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A Newspaper Devoted
To the Progress of the
Albemarle Area
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Volume XXXl.—Number 9.
Mrs. R. E. Leary Honored
By Edenton BPW Club As
Woman Os Year For 1963
Very Delightful Pro
gram Held Thursday
Night at Center Hill
Community Building
Edenton’s Business and Pro
fessional Woman’s Club held its
annual Bosses’ Night banquet
Thursday night at the Center
Hill Home Demonstration Club's
Community Building with a
large number in attendance. A
delicious turkey dinner was ser
ved by the Home Demonstration
Club members.
Miss Pauline Calloway, presi
dent of the club, presided and
after the dinner called upon Mrs.
Maye Belle Wooten to serve as
mistress of ceremony. The
meeting opened with the Club
Collect being sung by a quartet
composed of Miss Catherine j
Aman, Mrs. Artie Ange, Mrs. j
Betty Cox and Miss Fran McCas-|
kill, accompanied at the piano 1
by Miss Cecelia Willoughby.'
The invocation was by the Rev.
E. C. Shoaf, pastor of the Eden
ton Methodist Church.
Mrs. Wooten extended a warm
welcome to those who were pres
ent and Mack Rogerson gave the
response.
Special music, including fa
miliar and popular numbers of
the gay nineties, were sung by
J. P. Snipes, principal of Chowan
High School, who was accom
panied at the piano by Mrs.
Snipes.
Mrs. Julia Hassell introduced
the speaker of the evening, Mrs.
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Green Beautification Project Is
Presented To Commissioners
The preservation tftifiaeau
tilication of the ChoWan County
Court House Green was made
Friday morfiing' to the Chowan
County Commissioners by the
Edenton Woman’s Club. At a
ceremony on the newly com
pleted green, Mrs. George A.
Byrum, club president, pre
sented a scroll to Commissioner!
J. Clarence Leary and express
ed appreciation to the Commis
sioners for permitting the Wom
an’s Club to carry out this
project.
After an invocation by Mrs.
Rotarians Will Elect
New Officers Today
Edenton Rotarians will hold
their weekly meeting this (Thurs
day) afternoon at 1 o’clock in
the Parish House. At this meet
ing officers for the new Rotary
year will be elected, so that
President Hiram J. Mayo urges
every Rotarians to be present to
take part in this important busi
ness.
j 20 Years Ago]
j As Found In The Files Os j
The Chowan Herald
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A representative of the Haw
thorne Airways explained to a
A group of Edenton men a high
speed pickup and delivery sys
tem by air in which mail planes
would snatch Edenton mail off
the ground at speeds up to 150
miles per hour without damage
Continued on Page B—Section
Chowan County’s Typewriting
Contest Scheduled To Be Held
At Chowan High School March 3
Chowan High will be the host|
school for the annual Chowan;
County typewriting contest spon- j
sored by East Carolina College.!
H Mrs. Robert Hendrix, county co
lt. ordinator, reports that this con-
test will be held Tuesday, March
f ■ 3, in the Chowan Commercial
Department. The beginning con
s’ test will begin at 10 A. M., and
I be administered by a represen
tative from the School of Busi>
THE CHOWAN HERALD
March 15 Deadline
I For Releasing '64
j Cotton Allotment
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, March 1 Is Deadline
| To Make a Request
For Additional Cot
ton Acreage
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Attention is called to Chowan
County cotton farmers of the
requirement to plant or release
75 per' cent of their 1964 cotton
1 allotment or be penalized by a
1 reduction of their cotton allot
-1 ment.
If any cotton farmer does not
jplan to plant his allotment, he
! should release the acreage to the
I local ASC Committee, so that it
i can be allotted to other farmers
l who desire to plant more cotton
than their allotment allows. By
releasing their 1964 allotment, a
cotton farmer will not lose his
allotment and at the same time
it will help to protect the county
and state allotment.
The final date to release 1964
. allotments is March 15. Then,
\ too, any farmers who desire to
plant additional cotton acreage
must register their request at the
local ASCS office before March
Ist.
So important is the release of
cotton allotment before the dead
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tt. J. Boyce and an introduction
of guests by Mrs. Byrum, Mrs.
W. J. P Earnhardt, chairman of
the Edenton Planning Commis
sion, made a short address,
stating that the main purpose of
the beautification had been to
I landscape the green in keeping
, with the pre - Revolutionary
Court House.
On accepting the scroll, Mr.
Leary thanked the Woman’s
Club on behalf of the County
Commissioners and praised them
for the extensive work done on
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Resigns
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LEROY H. HASKETT
After serving 20 years as a
member of district health de
partments, Leroy H. Haskett has
tendered his resignation as a
member of the Pasquotank-Per
quimans - Camden - Chowan Dis
trict Health Department.
. high school is allowed to enter
;one contestant for each ten stu
i dents enrolled in the beginning
I typewriting course. Chowan
High School, with 34 students
enrolled, will enter three to rep
resent their school in the be
ginning division. John A. Holmes
High School, with 56 enrolled in
the beginning typewriting course,
SLrs.ht r ss
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 27, 1964.
Mobile Museum Os History To Visit Edenton
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West Byrum, president of the Edenton Chaml er of Commerce, announces that the Mobile Mu
seum of History, North Carolina's only traveling museum, will be on display in Edenton March 6
through March 9. The unique Motile Mu'eum of History will be located in front of the Betty
Shoppe on Broad Street. It will be open from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. each day with free admission.
Edenton Peanuts Distributed
4t N. C. Booth At New York'
Trade Show By Mrs. Earnhardt;
Thanks to Mrs. W. J. P. Earn- 1
hardt, Jr., who is one of four:
chosen to man the North Caro- j
lina Booth at the National Trade j
Show at the Coliseum in New
York City this week, the Town
of Edenton will receive special
recognition as an outstanding
community for retirement with,
a wide range of recreational op- '
portunities.
This is how it all came about, j
The Chamber of Commerce of
fice had a supply of 800 small 1
advertising peanut bags left overj
from a lot of more than 5,000 j
distributed during North Caro-1
Preyer Speaks In
Edenton March 4
Meeting Scheduled In
Court House at
8A; M. '
Judge Richardson Preyer of
Greensboro, one of the Demo
cratic candidates for Governor
of North Carolina, will speak in,
Edenton Wednesday morning,
March 4. 1
Edenton is one of Judge Prey
er’s stops in his 100-county tour
in behalf of his candidacy.
The meeting will be held in
the court room in the Court
House at 8 o’clock on the morn
ing of March 4, and Tom Shep
ard, Chowan County Chairman i
of the committee of Preyer for
Governor, says coffee and dough
nuts will be served to all who
attend the meeting. The com
mittee for Preyer’s candidacy is
gradually picking up steam in
Chowan County and members of
the committee feel certain a
large number of Chowan County
citizens will be on hand to hear
him. The public is cordially in
vited to hear the gubernatorial
candidate speak.
Officers Eelected
For Mental Health
Two Edenton
Again Chosen as
Officers
Meeting in annual session at j
Hertford Thursday night, the
Albemarle Mental Health Asso- j
ciation re-elected officers for
the new year. The officers are:
President, the Rev. Heath Light
of Elizabeth City; vice presi
dent, Mrs. Ed Bond of Edenton;
treasurer, Mrs. W. H. Hollo
well, Jr., of Edenton; secretary,
Mrs. W. K. Wassink of Camden
and corresponding . secretary,
Mrs. T. P. Brinn of Hertford.
At the meeting the idea of
employing an executive secre
tary was considered. Mr. Heath
pointed out that it is practically
a volunteer job, but that the
No. th Carolina Mental Health
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FIRST DEGREE TONIGHT
? -AT MASONIC MEETING
A stated communication of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. St
A. M" will be held tonight;
(fhursday) at 8 o’clock. W. M.
Rhoades, master of the lodge,
announces that the first degree
will be conferred upon a candi-
I lina Day at the Hotel Roosevelt
:in New York last year. Mayor |
j John Mite.hener, recalling this
j fact, called Mrs. Earnhardt on
the telephone at the North Caro
lina booth in New York and
asked her if it would be per
missable for her to distribute
, these bags of peanuts advertis
' ing Edenton and its many advan-
I tages for a retirement location,
j The advertisement on the bag
also plugged industry, history, i
1 and recreation. Ted Kramer, of- I
I ficial head of the group in New
[York, readily gave permission
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Cupola House Topic
At Meeting Os DAR
Regent Asked to Try
To Secure Bandpn
School House ;
A paper on the Cupola House
was presented by Miss Elizabeth
Moore as part of the observance
of American History Month at
i the February meeting of the
Edenton Tea Party Chapter of
the .DAR.
Miss Moore told of the layout
of the Towne on Queen Ar.ne’s
Creek prior to the building of |
the Cupola House about 1725.
The house was built by Rich
ard’ Sanderson of Perquimans
! Cojbßv.
CoriMpbjad on Page 6, Section 1
LIONS MEET MONDAY'-'
Edenton Lions will hold their
weekly meeting Monday night, i
’ March 2, at 7 o'clock at the
Edenton Restaurant. Dr. A. F.
( Downum, president of the club, )
urges every Lion to be present, i
Mrs. R. E. Leary “Woman Os The Year”
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At left is pictured Miss Pauline Calloway, president of the
Edenton Business and Professional Women's Chib, presenting a
beauti'j] floral tribute to Mrs. R. E. Leary. Mrs. Leary was
named “Woman of the Year" at the BPW Club's annual Bosses'
Night banquet held Thursday night at HiU Home Desn-
i Robert L Bunch, Jr.
Named Outstanding
’63 Young Farmer
Pettijohn Says Land
Not Poor But Pooi-
Farmers Who Make
It Poor
At the annual Junior Chamber
of Commerce outstanding young
farmer banquet held Thursday
j night, February 13, Robert L.
j Bunch, Jr., was named Chowan
County’s outstanding farmer for
1963.
Judging was based on three
major accomplishments, which
are as follows:
1. Degree of progress in agri
cultural career.
2. Extent of good soil and nat
ural resource conservation
practices.
3. Contributions to community,
and nation.
Mp, But*du,scored well in all
three sectidSM^
Continued JKPuge s—Section 1
Coifntv Firemen
Plan Basketball
Game Feb. 28th
The Center Hill-Cross Roads
Volunteer Fire Department will
I sponsor an old-time basketball
game at Chowan High School
gymnasium Friday night, Febru
ary 28 at 7 o’clock. Admission
will be 25c for children and 50
for adults.
Proceeds will go for the pur
chase of equipment for the Fire
Department. Cheerleaders will
I be Geraldine Evans, Katie Dail,
Bertie Ward and other leaders
of their group.
! Players will be the leans
i Continued on Page 5, Section 1
Local Farm Bureau|
Participates In New I
Plan For Members!
President David Bate- '
man Urging Every)
Chowan Farmer to
Become Member
The Chowan County Farm Bu
reau board of directors met
Tuesday night, February 18,
when they voted to participate
in a new member program rec
ommended by the North Carolina
Farm Bureau Federation.
New Farm Bureau members
who join during the period
March 1-15 will be given a tem
porary receipt, stating that their
membership is paid until Sep
tember 1, 1965. Members falling
within this category, when re
ported to the state office, will be
issued a temporary membership
card until September 1, 1964, at
which time a new membership
card will be issued to them ex
piring September 1, 1965. Mem
bers joining during this period,
if Otherwise eligible, may par- :
ticipate in the service-to-member :
Continued on Page 3, Section 1 1
Employee Improvement Class
Started In Edenton; 58 Enrolled
m
Sponsored by the Edenton
Chamber of Commerce, an em-'
ployee improvement program j
got under way Tuesday night I
with a beginning class of 58 em-;
ployees from 15 business firms (
in Edenton in the Hotel Joseph j
Hewes ballroom, it is an- \
nounced by West W. By rum,,
Chamber president.
The initial class in the over- 1
all improvement program will 1 ,
consist of a total of 10 hours j
instruction in customer rela- j
tions under Professor Claude |
Davis- of the College of the Al-
Hospital Nursing Home To Be
Opened By First Part Os June
The Chowan Hospital Auxili
ary is approaching the popular- j
ity of a few years back when
members used to gather at the ■
old hospital out at the Marine,
base. The Parish House is
proving to be a very conveni
ent meeting place and where
else can one gather with
friends, hear an interesting pro- j
gram and have a cup of tea at |
no cost whatever? The Sole j
purpose of the Auxiliary is to!
support the hospital, and the j
Auxiliary has been the contri-!
Haskett Resigns
From Health Board
Served 20 Years as a
Member of Health
Departments
Leroy H. Haskett has tendered
his resignation as a member
of the Pasquotank-Perquimans-
Camden-Chowan District Health
Department, a position he has
filled for 10 years. Mr. Haskett
has served a total of 20 years
as a member of a Health Depart
ment, for he previously was a
member for 10 years of the Cho
wan-Bertie-Gates District Health
Department.
Continued on Page B—Section 1
Two Day Candy Sale
By YFW Auxiliary
The VFW Auxiliary will con
duct a house-to-house candy sale
today (Thursday) and Friday.
The Auxiliary will have three
varieties of candy for sale, with
the proceeds going to the VA
Hospital and Caswell Training
School.
Another Herring
Breakfast March 7
Sponsored by the Methodist
Men’s Club, another pickled her
ring breakfast will f>e held at
the church Saturday, March 7.
Breakfast will be served from
7 to 9 o’clock and it is expected
fresh herring roe will be includ
ed on the menu.
$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Mobile History Museum
jWill Appear In Edenton
| For Four Days, March 6-9
I Candidate j
B. WARNER EVANS
Early this week B. Warnerl
Evans announced his candidacy
for re-election as Representative I
for Chowan County in the North 1
Carolina General Assembly.
bemarle in Elizabeth City. The
-Merchants Committee of the
j Chamber, Alton Elmore, chair- !
| man, has been working some
! weeks on organization of this
| distributive education curricula
| sanctioned by the N. C. Depart -
| ment of Public Instruction.
I Other subjects to be taught doir
| ing the employee improvement
I program are 20 hours in oral
l communications, 10 hours in
(personality development and 20
! hours in professional selling
| and creative salesmanship. The
Continued on Page 6—Section 1
butor of some valuable equip
j ment over the years. Funds
: are raised through the niember
j ship drives, memorial fund, pen
- cil sales at election time and
! projects such as the play which
is now in rehearsals.
At a meeting Friday afternoon
Mrs. Jack Leary, president,
j called the meeting to order and
|W. P. Jones, hospital adminis
| trator, reported that the gas
I machine for the labor room has
j been ordered and that the nurs
; Continued on Page 3—Section I
Speaks In Edenton
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JUDGE RICHARDSON PREYER
Wednesday morning, March 4,
at 8 o'clock Judge Richardson
Preyer, one of the Democratic
candidates for Governor of North
Carolina, will soeak to the citi
zens of Chowan Countv in the
court room of the Chowan Coun
ty Court House.
Chowan Junior Livestock Show
And Sale Scheduled For April 8
The Chowan Ruritan Club,
sponsor of the tenth annual Jun
ior Livestock Show and Sale, ex
tends to Chowan County farm
ers an invitation to attend this
event on April 8. The show will
be limited to junior exhibitors,
both boys and girls.
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 &
Livestock Market or the M. D.
Baker Hog Market beginning at
1 P. M., on April 7. All intern
es ted persons are invited to at
tend the show and sale which
will be at the Privott and Asbell
For Quick Results ...
Try a Classified Ad
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Betty Shoppe; Ex
hibit Includes Paint
ing Owned By Mrs.
John Gilliam Wood
The Mobile Museum of History,
North Carolina’s only traveling
museum, will be on display in
Edenton from Friday, March 6,
through Monday, March 9, it is
announced by West Byrum,
chairman of the Mobile Museum
visit. Featuring an exhibition
of life in North Carolina during
the first 100 years of the colony,
the museum is part of the pro
gram of the State Department
of Archives and History’s Mu
seum Division.
The exhibit will include 28
j works of Jacob Marling, a
j painter who worked in the state
'during the early days of the
I last century.
I The tribute to Marling will be
I the first to an artist no longer
j living. State artists previously
! honored were Francis Speight,
la native of Bertie County, Josef
Albers, former teacher at Black
Mountain College and Hobson
Pittman of Tarboro.
1 In addition to works by Mar
ling, the show will also include
( a few paintings by artists of the
same period and location to
provide a more comprehensive
survey of the art of the par
| ticular time and place. Gener
ally, the paintings will show
prominent North Carolinians of
j the 19th century, although the
| show will also include what is
j considered Marling’s finest
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B. Warner Evans
i Seeks Re-election
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| Announces His Candi
dacy Early This
Week
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1 B. Warner Evans early this
i week announced that he will be
' a candidate for re-election as
| Chowan County’s Representative
iin the North Carolina General
Assembly in the May Democratic
I primary election.
Mr. Evans has served the coun
!ty for one term and is of the
I opinion that with this experi
! ence he will be able to better
serve the county. He was a
I member of 14 committees in the
I House of Representatives in the
last session of the General As
sembly.
He expressed his appreciation
for the support given him in
the last election and solicits the
vote and support of Chowan
County voters in the next elec
tion.
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Annual Chowan County type
writing contest will be held at
Chowan High School Tuesday,
March 3. beginning at 10 A. M.
Judge Richardson Preyer. one
of the Democratic candidates for
Governor of North Carolina, will
speak at the Chowan County
Court House Wednesday morn
ing. March 4. at 8 o'clock.
Center Hill-Cross Roads Fire
i Department will sponsor an old
| time basketball game Friday
! night, February 28, at 7 o'clock.
I Continued on Page 7. Section 1
Warehouse at Cross Roads. The
schedule is as follows:
Hogs may be entered begin
ning at 1 P. M., on April 7 and
until 8:30 A. M., on April 8.
Judging will begin at 9:30 A. M.
The fitting and showmanship
contest for steers and hogs for
all junior exhibitors begins at
11 A. M. Trophies and ribbons
will be presented at 2 P. M.
Following this, all animals will
be auctioned. The Ruritans hope
that merchants and others will
support this sale.
Jack Parker, animal husbandry
extension specialist of Raleigh,
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