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Volume XXin.—Number 12.
Work Is StarteA
New White way
Business District
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21 Flourescent Lights 1
Will Replace Old
System i
Under the supervision of the
Electric and Water Department,
workmen are now engaged in pre
liminary work, in erecting a new
whiteway in the Edenton business
district.
Twenty-one flourescent lights
have arrived to replace about dou
ble that number which have been
in use many years. The new
lights, though half in number, are |
expected to transmit twice as much
light and will use much less cur
rent.
Holes for foundations on which
the poles will be fastened are now
being dug and are in line With
present poles, except they will not
be as wide at the base, thus pre
venting automobile bumpers to
strike the poles when parking
which is the case at present.
The new lights will be placed
on Broad Street from Water to
Church Streets and one on East
King Street. R. N. Hines, super
intendent of the Electric and Water
Department, expects the lights to
be installed and ready for use
about the first week in April.
Edenton Marines
Will Participate
In Air Review
Aircraft Grotip t'4'Witt
Go to Cherry Point
Friday
Marine Aircraft Group Fourteen
of the Edenton Naval Auxiliary
Air Station is scheduled to partici
pate in an air review at Cherry
Point Friday.
Gen. Randolph McC. (McCall)
Pate, Commandant of the Marine
Corps, will be reviewing general.
The event is to be held at the Cher
ry Point Marine Corps Air Sta
tion, home of the Second Marine t
Aircraft Wing. ■
Col. L. K. Davis, commander of
MAG-14, announced that the Eden
ton Marines would take part. Col.
Davis said the exercise is the air
equivalent of a review or parade
of ground troops.
Such ceremonies are rendered in
honor of visiting dignitaries and
are a valuable part of Marine
Corps training.
Senior Play Will
Be Held Tonight
Annual Affair Is Ex
pected to Be Very
Interesting
Tonight (Thursday) in the Ele
mentary 'School auditorium the
senior class of the Edenton Jun
ior-Senior High School will pre
sent its annual play, “Ah! Men!”
a three-act satirical comedy. The
curtain will rise at 8- o’clock.
Members of the cast have been
practicing faithfully and, ap in for
mer years, the play is expected to
provide an evening of splendid en- ;
tertainment, land attract a capacity
crow -
Those who' will participate in the
play are: Susan Betsworth, Estelle
Stallings; ‘Vicky Lauderbeck, Dick
{.owe; Eleanor Z. Hazlitt, Faye
Haste; Chadwick. Wayne Keeter;
Adele Betsworth, Faye Twiddy;
Lonny Esden, Jackie Byrum; Jun
ior, Pat Partin; Hollingsworth,
Terry Bennett; Hodges, Alma Har
dison; Mr. Pfeffer, Bobby Pratt;
ZMttenhoffer, Chan Wilson; Jetson,
Kathryn Byrum; Major Betsworth,
Jrfnis Comer: The Honorable Binks,
Maxine Miller; Snell, Peggy Hal
sey; Henrietta Mason, Frances
Boyce; Countess Von Nau, Mary
EHis; Corporal, Estelle Perry;
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Named last week among 35
young men to receive a coveted
Morehead scholarship, Hugh 1,.
Patterson, son of Mrs. L. A. Pat
terson, will enroll at the Univer
sity of North Carolina next fall.
Young Patterson is now enrolled at
Virginia Episcopal School at
Lynchburg, Va. I
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• Geofge Twiddy as last weflf’s
Rotary meeting again Called atten
tion so the need of a swimming
poofin Edenton, for which the steel
has been placed at the site next to
the armory for -about,a..y#a&
Mr. Twiddy stated that to com
plete the pool ready for filling with
water will require about $3,500.
Os this amount $2,000 will be need
ed to erect the pool and $1,500 for
completing the plumbing. He urg
ed any Rotarians who made a
pledge during the swimming pool
drive to pay up at once so that
work on the swimming pool can be
completed in time for use this sum
mer.
Dance In Armory
Saturday, April 7
A dance is scheduled to be held
in the Edenton armory Saturday
night, April 7, from 8 o’clock un
til midnight.
Music for the dance will be pro
vided by Willie Moore and his or
chestra, a popular television aggre
gation. Advance tickets may be
purchased by calling 248 during
the day and 475-J at night.
DIME SOCIETY MEETING
The Dime Society of the Edenton
Baptist Church will meet at the
home of Mrs. J. G. Campen Tues
day night, March 27, at 8 o’clock.
All members are urged to attend.
Edenton Aircraft Squadron
Leaves For Week Os Sea Duty
On Aircraft Carrier Tarawa
With Lt. Col. W. N. Case In Command Group
Will Practice Traditional Marine Corps
* Combat Readiness
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VMA . squadron 211 of Marine
Aircraft Group Fourteen from the
Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air Sta
tion will leave Wednesday and
Thursday for one week of sea duty
aboard the aircraft carrier Tarawa.
The Marines will board the ship at
Norfolk, Va.
Col. L. K. Davis, commander of
MAG-14, made the announcement
Tuesday, saying it is a routine
training mission. The Edenton pi
lots will practice tactical opera
tions from the carrier to maintain
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina,
Soil Conservation
District Meeting
Held In Edenton
Reports of Activities
Submitted From Va
rious Counties
A meeting of the Albemarle Soil
Conservation District was held in
the room over the Albemarle Res
taurant Thursday night which was
attended by supervisors and work
unit conservationists. The meeting
was presided ovei* by L. C. Bunch,
chairman.
A number of guests also attend
ed the meeting including Mayor
Ernest Kehayes, the Rev. J. Earl
Richardson, J. Edwin Bufflap, West
Byrum, Harry Doggette and C. W.
Overman.
Interesting reports were present
ed from the various counties in the
district, which includes Chowan,
Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank
and Perquimans.
The poster contest sponsored by
the organization was discussed at
length and it was decided to hold
I the finals Friday, April 13, in Eliz
abeth City. The Chowan County
| elimination contest will be held in
the Edenton Elementary School
Friday afternoon, April 6, at 2
o’clock.
During the meeting Chairman
Bunch introduced the visitors, all
of whom made brief remarks.
The next meeting is scheduled to
be held in Hertford Monday night,
May 9, at 7 o’clock.
At the meeting a report showed
that Chowan County during 1955
had 28 district cooperators includ
ing 4,084 acres. Basic conserva
tion plans were prepared for 17
farms involving 1,599 acres and
i eight drainage jobs involving 4,-
'775 acres.
The (otal to ,sate for khfi county
is' l(?6 cftstrict coope raters ‘and~4&,-
113 acres; 371 basic Conservation
plans taking in 29,41)1 hfei-ei, and 21
goup drainage jobs involving 6,-
641 acres.
Joseph Swanner
Blood Chairman
In Chowan County
Succeeds W. E. Ma
lone Who Served
Past Year
Joseph Swanner has accepted the
chairmanship of the Chowan Coun
ty Red Cross Blood Program for
the coming year. He has been a
staunch supporter of the blood pro
gram since the blood bank first
came to Edenton. Mr. Swanner is
a two gallon donor, and is only
three pints away from being a
three-gallon donor. It is urged
that complete cooperation be given
the new chairman.
W. E. Malone, retiring chairman
for 1955, states that 373 pints of
blood were collected during the
past year through the local Red
Cross blood bank. He wishes to
express his appreciation to the
committees assisting him and for
the excellent service rendered in
making the blood bank possible.
The squadron flies the AD air
craft, a fighter-bomber called the
Skyraider, noted for its versatility.
Lt. Col. W. N. Case, VMA-211
■ commander, will lead the flight of
Marine aircraft from Edenton- to
; the carrier Thursday morning.
Other pilots and support person
' nel left Edenton Wednesday by ve
; hide to walk aboard the Tarawa
, at Norfolk.
Maj. C. D. Jones of VMA-211 is
j liaison officer, fie is now on the
i carrier making preparations for
; tfie arrival of the Marine squadron
from Edenttn: '
Annual Senior Class Play Tonight |
Above is pictured a scene in the annual senior class play, “Ah!
Men!” which will be presented in the Elementary School auditorium
tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. At left is Faye Haste, legs cross
ed and pipe in hand, as Eleanor Z. Hazlitt, president of the United
States in the year 2050. Beside her is Wayne Keeter as Chadwick.
Edenton Marine Outstanding
Naval Aviation Cadet For ’55
Second Lieutenant William Holmes, Jr., Goes
To Washington April 10th to Partici
pate In Recognition Ceremonies
An Edenton Marine flyer learned
Thursday of last week that he had
been selected by Naval authorities
as the outstanding Naval Aviation
Cadet for 1955. ■
2nd Lt. William A. Holmes, Jr.,
was named for outstanding per
■ formance in ground school training
and actual flying while a cadet at
, Pensacola, Fla., and Corpus Chris-
I ti, Tex. He is a member of Ma
rine Aircraft Group 14 VMA
Squadron 225 at the Edenton Na
r v;ti AuxiliM-y Air Statiqp,
. v Lieut. Holmes wfif trffH’o ■‘foish
i ington. D. C., April 10 to partici
f pate in,recognition ceremonies. He
. is scheduled to receive a Watch
from the National Society of the
Daughters of the American Revo
lution (DAR).
Selection as the number one ca
det for 1955 is another accomplish
ment in a long list of achievements
for Marine Holmes. As a Naval
Aviation cadet, he held the high
. est honor possible as regimental
commander of the student class.;
Plans Shaping Up i
For Lions Club’s
’56 Variety Show
Group of Numbers Al
ready Signed Up to
Participate
I West Byrum, Jr., chairman of
the Edenton Lions Club Variety
Show, announces that plans are
, rapidly materializing for the an
nual show which will he held on
j Thursday night, April 5, at the
Edenton Grammar School auditor
ium.
Doug Ames of radio station
! WCDJ will be master of ceremon
ies and a large variety of acts
have already been scheduled.
Some of the numbers which have
I been signed include: Kacky Nixon,
Mrs. J. McDonald, Hillbilly Pals
, with John Lewis and the gang, Lt.
Jerry Phillips, Mary EBlis, Kay
Spear and Johnny Phillips and the
Starlighters. Bill Davenport (teen
’ age rock and roll favorite) will
sing: Blue Suede Shoes, Heart
( Break Hotel and,Tutti Fruittee,
and Errol Flynn and his drums will
play with band from base.
Proceeds from this variety show
will be used for blind work in
' Edenton and Chowan County.
! While the Lions Club supports sev-,'
■ eral other projects in Edenton and|
Chowan County it always uses the
: proceeds from the - variety show
1 for the exclusive use of blindness.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet
t this (Thursday) afternoon at 1
o’clock in the Parish House. The
i program will be in charge of War
* ren Twiddy. The club has had
r splendid attendance lately, so that
i President Gerald James urges a
100 tier cent attendance today,
He was also selected as number one
student in pre-flight training at
Pensacola in 1954 and was graduat
ed from that school with distinc
tion.
As an enlisted man in the Navy
prior to becoming a cadet, Lieut.
Holmes received a letter of com
mendation from his commanding
officer at Alameda, Calif.
The outstanding aviator enlisted
in the Navy at San Francisco, Cali
fornia, on October 12, 1950. About
four years later—on February 25,
1954 —Lieut. Holmes started pre
flight training at Pensacola. He
won. his , wings at Corpus Christi,
Tex'., July 14, l9t>s, and also was
commissioned in the Marine Corps
at that time.
Lieut. Holmes is the son of .Mrs.
Bessie M. Holmes, 1990 Green St.,
San Francisco, and William A.
Holmes, 4748 Miltnomah Ave.,
Portland, Ore. The Marine pilot
attended civilian schools in Cali
fornia, Washington and Idaho. He
; is 26 years old and single.
Chowan Seniors’
Play Is Scheduled
Friday, March 30
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Affair Will Begin at
8 O’clock In School
Auditorium
Chowan High School seniors will
present their annual Senior play,
“Huckleberry Finn, Detective,” Fri
day night, March 30, in the high
school auditorium at 8 o’clock.
This is a three-act comedy by Roy
F. Lewis and promises laughs for
both young and old.
Members of the sast are: Mrs.
John Finn, Judy Knight, familiar
ly known as Aunt Polly; John Finn,
Sidney Perry, her husband and
Huck’s father; Huckleberry Finn,
Wallace Evans, who longs to be a
detective; Tom Sawyer, Stuart
Hollowell, his comrade since child
hood; Clara Woppinger, Mary Lou
ise Nixon, Who is determined to
get herself a husband; Amy Wop
pinger, Vida Lane, her irrepressi
ble niece; Sunbeam Johnson, Caro
lyn Lane, a colored maid at the
Finn’s; Mary Jane Watson, Thelma
Lane, Aunt Polly’s niece; Samuel
Knowles, David Bateman, a crimi
, nal, and Anne Rand, Earlene Parks,
\ a lady detective.
' The play is directed by C. A.
White.
The public is cordially invited to
attend. *A small admission will be
charged.
NEW DRAFT BOARD CLERK
Mrs. Maybelle Sexton last week
assumed new duties as clerk to the
Chowan County Draft Board. Mrs.
Sexton succeeds Mrs. Mary B.
LeaT'y. rriho reriflfrr'i
! Lions Contribute
$750 In Savings
Bonds For Pool
Reported That $3,800
Needed to Get Pool
In Ground
The Edenton Lions Club at its 1
regular meeting Monday night vot
ed to give $750 which it now has
in U. S. Treasury Bonds toward the
completion of the swimming pool.
Jesse Harrell, who is chairman of
the Swimming Pool Committee,
stated that approximately $3,800 is
necessary to get the pool in the
ground and the members of the
Lions Club felt that this was a
worth project for the use of the
money which they had and the
Swimming Pool Committee hopes
to raise the remainder of the ne
cessary money within the next few
weeks in order that construction
' might begin on the pool.
Earl Harrell, immediate past
president of the club, was present
ed a past president pin by W. J.
Taylor.
Lloyd Burton was initiated as a
member and installation ceremonies
were performed by W. S. Privott,
Jr., and T. E. Frangis.
Charles McNaughton of the Cam
den Lions Club, was the guest of
Hector Lupton and Ed Lohl of the
International Harvester Co., was a
guest of Haywood Bunch.
Sunrise Service At
Center Hid Church
1 OnEasterMorning
, Annua! Event Plan
ned For Up County
Churches
Plans are now being made r\v
churches in Upper Chowan County
to hold an Easter sunrise service
in the Center Hill Baptist Church
Sunday morning, April 1, at 6
o’clock.
This annual event is interde
nominational and two choirs and
one soloist will render special mus
ic for the occasion. An appropri
ate program is now' being arranged
and will be announced in next
week’s issue of The Herald.
Pastors of participating church
es are urged to make a special em
phasis of this announcement at ser
vices on Sunday, March 25 and to
, urge their congregation to be well
[ represented.
Woman’s Club Will '
Hold Bake Sale
The Edenton Woman’s Club is
planning a bake sale for Good Fri
day, March 30th. The sale will be
' held in the P & Q Super Market on
■ Broad Street and will begin at 9:00
. A. M. There will be a large as
, sortment of breads, pastries, cakes,
cookies and candies, all home cook
ed and home baked.
Edenton’s Aces Will Begin
1956 Baseball Season Next
Tuesday By Playing Chowan
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1 Prospects Not Bright
Due to Loss of
> Veterans
Edenton’s Aces are scheduled to
■ open their 1956 baseball schedule
- Tuesday of next week, March 27,
1 when they cross bats with Chowan
1 High School on the latter’s dia
mond.
’ Prospects at the outset of the
season do not seem so very bright
• for Coach Alton Brooks, who must
build his baseball squad around
> only four baseball veterans, Wayne
j Emminizer, Lynn Jordan, Tommy
Bass and Billy Gray Forehand.
Among the Aces lost by gradua
tion are Ray Rogerson, Milon Stil
ley, Frank Hopkins, Charlie Grif
c fin and John Earl Whitson,
i Coach Brooks has been holding
i. practice sessions with about 20
. candidates reporting. Among the
bey® are Billy Bunch Dick Lowe.
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina
County Authorities
Take Another Step
For New Valuation
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Outstanding Cadet |
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2nd LT. WM. A. HOLMES, JR. ;
Thursday of last week Marine I
2nd Lieut. William A. Holmes, Jr.,
stationed at the Edenton Naval
Auxiliary Air Station, was noti
fied that he had been selected by j
naval authorities as the outstand
ing naval cadet for 1955.—(Official
U. S. Marine Corps Photo).
Playground ]
About two acres of land,
ly purchased by the Edenton school
trustees, is being put into shape
principally for a playground and
recreational purposes back of the
Negro Elementary School. The
property has been cleared by Em
mett Wiggins and the trustees
deeded a 60-foot right of way to
the town for the extension of
School Street to the Norfolk South
ern railroad.
Methodist Revival
Now In Progress
The Rev. Fred Duplis
sey of Gates Visit
ing Preacher
Revival services began in the
Methodist Church Sunday night
and will continue through Friday
night of this week. The guest
preacher is the Rev. Fred Du
plissey, pastor of the North Gates
Charge.
Mr. Duplissey is a graduate of
the American International College
in Massachusetts and received his
j B.D. degree from Andover Newton
I Theological Seminary at Newton
j Center, Mass. He transferred
, from the Congregational-Christian
Church in which he served several
pastorates. He also served in the
Naval Chaplaincy during World
Wat 11.
Special music will feature the
services and the pastor, the Rev.
J. Earl Richardson, extends a cor
dial invitation to the public to at
tend.
tend. Services begin at 7:45
o’clock.
Jack Bunch, Eddie George, Errol
Flynn, Terry Bennett, Billy Wil
kins, Marvin Ashley, Stuart Hol
land, Jesse Copeland, Gus Hughes,
Johnny Speight, Ervin Copeland,
, Claude Barnett, Sherwood Harrell
and Carlton Perry.
This year’s schedule includes 14
games, all scheduled except two.
The schedule follows:
March 27—Chowan High School
at Chowan.
March 30—Tarboro at Edenton.
April 3—Hertford at Edenton.
April 6—Plymouth at Plymouth.
! April 10—Open.
' April 13— Ahoskie at Edenton.
April 17—Williamston at Wil
• liamston.
April 20—Tarboro at Edenton.
April 24—Hertford at Hertford.
April 27—Plymouth at Edenton.
May I—Chowan at Edenton.
I May 4—Ahoskie at Ahoskie.
i May B—Williamston at Edenton.
H»y ll—Onsa, _
BUY
EASTER
, SEALS
Move Made to Get In
On Ground Floor For
Drainage Relief
Chowan County Commissioners
put in a full day Monday when
i they sat as a Board of Equaliza
tion and Review'. More requests
than in many previous years were
made for a reduction in property
valuation, but for the most part
the Commissioners decided not to
make any changes due to the forth
coming revaluation sch n duled for
county property.
At Monday’s meeting represen
-1 tatives from four concerns who re
value property we re present in or
! der to secure information about
j the county’s plans for a property
revaluation program. Considerable
I time was spent in discussing the
• pros and cons of revaluation, so
j that each representative, with q
general idea of what the county
wants, was instructed to submit a
proposal within two u’eeks. The
Commissioners propose to study
the four proposals, from which
they will draft definite specifica
tions upon which each of the con
cerns will submit a bid to do the
work.
Another important matter con
sidered at Monday’s-meeting was
to make a request for federal funds
for emergency work necessary due
to hurricane damage. It was point
ed out that a bill introduced by
Congressman Herbert Bonner ask
ing for five million dollars for re
lief for eastern North Carolina
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Warren Twiddy Is
Chairman For’s6
Fat Stock Show
Jaycees Already Mak
ing Plans For Second
Annual Event
Edenton Jaycees are already
making plans for sponsoring a sec
ond Fat Stock Show' and Sale for
Chowan County, wdth Warren
Twiddy appointed chairman for
this year’s event. The first show
and sale held last year proved very
successful and with the experience
gained, it is reported that this
year’s event will be even more suc
cessful.
1 The Jaycees recently enrolled
eight new members, bringing the
present membership up to 41. The
eight new members added are Mel
vin Tucker, Dr. Edward Bond,
James Bond, Graham White, Har
ry Doggette, William Johnson, Ray
Childers and Douglas Ames.
[ civic calendar]
I Senior class of the Edenton Jun
ior-Senior High Schoo’ " ill present
its annual play, “Al> Hen” in the
Elementary School auditorium to
night (Thursday) at 8 o’clock.
Churches in Upper Chowan
County are making plans for an
Easter Sunrise Service which will
he held in the Center Hill Baptist
Church at 6 o’clock Sunday morn
ing, April 1.
Spring term of cnowan Superior
1 Court will convene Monday, April
I 2nd.
Bookmobiles will circulate in
Chowan County, March 20 through
' April 2.
Edenton Marines scheduled to
participate in air review at Cherry
I Point.
Revival services are in progress
this week at the Methodist Church,
with services beginning at 7:45
. o’clock each night through Friday.
Edenton Boy Scouts will stage a
barbecue supper in the armory
- Tuesday night, March- 27. at 7
o’clock to help raise funds to send
the Scouts to camp this summer.
Varsity Club has tentatively set
. Thursday night. May 10, for tta
annual sports award banquet, with
Coach Jim Tatum of the Utdveraity
of North Carolina as the principal
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