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ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN CHOWAN COUNTY Volume XXll.—Number 32. Trucks Cause * rition Presented To Town Council 56 Signers Ask For Relief From What Is Termed Nuisance Confronted with a goodly amount of business Tuesday night, Town Council acted with dispatch so that the meeting adjourned shortly be fore 10:30 o’clock. First on the agenda was a pe tition presented by W. A. Everett on behalf of residents on West Queen Street and North Granville Street asking that something be done to eliminate unnecessary noise by trucks using these two streets. The petition, signed by 56 people, read as follows: “We helped to elect you gentle men to guide the affairs of our town and now we are in much dis tress and call on you by petition to correct a real menace of unneces sary and extreme noise caused by trucks and buses passing through our streets. Some few trucks pass through without disturbance but many of them unnecessarily speed through with open throttles and with open exhausts, making living conditions almost unbearable espe cially on narrow streets like Queen and Granville. We paid for the paving of streets and cannot; even park on certain highway streets. Therefore, we feel we should be protected and have relief from such excessive and unnecessary disturb ances. We believe large signs on highways entering the town warn ing truck drivers of anti-nriisp or dinances and penalties, together ■"•ith more police activity would • to relieve this public menace.-■ appeal to you, the City Fatii 'TJie petition was signed by tbej following: Rosa Boyce, E. Alethea Warren. Mrs.;J. H. Bell, Mr. and Mrs. 11. O. Cromwell, Mr. and Mrs. .1. Gra ham Robbins, Mrs. William Ste worth, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Wales, Mrs. J. B. Harrison, Mrs. Dick Leary. Mrs. J. M. Fleetwood. Jr.. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Boyce, Mr. and Mrs E. L. Wells, Mrs. T. J. Bell, hfrs. O. C. Byrum, Rosetta Park er, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Everett, Mrs. Charles Russell, Mrs. Earl G. Harrell, Mrs. Clarence Leary, Mrs, Clayton Letcher, Mrs. .West By rum, Celia Satterfield, Mrs. C. P. Byrum, Mrs. W. D. Holmes, Mrs. 1 L. E. Leary, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. j Tuttle, Mrs. O. M. Elliott, Mrs. S M. McMullan, Mrs. P. S. McMulian. Mrs. Sydney Smith, Mrs. G. M. Chesson, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Chesson, Jr., Mrs. J. M. Vail, Mrs. , Ruth Selby Porter, Laura Satter field, Mrs. Margaret Satterfield, Mrs. T. M. Forehand, Mr. and Mrs. Mack C. Gregory, Mr, and Mrs. Grady Phelps, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Goodwin, Mr. and Mrs. John G, j Continued on Page 2 —Section 1 Cookie Carnival Will Be Held Friday At * Quinn Furniture Co. ' Friday. August 12, beginning atj! 10 A. M., a General Electric Cookie i Carnival will be held in the Quinn j Furniture Company store, when . boys and girls from 8 to 11 years | j will have an opportunity to bake! cfeokies under the direction of Mies | Mary Bowan. ; j A3! the youngsters who partici- c pate in the carnival will receive a i Cathy Allen Cookie Set. Parents s and friends of the boys and girls ; are cordially invited to watch them bake cookies on a General Electric range. £ 0 .. B. Harless Appointed On Railroad Finance Committee Governor Hodges has appointed A. B. Harless as a member of the Finance Committee of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad which runs from Goldsboro to Morehead City. Serving with Mr. Harless on the committee will be John Larkin of Trenton, chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee and Lawrence Stith. 1 The State uwiis 72 per Cc nt ; or THE CHOWAN HERALD "COTTA GET THOSE WEE^^!"— M' l, ' l> i, cinfi 1., j:' t those w.ci, rut. cm. the hot place or high water. This unseemly zeal, which goes beyond the most avid gardener’s call to duty, is all in the day’s work for the St. Louis Park Department employe. He’s cleaning weeds and rushes from a park lake, a nice cool spot in which to be with the temperature bubbling at thc96-dcgrec mark _ Z-mrs- .-, r . j - - n - Coach Bill Billings! Calls On Aces For| Football Practice! ________ First Game of Season Sept. 9 With Roan oke Rapids Conch William Billings announc ed this week that football practice for the Edenton Aces will begin Monday of next week, August 15. In the neighborhood of 50 boys signed up to play football at the close of school. Coach Billings has just returned from summer school at Wilmington and issued a call to all prospective players to report for the first practice. Coach Billings realizes that lie has a hard job ahead to round out a winning football combination, for about 12 varsity players from last year’s championship team were lost by graduation. However, he has some promising material to Work with and with the cooperation and hard work on the part of the boys; he is optimistic that a creditable team can lie developed. The first game of the 1955 foot ball season will open Friday, Sep tember 9. when the Aces will jour ney to Roanoke Rapids to play thpi Yellow Jackets. The schedule calls for 10 games, five of which will he played on home soil for five consec utive Friday nights. The full schedule follows: September 9—Roanoke Rapids at ! Roanoke Rapids, I September 16 - Great Bridge, | Va„ at Great Bridge. September 23 Williamston at Wiiliamston. September 30—Beaufort at Eden •ton. October 7. Elizabeth City at Edenton. October 14—Tnrhnro at Edenton. October 21—Hertford at Eden l ton. j October 28—Ahoskie at Edenton. November 4—Plymouth at Ply mouth. November 11—Warsaw at War saw, depending on the outcome of championship games. Os the 10 games played, five will be Albemarle - Conference games, including Williamston, Tarboro, Hertford, Ahoskie and Plymouth. Edenton Bus Station Given Rating Os 94 The State Utilities Commission late last week released ratings for cleanliness of bus stations and rail road stations in the state. The in spectors reported 31 bus stations 1 and 37 of the 45 railroad passenger . stations had perfect scores. Edenton’s bus station was given | a rating of 94. I 12,6fi6 shares of the A&NC stock ‘ 1 which is now leased to the Atlantic 1 and East Carolina Railroad. The 1 Southern is now seeking permission I from . the Interstate Commerce Commission to acquire control of ' the A&NC. M. G. Mann, General Manager of the North Carolina Cotton Grow ers Cooperative is the A&NC’s r president. I Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 11,1955. Civic Playground Proving Popular With Youngsters Miss Barbara Leary Is Serving as Supervis or For Youngsters The civic playground located on North Broad .Street has this year provided entertainment for a rec ord group of Edenton youngsters. The playground, under tile super vision of Miss Barbara Leary, Inis had an average of 40 youngsters daily since its official summer opening in May. During this time Miss Leary has provided entertain ment and an organized play pro -1 gram for this group of children. In 1947 the Woman’s Club placed the first equipment on this; area \ arid established the first communi ty playground. Since this time, I along with financial help of. the j j town of Edenton, the playground has continued to progress. Equip-1 ment has been added from time to | time and now this civic project is one of which the entire community can be proud. Aside from the Halloween Party staged for Edenton’s young people j annually, this area provides a pro gram of safe play for the small : children who are too small to lie included in Midget baseball or oth er organized- recreational activi ties for children. Miss Leary, the present sttpervis, or, has enjoyed working with tlje children this year rind extends an invitation to the voting folks to j come out and join the group. The j daily hours of supervision are frontj 9:30 to 11:30 A. M., rind from 3 until 5 in the afternoon. Each morning Miss Leary conducts a story hour which has proved to be a great attraction for the children. Revival At Rocky Hock Church Will Begin August 14 I Dr. S. A. Newman of | Wake Forest Visit ing Evangelist The Rev. B. L. Raines, pastor of the Rocky Hock Baptist Church, announces that the church will be engaged in revival services from; Sunday, August 14, to Sunday, Au gust 21. Sunday services will be held at ( 11 A. M., and 8 P. M., while the i week-day services, including Satur day, will be at 3 P. M., and 7:45 P. M. Dr. S. A. Newman, professor of theology and philosophy of religion at Southeastern Theological Semi nary, Wake Forest, will be the visiting evangelist and the Rev. Clarke Wiseman of Whale.yville, Va., will direct the music for the revival. The public is cordially invited to attend any or all of the services, j i Edenton Marine Is I Discharged Early | To Enter Ministry jSgL Louis T. Stokes Will Enroll at Cho wan College Staff Sergeant Louis T. Stokes of Marine Aircraft Group-14, Eden ton, was granted an early dis charge on July 30 from the United States Marine Corps to study for the Baptist ministry. S-Sgt. Stokes has served for 7 years in the Ma [ t ines and had planned to make the service a Career until his decision to enter the Christian ministry. Through a request to the Com mandant of the Marine Corps, S-Sgt. Stokes was discharged from the Corps about- years early in order to entpr training at Chowan College in North Carolina. S-Sgt. Stokes first enlisted in the Marine Corps in December, 1947. He served in Korea and upon his return in 1953, he was assigned to the Auxiliary Landing Field in Edenton. After his arrival in Edenton, he became a member of the First Bap ] fist Church in Fdenton. He has j been active in the religious life of I the Baptist Church and the com | munity. S-Sgt. Stokes started a 1 | fund raising program for the! American Leprosy Missions, 1nc.,1 ! and also planned a county-wide speaking tour for Dr. 0. C. Nelson, tin officer of the American Leprosy Missions. j Revival In Progress At Center Hill Church Revival services are in progress at the Center Hill Baptist Church this week and will come to a dose Sunday night, August 14, The visiting evangelist is the Rev. Ca !leb Goodwin, pastor of the Eureka | Baptist Church. The pastor of the church, the j Rev. L. C. Chandler, extends a cor dial invitation to the general pub lic, to attend. Col. M. K. Peyton Gives Up Command At ALF August 171 £ a- Lt. Col. Hamilton Law rence Will Re Com manding Officer Lieut. Col. Hamilton Lawrence is scheduled to relieve Col. M. K. Peyton Wednesday, August 17, as commanding officer of Marine Air craft Group 14 at the Edenton Au xiliary Landing Field. The change of command cere mony, which will include the base personnel passing in review, is slat ed to begin at 8:00 A. M. (Eastern Standard Time), and all local citi zens have been cordially invited to attend the ceremonies. Those at tending are asked to gather at the hangar by 7:45 A. M. Lieut. Col. Lawrence has served as the executive officer at the base since his arrival last August. Col. Peyton will be transferred to Cher ry Point. Close Race For Lead In League As Season Ends Playoffs Scheduled to Begin Tuesday of Next Week < With the curtain scheduled to drop on the regular season of the Albemarle League Friday night of this week, Colerain held, to a half game lead over Hertford as of Tuesday of this week. Elizabeth City was only half a game behind Hertford and Edenton trailed Eliz abeth City on p full game. The playoffs are scheduled to be gin Tuesday of next week, August 16th. Edenton 10, Chowan 3 Playing their first game on the new Chowan diamond Tuesday night of last week, the Edenton, Colonials won over the up-county team by a score of 10 to 3. Henry Allen Powell went the route on the mound for Edenton and held the Chowan batters to sev en hits. The Colonials touched Franklin Hollowed for 12 hits. Edenton 4, Colerain 14 In Colerain Thursday night the Edenton Colonials were walloped by Colerain by a score of 14 to 4. The Colonials were unable to solve the slants of Tom Sewell, who allowed only four hits, two of which were made by Gashouse Parker. At the same time Colerain bat ters took to she liking of the of ferings of three Edenton hurlers and piled up 15 hits off Emminizer, Stilley and Brooks. Colerain took am early lead by scoring three runs in each of the first and second innings. They scored one in the fourth, and in the sixth went on a rampage to chalk up six runs. Their final tal ly was scored in the seventh. The Colonials scored all of their runs in the fifth. CJiowin 6. rfAF f 6n the Chowan diamond Thtihsj day night Manager Palmer Tynch’b outfit easily defeated Weeksville NAF by a score of 9 to 1. Vance Pittman, on the mound for Chowan, allowed only three scattered hits and retired 17 NAF batters byway l of the strike-out route. Stevens, | NAF moundsman, was touched for I 10 hits. Edenton 6. Chowan 2 On Hicks Field Friday night the Colonials downed Chowan by a score of 6 to 2. Ray Rogerson went the route on Continued on Page 6—Section 1 Methodist Society Meets August 17th The Woman’s Society of Chris tian Sendee of the Methodist i Church will meet Wednesday af ternoon, August 17, at the home of • Mrs. B. G. Willis at 3:30 o’clock. This meeting will be in the form of a picnic and Mrs. W. C. Moore, president, urges all members to | turn out. fc Calendar] USO dance will be held at Hotel Joseph Hewes Tuesday night, Au gust 16, from 7:30 to 11 o’clock. Chowan 4-H pullet show and sale will be held in the Edenton armory Thursday afternoon, Sep tember 1, at 2:30 o'clock. Supervised program for children at the civic playground on Hicks Field from 9:30 to 11:30 A. M. and 3 to 5 P. M, each day. Kindergarten class at the Eden ton Elementary School will open Tuesday, September 6. Meeting will be held in Hertford Friday night, August 12, at 7:30 o'clock to consider proposed by pass contemplated at Windsor by the State Highway and Public Works Commission. The Woman’s Society of Chtis ■ Continued on Page 3—Section i Towns On U. S. 17 Object To Proposed Windsor By- Pass; Meeting In Hertford Friday Public Works Bill Includes Fundslor Building 105 Houses At Edenton Base $2,178,500 Appropriat ed In Closing Days Os Congress Included in the Public Works bill passed during the closing days of Congress was a total of $2,178,500 for the Edenton Marine Corps Au- Rotary’s Governor Says Tension Cause Trouble In World \ Dr. H. Broadus Jones Guest of Edenton ; Club ' Speaking at last week’s Rotary meeting, Dr. H. Broadus Jones, governor of the 278th District, told Edenton Rotarjans that the ad ’ vancement of international under ’ standing, good will arid peace through a world fellowship of busi ness and professional men united in the ideal of service is one of the principal objects of Rotary. 1 “Rotary-International,” said the 1 Governor, “is placing special em phasis these days on this objec tive.” Governor Jones, used as his sub ject “THe Role of Rotary Iri A World of Tension.” and pointed out that men of Rotary Clubs in 92 countries and geographical regions throughout the world are united in the effort to promote international I understanding, good will and peace. He also told the Rotarians that in addition to the activities of Ro tary, 8,700 clubs within their own communities to promote this ob jective, Rotary International, has spent more than $1,750,000 in re cent years through its program of student fellowships. “These fel lowships,” he said, “enable college graduates to study for one year in countries other than their own as ambassadors of good will. These students are among the most valu able envoys abroad, helping other young people to understand us and our way of life, and the returning , to help us to understand the peo ple among whom they have lived , and worked fpr a year.” Since 1947, when this program j was established, 709 Rotary fellow ships have been awarded to stu dents in 57 countries. i “Tension in the world is the Continued on Page 6 —Section 1 Kindergarten Class Opens September 6 Mrs. John F. White And Mrs. J. J. Ross In Charge Mrs. John F. White ant need early this week that the kit gar ten class of the Edenton Elemen tary School will open Tuesday, September 6. I AH children who are five years 1 old by October 15 are eligible to enroll but each child must be im munized from whooping cough, i diphtheria and smallpox. A certi i fication card showing these im- I munizations must be presented to the teacher on opening day. Parents who have not contacted i Mrs. White for enrollment for their child may do so by telephon- I ing 265-J. 1 Mrs. J. J. Ross, who has been ■ the musical instructor for the past ■ two years, will again assist Mrs. : White this year. Mrs. White completed a course • this summer in the kindergarten’ workshop at East Carolina College. $2.00 Per Year In North Carolina *> : xiliary Landing FieQd. The biggest portion of this amount, in the neighborhood of 105 housing units, 85 for enlisted men and 20 for officers. The remainder, about $757,000 will be used for acquisition of land and removal of obstructions for carrier landings. JB Association Meets In Hertford ; Chowan County’s Seal Sale Goal Will Be $2,000 An executive meeting of the Pas quotank-Perqulmans-Camaen and Chowan Tuberculosis Association was held Tuesday night of last week in the Municipal Building at Hertford with W. J. Taylor, the new president, presiding. Dennis Morgan, treasurer, re ported a bank balance for the dis trict association of $5,425 arid sl,- 600.34 in the county X-ray fund. The board of directors voted the • following goals for the four coun ties: Pasquotank, $5,500; Perquim ans. $1,300; Camden, SBOO and Cho wan, $2,000 for a total of $9,600. Seal sale chairmen for the com ing year were announced as fol lows: Pasquotank, Mrs. David Fearing and Dr. Clifford Jones; Perquimans, W. Jarvis Ward and Mrs. Minnie B. Taylor: Camden, Mrs. Vincent Leary and Erskine Morgan, and Chowan, Mrs. J. A. Moore and Mrs. Onnie S. Charlton. A report on tuberculosis cases in the district revealed the following: Pasquotank, 23 in sanitoriums and 11 at home: Perquimans. 8 in sani torjums; Camden, 2 in sanitoriums and 1 at home: Chowan, 8 in sani-] toriums and 2 at home. It was al-1 so reported that so far 1,062 chest X-rays had been made since April, 1955. It was pointed out that tubercu ’ flosis was still a major problem in l J North Carolina, where in 1954 there were 1,459 new cases and new cases in 1953 were 1,350 or an I increase of 109 cases. 11 4-Hers Entered In Pullet Project County Agent C. W. Overman re ports that eleven 4-H club members are participating in the pullet pro ject this year and that the pullets are looking very good and many of them are beginning to lay. The annual 4-H pullet show and sale is scheduled to be held some time in late August. LIONS MEET MONDAY Edenton Lions Club will hold Its semi-monthly meeting Monday night at 7 o’clock. President A1 Phillips urges every' member to 1 make a special effort to attend. ! 4-H Pullet Show And Sale To Be Held In Armory Sept. Ist The Chowan 4 -H pullet show and sale is scheduled to be held at the Edenton Army on Thursday after noon, September 1, at 2:30 o’clock. Each club member will enter nine of his best pullets for each 100 chicks he received. These will be judged by poultry specialists. Then the pullets will be sold at public • auction, the proceeds to go io per petuatfc the project, SLOW 1 DOWN , AND LIVE! \=========J • See Much of Tourist Traffic Diverted to U. S. 13 The State Highway and Public Works Commission has had surveys made for a by-pass at Winder, and a decision as to the exact location is expected in the near future. There are two plans proposed for this by-pass. One is to the West and North of Windsor leaving U. S. 17 South at a point near the golf course crossing U. S. 13 to the north of Windsor and going back to U. S. 17 at Green’s Cross. This means that all north bound traffic will get to U. S. 13 north before reaching U. S. 17 north. As a re sult very little north bound traffic, would come through Edenton, Hert ford and Elizabeth City. The other by-pass is to the south of Wind sor. A meeting of interested parties from Edenton, Hertford and Eliza beth City met in Edenton and a decision was made to Request the members of the Board oUTlounty Commissioners of Chowan County, Camden County, Currituck County, Dar e County, Perquimans County, Pasquotank County, and Tyrrell County, and members of the Town Council of Edenton, Hertford, Eliz abeth City, Manteo and Columbia to meet at the Municipal Building in Hertford on Friday, August 12, at 7:30 P. M. Chamber of Com merce and Junior Chamber of Com merce representatives are also in vited to attend. The purpose of this meeting will be to state the position of the above mentioned counties and towns to Highway Commissioner J. Emmett Winslow relative to the Ideation of a by-pass to. tJ>e south of Windsor, and to solicit his support. The group present at the meet ing Monday strongly endorsed a by-pass to the south of Windsor for the following reasons: 1. There is more traffic on U. S. 17 than on U. S. 13 and a by-pass around Windsor should favor the most heavily traveled highway. 2. There is by far a greater in vestment in hotels, motels, restau rants, etc., for tourist traffic on U. S. 17 than on U. S. 13. 3. More money is spent for traf fic promotion on U. S. 17 than on U. S 13. 4. A by-pass to the south of Windsor would be much cheaper than a by-pass to the north and west of Windsor. Ernest J. Ward, Jr., chairman of i the group, is urgently requesting I all parties interested in this by pass at Windsor to attend the meeting to be held in Hertford Fri day night. USO Club Dance Will Be Held August 16th Announcement has been made that a dance will be held in the USO Club at Hotel Joseph Hewes Tuesday night, August 16. from 7:30 to 11 o’clock. Music will be furnished by a combo from the Second Marine Air craft Wing Band. VFW Chicken Dinner Scheduled Aug. 13th Hoskin Bass, commander of Wil liam H. Coffield Post No. 9280, Veterans of Foreign Wars, an nounces that the Post will hold a barbecue chicken dinner at the Post home Saturday afternoon, August • 13, from sto 8 o’clock. , Mr. Bass calls attention to the i’fact that all tickets for the din ! ner must be purchased in advance. ! There are eleven 4-H Club boys i and girls participating .in this year’s project, each of whom re , ceived 100 laying strain New ■ Hampshire straight run chickens. 1 Each has between 40 and 50 pretty ■ pullets for laying. Some are get i ting five or more eggs per day : and County Agent C. W. Overman ■ says the pallets, ait looking very S'Jtd.
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