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CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXlX.—Number 33,
Edenton Merchants Slicing Three Outstanding Dollar Days
Edenton Quartet Miraculously Miss
Watery Grave In Albemarle Sound
As Boat Capsizes Sunday Afternoon
Carl Forehand, Ches
ter Weikel and Two
Children Recovered
After Being In Wa
ter About Six Hours
By BILL GOODWIN. JR.
Two local men and two small
children miraculously escaped
drowning Sunday night when
tlje boat in which they were rid
ing capsized near the center of
Albemarle Sound.
Chester Weikel, Carl Forehand
and Weikel’s two small children,
7-year-old Chester, Jr., and 4-
year-old Mary Kathryn, were
snatched from the mirky waters
by a rescue team after they had <
been, in the Sound some six
hours.
Th'e boat capsized around 6
o'clock Sunday evening, but a
full scale search was not begun j
until 10 P- M..s Weikel and the
children were fdund at midnight j
hanging onto the boat, and Fore
hand, who at dark ini
an effort to swim ashore, was i
found 20 minutes later.
A small boat manned by John
ny Goodwin and' Albert Ward,
both co-workefs of Forehand
and Weikel at Barrow Bottling
Works, happened across the
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Pre - registration For
Kindergarten Aug. 22
Mrs. J. J. -4te6B.' teacher of
Edenton’s kindergarten class, re
quests all prospective pupils to
report for registration at the
Edenton Elementary School on
Wednesday, August 22.
The class is for 5-year-old 1
children .and the registration
hours will be from 9 to 12 A. -M.
and 2 to 4 P. M.
Dallas Stallings
Baptist Church!
In the absence of the pastor,
the Rev. R. N- Carroll, who is I
on vacation, Dallas Stallings, lo
cal ministerial student, will
preach at the Baptist Church;
Sunday, August 19, at both thej
11 o’clock and the 7:30 o’clock:
worship hours.
Dallas is a graduate of the
John A. Holmes High School and
has just recently graduated from
Wake Forest College with the
BA degree in religion. While at
Wake Forest College he was a
Dean’s List scholar, a member of
the Honor Council, a member of
the B.S.U. Executive Council,
and president of the Ministerial I
Eight Edenton Firemen Hang Up 212 Years Os Service
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Fir* Department hold the env able record ot 212 vears of service
aatf pictured above, they are: Back row, left to right. Chief W. J. Yates, A. R. C wens. Luther C.
Parki and Ralph A. William*. Front row. TA. Goodman, S. A. White, and W. E. Mills. Clyde S.
Adams, with 29 yean «f service, was not pease at when the picture was taken. At top is pictured
Mm late Capn R. K. -lla& who held the distinction of being the oldest living active fire chief in
t the both as to age and service. Ha died in January, 1957, at the age of 91 after serving
as a fireman tor 79 years*—Micks Photo. . _ '
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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| District institute IN orth Carolina
Federation Os Woman’s Clubs
I To Be Held In Edenton Aug. 22
The welcome mat is spread
for the District Institute of the
North Carolina Federation of
Woman’s Clubs to be held at
the St. Paul’s Episcopal Parish
House Wednesday, August 22,
Mrs. J. D. Elliott, president of
District 16 has announced.
The purpose of this meeting is
to provoke serious thinking
about the club work ahead.- The
Edenton .Woman’s Club is host
for the meeting.
j This institute is another first.
This is the first time state offi
i cers have attended the district
institute to offer their assist
Planning Board Calls
Meeting August 21st
Chairman West W. By rum, Jr.,
j announced this week that the
; Edenton-Chowan Planning Board
j will hold a meeting Tuesday
! night, August 21, at the Chowan
! County Court House at 8 .o’clock,
i All interested businessmen
I who would like to receive full
information on ways that busi
ness expansion or new enter
prises can be helped by the
Area Redevelopment ■ Adminis
tration are asked to be present.
ROTARIANS MEET. TODAY
Edenton Rotarians Will hold
1 their weekly meeting this
\ (Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock
; in the. Parish House. The pro
| gram will" be in charge of Dr.
Ed Bond and President W. B.
Rosevear is very anxious to
| register a 100 per cent attend
ance.
» Will Preach At
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Sunday, Aug. 19
Conference. Besides being a
consistently good scholar, Dallas
has always been active in the
work of his church and within
the next few days he will en
roll at the Southeastern Baptist
Theological Seminary in Wake
Forest. N. C., for continued prep
aration leading to the BD de
gree.
Having filled the local pulpit
on a number of previous occas
ions, he will not need the usual
introduction. The public is cor
dially invited to attend these
worship services' and to hear
this young candidate' for the
ministry.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 16,1962.
ance. Mrs. Charles G. Macin- j
tosh, first vice president of:
High Point and Mrs. J. C. Lieb- ■
hart, second vice president of
Morganton will be here. Mrs.
Gordon Maddrey, newly appoint
ed General Federation fine arts
chairman, is also expected.
Mrs. Elliott urges all depart
ment chairmen of all the local
Hubs in District 16 to make ev
ery effort to attend this meet
ing. She says “This is going to
be a work session ' no long
speeches. This is a chance to
get to know the new officers
'•ontinnoH on Paae 3—Section 1
Registration For *
j School August 22
Children Must Show
Certificate of Vac
cination
All children who will enter
| school for the tirst time in Sep
tember may register in Princi
pal Ernest Swain's office in the
j Edenton Elementary School cn
I Court Street on. Wednesday,
! August 22, between the hours
of 9 to 12 A. M. and 2 to 4
P. M.
It will be necessary for par
■ ents tc bring at the time of reg
istration a certificate showing
that their child had three polio
shots and has been immunized
against diphtheria, tetanus.
I whooping cough and smallpox.
Parents are urged to remem
i ber that it will be impossible to
i assign a child to a classroom
1 without this certificate.
I
I 20 Years Ago |
1 As Found In I,e Files Os j
The Chowan Herald
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An unannounced air raid found
local citizens unprepared Satur
day. County Civil Defense
Chairman E. W. Spires reported
that he did not know if the
warning was the real thing or
just a test. Usually test air
raids were announced in ad
vance.
Millard F. Bond was appoint
ed to succeed himself as a
member of the Chowan County
Continued on Pane 6. Section t
%% 'intv farm Bureau Barriers fc’ras.*ci by three Counties
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hands to signify unity of effort which has resulted in the establishment of a harm Unreal
office which will serve front its location in Hertford the Farm Bureau members of the threi
counties. Front left to right are Frank Russell, dates County president: Woodrow Lowe
Chowan County president, and Clifford Winslow, l’erquimans County president.
In a spirit of cooperativeness
rarely witnessed in this age of
fierce competition among indi
viduals and groups, the rural
people of Chowan, Gates and
’erquimans Counties have eras
ed county boundaries to meet a
:ommon need. The result of
his concerted effort is a Tri
dounty Farm Bureau office
which already is serving the
500 Farm Bureau members of
the three counties. '
“For a long time, we have
recognized the TrShd Tor'll Coun
ty. Farm Bureau office,’’ related
Woodrow Lowe of Chowan
County, who is chairman of the
Tri-County Farm Bureau and
president of the Chowan Coun
ty Farm Bureau.
“Under the new expanded
program in North Carolina, the
advantages which an office can
offer members has been con
stantly stressed. We saw that
we had'to take action.” But j
there was a problem. To es
tablish an office for Chowan I
County alone would have placed |
too heavy a financial burden on !
the relatively small Chowan I
County Farm Bureay member-1
ship. This approach, it was \
readily seen, was not feasible. '
Four Up-to-date Tennis
Courts Being Constructed
To Implement Recreation
Work Finally Under
Way After Several
Years of Talking
And Planning
Within three weeks Edenton
will have the tennis courts it
has talked about and planned
for years.
Town Councilman Luther
Parks, commissioner parks
and recreation, made the an
nouncement last week. ‘After
several years of talking and
planning, the tennis courts will
finally come true,’’ said Mr.
Parks.
A contract has been awarded
Continued on Page 7, Section 1
Eight Edenton Firemen Have
Record Os 212 Years Service
Eight Edenton firemen repre
sent a total of 212 years of
faithful service it, was revealed
this week by Fire Chief W. J.;
Yates. The' years served-with t
the Edenton Fire Department
are represented as follows:
A. R. Owens, 42 years; S- A.
White, 34 years; Tom Goodman,
32 years; Clyde Adams, 29 years;
Luther Parks, 22 years; Fire
Chief W. J. Yates, 20 years; 1
Ralph Williams, 19 years, and*
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MRS. FANNIE E. HURDLE
I Farm Bureau C ffice Secretary
| The same obstacle confronted the
1 Gates and Perquimans Farm Bu
reaus. ,
State Cancer Goal
Still SIO,OOO Short
Chowan Needs Only
S4O to Reach Its
$1,500 Quota
Executive secretaries repre
senting American Cancer Soci
ety organizations in 12 north
| eastern counties met in Green
ville Saturday for a workshop
session, a preliminary training
session in preparation for next
year’s cancer program in the
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
W. E. Mills, 14 years.
Other members of the Edenton
Fire Department are: Bertram
Byrum, Willie H. Bunch, Robert
L. Brooks, Clyde R. Hollowell,
Charlie Swanner, Oscar E. White,:
Frank E. Twiddy, James P. 1
Ricks, Jr., J. C. Parks, J. R. Bass, j
Joe K. Swanner, John H. Oliver,
Jr., W. A. Crummey, William D
Stallings, C- F. Jackson, L- E. 1
Perry and J. F. Britton. J
Continued on Pago I —Section 1
Lowe, who bus played a lead
ing rule in the establishment of
tlie Farm Bureau office here,
conceived of crossing the county
line in. an unprecedented move
in North Carolina to bring an
other county in on the project,
'the idea, first advanced last,
February, brought enthusiastic
response from the Gates Coun
ty .Farm Bureau, which is head
ed by Frank Russell of Sunbury.
Perquimans County was soon
invited to share the office pro-]
posal, ' a inf a similar response !
was voiced by President Clif
ford Will-slow of Bclvidere.
'lhe first Farm Bureau office
in North Carolina to serve more
than one county was on the way.
The highest pinnacle had been
conquered: That of bringing
about a meeting of the minds.
At a meeting of the joint hoards
at Hubbsville i:i May, it was
directed that the office be. es
tablished.
Because of its central loca
tion with respect to the three
counties, and because of the of
fice facilities available, it was
decided that the Tri-County of
fice would serve the Farm Bu
reau members from Hertford.
Continued on Page 1, Section 2
Tent Revival Will
Be Held Aug. 19-25
Services Sponsored by
S Emmanuel liaptist
Church Mission
The Emmanuel Baptist Church
Mission will hold a tent revival
j Sunday, August 19 through Sat-
I urday, the 25th. Revival services
! will be held nightly at g o’clock
on Queen Street, near the cotton
mill section. The public is
] cordially invited to attend.
The Rev. Roy A- .Harrell, pas
tor of Enynanuel Baptist Church
j of Elizabeth City, will be speak
ing at the services. The Rev.
I Mr. Harrell is a graduate of
Bob Jones University and a na
| tive of Edenton. Mr. Harrell
j personally invites all of his
friends to come and he with him
! during this time.
Special music will be under
; the direction of the Rev. Calvin
Craddock of Grace Baptist
Church, Plymouth.
The Rev. Ebner Boatwright,
director of the mission work in
Edenton, will assist in these ser
vices.
LIONS MEIET MONDAY
Edenton’s Lions Club will
meet Monday night, August 20,
at 7 o’clock at the Edenton Res
taurant. President Herbert Hol
lowell. Jr., urges every member
of the club to be present.
LEQ|ON MEETS TUESDAY
Ed Bond Post No. 40 of the
American legion will meet on
Tuesday night, August 21, at 8
o’clock. Commander Alexander
! Deßlois urges a large turnout of
Legionnaires.
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
Group Os Local Merchants
Offering Many Bargains
In Timely Merchandise
New .Client
MISS FRANCES McCASKILL
Pictured above is Miss Fran
ces McCaskill. who recently as
sumed her duties as assistant
home economics agent tor Cho
wan County. She succeeds Miss
Catherine Ainan.—Ricks Photo.
Edenton Schools
Will Open Session
Tuesday, Sept. 4
Gov. Terry Sanford Is
Scheduled to Visit
On Tour of Schools
Following Day
Edenton City School Superin
tendent lliram J. Mayo an
nounced this week that city
schools will open on Tuesday.
September 4, and that Governor
Terry Sanford vviii visit them
the -following day.
Sanford will he in the Albe
marle section for two days to
help christen the Knotts Island
terry, visit the Hayes Corp. plant
in Elizabeth City, and tour the
area's schools on his way hack
to Raleigh.
The governor will be at the
Edenton Elementary School at t j
'clock o:t Wednesday afternoon.
September 5. where he will ad-1
dress both elementarv school and
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Medical Society And Javcees
Sponsoring Oral Polio Clink*
Representatives of the Ch -
wan County Medical Society
and the Edenton Javcees tn *t
Monday night and laid the
groundwork for an oral polio
inoculation program, using the
Sabin vaccine.
The clinic, to be held on Sep
tember Iti. October 21 and No
vember 18. will be the first oral
polio vaccination program m
this aiea.
The program will be held in
the National Guard armory un
Schools In County Unit Open
Wednesday Morning, August 29
Chowan County School Super
intendent W. J. Taylor announced
last week that county schools
will open Wednesday, August
29. and that a full quota of
teachers have been employed
for the coming year.
Principals will report on Au
gust 16, and teachers will start
their three days preliminary
duty on August 27. Bus drivers
may pick up their buses on Au
gust 28.
Schools will officially open
for half a day on Wednesday,
August 29. Books will be is
sued, assignments made, and
fees collected at that time. The
first full day will be on Au
gust 30.
Mr. Taylor also gaid that the
High School rental fee this year
will be $6-00 per student. All
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Edenton Chamber of
Commerce Sponsors
Event to Spur Trad
ing In Local Stores
Ihe Merchants Committee of
he Edenton Chamber of Corn
ier.e and local merchants in
many phases of business! are
mining together this week in a
: -.untie citv-wide Dollar Days
ales promotion.
Ihe event will run today
i'ln.rsday), Friday and Satur
hty, August It)., 17 and 18. and
: .vtll feature many money-sav
ing specials offered by different
rierchants in Edenton.
W. J. ’p. Earnhardt, chairman
>f the Merchants Committee,
announced that participating, lo
cal stores are going all out to
bring the people of Edenton and
surrounding areas a host of
values.
Special merchandise especial
ly priced at one dollar is a fea
ture of the promotion, but deal
ers are also offering other items
at great reductions during the
sale.
The overall purpose of the
Dollar Days event is to spur
trading in Edenton. Special ad
vertising and publicity has been
distributed tnrough radio sta
tions, newspapers and special
circulars which were mailed to
every hoxholder in six -sur
rounding counties.
The Merchants Committed
Continued on Page 3, Section 1
i C IVIC CALENDAR j
N -- . j
An oral polio clinic will be
held at the Edenton armorv Sep
tember 16. October 21 and No
vember 18.
Children entering school for
the first time in SeDlember must
register in the office of Principal
Ernest A- Swain Wednesday,
August 22. between the hours
of 9 to 12 A. M.. and 2 to 4
P. M.
A meeting of the Edenton
Chowan Planninq Board will ba
held at the Court House Tues
day night. August 21, at 3
o’clock.
Schools in the Chowan County
unit will open Wednesday morn
ing. August 29 and Edenton
Continued on Page 5 -Section '
the three Sundays sad a■eharge
<>( SI.(HI per famdv will he made
The charge will cover the on t
i f the vaccine only. Local doc
tc*is arid Jaycees will donate
their services to the clinic.
The -Sabin vaccine is an all
new immunization against the
three types of polio. It con
sists of live polio virus and will
both prevent polio and kill any
polio virus in the body of an
i nnoculated person.
i-ntiTmun ■>., r*aae 3—Section 1
other fees will be the same as
last year.
Six new teachers have been
employed at Chowan High
School. They are as follows:
Mrs. Vera Meggs Campbell,
I third grade.
Mrs. Mary S. Smoak, sixth
grade.
Mrs. Alice Williams, junior
high school.
Miss Catherine Aman, student
counselor and high school li
brarian.
Mrs. Rebecca w. Shepard.
! high school mathematics and
geography.
Mrs. Dorothy p. Byrum. high
1 school English and history.
Superintendent Taylor is at
tending the State Superintend
ents Conference at Mark Hill
this week.