Volume XVni.— No. 36.
Elizabeth City And
Edenton Deadlocked
In Va. League Series
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Colonials Won First Two
Games and Then Lost
Next Two «
PETERSBURG WINS
Sixth Game Scheduled
To Be Played Here
Tonight
Although the Edenton Colonials won
the first two games in the semi-final
playoffs for the Virginia League
championship, Elizabeth City came
from behind to even up the series 2-2
by winning the games Sunday after
noon and Tuesday night. Monday
night’s game was rained out.
The two teams were scheduled to
play the fifth game of the series in
Elizabeth City Wednesday night, and
if not rained out, the sixth game will
be played in Edenton tonight (Thurs
day).
In the other half of the semi-finals
Petersburg defeated Suffolk Tuesday
night to win the series. Suffolk won
the first game and the Generals went
on to win four straight.
Large crowds were on hand to
see all of the semi-final games thus
far.
Edenton 7, Elizabeth City 3
In the opening game of the series
played in Elizabeth City Friday night,
the Colonials won by a score of 7 to 3.
Monk Raines, on the mound for
Edenton, was in rare form, letting the
Albies down with seven hits, two of
which were home runs by Howard and
Frieburger.
Dowdy was on the mound for Eliza
beth City but was chased to the show
ers in the sixth inning after he was
touched for six hits and six runs. He
was relieved by Lewis, who gave up
five hits and one run in the last four
innings.
The Colonials suoired their first run
in the second. Murphy walked, going
to second on a wild pitch? He scored
on Bland’s single. Three runs were
scored in the fourth, two in the fifth
and one in the sixth. In the fourth
Parker was safe on an error, but was
forced out at second. Murphy doubled
and Bland walked to fill the bases.
Corrales then doubled, with all three
runners scampering home. In the
fifth Messina singled and came home
ahead of Parker, who made a home
run. The final Colonial run was made
in the sixth when Raines singled and
scored on Anderson’s double.
The Albies scored a run in each of
the sixth, seventh and eighth innings.
Anderson, Murphy and Corrales
each made two hits to lead the attack
on Dowdy and Lewis. ,
Edenton 15, Elizabeth City 7
On Hicks Field Saturday night, the
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Membership Drive
For Farm Bureau
Will Start Sept 11
Thomas E. Francis Will
Serve as General
Chairman
“The Chowan County Farm Bu- ‘
reau’s annual membership drive will ■
officially start with a large kick-off <
meeting on Tuesday night, September -
11,” says Tom Asbell, president. 1
Alonzo C. Edwards, immediate past '
president of the N. C. Farm Bureau, 1
will be the principal speaker. This '
meeting will be held at the Chowan 1
County Community Building on Tues
day night, September 11, at 7:30 J
o’clock. Each community membership I
drive worker and community chair
men are particularly urged to attend
this meeting. The meeting will be
open to all farmers and business men.
It makes no difference whether or not
you are a Farm Bureau member. ■
President Asbell urges everyone to -
come out and learn more about what
the Farm Bureau is and what it is
doing by hearing Mr. Edwards speak.
“The membership drive has been
set up on a community basis with
Thomas E. Francis as county drive t
chairman,” President Asbell says.. c
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Edenton PTA Will i
Meet September 18 <
Edenton’s Parent-Teacher Associ- ]
ation will hold its first meeting of
! the year next Tuesday afternoon, Sep- s
tember 18, in the school library at 1
3:30 o’clock. i
Following a short business meeting i
tea will be served, and it is hoped all,
members will attend.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
[important Meeting]
The Agricultural Foundation
will meet Friday night, Septem
ber 7, at 7:30 o’clock at the Cho
wan Community Building at Cross
Roads. At this meeting a promi
nent speaker will discuss research
in agriculture and a permanent
county chairman will be elected
for the Agriculture Foundation
program.
All farmers, farm leaders,
bankers, lawyers, feed, fertilizer
and farm machinery dealers and
all otlher interested persons are
especially urged to attend this
meeting.
Seven-County Fair
Opens In Elizabeth
City Next Monday
Norman Chambliss Says
Fair Which People
Can Be Proud of
The Albemarle’s greatest fair and
carnival ever to be staged in Elizabeth
City, will get into full swing next
Monday, September 10, as Norman Y.
Chambliss brings this section of the
State “Big Time Entertainment.”
Seven counties in the Albemarle,
Pasquotank, Camden, Perquimans,
Chowan, Gates, Currituck and Dare
will take part in the week’s festivi
ties by staging the biggest array of
agricultural exhibits ever seen in a
single display here. Thirty booths,
put up by farm agents and agricul
ture classes all over the Albemarle
are now being readied for the fair
opening.
The fair will operate all week be
ginning Monday night and continuing
through Saturday night.
Lawrence Greater Shows, with the
finest midway in the country will pro
vide the week’s entertainment. Law
rence Shows feature 24 modern riding
devices and 15 up to date shows.
Harness horse-racing, which has
long since become famous in the Al
bemarle, will be featured each after
noon at 2:30 o’clock Tuesday through
Friday. Dr. T. L. Stackhouse will of
ficiate over the races.
The REA will hold a special beauty
contest to secure its representative
of REA in this section on Thursday
night in front of the grandstands.
Girls from all over the Albemarle are
entered in the contest. The Elizabeth
City Barber Shop Chorus is billed as
another added attraction for Friday
night.
Tuesday will be observed as chil
dren’s day at the fair, for all white
children, Wednesday will be set aside
for all Negro children and Friday will
be Greater Albemarle Day when all
children from this section will be ad
mitted free to the afternoon perform
ance. All school teachers are guests
of the management until 6 P. M., on
school days.
In all it promises to be a terrific
fair week for the entire Albemarle.
Norman Chambliss, who started
operation of the Seven Countv Fair
here last year, said, “this is our sec
ond year of operation and we think
its going to be the best so far as en
tertainment and exhibits are concern
ed. We are going to present a fair
that the people of the Albemarle will
be proud of and will want to sqf re
turn here.”
Chairman Is Named
For Farm Program
Ervin Saunders Will Ac
quaint Farmers With
Details 11
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Ervin Saunders has been named
temporary county chairman for the
campaign to acquaint farmers with
details of the special “Nickels For
Know-How” referendum to be held on
November 3, according to E. Y. Floyd
of Raleigh, chairman of the Referen
dum Subcommittee of Agricultural |>
Foundations, Inc. i
The temporary chairman will pre- i
side at a county-wide meeting on the 1
night of September 7, when a perma- 1
nent county organization will be set
up. 1
In the “Nickels For Know-How i
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 6,1951
Concert By Band
Features Opening
Os Edenton School
Director Ernest Gentile
: Optimistic For Suc
cessful Year
Edenton’s High School Band gave a
concert in the auditorium at the open
ing of school Wednesday, September
5, which was enjoyed by students and
their parents.
The selections played by the band
were, “Showboat,” “Tramp, Tramp,
Tramp,” a trombone solo by Mike
Malone, “Stars and Sripes Forever,”
and “King Cotton.”
The band has showed a marked im
provement under the direction of Er
nest Gentile, who is looking forward
to a very successful year.
N. J. George is working with the
children, directing their marching, and
it is hoped and expected that during
the coming football season the band
can add color and entertainment for
the six home games. Mr. George has
held marching practice for the band
nightly for the past 10 days, whip
• ping them in shape for the coming
football season.
*The majorettes, led by Miss Betsy
Duncan, head majorette, and support
ed by Marietta Perry and Kitty Cam
pen, ponies, and Grace Hudson, Irish
Jean Leary, Linda Downum, and Mar
i garet Miller, majorettes, have receiv
-1 ed instructions from Miss Sarah Page
Jackson of Elizabeth City and Wake
Forest, and have worked out a num
ber of attractive routines.
The marching band is headed by
Richard Hines, Jr., drum major and
consisting of Fred Ashley, Ralph
Bennett, Evelyn Bunch, Fred Byrum,
Jackie Byrum, Ken Campbell, Jerry
Downum, Bob Edwards, Hazel Elliott,
Mary Ann Elliott, Bill Gardner, Mar
-1 ion Goodwin, Thomissa Goodman,
(Charles Griffin, Chrystal Haste, Ann
Hawkins, Francis Hicks, Douglas Hob
, land, Lu Ellen Jordan, Shirley Keeter,
Dolly Kehayes, Barbara Leary. Stacey
Lamb, Billy Langley, Shnron Lunton,
Mike Malone, Archie Patterson, Billy
Russell, Gene Saunders, Alphia Small,
W. O. Speight, Shirley Twiddy, Mar
jorie Thigpen, Jackie Wallace, Gene
Ward, and Rupert Williams.
The band has participated i n the
past month in parades in Windsor and
Ahoskie.
Highway Officials
Guests Os Edenton
Group On Friday
State Chairman Jordan
Honored on Birthday
Anniversary
Dr. Henry Jordan, chairman of the
State Highway Commission; H. G.
Shelton, district highway commission
er; W. N. Spruill, division engineer,
and George K. Mack, district engineer,
were entertained at a seafood dinner
Friday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the
Colonial Court, the occasion being Dr.
Jordan’s 51st birthday.
The party was arranged by David
Holton, president of the Chamber of
Commerce and had as guests members
of the County Board of Commission
ers, Town Council, the Board of Pub
lic Works, and a few Chamber of
Commerce directors. The highway
officials were welmed by Mr. Holton
and Dr. Jordan responded. A large
birthday cake was presented as a sur
prise to the state chairman.
Aside from the four highway of
ficials, those present were W. J.
Yates, 'J. Clarence Leary, Clyde Hol
lowell, Marvin Wilson, J. H. Conger,
John Mitchener, David Holton, Dr. J.
A. Powell, J. W. Davis, West Byrum,
Ralph Parrish, E. W. Hooper, A. B.
Harless and J. Edwin Bufflap.
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Phil Costa Forced To
Leave Colonials* Camp
Phil Costa, popular rightfielder of
the Edenton Colonials, was forced to
suddenly leave the Colonial camp last
week. He was called to his home in
Chicago to be at the bedside of his
father when he learned that he was
desperately ill.
Costa left for Chicago by plane
from Norfolk.
New Concern Will
Open In Few Days
Trot Leary and Louis Harrell will
i begin a new business in Edenton with
in a few days. They will be located
in the Cozzens building at the com
er of Broad and King streets, former
ly occupied by the Friendly Market.
They will handle paints and general
hardware items, and invite all their
friends to visit them when they open
for business.
Edenton’s National
Guard Unit Home
! From Encampment
} 65 Men Take Part In
Realistic War Tactics
In Alabama
i Sixty-five officers and men of the
- Edenton Heavy Mortar Company, lo
r cal National Guard unit, returned
1 home Sunday afternoon from Fort
McClellan, Anniston, Alabama, where
1 they were in training for two weeks.
, While in camp the men participated
3 in war-time combat training and mor
’ tar range practice, taking part in re
alistic maneuvers between units of the
- 30th Division and a smaller group
- designated as the “enemy.” Light
1 liasion planes provided an air force
for both sides, dropping flour bombs
i on call from rival commanders.
1 Those from the Edenton unit who
' participated in the training were:
1 First Lieutenants Cecil W. Fry and
p Charlie W. Swanner.
3 Second Lieutenant Wayland C.
1 Moore, Jr.
Warrant Officer John H. Asbell, Jr. I
' Master Sergeants Hoskin S. Bass,
Richard B. Davis and Thomas J.
f Hoskins, Jr,
Sergeants Carl L. Keeter, John Lee
. Spruill, Jadk H. Harrow, William E.
i Barrow, Thomas W. Fleetwood, Ed
. win C. Griffin, George P. Holland,
. Jasper L. Holmes, Walter E. Mills,
> John H. Oliver. Jr., Claude B. Rog
> erson, Joseph K. Swanner and Wil
. liant J. White.
Corporals Richard C. Copeland, Jr.,
- Alexander E. Deßlois, Roland C. Ev
-1 ans, Willard H. Goodwin, Thomas P.
i Griffin, Aubrey E. Harrell, Horace M.
, Henderson, Dallas L. Jethro, Fred E.
r Keeter, Archie T. Lane, Jr., Robert P.
, Lane, Albert E. Lassiter, Jr., John
■ R. Lewis, Henry E. Rogerson, Edwin
, M. Small, Lee A. Small, David G.
i White, William A. White, Andrew L.
■ Whitson and James E. Yates.
, Privates First Class Ourwood L.
’ Barber, Jr., Albert L. Benton, James
, A. Brabble, James R. Briley, Alvin
' R. Britton, William A. Crummey, Roy
, T. Drtft, Emmett E. Eanon, Joseph L.
■ Heninger, Richard E. Hudson, Wade
* H. Jordan, Jr., William E. Lassiter,
Leon G. Leary, Obed L. Lee, Edward
‘ N. Manning, Henry O. Peeples, Clar-
I ence Z. Shackelford and Wilbur C.
Smith.
Privates Kenneth R. Barber, Junius
F. Britton, Wilford P. Goodwin, Jas
per L. Gray, Maurice E. Harrell, Joel
F. Hollowell and Otto Brickhouse.
Edenton Woman’s
Club Will Meet On
Next Wednesday
Initial Meeting of New
Year Promises to Be
Interesting
The Edenton Woman’s Club will
have its first meeting of the new year
at St. Paul’s Parish House on Wednes
day, September 12, at 1 o’clock.
New officers for the year 1951-52
are: Mrs. W. D. Holmes, Jr., presi
dent; Mrs. J. H. Conger, Jr., vice
president; Mrs. J. M. Boyce, secre
tary; Mrs. Wesley Chesson, Jr., cor
responding secretary; Mrs. J. M.
Thorud, treasurer, and Mrs. T. B.
Smith, historian.
Plans for the coming year will be
discussed, with participation in several
important projects being planned, in
cluding the gala annual Halloween
Party in October. The club is look
ing forward to another busy and suc
cessful year.
Hostesses for the September meet
ing will be: Mrs. R. P. Baer, Mrs.
James Bond, Mrs. J. M. Boyce, Mrs.
R. J. Boyce, and Mrs. W. G. Brotton.
Hooper Chairman Os
Crusade For Freedom
In Chowan County
Quota ofls Will Be
Sought September
16 to 22
Announcement was made last week
that E. W. Hooper, local attorney, has
been named chairman for the Crusade
for Freedom in Chowan County.
Mr. Hooper stated that Chowan
County’s quota for the Crusade is
only sll4 and that he hopes that this
amount will easily be raised in the
county. He plans to hold the drive
the week of September 16 to the 22nd.
Edenton Tea Party
Chapter Relieved Os
Iredell House Debt
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|_ ln The Dark _]
Edenton and a large portion of
Chowan County was in darkness
Monday night when electric cur
rent was suddenly cut dff. The
trouble was caused by lightning
striking a pole between Edenton
and Hertford.
The electricity was off from
shortly after 7:30 o’clock until
about 11:30, with candles, kero
sene lamps and automobile lightls
being used to provide light in the
emergency.
Chowan Negro Held
In Connection With
A. T. Perry Attack
Cecil Jordan Scheduled
To Be Tried In Su
perior Court
At a session of Chowan Recorder’s
Court last week, Judge Marvin Wil
son ordered that Cecil Jordan, 36-
year-old Negro, be placed under $5,-
000 bond and held for trial in the
September term of Chowan County
Superior Court. Judge Wilson found
probable cause against the Negro in
connection with the brutal attack and
robbery of A. T. Perry at his store in
Upper Chowan County on Saturday
night, April 28.
Mr. Perry was b3dly beaten and
robbed of between $.300 and S7OO in
cash as he was leaving his store. He
was taken to Chowan Hospital, where
he remained in a precarious condi
■ tion for several days.
, Jordan was suspected as the perpe-
I trator of the crime and subsequently
• placed in jail to await the recovery of
, Mr. Perry. However, Jordan has and
still does deny that he committed the
crime in the face of strong evidence
against him.
Full Faculty On
Hand For Opening
Os Local School
Only Two New Faces
Among Teachers For
New Term
A full faculty was on hand Wednes
day morning for the opening of the
Edenton school with only two new
faces. All of last year’s teachers
were on hand except Miss Mary Mor
ris and Mrs. Lloyd Bunch. The form
er is succeeded by Miss Margaret Lin
ney, while Mrs. J. 0. Powers will take
Mrs. Lloyd Bunch’s place.
Following are members of this
year’s faculty:
Elementary Grades —Miss Fannie
Sue Sayers, Mrs. B. G. Willis, Mrs.
E. A. Swain, Mrs. John F. White. Miss
Ruby Felts, Miss Elizabeth Elliott,
Miss Myrtle Jenkins, Mrs. W. B.
Shepard, Mrs. Lama Ferguson, Mrs.
L. E. Griffin, Miss Lena Jones, Mrs. '
Marie Davis, Miss Minnie Hollowell,
Miss Mary Lee Copeland and Miss |
Paulina Hassell.
Junior High School —Mrs. Alice
Belch, Mrs. J. 0. Powers, Mrs. Her- .
bert Hollowell, Ben Perry, George
Thompson and Cecil Fry. (
High School —Mrs. Mary L. Brown
ing, George Gelbach, Miss Elizabeth
Mayfield, Miss Margaret Linney, N.
J. George, Mrs. Thomas Shepard and
Miss Miriam Scott.
J. O. Powers is principal of the
junior and senior high school and Er
nest Swain is principal of the elemen
tary school.
New Commercial
Teachers At School i
A new member of the Edenton High i
School faculty this year is Miss Mar
garet Linney of Hiddenite, who will
fill the vacancy caused by the resig
nation of Miss Mary Morris, com
mecial teacher.
Miss Linney has a B. A. degree
from Bowling Green Business college
at Bowling Green, Ky., and received
her M. A. degree from Columbia Uni
versity.
For the past three years Mi3s Lin
ney has been a member of the faculty
at East Tennessee State College at
Johnson City, Tenn. 1
.. Per Year.
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Check From State Satis
fies 25-Year Mortgage
On Property
MEMBERS HAPPY
Efforts Will Now Be Di
rected Toward Beau
tification
Tuesday of last week, August 28,
was, indeed, a happy day for mem
bers of the Edenton Tea Party Chap
ter of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, when the check from the
State of North Carolina was received
and turned over to L. S. Gordon in
payment of the 25-year mortgage on
the James Iredell house on East
Church Street.
This transaction was completed in
the office of J. N. Pruden, who has
been tireless in his efforts to lend
legal aid to the Chapter and who has
given his services gratis in every in
stance.
The receiving of this check to re
tire the debt on the Iredell house was
the outcome of Representative John
Fernando White’s efforts in securing
an appropriation at the General As
sembly in April, 1951 for this pur
pose.
The State of North Carolina now
owns the house, but the local DAR
Chapter will have control and main
tenance of the property. There will
be an annual inspection and super
vision by the Conservation and De
velopment Department.
George R. Ross, director, Dr. Syl
vester Green, chairman of the Parks
Committee of the C. & D. Board, and
Tom Morse, superintendent of State
Parks, were in Edenton August 23rd
and made the first inspection of the
property.
Plans are now to improve and
beautify the property and to make
the house a center of interest in
Edenton. It will take time and a lot
of work to do the things which are
desired, but now that the financial
burden of meeting the mortgage and
interest payments has been removed,
the efforts of the band of women who
dared to plunge into a $15,000 debt,
with scarcely sls in their treasury,
can now be directed into channels of
beautification and restoration.
4-H Poultry Show
And Sale Friday
In Edenton Armory
144 High Grade Pullets
Scheduled to Be Sold
By Youngsters
On Friday morning, September 7,
at 10 o’clock, at the Edenton Armory
the 4-H Poultry Show and Sale will
be held. At this sale there will be
144 high grade purebred Parmenter
Red Pullets offered to the highest
bidder. The birds will be in lots of
twelve (12) and no less than 12 can
be bought. There is no limit to the
total number that can be bought by
one person.
On March 31, twelve carefully se
lected 4-H club members were each
given 100 Parmenter chicks. These
chicks were from Harris’ ROP Breed
ing Farm, Valdese, N. C., one of the
best Parmenter hatcheries in the
state.
The Berkley Feed Company of Nor
folk, Va., is sponsoring the contest
this year. This company furnished the
chicks to the club members and pro
ceeds from the sale will be used to
perpetuate the poultry chain.
The public is invited to attend this
poultry show and sale.
Fire Inspection In
Business Section Will
Begin Next Week
Fire Inspector R. K. Hall stated
Tuesday morning that he will begin
his annual inspection of business
houses in Edenton the first of next
week.
Mr. Hall asks the cooperation of
everyone in seeing to it that various
establishments, especially on the sec
ond floor, be cleaned up prior to his
inspection.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F., &
A. M., is scheduled to hold a regular
communication tonight (Thursday) at
8 o’clock in the Court House. C. B.
Mooney, master o fthe lodge, urges a
full attendance.