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r!> Vs ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN CHOWAN COUNTY Volume XXII. —Number 34. Citizens On xJ. S. 17 Meet In 1 Hertford To State Position On Proposed Windsor By-pass Pass Resolution to Bej Presented J. Emmett Winslow More than 50 interested citizens from Edenton, Hertford, Camden. Elizabeth City and Windsor at tended a meeting at the Municipal Building in Hertford Tuesday'night of last week to state their position relative to a by-pass at Windsor and to solicit the support of High way Commissioner J, Emmett Winslow. The group went on record as fav oring a by-pass to the smith and east of Windsor for the following reasons: 1, —There is more traffic on V. P 17 than on U. S. 13 and a by-pa"• around Windsor should favor tlv most heavily traveled highway. Traffic surveys made by the X. ( ,| State Highway and Public Works j Commission show that three times more out of state passenger cars travel on V. S. 17 in the nortli eastern seetion of North Carolina than on U. S. 13. 2. —There is by tar a gteater in vestment in hotels, -motels,, .restau rants and service s'ations for tour ist -traffic'on U. S. 17 than on TJ. S. 13. The following report -• were presented by Committees pr viously named to secure; the amount of this investment in each roirti'y affected: Pasquotank—s 1.707.000. Perquimans—s 125.000. Chowan—sl,llß,ooo. Bertie County, east of Wind r.r— $225,000. 3.—More money is spent f"” traffic promotion on C. S. 17 than on U. S. 13. In the 21 years that the Ocean Hi way Association Has been promoting tourist traffic, it has spent $1,757,500, This figure does not include the money spent Vy individual firms for advertising and promotion in newspapers magazines, etc. 4.—A by-pass to the south and east of Windsor will : be mufti cheaper than a by-pass to the north and west of Windsor. The group unanimously adopted the following resolution for pre sentation to Highway Commission er J. Emmett Winslow: Whereas, over fifty residents of the northeastern section of North Carolina who reside and work along the important north-south link > f V. S. Highway No. 17 known as the Ocean Hiway from Windsor. Continued on Page s—Section 1 Chaplain Mates Will Preach Sunday At j Presbyterian Church Chaplain John Mates, Protestant Chaplain at the Edenton Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field, will conduct the regular 11 o’clock morning worship sendee at the Presbyterian Church Sunday. A, native of West Virginia, Chaplain I Mates is a minister in the Ameri can Baptist Convention. The public is cordially invited to attend this and all services at the Presbyterian Church. Pre-School Registration Called Aug. 31 And Sept. 1 1 White Schools to Open Tuesday Morning, Sept. 6th (As announced earlier, the Eden ) n white schools will open for the tall term on Tuesday morning, Sep tember 6, at 9 o’clock. School will dismiss at 12 o’clock noon on the first day. Cafeterias will open on Wednesday, September 7, and stu dents will observe a regular sched ule school day from 8:30 to 3:30. Pre-school registration will he held on Wednesday and Thursday, August 31, and September 1. Chil dren should register in the school they will attend between the hours of 9 A. M. and 12 A. M, and 1 P. M. and 4 P. M. Children who expect to enroll in grades 1 through 6 should register at the Kdenton jfHE CHOWAN HERALD Portrait Os R. H. Bachman Given Presbyterian Church fr< Presented By Son of Pioneer of Edenton j Church In an informal hut impressive ceremony at the Edenton Presby terian Church Sunday, a portrait of Reuben Henry Bachman, pioneer of Presbyterianism in Edenton, was presented to the church by his soil. A. W, Bachman. Presenting the portrait in behalf of his mother, Mr, Bachman spoke feelingly of the love his father felt for the I Edenton Presbyterian Church, and tile service lie had rendered to it I from the time it was established I until his death in 1950. The por trait was accepted, ort behalf of the church, Ivy the pastor, the Rev. James MneKenzie. It has been Red Cross Asking ji For Funds Due To■ Hurricane Disaster ■ I Contributions Locally, Should Be Sent to Mrs. Joe Thorud Dr. A. F. Downum, chairman of! the Chowan County Red Cross] Chapter, has been Informed by E. j. Roland Harriman, chairman of the] American Red Cross, that because' of the scope of the disaster caused by hurricanes and because many thousands of families are in dire I stress, the Red Cross rushed dis aster teams from all parts of the country to assist local Red Cross volunteers in meeting human needs. Mr. Harriman says further that; the Red Cross immediately made] an initial appropriation of two mil lion dollars for the preliminary phases of its relief operation. Tile Red Cross believes. Mr. Harriman emphasized, that cost of adequately earing for these flood Sufferers will run into many addi tional millions of dollars. He urg ently appeals to all Americans to contribute to a Red Cross flood re lief fund which will be earmarked entirely for use in the flood area, “Over the years the American people have made it possible for 1 the Red Cross to meet disaster I needs and to alleviate human suf -1 feeing,” he declared. “Now w 0 are again faced with the specter of dis tress and human suffering over a great area-of the populous east. In ! the name of the affected people, I ask everyone to contribute gener ! ouslv through their local Red ; Cross Chapter.” j Dr. Downum stated that no spe ■ rial campaign will he conducted to 1 secure relief funds, but that he ! hopes Chowan County people will join in making contributions to help Continued on Page 3—Section 1 e — r- I Elementary School on Court Street 11 while those who expect to enroll in grades 7 through 12 should regis ter at the Edenton Junior-Senior High School on Hicks Field. Those i who should register are: ‘ 11. All children in the element ‘ I ary and high schools who have - moved to Edenton from other com ! munities during the summer. ’ 2. All beginners who expect to i enroll in the first grade. A child - to be eligible to enter the first - grade this year should be six years of age on or before October 15, ' 1955. Parents are urged to take , with them a record of immuniza tions. I For further information, parents i are requested to call Ernest A. | l Swain at th e Edenton Elementary | ) School, 753, or Gerald D. James r.t i the Edenton junior-Semor High i I School, 78e. _• l Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 25, 1955. placed in the vestibule of the ■ church. I The following appreciation of [ Mr. Bachman was included as an enclosure in the regular Sunday bulletin: Sacred To the Memory of REUBEN HENRY BACHMAN Oct! 23, 1868 - Dee. 23, 1950 j To Mr. Bachman, more than any other man, goes the credit for the establishment and continuance of the Edenton Presbyterian Church, j Ho is first among the charter members of this church; the first Clerk of Session, and Clerk of Ses sion for thirty-six yea rs (1909-; 1915; 1921-1950). As Clerk of Session, and as sup- I erintendent of the Sunday School, Continued on Page 3—Section 1 Edenton’s National Guardsmen In Hard Training This Week I Exercises This Week Under Near-Combat Conditions |-'/•’ ' ' Many of Frlonton’s National 1 Guardsman, now in trainiriff at j Foil wore pjyon weok-ohd I passes and spent, a brief time with their families. The Edenton com pany joined nearly 7,000 other Na tional Guardsmen of North Carn i Hna's famous 30th Tnfantrv Divi sion for 15 days of active duty training. This is the first encamp ment for tlie men of the Old Hick ory Division since the division hc • came an all-Tar Heel group in Dc toher, 1954. Captain Cecil W. Fry. command er of the Fdenton unit, said his outfit was ready for the intensive training. The unit mess, under Mess Stew-; ard Willard H. Goodwin, was oper ating the first day of arrival at Fort Bragg, feeding the 00 officers and men of the unit. The training last week was eon rentrated on srjuad and platoon training, service practice firing and the development of leadership in unit officers and non-coni missioned officers. The Guardsmen on'Monday mov ed out into the. field for the second week. Field exercises are being conducted under near-combat con ditions, with aggressors simulating enemy invaders. In addition to training its own troops in offense, the unit will have to prepare and maintain a complete defense against the invaders. The Guardsmen are expected to return home next Sunday. White Schools in County Unit Will Open September 1 Teachers’ Conference Is Scheduled For August 31 W. J. Taylor, superintendent of schools in the Chowan County unit, announced early this week that l Chowan High School and the Rocky Hock schools will open Thursday morning, September 1, at 8:30 o’clock. Mr. Taylor will hold a conference with the teachers Wednesday morning, August 31, at 10 o’clock; at the Chowan High School. I All teachers have been employed . so that the faculties are complete ] and Mr. Taylor says everything is ] in readiness for the opening day of i 1 school. j High Water Floods Sections Os Edenton! a r»| I I • .* I I ' i,i .'•mml ,» - |g| jjl „ - ’i. •* ■ wmr. I * " irr sJI i ■ „ J fijt ■ **» ’ '“S': • . i ■*v. ! The above pictures were taken during the six days high water flooded several sections in Edenton following the departure of a portion of Hurricanes Connie and Diane. Top picture shows the home of Mr. and Sirs. W. P. Jones in Pembroke Circle and the middle picture .Sow s the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. DuLaney, also in Pembroke Circle, both I of which were entirely surrounded by water. Bottom picture shows the B. C. Willis warehouse in the hackgrourd. the Penelope Barker house and the home of Mr. and Mrs, J. N. Pruden, which were also sur- ! rounded h.v water for several days.—.(Photos by Evelyn Leary). '^^^ VVWVVWVVVVV .’VVVVV.'VVV^WsCV^VWV^WWWWWV High Tide Biggest Damage Caused By Hurricane Diane Three Areas Tii Eden- , ton Flooded For | Six Days j; > ; Though Hurricane Connie, ffirj the most part, steered clear of thisi i section last week, Hurricane Diane,| coming on the heels of Connie, \ 1 caused more damage. While Eden-1 ‘ ton and Chowan County were also! ‘ , spared the full force of Diane, a|-; considerable amount of damage] done was caused principally by j j high water. 1 ; With the tide rapidly coming in, i ( jto which was added a considerable' . amount of water by intermittent j j showers, several places in Edenton ] ( were flooded. These included Pem-j , broke Circle, lower Broad Street ' ] and the area around Johnston's j ■ bridge on East Water Street. Water completely surrounded the homes of J. R. DuLaney and W. P. .Jones in Pembroke Circle and thej | tide washed high up on the lawns 1 i of other houses along the Edenton , 1 ; Bay. j 1 j On lower Broad Street the tide | rose so high that Water pushed u|>|< as far as the police station. The ' B. G. Willis warehouse, the Pene-! < ; lope Barker house and J. N. Pru-1 i den’s house were compieieij sur-j l rounded by water, < On East Water Street the water covered the street so that traffic was impassable. Both Water Street and the lower end of Pem broke Circle wen- blocked off after a number of automobiles stalled ;n the water. The tide remained unusually high for about a week, so that a con- ] siderable amount of debris was carried in and. damage done to lawns and shrubbery. The hurricane proper missed this section but swept northward, where it did great damage to property] and loss of life. Pennsylvania, ] Connecticut, Massachusetts an d j ■Rhode Island especially were tar gets of Diane, hut on its way it did damagewhich is estimated to run into billions of dollars and in the ! neighborhood of 200 lives were lost. Revival In Procrress At Ypnrpm rh’iTvh Revival services are in progress this week at the Yeopim Baptist Church and will continue during the remainder of this week. The Rev. Philip Qiiidley. pastor of the church, is preaching during the re vival, with services beginning at 8 o’clock each night. The revival will close Sunday morning, and a cordial invitation is extended to all to attend, * Forty Million Dollars Likely To Be Spent On Expansion Os Local Base To Master Jet Base Albemarle League Play-off Series Now Deadlocked 1-1 Winners of Series Will Play For Champion ship of League With the semi-finals now in] progress for the championship of! the Albemarle League, the four teams, as of Tuesday of this week, i were all tied up with each team winning one game and losing one. f The series is the best out of five I games with the two top teams] scheduled to play a series of games to decide the league's champion ship. The Edenton Colonials and Colerain split in the two games al ready played and the same was the case with Hertford and Elizabeth] City.' . { Plans Shaping Upj Tor J.HPiillot Chnu/ <t> fc J W A k %>m w lit And Sale On Sept 1 Eleven 4-H Club Mem bers Will Exhibit Pens People are again reminded that the Chowan 4-H pullet show and] sale will be held at the Edenton armory on Thursday, September 1, j at 2:30 P. M. Eleven Chowan 4-H Club ltiem behs will exhibit a pen of seven pullets each. The pullets will be judged by a specialist from State] College and prizes awarded, After i the show- that birds Will be sold in , lots of seven to the highest'bidder. 1 - , The Berkley Feed Company of j , Norfolk sponsored this project again this year. The sponsor fur- j ; nished the 11 club members with j 100 hatchery run. day-old chicks, j' In return for th e 100 Rhode Island chicks each contestant agreed to ], properly brood, feed and house] , them and to bring seven of his , best pullets to the show and sale. Proceeds from the sale will go to the sponsor. This sale provides a wonderful | , opportunity for the people of Edenton and Chowan County to buy first grade pullets in sufficient ; quantity for a backyard flock. A | family which lives in town can buy two or three pens and have suffici- , ent laying birds to provide the , family with eggs. The birds will be sold as a pen of seven and not , individually. Each person can buy ] i as many birds as he desires. l Important Meeting Os Farm Bureau To Be Held Tonight Sanford Bass, Presi dent, Urging Large Attendance Tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 o'clock an important meeting of the ! Chowan County Farm Bureau will be held in the Chowan Community Building. At this meeting Bill Little of the State Farm Bureau ! will speak and present important matters concerning farmers of the county. At the meeting peanut growers will elect a member to serve on the board of directors of the North Carolina Peanut Growers Associa tion for the next two years. Another feature of the meeting will be a thorough explanation of the Farm Bureau insurance pro gram by Mr. Little. Sanford Bass, president of the Chowan Farm Bureau, urges every member of the organization, as well as non members t.. attend this meeting. $2.00 Per Year In North Carolina ® Edenton 0, Colerain 6 In the opening game of the semi finals, played in Colerain Tuesday night of last week, the Trappers defeated the Colonials 6 to 0. Wayne Belch, on the mound for | Colerain, held the Colonials to five hits while his teammates touched Bill Williford for 14 hits. Colerain opened with a big first inning by scoring four runs, after I which Williford settled down to ] hold the Trappers scoreless until the eighth, when they scored their other two runs. Gashouse Parker led at bat for Edenton with two of the five hits. Baker and Vaughn led the Colerain attack With three hits each. On the same night the Hertford Indians defeated Elizabeth City I Continued on Page 3, Section 1 Birthday Calendar uiiil Ra Qhrtpf! j Early Next Month Project Sponsored By Jaycees, BPW and WomaiPs Club Starting the first week in Sep tember, the Edenton Junior Cham ber of Commerce, the Edenton Wo man’s Club and the Business and Professional Woman’s Club mem j hers will attempt to contact every l one in this district ta see if they I wish to have their name listed on the second Edenton Community Birthday Calendar. The calendar will list birthdays of residents on the corresponding day and month, as well as dates of club meetings and other commun ity events. Attractive discounts and gifts will be offered by the merchants to those with birthdays listed on the calendar. Mrs. Kathryn Goodwin, chairman of the calendar project, states that everyone will want one of the community birthday calendars in their home since it is practical, in that it will be referred to many times daily in the home, office, school or place of business. The birthday calendar was a big success in the community last year and Mrs. Goodwin states she ex pects an even greater success this year since the clubs will have an early start in contacting the resi dents of the community. The idea of the community birth day calendar is to build friendli ness and cordial relationship among all the people of this section, in addition to the valuable offers and information. The proceeds from the calendar will be used toward the restoration of the Penelope Barker house. New Band Director Reports For Duty Monday, August 29 Miss Williams Desires To Meet Members And Parents Miss Lula Williams, Edenton school’s new r band director, is scheduled to arrive in Edenton next Monday, August 29, and will begin her official duties Tuesday, Aug ust 30 Miss Williams desires to meet, in the band room, all prospective band members, new and old, as well as, parents of the members Tuesdiv nigh*. Augurt 70. .n 8 o’clock. The new band director will be in the band room from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. every day throughout the week to confer with members of the hand and their parents. Majorettes have been practicing on the Court House Green for some time, so that the band and major ettes are expected to h e in good shape for the first football game. SLOW \ IK)WN , AND LIVEt \====J i Elevated to Operation al Status of Auxili ary Air Station Coming as a great surprise to Edentonians was an announcement . made last week that the Edenton Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field has been elevated to the . operational status of a naval aux iliary air station as the first step in a program that may develop the station into a full master jet base. However, no time element was i included in the announcement of an all-out expansion program. It de pends on a number of develop ments, One of which is continued • need for expansion of the Atlantic Fleet air activities. At present one of the dominating factors is the serious congestion of air activ ity at the Norfolk Naval Air Sta tion. If and when the Edenton base is developed as a master jet base comparable to Oceana, it is esti mated that the cost will amount to something like forty million dol lars. base as a fully operational station ] eventually may result in the trans ! fer of various operating units from | Norfolk. For some months offi cials of the Fifth Naval District Air Bases staff have studied the growing problem of congested air traffic in the Norfolk area. Vari ous tentative plans have been pro jected to solve the problem and the Edenton plan is the first step in an over-all dispersal program. As the expansion program pro gresses, the Navy will build a sec ond, runway parallel to the present strip and gradually re-design the entire base to accommodate future plans leading toward status as !a master jet base- Commander Roland L. Willett, chief of staff for Fifth Naval Dis trict Air Bases, said that develop ment of the master base aspects of the Edenton facility is primarily in the realm of future possibilities. H e did, however, emphasize that the base has “come of age” in the Navy’s air plans in the Norfolk area. It is destined to play a vital role in the growing volume of air activity and expansion of fleet air units programmed. In this respect he referred to the tentative plan for a fully expanded Edenton base. This would include e second complex of dual runways crossing the current strip at about an 85-degree angle. These run ways would he in a northwest southwest two-way direction, and would measure at least 10,000 feet. Both of the master runway com plexes would have a side taxiway, running parallel to the runway and extending the full 10,000 feet. The projected growth plan for the base is in lin P with a recent policy established by Rear Admiral Sherman Clark, Assistant Chief of Continued on Rage 3—Section l I civic calendar k. A Appeal made for Red Cross con. tributions to help in relieving many flood sufferers. Send contributions to Mrs. Joe Thorud. Chowan County Farm Bureau will hold a very important meet ing tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 o’clock in the Chowan Community Building. Pre-school registration for Eden ton schools Wednesday, August 31 and Thursdsv, Srpt-m v — 1 F : >st Quarterh Conference wilt b“ held in the Edenton Methodist Church Sunday night, August 28. at 8 o’clock. Chaplain John Mates will preacK at the 11 o’clock service in the Presbyterian Church next Sunday. : August 28. Chowan High School and the. Rocky Hock School will open i Thursday morning, September 1, at Continued on Page s—Section 1 _
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