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interest Is Mounting
In Observance of Gift
Day December 22nd
i. Free Prizes Will Be Giv
en By Various. Eden
ton Stores
# SANTA WILL HELP
Registration • Boxes In
Stores For Shoppers
To Drop Names
Considerable interest is being mani
fested by the folks of Chowan County
as the much k>6ked-forward-to “Gift
Dqy” draws near. The merchants of
E4enton will on Saturday, December
2, give away attractive-gifts at their
arteres by means of drawings.
Registration boxes have been placed
in all business concerns taking part in
* the event and each person is urged
register once only. Santa Claus will
visit each store where he will draw
a name from the box and present the
lucky winner the store’s prize. The
drawings will get underway at 10
' o’clock Saturday morning and will
* continue until 8:30 that night.
The Christmas spirit has already
taken hold in Edenton as crowds
throng the stores in a shopping spree.
The merchants have gone all out this
u Christmas by having their stores at
tractively decorated and carrying an
abundant supply of children’s toys and
adult gifts, in an effort to make the
big day a success. Groups of children
are seen peeking through the display
windows as the electric trains go
whizzing by and other mechanical toys
are in operation. Others are seen
around Campen’e store window where
music is heard through a loud speak
er as a doll in choir costume plays the
organ.
For the convenience of the public
the following is a' list of stores taking
pact in the affair, and the time of
drawings by Santa Claus:
Layton’s Flower Shop, 10 A. M.;
Lula White’s Florist, 10:30; Leggett
A Davis, 11; Forehand Jeweler, 11:30;
Harrell & Leary, 12 noon; Belk-Tyler,
12:30; Bell’s Goodyear Store, 1 P. M.;
Edenton Furniture Co., 4; Cuthrell’s
Department Store, 4:15; Quinn Furni
ture Co., 4:30; Byrum Hardware
Store, 4:45; Ralph Parrish Store, 5;
Halsey Feed & Seed Store, 6:30; Pres
ton’s 6,; Malone’s 5 A 10 Store, 6:30;
The Betty Shoppe, 7; Rose’s 5 A 10
Store, 7:30; Hughes-Holton, 8; Kitch
ener's Pharmacy, 8:30.
An award will be given for the best
dressed window by the Edenton Busi
r *■ i ness A Professional Women’s dub, co
sponsors of the affair.
Governor Os Rotary
- In Edenton Today
Olin H. Broadway Will
Pay Official Visit to
Local Club
y Olin H. Broadway of Henderson,
Governor of the 278th District will
make an official visit to the Edenton
Rotary Club at the club’s meeting to
day (Thursday) in the Parish House
4 «t 1 o’clock.
Governor Broadway will be at the
Parish House at 11:30 o’clock, at
which time a club assembly will be
- held with club officers and chair
men of the various committees. Presi
dent J. L Chestnutt urges each one
of this group to be on hand to take
part in (he assembly.
The regular dub meeting will be
gin at 1 o’clock and after the luncheon
Governor Broadway will deliver -an
address. It is hoped every member of
the dub will be present. -
■ Carols Vi Be Sung
I On Christmas Eve
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Public Invited to Take
Pari on Court House
1 Green at 9:^o
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; 'Plans have been completed for sing
kfftilng Christmas carols on the Court
V House Green on Christmas eve at 9:30
Vlflock- The general public Is eordhd
-1 ly incited to come to the green at that
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THE CHOWAN HERAII)
I lagging I
According to the latest report
from the Red Cross Christmas 1
Seat Sale, only a little over half
of the quota has been raised in
t Chowan County up to Tuesday of
this week.
Everyone who has received a
batch of the seals in the mail are
requested towemit their contribu
tion at once.
Bufflap Named On
> Red Men’s Public
I Relations Group!
\ Succeeds Lee B. Wym
> Os Washington, Who
I
1 Resigned
J. Edwin Bufflap, a -member of
r Chowan Tribe of Red Men, was this
1 week appointed on the, -State Public
* Relations Committee of the Great
1 Council of North Carolina. The ap
pointment was made by Paul Clapp,
J Great Sachem of High Point
s Bufflap was appointed to fill the
’ unexpired term of Lee .B. Wynn of
r Washington, who resigned. The term
expires in 1962. Other members of
J the State Public Relations Committee
| are Raleigh Hollowell of Edenton,
, Chairman, and James Curry of Spray.
;BPW Bosses’Night
i Delightful Affair!
* Principal Address For
; Occasion Made By the
Rev. R. N. Carroll
*
, An enjoyable affair Vas held Tues- 1
' day night in the Parish House when
[ the Edenton Business and Professional
. Women’s Club staged their “Bosses’
J Night” Christmas Dirtner Party. The
holiday season was carried out, and
approximately 100 people were on
t hand to take part in the night’s fun.
The entertainment opened with
. Christmas songs, after which M. A.
Hughes offered the invocation and
Mrs. Corie B. White, president, extend
ed a welcome. Mrs. Alice Towe of
Hertford, BPW District Director, gave
the response. “It’s always an honor
and pleasure to be invited to Eden-
I ton,” sfhe said. Members of the club
J I were then asked* to introduce them
selves and their guests, after which
the Christmas gifts were opened, re
| resulting in a lot of fun.
Miss Lena Jones, mistress of cere
mony, introduced Miss Nelson Powell,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Powell,
who is stationed with the U. S. Army
in Saulsburg, Austria. Miss Powell
j delighted the group with two solos, "A
, Heart That’s Free," and "One Kiss.”
Jack Mooney also received a thunder
ous applause with his selections
“Birthday of a King,” “May the Good
Lord Bless and Keep You,” and “The
’ Lord’s Prayer.” Mrs. Mooney was at
| the piano.
) The Rev, R. 'N. Carroll, pastor of the l
Edenton Baptist Church, was the guest J
' t speaker and was introduced by Miss
( Jones. Mr. Carroll’s talk on "Wo
man’s Place in History,” was both in- !
spiring and humorous, and particular- I
' ly interesting to the ladies when he
1 said that women played a great part
| in the spiritual Bfe in the world.
“When women began to seek’ equal
rights and privileges, they wanted to •
see that elections were honest,” he
said. “But along with privileges goes ,
responsibility. We need more women <
to help conquer our forces in our own ,
land, that this nation be as God would j
I have it be,” declared the speaker,
1 Other specially invited guests were j
Mrs. R. N. Carroll and Lawrence Towe
of Hertford. ,
* A delicious turkey dinner with all i
the trimmings was served by th e lad- i
ies of Circle No. 2 of St. Paul’s Auxili- i
*ry. f ]
Post Office Closed
i
On Christmas Day i
Eden ton’s Post Office will be dos- i
ed only one day for the holidays, that <
Edenton or on the rural routes.
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Carolina, Thursday, December2o,l9sl.
Burton Harrison
Is Awarded Trophy
By Varsity Club
Exercises Held Tuesday
Afternoon In School
Auditorium
■ w
-Burton Harrison, Edenton’s sensa
tional half back, was awarded the Var
sity Club’s Most Outstanding Player
trophy in exercises in the school audi
torium Tuesday afternoon.
The presentation was made by a
former Little All-American, N. J.
“Nick” George, who is a member of
the high school faculty here.
Harrison is the 170-pound son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Harrison of North
Granville Street. His exploits on the
gridiron this season earned him the
respect of players, coaches and fans
all over this area. Probably the finest,
hardest running back in 'Edenton
school history since Pete Everett held
forth in 1938. Harrison won all but
two first place ballots in the Varsity
Club voting.
The Aces’ halfback, a feared runner
all season, did not confine his activi
ties to offensive play alone. He was a
lineback for the Aces and his sterling
defensive play at that position was
exceptional. Harrison copped a num
ber of votes for the conference’s best
defensive player this season.
Previous Varsity Club trophy win
ners were Bobby Byrum, 1947; Rus
sell Wheeler and Gene Spruill, 1948;
and Mack Privott, the only two-time
winner, in 1949-1950. The trophv is
awarded to the player who best fulfills
the qualifications of ability, leader
ship, attitude and cooperation, sports
manship and performance. All these
qualifications were defined by George
who made the presentation on behalf
of the Varsity Club.
Coach George Thompson, during the
exercises, presented to Supt. John A.
Holmes two trophies which his Aces
won in 1951. One was the Sports
manship Trophy from the Northeast
em Conference, and the other the To
bacco Bowl Trophy the Aces won for
beating Warrenton in Scotland Neck
lin the bowl game on Thanksgiving
night.
In commenting on the Sportsman
ship trophy, Coach Thompson said
“This trophy, to me, is one of the
greatest tributes to our team and
school.” He commended his players
on their play this season and stressed
thejr fine sportsmanship, something
the Edenton coach is a firm believer
in.
In accepting the trophies, Mr.
Holmes delivered a brief but effective
talk on sportsmanship, declaring to
the players that they are looked up at
by all their fellow students and that
they exert great influence in the
school. He charged them that winning
the trophy, along with playing on the
football team, gives them added re
sponsibility in living up to the honor
tribute paid them by coaches and
officials throughout the conference.
LibraVy Will Be Closed
Three Days Next Week
Mrs. Sidney McMullan, librarian at
the Shepard-Pruden Memorial Library,
announced early this week that the
library will be closed Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday of next week in
observance of the Christmas holidays.
The library will resume its regular
hours Thursday, December 27.
BEBE EVANS HONOR STUDENT
’Forty-eight students at Peace Col
lege in Raleigh were listed on the
first-quarter honor roll just released
by Francs? J. Golden, college regis
trar.
Among the group was Bebe Evans
of Edenton.
Chowan County Farm Summary j
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According to the 1951 preliminary i
release of the North Carolina fana <
census summary' the following infor- i
mation about Chowan County will be <
interesting to Herald readers: i
Total land in farms in 1950 was j
86,343 acres. On 32,920 acne crops <
were harvested in 1950, on 2,284 acres j
no crops wen saved and no grazing
was done. For pasture only, 1,747 1
seres were used. Woods, waste, home i
sites and non-farm land totaled 49,- 1
892. /
Total acres grown for com were <
14,975, while then wen 2,293 acres i
of cotton harvested, 734 acres of to- *
bacco harvested, 7,939 acres of pea- i
nuts, three acres of wheat, 123 acres *
of oats, 3,164 acres of soybeans slone j
and 424 seres grown with other crops i
for-beans. * >
. Soybeans or cowpeas cut for hay 1
amounted to 188 acres, while S 3 acres 1
wen devoted to other hays. <
Tor Irish potatoes 141 nans wen j
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Tea Party Chapter
Names Committees
i For Coming Year
r Regular Meeting Held
In Iredell House De
cember 12
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• The regular meeting of the Eden
- ton Tea Party Chapter, N. S. D. A. R.
r was held in the James Iredell House
. Wednesday afternoon, December 12, at
3:30 o’clock, with Mrs. John Kramer,
l regent, presiding.
Mrs. Kramer called the meeting
! to order. Mrs. J. M. Jones, chaplain,
gave the ritual and prayer. The Flag
Salute was led by Mrs. Kramer, fol
| owed by group singing, “Silen
; Night, Holy Night.”
; At the regular Dusmess session the
3 chapter voted to contribute $5.00 to
, the Empty Stocking Fund,
j Hie March, 1952, issue of the’D. A.
1 R., Magazine will feature North Caro
t lina. A full page of advertising of
r' business firms in Edenton will appear
in this issue.
f l The program for the afternoon was
. in charge of Mrs. S. M. McMullan,
t i chairman of the James Iredell Asso
r ciation, Incorporated.
’ Mrs. George K. Mack was called
upon to read an explanation of the
t James Iredell Association, compiled by
Lloyd Griffin. Mr. Griffin explained
in detail the advantages of a non
stock, non-profit corporation.
Mrs. McMullan appointed the fol
’ lowing committees for the James Ire
' dell Association, Inc., to serve for
’ the coming year.
House Committee—Mrs. J. M. Jones,
. Mrs, Inglis Fletcher, Mrs. R. N. Hines
; and Mrs. S. M. McMullan.
» Garden Committee—'Mrs. Wood
f Privott, chairman, Mrs. J. A. Moore,
co-chairman, Mrs. Fred P. Wood
g and Mrs. George Capehart, Sr.
House Furnishings Committee—Mrs.
g Inglis Fletcher, chairman, Mrs. W. I.
Hart, Co-chairman, Mrs. Philip Mc-
Mullan and Mrs. John Kramer.
A social hour followed the business
and program.
3 Hostesses for the afternoon were
j Mrs. John Kramer and Mrs. J. M.
Jones.
’ Jaycee Turkey Shoot
1 Scheduled Saturday
Day and Night Affair at
a Mack Ward’s Cotton
5 Gin
t
Sponsored by the Edenton Junior
e Chamber of Commerce, a day and
f night turkey shoot will be held Sat
-2 urday, December 22, from 10 o’clock
in the morning until 12 o’clock mid
, night. The shoot will be held at Mack
] Ward’s cotton gin on Route 32, a short
distance from Edenton.
Gobblers and hens will be awarded
the successful shooters, with frozen
- turkeys given upon request.
1 The Jaycees are sponsoring the tur
key shoot in an effort to raise funds
‘ for their street marker project.
5 Mark W. Byrum On
I Heavy Cruiser Salem
. It’s new duty in the Navy for Mark
• W. Byrum, fireman apprentice, US'N,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Byrum of
Route 1, serving aboard
the heavy cruiser USS Salem.
Byrum, who entered the Naval ser
> vice May 28, received his recruit train
l ing at the U. S. Naval Training Cen
■ ter, Bainbridge, Md.
The Salem is in Boston, Mass., un
i dergoing a periodic overhaul. She was
commissioned in May, 1949.
used and 321 acres for sweet potatoes.
Other vegetables groWn mostly for
sale consumed 3,007 acres. For all
other crops harvested, including or
chards, 233 acres were used. For soil
improving crops already or to be plow
ed under but not harvested, 5,602
acres wen used.
Then were 1,463 peach trees of
bearing age. A total of 7,540 tons of
fertilizer, except lime and plaster, was
Used.
Bows and gilts for farrowing De
cember 1, 1960, to June l, 1951, total
ed 2,106. Cows and heifers, two yean
old and over ,were 247 kept mainly for
milk and 298 kept mainly for beef.
There were 97 sheep one year old and
.Over, while bens and pullets of laying
• age totaled 37,427.
According to the report, then were
5,738 people of all ages living on the
land included in (he report and 197
combines, peanut pickers and threah
iag machines in usable condition.
Mr. and Mrs. James T.
Gibbs Drown As Boat
Capsizes In Florida
Help Fight TB
Bey
’ Christmas Seals
: Final Drive For
: Empty Stocking
Fund This Week
>
Money, Food, Clothing
i And Toys Can Be Used
) By St. Paul’s Group
| This week, the Young People’s Ser
vice League is making its first plea
for funds, food, clothing and toys to
. be given to underprivileged children
r this Christmas. A good many families
have already applied for help from
this organization and it is hoped that
’ each individual or organization ap
proached by a representative of the
Empty Stocking Fund Committee will
1 give liberally in any capacity they are
j able.
Local merchants are asked to donate
any obstacle or damaged stock which
would be suitable for this worthy
l cause.
Red Stocking Sale j
' Planned Saturday
' Proceeds of Sales Will
Go to Empty Stock
[ ing Fund
On Saturday, December 22, mem
bers of the Y. P. S. L. of St. Paul’s
t Church will be on the streets selling:
small Red Stockings. By contributing'
to the Empty Stocking Fund anyone is
eligible to wear the Red Stocking in
the lapel. In case anyone has some
r thing to contribute to this fund and
j have not yet been contacted, they
. should phone C. H. Wood, Jr., or the
. Rev. Gordon Bennett, any member of
. St. Paul’s Y, P. S. L., or bring the do
{ hation to St. Paul’s Parish House,
t Any person desiring help from this
organization should apply in' person:
1 to either Mr. Wood or Mr. Bennett. *
■ Large Number Hear
Christmas Program
! Two School Groups Pre
| sent Candlelight Carol ;
I Service
' Edenton High School’s auditorium
vas almost filled Sunday afternoon
when at- 5:30 o’clock the High School
Glee Club and Chorus presented a
candlelight service including Christ- i
mas songs and carols. The group was
1 led by Mrs. Mary Leggett Browning,
with Margery Thigpen as accompanist
| and Gene Ward, president of the stu
dent body, as narrator.
The program, which delighted the
large number present, was as fol
lows:
“O Little Town of Bethlehem,”
Prayer, Choral Response; “Lo How a
Rose E’er Blooming,” Mixed Chorus;
“No Candle Was There and No Fire,”
Treble Clef Club; “O Quit Your Pas
tures,” Mixed Chorus; “To a Hornless
Child in Bethlehem,” Treble Clef Club;
’ “The Sleep of the Child Jesus,” Mixed
, Chorus; "Come with Torches Jeanette,
; Isabella,” Treble Clef Club; “Sweet
Jesus, Heaven-King,” Girls’ Chorus;
1 “Jesu Bambino,” Mixed Chorus with
Frank Hughes, tenor soloist; Bene
dicoon and Choral Amen.
Woman’s Club Meeting
Postponed To Jan. 9th
Announcement was made early this
week that the Edenton Woman’s Club
meeting has been postponed. The
meeting will be held Wednesday, Jan
uary 9, instead of Wednesday, Janu
ary 2.
Postponement was called due to be
ing so near the New Year’s holiday.
$2.00 Per Year,
Couple Were Returning
Home From Visit
On Island
ONE RECOVERED
Funeral Os Mrs. Gibbs
Will Be Held Today
At Baptist Church
This community was shocked over
the week-end when it was learned that
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Gibbs lost their
lives by drowning when their boat
capsized near Mondorgo island in
Florida. They were caretakers of the
40-acre island, which is owned by Mr.
and Mrs. Murray Coggshell of Cana
da, and had made their home in Flori
da for about four years.
According to information reaching
Edenton, Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs were
visiting friends on a nearby island
Saturday night and left for their re
turn home in a small outboard motor
boat about 10:30 o’clock, which evi
dently capsized.
Their fate was not learned until
Sunday morning when Murray Cogg
shell, Jr., noticed Mr. Gibbs’ boat
drifting near the island. He went to
the cottage where Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs
lived to inform them that their boat
had torn loose. However, the couple
was not in their home, so that a search
was immediately begun.
The body of Mrs. Gibbs, who was
37 years old, was recovered Sunday af
ternoon, but up to Tuesday Mr. Gibbs
was not found.
Mrs." Gibbs’ body arrived in Eden
ton late Tuesday night and funeral
services will be held this (Thursday)
afternoon at 11 o’clock in the Eden
jton Baptist Church. The pastor, the
| Rev. R. N. Carroll, will officiate.
Surviving are her parents, Mr. and
jMrs. Noah J. Goodwin; two brothers,
Noah J. Goodwin, Jr., of Edenton and
•Miles J. Goodwin of St. Louis, Mo.;
I and one sister, Mrs. Paul Byrum of
Martinsville, Va. Interment will be
made in Beaver Hill Cemetery.
Lions Club Enjoys
Christmas Party
I ___
Delightful Affair Held
In Lions Den Tues
day Night •*
One of the most successful years in
j local Lionism was climaxed by a gala
| Christmas party Tuesday night, when
the men folk did honor to Lionesses
| and special guests.
I The hall was beautifully decorated
for the occasion and suitable gifts
were at the plates of each lady. The
Rev. E. B. Edwards offered prayer and
the group sang Christmas carols.
Following a sumptuous dinner,
President Rodney Byrum turned the
meeting over to John Mitchener as
| master of ceremonies. Mitchener re
quested W. J. Taylor and Lion Tamer
Ben Perry to conduct the initiation
| ceremonies on Major and Mrs. Louis
F. Ferguson as the newest Lion and
Lioness of the club.
“The Lions Club is not merely an
organization for the purpose of meet
ing, eating and making jokes, al
though we do enjoy these features,”
said Taylor. “We are dedicated to
proposition of rendering unselfish ser
vice to our community, our state and
(PtSig uo panux^uo^)
Two Chowan Boys
Honored In Korea
Awarded Combat Infan
tryman’s Badge For
Fighting
’fwo Edenton soldiers have been
awarded the Combat Infantryman
Badge, a symbol of close-quarter
fighting with the enemy, while serv
ing with the 25th Infantry Division
on Korea.
They are Pfc. Hubert W. Hunch,
218 W. Gale Street, and Pvt. Charlie
L. Downing, Route 2, both members
of the division’s 27th Infantry Regi
gient
The badge, consisting of a miniature
replica of a Revolutionary War flint
lock mounted on a blue background
and superimposed on a silver wreath,
distinguishes the actual fighting man
from rear area and service troops.