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Volume XVIII—No. 50.
Throngs Os Children
WelcomeOld Santa’s
Arrival In Edenton
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Thousands Line Streets
And Gather at Hicks
Field
COMESON BUS
December 22 Set Aside
As Gift Day By Eden
ton Merchants
Over three thousand happy children
thronged the Streets of Edenton Fri
day-afternoon to welcome Santo Claus’
ownnal visit to Edenton. The bus sta
tion was overflowing with children
awaiting the arrival of the jolly old
man. Shouts of glees filled the air as
Santa stepped off the 3:35 bus to take
«art in the parade. Santa spoke a few
words to the children and then was
whisked away by police escort to his
beautifully decorated sleigh on water
Street where the line of march as
sembled. The affair was sponsored
by the Edenton Business and Profess
ional Women’s Club, in cooperation
with the merchants of Edenton.
The Edenton High School Band led
the parade, which moved along Broad
Street on out to the ball park where
Santa Claus treated the youngsters
with bags of goodies. In toe line of
march were Town and County offi
cials, Joe ißyrum, ‘Tdayor” of Center (
’ Hill, Boy and Cub Scouts, and floats
including The Old Woman in a Shoe,
Christmas in Korea, The Monkey and
the Penquins, Goldilocks and the Three
Bears, Edenton fire truck, Rotary
Club float, with Santa Claus’ sleigh
bringing up thfrrear.
The Junior Chamber of Commerce
float “Christmas In Korea” won finrt
prize for. the best float and “The Old
Woman in a Shoe” took second place.
Judges were Mrs. Emmett BtHott, T«.
F. Ferguson and the Rev. Gordon
Bennett
The bail park was roped off into
two sections, one for the while chil
dren and one for the colored children,
where Christmas bags were distributed
by Santa Claus. The jolly old man
was kept busy listening to the pleas
of the little ones as they related what
they wanted for Christmas.
Another big day is being looked for
ward to during the holiday season.
The merchants of Edenton have set
aside Saturday, December 22, as “Gift
Day,” when they will give away' gifts
by means of drawings. Registration
. boxes have been placed in the stores
and every one is asked to come in and
register for the big day. Santa Claus
_#viil draw names from the boxes be
ginning at 10 o’clock Saturday morn
ing, December 22, and on through
the day until 8:30 o’clock that night.
Christmas Carols,
Hand On Court
House Green Dec. 24
If Weather Does Not
Permit, Sing Will Be
Held Wednesday
Plana .have' been announced for
community singing of Christmas
Carols on the Court House Green
Christmas eve, Monday night, Decem
ber 24, at 9:30 o’clock. The singing
will be led by County Agent C. W.
n lni . n ,
UVerlualL
If the weather la too disagreeable
the sing will he given at the same
hour bn Wednesday night, the night
after Christmas. Everyone is invited
to come to the green and help with
toe singing, the opinion being ad
vanced that “It is a good thing to
give pndse-to the Lord.”
Dr. RE. Fanis Dies
From Heart Attack
Local friends will be shocked to
that Dr. S. E. Faille, husband
mt toe former Mrs. Aricne Jackson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Jack
son, died Monday night in Port Town-
I tend, Washington, as the result of a
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p a any ncici lviugiii
: ?KJ|ipAMni Qtob Scouts will hold their
nigte sSCwday) at 7:30" o’clock.
CdjSifrißjfi ilp mes Byrum is anxious
for f ; Scou*e and their par-
BRM program has been ar
THE CHOWAN HERAII)
11 Ctfrlstmasy __J
In connection with toe Christ
mas party staged [Friday after
noon by the Business and Profee
, sional Women’s Club, Eden ton’s
' Christmas tights were turned on
for the first time tost night. The
veri-colored lights are strung
across Broad Street from [Water
to Church Street, with the Cedar
tree at the foot of Broad Street
i also decorated with electric lights.
On the town lot adjoining toe
police station a nativity scene is
also attracting attention. The
( display, as well as the decorated
tree, is sponsored by the Edenton
Business and Professional Wo
( men’s Club.
; Edenton Aces Win
i Conference Award
! For Sportsmanship
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; Local Outfit Honored at
i Meeting: at Kinston
! Friday
i
Coaches George Thompson and Ben
f Perry, as well as the 1951 football
i squad, the faculty and students, were
delighted Friday when the Edenton
! Aces won the Kiwanis sportmanship
; trophy at a banquet held at KinSton.
I This trophy originated in 1947 in
, the Northeastern Conference, with
, Taiboro, Roanoke Rapids, Kinston,
i and Greenville being previous winners.
At the same time Bryant Aldridge,
i fullback for the Kinston Red Devils,
was awarded the George Dußose De
, fensive Trophy.
1 Bill Dole, head football coach at
i East Carolina College, was the princi
> pal speaker at the Kinston banquet.
: Mr. Dole is highly in favor of high
school sports and in concluding his
remarks said:
“Sportsmanship is so very import
; ant. Athletics are a definite part of
: any high school or college. It de
i velops qualities and character for
i later life. We have got to build a
> strong America and the finest way is
I honesty through competitive sports.”
i Receiving the Kiwanis 'Sporteman
• ship Award for the Aces were Webb
Griffin and Charlie Morgan, co-cap
i tains of the 1951 football team.
Chowan River Bridge
Claims Another Life
I Florida Man’s Oar Goes
I Through Railing Wed
nesday Morning
Another tragedy was. charged to
the Chowan River bridge Wednesday
morning about 7 o’clock when Phillip
Henry Smith 58, whose address is 220
Lake View Avenue, West Palm Beach,
1 Florida, crashed through the railing
between the draw bridge and the Cho
’ wan River side of the river.
The victim was driving a 1950 Ca
-1 dillac going south, and State (Patrol
man Van B. Pierce, the investigating
1 officer, could give no reason for the
' accident. However, Ris believed that
with the roadway slippery, Pierce evi
dently applied brakes causing the car
‘ to skid and crash through the railing. I
’ Work is now under way on reconatruc- j
tion of the bridge, which has befen in
in a bad state of repair for several
years.
i Legion Auxiliary Will
Meet Taesday Night
Mrs. Paul Holloman, president of
the American Legion Auxiliary, calls
, attention to a meeting of toe Auxilia
ry to be held Tuesday night, Decem
ber 18 at 8 o'clock. Tbs moating will
be htid at the home of Mrs. J. L.
. CheStnutt.
> This bring the Christmas meeting,
' Mrs. Holloman is very anxious to
< have a large number of the members
attend. '
I Miss Nelson Rowell, connected with
toe TJ. S. Army in Austria, who is
home on a vacation, will present some
sUfes and give a lecture at the meet-
EdentonT(Showar County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 13,1951.
Jury Sustains Will
OfWm.M.Bond,Jr.
Saturday Afternoon
Only 58 Minutes Neces
sary For Jury to
Decide
The November term of Chowan Su
perior Court ended early Saturday
afternoon when a jury returned a ver
dict sustaining the will made by the
late William Bond, Jr., which involved
an estate of over SIOO,OOO.
The will was contested by Mrs.
J ulia Bond Dixon of Norfolk, an aunt
of the deceased, shortly after it was
found in a safe deposit box in the
Bank of Edenton and its contents
made known. The will gave SI,OOO
each to three women, two of which
are colored, the home along Pembroke
Creek to a niece, Mrs. Carolyn Mc-
Mullan Grant, and the bulk of the
estate to an aunt, Miss Jessie McMul
lan.
The case was the longest in Cho
wan County in the memory of Clerk of
Court E. W. Spires. It resulted in ex
tending the court term into the second'
week, the first time in at least over
30 years.
Mrs. Dixon, caveator, based her tofl)
tion to break the will on the belief
that Mr. Bond was not capable of writ
ing the will and that he was unduly in
fluenced by relatives. Many witnesses
were called to testify during the trial
which -accounted for so much time be- ,
i ing consumed.
For the caveator were four at
torneys, Zeb Vance Norman of Ply
mouth, Herbert Leary, John F. White
and Weldon Hollowell. For the pro- i
pounders the attorneys were John Mc-
Mullan of Elizabeth City, Harry Me- '
Mullan, Jr., of Raleigh and J. A.
Pritchett of Windsor. Each of the
attorneys for both rides began ad
dressing the jury Thursday with the
last one, John McMullan, completing
the arguments Friday afternoon at 5
o’clock. -r.
On Saturday morning Judge J. Paul
Frizzelle, who presided over the
lengthy term, charged the jury and the
general opinion prevailed that it was
the most Unbiased charge ever heard
in the Chowan Court Hoftse. Judge
Frizzelle completed his charge at 11:32
Saturday morning and the jury re
turned its verdict of sustaining the
will at 12:30 o’clock, a period of 58
minutes.
Os course, an appeal can be made
by the caveators within 10 days, but
the general belief is that no appeal
will be made to the 'Supreme Court.
Rotary’s Christmas j
Party field Tonighti
[ Unique Affair at Offic-i
ers’ Club Starting at
l 7 O’clock
Tonight (Thursday) at 7 o’clock in
. the officers’ club at the base the
’ Edenton Rotary Club will stage its
annual Christmas party. The affair is
scheduled to get under way prompt
ly. at 7 o’clock, with Rotary Annes as
special .guests.
Each one attending is required to
be dressed as a boy or girl and prizes
will be awarded to the best imitated
famous boy or girl.
The committee in charge of the
party, H. A. Campen, W. T. Harry,
Gilliam Wood and Bill Cozart, have
also planned a program of entertain
ment which will go toward making
the party one of the most delightful
in the history of the Rotary Club.
Names have been drawn, so that
presents will be exchanged among
those who attend.
: W.A.HarrtfNew
Masonic Master
Officers F0r1952 Elect
ed at Meeting Thurs
day Night
At the meeting of Unanimity Lodge,
No. 7, A. F. A A. M., held Thursday
night William A. Hsyrell was elected
master of the lodge for 1952, suc
ceeding C. B. Mooney.
Other officers elected were C. T.
Griffin, senior Warden; 1 W. 9f.
Rhoades, junior warden; C. H. Wood,
treasurer, and Lords George Wffldns,
secretary. These and the appointed
Christmas Mai
Appears Heading
For AHJimeHigh
Postmaster Richard D
Dixon Is Appealing
For Cooperation
The cooperation of last-minute shop
pers was requested this week by Post
master Richard D. Dixon. The Post
master says that from all indications
the Chrirtmas mail for 1951 appears
to be headed for an all-time high. He
is afraid that those gift packages
and cheery Christmas cards may not
arrive in time for Christmas if they
are not mailed immediately.
“Every possible preparation has
been made to take care of the ex
pected record breaking flood of Christ
mas cards and gifts,” 'Mr. 'Dixon de
clared, “but time is now of the es
sence.”
All gifts to be mailed by parcel
post should be sent today or tomor
row. Christmas cards for out-of-state
delivery should be mailed by Decem
ber 16th. After that date, the Post
! master warns, use Air Mail—or start
I sending Happy New Year cards!
Christmas cards for city delivery
Lhould be mailed at least a week
before Christmas Day and the Post
master says to be sure and send
them First-Class Mail.
In closing his appeal the Postmaster
said:
“Almost everyone has ‘last-minute’
Christmas gift problems. The Post
Office can solve yours, and help your
family or friends start a systematic
savings account, by issuing United
States Defense Bonds and Stamps as
Christmas gifts. At the same time,
you’ll be helping your country to build
a strong defense.”
L Gordon Huffmes
Assistant Editor Os
Railway Progress
Recent Article Attracts
Attention of J. Edgar
Hoover
Friends will be interested to know
that L. Gordon Huffines, grandson of
Mrs. H. B. Jones, is assistant editor
of the Railway Progress, a monthly
magazine published in Washington, D.
|C., by the Federation for Railway
Progress.
Mr. Huffines writes for the maga
zine and one of his writings, “Sabo
!tage on the Railroads,” appearing in
the November issue, brought praise
from J. Edgar Hoover, director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Mr. Hoover had this to say in a
letter to Mr. Huffines: “I have re
viewed your magazine with interest
and I am particularly pleased with
the excellent manner in which you
handled the article ‘Sabotage on the
Railroads.’ You have presented your
material most efficiently and I ap
preciate your outlining the jurisdic
tion of the FBI in matters of this
type. Special Agents MHton A. Jones
and George J. Nagel will be gratified
to learn of your kind comments con
cerning them.”
In the December issue Mr. Huffines
wrote an article “You Should See the
Mob.”
H. S. Glee Club And
Chorus Win Present
Christmas Program
Songs and Carols In Au
ditorium Sunday, De
cember 16
On Sunday afternoon, December 16,
at 5:30 o’clock in the high school
auditorium toe High School Glee Club
and Chorus plan to present a candle
light service of Christmas songs and
carols. The entire choral group of 60
members, as well as various smaller
combinations from the group will be
used In a service composed of Christ
mas narrative and music.
Gene Ward, president of the student
body, will *ct as narrator, and Mar
guy Thigpen as accompanist. The ser
vice will, of course, be non-eectarfan,
and there will be no admission charge.
This is the first time the High
School Chorus has planned s concert
of this type and it is hoped many
people will attend.
Town Council’s Last
Meeting Os Year Is
Held Tuesday Night
I Through I
The following letter was receiv
ed by The Herald from Mrs. Julia
Bond Dixon, with a request that!
it be published:
To the people of the town of
Edenton: I was terribly hurt to
return and receive such a luke
warm greeting from most of my
friends. Everyone must have
been afraid of the McMullans and
the power they yield in the com
munity. Os course there are no
Bonds there any more. Some of
my friends came up to my room
at the hotel, but none seemed to
know me in the Court House. (For
two weeks I sat alone with no one
to talk to except Capt. Wiggins.
He is a true 'friend.
“I am deeply hurt at the recep
tion accprded me and hope never
to return to Edenton again.”
Governor Os Rotary
Will Visit Edenton
Club December 20th!
1 1
Club Assembly Will Be
Held Before Regular
Meeting
Olin H. Broadway of Henderson, '
Governor of the 278th District of j
Rotary International, will pay his of-j
ficial visit to the Edenton Rotary |
Club at its weekly meeting next
Thursday, December 20. 'Prior to the
1 meeting Governor Broadway will con
duct a club assembly to hear re
ports of officers and committee chair
men and will address the club during '
! the regular meeting.
Governor Broadway, who is mana
ger of the Henderson District of the
Carolina Power and Light Company,
an area comprising all or part of 10
■ counties, has been active in Rotary for
< 21 years. Previously he held import
. ant offices in Rotary clubs at Harts
ville, S. C., Troy, Laurinburg and Hen
derson. He has a 10-year perfect at
, tendance record.
After graduating with an A. B.
degree from Furman University in
’ 1922, he taught school for five years,
’ serving as principal during the last
' three years. He has been associa
[ ted with the Carolina Power and Light
Company in important positions since
1927.
1 Governor Broadway has been promi
' nently identified with civic and re-
ligious activities in several communi-j
1 ties. He has served as director of
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J. A. Webb, Jr., Wins
Conservation Post
Yeopim Farmers Given
More Than Two-thirds
Os Votes Cast
Joe A. Webb, Jr., a farmer of the
Yeopim section of Chowan County,
was reelected to the Chowan County
Board of Soil Conservation Supervis
ors as a result of the county-wide
. election which was conducted last
| week. Mr. Webb will serve for a term
l of three years, beginning on January
1,1952.
Certification of Mr. Webb’s elec
tion was made to the State Soil Con
servation Committee by L. C. Bunch,
chairman of the Albemarle Soil Con
servation District, on Monday of this
week. According to Mr. Bunch, Mr.
, Webb received more than two-thirds
I of the votes cast in the election.
» The Chowan County Soil Conser
• vation committee for 1952 will be com-
I posed of L, €. Bunch, farmer of the
> Braile section; R. HI Hollowell, farm
* er of toe (Small’s Cross Roads section;
s and Joe A. Webb, Jr., a farmer of the
■ Yeopim section.
The committee will exercise general
t supervision over the program of the
■ Soil Conservation Service in Chowan
■ County and will engage in activities
, for its promotion in this area. The
. Chowan committee will be affiliated
i with the Albemarle Soil Conservation
t District, which comprises Camden,
r Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, and
Perquimans counties.
$2.00 Per Year.
►
Employees Given 5 Per
Cent Increase In Pay
As Os December 1
zoning Discussed
Meeting Planned To Im
prove Traffic On U. S.
Route 17
Town Council held its final meet
ing for the year 1951 Tuesday night
with quite a few matters holding the
Councilmen in session until almost 11
o’clock.
John Graham, in behalf of the
Coastland Oil Company and the Blades
Lumber Company, requested the wid
ening of Coke Avenue in order to pro
vide a safer and more adequate road
for the increased vehicular traffic.
J. Edwin Buff lap, W. J. Yates and
Clyde Hollowell were appointed to
make an investigation relative to wid
ening this street and make recommen
dations at the next meeting.
Henry Quinn and Haywood Phthisic
appeared at the meeting to request
extra sidewalk space during the
Christmas holidays to display mer
chandise. They requested four feet,
| which was granted in front of their
I store, but most of the Councilmen
(expressed the opinion that East King
Street is too narrow and would, there
fore, interfere with pedestrians on
King Street. They were given per
mission to sell Christmas trees on the
town lot next to the police station.
Parking again came in for some
discussion and it was suggested that
,the town fill in the Belk-Tyler lot
'back of the store, which would accom
odate in the neighborhood of 100 cars.
I John Mitchener, J. Edwin Bufflap and
W. J. Yates were appointed a commit
tee to confer with J. R. DuLaney,
manager of the store to see if such an
arrangement can be made. They are
also to secure an estimated cost for
filling the lot.
Extension of U. S. Route 13 from
Suffolk to Windsor was also con
sidered, and because this route will
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Piano Students In
Recital December 17
_ _ i
Miss Norma Clapp's Stu
dents Will Present
Program
On Monday night, December 17, at
8 o’clock a number of students of Miss
[Norma Clapp will present a piano re
cital at the Edenton High School Au
ditorium. Hie program is as follows:
“Yankee Doodle” and “He’s A Jolly
Good Fellow,” by Arthur White.
“Old MacDonald,” “The Detective,"
and “Monkey Business," by Nettie
Fair Lassiter.
“Morning Prayer” and “Just A Song
'At Twilight” by Araminta Hobbs.
“Spinning Song” and “The Waltz
King” by Jane DuLaney.
“The Skaters Waltz” and “Le Se
cret” by Frances Holton.
“Ballade” and “’Dorothy” (Old En
glish Dance) by Jack Overman.
“Brahm’s Lullaby” and “Good King
Wenceslas” by Kathleen Overton.
“Excerpts from H. M. S. Pinafore”
and “Neptune’s Cave” by Ann Taylor.
“Edelweiss Glide Waltz” by Caro
lyn Ashley.
“Rhapsody MaiSrzy” and "’Star Sap
phires” by Frankie Privott.
“L’ Avalanche” by Baibara Spen
cer.
“Prelude No. 1 in D minor” and
by Mike Malone.
“Schon Mosmarin’’ and “Malague
na” by Mary Leggett Browning.
“Rustle of Spring” and “Poli
chinelle” by Margery Thigpen.
Important Meeting Os
Chowan Farm Bureau
The Chowan County. Farm Bureau
will hold its 1951 annual meeting and
barbeque.at the Chowan High School
this (Thursday) afternoon at 4
o’clock. Every menfber and family is
urged to attend and bring along corn
brriuL
'According to Tom O. Adbell, presi
dent, election of officers will be part of
the business and a member of the N.
C. Department of Agriculture will
apeak on “What toe N. C. Department
of Agriculture Is Doing For N. C.
Farmers.”