A Newspaper Devoted
To the Progress of the
Albemarle Area
Volume XX&l.—Number 25.
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Edenton Merchants Plan 1
To Keep Stores Open All
Day On July 4th Holiday
Two Day Bargain Sale
Planned For Friday
And Saturday, July
3 and 4
As was the custom five years
ago when the Fourth of J uly
fell on a Saturday, the Mer
chants Committee of the Eden
ton Chamber of Commerce at
their last regular meeting voted
to continue the procedure this
year when the Fourth again falls
on a Saturday.
A potl of all downtown mer
chants was taken and without
exception all agreed not only to
remain open for business Satur
day, July 4, but to hold bargain)
sales on summer merchandise
and other staple and luxury
items especially purchased, for a
2-day sale July 3rd and 4th, ac
cording to Alton Elmore, Chair
man. Practically all stores will
be closed Monday, July 6, to
permit employees to receive the
usual holiday time off.
Arrangements have been made
by the Merchants Committee for
town-wide free parking during
the Fourth of July Sales Pro
motion, with all meters covered
those two days. Employees in
the business district are again
urged to use the Municipal Park
ing Lot and reserve street park
ing for out-of-town shoppers. A
survey indicates other towns ini
the area will be closed tight on'
the Fourth of July.
Chief of Police James Griffin]
of the Edenton Police Depart
ment was present at the Mer
chants Committee meeting and
presented facts 'indicating there
should be a change in the over
tin*; parking finis, afrom 5c to
25c to provide better law en
forcement and prevent misuse of
the business district's parking fa- j
cilities. Chief Griffin stated that
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Jerry Tolley Installed.
As IDC President At)
East Carolina College |
The Inter-Dormitory Council I
(IDC) «t EaSt Carolina College, I
campus governmental organiza-!
tion for men dorm residents, has
installed its officers for next
year and presentecl awards for
outstanding service by its 1963-
64 leaders.
Among the officers installed,
was Jerry Russell Tolley of
Edenton. He was formally in-'
Stalled as IDC president for]
1964-65. |
Tolley received a plaque in '
recognition for his service as |
IDC representative from Scott
Hall.
SCOTTISH RITE CLUB
STEAK SUPPER FRIDAY^
Members of the Chowan Scot-j
ish Rite Club will be treated to
a steak supper Friday night,
June .19. The supper will be j
heltf at Sandy Point Beach at 7
o’clock and President Tom Fran-'
cis is very anxious to have every,
member and his wife present.
20 Years Ago
As Found In The Files Os j
The Chowan Herald
The Chowan Ministerial Asso
ciation registered complaints
about bad conditions in Edenton,
saying the town was losing its
reputation for quietness and de
cency. Police and town officials
were criticised on seeeraT counts.
With a total of 3744 hours of
Tolapteer work to her credit at
the Red Cross surgical dressing
work rooms, Mrs. John C. Bad
ham again had the distinction of
making the ' highest number of
hours of any worker for the
month at May. .
Orel V. Rowe, inspector for
the H. C. Labor Department, was
in Edenton and found a number
■ 0 f violations in local establish
ment,, most of which had to do
with lock Os employment certifi
cates. ■
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Scott Oiler Wins
Zim Novelty Co.
SSOO Scholarship
Chowan High School
1964 Graduate Noti
fied June 10 of Na
tional Honor
Scot Qber, a member of the
1964 graduating class at Chowan
High School, was notified Wed
nesday of last week that he was
I the winner of a nationwide con
test for a SSOO scholarship. The.
scholarship was awarded by t.hej
Zim Novelty Company of Chi
cago, Illinois.
Announcement of the contest
appeared on the cover of a prom|
catalog received by Mrs. J. P.
Snipes, wife of Principal Snipes,,
who suggested that Ober enter.
The scholarship was offered by
the Zim concern in order to en
courage and aid a student de
siring to enter the teaching pro
fession. The contestants were
required to enter original sub
ject matter on “Why J Have
Chosen the Teaching Proses- j
sion,” accomplished in 500 words
or less.
j It is understood that Ober’s I
■ picture and his winning paper!
will appear in the forthcoming
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Beauties Os State
Invited To Enter
Miss World Contest
Edenton girls and other beau
ties throughout the state of
North Carolina will be given the
opportunity this year to com
pete for the coveted title of
Miss World, it is announced by
i the Miss World Beauty Page-
I ant’s southeastern headquarters
[at Barnwell, S. C.
Herman Monarch, southeastern
.director, said girls single or mar
ried between the ages of 17 and
27 are eligible to enter. Judg
ing will be on beauty of fhee and
figure. No talent is required.
Girls interested should con
tact Mr. Monarch in Barnwell.
The North Carolina winner
will join winners from all parts
of the United States in compe
tition at Detroit, Mich., August
22-29. The winner there will
represent her chantry in the
Miss World finals in London,
England.
I The North Carolina entry wins
a free trip to the national fin
als, in addition to a trophy.
Awaiting the winner at the
14th annual judging in Tingland
is a prize of 2,500 pounds (ap
proximately $7,500), the Miss
World Trophy, a screen test by
Columbia Pictures and world
wide fame.
ROT ASIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton Rotarians will 'hold
their weekly meeting this (Thurs
day) aftfernoon ait 1 o’clock at
the Parish House. President Hi
ram Mayo urges every Rotarian
to be present. ,
East Carolina College Names
7-Story Girls’ Dormitory In
Honor Os Mrs. Inglis Fletcher
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Novelist Inglis FLetdher was I
honored at East Carolina Col
lege’s commencement ceremonies |
Sunday as College President Leo
W. Jenkins announced a new
seven-story girls’ dormitory will
he named Inglis Fletcher Hall.
Fletcher Hall, the tallest
building on the East --Carolina
campus and one of the tallest in (
Eastern North Carolina, was re
cently completed at a cost of
more than one million dollars.
It will house 432 advanced wo
men students when it is put into
service next fall.
Mrs. Fletcher, a native of Illi
nois who eame to Eastern North
Carolina to settle some 20 years
ago, was in the audience at
Firlflpn CfaiUnKi Tkp DttAfi I
Edenton, County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 18, 1964.
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At left above C. E. Britton of the Colonial Motor Company is presenting a key tc a F-85
Oldsmobile to C. C. Walters, superintendent of Chowan County schools. Britton Bvrurr., Colonial
salesman, is at right. The Oldsmobile is furnished free by Colonial Motor Company to be used in
llhe driver education program at Chowan High School. Chowan has 47 students enrolled this sum
mer, who will be required to spend 30 hours .in class room studies six hours actual driving and
12 hours as observers in the auto-nob ile. Troy L. Perry, teacher of the eighth grade, is the instruc
tor. Persons between 16 and 18 yoars of age must have driver education in order to secure a
driver's license, and Mir. Walters says attitudes in the class room will be stressed. Mr. Walters
and other school officials express their appreciation for the free use of the Oldsmobile.
Over 750 Present At 4-H
Eastern District Meeting
At Chowan High School
Winners Named Who
Will Compete in State
Contest During 4-H
Club Week
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j Over 750 4-H Club 'members,
I adult leaders and parents attend
ed the Eastern District 4-H
Demonstration Day at Chowan
High School Wednesday of last
week.
W. 'M. Garmon, 4-H district
agent, reports 'the new district
officers include: President, Ash
ley Hardison of Columbia; vice
president, Billy Rooce of Jack
sonville; secretary and treasure-,
Sandy Bousman of New Bern,
and historian, Johnny Winborne
]of Edenton.
The district 4-H demonstration
winners who will participate in
1 the state contest during 4-H Club
Week in Raleigh include 'the fol
lowing, along with the sponsors:
Beekeeping—Linda Martin of
Holly Ridge. Myers Craft Manu
facturing Co:, Burgaw; N. C.
Beekeepers Association; Walter
T. Kelly Co., Clarkson, Ky.; A. I.
Root Co., Medina, Ohio; Dadant
and Sons, Hamilton, 111.
Dairy Foods (12-13) Brenda
Taylor, Richlands. American
Dairy Association of N. C.,
Greensboro.
Dairy Foods—Gwen Armstrong,:
Columbia. American Dairy As-1
sociation of N. C., Greensboro.
Dairy Management Faith
Hudson, Fairfield and Sharon
Gibbs, Fairfield. N. C. Milk Pro
ducers Federation, Greensboro;
Carolina Milk Producers Associa
tion, Greensboro.
Dress Revue (Blue Ribbon
Group)—Elaine Credle, Washing-
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I author an ovation of about one
minute when the announcement
I was made.
College officials are planning
dedication ceremonies fer Flet- j
cher Hall after the regular school
term of 1964-65 opens in Sep
tember. The ceremonies will
include • presentation of a por
l trait of Mrs. Fletcher to hang in
the dorm.
In announcing the college
trustees’ choice, of Mrs. Fletcher
as the new dorm’s honoree, Dr.
Jenkins told the commencement
audience Sunday that the nov
elist “has done a great deal for
Eastern North Carolina.” '
He added: “Because of this'
woman’s endeavor, no longer can
lit be said that North Carolina’s,'
Plans Being Made
For Tennis Tourney
Boys and Girls Asked
To Report at School
Gymnasium
Summer Recreation Director
Jim Kinion is requesting all chil
dren, both boys and girls, who
are interested in tennis to report
at the John A. Holmes High
School auditorium. They are
asked to report Monday morn
ing, June 22 at 9 o’clock.
Mr. Kinion says plans are be
ing made for a tennis tourna
ment for senior, junior and adult
levels.
Chowan Students
Graduate At ECC
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Among the nearly 1,200 can
didates who received bachelor’s
or master’s degrees at East Caro
lina College’s commencement
exercises were six students from
Chowan County.
This group included Carolista
Cabell Fletcher, Elizabeth Ross, i
Patricia Ann Waff (BS); Willie|
Louis Hardison, Jr., and Anna
Belle Privott (MA in Education),
and Phyllis Lee Hendren (BS).
Miss Waff was one of 15 grad
uating magna cum Jaude (with
great distinction).
Miss Wan was Honored with
an award for outstanding per
formance and achievement in the
School of Art.
Mayo Is Re-elected
Alumni Director At
East Carolina College
Six members of the board of
directors of the Carolina
College Alumni Association took
office Saturday for two-year
terms. They were inrtalled dur
ing the business meeting of the
Association, held in conjunction
with annual Alumni Day activi
ties.
Among the directors installed
was Hiram J-. Mayo, superintend
ent of Edenton schools, who was
re-elected for District 8.
Special Meeting Os
Easter star Chapter
Edenton Chapter No. 302, Or
der of the Eastern Star, will
hold a special meeting Monday
night, June 22 at 8 o’clock. The
purpose of this meeting is to
initiate a candidate, so that Mrs.
Grace Byrum, worthy matron of (
the chapter, urges every mem-
Harry A. Spill
Invited To Play
In All-Star Game
Annual Boys’ Home
Football Game to Be
! Played In Greenville
August 14
Fiftydwo North Carolina High
School football players have
■ been named to the teams for the
t second annual Boys’ Home All-
Star football game, to be played
at Ficklen Stadium at Green
ville on August 14.
The Boys’ Home game is joint
ly sponsored by the Boys’ Home
| at Lake Waccamaw and the
North Carolina Junior Chamber
of Commerce. The game is sanc
tioned by the North Carolina
High School Athletic A/socia
tion.
The two teams are set up on a
North-South basis, with U. S. 64
and U. S. 264 dividing the state.
The boys, their coaches and
trainers, will be the guests of
East Carolina College during
their one week stay beginning
Augus-t 7.
Coaches for the North team
I will be George Cushaw of
Thomasville, assisted by Joe
Foster of Plymouth and Jim
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Linwood Bond On
Coast Guard Staff
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Coast Guard Lieutenant junior
! grade Linwood D. Bond, son of
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Bond of
Route 3, Edenton, is a member
of the U. S. Coast Guard Head
quarters staff in Washington,
D. C.
Coast Guard Headquarters ad
ministers all aspects of the ser
vice. The Coast Guard’s basic
merest is in safety on 'the water.
This includes search and rescue;
inspection of United States mer
chant vessels and the licensing
of merchant marine officers;
maintenance of lighthouses,
buoys and other aids to navi
gation; enforcement of laws per
! taining to pleasure boating;
oceanography; and many other
duties.
In addition to being the only
one of the Armed Forces with
a major peace-time mission, the
Coast Guard is required to main
tain its military readiness pro
gram so that it can operate as a
unit of the Navy in the event
of war.
New Officers For
Band Association
New officers will be in charge
of the Edenton Band Parents
Association as of July 1. The
new officers, who were elected
at the recent Band Parents ban
quet, include the following:
President, Mrs. Artie Ange;
vice president, Mrs. Louise Pratt;
! secretary, Mrs. Jeanne S. O’Neal
Mrs. Ange succeeds Herbert
tHoUowell as president.
jAnnual Red Cross
Drive Will Begin
I Saturday June 20
This Year’s Drive to
Be Sponsored By Lo
cal Jaycees and Jay
cettes; Goal $2,500
The annual Red Cross fund
raising drive will begin i,n
Chowan County Saturday, June
20. This year’s drive will be
sponsored by the Edenton Jay
cees and Jaycettes, who will
make house-to-house solicita
tions.
Murray D. Ashley is cihairman
of the Chowan County Chapter
of the American Red Cross and
hopes Chowan County will make
a creditable contribution for the
cause.
In commenting upon the drive,
Mr. Ashley had this to say:
‘Wihon you give we can help
the American Red Cross story.
‘Dr. Albert Schweitezr, one
who has dedicated so many
years to the humanitarian prin
ciples and well being of man
kind, once said. ‘To me, the Red
Cross is a light in .the darkness.
We owe a debt of gratitude to
those who set it there so many !
years ago and it is the duty of
all of us to see to it that it
does not go out.’
“If \ye will only think of these
words a few moments, I think
we’ll all agree that this is a
light that we should keep burn- ]
ing. For it is dedicated to all
who need help. The Red Cross I
embraces the entire world
through its concept of brother
hood.
“In a few days, on June 20.
our chapter, the Chowan County
Chapter of the American Red
Cross, will start its annual fund
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Gail Hare Winner
Os Scholars Medal
Miss Gail Hare, daughter of
Mr. and Mis. W. H. Hare, Route 1
3. Edenton, was one of eight
students presented a Scholars
Medal at the annual honors and
awards program Thursday even
ing, June 4, preceding com
mencement at Warren Wilson
College, Swannanoa, N. C.
Miss Hare is a graduate of
John A. Holmes High School,
Class of 1963.
Warren Wilson College is own
ed and operated by the Board of
National Missions, the United |
Presbyterian Church, U. S. A. j
Firemen Respond To
Five Fires In May
Fire Chief W. J. Yates reports
that during May Edenton fire
men .were called out five times,
three fires being in Edenton and
two out of town.
For the Edenton fires the fire
men were out one hour and 15
minutes and three hours out of
town. In Edenton the firemen
traveled three miles and 15 miles |
out of town. For the 'out of
town fires 450 feet of hose were
laid.
Twenty volunteers responded
for the fires in town and out
of town. Property involved in
Edenton was estimated at $34,-
800 and $15,000 out of town.
Damage in Edenton amounted to
S3O and S4O out of town. In
surance in Edenton was SIO,OOO
and none out of town. The fire- <
men held one fire drill during
the month.
New Outer Banks Playhouse To
Open At Kill Devil Hills June 22
Something new is being added
at Kill Devil j Hills, the place
made famous first by the Ohio
aeronauts Wilbur and Orville
Wright. Sixty-one years after
their first flights of December,
17, 1903, summer theatre is being
introduced to the Nags Head
resort area.
' On June 22, Outer Banks Play
house will premiere “Under the
Yum Yum Tree”, at the John
Yancey Motor Hotel. It will be
the first of a series of stage pro
ductions to be presented in the
convention hall of the motel
which has been converted into a
theatre under the production
guidance of Carolee Si loo*, a na
tive of Roanoke, V«l, who teach
es School during the off-season
and produces plays in the sum
r'-.
$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Carolina Coach Company
AgreesNotToChangeßus
Service Through Edenton
Wins SSOO Scholarship
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SCOT OBER
Information reached Scot Ober.
a member of this year's gradu
ating class of Chowan High
School, that he was the winner
of a scholarship in a nation
wide contest sponsored by the j
I Zim Novelty Company of Chi
cago, Illinois. The scholarship
is worth SSOO.
Two ChowanHigh
Boys at Boys’State
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Dennis Spivey, Win
borne Blanchard at
Chapel Hill
Dennis Spivey and Winborne
Blanchard, students at Chowan
High School, left Sunday for the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, where they are at
tending Boys’ State this week.
| The two boys are sponsored by
Ed Bond Post of the American
Legion and expect to return
home Saturday.
Dennis Spivey is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Spivey ofj
Hobbsville and is a member of|
Warwick Baptist Church.
Winborne Blanchard is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Blanch
ard of Tyner. He is a member
of Center Hill Baptist Church.
Two Chowan Students
Get Degrees At State
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North Carolina State conferred
1.361 Ph.D,, Master’s and Bache
lor’s degrees at the 75th annual
commencement.
Among the candidates to re-!
ceive their Bachelor’s degree
were two students from Chowan
County. They were Minton C.
Small, agricultural economics, j
and Ted J. Hardison, horticul
ture.
STATIONED IN MICHIGAN
Thos. Parrish, Jr., boatswain's!
mate first class, USCG, son of!
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Parrish j
of Tyner, is serving at Cheboy-1
gan River Light Attendant Sta-1
'tion. Cheboygan, Mich. ,
Parrish entered the service in
June 1949.
LIONS MEET MONDAY
Edenton Lions will meet Mon
day night, June 22. at 7 o’clock
at the Edenton Restaurant. Dr.
A. F. Downum, president, urges
all Lions to be present.
mer.
She came to Kill Devil Hills
from Williamsburg, Va., where
she had been instrumental in the
successful production of the
I Wedgewood Dinner-theatre for
i the past several years.
The Outer Banks Playhouse
where “'Under the Yum Yum
Tree” is now in rehersals, is an
idea of John Yancey, owner of
the chain of motor hotels on
the Dare Coast, in Williamsburg
and on Atlantic Beach which
bear his name. A successful
business man, he is a patron at
the arts —so to speak and this
interest is resulting in a sum
mer theatre for the Dare Coast
region which will be in addition
to the already, long famous sym
phonic drama—The Lost Colony.
For Quick Results , . .
Try a Classified Ad
In The Herald
Protests Sent to N. C.
Utilities Commission
Result In Practically
Same Schedules
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J President West W. Byrum of
the Edenton Chamber of Com
merce took immediate action last
| week when it was learned that
there was a proposed curtail
ment of bus services to Edenton
by the Carolina Coach Company
with headquarters in Raleigh. A
letter was written to W. G.
Humphrey, general manager of
the bus company, strongly pro
testing the proposed changes in
the Edenton bus schedules. A
copy of this letter went to Eu
gene Hughes with the North
Carolina State Utilities Commis
ision.
After citing the reasons against
such a proposed change Which
would go into effect June 26,
the Chamber head requested that
the change be rescinded and also
j rescinded in time to prevent any
interruption in the present bus
service for the Town of Edenton.
“It is inconceivable,’’ Byrum
said, “to understand the eco
nomics of the situation that
should suggest even more fre
quent bus service to and from
Edenton rather than actually
proposing to reduce bus service
and bypass Edenton twice daily.
“Therefore, the Edenton Cham
ber of Commerce respectfully
requests that no changes in the
present bus service be made and
further invites your Traffic De
partment to make a first-hand,
on the spot study of the needs
of our community with a view
to continue the cooperation of
your company which the Town
has been pleased to receive in
the past."
Previously, Town Councilmen
protested the proposed curtail
ment of bus service and early
this week Town Administrator
W. B. Gardner received the fol
lowing letter from E. A. Hughes,
Jr., director of motor transpor
tation of the N. C. Utilities Com
mission:
“Dear Mr. Gardner:
“With regard to your letter of
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Interviews Planned
For Nurses* Aides
Chowan Hospital will conduct
interviews for prospective nurs
es' aides Tuesday, June 23, be
tween 10 A. M., and 12 noon, in
the Director of Nurses’ Office.
All applicants must be high
school graduates between the
ages of 18 and 45.
Leo LaVoie Joins
George Chevrolet Co.
George Chevrolet Company an
nounced this week that it now
has a new sales representative.
Leo LaVoie, former Edenton
chief of police, this week join
ed the George staff and invites
all of his many friends to call
on him at any time for sales and
service.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
A stated communication of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. &
A. M., will be held tonight
(Thursday) at 8 o’clock. W. M.
Rhoades, master of the lodge, in
vites all Masons to attend.
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Edenton merchants will be
open for business Saturday, July
4 and plan to hold special bar
gain sales Friday and Saturday,
July 3 and 4.
Chowan Scottish Rite Club
will hold a steak supper Friday
night, June 19, at Sandy Point
Beach at 7 o'clock.
Annual Red Cross fund rais
ing drive wul begin in Chowan
County Saturday, June 20.
Vacation Bible School will
come to a close at the Edenton
Baptist Church Friday. June 19.
Interviews for prospective
nurses aides at Chowan Hospital
will be held in the director of
nurses' office Tuesday. June 23.
between 10 A. M. and 12 o'clock
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