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Lions Club Sponsors
Safety Driving Class
For Edenton School
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Ben Perry Takes Special
Trainer Course At
Greenville
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Chas. H. Jenkins Motor
Company Loans Car
For Instruction
Ederiton’s Lions Club is undertak
ing the sponsorship of a saifiety-driv
ing program ait the Edenlbon High
School, and George I. Bail, Chief of
Police of Edenton, reported to . the
club Monday evening that Ben Perry,
a member of the faculty, left for
Greenville Monday morning, where he
will take the special trainer course
now being given at East Carolina
College.
The classes will begin in January
and students who have become 16
years of age will be eligible to take
the training.
A new 1963 model Bondaic will be
leaned by the Chas. H. Jenkins Motor
Co., of Edenton and W. J. Yates, local
distributor for Sinclair Oil Products
has volunteered to furnish the gaso
line and oil, thereby keeping the cost
to the club around $60.00.
The school authorities will provide
the necessary insurance and this is
considered one of the most worthwhile
projects the club has ever sponsored,
said President Abraham Jenkins, in
thanking the committee for their fine
work.
Dr. A. F. Downum and Herbert
’{Hollowell, who headed the WtoStle Cane
drive, reported that they have raised
$305.00, with a few committees yet
to turn in their collections.
The club voted to stage its annual
Christmas party in December, at
which time the members will enter
tain their lionesses and ladies. This
is thp moit gala occasion of the year
and ib looked forward to w*th great
pleasure.
“ It was also voted that the club
again sponsor the 4-H Corn Club
Contest George Thompson was ap
pointed chairman of the committee.
Aside from awarding prizes to the
largest producers of com per acre,
the club has the-, boys and their dads
as their guests for dinner at the
time awards are made.
Jesse Harrell was appointed chair
man of a committee to enter a club
float in the Christmas parade to be
"held in December.
Dr. Downum, chairman of the pro
gram committee for November, an
nounced that Congressman Herbert
C. Bonner will be guest speaker at
the meeting next Monday evening.
Sterling Parker, manager of the
Ship’s Store at the local Marine Corps
Air Station, was a guest.
Dr. Martin Wisely reported that 5
hospital beds have been procured for
the club and that T. 8., Williford }las
3 additional beds. The board of direc
tors voted to turn these beds over
to Mr. WHEfond, to be furoished-for
use of patients in their homes and
that the nominal sum of SI.OO per
week will he charged for use of each
bed to cover repairs, etc.
Memorial Gifts Os
Books At llbraiy
Fine Collection of Pho
tographs of Albemarle
Area Also Loaned
to Mis. C. P, Wales, li
brarian, the Shepard-Pruden library
has recently received some valuable
and interesting books which were pre
sented as memorial gifts. 'Among the
contributions are:
In memory of'Mrs. Lillie D. Bond,
a pictorial Wrtory of the “War Be
tween the, State*.’’
In memory Mrs. Walter S. White.
“Frontier* of Freedom,” a pictorial
accounlt or ty© RestorUtion of Den
field, an old New England Town.
In memory of A. « Sratttfc, “The
Homes of AflWpfea,” a collection of
picture* of colonial homes. "Life’s
Picture History of Western Man,”
portraying the development of West
ern civilization.
In Judge Kfehard^D.
of North Carolina folk lore by px.
Frank C. Brown.
T. Ears Jordan of Philadelphia, for
merly of Chowan County. has recent
ly loaned the library a beautiful col
ledUon of photographs which he ha*
fc jUjji;*- over a period-. «f years of inter
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THE CHOWAN HERAhD
|_tounty SinjfJ
Miss Rebecca Colwell, Chowan
County home agent, announces
that the second “County iSing”
will be held Monday night, No
vember 17, at 7:30 o’clock In the
Chowan community building at
Cross Brads. ; This ring is for
men and women and older boys
and girls who are interested in
singing.
About a month ago a very suc
cessful ping was held and it is
hoped many will attend the next
one Monday night. C. IW. Over
man will act as director.
Aces Bring Bown
Curtain For 1952
: Season Friday Night
"
i Washington Pam Pack
Will Be Very Tough
Assignment
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i Edenton’* Aces are scheduled to
' bring down the curtain for the 1962
1 football season Friday night, when
1 they will meet the Washington Pam
’ Pack on Hicks Field at 8 o’clock.
Washington is one of the strongest
[ teams in the Northeastern Conference,
| so that the Aces will enter the game
. decidedly the underdog. However,
' Coaches Gorge Thompson and Ben
Perry, as well as the Aces themselves,
' are hoping that the Edenton team
- will be able to stage an upset. The
boys are in good condition and, know
-1 ing that they have a very tough as
signment, will put forth every effort
- to add another victory.
Bo far as victories are concerned,
' (be Aces have not had a very success
-1 ful season. They had a schedule of
10 games, out of which they won
‘ three games and lost six. The Aces
' defeated Williamston, Kinston and
1 Manteo and were defeated by Goldp
-1 boro‘, Greenville, Elizabeth City, New
1 Bern, Hertford and Roanoke Rapids.
The Edenton band will be on hand to
whoop up the game / and it is hoped
| a large crowd will turn out to see the
1 final gamie of the season.
This year’s team was made up
principally with young and inexperi
enced players, and with good material
being developed on the junior varsity
team, next year’s prospects for a win
ning combination will be considerably
brighter.
Town Counciinien In
Brief Meet Tuesday
Committee Appointed to
Decide on Football
Bleachers
Very few important matters con
fronted Town Counidl at its meeting
I Tuesday night, so that the session
lasted a little less than two hours.
During .the meeting a full and inter
esting report of tile annual conven
tion of the North Carolina League of
Municipalities, held in Raleigh, was
presented by Mayor Leroy Haskett,
Town Clerk Ernest Ward and Coun
cilman Graham .Byrum, who repre- ,
seated Edenton at the convention. The j
trio said (he Convention was very in- j
teresting and informative arid that ,
they'ware greatly benefitted in what (
they learned. r ' . i
The matter of new football bleachers ,
at. Hick* Field again popped up and :
a committee wan appointed Ho con
tact j* Goldsboro contractor who built ,
stands there. Coach Ben Perry has <
also contacted a concern who sells i
steel, bleachers, and this proposition
will also be considered.
A request to extend West Church '
Street to tie creek was derived du© to <
the cost infotetfd. • ! I ’;. ;
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Raleigh B. Hollowell
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In Serious Condition !
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Friends will regret to learn that 1
Raleigh B. Hollowell is still a patient <
in Duke Hospital, Dcrham. His con
dition became so critical over the 3
wweloend that relatives were called to !
Ms bedside. 1
However, he improved somewhat i
riudy (Sri* week, bat concern fe still
Ifelt (boat his recovery. J
= Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 13,1952.
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Above is pictured Martha Vaughan, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Ro
land Vaughan, and Kermit Layton, sen of Mr. and iMirs. Hermit Lay-
I * ton, who were tlje bride and bridegroom in the Tom Thumb Wedding
held in the elementary school auditorium Friday night. Th e enter
tainment attracted a large crowd, during which Mairtin (Boyce, ©on
of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. ißoyce, and (Rebecca Lane, daughter i©£*Mr. land
Mrs. Vernon Lane, wer e crowned King and Queen Sn )a baby contest,
held in (conjunction with the wedding.
Decorations For
Christmas Theme
Os Club' Meeting
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Woman’s Club Takes
Some Credit For Large
Vote In Election
5 NEW MEMBERS
Group Told About Pro
posed 1953 Pilgrim
age In Edenton
Mrs. W. H. Copeland, chairman of
the American Home and Garden Com- 1
mdttee, presented an interesting pro
gram on Christmas decorations for ,
the home at the monthly ■ luridwwn
meeting of the Eldenton Woman’s Club
held last week at St. Paul’s Parish
; House.
'With thie help of her committee, :
Mrs. Copeland had arranged a num- ■
ber of attractive table '’ecorations
which, ah© explained, could be easily
assembled with simple materials and j
a little imagination. She also distrib- ■
uted mimeographed booklets contain- ’
ing suggestions about Christmas dec- ;
orations.
Five new members were extended
greeting and welcomed into the 1
club by the president, Mrs. J. H. Con- •
ger, Jr. Thefc were Mrs. T. C. Cross, ]
Jr., Mrs. N. J. George, Miss Laura 1
Satterfield. Mrs. Ernest Ward and 1
Mrs. Gilliam Wood. Mrs. Dick Good- 1
vyin, a former member who recently
returned to Edenton, was also wel- \
corned back into the membership.
■ During the business session Mrs.
j J. C. Leary, Jr., thanked the club -
members for their cooperation in the
Get-Out-The-Vote campaign. She stat
s ed .that results of the voting in Eden- ■
ton showed an increase of 700 voters
in 1962 over the number voting in 1
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Chowan County 41 st
In State Population
Increase In Decade
According to information released
in News Letter of the University of >
North Carolina, Chowan County is in i
4l#t (place among‘the 100 counties in
the state in population increase from
1940 to. 1960. ' The county’s popula
tion in 1960 was 12,640 which repre
sents an 8.4 per cent increase since
1940. In that period urban population l
was 36.6 per cent, showing an increase
of 16.6 per cent, while the rural in- l
crease during the decade was 4.3 per i
cent r,t ■
The State <
'North Carolina was one iof Ibhe Thir
teen Original States. Its population .
on April 1, 1960, according to the ;
'Seventeenth Census, was 4,061,929. i
The state has a land 'area of 49,097 c
square miles. In 1960 there was an ;
average of 82.7 persons per square
mile as compared with an average of
72.7 in 1940.. Among the states, North
Carolina ranked tenth in population
and twenty-eighth in land area. • 1
North Carolina had a population of i
898,761 in 1790. In 1960, 160 years
lateir, its population was more than i
ten times as Inge. ' The population
of the state increased 1% million in i
the 110-year period ending in 1900.
The gain was exceeded in the first 40
Edenton Host For
Pro-March Dimes
Campaign Mooting
Nine Counties Repre
sented at Meeting
Monday
QUOTA INCREASED
51,600 New Cases In Na
tion Calls For Much
More Money
Edenton was host for a pre-March
of Dimes campaign meeting Monday,
when a barbecue chicken dinner was
served by Ernest Kehayes in the pri
vate dining room efrriie second floor
of the Albemarle Case. (Counties
represented alt the meeting were Cho
wan, Bertie, Washington, Dare, Cur
rituck, Pasquotank, Martin, Gates and
.Perquimans.
Those attending were Mrs. Phillips
Russell of Chapel Hill, director of or
ganization for the State March of
Dimes; Jack McGee, of Chapel Hill,
State representative for the Eastern
area; Niles B. Baker of Gatesviile,
Mis. J. C. Beasley and Mrs. Eva J.
White of Coleram, Dr. Claudius Mc-
Gowan of Plymouth, Mrs. Helen D
Daniels of Manns Harbor, Mrs Way
land Frye of Manteo, W. Marvin Bak
er of Williamston, Mass Kimsey Perry
of Hertford, Mrs. Norma P. Smith
of Windsor, S. C. Chandler and Mrs
Pearle E. West of Currituck, Mrs.
Russell H. Leonard, Mrs. W. Palmer
Ward and Mrs. William E. James of
Elizabeth City, George S. Twiddy and
J. Edwin Bufflap of Edenton.
Mr. Twiddy, March of Dimes chair
man for Chowan County, presided
over the meeting, which resulted in
a round table discussion of th e forth
coming drive which will be held in
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years of the twentieth century, when
the population rose from 1,893,810
to 3,671,623. The increase of 490,306
between 1840 and 1950 was second
only to the gain experienced in the
decade 1920 to 1930.
Urban and Rural Population
The 1960 urban population of North
Carolina comprised 1,368,101 persons,
or 33.7 per cent of the population of
the state. This population was living
in the 107 urban places in the state
and in other territory included in
the urban fringes of the 6 urbanized
areas in the state. More than 70 per
cent of the urban population was liv
ing in the 31 urban places of 10,000
inhabitants or more. tEalch of ithe 30
incorporated places of .10,000 or more
gained population between 1940 and
1950, with the increases ranging from
1.0 per cent in Thomasville city to
190.6 per cent in Albemarle town.
The rural population'of North Caro
lina numbered 2,693,828 persons, or
66.3 per oent'of the total population
of the state. Os the rural popula
tion, 215,469 persons, or 8.0 per cent,
ware living in the 136 incorporated
and unincorporated places, of <I,OOO to
2,600 inhabitants. Almost exactly one
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Plans Sorted For
Christmas Party In
Edenton December 5
|_Teachers NiglrtJ
Edenton Rotarians will be hosts
to white school teachers of iCho
wan County at a meeting to be
held in the Parish House tonight
(Thursday). The meeting will
start promptly at 7 o’clock and
President W. T. Harry urges
every Rotarian to be present.
Invitations .have been extended
to all teachers in Edenton and
Chowan County and it is expected
most of them will attend.
Annual 4-H dub
Achievement Day
Planned Nov. 20th
Exercises Will Be Held
At Chowan High
At 7:30 P.M.
On Thursday night, November 20
alt 7:30 o’clock the annual Chowan
44H Club Achievement Day exercises
will be held at the Chowan High
School auditorium. At this time, Cho
wan Club members will have the op
portunity to acquaint th© general pub
lic with the type of project work
they have been carrying on in 1952.
Alt the Achievement Day, club
members will have exhibits of their
projects. Individual clubs will also
compete for club honors. Girls will
have the following exhibits on display:
Candy, cakes, cookies, biscuits, corn
bread, aprons, towels, dresses luncheon
sets and record books. Boy s will have
i the following exhibits on display:
Com peanuts, cotton, garden crops,
■ farm and home electric, eggs and rec
i ord books.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the Achievement Day exer
cises.
St Paul's Auxiliary
Bazaar November 26
Turkey Dinner and Auc
tion Sale Will Be
Features
Mrs. Frank Wood, chairman of the
fourth annual bazaar for St. Paul’s
\ Auxiliary, announces the following in
formatiin concerning the bazaar which
1 will be held at rile Parish House
Wednesday, November 26, from 10 1
A. M., to 7 P.: M.
■ All articles, including non-perish-1
1 able foods, must be taken to the Par
ish House on Monday, November 24,
beitween the hours of 10 A. M., and
12 noon, and in the afternoon from
2t05 P. M. Perishable foods will be
taken to the Parish House on Wednes
day morning, November 26, by 8 A.
M., and no later than 9:30 A. M.
Plant contributions should be de
livered at the home of Mrs. W. B.
Rosevear on Tuesday, November 25,
by 10 A. M. if possible. All plant or
ders have been filled and persons for
whom plans and shrubs were gotten
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Edenton Jaycees Win *
Prize For Attendance
Edenton’s Junior Chamber of Com
merce was awarded the attendance
prize at the North Carolina Seventh
District Jayce© mieeting at Tarboro
Thursday of last week.
The award is given on the basic
of members attending and miles trav
eled.
Attending from the Edenton Club
wiere George A. Byrum, Tom Byrum,
Frank Holmes, Dick Dixon, Paul Par
tin, Linwood Lee, A1 Wall, and Soott
Harrell.
Donkey Basketball '
Game November 19
Sponsored by the Chowan High
School Athletic Association, a donkey
basketball game is scheduled to be
played in the Chowan High School
gymnasium Wednesday night, Novem
ber 19, at 8 o’clock.
Some of the feature riders for this
outstanding game will be {Robert
Evans, Charlie Asbell, Hallet Hobbs,
George Ward, Tommy Berryman and
other in the Chowan School district.
The game is expected to attract a
large crowd.
$2.00 Per Year.
Mrs. Lala Smith Is Gen
eral Chairman For
Affair
BIG PARADE
Business Concerns and
Individuals Urged to
Enter Floats
Preliminary plans for another big
event of the season got underway
Monday night when the steering com
mittee for the children’s Santa Claus
Parade and Party met at the home of
Mrs. Lala Smith, general chairman,
to start the ball rolling. This gala
affair is staged each year by the
Business and Professional Women’s
Club, in cooperation with the Edenton
merchants and it is one of the most
looked forward events by the chil
dren.
The affair is scheduled to be held
on Friday afternoon, December 5,
starting off With a mammoth parade
which will lead to the ball park
where bags of goodies will be dis
tributed to the children. 'Santa Claus
will also be present to greet the
children and have a chat with them.
Any organization, place of business
and individuals who desire to enter
a float in the parade is invited and
,urged to do so and compete for the
first and second prizes offered for the
best floats.
Special committees will be appoint
ed to work out details in th© various
phases of the parade and party. Other
details of the affair will be an
nounced later.
Attending the meetisg were Mrs.
Mildred
Lena Leary, Miss Rebecca Colwell,
Miss Mildred Munden, Mrs. Evielyn
Jackson, Miss Beulah Perry, Miss
Evelyn Leary and Mrs. Smith.
District Music Clubs
Elect Billy Bunch As
President For Year
164 Club Members En
tertained In Elizabeth
City Saturday
Billy Bunch, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Haywood Bunch, was elected presi
dent of the Northeastern District of
Music Clubs at a convention held in
Elizabeth City Saturday. All music
clubs in the district are affiliated
with the National Federation of (Mus
ic Clubs.
I One hundred sixty-four club mem
bers from this district enjoyed the
(hospitality of the' Elizabeth City Club
which acted as host.
Among those taking part on the
day’s program were Billy Bunch play
ing “The Spooks” by Anthony; Bren
da Mooney playing “The Witches’
Dance” by Concore, both students of
Mrs. C. B. Mooney, and Kathryn Hol
ton, a student of'Mrs. Wood Privott,
playing “The Sky Lark” by Tcharkow
sky.
Those attending from the Edenton
Junior Music Club were Mrs. Wood
PHvott, teacher; Nettie Lassiter, Pa
tricia Waff, Jane Dulaney, Kathryn
Holton and Mrs. C, W, Overman,
counselor.
Those attending front the B Sharp
Music Club were Mrs. C. B. Mooney,
teacher; Billy Bunch, Brenda Mooney,
Sdvdrly Conn, Patricia Bunch, Linda
Leary, Rosa Hollowell, Ruth Stokley,
Priscilla Bunch, Delores Basnight,
Mary Pearl Harrell, Jimmie Cozzens,
Janet Bunch, Patsy Mooney, Betsy
Craddock and Mrs. Leon G. Leary,
counselor.
Annual Art Exhibition
Scheduled In February
The Art Committee of the Woman’s
Club will hold its annual exhibition in
February. A new feature will be a
Happy Cornier where creative art will
be exhibited.
Pictures in all mediums will be ac
cepted but they must be original as
no copies will be eligible.
Anywork that has previously been
exhibited in Edenton will not be ac
cepted.
All entries will be judged and
awards given.
The exhibition is op6n to all and it
is hoped adults and school children
will participate in this exhibition.
The date of th© exhibition will be
announced later in Th© Chowan Her*
aid.