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A$ TOO'D IN THE FILES OF
THE CHOWAN hKBALD
30 YEARS AGO rt
William J. Harris, 82; be
loved East Church Street
siore keeper, was murderous
ly struck down and robbed in
bis little place of business.
Fifteen hours later Abfaham
Nowell, 23, Negro log woods
worker in the Yeopim sec
tion, confessed to the brutal
ity and, because of the Still
serious condition of his vic
tim and the feeling evi
denced about town, was spir
ited to Central Prison in
Raleigh by Sheriff J. A.
Bunch and Officer R. L.
Pratt.
, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Taylor
announced that they had se
cured.. Wiley J. P. Earnhardt
to manage the Taylor Thea
ter. Mr. Earnhardt had been
assistant manager at the Ca
rolina tend Alkrama Theaters
in Elizabeth City.
Edenton citizens were right
much concerned when it was
reported that the Chowan
River bridge was on jiye..
Despite; a drizzling rain, the
•bridgeflad caught fire abcut
midway '.between the Chowan
.County, iside and the draw
bridge : yin the middle. The
fire wis caused by a cross
circuit |in the power cable
.which was hung close to the
bridge supports.
As tlfe result of extremely
cold weather, swirling cakes
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of ice piled. up about the
Norfolk Southern Railroad
bridge, damaged in a similar
situation in 1918, and extra
railroad, crews from New
Bern and Washington were
hurried to the scene to be on
watch. It was deemed ad
visable to resort to dynamit
ing to protect the structure.
W. A. Everett, operator of
the Edenton - Mackers Ferry,
reported that the line had re
sumed operations after eight
days of idleness due to ice
on the Sound.
Mike Kehayes announced
that he had ju6t completed a
dining and dance hall over
the Edenton Case.
Argument of the appeal of
John Horne, local convicted
wife slayer in State Prison
under sentence of death, was
made before the Supreme
Court at Raleigh. W. D.
Pruden, court designated
counsel, presented the appeal
for Horne.
Edenton High School’s box
ing team easily won a vic
tory, 7-2, over Windsor High
School before a large crowd
of fans in Windsor. Possib
ly the best drawing card was
the fight between Vernon
Spruill, state heavyweight
champion and Alston. Among
Edenton’s boxers, aside from
Spruill, were Calvin Sexton,
Melvin Layton, John Byrum,
Pete Everett, William Cay
ton, Tom Wilder, Irvin Grif
fin, Graham Byrum am d
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THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY U, 196*.
Josiah Elliott.
The Loyal Workers Class
of the Edenton Methodist
Church was entertained by
Mrs. E. W. Spires at her
home on East Queen Street.
Hobbs & Moran, dealers in
horses and mules, announced
the arrival of a carload from
Indiana.
Mrs. Y Frank White, Jr.,
was hostess at a lovely
shower honoring Mrs. Robert
Perry, who before her mar
riage was Miss Mae Thomas
of Ahoskie.
Mrs. H. M. S. Cason an
nounced the engagement of
her daughter, Miss Alice
Makely Cason, to James Har
old Lineberger of Belmont,
N. C.
20 YEARS AGO
Veterans in Chowan Coun
ty received $10,274.80 in re
adjustment allowance pay
ments during 1945, according
to a report issued by the
Unemployment Compensation
Commission. This amount
was paid to job-hunting vet
erans covering 576 weeks
they were without 'employ
ment during the year.
J. Clarence Leary, Marvin
Wilson, J. H. Conger and
R. C. Holland, representing
the Chamber of Commerce,
appeared before the County
Commissioners with recom
mendations for first consid
eration on the part of the
state to pave roads in Cho-
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wan County. The group
pointed out tnat roads in the
county were reported to be
in very bad condition, so
that the Commissioners
adopted the road paving pro
gram. This included (1)
paving from Bolton’s Bridge
through Cowpen Neck to the
Henry White - Miller farm,
then by Chambers Ferry to
Clarence Harrell’s store, back
to the Macedonia Baptist
Church, continuing -on to
Valhalla; (2) paving the
Bally Oak road to Drum
mond’s Point; (3) paving the
i road off No. 32 at Carroll
1 Byrum’s corner to Elbert
Peele’s store, up to Hender
son Nixon’s home, back to
Mark Bunch's farm and then
on to Henry Bunch's store at
Rocky Hock near the Baptist
Church; (4) paving the road
starting in North Edenton
going through Paradise to
Green Hall road on to Z. W-.
Evans’ farm, over Pollock
Swamp, then turning left at
T ohn White’s farm to Walter
Miller’s filling station on
Route 32; (5) from Center
Hill to Cisco, turning right
and going out to Route 32
at Alfred Perry’s farm.
Mary Kelly, colored, was
arrested shortly after she
shot a cousin, Virgie Kelly.
The shooting took place on
Oakum Street opposite the
Small Paradise Case.
Edenton Boy Scouts, as
part of the observance of
Boy Scout Week, attended
services in a body at Eden
ton Methodist Church, when
the pastor. Rev. H. F .Sur
ratt, preached on the subject
“The Golden Rule.”
.Though Jesse Harrell and
David Warren had planned
to launch into the furniture
business, the. latter decided
not to be one of the part
ners. Mr. Harrell, however,
proceeded with his plans and
Was joined by J. P. Partin,
who for many years operat
ed the Bridge Turn Service
Station.
The doors of the Oakum
Street USO opened to the
public. This extension of the
USO was for colored service
men at the Edenton Naval
Air Station and the opening
featured a very interesting
program.
Despite' the fact ,that the
Ziegler building on Broad
Street had been sold, Mrs.
Heywood Ziegler announced
that the Ziegler Funeral
Home would continue to op
erate,-with plans to erect a
funeral home at the Ziegler
residence at the corner of
Broad and Gale Streets.
, By SAM COX
Lloyd C. Bunch, Chairman
of the Albemarle Soil and
Water Conservation District
Supervisors, has been notified
that the “Northeaster”, the
District’s monthly newsletter,
has won second place in the
Southeastern Area of the
1965 National Newsletter con
test. The “Northeaster” was
entered in competition with
several hundred other news
letters sent to district coop
erators and supporters in
their respective districts
throughout the 13 Southeast
ern Stales. The purpose of
the local publication is to
keep the public informed and
to help spread the word of
conservation.
Mr. Bunch, also the first
vice president of the North-
Carolina Association of Soil
and Water Conservation Dis
trict Supervisors, was on
hand at the 20th Annual Na
tional Association of Soil and
Water Conservation District
Convention in New Orleans,
Louisiana, Monday, Febru
ary 7 to receive a framed
certificate and a SSO check
for the District’s accomplish
ment. The National News
letter contest is sponsored by
the Farjn and Industrial
Equipment Institute. William
T. Klein, Chairman of the
FIEI Soil and Water Conser
vation Committee, made the
presentation.
. Mr. Bunch reports that he
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District’s publication is con
sistently recognized by others
as being one of the best in'
the Southeast. Since the
District started publishing
the "Northeaster” in April of
1961, it has won either the
first or Second place award
in the- Southeastern Area
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The “Northeaster” is spon
sored by the following busi
nesses in the Albemarle Dis
trict: The First & Citizens
National Bank in Elizabeth
City; Hobbs Implement Com
pany, Edenton; Winslow Oil
Company, Hertford; Ball Fer
tilizer Company, Elizabeth
City; Byrutn Implement &
Truck Company, Edenton;
Bank of Hobbsville, Hobbs
ville; G. E. Small and Sons-,
Elizabeth City; R. C. Abbott
Company, Elizabeth City; F.
P. Wood & Son. Inc. Cam
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den; Albemarle Electrie
Membership Corp., Hertford;
Home Feed & Fertilizer Com
pany, Edenton; and Southern
Loan & Insurance Company,
Elizabeth City.