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Join The March Os Dimes To Help The Fight Against Polio THE CHOWAN HERALD Volume XX. —Number 5. Mrs. J. 6. Spillman 1 Speaker At Meeting EdentonßPW Club Explains 1953 State Leg islative Program to Club Members Mrs. J. B. Spillman of Greenville, one of North Carolina’s outstanding women speakers and a native of Cho wan County, spoke before members of the Edenton Business and Profes sional Women’s Club and their guests at a dinner meeting held Thursday night in the Hotel Joseph Hewes. The speaker enlightened her listen ers as she explained the “1953 Legis lative Program,” from time to time injecting humor along with her talk. Mrs. Spillman went into detail in re viewing the 4-point program sponsor ed by the State Legislative Council. The program, which the club voted to support, is as follows: 1. Provide an adequate appropria tion for employment of attendance workers with State supervision for improving school attendance and for enforcement of the compulsory "school attendance law. 2. Provide for a minimum wage law of not less than 60c an hour. 3. Provide for the protection of chil dren without natural guardians through clarification of legal proced ure relating to personal guardianship of a minor. 4. Extend the jurisdiction of the juvenile court to children 16 years of age. Mrs. Spillman was introduced by Miss Helen Evans, and Mrs. Kate Wo zelka, chairman of legislature, was in charge of the program. Prior to the principal address, Miss Minnie Hol lowell gave a brief talk on State Leg islature. During the business gession, presid ed over by the Mrs. Annie Mills, the club voted to have a dinner meeting each mo|±h. Announcement was made tJ dm &UF Club,<|ong with the Woman’s Cha* arid Jayeees, will stage sometime soon a local tal ent show. Mrs. Marie Wheeler and Mrs. Laura Ferguson were appointed to work with the other clubs on the show. The club also plans to stage a spring fashion show and card party. The hospitality committee was ask ed to appoint a contact chairman to find out how many members will be able to attend meetings each month. Mrs. Bommie White, BHW 1 repre sentative for the Teen-Age Club, ask ed that the club start a birthday bank for the teen-age organization. The address of welcome was made by Mrs. Annie Mills and each member introduced her guest. Prayer was of fered by Mrs. Dorothy Phelps. Out-of-town guests, besides the guest speaker, were Mrs. Bruce Ether idge of Manteo, Mis s Marjorie Evans of Ahoskie, and Mrs. Bertha Dail of Chowan County. It was announced that the February meeting will be held Thursday night, February 19, at the Triangle Restau rant Philip S. McMullan Lions dub Speaker Presents History and Operation of Edenton Cotton Mills Philip S. McMullan told the history of the Edenton Cotton Mills to mem bers of the looms Chxb at their regu lar meeting Monday night (Mr. Mc- Mullan stated that the mills were or ganized by 35 (Edenton men itt the 1890’s and the first cotton was pur chased by the mills in (November, 3899, at f. 10% per pound. The first shipment of cotton yarn was made in March, 1900. Mr. McMullan pointed out that the mills now have 01,626 epiridles and moneysspent for supplies and wages in Edenton now totals 3700,000 per year. Following Mr. McMullan's talk, members of the club enjoyed an open discussion of the operation of the mills.. (Leroy* fH. Haskett was in Oscar (Duncan reported that the midwinter convention at Rocky Mount of Districts SUE and 31JF was a suc cess and praised the host club for the , well planned affair. Brace Jones, Jr., was the guest of CHIMNEY FIRE MONDAY Edenton firemen were called out when a chimney fire was reported at « vfod Ktt Pivn p p TT_ll 'Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 29,1953. Mrs. J. P. Partin Is Elected President Os Local Teen Age Club New Group of Officers Elected at Recent Meeting At a recent meeting of the Teen- Age Board Mrs. J. P. Partin was elected President to succeed Mrs. Frank Holmes. Dr. A. F. Downum was named vice-president; Mrs. R. J. Boyce, Secretary, and Mrs. Horace White, treasurer. Mrs. Holmes read a letter from Mr. Powell of the N. 'C. Recreation Com mission saying that he would be in Edenton on January 23rd. Mrs. Par tin invited Mr. Powell to meet with her new board in the Teen-Age room that day. His talk was interesting and informative on ways and means of operating a Teen-Age Club. Members of the Board met again on Monday night of this week to formu late plans for raising enough money to clear the club of debt. It was decided to stage a cake walk at the club on Saturday night with the children paying 5 cents each to participate in the walk. All Teen- Agers are asked to come prepared. The club is still in need of furniture and games. If, at any time, anyone has such an item that he or she wish es to donate, please contact Mrs. Par tin. Any financial aid will also be grate fully accepted. The Teen-Age Club, being a non-profit organization, is badly in need of funds. Your dona tions could hardly be spent more wise ly than maintaining a wholesome place for the Teen-Agers to enjoy themselves. Edenton PTA's Box suh&J|L Bo Held Thursday, February 5 Suppers Will Be Auc tioned Off In Order to Raise PTA Funds Next Thursday night, February 5, the Edenton Parent-Teacher Associa tion will stage a box supper in the new school gymnasium starting at 6:30 o'clock. A goal of 200 box suppers has been set and these will be auctioned off by. Francis Hicks, after which the group will adjourn to the school cafeteria to eat. In the cafeteria free soft drinks and coffee will be served and enter tainment provided. The Edenton High School Band will ’also furnish music for the occasion. Proceeds will.go to ward meeting- the budget for the school year, especially books for the library. The Hospitality Committee, under the direction of Mrs. H. A. Oampen, will be at the gymnasium Thursday afternoon from 2 to 5 o’clock to receive the box suppers. In event friends in the rural section cannot send suppers at the time designated they are requested to bring them along with them. The suppers should be enough to serve two people antd some suggest ions are fried chicken, chicken salad, potato salad various kinds of sand wiches individual pies, tarts, cookies or any type of appropriate picnic sup per. A1 Owens Selected For All-State Game Edenton friends wiH be delighted to learn that A1 Owens, emd on the 1952 Edenton High School Aces, has ac cepted a bid as an alternate in the North Carolina high school all-star game which is scheduled to be played , in Greensboro in August. The game is sponsored annually by the coaches’ association and the i Greensboro Daily News, i Owens was one of the star perform ers with the Aces this peat season, playing end and was often on the i receiving end of FrOd Lassiter’s su ; perb passing. A rugged player, young . Owens played most of the time on ! the season’s schedule. ' FIREMEN CALLED OUT Edenton’s Fire -Department was caHed out about 8:48 Wednesday morning to exttnquish a fire at the ; home of Will Jordan in the Yeopira , section. Trash was being burned and : with a stiff breeze in progress the , fire went out of control i The firemen arrived in time to pro- CSaTI?-wffe• A.V • '• £ Storybook Ending for Posier Girls n jnn '>< < \. iSt : & , & j , /4 \ vy fcra&fe If '•+* #Lv < jtv • i JnfO mm mjjmm Ip M §| »k ] V‘ ,Q |< JHHP’ “laH .. SHi : j March of Dimes Poster Girls— flvo-yearold Pam O’Neil (left) and alstor ] Pat, alx—listen Intently ae their ten-vear-old brother, Francle, reade them a story at homo In Raleigh, N. C. The girls, whose pictures are i on millions of 1953 March of Dimes posters, were hit by polio In 1948, ; Rat so severely that she required hospital treatment for a year. Now both are fine, thanks to the March of Dimes. Give generously todayl Bymm’s Family Party Will Be Staged At School Friday Night Annual Affair Expected To Attract Capacity House Friday night at 7:30 o’clock in the' Edenton Elementary School auditor ium the IByrum Implement & Truck Company will present its annual fami ly nigfit wbe** the International Har vester Hit Parade will put on four outstanding acts for the entertain ment of old and young. The enter tainment is free and will also include new color movies, educational, travel, comedy and other features. Among the acts to be staged by the International Hit Parade are: 'Nardini and Nadyne, the aristocrats of De ception; Peggie Laurie, top notch ac cordion soloist; The Cantons, inter national balancing stars, and Raimund Carne, musical comedy singing star. This annual free family party al ways attracts a capacity bouse, so that officials of the Byrum concern urge their friends to be on hand before the curtain rises. They promise no sales talk, only an evening of free and wholesome entertainment for their friends in Edenton and vicinity. Rotarians Elect Officers At Club Meeting Today Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet in the Parish House this (Thursday) as- j temioon at 1 o’clock. At this meet- j ing new officers will be elected fori the Rotary year. President W, T. Harry wishes to re mind members that this important matter was overlooked earlier this month, so that every Rotarian is urg ed to be present and take part in the election. 1 WEEKLY LEOSUIIVE SUMMARY 1 JmwMHMmii—MMnmwnm»mnmTmttm““ , “*‘“‘“*—**** NOTE: This is the second of a series of weekly summaries of the work of the North Carolina General Assem bly of 1963. It is confined to dis cussions of matters of general in terest and major importance. Inaugural festivities, state and nat ional, are ant of the way. Lt. Gov ernor Hodge s went to Washington the first part of the week to repre sent Governor William B. Urn stead and North Carolina at the presidential inauguration. The Governor, mean while, weathered a slight attack of flu early in the week and the bulle tins from his hospital room continue to be encouraging. House Speaker Eugene Bost an nounced his committee assignments on Monday night, and committees in both houses were organised. The appro priations committees have begun joint hearings at which heads of state de partments and agencies are making additional requests for funds. The rate of bill introductions, while slight ly behind the rate for the same num ber of legislative days in 1961, has speeded up and reached an early-ses sion peak with 47 introductions on Thursday alone. The Generally As sembly is now generally at work. fßotary Conference In Elizabeth City February 8,9 and 10 Secretary of Rotary In ternational Princi pal Speaker • Thirty-eight clubs from Rotary In j 4e relational District 278 will send dele ' •go' cs to the District conference rwb ch convenes at Elizabeth City on • Fe i (iuary 8, 9 and 10. District Governor George D. Col clough, of Burlington, says that prep arations are almost completed for the three-day conference which is expert-1 ed to be the most successful ever held by the district. George Means, secretary of Rotary International, from Chicago, 111., will give the feature address of the con ference. As the personal representa tive of Rotary International Presi dent H. J. Bumnier, Means will speak at the Governor’s Banquet Monday night, February 9. He will also an-: pear on the program on several other occasions. The 278th District of the North Carolina Rotary extends from the Virginia line along Alamance and I Chatham Counties, continuing east | ward to the Atlantic Ocean. i Cake Walk ] Saturday night in the Teen-Age j Club at the Edenton Elementary ! School a cake walk will be held. The affair is scheduled in an ef fort to help raise some money to get the club out of debt. Each Teen-Ager participating in the cake walk will be charged five cents. A good time Is assur ed, so that all members are torged 1 to attend. MIUIIUHIIMHmW<miIHHimniH»III»MIIIW«MHHIimW«MIHtWIBj Appropriations and Finance Following announcement of House committee assignments on Monday, the joint appropriations committee im mediately got down to business. On Tuesday the committee heard Assist ant Director of the Budget Coltrane explain the Advisory Budget Commis sion’s biennial report and on Wednes day held the first of a series of pub lic hearings on the $637 million ap propriations and permanent improve ment bills. At the end of two days hearings over $6.9 million in additional funds had been requested by the state departments and agencies appearing before the committee. The last sched uled appearance is now set for Feb ruary 17. The joint finance committee also heard Mr, Coltrane’s explanation of the budget this week, and on Tuesday received a bill (HB 64), introduced by Representative Turner, designed to remove the 3 per cent tax now levied on retail sales of farm machinery. Under the provisions of the bill sales of farm machinery would be taxed at the wholesale rate of 1/20 of 1 per cent as now provided for mill machin ery. Although Governor Umstead suggested in his inaugural address (Continued on Page Twelve) Chowan Farm Bureau Will Hold Its Annual MeetingsP.M.Today I Illustrated Talk By Fred ' S. Sloan Feature of Program The " : :;;ual meeting and baibecue of the Chow i County Farm Bureau will bo held at the Chowan High School gymnasium thi s (Thursday) af ternoon at 5 o’clock, says President Carey Evans. Officers for 1953 will be elected and a barbecue dinner will be served. The program will be one of intense | ; nterest to every member of the Farm Bureau family. “Working Together For a Better Rural Life” will be the subject of an illustrated talk by Fred S. Sloan of the N. C, Agricul tural Extension Service. Through years of experience in working with rural people, Mr. Sloan has been suc cessful in helping them accomplish better family living and community organization. He will give farmers much to think about and to put into I Practice. All white Farm Bureau families are invited and urged to at tend, Mr. Evans says. Over 100 Women At Demonstration €lub Meeting In Edenton Interesting Program Is Enjoyed at Parish House Approximately 100 women met in Edenton on Tuesday, January 20, at the Parish House, for the Home Dem onstration planning suiting fo> 1953. Officers and leaders from eleven coun ties, along with District officers were present for this district work shop. After registration, the meeting ws called to order at 10:00 o’clock, by the chairman of District 25, Mrs. Wallace Goodwin. Mrs. O. G. Richardson led the singing of “America,” after which Mrs. J. M. Morgan of Camden County gave the devotional. The purpose of the meeting was given by Mrs. Verona J. Langf ' J ! Eastern District Agent. ( At 10:30 training periods for nffi ; '••ers- and county chairmen were hob! I bv the foil wing: Mrs. Verona J. Langford, Miss Jean Anderson, As sistant Extension Editor; Mrs. L. B. Pate, chairman of State Citizenshin •Committee; Mrs. J. W. Halstead, chairman of State Education Com mittee; Mrs. O. G. Richardson, chair man,of District Music Committee, and Mrs. Wallace Goodwin, member of State Health Committee. After a 15-minute intermission lunch was served by the Guild of St. Paul’s Church, with Mrs, I. E. Hal sey returning thanks. During the afternoon session recom mendations from the different com* mittees for a District Program were given and Mrs. Jewell Fessenden. Ex tension Nutritionist, gave a very in teresting talk on “Building Better Health for North Carolina.” At this time announcements were made and greetings were brought by Mrs. Wilmer Mallord, chairman of District 20. Plans were made for the 25th Dis trict Federation of Home Demonstra tion Clubs which will be held in Eden ton on April Bth. This was a very interesting meet ing and the information gained from the discussions will help the county officers and leaders to plan and con duct a better local club program. Chowan County Home Demonstra tion officers attending were: Mrs. Wallace Goodiwin, District President; Mrs. I. E. Halsey, county president, and Mrs. H. T. Hollowell, county sec retary; and the following county j committee chairmen: Mrs, S. R. | Spruill, Mrs. E. L. Belch, Mrs. R. T. Harrell, Mrs. W. H. Saunders, Miss Beulah Evans and Mrs. O. C. Long, Jr. Haskett Is Appointed Ex-officio Member Os District Board Health i , Mayor Leroy Haskett last week I was notified that he has been ap , pointed an ex-officio member of the i four county Board of Health, which t includes Chowan, Pasquotank, Per • quintans and Camden counties. The appointment, effective January I 14, is for a term of two years and i was made by Dr. J. W. R. Horton, State Health Officer. rS r<l frear. Chowan’s Defense Bond Sales During December SIB,OIB Campaign Is Planned to Double Bond-a-Month Sales In State Sale of Series E and H United States Defense Bonds in Chowan County for the month of December, 1952, totaled $16,018.00. This sales announcement is made by County De fense Bonds Chairman A. B. Harless based on the monthly sales report from Allison James, State Director of i the U. S. Savings Bonds Division in Greensboro. The total figures for North Caro lina’s 100 counties were as follows: Series E and Series H (combined) $4,886,420.00; ’Series J Bonds $151.- 056.00; and ISeries K Bon'is $288,- 500.00; totaling $5,325,976.50. Included in the above Series E and total sales figures, for both county and state, is $1,912,000:00 of accumu lated sales not previously reported, j This amount in E Bonds was pur ' chased during the period July 1 through December 31 by 'North Caro lina men and women in the Armed Services and by federal civilian em ployees in the state, and has been distributed among all of the counties of the state on a per capita basis. Chairman Harless stated that Mrs. Karl Bishopric, State Chairman, Wo men’s Section, U. S. Defense Bonds Committee, has announced that The North Carolina Federation of Wo men’s Clubs, under the leadership of Mrs. J. Wilbur Bunn, President, have ' launched a campaign to “'Double the Bond-A-Month Plans in 'North Caro lina.” The campaign will be under the immediate supervision of Mrs. J. S. Forrest, State Federation Defense Bonds Chairman. The campaign will have a double in spiration—to increase the sale of De fense Bonds and to win three beauti ful silver services.. The Gorham Sil ver Company of f lwlb-mce, R. 1. has donated 3 sterling silver service-s, Puritan Pattern, to be awarded for outstanding performance as follows: One service to a club with 90 or more members; one sm-’-e to a ciub with less than 90 members; and one ser vice to the winning district to be presented to the Federation’s State Headquarters. Winners will be determined on a basis of the number of new Bond-A- Month subscribers- secured measured against the membership of the club or district for the period January 1 o b-Apri! 15th. The Bond-A-Month Plan is a sim ple arrangement whereby an individ ual authorizes his bank to automati cally* charge his checking account for the price of a Defense Bond each month, and to issue and deliver the bond to him. The arrangement may be discontinued at any time the in dividual wishes. Citizens Invited To Inspect Progress At Barker House Rear of Building Exam ined Prior to Fur ther Plans Finley F. Ferguson of Norfolk. Va., architect for the restoration of the Penelope Barker House, was in Eden ton last Tuesday, to examine the new back and to take measurements prior to drawing plans for a new stoop. D. R. Faircloth, of the Batton & Pickier concern, will continue work ing until this addition is completed. Members of the governing board have been soliciting further dona tions during the past week —trying ( to contact all persons and firms not contacted during the first canvass. The need for funds is still very great in order to continue the repairs to the exterior. The Jaycees are going to give the house one coat of paint themselves. Their volunteer efforts have saved the Association quite a lot of money. The members of the three clubs, the BPW, the Woman’s Club and the Jay cees urge all citizens to go down and take a look at the progress taking : place. They are convinced that it • will be quite beautiful one day—a : place Edentonians can all take pride l in when it is completed. CLASS MEETS TUESDAY ' The Young Woman’s Bible Class of 1 the Baptist Church will meet Tuesday , night at the church at 7:30 o’clock. All members are urged to attend.