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Volume XXlX.—dumber 7.
Joe Conger Now Urging
Letter Writing Campaign
To Help Secure New Road
Plan Is to Follow Up
a Highway Meeting
Held In Elizabeth
City Recently
Joe H. Conger, Jr., president
of the Edenton Chamber of
Commerce, voices an appeal to
the businessmen and other in
terested citizens of Chowan
County to continue with the en
thusiastic drive displayed at the
public hearing at the Elizabeth j
City Courthouse January 23 for I
a proposed new road shortening
** the distance between the Albe
marle counties and Tidewater 1
Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay 1
Bridge-Tunnel.
“I have been informed that i
our neighboring counties in the
Albemarle are supporting a let
ter-writing campaign as a follow
up to the highway meeting,”
says Mr. Conger. “I encourage
Chowan citizens to join with the i
residents of these other counties
who are interested in continuing
efforts to get the Highway Com
mission’s approval for this pro
posed new highway. We should |
make ourselves heard and indi- j
cate to the appropriate highway I
commissioners who attended the |
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Methodist Laymen Will Stage
Rally In Hertford Friday Night
In trie neighborhood of 500
Methodist laymen are expected
to attend the Elizabeth City Dis
trict Methodist Laymen’s Rally
scheduled to be held Friday
night, February 16. The meet
ing will be held in the audi
torium of Perquimans High
School in' Hertford at 7:30
o’clock. Prior to the meeting a
barbecue pork supper will be
served in the school cafeteria
from 5:30 to 7 o’clock.
The 500 laymen will represent
the 87 churches in the district
Advance Benefit
Supper Feb. 20th
Advance Home Demonstration
Club will hold its annual bene
fit supper Tuesday night, Febru
ary 20. The supper will be ser
ved at the Advance Community
Building from 6:30 to 7:30 o'clock
and tickets may be secured from
Mrs. Bristoe Perry or Mrs.
Woodrow Lowe.
20 Years Ago]
As Found In The Files Os j
The Chowan Herald i
The Edenton Zoning Commis
sion was authorized by Town
Council to proceed according to
law relative to zoning ordin
ances.
Edenton was selected as one
of seven towns where Washing
ton Day dinners were scheduled
to be held. The purpose of the
dinners was to raise $20,000 in
'North Carolina as the state's
quota In liquidating the debt re-
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Among speakers at the Elizabeth City District* Methodist Lay
msn'lßallv in the Perquimans High School auditorium at Herlfon
Friday, februarv I*. Will be Bishop Paul N. Garber, reside*
fafehop of the Richmond area, and NeUon Gibson lay leader of ttv
North Carolina Conference. Robert P. of^Shreyepori.^
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ALTON G. ELMORE
Effective Monday of this
week, Alton G. Elmore of Rocky
I Mount became manager of the
| Edenton Belk-Tyler store. He
succeeds J. R. DuLaney. who
| has purchased a store at Clin
ton, N. C.
and 16,000 members in Beaufort, J
Camden, Chowan, Currituck,
Dare, Gates, Hertford. Hyde,
Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell |
and Washington counties.
The featured speaker will be
Nobert P. Lay of Shreveport,!
La. Mr. Lay is an executive 1
with Mutual of New York In- !
surance Company. He is an ac
tive Methodist layman and ser
ved for 11 years as the lay lead
er of the Louisiana Conference.
He is a member of the General
Continued on Page 3— Section 1
Ifoman Os Year’ ;
Named Feb. 22
Mayor Culpepper of
Elizabeth City Will |
Be BPW Speaker
Bdenton’s Business and Pro- j
fessional Women’s Club will ob- j
serve its annual Bosses' Night
Banquet Thursday night, Feb
ruary 22, at 7 o’clock at the
Masonic Temple.
A feature of the meeting will j
be naming the “Woman of the
Year”. I
Mayor Levin Culpepper of
Elizabeth City will be guest
speaker for the occasion, and
Mrs. Anita Baker, president of i
the club is very anxious to have i
every member present.
Any person wishing to pur
chase a ticket can do so by con
tacting any member of the &lub i
or by calling Mrs. Baker, phone!
4040.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 15, 1962,
Mrs. Earnhardt Is £
Given Position In
Cancer Crusadt
Appointed Executive
i Secretary or Coord
inator For Chowan
County’s Unit
Announcement has recently
been made that Mrs. W. J. P.
; Earnhardt has been appointed
] and accepted a part-time posi-
I tion of executive secretary or
[ coordinator for the Chowan
County Unit of the American
Cancer Society.
'■ The appointment was an
! r.ounced bv Mrs. Bert G.'-Tyson
] of Greenville, field consultant of
l the North Carolina Division of
! the American Society.
I “I find Mrs. Earnhardt is a
\ person who wants to get things
’ done,” said Mrs. Tyson, “and I
hope the appointment will open
the way for her to feel more
free to make contacts in be
half of the American Cancer
Society.”
j J. W. Davis, president of the
Chowan County Unit, is very
j well pleased with the appoint
ment, and feels that with Mrs.
Earnhardt's efforts more pro
gress will be made in Chowan
County in the fight against can
cer. 1
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Miss Cora Bomar |
Will Be Speaker!
i At PTA Meeting
I
Proposed Visit In Sep-i
! tember Was Called
j Off Due to Hurri-
I cane Scare
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j Featuring a meeting of the:
Edenton Parent-Teacher A sso-1
ciation Tuesday night, February
20, will be an address bv Miss!
Cora Paul Bomar, supervisor of j
school library services of the i
North Carolina Department of!
Public Instruction. The meeting j
I will be held in the Elementary
1 School auditorium at 8 o’clock.
! Miss Bomar was scheduled to
speak to the PTA in September, 1
but the meeting was called off
due to a hurricane scare.
Continued on Page 4, Section 1
Town Councilmen
Hold Brief Session!
Decide To Hold Up
i Awarding Break
water Contract
! Faced with a light agenda,
Town Councilmen held a com
paratively brief session Tuesday
night and were able to complete
l the business shortly before 10:30 j
! o’clock.
Bids were opened for con-,
struction of a breakwater at the
foot of Broad Street, but award
-1 ing of the contract was post
! poned until further study is
made of the project. There were
two proposals, one to carry the
breakwater across from the end
of the former Willis warehouse
and the other to take in the
area where the present pilings
are located, a distance of 71
feet. The bids for the first pro
ject ranged from $7,041.39 to SS.-|
575 from three contractors. Thei
larger area bids ranged from
$14,522 to $20,976.
I The Councilmen approved the
I applica'inn of E. J. Bovre for
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Love And Loyalty
Night At Meeting
Os Eastern Star
Edenton Chapter No. 302, Or
der of the Eastern Star, will
, meet Monday night, February
* 19, at 8 o’clock. A feature of
j the meeting will be the observ
ance of Love and Loyalty Night,
when past patrons will be es
l pecially honored.
Mrs. Anita Tarkington, worthy
> matron, urges all members to
’ attend in order to enjoy a very
! interesting program which is be
ing arranged.
Proposed New Highway 1
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Map above shows where a proposed new highway would shorten
the distance from the new Chesapeake Bay bridge-tunnel to Eden
ton and points south. Top arrow shows approximate location of
the bridge-tunnel. The bottom arrow shows where the proposed
highway would, after entering North Carolina near Moyock, pass
near Elizabeth City to join U. S. 17.
Alton G. Elmore Succeeds J. R.
DuLaney as Belk-Tyler Manager
Arthur L. Tyler, executive vice
president of the Belk-Tyler
Stores, has announced the ap
pointment of Alton G. Elmore of
Rocky Mount as the new mana
ger of the local Belk-Tyler store.
Elmore succeeds J. R. DuLaney,
who has been the local manager
since the opening of the store
here in-4949 and who has recent
ly announced his resignation in
order to go in business for him
self in Clinton, N. C.
Elmore began working in the
Belk-Tyler store in Rocky Mount
Civil Defense Is Emphasized
At Meeting Os Woman’s Club
Report on beautification and improvements to be made in
a talk by Col. David Spivey on curbing, guttering and paving of
Civil Defense were the high- the west side of the square,
lights of the February 7 meet- She emphasized the need for
ing of the Edenton Woman’s money for the project estimated
Club at the Edenton Restaurant, to cost about SB,OOO. She showed
Mrs. W. J. P. Earnhardt re- the club the new booklet, “His
ported that the work on the toric Edenton and Countryside, ’
Court House Square would have just off the press, which will
to be begun by June in order sell for SI.OO. Proceeds from
to be ready for the 1963 pilgrim- j the booklets will go toward the
age, the Tercentenary and open- project.
ing of the Chesapeake Bay j Plans for an organizational
bridge-tunnel. Work is being meeting to foim a book club,
held up, she said, pending the I Continued on Page s—Section 1
Alligator Bridge
Open For Traffic
Impressive Ceremony
Held at Span Friday
Afternoon
Arother important highway
link for Eastern North Carolina
came to realization Friday when
a new three mile-long bridge i
over Alligator River was open
ed to traffic. The bridge, costing
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
Civil Defense Planning Key To Survival
By MRS. ELEANOR PARTIN
Civil Defense Secretary
With the Fallout Shelter Sur
vey scheduled to start in the
Edenton-Chowan area sometime
around March 15th. maybe we
should stop and think just what
is this survey all about? What
can this survey mean to me, a
citizen of Edenton and Chowan
County?
For some months now, news
paper articles have stressed the
need for more Federal help in
Civil Defense preparations. They
have pointed out time and again
that a k>t of our population
could not or would not
bother to prepare any type of
shelter. It has also been point
ed out that a large number of
our people could be away from
e as a Saturday extra in 1949 in
r the men’s department and also
- worked part time for two years
f as a radio announcer. In Sep
-1 tember, 1950, he was promoted
:. to the boys’ department and
r,; worked as a salesman until he
•r entered the army in November
e' of 1952. During his service duty
: he-- served as a military map
n reading instructor and drill ser
i- geant with the 101st Airborne
| Infantry Division. He was dis
e charged in November, 1954, and
continued on Page 5. Section i
latest Edenton
Booklet Off Press
Proceeds Will Go To
ward Court House
Green Work
An attractive booklet, “His
toric Edenton and Countryside,”
prepared by the Edenton Wom
le.n’s Club, is just off the presses,
lit includes information about
1 nearly 50 historic buildings and
Continued on Pud# 3—Section 1
home if we should have a sur
prise attack.
The responsibility of the Fed
eral Government is first to keep
track of the nature of the threat,
which the Civil Defense pro
gram must be designed to meet;
second to prepare information
about the threat and how it can
be met; third, to bear a major
part of the cost of certain kinds
of Civil Defense activities where
such cost sharing will stimulate
state, local and private activi
ties, and, fourth, to provide tech
nical assistance through State
and local channels for Civil De
fense Planning and Activity.
Since the for Civil De-
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: Coleman Mews
j Rays Communism
| In Armory Address
! Calls Upon People to
Have the Courage to
Stand Up and Be
Counted
Despite several conflicting
meetings, over 150 men and wo
men gathered in the Edenton ar
mory Thursday night to hear an
address by T. Coleman Andrews
lof Richmond. Prior to his ad- j
diess a pork barbecue supper
was served by the Center Hill -
Cross Roads firemen.
Richard Schuman .served as
master of ceremonies and lost no
time in preliminaries in order
to allow time for Mr. Andrews
to speak.
Mr. Andrews flayed the com
munists. saying that this country
is in mortal combat with com
munism and that the ultimate
result must be total victory for
one side or the other. He told!
his audience that the communist:
i plan is that capitalism shall fall
1 and communism replace it. He
deplored the fact that there are
38 known Socialists in high po
: sition in our country today and
j called names of those who have
j a communist leaning.
Continued on Page 2, Section 1
Chowan Hospital W ill Receive
$1,308 From Duke Endowment
Trustees of The Duke Endow-;
ment have appropriated 51.304.-
173.32 to North Carolina and
South Carolina hospitals and
child care institutions on the
basis of their charity work in
the fiscal year which ended Sep
tember 30. 1961.
In announcing the appropria-,
tions, Thomas L. Perkins, chair
man of The Endowment, said
they bring to $33,342,444.67 the
amounts given in 37 consecutive
years to help such institutions
finance charity care.
One hundred and thirty-seven
hospitals. 98 in North Carolina
and 38 in South Carolina, and
43 child care institutions. 28 in
North Carolina and 15 in South
Carolina, are included in the
SyGovemor j
Guest Os Edenton 1
Rotarians Today
Speaks at 1 O’clock
And Will Hold Club
Assembly at Edenton
Restaurant at 7
Dr. William G. Spencer nf
Wilson, Governor of District 771
of Rotary International, will be
guest of the Edenton Rotary
Club this (Thursday) afternoon
at 1 o’clock at the Parish House. |
This will be Dr. Spencer’s offi-
Icial visit to the club, when lie
will deliver an address follow'-
ing the dinner.
President Richard Atkinson al
so announces that a club as
sembly will be held at the
Edenton Restaurant tonight at
7 o’clock, when club officials and
committee chairmen will be ex
pected to make reports and plan
for future club activities. Mr.
Atkinson requests a full attend
ance at both meetings.
Mrs. Smith’s Painting
Is In Artists Preview
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Smith
attended the Artists Preview of
the 16th Annual Irene Leache
Exhibition of Contemporary
Painting which was held at the
Norfoik Museum Saturday, Feb
ruary 3. Mrs. Smith has a
painting in the exhibition which
is titled “Oakum Street”. This
exhibition will continue, for the
month of February.
BANK CLOSED FEB. 22
Peoples Bank & Trust Com
pany will be closed all day next
Thursday, February 22. The
closing will be in observance of
George Washington’s birthday, a
national holiday. Important
banking business should, there
fore, be transacted accordingly.
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
C. Yates Parrish Named
As Outstanding Farmer In
Chowan For Year 1961
Contest Winner I
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ABB : BASS
In a 'High School World
Peace Stu J v and Speaking Pro
gram" held at Chowan High
School Wednesday afternoon.
January 31, Carroll Bass won a
"World Peace" key and a trip
to the United Nations and Wash
ington, D. C. Bass is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Graham Bass of
Route 1. Edenton.
i current appropriations. Hospi
tals will receive $864,574 and
child care institutions. $439,-
552.32. Applications from other
hospitals, which had not been
completed when the allocations
were made, will be considered at
the February meeting of trus
tees.
Chowan Hospita’ will receive
$1,308 for 1961 compared with
$1,143 it received for I 960; Al
bemarle Ho* pita-i r. FkVahetk
City gets $3,412, compared with
$3,455 in 1960;' Roanoke-Chowan
Hospital at Ahoskie gets $4,703
compared with $3,040 appropriat
ed to it for I 960: Bertie Me
morial Hospital at Windsor will
receive $3,372 and-' Washington
County Hospital at Plymouth,
sl,lOl.
i Methodist Men’s Club
! Will Meet Tonight
! The Methodist Men’s Club will
' meet tonight (Thursday) at 6:30
o’clock at the Colonial Restau
rant. Howard Ange. president,
i says some important business is
scheduled to be transacted, so
that every member is requested
to be present.
Ma»i(*" Performance Is
Scheduled In Edenton Schools
Listening to a talk about traf
sic safety can be fun. in fact ii
can be down-right hilarious i:
you happen to be talking abou
a certain magician-turned-police
man.
Students of 20 North Carolim
high schools will hear Lt. Car
S. Pike of Grand Rapids, Michi
gan. as he presents his ad
mission-free combined “Safety
Magic” show of traffic safety
and entertainment during a two
week North Carolina tour be
ginning February 19 in Curri
Performs In Edenton February 23
B S K|i&B|
Making flowers appear out of nowhere is one of the many tricks
Lieut. Chrl S. Pike uses during the course of his "Safety Magic"
show. Sponsored nationally by the American Trucking Associa
tions. Inc.. Lieut. Pike will present "Safety Magic" in Edenton
Friday. February 23. At 10 A. M. he will appear at the colored
high school and at 2 P. M. he will present his performance at the
John A. Holmes High School.
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FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Herbert Bonner Ap
peals For Continued
Participation In Civ
ic Affairs
C. Yates Parrish was named
Chowan County’s Outstanding
Young Farmer for 1961 at the
meeting of the Edenton Junior
Chamber of Commerce held on
Thursday night at the Edenton
Restate ant. He is a brother of
Jimmy ParrUh, who won the
honor last year.
This year’s winner is 35 years
old and has been farming on his
own farm for about 13 years af
ter having farmed for two years
in partnership with his father
and brother.
Not onlv does Parrish own a
140-acre farm but he rents an
additional 65 acres. With con
siderable modern farming equip
ment he has shown steady pro
gress in' farm crop and livestock
production. He has successfully
experimented with new methods
of farming and was one of the
first users and promoters in Cho
wan County of liquid nitrogen
for row crops and pastures.
He is a member of the Doane
Cpuntyside Farm Panel, Edenton
Baptist Church and Sunday
School. Farm Bureau. Pollock
Swamp Wat ersh ed. Paren f
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Six Negroes Arrested
On Trespass Charge
At Local Drug Store
In connection with picketing
the Taylor Theatre and Mitch
oner’s Pharmacy, six Negroes
were arrested and charged 'with
trespassing Saturday afternoon;
The arrests occurred when the
six Negroes seated thf r y
at the soda fountain in the drug'
store, but were informed th: i
there were no seats for colored
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[ civic calendar]
Edenton Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation will meet Tuesday night,
February 20, a* 8 o'clock at the
Edenton Elementary School.
Chcwan Hospital Auxiliary will
meet Friday afternoon. Febru
ary 16, at 3 o'clock in the nurs
es' home.
Methodist Men’s Club will
meet tonight (Thursdavl a* 6:30
o'clock at the Colonial Restau
rant.
Edenton Chapter No. 3C2, Cr
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f- tuck and ending in Cary n
it March 1
if Unde- the sponsorship of ta
it State Department of Public In
e- struction, the North Carol in
Motor Carriers Association. Inc
ta and the American Trucking A
rl sociations, Inc., the show de
i- signed to highlight the rules <
:1- good safety behavior, accordin
ty to John C. Noc. Advisor of Salt
ty ty Education, State Depart men
o- of Public Instruction. Raleigh,
e- i Presently on leave from th
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