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Machinery In IVBtion For
Election Which Is Kheduled
To Be Held Saturdl?,May26
Deadline For Candi
dates to File Is Noon
Saturday, April 14
According to L. S. Byrum, chair
man of the Chowan County Board
of Elections, machinery has been
set up for the Primary election
scheduled to be held Saturday,
May 26.
Registrars and judges have been
appointed to supervise the election
and are as follows:
East Edenton Precinct —Mrs. Al
bert Cullipher, registrar; judges,
Walter M. Wilkins and William
Cozart. The voting place is at the
Court House.
West Edenton Precinct—Mrs.
George Hoskins, registrar; judges,
Mrs. Oscar Duncan and M. A.
Hughes. The voting place is at
the Municipal Building.
Rocky Hock Precino t—W. H.
. Pearce, registrar; judges, W. H.
Saunders and Jack Bunch. The
voting place is at Henry Bunch’s
store.
Center Hill Preoinct —Ralph
Goodwin, registrar; judges, R. H.
Holiowell and E. D. Byrum. The
voting place is at Elliott Belch’s of
fice.
Wardville Precinct—T. A. Berry
man’. registrar; judges, Jennings
Bunch and Melvin Copeland. The
voting place is at Herbert Peele’s
store.
'.yeopim Precinct—T. J. Hoskins,
Sr.,, registrar; judges, T. J. Hos
kins, Jr., and J. A. Webb, Jr. The
voting place is at Harry Perry’s
store.
. Registrars will sit at the various
polling places for three Saturdays,
April &8, May 6 and 17, frpm 91
A. M., until sunset for the purpose,
of registering voters ~and btTsat-'
urdajt, Mdy IS, MjA ajgafh sisc f ai
the polling .placds froih 9 A. M.,
to 3 P. M„ for the purpose of chal
lenging any voter.
Polls will be open»on election day
from 6:30 A. M., to 6:30 P. M.
Up to Tuesday of this week only
two candidates filed with the Cho
wan County Board of Elections.
These were Albert G. Byrum for
Chowan County’s Representative in
tjie N. C. General Assembly, and
Raleigh Peele for re-election as
County Commissioner.
Other offices to be filled in the
election are: District Senator, Dis
trict Solicitor, Register of Deeds,
County Commissioners, Judge of
Recorder’s Court, Prosecutor of Re
corder’s Court, County Treasurer
and Coroner.
The deadline for prospective can
didates to file in order to partici
pate in the election is Saturday,
April 14, at noon.
Junior High School Chorus
Will Present “It Happened In
Holland” Friday Night At 8
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Youngsters Expected
-To Present Interest
mg Program
The Junior High Chorus of
Edenton Junior-Senior High School
makes its first step into the field
of musical idrama when it presents
the operetta “It Happened in Hol
land” Friday night, April 13, at 8
o’clock in the Elementary School
auditorium- Edenton’s patrons of
school entertainment remember the
High School Glee Club’s musical
comedy productions of former
years: “Miss Cherryblossom,” “The
Belle Os Barcelona”, “Gypsy Rov
er” and others, and it is under
stood that “It Happened in Hol
land” will compare favorably with
these past performances, in spite
Kiat the 60 members
ind chorus are all
s Junior High ’School
a tdlls of Julianna,
wealthy dutch Burg*
(•earn* she-ia lonely
id, agrees to change
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Pre-School Clinics Scheduled
Be Held In Chowan County
e
Health Department Is
Prepared to Give
Vaccinations
Dr. B. B. McGuire,
Health Officer, announces a sched
ule for pre-school clinics through
out the district which began Mon
day of this week and will continue
until May 15.
Dr. McGuire says some children
are not on his list so that if par
ents of any child in the district
whose sixth birthday will occur on
or before October 15, 1956, should
fail to receive a note from the
Health Department, the children
should be taken to one of the clin-.
fcs.
In many instances at these clin
ics the Health Department will be
prepared to give at least one dose
Lions Urge Support
Os Appropriation At
Edenton Air Station
Resolution Sent Her
bert Bonner, Sam Er
vin andTCerr Scott
At the Lions Club meeting Mon
day night West Byrum, Jr., chair
man of the Lions Variety. 'Show
i which whs' presented Tnurtday
night, expressed his sincere appre
ciation to all of the partlcipahtA
and members of the Lions Club
who helped stage the'show, which
was the most successful evei 1 held
by the club. Other members of the
rommittee included Ray Childers,
N. J. George, Milton Bass, R. W.
Leary, Jr., Cecil Fry, James Grif
fin, T. B. Williford, R. R. Baker,
Bruce Jones and Ernest J. Ward,
Jr.
During the meeting certificates
of membership were presented to
R. R. Baker, James Griffin and
Ray Childers by President A1 Phil
lips.
The club voted to send a resolu 1
tion to Congressman Herbert C.
Bonner and Senators Kerr Scott
and Sam J. Ervin, Jr., requesting
them to support federal legislation
concerning appropriations for the
local U. S. Naval Auxiliary Air
Station.
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Mrs. Richard Hardin, co-chair
man of the 1956 cancer campaign
in Chowan County, reports, that
from initial returns up to early
this week $350 had been collected
in the drive. Os course, the report
is far from complete.
The quota for Chowan County is
$1,600 and those interested in the
campaign hope that amount ’will be
realised during the drive. Citi
zens are urged to contribute gener
ously in helping to wipe out the
killer cancer.
[civic calendar]
The Junior Hirh School Chorus
of the Edenton Junior-Senior High
School will present the operetta' “It
Happened it Holland,” Friday
night, April 13, at 8 e'dotfc in the
Edenton Elementary School audi
l°Edenton Woman’s Club art show
planned to be held at the Penelope
, Barker Houoo Friday and Satur
day, April 27 and 38..
Membership drive for the Cho-
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 12,1956.
of vaccination if the parents desire
it, but it will not be required at the
clinics.
The schedule of the clinics in
Chowan County follows:
St. John’s School, Tuesday, April
17, at 9 A. M.
Rocky Hock, Tuesday, April 17,
at 10:30 A. M.
Chowan High School, Wednes
day, April 18, at 9 A. M.
White boys at Edenton Elemen
tary School Thursday, April 19,
at 9 A. M.
White girls at Edenton Elemen
tary School Friday, April 20, at 9
A. M.
White Oak Consolidated School,
Wednesday, May 16, 9 A. M.
Negro boys at the colored school
Monday, May 7, at 9 A. M.
Negro girls at the colored school
Tuesday, May 8, at 9 A. M.
Senior Art Exhibit
Os Sara Kemp Wood
Now On Exhibition
Exhibit Will Last Un
til April 14 at Lynch
burg, Virginia
The senior art exhibit of Miss
. Sara Kemp Wood, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James E. Wood of Eden
■ ton, opened Sunday, April 8, at
Randolph-Maron Woman's College,
; Lynchburg, Va.
, Miss Wood is exhibiting with two
Other senior art majors, Miss Alice
[ Crittenden of Charlottesville, Va.,
and Miss Nancy Jo Ferguson of
, Lynchburg, Va.
Among Miss Wood’s work on dis
play is a variety of semi-abstract
oils, oil portraits, a landscape, a
charcoal portrait, and a watercolor
and ink wash. She has studied
painting at Randolph-Macon under
Pierre Daura, Robert S. Fuller
and William B. Owen.
The exhibit, which opened with a
reception from 3 to 5 P. M., will
remain in the Art Department ex
hibition room through April 14.
Miss Wood will receive guests with
’ her mother.
Miss Wood is a member of Chi
Omega sorority, Sock and Buskin
Dramatic Club, the Dance Group,
and the Sun Diel weekly newspa
per staff.
Every School In
County Is Included
, In Poster Contest
Winning Posters In
District Competi
tion Friday
The annual conservation poster
I contest was held in the Edenton
Elementary School Friday after
noon at 2 o’clock, at which time
1 many splendid exhibits were on dig
play which made judging a diffi
! cult job. Complete entries were
on hand from every room in the
Edenton, Chowan and Rocky Hock
' schools. •
Judges were A. T. Hicks, voca
tion agriculture teacher in the
i Windsor High School; B. E.
I of Windsor, Bertie County Agent,
i an* Bill, Goodwin, of Windsor, bi
i ologist in this area for the N. C.
i Wjldlife , and Resources Commis
i Sion.
At the conclusion of the judg
i tag, the following were announced
• as winners;
Fifth prize, Fred
’ erick AsbeH; second prize, Richard
t White. Both boys are pupils at
. Chowan High School.
■Sixth Grade —First prize. Brad
■ Williford; second prize, Boots Las-
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Brig. Gen. C. A. Roberts, fnspecror General of the Marine Corps,
left, and Col. Hamilton Lawrence, commander of the Edenton Na
val Auxiliary Air Station, return salute of honor guard (not pic
tured). General Roberts heads the team which conducted a rou
tine annual inspection of the Edenton Marine Base Friday.
—(Official U. S. Marine Corps Photo).
Woman’s Club Art
Show Scheduled To
Be Held April 27-28
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Judge of Entries Will
Be James Walker
Os Greenville
Plans are rapidly being, whipped
into shape for,the annual art show
sponsored' by-fhft pcjejitoii Roman’s
Club which will be held in the Pe
nelope Barker house Friday, April
27 and Saturday, April 28. The
Friday show will be in progress
from 10 A. M., to 5 P. M., while
the Saturday hours will be from
10 A. M., to 7 P. M.
This year’s show is expected to
be better than in previous years,
with entries expected from school
children in the grammar and high
schools in Edenton and Chowan
County as well as civilians and Ma
rines.
Exhibits are requested to be en
tered one week in advance of the
show, and the following rules will
apply:
1. All work must be original.
Copies of other pictures are not
acceptable.
2. Any medium may be used,
such as pencil, ink, charcoal, oils,
crayons, etc.
3. Any size paper or canvas may
be used.
4. Seven (7) entries only from
each class, (to be chosen by the
teacher or a vote of the class) will
be accepted. Each work submitted
must have the name and grade of
the entrant on the front.
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Town Councilmeni
Agree To Buy Fish
Hatchery Property
Council Also Author
izes Bids to Widen
Oakum Street
Town Councilmen, by a split vote,
at their meeting Tuesday night de
cided to purchase the U. S. Fish
Hatchery property to. life used for
pecrea tional purposes. Hie vote as
recorded was: In favor of the pur
chase, George Alma Byrum, Luther
Parks; Graham Byrum and J. Ed
win Bufflap. Opposing the pur
chase was John Mitchener and J.
Clarence Leary refrained from vot
ing.
Mayor Ernest Kehayes read a
letter froih A._R. Smith, chief of
the Real Property Disposal Divis
ion in which it was stated the prop
erty has been appraised and the
fair value established at $35,000,
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‘Free’lce Cream)
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Edenton Woman’s Club is join
| mg in an all-out effort to raise
■ enough additional funds to com
-1 plete the Edenton swimming peoi
' this summer. Members will un-
I dertake a house-to-house solicita
-1 lion Friday, April 13 and Tuesday,
; April 17 in an effort to secure con
' tributions.
1 Anyone who contributes as much
86 $2.00 will receive free a half
1 gallon of ice cream. The ice cream
1 can be picked up at the Colonial
Freezer Locker, but deliveries will
be made within two weeks to any
one who is unable to call for the
ice cream. The ladies ucce citi
zens to cooperate in their drive to
the end that a substantial sum will
be realized.
Mr's. W. B. Rosevear
President Os Woman’s
Auxiliary Os Diocese
, The Woman’s Auxiliary of the
Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina
r meets at St. John’s Episcopal
Church in Fayetteville Wednesday
i and Thursday of this week. The
. meeting will be of special interest
I to members of St. Paul’s Church
I since Mrs. W. B. Rosevear will at
’ this time be installed as incom
ing president, with Mrs. Gordon
Bennett as her secretary.
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but that it would be sold to the
Town of Edenton for $17,500, rep
resenting 50 per cent of the fail
market value, plus S6OO represent
ing the cost of the appraisal and
also plus the expenses which will
he incurred by the National Park
Service in investigating and recom
mending approval of the town’s
application. These expenses are
estimated to run between S3OO and
S4OO.
The town’s application for pur
chase of the property will, of
coursp, be referred to the National
Park Service for recommendation.
The Councilmen, at the request
of Robert S. Marsh, assistant coun
ty agent, appropriated SIOO toward
the expense of the Jaycee-sponsor- ,
ed Fat Stock Show and Sale.
W. E. Malone made a request for
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Chowan County’s Fat Stock
Show And Sale April 25 Is
Expected Outclass *ssEvent
Wind Tears Down Barricade
And Three Women Are Hurt
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Excitement Caused on
Broad Street Satur
day Afternoon
Considerable excitement prevail
ed on Broad Street about 5 o’clock
Saturday afternoon when a strong
wind again caused some damage
and this time injuries to three peo
ple.
The wind tore loose the heavy
barricade in front of the building
at the corner of Broad and King
Streets, which has been remodeled
for the Sear-Roebuck Company.
The falling timber struck three wo
men, Mrs. F. E. Wagner, white, and
Katie Granby and Elizabeth Urn
stead, both colored.
The Women were taken to the
office of Dr. L. P. Williams, where
it was learned, fortunately, that
the injuries were only of a minor
nature, consisting of bruises and
scratches.
While the front of the building
was completed, it was the purpose
of the Sears-Roebuck Company to
keep the barricade in place until
the formal opening of the new
store.
Engineers Arrive
At Edenton Base
To Study Project
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Test Section Platini
For Use of All Types
Os Aircraft
A platoon of Marine Corps en
gineers arrived at the Edenton Na
val Auxiliary Air Station about
noon Monday to begin an experi
mental construction project,
From now' until about, Julie 1, ,
the Marine engineers will evaluate
material and methods designed for
use in tile rapid constmetipn of
temporary airfields in forward
combat areas.
Capt. J. C. Barr is the project
officer in charge for the Marine
Corps Equipment Board. The en
gineer platoon is from the Bth En
gineer Battalion at Camp Lejeune,
N. C. 2nd Lt. A. B. Joyce is pla
toon leader and 2nd J. A. Muss is
his assistant.
Two 500-foot test sections of
steel and magnesium will be con
structed. One will be at the east
end of the Marine Base and the
other at the west end. The test
sections will adjoin present run
ways, Captain Barr said this work
is expected to be completed about
May t.
After the test, sections have been
installed, they will be subjected to
factual use by all types of fighter
and bomber aircraft of the Marine
(Corps. Captain Barr said every
I type of conventional and jet-power
ed aircraft in the area will be used
for testing purposes in the experi
mental project.
Work Os Mrs. Enola
Smith Is On Exhibit
In Norfolk Art Show
Mrs. Enola Smith, well-known in
Edenton and vicinity for her work
as an artist, is represented at a
showing of paintings by Tidewater
Artists held in Norfolk this month.
The exhibit is held at the Central
YWCA on Freemason Street and is
I to continue throughout the month
of April.
Paintings of flowers and garden
scenes is the principal motif of
the exhibit, and spring and sum
mer and the mysterious beauty of
flowers predominate throughout
the scenes. The two landscapes
submitted by Mrs. Smith, represen
tative of her best work, was prais
ed by a critical release as “record
ing phases of the eternal harmonies
of nature which are indeed always
about us.”
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina
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| Art Show Judge |
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JAMES WALKER
Judge at Hie Edenton Woman’s
Club art show April 27-27 in the
Edenton Furniture Company’s store
will he James Walker, critic teach
er in art at East Carolina College,
Greenville.
Edenton Marine At
ASpecialCeremony
Held In Washington
Honored as Out stand
ing Aviation Cadet
For 1955
Marine 2nd Lt. William A.
Holmes, Jr., of the Edenton Naval
Auxiliary Air Station went to
Washington, D. C., Tuesday of this
week, where he participated in rec
ognition ceremonies, honoring him
for his achievement as the Out
standing Naval Aviation Cadet for
1955.
The Edenton Marine learned of
his honor on March 15, He is a pi
lot in VMA squadron of Marine
Aircraft Group 14.
Lieutenant Holmes was named
Outstanding Naval Aviation Cadet
on the basis of his overall academ
ic, military and flight record
through flight training at Pensa
cola, Fla., and Corpus Christi, Tex.
He competed with some 3,000 oth
er cadets for the honor.
Cooperative Produce Group
Is Organized In An Elf fort To
Get Better Prices In Chowan
4-H Clubbers Plan
Clean up Campaign
Cross Roads Eyesore
To Be Transformed
Into Playground
The Cross Roads local 4-H Club
is planning to clean the rubbish
and trash from a vacant lot which
is located netx to the house of Mrs.
Roland Evans, one of the local
leaders. A building was there a
number of years ago, but has since
been dismantled and the lot has
grown up in weeds and briars. One I
of the many hurricanes of the past I
t>yo years blew over some trees on j
the lot, and it is now in a very /
dilapidated looking condition. The?
dub members plan to remove all
the trash and rubbish, mow the lot,
and convert it into a playground.
Since this lot is at the very junc-,
tion of Cross Roads, and is acces
sible to any of the club members,
it should prove to be a very popu
lar playground.
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FIGHT
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Second Annual Affair
Again Sponsored By
Edenton Jaycees
This year’s edition of the sec
ond annual Chowan County Fat
Stock Show and Sale will feature
more animals and additional buy
res than last year.
Jaycee Warren Twiddy, chairman
of the affair, said nine steers and
numerous hogs will be judged and
sold at the Fat Stock Show and
Sale Wednesday, April 25 at the
Edenton American Legion hut.
Chowan County beef and swine
wifi be entered by youths of the
4-H Clubs and the Future Farmers
of America. The Edenton Junior
Chamber of Commerce is sponsor
of the event and Jaycees hope to
boost Chowan County stock produc
tion and to encourage young farm
ers of the area.
“Zeke” Rochelle of Elizabeth
City will be auctioneer. The sale
begins at 1:30 o’clock Wednesday
afternoon, April 25.
Judging will start at 10 A. M.,
while tile fitting and showmanship
contest gets under way at 11 A. M.
The program is to recess at 12
o'clock noon. Ladies of the Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary will offer
barbecue, hot dogs, sandwiches and
other food for lunch.
Cold drinks will be furnished
without charge.
Chairman Twiddy asks, “Are you
a booster to your Fat Stock Show
and the young farmers of this
area?” A donation of $lO or more
for Fat Stock Show prizes and ex
penses will qualify an individual or
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First Oistrio! VFW
Meets In Edenton
Sunday, April 15
Election of Officers
Will Be Feature of
Meeting
Veterans of Foreign Wars will
hold a First District meeting in
Edenton Sunday, April 15, with the
' sessions scheduled to be held in the
VFW home on the old Hertford
road beginning at 3 P. M.
A feature of the meeting will be
election of district officers, so that
it is hoped many local members
will attend.
The VFW Auxiliary will meet at
the Parish House also at 3 o’clock
and supper will be served at the
VFW home at 5 P. M.
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Common Stock Being
Offered at $5.00
Per Share
The Chowan Cooperative Produce
Exchange is moving along, accord
ing to County Agent Charlie Over
man. The Exchange committee has
agreed on the charter, the by-laws,
and the marketing agreement.
The Chowan Cooperative Produce
Exchange committee elected by the
stockholders of the old Exchange
■on Tuesday night, April 3, were E.
L. Pearce, W. A. Harrell, J. D.
Ward, Gilbert Harrell, L. A. Bunch,
C. M. Evans and L. C. Bunch. This
committee was authorized to pro
(ceed with reorganization of the
Exchange, preparation of a mar-
J keting agreement and sign-up of
J growers.
? The Exchange committee met
with C. W. Sheffield and Hugh B.
Martin of the Markets Division,
State Department of Agriculture,
. on Wednesday morning, April 4.
The charter, the by-laws, and the
marketing agreement were agreed
upon. Mr. Sheffield was authoriz-
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