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PAGE EIGHT From The Herald Yellowed Pages 30 YEARS AGO A a reorganization meet ing of the Chamber o.f Commerce Joseph H. Con ger was elected permanent president and Mayor J. H. McMullan was named sec retary at a salary of SSO per month. Chowan County Com missioners were hosts at a highway meeting for county commissioners from Gates, Perquimans, Pas quotank, Camden, Curri tuck and Dare Counties when numerous requests were made by rural sec tions for road improve ments and express their preferences as to necessary construction. Proponents of a full time health service for Chowan County went to the mat with the County Commissioners, but despite very forceful arguments and presentation of fig ures, the only assurance that the plan would be adopted was the promise that it would be given consideration when the budget was made up at the July meeting. According to Dr. M. P. Whichard, county health officer, the typhoid rate in Chowan County was as low or lower than any county in the state. Initial steps in operating the proposed social secur ity program in this county, which was supposed to get Franchise Available The distributor for one of the oldest, most reliable major appliance lines is offering a franchise to a qualified per son or organization in this area. Not necessary to pres ently be in the home appliance business. Financial assistance and full product training available. Please reply to: P. 0. BOX 207 EDENTON, N. C. Modil EPT-12C L $199.95 J with KCtptablt trad* Automatic defrosting in refrigtntor section • Big 109-lb. "zoro-dogreo" freezer • Glide-out shelf • Bushel-size twin crispers • Super-storage door Whilpool 12.3 cu. ft. refrigerator-freezer Get many expensive refrigerator features— inexpensively! Buy now! fICA WHIRLPOOL Appllanc.* n Product* o< Whiftpool Corporation, Switori Harbor. Trodomor** § and RCA u**d *» authority of tradrnorli ww, Radio Corporation o« Amorieo. Western Gas & Fuel 09 Service PHONE 02-3122 EDENTON, N. C. under way in the nation on July 1, were taken when the County Commis sioners and the recently named County Welfare Board met in joint session and recommended W. J. Taylor for county welfare ofificer. The diversity of WPA projects aimed to provide labor for the needy was well shown when the Coun ty Commissioners approved ithe expendiure of SSO as its share of a total labor expense of $6,01.4 for the horticultural beautification of the Count House grounds or the property surround ing other public buildings. Miss Fanny Hobowsky and Edward Meyer of En field were united in mar riage at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Hobowsky. T. B. Williford, an em ployee of Quinn Furniture Company, was painfully injured when a knife sev ered a large vein, while he was cutting linoleum at the store. J. Wallace Winborne, a native of Chowan County, was appointed a member of the State Supreme Court by Governor Clyde R. Hoey. Mrs. Wood Privott, while attending the Wallace Strawberry Festival, invit ed Mrs. Franklin D. Roose velt to visit Edenton, and while the First Lady said THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1997. she would bo delighted to visit Edenton, it was just impossible for her to do so. Paul Spencer and Calvin Sexton left for Tuscaloosa, Ala., where they attended summer school at the Uni versity of Alabama pre paratory to fall football practice. Both boys were Edenton High School stars and the previous year played on the Augusta Military Academy eleven, where they attracted the attention of several college scouts. Miss Audrea Rowell left Edenton for Fairfield, Ohio, where she accepted a po sition with the Universal Producing Company. Another large crowd gathered on the Court House Green to enjoy the second of the season’s weekly concerts by the High School Band. Seven town employees were given an increase of pay. The salaries set by Town Councilmen were: Clerk, $75 per month; treasurer, $25 per month; building inspector and fire chief, S4O per month; taX collector, SSO per month; town attorney, S2OO per year; chief of police, $l3O per month; assistant police, SIOO per month; full time fireman, SBS per month; assistant fireman, $65 per month; Frank Hughes, street superintendent, $25 per week; F. H. Jethro and E. L. Hollowell, S2O per week; E. H. Cuthrell, $12.50 per week. 20 YEARS AGO In the neighborhood of a dozen dogs were reported to have died suddenly, giv ing rise to the belief that somebody scattered poison with the express purpose C(f killing some dogs. Meeting in the Court House, a committee re cently appointed to make a survey of Chowan County’s building needs and a subsequent recom mendation of a policy to be adopted over a 10-year period, J. W. Davis was elected -permanent chair man and W. J. Taylor secretary. James Carson Stallings was almost instantly killed in a motorcycle accident on the Albemarle Sound bridge and his companion, Miss Bertha Bunch, riding on the back seat, was thrown from the machine, resulting in a broken arm and foot and lacerations and bruises about the body. Edenton’s Colonials won their fifth consecutive game and occupied the top perch in. the Albemarle League. Chowan County contri buted 3,200 pounds of clothing, bedding and shoes in a drive for overseas re lief. Mrs. Earl Goodwin was elected president of the Junior Woman’s Club, suc ceeding Mrs. Roland H. Vaughan. Miss Grace Sandlin Wil kins and Murray F. By rum were united in mar riage at the Edenton Bap tist Church. During the school term 63 students at the Edenton school had a perfect at tendance record for the year. They were neither absent nor tardy during the entire school year. The splendid swimming pool at the Edenton Naval Air Station was formally opened for use by swim mers under the direction of Tex Lindsay, Edenton’s recreation director. In a Court of Honor held at a Rotary Club meeting Jimmy Earnhardt, Jr., was promoted to the rank of Eagle Scout. That there was an over whelming desire on the part of Edenton citizens to adopt parking meters in Edenton was reflected in a poll conducted by the Edenton Police Department. John A .Holmes was elected commander of Dis trict Two at an American Legion convention held at Carolina Beach. Edenton's Police Depart ment adopted an unique goodwill policy. They planned to check who were sick in the community and to mail to each one an at tractive and encouraging sick card. Mrs. Emily Broughton McClenney, one of Chowan County’s oldest residents, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. D, R. Hare, at the Wingfield farm. Miss Henrietta Ragland and Richard P. Badham, Jr., were united in marri age in Raleigh. Carolyn Harrell, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Harrell, was declared state winner in the statewide Junior Memory Work Tournament held at Ridge crest Chowan County farmers were wearing a smile of gratitude for very much needed showers. Miss Beverly Ann Moore and Joseph Scott Harrell were united in marriage in New Methods Used By Farmer Randolph Keyton in the Tar Comer section of Camden County knows times are changing and is changing his farming op eration to meet the de mands of changing times.' Keyton has found away to plant soybeans immedi ately after the harvest of small grain in a once-over operation. Keyton says, “We (figure we are getting our soy beans in the ground five days earlier and with a lot less land preparation. This way we are always plant ing in some moisture.” Keyton used a Sidewinder Tilther equipped with eight planters planting on 20- inch rows back of com bines with straw choppers. He lists the advantages as conserving all residue, moisture conservation, working only one-half the land, cheaper due to less trips over the field and be ing able to plant as much as five days earlier. «» The planters will come off the tiller and it ad justs to cultivate the soy beans once to control he weeds. Many Chowan farmers already have sim GIANT [alS b n p, Homeowners Wl Bath Towels all sieef ■ \ wheelbart-oios ROSE’S LOW SPECIAL PRICE $5-96 (Unassembled) Special! [as advertised on television by roses j jqa 9 # h Idea, For Ex.ra Cwdei. \ / «« 0,00 J Guest! Has Soft Hose **** Aluminum Folding Beds m% vlnyl \M+******r jtmmm* 25”x72” Folds Compactly Very comfortable, takes BOSES fYnlv Cm^C/A/ £T Mmm. ... >4 up very little storage LOW l/Iliy space. Formerly $ll.BB. PRICE GAY ‘Tjßiip-- j AS ADVERTISED ON TELEVISION BY ROSE’S $1.67 COLORS R /\AI 20-in. Breeze Box i 11-ji ELECTRIC FAN / 2 Speed m I I Vs aoars &E A A I BALANCED BLADE V I ia W W/l i STRAP HANDLE \ p£j" E # ** im $13.99 1 SHOP ROSE’S AND SAVE Edenton Baptist Church. Thomas Leary and Mar guerite Nixon were named health king and queen at the Chowan County 4-H Club health program held in the armory. Doing Man’s Job Two young men saw two pretty girls meet and em brace. Said one: “That’s what’s wrong with this country.” “What do you mean?” asked his friend. “Women doing men’s work.” ilar equipment to perform the same operation with a little work rigging the equipment up. It is about time we face the facts that here is a better, more pro fitable way of planting be hind small grain than we are doing now, a farm leader said. It is a shame we work so hard at de stroying our crop residue, preparing the land so much destroying the heeded moisture while it is costing ONCE OVER LIGHTLY Planting soybeans In small grain stubble using a once over planting method is demonstrated by Randolph Keyton of Camden County. Pilot Sponsors A Medicare workshop providing opportunities for an exchange of informa tion and a discussion of problems relating to Part B of the Medicare pro gram was held for medi cal assistants in the Eden ton area at the Chowan Golf and Country Club Wednesday. Part B of the Medicare program is the supplementary benefits portion which pays doctor bills. The workshop is spon sored by Pilot Life Insur ance Company, Part B carrier for Medicare in North Carolina, and will be headed by G. M. Hider, us money, time and re duces the yields-all at the some time, he added. This is not just a simple (trial with Keyton either. He started planting behind barley, then, oats and fin ished behind wheat, mak ing a total of nearly 200 acres planted (this way. M. T. Harris in the Weeks ville section has also used this method of planting soybeans behind small grain. Area Workshop second vice president and home office coordinator of Medicare for Pilot. A Pilot spokesman stat ed that every effort would be made during the work shop to explore problems and to provide information which would enable medi cal assistants to document bills and medicare claim forms wth a minimum of trouble. Registration for the workshop began at 12:30 P. M. and the attendees were guests of Pilot for lunch at 1 P. M. Die workshop began at 2 P. M. Practical “Let’s leave out the clothes closet,” said the practical man to his archi tect, “my wife keeps in sisting she has nothing to wear.” —Christian Science Monitor. Changing Location WARD’S SHOE REPAIR has to leave present location im mediately as the Town of Edenton wants its property. NEW LOCATION will be announced as soon as ar rangements are completed. PLEASE CALL FOR your shoes - in moving some could get lost. Lelia F. Ward That’s Another Story During a nature class, the teacher was telling her third grade pupils about the chicken. ‘ Isn’t it won derful,” she exclaimed, "how little chickens get out of their shells? ” “Yes, but what I would like 1 to know,” said one little eight - year -old, “is how do they get inside.” CARD OF THANKS I would like to express my thanks and apprecia tion to all my friends, relatives and neighbors for every act of kindness shown me during my stay in Chowan Hospital. I am especially grateful for the many lovely cards, gifts, flowers and prayers. I am home now, improving, but not well, so I still need your prayers. Sincerely, Mrs. Nealie Chappell.
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