Volume XlX.— Number 29.
.Purchase Os Lands
Scheduled To Begin
For National Park
State’s Share of Nation
al Park Project Will
Be $618,000
3o ) qooTcres
Lindsay Warren Author
Os Legislation While
In Congress In 1937
> The 'National Park Service of the
Department of the Interior will estab
lish a land acquisition office in the
l near future to launch the task of pur
chasing lands for the Cape Hatteras
National Seashore Recreation Area,
t Secretary of the Interior Oscar L.
Chapman has announced. Available
for the purpose are $618,000 in State
of North Carolina funds and a match
ing amount from unnamed donors.
The project on which these funds are
to be expended was first authorized
by Congress in 1937.
The boundaries of the area in which
lands are to be acquired have been
jointly agreed upon by the Caipe Hat
teras National Seashore Commission,
the ‘Governor’s Council, and the Nat
ional Park Service. From the point,
locally known as Whalebone, on Bodie
Island, approximately 8 miles north
of Oregon Inlet, where U. S. Highway
158 turns to go to Roanoke Island,
the project extends down to Cape
Hatteras- itself and southwestward
from the Cape' to the farther end of
Ocracoke Island. No part of the
ocean-front resort community of Nags
Head is included within the project
All the several villages lying along
the inner side of North Carolina’s Out
er Banks—North and South Rodanthe,
Salvo, Buxton, Frisco/ Hatteras and
Ocracoke —are excluded, as required
by the 1937 act of Congress. So also
are liberal areas surrounding them, to
leave adequate room for their ex
pansion.
This portion of the Outer Banks of
> North Carolina comprises one of the
few extensive stretches of undevelop
ed seashore remaining on the Atlan
tic Coast, Secretary Chapman stated.
Author of the 1937 legislation was
the Hon. Lindsay Warren, then Rep
resentative from North Carolina’s
First Congressional District, and now
Comptroller General, who has retained
his interest in the prospect during the
nearly 12 years since he took over his
.present position. Mr. Warren has
taken an active and effective part in
the recent negotiations which resulted
in the decision of the Governor’s Coun
cil to make $618,000 of the State’s
funds available for the project, as
has his successor in Congress, the Hon.
Herbert C. Bonner.
The total area within the project
boundaries comes to approximately
30,000 acres of land.
Marine Is Killed In |
Plane Crash Monday
M/Sgt. Raymond Ken
nedy Pulled From
Wreckage
Master Sergeant Raymond F. Ken
nedy, a Marine pilot, lost his life
Monday when a Corsair fighter plane
crashed and burned at the Eden ton
Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing
Field.
Kennedy, 27, with other pilots, was •1
participating in simulated carrier.:
landings when his plane crashed and
burned. He was dead when his body
was pulled from the flaming wreck
age.
The victim’s home was in Central :
Falls, R. 1., and he was stationed at
Cherry Point. He is survived by his
wife and two children who live at
Havelock.'
Clark Replaces Brooks
On Colonials’ Lineup
A new face in the Edenton Co
lonials’ lineup since Friday is Doug
Clark. Clark succeeds Chester Brooks,
who was released to make room for '
Clark, who played his first game with j
the Colonials in Goldsboro.
Clark is a fast outfielder with a
deadly throw and is expected to add
strength both to offense-and defense
for the Colonials.
RED MEN MEET MOI^DAY
Chowan Tribe of Red Men will meet i
next Monday night at 8 o’clock. This I
will be an important meeting, so that 1
E. G. Williford, sachem of the tribe,
urges members to make a special ef
fprt to attend. i
THE CHOWAN HEKM.D
U.S. Savings Bonds
Sales In Chowan
$5,031.25 In June
Entire Amount Repre
sents Investment In
Series E and H
Sale of United States savings bonds
in Chowan County for the month of
June totaled $5,031.25 all of which
was in Series E and Series H bonds.
This sales announcement is made by
County Savings Bonds Chairman A.
B. Harless based on the monthly sales
report from Allison James, State
Director of U. S. Savings Bonds in
Greensboro.
The total figures for North Caro
lina’s 100 counties were as follows:
Series E and Series H Bonds (com
bined) Series J Bonds
128,404.00; Series K Bonds $373,500.00;
totaling $3,250,056.75.
County Chairman Harless, in an
nouncing the above sales, explained
that Series E and Series H Bond
sa es are reported as a combined total
rather than separately because both
Series are sold in the same market—
to individuals only, and because the
Series H is a companion bond to
Series E.
Chairman Harless commented that
the new current income H Bond is
proving very popular, and expressed
his gratification at the cooperation
of all media of advertising and pub.
licity in informing the public about
the new features of all Series of Sav
ings Bonds. i
Edenton's National
Guard Wins Honor
At Fort McClellan
Local Outfit Went and
Returned Home 100%
Os Strength
Tired but happy members of the
Edenton Heavy Mortar Company,
119th Infantry Regiment of the Nat
ional Guard returned home Sunday af
ternoon after two weeks of intensive
training at Fort McClellen, Anniston,
Alabama. The North Carolina Guards
men joined Tennessee members of the
famed “Old Hickory” Division, named
for President Andrew Jackson, him-
Iself a member of the National Guard.
The training was described by Briga
dier General Claude Bofers of War
renton as the most important for
: Guardsmen since World War 11.
The Edenton. unit came back with
a plaque in the form of commenda
tion from Commanding General Paul
Jordan of the Third Division for at
tending camp 100 per cent strength.
The local unit was sie only one to go
to camp 100 per cent and return home
100 per cent.
The first week’s training was de
voted to small arms firing as well as
firing the 4.2 mortars, with 344 rounds
fired of the .latter.
The first Saturday in camp a regu
lar division review wag held when a
parade marched by Governor W. Kerr
Scott and high ranking military per-
I sonnel.
The second week each regiment
went on a 4-day bivouvac maneuver,
with training conducted on a platoon
level. The men were also trained in
a night problem which included com
bat patrolling.
Most of the men returned home
Sunday afternoon, but the remainder,
driving the unit’s vehicles with Sgt.
Walter Mills in charge, returned borne
Tuesday.
I The men were paid off Friday and
left Fort MdClellen at 2 o’clock Sat
urday afternoon, arriving home about
4:30 Sunday afternoon.
In the Edenton group were five
officer® and 67 enlisted men, with
Captain Cecil Fry as commanding of
ficer. , v i
VFW AuxiliarjTcake
Sale Saturday Morning
The Women’s Auxiliary of WilUam .
H. Coffield Post, Veterans of For- <
eign Wars, will hold a cake sale :
Saturday morning. The sale will be i
conducted at the Hughai-Hohon Hard- :
ware Store, starting at 9 o’clock. 1
The ladies will have for sale cakes,
'pies, candy, cookies and other items,:
made by the members. i:
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 24,1952.
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Seven-year-old Karen Blecha enacts 1952 polio precautions
recommended by the National Foundation for Infantile Faralyris.
[ 1 When pblio is around, the National Foundation cautions parents
, to watch for these signs: headache, fever, sore throat, upset atom*
ach, tenderness and stiffness of neck and back. A person showing
such symptoms should be put to bed at once, away from ethers.
Then, call yonr doctor and follow his advice. If polio is diagnosed, <
call your local chapter of the March of Dimes for advtoo tad 1
v assistance, including needed dnanotel help.
Big Hagen-Wallace
Circus In Edenton
Monday, July 28th
Edenton Baseball Club,
Will Share In Proceeds
Os Two Performances
Sponsored by the Edenton Baseball
Club, the Hagen-Wallace three-ring
circus will appear in Edenton Monday,
July 28. The circus will be located
on Hicks Field, back of the armory, I
for day only. There will be two
performances, the matinee starting at I
1 3 o’clock and the night performance
at 8 o’clock.
IWith the Edenton Baseball Club
shaiing in the proceeds, it is hoped
a large number of people will attend
the circus. As an incentive to help
the baseball club, advance tickets will
be on sale, of which the club will re
ceive 50 per cent. For those who buy
tickets at the circus grounds the club
will receive only 10 per cent. For
that reason all who plan to attend are
urged to purchase their tickets before
going to the circus.
Tickets are on sale at the following
Edenton places: Hughes-Holton Hard
ware Store, Byrum Hardware Store,
Leggett & Davis Drug Store, Colonial
Motor Court, Mitcheneris Pharmacy,
Gulf Service Station, Albemarle Res
taurant, Cuthrell’s Department Store,
Triangle Service Station, IBasnight
Grocery, Hoskins Harrell’s Service
Station and Bridge-Turn Service Sta
tion.
The attractions offered this season
number over one hundred, and feature
a number of new acts first time in
America.
Among the top headliners appearing
with the circus is the Tomyana Troupe
(Continued on Page 'Eight)
A. L Jenkins Named
As Area Chairman
By Auto Dealers
Key Representative of
State and National
Associations
A. E. Jenkins, manager of the Chas.
H. Jenkins Motor Company, has been 1
named area Chairman for Chowan 1
County, according to Fred H. Dea- i
ton, president of the North Caro- ’
lina Automobile Dealers Association.
In making this announcement, Dea
ton pointed out that Jenlrina as area
chairman, will be a key representative
of the State and National Automobile
Dealer Association* and will serve aa
liaison between dealers in this county 1
and the dealer aaaociation headquar- T
ters in Baleigh and Washington. He i
will head the annual NCADA, and i
, NAD A membership campaign iS the c
i fall. ; r i
Colonials Lose Five
Out Os Eight Games
Played During Week
Local Team, However
Still Holds on to Third
Place In League
STANDING OF CLUBS
(As of Wednesday Morning)
W L Pet.
Kinston 54 30 .643
I Wilson ' : 51 33 .607
Edenton 45 39 .536
j Rocky Mount 40 43 .482
Goldsboro 40 44 .476
Roanoke Rapids 39 45 .464
Tarboro .37 46 .446
New 'Bern 29 55 .345
Edenton’s Colonials had a hard road
to travel during the past week, los
ing five of the eight games played
and on Tuesday night in Kinston lost
their third straight game.
However, the Colonials are hanging
on to third place in the Coastal Plain
League, leading Rocky Mount by 4%
games as of Wednesday. '
Home games for the Colonials dur
ing the week will be Rocky Mount
Friday night, Tarboro Sunday after
noon, Wilson Tuesday night, Golds
boro Wednesday night.
(Continued on Page Five)
Chowan Delegates
At 4-H Club Week
Group Left For Raleigh
Monday and Will Re
turn Saturday
Eleven rural teen-agers from Cho
wan 'County are at N. C. State Col
lege in Raleigh this week to attend
State 4-H Club Week, which annual
ly draws hundreds of delegates repre
senting every county and virtually
every rural community in North Ca
rolina.
The five-day program includes ad
dresses by outstanding speakers,
tours, demonstrations, panel .discus
sions, finals in several State 4-H con
tests, recognition of state and na
tional winners, recreational activities,
and other features.
Directing the week’s program is L.
R. Harrill, State 4-H Club leader, and
his staff of six assistants. Presiding
at the various sessions are Janice
Warren, Nash County, president;
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Methodist Choirs Will
Hold Practice Tonight
Choir practice will be held in the
Methodist Church tonight
The Junior Choir will begin rehearsal
at 7:16, with the Senior Choir begin
ning at 8 o’clock. Norman Leonard,
director, urges all members to make a
special effort to attend.
[T owiTCouncilmen
Shave 15 Cents Off
Edenton’s Tax Rate
“Miss America” To
Play In Guest Role
In “Lost Colony”
Colleen Kay Hutchins
Will Perform Tuesday
Night, July 29th
Lovely Colleen Kay Hutchins, who
won the title “Miss America” for her
beauty, shapeliness and talent at the
Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City
last September, will be a guest per
former at Paul Green’s symphonic
drama The Lost Colony at Waterside
Theatre in Manteo on Tuesday night,
July 29. 'She will be the first of sev
eral celebrities scheduled for guest
roles in the drama during the re
mainder of the 12th season of the
show.
Miss Hutchins entered the national
contests as “Miss Utah of 1952.” She
is a graduate of the University of
Utah where she majored in dramatics
winning recognition jn several plays
including Anthony and Cleopatra in
which she was cast as the Egyptian
princess and Queen. In Atlantic City
she did a skit from Maxwell Ander
son’s “Elizabeth the Queen,” which,
won her talent honors. Thus, as an
actress, Miss Hutchins will not be
making her debut on a stage, as she
has appeared in many roles on many
stages during her dramatic career.
In The Lost Colony she will appear
in the colorful and newly costumed
I Fish Net Scene. During recent years
r other outstanding personalities, in
[ eluding Georgia Carroll and LuLong
Ogburn “Miss North Carolina” have
appeared as guest performers in this
» scene. During intermission Miss
America will be introduced to the au
dience from the great stage of Water
side Theatre and interviewed by Gen
eral Manager William Hardy.
Miss America is 5 feet 10 inches
high, a blue eyed blond with bust and
hips measuring 36 inches and waist of
•24 inches. She weighs 143 pounds.
She will arrive on the Dare coast this
[ week-end witnessing a performance of
* the drama on Sunday night prior to
; her guest appearance next Tuesday.
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Funeral Services
; Held Monday For
Richard H. Goodwin
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Edenton Man Succumbs
In Scotland Following
Automobile Wreck
Funeral services were held in the
Edenton Baptist Church Monday morn
ing at 11 o’clock for Richard Hen
derson Goodwin, 35, who died in Scot
land Wednesday of last week as the
result of injuries sustained in an au
tomobile wreck. The pastor of the
, church, the Rev. R. N. Carroll, offici
ated, with interment following in
Beaver Hill Cemetery.
The body of Mr. Goodwin arrived by
plane in New York Saturday.
Mrs. Goodwin, who was vacationing
in Edenton when the accident occur
red, rushed back to Scotland by plane,
accompanied by her brother-in-law,
Richard F. Elliott. They arrived at
the bedside of the injured man Tues
day morning in time for him to recog
nize them, but he passed away the
next morning. Mrs. Goodwin and Mr.
Elliott were accompanied back to
Edenton by Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Jones of Grangemouth, Scotland.
Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin had been in
Scotland several years, where Mr.
Goodwin was associated with the Kel
logg Engineering Company.
Mr. Goodwin was educated at The
Citadel at Charleston, S. C., and Indi
ana Tech in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Be
fore joining the Kellogg Engineering
Company in 1942, he was connected
with the E. I. DuPont Company.
Surviving, besides his wife, are his
son, Richard Goodwin, Jr.; his moth
er, Mrs. George W. Goodwin of Eden
ton; a brother, George W. Goodwin,
Jr., of Ednor, Md., and/six sisters, Mrs.
Earl Hurdle of Elizabeth City, Mrs. J.
L. Alderman of Garner, Mrs. Will Her
ring of Scotland Neck and Mrs. T.
Wallace Jones, Mrs. M. A. Hughes and
Mrs. J. P. Partin of Edenton.
Pallbearers were W. P. Jones, Dr.
Frank Wood, W. D. Holmes, Jr., J. H.
Conger. Sr., Dr. Roland H. Vaughan,
Ep Debnam, Paul Partin and Gordon
Jones of Grangemouth, Scotland.
$2.00 Per Year.
Budget Approved At
Special Meeting Held
Tuesday Night
NEW RATE $1.35
Provision Made For New
Football Bleachers At
Hicks Field
Meeting in special session Tuesday
night, Town Council considered the
tentative budget for Edenton for the
fiscal year 1952-53 as presented by
the Finance Committee.
Very few changes were made in
the figures as presented and accord
ing to the estimated income and vari
ous appropriations it will be possible
to shave 15 cents off the present tax
rate. The tax rate last year was
$1.50 on the ssloo property valuation,
so that unless any considerable chang
es in the budget are necessary to be
made, the new rate will be $1.35.
The proposed budget was approved
by the Town Councilmen, and it will
be filed in the Town office for 30
days for public inspection, after which
it will be officially adopted by Town
Council.
The budget provides for no increase
in salaries for the year.
Os special interest is provision in
,the budget for new football bleachers
at Hicks Field. The present wooden
structure is in very dangerous con
dition, and last fall it was necessary
to prohibit use of several rows of
the top seats. The plan is to construct
. bleachers of cement blocks and to pro
[ vide a field house underneath. The
i present field house is not in the best
. of condition and very soon would re
: quire some outlay for repairs.
Tentative plans call for the bleach
-5 ers being 192 feet long with 14 rows
j of seats, the first row to be a few
. feet above the ground level.
Hollowed Resips
lob As Town Clerk
Town Council Is Now
Awaiting Applications
For Successor
When Town Council met in special
session Tuesday night to consider the
1952-53 budget, Mayor Leroy Haskett
read a resignation submitted by A. S.
Hollowell, who succeeded Wesley
| Chesson as Town Clerk on July 1.
In a briefly worded statement, Mr.
Hollowell, in substance, said that he
appreciated the opportunity to serve
1 as Town Clerk but, in his opinion, it
would be better for himself and the
Town as well that he resign.
His resignation was accepted with
regret, and he will serve until a suc
cessor is secured.
At Tuesday night’s meeting no par
ticular person was considered for the
position, but it is expected some appli
cations will be submitted. Those who
desire to make application should do so
at once.
Regular Morning
Service On Sunday
At Baptist Church
Worship Service at 11
O’clock Despite Paint
ing Now In Progress
Even thpugh the interior of the
Baptist Church is being painted, it
has been determined that the morning
worship service this Sunday, July 27,
can be held in the auditorium of the
church. Because of this painting work,
it was not possible to announce last
Sunday just where the worship ser
vices for this Sunday could be held.
With the above facte in mind, it was
announced last Sunday that the papers
would advise where the worship ser
vices would be held this Sunday and
members of the church will be glad
to learn that morning service will
be held in the auditorium of the
church Sunday morning as heretofore.
The committee has announced that
there will not be an evening worship
service Sunday night.
The other regular meetings of the
day are Sunday School at 9:45 and
the morning worship service at 11
o’clock. Training Union will meet at
6:45 P. M.