Volume XVIII. —No. 48.
Santa Scheduled To
Arrive In Edenton
Friday, December 7
Party Planned By Bad
ness and Professional
Women's Club
BIG PARADE
Holiday Feature Will Be
Gift Day on Decem
ber 22 nd
Merchants of Edenton and the Eden
ton Business and Professional Wo
men’s Club will officially open the
Christinas season here Friday after
noon, December 7, at 4 o’clock with a
mammoth parade, at which time Sanlta
Clans will make his appearance, an
nounced Mrs. Percy Smith, general
.Chairman of the affair.
This event ia sponsored annually
fey the BPW Club is cooperation with
the Edenton merchants, for the young
sters of Chowan County who are al
ready looking forward to the big day.
Santa Claus does not know yet when
or how he will arrive in Edenton, but
he will be here and will announce his
arrival later.
Although plans have not- been com
pleted, the affair will be more elabor
ate than last year with added fea
tures, according to Mrs. Smith. De
cember 22 is designated as Gift Day
and will begin the day of the parade,
December 7, with registration in all
the stores. The merchants will have
on display in their windows their gifts
to be given away at a drawing to be
held on Saturday, December 22. Every
person is asked to come in and regis
ter once only for these prizes. Draw
ings will take place at different in
tervals during the day on December 22.
The exact schedule will be published
next week and you do not have to be
present to win a prize. Santa will
do the drawing.
Many attractively decorated floats
are expected to be in the line of
march, which will be headed by the
Edenton High School Band. . Those
planning to enter a float are request
ed to notify either Mrs. John Lee,
Spruill, phone 350-W, or Mrs. Leon
Leary, 234-W.
Josiah CoHms Place
At Lake Phelps To Be
Restored By State
Old Photographs Sought
By Wm. S. Tarlton of
Parks Division
William S. Tarlton of the Parks Di
vision of the North Carolina Depart
ment of Conservation and Develop
ment, is gathering data for the Tes
. toration of the J osiah Collins place
(Somerset place) at Lake Phelps.
Many of the outbuildings on. the place
have disappeared within the last 20
to 30 years. \
> Mr. Tarlton is looking for old pho
tographs taken on the place which
might show outbuildings and other
features of the grounds, such as walk
ways, toads, fences and the life. ffj
anybody has any old photographs that ,
might be helpful to Mr. Tarlton, hej
would appreciate, on behalf of the
State, sending them to him so that he
can have reproductions made for use,
in his historical work at Pettigrew)
State Park. When sending photo
graphs H should be stated if they are [
to be returned. Send photos to W. S.
Tarlton, Box 387. Creawell, N- £• |
“Pho'jos taken of picnic groups aad 1
members of the ‘family may well be
what we are looking for,” says Mr.
Tarlton. “If they show only portions
of outbuildings they may still be very
helpful. We can enlarge the pictures
that an dim aadbria* eat buildings ,
that an not clear. So don’t hesitate
to send pictures Jest because you don’t
. think they am very clear.
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Training Meettig At
Chowan December 3rd
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' comber 3, at 2;80 o'clock Cho
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demonsrtration e.juo ana counvy council
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PTA Plans Cake Sale
Saturday, December 8
Edenton's Parent-Teacher Associa
tion will stage a cake sale Saturday,
December 8. The sale will be held at
Hughes-Holton Hardware store, start
ing at 9 o’clock in the morning.
Many kinds of cakes and pastries
will bfe offered for sale, including fav
orite recipes by members of the asso
ciation.
Aces Win Tobacco
Bowl Game From
Warrenton 20 To 6
Hughes and Harrison
Play Sensational Of
fensive Game
'Playing another inspired game,
'Coach George Thompson’s Edenton
Aces on Thanksgiving night won from
Warrenton High School in the annual
Tobacco Bowl game in Scotland Neck
by a score of 20 to 6.
The entire team played as a unit
and as a result chalked up 22 first
down* resulting in 331 yards on the
ground and 29 yards by passing. The
Aces held Warrenton to ei&ht first
downs, two of them hs the result of
penalties.' Warrenton gained only 51
yards by rushing and 33 by passing.
The Aces got off to a flying start.
On the opening kick-off they traveled
62 yards, but were forced to lose the
ball on downs. Warrenton could make
little headway and when the Aces got l
the ball they picked up 66 yards hut
lost the ball on a fumble on the six
yard line. However, from then on the
Aces clicked and when they again got
the ball they went 55 yards for the
first touchdown when Harrison crash
ed over from the three-yard line. Erie!
I Haste’s kick was good for the extra'
point.
I Wa-rent-m scored their only touch-
Idown shortly afterward when Pritch-|
ard flipped a pass to Reed. The try
for the extra point failed.
The next Edenton counter came in
the third quarter. Harrison picked
up six yards and Hughes found a
hole, outran two Warrenton tacklers
and raced 45 yards for the touchdown.
Haste’s kick for the extra point was
wide and the Aces led 13-6.
Only five plays later the Aces pick
ed up 55 yards when Hughes again
picked out a hole and ran 19 yakds
to score. Haste’s kick for the anra
point was good and .the Aces just
about had the ball game in the bag by
a count of 20-6. The Aces lost an
other opportunity to score near the
end of the game when Harrison and
Hughes worked the ball to the 18-
vard line where it was lost on a fum
ble.
Warrenton also threatened in the
closing minutes of the game. They
reached the Edenton 10-yard line, but
the Aces intercepted a pass.
Harrison played his usual brilliant
game, while Frank Hughes played one
of the best games in his high school
career. Both boys were consistent
ground gainers with Harrison aver
aging more than six yards On 28
'times. Hughes averaged over 10 yards
each of the 13 times he carried the
ball.
As winners of the Tobacco Bowl
game, the Aces were presented a beau
j'tirul trophy. %
New Concern Now
Open In Edenton
•Scott Harrell and Thom
as Francis In Trac
tor Business
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Edenton has a new business con
cern known as Edenton Tractor 6
Implement Company, Inc., which open
ed for business last week in the old
Kramer 'Garage building on West
Water-Street. Conducting this new
enterprise are Scott Harrell and Thom
as Francis.
Not only will the concern handle
Ferguson equipment, but it is equipped
to do all kinds of repair work, with
Bill. Elliott as shop foreman. -
The two young men invite all their
friends to visit and inspect their place
of business.
Edenton, Chowar County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 29,1951.
Case of Bond Will
Creates Interest
In Superior Court
Criminal Docket Com
pleted Early X ues^a y
Afternoon
Judge J. Paul of Snow Hill
lost no time in grinding out cases in
the November term of Chowan 'Su
perior Court which convened Monday
morning. The judge made one of the
briefest charges to the Grand Jury in
many sessions of court; confirming his
remarks to the honor and responsibili
ty involved in serving as jurors and
pointing out their duties as watch
dogs of the county.
Selected for the Grand Jury were:
George H. Privott, J. E. Ward, Clar
ence Bunch, Preston Dail, R. C. Ward,:
M. L. Bateman, L. E. Twine, Paul
Wallace, Murray F. By Kim, Hurley!
Ward, T. Stillman Leary, Lloyd Ervin
Bunch, David Q. Holton, McKay Wash. |
ington, H. M. Nixon, L. R. Blanchard,
C. L. Lane, Haywood Thomas Hollo
well.
David Holton was appointed by the
court to serve as foreman.
The criminal docket was completed .
Tuesday morning and included the fol
lowing cases:
J. R. Thomas was found not guilty
of operating a motor vehicle while
under the influence of intoxicants.
Ray V. James, charged with man
slaughter, was found not by the
jury.'
Robert Hawkins was found not guil
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Leon Privott Wins
Trip To National
4 H Club Congress
Chowan Youth State 4-H
Club Peanut Cham
pion This Year
“To Make t-he 'Best Better ” the 4-H
j Club motto, is constantly practiced •
iby Leon Privott, 1951 4-H peanut
! champion. - Leon is the son of Mr. and!
I Mrs. Ernest E. Privott of the Cross
■ Roads' community and his home is
I near Chowan High 'School. He has
had an acre of peanuts for the past
four years and has won State cham
pionship and district championship for
! two of these four years. Leon was
declared to be the district winner in!
last year’s contest and the State win- j
ner in this year’s contest. His acre
of peanuts made 28 bags, or 2,654
pounds of peanuts. ' -
' As State 4-*H Club winner Leon was
awarded a free trip to the National
4-H Club Congress at Chicago No
vember 24 t-o November 30. This trip
is made possible through the coopera
tion and sponsorship of the Virginia
'Carolina Plant Food Institote, Inc.
Leon is a very fortunate boy and has
won a trip which is the envy of every
, 4-H Club member in North Carolina.
His records and his achievements in
4-H Club work should serve as an in
spiration to all 4-H Club members in
. Chowan County.
Leon left for Chicago Friday from
Suffolk, and his train met the train
carrying the North Carolina 4-H dele
gation at Roanoke. The delegates
were accompanied to and from the
National 4-'H Club Congress by L. R.
Harrell and Dan Holler and Miss
Mary Soe Moser of the State 4-H of
fice staff.
Reuben S. Miller Is
Assigned To “Hell
On Wheels” Division
Warrant Officer Junior Grade Reu
ben S. Miller of Edenton, was recently
assigned to the 2nd Armored “Hell on
Wheels” Division, now serving under
General North Atlantic
Back Army in Bad Kreuznach, Ger
many.
His job will be with the 124th Ar
mored Ordnance Maintenance Bat
talion.
A graduate of Edenton High School,
he entered the Army in January, 1940.
During World War 11, he served in
both the Asiatic and Pacific Theatres
arid was awarded two battle stark
for the Kwajalein and Okinawa Is
lands.
His wife is Mrs. Helen Miller of
Norfolk, Va. His parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. F. Miller, live at 200 West
Church Street in Edenton. .
i i<?’, PTA MEETS DECEMBER 11 *
I Edenton’s Parent Teacher Associa
tion will meet Tuesday night, Decem
ber 11, at 7:30 o'clock. The meeting
will be held in the high school au
ditorium and all members are urged
to attend.
Annual Election For
Soil Conservation
Supervisor Dec. 3-8
Term of Joe A. Webb, Jr.
Expires; Three Candid
dates For Post
The annual election of Chowan'
County Soil Conservation supervisors!
will be held during the week of De
cember 3-8. The election this year
will be for the purpose of electing one
member to serve for a term of three!
years on the County Board of Super
visors.
The term of Joe A. Webb, Jr., ex
pires this year in accordance with the
rule of staggered membership on the
three-man committee. The terms of
R. H. Hollowell and L.’ C. Bunch will
' expire in 1952 and 1953, respectively.
| Yates Parrish, Richard (Jake)
I Jackson and Joe A. Webb, Jr., are
candidates in this year’s election. All
three candidates are farmers in the
Yeopim section of Chowan County.
The trio of candidates were nominated
by the Chowan Committee of Soil;
Conservation Supervisors and by 75
registered voters who signed petitions;
which were circulated throughout the
county. The candidate receiving the,
highest number of votes in the county j
will be elected.
Ballot boxes will be located in the
following places: Yeopim, H. A. Per-j
ry’s j-itore; Edenton area, Byrum Hard-;
ware Store; Cowpen Neck area. Grov-j
er Cale’s store; Small’s Cross Roads [
area, J. B. Hollowell’s store; Tyner
area, Boyce and Chappell stores;
Rocky Hock area, Bunch and Peele
stores; Ryland area, A. E. Byrum’s:
store; Gliden area, Briggs’ store. j
Any registered Chowan County vot-|
er, farmer or not, may -vote in thei
election.
Lloyd 'C. Bunch, chairman of the
Albemarle Soil Conservation District
and of the Chowan County Beard of
Supervisors, makes announcement of
the election to all qualified voters of
Chowan County and urges that every
one avail himself of the opportunity
to'cast his vote. For the convenience
of the voter, the ballot boxes will re
main in the above-mentioned places
. for the entire week of December 3-8,
Mr. Bunch states.
| The Albemarle Soil Conservation
Dis.rict is composed of Camden, Cur
rituck, Chowan, Pasquotank and Per
, quimans counties. According to Mr.
, Bunch, similar elections will be held,
in these counties, each county having;
its own slate of candidates.
I The supervisors of the five counties
will compose the Albemarle District
Board of Supervisors which was es
tablished by the North Carolina Gen
i eral Assembly to handle organization
i and supervisory work for the area.
It is through the Albemarle District
that the program of the U. S. Soil
Conservation Service is obtainable for
the farmers of these five counties of
North Carolina.
P. S. McMuHan, Jr.
Elected Member Os
Order Os St Patrick
One of Seven Duke Uni
versity Students Hon
ored This Week
Philip Sidney McMullan, Jr., of
Edenton is one of seven Duke Univer
sity students elected to the Order of,
St. Patrick, national honorary engi- 1
neering fraternity, it was announced
at Durham this week.
Chosen on a basis of leadership,
during his study in the Duke Univer- j
sity Engineering School, McMullan!
was elected to the fraternity in a cere
mony held in the Engineering Build
ing.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. P. S.
McMullan of 100 Granville Street.
Baptists To Observe
Week Os Prayer
The Woman’s Missionary Society of
the Edenton Baptist Church will ob
serve a week of prayer for foreign
missions the week of December 8
through December 7.
These meetings will be held each
afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the church
with the exception of the Monday
meeting, which will be held at 7:30
Monday night. The Junior Choir will
be in charge of the program Monday
night.
Other interesting programs have
been prepared for the other meet
ings. All members are urged to at
tend.
Edenton Is Aroused
Over Prospect Os
Freight Condition
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|_ChowansFirstJ
So far as The Herald knows,
Miss Jane Gray, a local telephone
operator, is the first woman to
serve as a juror in Chowan iSu
!. perior Court. Miss Gray was sum-
I moned for petit jury duty Tues
day and was among the jurymen
to deliberate in four divorce ac
tions. When Miss Gray entered
the jury box, Judge FrizzeHe saw
fit to say “the looks of the jury is
very much improved.”
Lions Will Entertain
Corn Contestants
At Next Meeting
I;
Vision Testing Machine
Feature of Meeting
This Week
Members of the Edenton Lions Club
! accorded rapt attention to a lecture
l and the demonstration of a vision
testing machine at their meeting Mon
day night.
“This machine known as the Or.ho-
Rgter, is provided by the Highway
I Safety Division,” explained William
1 Fountain, local license examiner, “and
! is now being used for the purpose of,
making our highways safer.”
' “Only a professional eye man—an,
optometrist or an orphthalmologist—
can determine whether you need to
wear glasses, or have other eye care.
However, this scientific apparatus has I
been very effective in measuring how|
skillfully you see and determine if
your vision meets the minimum
standards for safe driving in North
Carolina,” continued Fountain.
“Many operators of motor vehicles
are unaware of the fact that they
have sub-standard vision. Even those!
wearing prescription lenses some
times overlook the fact that their vi
sion decreases with age and should
: have their glasses checked. The
I Ortho-Rater helps us to catch these
1 deficiencies,” concluded the speaker.
Mayor Leroy Haskett introduced
Fountain, whom President Rodney
Byrum thanked for the highly inter-;
esting program. 1
Many of the Lions availed them-'
selves the opportunity of taking a
peek into the machine at the close of
the meeting.
The club voted to entertain mem
bers of the Chowan 4-H Corn Club!
contest, together with their fathers, atl
a dinner meeting next Monday night.'
The club has sponsored these contests
for the last several years.
Th° program will be arranged by |
the Bovs a’ld Girls Committee, con
s!eting of John Mitchener, Jr., Dr. j
Richard Hardin and George Thompson. !
Robert E. Lee and Erie Haste, Jr., j
two Edenton High School seniors,;
were guests of the club.
"Planting Day” At
Hospital Grounds
On Thursday, Dec. 6
t
Public Urged to Contri
* bute Trees, Shrubs
And Evergreens
Next Thursday, December 6, has
been selected for "Planting Day” on
the grounds of Chowan Hospital. Miss
Rebecca Colwell and Mrs. John G.
Wood, co-chairman of the grounds
committee, make an urgent appeal for
the cooperation of the public in this
worthwhile event.
Trees, evergreens and any flowering
'shrubs will be useful and gratefully
appreciated. Dogwood, Judas, oak
and maple are the most desired trees
and legistrum, afeelia, pyracantha,
eleagnies and nandina are among the
wanted evergreens. Cape jasmine,
agalea, forsythia, spirea and count
less other rooted plants will contribute
to the beauty of the hospital grounds.
If possible offerings should be tak
en to the hospital on the appointed
day, but if transportation is needed,
Mrs. Martin Wisely or Miss 'Frances
Tillett should be called.
"Remember the date,” urge the two
co-chairman, "and do your share in
this fine community project”
$2,00 Per Year.
Town Council Passes a
| Resolution at Special
Meeting
BAD SITUATION
Organization In Area In
Interest of Shipping Is
Proposed
Enlisting the cooperation of Town
CounciC in connection with the pres
ent freight situation in Edenton, a
special meeting was held Monday
night, when a large group of ship
pers and those who receive freight
were on hand in an effort to organize
opposition to aetion taken by the Nor
folk Southern Railroad.
E. W. Hooper and W. P. Jones were
the principal speakers, both of whom
attended a hearing before the State
Utilities Commission in Raleigh last
week. They reported that it was the
purpose of the railroad to discontinue
carrying express and substitute a mo
tor express service. According to
Jones and Hooper, an encouraging pic
ture was painted by Norfolk South
ern officials to the effect that the
same or even better service will re
sult by adopting motor express in
stead of by train.
However, both spokesmen pointed
out that the change will be detrimen
tal to users of freight in Edenton bo.li
in shipping and receiving and that it
will more or less affect everybody, so
that it will work a hardship on the
people in this section.
| It was stated that if express is al
lowed to be dropped by the Norfolk
i Southern, there is a probability that
the railroad will eventually discontinue
freight trains and eventually take up
I their rails, leaving Edenton at the
mercy of motor carriers and service
which will be detrimental to many
business concerns.
After hearing a number of com
plaints if express service is discon
tinued, a resolution was passed by
Town Council objecting a awarding
of express rights for motor express
j serving Edenton and vicinity,
j In order to press Edenton and this
section’s rights for adequate freight
service, a proposition was advanced
to organize a shippers group in this
i area. A meeting is being planned to
be held in Edenton, at which govern
ing bodies of various towns, shippers
j and any other interested will be urged
> t-o attend.
Institute Begins
Next Sunday At
| Methodist Church
Special Course Arrang
ed For Young People
Os High School Age
Beginning Sunday and continuing
| Monday and Tuesday, a family life in
stitute will be held in the Edenton
Methodist Church. The institute will
be under the direction of the Rev. J.
T. Greene, director of family life edu
cation of the North Carolina Confer
ence. The institute is not held only
for Methodists, so that members of
any denomination are cordially invit
ed to attend.
'Special services for young people
of high school age will be held each
night from 6 to 7 o’clock, when, the
subject will be “Friendship, Love,
Courtship and Marriage.” Adult ses
sions will begin each night at 7:30
o’clock. The adult course will be
"Making a Go of Marriage” and “Suc
cessful Parenthood/’ Films will be
used during the lectures and Mr.
Greene will be available for counseling
and interviews by appointment.
Mr. Greene will speak at the Sun
day morning service at the church, his
subject being "The Christian Home
and World of Tomorrow.” Hie public
is cordially invited to attend.
Red Men Dance Will
Be Held December 8
Chowan Tribe of 'Rod Men will stage
■ a dance in the Edenton armory Sat
! urday night, December 8, when both
round and square dancing will be en
joyed. Music for the dance will be
I provided by the Radio Rangers.
, The tribe appointed the following
i committee to arrange the dance: ‘But
ler Williams, Henry 'Allen Bunch,
> Worth Layton, Elbert Pearce, John
i Oliver, KX C. Wiggins and E. G. Willi
ford.