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Volume XXlll—Number 37.
Town Councilmen Reseed
Recent Action Calling Hr
Widening Os Oakum Street
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Council Asked to Start
Action For Making
Improvements
Armed with a petition signed by'
35 property owners on lower Oak
um Street, a delegation of Oakum
Street citizens attended Town
Council meeting Tuesday night
asking the City Fathers to rescind
previous action to widen Oakum
Street eight feet between Church
and Queen streets. The petition)
merely stated, “We, the people of
Oakum Street, oppose the widen
ing of South Oakum Street and
do hereby request that the matter
not be considered again.”
Previously Town* Council agTeed j
to employ the State Highway &
Public Works Commission to do
this work in order to relieve a con
gested and dangerous traffic sitq
ation at the corner of Church and
Oakum streets. Some of the citi
zens objected to taking five feet
off the east side and three feet off'
the west side, while others are op
posed to widening the street in the
block at all.
Several spokesmen in the dele-1
gation were outspoken in their ob-!
.jection and after considerable dis
cussion the Councilmen voted to
rescind the action taken August 27
at' a special meeting. It was
agreed by both groups not to do
anything about relieving the situ-j
' ation until a conference can be ar-*
ranged with Tom Rivers, Town
Councilmen and those who oppose
making the street wider.
Mrs. Granberry Tucker was
spokesman for a group to appeal
to Town Council to do something
vto save oak trees from a type of
blight now attacking trees in Eden-
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Hospital Auxiliary
Plans To Sponsor
Bridge Marathon,
Tournament Is Sched
uled to Continue For
Several Months
Beginning in October, the Cho
wan Hospital Auxiliary will spon
sor a most interesting bridge tourn
ament, which will continue several
months. Regular contract’ will be
played with regular rule# and scor
ing. This is open to average play
ers who will pay fifty cents each
game and compete for cash prizes
ranging from $50.00 to $5.00.
About every ten days a foursome
will meet in the players’ own homes ■
with scores to be kept and publish
ed by the secretary of the finance
committee. A great deal of en
thusiasm has been created in oth
er communities which have tried
this novel type of bridge tourna
ment.
When the contestants have en
rolled the group will have all rules
and procedures fully explained to
them.
“Lend your help to a good
cause.” say those in charge, “and
have lots of fun in the contest”
Anyone interested is requested
to call phone 850 or 856 or see Mrs.
George Hoskins or Mrs. Ed Bond.
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Edenton Aces will play Great
Bridge Friday night, September 14,
on Hides Field at 8 o’clock.
Chowan Hospital Auxiliary plan
ning a bridge tournament to begin
4n October.
Edenton Rotary Club will observe
Teachers* Night and Ladies* Night
in the Masonic Temple dining room
Thursday night,.September 20, at 7
o’clock.
Adults who hare,daughters bl
are requested to telephono-Mtu. EL
leu Case at 118-W.
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F, ft
A. M, will hold an emergent com
ring tile first degree.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Constitution Week Will Be 1
Observed Week Sept. 17-23 j
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Mayor Kehayes Urges
| Special Attention to ,
Constitution
i Constitution Week will be ob
served in Edenton the week of Sep
tember 17-23 and Mayor Ernest P.
Kehayes has issued a proclamation
urging all citizens to pay special
attention during the week to the i
Federal Constitution and the ad
vantages of American citizenship.!
' j The Mayor emphasizes the purpose
of good government as set forth in I
the Constitution’s Preamble and
the duty of all persons in the Re-1
public to protect the Constitution
and its freedoms in its Bill of
Rights so that it may continue to
protect us and our posterity in
“This Nation Under God.”.
“The basic need in our nation
today,” says Mayor Kehayes, “is
j the preservation of Constitutional
I government and in order to protect
our priceless heritage under our
unique form of government it is
essential to support our Constitu
tion, ‘the most wonderful work
ever struck off at a given time by
j the brain and purpose of man’.’’
| The Daughters of the American
I Revolution are sponsoring the ob
servance of Constitution Week in
commemoration of the 169th anni-!
„versa ry of the adoption of the Con-!
stitution. j
Mayor Kehayes urges all mer- 1
chants as well as individuals to dis-.
play the American flag during the
week’s observance. y
Stream Pollution
Viewed In Edenton
T. F.' Armstrong of the State
Stream Sanitation Committee was
in Edenton Friday making a check
I of possible stream pollution', by lo
! cal industries.
Mr. Armstrong was concerned
with only one industry, the Holland
& Spivey Veneer Mill, but due to
the distance the seepage from the
steam room has to travel, he doubt
ed. if it would affect pollution oi
a stream. Mr. Armstrong said it
was a town problem which could
best be remedied by tapping into
the sanitary sewer instead of be
ing drained into a storm sewer.
POCAHONTAS MEETING
Chowanoke Council No. 54, De
gree of Pocahontas, will meet Fri
day night, September 14, at 8
o’clock in the Red Men hall. Mrs.
■Dorothy Pavlich, Pocahontas, urges
all members to attend.
Voters Os Chowan
Give Majority For:
Four Amendments
Almost 10 To 1 Vote
In Favor of School
Amendment
Chowan County joined the re
mainder of the counties in North
Carolina to vote an overwhelming
majority for all four of the amend
ments to the State's Constitution
in Saturday's election. With little
interest apparent before he elec
tion, the vote was somewhat larger
than expected with 1,289 votes cast
for the special session school
amendment. Quite a few voters
cast their ballots for or against
this amendment and left unmarked
the three regular session amend
ments. / _ .
Chowan votes favored the school
amendment by almost 10 to 1, with
1,170 votes cast in favor of the
amettdment and 119 against.
The three regular session amend
ments also were favored by large
maiorities The No. 1 amendment
leaving to do with compensation of
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EdTChowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 13,1956.
Teachers’Night}
I V d
I Edenton Rotarians at their meet
.' ing last Thursday decided to ob-1
serve teachers’ and ladies’ night
Thursday night, September 20.
, The affair will be held in the Ma- j
I sonic Temple dining room, begin
, ning at 7 o’clock.
All the white teachers of the I
I county will be invited, as well as 1
, wives of Rotarians, so that a large i
i crowd is expected.
I John Graham was appointed as
(chairman of the. committee, in j
charge of the banquet.
New Trophy Will
; Be Among Awards
At Chowan Fair
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Will Be Presented By
Home Feed & Fer
tilizer Company
Gilliarn Wood, president of Home
| Feed and Fertilizer Company, an-
I nounces a new trophy to be given
I to the best non-cnmmercial exhibit
' at the Chowan County Fair, Sep
-1 tember 24-29. The Home Feed and
| Fertilizer Company will award a
I beautiful 28-inch trophy cup to the
J organization (4-H Club, FFA,
FHA, ''NFA; /school home room,
Home Demonstration Club, Veter
an* Class, and community group |
exhibit) which wins the grand |
champion non-commercial exhibit j
at the Chowan County Fair. The
name of the organization will be!
engraved on the cup, and it will be j
kept by the winner until the fair
next year. The winner in the fu-
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• Commissioners Grant
Jailer’s Salary Boost
Chowan County Commissioners,
in the face of rising living costs
and to the efficient manner in the
operation of the county jail under
the supervision of Herman White, |
at their meeting last week agreed
to increase the jailor’s fee from
SIOO to $l5O per month. The Com
missioners also agreed to make an
increase of 50 cents per day for
feeding prisoners.
Both increases are retroactive as
* of July 1.
members of the General Assembly <
claimed 749 favorable votes against ;
175 negative.
Amendment No. 2 affecting i
changing the time of covening of 1
the General Assembly from Janu
ary to February was given 786 •
votes for and 103 votes against.
Amendment No. 3, which au
thorizes a married woman to exe
cute a power of attorney conferred
by her husband, received 879 votes
for and only 84 votes against.
Rocky Hock and Wardville pre
cincts were almost unanimous in ,
favor of the school amendment, i
Wardville turned in a vote of 184
for the amendment and only one
vote against. Rocky Hock, out of !
179 votes cast registered 177 in fa- ’
vor of the amendment and only
two against All of the other pre- j
cincts gave one-sided majorities in <
favor of the amendment
The {State as a whole voted over
whelmingty in favor of the school ;
amendment «s well as the other ‘
three amendments.
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In top picture Col. Frank H. Collins, commanding officer o' the
Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air Station, presents the championship
flight trophy to its winner, Capt. John L. Cobb, who was winner
in the annual Edenton Country Club golf tournament which ended
nament. Front row, left to right, T/Sgt. Joseph Cit, HM2 Ray
mond Meuse and T/Sgt. Charles McLaughlin. Back row, left to
right, Capt. Joseph McCaffrey, William Dymek, Jo P Thorud, Col.
Frank Collins, Capt. John L. Cobb, Ist Lieut. Kent McFerren and
D. T. Ward, Jr.
Aces T rim Roanoke
Rapids By 19 to 7ln
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! White Brothers Play!
Leading Roles In
Victory
With the Edenton Aces raising |
the curtain on the 1956 football I
season Monday night on Hicks,
Field, Coach Bill Billings saw
enough mistakes to give him the
jitters, but when the game was
! over he was able to wear a victory
smile as the Aces defeated Roanoke
Rapids 19 to'.7; The game Was
postponed from Friday night due
to rain and a very wet fNtrl.
The Aces made quite a few mis
takes and both teams were plagued
with fumbles, so that Coach Bill
ings will be busy ironing out the
wrinkles this wejek before meeting
Great Bridge on Hicks Field Fri
day night of this week.
Though the Aces for the most
| part are inexperienced, they play
: ed a better game than was expect
ed and turned in what, by many,
| was considered an upset.
Little 125-pound Robert White i
won the admiration of the large
crowd on hand when he was assign
ed to the difficult quarterback spot
due to the illness of Johnny Kra
mer, first string quarterback. The
youngster showed splendid signs of
good generalship and played the
entire game on offense, handling J
the ball very well and adding yard- j
age himself. Just a sophomore, the'
Chowan County’s Amendment Vote ]
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East
Edenton
West
Edenton !
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Center
Hill
Rocky
Hock
Wardville
Yeopim
Total
Special Session
School Amendment:
For 313 319 107 177 184 70 1170
Against - 47 56 8 2 1 5 119
No. 1 Regular I
Session Amendment:
For 255 276 88 35 56 39 749
Against 75 64 10 3 13 10 175
No. 2 Regular
Session Amendment: > ’
For 273 294 92 36 47 44 786
Against . 48 36 6 2 7 4 103
No. 3 Regular
Session Amendment: .
Tor 296 305 101 34 100 48 879
Against 31 33 7 2 4 7 84
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j Winning their first game of the
season. Coach Bill Billings' Aces
! are fired up for their next encoun
:, ter Friday night at 8 o’clock on
■ Hicks Field when they tackle Great
Bridge, a team the Aces defeated
last year by a score of 19 to 6.
However, Great Bridge is re
ported to be as strong or stronger
than last year, so that Coach Bill
ings is taking his boys through
strenuous practice sessions this
week in order to be in the best
possible shape to put up a hard
fight against the Virginians.
predictions are that he should de
velop into an outstanding player. (
A goodly amount of yardage was
the result of a brother combination,
Robert White and Bruce White, j
fullback. The latter, who had j
limited experience on last year’s
squad, showed considerable im-j
provement in both speed and pow
er. He was called upon for the’
major amount of the driving plays
and in almost every instance chalk
ed up gains. He made two of the!
three touchdowns. Billy Bunch, |
who was bottled up most of the
night, made the other touchdown
in the last few seconds of the game
I when he skirted right end. Jerry
| Downum, too, must have been spot
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! Small Dent Made
( In Superior Court
j Criminal Actions
Judge Walter J. Bone
of Nashville Presid
ing Over Term
l Fared with a crowded criminal
docket, Judge Walter J. Bone of
Nashville opened the September
term of Chowan Superior Court
promptly at 10 o’clock Monday
morning. No time was lost in se
lecting the Grand Jury and Petit
Jury from among the 50 people
summoned.
The Grand Jury is composed of
Edward Wozelka, foreman, Rudy
i Parks, Guy Russell Byrum, T. J.
1 Jackson, Curtis M. Chappell, J. M.
, Boyce, Percy Satterfield, Willie
| Thomas Bunch, Noah J. Goodwin, I
I Jr., Ralph Dail, Ervin Trotman
| Spivey, Thomas H. Shepard, J. L.
Layton, E. F. Parks, Hoskin Bass,
Sr., W. M. Hare, E. M. Howell and
Walter Adams.
Judge Bone confined his remarks
to briefly explaining the three
principal duties which the law im
poses on a Grand Jury, pointing
out passing on bills of indictment,,
making presentments and inspec-l
tion of the county home, county
jail and county offices.
As the Grand Jury returned true
hills of indictment all of Monday |
and Tuesday was devoted to crimi-j
nal cases.
Donald L. -Parrish pleaded guilty
to escape from a prison camp and
was sentenced to six months on the :
roads, to commence at the expira-j
tion of the last two sentences which
were imposed upon him in the Su-.j
perior Court of Durham County at)
the July, 1955, term. j
Audrey Alexander pleaded guilty
to driving an automobile without
lan operator’s license and improper
parking. He was sentenced to 30
days on the roads, $25 fine and
court costs.' The road sentence wasj
suspended for a period of 12,
; months on condition that the de- j
fendant pay the fine and costs im
mediately and show good behavior
and violate no law.
Perry Watford entered a plea of j
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Rev. B. L. Raines
Speaker At Rotary
The Rev. B. L. Raines, pastor of
the Rocky Hock Baptist' Church, j
was the principal speaker at last.
week’s Rotary meeting, who was
introduced by Jack Mooney, ini
charge of the program.
Mr. Raines used as his subject!
“It’s Later Than You Think,” dur
ing which he pointed out three
phases of life for each to enjoy!
himself. He said it is altogether]
possible that in the hustle and I
bustle of things these days too j
many people don’t find time to I
really live, emphasizing one’s own!
enjoyment, enjoyment with the!
I family and enjoyment of religion.!
“It is the spiritual side which will I
save this country and the world,”
: said the speaker. I
| Capt. John L. Cobb
I Wins Top Honors In
Golf Tournament
Joe Thorud Winner of
Consolation Cham
pionship
Capt. John L. Cobb walked off
with all the honors as he captured
the championship flight and medal
ist cups of the 1956 Edenton Coun- *
try Club Golf Tournment held at
the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air
Station Sunday. J
Runner-up to Cobb in the chain- 1
I pionship flight was Ist Lieut. Kent
McFerren. Cobb went 1-up on Mc-
Ferren on the back nine and stay
ed ahead of his rival ufitil the fin
ish.
In the closely played match,
Cobb was 2-down after the first.
■ three holes. However in the next
three he managed to bring himself
even with McFerren. The two.
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina I
District President
Praises Leadership
' Os Woman’s Club
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Polio Chairman ”]
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H. Rex Edison, leading business
man of Gastonia, has accepted ap
pointment as North Carolina chair
man of the 1957 March of Dimes
j campaign, scheduled for the month
of January. This marks the sec
ond successive year Edison has
• spearheaded the March of Dimes
organization in the State,
j Edison appeals to all North Caro
! lina citizens to give their all-out
I support to the coming March of |
Dimes campaign. “Let us keep in
mind,” he said, “that the war is
j not. yet won. In spite of a safe
' and effective vaccine, victory
: against polio, unhappily, still lies
’ in the future.”
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Movement Under
Way To Organize
Girl Scout Troops
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( Interested Parents In
vited to Contact
Mrs. Ellen Case
A Girl Scout program for Eden-
I ton will become a reality this fall
as a result of growing interest and
[enthusiasm among parents and
1 girls as well.
| Plans are being made to form
j troops for ail ages from second
through eighth grades.
I Adults who have daughters in-
I teres ted in Scouting and others
j who wish to support Scouting ac
! tivitios arc urged to call Mrs. Ellen
Case at 118-W without delay.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
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Ernest P. Kehayes, master of
I Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F-. &
I A. M., has announced that an emer-j
I gent communication of the lodge
I will lie held tonight (Thursday) at
| 3 o’clock. The purpose of the
| meeting is to confer the first de-,
i gree upon a candidate, so that a
I full attendance is requested.
linksmen were once again all even
after the ninth with Cobb finally
making his victory bid on the 11th
hole.
I Cobb also took medalist honors
of the tournament by shooting a 78
on qualifying day of the tourney (
which opened last Wednesday.
I Winner of the consolation cham
pionship flight was Joe Thorud,
who upended Clayton W. Goodwin,
, 5-4. in the finals n Sunday.
[ Capt. Joseph McCaffrey garner
ed the first flight trophy by de
feating D. T. Ward, 5-4. T-Sgt.
Charles McLaughlin was the victor 1
of the consolation prize in this'
flight.
j The second flight championship
went to William Dymek by virtue
of a 4-3 win over T-Sgt. Joseph
Vit. HM2 Raymond Meuse took
consolation honors in the second'
. flight [
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j Members Consider Im
)j portant Matters at
First Fall Meeting
! , The Edenton Woman’s Club held
| 1 its first fall meeting Wednesday of
i last week at 1 o’clock in St. Paul’s
Parish House, with Mrs. T. C.
■ Cross, Jr., president, presiding,
i • The meeting opened with the read
: i ing of the collect of clubwomen of
! J America and a prayer by the club
i ■ chaplain, Mrs. John Mitehener, Jr.
I Special guests and visitors were
I [ welcomed after which Mrs. Cross
| recognized Mrs. Joe Thorud, chair-
I man of community affairs, who in
: troduced the guest speaker, Mrs.
| W. F. Britt of Murfreesboro, presi
j dent of the 16th District of the N.
i C. Federation of Women’s Clubs,
i Mrs. Britt congratulated the
club for the many achievements
and honor awards received at the
State Convention in Durham.
“Nothing is accomplished without
belief and confidence,” she tteclar
' ed. “The Edenton Woman’s Club
is a true example, with its out
standing leadership and the whole
hearted cooperation of each and
every member.”
In closing Mrs. Britt outlined
\ briefly the plans for the 16th Dis
trict meeting, which will be held
1 Saturday, November 10, at Cam
den, N. C. The Camden Junior
and Senior Clubwomen will he
hostesses at a coffee hour liegin
ning at 9 A. M„ followed by the
business session and award lunch
eon. There will be no afternoon
session.
State officers expected to attend
the affair are: President, Mrs.
Aubrey Mauney of Kings Moun
tains; first vice president, Mrs. C.
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Bruce Jones Named
Area Chairman By
N. C. Auto Dealers
Liaison Between State
And National Groups
And Local Dealers
Bruce F. Jones of the Albemarle
Motor Company has been appoint
ed area chairman for Chowan
County, according to John M. Til
ler of Durham, president of the
North Carolina Automobile Dealers
Association, who made th e appoint
ment.
As area chairman for Chowan
County, Mr. Jones will be the liai
son between the state and national
dealers associations and local deal
ers. He will also direct the two
associations’ annual membership
' campaign to be held in October.
| In announcing the appointment
President Tiller stated, “I am hap
[ Py to have such a capable and out
standing man as Mr. Jones in this
most important position. I feel
'certain he will do a splendid job
1 of keeping dealers and the public
abreast of matters of interest in
the retail automotive industry.”
120 Years Ago
| As Found In the Files of
j The Chowan Herald
Edenton tax rate set at $1.15
for year 1936.
David Holtor. accepted position
as football coach at Edenton High
, School after previously requesting
his release.
Chowan County Commissioners
balked at putting minor offenders
■ in jail, thus running up cost to the
county.
W. J. Taylor was assured that ■
Chowan High School «*nld main- 1
[tain its credit as a Class 11-B i
• ( school.
Red Men held an annual fish fry. |
Mayor E. W. Spina was notified j
' that Edenton had Been definitely 1
! allot ed five historical markers. j
Chowan County CommiMtonen J
through tteir attorney, W. D. Fra- j
den: presented request for refund f
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