North Carolina Newspapers

Volume XVm.— No. 16. Second Pilgrimage I Os Colonial Edenton Successful Occasion in ■ m mmm m n 111 1 m 1 111 n n imnnriniWVYr i~i~ < h Throng of Visitors En joy Seeing Homes and Historical Sites GOOD PUBLICITY * Many High In Praise of Points Visited and Hospitality iWith ideal weather prevailing, the second pilgrimage of Colonial Eden ton and Countryside Friday and Sat urday was a complete success from every viewpoint. The event was spon sored by the Edenton Junior Woman’s Club, members of which are elated over the success of the affair. While estimates of visitors in the, 1949 pilgrimage ranged all the way from 800 to 6,000, it was .pointed out that in the first event visitors regis tered at each .place visited, which, of course, resulted in many duplications. The opinion is advanced, however, that '' this year’s attendance equalled or even surpassed that of '1949 despite the fact that 'this year’s tour was only two days, whereas in 1949 it was three days. » From the registration book it was learned that visitors attended from 11 states, including (North Carolina Wisconsin, (Maryland, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, (Massachusetts, South Caro lina, Georgia, Connecticut and New York. Virginia, by the way had th largest number of representatives. IA casual glimpse at the registration book showed visitors from Spring field, Va., Island Creek, Mass., Lourill, Mass., Port Worth, Texas, Elkbam, Wis., as well as many others. A num ber of cars from other states were also noticed, with occupants apparent ly visiting where they saw the signs displayed but who did not register for the entire tour. Some also remained over urttil Sunday, when they visited places which had-met been seen the previous day. The tour went off without a hitch due to efficient plans made by those in charge and the splendid cooperation on the part of many people. School children served as guides for the vari ous groups as they were taken from place to place, and upon their return to 'Hotel Joseph Hewes, headquartens for the tour, the most complimentary remarks were heard about the gracious reception with wbicji they were re ceived by hostesses and citizens in general. Some comment was heard that Edenton’s historical sites were so much more attractive than those at Williamsburg in that they have been kept as .they originally were. Again this year Mrs. Jimmie Earn hardt was general chairman of the pil grimage, and she enoyed the whole hearted cooperation of all members of (Continued on Page Twelve) State Takes Over $15,000 Mortgage On IredMTProperty Representative John F. White Responsible For Passage of Bill D»e to tire interest and efforts of Representative John F. White, a bill was passed during tire last week of the General 'Assembly to relieve (the Edenton Tea (Party Chapter of the Daughters of the American (Revolution of a $16,000 mortgage on the James Iredell house on East Church Street. | Jf The DA® Chapter shouldered » great responsibility in purchasing the property in order to maintain it as one of (Edsntonfe historical shrines. The ladies have sponsored all kinds of fewSSKSS: will wipe out the indebtedness. S’*" * <*■*-. will new be able ,to expend their ener gy and finances in (beautifying the ***** * meeting heavy) ( mortgage .payments. i . f* O v i Percy Dai! New Vice fa Commander Os VFW j i| An error was made in the report ( last week regarding new officers for S j was listed as Junior vice commander, . I. ***** W * B inßtall6< * j THE CHOWAN HERAU? _Wards ChangedJ With the Town election sched uled to be held Tuesday, May 8, voters in the Fourth Ward living between the north side of Church iStreet and the south side of Car- « teret Street are reminded that they are now part of the Second Ward and will have to register and vote in the Second Ward. Registration books are now open and voters in this area are obliged to register in the Second Ward if they desire to vote in the j forthcoming or future elections. 650 Cows Signed Up In Artificial Breeders' Group Three Counties Includ ing Chowan Organize Association “Milk from contented cows” has long been a slogan of one of Ameri oa’s largest canned milk companies. That slogan should be changed for dairymen and other milk producers in Chowan County. With .the formation of the Albemarle Artificial Breedens’ (Association milk will no longer come from contented cows, but from cows that are con- I stantly trying to improve. Content | ment means satisfaction, happiness, a state of enjoyment, and can often lead 1 to lethargy, indifference, and laziness. For this reason farmers in three ! A1 [ berrtarle counties decided to do 3ome 1 thing about their contented cows. (Chowan, Perquimans, and Pasquo tank farmers and dairymen decided that they should improve .their milk cow herds by (breeding to better bulls. | Several meetings were held, and many . persons have spent considerable time writing up members. As a result of this work, the Albemarle 'Breeders’ As sociation, Inc., recently received its | charter from Thad Eure, Secretary of . State, and service will begin on May , 1,1961. This is much sooner than Wa3 | originally expected. Frank Jessup, of Hertford, will serve as Artificial Inseminator, and i 3 subject to call by members seven (lays per week. This service should prove (to be a great Kelp to farmers who like to sleep late (Sunday .mom ings and don’t like 'to chase a cow that has broken out of the pasture. (Mr. Jessup has already set up a day time office in the Agricultural Build (Continued on Page Eleven) Important Meeting Os Edenton Band Is Scheduled Tonight Concert and Election of Officers Highlights * Os Meeting R. N. Hines, president of the Eden • ton (High (School Band, announces that ‘the annual band parents meeting will be held tonight (Thursday) in the high school auditorium at 8 o’clock. The band will present a concert, af ter which a business meeting will be held, the principal item of business be ing the election of Officers. A presi dent, vice-president, secretary and treasurer are scheduled to be elected. The present officers are: Richard N. •Hines, president; (Mrs. (Francis Hides, vice-president; Mrs. West (Leary, sec retary, and John Kramer, treasurer. Various key committees are expect ed to submit reports and .plans for the coming year win be dacueßed. All parents or other interested citi zens are urged to attend the meering to participate in the various discus sions. , MASONS MEET TONIGHT * • •* - ' Unanimity (Lodge, No. 7, A. F. A A, if., will meat tonight (Thursday) in the Court House at 8 o’clock, C. B. Mooney, master of the'lodge, urgeb Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 19,1951. Everett Case To Be I Speaker At Varsity Club Sports Banquet Annual Affair In Local 1 Armory Monday, May I4th \ Everett Case, head (basketball coach at North (Carolina (State College, will i be the .principal speaker at the annual ] Varsity Club 'Sports Award Banquet i to be held in the armory on Monday night, May 14. , Case, one of the nation’s most out standing basketball coaches and the ; man who in the past five years has brought basketball greatness to North Carolina and the South, will bring along a technicolor movie of a game in which his famed Wolfpack participat ed. Case guided the destinies of the State College Wolfpack for the past five seasons and in all these years his teams have ranked in the top ten in the nation. The genial 'boss of the Pack has tutored such All-Americans as Dick Dickey and iSammy Ranzino as well as such outstanding stars as Paul (Horvath, Vic 'Bubas, Jack Mc- Comas, Warren Cartier, Joe Hardnd and (Lee Terrill. There is a possibility that Ranzino may accompany the State College coach to Edenton pro- I riding scholastic work doesn’t inter- I sere. . The banquet, the second of its kind staged by the Varsity dub, will again ’ honor the athletes, boys and girls, -at Edenton High School. 'Last year at the first such affair, W. N. Cox of Norfolk was the principal speaker and other guests included Darrell i Royal and Charlie Teague. Varsity Club trophies and other awards were » presented to the athletes of the local f school and the same procedure is to i be followed this season. Efforts are underway to secure out -3 standing collegiate athletes of the past J year to speak briefly and to make * the presentation of trophies. The ' Varsity Club this year will give a ■ most outstanding players’ trophy to J the athlete voted by the club to best * fulfill the qualifications for the tro- L phy. Tfiese beautiful trophies will be given to a football player, a base ball player, and ito the boy and girl voted the most outstanding in baeket - ball. President Joe Conger says that the Club is exceedingly happy over secur ‘ ing Case to make the principal ad [ dress and added that plans are being hurried at present to make this ban- L quet a bigger success than the one 3 1 held in 1950. Committees have been / appointed to carry out various assign at ments in staging .the banquet and all are hard at work on the project, j Within the next two weeks, final /word is expected to be released on j just who the athletes to present the 1 j trophies are and if present efforts j succeed, a very imposing array of ath j I letic talent from college and even pro fessional ranks will ;be on hand for t the banquet. r BREAM DISTRIBUTED Chowan County’s Wildlife Club last week received several thousand blue gill bream, which were placed in vari ous local Streams by Leon Thomas, game protector. The fish came from the N. C. Wild life Fishery at Fayetteville. PUNS ME GRADUALLY SHAPING IIP FOR EKM CAROLINA NEWSPAPER MEETING (SCHEDULEDS EDENTON Writ ANDI 2 Wade Marr Principal Speaker at Friday Night’s Banquet; Panel Discussion of Newspaper f Problems Feature of Business Session 1 iFkms «n rapidly shaping- up for tAe summer meeting of the Eastern North Carolina (Press (Association which -will meet in Edemfton 'Friday and Saturday, May 11, 12. It will be ith first time Edenton has had an oppor tunity to entertain the press associa tion, and members are looking forward with much pleasure to the meeting. Mrs. (Elisabeth G. Swindell of Wil son is president of the Association and has already released the schedule of business. The group is scheduled to be the guest of W. C. Manning of William ston at a luncheon in IWttliamSbon 'Friday at noon, after which they will proceed to Edenton, where a banquet will be (held Friday night at Hotel Jo seph Hewes, headquarters for th,e Con vention. The banquet will be served by Mrs. W. IL. Boswell. A feature of ithe banquet will foe an address by Wade Marr of 'Elizabeth City, who has quite a reputation as an after dinner speaker. Dr. Powell fleeted President Colonial Ball (M For 1951 Effort Now Under Way To Sell $3,000 Worth , Os Stock ' Dr. J. A. Powell was elected presi dent of the Edenton Colonials’ Base ball Club at a meeting Monday night of club directors. Powell, recently elected temporary chairman of the group, accepted the presidency and asked for the whole hearted cooperation of the group as Edenton takes its first step into pro fessional baseball as a member o thfe Class D Virginia League. , Other officers elected included C. Gibron ißrickle, David Holton, J. Cla rence Leary and Marvin Wilson as vice-presidents; iMarrin Wilson, secre tary; and Louis George Wilkins, treasurer. An executive committee I will be composed of the officers of .the { ciub and of five more men to be named . by the president. Shortly after the elections, Presi ' dent Powell immediately set about the business at hand. He appointed a three-man committee headed un by W. W. Byrum as chairman, and includ ing J. P. Partin and M. A. Hughes to organize a sales force and carry out a stock selling campaign to be terminated on Wednesday night, April 26. The club is attempting to sel some $3,000 in stocks. Marvin Wilson was appointed to draw up the by-laws for the club and Bill Cozart was named publicity chair man. The group will meet on Wed nasday night, April 25, at which time a report on the sale of stocks will be made as well as other reports red new items of business. Lqcal BUI Members Make Good Record mKfcgiondi Meeting Group Now Eligible to Compete In State Assembly At the regional Training Unioi Convention, • April 13-14, in Ahoskie, the Juniors of the Training Union De partment of the Baptist Church made a remarkable record. The six par ticipants in the Junior Memory Work Drill and the 22 members of the Jun , ior Choir were successful in each o . these tournaments. Both competed with region-widie participants and by their success are entitled to partiei pate in the Junior Memory Work Drill and the Hyimn Festival at the 1 State Assembly this summer. The Junior 'Miemory Work partici pants are Maxine Spruill, Sandra White, Linda Leary, Ann Spruill, Pa tricia Bunch, Billy Bunch. This is the first junior choir to go to th State Assembly from the Edenton church but it has been a regular oc currence for something like 16 year for the Edenton Junior Training Union f Saturday morning in the Court t House a business meeting will be held, t which will he featured by a panel dis l cussion of five categories of news paper work. Subjects and those leading the did ■ cussions are as follows: l (Rising Costs of Operating Costs by Frank (Daniels, general manager of • the (Raleigh News and Observer, and i Leslie (S. Thompson, publisher of /the i Whitevdlle News-Reporter. •Photography by (Jim IFutghum, city ! editor of ithe Wilson Daily Times, - and Billy Arthur, publisher of the Jacksonville News and (Views. 'Local and (Social News by Henry ; Dennis, publisher of the (Henderson Dispatch, and Norman (McCullock, pub lisher of the 'Bladen Journal. . Circulation by Ashley (B. Futrell, editor of the Washington Daily New s, ' and Magon Parker, publisher of the Hertford County Herald at Ahoskie. New (Revenue 'Producers by Berber 1 (('Ontiiu- Edenton Colonials Getting Ready For Opening Os Season A | New Lions President 1 J. RODNEY BYRUM ; Edenton Lions Club at its meet r ing Monday night elected J. Rod > ney Byrum as president for the | new year. He succeeds Mayor Leroy Haskett. i J. R. Byrum Elected | President By Lions New Officers Chosen By Club at Meeting on Monday Night At the Lions Club meeting Monday night a new slate of officers were elec ed for the new Lions year. J. Rodney By rum was elected presi ' dent, -auaceeding Mayor Leroy Has ( kett. Others elected were: Nick George, first vice-president; A. E. Jenkins, second vice-president; Earl • Harrell, .third vice-president; W. J. Taylor, secretary and treasurer; Ben Perry, tail twister; A1 Phillips, Lion tamer; 'Earl Harrell, pianist, and J. Clarence Leary, chorister. New di rectors elected are Dr. A. F. Downum , and A1 Phillips. A report showed that the Lions s minstrel netted approximately S4OO for blind work and the Easter seal c sale netted about $375 for the same purpose. The club decided to stage a donkey 1 baseball game Monday night, April 30, / at 8 o’clock in cooperation with the Varsity Club. Each club will furnish i' players and aid in selling tickets. The j club’s meeting for that night has been cancelled. T. 'B. Williford made a report on i the gum ball machine, which showed - proceeds of about $lO for the previous 3 month. The 'Rev. Norman 'Ashley of Salem i burg was recognized as the guest of Percy (Smith. House Os David To Play Colonials Bn Hicks Field Tuesday Fans Will Be Treated To Novel Baseball Exhibition Through the efforts of the Edenton Colonial baseball management, local fans will be treated to the most novel baseball exhibition in l£e history of the city next Tuesday night, April 24. On that day the nationally known House of David team, now on a tour of this country will appear here. Besides making up one of the beat diamqnd aggregations on the road as a travel ling team, the House of David aith letes are an attraction in (their person al appearance, their long beards be ing most unusual on the ball field but worn after the fashion of (the cult of which they are members. Whenever the diamond aggregation, composed of disciples of ithis strange religion appear, they draw record-breaking crowds and their exhibition 'besides being usually nearly flawless from a technical standpoint is of interest be cause of their unusual appearance. In connection with the game, which will be played on (Hicks Field at 8 o’clock, toe House of (David’s famous shadow game will be presented. This Is a most entertaining comedy base ball act. $2.00 Per Year. r - Group of Players Being* Drilled By Manager Parker PROSPECTS GOOD Virginia League Season Opens May 4th With Game In Edenton Edenton’s 'Colonials, preparing for their first step into organized base ball, entered their second week of spring drills Monday with nine men in uniform and two more have joined * the club since that drill. Manager Gashouse Parker led his charges through a spirited two-hour workout under a hot sun with a lengthy batting drill highlighting the session. In camp to date are pitchers Archie Templeton, John Raines, and Bill Her man; infielders (Dick Bland and Park er; catcher, Ed Oelardo; and outfield ers Trot Leary and Francis Hicks. Also in uniform this week were Hay wood Harrell, A1 Habit and Claude Griffin, all three local products. Grif fin is an infielder, while Harrell is an outfielder. Habit can play the outfield and can pitch. Expected to report any day now are outs ield 'Pete Messina, recently acquir (l ed from Petersburg; pitcher Dick . Brockwell; catcher-outfield, Joe Moss; ' outfielder Chester Brooks and inf jeld |er Joe Schene. M The moan in the major leagues this year is the old familiar “just one more starting pitcher.” Edenton, if the staff it has lined up comes up u> ex pectations, will have no such moan. f The Colonials expect to give the Vir ginia League the finest pitching staff in the loop. Already lined up are four first-rate starters and another, Bill . Herman, can be counted on for start { ing assignments as well as lots’of re ; lief work. And, the good part about 1 the Colonials’ staff is the fact that all its pitchers are workhorses and are available for lots of relief work if 1 needed. ißunning quickly through the mound corps: Archie-Templeton, lefthand -1 er, the man the St. Louis Cardinals paid a heathy bonus to sign back in g 1937. Played in the semi-pro Palmet -3 to League last season. Posted a great 1 record, can play outfield and hit .339 5 in 61 games, played Triple A ball. Fast, crafty, a hustler, will probably , be number one on Colonial staff; John ; “iMonk” Raines, righthander, sensa ’ (Continued on Page Twelve) ; Annual Masonic i Banouet AprH 30 ■ Edmund Harding Is Se cured as Guest Speak er For Affair 'Plans have been practically com pleted for the annual Masonic ladies’ night banquet of Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. 'M. The banquet will be held at Hotel Joseph Hewes f 'Monday night, April 30, starting promptly at 7:30 o’clock. A smother ed chicken dinner will be served by I Mrs. W. L. Boswell. I A very interesting program has been planned for the meeting, which will be featured by an address by Edmund Harding, of Washington, N. C. Mr. Harding is a well known after i dinner speaker and is very much in de -1 mand throughout the eastern part of ; the United States. The committee feels ' very fortunate in securing Mr. Hard ing as the speaker for toe occasion i and it is expected a limit will have to ' be made on the sale of tickets. The committee in charge of the ban t quet includes C. T. Griffin. H. A. Campen, Dee Skiles, W. J. Daniels, George Twiddy, Dr. W. S. Griffin and William O. White. Any of the above have tickets for sale. Junior - Senior Banquet And Dance Friday Night Edenton High School’s Junior-Senior banquet will be held in Itoe Hotel Jo i seph Hewes Coffee 'Shop Friday night, , when over 100 students and their dhtes will (be served :by (Mrs. W. L. Bos well. After the banquet the group will adjourn to th armory, where i a dance will be held. Music will be furnished by Dick Levin and his State College orchestra. About 200 are ex y-oted to attend the dance.