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Volume XlX.—Number 20. Penelope Barker’s l House Is Gradually Reaching New Site Big Frame Building Is Creeping Down Broad Street By Inches MONEYNEEDED Han to Remodel Build ing For Use as Com munity Center By Evelyn G. Leary The wheels of progress are moving along with renewed action concerning the removal and restoration of the EPenelope Barker House heTe, an his toric landmark which has created wide-spread interest. Last week the large frame building was moved from its long resting place onto Broad Street for its starting journey down the street to its new home site at the waterfront. Crowds of spectators were on hand to watch the huge Structure as it moved along on rollers at the pace of a snail. Edentonians are looking forward to the time when the historic shrine reaches its new home so that plans can go forward to converting the structure into a much-needed com munity building. This undertaking is being shouldered by the Junior Cham ber of Commerce, the Business and Professional Women’s Club and the Woman’s Club, but these organiza tions cannot carry the ball alone andj help must come from elsewhere. The clubs are currently staging a fund raising drive, and it is hoped that the citizens of Edenton and Chowan Coun ty will contribute generously toward this worthwhile project. (Donations from any other interested persons will be gladly accepted and appreciated also. J. K. Watkins, of Stem, N. C., is doing the moving at a cost of $5,200. The lot for the building was pur chased from the American Legion by the Town of"Edenton at a cost of $4,- 000. Workmen were forced to remove the hedges surrounding the building, the parking meters in front, and the tower range and huge tree at the low er end of Broad Street in order for the building to move along free of ob stacles. There are probably many who know little of the history of the Penelope Barker House and who are somewhat in doubt as to whether the American Patriots actually owned or resided (Continued on Page Twelve) Francis Chesson To Be Guest Speaker At Baptist Church Chowan County Boy Has Filled Local Pulpit On Several Occasions The guest speaker at the Baptist Church for the 1)1 o’clock morning service Sunday, May 25, will be Fran cis Chesson, who is now home from the seminary for the summer vaca tion period. He has filled the pulpit on several previous occasions and members on the congregation will wel come this opportunity to hear him again. He has conducted the mid week prayer services of the church for the past two weeks. For the past school year, the speak er has attended his first term at the | Southern Baptist Theological Semi nary at Louisville, Ky., in prepara tion for the ministry. He plans to re turn in thp fall for further study. Al though his present post-office is Ro per, he is a Chowan County boy and a graduate of the Edenton High School and Wake Forest College. His | many friends will welcome him Sunday and the public is cordially invited to attend this service. The evening worship service of the church will not he held because of the baccalaureate sermon at the school. Piano Recital To Be Presented May 28th 1 Mrs. C. B. Mooney will present her 1 piano students in a recital at the i Graded School auditorium, Wednesday i night, May 28, at 8 o’clock. Those ' taking part on the program are Bev- ! eriy Conn, Freddie Ferguson, Jimmie Cozzena, Delores Basnight, Betsy t Craddock, Patricia Bunch, Virginia (Tones, Billy Bunch, Rosa HolloweH, 1 Priscilla Bunch, Linda Leary, Robert Earl Edwards. Rtfth Stokely, Judy Israel, Madaleine Russell, Brenda Dean Mooney and Janet Bunch. An favjttaltlon is extended the gen eral public to attend. THE CHOWAN HERALD |_Bver The TopJ Mrs. T. C. Byrum, Jr., county commander of the Chowan County Cancer Drive, announced early this week, that the county had exceeded its quota of <51,155.60 by a margin of $78.30. Mrs. Byrum wishes to take this opportunity to thank all who contributed in any way to make the drive the success it was. 56 Edenton High i School Boys Guests Edenton Air Station Group Given Inside View Os Operation of an Air Station Fifty-six Iboys, members of the Edenton High School science class, were provided with an inside view of the operations of a Marine Air Station in a special tour, Tuesday of last week of Edenton Auxiliary Landing Field, i The tour, given hearty approval by ' Colonel E. E. Bracket, Jr., the officer ! jin charge, was arranged by Major Louis E. Ferguson, assistant officer ' in charge and N. J. George, instructor ' in the Edenton School. The groups of students were ac- * companied by Mr. George, and Ben Perry, and were guided by four officer 1 pilots of Marine Aircraft Group Eleven, who answered questions and explained operating procedures. The hoys said the most interesting feature of the tour was the new F9F-5 Synthetic Trainer with its realistic cockpit where pilots experience simu lated conditions of actual flight. There was also a great deal of en thusiasm and interest expressed by members of the group over the opera tions tower, where tower operators were heard controlling aircraft in flight, and the F9F-5 Panther jets, which the Edenton High Schoolers 1 were examining at close range for the , first time. Mr. George, who holds the rank of Major in the Marine Corps Seserve, said the purpose of the tour was to provide practical understanding of problems studied in Edenton High School science courses. EHS Commencement Exercises May 25th The Rev. H. L. (Cathey To Deliver Bacca laureate Sermon Commencement exercises of the Edenton Junior-ISenior High School will begin Sunday, May 25, with the Rev. H. L. Cathey, pastor of the Eden ton Presbyterian Church, delivering the baccalaureate sermon. The exercises will he held in the ( Elementary School auditorium at 8 < o’clock P. M. Special music will be furnished by , the High School Glee Club under the j direction of Mrs. Mary L. Brown ing. ( Marshals representing the Junior Class are as follows: Margery Thig pen, Richard Hines, Jr., Chiefs; Kitty , Cam pen, Lu Jordan, Esther Warren j and Margaret Parrish. Class Night and awards will be 1 held Tuesday, May 27, at 8:00 P. M. Graduation Exercises will be con ducted Thursday, May 29, at 8:00 j IP. M. J Edenton Claims Six Members In Ocean Highway Association j Possibly the wrong impression was made in connection with a story in The Herald last week relative to the Ocean Highway Association. The story state# that the Eden Motel and Habit’s Motor Court became members t this year, "which gives Edenton four c motor court members.” 1 As a matter of fact, Edenton has i six members hi the Ocean Highway ] Association, these being Hotel Joseph 1 Hswes, Triangle Restaurant, Eden Motel, Triangle Motor’ Court, Colonial i Motor Court and Habit’s Motor Court. < As stated in lasi week’s Story, cour- « tesy, cleanliness and efficient service 1 are some of the requirements for i membership. t EcSenton, Carolina, Thursday, May 22,1952. | TRAVELING INCH BY INCH ~ Z . moved out on Broad Street to start its journey about two blocks away to the waterfront. The big frame building has been moving along by inches and when it is placed on the new site the plan is to transform it into a Community Building. #VWV^^^^A/VWWVSAA/WVWWWVWWV'< Colonials Continue I To Climb Up Ladder In League Standing I Local Team Wins Four . And Loses Two During Week STANDING OF CLUBS (As Os Wednesday Morning) New Bern 12 5 .706 J Wilson 11 6 .647 * Roanoke Rapids 9 6 .600 1 Kinston -9 8 .529 * Edenton 8 9 .471 ( Tarboro 8 10 .444 ‘ Rocky Mount 7 10 .4121* Goldsboro 7 12 .250 During the past week the Edenton < Colonials won four games, lost two, i and one game was rained out. As a : result Edenton took one more step in 1 league standing by climbing to fifth ' place, as of Wednesday morning. The Colonials were scheduled to play <1 New Bern on Hicks Field Wednesday night of this week. Other home games to be played during the week are: Friday night—Roanoke Rapids. i Sunday afternoon —Kinston. ] Tuesday night—Rocky Mount. Edenton 17, Rocky Mount 6 In a ragged and long drawn out , game on Hicks Field Wednesday night ; Os last week the Colonials won over ] Rocky Mount by a score of 17 to 6. The Colonials boosted their batting averages at the expense of three < Rocky Mount hurlers, Centined, Bad gett and Dyer, by hanging up 13 hits. * Claude Griffin led the attack with four hits, followed by Sam Mauney, who had three hits, one a home run. The Colonials also used three pitch ers. Ronnie White started on the mound and was relieved in the third (Continued on Page Twelve) VEWlnTAuxSaiy To Stage Dance —— Proceeds Will Go To- 1 ward VFW Build- { ing Fund ( The VFW and Ladies’ Auxiliary J will stage another dance Saturday j night, May 24, at eight o’clock. The dance will begin at 9 o’clock and con- ’ tinue. until midnight. All proceeds derived from the dance t will go toward the VFW Building Fund. ] Music for the dance will be provid- g ed by Freddie Byrum and his orches- tra. It is announced that there will be t no change in admission and the public v is cordially invited and urged to come s out and help support the VFW with j their Building Fond. < Auction Block Opens < Wednesday, May 28 j i First Sale Will Include J Squash, String Beans t And Cabbage a Announcement was made this week that the Chowan Mutual Produce Ex- 1 change will open its auction block at 1 Valhalla on Wednesday, ‘May 28. The ( first sale will include for the most 1 part squash, snap beans and cab bage. c Francis Hicks, well known Edenton auctioneer, will again be in charge J of sales and Ben Perry will serve as r check writer and bookkeeper. Edgar r Pearce is president of the exchange a and W. A. Harrell, secretary and a treasurer. g Miss Mary Ann Elliott Wins First Place In N. S.D.A.R Contest Awards Presented Fri day Morning In High School Gymnasium By Evelyn G. Leary Miss Mary Ann Elliott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Elliott, won first prize in the N. S. D. A. R. Liter ary Award Contest held in special as sembly at the Edenton High School gymnasium Friday morning under the sponsorship of the Edenton Tea Party Chapter. Mary Ann was presented a $25 check for winning first place. Taking second place was Marietta Perry, who received sls, with third place and $lO going to Pete Adams. Glenn Rae Twiddy received honorable mention. Presentation of awards was made ,by Mrs. John Kramer, Regent of the Edenton Tea Party Chapter of D. A. R. She paid high tribute to Mrs. Mary L. Browning English teacher and di rector, and thanked all students who participated in the contest Forty-five papers were entered in the contest, of which eight were sub mitted by numbers to the D. A. R. Mrs. Inglis Fletcher, noted author and historian of the local chapter, did the (Continued on Page seven) Chowan Democrats Hold Convention On Saturday Afternoon Delegates Chosen to At tend State Convention In Raleigh Today Though slimly attended, the Cho wan Democratic Convention was held in the Court House Saturday after noon, with L. E. Griffin, chairman of the County Democratic Executive Committee presiding. After reading of the minutes of the last meeting, E. W. Spires, secretary treasurer, reported that the treasury is in the best condition since he has served in that capacity. A cash bal ance of $65.25 was reported. In order to elect officers, Chair man Griffin appointed a nominating committee consisting of T. W. Jones, R. L. Pratt, A. B. Harless, Mrs. John Lee Spruill and Mrs. David Holton. Within a few minutes the committee returned with a recommendation that the same officers be re-elected, which was done unanimously. The officers are L. E. Griffin, chairman; Mrs. E. N. Elliott, vice chairman, and E. W. Spires, secretary-treasurer. Delegates elected to the State Dem ocratic Convention in Raleigh today (Thursday) were E. W. Spires, Mrs. Josie Ruth Carr. L. E. Griffin, Gibson Brickie, H. A. Campen, David Holton, Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Elliott, T. W. ■Jones, John F. White, T. C. Byrum, Roy Emminizer and other Chowan Democrats who can attend the con vention. Chowan County has eight votes in the State Convention and these votes will be decided among the number who attend. The First District caucus will be held at 10 o’clock in the basement of Memorial Auditorium and the State Convention is scheduled to begin at 1 12 o’clock. Chowan delegates will go to the convention uninstructed. During Saturday’s convention Mrs. Josie Ruth Carr expressed regret that no more interest is taken in precinct meetings and the county convention, and expressed her opinion that more attention to government should be given in schools. Paving In Chowan Exceeded Goal As Set Up In Program j Buy A Poppy | Saturday, May 24, will be ob served as Poppy Day in Edenton, and Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt, Chair man of the sale of poppies, asks everyone to buy generously. “Your American Legion Auxili ary,” says Mrs. Chestnutt, “asks you to wear a Memorial Poppy in honor of our war dead from the Argonne to Korea. Made by dis abled veterans for the help of dis abled veterans and the aid of war orphans, these bright red memori al flowers are the Veterans’ way to honor the dead as they care for the living. Wear a Poppy! Give as generously as you have re ceived.” Lions dub Presents Alien Music Award On Friday Night Most Outstanding Mem ber of Band To Be Honored A concert by the Edenton High School Band will be held Friday night of this week in the Graded School au ditorium. A feature of the concert will be the presentation of the Arion Award for music to the most outstand i ing band graduate. The Arion Award is an annual event of the Edenton Lions Club and presentation will be made by John Mitchener, chairman of ) the Boys and Girls Committee. The concert by the band will con ’ sist of the program: Star Spangled Banner. Slow March from Scipdo, by G. F. Handel. Student Prince, by Sigmund Rom berg. Coronet solo, "Lost Chord”, by A. Sullivan, Francis Hicks, soloist. Pavanne, by Morton Gould. Mikado, by A. Sullivan. Intermission. Faust, by Gounod. Piano solo, ‘Rondo Capriccioso,” by Mendelssohn, Betsy Duncan, soloist. Begin The Beguine, by Cole Porter. University Grand March, by E. F. Goldman. The public is cordially invited to at tend. Bloodmobile To Visit Armory On May 29 Recruitment Committee Announced By Chair man Tom Shepard George Alma Byrum, chairman of the Chowan County Red Cross blood program, calls attention to the visit of the bloodmobile to Edenton on Thursday, May 29. Mr. Byrum points out that a great amount of blood is still being used by the armed forces as well as by the Chowan Hospital. The county quota is slated at 150 pints and it is hoped that the quota will be realized in or der to build up the small reserve now on hand. Mr. Byrum also points out that more civilians will be obliged to do nate a pint of blood on this visit if the county is to reach its quota. The bloodmobile, he says, will make a sep arate visit to the Edenton Marine Corps Air Station on Friday, May 23, so that Marines will not donate blood at the armory as heretofore. The Marines have been very (Cooperative and in previous visits have made a substantial contribution to the blood program in Chowan County. Mr. Byrum announces that Thomas Shepard' is chairman of the Recruit ment Committee and a committee of the following has been named to con tact local residents: West Edenton, Mrs. J. C. Leary and Mrs. George Hoskins; East Edenton, Elizabeth Elliott; Business Section, Paul Partin, W. J. Yates and J. C. Parks; North Edenton, Miss Mildred Munden; Westover Heights, Mrs. Mary Hardin; Morris Circle and Albe marle Court, Mrs. Bill Cozart and Miss Rebecca Colwell; County, Mrs. E. N. Elliott; Colored, Henry Rodman. Anyone wishing to make an ap pointment to give a pint of blood is requested to contact any of the above. —lt takes only one hear to save a life. $2.00 PerYearT ► More Than 10,000 Miles County Road In State Hardsurfaced FROM BOND ISSUE 1952 Expected to Result In Record Breaking Year More than 10,000 miles of county roads have been hardsurfaced in North Carolina with funds from the $200,- 000,000 secondary road bond issue. Official figures, released by High way 'Chairman Henry W. Jordan, showed that the State Highway Com mission has completed almost 84 per cent of the 12,000-mile secondary pav ing goal set by Governor Scott when the bond issue was approved by the voters of North Carolina in the 1949 referendum. A total of 225.1 miles of secondary roads were paved during the first three months of 1962, bringing the total mileage hard-surfaced under the bond program to 10,061.6. Chairman Jordan pointed out that indement weather during January, February and March had delayed a great deal of the paving projects on rural roads. A total of 4,025.5 miles of secondary I roads were paced in 1951; another 4,- 554.6 miles were paved in 1950, and I, miles were paved in 1949, the first year of the $200,000,000 second ary road program. These figures do not include pav ing on primary highways or other projects not included in the second ary road program, nor do they cover resurfacing or widening of secondary roads. The paving goal had been exceeded (Continued on Page Seven) Miss Marietta Perry Is Chosen As Queen Os Chowan County Will Represent County At Annual Potato Festival Miss Marietta Perry, 18-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maynard M. Perry, was named “Queen of Cho wan 'County” at a beauty contest held on the stage of the Taylor Theatre Wednesday night of last week. She was presented a handsome trophy by Jimmie Earnhardt, manager of the Taylor Theatre, and is entitled to com pete for Queen of the Albemarle at the annual Potato Festival which will be held in Elizabeth City on Satur day, May 31. Miss Perry, who is a blue-eyed, five foot-five blonde, and a senior at Eden ton High School, was chosen from a roster of thirteen Edenton beauties. She wore a white taffeta strapless evening dress with an overskirt of white net. The taffeta bodice was finished off with a petal effect. The bouffant gathered skirt was in two tiers over a hooped skirt. Runners-up to the winner were Miss Dorothy Heninger, who took second place, and Miss Sus-z Blades, third place. Both young ladies were pre sented free theatre tickets. Acting as judges for the contest were 'Colonel Bracket, commanding of ficer at the Marine Auxiliary Sta tion, Jim Basnight and Willis Mc- Clenney. Those taking part in the contest and the business firms they repre sented were: Marietta Perry—Preston’s Store. Dorothy Heninger—Habit’s Store. Sus-z Blades—(Belk-Tyler. Mearplene Hudson —Western Auto Supply. Sara Kemp Wood—Cam pen’s Jewel ers. Glenn Rae Twiddy—Byrum Hard ware Co. Joan Cobb—Chowan Motor Co. Alvis Perry—Badham Department Store. Anna Parten—The Betty Shoppe. Lou Ellen Jordan —Tots & Teens. Frankie Privott—Mitchener’s Phar macy. Linda Downum —George Twiddy In surance. Hazel Leary —H obowsky Store. ROTARY MEETS TODAY Edenton’s Rotary Chib will meet today (Thursday) in the Parish House at 1 o’clock. Jasper Hassell will be in charge of the program. President J. L. Chestnutt urges every Rota Han to attend.
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