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CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXll.—Number 3.
invitation For Bids
For Improvements
Local Marine Base
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Bids For Work Will Be
Opened at 21*. M. j
February 1
An invitation has been issued by j
the Bureau of Yards and Docks.
Department of the Navy for reha
bilitation of utilities at the Edenton
Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing j
Field.
The work includes rehabilitation j
of the station condensate return
and water distribution systems,
steam system rehabilitation within
manholes, cleaning sewage line, re
habilitation of two sewage pump
ing stations, rehabilitation of a
deep well pump and incidental re
lated work.
Aside from this work bids will
be asked this week for other work
at the base costing in the neigh
borhood of half a million dollars.
Sealed bids in duplieate for fur-:
nishing all labor, equipment and !
materials and performing all work !
for the project will be received un- j
til 2 o’clock EST. February 1 in the i
District Public Works Office, Fifth |
Naval District, U. S. Naval Base, j
Norfolk. Va.
’ The invitation to submit bids was )
Issued by Captain A. J. Fay, offirer j
jn charge of construetion for the I
Fifth Naval District.. Lieut. Wright |
will be resident officer in charge J
of construction and R. R. Hall will:
be chief inspector.
Specification No. 43104 and other j
bidding data and information may!
be obtained on application to the [
. 'strict Public Works Office, Fifth I
t val District (Code DB-300) forj
0, payable to Treasurer of the ]
United States, This is required as j
security for safe return of each set j
of bidding data.
Bloodmobile Will
Visit In Edenton
On February 9th
Dr. A. M. Stanton Ap
pealing: For Blood
Donations
Dr. A. M. Stanton. Red Cross |
bloodmobile chairman. announces |
that the bloodmobile will make its |
first 1955 visit to Edenton Wednes- I
day, February 9.
The quota for this visit will be i
110 pints of blood, so that eiti- j
7.ens are urged to rally to this i
worthy cause and donate blood. ,
“There is a great need for type;
“O” blood at present,” says Dr. |
Stnaton “and persons with this
type are urged to donate. Mark ,
Wednesday, February 9, as your!
day to give a pint of blood in or
der to relieve suffering and possi- ]
bly saving a life.”
Critical Housing
Situation Is Again
Wo trying Ma rin es
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Chaplain Veltman Ap-j
peals For Coopera- !
s tion of Citizens
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An urgent situation has arisen in
the housing situation for the fami
lies of the Marine Corps Auxiliary
Landing Field at Edenton. Many
new officers and enlisted men have !
joined the group and are not able j
to 'ind housing for their families.
Marine Attack Squadron 211 has
just returned from overseas and
those who are married want to
have their wives and children with
them, but are forced to find hous
ing ns far away as Elizabeth City
-if t»y are to have this privilege.
If Bousing is available either as
an entire house or in the form of
fn mi filled and unfurnished apaft
fHE CHOWAN HERALD
Human Fly
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JOHNNIE WOODS
Known as the Human Fly, John
| nie Woods will climb the Citizenx
j Bank Building Friday afternoon
] and descend Saturday afternoon a«
'a feature in helping to raise funds
I for the Chowan County March of
j Dimes.
Human Fly Plans To
Climb Citizens Bank
| Building Two Days
; Part of Collection Will
Go Into March of
Dimes Fund
A thrill is in store for Edenton
ittns Friday and Saturday when
j Johnnie Woods of Astoria, Oregon,
v ill climb the Citizens Bank Build
jitig from the sidewalk to the roof
as a special attraction to help raise
; money for the March of Dimes.
Herbert Small, owner of the
I building, gave Mr. Woods permis
; sion to do bis dare-devil stunt only
: because a percentage of an offer
j ing to l>e taken will go into the
I March of Dimes fund. Os the
[ money taken in, Mr. Woods will re
ceive 70 per cent and the March
! of Dimes 30 per cent.
Papers were signed by Woods on
behalf of Mr. Small and Mayor Le
| roy Haskett relieving the owner of
j the building as well as the town
(from any responsibility in case of
|an accident. Mr. Woods uses no
j safety device. He has had 40 years
| experience in climbing and 1 has
I scaled buildings all over the coun
i try. His most recent feats inelud
jed the Washington Duke Hotel in
Durham, the Carolina in Raleigh,
i the Virginia Dare in Elizabeth City,
the Court House at Windsor, the
'Court House at Asheboro and the
j Russel 1-Erskine Hotel at Hunts
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.ments. Chaplain D. K. Veltman will
[appreciate it if he is advised so
j that he can place living quarters on
Ibis list of available housing. This
! can be done by calling telephone
j numlier 830 and asking for Exten
sion 19 when the base operator an
swers.
Chaplain Veltman also points out
that it would be fine if anyone
knows of any housing in the sur
rounding communities to notify the
owners of houses that the Marines
in Edenton would like to rent there
also. Windsor, Hertford, Plymouth
and other towns within the radius
of the circle formed by these towns
are all within commuting distance.
Chaplain Veltman is appealing to
the citizens of the community to co
operate to the fullest in providing
living quarters for the Marines
who are stationed in Edenton.
fedenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 20,1955.
Methodists Hosts
For Sub-District
Mooting Os MYF
Play Will Be Present- i
ed at Service Sun
day Nigrht
i
The F.dentor\ Methodist Church
was host to the Perquimans-Clio
wan subdistrict of the Methodist
Youth Fellowship on Monday even- ’
ing, January 17, qt 8 o’clock. The;
subdistrict is made up bf the Moth- :
odist Churches in the counties of j
Perquimans and C hk> wa n. The |
Methodist young people in this area r
all meet together one night each j
I month, going .to .the .different ;
| churches making up the suhdistrict f
I in alphabetical, order. The host [
I church prorides a worship program j
[land serves refreshments. Tlie lat-j
I j ter were provided Monday evening j
| by tlie Edenton Woßian’s Society of j
II Christian Service and the Wesleyan j
| Service Guild, t
The program consisted of a short!
11 play entitled “As for Me and My
| j House,” prepared by; the General
•[Board of Eduentio'n of the Metho
| dist Church as a part of a special
i youth project known as, Youth in
t their Families. It is a clear pres
entation of the possibilities for the
good of the family, of family coun
( oils, fellowship and recreation in
. the home, and regular family wor.
ship.
Mrs. Daytbn Robinson and Mr<.
Harry Lassiter are responsible for
| the youth program .in the Edenton
I Methodist Church and have made
[possible this fine 'presentation. The
participating young people arp Jim.
mio. Ross. Jerry Dpwnum, Mary
Leggett Browning. Frankie Stokes,
• Billy Harry, Oscar White, Janice
I Comer, Jane Dulaney, Charles Knox
and Theda Goodwin.
• The emphasis of this play are
• important, pot only for young peo
ple but also for their parents.
Therefore,, this, program will be
presented again in the Edenton
Methodist Church -at 7:30 next
Sunday evenings January 23. The
public is cordially invited to at
’ tend.
BPW (Hub Meets
: In Court House
; Group Asked to Gath
er In Old Masonic
Room
' Mrs. Adelaide Chesson, president
, of the Edenton Business and Pro
( fessional Women’s Club, announces
[ that the monthly meeting of the
club will be held tonight (Thurs
* day) at S o’clock in the old Ma
| sonic room on the second floor of
the Court House.
An interesting program has been
arranged, featuring a speaker by
1 the Membership Committee, with
1 Mrs. Corie B. White as chairman.
[ All members are particularly urged
to be present at this meeting, as
important business must be dis
posed of. i
I cmc calendar]
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March of Dimes campaign in
progress during the month of
January.
Property must hf listed for tax
ation during the month of Janu
ary.
The American Legion Auxiliary
will sponsor a "Holmes For Com
mander” dinner in the Legion hut
Tuesday night, February 22.
Annual meeting of shareholders
of the Edenton Building & Loan
i Association will be held Tuesday
' night, February 1, at 8 o’clock in
the Court House.
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F„
& A. M„ will bold a stated com
munication tonight (Thursday) at
8 o’clock in the Maaonie Temple.
Royal Ambassadors of the Bden
i ton Baptist Church will meet Sun
; day mdming during 11 o’clock wor
-1 ship service. '
Women’s Society of Christian
: Service and the Wesleyan Guild of
i the Methodist Church will hold a .
chicken salad supper Friday night
' with the suppers delivered between
5 and 6 o’clock.
Johnny Woods, known as the Hu- 1
man Fly, will climb the Citizens |:
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Above is pictured a group of members of the Rocky llock Baptist
[ Church on hand for a recent ground breaking service for a new educa
-1 tional building. Included in she picture are those who are serving on !
j the Building Committee. From left to right, first row, they are: -O. C.
| Long, Jr„ chairman: Tom Bunch. J. Gibson Ferry, Carey Evans. Murray
!J. Tynch and Raleigh l’eele. (One member of the committee, Mrs. Lon
i nie Harrell, was not present). Second row, left to right, are: The Rev.
| B. L. Raines, pastor, and Deacons Lynn Ferry, R. T. Harrell. Elly Bunch,
j Gilbert Harrell and Mark White. Some of the members of the church
[ appear in the background.
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Edenton’s Firemen
Answer 52 Alarms
During Year 1954
32 Fires In Edenton i
And 20 In Rural
Section
Fire Chief R. K. Hall reports J
that during the year 1954 tHe j
Edenton Fire Department answer-!
ed 52 calls, of which 32 were in '
Edenton and 20 outside the city j
limits.
Property damage involved was!
estimated at 8561,200 and dam-age I
in Edenton amounted to 823,040. [
Firemen were on duty during the j
52 calls 43 hours and 15 minutes |
and in their operations laid 6,050 |
feet of hose, raised ladders 104 feet j
and used 45 pounds of chemical.
Chief Hall reports that the per j
capita fire loss in Edenton during]
the year, based on 5,000 popula- [
tion was only $4.60.
During December the firemen an-;
swered nine alarms, two in Eden
ton and seven In the county.
Negro School
Puts Out SOS!
For Band Help
Parade Scheduled to
Be Held Thursday,
January 27
T. I. Sharpe, chairman of the ;
band drive committee at the Eden
ton colored high school, issues ah
S.O.S. for additional funds.
“We are, doipg our best to keep i
the band drive ship afloat.” says
Chairman Sharpe, “but we find that
we need more help. Our goal is ;
$1,400.00 to pay for new instru
ments purchased recently, so that
wo will appreciate any contribution
that anyone may make.”
The chairman announced that a ■
band drive parade will be held
Thursday afternoon, January 27, at i
2 o’clock in an effort to stimulate j
interest in the drive.
Annual Meeting Os Chowan
County Farm Bureau Will Be
Held On Friday Afternoon j
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Fish Fry and Election
Os Officers at Cho
wan High School
The Chowan County Farm Bur
eau will hold its 1954 annual meet
ing and fish fry at the Chowan
High School on Friday afternoon,
January 21, at 4 o’clock, says Bris
toe Perry, bounty president. AH
Farm Bureau members and their
families are invited and each fami
ly should bring enough corn bread
for themselves and one guest.
The fish fry is scheduled to start 1
t
i “John Deere Day”
| Will Be Observed |
| Thursday, Jan. 27
j Farmers and Families
Invited to Free En-
I tertaifunent
l Hobbs Implement Company an- 1
Inounces that John Deere Day will j
Ibe observed in the Edenton Ele- j
Imentary School auditorium Tliurs-'
day night, January 27, at 7:30 j
, o’clock.
i Among the features of Hv at- j
; traction will be Garland Abbott,
WTAR-TV star, in person, togeth
er with his Western Swing Boys
■ and Quartet. A well known ma
' gieian and comedian trill also he
]on the program.
All farmers and their families
i are cordially invited to attend the
j entertainment. Free tickets have,
[been mailed, but Guy C. Hobbs.
I manager of tlie concern, says that
[if tickets have not been received,
lean be secured free of charge by
| calling at his office.
District Senators
On 12 Committees;
Senators from tlie First District |
were assigned to 12 various com- |
: mittees of the 28 committees in the
Senate late last week when Luther
Barnhardt, president of the Senate,
read the appointments.
Senator Elton Aydlett is serving
on seven of the committees, includ
ing appropriations. Conservation
and Development, Judiciary 1, Com
merce, Public Roads, Public Utili
ties and University Trustees.
Senator Godwin appears on six
committees and is chairman of Ju
diciary 11. His other assignments
are: Courts and Judicial Districts,
l Education, Districts, Comrfierre,
| and Retirement and Employment)
■ Security. !
I
;at 4 o’clock. Following eating,
I about 5 or 5:30, the annual meet- '
1 ing will be held in the high school
! auditorium. Officers for the year, :
' 1955, will be elected. The guest
speaker’s subject will be “How to
Use Your County Farm Bureau”.
Group singing will be a feature for
everybody's participation.
Mr. Perry urges all 1955 mem- 1
bers and their families to be pres- 1
lent and enjoy this occasion. A no- i
' tice is being mailed to every mem- ]
ber but if a member fails to re- <
I ceive his card he and his family <
should come anyway, Mr. Perry ]
1 says. ' t
VFW Host For First
District Meeting
Sunday Afternoon
| Meeting Begins In Lo
cal Post’s Home
At 3 P. M.
I William H. Coffield Post, No.
j 9280, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
! will be host for a meeting of the
{
j First District which will be held in
the local post’s-home Sunday after
j noon starting at 3 o’clock. Follow
ing the meeting a. supper will be
served.
The meeting will he presided
over by District Commander Wes
ley t'ullipher of Elizabeth City and
will be featured bv addresses by
two gitest speakers, Fast Depart
ment Commander Forrest Dunstan
of Elizabeth City and Department
Senior Vice Commander Rufus Joy
tier of Rocky Mount.
Bill Ferry, commander of the lo
cal post, expects in the neighbor
hood of 100 visitors from the dis
trict, which includes posts in Cho
wan. Bertie, Hertford, Washing
ton, Tyrrell, Gates. Perquimans,
Pasquotank and Dare counties.
Carlton Perry
Special Guest
Cotton School
{Chowan Boy District
i| 4-H Cotton Winner
In 1954
j Carlton Perry, son of Mr. and
i Mrs. Bristoo Perry of the Advance
community was Eastern District
4-11 Cotton winner in 1904. Carl
: ton attended the 4-H cotton school
[which was held at State College on |
[ January 11 and 12.
The club members and agents j
; who attended this school heard i
j some very good talks on the latest |
I methods of cotton production ini
I Noith Carolina. Dr. E. T. York,]
'head of the agronomy department |
at State College, gave a talk on [
“Cotton Studies in North Carolina”. I
R. D. Mauney, chairman of the I
North Carolina Production Com-j
mittee of the Atlantic Cotton As
sociation. welcomed the group and |
explained the purpose of the as-j
sedation. W. G. Westmoreland, ox- j
tension agronomist, explained the I
latest methods of weed control in j
cotton production and J. C. Fergu
son. agriculture engineer, explain
led mechanization in rotton produc-
Jt.ion. H. M. Garris, plant patbolo-!
j gist, told of the seriousness of the!
nematode diseases in cotton. J. 11.
j Shanklin. Extension agronomist,:
[gave a summary of the meeting.:
*The group made a tour through!
departments of the State
Department of Agriculture.
Hospital Auxiliary
Meets On Friday
Charlene Connell Will
Entertain With Her
Accordion
| On Friday afternoon, January 2.1,
at 3 o’clock in the nurses’ home, tlie
Chowan Hospital Auxiliary will
hold its first meeting of (he new
year. Mrs. George Hoskins, retir
ing president, urges a large at
tendance for the important busi
ness of electing a new slate of of
ficers, presented by Mrs. Clarence
Leary, Jr., and Mrs. Wesley Ches- i
son, Jr.
At the meeting Charlene Connell,
whose father is Douglas Aircraft
representative M the Edenton Ma
rine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field,
will entertain with her aceordian.
Tea will be served by Mrs. W. 0.
Elliott, Jr.
The party on Christmas eve for
the hospital staff at the nurses’
home was a great success, thanks
to the splendid cooperation of the
community. There were beautiful
home made confections and gener
ous contributions of money, which
enabled Mrs. Albert § Byrum and j
Mrs. Junius Davis to arrange tlie |
■ affair.
$2.00 Per Year In North "arolina
Machinery IsSet v T n
To Raise Funds Fox
1 ’55 March Os Dimes
j Warning! ]
is. J
i Chief of Folice George I. Dail j
; this week calls attention to auto
mobile owners that it is
! to display 1955 city license plates
before February 1. Chief Dail says |
that if a car lias been operated dur. !
j ing January and the 1955 license ■
tag has not been purchased before'
1 1 February 1. a penalty of *I.OO w ill
.be added to each license. He,
j therefore, urges all owners of au
. tomobiles to purchase their tags at
, I the Town office at once.
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New Building At
Rocky Hock Church
Is Now In Progress
Educational Plant Ex
pected to I>e Com
pleted In April
j In December members of Rocky i
j Hock Baptist Church bold aii im
pressive ground breaking service
.‘for a proposed hew educational
building. This structure is to be a j
, two story building 15 feet in width l
- and 70 feet in length of block-brick:
construction.
Tire building is being built for
children from beginners through!
I tlie intermediate level. Among the J
features of the 19-ioom building!
will tie a library which will be of!
service to adults.
Tim Edenton Const ruction Com- J
I pony has the contract for the build
ling and brick work has been com
j pleted up to the second floor level,
| The building will probably lie ready j
j for use in April.
Annual Meeting Os i
| B. &L. Association
! Tuesdayjeb. Ist
| Shareholders Asked to
Meet at Court House
At BP.M.
K. K. Leary, svcivtary of tlio
jKdehton Hiiildin^Loan Associa
tion, announces that a hicctinff of
; sharoholdrrs «»f tin* association will
;}>«• hold Tuesday evoniiiff, F« bni-|
j ary 1. at 8 o’clock in tlw Court '
i Houso;
j All share hoi dors art* .requested t«»,
!attend this mootihjr to
thoir stock or have proxies sent in. i
The association paid a dividend
!of Y r on stock for tin six months’|
period ending: December 31 instead l
of th»’ usual 3Tr.
Winners Named In
Chowan County’s
4-H Com Contest
Gerald Harrell, Janies
Monds, Robert Skin
ner Top List
Edenton’s Lions Club entertain
ed the 1954 Chowan 4-H Corn con
testants and their dads at a supper
Monday night. Prizes were award
ed to the top winners in each of
the three age groups, 10. 11 and 12,
ages 13 and 14, and ages 15 and
above.
Gerald Harrell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lester Harrell, of the Rocky
Hock community, who grew 107.2
bushels of corn on his acre, won
top prize in the age group of 13
and 14. Gerald’s yield was also the
highest in the contest,
James Monds, son of Mr. and
[ Mrs« B. P. Monds. of the Center
I Hill community, won top prize in
the age group of 15 years old and
FIGHT POLIO!
JOIN THE
MARCH OF DIMES
Mother’s Night, Road
Block and Human
Fly Features
Kill Ferry, chairman of the Chop
j wan County March of Dimes, which
j is sponsored this year by William
[ H. Coffield Fost, No. 9280. Voter-
Inns of Foreign Wars, has complet
ed his organization for the 1955
; drive and contributions are now be
| ing solicited. While only a few re
j turns have been made. Mi'. Perry
j is encouraged with tile cooperation
•he has received thus far and is
; hopeful the county’s contribution in
the fight against infantile paralysis
, j will exceed last year’s, when *2,-
157684 was raised in the county.
1 J Assisting in the drive will be
members of the VFW Auxiliary,
who will serve in various capaci
ties.
As in former years a* house-to
; house canvass will be conducted
with Auxiliary members and the
following serving as canvassers:
j Parker Helms, Louis Leary, John
j ParrisJb John Oliver, Hoskin Bass,
[Jim Basnight, Curtis Twiddy, lai
| once Spruill, Bill Crammey. David
White, Tommy Crowder, Ed Park
[••r. I.utber Ket ter, Edward Potts,
Willie Spruill. Sgt. Camp, W. D.
Harris. Milton Bunch, Jack Bar
j cow, William K. Barrow, Buck
j I.atigdaie, Victor Fordham, Robert
I Goodwin, Merrill Pcitj and Percy
[Dail.
! Contributions in the county will
be principally through the home
! demonstration clubs With County
j Agent C. W. Overman and Miss
, Hattie Singletai-y, home agent, in
charge.
Contributions from colored peo
j pie will be in Charge of the Rev.
E. S. Parker, the Rev. J. E, Tii
lett and tlv- Rev. W. H. Davis.
!. In Edenton contributions among
j the colored people will be sponsor
jed by the Parent-Teacher Associa
, tion under the direction of William
j Collins and Clarence Jernigam
At the colored school. Principal
D. F. Walker will direct the cam
. paign.
In tlie white schools. Principal
[Ernest Swain will direct the drive
'in. the Edenton Elementary School
and Principal Gerald James in the
Junior-Senior High School,
County Superintendent W. J.
Taylor' will l>< in charge of the
drive in the white schools in the
I county,
At the Edenton Marine Corps
| Auxiliary Landing Field Chaplain
D. K. Veit man will be in charge.
Canvassers for business houses
[arc James Bond, Larry Knox, Jack
: Jordan, Murriell Byrum, J. C.
Parks and Joe Swanner.
A\. C. Keeter is the solicitor for
.the individual establishments,
Mr. Ferry lias announced that
there will he three special features
in the effort to raise funds. One
| will lie a road block on Saturday,
■ January 29, when Boy Scouts will
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j . above. His acre made MJI bushels
of com.
Robert Skinner, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jarvis Skinner, of the Ad
vance community, won first prize"
. in the age group 10, 11, and 12.
.; Robert grew 61.4 bushels of com
- on his acre.
Each of these boys grew N. C.
', 27 corn, which is a very good hy«
, i hrid that was developed by Dr.
I \ Paul H. Harvey, of the N. C. Ex
periment Station. Gerald, James,
I and Robert were awarded ?10 each
■ by the Lions Club.
! Earl Harrell, president of tha
club, welcomed the boys and their
! dads, and W. J. Taylor, secretary,
• awarded the prizes.
Jimmy Partin, member of the
Lions Club Boys’ and Girls’ Com
' j mittee, had charge of the program,
i A total of 25 boys and 17 dads at
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