Volume XlX.—Number 14.
S. Everett Burgess
Is Candidate For
State Senate Seat
Announcement Causesa
Contest In First Sena
torial District
THREE IN RACE
J. W. Copeland and A. P.
Godwin, Jr., Are Also
Candidates
S. Everett Burgess of Camden
County last week announced that he
jvill be a candidate in the May Demo
cratic primary election for one of the
two seats ih the State Senate. The
announcement caused a contest in the
■First Senatorial District, with J. Wil
liam Copeland of Murfreesboro, in
cumbent, seeking re-election and A. P.
Godwin of Gatesville also a candidate.
The district includes the counties of
Bertie, Hertford, Gates, Chowan, Cam
eten, 'Pasquotank, Perquimans and Cur
rituck.
Mr. Burgess is a farmer and would
be no stranger in the General As
sembly, having represented Camden
County in the House of Representa
tives during the 1945 ‘and 1951 ses
sions. In announcing his candidacy,
Mr. Burgess said, “If elected I will
serve the people of the First Sena
torial District to the best of my abili
ty.” He is a native and life long resi
dent of Camden County, a member of
the Elizabeth City Rotary Club, the
Sawyer’s Creek Baptist Church, where
. he is superintendent of the Sunday
School. He is also a Mason and a
Shriner.
Mr. Burgess received his A. iB. de
gree from Duke University in 1934,
after which he taught and served as
principal in the Camden schools. For
the past several years he has devoted
his time to his farming operations.
1 During the last war he was a mem
. frer of the Camden County Draft
Board.
While he was in the General As
sembly he was appointed to the fi
nance, roads and education commit
-1 tees, as well as other important
* groups.
Bunnv Festival Will
Be Staged April 14
Unique Affair Sponsor
ed By Brown-Carver
Library
Brown-Carver 'Library will stage a
unique observance of Easter Monday
on April 14 when it will hold a bunny
festival. The bunnies will be pre
school children.
In connection with the festival a
parade will be held at 2:30 in the af
ternoon, starting at the library at
the corner of Gale and Oakum Streets.
The parade will proceed to the colored
playground, where an Easter egg hunt
will be held. The procession will be
led by the colored high school band,
followed by the king and queen atop
* a lovely float.
Beenes in the parade will depict
many characters in books found in the
library. There will be iPeter Rabbit,
Peter Cotton Tail, Molly Cotton Tail,
bunnies in baskets and pens, as well
as bunnies riding many toys.
* Another feature in the parade will
be the Buzz Bunnies (local orchestra)
followed by clowns in costume.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. &
A. M., will meet tonight (Thursday)
at 8 o’clock in the Court House. W.
A. Harrell, master of the lodge, urges,
a large attendance.
COUNQ. QMB) L BMCKEH, IR, NEW .
OFFHXR-M-GHARGE AT MARINE BASE
I
Major L. F. Ferguson, Former Commanding Of-1
ficer, Now Serving as Assistant Officer-In-
Charge of Auxiliary Landing Field 1
Colonel Elmer E. Brackett, Jr.,
U.S.MjC relieved MajorL. F.
' son as Officer-in-Charge of the Ma
rine Auxiliary Landing Field at Eden
ton as o/ Jfarch 21.
• Major ftfrguson had assumed the
of Officer-in-Charge of the
f Leading Field on November 19, 1951.
r Since that time the field has been in
reactivating ■process pending the
arrival of MAG-11 to, the base on Feb
ruary 11,' 1952. Major Ferguson is
now gerving as Assistant Gfficer-in-
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Bobby Anderson And
Sam Mauney Sign To
Pfay With Colonials
Two Popular Players Se
cured By Manage
ment Last Week
Edenton baseball fans will be pleas
ed to learn that Bobby Anderson, pop
ular Colonial player last year, is again
scheduled to appear in a Colonial uni
form this season. He is at present
training with a major league team in
Florida and is expected to report in
April.
Sam Mauney, a relief catcher last
season, has also signed a contract
to play with the Colonials this year.
The youngster won the admiration of
Edenton fans and will, no doubt, see
more action on the diamond this sea
son than last.
Revival Next Week
At Methodist Church
The Rev. D. E. Earn
hardt of Washington
Will Preach
The Rev. E. B. Edwards, pastor
of the Methodist Church, has an
nounced that a revival is scheduled
to begin in his church next week. The
visiting preacher will be the Rev.
D. E. Earnhardt, pastor of the First
Methodist Church at 'Washington,
N. C.
Mr. Earnhardt will not be able to
arrive in Edenton for the opening
service of the revival next Sunday
night, but in his stead his son, who is
a ministerial student at East Caro
lina College, Greenville, will preach
at the 7:30 hour. i
Evening services for the revival,
starting Monday night, will begin at
8 o’clock with Mr. Earnhardt preach
ing the first of his series of ser
mons that night. Services will be held
each night except Saturday with the ,
revival scheduled to close Easter Sun
day night.
Mr. Edwards also stated that anyone '
desiring to have children baptized ’
should contact him as soon as possi- ,
ble for baptismal rites will be obser
ved Easter morning at the 11 o’clock
service. j
Hospital Auxiliary
Plans Food Bazaar
i
Sale at Quinn Furniture ,
Store Next Saturday
Morning
The Chowan Hospital Auxiliary will |
sponsor a food bazaar Saturday mom- '
ing, April 5. The affair will start at
10:30 o’clock at the Quinn Furniture
store and for sale will be pies, cakes, ;
candy and various kinds of other
dainty food.
Anyone who will donate any items
for the sale are requested to bring
them to the Quinn store before 10 '
o’clock. It is hoped a large quantity "
of food will be offered for sale in or
der to build up the Auxiliary’s treas- '
ury.
Charge -of AFL Edenton and as Of
ficer-in-Charge of the Edenton De
tachment, Station Operation Squad- ]
ron 2.
Colonel Brackett is the Command- 3
ing Officer of Marine Aircraft Group :
11 in addition to being Officer-in- <
Charge of the Auxiliary Landing
Field. He is a veteran of the Guadal- i
canal and 'Southern 'Solomons cam- ■
paigns of World War II and served in i
the 19(87 defense of Shanghai’s Inter- ,
national Settlement during the Sino- ;
Japanese War.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 3,1952.
Elimination Meeting
Os Baptist Groups
In Edenton Sunday
Five Major Projects of
Chowan Association
Represented
Sunday afternoon, April 6, at 2:30
o’clock, the annual B.T.U. elimination
meeting for participants in the five
major projects throughout the Cho
wan Association will be held at the
Edenton Baptist Church. These are
the Hymn Festival, Adult Bible Read
ers Tournament, Young Peoples Bet
ter Speakers Tournament, Intermedi
ate Sword Drill, and the Junior Mem
ory Work Drill.
Associational Training Union Lead
ers will be in charge of the meeting.
The director, John M. Elliott, will pre
side. Miss Carol Jean Bizzell, choris
ter, will conduct the hymn festival;
Mrs. A. R. 'Cooke, adult leader, will
conduct the adult Bible Readers Tour
nament; Mrs. Ernest Sanders, Young
People Leader, will conduct the Bet
ter Speakers Tournament; Mrs. L. H.
Dawson, Intermediate Leader,' will
conduct the Intermediate Sword Drill;
Mrs. Leon G. Leary, Junior Leader,
will conduct the Junior Memory Work
Drill.
Participants from Training Unions
of the churches of the Chowan Bap
tist Association will emerge from their
church elimination meetings to this
associational elimination meeting. The
successful participants will represent
the association at the Regional 'B.T.U.
Convention at the First Baptist
Church in Elizabeth 'City April 18-19.
Those successful at fhp regional con
vention will represent the Chowan and
West Chowan Associations at the
State Convention at one of the Bap
tist Assemblies this summer.
This part of the Training work is
very interesting and inspiring and
produces keen interest beginning in the
local church and spreading frem
sociation to association, district to dis
trict, and throughout the state. For
this reason the meeting Sunday will
be of wide spread interest and the
public is cordially invited to attend.
Mrs. W. S. Summerell
Passes From Scene
Oldest White Teacher In
Edenton; Taught Over
50 Years
Mrs. Lulie K. Summerell, 79, died
Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock in Cho
wan Hospital after a long illness.
She was the wife of the late William
Skinner Summerell.
Deceased was one of the most be
loved women of Edenton, having
taught school for over 50 years when
she was retired about 10 years ago.
Chowan County’s oldest school teacher,
she began her teaching career in the
old Edenton Academy in the 1890’s.
In 1950 she was chosen Edenton’s
Woman of the Year as the result of
her popularity among Edenton citi
zens due to her unselfish devotion
over a long period of years. Ope
of the oldest members of St. 'Paul’s
Episcopal Church, she was very ac
tive in church work and other com
munity activities.
Surviving are one brother, Lewis
Leonard Kipps of Texas; two sisters,
Miss Elizabeth Scott Kipps of New
York City and Mrs. May Kipps Buck
head of Charlottesville, Va.
Funeral services were held at St.
Paul’s Episcopal' Church Wednesday
afternoon at 4 o’clock. The rector, the
Rev. Gordon Bennett, officiated, with
interment in St. Paul’s churchyard.
Pallbearers were Philip McMullan,
R. N. Hines, John Mitchener, John
Graham, David Warren, Joe Conger,
W. E. Bond and 'William Skinner.
Cancer Clinic Will
Be Held April 4th
The cancer clinic will he open to
the public in Elizabeth City at 12:10
P. M., on the first Friday of each
month, the next clinic being sched
uled for Friday afternoon, April 4,
at the Elizabeth City Health Depart
ment. This service is free to all citi
zens in the four-county health dis
trict
Oscar Griffin, USAF
Promoted To Sergeant
Cpl. Oscar Griffin, son of Mr. and
Mts. J. W. Griffin, has recently been
promoted to the rank of Sergeant and
has been upgraded to a Senior Ad
ministration Clerk by Military Clas
sification Board.
After joining the Air Force in 'Sep
tember, 1950, Sgt. Griffin took basic
training in Texas. He is now with
th* 752nd Aircraft Control Warning
Squadron in Northern Empire, Michi
gan. Sgt Griffin is expected home
for a 16-day leave the first of June.
Varied Program For
Meeting Os PTA On
Tuesday, April Bth
Mrs. Erie Haste, Presi
dent, Urges Members
To Attend
1 Mrs. Erie Haste, president of the
1 Edenton Parent-Teacher Association,
! calls attention to a meeting of the
■ association to be held in the new high
1 school gymnasium next Tuesday night,
! April 8, at 7:30 o’clock.
A varied program has been arrang
ed for this meeting which includes
devotional by Gene Ward, president
of the student body; special music by
the Edenton Boys’ Choir, directed by
the Rev. Gordon Bennett; special mus
• ic by the Edenton Band, directed by
Ernest' Gentile; physical education
[ demonstration by junior high school
| boys, directed by Coach Ben Perry;
folk dances by junior high school
; girls, directed by Mrs. Alice Belch.
■ Mrs. Haste states that important
business is to be transacted during
■ the business session, and urges all
members and friends to be present.
I The public, too, is cordially invited
> to attend the meeting.
Lions Club Minstrel
Be Held Friday Night
Show Will 'lnclude Sev
eral Outstanding
| Numbers
Edenton’s Lions Club will present
, its new, bigger, and better fifth an
j nual minstrel in the graded school
, auditorium Friday night at eight
j o’c ! e'>tf.
I The festivities will get underway
. !with a concert by the Edenton High
I I School Band at 7:30 with Bandmaster
, Ernest Gentile directing.
Ernest Ward, Jr., will be interlocu
tor for the show and end men will be
I George, t Thompson, Bill Cozart, John
I Mitchi ;.er, Medlin Belch, Ben Perry
and Wi.lis Hooper.
| The following is a list of the high
. lights of the evening’s program:
[I Opening Chorus—“ Tucky Home,”
“Down Yonder.”
Duet—“ Hot Time in the Old Town
(Tonight,” West Leary and Dr. A. F.
Downum.
Solo—“ Basin Street Blues,” George
Thompson.
Sign Pine Symphonette—Bill Gard
ner, Mike Malone, Richard Hines,
Francis Hicks and Freddie Byrum.
Baton Dances—'Betsy Duncan.
“In the Gold Old Summertime” —
Clarence Leary and Chorus.
Solo—“Darktown Strutters Ball”
Frank Williams.
Trio—The Three Bows.
Solo—“ Hey Good Looking,” Ben
Perry.
‘Charlie Swanner’s String Band.
Chorus—“ Retreat."
Treble Clef under direction of Mrs.
, Mary L. Browning.
Tap Dance—Shirley Keeter.
Solo—“ Lucky Old Sun,” Norman
Leonard.
Chorus —“Meet Me Tonight in
Dreamland.”
Mass Meeting For
Vets Tuesday Night
Bonus Bilfwill Be Prin
cipal Topic to Be
Considered
Os importance to veterans is a mass
meeting scheduled to be held in the
Chowan County 'Court House next
Tuesday night, April 8, at 7:30
o’clock..
At this meeting the North Carolina
Veterans Bonus will be discussed with
the principal speakers being Senator
Tom Sawyer and Andy Delvescovo,
state director of AMVETS.
Similar meetings are being held
all over the State and all veterans
are especially urged to attend.
An effort is being made to have
a referendum on the veterans’ bonus
bill, which was defeated in the last
General Assembly. It provides for
$16.00 per month for domestic service
with a minimum of SSOO and $20.00
per month for overseas service with
a maximum of $750. The bonus ap
plies to veterans of World War I and
11, as well as those who served in the
Korean War.
Red Men Change
Hour Os Meeting
Beginning next Monday night, Cho
wan Tribe of Red Men will meet at
8 o’clock instead of 7:30 o’clock. The
latter hour of meeting will : be in ef
fect during the summer.
Abbreviated Terra
Os Superior Court
Closes Wejfev’ lay
Little Pat Mooney r
Is Taking Part On
Several Programs
In Greenville, Elizabeth
City and Portsmouth
Functions
Pat Mooney, six-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mooney, took
part in the Scottish Rite 'banquet held
in Greenville Wednesday night of this
week. The little lady delightfully en
tertained the large gathering of Mas
! ons with a song and dance specialty.
Pat is also scheduled to appear on
the program at the Ladies’ Night
Scottish Rite Party to be held in Eliz
abeth City Friday night of this week.
The party will be held in the Masonic
dining room.
The local youngster has also been
invited to sing and dance at a meet
ing of the Portsmouth Woman’s Club
1 at its meeting the latter part of
, April.
Canvassers Named
For Cancer Crusade
Mrs. T. C. Byrum, Com
mander, Patient In
Chowan Hospital
Although Mrs. Thomas *C. Byrum,
Jr., commander of the 1952 Cancer
Crusade in Chowan County, was
! obliged to enter Chowan Hospital
1 Monday night for an appendectomy,
the drive for funds began as scheduled
Tuesday o fthis week. As previous
! ly announced, the quota for Chowan
County is $1,155, and it is hoped the
county will reach its goal during tbs
campaign.
Before Mrs. Byrum entered the hos
pital, she prepared the list of volun
teer canvassers for the drive, which
are as follows:
Broad Street—-Mrs. 'C. D. Sawyer,
Mrs. E. H. Wozelki, Mrs. Guy Hobbs
and Mrs. H. L. Turner, Jr.
Water Street—Mrs. Wesley Ches
son, Jr.
King Street—Mrs. Joe Conger, Jr.,
Mrs. Clarence Leary, Jr., and Mrs.
C. A. Phillips.
Queen Street—Mrs. Earl Goodwin,
Mrs. Jesse Harrell and Mrs. C. S.
Blades.
Church Street—Mrs. E. L. Nixon,
Mrs. Gordon Bennett and Mrs. W. P.
Jones.
Gale Street —Mrs. Hector Lupton.
Albemarle Street —Mrs. Hubert Wil
liford.
Moseley Street —'Mrs. Kermit Lay
ton.
Granville Street —Mrs. David Hol
ton and Mrs. C. P. Wales, Jr.
Oakum Street —Mrs. C. B. Mooney,
Jr.
Eden Street—Mrs. R. B. Smith. Mrs.
Lewis Leary and Mrs. T. IC. Byrum,
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Miss Anne McMullan
On Field Study Duty
At Vermont Library
To practice what they have been
learning, students in the school of
Library Science at Simmons College. '
Boston, Mass., started their field
study Monday of this week for two
weeks.
Participating in this work will be
Miss Anne McMullan, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Philip S. McMullan. A grad
uate student, Miss McMullan will do .
her field study with the Vermont Free
Public Library Commission Regional ■
Service.
Hangs In Balance
George Alma Byrum, who has
taken the leading role in the pro
posed preservation of the old
Penelope Barker house, announced
early this week that removal of
the historic house will depend
upon bids to be opened at the Mu
nicipal Building Saturday at 12
o’clock noon.
'Mr. Byrum stated that several
reputable contractors have been
written to and asked to submit
bids to move the house from its
present location to the waterfront.
The contractors were requested to
bid on moving the old house as it
$2.00 Per Year.
’lts 0
,on Opened Tuesday
Morning- Hour and a
Half Late
FOUR DIVORCES
Practically AH of Civil
Cases on Docket Are
Postponed
Although the spring term of Cho
wan Superior Court was postponed a
day and Judge Clawson L. Williams
was about an hour and a half late in
arriving Tuesday morning, the judge
lost no time in grinding out cases,
so that the term of court was com
pleted Wednesday.
The Grand Jury selected to serve
included M. A. Hughes, foreman,
George Alma Byrum, Quinton Bass,
E. J. Goodwin, George S. Twiddy, W.
L. Bateman, M. F. White, Walter
Heath, J. J. Alexander, Ellsworth
Blanchard, J. Q. Bass, Wince White,
Ernest Stillman, W. H. Jordan, S. J.
Sutton, J. Wallace Goodwin, J. N. Jor
dan and Emmett Dale.
Judge Williams made a brief charge
to the jury, emphasizing the duty and
great responsibility resting upo n each
member. He said some people think
the grand jury system is out of date
and obsolete, but that he did not sub
i scribe to that opinion, for it is the
difference between tyranny and peace
ful living. He gave the usual in
structions to the jurymen especially
referring to true bills and present
ments. He said that the jurors, com
ing from every section of the county,
makes it. almost impossible for the
law to be continually violated and
\yjiere it is the cases should be re
ported.
The first case to be tried was Ar
thur White, Jr., Bertie Negro, who
entered a plea of guilty to two charg
es of forgery.. On the first charge
he was sentenced to not less than two
nor more than three years in State
Prison. On the second charge he was
sentenced to not less than 18 months
nor more than three years, this sen
tence to begin at the expiration, of the
first sentence.
Elijah Rankin entered a plea of
guilty to a charge of assault with a
deadly weapon. He was given a sen
tence of four months on the roads.
The State entered a nol pros with
leave in the case of Bennie Lee
Preece, charged with reckless driv
ing.
Similar action was taken in the
case of James B. Curbeam, charged
with assault with a deadly weapon.
In a habeas corpus proceeding,
Judge Williams denied the petition
of Wayland White, Jr. White was
remanded to the Halifax County pris
on camp, where he is serving a sen
tence imposed by Recorder’s Court.
(Continued on Page Seven)
Betsy Wood Officer
Os College Sorority
The nine national social sororities
at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College,
Lynchburg, Va., recently held elections
for 1952-1953 officers.
Included among the new officers is
Miss Betsy Wood of Edenton. Daugh
ter -of Mrs. Frederick P. Wood, Miss
Wood was elected treasurer of Kappa
Delta sorority. A sophomore, she Will
he an attendant in the annual May
Day celebration.
The sororities on the Randolph-
Macon campus include: Alpha Delta
Pi; Alpha Omicron Pi; Omega; Delta
Delta Delta; Kappa Alpha Theta;
Kappa Delta; Phi Mu; Pi Beta Phi;
and Zeta Tau Alpha.
Junior-Senior Banquet
Will Be Held April 18
The junior class of the Edenton
High School will hold the annual
Junior-Senior Banquet Friday night,
April 18, at 7:30 o’clock. The banquet
will be held in the cafeteria at the
new Junior-Senior High School.
stands, as well as to move it by
removing the chimneys.
Just how many bids will be sub
mitted is not known nor is it
known what the figures will be,
but those most concerned in the
preservation of the house hope the
price will not be prohibitive.
In the meantime those heading
up the project will be very re
ceptive to any contributions which
anyone might wish to make to
ward moving the house. (Contribu
tions should be forwarded to
Town Clerk Wesley Chesaon, Jr.,
or George Alma Byrum.