f ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXm. —Number 13.
Legion Auxiliary ol
First District Holdl
Meeting In Edenton
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Sessions Will Be Held
At Legion Hut Tues
day, April 3rd
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The First District meeting of the
American Legion Auxiliary will be
. held in Edenton Tuesday, April 3,
beginning at 10:30 in the morning.
The sessions will be held in the
American Legion hut on Highway
17, with an interesting program
already formulated.
Mrs.' D. A. Simmons of Columbia,
district committeewoman, will pre
side over the meeting.
The principal address for the
occasion will be made by Mrs.
John W. Hearn, state Department
■president. Special music will be
provided by the Edenton unit.
Mrs. J. E. Cozzens, president of
the local unit, will make the ad
dress of welcome. Mrs. Mary
Brooks Hoy, Department secretary
and treasurer, will bring greetings
from the Department.
Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt, First Area
Vice President, will be recognized,
along with other Department chair
men including Mrs. R. L. Garrett,
area civil defense; Mrs. J. H. Ste
vens, area publicity; Mrs. M. L.
Wind ley, Pan-American; Mrs.
Charles Evens, State membership;
Mrs. W. S. Carrawan, national com
mitteewoman; Mrs. Paul J. John
son, State child welfare chairman,
as well as some others.
Reports will be presented dur
ing the meeting from all units in
the district.
Lunch will be served at the Leg
ion hut by members of the local
auxiliary unit.
Reiigioijslflipiiisis
Week Being Held
In Edenton School
Last of Series of Pro
grams Will Be Pre
sented Today
In observance of Religious Em
phasis Week, the local chapters of
the National Honor Society, the
Tri-Hi-Y and the Hi-Y are conduct
ing a devotion-program eitch morn
ing this week for the home room
period. Clinton Davis, president of
the Student Council, presides each
day, assisted by the presidents
from the four high school classes.
Appropriate programs
ranged for each day with ministers
making the principal address. The
speaker for Monday was Chaplain
John Mates. For Tuesday’s pro
gram the speaker was the Rev. J.
Earl Richardson and on Wednes
day the Rev. B. L. Raines spoke.
For the program today (Thurs
day) the speaker will be the Rev.
James MacKerizie. Special music
will be rendered by Mrs. Rufus
Carraway.
Jaycees Sponsor
Light Bulb Sale
On Friday Night
House-to-House Can
vass Planned to
Raise Money
In an effort to raise funds for
their organization, Edenton Jay
•cees will sponsor a light bulb sale
_ Friday night, 'March 30, beginning
at6:Bo o’clock. Jayceeswill make
house-to-house calls during the
evening and they urge everybody
in Edenton to check their bulb sup
ply and buy whatever may be need-
THE CHOWAN HERALD
[Fir Start Os Goal]
Dr. Edward G. Bond, publicity
chairman for the Chowan County
Red Cross Chaff*, reports that
prospects appear very discourag
ing for Chowan reaching its goal
in the 1956 Red Cross fund rais
ing drive.
Os course, the report is not com
plete, but as of Tuesday afternoon*
of this week Dr. Bond stated that
only $936 had been turned in. The
county’s goal is $2,962, so that
early this week the county was
over $2,000 short of the gosl. Both
Dr. Bond and Dr. A. M. Stanton,
county Red Cross Chairman, urge
all canvassers to turn in their re
ports at once.
Edenton Cotillion
Club Is Organized
At Meeting Friday
Charles H. Wood, Jr.,
Elected to Serve as
President
An interested group of citizens
met last Friday night at the Pe
nelope Barker House for the pur
pose of organizing a Cotillion Club
in Edenton.
After a short discussion of re
quirements for eligibility for mem
bership (he following officers were
elected:. * President, Charles H.
Wood, Jr.; rice president, William
(Spec) Jones; secretary, Mrs. Ed
ward Bond, and treasurer, James
Bond. ’ 1 ■
Serving on the board oif directors
with the president and vice presi
dent will be Dr. Richard Hardin,
John lCremer, Richard Hines, Mrs.
Herbert Hollowell, Mrs. Jasper
Hassell, Mrs. William P. Jones,
Mrs. Clarence Britton and Mrs. Ro
land Vaughan.
A second meetihg will be held
soon at which time tlip by-laws
will be presented by the directors
and additional plans formulated for
the year.
The group unanimously recom
mended that the first club dance
be staged in the late spring.
Easter Egg Hunt
At Base Saturday
An Easter egg hunt has been
fanned for Saturday afternoon,
March 31, at 2 o’clock in the chap
el yard at the Edenton Naval Au
xiliary Air Station. The affair
has been planned for children of
Fidelis Club members.
OFFICE CLOSED MONDAY
Due to the observance of Easter
Monday, the town office will be
closed all day next Monday, April
2. Any important business should
therefore, be transacted according
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Unusual Accident Results In
Considerable Damage To
Cuthrell’s Department Store
Part of Building Torn
Out as Boom Hits
Wire Across Street
Considerable excitement develop
ed on Broad Street about 9:30
o'clock Tuesday morning when an
unusual accident resulted In con
siderable damage to the front of
Cuthrell’s Department store.
Employees of the Edenton Elec
tric and Water Department were
engaged in putting in place bole*
for the new whiteway in the busi
ness section, using a high boom to
place the poles on cement founda
on which the boom is carried was
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 29JL956 ; _
Mm Boy Scouts
■noted Tuesday
Tight In Armory
Troop No. 158 Stages
Successful Barbe
cue Supper
A goodly amount of barbecue
was devoured Tuesday night in the
Edenton armory, where a barbecue
dinner was sponsored by Edenton
Boy Scout Troop No. 158, The din
ner was held in order to help raise
funds with which 'to send the
Scouts to camp this summer.
Scoutmaster Jack Habit wel
* who turned out for the
affair and thanked them for their
cooperation ki Scouting. He said
it was the purpose to take the
Scouts to the Blue Ridge Mountains
for thei summer encampment and
that to pay the bill it will take
between S9OO and SI,OOO.
Mr. Habit also complimented the
Scouts for selling so many tickets
for the barbecue supper, especial
ly citing the Panther Patrol for
turning in $107.44 and particular
credit going to Philip Camp, who
sold $29 worth of tickets.
C. W. Overman led the group in
singing “America” and “God Bless
1 America,” after Which brief but
interesting skits were presented by
the various patrols.
Scout Executive Raymond Heck
spoke briefly about the summer
camp which is located along Sher
ando Lake, off the Skyline Drive
near Waynesboro, Va. The lake
covers 41 acres and Mr. Heck
stated that the camp will be ade
quately equipped and staffed to
tjjke care of the Scouts. New equip
ment has been purchased, so that
Mr. Heck said the camp will prove
very beneficial to the boys. He
also showed a number of slides of
the camp which were very impress
ibe, Mr, Heck aiao paid a glow
-1 ing tribute to Scoutmaster Habit,
Continued on Page 6—Section 1
Sunrise Service On
Court House Green
Sunday, April Ist
Affair Being Sponsofc
ed by Junior Cham
ber Commerce
Sponsored by the Edenton Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce, a sun
rise Easter service is scheduled to
be held on the Court House Green
Sunday morning, April 1, at 6:30
o’clock.
An appropriate program is being
arranged with the Rev. J. Earl
Richardson in charge and it is hop
ed many people will turn out for
the service.
. This is the first sunrise service
sponsored by the Jaycees and they
have made preparations to furnish
transportation for anybody who has
no way of getting to the service
Anyone desiring transportation is
requested to telephone 47 before
6 o’clock Sunday morning.
pany building. The wire was
stretched across Broad Street sev- I
eral years ago and was used for
decoration purposes during the
Christmas holidays. What was
taking place was not known to the i
driver of the truck, Bob Brooks,
until he felt Hie truck trying to
stall. -
A portion of the north side of
the building -was pulled out with
falling bricks badly damaging an
expensive metal aiming. A good
ly portion of the front of the build
ing was also damaged, so that off
{hand estimates of repairs ranged
{from $7,000 to SIO,OOO.
| Fortunately, nq one was hurt by
the accident. One woman,Jiowever.
J buif hearing the bricks crash on
Youngsters In Easter Fashion Show
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Above appears a group of children who participated in the
Easter fashion show recently sponsored by the Officers Wives Club.
In the back row, left to right, are: Faricy McDonald, Martha By
ers, Marsha McVicars and Bonnie Read. Front row, left to right:
Kay Hoyle, Judy Wiley, Randall Carpenter, Jimmy McVicars and
Brian Read.
Better Vegetable
Marketing Method
Planned In Chowan
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Meeting Called Tues-|
day Night at Rocky
Hock School
Will vegetable growing be one
of our principle sources of farm
income in Chowan County area?
If so, growers must properly clean,
grade and pack their produce to
meet market demands and compe
tition, specialists say.
Vegetable marketing specialists
clearly explained the situation to
growers on Tuesday night, March
20, at Rocky Hock School.
“Competition is keen on the
vegetaWe markets today,” said
Hugh B. Martin of the State Di
vision of Markets. “Vegetables
which have been cleaned, graded
and packed in even-weighted, at
tractive packages are in demand.
Vegetables which have not been
properly prepared cannot meet the
competition. That is the reason for
most of the low prices on our vege
tables.
“You have only three alterna
tives as I see it,” Martin explained.
“One, continue as you are, do noth
ing and take the consequences.
Two, grade and pack for those who
wish and continue your present
auction system of selling. Third,
go all out for good marketing. Do
away with the auction system, sell
F. 0.8. graded products in stand
ardized packs.
“The third system is my recom
mendation to you,” Mr. Martin
said. “But, you must have a large
number of growers who will stick
together and a good volume of pro
duce moving through to make it
economical and efficient. If Tom
waits for Dick, Dick waits for Har
ry and Harry waits for Tom you
better stop right now. But, if you
growers will bind yourselves to-
Continued on Page B—Section 1
Good Friday Service
At Methodist Church
The Rev. #. Earl Richardson,
pastor of the Edenton Methodist
Church, announces that a Good Fri
day service will be held in the
church on 'March 30. The service
will be held at 8 P. M., to which
the public is cordially invited to
attend.
(civic calendar]
An Easter sunrise service will be
held at the Center Hill Baptist
Church Sunday morning, April 1,
’at 6 o’clock.
Spring term of cnowan Superior
Court will convene Tuesday, April
3rd.
Edenton Woman’s Club will cele
brate its tenth anniversary at a
party scheduled to be held in the
American Legion hut Friday, April
20.
Chowan County Farm Bureau
will meet tonight (Thursday) at
7:30 o’clock at the Chowan Com
munity Building.
The spring term of Chowan Su
perior Cotart will convene In the
Court House Tuesday morning,
April 3,' at 10 o’clock.
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BILLY BUNCH
fn Williamston Friday Billy
Bunch was elected president of the
Eastern District of the North Car
olina Student Council Congress.
Easter Egg Hunt Is
Planned For Marine
Children On Sunday
Youngsters Will Gath
er on Theater Lawn
At 2:30 O’clock
Plans are about completed for an
elaborate Easter egg hunt which
will be held at the Edenton Naval
Auxiliary Air Station on Easter
Sunday, April 1, at 2:30 o’clock.
The affair will be held on the lawn
at the station theatre.
Parents are requested to bring
six colored hard boiled eggs for
each child participating in the
hunt. A gift will be given each
child and an extra prize will go to
the child finding the gold and sil
ver eggs in four age groups.
On the committee arranging the
Easter egg hunt are Mrs. H. D.
Hoyle, Mrs. D. E. Wiley, Mrs.
Ralph Engemann, Mrs. Anne Bax
ter, Mrs. Irene Lawrence and Mrs.
Pat Taylor.
Chowan Senior Class
Play Friday Night
Plans have been completed by
seniors of Chowan High School for
presentation of their annual play in
the school auditorium Friday night,
March 30, with the curtain sched
uled to rise at 8 o’clock.
The play, “Huckleberry Finn,
Detective,” is difected by C. A.
White and includes the following
cast of characters: Judy Knight,
Sidney Perry, Wallace Evans, Stu
art Hollowell, Mary Louise Nixon,
Vida Lane, Carolyn Lane, Thelma
Lane, David Bateman and Earlene
Parks.
The public is cordially invited
to’attend: ~
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Cub Scouts Hold
“Bottom Os Sea”
Meeting At School
Cafeteria Takes on the
Appearance of Davy
Jones’ Locker
Cub Scouts of Eddnton’s Pack
159 met at the “Bottom of the Sea”
Tuesday evening.
Their meeting actually took
place in the Edenton Junior-Senior
High School cafeteria. Decorations
and displays for the oceanic theme
transformed the high school lunch
room into a model of Davy Jones’
locker.
The regular monthly Pack meet
ing started at 6:30 o’clock—4s min
utes earlier than usual —to avoid
conflict, with the Boy Scout Troop
156 barbecue that same evening.
Lt. Col. R. R. Baker, Cubmas
ter, announced that the April
theme will he “Cub Scout Bird
Watchers.” Dens will meet weekly
during April to prepare skits and
displays in connection with the
theme about birds.
The following Cubs received
awards at Tuesday’s meeting:
Den No. 1: Donny Baker, Wolf;
Bobby Breeze, Wolf; Charles Driv
er, Denner Stripe.
Den No. 2: Brace Richardson,
Denner and Wolf; Buddy Acker
man, Assistant Denner and Wolf;
Gary Sparks, Denner and Wolf;
Roy Dorset, Assistant Denner and
Wolf.
Den No. 3: Charles Autos,
Bear, Gold Arrow, Lion and two
year Service Star; Haines Stephen,
Bear; Lee Griswold, Silver Arrow
and two-year Service Star; Jim
Quicksa'll, Gold Arrow and Silver
Arrow; George Wilkins, Denner;
Jim Elliott, Assistant Denner.
Den No. 4: Billy Driver, Assist
ant Denner, Gold Arrow and Lion;
Michael Miranda, Denner and Sil
" ver Arrow; Hugh Hamhric, Lion
( and Gold Arrow; Nicholas Zabit
chuck 11, 2 Silver Arrow.
ben No. 5: Charles Wood. As
sistant Denner, Wolf, Gold Arrow
and Silver Arrow; John Bunch,
Wolf, Gold Arrow, Silver Arrow
and Denner; Tom Phillips, Gold
Arrow, 2 Silver Arrow; Bobby Fal- 1
iis, Gold Arrow; Guy Hobbs, Jr.,
Gold Arrow.
Den No. 6: Thomas M. Leary,
Denner.
Den No. 7: Douglas Sexton,
Bear, Gold Arrow, 3 Silver Arrow;
Jim Pittman Partin, Denner and
Bear; Douglas Twiddy, Bear, Gold
Arrow and Silver Arrow'.
Den No. 8: Phil Harrell, Silver
Arrow; Bill Ross, Silver Arrow; Ed
Jenkins, Wolf; Robert Whitten,
Lion.
Larry Lowe Elected
Outstanding Pledge
At State College
Larry T. Lowe, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Woodrow Low'e, Route 3,
Edenton, was recently elected the
most outstanding pledge of his
pledge class of the Sigma Phi Epsi
lon social fraternity at North Car
olina State College. Larry is a
sophomore in mechanical engineer
ing.
Albert G. Bym
Intention To
As Chowan F
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Ripple Is Made In Lo
cal Political Waters
On Monday
A ripple in Chowan County’s po
litical waters was caused Monday
of this week when Albert G. By
rum filed with the Chowan County
Board of Elections as a candidate
for Chowan’s representative in the
North Carolina General Assem
bly.
Mr. Byrum is the first candidate
to file for office in the primary
election to be held Saturday, May
26. The final day for a candidate
to file for office in the election is
before noon on Saturday, April 14,
which is the sixth Saturday before
the primary. Prospective candi
dates should note the new deadline
hour for filing which previously
Continued on Page 7—Section 1
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina'
Mrs. Harry and Mrs.
Hardin Heading Up
1956 Cancer Drive
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[Court Postponed)
Clerk of Court E. W. Spires was
notified Monday of this week by
Judge J. Paul Frizelle of Snow Hill
that the spring term of Chowan
Superior Court will convene Tues
day morning, April 3, instead of
Monday, April 2, as previously
scheduled.
The postponement for a day is
due to the observance of Easter
Monday. Sheriff J. A. Bunch has
notified all jurymen of the change.
Marine Narrowly
Escapes Injury In
An Airplane Crash
Lt. Martin E. Salter,
Jr., Crashes During
Training Mission
Marine Ist Lieut. Martin E. Sal
ter, Jr., escaped injury Friday af
ternoon when the fighter-bomber
which he was flying crashed in a
field. The accident occurred ap
proximately 10 miles northeast of
the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air
Station, where Lieutenant Salter is
stationed.
The informational services offi
cer at the Marine Base said it was
a routine training mission and
there were no passengers in the
AD Skyraider aircraft. Immedi
ately after the accident, the Marine
pilot jumped from the cockpit and
ran to a safe distance from the
wreckage. >
Cause of the accident has not
been determined.
Lieutenant Salter, his wife and
three children live on Mexico Road
near Edenton.
Woman’s Club Will
Sponsor Bake Sale
Is Planned to Provide
Cakes and Candies
ForEaster
The Edenton Woman’s Club will
hold a bake sale at the P & Q
Super Market on Broad Street Fri
day, March 30, beginning at 9:00
A. M. Mrs. Robert Boyce, chair
man of this ways and means pro
ject, points out that the club is
having this sale on Good Friday so
that people will be able to buy
home-made and home-baked pas
tries, cakes and candies for Easter.
LIONS CALL OFF MEETING
Edenton Lions Club will not melt
next Monday night, April 2, due to
the observance of Easter Monday.
The club will resume regular meet
ings the following Monday night.
nm Announces
Be Candidate
Representative
Auditions Called
For Lions Show
Variety Show Will Be
Presented Thursday
Night, April 5
West Byrum, Jr., chairman of
the Edenton Lions Club’s Variety
Show, announces that auditions will
be held on Thursday night of this
week for the members of the cast
of the show to be presented .Thurs
day night, April sth.
An excellent show has been lined
up for the ebening and all of tyose
who have not been contacted or
have not registered at the radio
station are invited to be present at
the audition on Thursday night.
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Local Campaign Will
Be Launched Mon
day, April 2
The month-long educational and |
fund-raising crusade of the Chowan ]
County Chapter of the American ;
Cancer Society will be launched oh j
Monday, April 2.
Its goals are to reach every per- j
son in Edenton and Chowan Coun- 1
ty with life-saving facts about can- i
cer and to raise $1,600 here for re* -j
search, education and service to
patients.
The local campaign is sponsored
byj the Menton Woman’s Club. ■
Mrs. W. T. Harry and Mrs. Rich
ard Hardin are serving as co-chair
men for the county campaign, and
all of the members of the Women’s
Club act as volunteer workers.
Mrs. West Byram. Jr., is directing
the campaign in the raral areas ]
through the Home Demonstration
Clubs. Mrs. Ella Foxwell, presi
dent of Junior Woman’s Club, is
directing the campaign among col
ored people.
April was designated as Cancel?
Control Month by Congress, and in
proclamations by President Eisen
hower, Governor Hodges, and May
or Kehayes the public is urged to
give full support to the ASC cam
paign.
“In the face of the rise in inci
dence of cancer, expansion of the
over-all attack on it, demands more
funds than ever before,” Mrs. Har
din said. “Despite the increase in
such incidence, we know that en
couraging progress is being made
in saving lives from the nation’s
no. 2 killer.
“ASC doctors tell us that with
greater effort, and especially
through earlier detection of cancer,
it will be possible to save twice as
many as the 80,000 persons esti
mated to have been saved from it
in this country in 1955.
“During the last decade much
The guests were Lt. Col. and Mrs.
progress has been made against
cancer through research. Improv
ed methods of diagnosis and treat
ment are saving more, lives annual
ly. And there are many promising
leads toward wider and better con
trol. Yet the American Cancer So
ciety is compelled each year to re
ject worthwhile research projects
because of lack of funds. Last
year scientists sought a total of
$8,782,146 in research grants, but
the Society could supply only $5,-
916.62.
Sunrise Services
Easter Sunday At
Center Hill Church
Public Invited to At
tend Program at
6 O’clock
An Easter sunrise service will
be held at the Center Hill Baptist
Church Sunday morning, April 1,
at 6 o’clock. The Rev. B. L.
Raines will preside, with the fol
lowing program announced;
Music meditation by Mrs. Wil
bur Privott, pianis f . hymn, “At tha I
Cross” by the congregation; invo
cation by the Rev. L. Chandler;
special music by the Rocky Hock
Youth Choir; welcome by Joe Wig
gins; Scripture reading by the Rev.
C. G. Chappell; prayer by the Rev.
Ralph W. Knight; hymn, “Why
Shoufld He Love Me ’So?” by tha
congregation; special music, by the
Center Hill Choir, “Christ Is Ris
en Today”; message by the Rev. P.
W. Porter; hymn, “Christ Arose’*
by the’ congregation; benediction
by the Rev. Lee A. Phillips.
This will be an interdenomina
tional service for churches of Cho- 1
wan County and the public is cotw ■
dially invited to attend.
BANK CLOSED MONDAY I
The Bank of Edenton will b«||
closed all day April 2 in observance 1
of feast* Monday. Important .4
banking business should,
be transacted accordingly. * " J