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CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume NumW2oj
Commencement At
Jr.-Sr. High School
Now Being Planned
1955 Class Will Gradu
ate Wednesday,
June 1
With Edcnton schools scheduled
to close Wednesday, June 1, plans
for commencement exercises were
released this week by Principal
Gerald James.
The first of the exercises will be
held tonight (Thursday) at 8
o’clock in the Elementary School
auditorium when the choral groups
of the Edcnton schools will present
their spring concert. Participating
will be the High School Glee Club,
the Junior Choir, the Elementary
Chorus and the Treble Clef C’ub.
Each group will present a soloist:
Mike Malone from the Glee Club,
Jane Dulaney from the Junior High
Choir, Faye Cartwright from the
Elementary Chorus and Betty Row
ell from the Treble Clef Club.
The Baccalaureate sermon will
take place Sunday night, May 29.
at 8 o’clock in the Elementary
School auditorium. The sermon
will be preached by the Rev. James
MacKenzic, pastor of the Presby
terian Church and will be assisted
by the Rev. J. Earl Richardson,
pastor of the Methodist Church and
the Rev. E. C. Alexander, pastor
of the Christian Church. All Eden
ton churches are cordially invited
to worship with the graduating
class on this night.
Class Night is tentatively set for
Friday night. May 20, depending
upon the arrival of the annual,
'arents and friends of the students
11 be notified by letter the exact
ite for this event. The exercise
will be a class night assembly pro
gram.
Graduation exercises will be held
Wednesday night, -June I'...in the
Elementary School auditorium,
when Mike Malone, president Os the
class will act as master of cere
monies. No visiting speaker has
been secured for the occasion, but
four members of the graduating
class make addresses. The speak
ers, chosen by the Seniors them
selves, will be Carolyn Ashley,
Mary Eeggett Browning, Jimmy
Harrison and Frankie Privott.
At the final exercise awards by
various organizations will be made
and Superintendent John A. Holmes
will present the diplomas to the
graduates.
Members of the Honor Society
of the Junior Class will serve as
marshals and include Lillian White
man, chief, Hugh Patterson, Alma
Hardison, Lin Jordan, Frances
Boyce. Clinton Davis, Madlyn Rus
sell, Albert Ward, Dick Lowe and
Fay e Haste.
Goodly Number Present At
Civil Defense Meeting Held
InCourtHouseT uesday N ight
Director William Priv
ott Announces Mem
bers of Organization
That considerable interest in civ
il defense prevails in Edenton was
reflected Tuesday night when the
Chowan County Court House was
practically filled at a meeting
called by William Privott, civil de
fense chairman for Chowan Coun
ty.
A feature of the meeting was an
address by Mrs. R. O. Everett of
Durham, administrative supervisor
for the Durham Air Defense Filter
Center, which includes Chowan
County. Mrs. Everett told very
graphically about her visit to
“Doom Town” at Las Vegas, Ne
vada, where she witnessed the lat-|
est atomic Mast. She gave a vivid
account of the experiment from
start to finish, telling what de
struction was caused, what mater
. ’ala best withstood the blast and
B he precautions taken, as w'ell as
some of the things that can be
done when the signal of an attack
is given.
Mrs. Everett emphasized the im
portance of putting a civil defense
program in operation in Chowan
County, pointing out that the coast
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Hoskin Bass New
Commander For
VFW Post No. 9280!
New Officers Will Be
Installed on Tuesday
Night, May 24
At a meeting of William H. Cof
field Post No. 9280, held last week
Hoskin S. Bass, Jr., was elected
• commander, succeeding Bill Perry.
Other officers elected included the
following: John Oliver, Jr., vice
commander: Jack Campaigne, jun
ior vice commander; William Crum
. mey, quartermaster; Bit! Perry,
. post advocate; W. 0. Keeter, chap
lain; Larry Knox, surgeon, and
John 1.. Bass, trustee for three
•years. ... .
These officers will b,. duly ohli
: gated and installed at a meeting to'
be held Tuesday night, May 24, at
8 o’clock at the post home. Bill
Perry has been authorized to serve
as installation officer for the oc
casion.
laycees Plan To Sell
Electric Light Bulbs
Friday Night May 20
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Project Undertaken to
Help Raise Money
i For School Bus
Members' of the Edcnton Junior
’ Chamber of Commerce will pro
mote a money-raising project Fri
day night, May 20, when they will
: sell electric light bulbs. Jayeees
will make a house-to-house canvass
beginning at, 6:80 o’clock and con
tinue until the entire town is cov
ered, which is ekpocted to be about
1 9 o’clock.
If anybody is not at bom,, during
the canvass and desire to cooperate
' in the venture, they are requested
' totelephone 4<41. where an order
! will be taken and the bulbs delic
-1 ered.
The money raised in the drive
• will be used to pay the Jayeees’
; obligation on the new school activi
■ ties bus, so that they hope many
i townspeople will be willing to buy
; btllbs in order to raise money.
Scott Harrell has been appoint
[ ed by President Luther Parks to
'serve as chairman of the drive.
Chowan 4-H Judging
Second At Albemarle
Fat Stock Show-Sale
Tile Chowan 4-H livestock judg
ing team won second place in the
contest at the Albemarle Fat
Stock Show and Sale on Tuesday,
May 10. Bemie Baker Was high
team scorer, while his brother,
Widter. was second high scorer.
Steve Burch was third and Emmett.
Perry fourth. Incidentally, Bemie |
was third high scorer in the entire
contest. Five teams participated
in the contest.
H. Ivey Ward, son of Mrs. Ivey
Ward of Ryland exhibited a steer
at the show and sale. Young
Ward fattened out two steers this
year and entered one in the Cho
wan Junior Fat Stock Show and
Sale and the other in the Albe
marle Fat Stock Show and Sale.
Piano Students In
Recital May 30th
Mr?. C. B. Mooney will present
her piano students in their annual
spring recital Monday night. May
30, at 8 o’clock. The recital will
be held in the Edenton Elementary
School auditorium and the public
|is cordially invited to attend.
Edenton. Chowan County. North Carolina, Thursday, May 19,1955.
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Mayor Designates
Saturday, May 28
As 4-H Camp Day
Drive on Foot to Con-i
struct Camp In On- ;
slow County
A drive is now in progress to
complete the Negro 4-H Club camp
in Onslow County which is now un
ider construction. The 4-H Club
| Foundation has on hand $31,500.
| Negro 4-H Club members, leaders
| and parents have contributed over
$29,000 of the amount and an addi
tional $37,000 is needed to complete
the construction of the camp.
fn connection with the drive,
Mayor Leroy Haskett early this
week endorsed the plan and asked
citizens of Edenton and Chowan
County to support "4-H Camp Day”
which will be observed Saturday,
May 28.
“Chowan County’s Negro 4-H
Club members have a special inter
est in the construction of this
camp.” said Mr. Haskett, “because
it will provide the only facility for
this group to participate in camp
life in the State. 1 am, therefore,
soliciting the cooperation and sup
port of all citizens of this county
in helping Negro 4-H Club mem
bers provide this camping facility.”
A 4-H Club member or leader
will call upon citizens for contri
butions l>etween now and Saturday,
May 28. (
BPW Officers To
Be Installed At
Meeting Friday
Affair Will Be Held at
Penelope Barker
House
The hoard of directors of the
Edenton Business and Professional
Women’s Clubs met Monday night
in the Court House to complete
plans for the installation of new
officers and dinner meeting, which
will be held at the Barker Com
munity House Friday night, May
20, beginning at 7 o’clock.
. Miss Kathleen Jackson of Eliza
beth City, incoming director of the
Bth District of BPW Clubs, will
conduct the installation ceremonies
and Miss Lena Jones will be in
charge of the night’s program.
Mrs. Adelaide Chesson, president
of the club, presided at the meet
ing and others attending were Miss
Inez Felton, Mrs. Margaret Phthis
ic, Mrs, Annie Mills, Mrs. Bertha
Bunch, Miss Goldie Layton, Mrs.
Josie R. Carr, Mrs. Margaret
White, Mrs. Emma Perkins, Miss
Mildred Munden, Miss Beulah Per
ry. Mrs. Nora Boyce, Miss Minnie;
Hollowell and Miss Evelyn Leary.
Guest Minister At
Baptist Church
I)r. J. B. Hipps Will
Preach at Both Ser
vices Sunday
As guest minister at the Baptist
Church Sunday, Mav 22, Dr. John
B. Hipps, Professor of Missions at
the Southeastern Baptist Theologi
cal Seminary in Wake Forest, pos
sesses a very extensive background
lin foreign missions and seminary
'teaching. Through the coopera
tion of the seminary. Dr. Hipps
will fill the Baptist pulpit at the
11 o’clock worship hour Sunday
morning and at the 7:30 evening
worship hour.
Dr. Hipps is a North Carolinian
and graduated from Mars Hill Col
lege and Wake Forest College. He
received his Th.m. Degree from the
Southern Baptist Theological Sem
inary of Louisville, Kentucky in
1913. He is the holder of the
S.T.M. Degree from the Union
Theological Seminary of New York,
the M.A. Degree from Columbia
University and the D.D. Degree
from Wake Forest College.
In China, as a missionary ap
pointed by the Southern Baptist
Convention, Dr. Hipps served as
Professor of-Old Testament Interp
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Winner In Speaking Contest
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Mrs. W. J. P. Earnhardt, president of the Edenton Woman's Club,
is shown above presenting a golden key to Mike Malone for winning the
World Peace Speaking Contest held Thursday morning in the Edenton
Elementary School aaditorium—(Evelyn Leary Photo).
Mike Malone Wins
Build World Peace
Speaking Contest
Presented Golden Key I
By Woman’s Club }
President
Michael Malone, a senior at
Edenton Junior-Senior High School,!
was the winner in the Build World
Peace Contest held Thursday in the
Elementary School auditorium.
Mike won over three other contest
ants, including Frankie Privott,
Mary Leggett Browning and Jim
my Harrison. A student must
have an average of B-plus or bet
ter to he eligible to enter the con
test, which is sponsored annually
by the Edenton Woman’s Club.
Mike’s subject, “The Hole of the
United Nations in Building World
Peace” Was delivered in a clear,
modulated voice and the following
excerpts were taken from his
speech:
“The preamble of the Charter
sets forth the aims and principles
of the United Nations. A few of
the pledges are: ft) To save suc
ceeding generations from the
scourge of war. (2) To reaffirm
faith in fundamental human rights.
(;{) To establish conditions under
which justice and respect for the
obligations arising from treaties
and other sources of international
law can.be maintained. ft) To
promote social progress and better
standards of life in larger free
dom.
“To secure these ends, the Unit
ed Nations is made up of six dis
tinct organs: The General Assem
bly, the International Court of
Justice, the Security Council, the
Secretariat, the Trusteeship Coun-
Jcil,- and the Economic and Social
I Council.
“The most .important organ for
maintaining peace in the Security
Council, made up of'five permanent
members—The United States, the
United Kingdom, Russia, National
ist China, and France, and six ro
tating members ejected by the Gen
eral Assembly. Though the Se
curity Council is powerless without
a final vote rs the General As
sembly, at the same time, the Gen
eral Assembly can vote on noth
ing with a decisive vote unless it
has been recommended by the Se
curity Council. On all important
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Town Clerk Attending-
School At Chapel Hill
Town Clerk Ernest J. Ward, Jr.,
left this (Thursday) morning for
Chapel Hiill, where he will attend a
school conducted by the Institute
of Government for municipal ac-j
countants, clerks Aid tax collectors.^
The school, which will he held!
today, Friday and Saturday, will
deal for the most part with chang
es in old laws and new legislation
affecting cities and towns which
was enacted in the 1955 Generali
Assembly.
USO Club Open For
Armed Forces Day
Chaplain Dean K. Veltman has
announced that in connection with
. the observance of Armed Forces
Day next Saturday, both the white
and colored USO Clubs will bo
open from IP A. M., to b P. M,
iMarbleTournament
(Called Off Due To
Not Enough Boys
Only Four of 55 Re
turn Application to
Participate
Due to lack of number of boys
qualifying, the marble tournament
sponsored by the William H. Cof
field Post No. 9280. Veterans of
Foreign Wars, which was' schedul
ed td be held 'ht the armory Thurs
day and Friday, was called off.
Fifty-five hoys had picked up
application blanks, but only four
returned th P applications to make
them eligible to participate. The
stage was all set to hold the tourn
ament. but due to the expense in
volved in furnishing trophies, free
refreshments and sending two win
ners to High Point for the State
tournament, it was decided to
abandon the local competition.
Bill Perry, in charge of the tour
nament, says, what money would
have been spent to carry out the
tournament will be donated to the
youth recreational program in
Edenton.
Civil Defense Topic'
At Rotary Meeting
Sgt. L. P. Scott Points
Out Importance of
Program
Sgt. L. P. Scott, connected with
the Durham Air Defense Command,
spoke at last week’s Rotary meet
ing, when he explained the func
tion of civil defense and urged Ro
tarians to cooperate in organizing
a unit in Edenton.
During his remarks Sgt. Scott
said North Carolina is lagging in
civil defense preparations and
pointed out its great importance,
especially in the Eastern part,
which is in so near such vital tar
gets as Norfolk and the Hamp
ton Roads area.
Sgt. Scott said civil defense is
operated on a voluntary basis and
that it is something which we will
have to have. “Civil defense is
something we’ll have to buy wheth
er we like it or not. It’s for our
: own protection and if we do not
plan for it on a voluntary basis
then it will have to be on a compul
sory basis, so the more people who
join in a civil defense program, the
less time will he required of every
one. ” He stated that observation
posts will be used not only for
warnings of possible enemy attacks
but in assistance against elements
of nature as well.
Emphasizing the importance of
civil defense, Sgt. Scott said,
“There will not be another Pearl
Harbor for the next time it will be
here. The capability of Commun-
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C. A. Phillips Is
Elected President
By Edenton Lions
New Slate of Officers
Chosen at Monday
Night’s Meeting
The Edcnton Lions Club selected
its new slate of officers in a spirit
ed election held at their Monday
evening meeting.
C. A. Phillips was elected oresi
dent. Ernest Ward, Jr., M. A. 1
Hughes and G. Medlin Belch were
elected as first, second and third
vice presidents, respectively: Thos.
Francis, Tail Twister; West Bv
rum, Jr., I,ion Tamer; W. J. Tay
lor, secretary; Earl G. Harrell, pi
anist and J. Clarence Leary, chor
ister.
Herbert Hollowell and Haywood
Bunch were elected as directors for
terms of one year each.
President Earl Harrell congrat
ulated the newly elected officers
and expressed the hope that they
would have the same fine coopera
tion that has been accorded him!
during the past year.
It was that although a few items j
of expense are still to be paid in-i
cident to the Lions minstrel show
recently staged, the net profit will j
he approximately $475.00. These
(funds are used in the club’s activi
ties such as assistance to the blind, J
crippled children and sight conser-j
vation.
The proceeds from the recent;
Red Cross fund-raising campaign |
has now reached $2,900, according
to Dr. A. F. Downum, county;
chairman. “This will assure the
blood program being conducted;
again this year,” said Downum.'
“We are fortunate : n having W. E.
Malone as director and I hope |
everyone who possibly can, will,
come out X" the armory between
9:00 A. M., and 3:00 P. M., on Wed- j
nesday, June Ist, and give blood:
to this tremendously important i
project,” continued Di Downum. ,
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Dancing Pupils In
Recitaljay 24th
Event Will Be Held In
Elementary School
Auditorium
Miss Myrtle Ann Mounlcastle,!;
director of the Mounteastle School ji
of Dancing, will present her pup
ils in a dance recital. “Curtain;
Time,” Tuesday night, May 24, at I
8 o’clock at the Edenton Elemen
tary School auditorium. The event!
is being sponsored by the Eden
ton PTA and will feature numbers
jin Tap, Ballet and Toe.
| Children taking part are: Kay
Kramer, Ellen Cuthrell. Martha
Moon Beck, Patricia Byrum. Nellie
Wood. Vicki Allsbrook, Martha
Vaughan. Patricia Ann Bunch,
Claire Belch, Carl Forehand, Re
becca Williford, Girinv Truelow,
Frances Privott, Maria Antos, Con-1
nie Lee George. Emily Holmes,
Patsy' Moonoy, Beverly Snead.
Brenda Mooney an d Carol ista
Fletcher.
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Armed Forces Day will be ob
served by holding open house at
the Edenton Marine Corps Auxili
ary Landing Field Saturday, May
21, from 10 A. M, to 5 P. M„ EST.
The public is cordially invited to
visit the base for the observance.
An election will be held in Cho
wan County (excluding Edenton)
Saturday, June It, from 6:30 A. M.,
to 6:30 P. M, to determine if a 10-
eent tax is to be levied for rural
tire protection.
Edenton Jayeees will conduct an
electric bulb sale Friday night.
May 20, from 6:30 to 9 o'clock.
Horseshoe tournament, sponsor
ed by the Edenton Junior Chamber
of Commerce, will begin at the
Edenton Junior-Senior High School
today (Thursday).
Chowan Chapter of the National
Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
will hold a dinner meeting Friday
night. May 27, at 7 o’clock in the
banquet room over the Albemarle
Case.
Unanimity Lodge, No. T, A. F.,
& A. M„ will hold a stated com
munication tonight (Thursday) at
8 o’clock.
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$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Armed Forces Day
Observed Saturday
At Edenton’s Base
Visiting Preacher
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DR. JOHN B. HIPPS
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In th ( . absence of the Rev. R. N.
: Carroll, Dr. John B. Hipps of Wake
Forest College will preach at both
services in the Edenton Baptist
! Church next Sunday, May 22.
Gerald James New
Vice President Os
Schoolmaster Club
New Officers Elected
At Meeting Held In
Plymouth
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j At a meeting of the Albemarle
I Schoolmasters’ Club held in Ply
* mouth last week. Gerald James,
i principal of the Edenton Jttfiior
: Senior High School, was elected
[vice president for tile new year.
The meeting was the final one for
the present school year and was
featured by entertainment furnish
ed by the Plymouth High School
| orchestra and baton twiriers of the
j Plymouth Band.
Other officers elected at the
! meeting were John T. Biggers of
Hertford, president; Mrs. Ruth
I Basnight of Columbia, secretary,
(and Philip E. Meekins of Camden,
j treasurer.
j Fishermen Warned
To Pay ’55 Licenses
5 (’. VV. Haymaii, inspector for the
Division of Commercial Fisheries,
Department of Conservation and
Development, has been notified
that all fishermen who have not
paid their net and boat licenses
for 1955 are subject to arrest;
If will tie to the interest of those
who have not paid these license
fees to get in touch with Mr. Hay-
I man at once in order to avoid ar
| rest.
Jaycees Sponsor Horseshoe
Tournament At Local School
! Purpose to Stimulate
Interest In Minor
Sports
Sponsored by the Edenton Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce, a dou
bles horseshoe tournament will be
held on the recreation ground bank
of the school beginning today
(Thursday) and will be in progress
for a week.
The tournament is planned in or
der to provide recreation for many
students who do not participate in
the three major sports, football!,
basketball and baseball. It is hop
ed that at least 100 students will
take part and that it will help tc
create interest in the school in
minor sports. Any member of the
school is eligible to play.
Trophies will be awarded the
winners in the tournament, which
will be played during periods which
will not interfere with school work
and after school hours. Profes
sional rules will be adhered to,
with regulation pits and boxes.
Trophies for the winners will be
presented at a banquet sponsored
by the Jaycees, which wild he an
nounced later. _ ■
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DO TOUR PART
DONATE TO THE
, SWIMMING POOL!
Public Invited to Visil
Base From 10 A. M.
To 5 P. M. EST
The Marine Corps Auxiliary
Landing Field at Edenton will ob
serve the 1955 Armed Forces Day
Saturday, May 21, by throwing its
gates open for the public to see
its installations and special static
displays from 10:00 A. M., to 5:00
P. M.,’ EST.
Displays will include jet, heli
copter, transport, and dive bomber
type aircraft.
Col. M. K. Peyton, Commanding
Officer, extends a cordial welcome
to all citizens in the Eastern North
Carolina area to visit ALF, Eden
ton on this, the sixth annual Arm
ed Forces Day. Displays will he
of an informal nature and ques
tions ‘ .concerning the aircraft or
’other phases of aviation will be
I welcome.
’■ The significance of Armed Forc
es Day is overpowering, particular
ly during these times of world un
rest. The theme of “Power for
Peace” is symbolic of the cold war
r struggle for peace and freedom.
Strength and * unification of the
Armed Forces will make the United
i States deterrent to hostile aggres
sion of any form and from any
portion of the globe.
| The feeling of the United States
I Marine Corps on this Armed Forces
Day is well expressed by the Com
mandant General Lemuel C. Shep
herd, Jr., USMC, “Symbolizing
‘Power for Peace’, our Armed Forc
es constitute a team charged with
the security of our nation. Wo Ma
rines are proud to he a part of
the team.
“The observance of Armed Forc
es Day presents the people of our
country a splendid opportunity to
inspect and familiarize themselves
with the activities of those entrust
ed with the responsibility of safe
guarding our precious American
heritage. I sincerely hope that all
Americans will avail themselves of
this opportunity.
“I am pleased to extend my per
sonal invitation to all fellow citi
zens to visit Marine Corps instal
lations which will be open to the
public on Armed Forces Day, May
21, 1955.”
Invitations have been extended to
various organizations in Edenton to
attend the observance in groups.
E. R. Tolley Resigns
From Police Force
i
I E. R. Tolley, one of Edenton’s po
ll Bremen. tendered his resignation to
;(Chief of Police George I. Dail Sun-
Iday night. Mr. Tolley has been a
■ member of the local pollicc force
> for about three years and for a
• time was Chief of Police at Selma.
- No successor had been named up to
Wednesday morning.
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Meeting Called For
Chowan Infantile
Paralysis Chapter
J. Edwin Bufflap, chairman of
the Chowan County Chapter of the
National Foundation For Infantile
Paralysis, has called a special meet
ing to he held Friday night, May
27 at 7 o’clock. This will be a
free dinner meeting and will be
held in the banquet room over the
Albemarle Case on Broad Street
The purpose of the meeting is
to elect new officers, setting up a
new organization and to stimulate
interest in the Chowan Chapter.
Anyone interested in attending the
meeting is urged to inform Mr.
Bufflap at once.
VFW Auxiliary Will
Elect Officers TonigKf
The Ladies’ Auxiliary of the
VFW will meet tonight (Thursday)
at 8 o’clock in the Post home. At
this meeting new officers are
scheduded to be elected, so that
Mrs. Ellie Mae Parrish, president,
urges all members to attend.
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