Edfnto" And Chowan County Gave 177 Pint* Os Blood! Match This With~s $ For Red Cro&s
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Volume XVIII.—No. 12.
Large Crowd Hears
Organ Concert In
St Paul’s Church
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Hugh T. Harrison Pre
sents Program ISunday
Afternoon
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church was'
filled to capacity Sunday afternoon ;
■when Hugh T. Harrison pesented an
organ concert at 4:30 o’clock. The
program was very good and thorough
ly enjoyed by the large number who
attended.
Mr. Harrison’s selections included
the following: Aria, Allegro, 10th 1
Organ Concerto by Handel; The
■Faithful Shepherd by Handel; Pre
lude For Double Trumpet Iby Cleran
bault; Scherzo by Rogers; four num
bers by Bach, Anna Magdalena’s
March; In Thee, Lord Jesus Christ,
Do I Put My Trust; Jesu, Joy of
Man’s Desiring and Toccata and
Fugue In D Minor; The Palms by
Faure; Lantana, Chanty, Plymouth
■Suite by Whitlock; The Swan byj
Saint Saens; Prelude, Saraband and
Fugue by Jennings; Dreams by
Stoughton; From Heaven Above by
Kiarg—Elert; Gavotte and Musette by
Yon and Allegro Vivace (2nd Sonata)
by Guilenartt.
Gashouse Parker
Colonial Manager
Spring Training Sched
uled to Begin About
April 10
Annour cement was mide this weekj
that been cho
sen majiager of the Edenton Colonials,
who this year have a berth in the
Virginia League.
Parker served successfully as mana
ger of the Colonials in semi-profes
sional ball and guided th e team to
three pennants. He has a splendid
reputation as a manager and his ap
pointment has apparently boosted
baseball stock among local fans.
The Colonials are scheduled to begin
training about April 10, at which time
a group of prospective players will be
on hand to try out for the team.
In anticipation of professional base
ball, the baseball diamond* is being
put in shape as well as the bleachers
and grandstand, which need repairs
and painting.
Wade Marr Will
Speak April 2nd At
Red Men Meeting
Public Invited to Attend
Meeting In Hotel Jo
seph Hewes
Chowan Tribe of Bed Men and the
Degree of Pocahontas have arranged
a public meeting to be held in con
nection with the new public relations
prog-ram of both state organizations.
The meeting is scheduled to be held
in the ball . room at Hotel Joseph
Hewes Monday night, April 1, Start
ing at 7:30 o’clock.
The affair will be a dinner meet
ing, served by Mrs. W. L. Boswell.
The speaker for the occasion will
be Wade Marr, well known after
dinner speaker of Elizabeth City.
Many local people have heard Mr.
Marr speak and he is expected to at
tract a large crowd of Bed Men and
Pocahontas as well as non-members.
The pdblic is invited to attend the
meeting.
Masonic Lodge To Have
Chicken Dinner Tonight
Members of Unanimity Lodge, No. 1
7, A. F. & A. If., have planned a
“Dutch’’ barbecue chicken dinner to
night IThursday) at 7 o’clock. The
dinner will be served by Ernest Ke
hayeg, in the room over the Albe
marle Restaurant. This dinner takes
the place of the lodge meeting, so i
that no business will be transacted i
other than to discuss plans for the i
annual ladies’ night All
are urged to attend the dinner and
enjoy an evening of good fellowship.
Edenton, Chowar County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 22,1951.
Interesting
__ Edentonians
By WILBORNE HARRELL
Emmett Hoffler Wiggins, Edenton’s
civilian airtnan and pilot, is probably
the only man in the state who literal
ly oversees his business from the air.
Wiggins is in the tugboat business,
and uses a seaplane to ride herd on 1
his various craft. A plane facilitates
quick accessibility to his tugs, and
gives a greater mobility to hi 3 busi
ness than would Otherwise be possi
ble.
Flying, particularly civilian flying,
has been considered solely a sport and
a means of expressing one’s skill and
daring, but Emmett Wiggins has turn
ed his ability to fly into practical
channels, combining business with the
pleasure of flying. Many Edentonians
have learned to fly, but he is the only
one to realize commercially on his
skill —he has'made it pay off.
A Jicensed pilot for over four years,
having learned to fly at the Wood- 1
ville Airport, near Elizabeth City, \
Emmett has flown various types of \
aircraft, now owning and flying a
Luscomb seaplane or lightplane, equip
jped with floats enabling the pilot to
> operate over water. He formerly own
ed and flew a low-wing, trainer type,
all-metal Fairchild PT 19. But this
latter plane was of little value in con
junction with the tug business.
Although a skillful and experienced I
pilot, Wiggins says die has not yet
flown a jet jab. But at the pace which
aviation is progressing, and the ob
vious trend of motored plane to jets,
it is a foregone conclusion that some
( time in the future he will qualify as a
1 jet pilot. I,
Emmett Wiggins is the son of Mrs.
(Continued on Page Fourl
Rev. Chas.W. Ruling
Speaker On Easter
At Baptist Qiurcti
Preaches at Both Ser
vices In Absence of
Pastor
In the" absence of the pastor, the
Bev. B. N. Carroll, the Rev. C. W.
Duling, pastor of the Hertford Bap
tist will be the guest minister at the
Baptist Church on Easter Sunday for
[both the morning worship service at
11 o’clock and the evening worship
service at 7:30 o’clock.
The Bev. Mr. Duling is the modern
tor of the Chowan Baptist Associa
tion and is well known throughout the
constituency of the association. For
this reason his friends in this area will
welcome the opportunity to hear him.
The regular services of the church
will be held during the absence of
the pastor. The Bev. E. L. Wells will
conduct the mid-week prayer service
on Wednesday, March 28, and Wed
nesday, April 4. The hour for both
of these prayer services is 7:30 P. M.
Francis Chesson, on off Mr. and Mrs.
W. M. Chesson, a ministerial student
at Wake Forest College, will preach
both services on Sunday, April 1. A
cordial invitation awaits all who will
attend these services.
Local Music Pupils
Win High Honors
Miss Norma Clapp entered ten of
her piano students in the Northeast
ern district festival of the N. C. Fed
eration of Music Clubs held in Green
ville Saturday, March 17.
Superior ratings were won by Mar
gery Thigjpen, Rosa Hollowell, Brenda
‘Dean Mooney and Robert Earl Ed
wards. Ratings of Excellent were
awarded to Mary Leggett Browning,
[Mike Malone, Araminlta Hobbs, Caro
lyn Ashley and Frankie Privott, and
Linda Leary was rated as Very Good.
Ann Johnson of Goldsboro was se
lected to represent tile district in the
finals to be held in Hickory April 7,
and Bonnie Greene of Littlelton was
chosen to play a piano solo ait the
State convention in High Point April
13 and 14. Mike Malone of Edenton
was invited to play a trombone solo alt
the State Convention. He will be ac
companied by Miss Clapp.
Services Next Week.
At Yeopinj Church
Beginning next Monday, March 26,
preaching services for a week will be ,
held at Yeopim Baptist Church. Hie .
services are cooperation (
with the Evangelistic Crusade.
The pastor of the church, the Rev. i
A. J. Eure, Jr., will preach each night <
at 8 o'clock'.
Edenton High School Operetta Cast
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Members of the cast which will present the annual operetta at
Edenton High 'School Friday, March 30, appear above. Pictured are,
front row, left to right, Gene Ward, Linda (Downum, Joan Cobb, Jane
Spry, Juanita Bennett and Emmett Eason. Back |row, left to right,
Byron Kehayes, Bobby Bunch, 'Harriet Conger, John Ward, Glenn
Twiddy, John A. Jones, Mary Ann Elliott, Billy Bond, iSyblie Cayton,
Frank Hughes and Stanford Spruill.
Speaking Contest I
Begins March 23
At Chowan School
Sub-group Contest In l
Edenton High School
On April 3rd
The Chowan County Green Pastures j
Speaking Contest will be held at the 1
Chowan High School auditorium on 1
Friday, March 23, at 1 o’clock. The| :
following Chowan citizens will serve;,
as judges for the contest: IMrs. E. N. 1
Elliott, Weldon Hollawell and R. C.
Jordan.
The subject of the speech is “Green |
Pastures, Their Place in the Economy
o‘" North Carolina.”
i»\Tbe county winner will re present;,
Chowan County in a sub-group con-,
I test which will be held at Elizabeth;
City on. March 28. Nine counties t
will be represented at the sub-group':
content. I
At the sub-group contest, the three
best speakers (not placed in 1-2-3 or-1
der) will be sent to the group contest.:
which includes 16 counties. The group :
contest will be held in the Edenton i
High School Auditorium on Tuesday, •
April 3, at 10:30 A. M. One con- j
testant will be selected at the group J
contest to compete in the final State.)
elimination contest which is to be held.:
i in Raleigh, April 6.
Prizes for the contest are as fol
lows: School—‘lst, SIO.OO. in cash;
2nd, $5.00; 3rd, $2.50.
County Prize—sls.oo in cash. Group
1 or regional prize, Ist, $50.00 bond;
2nd, $25.00.
State prizes—lst, $400.00 in savings
: bends; 2nd, SIOO.OO in saving bonds;
: 3rd, $50.00 in savings bonds.
The North Carolina Bankers’ As
i sociation is again sponsoring the
speaking contest. The Bank of Bden
. ton will donate the school and county
prizes.
The N. C. Bankers’ Association has
; sponsored a similar contest for sev
. eral years, as a result several hundred
high school students have learned pub
lic speaking.
North Carolina Flint
Feature PTA Meeting
Association Now' Has
171 Members In Good
Standing
“North- Carolina, Vacationland,” a
film showing the varied vacation re
sorts offered in the Sbate, was shown
.at the March meeting of the Parent-
Teacher Association, held Tuesday,
March IS, in the High School audi
torium. Nick George, program chair
man, secured the film for its Eden
,ton showing.
The devotional was given by J. O.
Powers, who read a selection from the
National Parent-Teacher’s Magazine.
During the business session, con ;
ducted by Mrs. A. F. Dawnum, presi
dent, the association voted to donate
money to purchase one tare for the
school bus which is used for extra
curricular activities. A nominating
committee to select candidates for the
association’s officers in 1951-52 was
appointed by Mrs. Dawnum. They
are: Mrs. John A. Holmes, chairman,
Mrs. Clarence Leary, Sr., and Mrs.
Richard Hines. Mrs. West Leary,
membership chairman, reported that
the association has 1711 paid member
ships.
Moderately Priced ;
Living Quarters Are I
Desired By Marines
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Capt. T. R. Boutwell Is
Anxious to Keep File
Os Vacancies
! Captain T. R. Boutwell, in charge
jof the Edenton Air Station, is very
much concerned about the inability
for Marines stationed at the base to
[secure moderately priced living quar- 1
tens. Captain Boutwell informed The
Herald that the present personnel at;
the base is about 100 Marines, which
will remain so for possibly six to nine
months.
j This group, says Captain Boutwell,
is composed of mostly corporals, pri
vates first class and privates, whd*
| arc unable to pay the same amount of
rent as officers, but are just as an
xious to live with their families.
Captain Boutwell is very anxious to
j learn of any moderately priced rent
al quarters so he can inform Marines
stationed at the base. He will, he
says, keep a file of any vacancies if
[the information is given him, which
should include what is for rent and
hew much rent is charged.
| The Herald understands that con
struction activities at the base will
'not begin until about July.
Easter Seal Sale
Now In Progress
Batches of Seals Sent to
About 400 Families
In County
In connection with the annual Eas
ter Seal Sale, about 400 families in
1 the county have received letters which
■ contained a batch of Easter Seals and
• ( a stamped addressed letter to Earl
Harrell, treasurer. It is hoped every ,
family who received a letter will re
turn a contribution at once or else re
turn the seals so that the result of the
drive will be known as soon as possi
ble.
i The seals are also being sold by
school children, and with the drive '
i ending on Sunday, Easter day, it i 3
hoped the county will realize a sub
stantial return from the seal sale.
In event anybody has been missed,
they may telephone 51-J if they de
sire to make a contribution.
Methodists In " Favor
Os Anti-Gambling Bills
Meeting after the morning service ,
Sunday, members of the Board of
Stewards of the Methodist Church
voted unanimously to support two bills
in the General Assembly which will
outlaw pari-mutuel betting and other
forms of legalized gambling in North
, Carolina.
John A. Holmes was instructed to
write a letter to Representative John
F. White, urging him to support the
measures. •
Bill Introduced To
Raise Treasurer’s Pay
Thursday of last week Representa
tive John F. White introduced H!B 679
in the House of Representatives. The
bill calls for fixing the compensation
of the county treasurer at $1,200 an
nually.
Hie bill was sent to the salaries and
fees committee.
Edenton I
I Pilgrimage
In this issue The Herald presents
the second installment of homes and
buildings which will be open to the >
public during the second pilgrimage of
Edenton and Countryside, April 13th
and 14th.
Folders welcoming visitors and
carrying all information on the pil
grimage including a brief history of
the 32 sites marked and open have
been sent to the 5,000 visitors who '
registered during the 1949 tour. Fold-1
ers have also been sent to travel
agencies, hotels, motels, the Chamber |
of Commerce, Department of Conser-j
ration, News Bureaus, Radio Stations, j
magazines and newspapers through
out the nation. Numerous letters of
inquiry have been received from vari
ous states and agencies.
Today’s installment of homes, in
cludes the following places:
Littlejohn House—West Eden St.
Built 1775 by William Littlejohn, Com
missioner of the Port of Roanoke. He
lived in this house until death, 1817.
His wife was Sarah Blount of Mul
berry Hill. Now owned by Mr. and
Mrs. T. C. By rum, Jr. Open Friday
and Saturday, 10 to 12 A. M., and
2tosP. M. » '
Booth House—North Granville St.
The original part of this house was;
built in 1776 on lots acquired from'
the Commissioners of Edenton by
James Gardner. It was subsequently
enlarged, presumably by Booth, a mer
chant from whom it acquired its name.
The hallway with Chippendale stair
way and living room with wainscoat
iing and panelled mantel of heart pine
may have been added at that time.
When threatened with destruction
some years ago, it was purchased by
.Mary and Dossey Pruden. In 1942 it
'; was moved by the present owners, Mr.
and Mrs. Leland Plant, from its origi
nal location on East Church Street,
about one-half mile, to 108 North
[ Granville Street. Open Friday and
■d SatawSay, 10 to 12 noon ..\d 2 to 5
HP. :M.
; !St. Paul’s Church—West Church St.
Second earliest Church building in
| North Carolina, built in 1736, during
the administration of the Society for
, the Propogation of the Gospel for
[ Foreign Parts. The first parish or
i ganized under the Vestry Act and has,
’ therefore, the oldest charter in North
I Carolina. The Church has been re
built as nearly as possible as it was
before the fire, 1949. Open Friday
[ and Saturday, 10 A. M., to 6 P. M.
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Easter Sunrise
Service Sunday At
Center HHI Church
Ministers Os Various
Denominations Will
Take Part
The Rev. R. M. Gradeless, pastor of
the Chowan Charge of the Methodist
(Church, has announced that a Union
Easter sunrise service will be held in
tlie Center Hill Methodist Church next
iSunday morning at 6 o’clock. Am in
teresting program is being arranged
and it is hoped the church will be fill
ed with not only members of the
church, but those belonging to other
denominations.
The Rev. R. E. Gordon, pastor of the
Rocky Hock Baptist Church, will
preach the sermon and the Rev. J. W.
Davis, pastor of Ballard’s Bridge Bap
tist Church, will preside. Ministers
of other churches in the community
will also take part in the service.
W. J. Daniels of Edertton has
agreed to lead the united choir at the 1
service. *
Schools Will Close
For Faster Monday
Schools in both the county and
Edenton administrative units will close
March 26 in observance of Easter
Monday.
The holiday does not apply to the
colored schools in the county unit due
to taking off Friday of last week in
order for the teachers to attend the
State Teachers Association meeting
held in Raleigh.
BANK CLOSES MONDAY
The Bank of Edenton will be closed
all day next Monday March 26 in or
der to observe the Easter Monday holi
day. All important banking business
should be transacted accordingly.
0 Per Y ear.
Disti 4 w
Meeti,% ’uled
Herto.l Friday
Plans Will Be Discussed
For Annual Drive
For Fund
Plans for the year’s program of
community service, education, and re
search and for the annual campaign
| in April will be formulated at 10 Dis
trict Meetings of the North Carolina
[Division of the American Cancer So
ciety, to be held throughout the State
during the next two weeks.
Sites and dates tor the meetings are
announced by Mrs. George F. Mar
shall, of Mt. Airy, State Commander
and Executive-Vice-president of the
North Carolina Division.
Among the district meetings sched
uled is one in Edenton, which will be
held Friday, March 23.
State Officers attending the meet
ngs will include Mrs. Marshall and
General Ira T.. Wyche of Pinehurst,
who has just accepted appointment as
State Campaign Chairman for 1951;
Mrs. Donald E. Kent, Chapel Hill,
'State Educational Director, and Col
lins Ervin, State Field Representa
| tive.
In a message to district command
ers Mrs. Marshall stressed the im
. portance of good attendance at a dis
trict meeting, pointing out that .this
will be “a wonderful opportunity to
extend the educational program of the
State Division.”
The sessions will open at 10:30 A.
M., and run through 3:30 P. M., and
’ will include a luncheon meeting.
[ The 1951 Cancer Crusade in Eden
t ton will be sponsored by the Junior
Woman’s Club and co-sponsored by
' the Home Demonstration Clubs of
Chowan County.
’ Mrs. J. N. Pruden, Jr., has been
j named County Commander; Mrs. Wes
- ley Sr., a Representative of
3 ;the Horrid^Dehsonstr v£jon Clubs, has
[been named County Chairman and
" iMiss Kathrvn Brown will act as
l ,
■ treasurer.
: Lions Minstrel Will
; Be Staged April 6th
/
Show Expected to Be
Even Better Than In
Previous Years
Plans are progressing very satis-:
factorily for the annual minstrel
sponsored by the Edenton Lions Club,
which will be presented in the high
school auditorium Friday night, April
6, at 8 o’clock.
Nick George is directing the min
strel this year and rehearsals are al
ready under way. This year’s show
will feature new songs and jokes and
the prediction is that it will be even
better than in previous years.
Tickets arc now on sale by members
of the Lions Club and it is hoped the
spacious auditorium will be filled when
the minstrel is presented.
VFW Post Elects
Officers March 27
Meeting Wfflße Held In
Post’s Home At 8
O’clock
I
William H. Coffield Post, No. 9280,
will hold its annual election for Post
I officers Tuesday night, March 27, at
,8 o’clock. The meeting will be held
in the Post’s home at the comer of
Broad and King streets.
Commander W. C. Moore, Jr., urges
all VFW members who have not re
newed their 1961 membership to do so
at once, for they must be in good
standing in order to be eligible to vote.
Turn On Red Light
No Longer Allowed
Chief of Police George I. Dail re
-1 ports a change in traffic regulations
• relative to turning right on red lights
at the comers of Broad and Queen
Streets and Broad and Church
Streets.
Heretofore right turns were allowed
1 at these intersections When the red
light was on, but due to danger to pe
destrians no turn will be allowed at
' either intersection when the red light
is on.