I ONLY NEWSPAPER
U PUBLISHED IN
I CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXll.—Number 17
Interest In Edenton Election
Now At Fever Heat With 21
Candidates Seeking Office
Only Three Candidates
Enter Election Un
opposed
With 21 candidates seeking the
13 offices to be filled in next Tues
day’s municipal election, Edenton’s
political point has reached the boil
ing point, so that the election bids
fair to be one of the most interest
ing held in recent years.
Only three candidates will lie
elected without opposition, these
being W. H. Gardner ns treasurer,
Graham Byrum, Councilman in the
Second Ward, and Luther C. Parks
as Councilman in the Fourth Ward.
Clyde Hollowell had announced for
re-election in this ward but with
drew when Parks entered the race.
Without doubt the highlight of
the election will be the contest for
Mayor, in which Leroy Haskett, in
cumbent, is opposed by Ernest P.
Kehayes. Both candidates appear
very much encouraged as the result
of their pre-election efforts, so that
each one has a feeling he will be
elected.
Another contest is 'or the two
Councilmen-at-large seats now held
by George Alma Byrum and J. Ed
win Bufflap, both of whom are
seeking re-election. Two other can
didates, making their first bid for
public office, are Larry Dowd and
Dr. A. I l '. Downum, so that there
are four candidates in this race.
More of a scramble for office is
the race for members of the Board
of Public Works. This board for
many years included three mem
bers. but at the present session of
General Assembly Representa
tives passed a bill calling for a five
•member board instead of three. Mr.
White appointed W. .1. Yates and
Thomas. Byrtlm, Jr., as the new
members, both of whom are seek
ing re-election. Besides these two
candidates Dr. J. A. Powell and)
Ralph E. Parrish, are seeking re
election. Aside from these, there
are four other candidates including
Philip S. McMullan, A. B. Harless,
J. P. Ricks, Jr., and Horace White,
making eight candidates from
which five will be elected.
Two ward contests for Council
men have also developed, one in the
First Ward, where J. Clarence
Leary, incumbent, is opposed by
Frank M. Holmes. The other ward
contest is in the Third Ward, where
John Mitchener, incumbent, is op
posed by Sidney S. Campon.
With interest at high pitch, many
of the candidates have been calling
upon the voters in their own behalf.
As a result of the new registra
tion, which closed Saturday, 1,290
voters registered, so that all the
candidates will be angling to get
enough of the votes to win the elec
tion. Polls will be open from f>:3o
o’clock Tuesday morning until 6:30
at night.
Sell-out Crowd Expected At
Lions Minstrel Friday Night
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Band Will Head Par
ade Planned Friday
Afternoon
All indications point to a sell-out
crowd for the annual Lions minstrel
show, which will be staged in the
auditorium of the Edenton Elemen
tary School at 8 o’clock Friday
night of this week, according to
highly optimistic reports made by
the various committees at the Mon
day evening meeting of the club.
Rehearsals have been held sev
eral times each week and they have
been stepped up to include every
night this week, the one on Thurs
day evening to be a full dress re
hearsal, under the direction of West
Byrons, Jr., assisted by Earl Har
rell.
"VThere will be a parade down :
Voad Street at 5 o’clock Friday
afternoon, headed by the Edenton
High School Band. The band w ill
also play at the minstrel
Many new stunts and jokes have
been added and those who have
seen the rehearsals are convinced 1
that this year’s show will prove to
be the most enjoyable ever staged
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THIS CHOWAN HERALD
KISS OF VICTORY —Mayor-elect Roe Bartle of Kansas City, j
Mo., didn’t kiss any votes good-bye in campaigning for office.]
Prize-winning smooch, above was delivered to 8-months-old Sue j
* . Ann Falcone on election day itself.
477 Chowan Youngsters Get
FirstSalkVaccineTreatment
Second Dose Schedul
ed In Two to Four
Weeks
Chowan Comity joined other
counties throughout ill” nation in'
administering the much heralded,
Salk vaccine for the prevention of
infantile paralysis. A shipment of
the vaccine arrived lan week and
477 children were, vaccinated Friday
land Monday.
The first vaccinations "were ad
ministered Friday when 12<i color-1
ed children in the first and second i
grades were vaccinated, these in
cluding children in St. John’s
School.
On Monday 99 white children
were ..vaccinated at Chowan High
School, including, those from the
Rocky llock school, la file Eileti
toii school 191 children were vac
cinated, while at the. White Oak
school 58 children were treated.
There arc 723 children enrolled
in Chowan County in the first and
second grades, (nit only Mie 177 had
the consent of parents to lie vac
cinated with tile new vaccine. The
second of three shots will be given
in from two to four weeks.
The vaccination was conducted
tinder the supervision of the local
Health Department.with Dr. Rich-■
ard Hardin, Dr. Martin Wisely and
Dr. O. L. Holley assisting. 1
1,290 Eligible To
Vote In Edenton
For City Officialsj
Second Ward Leads In j
Registration With
460 on Book
As the result of the new registra- (
tion held in Edenton, which ended
Saturday, exactly 1,290 voters! will
be eligible to cast a ballot in next
Tuesday’s municipal election.
The largest registration is in the
Second Ward, where 400 voters en
tered their names on the new regi
stration hooks. The Third Ward
was next with 335, followed by the
Fourth Ward with 234 and the
First Ward with 261.
With so many candidates in the
field and interest at high pitch, the,
election is expected to bring out the
largest Edenton vote in many years. |
Voters are reminded that they|
can cast a ballot next Tjesday, May
3, from 6-30 A M„ to 6:30 P. M. I
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 28,1955.
HonorClub]
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Mrs. Richard Goodwin, president
of the Edenton Woman’s Club, has
received a letter from the editor of
I the Woman’s Home Companion in
forming her that the Edenton Club
has been named one of 250 Honor
Clubs of America and is listed in
1 the May issue of the Woman’s
• Home Companion as having receiv
ed an Honor Club Award Certificate
in recognition of the club's distin
guished service for community bet
j torment.
iKindergartenMass
May Day Program
Tuesday, 9:30 A. M.
Public Is Cordially In
vited to See Children
Perform
Tlie kindorgartort chiss of the
Edenton Elementary School will ;
present a May Day program in the
school auditorium Tuesday morn- 1
ing. May 3, at 9:30 >’eloek. *
The following will take part in
Jth<' program: Guards, Scott Priv- '
ntt and Brad I’ugh; queen, Kay
Kramer; king, Wesley Chesson, II;
herald, Ernest Carpenter; queen’s
attendants, Phyllis Antos and Eliz- f
abeth Anne Baer; Dutch girl, Kathy
Weathersbee; crowning fairy, Ricky
Hardin; crown bearer, John Kra- ,
trier, Jr.: white fairies, Marsha Mc-
Vicknrs and Mary Jo Wozelka; tra
peze lady, Jackie Mooney; Goldi
locks, Anne Graham; the three !
bears, Robert Wisely, Priscilla Baer
.and John Graham; Cinderella,
(Grace Sawyer; Prince, Johnnie
I Dowd; A Tisket a Tasket with
Mary Jo Wozelka and George Metz; ,
farmers, Bruce Miranda, Jim Floyd,
Lorrin Read, Martin Boyce, Jim
j Dillon and Jim Finlay.
Vickie Floyd of the third grade ,
j will give a specialty an her accor- ,
dian and Mrs. George Metz will ,
do the Hula-Hula.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
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Chowan Piano Pupils
In Concert Tonight
By mistake, it was stated in last i
week’s Herald that piano students 1
of the elementary grades of Cho- <
wan High School would present 1
their annual recital in the school <
auditorium Thursday night of last i
week. The recital will be presented |
Thursday night of this week at 8 I
o’clock. The error is regretted, i
I The public is invited to attend. <
Chowan Narrowly
Misses Disastrous
Forest Fire Loss
700 Acres Threatened,
But Blaze Confined
To Three Acres
Chowan County narrowly escaped
a disastrous forest fire last week
when a woods near Welch’s Chapel
Church was set fire by two colored
boys between 9 and 12 years old
while smoking.
The fire Was discovered by Hen
derson I’eele, who immediately
called Forest Ranger Frank V.
White and the Edenton Fire De
partment. Led by Highway Pa
trolman Mack Rogerson, who clear
ed the highway, Mr. White and the
firemen drove the 15 miles in 20
minutes, and with two tracks from
Edenton and two Forest Service
trucks, togethe r with approx innately
HO men from the Tyner section the
fire was halted. However, in five
more minutes, it was said, the fire
would have gotten out of control
threatening destruction of about 700
acres of valuable timber. As it was
the damage was held down to about
three acres.
Not only the church was saved,
hut a lodge room and the Hudson
Grove School house. Only recently
about sl,s9o'vas spent on repairing
and remodeling the church. The
pastor, the Rev, W. H. Davis and
Forest Ranger White desire to
thank each and every person who
helped to bring the fire under con
trol.
With an election to determine ru
ral fire protection in the making,
Forest Ranger White points out.
especially in this instance, the valu
able assistance which will be avail
able if and when a new fire truck
is purchased.
Civic Term Chowan
Superior Court Will
Begin Next Monday
24 Cases For Trial Are
Listed on Week’s
Calendar
A civil term of Chowan Superior
Court is scheduler) to begin Monday
morning. May 2, with Judge W. H.
S. Burgwyn of Woodland most like
ly presiding.
Cases listed on the docket include
tile following:
George Privott vs. Ethel Twine
Privott; John Harris vs. Alice Lee
Harris;, Erie Spruill Dolberry vs.
Smith Edward Dolberry; George A.
Holley vs. Elnora B. Holley; Ru
della H. Bonner vs. Herman Bon
ner; Faye T. Page vs. Russell J,
Page; Margaret N. Blanchard vs.
Samuel Blanchard; Howard Wil
liam Stokes vs. Elizabeth Lester
Stokes; Barbara Cuthrell Dellinger
vs. Thomas William Bollinger;
Mattie Yount Twiddy vs. Lois
Twiddy: Louis E. Frances vs. David
M. Smith; Herbert S. Small vs.
Farmers Cotton & Peanut Co., Inc.;
Thelma A. Hassell vs. Continental
Life Insurance Co.; in the matter
of a Purported Will of Nellie E.
Jones, deceased; The Town of
Edenton et als vs. Hervey Founda
tion, Inc.; J. W. Chappell vs. Jo
siah Chappell; J. W. .Chappell vs.
Henry M. Layden; Wallace Good
win vs. Richard Greene, F. W.
White et als; Carrie S. Chappell
vs. Joe O. Chappell; John R. Hen
dren vs. Ervin J. Lane; Mary Pri
vott Baird et als vs. M. G. Brown
Co., Inc.; Blades Lumber Company
vs. S. J. West; Wallace White etux
vs. Mollie Nixon, Exrx. V. D. Jones
Estate et als; Mary D. Roberson,
Admrx. vs. Dr. J. A. Powell et al.
Third Degree Tonight
At Masonic Meeting
C. W. Overman, master of Una- 1
nimity Lodge No. 7, A. F.. & A. M..
has announced that an emergent
communication of the ledge will be
held tonight (Thursday) at 8
o’clock. The purpose of this meet
ing will be to confer the third de
gree upon a candidate. All mem
bers are urged to attend and visifi
ing Masons are invited to he pres
ent, __
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Dr. Jonas E. Salk, who developed the polio vaccine named In his (
honor, poses with wife, Donna, and their three sons. Among first
to receive inoculations during the test run in 1954 the bo>s are, (
from left: Jonathan, 5, I’eter. 11, and Darrel, 8.
First 4-H And FFA
Fat Stock Show and
SaleOnWednesday
Seven Steers and Ap
proximately 60 Hogs
Will Be In Show
Final preparations are being
made for the first annual Chowan'
4-H and FFA Fat Stock Show and
Sale. The various committees of
the Edenton Junior Chamber of
Commerce are very busy in pre
paring for the big' event. The show
and sale will be hold at the Ameri
can Legion Building on Wednesday,
May 4, with the show starting at
10 A. M., and the sale at 1:30 P. M.
There will be seven steers and
approximately sixty market hogs in
the show and sale. Buyers have
already been contacted, prize money
raised, and the trophies and ribbons
are already to be awarded.
Tile contestants who nave steers
and hogs are busy grooming and
training their animals. A fitting
and showmanship contest will lie
held in connection with the show
and sale. This event should he
very interesting to the townspeople
as well as the farmers. Since the
show and sale will he held inside
the American Legion Building spec
tators should not worry in case 1
May 4 is a rainy day.
Methodists Will I
Observe ‘Family
Night’ May 6th
Affair Will Be Featur
ed By Covered Dish
Supper
The Edenton Methodist Church
will hold three special observances '
of National Family Week, May 1,
through May 8. The f'rst will ho :
Family Night, from 6:30 to eight ■
o’clock Friday evening, May (i. An *
effort will he made to have as I
many families of the church and '
its constituency present as possible, '
This occasion is designed to bring '
Kdonton’s Methodist families to
gether for fun and fellowship in a *
supper meeting at the church. The 1
meal will boa covered dish supper
furnished by the families who at
tend. j 1
The program will feature recrea- f
tion for all and news and comment f
on church life by the pastor, the *
Rev. J. Earl Richardson. This pro
gram has been planned by a special 1
committee recently appointed, r
known as the Family Life Commit- 1
tee. Members of this group are *
J. A. Truslow, Parker Helms, Mrs.
Richard Hardin, Mrs. J. Earl Rich- j
ardson and Mr. Richardson.
At 11 o’clock on May 8, Mother’s '
Day. Mr. Richardson’s sermon will
be on “Open Y'our Home to God.” ‘
The special music for this service 1
will be provided by the Children’s t
Choir. 1
For the evening service of IVfay
Continued on Page 2—Section 1
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.1. M. PRICE J
After being in Edenton 16 years
as county office manager of the
Chowan County Agricultural Stabi- I
lization and Conservation Commit
tee, Mr. Price and bis family left
for Raleigh Thursday morning of
last week. Mr. Price has heen ,
transferred to tile Stale ASC office
in Raleigh.
Chowan Boy And :
Girl Win First Place;
In District Contest
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Graham Bass and Es- r
ther Layton Take j
Top Honors ,
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Esther Layton, sixth-grade pupil /
at the Rocky Hock School and Gra
ham Hass, fifth grade pupil at the
same school, won first places in the
(Albemarle Soil Conservation Dis
trict poster contest held at the Yir- .
ginia Dare Hotel in Elizabeth City
Friday afternoon of last week.. The
contest, was sponsored by the Eliza
beth City Chamber of Commerce.
Counties in the district include
Camden. Currituck, Chowan, Per
quimans and Pasquotank.
Esther Layton’s poster was on
“Conservation, the Farmer Holds
the Keys.” Each key named a. type
of conservation practice, cover erop, j
drainage, contour plowing, irriga- c
tion and crop rotation.
Graham Bass’ poster showed a u
train with a conservation practice ~
on each car; contour plowing;, crop jj
rotation, strip erop, cover crop, irri- f
gation and tree crop. a—
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I CIVIC CALENDAR |c
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Chowan 4-H and FFA Fat Stock c
Show' and Sale, sponsored by the a
Edenton Jaycees, will be held at t!
the American Legion Fairgrounds a
Wednesday, May 4. - b
Open house will he observed to- c
Continued on Page 2—Section 1
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Swimming Pool For
Edenton Expected
Arrive Next Week
Local Guard Unit
Mobilizes Quickly
InMinutemanTest
On Way to Strategic
Points 30 Minutes
After Signal
Edenton’s heavy mortar company
of the North Carolina National
Guard joined in carrying out “Op
eration Minuteman” Wednesday of
last week.
The signal was received at 6:40
o’clock from regimental headquar
ters in Ahoskie and within 30 min
utes 4 officers and 80 enlisted men
reported at the armory and were
on their way to designated spots.
Within an hour all men reported.
Some of the National Guardsmen
were sent to Chowan River bridge,
Pembroke Creek bridge, Albemarle
Sound bridge, the electric and wa
ter plant, the telephone office and
some remained at the armory. The
groups practiced on protection
against sabotage, with members of
the company rotating at the vari
ous points.
The Edenton Company is still
short about 4o men of being full
strength. Pay starts at $2.67 per
• drill and a raise or promotion in a
few months after enlistment. Any
one interested in enlisting is re
quested to contact Chief Warrant
Officer John Asbell at the armory.
The Edenton Company is sched
uled to go to Camp Pendleton at
Virginia Reach April 30 and May 1,
where they will be engaged in a
week-end of firing small arms.
They will return to Camp Pendle
ton on June 4 and 5 for gunners’
examination on the 4.2 inch mortar,
the principal weapon of the com
pany.
The Guardsmen are scheduled to
spend their annual two weeks’ en
carppment this year at Fort Bragg
from August 14 to 28.
Presbyterian Revival
Is In Second Week
The Rev. Twymap Williams, of
Appomattox. Va., who has been
preaching at the Presbyterian
Clyrn-h every night this week, will
inntimie hi.- series of sermons on
John 3:16 until Sunday night. May
Ist. The services, which begin at
8 o’clock, feature, in addition to
the regular- sermon and congrega
tional singing, a special sermonotte
for the children, and special music
by the young people in the church.
Mr. Williams is well known in
Edenton as a sincere and gifted
preacher of the Word of God, and
returns here by popular request
Everyone is invited to attend all of
these services, and Christians are
requested to remember them in
prayer.
Baptists Will Observe Open
House Tonight At Their New
Parsonage 8 To 10 O’clock
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Attractive Parsonage
At Blount and Mos
ely Streets
Open house will be observed at
the new Baptist parsonage on the
corner of Blount and Mosley streets
tonight (Thursday) from 8 o’clock
until 10 o’clock. An invitation to
attend is extended to the public and
it is the desire of all concerned that
friends throughout the county and
adjacent areas will understand that
the invitation includes them.
This attractive home of Dutch-
Colonial architecture was begun
November 1, 1954 and has just been
completed. It is a very welcome
and a very appropriate coincidence
that its completion and the ninth
anniversary of service to the church
by the pastor and his wife have
coincided.
The building committee, under
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HELP FIGHT CANCER.
DRIVE FOR FUNDS
NOW IN PROGRESS.
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Jesse Harrell Points
Out More Funds
Are Needed
[ Jesse Harrell, president of Hicks
Memorial Swimming Pool, Inc.,
said early this week, that he had
been notified that the new steel
l swimming pool is expected to ar
rive in Edenton sometime next
week. The pool was ordered sev
eral weeks ago with the hope that
it will he completed and in opera
r: tion this summer,
I This good news shou'd boost the
- enthusiasm of everybody to the ex
f teat that pocketbooks will he open
ed wide and large contributions
) pulled forth. The new pool wjll
- come in sections of steel which will
- be put together by local welders.
> But before anything can he done
i> after the pool is unloaded at the
. paool site, more funds will have to
. be raised for excavation of the hole
i along with welding th • steel and
, getting construction underway.
p “The pool will he a community
- project and every citizen in Eden
-1 ton should take a part in it,” says
’ Mr. Harrell. “It would no less lie
1 a calamity, and shocking experience
f to get this worthwhile recreation
- center started and then have to
come to a stand-still because there
I is not enough money to finish it.
I If work on the pool is done by
r piece-work there is a possibility it
i will not be completed in time for
- use this summer. Once cohstrue
■ tion gets underway it is up to each
t individual to retain interest in the
. project and see to it that the
• youngsters get what they have so
: long been waiting for. This cannot
, he done without the necessary
i funds and full cooperation.
“The time is ripe now to carry
• the project through! Kdentoniang
have always responded generously
. in other drives for funds. Let this
he no exception. A swimming pool
here would not only be a diversion
i for the kids, hut it would be a
credit to the Town. Give the
youngsters a break and let them
have their pool by mailing a check
to Mr. Harrell or donating when
called upon. If you want a swim
ming pool in Edenton, let it he
known, you hold the purse strings.”
Harless Praised By
Chairman Os State
A. B. Harless, Chowan County
V. S. Savings Bond Chairman, has
been congratulated by W. H. An
drews. Jr., the State Chairman, for
the splendid showing of Chowan
County in the first quarter of this
year.
Mr. Andrews advised Mr. Harless
that “we are sure to reach our
State goal of $58.8 million if we
I can continue our present pace.” It
; is hoped, Harless added, that Eden
' ton and Chowan County citizens
' will also continue to participate in
i the program in the future as in
the past.
the chairmanship of R. W. Leary,
Jr., is to be congratulated for such
splendid work in planning and car
rying out the plans to completion.
Other members of the committee
■ are: Mrs. T. C. Byrum, Sr., Mrs.
J. Clarence Leary, Sr., R. E. Leary,
; C. O. Letcher, L. S. Byrum and J.
P. Partin.
Summer Schedule In
Effect At Library
Miss Harriett B. Leary, acting
librarian at the Shepard-Pruden
i Memorial Library, announces that
beginning Monday, May 2, the sum
mer library schedule will be as fol
• lows:
Open 9:30 to 12 A. M.; 2:30 to 5
P. M., and 7:30 to 8:30 P. M., on
Monday and Thursday.
The library will be closed Sab.
' urday afternoon and Sunday.