SECTION ONE—!
Chowan County 4-H
Members Win Honors ;
At Recognition Day
Take Top Honors In Pro
gram Held at Choco
winity Oct. 30
Chowan County 4-H Club members!
won several honors at the District
Recognition Day which was held at
Chocowinity High School on Satur
day, October 30. Chowan County had
five district winners in projects this |
year. This means that five Chowan!
4-H Club members had better project
and records than any of the members
of the 15 : other counties comprising
the Eastern District. Chowan County t
also had four district talent winners |
and two dairy food demonstration.
winners and the farm and home elec
tric demonstration winners.
The five project winners as an
nounced at Recognition Day were:
Mary Sue Elliott, district clothing
winner: Billy Goodwin, district winner
in. safety: Joe Privott. district winner
in tractor maintenance: Vandy Parks,
district and state winner in 4-H corn
project: • Sherwood Harrell, district
winner in vegetable production demo
onstration: Carlton Perry, district
cotton project winner, and J, D. Par
rish, district winner in the peanut con
test. These winners were announced
for the year 1953 as the field crop pro
jects are not completed in time to be
announced for the current year.
Mary Sue Elliott and Evangeline i
Copeland were district winners in the |
dairy foods team demonstration and )
Ida Ann Blanchard was individual)
district winner in dairy foods. May ;
Frances White and Ann Pearce were
district winners in the individual tal
ent contest and a quartet composed of
Jimmy Hollowell, Joe Privott. Joseph
Wiggins and Llovd Neal Ward were
district, winners in the vocal quartet
class of the talent contest. The Cho- 1
wan Ramblers, a vocal and instru
mental ouartet. composed of Britton
Byrum. Leon Privott. Sammy Bvrum
and Stuart Hollowell, were district
winners in the instrumental class of
the talent contest.
Chowan 4-H Club members have
done unusually well, and are to be con- 1
gratulated for their achievement.
Two Chowan Students
Honored At College
Friends will be pleased to learn that
Durward Bateman, nephew of Mrs.'
Karl Harrell and a junior at V C. j
State College, was recently initiated!
a member of Kappa Phi Kappa, a na
tional honorary society. Selection of
. Candidates is based on scholastic at
tainment. leadership ability, moral
character and dynamic interest in edu
cation. (
Mr. Bateman’s wife, the former :l
Miss Shirley Byrum of Tyner, is a j
senior in preparatory school at Peace
College in Raleigh and last week was
elected president of her class. She is
a member and treasurer of the honor;
sorority Pi Theta Mu. Roth are for
mer students at Chowan High School,!
where their former teachers and fel
low students are proud of their i
records. :
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for the newest new car in the low-price S
PLYMOUTH ’55
HERE ON WEDNESDAY
(November 17th)
His year of all years, look at all 3
low-price cars before you buy! We’re
•ore you woa’t settle for anything less
than the Plymouth ’55 for your next
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EDENTON, N. C.
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Here is pictured Miss Myrtle Mountcastle, talented young dancer
and dance director, who opened dancing classes in the Edenton Ele
mentary School auditorium last week. The dancing school is spon
sored bv the Edenton Parent-Teacher Association. Miss Mountcastle
is a former pupil of the Jean Ballance School of Dancing and the
Gertrude Enis Ballet School of Norfolk and studied at the Jack Stan
ley Studios, Ernest Carlos Studios and American Ballet School in
New York.
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Garnishes That Arid
Beauty To Meals
By MARTHA STILL EY
Virginia Electric & Power Co.
Home Economist
Foods , should have eye appeal as
Well as taste appeal. While a garnish
may not provide a lot of food value, j
it does have great value in making
food beautiful. And when we se»
beautiful food, beautifully served, even
the jaded appetite is whetted
Tomato Roses make a colorful gar
nish for salad or meat platters. To
make, turn tomato stem end down.
Cut five or six petals. Cut through
skin, but not into seed pockets. Sep- !
arate petals from tomato.
Calla Lilies Choose large, fine
grained/ smooth white turnips. Do not
refrigerate. Peel ai.d cut into thin
slices. Cut a piece of carrot for the
istamenfir. center. Curve turnips, jilv
1 fashion, in your hands, insert the sta
mon. and fasten With two toothpicks.
Put into water to crisp.
Zinnias Use three turnip slices. ,
each one just a little smaller than
the last, for each zinna. Cut 12 petals
: e r : ”-h lice, rounding off the Corn- '
ers. Stick a toothpick in a 1 inch long '
carrot stamen if you want a white and
ve.llov zinna. Begin forming your
flower hv placing the largest slice on :
the bottom, then the next in size and
then the. smallest one. Now, stick the
toothpick through the slices. Put I
them in water to crisp.
Frosted Mint Leaves and Grapes—
It's best to make these at least two
days in advance as they require some
air drying. Beat egg white to a froth
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and dip small bunches of mint leaves
or grapes into it. Shake gently so youi
do not have too much egg. Now dip
them into confectioners’ sugar and lay
them on a wire cooling rack. When
all have been dipped once, dip them
again in the sugar, being sure all sur
faces are covered. The air will do
the rest—make them crisp.
Cheese Pumpkins—Grate American)
I cheese on a fine grater and shane balls.
about 114 inches in diameter. Flatten j
these balls, making the center slight- 1
tv co-cave so they look like pumpkins.'
I Vug the hack of a knife, groove the
balls numpkin Fashion. Put the large
end of a parsley stem—about an inch
long—in the center. These little dec
orations arc very realistic.
Cheese Carrots—Shape finely grat
ed American cheese to resemble car
rots. inserting carrot leaves in the
stem end.
Rain Interrupts Cow
Testing Campaign
The county wide cow testing earn- |
paign Was interrupted last week by j
rain on Friday and no schedule on:
Tuesday and Wednesday due to Dr.
Bradshaw having necessary work to
other areas on Tuesday and Wednes
day. ‘
Cow testing continued Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday of this week
and cow owners have been very coop
erative in having their cattle at con
venient. places.
I Cattle testing is very important to
• health of people as well asi the ani
mals,” says County Agent C. W.
Overman, “Every person having cattle
should realize this and have their
cattle tested.”
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sis! New power driving aids, includ
ing PowerFlite no-clutch driving.
Plan now to see the Plymouth ’55
in our showroom next Wednesday.
Come early or late—you’ll find a
cordial welcome and a demonstra
tion drive in the newest new car in
the low-price 3—the Plymouth ’55.
Mrs. Epp Debnam Dies
At Her Home Thursday
Mrs. Mary Grady Chears Debnam
died Thursday morning at her home
jin Westover Heights. The daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Vachel Thomas
| Chears, she was bom in Plymouth,
| but spent most of her life in Edenton,
where for many years she was a mem
! her of the Edenton school faculty. In
11928 she married Joseph Epp Debnam.
.Surviving are her husband; one son,
Joseph Epp Debnam, Jr.; her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Vachel Thomas Chears
I of Edenton; a sister, Mrs. Harry Phil
llips of Richmond, Va„ and a brother,
Thomas Chears, Jr., also of Richmond.
Funeral services were held Friday
afternoon at St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church, with the rector, the Rev. Gor
don Bennett, officiating. Burial was
in Beaver Hill Cemeterv.
Pallbearers were J. W. Davis, J. H. I
Conger, Sr„ Richard F. Elliott, Sr,, j
John Kramer, Jesse Wilson, William 1
Shepard, Sr., James E. Wood and Dr.|
Frank Wood.
| noticeTl
To Chowan County
TAXPAYERS
The Tax Books for the year 1954 are now in my
hands for the collection of taxes. We urge you
to pay your taxes now and thus avoid the penalty
which will begin on February 1.
A PENALTY OF 1% WILL BE ADDED ON 1954
TAXES NOT PAID BEFORE FEBURARY 2. AN
OTHER 1% WILL BE ADDED MARCH 2 AND AN
ADDITIONAL %OF 1% WILL BE ADDED FOR Jf
EACH ADDITIONAL MONTH TAXES ARE UNPAID.
J. A. BUNCH
SHERIFF OF CHOWAN COUNTY I
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STRAIGHT O
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County Agents Attend
2-Day Forestry School
A two-day forestry tour and school
for county agents was held near
Franklin, Va., Thursday and Friday,
when the Camp Manufacturing Com
pany was host to the group. The
North Carolina Extension Foresters
had an excellent program for agent
training.
The Camp company is interested in
good timber production on farm j
woodland of the privately owned as j
well as their own woodlands. Exten- j
sion workers are interested in the
same thing for the financial returns
that good forestry practices will bring
to the farm people and forestry own
ers. The hope is expressed that a
group of Chowan fanners make a tour
lof the Camp woodlands to see what
I they can do with their own woodlands.
| The Camp personnel has extended a
i cordial invitation to bring farm groups
I but request prior arrangements to be
made.
RYLAND 4-H CLUB MEETS
The Ryland Local 4-H Club met
Monday night in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. H. H. Lane and Herbert Ray
Lane, local leaders. A total of five
club members were present. Plans
were made on the duties of the local
club in the 4-H Achievement Day
program held Wednesday of this
week. Evangeline Copeland is to
make a 4-H Club scrapbook on themo
tivities of the Ryland Club.
scrapbook is to contain snapslTOs,
newspaper pictures and articles and
| other things of interest in which the
j Ryland club members participated,
j This scrapbook should be very inter
esting to the 4-H Club members and
to 4-H alumni in the future.
I AM MAKING
j White Fruit Cakes
{ again. Let me have your orders
j for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
! Mrs. J. M. Jones
I PHONE 255-J