Volume XVm.—No. 13.
Eastern Newspaper
Group Will Meet In
Edenton May 11-12
Directors Accept Invita
tion at Meeting’ Held'
In (Wilson
75 TO 100 EXPECTED
Headquarters For Meet
ing Will Be Hotel
Joseph (Hewes
At a meeting off" the directors of the
Eastern North iCarolina Press Asso
ciation held in Wilson lart week it
was decided to hold the .spring meet
ing in Edenton Friday and Saturday,
May 11 and -12. The invitation for
the newspaper folk to meet in Edenton
was extended by J. Edwin Rufflap,
editor of The Herald.
It was the desire of most of the
directors to meet in Edenton and af
ter conferring iwith Bo Thomas, mana
ger of Joseph Hefwes Hotel, he ex
pressed the opinion that the hotel
would be able to accommodate the
guests and that the ball room mil
be available to conduct the business
meeting. Mr. Thomas was delighted
to learn that the convention was plan
ned for Edenton and offered his ser
vices in any way to make the meet
ing pleasant and successful. In the
neighborhood off 100 newsfpaper people
are expected to attend.
'Hosts ’for the meeting will be The
Chowan Herald, the Hertford County
Herald at Ahoskie, the WilKamston
Enterprise at Williamston, and the
Roanoke Beacon at Plymouth.
Mrs. Elizabeth Swindell of Wilson
is at present president of the Asso
ciation and is looking forward to the
meeting in Edenlbon, which will bring
together most off the newspaper folk
in the eastern part oif tjfo estate.
A meeting of heat newspapers
will be held very soon in order to
make arrangements for the meeting.
L. $. Bymm Named
On Welfare Board
Announcement Made By
Frank Daniels, State'
Chairman
New members have be«n named to
.North Carolina’s county boards of;
public welfare, it is announced here
by Frank A. Daniels off Raleigh, chair
man of the State Board off Public Wel
fare. Each county in the state has a
three-member welfare board and the
State Board is empowered to name
one of the three members, according
to Mr. Daniels.
Terms for the neiw members an
nounced by Mr. Daniels will begin
April 1, 1951, and will run for three
yeans. Mr. Daniels said that the State
Board, in appointing the nejw mem
bers, had searched for “civic-minded,
socially-conscious citizens’’ who were
willing to accept the increasing re
sponsibility being carried .by county
welfare boards under the state’s plan
for a locally-administered public wel
fare program. “We believe that every
one of the persons we have appointed
to these boards is an excellent choice,”
he emphasized. “We took into account
the recommendations off private citi
zens, county and city officials, and
state legislators, and ealch person rec
ommended was carefully considered.
We are sure that the state’s welfare
program, set the local level, will be
in good hands and that every effort i
will be made to provide efficient wel
fare services directed toward meeting
carefully investigated need and toward
helping people to help themselves.
The large degree off local responsi
bility for financing and administering
the program keeps His public welfare
program close to the citizens off every
county.”
Appointments were originally made
at the last quarterly meeting of the
State Board In February, Mr. Daniels
stated.
Named on the Chowan County Board
was L. S. Byrum.
Miss Colwell Is Patient i 1
In Wilmington Hospital |1
(Miss Rebecca Colwell, home demon- 5
stration agent, underwent an aooen- ■
deetomv at the James Watson Has- 3
pital, Wilmington, N. <5., on Tuesday, ]
March 20. She Is getting along nicely 1
. .
THE CHOWAN HERALD
[Golf Tournament]
Announcement was made late
last week that a golf tournament
will be held on the Edenton golf
course Sunday, April 1, between
Edenton and lAhoskie golfers.
The match is scheduled to begin
at 12 o’clock noon, and those who
plan to participate (are asked to be
at the club house promptly at 12
o’clock.
Edenton Rotary Club
Win Celebrate 25th
Anniversary Tonight
Banquet at Hotel Joseph
Hewes Starting at
; 7:30 O’clock
Edenton ißotarians will celebrate
the 25th anniversary of the local club
1 tonight (Thursday) when a banquet
! will be held in the ball room of Hotel
1 Joseph Hewes at 7:30 o’clock. The
Rotarians will have .their Rotaryannes
1 as special * guests for the occasion,
r and a delightful program has been
1 planned, which includes a brief history
'■ of the Edenton <3ll* by John A.
Holmes.
1 . It is expected that about 150 will
‘ attend the birthday celebration, includ
‘ ing Rotarians from the clubs at Eliza
; beth City, Hertford, Columbia, Wind
‘ sor and Plymouth. Besides these,
special guests will include charter
1 members of the club who are not now
* metr&ers. The clilb now has only two
charter members, John A. Holmes and
C. H. Wood.
The committee which is arranging
for the celebration includes C. B.
I Mooney, H. A. Campen, W. B. Rose
vear, Richard Elliott and John A.
Holmes.
Two Pitchers Signed
By Gashouse Parker
■ Monk Raines and Dick
Brockwell Will Play
With Colonials
1 Gashouse Parker, manager of the
■ Edenton Colonials, announced this
’ week that he* has secured two out
standing pitchers for the forthcoming
■ Virginia League season,
i The first was John “Monk” Raines,
1 who played in the Palmetto League
in South Carolina last season under
Parker, who managed the Kingscree
- Club. Raines was a four letter man
at Presbyterian College in South
Carolina, where he starred in baseball,
basketball, football and track.
Raines acquisition to the Colonials’
roster has boosted baseball stock, the
belief being that he will be one off the
best pitchers in the league. Last sea
son he won 17 games and lost five.
He had 200 strikeouts to his credit.
The other is Richard (Dick) Brock
well, who played with Edenton last
season and was optioned to the Co
lonials by Atlanta. He is po stranger
in the Virginia League, having play
,ed with Petersburg in 1948, when he
chalked up more than 20 victories.
For Edenton last year, he won five
games and lost four.
James H. Basnight
VFW Commander
Officers For Post Elect
ed at Meeting Tues
day Night I
Art a meeting of the local VFW Poet
(held Tuesday night, James H. Bas
night was elected Post Commander,
succeeding W. C. Moore, Jr.
Other officers were W. D. (BSU) ,
Harris, senior vice-earrtmander; Percy
Tail, junior vice-commander; James
Bond, quartermaster; Henry Quinn,
part advocate; W. C. Keeter, chap- i
lain; Dr. Martin Wisely, surgeon and i
Murriell Byrum, trustee for a three- !
•uic-nr fn...
™ •cerin.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 29,1951,
[lafcolm Copeland
Wins First Prize In
Speaking Contest
Prizes For Contest Are
Awarded By Bank
Os Edenton
On Friday, March 23, the Chowan
County “Green Pastures” speaking j
contest was held at Chowan Highi
School. Malcolm Copeland, senior at
Chowan High School, won first prize.
and represented the county at the
sub-group contest held in Elizabeth
City on March 28.
Clifford Overman represented Eden
ton High (School, and won second
place. Only the top winner from each
off the two high schools competed, as
there were no arrangements made for
| the second and third place winners
I from each school to compete for the
I county championships, as has been
done in some counties previously.
The North ICarolina Banners Asso
tciation again sponsored the contest,
'as it has for the past several years.
The subject of the speech was “Green
Their Place in the Economy
of North Carolina.”
j The Bank of (Edenton donated the
school and also the county prizes.
The prizes were:
School—'First, $10.00; second, $5.00;
third, $2.60.
County—First, $16.00.
' The Bankers Association of North
? Carolina is to be congratulated on its
I farsighted program off sponsoring such
[ speaking contests. A great many high
" school students have learned public
speaking in these contests and many
’ more are looking forward to the con
r test in 19511.
The contestants, winners, as well as
losers are greatly indebted to the
Bank of Edenton few its progessiveness
1 and generosity in sponsoring the con-,
test on a school and ‘county basis.
r Mayor Urging All ;
: To Help Red Cross
l Points Out That Money
Is Spent For Relief
Locally
I Though no definite report has been
released, it is understood that the re-1
sponse to the Red Cross fund raising
appeal in Chowan County is somewhat
1 lagging.
Mayor Leroy Haskett, as a town of
ficial and chairman of the Chowan
. County Red Cross Disaster Service,
‘ appeals for immediate and generous
response for contributions.
(Mayor Haskett pointed out a few
services by the Red Cross locally,
which he said might not be generally
s known. “For instance,’’ he said,
* “payments in cash have been made
■ from local fuilds when misfortune
' strikes, such as when people have lost
their homes by fire. Besides, cloth
> ing and house furnishings have also
i been provided in an effort to assist
people who have lost all their belong
■ ings.”'
1 The Mayor points out that the more
1 contributions received during the
i drive, the more money will be avail
| able .to offer assistance locally when(
disaster and misfortune strikes. It is
! for that reason that he urges every
body to make a substantial contribu
tion during the drive.
Revival Services At
Center Hill Church
i
Dr. Ronald E. Wall of
Greensboro Visiting
Preacher
Revival services began in the Center
Hill Baptist Church at Tyner Sunday
and will be in progress the remainder
of tins week, coming to a close Fri
day night. The services are held each !
night at 7:30 o’clock with a gospel ■
message brought by Dr. Ronald E.
Wall, pastor off the College Park Bap- 1
tist Church at Greensboro. Dr. Wall j
was formerly pastor of the BlackwelJ
Memorial Baptist Church at Eliza- I
beth City.
Special music is featured at each 1
service by the pastor, the Rev. Paul
E. Lemons, who extends an invitation
to everybody to attend.
SPECIAL MASONIC MEETING
<3. B. Mooney, master of Unanimity
Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., an
nounces a special meeting of the lodge
for tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock.
All members axe urged to attend.
IMMen-Pocahontas
Plan Joint Meeting
lext Monday Night
Wade Marr of Elizabeth
City Will Be Princi
pal Speaker
Plans have been completed for a
j joint public meeting of Chowan Tribe
i Red Men and Degree of Pocahontas i
to be held Monday night in the ball
.room off Hotel Joseph Hewes. The
| meeting will begin promptly at 7:301
o’clock, when a cold plate dinner will
be served by Mrs. W. L. Boswell.
A feature of the meeting will be an
| address by. Wade Marr Os Elizabeth
City. Mr. Marr is a splendid after
1 dinner speaker and is very much in
’ demand not only in North Carolina but
*, in other sections of the country, so
* that it is hoped a goodly number will
I be on hand to hear him. Mr. Man
will speak following the dinner, and
' the public is invited to hear him.
i Each lodge has appointed commit
■ tees to arrange for the meeting. For
1 the Red Men the committee is com
’ Posed ofR. B. Hollowell, Walter Bond,
Erie Haste and Horace White.
5 The Pocahontas committee includes
Mrs. W. O. White, Mrs. L. 0. Cope
land, Mrs. E. G. Williford, Mrs. Horace
! White and Mrs. Erie Haste.
Prominent members off the Red Men
and Degree of Pocahontas in the state
1 will be special guests at the meeting,
> who will be introduced by R. B. Hollo
-1 well. J. Edwin Bufflap has been cho
-1 sen to act ’as toastmaster for the oc
: casion. Another special feature will
' be several numbers by a trio composed
’ of Juanita Bennett, Frances Bennett
and Grace Hudson.
i
: Glee Club Operetta
Presented Friday
f The Belle of Barcelona*
) Promises Delightful
Entertainment
Edenton High School’s Glee Club
will .present its annual operetta, “The
Belle of Mareelona,” Friday night in
the school auditorium at 8 o’clock.
( The operetta is directed by Mrs. Mary
j Leggett Browning and promises to
. I provide an evening of delightful en
; tertainment.
Those taking part in the operetta
are: Byron Kehayes, Harriett Con-,
| ger, Syble Cayton, Glenn Twiddy,
Billy Bond, Stanford Spruill, John A.
| Jones, Mary Ann Elliott, Frank
Hughes, Bobby Bunch, John Ward,
, Gene Ward, Linda Downum, Joan
Cobb, Jane Spry, Juanita Bennett and
Emmett Eason.
Included in the chorus of Spanish
students are: Emmett Eason, Gene
Ward, Joan Cobh, Jane Spry, Juanita
(Bennett, Linda Downum, Shirley
Keeter, Ralph Bennett, Charles Mor
gan, Frances Bennett, Grace Hudson,
Lillian Leary, Dorothy Baer, Mear
plene Hudson, Pearl Halsey, Legion
Owens, Margaret Miller, Dorine Alex
ander, Christine Brown, Sara Wood,
Bessie Tynch, Gene Saunders, Ben!
Browning, Kenneth Campbell, Gerald'
Collins, Clifford Overman, Burton
Harrison, Rupert Williams, Donald
Batton, Arthur Chappell, Betty By
rum, Jean Leary, Dorothy Nenninger,
Marietta Perry, Lucille Winslow, Vir
ginia Downing, Evelyn Harrell, Doris
Miller, Barbara (Blades and Billie [
Earle Harrell. i;
Aside from Mrs. Browning, others
helping ,to stage the operetta are:
Costumes, Miss Miriam Scott; publi- i
city, Miss Mary Morris; stage set,
George Gelbach; dance routines, Mrs. ,
Ernest Gentile; accompanist, Margery ;
Thigpen; stage manager, Billy Stal
lings; electrician, Vernon MdClenny;
makeup, Mrs. J. E. Debnam; student ;
assistant, Carolyn Harrell.
BIBLE CLASS MEETS
The Young Woman’s Bible Class of
the Baptist Church will meet Tues
day night at the home of Mrs. George j
Privoitt on tiie Windsor highiway. 'The t
meeting will start at 8 o’clock and all
members are urged to attend.
|_Bectricity Off j
Users of electricity are advised i
that current will be ent off early 1
Sunday morning for about two i
hours. Doe to the Virginia Elec- i
trie A Power Company making
changes on a 100,000-volt line <
feeding this entire section, the
eurent will be cut off at 12:15 i
A. M., and remain off until about >
2:15 A. iML I
Clean-Up Week Will
Be Held iton
Beginning April 2nd
| Lions Speaker l|
T. C. JOHNSON
North Carolina Paroles Com
missioner T. C. Johnson will be
the principal speaker at the Eden
ton Lions Club meeting Monday
night.
Paroles Official To
i Speak For Lions
Commissioner Accepts
Invitation Extended
By Mayor Haskett
' T. C. Johnson, Commissioner of Pa
roles for North Carolina, will be guest
speaker at the Lions Club meeting
» nexit Monday night, 2.
Mr. Johnson was invited to speak
at the meeting by 'Mayor Leroy Has
kett, president of the club. In accept
ing the invitation, Mr. Johnson said,
“I have long waited an opportunity
* >f visiting your city and meeting
! some off your people. I shall look for
-1 ward to this visit.”
• Mr. Johnson is included in the 1950-
r sl ’’Who’s Who In America.” He
> was ordained as a Baptist minister in
■ 1917, preaching at Kinston and New
j ton. He also taught at Anderson, S.
1 ,C., College and High Point College,
' | where he was dean of men from 1928
> to 1930. lie was named Paroles Com
•'missioner in 1949. He is also author
: of several books, writer of Sunday
> School lessons and contributes to a
1 number of.religious journals.
I The Lions meeting was called off
this week due to observance of Easter
1 Monday and President Haskett urges
! every member Os the club to attend
1 Monday night.
r
WilifeCll 111
Meet April 13th
-
Feature Will Be Rabbit
Trailing By Beagle
Hounds i
i
Chowan County’s Wildlife Club will
I meet at the Cross Roads Community!
Building Friday night, April 13 at I
7 o’clock, at which time a dinner will
be served by the Center Hill Woman’s
Club.
Anybody interested in wildlife is
cordially invited to attend this meet
ing, but should notify Elton Jordan,
Raymond Mansfield, 'Rodney Byrum,
Shelton Rogerson or David Holton be
fore Tuesday, April 10, so that ar
rangements can be made for sufficient'
meals to be served. eßtween 50 and
75 are expected to attend.
'After the dinner the group will ad
journ to a nearby county road, where
they will listen to 25 beagle hounds
trailing rabbits.
Farm Bureau Will
Meet Friday Night
Paul Oiber, secretary of the Cho
wan County Farm Bureau, announces
a meeting off the organization to be
held Friday night, March 30, at 8
o’clock at the Chowan Community
Building.
(Subjects for discussion are: “Pro
ducing Higher (Cotton Yields In 1951,”
“Artificial Breeding off Dairy Cattle”
and “Producing Worm-free Sweet
Corn.” All members are urged to at
tend.
$2.00 Per Year.
IMayor Issues Proclama-
I tion Asking For Gen
eral Cooperation
I VISITORS COMING
Clean Town Especially
, Desired For Forthcom
ing Pilgrimage .
Mayor Leroy Hasett this week- stat
ed that Clean Up and Paint Up Week
will be observed in Edenton starting
next Monday, April 2. In calling upon
citizens to cooperate, Mayor Haskett
especially emphasized the forthcoming
pilgrimage of colonial Edenton, when
it is hoped the entire town will be
cleaned up and made attractive for
the many visitors who are expected to
come here foe the pilgrimage.
In order to present a neat and at
tractive town, Mayor Haskett issued
the following proclamation:
‘Whereas, the general heal + h and
welfare of our citizens depend upon
j wholesome surroundings arising from
■ good clean living conditions, and
j “Whereas, the lives and property of
i our people are endangered by fire
I caused by the cluttered conditions in
homes, factories, alleys, and streets
“Therefore I, Leroy H. Haskett,
, Mayor of the Town of Edenton, do
I hereby designate the week of April
2nd as clean-up and paint-up week,
sponsored by the Junior Woman’s Club
and call on all Departments of the
Town, its commercial organizations,
civic clubs, schools, churches, boys’
and girls’ clubs, and all other associa
tions, and our people in general to
take an active part this year, especial
ly since the Pilgrimage of Colonial
I Edenton and Countryside will he held
’ in just two weeks. You have always
cooperated with me in our undertak
c ings, and I know you wiil this time.”
Edenton has a reputation for being
‘ a clean and tidy town, but Mayor Has
’ Lett stated there is room for improve
’ merit and calls upon citizens and mer
> chants to tidy up their premises es
' pecially due to the pilgrimage which is
J expected to bring many visitors not
.only from North Carolina but other
; states as well.
I I The Street Department will exert
' | every efort to cooperate in removing
•'trash as it is assembled.
James Perry Wins
Wildlife Contest
! Local Youngster Will
Enter Contest For
State Honors
James Perry was one off the two
district winners in an essay contest
sponsored by the N C. Wildlife Fed
eration, and will, together with the
other winner from Elizabeth City,
compete with two winners in each of
the other nine districts for State
| honors. Twelve counties were repre
isented in the district trials,
l' The prize for the district winners
lis a free trip to the State Convention
which will be held in October. The
State prizes will be SIOO for • first
-plaice and SSO for second.
| Winners in the county contest were
James Perry, Pete Adams and Gene
Ward, with first prize being $lO, sec
ond prize $7.50 and third prize $5.00.
Besides these prizes, each winner was
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District Meeting Os .
Legion Auxiliary
Announcement was made this week
that the annual district meeting of the
'first and second districts oif the Amer
ican Legion Auxiliary will be held at
Lake Mattumaskeet Lodge, Englehard,
N. €., on Friday, March 30, at 10:30
A. M.
(Members of the Edenton Auxiliary
who desire to attend this meeting are
asked to contact Mrs. James Bond im
mediately in order that transportation
may 'be provided. Mrs. Bond hopes
that a goodly number off delegates will
attend the meeting.
PTA MEETS TUESDAY
Edenton’s Parent-Teacher Associa
tion will meet Tuesday afternoon,
A'pril 3, at 3:30 o’clock in the school
library. Mrs. A. IF. Downum, presi
dent, urges a full attendance due to
the fact that a new slate of officers
is scheduled to be presented and elect
ed at the meeting.