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Join The Parade Q£ Progress Buy Stock In Edenton Development Corp. THE CHOWAN HERALD Volume XXl.—Number 33. Meeting Called To Organize For Civil Defenseln Edenton Gibson Brickie Points Out Need For Spotting w Operations Gibson Brickie, director of civilian defense for Chowan County, has called a meeting to be held at the \ r F r JT Club Tuesday night, September 14, at 8 o’clock, at which time he hopes many will be present. He points out that there is an urgent need for a spotting post in Edenton, so that at the meeting a civil defense organiza tion will be perfected. Lieut. Gordon R. Jackey of Durham, who heads up mobile training teams, ( will attend the meeting and will ex plain the need for spotting and its operation. He will also show a very timely film which emphasizes the need for this precaution. Mr. Brickie says the local set-up will be on a stand-by status and not on a 24-hour basis, but that the or ganization will operate during stated exercises about once or twice a month and will last about four hours. About i four times a year the exercise will be in the form of simulated attacks last- I ing three days. Mr. Brickie hopes the people of this community will become civil defense . minded. "There are Russian bases not more than 4,000 miles from stra tegic targets in Southeastern United States," he says, “and we are in a. dangerous position. Every would-be! aggressor knows he can’t get by un less he defeats us first, for already in two world wars the tide of aggres sion has been turned by the weight of our industrial production. The next time an aggressor will try to elimin ate us first by striking at our pro duction plants and the people whoi man them. Today the Russians pos sess long range bombers capable of’ striking anywhere in the United,' States. A single plane carrying atomic bomb can now wipe out an en- . tire city.” Mr. Brickie says volunteer pien .and ( women are urgently needed to provide, teams of trained people ready to op- ’ erate a local filter center, so that he 1 is appealing to all citizens to turn out in large numbers at the meeting. Fire Commission Will Meet Friday Afternoon i W. E. Bond, chairman of the Cho-| X wan County Fire Commission, has called a meeting of the group for Fri- < day afternoon, August 20, at 3 o’clock 1 in the Court House. This is the first ’’ meeting of the Commission, and he is . urging every member to attend. Members, besides Mr. Bond, are: 1 John A. Kramer, Clarence Harrell, A. i M. Forehand, McCoy Spivey, J. Edwin j’ Bufflap, J. A. Webb, Jr., Carey Evans, '< J. I. Boyce, Jordan Yates, Ward Hos- 1 kins, J. Gibson Perry and T. A. Berry- < man. < 4 Y POST OFFICE OfFICIAtS CLAIM CHANCE Os IML SCHEDULES HI UPHOVE RATie THAN IMPAIR SERVICt AT EDENTON OFFICE T. J. Cheek, Superintendent of Opera tions, Lays Facts Before Congressman Herbert Bonner Following Receipt of Objections According to local Post Office offi- : f cials, the new mail schedule which went into effect Monday morning will . not impair the service, and T. J. : Cheek, superintendent-at-large of op- i erations in the Third Division, of Greensboro, says the change will im prove the service and reduce terrific < waste. Following receipt of a number of protests regarding the change, Con- : gressman Herbert Bonner, after an investigation, received the following letter from Mr. Cheek: “In response to your letter of Aug- ■ ust 9, 1954, and various letters turned j over to me by your secretary, Henry C. Oglesby, the following is offered as reasons for these recommended changes and improvements in service : which we hope will be the end result. “First let me assure you that all of : these changes were recommended with two purposes in mind: (1) To im prove the service and (2) To reduce the terrific waste occasioned by the Improper routing of the highway post offices and the overlapping wasteful star route structure. “Most of the complaints from the citizens of Edenton and Hertford may he summarized as follows: "1. They ai* losing certain re ceipts and dispatches in the middle of .the day: | Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 19,1954. W “A NEW MASONIC TEMPLE IN EDENTON MHKT ' ' ■ "7^ ||jl iwggjßm . 9Bk§ S fagm • n. . Above is pictured the new Masonic temple of Unaninity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., located on Water Street. The interior of the temple is nearly completed, so that Wednesday night, September 29, at 8 o’clock has been desig. nated for the dedication ceremony, which will attract officers of the Grand Lodge, as well as many Masons from the entire eastern section of the State. Tentative plans also call for the observance of open house for the general public Sunday, October 3, and later a banquet at which wives of Masons and members of the Eastern Star will be guests. The temple is very beautiful inside and is one of the most modern Masonic temples east of Raleigh.— (Florian Arthur Phpto). Edenton’s National Guard Unit Is Now At Fort McClellan I Four Officers and 71 En listed Men In Field Training Four officers and 71 enlisted men of ( Eden ton’s Heavy Mortar Company, j 119th Infantry of the 30th Division, North Carolina National Guard, are now at Fort McClellan, Anniston, 'Alabama, for two weeks of field train ing. The bulk of the group left Sun day morning and all are scheduled toj I return home Sunday, August 29. The. company is in charge of Captain Cecil [Fry, commanding officer. At camp an instructional team from the 82nd Airborne Division will assist in training the local National Guard members with the 4.2 mortar and during the second week the company] will be in bivouac as in action combat. | A feature of this year’s encamp-1 ment will be a religious service con ducted by Evangelist Billy Graham for the entire 30th Division. Mr. Graham 'will speak Saturday night in the open * amphitheater at Camp McClellan, j At last year’s encampment the’, Edenton company’s softball team won| the regimental softball championship,! | , winning out in competition with 20. 'other companies. This year the local! boys will make a bid to retain the I championship. (Continued on Page 3-A, Section One) j i itnort CfcAn ftciri nonononAri r-- folk area will be injured. “As to the first complaint, any re ceipt or dispatch which does not ar rive at a given point in time to make delivery the same day is of little value. For example, there are sev eral complaints that they are losing dispatches both to Norfolk and Ra leigh in the middle of the day. If a letter were mailed from either Hert ford or Edenton at 12:15 P. M. going to Raleigh or at 3:20 P. M. going to Norfolk this mail would not be deliv-j ered until the following morning. Un der proposals as agreed with your sec-| 'retary, any letter mailed from Nor folk, Virginia, for either Edenton or Hertford at 6:80 P. M. will be deliv ered at both points before 7 A. M. the following morning. Mails deposited during the night hours may be con nected by Suffolk to both Edenton and. Hertford for afternoon delivery as we propose to eytend Star Route 18113, | Suffolk to Edenton, to Hertford to. give the latter city that advantage.. I hi turn we propose to hold this route at Hertford late enough to give them a late dispatch to Suffolk and Nor folk and to points north and west. “For years these citizens have been receiving their preferential mails in the morning and the parcel post mails in the afternoon. Under our proposal all classes of mail and most of the i quantity involved that is received in I (Continued oii Page 3-A, Section One) Dedication Services For Masonic Temple WiH Be Held Sept 29 Open House Planned For General Public Sun day, October 3 With the new Masonic temple about to be completed on Water Street by, Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. &i 'A. M„ Wednesday night, September 29, has been officially designated as| the date for the dedication of the new building. ! j Robert L. Pugh, Grand Master of Masons in North Carolina, has inform ed the local lodge that he has called J !an emergent communication of the| Grand Lodge of North Carolina to be' held in the new temple Wednesday [ night, September 29, at 8 o’clock for I the purpose of dedicating the new' temple. | I Aside from the Grand Lodge officers, who will be in charge of the dedica-! tion ceremonies, many prominent Masons from the entire eastern part of the State are expected to be guests |of the Edenton lodge for the special occasion. Supper will be served in the spa cious banquet hall of the new temple lat 6:30 o’clock, with the emergent j communication of the Grand > Lodge scheduled to begin at 8 o’clock. I Unanimity Lodge also plans to ob- I serve open house for the general pub lic on Sunday, October 3, when the .temple will be open for inspection, and [when it is hoped many people in Eden ton and Chowan County will visit the new and attractive home of Unanim ity Lodge. In the very near future a ibanquet will be held for Masons, their' 'wives and members of the Eastern' jStar. 30 Boys Report For Football Practice Bill Reports as New Coach at Eden ton School Bill Billings, new football coach at Edenton High School, held the first football practice of the season Monday morning, when about 30 boys reported to try for berths on the 1954 edition of the Edenton Aces. Billings will be [assisted by Alton Brooks, athletic di-j rector of the school. Early drills will be devoted primar-: ily to getting the boys in condition byl setting-up exercises and getting the "feel” of the pigskin. Six veterans of last year’s squad were lost by graduation, these being Ralph Hall, Gerald Lassiter, Clifford I Overman, Ted Wright, Bobby White ,man and Robert Twiddy. | A few new recruits have answered .the call and boys who saw action last [season and will be out for vari ous positions include: Chan Wilson, Sid'Campen, Bobby Pratt, Ray Roger son, Cecil Miller, Robert Kennan, Charles Knox, Ralph Chappell, Wayne Keeter, Asa Dail, Lin Bond, Bill Har dison, johnny Speight, Sherwood Har rell, Tay Byrum, Stuart Holland, Jerry jDownum, Bill Bass, Jimmy Harrison, Robert Earl Edwards, Milon Stilley, [John Whitson, Fred Wood, Sonny Wright and Billy Bunch. Development Corp. Stockholders Will i Meet Monday Night - Garment Industry Sends Plans and Specifica tions For Building There will be a meeting of the pres 'ent stockholders of the Edenton De velopment Corporation and other in- . terested citizens at the Court House . t Monday night at 8 o’clock. This will not be an organizational meeting for the corporation but will ( be a report to the stockholders and [ 'other interested citizens by the pres-1 ent temporary committee. 1 A garment industry has sent plans < and specifications to the committee in 1 order that they might secure esti- * [mates on the cost of the building. I I This firm seems very much interested j iin Edenton and a large attendance at « .this meeting is urgently requested. 1 Following is a list of new stock- 1 .holders in the Edenton Development .1 Corporation: s ! Catherine Ward, James P. Ricks, Jr., W. W. Byrum, Luther C. Parks, t W. W. Perry, Mrs. Beulah P. Boswell, '<■ Elton Boswell, John M. Beatty, John s J. Ross, The Norfolk & Carolina Tele- .« phone & Telegraph Company, W. H. Gardner, John A. Kramer, Larry <t Dowd, Earl G. Harrell, Thomas C. I Cross, Jr., Mrs. Bertie Cross, Junius, .W. Davis, Sr., D. R. Faircloth, R. T. j | Pickier, John W. Graham, Goldie « Layton, Kermit L. Layton, R. E.jt Leary, C. Trotman Leary, Roy H. p Spruill, A. M. Stanton, Hoskin S. [ c Bass, Jr., Inez Felton, W. T. Harry, 'f B. Motor Co., Inc., Margaret C. ( ? Phthisic, H. M. Phthisic, Jesse M. s Wilson, J. H. Cuthrell, Ralph R. Hall, J L. C. Dail and J. Louis Harrell. T | !ep Bass Victim Os. Assault And Robbery ! i Chowan Man Relieved of | Money and Shoes Sat- ■ urday Night Jep Bass of the Rocky Hock section was the victim of a hold-up and as sault Saturday night, when he was re lieved of about sl2 and his shoes, and was bruised about the face is a scuffle with three men. According to Sheriff Bunch, Bass became acquainted with the three men in Habit’s Tavern and the trio agreed to take him home in a car. However, j 1 instead of taking him home, they|l [drove to the Brayall section, where 4 ithe holdup took place. | Two of the men, Jesse Felton and 1 C. D. Parker, both of Elizabeth City, 1 were apprehended and lodged in the 4 Chowan County jail. The third is ( still being sought by authorities. Chowan Ramblers i 1 Entertain Rotarians i Edenton Rotarians enjoyed a splen did musical program at their meeting J Thursday afternoon, when the Chowan Ramblers sang and played several numbers. The quartet is composed of Leon Privott, Stuart Hollowell, Sam my Byrum and Britton Byrum. 1 The boys’ program was well receiv ed by the Rotarians, who greeted each.i number with a hearty round of ap- c ’ plause. The program was arranged I by William Holmes. '< Chowan County Fair Scheduled Be Held Week September 13 Revival Speaker _ . » * , ar~r ** THE REV. L. H. RAINES At the revival meeting to be held in the Rocky Hock Baptist Church Sunday, August 22, to Sunday, August 29, the visiting speaker will be the Rev. L. H. Raines, father of the pastor, the Rev. B. L. Raines. Firebug Is At Work In Chowan County Frank V. White Offers I SSO Reward For Infor mation j Forest Ranger Frank V. White re ports that a firebug is at work in Chowan County and he is offering SSO j reward for any information leading to! the arrest and conviction of the guilty ] party or parties. j Mr. White says five fires were start ed during the early hours of Sunday I morning, which were discovered be i tween 7 and 8 o’clock. These fires threatened a dwelling house and thou sands of acres of timber land. Mr. White began at once to fight the fires and had the assistance of about 30 or 40 people to help. It was 'so dry, he says, that the ground wa3 [even burning, so that it was necessary or him to pump water and dig [trenches for three days in order to [prevent the flames from spreading. { It is Mr. White’s opinion that these | re the first fires intentionally start ed in Chowan County since adopting [the fire control program. He has a I few clues and is working night and [day in an effort to track down the I guilty party or parties. He hopes the SSO reward will be an incentive in 'solving the ease, and urges everybody to be very careful and help to pre vent forest fires. AUXILIARY MEETS TONIGHT The Ladies’ Auxiliary of William H. Coffield Post, No. 9280, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will meet tonight '(Thursday) at 8 o’clock at the post home. Mrs. Ellie Mae Parrish, presi dent, urges a full attendance. NICKELS FOR KNOW-HOW ELECTION WU BE HELD IN NORTH CAROUNA OCTOBER 15 Nine Polling Places Designated For Chowan County’s Eligible Voters to tast Their Ballot; Two-thirds Majority Necessary Chowan County users of feed and fertilizer will vote at nine polling I places in the Nickels for Know-How election Friday, October 15. County Agent C. W. Overman an nounces that those eligible to partici pate in the election may vote at any one of the following places: Yeopim—Less Jones’ Gulf Service Station. Edenton Chowan County Court House. j Enterprise—J. E. Ashley’s store at Valhalla. Advance —Grover Cale’s store. Rocky Hock—Henry Bunch’s store and Elbert Peele’s store. Cross Roads —Melvin Evans’ store. Center Hill—J. I. Boyce’s store. Ryland—H. R. Peele’s store. Gliden—L. C. Briggs’ store and Lonesome Pine Service Station. Eligible to vote are users of feed or fertilizer who are engaged in the pro duction of farm commodities and their husbands or wives. Future Farmers, '4-H Club members and other farm $2.00 Per Year. °E. J. Hobbs, Jr., Will Be Manager For Fair This Year YATES PRESIDENT Premium List Printed And Distributed In County W. J. Yates, president of the Cho wan County Fair, sponsored by Ed ward G. Bond Post, No. 40, American Legion, has announced that the fair will be held this year Monday, Sep tember 13, through Saturday, Sep tember 18. The fair will be held on the Legion property on the Windsor highway and will be formally opened Monday night, September 13, at 7:30 o’clock and will close at 12 o’clock midnight Saturday. E. J. Hobbs, Jr., will serve as man ager for this year’s fair, succeeding Willis McClenney. R. E. Leary will again serve as secretary-treasurer. According to rules governing the fair, applications for entries will be received at the office of the manage ment any time until September 13, with the exception of livestock and poultry. Applications for livestock, poultry and booths will close Satur day afternoon, September 4,. at 6 o’clock. Entries in all departments ’must be made on printed application i' orms provided by the management for that purpose and must be filled out properly and sent to E. J. Hobbs, Jr., or Robert S. Marsh, i All livestock on exhibition must be cared for by exhibitor. All stalls and | pens will he well bedded before the Fair free of charge. Thereafter ex hibitors will be required to furnish their own bedding. Competition in all departments for I Continued on Page Four! Civic Calendar Gibson Brickie has called a civil defense meeting to be held in the VFW Club Tuesday night, Sep tember 14, at 8 o’clock. Revival services will begin in the Rocky Hock Baptist Church Sunday, August 22, and continue until Sunday morning, August 29. The Edenton group of Baptist churches of the Chowan Associa tion will meet in the Macedonia Baptist Church Sunday afternoon, August 29, at 3 o’clock in the in terest of Sunday School work. Chowan County Fair will be held on the American Legion property on the Windsor highway (Continued on Page Eight) Community Picnic At Center Hill August 25 There will be a community picnic on the Center Hill Methodist Church grounds Wednesday evening, August 25, at 6:30 o’clock. Everyone is invited to attend and bring a picnic supper. Tea and rec reation will be furnished by the Youth Group. youths may vote. Mr. Overman points out that since Nickels for Know-How was first ap proved by a 9 to 1 majority three years ago, the money contributed by feed and fertilizer users has paid for 38 reseach and educational projects dealing with problems of major con cern to farm people. The funds have also paid for the publication of a test and soil fertility, for use by vocational agriculture stu dents. Nickels for Know-How will pay for a similar publication on to bacco later this year. Quoting D. W. Colvard, dean of the State College School of Agriculture, where the 38 projects are in progress, Overman said that without the Nickels for Know-How program, this work could not have been started, since pub lic funds voted by governmental bodies were already fully committed to other projects. “Nickels for Know-How permits a , flexibility of money to meet emerg i (Continued on Page 4, Section 2)