Volume XXI. —Number 43.
b 7 arm Bureau’s Gi al
K y
In Membership Drive
1 Set At 400 Members
T
President Perry Points
Out Importance of
Being Member
HELPS FARMERS
Chowan County Drive Is
Scheduled to End
Friday
“Chowan County Farm Bureau
kicked off on its fall membership
drive Tuesday night,” says Bristoe
Perry, county president. Membership
solicitation got under way Wednes
day. morning and will end Friday.
Volunteer Chowan County Farm
membership workers attended a kick- j
off dinner at the Chowan Community j
Building Tuesday night with Mr.
Perry in charge. "Gordon Maddrey,
president of the North Carolina Farm
Bureau Federation, was the principal
speaker.
Mr. Maddrey’s talk was based on
facts about the North Carolina and
the American Farm Bureau.
“President Allen Kline of the Am
erican Farm Bureau is somewhat of a
figurehead as a president should be,”
Mr. Maddrey said. He pointed out
that the governing body of the Am
erican Farm Bureau is the national
board of directors representing four
regions, the Central and Midwestern
region has almost 50 per cent of the
membership and the Southern region
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Rotarians Hosts To
Rotary Annes And
Teachers Tonight
Samuel Bundy of Green
ville Will Be Princi- ‘
pal Speaker
Tonight (Thursday) at 7 o’clock in
the dining room of the Masonic Tern- 1
He. Edenton Rotarians will be hosts
t ) all the white teachers in the county
schools, as well as Rotary Annes. The
banquet will he served by members
of the Eastern Star and will begin at
7 o’clock. The Rotary committee in}
charge of the banquet includes John
A. Kramer, W, T. Harry and W. B.
Rosevear, who promise a very enjoy
able program.
The principal speaker for the oc
casion will be Samuel D. Bundy of
Greenville, who is a very popular af
ter dinner speaker. He will be intro
duced bv H. A. Campen. Mrs. John
Ros= will provide music on the lodge’s
electric organ during the banquet.
C. W. Overman will lead in the
singing and after the invocation by
W. B. Rosevear, President Gilliam
Wood will make the address of wel
come. Guests will, be introduced by
John A. Holmes, VV. J. Taylor and
Gilliam Wood.
Masons Will Hold
Banquet On Nov. 4
Edmund Harding Is Se-[
cured as Speaker For
Occasion
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F., & A.
M., will hold its annual banquet Thurs
day night, November 4, in the Ma
sonic Temple dining room. The ban- 1
quet will begin at 7:30 o’clock.
The principal speaker for the occas
ion will be Edmund Harding of Wash
ington, N. C., who is well known in
Edenton and will, no doubt, attract a
large number. Preparations for the
banquet are in charge of Ernest Ke
hayes, and tickets are now on sale,
which should be engaged at once.
'TW Poppy Day Will
H Be Observed Nov. 6
The Auxiliary of William H. Cof
field Post, No. 9280, Veterans of For
eign Wars, will observe Poppy Day
Saturday, November 6. i
Poppies will be sold during the day ’
by members of the Auxiliary and it is
hoped many people will buy and wear
a poppy during the day.
LIONS CALL OFF MEETING
Edenton Lions Club has called off
its meeting for next Monday night,]
November 1. This action was taken on
account of the annual Halloween pa-1
rade and party on the same night I
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Kindergarten Class
Will Present Program
On Friday Morning
The Kindergarten class of the Eden
ton Elementary School will present a
program, “A Tiny Tot Circus,” Fri
day morning, November 29, at 10:45 j
o’clock in the Elementary School au
ditorium.
Those taking part in the program
are: Ernest Carpenter, Ann Gra
ham, Kay Kramer, Rickey Hardin,
Jackie Mooney, Sue Skiles, Brad
Pugh, Kimmey Hollenbeck, Tommy]
Nystrom, Phyllis Antos, Bruce Mir
anda, Wesley Chesson 11, Frank
White, 111, Scott Privott, 11, Johnnie
Dowd, Grace Sawyer, Mary Jo Wo
zelka, Elizabeth Anne Baer, Robert
| Wisely, Kathy Weathersbee and Mar-
I tin Boyce.
The public is invited to attend.
Homecoming Day At
Jr.-Sr. High School
Planned For Nov. sth
Parade, Football Game,
Dance and Contest
Planned
Next Friday night, November 5, will
he a big time when the Edenton Jun
ior-Senior High School will observe
homecoming day.
The Future Homemakers of Ameri- j
ca are sponsoring the event this year
and the girls of the club are already
busy getting festivities lined up and
1 in order. j
The principal items on the agenda
| include a parade at 7 o’clock, a foot
jhall game with Farmville at 8 o’clock
and a dance at 10:30 o’clock.
‘ Hightlighting the night’s activities
! will he the crowning of Homecoming
I King and Queen and the FHA girls
; solicit wholehearted support and co
! operation in: making this, as well as
i other events, a great success.
Votes will be cast for the King and
Queen this and next week and for this
purpose voting boxes are placed at the
Colonial Store, P & Q Super Market,
Mitehener’s Pharmacy and Leggett &
, Davis Drug Store.
Members of the FHA are hoping the
homecoming celebration will attract a
large number of Edenton alumni and,
townspeople.
Lions’Zone Meeting |
In Edenton Nov. Bth
Clubs Will Meet In Ma
sonic Temple Dining
Room
Lions Clubs of Hertford, Plymouth,
Williamston, Colerain and Edenton
will have a zone meeting at the new
Masonic Temple in Edenton on Mon
day evening, November 8, it Was an
nounoced by N. J. George, zone chair
man of Zone 2, District 31-F, at the
j Monday night meeting of the local i
club.
Dinner will be served by the ladies
of the Order of Eastern Star. An in- 1
teresting program has been promisedJ
by Chairman George and a large at-'
tendance is expected. President Earl
G. Harrell of the Edenton club has
appointed a committee on reception ]
consisting of W. W. Byrum. M. A.
j Hughes, L. H. Haskett and West
Leary.
The club voted to dispense with the
meeting next Monday evening, owing
to the fact that many members have
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Burning 1 Trash And
Rubbish Is Unlawful
Fire Chief R. K. Hall this week
calls attention to burning trash and
rubbish within the city limits. This
practice is against the law, says Mr.
Hall, who urges citizens to place all
trash and rubbish at the curb, where
it can be collected by the town’s trash v
collectors. i
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VFW Snuare Dance
On Saturday Night
Bill Perry, commander of William
H. Coffield Post, No. 9280, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, announces that a
square dance will be held in the VFW
home Saturday night from 9 o’clock
ito midnight
I Couples only will be admitted.
Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 28,1954.
Annual Halloween
Party Will Be Held
In Edenton Nov. 1
Judges Announced By;
Mrs. Thomas Byrum,
Chairman
Plans are gradually being complet
ed for the annual Halloween Party
which will be held for the children,
of the community Monday night, No-'
vembor 1. The party, as usual, will
| be sponsored by the Edenton Woman’s
Club and is held in the hope that it
will cause children to keep off the
streets and also refrain from the trick
and treat custom, as well as indulging
, in Halloween pranks which cause dam
: age to property.
j Mrs. Thomas Byrum is chairman of?
I this year’s party, having as her as
sistants Mrs. Jesse Harrell and Mrs.
Hubert Williford. This year it is
hoped more floats will enter the pa
rade which may* be motor driver ve
hicles as well as non-motor driven.
Prizes will be offered for each group
as well as prizes for the best costume
for a girl and boy and the most comi
jcal girl and boy.
' Mrs. Byrum this week announced
the judges, who will be as follow’s:
Costumes, Mrs. James Cozzens, Miss
Delphia Rawls, Gilliam Wood, N. J.
George and Earl Harrell. Floats, Mrs.
Adelaide Chesson, Henry G. Quinn and
Col. Monte Peyton. The floats will be
judged as they pass Tavlor Theatre,
while the costume judging will take!
place at the playgrounds.
As in former years the youngsters'
will gather on the Court House Green
at 6 o’clock and then at 6:30 will form j
a parade headed by the Edenton High
School Band and march out Broad
Street to the playground. At the play-|
ground each boy and girl will be giv- 1
en a ticket which will entitle them to
free hot dogs, popcorn, peanuts, can- ;
i dy, chewing gum, apples, witch’s brew, j
a movie and a chance at the fish j
pond.
The playground will again -imitate I
ia carnival which will be in charge of!
H. A. Campen, and a group of assist- 1
ants. As in previous years, the pnr
lty is expected hundreds of
I boys and girls, -’ell as many par
ents.
Ernest Ward Named
Director Os League
Os Municipalities
I ■ *
Town Clerk Presides at
Session of Annual
Convention
Town Clerk Ernest J. Ward, Jr., was
I elected to serve on the board of di
rectors of the North Carolina League
of Municipalities at the 45th annual
| convention of the league which was
|held in Winston-Salem last week. Mr.]
Ward will represent the First District.
of North Carolina.
Ward presided at a session of the .
Municipal Finance Officers during tho|
convention. W. Kelvin Gray, presi- {
dent of the North Carolina Municipal j
League, addressed the group on “Mu- .
nicipal Credit Ratings.”
The league voted to submit three
hills 1o the 1955 General Assembly
as follows:
1. A streamlined fiscal control act
.designed to eliminate considerable red
tape in the adoption of city budgets,
'and appointment of financial matters
i in general.
| 2. A sub-division control act allow
-1 ing all cities and towns the privilege
of controlling new sub-divisions out
side the corporate limits.
I 3. An act allowing cities to use
i yield right of way signs where full
•stop signs are not deemed necessary.
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Aid Is Available For
Hurricane Sufferers
Applications Can Be Se
cured at Dr. Dow
num’s Office
Dr. A. F. Downum, chairman of the
Chowan County Chapter of the Am
erican Red Cross, has announced that
I disaster sufferers as the result of the
hurricane who have needs which they
are unable to meet might make appli
cation for assistance at his office at
• 103 West Eden Street through Mon
day, November 1. No applications
will be taken after that date.
Assistance will be given on the basis
of need—disaster caused need and not
loss—need which cannot be met
! through cash on hand, credit, income
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Art Appreciation
Week Observed At
School Next Week
150 Masterpieces Will Be
On Exhibit For Stu
dents and Public
Gerald James, principal of the Eden
ton Junior-Senior High School an
, nounces the observance of Art Appre
ciation Week at the Edenton Elemen
tary School next week.
A feature of the observance will be
a collection of 150 masterpieces repre
senting the French, Italian, Flemish,
English, Dutch, Spanish, German and
American schools of art. In the col
lection, which will be arranged in the
ge room opposite Principal Ernest
•owain’s office, will be famous por
traits, landscapes, marines and pastor
al scenes in the colors of the original
, canvases.
The room will be open each day
from 1:30 to 4:30 so that students and
the general public can view this splen
did collection. .
A goal has been set to secure a pic
ture for each classroom. To help in.
accomplishing this goal room repre-.
sentatives are selling tickets at 35
cents for adults and 15 cents for chil
dren. The tickets entitle holders!
to a performance Tuesday .jght, at
7:30 o’clock in the school auditorium.
This program includes a prologue with
Tommy Kehayes as narrator; a pic
ture, “Angel Heads” by Reynolds, pos
j ed by Kate Shaw, Zinette Outlaw, Sus
|an Byrum, Pam Bennett and Martha
i Vaughan; picture, “Baby Stuart” by
Van Dyck, posed by Nancy Harry; pic-
I ture, “Boy With a Rabbit” by Rae
burn, posed by Rebecca Williford; pic
ture, “Sistine Madonna” hv Raphael,
j nosed by Mary Thorud and Debbie
Rennett; picture. “Feeding the Birds”
iby Millet, posed by Ruth Overman,
! Vickie Floyd, Calvin Parrish and Ret
!sv Campen; picture, “Age of Inno
] eenee” by Reynolds, posed by Helen ,
jPruden; picture, “Hope” by Watts,
'nosed by Marian Bunch: picture, “Ma-j
; dam Le Rrun” by Le Bran, posed by
j Ida Campen and Faye Cartwright; pic- J
ture, “Song of the Lark” by Breton. I
posed by Judith Elliott. Incidental]
music will be furnished by Mrs. J. J.
Ross and Miss Ruby Baker. ■;
The money realized from this pro
gram will go toward purchasing pie-]
turps for the various rooms in the
school. A goal has been set for each
room representative to sell enough tic
kets to assure a picture for every
I room. Mrs. Joe Thorud is chairman
•of the room representatives of the
PTA.
Ed Bond Post Plans
Free Ham And Egg
Supper On Nov. It
Affair Planned as Ob
i servance For Veter
ans’ Day
1 John A. Holmes, commander of Ed-,
lward G. Bond Post, No. 40 of the]
] American Legion, has announced that
plans are being made for a free ham
and egg supper and dance to he spon
sored by the Post on the night of No-1
vember 11 in the Legion hut.
The affair will he for the purposr«Wl
celebrating Veterans’ Day (formerly]
Armistice Day). All veterans ofj
Chowan County and their wives or,
dates are cordially invited to attend, j
William S. Elliott will he in charge!
of the supper and a good band will be 1
secured for the dance, so it is felt
that everyone attending should have a
wonderful time.
Commander Holmes has stated that
the Edward G. Bond Post extends an
invitation to all veterans of Chowan
County to attend. It is not required',
that the veterans attending be mem
bers of the post.
> Hurricane Causes
i $163,426 Damaere To j
County’s Fishermen
1 , At a meeting of the State Roard of,
I Conservation and Development held in]
Charlotte early this week damage;
done to the State’s commercial fish-]
eries industries by the recent hurri-|
' cane was reported.
According to Assistant Fisheries
; Commissioner C. G. Holland, the in
' dustrv was damaged to the extent of
■ $1,750,000. |
Chowan County’s loss was estimat-'
: ed $163,426.
EASTERN STAR MEETING
Edenton Chanter, No. 302, Order of
i the Eastern Star will meet Monday
; night. November 1. at 8 o’clock in
; the Masonic Temnle. Mrs. R. E.,
• Leary, worthy matron, urges a full *
attendance.
Plans Put In Motion
For Christmas Party
In Edenton Dec. 3rd
Civic Calendai
Annual Halloween Party spon
sored by the Edenton Woman’s
Club, will be held Monday night,
November 1, starting at 6 o’clock
on the Court House Green.
General election Tuesday, No
vember 2, when polls will be open
from 6:30 A. M, to 6:30 P. M.
Annual bazaar of St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church will be held in
the Parish House Tuesday, No
vember 16, from 10 A. M-, to 5
P. M.
Chowan Hospital Auxiliary will
sponsor a bake sale at the P & Q
Super Market Friday, October 29.
The Auxiliary will also sell pen
cils on election day, Tuesday, No
vember 2.
Enumerators in the 1954 Cen
sus of agriculture will begin Mon
day, November 1, visiting every
farm in the county to secure con
j fidential information.
Membership drive for Chowan
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Ten Women Given
Insignia And Pins In
Nurses’Aid Course
•> • '
Hospital Auxiliary Plan
ning Bake Sale and
Pencil Sale
Members of the Chowan Hospital
i Auxiliary were delighted to have a
number of Hertford women as their
; guests at the regular meeting of the
Auxiliary held Friday afternoon.
] It was reported that fortunately no
1 damage was done to the hospital
j grounds during the recent hurricane.
Sowing is up to date with Mrs. E. N.
; Elliott in charge for the coming
month.
There was some discussion as to in
stalling a vending machine in the hos
pital for the convenience of visitors
and buying an explosion-proof, elec
trically operated resuscitator for the.
delivery room.
Mrs. Martin Wisely, forth" fimovr
committee, is making plans for a bn l ;
sale to bp held Friday. October 29.
at the P & Q Super Market and a pen
mil sale on election day, Tuesday. No
i vember 2.
J. W. Davis, chairman of the hos
[pi till hoard, presented insignia and
'pins to the group of ten women who
have recently finished the Red Cross
training for volunteer nurses' aides
jand complimented them on their won-
I derful service to the community. A
j new class of eighteen young women is
now being instructed by Mrs. George'
i Quieksall.
After several lovely selections by]
] Mrs. Mary L. Browning’s choral group]
. tea was served by Mrs. Lyn Byram
land Mrs. J. W. Daniels.
i
Aces Meet Ahoskie ;
! In Conference Game
i i
Result Will Have Bear
ing on Conference ,
1 Championship
Edenton’s Aces will play an import-,
ant Albemarle Conference game Fri
day night when they are scheduled
to meet Ahoskie on the latter’s grid
iron.
According to statistics, both teams
are about equally matched and the
j outcome will have an important hear
ing on the conference championship, i
The Aces emerged from the Hert
ford game Friday night without any
1 injuries, so that they should be in top,
form to meet one of the strongest
. teams in the conference on Friday
night. Coaches Bill Billings and Al
l ton Brooks have been drilling the boys
lat a rapid pace this week, so that a
(battle royal should develop in Ahos
; kie Friday night.
Used Furniture Needed
For Teachers’ Lounge
, Teachers in the Elementary School
] now have a room to be used as a
lounge but they need furniture to
properly equip the room. Such items
as second-hand chairs, tables, couch or
' anything suitable for a lounge are so
licited.
Anvone who will contribute furnish
. ings for the lounge are requested to
i contact Mrs. Joe Thorud, Principal Er
nest Swain or any of the teachers.
$2.00 Per Year.
Various Groups Discuss
Affair at Triangle
Monday Night
BIG PARADE
Over 2,000 Children Ex
pected to See Santa
Claus
Representatives from all local civic
clubs met at the Triangle Restaurant
Monday night to formulate plans for
the forthcoming Christmas parade
and Santa Claus party, sponsored an
nually for the children of Edenton and
Chowan County by the Edenton Busi
ness and Professional Women’s Club,
in cooperation with the merchants of
Edenton.
The event will be held at 4 o’clock
Friday afternoon, December 3, on the
Court House Green. Plans are now
under way to stage the largest and
most elaborate affair ever to be held
and over 2,000 children are expected
to be on hand for the gala occasion.
Mrs. Adelaide Chesson, president of
the BPW Club, called on Mrs. Leon
Leary to give an outline of the plans
for the day to the well represented
group. Mrs. Leary urged those pres
ent to present the idea of entering a
float in the parade to their respective
organizations, so that the parade may
be a more attractive one as well as a
good line of march. Several repre
sentatives at the meeting reported
that their club would definitely enter
a float.
i The parade unit will farm at the
ball park at Hicks Field as usual, and
those participating in the line of
march are asked to be at the park no
later than 3:15 o’clock that afternoon.
A first and second prize will be
awarded for the two best floats. Those
desiring to enter a float should con
tact either Miss Goldie Layton or Mrs.
Leon Leary as soon as possible.
Representatives from the various
clubs attending the meeting were:
Lieut. Messier, local Marine Corps
Auxiliary Landing Field: Hubert Wil
liford, Rotary Club; Mayor 1.. H. Has
kett, W. W. Byrum and Jesse Harrell,
Lions Club: Bill Cozart, Varsity Club;
Mrs. Joe Conger, Woman’s Club; Mrs.
Virginia Oliver. Degree of Pocahon
tas; Mrs. Ella Mae Parrish. VFW
Auxiliary; Mrs. Adelaide Chesson,
Mrs. Leon Leary. Mrs. Myrtle Cuth
rell, Mrs. Lala Smith, Mrs. Margaret
Phthisic, general chairman of the
Christmas parade, and Misses. Beulah
Perry, Goldie Layton, Inez Felton and
Evelyn Leary, all members of the
BPW Steering Committee.
Little Local Interest
; In General Election
Tuesday, Nov. 2nd
Democratic Candidates
| In Chowan Have No
Opposition
I Next Tuesday, November 2. Chowan
County will join the rest of the na
tion in electing officers in the general
] election. While a great deal of rivalry
I exists in some sections, Democrats
; have no opposition in Chowan County
iso that little interest in the election
is apparent.
!■ County officials who will be elect
ed include John F. White, Represen
tative; J. A. Bunch, Sheriff; E. W.
Spires, Clerk of Court; Marvin P.
Wilson, Judge of Recorder’s Court;
Weldon A. Hollowell. Prosecuting At
torney; Hubert Williford, Coroner; W.
iW. Byram, W. E. Bond, C. J. Hollo
well, j. R. Peele and J. A. Webb, Coun
ty Commissioners, and Frank Miller,
Constable.
Os importance to voters will be four
amendments to the State Constitution,
Polls will be open from 6:30 A. M.,
to 6:30 P. M.
Lieut. Bobby Byrum
Now In Germany
Army Ist Lt. Robert W. Byrum, son
I of G. M. Byrum, recently arrived in
Germany for duty with the 2d Armor-
I ed Division.
i The “Hell on Wheels” division, which
i spearheaded the World War II drive
: into Germany, is now training vigor
• ously as part of the U. S. Seventh
.' Army.
j Lieutenant Byram, a member of di
- j vision headquarters, entered the Army
> in August, 1952. He is a graduate of
.'North Carolina State College and is a
member of Sigma Chi fraternity.