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Volume XXXl—Number 13.
Crew, Griffin Appeal For
Democratic Solidarity
At Meeting Held Monday
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State Executive Com-|
mittee Chairman Is'
Speaker For Chowan
Democratic Women
Chowan County Democratic
Women held.a very pleasant din
ner meeting Monday afternoon
at 12:30 o’clock at which quite
a few men and other guests!
were present. The principal'
speaker for the occasion was!
Lunsford Crew of Roanoke Rap
ids, Chairman of the State!
Democratic Executive Commit
tee. '
Mrs. W. J. P. Earnhardt,’ Sr.,
presided over the meeting and
after welcoming those present,
recognized the large number of
special guests.
Mrs. John Graham introduced
Lloyd E. Griffin, Chairman of
the Chowan County Democratic
Executive Committee, who in
turn introduced Mr. Crew. In
his remarks Mr. Griffin appealed
for the united support of the
Democratic party. He pointed
cut that in the last presidential
election 5500 voted the Republi
can ticket in Chowan County
Continued on Page 4. Section i
Term Os Superior
Court Will Begin
Monday, March 30
A term of Chowan County Su
perior Court will convene Mon
day morning, March 30 at 10
o'clock in the Chowan County
Court House. Previous announce
ment was made that the term
would begin Tuesday morning,
itfkxch 31. due to Easter Mon
day.
However, Sheriff Earl Good
win has been notified by Judge
Albert W. Cowper of Kinston,
the presiding judge, that the
term will begin Monday instead
of Tuesday morning.
20 Years Ago
As Found In The Files Of'
The Chowan Herald
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Twenty-five Women's Reserve
celestial navigation training op
erators. the first group of Ma
rine Women Reserves to be
trained as operators in celestial
navigation at the U. S. Marine
Carps Air Station, graduated.
Interest and strength was re
ported in John A. Holmes' can
didacy as governor of the 189th
Rotary district.
Officer Joseph frustrat
ed the theft of a considerable
amount of merchandise at the
Continued on Page 4—Section I
Revival At Macedonia Church
Scheduled March 31 - April 5
Revival meetings are sched- •
uled to begin at Macedonia Bap
tist Church Monday, March 30,
and continue through Sunday,
April 5. The guest evangelist
will be the Rev. James E. Dun
can, Jr. Mr. Duncan is pastor
k of the Berea Baptist Church at
Hylas, Va.
A native of Spotsylvania Coun
ty, Va., Mr. Duncan graduated
frdm the Spotsylvania High
School and in 1954 graduated
from the University of Virginia
Preyer Again Pledges Support
To Make Highway lTFour Lanes
And Give Aid To Small Business
Democratic
° Edenton
Monday, when he guest^of
lowing t’hc mGCtinftv v
Mr. Preyer was greeted’ with
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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REV. JACK A. HOLT
Guest evangelist in revival
services at Rocky Hock Baptist
Church March 29 through April
5 will bg the Rev. Jack A. Holt.
Mr. Holt is pastor of Elm Street
Baptist Church at Petersburg.
Va. Services will begin at 7:30
o'clock each evening.
tevi\i¥lockr
Hock Starts Sunday
ißev. Jack A. Holt of
Petersburg Will Be
Guest Evangelist
Revival services will be held
i at the Rocky Hock Baptist
, Church beginning Sunday, March
.29 and. continuing. TtyodEb tySu.n
day, April 5. Services will be
held each night at 7:30 o’clock
i with special music planned for
, each service. A nursery will al
i so be provided for the accom
[ modation of small children.
The guest evangelist will be
the Rev. Jack A. Holt. Mr. Holt
[ is pastor of the Elm Street Bap-
I tist Church it Petersburg, Va.
• Cottage prayer meetings have
i been in progress in preparation
1 for the revival and a special
( mass' prayer meeting was held|
at the church Wednesday night
of ttys week.
The theme for the revival is
I “ . . . the love of Christ con
straincth us ... ”
The public is cordially invited
to attend any or all services.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
i A stated communication of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. &
A. M., will be held tonight
at 8 o’clock. W. M.
i Rhoades, master of the lodge,
invites all Masons to attend.
1 with a B.A. degree. While at
Richmond he was a member of
“Omicron Delta Kappa”, “Who’s
Who” and was secretary of the
Summer School Honor Council.
He is president of the Minis
terial Association, Forensic
Council and Philologian Liter
ary Society. He graduated from
the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary in 1957 with t a B.D.
degree.
Mr. Duncan has served as pas-
Continued on Page 3, Section 1
i the economy of the state. He
J referred to (the Chesapeake Bay
| bridge-tunnel to be opened dur-
Jing April. “It is hard to esti
jmate the increased number of
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 26,1964.
| Increased Parcel
PostßatesWllGo
In Effect April 1
Boost In Rates Ex
pected to Yield P. O.
Department Over 75
Million Annually
Postmaster J. L. Chestnutt re
minds residents of Edenton that
an effective date of April 1 has
been set for new domestic par
cel post rate increases.
The parcel post increase—ap
proved recently by the Inter
state Commerce Commission and
averaging about 13.1% —is ex
pected to yield about $75.4 mil
lion annually.
Catalog rates will be increased
approximately 13% and will pro
duce added revenue of about
$2.4 million if 1962 volume is
maintained.
The higher rates do not af
fect air parcel post or interna
tional parcel post.
Continued on Page 7. Section 1
Taylor Speaker
At Rotary Meeting
Edenton Rotarians will hold
their weekly meeting this
(Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock
at the Parish House. The pro
gram will be in charge of J. Ed
win Bufflap, who will have for
the speaker John A. Taylor, lo
cal numismatist.
Mr. Taylor in June of last
year retired from the Manufac
turers Hanover Trust Company
of New York and decided to
spend his retirement in Edenton.
He now devotes the major por
tion of his time in the collec
tion and science of coins.
President Hiram J. Mayo urges
every Rotarian to be present.
Craig Speaks At
Meeting Os BAR
Advances Idea to Lo
cate Possessions of
James Iredell
State Archives and History
furnishings authority sets period
of appropriate furnishings for
the James Iredell House from
1750 to the death of Mrs. Ire
dell in 1826.
James Craig addressed the
Edenton Tea Party Chapter at
its luncheon meeting Wednesday,
March 18, at the Edenton Restau
rant, following an inspection
tour of the house.
Mr. Craig said the first step
will be to locate an inventory
of the possessions of James Ire
dell, and in the event one is not
available to prepare. A plan for
refurnishing the house appropri
ate to the designated period will
be prepared by his department.
Continued on Page 7. Section 1
Woman’s Club
Will Meet April 1
The Edenton Woman’s Club
will meet Wednesday afternoon,
April 1 at the Edenton Restau
rant at 1 o’clock. Dr. Richard
Hardin will be the guest speaker
far the meeting and will also
show movies of his recent trip
abroad.
Mrs. George A. Byrum, presi
dent, urges all member to at
tend.
Dinner At Country
Club Monday Night
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A steak or chicken dinner
will be served at the Chowan
Golf and Country Club Monday
night, March 30 from 7 to 10
o’clock.
Reservations are requested by
moon Monday pnd can be made
by contacting Mr. or Mrs. Cher
ry Boyce, phone 482^3611.
Chowan’s Board Os
Elections Reappointed
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At top is pictured an interior view of the flooring mill at the
U. S. Lumber Company at the former Edenton Air Station. Oak
flooring is being manufactured and graded. At bottom is pictured
one of many stacks of rough green lumber being air dried prelim
inary to going to the dry kilns. Normally two weeks' supply in
drying yards will provide a 50,000-foot per day output.
Pi •ess Preview Os Chesapeake
Bridge-Tunnel Held In Norfolk
Tuesday; Newsmen Impressed
Over 100 newspaper, radio andj
television representatives were
guests of the Chesapeake Bay
Bridge-Tunnel Commission on
Tuesday of this week at the
Admiralty Motel in Norfolk.
The occasion was a press pre
view of tl\e famed bridge-tunnel
across Chesapeake Bay. *
The visitors were guests at a
dinner held at 12:30 o’clock dur
Maundy Thursday
Service Tonight At
Methodist Church
Tonight (Thursday) at 7:30
o’clock the traditional Maundy
Thursday Holy Communion ser
vice will be held at the Edenton
Methodist Church. Wednesday
night a service was held deal
ing with the response to the
passion of Christ during which
a special altar period was held.
The Man Beside The Well
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The wells of flowing water on the road
That leads up to Babylon’s walls are few.
The journey is long and thirst and heat goad
My tired caravan. A stranger, new
To the land, I did seek a cooling cup:
For the weariness of travel was great,
< And palm trees cast no shade where roads led up
Beneath the walls and hard by Babylon’s gate.
He sat beside the road and begged of me
J A drop of cool water for Christ’s sweet sake,
With hands outstretched and eyes that did not see
As I traveled up to Babylon’s gate.
“The wells of sweet flowing water are few
And the shade of the palms not in the land,
But this my only cup I share with you—
Take thou this cup of water from my hand.” ;
II
The years were many when out from Babylon’s gate
In tattered raiment and poverty’s gown,
Shorn of caravan and earthly estate'
Came I, a stranger to ways that led down
And out from Babylon; my staff and rod
My only wealth and comfort and my all
I journeyed, deserted of man and God,
■ The road that led down from Babylon’s wall.
I sat beside the road and begged a crust,
When lo! the Beggar, radiant, passed me by;
With gentle hands He took me from the dust
And stooped to lay His hands on such as I.
“The wells of sweet flowing water are few,
I No place to lay thy head beneath (he tree.
But this the Bread erf Life I share with you,
Inasmach as ye did it -unto Me.”
—Wilborne Harrell
| ing which representatives of the
Commission presented facts -con
cerning every phase of the pr®-
ject construction. Though the
cost of the project was 200 mil
lion dollars, it was pointed out
that it was built without any
tax money.
Following the dinner guests
were invited to enter four large
Continued or Page 5. Section 1
Good Friday Service
At St. Paul’s Church
A Good Friday service will
be held at St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church Friday, March 27. The
service wil he in progress from
12 o’clock noon to 3 o’clock in
the afternoon and is sponsored
by the Methodist and Episcopal
Churches.
The public is cordially invited
to attend this ser-vice at the
most convenient hour.
Sunrise Service At
Macedonia Church
Ats:3oA.M.Sunday
Service Is Scheduled
Jointly By the Rocky
Hock and Macedonia
Baptist Churches
A joint Easter sunrise service
has been planned by the Mace
donia Baptist Church 'and the
Rocky Hock Baptist Church.
The service is to be held at the
Macedonia Baptist Church on
Easter Sunday morning, March
29. at 5:30 o’clock, with the
Rev. Johnnie Bradley, pastor of
Macedonia Baptist Church, bring
ing the message.
Special music is to be render
ed by the choirs of both partici
pating churches. The service
will be directed by the Rev.
Thurman W. Allred, pastor of
Rocky Hock Baptist Church.
Members of both churches are
especially urged to be in attend
ance and an invitation is issued
to anyone who desires to at
tend.
Sunrise Service At
Great Hope Church
Three Churches Join
In Service Schedul
ed For 6 O’clock
The Great Hope Baptist Church
will be host to a sunrise Easter
service on Sunday morning,
March 29, at 6 o’clock. Other
churches taking part in the ser
, vice will be the Center Hill
Methodist Church, Center Hill
Baptist, and Anderson Metho
’ dist. Special music will be ren
dered by the choirs of the
. churches.
’ The Rev. Claude T. Wilson,
pastor of the Center Hill Metho
dist Church and Anderson Meth
odist Church, will lead the ser
vice. The Easter meditation will
be brought by the Rev. David
Harris, new pastor of Center Hill
Baptist and Great Hope Baptist
churches.
The public is invited to attend
this service and worship on this
great day!
Site Selected For
Old School House
Building Expected to
Be Moved to Eden
ton In April
The old schoolhouse at Bandon
Plantation will be placed to the
left of the carriage house on
the James Iredell property to
compliment the existing build
ings.
The selection of this site for
the building by W. S. Tarlton,
historic sites superintendent for
the N. C. Department of Ar
chives and History has been ac
cepted by the Edenton Tea
Party Chapter, DAR, who have
assumed responsibility for mov
ing the building.
The schoolhouse regarded as
Continued on Page 7, Section 1
Schools Observe
Easter Holidays
School Superintendent Hiram
J. Mayo has announced that the
John A. Holmes High School and
the Edenton Elementary School
will be closed Thursday, Friday
and Monday, March 26, 27 and
30 for the Easter holidays.
The D. F. Walker School will
be closed Friday and Monday,
but will be in session today
(Thursday) in order to make up
a day.
Schools in the county unit will
also be closed only Friday and
Monday.
Closed MondaT
According to the Merchants
Committee of the Chamber of
Commerce practically all store*
and business houdifc will bo clos
ed all day Easter Monday, March
30.
Business will be returned as
usual Tuaaday morning, March
31.
$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Annual Spring Fishing
Contest To Begin April 4
And Continue To May 30
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Revival services will be held
at Macedonia BaDlist Church !j
March 30 to Aoril 5. The guest 1 1
evangelist will be the Rev.|
James E. Duncan, Jr„ pastor of,.
the Berea Baptist Church at '
Hylas, Va. Services begin each
evening at 7:45 o'clock.
Program Planned
For Library Week 1
In Panel Room Sun
day, April 12 at j 1
4 P. M.
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Friends of the Library of the
Shcpard-Pruden Memorial Li
brary will present a program in
the Panel Room of the Court i
House on Sunday afternoon, i
April 12, at 4 o’clock, to cele- :
brate National Library Week. I
Plans at present include an ex- 1
hibition of books that will point <
out the many varieties of inter
est possible to satisfy and foster <
through the medium of books. <
The program will feature a talk 1
by a regional writer of note; an 1
art exhibition from the show re- 1
cently held at East Carolina Col
iege in Greenville of the work
of Miss Betsy Ross, a student
there and the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. J. Ross of Edenton.
Norfleet Prudent will talk on his
interest in sculpture, and papers
will be read by the winners of
the John A. Holmes High School
Library contest now being con
ducted by the school librarian, {
Mrs. Harry Venters. A scene 1
from the recent Chowan Hospital 1
Auxiliary play “The Night of
January 16th”, will also be pre- '
sented. At the close of the pro
gram, refreshments will be ser- ;
ved.
The committee for National 1
Library Week consists of Miss ■<
Audrea Rowell, chairman, and I
Mrs. Frank Holmes and Mrs. I
Keith Reeve. j
BANK CLOSED MONDAY
Peoples Bank & Trust Com
pany and the Consumers Credit
Branch will be closed all day
Monday, March 30. The closing ,
is due to the observance of Eas
ter Monday. Important banking
business should, therefore, be :
transacted accordingly.
Vagabond Players Will Present
“The World Os Carl Sandburg"’
At Holmes High School Tuesday
Announcement was made last
week that the Vagabond players
will present a performance at
John A. Holmes High School on
Tuesday afternoon, March 31, at
1:30 o’clock.
Sixty performances by the
Vagabond Players of The World
of Carl Sandburg have been
scheduled for North Carolina
schools by the State Department
of Public Instruction.
The World of CaH Sandburg,
a brilliant selection of the Flat
Rock author’s magnificent array
of works, was written by Nor
man Corwin. It toured the Unit
ed States for a year with Bette
Davis and Gary Merrill, and
than enjoyed a Broadway run
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Special Day Will Be
Set Aside For Boys
And Girls 15 Years
Old or Under
The sixth annual Spring Fish
ing Contest is scheduled lo be
gin Saturday, April 4, and will
again feature a number of
awards being presented to the
winners in the various specie
classifications, it was announced
Tuesday by West W. Byrum,
president of the Edenton Cham
ber of Commerce. Byrum said
the contest will run througn
Saturday, May 30.
Claude W. Griffin, chairma.i
of the Recreation Committee
which is promoting the Fishing
Contest, listed the various classi
fications in which prizes will be
awarded to the fishermen bring
ing in the heaviest fish. The
prizes will consist of fishing tac
kle and the classifications are
rock fish, largemouth bass, white
perch, crappie, and bream. Grif
fin also announced that the of
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Woman’s Club Will
Hold Baby Contest
Local Merchants Be
ing Asked to Spon
sor Babies
Sponsored by the Edenton Wo
man’s Club, another baby contest
will be held this spring. The
contest will be in progress from
Wednesday, April 1 to Wednes
day, April 15.
Each baby will be sponsored
by a local merchant, who will
display the child’s picture and
a cup for voting. Children
through three years of age will
be eligible to be entered in the
contest.
For information about the
contest those interested are re
quested to contact Mrs. Alton
Elmore, phone 482-3577 or Mrs.
W. H. Hollowell, Jr., phone 482-
3649.
Rocky 11 oc k Bake
Sale On Saturday
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Sponsored by the Rocky Hock
Community Center, a bake sale
will be held in front of Belk-
Tyler's store Saturday morning,
March 28. The sale will begin at
9 o’clock and continue until all
items are sold.
Offered for sale will be cakes,
cookies, pies, cup cakes and can
dy. Advance orders can be
placed by phoning Mrs. W. 11.
Saunders, 482-4024 or Mrs. Mar
garet Smith, 482-3026.
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A term of Chowan County Su
perior Court will begin Monday
morning, March 30.
The Chamber of Commerce
sixth annual spring fishing con
test will begin Saturday, April
4 and continue through Satur
day. May 30.
Edenton Woman's Club will
sponsor another baby contest
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• with Miss Davis and Leif Erick
; son. The well-balanced program
includes excerpts from Mr. Sand
burg’s poems, stories, commen
. taries, enlivened by folk songs,
and performed with stage move
ment and action.
The Vagabond Players, North
Carolina’s oldest Equity profess
ional acting company, came to
Flat Rock in 1940. Since 1952
they have operated in the Flat
Rock Playhouse, located on the
historic flat rock from which the
town derives its name, conduct
ing summer stock and dramatics
programs for apprentices and
children. By 1958 the Vaga
bonds had performed before well