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ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXll.—Number 33,
NC National Guasß
| Camping 2 Weeks
At Fort Bragg, N. C.
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Edenton Unit Will I»e
Signally Honored
Saturday
Edenton’s Heavy Mortar Com
pany of the North Carolina Na
tional Guard left Sunday morning
for Fort Bragg, N. C., where they
will spend two weeks in intensive
training. They are scheduled to
return home Sunday, August 28.
All of the officers and enlisted
men, except one, is at Fort Bragg
and this one exception was due to
ill health.
The Edenton outfit is led by Cap
tain Cecil Fry, commanding officer
and includes four officers and 92
enlisted men.
Members of the F.denton com
pany left with some degree of
pride, for while at camp they will
be honored by receiving the Na
tional Guard Bureau award for of-j
ficiency and maintenance. The to- .
cal outfit was selected as the top
unit in North Carolina. The award
is based on an inspection by the
State maintenance officer in colla
boration with the annual Third
Army technical inspection.
The award will he presented Sat
urday, August 20, during the 90th j
Division’s review. Governor I.other
H. Hodges, commander-in-chief of j
the North Carolina National Goa i d. )
will attend the ceremonies. Other
prominent guests will include Ma,i. j
Gen. John H. Manning, the ad.iut- j
ant general; Maj. Gen: (ret.) J
Van B. Metts, former adjutant j
general, and Maj. G,.n. E.
Walsh, president of the National
Guard Association of the 1 nitcd
States.
While the National Guardsmen j
ire in camp priority wi'l he given
to squad and platoon training, ser
vice practice firing and fho develop,
ment of leadership in unit officers (
and the non-commissioned officers.!
Secondary objectives wilt be recruit |
and individual specialist trainingj
and weapons firing which could not J
be completed during the armory
training periods or week ••nd,
drills. For the first time, ih,- • n
tire division is billeted in. barracks, j
While in camp the National.)
Guardsmen will Ulso enjoy various j
sorts of recreation. Each year the,
division condui ts a softball .tourim-j
ment and the Edenton hoys had a
team lined up to compete in the.
contest. In 1959 the Edvntdn tea 1 ’)
won the regimental championship
but were defeated last year in the
final round.
If any friends or relatives de
sire to write anybody in camp, the
address is; Heavy Mortar, t 0.. .
119th Infantry, 30th Division. NX'.
N. G„ Fort Bragg. '\. C.
Revival At Chappell
Hill Baptist Church
Will Begin Aug. 22
Rev. G. M. Singletary
Will Be Visiting
Evangelist
Announcement was made early
this week that revival services will
begin at the Chappell’s Hill Bap
tist Church on Monday-night, Aug
ust 22, and will continue each
night of the week through Satur
day night, August 27. Services
will begin at 8 o’clock and the pub
lic is cordially invited to attend.
The Rev. G. M. Singletary, mis
sionary for the Chowan Baptist
Association, will bring the mes
-ges each evening and the Rev.
Ac Iph W. Knight, pastor of the
.Hard’s Bridge Baptist Church,
will Oead the singing.
STEVE BURCH ATTENDING
MYF SESSIONS AT DUKE
-Steve Burch is attending the
fourth annual session of the North
Carolina Methodist Youth Fellow
ship at Duke University, Durham,
N. C. Steve is a delegate from the
Evans Methodist Church. The ses
sion opened Monday with a full five j
day program >ci '-inhd, _ _. :
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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Visiting Evangelist^
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| REV. RALPH FERGUSON
| For a week’s revival meeting at
Warwick Baptist Church, which
begins Sunday, August 21, the Rev.
Ralph Ferguson of Robersonville,
N. (’., will he the visiting evange
! list.
Plans Shaping Up
For 4-H Pullet Show
In Armory Sept Ist
77 Rhode Island Red
Pullets Will Be Put
Up For Sale
The 1955 Chowan Pullet Show
and Sale will he held Thursday,
September 1, at. the Edenton arm
ory at 2:3(1 P. M. At thik lime 77
' purebred Rhode Island Red pullets
j will he sold to the highest bidder.
| The pullets will be sold in lots of
’ seven each and not individually,
i These pullets were grown out lu
ll Chowan 1-H Club members, anil
they have done a. good job, accord
ing to Assistant County Agent
I R-iliert S. Marsh. The Berkley
I Food Company of Norfolk, spons
j ors this project each year. They
furnished each contestant 100 day
| old. straight run chicks last spring.
In return for the chicks, each club
member agreed to properly brood,
house'and feed them and bring
seven pullets to the show and sale.
The birds will be judged by a poul
try specialist from State College
and prizes awarded. After the
birds are judged and prizes award!
i'd they will he sold to the highest
bidder.
.“This sale offers the people of,
Edenton and Chowan County a
wonderful opportunity to buy first
class pullets,” says Mr. Marsh.
Chowan Farm Bureau Will
Meet Thurs. Night, Aug. 25
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Important Matters to
Be Transacted; Good
Attendance Urged
A county-wire meeting of the
Chowari County Farm Bureau will
be held at the Chowan Community
Building next Thursday night,
August 25, at 7:30 o’clock, accord
ing to the president, Sanford Bas§.
Bill Little of the State Farm Bu
reau office will be present to dis
cus s ini port an t ma 11 e rs.
At this meeting peanut growers
will elect one member to serve on
the board iff directors of tile North
Carolina Peanut Growers Associa
tion for the next two years. Mar
vin Jackson of Edenton has served
Well for the past two years, but his
term of office will soon expire and
according to the by-laws, he cannat
succeed himself in this capacity by
being re-elected at this time. Pea
nut growers are urged to give some
careful thought as to who they
would like to have serve them in
this capacity for the next two
years and be present at the meet
ing to elect a most capable repre
sentative as their director.
The Farm Bureau insurance pro-
O nrinued on Page i- —Section 1
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 18,1955.
Methodists’ Picnic
Wednesday, Aug. 24
At Jackson’s Beach
Feature will Be a Pic
nic Supper For All
At 6 O’clock
A picnic is being planned for the
Edenton Methodist Church op the
afternoon and early evening -if
Wednesday, August 24, at Jack
son’s beach near Sandy I’oint.
Those who want to swim may go
| down as early in the afternoon as
| they choose. It is expected that
the swimming period will lay well
used by the children and young
people of the church.
A picnic supper will take place
at fi o’clock. It is hoped that every
i one in the church who possibly can
I will be present. Tlie supper will
Ibe provided by the people them
selves, in the manner of previous
fellowship suppers at the church.
The first fellowship meeting of
this kind was held in May in ob-.
servanee of National Family Week.
The church's Commission on Edu
cation, of which Rufus Carraway is
the new chairman, is planning for
monthly fellowship meetings, This
development in the program of the
local Methodist Church is a part of
the increasingly popular Family
Life Movement which is now a
major emphasis of Methodism
throughout the country.
Mayor Os Edenton
Lions Club Speaker
Dwells Upon His Pro
gram For Better
ment of Edenton
Mayor Ernest P. Kehayes ad
p dressed members of the Edenton
; Lions Club at their meeting Mon
j day night, at which time he com
)' mended the Lions Club for its lend
rrship in Community activities and
stated a desire for the club'., con
tinned support in projects for the
I betterment .of health and welfare
Continued on Page d Section 1
Schools In Edenton
Open September 6
According to John A. Holmes,
superintendent of the Edenton
schools, the schools in the unit will
open Tuesday, ■'September 6.
A considerable amount of work
has. been done in way of repairing
and renovating, hut everything will
he ready for the opening.
Mr, Holmes expects an increase
in enrollment this year.
The school holidays for the year
- will bo two days for Thanksgiving,
two weeks for Christinas arid Fri
day and Monday in observance of
Easter.
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ifcivic CALENDAR^
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Chowan County Farm Bureau
| will hold a very, important nieet
> ing Thursday night, August 25, at
[ 7:30 o’clock in the Chowan Com
■ munity Building.
Chowan 4-H pullet show and
. sale "ill he held in the Edenton
, i armory Thursday afternoon, Sep
. tember 1, at 2:30 o’clock.
Immunization clinics will be held
in Chowan County Thursdays, Aug.
; list 18 and 25.
i Annual mass meeting of Baptist
i Training Fnion will be held at the
. Rocky Hock Baptist Church Mon*
day afternoon and night, August
[ 22.
; j Methodist Church will hold a pic-
I nic at Jackson’s beach near Sandy
Point Wednesday afternoon, Aug
• ust 24.
Revival services will he held in
■ Warwick Baptist Church for a week
■ beginning Sunday, August 21.
i I’nanimitv Lodge No. 7, A. F. &
i A. M- will hold a stated communi
' cation tonight (Thursday) at 8
o’clock.
I Ed Bond Post No. 10, American
■ Legion, will meet Tuesday night,:
Continued on Pace f»—-Section 1
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Above is pictured Col. M. K. Peyton, who was relieved Wednesday
morning as Commanding Officer at the Edenton Marine Corps Auxiliary (
Landing Field. Col. Peyton is succeeded by Lieut. Col. Hamilton Law
rence, who has been Executive Officer. The change in command was
made in an informal ceremony due to changes being made on account ,
of hurricane warnings.—(Official Marine Corps Photo).
U.S. Savings Bonds
Sales In Chowan At
SIO,OOO During July
Prospect fs Bright For
State to Exceed Its j
858,800,000 Quota
I
. A. R. Harless, Chowan County j
I". Si Savings Bond chairman, re-!
. ports that July sales in Chowan
County amounted to SIO,OOO, which
included $1,500 in E bonds and
$5,500 in 11 bonds.
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Cumulative sales in Chowan from
January 1 to July 31 amounted to
$118,103.75. The county's quota
for 1955 is $171,900, so that 08 per
-■eiit of the quota has. been sold up
to August 1.
Sale of bonds in North Carolina j
continues to rise with purchases in i
July amounting to $4,290,553.50,
.-omp-ired with a year ago the gain |
jis 18'!. This is a new July sales'
reroi-d. topping any for the past 10 i
years*, For the first seven monthsi
of this year, a nowall-time peace j
I record Was .set with sales amount
ing to $33,204,488.50, 2ld greater*
than 1951. This amount represents
56 G of the annual state quota of
| 58.8 million dollars.
The volunteer chairman for
North Carolina, W. H. Andrews,)
Jr., stated “that with the continued
I support o f volunteers for the re
:j maining months of 1955, North Ca
rolina is in good position to exceed
the. assigned quota for the State of;
$58,800,000.”
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Two Fires Add To
Hurricane Suspense
To add to the suspense of the!
anticipated arrival of Hurricane
Connie, the Edenton firemen were
called out about 10:30 o’clock
Thursday night. A floor caught
fire at the home of Mrs. Thomas
J Elliott on East Water Street, but
practically no damage was done.
Then again about 0 o'clock Fri
day night the firemen were called
! to the home of J. R. Byrum on the
Windsor highway. A short circuit
developed on the back porch but
damag* ,\ ah its; than ieO,
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Red Men Planning
Pow-Wow In Rocky
Mount On Sept 16
Hoped Enough Will Go
| To Warrant Char
tering a Bus
Chowan Tribe of Red Men and ;
Chowanoke Council. Degree of Po
cahontas,; will participate in a big
j adoption class which is scheduled
to be held at Rocky Mount Friday,
! September 16. Both organizations
I expert to take, a number of new
members to Rocky Mount to bp ini- 1
tinted and enjoy a program which j
has hern arranged.
The affair will be held at the!
Ricks Hotel in Rocky Mount and)
| aside from the initiation, an ad
dress will bo made by Bryan Hurd
, of Kramerton. who is the Great In
rohonep of Red Men in the United
States. A banquet will be held at
7 o’clock and a dance, will take
| place beginning at 9 o'clock with
[ music furnished by Bob Jones and;
his Wild Cat Orchestra. There will
also hp other entertainment and a j
large number of new members
from the eastern part of the State)
are expected to be initiated. A j
similar pow-wow will be held the
previous night at Concord for the
western part of the State.
Edenton Red Men are planning)
to charter a bus to take local Red)
. Men and Pocahontas members, as
well as the initiates, to Rocky
1 Mount for the occasion, so that any
1 member of either organization who
[will make the trip is urged to con
tact Carl Keeter, sachem of Chowan
Tribe, at once in order to deter
mine if enough, will go to charter
1 the bus. Mr. Keeter hopes to have
this information in order to report
at next Monday night’s meeting of
the Red Men.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton Rotarians will meet this
(Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock
in the Parish House. The program
will lie in charge of Elwood Nixon
and President Gerald James is urg
ing a 100 per cent utumdai- e.
Edenton And Chowan Escape
Fury Os Hurricane Connie
After Four Days’ Suspense
Col. M. K. Peyton Relievedj
As Commanding Officer At
Local Base Wed. Morning
Revival Will Be
; Held At Warwick
Church Next Week
[The Rev. Ralph Fer
guson of Roberson
ville Will Preach
The Rev. Lee A,. Phillips, pastor
of the Warwick Baptist Church,
! announces that a series of revival
meetings will begin in his church
Sunday, August 21 and will con
tinue throughout the week.
The visiting minister Will be the
Rev. Ralph Ferguson of Roberson
ville, N. C. Mr. Ferguson was
) formerly pastor of churches in
Gates County.
There will be afternoon services
at 3 o’clock and evening services at
| 8 o’clock. Special music will be
rendered at each evening service.
The public is cordially invited to
l attend any or all services.
Billy Hardison Pfays
In East-West Game
Eastern All-Stars Win
| Contest In Greens
boro Saturday
Billy Hardison, one of the out-
I standing stars of Edenton’s Aces,'
I who won the State Class A cham-1
j pionship last year, participated in |
j the East-West high schoot all-star 1
football- game which was played in '
Greensboro Saturday. j
Hardison played with the East
aggregation Which won the game
14 to 7.
Hardison played practically most
! of the game at center, his position
on the Aces, and gave his usual
good account of himself. He was
scheduled to share the game with
Daryle Allen, the other center, but
Allen was injured early in the
i game.
The Edenton star has been
I awarded a scholarship at Carolina
j and plans to leave in a few weeks
! to participate in pre-season prac-
I tice.
W. J. DANIELS IN HOSPITAL
Friends will regret to learn that
W. Jim Daniels is a patient in De-
Paul Hospital in Norfolk. H P en
tered the hospital Wednesday of
this week and will undergo treat
l ments for kidney colic.
I Training Union Meeting At
Rocky Hock Church Aug. 22 j
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Session Will Be Held
In Afternoon and
At Night
On Monday afternoon and night.
August 22, the Rocky Hock Bap
tist Church will be host to the an
nual mass meeting of the Training
Unions of the Baptist churches of
the Chowan Association. This
meeting culminates the Training
I Union year of work and it has
been planned for two sessions, the
afternoon session opening at 3
o’clock and the evening session
opening at 7:20 o’clock. Between
the two sessions t here has been
scheduled a period of directed fun
and fellowship on the church
grounds at 5 o’clock; an old-fash
ioned basket supper at 6 o’clock
and a twilight esper service at|
6:4c 3li k,
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Lieut. Col. Hamilton
Lawrence New Com
manding Officer
Lieut. Col. Hamilton Lawrence
relieved Col. M. K. Peyton as the
Commanding Officer of Marine
Aircraft Group 14 at Edenton
Wednesday morning in an informal
ceremony. The formal change of
command, as originally planned,
was changed due to the hurricane
“Diana,” which was due to arrive
Wednesday.
Col. Peyton, who assumed com
mand in July, 1954, is being trans
ferred to the Second Marine Air
craft Wing Headquarters at Cherry
Point as the Operations Assistant
Chief of Staff.
Col. Peyton enlisted in the Ma
rines in 1934, was commissioned a
■ second lieutenant in 1938, and en
! tered flight school in 1940. In
World War II he served in the
South Pacific and campaigns at
. Gaudalcanal, Solomons Islands, the
, Russell Islands and New Georgia. I
In Korea he served as the Senior
( Marine Laison Offcer with head
quarters of the Fifth Air Force.
Personal decorations Col. Peyton
has received are two Distinguished
i Flying Crosses, six Air Medals,
I Purple Heart, Navy Unit Commen
dation, Marine Good Conduct Med
| al, American Theater, Asiatic
Theater, American Defense,' Worid
War II Victory, Letterfiof Com
menda'tioh with 'Cfiinbat “V” for
L service with Fifth Ail* Force, Na
tional Defense, Korean Sen-ice and
United Nations.
Col. Peyton has expressed his
appreciation to the entire command
at Edenton for their loyalty, at
tention to duties and cooperation.
I He and Mrs. Peyton also express
j ed warm feelings to the citizens of
| Edenton and Chowan County for
helping to make their stay at
! Edenton most pleasurable and for
helping to establish the marvelous
relationship that has grown be
tween the Marines and local citi
zens.
Col. Peyton's successor, Lt. Col.
Lawrence, has served as the Group
Executive Officer since his arrival;
last August and will serve tern- j
porarily as the Commanding Os
ficer of Marine Aircraft Group 14.
Lieut. Col. Lawrence entered
flight school in 1937, served in j
World War II and among his many
. duties as the Assistant Fleet Air
Operations Officer in the office of!
tile Chief of Naval Operations in j
Washington. D. C., from 1947 to
1949, and served as the Assistant |
Naval Attache and Naval Attache
for Air in the American Embassy
I at Oslo, Norway, from June, 1952,
until bis arrival in Edenton.
Lieut. Col. Lawrence is married,
has three children and resides at
901 Cabarrus Street in Edenton.
The program committee has)
planned a well balanced program
for each of the two sessions con
sisting of music, conferences, talks,
a talking film projection, an inspir
• ational address and other interest
• ing features. The message of the
film “Beginning of the Rainbow”
• promises to be very impressive and
presents a very worth-while mes
: sage. One of the interesting sea
! tures of the evening session each
: year is the election and installation
’ of new officers for the new year of
I training work and all Training
i Union enthusiasts will be interested
i in this part of this year’s evening
i session. This session, closing at 9
i o’clock, wifll bring to a close an
i other annual training meeting of
■ fellowship, inspiration and infor-
: 1 mation and all interested are invit
: j ed to share it with Train ng Union
1 members and workers. A
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I High Tide Floods Sev
eral Sections For
Three Days
Aside from intermittent showers,
a brisk wind that shook off many
premature pecans, high water at
three points, quite a few small tree
limbs and leaves scattered around,
about the worst effect of Hurricane
Connie in this section last week
was the anxiety and tension caused
among citizens in general in antici
pating the fury of the queer storm
which occasionally halted and
changed its course so that it was
very uwertain to determine where
it would strike next.
As early as Monday of last week
hurricane warnings were displayed
in Edenton and towns in this area
alerted that the hurricane was on
its way and was expected to hit
the Albemarle section broadside as
early as Tuesday. However, the
hurricane frequently changed its
course, so that for four days its
arrival was awaited with great sus
pense, for the remembrance of Hur
i ricane Hazel last October is still
fresh in the minds of almost every
body. The hurricane, after doing
considerable damage at Wrights
ville and Carolina beaches, wiggled
its way to Morehead City, then
I traveled in a northeastern direction
toward Hatteras, and on Friday
night it was reported to have
passed the Virginia Capes.
Considerable preparations were
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Camp Meeting At
Happy Home Will Be
Held August 18-28
The Rev. Jack Sharp
Os South Carolina
Will Preach
The Rev. C. G. Chappell, man*
ager of the Happy Hom e Camp
Meeting, announces that a camp
meeting will be held at the camp
grounds on Route 32, about 18
miles north of Edenton, from Aug
ust 18 through August 28.
The principal speaker for tho
series of meetings will be the Rev.
•Jack Sharp of Great Falls, South
| Carolina. A special program will
j be presented Monday night by chil
dren from the Falcon Orphanage
at Falcon. N. C.
j Services Will be held daily at 6:30
IA. M„ 9:30 A. M. and IT A. M. A
youth service will be held each
| night at. 7 o’clock and the evange-
I listic service will begin at 8 o’clock.
Tho public is cordially invited to
| attend.
LEGION MEETS TUESDAY
Ed Bond Post No. 40, American
Legion, will meet Tuesday night,
August 23. at 7:30 o’clock in the
Post Home. Commander Thurman
Harrell urges a full attendance.
Bids Are Advertised
For 58 Miles Os New
Roads In 21 Counties
The State Highway Uommission
,! has advertised for bids on 17 pro
jects involving 58.035 miles of road
I
Work in 21 counties.
The letting will be bold August
23, in Raleigh. The Highway Com
missioners will meet Thursday, Au
gustus, in Raleigh, to canvass tho
\ low bids received.
I Included in the bids is a Perquim
ans-Chowan-Gates project calling
for. three bridges, four reinforced
concrete box eulverts, one reinforc
| ed concrete box culvert extension
, and several pipe lines on N. C.
37 between Winfall and on U. S.
I 13 north of Gates.
[ MASONS MEET TONIGHT 1
C. W. Overman, master of Una
nimity Lodge No. 7, A. I. & A. M.,
- announces that a slated communica
tion of the Hodge will be held to
i night (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. A!
full attendance is requested,