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OtiLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
, CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXIX -Number 11.
Eighth Annual Livestock
Show And Sale Scheduled
To Be Held March 28th
Sponsored By Jaycees,
Event Will Again Be
Held at American
Legion Building
Edenton’s Junior Chamber of
Commerce will again sponsor a
Livestock Show and Sale, which
is scheduled to be held at the
, American Legion building Wed
nesday, March 28. It will be
the eighth annual event and the
Jaycees extend to Chowan Coun
ty farmers an invitation to' at
tend and participate.
In the swine division, there is
a class for adults and youth.
All hogs entered must be in
place by 8:30 A. M., on the day
of the show. Hogs may be
weighed at the Edenton Feed
and Livestock Market or M. D.
Baker Hog Market beginning at
1 P. M., on March 27. State
graders will be at both of these
markets to assist farmers in
grading their hogs to enter the
show. Any hogs grading be
low number 2 will be eliminated
at this time.
The schedule is as follows:
Hogs may be entered beginning
at 1:00 P. M., on March 27 and
until 8:30 A. M., on March 28.
Judging will begin at 9:30.
The fitting and showmanship
contests for steers and hogs for
junior exhibitors begins at 11
A. M. Beginning at 2:00 P. M.,
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Macedonia Revival
March 2GTo April 1
£ev t . Carl Hart P_astor
Os Ballard’s Bridge,
Guest Evangelist
Macedonia Baptist Church will
be in revival Monday, March
26, to April 1, meeting each
" evening at 7:30 o’clock.
The visiting minister for these
services will be the Rev. Carl
Hart of Tyner, pastor of the
Ballard’s Bridge Baptist Church.
Mr. Hart has been at Ballard’s
Bridge Church for the past year
and is well loved by those who
know him. He is a man of God
who will bring God’s message
in a very inspiring manner.
There will be good congrega
tional singing in each service led
by Woodrow Lowe. Also there
will be special music at each
service. “Come worship with us
if), these services,” *s@ys the Rev.
Gerdon Shaw, pastor of the
church.
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• The Chowan Herald j
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Town Council again consider
ed street and sidewalk improve
ments in the cotton mill village
and ordered a WPA project to
be made up.
J. L. Pettus, chairman of the
- Zoning Commission of the Town
of lEdenlon called for a public
hearing Jor the purpose of
adopting toning in Edenton.
Edenton was scheduled to
have a blackout with blinking of
electric lights and blast mi si
ren to signal that the blackout
was in progress.
In an address at a Lions Club
meeting, D. M. Warren told the
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Fisheries Committee Seeking
To Extend Season For Shad
To May 1 Instead Os April 25
Recommendation will be made
by the Commercial Fisheries
Committee' of the State Board
of Conservation and Develop
ment to the full boardwhenit
to the effect*that the dosing of
the shad season b« get for May
I instead of April, y the pre*-_
ent regulation. - i
THE CHOWAN HERALD
: Secretary 25 Years ]j
W. J. TAYLOR )
With the Edenton Lions Club
celebrating its 25th anniversary j
at a banquet tonight at 7:30 j
o'clock at the Masonic Temple,
W. J. Taylor will round out 25,
years as secretary-treasurer. He,
was the first secretary and ser
ved continuously since the club
was organized.
Extra Features Scheduled For
Edenton Trade Fair April 5 - 6
The Edenton Trade Fair, in
addition to sponsoring entertain
ment by the nationally known
group, the Ink Spots, also prom-1
ises a fashion show and a beau
ty pagearft. states H. A. Cam
pen, entertainment committee
chairman. Mr. Campen and his I
committee are. -also Jining., up,
other local talent groups for the
two big days of the Trade Fair,
April sth and 6th,' it is an
nounced by General Chairman
W. J. P. Earnhardt. An auto
show and a boat show have al- i
41 Students Make Honor Roll
At John A. Holmes High School
Cecil Fry, principal at John
A. Holmes High School, early
this week released 'the honor roll
for the fourth six weeks pe- j
riod. There are 41 students on
the' select list, who are as fol- \
lows:
Grade 7 Wesley Chesson, j
Danny Hassell, Donna Billings,}
Gail Cozzens,' Anne Graham,!
Ann Harrell, Linda Hollowell,
Ann Jordan, Sylvia Jordan, Kay]
Kramer and Ivy Lowe. |
Grade 8 Joe Conger, Bill
Mitchener, Norfleet Pruden, Ann
Castelloe, Suzanne George, Becky-
Contract Is Let
For Breakwater
Councilmen Concerned
About Federal Aid
For Sewage
To further improve and beau
i tify the foot of Broad Street,
| Town Councilmen at their meet-
I ing Tuesday night awarded a
j cpntract to repair the present
! breakwater and continue it
' across the former Willis ware
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rently with the closed season on
shad.
The Liaison Committee of the
Commercial Fisheries Division
met at Raleigh last week with
the Liaison Committee of the
Wildlife Resources Commission
to discuss the question. Nor
mally the closed season for the
j inland waters.of the State varies
with the closed season for the
commercial fishing waters.
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 15, 1962.
Joli 11 ackdford
I Set || e-election
i Fo f licitorship
'Served Since Decem
! ber When He Was
I Appointed to Succeed
! William Privott
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John Shackelford on Tuesday
afternoon announced that he will
be a candidate for re-election
as Recorder’s Court solicitor in
the May primary election.
Mr. Shackelford has served in
this capacity since December,
when he was appointed by the
County Commissioners to fill the
unexpired term of William Pri- 1
. vott. Mr. Privott was appoint-!
ed Judge of Recorder’s Court j
following the resignation of Wel
don Hollowell, who was appoint-1
ed to a federal judgeship.
Mr. Shackeford says he will,!
to the best of his ability, dis- j
charge the duties of solicitor!
and solicits the support of the I
voters of the county.
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ST. PATRICK'S DAY DANCE
, AT CHOWAN HIGH SCHOOL
| Sponsored by the sophomore
| class at Chowan High School, a
i St. Patrick’s Day dance will be
i held in ' the school gymnasium
Friday night, March 16, from
7:30 to 11:30 o’clock. A small
j admission will be charged.
so been arranged for the big
! event sponsored by the Mer
(chants Committee of the Eden
‘ ton Chamber of Commerce, it
was learned.
The following business firms
in Edenton have signed up for
I exhibit space in -the armory, ac
< cording -to Henry Quinn, chair--
man of the finance committee:
Albemarle Motor Co., Belk-
Tyler Co., Byrum Hardware Co.,
Byrum Implement & Truck Co.,
Colonial Broadcasting Co., Co-
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Hampton. Dianthia Sexton, Mar- j
tha Vaughan, Yvonne Stillman,
Barbara Wallace and Vivian I
; Whiteman.
i Grade 9—Hiram Mayo, Charles
Overton, George Wilkins, Linda
Basnight, Claire Belch, Janice
' Bryant, Nancy O’Neal and Lula
; Stroud.
Grade 10 Douglas Twiddy,
Betty Jo Elliott, Jean Goodwin
and Nancy Jordan,
j Grade 11—John Marshall,
j Grade 12 Herbert Adams, 1
Joe Mitchener, Marian Bunch,
Ida Campen, Carolyn Harrell |
- and Ann Hobbs McLaughlin. j
Rosevear Elected
Rotary President
Officers and Direct
ors Elected at Last
Week’s Meeting
Edenton Rotarians at their
meeting elected W. S. Rosevear
as new president, who will suc
ceed Richard Atkinson, Jr. Mr.
Rosevear has taken a very ac
tive part in Rotary activities in
recent years, so that the Ro
tarians anticipate a very suc
cessful year under his leader
ship.
Keith Reeve was elected vice
president, and will succeed
Lloyd E. Bunch. The new di
rectors elected include West By
rum, Jr., Richard Dixon. Jr., W.
B. Gardner and Bruce Jones.
The new officers will be in
stalled at the first meeting in
July.
Eastern Star Installs
New Officers Monday
Edenton Chapter No. 302, Or
der of the Eastern Star, will
meet Monday night, March 19,
at 8 o’clock. At this meeting
new officers will be elected, sol
that Mrs. Anita Tarkington, re-i
tiring worthy matron, urges alii
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Ryland Ruritan Club Officers
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A Ruritan Club was recently organized in the' Ryland com
munity. The officers elected and pictured above are. left to
Hubert Byrum, treasurer: John B. Byrum. president. R. C. Ward,
vice president, and M. L. Bateman, secretary.
Chowan Cancer Drive Set:
For Week Os April 9To 13 j
By Edenton Woman's Club
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Thirteen New Mem
bers Admitted to Lo
cal Club at Meeting
Held Last Week
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The Cancer Drive, sponsored
by the Edenton Woman’s Club,;
was tentatively set for April
9-13 at a meeting of the club!
Wednesday, March 7. at the
Edenton Restaurant. This will
be the 14th year that the club
has sponsored the drive. Mrs. |
Warren Twiddy is the 1962
chairman and Mrs. Leo Kalka
veck. co-chairman.
Mrs. W. H. Hollowell, Jr., the
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Cliowan River Fishermen Form
Association To Protect lute rests
| A group of fishermen met
Wednesday night at the Rocky
'Hock Community Center, at
! which time the Chowan River
1 Fishermen’s Association was or
ganized. The organization was
I formed for the primary purpose
|of protecting the interests of the
fishermen, especially regarding
I any proposed legislation which
might be deemed detrimental to
the industry.
Teenagers Guilty On
Trespassing Count
1 10 Negros Sentenced
To 30 Days In Jail
I In Court Tuesday
In Recorder’s Court Tuesday:
| Judge William Privott found 10
teenage Negro people guilty of
trespassing and sentenced them
to 30 days in jail, suspended
upon payment of a fine of $25
i and court costs. Through their
attorney they entered an appeal i
to Superior Court.
The arrests were the out-1
I growth of sit-ins at Mitchener’s \
j Pharmacy, where they sat at the j
j soda and lunch counter and ask-!
ed to be served. They were \
, refused service and subsequent- i
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I Guests At Lions Club Celebration
....aum
JOHN L. STICKLEY
Two prominent Lions will be guests of the Edenton Lions Club'
when the 25th anniversary of the local chib will be observed at
a banquet in the Masonic Temple Thursday night, March 15. at
7:30 o'clock. John L. Stick ley of Charlotte is a past international
president and Wallace L West of Wilmington, N. C„ is a directorl
of Lions International. , V ? . . h _ 4 _ 1
Baptist Revival
: Begins Sunday
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Services Will Be Held
| From March 18th
Through 25th
The annual spring revival
opens at the Edenton Baptist
! Church on Sunday, March 18,
with the 11 o’clock morning wor
ship service and continuing
through the 7:30 evening wor
shp service on the following
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The officers elected at the
j meeting were A. T. Belch of
[Colerain, president and D. C.
■ I Forehand of Rocky Hock, secre
tary-treasurer, The directors,
who will aid the president, and
! secretary, are C: J- Hollowell of,
Tyner and Herman Nixon. Ker
mit L. Nixon, Lloyd Peele and
Palmer Tvnch. all of the Rocky
Hock section.
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WMU Will Meet
Tuesday, March2S
57th Annual Session
To Be Held at Cen
ter Hill Church
The 57th annual session of
the Woman's Missionary Union
of the Chowan Baptist Asso
ciation will be held Tuesday,
March 20, at the Center Hill
Baptist Church. The theme of
the meeting will be “That Thy
Way'Be Known.’”
The meeting will begin at 10
A. M„ when the principal speak
er will be Miss Willa Dean
Freeman, state GA director.
The afternoon session will be
gin at 1:15 o’clock. The princi
pal speaker for this session will
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WALLACE 1. WEST
Mrs. Leary Seeking!
Re-Election In May
As Clerk Os Court
Oppointed October 1,
1961 to Fill Unexpir-'
ed Term of Thomas
Shepard
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Mrs. Lena Leary late last
week ; nnounced tha't sne will
seek rf'-election as clerk of Cho- j
wan Superior Court in the May
Democratic primary election.
Mrs, Leary was appointed
Clerk of Court to fill the un-1
expired term of Thomas Shep
ard, who resigned as of October j
1, 1961. She was appointed by.
Chester Morris following the
unanimous endorsement of the
Chowan County Bar and the
Democratic Executive Commit-
tee. She also had the endorse-1
ment of many individuals.
Prior to her appointment she
served as assistant Clerk of
Court for 13 years under the i
late E. W. Spires and Mr. Shep
ard.
In announcing her candidacy.
Mrs. Leary stated that if re
elected she will continue to ex
ert her efforts in conducting the
office in an efficient manner. I
Governor Sanford Names 14 On
Edenton Historical Commission
Governor Terry Sanford has
named 14 persons to the Eden
ton Historical Commission, in l
addition to the Mayor of Eden-!
ton and the Chairman of the |
Chowan County Commissioners, 1
who serve as ex-officio mem- j
bets.
The Historic Edenton Commis
sion was created bv the North
Carolina General Assembly in
July to acquire, repair and main
tain local historical sites, . 4
petition requesting the coin in.., 1
sion was made by the Planning
Committee of the Edenton Wo
man’s Club to Representative
Albert Bvrum, who introduced
Chowan Entrants Win Honors
In Conservation Poster Contest
Chowan County took top hon
ors In the annual Albemarle
District Conservation Poster
Contest again this year. The
final judging was completed
Friday. March 9, in Elizabeth
City. Winners were listed as
follows:
Fourth Grade: First place,
Jessica Spruill. Edenton Ele
mentary: second place, Bill Long
of Weeksville.
Fifth Grade: First place, Jo
Ella Copeland; second place,
Shelia Byrum, both from Cho
wan High School.
Sixth Grade: First place, Em
ily Peele, Chowan High; second
Guest Speaker At |
St. Paul’s Church
For Lenten Services
Lenten luncheons continue
Tuesday. March 20, at 1 o’clock
in the Parish House of Saint
Paul’s Episcopal Church, with
the Rev. Frederick Egelhoff as
the guest preacher.
’ Mr. Egelhoff is from the East- ,
ern Shore of the Diocese of
Southern Virginia, a former |
! business man who entered the i
’ ministry while married.
He is a graduate of Nichols
School Buffalo, New York, re-!
ceived a BA at Williams Col
lege, Mass., an MBA at Har- j
vard, and a BD at Virginia j
Theological Seminary. He is
currently a member of the De
partment of Christian Education
in his diocese.
I The luncheons begin promptly
at 1 o’clock and end promptly
at 2 o’clock.
BPW Club Changes
Meeting For March
There will be a change in the
date of Edenton Business and
J Professional Women’s ‘Club
I March meeting. A dinner meet
ing will be held at the Barker
house on Thursday night, March
29, at 7 o’clock.
j The Career Advancement
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$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
Edenton Lions Club Will
Observe 25 th Birthday
Masonic Temple Tonight
WMU Speaker
MRS. JOHN A. POE
Featured speaker at the Wo
mans Missionary Union annual
session at Cen'er Hill Baptist
Church Tuesday, March 20, will
be Mrs. John A. Poe, Southern
Baptist missionary to South
Brazil.
the bill before the 1961 assem
bly.
Mayor John Mitchener. Jr.,
and W. E. Bund, Sr., chairman
of the Commissioners, have in
vited the commission to meet
here in the near future. Plans
are under way for entertaining
the members.
Three local persons named to
serve on the commission are
Mrs. Inglis Fletcher, Mrs. W. J.
P. Earn ,a„dt and Mrs Edward
G. bind. . f m
The distinguished out of town
members are the Honorable Ir
win Belk of Charlotte, James
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i place, Richard Saunders. Week.s
--! ville.
i Students from the fourth,
j fifth and sixth grades of Cam
den. Chowan, Currituck. Per
quimans and Pasquotank coun
ties participated in the annual
contest.
The district-wide contest was
sponsored by the Elizabeth City
Chamber of Commerce along
with t.he district supervisors.
Judges for the contest were
! E. L. Norton, district agricultural
I agent, Raleigh; Rod Amundson,
■ editor of the Wildlife Magazine.
Raleigh, and Hall Campbell, as
, sistant state soil conservationist.
Raleigh.
i Hospital Auxiliary
Will Meet Friday
The Chowan Hospital Auxili
ary will meet Friday afternoon,
March 16, at 3 o'clock in the
nurses' home.
A feature of the meeting will
be a tour of the hospital in or
der to acquaint members with
' the various items of equipment
which has been purchased by
| the Auxiliary. For that reason
I Mrs. J. D. Elliott, president of
I the Auxiliary, urges all members
I to attend.
Week Os Revival And Missions
Scheduled To Begin On Sunday
At Rocky Hock Baptist Church
A week of revival and mis-:
sions emphasis will be held at!
the Roeky Hock Baptist Church
Sunday, March 18, through Sun- |
day, March 25. The theme of j
the series of meetings will be
“For God So Loved The World ” I
The speaker for the first ser
vice Sunday qiorning, March 18,
will be the Rev. Robert S. Har
rell, Chowan Association promo-1
tional secretary. Mr. Harrell ■
was reared in the Rocky Hock ;
section of Chowan County and I
is married to the former Miss [
Janie Mitchener of Edenton. Hej
had served as pastor of the
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FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
John L. Stickley, Past
International Presi
dent, Will Be Princi
! pal Speaker
Edenton’s Lions Club will
j celebrate its 25th anniversary at
‘ a banquet held tonight (Thurs
; day) at 7:30 o’clock in the Ma
■ sonic Temple. The meal will
be served by members of the
\ Eastern Star.
The principal speaker for the
, event will be John L. Stickley
of Charlotte, who is a past
president of Lions Internation
al, and in his climb to tjje high
est office he has served in many
\ capacities on the local, district
\ and state levels. An enthusiastic
; and indefatigable leader, he
traveled more than 250.000 miles
during his year as president,
visiting Lions and Lions projects
throughout the world. He was
decorated by several govern
ments.
Mr. Stickley will be introduced
j by another prominent Lion. Wal
i lace I. Weft of Wilmington.
N. C. Mr. West is a director
of Lions International He is
: a Key Member, has received the
International President’s Award
j and has 15 years of perfect at
tendance.
Mayor John Mitchener, presi
dent of the Edenton Club, will
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Ruritan Club Is
Formed At Ryiand
John B. By rum Elect
ed to* Serve as First
President
A Ruritan Club was recently
! organized in the Ryland Com
munity and at a meeting a char
ter was presented. The charter
was presented by District Gov
ernor C. L. Brewer,
John B. Byrum was elected
president of the club, with R.
I C. Ward vice president. Hubert
Bvrum. treasurer and M. L.
Bateman, secretary.
In assuming the presidency.
Mr. Bvrum challenged each
member to be present at each
i meeting and to work together
fas Ruiitans so that the club can
accomplish the goals as. set forth
by Ruritan Rational and endea
vor to make the Ryland com
munity a better place in which
to live.
The club will hold its meeting
| the second Tuesday night of
! each month.
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Edenton Chamber of Com
merce will soonsor a Trade Fair
in the Edenton armory April 5
and 6.
Edenton Lions Club will cele
i brate its 25th anniversary lo
| night (Thursday) at 7:30 o'clock
at the Masonic Temple.
Woman's Missionary Union of
the Chowan Baptist Association
will meet Tuesday. March 20, at
I 10 A. M.. at the Center Hill
Baptist Church.
Revival services will be held
! at the Macedonia Baptist Church
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i Brookside Baptist Church at
Nashville, Term., prior to his
j coming to his present position.
| At the Sunday night service
j the speakers will be Mr. and
■ Mrs. W. A. Mitchinex of Ox-
I ford. N. C., missionaries extra
ordinary. The Mitchiners have
. visited many of the Southern
; Baptist mission fields and Pl*n
Ito leave March 21 for a tour
! which will take them to Hawaii.
; Japan. Korea. Taiwan, Philip-
I pines. Indonesia. Malaya, Viet-
I nam. Thailand. Pakistan, India.
I Iran, Turkey, Hungary, Russia
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