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volume XXll.—Numberl4.
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Juclv, J<?ssi<\ Mavis, Jr., and ~ . _, .....
William and Logan Elliott , aV4 . ( a ,t >% ,i-lu Sharon and Marcia White
Arlene find Marten* Chappell Jiift and Dale Elliott Glenn and Danny Hassell
Appearing above is another installment of The Herald’s feature “( iti/ens of lomorrow.” Pictured
are, top row, left to right, W illiam and Logan Elliott, 1 and 3 years old, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Logan K,
Elliott; Judy, Jessie, Mavis, Jr., and l ave Cartwright, 7, .">, K and ft years old, children of Mr. and Mrs.
Davis Cartwright; Sharon and Marcia White. 7 and ft years old, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. William M.
W r hite. Bottom row, left to right, Arlene and Marlene Chappell. 3 years old, daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
Otis Chappell; Jim and Dale Elliott, 7 and t years old, son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Elliott;
Glenn and Danny Hassell, 7 and B years old, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Boy M. Hassell.
256 Sign Petition Requesting
Vote Rural Fire Protection
County Attorney Au
thorized to Call Spe
cial Election
At the nicotinic of the Chowan
County Commissioners Monday, W. j
K. Bond, chairman of the Chowan .
County Fire Commissiony submitted .
a petition bearing 25(1 signatures
of property owners in Chowan
County, excluding Fdenton, asking
the Commissioners to e;dl a spe
cial election to levy 10 cents on the I
*<oo property valuation for fin |
'tion,
1 hose who signed* the petition!
v rg in the First Township, 121 1
in the >nd, 59 in the Third and
ijS in i.s> Fourth. Less than 100
signatures were necessary to make
the request, so that the Commiss
ioners will call a special election to
vote on the issue.
If the election is carried, it is
the recommendation of the Chowan
Fire Commission to purchase; a fire,
truck and employ an extra fireman,
both to be 'stationed at the' Kdeii
ton Fire Department as the initial
step to solve the rural fire protec
tion problem.
W. E .Bond, chairman of the Fire
Commission, complimented mem
hers of the Commission who. circu
lated the petition and these includ
ed McCoy Spivey, T. A. Berryman.
Norman Hollowed, Clarence Har
rell, Carey Evans, ,1. Cl. Ferry, .Joe
Webb, Jr., and Ward Hoskins.
County Attorney J. X. Fruden
was authorized to proceed in eall
ing the election so that if the elec
tion is carried the levy can lie in
eluded in the county's 1955-511 bud
,
Advance Club Will
Sponsor Box Supper
The Advance Home Demonstra
tion Club will sponsor a box sup
per at the Advance Community
Building Tuesday night, April 12.
at 8 o’clock.
Music will be furnished by the
Chowan Ramblers anil other local
talent. A small admission will be
charged and proceeds will go into
the building fund.
BANK CLOSED MONDAY
The Bank of Edenton will lie
closed all day Easter Monday, April
11, a legal holiday. Any import
ant banking business should lie at
tended to accordingly.
lleclared Outlaw]
t, j
Judge Clifton L. Moore at the
•ril term of Chowan Superior
• *t declared Van R. Page, Neg
n outlaw*.
age is one of the four men who
beat and robbed Arthur Byrum in
April of last year. The others have t
been sentenced and are now in c
State prison. It is the belief that ; i
Page is masquerading as a woman 1 1
and is said to be heavily armed
would kill any officer attempting i
to arrest him. Any information
should he reported to any law of
ficer in the State or the FBI. <
TiHE CHOWAN HERALD
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|Tn FoPfroubiT]
County Tax Supervisor William
P. Jones on Monday turned over
ltd. the Grand Jury the names of 68
persons in Chowan County who
have not listed their property for
1955 taxation as required hy law.
Unless these persons list their
taxes within a lew weeks, warrants
will he issued and they will face
j charges in 'Recorder’s Court.
|j. M. Price Will Be
Transferred to ASC
Office In Raleigh
Intention Made I»y W.
A. Harrell, ASC 1
Chairman
J. M. I'rire. county office mana
ger of the Chowan County Agricul
ture Stahii'izathin anil (’onservation
Com in it t-«•, i - bei n g transform! to
the State ASC office in Raleigh,
according to ah announcement
made hy \Y. A. Harrell, chairman
of the Chowan County ASC Com
mittee, Tuesday night.
A ppl ica t ions are being taken un
til April Hi for Uni. position . as
county office manager. Any per
son interested ill this position
should come by the Chowan County
ASC office in Edenton and secure
an application blank;
Mr, I'rice has been in Edenton 16
years and .wall report to Raleigh
a limit A priI 25. His t runsfer to Ra
leigh represents a promotion.
Local National Guardsmen
Will Participate In Operation
Minutemen Planned In April
Unit Congratulated For Increase In Enlist
ments; Openings Still Open For 46 More
Men In Edenton Company
Edepfoii's Heavy Mortar Com
pany of (lie North Carolina Na-j
tional Guard will lie called to par
ticipate in a test of readiness of
Army and Air National Guard
Units in the United States, Alas
ka, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the
District of Columbia by sounding
an alert entitled “Operation Min
utefnen” sometime in April.
The local siren will be sounded
off and on for about 15 minutes
which will In* a signal for the Eden
ton Company to mobilize.
For the alert to come as a sur
prise to all units of the National
Guard, no time or date is being spe
cified. The alert will be sounded
j nationally and will set in motion
the machinery that will bring
about the biggest test mobilization
since World War 11.
The National Guard, the oldest
military organization in the Unit
ed States* dating back t.o before
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 7,1955.
Top Quality Steers
Will Be Displayed
| At Fat Stock Show
,! Experienced Livestock
1 Judge Will Officiate
5 At Show
“Can top quality .steers be grown
-in Che wan County or are the best
steers only grown and fed out in
the West,” is a question often ask
ed the County Agent and Vocation
al Agriculture Teacher.
“For the answer, you should at
f tend the First Annual Junior Fat -
1 Stock Show and Sale at the Ameri-
I can Legion Fairgrounds May 4,
1955,” says Assistant County Agent
! Robert S. Marsh.
, “The event w ill he sponsored by
I N Edenton Junior Chamber of
I l ommeree. Here you will see sev
en steers which were fed out and
fattened by as many Chowan 4-If
• members. You will see an official
livestock judge from State College
judge and place the steers. Those
steers which are placed as prime,
choice, or good will be equal to
any steers from the West or uny-
Iwhere else .which are in the same
1
grade. The judge has not been an
nounced, hut he will he a qualified,
Continued oil Page 7—Section 1
Library Will Be Closed
During Edenton Tour
Miss Harriett B. Leary inform
ed The Herald this week that the
i Shepard-Pruden Library will not he
• open for hook circulation on Friday
■ and Saturday, April 15 and 16, due
to the tour of Colonial Edehton and
• C ountryside.
Miss Leary urges hook borrowers
• to bring books in on the following
Monday.
■ Revolutionary Times, has partiei
jpated in every major conflict in
[which this country has been in
volved. With the unrest and un
[’ certainty of the world situation to
day, the National Guard has been
1 given a mission which establishes
1 it as part of America’s first line
• of defense.
The National Guard is charged
with the responsibility of being
ready for the successful execution
of the following mission:
To provide a reserve compon
ent of the Army and Air Force of
the United States capable of im
mediate expansion to war strength,
able to furnish units fit for ser
vice anywhere in the world, train
ed and equipped.
1. To defend critical areas of the
United States against land, sea or
airborne invasion.
2. To assist in covering the mo-
Continued on Page 2—Section 1 ■
) Contests Develop
[For Officials In
Election On May 3
Contests For Council
men-at-large and In
Fourth Ward
Opposition is gradually develop
ing in Kdenton’s forthcoming mu
nicipal election which will he held
Tuesday, May 3. Up to Wednes
day there was opposition for the
two Counrilmen-Ht-large seats and
for Councilman in the Fourth
Ward.
The Councilmen-at-large race,
seems to he the most popular in
that four candidates have already
filed for the two seats.
George Alma Byrum, incumbent,
was first to announce and last week
Larry Dowd, making his first bid
for political office, announced as a
candidate.
, Two more candidates entered the
race this week when Dr. A. F.
Downum announced that he will be
a candidate and ,1. Edwin Bufflap
announced lie will be a candidate
for re-election.
It is also Dr. Downum's first bid
for public office. He is a graduate
I of Duke University and Southern
College of Optometry. He served
three years as an officer in the
- U, S. Navy and is at present chair
man of the official board of the
Methodist Church and teacher of
the Adult Bible Class. He is also
chairman of the Chowan County
, Bed Cross Chapter, a member of
I the Lions Club, a Mason and Shrin
! "f-
Mr. Bufflap, one of the ineiim
. bents, announced Wednesday morn
ing that he will again enter the
race, saying if the voters desire
him to serve, he will lie glad to do
so.
Opposition thus far has develtfp
’ od in only one of the wards, the
Fourth, where Luther C. Parks has
filed and will oppose Clyde Hollo
j, well, who previously announced he
will seek re-election.
I J. Clarence Leary in the First
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Services At Base
On Good Friday
. Edenton Citizens and
Base Personnel Cor-
I dially Invited
• Good Friday services will beheld
tomorrow (Friday-) between 12 and
3 o’clock in the Marine Auxiliary
. Landing Field chapel. Meditations
. will be based on Christ’s seven last
• words on the cross. Chaplain D.
> K. Volt man wishes to ex tend an in
| vitation to citizens of Edenton and
the base personnel to attend. Three
; guest ministers will assist Chaplain
■ Veltmiin in the services, the Bov.
P. Earl Richardson of the Metho
dist Church, the Rev. H. J. Lam
bert of the Kadesh A.M.E. Zion
Church, both of Edenton, and Bish
op If. T. Medford of Washington,
Continued on Page 7 —Section I
fcivie calendar! ;
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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,
Chowan 1-H and FFA Fat Stock l
i Show- and Sale, sponsored by the
- Edenton Jaycees, will be held at
the American Legion Fairgrounds
Wednesday, May 4.
i Sponsored hy the Edenton PTA,
; Grass Roots Opera Company will
present “Don Pasquale” in the
Elementary School auditorium on
[ Wednesday night, April 20, at 8
o’clock.
The annual Flower Show spon
sored by the Edenfon Woman’s
Club will he held Tuesday, May 3,
' at the Penelope Barker House.
Joint Easter Sunrise service will
be held at the Warwick Baptist
Church Sunday morning, April 10,
at 6:30 o’clock.
Sunbeams of Edenton Baptist
Church meet Sunday morning at
11 o’clock.
Shepard-Pruden Library will not
be open for book circulation Friday
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Expectations Point
To Very Successful
Edenton Pilgrimage
Inquiries Come From
As Far Away as
California
With inquiries being received
from many states, as far as Florida
and California, the fourth Pil
grimage of Colonial Edenton and
Countryside on Friday and Satur
day, April 15 and 16, bids fair to
be even more successful than in
previous years, so that those in
charge of the affair are very op
timistic that many will attend.
Already one of the local motor
courts are sold out for the tivo
nights and another reported early
this week that 16 reservations had
been made.
The tour is receiving national pu
blicity with stories appearing in
the New York Times-Herald, the
Now York Times and the Chicago
American, as well as many other
newspapers and magazines.
An interview type television pro
gram "‘ill also be broadcast Mon
day, April 11 over the Greenville
station at 9 A. M. On the pro
gram Will be two members of the
Edenton Woman’s Club, sponsors of
the Pilgrimage and Town Clerk Er.
nest J. Ward, Jr.
During the week spot announce
ments and pictures will also he
broadcast over the Norfolk tele
vision station.
Mayor Haskett
Appeals For Clean
Town During Tour
Designates April 7-14
As Clean-up, Paint
up Week
Mayor Leroy Haskett on Tues
day declared that the week of
Thursday, April 7 to April 14 will
be observed as Clean-up and Paint
up Week in Edenton. Mr. Haskett
urges all Citizens to cooperate, es
pecially emphasizing the forthcom
ing Pilgrimage of Colonial Eden
ton and Countryside.
“As in the past you have always
cooperated fully in our undertak
ings in making our town clean and
attractive,” said Mayor Haskett,
“so I again appeal to our citizens
to observe this special occasion.
Too. I find some few of our peo
ple have not as yet purchased the
required container So as to meet
with requirements as set out hy
our Health District.”
Mayor Haskett also asks the co
operation of all merchants and bus
iness houses in displaying their
i American flags during Friday and
Saturday, April 15 and 16 for the
Pilgrimage of Colonial Edenton and
Countryside.
Holy Week Services
I At St. Ann’s Church
Holy Thursday—Holy Commun
ion, 7 A. M.; Maundv Thursday
Mass, 9 A. M.; Holy Hour: Ser
mon, 8 P. M.
Good Friday—Sermon and Sta
tions of the Cross, 8 P. M.
Holy Saturday—E aster Vigil,
with blessing of Pascal Candle and
new fire, and the renew'al of bap
tismal vow's at 11 P. M., follow
ed by sung mass at midnight.
Easter Sunday—Midnight sung
mass; mass, 8 A. M., and 11 A. M. i
Most Edenton Stores
Close Easter Monday
Jesse Harrell, Chairman of the
Edenton Merchants Committee, an
nounced early this week shat the
majority of Edenton stores will be
closed all day Easter Monday,
April 11,
f SCHOOL TRUSTEEsIjONOR VETERAN TEACHERS
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Above is pictured four veteran Edenton school teachers who were awarded diamond pins in recog
nition of their service at the recent meeting ot the Edenton Unit of the North Carolina Education
i Association. The pins, awarded by the school trustees, were presented by Thomas Chears, chairman,
i The teachers, who have taught 25 years or more are, left to right, Miss Lena Jones, Miss Paulina
, Hassell, Mr. Chears, Miss Myrtle Jenkins and Miss Ruby Felts. —(Photo by Science Club).
Regional Training j
; Union Convention j
Friday, April 22nd
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i Meeting Will Be Held
In Cashie Church
At Windsor
The date for the annual Regional!’
Training Union Convention, for the 1
training unions of the Baptist)
• Churches of the Chowan and West :
Chowan Associations, has been an- j 1
nouneed by the Regional Director,;
Norman Earl Goodwin of Ahoskio,j|
as Friday afternoon and night,!
April 22, at tli# Cashie Baptist I
Church in Windsor.
An interesting and helpful pro-)
gram has. been planned by the"
executive Committee in cooperation;
with the State Training' Union De
partment and a new feature is be
ing introduced and experimented
with this year. The entire pro- \
gram of the convention is being ar
-1 ranged for only two sessions and
With the idea of. sponsoring the day
as “Family Day”. Every Baptist
family is urged to attend and com
r potent care for children of theji
younger ages will be provided in I i
the. Nursery Department of the •
Cashie Church.
All pastors, directors, readers and I
officers are asked to keep this date 1
and now plan before not only i
Training Union members lui! also 1
the entire membership of. the
church and encourage strong dele
gations. :
Tri-County Ministers
Group Holds Meeting
The Tri-County Ministerial As- 1
sociation met Monday, April 4, at 1
Welch’s Chapel Baptist Church. H
The Rev. Frederick Duplissey, a i
former Marine Corps Chaplain, ilndj
now pastor of the Gates Methodist; i
Charge, spoke on “The Resporisi- ;
hility of the Church as Regards the' |
Serviceman or Woman.” j i
Bishop Medford of Washington; j I
D. C., tirought a brief, timely mes-11
sage. i
April Term Chowan County
Superior Court Develops In
Shortest Held Here In Years
With Judge Clifton L, Moore of Burgaw Pre
siding, Business Is Completed Monday,
the First Day of Court
With Judge Clifton L. Moore of !
Burgaw presiding, the April term
of Chowan Superior Court was one
of the briefest on record. The <
Grand Jury completed its work on
Monday afternoon and before night (
Judge Clifton adjourned court ex- <
cept for the fact that he returned \
Wednesday to sign two non-support
judgments and issued a prodama- i
tion declaring Van R. Page an out- l
law. I
The Grand Jury included Albert r
G. Byrum, foreman, A. Sidney (
Smith, Jr., R. P. Chappell, Gilbert t
Byrum, J. P. McNider, E. J. Hobbs, J C
Jr., W. B. Byrum, Thomas Ray j C
Goodwin. F, M, Castelloe, Ralph E
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Commissioners Balk At Raise
Salaries For Court Officials
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f~Quick Work 1
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Something of a record was estab
lished hy the Grand Jury at the
j April term of Chowan Superior ;
i Court. The Grand Jury was ap
pointed .Monday morning and com
pleted its work Monday afternoon. ,
The report was very brief, too, i
and reflected satisfactory condi
: (ions in the county.
Four Classrooms
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Are Being Planned i;
At Chowan High
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School Board Is Auth- 1
orized to Borrow
S 7,000
.Meeting with the County Com- *
missioners Monday, the County •
Board of Education was authorized :
to borrow #7.000 from the State *
Literary Fund in order to build 1
four more classrooms at Chowan
High. School, The. loan will bear >
interest, at. 1C and will he paid *
hark into the fund over a period of
10 years. 1
Tiv 5e11,,., | Board originally plan
ned to add six more rooms, hut *
the estimated cost was prohibitive, *
so that plans were whittled down
to four more rooms.
The hid for the four rooms is ,
estimated to cost #53,377.80, which
is #6,748,54 short of funds in sight.
so-that the request for the $7,000
, 1
loan was-necessary.
The Commissioners were inform
ed that the. State Board meets ,
again April 6 arid it is expected ap
proval will he given to add the new
rooms if the source of funds are
furnished. It was for this reason
that prompt approval of the loan
was made by the Commissioners.
Saunders, Emmett E. Dale, James
E. Cozzens, John Parrish, Gilbert
T\ Dale, Sherill Boyee, W, E. Jor
dan, Gilbert Hare and J. R. Dale.
Judge Moore spoke briefly to the
Grand Jury, railing attention to the
duties and the importance of the,
work of the Grand Jury.
Four divorces were granted dur
ing the term as follows: Charlie
Austin, Negro, from Ametta Cox ;
Austin; Eleanor Rose Wheeler Pa- ’
rillo from Francis James Pariilo; i
Ora Lee Byrum Bunch from Mil-it
ton Conroy Bunch; Elizabeth S.
Copeland from James Thomas i
Copeland. t
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SUPPORT THE
RED CROSS . . .
ENROLL NOW!
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Request That Propos
ed Boost Be Cut
In Half
Chowan County Commissioners
at their meeting Monday balked at
the proposed increase in salary for
Recorder Court officials as provid
ed for in a hill introduced in the
General Assembly by Representa
tive John F. White.
The proposed increase will raise
the salary of Judge, Prosecutor
and Clerk SIOO each per month, so
that the Judge’s salary will he $275
per month and the Prosecutor and
j Clerk $250 each.
The Commissioners stated they
jhad heard a considerable amount of
[objection to the raise and were
somewhat upset because Mr. White
had not consulted them before in
troducing the bill. It was the gen
eral concensus of opinion that a
raise iii salary should be given,
but that SIOO per month was too
much. ,
After lengthy ' consideration the
Commissioners .passed a resolution
requesting Mr. White and Senators
A. F. Godwin and N, Elton Aydlett
to reduce the increase from SIOO
per month to SSO per month.
Work in Recorder’s Court has
greatly increased and figures from
Clerk E. W. Spires show that from
1951 to 1954 the number of cases
handled in the court increased from
*144 per year to 975. During this
time total fines in 1951 amounted
to $0,957.25 compared with sl2*-
074.50 in 1954: Court costs increas
ed from $.5,481.19 in 1951 to ss,-
245.55 in 1954, so that total fines
and costs have increased from $lO,-
438.44 in 1951 to $20,316.05 in 1954;
Total expense of operating the
court for the last three years shows
little change from $7,131.48 three
years ago to $7,542.72 for the pres
ent year.
Holy Week Service
At Methodist Church
A Holy Week service will be
held in the Edenton Methodist
Church tonight (Thursday) at 8
o'clock. The program will include
prayer, music and observance of the
Holy Communion. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
ROAD PETITION APPROVED
Chowan County Commissioners
at their meeting Monday approved
a petition asking the State to take
over approximately 700 yards of
road leading from Highway 32 to
Sandy Point. The road is known
as Sound Side road and is impass
able at times.
,
Chowan County Commissioners
on Monday decided to sell the tim
ber on the county home property
and County Attorney J. N. Pruden
was authorized to advertise for
sealed bids. The bids will he open
ed the first Monday in May.
The county piopeny contains
about 135 acres and at various
times complaints have been made,
that timber is being removed