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# CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXll.—Number 15.
Edenton Pilgrimage Is Scheduled Friday And Saturday
CITIZENS OF TOMORROW 1|
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Above appears the final installment of The Herald’s feature
"Citizens of Tomorrow,” which has been appearing since January
27. It is hoped readers were pleased to scan over these pictures of
youngsters as they were pictured each week. In the above picture
are: Top row, left to right, Sheryl Joy Chappell, I years old,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Chappell of Hobbsville; Philip
and Frances Smithson, 5 and 10 .years old, son and daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Rufus Smithson; bottom row. left to right, Michael J.
Wells, Jr., 4 months old, soil of Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Wells;
Leroy and Delores Harrow, II and 13 years old, son and daughter
it Mr. and Mrs. booßny Harrow. _ , .
Zoning Ordinance
Finally Adopted By
Town Councilmen
Adjustment Board to |
I** \ppointed to Con- 1
E# sider Complaints
After hanging fire for many i
years, Town Council at its meeting,
Tuesday night, adopted a zoning of- 1
dinanee for Edenton, which sets I
apart areas strictly for residential;
purposes, heavy business, neighbor-j
hood business and industries.
Some years ago a .proposed zon
ing ordinaiire bad advanced to the!
stage for adoption, but much "p ;
position developed at the crucial |
meeting that the idea was aban
doned.
Some months ago a zoning Com
mission was appointed with in
structions to proceed with a pro- ,
posed plan of zoning and at a re- ,
cent public meeting several changes
were made on the initial plan and
with these changes made the Zon- '
ing Commission presented maps at 1
Tuesday night’s meeting which des- j
ignated how the town is divided for.
the various purposes.
Only one objection was register-j'
ed Tuesday night, that being made ' \
by Walter Bond, who roqiiestedjl
Court Street to he included as a I
business iirea rather than strictly ,
residential. No rhang ■ was made,j,
however. Mr. Bond also registered ,
a complaint about raising ducks at;
the jail property just opposite his,,
home. 1 1
The building inspector will he re-ji
quired to see that that the Zoning’
Continued on Rage 2—Section 1
Annexation Os Westover
Heights Postponed Pending
Engineer’s Estimate Os Cost;
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Residents of Westovcr Heights,|
armed with a petition signed by 57 j
residents of the area and a map [
designating the area affected, ap
peared at Town Council’s meeting
Tuesday night, requesting West-1
over Heights and contigious terri-l
tory to be annexed to the Town of
Edenton. Nathan Dail was spokes
man for the group.
► Tt was pointed out that 50 dwell-1
houses are included in the arca,|
fee places of business, 116 peo
ple of voting age and a population
of 350.
Considerable discussion developed
regarding annexation, and subse
quently a motion was made to post- 1
pone action until an estimate of I
cost, involving principally the in
stallation of a water and sewer |
line, can be secured from an engi
neer. The Councilmen were equal !
ly divided on the voting with J.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Ministers Oppose
Gambling - Shows
At Chowan Fair
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Adopt Resolution at|
April Meeting of
Association
Following i( a iv.-elution adopted)
'at the April meeting of the Tri-
County Min , tonal A.-'oriatinn: ,*
Bo it resolved that the Tri-Coun
ty Ministerial A<-eciation, compos
ed of ministers from < howari.l
Gates, and I’ciquimiitts Counties,'
North Carolina, go on record as con-1
(lemning ant! protesting against thi■
1 corrupt practice of o.pt;'n and illegal
| gambling, and ttie o|)( , rut.;io,n of bur-
I*‘sque show; at tile Chowan Chun- '.l
ty Fair for life -past Several years,
jWe deplore the practice of Ramb
ling because it is forbidden by the
I law.s of our state, ( specially G. S.
1 4-292, which reads: "If any per
son play at any game of chance at
[which any money, property or other
thing of value is bet. whether the
[same lie in stake or not, both those
j who play and those who bet there
on shall he guilty of a misdomeun
,,r.” We condemn the practice of
gambling as opposed to the rom-
Contintied on I’agc s—Section l
I Clarence Leafy, John Mitchener
(and George Alma Byrum voting
lon postponement-andi Graham By-
I rum, Clyde Hollowell and J. Ed
win Bufflap voting against the mo
j tion. Mayor Leroy Haskett was
j requested to break the tie vote and
he voted to postpone action until <
the figures are available, at which
i time he will cal 1 a special meeting ;
!to take another vote on the peti-
Ition.
I If Town Council votes to annex
the territory in question and there
is no objection, the area will be
taken into the city limits. How
ever, if 15 per cent of those affect
ed and who voted in the last guber
natorial election file a protest, then
I Town Council is authorized to call
'a special election to vote on the
| issue which, in its discretion can be
a vote in the area affected or the
town as a whole.
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 14,1955.
Edenton’s Political
Picture Undergoes
Change This Week!
J. P. Ricks. Jr., Horace,
White. W. J. Yates
File During Week
Edenton’s political picture under
went a slight change during this
week when Clyde Hollowell with
drew as a candidate for Council
man from the Fourth Ward in fa
vor of I.uther C. Parks. The lat
ter up tir press time had no opposi
tion.
Three candidates filed during the
week, all three for the Board of
Public Works. The three are J. P.
Kicks, Jr., W. J. Yates and Horace
White. It is the first bid for public
office by Ricks and White. Mr.
Kicks is manager of the Bishop
Laundry and holds a mechanical en
gineering degree. He graduated
from State College in 1951. Mr.
White is a local plumber of long
experience, while Mr. Yates is a
former Town Councilman.
Present members of the Board of
Public Works are J. H. Conger,
Ralph E. Parrish, Dr. J. A. Powell,
W. J. Yates and Thomas Byrum.
However, up to Wednesday mom
only Yates filed with Town Clerk
Ernest ,J. Ward, Jr., for re-election.
The only contest up to Wednes
day morning were for the two
Councilmen-iit-large seats. The two
incumbents, J. Edwin Bufflap and
George Alma Ryrum, are seeking
re-election, Two others, Dr. A. F.
Downum and Larry Dowd, have al
so filed as candidates for'Council-'
men-at-largo.
I At this writing Mayor Leroy
Haskett is unopposed, as is the case
with J. Clarence Leary, First Ward
Councilman: Graham Byrum, Sec
|ond Ward Councilman; John Mitch
-1 oer, Third Ward Councilman and,
course, Luther Parks in the
I Fourth Ward, and Henry Gardner
as Town Treasurer.
| The election will he held Tuesday,
May •'!, with Friday, April 22, be
jing the deadline for candidates to
file for office.
Voters are reminded that a new
registration has been called, so that]
j every voter who desires to cast a
' ballot in this or future town elec
| lions must register in the ward in
which he or she resides. Voters
! may register from now until sunset
(in Saturday, April 22. The regis
trars will register names at their
homes Monday through Friday un
til sunset and on Saturday will sit
at the various polling places from
!». A. M., to sunset.
Bids Requested
For Timber On
County Home Site
Bids Will Be Opened J
Monday Morning,
May 2nd
Chowan County Commissioners
are this week advertising for seal
ed bids for all merchantable timber
on the County Home land in the
Second Township, except shade
trees on the lot on which the Coun
ty Home is located. Bids require
the timber to measure 14 inches or
more in diameter, 12 inches from
the ground.
The bids will be opened at the
County Commissioners’ monthly
meeting Monday morning, May 2,
at 10 o’clock. Under the terms of
the contract the timber must be cut
and removed within 12 months
from delivery of the deed. The
Commissioners reserve the right to
reject any and all bids.
NO MASONIC MEETING
C. W. Overman, master of Una
nimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M.,
has announced there will be no
meeting of the lodge tonight
(Thursday). A stated communica
tion will be held Thursday night of
next week. i
f Annual Flower j
Show Cancelled
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Many Flowers Badly:
Damaged By Fold
Weather
One of Edenton’s roost popular i
annual affairs, the flower show,
sponsored by the Edenton Woman’s!
Club, was cancelled early this w eek, j
The show had been scheduled for.
Tuesday, May 3, in the Penelope
Barker House.
The announcement was made due
to the recent extreme cold weather
which killed or damaged many of
the flowers. The show has always
attracted a goodly number of peo
ple, as well as many exhibits of
beautiful flowers of all kinds, which
delighted all who have attended.
However, with so many flowers
damaged, it was decided not to
stage the show this year.
Methodists Will
Stage Rally Day
Sunday Morning
Program In Charge of
Parker Helms, Sup- 1
erintendent
On next Sunday, April 17, the
Edenton Methodist Church will
have an annual Sunday School ral
ly. The attendance goal has been
set for 1 in. A special offering for
the support of leadership education
in the North Carolina Methodist
Conference will he taken.
A special service '.of worship will
bring the entire Sunday School to
gether in the sanctuary of the
| Methodist Church at 9:45,. Ii has
(been prepared by Dr. Heivsey E.
Spence of Duke University for use
ill Methodist Sunday School rally
programs. This order of worship,
under the title, “The Eternal Word,
Yesterday. Today and Forever,”
will he led by Parker Helms, su
perintendent of the Edenton Meth
odist Sunday School, and will fea
ture representatives from all areas
lof church life.
Closely related to the Sunday
School rally will he special recog
nition to be given in the morning
worship service next Sunday to
those persons who have attended
church every Sunday since the first
of the year. Attendance records
have been kept by many Edenton
Methodists as a part of their ob-
Iservanee of the National Church
Attendance Crusade conducted by
| churches throughout, the country
from January 2 through April 10.
I civic calendar]
New rcgistralion of voters in
Edenton will close Saturday, April
23.
The Royal Ambassador Chapter
of the Edenton Baptist Church will
meet Sunday morning at 11 o’clock.
Edenton Chapter No. 302, Order
of the Eastern Star, will meet Mon
day night, April 18, at 8 o'clock in
the Masonic Temple.
The Rev. Ralph W. Knight, pas
tor of the Ballard's Bridge Baptist
Church will preach a series of six
sermons in the Presbyterian Church
beginning Monday, April 18, and
continuing until Saturday, April 23.
A revival meeting will be held in
the Edenton Presbyterian Church
beginning Sunday night, April 24,
and continuing until Sunday night.
May 1.
Classes held Thursday night at 7
o’clock in the colored high school
for homemakers of Edenton. I
Due to the recent untimely cold r
weather which damaged many!
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This attractive two-story brick residence with eight rooms and
three complete bathrooms is the new parsonage of the Edenton Baptist
Church. The house is expected to he completed within two weeks, after
which the Rev. and Mrs. K. N. Carroll will take occupancy. When com
pleted it will cost in the neighborhood of $33,000, including the front
walkway and breakwater at the rear of the building.—(Evelyn Leary
Photo).
County-wide Rat
Control Campaign
Week April 25-30
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Orders Being: Taken
For Bait at Several
Sources
A county-wide rat control cam
paign is planned for the last week
of April. Plans for this were made
at the April meeting of the Agri
cultural Workers' Council held on
Tuesday of last week. The orders
for liait will lie taken by 4-H Club
members, FFA members and FHA
members. Also, orders will be tak
i n at the County Agent’s office,
ASC office, SCS office and by vo
cational and home economics teach
ers in the schools, says County
Agent C. W. Overman.
Warfarin bait will he used. The
bait will he put up in three pound
packages which have complete in
structions printed on them. The
bait will cost one dollar per pack
age and will be paid for when order
is given. Feeding stations must
be established where rats and mice
Use, A small amount of bait must
be placed, in the .container' of each
station daily until the . rats cease
to take it. Rats and mice eat the
bait over a period of four, or five
days before it builds up sufficient
ly in their system to kill them. Halt
must be protected from poultry and
domestic animals as well as chil
dren.
The rural youth will conduct the
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Rov Elton Forehand
Dies At Home Early
Wednesday Morning
Roy Elton Forehand. <l7, husband
of Mrs. Mary Conger Forehand,
died at his home on West Church
Street early Wednesday morning.
He was a native of Chowan County,
the son of the late John Martin and
Bessie Atkins Forehand. A gradu
ate of Wake Forest College, lie was
a prominent farmer and an active
buyer for the Edenton Peanut Com
pany for many years. i
He was a member of the Eden- J
ton Baptist Church and a charter
member of the Edenton Rotary
Club. Besides his wife, he is sur
vived by two sons, Edmund C.
Forehand of Springfield, Mo.: R.
Elton Forehand, Jr., of Edenton;
three grandchildren; one sister, Mrs.
Lillian F. Byrum of Edenton, and
three brothers, Alma M. Forehand
and J. Lester Forehand of Eden
ton and Cecil M. Forehand of Mur
freesboro, N. C.
Funeral services will be held at
the home this (Thursday) after
noon. Burial will be ; n Beaver Hill
I Cemetery with the Rev. R. N. Car
-1 roll, pastor of the Edenton Baptist
iChurch, officiating and the Rev.
I Gordon D. Bennett, rector of St.
Paul’s Episcopal Church, assisting.
M II.LIAM BECK
A native of Wadeshoro, William
Beck will he heard in the title role:
of “Don I’asquale,” which will he
. staged in the Edenton Elementary,
School auditorium Wednesday night
April 29. al 8 o’clock,
Six Delinquents In
Chowan Reported
By Draft Board
Chairman Points Out
Duty to Report Ad
dress Change
G, 1! Rotter, chairman of Cho
wan County Local Hoard No. 21,
reports that six men arc delinquent
with the Hoard, lie advises that
each person whose name is listed
below should contact: the Ideal hoard
immediately in an effort to clear
I the delinquency. He also advises
that anyone knowing, the where
abouts of any of those registrants
should get in touch with the Board.
The ddinquehts are: Robert
Woodrow Sharp, Charlie Junior
Cross. Joseph Henry Freeman, Wal
ter L. Nowell, Curlis White and
Roosevelt Johnson.
Mr. Potter further states that it
is the duty of each registrant to
keep in close touch with the Board
and report any change in address.
Failure to do this may result in
reclassification into 1-A, following
an order to report for induction, I
which if not complied with will re- 1
suit in the case being turned over]
to the United States District Attor-1
ney for criminal action. 1
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Ten Historical Sites
Will Be Opened For
Visitors’ Inspection
: Time Fleeting 1
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Voters in Edenton are reminded
| that in order to cast a ballot in the
j Municipal Election Tuesday, May
'3, they must register in the ward
in which they reside.
' Voters may register at the home
iof registrars in the four wards
j Monday through Friday until sun
t set and on Saturdays the registrars
[will be stationed at the various
! polling places from 9 A. M., to
! sunset.
Top Hogs Will Be
j Shown At Edenton
Fat Stock Show
4-H and FFA Members
Now Preparing For
Exhibits
| | ‘-Hugs arc very important to the
j economy of Chowan County,” says
| Robert S. Marsh, assistant county
I j agent; “Chowan County raises
niore'hogs per capita than any oth
t or county in North Carolina, ac
cording to J. K. Butler, Jr., Exten
sion Animal Husbandry Specialist.
“In past years, the ideal type
hog was a short, chubby, fat one,
but today the housewife wants a
hog that is longer, thinner, and one
that .has more lean cuts,” continued
Mr, Marsh. “The. trend is definite
ly toward a medium type hog.
which is deep backed, uniformly
wide, fairly long,with large hams
and medium length legs,”.
The general publicwill be giv
en an opportunity to see the ideal
type of market hogs at the Cho- ,
wan 4-H. and FFA Fat Stock Show
and Sale on Wednesday, May 4, at i
the American Legion Fairgraunds.
The Edenton Junior Chamber of. i
Commerce is sponsoring the Show ,
and Sale and 1-11 and FFA mem- i
hers are busily engaged in prepar
ing their hogs for the Show and <
Sale. This, event should be of in- |
tercst to the city dwellers as well i
•las the farmer, as it gives an op- 1
• portunity for the public to see an
iofficial, judge place the hogs and •
, give .his reasons for such plaeings. j
EASTERN STAR MEETING
Edenton Chapter No. 302, Order
of, the Eastern Star, will meet Mon
day night, April 18, at 8 o’clock in <
the Masonic Temple, Mrs. Frances
Wilkins, worthy matron, urges ev
er' - member to attend. '
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Opera Don Pasquale Will Be
Presented Wednesday Night
Native North Carolin
ian Will Sins Lead
ing Role
A native North Carolinian will
sing the title role and a beauty
queen will appear in the role of the
maid in the Grass Roots Opera pro
duction “Don Pasquale,*’ which will
be staged in the Edenton Elemen
tary School auditorium Wednesday
night, April 20. The opera is spon
sored by the Edenton Parent-
Teacher Association.
William Beck, a native of Wades
boro, will appear as Don Pasquale.
Beck, a baritone, graduated from
Duke University in 1951, where he
was baritone soloist with the Duke
Glee Club. Active in the Duke
Choir and the Hoof ’n Horn musi-
I cals there. Beck studied at the Juil
lard School of Music in New York
City and appeared in several opera
; productions. He is currently in his
| third year with the Grass Roots
j Opera.
' j The beauty queen tv'oo will ap
| pear in the role of the maid in
'the production is Mary Jennings.
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SUPPORT THE
RED CROSS . . .
ENROLL NOW!
I Indications Pointing to
Another Success
ful Tour
Members of the Edenton Wo
man’s Club, sponsors of the Pil
grimage of Colonial Edenton and
Countryside, have everything in
readiness for the opening of the
tour, on. Friday morning, April 15,
at 1,0 o’clock. This fourth biennial
tour of historic Edenton will he
held Friday and Saturday, April
15th and 10th, With ten places in
the 'town and countryside open to
the public.
Headquarters of the Pilgrimage,
is already in operation in the lob
by of the Hotel Joseph Howes, with
a special phone installed for this
week, where information concern
ing the Pilgrimage will he given by
members of file club. The special
phone number is 841, and members
of the Woman’s Club will be on
duty there from 9 o’clock until 1
o’clock mornings and 3 o’clock un
til 6 o’clock in the afternoons.
Mrs. R. N. Hines, chairman of
hostesses, asks that the hostesses
report a half hour before thoir ser
ving time at the places where they
are to serve. Members of the
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion, are serving as hostesses at the
James Iredell House, and members:
of the Cupola House Association
are serving at the Cupola House.
Business and Professional Woman's
Club members are helping Women’s
Club members at the Penelope
Barker House.
The tour has received widespread
publicity not only through newspa
pers and magazines, hut through
radio and television. On Easter
Monday morning. Mrs. Dick Good
win, president of the Woman’s
Cluh; Mrs. A. F. Downum. chair
man of the. tour, and Ernest J.
Ward, Jr, Town Clerk, appeared
oh a half-hour program which Was
broadcast over Station WNCT-TV,
Greenville.
Mrs. Goodwin presented a back
ground of the Edenton tour and
explained how the nioqey result
ing from the tour has been used.
Mrs. Downum, general chairman
of this year’s tour, told about the
preparations made for this year’s
event and what visitors may ex pert
to see.
Mr. Ward presented a series of
films of the various show places,
giving a narrative account of their
historical significance and present
owners.
On Wednesday morning of this
week Mrs, Goodwin arid Mrs, W.
,T. P. Earnhardt appeared on
WVXC-TV. Raleigh on the “Varie
ty Yaeationland” program. Other
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Miss Jennings represented Arkan
sas in the Miss America beauty
pageant at Atlantic City in 1950
and placed third in the contest.
Possessor of a lovely soprano voice,
she is said to bring not only beauty
and music to the production hut is
a talented actress as well.
Others in the cast include Jef
ferson Morris, lyric tenor, who
sings the role of Ernesto; Peggy
Alderman of Winston-Salem, so
prano, who sings the role Os No
rina; and Baritone Robert Bird who
directs the production as well as
portrays the part of Dr. Malates
ta. Accompanying the singers at
the piano is Mrs. Aileen Lynn of
Raleigh, who has played with the
, Raleigh Piano Ensemble as well as
with the Grass Roots company.
The opera will be sung in En
glish and features colorful cos
tumes and stage settings.
Local PTA officials point out
there will be only one performance
of the opera here this year, the
evening performance at 8 o’clock.
Tickets are now on sale and a
capacity crowd is hoped for by the
sponsoring organization
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