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\ CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXll.—Number 4(>.
’55 Christmas Seal
Sale Is Under Way
To Get SI2OO Goal
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2,512 Letters Placed In
Mail Early This
Week
Mrs. J. A. Moore, Christmas Seal
chairman for Chowan County, an
nounces that on Tuesday of this
week Christmas TB seals were sent
out to hundreds of people in Clio
wan County. It is hoped that each
person who receives them will re- j
spend as quickly as possible before
the rush and activities of Christ-!
mas crowd this matter from their
minds.
Mrs. Moore says that already
there has been wonderful coopera
tion in yet tint; the Seal Sale
launched. On Thursday night of
last week a group of young women
spent some time at the home of
Mrs. Moore stuffing the envelopes |
which have been mailed. These j
helping were Mrs. Richard Hardin. I
Mrs. Gerald James, Mrs. Rodney
Harrell, Miss I .aura Satterfield,
Mrs. C. A. Phillips, Mrs. Wesley
Chesson, Jr., and. Miss Elizabeth
Moore.
Gerald James and Cecil Fry. with
student help at the Junior-Senior
High School, built the double-bar
red cross which stands as a re- j
minder at ..the Rost Office.. The j
Edenton Bov Scouts, Under the di
■raytion. of Scoutmaster Jack Habit,
have distributed posters to the
various places of business.
Many people haVe helped in oth-.
er waysy showing their interest and
recognizing the importance of the
tuberculosis seal sale.
“Chowan County has done grand
work in th P past,” says Mrs.
Moore, “and it is hoped this will
he one of the best years.”
The goal for Chowan County is
$2,000 and 2,512 letters have been I
mailed in ail effort jo secure this!
amount. t
For 40 years Americans have j
been using Christmas Seals to sym
bolize their contribution toward the
eradication of tuberculosis. Their
aim has been a future fur their.
children free from the tragedies
they have seen cau-ved by the di
sease.
For this year’s Christmas Seal
Sale two companion seals were de
signed, one showing a little hoy
against the blue of a winter sky.,
the other a little ffjrl against a
background of apple green. Car-1
rying packages in their hands, they
convey the happy mood of Christ
mas giving. . '. ■ ■.
EARLY MORNING I IKK
Edenton firemen were called out
about 5:110 o’clock Tuesday morn-,
ing when a flue five was in pro
gress at the home of Emily John-1
Son, f>oo North Oakum Street. The l
fire was extinguished without caus- j
ing any damage.
Board Os Public Works Votes
To Buy New Lighting System
In Edenton’s Business Section
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25 Fluorescent Units
Approved at Special
Meeting
Meeting in special session Tues
day night the Board of Public
Works voted unanimously to in
stall 25 fluorescent light fixtures
to replace the 41 globe type lights
now in use. Th e new lights will be
placed on Broad Street from Water
to Church Street, on King Street
from Broad to Court Street and
one back of the P & Q Super Mar
ket, where there is now a greait
deal of parking.
It was pointed out that the pres
ent system is in bad shape,'the ca
bles for which were laid some 25
years ago, and frequently cause
trouble not to mention electric cur
rent lost by breakage. The opinion
was advanced that the time is not
far distant when the system would
have to be rebuilt.
According to the figures, instal
lation of the 25 fluorescent units
will cost approximately $9,398,
. while to rebuild the present sys
tem would cost appioximately fo,-
Continned on P»f<“ I—Section 1 ,
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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County Winner )
i
-1 m
j Stephen Burch, son of Mrs. Mar- j
gucritc Burch, who won first prize!
in tile Jaycoe-simnsorcd Voice of!
Heinocracy contest held Monday
night of last week in the Klcnien- 1
tary School auditorium. A hand- j
sonic trophy and certificate, which j
entitles him to compete 'in the I
State Contest, was presented by
j West By rum, J r., chairman of the '
| Contest, Caleb White of Edenton I
took second place and w as aw arded I
a certificate,
(Evelyn Leary Photo)
Bookmobiles Busy
In Chowan County
1 622 Hooks Loaned to
! White Readers Last
Week
Both bookmobiles have been busy
in Chowan County last week with
1122 hooks loaned by the white
bookmobile during th ( . week,
j Due to an overloaded schedule
and heed for more Stops, a fifth
, day is being added for the colored
bookmobile.
Response at all the schools was
excellent. There is a need for more
i easy books which have been or
| derod. j
The North Carolina Library j
j Commission has loaned the Petti
grew' I.ibrary Region 400 books
for use on the colored bookmobile, t
Most of the books are,new. They,
are life-savers, for the response has
been so great-That the colored li- '
hraries in the region have had a 1
difficult time supplying enoughl
hooks. I
I Thp liPL'ional Roanl
| (ThursHav) at 8 o’clock in IMy
• mouth at thp Court I Joust?.
\ Helps Some ]
Hooks of The Bank of Eden ton
Christmas Club were closed Mon
day of this week and checks to
members are expected to be put in
the mail th e latter part of this
week.
This year's Christmas Club had
about 1.000 members and in the
neighhorliood of $75,000 in savings
will he distributed among the mem.
bers.
Methodist Laymen
To Meet Nov. 22nd
Interested laymen of the Metho
dist Church will meet Tuesday
evening, November 22, at 7 o'clock
I to lay plans for the formation of
a unit of Methodist Men in the
Edenton church. Methodist Dis
trict Lay Leader, Fred Ritter of
Ahoskie, will he guest speaker.
Plans for this meeting are in the
formative stage and are in charge
of Rufus Carraway, who is vitally,
interested in Methodist lay activi
ties. It is hoped thai this -.Mil be
:i supper rrifPiinv
Edenton, Chowar, County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 17,1955
Inton Aces Face
Cary Friday Night
i For Region Title
Opponents Have Won
) 39 of 40 Games They
| Have Played
Bv GEORGE RORRER
Umlpfeatetl Cary ks tin* n»'xt
toa'ni that Fdi'ntnn must tic fp.rt if
it is t«> retain its Stat<» (Mass A
.championship, and tlj«‘ Acps trav
I pi to (irccnvillp Friday nif ht to s« «
.if they can earn the ri.vbt t° Vl,>
next week for the Kastrrn Crown.
Gamp time is 8 I’. M.
Cary pain pc! tomorrow niirhtV
contest by -cdjjirijt favored Mchani'
last Saturday nitrhf l»y tin* irracc
,of a system that does not allow
| North Carolina playoff frames to
end in tins. With the score, 0 0 at
the end of four regulation periods,
the two foams 'squared off in an
I overtime* “sudden death” period.
I Cary out-gained Mehane by “•»
yards after a forward later«il vyasi
J called by the officials, nullifyinir
‘, a 15 ya rd run by a Mfhano bark
j that put the ball -within the victors’
five yard line and Gary was -de
clared'the winner of the District 2
! championship.
Fdenton smashed Murfreesboro.
| 33-f. to win the District One chain
piotiship and earn the ritfhf to play
lin Friday night’s ranw*. The \ces*
season now stands at eight wins
land two losses.
Cary has won lb straight, atid
has the .ivfnarka.bU.* defensive rec-
C<mtinii<*d oil Page 2—Section 1
Jaycees Sponsor
Annual '55 Banco
For Thanksgiving
Music Will I*»o Furn
ished By Far! Zirklc
And Orchestra
Edciiton’s J.-iycocß will .hold, their
annual 'Thanksgiving dance in tlt -
Edenton Armory Wodhosilay night,
November 23, beginning-;it 5 o’clock
and continuing until 1 A. M.
Music for tho (lance will be pro•
vided by Earl Zirklc and his nrehos-
Itni from Rocky Mount.
The Jay civs are busy making tin
necessary an-angcmenls for the as.
fair, so that a huge crowd is eX
! ported to turn out.
Reservations for tables can be
j made by telephoning 5C.5-W or 75.
ECC Alumni Hold
Meeting Tonight
i
James W. Butler, Sec-|
retarv For Alumni, t
Will Speak
Alumni of East Carolina College _
- arc urged to attend a meeting t* * lie j
, hold in the librai v at the Edehtoh !
Junior-Senior High School tonight
(Thursday) at 7:30 o'clock. I’res- :
ent at this meeting will .lie James
W. Butler, alumni- secretary and
- athletic news director at East Car
olina College.
Mr. Butler will present a report
' on college activities and speak on
1 the subject “New Look and New
‘ (Outlook at E. C. C.” Plans for
j' thp golden anniversary of the col
lege will lie reviewed and discussed;
during the meeting.
All ECC alumni of this section of
thp State are urged to attend the
meeting in order .to enjoy a session
of fellowship and renew acquaint
| ances.
‘ James W. Butler Will
Be Rotary Speaker
r
s At the meeting of til,. Edenton
- Rotary Club this (Thursday) as
f ternoon at 1 o’clock in the Parish
House, James W. Butler, alumni
5 secretary at East Carolina College,
i> Greenville, will he tho principal
l(, speaker.
Gerald James, president of the
t* Rotary Club, uigOs cvei i l(< laiian
Working On Edenton’s Christmas Party j
j M £S
1 I
The Edenton I’BW Club Steering Committee is shown putting fin
. ishing touches to plans lor the big Santa Claus parade and party to be 1
held in Edenton Thursday, December 1. The affair is staged annually .
for tile children hy the Business and Professional Woman's Chib, in co
operation with the merchants of Edenton. Sealed, left to right, are: I
Miss Goldie Layton, who is in charge of the parade, and Mrs. Margaret
Phthisic, gei-cral chairman. Standing, left to right, Mrs. Adelaide
Chesson, chairman of tile party: Miss Mildred Mmiden ticket chair- i
mail; Miss Inc/. Felton, president of (he club; Miss Beulah Perry, chair
man of hags and conleetions, and Mis. Percy Smith, hospitality chair- i
mail.- (Evelyn Leary Photo). !
‘Hansel And GreteF
Will Be Presented In
Edenton On Dec. 5
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Grass Roots Opera to!
Be Sponsored By !
Edenton PTA
Grass Kants Opera, the North
Carolina institution that, has <lo
vi’lo|m’<i an international roputat ion, i
ivilll i" rfoiTrti in Fderttoh in tlie
o|»« im “Hansel ami (»n*tel. ,? Flvis
|iopular tronm* was last hoard horn
in 4, 1)0n I’asqualc.” Th<»conijiany,
which is admijiistcrod hy tho Fx
tonsioii Division of. tho Univorsity
of North Carolina in cooperation
with jho North Carolina FodoratioH
-»f Music Clubs, will appear at
Cdontuiv Idomontary School audi
torium Monday night, December 5,
at S o’clock. It is sponsored by
f.hi-* F<l»*nton I’ari'nt-Teacher Assn
ciat4on.
So great has grown the reputa
tion of Grass Koot.s Opera among
angers, that over DO inquiries were
received relative to this seasoiFs
I’oster. from 21 states, Washington,
Arizona, Connecticut and Florida
included. One application eam 0 in
fi’om Italy. 'Flic Company has giv.
\ eii over 100 performances of opera,
in Fngli.-h, in North Carolina alone.
This past season tile Company
• ait out a professional troupe to I
toil r the -Southeastern -.United-'!
S’ a f e,s nnd ,, r flu* iianie nf Tlie Na-;
1 1 Gi Fieri its. ()p< hy.Ci mpany, I
which was made, up entirely of i
singers who hail received their*
training in Nortii Carolina. The |
respoils.* was so enthusiast i<* that j
a lour twice as loi;g planned Tor i
IJ text sjiritig.
'I in* (irass Root; ( )fK?.ra Movo
nienp. in Amei ica was founded by
!A. ,1. F'letchcr, an attorney and
bii.sinessm.'iu of Raleigh. His aims
i were to give young singers ;«
Chanco to perfei-f. their art, to give |
j tin* public an opportunity to hear
! opera in Knglish and to give the j
, avocational singer an outlet for his |
1 talents. In 11C* 1 the Movement was
‘ integrated with the music courses*
Continued on Page 2—Section 1
Grass Roots Opera Principals ]
l*ictur«><l at left is A. J. Fletcher, founder of the Grass Opera niovp-
I nient in America. At right is Miss Diane Hollandt soprano, who sill
sing the role of Gretel » hen the w|>era “Hansel and Gretel” is presented
') in the Edenton Elementary School auditorium Monday night, Decembei
5, at 8 o'clock. The onera is sponsored by the Edenton PI'A,
t
I Rides Wanted ]
Gerald James, priiieipil <>f the |
Edenton Junior-Senior High.Seliool, j
amioiuiecs that quite a few stu
dents desire to attend th ( . Kdenlon-
Cary foolhall game to h ( . idaved in
Greenville Friday night, but have
no transportation.
Anybody planning to at tend the
game who will have room for one
or more passengers is requested to
contact Mr. James a( (lie school
hetw-een S A. M., and 5 I*. M.. up
until Friday noon, so that these
young people can attend the game.
The telephone number is 755.
civic calendar]
—
Christmas Seal sale in progress 1
in Chowan County, with a goal of
$2,0(10.
Edenton Ares will play Cary
High School in Greenville Friday
night at S o’clock for the Region
I championship.
Edward G. Bond Post No. 10, of
the American legion, William 11.
I Cos field Post No. 02H0, Veterans of
1 Foreign Wars and the Ladies’ Au
xiliary of both organizations will
| observe Veterans Day (inlay
(Thursday); A special barbecue
i chicken supper will he served in
. the Legion Home at 7 o’clock.
Chowan Hospital Auxiliary will
! meet Friday afternoon. November
! 18, at 3 o'clock in (ho nurses' home,
A class of nurses’ aides will he
awarded pins and emblems and Dr.
Edward G. Bond will be (lie prin
cipal speaker.
Annual l-H Achievement Day
will he held at Chowan High School
! Monday night, November 21, at
j 7:3(1 o’clock.
{ Bdcnlon ISO Club will observe
Pal Day lonighf (Thursday) willi
* oprn house* for riviliaiis and per-
Contiiuicd on Page 6—Section 1
i Two Boys Confess
To Breaking Into
Stores On Sunday
Seven Establishments
In Business Section
Entered
Fdenton police early (hi.; wnek
broke up a wave of break iiiK,
when two hoys 11 and 14 years old
confessed (o the I’riuies.
Soinelime -Sunday afternoon nr
! night seven places in the business
section were entered, with small
| amounts of money stolen ns well as
I money from $1 to sf». The places
i entered inehuled Getldie Fnytmi’s
, office, N tV R Cleaners, Halsey
! Feed & Send Store, Ward’s barber
I Shop, Kalydi K. Parrish, Chap’s
Rillianl Parlor ami Sanitary Clean- i
! ers.
The. most damage, according to
Chief of Polic,. Georg,. 1. Dail, was
in Mr. Parrish’s store, where a
watch and knives were stolen,
worth
shot the light bulbs i" the . tore
with an air rifiie.
Chief Dai! is of the opinhui that
the hoys w<*re efinnectcd with a se
ries: of break-iris- at the
Fileme.ntary School since the <qien.
ing of school. The hoys were
rounded up following information
that, they were on the roof of tin*
new Fdenton Furniture Company
building.
The two youngster.: will be giv
en a bearing befoiv F. W. Spirts,
judge, of the juvenile court.
Hospital Auxiliary
Will Meet Friday
In Nurses’ Home
Dr. Edward G. Bond
Will Be Principal
Speaker
The Chowan Hospital Auxiliary
will meet Friday afternoon, No
vember 18, at *T o’clock in the nurs
es’ home.
A second class of nurses aides
has finished '.'their training under
tin* Red Cross program and mem
hors of tin* class will lx* awarded
pins and emblems at this meeting.
'Fhi* Auxiliary welcomes Dr. Fd
ward G. Rond to sh,. community
and is delighted that he will he
guest speaker of the afternoon.
T**a will ho -ervod at th,> elnse
«»f the meeting and ail] members
are especially urged to attend.
Know Your Library
Mouth Is Observed
Everybody Is Urged to
Make Use of Li
brary Books
Tlie entire month of Noveinhcr
lias Ix-eiideeignntcd a “Know A onr
T.ilirary Month,” with special em
phasis on Book Week, this Week.
Get to know your library this
month, support it, and find out
what its ■'services'are. ll.can give
you great pleasure and it. raiv con
tribute to your education, whether
you are 8 or 80. If you read 10
i to 15 minutes every day you ran
. read at least; one hook each month,
j Your library has books that can tell
• you how to get. a better job or how
to succeed in the one you now have,
j Your library can supply you with
j honks on your hobby, on gardening.
! farming, care of animals, rooking,
; sewing, and hnw-to-fix-it hooks,
i Book., can open new worlds to you
! m any field such as history, trav
| el, music, drama, poetry, art, lit
erature, science, engineering, phy.
| chology, religion. You can he any-
I body you want to be and go any
where you want to go. if you Hose
yourself in books. Your library
will find the answers for you. If
it cannot answer your questions lo
cally, it will secure the necessary
information for you, if need be
( from -the Library of Congress.
’Give ij, a chance. Oct a.- m mml
it-ith if rriomu
$2,00 Per Year In North Carolina
Edenton Aces Trim
Murfreesboro 33-6
For District Crown
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I PAL BAY j
Today (Thursday) I’al Dal will
he observed hy the Menton USO
j Club, hy which it is hoped many
j civilians will meet and heroine ac
quainted with service personnel at
the cluh room in Hotel Joseph
Howes.
A feature of Pal Day will he
open house at the I’SO from 8 to
0 o’clock, after which a dance will
he held for the Marines and junior
I hostesses.
Merit System Is
Adopted By Band
Several Members Arer
( By
Director 11
A merit award system has re- t
ecntly been initiated into the or- t
ganizanfion of the Edenton High |
School Band. This system has been <
net up With several ideas in mind.
It.; prime function is to arouse and f
insure interest and pride, and the (
system wilt ultimately he the basis (
for the formation of a Band Mono- t
'grain Club. In this system, credit f
points.are given for every possible f
musical experience a hand member f
may have. For example, attend- j
nice, i.u-actice. listening to radio ,
and or television performances of ,
good music, participation in church |
choirs, cleanliness qf instrument ,
and uniform, good grades made in ;
acaderpic subjects, and .other tjmes. t
In this regard Miss Lula Wil
liams'.ltiic hand director, would like j
to take this opportunity to con- c
gratulfite the following band mem- j a
her- on their high academic stand-. k
ing, based on first term grides: j j
'Gen,. Ashley, Jimmy Ashley, Bob-i c
hy He leh, Pat Bennett, Rebecca I s
Boswell, Bill Cates, Sadie Crum-1
iney. Dick Goodwin, Annette Owens, t
Ruth Stokely, Roland Vaughan, f
Don Welch, Lorean Wright, and t
Ruth Wright. f
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TOWN CLERK AT SCHOOL FOR t
Ml Nil IP VI. ADMINISTRATION j v
Town Clerk; Ernest J. Ward, Jri, )
left Wednesday of this week for
Chapel Hi 11, where he is attending
a school in. municipal administra
lion spormored hy the Institute of
j Government. : He will return home ; n
j Friday. i I
Chowan County 4-H Clubs
Will Observe Achievement
On Monday, November 21st
one¥a7Traffic |'
d
George K. Mack, district engi
neer for the North Carolina High
way and Public Works Commis- *
sion, has announced that traffic 1
over the highway bridge on Route 1
IT. S. 17 over Perquimans River at •
Hertford will he restricted to one- I
wav traffic as of Monday of this ■
week to approximately Firday, No- 1
vember 25. 1
I One-way traffic is necessary due ‘
to making repairs (• the bridge and 1
building a new floor. Motorists
' are advised to proceed cautiously 1
and observe warning signs and
obey flagmen.
i Legion Dance Will Be
Held Saturday Night
Sponsored by Ed Bond Post of
. the American Legion, another
- dance will be held at the Legion
i home on the Windsor highway next
r Saturday night., November 19, from
r 9 o’clock to midnight.
Music for the dance will b P fur
’ nishod by J. D. Page and his or
-5 chest ra from East Carolina College
• at Greenville. The I.egionnaires
l are expeclina lari;* ecox'il to at
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SLOW
DOWN
AND LIVEt
Visitors Outdassed In
First Round For
State Title
By GEORGERORRER
Another link in the chain toward
the North Carolina Class. A foot
ball championship was fashioned
Friday night at Hicks Field by
Edenton's Aces as they hammered
an out-manned Murfreesboro team
down to a 33-fi defeat.
The victory by the Aces, Albe
marle Conference champions, add
ed the State District One title to
their 1955 laurels. The loss for the
Roanoke - Chowan Conference tit
lists was their second of the sea
son against eight victories. Eden
ton’s record became 8-2 after the
contest, with both losses coming at
the hands of Class A A teams.
The gam,- was the first contest
j of the 1955 Class A playoffs, and
gives Edenton a shot; at the Region
One crown next. week. The Region
One winner will play the Region
Two champions a week later for
the Eastern title. The Eastern
titlist meets the Western cham
pions on December 2 for:the State
championship.
Un folding their versatile and
smooth-functioning attack and a
defense that held when it was ne
cessary, the defending State Class
A champs did as they pleased
against Murfreesboro. They (cored
every time they had the ha'll in the
first half except when four passes
fizzled out, on them as time ran
out in the second period. They
marched to a touchdown the first
time they handled the ball in the
second half. And, after a fumble
stopped their next drive, they add
ed their final score.
The most sensational play of the
game was a 7fi-y.ard coring gal lap
off left tackle on ah option play by"
all-State Quarterback Stuart Hol
land, who scored two touchdowns
in the game. His otlierisix-poihter
came on a one-yard quarterback l
sneak in the first quarter.
Edenton took charge of the con
test early in tlie first quarter when
Billy Bunch's, first of two par s in
terceptions nipped the Red Devils’
first drive in the hitd. Bunch got
the hall for Edenton on the 50. and
three plays later Jerry Dowuutn
was standing iti the end zone with
Continued on I’ago 3—Section 2
LION'S MEET MONDAY
Edenton Lions will meet. Monday
night at 7 o’clock. I'res.ident AL
Phillips urges a full attendance. .
County Boasts Three
Members Who Are
State Winners
Chowan 4-11 Club members, par
ents, friends and the general pub
lic are invited to attend the an
nual Chowan County 4- It Club
Achievement Day at Chowan High
School Monday night, November
21, at 7:30 o’clock. Club members
will be entirely in charge of the
program and the program will
show in a very dramatic way the
many good things which Chowan
County 4-H Club members are do
ing.
Chowan Club members have been
very active in 1955. Jackie Mor
ris, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mor
ris of the Tyner community, was
State winner in the 4-H electrical
project. Sherwood Harrell, ran of
Mr. alid Mrs. Gilbert Harrell and
Dick Lowe, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Woodrow Lowe of the Advance
community, are members of the
State winning vegetable produc
tion demonstration. In addition to
these State winners, Chowan Coun
ty has several district winners.
All State winners, district win
ners and county winners, both boys
and girls, will receive certificates
and medals as a reward for theig
i 'eceißfn! 4-H Club work in 1.95««