. r A Newspaper Devoted
To. the Progress of the
, Albemarle Area
Volume XXXl.—Number 52.
Plans Begin To Shape Up
For Second Public Clinic
On Sunday, January 10th
Dr. T. P. Brinn Says
Over 52,000 Doses of
Vaccine Was Admin
istered November 15
■ Plans for the second dose of
oral polio- vaccine to be given
to residents of a nine county '
area of Northeastern North Ca
rolina on Sunday, January 10,
have begun to take shape.
Public clinics, mostly in the
schools, will be open from noon
until 5 P. -M. on January 10 to
provide the second dose of the
vaccine to” about 50,000 persons
in the nine county area.
“During the first Stop Polio
Sunday on November 15, and in
the make-up clinics that follow- >
ed we gave more than 52,000
doses of the oral vaccine,” Dr.
T. P. Brinn of Hertford, chair-
Continuad on Pant 2—Section I I
Masons To Install
Officers Dec. 31st
H. A. Campen Will Be
Installing Officer
For Occasion
Officers for the year 1965 for
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F &
A• M., will be installed Thurs-j
day night, December 31. The
meeting will begin at 8 o'clock
and a large number of Masons
are expected to be present for
the occasion.
Officers to be installed in- ,
elude the following:
Master, Carroll Boyce; senior
warden, R. T. Pickier; junior
warden, Clarence White; treas
urer, R. E. Leary, and secre
tary, W. P. Goodwin.
The appointed officers to be
installed include: Senior deac
on, Phillip Robey; junior deac
on, Vernon Barrow, stewards,
Hiram Wcelts and Bernard Bur
roughs; tiler, Willie Spruill;
marshal, J. Edwin Bufflap, and
chaplain, L. E. Francis. R. P.
Baer will also be installed as a
trustee for a three year term,
succeeding J. Edwin Bufflap.
The installing officer will be,
H. A. Campen, the oldest past
master of Unanimity Lodge.
BANKS WILL CLOSE TWO
DAYS FOR CHRISTMAS
Peoples Bank & Trust Com
pany’s main office and Consum
er Credit Branch will be closed
December 25 and .26 for the
Christmas holidays. The banks
will reopen for business on De
cember 28 as usual.
Mystery Merchants Identified In Fun Contest
Winner of the sixth and final
grartd prize in the Mystery Mer
chants Contest in Eden ton is
Russell Gene McNail, Route 1,
’ Box, 51-E, Plymouth. He wins
$57 in gift certificates from
Edenton merchants.
McNall registered for the
grand prize contest at Goodyear
Service Store on South Broad
Street. - ,
Also anno unced this week are
the identifications of thg final
three mystery merchants in the
six-week contest; They were:
Gene Perry of Edenton Motor
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MERRY CHRISTMAS
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Visiting Speaker
AtßaptistChurch
Sunday, Dec. 27th
Dr. Robert C. Briggs
Os Wake Forest Will
Fill Pulpit For Both
Services
Dr. Robert C. Briggs, professor
of New Testament interpretation
at Southeastern Baptist Theo
logical Seminary in Wake For
est, N. C„ has accepted the invi
i tation of the pulpit committee to
preach at the Edenton Baptist
Church at the 11 o’clock morn
ing service and the 7:30 o’clock
evening service this Sunday, De
cember 27. He comes for this
supply engagement in the ab
sence of the pastor.
Dr. Briggs has a varied back
ground in the fields of teaching
and preaching. He holds the
: A.B. degree from Southwestern
State, Teachers College, the
Th.M. and Th.D. degrees from
the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary in Louisville, Ky. He
Has studied at the University
Continued on Pago 2—Section I
Greenville Man Is
Killed InAccident
Theron Nelson Loses
Control of Car on
Sharp Curve
Theron C. Nelson, 46, of
Greenville was fatally injured
early Saturday .morning in a
single car accident on U. S. 17,
about five miles north of Eden
ton.
State Trooper R. W. Rawls re
ports that Nelson and a com
panion, J. C. Dixon, 43, of Nor
folk, Va., were riding in a 1958
Chrysler which went out of con
trol, clipped off a telephone pole
and overturned several times.
. Nelson apparently died in
stantly and Dixon is hospitalized
at Chowan Hospital in a satis
factory condition.
Patrolman Rawls said the ac
cident occurred shortly after
midnight Friday on a sharp
curve near the intersection pf
U. S. 17 and highway 37. The
officer said the victim, who was
driving the vehicle, apparently
lost control of the car as it en
tered the curve. *
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l Company; Alton/ Elmore of
■ Belk-Tyler’s and Joe Swanner of
: Joe’s Drive-In. 1
1 Silhouettes of these three
1 merchants appeared in last
1 week’s Herald and they gave gift
certificates to the first three
people who identified them Sat
•; urday. •
Ij This ends the contest, which
| has been sponsored by 19 local
:j merchants. During the contest
l the merchants gave nearly SI,OOO
s in gift certificates to area resi
: dents.
The contest, sponsored by the
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the-angelic message
peace on earth
Merchants Committee of the
Edenton Chamber of Commerce,
[ has been running each week in
the Chowan Herald and on
WCDJ radio.
Edenton Motor Company, The
Betty Shoppe, Cuthrell’s Depart
ment Store, Colonial Motor Com
pany, Bill Perry’s Texaco Ser
vice, Edenton Furniture Com
pany, Joe’s Drive-In, Byrum
Hardware Company, Phthisic’s
Super Market and Scott Tire &
Recapping.
Also oetzer Texaco, Goodyeai
continued on Pag* B—Section 1
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Christinas Dance t
Saturday, Dec. 26
The annual Varsity Club
Christmas dance will be held
Saturday, December 26, at the
National Guard armory on North
Broad Street. The dance will
begin at 9 P. M. and end at 1
A. M.
Music for this social function,
a highlight of the Yule season
in this area, will be furnished by
The Four Kings of Rocky Mount.
Tickets *are $3.50 per person.
Bill Easterling is responsible
for table reservations for the'
dance, which is billed as a gala 1
affair. He can be reached at
482-2105.
Proceeds from’ the Varsity
Club function will go to support
various club community projects.
RED MEN MEETING
Chowan Tribe No. 12, Im
proved Order of Red Men, will
meet Monday night, December 28
at 7:30 o’clock. Fred Keeter, sa
chem, announces that this will
Iw the last opportunity to nomi
nate officers, so that he urges
all members to attend. • ;
I Standard Products, Inc. Buys
Southport Processing Plant
Standard Products Co., Inc.,
has purchased a Southport fish
processing plant. The purchase
includes five menhaden boats.
'The company, which is head
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Edenton Varsity Club will
hold its annual Christmas dance
| in the Edenton armory Saturday
night, December 26, from 9
P. M. to 1 A. M.
Free training courses for ste
nographers and automobile me
chanics are scheduled to begin
in Edenton Monday, January 18.
Officers of Unanimity Lodge
No. 7, A, F. k A, Mm will be
installed Thursday night, Decem
ber 31 at • o'clock.
Edenton Jaycees are seeking
nominations for the outstanding
young man of the year.
A midnight man will be held
at St. Ann's Catholic Church on
A Christmas service will be
quartered in White Stone, Va.,
has a plant at Cannon's Ferry
on the Chowpn River, north of
Edenton. Tom Belch is manager
of the local plant which provides
employment for approximately
150 people during the season.
Standard Products Co., is con
sidered one of the largest pro
ducers -of menhaden products.
The purchase of the Brunswick
Navigation Company plant at
Southport further expands the
company’s operations.
H. R. Humphreys of' White
St6ne is president of the Vir
ginia corporation which has pur
chased the plant, located along
side the inland waterway bridge
on Highway 133 between High
way 130 and Long -Beach.
The sale includes the factory
and the five vessels. The ves
sels are now known as the An
derson, Brunswick, Cape Fear,
Morehead, and Cozart,
It is, uWerstood that employ
ment will remain the same at
> the plant as well as among the
crews on the boats. -
$3.00 Per Vear In North Carolina
Edenton Now Ready For
Observance Os Christmas
In Many Various Ways
Motorists Urged 1
To Drive Careful
During Holidays t
State Patrol and Ed
enton Officials Make
Plea for More Care
In Driving
State Highway Patrol and 1
Edenton officials -have issued a!
plea to area motorists to make 1
this some of the safest Yule sea- j
sons in our history.
The Christmas holiday official- -
ly begins—for accident recording
purposes—at 6 P. M., Thursday,
December 24. and runs through,
midnight. Friday. December 25. 1 -
.During this same period last :
year 13 fatalities were recorded
with an additional 299 injuries
from 449 mishaps. Traffic is ex- ;
peeled to he heavier this year, |
therefore extra precautions
should be taken.
As in every year, this season
brings about almost back-to-back
holidays, with New Year’s com-!
ing around the next week. This
holiday begins at 6 P. M., on
Thursday, December 31 and of
ficially ends at mdinght, Fri
day, January 1, 1965. )
There were about half as
many accidents during this holi
day last year—2sl—but there
were six deaths on our highways
and 130 others injured. All of
the fatal mishaps occurred on!
New Year’s Day.
20 Years Ago
As Found In The Files Os
The Chowan Herald
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Edenton police, together with
officials in Elizabeth City and
Hertford. FBI and SBI agents
and the Highway Patrol solved a,
mystery in connection with a se- j
ries of safe robberies when two
brothers. David Muse and Fred
Muse, white men, 31 and 23
years old respectively, confessed
that they stole safes at the Chas.)
H. Jenkins Motor Company here, 1
Continued on Page 3. Section 1
Local Post Office
Closed December 26
Postmaster J. L. Chestnutt has
announced that the Edenton
Post Office will observe holiday
hours Saturday, December 26.
There will be no cily delivery
during the clay and the windows
will also be closed. However,
Mr. Chestnutt stated, the rural
mail carriers will deliver mail as
usual.
/ Mail will be dispatched and
I placed in the post office boxes]
as usual. '
Christmas Again
Now once again it’s Christmastime,
With holly, songs and mistletoe;
And tho’ it's all the same each year,
We live again the Yuletide glow.
Within our hearts we still keep love,
And joy and happiness will ne'er grow old;
And all of these we kindle anew
As once again the Story is told.
—Wilborne Harrell
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Pre-Holiday Trading
At Peak With Rec
ord Sales Reported
By Merchants
Santa Claus returns to Eden
ton this week under the cover
of Christmas Eve darkness.
With him will be gifts to thrill
the children and a day off for
the adults.
Citizens here will be observing
the holiday in various ways.
Special church services are be
ing planned throughout the area.
But as a general rule, the
churches, the police headquar
ters and the fire department are
about the only thing open on
December 25. Indications are
that this will be the case again
Friday.
All downtown stores will be
closed. The maiontv of f>.a
stores will be locked up Satur
day also, while some will oe
having special after-Christmas
salesu
Word from county and town
officials are that all offices in
the various departments will be
closed Friday and Saturday for
the Christmas holiday.
And a special word comes
from Bill Gardner, town ad
ministrator, concerning the
schedule for trash and garbage
Continued on Page 3, Section )
Edenton Aces Add
Another Victory
Girls, However, Lose
First Game of Sea
son to Plymouth
Edenton Aces continued their
winning ways Friday night as
they rolled to an impressive win
over defending Albemarle Con
ference Champion Plymouth.
The score was 4J2-26.
J The boys of Coach Jim Kinion
are now 5-0. It was the second
conference loss for the Plymouth
Panthers who have three starters
from their championship team
' back Ibis season.
1 Edeiiton’s Wes Chesson and
Bill Griffin each pumped in 14
points to match the combined
total allowed the visitors from
Washington County.
Edenton girls were topped for
Continued on Page 3. Section 1
' CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE
AT METHODIST CHURCH
A Christmas Eve service will
be held at the Edenton Melho
dist Church Thursday night, of
this week, beginning at 9 o’clock.
Holy Communion will be ob
served during the service.
The yqung people of the
church will take part in a carol
[sing to shut-ins prior to the ser
' vice.