Volume XV —Number 49.
L.T. White Champion Corn
Grower In 4*H Club Contest
Sponsored By Local Lions
® ——*
Youth Hangs Up Record
Os 119 Bushels From
One Acre Ground
TOPS LAST YEAR
Average of 21 Projects
Nets 82.3 Bushels
Per Acre
L. T. White won the honor of 4-H
Club corn growing champion in the
contest sponsored by the Edenton
Lions Club. James Monds, who was
the winner in last year’s contest, came
in second and Wilbur Harrell third.
Three prizes of $25, $lO and $5.00
went to the three winners in order.
The results of the contest were an
nounced at Monday night’s Lions Club
meeting by C. W. Overman and Rob
ert Marsh, county agent and assistant
county agent, who were guests of the
club. Some of the boys in the contest
and their fathers were also guests.
Young White had a yield of 119
bushels to an acre, using Dixie 17.
Monds, with Dixie 17 had a yield of
112.8 bushels, while Harrell, with Ike
Harrell variety, had a yield of 108.2
bushels.
Other boys in the contest had the
following yields:
Jasper Gray, N. C. 27, 102.9 bush
els; Carlton Jackson, Dixie 17, 98
bushels; Kelly J. Byrum, N. C. 27, 96.2
bushels; Mark White Byrum, N. C. 27,
94.2 bushels; Aubrey Harrell, N. C.
27, 92.4 bushels; Gerald Layden, Dixie
17, 87.3 bushels; Leon Privott, Dixie
27, 85.7 bushels; Roger Bunch, N. C.
27, 82.8 bushels; James Ray Ausbon,
N. C. 27, 81.6 bushels; Melvin Stal
lings, N. C. 27, 81.1 bushels; G. A.
Keeter, Dixie 17, 79.2 bushels; Mal
' ~i T M" : c *7, 75.4 bu? v -'‘= -
Dallas Bunch, Dixie 17, 74.9; Murray
Nixon, Dixie 17, 73.5 bushels; Tommy
Hollowell, Jr., Kellogg Special, 64.9
bushels; Richard Leigh, N. C. 27,
58 bushels; Kermit Harrell, N. C. 27,
55.3 bushels; J. C. Boyce, N. C. 27,
43.5 bushels; Robert White, N. C. 27,
43 bushels.
The county agents reported that the
21 projects averaged 82.3 bushels per
acre. The average yield in the 1946
4-H com contest was 66.8 bushels. In
1947 the yield jumped to 70.6 bushels.
During the meeting the Lions asked
many questions regarding the contest,
which were answered by Overman and
Marsh.
Aubrey Harrell Wins
4-H TripTo Chicago
Youth Produced 2,406
Pounds of Peanuts on
Acre of Ground
Aubrey Harrell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Gilbert Harrell of the Rockjj
Hock community, grew 2,406 pounds
of peanuts on his 4-H acre this year,
thereby winning a free trip to the
National 4-H Club Congress. This is
the third consecutive year that Cho
wan County 4-H Club boys have won
a free trip to Chicago in the peanut
contest. Aubrey left Friday and will
return home Saturday, December 4.
He has been a member of the 4-H
Club for several years and has done
excellent work. He has had fine co
operation and backing in all his pro
jects by his parents.
Aubrey sold hj& 29 bags of peanuts
for’ $276.69, and the value of the hay
is sl2, maid tig a total net value of
$288.69. The net profit after expenses
are deducted is $204.10.
Another Fatal Auto
Wreck On Route 32
Another fatal automobile accident,
the second within a week, occurred
Tuesday morning on the Suffolk high
way when Louro A. Pixley of Pitts
field, Mass., apparently lost control of
his car and crashed into Ballard’s
bride, killing him instantly. He sus
tained a fractured skull and internal
injuries.
The body was brought to Quinn’s
Funeral Home awaiting instructions
from relatives.
CHRISTMAS MUSIC RECITAL
Miss Dorothy Williams will present
her piano students in a Christmas
music program tonight (Thursday) at
L 8 o’clock in the high school audi
!' . torium. The public is cordially in*
Ipvvfted to attend.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
|_Last Paper DriveJ
Frank Holmes, president of the
Edenton Chamber of Commerce,
announced this week that the last
waste paper drive sponsored by
the organization will be held
Sunday afternoon, December 5.
However, the drive will be re
sumed the first Sunday in April.
In connection with Sunday’s
collection, citizens are urged to
clean up around their homes for
Christmas, so that the final col
lection will be as large as possible.
Superior Court Term
Ends On Wednesday
Seven Couples Granted
Divorces By Judge
Chester Morris
Though disposing of quite a num
ber of cases, Judge Chester Morris
adjourned Chowan Superior Court
Wednesday morning. Divorce actions
took the limelight of the term, during
which seven couples were released
from the bonds of matrimony. Those
divorced were Mary Louise Granby
from James Edward Granby, Rena
Halsey Hines from William N. Hines,
Louise Wiley from Robert Wiley, Ge
neva Miller from Elbert Miller, Mary
Perry Morgan from Walter Leslie
Morgan, Ottp H. Frisby from Kather
ine P. Frisby, Anna Mae Palmer from
Dean William Palmer.
The State entered a nol pros with
tilths* of Matthew King
and Thomas Littlejohn, both charged
with operating automobiles in unsafe
condition.
Morgan Hudson failed to answer to
a charge of breaking and entering
and larceny, and a capias was ordered
by Judge Morris.
Leonard Randolph Hollingsworth
also failed to answer to a charge of
larceny and a capias was ordered.
James Nowell was charged with
violating his probation, and a previous
12 months sentence was enforced.
Hallett Vernon Wilson was released
from a probation judgment.
Ophelia Blount was found guilty of
larceny and was sentenced to 90 days,
suspended by paying SSO fine and pay
in the hands of the Clerk of Court
$7.50 for Miss Carolyn White and
showing good behavior for two years.
George W. Bunch, Jr., was ordered
to pay $250 to Annie E. Winbome
and pay court costs on a charge of
negligence.
William Byrum, Jr., was found not
guilty of manslaughter.
John Henry Morring failed to ap
pear Tuesday to answer to a charge
of rape. A capias was issued and the
case was being tried Wednesday
morning as the last case on the docket.
The grand jury returned not a true
bill against Hardy Lee Warren, who
was charged with manslaughter.
J. G. Small vs. C. E. Small was dis
missed from the docket due to mat
ters in the controversy being settled.
Collie Davenport was found guilty
of removing crops. He was sentenced
to four months, suspended upon pay
ing S6OO to the Clerk of Court for use
of Miss Annie Morris, the aggrieved
party, f
The case'against Charlie Stallings
and wife, Maidie G. Stallings and Al
pine Stallings Blount concerning
dower interest in lands was dismissed,
all matters in the controversy being
fully settled.
Sunbury High School
Presents Plays Dec. 10
On Friday evening, December 10, at
7:30 o’clock the students of Sunbury
High School will present three 1-act
plays, “Lady Rosa,” “The Hardwick
Mystery” and “It’s a Small World.”
Students participating in the plays
are Josephine Harrell, Frances Hoff
ler, Beverly Parker, Peggy Johnson,
Margaret Busby, Anne Jackson, Bil
lie Lassiter, Norma Riddick, Elmo
Benton, Edward Lassiter, Eddie Head,
Luther Harrell, B. H. Brown, Betsy
Riddick, Jacqueline Pierce, Walter
Harrell, Elizabeth Smith, Sara Leigh
. Pierce, Leon Benton and Hurley
i Briggs, Jr.
Proceeds will be used to help pay
for typewriters recently purchased for
the new typewriting department in
the school.
Edenton. Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 2,1948.
Group To Administer
Agriculture Program
Will Be Elected Today
Chowan County Farm
ers Urged to Cast
Their Votes
9 A. M/TO6P. M.
Farmer Control of Agri
culture Hanging In
Balance
Today (Thursday) Chowan County
farmers have the opportunity of
choosing farmer committeemen to ad
minister the agricultural conservation
program and related farm programs
in 1949.
J. M. Price, secretary of the Cho
wan County Agricultural Conserva
tion Association, announced that polls
will be open from 9 A. M. until 6
P. M. Voting will be by the ballot
box method. The following are the
voting places for each community in
the county:
Edenton community, Municipal
Building; Macedonia community,
Grover Cale’s store; Center Hill com
munity, T. L. Evans’ store; Rocky
Hock community, Henry Bunch’s
store; Ryland community, A. E. By
rum’s store; Gliden community, L. C.
Briggs’ store; Yeopim community, H.
A. Perry’s store.
Any farmer eligible to participate
in the 1948 agricultural conservation
program or any farmer who planted
within his tobacco allotment may vote,
as well as any person eligible for a
commodity loan or eligible under any
price support program. This eligibil
ity requirement makes every farmer
in Chowan County, who had an in
terest in the crops produced on the
farm in 1948, eligible to vote in the
committeemen election.
“Each farmer who is eligible to vote
has a definite responsibility to cast
his or her vote today,” Mr. Prise
states. “Tff fail to vote is to neglect
your opportunity to administer your
own farm program. Failure to vote is
to let farmer control of agriculture
slip away. Cast your vote today and
unite behind a strong farmer com
mitteemen controlled program.”
knpiirtant Meeting
Os Wildlife Clidi
Proposed Wildlife Leg
islation Will Be Consid
ered Tuesday Night
J. R. Byrum, president of the Cho
wan County Wildlife Club, announced
Monday that an important meeting of
the organization will be held at the
Court House Tuesday night, Decem
ber 7, at 8 o’clock.
The purpose of this meeting is to
discuss proposed legislation that the
N. C. Wildlife .Commission is asking
to be passed at the next General As
sembly in January.
“We have a copy of the proposed
legislation,” said Mr. Byrum, “and it
will be discussed both pro and con and
voted on at this meeting. These laws
will affect every sport fisherman and
every hunter in Chowan County and
we would like to invite every hunter
and fisherman to be present. Every
one at the meeting will have the op
portunity to vote for or against the
proposed legislation.”
Mr. Byrum is very anxious to have
a large attendance at this meeting
and hopes that many will express
views on the bills. “This is a matter
to be taken up by the entire com
munity,” said Mr. Byrum. “You do
not have to belong to the Wildlife
Club to be eligible to vote for or
against the bills. It is important that
every hunter and fisherman be present
1 at this meeting.”
Automobile Inspector
Will Assist Motorists
Automobile Inspector W. E. Ebert
of Elizabeth City, with the North
Carolina Department of Motor Ve
hicles, will be at the Carolina Motor
Club license bureau in Edenton each
Monday during the months of Decem
ber and January to assist truck op
• eratora in securing their contract and
common carrier license, also franchise
and I. S. license. Ebert will also as
sist in straightening out titles to mo
tor vehicles and assist taxicab opera
. tors.
i His office hoilrs will be from 10
A. M. to 5 P. M.
Organization Formed
i For CROP Campaign
In Chowan County
Products of Farm Being
Sought For Over
seas Relief
GATHERED DEC. 12
Rev. W. L. Freeman Is
Named Chairman For
Chowan’s Drive
On Monday evening, November 22,
in the library of Edenton High
School* a number of leading farmers,
agricultural and home demonstration
agents, ministers and representative
citizens of Chowan County, met to
form the Chowan County Committee
of the North Carolina Christian Rural
Overseas Program (CROP). C. W.
Overman, farm agent for Chowan
County, served as chairman pro tern
of the meeting, and introduced the
Rev. O. K. Ingram, representative of
the State headquarters of CROP. Mr.
Ingram outlined the program, calling
attention to the fact that it is a move
ment sponsored on the national level
by Church World Service, Lutheran
World Relief and Catholic Rural Life.
In the State of North Carolina
CROP is sponsored by the Farm Bu
reau, Grange, Extension Division of
North Carolina State College, and the
churches of the State. Mr. Ingram
pointed out the fact that the relief
program is primarily a rural program
in which the farmers of the State and
nation are being given the opportunity
to contribute from the products of the
farm. Mr. Overman called attention
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Unique Driving Tests
Planned For Students
Edenton High School
Demonstration Decem
ber 2nd on East Queen
Street Near School
Automobile drivers are often heard
to remark “I can stop it on a* dime”.
Students of the Edenton High School
will participate in a series of tests
to determine the size of that “dime”
at various speeds on Thursday after
noon, December 2 at 2 o’clock, it was
announced this week by Principal
Fenton Larson.
The tests will be conducted on
East Queen Street beside the school
building.
This program is being brought to
Edenton under the auspices of the
Edenton Junior Chamber of Com
merce, and according to Sam Allen,
Jaycee safety chairman, it is only
one of the many things being done
by the organization to promote safer
driving in North Carolina.
The demonstration will be conduct
ed by George M. Tewksbary, Jr., as
sistant safety director of the Farm
Bureau insurance companies, with a
specially equipped automobile. Yellow
paint bullets fired from revolvers
mounted on the front bumper of the
car will show graphically how much
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Allsbrook Will Leave
Edenton Police Force
Resignation Goes Into
Effect Dec. 27; Going
On Farm
Patrolman J. H. Allsbrook has ten
dered his resignation from the Eden
ton Police Department, effective De
cember 27. Mr. Allsbrook has been
on the local police force for 14
months and is considered one of the
best officers to be employed in many
years. He plans to go to Beaufort
County to operate a farm owned by
his mother-in-law.
Chief of Police R. L. Pratt an
nounced that he has secured Lee Nor
man of Hertford to succeed Allsbrook.
Norman has had two years experience
with the Elizabeth City Police De
partment and will come to Edenton
highly recommended.
ROTARY CLUB MEETS TODAY
Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet to
day (Thursday) at 1 o’clock in the
Parish House. All Rotarians are
urged to attend.
f |Yulefide Season Ushered
| Its Friday llfernoon As Big
Crowd Jams Broad Street
| Elected President
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W. W. BYRUM
At a recent meeting held in
Suffolk West W. Byrum was
elected president of the Virginia-
Carolina Peanut Association. Mr.
Byrum is president of the Albe
marle Peanut Company.
W. W. Byrum New
President Va. - Car.
Peanut Association
i
Elected at Recent Meet
ing Held at Headquar
ters In Suffolk
W. W. Byrum, president of the Al
bemarle Peanut Company of Edenton
was elected president of the Virginia-
Carolina Peanut Association at a re
cent meeting at headquarters in Suf
folk. ■: I
Mr. Byrum is exceptionally well
qualified for the position, not only
being born and reared on a farm
where he obtained first hand knowl
edge of production but from a very
young man gained experience first as
a weigher for a firm in Suffolk and
later as a buyer of the late Farmers
Peanut' Company and the Edenton-
Farmers Company.
The Virginia-Carolina Association
is composed of peanut cleaning and
shelling plants located in North Caro
lina and Virginia and is an old well
established trade organization.
The Edenton man succeeds Ed Gil
liam of Franklin, Va., and will serve
for a period of one year.
Aces Lose To Kinston
By One-Point Margin
Thrilling Game Played
Last Week In Kinston
Closing Season
For the second time this season, thfe
Edenton Aces lost a game by the
margin of one extra point after touch
down, when they were defeated by the
Kinston Red Devils on the latter’s
gridiron Wednesday night 7-6. The
loss knocked the Aces out of a tie
with Kinston for the Northeastern
Conference championship and, of
course, the Red Devils won the title
with a record of 12 straight victories.
The game was twice postponed due
to the weather, and even Wednesday
night’s contest was played on a soggy
field, though an estimated crowd of
2,000 fans turned out and were treat
ed to a thrilling gridiron scrap.
The Red Devils scored early in the
first quarter when Jimmy Byrd re
ceived a punt and, surrounded by
blockers, galloped 40 yards to score.
The extra point was made when
Whaley plunged through center. How
ever, after this touchdown, the Red
Devils were held at bay and were out
played by the Aces. The Aces chalk
ed up 7 first downs to 4 by Kinston,
and gained 124 yards rushing com
pared with 115 by Kinston.
About the middle of the last quar
ter the Aces made their boldest bid
for a score. After driving to the
i Kinston one-yard line, the Aces were
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Per Year.
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Edenton Band Escorts
Santa Claus From
Armory
PLENTY PACKAGES
Finance Committee Ex
presses Thanks For
Contributions
With the cooperation of the weather
man and the apparent widespread in
terest in the approaching Christmas
season, Edenton’s celebration in ush
ering in the Yuletide spirit last Fri
day afternoon was a success from
every angle. Though the parade,
scheduled to begin at the armory at 4
o’clock, was over 30 minutes late,
great crowds of youngsters and adults
gathered in the business section to
await the arrival of Santa Claus. The
parade was led by the Edenton Band,
at the head of which marched little
Betsy and Jean Holton, daughters of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Holton, who cap
tivated the crowd as they performed
like veterans ahead of the band’s
regular majorettes. Santa Claus fol
lowed riding in a Jeep and escorted by
members of the Edenton National
Guard unit.
At the foot of Broad Street a plat
form was arranged, where the band
played several numbers, with Santa
Claus occupying a seat in front, from
where he waved and spoke to the curi
ous little tots.
Plenty of packages containing
candy, fruit and nuts Were on hand to
be distributed among all the children,
which was done as the huge crowd in
single file passed Deside the platform.
Contrary to last year, every child
had an opportunity to secure a pack
age.
Adding- to the interest 'of the occa
sion was the lighted Christmas tree
back of the platform and, of course,
the Christmas lights of many colors
were lighted in the business section.
Merchants, too, had many appropriate
Christmas presents on display in’ show
windows and in most cases the win
dows were already decorated for the
holidays.
State highway patrolmen, local po
lice, as well as members of, the Na
tional Guard unit, aided in directing
traffic and to line up the restless crowd
of youngsters to receive their gift.
The Finance Committee, of which
Earl Harrell was chairman, appreci
ates the splendid cooperation on the
part of business concerns and indivi
duals who so generously contributed
in order to provide the packages
given to the children. Those who con
tributed included the following:
Willie Bunch’s Garage, The Tri
angle, L. H. Haskett, L. S. Byrum,
Arthur Chappell, William White,
Clyde Hollowell, Percy G. Perry,
Percy Dail, Mrs. Ralph Hawkins,
8.8. H. Motor Co., Mrs. P. J. Warner,
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Jaycees Grateful For
Donations For Buses
30 Individuals and Con
cerns Make Band’s Trip
To Kinston Possible
It was through the efforts of the
Edenton Junior Chamber of Com
merce that the Edenton Band recently
was enabled to accompany the Aces
to Kinston, although the football
game was cancelled due to heavy
rain.
The Jaycees desire to thank and ex
press their appreciation to those who
made contributions toward chartering
the two buses to make the trip.
Those who made contributions were:
B. & B. Venetian Blind Co., Triangle
Service Station, Forehand Jewelers,
Campen’s Jewelers, Bridge Turn Ser
vice Station, W. D. Holmes "Wholesale
Co., Inc., M. G. Brown Lumber Co..
Texas Co., Southgate Brokerage of
Norfolk, Malone’s 5 & 10c Store, Cho
wan Motor Co., Barrow Bottling Co.,
Preston’s, Dr. L. P. Williams, Hector
Lupton, Byrum Grocery Co., Edenton
Peanut Co., Jim Basnight, Edenton
Cotton Mills, Taylor Theatre, 8.8. H.
Motor Co., Leary Bros. Storage Co.,
Albemarle Motor Co., Albemarle Pea
nut Co., Byrum Implement & Truck
Co., Byrum Hardware Co., Hughes
i Holton Hardware Co., Mitchener’s
i Pharmacy, Bank of Edenton and
Junior Chamber of Commerce.