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Prominent Colored I
Citizen Opposed To
Firing D. F. Walker
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> Says All at Recent Mass
Meeting Not Against
Principal
GOODREOORD
Points With Pride to
School Under Walker’s
Administration
According to a prominent colored
citizen, the 700 people who attended
the mass meeting Sunday, May 13,
were not ail against D. F. Walker,
principal of the Colored High School,
as an article in last week’s Herald
ia&etfted.
According to information furnished
The Herald by a prominent colored
man, there were those present for the
sake of curiosity. Secondly there
were 'those present because they could
think of no better place to go for ex
citement and amusement. Thirdly,
there were those present who have re
alised that D. F. Walker's 19 years in
Edenton have culminated into many
successful and progressive projects.
"This town and community can be
exceedingly proud of having one of
the finest school plants that can be
found any place in North Carolina,”
says a friend of Walker. “This reali
ty in any sphere of sound reasoning
is indicative of the fact that in prev
ious yean the school has been steer
ed in such channels of progressive
ness and service so as to merit tile
erection of a bigger and better struc
ture in order that wider channels may
be open and greater service rendered
to this community.
“At open hohse Sunday one could
observe such emaculate surroundings
and academic exhibitions and straight
way realize that the plan of the school
system is well , directed.
“Abraham Lincoln once said thatr
*a house divided against itself cannot
stand.’ ’He that is without sin amoag
you, let him first cast a stone at her.’
—(St. John 8: 7).
“Let not a house be divided, nor let
us not be too eager to find fault. In
stead, let us work together in unity
and peace.
“Prof. Walker has worked in the
community for 19 years. To begin with
he had a staff of 11 elementary teach
ers and four high school teachers. To
day he has a staff of 25 teachers and
an enrollment of 971 pupils. Stu
dents who have left this school have
held their own with students of simi
lar institutions. He has made liberal
contributions in every community
drive. In fact, a responsible law
abiding citizen.”
CKnics Planned In
County For June
Schedule Released This
Week By Health De
partment
The Chowan County Health Depart
ment will hold immunization clinics in
the coudty during the month of June.
The following schedule has been re
leased:
Monday, June 11,18 and 26—Center
Hill, 9 A. M.; Arthur Dyrum's store,
10 A. Ml; A. T. Ferry’s store, 11 A.
M.; lioyd Briggs’ store at KJliden, 12
Boon.
Tuesday, June 12,19 and 26—(Parker
A Harrell’s store at Valhalla* 9 A. M.;
Rocky Hock Church, 10 A. M.; Elbert
Peele's store, 11 A. Mrr Grover Cale’s
store, it Boon. * ~ \
At these clinics preparation has been
r made to give the following immuniza
tions: Typhoid Vaccination, Diphther
ia (alone), Whooping Cough (alone),
Booster dose of !(•) typhoid (b) Diph
theria-Whooping Cough, Smallpox,
Schick Test, Tuberculin Test.
Fen go to your doctor for these
services, say Health Department of
and ago, poor address and vaccines
given with dates, and mail to the
Health Department for records.”
, Bank Os Edenton Will
dose Memorial Day
t - The Sank of Edenton will be dobed
all day Wednesday of next week. May <
*V AO, in observance of Memorial Day, a i
national noiHsay,• 'imponajit <1
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
|VMed In Korea]
(Mr. and Mrs. David P. MiseUe
were notified late last week by the
Secretary of file Army that their
son, Corporal Archie G. Mixetie,
was Hrioubl wounded In action
in Korea on April 22.
Corporal Mlxrile was previously
hospitalised November 22. 1956,
due to a lacerated left log bat re
turned to duty on February 15.
He enlisted in the army in 1949
and has spent most of his time
overseas, having served eight
months in Korea.
Finals Exercises Jit
Local High School
Ml Begin Sunday
Class Night Program Is
Changed From Friday
To Tuesday
Commencement exercises will begin
at Edenton High School Sunday night,
when the baccalaureate sermon wiH he
preached by the Rev. R. N. Carroll,
pastor of the Baptist Church. The
service will begin at 8 o’clock in the
school auditorium.
Class night, which was scheduled
to be held Friday of this week, has
been changed to Tuesday night of next
week at 8 o’clock. The change was
caused by a number of conflicting ac
tivities.
Graduation exercises will be* held
Wednesday night of next week, when
Dr. J. D. Messick, president of East
Carolina College at Greenville, will
speak to the graduates and their
friends.
According to J. 0. Powers, principal,
the eighth grade will not have a
commencement program this year due
to the fact 'that it is the middle
grade of the junior high school.
laycees Win Install
Officers Tonight
Interesting Affair Cal
culated to Attract
Large Number
Officers * for the Edenton Junior
Chamber of Commerce will be install
ed at a meeting tonight (Thursday) at
Hotel Joseph Hewes at 8 o’clock. For
the "occasion a number of prominent
local people have been invited, includ
ing Leroy Haskett, mayor and presi
dent of the Lions Club; David Holton,
president of .the senior Chamber of
Commerce; Thomas Byrum, president
of the Rotary Club; Mrs. Corie White,
president of the Business and Pro- 1
fessional Women’s Chib, and Mrs.
David Holton, president of the Junior .
Women’s Club.
Invitations have been sent to each
club in the Seventh District, eight of
whom have responded up to Tuesday (
of this week.
Other distinguished guests will in- ,
elude Fred Webb, of Elizabeth City,
district vice-president; Harry Stewart
of Raleigh, Statq president, and Cou
Brown, of Raleigh, national vice-presi
dent.
An interesting program has been ar
ranged for the occasion and from 8 '
to 7 o’clock at the hotel a cocktail
party will be held for the out-of-town ’
guegts. ' ,
. Officers, who will be installed by
Harry Stewart, are as fallows: George
Alma Byrum, president; Sam Allen, *
vice-president; Charles Wales, treas- J
super; D. Skilea, secretary; Kermit ,
Layton, chairman of the board of dt- .
rectors, one year directors, Pam Par
tin, Scott Harrell and Bill Holmes; {
two-year directors, Logan Elliott, Dick I
Dixon and J. C. Parks. ]
Gencr Ward Elected
President Os Student
Council At School
{ JbLkiecttona held Mat week at Eden
ton High School, Gene Ward was elect
ed president of the Student Council.
He succeeds his brother, John Ward.
Other officers elected 7dm
Dpbson, vice-president, and Glenn Rae
Twiddy, secretary.
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Edenton, Chowan County* North Carolina, Thursday, May 24,1951.
llma ■ |fljanm|gnjann
Mrs. Money Lempen
Wins Grand Prize
nower mow
Lovely Affair Held In
Hotel Joseph Hewes
Friday .
Eden ton’s Junior Woman’s Club
staged its annual flower show Friday
of last week a£t Hotel Joseph Hewes.
The judges were Mrs. Dan P. Boy
ette, Jr., and Mrs. Hunter Sharpe of
the Ahoskie Garden Club. Mrs. Mar
vin Garrett was unable to come on
account of illness.
Mrs. Sidney Campen won the rotat
ing silver bowl with her Neige Par
fum roses. Mrs. Neil Hobhs was sec
ond with Charlotte Armstrong roses,
and Mrs. A1 Phillips winning a red
ribbon with Shutter’s gold roses.
Other awards were: Iris, blue rib
bon, Mrs. Sidney Campen; red ribbon,
Mrs. Ina Elliott; snapdragons, blue
ribbon, Mrs. George Dail; red ribbon,
Mrs. Rodney Byrum; peonies, blue
ribbon, Mrs. W. D. Holmes.
Arrangement prizes, blue ribbons,
Mrs. T. B. Smith, Mrs. T. B. Willi
ford and Mrs. June Turner. -Red rib
bons, Mrs. W. I. Hart, the Rev. Gor
don Bennett and Mrs. Richard Baer.
Miniature arangement, purple rib
bon, Mrs. A. F. Downum; most un
usual arrangement, blue ribbon, Mrs.
Frank Holmes; red ribbon, the Rev.
Gordon Bennett. Sweepstake ribbon
went to Mrs. E. W. Bond.
Honorable mention ribbons went to
Mrs. George Dail, the Rev. Gordon
Bennett, Mrs. John Graham, Mrs. J.
L. Batton, Mrs. O. B. Perry, Mrs. Roy,
Leary, Mrs. Wataon Bril, Mrs. R. N.
1 Hines, Mrs. W. B. Rosevear, Mrs. A1
Phillips and Mrs. Frank Holmes.
Mrs. J. B. Harrison, chairman of
this year’s show, wishes to thank
everyone who brought entries or In
any other way helped to make the
show such a success.
Varsity Club Not -
In Political Game
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President Spikes Rum
ors That Club Backed
Candidates
In order to allay rumors in circu
lation regarding the Varsity Club’s
participation in politics, the following
letter was delivered to The Herald
Tuesday of this week by J. H. Conger,
Jr., president of the Vaisity Club:
“During the recent municipal elec
tions, a malicious rumor was circu
lated throughout Edenton to the ef
fect that the Varsity Club proposed
to back a slate of candidates for each
of the town offices.
“This is to emphatically deny that
rumor and brand it as malicious and
totally without foundation. The fact
that a member of our drib did enter
the political picture as a candidate for
office is no proof that the club was
backing a slate/of candidates.
“The constitution and by-laws of
the Varsity Club read the same, in
regard to politics, as do the consti
tution and by-laws of 'the Rotary and
Lions dubs. We do not as a club dis
cuss politics in our meetings, and as a
club, we have not and will not propose,
support or work for any candidate in
Edenton.
“The purpose of the Varsity Club is
to promote athletics and recreation to
the best of our ability in the town and
county. In no manner as a club have
we or will we have anything to do
with politics.”
Robert Jordan Taken
Into Pbi Beta Kappa
In Chapel HiH last week 63 juniors
and 86 seniors were initiated into Phi
Beta Kappa, honorary scholastic fra
ternity. Among tile juniors initiated
was Robert C. Jordan, eon of Mr. and
Mrs. R. C. Jordan.
Only students attaining an aca- ]
demie average of . in all their i
cotinea are eligible for membership in <
the fraternity.
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Dawvluuw MIL - I
roster winners
A
Anuiuta Hobbs, fourth grade '
pupil and Cedi H. Miller, a num
ber of the eighth grade* were the i
winner* in the Puppy Day poster
contest jest completed. The judg
es were Mrs. Joule Ruth Carr,
Mw. A. -F. Downum end Mrs. 1
two posters have Kwn pent 1
they wfll be J
for national h ousts.
Finals Exercises |
At Chowan High
r On Friday Night
4'-'
pr. C. Sylvester Green
- Will Be the Principal
Speaker
Graduation exercises will be held at
Chowan High School Friday night at
8 o’clock, when Dr. C. Sylvester
Green, executive vice-president of the
Medical Foundation of North Carolina,
Will speak to the graduates,
v After six years as editor of the
Durham Morning Herald, Dr. Green
went to Chapel Hill on January 1 of
last year to become Executive vice-1
president of the newly created Medi
cal Foundation of North Carolina, Inc.
The Foundation will promote a pri
vately financed program of medical
education, medical research, and medi
cal services for North Carolina.
.A native of Kentucky, Dr. Green has
lived in North Carolina most of his
life. After graduation from Wake
Forest College he taught in {he Dur
ham High School for four years, then
liecame pastor of the Watts Street
Baptist Church, Durham. Six years
laiter he became pastor of the Grove
Avenue Baptist Church, Richmond,
and went in 1936 to the presidency of
Coker College, Harsville. In 1943 he re
turned to Durham on sabbatical leave,
serving as Advisor in Religious Ac
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Poppy Day Observed
AH Day On Saturday
Commander of Legion
Appeals For Support
Os Project
lAn appeal to all patriotic citizens to
'Aar *-peppy on Poppy Day next Sat
urday, in memory of these who have
given their lives in America’s defense,
is issued by R. L. Pratt, commander of
Ed Bond Post of The American Leg
ion.
Memorial poppies will be distributed
on the streets throughout the day by
members of the American Legion
Auxiliary, who will receive contribu
tions for the aid of disabled war vet
erans and needy children of veterans.
The red crepe-paper poppies have
been made by veterans at Veterans
Hospitals.
In his Popipy Day appeal, Command
er Pratt said:
“With young Americans again dying
in defense of the principles of freedom
for which America stands, and with
our country again mobilizing to pre
vent new aggression and war, it is
fitting that every American remember
those who have given their lives in
the nation’s service by wearing their
flower, .the memorial poppy, on Poppy
Day. Wearing a poppy is the way for
every patriotic citizen to show that
he honors the memory of the nation’s
war dead.
“While honoring the dpad, we should
also think of those who are disabled
as a result of their war service, and
the children of the dead and disabled
who are in need because of their fath
er’s sacrifices. Contributions made in
exchange for the poppies will bring
help and hope to these living victims
of America’s war. Everyone should
be as generous as his means permit
when he puts on a memorial poppy.”
Victim Os Korean
WarßroughtHome
Pfc. Melvin C. Copeland
Listed Among: 420
Bodies
Bodies of 420 American boys who
lost their lives in the fighting in Korea
are echeduled to arrive at San Fran
cisco today (Thursday) aboard the
Bartlesville Victory.
Next qf kin have been notified and
bodies wfll be sent with an escort to
the point designated by each indi
vidual next of tin.
Included in the list of bodies is Pfc.
Melvin C. Copeland, bon of Clarence
C. Copeland, 311 East Queen Street.
Commencement At
, Rocky Hock Tonight
Commencement exercises will be
held at the Rocky Hock school to
night’(Thursday) at 8 o’clock. The
Rev. R. E. Gordon, pastor of the
Rocky Hock Baptist Church, will de
liver the graduation address.
The public is invited to attend.
IKorean s iieroes
Guests Os Honor At
Celebration May 31
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c. SYLVESTER GREEN
DR. C. SYLVESTER GREEN
Highlighting graduation exer
cises of Chowan High School Fri
day night will be an address by
Dr. C. Sylvester Green, executive
vice-president of the newly creat
ed Medical Foundation of North
Carolina, Inc.
Edenton’s Colonials
Only V/z Games Out
Os League’s Lead
Local Outfit Wins Four
Out of Seven Games
During Week
Edeniton’s Colonials better than
broke even during the past week, win
ning four games and losing three.
Edenton as of Wednesday of this
week was only IMs games behind first
place, being led by Petersburg and
Suffolk.
Edenton 9, Elizabeth City 2
In Elizabeth City Tuesday night
the Colonials had # easy coasting, win
ning by a score of 9-2. Bo Bell was
in tip-top shape on the mound and
allowed only three hits. At the same
time the Colonials touched three Eliza
beth City moundsmen for 14 hits. Two
of these were home runs by Manager
Gashouse Parker and Trot Leary.
Parker’s clout was made in the second
inning with none on base, while
Leary’s homer was made in the fourth
with one runner on. Ugarte led the
assault with there hits.
Elizabeth City used three pitchers,
Wright, Curtis and McDonald.
Edenton 3, Petersburg 21
Before a small crowd of fans on
Hicks Field Wednesday night of last
week, Petersburg ran rough shod over
the Colonials, winning by a score of
21-3. The game was featured by
wildness on the part of Edenton pitch-
QContiinued on Page Twelve)
Kitty Campen Wins
in Beauty Contest
Qualifies to Participate
In Elizabeth City Po
tato Festival
In a beauty contest staged in the
Taylor Theatre Wednesday night of
last week, Kitty Campen, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Campen, ,was
named the winner among 21 contest
ants. As the result of the honor,
she will represent Chowan County in
the Potato Festival beauty contest in
Elizabeth City for the title of “Queen
of the Albemarle.* The young lady
was presented a beautiful trophy by
Jimmie Eamhardfc < manager of the
theatre.
Second place winner was Frances
Bennett and Dorine Alexander was.
third. t
Othea in the contest were Mary Dale
Spry, Peggy Williams, Carolyn Har
rell, Jean Jones, Joan Cobb, Glenn
Rae Twiddy, Billie Earle Russell, Bus
an Blades, SyWe Cayton, Sara Kemp
Wood, Linda Rowirum, Hazel Leary,
Lillian Leary, Dorothy Henniger,
Dorothy Keeter, Marietta Perry, Mar
gie Miller and Alice (Perry.
Judges for the contest were Mayor
Leroy Haskett. Mm. David Q. Holton
and Major Tess BfoutWell.
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HM/2c Archie Ashley
And Chaplain Harry
Hand, Principals
HELD IN ARMORY
Chowan County* Red
Cross Chapter Spon
sor of Event
Sponsored by the Chowan County
Chapter of the American (Red Cross,
two veterans of the Korean war will
be honored Thursday night, May 31,
when appropriate exercises will be
held in the Edenton armory, starting
at 8 o’clock.
While the celebration will be focus
ed on HM/2c Archie Ashley, Jr., and
Chaplain Harry C. Hand, both heroes
of the Korean conflict who have re
cently returned home, tribute will be
given to the United Confederate Vet
erans, who will hold their final re
union in Norfolk, May 20 to June 3.
The Confederate veterans are fast
fading away, but they are proud, in
deed, of their boys who have died and
the others who are now fighting in
Korea, fighting against Communist
“Machine-gun government,” one man
with a machine-gun standing over
each ten families.
Also to be honored will be the fight
ing sons in Korea, Marines at the
Edenton Marine Corps Air Station,
local unit of the National Guard.
Members of both outfits are expected
to be on hand, the Marines accom
panied by Major T. R. Boutwell and
the National Guard unit by Captain
W. P. Jones.
Massing of the colors will open the
program, after which words of wel
come will be extended on behalf of the
County Commissioners and Town
Council. A quartet has been request
ed to sing, which includes a novelty
number, “Hang On To Your Confeder
ate Money, Boys, The South Will Rise
Again.”
Another feature will be “Predicting
A Bumper Crop In Chowan County
This Year.”
A dance will terminate the celebra
tion, for which chairs and tables will
be furnished.
All men in uniform will be admitted
free, while a charge of 50 cent will
be made to adults and 25 cents to any
under 21 years old.
Young Ashley was the most decorat
ed Marine among a group of 1,300 to
be sent home from Korea. He has
the Purple Heart and three stars to
the Purple Heart, Silver Star, Bronze
Star and line company commendation.
He was wounded four times in Korea.
Chaplain Hand was also awarded
the Purple Heart.
14 Boys Sign Up In
4-H Peanut Contest
Seventh Year Contest
Has Been Conducted
In County
Fourteen boys have signed up to
participate in the 4-H peanut grow
ing contest for 1961, which is sponsor
ed by the Edenton Rotary Club and the
Albemarle and Edentdn Peanut Com
panies. This is the seventh year the
contest has been held.
Contest plots have been measured
and soil samples taken. A few pro
jects have been planted.
The rules of the contest involve the
i use of approved peanut production
practices. The winners will be de
termined by the score they make based
i upon: (1) yield, 30 points; (2) quality,
30 points; (3) following recommended
practices, 10 points; (4) proper stack
ing of crop, 20 points, and (6) project
records, 10 points.
M/Sgt. John Dietz
Helps Outfit Korean
Orphaned By War
Master Sergeant John L. Dietz of
L Edenton, who is connected with the
First Marine Division in Korea, is
i very fond of a Korean orphan, Yung
■ Do, and has given him American
i clothing. Hie 10-year-old Korean lad,
orphaned by the fighting near An
i dong, has been adopted by members
,of the First Marine Division Head- -
- quarters.
Sergeant Dietz, who has a seven
year-old son, (Bobby, wrote home and
■ requested that he be furnished with
i clothing “from the skin out” in order
to outfit his Korean friend.