Volume XX.—Number 27.
Edenton’s National
Guard Soft Bailers
Win Championship
Local Boys Also Excel |
In Other Camping
Activities
NEED MORE MEN
16 Qualify as Expert
Gunners In Special
Mortar Training
Four officers and 61 tired but happy
enlisted men, members of the Eden
ton Heavy Mortar Company of the
National Guard returned home Sunday I
after two weeks encampment at Fort |
McClellan, Anniston, Alabama. Dur- 1
ing the two weeks the local outfit,
' together with other units underwent
plenty of strenuous training, but pro
vision was also made for recreation.
Members of the Edenton outfit
brought honor upon themselves by
having won the 119th regimental
soft ball championship in which 20
companies participated. A beautiful
gold-bronze trophy was awarded the
soft ball team by Col. Ivan Hardesty,
regimental commander.
Having won the regimental cham
pionship the Edenton team entered
the competition for the division cham
pionship, but lost by a score of 8-7
to an artillery division team.
Those who composed the Edenton*
team were: Albert Lassiter, pitcher;
Jack Barrow and Zack Robertson,
catchers; Henry E. Rogerson, first
base; Elbert L. Benton, second base;
Tom Hoskins, third base; Fred
Keeter, shortstop; Wilbur Smith,
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Edenton Boy Scouts
Leaving For Camp
Darden Dn Suiiday
Friends Invited to At
tend Ceremonies Fri
day Night, July 10
Members of Edenton Boy Scout
Troop T 56 will leave Sunday to spend
a week at Camp Darden in Sedley, Va.
Scouts taking this trip are: Eddie
George, Billy Harry, Ralph Hawkins,
Charles Hollowell, Jack Lloyd Mills,
Leon Thomas. Arthur White and Cal
eb White. The leaders going with the
Troop will be L. K. Thomas, Scout
master, the Rev. James MacKenzie,
Assistant Scoutmaster, and Ben
Browning, Assistant Scoutmaster.
The Darden Scout Reservation con
sists of 111 acres, on beautiful Lake
Constance. It is owned and operated ,
by the Tidewater Council, Boy Scouts I
of America. The many camping fa
cilities at Camp Darden provide inter
esting and educational days for the
Scouts. The boys will be instructed in
swimming, life-saving, boating, and
canoeing. They will be taught rifle
markmanship on the new rifle range.
In addition to these activities the boys
may advance in rank through a varied
program of Scoutcraft, handicraft and
nature lore.
Friends and relatives of the Scouts
are cordially invited to visit Camp
Darden Friday night, July 10 at 8
o’clock. This is when the campers
hold the Indian and Order of the Ar
row ceremonies. To reach the camp,
follow U. S. 58 through Suffolk and
Franklin, west of Franklin, turn right
on State 641, the road ta Sedley.
Proceed through Huntersdale and fol
low the camp signs to the Reservation.
Camp closes at 2:00 P. M., Satur
day, July 11.
A. L. Newsome Wins
Prize At Belk-Tyler’s
In connection with Belk-Tyler’s an
nual truck fanners festival which be
gan Friday of last week and continues
through Saturday, July 4 a contest
was held last week to guess how long
it would take for l a 300-pound block
of ice to melt from around a blanket.
The winner of the contest was A. L.
Newsome of 400 Oakum Street. The
winner guessed 75 hours when it took
exactly 75 hours and 10 minutes.
Newsome was awarded a $16.50 wool
en blanket.
County Commissioners
Will Meet On Tuesday
Due to the July 4th holiday, which
for the most part will be observed in
Edenton Monday, July 6th, the Cho
wan County Commissioners will hold
their regular July meeting in the
Court House Tuesday morning, July
7, at 10 o’clock. I
THE CHOWAN HERALD.
[Jpen On Fourth |
According to information furn
ished The Herald early this week,
a majority of Edenton’s mer
chants will be open for business
on Saturday, July 4th. These
stores will, however, be closed on
Monday, July 6, in observance of
' Independence Day.
The stores will remain open all
day Wednesday, July 8.
BTU Mass Meeting
Is Scheduled To Be
Held In Columbia
Balanced Program Ar
ranged For Session
On July 7th
Training Unions of the Baptist
Churches throughout the vast area of
the Chowan Association will avail
themselves of the hospitality of the
’ Columbia Baptist Church, in Colum
bia, when they assemble for the an
nual year-end mass meeting on Tues
day, July 7. A well balanced program
is scheduled for an afternoon session,
opening at 2:55 o’clock, and an even
ing session, opening at 6:55. Between
the two sessions, a period of directed
fun and fellowship will be directed
by the Rev. W. E. Pope assist
ants and this period will start at 5
o’clock. At 5:45 all those present will
spread an old fashioned basket sup
per. Then, at 6:30, Associational Mis
sionary G. M. Singletary, will lead the
twilight vesper service.
During tj»e afternoon session, the
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West Leary Is Given
An Appointment On
Lions International
Will Serve on Committee
Os Elections at Chi
cago Convention
West Leary was notified Tuesday
by Jack Stickley of Charlotte, direc
tor of .Lions International that he
(Leary) has been appointed on the
t Committee of Elections for Lions In
ternational at the international con
vention which will be held in Chica-
Igo July 5,6, 7 and 8. Mr. Stickley
will be a candidate for third vice pres
ident of Lions International.
Mr. Leary and the Edenton Lions
Club is signally honored by his ap
pointment, and he plans to attend in
company with several other members
of the Edenton Ljons Club. Mr. Leary
is a past president of the Edenton
Club and a past deputy district gov
ernor of the district.
Rotary Officers Will
Be Installed Today
John Kramer Will Suc
ceed W. T. Harry as
Club’s President
Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet
this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 ’clock
in the Parish House.
The feature of the meeting will be
the installation of officers for the
new Rotary year, which includes
John Kramer, as president, who suc
ceeds W. T. Harry; Gilliam Wood,
vice president, and the following new
directors: Charles H. Wood, Jr., W.
B. Rosevear, William Cozart, George
Alma Byrum and W. T. Harry.
President Harry urges a 100 per
cent attendance to greet the new of
ficers.
Town - County Offices
Will Be Closed July 6th
County and town offices will re
main open the usual half day Satur
day, July 4th, but will be closed all
day Monday, July 6, to celebrate In
dependence Day. Important business
should, therefore, be transacted ac-
I cordingly.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 2,1953.
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Above is pictured Miss Louise Coke being presented a beautiful
silver service tray by Councilman J. Clarence Leary. Miss Coke this
week resigned as tax collector for the Town of Edenton after serving
in that capacity for 24 years. She was honor guest at a banquet
planned by the town’s official family at the Triangle Restaurant
Monday night where the gift was presented in recognition of her long
and faithful service.
Miss Louise Coke Is
Honored At Banquet
Held Monday Night
Veteran Tax Collector
Resigns After Serving
In Office 24 Years
Miss Louise Coke, who resigned on
Tuesday as tax collector for the Town
of Edenton after serving in that ca
pacity for 24 years, was guest of hon
or at a banquet held in the Triangle
Restaurant banquet room Monday
night. The banquet was attended by
only members of the town’s official
family, who wanted to express their
appreciation for the long, loyal and
efficient service Miss Coke rendered
in her almost a quarter of a century
in office.
Each member of the official family
i paid for the plates served to the fol
lowing: Mayor Leroy Haskett, Town
: Attorney J. N. Pruden, Town Clerk
Ernest Ward, Miss Louise Coke, Miss
Celia Spivey, Councilmen J. Clarence i
Leary, John Mitchener, Jr., Clyde Hol
lowed, Graham Byrum, George Alma
Byrum and J. Edwin Bufflap, and J.
A. Conger and Ralph E. Parrish, mem
bers of the Board of Public Works.
Only two members of the official
family were unable to attend. Dr. J.
A. Powell, a member of the Board of
Public Works, and Treasurer W. A.
Gardner.
After a delicious fried chicken din-
I ner Mayor Leroy Haskett paid high
tribute to Miss Coke for her efficient
work as tax collector, which has been
no small contribution to making his
job as Mayor more pleasant. He point
ed out many of the splendid qualities
of Miss Coke which enabled her to
carry on her duties under many handi
’ caps, but even then her records have
1 always been in balance. Mayor Has
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Chowan Tribe Elects
New Group Officers
L. O. Copeland Succeeds
C. C. Wiggins as
Sachem
Chowan Tribe of Red Men elected
officers for a six-month term Monday
night with L. O. Copeland elected as
sachem to succeed C. C. Wiggins, who
was elected prophet. Other officers
elected were: Walter Bond, senior
I sagamore and Raleigh Hollowell, jun
ior sagamore.
1 A. S. Hollowell was elected collec
tor of wampum to fill out the unex
pired term of R. B. Hollowell, who re
signed due to his health.
These officers and those appointed
by the new sachem, are scheduled to
be installed at next Monday night’s
meeting.
Post Office Closed
On Fourth Os July
Postmaster David Holton early this
week stated that the Edenton Post
Office will be closed all day Saturday,
July 4, in celebration of Independence
Day. During the day there will be no
mail delivered either in the city or
rural routes.
However, mail will be placed in the
boxes and mail will be dispatched as
usual. The Post Office will be open
Monday, July 6.
FIRE AT JIMBO’S JUMBOS
Edenton firemen were called out to
fight a fire at Jimbo’s Jumbos Tues
day morning, when peanuts in a roas
ter caught fire.
Fire Chief R. K. Hall was unable
to estimate the damage Wednesday
morning.
Legion And Auxiliary
Officers Installed At
Joint Meeting July 9
Bill MacMillan, Departs
ment Commander to
Be In Charge
In a joint meeting next Thursday
night, July 9, at 8 o’clock new offi
cers for Edward G. Bond Post, No.
40, of the American Legion and the
Legion Auxiliary will be installed in
the Post’s new home on the Windsor
highway. The meeting is scheduled <
to begin at 8 o’clock with Bill Mac-
Millan of Rocky Mount, department
commander, in charge of the instal- i
lation of both groups of officers..
For the occasion Legion and Auxil
iary members in Elizabeth City, Hert
ford, Gatesville, Plymouth, Creawell
and Columbia have been invited to
participate and meet the department
1 commander.
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Legiwn officers who will be install
| ed are: E. J. Hobbs, commander, who
: succeeds W. J. Yates; Edmond Mills,
first vice commander; Clarence White,
1 second vice commander; William P.
' (Spec) Jones, third vice commander;
W. A. Perry, adjutant; Erwin Griffin,
' assistant adjutant; R. E. Leary, fi
nance officer; W. T. Harry, historian;
, Frank Miller, sergeant-at-arms; the
Rev. James Mackenzie, Chaplain;
John Graham, service officer; J. Car-1
roll Byrum, athletic officer; W. J.
Yates, guardianship officer. Robert L.
' Pratt is commander of the First Dis
' triet and will attend the meeting.
J New Auxiliary officers to be install
’ ed are: Mrs. R. E. Leary, president,
’ succeeding Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt; Mrs.
’ J. L. Chestnutt, vice president; Mrs.
’ Cecil Hollowell, secretary; Mrs.. Jo
j seph Thorud, corresponding secretary;
! Mrs. Gus Perry, treasurer; Mrs. Ed
mond Mills, Chaplain; Mrs. R. L.
Pratt, sergeant-at-arms; Mrs. E. J.
Hobbs, historian. Mrs. J. L. Chest
nutt is also district committeewoman.
All members of the Legion and Au
xiliary are especially urged to make
i plans to attend the meeting.
| Poem By Ruth Vail
In Belgium Magazine
Editor Writes About Re
cent Damaging Flood
i In Brussells
■ The Seydell Quarterly, summer
. number No. 1953, published in Brus
sels, Belgium, carries a poem about
. the street lights of Edenton. The
. poem, “Evening Lights,” was written
. by Ruth Vail of Edenton.
The editor of this magazine writes
| that during the floods in Belgium the
waters and winds did no damage of
i importance in Brussels, hut Seydell
Quarterly is printed in Ostend, where
the damage was great. The offices
of Unitas, printers of this magazine,
were flooded with loss of equipment
and all records of valuable books.
Bank Os Edenton Will
Be Closed On July 4th
The Bank of Edenton will be closed
all day Saturday, July 4, due to the
observance of Independence Day. Busi
ness will be resumed as usual on 1
Monday. <
Due to the Saturday holiday, all 1
important banking business should be
transacted accordingly. 1
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NO TRASH COLLECTION MONDAY i
Due to most of Edenton’s business j
houses beings closed on Monday, July i
6, in celebration of Independence Day?!,
the Street Department will not collect ; ‘
trash and garbage on Monday. Regu- ]'
lar collections will be made on Sat- ‘ I
urday. f
Special Referendum
For Peanut Growers
Scheduled August 29
Civic Calendar
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F.,
& A. M. will meet tonight (Thurs
day) at 8 o’clock in the Court
House.
Officers for the new Rotary
year will be installed at the Eden
ton Rotary Club’s meeting this
(Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock
in the Parish House.
Chowanoke Council, No. 54, De
gree of Pocahontas, will meet in
the Red Men’s hall Friday night
at 8 o’clock.
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Rocky Hock Defeats
Hobbsville In Thriller
Tuesday Night 2 To 9
Play Weeksville NAS In
Doubleheader Sat
urday Night
Rocky Hock, a member of the Tide
water Carolina League defeated
Hobbsville in a thrilling game played
on Hicks Field Tuesday night by a
score of 20. It was a pitchers’ duel i
between Henry Allen Powell for
Rocky Hock and Bill Herman, former
Colonial hurler, for Hobbsville. Each
pitcher allowed five hits, with Hobbs
ville bunching two hits in the sixth
and seventh, but Powell tightened up
to pull out of the holes.
Rocky Hock scored its first run in
the first inning when Jack Bunch sin
gled. He went to second on a sacri
fice and scored on an error. The other
run was scored in the fifth. Sheralon
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Grand Opening Os
Tots & Teen Store
Is Scheduled Today
Free Prizes Will Be Giv
en and Gifts For All
Children
Tots and Teens store, owned by Mr.
and Mrs. George Privott, will cele
brate its grand opening in its new lo
cation on the northeast corner of
Broad and King Streets, formerly oc
cupied by the P & Q Super Market,
today (Thui’sday). Before moving in
to the new quai’ters, the interior of the
building was extensively repaired and
renovated, so that the store will he
one of Edenton’s finest.
Mr. and Mrs. Privott recently re
turned from a buying trip to New
York, where they purchased a large
line of seasonable merchandise. In ad
dition to the grand opening, Tots and
Teens will stage an anniversary clear
ance sale in which all summer mer
chandise will be drastically reduced.
In connection with the grand open
ing free prizes will be awarded today
(Thursday), Friday and Saturday to
the persons holding lucky numbers,
which will be given to all who visit
the store. Free gifts will also be dis
tributed to the kiddies.
The doors will open at 9 o’clock
this (Thursday) morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Privott are very proud
of their new store and extend a cordial
invitation to the general public to
visit it, if they buy anything or not.
Dog And Bicycle
Licenses Now Due
Owners Subject to Ar
rest If Licenses Not
Secured By July 31
Chief of Police George I. Dail this
week calls attention to the fact that
dog and bicycle licenses are due July
Ist.
Any person living within the town 1
limits is required to pay a license on
each dog owned, the fee being SI.OO
for each male dog and $2.00 for each
female.
Chief Dail stated that the law will
be rigidly enforced, which requires 1
the arrest of any dog owner who fails
to purchase licenses for his dogs be- :
fore July 31. i
$2.00 Per Year.
Assessment Would Help
To Finance Peanut
Program
ONE CENT"PER BAG
Two-thirds of Growers
Must Vote In Favor
Os Action
C. Shields Alexander, of Scotland
Neck, president of the North Carolina
Peanut Growers’ Association, an
nounced this week that a special ref
erendum will be held throughout the
peanut-producing area of the state on
August 29, which will enable all grow
ers to vote whether or not they want
to assess themselves at the rate of
one-cent per 100-pound bag of peanuts
to further finance their own program.
He said that the authority for pro
ducers of certain commodities to band
together and assess themselves for
promoting the use and sale of such
commodities is contained in an act of
the 1947 General Assembly. Before
such an assessment can be levied, how
ever, it must be approved by two
thirds of the growers voting on a ref
erendum.
Alexander pointed out that an
amendment to the law enacted by the
1953 General Assembly permits collec
tion of such assessments by the Com
missioner of Agriculture through buy
ers of a commodity to be turned over
to the growers’ organization, which
would in this case be the N. C. Peanut
Growers Association.
This money would be used for “pro
moting and stimulating, by advertis
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Edenton Cotton Mill
Wins Certificate- For
Safety Achievement
Presented For Excellent
Record In Reducing
Accidents
Edenton Cotton Mills last week re
ceived a beautiful certificate of Safety
Achievement from the Department of
Labor for the State of North Carolina.
The certificate was signed by Martin
P. Durkin, Secretary of Labor of the
United States Department of Labor
and Forrest H. Shuford, commissioner
of Labor for North Carolina, in recog
nition of the splendid record made in
1952 in reduction of accidents in the
mill.
P. S. McMullan, vice president of
the cotton mills received the following
letter with the certificate from For
i-est H. Shuford, commissioner:
“I want to take this opportunity of
personally congratulating you for your
outstanding work in accident preven
tion during 1952 which resulted in
your winning a safety award from our
department.
“While the award itself is only a
token of your fine work, we know that
you and your employees have benefit
ed from the work which caused a re
duction of accidents in your plant.
“If properly used, your award can
act as a challenge for a continuation
of your safety program through 1953.
I sincerely hope that your fine safety
work will continue and I will have the
pleasure of presenting your plant an
other award.”
Former Edenton Pastor
Now Stationed In Texas
Lieutenant Commander William L.
Freeman, USNR, son of W. D. Free
man, Greensboro, N. C., recently re
ported to duty as Chaplain of Naval
Auxiliary Air Station, Cabaniss Field,
Corpus Christi, Texas.
Lieutenant Commander Freeman, a
graduate of Rankin High School, at
Greensboro, N. C., and Ashbury Col
lege, Wilmore, Ky., was commissioned
in the Navy in July, 1953.
Lieutenant Commander Freeman
and his wife, the former Kathryn Al
dridge of La Grange, N. C., reside
with their two children William Law
rence II 6, and Patricia Ann 2 months,
at 4226 Estate Drive, Corpus Christi,
Texas.
Mr. Freeman is a former pastor of
the Edenton Methodist Church.
VFW AUXILIARY TO MEET
The Ladies’ Auxiliary of Veterans
of Foreign Wars, Post No. 9280, will
meet tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock
in the VFW hall. All members are
urged to be present.