Edenton Aces Win Easy Contest From Williamston 34 to 6 Coach Bill Billinas Uses Practically Every Member of Squad In First Conference Tilt Which Popsters Predicted as Close STATISTICS Edenton Williamston First Downs : /_ H 5 Passes Attempted 7 10 Passes Completed 2 4 Interceptions . 2 0 Fnm hies .. . . . 3 , 2 Own Fumbles Recovered 2 0 Yards Gained Kushinu 350 MO Yards Gained Passing 27 72 Yards Lost 10 15 Tefal Yardage _ 367 146 Punting Average _ 38 24 Yards Post Penalties 50 20 My GEORGE RORRER Edenton’s Aces, defending State Class A champions, stopped down into their own bracket Friday night at Williamston and easily pounded the willing but piinchloss Williamston Green Wave down to a 35-6 de feat. The victory, second straight for Coach Mill Hidings' Aces, came iii their first meeting of the year with a Class A team, and got their Albemarle Conference season off to a flying start. Edeliton has lost only to Class A,A Roanoke Rapids. Senior quarterback Stuart Holland scored three touchdowns and steered his team across the Green Wave goal line the first five times it gained control of the tinll. It' wasn't until late in the third quar ter, with Sophomore .1 oh tiny Kra mer quarterbacking a substitute studded Edenton team, that* Wi'- liamsfon’s defense got off the (look without being scored upon. The statistics dearly show the pattern of the contest, with Eden ton holding a big advantage in everything except . passing. The Aces out-gained Williamston on the. ground, 350 yards to HP; In total yardage Edenton was tops, 307- l td. The Aces tod in first downs, I 1-5. Edenton showed its versatility hv 1 striking for -touchdowns, by two methods—long runs and short hut effective scoring plays after long drives. Ace halfbacks Tommy Mass and Billy Munch turned in long runs, with Mass scoring from Hi yards out and Munch being brought down on tho Wave two after a 55- yard gallop. Holland picked up his 18 points on a 26-yard run on the Aces’ third play from scrimmage, a 14-yard jaunt later in the first period, and a two-yard quarterback sneak in the second quarter that capped an 86-yard drive, Williamston'.s only touchdown came .as a shock to the crowd of j 2;5(W>. The Wave hadn’t threatened 1 all. night, but got. its six points like 1 a bolt from the blue on a Hi-yard, pass play front (iay.ord IVrrv - -an end playing fullback for the injur ed Don Christopher to .1 imin y Rogers. Rogers hadn’t had much success catching passes all night long, but managed to sneak behind the Edenton safety man just once— and I’erry hit him with a perfect pass. Edenton’s overpowering offense asserted itself in tip, first minute of the game when Hilly Munch fell on a Williamston fumble on the Wave 33. Three pays later Hol land was standing in the end zone, and tlte score was ( '-U. Edenton. Holland tallied from 20 yards out. faking a lateral in a “ride-in series” play, and kec|iing the hall. Williamston rolled up a first down, hut stalled on its own 47, and Hunch returned a punt to the Eden ton 49. A 51-yard drive, spark ed by a Holhind-Mutnh pass anil an) 18-yard gain on a lateral play by! ' *—' ~~ Coming... the key to the city! As families settle in new homes, in new surroundings, the telephone is a friendly greeting ; : : a key that opens many doors. Supplying tins key to more than 11,000 cities and towns covering two-thirds of the nation are America’s Inde,indent Telephone Companies. Growing and helping their communities grow ©... by making progress always welcome. Norf. & Car. Tel. & Tel. Co. bli/aheih City . Edenton . Henfotd Mantel. . Sunhitry 41 s « Ufni.il time* liict.ptiia.nl i.i.pfcon. Aixctafiog 1 Jerry Downum, put Holland in po sition to score from the 14 on the .same play that registered the first six points, Holland passed to Kra mer to make it 13-0, Edenton, at the end of the first period The Green Wave then mane its deepest penetration of the night, getting to tile Edenton 27 before losing the hall on a fumble, A pass from Herb Ward to Dick Clayton ate lip 27 yards on the drive. Edenton then turned in its long est. drive of the night, starting ' from its own 1!, where a penalty placed the ball after tile fumble. The Aces got big assists on the drive from a 25-yard end run by Chan Wilson and a 15-yard Hol land l.arrv Tynch pass. Holland punched the ball over from the two lon a quaterback sneak, and then passed to Bunch for the point after j touchdown, making it 2U-0, Eden ton. Williamston stalled after receiv ing th,. kickoff, and Edenton took; the ball on downs on the Wave 4(1. On the first play, Bass shot through the renter of the line bn a! quick-opener, and wasn’t touched! as lie went all the way to score. ' Wilson -bulled over for the extra’ 1 noint, and the halftime score was j Edenton 27, Williamston 0. On the second play after Eden-j ton received the second half kick-. off. Bunch got loose for 55 yards, j hut was caught from behind and downed on the Wave two by Wil-1 liamston’s Grady Goddard. Thi-eei plays later Bunch made it 33-0, and Holland’s pass to Bunch ran it up 10 34-0. Edenton only punted twice dur ing the contest, but both times Williamston backs made long run- | hacks. Ward ran one back 45 yards , in the third quarter, and Goddard , brought one hack 35 yards later in t the same period. The returns Were t the longest Wav 0 runs of the night. ] The entire Edenton defensive j unit kept Williamston bottled up most of the game. When Coach Roger Thrift’s Wave found Eden ton’s line impregnable, it tried sev eral wide, sweeping end runs. Ace linebackers Clarence Luptori, senior j and Carl Forehand, did an excel -1 lent job, coming forward time and Farm Fire Loss Highest Ever The liiclic-l vciirlr farm lire Ins* in l:. S. history jumped 875.000 when this dairy barn and silo homed al Newington, Conn., late last year. Total loss for tile year was .8157.000.000, a 13 pe er 111 inerease from the year before, areording to I . S. Department of Agriculture estimates. Farm tires don’t have to happen and they ear ; be prevented hy eonimon-sen-e tire preventionmeasures, .says the 1 National Fire Protection Association. Each year farm fires exact a. greater toll of life and property, says the National Fire Protection Association, sponsor of Fire I’re*: vention Week, Oct. 9-t>. Fire losses on the farm’ in 1054 jumped 13 percent over the 1053 figure for a total of 8157,0(11),(100, ac cording to the C. S. Department of Agriculture. Thi‘majority of last year’s farm fires should not have hap pened, and for farmers Who would keep their farms free of fire, the NFI’A has this advice: 1— Break the habit of sfhok ing in bed and in danger areas such as barns, sheds, and store rooms. Smoldering cigarettes and hurtling matches carelessly .tbro\yii aside are to blame for a heavy proportion of U, S. farm fires. 2 s— Keep fl'liinees, stoves, space heaters, brooders and other heating equipment clean and in good repair. : Dirty or faulty heating equipment is another again to cut down, the runner, j The Aces return to Edenton El i day night for a battle with Beau fort. The well-drilled Aces arc-still! in the thick of contention for state honors this season, and big- crowds j are expected for all of the five, home .contents slated for the next ' five Friday nights. Lineups and scoring summary: j Edenton 1 ’os. Williamston] Kramer.. EE —...Clark) Ward... ET Rawls Keeter. .... EG . Hardison, I Speight....7—. (’ .Clayton, jCanipe.. RG ...Corcyj Fletcher ...I RT Beaeham Emminizer.-.- RE - I’erry ; Holland.. QR ... Ward. | Bunch ... EHB __ ..Clayton) Downum .... RHB Goddard ' Wilson FB - .Christopher Hdenton 13 14 7 (• 31 ! Williamston 0 0 0 <> 6 i .Edenton scoring: Touchdowns, ! Holland 3, Bass, Bunch. Points n'f j ter touchdowns, Kramer (pass from j Holland), Bunch 2 (passes from Holland), Wilson (plunge). Williamston scoring: Touchdown, Rogers. A NATURAL SOUND BARRIER If you are bothered 111 your home by traffic and. other street noises, you can set up a “sound barrier” with trees and shrubs, says the ! American Association of Nursery- \ men. Research has shown that I landseaphig can absorb up to fifty | per cent of outside noises, jj TRY A HERALD CLASSIFIED |.| J HEY YOU GUYS! BEAT IT# :l (£j "Os to" THE OR KIN MAN sf HAS COME TO TOWN }r W ■ Y °' jr r cj l werr!cs ore over now that "Otto" L—l —■ ■ the Oikin Man has come to town. Protect the f health end safety of your forr.ily by l.o'ing / \ 1 v / imj C.Vin rid your premises of diseas?-!: :cring ro- I / dar.ts end inlets. AND is your ir.ve'tincnt p-o --/ tc:ted CjU'.'.;! tcrr.ites? Termites will co sloo,* I A 000,000 damage tlii* year. Call Orkin for a I JL • - \ WORLD'S LARGEST PEST CONTROL CO. Phone EDENTO N 551 THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1955. major source of farm fires. Have qualified repairmen service heat ! in,it equipment at least once a year. 3 Stcro gasoline, kerosene, an«l other fktmmable liquids, at least 10 feet from buildingfs. Un derground storage is safest. : Tight metal containers are the | 1 next best choice. When drawing; - off small amounts, use only , safety cans made for the purpose. 4 Use fire-resistant build ing materials, particularly as phalt shin pies or other fire-re tardent roofmp. Most city dwell ers are required hy buildinp codes to use fire-retardant roof ing:, but it’s up to the farmer to take this precautionary step on his own. the NFPA points out. 5 Clean up trash, oily raps, accumulated magazines and papers, and dead vegetation in yards and fields, particularly alonp fence lines. ‘‘Don’t pive a fire a place, to stiirt.”'is the Fire Prevention Week slogan. Closing Dates Listed For Entries In Fair 1 Prospective State Fair, exhibitors I are hemp lirpod so make their en-j tries early this year. The 88th an- [ fulal X. C. State Fair will l» P h • 1 j J. D. Ward & Sons j PIIOXE GLIDEX 205 BUYERS OF j Seed Cotton and Custom Ginning FOR UP-TO-THE-MINUTE TOP | PRICES AND HAULING -- CONTACT | T. A. Berryman i Phone Sunbury 3168 i I OR | Troy Toppin i Phone Center Hill 222 t I_ _ _ in Raleigh October 18 through 22. Mis. J. E. Stone, director of the State Fair entry department, es pecially urged livestock exhibitors to get their animals entered offi cially, and early, using the animal’s registration number, name, and cor. root State Fair Catalogue classifi cation. Mrs, Stone also pointed out that it is extremely important that entries he filed on official State Fair entry forms. These may be obtained, ip most instances, from local county farm agents. They can always he obtained hy writing direct to the State Fair. Entry closing dates this year are as follows: Livestock Division (Reef and Dai ry Cattle, Swine, Sheep, and Hors es and Ponies)—Friday, September 30, 1955, at fi:00 P. M. Poultry, Pigeons and Rabbits Di vision—Live Poultry and Pigeons, Monday, October 10, 1955, at 6:00 P. M. All other Departments of this Division, Wednesday, October 12, 1955, at 6:00 P. M. Cut Flowers (Horticulture De partment)—Tuesday, October 18, 1055, at 11:00 A. M. Arts and Crafts Department— Wednesday, October 12, 1955, at 6:00 P. M. All Other Divisions and Depart ments—Saturday, October 15,1955, at 6:00 P. M. 1955 State Soybean Production Is Down Based on reports from growers as of September 1, the 1955 soy bean crop in North Carolina is es timated at 4,702,000 bushels. This is 18,000 bushels below, the 1954 production of 4,720,000 bushels, ac cording to the North Carolina Crop Reporting Service. If the estimated yield per acre of 16.5 bushels is realized, it will equal the highest yield of recqrd •which- was obtained in 1951 and' 1952. This compares, with an av erage yield per acre of 16 bushel.; I last year. The crop in the Coastal counties was damaged to some extent by ] high winds during the hiirricurrs | last, month but rainfall received) during and after the hurricanes 11 • | |#P'*‘ j I" r|jgSllp§ V - “PRETTY PLEASE”- Yanks’ photogenic catcher, I Yogi Berra, is caught with an sr.gelic expression on his face \ as his prayers are answered | with a neat snare of a pop ! foul at New York’s Yankee j Stadium. I - - | the western part of the State im proved yield prospects to some ex-1 1 tent. In. some of the Coastal coun ties soybeans are still young urd can overcome much of the loss sus -1 tuined by the heavy rains and high winds. .___ The great Secret of education is to direct vanity to proper objects. —Adam Smith. | help you STOP I Scientists proved in clinical tests that j' ■ with Rani ron 4ont of 5 people tun stop I I smoking in 5 Hays. Phis formal;* • j developed, by n lending Ameriean | University is safe, non-habit forming, pleasant to take. You must stop smok ing with the very first box fonlv SI-D 0) cr money hack. Ask for. Bn nirou Brand Smoking Deterrent 'Tablets. Sold In Edenton Hy Mitchener’s Pharmacy- x , ! i 1 Is Your Will Obsolete? Many Wills made in the past are unsuited to present circumstances. If your Will is not of recent date, it should be reviewed with your attorney and revised if necessary. Considera tion should be given to changes in business and personal affairs, and to the latest tax laws affecting your estate. p We shall be glad to discuss questions of es tate planning in which our experience as an Executor would be helpful. \ • Buy U. S. Savings Bonds THE BANK OF EDENTON ■«.<****. . EDENTON. NORTH CAROLINA SAFETY FOR SAVINGS SINCE W 4 MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION AMERICA America hy 1975 will he a land ini which there will be district shifts; in the employment patterns of busi ness and industry. The National Association of| Manufacturers cites an article in tile September issue of Factory! Management and Maintenance which discusses this expected