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CHOWAN COUNTY J
Volume XXnl—i'fumber 32 *
White And Negro Women,
Two Negro Men Among 50
Names Drawn For Jury Duty
Unusual For Chowan
County to Have
Mixed Jury
In preparation for the Septem
ber term of Chowan County Super
ior Court, the County Commission
ers at their meeting: Monday drew
from the recently corrected jury
box the names of 60 persons Who
will be summoned by Sheriff J. A.
Bunch to serve in the capacity Os
jurors at the term of court.
Unusual for Chowan County, the
names drawn from the box by a
young boy included one white wo
man, a colored woman and two col
ored men. The white woman is
Mrs. Gertrude Rosevear, the color
ed woman Mrs. Alice V. Paxton and
the two colored men are Cromwell
O. Holley and Leander Long, Sr.
The term of court is scheduled
to convene Monday, September 10,
with Judge Walter J. Bone of
Nashville presiding.
The list of those drawn for jury
duty follows:
Cromwell 0. Holley, C. B. Daven
port, George W. Bennett, J. L. Lay
ton, W. Walter Small, Percy W.
Dali, Herman W. Nixon, Curtis M.
Chappell, A. Lloyd Perry, G. Louis
Goodwin, Thomas H. Shepard, Wal
ter Adams, J. S. Turner, Paul Ober,
Wallace J. Chappell, Edward Wo
zelka, Leander Long, Sr., Claude
Griffin, Henderson M. Nixon, Mrs.
Gertrude S. Rosevear, Albert
Bunch, Mrs. Alice V. Paxton, Ervin
1 Trotman Spivey, J. J. Oliver, A,
V. Asbell, T. J. Jackson, E. M.
Howell, W. C. Hollowell, J. E.
Copeland, Willie Thomas Bunchy T.
L. Whiteman* Hoskin Bass, Sr.,
• Rudjf/Parks, §£T. AlexandezyjG. W.
Davidson, T. R. Hollowell, J; - *.
Boyce, Roland Ashley, Ralph Dail,
J. P. Raftin', J. Elton Jordan, E. F.
Parks, John E. Rallies, Glenn
Bunch, Percy Satterfield, Noahi J.
Goodwin, Jr., Shelton Rogerson, W.
M. Hare, Charles M. Asbell and
Guy Russell Byrum.
School Bells WV
Ring August 20th
White Oak Will Open
First; County Schools
Open September 3
School bells will ring in Chowan
County Monday morning, August
t 20, when the White Oak. Consoli
dated School will open for the 1956-
57 term.
The Rocky Hock School and Cho
wan High School will open Mon
day, September 3.
W. J. Taylor, superintendent *bf
the Chowan County unit, reports
that his faculty is complete and
that everything will be in readiness
for the opening of school. Mr.
Taylor will have the same faculty
members as last year except one,
Mrs. Bobby Goodwin, who taught
in the Edenton school last year, will
teach at the Chowan school. She
will teach the fourth and fifth
grades.
Methodist Groups . .
Meet Monday Nighty
Various commissions and mem
bers of the official board of the
Methodißt Church met in the
church Monday night to adopt the j
year’s budget and hear reports ,
from chairmen of the various com- ,
missions. 1 i
The meeting was presided over
by John A. Holmes, chairman of j;
- the official board. The reports,
were very encouraging, so that a
auccesful year is in prospect
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Change Meeting j
———
Chowan County CMMtttstawrs
at their meeting Monday agreed t* |
change in fleeting is due to Lahar j
THE CI»WAN HERALD
92,197 Books Circulated By
Pettigrew Regional Library
During First Year Operation
; Over 100,000 Circula
tion Is Expected
This Year
A total of 92,197 books were cir
'■ culated to the residents of Chowan,
; Tyrrell and Washington counties
' by the Pettigrew Regional Library
during its first year. The region
1 was officially formed October 1,
' 1966. Since the fiscal year ends
' June 30, the circulation in individ-
I ual counties was counted for July,
August and September of 1965.
' Broken down by libraries and book
’ mobiles the number of books loan
ed by each follows:
White bookmobile —33,465
r Colored bookmobile 14,489
Tyrrell County Public 11,755
■ Brown-Carver, Edenton 11,026
■ Washington County Public—ll,oo3
. j Shepard-Pruden, Edenton 8,088
. Washington County Colored- 1,489
i Tyrrell County Colored 882
, Total 92,197
Continued on Page S—Section 1
; 20 Years Ago
As Found In (he Files of
The Chowan Herald
IX-.- —■ ■ - z*’
Chowan County Commissioners
‘ approve $90,000 bond issue to build
'AM* rym|aee« the
one burri9B at Cross Roads and to
make necessary repairs an£ addi
tions to the Edenton school.
, Legion Auxiliary won three ci
tations at State Convention.
Peltier comet visible in Edenton
in early hours of evening.
Loading of watermelons at the
county dock halted due to inspec
tion law.
Negroes make request for coun
ty agent.
Tyrrell county delegation appear
i ed at Court House to confer with
State Highway Commissioner Jul
ian Wood relative to securing new
roads hj their county.
Barnett Bros. Circus announced i
a showing hi Edenton on August
11th. |
Chowan County Commissioners*
approved a $1.19 tax rate,
Steps taken to protect shad in- j
dustry after decline of catch over
• period of years. j
Mrs. Sam Hobowsky 1 won S4O J
hank night prise at The Taylor |
Theatre.
Work started on laying a storm
sewer in North Edenton. :
Town Rejects State
Offer To Construct
Curbing On U. S. 17
I W
Property Owners For
Most Part Register
Objections
An offer by the State Highway
and Public Works Commission to
construct curbs to the city limits
on Highway 17 was turned down
at a special meeting of Town Coun
cil held Wednesday afternoon of
last week. . f
The State proposed to construct!
curbs on West Queen Street from
Dfosely Street to Twiddy Avenue
and on North Broad Street from
Oakum Street to the Norfolk
Southern Railroad.
Interested property owners were
present and of those who spoke
all registered objection to the pro
| posal.
The principal objection for curb
ing West Queen Street was the fact
jthat the State requires a 42-foot
j right of way, which would place
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Edenton, pounty, North Carolina, Thursday, August 9,1956.
School Opening
——— ~—
John A. Holmes, superintendent
. of Edenton City Schools, announc
, ed this week that school will open
s Tuesday morning, September 4, at
r 9 o’clock. This includes the Eden
i ton Junior-Senior High School, the
, .Elementary School, the two Negro
( schools and the Negro school at
. St. Johns.
, Up to early this week Mr.
. Holmes still wgs short two or three
. teachers, but he was awaiting word
. from applicants, so that he feels
certain a complete faculty will be
; employed before school opens.
) This year’s faculty will include
; seven new teachers.
1; RecordClrciriation
: Os Books Reported
At Edenton Library—
Total of 1,275 Books
Were Loaned Dur
ing July
i Shepard-Pruden Memorial Lib-
I ; rary has had one of the highest
• circulatioM».pf books during July,
» ij has pver had. A total of 1,275
• books were loaned, of which 574
went to adults and 701 to juveniles.
Fiction books led for the month
j with 468 going to adults and 489
I I to juveniles. In the non-fiction
group 106 went to adults and 212
, to juveniles.
During the month there were 25
new registrations and 124 refer
ence and ; research questions an
swered.
The public is reminded of the
magazines available for both chil
dren and grown-ups. They may be
used in the library or checked out.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton Rotarians will meet this
(Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock
j in the Parish House. The program
• will be in charge of John Graham
j and President George A. Byrum
I urges a full attendance.
j JAYCEES MEET TONIGHT
Edenton Jaycees will meet to
! night (Thursday) at *1 o’clock in
| the Penelope Barker house. Presi
' dent Dick Dixon urges every mem
! ber to be present.
It would also be necessary to re
move some trees, so that property
owners objected to having the curb
in their yards as well as marring
the beauty of the street by remov
ing trees <and shrubbery. The opin
ion was also advanced that Eden
ton will sooner or later be by
passed, so that widening of the
street is unnecessary.
The objection registered by
North Broad Street property own
( ers was that a curb would be above
present property level, so that
drainage water would create a
problem.
In view of the objection. Town
Council took no action, so that any
future curbing will have to be at
the expense of the town unless it
is agreed to provide the 41-foot
right of way.
D. W. Patrick, office engineer
and W. P. Seasoms, dWtrict engi
neer out of Plymouth attended the
meeting in the interest of the State
Highway and Pubjic jgforks Ct>m-
Edenton Marine Promoted
ijyonn mBiHK
HTj» ...- '
> Captain Earl E. Carpenter, center, receives promotion orders and
t congratulations from Col. Frank H. Collins, commanding officer of
the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air Station. The new captain’s wife,
- Mrs. Carpenter, looks on at right. Ceremonies promoting the Mau
‘ rine from first lieutenant were held recently in the office of Colonel
' Collins.—(Official Marine Corps Photo).
: Harless Appointed
Director Atlantic
And N.C. Railroad
•
Appointment Is An
nounced By Gover-
I nor Hodges
The only new director named to
i the Atlantic and North Carolina
Railroad Board of Directors by
Governor Luther Hodges was A. B.
Harless of Edenton and Charles M.
Johnson, Jr., of Raleigh.
Both new directors will serve be
t ginning with a jmeeting at Atlantic
; Beach on Friday, August 10.' Hart
I less served ikri the Finance Commit
tee of the A. & N. jC, during the
t past year but Johnson is a .new
i comer to the Board.
Usually it is customary to change
, the Board each year but because
of significant negotiations with
the Southern Railroad on a lease
the Governor thought it best to
make few changes.
Faison Thompson of Goldsboro
was appointed to the finance com
mittee to succeed Harless and will
hold the Governor’s proxy to vote
the State-owned stock.
M. G. Mann of Raleigh will head
up the Board for the 1956-57 year.
Kindergarten Class
Opens September 4th
Mrs. John F. White announced
early this week that the kindergar
ten class will open in the Edenton
Elementary School Tuesday, Sep- ,
tember 4. Mrs. John J. Ross will ,
again assist with music for the ]
classes. ]
This is a public sendee and all (
children who are five years of age
by October 15 are eligible to en
roll. Children who are planning
to enter must be immunized from
diptheria, typhoid fever and small
pox. Their certificate of immuni- j
zation must be brought to school
with them on the opening date of t
registration on Tuesday, Septem
ber 4. t
Those who have not contacted
Mrs. White for application for
their children may do so by call
ing her residence, phone 744-J-4.
HEYWOOD ZIEGLER, JR, WINS ,
RIBBONS IN HORSE SHOW |
Hpywood Ziegler, Jr, spent the £
week-end at Virginia Beach, where i
he participated Saturday and Sun- <
day in the horse show sponsored by
the Kempsville Woman’s Club. «
Mr. Ziegler wds entered in the i
Western Parade Class and on Sat- i
urday he won a lavendar ribbon I
for seventh place. On Sunday he <
won the championship ribbon for 1
seventh place. 1
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64 JAILED IN JULY
According to the monthly report
Os Jailer Herman White, a total
:of 64 persons were placed in the J
Chowan County jail during July. £
Confinements ranged from 1 to 31 i
days. Expenditures amounted to 1
$622.01 which included jail and <
turnkey fees, scouring the jail, soap i
and washing powders, telephone''
bill and a new broom, ' L I- 1
Golf Players Now
Signing Up To Play
In Edenton Match
Qualifying Rounds to
Be Played Opening
Day, September 5
Nineteen linksmen—five civilians
and 14 signed up
to compete in the September 5-9
golf tournament at the Edenton
Country Club. Capt. John L. Cobh,
Special Services Officer at the
Marine Base, reported names of the
early entrants and said applications
are 9th 1 heing accepted. >
' Ah l&hbie round will |
be played opening day,’ September
5, and match play will follow until
September 9. Flights will consist
of 16 men each and foursomes will
be designated. Trophies will he
awarded in all flights.
There is no entrance fee for the
tournament, which will be played
on the course at the Edenton Na
val Auxiliary Air Station. Golf
enthusiasts are invited to apply to
Captain Cobb at the Base if they
wish to enter.
Civilians who have signed up so
far are J. E. Debnam, R, F. Elliott,
N. J. George, C. B. Mooney and
W. B. Rosevear..
Marine entrants are Lt. Col. W.
N. Case, Captains Cobb and C. G.
Lanning, First Lieutenants Ray
mond Casler, Kenneth Hopba'lle
and Walter Waldrop, and Second
Lieutenant John Bristol, Technical
Sergeants W. E. Mabe and C. Spat
otolous. Col. J. E. MacDonald, Maj.
J. L. Read, Ist Lt. L. E. Palmer,
Hospitalman 2nd Class E. B.
Baumgartner and Hospital 2nd
Classman R. J. Meuse.
Two Edenton Youths
Leaving For Germany
Army Privates Robert L. Bunch. ,
Jr, 21 and Omery D. Hassell, 19, *
of Edenton, are scheduled to leave |
the U. S. August 15 for Europe as
part of Operation Gyroscope, the (
Army’s unit rotation plan. .
They are members of the Bth In- '
fantry Division which is replacing
the 9th Infantry Division in Ger- 1
many.
Bunch, a squad leader, is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Bunch
of Route 2. He is a 1953 gradu
ate of Edenton High School and a
former student at East Carolina 1
College. i
Hassell, son of Mr. and Mrs. t
James H. Hassell, Route 2, is a s
rifleman. He was a farmer in ci- ]
vilian life.
Both men, who are assigned to i
Company E of the division’s 13th i
Regiment, entered the Army last 1
February and completed basic i
training at Fort Carson, Colo. f
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MASONS MEET TONIGHT (
Ernest Kehayes, master of Una- <
nimity Lodge No. 7, A.-F, & A. M,
announces that an emergent com- I
munication of the lodge will be 1
held tonight (Thursday) Rt 8 <
o’clock. The purpose of the meet- I
Ing is for Masonic inforrmHnn 1 1
with the program in charge of Dr. ■
A. t. Downum. 1 1
Machinery Set Up For Extra
General Election For Voting
On State School Amendment
Albemarle Furniture Co. To
Hold Grand Opening Days
Today, Friday And Saturday
I At Last! }
v.
At long last work was started j
this week for the erection of me- i
morials in honor of Chowan Conn-!
ty men and women who served in
the armed forces n hen this country
was at war.
Three flag poles w ill be erected
in honor of those who fought for
their country, one at the Edenton
Junior-Senior High School, one at
the Negro High School and one at
Chowan High School.
Preliminary work was started at
the Junior-Senior High School on
Tuesday and Superintendent John
A. Holmes is of the opinion that
all three poles will he erected be
fore the opening of school.
Work Is Started
On Tiptoe Swamp!
Drainage Project
Project Must Be Com-1
pleted Before Sep
tember 8
I
Work has been started on Tiptoe,
| Swamp’ by “Windsor Timber Com-j
pany. This is the last of the civil j
defense projects until more money
is made available to the county.
This project will be rushed due to
a deadline set by the civil defense I
authority for September 8 for all
work to be completed on the pro-1
ject. j
Tiptoe Swamp is 3.3 miles in j
length with 22,5 acres of clearing
and 27,270 cubic yards of excava
tion. This' is a large project to be
done within the allotted time but
everybody is working hard to make
the deadline.
Another civil defense project be
ing rushed to he completed by a
deadline is the Town of Edenton
drainage canal from E. T. Ward
pond north of N. C. 32 to Dail and
Ashley Machine Shop on West Al
bemarle Street. Fleetwood Bros,
have the contract for this work and
good progress is being made. The j
deadline on this project is August
21. SCS engineers designed both
of these projects and are helping
to supervise the construction.
Continued on Page 6—Section 2 '
Local County Fairj
Scheduled Be Held
September 24 to 29
Pumpkin Contest Will
Be New Feature of j
Exhibits
The Chowan County Fair will be |
held at the American Legion build-1
ing on the Windsor Highway, Sep-j
tember 24-29. This big event is;
sponsored by the Ed. G. Bond Post
No. 40, American Legion.
Several valuable prizes are of
fered in many departments. Prem
ium lists are being mailed to all
boxholders this week. Every citi
zen of Chowan County is urged to
study the premium list and to make
as many entries as possible in or
der to make the fair a successful
one.
Livestock is being emphasized
by the Fair Association this year.
Prises of SB.OO, $6.00 and $4.00 are
offered for the first, second and
third places, respectively, for beef
and dairy cattle entries in each
class. Prizes of $5.00, $3.00 and
*2.00 are offered for the Ist, 2nd
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina
| Two Big Prizes Will
[j Awarded Saturday
I Night
i
Thomas F. Hopkins, proprietor
of Edenton’s newest concern, the
| Albemarle Furniture Company, an
nounces that the grand opening of
, his store will he held Thursday,
I! Friday and Saturday of this week.
' The opening of the stole has been
delayed for several weeks due pri
! marily to the installation of an ele
vator. The elevator is now in
• stalled which allowed removal of a
large quantity of merchandise to
! the second floor.
A great deal of Work has been
I done in renovating the interior and
\ front of the building, so that Mr.
Hopkins says everything will be in
I readiness for the opening today
(Thursday) and continuing through
j the week, During the three grand
• opening days the store will remain
■ open each night until 9 o’clock. J
j During the opening eelebrationl
free prizes will he awarded. The
j only requirement to be eligible to
win a prize is to register. Two
•drawings are scheduled to take
[place Saturday night at 9 o’clock,
j The two prizes will be a Kings
j down supreme innerspring mat
| tress valued at $69.60 and a Carter
| reclining lounge worth $129.
| In connection with (he above
I prizes, i.Hopkins . inounces an
| other drawing to be held Saturday',
; October 6, when a solid cherry
.early American bedroom suite Vail -
j ued at SSOO will gj> to some.lucky
person. Visitors afid customers are
I urged to register weekly to par
ticipate in the drawing for this
' prize.
j For the grand opening days a
free gift will be given to everybody
who visits the store and there will
also be treats for the kiddies.
Mr. Hopkins has been purehas-
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I Give Blood ]
h
Joe Swanner, chairman of the
Chowan County Red Cross blood
program, reminds citizens that the
bloodmobile will be at the Edenton
I armory Friday, August 17. The
county's quota will he 100 pints
and Mr. Swanner hopes the county
will meet the quota.
Blood may be donated from 9 A.
M., to 3 P. M.
'and 3rd places respectively, for j
j hogs in each class,
i An added attraction to the fair ,
i is the Chowan pumpkin growing
contest, sponsored by E. L. Pearce,
I seedsman, cf Rocky Hock. This
I contest is open to any Chowan
I County 4-H or FFA Club member
' who is between 6 and 15 years of
] age, as well as to non-club mem-
I bers of the age group. Mr. Pearce,
| the sponsor, donated the seed free
j to each contestant last spring. One
i of the requirements of the contest
was that each contestant sign and
turn in bis application by April 30.
195 ti. Another requirement is for
each contestant to bring his largest
pumpkin to the Chowan County-
Fair on the opening day (Septem :
ber 24), where it will be weighed
and judged by an official commit
tee. Prizes will be awarded by
Mr. Pearce, the sponsor, for the
ten largest pumpkins as follows:
f irst, $5.00; second, $3.00; third,
$2.00 and a dollar each for the next
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SLOW
DOWN
AND LIVE!
Voters Will Cast Bal
lots on Pearsall Plan
September 8
Chowan County’s Board of Elec
tions last week set up machinery
for the extra general election which
is scheduled to be held Saturday,
September 8.
The election was authorized by
the General Assembly, called into
special session hy Governor Luther
Hodges to consider approval of the
Pearsall Plan as North Carolina’s
ansyver to the public school segre
gation problem. Under the Pear
sall plan voters will east their bal
lots for or against a eon # itutional
amendment which provides for tui
tion grants for private schools and
local option on closing public
schools due to integration of white
and colored children.
Registrars, judges of election and
voting places, as announced hy the
Board of Elections follow:
East Edenton Precinct—Voting
place, Court House. Registrar,
Mrs. Albert Cullipher; judges of
election, W. M. Wilkins and Wil
liam Cozart.
West Edenton Precinct Voting
place, Municipal Building. Regis-
I trar, Mrs. George C. Hoskins;
| judges of election, Mrs. A. K. Jen
i kins and M. A. Hughes.
Rocky Hock Precinct—V oti n g
place, Henry Bunch’s store. Regis
trar, W. H. Pearce; judges of elec
tion, W. H. Saunders and jack
Bunch.
Center Hill Precinct—Voting
place, Elliott Belch's office, Reg-
istrar, Ralph Goodwin; judges of
e election, R. H. Hollowell and F„ D.
Byrum.
Warlv i I 1 e- Pfec-inct Vqting
’ place, Herbert Peele’s store. Reg
istrar, T. A.,Berryman; judges of
, election, Jennings Bunch hhld Mel
_ vib Copeland’.
Yeopim Precinct,--Voting place.
. Harry Perry’s store. Registrar, T.
J. Hoskins, Sr.; judges of election,
T. J. Hoskins, Jr„ and J. A. Webb,
; Jr-
Registrars will sit at precinct
polling places August 11. 18 and 25
from 9 A. M, until sunset for the
purpose of registering voters
whose names are not on the coun
ty’s registration books. The regis
trars will also sit at precinct poll
ing places Saturday, September 1,
from 9 A. M, until 3 P. M„ for the
purpose of challenging voters.
I Polls will open at 6:30 A. M, on
election day and remain open until
6:30 P. M.
J. Wallace Winborne
New Chief Justice
Os Supreme Court
Chowan Native Will
Succeed Maurice V.
Barnhill
Chowan County relatives and
friends were delighted to learn
Wednesday that Governor Luther
Hodges had appointed J. Wallace
Winborne to the office of Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of
North Carolina. Mr. Winborne
succeeds Chief Justice Maurice V.
Barnhill, who resigned due to ill
health.
Chief Justice Winborne is a na-
I tive of Chowan County. He was
appointed an associate justice of
the Supreme Court in 1937 by the
late Governor Clyde R. Hoey, and
since has been re-elected for three
successive eight-year terms.
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[ cmc calendar]
Red Cross bloodmobile will be
at the Edenton armory to take
blood donations Friday, August 17
from 9 A. M, to 3 P. M.
Extra general election will be
held Saturday, September 8, to
vote on an amendment to the North
Carolina Conetltution to change the
school lawv fMsvdinif
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