Volume XVHL-
Ben Browning Ann i,
Sidney Campen Win
Eagle Scout Honor
Impressive Ceremony In
Edenton Armory on
Thursday Night
In an informative ceremony held
in the Edenton armory'Thursday flight
two Edenton Boy Scouts' were ad
vanced to thfe rank of Eagle Scout.
The two boys were Ben Browning, son
of Mrs. Mary 'Browning, and Sidney
• Campen, Jr„ son of Mr. and Mrs.
Sidney Campen.
Young Browning has taken part in
Scouting for fouY years. In that time
he has advanced to,a patrol leader,
and has earned 22 merit badges. He
is also a member of the honor Scout,
groups Order of the Arrow.
Sid Campen is also a member of the
Order of the Arrow and has earned 21
merit badges.
District Chairman William T. Harry
presided, with the mothers of the two
new Eagle Scouts pinning the badges 1
„ on their sons. The mothers, too, werej
presented a small badge and a red
rose. Assisting were 'Scout 'Executive
William Sutherland and Frank
Holmes, an Eagle Scout.
The Court of Honor was held in con
nection with a banquet held to start
off the drive for Boy ‘Scout funds, dur
ing which the West Albemarle Dis
trict is expected to raise $1,975 for
operations during the year. W. J.
Taylor is chairman of the drive and
spoke in behalf of the need for funds.
The drive has gotten off to a good
start and Mr. Taylor is optimistic
that the quota will be raised. He
pointed out that the district has been
operating in the red and hoped the
necessary funds will be foj^jcoming.
A highlight of the banquet was the
installation of district officers, which
was conducted by eight-year-old Fred
die Ferguson, son of Major and Mrs.
L. F. Ferguson. He issued a stirring
challenge to the new officers, saying:
“You have been selected to direct
the activities of the Cub and Boy
Scouts of the West Albemarle District
of the Tidewater Council for 1952.
We are expecting big things of you.
We pledge our loyalty to you in the
coming year.”
Those installed were W. T. Harry,
district chairman; J. T. Diggers of
Hertford, vice-chairman; the Rev. E.
B. Edwards, district commissioner;
' and W. J. Taylor, O. E. Duncan, Dr.
Richard Hardin, Dr. A. F. Downum,
all of Edenton; Silas Whedbee, Hert
ford; and A. P. Godwin, Sr., of Gates
ville.
During the Court of Honor first
class Scout pins were awarded Jerry
Downum, Edward Williams, Robert
Earl Edwards, Roger Scheifer, Asa
Dail and Billy Eason. A Life Scout
award went to Clifford Overman and
an Eagle Palm to, Charles Lee Over
man which was received bv the boy’s
father, Scoutmaster C. W. Overman, in
his son’s absence. Ten merit badges
were awarded Ben Browning, nine to
Sid Campen, six to Clifford Overman,
t three to Asa Dail and two to Billy
Moore.
Empty Stocking
Fund Operating
Group At St Paul’s WiFi
Again Distribute
Gifts
Young people of St. Paul’s Church
will again conduct the Empty Stock
ing Fund in order to provide Christ
mas toys, food and clothing to persons
in this county who otherwise would
not enjoy a merry Ghriritmas.
Any persons who are interested in
contributing toys, food or clothing for
this purpose, please contact the ®ev.
Gordon D. Bennett,. Charles Wood,
Jr., or Mrs. J. H. McMullan. It
is requested that persons regardless
of race, color, or creed who feel they
will need the help of this fund, contact
one of the above persons as soon as
possible and each request will be
carefully considered. There will be'
no cadi contributions made to ap-l
plicants. j
The young people are seeking the
cooperation .and help of the entire
county. if
Red Men Planning
Dance December. 8
3* Members of Chowan Tribe of Red:;
Men at their meeting Monday nigbt'i
decided to stage a square dance in the
Edenton armory Saturday night, De
cember 8. ' < j
. A committee tejded by ButterWil-j
to make the preparations. !j
HE CHOWAN HERALD
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 22, 1951.
| To Conduct Study j
m <■ riK
MOYLE S. WILLIAMS
j Moyle S. Williams, above, farm
I management specialist for the State
College Extension 'Service, will direct
a study to be made in this section on
hog production under various types
of rental arrangements. The infor
mation obtained will be used to make
I recommendations to other farmers who
| are interested in producing hogs with
i’some kind of rental arrangement.
Chowan FFA Boy
Wins “American
Farmer” Award
j Ernest E. Boyce Receiv
; ed National Recogni
‘ tion at Kansas City
Ernest E. Boyce, 21, of Chowan
| County, was among 22 Carolinas-Vir
ginia Future Farmers of America to
, be presented “American Farmer”
' awards at the 24th annual conven
tion at Kansas City October 8-11.
' After being nominated for this high
. honor by their respective state FFA
. associations, their achievements were
. checked and they were approved by
> the national FFA board of trustees
and board of student officers. They
, were then approved by the delegates
’ in national convention.
* The “American Farmer” degree is
' the highes; degree of achivement in
■ the farm organization.
i Young Boyce is now farming in
full partnership with his mother. His
■ father died several years ago, and
| Ernest is the only son. His share of
; farm income in five years of FFA
j work totals $3,601. Now his crops
•! are: com, 12.7 acres; cotton, 4;
i sweet potatoes, 1.5; and peanuts, 6.9.
; He has 22 hogs, and his share of live-
I stock and farm machinery is valued
at about $1,400. Ernest has received
: $450 from managing another farm in
his community, and about SIOO wages
i for outside work in harvesting. His
i net worth is $3,700. The 96-acre farm
has 28 acres cropland, 3.5 acres pas
-1 tures, and 63 acres timberland.
Edenton Aces Play
In Tobacco Bowl
Game Is Scheduled to Be
Played In Scotland
Neck Thursday
■George Thompson, coach of the
Edenton. High School football team,!
announced late last week that he had
accepted an invitation to play War-1
renton High School in a Tobacco Bowl
.game to be played at Scotland 'Neck.!
I The game is scheduled to be played
Thanksgiving night. The contest will
I be the climax to a celebration staged
I at Scotland Neck and is expected to
attract a large crowd.
The strength of the Warrenton out
fit is a question mark to Coach Thomp
son ana his Aces, bat it is understood
the team had a successful season.
However, with the Aces showing ex
traordinary progress in the latter
.games of the regular season, Coach
Thompson feels that his beys will be
| able to defeat Warrenton or else give
I give them a run for money..
Chowan Trio Wins
Talent Show Prize
Three senior girls from Chowan
High School attended the Talent Show
at Harrellsville High School Thurs
day of last week. The girls were
Kathleen Byrum, ißemice Jordan and
Yvonne Copeland. Their number was
a vocal trio of. three selections and
were awarded the fin* prise for their
performance. In the program there
were 27 contestants.
November Term
Os Superior Court
Will Open Monday
Judge J. Paul Frizelle
Is Scheduled To
Preside
Chowan County’s November term of
Superior Court is scheduled to begin
next Monday, November 26, with
Judge J. Paul Frizelle as presiding
judge.
Among the criminal cases docketed
are:
Casper Overton and J. R. Thomas
charged with operating a motor ve
hicle while under the influence of
intoxicants.
Ray V. James, manslaughter. Janies
i was the operator of a truck involved
> in an accident resulting in the death
: of Matline Redman, a small colored
i child.
t Jesse Ray Dillard, forgery of four
- checks drawn on Everett Haste,
i Hoskins S. Bass, Jr., misappropria
> t-ion of funds of Pilot Insurance Com
i pany.
William Ed Ricks, larceny and as-
Isault on a female person.
Robert Hawkins, larceny.
t Henry Floyd Nixpn and Bennie Lee
Preece, reckless driving.
Among the civil cases on the calen
dar are:
The will of the late William M.
I Bond, Jr.
Charlie Morgan vs. Percy E. Saun
ders.
Jessie E. Porter vs. United Bene
fit Life Insurance Company.
* Wallace Goodwin vs. Richard
Greene, et als.
Lena Holly Greene, Widow and
| John Holly stepson, vs. 0. R. Spivey,
Halsey Hardwood Company, Ameri
i can Mutual Liab. Ins. Co., Major &
. Loomis Company, Liberty Mutual In
surance Co.
5 Town of Edenton vs. Hervey Foun
i» T
dation, Inc.
'Clyde P. Berry vs. H. C. Brinkley,
e*- als.
Motions and divorce cases will be
heard at the convenience of the Court.
* Baptist Missionary
5 Meeting November 29 j
f The Woman’s Missionary Society of
s the Edenton Baptist Church will meet
at the church for a mission study
3 class Thursday night, November 29,
1 beginning at 7:30 o’clock. Mrs. Ruth
Bunch will teach the book, “Pilgrim
1 age to Spanish America.”
s The society invites all who are in-
terested in foreign missions to attend
f this meeting.
3 MRS. SATTERFIELD ILL
’ Friends will regret to know that
Mrs. John Satterfield is ill and is a
j patient in Chowan Hospital.
I BN THE SAFARI TRAIL I
1 By_ WILBORNE HARRELL
An interview with tnglis Fletcher, noted lecturer and
writer of African tales and author of best-selling historical
novels.
I “A bathtub is an essential article
of equipment on safari,” says Mrs.
Inglis Fletcher, who several years
ago, seeking material for her writ
! ing and lecturing, spent a year in the
African bush. “It would be impossi
ble to keep up the hard, grueling
grind of the daily march without the
freshening ifp and relaxing qualities
, of a hot bath after the day’s trek,
j Hunters and authorities on the coun
j try consider it a necessary ’must.’ So
[it is not unusual to see porters with
1 full-length tin bathtubs balanced on
i their heads in the , train of a safari. 1
Incidentally, a porter can carry more ■
weight on his head than he can lift—
his share of the safari’s equipment <
sometimes has to be lifted to his head i
by his fellow porters.
“A portion of the safari’s ‘boys’
would go ahead and prepare camp. An ‘
African camp is divided into cook tent, 1
dining tent, living tent, and sleeping ‘
quarters for the various members of <
the safari. My personal ‘boy’, Mete- i
phele, would go ahead and prepare my 1
living quarters—and my bath—which (
with the magic of native improviza- 1
tdon would always prove to be luxuri- 1
ous and comfortable.
“'But the member of the hafari \
which I considered the most remark- 1 i
able was the cook. With a minimum 1
of pots and pans and a hastily con- 1
trived brick oven, he could turn out -
culinary miracles. I have seen him i
sometimes utilize an ant hill—which i
had hardened to the consistency of <
brick—for an oven.” * i
A little known phase (at least lo- 1
cally) of Mrs. Fletcher's work and l
career was her adventures while on i
safari in Africa, seskfng material for t
lectures and novels. It was this part s
of Mrs. ■Fteteher's dblorfW life which
Christmas Seal |
Quota For Chowan
Fixed At $1,200
Ralph Parrish Points
Out Importance of
Contribution
To put into operation plans for its
1952 tuberculosis control program, the
Chowan County Tuberculosis Associa
tion must realize at least $1,200 from j
the 1951 Christmas Sgal Sale, it is
announced by Ralph E. Parrish, presi- j
dent of the Association.
The 1951 Christmas Seal Sale in
Chowan County will Be conducted by j
the Woman’s Club of Edenton from
November 26 to December 25, simul
taneously with the campaigns of the
3,000 organizations all over the na-:
tion.
Mr. Parrish, in announcing this |
year’s Christmas Seal quota, said that |
the sum had been set after careful,
s.udy and represents a conservative)
estimate of the total needed to finance
ihe projects necessary for the associ
ation to carry on an effective tuber
culosis control and preventive program
in 1952.
According .o the 1952 budget of
the TB Association, 50 per cent of the 1
money raised during this Christmas
Seal Sale will be spent for case find
ing, which includes the cost of the
X-ray films used by the Chowan Hos
pital and the X-ray Mobile, which
comes to Chowan County each year;
25 per cent is spent for nursing, hos
pitalization, transportation of patients
to the sanitorium, etc., and the re
! maining 25 per cent will be spent for
rehabilitation of tuberculosis patients.
1 Ralph Parrish said “Tuberculosis
, kills more people than all other in-!
• fectious diseases in the United States.!
; Chowan County must do all in its
power to fight this communicable di
sease, Every county resident can do
his part by buying and using Chris'- j
mas Seals, the sals of which provides i
the financial support of the associa
tion.”
Methodists Plan To
Organize Junior Choir
Shortly after Thanksgiving a junior
I choir will be organized at the Metho
, dist. Church. The group will include
boys and girls between 12 and 16
; years of age.
Norman Leonard will direct the
1 choir and all boys and girls interested
are invited to take part.
THANKSGIVING SERVICE
A Thanksgiving service will be held
in the Methodist Church Wednesday'
night, November 21, at 7:30 o’clock, j
This service was planned for the con- j
venience of those who will be out of
town or busy on Thanksgiving Day. I
Choir practice will be held immediate
ly following the service.
had interested me and which I be
lieved would make a fascinating story.
With this in mind I sought an inter
view. Seated in Mrs. Fletcher’s com
fortable, book-lined study, with a coke
before me, I listened for over an
hour to an alluring and graphic word
picture of Africa.
For over a year, from the time she
left San Francisco and returned to
New York Mrs. Fletcher traveled over
40,000 miles. In Africa her travels
took her through Cape Town, Orange
Free State, Transvaal Natal and 'Port
uguese East Africa, and by almost!
every conceivable kind of conveyance)
—foot, train, canoe, motor car and
on the shoulders of native bearers.
She also traveled entirely around
Africa by boat.
“My safari,” said Mrs. Fletcher,
“was made, mainly in Nyassaland,
British Central Africa. Incidentally,
‘safari’ in this part of Africa is spoken
of as ‘ulendo,’ a Portuguese word
meaning ‘journey’.” It was while in
Nyassaland that Mrs. Fletcher was
the guest of the Governor, Sir Charles
Bowring, who arranged a side trip
for her to Lake Nyassa.
Further explaining the safari,
which is an expedition or trip into
the African bush and jungles, Mrs.
Fletcher said that native porters could
be hired for 20 cents a day and "poso”
—or food. A safari is composed of
native bearers who carry all equip
ment mostly on their heads, gun bear
ers, native trackers, and led by a head
man called “capita.” “But,* continued
Mrs. Fletcher, “the real headman or
boss of a safari is superstition. A
native will do nothing nor undertake
Sr task, however trivial, without con
ting a soothsayer. And a native
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Institute Speaker
fnra? ' Jk -■ .J
THE REV. J. T. GREENE
I ......... . l
A family life institute will be
j held in the Methodist Church
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, De- j
cember 2, 3 and 4, with the Rev. '
J. T. Greene as director. [Sessions
will be held for adults and young 1
people of high school age.
I -
$55,000 Distributed
By Bank Os Edenton
1951 Christinas Club
_ I
Club For 1952 Will Open
Next Monday, No
vember 26
f
’; Members of the Christmas Club of |
' j .he Bank of Edenton received checks |
■ ■ over the week-end amounting to about '
’ $55,000. It was one of the largest
clubs since the Christmas Saving plan 1
1 . was adopted by the local bank. W. H. i
' I Gardner, executive vice-president, said
; | that this year more clubs than in any
previous year were completed, which
accounts for the larger amount dis-j
tributed. j
The 1952 Christmas Club will open
* next Monday, November 26 and, as in j
. previous years, only 1,000 club books
will be sold, when this number is ex- 1
, hausted the club will be closed.
; |
; Colored Girl Killed
In Auto Accident!
i I
r i “
|Two Others Hospitalized
|| In Wreck Saturday
Afternoon
Martha Lee Overton, eight-year-old
colored girl, was instantly killed in :
an automobile accident about 5 o’clock |'
Saturday afternoon near the Dennis
Basnight Service Station on High- ,
way 2 leading to the Albemarle Sound,
Bridge. ,
At the same time Mrs. L. W. Nixon ,
and her daughter, Virginia Mae, were j
injured, both being taken to 'Chowan
Hospital, I
According to information from
Edenton police, Mrs. Nixon and her
daughter were riding in a Chevrolet j
pickup truck with Mrs. Nixon at thei
wheel. An engine had stopped near,
the highway and when advised of thej
fact by her daughter, Mrs. Nixon
suddenly turned the truck off the j
highway, striking the colored girl and|
finally pinning her between the truck!
and a warehouse some 60 feet away, l
resulting in instant death.
With the victim was her sister,
Isodora, who stopped out of the path
of the oncoming truck.
Three 4-H Club
Corn Yields Pass
100-Sushel Mark
22 Projects In Chowan
Average 86.2 Bushels
Per Acre
According to County Agent C. W.
Overman, 4 J H com yields have been
checked for 22 of the 4-H corn con
testants. Yields thus far have ranged
from 49.7 bushels per acre to 116.6
bushels per acre, averaging 86.2 bush
els per acre. Three yields have come
above the 100 'bushel mark. The 4-H
Com Contest is being sponsored by
the Edenton Lions Club,, which will
be climaxed with a banquet in early,
December to which all contestants and
their dads will be invited, the 1961
winners announced and awards made.
$2.00 Per Year.
Institute Is Planned
At Methodist Church
December 2nd To 4th
Dr. J. T. Greene Will
Give Series of Lectures
On Family Life
The Rev. E. B. Edwards, pastor of
the Methodist Church, announces a
family life institute to be held in the
church Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
nights, December 2, 3 and 4.
The director of the institute will be
the Rev. J. T. Greene, director of
family life education of the North
Carolina Conference.
While a student in the Duke Divini
ty School and the Graduate School of
Duke University Mr. Greene had spec
ialized training in family relation
ships and marriage counseling under
the late Ernest R. Groves, pioneer
American educator in the field of mar
riage and the family.
He has been a member of the Groves
Conference on the Conservation of
Marriage and the Family for the past
fifteen years and is a member of the
National 'Council on Family Relations.
He has attended many national con
ferences on family life in various
parts of the nation.
During the past ten years Mr.
Greene has been teaching courses in
boy-girl relationships, preparation for
[marriage, and marriage and family
J relationships in churches, summer as
' semblies, and youth camps and has
lectured in many parts of the state and
in other states also. During the past
two years he has conducted marriage
and family life institutes in. many
i North Carolina communities, the in
jstitutes being under the auspices of
j churches women’s clubs, parent-teach
er associations and other community
I organizations. He is accredited by
; the general board of education of the
| Methodist Church for teaching in the
general field of the home and family.
He has pubhshed a number of articles
in “The 'Christian Advocate,” “Church
| Management,” “The North Carolina
j Christian Advocate,” “'Church School,”
and “Marriage and Family Living.”
j Mr. Edwards points out that this
( institu.e is not only for Methodists,
j but members of all denominations are
j cordially invited to hear a man quali
| fied to handle the subject.
Special services will be held for all
! young people of high school age each
night from 6 to 7 o’clock, when the
’ subject °f -he course will be “’Friend
ship, Love, Courtship and Mamage.’ f
The adult sessions will begin, each
| night at 7:30 o’clock, with a five min
ute intermission from 8:05 to 8:10
o’clock. The second session will be
g:n at 8:10 and end at 8:45. The
adult course will be “Making A Go
of Marriage” and “Successful 'Parent
hood.”
Mr. Greene will also have films and
filmstrips for his lectures and dis
cussions and is available for counsel
ing and interviews by appointment.
Mr. Edwards also announces that
Mr. Greene will speak at the morning
j service in the Church Sunday, Decem-
I her 2. when his theme will be “The
I Christian Home and World of To
morrow,”
I r
j First Presidential
i
j (By the President of the United States
of America, A Proclamation)
i Whereas, It is the duty of all na
tions to acknowledge the Providence
of Almighty God, to obey his Will, to
be grateful for His benefits, and hum
bly to implore His protection and fav
our; and whereas, both houses of con
gress have, by their joint committee, a
day of public Thanksgiving and pray
er, to be observed by acknowledging
with grateful hearts the many signal
favours of Almighty God, especially
by affording them an opportunity
peacefully to establish a form of gov
ernment for their safety and happi
ness.
. Now, therefore, I do recommend and
assign Thursday the 26th of Novem
ber next, to be devoted by the people
of these states to the service of that
great and glorious Being who is the
beneficient Author of all the good
that was, that is, or that will be: that
we may then all unite in rendering
unto Him our sincere and humble
thanks for His kind care and protec
tion of the peace of this country previ
ous to their becoming a nation; for the
single and manifold mercies, and the
favorable interpositions of His Provi
dence in the course and conclusion
of the late war; for the great degree
of tranquilty union and plenty which
we have enjoyed—for the peaceful and
, rational manner in which we have
'been enabled to establish constitutions
of government for our safety and
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