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PUBLISHED IN
CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXll.—Number 19.
Clarence Chappell, Jr. Wins
Highest Honors At Chowan
Junior Fat Stock Show-Sale
County’s First Show
And Sale Is Very
Successful
Clio wan County’s first annual
Junior Fat Stock Show and Sale,
which was held on Wednesday of
last week was very successful. The
event, sponsored by the Edenton
Junior Chamber of Commerce, was
held at the American legion Build
ing on Highway 17.
Clarence Chappell, Jr., of the
Belvidere community, exhibited the
grand champion steer. His steer,
an Aberdeen-Angus, which weighed
900 pounds, was bought by Milfer
& Umphlett, of Winfall for 41 cents
per pound. The total price paid to
young Chappell was $1169.00, Cla
rence’s steer graded prime, which
is the highest grade in which steers
are ordinarily graded.
Cheryl Hobbs, also of tho Rol
videre community, and a neighbor
of the Chappells, showed the re
serve champion steer, a Hereford,
which graded prime. Incidentally,
her steer was bred and raised on
the farm of her guardian, Purvis
Chappell. Cheryl’s steer was bought
by Colonial Frozen Food Locke’r, of
Edenton, for' 36 cents per pound.
Her steer, which weighed 935 lbs.,
brought a total of $336.00.
Louise Chappell, sister of Cla
rence, Jr., exhibited an Aberdeen-
Angus steer which weighed 950
pounds, graded choice, and was
bought by P & Q Super Market for
32 cents per pound, or a total of
”04.00.
f~~', . Ivey Ward, son of Mrs. Hat
y ,s Wa rJ of Ryland. exhibited the
,urth p. steer. His entry was
a cross between a Hereford and an
Angus.' graded good, and weighed
790 pounds. This steer was bought
by D. R. Baker & Son of Tyner, for
32 cents per pound, or a total of
$252.80.
Carlton Perry, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bristoe Perry' of the Advance
community, exhibited a Hereford
steer which won fifth place. His
steer graded commercial, weighed
806 pounds, and was bought by
Twiddy Insurance Company of
Edenton for 24 cents per pound, or
a total of $193.44.
Ronald Perry, brother of Carl
ton. showed a Hereford steer which
weighed 703 pounds, graded com
mercial, and was bought by Eden
ton Ice Company and Albemarle
Motor Company for 25 cents per
pound, or a total of $175.75, All
steers sold averaged $32.09 per
hundred, which is a very good av
erage.
Clarence Chappell, Jr., exhibited
the grand champion individual hog,
a Hampshire, which weighed 200
pounds. This hog was bought by
Smithfield Packing Company for 50
cents per pound. Louise Chappell
exhibited the reserve champion in
dividual hog, a Yorkshire, which
weighed 220 pounds. This hog was
bought for 45 cents per pound by
the D. K. Baker & Sons for F. D.
Gwaltney, Jr.
Louise Chappell won grand
champion prize for her entry of a ’
pen of three hogs. Her pen of
three Hampshires Weighed 570
pounds and was bought by Smith
field Packing Company for 36 cents
per pound.
Zackie Harrell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Gilbert Harre 1 !, of the Ad
vance community, won reserve
champion with his pen of three en
try. His hogs, which were a mix
ture of Durocs and Poland China,
weighed 554 pounds, and were
bought by D. R. Buker & Son for
P. D. Gwaltney, Jr. The price was
38 cents per pound.
The 44 other hogs in the sale
were bought by P. D. Gwaltney for
19 cents per pound. These hogs
weighed 9,817 pounds and were bid
in by Murray Baker for Gwaltney.
All hogs in the sale averaged
$21.83 per hundred, which is un
uially good. A total of 32 hogs
JV re shown and sold by 4-H and
Sr /A members.
All the buyers are to be congrat
ulated for their support of the salle,
which was one of the most success
ful in North Carolina this year.
Judges for the show were Jack
Kelley, in charge of Animal Hus
bandry Extension, State College,
a: ~n Poop 1
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Machinery IsSet Up
To Hold an Election |
For Fire Protection
All Voters Must Reg-! I
ister In Order to j
Cast, a Ballot
Legal machinery "'as set lip this
week for a special election to de
cide whether residents in Chowan
County, outside the corporate lim
its of Edenton, are .willing to be
taxed 10 cents on the SIOO prop
erty valuation for the purpose of
providing more adequate fife pro
tection in the rural section of the
county.
The election has been called bv
the Chowan County Commissioners
on the strength of a petition re
cently signed, by more than enough
in the area affected requesting the
election. The election will be con
ducted by the Chowan County
Board of Elections at the request
of the County Commissioners.
The date of the election has been
set for Saturday, June 11, with
the following registrars, judges of
election and polling places:
East and West Edenton Precincts
(excluding the Town of Edenton)
Toppin’s store at Virginia Fork.
Miss Ada Morris, registrar and W.
S. Morris and 1,. E. Francis, judg
es.
Rocky Hock Precinct —■ Henry
Bunch’s store. W. H. Pearce, reg
istrar and W, H. Saunders and
Henry Bunch, judges.
Center Hill Precinct Elliott
Belch’s office. Ralph Goodwin.,
registrar and R. H Hollowed and,
E. I). Byrum. judges.
Wardvilie Precinct Herb e r t j
Peele’s store. T. H. Berryman,
registrar and Melvin Copeland anil |
Jennings Bunch, judges.
Yeopim Precinct —Harry Perry’s s
store, T. J. Hoskins, Sr,, registrar j
and T. J. Hoskins, Jr., and J. A.
Webb. Jr., judges.
A new registration for the elec
tion has been ordered, so that any j
person desiring to vote on the issue j
will be required to register in the
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I)AR Chapter Will
Meet This Afternoon
The Edenton Tea Party Chapter
of the DAR will meet this (Thurs
day) afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at
the Iredell house.
Mrs, W. D. Holmes, Jr., presi
dent, will present a report of the
national convention which she re
cently attended at Washington, D.
C., so that all members are es
pecially urged to attend.
Newly Elected Officials Os
The Town Os Edenton Take
Oath of Office T uesday N ight
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Adjustment Board Is
Named For Zoning
Problems
At the meeting of Town Coun
cil held Tuesday night town offi
cials elected in last week’s munici
pal election took the oath of office
which was administered by Town
Clerk Ernest J. Ward, Jr.
Those taking the oath for a term
of two years were: Mayor, Ernest
P. Kehayes; treasurer, W. H.
Gardner: Councilmen-at-large , J.
Edwin Bufflap and George Alma
Byrum: First Ward Councilman,
J. Clarence Leary; Second Ward
Councilman, Graham Byrum; Third
Ward Councilman, John Mitchener:
Fourth Ward Councilman, Luther
C. Parks; Board of Public Works,
Philip McMuillan, W. J. Yates, A.
B. Harless, Dr. J. A. Powell and
Thomas Byrum.
Mayor Leroy Haskett congratu
lated his successor upon his elec
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 12,1955.
Banquet Speaker ]
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-.MU EDWARDS
Highlighting the Varsity Club’s j
annual sports award banquet Mon-'
day night was an address by Earle
Edwards, head football coach at
N. C. State College.
Spring Concert Os
Choral Groups Will
Be Given May 19th
; Program at 8 O’clock
In Auditorium at
I Elementary School
Thursday night, May 19, the
I choral groups of the Edenton
| schools will give their spring con
eert in the Elementary School au
ditorium. The program will in
| elude selections sung by the high
,school glee club, the junior high
choir, the elementary chorus, and
j the Treble Clef Club. Each or
ganization ■ will- also present a so-
!loist: Mike Malone from the glee
club, Jane Dulaney from junior
high choir. Faye Cartwright from
the elementary chorus, and Betty
Rowell from Treble Clef ( lull. Ihe
program "ill begin at 8 o’clock
and there will be no admission
charge,
AUXILIARY TO MEET
The American Legion Auxiliary
will meet Tuesday night, May 17,
at the home of Mrs, W. W. Porter
on North Broad Street. Mrs.
James Cozzens, president, urges all
members to attend.
tion as well as each of the other
1 members of the official family. He
said he "'ill continue to maintain
an interest in the town and that
he will be willing at all times to
be of any assistance possible. He
also said he hoped the new ad
ministration will continue to forge
ahead and that with Edenton grow
ing he urged Town Council to give
some thought to forming a plan
ning board.
The Town Council held a rather
brief meeting and at the June meet
ing the old Board will meet and
pay current bills and then Mayor
Kehayes will take over the reins
of government.
R. P. Baer appeared at the meet
ing in connection with drainage at
the waterfront on Water Street
• where he is making considerable
improvement to the property. The
Street Commissioner was authoriz
ed to provide the necessary drain
age.
Chief of Police George I. Dail
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Varsity Club Pays
T r ibute T o Edenton
Jr-Sr High Athletes
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| Large Number Gather!
i In Armory For An- |
nual Banquet
Eden ton's armory was the scene
j of. a very enjoyable affair Monday
night when the Edenton Varsity
Club held its sixth annual sports
award banquet, during .which stu
dents at the. Edenton school partici
pating in sports activities were
awarded trophies, gold footballs,
gold basketballs, gold baseballs) and
certificates. •
Medlin Belch acted as toastmas
ter for the occasion and after the
invocation by the Rev. R. N. Car
roll a delicious barbecued chicken
dinner was served. Mr. Belch said
he, as welO as members of the Var
sity Club, were delighted to see so
many present for the occasion.
He called upon Coach Bill Bill
ings to present the football awards.
Mr. Billings said he experienced a
sense of sadness in that it was
probably the last time he would see
his football squad together in or
der to get a good look at them. He
' praised the hoys ami said they did
a good job and deserved to win
the State championship. Os the 19
boys on the squad. Coach Billings
will lose 13 players. However, he
said what boys remain are inter
ested in playing football and pay
| attention to coaching instructions,
: so that with these hoys as a nucle
us, together with some new ma
terial he hopes next season will not
| be too disastrous so far as winning
| games is concerned.
■'Coach Billings presented certifi
cates to the following boys, five of
whom also received gold footballs
for playing varsity ball for the
first year: Wayne Emmimzer, Ray
Rogerson, Sid Campen, Robert
Kennan, Wayne Keeter, Billy Hard
ison, Asa Bail, Lin Bond,.Cecil Mil
ler, Chan Wilson, Tay Byrum, Stu
art Holland, Jimmy Harrison, Jack-
Smith, Jerry Dmvnum, Billy Bunch,
Sonny Wright. Milon Stilley and
John Earl Whitson.
Coach Alton Brooks was then
called upon to present awards to
members of tile hoys’ basketball
and baseball teams. Mr. Brooks al
so paid tribute to the players for
being a splendid group of hoys,
who displayed the proper spirit and
carried out coaching instructions.
Basketball players on the hoys’
team who received certificates in
cluded Clarence Lupton, Archie
Patterson, Ray Rogerson, Bobby
Smith, Lin Bond, Sonny Wright,
Chan Wilson, Tay Byrum, Tom
Bass, Stuart Holland, Charlie Grif
fin and Buddy Button.
The baseball certificates went to
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Edenton Jaycees At
State Convention
Trio Distributes 800
Bags of Edenton
Peanuts
Three members of the Edenton
Junior Chamber of Commerce at
tended the annual State Convention
of the Junior Chamber of Com
merce held in Asheville last week.
The group included Joseph H. Con
ger, Jr., president of the Edenton
Jaycees: Thomas Shepard, recently
elected State Director of the Eden
ton organization, and Thomas By
rum. They left Thursday and re
turned home Sunday night.
At the convention the Edenton
trio publicized Edenton peanuts,
when about 800 bags were dis
tributed at every meeting held in
connection with the convention.
The Edenton group also con
tributed to the election of Edgar
Gilrganus of Williamston at State
president of the Jaycees.
LIONS MEET MONDAY
Edenton’s Lions Club will meet
Monday night, May 16, at 7 o’clock.
This week’s meeting was called off
due to the Varsity Club’s annual
sports awaru banquet, so that Pres
ident Eanl Harrell urges every
member to attend-
1 1 Blood Chairman j
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W. E. MALONE
W. E. Malone has accepted the
i chairmanship of the Red Crass
blood program in Chowan County,
for the year to come. Since the
hloodmohile returns to Edenton on
• June I. it is hoped everyone will
I cooperate with Mr. Malone in con
i trihuting blood for this worthy
1 cause.
Dr. A. M. Stanton, retiring
‘ chairman, greatly appreciates the
cooperation of all who have co»i
--’ tributed blood in the past year and
■ thanks all who have assisted at the
• bloodmobile.
Parker Helms To
: Be Promoted As
District Manager
Succeeded By Joe Tho
rud as Edenton Rep
resentative
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Parker Helms, for som- time,
1 Edenton agent for the Farm Bur
■ eau Insurance Companies of Co
lumbus, Ohio, has been notified that
he has been promote dto district
' sales manager, but up to early this
, week he had not been notified tp
1 which district lie will he assigned.
Joe Thorud has been appointed
’ to succeed Mr. Helms as agent in
Edenton and will he located in the
1 same office used by Helms, 204
Bank of Edenton Building.
Discount Allowed
On Electric Bills
10% Taken Off If Bill
Is Paid Before 10th
Os Month
What will he received as good
news on the part of many Edenton
people is the action taken by the
Board of Public Works at its meet
ing Wednesday of last week when
it was decided to allow a 10 per
cent discount on all electric charg
es if paid before the 10th of the
month.
The new policy will go into ef
fect June 1. Under the new ar
rangement the bill must be paid
on or before the 10th of the month
for the previous month's service.
The discount does not, of course,
include any other charges such as
water and connections and the like
but applies only to electric current
used.
Earnhardt Speaker
At Rotary Meeting
Jimmy Earnhardt presented the
program at last week’s Rotary
meeting, when he very ably and in
terestingly explained the progress
of the moving picture industry. Mr.
Earnhardt told, step by step, how
moving pictures improved from the
days of silent pictures, then talking
which was syncronized with phono
graph records up to the present
' day Cinema Scope pictures.
President Gilliam Wood appoint
ed M. M. Perry to represent the
club at an organizational meeting
for civilian, defense
Posters Entered
In Conservation
Contest Displayed i
' May Now Be Seen In
Belk-Tyler’s Store ;
Window
The Chowan County Conserva
tion Posters will he in display for
the public at the Belk-Tyler store
show window in Edenton from May
9 until sometime during the week
of May 16. These posters are the
ones drawn by fifth, sixth and sev
enth -grade students of Chowan
County Schools for the Albemarle
contest which was held in Elish
Soil Conservation District poster
contest which was held in Eliza
beth City, April 22.
Two of these posters on display
won first place in the district con
test against posters from Curri
tuck, , Camden, Pasquotank and
Perquimans counties and all of the
posters are good. These students
did a grand job of showing conser
vation practice's.
J. R. Dulaney, manager of the
Belk-Tyler store, was kind enough
to give the space for the display
’ of these posters.
! The display window will he ar
ranged to show some of the con
servation practices found on many
farms. These include pasture, farm
pond, irrigation, trees, drainage,
contour farming and wildliife. Most
jof the posters were drawn about!
j these subjects and this scheme fitsj
j into the conservation program. |
,i After the display the posters will
jhe returned to the owner by Soil
IConservationist James H. Grifin.
Armed Forces Day
j 111 Be Observed
; At Edenton Base
Open House Will Be
Held Saturday,
May 21
Armed Forces Day "dll he obser
ved at the Edenton Marine Corps
Auxiliary Landing Field Saturday,
May 21, according to Col. M. K.
Peyton, commanding officer.
Open house will lie observed dur
ing the day, when visitors'will have
an opportunity to look around at
the base as well as inspect various
kinds of aircraft which will he on
display.
Methodist Soeietv
Will Meet May 18th
I The Woman’s Society of Chris
tian Service of the Methodist
■Church will meet at the church
| Wednesday afternoon. May 18, at 3
| o’clock. Mrs. J. H. Brown of Sun -
hury, district secretary for promo
| tion will be the principal speaker
and all members are especially urg
ed to attend.
Mrs. W. J. P. Earnhardt New
President Os Woman’s Club
Officers Installed at
Meeting Wednesday
Os Last Week
Mrs. W. J, P. Earnhardt, who is
corresponding secretary of the
North Carolina Federation of Wo
man's Clubs, was installed as the
new president of the Edenton Wo
man’s Club at the regular May
meeting held Wednesday of last
week at the Parish House.
Other officers installed for the
1955-56 term were: Mrs. A. F.
Downum, vice president: Mrs. J. R.
Dulaney, secretary; Mrs. R. E.
Forehand, Jr„ corresponding secre
tary; Mrs. J. H. Bond, treasurer,
and Mrs. Wendell H. Copeland, his
torian.
The installation ceremony was
conducted by Mrs. Clarence Beas
ley of Colerain, an active member
of the North Carolina Federation
of Woman’s ’"'ubs for many years.
Mrs. Beaslt .id special tribute to
the outgoing officers and compli
mented the club on its accomplish
ments and (lie recognitions it tui&
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Meeting Scheduled
May 17T oOrganize
Civil Defense Plans
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ERNEST P. KEHAYES
In last week’s, municipal election
Ernest P. Kehayes defeated L, H.
Haskett for the office of Mayor
of Edenton. Mr. Kehayes, together
with other newly.elected town of
ficials, will take the oath of of
fice Tuesday night, June 14.
Mrs. W. B. Rosevear
Is Elected President
Woman’s Auxiliary
Rev. Gordon Bennett
Delegate to Conven
tion In Honolulu
Mrs. W. R. RoseVear was signal
ly honored at. the recent Diocesan
Convention of the Episcopal Church
which was held at Wilmington,
Mrs. Rosevear was elected: presi
dent of the Woman’s Auxiliary of
East Carolina, an honor for which
members of St. Paul’s Church are
justly proud.
At the same meeting the Rev.
Gordon Bennett. , rector of St.
Paul's Episcopal Church, was elect
ed n delegate to the general Epis
copal Convention which Will be
held at Honolulu this fall.: He was
also elected ;! trustee of St. Mary’s
Junior College at Raleigh. :
| CmC CALENDAR]
Choral groups of the Edentrtn
schools »ill present their spring
concert Thursday night. May 19,
at 8 o’clock in the Elementary
school auditorium.
Armed Forces Day will he ob
served at the Edenton Marine
Corps Auxiliary Landing Field
Saturday, May 21.
An election will be held in Cho
wan County (excluding Edenton) |
Saturday, June 11, from 6:30 A. M,
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received.
Mrs. It. 11. Goodwin, president,
who presided over the meeting, an
nounced that the Edenton Club was
one of 250' clubs named Honor
Clubs of America by the Woman’s
Home Companion in the May issue.
The club received a certificate of
merit for its distinguished com
munity service and improvement
from the magazine.
Mrs. C. B. Mooney, Jr„ gave an
interesting report of the annual
convention of the N. C. Federation
of Woman’s Clubs held in Greens
boro. Attending from the local
club were Mrs. Mooney and Mrs.
Goodwin, delegates: Mrs. T. C.
Cross, who was a page, and Mrs.
Earnhardt, corresponding secretary
of the State Federation.
A report on the fourth Edenton
Pilgrimage, sponsored by the club,
was given by Mrs. A. F. Downum,
chairman, who stated that she con
sidered the tour a success and she
was particularly pleased with the
publicity given the tour.
Following the annual president’s
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Mrs. R. 0. Everett of
Durham Will Be
Speaker
W. S. Privott, civil defense di
rector for Chowan County, an
nounces that an organizational
meeting will be held in the Cho
wan County Court House Tuesday
night. May 17. at 7:30 o’clock.
Present at this meeting will be
Mrs. R. 0 Everett, administrative
supervisor for the Durham Air De
fense Filter Center, which includes
Chowan County.
1 By invitation of the government
and as guest of the Continental
Air Defense Command, Mrs. Ev
erett recently traveled 3,000 miles
to Les Vegas. Nevada, to see an
atom blast, Mrs. Everett spent one
day before the blast inspecting
1 “Doom Town” with mannikins in
’ the furnished houses, to depict
families living and Working in a
community when a bomb was det
onated nearby. After the blast she
returned to “Doom Town” to Irani
what materials are safe in the
home, which foods could still he
(eaten after being exposed to an
[atomic bomb, which materials best
withstand fire following a nearby
'| blast, what type of shelter protects
> and what repairs would be lequir
ed for electric and gas lines and ra
-1 dio and television stations to put
them hack in use.
Tn connection with this meeting
Mr. Privott says:
- “Civil defense can save many
lives in attacks without warning:
with a few minutes warning it ran
cut casualties hv 50 per cent or
better.”
“If an adequate civil defense pro
-1 gram is in operation when a mm
-1 munity is subject to atomic attack
■ and there is no warning, many per
sons can save themselves from blast
injuries by taking whatever im
mediate shelter is available the
moment the explosion or flash sig
nals an atomic bomb has been ex
ploded. Dispersed communications
■facilities Will go into action im
mediate] v to replace those destroy
ed. Uninjured Civil defense volun
teers in the community and sur
rounding communities will man
civil defense operational services
Fire fighters, rescue workers, po
lice, and others will move into the
1 blasted zone to save lives, check
fire damage and clear transporta
tion lines. The injured and dead
will be moved out. first, aid will be
given, the uninjured refugees hous
ed and fed, identifications estab
lished, mutual aid and mobile sup
port from other communities main
tained. Thousands of lives will be
saved.
“Given a few minutes warning in
which shelter can he sought, ensual
j ties may he cut down by half.
“Civil defense can maintain mor
j ale because it is organized to pre
vent panic insofar as possible, and
to minimize the effects of rumors
by maintaining emergency public
communication. There is growing
evidence that civil defense coordi
nation in peacetime disasters is es
sential primarily at the State and
local level.
“The pattern of civil defense for
the United States involves a divis
ion of responsibilities between the
Federal Agency and the States.
Tlie Federal Civil Defense Ad
ministration is responsible for (a)
Developing and standardizing the
, National Civil Defense plan.
(b) Providing financial contribu
tions to the States on a matching
funds basis for certain types of
expenditures.
(c) Disseminating attack warn
ings to the States and through them
to communities and the individual
citizen.
(d) Stockpiling and distributing
certain emergency supplies and
equipment.
(e) Training key personnel.
(f) Carrying on a program of
public education in individual pro
tection and similar civil defense
i matters.
(g) Encouraging and facilitating
the signing of pacts among the
' States for mutual aid in event of
1 emergency.
(h) Determining critical target
i areas.
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