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Congress Authorizes Iroge
Amount In Projects At The
Edenton, Harvey Point Bases
$13,926,000 of Over $20,000*000 Earmarked
For Improving and Expanding Edenton
Base Approved By Congress
Congressman Herbert C. Bonner late last week gave out
the information that Congress had given authorization for
improvements and expansion of the Edenton Naval Auxili
ary Air Station costing $13,926,000, to which $6,737,000
will be released at a later date.
At the same time Congress approved the expenditure of
$6,73 f, OOO for reactivating the Harvey Point Naval Air
Station, which is expected to eventually call for expendi
tures Os $42,361,000 more.
Congressman Bonner pointed out that at the Edenton
base facilities will be improved and expanded to handle
150 more naval aircraft to supplement the regular fleet of
anti-submarine aircraft.
Bids have been requested for several improvement pro
jects at the Edenton base and Mr. Bonner stated that the
various projects included in the current military expendi
tures bill will be pushed as rapidly as possible.
With the $20,000,000 scheduled to be spent in the fiscal
year and an additional $49,000,000 in future years as ex
penditures are approved by Congress, the bases at Edenton
and Harvey Point are expected to affect the economic
picture of the entire Albemarle section.
Herald Adds New
“Support Church ”
Feature This Week
Purpose Is to Help In
Stimulating Church
Attendance
*• Beginning this Kfteek ‘ Thr'Hertl
aid will each week publish a church
feature in conjunction with the
Keister Advertising Service Os
Strausburg, Virginia.
For the second time, the Keister
“Support the Church” series has
won a national award from the
Freedoms Foundation, Valley
Forge, Pennsylvania.
In April, 1954, the “Support the
Church” series was honored by re
ceiving the -George Washington
Medal for “an outstanding achieve
ment in helping to bring about a
better understanding of the Ameri
can Way of Life.”
Now again, in 1966, the “Support
the Church” series has received the
Certificate of Merit from the Free
doms Foundation, and this news
paper is proud to among the
over 950 newspapers throughout
the USA, Canada and Alaska which
this outstanding series to
its' readers.
The Keister “Support the
Church” weekly series was first
produced in 1944, and has become
• Continued on Page J—Section 1
Edenton Club Picks
Elizabeth Moore As
Year Club Woman
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Group Suspends Roup
lOr Meetings Until
September
Miss Elizabeth Moore was named
Club Woman of the Ilea t of the
Edenton Woman’s Club at its June
meeting held June 6th at St. Paul’s
Parrish House. Mrs. Thomas C.
Cross, Jr., the new president, pre
sided at the meeting.
The *lub voted to- have the fifth
Pilgrimage of Colonial
Edenton in 1958. The sentiments
of the dub members were that this
|fcp4 been one of the most import
gat undertakings of the club, and
|pat it would not be wise to dis
continue a project so important to
rT j, fIOO scholarship was establish-
S| by the members to be given to
lliiti graduate of the Edenton
jafgiiw-Senior High School, The
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THE (IHOWAN HERALD
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[CIVIC calendar]
County-wide rat campaign ia now
H ill progress ip„ Uhowdn County
with poison bait (furnished free of
charge.
Edenton. Hay Stouts now engaged
in scrap metal'drive 4 to'help false
money to go to camp this summer.
Chowan County Commissioners
will meet in special session Mon
, day morning, June M, at 10 o’clock
to consider the 1950-57 budget.
An emergent communication of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. &
, A. M., will be held tonight (Thurs
day) at 8 o’clock.
Cub Scout leaders will meet
Tuesday night at 7:30 o’clock at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Phillips.
Edenton Boy Scouts will sponsor
a show mein supper Wednesday,
June 20. Plates will be delivered
to homes.
Luncheon meeting of the Offcers’
i Wives Club will be held Wednesday
1 afternoon, June 20, at 1:30 P. M.
Chowan Tribe of Red Men will
1 hold its annual banquet Friday
: night, July 20, at 7 o’clock in the
American Legion hut.
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mittee, Mrs. J. R. DuLaney, chair
* man.
The club again voted to continue
to sponsor the World Speaking
Contest in the high schools. This 1
has become one of the important
speech events of the school year.
The Woman’s Club will be the
sponsor of the reorganizing of sev
eral Girl Scout troops, which will
be under the direction of Mrs. El
len Case.
It was reported that the total
earner collection for the 1956 drive
was $1,2287.12. Mrs. Richard Har
din headed the cancer drive -for
this year. The goat for Chowan
County was $1,500, but it was ex
plained that the amount had been
incraaaedover laat year because of
the excellent showing then.
Report from the Teenage Club
i representative stated that the club
would be open Tuesday and Thurs
i day nigfcta from BP.M. to 11P. M.
i for a three months trial. Hie
County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 14,1956.
New Slate Officers
For Officers’ Wives
Mrs. W. S. McCaslin
Elected President
OfClub
semi-annual election of officers
Wednesday of last week at its busi
ness meeting in the patio room of
the Officers CJub. Hostesses were
Mrs. F. A. Cruise, Mrs. J. E.
Groover and Mrs. Robert Phillips.
Upon the completion of the routine
business, Mrs. L. K. Davis, presi
dent, turned the meeting over to
the nominating committee com
prised of Mrs. Robert R. Baker
and Mrs. A. H. Ackerman to con
duct the balloting. Mrs. Richard
Jennings of the nominating com
mittee was unable to attend. The
governing rules of the election were
announced and after requesting
further nominations from the floor,
the election proper commenced.
The new slate of officers fol
lows: Mrs. W. S. McCaslin suc
ceeds Mrs. L. K. Davis as presi
dent, and Mrs. R. T. Whitten re
places Mrs. Jay McDonald as vice
president. Mrs. John R. Water
street is the recording secretary in
place of Mrs. Ralph Engeman. Mrs.
Continued on Page 2—Section 1
Explorer Scouts
Take Trip In Plane
Group Piloted Iu- R4D
Flane By Lieut Col.
B. J. Holm
Explorer Scouts of Edenton
Troop No. 156, toured the Edenton
Naval Auxiliary Air Station Wed
nesday of la3t week with the fea
ture attraction being on orienta
tion flight in a R4D plane piloted
by Lieut. Col. R. J. Holm, executive
officer of Marine Aircraft Group
14.
A few of the boys became air
Sick, but all of them enjoyed the
flight and were very appreciative
for the opportunity to travel in a
plane.
In the group were: Scoutmaster
Jack Habit. Explorer Advisor Hor
ace White, Dallas Stallings, Arthur
White, Bill Harry, Jack Overman,
Tommy Kehayes, Billy White, Rob
ert White, Leroy Spivey, Ashby
Tarkington, Clyde Cobb, Paul
Twiddy, Billy Dail and Donald
Welch.
March Dimes Official
Guest Os Local Jaycees
Edpnton’s Junior Chamber of
Commerce will meet tonight
(Thursday) at 7 o’clock in the Pe
nelope Barker house.
Winners of the Jaycee-sponsored
double elimination horseshoe tour
nament are scheduled to be supper
guests for the presentation of their
awards. Champions are Elton Bass
and Robert Bass.
Jack E. McGee of Raleigh, East
ern State Representative of the
National Foundation for Infantile
, Paralysis, is scheduled to attend the
meeting and will present a March
1 1 of Dimes certificate to the Jaycees
for the outstanding job they did
with the 1956 March of Dimes.
, Every Jaycee is urged by Presi
, dent Dick Dixon to attend.
BREAKS ARM SECOND TIME
Mrs. Mabel F. White of Wash
ington, D. C„ is recuperating from
her second broken arm this spring
and summer. In late March Mrs.
White fell by slipping on a rug in
her apartment. After seven weeks
of wearing a cast on her left arm,
she was able to return to her work
in the Navy Department, but four
weeks later she had a similar fall
i In her apartment, breaking her
► right arm. She is now recuperat
ing as well as can be expected.
Her friends regret that she cannot
i Write and let them hear more
about her progress. __
EXPLORER SCOUTS TAKE TRIP IN AIRPLANE
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Above picture shows a group or Explorer Scouts of Edenton Troop No 156, before taking off on an ori
entation flight at the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air Station Wednesday afternoon of last week The RID
plane was piloted by Lieut. Col. R. J. Holm and but for a few cases of sickness in the air the trip was ,
greatly enjoyed and appreciated by the boys. Pictured are: Back row left to right, Dallas Stallings Jack
Overman. Tommy Kehayes, Leroy Spivey and Ashby Tarking on. Middle row left to right. Jack Habit ,
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Friction Between Two Town
Boards Brought Out In Open
At Meeting Os Town Council
Finance Committee Instructed to Meet With,
Board of Public Works to Consider
Mutual Problems
But for one matter, Town Coun
cil would have had a comparatively
short meeting Tuesday night. The
discussion which consumed the
'greater portion t>f.fhl“W??):n‘igf Hh'd
to do with Some friction between
Town Council and the Board of
Public Works relative to the latter
Board refusing to submit a budget
for its operation for the year 1956-
1957.
Some time ago Mayor Err.est
Kehayes. in compliance with the
State Statutes and the Town Char
ter, requested the Board of Public
Works to submit a budget, along
with other departments of the
town.
“In accordance with the Charter
of the Town of Edenton and the
General Statutes of the State of
North Carolina, as amended,” wrote
the Mayor, “it will he necessary
for you to prepare and submit to
the Town Council of the 'Town of
Edenton a proposed budget for the
1956-57 fiscal year.”
In his letter the Mayor pointed
out the provisions of Sections 160-
410 and 160-410.1 of the General
Statutes of North Carolina.
However, in a letter to the
Mayor he was informed that it is
impossible to prepare a budget.
A. B. Harless, chairman of the
Board of Public Works, had this to
say:
“Referring to your letter of May
1, 1956, in which you proposed and
suggested that tha Board of Public
Works prepare and submit a bud
get covering its operations for the
Rev. R. N. Carroll
Returns To Baptist
Pulpit On June 17
Pastor Absent For Six
Months Due to Ail
ment of Throat
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The June 17 morning worship
service at the Baptist Church is
, one to which the congregation has
been looking forward for some six
months. According to plans, it will
. terminate a like period of absence
from the pnlpit by the pastor, the
. ReVr R. N. Carroll, because of a
series of throat operations and
treatments.
A complete electronics system
> for the proper distribution of the
natural speaking voice is scheduled
next fiscal year.
“Please be advised that the
Board of Public Works in special
session on May 22, to consider the
above mentioned letter. This meet
ing resulted in my being directed
to inform you that under the pres
ent circumstances the Board of
Public Works feels that it will be 1
impossible at this time to ade
quately budget our operations. We
are faced with state requirements
and other necessary expenditures
that will not only wipe out our
surplus but will additional •
funds that will make it necessary ,
for this department to call upon
you to make appropriations to in
sure its continued satisfactory op
eration and expansion.
“We refer you to the five-year
plan officially adopted on Febru
ary 17, 1956, by this department.
Copies of this plan were furnished
you and are a part of our minutes
of that date. This plan indicates
that $697,000 is necessary for/its
its completion. We are now of the
opinion after further investigation
that this amount is inadequate.
“We solicit your continued inter
est and cooperation in this matter
and look forward to a meeting of
the two sub-committees and a sat
isfactory solution of our mutual
problems.”
Subsequently, Mayor Kehayes
wrote John T. Morrisey, general
counsel for the North Carolina
League of Municipalities in which
Mr. Morrisey had this to say:
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to be installed and in operation for
the occasion and the pastor plans
to use it for his first sermon since
last October. This system will
make it possible for any voice to
be clearly understandable at any
position in the auditorium and will
deliver a natural tone quality.
In reality the occasion will be
one of thanksgiving and rejoicing I
for the entire membership, as it I
culminates a period of prayerful
anticipation and means a happy
realization for all concerned.
Therefore, the Sunday mornin"
worship service will be a memor
able occasion and the membership
will be glad to share it with others!
who desire to attend, !
I Lieut. D. M. Knopic
Entertains Rotary
Shows Group of Inter
esting Slide* of Hong
Kong and Japan
Lieut. D. M. Knopic of the Eden
ton Naval Auxiliary Air Station en
tertained the Edenton Rotary Club
Thursday of last week at* its regu
lar weekly meeting in the Parish
House.
The Marine pilot told of experi
ences while stationed in Korea and
Japan and showed the group very
interesting colored slides of his
travels while in Hong Kong and
Japan.
Lieutenant Knopic is from Mid
land. Michigan, and lives m Eden
ton with his wife. He has been
stationed at the Edenton Marine
Base since January of this year.
Jimmy Ricks was in charge of
the program.
Two Edenton Girls
In Beauty Contest
and Mrs. Robert Boyce, and Es
telle Stallings, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. West, were among
the 21 contestants who entered the
“Miss Albemarle” beauty contest
held in Elizabeth City June 6,7
and 8.
Wednesday night was talent
night during which the girls dis
played their talents. For her tal
ent Miss Stallings sang “If I Had
You,” while Miss Boyce did a
chalk drawing on dress design.
On Thursday night, the girls ap
peared clad in a bathing suit of
their choice. This proved to be
quite a successful night.
Friday night was evening dress
and final night. Miss Martha Shaw
of Windsor was crowned “Miss Al
bemarle” by Miss Janet Mitchell,
last year’s queen.
During their stay in Elizabeth
City the girls enjoyed many ac
tivities which included hamburger
fries, banquets and a cruise down
the Pasquotank River on Miles
Sflark’s yacht. To climax the con
test the girls enjoyed a party
honoring them at the Country Club
after the crowning of the queen
Friday night.
Miss Boyce was sponsored by
Byrum Hardware Company and
Miss Stallings was sponsored by
the Edenton Ice Company.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
Ernest P. Kehayes, master of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F., &
A. M., has called an emergent com
munication of the lodge for tonight
! (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. AH mem
-1 hers are especially urged to a*+fH:l
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina
County Wide Rat
Campaign Started
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Red Men Banquet
Friday, July 20th
Annual Affair Will Be
Held In American
Legion Hut
! Chowan Tribe No. 12. Improved
j Order of Red Men, at its meeting
j Monday night decided to hold its
| annual banquet Friday nigh*-, July
! 20, at 7 o’clock in the American
i Legion hut. Wives of the Red Men
| will he special guests for the or-
I easion.
The romiuittP.' appointed to make
the necessary arrangements for the
i includes: Frank V. White,
J William E. Barrow, Willi * .Spruill,
Caswell Edmundson, Worth Lay
-1 ton, Frank Hughes, H. H. Stokes.
| Kenneth Worrell and J. Edwin
, Bufflap. '
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New Disease Hits
Oak Trees In Area
Water Oaks and Pin 1
Oaks Special Victim
Os Disease 1
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A comparatively new disease has
struck several oak trees in Eden- ’
ton and vicinity. This disease is 1
f known as oak leaf blister, and it i
affects the leaves of the oak trees. <
Species of water oaks and pin oaks ‘
seem to be affected more than oth
er varieties. The leaves from in- 1
feeted trees swell and blister giv
ing the tree a very, ragged appear
ance.
Robert, S. Marsh, county agent,
took samples from an infected tree
, to the Plant Disease Clinic at State
College last week. Dr. Nielson, of
the Plant Disease Clinic, diagnosed
the disease as oak leaf blister. He
stated that although trees which 1
are infected with this disease are 1
not. ordinarily killed by it, they :
may he so weakened after several 1
years that insects and other di- 1
seases may destroy the tree. There '
are no remedies or cures which can :
be used on infested trees during j'
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Baptist Vacation Bible!
School Ends Saturday
Daily Vacation Bible School is in j
session this w r eek at the Edenton
; Baptist Church and will close Sat-|
urday, June 16. Classes have been |
arranged for children of all ages, •
beginning at 9 o’clock each morn
, ing and ending at 11:30 o’clock. !
„ Graduation exercises will be held ■
t in the church Sunday night, June]
j 17, at 7:30 o’clock, to which the
public is cordially invited to attend.
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Hit And Run Driver
Kills 8 Year Old Boy
Saturday Morning
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■ * Coatesville, Pa., Negro j
. Jailed On Charge
Os Murder
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n Another highway fatality was
s chalked up against Chowan County
" Saturday morning about 10:30
f o’clock when an 8-year-old boy was ,
6 killed by a hit-and-run driver. The
n victim was Donald Smith, who with
his twin brother was walking on
y the shoulder of the highway near >
d his home about six miles from
y Edenton on Route 32 north.
The boy was hit by Percy Wat
ford, 56-year-old Negro from
f Coatesville, Pa., who continued on
> z his way hut was later arrested
. and placed in the Chowan County
t jail.
i- According to police, the two boys
I were op their way fishing whep,
if slow
DOWN
AND LIVE!
1,000 Pounds of Pois
on Distributed Free
At Four Points
Sponsored by tl|e Chowan Coun
ty Commissioners, in cooperation
with the State and local Health
Departments, a county-wide cam
paign is now in progress to help
get rid of rats.
H. J. Eyer and D. G. Brown,
sanitarians of the Health District,
have prepared 1,000 pounds of rat
poison which is now available
free to any person in the county
who is anxious to reduce the rat
population.
The free rat poison can be se
cured at four distributing points in
the county as follows: T. E. Chap
i pell’s’ store at Center Hill; the K.
L. Nixon Electrical, and Plumbing
Company at Valhalla, County
Agent C. W. Overman’s office at
the Edenton Post OfTi- >d at the
Chowan County ’Healtii Department
in the Bank of Edenton building.
The sanitarians point put that
the mixture is a poison, but that
instructions are attached to each
package of bait, which should be
read carefully and carried out.
They also provide instructions for
making a bait box which prevents
domestic animals from getting to
the poison. The bait comes in two
and three pound packages and. as
before stated, it is free during the
campaign against rats.
It is hoped many people in Cho
wan County will take advantage of
the free bait and cooperate in the
rat fight, for the more who parti
cipate. the more successful will be
the campaign.
George Alma Byrum
Now Rotary President
Edenton Rotarians will meet this
(Thursday) afternoon at 1 o'clock
in the Parish House. The pro
gram will be in charge of Maynard
Perry.
At last week’s meeting George
Alma Bvrum took over the presi
dency of the club, having been in
stalled at the previous meeting in
stead of the first meeting in July.
Stepping up of the installation was
due to President Gerald James
leaving Edenton to attend summer
school at the University of North
Carolina.
President Byrum urges every
I Rotarian to attend today’s meeting.
Cub Scout Leaders
j Will Meet Tuesday
Adult leaders of Edenton Cub
{ Scout Pack No. 159 will meet on
I Tuesday night, June 19. at 7:30
| o’clock at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. C- A. Phillips on East King
Street.
! It will be the regular monthly
planning session. Arrangements
! will be completed for the June 26
Pack meeting and activities will be
outlined for July.
j struck by Watford. West Leary,
traveling behind the Pennsylvania
car, saw the accident a'-‘i carried
the boy to the Chowan Hospital.
Mr. Leary later spotted the - ar at
the Mexicana and parked his car so
close to it that it could not move
while he called police.
The victim Is the son of Mrs.
j Louise F. Estes and J. M. Smith.
Besides his parents, he survived
by two brothers, Ronnie, a twin,
and D. Wayne Smith; his step
father, Fred L. Estes: a half sister.
Linda Estes and his maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
D. Fowler of Selma.
, Funeral services for the boy were
held in Selma Monday afternoon.
Watford, charged with hit-and
run, drunken driving and mnrder.
is scheduled to have a hearing in
Recorder’s Court Tuesday morning
, of next week, June 19, . „