w. 1 • S', •' • t ' ' ' pssp] CHOWAN COVNTt^M Volume XXllt—Number 22. " New Uniforms Fori Members Os Bandj Now Free Os Debt . « Appreciation Extend ed to All Who Helped During Drive Miss Lula Williams, director of the Edenton Junior-Senior High School Band, is delighted to report that enough money has been rais ed to pay off the new band uni forms. During the drive for funds in the neighborhood of $2,600 was raised. The Edenton Junior-Senior High School Band, the Edenton Band Parents Association and Miss Wil liams desire to express publicly their thanks and appreciation t{> all donors who are responsible in any way for the success of the drive. “It is with considerable happi- 1 ness and deep gratitude that we | can report the fulfillment of all fi-' nancial obligation in regard to the new uniforms,” says Miss Williams. “We not only appreciate the mone tary contributions, but also the fine spirit of unselfish cooperation on the part of the entire communi ty which made possible the achieve ment of our goal.” The following are especially thanked for their part in the drive: Bunch’s Garage, Jimbo’s Jumbos, Dr. W. I. Hart, Woman’s Club, Western Gas Service, W. J. Ber ryman, Byrum Hardware Co., By rum Implement Co., S. S. Campen, Belk-Tyler Co., Edenton Construc tion Co., J. H. Conger, Bishop Laundry, Leggett & Davis, Mitch ener’s Edenton Cotton Mills, Cuth rell’s Department Store, Hughes- Parker Hardware Co., G. M. By rum, Barrow Bottling Works, Hab it’s Grocery, Drs. Vaughan and Wisely, P<k Q Sup • Market, Leary Bros. Storage Co,'; } Dr*' Hiefc&rW Hd’ftjiti, Bahk. of Edentoh, Spedic Food Products, TViddy Insurance & Real Estate Co., Edenton Furni ture Co., P & P Texaco Service Sta tion, Rotary Club, Business & Pro fessional Woman’s Club, L. S. By rum, Percy Dail, Edenton Lions Club, Mrs. W. L. Boswell, M. L. Clark, M & W Construction Co. Col. Baker Honored By Edenton Lions Popular Marine Being Sent to Cherry ' Point At the meeting of the Edenton Lions Club on Monday night, Presi dent A1 Phillips and Secretary W. J. Taylor paid a tribute to Bob Baker who was attending his last regular meeting of the club. Phil lips praised Baker for the excell -nt and unselfish service rendered to the Edenton Lions Club. Baker, who has been stationed*at the U. S. Naval Auxiliary Air Station, was Cub Scoutmaster for the Pack sponsored by the Edenton Lions Club. He had a total of eight dens in the pack. Taylor also praised Baker’s work and informed him that a token of the club’s apprecia tion would be forwarded to him in the near future. j Medljn Belch announced that plans for the bread sale are con tinuing and that a definite date will be announced at the club’s next regular meeting. , Jimmy Dye was the guest of Ray Childers. Dr. S. A. Newman Preaches At Baptist Church Next Sunday A, Newmaii, Professor of |Mj||o9ophy at the Southeastern Ifckjst Theological Seminary in VpUi Forest, N. C., win be the guest minister at the Baptist Church Sunday, June 3. He will 7:80 o’clock. ’ . ■ - ; • THE%HOWAN HERALD j Chowan Crops | \ : L JH The value of products sold in I 1954 by operators of 895 farms in I Chowan County was $4,284,273, ac- I cording to a preliminary report of I the 1964 Census of Agriculture published by the Bureau of the Cen- I sus, U. S. Department of Com- I merce. The value of all crops sold wa? $3,410,728 and included $2,981,592 for field crops, $426,517 for vege tables* $2,119 for fruits and nuts and SSOO for horticultural special ties. Tlie value of all livestock and livestock products sold was $849,- 637 and included $583 for dairy I products, and $650,738 for livi- I stock and livestock products. The value of forest products sold from the county’s farms was $24,008. Donald Bell Back At Sandy Point Returns From Canoe Trip to Daytona Beach Visitors to Sandy Point Beach, 1 operated by Kermit Layton, will be interested to know that Donald Bell ' has returned to the beach which he : will manage for Mr. Layton. Bell, 29 years o«l, paddled his canoe froih Purpellville, to imi ll* I. l,mmhvl* off at needy Pettit for several weeks. He began the 800-mile cpnoe trip in April of last year and made explorations around sounds and streams which account ed for him landing at Sandy Point. Young Bell had to spend many of his nights in swampland after clearing a site with his machete, which he says is the most valuable Continued on £age 3—Section 1 iuuuvAJV> svwrrrr" ‘ ‘ .ovw^vvwnjwirir Class Night And Graduation Exercises End School Term — * Final Commencement Program Presented Friday Night With the baccalaureate sermon preached Sunday night final exer cises for the Edenton Junior-Sen ior High School , will be held tonight (Thursday) and Friday night at 8 • o’clock. Tonight the senior class night , exercises will be held, with the sen- ; iors and sophomores carrying out i the daisy chain ceremony. Albeit : Ward, vice president of the class, will make the welcome address [ Mayor Kehayes Buys First Poppy ] i . ftiyfii j - m H ■Bk I - •' ■ ' w m 1 m I ~ u- *v valg%cr v--: v iff! t Mayor Ernest Kehayes purchases the first poppy Saturday morn ing to kick off the observance of “Poppy Day” sales in Edenton. Sonia Edwards, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Edwards, holds the contribution bog while his Honor'slips in a bill. Judy Mills, da u gh i ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Milk, gives the Mayor a bright red poppy [ mnd tells him tfefct tfc* topping are a symbol of the war heroes who 1 *are their liree iii dftfenee 3 our oath*. -(Evelyn Leary Photo). : • • . ’ ‘ • . ’ County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 31,1956. Student Omncil At Elementary School] ' IjM v , 1 Iks.flnL jwbu ab ' mLJm 'SMB- * In the above picture are students or the Edenron Elementary School who comprise the out-going and in-coming officers of the first Student Council ever to be inaugurated in the lower grades this year. They are, left to right, Jeanette Ashley, out-going sec retary; John Marshall, secretary; Sandra Bunch, vice president; Marion Bunch, out-going president; Wayne Ashley, new presi dent; Pat Mooney, song leader, who replaces Ann Wells, right. The new officers will preside during the 1956-57 term, with Miss Alice Langston of the school faculty as advisor. —(Evelyn Leary Photo). A. G. Byrum Easily Defeats John White For Representative e* Chowan Favored All Os State Incumbents Entered In Race ( With only one local contest in Saturday’s Democratic election, less than 1,000 Chowan County vot ers bothered themselves enough to go to the polls to cast a ballot, al though the weather was ideal for voting. In the only local contest, for Rep resentative, Albert G. Byrum easily defe&tfid incumbent John F. White, who for many .yfears has represent ed Chowan County in the General Assembly. Byrum received 581 votes while White received 322, giv ing Byrum a majority of 259 votes. Byrum was high man in every one of the county’s six precincts with the most strength reflected in the West Edenton precinct, where he i Continued on Page 3—Section 1 which will be followed by a class ■ play by the senior class. During the program the Arion award will be presented by C. A. Phillips, the BPW scholarship by Mrs. Haywood Phthisii, the bus drivers’ awards by Joe Thoimd, the I DAR citizenship award by Mrs. W. | D. Holmes, Jr., the PTA scholar- I ship by Mrs. J. J. Ross, and the i Rotary cup award by Gerald James, j president of the Rotary Club. Mr. i James will also present the school j awards to the valedictorian, the sa lutatorion, outstanding senior citi-! zen, outstanding senior in activi ties, most valuable girl and boy Continued on Page 6—Section 1 Given Voice ) L —J, Friday night, June 1, at 7:30 1 o'clock in the Court House, a dis trict meeting of the Wildlife Re sources Commission will be held, which it is hoped will be attended by many sportsmen of this section. Those attending will have an opportunity to express their views on a set of proposed hunting regu lations established by the Wildlife Resources Commission, as well as other matters of interest to sports men. Major Mildred l Smith Transferred To North Africa Edenton Girl In Army Nurse Corps Since May, 1940 i Major Mildred E. Smith, chief, nurse at the Shaw AFB hospital in South Carolina since 1952, has received transfer orders to Tripo-' li. North Africa. She is being sue- ! ceeded by Ruth Foley, of Garden City, N. Y. Major Smith, a native of Eden- I ton, was sent to Shaw as a captain and was promoted to her present j rank in April, 1953. Since her as ] signment at Shaw AFB she has I served as chief nurse under three [ hospital commanders. She gradu ated from Norfolk General Hospi tal and entered the Army Nurse Corps in May, 1940, and has served continuously since thaf time, trans-1 ferring to the Air Force when it became a separate service. Major Smith is a graduate of both the Air Force Flight Nurses School and the Army Chief Nurses'School. New Manager At Western Auto Store Jimmy Dye of Kinston has as sumed managership of the local Western Auto Associate Store. Mr. Dye is married and has three chil dren and the family is now making Edenton their home. Mr. Dye has had considerable experience with the Western Auto line of merchandise and is very anxious* to meet and become ac quainted with people of the com munity. Degree Conferred By Eastern Star Monday Edenton Chapter N<k 302, Order! of the Eastern Star, will meet Mon-j day night, June 4, at 8 o’clock in the Masonic Temple. Mrs. Ednaj leaves, worthy matron, announces! thgfc degree work will be conferred,. so that every member of the chap ter is especially 'urged to attend | Famous Artist Will Teach In Edenton Through June 23rd i Francis Speight Con ducting Class as j - Barker House Francis Speight, who teaches at the Pennsylvania of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, is conducting a class in painting portraits and landscapes at the Penelope Barker house Wednesday and Saturday af ternoons until June 23. Mr. Speight, a native of Bertie County and brother of J. A. Speight of Windsor, has won a number of prizes in art exhibition of national scope, the latest being the Obrig prize at the National Academy of Design, New York City, in 1955. He was in Eden ton about two years ago painting views of Bennett's mill and mill pond. Mr. Speight is also teaching a class in Roxobel and will return to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts after the classes are over here and in Roxobel in order to teach ill , the academy’s summer school which begins June 25. “The area around Edenton and Hertford is full of exceptionally paintable subjects.” says Mr. Speight, “and while I am here I . | plan to paint as well as teach.” ; New Cooperative Exchangelsßeady For Opening June 4 J. Carroll Baker Em ployed as Market _ Manager i ■ ' ■— The new Chowan Cooperative Produce Exchange is ready to open June 4, as scheduled by the board of directors. New equipment has been installed and is ready for op eration. A market manager has been employed. The market is scheduled to open on Monday afternoon, June 4. at 1 o’clock. This week an American bean cleaner and grader as well as a Tri-Pack grading and waxing machine were installed. These two machines are ready for operation I and with a little cleaning up and j j a few finishing touches the market I will be ready to open as scheduled. J. Carroll Baker has been em-1 ployed as market manager, accord 1 ing to W. A. Harrell and L. C. Bunch, members of the personnel committee. Mr. Baker grew up in the produce business, working with his father. He has worked with ' his father several years and has operated markets individually him self. ROTARIANS MEET TODAY Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock in the Parish House. Presi- 1 dent Gerald James urges a full at- j j tendance. [ CHOWAN COUNTY’S VOTE ] C’ c r O O . b > c c -»£ b*.* ii V ’£. 75 m v vV CS c «9 U T 3 c 6 u"3 ® r ° Ixlta Q3S Uiti > > FI Governor: Hodges 262 317 63 65 40 49 796 Stokely 14 10 2 5 1 3 35 Sawyer 17 6 2 11 1 28 Earle .* 6 7 1 2 0 0 16 Lieutenant Governor: Barnhardt 86 156 27 24 4 26 323 Edwards 84 43 6 27 17 14 191 Hood — v 55 69 8 9 5 6 152 Whitfield' 21 19 5 4 0 1 50 Brewer 18 21 1 6 0 1 47 Commissioner of Agriculture: Ballentine 183 240 44 49 15 36 567 Gray 63 52 6 18 7 10 156 Commissioner es Insurance: Gold 183 239 ~ 24 45 11 36 538 Frederick 68 47 9 18 8 8 148 Commissioner of Labor: Crane 98 151 12 35 4 18 318 | Lambeth 51 65 8 'll 5 12 152 Fartow ____-__ v 88 35 9 13 6 10 141 U. S. Senator: Ervin * 233 286 43 57 18 42 679 I Kurfees 23 18 17 1 5 55 I Representative: Byrum 178 244 52 42 32 33 581 White | 138 94 22 34 11 23 322 V— ~ -V J Methodist. Men’s Club Receives Charter j Fred Ritter, left of Ahoskie, ...y :eauer of the Elizabeth City Dis trict of the Methodist Church, presents charter to Rufus Carraway, president of the newly-organizoW Men’s Clnh of the Edenton Metho dist Church at a supper meeting held Thursday at the church. Oth er officers are. left to Lloyd Burton. Jr., secretary-treasurer; John A. Holmes, program chairman; W. T. Harry, charge lay lead er; A. B. Harless, publicity chairman; Dr. A. F. Downum. projects chairman, Gerald James, vice president, and the Rev. Earl Richard son. pastor of the Edenton Methodist Church. —fEvelyn Leary Photo.) Three Local Clubs Win Second Place For Honors In State ■ . . ■s> Prize of SIOO WiU Be Used on Penelope Barker House Citizens of Edenton. particularly members of the Business and Pro fessional Women’s Club, the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Eclenton Woman’s Club, should he justly proud for winning second place in Class A in the Sthte Com munity Achievement Contest. The award of SIOO will be used by the three clubs for the renova tion Vrf ttie Barker House, which according to plan will hecoine a community 1 House. This contest, which was sponsor ed by the General Federation of Women’s Clubs in cooperation with the Sears-Roebuck Foundation, has a total of $60,000 offered in state, national and international conipe- Continued on Page 6—Section 1 Jaycees’ Broom Sale Will Be Held Friday Night, June Bth i Profits of Sale Will Go j To Local Teenage Club Friday, June 8, was set as the date for the Junior Chamber of Commerce broom sale at the regu lar Jayeee meeting Thursday even ing of last week. It was decided that the best quality broom available would be purchased for sale by the club. , “People who purchase a broom from a Jayeee will be getting a j good buy for $1.00,” said President j Dick Dixon. / Profits from sale of the brooms v «* * * ' ~ $2.00 Per Year In North Carolina [ Grateful ] Members of the Auxiliary of Ed ward G. Bond Post No. 40, of the American Legion wish to express their sincere thanks and apprecia tion to everyone who had a share in making Poppy Day last Satur day a success. To those who assisted with the advertising, selling poppies or in any other way, especially those who bought poppies. Mrs. H. L. Ed wards, Poppy Chairman, and Mrs. W. E. 'Mill's.* Publicity Chairman, are especially grateful. LIONS MEET MONDAY Edenten’s Lions Club will meet Monday night, June 4, at 7 o’clock. During the months of June, July and August the club will meet only twice a month, the first and third Monday nights. . will go to the Teen-Age Club. Members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce will solicit sales door-to-door the evening of June 8. Tom Byrum is chairman and Leon ' ard Small is assistant chairman, f Joe Conger, Jr., was elected to - organize and manage a Jayeee soft - ball team for the league being formed in Edenton. t It was also decided that the > Edenton Jaycees will co-sponsor the . visit of the chest X-ray unit. The i j dates will be announced later, i j Earl Lohman was introduced as a t new jayeee member. Tom Hudg j ins was the guest of Warren Twid . dy. j Two Edentonians Are I Given State Posts At Meeting Os Red Men W. J. Daniels, Henry Allen Bunch, Mrs. Martha Crummey, Mrs. Hilda Bass and Mrs. Myrtle . Hollowell returned home Wednes - day of last week from High Point, ; where they attended the Great ; Council of the Improved Order of Red Men and Degree of Pocahon j,tas. L| Two of the local members were ij honored by the State organization I I with Mrs. Crummey being elected l as Great Wenona and Mr. Bunch receiving the appointment as Great : Mishinewa. ’ Valhalla Produce Co. ? Opens For Business 1 Announcement is made that the Valhalla Produce Company will ! open for business at its new ware -2 house at Valhalla next Monday, L June 4. The concern will buy pea nuts, cotton, corn and other kinds * of produce and has been designat i ed dealer for Mathieson Fertiliser. M. J. Tynch, who has had 20 1 years experience, is manager of the 2 concern. SLOW ‘ DOWN AND LIVE! I Dr. McKay Speaks At Baccalaureate SermonOn Sunday Urges Graduates to 'j Put Christ First In Their Lives I! With most of the Sunday night I church services called off in Eden- I ton. a goodly number gathered in I the Edenton Elementary School au- I ditorium Sunday night to attend I the baccalaureate sermon for the I 1956 graduating class of the Eden- I ton Junior-Senior High School, I when the sermon was preached by Di. Ray McKay, who has been preaching at the Baptist Church. Following a prelude the seniors in their caps and gowns marched slowly to their seats in the front | rows of the auditorium while Pa j tricia Bunch played March Pontifi- !.rale by .Charles Gounod, The Rev. , Gordon Bennett, rector of St. Paul's I Episcopal Church, pronounced the invocation and Dr. McKay read the Scripture. Before and after a prayer by the Rev. E, C. Alexander, pastor of the Christian Church, numbers were sung by a mixed chorus. The congregation then sang "Lead On, O King Eternal,” after which Dr. McKay was intro duced by M. A. Hughes. The Rev. Gordon Bennett pronounced the benediction. ; Dr. McKay centered his remarks to the graduating class around David's question to the Icing, "after whom dost thou pursue?” Happiness, material possessions and physical satisfaction were pointed out as being greatly desir ed at the outset of the pathway of life but, said the speaker, all of these are only by-products. Dr. I McKay emphasized the fact that three realms must he considered, the material, intellectual and spirit , ual. Dr. McKay urged the graduates . to becorne rootbd and grounded in , ihe nature of. God. for by- seeking first the Kingdom of God, all oth er things will be added. “Put Christ in charge of'your life.” said the speaker,in closing his very in teresting sermon. Albemarle League Opens Dniune sth Chowan Team Again Member of Amateur' Circuit 1 The Albemarle 1# .w.c be • gin the 1956 baseball season Tues day, June 5. Though Edenton has no team in the circuit, Chowan 1 County will be represented by a Chowan team managed again by Palmer Tynch. Tynch plans to sign up some of Edenton’s players in order to bolster the strength of ■ his outfit. Chowan plays its first game in Hertford. Teams in the league are Chowan. Hertford. Camden. Eliza-' beth City, Colerain and William ston. Extended Service At Local Library Miss Harriet B. Leary, librarian at the Shepard-Pruden Memorial Library, announces that as of May 15. the library is allowing four books on each registrant's card and one of these books may be new. It is hoped that more readers will register and take advantage of the services (jffered by the lo cal library. Library hours are as follows: Each day except Saturday after noon and Sunday, 9:30 o’clock to 12 noon and 2:30 to 5 o’clock. Monday and Thursday nights, 7:30 to 8:30 o’clock. (cmc calendar] The semi-annual Jayeee broom sale is scheduled to be held Friday, June 8. Proceeds will go to the Teenage Club. A meeting of District I of the Wildlife Resources Commission will be held in the Chowan County Court House Friday night, June 4, at 7:30 o’clock. t ’ Class Night for the Edenton Junior-Senior High School will he

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