Honor Stars And Bars And Stars And Stripes At Edenton Armory 8:00 Tonight
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Volume XVni.— No. 22.
57 Edenton Seniors!
Graduate At School
On Wednesday Night
s •
Largest Class of Seniors j
In History of Eden
„ ton School
MESSICITsPEAKER
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Rev. R. N. Carroll Deliv
ers Baccalaureate
Sermon
Commencement exercises began at
Edenton High School Sunday night,
when the baccalaureate sermon was
preached by the Rev. R.' N. Carroll,
pastor of ithe Edenton Baptist Church.
\ The speaker spoke on the subject ,
“This Is Your Day,” pointing out the
role played by Queen Esther. He said
it could be that God plans to use this
generation to save this nation and the
world.
“God is never taken by surprise,”
a aid Mr. Carroll, "He knows before
hand the circumstances that will sur
round his people and always has the
right person at the right place at the
right time.
Mr. Carroll said a note of optimism
prevails in that the same God Who sat
upon the eternal throne in Queen Es
ther's day still rules the universe and
has the same wisdom and power. “Who
knows but that you have come to the
kingdom for such a time as this,” he
said.
“This is your day,” he told the grad
uates. “May you go forth into the
world with faith in God, and unselfish
spirit and courage, determined to do
better by the next generation than
we have done by you.
1 During the exercises special music
was rendered by the glee club under
the direction of Mrs. Mary Leggett
Brow&sgr The club £fitng ‘“The Lord's
Prayer,” *tGloria” and “God Be In My
Head.” The Scripture lesson was read
by the Rev. E. B. Edwards, pa3for
of the Methodist Church, who gave
a prayer, and the Rev. Gordon Ben
nett, recto? of St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church, gave the invocation and the
benediction.
Class Day exercises, with the usjal
program, were held Tuesday night and
graduation exercises were held Wed
nesday night after The Herald went
to press. The graduation speaker was
Dr. J. D. Messick, president of East
Carolina College at Greenville.
There are 57 members of the 1951
graduating class, the largest in the
history of the school.
Hazel Leary won the honor of be
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Effort On foot To
Get Game Refuge
Important Meeting of
Chowan Wildlife Club
Called Tonight
David Holton has called a meet
ing of the Chowan County Wildlife
Club to be held tonight (Thursday)
at 8 o'clock in the Court House.
Holton, working through Leon
Thom as, district game protector su
pervisor, has interested the N. C. Re
source Commission in the establish
ment of a game refuge in Chowan and
Perquimans counties. The State hak
already sent a man to make a pre
liminary hearing, which was found
favorable. The refuge now depends
largely upon the interest shown by
landowners.
The area contemplated for restock
ing is the poccaain extending from the
Brayhall section to Yeopim Station in
Perquimans County, and includes be
tween 12 and Hi thousand acres Suit
able for the purpose. At present there
is no big game at all in the area, but
is ideal for deer. Deer would be
stocked by the Stats to that ftp
opinion is advanced that ft could be
come one of the best dqer busting
areas in the State. The State would
not only restock the game refuge, but
would protect and supervise it for a
few yean.
It ii estimated that a herd of from >
50 to 200 deer would be stocked to
start with.
The game refuge is a major project
of the Chowan County Wildlife drib, <
and at the meeting another very im
portant project of vital interest of ]
this section will be discussed. For that
reason, ifr. Holton hopes all members i
of the club, as well as non-members i
will attend.
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 31,1951.
| Buried Alive! j
Sam Boston, a colored laborer
employed by the Electric & Water
Department to help lay a new
sanitary sewer Mne back of the
buildings on lower Broad Street,
narrowly escaped death about
‘ noon Monday. Boston was in a
ditch dug about six feet when the
sides caved in, covering him with
ground except from the shoulders
up.
The pressure cut off the Negro’s
breath, but other workmen hur
riedly removed the ground from
■ his stomach so that breathing
could be resumed. It required
quite a while until the Negro
could be extricated. Fortunately,
aside from being scared, he was
not injured. 1
Miss Kitty Campen
Queen Os Potato
Festival In L City
Edenton Girl Wins Out
Over Beauties From
Nine Counties
Miss Kitty Campen, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. H. A. Campen, was chosen
as queen of the Albemarle Potato
Festival held in Elizabeth City Satur
day. Being declared winner to repre
sent Chowan County at a beauty con
test held - two weeks ugiy-in the Tay
lor Theatre from among 21 contest
ants, Miss Campen won the honor as
queen in a contest held in Elizabeth
City Friday. She won over a group
yf beahtiful young ladies from Pas
quotank, Perquimans, Camden, Curri
tuck, Gates, Washington, Dare and
Tyrrell counties.
Miss Campen occupied the Queen’s
seat on a float in a mammouth parade
Saturday morning surrounded by
members of the queen’s court, and at
night was crownd queen at a ceremony
held at the Elizabeth City baseball
park.
The Edenton High School Band also
participated in the parade, which in
cluded 13 bands.
Mrs. John Kramer
New DAR Regent
New Officers Installed
At Meeting Held Last
Week
The Edenton Tea Party Chapter,
N. S. D. A. R., held its regular May
meeting at the Iredell House on May
23rd. Officers were installed for a
two-year term as follows:
‘Regent, Mrs. John A. Kramer; vice
regent, Mrs. Wood iPrivott; Chaplain,
Mrs. J. M. Jones; Recording Secretary,
Mrs. David Holton; Corresponding
Secretary, Mrs. George Mack; Treas
urer, Mrs. W. D. Holmes, Jr.; Regi
strar, Mis. Lloyd Griffin; Historian,
Mrs. Inglis Fletcher; Librarian, Mis.
J. N. Pruden.
The members voted to hold regular
monthly meetings in the future on the
second Wednesday of each month at
-8:30 P. M., with a social hour to fol
low the business meeting. There will
be no regular monthly meetings dur
ing ithe months of July and August.
The regular June meeting will be
held at the Iredell House on June
13, at 3:30 P. M.
Jaycees Abandon ...
Scrap Paper Drive
George Alma Byrum announced
Wednesday morning that the Jaycee
scrap paper drive has been discon
tinued due to the fact that the mar
ks! fer paper has disappeared and ,
there is no available storage space for ;
paper collected in the future. {
Mr. Byrum stated that the paper i
drive will be resumed as soon as a
market reopens, at which time tMe ]
public will be notified and paper col
lected. He also desires to express his i
and the Jaycees’ thanks and apprecl- ;
ation to Ihe public for their coopera- |
tion In the drive. ;
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Edenton Marine With Korean Orphan
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Above Korean orphan, Yung-do, proudly displays his American (
clothing given him by Marine Master 'Sergeant John L. Dietz of
Edenton, with the IFirst Marine Division in Korea. The ten-year-old
Korean lad, orphaned by the fighting near Andong, has been adopted
by members of the First Marine Division Headquarters. Sergeant
Dietz, who has a seven-year-old son, Bobby, wrote home and re
quested that he be furnished with clothing “from the skin out” in
order to outfit his Korean friend. The fashionable outfit consists of
blue jeans, tennis shoes, sweater and a red baseball cap.
Graduation Held
At Chowan High
On Friday Night
Dr. Sylvester Green of
Durham Speaks to
„ Graduates
Graduation exercises were held at
Chowan High School Friday night,
when Dr. Sylvester Green of Durham,
executive vice-president of the Medi
cal Foundation, was the speaker.
Dr. Green pointed out that North
Carolina is the leading state in the
South from a financial standpoint and
urged the members of the class to join
with other graduates in making their
homes in North Carolina and partici
pate in the great life this state has to
offer to the end that they might help
to make it an even greater state in
the years to come.
The speaker emphasized the indus
trial greatness of the state, and agri
culturally, he said, North Carolina can
grow any crop that can be grown in
the South. In education, he said, the
state is improving, pointing out more
pay for teachers, better school build
ings and more colleges.
Malcolm Copeland was awarded the
Edenton Rotary Clufb Cup in recogni
tion of being the most outstanding
student in all school activities during
his school career.
Rita Hollowell Chappell was given
the Mitchener Science Memorial
Award, and a special Mitchener Me
morial freshman cup was awarded
Lorraine Ashley. George Ashley won
the Ruritan PFA cup and a Special
agricultural award went to R. K.
Dail. 'Sue Hollowell won the FHA
award, while 'Sarah Morris won a
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White Pre-School
Clinic On June sth
Children Starting School
In September Should
Be Immunized
The pre-school clinic at Edenton
white school will be held Tuesday
morning, June 6, beginning at 8:45
o’clock.
Parents of all children to enter
school in September, 1951, should
bring their children regardless of
whether they have received a letter
from the Health Department.
your private physician has im
munized your child against diphtheria,
whooping cough, and smallpox, or
either of these, bring the certificate
along showing that those have been
given,” say officials of the Health
Department.
Local practicing physicians have
kindly consented to help in this clinic.
Some district annual reports are
still available at the Health Depart
ment. Any adult desiring a copy may
get same by calling at the Health De
partment.
Edenton’s Colonials
Win Five Games Os
Six During Week
1 Local Outfit Still Only
iy 2 Games Out of
First Place
t
l vf-ith one game rained out, the Eden
ton Colonials won five out of six
' games played during the week, and as
a result, as of Wednesday of this
week, were I*4 games out of first
, place in the Virginia League. Peters
, burg, on a winning streak, has been
I able to hold the lead in the race.
The Colonials were playing Eliza
. beth City on Hicks Field Wednes
day evening while The Herald was
, being printed and was scheduled to
> play in Elizabeth City Wednesday
! night.
Home games to be played by the
Colonials next week are: Juno 1,
Franklin; June 2, Suffolk; June 5,
, Petersburg; June 6, Emporia.
t - Game Rained Out
, All games in the Virginia League
, were rained out Wednesday night of
last week. The Edenton Colonials and
Elizabeth City started a game in
. Edenton, but rain caused the game to
. be called,
Edenton 4, Suffolk 1
J. In Suffolk Thursday night Monk
Raines, on the mound for Edenton
, and Bill Herman for the Goobers en-
I gaged in a thrilling 11-inning pitch
ers’ duel, with the Colonials staging
[ a rally in the 11th inning to score
t three runs and win the game by a
I score of 4-1.
Suffolk scored its lone run in the
first inning, and maintained this lead
, until the eighth inning, when Mes
sina was walked and sacrificed to
second by Dick Bland. He scored on
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Archie C. Ashley, Jr.
Receives Promotion
Honored For Outstand
ing Performance of
Duty In Korea
> Archie C. Ashley, USN7 son of Mr.
and Mrs. Archie Ashley of Edenton,
' was recently advanced to hospital
l corpsman, first class, because of his
outstanding performance of duty in
' action against enemy forces in Korea
Ashley, stationed with the First
Marines, First (Marine Division, in
Korea, has received the "Meritorious
■ Advancement” in a letter from the
' Chief of Naval 'Personnel to his com
manding officer.
1 The promotion was authorized be
cause Ashley’s performance of duties
throughout die Inchon-Seoul campaign
and in the operation in the Chosin
Reservoir area were "above and be
yond the call of duty.”
Ashley, who holds the Silver Star,
was wounded in action September 15,
1950.
Will
Be Honored Tonight
In Edenton Armory
Jfatch Winners |
Hazel Braswell, one of the
Edenton High School graduates, i
and Gerald Layden, a Chowan
High School graduate, were win
ners of the wrist watches given
annually by Campen’s Jewelers.
Pictures of the graduating
class of both schools were arrang
ed on separate clock-like circles,
with the winner determined when
the hand stopped after running
for several days. The idea cre
ates a great deal of interest
among graduates every year.
Members of the graduating
class were also presented minia
ture cedar chests by the Quinn
'Furniture Company.
Melvin 0. Layton
Assistant Coach
At Wake Forest
Local Boy Will Be As
sistant to Coach James
Weaver j
Melvin Q. Layton, who for the past
two years has been head coach of
athletics at Chowan College, Murfrees
boro, has accepted a position at Wake
Forest College as assistant to James
Weaver, athletic director of the col
lege.
Layton is a former Edenton High
School star, where he took part in all
sports, and will be no stranger at
Wake Forest, where he played quar
terback and fullback on the 1938 and
1940 Demon Deacon teams. He was
in the Navy about four years during
World War 11, where he served as
swimming instructor in the Gene Tun
ney physical fitness program and lat
er in the Navy’s rehabilitation pro
gram. In 1946 he returned to Wake
Forest and received his B. S. degree
in 1947.
George Alma Byrum
Jaycees' President
Officers Installed at In
teresting Meeting on
Thursday Night
Edenton’s Junior Chamber of Com
merce had a very enjoyable dinner
meeting Thursday night at Hotel Jo
seph Hewes, when officers for the
new year were installed. The new
officers are George Alma Byrum,
president; Sam Allen, vice-president;
Charles Wales, treasurer; D. Skiles,
secretary; Board of directors are Ker
mit Layton, outgoing president, 'Chair
man, Paul Partin, Scott Harrell, Wil
liam Holmes, Logan Elliott, Richard
Dixon, Jr., and J. C. Parks.
Present at the meeting were Fred
Webb of Elizabeth City and Clarence
Winstead of Rocky Mount, both dis
trict vice-presidents, both of whom
made interesting remarks, emphasiz
ing the fact that a man’s first duty is
to his home, then his work and then
his community.
In the neighborhood of 60 Jaycees
and their wives attended the meeting,
which was preceded by a cocktail
party.
Brenda Dean Mooney
Second On TV Show
iFriends will be delighted to know
that Brenda Dean Mooney, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Mooney, won
second place in the recent Chrysler
amateur television program at Nor
folk. The youngster has been invited
bo appear on the program at the
‘Common Glory” pageant at Williams
burg.
AUCTION BLOCK OPENS
The Chowan Mutual Produce Ex
change opened the auction block at
Valhalla Monday morning, with Fran
cis Hicks again serving as auctioneer.
masons meet tonight
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. A
A. M., will meet tonight at 8 o’clock.
All members are urged to attend.
co Per Year.
Delightful Program Is
Planned For Unique
Occasion
STARTS O’CLOCK
Archie Ashley and Har
ry Hand Will Be the
Honor Guests
Upon the occasion of the final re
union of the United Confederate Vet
erans, a Chowan County celebration
will be held tonight (Thursday) at the
Edenton armory, starting at 8 o’clock.
Tribute will be paid, also, to our fight
ing sons in Korea, to Edenton Marine
Base and to Edenton Heavy Mortar
Company.
A quartet, composed of Rev. Gordon
D. Bennett, Major T. R. Boutwell,
Messrs. Frank Williams and Jimmy
Earnhardt, Jr., will sing a hymn voic
ing a prayer for peace and, later, on
the lighter side of the program, they
will render “Save Your Confederate
Money, Boys the South Shall Rise
Again,” accompanied by an accordion
ist and a guitar player, well known
members of Edenton Marine Base.
H. A. “Izzy” Campen will act as
master of ceremonies and will show
how the prediction of a bumper crop
this year has been calculated.
I Guests of honor will be Archie Ash
| ley, Jr., and Major Harry Hand, chap
lain.
Edenton and Chowan ’County young
ladies will act as hostesses to men
in uniform during the dance which will
complete the evening.
A loud-speaker will be provided, so
everybody can enjoy the program.
Chairs and tables will be available
and refreshments at cost. Admission
will be 50c for adults, ?5c for juniors,
free to men in uniform and their dates.
Officials Os Rotary
Meet At Nags Head
Two Day Assembly Is
Scheduled to Begin
Sunday, June 10
Edmund Harding, noted humorist of
Washington, N. 'C., Dr. Sylvester
Green, executive director of the North
Carolina Medical Foundation of Chapel
Hill will be the principal speakers at
a two-day assembly of presidents and
secretaries of the 278th District Ro
tary International scheduled to begin
here at The Carolinian on June 10, it is
announced by Robert Smith of the
.Manteo and host club to the assentblyr
Approximately 150 persons includ
ing Rotary officials and their wives
will attend the assembly which will
include J. L. Chestnutt, new president
of the Edenton Rotary Club; Robert S.
Marsh, new secretary, as well as a
number of other club members.
Harding is scheduled to be introduc
ed by Rotarian Wade Marr of Eliza
beth City. The nationally famous
Washington humorist is a former dis
trict governor of Rotary. He will
speak at the Fellowship dinner on Sun
day night.
Dr. Green, also a former district
governor will be speaker at the May
11th luncheon and he will be introduc
ed by Zeb Brown of Tarboro, a past
district governor.
Discussions will be led by District
Governor Elect OHn Broadway of Hen
derson and H. B. Spruill of Windsor,
the present District Governor. The
host club will provide entertainment
features for the assembly including
songs by the Dare Club’s quartet.
Communists Release
Former Edenton Boy
Corporal Roscoe L. Batton, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Chester R. Batton of
Norfolk formerly of Edenton, has
been released after being held pris
oner by the Chinese Communists for
five days.
Young Batton was wounded on Feb
ruary 22. He subsequently was re
turned to duty and on April 29 was
again wounded and captured by the
Chinese Communists, who released him
on May 4. He is now in a field hos
pital in Japan.
Batton is 19 years old, the youngest
of seven brothers, one of whom is in
Korea and another in Japan. He is
with the Fifth Cavalry Division.