' " ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN CHOWAN COUNTY Volume XXll.—Number 18. Ernest Kehayes Defeats L. H. Haskett In Race For Mayor Varsity Club Will Hold Sports Award Banquet Monday Coach Earle Edwards Os State College Speaker Sponsored by the Kdenton Var sity Club, the sixth annual Sports Award Banquet will be held Mon day night, May 9, in the Kdenton armory, beginning at 7:30 o’clock. Tickets for the banquet are now on sale and can be purchased until Saturday afternoon at 5 o’clock. The feature of the meeting will be presenting trophies and other awards to high school athletes by coaches of the Edenton High School and an address by Earle Edwards, head football coach at N. C. State College. Edwards is a former end coach at Michigan State under Coach Biggie Munn and was line coach at Penn State College for 14 years. At N. C. State Edwards began a job of rebuilding the Wolfpack under a new system of play termed “multi ple-offense” which was utilized at Michigan State and is being taught the State team. The speaker has made many friends at State and his personality and winning smile have won him many rabid supporters despite his short time on the campus, so that the Varsity Club feels very fortun ate in securing him as the speaker r sD|[ m ' - 'HPaJp jpj..■ ~ Home Demonstration, Club members serve as local loaders for 4-H Clubbers. Here we see Mr. and Mrs. Bristoe Perry and Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis Skinner looking in on a local 4-H Club meeting. Chowan Clubs Join In Celebrating HD j Week May 2nd to 7th - ——— Work Was Started Ini Chowan County In 1916 Home Demonstration Clul> wo-- women in Chowan County join with millions of women through out America in observing Na tional Home Demonstration Week May 2-8. During this week the rural women of America will tell the story of homo demonstration work through newspaper publici ty, radio programs, and displays. Few who have not had a part in this, program will realize the tre mendous strides it has taken in comparatively short time. The germ of the idea of club work began in 1913. At this time the Secretary of Agricul ture wrote a number of rural wives asking how the Department of Agriculture could best help them. All the replies expressed the same problems: isolation, lack of social and educational opportunities, and loneliness. They asked for help to organize get together clubs of information and cooperation. Shorty after that, m 1914, the Smith-Lever Act became a law and with it came die establish ment of the Extension Service and the home demonstration pro gram with which the Land Grant Colleges, the U. S, Department of Agriculture, and the local county governments cooperate. Home Demonstration work started in Chowan County in 1916 with the County Commissioners and County Board of Education as local sponsors. This was changed in the fall of 192(1 and | since that time it has hern Spoil-, sored by County Commissioners alone. The home agent first met small groups of women and girls in each community and gave dem onstrations in canning. These eventually grew into organized Home Demonstration and 4-H Clubs, which have continued through the years with few fundamental changes. The first County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs was organized in this county in 1923 lby Mrs. Eliza Knight Elliott. This was composed of the four officers of each club and served as an advisory committee for the agent. Mrs. R. S. Ward, of the Hy land Club, Mrs. E. L. Winslow of the Chowan Club, are two of the many club women who re member those early tomato clubs and council meetings. Today over three thousand Continued on Page B—Section 2 Advance Club Will Sponsor Variety Show The Advance Home Demonstra tion Club will sponsor a variety show by the Chowan Ramblers Fri day night, May 13, at 8 o’clock in . the Edenton Elementary School au- ( ditorium. Annual VFW Marble Tournament Will Be Held May 12 And 13 Two Winners Will En ter State Contest In High Point Wm. H. Coffield Post No. 9280, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will again sponsor a marble tournament for teenage boys which will lie held Thursday and Friday, May 12 and 13 at the Edenton armory. Appli cations for the tournament can be secured in classrooms of schools in Edenton and Chowan County. Last year about 50 boys entered the tournament which was held at the VFW home. Edgar Halsey was county champion and Clyde Cobb runner-up and these two boys went to Fayetteville to enter the State contest, where they lost out. This year the county champion and runner-up will go to High Point to enter the contest for State honors on Thursday and Friday, May 19 and 20. The expense will be borne by the VFW post. The winners in the state contest will be sent to Denver, Colorado, to enter a tournament to decide the nation al marble champion. In the local contest three prizes will be awarded, the three best marble, shooters and free refresh ments will be served during the tournament. Note Burning At Warwick Baptist Church Sunday New r Parsonage Cost ing $16,000 Com pletely Paid For The Rev. Lee A. Phillips, pastor of Warwick Baptist Church, an nounces that the church plans to hold a note burning service Sunday, May 8, following the regular church service. The parsonage, built at a cost of $16,000, is now completely paid for, the balance of $2,500 being raised recently. The senior class of Hobbsville High School will be guests at the service and the Rev. G. M. Single tary, missionary of the Chowan Baptist Association, will he pres ent and bring the message. The public is cordially invited to attend. PICTURES IN ART EXHIBIT Enola N. Smith exhibited two pictures. The Cedar Tree and Oc tober Morning, in the art exhibit of the N. C. Federation of Women’s • Clubs held in Greensboro last week,,' April 26-29, *: )j| HOW EDENTON VOTED TUESDAY ] F'irst Second Third F'ourth Ward Ward Ward Ward Total I ■ Mayor: I Ernest Kehayes 151 22 8 159 84 (>22 L, H. Haskett 101 167 157 93 498 I Treasurer: W. H. Gardner 209 302 254 161 926 j Councilmen-at -Large: J. Edwin Bufflap 166 224 189 107 686 George A. Byrum 176 200 160 87 625 I Dr. A. F. Downum 69 148 95 61 878 Larry Dowd 64 115 92 64 555 I Board Public Works: I Philip McMullan 181 521 228 129 859 A. B. Harless 208 240 214 129 786 \V. J. Yates 188 288 .176 140 742 I T. C. Byrum, Jr. 151 257 181 152 701 I Dr. J. A. Powell 125 225 156 100 606 Ralph Parrish 144 160 154 75 581 ■ J. P. Ricks. Jr. 102 156 152 78 488 Horace White . 88 92 87 56 198 L Ward Councilmen: J. Clarence Leary 142 | Frank Holmes 108 Graham Byrum 592 John Mitchener 168 S. S. (Umpen HI Luther Parks 178 Edenton National Guard Unit Wins Highest Rating In North Carolina For Record Os Maintenance Proficiency . Edenton’s Heavy Mortar Com pany of the North Carolina Nation al Guard was notified Monday that it has been signally honored by having won the National Guard Bu reau annual award for proficiency in maintenance. The Edenton Com pany won out over 135 other com panies in North Carolina with the highest rating. In recognition of the honor a plaque will he present ed to the company at the summer field training camp which will be held at Fort Bragg in August. General John H. Manning, adju tant general for North Carolina had this to say: The results of this inspection is very gratifying and indicate a high standard of command supervision and mainten ance training of the unit person nel, for which I am sincerely ap preciative.” The selection of the award is bas ed on the annual technical inspec tion by Third Army personnel and the state maintenance officers’ an nual inspection. Captain Cecil Fry, commanding officer of the Edenton Company, is very proud of bis unit and joins with his men in cherishing the hon or won by them. The strength of the Edenton unit is at its highest peak since it was reorganized May 7, 1947, with four officers and 92 enlisted men. The authorized strength is six officers and 137 enlisted men, so that any young man interested in joining the National Guard is urged to contact Chief Warrant Officer .1. H. Asbcll Jr., at the armory from 8 A. M., to 5 P. M., Monday through Fri day. The company returned Sunday from Virginia Beach, where the men completed a very successful week-end firing practice. J. W. Davis Elected Member ABC Board Fills Unexpired Term Os the Late R. Elton Forehand Meeting jointly Monday morning, the Chowan County Commissioners and County Board of Education elected J. W. Davis as a member of the Chowan County ABC Board to fill the unexpired term of the late R. Elton Forehand. There were six applications for the position including, beside Mr. Davis, R. E. Forehand, Jr., T. Bem- Ibry Wood, Raymond Tarkington, ,0. B. Perry and Raymond Mans field- , - Term Os Superior Gets Rid 13 Cases r Judge George Foun ; tain Winds Up Work In Two Days , Judge George M. Fountain spe cial Superior Court judge of Tar horo, wound up the civil term of Chowan Superior Court Tuesday and in the two days removed 13 cases from a cluttered civil calen , dar. Four divorces were granted in cluding the following Mattie Yount. Twiddy from Leon Twiddy, Barbara Cuthrell Dellinger from Thomas William Dellinger. George Privott from Ethel Twine Privott. Six other divorce actions were non-suited and remov'd from the calendar. These included John Har ris vs. Alice Lee Harris, Erie Spruill Dolherry vs. Smith Edward Dolherrv, Rudella H. Bonner vs. Herman Bonner, Howard William Stokes vs. Elizabeth Lester Stokes, Faye T. Page vs. Russril Page and Margaret N. Blanchard vs Samuel Blanchard. Two other cases were non-suited after being carried on the calendar for five years or more. These were Thelma A. Harrell vs. Continental Life Insurance Company and Her bert S. Small vs. Farmers Cotton. & Peanut Company of Plymouth. In the case of Wallace Goodwin vs. Richard Green, F. V. White and J. W. Griffin, a boundary dispute, a boundary line was suggested which was agreeable to the plain tiff and defendants. Another boundary dispute was ai jso settled in the case of John R. Hendren vs. Ervin J. Lane. Court adjourned Tuesday after noon. (civic calendar] County-wide meeting of Chowan Farm Bureau scheduled to he held in the Chowan Community Building Friday night. May 6, at 8 o’clock. Edenton PTA will meet in the Junior-Senior High School Cafe teria Tuesday night. May 10, at 8 o’clock, at which time new officers will be installed. VFW Post will again sponsor a marble tournament for teenage boys Thursday and Friday, May 12 and 13, at the Edenton armory. VFW Auxiliary will meet tonight i (Thursday) at 8 o’clock in the VFW Post home. Beginning Saturday, May 7, of- Con turned on Page s—Section 1 $2.00 Per Year In North Carolina Election Results In One Heavest Votes In Recent Years - ~ | Returning To States^ LIEUT. WM. B. SHEPARD Navy Lieut. William B. Shepard, son of Mr. and Mrs. William B. Shepard of Edenton is scheduled to arrive at the Naval Air Station at ’ Whidbey Island, Wash., May 5 with the 7th Fleet’s Patrol Squadron 1. The squadron’s 12 olanes, carry ing their own maintenance crews > and enough spare parts to effect any necessary repairs onroute, took off from Naha, Okinawa, on a 16,- f 000 mile flight byway of Asia, Southern Europe and Africa to its . home base. The take-off marked the end of six months of patrol duty with the F'ormosa patrol. The first schedul k ed stop was Sangley Point in the | Philippines. i . Piano Students In Recital Friday Night On F'riday night. May 6, at 8 o’clock in the Edenton Elementary j School auditorium the pupils of Miss Ruhv Grey Baker will present! .', ‘ * • a piano recital. Appearing bn the program will; ; be: Ann Jenkins, Carolyn Hhitoll, I Neal Hobbs, Judy Riley, Ida Cam- ! pen, Barbara Layton, Paulette Hal sey, Susan Bunch, Emma Waff, i Jane Dulaney, Marian Bunch. Clai-.l ( re Belch, Anne Wells, Jimmy , Aynes, Harriett Crummey, Betty j Jo Webb, Phyllis Twiddy, Mary Thrtrud, Patricia Waff, Betsy Cam-j pen. Norma Blanchard, Jack Over-" , man, Araminta Hobbs and Georgia : Skinner. The public is cordially invited. I Election Is Called June 11 To Decide Levy To Provide For Rural Fire Protection Voters In Area Will Be Required to Register In Order to Vote Chowan County Commissioners at their meeting Monday morning adopted a resolution (Oiling for a special election in the county, ex cept the Town of Edenton, for levy ing a tax of 10 cents bn the SIOO property valuation for the purpose of providing fire protection in the rural section. The election will be held Satur day, June 11. with May 14. 21 and 28 designated as registration days |in the area affected. Saturday, I June 4, will be challenge day. All ' voters in the county, excluding i Edenton, will be required to regis- I ter in order to vote in the elec : tion. The Commissioners requested the ■ Chowan County Board of Elections ■ to conduct the election. I The resolution to call a special i election was made following a reso-| lution signed by more than enough ; property owners requesting a vote ■ in order to provide more adequate ! fire protection in the county. If the election is carried, a new I fire truck will most likely be pur -1 chased and an extra fireman em ployed in order to be ready to an swer any rural fires as soon as possible, r? HELP FIGHT CANCER. DRIVE FOR FUNDS NOW IN PROGRESS. ► - Mayor and One Coun cilman Only Change On Town Council In one of the most interesting Edenton elections held in recent years. Ernest I’. Keh.ives defeated Mayor Leroy Haskett in Tuesday’s municipal election. With 13 of fices to be filled there were 21 can didates, with contests for every of fice except treasurer and Council man in the Second and Fourth Wards. The field of candidates resulted in a registration of 1,290 voters, of Whom 1,152 cast ballots in the election, which was also one of Edenton’s heaviest votes. In the Mayor’s contest Mr. Ke hayes polled f>22 votes against 498 for Mayor Haskett, who has serv -1 ed as Mayor for 12 years. Ke hayes held a comfortable lead in every ward except the Fourth, where Haskett led by nine votes. Kehayes led bv 50 votes in the First Ward, 01 in the Second Ward and 22 in the Third Ward. W. H. Gardner, candidate for treasurer, who had no opposition, led the ticket with 920 votes. In the race for the two Council man-at-large seats, J. Edwin Buff lap, incumbent, led the field of four candidates with 080 vot°s. Oeorgt Alma Byrum, incumbent, was sec ond with 023 votes. Di A. F, Downum. making his first hid for I public office, received 373 votes and Larry Dowd, also a newcomer in ! the political field trailed with 335 ; votes. Bufflap led the voting in I every wal’d except the First, where j Bvrum led by 10 votes. 1 With eight candidates in. the field 'for the five seats on the Board of Public Works, Philip McMullan j led the ticket with 850 votes. He was followed by A. B. Harless with : 780 votes, W. J. Yates with 742, Thomas Byrum. Jr., with 701, Dr. J. A. Powell with 000, These five will complete tile Board of Public Works. Ralph Parrish, incumbent, j lost out in the election with 531 (votes. J. P, Ricks, Jr and Horace i White, making their first bid for |office, trailed the ticket, Ricks with 188 votes and White polling 198 | votes. J. H. Conger, who served for I many years as Chairman of the Board of Public Works, but who i (Continued on Page B —Section 1) Edenton PTA Meets Next Tuesday Night New Officers of Asso ciation Will Be Installed Edenton’s Parent-Teacher Asso ciation will meet Tuesday night, May 10, at 8 o’clock n the cafe teria at the Edenton Junior-Senior High School. A feature of the meeting will be the installation of new officers, which includes A1 Phillips as presi dent, succeeding W. T. Harry; Mrs. John J. RosS; vice president; Miss Julanne Lynn, secretary, and Mrs. Jof Webb, Jr., treasurer. During the meeting a special musical program will also be pre sented. A social hour will follow the bus iness meeting and Mr. Harry urg es all members of the association to attend. BANK CLOSED TUESDAY The Bank of Edenton will be clos ed all day Tuesday, May 10, in ob servance of Confederate Memorial Day. Important banking matters should be transacted accordingly,