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Volume XX. —Number 44. Annual Halloween Party Next Saturday Night "Fabulous Follies Os ] Fifty-three” Will Be Presented Nov. 6th Show Expected to Pro vide Plenty of Good Entertainment CAST PRACTICING Sponsored By Woman’s Club, BPW Club and Jaycees Members of the Edenton Woman’s Club, the Business and Professional Women’s Club and the Junior Cham ber of Commerce have been through some extensive rehearsals for the past few weeks in preparation for their “Fabulous Follies of 1953,” which will he presented in the Elementary School auditorium on Friday night, Novem ber 6, beginning at 8 o’clock. According to observance at practice sessions, the show will provide an evening of superh entertainment with lots of comedy. It is hoped a large crowd will turn out to see the per formance of ah all local cast, among which will be several old-timers who have always brought down the house with their crazy capers. Os interest, too, will he some new characters who will be performing for their first time on the stage. The public should wit ness these people in action. They’re good! Beautiful and exotic settings will be seen, particularly the Hawaiian scene of palm tre£s, guitars and uke- L leles, where six girls in grass skirts W and leis do the hula dance to record ings of “South Seq Island Magic,” “Lovely Hula Hands,” and “Little ] Girl.” Musical numbers in th“ show will I ,be both catchy tunes and lovely old ballads, with solos and dance routines being presented throughout the per formance. Among the highlights of Hie enter tainment are several skits. These little plays are so full of hilarious wise cracks that even the severest pessi- I mist will enjoy its humor. The three sponsoring clubs hope to I see a full house for their show on I Friday night, November 6. Police Preparing For Traffic Jam Saturday Halloween Parade Cal culated to Attract Many Cars Chief of Police George I. Dail and I Mayor L. H. Haskett call attention to I 1 Edenton’s annual Halloween parade P which will take place Saturday night, I October 31. “We are expected a large I crowd and traffic will be heavy,” says 9 Chief Dail. “We are asked for the co rn operation of all to help make this pa s' rade a success and accident free.” 9 Chief Dail says East Water Street 9 will be blocked off at Broad Street 9 and Oakum Street will be blocked off 9at East King Street. West King 9 Street will be one wav, traveling west 9 from 5:30 P. M„ until 6:30 P. M. | All local north bound traffic fol -9 lowing the parade will not use Broad 9 Street from Church Street to Peter -9 son Street, but Oakum Street and 9 Granville streets may be used instead. 9 There will not be any south bound 9 traffic on Broad Street while the pa -9 rade is in progress from Hicks Field 9to Water Street. There will be no 9 TJ-tums at Water and Broad Streets I from 5 P. M., until after the parade. 9 “Please be cooperative with the po -9 lice officers and the military police” ■ pleads Chief Dail, “for this is being I done for the safety of your children. I All vehicles in the parade will be re- I quired to be equipped with lights.” ■ With parades in mind, both Mayor ■ Haskett and Chief Dail call attention B. tb- the statute books, which provides ■ that in order to stage a parade the I Mayor or Chief of Police must be noti ■ fied 12 hours before the parade in to cope with traffic conditions. I EASTERN STAR TO MEET 99 The Edenton chapter of the Eastern H.Star will hold a regular meeting Moi>- H|ay night, November 2, at 8 o’clock Bin the Court House. Mrs. E. B. Ed- BjV&rds. worthy matron, urges a full H attendance. 1 THE CHOWAN HERALft , Chaplain Swets Will Preach At Methodist Church Next Sunday The Rev. E. B. Edwards left Mon day for Durham, where he is attend ing the annual Methodist Conference. . In his absence next Sunday the pul -1 pit will be filled by the Rev. William A. Swets, Chaplain at the Edenton Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field. Chaplain Swets will preach at both morning and evening services at 1 11 o’clock and 7:30 o’clock, to which the public is cordially invited to at tend. — - Mans Entertain Teachers Tonight : At Parish House .Annual Teachers’ Night Will Be Observed Tonight > ! Tonight (Thursday) at 7 o’clock in . the Parish House Edenton’s Rotary 1 Club will stage its annual teachers’ night, when all white school teachers and school officials will be guests of the Rotarians. A turkey dinner will be served and the Parish House is ex , pected to be filled to capacity with | approximately 100 expected to attend. , Tn charge of the meeting is a com , mittee composed of Frank Holmes, William Holmes and Gilliam Wood, who have arranged a very interesting program featured by an address by Dr. Murray Kantor, Jewish rabbi of ! Suffolk. Dr. Kantor has the reputa ' tion for being an able and interesting speaker, so that the Rotarians feel j fortunate in being able to secure him. '■ The program will begin by singing ■ “America.” led by C. W. Overman, as ■ ter which the invocation will be by J. L. Chestnutt and an address of wel -1 come by John A. Kramer, president of 1 the club. the dinner Mr. Overman will lead in singing “Sing a Song of Ro r tary”, after which John A. Holmes and W. J. Taylor will introduce the guests. W. T. Harry, past president of the Club and formerly of Suffolk, will in ' troduce Dr. Kantor and' after his ad dress the meeting will end by singing “Parting Song.” President Kramer is especially an xious to have every Rotarian present to meet the teachers. Sale Os Saving Bonds '517,522 In September Chairman A. B. Harless Urges Continued Buy ing of Bonds ’ Combined sales of Series E and H ' United States Savings Bonds in Cho ; wan County for the month of Sep tember totaled $17,522.25. This sales , announcement is made by County Sav [ ings Bonds Chairman A. B. Harless, according to the monthly sales report ! issued by Allison James, State Direc , tor of the U. S. Savings Bonds Divis ion in Greensboro. The combined sales of Series E and H Bonds for North Carolina’s 100 counties for the month of September , totaled $3,535,664.00. In announcing the above county and state sales figures, Chairman Harless , commented that, “A free economy, , such as ours, is built on the savings of the people. And the future securi ty of America depends on the initia tive and the growth of every citizen,” and he further added, “Remember, you build your own and your country’s fu -1 ture when you save.” 1 Royal Ambassadors 1 Will Meet Tuesday The Rev. Lee A. Phillips announces that a Royal Atnbassador Conclave of the Chowan Baptist Association will 1 he held at the Reynoldson Baptist ■ Church Tuesday afternoon, November : 3, beginning at 4 o’clock. About 300 boys are expected to at tend. Mr.\ Phillips is counselor for the association. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 29,1953. Disappointing Crowd Appears For United Nations Day Program Interesting and Timely Address Made By John Graham ’ United Nations Day which was ob served with a program on the Court ■ House Green Saturday morning at • 10:30 o’clock was a disappointment, so far as attendance is concerned. Al • though publicity was given to the pro i gram and the Edenton High School i Band marched down Broad Street and ; played several numbers on the green, £ a mere handful of interested people t gathered for the program. i Sponsored by the Edenton Business ■ and Professional Woman’s Club, Miss Lena Jones acted as mistress of cere mony. She called upon Mavor Leroy Haskett and J. Edwin Bufflap for a few remarks, after which John W. Graham made a very interesting and timely address. Those who heard the address re gretted that more people did not turn out, so that the text of Mr. Graham’s | remarks follows: l “In 1945, the peoples of the world (Continued on Page Seven) 1 Football King And , Queen Crowned At ; Game Friday Night ! David Fletcher and Ed -1 na Boswell Win Cov eted Titles , Featuring the football game Friday j night on Hicks Field, when the Eden r ton Aces nlayed and were overwhelm s ingly defeated by the Hertford In - dians. was half-time ceremonies when r the football king and queen were [ crowned as a climax to homecoming • day. ?| Candidates were entered from the • | seventh through the twelfth grades, ■ I with the honor of King going to Da ■ | vid Fletcher of the eighth grade. The - football Queen was Edna Boswell, a member of the twelfth grade. Both I wore crowned on the football field in ■ impressive ceremonies with the school 1 j band taking a prominent part. •! Before the crowning a group of floats passed in review with first prize ' going to the tenth grade and second ' prize going to the Junior High School. • Candidates for football king were: Gerald Lassiter, 12th grade; Charlie • Griffin, 11th grade; Larry Tynch, 10th : grade: Douglas Cale, ninth grade: Da vid Fletcher, eighth grade; Jack Bunch, seventh grade. , Candidates for queen were; Edna I Boswell, 12th grade, Carolyn Ashley. 11th grade; Mary Ellis, 10th grade; ( Ann Taylor, ninth grade: Ruth Stok ley, eighth grade, and Janet Bunch, seventh grade. ; Pocahontas Council Entertains Visitors One of the most delightful occasions in the short history of Chowanoke f Council, No. 54, Degree of Pocahon • tas, took place Friday night in the - Red Men’s hall. The occasion was an 5 official visit by Mrs. Marian Vincent ■ of Winterville, Great Pocahontas of , North Carolina. However, due to the t death of Mrs. Vincent’s mother, she - was unable to attend and instead a - group of Pocahontas members of Eliz abeth City visited the local Council, l with Mrs. Minnie Davis deputized to I represent the Great Pocahontas. ' Prior to the meeting members of Chowanoke Council served a delicious I turkey dinner which was thoroughly i enjoyed by all who attended. , Principal speakers on the program i vvere Mrs. Minnie Davis, Mrs. Het ■ tie Ames and Mrs. Susie Decker, nil ■ of whom expressed regret that the ’ Great Pocahontas was unable to at i tend and were high in praise of the ■ work being done by the Edenton Coun cil. Future Homemakers r Sale On Saturday Future Homemakers of America 1 will hold a sale Saturday from 9 A. ■ M., to 4 P. M., at the P & Q Super I Market and Hughes & Holton Hard i ware store. During the sale fancy r cakes, cookies, pies, candy and other tasty products will be sold. Profits from the sale will be used ; to stage an educational tour in the spring. i llGroup Os Edentoifs I Merchants Offering i Dollar Day Values r 14 Local Stores Present ing Bargains For Special Event As an inducement for Chowan Coun t ty Fair visitors, as well as others, to t shop in Edenton this week, a group of > Edenton merchants will observe Dol lar Days today (Thursday), Friday and Saturday. During these three 1 days many items valued at more than 1 a dollar will be sold for one dollar. In , many other instances merchandise - selling beyond the dollar range will be substantially reduced. 3 Some idea of the values offered for 3 this special event will be found in - advertisements in this issue of The 7 Herald. i The stores cooperating in Dollar . Day Sales are: Belk-Tyler, P & Q 1 Super Market, Cuthrell’s Department Store, The Betty Shoppe, Mitchener’s - Pharmacy, Leggett & Davis Drug i Store, Quinn Furniture Company, s' Campen’s, Western Auto Associate Store, Tots & Teens, Malone’s 5 & 10c 1 Store, Preston’s, Bell’s Store and Bad ham Bros. Many Edentonians At Development Forum tln E. City Tuesday . Speakers Point Out Im portance of Suitable Industrial Survey A good-sized Edenton delegation at- tended the eighth development forum sponsored by the North Carolina De • partment of Conservation and Devel opment held in Elizabeth City Tuesday ’ night. The forum attracted interested peo ’ pie from 20 Northeastern North Car olina communities which filled the e Pasquotank County Court House. » Prior to the meeting several numbers " were played by the Elizabeth City e High School Band. } Leo H. Harvey, vice chairman of the Commerce and Industry Committee, : presided over the meeting and the in -1 vocation was by the Rev. R. W. Kick [ lighter, pastor of the Blackwell Me s i morial Baptist Church. Mayor N. El e i ton Aydlett welcomed the group of visitors, after which Lieutenant Gov- I- ernor Luther H. Hodges spoke. : Other speakers on the program e were Carl E. Blass, plant manager of h Talon, Inc., at Woodland; L. P. Ken ’ nedy, vice president of the Norfolk Southern Railway Company; Mayor C. O. Jordan of Washington, N. C.; J. a D. Holt, manager of the Morehead '• City Post, and Ben E. Douglas, direc -1 tor of the Department of Conservation • and Development. h All of the speakers pointed out the trend of northern and eastern indus tries moving to the South, many of which have already done so and are well pleased with the change. 5 Without exception, the speakers ur ged interested communities to make s an industrial survey in order to be e prepared to furnish necessary infor mation. They, too, pointed out that e the attitude of a community toward n new industry has no little bearing on t plants moving in. f At the conclusion of the meeting a e question and answer session was held, e * Nursery School At i. St. Paul’s Sundays 0 Women of St. Paul’s Church will f hold a nursery class every Sunday s morning during the 11 o’clock service. y Those parents who cannot attend ser vice because of small children can a now leave their children at the Parish - House during the 11 o’clock service. I There will be two women on duty s every Sunday to take care of the chil dren. Milk and cookies will be avail -3 able. At present the women are not . prepared to take care of infants. Husbands’ Supper Is r Postponed To Nov. 13 i The annual husbands’ supper of the . Chowan Home Demonstration Clubs r will be held on November 13, at 7:00. - It was previously announced that the 7 supper would be held on November r 6, but this date had to be changed. Club members are urged to pur -1 chase tickets and attend this supper, 3 which will be held in the Cross Roads Community Building i® - Woman’s Club Affair Expected To Attract Big Crowd Children Civic Calendar Annual Halloween Party on ’ Hicks Field Saturday night, Oc ' tober 31. Royal Ambassadors Conclave of f the Chowan Baptist Association 3 will be held Tuesday afternoon, 1 November 3, at the Reynoldson 1 Baptist Church. Edenton Aces meet Ahoskie in last home football game of the season on Hicks Field Friday night at 8 o’clock. 5 Group of Edenton merchants offering Dollar Day bargains to- P day (Thursday) Friday and Sat j urday. t (Continued on Page Ten) I Aces Scheduled To e -Meet Ahoskie Indians t In Final Home Game | Local Outfit Will Enter ' Game Decidedly the . Underdog Friday night at 8 o’clock on Hicks [ Field Edehton’s Aces are scheduled to " meet the Ahoskie Indians in the last home football game of the season. On paper the Albemarle Conference is more or less complicated in that Ahoskie has defeated Hertford, while Hertford has defeated Plymouth, a 1 team which defeated Ahoskie. Any Way figured, however, the Aces will ' enter the game decidedly the under ? dog, for Ahoskie has a fast and rag ged team which is calculated to give " the Aces a more severe drubbing than ' that administered by the Hertford Tn -5 dians Friday night, j Despite the strength of the Ahoskie gfidders, Coaches Ben Perry and Al ! ton Brooks are putting the Aces through strenuous practice, sessions 2 this week in anticipation of throwing i an unset in the Ahoskie camp. All ' the Aces are in good condition and, ■ realizing that they will meet probably ■ the strongest foe in the conference, • every effort will be put forth for a 1, hard-fought game. '1 As usual, the Edenton band will he ! on hand to add color to the game. 1 To date the Aces have won two r games, lost four and tied one. Vir "jtims of the Aces were Columbia and |Tnrboro. while the tie game was with ! | Williamston. Defeating the Aces • I were Roanoke Rapids. Chowan Col • lego Freshmen, Elizabeth City and Hertford. After the Ahoskie game I the Aces will face two more formida- J ble foes, Goldsboro and Plymouth. 3 both games to he played away from " home. f Meeting Called To ; Reorganize Chorus i II AH Interested Urged to a Meet at Cross Roads I November 3 Mrs. Imogene Cochrane, Chowan j County home agent, announces that there will be a meeting in the Cross j Roads Community Building on Tues j day night, November 3, at 7:30 o’clock , for the purpose of reorganizing the . County Home Demonstration Chorus. , All interested club members are urged I I to attend his meeting. Mrs. W. 11. Saunders, County Music y Chairman, will be in charge of the . meeting. Men who are interested in . singing are also urged to come to the t Community Building and it is hoped that a mixed chorus can be organized. Miss Catherine Hill I NCEA Vice President 3 At the annual meeting of the a Northeastern District of the North h Carolina Education Association held a in Greenville Friday, Miss Catherine r Hill, a member of the Edenton Junior- Senior High School faculty, was elect - ed vice president of the home eco ', nomics department of the association, s Miss Hill is home economics teach er in the Edenton school. $2.00 Per Year. Parade Is Scheduled to Start at Court House Green at 6 O’clock PRIZES GIVEN Refreshments and En tertainment Provided For Youngsters Witches, goblins, hants and many other weird characters are expected to take over the town Saturday night when the children of Edenton gather for the big Halloween parade and car nival staged for them each year by the Edenton Woman’s Club. The pre paring of costumes and floats for the gala affair has been in the making by | the youngsters for weeks. This will be a night of thrills and wonders for the kids and they intend to make the 1 most of it. Mrs. N. J. George, playground chairman, reminds children who wish to be in the parade to assemble on the Court House Green between 5:30 and 6 o’clock, drssed in costume and with • their floats. Smaller children who want to participate will congregate at the post office, where the line of march will stop for them to fall in with the others. Led by the Eden * ton High School band, the parade will 'then proceed on to the children’s play ground. v There will be first prizes for the most Comical, most original, and best costume as well as two prizes for floats made by the children them selves. A prize will also he offered \ for the best float entered by adults. Children are asked to use their own wagons, bicycles, and pets in costume for their floats. As the boys and girls, enter the playground they will form a line to receive tickets for the entertainment and goodies, after which they will pa rade before the judges stand for the elimination and selection of the best costumes. Everything will be free to j the children, and lots of apples, gum. | candy, popcorn, peanuts, witches’ brew and drinks will be on hand for them. Included in the entertainment field will be movies, fortune telling, fish ponds, animals, havrides and oth er attractive features. An air of gay festivity will domi nate among the hundreds of multi colored lights, hunting, streamers, pumpkins, cornstalks, and the huge winking witch that will greet the lit tle ones as they enter the carnival grounds. Edenton nolice will handle | the traffic during the night. Bloodmoie Again Scheduled Nov. 12 Chairman Jesse Harrell Reports Quota Again 150 Pints Jesse Harrell, chairman of the Cho - wan County Red Cross Chapter, an l nounces that the Red Cross bloodmo bile will make its next visit to Eden ton on Thursday, November 12. The bloodmobile will again be stationed at the Edenton armory from 10 A. M., to 4 P. M. - Chowan’s quota will again be 150 . pints of blood, and it is hoped the . people of the entire county will co operate in order to raise the quota. i Chowan County has been lacking in meeting the quota until the last visit I in August, when 169 pints were do nated. J. R. Dulaney will again serve as : recruitment chairman and he, as well i as Mr. Harrell, point out that the , need for blood is very acute, so that ! they hope Chowan will again meet its quota. There have been some very faithful donors, but on the whole Cho wan has been lagging in making blood donations. I County Commissioners l Will Meet On Monday i ; Chowan County Commissioners will . hold their November meeting Monday - morning in the Court House at 10 - o’clock. At that time Carey J. Hollo i. well will take the oath of office as a - Commissioner to fulfill the unexpired term of the late Emmett N. Elliott.