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Record Crowds See Lost Colony Drama Rainy Weather Has Set Back Attendance By f 4,000 Persons Before the current week ends more than 30,000 persons will have paid to see Paul Green’s symphonic drama The Lost Colony, now in its 14th sea son at Waterside Theatre at Manteo on Roanoke Island, N. C. This pushes the total for the 14 seasons to approxi mately 680,000 paying customers. The Lost Colony is America’s longest-lived outdoor production. Written by Pulitzer Prize Winner Paul Green and shown-first in 1937 the spacious drama, presented on mul r ti-level stages in a great amphitheatre at Fort Raleigh, actual site of the original happenings in the story the play tells, has been presented each ] summer since 1947, except during four World War II years when the show had to' be closed as a coastal blackout security measure. The story Paul Green’s internation ally famous drama tells is built up around attempts by Sir Walter Raleigh to establish the first colony in the New World. It also tells, in song, dance, pantomine and the spoken word of the events back in Elizabethan Eng land of the 16th Century when plans were being laid to extend the British Empire to new lands, how the “New World” discovered by Captains Anai da/. and Barlowe was named “Vir ginia” in honor of the then ruling i British Queen Elizabeth, and of Vir- . ginia Dare, the first child of English parentage bom in the New World. (It was 200 years later before the immedi-1 ate territory of the original happen ings in 1584-87, became North Caro lina and thus some students of Vir ginia history say that the common wealth actually had its founding at Roanoke Island, instead of Jamestown, where the first permanent English settlement was planted in 1608). 1 The 1954 season, from the stand point of weather, has been a rugged 1 one for The Lost Colony. Already this year, four cc mplete rainouts (and performance cancellations) and three partial rainouts, has set the attend ance back more than 4,000 persons. But as General Manager R. E. Jordan explained this week, “the paid attend-1 ance is somewhat behind as compared to 1953, for the same number of per formances, but ahead of 1952.” In 1962 only 46,000 persons paid to see' the show as compared to 52,000 last year. Since the rainy weather of July this year, attendance has shown a steady increase each night. The rains, un- NA/WWS/V\/WS/WWWN/^/WV>A^/WWVWW> Beautify your home as you heat it! I WITH I Genuine DUO THERM I FURNITURE STYLED I OIL HOME HEATER SBBPjF\' v ’ Ml - K "^jc^ : tti& iggHHiMM Luxurious mahogany finish. New Exclusive Automatic Powers Air Blower give* even forced warm-air heating, saves 1 out of 4 fuel dollars— (optional). Exclusive Duo-Therm Dual Chamber Burner gives more heat from every drop ofpiL 4 Big beat radiating door*. Waist-high heat control dial. Automatic Draft Minder. Waste ' Stopper. Humidifier. Add thermostat and tend fire from gout easy chair. Use Our Lay-Away Plan Edenton Furniture Co* II I ] I 1 I | //. ■ . ! “Country Visit” is the name de signer Helen Whiting gives this charming cotton. Gaily splashed j with flowers, this fresh Wamsntta ! print cotton comes in copper, cit ron, pink, beige, blue, or gray. favorable for attendance at the time they occurred, may eventually mean larger attendance before the season is over, and Jordan explains it this way: “General drought conditions were hitting the rural areas of North Car olina and Virginia in a very serious manner. The rains came, and the crops were saved. As a result, our 'patronage from the rich tobacco and farming lands of North Carolina and Virginia, is already on the increase. Town Council 1 1 Proceedings Edenton, N. C., Aug. 10, 1954. ! The Town Council met this day in regular session at 8 P. M. Members present: Mayor Leroy H. Haskett, J. Clarence Leary, John Mitchener, Jr., G. M. Byrum, Clyde Hollowell, George A. Byrum and J. Edwin Bufflap. Motion was made by G. M. Byrum, seconded by J. Clarence Leary, that the Southern Mapping & Engineering Company be employed to prepare a five-year development plan for the sum of $350. Motion carried. | Motion was made by George A. By-: rum, seconded by J. Edwin Bufflap and duly carried that the following ordi nance be adopted: j | Be it ordained that when signs are placed, erected or installed it shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 25 miles per hour on East Church Street extended from Railroad to Mill Avenue, East Queen Street extended THE CHOWAN HERALD. EDENTON, N. C.. THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1954. from Railroad to Mill Avenue, Office i Street from Railroad to Mill Avenue, a Mill Avenue from East King Street to I s Highway 32 and Railroal Avenue from a East King Street to State Highway!! 32. For violation of this ordinance, a c fine shall be imposed at the discretion t of the Court. j Motion was made by J. Clarence s Leary, seconded by Clyde Hollowell < and duly carried that the following 1 resolution and franchise from the Town of Edenton to the Norfolk &l Carolina Tel. & Tel. Co. be adopted: II Whereas, The Norfolk & Carolina J Telephone & Telegraph Company pro-1) poses to install what is commonly ji called an automatic exchange in the i Town of Edenton, North Carolina, for i the purpose of rendering local and 1 long distance service to the residents 1 of Edenton and the rural residents' served by the Edenton Exchange and the said Telephone Company in its es- i forts to install said automatic ex-/ change proposes to expend large sums of money so as to effectuate this ser- ' vice, and, !i Whereas, the Town of Edenton wish ing to encourage the development of 1 this type of service and realizing that for the Telephone Company to build such an exchange it will require the 1 attraction and expenditure of a large amount of additional capital and that before the attraction and expenditure of such capital can be made and the development of the service mentioned above, the Norfolk & Carolina Tele phone & Telegraph Company desires Ito make certain its rights of fran , chise in the Town of Edenton and the ( Town of Edenton desires to establish said rights to the end that such de-, 1 velopment may be had, and, Whereas, the Norfolk & Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Company is s at present operating under a fran chise granted on the 14th day of Feb i ruary, 1929, and that said franchise , was for a period of thirty years and that this new franchise shall take es-, i feet immediately upon its passage, cancelling the remaining term of the 1 present franchise. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the following is an exact copy of the , | franchise this day granted and or ■ dained by the Commissioners of the Town of Edenton, N. C., duly as-j sembled, to the Norfolk & Carolina [ Telephone & Telegraph Company, and I the Mayor and the Town Clerk are hereby authorized, empowered and di -1 rected to properly execute and deliver 1 to the Norfolk & Carolina Telephone • & Telegraph Company the following j franchise, which is made part of these ! minutes: FRANCHISE ; Town of Edenton, North Carolina j To j ■ The Norfolk & Carolina Telephone & j Telegraph Company 1 Section I Be it ordained by the Mayor and ji Board of Commissioners of the Town 1 of Edenton, in the County of Chowan) '.and State of North Carolina; that the, 'permission, right and privilege be and 1 they are hereby granted to the Nor * oik & Carolina Telephone & Telegraph i Company, its successors and assigns,! ■ to construct, maintain and operate [ poles, towers, wire, cables, conduits and other equipment necessary or ap -1 propriate for the transmission, relay ing or receipt of messages or images by telephone, telegraph, teletype, tele photo, radio and television, or by any other means whereby messages or im ages may now or hereafter be trans ll moouev ■ •cntNuiv* MtmuM. >•** H , KENTUCKY WHISKEY • A BLEND HMMF.MIttMMJKiffMIfVmtCHEM&MrHMsfVIMMMLML mitted, relayed or received in, over, 11 along, upon, under or through any 1 streets, avenues, alleys, roads, lanes 1 and other public and private places; provided said poles, wires, fixtures and ' other equipment shall be erected and I maintained in compliance with the general ordinances now in force in ; said town, or hereafter enacted not in ' conflict with the general provisions of this franchise. Section II That this franchise be and it is'' hereby granted to the said The Nor- ' folk & Carolina Telephone & Tele graph Company, its successors and as- ' signs, for a period of thirty years j from date hereof, with the right of re- •' newal• thereafter at the discretion of ! the governing body of the Town of Edenton. Section 111 This franchise is granted upon the following conditions and for the fol- j 'lowing considerations, viz: t' 1. That the Norolk & Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Company, its successors and assigns will furnish to the Town of Edenton free of charge ' local telephone service for the use of the town officials in the discharge of their official duties, such free local 1 telephone service to be furnished to not more than 11 telephones, an ex- j tension being considered a separate telephone, the above phones shall be: within the town limits of the Town of! Edenton, and_ that the said Norfolk & Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Com-| pany, its successors and assigns will keep in repair the said telephones. i 2. That the said Norfolk & Caro- i lina Telephone & Telegraph Company, .its successors and assigns, shall not interfere in any way with existing water or sewer pipes in the public i ways of said town and shall make j good any damage to the same or to j any of the public ways of the town | done by the company or its workmen and the company shall, upon notifica ,tion in writing of the town engineer or Mayor, that the town intends to repair or lay new sewer pines or wa-' ter pipes in its water and sewerage ! system, shall immediately proceed to Relocate any conduits or subways that I may interfere with the progress of the work. j 3. That the said The Norfolk & Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Com pany, its successors or assigns, shall indemnify and save harmless the Town of Edenton from any and all 1 liability on account of injury or dam age to persons, or property cfccasioned by the construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair and operation of said companies’ poles, lines, conduits and appliances, but nothing herein i contained shall be construed to render [the company liable for the negligence jof the town, its agents, employees or ■any other person, firm or corporation. I 4. This ordinance and franchise shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage. ! Motion was made by J. Clarence .Leary, seconded by John Mitchener, Jr., that the E. & W. Department bills in the amount of $16,290.70 be paid. Motion carried. j Motion was made by George A. By rum, seconded by John Mitchener, Jr., and duly carried that the following Town of Edenton hills in the amount of $3,205.88 be paid: The Chowan Herald, $144.00; Ever' Ready Label Corp., $4.34; Fred Ash-! ley, Jr., $10.00; Eastern Office Equip-1 ment Co., 63c; Owen G. Dunn Co., ) $88.67; The Pioneer Mfg. Co., $18.00; [Sinclair Refining Co., $69.73; N. & C. [Tel. & Tel. Co., $8.25; E. R. Tolley, $30.00; J. P. Shevenell Co., $6.92; L, & C. Mayers Co., $144.07; 8.8. H. Mo tor Co., $825.00; N. C. Dept, of Motor Vehicles, $2.00; Republic Powdered Metals, $30.00; 8.8. K. Motor Co., $43.14: W. D. Holmes Wholesale Co., Edenton Office Supply, $18.39; ißyrtim Hardware Co., $18.13; Chowan |H*>:ald, $2.40; R. L. Pratt, $7.60; Sin clair Refining Co., $2.33; N. & C. Tel. & Tel. Co., $6.50; American-LaFrance Foamite Corp., $170.36; pay for vol unteer firemen, $43.00; Sinclair Refin ing Co., $342.51; Texas Company, ,$15.20; Byrum Implement & Truck Co., $9.00; Hampton Roads Tractor & Equipment Co., $329.00; Hobbs Imple iment Co., $6.15; 8.8. H. Motor Co., i $15.63; W. L. Blanton, $3.75; W. H. Bunch’s Garage, $27.11; Byrum Hard ware Co., $13.05; Dail & Ashley Ma chine Shop. $2.75; M. G. Brown Co., $17.63; Ack Ack Eptermination Co., $15.00; Edenton Ice Co., $1.90; J. R. Peele, $17.50; Carlyle C. Webb, $20.00; 'Jones Truck Line, $60.75; E. J. Smith & Son, $7.99; Colonial Refining & Chemical Co., $157.50; Chowan Her ald, $58.22; Kennan & Corey Plumb-1 ing Co., $15.52; Edenton Woman’s ■ Club, $150.00; Norfolk Southern Rail-] 'way Co., $2.80; The Texas Co., $92.56; ■ Republic Powdered Metals, $120.97. I i There being no further business, the Council adjourned. j ERNEST J. WARD, JR., Clerk. 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