f ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN I CHOWAN COUNTY k ~ % Volume XXII.- Number 13. £ CITIZ i:\S()fT( )M() RROW 1 0 , * ' * % - N • « Brenda and K. Bryant While HE • w 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. Continued on Page 7 —Section 1 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 JjßpP^|| | Tommy and Darrell Parker ~ N New Store Manager ; > , s * 'hi' 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 I Continued on Page 7—Section 1 [ ■ 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. I 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 Conlinupd on Page 7—Section 1 COMPLETING DETAILS FOR TOUR ] x. jfr j gL m 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 ' Continued on Page 2—Section 1 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. rTotSig^] r 1 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' ‘ > 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 »■ - —- 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 v J Ei 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 " \ 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. // “ SUPPORT THE RED CROSS . . . ENROLL NOW! * 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, Continued on Page 3—Section 1