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Luther C. Parks Is Prmented
»1955 Jaycee Distinguished
Service Award For Edenton
Joe Conger, Jr., and
West Byru]p, Jr.,
Also Honored
Luther Parks, parts manager at
the Albemarle Motor Company,
was awarded the annual junior
Chamber of Commerce Distinguish
ed Service Award Wednesday
night of last week when the Jay
cees held their annual Bosses’
Night banquet at Hotel Joseph
Hewes.
Mr. Parks, who is president of
the Jaycees, was unaware of the
honor and presided over the meet
ing at which in the neighborhood
of 60 were in attendance. The
presentation was made by Bob Cox
of Chapel Hill, a national director
of the Jaycees.
Th-i award i 3 made by a secret
committee and the honor went to
Parks on the basis of his contri
butions to and participation in com
munity affairs during 1055 and his
exhibition of leadership ability and
evidence of personal and business
progress.
Aside from being president of
the Edenton Junior Chamber of
Commerce, M;. Parks is serving his
first term as a Town Councilman
from the Fourth Ward, he is gen
• eral superintendent of the Sunday
School at the Baptist Church, a
member of the Edenton Fire De
partment, American Legion and
Parent-Teacher Association. He is
an original stockholder of the
Edenton Development Corporation
and is a member of the board of
directors of the Edenton Memor-
il Swimming Pool Corporation.
" it present he is heading up the
Chowan County March of Dimes
which id sponsored this year by the)
Jaycees. He served as chairman
for Hood belief in Edenton for New
Bern hurricane victims as well as
chairman for Safe Driving Day in
the county. He was also chairman
for the Boy Scout drive.
Aside from Parks, two other
Edenton Jaycees were signally hon
ored at the meeting. These were
Joe Conger, Jr., and West Byrum,
Jr. Conger, immediate past presi
dent, was ( presented the Jaycee Key
Man Award. This award is in rec
ognition for the most outstanding
service of a club member during
1955.
Byrum received the "Rookie of
the Year” award.
These two awards were made by
Levin Culpepper of Elizabeth City,
vice president of the 10th District.
Mr. Culpepper highly complimented
both Conger and Byrum for their
Jaycee activities and further re-
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
Medical Society’s
Auxiliary Holds Its
Quarterly Meeting
Group Plans Observe
Doctor’s Day on
March 30
The Chowan-Perquimans Auxili
ary to the Medical Society of
North Carolina held its quarterly
luncheon meeting Wednesday, Jan
uary 18, at the home of Mrs. L. P.
Williams, with Mrs. Rpland
Vaughan, president, presiding.
The group dipcussed plans for
the coming year, with emphasis on
nurse recruitment, supporting the
State sponsored projects which in
clude maintenance of four hospi
tal beds, a student loan scholarship,
a *.ha American Medical Education
® foundation, and working in close
cooperation with community organ
izations striving toward achieve
ment in promoting greater health
services for all.
, The Auxiliary voted to observe
Doctors’ Day, March 30, with a
dinner party for the doctors in the
Chowan-Perquimans Medical Socie
ty. Doctors’ Day originated in the
Auxiliary to the Southern Medical
Association in an effort to show
the doctors that their work in the
communities is appreciated by the
Auxiliary.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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Department Os Defense Asks'
For $13,926,000T0 Be Spent
On Edenton Base Expansion
According to reports, a request has been made by the
Department of Defense for Congress to approve an appro
priation of $34,000,000 for naval installations in the Nor
folk-Portsmouth and Northeastern North Carolina areas,
of which $13,926,000 is being asked for expansion of the
Edenton Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field. Another
request is for $6,000,000 for reactivating the Naval Air
Facility at Harvey Point in Perquimans County.
The requested appropriations is in line with the De
fense Department’s “new look” program, with Congress
being asked to approve a new world-wide military program
to cost $2,012,283,000. The program includes projects at
292 installations in every state except West Virginia.
5,278 Books Distributed In
Pettigrew Regional Library
Covering Two Months Period
Circulation In Chowan
County Totals 1,790
Books
Mrs. Eugenia Babylon, Director
of the Pettigrew Regional Library,
reports that during November and
December a total of 1,790 books
were distributed at the various
stops in Chowan County. Os this
number 829 were to white readers
and 961 among colored readers.
Broken down, 322 books were
loaned to adult white readers which
included 252 fiction and. 70 non-flc-;
tion. Colored adult readers bori'
rowed 484 books, 205 fiction and
279 non-fiction. Among white ju
venile readers a total of 507 books
were borrowed, 402 fiction and 105
non-fiction. Colored juveniles used
477 books, 346 fiction and 131 non
fiction.
In Tyrrell County the book cir
culation totaled 1,164, of which 863
books were borrowed by white
readers and 801 colored.
Circulation in Washington Coun-
Continued on Page 3, Section 1
Band Association To
Meet On January 30
A meeting of the Band Parents’
Association will be held next Mon
day night, January 30, at 8:15
o’clock in the Junior-Senior High
School cafeteria.
'C. B. Mooney, president of the
association, urges all band parents
to be present as important business
must be transacted at this meet
ing.
Jaycees In Edenton
Help Sell Stock For
Development Plan
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Purpose Is to Develop
New Industry In
State
Stock in the North Carolina Bus
iness Development Corporation is
now on saie in, Edenton, according
to an announcement made by Lu
ther Parks, president of the Eden
ton Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Funds derived from the sale of
stock will v help develop new indus
try in the State of North Carolina.
Adopted by the North Carolina
Jaycee executive board last week
in High Point, the Jaycees through
out the State have agreed to sell
some $200,000 of stock in the cor
poration. To than SBOO,-
000 of .the $1,000,000 of stock au
thorized by the state charter has
been sold by Governor Hodges and,
his staff. Capua Waynick of High
Point is overall head of the plan.
According to W. R. Henderson,
past state Jaycee president and
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 26,1956.
[ Little Time Left 1
Very little more time remains to
enroll in the Bank of Edenton s
1956 Christmas saving club. The
closing date for enrollment will be
next Monday, January 30, so that
anybody who desires t 6 join in this
easy and thrifty way of saving
money for the holidays should en
roll before the deadline.
Farmers’
Scheduled Tonight
At Chowan High
Farm Record Keeping
Will Be Theme of
Meeting
"Farm record keeping is very
important to every successful farm
operation,” says County Agent C.
W. Overman. “Accurate farm rec
ords are very valuable in comput
ing income tax reports and social
security reports. They are equal
ly valuable in determining what
fa'rm enterprises are paying best
and those which are less profit
able.
A farmer’s meeting h as been
scheduled to be held at Chowan
High School auditorium on Thurs
day night, January 26, at 7:30
Continued on Page 6—Section 1
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chairman of the Jaycee section of
the drive known as Operation Boot
strap, “this is one of the finest pro
jects the North Carolina Jaycees
have undertaken and we only hope
we have full cooperation of every
community in the State.”
The million dollars, in combina
tion with other funds that can be
secured from members of the Cor
poration (up to $lO million) would
raise the per capita income of
North Carolinians by offering en
couragement, factual and
help to persons wishing to start;
new industries or enlarge old ones
in suitable locations.
Since many towns have no in
dustry, and little hope of starting
one without special help, they will
be “pulling themselves up by their
bootstrap” and at the same time
creating more jobs and salaries for
, Tar Heels.
For full information on the sale
of stock in the Business Develop
, ment Corporation, Contact your lo
cal Jaycee president, 1
New Chowan Hospital Auxiliary Officers 1
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Pictured above are new officers of the Chowan Hospital Auxiliary
who were installed at the January meeting held last week in the
nurses’ home. They are, left to right, Mrs. Richard Hardin, vice
president; Mrs. Gilliam Wood, secretary, and Mrs. West Byrum, Jr.,
president. Mrs. Richard Elliott, treasurer, does not appear in the
picture.—(Evelyn Leary Photo).
Charles Chappell, Gerald Harrell And Sid
White, Jr., Winners Os 4-H Corn Contest
i
Contestants and Dads
Guests of Lions on
Monday Night
The Edenton Lions Club enter
tained the 1955 Chowan 4-H corn
contestants and their dads at a
banquet Monday night, when win
ners were announced and prizes
awarded.
Prizes were awarded to winners
in the three age groups, 10, 11 and
12; 13 and 14; and 15 years and
above. Charles Chappell, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Carson Chappell of
the Belvidere community, won top
honors in the 10, 11 and 12 age
1 group. He grew 94.7 bushels of
Funk’s 704 on his acre. Gerald L.
Harrells son of Mr. and Mrs. Les
ter Harrell of the Rocky Hock
community, won first place in the
13 and 14 age group. Gerald grew
96.0 bushels of N. C. 27 com on
Job Hunting Skit |
Features Meeting
Edenton BPW Club
Club Plans Valentine
Card Party to Be
Held In February
Members and guests of the
Edenton Business and Professional
Women’s Club enjoyed an even
ing of fun Thursday night of last
week when Miss Lena Jones, educa
tion and vocation chairman and her
committee staged a comedy skit
“Job Hunting,” at a dinner meet
ing held at the Hotel Joseph Hewes.
Miss Inez Felton, president, pre
sided and the meeting opened with .
a blessing by the group. A vote I
of thanks was extended to Mrs.)
Elizabeth Flynn for the beautiful
flower arrangements.
Following a delicious chicken
dinner, an interesting panel discus
sion was held on the necessary .re
quirements in seeking a job. Tak-
Continued on Page 3, Section 1
Baptists Planning To
Hold Fifth Sunday
Meeting January 29
Next Sunday, January 29, at 3
o’clock in the Center Hill Baptist
Church, 26 Baptist churches are
scheduled to join in holding a fifth
Sunday meeting. Churches expect
ed to be represented at the meet
ing include Ballard’s Bridge, Bel
- haven, Bethol, Burgess, Center Hill,
. Chappell’s Hill, Columbia, Creswell,
Edenton, Engelhard, Fairfield,
Great Hope, Gum Neck, Hertford,
Macedonia, Mt. Pleasant, Mt. Sinai,
Rocky Hock, Roper, Rose Bay,
Sladesville, Soundside, Swan Quar
ter, Whiteville, Yeopim and Oak
Grove.
The purpose of the meeting is
to study and promote greater
growth in Sunday School work, so
that all teachers, officers, pastors
and others interested in Sunday
School work are urged to atttnd,
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this project acre. Sid White, Jr.,
1 son of Mr. and Mrs. Sid White, Sr.,
jof the Paradise community, was
top winner in the age group of 15
and above. Sid grew 99.8 bushels
of Funk’s Y 704 corn on his acre.
■ He was followed as a close second
t by Jackie Byrum, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Russell H. Byrum of the Val
. halla community. Jackie grew
99.0 bushels of U. S. 578 corn on
his acre.
I Top winners of each age group
I were awarded SIO.OO each by W. J.
. Taylor, secretary of the Lions
. Club.
i A total of 21 Chowan 4-H Club
boys entered the contest in 1965.
■ Each, contestant had one acre of
com. The 21 projects produced 1,-
497.3 bushels, or an average of 71.3
bushels an acre. This yield com
pares very favorably with the
State average of approximately 35
Continued on Page 6—Section 1
{Presbyterians Will
Hold Youth Sunday
Service Jan. 29th
Morning Worship Will
Be In Charge of
Young People
Tn keeping with the nation-wide
celebration of this coming Sunday,
January 29, at Youth Sunday, the
morning worship service at the
Presbyterian Church will be con
ducted by the young people. Pat
Pickier will- be in charge of the
service and George and Jerry Nix
on, and Emily Shaw will offer .
prayer. The responsive reading
| will be led by Joe Mitchener, and >
the sermon will be delivered by Pat I
[ Pickier, Gene Lane, Eddie George, I
Paul Dail, Arthur White and Claud 1
Barnette. John Mitchener, the reg
ular church pianist, will supply the I
musical accompaniment. This is by
no means the first time the Pres
byterian young people have con
ducted the morning worship ser
vice. They have had this oppor
tunity on several occasions in the
past, especially during the pastor’s
absence, and have never failed to
acquit themselves well.
Continued on Page 6—Section 1
Basketball Games
Tuesday Night For
March Os Dimes
Next Tuesday night, January 31,
Edenton Jaycees will sponsor two
basketball games with the proceeds
going into the March of Dimes
fund.
The games will be played in the
Edenton Junior-Senior High School
gymnasium, starting at 7:30 o’clock
with the Edenton boys’ and girls’
teams competing with the William
ston High School teams.
An admission of 50 cents will be ■
' charged, but the Jaycees will ac-'
i cept any amount above that figure j
' in older to help boost. Match of
Dimes contributions, I
Albemarle - Pamlico Travel
! Council Is Organized With
Grayson Harding President
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■ Marines Plan Benefit Boxing
Show In Armory February 25
Proceeds of Match to
Go Toward Building
New Field House
Coaches Boh Randall and John
Wiren are rapidly readying the
Edenton Marine boxing team for
their coming rematch with Cherry
I Point at (he Edenton armory on
Saturday night, February 25. No
admission will be charged hut do
nations will be welcome to build
a field house for the Edenton
High School football field.
• The Edenton Marines beat Cher
ry Point earlier in the year by a
I very close margin and both teams
are anxous for a decisive rematch.
1 Five wins, four losses and two
, draws marked the winning margin
in the earlier match, and the ob
vious closeness of the match has
made both teams ready and willing
. to come to blows again.
, While the Edenton team is hand
icapped by the loss of four of its
, best fighters, they are, neverthe
less, confident they can emerge
victorious again.
Ron Johnson and Boh Grange at
135 and Frank Viilaci and Ear!
Maynard at 160 are no longer
available to fight with the team
due to the expiration of their en
listments. Johnson, one of the
mainstays of the team, fought
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
FHA Cake Sale Is
Scheduled Saturday
The Edenton Chapter of the Fu
ture Homemakers of America has
planned to sponsor a cake sale on
Saturday, January 28, in order to
raise money for the members to
take a sight-seeing trip to historic I
Williamsburg, Va. The trip has
been planned for February.
Delicious cakes, candies and pies
will be on sale at the P & Q Super
| Market and the Colonial Store at
reasonable prices.
FHA members hope that many 1
will come out and see just how '
wonderfully delicious these pastries 1
are.
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Rotarians Meet At {
Hotel Joseph Hewes
i
Due to a conflicting church s
meeting, Edenton Rotarians will 1
hold their weekly meeting this
(Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock i
at Hotel Joseph Hewes instead of 1
the Parish House. President Ger- i
aid James urges all Rotarians to
attend. The program will be in i
charge of J. L. Chestnutt.
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Canvass Will Begin
Today For Raising
March Dimes Funds
List of Canvassers Re
leased By Jaycee
President
With the 1956 March of Dimes
now in full swing in Chowan
County, a house-to-house canvass
will be conducted beginning today.
Luther Parks, president of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
sponsor of this year’s March of
Dimes, has announced the follow
ing canvassers:
East Edenton—Thomas Shepard,
chairman, Caswell Edmondson, R.
T. Harrell, Wallace Goodwin, Scott
Harrell, Leonard Small, Gilliam
Wood, Jasper Hassell and Tom
Cross.
West Edenton —Warren Twiddy,
• chairman, J. M. Boyce, George Al
' ma Byrum, West Byrum, Jr., B.
jO. Cale, Thomas Byrum, Wesley
Chesson and Elton Fqrehand.
I Pembroke Circle—Bruce Jones,
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina
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► f 1955 DSA Winner ]
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, LUTHER C. PARKS
At the annual Edenton Jay
cee Bosses’ Night banquet held
last week at Hotel Joseph
Hewes, Luther C. Parks was
named winner of the Jaycee
Distinguished Service Award
for the year 1955.—Evelyn
Leary Photo).
secondliegree^tonight
AT MASONIC MEETING
Ernest P. Kehayes, master of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. &
j A. M„ has called an emergent com
munication of the lodge for to
night (Thursday) at 8 o’clock.
The purpose of the meeting is to
confer the second degree, so thitt a
full attendance is desired.
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House-to-house canvass for the
March of Dimes will begin in Eden- .
ton today (Thursday).
Band Parents’ Association will '
meet in the Junior-Senior High
School cafeteria Monday ■ night, i
January 30, at 8:15 o’clock. '
Edenton Marines will sponsor a 1
benefit boxing show with Cherry '
Point in the Edenton armory Sat- (
urday night, February 25, begin- '
ning at 8:30 o’clock.
Albemarle Soil Conservation pos
ter contest will be held in the fifth, j
sixth and seventh grades from [
March 1 to April 1.
Demonstration on beef cutting
at Colonial Freezer Locker Plant
Wednesday morning, February 1,
at 10 o’clock.
A tractor maintenance school
will be held at the Hohbs Imple-
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
Jr., chairman, and J. Clarence
Leary, Jr.
Westover Heights—Lewis Leary,
chairman and Mike Byrum.
Industrial—Joe Thorud, chair
man, and William P. Jones.
Business Houses—Paul Partin,
; chairman, J. P. Ricks and Ralph
Outlaw.
Professional Men—Logan Elliott,
, chairman and Oscar Griffin.
The first feature in connection
. with the 1956 drive was the observ
ance of Blue Crutch Day on Satur
, day, January 14, when $110.75 was
. realized by the sale of the small
t blue crutches.
, Thursday of last week was ob
i served as Coffee for Polio Day,
when all concerns selling coffee’
, turned over their coffee sales to
. the March of Dimes fund. This
. feature brought in $117.14 and Mr.
, Parks, as well as all of the Jaycees
express their appreciation for this
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. Purpose Is Promotion
’ Os Travel Business
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tin the neighborhood of 50 peo
ple interested in promotion of trav
el in Eastern North Carolina gath-
J ered at a luncheon meeting at Ho
tel Joseph Hewes Saturday after
noon and organized the Albemarle-
Pamlico Travel Council.
Elected president of the Coun
cil was Grayson Harding of Eden-
I ton; Dr. Zena Edwards of Washing
ton, N. C., vice president, and For
rest Jones of Elizabeth City, sec
retary-treasurer. These officers
will serve in a temporary capacity
until the first annual meeting of
the council which will be held in
May. A temporary board of direc
tors will also be named to serve un
til the annual meeting and in the
meantime will be charged with the
responsibility of receiving member
ships in thd> organization. Primari
ly interested in the council are ho
tels, motels, restaurants and tourist
homes, etc., but any reputable per
son, association, corporation, part
nership, government agency or es
tate may subscribe to membershin.
The purpose of the council is to
correlate the activities of all the
Albemarie-Pamlico area organiza
tions interested in the promotion of
the travel industry of the area and
to act as a medium through which
these orgahizations shall partici
pate in travel development on an
area wise basis.
At Saturday’s meeting a consti
tution and by-laws were thoroughly
considered and adopted. Forrest
Jones presided over the meeting
until temporary officers were elect
ed, after which Mr. Harding pre
sided, in the course of which he ap
pealed for the support and coopera -
tion of all members.
Bishop Alexander of Charleston,
S. C., a former president of the
Ocean Highway Association, at
tended the meeting and was called
upon to make a few remarks. Mr.
Alexander emphasized the need for
broadcasting what the area has to
offer the transiting industry.
The area covered by the council
includes all counties on and east
of U. S. 17 from the Virginia line
to Washington, N. C., including
Dare, Chowan, Pasquotank, Per
quimans, Beaufort, Camden, Bertie,
Martin, Washington, Tyrrell and
Hyde.
Soil Conservation
Poster Contest In
Chowan Scheduled
Contest In Progress
From March 1 to
April 1
James H. Griffin soil conserva
tionist for Chowan County, an
nounced this week that another Al
bemarle Conservation Contest will
be held. The contest will be in
progress from March 1 through
April 1 on a county level the same
as last year.
The contest wi’l be held between
fifth, sixth and seventh grades in
the counties of the district and
county winners will compete in
their respective grades in the dis
trict contest, the dates of which
will be announced later.
A firsthand second prize will be
awarded in each grade.
Posters may be in crayon, water
color, pencil or cut-outs with ex
planatory remarks. Judging will
be done on a point system, 50
points for how the conservation
idea is presented, 25 points for
originality, 15 points for artistic
ability and 10 points for neatness.
BRUNSWICK STEW SALE
Today (Thursday) ladies of the
Women’s Society of Christian Ser
vice of the Methodist Church will
conduct a Brunswick stew sale.
It will be sold in cartons and de
livered. Ordera can be plowed by
telephoning 195-W,
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