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Volume XXII.- Number 13.
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Brenda and K. Bryant While
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Nancy and Susan Hare
This week The Herald presents another installment of its feature “Citizens of Tomorrow.” Pic
tured are. top row. left to right, Brenda and K. Bryant White, fi and II years old, daughter and son
of Mr. and Mrs. Watson Karl W hite; Joyce and Sherman I,owe, fraud 2 years old, daughter and son of
Mr. and Mrs. Glynn l.owe; Kenwood, Jr., and Bettie Jean fee. ■"> months and I years old, son and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenwood l.ee. Bottom row, left to right, Nancy and Susan Hare, I and 3
years old, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hare: Carroll, Jr., and Mary Ethel Boyce, 4 and fi
years old, ion and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Boyce; Tommy and Darrell Parker, 8 and 1 years
old, sons of .'Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Parker, Jr.
1955 Cancer Drive
Scheduled T o Begin
Friday This Week
Mrs. Daniel I*. Reaves
Will Serve as Chair
man For County
All preparations have now Hi'cm ;,
made for Chowan County's ])art in.
the nation-wide educational. aiid j
fund-raising crusade which the j
\merican Cancer Society will con-1
1 l M n’t throughout April, with -SIM.- ,
non, tmo as its pool.
Local residents and .business con
cents will he canvassed hy menihers
of the Kdenton Woman's Cluh. |
headed hy Mrs. Daniel Reaves, j
chairman of the 11155 campaign,
and Mrs. J. M. Itoyce. 'I lie white j
residents of the county will tie can- |
vassed through the various, home j
demonstration dubs under ibe di
rect ion of Miss Haltio .Singletary, J
home demonstration agent.
Mrs. Fannie. Parker will head the !
eanvassinp of colored residents .of J
the 'town and Mrs. Onnie Charlton,
home demonstration apent. will di
rect the eanvassinp, of the county
colored residents through the home
ilemonstration < luhs.
Mrs - . Iteav.es says that she was
pratified hy the fine spirit shown
hy the many volunteers enlisted to f
collect $1,(103.2(1. the amount set as
Chowan County’s goal. Kaeh of
those volunteers, who will po into
action tomorrow (Friday. April 1). j
has beam .assigned to his or her spe- '
rial place ill the drive. Sonic will j
make a house-to-house canvass, piv
inp out informative literature and
appealing for contributions: and
others Will canvass the various bus
iness concerns throuphout the town
and county.
“Lack of knowledge about Can
cer is block inp propress in control
ling that disease,” says Mrs.
Reaves. “That’s why the national
society is waging an intensive cam
paipn to persuade everyone to heed
cancer’s seven (lunger signals and
to have periodic physical check-ups.
One out of every three adult Amer
icans does not know that many
forms of cancer are .curable. No
wonder so many persons who sus
pect that they have cancer shun a
doctor’s diagnosis, since they look
on confirmation of their fears as a
Sentence of death.
“Marly detection enables prompt
treatment and possible cure. Kaeh
year 75,000 lives of.cancer patients
are being saved, and 75,000 more
Could be saved annually if the pres
ence of the disease were discovered
soon enough. The ASC educational
program is alerting Americans to
the danger and increasing preval
>ence of mankind’s crudest enemy.”
More and more cancer’s seven
danger signals are leading to detec
tion of it in time to enable effective
treatment. Mrs. Reaves lists those
signals thus:
1. Any sore that does not heal.
2. A lump or thickening in the
breast or elsewhere.
3. Unusual bleeding of discharge.
4. Any change in a wart or mole.
5. Persistent indigestion or dif
ficulty in swallowing.
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ifiE CHOWAN HERALD
Joyce and Sherman l.owe
Carrol, Jr., and Mary Ethel Boyce
[Baseball Meeting],
Though llie «eal her I lie lasi few I
; days has nnl been conducive to'
baseball, a meeting is Scheduled to 1
the held in the Court House tonight
j (Thursday) at 7:30 o'clock to con
| siller ' the possibility of again op
erating tile Albemarle League.
The meeting has been called by
A. \\ . 'lie Iren of Hertford, presi
{flcnt of the club and invitations
! have been sent to fans in Elizabeth J
• City, Hertford, Edenton. Rocky :
i Hock, Colerain. Windsor and Ply-!
i moil 111 to attend.
[Another Motorist
I‘l u linos Into Sound
j lah-tibm Bay ..gain In-at Edmi i
[ton pat lid n.in to llm draw when
1..u1y Frid.-iy morning another ear!
piling' d into llie v atei just a few |
yards from the police station.
In i■ ■ i,i was <! orge Neroii, I
about 15, from Bradley Beach. N.
J.. who landed in tile water about !
50 | eel fi- shore, N 5 |nnis an J
ex-lu’ivyweight prize fighter, and
[at one time was a sparring part-1
Her of M ix Se-hritcling and in 1982-
j lust a iiout to W. h. (Young) Strib. |
.ling.
Foj tuiiately. N.eron was not 'in
jured, lie was spotted by the po
lire, who followed him. but when
the .officers, arrived : at.; the police
stat ion Neroii had crawled from the
chilly.water. Ills dog, however, .re
fused to leave tile car until it was
pulled fcom tile water by a wreck
er. Neriin, was arrested and placed i
in jail, charged with drunken and
reekless driving, lie was given a
hearing in Recorder’s Court lues
day morning and was found not ■
guilty.
No mil is the third motorist with
in a few weeks to plunge overboard
and unother driver hit the curb
and damaged two tires but the car
remained on land. I
Edenton Furniture Company I
Begins Work On Erection Os
New Broad Street Building
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New Store Will I»e lie-1
tween Belk-Tyler’s i
And P & Q
Another sign of progress in
Eden ton put in its appearance Mon
day morning when construction was
started on a new building for the
Edenton Furniture Company. The
new building, which will he modern
and up-to-date in every respect,
will be located on the vacant lot be
tween the Belk-Tyler store and
I* & Q Super Market on Broad
Street.
The lot was recently purchased
by Jesse Harrell and J. P. Partin,
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 31, 1955.
Kenwood, Jr., and Bettie Jean Lee
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Tommy and Darrell Parker
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PACK A. OTTS
i A new jewelry store will open
( Friday at 127 South Broad Street
with Paul A. Otts as manager.
[civic c alendar]
Senior play will he presented in
'llie Elementary School auditorium
tonight (Thursday) at 8:15 o’clock.
Sponsored by llie Edenton PTA.
brass Roots Opera Company will
present “Don Pasqualc” ill llie
i Elementary School auditorium on
Wednesday night, April 211, at 8
o'clock.
i Chowan 111 and FFA Fat Stuck
Show and Sale, sponsored bv the
| Edenton Jaycces, will he held at
jllie American Legion Fairgrounds
I Wednesday, May 4.
I New registration of voters in
Edenton will lie held from April 9
to April 23
The annual Flower Show spon
sored by the Edenton Woman’s
Club will be held Tuesday, May 3,
at the Penelope Barker House.
Sponsored by the Edenton Wo
man’s Club another pilgrimage of
[Colonial Edenton and Countryside
will be held Friday and Saturday,
April 15 and 16.
The Rocky Hock School Parent-
Teacher Association w ill stage a
Tom Thumb Wedding Tuesday
night, April 5, at 8 o’clock.
The crucifixion and resurrection I
of Christ, a Lenten passion play, j
will he presented at White Oak
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■ owners of the Edenton [Furniture
I Company', from the Bclk-Tyler
Company, and excavating for the
! foundation was started early Mon
day morning.
The new store will be 50 x 151)
feet and will lie three stories high;
with the third to tie used as
a warehouse. The contractor for
the new building is the Edenton
Construction Company, and it is ex
pected the building will be ready
for occupancy in four to six months
detmding upon working conditions.
The new quarters will afford
more room for expansion of the
business, which is at present crowd
ed in the building across the street
from the new site.
Town Councilmen
Stand By Previous
Hicks Field Action
Special Meeting 1 Held
Tuesday to Reconsid
er 1953 Action
Meeting in special session Tues
. day morning, Town Council refus
ed. to rescind former action taken
to settle the controversy over the
title to Hicks Field By agreeing to
the title resting with the Edenton
school trustees except for the base
ball park, tile armory property and
that section now occupied By indus
try.
The agreement for the school
trustees to hold title to the proper
ty was made at a Town Council
meeting in August, 1953, and in
order to legally determine the hold
ers, Representative John F. White
was recently’ requested to introduce
a local Bill in the General Assem
bly for thus providing this, au
thority.
| However, some objection had dc
! veloped to allow the school trus
-1 tees to hold title to most of the
property, especially that portion ad
i joining the home of Henry Cuth
| ••ell. the portion on which the Boy
' Scout cabin is located and the ten
i nis courts. '
‘ On the grounds >f this objection,
I Mayor Leroy Haskett called a spe
j rial meeting of Town Council Tues-
I day’ morning to provide an oppor
f tunity to rescind the former action
I if desired.
At the meeting Councilman
George Alma Byrum made a nio
■ tioh to rescind the former action
■ and for the Town t" retain title
to the lot next to Mr. Cuthroll’s
home, the Boy’ Scout cabin lot and
the tennis courts. However, no ser
ond was made to his motion, so
that the matter stands as deter
mined ;it the 1958 meeting of Town
Council.
The school trustees argue that
[: they' need the property' for future
... school expansion, while those ops
posed advance tlvy argument that
the; Town should retain some por
it ion for any possible use for town
purposes.
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Potter Answers
Questions About
Easter Seal Sale
Sale Will Continue In
County Until Eas
ter Sunday
Questions often asked by contrib
utors to the annual Easter Sea! (
campaign are answered by (!. B.
Potter, chairman of the Chowan (
County’ Society for Crippled Chil
dren and Adults.
They were included in a public ,
statement issued for the benefit of
new residents of the community
and others who may not be aware ,
of the organization’s work.
Q —-Who sponsors the Easter Seal ,
appeal ?
A—The annual Easter Seal ap
peal is sponsored by Chowan Coun
ty Society for Crippled Children
[find Adults, your Easter Seal So*
Iciety* in Chowan County; It is one
Hf about 1.500 affiliated chapters
(if the National Society for
.Crippled Children and Adults Incut
led throughout the United States,
Alaslfi. Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.
The Chowan County Society is a
Chapter of the North Carolina So
ciety for Crippled Children and
, Adults. The National Society is
the oldest and largest voluntary
.agency serving the crippled. It
■ was founded in 1921. The Chowan
’ County Society was established in
■ 1933.
Q —What is the purpose of the
appeal ?
’ A—Tt secures funds to provide
; services for crippled children and
; adults which arc not provided !iv
• any other organization. The Eas
i ter Seal appeal is the only drive
in which the society participates.
Q —What actual services does the
; society provide?
A—Sendees vary throughout the
I country, depending upon needs in
■ various localities. Fifty five per
• cent of the funds raised remain in |
: Chowan County to provide direct J
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COMPLETING DETAILS FOR TOUR ]
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The Edenton Woman’s Club steering committee shown above
putting finishing touches to plans for the biennial pilgrimage of
Colonial Edenton and Countryside to he staged April 15 and 18.
Seated, left to rigiit, are: Mrs. John Krahier, publicity chairman;
Mrs. A. F. Downum, general chairman; Mrs. Richard Goodwin,
pre-sident of the Edenton Woman’s Club: Mrs. R. \. Hines, chair
man of hostesses. Standing, left to right, Mrs. Gilliam Wood, co
chairman of hostesses; Mrs, Earl Goodwin, co-chairman of tickets
and Mrs. J. N. Pruden, Jr., chairman of tickets,—(Evelyn Leary
Photo).
Plans Move Ahead
For Chowan’s First
4-H Fat Stock Show
Exhibition Will Re at
Legion Fairgrounds
On May 4th
Plans for the first Chowan 4-H
and FFA Fat Stock Show and Sale
are rapidly shaping up. says Joe
Conger. Jr., president of the Jay
cees. The Junior Chamlier of Com
merce is busily engaged in raising
funds, putting its committees to
work and in general, getting things
ready. The show and sale will be
held at the American Legion Fair
grounds on Wednesday, May 4,
1955.
Persons who have never attend
ed such an event may ask. “just
what is a fat stock show and sale?"
A fat stock show and sale is’an.
event at which fat steers .and hogs
'are entered by various contestants.
This one will lie a junior fat stock i
show* and sale—ln other words,
only bona fide I-H and FFA mem
bers/will be* eligible to compete.
Steers which will lie -entered
must have been fed out by the ex
hibitor. they must .he animals of
strictly beef type, they must lie
dehorned and halter broken. Each •
■contestant will he required to lend ,
his or her steer in a ring. before ■
the judges, and tile steer must be ]
under complete control of the ex- ,
hihitor at all times. j
Four-If and FFA members may j
enter a pen of an individual hog. ,
a pen of three hogs or a pen of .
each. Individual hogs will be fit
ted and shown by the exhibitor,
and prizes will lie awarded to the \
winners. |
An animal husbandry specialist ’
from State College will judge the
Steers and hogs, and handsome tro- j
phies and ribbons will he awarded
the winners’. .
The purpose of a junior (or 4-H '
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39 Chowan Students
Visit Planetarium
Thirty-nine Chowan High School (
students will witness “Easter, The
Awakening,” the annual tribute to
Easter, at the Morohead Planetar
ium while on their visit to the Uni
versity of North Carolina Friday,
April Ist.
The group is composed of Bar- ,
bara Byrum. Marjorie Evans, Joyce
Byrum, Bonnie Ward, Kay Hare, 1
Patricia Rountree, Judith Fmph
lett, Jean White, Carolyn Wilson.
Linda Copeland, Jackie Asbell, Ma
rie Wilson, Marion; Chappell, Jean
nette Perry, Anne Spivey, Geneva
Jordan, Fahey Bunch, E. C. Top
pin. Hughes Bunch. Johnny Hen
drix, Frank Chappell, Eddie Parks,
William Chappell, Wilbur Stallings,
Jack Nixon, Hattress Ward, Mar
vin Parrish, Tim White, Ray Per
ry, Bill Welch, Woodrow Slades,
Billy Whitman, Jeff Ward, Joe
Hollowell, Bobbie Ward, Jerry i
White, Durwood Toppin and Ray
Goodwin.
| They are accompanied by Mrs.
j Rufus Smithson and Mrs. Paul
Ward as chaperones.
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Kdenton’s political waters began
to ripple this week when four more
candidates filed for office in the
May municipal elect-ion. Thus far
five candidates have filed, includ- !
ing George Alnta Byrum, who filed
last week to succeed himself as
Councilman-at-large.
The other lour candidates to file;
are harry M. Dowd for Conncil
inan-al-large. It is Mr. Dowd’s I
first hid for public office. The I
others to file are incumbents, J. [
Clarence Kearv for Councilman
from the f irst Ward: Graham By- (
rum. Councilman front the Second
Ward, and Clvdo Hollowell. Coun
cilman front the Fourth Ward.
The final date for filing as a 1
candidate is Friday, April 22.
Rill (alls For Five
Members On Edenton
Roard Public Works'
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In accordance* with House Rill .
7HO, introduced in the General As- \
sembly b\ Kepresentatiw John I\! I
White, membership of the Roard of
Public Work- of the* Town of Eden, i
ton will he increased from three to
five members. The hill further,
provides that four members shall
constitute a'quorum for the trails-, ]
action of business. '2
The Roard is no" composed of
J. 11. Conger, Ralph Parrish and j I
Dr. J. A. Powell and Mr. White I I
has added to tin* Roard W. J.ji
Yates and T. C. Byrum, Jr.
The hill has passed three read- j
ings.
C. N. Ricks Os
Open New Jew
South Broad
Paul A. Otts Will Re
Manager of New
Concern
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Elrt'vvborc in The Herald tbi-j'
week, a diamond jubilee sale an j
nounees the opening of a new jew- I,
dry store at 427 . South Broad j
Street by (’. N. Ricks, prominent ;i
Ahoskie jeweler. The store will be i
under the management of Paul A..
Otts and chalks up a new .business |
in the 400 block on Broad Street, ,
Mr. Otts, who has been working ■
at the C. N. Ricks Jewelry Store ;
in Ahoskie, is a school graduate
watchmaker, jeweler and diamond
setter and engraver. ‘He has had i
over 20 years experience as work- :
man and store manager in the jew- ,
elry field and served by election of
the people as City Clerk of the City i
of Artesia, New Mexico, for the :
years 1930 through 1938. He is an
accountant and has some radio and
writing experience.
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina
75 Edenton School
Students Will Serve
As Guides For Tour
Again All State 1
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ANNE HOKT.OWELL
For the second consecutive year,
.Miss Anne Hollowell, senior at i
Chowan High School, has been se
lected as a member of the All-
State girls’basketball team. Anne
scored 880 points during the season
for an average of 10 points per
game.
Anne Hollowell Is
Again Chosen On
All State Team
Chowan High Senior
l Scored 880 Points
During Season
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\ 11 !i<- Hollowell of Chowan High
School hit been named for the see
|end conserufive year to the All-
State girls’ basketball team select
ed annually by the Greensboro
.Daily New-
Anne, a pretty 17-vear-old senior
: i Chowan, wa - m e of two players
earned last year to lie named to the
!|9s.'i squad. Tile other was Clau
jdim llodirin of Raeford.
Tile Chowan renter-forward who
islands five feet II inches tall, av
jeraged 111 noints per game this ,
.season and had a season's total of
880 points. Her highest individual
effort was 70 points against Con
way early this season. During her
brilliant high school career Anne
scored 8.108 points. She was a
unanimous choice' for all-county
and aH-tuum.i merit honors.
Tile Daily News describes Anne (
a- tile ’“big reason for Chowan’s
17-5 record this season.” Anne. a.-,
great, team player and an outstand
ing compel iter, did not rely on her i
•height I" ainas.s lief point total.
Instead, she is an excellent shot,
uses either hand in shooting and
is an exi'ellent defender.
\iiin*, is th,. daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Hollmvell.
Ahoskie Will
vrelry Store On
Street Friday
Mr. otts is affiliated with the
American hog,ion, having received
llie Purple Heart and other cita
tions for wounds received in battle
during World War 1. He is also
[affiliated with tile Masonic bodies
|of the Ancient and Accepted Scot
ish Rite of Free Masonry, a noble
'of the Ancient Arabic order of the
| Mystic Shrine, also Chapter and
Council iif the York Rite and East
ern Star.
Mrs. Otts is a member of the
Eastern Star and is a past matron
of the order, having filled all the
chairs while residing in Texas. She
and daughter, Marilyn, will assist
Mr. Otts in the now store and w ish
to invito all the people of this area
to come in and get acquainted and
see the many bargains being offer
ed during April.
Mr. Otts and family are perma
nently living at Dr. Frank Wood’s
place just across the sound on
Highway 32 and seem to lie well
pleased with their new’ surround
ings and F,dent.on.
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SUPPORT THE
RED CROSS . . .
ENROLL NOW!
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Hostesses Will I>e At
tired In Colonial
Costumes
Members of the Edenton Wir
man’s Club, demonstrating much of
. the same enterprising spirit shown
by their predecessors in 1774, are
enlisting the wholehearted support
of Edenton residents and civic or
ganizations in staging their fourtli
Pilgrimage of Colonial Edenton and
Countryside, which will be held
April 15th and Kith.
The modest admission ticket
price (§3.00 for adults, $1.50 for
students), will entitle the holder of
the ticket to tour the ten places to
be open for the Pilgrimage. In ad
dition, tourists will be furnished
guides to direct them to the differ
ent places, and all visitors are in
vited to tea which will be held at
the Penelope Barker House from
3 to 6 P. M„ both days.
Gerald James, principal of the
Edenton Junior-Senior High School,
is selecting 75 boys and girls from
the school who-will act as guides.
Miss Elizabeth Moore, a member
of the Woman’s Club, will lecture
to this group giving them pertinent
facts pertaining to the histories of
the places on tour, as well as in
teresting facts about the town it
self, so that the guides Can make
the trip even more interesting to
the visitor.
Cecil Fry has drawn and bad
(printed--a map giving complete di
rections for all the places on the
tour for the benefit of the guides.
Workmen are busy at the Penel
ope Barker House trying to get the
downstairs plastered and the wood
work painted in time for the open
ing of the tout. ’lbis year for the
first time the hostesses serving
at the Penelope Barker House will,
be dressed in Colonial eostume, pat
terned after the gown that Mrs.
Penelope Barker wears in her por
trait which hangs in the Cupola
House.
-Again this year as in-.the past,
the headquarters of the Pilgrimage
is the Hotel Joseph Howes, Here
the visitors will get their tickets,
folders, and can Secure guides.
Six Boy Scouts have been selected
by Scoutmaster Jack Habit to help
with the traffic near the hotel.
Many more pictures have been
made of the places to he open, both
inside and outside, as well as mov
ies. by Nick George of the Edenton
Junior-Senior High School, which
pictures will he shown over TV
programs. Mr. George has been
most cooperative with the Woman’s?
Club in donating his time and ef
fort in helping to make the tour a
i.success.
Treble Clef Club
Provides Program
At BPW Meeting
New Slate of Officers
Scheduled at Next
Meeting
The Treble Clef Club of Eden*
ton Junior-Senior High School, un
der the direction of Mrs. Mary L.
Browning, rendered several songs
as a feature of the monthly meet
ing of the Edenton Business and
Professional Women’s, Club held
last week in the Court House.
Mrs. Adelaide Chesson, president,
presided at the meeting during
which the program was turned into
a “buzz session”. Various groups
were formed and the buzzing con
cerned mostly questions and dis
eussions on how the club can he
improved in another 12 months.
Mrs. Mary Willis, Miss Lena Jones
and Mrs. Josie R. Carr were in
charge of the program.
Mrs. Emma Perkins, finance
chairman, reported that S6O was
realized from the recent card i»ar
ty and Miss Inez Felton gave a re
port on the district meeting held
in Hertford. The club voted to ap
ply SIOO toward the Penelope Bark
er note and to defer serving at the
USO until sometime in the fall,
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