f ONLY NEWSPAPER 1 * PUBLISHED IN CHOWAN COUNTY k /v olume XXll—kumber^ StateDi recto r Ci vil Defense SpßtdfcAt Month ly Meeting of*ffil&nton Woman’s Club Mrs. Sarah B. Weaver Holds Attention of Members OFFICERS ELECTED Mrs. J. W. P. Earn hardt Chosen Presi- I dent of Club i .'Featuring the monthly luncheon | meeting of the Edcnton Woman’s! Club, held Wednesday of last j Wfek as the Parish House, was an t address by Mrs. Sarah Boyd j Weaver, director of publicity and j Woman’s affairs for North Carolina! Civil Defense, and election of of-1 ficers for the netv club year. | -Mrs. Weaver’s speech drew undi-| vkjed attention as she spoke on | “Civil Defense in Your Town," has- j ed on a' handbook entitled “The I Role of North Carolina Women in i Civil Defense arid Natural Disas- j ter,” which she prepared and has j been published by the Council.; Mrs. Weaver was introduced by! Mrs. Joe Thorud. program chair-i man. “Women of North Carolina must t rally their hearts and minds as| well as the physical resources of their respective communities in de fense of their homes—if this state is going to pull its own weight in the nation's pattern of national •evival,” said Mrs. Weaver. »f he urgency _of the program iks no further delay in the mat-. ,■ of taking the prescribed pre cautionary measures. While we all ; hope and nrav that another war pill never eome, we ean extend it-S| outbreak no more cordial invito-; tion than further indulgence in pub- j lie apathy . . . deluding ourselves j that it cannot happen here.” The speaker used as the basis I for Her talk a recently published j handbook “The Role of North 1 Carolina Women in Civil Defense | and Natural Disaster,” which she prepared and has been published hyj the Council. “No community will be by-passed | in the necessity to face serious | problems if and when there is ene-1 my attack on any part of eonti-j rental United States,” she said, j “The danger is frankly outlined for| civilian population by the military.! The Air Force reminds us that no! civilian population is safe behind' any war machine , . . that the next] war will be won or lost in 72 hours. The U. S. Navy says that Soviet Russia has the largest sub marine armada the world has ever seen . . . 40.% of Soviet submarines are the long-range type, equipped to launch missiles carrying nuclear warheads many miles inland from the const. The latest development is one that permits launching of the missiles without surfacing the submarine. “President Eisenhower has called on all women everywhere to awake to the fact that they are co-equal with the military in national de fense . . . the homefront must he so well prepared to meet the im pact of attack that it will serve as a great human deterrent to initial attack, which would destroy large sections of our country, no matter how great our power of retaliati6n might' be.” Ths steps to bo taken. Mrs. Weaver outlined are: Individual and home precautions as-outlined in dtate Protection Exercise*—a fami • plan which has been yrufely dis lnjtei through f jfta for a year:’ 'Civil defense craining in the schools. Our school .Mfnnrf. b«vn in the atqrpic age, which. they had noth- IMf 'to*ob tviUi.'efreaiiiifrj Tnstruc-1 tion 4n bow to survive in it should be part,of their birthright. After homes and schools are instructed, women should put their effort be hind community preparedness, un der an alert, capable, director, who, by law, is appointed by governing authorities in each political subdi vision. Under a local director, the community should he inventoried and extensive preparation made for taking care of evacuees from tar get areas, who will be dispersed before an attack if there is time. If they are not evacuated before, they wi)l be afterwards—in much (Continued eo Page Four) • THE CHOWAN HERALD ’I “Homemaker Os 1 Tomorrow” Day !s Observed In School j Scholarships Totalling! ! $75,000 Offered In Contest f ' _ -/. j Wednesday of this week was oh-1 ! served as “Homemaker of Tnitiior- I row Day” by tho .senior girls in itlio Edcnton Junior-Senior. High iSchool, When they enrolled in the; j Betty Crocker Search forthe 1 J American Homemaker of Tonior-, { row. | Sinuilt moon -!y, 1Rf1f.530- young j women of the senior graduating I classes in 8,01)0 participating high I schools throughout the United, j States took a written examination' ; testing their aptitude for the ea-i jreer that awaits nearly all of them; j —Homeniakiug. This 50-minute written examine-j !tion is the basis for selecting tie- I Homemaker of Tomorrow in each] [school, state and, finally on April : 21. the Nation. Scholarships totaling $75,000. travel opportunities and other edit-; cational prizes are being offered hv ; General Mills, sponsor of this search designed to assist the j schools in building in young wo men a deeper appreciation and un derstanding of the American home land the personal finalities neces -1 sarv' to successful homemaking, j The girl receiving the highest ' examination score in each school j [will he entered in State competition : [where the winner will receive a #l,- j SOO scholarship and a'trip with her I school advisor to Washington, D, C... j Colonial Williamsburg. Va.. and! 'Philadelphia. Tier school will ro rceive a set of the Encyclopedia Bri j tannica. I The State winner who is select led the All-American Homemaker of | Tomorrow in Philadelphia April 21 I will receive a $5,000 scholarship, j | Aiding in making the selection will ! |He a committee consisting of 1.1 (nationally known educators tind j public leaders, j -- i [Columbia Rotarians j Plan Inter-City Meet Eden toil’s Rotary Club has re reived an invitation to attend an; inter-citv meeting sponsored by the] Columbia' Rotary Club Thursday! night. March TO. AVhile details have not been worked out, a num ber of Edenton Rotarians will at tend the meeting. Local Lions Club Entertains Class ‘A’ Football Champions Motion Picture of Bes semer Game Fea tures Meeting Although the members of the; Edcnton High School Class A Stnto Championship football team, their; coaches and co-managers were en tertained by the Edenton Lions ; Club at their Monday evening din ner meeting, it is perhaps more proper to say that the club mem bers themselves were the recipients j of the greater portion of pleasure, j Excellent, motion pictures which ' were taken at the game with Bes-; semer High School were shown by! Tunney Brooks, athletic director of j tho school. As each play unfold ed, it was vividly described by Coach Bill Billings, to the delight of everyone present. “I would like to thank each mem ber of your club for this entertain ment of our boys this evening,” said Coach Billings. “Also, I desire to express to you, as well as the; other citizens of the community our: sincere appreciation for the loyal j support you have accorded our boys j throughout the past season. Many of you followed the team to other j towns. This gave the boys the en- 1 Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 13,1955. Two Inter-Church Projects Approved At Recent Meeting i ’ ;,llymn Festival and a Film on Bible Are 1 Recommended The Rev. C:trl 11. Key of Dur- j 1 ham, regional director of the Com-J mittee on the Use and Understand-j ing of the Bible, met with a group | of church and community leaders at. the Edcnton Methodist Church Thursday morning. January 6. (Those, present for the meeting at-. tended as interested individuals, not: as official representatives of some of the Edcnton churches and civic, clu'lts, to find out about the work 'of the new committee on tile use (and understanding of the Bible, of [which Mr. Key was spokesman, j The purpose of the Committee is , [to enhance the use and understand- j ing of the Bible through six pro-j . jeets which lend themselves, if de .! sired, to inter-church and eommun i ity.wide participation. The persons, who met with Mr. Key suggested! two of the projects for tentative, consideration and possible future ! action by groups who may be in-* : forested in their promotion, f The first of the suggested pro jects is a hymn festival, which cmdd j lie presented by choral groups from a number of churches and civic or-j galuxations in a union worship set'- j vice. Ten hymns on the Bible of special interest are available for ■ use. They were chosen by. the Hymn Society of America for the celebration of the publication of the ! Revised Standard Version of the Bible in 1952, being the finest of ( hundreds submitted for the Sqrie- 1 : ty's. consideration. The suggested, service, includes biographical state- ( ments on the composers of the so-; . lected hymns. A second project which appear- j (Continued on Page Four) Hoiood Publicity 1 A.- S 1 Writing in the January 2 issue of the Boston Sunday Globe, Willard ' Del,ue gave a nice slice of publicity to Edcnton and the Albemarle area. His next article for the Globe will be about the Edcnton Tea Party. Mr. Del.ue’s article included a picture of the Chowan County Court House, tin* Court House Green and Joseph Hewes monu ment. and a goodly portion of the ' article is devoted to Joseph Hewes, | couragement and added spark which ' proved a big factor in bringing out; (their best talent and efforts.” said Billings. ; Prior to the showing of the pic tures, Ernest Ward, Jr., read a very. ; interesting account from the Greensboro Daily News of the game ; in which Edenton defeated Bcssem- • ! er for the championship by a score; of 41 to 20. ‘ | j In expressing, on behalf of th" , Lions Club their appreciation for j the entertainment, Chairman Med- j lin Belch of s the Boys’ and Girls’ j ! Committee said “we hope that all j ;of your future undertakings may; j bo just as successful as your glori- ] ■ ous achievement on the gridiron.” j Plans are rapidly shaping up for! ! the annual Lions minstrel, to be, held this Spring, according to West Byrum, Jr., general chairman. The committees and their chairmen were announced as follows: Publicity—R. Hector Lupton. i Popcorn—T. B. Williford. Tickets—L. H. Haskett. Music —J. Clarence Leary. Staging—Cecil Fry. Auditorium—W. J. Taylor. < Costumes —J. Clarence Leary, j President Earl Harrell urged j i each member of the club to give i j his full cooperation to these, com- 1 1 1 mittees. t fEDENTON WOMAN’S CLUB OFFICERS] Pictured above are new obiter , of the Edenton Woman's Club, who were elected at a luncheon meeting held W ednesday of last week in the Parish House. Left to right: Airs. Jimmie Earnhardt, president: Mrs. A. F. Dow mini, vice president; Mrs. .1, R. Dulaney, recording secretary, and Mrs. Wenti-i! Copeland, historian. Mrs. James Bond, treasurer, land Mrs, Elton Forehand. Jr., corresponding secretary, are the other (officers. —(Evelyn Leary Photo). New Officers Now Installed For Red Men I William Barrow Suc ceeds R. B. Hollowell As Tribe’s Sachem * At. Monday night’s meeting of- Chowan Tribe. *Nu. 12. Improved ; Onleix of Red Men. n-w officers Were-installed jvith ..the. Rev. E. C. ! Alexander officiating in nils* ; ing of Chiefs.: G. Ih y.\ a as (sisted as Sarnia p hi : l > ■ f'eranionv. } The officers installed far a 12- month term were; .1. Edwin dflil’- inp. Chief of records:.Jack I! rrow. . collector of w.a nt p u tii ; NY. M. , Rhoades, keeper of. w; nap uni, and jW. J. Daniels, keeper of the ..wig wam. The elective officers in Jailed for a six-month term were: R. B. Hol- j lowell, prophet; William Barrow, jsaehem; Carl Renter, s-mor saga more. and Willie If. Bunch, junior ; ; sagamore. ( The officers appointed by the; (sachem, "who were el > installed ’are; San nans. C. D, Si.tiyyor ,'ind; Alton Shaw; warrior i, Cl a retire Shackleford. ()sear Peeples;. I.eroy. : Hentijnger and" Pi rey Dait: braves. Hurley Ward, Bosk in Harrel I, Guy Williams and Eddie Shaw; guard of the forest. Alhort Lassiter. Jr.;' guard of tin- wigwam. John K. Lewis. Each one of the new offie -is ex pressed their nppn eiafoit for the confidence placed in them and pledged their best efforts t > mak. their terms in office beneficial lo the Jrilie. Contestantsln Corn Contest Lions’ Guests Winners Will Be An nounced at Meeting January 17 ( Edenton Lions Club will -enter-' [ tain the 1954 Chowan 4-H corn con ; testants ahd their fathers at a ban- ( quet on Monday.night, Januaiy-17 jat 5:45 o’elocliT Each contestant i who completed a Corn project and , j turned in a record hook is. invited, i Winners will he announced and | prizes awarded at the banquet, The 'contestants are looking forward to, j the banquet as there has been : much rivalry in the corn contest. This is the ninth year that the ; Edenton Lions Club has sponsored j 1 the Chowan 4-H corn growing con- j test and it has proved to be very successful each year. [ Pocahontas Officers Be Installed Friday ChoWnnoke Council. No. 54, De- j gree of Pocahontas, will meet Fri-j ‘day night at 8 o’clock in the Rod ! Men hall. At this meeting new of- ! | fieers will be installed "so that Mrs. I Margaret Phthisic, outgoing Poca-} hontas, urges all members to at-j tend. Jr. Rotarians Os Week Plan In Operation Two Seniors Will Be Guests of Club Each Week Edcnton’s Rotary Club at. its meeting Thursday inaugurated a plan to have as. guests at its week . ly meetings, two hoys from the sen ior class at the Junior-Senior High School, who will he designated Jun ior Rotarians for the week. The! first two hoys to attend the -Ro.- i.-ry 'Theetitr.f under tin- plan were Billy Bass and Warren Ashley. This week arid next, week the Ijiiys will not attend, but oil Janu ary 27 Buddy Button and Lin Bond will be the Junior Rotarians for, tile week. Th schedule ter the other boys: to he.guests -if the ehih follows: ! Fehniary 3—Harold Bunch and Tay Byrum. Fehniary 10—Sid Canipen and Asa Bail. I February 17 Billy Eason and James Edwards. February 21—<- ha) tie Griffin and Ere.-lie Griffin. March 3—Billy Hardison' and Melvin Harrell. . March 10—Stanton Harrell and Jimmy Harrison. March 17—Franklin Hopkins and h’oherl Keiitian. M iroh 21 Charles Knox and Mike Malone. March 11—Cecil Miller and Lyin' Perry. Anril 7—Ray Rogerson and Rog i r Schiefor. April 14 - Jack Smith, Bobby Smith and Milan Stilley. April 21 John Whitson and Miles Wi Ilia ms. April 28—Thomas Williams. Al lred Wright. Edenton Lady Is Recognized In Art Exhibit " | Painting of Mrs. T. B. Smith Praised By Critics In a Christmas exhibit of over 40 paintings by members of tidewater . artists, held at the Norfolk YWCA. Enola Smith of Edenton received j I gratifying recognition for her! painting “Mackey’s Fishing.” Mrs. Smith’s painting was favor-, ably received by eritics and des jeribed as having fine feeling for nature's harmonies. Mrs. Smith, who.in private life ;is Mrs. T. B. Smith, is well known in Edenton and vicinity for hot- fine j work as an artist. I EASTERN STAR MEETING* Edenton Chapter, No. 302, Order of the Eastern Star, will meet Mon- May night, January 17, at 8 o’clock [in the Masonic Temple. Mrs. R. E. [Leary, worthy matron, urges all ' members to attend. January 31 Is Final Day For ’54 Auto Tags Sale of Tags Lagging According to Miss Goldie Layton j According to Miss Goldie Dayton, (brunch manager of the Carolina (Cluli, w ho issues North Carolina an- ] touiohilc license plates, reports that ■ ! motorists are somewhat lagging in; !securing the 1955 plates. Up to Monday of this week 118 ; more had purchased the 1955 li-! [.cense tags than last year at the 1 , jsame time, hut Miss Layton points' lout that, there are more autpmo-; [biles in tile Edenton area than last year, s,, that unless sales pick up, 1 considerably, quits' a few will he (caught in a long waiting line. Miss Layton also points out that t ' Monday, January 31. will he the; deadline to drive cars without tin ; new 1955 tags and that her office j will close at noon Saturday, Junu-j ary 29. Regular office hours are 9; A. M.. to t P. M.. except Saturday! and she urges ear owners to se-[ cur. thc'ir license tngs hefpfe the t final days before the deadline. j CIVIC calendar]; .V a : March of Dimes campaign in progress during the month of ? January, Prrfperty must he listed for tax ation during the month of Janu-! ary. Edenton Rotary Chib w ill enter- 1 tain tile Edenton Aces. 1951 State Class A football champions, at its meeting this (Thursday) afternoon [ at t o’clock in the Parish House. | 1 Farmers of county requested lot, attend an important meeting in the: Court House today (Thursday) from Jt) A. M. to I P. M. Altar Society of St. Ann’s Cath olic Church will meet tonight, (Thursday) at 8 o’clock at the rec tory. Edenton Chapter, No. 302, Or-, der of the Eastern Star will ob serve Friendship Night in the Ma sonic Temple Monday night, Feb-; i niary 7. Chowannke Council, No, 51, De-t gree of Pocahontas, w ill meet Fri- j day night at 8 o’clock in the Red ' Men hall. , t Lnanimity Lodge. No. 7. A. F.. & A. M„ will hold an emergent communication tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock in the Masonic Temple. The Middle Ground Fnion meet ing w ill he held at the New Middle i Swamp Baptist Church near Sun- • bury Saturday and Sunday. Janu ary 29-30. (Continued on Page Four) i Chairman Os Draft Board Gives Names Os 13 Delinquents Information Is Sought As to Whereabouts Os Men G. B. Rotter, chairman of tho Chowan Local Board No. 21, re ports 13 delinquents with the Board | ; and urges each person whose name Ms listed below to contact the Board : t immediately in an effort to clear the delinquency. The men listed as delinquent are - as follows^ Fred Clarkston Harris, Dallas Graham Evans. Johnny Rankin, Jr.. ' Ellen Warren Whitaker, Robert Woodrow Sharpe. George Thomas Norris. Frank Lowthor. Preston Arthur Turner, Johnny Williams. Charlie Junior Cross, Nathaniel (Wilson, Lin wood Riddick, Charles; Emanuel Outlaw. Mr. Potter urges anyone know ing the whereabouts of any of the | above men to get in touch with the [ Board. Chairman Potter points out that it is the. duty of all registrants to > keep in contact with the local boflrd by reporting all changes of address, and that failure to do so may result in reclassification into 1-A,. follow ed by an ox-der to report for indue- j tion. which if not complied with I will result in referral to the Unit-! ed States District Attorney forj criminal action. $2.00 Per Year In North Cai-olina New Registration In Town Is Favoredßy Town Couneilmen Mrs. Browning Is ! Choir Director At Methodist Church; Scries of Prayer Meet ings Planned Thurs day Nights Thu Rev. J, Karl Richardson an- I nounres three important features of the program of the Edenton Methodist Church to take place to- j I day (Thursday). j At 7:30 Thursday evening Dr. A. ; F. Downum will eonduet the see innd of the church's now scries of ' prayer meetings to he held in the .Educational Building of the church. ( This week Mrs. Mary Leggett Browning becomes the director of the choir of the Edenton Church and will hold her first practice at 8:15 Thursday evening immediately ! following prayer meeting. All . those who. have had membership ill •boil* in recent years and all j tie/oe interested in the choir are asked to lie present Mr. Richardson wilt he attending i a special meeting in Hertford on j Thursday evening. With him will j the members of the Edenton Moth- j odist Church's Commission on Mis- j sinus. The members of the Com-! mission are Mrs. e ! present. Hertford Post Backs Holmes Votes Support In Elec tion For Department Commander William Paul Stallings Post, No. 126 of the American Legion of Hertford, at its meeting Thursday night of last, week unanimously en-! dorsed John A. Holme,s of Edenton ! as department commander. Mr. Holmes helped to organize , the Hertford Post and is sponsor- j ed by his home post, Ed Bond Post, | i No. 40, of which he is presently j serving as commander. Carlton E. Goodwin Now At San Diego Carlton E. Goodwin, aviation structural mechanic airman, USN, son of W. A. Goodwin >sf Eden ton has reported to Composite : Squadron -35, at San Diego, Calif., ! for duty at tho U. S. Naval Air j Station. Goodwin was graduated from j Edenton High School prior to en tering the Navy. * FIGHT POLIO! JOIN THE MARCH OF DIMES % A Resurfacing Authoriz ed In Pembroke and Morris Circles | BRIEF MEETING I [Budget For First Six Months Working Out Satisfactorily Town Council in a brief meeting Tuesday night gave favorable con sideration for a new registration which will lie effective in the forth coming town election in May. Rea , son for favoring a new registra tion is tlie deplorable condition of the present registration books and Town Clerk Ernest J. Ward’s sug gestion that this condition he rem edied if he is to supervise the elec tion. » Before Mr. Ward was ap|K)in*ed Clerk, the names on the registra tion books were copied from a set of old books, but even in the trans fer there are names of persons in the books who have long since died and others who have not lived and voted in Edenton for years. No definite action was taken Tuesday night but the new regi j stration will in all probability be J ordered it a subsequent meeting (when Clerk Ward will have all of (the necessary information and le.gal j procedure in hand. If the new registration is order led, it will lie necessary for every j voter in Edenton in order to cast a [ballot in the election, to register |in the new hooks. An opportunity (will be given every voter to regis [ ter in jh/ ir respective yards for | four Saturdays prior to election j day. Town Couneilmen a iso agreed to [resurface streets in TYmbroke and Morris Circles due to the great number of complaints in those areas regarding tar “bleeding” and track ed into homes, doing a considerable i amount of damage. I A request was presented to add ■ asphalt to the present tennis courts on Hicks Field. The request was to extend the present courts so that players will not be obliged to play { part of the game on the ground, i Clerk Ward was instructed to eon i tact officials of Dickerson. Inc., [now resurfacing streets in Edenton, ito learn if they will do the work jas well as the approximate cost. If the addition isn’t too costly, the Town will most likely have it done. A request wigs also received to pave a driveway on the P & Q Su per Market's lot, which, under pres ent agreement is maintained bv the Town. The Couneilmen took no ac tion on this request due to being ; private property. Another request to pave an extension to Mosley Street from Blount to the water front was also tabled for the pres ent. as well as paving West Gale Street from Mosley to the railroad. The matter of repairing the two shelters at Beaver Hill Cemetery ) was considered, but action delayed until an investigation is made as to the need for the shelters. Before the meeting adjourned Clerk Ward presented a budget [statement for the six months end - j ing December 31. According to tha (Continued on Page Four) Edenton Aces WillßeGuests Rotary Today Program For Meeting 1 In Charge of Marvin Wilson Members of the Edenton Aces, 1954 State Class A football cham -1 pions, together with Coaches Bill Billings and Alton Brooks, will ba guests of the Edenton Rotary Club at its meeting this (Thursday) af ternoon at 1 o’clock in the Parish House. All members of the squad are ex pected to attend and the program will be in charge of, Marvin Wilson. k President Gilliam Wood urges ev ery Rotarian to' attend the ■ meet* ing. . J