ONLY NEWSPAPER
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L CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXll.—Number 50.
f EDENTON’S WOMAN OF THE YEAR
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Mrs. Lena Leary, at loft, is shown presenting Inglis Fletcher a
dozen roses when site was selected “Woman of the Year” by the
Kdenton Business' and Professional Women’s Club. The presenta
tion was made at the club’s annual Christmas party held in the
Masonic Temple dining room Tuesday night of last week, when
Bosses’ Night was observed.—-(Evelyn l.eary I’hoto).
Edenton’s National
Guard Unit Given
Rating Os Superior
Letters From High Of
ficials Commend Lo
cal Outfit
Kilriiton’s Heavy jlorl 1
puny of the North Carolina Nation
al Guard last week was informed
that the unit, following the recent
nual inspection; was awarded a
• erior rating and as a result
itain Cecil W. Fry. commanding
.ificer. has received several letters
of praise and commendation for the
showing made hy the.local National
Guardsmen.
The inspection was in charge of
I.ieut.-Col. Joseph C. Matthews, Jr.
assistant army inspector general,
who in a narrative report, had this
to say:
“The unit had gained;; a net id
one officer and IS enlisted men
since the last annual .Federal in
speetion and was appropriately or
ganized for current strength. I his
was a .well seasoned organization
with a. high proportion of experi
enced enlist d men; at! of .whom:
were enrolled in army extension
courses. Morale and individual 'in
terest of members was very high.
The unit appeared strong in all de
partments and observed training
was from excellent to superier. ;
Administmt ivr :iml supply r ends .
were superior. . ■Maintenance of |
weapons and equipment.was super
ior. The unit was rceeiving strong
leadership from its officers and j
non-commissioned lilTieers and was;
adjudged i apahle of operating very j
effectively under field conditions i
The unit meets requirements fori
continued federal recognition."
Following the inspection Major
General R. G. (Sard, deputy com
manding general, .yvrote Captain J
Fry as follows: .
“The army commander has noted
with pleasure that during the an
nual Federal inspection the Heavy
Mortar Company was rated Super
ior . . • The achievement of this
high standard of proficiency is very j
gratifying and the army command
er is appreciative of the outstand
ing manner in which all personnel
are accomplishing their mission.” j
Adjutant General John H. Man
ning, in part, had this to say in a
letter to Captain Fry:
“ . . . The effort expended by you
and the members of your unit in
order to obtain this “superior” rat
s is most gratifying, hatch of
• is commended for this out
iding achievement, and this De
triment sincerely appreciates the
results which you have attained, as
it has brought credit to your unit
and the National Guard of this
State.”
Major General Claude T. Bowers, |
in commenting upon the rating,
had this to say: “This splendid
effort is highly commendable and
reflects credit upon the officers
and men responsible for this ach
ievement.”
Lieut-Col. B. A. Peterson, regi-J
mental commander, had this to say:,
“This outstanding achievement,
merits recognition of each officer
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THI CHOWAN HERALD
If Unanimous )
s
In the referendum affecting 1956
cotton quotas which was held
1 Tuesday, Chowan County farmers
looted unanimously in favor of the
marketing quotas. There were 104
ballots cast in lavor of the quotas
with none voting against.
W ith most of the state returns
reported, the marketing quotas car
ried hy an overwhelming majority.
That little interest in the refer
endum was taken ir. Chowan Coun-1
ty is reflected in the fact that out |
i of 800 eligible voters only 101 cast
a ballot.
Christmas Concert At
Chowan High School
Sunday, December 18
Til,- Chowan High School Glee
Club will present a. Christmas con
cert. in the auditorium of the school
Sunday night, December 18, liegin
j hing at 8 o'clock, The contest wall |
he art interpretation in music of the i
I Christ Child.
| The public is cordially invited to
attend. ’
VMA-225 Football
Champs Lose Game |
To Marine All-Stars
! Financial and Attend
ance Result Dis
appointing
The Kdenton Marine All-Stars
by the grace of a missed extra
j point attempt in the last 30 sec
’onds of the game, squeezed out a
! 40-38 victory over league champion
Marine Attack Squadron 225 Saturn
I day night at Hicks Field.
The game, the most exciting of
the Marine league’s season, was |
played before a disappointing
crowd of around 300 persons. Only
$9.10 was realized from a collec
tion taken at the game, which was
played for funds to construct a
field house at Hicks Field. In fact,.
the sponsors of the game went into |
the red some $56.
Those who were there, however,
got an eyeful of the most wide- J
open scoring melee of the season.
Tho game had everything from'
I long runs to a last-second effort to
tie the game by the losers.
F.ven in defeat, however, the Fly
ing Eagles lost no prestige. They
hung on, within striking distance,
all through the game, and then
made their bid, hut it just wasn’t
| their night. Quarterback Ken
( Kite’s kick, hurried by the All-Star
linemen, went wide to the left, and
that was it. Kite had previously
[ booted four perfect conversions
Edenton, Chowar. County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 15, 1955.
Methodists Will
Hold Sub-District
Meeting Dec. 19th
Boy From Orphanage
Will Be Guest of
Young People
The I’erquimans-Chowan Sulidis
trict of the Methodist Youth Fel
lowship will meet at the New Hope
Methodist Church on the Winfall
Charge at 8 o’clock Saturday even
ing, December 17. This means n
change in schedule. The regular
time for the meeting would be
Monday, December 19.
The reason for this change is lo
make possible the Subdistrict’s
having as special guest Eddie Tay
lor, from the Methodist Orphanage
in Raleigh. For the past several
years the young people of the Per
quinians-Chowan Subdistrict have
partially sponsored Eddie at the
orphanage, and by arrangement
with the Rev. Forest D. Hedden,
orphanage superintendent, Eddie
will he present for a party to he
given in his honor by the Subdis
trict. Annually he receives Christ
mas presents front the Methodist
youth groups in this area. This
year’s presents will be presented to
Eddie at this party.
Lions Club Enjoys
Christmas Party
Ernest Ward, Jr., De
lightful Master of
Ceremonies
The annual Christmas party
Monday evening, Staged by the
Lions Club of Edenton, in honor of
their ladies, was highlighted by a
I simulated TV program.
Ernest Ward, Jr., in the capacity
| of master of ceremonies, kept the
crowd in a continual uproar of
laughter with his stunts, which
were full of fun, frivolity and just
plain foolishment. Many “contest
ants” performed to the delight of
the audience,
An ode to the Lionesses, com
posed by Mrs. Mary Belch George,
was read by President A! Phillips
in connection with his address of
welcome. “We are deeply grateful
to you ladies for the fine meals you
| have served us during, the past year
land are taking this means of ox-:
j pressing in a small way our. sih
eere appreciation to you,” said
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and played an outstanding game.
Speedy little Jim McCauley,
moving behind devastating block
ing scored two touchdowns to lead
the All-Star s to their hard-earned
victory. Other scorers for the vic
tors Were liuss Polling, John Ag
ler, Bill Schneider and A1 Strauss,
Joe Taylor hooted two conversions
in six attempts.
Neither team could move the;
first time it got the hall, hut the j
second time the All-Stars had it,
they took the lead, and never gave j
jit up. Polling scored from five
yards out after a pass from Tay
lor to Schneider had set it up with
about two minutes left in the first
i period.
The champions dropped 14 points !
| behind at the beginning of the sec
'ond period when John Agler sror
-led and Taylor converted. But then
. it was the Eagles’ time to shine.
l On fourth down with about five
' yards to go on the Stars’ 30, Kite
hit Halfback Clarence Guthrie with
a screen pass, and Guthrie bulled
his way to the five. On the next
play Guthrie scored, and Kite’s
first conversion made the score
14-8.
The awesome All-Star offense,
behind outstanding blocking, then
got rolling and couldn’t be stop
ped until late in the fourth quarter.
Taylor, seemingly caught behind
Continued on p»i'» ««w*i«n \
f THIS BABY NEEDS HELP “T
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Above Is pictured FI-months-old Mike Spruill, son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Spruill, who was seriously burned on November 4, ami
since when he lias been a patient in Chowan Hospital. Skin was
grafted on the boy’s left leg and at least four more operations are
necessary. The Spruill family is unable to meet hospital and doctor
expenses, so that an urgent appeal has been mde for contributions
to help this unfortunate family. Contributions should be sent im
mediately to Mrs. Henry G. Quinn.
Only $297 Is Raised
For Fund To Come
To Aid Burned Boy
Mrs. Henry Quinn Is
Making Personal
Solicitations
Fp ; until. Tuesday of this Week
Mrs. Henry (I, Quinn reported con
trilmtioiiij in the amount of $297.91
toward a fund lo help save the life
of FI-months-old Mike Spruill, who
Was seriously hurried November 11
and since has been a patient in
Chowan Hospital.
This amount has: been, secured by
Mrs. Quinn through personal so
licitations from house to house ex
cept for $48.21 which was realized
through - a hake sale held Friday
morning at the 1’ & Q Super Mar
ket.
The amount in hand is far less
: than what will lie needed to pay
hospital arid doctor’s bills, so that
Mrs. Quinn plans to continue her
solicitation in the hope that tilt
unfortunate family will he aide to
meet the expenses-of trying to save
the little hoy’s life.
Ope grafting of skin Was made
on the hoy’s left leg and it is the
belief that at least four more op
erations will he necessary if the
youngster makes satisfactory, pro
gress. The; parents of the hoy, Mr.
anil Mrs. (ieorge Spruiß, are .unable,
to meet the expenses, so that they
are at the mercy of sympathetic,
friends if the hoy is to receive the
attention necessary to recover.
1 Mrs. Quinn has made application
i for assistane- from the Daisy Alice
Ward Fund, which is administered
hy the North Carolina Crippled
Children's Society. She has been
informed that there are only three
ways help can bo secured, first, by
helping to pay for skin grafting;
second, providing blood plasma, ami
third, providing special nursing |
care.
An appeal was also made to have
Mrs. Spruill appear on the “Strike
! It. Rich’’ television program, hut no
word has been received from this j
source and the chances are believ-j
cd to lie remote that she will he I
ope>Tnew furniture store }
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JESSE L. HARREI.L
Pictured above are Jesse 1,. Harrell and J. P. Partin, owners of
the Ederton Furniture Company, who today (Thursday) -will open
their new store on Broad Street between the P & Q Super Market
and Belk-Tyler’s store. 'Hie new store adds considerably to Eden
ton’s business section and the owners will observe their grand open
ing today (Thursday). Friday and Saturday, to which they cordi
■itlv invite the general public to attend Pri»e* » il| he awarded.
i invited to appear on this program.
' A considerable amount nimc is 1
needed to help this unfortunate
family, so that Mrs. Quinn will
greatly appreciate any contribu
tions sent to her. She expresses 1
her sincere , thanks to those who 1
patronized the. bake sale and those
•who have made contributions thus :
; far.
Tobacco Growers’ i
Meeting Dec. 21st
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Latest Information to 1
Be Given By Exten- !
sion Specialist 1
An important tobacco growers’ " r
meeting will lie held at the Court j /
House in Edenton at 9:111) o'clock
Wednesday morning, December 21. •
The Extension tobacco specialist
from North Carolina State College
' will be present to discuss varie
-1 ties, fertilization, insect and di
sease control and many other far ;
1 tors important to producing ..good
■ tobacco. j
There has been niiuch con trover- ,
sy over the now varieties Coker-Hill .
and 140. Many farmers have in- ,
quired about the new Dixie Bright
-244 variety. “This is an opportune I
ty for Chowan County tobacco
growers to get the latest informa
tion to assiit them in tobacco pro
duction,” County Agent C. W. Ov
erman says. '
Edenton Firemen Will i
Hold Christmas Party
i Edenton f iremen and their wives
; I will enjoy a Christmas party which ,
is scheduled to be held tonight ,
■ (Thursday) at 7 o’clock in the fire
■ station,
i A feature of the meeting will he
i j special music by the Gospel Trump
• j ets, a local colored musical uggre-
I gation. j
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J. P. PARTIN
135 Women Attend
Legion Auxiliary’s
Area Conference
Delightful Program at
Legion Home Last
Week
One-hundred and thirty-five wo
men attended the First Area, Con
ference of the American Legion
Auxiliary held Monday of last week
•in the Edenton Baptist Church.
Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt of Edenton,
First Area Vice I'resident, presid
ed over the meeting,:
The program opened with the ad
vancement of colors hy Mrs. Sam
Twiford and Mrs. H. A. Thorsnn,
followed hy the pledge of allegi
ance to the flag by Mrs. W. L.
Mayo. The group then sang the
national anthem and prayer was
offered hy the Rev. J. Paul Holo
man, Mrs, A. F. Baker led in read
ing the preamble.
Mrs. J. E. Cozzens. unit presi
dent, and Thurman Harrell; com
mander of Ed Bond Post of the
American Legion, delivered the ad
dress of welcome and Mrs. James
R. Worsley gave the response. The
devotional was given by. Mrs. Jack
Collins, who stressed “Why We
Should Honor the Birth of Christ."
Reports were then heard from all
department chairmen.
| Mrs. C. A. Phillips delighted the
1 group with two solos “Nearer My
find to Thee.” and “He.” accom
panied by Mrs. Paul Holqman. In
troductions of the First, Second, '
Fourth and Fifth District commit- ,
tee women and alternates, were
made, who gave brief talks on the
x'a.rious phases of Auxiliary work,
after which the group sang “Bat- ]
tie Hymn of the Republic.”
Mrs. Wagner of Tarboro, was (
nominated for area vice president
for 1956. It was announced that
the next conference meeting will
be Held in Tarboro. Awards were
presented for membership in the j
units and district, the Elizabeth
City unit being the first to reach 1
the quota. Greetings from the de- 1
partment secretary and treasurer j
were given hy Mrs. Mary Brooks
Hoy.
Mrs. W. S. Carowan. extended the
greeting from the national organi- (
zation. after which Airs, John W. 1
Hearn, Department President, de- .
livered :an interesting and infer- ‘
mative address on “The Meaning,
of the Preamble.” The meeting :
concluded with retirement of col- \
ors, after which a delicious barbe* c
cue chicken dinner was served at j t
the American Legion hut. Mrs. | t
Blount O’Neal submitted the con- 1
test committee report. Mrs. C. M ;
Miller and Mrs. C. R. Tillett are
also on this committee. c
Grand Opening Os
Edenton Furniture
Co. Begins Today
New Store Adds Con
siderably to Busi
ness District
Tho Kdenton Furniture Com
pany today (Thursday) will open
its new store on Broad Street be
tween tilt* 1* & Q Super Market anti
Belk-Tyler’s. The new store is
modem and up-to-date in every re
spect and adds considerably to
Edenton’s business district.
The owners of the store, Jesse
Harrell and J. P. Partin have an
nounced that their grand opening
will be observed today (Thursday)
Friday and Saturday and they cor
dially invite the public to visit and
inspect the new store and the large
line of merchandise.
The new store has a display
space of 15,000 square feet and
warehouse space is 7,500 square
feet. It is modern in every re
spect with summer and winter air
conditioning, elevator and rest
rooms for both white and colored.
The Kdenton Furniture Company
came into being in January, 1946,
when Mr. Harrell and Mr. Partin
formed a partnership and purchas
ed the former Aiegler Furniture
Company building. At first Mr.
lUivrnl) lrtiß in ch:ivgv r»f tV»<‘
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Knotty Problems
Result In Lengthy
Session Os Council
Open Later”]
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Postmaster J. L. Chestnutt an
nounces that the Edenton Post Of
fice will remain open until 6 o’clock
the next two Saturday afternoons,
December 17 and December 24.
The usual closing time on Sat
urday is 1 o'clock, but the office
will extend the hours for the next
two Saturdays due lo the Christ
mas rush.
Choral Groups Will
Render Christinas
Program Tonight
Program Begins at 8
O’clock In Element
ary School
The combined choral groups of
Edenton Junior-Senior High School
will present a program of Christ
mas music in the auditorium of the.
Edenton Elementary School tonight
(Thursday) at 8 o’clock. This pro
gram, which is an annual event of
the holiday season, has previously
been given on the Sunday after
noon before the beginning of the
school’s Christmas holidays, hut be
cause of the unusually early vaca
tion this year, has been moved up
to Thursday night, the night be
fore the school’s Christmas recess
begins.
The Senior High Chorus, Junior
High Chorus, and Treble Clef Club
of the Edenton School, assisted hy
Donald Welch, who will act as nar
rator, will sing a program of tra
ditional carols and Christmas
songs. The public is urged to at
tend: there will be no admission
charge.
Churches Will Call Off !
Night Services Dec. 18 1
For Glee Club Concert !
Churches in the Chowan High i
School community will dispense ■
with the night services Sunday, De- ]
cemlier 18 in order to give the con
gregations an opportunity to attend i
the Christmas concert which will ]
be presented by the Chowan High i
School in the school auditorium. ,
The concert will be presented at 8 ]
o’clock. I
but about a year later Mr. Partin
sold his filling station to also de- i
vote his full time to the furniture :
business.
The business thrived so that it
outgrew the present building and
a lot was purchased across the
street from Bclk-Tyler’s. Con
struction of the three-story brick
building was begun March 28 of
this year by the Edenton Construc
tion Company and now that it is
completed the concern will have
more room for displaying and stor
ing merchandise.
Aside from Harrell and Partin,
who devote full time to the busi
ness, the concern employs the fol
lowing: B. Carrol Berry, sales
man and buyer; Jack Jordan, ser
vice man; John R. Lewis, televis
ion technician; Jake Dunlow, ser
vice man; Miss Aurelia Layden,
bookkeeper, and Henry Rodman
and Carroll Edney, delivery men.
For the grand opening days priz
es will be awarded, with drawings
scheduled to be made Thursday at
8 P. M., Friday at 10 A. M., 2 P.
M., and 4 P. M., and on Saturdav J
at 10 A. M„ 2 P. M„ 4 P. M., and j
the grand prize drawing at 8
o’clock Saturday night. To be eli
gible for the prizes visitors will |
only have to register and will not
be ehbtrprt fn be ore-ent to win.
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SLOW
DOWN
AND LIVE! |
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Drainage, Trailer Or
dinance and Alley
Hold Councilmen In
Session Until 11:30
Two knotty problems facing
Town Councilmen held them in ses
sion until about 11:30 at the De
cember meeting held Tuesday night
and though considerable time was
devoted to both these matters, no
solution was reached.
What consumed a great portion
of the time, was a request from
George S. Twiddy for the town to
change the course of a ditch which
carries a tremendous amount of
water and runs across his property
recently acquired at Albemarle
Court and on which he plans to
build seven houses.
Mr. Twiddy desires to have the
ditch filled and, therefore, request
ed the town to lay a pipe along the
northern and western end of his
property to connect with a largo
pipe which now runs’through Mor
ris Circle and also carries the wa
ter from the ditch.
Mayor Ernest Kehayes recom
mended that the Town lay the ditch
with the understanding that Mr.
Twiddy will pay half the cost of
the pipe which amounts to some
thing like $1,500. The Councilmen
balked, however, and after a long
discussion two propositions were
made, first, that the town will pipe
the present ditch if Mr. Twiddy
pays for the pipe or, second,
change the course of the drain if
Mr. Twiddy will pay half of the
cost of the pipe and installation.
Town Clerk Ernest Ward, Jr.,
was instructed to inform Mr. Twid
dy of the action taken.
The other matter requiring con
siderable time was the proposition
to acquire an alley hack of the
stores on the east side of Broad
Street between King Street and
Belk-Tyler store.
The property is owned hy the
Byrum Implement <Sr Truck Com
pany, hut the problem is far from
being solved. The owners recent
ly sent letters to the effect that no
trespassing will he allowed, so that
no loading or unloading could lie
done in the rear and also that trash
would have to be collected from
Broad Street.
The property is between 50 and
60 feet wide and is that portion
left after selling the remainder to
the county. A committee recently
offered the owners $9,000 for the
land, but a price of $15,000 is plac
ed on it, which the Coiincilmcn
deemed excessive.
Following receipt of a letter
from some of the merchants, Mayor
Kehayes recommended that chough
land be condemned in Order to pro
vide an alley, hut. this would leave
a small strip which would he of
very little use, An alley is needed
not only for loading and unload
ing and collection of trash, but al
so for fire protection.
Finally it was agreed to hold an
other conference between the own
ers and town officials in the hope
that a price can lie agreed upon be
fore condemnation proceedings are
begun. In the meantime, the own
ers will allow the land to lie used
as heretofore, or until a decision is
reached.
At the meeting a petition was
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Red Men Will Elect
Group Os Officers
At Next Meeting
Members of Chowan Tribe No
12, Improved Order of Red Men
nominated officers at their meeting
held Monday night and election will
be held at next Monday night’s
meeting at 7:30 o’clock.
As a special feature John Lewis,
Jr., and his Hillbilly Band will fur
nish music during the meeting
Carl Keeter, sachem of the tribe
urges a full attendance.
HOLIDAYS TO BE OBSERVED
BY EMPLOYMENT OFFICE
i Milton Bass, manager of the N.
j C. Employment office, announces
I holiday hours for the office. The
office will be closed Friday, De
cember 23 through Monday, Decem
ber 26, reopening Tuesday. Tm-em
ber 27, at 8 AM.