ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXlX.—Number 8.
Auction Os Land At Former
Edenton Base Postponed
AtleastTwoMoreWeeks
Due to Some Techni
cality, Sale Scheduled
To fee Held March 16
Is Called Off |
The big public auction sale of
the former Marine Air Base at
Edenton,. which was scheduled
"jo take place at the Edenton
t t armory, Friday, March 16, has
been postponed for at least two
weeks, according to Joe H. Con-1
ger, Jr]., president of the Eden
ton Chamber of Commerce.
i
Mr. Conger is in receipt of a
letter from the T. Lynn Davis'.
Auction Company of Macon, Ga., :
who have the contract with Gen- 1
eral Services Administration for
selling this government surplus
property, to the effect that due
to some technicality the post-|
ponement was unavoidable.
“Advertising brochures of the'
property will be available at the
Chamber of Commerce office
several weeks prior to the sale,”;
Mr. Conger said. The brochures
will carry a map delineating the
various tracts and their individ
ual acreage which are to be
Sold. The Herald will carry no-,
tice of the new date set for the
public Auction.
Magic Shows At
Local Schools Friday,
Under the sponsorship of the
State. Department of Public In- j
struction, the North Carolina j
Motor Carriers Association and
the American Trucking Associa- 1
tion, a safety magic show will'
be presented Friday, February
23, in Edenton schools.
The show will be presented by
Lieut. Carl S. Pike of. Grand
Rapids, Michigan, presently on
leave from the Kent County J
Sheriff’s Department at Grand'
Rapids, where he has been a
police officer for over 20 years.
Lieut. Pike will present his'
show having to do rules of,
good safety behavior with magic'
tricks used to emphasize his
point, at the Edenton colored |
school Friday 'morning at 10
o'clock and again at John A.
Holmes School at 2 o’clock.
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| As Found In The Files Os 1
The Chowan Herald j
Though no definite date had
been set, E. W. Spires, Chair
man of the Chowan County Ci
vilian Defense Council, an
nounced that in the very near
future Edenton would be re
quired to stage a black-out in
orde rto acquaint citizens with
what to do in event of air raids.'
Edenton came in for a neat
slice of publicity in the Bing
hamton, N. V., press when an
nouncement was made that the
Eastern League baseball chib
would return to the Tar Heel
• Slate for spring training after
five seasons training elsewhere.
Edenton Rotary Club celebrat
ed its 16th anniversary when
Maynard Fletcher of Washing
ton, N. C„ a past district gov-
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The final postgraduate medical
course will be held at the Eden
ton Restaurant Wednesday, Feb
! ruary 28. The speaker for the
course will be Dr. Robert W.
, Kistner of the Harvard Medical
School.
Homecoming At
! Chowan Feb. 23rd
!
Feature of Event Will
; Be Crowning Home- i
coming Queen
I I
' The senior class of Chowan
High School will sponsor its an
nual homecoming Friday, Feb
ruary 23. It will take place af
ter the basketball game held
between the Central Green
’ waves and the Chowan Bulldogs.
J The main feature will be
crowning of the homecoming
queen, Miss Betty Gay, Morris.
I Also presented will be the at
tendants from the various grades.
I They are as follows: Margie
Hollowed, senior attendant; Jane
i Bass, junior attendant; Sondra
Byrum, sophomore attendant;
Judy Bass, freshman attendant, 1
and Miss Linda Cheryl /Monds,
junior high attendant. Miss
Kathryn Faye Byrum, who is
“Miss Chowan High,” will also
be featured.
Miss Nancy Spivey, president
of the senior class, will be mis-'
; tress of ceremonies at this so
. cial event. David J. Johnson,
senior advisor, will also be on
hand.
■ Everyone is cordially invited
. td attend for an evening of ex
i citement, beauty and pleasure,
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j 303 Enrolled In
Hospital Auxiliary
’ According to a report of the
| membership drive of the Cho
wan Hospital Auxiliary, 303
| members were enrolled for the
' year as of Monday of this week,
i The membership includes the
, following:
1 Mrs. Ed Bond, Mrs. J. W.
j Davis, Mrs. Vol Patterson, Mrs.
. Richard Elliott, Mrs. Charles
Newcomb, Mrs. Julie Bond, Mrs.
Zell Ward, Mrs. Clarence Leary,
Sr., Mrs. Boyd Harless, Mrs.
Frank Holmes, Miss Pauline
Calloway, Mrs. Logan Elliott,
Mrs. Jesse Harrell, Mrs. C. E.
Kramer, Mrs. G. E. Cullipher,
Mrs. John M. Elliott, Mrs. Ruth
Israel, Mrs. Tlsie Jones, Mrs.
Lydia Daniels, Mrs. Graham By
] rum, Mrs. T. J. Wood, Miss
i Bertha Holmes, Mrs. Haywood
(Bunch, Mrs. W. P. Jones, Mrs.
(W. E. Bond, Mrs. John Habit,
j Mrs. Herbert Small, Mrs. Geddes
(Potter, Mrs. Albert Byrum, Mrs.
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Democratic Women Os Chowan
Schedule Meeting For March 5
Mrs. J. Henry Cromartie, vice
chairman of the State Executive
Committee of the Democratic
Party, will be the guest speaker
at the luncheon of the Demo
cratic women of Chowan to be
held at the Edenton Restaurant
Monday March 5 at 12 o’clock
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DROP THE WRAP—A new car game is introduced by two children left in a parked car
while their parents went shopping in Watsonville, Calif. Christina, 3, and Anna Camareo,
2, drop a coat from the car and plead with a passerby to pick it up (left). After he com
plies with their wishes, the two tykes wait until he is out of sight (center) and drop it
again, letting the whole thing repeat itself. A woman (right) picks up the coat, hands it
to them and goes her way.. The two kept the game up until their parents returned.
Week Os Revival And Missions
At Rocky Hock Baptist Church
Is Scheduled For March 18-25
The Rev. Thurman W. Allred,
pastor of Rocky Hock Baptist
Church, announces that a week
of revival and empha
sis will be held in the church
the week of March 18-25. The
theme of the services will be
“For God so loved the world.”
The schedule of services and
the speakers will be as follows:
Sunday morning, March 18—
Speaker, the Rev. Robert S. Har
rell, Chowan Association pro
motional secretary.
Sunday night, March 18 —
Speakers, Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Mitchiner of Oxford, N. C. They
are missionaries extraordinary
and are recognized by North
Carolina Baptists for their un
selfish zeal for .world missions.
Monday night, March 19—
Speakers, the .Rev. and Mrs.
R. E. Gordon, missionaries to the
Philippines, on furlough. They
will present missions in the
Philippines at this service. Mr.
Gordon is a former pastor of
Rocky Hock Baptist Church.
Rotary Governor jFeed Grain Signup
Visits In Edenton Through March 30
Speaks At Meeting of
Club and Leads In
Club Assembly
The Edenton Rotary Club last;
week yvas honored by an official
visit of the district governor,!
Dr. William G. Spencer, Jr., of;
Wilson. The Rotary district, su
pervised by Dr. Spencer,, em
braces 39 clubs with a total
membership of 1,749 Rotarians in
an area from Chapel Hill and 1
Burlington on the west to Pas
quotank and Dare counties on
the east. The district governor’s
visits are on an annual basis
due to the large number of Ro
tary Clubs under his jurisdiction.
All Rotarians elected to office
devote‘their time and energy on
a voluntary basis. The only paid
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Confederate Bills To ;
Be Sold Saturday j
To Help Heart Fund!
j
Billy Bond, Heart Fund Rais- j
ing Chairman, announces that;
there will be a Confederate Dol-I
Jar Sale in downtown Edenton;
Saturday, February 24. At that!
time a $5.00 Confederate bill!
will be given in exchange for a
U. S. SI.OO bill.
Mr. Bond also again points out
that February 25 is Heart Sun
day and urges everybody to
make a special effort to make
a contribution to the Heart
Fund.
Mrs. Cromartie, a dynamic
speaker, holds the top women’s
position in the state organization
and is the director of women’s
activitie in the Democratic
Party
All women, desiring reserva
tjons, are asked to call Mrs. C.
:* ‘ v si’'
Tuesday and Wednesday nights,
March 20 and 21—Speaker, the
Rev. R. E. Gordon.
Thursday night, March 22
Speakers, the Rev. and Mrs.
Ralph Harrell. They are mis
sionaries to Kenya in Africa, on
furlough after service in Tan
ganyika. They will present mis
sions in Africa at this service.
Friday and Saturday nights,
March 23 and 24—The Rev.
Ralph W. Harrell will preach.
Sunday morning. March 25
Speaker, Dr. Rogers M. Smith,
Foreign Mission Board of the
Southern Baptist Convention. He
serves as the administrative as
sociate to the executive secre
tary.
Sunday night, March 25-
Speaker, the Rev. E. Cleve Wil
kie, Kinston, N. C., district, pro
motional director, Department of
Stewardship Promotion, Baptist
State Convention of North Caro
lina.
Special music will be present
ed at each service.
A. C. Griffin Points
Out Program Sim- i
ilar to 1961
| Growers of corn and grain
! sorghum now may sign up to
| take part in the 1962 Feed Grain
Program, A. C. Griffin, Chair
man of the Agricultural Stabili
zation and Conservation County
Committee, has announced. The
(signup period will extend
i through March 30.
Operation of the program, Mr.
Griffin explained, will be simi
lar to the 1961 Feed Grain Pro
gram.
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Last Os Medical
Lectures Feb. 28
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The final lectures in post
j graduate medical courses that
have been offered at Edenton
over the past six weeks will
(close with lectures Wednesday,
1 February 28.
I The courses have been spon
| sored by the University of North,
| Carolina School of Medicine, the |
j UNC Extension Division and the,
| First District Medical Society.
The guest speaker will be Dr.
Robert W. Kistner of the Har
vard Medical School, who will
give two lectures. At 4:30 in
the afternoon, he will speak on
“Endometriosis.” His e\{ening
lecture, at 7:30 will be on the
subject of “The Use of Newer
Progestins in Office Practice.”
The Edenton lectures are held
at the Edenton Restaurant
P. O. CLOSED TODAY
In observance of Washington’s
birthday today (Thursday) the
Post Office will be closed for
the holiday. While no mail or
rural and city routes will be de
livered, mail will be placed in
Post Office boxes as usual and
outgoing mail will be dispatch
ed. The windows will be closed
l but the lobby will remain open
las usual.
Christchurch Choir
At Parish House On;
Friday, February 23;
I
A Local Boy, Arthur
Baer, Among Group
Now Touring East
ern North Carolina
The Christchurch School Choir,!
Christchurch, Virginia, will pre-1
sent a program of secular and
sacred singing Friday evening
in the Episcopal Parish House
on West Gale Street.
This well-known group of
young men are on a tour of
Eastern North Carolina and will
be accompanied by Robert M.
Yarborough, headmaster, James j
Edgy, choirmaster, and teachers, j
A local young man, Arthur!
Baer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rich-!
ard'P. Baer, -Sr., is a member
of the choir. Others are Hill j
Armstrong, James Baden, Wil-•
son Craigie, John Drumheller, I
James -41 ore, John Grand, Brent
Heath, Toby Keeler, Lewis Law
son, Dabney Lewis, John Long,;
Hull McLean, Bill McLean. Wal-j
ter Hehring, Bill Rand, Bill I
Stanley, Charles Tylander, Will j
Wallace and John Williams.
There is no admission charge]
for the occasion though a free
will offering will be made. This!
pleasing program, deserving lo
cal support, will begin at 8
o’clock in the Parish House.
Clifton H. Blue !
Chairman For ’62
Easter Seal Drive
Plans to Make Visits
To Local Groups In
Eastern Section ofi
State
Announcement of the appoint-;
ment of H. Clifton Blue, Aber
r deen newspaper editor and pub
ilisher, as State Chairman of the
1962 Easter Seal Appeal, wasj
made late last week by Dr. John
W. Baluss, Jr., president of the j
North Carolina Society for;
Crippled Children & Adults, Inc.,|
the Easter Seal organization. '
“This organization is doing ai
great work, rendering a humani- j
tarian service,” Blue said in ac-,
cepting the appointment, “and:
I am glad to be associated with]
it in its noble endeavor.”
Elected State Representative in 1
1946, Blue has served continu-j
ously since and is chairman of j
the House Finance Committee.
In addition to being editor and
publisher of the “Sandhill Citi-
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Mayor Culpepper
Speaker For BPW
Banquet Tonight
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Tonight (Thursday) at 7 o’clock
in the Masonic Temple Edenton’si
Business and Professional Wo
man’s Club will observe its an
nual Bosses’ Night banquet. At
this time the club will name its
selection as “Woman of the
Year”.
The principal speaker for the
occasion will be Mayor Levin
Culpepper of Elizabeth City.
Typing Contest j
Tuesday,March 27
At Chowan H. S.
Registration Statistics
Sent to East Carolina
College by Mrs. Mar
vis Hendrix
Registration statistics for the |
Chowan County typewriting con-!
' test have been mailed to Eastj
| Carolina College by Mrs. Marvis'
j Hendrix, this year’s county co-j
j ordinator for the typewriting;
contests. The date has been set
for Tuesday, March 27. The
; contest will be held at Chowan 1
High School in the typewriting
room. The beginning division
will be held at 10 A. M.. and
the advanced division at 11 A. M.
Each high school is to enter
one contestant for each ten stu
dents enrolled in the beginning
typewriting course and one con-i
testant for each five students
[enrolled in the advanced type-j
| writing course. The total num-|
j ber entering will be six Chowan'
(students and ten Edenton stu-j
; denis.
Help Offered
Income Filers
James M. Johnston of the
North Carolina Department of j
Revenue says that the revenue 1
office located i.n Joseph Hewes j
Hotel in Edenton will be open i
April 9 through April 16 to as
sist taxpayers who wish assist-1
ance in filing their income tax. i
The office will be open from 8
A. M. to 5 P. M.
Mr. Johnston states that the j
office will continue to be open 1
each Wednesday from 8 A. M. i
until 12 o’clock noon.
Mr. Johnston’s schedule in- (
eludes visits to Hertford, where
he ' v 111 assist taxpayers at the.
Community Building on March i
■26 from 8:30 A. M. until 4 P. M. !
He will also be at Plymouth '
March 29 and 30, where he can
be seen at the Highway Patrol
office in the Court House from
8:30 A. M.. until 5 P. M.
Tour Os Hospital At
March Meeting Os
Hospital Auxiliary
At the meeting of the Chowan
Hospital Auxiliary held in the'
nurses' home Friday afternoon,
Mrs. Ed Bond, finance chairman,
reported that it is planned to.
sponsor a square dance in the(
Edenton armory Friday night,;
March 23. Mrs. Frank Holmes,
membership chairman, reported;
that to date 303 members had;
been enrolled during the mem
bership drive.
A feature of the meeting was
showing a film “Matter of Time” j
with Mrs. John Graham in
charge of the program.
The Auxiliary also discussed a
proposed tour of the hospital at
the March meeting. This tour is
planned in order to acquaint all
members with hospital equip
ment which has been purchased
by the Auxiliary.
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Pocahontas Dinner
Scheduled Tuesday—
Next Tuesday night, February!
27, members of Chowanoke j
Council No. 54, Degree of Po-;
cahontas, will serve a dinner ■
with their husbands as special |
guests. The affair will be held
in the Red Men hall, beginning;
at 7 o’clock.
Mrs. Betsy Jackson, Pocahor.-'
tas, is very anxious to have all 1
members and their husbands j
present for the occasion.
Hospital Auxiliary Schedules
Square Dance Friday, March 16
A Hospital Hoe-Down will be
held Friday, March 16, at the
armory, from 8:00 to 12:00. This
square dance will be sponsored
by the Chowan Hospital Auxili
ary with all proceeds used to
purchase necessary hospital
equipment. Included in the
evenings’ program will be an
auction and home-grown enter
tainment from the hospital trus
tees and staff.
Callers for the square dance
will be Harry Venters, Joe
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
Note Burning Ceremony
Scheduled At Rocky Hock
Church Sunday, Feb. 25
! Rotary Speaker ;
DR. WM. G. SPENCER. JR.
At an official visit to the
Edenton Rotary Club Thursday,
! Dr. William G. Spencer, Jr., of
Wilson, district governor, was
the principal speaker at the
club's weekly luncheon meeting.
Area Meeting Os
Cancer Crusade
Held In Windsor
Growth and Accom
plishments Since Or
ganization In 1905
Pointed Out
An area cancer crusade meet-]
ing was held recently in the!
Educational Building of the;
Cashie Baptist. Church in Wind
sor. N. C. Forty-eight cancer
crusaders from five counties in- j
eluding Bertie, Currituck. Cho-1
wan, Pitt and Dare attended.!
Mrs. Julian Porter of Severn!
presided 'at the morning and as- j
ternoon sessions.
A most hearty welcome to
Bertie County was given to the,
group by. Representative Wayland;
Spruill and Dr. E. L. Groover. ;
president of the Bertie County
Cancer Unit.
Dr. Howard Gradis. president
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Three Edenton Girls
Receive Nursing Caps
From Obici Hospital
- Three Edenton girls, graduates
of John A. Holmes High School
last year, were presented their,
caps from the School of Nursing,
at Louise Obici Hospital in Suf
folk Saturday night.
Those receiving their caps
were Nettie Fare Lassiter. Joan
Garrett and Mary Ann Overton.
The presentation was made at a,
very impressive service heid at'
the West End Baptist Church, j
Miss Garrett received honorable |
mention.
Those from Edenton attending
were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lassi
ter, Miss Carol Lassiter, Boots'
Lassiter. Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Allen Powell. Bobby Stockley
and Mr. and Mrs. Heywood Zieg
ler. Jr.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton Rolarians will hold
their weekly meeting this
(Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock
|at the Parish House. The pro
gram will be in charge of Lloyd
1 Bunch and President Richard
j Atkinson urges a 100 per cent
meeting.
Swanner and Charlie Swanner.
Tickets will be SI.OO per person.
Mrs. Edward G. Bond, general
chairman, announced the follow
ing committee chairmen for the
fun-filled event: Mrs. C. A.
Phillips. Jr., chairman; Mrs. J.
M. Thorud, auction; Mrs. W. H.
.Hollowed, Jr., concessions; Mrs.
Gilliam Wood, decorations; Mrs.
R. E. Forehand, Jr., and Mrs.
.George A. Byrum, tickets, and
Mrs. J. W. Davis, publicity andj
programs.
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
The Rev. Bomar L.
Raines, Former Pas
tor, Will Be Principal
Speaker
A special day is being planned
at Rocky Hock Baptist Church
for Sunday, February 25. At
the morning worship hour the
note on the Educational Build
ing is to be burned and the
building is to be dedicated debt
i free. The Rev. Bomar L. Raines,
I former pastor of Rocky Hock,
j now serving as pastor of First
j Baptist Church, Kings Mountain,
I N. C., will be the principal
| speaker for this service. The
I building was started and com
! pleted during Mr. Raines’ pas
torate.
The present pastor, the Rev.
Thuman W, Allred, will lead the
congregation in dedication of the
building and in the nott-burning
ceremony. O. C. Long, Jr., Sun
day School superintendent, has
announced a goal of 100 for Sun
day School on that day, and
classes and departments have
been assigned goals toward
which they will work.
All former members and
friends of Rocky Hock Baptist
Church, along with the present
membership, are invited to at
tend this service.
Nancy Spivey will sing “Bless
This House”.
FHA Office Moved
To New Location
The local Farmers Home Ad
ministration office moved last
week to the Davenport building
on Market Street in Hertford.
Formerly the FHA office was lo
cated on the second floor of ghe
Bus Station Building.
Office. hours will continue to
be each Monday, Wednesday and
Thursday from 8:00 A. M.. until
5:00 P. M.. in Hertford with
the personnel working in Eliza
beth City at the part-time office
each Tuesday and Friday.
The local office is busy receiv
ing and processing applications
for farm operating loans, farm
purchase and development loans
and rural housing loans. Any
one interested in obtaining in
formation about these types of
loans is invited to contact either
the office in Hertford or Eliza
beth City.
Lions Club Planning
For 25th Anniversary
Thursday, March 15th
Extensive preparations are be
ing made by members of the
Edenton Lions Club to celebrate
the 25th anniversary of the or
ganization of the Edenton club.
The celebration will be held at
the Masonic Temple Thursday
night. March 11. at 7:30 o'clock.
According to the planning
committee arrangements are de-
I veloping nicely and it promises
; to be the highlight of the club's
| 21 years of service to the com
-1 munity.
OFFICES CLOSED TODAY
County and town offices will
; be closed all day today (Thurs
day) due to the observance of
I Washington’s birthday, a nation
; al holiday.
civic calendar]
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Edenton's Business and Pro
fessional Woman's Club will
Hold ils annual Bosses' Night
Banquet tonight (Thursday) at
7 o'clock at the Masonic Temple.
Homecoming will be observed
by the sen'ior class of Chowan
High School Friday night fol
lowing a basketball game.
A note-burning ceremony will
be held at Rocky Hock Baptist
Church Sunday morning, Feb
ruary 25. at the U o’clock ser
vice.
Chowan Hospital Auxiliary will
sponsor a square dance in the
Edenton armory Friday night,
March 23. from • to 12 P. M.
Democratic women of Chowan
County will meet at a luncheon
meeting Monday. March 5, at 12
.«o'clock at the Edenton Restau-
I rani.
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