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Volume XXVIII —Number 30 =
Go-Kart Races Will
Begin Saturday At
Local Marine Base
Opening Ceremony to
Be Featured By Race
By Members of Town
Council
Sponsored by the Edenton
Junior Chamber of Commerce,!
Go-Kart racing will begin next j
Sunday afternoon, July 30. The I
races will begin at 2 o'clock on |
the new Go-Kart track at the
former Edenton Naval Auxiliary I
Air Station. The track is on one I
t of the runways in a section of j
the base taken over by the town
of Edenton.
Scott Harrell is chairman of
the Jaycee Go-Kart committee
and says the track is one of the
safest in this section of the state.
Plans are in the making to erect
bleachers to protect spectators
from the sun, but for the first
race on Sunday afternoon spec
tators are requested to take
along chairs and umbrellas for
their convenience. Plans are
also in the making to fence in
the track and a concession stand
•will be in operation. There is
plenty of parking space and Jay
cees are hopeful that a large
crowd of spectators will witness
the opening of the track and the
races.
Mr. Harrell says that in the
neighborhood of 40 Go-Karts
will participate and that five
races have been scheduled. Rac-,
ers will come from nearby towns '
so that the initial races should
be very interesting and thrill-;
ing. Regular races will be
scheduled and it is hoped the
sport will become as popular in
Edenton as it is in many other
towns.
Bill Easterling, president of
the Jaycees, states that an open
ing ceremony will be held Sun
day afternoon prior to the open
ing of the track and as an open
ing feature the first race will be
one with members of Town
Council competing. The Go-
Karts will be provided for the
Councilmen.
Gilliam Wood Put On
Finance Committee Os,
Highway Commission
At an orientation session of the l
North Carolina Highway Com
mission, held in Raleigh last
week, Chairman Merrill Evans
appointed the 18 commissioners
to six standing committees, each
committee having a chairman
and two members.
Gilliam Wood of Edenton was
appointed to the finance com
mittee.
The commission set Thursday,
August 3, as the next date for
a full business session. At that
time the commission will re
view low 'bids from the July 25
highway letting and take up
t other routine 'business. The
meeting will be held in Ra
leigh.
COMMUNITY MEETING
* At advance tonight
The Community is
scheduled to hold a meeting to
night (Thursday). The meeting
will begin at 8 o’clock in the
Community Building and every
one in the community is invited
to attend.
20 Years Ago
As Found In The Files Os
The Chowan Herald
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Chottn County ,was called
upon to furnish 10 more white
mm <dc military duty.
Chowan County Joined the re
mainder of the nation in ac
cumulating aluminum in the in
tetesl of national defame.
Mn. H. F. Tuttle was greatly
surprised upon receipt of a reg-
Istared latter from Mew Yorfcl
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ky Mitt w. Jalob, a former era-1
pleyee od the fnmily M year,;
before. who said aha had since;
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m Forty 4-H Club member,. 20
bey, aad M girls, left for the!
THE CHOWAN HERALD
[ Quota Reached ]
"Admiral" Richard D. Dixon
announced early this week that
Chowan County has gone over
the top in its quota lor moving
the USS North Carolina to Wil
mington to be used as a mem
orial.
Chowan County's quota for
the statewide project was SSOO.
Mr. Dixon reports that contri
butions now in hand total
$507.90.
local Jaycees Will
Hold Meeting At Up Aces’ ’6l Schedule
County Fire Station Includes 10 Games
Plan For Board Meet
ing at Wilmington j
And Scheduled Go-]
Kart Race Sunday
Edenton’s Junior Chamber of
Commerce will meet tonight
(Thursday) at 7 o’clock at the
Center Hill-Cross Roads Fire
Department, where a dinner will
be served. Jaycees are request
ed to meet at the Bridge-Turn
Service Station by 6:30 o’clock
so that the group can assemble
in a body.
President Bill Easterling an
nounces that an important busi
ness meeting will be held fol
lowing the dinner, which will
include discussion of plans for
the first quarterly board meet
ing to be held in Wilmington
August 4-6. The Jaycees will
also discuss the forthcoming Go-
Kgr.t race, so that ■ Mr. Easter*
■ling hopes every Jaycee will be'
abfe' to attend the meeting.
For the Wilmington meeting
Mr. Easterling states that 12 lo
cal Jaycees will travel by boat
and some others plan to drive.
Jaycees Still Lead
In Little League
Leaders Being Hard
Pressed, However,
By Lions
As the Little League goes into
its last stages of play, the race |
is still very close. The Jaycees
are still on tpp, but are being
pushed hard by the Lions. At
present the Lions have a six- 1
game winning streak going. In
the Lions first game of the week
they defeated the Corvairs by a
score of 7 to 5. The winning i
pitcher was Quinton Goodwin t
and the losing pitcher was Wes
ley Chesson. In their second
game they defeated the Jaycees
by a score of 13-3 The winning
pitcher was Quinton Goodwin
and the losing pitcher was Bud- :
dy White. The third Lions
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Hyland Picnic j
Thursday, Aug. 3
Ryland Home Demonstration j
Chib will hold a community pic- 1
nic Thursday evening, August 3.>
The picnic will be held at the]
home of J. R. Byrum at Tyner,
and people of the community |
are cordially invited to attend.
Mrs. Boyce Directing Program
For Community Improvement
Mrs. R. J. Boyce is directing
the Community Improvement
program, sponsored by the Gen
eral Federation of Womens'
Clubs in cooperation with the j
Sears-Roebuck Foundation which
the Edenton Woman’s Club en
tered earlier this year, it' is an
nounced by Mrs. W. H. Hollo
well, Jr., president.
Mrs. Boyce said that' the club
entry would be based on the co-,
operative effort of the commun
denton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 27, 1961.
EAU, HOW NlCE!—Bicycle racers in Chalon-sur-Saone, France, receive a man-sized
cool-off as they pedal. High temperatures prompted the drastic measure.
Games Evenly Split;
j Five at Home And i
j Five Away
Coach Bill Billings this week
announced the football schedule
for the Edenton Aces, which in
cludes five home games and five
: games on foreign soil.
The season will open Friday
n ; ,ght, September 1, on Hicks
1 Field when the Aces will tangle
: with Camden High School. The
1 other home games will be as
follows;
September 15—Frederick Mili
tary Academy.
October 6 —Elizabeth City.
October 20—Hertford.
October 27—Ahoskie.
Games played away from home
i include the following:
1 September B—Roanoke Rapids.
September 22—Williamston.
September 29—Scotland Neck.
; October 13—Beaufort.
November 3—Plymouth.
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Local Group Figure
In Auto Accident i
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An Edenton group figured in
an automobile wreck about 8,
; o’clock Saturday night at an in
tersection south of Elizabeth
I City, when a bus carrying mi
-1 grant laborers crashed through
a stop sign .and rammed into a ,
Buick automobile owned by Mrs. ;
Kathleen Skiles of Edenton.
j In the Edenton group were
1 Mrs. Skiles and her son Bud!
1 Skiles, who was driving, Ida
• Campen, Sue Skiles and Jackie;
Mooney. None of the Edenton |
I people were seriously injured
although Bud Skiles spent the i
night in Albemarle Hospital in
, Elizabeth City for observation
and a lacerated chin. Mrs.
Skiles sustained a laceration of
the forehead and a slight con
cussion. The others were only
'slightly bruised and shaken up.
Fourteen occupants of the mi
i grant workers were also slightly j
injured.
According to Patrolman R. P.
Cooke, who investigated the ac
, cident, Marvin Campbell, 45-
year-old Negro of Zellwood, Fla.,
I was driving a Ford bus south
| and drove through the stop sign
| controlled intersection into the
] path of the Skiles car. He was
charged with failing to stop at
a stop sign and was jailed in
; Elizabeth City.
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POCAHONTAS MEETING
,' Chowanoke Council No. 54,
> 1 Degree of Pocahontas, will meet
•J tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock.
I Mrs. Betsy Jackson, Pocahontas,
requests all members to attend.
an effort to make Edenton more
valuable historically and to im
prove its economic, social and
1 cultural conditions,
j The contest period ends June
1,1962. Prizes totaling $70,000
are offered iif the competition,
including a top national prize of
SIO,OOO. Five cash prizes are
offered in each state. The Eden
ton club placed second in the
.contest in North Carolina in
1956.
J Mrs- J. P- Ricks, Jr., will as
sist Mn. Boyce with the entry, u
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LEON EVANS _
Tuesday night Leon Evans
was tapped into the State 4-H
Honor Club during 4-H Club
Week ceremonies held at State
College, Raleigh.
! Bubba Hopkins Slated To Play
| In East-West Game On August 4
The 13th annual North Caro
lina East-West All Star high
; school football spectacle is sched- i
j uled to take place in Greens-.
I boro’s Senior High School sta- j
j dium Friday night, August 4,
and promises to satisfy even the
! most critical gridiron fans,
j A .group of talented fast-mov- !
ing halfbacks adds up to trou- j
I ble for the defenders in the 13th'
j annual football game. The West- j
emers are being coached by J.j
C. Honeycutt of Morehead and;
Jug Wilson of Glen Alpine, who!
boast such stars as Branleyj
Owen of Brevard, Sonny Odom
of Greensboro, Lexington’s Jun-I
125 Local People Hear
John Birch Society J
Discussed At Meeting j
About 25 people gathered ini
the Edenton Restaurant Thurs-j
day night to hear Arthur Lyon!
explain the purpose of the John!
Birch Society. Mr. Lyon is j
North Carolina coordinator for
the society.
A lengthy film was a feature
oif the meeting which was an
address by Robert Welch, a na
tive of Chowan County, who
founded the society. A goodly
portion of the address had to
do with the spread of Com
munism in the- world and the
infiltration of Communism in
this country.
The group was welcomed by
, Richard Schuman, who arrang
ed for the meeting to be held
in Edenton. Though no definite
steps were taken to organize a
John Birch Society in Edenton,
Mr. Schuman is taking member- 1
ships and will be delighted to
contact anyone who is inter
ested.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton’s Rotary Club will
meet this (Thursday) afternoon
at 1 o’clock at the Parish House.
The program will be in charge
of Wood and President
Richard Atkinson urges all Ro
tariaos to be present 1
Wool Producers
Receive Checks
1603.58 Distributed In
Chowan County
Last Week
Incentive wocl payment checks
lave been prepared for Chowan
bounty lamb and wool produc
ers. Last week Chowan wool
and lamb growers received
$543.85 incentive payments for
shorn wool and checks in the
amount of $59.73 for unshorn
lambs.
The 1960 payment rate for
shorn wool is 47.6 percent. This
percentage rate of payment is
multiplied by the net proceeds
received for wool to figure the
i payment due each producer.
: The 1960 payment for unshorn
I lambs is 80 cents per hundred
weight. This rate is multiplied
by the live weight of the un
shorn lambs. The promotion
fund deduction which was ap
proved by a referendum of all
wool producers is one cent per
pound for shorn wool and five
cents per hundredweight for un
shorn lambs.
ior Webster and Jerry Huneycutt
of Winston-Salem Gray.
i However, Co-Coaches Paul
j Marklin of Wilson and Bill Tay
| lor of Warsaw for the East have
some nifty halfbacks, ball car
riers capable of breaking any
game wide open. They include
Jimmy Guin of Raeford, who
j tore through and around opposi
i tion last fall for 17 touchdowns
and 106 points; Wayne Welborn
jof Wake Forest, who ran wild
| for two seasons; little Frankie
j Stout and Joe McCall, who be-
J came known as the touchdown
| twins at Fayetteville; Ed Bailey
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Sept. 15 Is Deadline
iTo File For Cotton
jßase Acreage For ’62
I Farmers were notified by let
j ter last week that if they did
! not plant -75% of the 1961 cot
! ton allotment, because of con
i ditions beyond their control,
they should file application at
the ASC office to preserve the
1962 base acreage for their farm.
If application is filed by Sep
tember 15, 1961, the county com
mittee can approve a producer’s
application for preservation of
1962 cotton base provided cotton
was not planted because of ex
cessive rain, flood, hail, drought,
or illness of the farm operator
or other producers on the farm.
Herbert Nixon Given
Linoleum Instruction
Herbert N. Nixon. Jr., of Ty
. ner, an employee of Colonial
Furniture Company, Edenton, is
in Lancaster, Pa., taking a two
weeks’ course in linoleum in
stallation at the Armstrong Cork
Company Installation School
for Linoleum Mechanics.
As a part of the course, all
students are conducted on a tour
through the Armstrong floor
; plant to study the manufacture
of linoleum and other resilient
I floorings.
Town Councimen
Adopt Budget For
Fiscal Year’6l-62
Action Maintains Tax|
Rate of SI.OO Per;
SIOO Property Valua-j
tion
At a special meeting of Town
Council held Thursday night the
budget for the fiscal year of,
1961-62 was oflic ally adopted.
The budget calls for a SI.OO tax,
rate on the SIOO property valua-1
tion, which is the same as last j
year.
Estimated expenditures for the
year total s2i 1,666.75: made up
from the following departments:
Administrative Department, $!«,-
] 162.72; Police Department, $36,-
526.00; Fire Department, $20,-
175.00; Street Department, $105,-
953.03 and other expenses, $38,-
I 850.00.
At the meeting the Council
men employed the law firm of j
Reed, Hoyt, Washburn and Mc-
Carthy of Wall Street as bond
attorneys for the proposed bond
election for construction of a
sewage disposal plant.
Town Clerk William Gardner
was authorized to advertise for;
bids for insurance carried by the!
town for the new fiscal year.
The Councilmen also approv
ed two leases for various areas!
at the former Edenton Naval j
Auxiliary Air Station. One of;
these was to the Edenton Jay
cees for part of a runway to
be used as a Go-Kart racing
track. The other was for a se
cluded area to be used by the
Edenton National Guard unit as
a firing range.
Corn Price Support
Minimum Os $1.29
Rates Will Not Be Re
duced But May Be
Increased
Prices for the 1961 corn crop
will be supported at a minimum j
of $1.29 per bushel in all counties j
in North Carolina, Handy O. j
West, Chowan County ASCS
Office Manager, has announced. 1
This compares with a final rate j
of $1.15 per bushel in effect for;
1960-crop corn. West explained
that the minimum rates will not
be reduced, but may be increas
ed if the final 1961-crop corn
support price determined on the
basis of data on October 1 is
higher than the minimum na
tional support of $1.20 per bush
el announced in March.
In announcing the county sup
port rate for 1961-crop corn.
West stressed the importance
of a full understanding by grow
ers of how this year’s corn price
support program is affected by
the 1961 feed grain program.
“Corn producers who partici
pate in the 1961 feed grain pro-
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Two New Families
Move To Edenton
L. D. Hunnings and W. J.
’ Brady, both employed in the lo
cal Soil Conservation Service
Office, have moved their fami
lies to Edenton.
Mr. Hunnings, who is an area
engineer, was transferred from j
Greenville and he and his wife,
two daughters and a son are
making their home at 200 Oak- 1
ion Street.
Mr. Brady, an agricultural en-1
gineer, was transferred from j
Elizabeth City. He and his wife
and two children are making
their home at 10 Stratford Road.
Both families are Methodists.
Chowan County s Eye Bank
Already Claims Sixty Donors
The Chowan County eye
bank, sponsored by the Edenton
Lions Club, created six months
ago, already has 60 donors and
seeks more.
A donor’s eyes from Hertford
made possible a transplant for a
patient at the Charlotte Mem
orial Hospital, according to Dr.
Richard Hardin, chairman.
Dr. Hardin said that with an
even greater number of donors
$2.50 Per Year In North Carols
Leon Evans Given
High Recognition
jAt 4-H Club Week
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j| Visiting Minister
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R. L. WEAVER
Jehovah's Witnesses of the
Edenton Congregation are being
Visited this week by R. I. Weav
er. Circuit Minister of the
Watchtower Bible and Tract So
ciety of New York. Mr. Weaver
supervises the work of the Wit
nesses in Eastern North Carolina.
Varsity Holds On
To Softball Lead
Red Men Outfit Now’
Trailing Leaders By
Only One Game
The Varsity Club still leads
the Edenton Softball League,
but are being pushed hai d by
the Red Men. who are only one
game behind the Varsity Club
in the race
i The Jaycees made a definite
iroprove«wryt dvjrinc the week.
They lost their first game of the
week to the P & Q team by a
score of 16-5, but were able to
defeat P & Q in a later game
11-10 and defeated the Varsity
1 9 to 4.
The Red Men split in their
!two games, defeating the P & Q]
.7 tc 6 and losing to the Varsity
| Club 7 to 2.
Team Standings
W. L. Pet.
Varsity 8 4 .667
Red Men 7 5 .583
P & Q 6 7- 462
Jaycees 4 9 .308
Circuit Minister Guest
Os Edenton Witnesses
R. I. Weaver of New York, Cir
cuit Minister of the Watchtower
Bible and Tract Society is in
Edenton this week on a visit to
the Edenton Congregation of Je
hovah’s Witnesses. He super
vises the work of the Witness
es in Eastern North Carolina and
the purpose of his visit is to
stimulate the activity of the lo
cal congregation. He is stress-j
ing home Bible reading.
The climax ot Mr. Weaver's |
visit will be the sermon. “Ma-1
terialism” or Spirituality—Which
Do We Need?”, to be given on
Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock
at 809 North Oakum Street.
The weekly Bible study will
follow the sermon and will bej
on the subject “Progressing To-,
! ward Maturity.” All persons are \
j invited to these free services. |
' i No collections are taken.
RED MEN MEETING
) Chowan Tribe of Red Men I
i j will meet Monday night. Julyl
■ 31, at 8 o'clock. Edgar Roger -
; j son, sachem of the tribe, re
. j quests a large turnout of mem
; bers.
more opportunity would be af
forded for greater use of the
service.
Forms and information about
willing eyes to the eye bank
may be obtained from Dr. Har
-1 din, members of the Lions Club
and the Chowan County Hos
pital.
j Dr. Hardin said he hopes a
number of other persons in the
area will “will their eyas so
that others may see.”
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| FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
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Chowan Boy Tapped
Into State 4-H Honor
Club at Raleigh on
Tuesday Night
Leon Evans, Route 1, Edenton,
has again received a great honor
tor himself and outstanding rec
•■'"nition for Chowan County.
On Tuesday night of this week,
Leon was tapped into the State
i Honor club during 4-H
’’■ib Week ceremonies at State
College, Raleigh. Leon becomes
the third 4-H’er in Chowan
County to have been honored
thusly.
The 4-H Honor Club is a state
wide organization for the most
outstanding 4-H boys and girls.
Membership into this club is by
unanimous vote only. Leon was
given this honor on the merit?
of an excellent longtime record
jt 4-H piojects, particularly for
estry, other activities and acn
levements.
Leon began his 4-H Club work
,n 19t>3. ni3 interest in this or
ganization has carried him
through many of the 4-H pro
jects and activities. He has
made outstanding progress in his
torestry project, having last
year been a State Forestry Pro
ject winner. As a total in his
forestry project, he has planted
. 2.500 pine seedlings on his
farm. To date, this values over
$450. Throughout the years, oth
er projects have included gar
dening. corn, swine, steer and
tractor unit. Leon figures that
all of h.s 4-H piojects have to
taled his family a savings of
over $1,782. He has served as
reporter and president of the
Oak Grove Community 4-H
Club and has been on many
county 4-H committees.
Leon consider*- his trip to Na
tional 4-H Conference last fall
Continued on Page 6. Section 1
Erwin Griffin One
Os Students To Get
Forestry Scholarship
7he Scholarship Committee of
the Pulp and Paper Foundation,
Inc, has awarded 55 scholarships
with an aggregate value of $32.-
175 to students in the School of
Forestry at North Carolina State
College.
In announcing the wards, Prof.
R. G. Hitchings, acting head of
the college’s pulp and paper
technology program, said 22
Scholarships went, to new fresa
men who will enroll in the pulp
and paper technology curriculum
in September and 33 schoarships
for upperclassmen in the curric
ulum were renewed.
Among the students to receive
new scholarship awards, ranging
from S3OO to $750 each was Er
win C. Griffin 111, of Edenton.
iTobacco Barn
Is Lost By Fire
I
Edenton firemen were called
to a tobacco barn fire Thursday
morning shortly before 11
o’clock. The barn, owned by
Thomas E. Francis on the Mex
j ico Road, was filled with cur
ing tobacco and was totally des-
I troyed. The blaze gained too
| much headway for the firemen
|to save the barn.
Cause of the fire is undeter-
I mined. Damage was estimated
j at $2,500.
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Go-Kart races will begin at
the old Edenton Naval Auxiliary
Air Station Sunday afternoon,
July 30, at 2 o’clock.
Ryland Home Demonstration
Club will hold a community pic
nic Thursday evening, August
3, at 6:30 o'clock at the home
of J. R. Byruan, Tyner.
A meeting of the Advance
Community will be held at the
Community Building tonight
(Thursday) at S o'clock.
Fall sign-up for forest tree
planting will be in operation
I through July 31.
I Dog and bicycle licenses must
be purchased In Edenton on ec
before Adftftt IS.
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