Volume XX.-NmS^T
Strong Possibility
County’s Tax Rate
Will Remain $1.53
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School Budgets Provide
For Public Music
Teachers
VALUATION UP
All Day Meeting Mon
day Devoted Mostly
To Figuring
At their June meeting, held Monday,
Chowan County Commissioners devot
ed the major part of the time to con
sidering various budgets for the fiscal
year 1953-54. Due to the mass of fig
ures, the Commissioners held an af
ternoon session and at the dose of the
meeting they were hopeful that next
year’s tax rate can be maintained at
$1.53 per SIOO property valuation, the
same as at present. -
Although some of the budgets are
somewhat higher than last year, the
two school units turned in a budget
somewhat less than last year. County
Superintendent W. J. Taylor’s budget
calls for $6,000 less than last year,
while Superintendent John A. Holmes’
budget for the Eden ton City Unit is
$2,000 below last year.
Despite this decrease in the school
budget for each unit, provision is made
for a public music teacher in the
Edenton and Chowan High Schools.
This addition, according to the school
officials, has been virtually demanded
by school patrons at various meetings.
It is also necessary in order for the
schools to be placed on the accredited
list. Both Taylor and Holmes ex
plained that the teacher load will not
allow doubling up of classes in order
to add a music teacher. Mr. Holmes
also pointed out that the school must
secure a woman to teach physical edu
cation to girls and to coach girls’ath
letic teams.
At first reading of the proposed,
budgets the public music teacher an
gle aroused the curiosity of the Com
missioners, who appeared concerned
that the extra teacher at county ex
pense would cause an increase in the
tax rate. However, when it was point
ed out that even with the music teach
er included in each unit, this year’s
budget will be less than last year, the
Commissioners seemed less concerned
and went along with the request.
Another factor in manipulating the
same tax rate is an increase in prop
erty valuation. This year’s tax rate
will be figured on a valuation of sll,-
000,000 compared with a valuation last
year of $10,500,000. ,
Officers For Jaycees
InstaHedJhursday
Very Impressive Meet
ing Held In VFW
Home
Officers for the Edenton Junior
Chamber of Commerce were installed
at an interesting ceremony held on
Thursday night in the VFW home,
with Edgar (Red) Gurganus of Wil
’ liamston in charge.
Scott Harrell, retiring president, pre
sided over the meeting with the invo
cation by Wesley Chesson.
The principal address was made by
Elmo Laipb of Spring Hope, who
- spoke about the activities of the Jay
cees and the important place they fill
“in any community.
The new officers installed were
Thomas Shepard, president; J.' M.
Boyce, vice president; A1 Wall, sec
retory; Murray Byrum, treasurer;
George Alma Byrum, State Director.
The board of directors includes Joe,
Conger, Jr„ Gilliam Wood, Pete Man-'
ning, Ralph Outlaw, Luther Parks, J.
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THE CHOWAN HERALDi
[Wins Second Place]
•Miss Linda Downum, daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. A. F. Downum,
won second place in the contest
for Queen of the Albemarle in
the Elizabeth City Potato Festi
val held last week.
The winner of the contest was
Miss Betty Ann Bamham, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Barn
ham of Plymouth. The queen was
crowned Saturday night in cere
monies held on Memorial Field be
fore s huge throng of people. She
will< reign as queen until next
year’s queen is named.
Rev. B.L Paines New
Rocky Hock Pastor
Succeeds the Rev. R. E.
Gordon Now In the
Philippines
The Rev. B. L. Raines has arrived
in Chowan County and has taken over
the pastorate of the Rocky Hock
Church which has been unfilled since
the resignation of the Rev. R. E. Gor
don, who is now doing missionary
work in the Philippines.
Mr. Raines preached his first ser
mon in the church Sunday and regular
services each Sunday will be held from
now at 11 o’clock in the morning and
8 o’clock at night.
Mr. Raines is a native of South Car
olina and graduated at Furman Uni
versity later studying at the New Or
leans Theological Seminary. He is al
so taking special courses at South
eastern Theological Seminary at Wake
Forest. Before coming to the Rocky
Hock Church he was pastor of the
Baptist Church at Aynor, S. C.
With Mr. Raines is his wife and
four children, two sons and two daugh
ters. Mrs. Raines is a graduate of
Winthrop College at Rock Hill, S. C.
Rotary Ugliest Man
ContestJnProgress
Winner Will Be Crown
ed In Taylor Theatre
Friday, June 12
Edenton Rotary Club’s “ugliest
man contest” is now in progress, with
boxes placed in various stores where
votes can be cast at a penny each.
Names of contestants are on the box
es, but as of Wednesday there was no
way of knowing who was leading in
the race.
The contest got under way Monday
of this week and will close Friday,
June 12, at which time the winner
will be crowned on the Taylor Theatre
stage at 9 o’clock.
The affair was put on by the Rotary
Club to raise funds for various club
activities, and it is hoped many votes
will be cast during the contest.
Cancer dime W9l
Be HeM Friday
Last One to Be Held In
District Until Next
September
The Northeastern Cancer Clinic will
1 hold its clinic until September on Fri
day, June 5, in Elizabeth City, at the
Health Center with registration be
ginning at 1:00 o’clock.
A free examination is given oFthe
five are» of the body where cancer
f4s most easily found and cured to any
one who attends. However, there are
age requirements—women should be
85 or more; men should be 40 or over
unless referred by a doctor or unless
ohe of the “Seven Danger Signals” or
"Symptoms” is present. No appoint
ment is necessary. Please bring a robe
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Free Buffet Supper
i For Masons Tonight
( Members <rf Unanimity Lodge, No.
|7, A. F., & A. M., will be treated to a
free buffet supper tonight (Thurs-
JdaD at 6:48 o’clock in the Albemarle
i v&ia Doiujuct room.
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"Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 4,1953.
Presenting Awards
Features Closing Os
School Friday NgM
Superintendent John A.
Holmes Presents 50
| ■ Diplomas
IJ With graduation exercises held Fri
day night, 50 students of the Edenton
Junior-Senior High School wound up
their high school career and received
their diplomas.
In connection with the closing exer
cises, special awards were made to
outstanding students, which was a
feature of the graduation finals.
Those receiving these awards were
as follows:
Rotary cup, which is annually
awarded to the most outstanding stu
dent in several school activities, was
won by Billy Earle Russell. It was
presented by W. T- Harry, president
of the Edenton Rotary Club. Her sis
ter, Sarah Russell, won the cup in
f 1944.
Charlotte Small was winner of the
$25 BPW award, which was presented
1 by Mrs. Evelyn Jackson, president of
the club.
Sharon Lupton won the $25 DAR
literary award. Betsy Duncan won
, second prize of sls and Linda Down
um third prize of $lO. Barbara Leary
won the citizenship award. The awards
were presented by Mrs. W. D. Holmes,
Jr., regent of the Edenton Tea Party
Chapter.
Anne Hawkins won the Beta Club
award, which was presented by Gerald
James, principal.
Graham Farless, Frank Halsey, Ed
mond Davenport, Ellis McClenney and
Mrs. Ida Baker were named the most
outstanding bus drivers of the year,
with awards presented by Mayor Le
i roy Haskett.
I Those receiving diplomas, which
were presented by Superintendent
John A. Holmes, were:
Rosa Juanita Alexander, Vivian Ma
rie Alexander, Madie Marie Bass, Hel
en Marie Boswell, Joseph Lynn Bos
■ well, Linwood Earl Britton, Mildred
s Louis Bunch, Robert Lee Bunch, Jr.,
' Frederick Colby Byrum, Kenneth Al
len Campbell, Catherine Pruden Cam
pen, Lela Mae Copeland, James Car
lyle Dail, Edmond Benjamin Daven
port, Lona Gertrude Davenport, John
Thomas Dobson, Linda Mozelle Down
um, Elizabeth Campbell Duncan, Sam
uel Graham Farless, John Edward
Foxwell, William Badham Gardner,
Thomissa Ann Goodman, Marian Jean
ette Goodwin, Frank Gray Halsey, Al
len Boyd Harless, Jr., Annie May
1 Hawkins, Stephen Francis Hicks, Jr.,
I Barbara Ann Hollowell, Jasper Lewis
Holmps, Jr., Lucille Ellen Jordan,
Shirley Ann Keeter, Evelyn Clyde
Lane, Fred Irvin Lassiter, Ted Arvin
Lassiter, Barbara West Leary, Iris
Jean Leary, Sharon Lupton, Margaret
Sylvia Miller, Alfred Rogerson Owens,
h Jr., Legion Luenette Owens, Margaret
' Jane Parrish, Billie Earle Russell,
\ Charlotte Virginia Small, Margery
! Leon Thigpen, Charles Ray ToHey,
• Esther Murden Warren, Mary Chris
tine White, Sally Ann White, Essie
’ Marie Wilder and Frances Carolyn
1 Wright.
Dr. W.C. Strickland
CHS Finals Speaker
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16 Members of Graduat
ing Class Receive Di
plomas
I Graduation exercises Friday night
at Chojvan High School brought to an
end the school term when 16 members
of the graduating class received their
diplomas.
Dr. W. C. Strickland of the South
eastern Theological Seminary was the
principal speaker for the occasion.
Those receiving diplomas were:
JTjjlia Leary, Marjorie Davidson,
Norma Jane Harrell, Tommy Hollo
well, Melvin Howell, Sherlon Layton,
Douglas Leary, Sarah Morris, Dearl
Parks, Shirley Parks, Stanford Per
ry, Rufus Smithson, Jr., Carolyn Wig
gins, Clyde Williams, Kermit Williams
and Marguerite Wilson.
Jimmy Earnhardt, Jr.
Graduates At Duke
Wiley Jaeob Propst Earnhardt, J*.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. P. Earn
hardt, of Edenton received the A. B.
degree at Duke University’s 101st
Commencement Exercises Monday
morning, June 1, in the University’s
Indoor Stadium.
The local student is one ofapproxi
mately 900 members of the Class of
1958 who received-o ne or more of the I
19 degrees offered by the University
this year..
Whfte at Duke, he was a
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Rider's Lane Topic
01 Special Meeting
Os Town Council
Dr. L. A. Deese Willing
To Sell Strip of Land
To Widen Road
Another stab at correcting condi
tions on Rider’s Lane, leading from
Route 17 to the Blades Lumber Com
pany, was made Thursday morning
when Town Council was called into
spedal session. Present at the meet
ing was Dr. L. A. Deese, who owns
the land to the north of the road; Ed
ward Wozelka and Ralph Blades, rep
resenting the Blades Lumber Com
pany; John W. Graham and Richard
Dixon, Jr., representing the Coastland
Oil Company, which two concerns use
the road extensively, and Town At
torney J. N. Pruden.
The road the past few years-has
caused no end of worry and incon
venience on the part of the two con
cerns, people living along the road,
the Edenton Street Department and
Electric & Water Department. No
little expense and time has been spent
on the road by the town in order to
make it fit to be used and even then
what has been done lasts for only a
short time. Stone has been placed on
the narrow road, holes have been fill
ed, dirt hauled and worked with a road
1 machine, ditches cleaned out and re
pairs made to water lines which are
continually broken by the weight of
the heavy trucks using the road.
The ditch on the north side of the
road represents the city limits, so that
to widen the road, the only remedy
for the situation, land must be used
which is owned by Dr. Deese and is
outside the city limits.
At Thursday's meeting Dr. Deese
said he was willing to go along with
the town in remedying the situation
so long as he receives fair compensa
tion for the land used, and his prop
erty left in as good condition as be
fore, with no increased hazards. He
stated that he would sell 10 feet from
U. S. 17 to the Blades property, where
a substantial road has been built, for
th sum of SI,OOO, or that if 15 feet
were needed he thought a fair price
would be $2,000.
Some hope was expressed that if 10
feet of Dr. Deese’s land is secured the
State highway would take over the
road as a link through to the old Hert
ford road.
Mayor Leroy Haskett appointed J.
Clarence Leary and J. Edwin Bufflap
to contact George K. Mack in an ef
fort to see what the policy of the
State might be in the matter.
Civic Calendar
Public meeting in the Court
House Friday night, June 5, at
7:30 o’clock to discuss regulations
for the 1953-54 hunting season.
Edenton Marines play Weeks
ville Naval Base on Hicks Field
Wednesday night, June 10, at 8
o’clock. Admission free.
Free buffet supper for Masons
tonight {Thursday) in the ban
quet room of the Albemarle Case,
at 6:45 o’clock.
Ladies’ Circle of Presbyterian
Church meets Monday at the home
of Mrs. Dewey Whitehurst.
Boys’ Brigade will meet Tues
day evening at 7:30 o’clock in the
recreation room of the Presby
terian Church.
Town Council will meet in
monthly session in the Municipal
Building Tuesday night at 8
o’clock.
Special meeting of Chowan
County Commissioners Wednes
day morning, Jane 10 at 10 o’clock
Continued on Page Eight)
[Error InP&Q Ad|
An unfortunate error appears
in the P & Q advertisement ap
pearing on page seven, section two
of this issue of The Herald.
Pet milk is advertised at 4 tall
cans for 53 cento while the price
is actually 4' cans for 57 cento.
The error was discovered too
late to be corrected before the sec
tion carrying the advertisement
was printed, which is very much •
regretted by The Herald.
BONDS ORDERED PAID
W. W. Byrum, chairman of the
County Commissioners, was on Mon
day authorized to pay $6,163.39 of the
county’s ddhfc The aiziouftt represents
road and bridge bonds and coupons
which are due July 1.
NO LIONS MEETING MONDAY
In accordance with the summer
schedule of the Edenton Lions Club,
no meeting will be held next Mon
day night. During the months of
June, July and August the club will
meet twice a month, the first and
third Monday nights. 1
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"Miss Edenton” Will
Be Chosen At Dance
And Beauty Contest
| More Juggfingj
Although the County Commis
sioners at their meeting Monday
considered most of the various
county budgets, Chairman W. W.
Byrum called a special meeting of
the group to be held Wednesday
morning, June 10 at 10 o’clock,
when the figures will be reviewed.
The possibility is that figures
will be juggled and cuts made
here and there to the end that it
will not be necessary to increase
the present tax rate from $1.53
per SIOO property valuation.
Mrs. Wales Applies
For County Tax Job
Mrs. P.S.McMullan Will
Leave Post Next
November
Mrs. Charles P. Wales presented an
application for the position of tax
supervisor of Chowan County to the
County Commissioners Monday. Mrs.
P. S. McMullan is now serving as tax
supervisor and her term will expire
next November, after which she does
not desire to continue in office.
In her application Mrs. Wales stat
ed she will be glad to attend the school
which is conducted at Chapel Hill for
instruction in tax matters from time
to time.
No action was taken on the applica
tion at Monday’s meeting.
Parrish Resigns As
Civil Defense Head
Tenders Resignation to
County Commission
ers Monday
In a letter to the County Commis
sioners Monday Ralph E. Parrish ten
dered his resignation as director of
civil defense for Chowan County. The
resignation is to go into effect on or
before June 30. ,
Mr. Parrish stated that he is also
sending a similar letter to Mayor Le
roy Haskett, in the hope that the town
and county might decide on the same
person to serve both.
The Commissioners took no action
on naming a successor.
Hunting Seasons
And Bag Limits
Topic Os Meeting
Public Meeting Schedul
ed to Be Held In
Court House
Friday night at 7:30 o’clock a meet
ing is scheduled to be held in the
Court House which will have to do
with hunting regulations for the 1953-
54 hunting season. During the even
ing bag, limits and seasons for hunt
ing and trapping will be considered,
so that every person interested is urg
ed to attend.
Clyde Patton, executive director of
the North Carolina Wildlife Resources
Commission, will be in charge of the
meeting, which is the last one to be
held in the nine districts of the State.
Shirley Parks Wins
•Edenton Rotary Cup
Chowan High School
Miss Shirley Parks, daughter of
Mr.'and Mrs. Preston Parks of the
Ryland section and a member of the
graduating class of Chowan High
School, Was presented the Rotary Cup
for outstanding acoomplishments dur
ing the four years of high school.
The cup is awarded to a senior each
year by the Edenton Rotary Club on
the basis of fifty per cent scholastic
ability, twenty five per cent for citi
zenship and twenty five per cent for
extra curricula.
Miss Parks was presented the cup
by George Alma Byrum at the grad
uation exercises on Friday night, May
29, in'the Chowan High School audi
torium.
$2.00 Per Year.
Group of Edenton Beau- •
ties Selected to Com
pete For Honor
JUDGES~NAMED
Earle Zirkle and Orches
tra Will Furinsh Mu
sic For Affair
Plans are rapidly being completed
for the Junior Chamber of Commerce
dance and beauty contest which is
scheduled to be held Thursday night,
June 11 in the Edenton armory from
8 to 1 o’clock.
The beauty contest will result in
Edenton’s entry in the State Jaycee
beauty contest to be held in Morehead
City in July, where “Miss North Car
olina” will be chosen “to represent
the State in the national beauty con
test to select “Miss America.”
Up to Wednesday seven Edenton
girls were listed as contestants in next
Thursday’s contest. These are Juanita
Bennett, Frances Bennett, Joan Cobb,
Margaret Miller, Marietta Perry,
Grace Hudson and Carolyn Swindell.
Five judges will take part in se
lecting “Miss Edenton,” these being
Fred Pendleton of the Elizabeth City
Daily Advance; Bill Manning of the
Williamston Enterprise; Max Camp
bell, editor of The Perquimans Week
ly; James Boyce, president of the Ply
mouth Jaycees, and another prominent
judge to be named.
Music for the occasion will be pro
vided by Earle Zirkle and his orches
tra, a group of professional musicians,
who are in great demand all over the
State.
The committee in charge of the af
fair is composed of J. M. Boyce, Pete
Manning, Joe Conger, Jr., and Scott
Harrell.
Anybody desiring table reservations
I are requested to telephone 783-W or
j 461.
Coach Ben Perry
Speaker At Rotary
Tells Rotary Gub About
Physical Education
Program
Coach Ben Perry was the principal
speaker at Thursday’s meeting of the
Edenton Rotary Club, when he spoke
about the physical education program
in the school.
Mr. Perry emphasized the fact that
physical education at times is over
shadowed by athletics which results in
neglect of the over-all physical edu
cation program. “While athletics is
a part of the program,” he said, “it
should not mean that the remainder
of the program is neglected.” He
compared the physical education pro
gram to a triangle in which all stu
dents participate in various physical
education activities. The next step,
he said, is intermural activities where
skills in various game are more de
veloped and at the top the athletic
program for the most highly skilled.
Mr. Perry briefly outlined the phy
sical education program at the Eden
ton school, saying, “We have a very
good foundation for our program. The
physical plant is excellent and our
program is now underway which we
hope will be expanded in the future.
Mr. Perry was introduced by Thom
as Byrum, who had charge of the pro
gram, and at the close of his remarks
a number of questions were answered.
County's General Fund
Still In Good Condition
With the problem of working on the
county’s budget for the fiscal year
1953-54, the County Commissioners on
Monday were presented a report of
the general fund for the last 11
months.
According to the figures the report
was satisfactory in that there was a
balance of $7,186.08.
Only three departments in the bud
get were in the red, these being the
appropriations set up for elections,
the county jail and juvenile court. The
deficit in three departments amounted
to $2,404.78.
State To Take Over
Blades Mill Road
M. L. Bunch, Clerk of the County
Commissioners, has been notified that
at the April 30th meeting of the State
Highway and Public Works Commis
sion approved the addition to the coun
ty highway system theroad known
as Blades Mill road.
The road is 0.4 mile long.