News From Merry Hill
By Mrs. Ethel Winborne
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bis
sette of Wilson were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J.
B. Smith wick Monday
night and Tuesday.
Mrs. Milton Robertson
and son Truitt of Colerain
spent Tuesday with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Chesley White.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Pierce
spent the weekend at
Woodbridge, Md., with Mr.
and Mrs. Cullen Davis.
Mrs. Willie White return
ed home with them after
spending last week with
her daughter and family.
Mrs. Kate Johnson and
Mrs. E. J. Pruden, Sr., vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. Calvin
Johnson in Colerain Mon
day.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H.
Phelps and Mrs. Sue Britt
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Insured Up to $15,000 By Federal Insurance Corp.
MORTGAGE MONET
TO BUY OR BUILD?
Home buyers get “silver platter” treatment here. Our
specialists will carefully plan the mortgage to your
order—with an attractive down payment and monthly
terms scaled to your income. Stop in now and we’ll
get cooking.
Helphig people help themselves has been oar
pride since 1905. Save by the 10th and earn
from the Ist.
Edenton Savings & Loan Assn.
A Safe Place To Save Since 1905
322 S. Broad St Edenton, N. C.
Now
Mustang
Sports Sprint
Limited-edition hardtop at a
> special low price celebrating
Mustang's 3rd birthday
GT hood with built-in turn signal indicators . . Included
Chromed air cleaner Included
Wide-Oval tires (with V-B's) Included
Bucket seats, stick shift, plush carpeting Included
White sidewalls Included
Sporty luggage rack .... Low-cost option
Taka U» Mustang Ptodge gets lots of
things you’d pay extra for in imitation
Mustangs, Included in the price.
Sprint-lime Sale Now in Fori Country*
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SEE YOUR LOCAL FORD DEALER
spent Thursday at Lake
Waccama with Miss Millie
Phelps and Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Glover.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
White and children of
Newport News were the
guests of their parents for
the weekend.
Mrs. Lou Minton is
spending several weeks in
Raleigh with her daugh
ter, Tommie Ann.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Keeter and Eddie and Mrs.
Keeter’s mother, Mrs. How
ard, of Hampton 6pent
Sunday at their home here.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Perry and daughter Pam
of Wallops Island spent
the weekend with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Perry and Mr. and
Mrs. Livingston Copeland
THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH Id, 19$T
of Askewville.
Britt Smithwick of Sitate
University of Raleigh
spent the weekend at home
with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Smithwick.
Mrs. Wright Williford
accompanied Mr. and Mrs.
Bobby Gray of Williams
ton to Charlotte to spend
the week end with Mr. and
Mrs. Ronald Lewis.
J. L. Williford Mas re
turned home after spend
ing the winter months in
Windsor with Mr. and
; Mrs. Walter Lawrence and
also in Plymouth with Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Harris.
! Dr. and Mrs. Charles
: Pruden and children of
Wilson were the weekend
guests of Mr. and Mrs. E.
J. Pruden, Jr., and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Donnie
Smithwick and children of
Newport News spent the
weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. Gilbert Layton.
A. E. Bowen of Windsor
and Mr. and Mrs. L. I.
Bowen of Windsor visited
Mrs. J. W. Winborne Sun
day.
Miss Nina Love of Ra
leigh was at home for the
weekend with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie
Love.
Mrs. Maude Spivey, Mrs.
Bettie Hoggard, Mrs. Mary
Elizabeth Willoughby of
Windsor and Mrs. Ruth
Simmons of Woodard were
Sunday afternoon guests of
Mrs. D. A. Byrd and Mrs.
E. J. Pruden, Sr.
Mrs. E. J. Pruden, Jr.,
entertained at a birthday
dinner on Sunday in honor
of Mrs. D. A. Byrd. Those
present included Mrs. D. A.
Byrd, Mrs. E. J. Pruden,
Sr., Mrs. Mary Willis of
Edenton, Dr. and Mrs.
Charles Pruden and child
ren of Wilson and the E. J.
Pruden, Jr., famliy.
Tommie Cowand of Au
lander spent Thursday
with Mr. and Mrs. William
Phelps.
Mr. and Mrs. Merle But
ler and boys were week
end guests of relatives at
Wilmington.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob House
of Harrellsville spent Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Smithwick. Lynn
returned home after spend
ing a few days last week
with her grandparents.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Smithwick and Paula Dav
enport were visitors in
Wilson Monday of Mr. and ;
Mrs. Tam Bissette.
Howard Davis and Har- ■
old Smith of Wilson visit- '
ed Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Smithwick Thursday.
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DIRECT CRAFTS GROUP—Pictured above are the new officers of the Albe
marle Area Craftsmen s Association, elected last week at a meeting at Edenton
Restaurant. Left to right are: Mrs. J. R. Brittain of Engflehard, treasurer: Mrs.
El wood Stevenson of Elizabeth City, director; Mrs. T. P. Brian of Hertford, vice
president Ben Hill, HI, president; Mrs. Ernest Smith of Eure, director, and
Mrs. Ross Inglis of Edenton, secretary.
By G. SAMUEL COX
The Albemarle Future
Farmers of America Fed
eration Land Judging Con
test will be held Thurs
day afternoon, March 16,
in Gates County, reports
Lloyd C. Bunch, Albemarle
Soil and Water Conserva
tion District chairman.
Mr. Bunch says voca
tional agriculture students
from throughout the six
county federation will par
ticipate in the contest.
FFA chapters from Cho
wan, Perquimans, Gates,
Camden and Currituck
Counties are included in
the federation.
The purpose of land
judging is to learn first to
recognize and evaluate the
physical characteristics of
the soil which affect crop
growth and land use. And
second to decide what soil
and water management will
be required to preserve
the soil and maintain it in
profitable production un
der its most intensive use
capability.
Dand judging is a prov
en method of learning to
appreciate our land and
soil. It helps us to under
stand the physical charac
Vegetable Growers
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Be Sure of Finest Quality By Buying
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BUSH LIMA BEANS Chill (Hot)
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CANTALOUPE G*"* Hybrid
CANTALOUPES Burpee’s Big Boy
Hales Best Jumbo Early Valiant
Edisto 47 (New) Homestead No. 24
SWEET CORN Large Rutger
Gold Rush Marglobe
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WATERMELONS Early Alaska
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Shipper (New) Wando
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Hybrid Held Con - Soybeans - Cotton Seed
Cabbage Plants, Onion Sets, Seed Potatoes
“QUALITY SEEDS OF KNOWN ORIGIN ”
Distributed By
Ea L. Pearce, Seedsman
PHON* 121-4324 EDENTON, N. C.
teristic of the land and
soil which restrict on hin
der land use.
Bunch reports that sup
ervisors from the Gates
and Albemarle District
Board will be on hand to
present cash awards to the
top three teams and the
high individual scorer in
the contest for their
achievement.
Lunchroom Menus
Menus at the Ernest A.
Swain Elementary School
lunchroom for Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday of
next week will be as fol
lows:
Monday: Cubed steaks,
candied yams, apple sauce,
garden peas, biscuits, but
ter, milk.
Tuesday: Fish sticks,
blackeye peas, cole slaw,
peach pie, cornbread, but
ter, milk.
Wednesday: Fried chick
en, turnip greens, potato
salad, school baked cook
ies, school baked rolls, but
ter, milk.
A great man will not
trample upon a woman,
nor speak to an emperor.
—Thomas Fuller.
Baseball Team
Needs Support
The Edenton - Chowan
Baseball Club has reached
approximately 40 per cent
of its goal, but has to get
more season tickets sold in
order to purchase much
needed equipment and in
surance.
Bill Herman, who is di
recting organization of a
semi-pro team in the area,
said baseballs, bats, catch
er’s equipment and um
pire’s gear will be neces
sary.
Also, the team must
have SIOO in order to pur
chase accident insurance to
protect team members dur
ing the season.
Herman requests that
persons interested in see
ing the area have a semi
pro baseball team contact
him for the purchase of a
ticket, $5 for adults and
$2.50 for children, as soon
as possible so the neces
sary equipment can be
purchased.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to take this op
portunity to thank our
many friends for the acts
of kindness and offers of
help, and flowers during
the illness and death of
our daughter and sister.
Mrs. Annie Hobowsky,
Jacob Hobowsky,
Mrs. Fanny Meyer. j
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HOSPITAL PATIENTS
VISITING HOURS:
2 to 4 P. M.—7 to S P. M.
Patients discharged from
Chowan Hospital during
the week of March 7-14
included the following:
Leon Leary,. Mrs. Mary
Harris, James Edward
Matthews, Mrs. Rosa Lee
Lassiter, Miss Fran Hol
lowed, Mrs. Bessie Enoch,
Mrs. Joan Elliott, Mrs.
Ruby Tynch, Reynold
Mosley, Mrs. Ethel Saw
yer, Mrs. Eliza Spencer,
Mrs. Iris Lewis, Mrs. Mel
ba Ambrose, Master Don
ald K. Lane, Mrs. Merida
Davenport, Mrs. Margaret
Hughes, Miss Doris Hinton
and Mrs. Shirley Byrum.
Also, Willis Proctor, Mrs.
Nellie Hardy, Miss Fannie
Felton, Walter Lewis, Mrs.
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PAGE SEVEN
Annie Elizabeth Brooks,
Kimberly McClease, Jesse
Walton White, Mrs. Sarah
Stallings, Mrs. Emma
Thompson, Mrs. Annie G.
Welch, Joseph Jackson,
Mrs. Clintora Moore, Arn
old Driver and Mrs. Cora
Eason.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Farr Nixon, a daughter;
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mat
thew Riddick, a daughter;
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pres
ton Elliott, a son; Mr. and
Mrs. Dalvin Milton Am
brose, a son; Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Spurgeon Tynch, a
son; Mr. and Mrs. James
Colburn Lewis, a daughter.
The first step toward
philosophy is incredulity.
—Dennis Diderot.