SECTION ONE—
Joe A. Webb, g
Adopts Drainage
Project On Farm
23-acre Field Eliminated
Os 1,400 Feet of
Ditches
Joe A. Webb, Jr., a farmer of the
Yeopim community of Chowan Coun
ty and a member of the Chowan com
mittee of Soil Conservation Supervis
ors has planned a drainage improve
ment project on one of his farms.
The project consisted of the revision
of the drainage facilities on one of
his 23-acre fields.
Chowan Soil Conservation Service,
technicians working with the Albe
marle Soil Conservation District as
sisted Mr. Webb in the planning of
his drainage improvements.
Mr. Webb’s 23 acres of land is now
being drained with seven ditches with
a table length of 6,250 linear feet. All
of the ditches are of the hand-cut va
riety and have the usual spoil banks
which are covered with reeds and oth
er native shrubs.
Under the new or proposed drain
age plan the 23-acre field will be
drained with four ditches having a
combined length of 4,850 linear feet
Fourteen hundred feet of ditches will
be eliminated.
To fit the new plan to the land four
of the old ditches will be filled up and
one new ditch will be dug. Two boun
dary ditches will be left undisturbed
except for maintenance work. One
cross lead ditch will be sloped with a
bulldozer.
Crop rows will be layed off in the
opposite direction on most of the
area.
Under the new plan all ditches—
except the two boundary ditches—will
be sloped or of V-shaped cross section.
Subsequent maintenance operations
will be done with tractor-drawn im
plements. Ditch bank trimming will
be largely eliminated.
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JOSEPH SPEIGHT SUGG
C. S. Alexander of Scotland
Neck, president of the North
Carolina Peanut Growers Asso
ciation, announced this week the
appointment of Joseph Speight
Sugg of Rocky Mount, to the po
sition of executive secretary of
the association.
vantage of the new field plhn—that
of being able to farm the area more !
in accordance with the land capability.
The revision will permit the planting
of crops such as peanuts on portions
of the field without also planting them
in the lower, wetter areas. Pastures
can be planted on the wet areas.
According to the new field revision
excess surface water will move off
faster and more completely than be
fore—this on account of a division of
row water near the middle of the
rows.
R. C. Jordan and George A. Con
ner, Jr., Soil Conservation Service
workers made a topographic survey of
Webb’s 23 acres. The determinations
as to ditch needs and locations, row
directions, water disposal facility, cul
tivation according to land capability,
etc., were made from the topographic
survey.
Mr. Webb proposes to apply the
drainage improvements of his new
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[Hospital Patients]
Patients admitted to Chowan Hospi
tal November 16 through November
22 were:
White—Mrs. Virginia Harrison and
baby boy, Hoyt Davenport, Allison
Minshew, Mrs* Fannie Green, Mrs.
Eloise Hollowell and baby boy, Miss (
Edna Snell, Mrs. Celia Copeland and ,
baby boy, Master Richard Winslow,
Mrs. Catherine Ashley, Mrs. Dora
White, Mrs. Elizabeth Hare and baby
boy, Miss Carolyn Rountree, Mrs. An
nie Ward, Mrs. Yvonne Ward and
baby girl, Mrs. Bertie Smith, Mrs.
Elizabeth Ward and baby girl, Mrs.
Mary Elizabeth Walsh and baby girl. (
Colored—lda Hall and baby girl and ]
Gussie Hoggard.
Patients discharged during the same ,
period were:
White—Mrs. Elizabeth Hare and (
baby boy, Mrs. Laura Evans and baby :
girl, Mrs. Rebecca Shepard and baby
boy, Clarence Newton, Mrs. Doris ,
Blanchard and baby boy, Miss Anna .
Lee Asbell. Mrs. Agnes Barber and \
baby boy, Mrs. Sally Moore and baby ,
boy, Gideon Saunders, Mrs. Emma |
Bunch. Mrs. Virginia Harrison and I
! baby boy, Mrs. Celia Copeland and
baby boy. Master Richard Winslow, i
Allison Minshew, Mrs. Eloise Hollo- ;
well and baby boy, Haywood Bunch,
Mrs. Lidia Davenport, Miss Carolyn
Rountree, Miss Edna Snell. ,
Colored—Dixie Riddick and Ida {
Hall and baby girl. .
Visiting ministers for the week of
November 23 through November 29
are: White, Father Francis J. Mc-
Court. Colored, the Rev. E. S. Park
er.
Mrs. Hettie Bass Die 6
After Long Illness
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Mrs. Hettie Bass, 73, died at her
home in the Rocky Hock section Fri
day afternoon at 5:30 o’clock follow
ing a long illness.
Surviving are one son, Clarence
Bass of Edenton; two daughters, Mrs.
Will Smith and Mrs. Ila Bass, both of
Edenton; one brother, W. H. Pearce of
Edenton and two sisters, Mrs. Bessie
Bass and Mrs. Eli T. Byrum, both of
Edenton. Five grandchildren and four
great grandchildren also survive.
She was a member of the Rocky
Hock Baptist Church, where funeral
services were held Sunday afternoon
at 3 o’clock, with the pastor, the Rev.
B. L. Raines, officiating. Burial was
in the family cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Warner
Bass, Sanford Bass, Edgar Pearce,
Russell Byrum and Edwin Byrum.
Honorary pallbearers were Raleigh
Peele, Gus Bunch, Clarence Bunch, El
ton Bunch, Jack Bass, Lloyd Bass,
Quinton Bass, George Bass, Will Har
rell and Richard Bunch.
TWO MASSES NEXT SUNDAY IN
EDENTON CATHOLIC CHURCH
November 29, The Most Holy Sac
rifice of the Mass will be offered at
8 and 11 A. M., each including sermon
on “Thanksgiving Week Collection of
Clothing for Korea, Etc.,” Holy Com
munion, followed by Rosary in honor
of Mary. Help of Christians, fur Con
version of all non-Catholics, Sunday
School, with confessions for half hour
before Services in St. Ann’s Catholic
Church, Edenton, stated Father F. J.
McCourt, rector, who invites every-
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Dick Pate, vice president of the
Elementary School 4-H Chib, presided
over the meeting held hurt week. Rob
ert S. Marsh called the roll for boy
members and Mrs. Imogene Cochran
called the girls’ role. The devotional
was lfd by Harriet Bond.
A lesson was given on setting a
table by Pat Bennett and BBly Lane.
Pat showed how to place cups, sau
cers, knives and forks, while Billy
demonstrated how to seat a lady at
a table.
The meeting adjourned at 2 o’clock.
Hertford Eliminated In
Class A Championship
Hertford’s Indians, whose name was
drawn from a hat to represent the Al.
bemarle Conference in the playoff for
the eastern Class A Championship,
with Hertford, Plymouth and Ahoskie
tied in the race, were defeated Fri
day night in Wilson by Massey Hill
by a score of 34-13.
The Indians, playing a big, fast and
aggressive team, were unable to click
and lacked the form which sparked
their performances during the sea
son.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH SERVICES
Services at the First Christian
Church have been announced as fol
lows by the pasts- the Rev. E. C.
Alexander:
Bible School, Sunday morning at 10
o’clock; morning service at 11 o’clock;
evening service at 7:80 o’clock. Wed
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TAXPAYERS
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which will begin on Febraaryl.
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A sub-district meeting of the Per
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Fellowship was held in Edenton last
week, when an interesting program ,
was rendered. The opening hymn was <
“God of Our Fathers,” after which !
the Scripture was read by Jerry
Downum.
Chaplain William Swets led in a
moment of silent prayer, after which <
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ing and Center Hill won the banner
for having a 100 per cent member
ship. The next meeting of tire group
will be held in Hertford Monday night,
December 14.
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