" ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
CHOWAN COUNTY
VofumeXXlll'.—Number 34.
Rev.Geo.B. Holmes
Will Be New Rector
At St. Rams Church
Scheduled to Arrive In'
Edenton About Mid
dle of September
Announcement was made early
this week that the Rev. George
Blake Holmes will arrive in Eden
ton about the middle of September
to assume the rectorship of St.
Paul’s Episcopal Church. Mr.
Holmes will succeed the Rev. Gor
don Bennett, who recently resigned
to accept the rectorship of a
church in Macon, Ga. Mr. Bennett
and family plan to leave Edenton
September 1 for their new home.
Mr. Holmes, a native of Norfolk,
Va., is 38 years old, and is mar
ried to the former Rachael Brugh
of Roanoke, Va. The couple has
four children, Rosemary 5, George
Blake, Jr., 4, Jane Douglas 3 and
Rachael Brugh 2.
Mr. Holmes attended public
schools in Norfolk and graduated
from Maury High School in 1936.
He is a graduate of Norfolk Busi
ness College, the College of Wil
liam and Mary, Virginia Polytech
nic Institute, and Seabury-Westorn
Theological Seminary in Evanston,
Illinois. Other schools attended in
clude the Norfolk Division of the
College of William and Mary,
Washington and Jefferson, North
western and Garrett Biblical Insti
tute. Majors includechemistry,
sociology, theology and child psy
chology.
During World War II he served
in both the United "States Navy
and the United States Army Air
Forces mostly overseas. "He was
for a period attached to the Royal
Air Force. Theatres include the
Pacific, American, North Atlantic,
and European
Expsiriiaices inchrttr frabWfr Vorfte,
City of Norfolk; Department of
Education, 1 Williamsburg,' Virginia;
United States Navy Department,
and churches in Illinois, Wisconsin,
Mecklenburg County, Virginia; rec
tor of Christ Church, Pulaski, Vir
ginia; associate rector of Saint
John’s Church, Roanoke, Va.
Covered Dish Supper
Planned In ffonor Os
Rev. And Mrs. Bennett
A covered dish supper will be
held at the Parish House on Sun
day night, August 26, honoring the
Rev. and Mrs. Gordon Bennett.
All friends of the couple are in
vited and are asked to contact
either Mrs. John Raines at 744-J-4
or Mrs. Edward G. Bond at 860 or
856, notifying the mntaber in each
family planning to attend.
The supper will begin at 6 o’clock
so that all children may attend
with their parents.
20 Years Ago i
As Found In the Files of I
The Chowan Herald
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Entire Albemarle area unites in |
building bridge across Albemarle
Sound, when about 200 attend mass
meeting held in the Chowan Court
House.
Richard Dixon and Mayor E. W.
Spires were notified by C. C. Crit
tenden of the State Historical Com
mission' that an historical marker
was in the nyftltk designating the!
Chowap County Court House.
V Town Council hears complaints!
t about an acute dog nuisance,
Thieves entered the office of Dr.
W. S. Griffin and stole a quantity
of gold stieed, in dental work.
Ex-service man of the Rotary
Club related some of their mil
standing war Wperiencm.
W. J. Taylor 'was seeking a now
coach at Chowan High School due.
to E. C. Woodard Signing.
v Perry town protested the find
game for-the Bertie-Chowap Lts
gu* championship wimu Joe WAb
weNt to the plate aa a pinch, lilt- 1
ter. i
» Opening of Bdonton schools was
V ufet for September 31.
Charlie SWanner, foreman at
**Hsye*” reported cotton ready to
pick, jjfc-
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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REV. GEORGE B. HOLMES
About the middle of September
the Rev. George Blake Holmes will
arrive in Edenton to become new I
rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church. He will succeed the Rev.j
Gordon Bennett, who has resigned
to accept a rectorship in Macon,
Georgia.
Revival Services
Begin At Christian
ChurchAtigust 27
The Rev. W. O. Hend
, ersojvof Four Oak§
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Revival services will be held at
the First Christian Church in
Edenton, the week of August 27,
through September 9, according to
an announcement by the pastor, the
Rev. E. C. Alexander.
The visiting evangelist will be
the Rev. W. O. Henderson of Four
Oaks, N. C. He will speak each
night at 7:30 o’clock beginning on
Monday night, August 27 and con
tinuing through Sunday night, Sep
tember 9. The public is cordially
invited to these meetings.
At the conclusion of the revival
a homecoming celebration will be
observed.
[ Veteran Absent 1
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W. J. Yates, Edenton 1 * assistant
fire chief, and A1 Owens attended
the 69th annual convention of the
North Carolina Firemen’s Conven
! tiom held in Raleigh early this
I week. Fire Chief R. K. Hall was
j unable to attend the convention due
jto his health, the first time in
. many years he missed the gather
ing where he has always been, an
I outstanding figure as the oldest
! fire chief in the United States.
Faculties Are Complete For
County Unit Schools Which
| Will Open On September 3rd
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W. J. Taylor Reports
Purchase of Two
New Buses
Chowan High School and Rocky
Hock School will open for the new
school term on Monday, September
, | 3 and Superintendent W. J. Taylor
I reports complete faculty and that
will be in readiness for
fte opening. The White Oak Con
, irniidated opened Monday,
1 '3[agust 20, witJr 880 pupils enroJU
ed. Thi« school opened earlier due
i U$ losing two weeks for cotton
picking at the peak of the season.
Mr, Taylor reports that two ex
tra school rases have been pur- j
I chased for the colored schools in
i j his unit, one for V(jhite Oak and
f Superintendent Tatlor also an
’ Bounced that member* the sixth
1 Edenton. Chowan Countv. North Carolina. Thursday. August 23, 1956.
f Marine j
Sullivan’s
August 26
. Lt. James B. Bowers
| Scheduled to Sing
j Solo on Program
Marine 2nd Lt. James B. Bow
ers of the Edenton Naval Auxiliary
Air Station has been selected to
appear on the Ed Sullivan Show
Sunday .evening, August 26. Lt.
Bowers will do a vocal solo.
Bowers was selected to appear
on the Sullivan show by producer
Mario Lewis. Also slated to ap
pear on the Sunday evening show
are eight to ten other Navy and'
| Marine Corps acts,
j Producer Lewis selected the per
sonnel for the Ed Sullivan Show
from the contestants in the All-
Navy talent contest finals held at
the U. S. Naval Hospital, St. Al
bans, N. Y., on August 16.
Lieutenant, Bowers is married to
the former Miss Patricia Lee Mc-
Cormick of Houston, Texas. They
are the parents of a baby daugh
ter, Stacey Lee, born last month.
Parents of the Marine vocalist'
• are Mr. and Mrs. Clyde O. Bowers
I of Houston.
r ' The University of Houston
I awarded Lieutenant Bowers a bach- >
. elor of arts degree in 1954. The 1
l; singer is a student of Evelyn Ha- ■
, gara of Hollywood, California.
Cub Scouts’ Field
Day Be Observed
1 Tuesday, Aug. 28
Competition In Field
f EveittsfcWill Begin
At 5:30 P.M.
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i “Cub Scout Field Day” is to be
, the theme for the regular monthly
i meeting of Pack 159 Tuesday
i evening, August 28, at the Little
League Ball Park in Edenton. The
program gets underway at 5:30
• o’clock and will include picnic sup
per.
i Boys will compete individually in
Cub-size track and field events.
• Prizes are to be awarded to the
winners in each activity.
Contests will center around the
high jump, ball throw, broad jump,
i hoop roll and 30-yard dash.
Awards are to be presented to
Cubs who have completed advance
ments recently.
Methodist Men’s Club
Will Meet August 30
The Men's Club of the Methodist
Church will meet at the church
Thursday night, August 30, at 6:30
o’clock. This meeting has been
postponed from Thursday of this
week and Rufus Carraway, presi
dent, urges all members to attend.
An interesting program is being
,i arranged by John A. Holmes, pro
gram chairman.
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and seventh grades at the Rocky
Hock School have been assigned to
Chowan High School for the 1956-
57 term.
The faculties for the schools in
the county administrative unit will
be as follows:
Chowan High School —R. H.
Copeland, principal and mathemat
ics; Clyde A. White, English and
librarian; Miss Edna Louise Wil
son; social studies; Bob E. Godwin,
sciences and athletic director; Mrs.
, Marvis H. Hendrix, French and
commercial; Mrs. Loraine H. Rog
ersou, home economics; E. S.
White, vocational agriculture; Mrs.
Annie Perry Asbell, Bth grade;
Ralph A. Spainhour, 7th grade;
Mrs. Igargaret L. Smithaon, 7th
grade; Mrs. Myra B. Stokley, 6th
grade; Miss Elia Mae Nixon, sth
grade; Miss Hattie Hudgins, 4th
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In above picture appear majorettes for the Edenton Junior-Senior
High School Band for the next school term. Left to right, Linda
Leary, Patricia Bunch, Ruth Stokley, Chief Leigh Dobson, Rosa
Hollowell, Brenda Mooney and Lorraine Wright. Anne Spruill does
not appear in the picture. The majorettes are elected each year by
a point system set up by the band director. Practice will begin the
last week in August. In the bottom picture arc the cheerleaders,
left to right, Virginia Jones, Page Cayton, Rita Wright, Chief Bon
nie Wright, Imogere Rogerson, Carol Jethro and Peggy Elliott.
| Linda Griffin does not appear in the picture. —(Evelyn Leary Photo).
District Health Officer Urges
Vaccinations Against Polio
For All Children Under 20
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Points Out Epidemic
In Nearby County
With 11 Cases
Dr. B. B. McGuire, District
Health Officer, announces that the
District Health Department is glad
to join the local Medical Society in
urging all children under 20 years
of age to start polio vaccinations at
once, as well as all pregnant wo
men.
“The presence of a polio epidemic
in a nearby county,” says Dr. Mc-
Guire, “should remind the citizens,
of our four counties that ‘it can |
happen here’, too.” Dr. McGuire
points out that 11 cases have al
ready been reported, of whom 10
had not taken the Salk vaccine and
one died. j
“See your private doctor at once i
and save your children from this j
dreadful disease,” says Dr. Me-j
Guire. “For those who want it at j
the Health Office, call your County j
Health Officer for schedule of vac-j
cinations. Let’s not sacrifice our j
children when we have so good a
chance to save them.”
Local VFW Auxiliary
Thanked For Help
Given In Formosa
Some months ago the VFW Au
xiliary received a letter from Sgt.
Werner Krenzer asking help for his
welfare program in Formosa. The
Auxiliary members donated two
large boxes of clothes, candy, toys
and school supplies.
This week Mrs. Betty Perry,
president, received a letter of
thanks from Sgt. Krenzer in which
he said “It is a nice feeling to ex
perience the support you gave me
in this welfare program. The need
in the Orient is indeed great. Your
gifts will bring forth many smiles
and the missionaries and myself
send our grateful thanks.”
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ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
- Edenton Rotarians will meet this j
(Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock
in the Parish House. The program
will be in charge of Jack Mooney
and President George Alma Byrun*
urges a 100 per cent attendance.
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Masons Os First
District Meet In
Edenton Tuesday
John C. Vance, Grand
Master, Makes Prin
cipal Address
Masons from all over the First
* Masonic District gathered in Eden
| ton Tuesday when an afternoon
meeting was held in the Masonic
Temple and a night meeting held
at 8 o’clock.
Present for the meetings were
j John C. Vance of Asheville, Grand
( Master of Masons in North Caro-
I lina; Leon Gray, Grand Chaplain of
j the Grand Lodge and superintend
| ent of Oxford Orphanage; Wilbur
I Mclver of Raleigh, Grand Secre
| tary of the Grand Lodge, and W.
jH. Burgess of Camden, Deputy
1 Grand Master of the First Ma
sonic District.
A goodly number of Masons were
on hand with lodges represented
being Edenton, Coinjock, Elizabeth
City, South Mills, Gatesville, Hert
ford, Shawboro and Camden, as
well as several from other North
Carolina districts and other state^k
The afternoon session was devor-j
ed to a round table discussion of
Masonic procedures, with Grand j
Secretary Mclver in charge. Ma
sonic law was explained and many
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Edenton Jaycees At
District Board Session
Joe Conger, Jr., and Warren
Twiddy, two members of the Eden
ton Junior Chamber of Commerce,
attended the first quarterly Jaycee
board meeting held at Guilford Col- j
lege Saturday and Sunday.
MV. Conger is vice president of!
the lOtn District and Mr. Twiddv
is chairman of the 10th Districts'
major project committee for the'
year, education. This project has
for its aim advocating a higher pay ,
scale for teachers, more class
rooms and less student load for!
teachers. _ '
Savings Bond Sales
In Chowan Amount
To $8,431.25 In July
County Sales Show a
Decrease For Six
Months
According to A. B. Harless, Sav
ings Bonds Volunteer Chairman for
Chowan County, local sales in July
were $8,431.25. The county’s com
bined sales of E and H Savings
Bonds for the January-July period
amounts to $79,087.50. In contrast
: this is a decrease of 33% for the
I year in the county.
' During the month of July sales
in North Carolina of Series K Unit
ed States Savings Bonds were over
I 3% greater than they were in July
of last year. Total E Bond sales
I amounted to $3,298,612,25.
January-July sales for the Series
E Bonds were 2.4% over the
amount sold during the correspond
ing period of 1955, which amounts
to over $583,000.00.
The E Bond sales continue firm
both in North Carolina and across
the nation, with North Carolina
sales increase in E Bonds running
over 1% ahead of the national in
crease.
The combined sales of Series E
and H Bonds for the first seven
months of the year totaled $32,-1
023,253.75. This is 51% of this!
year’s sales goal of $62,700,000. |
30 Golfers Slated
To Play In Local
Golf Tournament
Qualifying Rounds to
Be Played on Sep
tember 5tK
Seven new entries have been
added to the list of those already
slated to face competition in the
Edenton Country Club Golf- Tour- i
nament. at the Naval Auxiliary Airl
Station from September 5-9, an- J
nounced Capt. John L. Cobb, special
services officer. The new entrants
bring the total of competitors
to 30.
New civilian entrants in the tour
ney are K. A. Wright, J. M. Tlior
ud and B. K. Dyrnek. Six other
civilians are set for competition
in the tournament.
Added to the group of military
personnel competing in the tour-1
ney are Ist Lt. W. J. Wojciechow
ski, 2nd Lt.’s R. F. Calabrese and
R. Kazmierezak and M-Sgt. M. J.
Bowen.
Entries are still being accepted
for the tournament at the Base.
Competition is slated to begin with
a qualifying round on opening day,
September 5.
NO MASONIC MEETING
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With an emergent communioa-.
tion of Unanimity Lodge No, 7. A.I
F., & A. M„ held Tuesday night of
this week, Ernest P. Kehayes, mas- {
ter of the lodge, announces there I
will be no meeting of the lodge to- j
nigh- (Thursday).
John A. Holmes Announces
Teachers For Local Schools
Which Open September 4th
i Three Vacancies to Be
Filled Within Few
Days
Superintendent John A. Holmes
announced early this week that the
faculty for the Edenton City
Schools was complete with the ex
ception of one first grade teachei
for the white schools and a band
1 instructor and an English-French
teacher for. the colored schools.
| The last two vacancies were caus
|ed by August resignations of
' Charles S. Jenkins, band instructor,
' and Annie Frances Gilmer, Eng
' lish-French teacher. Several appli
! cations are being considered and
the band instructor and an English
, French teacher will be employed
within a few days.
! Edenton and St. John’s schools
• will open Tuesday morning-, Sep-
$2.00 Per Year Iri North Carolina
; Bookmobiles Will
1 Renew Schedule Os
Runs September 4
New Chief Justice 1
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J. WALLACE WINBORNE
As of August 21 Judge John
’ Wallace Winborne, a native of Cho
-1 wan County, became Chief Justice
: of the State Supreme Court. He
was appointed by Governor Luther
Hodges to succeed Judge M. V.
1 Barnhill, who resigned due to ill
health.
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New Students Must
Register In Order
To AM School
| Friday and Monday
Designated as Days
To Register
Students who have moved to
Edenton during' the sumrtier arid
who expect to enroll in grades 7
through 12 should report to the
Kdenton Junior-Senior High Schojnl
on North Broad Street on Fjiijat,’.
j August 24, or Monday, August 27
1 between the hours of 9 and 12 and
j 2 and 5 o’clock. Students should
bring with them report cards and
any other information which should
be of interest to school officials.
As announced earlier, the Eden
ton Junior-Senior High School will
open on Tuesday morning, Septem
ber 4, at 9 o'clock. School will dis
miss on the first day at 12 o’clock
noon. The lunchroom will he open
i on the second day and a regular
I schedule will be observed. The
hours for the regular schedule will
be from 8:40 A. M„ to 3:20 P. M.
Resume Meetings]
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Edenton Woman’s Club will hold
its first meeting since suspension
of meetings in June. The club will
I meet Wednesday afternoon, Sep
tember 5, at 1 o’clock in the Par
ish House.
Mrs. Thomas Cross, Jr., is presi
dent of the club and urges every
I member to attend the first meet
| ing of the fall season. ,
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, j tember 4, at 9 o’clock.
Seven new teachers have been
employed for the white schools and
four new teachers have been em
ployed for the colored schools.
» New teachers employed for the
- Edenton Junior-Senior High School
’ are Miss Jean Ward Mobley of
■, Williamston, a recent graduate of,
i East Carolina College. She will
! replace Miss Delphia Rawls as
i teacher of Vocational Home Eco- 1
• nomics. Mrs. Rebecca Walker
- Shepard will replace Mrs. Jenette
E Rivenbark Baucom as teacher of |
, mathematics. Miss Evelyn Kil
- patrick of Hookerton will replace |
- Mrs. Louise H. Blades as librarian.
I Miss Kilpatrick has been librarian'
■ in the Henderson High School.
I Miss Catherine Atkins of Albe- J
marie, a recent graduate of Mese
s dith College, will teach history and I
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J Budget For Pettigrew
| Regional Library Ap
proved at $21,271.50
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The budget for the Pettigrew
Regional Library for t'j* fiscal
year July 1, 1956, to June 30, 1957,
has been approved. The total is
• $21,271.50. Participating counties
are Chowan, Tyrrell and Washing
ton including Tyrrell and Washing
ton county libraries and their col
ored branches, and the Shepard-
Pruden Memorial Library and
Brown-Carver Library in Edenton.
Designated amounts are as fol
lows:
Salaries $13,110.00
Books and periodicals and
binding 5,199.50
Library supplies 300.00
Insurance 340.00
Social Security 260.00
Rent 612.00
Bookmobile operation 750.00
Travel 600.00
Miscellaneous 100.00
Sources of income are as follows:
State Aid ... . $10,800.00
City appropriations 2,708.00
County appropriations 6,999.90
Balance 517.49
1 Various sources of income from
i the three counties have been added
together in lump sums. Tyrrell
1 County is the only one that has a
tax levy for its libraries. Chowan
and Washington have appropria
tions.
The two bookmobiles will begin
operation September 4. The book
mobile librarians, Mrs. Alexander
and Mrs. Harris, are taking their
vacations the last two weeks in Au
gust and Labor Day, September 3,
is a legal holiday. Both bookmo
biles will g<> on their winte- sched
ules nnd will be in Washington
County the first week in Septem
ber: in Chowan, the week of Sep
tember 9; and in Tyrrell' the,
of the 16th. Schedules will be
published the week before opera
tions in the various counties.
Evans And Center
HHI Churches Plan
Revival Aug. 26-31
The Rev. J. A. Auman
Os Hertford Will Be
Speaker
Center Hill and Evans Methodist
churches will hold a joint revival
beginning Sunday night, August
26, and continuing through Friday
night, August 31. Services will be
held each night at 8 o’clock in the
Center Hill Church.
The Rev. J. A. Aomen. na' f '". of
j the Hertford Methodist Church,
will be the guest speaker.
' The Rev. P. M. so of
the two churches, invites the pub*
Ilic to attend and join in these ser
vices.
[civic Calendar]
Golf tournament will be held on
the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air
Station course September 5-9.
Edenton Woman’s Club will hold
its first meeting of the fall sea
son Wednesday afternoono, Sep
tember 5, at 1 o’clock in the Parish
House.
A covered dish supper will be
held at the Parish House Sunday
night, August 26, at 6 o’clock in
honor of the Rev. and Mrs. Gordon
I Bennett.
Extra general election will be
I held Saturday, September 8, to
( vote on an amendment to the North
Carolina Constitution to change the
school laws regarding segregation.
1 1 Methodist Men’s Club will hold a
dinner meeting at the church
I Thursday night, August M, at 6:30
o’clock.
Revival services will he held in
the Rocky Hock Baptist Church
, Sunday, August 26, through Sun*
day, September 2.
j Chowan County Fair will be held
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