minister, the'
Rev. C. T. Wilson, will succeed!
the Rev. Frank Fortescue on
the Chowan Circuit. Mr. For-1
tescue was transferred to the
Methodist church at Oriental. j
Edenton Methodists will also
be interested to learn that the 1
ftev. E. B. Edwards, a former,
Edenton pastor, has been trans
ferred to the Gatesville Church.
Red Men Install
Group New Officers
New officers for a six-months!
term were installed for Chowan
Tribe No. 12, Improved Order
if Red Men at the tribe’s meet
ing Monday night. The instal
lation ceremony was in charge
>f Clyde Hollowell, tribal depu
ty Great Sachem with Carl
Keeter acting as sannap.
The elective officers installed
included the following:
Prophet, Bill Harris; sachem, |
Edgar Rogerson; senior saga
more, Obed Lee; junior saga-1
more, Oscar Peeples; trustee forj
three years, William E. Barrow, j
Mr. Rogerson announced the
appointment of the following of- j
ficers, ,who were also installed: j
Sannaps. Clarence Shackelford
and Guy Williams; guard of the
wigwam, Carl Keeter: guard of
the forest, Alton Shaw; warriors,
Robert, Brooks, Billy Ed Lassiter,
Robert Weintraub and Thomas
Perry; braves, Walter Bond, Wil
liam Crummey, Clyde Hollowell
and Lferoy Harrell.
W. J. Taylor, Jr. New
Columbia Principal
Edenton friends will be inter- 1
ested to learn that Waller J. ’
Taylor, Jr., has been elected to
serve as principal of Columbia
High School. He succeeds W. J. i
Nichols, who has resigned.
Mr. Taylor is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. J. Taylor of Eden
ton. He is a graduate of Appa
lachian State College at Boone.!
He also received a degree at
State College and completed his 1
master’s degree at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel
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Tax Rate Adopted
' j
Chowan County Commission- j
ors al their meeting Monday j
morning officially adopted the
; county's budget for the year
11961-62, and setting a tax rate,
jof $1.32, which is a 22-cenl in-'
crease over the previous year.:
The rate for rural residents will
be $1.42 due to a special 10-cent'
tax levy for rural fire protec- 1
I !
; Very Close Race j
! In Little League
Corvairs Edge Ahead
Os Jaycees By One !
Game J
j Rain played havoc with the
j play of the Little League last
I week.
! The race is still very close
between the Corvairs and the
! .jaycees. During the week the
Corvairs were able to move
; ahead of the Jaycees by one
game.
' In going ahead the Corvairs
, defeated the Jaycees by a score
of 6 to 1 in a well played game,
i Wesley Chesson gave up only
two hits while striking out 11
in gaining the victory. The
Corvairs on defense were able
Ito collect 8 hits from Danny
I Hassell. j
The Corvairs also defeated the.
Lions by a score of 5 to 1. in
this game Chesson gave up two)
hits, including a home run by,
Joe Stokely.
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
Firemen Called Out
Three Times In June
I Fire Chief W. J. Yates reports
j that Edenton firemen were call
ed out for three fires during
June, two in Edenton and one
j out of town. The firemen were
I out one hour for the Edenton
j fires and 30 minutes out of town.
I They traveled six miles in Eden-
I ton and 12 miles out of town.
I During the fires the firemen
were on the air 20 seconds in
Edenton and 10 seconds out of .
town, They laid 150 feet of hose,
in Edenton and 150 feet out of
town.
For the Edenton fires 33 vol-'
unteers responded and 20 out of
town.
Property involved in the Men
ton fires was estimated at $20,-
1 210 and $4,000 out of town.
I Damage in Edenton was estimat
’ ed at $350 and S4OO out of town.
Insurance in Edenton was $22,-
650 and $3,000 out of town.
! The firemen during the month
held one fire drill and answered
two still alarms.
FIREMEN MEET TONIGHT
,j' Edenton firemen will hold
: their monthly dinner meeting at
i' the fire station tonight (Thurs
’ day) at 7 o’clock. Fire Chief
1 W. J. Yates Is very anxious to
have-every fireman on hand. -
Rain Fails To Halt
Softball Gaines
Varsity Club SI ill Re
mains Leader In
Race
Four softball games were
played in the mud and rain dur
ing the past week. The league
leader, the Varsity Club, easily
defeated the P & Q team twice
by scores of 24 to 5 and 25 to 15. j
The Red Men and Jaycees
split in their two games. The
Jaycees defeated the Red Men
in the first game by a score of
12 to 7. In the second game the
Red Men defeated the Jaycees
by a score of 7 to 5. I
Team Standings |
W L Pet.
Varsity 11 .833
P& Q 3 3 .500
Red Men 2 4 .222
Jaycees 2 4 .222
i
118 Receive Old Age j
Assistance In June
Mrs. J. H. McMuilan, superin- ]
tendent of public welfare, re-;
ports that 118 persons in Cho-1
wan County recived old age as
sistance during June, with $4,327
being distributed. There were'
25 cases of aid to dependent
children who received $1,651. j
Forty-two cases of aid to per- j
manently and totally disabled
received $2,059 and 10 aid to
blind cases received $370.
During the month there were
four emergency cases which re
quired $91.07. Other financial
assistance included three cases
hospitalized in the county, $398,
of which the county’s part was
$l9B, and four cases hospitalized
outside the county, $249.80.
38 JAILED IN JUNE
Jailer Bertram Byrum reports
that during June 38 persons
were placed in the Chowan
County jail for confinement from
one to 16 days. The expense,
including jail and turnkey fees
and soap, amounted to $190.18.
H. M .Phthisic, J. D. Peele, Willie!
I Bunch, Alva Bunch Winners In
Annual Spring Fishing Contest
With the spring fishing con-j
test, sponsored by the Recrea-|
tion Committee of the Edenton
Chamber of Commerce, coming
to a close on June 17, the win- !
ners were named late last week
by Elton Forehand, chairman.
H. M. Phthisic, Edenton, cap
tured the award for striped bass
(rock fish) with an entry weigh
ing 5% pounds, caught while
trolling in the Chowan River the
first week in May. His fish
barely topped that of the run
ner-up which was a 5 Vi-pounder
boated in Yeoprm Creek by Al
va Bunch of Hertford. L. W.
Stallings. Edenton, entered a
3Vi -pound rock. The larger rock
evaded fishermen this season but
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolin*
Edenton’s Jaycees
Win National Prize
For Year’s Projects
Colerain And Rocky
Hock Tied For Lead
In Baseball Circuit
I
Chowan County Out
fit Drops Two Con
secutive Contests to
Bertie County learns
Rocky Hock Orioles lost to
Colerain Thursday night by a
score of 6-5 anu coopped Fri
day night’s game to Aulander
8-7, which resulted in the Ori
oles and Colerain deadlocked for
first place in the Roanoke-Cho
wan League.
Spivey was the winning pitch
er Thursday night, giving up six
hits, striking out six and walk
ing three. Harrell, the losing
pitcher, gave up seven hits,
struck out seven and walked
two. Gastellow and Pierce were
the big guns for Colerain, each ■
getting two hits. One of Cas
tellow’s wallops was a three-
run homer. Willoughby and
Forehand had two hits each for.
Rocky Hock.
Rocky Hock lost its second)
game Friday night when Aulan-j
der handed them an 8 to 7 de
feat. Forehand was the losing
pitcher and Burch had the win
for Aulander. Forehand and i
Continued on Page 5. Section 1
Methodist Society
Will Meet July 11th
The Woman's Society of Chris-!
tian Service of the Edenton j
Methodist Church will meet!
Tuesday night, July 11. at 8 1
o'clock in the church annex.
All Methodist women are urg
ed to attend this first meeting
of the new church year. Miss
Aurelia Layden and Mrs. Kath
leen Skiles will be hostesses.
VFW And Auxiliary
Will Meet June 11th
William H. Coffield Post No.
9280, Veterans of Foregn Wars,!
and the VFW Auxiliary will
meet jointly at a dinner meeting
Tuesday night. July 11. at 7:30
o’clock. Members of both or
ganizations are especially urged
to attend.
TAX COLLECTIONS
Sheriff Earl Goodwin reports!
that 1960 taxes collected during j
June amounted to $4,91433,,
which brings the 1960 tax col-!
lections to $231,141.99, Thel
year's levy is $247,921.97, which I
leaves a balance of uncollected'
taxes for the year of $16,779.98. i
During the month Sheriff
Goodwin also collected a total'
of $621.09 in delinquent taxes
for the years 19 0 to 1959. Un
for the years 1950 to 1959. Un
years stands at $56,717.67.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
Unanimity Lodge No .7, A. F.
, &’ A. M.. will hold a stated com
j munication tonight (Thursday) j
at 8 o’clock. Dr. A. F. Downum,
master of the lodge, urges a i
large turnout of members.
there was a fair number of two- j
and three-pounders caught in
the Edenton area.
The winning largemouth bass,
was an entry of J. D. Peele’s
of Edenton. While it was but!
a 6% -pounder measuring 24 ‘
inches, caught with 10 others'
on May 6, it held its early lead 1
through to the close of the con -
test. Peele was fishing with a j
Hawaiian Wiggler in the Cho
wan River when he boated the
winner. Runner-up was Jesse
Harmon, Edenton, with a 6-
pound largemquth. Other en
tries came in, from Mrs. LeVi
Toler and Jimmy Ashley of
Edenton.
Coatoraad on Pago 4 Stetson 1 I
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Local Group Cops Top
Honor First Time
Entered In National
Competition
Members of the Edenton Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce were
justly proud at a special orien
tation meeting held at the Eden
ton Restaurant Thursday night.
At that time the Jaycees were
presented a beautiful trophy
plaque representing first place in
national competition.
The Edenton Jaycees entered
a state contest for community
health and safety projects for
tne year from May, 1960, to
May, 1961, in which they were
declared first place winners for
towns under 5,000 population,
and on the strength of this hon
cr, they entered national compe
tition for the first time in the
history of the local organization
and were awarded first place, an
honor of which the entire group
is very proud.
Among the projects sponsored
by the Edenton Jaycees and the
success realized which were re
sponsible for the award were
the polio shot clinic, March of
Dimes, holiday safety road
blocks, water ski school, fire
prevention and a number of oth
er safety and health projects.
The national award was an
nounced at the national Javcee
convention recently held at At
lanta. Ga.
Much of the credit for state
and national recognition is at
tributed to James Perry, who
served as Edenton Jaycee presi
dent during the year, as well as
Tony Miley. chairman of the
Community Health Committee,
and Leo Lavoie, chairman of the
Safety Committee.
Bill Easterling, present presi
dent of the Jaycees. is especially
elated over the success of the
Jaycees in both state ancl na
tional competition and says the
local organization, after enter
ing national competition for the
first time, plans to seek further
honors.
Changes Announced
For ASC Offices
State and county offices which
heretofore had been designated
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation (ASC) Offices, will
henceforth be called Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
Service (ASCS) Offices, in ac
cord with the redesignation of
the organization at the Wash
ington level.
, According to A. P. Hassell, Jr.,
administrative officer for the
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation State Committee,
the principal change in connec
tion with this reorganization
changed the name of the Wash
ington office to correspond with
that of States and counties. At
the Washington level the organi
zation had heretofore been des
ignated Commodity Stabilization
Service, (CSS). The name of
this organization at the Wash-
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AUXILIARY MEETS TONIGHT
The VFW Auxiliary' will me»t
night (Thursday) at 8 o'clock.
Mrs. Anita Conner, president.
I states that this will be the usual
■ business meeting and urges all
members to be present
[ CIVIC CALENDAR j
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.
Edenton firemen will hold
their monthly dinner meeting to
i night (Thursday) at 7 o'clock at
! the fire Station.
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F.
8c A. M„ will hold a stated cam
{ munication tonight (Thursday) ai
I 8 o'clock.
The official board of the
Methodist Church will meet at
the church Monday night, July
10 at 8 o’clock.
William H. Coffield Poat No.
9280. Veterans of Foreign War*.
; and too VFW Auxiliary will hold
a joint dinner mooting TUeeday
night. July 11, at 7:30 o'clock.
I '"•onttnued on Pago I fl*lHoa 1