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Volume XXX.—'Number 35.
Schools In Edenton Will
Reopeil For Now Session
Tuesday, September 3rd
John A. Holme* High
School and Element
ary School Integrat
ed For First Time
Edenton City Schools will of
ficially open Tuesday morning,
September 3, for a half-day ori
entation session.
Classes will begin, lunch will
be served, and school will last
a full day Wednesday, Septem
ber 4.
Teachers, 18 of them new to
ttsie system, will report for orien
tation today (Thursday) and Fri
day. Labor Day, September 2,
will be a holiday for teachers
bgjtore pupils report Tuesday.
-The first-day station Tuesday
wlp begin at 8:30 A. M., and
end at 12:40 P. M., at all three
city units—John A. Holmes High
School, D. X Walker High School
and Edenton Elementary School.
Lupch will not be served..
Renovation of the lunch room
at D F. Walker High School is
expected to be completed this
week, Superintendent Hiram J.
Mayo said Tuesday, and the phy
sical plants will be ready.
The Walker cafeteria was ren
ovated, seating was increased 25
percent and the kitchen area
was moved into the old agricul
ture shop area.
John A. Holmes High School
and Edenton Elementary School
will also be integrated for the
Continued on Pag* 7—Section 1
Revival At Chappell
Hid September 2-8
Rev. Tobie Stone of
Buies Creek Guest
p ’ Ewnjgriiat,,
Annual revival services will
begin at Chappell Hill' Baptist
Church „ near Tyner Monday
night, September 2 and continue
through Sunday night, Septem
ber 8,
The Rev. Tobie Stone of Buies
Creek, N. C., will be the guest
speaker each evening at 8
o’clock. Mr. Stone is pastor of
the Oak Grove Baptist Church
in the Little River Association
pnd is a student at Campbell
College. He is married and has
tyvo children. ,
- Several visiting choirs from
surrounding churches are be
ing inyited to bring special mu
sic in song. The Rev. Terry
Jones, pastor of the church, ex
&6ds a cordial invitation to the
public to attend all of these
services.
20 Years Ago ]
As Found In Ij# Files Os
I The Chowan Heimld j
Following an additional appro
priation to increase facilities at
the local U. S. Marin* Corps Air
Station hero, three contracts
were awarded to enlarge the
hase. The additions included a
new runway. • taxiway. airplane
-parking area, facilities for the
Marino Corps Women'* Reserve,
additional enlisted ami's bar
racks. store bouse* and facilities
lor staring gasoline.
The Edenton Presbyterian
Church was being remodeled and
•services were held in the Metho
dist Church, where no successor
h*d been secured for lb* R*v.
W. O Benson, who had resigned.
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Gotto Amusements Os Camden,
N. J. Feature Os Fair Midway
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The Gotto Amusement* of
Camden, N. I, will be the fea
ture attraction of the midway
this year at the Chowan County
Fair, scheduled to be held Sep-
SP*? ISe'wUnl^ion
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Chief James Griffin
Issues Warning To
SidewaUtßicyclists
Also Points Out Re
quirement of Dis
playing License Tags
Now on Sale
Chief of Police James H.
Griffin calls attention to the
danger of children riding bi
cycles in the downtown area.
Chief Griffin, in issuing the
warning, points out that a town
ordinance forbids any riding of
bicycles on sidewalks of the
business district. He urges par
,ents to warn their children to
Continued on Page 3, Section 1
Two Edenton Patrolmen Given
Promotions By Chief Os Police
Chief of Police James H. Gris- 1
fin last week announced the
promotion of two members of
the Edenton Police Department.
Sergeant William S- Clements,
Jr., was promoted from sergeant
to the rank of captain and Pa
trolman William Farris Miller,
Sr., was promoted to the rank of
sergeant.
Captain Clements is 39 years
of age and lives with his wife
Jewell at 803 Johnston Street.
They are natives of Kinston and
have three children, all girls.
Registration For
SctooflnMng
Friday, Sept 6th
Gasses Will Be Un
der Direction of Miss
Myrtle Ann Mount
castle of Suffolk
Mountcastle School of Dancing,
under the direction of Miss Myr
tle Ann Mountcastle of Suffolk,
will hold registration for classes
on Friday, September 6, from
2 until 5 P. M., at the Episcopal
Parish House.
Miss Mountcastle studied un
der Jean Baliance School of
Dancing and the Eva Mae Morris
School of Dance in Norfolk and
has completed 17 years of ex
perience - in the teaching field.
After graduating from Suf
folk High School in 1952, she
studied at the Jack Stanley
School of Dance and Ernest Car
los Studios in New York City.
Continued on Pago B—Section 1
Members Os Band
Selling Magazines
The John A. Holmes High
School Band is now conducting
its annual magazine campaign,
which will continue to be in
progress until Tuesday after
noon, September 3, at 4 o’clock.
Anyone who has not been
contacted and who wishes to
help the band by subscribing to
magazines is asked to contact
the band room at John A
Holmes High School. The tele-
I phone number is 482-2345.
concessions •
‘ln addition to the profes
sional entertainment, the Jay
cettes are planning a candy
booth and the Center Hill Home
Demonstration Club will sell
food. Other local grotyw are
expected to operate booths.
Nearly S£oo premium lists
have been distributed and every-
I one is urged to enter their best
I «6fcd In prize money*
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Edenton, Ch 3 j County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 29, 1963.
Revival At Rocky
Hock Win Begin |
Monday, Sept 2
Speaker For Meetings
Will Be the Rev.
Hoyle T. Allred; the
Pastor’s Brother
Revival services will begin
at Rocky Hock Baptist Church
on Monday evening, September
2 at 7:30 o’clock. The pastor,
the Rev. Thurman W. Allred,
announces that the Rev. Hoyle
T. Allred, brother of the pastor
and serving as pastor of the
Flint-Groves Baptist Church at
Gastonia, will be the guest evan
gelist. This will be Mr. All
red’s second engagement in this
capacity at Rocky Hock, having
led in revival services at Rocky
Hock in 1960.
Originally, the Rev. Charles
Howard of Buies Creek was
scheduled to be the speaker.
However, because of a recent de
cline in health, he has of neces
sity cancelled all engagements
fob the fall of this year.
Continued from Pag* 7—Section 1
Clements started his police
career in Kinston, where he ser
ved with the Police Department
two years. He served seven
years with the Lenoir County
Sheriffs Department as chief
deputy. He came to Edenton
from Greenville, N. C-, where
he served two years with the
Police Department there.
He started with the Edenton
Police Department May 28, 1959.
He was promoted to the rank of
sergeant December 1, 1961, by
Conl’d. on Page 4—Section 1
Rosser Bunch, Jr.
Is Now Principal
At Hickory School
Announcement Made
Last Week By Sup
erintendent of Ches
apeake Schools
E. W. Chittum, superintendent
of Cnesapeake Public Schools,
Chesapeake, Va., announces the
appointment of E. Rosser Bunch,
Jr., as principal of Hickory Ele
mentary School. Mr. Bunch, a
native of Tyner, graduated from
Chowan High School in 1951. He
received a B.S. degree in busi
ness administration from the
University of North Carolina and
in 1961 received his M.A. degree
in education from East Carolina
College.
Mr. Bunch has taught the last
two years at Great Bridge Jun-
Conlinued on Page 1. Section I
Town Awards ’63-64
Insurance Contracts
Meeting in special session
Mohday afternoon, Town Council
opened and accepted bids for the
town’s insurance business for the
year 1963-1964.
Nationwide, represented by
Joe Thorud, received the lion’s
share of the business, being the
low bidders for workmen's com
pensation and employees liabili
ty insurance, comprehensive gen
eral liability and the volunteer
fire company accident policy.
Nationwide’s bid for work
men’s compensation and employ
ees liability was (1,998.93. The
bid for comprehensive general
liability was (805.92 and $228.47
for the volunteer fire company
accident policy.
Twiddy Insurance & Real (Es
tate, Inc., ' was low bidder for
compreheiftive automobile lia
bility at (949.26.
Band Parents Will
Meet September 4th
Due to Labor Day falling on
the regular Uie
tioT will meet WednesdayTght
11 tenton Policemen Given Promotions
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WILLIAM S. CLEMEINTS, JR.
Chief of Police James H. Griffin announced late last week the
promotion of two members of the Edenton Police Department.
William S. Clements, Jr., was promoted from sergeant to the rank
of captain. William F. Miller was promoted from patrolman to
the rank of sergeant.
Assignments And Fees
Released For Opening Os
John Holmes High School
1963-64 School Term
Is Scheduled to Be
gin Tuesday Morn
ing, September 3
Cecil W. Fry, principal of
John A. Holmes High School,
early this week announced home
room assignments and schedules
of fees for the 1963-64 school
year, which will begin Tuesday
morning, September 3.
Mr. Fry stated that his office
will be open for registration un
til Tuesday, September 3.
The home room assignments
as released by Mr. Fry follow:
SEVENTH GRADE
Mrs. Sandra Askew—Room 118
Girls—Thelma Alexander, Be
linda Burns, Dale Elliott, Dar
lene Giambra, Marion Lane,
Helen Pruden, Vicki Page, Mary
Sexton, Jean Tribou, Jean
White, Sherry Jethro and San
dra Wynn.
I Boys r-i. Charter ! Bunch* David
1 Copeland, John Douglas, Johnny
Etheridge, Dwight Francis, Lan-
Continued on Pago 7—Section 1
Chowan Given Five
Tickets For Dinner
Fund Raising Event
In Asheville Oc
tober 26
,A quota of five tickets to the
third annual Vance-Aycock Din
ner in Asheville has been re
ceived for Chowan County, it is
announced by Lloyd E.- Griffin,
chairman of the Chowan County
Democratic Executive Commit
tee.
Some 1,200 Democrats repre
senting every county in the state
are expected to attend the $25
per plate fund raising dinner on
October 26.
Herbert Hyde, Asheville attor
ney, has been named as general
chairman for the events which
will probably include a meeting
of county chairmen, a reception
and the dinner to be held at the
City Auditorium.
The dinner was instituted
three years ago as a western
counterpart of the Jefferson-
Jackson Day dinner held in the
spring at Raleigh. The party
expects to raise $24,000 from the
sale of tickets.
Party Finance Director John
A. Williams stated that the first
ten counties meeting their quota
will be given special recognition.
Training Classes Scheduled To
Begin September 9th Ahd T6th
According to William A. Hol-|
lar, manager of the Edenton Em- ;
ployment Security Commission
office, training courses in ste
nography and auto-truck me
chanics scheduled to be held in
Edenton, will be under the di
rection of the Pitt County Indus
trial Education Center. Train
ing in these classifications will
be very thorough ami extensive.
Mr. Hollar states that the' ten
tative starting date for the auto
truck mechanics class is Septem- 1
ber 9 and September 16 for ite
nogmp&ers. Staining is sebed
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WILLIAM F. MILLER
Welfare Office
In New Quarters
Moved to First Floor
Os Hotel Joseph
Hewes Building
Chowan County’s Welfare De
partment is now in new quar
ters. The office effects were
moved from the Citizens Bank
Building last week to the coun
ty’s office building in Hotel Jo
seph Hewes.
The department is located in
the section of the building on
the first floor formerly occupied
by Anita’s Millinery Shop.
The department • haS been
housed in the Citizens Bank
Building sinee 1937, arvd.the new
quarters will not only provide'
nfi'or'e robftiy, but will be far more
convenient tb people using the
services in that there are no
steps to climb.
Betty Shoppe WNI
Reopen Thursday
New Store Division of
Cuthrell’s Depart
ment Store
Announcement is made this
week that the Betty Shoppe will
reopen as a division of Cuth
rell’s Department Store. The
Cuthrell concern purchased the
adjoining Betty Shoppe build
ing when the latter went out of
business several months- ago.
The reopening is scheduled to
take place this (Thursday) morn
ing at 9 o’clock. A large line of
famous name brands of mer
chandise will be on display.
In connection with the re
opening, free prizes will be
awarded with drawing to take
place Saturday night at 8:30
Continued on Page 4, Section 1
Driver License Office
Closed On Labor Day
J. E. White, local automobile
driver license examiner, states
that his office in the Edenton
Police Department will be closed
Monday, September 2 due to the
observance of Labor Day. The
office will reopen Tuesday, Sep
tember 3 with office hours from
8:30 A. M., to 5:30 P. M.
juled to be completed in June,
■ 1964.
Each' course will include 30
hours of instruction per week.
In many cases training, sub
sistence and transportation al
lowances can be paid to indi
viduals while enrolled in these
classes. Individuals not eligible
for allowances can still be en
rolled in the classes at no cost.
Interested individuals should
.contact the Edenton Employment
Security Commission Office, 709
North Broad Streets _______
Dr. Eugene Owens
Returns To Baptist
Pulpit Next Sunday
Rev. R. N. Carroll, the
Pastor, Will Return
From Vacation Sep
tember 8
Dr. Eugene Owens of the
Southeastern Baptist Theological
Seminary in Wake Forest, N. C-,
will return to the pulpit of the
Edenton Baptist Church Sunday, I
September 1, for the second sue-1
cessive Sunday. He will preach 1
at the 11 o’clock morning wor
ship hour and at the 7:30 o’clock
evening worship hour in the ab
sence of the pastor, the Rev. R.
N. Carroll, who will return to
the pulpit the following Sunday,
September 8, after completing
his vacation.
Dr. Owens possesses somewhat
of a local background, having
spent a portion of his boyhood
in the Columbia, N. C-, locale.
He is professor of preaching at
the seminary and, like other
members of the faculty, is con-
Conlinued on Page 7, Section 1
Improvements At Court House
Green Get Favorable Comment
Considerable very favorable
comment has been heard re
garding the recent improvements
made to the Court House Green,
which have been completed un
der the sponsorship of the
Edenton Woman’s Club.
A new brick sidewalk has
been constructed in front of the
Green on Water Street, where
a plaza was also built around
the Joseph Hewes monument.
Around the plaza is a 16-inch
seat wall, where visitors can
sit to relax and enjoy the water
view. The cliub also proposes
to plant shrubbery around the
plaza, which, will also enhance
the beauty and attractiveness of
the Green. .. .
Chowan Students
Return To School
Approximately 1,000
Return to School
Wednesday
Approximately 1,000 Chowan
County students went back to
school Wednesday.
The two units of the county
system opened their doors for a
half day orientation session on
Wednesday and the official
school year begins with a full
day of classes today (Thursday).
County schools will observe
the Labor Day holiday Monday,
September 2, and will resume
classes Tuesday morning, ac
cording to Superintendent C. C.
Walters.
All teaching positions at the
two schools have been filled.
Five new teachers will be at
Chowan High School and two at
White Oak Consolidated School.
Leading the list of new em
ployees is J. P. Snipes, princi
pal at Chowan High School. He
came to the Chowan unit from
Bolivia High School in Bruns
wick County.
Others at Chowan High School
for the first time are James
Herbert Ward, Mrs. Elizabeth C.
Snipes, L. G. Finch and Mrs.
Erleen L. Miller. New at White
Oak are Mrs. Mary Little Sav
age and Miss Barbara Jean
Morton.
BANKS CLOSED LABOR DAY
. Peoples Bank & Trust Com
pany, as well as the Consumer
Credit Branch, will be closed all
day Monday, September 2, in
observance of Labor Day. All
important banking matters should,
therefore, be transacted accord
ingly.
P. O. CLOSED MONDAY
Edenton’s Post Office will be
closed all day Monday, Septem
ber 2, due to the observance of
Labor Day. There will be no
delivery of city or rural mail,
nor will the various windows be
open. The lob# of the Post
Office will be open and mail dis
tributed in boxes as well as dis
patched. '
$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina .
Importance Os Opening Os
Bay Bridge-Tunnel Topic
At Meeting In Edenton
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i E. ROSSER BUNCH, JR.
A Chowan County boy, E. Ros
ser Bunch. Jr., has been ap
pointed principal of the Hickory,
1 Va., Elementary School.
Aside from the above improve
ments, brick steps lead from
the sidewalk to the plaza and
brick steps lead into the Green
on King Street in front of the i
Court House. Brick steps have I
also been placed at the two
terraces on the Green.
The work on the Green was
done by the Neuse Landscaping
Company of New Bern.
Members of the Woman’s
Club are very much elated over
the improvements, which they
believe are very attractive and
will provide a big attraction for
tourists in that visitors will be
able to sit down, take pictures,
relax and enjoy the scenery.
Brown Company™
Preparing Lots
Very Desirable Prop
erty on Pembroke
Creek Developed
M. G. Brown Company is now
making preparations for the sale
of lots in its subdivision on the
property along Pembroke Creek.
Plans are now under way to
remove present buildings on the
site, which at the outset will
provide upwards of 50 lots, a
number of which will be on the
waterfront.
Later it is expected that the
number of lots will be increased
to approximately 80. The site
is ideal for building lots and
when offered for sale it is ex
pected a ready market will be
experienced.
15 Quality Readers
At Local Library
Students who have been
among those doing quality read
ing these last weeks of vacation
are: Tommy Shepard, Hettie
Wallace, Dillard Dixon, Barbara
Adams, Mike Ervin, Sandra
Bunch, George Lassiter, Nancy
O’Neal, Gail Cozzens, Belinda
Burns, Deborah Bums, Mary By
rum, Richard Hardin, Helen
Rogerson and Dale Elliott.
Sixty-seven students have a
good start on book reports for
this year. Many of them have
read several books of a serious
nature which they have sand
wiched in between their lighter
reading.
Construction Is Getting Started
On Pollock Swamp Watershed
Construction is at last getting
started on the Pollock Swamp
Watershed. Higgerson-Bucannon,
Inc., of Norfolk, Va. t is the con
tractor on the job. Under the
contract, about 21-5 miles of
drainage ditch improvement will
be made. Numerous other items
such as culvert installations and
surface inlets to be installed are
included in the contract.
Any person having any trees
located co the staked rigLt-of*
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP.
AND CHECK
Speakers Emphasized
Importance of Get
ting Ready For In
creased Traffic
“If we are going to reap the
potential benefit from the in
creased flow of tourists, both
north and south beginning next
spring over the multi-million
dollar Chesapeake Bay bridge
tunnel, we must get ready for
them now,” W. P. “Spec” Jones,
chairman of the Albemarle Area
Highway Committee, stated
Tuesday at the committee’s
semi-annual meeting held at the
Chowan Golf and Country Club
in Edenton. Jones was empha
tic in his plea to area mayors,
county commissioners and Cham
ber of Commerce chairmen of
highway and tourist committees
who were in attendance.
“The opening of the new
Chesapeake Bay span creating
an hour and a half shortcut for
U. S. 17, the Ocean Highway is
a golden opportunity for com
munities on U. S. 17 to attract
business that will give a sub
stantial lift to our Eastern Caro
lina economy."
“That is the main purpose of
this meeting.” said Jones, “to
get our various committees
alerted to plan ahead—so as to
| make ourselves as attractive to
these potential visitors as we
are able. Our historic Albe
marle area can be made as
much a tourist mecca as any
i section of North Carolina, but
we will need to advertise this
fact if we are to receive our
Continued on Page 7, Section I
Peanut Meeting At
Valhalla Sept 3rd
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Murray Tynch Invites
All Who Are Inter
ested In Peanuts
Murray Tynch, manager of
Valhalla Produce Company, an
nounces a social hour to be held
at Valhalla in connection with
a demonstration of digging, pick
ing and curing peanut facilities.
The affair will be held Tuesday
night, September 3, from 4 to
7 P. M., during which refresh
ments will be served.
A special feature will occur at
5 o’clock when County Agent
C. W. Overman will lead a dis
cussion on maturity, harvesting
and curing peanuts in order to
realize the best yield and quali
ty possible.
Mr. Tynch invites everybody
who is interested in growing
peanuts to attend.
LIBRARIES CLOSED SEPT. 2
Both the Shepard-Pruden Me
morial Library and Brown-Car
ver Library will be closed all
day Labor Day, Monday, Sep
tember 2.
[civic calendar]
Chowan County Fair will be
held the week of September
16-21.
Chowan County Commission
ers will hold their September
meeting Thursday morning. Sep
tember 5, at $ o'clock.
Edenton Band parents Asso
ciation will meet Wednesday
night, September 4, at 7:30
o'clock in the band room.
Registration for a dancing
class to be taught by Miss Myrtle
Continued en Page 3, Section 1
; ways of the ditches that they
> would like to salvage are urged
, to remove them before the con
tractor reaches there with the
! clearing operation.
! All work being done is accord
[ ing to specifications approvedjap
! the local sponsoring onfcesib*
I tions, the Chowan County Drain
i age District No. 1, the Chowan
County Commissioners and the
; Albemarle Soil and Water Cam
. seevatiou District,