Volume XXl.—Number 34.
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Schools In Ede A ton
Administrative V nit
Will Open Sept. Ist
12 New White Teachers
And Eight New Col
ored Teachers
TEACHERS LISTED
James, Swain Walker
And Griffith Again
Principals
All schools in the Edenton City Ad
ministrative Unit will open on Wed
nesday morning, September 1. There
will be 12 new teachers in the white
schools and nine new teachers in the
colored schools. Misses Ruth Lock
amy of Dunn and Betty Salisbury of
Morehead City will be the new first
grade teachers. Mrs. Carolyn Barker
of Hertford will be the new second
grade teacher. Miss Helen Scarboro
will be in the third grade and Miss
Nancy Allen of Greenville will be in
the fourth grade. Miss Janet Weeks
of Smithfield will be in the fifth
grade.
In the Junior-Senior High School
the new teachers will be Miss Jen
nette Rivenbark of Watha, mathe
metics; Miss Julanne Lynn of Chester,
S. C., English; Miss Sabra Nunalee of
Currie, French and English; Miss Del
phia Rawls of Robersonville, Home
Economics; William Billings of Wil
mington, Health and Physical Educa-<
tion and head football coach, and Miss
Ruby Baker of Buies Creek, piano.
New teachers in the colored schools
will be: Misses Flossie Sawyer and
Elizabeth Taylor of Edenton, Mrs. Iz
°tta B. Redmon of Elizabeth City,
-s. Novella Wilson of Southern
? les, all in the elementary school;
iss Gertrude Godley of Pantego.
commercial; Howard K. Wilson of
Smithfield, Health and Physical Edu
cation and athletic director; Mrs. Lor
etta B. White of Elizabeth City, Home
Economics. A public school music
teacher and a band director are yet to
be employed, but these are expected
to be on hand for the opening of
school.
A full list of the teachers for the
1954-1955 term follows:
Public School Music, Mrs. Mary L.
Browning; piano, Ruby Grey Baker;
Band, Ernest Gentile.
(Continued on Page 3, Section 1)
Scott Harrell Places
In Sunday Boat Races
Drives One of New Jolly
Roger Ships Made j
In Edenton
Scott Harrell of the Edenton Trac
tor & Implement Company, partici
pated in the boat races held at Cam
den Sunday afternoon, where he won
second place in the first heat and
third place in the second heat.
Harrell was driving a 13x6 V-bot
tom runabout built by the Edenton
Boat Company which recently located
in Edenton. He used a stock 25 H.P.
Evinrude motor and chalked up a
speed of 38 miles per hour.
The Edenton Boat Company builds
a line of Jolly Roger ships using both I
inboard and outboard motors andj
some of the boats stored outside the!
plant on North Broad Street are at
tracting a great deal of attention and
favorable comment.
Important Meeting Os
Legion Post Tonight
John A. Holmes, Post Commander
of the Edward G. Bond Post, No. 40
of the American Legion, has announc
ed that the regular semi-monthly
meeting will be held in the Legion
home on U. S. Highway 17 tonight
(Thursday) at 7:30 o’clock. A full
attendance of the members and ex
service men is desired.
At this meeting several matters of
importance are scheduled for discus
sion. A report on the division mem
bership meeting, which was held in
>lenton last Saturday afternoon, will
made. At this meeting State De
irtment Commander Milton Faust of
Salisbury, State Department Adjutant I
Nash McKee of Raleigh and State
Department Membership Chairman Ed
Mountcastle of Wilson appeared on
the program. Other speakers on the
program were: Past Department
Commander Henry C. Bourne of Tar
boro, Steve Alford of Elizabeth City,
Jack Collins of Ayden and Herman
McLawhom of Greenville.
John A. Holmes, First Division
Commander, presided over the meet
ing.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Civic Calendai
Nickels for Know-How election
will be held in Chowan County
Friday, October 15.
Revival services will be held in
the Assembly of God Church be
ginning Tuesday, August 31, and
continuing through Sunday, Sep
tember 12.
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F.
& A. M* will dedicate its new
temple Wednesday night, Sep
tember 29, and will observe open
house for the general public Sun
day, October 3.
Edward G. Bond Post, No. 40,
American Legion, will meet to
night (Thursday) at 7:30 o’clock
in the Legion hut.
Miss Nolie McDonald, a Pres
byterian missionary to Africa for
many years, will speak at the
Edenton Presbyterian Church to
night (Thursday) at 8 o’clock.
(Continued on Page Eight)
Jr.-Sr. High School
Ready For Opening
On September Ist
New Students Required
To Register Before
Tuesday, Aug. 31
The Edenton Junior-Senior High
School will begin the 1954-55 term on
Wednesday, September 1. Students
are expected to arrive at school by 9
A. M. and remain until 12 o’clock
noon.
A full day’s schedule will be ob
served on the second day of school,
j September 2, from 8:30 A. M. to .3:15
,! P. M. The school cafeteria will be in
. operation.
Students who expect to enroll in
grades 7 to 12 on September 1 and
have not registered should report to
the school office on Thursday, Friday,
or Monday, August 26, 27 and 30, be
tween the hours of 2 and 5 P. M. Thisj
j means nil transfer students and for-
J mer students who failed to register,
last spring. Seventh grade students
'•transferring from the Edenton Ele-,
• rnontarv School need not report for
registration.
i The schedule provides for an activ-
I ity pei-iod this year, thereby allowing j
ample time each week for clubs and '
home room activities. One period
'J each week will be devoted to the
i teaching of spelling which will be re-
I ouired of all students from grades 7
j to 12.
' In order to avoid confusion on the
first day, students should report im
mediately to the home rooms to which
they are assigned below:
Sophomores: Students assigned last
[ year to Mrs. Blades’ home room will
report to Room 205. Students assign
ed last year to Mr. George’s home
room will report to Room 202.
; Juniors: Students will report to
same home rooms as last year.
Seniors: Room 115. Home room
teacher, N. J. George: Sid Campen,
Billy Hardison, James Edwards, Mike
| Malone, Milon Stilley, Billy Bass, Lin
! Bond, Tay Byrum, Stanton Harrell,
j (Continued on Page 7, Section 1)
Hon USO Clubs
Becoming Popular
Need Develops For More
Young Ladies to Serve
As Hostesses
ki the short span of its still infant
existence, the Edenton USO Clubs un
der the surveilanee of Director Sarah
Marriner has rooted itself as a very
popular and very permanent institu
tion. The attendance rate is carrying
at a consistent high and the only sign
of a let-up is the approach of Sep
tember and the fall term for the
many college girls return to school.
I It is urgently hoped that this lack
•• of hostesses can be filled by girls re
| turning to Edenton after a summer
; vacation.
At present the club is carrying on
without the aid of Mrs. Marriner, di
: rector, who is on vacation until Labor
Day. However, Mrs. Emily Badham,
local supervisor, and the USO Com
mittee staged a dance with an orches
tra on Tuesday night and on Sunday
Chaplain Veltman of the Marine Base
took a group of young men and ladies I
to Nags Head for the day. >
iSjpdenton.- Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 26,1954.
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Attend Young Men’s Mission Conference
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Jesse Bass and Oscar Harrell of Warwick Baptist Church left Sunday
for Ridgecrest, N. C., where they are attending the Young Men’s Mission
Conference which started Monday and will continue until Monday of next
week. Their selection is considered quite an honor in that only 13 boys are
chosen from the State of North Carolina and 183 from the entire Southern
Baptist Convention. In order to attend this conference there are quite a few
qualifications to be met. They must be missionary-minded and outstanding
in all the Royal Ambassador work. These boys are first recommended by
their R. A. counselors and pastor, with the final decision being made by the
R. A. State Secretary, the Rev. Bill Jackson. Oscar is now a Knightly Deeds
Embassy of his R. A. Chapter and Jesse is Ambassador-in-chief. Both have
achieved the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary. They also have taught the
Junior and Intermediate Classes in Sunday School, and both boys have deliv
ered the sermon on Youth Night in their home church.
Coon Dog Field Triall
Is Being Planned For
Labor Day Attraction
Affair Wffl~Be Held at
Dillard’s Mill Pond In
Upper Chowan
Announcement was made this week
, that a coon dog field trial will be held'
i at Dillard’s Mill Pond as a Labor Day
attraction Monday, September 6. The I
i affair will be sponsored by the Cho- j
wan County Coon Club, with markers’
, placed on the road leading from Route
i 3
The entry foe will be $3.00, with the
; purse 10:0 per cent of the entry fee
less heat money.
The first heat will be at 9 A. M.,
i with heat money $lO. First tree,
■ $4.00; first line, $4.00 and second line,
• $2.00.
{ Lunch will be served on the ground
' and anyone desiring information about
'■the trial should contact C. H. Davis
j at Tyner or phone Center Hill 222.
All Pupils Who Enter
School For First Time
Required To Register
John A. Holmes, superintendent of
Edenton schools, announces that all j
first grade pupils and all pupils en-i
tering the Edenton Elementary School i
for the first time this years are re- ;
quired to register with E. S. Swain, |
principal of the Elementary School, at I
that school, on Court Street, today
(Thursday) and Friday, August 26
and 27, from 9 to 12 o’clock in the
morning and 1 to 4 o’clock in the af
ternoon.
Elementary and High School stu
dents who desire to take piano in
struction are requested to register at
the office of Superintendent Holmes in
the High School from 9 to 12 in the
morning and 1 to 4 o’clock in the af
ternoon until Tuesday, August 31.
EVFRYTHING IN READINESS FOR OPENING
OF WHITE SCHOOLS IN COUNTY SEPT. 1
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White Oak Consolidated School Opened August
18; Three New Teachers at Chowan High, One
At Rocky Hock and One at White Oak
The school term of 1954-55 for the
Chowan County Unit has already be
gun. The White Oak Consolidated
School opened August 18, in order to
allow students a stop period for pick
ing the rush of the sea
son.
The Chowan High and Rocky Hock
Central Schools will open Wednesday,
September 1. A conference for teach
ers, principals and other school per
sonnel will be held August 31 at 10
A. M. in the Chowan High School
cafeteria.
Much cleaning and repair work has
been completed. School buses are in
good condition with one replacement
in the Edenton School Unit, and one
in the County School Unit. Bus routes
have been tentatively established and
[the bus drivers selected.
I The County Schools will have fine
iStock In Edenton
Development Corp.
Boosted To $40,000
Three Concerns Inter
ested In Moving to
Edenton
According to the latest report of
j salesmen for stock in the Edenton
Development Corporation, $40,000 had
1 j been subscribed by 138 persons up to
| Tuesday night of this week. All of
| the salesmen have not made complete
reports; so that it is hoped the ulti
mate goal of SIOO,OOO will be realiz
ed. In order to stimulate sales, each
salesman is especially urged to sell
stock to at least four others, for it is
the desire to have as many stockhold
ers in the corporation as possible.
At a meeting held Monday night it
was stated that three pieces of land
are under option and that there are
at least three encouraging prospects,
for new industries to move into this
vicinity and in one instance a north-j
em concern has sent blueprints of the:
sort of building necessary. This con-|
cern is dickering with three other
towns, but has a decided leaning to
-1 ward Edenton.
Members of the temporary commit-j
tee are hoping many more people will,
become more vitally interested in se
! curing new industries and purchase
j stock in any amounts, thus helping to
j bring to realization increased payrolls
I in Edenton and Chowan County.
(Continued on Page 4, Section 1) i
Methodists Will Resume
Night Services Sent. sth
After calling off the Sunday night
services in the Methodist Church dur
ing the summer months, the pastor,
the Rev. E. B. Edwards, announces
that services will be held every Sun
day night beginning the first Sunday
night in September, the sth.
new teachers, three in the Chowan
High School, one in the Rocky Hock
Central School and one in the White
Oak Consolidated School. All vacan
cies have been filled and Superinten
dent W. J. Taylor feels that he has a
well trained and experienced faculty.
Teachers for the Rocky Hock Cen
tral School will be Mrs. Mattie Nix
on, principal, and sixth and seventh
grades; Mrs. George Asbell, the third,
fourth and fifth grades, and Mrs. T.
C. Chappell, the first and second
grades.
The teachers for the Chowan High
School will be Miss Ada Morris, Miss
Janie Haislin, Mrs. Margaret F. Roun
tree and Mrs. Marguerite B. Burch,
the primary grades; Miss Hattie Hud
gins, Miss Ella Mae Nixon, Mrs. Myra
(Continued on Page 2, Section 1)
Chowan County Fire
Commission Meets
First Time Friday
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Speaker For Revival
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REV. WILLIAM F. VOODRE
1 For a revival in the Assembly
, of God Church beginning Tues
r day, August 31, and continuing
! through Sunday, September 12,
! the Rev. William F. Voodre of
i Durant, Florida, will be speaker
Hertford - Elizabeth
City Win Semi-Finals
I In Albemarle League
Two Winners Playing to
’ Decide Championship j
Os League
Elizabeth City and Hertford won
f the five-game semi-finals play-off
i series in the Albemarle League over
i Colerain and Rocky Hock.
3 In the opening game of the semi
s finals series Tuesday night of last
3 week, Rocky Hock was defeated by
‘ Elizabeth City on the latter’s diamond
-by a score of 9 to 7, while at the same :
' time in Colerain Hertford defeated
* Colerain by a score of 8 to 5.
5 On Wednesday night the series was
- deadlocked when Rocky Hock defeated
Elizabeth City on Hicks Field by a
1- score of Bto 3. In Hertford the same
II night Colerain blanked the Indians by
- a score of 8 to 0. j
’! Tn Elizabeth City Thursday night i
’ j Jim Curtis for Elizabeth City held '
’ i Rocky Hock to five scattered hits and .
Elizabeth City won its second game I
’' of the series bv a count of 4 to 3. On
the same night Colerain: won its see-j
ond game by turning hack the Hert-|
ford Indians 7 to 2.
j 1 However, as the result of Friday
night’s games the semi-finals play-off
’ was again tied up when Rocky Hock
defeated Elizabeth City on Ilirks
] Field 10 to 3 and Hertford blanked
Colerain in Hertford 7 to 0.
Elizabeth City won the series over
( Rocky Hock Saturday night in Eliza
iheth City by a score of 4-3, thus win
ning three of the five games. The
| Hertford-Colerain deciding game was
h rained out. but on Monday night in j
Colerain the Indians easily won by aj
score of 13 to 6.
i The two winners. Elizabeth City l
■ and Hertford tangled in Elizabeth
r City Tuesday night to start the five
game final series to determine the
Albemarle longue champions.
District Democratic
Rally Will Be Held
In E. City October 21
Congressman Herbert C. Bonner has
- announced that the First Congres
sional District Democratic Rally will
he held in Elizabeth City Thursday,
October 21.
Mr. Bonner was most anxious to
hold the rally in the Albemarle sec
tion, and on account of complications
with respect to the date of October
22, be secured an exchange of dates
with Congressman Fountain of the
Second Congressional District. The
Second District rally, therefore, will
he held on the 22nd and the First
District rally wall be on October 21.
Mr. Bonner, after contacting many
narty leaders in Elizabeth City and
Pasquotank County, where he found
great enthusiasm, predicted that the
First District rally, as usual, will be
the largest of the 12 held throughout
North Carolina. He further stated
that he hopes every Democrat in the
First Congressional District will con
verge on Elizabeth City on October 21.
The rally will be held at Memorial!
Field in Elizabeth City at 5 P. M. and
will be followed by a fish fry. '
$2.00 Per Year.
Truck at Central Point
Os County Claims
Attention
COST 86,000 TO .$7,000
Wait For Advice From
Representative of
State Office
With a 100 per cent attendance, the
recently appointed Chowan County
I Fire Commission held its first meet
king in the Court House Friday after
noon at 3 o’clock. Chairman W. E.
Bond presided over the meeting, with
the first item of business being the
election of John A. Kramer as secre
tary.
Mr. Bond, in order to bring mem
bers of the commission up-to-date on
developments leading up to the ap
pointment of the Fire Commission,
explained that for many years Eden
ton firemen have been answering calls
to fight fires in the rural section, for
which the County Commissioners paid
the town SSOO per year to help defray
the expense. He stated that for this
fiscal year the County was asked for
$3,020, which was estimated to be the
actual cost to the Town if calls are
continued.
Mr. Bond pointed out that the Coun
ty Commissioners cannot legally ap
propriate this money and that if the
rural citizens want this fire protection
they will have to pay for it. He ex
plained that 15 per cent of the free-
I holders in the area affected will be
obliged to sign a petition asking for
lan election to determine if, not to ex
ceed 10 cents on the SIOO property
! valuation, should be levied in order to
j raise funds to provide fire protection,
j Os course, this levy would not affect
1 any property owners within the City
of Edenton.
Mr. Bond stated that the county’s
property valuation is $11,515,915, of
which amount $5,349,000 is within the
city limits, leaving $6,166,915 in the
rural section which would be affected
by the special tax- At a 10-cent rate
this would raise a little over $6,000,
The general concensus of opinion of
the Fire Commission members, repre
i (Continued on Page 3, Section 1)
Edenton's National
; Guardsmen Praised
i At Fort McClellan
Regular Army Instruc
tor Says Men Tops In
United States
North Carolina National Guards
men are tops in the United States, a
Regular Army inspector stated last
week in passing judgment on the work
of the Heavy Mortar Company, 119th
Infantry of Edenton.
Colonel H. H. Harris of Raleigh,
Regular Army instructor with the
130th Infantry Division, praised the
j field training of the division, now in
j the final stages of its 1954 summer
encampment at Fort McClellan, An
niston, Alabama.
“These men go about their work
With a purpose,” Col. Harris declared,
“which is seldom excelled even in
time of war. Their efficiency is equal
to that of many Regular Army units
which have months of training instead
of the one-night-a-week schedule of
National Guardsmen.”
The veteran of 30 years of Army
duty, who entered the regular in
fantry after fighting as a Franklin
County National Guardsman on the
Mexican border, had special praise
for Capt. Cecil W. Fry, commanding
officer, whom he characterized as ex
tremely efficient.
Col. Harris, recently returned from
a tour of duty as military adviser to
Chiang Kai-Shek on Formosa, observ
ed the Tar Heel soldiers in the Cheaha
Mountains north of Anniston, where
the men from Edenton are working
under simulated combat conditions.
The Edenton company is scheduled
to arrive home Sunday.
EASTERN STAR OFFICERS MEET
Officers of the Edenton Chapter of
the Eastern Star will meet Monday
night, August 30, at 8 o’clock in the
Court House. This meeting is called
by Mrs. R. E. Leary, worthy matron,
in order to practice in preparation for
! the regular semi-monthly meetings of
[the chapter which will be resumed
1 Monday night, September 6.