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CHOWAN COVNTt^M
Volume XXllt—Number 22.
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New Uniforms Fori
Members Os Bandj
Now Free Os Debt
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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
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THE%HOWAN HERALD
j Chowan Crops |
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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
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Class Night And Graduation
Exercises End School Term
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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
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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).
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County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 31,1956.
Student Omncil At Elementary School]
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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
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Chowan Favored All
Os State Incumbents
Entered In Race
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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
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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
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Given Voice )
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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$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
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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