f ONLY NEWSPAPER 1 PUBLISHED IN : CHOWAN COUNTY \ Volume XXITI —Number 7. 56 March Os Di I In Chowan County Amounts T 052,520 @ Co-Chairmen Appreci ate Cooperation In Campaign Chowan County’s 1956 March of Dimes campaign has been complet ed and according to figures report ed early this, week the county’s con 'tributions amount to $2,520.06, which is about S4OO below last year’s drive. Though the drive has been closed, contributions will still be received by Luther Parks and Richard Dixon, co-chairmen for this year. The 1956 March of Dimes was sponsored by the Edenton Junior Chamber of Commerce, during which every member of the or ganization was called upon to per form some duty. While last year’s goal was not quite reached, Parks and Dixon, as well as the Jaycees as a whole, want to thank all those who made a contribution or in any other way helped to make the drive successful. Contributions in this year’s drive were made up as follows: Blue Crutch Day $110.75 Coffee for Polio 117.14 Edenton Graded School 160.38 House-to-house Canvass 508.00 peanuts for Polio 194.57 Chowan High School i 96.93 Jr.-Sr. High School 40.00 White Oak School 36.70 Colored High School 107.50 Basketball Game 104.53 Naval Air Station 179.88 Business - Professional Men 50.50 Business Houses & Canastas 517.90 Industries 135.00 Chowan County Canvass— 160.28 Total $2,520.06 The co-chairmen report $96.50 for expenses of the campaign, of whi(d» supplies «pd $39 fdr the pehrmts used for sale. After deducting the expenses of the drive, half of the amount will be sent to State headquarters, and the other half will be deposited to the credit es the Chowan County Chapter. Denominations Topic For MYF Meetings The Methodist Youth Fellowship of the Edenton Methodist Church is making a study of some of the leading Protestant denominations. Last Sunday evening Arthur White, a member of the Edenton Presbyterian Church, led in a dis cussion of his denomination*. Lead ing the discussion next Sunday evening, February 19, will be Tom my Kehayes, in a consideration of the Episcopal Church. FIDELIS CLUR CAKE SALE * The Fidelis NCO Wives Club will hold their monthly cake sale Fri day morning, February 17, in the Albemarle room of the Post Ex change. * •** Local BPW Club To Sponsor Outstanding Fashion Show In Masonic Temple March 9th - —.. ® Affair Expected to Be Biggest of Kind Ever ' Held In Edenton Edenton’s Business and Profes sional Women’s Club will sponsor a fashion show Friday night, March 9. Slve show will be held in the Masonic Temple, beginning at 7:30 o’clock and is expected to be the biggest and most elaborate fashion Candidacy Announced This Week By Jay cee President , Joe Conger, Jr., winner of the Edenton Jaycee Key Man Award for 1955, will be a candidate for vice president of the North Caro lina Jaycees’ Tenth District, Luther Parks, president of the Edenton Junior Chamber of Commerce, an nounced this week. In making the announcement. Parks lauded Conger for his out standing service during the three years he has been--a member of the Edenton organization, and labeled him “one of North Carolina’s most outstanding young men.” “The Edenton Jaycees are proud to announce Conger as a candidate for vice president of the Tenth Dis trict,” Parks said. “He is a young man of boundless energy, excep- J tional ability and has the welfare and betterment of the community uppermost in his mind. Conger is truly dedicated to the principles of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. We respectfully solicit the vote and support of Jaycees throughout the district.” A native of Edenton, Conger is immediate past-president of the Edenton club and was awarded the Key Man Award for outstanding service during 1955. A man of wide and varied interest, Conger is secretary of the Edenton Ice Com pany, Inc., superintendent of Sun- Continued on Page 3, Section 1 Col. L K. Davis Is Again Back On Job Returns Over Week- End From Mission To Africa Col. L. K. Davis, Commander of Marine Aircraft Group 14, was back aboard the Naval Auxiliary Air Station at Edenton Monday. He returned over the week-end from a two-week mission to Africa. Destination of the 8,200 mile flight was Port Lyautey, French Morocco. Along his route, Col. Davis visited'military installations at Lajes on the Island of Terceria in the Azores, Bermuda and New foundland. Flying in a two-engine R4D-6 equipped with special cabin tanks, Col. Davis flew one leg of nearly 1,900 miles. The flight originated at Jack sonville, Fla., and also terminated there. Colonel Davis made the hop from Jacksonville to Edenton in an airplane from the Edenton station. FIDELIS CLUB MEETS FEB. 21 The Fidelia NCO Wives Club will hold its monthly social meeting in the game room of the Staff NCO Club Tuesday night, February 21, at 8 o'clock. Each member is ask ed to bring three articles of old clbthing for the Mardigras, « Methodist Family Night Is Planned For Friday Night Film on Braille Will Be Shown During Meeting The Edenton Methodist Church will hold its February Family Night ObsCrvaTice on Friday even ing, February 17, at 6:30 o’dock. A covered dish supper will be ser ved buffet style. The food for these meetings is always delicious and the fellowship is delightful. The Kev. Earl Richardson, pastor of the church, urges the largest at | tendant thus far for one of these Family Night occasions. An inter esting program has been arranged. A telegram from the American Bi ble Society confirms plans for the presentation of the Society’s film, “Thy Word Giveth Light.” This is a 21-minute motion picture which tells the story of the work of the American Bible Society in printing and distributing the Bible in Braille to blind persons through out the world. Mr. Richardson is preparing Braille souvenirs for all who attend this meeting and will discuss and answer questions on the technique of reading and writing Braille. BANK CLOSED FEB. 22 The Bank of Edenton will be closed all day Wednesday of next week, February 22 in observance of George Washington’s birthday, a national holiday. r V Col. Davis Returns From Africa j ' ia I^l . Jj W■ ... j 3 : V~I." 'jr *;• Jm? ■: ' H COLONEL L. K. DAVIS, Commander of Marine Aircraft Group 14 (left) confers with Lt. Coi. B. B. Baker, who waa acting commander m the absence of Colonel Davis, who returned to Edenton! over the week-end from a mission to Africa. _. • jSwineTourlllße Held February 21st In Chowan County Three Stops Planned To Witness Hog Raising A swine tour will be held in Cho wan County on Tuesday morning, February 21, for the purpose of improving pig production, accord ing to County Agent C. W. Over-1 man. “You will see how some swine growers in Chowan County are doing a good job at farrow ing time and raising pigs to wean ing age,” says Mr. Overman. Stops will lie ids follows i - > j Stop I—At 9 olclock at A. M. Forehand’s pig factory. This is lo i cated on the Rocky Hock side and across the road from his home in Cross Roads community. Here will be seen the factory in operation turning out thrifty pigs and happy mothers and how it is done. Stop 2—At 10:30 o’clock at Car roll and Faye Byrum’s farm on highway 32. Here will be observ ed the A type farrowing house and the square type farrowing house both of which are portable. Stop 3—At 11:30 o’clock at West Byrum’s farm at Valhalla behind Warren’s Grove Church. Here will be seen portable houses and non portable houses for farrowing. The tour will be through lunch time. MRS. PRIVOTT BREAKS WRIST Mrs. Wood Privott had the mis fortune to break a wrist, the acci dent occurring late Saturday after noon when she fell while in the down town section. She was tak- ■ en to Chowan Hospital to have the wrist set and on Monday went to j Norfolk to have the injured wrist j checked. Town CouncHmen Again Held In Very lengthy Meeting Mrs. R. S. Carr Fails In Final Attempt to Save Tree 'Town Council had another long meeting Tuesday night, when it was far past 11 o’clock before the meeting adjourned. After the Police, Fire and Street Department reports were read, Mayor Ernest Kehayes called upon Billy Keeter, who acted as Mayor during Boy Scout Week to read the minutes of a meeting the Scouts held Tuesday of last week while they filled public office. The min utes were prepared by Dickie Pate, who served as Town Clerk. These minutes appear in the Heard and Seen column. Mayor Kehayes, as well as all members of Town Council compli mented the Boy Scouts for what was termed a job well done last week. Marvin Wilson, attorney for Twiddy Insurance & Real Estate, Inc., entered an objection to the assessment for sewer and water on two lots at the Twiddy housing project, the objection being that an assessment was made on both streets bordering the corner lots, when it was pointed out that the policy to be adopted was to assess only the longest distance on a corn er lot. No action was taken and Mayor Kehayes appointed George Alma Byrum and J. Edwin Buff lap to study the request and report at the next Council meeting. A lengthy ordinance was read by Clerk Ernest J. Ward, Jr. The [proposed ordinance was requested by the Board of Public Works set ting forth a policy fpr.extension of streets, alft'yi, easferriehts'a’nd utili ty right-of-ways to new develop ments and extensions. Tile ordi-. nance is, in line with proposed city limit extension, so-that it was ta bled for further study. The Counbilmen voted to lease the 'lot on which the Penelope Barker house now stands to the Barker House Association for a period of 20 years at a cost of SI.OO per year. Under the terms the association will have the privilege to renew the lease when it expires for 20 more years. Provision is also made that in event the Barker Association ceases to function or if | the building is destroyed the lot will revert to the town. The Councilmen were requested to consider some action regarding private property being used as playgrounds, which in at least one instance considerably both e r s Continued on Page s—Section 1 Revival Scheduled AtStAnn’sChurch .Father Cletus Malloy Os Massachusetts Will Preach Father Francis Smith, pastor of , St. Ann’s Catholic Church, an nounced Tuesday that next week, the first week of Lent, a revival will be held in the church. The speaker for the occasion will be Father Cletus Malloy of St. Gabriel’s Monastery at Brighton, Mass. Father Malloy is a widely known preacher and is expected to attract large congregations. Father Smith extends a“ cordial invitation to all Catholics as well as non-Catho'lics to attend the ser vices. ovic calendar] v * Edenton Marines will sponsor a benefit boxing show with Cherry Point in the Edenton armory Sat urday night, February 25, begin ning at 8:30 o’clock. Family Night will he observed at the Methodist Church Friday night, February 17, at 6:30 o’clock. The Chowan Hospital Auxiliary will meet in the nurses’ home Fri day afternoon, February 17, at 3 o’clock. Heart Sunday will he observe*! in Edenton Sunday, February 2b, When a house-to-house canvass will Continued on Page s—Section 1 $2.00 Per Year In North Carolina Heart Sunday Will Be Observed In City On Sunday, Feb. 26 Jaycee Candidate s —.—,, JOE CONGER, JR. Edenlon’s Junior Chamber of Commerce has proposed the name of Joe Conger, Jr., as a candidafc for vice president of Ihe North Carolina Jaycees’ Tenth District. Exam Is Called For Rural Mail Carrier In Edenton Office Applications Will Be Received Until March 13 An examination for Rural Car rier for the post office at Eden ton, North Carolina, will be open for acceptance of applications un til March 13, 1956, Postmaster J. L. Chest nutt. announced this week. Applicants for this examination must actually reside within the de livery of the above-mentioned post office and must have so resided for one year next preceding the clos ing date for acceptance of applica tions. They must have, reached their 18th birthday on the closing date. There is no maximum age limit. Complete information about the examination requirements and in • structions for filing applications may be obtained at. the Edenton | post; office. Application forms must be filed with the U. S. Civil Service Commission, Washington 2.5; I). C., and must he received or postmarked not later than the clos ing date. Preparations Completed For ’56 Basketball Tournament For Albemarle Conference Annual Games Will Be Held at Tarhoro Feb ruary 22, 23 and 24 Meeting in the Perquimans High School at Hertford Wednesday evening of last week, members of the Albemarle Athletic Conference set up plans for the annual basket ball tournament to be held at Tar-, boro Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, February 22, 23 and 24, elected new officers, made plans for picking an all-conference bas ketball team, arranged baseball schedules for next season. Only five teams will play in the basketball tournament, for Wil liamston will participate in the Martin County tournament. A meeting of the roaches and conference officials will be held at Tarhoro on opening night of the tournament, Wednesday, February < 22, to select an a 11-conference bas ketball team for the current season. After considerable discussion and one vote on officers, the con ference decided to set up a new sys tem of choosing officers. Begin ning September, 1956, the officers will serve in alphabetical order of the schools with A. Woodrow Tay lor, Ahoskie principal, as president; Gerald D. James, Edenbpquarinci pctl, as lice president C. f~ r - rT " HAVE YOU I JOINED THE MARCH OF DIMES? * Mrs. John W. Graham Is General Chairman For Chowan County Mrs. John W. Graham has been appointed general chairman for Heart Month in Chowan County and early this week announced that while contributions will be gladly received during the month, the drive will be concentrated on Sun day, February 26, when a house to-house canvass will be made from 2 to 4 P. M. Mrs. Graham has divided Eden ton into nine divisions over which a captain will be in charge and who will in turn appoint those who’ will canvass. The divisions are as follows: North Edenton. Two divisions on the east side, north and south of Church Street. Cotton Mill Village. Two divisions on the west side, north and south of Church Street. Morris Circle and Albemarle Court. Westover Heights section. Colored citizens. The list of captains will not be complete this week but will be an nounced in next week’s Herald. In discussing the canvass Mrs, Graham stated that she hopes citi zens will cooperate fully in the drive and remain home on Febru ary 26 with their contribution ready until they are called upon.’ The canvassers will make only one call and if nobody is found at home an envelope will be left at the home in the hope that a contribution will be sent to Mrs. C, P. Wales, 206 West Queen Street, who is treas urer of the drive. Incidentally, any person who so desires may send their contribution to Mrs. Wales. Mrs. Graham points out that a goodly portion of the contributions go to advance nationwide research, education and community service programs aimed at: reducing dis ability and death from the heart and blood vessel diseases. More than 13,090,000 Heart Fund dollars have been channeled into research during the past seven years by the American Heart Association and its affiliates. The professional education pro gram brings the latest, research knowledge about the heart and its I diseases to practicing physicians and related professional groups through publications of the Ameri can Heart Association, scientific meetings, films, and other audio visual aids. The public education Continued on Page 3, Section 1 i Woodard, Perquimans principal, secretary and treasurer. The next year James will he president, Woodard vice president, and J. S. Fleming of Plymouth secretary treasurer and so on down the lifA through Tarhoro and Williamston. Any new member will be added at the bottom of the list and rotated in order as the others. Football charms were passed lo the winners' coaches and it was an nounced that trophies are being engraved and will be ready soon. The basketball schedule for the next season will be just as this season with the sites reversed, A drawing was held for the base ball schedule places and all games aTe to begin at 3:15 except where agreement is made between the schools involved in any game. The schedule as presented by B. G. Stewart of Williamston and adopt ed unanimously sends Williamston to Hertford on March 30 to open the season with Ahoskie at Ply mouth and Edenton at Tarboro on the same date. The remaining .schedule: April 3—Tarboro at Ahoskie; Plymouth at Williamston; Hert ford at Edenton; 6 Hertford; Williamston at TaxftgrtjK Edenton at Plymouth; liamston at Ahoskie, Plymouff ;lf Continued on Page 3—Seetfainr’” . -.a*-