PAGES—SECTION E
HERTFORD COUNTY HERALD, AHOSKIE, N. C.
1939 Historical edition
1
Ahoskie Of 1989; Fifty Years Hence
By BUCK KELLY
I FEFL liighly complimented tliat Pai'ker Bros., publishers
*• of the Roanoke-Chotvan Dailv Herald, should call an old
octogenarian out of retirement to “do” another piece for one
of ilieir pajiers. Riu T suppose it
is railicr iitting that somewliere
in the special issue of the Herald
commemorating- the Hundredth
Anniversary of (lie city of Ahoskie
there should appear an article by
the only surviving memlier of the
staff' that fifty years ago got out a
special edition of the Hertford
County (treckly) Herald to com
memorate the Fifiietli Anniver
sary of the totvn of Ahoskie.
It is ^viih a great deal of pleas
ure that I rul) my hands to chase
out a little of the stiffness of four
score years and sit at ray type-
ivriter and think back to the days
v'.'hen Ahoskie teas Jiardly a
seventli of its ])rescnt size. - In
faratv’ay days the entire
.own imiluded little more than
.lie present Inisines district of the
ity. \Vhcre the city’s thirteen
toliacco trarehouses now group
tlicmseh'es around South Main
street tliere tvere tlien only three
warehouses, a church, a few resi-
Where tvhole.sale rotv now
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HOME
One of Mtir-
.fi-ee.sboro’s Colo
nial residences,
reminders of its
early days.
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Queen Anne Apartments,
8(?1 Seagrave Avenue
Ahoskie, N. C.
dences and many vacant lot
stretclies i,y blocks there -were only a half dozen buildings.
Between the heart of the jiresent Imsiness section and the
warehouse section, witliiit a narrotv radius of the ACL tracks,
tvas the present business section of the tovvii. Where Central
High School notv rears its modernistic five-story lieauty stood
tile totvn’s only scliool in a building that tvoUld house only
half ihe student body of the smallest of the present'three ele
mentary schools. The Brotvn Meltorial Junior High School
notv stands on a site ihat fifty years ago tvas a half mile beyond
the (o-wn limit.s.
Wdicre your children now attend public schools ten
montlrs per year for twelve years, the child of a half century
ago attended only eleven years of eight months each, or fwo
and one-lialf years le.ss of total scliooling. In that far-gone
day and age the heroic pioneers of modern education were
manfully striving for a nvelfth grade for their eight months
schools.
"Where now an Ahoskie high school graduate has to ask
no quarter in competition ^vith students from any state of the
Union, in that day and age numerous high school gi'aduates
wlio attended college found himself so far outstripped in
fundamental preparation that he was often foi'ced to drop be
hind and repeat his college classes or drop out of school be
cause of the inability to keep up with the graduates of better
equipped school systems.
One of the principal reasons why the schools of Ahoskie
and Hertford county -were restricted to eight-months school
years for so long was the nature of the agriculture of the
county. During the years 1 was connected with the Hertford
County Herald, the principal crops of the county were to
bacco, peanuts, and cotton, and it was almost a necessity that
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AHOSKIE KIWANIS CLUB
(Continued from Page 4)
Club, and their sons. Dr. J. B. Rufhnn, Jr., and Woodrdtv
Tavloe are notv active and loval members of the Club, com-
y'ihoshio 70»90,
According
To Kelly
Here are some well
known buildings of the
Ahoskie skyline 50 years
hence, as veteran news
paperman “Buck” Kelly
views it in prospect. Read
hLs story over to your left.
ing ill under the same classifications a's their fathers before
them’.
Former members of the Club, tvho have gone out and
taken outstanding positions for themselves in the tvorld are:
Thad A. Eure, Secretary of State, Stanley Winbornc, Com
missioner of Public Utilities, W. H. S. Burgwyn, Superior
Court Judge, E. R. Tyler, Solicitor for this District, and A.
P. Godivin. Judge County Court, Cfatesville.
The Ahoskie Kitvanis Club has furnished tivo Lieutenant
Govei'uors for the Sixth Division in the Carolinas District of
Khvanis International—X. S. Garrett and S. 'W'. Enloe, Jr.,
respectively.
The Club is noted for its inter-club meetings, having at
tended Kiivanis meetings in more than thirty-tivo towns.
Tile Club attended the International Convention in Wa.sh-
ingtoii, D. C., in iQ.sfi, one hundred percent.
The Ahoskie Kiwanis Club lias been responsible for
bringing good felloivship to the Imsiness and professional men
of the Roanoke - Chowan section, and it is celebrating its
Fourteenth Anniversary this year.
Is He Prophetic?
W. J. (“Buck”) KELLY, the
author of the fantastic article. He
was a member of the Herald force
until he wrote this story, when he
transferred to Windsor to become
editor of the Bertie Ledger-Ad-
In The World
TO LIVE
• Not located in the heart of one of the richest agricultural sections in the United States — COLERAIN IS THE
HEART, barring none. Blessed not only with fine soils but with unexcelled climate, Colerain offers home-seekers
unequalled opportunities for a healthful, happy, profitable living.
COLERAIN HAS EVERYTHING—New fine hard-surfaced highways, cheap water transportation via the Chowan,
beach and bathing facilities beyond compare, abundant supply of electric power, sport or commercial fishing oppor
tunities, excellent home sites, and a people who are hospitable, easy and pleasant to live with. The best way to learn
and know about it is to COME TO COLERAIN..
We congratulate our neighbor—Ahoskie—on attaining its 50th birthday, and invite all of
you to visit our town often and do business, mingle with, and (if you can) sell to us.
This Is Your Summer Headquarters, Roanoke ■ Chowaners
OOLEHAIN
AND THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC-SPIRITED FIRMS AND INDIVIDUALS:
Bank of Coleraine
Wade’s Pharmacy
Prescription Druggists
M. H. White Garage
General Repairing and Welding
Farmers Supply Co.
L. A. and L. D. Perry, A. T. Belch
Colerain Beach
“Bear” Perry — “Pig” Parker, Managers
H. A. Hughes
BARBER SHOP