f ONLY NEWSPAPER ) PUBLISHED IN I \CHOWAN COUNTY -Volume XXlX.—Number IT Chamber Os Commerce Officials Pleased With Questionnaire Returns in Few Days Over 300 Forms Have Been Returned From Cho wan County Alone Officers of the Edenton Cham-! ber of Commerce are well pleas- i ed with the response they are! receiving to the labor survey j *now under way within a 30- ! mile radius of Edenton. Results l of the first four days returns j indicate that from Chowan County alone*332 questionnaires l Were returned. “As the questionnaire forms | have been distributed mainly j through the schools in Chowan and several adjacent counties ! qhly since January 2, this is a very promising beginning,” stat- j bd Joe H. Conger, Jr., president! of the Edenton Chamber of Commerce. Some twenty thous and survey forms are still in the process of distribution, Mr. Conger said and it will take an other week to collect those re turned to the schools. Bruce F. Jones, chairman of the Chamber’s Industrial De velopment Committee, urges ev ery citizen of the Chowan Coun ty area who would consider a production job with a new in dustry to fill out and return one of the survey questionnaires. A copy of the form which can be cut out and used was printed in the January 4th issue of The Chowan Herald, Jones said. Forms are also available at the Edenton Employment Security office in Edenton, co-sponsoring the labor survey as Well as at, the Edenton Chamber of Com- ! merce office in the Hotel Joseph Hewes. January 15th is the deadline for returning the survey looms. Tabulation of the results will be made by the Bureau of Research and Statistics of the North Caro lina Employment Security Com mission in Raleigh. If enough labor is available according to the current survey, Edenton will have met one of the major re quirements of the manufacturing industry deciding on their new plant location. The figures obtained, Jones said, will also be of prime in terest to local industries who plan near-term expansions. 720 Years Ago a As Found In The Files Os The Chowan Herald At the request of the Stale Highway and Public Works Commission, Sheriff J. A Bunch administered the oath of office W 12. deputy sheriffs to serve in grotecting the Chowan River •Ad Albemarle Sound bridges in event their services were needed in the interest of de- Janke. a telephone ever since the old Chowan County Court Hbuse was 'built, the County Commissioners decided to have one installed in the office. W. H. Gardner, cashier of the &anM of Edenton, reported that Continued oi. Page s—Section 1 Winner Os Silver Coffee Service i j 114 f ■ l . a i l ' /"V % -J- 1. BR* ' -Jma. ■ w a 111 Dimes fund.—{Ricks Photo). -■-At right is pictured Mrs. Carrie Swanner. 210 South Oakum ftteeb who was Dm winner of a four-piece silver coffe service Jpon by Byrura'S Gift Shop over the Christmas holidays. Mrs. p^«i p ctur ma 9 pr ** en plftKik': •■ ~*' - THE CHOWAN HERALD v. • • - i ( Obed Lee Installed Red Men’s Sachem Chiefs’ Raising Cere mony Held Mon- j day Night New officers for Chowan Tribe No. 12, Improved Order ol Red Men, weie installed at a raising cf ch efs ceyemony held Monday night. The installation ceremoncy was in charge of Clyde Hollowell, tribal deputy Great Sachem. Officers installed were: Sa chem, Obed Lea; prophet, Guy. Williams; senior sagamore, Os- j car. Peeples; junior sagamore, I Robert Brooks; chief of records, j J. Edwin Bufflap; collector of wampum. Jack Barrow, keeper of wampum, William Barrow; keeper of wigwam, Obed Lee; trustee for 18 months, J. Edwin Bufflap; sannaps, Ivey Meadows and Clyde Hollowell; warrio-s, Alton Shaw, Bill Harris, Thomas Jackson and Leroy Harrell; i braves, William T. Lassiter. | Clarence Shackelford, Walter j Bond and Lercy Skinner; guard | of the wigwam, Carl Keeter; | guard of the forest, Fred Kcetcr. | LEGIONNAIRES WILL HOLD DINNER MEETING JAN. IS Ed Bond Post No. 40 of the American Legion will hold a dinner meeting at the Triangle j Restaurant Tuesday night, Jan- ! uary 16, at 7 o’clock. Command- i er Robert Powell urges a good turnout for the meeting. Aces And Acelets Face Strong Ahoskie Outfits Friday Night Edenton Aces and Acelets, who have been rolling along in fine fashion, face their tough est opponents to date Friday night when they face the Ahos kie Indians and Squaws. In pre-season picks, both Ahoskie teams were selected to win the conference championships and so far they have played like champions. Ahoskie has beaten Scotland Neck, defending cham pions, and Hertford with rela tive ease. The Indians have been led by high scoring Ruffin TAX COLLECTIONS Sheriff Earl Goodwin reports that collection of 1961 taxes in' December amounted to $50,- 871.29. and that the balance due in 1961 taxes is $157,765.26. The year’s tax levy was $293,- 69^.76. During the month the sheriff also collected $4,193.06 in bayk taxes. This represented pay ments for taxes from 1951 to 1960. The balance of uncol lected taxes for this 10-year period is $59,399.98. Mr. Good win also reported $131.01 collect ed in pickup taxes which rep resents delinquent taxes prior to 1951. Edenton, 5 van County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 11, 1962. Confedera c l iza Presented to Town of Edenton i— —:—iV * * * % Pfp?' - . • ?'w7'v '" * * * ftfc* * •# ' •'* * .. Li. "i‘i ’' • ■>, ~ . * • " Pictured above is the comoieted Confederate plaza at ihe foot of Broad Street. The plaza was recently officially presented to the Town of Edenton in a brief ceremony by the Edenton Woman's Club, sponsor of the project.—(Ricks Photo). Chowan Donates 98 Pints Os Blood I Chairman Very Well Pleased With Fine Response Rudolph Dalp. chairman of the 'Red Cross blood program in Chowan County, announces that 98 pints of blood was donated at the bloodmcbile unit in Eden ton Thursday. j The response lacked only two pints of meeting the county’s , quota of 100 pints, but Mr. Dale j reports that 111 people volun- Continued on Page 4. Section 1 i Odom, who to date is averaging well over 20 points a game. The Aces and Acelets, picked as dark horses in the pre-§eason' polls, have been somewhat of a surprise. Both teams are un defeated in conference play. Their overall records are Ace lets 5-0 and the Aces 5-1. | The Acelets have been led by , ihe high scoring of Beverly Mor -1 pan and Sue Bunch, coupled | with a tight defense led by Bar bara Alexander, Ida Campen Continued on Page 3. Section 1 CourtStreetTraffic To Be Unchanged Engineer Reports on Sewage Disposal and Drainage Projects Town Councilmen at their meeting Tuesday night decided not to change the direction of traffic on Court Street, which had been under consideration. A recommendation not to change the present flow of traffic was made by Councilmen A1 Phil lips and Richard Dixon, who were appointed by Mayor John Mitchener to make a study of the proposal. A great deal of opposition developed, too, re garding the change on the part of many women of the town. The opposition primarily was due to the view of the water on the part of tourists with traffic moving . south instead of north on Court Street. A street lighting policy was Continued on Pag* 4 —Section 1 Guest Speaker For Local PTA Meeting Edenton’s Parent-Teacher As sociation will meet in the John A. Holmes High School auditor ium Tuesday night, January 16, at 8 o’clock. A special feature of this meet ing will be an address by Miss Annie Joe Williams, supervisor of mathematics for the North Caroling State Department of Public Instruction. President Warren Twiddy urg es all member* oI the association to - attend. - ; * i* Vr/roV* a'*-..; V ' Dimes For March Os Dimes I IE H I ~ JWir Bl fl -r- ’iip i ]' Rrßl Wk jr H Pictured above, left to right, are Mayor John Mitchener, Rudolph Dale, Bill Easterling and Scott Harrell as Edenton parking meters are labeled in ihe interest of depositing dimes for thfe March of Dimes campaign. Dale is chairman of the March of Dimes drive. Easterling is president of the Edenton Jaycees, sponsors of the drive, and Harrell is chairman of the Chowan County Chapter of the National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis. The dimes do , not register for parking time and every dime will go to the March ! E. W. Spires Dies Suddenly At His Home Monday Near Noon The entire community was ; shocked shortly afternoon on ! Monday when it was learned that Ed. Wood Spires had died j suddenly at his home in West- I over Heights. His death was I discovered when Mrs. Spires j went to the home at lunch I time. Mr. Spires was a native of . Elizabeth City, but lived in • ROTARIANS MEET TODAY I Edenton Rotarians will hold! | their regular weekly meeting; ; this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock at the Parish House. The program will be in charge of R. N. Hines and President Richard Atkinson urges a 100 per cent attendance. Civil Defense Planning Key T o Survival By MURRAY D. ASHLEY Cliowan-Kdenlon Civil Defense Director . In recent months it has be come more obvious that a vast 1 majority of people are alarm | ingly uninformed on the facts | about Nuclear Radiation Fall -1 out. How It Can Affect You ! and What Can Be Done About j It. For many months the lead : ing newspapers and magazines | in the country have carried ar ; tides on Civil Defense. Nuclear ; Radiation and Survival. Yet, i today, too many people are not ■ informed on the facts about sur j vival. Based on the many tests | : that have been made by the 1 Federal Government regarding survival, the following is a list lof questions and answers that: | will help the average citizen to [ better understand the problem j j we could be faced with: j j Question: What Is Fallout? Answer: When a, nude* bon»b 'V* . . r ’ M Edenton 40 years, coming here in 1921 in the capacity of man ager of the Norfolk & Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Com-1 pany. He gave up this position when he was appointed Clerk of Chowan Superior Court to suc ceed Richard D. Dixon, who was | appointed by Judge Melville Broughton as a special judge of • Continued on Page 3—Section 1 I POCAHONTAS MEETING Chowanoke Council No. 54, 'Degree of Pocahontas, will meet I tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. Mrs. Betsy Jackson, Pocahontas, states that this will be a very important meeting, so that all members are especially urged to attend. •-■xplodes on the earth’s surface 'housands of tons' of pulverized debris are sucked up into the air. These tiny particles of dust and debris mingle with the ra dioactive particles of the bomb itself, forming part of the mush room-like cloud. When this deliris has cooled, it starts to settle back to earth and is car ried over a large area by the winds. This is what we call fallout. It is impossible to know where it will settle or how far lit travels. That depends on the I prevailing winds and weather. It could fall anywhere. Question: How Does Fallout Caase Radiation? Answer: The thousands of I tons of debris Which have been j vaporized by heat and mixed or | impregnated by the radioactive jfisson products of the bomb be- CooDmwd on Page L Section 2 Annual Jaycees’ DSA Award Will Be Given Jan. 25 Deadline For Nomin j ations Is January 19; A) Harrison Will Be Speaker For Event Eden ton’s Junior Chamber of Commerce is now seeking ap- I plications for the Distinguished Service Award,' which is pre ented annually to an outstand ng young man of the communi , tv far leadership and service to ' community during the calendar 1 vear. The nominee need not be a member of the Jaycees. 1 Any young man, 71 through 35 years of age. is eligible for nomination. If the nominee I reaches his 36th birthday before June 1, 1961. he is not eligible. Entries will be judged on ac ! compliishments during the calen |. dar year 1961. The judging committee will be | composed of distinguished eiti- zens of the community who. are. now over age 35. Their decision • will be based on (1) Contribu-! tions to _|he community welfare uuring the year; (2) Evidence j Continued on Page 7, Section 1 Supervisor Os Mathematics Scheduled To Visit Edenton For Local School Inspection Miss Annie John Williams, supervisor of mathematics . for Ihe North Carolina State De partment of Public Instruction, Will arrive in Edenton Monday. January 15. for a visit of in spection and consultation in the Edenton City Schools. She plans to spt-nd most of the day Tues day, January 16. in classroom observation and planning, and will speak to the faculty mem- Max R. Campbell , Os Hertford Dies Editor of The Per quimans Weekly Since 1939 Max R. Campbell, 55, of Hert ford, editor of The Perquimans Weekly, died in Albemarle Hos pital, Elizabeth Cily, Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock after an illness of four months. A native of Shelbyvillc, Indi ana. ho was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs, James Christopher, Campbell. He attended Frank lin College at -Franklin Ind.. andj purchased The Weekly from J.! Edwii Bufflap and Hector Lup- J ton ot Edenton in 1939. He wr.» a member of the offi-j eial board of the Hertford Meth-. ; odist Church, the Hertford Re-; t.ary Club, secretary-treasurer of j the Hertford Savings & Loan As- Continued on Paqe 4—Section J I Dimes In Parking Meters To Help In March Os Dimes Dimes for the parking meters jis one of a number of fund | raising projects for the March •of Dimes, sponsored by the i Edenton Junior Chamber of | Commerce. Mayor John A. Mitchener began the drive by placing the first dime in the | meter, which have been tagged 1 for the drive. Present were Rudolph Dale, director of the campaign; Biil Easterling. Jaycee president, and Scott Harrell, chairman of the Chowan County Chapter of the National Foundation. 46 JAILED IN DECEMBER I Jailer Bertram Byrum reports i that during December 46 per i sons were placed in the Chowan i County Jail, with confinements ranging fcsm one to 31 days. The expense, including jail and turnkey fees and soap, amount ed to $264.97. EASTERN STAR MEETING Edenton Chapter No. 302, Or der of the Eastern Star, Will j meet Monday night, January 15, lat 8 o’clock. Mrs. Anita Tar-' | kington, worthy matron, is es ! pecially anxious to have a large 1 attendance. $2.50 Per Year In North Carolina Mrs. R. Elton Forehand Is Elected As New President Edenton Woman's Ciub I Passes From Scene \ f I V;- %> iSSyfcS ED. WOOD SPIRES Some time Monday morning Ed. Wood Spires tied at his home in Westovcr He : gh*s. He was found dead when his wife went io the home for lunch. oers of both' , Elementary and High Schools in the John A Holmes School library at 3:30 o'clock Tuesday. At 8 o'clock Tuesday night she will be. guest speaker for the PTA meeting to be held in the John A. Holmes High School auditorium. Miss Williams is a. graduate of Greensboro College and the University of North Carolina Continued on Page 7, Section 1 Masonic Officers Installed Tonight Dr. A. F. Downum, master of Unanimity Lodge No. 7. A. F. & A. M.. announce that an emer gent communication will be held tonight (Thursday) at 8 o'clock The purpose if this meeting is to install new officers for the year 1962. H. A. Campen will serve as installing officer, assisted by W. M. Rhoades as marshal. All members of the. lodge are re quested to attend the ceremony. MARRIAGE LICENSE REPORT Mis. Maurice Bunch, register of deeds, reports that during the quarter ending December 31. she issued a total of 28 .marriage licenses. Edenton Schools To I»e Inspected j, i 4 >■ \~ 1 i * '» i lL' §L Jp> MISS ANNIE JOHN WlL&fttt* Scheduled to arrive in Edenton Monday, Jjttmary 15, Mkc Annie John Williams, supervisor of mathematics foir the . North Carolina Slate Department of Public Instruction, plans 'lpeifcit of inspec tion and consultation in Edenton schools. She will *>«« gj tha PTA meeting Tuesday night January 16, at I o'clock. FIGHT CANCER WITH A CHECKUP > AND CHECK \ j Former C üban Speaks At Meeting on Con- I ditions In Cuba Un der Communism Mrs, R. F. .Morales. of Manteo. formerly, .of Cuba, spoke on con ditions in < üba under Com munism at the Edenton Woman's Club January meeting held at Ihe Edenton Restaurant. j Mrs. Morales told how the j 4,2(.'() acre, tobacco plantation ol j her husband was taken ovci by j Castro in 1959 while sue an ! I her husband were on a short I visit,to New York State to- visit I their daughter in college. J vhc described the.. flight 'bat the actual ownership :c --e mains with the government. Si. ■ | sa;tl that it is true that children ciit? tn-ken from their pc.,ents to be educated in conunun-.i schools in Russia and Cuba. The Russians have a fullv armed nava! base in Cuba a:i I me usLng ia ri uing sir i ps to i* ie . fueling ol planes flying : < ‘ Siberia, she stated. She said that she did not e : Coitlinueu on 3——Section > 1 Annual Meeting' Oi S & L February .3t’i The annual meeting of e ' I Edenton Savings and Loan A ■ ! relation will be held in tii • | office of the association m ■ Bread Street Monday night, 1 , February 5. at 8 o'clock. .! Stockholders arc -urged to ‘end or send proxie' t'yrT I number of shares of stock on- Ij -d. ] (civic calendar] A cruich sale and peanut sale will be conducted in the down town section of Edenton Saiur •jday in the March of Dimes drive. Edenton Parent-Teacher Asso ciation will meet Tuesday night January 16, at 8 o'clock in the Jolin A. Holmes High School au ditorium. Edenton Aces and Acele's w II play the Ahoskie teams in the John A. Holmes High School gymnasium Friday night, the ■ girls' game beginning a* 7 I o'clock. Continued on Page 7. Section 1