LIONS CLUB WILL STAGE “BREAD BRIGADE” THIS AFTERNOON AT 5 O’CLOCK
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Aces Trounce LaGrange To Win Eastern Championship
Santa Claus Is Scheduled
To Arrive In Eden ton Friday
Afternoon For Annual Visit
Event Expected to Be
Largest Ever Held
In Edenton
BIG PARADE
Santa Claus Will Meet
Children on Court !
House Green
Friday wilt be a big day for the}
children of Kdonton and Chowan
County. Santa Claus will bo here
again 1o take part in a spectacular
parade and to have his usual talk
with the kiddies on the Court,
House Croon. This gala event is
one that is awaited with great an
ticipation by the whole community,
and it is expected to attract hun-l
dreds of children and adults.
Workmen of the local Electric!
& Water Department have already;
strung up the vari-colored lights)
which will bo turned on prior to)
the parade, and the Edenton mer-1
chants have outdone themselves by;
having their stores glittering with'
Christmas decorations as well as)
having on display an abundance of'
attractive toys and gifts that wifi;
ase the most fastidious.
. e colorful event, which is I
ujred annually by the Edenton j
..•iness. and Professional Women's
Club and local business concerns.'
will be ot\g of the largest ever to;
be h“ld m Edenton. Numerous)
beautiful floats will be seen in the
big parade as well as a number of
bands and walking units.
The parade will form at the ball)
park at 3 o’clock and the line of
tuarcli will start moving promptly)
at f o’elock. it will proceed south I
on Broad Street to East Water;
Street where Santa Claus will i
Slight from his beautiful sleigh at!
the Coitrt House Green to hold i
court with his little subjects. How;
Santa plans to make his visit to!
Edenton is still a mystery.
Preparations null be made for j
both the white and eolored children
to receive goody bags at the Court 1
House Green. Members Os the Xat
ffcnaf Guard will assist the busi
tigss women in the distribution of
tile Christmas bags.
■*’* Several streets in town will be
blocked off Friday afternoon and'
traffic will be directed accordingly}
by the.police while the parade is in!
progress.
Vesper Service
At Baptist Church;
Program In Charge of
R. Warren Glocke
- Organist
The Little Creek West Annex
Chapel Choir, under the direction
of R. Warren Glocke, organist, will
render a musical program on Sun
day afternoon. December 5. at 5j
o'clock in the Edenton Baptist
Church-
Mr. Glocke has two mixed choirs,
19 in his senior choir and 15 in the
youth choir under his direction. t
He will also bring a violinist. *
flirts 1 Gonvens. Stan Chase, pianist l
T .amey E. Whitley, chaplain 1 <
> Little Creek Amphibious j I
.ie public is cordially invited to 1
hear the program. i
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GRAND JURY REPORT FINDS i
CONDITIONS SATISFACTORY <
The Grand Jury for the term '
of Chowan Superior Court complet- !
«d its work and submitted a report
to the Court Tuesday afternoon.
The report is routine and reflects
the 'fact that conditions in Chowan
County are satisfactory. Only a
few minor repairs to school build
jags and school buses were recom
paeuded.
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THE CMOWAN HERALD
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Herald In New Dress
This week The Herald appears in a new dress, joining
many other N’orth Carolina newspapers on a standard basis
! of eight columns to a page instead of six and the columns
! | somewhat longer in length.
} This change is made possible due to the acquisition of a .
| flat bed press which prints from roll paper instead of hand
fed flat paper. The press not only permits a largerjmper,
j but also speeds up production in that it will print papers
much faster than a hand-fed cylinder press and at the same
time folds the papers, thus eliminating the folding opera
tion required heretofore.
The new set-ufl will provide an opportunity for more
variation in format and it is the purpose of the publishers
to make The Herald more attractive and interesting as
i well as newsier than before.
I The change has been costly, but the publishers feel that
I subscribers and advertisers are entitled to a more up-to
date newspaper. They have faith in this community and
! believe the financial outlay will be justified in additional
j subscribers and increased advertising lineage.
; An invitation is extended to subscribers and advertisers
, to see the new press in operation. The press is housed in
I a new addition at the rear of The Herald office.
Methodist Ladies
Holding Bazaar in |
j; Church Thursday;
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Many Kinds of Useful
Articles Sold Dur
ing Day
i In the new educational building!
jof the Methodist Church ladies of
the church will today (Thursday))
| hold a bazaar which will be in pro-1
; gress from 10 A. M., to 6 P. M.
' For some time members of tlicj
i congregation have been preparing j
various articles to be sold, which;
include plants, arts and crafts, dolls;
and accessories, doll furniture, fan- j
ey work, aprons, baked and pre-;
served foods, home canning, Christ-j
mas cards and various other ar- j
tides.
In connection with the bazaar!
| Brunswick stew will be sold by the
pint and coffee and dessert will be
i served.
j The ladies have exerted a great
Ideal of effort to this, their first;
! bazaar, and are confident it will j
be both enjoyable and successful.;
! Many articles for sale will be ap-|
1 propriate for Christmas presents.;
j?nd it is hoped many people will
I attend.
VFW AUXILIARY MEETING
Tlie VFW Auxiliary will meet j
tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock in :
the VFW hall. Mrs. Ellie Mae!
Parrish, president, urges all mem- j
bers to attend.
Dark Picture For Chowan
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With the Christmas Seal Sale
now in progress. Mrs. J. A. Moore,
Chowan County’s chairman, reports
that the first two returns were
checks from Ernest Ward, Sr, and
the Chowan Motor Company.
To emphasize the importance of
buying Christmas Seals in order to
combat tuberculosis in Chowan
County, Mrs. Moore points out that
in the past three years 21 active
cases of tuberculosis have been
found in Chowan County, and not
only does the disease affect these
21 people, but it involves many oth
ers with whom they come in con
tact.
Mrs. Moore also regrets to re
port the fact that according to the
September issue of the NCTA
News Letter which reported Case
and death rates, Chowan County
had seven new cases reported In
Edenton, JBawan County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 2,1954.
j Special Venire Os
175 Men Is Called
i By Judge Nimocks
Extra Group Summon
ed to Secure Jury
For Rape Case
i
j Chowan County’s term of Super
ior Court was suddenly intemipt
|ed Tuesday afternoon when Judge
|Q. K. Nimocks ordered a special
j venire of 75 summoned in order to
j secure a jury to try Marine Ser
geant C. R. Betts, who is charg
-led with rape and haring carnal
knowledge with Martha Mizelle, a
114-year-old colored girl.
Summons were delivered Tues
) day afternoon and night and fhp
j 75 were ordered to be at Court
! Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock,
j Tlie trial of Sgt. Betts was in
progress when The Herald went to
press Wednesday.
Immediately after court was
opened Monday morning, the roll
of jurymen was called and all were
; present. Judge Nimocks gave very
little encouragement, for being ex
j cused, after which the Grand Jury
: was selected as follows:
G. Medlin Belch, foreman. J. M.
Lane, K. L. Nixon, Milton Earl
Bunch, Kenneth, Worrell, UV S.
Umphlett, J. B. Ryruni. Wesley M.
Chesson, Jr., W. L. Bateman, Wil
bur T. Jordan. Rudy Parks, E. C.
Harrell, Kmberry Perry, Frederick
H. Griffin. Percy Perry, I. L. Har
rell, T. TV Berryman and Elbert
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1953 which is a case rate of 54.5 .
per 100.000 population and five;
deaths which is a rate of 38.9.
Chowan County’s death rate.!
therefore, was 38.9 and was the (
highest in the State.
“These statistics are the official i
figures of the Xorth Carolina State
Board of Health.” says Mrs. Moore,
“consequently they are accurate.”
Mrs. Moore, therefore, urges ev
erybody to buy the Christmas
Seals, the only source of revenue
to fight tuberculosis, in order to
reduce the number of cases in Cho
wan County and, of course, remove
the county from the regrettable po
sition of having the highest death
i rate in the State. , 1
Many letters have been mailed
’ containing the Christmas Seals and <
1 it is hoped every person will send
> in their contribution promptly. '
Edenton Aces Eastern Class ‘A’ Football Champions
After winning Conference, District and Regional championships. Coach Bill Billings’ Edenton Aces
on Friday night in Greenville ran rough-shod over LaGrange High School to win the Eastern Class “A”
football championship by a score of 12-0. They are now scheduled to play Bessemer High School in
Greensboro Saturday night for the State championship. The Aces, pictured above are. left to right,
jimmy Harrison, Milan Stillev. John Earl Whitson, Co-Captain Lin Bond, Co-Captain Billy Hardison,
Jack Smith, Johnny Speight and Jerry Downline Middle row, left to right. Wayne Enintinizer, Asa
Dail, Melvin Harrell, Toy By runt, Clarence l.upton. Larry Tyncli, Alvin Waff and Billy Bunch. Back
row. left to right. Sonny Wrighl. Robert Kennan. Ray Kogerson. Sid Campon, Wayne Keeter, Cecil
I Miller, Stuart Holland and Winston Futch. Chan Wilson, right end, was sick when the picture was taken
earlier this season. The Aces will leave Saturday morning to meet Bessemer High for the State title.
National Guard
: Unit Entertains At i
; Barbecue Supper
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Guests Taken on Tour
. And All Equipment
Explained
Members of the Edenton Notion
al Guard unit entertained their
wives and a number of invited
guests, including town officials, at'
* a barbecue supper in the armory
Tuesday night.
An. interesting feature of the oc
casion was a tour throughout the :
building, when visitors .were shown
the various equipment of the heavy
mortal' company, and an explana-;
tion made of its use.
After the supper, at which Char
lie Swanner. acted as toastmaster.
, town officials made brief remarks. :
I William I’. Jones, a former com-’
, manding officer and Jesse Harrell,
_ i who was .formerly' an officer of the
company, also spoke briefly. May-;
I or Leroy Haskett paid tribute to
! the company not only for the way
in which equipment is cared for,
but the splendid cooperation bo f
lias had from the company on vari-;
ous occasions, pointing out espe
* ciailv help,given during the recent
': hurricane.
' j Captain Cecil Fry. commanding:
’ officer, also spoke briefly and paid *
\ tribute to the men of the company;
‘ for their efficient work and high;
I moral standard.
At the conclusion of (lie supper
Frank Habit showed moving pic
tures taken at Camp Pendleton.
Va., when the company was en
gaged in their annual week-end
■. firing of basic weapons, . after
which a dance was enjoyed with
the Chowan Ramblers! providing the
music.
Christmas Program
Sunday, Dec. 12, In.
Elementary School
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Glee Club and Two!,
School Choruses Will
Participate
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! The Glee Club and Junior High ;
I School Chorus and the Elementary
j School Chorus will present a Christ-!
mas concert in the Elementary}
School auditorium Sunday after- I
noon. December 12, at> 5 o’clock.
j Though the Glee Club has present- i
ed Christmas programs in preri- I
: ous years, this will be the first <
} time the two choruses have taken i
jpart. 1
The program will he non-sectar
l ian, there will be no charge, so that !
*it is hoped the auditorium will he t
j filled to capacity. r
i The three groups are directed by «
.. Mrs. Mary Leggett Browning, who (
will be in charge of the program, i
Billy Hardison Is
i On All-Eastern’ss
Football Eleven
Record of Aces’ Center
Make? Choice Com
paratively Easy
Edenton football fans were not
very much surprised to learn that
Billy Hardison, outstanding center
anj, co-captain of the Edenton Aces
was named on the News and Ob
server’s All Eastern 1951 Class. A
football team.
Young Hardison 'has played a con
sistent and splendid game all sea
son and as a result has won the
admiration of opposing coaches as
well as the eyes of some college
i scouts.
In naming the All Eastern team.
Mac McDuffie said competition was
• close for all positions except cen
ter and that Hardison caught the
eye. of virtually every coach who
Saw him.
Hardison is a wonderful line
backer and some fans estimate he
makes about SO per cent of the
tackles for the Aces.
’ While the Aces have a few more
outstanding players, Hardison was
i the only one selected for high liqn
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Lions’Club‘Bread
Brigade’ Planned
This Afternoon
Members Will Try to
Sell 1,000 Loaves For
Activities Bus Fund
Edehton's Lions Club will conduct
a bread sale on Thursday afternoon
December 2, at 5 o’clock. The pro
-1 ceeds received from the sale of the j
bread will he used, toward the. pur
chase of a bus for school activities.
Medlin Belch, chairman of the
club's boys’ and girls’ committee.;
urges all of the citizens of Eden
ton cooperate with the Lions in'
their efforts toward an activity. |
One thousand loaves of bread'
have been donated by a baker}' and
the Lions will offer the bread to ■
• the housewives at what ever price,
they wish to pay.
The Edenton High School Band j
will give the Lions a send off from
the band stand on Hicks Field at 5j
o’clock Thursday and all Lions are |
requested to be on hand at 4:45:
P. M.
At the meeting Monday night.;
Mayor Leroy H. Haskett announced ;
that materials have been received
and plans are now being, complet
ed for tlie preparation of the Lions
Club float to appear in the Christ- (
mas parade Friday afternoon.
Legion Resumes
Saturday Night
i Dances At Hut
* First One Is Scheduled
On Saturday Night
From 8 to 12
t: Ed Bond Post. No. JO, of the,
t American Legion plans to again
I" stage dances and other forms of
; entertainment at. tile Legion hut
■ on the Windsor highway. The first
l dance is scheduled for Saturday
night. December 4, from 8 to 12
- o'clock.
The post held similar affairs in
the officers’ club at the Marine
’ Corps Air. Station when the base (
'; was closed which proved very pop
ular and attracted many Edenton
• people.
William S. Elliott is chairman of
the. committee making arrange-,
ments for the Saturday night af
fairs, and it is hoped many will
attend.
Tables will be available and re
freshments will lie sold during the
evening.
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Masons Will Elect j
| Officers For Year ’55
At Meeting Tonight
I'mniiimtv Lodjr<\ No. 7. A. F.,
& A. M. t will hold .-t stated com-, j
munication tonight .(Thursday) inj
the Masonic Temple'- fit' 8 o'clock.
A special item of business will
I bo th(‘ election of officers for the;
year lOo.a, so that W. M. Rhoades, |
master of the lodge, urges a full at-1
; tendance. !
Farm Planners Hold
Meeting In Edenton
11 Counties Represent
ed to Discuss Cotton
Referendum
Thirty Agricultural' and Stabili
zation Committeemen and ASC of- j
fiee managers and employees from
j Bertie. Chowan, Gates, Hertford. I
(Martin, Perquimans, Pasquotank, j
Camdpn. Currituck, Tyrrell and!
Washington counties met in the
(ball room of the Joseph Howes Ho- 1
j tel, Tuesday, November 23. Din-J
j ner was served in the hotel dining'
j room.
J. L. Kelton, field representative j
jof the North Carolina State ASC
Committee presided over the meet
| ing. The purpose of the meeting
i was to discuss plans for the cotton
' marketing quota referendum to be
| held on December 14 throughout j
the state and nation. Also to dis-j
cuss the overall price support pro
gram of the Commodity Credit
| Corporation, to complete the 1954!
Agricultural Conservation Program i
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina
■ Play Bessemer High
In Greensboro For
State Class A Title
Bus Is Available
1 To Football Game
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Plans arc on foot to charter one
,or more buses to Greensboro Sat
urday for the Edenton-Bessemer
State Class A football champion
-1 ship game.
The bus will leave Edenton at
1 o'clock Saturday afternoon and
return after the game. Anybody
interested in taking a Ims to the
game is requested to contact Frank
Holmes at once. His phono num
ber is 500.
Ballard’s Bridge
Church Host For
: “M” Night Rally
I Program Planned For
Monday Night, Dec.
6, at 7:30
On Monday night. December 0,
at 7:30 o’clock, the Ballard’s Bridge ;
• : Baptist Church will be host to the
annual “M” Night Rally forthe 1
. Training Unions of the churches of!
the Chowan Baptist Association.
This is the year-end rally and plan- 1
ning meeting for the training pro
gram of the association.
. The interesting program includes I
special music, demonstrations, con
ferences atid talks. The inspira
tional address will be delivered by
. Dr. ,T. S. Hopkins, pastor of the
First Baptist Church in Suffolk.
Va. JJis subject is “Be Strong In
the Lord”. A very interesting and,
challenging feature of the meet
ling is the setting of goals and the’
: adoption of a calendar of activity
for the new year 1955.
The program committee joins
• with the executive committee ill
• emphasizing that this meeting is,
not just for Training Union mem
bers alolie—hilt, is also for those
not members of the training pro
gram. All church members are
•urged to attend.
RED MEN MEET MONDAY
j Chowan Tribe, No. 12, Improved;
•' Order of Red Men, Will meet Mon
day night at 7:30 o’clock. Raleigh
l Hollowed, sacllem of tile tribe, re
| minds members of the attendance
j contest now ip progress, and urges
lull members to attend.
and to make plans for setting up
the 1955 Agricultural Conservation 1
; Program. Procedures for establish-j
ing 1955 Corn Allotments was dis-.
J cussed.
Kelton told the group there was.
Ino diversity of interest between.
I farm people and non-farm people
because the income received by
| farm people represented about nine-{
j'ty per cent of all money coming
into the area and that the non-1
j farm people had to also get their j
! income from this money, therefore
j it was to the mutual interest of all
! people in the area to see that j
j farmers received a fair share of I
the national income in order that
the non-farm people in this area
could do likewise. He said that
without price supports, either flexi
ble or rigid at 90 per cent of pari
ty the eleven counties represented
iat this meeting stood to lose up
to 20 million dollars income in
1955.
Kelton pointed out that if farm
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HELP FIGHT TB
BUY
CHRISTMAS SEALS
Deciding Game Sched
uled to Be Played
Saturday Night
INTEREST HIGH
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Aces Completely Out
class LaGrange For
Eastern Title
I Edenton's Aces, Region 1 Class
A football champions, completely
, , outclassed La Grange High School,
; j Region 2 Champions, in every do
.! partment of the game to win the
Eastern Class A football champion
ship Friday night hy a score Os 42
to 0. The game was played in the
East Carolina College stadium at
Grqgnville and was attended hy a
hiige throng of Edenton followers.
The Edenton Band was also on
hand and performed at half time,
and received a great , deal of op
' plause from hoth sides of the sta- ,
! diuni.
it was the Aces' first champion
*! ship in 21 years. In 1934 they won
the State Championship and the
; following year they lost the game
for the State Championship to Mt.
I Airy.
; The Aces, every one of them,
were in fine form although as a
} whole not quite as. skip) as the
previous Friday when they defeat
ed E. M. Holt for regional honors.
Stuart Holland at quarterback. Ray
Rogersqn at end. Whitson, Wright,
Stillev and Harrison in the hack
i field played exceptionally well in
carrying' the hall. While Billy
Hardison played his usual good
game at center. Linemen Chan
Wilson. Robert Kennan, Sid Cam
pen. Cecil Miller and Lin Bond
played a splendid game while
Wayne Keeter, John Kramer, Tom
Bass, Asa Dail, Clarence l.upton.
Jerry Downum. Jack Smith. Billy
Bunch, Gary Dail. Ralph Chappell,
Wayne Emminizer an d Larry
Tynch all gave a good account of
themselves while in the game.
Having won the Eastern Cham
pionship, the Aees will how play
for the Class A State Champion
ship. Their opponent will be Bes
semer High School, Western Cham
pions. and the game will be played
Staturday night in Greensboro,
starting at X o’clock. This decision
was made Monday by 1, J. Perry,
executive secretary of the X. C.
High School athletic association.
All proceeds of this game will go
to the State Association.
The Aces will leave Saturday
morning for Greensboro and will
spend the night at Guilford Col
i lege, returning home Sunday.
Bessemer High School is a part
j of'the Guilford County school unit
and won the western championship,
over Rohanen High School. Bes
semer was a contender for the
| State Championship last year, hut
: was defeated by Massey Hill 20-0.
Friday night’s game went some-
I thing like this:
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Miss Libby Small Has
Part On ECC Program
Members of the faculty Wives’
i Club of East Carolina College were
j entertained hy a “Hobby Holiday”
! review, presented last week at their
1 regular November meeting under
I the direction of Dr. Keith Holmea
of the Education Department.
Fourteen talented East Carolina
: students participated in a program
including dancing, pantomines,
songs and dramatic skits.
Among those taking part on the
program was Libby Small of Eden
ton. |
LIONS MEET MONDAY 1
Edenton Lions Club will meet
Monday night at 7 o’clock. Presi
dent Earl Harrell urges a ood at
tendance. i
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