ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXlX.—Number 43.
Plans Made For Visit Os
Mobile TB X-Ray Unit In
Edenton For Four Days
Goodly Number At
tend Meeting Held
In Court House Mon
day Night
Preliminary plans were made
Monday night for the mass free
chest X-ray to be held in Eden
ton. The mobile unit is sched
uled to be in Edenton Saturday,
November 24; Tuesday, Novem
ber 27; Wednesday, November
28, and Thursday,' November 29.
The unit will be located in
front of The Betty Shoppe on
Broad Street and X-rays will be
taken each day from 11 A. M-,
to 5 P. M. It is pointed out
that these X-rays will be free,
there will be no undressing re
quired and that it will take
just about a minute. For that
reason everybody in Chowan
County over 15 years of age is
especially urged to be X-rayed
in an effort to combat tuber
culosis. It is pointed out that
chest X-rays find not only tu
berculosis, but lung tumor, soms
abnormal heart conditions and
other abnormal chest conditions.
If X-ray finds tuberculosis early
there’s a good chance for early
and complete recovery. It is
also pointed out that tubercu-
Confinued on Page 7—Section I
20 Years Ago •
As Found In I.e Files Ot j
The Chowan Herald i
A petition was submitted tc
Town Council by property own
ers on the east side of 'Oakum
Street asking for a sidewalk
from Church Street to the color
ed high school with the expense
divided between the town and
those owning property.
Father F. J. McCourl was ap
pointed civilian auxiliary chap
lain at the U. S. Marine Corps
Air Station near Edenton.
Mrs. Thomas J. Wood was ap
pointed a supervisor in the sur
gical dressing division of the
Red Cross.
Thirteen farmers attended a
sweet potato harvesting, grad-
Continued on Page B—Section .
$48,549 Os U. S, Savings Bonds
Purchased In Chowan This Year
U. S. sales of Series E and H
Savings Bonds in Chowan Coun- j
ty during September were $lO,-
588.00.
For the January-September pe
riod cumulative sales in the
county amounted to $48,549.00.
This is 42.8% of the county's an
nual quota of $113,520.00.
In North Carolina Series E
and H Bonds sales during Sep
Included On County Tour
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Pictured above are two of some thirty-one pieces of furniture
refinished by Mrs. T. O. AsbelL Mrs. Asbell's home, along with
remodeled home of Mr. and Mrs. Hewes Bunch and Ballard's
Bridge Church, will be included on a tour for the animal Home
Demonstration Achievement Day program on Wednesday, October
31. The business session will be held at the new Hyland Com
munity Building with she tour following the business.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
, I New Boating Ramp
1 Opening Is Delayed
Information reaching Edenton
Tuesday was to the effect that
the Chowan River boating access
ramp will not be open for use
for a week or 10 days.
Due so the dry weather grass
has not made enough growth to
warrant driving on the area.
The State will not accept the
ramp until a good stand of grass
is provided, so that the barri
cade will not be removed until
the grass is strong enough so
hold up to traffic.
Scout Executive
Guest Os Jaycees
Local Group Interest
ed In Forming Ex
plorer Troop
Edenton’s Junior Chamber of
Commerce will meet tonight
Thursday) at 7 o'clock at the
Udenton Restaurant. President
Jarlton Jackson points out that
his will be a very important
neeting, so that every Jaycee
is especially urged to be pres
et.
A guest at the meeting will be
j lonald Brown, new district Scout
1 Executive. Mr. Brown will show
i film on Explorer Scouting.
The Jaycees are interested in
sponsoring an Explorer Scout
troop in Edenton and are hoping
enough interest will be aroused
to form a troop.
1 Christmas Saving
Club Will Close On
\ Monday, Nov. sth
It was announced this week
• by the Peoples Bank & Trust
i Company that the Christmas
Saving Club will close Monday,
l November 5. After that date no
. more payments on the 1962 club
will be accepted.
tember were $3,611,000. This
I brings cumulative sales for Jan
! uary-September to $36,843,000,
I which is over 71% of the state
quota of $51,630,000.
While the bonds sales were off
nearly 5% in the state during
September, .the cumulative sales
for bonds for the year are over
2% greater than they were in
the corresponding period of last
year.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 25, 1962.
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LIT Abner, Daisy Mae, Mammy and the rest of the local Dorpaich workers start out on their calls. Our workers are doing the
same thing for '/our Chamber of Commerce. Your Chamber of Commerce re: resents the combined' efforts of husrr.ess and p ore.-
sional leaders who reM.ze that organized effort is always more effective than individual effort. They have gotten together because
they know cocoeratiton will produce lasul s. The Chamber of Commerce is an organization devoted to Community Prog ers. Busi
ness :Betterment. Service to You. We need your help in our campaign for progress ard growth.
16th District Os
Woman’s Clubs To
Meet November 1
Mrs. Janies M. Harp
er Will Be Principal
Speaker at Elizabeth
City Meeting
Mrs. James M. Harper of
Southport, president of the
North Carolina Federation of
Women’s Clubs, will be the fea
ture speaker at the annual Dis
! trict 16 Woman’s Club meeting
| to be held in Elizabeth City No
vember Ist.
She will speak on the -‘Past,
: Present and Future,’’ keynoting
the administration theme. Mrs.
| Robert L. Whitrfiif* of Hender-
Conlinued on Page B—Section 1 1
New Ford Tractors
Displayedflct 25-27
Grand Showing By
Edenton Tractor &
Implement Co.
Edenton Tractor & Equipment'
Company announces a grand]
showing of 1963 Ford Tractors:
at their plant on West Queen!
Street extended. The showing |
will take place today (Thurs- j
day), Friday and Saturday, Oc-!
tober 25-27, when four models I
will be featured.
In the showing will be the;
12-3 Plow 2000, the 2000 Super!
j Dexta Diesel, the 3-4 Plow ]
| Power 4000 Tractors and the ;
] Ford 5000 Super Major Diesel, j
Personnel of the concern will j
be delighted to demonstrate the j
various models and hope many i
interested persons will attend.,
Free refreshments will be serv
ed during the showing.
] Chowan Trio Win
State Fair Prizes
Gene Harrell, 4-H Club mem- i
ber and son of Mr. and Mrs. j
; Lester Harrell, Route 3, Eden-;
| ton, won $5.00 and a blue ribbon
! on a dozen small white eggs at j
' the N. C. State Fair last week, j
Mrs. Harrell won $6.00 in prize |
| money for two white ribbons on j
a dozen extra large white eggs;
and a dozen medium white eggs. J
Mrs. W. H- Saunders won $5.00
j and a red ribbon on her dec-,
orated cake and SI.OO and a]
white ribbon on her shaped
cookies.
Great Sachem Will
Visit Red Men Tribe
J. Norman Eudy of Albemarle,
Great Sachem of Red Men in
■ North Carolina, will be a guest
:of Chowan Tribe No. 12, Im
| proved Order of Red Men, next
] Monday night, October 29, at
7:30 o’clock. Mr. Eudy will
make his official visit to the lo
cal tribe and will address the
group during the meeting.
Oscar Peeples, sachem of the
tribe, is very anxious to have
a large attendance for the oc
casion, so that all members are
urged to attend.
Perquimans Indians Have
Little Trouble Defeating
Edenton Aces By 35 to 13
Aces’ Defense With
ers Under Thrusts of
Combs, Overton and
Matthews
Edenton’s Aces were outclass
ed by the Perquimans Indians
in a game played Friday night
in Hertford and when the smoke
had cleared the Aces and a large
group of supporters wended
their way back home on the
short end of a 35 ,’ 3 score, The
outcome was for' the most part
predicted by many football fans,
for the Indians are considered
the powerhouse of the Albe
marle Conference this year.
Though the Aces in previous
games put up a formidable de
fense, they were unable to throw
back the thrusts of Reed Mat
thews, Carl Overton and Freddie
Combs. This trio tore through
the Edenton line time and again j
and eluded Edenton’s defense on ]
sweeping end runs.
The Aces threatened and!
scored early in the game, but ;
the Indians soon overcame the;
lead and before the game was I
very old, the outcome seemed to j
be very little in doubt.
Douglas Sexton bore the brunt
of the Aces’ offense, being call
ed upon to carry the ball the,
majority of times.
Continued on Page 8, Section 2
I Officers Os HD County Copncii
Scheduled To Be Installed As
Part Achievement Day Program
New County Council officers;
will be installed at the Annual
Achievement Day program
scheduled to be held Wednesday,
{October 31, at the Ryland Com
! munity Building. The meeting
j will begin at 2 P. M.
The officers to be installed -in
i' elude the following:
; President, Mrs. M. T- Barring
]ton, Route 2, Edenton; vice pres
| ident, Mrs. O. C- Long, Jr.,
{Route 1, Edenton; secretary, Mrs.
I Standard Products Co. Acquires
Clio wan Processing Corporation
Standard Products Co., Inc.,
f of White Stone, Va., became one
! of the nation’s largest herring
: processors last week when it
I purchased the Chowan Process
i ing Corporation of Edenton. In
announcing the purchase, H. R. j
Humphreys, Jr., president of j
Standard Products, said Chowan
Processing Corporation has long
; been recognized as one of 'the
most prominent firms of its
! kind on the Atlantic seaboard.
Thomas Belch, manager of the
North Carolina plant for many
{years, will continue in that ca
pacity and will also manage the
new owner’s cannery operations
j m Virginia.
In purchasing the physical as
Guest Speaker
W
'Tk* HBsy 1
MRS. JAMES M. HARPER
At the District 16 meetinq of
Woman's Clubs in Elizabeth
City Thursday, November 1, Mrs.
James M. Harper of Southport,
will be the principal speaker.
Mrs. Harper is president of the
North Carolina Federation of
Women's Clubs.
LIONS MEET MONDAY
Edenton Lions will meet Mon
day night, October 29. at 7
o’clock ,at the Edenton Restau
rant. President Herbert Holio
we.ll urges every Lion to be pres
ent.
j Wallace Goodwin. Jr., Route 3,
Edenton, and treasurer, Mrs.
Earl Smith, Route 1, Edenton.
Perfect attendance certificates
will be awarded and a prize of
$5.00 will be given to the out
standing club of 1962. A report
of accomplishments for the year
will be made by iyy-s. M- T.
Barrington, County Council vice
president.
A tour will follow the busi-
Joi.linued on Page 3—Section 1
sets and current inventory of
I Chowan Processing Corporation.
Standard Products adds a her
ring house, a fish meal plant
and cold storage facilities to the
i herring cannery established in
Virginia last spring. Standard
' l Products thus moves tc the so e
i front among herring processors
; in the United States.
The inventory’ includes signifi
: car.t stocks of salt herring, salt
mullet and other fish. Cold
I I storage facilities include freezing
[ equipment, so the Virginia own
, ers now enter the food fish ivi
! I dustry on four ffonts fresh,
i! frozen, canned and salted.
For more than 30 years Stand
l Continued on Page 4—Section 1
Libraries Receive
j Books From Lions J
I. Club About Sight
i “Toward the Dawn”
j Presents History of
j State Association For
Blind
On behalf of Edenton’s Lions
Club. President Herbert Hollo
well has presented four books i
to the libraries at John A. j
Holmes High School. Chowan
High School. Edenton High!
School and Shepard-Pruuen Me
morial Library.
The book. 'Toward The Dawn.” i
is a history of the first quar
ter rentwry of' the North Caro-1
lina State Association for the
Blind. I
Mr. Hollowell points out that
in North Carolina, work in be
half of the visually handicapped,
sight conservation and the pre
vention of blindness is carried
on by an unusual combination
Continued on Page 3. Section 1 |
I
36 On Honor Roll
At Holmes High
List Is Released This
Week By C ecil Fry, J
Principal
Cecil Fry. principal at John A
Holmes High School, this week
released the honor roll for the
1 first six weeks period.
There were 38 students on the
honor roll which included the
following:
Grade 7 Ronnie Harrell.
Frankie Katkaveck, . Doug la's j
Maxwell, Henry Wells, Ellen
Cuthrell, Judy Goodwin, Carroll
Lassiter and Alyson Ward,
Grade 8 Larry Parks, Linda
Hollowell. IVy Lowe and Grace
j Sawyer.
Grade 9 Joe Conger, Nor
! fleet pruden, Ann Castelloe, Suz- j
I anne George, Dianthia Sexton.
Yvonne Stillman. Vivian White
; man and Barbara Wallace,
i Grade 10 Linda Basnight.
I Claire Belch, Sharlie Faircloth,
| Arlene Fry, Nancy O’Neal.;
; Wayne Brabble and George Wil
i kins.
i Grade 11 Jean Goodwin and
Neal Hobbs.
i Grade 12 Jack Ashley,
i Wayne Ashley. John Marshall,
Diana Brabble, Jo Ann Leary,
! Gail Hare. Nelia Lowe, Ann
j Wells and Pat Penny.
Great Pocahontas
In Edenton Tonight
Chowanoke Council No. 54,
; Degree of Pocahontas, will meet
tonight (Thursday, at 8 o’clock,
i Mrs. Edith Byrum, Pocahontas,
j urges all members to be pres
i ent.
A special feature of the meet
ing will be . an official visit by
Mrs. Margie Herring of Mt.
Holly, Great Pocahontas. A sup
per will be served in the Red
Men hall at 7 o’clock after which
. a meeting of the Council will he
held.
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
Optimism Is Keynote Os
Chamber Os Commerce
Banquet Tuesday Night
Five Additional
Chairmen Named
Fcr C. Os C. Year
Only Four More Chair
manships Remain to
Be Filled By Presi
dent George Byrum
In order to get an early start
! on next year’s Chamber of Com
merce activities arid program of
] action; George A. Byrum. presi
dent, ha 4 tilled five additional
committee chairmanships as fol
lows:
Chairman of the Recreation
Committee, Dr. Ed Bond; Avi.v
tion Committee, Elton Forehand:
| Agricultural Committee. Leonard
. Small: Advertising and Proirip
j tion Committee. West W. Bvrum.
| Jr., and the Parking and Traffic
{ Committee. Jesse Harrell. ,
Only four chairmanships re
| main to be filled to complete the
j Chamber roster for the coming i
| year, it was reported. These arc !
I for the Budget Committee, Beau-.
| tification Committee. Civic Af
fairs Committee and the State'
and National Affairs Committee
After these remaining four have
I been appointed by Mr. B.v-run
j all committee, chairmen will at
j tend a special meeting to work
i out various short and long-range
projects with the Budget Corii
i mittee.
It is planned that the Mem
bership Committee will form a
Contact Club that will function
year 'round to hi ing in as many
new members of the Chamber of
Commerce as possible and to
broaden the base ol its support.
Annual Halloween Party \\ iM
Be Held Wednesday, Oet. Si
Prizes, fun and goodies will
abound at the annual Halloween
Party to be held Wednesday. Oc
tober 31st. The evenings ac
tivities will begin with a parade
led by the John A Holmes High
School Band at 5:30 P. M. The
children will assemble in cos
tume at the Court House Green
to march to the playground.
As they near the playground a
canopy of multi-color lights wiil
Nurses' Aide Training (’ourse
C ■
Begins At Hospital November 5
A nurses’ aide training course
.will begin at Chowan Hospital
! Monday, November 5. according
to W. P. Jones, hospital admini
strator. Classes will be held
from 3 A. M.. to 12 o'clock noon.
This training course will quali
fy those passing the course for;
employment as nurses’ aides.
It does not mean they will be'
given a job. in the hospital, un
less a vacancy exists.
The training course will he
taught by Mrs. Jacqueline Pru-,
itt. R.N., who is a graduate of
Books Presented To Libraries
: :|P x
In above picture Herbert Hollowell. president of the Edenlon
Lions Club, is presenting a book, "Toward The Dawn," to Mrs.
Harry Venters, librarian at John A. Holmes High School. The book
is a history of the first quarter century of the North Carolina State
Association for the Blind. Books were also presented to Chowan
High School, Edenlon High School and she Shepard- Pruden Mem
orial Library.—(Ricks Photo).
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Charles B. Wade, Jr.,
Stresses Importance
Os Tourist Business
And “History Trail ’
-t»
Edenton’s Chamber of Com
merce held its annual banquet
I' Tuesday night at the Masonic
| femple, which was attended by
a large number of members and
i their wives. Progress was the
keynote of the meeting, with
Charles B. Wade, Jr., vice pro u
dent of R. J. Reynoids. Tobacvb
Company. as the principal,
speako;.
At -the outset a warm, vve'e- me
was extended by George A By
.rum. president, which v.-as fol
lowed by the invocation by the
1 Rev. Hugh S, Evans, pastor of
■ the Presbyterian Church.
| Joe H. Conger.. Jr. immrb
«te past president, recognize I
guests and presented a -brief
.but interesting report cori'vrn
i ing the accomplishment of (he
Chamber during the past yea:-.
IHe .also was very opf’tnis'i •
' about the future of Edenton’.
Continued on Page 7—Section I
iYtvTc~c ALE NI >A u ]
Edenton s annual Halloween
parly will be held on the play
ground Wednesday. October hi.
at 5:30 P. M.
A nurses’ aide training course
will begin at Chowan Hospital
Monday, November 5.
Edenton's Rotary club will
meet this (Thursday) afternoon
at 1 o'clock in the Parish House.
Annual Home Demonstration
Club Achievement Day will be
observed Wednesday, October 31,
at Rylar.d Community Building
beginning at 2 P. K.
Cont'd. on Page 2—Section 1
go on over the gala Ha i I'm
scene ol booths of treats foi the
youngster, which" ate all five.
There will he a special joi/e
Of■•s3.oo for the best float, eith
er motor or non-motor. Prizes
of $3.00 each will be awarded
for costumes —the prettiest girl,
the cutest bov, the most origi
nal hoy and girl, the most comi
cal boy anil girl. ’ Competition
Continued on Page a—Section 1
Grace Hospital School in Nurs
ing in Morganton, V (’. Mrs,
Pruitt recently .moved to Eden
ton. Her husband. Robert A.
Pruitt, is employed by the North
Carolina Department of .Motor
Vehicles. They reside on Strat
ford Road.
Qualifications for this train
ing course are: Applicants must
be high school graduates be
tween the ages of 1.9 and 47:
Interviews will be held and ap
plications will. be received Fri
day. October 26 and Monday.
October 29.