SECTION ONE- More New Paving Is Compietedln County Chowan Bridge Sched uled to Be Completed By September The State Highway Commission completed 3.4 miles of paving in Cho wan County during the month of June, Commissioner J. Emmett Win slow repors. State Highway maintenance forces graded and paved from Cisco north west to N. C. 32 for 1.9 miles. The project was financed by the secondary road bond program. The road is 16 feet wide. Contract forces have widened the substructure, built concrete handrails and a new 26-foot wide concrete deck on the Edenhouse Bridge over the Chowan River on U. S. 17 near Eden ton. The bridge is 1.5 miles long. The superstructure on the bridge should be complete in September. The old First Highway Division composed of Camden, Chowan, Curri tuck, Dare, Gates, Pasquotank, Per quimans, Bertie, Hertford, Martin, Northampton, Edgecombe, Halifax, and Warren counties brought a total of 60.3 miles of road work to com pletion during June. Under the new 14-division State Highway Commission, Chowan re mains in the First along with Ber tie, Camden, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties. Headquarters for the First remain in Ahoskie. W. N. Spruill is the division engineer. Earl Whites Hosts To Agriculture Club Enterprise Agricultural Club held its July meeting Wednesday afternoon of last week at the home of Earl White, where they visited his tobacco variety test demonstration. Mr. White then served the group with cold drinks, hot doughnuts and potato chips. The group then visited E. L. Ward’s pastures and beef cattle herd, later visiting Mr. Ward’s farm and obser ved his field of irrigated tobacco. This community group is showing considerable interest in working to gether. They made plans to contact the community Home Demonstration Club and together have a community family picnic in August. The Septem ber meeting is to be held in late af ternoon again at which time they plan to visit several com and pasture dem onstrations and other work of interest. Lloyd Bunch is chairman of the group. MISS SWINDELL IMPROVING Friends will be delighted t<S know that Miss Carolyn Swindell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Swindell, re- For Today’s Invwtot** " \ INYtSTMtNTS for SKUIUTT Insurance Bldg.—Raleigh (Formerly Kirchofer & Arnold Johnston Bldg.—Charlotte Associates, Inc.) 40 Wall Street—New York See or Call Our Representative In This Area— DAVID M. WARREN 301 SOUTH GRANVILLE STREET PHONE 626 ' • ■ . tl nr* “-.TBWrs* 1 -*' "*•-'~~~ T "’ l ' , *^^' # nfeSf R£fwe£R#ToßS ~~ with she exclusive t v!i | I Sonus Door ' ir_ MOOR i> No Mow—No FMf—No Wbf* HDS-95P ' Just o flick of tho flngor molls frost uwoy in minutes. X Froxon foods novor ovon start to thow ■ Look st all the other deluxe features, too. Exclusive Pst* . ented Bonus Door keeps food easy to see and easy to * reach. Full width 42 lb. Freeze Chest. Butter Comport* meat keeps butter "easy to spread.” Frozen food storage tray holds 11 lbs. Flexible Shelving, Twin Crispins com* : t' bined with 9Vi cu. ft. capacity and over 20 sq. ft, of f shelf space, to give you unequalled convenience. $199.95 up Isndlx Home Applances, Dtv. AVCO Mfg. Co-p., South Bend, Mi . K. L. NIXON ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR AND HOME APPLIANCES Route 3 Phone 481-J-5 Edenton, N. C. Page Eight turned home Sunday from Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City, where she was a patient for three weeks. While she is gradually improving, Miss Swindell will be under medical obser vation for some time. PERSONAL ITEMS | Joseph Boyce of Lakeland, Fla., is spending a vacation with his nephew, C. A. Boyce and Mrs. Boyce. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bartels and daughter, Pauline and Mrs. Mildred Bernbrok of Baltimore, Md., spent the week-end visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. Ed win BufFlap. Eugene Garrett left Tuesday for his home in Pottsville, Pa., after spend ing several days visiting his mother, Mrs. John Garrett. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hughes and Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Perry are spend ing this week vacationing at Kitty Hawk. Donald Thomas, Miss Eula Garrett, Eugene Garrett, Roger Scheifer and Jimmy White spent Sunday at Deep Creek, Va., visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. James Dail of South Norfolk, Va., spent the week-end visit ing Mr. Dail’s mother, Mrs. John Gar rett. Herbert V. Bass, Mrs. Howard Ange and daughter Sanfra Lynn spent Fri day in Norfolk. They were accom panied home by Mrs. Herbert V. Bass, who spent a week visiting friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith, newly weds of Falls Church, Va., spent Sun day with Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Boyce before proceeding to Detroit, Michi gan on a wedding trip. Frank E. Twiddv spent Sunday at Raeford and was accompanied home by his wife, who spent two weeks visiting her mother. Mrs. Will Rose. Mr. Twiddv also visited Thomas Har ris, who is a patient in the McCain Sanatorium. Rider’s Lane Worries Town Councilmen (Continued from Page One) Chowan County Safety-Council, pre sented a request to add a safety slo gan to the city automobile tags to replace the present “Cradle of the Colony”. Mayor Haskett appointed three new committees which included: Lights—G. M. Byrum and Clyde Hollowell. Docks and Waterfront—J. Clarence Leary and J. Edwin Bufflap. Taxicabs—John Mitchener and Geo. Alma Byrum. The Councilmen also decided to con tract a concern for rat control at the city dump. Bids were opened to furnish gas, oil, etc., for the town’s rolling trucks. The low bidder was J. C. Parks. The Councilmen-agreed to transfer a taxicab franchise for one cab from Harry Crummey to Henry Hassell. THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY. JULY 16, 1963. Chidren Entering School First Time Must fie Immunized State Law Pointed Out By Superintendent W. J. Taylor W. J. Taylor, superintendent of Chowan County Schools, calls atten tion to the fact that parents whose children enter school for the first time are required by State law to have immunization for diphtheria, smallpox . and whdoping cough, and it is rec ommended that they have immuniza tion for typhoid and tetanus. Children who enter for the first time 1953-54, must present a certifi cate of immunization, either from their family physician or the County Health Department, for diphtheriq, smallpox and whooping cough. The County Health Department is open every Friday for immunization. The State Board of Education has ruled that children may enroll in the 1953-54 term if they are six years of age on or before October 15. If a child is bom on October 16, he be comes six on October 15, according to a ruling of the Attorney General. No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another. f The Search Is Ended j % * ’ I m -~ m m f«ii i \ j S <! 18. B. H. 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Holds up Tip * I I II to M 0 pounds of frozen foods. || ‘ I I Convenient—fits in any kitchen. ||| " < • o ■ - Slop in for a complete demonslM-. , . I I lion of these two “form designed"' if < > I I Unico freezers. p < 1 $3)5.00 :: :: 15 Cubic Foot Chest Type... $375.00 || 22 Cubic Foot Upright Type .$485.00 DISTRIBUTED BY— ; » Chowan Farmers Exchange | INCORPORATED I N. BROAD ST. EDENTON, N. C. PHONE 346 LOW 4-H CLUB ATTENDANCE Assistant County Agent Robert S. Marsh reports poor attendance at 4-H Club meetings held last week, al though the meetings were worthwhile. Local leaders were present at each meeting except the Edenton meeting. Project work, 4-H camp, 4-H Week and organization of local clubs were among the things' discussed. Each club which met was enthusiastic about holding local meetings‘in the future, preferably every two weeks. JUDGING TEAM AT RALEIGH The Chowan 4-H judging team prac ticed judging beef heifers and sheep last week in preparation for the State 4-H Judging Contest held in Raleigh Tuesday of this week. Boys making the trip to Raleigh were Wesley Layden and Vandy Parks .of Hobbsville and H. T. Hollowell and Joe Privott of Tyner. ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED * Mr. and Mrs. Earl Goodwin an nounce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Margaret Goodwin, to Shirley Newman Morgan, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Morgan of Ports mouth, Va. The wedding will take place Saturday, September 5. JET PLANE FORCED DOWN On Tuesday morning a single seat jet fighter from the Edenton base was forced to land in a field along U. S. Highway 17 a short distance from Edenton. In the plane was Lieut. Graham Laqgley, who was on a routine train ing flight. He was cut badly about the leg and received other minor in juries. RETURN FROM VISITING SONS The love of praise, howe’er concealed ■- by art, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Wilder returned Reigns more or less, and glows in home Saturday after spending six 6v ’ry heart: weeks visiting their sons, Thomas oung. Wilder in Louisville, Ky., and Julius He wants worth who dares not Wilder in Springfield, Ohio. praise a foe. —Dryden. MR. FARMER; • SEE US BEFORE YOU BUY YOUR Peanut Bags WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY We have on hand a number of 6NCE USED 72-inch Peanut Bags; good selvedge, no holes. SEE US FOR YOUR NEEDS WE WILL MAKE YOU A GOOD PRICE! Edenton Peanut Company PHONE 34 -:- EDENTON, N. C. JpHBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBGBDI)ii^ I YOU CAN MAKE YOUR 1 HOME LOOK BETTER" I m*S lONGiHf fy DU PONT |M HOUSE FAINT 111 STMTS sum SUSS WHITE 111 \ 1 Rich in titanium dioxide, whitest paint Sk \ l pigment yet discovered . . . 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