Volume XX—Number 22.
| Prospective List For 1
Rotary Club’s Ugliest
Man Contest Named.
About 25 Candidates to
Be Chosen From
84 Men
Rotarians, who have planned to
stage an “ugliest man contest” have
prepared a prospective list of candi
dates from which approximately 25
contestants will be selected. Includ
ed in the list from which the candi
dates are to be selected is every mem
ber of the Rotary Club and others
from various sections of the county
selected by the Rotary committee. Not
all of the non-Rotarians had been
contacted early this week, so that if
any desire to withdraw, they are re-
quested to contact J. Edwin BufFlap at
The Herald office. Likewise, if there
is anyone not mentioned who will be
willing to be a candidate he should
/ also notify Mr. Bufflap.
This contest has been arranged by
the Rotary Club in an effort to raise
money for various Rotary activities,
with voting scheduled to begin Mon
day, June 1 and end Friday, June 12.
Ballot boxes and names of contestants
■will be placed in various stores, where
votes can be cast at a penny each.
At the close of the contest the win
ner will be crowned on the Taylor
Theatre stage Friday night, June 12,
at 9 o’clock.
The list of prospective candidates,
from which about 36 will be selected
includes the following:
Gibson Brickie, Roy Emminizer, J.
Edwin Bufflap, Quinton Bass, Lloyd
E. Bunch, Charlie Small, George Alma
Byrum, Lloyd C. Bunch, Thomas By
rum, Will Tynch, H. A. Campen, Mur
ray Tynch, J. L. Chestnutt, Stillman
Leary, W. M. Cozart, Elliott Belch,
Jimmie Earnhardt, Weldon Hollowell,
R. F. Elliott, Murray Baker, John W.
Graham, Joe Byrum, Dr. W. I. Hart,
Wallace Goodwin, W. T. Harry, Lloyd
White, Jasper Harrell, Will Jordan,
R. N. Hiifes, Hoskin Harrell, Bill
A Holmes, Joe Webb, Jr„ Frank Holmes,
Henry Jenkins, John A. Holmes, R. L.
Pratt, David Holton, Jack Hopkins,
Gerald James, S. C. Mills, John Kra
mer, Sheriff J. A. Bunch, Robert S.
- _ Marsh, Maurice Bunch, P. S. McMul
lan, J. W. Davis, Jack Mooney, Paul
Wallace, C. W. Overman, John Mitch
ener, M. M. Perry, Henry Quinn, J. P.
Ricks, A. E. Jenkins, W. B. Rosevear,
Joe Conger, Sr., Hubert Williford,
Thomas Francis; Marvin Wilson, Percy
Perry, C. H. Wood, Leroy Haskett, C.
H. Wood, Jr., J. D. Elliott, Gilliam
Wood, Louis Francis, Jim Wood, W.
E. Bond, George Twiddy, J. Clarence
Leary, Leon K. Thomas, Willie Spruill,
Shelton Rogerson, the Rev. James
MacKenzie, Byrum twins, Ernest Ke
hayes, Robert H. Kennan, Jake Ho
bowsky, Josiah Elliott, Haywood Zieg
ler, Clyde Hollowell, Bill Perry, T. W.
Jones, Willie Bunch.
Poppy Sales Total
$158.820n Saturday
Bobby Stokley Winner
In Poppy Day Poster
> Contest
Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt, president of
the American Legion Auxiliary, re
ports that the Poppy Day sales on
Saturday were very satisfactory and
that $158.82 had been raised during
the day. This is somewhat larger
than the amount realized last year.
Twelve members of the Auxiliary,
together with 16 sixth grade girls,
sold the poppies during the day and
these 16 girts will be entertained at
a weiner roast to be held sometime
next week.
In the poster contest held in con
nection with Poppy Day, two fourth
grade pupils were the winners.
by Stokley won first prize for the
best poster and Curtis Twiddy was
second in the contest.
Bobby Stokley’s poster will be sent
to the State Convention which will be
held June 10-18, where it will com
pete in a contest for the State win
ner.
Prizes for selling the most poppies
went to Janet Bunch and Beth Tolley.
Former Edenton People
Are Safe In Flood Area
P, & ' -
QdVMsa 1 Asset 1 iumnenn rl nir 1 1 r.l ■■ it awa*
some over
k In that two former Edentoniaia live
> in the stricken- area. Mr. and ft*
J. Warren Magee and Mr. and Mrs,
| , Mrs. Magee is the former Sarah
and Mr. HarreU is a brother of
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THE CHOWAN HERAUfc
Civic Calendar
, Public meeting in the Court
House Friday night, June 5, at
1 7:30 o’clock to discuss regulations-
I for the 1953-54 hunting season.
Golf Tournament Wednesday
I, afternoon of next week at the
Edenton golf course—Edenton vs.
Ahoskie.
i Edenton High School Class
Night exercises in the Elementary
School auditorium tonight (Thurs
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Jaycees Plan Beauty
Contest And Dance
Thursday, June 11th
Beauties Will Competel
For Title of “Miss
Edenton”
Sponsored by the Edenton Junior
Chamber of Commerce, a dance and
beauty pageant will be held in the
Edenton armory Thursday night, June_
11, from 8 o’clock to 1 o’clock.
The feature of the affair will be
, contestants who are participating for
the title of “Miss Edenton” in the
Jaycee nationwide beauty contest
which will culminate in naming ‘'Miss
America.”
Music for the dance will be pro
vided by Earle Zirkfe and his or
chestra.
Anyone desiring table reservation is
requested to telephone 783-W or 461.
i Final Exercises At
.
Chowan High Friday
Dr. W. C. Strickland
Will Speak to Grad
uating Class
Final exercises in connection with
’ commencement at Chowan High
School will be held Friday night when
! diplomas will be presented to 16 mem
bers of the senior class.
The graduation address will be de-
I livered by Dr. W. C Strickland of
. the Southeastern Theological Semi
nary, who will be introduced by Su
’ perintendent W. J. Taylor. The invo
cation and benediction will be by the
\ Rev. Lee A. Phillips. Two numbers
will also be presented by the school
’ chorus.
The baccalaureate sermon was
, preached in the school auditorium
Sunday night, when the speaker was
| the Rev. John W. Privott, a former
. Chowan boy now living in Texas. The
service was featured by two numbers
, sung by the school choir. The Scrip
ture was read by the Rev. C. H Beale
and benediction by the Rev. Ralph W.
Knight.
Class night exercises were observed
Wednesday night, when the theme
was “The Open Road.” Julia Leary
was valedictorian and Marjorie DaVtd
i son salutatorian. Other members of
the class are Norma Jane Harrell,
Tommy Hollowell, Melvin Howell,
Sherlon Layton, Douglas Leary, Sarah
. Morris, Dearl Parks, Shirley Parks,
Stanford Perry, Rufus Smithson, Jr.,
Carolyn Wiggins, Clyde Williams,
Kermit Williams and Marguerite Wil
son.
Dogs Quarantined
June 1 To June 15
Health Officer Releases
Instructions to Be
Followed
According to Dr. B. B. McGuire,
District Health Officer, in order to
protect the public health, the Distrat
Board of Health at a meeting on April
14, passed a resolution declaring a
two weeks quarantine on all dogs in
Pasquotank-Perquimans-Camden and
Chowan Counties. This quarantine
starts June Ist and ends June 15th.
During the quarantine period all
dog owners are required to comply
with the following regulations:
1. Confine your dogs to your own
pMwiyK&scs* *
U 2. Save all dogs not yet vaccinated
the present campaign to be vac
cinated at once.
3. Be sure that Hie metal tag is
4. All dogs found loose during this
quarantine period are subject to be
shot.
- 5. Do your share in preventing ra
bies in qnr Health District, by fOl
lowing the above instructions' to the
BANK OPEN SATURDAY '
Although Saturday, May 30, will be
observed as Memorial Day, the Bank
of Edentpn will be open for business
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Edentoti, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 28,1953.
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Chowan’s Entry In Potato Festival
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Miss Linda Downum, Chowan County Queen for the Albemarle
i Potato Festival will compete for the honor of being “Miss Albemarle
Potato Festival” at the beauty contest to be held on Saturday night,
May 30th, at Memorial Field, Elizabeth City. Coronation ceremonies
will be held at the Queen’s Ball, McDowell Motor Co., after the pro
gram on Memorial Field. “Bubbles” Becker and his orchestra will
play for the ball. Admiral I. N. Kiland, Commandant of the Fifth
Naval District, will crown the Queen. Tickets may be secured for all
r Festival events at the ticket booth in front of the Post Office and at
the office of the Chamber of Commerce in Elizabeth City.
Graduation Exercises
At Edenton School
On ftiday Night At 8
This Year’s Graduating
Class Composed of
50 Students
Commencement exercises got under
| way at Edenton High School Sunday
1 night when the baccalaureate sermon
was preached in the school auditorium
by the Rev. Gordon Bennett, rector of
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.
Mr. Bennett told the graduates
\ there is so much for them to work
for, while the older people in the
! audience are about what they will be.
1 “You have a lot to learn,” he said, ‘
“and you must learn how to live. It
1 is not only necessary to make a living
but you must learn to live for God.
I You must turn wrong into right and
dark into light. You must accept that
| which is good anjl ignore that which
is bad, walking with God with an open
i mind, loving your fellowman.
“You are dreaming of the future,”
’ Mr. Bennett told the Seniors, “and you
' will, no doubt, be an average man and
1 woman, but it is amazing what can
’ happen when you love God. Apply
’ your talents and the world is yours."
[ Mr. Bennett told the graduates that
in the pathway of life they will be
hit between the eyes and will become
disheartened, which is part of living.
“You are entering a world divided
among itself, so that you will have to
, weigh the sense of values and deter
(Corifcinued on Page Four)
, Golf Tournament Is
. Scheduled June 3rd
Local Golfers Will Com
pete With Group From
AhoskieClub
[ Jimmie Earnhardt, president of the
, Edenton Golf Club, announced early
this week that a golf tournament will
be held on the local golf course Wed
nesday afternoon of next week, be
ginning at 1 o’clock.
Edenton golfers, as well as mem
bers of the Marine Corps, will com
pete with members of the Ahoskie
Golf Club, which has the earmarks
of being a hotly contested match.
In a previous tournament held in
Ahoskie, the Edenton golfers were de
i seated by a narrow margin of only
eight points, so that playing on their
home course, they are hopeful of up
setting the Ahoskie aggregation.
The Edenton group was royally en
tertained at Ahoskie, so that plans
are under way to provide an elaborate
buffet dinner in the Officers’ Club af
ter the tournament. Wives of the
Ahoskie group, aS well as wives of
the Edenton Golf Club members and
Marines will be special guests for the
occasion.
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Masons Take Steps
Toward Providing
Home For Lodge
Committee Plans to Pur
chase Lot on Water
And Oakum Streets
After considering building a Ma
sonic temple at various times during
the past 10 or 20 years, definite steps
toward that end were taken by Una
nimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F., & A. M.
late last week.
At a special meeting held Thursday
night an available site, was presented
to the lodge and by unanimous con
sent a committee was appointed to
proceed. On Friday the committee
reported having secured an option on
a lot 175 x 200 feet on property
of Mrs. M. G. Brown on Water and
Oakum Streets opposite Johnson’s
bridge.
The committee appointed by C. T.
Griffin, master, to proceed with a
building program is composed of Rich
ard Baer, Ernest Kehayes, C. B. Moon
ey, R. E. Leary, H. A. Campen, R. H.
Kennan and the three major officers
of the lodge, C. T. Griffin, master,
W. M. Rhoades, senior warden and
C. W. Overman, junior warden.
The general concensus of opinion at!
last week’s meeting was" that a Ma
sonic building has been talked about
long enough and that if a home is
ever to be realized action must be
taken and a start made. The com
mittee, with the backing of the lodge,
paid an option on the lot and actual
work on the building is expected to .
get under way in the near future.
Marines Scheduled
To Play Two Games
Leathernecks Thus Far
Have Won 12 and Lost
Two Games
Baseball fans will have an oppor
tunity to see the Marines play two
baseball games this week. Tonight
(Thursday) at 8 o’clock on Hicks Field
the Leathernecks will meet Plymouth,
a member of the Beaufort County
League.
On Saturday night the Edenton
Spinners will be hosts ,to the Marines
on Hicks Field at 8 o’clock.
The Marines have already hung up ,
an enviable record, having won 12
games and lost only two up to Wed
nesday of this week. v
* The public is cordially invited to
watch the games.
ROTARY MEETS TODAY
Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet
this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock
in the Parish House at 1 o’clock.
President W. T. Harry urges every
Rotarian to attend.
[Display Old Glory]
Bill Perry, commander of Wm.
H. Coffield Post, No. 9280, Vet
erans of Foreign Wars, calls at
tention to the fact that next Sat
urday, May 30, is Memorial Day.
To properly observe the holiday,
Mr. Perry urges all merchants and
others who have an American flag
' to display it.
Meeting Scheduled
To Discuss 1953-54
Huntingfiegulations
Clyde Patton, Executive
Secretary In Charge
Os Meeting
Under sponsorship of the N. C.
Wildlife Resources Commission, a pub
lic hearing will be held in the Chowan
Court House Friday night, June 5, at
7:30 o’clock, to discuss hunting regu
lations for the 1953-54 hunting sea
son for the First District. This will
■be the final of a series of similar
meetings held in the nine districts of
the State.
At the meeting Clyde Patton, exec
utive director of the Wildlife Com
mission, will be the speaker and will
lead a discussion of bag limits and
seasons for trapping and hunting. It
is hoped many who are interested in
hunting and trapping will attend the
meeting.
Rent Control Office
In Goldsboro Closed
Local Rental Problems
Will Be Handled From
Office In Atlanta
The Goldsboro rent control office,
having jurisdiction over Edenton, has
been ordered closed on June 5, 1953,
according to John R. Morris, area rent
director. .
Mr. Morris said he has received
word that Glenwood J. Sherrard, the
recently named director of the Office
of Rent Stabilization, has ordered six
teen more offices in the United States
and Alaska to be closed. This brings
the total offices that have been closed
since May 13 to 42. Mr. Sherrard
says the closing of these offices is
“another step in an accelerating plan
to achieve worthwhile economies in the
administration of ORS pending the
termination of federal rent controls in
these areas, as required by law, July
31, 1953.”
Legally rent control will still be in
effect July 31, 1953, so that landlords
and tenants who have rental problems
that arise between June 5 and July 31
should contact Kenneth A. Campbell,
Regional Director, Office of Rent
Stabilization, 907 Georgia Savings
Bank Building, Atlanta, Georgia, Mr.
Morris said.
Edenton has been under the juris
diction of the Goldsboro office and
this means that no representation
from the office will make further vis
its to Edenton.
Ben Perry Elected
Coach At School
Alton Brooks Employed
As Assistant and Bas
ketball Coach
Following the resignation of George
L. Thompson as coach and director of
physical education at the Edenton
Junior-Senior High School, the school
trustees have elected Ben Perry, as
sistant coach, as his successor.
Superintendent John A. Holmes an
nounced Monday that Alton Brooks
had been employed as assistant to
Mr. Perry and will also be head bas
ketball coach.
Mr. Brooks was a three sports letter
man at Wilson High School, from
where he went to Wake Forest Col
lege on a basketball scholarship. At
Wake Forest he was captain of the
basketball and baseball teams the
same year, which prevented him from
playing football.
The new coach will be remembered
in Edeniton by baseball fans as having
played for Edenton for a while as
catcher in the old Albemarle League.
School officials had several applica
tions for the position and feel very
fortunate in securing Brooks, who also
had an offer to go to Wilmington, but
preferred Edenton.
MISSIONARY MEETING
The Woman’s Missionary Society of
Edenton Baptist Church will meet
Monday afternoon, June 1, at 4 o’clock
at the churcfe. A large attendagceis
urged. ,
~52.00 Per Year.
Chowan Short 25
Pints Os Blood In
Quota For 150 Pints
Chairman Jesse Harrell
Discouraged Due to
Lack of Interest
Jesse L. Harrell, chairman of the
Chowan County Blood Program, made
the following statement following the
visit of the bloodmobile to Edenton
last Thursday:
“Sixty-four Marines, 59 white ci
vilians, and two colored civilians gave
blood last Thursday during the visit
of the Red Cross bloodmobile. The
quota for the entire county was 150
pints of blood, but we secured only
125 pints. Can you imagine our entire
county of over 12,000 population do
nating 61 pints of blood and of this
amount only two colored donors ? This
visit of the bloodmobile was advertised
in three newspapers and a notice to
every box holder in the town and
county. Several gave excuses that
they were too busy but some way or
another, you have to find time if you
are needing blood in a hospital. This
blood bank is for your own benefit and
every pint of blood that is given at the
hospital is free of charge. You only
pay for the administering of it. A
portion of the blood given during our
bloodmobile visit is sent to our boys
in Korea. Wouldn’t it be a disgrace
to think our boys overseas that are
fighting and going through many
hardships for us are being deprived
of our blood that might save their
lives? I think it is high time that we
became conscious of the fact that we
are really asleep so far as our obli
gation to our boys overseas are con
cerned.
“Our blood program has been going
on since November, 1949. We are
visited only three times each year and
it takes only one hour to give a pint
of blood. Do you think that is asking
too much. Practically the same peo
ple give blood each time. Here are
the figures: Paul L. Partin, 11 pints;
James B. Stillman, 11 pints; H. A.
Campen, 10 pints; William E. Bond,
10 pints; Preston E. Cayton, 10 pints;
Beulah Privott, 9 pints; Jimmy Earn
hardt, 8 pints; Mollie L. Hollowell, 8
pints; Annie Spruill, 8 pints; Margar
et H. Jones, 7 pints; John L. Foxwell,
7 pints; Kathryn Brown, 7 pints, and
a number who have given from 6 on
| down to 1 pint.
“Our good friends the Marine Corps
so generously offered to give what
ever amount we needed to fill our
quota and did so. Many, many thanks
to them but we civilians should cer
tainly feel ashamed of ourselves.
“The next visit of the bloodmobile
will be in the fall. Let’s all do our
part instead of depending on someone
else to carry the load.”
Miss Linette Barber
Lions Club Speaker
Points Out Importance
Os Wildlife Conser
vation
Miss Lunette Barber, a member of
the Conservation Education Depart
ment of the North Carolina Wildlife
Conservation Commission, provided
the members of the Edenton Lions
Club with a most interesting talk on
the functions of the Wildlife Conser
vation Commission. Miss Barber pre
sented her talk at the regular meet
ing of the club on Monday night and
Mayor Leroy H. Haskett was in
charge of the program.
Miss Barber pointed out the need
for conservation in the nation today.
She stated that soil was number one
in conservation needs, water is next,
forestry is third, and wildlife is fourth
in importance. Speaking for the most
part on wildlife conservation, Miss
Barber pointed out that 20,000,000
people fished in the United States
last year spending over $10,000,000.00
for the sport of kings.
Miss Barber concluded her talk by
explaining the five point program of
the N. C. Wildlife Conservation Com
mission which are as follows: (1)
Set regulations, (2) Enforce regula
tions, (3) Conservation education, (4)
Management, (5) Research.
Dr. Martin Wisely gave a three
minute talk on the assistance provid
ed by the Chowan County Welfare
Department for the needy of Chowan
County.
Jimmy Allison was the guest of
Medlin Belch.
' No Mail Deliveries
On. Memorial Day
In observance of Memorial Day, Sat
f urday, May 30, the local Post Office
; will make no mail deliveries on that ~
: day. While no mail, either city or
i rural, will be delivered, the office will
•be open ns usual for other business.