Volume XXI. —Number 35.
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JJurricane j ails To
Put In Its S J ieduled
Appearance Monday
Precautions Taken In
Edenton Under Mayor
L. H. Haskett
LITTLE DAMAGE
Mayor High In Praise
Os Wholehearted Co
operation
Though precautions and prepara
tions were made Monday night to
cope with the expected arrival of Hur
ricane Carol, the unwelcome appear
ance of the storm failed to material
ize, much to the gratification of peo
ple living in this section of the State.
With warnings being received Mon
day morning, Mayor Leroy Haskett,
chairman of the Chowan County Red
Cross Disaster Committee, hurriedly
called together his committee and,
with his assistant, J. W. White, made
plans to take care of any emergency
which might occur.
Though strong winds late Monday
afternoon and night shook off a num
ber of tree limbs and leaves, no dam
age was done and Chowan County res
idents woke up Tuesday morning
much gratified that the hurricane fail
ed to put in its scheduled appearance.
Considerable damage was done in the
Wilmington area, but it veered off in
a north-northeast course, thus miss
ing this section. The tide rose con
siderably Monday night, but with not
much rainfall, Edenton also escaped
flooded conditions.
In preparation for the hurricane,
Edenton armory was opened by
k ain Cecil Fry, Commanding offi
of the Edenton Heavy Mortar
~mpany of the National Guard, andi
about 25 National Guardsmen stood by
to offer any help in Case of an emer-l
gency. Mayor Haskett reports that|
from 50 to 75 people, fearful of the!
fury of the hurricane, were transport-]
ed to the armory Monday night, andj
that when the hurricane failed to put
in an appearance these people were!
carried back to their hom.es after mid-]
night.
The National Guardsmen also in-!
stalled a two-way radio, set up a first
aid station and served coffee to those 1
who were anxiously awaiting the prog
ress of the hurricane.
A number of people were also tak-'
en to the colored school, where the
National Guard members took charge.
The white school and Court House
were also open and ready for use in
an emergency.
Mayor Haskett contacted doctors!
and nurses who were standing by for,
any emergency calls. The Police Do-1
partnmnt was busy handling communi
cations and ready to help in any way
necessary, as was the Street Depart
ment, firemen and Electric & Water!
Department. 1
Tuesday morning Mayor Haskett,
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17 Negroes Arrested
During Liquor Raids
ABC Officers and Eden
ton Police Round Up
Violators
i
As the result of a number of raids
by Chowan County ABC officers, who;
were assisted by Edenton police, 17]
Negroes, seven of whom were women,
have been arrested charged with illicit]
possession and sale of whiskey. . In
the neighborhood of two gallons of
whiskey was confiscated and all de
fendants furnished bond for their ap
pearance in Recorder’s Court ranging'
from SIOO to SSOO.
In the group were several who faced
similar charges within recent weeks.
The arrests followed work of under
cover agents for ABC officers.
Those arrested were Walter Lewis,
Sr., and his wife Eva, Walter Lewis,
Jr., Herman Drew and his wife Madre,
Joe Hoggard, Mary Hoggard, Isaac
Taylor, Roosevelt Jordan, Willie B.
Twine, Linwood Leary, Louise Taylor,
. rgie Jordan, Joe Stallings, Cora
llings, Otto Little and Rosa Little.
COMMISSIONERS MEET TODAY
Chowan County Commissioners will
hold their September meeting this
(Thursday) morning in the Court
House. The meeting has been changed
from the first Monday, September 6,
due to the Labor Day holiday.
ON BUYING TRIP
Mrs. H. H. Preston and Mrs. C. H.
Wood, Sr., will leave Edenton Tues- j
day of next week for New York,] 1
where they will purchase fall and win- f
ter merchandise for Preston’s. 1;
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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Civic Calendai
Chowan County Fair will be
held on the American Legion
property on the Windsor highway
September ' " to September 18.
Nickels Know-How election
will be held in Chowan County
Friday, October 15.
Gibson Brickie has called a civil
defense meeting to be held in the
armory Tuesday night, Septem
ber 14, at 8 o’clock.
The Northeast Carolina Drug
Club will meet at the Triangle
Restaurant Wednesday night, Sep
tember 8, at 7:30 o’clock.
Egbert N. Peeler of Raleigh,
Governor of the 278th District of
Rotary International, will make
an official visit to the Edenton
Rotary Club Thursday afternoon,
September 9, at 1 o’clock in the
Parish House.
Revival services now in prog
ress at the Assembly of God
Church and will continue until
Sunday, September 12.
Young Woman’s Bible Class of
the Baptist Church will meet
Tuesday night, September 7 at
7:30 o’clock at the church.
Free Ferguson family jubilee
night in the Elementary School
auditorium Tuesday night, Sep
tember 7, at 8 o’clock.
Revival services will begin Sun
day night at 8 o’clock in the Yeo
pim Baptist Church and continue
through next Sunday night, Sep
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Barbara Ann Jordan
Wins Top Honor At
4-H Pullet Show-Sale
I
Annual Show and Sale
Held Wednesday Os
Last Week
Barbara Ann Jordan of Rvland com
munity exhibited the champion pen
of birds at 4-H Pullet Show and Sale
!on Wednesday afternoon of last j
week. Billy Goodwin of Rocky Hock
community exhibited the reserve I
champion pen of pullets.
The annual 4-H Pullet Show and ]
j Sale for Chowan County was held at!
! the Edenton Armory Grounds on Wed-j
nesday afternoon, August 25. Tliir-j
j teen contestants participated in the I
I project of pullet raising this year. As |
agreed, each contestant entered 12
pullets in the show. The Danish type
lof judging was used. Two pens were
j given blue ribbons. Four pens were
given red ribbons. Seven pens were |
placed in the white ribbon group. Ex
tension Pullet Specialists C. J. Mau-|
pin and T. B. Morris were the offi
cial judges. The blue ribbon winners
were awarded a first prize of $10.00)
each. The red ribbon group received j
a second prize of SB.OO and the white]
ribbon group received a third prize of!
$6.00 each. The grand champion re-J
reived an extra prize of $6.00.
The prize money was awarded by
Mr. Hill of the Berkley Feed Corpora
tion of Norfolk, Va. The Berkley Feed
Corporation sponsors the 4-H Pullet
Raising Project by furnishing one hun
dred pullet chicks to each of the con
testants and the prize money. In
; turn, the 4-H Club participants agreed
jto follow the Extension Agents’ in
structions as nearly as possible. Ejtch
j agreed to exhibit 12 of his best pul
! lets in the annual show and sale at :
which the pullets are sold at public
auction and the proceeds returned to
the sponsors to perpetuate the project
the following year.
The purpose of this project is tol
teach 4-H Club members how to raise j
good pullets for layers. As a result,
it is hoped that those who are inter
ested will develop a Poultry Enter- ,
prise to increase his income. The Ex- ;
tension Agents assist the club mem- ,
bers in selecting the hatchery which
has a very high laying strain of birds ;
and keeps records of performance. The
pullets this year were purchased from
C. M. Harris of Valdese, North Caro
lina and are high-egg producing
Rhode Island Reds.
Drug Club Will Meet
At Triangle Sept. Bth
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The Northeast Carolina Drug Club
will meet Wednesday night, Septem
ber 8, at 7:30 o’clock at the Triangle
Restaurant. W. H. Hollowell, Jr., is
secretary of the club and announces
,that the program will be a film :
(“Therapy With Cortone” which will :
Ibe presented by A. S. Daniel of Sharp 1
land Dohme.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 2,1954,
Lest We Forget
By JASPER L. WIGGINS
The Hettrick Brothers And The Dutch Net
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CAPT, WILLIAM HETTRICK
When I began to write of the lives
and deeds of distinguished men and
women who had contributed so much
to Edenton’s economic history, I stat
ed that I would write about those with
whom I had lived and come in contact,
but in this article I must deviate from
the knowledge of personal contacts, as
both of these men had answered the
last roll call and passed on to their
eternal reward before I came to Eden
ton. Hence, I am writing from folk
lore and records furnished me by the
descendants of John P. and William
H. Hettrick, Mrs. J. Frank Miller of
Edenton, North Carolina, and Ernest
F. Hettrick of Atlanta, Georgia.
It is to Ernest F. Hettrick that I
must give credit for the inspiration to
record for this generation the invalu
able contribution of these two broth
ers to the Albemarle. For, by his in
quiry concerning old friends of his
boyhood here in Edenton I was led to
bring to light many interesting facts
which I think more of us living today
should know.
Ferguson’s Family Meeting For Civil
Juiniee mght Will Defense Is Changed
Be Held Sept. 7th To Edenton Armory
Free Program In Ele- Change Announced By
mentary School Audi- j Gibson Brickie, Chair
torium at 8 O’clock j man For County
Sponsored by the Edenton Tractor] Gibson Brickie, director of civilian
j& implement Company, a Ferguson defense for Chowan County, announo-
I family jubilee night will be held Tues-1 ed this week that the meeting sehed
|day night, September 7, at 8 o’clock uled for Tuesday night, September 14,
■in the Edenton Elementary School au- will he held in the Edenton armory
ditorium. instead of the VFW Club as Previous-
Featured on the program will he announced.
Dick Carter and his hand, whose popu- Mr. Brickie was informed after the
Jar entertainment appears on TV sta- previous announcement of the meet
tion WNCT, Greenville, N, C, Aside ing that September 14 is the sched
j from this feature there will be music uled night for the regular VFW meet
and movies for every farm family and ingf. so that the building was not
I attendance prizes will also he award- available. Mr. Brickie then endeavor
ed. ed to secure the Court House, but be-
The show is free and everyone, es- cause Superior Court will lie in ses-
I aerially farmers, are cordially invited sion and the uncertainty of the use
to attend. 'of the Court House, it was not eon-
The concern also announces a Fer- ve "i ent to ho ’ rl thp . meeting there,
guson implement demonstration which However Captain Cecil Fry, com
, will he held Wednesdav afternoon, manding off.cer of the Edenton Nat-
Scptomber 8. starting at 1 o’clock at ! on:l ' 9™? i ° u ff( ' rod ar ™7
the American Legion Fair Grounds on | m wWh to hold the meetmg, which
the Windsor highway. They invite was a <-<-opted by Mr. Brickie,
their farmer friends to see what’s new Expected to attend the meeting is
in Ferguson’s precision implements at Ueut. Gordon R. Jaekey of Durham,
this demonstration, when a new Evin- "ho heads up mobile training teams,
rude Lightwin 3 HP outboard motor and who yill explain and point out
will he given away at a drawing at the importance of the need for spot
this demonstration, too. will he seen I ting teams. ;
the first showing of Jolly Roger ships) Mr. Brickie, too, emphasizes the :
which are now being built in Eden- need for civil defense organization and i
ton, including 12 to 21-foot inboard hopes many people will attend this I
nnd outboard boats. meeting, which will begin at 8 o’clock. 1
Yeooim Revival Will 'Eastern Star Chaper
Begin Sunday Night Will Resume Meetings
I Revival services will begin in the Edenton Chapter, No. 302, of the
Yeopim. Baptist Church next Sunday Eastern Star will resume its semi
night, September 5, at 8 o’clock and monthly meetings next Monday night,
continue each night through Sunday, September 6. in the Court House, at
September 12. The new pastor of the 8 o’clock. The meetings were sus
church, the Rev. H. Philip Quidley. pended during the summer months,
will preach during the revival, and Mrs. R. E. Leary, worthy matron of
a cordial invitation is extended to all the chapter, urges every member to
to attend. attend in order to get off to a good
start for the coming months.
Methodists Resume masoxs mebtt tonight
Sunday Night Services unanimity Lodge, No. 7, a. f.. &
Beginning next Sunday night, Sep- A. M., will hold a stated' communica
tember 5, regular Sunday night ser- tion tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock
vices will be resumed in the Edenton in the Court House. W. M. Rhoades,
Methodist Church, starting at 7:30 master of the lodge, urges a full at
o’clock. The Sunday night services tendance.
were called off during the summer
months. OFFICES CLOSED LABOR DAY
Town of Edenton and Chowan
BANK CLOSED MONDAY County offices will be closed all day
The Bank of Edenton will be closed next Monday, September 6, in observ
all day Monday, September 6, in ob- ance of Labor Day. Members of the
servance of Labor Day. Important j Street Department will also observe
banking business should, therefore, be I the holiday, so that no trash collec
transacted accordingly. tions will be made on Monday.
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JOHN P. HETTRICK
John Penrose Hettrick was bom in
Selensgrove, Pennsylvania, April 20,
1825, the son of Jacob and Elizabeth
Hummel Hettrick. William H. Hett
rick (his brother) was born two years
later, October 12, 1827, at Hummel’s
Wharf, Pennsylvania. As young men
they first began their fishing careers
on the Great Lakes at Erie and Hu
ron, Erie County, Ohio, using a revo
lutionary type of net. Ido not know
whether they were the inventors or
not of this net, but they were Penn
sylvania Dutch and' the nets were
known first as “Dutch Nets.”
During the Civil War John P.
Hettrick came to the Albemarle as a
Federal soldier. Being interested in
fishing, he inquired about it in these
waters and learned that thousands of
fish were being caught in single hauls
by seines, the only method used at
that time. He decided here was the
place for him to come after the war
with his new type of net.
So, in 1869 John P. Hettrick came
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|Tickets Go On Sale
For Boosters Club
At Edenton School
Rotary Governor
Hk, i *
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’ Egbert N. Peeler
3 As an official visit Egbert N.
Peeler of Raleigh, Governor of
the 278th District of Rotary In
v ternational, will be guest of Eden
r ton irians at their meeting in
the - ish House Thursday after
e noon, September 9, at 1 o’clock.
‘Governor Os Rotary
\ Will Visit Edenton
; Club September 9
e
. i Egbert N. Peeler of Ra
leigh Will Speak to
Rotarians
Edenton’s Rotary Club will be host
on Thursday afternoon, September 9,
at 1 o’clock in the Parish House to Eg
libert N. Peeler of Raleigh. Governor
' ; of the 278th District of Rotary Inter
national, who is making his annual of-
I ficial visit to each of the 39 Rotary
T j Clubs in this District of North Caro
j lina.
I Governor Peeler will address the
club and prior to the meeting will con
fer with President Gilliam Wood, See
i rotary Robert. Marsh and committee
. chairmen on Rotary administration
. and service activities.
. District Governor Peeler is. Superin
' tendont of the State .School for the
■ Blind and the Deaf in Raleigh. He
xvas bom in Rockwell. North Carolina,
.'and was graduated from Heidelberg
. College in Tiffin. Ohio, and the Uni
. versify of North Carolina.
The District Governor has boon a
: mombor of the Rotary Cub of Ra
■ leigh since 1937 and is a Past Prosi
■ dent of that club. He was elected Dis
■ trict Governor of Rotary International
' at.the annual Rotary Convention in Se
■ attle. Washington, last June. He is
one of the governors who supervise
• the activities of the 8,300 Rotary
■ Clubs with a membership of nearly
’ 100,000 in 89 countries.
Wherever Rotary Clubs are located.
President Wood stated in commenting
■ on the District Governor’s official
visit, their activities are based on de
’ veloping bettor understanding nnd fel
lowship among business and profes
sional men, promoting community het
! torment undertakings, peace and un
j derstanding among all the peoples of
.1 the world.
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First Cancer Clinic Os
Fall On September 3rd
! Mrs. W. W. Finlator of Elizabeth
City, clerk Os the District Cancer
Clinic, announces that the first cancer
clinic of the fall will he held at the
Health Center in Elizabeth City Fri
day. September 3. with registration
beginning at 10 A. M.
Priority may he obtained by writ
-1 ing Cancer Clinic at Elizabeth City.
Anyone attending the clinic is request
ed to take a robe or housecoat.
Majority Os Stores
Closed Labor Day
Jesse Harrell, chairman of the
Edenton Merchants Committee, an
nounced early this week that the ma
jority of Edenton’s business houses
will be closed all day next Monday,
September 6, due to the Labor Day
holiday.
Mr. Harrell also stated that begin
ning Wednesday of next week stores
1 will remain open all day Wednesdays
instead of closing at 1 o’clock for half
holiday which has been carried out
throughout the summer months.
$2.00 Per Year.
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| Jaycees and VFW Mem
bers Pushing Sale
Os Tickets
FIVE HOME GAMES
i Aces’ First Game of Sea
son September 10 With
Roanoke Rapids
With Coaches Bill Billings and Al
ton Brooks gradually rounding out the
1954 edition of the Edenton Aces, the
boys are looking forward to the first
game of the season, which will be
played on Hicks Field Friday night,
September 10, at 8 o’clock when the
Aces will meet Roanoke Rapids.
This year’s schedule includes nine
games, with October 1 still being
open which, if filled, will include 10
games. All home games will be play
ed on Hicks Field starting at 8
o’clock.
After the Roanoke Rapids game the
Aces will meet Morehead City and
Williamston successively on Hicks
Field. Unless a game is secured for
October 1, the next game will be play
ed with the Elizabeth City Yellow
Jackets in Elizabeth City. The next
three games will also be played away
from home, October 15 in Tarboro, Oc
tober 22 in Hertford and October 29
.in Ahoskie.
( The last two games on the schedule
will be played at home when the Aces
will meet Farmville on November 5
and the final game of the season with
Plymouth on November 12.
I Season tickets are now on sale in
an effort to raise money to cover the
expense of playing football and other
school sports. One hook of booster’s
tickets is being . offered for $7.50
which will include reserved seats for
all home football games, as well as
10 home basketball games and five
baseball games.
! The other ticket is for the home
: football games which is being sold at
■ $5.00. It includes the five home games
and will, of course, include the Octo
ber 1 game if one is scheduled and
I played at home..
A special effort will be made to
] sell these two sets of tickets during
j the week of September 2 to fl. The
j ticket sales will he pushed by the
I Edenton Jaycees. and VFW members,
with Joe Conger. Jr., heading up the
Jaycees and Bill Perry the VFW Post.
! It is hoped many fans will purchase
these tickets for at least two reasons,
first to be assured of good seats at
games and also to help boost finances
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Plans Are Now Going
Forward For Chowan
County Fair Sept. 13
Valuable Door Prizes to
Be Awarded Each
Night
Plans are going forward for the
Chowan County Fair which is sched
jUled to be held on the American Leg
ion property on the Windsor highway
j beginning the week of September 13
[and running through Saturday night,
I September 18.
j E. J. Hobbs, manager of the fair,
j states that the Carl B. Ferris Shows
(have been secured for the midway and
that the show has been favorably rec
ommended in other communities where
it has appeared.
Mr. Hobbs also stated that a door
prize will be awarded each night of
the fair and that these prizes will be
well worth winning.
Premium lists and rules of the fair
have been mailed throughout the coun
ty and officials are anticipating an
interesting and successful fair this
year.
Capt. J. S. Weathersbee
Entertains Rotary Club
Capt. J. S. Weathersbee, stationed
at the Edenton Marine Corps Auxili
ray Landing Field, was the principal
speaker at last week’s Rotary meet
ing, when the program was in charge
of Robert Kennan.
Capt. Weathersbee presented a
group of colored slides of scenes tak
en in Korea and commented upon
them as they were shown, which prov
] ed very interesting to the Rotarians.
j President Gilliam Wood also pre
sented a brief report of a Rotary Con
l ferenee which he and George Alma
j Byrum attended at Henderson last
* week.