Volume XX.—Number 48.
J. L.Chestnutt Takes
Oath Office Monday
As New Postmaster
Succeeds David Holton
Who Recently Re
signed
A REPUBLICAN
First Republican Post
master In Edenton
Since 1930
J. L. Chestnutt on Monday morning
of this week took the oath of office
l as postmaster at the Edenton Post
Office. Mr. Chestnutt, who is a Re
publican, succeeds David Holton, a
Democrat, who recently resigned when
. he was appointed director of the State
Division of Purchase and Contract.
Os course, under the Republican ad
ministration a change in the Edenton
./■ Ipostmastership had been anticipated
and with several anxious to get the
job, Mr. Chestnutt was selected.
Mr. Chestnutt late last week was
informed by Postmaster General Ar
thur Summerfield that the appoint
ment was made and that he was to as
sume his duties Monday morning. J.
T. Johnson of Ahoslde administered
the oath of office to Mr. Chestnutt as
he checked out David Holton.
Mr. Chestnutt has operated a dry
cleaning plant in Edenton for 17 years
and as he takes over the Edenton post
mastership he has sold his dry clean
ing plant to his son-in-law, Robert
Powell, who will continue to operate
the concern under the name of Chest
nutt Cleaners;
In assuming his duties Mr. Chest
nutt is the first Republican postmas
ter in Edenton since 19*33, when Miles
S. Elliott was succeeded by the late
C. E. Kramer.
John Dobson Wins
t Duke Scholarship
After Late Start
Edenton Boy Holder of
53,750 Angier Duke
Scholarship
According to a news release from
Duke University, John Thomas Dob
son of Edenton has good reason to
tell you that the last often shall be
first.
A freshman at Duke University and
holder of a highly-prized $3,750 An
gier Duke Scholarship, John can well
remember entering competition at the
last possible moment.
With his sights set on becoming a
doctor, the 18-year-old youth says, “I
thought it was useless to look forward
to lhedicine before I won' the cholar
ship.”
I Early last December, John just got
in under the application deadline to
compete for one of the nine Angier
Duke Prizes given each year to North
Carolina students. He won his way
through regional tests, and finally
came out on top in the finals on the
Duke Campus last Spring.
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Rotarians Planning To
Attend Birthday Os
Columbia Rotary Club
Edenton Rotarians at their meeting
Thursday voted to call off the regular
meeting Thursday, December 10 and
instead attend a meeting of the Co
lumbia Rotary Club Tuesday night,
December 8, at 7 o'clock,
j At that time the Columbia Rotary ,
Club will celebrate its birthday and
being sponsored by the Edenton club,
President John Kramer is urging all ,
Edenton Rotarians to make plans te
attend the celebration.
SUNBEAMS TO MEET
The Sunbeams of the Edenton Bap
■ tist Church will meet next Sunday
■ afternoon, November 29, at 3 o’clock
I at t&e Mrs. Betty L. Man
■ ning, director, urges all children be
■ tween the ages of 4 and 9 to attend.
I [Help SantaClaus_
■L All people whp lure toys that
Ik can be repaired and painted for
■ use in connection with the Empty
■ Stocking Fund are asked to take
■ them to the Fire Department on ,
HL Broad Street.
ML Thanks to Fire Chief R. K. Hall
mm&m the firemen, they help to
If Christmas a joy to many
PHH kiddies. 1
THE CHOWAN HERALD
New Postmaster
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Edenton’s postmaster as of
Monday of this week is J. L.
Chestnutt, who was sworn in of
fice Monday morning. Mr. Chest
nutt, a Republican, succeeds Dav
id Holton, a Democrat, who re
signed recently when he was ap
pointed by Governor William Uin
stead as director of the State Di
vision of Purchase and Contract.
Equal Rights Is Topic
At BPW Club Meeting
Held Thursday Night
Members Will Meet De
cember 2 to Fill Bags
For Christmas Party
Featuring the monthly meeting of
the Edenton Business and Profession
al Women’s Club meeting Thursday
night, which was held in the Penelope
Barker house, was a panel discussion
on the equal rights amendment.
Mrs. Anne Jenkins, chairman of
legislation, presided over the discus
sion and those taking part were Mrs.
R. S. Carr, whose topic was “History
of the Equal Rights Amendment;”
Mrs. Lena Leary, “State Laws Which
Might Be Affected by the Equal
Rights Amendment”; Mrs. Margaret
White, “The Equal Rights Amend
ment, a World Issue,” and Miss Lena
Jones, “How To Approach Your Con
gressman or Senator.”
The Equal Rights Amendment was
added to the Federation’s Legislative
support program in 1937 by conven
tion action. It has been re-adopted at
all subsequent conventions. The
Amendment now reads: “Equally of
rights under the law shall not be de
nied or abridged by the United States
or by any state on account of six.
Congress and the several states shall
have power, within their respective
jurisdictions to enforce this article by
ippropriate legislation.”
(Continued on Page Four)
Study Course At
Library December 1
Sponsored By PTA and
The Edenton Wom
an’s Club
Under the auspices of the Parent-
Teacher Association and the Ameri
can Home Department of the Edenton
Woman’s Club, a study course on
“Family Relations Between Parents
and Children,” will be held Tuesday
night, December 1, at 8 o'clock in the
Edenton High School library.
The meeting which will be informal,
will be conducted by an interesting
speaker, Miss Blanch Haley,. State
Field Secretary of the PTA. There
will be a film shown on children’s de
linquency, an open discussion, plus a
mid-way intermission at which time
drinks will be sold.
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Thanksgiving Service
At Methodist Church
The Rev. Et B. Edwards, pastor of
the Methodist Church, announced Sun
day that a special Thanksgiving ser
vice wilHSfe Weld in the church Thurs
day morning -at 10 o’clock. The ser
vice will be brief, he said, so that it
will net 4ntejrfere too much with the
Thanwgivins dinner.
The public is cordially invited to at
tend.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 26,1953.
Plans Shaping tip I
For Christinas Party
Friday, December 4
Hour of Parade Chang- ]
ed From 3 O’clock
To 3:45
By Evelyn G. Leary
“Here Comes Santa Claus,” will be s
the cry of the children of Edenton and 1
Chowan County when Santa makes \
iis appearance in the mammoth parade i
here Friday afternoon, December 4. i
The jolly old fellow will ride in the i
line of march in a beautifully decorat- i
ed sleigh along with the numerous oth- s
er floats. This event is staged an
nually for the little ones by the Eden- j
ton Business and Professional Wo- (
men’s Club, in cooperation with the ]
merchants of town, and long before ,
plans get underway the kids start ,
talking about the affair with excited
eagerness. They can hardly wait for
the big day, for Santa always throws
them friendly waves and kisses, to say ■
nothing of the goody bags they re- •
ceive.
Mrs. Annie Mills, general chairman
and members of her committee are .
working hard to get everything in
shape for the parade and party. She 1
announces that the time of the parade I
has been changed from 3 o’clock, as i
previously announced, to 3:45 o’clock
Friday afternoon, December 4. It is
hoped the public will note this change.
Santa Claus will arrive in Edenton 1
on the 3:45 bus. He will get off the
bus at the ball park and the parade *
will start immediately after he has
mounted his float. Mrs. Lena Leary
and her committee, who are in charge
I of the parade and floats, asks that
p those entering floats as well as chil
dren participating in the parade to
assemble at the ball park at 3 o’clock
I so that the parade can be lined up
) by the time Santa arrives. The pa
trade will not begin until he is settled
in his sleigh.
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Allotment Notices
t To Be Mailed Before
' Cotton Referendum
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Farmers Will Vote on
! Allotments Tuesday,
December 15
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Cotton growers will be notified of
* heir 1954 acreage allotments before
‘ they vote in the referendum on Tues-
day, December 15, Will A. Harrell,
" chairman of the Chowan County Agri
-1 cultural Stabilization and Conserva
‘ tion Committee, advises. The 1954
farm acreage allotments are now be
* ing established and notices to farm
-5 ers will be mailed out by December
■ 4th.
Every farmer, landlord, tenant, or
! share-cropper, who had a share in
f cotton planted in 1953 will be eligible
■ to vote in the referendum.
s State and County allotments are de
j termined from acreage planted in
1 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951 and 1952.
Appeal Again Made
For Stocking Fund
| Project of Members of
St. Paul’s Young Peo
l pie’s Service League
Members of the Young People’-s Ser
- vice League of St. Paul’s Church are
in the process of planning the Empty
Stocking Fund campaign for 1953.
They will soon ask for donations of
j clothing, toys and money to be used
( for the filling of Christmas boxes for
p those families in Chowan County who,
r because of unfortunate circumstances
, cannot help themselves. Any persons
having clothing or toys suitable for
the filling of the boxes are asked to
1 contact the Rev. Gordon D. Bennett,
, rector of St. Paul’s Church, or Mike
| Malone, president of the Young Peo
’ pie’s Service League. Mr. Bennett’s
, phone numbers are 254-W and 583.
, Mr. Malone’s phone number is 328-W.
Persons who are interested in re
ceiving help this year must have their
applications in before December 20.
By so doing the Service League mem
[ bers will have time to interview fam
f ilies and to prepare the Christmas
boxes according to each family’s par
ticular needs. The annual Christmas
Stocking Sale will be held on the Sat
urday before Christmas and Christ
; mas Eve. The funds obtained from
this means help to purchase food,
clothing and toys.
The young people of St Paul’s
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Progress Made In |
Local Effort to Get
Edenton USD dub
Mrs. J. P. Ricks, Jr., Ad
vised Representative
Will Visit Edenton
Mrs. J. P. Ricks, Jr., who a week
ago was named chairman of the move
ment to secure a USO Club in Eden
ton, reports progress on the project
in that with 17 organizations support
ing the idea, she has been advised that
a USO representative will soon arrive
in Edenton to make a study of the
situation.
David M. Robison, regional execu
tive of Region 111 at Atlanta has writ
ten Mrs. Ricks to the effect that he is
happy to know so much concern has
developed regarding recreation for lo
cal service men and that Thomas J.
Kunz is plannirig to make a trip to
Edenton very soon, possibly early
next week, at which time he will be
happy to meet with those interested
and discuss the situation and offer
what assistance is possible.
Mrs. Ricks stated that the Edenton
Junior Chamber of Commerce, the
Business and Professional Woman’s
Club and the Edenton Woman’s Club
have approved recommendations of the
govenrfig board of the Penelope Bark
er house which stated a willingness to
have the USO director look over the
house as a possible site for a location
of a club. Possible sites for a colored
USO are the Brown-Carver Library
and the old colored school building on
West Church Street.
Local organizations favoring a USO
Club in Edenton include Town Coun
cil, the PTA, First Christian Church,
Woman’s Club, DAR, Junior Chamber
of Commerce, Lions Club, Red Men,
Rotary Club, Degree of Pocahontas,
Business and Professional Woman’s
Club, Baptist Church, Methodist
Church, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church,
American Legion, VFW and VFW
Auxiliary.
1954 Auto License
Plates Go On Sale
Tuesday, Dec. Ist
Miss Goldie Layton Urg
ing Motorists to Buy
Tags Early
New 1954 license plates will go on
sale Tuesday, December 1, at 9 A. M.,
at the Carolina Motor Club office, 102
East Water Street, Goldie Layton, of
ice manager, has announced.
Motorists were urged by Miss Lay
ton to buy their licenses well in ad
vance and avoid the perennial last
minute rush, which always finds hun
dreds of persons in long queues
throughout the State.
This year, the license plates are
black on orange, reversing the 1953
color scheme.
Certain changes were made by the
1953 Legislature with regard to li
censing of trucks. In general, licens
es will be issued on the basis of the
driver’s declaration as to the empty
weight and maximum load of his ve
hicle. All truck owners are request
ed to fill in information requested on
back of 1954 license renewal cards be
fore presenting them for 1954 license.
Miss Layton recently returned from
a Carolina Motor Club license school
at Greenville, N. C. During the all
day meeting, club managers were in
structed by State officials in the ap
plication of new licensing regulations.
During the license season, the Caro
lina Motor Club’s business hours will
be from 9:00 A. M., to 4:00 P. M.
Civic Calendar
Boys’ Brigade will hold an over
night hike Friday night.
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F.,
& A. M., will hold an oyster roast
Wednesday night of this week at
6:30 ht Halsey Hardwood Com
pany, followed by a special com
munication in the lodge hall for
the purpose of conferring the
third degree.
BPW members will meet at the
armory Wednesday night, Decem
ber 2, at 8 o’clock to fill bags for
Edenton’s Christmas party.
Sub-district meeting of MYF
will be held in Hertford Monday
night, December 14.
Special Thanksgiving service in
the Methodist Church Thursday
morning at 10 o’clock.
Sunbeams of Baptist Church
will meet Sunday afternoon, No
vember 29, at 3 o’clock at the
church.
Studv course on “Family Rela
tions Between Parents and Chil
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Peanut referendum
Scheduled Be Held
On Tuesday, Dec. 15
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| VANDY PARKS
| L. R. Harrill, State 4-H dub
, Leader, has announced that Vandy
, Parks of the Hobbsville communi
ty has been named North Caro
, lina’s 4-H Club corn winner for
, 1953. Yandy is the son of Mr.
, and Mrs. Earl Parks.—(Evelyn
I Leary Photo).
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; Vandy Parks Wins
: Honor As State’s
I 4-H Corn Champion
’ r Awarded Free Trip to
National 4-H Cong
ress In Chicago
Vandy Parks, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Parks, of the Hobbsville com
munity, is the N. C. State 4-H corn
winner for 1953, states L. H. Harrill,
t State 4-H Club Leader. As State win
ner, Vandy will be given a free trip
to the National 4-H Club Congress,
Chicago, Illinois, November 29-Decem
ber 3. The trip is sponsored by the
■ Plant Food Institute of North Carolina
and Virginia.
Vandy planted Wood’s Yellow Hy
brid, Number V-50 on his acre, and
made a weighed yield of 94.02 bushels.
1 However, Vandy was not declared to
; be State winner merely on basis of
2 his yield in 1953. The contest was
. based on a two-year average. Vandy
produced 113.75 bushels of Pioneer
. 302 com on the same acre in 1952.
Vandy, who is 15 years old, pre-;
t pared his land by cutting the stalks,
. and discing the land thoroughly. Six
. loads of stable manure were applied
to the land before it was disced. As
, ter the land was disced the rows were
I laid off with a tractor middle buster
and 1,200 pounds of 3-9-9 fertilizer
i was applied. Vandy took a soil test
' two months before planting time. The
. land was fertilized according to soil
, test report recommendations. The
' corn was planted April 8, and spaced
12 inches apart on 3% foot rows.
Vandy top-dressed his com with 700
, pounds of A-N-L, which gave 140
pounds of actual nitrogen per acre.
The top-dressing was applied when
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Three Concerns In
: Edenton Burglarized
In Neighborhood of S7OO
Stolen Sometime Sat
urday Night
Edenton experienced a break-in
spree Saturday night, when three
establishments were entered and in
the neighborhood of S7OO taken.
Byrum Implement &' Truck Com
pany on Highway 17 was relieved of
about SSOO in cash, with the next
biggest loser being the 8.8. H. Motor
Company, where something over S2OO
was taken from a safe. The third
concern, the Perry Metal and Sheet
Metal Works, was more fortunate in
that only a few cents were found.
Police are making an investigation,
but no clues to the burglars have been
found.
Thanksgiving Service
At Baptist Church
A Thanksgiving service will be held
in the Bantist Church Thursday morn
ing at 10 o’clock. This service will
take the place of the usual Wednesday
night prayer meeting.
ir Year.
Growers Eligible to Vote
Who Shared In
1953 Crop
NEEDS 2/3MAJORITY
If Passed 1954 Crop Will
Be Available at 90%
Os Parity
Chowan County peanut farmers will
vote in a referendum on Tuesday, De
cember 15, to determine whether mar
keting quotas will be used for the
1954, 1955 and 1956 crops of pea
nuts. A similar vote is being held on
the same day in all areas where pea
nuts are grown.
According to W. A. Harrell, chair
man of the County Agricultural Stabi
lization and Conservation Committee,
all peanut growers are eligible to vote
in the referendum who shared in
1953-crop peanuts produced on a farm
with a picked or threshed acreage of
more than 1 acre.
At least two-thirds of all farmers
voting must approve the quotas be
fore they may be made effective. If
marketing quotas are not approved,
they will not be used for the 1954
peanut crop, and another vote will be
held next year on quotas for the fol
lowing three crops.
Explaining that the Secretary of
Agriculture is directed by law to pro
claim peanut marketing quotas, Mr.
Harrell stated that each year, be
tween July 1 and December 1, the Sec
retary must proclaim the amount of
the quota for the next crop year. This
quota is converted into a national
acreage allotment which is apportion
ed to States and to farms according to
provisions of law. All farm operators
have been notified in writing of their
farm acreage allotments, Mr. Harrell
said.
The farm marketing quota is the
quota of peanuts produced on the
farm acreage allotment. Peanuts pro
duced on a farm where the 1954 pea
nut acreage is larger than the allot
ment will be subject to a marketing
penalty.
If growers vote approval of quotas,
price supports on 1954-crop peanuts
will be available at 90 per cent of
parity to peanut farmers who harvest
within their acreage allotments. Sup
port for the 1955 and 1956 crops’, un
der existing legislation, will be avail
able at not less than a per cent of
parity between 75 and 90 per cent
which depends on the supply available
at the beginning of the marketing
year. If growers oppose peanut quo
tas, the level of support on the 1954
crop to cooperatrs will drop to 50
1 per cent of parity.
Defense Housing
Project Scheduled
For Edenton Area
30 Houses Programmed
To Rent to Marine
Personnel
Information from Washington this
week is to the effect that the Hous
ing and Home Finance Agency has
programmed 30 defense rental hous
ing units for private construction in
Edenton.
The houses will be rented to per
sonnel of the Marine Corps Auxiliary
Air Station.
The agency approved 10 two-bed
room houses to rent for no more than
$65 a month and 20 three-bedroom
houses with a rent ceiling of $75 a
month.
Singspiration Will Be
Held At Macedonia
Church November 29
A fifth Sunday Singspiration will
be held in the Macedonia Baptist
Church next Sunday night, November
29, starting at 7:30 o’clock. The Sing
spiration will be led by the pastor,
the Rev. Bennie Crawford and every
one is cordially invited to join in the
singing.
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This week’s Herald should
reach readers a day earlier than
Usual. The Herald went to press
Tuesday instead of Wednesday in
order for The Herald employees
to have off for the Thanksgiving
holiday Thursday of this week. j