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From The Chowan Herald Yellowed Pages
30 YEARS AGO
Town Councilmen in a
lengthy session devoted a
considerable amount of time
to a proposed project of plac
ing sidewalks on every street
in Edenton, as well as paving
Oakum Street from Church
Street to the colored school,
on First Street from Oakum
to Broad, Freemason from
Oakum to Granville and
Granville from Carteret Street
to the Virginia highway, with
the idea in mind of benefit
ing as much as possible by
WPA funds.
Lindsay War
ren was notified by WPA
h adquarters in Washington
tl at President Roosevelt had
a proved a project calling for
si >rm sewer improvements in
E lenton. The project had
b en made a year before by
tl e Edenton Street Depart
u ent following heavy rains in
w lich several sections of town
w sre flooded due to inade
q tate drainage. The im
p overrent called for an ex
p nditure of $4,511 and in- i
c. jded a 30-inch line from 1
Q leen Street to Eden Street
tl rough the John Griffin lot *
a id an auxiliary 36-inch line :
fi rm Eden Street to the I
s; und, the latter to parallel 1
a other 36-inch line in order 1
ti double the outlet. I
Joseph H. Conger, who de- 1
v ited a great deal of time. 1
e lergy and worry to Eden- -
ti n’s new athletic (field, re- i
p n ted that the project had
f rally been completed, with 1
t e total cost of the project I
a nounting to $11,255.26. Os i
t lis amount the town fur
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John Deere Riding Mowers come
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! Miss Ann Russ, daughter of
> Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Russ of
, Greenville, former Edenton
ians, was chosen as Green
ville’s own Scarlett O’Hara
and was presented to the
audience dressed in a Scarlett
O'Hara costume immediately
preceding a performance of
“Gone With the Wind” at the
Pitt Theater. Miss Russ, a
beautiful brunette, received
over one-third of the total
vote in a contest conducted
by the Greenville Reflector.
L. E. Gravely, candidate for
Governor from Rocky Mount,
was guest speaker at a Rotary
Club meeting. A tobacco
man, he said prospects for
the next year’s tobacco crop
was anything but bright and
advanced a plan for restoring
this country’s export market
without depleting Great Bri
tain’s gold reserve or placing
the United States in a posi
tion to lose anything.
County and town officials ,
from 12 northeastern counties
met in Edenton as guests of
Town Councilmen and County
Commissioners in one of a
series of regional meetings !
throughout the state for the
purpose of discussing and '
formulating a statewide local '
government legislation pro- 1
gram by the N. C. League of
Municipalities and the State
Association of County Com
missioners. '
At a meeting of the Eden- 1
ton Garden Club Mrs. R. P. '
Badham was elected presi- •
dent. 1
J . L. Horne, Jr., Rockyi
close-trimming, quick-discharge
mower. Yes, they have everything...
including a low price.
Come in and get the full story on
these new John Deere Riding Mow
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want to try one out just say so.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1976
, Mount newspaper publisher,
was guest speaker at a meet
: ing of newspaper editors and
; publishers held at Hotel Jo
. seph Hewes. Mr. Horne said
. his one hope was to leave a
i germ among the newspaper
i folk which would result in
; the use of "brain instead of
brawn in the development of
; this section. "The eastern
part of the state has the best
kind of advantages to o'fer
industries which are gradual
ly moving southward,” he
said, “but despite this fact, of
the 02 industries locating in
North Carolina last year, not
a single one came to the
eastern part of the state.”
Mrs. Margaret Skinner
White died at her home on
West Eden Street after an
illness of several years.
Ruth and Clara Crumpler,
twin daughters of Mrs. Cad
Capehart, former Edentonians,
were designated by Governor
Clyde Hoey as one of two i
sets of twins to represent ■
North Carolina at the annual 1
“college twins” convention at 1
Baylor University, Waco, Tex. >
About 60 Lions from Eden- 1
ton, Hertford and 'Plymouth
gathered at Hotel Joseph <
Hewes at an inter-city meet- I
ing. Mrs. Mattie Lister White 1
of Hertford entertained the 1
group with several readings.
26 YEARS AGO
Approximately 65 .farmers 1
attended the monthly meeting 1
of the Farm Bureau in the 1
Community Building at Cross
Roads when State College 1
experts discussed latest de- 1
velopments on peanut produc
tion in North Carolina.
J. R. Byrum called atten- 1
tion to a dinner meeting at '
Ernest Lee’s Case at which '
time state officers of the '
North Carolina Wildlife Fed- 1
eration explained the situation '
relative to pollution of waters •
and other enemies of fishing. :
Edenton Tea Party Chapter '
of the DAR met in the James
Iredell House with 15 mem- ■
bers attending and the princi- 1
pal speaker being Mrs. 1
George Mack, who presented 1
a very interesting George
Washington program.
Mrs. W. 0. Buys, daughter 1
of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. IPettus, '
and two daughters left to 1
join Captain Buys in Tokyo,
Japan. They were accom
panied by Captain Buys’
mother, Mrs. W. A. Buys.
Meeting in Windsor, direct :
tors of the Albemarle League
elected Howard B. Gaylord
president for the 1950 season.
, Bill Cozart of Edenton was
. elected statistician.
* The first anniversary o£ the
' reactivation of the Edenton
1 Marine Corps Air Station was
i observed ‘When Col. R. E.
Hopper, commanding officer,
: expressed his appreciation for
the splendid spirit of coopera
tion exhibited by the Town of
Edenton as a municipality
and by the residents of Eden
ton.
Chowan Tribe of Red Men
held a fried chicken dinner
with Horace White in charge.
Clara Dixon was elected
president of the Sally Lemons
YWA of Macedonia Baptist
Church.
Robert Harrell, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Rodney Harrell, was
chosen as the most outstand
ing man in the field of re- j
ligkm activity on the Uni
versity of Richmond’s campus.
Rfc. Thomas E. Green, a
member of the 567th Medical
Ambulance Company station
ed in Japan, was the winner
of the “Driver of the Week”
award of the Yokohama Mo
tor Command.
Members of the junior
class at Chowan High School
presented the comedy “The
Case of the Missing Heirs” in
the school auditorium under
the direction of Miss Louise
Wilson.
Mrs. Debbie Mae Dail, 62,
passed away at her home ir
the Rocky Hock section aftei
an illness of a year.
Sheriff J. A. Bunch an
nounced that he would be r
candidate for re-electicn a
sheriff of Chowan County.
M Sgt. ,o.:n F. Miller, J,.
retired from the U. S. Army
after 20 years of service. He
had been awarded the Ameri
can Defense Medal, Good
Conduct Medal and two
clasps, World War II Victory
Medal and Asiatic Pacific
and one battle star for the
Marshall Island battle.
Miss Carolyn Oglesby of
Atlantic City, daughter of Mr
and Mrs. J. N. Oglesby, ac
cepted a position as nurse in
the University of Oregon
Hospital.
W. J. Daniels announced
that fifth Sunday sings would
be inaugurated in Chowan
County to be patterned after
the popular Bertie County
lifth Sunday sings.
Chowan County Commis
sioners approved a proposed
survey xis the Co*ps of. Engi
neers bf the Department' of
the Army with respect to
flood control of Chowan and
I Perquimans Rivers and their
tributaries.
T. C. Byrum, Chowan
Oounty chairman for U. S.
savings bonds, reported that
people in Chowan County
were holding a net backlog of
U. S. savings bonds amount
ing to $1,792,217.25.
Paul Olsson, former Eden
tenian, passed away suddenly
at the Masonic and Eastern
Star Home at Greensboro as
the result of a heart attack.
He was a native of Sweden
and was 80 years old. An
accomplished artist, he deco
rated the Edenton Baptist
Church, the Citizens Bank, the
old Masonic lodge room in
the Court House and painted
many portraits, pictures and
murals in many cities cf the
country.
Jimmie Earnhardt, a mem
ber of Duke University’s
Men’s Glee Club, accompanied
the group on a 16-engage
ment tcur of the eastern part
of the country, winding up
the season with a national
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In the Nativity scene of “Ben-Hur,” Mary (Jose Greet)
holds the new-born Christ child, with Joseph (Laurence
Payne) seated at her side. “Ben-Hur,” the world’s most
honored motion picture, winner of 11 Academy Awards, is
now presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the added splen
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Wyler presentation was filmed in Italy and other foreign lo
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I FOR QUIi K RESULTS, TRY
A HERALD f LAS SI FIE D AD!
NOTICE!
To All Voters Os Chowan County
REGISTRATION PERIOD
FOR PRIMARY ELECTION
WiD Be Held
Saturday, April 4th - 11th • 18th
From 9:00 A. M. to 6:30 P. M.
AT THE FOLLOWING PLACES
«
WEST EDENTON EDENTON MUNICIPAL BUILDING
Mrs. S. F. Hicks Registrar
Mrs. J. A. Curran Judge
Mrs. David 0. Wright Judge
EAST EDENTON CHOWAN COUNTY COURT HOUSE
Mrs. J. E, Cozzens Registrar
Mrs. W. E. Mills Judge
Mr. Willard Rhodes Judge
ROCKY HOCK ROCKY HOCK COMMMUNITY AUDITORIUM
Mrs. J. E. Peele Registrar
Mr. Earl Bunch Judge
Mr. Paul Ober Judge
CENTER HILL CENTER HILL COMMUNITY BUILDING
Mr. Ralph Goodwin Registrar
Mr. Norman Hollowell.. Judge
Mr. Rufus Smithson Judge
WARDVILLE H&H GROCERY STORE
Mr. Henderson R. Peele Registrar
Mr. W. Jennings Bunch Judge
Mrs. R. L. Hendren Judge
YEOPIM EDENTON AIRPORT BUILDING
Mrs. Jasper Hassell Registrar
Mrs. Warren Twiddy Judge
Mr. Ralph F. Barnes Judge
CHALLENGE DAY APRIL 25th
9:00 A. M, TO 3:00 P.M.
PRIMARY ELECTION DAY
SATURDAY, MAY 2nd
6:30 A. ML, TO 6:30 P. ML
A person seeking to vote must have resided in the State of North Carolina
for one year, and in the precinct in which he seeks to register for 30 days by
the date of the General Election.
All registered voters who have moved to another precinct must apply for
a transfer at the precinct in which he NOW resides.
CHOWAN COUNTY BOARD *f ELECTIONS
MRS. GEORGE C HOSKINS. (HARMAN
All 100 counties in North
Carolina are represented in
the student body of the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Greensboro. Eighty-six per
cent of the students are from
North Carolina.
Douglas Smith Stationed In Vietnam
CAMP FRENZELL —Jones.
RVN—PFC Douglas B. Smith,
son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Kermit W. Smith who resides
at Route 2, Tyner, N. C., has
been assigned to the 199th
Infantry Brigade in the Re
public of Vietnam and is cur
rently receiving a week of
intensive training.
This training consists of Ra
dio Techniques; Enemy Mines
and Booby Traps; Ground
Navigation; Use of Mines and
Grenades; Airmobile and
Evacuation Procedures; Am-
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bush Techniques; Night Op
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Every man assigned to the
“Redcatcher” Brigade, wheth
er a cook, clerk, driver or
Infantryman must take this
training prior to being assign
ed to a unit in the field.
The “Redcatcher” Brigade
is working with the 18th
ARVN Division in Long
Khanh Province to upgrade
local forces, assist in the paci
fication program, and increase
the efficiency of the Infantry •
Regiments of the Division.