Volume XXL —Number 45.
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Edenton V.= ins Conference Championship
Town Council Agrees
To Sponsor Pal Day
In Edenton Nov. 18
Parties Will Be Held In]
Armory and Brown-
Carver Library
SHORT~IvLEETIN G
Tom Rivers of Green
ville Employed as En
gineer For Town
At the meeting of Town Council
Tuesday night it was agreed to appro
priate S3OO toward the expense in
volved in the town sponsoring the ob- J
servance of Pal Day at the USO Club
on Thursday night, November 18.
Present at the meeting in the inter
est of the town meeting and enter
taining Marines stationed at the Eden
ton base were Father Francis Smith,
chairman of the USO committee;
Chaplain Veltman and Mrs. R. P. Bad
ham, aid to the USO Director, each
of whom pointed out the worthiness of
the project in further cementing the
friendship between Marines and Eden
ton people.
Pal Day will be observed in the
Edenton armory and the Brown-Car
ver Library and it is hoped all town
officials as well as a host of citi
zens will attend the celebration in or-|
der to meet Marines and thus making:
them feel welcome. Light refresh- j
ments will be served at both places
and a dance will climax the celebra
tion.
At the meeting West Leary, repre
senting the PTA, requested the town
o construct a curb and sidewalk in
front of the high school, but it was
decided to wait until the title of Hicks
Field is cleared up and the services of
a” engineer are available.
During the meeting it was voted to j
employ Tom Rivers of Greenville as ,
an engineer for Edenton. Mr. Rivers
will make a survey of the town and j
make recommendations regarding
street, sidewalk, sewer and other im
provements. He will he Paid six perl
cent of the amount spent for improve. ,
ments. Mr. Rivers is emnloved hv;
several towns as an engineer and sec-,
eral letters of recommendation wore j
read before he was employed.
The matter of delinnnent personal <
taxes was brought up and in order to |
improve the situation Clerk Ernest j
Ward was instructed to send a letter
to delinquents informing them of the I
amount of taxes due and unless r>ov-j
ment is made within 15 da vs their,
nroperty will he advertised at public j
auction after being, advertised in the
newsnaner. Ts not paid then, property j
wilt he seized npd sold.
Chief of Police George I. Dail was
authorized to place stop signs at the!
comer of King and Oakum Streets to
replace lettering on the streets.
Fire Chief R. K. Hall reported that
during October four fire alarms were
sent in. hut that damage did not ex
ceed sls.
Present at the meeting was former
Councilman W. J. Yates, who com
plained about the smoke and odor
from the trash nile and urged consid
eration of installing an incinerator'.
He also urged the Council men to con
sider a new building for the Fire De
partment.
Tuesday’s meeting-was rather brief
with the Councilmen adjourning about
10 o’clock.
Teenage Club Open
House November 13
Teenagers Desire Citi
zens of Fdpntou To
Attend Affair
Edenton’s Teenage Club plans to ob
serve open house Saturdav night, No
vember 13, from 8 to 11 o’clock.
Members of the club are very an
ious to have not only parents, but all
citizens as well, attend in order to be
come acquainted with the wonderful
entertainment provided them by the
citizens of Edenton.
Refreshments will be served and it
is hoped many people will attend the
affair.
EASTERN STAR MEETING
Edenton Chapter, No. 302, Order of
the Eastern Star, will meet in the Ma
sonic Temnle Monday night, Novem
ber 15, at 8 o’clock. Mrs. R. E. Leary,
worthv matron, urges every member
to attend.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
l J President 29 Years
El
Above is pictured Mrs. Bertha
H. Dale, who has served as presi
dent of the Woman’s Missionary
Union of the Rocky Hock Baptiat
Church for 29 years. Mrs. Dale
was recently presented a beautiful
Bible in token of appreciation for
her long and faithful service.
i Mrs. Dale Honored
For Long Service At
Rocky Hock Chwch
I Served as President of
I WMU of Church For
!} 29 Years
;! One of the outstanding workers and
J leaders of the Woman’s Missionary
•(Union of the Chowan Association is
, Mrs. Bertha H. Dale of Rocky Hock
j Baptist Church, During the years she
has worked faithfully, not only in her
i local church, but also in W.M.U: con
jferences at such points as Ridgecrest
and at other places in her association
and state.
On Family Night, observed Septem
ber 22, Mrs. Dale received a beautiful
I Bible with her name engraved in gold
| letters in token of appreciation of her
twenty-nine years of faithful service as
I president of the Woman’s Missionary
Union of Rocky Hock Baptist Church.
!On this occasion the new president,
I Mrs. Elbert Peele, presented the gift
1 with appropriate words of commenda
ition and appreciation.
Javcees Will Sponsor
Thanksgiving Dance
Vffair Will Be Held In
Armorv Wednesday
Might, Mov. 24
Members of Edenton’s Junior Cham
ber of Commerce are. now making
plans for their annual Thanksgiving
dance, which will be held in the Eden
ton armory Wednesday night. Novem
ber 24, from !) P. M., to 1 A. M.
Music for the dar.ee will he furnish
ed hv Dick Levin and his orchestra,
([who have played a number of times
(for dances in Edenton.
Announcement will be made next
week concerning tickets and reserva
tions.
Civic Calendai
Red Cross bloodmobile will be
in Edenton Wednesday, Novem
ber 17. Chowan County’s quota
is 110 pints.
Edenton Aces will play Scot
land Neck on Hicks Field Friday
night for the championship of
District 1. Tickets are now on
sale for the game.
Christmas Seal Sale will begin
Monday, November 22, with Cho
wan County’s quota being $2,000.
Officers Wives Club will hold a
bake sale in the former Badham
store on Saturday, November 20.
Snecial meeting of shareholders
of the Edenton Building and Loan
Association Fridav afternoon, No
vember 19, at 4 o’clock in the as
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iliton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 11,1954.
;] Christmas Seal Sale
Quota Set At $2,000
For Chowan County
Local Sale Scheduled to
'■ Begin Monday, No
vember 22
The fall meeting of the board of di
rectors of the Pasquotank-Perquim
ans-Camden-Chowan Tuberculosis As
sociation was held Wednesday night of
last week in the Municipal Building
at Hertford. Dr. Allan Bonner, presi
dent, presided over the meeting and
welcomed board members and guests.
Mrs. Charlotte Fearing, Chairman
of the Pasquotank County Seal Sale,
reported the following goals for the
four counties in the forthcoming
Christmas Seal Sale: Pasquotank, $5,-
500; Perquimans, $1,300; Camden,
SBOO and Chowan, $2,000. Mrs. J. A.
Moore is Chowan County’s Chairman.
Colored representatives for the dis
trict who will help in the Christmas
program included Mrs. Onnie S. Charl-
Iton of Chowan County.
Mrs. Fearing said that people who
bought seals should think in terms of
buying health and that the district’s
goal of $9,600 is a very small amount
for the district. I
Last year 2.993 size 14x17 chest X
rays were made in the district.
Mrs. Fearing pointed out that mon
ey raised is used to carry on the pro
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Senator Elton Aydlett:
Principal Speaker At
Woman’s Club Meet
i
Presents Interesting Da
f ta Regarding School
Segregation
An address by State Senator N. El
ton Aydlett featured the regular
(1 monthly meeting of.the Edenton Wo
y j man’s Club Held Wednesday of last
s week in the Parish House. The speak
-c er. who was introduced by Mrs. Joe
ejThorud, program chairman, gave an
r interesting talk on “What Will North
- Carolina Do About Segregation?”
t Mr. Aydlett began his address by
n reading the recent decision of the
j United States Supreme Court relative
-' to segregation and in the course of i
1 his remarks presented a great deal of I
d data dating back to 1526 when Neg
r roes first came to North Carolina as
s slaves with Spanish settlers in the
Cane Fear region. He pointed out the
i. increase of Negro no nutation in North
;, Carolina from 1700. when it was 800
t until it grew to 1.000.000 by 1950, and
-[that the Negro population in the
United States is now 15 million, 10U>
million of which are concentrated in
11 southern states and the District of
|* Columbia.
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'Methodist Ladies
1 Planning Bazaar
Affair Will Be Held
-j First Week In De- !
cemLcr
i Ladies of th.- Methodist Church are
(now planning a bazaar which will be'
held in the new -duc'iticnnt building j
"j of the church. The affair will he held
( i the first week of December, hut the ;
'■exact day had not been decided early |
'this week.
1 : At the bazaar such things will be
"! sold as plants, Brunswick stew, dolls j
j and accessories, fancy work, aprons
land all kinds of home canning. An |
art and craft booth will also he a sea
-1 Iture.
Some of the ladies of the church are |
busy sewing and crocheting various
items for the bazaar, which they plan
to make an attractive and enjoyable
affair. The proceeds will go into the
building fund.
Officers Wives Club
Sponsoring Bake Sale
The Officers Wives Club of the
Marine Corps Auxiliary
[Landing Field will hold a bake sale
'at the former Badham’s store on
Broad Street Saturday, November 20.
Proceeds will go to the USO and base
nursery fund.
Any officers’ wives who have not
[been contacted in regard to this sale
I are askd to phone Mrs. J. Stack, whose
telephone number is 668-J.
Shirley Harrell And 1
Jackie Morris Win
Additional Honors
Territorial Winners at
Electric Congress Held
In Charlotte Nov. 1-2
Two Chowan County 4-H Club mem
bers won additional honors at the 4-H
Electric Congress held in Charlotte
November 1 and 2. Shirley Harrell,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Har- j
rell, was declared first place terri
torial winner of the Virginia Electric
& Power Company territory. She
was awarded a SIOO scholarship to
East Carolina College, where she is
now a freshman. Shirley is studying
primary education. She was second
place territorial winner in 1953 and
■was awarded a gold wrist watch. She
was declared winner in 1953 and 1954
on the basis of her excellent project
work, her demonstrations and her
community work in the farm and
(home electric project.
Jackie Morris, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Morris of the Cannon’s Ferry
community, was declared second place
territorial winner in the farm and
home electric contest. Jackie was
| awarded a handsome engraved gold ,
'wrist watch. He appeared on the
program at Charlotte and made a talk '
on his 4-H electric project.
Chowan County should be proud of
Jackie and Shirley for their many ac
complishments and achievements in
!the farm and home electric project as
-well as other phases of the 4-H Cluh
1 1 work.
(Proofs Children’s
j Pictures Shown At
, Hotel November 15
Parents Urged to Select
•j Pose For PubbVation
In Herald
Information has been received by
The Herald from Allen Studios, who |
recently took pictures of many local ((
children for publication in The Her-'
aid, that the proofs : are ready and
will be on hand for selection by the ,
parents at Hotel Joseph Howes on
Monday, November 15, from 10 A. M., ,
1 to 8 P. M.
I While the studio assures The Her
ald every effort has been made to no
tify all parents by mail, The Herald is
especially anxious for everyone con
cerned to be made aware of the day,
so all will be on hand to express their
preference of the pose to he used for
publication or. as the case may be,
the one they wish made into personal
pictures. Nobody is under obligation
to purchase pictures by selecting the
pose for use in The Herald.
Junior Rotarian Os !
Week Plan Started
By Edenton Club
j
Two Senior Boys Will Be (
Guests of Club At
Meetings
j Edenton’s Rotary Club at last j i
week’s meeting decided to put in mo- :
jtion a unique program in which boys '
'of the senior class in the Edenton ■
[ school will be designated Junior Ro
| tarians of the Week.
Each week two of the senior boys '
( will be invited to attend the Rotary
j meeting as guests of the cluh and as
(such be given the title of Junior Ro-
( tarians of the Week. The program
lis scheduled to go into effect the first
of the year. ,
Jimmy Ricks had charge of Thurs-,
day’s program, during which ho con
ducted an interesting- quiz. Today’s j
program will be in charge of Jack!
Mooney.
Series Os Bible Lectures |
In Presbyterian Church j
The Rev. J. Don Skinner, pastor of i
the Presbyterian Church in William
ston, will deliver a series of Bible lec
tures in the Edenton Presbyterian
Church next w'eek. The services will
run from Monday, November 15,
through Friday, November 19.
The services will begin at 7:30
o’clock and the public is cordially in
vited to attend.
Meet Scotland Neck
For District Honor
on Hicks Field Friday
Chowan First
i |
Chowan was the first county in |
North Carolina to send in com
plete returns in the general elec- I
tion held last week, for which a |
prize of $lO was awarded by The
Associated Press.
The returns were sent in by J. |
Edwin Bufflap, who was notified 1
shortly after the election that |
Chowan County submitted the |
first complete returns. A similar
prize was offered for the first
complete precinct having more
than 20 voters, but Chowan was
third to report results in a single
precinct.
Various precinct officials were
very efficient in telephoning re
sults in to Clerk of Court E. W.
Spires’ office, which made the
record possible. I
Counselor Os Lions
Principal Speaker
At Zone Meeting
Enjoyable Affair Mon
day Night In Masonic
Temple
Members of the Lions Clubs and
Lady Lionesses from clubs compris-
I ing Zone 1, District 31-F, held their
annual zone meeting in the magnificent
dining hall of the new Masonic Tem
ple in Edenton Monday evening, the
Edenton club acting as host.
Although the entire program was de
scribed by many visiting Lions as one
of the best they had attended in sev
eral years, the highlight of the oc
casion was a very inspiring address j
delivered by Lions International Ooun-,
[selor Gaither M. Beam of Louisburg,
North Carolina.
Basing his first theme upon the
“three R’s” of education as being sy
nonimous with the name of the immor
tal Charles B. Aycock, the speaker
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Library Is Observing
National Book Week
Interesting Display In
Window of Badham’s
Store
The Shenard-Pnideh Memorial Li
brary is this week, observing National I
Book Week with a special ‘'l et's |
Read” drive Everybody is cordial!’ - 1
invited to visit the nublic library and j
enjoy its many services. The library j
no doubt, has just .the. book desired, j
whether it be fiction or reference. ,
l ibrary hours each day except Sat- [
lirday afternoon and Sunday are as
follows: 10 to 12 A. M. 3to 5 P. M.. j
and 7:30 to 8:30 P. M„ bn Monda” ;
and Thursday. During Book Week
nil overdue hooks may be returned
without paying a tine. Patrons are
lirged to make a search of book
shelves and closets to see if they have
books which have been forgotten .
which might belong to tile library.
An interesting display will be placed
in Badham’s store window - which will
be of special interest to all who enjoy,
good books or need help in solving
reading problems.
Better Service I
Mayor Leroy Haskett has been .
informed by Charles Camden j
Blades, executive vice president j
of the Norfolk & Carolina Tele
phone & Telegraph Company that
special lamp caps have been i
| placed on the Edenton volunteer
firemen’s telephone numbers.
This request was made by May
or Haskett and the firemen in or
der to speed up operations when
a fire alarm is sounded. Opera
tors will, of course, give prefer
ence to the firemen’s call in time
of emergency, when so many calls
are made to learn where a fire is
in progress.
$2,00 Per Year.
Edenton, Ahoskie and
Plymouth Tied For
Season
I EDENTON”DRAWN
| Winners Friday Night
Will Meet District 3
Champions
Play in the regular Albemarle Con
ference schedule ended Monday night
when Ahoskie defeated Williamston
7-0. With the withdrawal from the
conference by Tarboro last week,
when it was learned an ineligible
player was on the squad, the confer
ence season ended in a three-way tie
with Edenton, Ahoskie and Plymouth
holding the lead.
Due to lack of time to play off the
conference championship, the three
names were placed in a hat and Eden
ton was drawn Monday night after the
Ahoskie-Williamston game to compete
for the championship of District 1.
The Aces, sporting the best season
in many years, will play Scotland
Neck for the district championship on
, Friday night on Hicks Field at 8
o’clock. Scotland Neck went unde-
I seated in the Chowan Conference this
season, so that Coaches Bill Billings
and Alton Brooks expect a rugged
' and a hard-fought game.
The winners of this game will play
! the winners in District 3 on November
1 19 and the winners of that game will
(play November 26 for the champion-
I ship of Region 1, with the game for
' vhe State championship between the
East and West scheduled to be played
December 3.
,-j Friday night’s championship game
is expected to attract a large crowd
of football fans. It is pointed out
that the season tickets sold in Eden
'iton for the regular football season
will not be honored at this game.
Tickets for the game are now on sale
land can be purchased at the school,
I Mitchener’s Pharmacy and Leggett &
Davis Drug Store. Officials have in
formed The Herald that spectators
will not be permitted to move back
and forth in front of the bleachers,
thus obstructing the view of those
sitting on the lower rows of seats,
j The Aces are in good condition and
should be at top strength for Friday
I night’s game. They are hoping they
can take the second step toward an
j other State championship as they did
, in 1934 when they defeated Reidsville
6-0. The following year, 1935, the
Aces lost the State championship
; game, to Mt. Airy by a score of 7-0.
The Edenton Band will be on hand
■ for the game Friday night in order
I to add color and interest to the game.
Bloodmobile Will Be
In Edenton Nov. 17
Chowan County’s Ouota
Will Be 110 Pints
Os Blood
Dr. A. M. Stanton, chairman of the
Red Cross blood program in Chowan
County, has announced that the blood
mobile will return to Edenton Wednes
day. November 17. This will be the
last visit of the bloodmobile for 1954,
The quota for Chowan County is
110 pint* and it is hoped the county
will meet and even go over the quota.
“There continues to he a great need
for blood both at home and in the arm.
led services,” says Dr. Stanton. “One
should be reminded that blood receiv
ed at the Chowan Hospital does not
cost the patient one cent. There is,
of course, a hospital charge for typ
ing and crossmatching, and the dis
posable blood set which is used only
one time.
1 “Give your neighbor a pint of blood
(next Wednesday. He will certainly
(appreciate it. Make an appointment
|by calling Mrs. Ruth Phillips at 642
jor Dr. A. M. Stanton at 692.”
Chowan PTA
Will Meet Tuesday
The November meeting of the Cho
wan Parent-Teacher Association wil)
be held in the school auditorium Tuer
day night, November 16, at 7/
o’clock. All parents, teachers
friends are urged to attend.