HAPPY NEW YEAR
ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
II CHOWAN COUNTY
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Volume XXL—Number 52.
Herbert Leary Dies
At Home Thursday
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Native Os Edenton Ini
Political Office For
Many Years
Edenton friends, as well as many
throughout tin- State were shock
ed to learn Thursday Jiitrlit that
Herbert Ross Leary died at his
home on Colonial Square at 8
o’clock after an illness of several
months.'
A native of Kdenton, Mr. Learyl
was the son of tile late Kmmaj
Woodard arid William J. T.enrv. and j
• was a lifelong resident of Eden-1
. f
ton.
In 1928 he was elected solicitor'
•>f the First Judicial District, which,
position he held for 10 years, In
’lO4l he was elected Senator from;
the First District and served two.
terms.
In his political career he served
as prosecuting: attorney for Chowan!
County, and was a presidential elec-j
tor and assistant serpreant-at-armsi
at tin- National Democratic Conven
tion in 1932. He served his county
in World War I as intelligence of-{
ficer.
Mr. Is-ary received his education;
at Homer’s Military Academy, aj
business school in Poughkeepsie, j
.V. V., the University of North,
'’’rolina and Wake Forest College.
«s. 'rviving are his wife, the form-)
ft iss Ressie Budliani: three bro-[
.-.s. William J. Eearv of Eos An- '
Presbyterians Plan
New Year Service
Service Begins at 11:30
And Continues Un
til Midnight
There will be a NeW Year’.- t-ve
watch-night service at the Presby
terian Church. Friday night. De
cember 31. Tile service will begin
promptly at 11:30 F. M., and will;
continue through midnight and on
into 1055. The Lord's Supper will;
be celebrated.
The pastor wishes to remind all
Christians that there is no better!
way to end the old year, and to I**-
gin the new, than by worshipping
God. in fellowship with His people,
in Goil’s House. All Christians, 1
who are members of evangelical
churches are cordially invited to at-;
tend this .service and celebrate the'
Lord’s Supper.
Wozelka Family In
Dunn Hospital Due
To Auto Accident!
Wreck Occurs While
On Trip to Relatives
On Christmas Day ;
Mr. arid Mrs. Edward Cutler Wo-;
zelka and their two children; Kath-1
ryn, It, and Mary Jo, 5, had the j
misfortune to be involved in an au
tomobile wreck near Dunn on j
Christmas day while enroute to I
■isit relatives at Godwin. i
Mr. and Mrs. Wozelka and |
daughter Kathrjm, are still in the ;
Dunn Hospital, while little Mary Jo
escaped with minor bruises and
scratches on the face and was not
hospitalized.
Mr. Wozeika’s left knee was frac- j
tured and he also was lacerated |
about the face. Mrs. Wozelka re-J
reived severe cuts and lacerations
about the head and face and severe'
bruises. The daughter. Kathryn, !
has a fractured left arm and suf-j
fcred from shock and lacerations. t
According to Highway Patrolman
Rommine Williamson, the accident
occurred when Wozeika’s automo
bile collided with a ti-uck driven by
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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t gelos, Calif., Janies W. Leary and
; Ernest Leary, noth of Edenton.
[ . Funeral services were held at the
' home Friday afternoon at O'clock
with the Rev. Gordon Bennett, roe-'
(tor of St. I’aUEs Episcopal Church,
officiating. Burial;•. was in St.
tPaul’s Churchyard.
Active pallbearers were Frank
j Williams, David Warren, Dr. Frank
; Hughes, Richard Elliott, Jr., Rich
|ard Dixon, Jr., Burton Jones, Billy
• Gardner and Nick Gardner. 1
: Honorary palihearers were Mar
j vin Wilson. R. C. Holland, John W.
.Graham. John F. White, Weldon
| Hollow-ell, J. N, Braden, William
fS. ■ I’rivott, E. W. Spires, J. A.
t Bunch, M. L. Bunch and Herman
White.
Five Aces On All
Conference Team;
Selection Is Made By!
Albemarle Confer
ence Coaches
Five members of Coach Bill Bill-:
ing.-' Kii' nton Ace.- were named on
the All-Albopiarle Conference, af
ter tile Aces wots the Eastern State!
! Class A football championship. The |
selection of the A 11-Conference j
[team was made by conference j
i coach*'.-, with tin coach permitted to |
vote for any of his own players. I
The five All-Conferenee Aces are:
Center Billy Hardison, Quarterback [
Stuart Midland. Halfback Milan
Stilley, Knd; Hay Roger.-on and!
Guard Lin Bond.
These five buys played tile major j
portion of,each game and made no
1 little, contribution to winning the
State Class A championship. .
. Joe Julian Carpenter for the Char- • •
lotto Observer.
| Carpenter told officers that he
was headed north toward Dunn
when an 'automobile palled out
from a side road in front of him.
He applied brakes and the truck
skidded, turned over two times and
i landed on top of W’ozolka's ear.
Wozelka swerved off the highway
1 into a ditch to escape the crash. I’
| Aside from the Wozelka fami- .
j'ly, Gerald Quick, a passenger in the 1
truck, was also liospitajjzed as the *
I result of lacerations (A the neck,
! bruises and other cuts.
The Wozelkas are excreted Jo re-'
main in the hospital until the Tat- ’
ter part of this week or even long- '
er-
MASONS CALL OFF MEETING ;
SCHEDULED THIS WEEK
Due to holiday activities Una- 1
nimitv Lodge, No. 7, A. F„ & A. M„ •.
| will not meet Thursday night of , i
j this week. However, C. W. Over- j <
I man, master of the lodge, says I
meetings will he resumed Thurs-j 1
day night, January 6. when the i
first degree will lie conferred upon t
a few candidates. .
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday. December 30,19,54.
Ctumlrite Os
Red Meffiiflects
New Set Officers
VVm. E. Harrow Suc-j
coeds R. H. Hollowell j
As Tribe’s Sachem j
—i
■ Chowan Tribe, No, 12. Improved
! Dialer of Red. Men, elected officers
Lit its meeting Monday night, with
: William E. Barrow succeeding R. B.
j Hollowell as sachem.
Other officers elected were: Fro-
I phot, R. I>. Hollowell; senior saga
more, Carl Keeter; junior saga
more, Willie H. Bunch; chief of ree
ords, J. Edwin BufTlap; collector of
wampum. Jack Barrow; keeper of
wampum, W. M. Rhoades; keeper
of wigwam, W. J. Daniels, J. E.
! BufTlap was also re-elected trustee
j for a term of three y#ars. The
: other two irustW's at 1 -- Erie, Hasty
and L. A. Bunch. • v
These officers, together with
| those appointed by the new sachem.;
will he installed at the meeting of]
th>- tribe next Monday night.
The tribe has had a very success
ful six-month term under tile ad-;
ministration of Mr, Hollowell, tin-!
outgoing sachem, for during liis|
term of office 32 new members!
were added to the tribe.
SamuefL Morris
Dies At Age 94
•Deceased Was Oldest!
' White Man In Cho- j
wan County
I Samuel Esldon Morris, 91, Cho. I
jwan County’s oldest white man.j
’died Monday afternoon at 5:30;
'o'clock at his home. He had bey.nl
•in declining health for several,
years. The son of the late Wil-j
Bam Wilson Morris and Sarah)
'Frances Morris, he was born inj
Chowan County January 14, 1800,;
! and lived here all his life, where;
|he was n farmer and fisherman.
In 1890 he married Miss Lou-,
ivenia Smith of the Rooky Hock see
j tion, to which union three childrens
| survive, a daughter. Miss Ada Mor-|
I ris of the home, William S. Morris ,
j and Robert Morris of Edenton. In
I 1908 he married Miss Virgie G.
Garriss of Bertie County, who also
! survives. Txleven.grandchildren- ami ;
II great grandchildren also survive. |.
! Funeral services were held Wed-',
iiesday aftenioon at 3 o’clock at the (
Edenton Baptist Church, with tins,
pastor, the Rev. R. N. Carroll, of- ;
ficiating, Burial was in Beaver Hill , -
Cemetery. ' ;,
Active pallbearers were grand-,
sorts of Mr. Morris and the honor- |
ary pallbearers were: 1,. W. Belch,;
Tsaae Byrum, J. W. Keeter, Roland j
Ward, W. J. Taylor. Jim Button,
| W. ,T. Berryman, R. C. Holland. W.
B. Shepard, Johnny Bunch. Eli By- [
! rum, E. J. Hudson. E. E. Ward,
; West Leary, J. H. McMullan, Baker)
| Boyce. West Byrum. R. E. Leary. <
John Graham, Dr. R. H. Vaughan. 1
Dr. Martin Wisely, Percy Smith, i
1,. S. Bynim. M. L. Bunch, M. L.ji
Flynn and Mack Bunch.
Sgt. Lewis E. Carter !
Gets Commendation :
Sergeant Iwwis E. Carter, son of jt
j Mrs. Clara Carter. Route 1, was re- U
1 ecritly commended for his outstand-' (
ing ability as a non-commissioned -
officer at Fort Campbell, Ky. t
Sgt. Carter is known throughout t
the battalion for his ability to get t
the best working performance out ’
of his men. He is presently the 1
platoon sergeant of the 3rd Pla- f
toon. t
Sgt. Carter is assigned to Com- t
pany B, 445th Engineer Battalion. ’
He entered the service on Oc- 1
tober 16. 1950, and completed his 1
! Army basic training at Camp Rob- i
, erts, Cal. He has seen previous v
duty in the Far East. c
His decorations include the Na- t
itional Defense Service Ribbon, Ko- i
rean Service Ribbon with two bat
tle stars, Purple Heart and the I \
Japanese Occupation Ribbon. i 1
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; The Old Cupola House
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Mrs. D. I>. Lilt s lac/ \V(**'k found :i little* booklet, **Th;r Cupoln Ht>us<‘
of Edt nton. X. C..” :> obne'isc history t»f (lin old building written by f}n
j Into Miss Tillio Bond vours ago. Miss Tillir’s brief story follows:
Tli,' Cupola House in Kdciiton
was .built, by Francis Corbin, an
I English contractor, in 1.758. lie
came to l'iiienton as liirii Gran
ville's land agent. lie brought all
the hand carving, bricks and other
, parts of the house with him on sail
boats from England, The house
jwas built for his betrothed and the
■next year lie sailed to bring her to
the new and beautiful home he had
made for her; Upon his arrival in
England, he found . she was dead.
Tbo young lady hud a beautiful
name —Jean Jtinds.
The home fell in possession of
his brother, Kdwin Corbin. Wliile
in ins possession the General As
sembly held its sessions here. I
The Prince of Wales , danced a 1
minuet in-'the halt with a Miss |
SinKleto.ii. I
It was ■, a.U-occiipierf a nesj-.J
deuce until 1777. Then it was
hail gilt by Or. Samuel lliekinson.
mv great, grandfather. It has been
in the same, family 132 years.
There was a veranda around the
petti go n slianed eupida where Mrs.
Dickinson, also her. daughter. Mrs.
N'athaniel Rond, used to entertain,
at five o’rloek teas, their many
friends. In the home can lie seen
tlie trays and hand painted china, j
which was used on these occasions,
one of the cut glass decanters!
which was used to send to the.
guests’ room with “French Ri;‘~~ ."
to take one teaspoonful to give,
them ail appetite for breakfast;
Tlie first lamp that was used in the
home is a cut glass one. also jelly
glassers which are very unique. On
the wall in the parlor hang the por
traits of four distinguished people;
Mr. Thomas Barker, who. was a
London lawyer. (While he was in
England war was declared, lie could
not return to America until he j
wrote Benjamin Franklin to inter-)
cede with Col. Washington), Gov- j
error Samuel Johnston studied lav ;
under him (Mr. Barker).
Mrs. Penelope Barker, his wife,
was President of the Ladies Anti-
Tea Drinking Society in 1774. *
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I have sonic cardinal fringe in
perfect preservation, which was on
(lie dress worn by Mrs, Penelope
I Barker when she was President, of
the Edentoh Tea Party. Thomas
Hodgson, her soil by. her second,
marriage, was a young lawyer of J
Edenton. apd was: buried under St.
Paul’s Church.
John Dickinson was. born in the
Cupola House.
The old historical mirror With
George Washington’s picture in it.
j has hung on the wall a hundred i
| years. The old-fashioned mantel I
j piece with. the Italian marble he-1
(Continued on Page Five)
Building & Loc
Raises Divideni
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Pass Books Should Be
Credited at Associa
tion’s Office
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1 Stockholders in the Edentoni
i Building <£• Loan Association have:
I been informed that they will rp-j
eeive a dividend on their stock in)
j the association for the six months’
* period ending December 31, 1954,
Haywood Phthisic
And Henry Quinn
Open E. City Store
Second of Most Up-to
date and Modern
Super Markets
Haywood l’litlvisiu uni Henry <*.
(Htbin «uv. W'fdnosday optuu’d :in
. oth«*r l’ A' Q Su|m i Mark. I. wliiub'
is louatod in Kli/.ab.’th City at th« .
J rni iHT of I'oindfXt.-i anrl ( , bun*h !
• S-troots, rite Lli/ah.fh City <ton
is patterned after tln ii I'fientoti ]
stor.*, vvbi. ii is 100 p.*r .*«*n_t s.-ls-j
servi.*.’ and on. of tho most mcajorn j
and lip’-to-ila t.e groee'ry >tor.*s in j
least.an Vorth Carolina.
Phthisic and Quinn <>p« n.*d their
firsl store in Kdenton at th»* corner
of Broad and King stiv.’ts in
; but by l!>a2 th. y outgrow thoir l
(|uarte» ; s. They puiyhasod the!
i IVin-lopo Barkor Hotel property on;
Broad street, upon which their]
.| present store is located.
Tho manager of the Elizabeth i
City ,-toiv will }»e Melvin O’X.'al, j
Ralph- K nig lit will !h* manager of;
the my at department arid Nathan
Korbos will br in cliar-ge of the
produce departmnnt. All throe are
residents, of FJizalietli City,
i Both Phthisic and Quinn invite
| friends in Kdenton and Chowan
J County to visit and inspect the new
store in Elizabeth City.
an Association
idTo4PerCent
|at the rate of 1 per cent per annum ,
j instead of the usual 3 per cent.
Stockholders are requested to!
| bring their pass books to the Build
'ing & Loan office any time after
January 1, 1955; po that the divi
jdend can be credited on books.
The association continues its I
; firm policy to distribute future
j earnings of tile association in this
: manner, after having first set aside)
both legal and adequate reserves]
|to meet foreseeable contingencies. ;
Per Yeai- In North Carolina
Scott Urging Early
I Application To Get
Emergency Loans
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j 59 Counties Eligible as!
j Result of Hurricane 1
Damage
i S*’n;itoi’i W. K< n Scott urges
|J North C;irolidm farm» •rs to put in
| their ;i|>pii<*ations for nvivssary
iFurriiurs Home Administration
{emergency loans “just as soon as.-,
.1 possihlo.”
!•'{-"• Thd Senator said farmers in 5U j
t Tar Heel counties ar«‘ eligible for
.. in.’i-gcncy KHA loans as a result!
!of damages; by Hurricane Ha'/el ,'ind
; last summer’s prolonged drought. !
The FH A, Seott said, will make
enierg»*ney hut ns to farmers in tin*
affected counties until Iteecinber
• Dfo.Y However, In* said, it is
, “mighty important” to get appli
i cations in for such loans as soon
as possible to insure neefled funds;
I for t ]).■ JOoo cro(» ye.ar.
11 civic calendar].
While and colored schools ill the
Edenton Administrative Unit and
the Umirly Unit "ill reopen Mon
day morning, January 3 after be
ing closed for tile Christmas lioli- ,
days.
Match-night service in the Meth
odist Church Friday night, Decem
ber 31, starting at 11 o’clock.
Edenton Rotary Club "ill meet ,
jtliis (Thursday) afternoon at 1
o’clock in the Parish House,
beginning at 1) :.’EO o'clock.
Voting W oman’s Bible Class of
(lie Edenton Baptist Church meets'
Tuesday night, January t. at. 7:30
o’clock at tile church.
New Year’s eve watch-night ser
vice at the Edenton Presbyterian
Church Friday night. December 31.
(Continued on Page Emir)
210 Remembered
By Various Groups
On Christmas Day
50 Families Provided
Gifts to Make Uhrist
■ mas Happier Day |
! During tin* C]iri-tni:i- luvliduy
.'•ll fuiiiilics in Gb<,\v:m County,
j represent ing 2lu pors.iiis. wen- )■<■-
i memhetvd by various ngi-nrics and
| given presents of v arious kind.-.
Tile Empty .'stocking Fund pro
vided gift.- for IT families, repre- ■
lit ing lO.'i persons, while other
agencies cooperated as follows:
Baptist Mis.-ionar\ Society. 2 fain- I
; dies representing 9 persons: Eden
ton Lions Club, 1 family represent
] ing !* persons: Edenton Woman’s :
j Club, I families re|iri'senting 22
j persons: Christian Church. 2 fam- I
lilies representing tl persons;;
[Edenton Marine Corps Auxiliary
| Landing Field. 1 families repre-
I sentilig 17 persons.:. Degree of l’o
(•.diontas, 3 fairiilies representing i
11 persons.
Os course, other groups rriiiein- j
bored the sick and shut-ins with )
flowers and fruit, so that it was j
the general desire to make as |
many, people; as possible happier ;
over the Christinas season.
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BANK CLOSED SATI’RDAV
! The Bank of Edenton will be!
j closed all day next Saturday, Janu- i
I ary 1, in observance of New Year’s:
1 Day, a national banking holiday [
! Important banking matters should, |
therefore, be transacted according- j
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BIBLE CLASS MEETING
; The Young Woman’s Bible Class |
! of the Edenton Baptist Church will |
j meet at the church Tuesday night, I
j January I. at 7:30 o’clock. All
] members are especially urged to at- •
i tend.
HELP L/ 6 "TB
Blr* S
CHRISTMAS Si.. j
j Urnli-r provisions nf tin- FHA
i emergency loan program, farmers
can obtain money for feed, seed,
, fertilizer, labor and repairs during
; the coming year. However, FHA
{loans are available only after pri
! \ ate credit has exhausted.
“The law is designed,*’ Scott said,
“to eiiable farmers who have been
hard hit by the drought and hur
ricano t<» hvake another crop. It’s
1 something to tide them over for
another year.'’
: Seb.tt said in view of the: tremen
; dous losses farmers suffered in
; rasterir and l > iedmont counties due
|to the hUia-ic.'uve and drought,
“tlieiv will undoubtedly Ik* large
numbers of farmers applying for
these l«>ans. For that reason, it's
wry important t«» get in applica*
(ions immediately in order to have
ready cash' to start spring crops/*
Applications for the loans. Scott
j said, can be made through county
FHA offices.
Methodists Plan
Midnight Service
On New Year’s Eve
Service to Be Used Or-
S itfinated Bv John
Wesley
The Rev. .). Earl Richardson, pas*
tor of the. Edenton Metlioditet
i Church, calls .it-terttionj to two im
! portant feafure.-Afp its program for
.the near future:. First, he an
nounces 4 waic.h-iiight Service for
Friday night, Tb'eomber HI, at 11
o’clock. 'The order of worship
: which will .mak.- up this special
service was originated by John
Wesley in 1755. It was first used
on August HI of that year, desig
nated as “The Order of Worship
for Spell as Would Kilter Into or
. Renew Their Covenant with God.”
Since the time of the origin of this
service it has found frequent use
as a watch-night observance in
both England and America, I( fit
tingly captures and fortifies tile as
pirations tile Christian fee!' as he
passes from., the old year into the
new. It culminates in the Holy
f'oimminion.
| The Kdenton ehmvh i> joining
other Methodist churches
•md elmivli.•> of many other' Urot
♦ I*iiit1*iiit communions, in the observ
'j?»< * **t tli.' National Church' At*
f r iid.'i »ici ‘ Crusade. which begins
Sunday, January 2. and continues
• through Hast or. The* Crtisfide iaj
*;m effort to ni.ikc regular attend*
amy of chinch services everv Sun«
day one of t h. • “holy habits" of a$
, many people as possible. The Na
tional ( hurclr Attendance Crusade
|is a call to .ill people to attend
: church every Sunday and to pray
every day.
The Crusade has received the of-*
, ficial backing of the Official Board
I of the Kdenton Methodist Church;
land the program will be under tha
I guidance of the church’s Commis
| sion of Membership and K range*
. b’snr, of which Mrs. Glenn Stallcup
j is chairman.
Schools In Chowan
Will Reooen Monday
White; and: colored schools in
Chowan County will reopen, follow,
j ing the Christmas holidays, oR
| Monday morning, January 3.
White schools in the Edenton
Administrative Unit closed for the
holidays Friday, December 17 white
the colored schools held classes un«
; til Wednesday, December 22.
j Schools in the county unit clo3-
j cd Friday, December 17.
EASTERN STAR MEETING
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i Edenton Chapter, No. 302, Ordet
i n f the Eastern Star, will meet Mon
| day night, January 3, at 8 o’clocK
iin the Masonic Temple. Mrs. K. E.
'Leary, worthy matron, urges all
members to be present.