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Volume XXll—Number 4ft"
°3anta Claus Is Scheduled To Arrive In Edenton Today
Auto Tags For 1956
Will Be Put On Sale
Entire Month Later
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Sale of New Plates Be-!
gins Jan. 3 Instead !
Os Dec. 1
The State Department of Motor
Vehicles has issued a round-up of
licensing information for next year.
Miss Foy Ingram, director of the
agency’s registration division, re
minded vehicle owners that new tag
sales would begin a full month lti
ter than in previous years.
Ordinarily, owners would he act
ing renewal cards about now, she
said. However, under the revised
schedule 1956 plates will go on sale
January 3 instead of December 1.
She explained the new selling per
iod would permit more uniform
distribution anil would not conflict
with holiday and year-end activi
ties.
The 1956 re-licensing period runs,
from January 3 through February
15, she said. Renewal cards will
be placed in the mail the latter
part of December.
As in the past, over-the-counter
sale s will Ik- handled by branch of
fices Os the Carolina Motor Club,
the Winston Salem Auto Club and
by Motor Vehicle Headquarters,
h Miss Ingram also*ealled atten
* ion to a new- all-time registration
record. She said more than 1.600,-
(1<)0 vehicles have already been reg
istered in North Carolina this year
which puts the state loth in nation-,
a I standings.
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Jim Daniels Retires
As Rural Carrier
Served on Route For
35 Years and 11
Months
W. Jim Daniels, veteran Hden
ton rural mail carrier, ends his long
service with the l". S. postal ser
vice today (Thursday), Mr. Dan
iels has been a rural mail carrier
for 35 years and 11 months.
At 8:30 Wednesday morning Mr.
Daniels was presented a citation
from the Post Office Department
by Postmaster J, L. Chestnutt and
a present was also presented by
Nathan Dai! on behalf of the em
ployees of the Edenton Post Of
fice.
The citation in part reads: “In
honorary recognition the Post Of
fice Department awards this oita-,
tion to William J. Daniels for devo- j
tion of duty in the course of an j
honorable career in the United i
States Postal Service. This cita
tion is tendered upon retirement ’
from active duty and conveys offi-j
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
Conference For First Area Os
American Legion Auxiliary
To Be Held In Edenton Dec. 5
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President of State De- .
wtment Will Be the | l
t Principal Speaker ]
The First Area Conference of J
the American Legion Auxiliary wild ■
meet at the Baptist Church Mon- f
day, December 5, at 10:30 A. M.
Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt, First Area
Vice President, will preside. A
well planned aijd informative pro
gram will be presented. (
Mrs. John W. Hearn, State De- ,
partment President, who will be in- |
troduced by Mrs. W. S. Carawan,
National Committeewoman will de- .
liver the address.
Mrs. Mary Brooks Hoy, State i
Department Secretary and Treasur- i
er, will also bring greetings from 1 1
the Department. Mrs. Charles H. : i
Evans, Membership Chairman, will ''
report on membership. I
ITHE CHOWAN HERALD
j[ Retires )
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W. JIM DANIELS
After serving as a rural mail I
carrier in Edenton for 35 years and
ll months, W. Jim Daniels retired
as of today (Thursday).
EASTERN STAR MEETING
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Edenton Chapter No. 302, Order
of the Eastern Star, will meet Mon
day night; December 5, at 8 o’clock ,
in the Masonic Temple. Mrs, Fran- ■
ces Wilkins, worthy matron, re
quests every member to make a;
j special effort to attend,
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I Edenton’s Aces And Coaches
! Guests Os Local Lions Club
At Monday Night’s Meeting
Letter Read In Appre
ciation of Coach and i
Aces’ Squad
Members of the Edenton High |
I School football team, together with 1
I Coach Hit) Billings and Assistant
Coach Alton Brooks, were guests
of tb. Lions Club at its. Monday
evening dinner meeting.
President Al Phillips extended a |
warm welcome to the boys and
their coaches and requested Coach
Killings to introduce each member.
of the team,
"1 am exceedingly proud of the I
splendid showing our boys have I
madt this season,” said Coach Bill- I
ings. “1 derived particular pride
in the wonderful showing which
they made against Elizabeth City I
j They arose to great heights of
; courage and d* termination against i
J oyei ivlielming odds. That, undoubt. j
j edly, was our best game this sea
son.
j “I would like to say in conclus- j
lion, that this is without question ,
the finest hunch of hoys, from ev- |
. .. I
Other State officers are Mrs. I
John A. Ward, past State Depart- I
ment president; Mrs. W. S. Cara- j
wan, National Committeewoman; j
the four District Committee women
and their alternates; Mrs. R, L. j
Garrett, Civil Defense Chairman; I
Mrs. S. W. Neal, First Area Com- I
munity Service Chairman; Miss
Parramore, First Area Member
ship Chairman; Mrs. J. H. Stevens,
First Area Publicity Chairman; i i
Mrs. M. L. Windley, Pan Ameri- 1
can Chairman, and Mrs. Bruce Las
siter, First. Area Rehabilitation 1
Chairman. *
A “Dutch” lunch will be served t
at the Legion home at 1 o’clock. I
The Edenton Unit of the Ameri- <
can Legion Auxiliary will give a 1
reception Sunday night at the home I
of Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt honoring i
the State Department Officers who .
will attend the Area Conference on 1 ’
the following Monde j i 1
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday. December 1,1955.
College Day To Be |
Observed Tuesday
At Edenton School
27 Colleges Expected
To I»e Represented
During Day
As a part of the guidance pro
grams of Perquimans High School
and Edenton' Junior-Senior High
School, juniors and seniors of the
two schools will meet in the gym
nasium of the Edenton Junior-Sen
ior High School Tuesday, December
tl. from 9:00 to 11:30 A. M, for a
College Day program. Representa
tives from twenty-seven colleges
will ho present to confer with stu-
J dents and parents. The, followin';
I colleges will be represent:,
Atlantic, Christian College, Ca- 1
Itawba College. Catnpiic’l College,
| Chowan College, Coker College,
| Duke University, East Carolina
College, Elon College, l-’lora Mac-
Donald College, Gaston Tcchnic.-d
Institute, Greensboro College. Guil
' ford College. High Point College, j
' Louisburg (College, Mars Hill Co|-j
j lege, Meredith College, Montreal j
College, X. ('. State Cdh-gc, Oak I
! Ridge Military Institute, 1 ’cure Col.,
leges Pfeiffer College, Salem Col
lege, Si. .Mary’s Junior College. |
Stetson University, l njversitv of j
North Carolina, Wake Forest ( 01-|
i lege, Woman’s College, l .\.( : |
I Parents are urged to come out
any time between the hours pf |
<»:()() and 11:30 for the purpose of 1
.finding, first hand, information re- |
gaoling questions as to require- J
meats, costs, facilities' and advun
-1 rages of selecting colleges . best
'suited for their son or daughter.
cry standpoint, that it has ever |.
| been'-.my-pleasure to work with,” •
j concluded Billings, who 1 haoked the ,
l Lions for the interest and support ,
j always given the team.
J, John Mitchener read the tViljow- j
ling letter in appreciation of Coach
Billings and, the Edenton Aces;
“Dear Coach Billings: Although !
you are the one mentioned in tire j
saluati >n. this letter is really ail- ,
I dressed to you and the football
I squads yf 1951 and 1955, the hoys
you have /Worked and dreamed and
hoped and played with, through
j victory and through defeat. We
j wonder if you have boon aware
| of' the man on th, sidelines, M r 1
| Average Citizen, we might call
him, who has watched and listened :
and noticed what was going on out 1
| at Hicks Field, arid who has .liked 1
' what he heard and saw and sensed. ■ 1
j He began to realize, quite a while | i
hack, that there was an indefinable j 1
bond between the .Ares and their |
| coach, a mutual striving, a sense 1 <
Continued on Page 3—Section 1 '<
| Participate In Opera “Hansel and Gretel” Decemberlith
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Above is pictured a trio of sing
ers who will participate in (he
Grass Roots production “Hansel
and Gretel,’ 1 - which is sponsored by
the Edenton Par*M»-Teacher Asso
ciation and will be presented in the
Edenton Elementary School audi
torium Monday night, December 5,
at 8 o’clock. At left is Miss Mary
Jennings, a native of Arkansas,
who attended the university and in
1051 represented he* dale at the
! December Term Os I
Court Gets Off To
Late Start Tuesday
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Judge George Foun-j
tain Detained at Har- j
nett County Term !
Chowan County Superior Court j
began its December term Tuesday
morning, a day bite due to the fact
that Judge George M. Fountain of
Tarboro was detained in Lillington
in a case involving court officials. (
Sheriff J. A. Bunch officially
opened court Monday morning tind |
immediately thereafter the session :
l was adjourned until the arrival of |
1 Judge Fountain Tuesday morning. !
No time was lost on Tuesday j
ii'orning and as soon as court open-i
ed the granti jury was drawn, j
' Those called for this duty were: j
Jesse M. Wilson, Walter H. Bond, j
L. C. Briggs, W. Bruce Jones, Clyde l
ll:. Blanchard, Walter Adams, Pul-|
j liter Tvncli. Lloyd C. Chapped], W.
W: Bunch, Jr., Leroy Harrell, Paul
j 1.. Partin. Guy C. Hobbs, Itotiert
j Bland Smith, J. W. Morris, George
i 11, Urivott, !.. A. Hunch, James L.
Hassell and Thurman Harrell.
I Judge* Fountain named Guy Hobbs
to ’serve' as foreman of the jury.
! Judge Fountain was very brief I
in his qharge to the jurymim, eon- i
j fining his remarks to their duties, j
j He explained' the difference he-1
Continued on Page 2—Section 1
Fred By rum Wins
Berth On Wrestling
Squad At University
Fred Byrum. son of Mr. and Mrs. (
J. It. Byrum, is listed on the 1955-j
!5G University of North Carolina 1
j wrestling roster released recently
ay Coat'll Sam Barnes.
The Tar Heel club opens its
j.tough ten-game schedule against
' The Citadel December 9 and. clos
es with| the Atlantic Coast Confer
ence championships at College
Pai-k, Mil.. March 1-3. The sched
i tile includes Davidson, Duke, Wash
j iiigtorv & Li t*, X. C. State, Wake
I Forest, VPI, V.MI, Maryland and)
Virginia.
Byrum wrestles in the 123-pound j
class. 1
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Masons Will Elect
’56 Officers Tonight'
At the meeting tonight (Thurs
day) of Unanimity Lodge No. 7,
A. IV, & A. M„ officers for the
year 1!)5(> will lie elected. C. W.
Overman, present master of the
lodges urges a full attendance in
order for members to .participate
I in this important business of the
| lodge.
The meeting will liegin at 8
o’clock and visiting Masons are cor
dially invited to attend.
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beauty and talent contest in Allan- j
tic City, where she won third place.
She " ill appear in the role of the j
Mother. In the center is Miss Bet- ,
ty Egan, coloratura soprano of.
New York City. She will sing the j
role of the Dew Fairy. She studied .
piano at Julliard School of Music |
and received her vocal and opera
| training under Grace Panvini, Cur.
tis Rice and the Rossini Opera
. School of Y«rk At Iks rirhi
iWiggins Appointed
Advisor
Will Assist Ex-service
Men Under UMT
Service Act
J, L. Wiggins of Edenton has
j been designated by U. S. Secretary
of Labor James P. Mitchell as a
i volunteer Reemployment Rights
i Adviser to assist ex-servicemen in
securing their rights under the Uni
| versal Military Training and Ser
j vice Act.
1 As a Reemployment Rights Ad
| visor, Mr. Wiggins will cooperate
with the program of the Depart
ment’s Bureau of Veterans’ Reem-
I ployment Rights to assist ex-ser
! vicemen who wish to return to
! their preservice employers. He will
j also advise employer, labor, Vet-
I eran, and other interested groups
!of the reemployment laws anti
where necessary, will refer prob
lems requiring technical assistance
to the Bureau’s field office, loeat- j
J ed at Atlanta, Ga.
The field representative for the
I States of Alabama, Florida, Geor-j
' gia, Mississippi, North Carolina,
South Carolina and Puerto Rico is
Harvey Driscoll.
The Bureau has announced that
tHp proclamation setting termina
tion dates for several veterans’
benefits on January 31, 1955, did
not affect reemployment rights.
; Those leaving 1 jobs to enter miOi-
I tary service as inductees, enlistees,
or reservists will continue to have
rights if they meet the conditions
of eligibility.
( civic calendar!
Edenton’s Christmas parade and
party will be held this (Thursday)
afternoon at 1 o'clock.
Marines will play a benefit foot.
| hall game on flicks Field Saturday
i night, December 3, at 8 o’clock to
| help raise funds for a new field
I house at Hicks Field.
| Sponsored by the Edenton Par- i
1 ens-Teacher Association, Grass '
Roots Opera will present “Hansel i
and Gretel” in the Edenton Ele- l
mentarv School auditorium Mon- j
day night, December 5, at 8 o'clock. 1 1
Masons and members of the ' I
Eastern Star will hold their an- (
mial Christmas party in the Ma- j |
sonic Temple Wednesday night, i '
Ihcember 14, at 7 o'clock.
First Area Conference of the |
American Legion Auxiliary w ill he ■
held at the Baptist Church Mon- |,
day, December 5, beginning at ( |
10:30 A.M. 1
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lis Mrs. Aileen Lynn of Raleigh, j
who will accompany the singers, p
[An accomplished pianist, Mrs. Lynn 1
.studied piano at Middle Tennessee f
I College, where she graduated, and J
j with several nrominent private J
! teachers. She has played the ma- t
| jority of the 329 performances the I
company has engaged in since the d
first performance of “School Por j r
Lovers” which was presented 111 i
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Plans Considered
For ‘March Dimes’
At Area Meeting
Eight Counties Repre
sented at Meeting
Monday Night
Twenty-eight March of Dimes
campaign workers from eight
northeastern North Carolina coun
ties met for a dinner meeting in
the Triangle Restaurant Monday
night of this week when plans for
the March of Dimes drive were
considered.
Luther Parks, president of the
Edenton Junior Chamber of Com
merce, sponsors for this year's
campaign, presided over the meet
ing and after welcoming the visit
ors, introduced Jack McGee of Ra
leigh, Eastern State Representative
for March of Dimes. Mr. McGee 1
presented cold facts pertaining to!
the fight against infantile paraly- j
sis and emphasized the fact that
“polio isn’t licked yet.’’ He pointed
out a recent Outbreak at Cherry
Point and the fact that many North
Carolina chapters are without
funds to fight the disease,
Mr. McGee also'presented a film
“Remember Me,” showing the rav
ages of polio and the great amount
■ of money needed to treat Victims
|of the disease.
Counties represented at the
| meeting were Chowan, Bertie, Tyr- j
| cell, Currituck, Gates, Hertford.
| Washington and Perquimans. Most
of the March of Dimes chairmen
present told about the plans used <
Continued on Page 2 —Section I
Marines Plan To Play Benefit
Football GameOnHicksField
In Interest New Field House
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VMA-225 Will Battle
Team Made Up of
All-Stars
The rival All-Star and VMA-225
football camps were in a furious
state of activity this week, pre
paring for next Saturday’s big six
man charity battle at Hicks Field.
Both teams, already in good con
dition from a season’s competition,
were high in.spirits, wanting vic
tory in the year’s biggest game for
the Marines.
I Tile game will lie held to raise
funds for a new field house to be
‘built on Hicks Field for the use
of the Edenton Arcs arid their op
ponents in the future. Game time
! will be 8 P. M.
The regular season championship
trophy will he presented to VMA
-225 during half time, and other
j suitable entertainment will lie
1 presented to the fans who attend.
Coaches Joe Presutto and Dick
Suddreth of the All-Stars are drill
| ing their team to stop the chum
'.pions’ attack, which has rolled up
' ;in average of 28 points per game
during the season. Coaches George
Rorrer and W. B. (Boomer) Shields
of VMA-225 have been working on
a few new plays to supplement
their players’ attack.
The roster of the All-Star team
I was announced Monday, hut chang
es are expected to be made before
game time, since some of the play
ers will probably decline the invi
tation to play bcause of such previ
ous commitments as basketball and
leaves.
As it was announced, the team
includes Bill Schneider, John Wood,
Joe Taylor, Boh Koonce, AI Hart
koft and Dick Setliff of second
place MABS; Phil Reynolds, Russ
Polling, T. D. Ryan, ’John Brown
er, Joe Albano and Ed Bathauer of |
second place MACS-5; Al Strauss, 1
John Agfler, Dick -Henry, Dick Ho- j
gan, Wally McLaughlin, Chuck
Tallman, and Jack Richards of
fourth place, H&MS and Clyde
Marshall, Rol Pressley, John Poli, j
Jim McCauley and Joe Kalil from
the cellar-dwelling VMA-211 team.
VMA-225 received a blow yester
day when 250-pound 4ialfback Cla
rence Guthrie received a cut hand
in scrimamge. Guthrie, however,
(Jot* t initial •*« P**!*■£ 1
$2 00 Per Year In North Carolina
Parade Is Slated To
Start At Hicks Field
Promptly At 4 P. M.
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Methodist Bazaar
Will Be Held Today
Sponsored by the Woman’s So
ciety of Christian Service and the
Young Woman’s Guild of the
Methodist Churah, the annual ba
zaar Will he held today (Thursday)
in the educational building of the
church,
The bazaar will begin at 10 A.
M., and from 12 to 2 o’clock a tur
key dinner will be served. The
menu includes roast turkey, dress
ing and gravy, candied yams, green
beans, cranberry sauce, apple sauce
cake with cream, hot rolls -and cof
fee
I Numerous gift items and foods
j will lie on sale at the bazaar, as well
as various kinds of plants and
shrubs.
The ladies have been working for
some time on the bazaar arid are
hoping that a large number will at
tend.
Cancer Clinic Will Be
Held December 2nd
The next Clinic of the North
i eastern Cancer Center will he held
on Friday afternoon, December 2,'
at Elizabeth City Health Center
with registration beginning at 1
, o’clock. Examinees are asked to
1 bring a robe or housecoat.
Durward Bateman Is
Made Member Phi
Kappa Phi Society
Durward Bateman, a senior at
N, C. State College and a former
Chowan High School student, has
been made a member of Phi Kappa
Phi honor society. This is the
highest honor society at the school.
In order to become a member of
this society a student must have
an average grade of above 871 s for
three years.
Dudward has been offered a Fel
lowship and plans to begin work
on his Master’s degree at the Uni
versity of Arkansas next August.
His wife is the former Shirley
Byrum of Tyner.
LEAVE EDENTON
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Truslow and
children, Ginny, Grover and George
left Edenton Monday to make their
home in Lumberton. Mr. Truslow
will be employed at a hank at Lum
berton and the family will live at
520 Godwin Street.
Soil Conservation Supervisor
For Chowan County Will Be
Decided In Election Dec. 5-10
R. H. Hollowell, T. 0.
Asbell, T. A. Berry
man Candidates
Election of a Soil Conservation
Supervisor for the Chowan County,
Alin-marie Soil Conservation Dis
trict will be held during the week
of December 5-10. R. H. Hollowell
( is the supervisor up for reelection
I and opposing him will be T. O. As-
I bell and T. A. Berryman of Tyner.
All three men were nominated by
petitions of voters of Chowan
County.
j Mr. Hollowell has served as su
pervisor since 1947 and has been
very active in the Albemarle Dis
trict program. Both the other can
didates are successful farmers of
their respective communities and
should make good supervisors if
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Party For Kiddies Will
Take Place on Court
House Green
Plans have been completed Tor
Edenton’s annual Christmas parade
and party, which is Scheduled to
get under way this (Thursday) af
ternoon at 4 o’clock.
All those who will be in the pa
rade, including the floats are re
quested to meet at Hicks Field by
3 o’clock so that everything will lie
in readiness for the parade to start
promptly at 4 o’dlock. Entering
Broad Street, the parade will move
south on Broad Street to Water
Street, where it will turn east to
the Court House Green and where
gifts will be distributed to children
and Santa Claus will he delighted
to hear the requests of his little
friends.
Lanes Will lie roped off for white
and colored children, who have
been given tickets in the various
Schools. Mrs. James Cozzehs; as
sisted by members of the Ameri
can I-cgion Auxiliary, National
Guard and Roy Scouts, will hr in
charge of distribution of bags for
the white children and the Negro
Junior Woman’s Club will he in
| charge of the distribution for the
colored children.
The reviewing stand for Santa
Claus has been decorated by mem
bers of the Degree of Pocahontas
, iiei.-, ill. nip i/CBiec oi iin .iiniio.i
and Bill Cozart will be In charge
' of ceremonies, giving instructions
over a foud-s|)eakev system.
Those in charge of the party and
■ parade are of the opinion the af
fair will be the best ever staged in
Edenton. Prospects are bright for
a larger parade than in former
years, with three bands, Edenton,
Plymouth and Windsor, expected to
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Mr. And Mrs. Partin
Hurt In Auto Accident
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Partin
were involved in an automobile ac
cident Sunday afternoon and as a
result both ape in a hospital at
Smithfieid.
Mr. and Mrs. Partin were re
turning home from Red Springs,
where they had taken their daugh
ter, Anna, back to Flora MacDon
ald College after spending the
Thanksgiving holidays at home.
Mrs. Partin, the most seriously in
jured received a broken shoulder
and other cuts and bruises, while
Mr. Partin was badly bruised about
the knees and received other less
serious cuts and bruises.
The accident occurred near
■ Smithfieid when a ear suddenly
• turned in front of the Partin car.
Mr. and Mrs. I’artin are expected
: to remain in the hospital several
more days.
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The people who are eligible to
1 vote in this election are all peo
ple who are qualified voters in
Cnowan County with no regard to
occupation. Therefore, city people
may vote as w-ell us rural people.
Polling places selected are Mel
vin Evans’ store, A. T. Perry’s
store, L. C. Briggs’ store, H. R.
Peele’s store, Ryland Post. Office,
T. E. Chappell’s store, Earl Smith's
store. Jack Bunch’s store, Earl
Ashley’s store, Grove Cale’s store,
Q. T. Bass’ store, Hoskins Harrell’s
store, Wade Jordan’s store and
Chowan County Soil Conservation
Service office in the post office
' building.
It is hoped that everyone will
vote in this election for their rep
resentative for the next three years
to the Albemarle Soil Conservation
District Board of Supervisors.
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