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Volume X^nl—Number 40 =
Chowan County Farm Bu«.u
Nowin Midst Os Memberlip
Drive To Add 300 Members
Drive Is Scheduled to
Be Completed By
October 12
The Chowan Farm Bureau has
announced the enrollment of 144
farmers towards a quota of 300 in
its 1956 membership campaign.
Membership Chairman Tom As
bell said workers would pbsh for
completion of the. enrollment pro
gram by Friday, October 12.
Chairman Asbell expressed satis
faction with the progress oj the
program, but issued a plea for “re
doubled efforts” on the part of
membership workers. “We hope to
reach our quota by October 12 at
the very latest,” he says.
-Following completion of the en
rollment program the date of the
annual County Farm Bureau meet
ing will be announced.
Mr. Asbell said “We are urging
workers to rush the drive to com{
pletion so that discussion of policy
recommendations can be complet
ed.”
He was referring to policy rec
ommendations that will come out
of local meetings in which Farm
Bureau members are considering
topics of local as well as national
scope.
“Recommendations concerning the
state farm program will be discuss
ed at the state convention and
must be in the hands of the state
resolutions committee if we hope to
have them thoroughly considered as
possibilities for State Farm Bu
reau policy,” Mr. Asbell warns.
He also urged workers “not to
miss a farmer in the county” in
efforts to set a membership record
for the Chowan Farm Bureau. “The
effect we have at the statfr c&nven
tiofi in l igettfng re&Mmemla
tions adopted will deptend ‘on .the
size of our voting delegate body
and that, of course, will depend on
the size of our membership,” he
points out.
Member solicitors in Chowan
County for the 1956 membership
drive are: A. C. Griffin, Bristoe
Continued on Page s—Section 1
Lions Club Hears
Committee Reports
Tom Hopkins, manager of the
Albemarle Furniture Company, was
initiated into the Edenton Lions
Club at its regular weekly meeting
Monday night by Secretary W. J.
Taylor and Tailtwister T. B. Willi
fo;-d. A welcome was extended to
Cub Lion Hopkins by Lion Presi
dent Ernest J. Ward, Jr.
The first Monday night in the
month being a business meeting,
reports were heard from Dr. A1
Stanton, who is heading the White
Cane Drive for Edenton and Dick
Frohnen, who is in charge of Cub
Scout activities. Al Phillips, Cecil
Fry and Milton Bass were named
by.the president to take charge of
the Christmas float.
20 Years Ago
Aa Found In the Files el
The Chowan Herald
Prospects appeared bright for
rural electrification in Upper Cho
wan County. Current was furnish
ed to the Center Hill community by
a plant operated by Nehemiah
- Bunch.
Two additional historical mark
ers were placed in Edenton desig
nating the James Iredell home and
thf business site of Joseph Hewes.
Consideration was dives to
sharply curtail the shad fishing
season, a recommendation being
made that Ac seaaott be limited
from February 15 ta April 15-
The Woman’s Missionary Society
of the Baptist Church sponsored a
movement to beautify tbt church
Brown Bros. were>warded a Con
tract to put a new roof sn the
Edenton school building at a east
of tMM. T
Mrs. Richard Dixon\j>pened a
history emporium and antique shop
in the library building at Beverly
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a W. Evens, chairman of the
‘ Coatinned w p«f« t, smok }
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Schoolmaster Club
Meets In Edenton
Monday, October 8
-Dr. J. Harris Purks of
Raleigh Scheduled
To Speak
The Albemarle Schoolmasters'
Club will meet in Edenton Monday
night, October 8, in the Junior-
Senior High School cafeteria. This
will be a luncheon meeting sched
uled to begin at 6:30 o’clock.
School teachers, principals and
superintendents from seven north
eastern aounties are expected to
attend this meeting, at which time
Dr. J. Harris Purks of Raleigh,
state director of higher education,
will be the principal speaker.
Gerald James, president of the
club, says Mr. Purks is a very
forceful speaker and urges all
members to be present.
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Methodist Men’s Hour
Broadcast Over WCDJ
A new series of religious radio
programs known as the Methodist
Men’s Hour will begin on radio sta
tion WCDJ Sunday 'afternoon, Oc
tober 7. The broadcast time each
week will be 1 to 1:30.
The Methodist Men’s Hour is
produced by the Mjn’s Club of the
Highland Park Methodist Church
6f Dallas, Texas, and distributed
free of charge to more than 300
radio stations throughout the Unit
ed States. In ther past four years
the htfmhef of stations carrying the
broadcast has increased from 37
to the more than 300.
The Methodist Men’s Hour fea
tures as preacher Dr. Marshall T.
Steel, pastor of the Highland Park
church. Dr. Steel has held his
present pastorate for the past 20
years and has brought the mem
bership of his church to be the lar
gest in Methodism.
Music for this radio series is pro
vided by the Methodist Men’s Hour
Choir and orchestra under the di
rection of Dr. Federal Lee Whit
tlesey. Dr. Whittlesey is a mem
ber of the Department of Worship
and the Arts of the National Coun
cil of Churches of Christ in the
U.S.A.
Arrangements with WCDJ for
this series of programs was made
by the Men’s Club of the Edenton
Methodist Church.
Beaufort Is Fourth
Victim Os Edenton
Aces By 51-7 Score
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Billy Bunch and Jerry
Downum Run Wild
Friday Night
Scoring alntost at will and with
the second team playing a goodly
portion of the game, Coach Bill
Billings’ Edenton Aces had little
trouble in defeating Beaufort High
School on the latter’s gridiron Fri
day night by a score of 51 to 7.
The victory stretched the Aces’
winning streak to four games,
though only one with Williamston
was a conference game. It was the
largest score the Aces have rolled
up against an opponent in several
yean. Last season the Aces also
scored the most points in a game
against Bedufort when the score
was 42.6.
Os the eight touchdowns, five
were scored by the first team and
three by the second stringersg Both
teams played well with ball carriers
driving hard as well as eluding
Beaufort tacklers. Good blocking
was the order of Hie night and the
line from end to end played a
splendid defensive game.
Billy Bunch thrilled the Edenton
Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 4,1956.
j Resigns j
Mrs. West Byrum, Jr., Chowan
County home agent for several
years, has tendered her resignation
to go into effect November 30th.
The County Commissialners will de
pend largely upon the State Exten
sion office for a successor, but as
yet have no idea who she will be.
New 1957 Ford Is
Now On Display
Free Prizes and Re
freshments Served
At Showroom
Wednesday of this week the Al
bemarle Motor Company, looa'
Ford dealers, proudly put on dis
play in their showroom the nev
Ford for 1957. The showing wil
continue today (Thursday) wit’
free prizes given away and re
freshments served those who at
tend the showing.
The Ford Company will produce
two sizes of Ford cars with 19 new
models. The two basic sizes ar
Fairlane and Custom, plus the sta
tion wagon series.
In the biggest change in modern
Ford history, the 1957 Ford chassis
has been completely redesigned for
improved riding comfort and re
duced car height.
Increased horsepower and im
proved performance have been de
signed into Ford’s 1957 engines.
WHedTs al'e 14 inehesMn diameter
—ohe inch smaller than last year.
Without sacrificing Steering ease,
the lower pressure tires have more
tread surface on the road for bet
ter control. New wheels have rims
with broader shoulders to give
tubeless tires a firmvr grip for se
vere turns in emergencies.
Fuel tanks have been increased
in capacity to 20 gallons, three
more than last year, for greater
cruising range.
Members of the Edenton Ford
agency are proud of the new 1957
model and invite the general public
to visit their showroom to see it.
TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
Town Council will meet Tuesday
night, October 9, at 8 o’clock in
the Municipal Building. A full
agenda is in prospect for this meet
ing, so that a long meeting is an
ticipated.
fans, which numbered almost as
many as turned out from Beaufort,
when h e took the opening kickoff
on his own 15-yard line and with
effective blocking he wiggled
through the entire Beaufort team.
The second touchdown was also
a thriller when Jerry Downum
snagged a pass on the Beaufort 45
and with Henry Overton throw
ing a key block, Downum scooted
away from Beaufort tacklers, cross
ing the goal line untouched.
Bunch scored his second touch
down near the end of the first quar
ter when he wiggled through on a
41-yard jaunt. In this same quar
ter Beaufort scored their only
touchdown on a drive which started
on their own 29-yard line. Aided
by a penalty, five first downs were
made and Kirk crashed through
from the 6-yard line.
Near the end of the half the
Aces blocked a Beaufort Ifick and
it was the Acek’ ball on the 1-yard
line, from where Copeland crash
ed through the line for the fourth
touchdown.
Early in the third quarter the
second team went on the field af
ter the first team moved the ball
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at the expense of someone’s carelessness. This unique booth was
entered at the Chowan County Fair last week by the Beech Fork
Home Demonstration Club, which was a blue ribbon winner. In
the pumpkin contest, below, the huge pumpkin, in foreground
weighing 68 pounds, was grown by CarroH Bass, who took first
prize of $5.00. Second prize and $3.00 went to Ellis Wiggins,
whose entry weighed 48 pounds, while third prize winner, Bobby
Bass, received $2.00 for his 43-pound pumpkin.—(Evelyn Leary
photos).
Fair Is Considered
One Os Best Staged
In History Os Event
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Booths and Farm Ex- I
hibits Especially
Good
Chowan County’s fair last week
was very successful with booths .
and farm exhibits being the best ‘
since the fair was sponsored by
Ed Bond Post of the American
Legion. Unfavorable weather held
the crowds down for the first part
of the week, but with clearing skies _
the crowds picked up the latter ‘
part of the week.
Among the booths the Cannon’s j
Ferry Local 4-H Club won first (
prize for its booth “Money Grows
on Trees.” The Advance-Enter-
prise Local 4-H Club won second (
place. Third place went to Cen
ter Hill Local 4-H Club; fourth, ‘
Chowan FHA for the booth “Clean
ing the House the Modern Way;
fifth to Chowan FFA on Conser
vation and sixth to Edenton FHA
on Basic 7 Diet.
The Edenton Negro NFA had no
competition and therefore was
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I civic calendarl
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Chowan High School PTA will
meet in the auditorium Tuesday
night, October 9, at 8 o’clock.
VFW Auxiliary will meet tonight
(Thursday) at 8 o’clock in the'
VFW Post home.
PTA Ninth District meeting will ,
be held in Sunbury Tuesday morn,
ing, October 9, at 10 o’clock.
Thia is closing week for com
munity birthday calendar sponsor
ed by the Junior Chamber of Com
merce, Woman’s Club and BPW ;
Club.
First regular meeting of the
Edenton PTA will be held in the
Elementary School auditorium on
Tuesday night, October 9, at 8
o’clock.
Albemarle Schoolmasters Club j i
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Edenton PTA Will
Meet October 9th
Mollie Hester Holmes
Will Be Principal
Speaker
The first regular meeting of the
school term of the Edenton Par
ent-Teacher Association will be
held Tuesday night, October 9, at
8 o’clock in the Edenton Elemen
tary School auditorium.
A feature of this meeting will
be an address by Mrs. Mollie Hes
ter Holmes, who will speak on the
general topic “Parent-Teacher Re
sponsibility to a Child,” and will
have to do with the accomplish
ments of a child at the end of
grades one through six.
Following the meeting a recep- 1
tion will be held in the school lunch
room honoring the teachers.
Mrs. John J. Ross, president, is
very anxious to have a large at
tendance, so that every member is
especially urged to attend.
Chowan PTA Will
Meet October 9th
The Parent-Teacher Association
of Chowan High School will meet
1 Tuesday night, October 9, at 8
o’clock in the hi~h school auditori
um. The time of meeting has been
changed to Tuesday a % fter the first
Sunday in each month. .Mrs. Mar
guerite Burch, publicity chairman,
announces that Ballard's Bridge
Church will present a program and
I the public is cordially invited to at
tend.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F., A
A. M., will hold a stated communi
cation tonight (Thursday) at 8
o’clock. Ernest P. Kehayes, mas
ter, urges a full attendance,
1,532 Books Loaned
By Regional Library
During September
1,000 New Children’s
Books Now Ready
For Circulation
During the September bookmo
bile runs the following number of
books were circulated in Chowan
County:
White Bookmobile—Adult, 328;
juvenile, 429, total, 757. Highest!
daily ei culation, 235.
Colored Bookmobile —Adult. 216; j
juvenile. 559; total, 775. Highest
laily circulation. 315.
Total number books loaned dur- j
ing the month was 1,532.
The next runs will be made the
week of' October 8 in Chowan
County.
Within the last month about 1,-
000 new children’s books have been 1
received and processed and most of 1
them are in circulation. They have I
been div.ded among the various li
braries and the bookmobiles. The
demand for juvenile books eon- 1
tinues to increase, especially from
the schools, both town and county.
Parents and teachers are invited
and urged to avail themselves of 1
library facilities. The demand will
be met as far as the book budget
permits. The True Books, a fine
set of beautifully illustrated books ’
for young children, have been
placed in all participating libraries
and on both bookmobiles. They
deal with nature, science, communi
cation and other interesting topics.
Sets of World Geography Readers
are also available, as well as
many colorful picture and story
Continued on Page s—Section 1
Electric Current
Will Again Be Cut
Off Early Sunday
Interruption Is Neces
sary to Improve
System
It. N. Hines, superintendent of
the Edenton & Water Department,
announces that electric current will
again be cut off in certain portions
of Edenton Sunday morning. The
electricity is expected to be cut off
about 30 minutes at 1 o’clock Sun
day morning.
The areas affected will include
the southwest section, affecting
customers west of Broad Street
and south of Freemason. Westover
Heights section and the Chowan
Bridge road.
This service interruption is ne
cessary in order to improve the
electric system.
Plans Started For
Electing Chowan’s
ASC Group Oct. 23
Slate of Nominees Are
Submitted By Three i
Committees
Plans for holding ASC commit
tee elections in Chowan County j
were initiated this week, according
to County Agent C. W. Overman, j,
ASC regulations are being follow
ed.
ASC regulations named the
County Agent, the Soil Conserva- ]
tion technician, the Farmers' Home ,
Administration representative and
the president of the County Farm
Bureau as the Chowan County ASC
Election Board. This Board is re
sponsible to select community nom
inating committees and poll-hold- i
ers. arrange for polling places, pub
licize the election and see that it is ■
correctly performed.
Chowan County is now divided
into three communities. Each com
munity will have a nominating
committee and a polling place.
Community number 1 embraces
what was formerly Yeopim, Eden
con, and Macedonia communities.
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina
$72,755.32 Is Due
ChowanCounty F or
Delinquent Taxes
Executive Board Os
PTA Holds Mooting
Officers and Commit
tees Announced By
President
The first executive board meet
ing of the year for the Edenton
Parent-Teacher Association was
held Monday night of last week at
the Junior-Senior High School. i
At that time Mrs. John J. Ross, i
president, announced the executive
board members for the current
school year, which are as follows: j
President, Mrs. John .i. Ross: j
vice president, Mrs. J. M. Thorud;
secretary, Victor Tucker; treasur- j
er, Mrs. Jesse Harrell. School rep
resentatives named were John A.
Holmes, Ernest Swain and Gerald
James.
Various committee chairmen are:!
Program—Mrs. John Graham !
Mrs. R. B. Whitten and Mrs. A. E.
Jenkins.
Membership—Mrs. T. C. Byrum,
Jr.
Door Tabulation—Mrs. Paul Par
tin and Mrs. Haywood Bunch.
Publicity—Mrs. J. R. Diilaney.
Room Representatives—Mrs. Jo
seph Conger, Jr.
Publications—Miss Gloria McCol
lum.
Fine Arts —Mrs. Frank Holmes.
Year Book—Miss Mary Lee Cope-[
land.
Finance—Mrs. Horace White.
Spiritual Education—Mrs. Earl
Richardson.
Grounds—ilr- a»d Mr.-i, Charles,
W. Overman, Sri ...
Safety—C. A. Phillips, N. J.
George and Miss Ruth Lockartiy.
Hospitality—Mrs. Martin Wisely
and Miss Jean Moblfy. 1
Legislation—R. W. Leary, Jr.,
and W. T. Harry.
USO Representative—Mrs. A. F.
Downum.
Teenage Club Representative—
Gerald James.
Dancing Class Representative— j
Mrs. John Kramer and Mrs. Ro
land Vaughan.
Mrs. H. A. Whitley
Auxiliary Speaker
St. Paul’s Woman’s Auxiliary
will meet Tuesday afternoon, Oc
tober 9, at 1 o’clock in the Parish
House. Mrs. H. A. Whitley, dioees- j
an thank offering custodian, will
be guest speaker for this meeting;
and Mrs. 1,. A. Patterson, president ,
of the auxiliary, urges a full at
tendance.
The nominating committee is C.
E. Small, Jr.. Gus Spruill and Wal-j
lace Bass. This committee has se-1
lected the following slate of nomi-,
nees to be placed on the ballot: |
Ward Hoskins, Russell H. Byrum,
Leonard Hare, W. T. Forehand, C.
E. Lupton, Tom Brabble, D. L.
Jethro, W. W. Small, Sanford Bassj
and Gus Spruill.
Community number 2 embraces J
what was formerly Rocky Hock
and Center Hill. The nominating
committee is Troy Toppin, Carlton
Goodwin and Carey M. Evans. This
committee has selected the follow,
ing slate of nominees to be placed
on the ballot: J. B. HoJlowell, T.
O. Asbell, W. J. Privott, K. J.
j Copeland, David Ober, Jack Leary,
j Sherlon Layton, F. A. White, Jr.,
Marvin Evans and Lloyd Peele.
Community number 3 is compos
ed of what formerly was Ryland
and Gliden communities. The. nom
inating committee is S. J. Bunch,
John B. Byrum and Jesse F. Har
rell. This committee has selected
the following slate of nominees to
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Commissioners Show
No Little Concern
About Situation
Chowan County Commissioners
at their meeting Monday evidenced
no little concern about the gradual
mounting of uncollected taxes in
Chowan County and conferred with
County Attorney J. N. Pruden
about what might be done about
the situation.
According to the annual audit,
it was pointed out that as of June
30 total taxes receivable amounted
to $72,755.32. It was pointed out
that the amount of uncollected tax
es is increasing each year and that
the Commissioners are the target
of severe criticism due to this sit
uation.
For 1951 and prior years out
standing taxes amount to $39,-
818.18. Uncollected taxes for 1952
amount to $5,768.61. For the year
1953 outstanding taxes amount to
$6,994.41, while $9,249.90 is due
the county in uncollected 1954 tax
es and $10,124.22 for 1955 taxes.
Land sale certificates receivable
but not in the county coffer for
taxes from 1930 to 1954 amount to
$19,554.97. Uncollected certificates
for the 1955 levy have been turn
ed over to the Register of Deeds
for collection while uncollected land
sale certificates for years prior to
1954 are in the hands of the Clerk
of Superior Court for collection.
No specific action was taken Mon
day toward collection of delinquent
taxes, but the Commissioners are
taking the attitude that the un
fairness of some people paying
their taxes and others many years
in the arrears must come to an
end, So that drastic‘steps will no
doubt bp taken in : tile offing to
eliminate such !a large amount in
unpaid taxes.
Aces Preparing To
Meet Ancient Rival
L City Friday Night
Fans of Opinion Aces
Have Good Chance
To Win
Coach Bill Billings’ Edenton Aces
are this week preparing for what is
calculated to be the hardest game
on their schedule this season. The
Aces will travel to Elizabeth City
Friday night to tangle with the
Yellow Jackets in a non-conference
j game. With rivalry so keen and
of so long standing, the game will
no doubt attract a large number of
Edenton fans, all of whom hope the
Aces will be able to maintain their
perfect record for the season and
I return home with five consecutive
' victories under their belt.
Followers of the Vces ar» of the
opinion that, the Aces this year
( have a better chance than in a long
i time to upset the favored Yellow
Jackets. The major factor in pre
venting a victory, many point out
| is the pressure the Aces will he un
der in their eagerness to defeat
their old rival. If they can keep
cool and play heads-up football or
the same calibre they displayed in
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District PTA Meeting
At Sunbury October 9
The Ninth District PTA meet
ing will be held in Sunbury Tues
day, October 9, with registration
scheduled to begin at 9:30 o’clock
and the meeting to be started at
1 10 o’clock.
John A. Holmes will be a mem
ber of the panel which will he a
, feature of the meeting. The theme
. of the panel discussion will be “The
Recreational. Needs of the Com
munity,” and Mr. Holmes’ subject
wiil be “Recreational Needs of th«
• School.” Other phases to be > dis
, cussed will be recreational need!
■ of the home, church, PTA and civic
i clubs.
The meeting will end with a
luncheon at $2 o'clock k %>UU. 1