Volume XX. —Number 35.
Peanut Referendum
Saturday, Aug. 29
In 44 N. C., Counties
About 19,750 Farms In
State Have Peanut
Allotments
VOTE 7 AM. to 7 P.M.
Two-thirds of Vote Ne
cessary to Decide
Issue
Peanut growers in Chowan County
and other peanut producing counties
in North Carolina will go to the polls
next Saturday, August 29, in a spe
cial referendum to decide whether or
not to assess themselves one penny
for each 100 pounds of peanuts in
order to finance their promotion pro
gram.
Chapter 106, Public Laws approved
by the 1947 session of the North Ca
rolina General Assembly, as amended,
gives authority to the North Caro
lina Peanut Growers Association to
levy such an assessment. However,
it must be approved by two-thirds of
the growers voting in the referendum.
The program of the peanut asso
ciation will be similar to that of To
bacco Associates, Inc., in that it will
promote and stimulate, by advertis
ing and other methods the increased >
production, use and sale of peanuts.
Some 19,750 farms in the 44 coun
ty area have peanut allotments. Eli
gible to vote in the peanut assess
ment referendum to be held on that
date are all farmers engaged in the
production of one acre or more of
peanuts for market. This includes
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Rocky Hock Wins
Opening Game In
Seven-Game Series
Mo Bauer Scheduled to
Pitch In Saturday
Night’s Game
Rocky Hock won the first game of
the final seven-game series for the
Tidewater Carolina League champion
ship on Hicks Field Monday night by
defeating Hobbsville 4 to 0. A fair
sized group of fans witnessed the
game.
Edgar Ray White, the league’s lead
ing pitcher, was on the mound for
Rocky Hock and limited the visitors
to five scattered hits, two of which
were made in the sixth inning, but
he tightened up and pulled out of the
hole to chalk up another scoreless
game.
Harrellson started for Hobbsville,
but was relieved by Gene Taylor in
the fourth after Rocky Hock scored
two runs and two men were on bases
with no outs. Taylor stopped the
rally and held Rocky Hock scoreless
the remainder of the game.
Rocky Hock scored a run in the
first inning when Alton Brooks smash
ed out a four-bagger. Another run
was added in the third and the fourth
two more runs were scored which end
ed the scoring for the game. Brooks
made two of Rocky Hock’s five hits,
with Jordan, Burke and Ralph Bunch
each making a hit. Hobbsville made
four errors, while Rocky Hock was
not charged with a single miscue.
The next game in the series was
scheduled to be played Wednesday
night after this issue of The Herald
was printed. All games in the series
Will be played on Hicks Field with
the third game scheduled to be played
Friday night at 8 o’clock and the
fourth game Saturday night at 8
o’clock. If the winner is not decided
in the first four games, the next
game will be played Monday night
at 8 o’clock.
Palmer Tyneh, manager of the
Rocky Hock team, stated Tuesday
night that Mo Bauer, sensational
pitcher in the Albemarle League, is
scheduled to be on the mound for
Rocky Hock in Saturday night’s
game.
Score by innings:
V RHE
Hobbsville 000 000 000—0 5 4
Rocky Hock 10i 200 OOx—4 6 0
County Commissioners
Meet On September 8
Chowan County Commissioners will
| hold their September meeting in the
f Court House Tuesday morning, Sep
| tember 8, instead of Monday, the 7th.
| The change in meeting was made due
I to the observance of Labor Day on
| September 7.
THE CHOWAN HERAUi
f
Civic Calendar
Chowan County Commissioners
will meet Tuesday morning, Sep
tember 8, at 10 o’clock instead of
Monday, September 7, due to the
observance of Labor Day.
Revival in progress this week
at Ballard’s Bridge Baptist
Church.
Revival services begin Sunday
at Chappell’s Hill Baptist Church
and end Sunday afternoon, Sep
tember 6.
Schools in the Edenton Admin
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Aces’ Football Team
Gradually Shaping Up
For Season’s Opener
Play First In Roanoke
Rapids Friday, Sep
tember 11
i With the Edenton Aces’ first foot
ball game of the season scheduled to
be played in Roanoke Rapids Friday,
September 11, Coaches Ben Perry and
Alton Brooks are gradually rounding
out the 1953 gridiron machine for
Edenton High School.
As practices continue both coaches
are encouraged over the progress not
ed among the boys who are com
peting for berths on the squad. While
it is too early to make any predic
tions, both coaches feel confident that
a creditable team will represent the
school this season and that it might
better than break even.
In the practice session Coach Per
ry has been changing the boys to dis
, ferent positions in an effort to ferret
, out the best material for. the various
positions.
The first home game of the season
! will be played on Hicks Field Friday
night, September 18, with Columbia.
There are five home games scheduled
which, aside from Columbia, includes
Elizabeth City, on October 9, Tarboro
on October 16, Hertford on October 23
and Ahoskie on October 30.
Schools Tn City
Unit Scheduled To
Open September 2
Teachers Called to Meet
In School Library on
Tuesday, Sept. I
With schools in the Edenton Ad
ministrative Unit scheduled to open
next Wednesday, September 2, for the
1953-54 term, Superintendent John'A.
Holmes says everything will be in
readiness for the opening day.
Pre-school registration was held at
the school Tuesday and Wednesday
of this week.
Early this week there was only one
more vacancy on the white school fac
ulty, that being a commercial teach
er, caused by the resignation of Mrs.
Frances MacDonald.
Mr. Holmes has called two meet
ings for teachers, with thq white
teachers scheduled to meet in the high
school library Tuesday morning, Sep
tember 1, at 11 o’clock. The colored
teachers will meet in the colored
school library the same day at 4
o’clock in the afternoon.
The list of teachers this year will
be:
Junior-Senior High School
Gerald D. James, principal, N. J.
George, Mrs. Mary L. Browning, Mrs.
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Board Public Works
Adopts New Policy
The Electric Light and Waterworks
Department of the Town of Edenton
has adopted a stricter method to have
electric and water bills paid on time.
1 Consumers have or will be noti
fied that, effective October 1, when
utility services are disconnected or an
E. & W. Department representative
is on the premises to disconnect utility
services because of non-payment of
bills on or before the 10th of the
month account is due, a charge of
$1.50 will-be made to restore or re
tain utility services.
Consumers are to comply
with this policy in order to prevent
extra expense and inconvenience.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 27,1953.
I BIG DAY FOR PEANUT FARMERS )
i
fc,®::; ik A IKI
C. S. Alexander, of Scotland Neck, president of the North Caro
lina Peanut Growers Association, reminds peanut producers that
August 29 is their big referendum day. On Saturday, all farmers
who grow one or more acres of peanuts will have an opportunity to
vote on whether or not they should levy upon themselves an annual
assessment of one-cent per hundred pounds of peanuts marketed for
a three year period. The proceeds from the assessment would be
turned over to the association by the Commissioner of Agriculture
to be used to promote the interests of Tar Heel peanut growers in
all phases of production, marketing, processing, consumption and
research. This new organization would function in a similar manner
to the successful self-help Tobacco Associates program, which leaf
growers authorized in 1947 under the same law.
Contract Authorized
For Water Softening
Project In Edenton
Crain & Denbo of Dur
ham Low Bidder at
$68,470
Appearing at the joint meeting of
Town Council and Edenton School
Trustees Tuesday night, members of
the Board of Public Works reported
that they opened bids for the con
struction of a water softening plant
in Edenton and that the low bid was
submitted by Crain & Denbo of Dur
ham at a price of $68,470. Five con
cerns submitted bids with the highest
being $83,300.
Town' Council authorized the Board
of Public Works to enter into a con
tract for the construction of the
plant. It was pointed out that the
project will cost somewhat more, pos
sibly SSOO or S6OO due to change in
specifications and the further neces
sity to erect a storage house for salt
which will be purchased in carload
lots.
The contract will call for comple
tion of the water softener plant with
in 250 calendar days.
Kindergarten Will
Open September 2
Mrs. John F. White In
Charge; Mrs. John J.
Ross Will Help
A kindergarten sponsored by the
Parent-Teacher Association will open
Wednesday, September 2, in the Eden
ton Elementary School. Mrs. John
F. White will serve as instructor and
will be assisted by Mrs. John F. Ross
with the music.
The hours will be from 9 A. M., to
12 o’clock noon. Any child who will
be five years of age by October 16 is
eligible for enrollment. The fee is
sls per month.
For further information parents are
urged to call Mrs. White, phone 265-J.
Carroll Copeland Will
Be Speaker Sunday At
Presbyterian Church
Carroll Copeland, young candidate
for the Gospel Ministry, will preach
at the regular 11 o’clock worship ser
vice in the Presbyterian Church on
Sunday. Mr. Copeland, who is a
member of the Rocky Hock Baptist
Church, will deliver a sermon on the
subject “Prepare to Meet Thy God,”
taking as his text Amos 4: 12.
Other services in the Presbyterian
Church include Sunday School at 10
A. M., and mid-week prayer meeting
Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock. The
Boys’ Brigade meets every Tuesday
evening at 7:30. All teen-age boys
are welcome.
LIONS CLUB MEETS MONDAY
It was erroneously reported last
week that the Edenton Lions Club
would meet Monday night of this
week. The club will meet next Mon
day night, August 31, at 7 o’clock.
The club will resume its winter
schedule of meeting every week in
September, although no meeting will
be held September 7, due to the ob
servance of Labor Day.
Pfc. Wm. E. Jackson
; Among First POW’s
To Land In America
Over 300 Prisoners of
War Arrive on West
Coast Sunday
In the first shipload of repatriates
to arrive in San Francisco from Ko
rea was one Edenton soldier, Pfc.
William E. Jickson, son of Mrs. Otel
ia B. Jackson, 300 West Albemarle
Street.
Pfc. Jackson was captured by the
Communists while serving in Korea
with Battery A, 503rd Artillery Bat
talion of the Second Division.
The transport General Nelson M.
[ Walker arrived at San Francisco Sun
day on which were more than 300
i American prisoners of war who had
been held prisoners by the Commun
ists. Relatives from 25 states were
on hand to greet the returning vet
erans.
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Mayor Haskett Is
Much In Accord
With VFW Project
Compliments Street De
partment For Its
Efficiency
Mayor Leroy Haskett on Tuesday
night made a complimentary state
ment regarding the efficient manner
in which Edenton dug out of the re
cent storm and gave his approval to
the VFW campaign to sell garbage
cans.
“In the face of the recent storm,”
said the Mayor, “this is to say as
Mayor of Edenton chat the Street De
partment • did a marvelous job in |
cleaning the streets in so short a ■
time at a very small extra cost to the
town. It was the best job done in the
Albemarle area, reflecting the effi
ciency of the department.
“I am proud to be Mayor of a town
with such an efficient crew, Mr.
Hughes as the head of this depart
ment is doing a splendid job, of which
I am proud.”
Regarding the garbage can drive,
Mayor Haskett had this to say:
“As Mayor of Edenton, I appeal
to our people to cooperate in the ef
fort of the VFW to sell trash cans
to our citizens.
“There are a number of people who
are using only a box or basket with
no top, so that anybody who pur
chases a can from the VFW will go
a long way in helping us to keep
Edenton clean and attractive. Eden
ton is proud of its record as a clean
town. I hope the VFW will realize
wholehearted cooperation in their ef
forts to have a good garbage can at
every home.”
MOVED TO WELDON
Friends will be interested to know
that Mr. and Mrs. Peter Harmatuck
and family, who live on Cabarrus
Street, are moving today (Thursday)
to Weldon, where they will make their
home.
The Harmatuck family has lived in
Edenton for a number of years, dur
ing which time they have made many
friends.
First Step Taken To
Unravel Puzzle Over
Title To Hicks Field
j Continue Closing ]
Jesse Harr.ell, president of the
Edenton Merchants Committee,
early this week reported the re
sult of a poll of Edenton mer
chants with a large majority vot
ing to continue the half day Wed
nesday closing until November 1.
Under the plan the stores co
operating will close Labor Day,
Monday, September 7, but will re
main open all day the following
Wednesday, September 9.
Street Department
Praised For Work
In Cleaning Town
Wreckage From Storm
Hauled Away In Less
Than Week
Though Edenton was littered from
i one end to the other in the recent
storm, quite a few people have made
very complimentary comments on the (
efficiency in which the Street De
partment dug out of the debris.
With extra help employed, practi
cally all of the trees, limbs, leaves
and other debris as the result of the
storm were cleaned up in less than a
week. The storm struck Edenton
Thursday night and by the following
Wednesday little evidence, in the way
of trash, remained of the devastating
storm.
Both the Street Commissioner and
Superintendent of Streets Frank
Hughes have had a number of peo
ple pay compliments on the way the
I town was cleaned up.
Even as late as Saturday of last
week many piles of limbs and trees
were seen in nearby cities which had
not been collected since the storm
1 struck.
Schools In County
Unit Now Ready For
Opening Sept. 7th
White Teachers Sehed-|
uled to Meet Friday,
September 4 ]
Everything is in readiness for the
opening of schools in the Chowan
County unit, according to Superin
tendent W. J. Taylor. The White Oak
Consolidated Negro School opened
Monday of this week, while other
schools in the unit will open next
Monday, September 7. •
Teachers for the White Oak School
held a meeting prior to the opening
,and white teachers for the other
schools are scheduled to meet Friday, (
September 4, at 10 o’clock at Chowan
High School.
For the first time, Mr. Taylor an
nounced that a commercial course and
public school music will be taught at
Chowan High School. John F. Car
son will teach the commercial course,
together with French. Cecilia Wil
loughby will teach public school mus
ic.
Other additions to the Chowan
High School faculty include Miss Min
nie Warren, who will be librarian and
teach English; Mrs. Lorraine Roger
son, home economics, and Joseph Dea
ton, who will be athletic coach and
teach science and physical education.
Mrs. Leon Thomas of Edenton will
teach at Rocky Hock school, succeed
ing Mrs. Lorraine Rogerson who goes
to Chowan High.
Only one change has been made
in the Negro faculty, with Charles
Fayton teaching at White Oak.
According to Mr. Taylor all bus
drivers have been secured for the
county’s 28 buses, which are equally
divided between the county and city
unit. One bus was replaced this year
and all other are reported to be in
good 6ondition.
A considerable amount of work
has been done on buildings and
grounds, which included painting the
gymnasium at Chowan High, a new
roof on the school and the addition
of fluorescent lighting throughout the
school.
$2.00 Per Year.
Resolution Gives Title of
Major Portion of Land
To School Trustees
FEW EXCEPTIONS
Plans Call For Introduc
tion of Bill In Next
General Assembly
Meeting in joint session Tuesday
night, Town Council "nd F.denton
School Trustees arrived at an initial
agreement in an effort to untangle
the problem of which group holds le
gal title to Hicks Field.
Thomas Chears, J. H. Conger, John
Holmes and Philip McMullan, princi
pal speakers for the school trustees,
pointed out that their board needs
jurisdiction of the property in the in
terest of public schools. They ex
pressed the opinion that the area
should be held by them for expansion
and growth of schools, stating that
at the present rate of school enroll
ment it will not be so very long be
fore another school will have to be
built and, of course, Hicks Field is
the logical site and if and when a
new plant is constructed, room will
be necessary for recreational pur
poses.
The School trustees emphasized the
fact that in the past relations between
Town Council and the School Trus
tees have been Very friendly and co
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VFW Post Begins
Drive In Edenton To
Sell Garbage Cans
Members Plan to Call
At Every Home In
Edenton
Sponsored by William H. Coffield,
Jr., Post No. 9280, Veterans of For
eign Wars, a garbage can sale will
begin today which, it is hoped, will
result in a garbage can at every home
in Edenton.
The sale has a two-fold purpose,
first to maintain a cleaner and more
attractive town and, second, to help
raise funds for the youth activity
fund of the post. The cans will be
purchased from the Barnes & Sawyer
, Grocery in Ahoskie. which firm has
| reduced the price to the VFW in or-
I der to cooperate in the drive snd make
| it a big success.
! Members of the VFW Post will can
| vass the entire town in order to sell
I the cans which will sell at $3.00 for
1 a 10-gallon ran and $4.00 for a 20-
gallon can. Tn event anybody is miss
ed in the canvass who desires to buy
a can. an order will be taken by tele
phoning 57 or 163-W.
VFW members believe purchasing
cans will go a long way in making
the town cleaner and more attrac
tive. They point out that at present
a great deal of trash is put out for
collection in cardboard boxes and bas
kets and in many instances trash is
piled along the curb or placed in gut
iters, which tends to make an unsight
ly town.
The plan to sell garbage cans has
the blessings of the Street Depart
ment, Mayor Leroy Haskett and
members of Town Council, all of
whom have at various times comment
ed upon the way some trash and gar
bage has been put out for collection.
With garbage cans generally in use.
dogs will be unable to scatter trash
about the streets and there will be
less likelihood of the wind blowing
it about.
Bill Perry, commander of the Post,
as well as WFW members in gen
eral, appeal for the full cooperation of
Edenton citizens to the end that a
garbage can will be placed at every
home.
Col. Lowell Speaker
At Rotary Meeting
Speaking at last week’s Rotary
meeting, Lieut. Col. Carter Lowell de
livered a very interesting address
about the Chinese Communist Army.
He explained the tactics of the Reds
and said they have no regard what
ever for human life.
Col. Lowell spoke in detail about
Red fighting and their equipment,
much of which was captured from the
Japanese and Chinese Nationalists.
He was introduced by John W. Gra
ham, who had charge cf the pro
gram.