II ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXlll.—Nmriber 46.
Aces Win Hard FougllPGame
From Scotland Neck Friday
Night To Cop District Honors
Bruce White Is Spark
plug In Winning Im
portant Game
In a bruising football game
played on a wet and soggy field in
Tarboro Friday night, Coach Bill
Billings’ Edenton Aces defeated
the Scotland Neck Fighting Scots
21 to 14 to win district honors and
qualify to play for the regional
championship next Friday night.
The Aces sported a 14-0 half
time lead only to have the Fighting
Scots even things up at 14-14 about
midway of the fourth quarter with
only about four minutes remaining
in the game. The Aces dominated
the play during the first half,
chalking up seven first downs
which netted the two touchdowns,
while holding Scotland Neck to no
first downs.
However, it was a different Scot
land Neck team on the field during
the second half. The Fighting
Scots tore through the Edenton
line for six first domns and the two
touchdowns which tied the score.
The Aces made no first downs In
the third quarter, but after the
score was tied in the fourth quar
ter, they again became themselves
and with only four minutes remain
ing registered five first downs in
their 86-yard victory march from
their own 15-yard line. With Bruce
White and Jerry Downum charg
ing like wounded tigers, aided by
a pass from Johnny Kramer to Bil
ly Bunch for 35 yards, the Acgp
gave the large number of Edenton
fans on hand reason to hope for a
victory. In the march White car
ried the ball five times, bucking
through from the 1-yard line to
null the game out of the fire af
ter he was knocked out for a brief
time. Downum carried three times,
adding yardage each time and Billy
Bunch was on the receiving end of
a beautiful pass from Kramer.
With only 2% minutes remain
ing in the 'game Scotland Neck
threw a scare in the Edenton camp
when they marched from their own
37-yard line to the- Aces’ 19 when
time ran out.
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ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
IN CAFETERIA AT SCHOOL
Edenton Rotations will meet
this (Thursday) afternoon at 1
o’clock in* the Junior-Senior High
School cafeteria instead erf the
Parish House. The Rotarians
changed the meeting to file 'school
as part of the observance of Ameri
can Education Week, and President
George Alma Byrum urges every
member to be present..
Town Councilmen Vote To
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ExtendEdenton y s Corporate
Limits Along U, S. Route 17
Contract Awarded to
Close Park Avfcnue
Ditch
With the extension of Edenton’s
corporate limits bobbing up for
several years, Town Councilmen a.t
their/November meeting Tuesday
night voted. unanimously to extend
the limits on both sides of U. S,
17 gouth taking hi * Westover
Heights and the right side of the
highway to a lane beyond the resi
dence of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Baker.
■ The extension will be advertised
and if no objection «
meeting of Town Council 30>y«
after tne advertisement, tne exten
sion wijl %o into effect. However,
if 15 per cent of the residents who
to call an Election on
4 whether or not the extension will
•be made. In its discretion Town
THI CHOWAN HERALD
Dedication Os Flagpoles At
Jr.-Sr. High School Feature
Os Veterans Day Celebration
John Holmes Principal
Speaker at Exercises
Held Monday
Featuring the observance of Vet
erans’ Day in, Edenton Monday
were appropriate dedicatory exer
cises held at the recently installed
flag pole at the Edenton Junior-
Senior High School! The observ
ance was attended by members of
the County Commissioners, Eden
ton school trustees, American Leg
ion, VFW and the auxiliaries of
the latter two organizations.
John A. Holmes was the princi
pal speaker for the occasion and
others making remarks during the
program were Thomas Chears,
Mans Os HobbsviHe Scheduled To
Play Game With All-American Red Heads
Unique Basketball Game Will Be Played In
Sunbury Gymnasium Monday Night, No
vember 19, Beginning at 8 O’clock
Monday night, November 19, at
8 ' o'clock the -Hobbsville Ruritan
Club basketball team will meet the
Orwell Moore’s All American Red
Head Girls’ basketball team in the
Sunbury gymnasium. This is a
special attraction in basketball and
promises to he a thriller for basket
ball fans in this section.
The American Red Heads with
headquarters in Caraway, Arkansas
is composed of ail girl players, red
headed, and each player holds some
world ohampionship in some form
of athletics. They range in height
from five feet eleven inches to six
feet five inches, and hail from the
states of Georgia, Minnesota, Indi
ana, Oklahoma, Missouri and Ar
kansas. This team is America’s
best dressed girls’ team, and Amer
ica’s most popular basketball team.
They play men’s teams only, play
strictly men’s rules and ask no fa-
BANK CLOSED NOV. 22
The Bank of Edenton will be
closed ail day next Thursday, No
vember 22, in observance of
Thanksgiving Day. Important bank
ing business should, therefore, be
transacted accordingly.
[course, the extension will not be
'J made.
One of the first items of busi
ness at the meeting was adopting
a resolution of respect for W. Hen
ry Gardner, treasurer of the Town
of Edenton, whq died recently.
Latgt in the meeting, James Bond
was appointed treasurer to serve
the unexpired term of Mr. Gard
ner. town election will be
held six months fyence.
The matter of paving Granville
Street from Blount to the property
’lines of Dr. Martin Wiaely and the
Baptist parsonage was presented.
J. Edwin Pufflap and Lather Parks
were appointed a committee to
make an investigation to see if the
property owner* are wißlng to pay
half of the coat, *• well as report
on the a4viaa«lity of die town
completing the bulkhead at toe end
Due to jjaggerone traffic cm»di T
see how they feel about one-wa*
traffic. He was also requested to
J make a similar Investigation in
! Pembroke Circle.
I Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 15,1956.
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chairman of the school trustees;
W. A. Perry, for the Legionnaires,
and Ed Parker for the VFW and
William Privott. Jerry Downum,
president of the Student Council
served as master’of ceremonies and
adding to the pleasure of the cele
bration was music by the school
band .under the direction of Mrs.
Lula Williams.
Mr. Holmes presented a brief
history of a- memorial to Chowan
County’s men and women who serv
ed in the" armed forces while this
country was at war, which finally
crystallized into the Legion Post
and VFW Post agreeing to erect
flagpoles at the Junior-Senior High
School, the Edenton Negro School
and at Chowan High School.
vors. They have played for sixteen
seasons before 5,000,000 spectators,
and have been featured in Life
Magazine, Pic, Colliers, Argosy and
other magazines.
Hobbsville Ruritans will be rep
resented by old.timers who claim to
be “hot shots” on the hard-wood
and boast of more victories than
defeats, Lamar Dentcm will act as
manager for the Ruritans and oth
er players will be Alfred Stallings,
McKay Riddick, Weldon Hobbs,
Clax Stallings, Frank Rountree and
others. An independent team from
Sunbury, composed of Jesse Benton
Riddick, Frank Russell, J. S. Pierce,
B. H. Brown and others have been
asked to assist the Hobbsville Ruri
tans and spectators will enjoy see
ing these super players in' action
against America’s most popular,
most talked'-about, and best dressed
girls’ basketball-team.
easterpTsta^ieetTng^
Edenton Chapter No. 302, Order
of the Eastern Star, will meet Mon
day night, November 19, at 8]
o’clock. Mrs. Edna Reaves, worthy |
matron, urges all members to at- j
tend.
Councilmen George Alma Byrum
and Luther Parks were also in
structed to investigate the advisa
bility of parking on the north side
of West Water Street and cutting
back curbs to allow more room for
trucks entering Dock and Frank
lin Streets.
W. J. Yates, on behalf of the
Board of Public. Works, appeared
at the meeting in the interest of
securing a 60-foot right-of-way
from Freemason Street to Jackson
Street John Mitchener and J. Ed
din Bufflap were appointed
an investigation and report M th«*
next meeting. Mr. Yates pointed
put the irapoYtance of this connec-'
tion especially for public utilities
and fire protection.
Marvin Wilson, representing Ar
thur Chappell, asked the Council
men to approve a route in Edenton
for Mr. Chappell's new bus line to
the Edenton Auxiliary Air-Station.
The route approved was from the
comer of North Broad Street and
Paradise Road, south on Broad
Street to Church, then east to the
base. Mr. Chappell plans to make
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ATOP THE CONTINENT—These Array Transportation Corps
soldiers left the summer warmth of Fort Eustls. Va.. to brat the
closing In of the Ice parks hovering a few thousand yards off the
shore of northern Alaska. Using an LC'l (Landing Craft Mech
anized!. they are supply!-’- t’->' D"AV Line radar outposts.
56 Christmas Seal
Sale Begins Today
In Chowan County
Many Batches of Seals:
Sent Throughout
County
Chowan County’s 1956 Christmas |
Seal campaign to raise funds for
the continuing fight against tuber
culosis begins today, the 50th an
niversary of the first Seal Sale in
1907. ' '7 ' ' :
Mrs. J. A. Moore, Chairman for
Chowan County and her co-workers
have mailed many batches of seals
throughout the county and hopes
that every person will return a con
tribution at once. If for pny rea
son some people have been over
looked who desire to make a contri
bution, Mrs. Moore will be delight
ed to receive any amount.
“The dividends of today are the
accumulated progress made against
TB which the voluntary fight for
50 years by TB associations and 1
other groups has helped to bring
about,” says Mrs. Moore. She
points out that Christmas Seals
have supported education, teaching
people how to protect themselves; 1
case-finding, to find active TB so
that other cases may be prevented; :
rehabilitation, to help patients get !
well and stay well; and research, 1
to find a vaccine to prevent the di- 1
sease and .v-drug that will kill the
germ without harming the patient.
“This is the protection you get with i
Christmas Seals,” says Mrs. Moore, ’
Continued on Pacre S—Section t
Paintings Os Linda Downum
On Exhibit This Month In
Belhaven Memorial Library
i
Work of Young Eden
ton Artist Acclaimed
In Many Sections
Miss Linda Downum, talented ar
tist of Edenton, is conducting a
one-man art exhibit during this
month at the Fannie Mebane Ralph
Memorial Library in Belhaven.
Miss Downum is at present a stu
dent at the Pennsylvania Academy
of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, after
having studied painting and design
at Greertsboro College for two
yedrs. Her formal training in
cludes work at the Memphis Acad
emy of Arts and the McKentye Art
School, also in Memphis, Tenn.; a
fine arts session, of Woman’s Col
lege at Beaufort, N. C.; and a cor
respondence course in commercial
art
The twenty-one year old artist
is now specializing in painting at
Academy and will continue that
course for two .more years. By
following the coordinated pibgram
offered by the Academy and - the
Continued on Page B—Section 1
fMtelephones j
l J
Telephone subscribers are again
! reminded that at midnight Satur
day, November 17, the Edenton ex
change will be converted to dial
operation. All subscribers are grg
ed to carefully read the dial in
structions on page 8 of the new
directories which have already been
distributed. One of the most im
portant instructions is to listen for
the dial tone before dialing a num
ber. The dial tone is a steady
humming sound heard in the tele
phone receiver.
Will Meet Tonight
The Edenton Business and Pro
fessional Women’s Club will hold a
dinner meeting tonight (Thursday)
in the upstairs dining room at the
Triangle Restaurant, beginning at
7 o’clock.
The program will lie in charge
of the Legislative Committee with
Mrs. Josie Ruth Carr as chairman,
and will be in the form of a round
table discussion of the BPW Fed
eration Legislative platform, with
emphasis on sta'te legislation mat
ters.
A chicken dinner will be ‘served
and it is hoped that all member?
will be on hand for this important
meeting.
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femecalendar]
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The Edenton telephone exchange
will be converted to the dial sys
tem at midnight Saturday, Novem
ber 17.
Christmas Seal Sale is scheduled
to get under way in Chowan County
today (Thursday).
Edenton Aces will play Ayden
on Hicks Field Friday night, No
vember 16, at 8 o’clock for the
regional class A championship.
Annual meeting of the stock
holders of toe Edenton Develop
ment Corporation will be held in
the Court House Monday night,
November 19, at 8 o’clock.
The Chowan HdspiUl Auxiliary
will meet in the nurses’ home Fri
day afternoon, November 16, at 3 1
o’clock.
Edenton's Rotary Club will meet
in the Junior-Senior High School'
Cafeteria this (Thursday) after
noon at 1 1 o’clock as- part of the I
observance es American Education
Week.
■ Continued on Page 3, Section 1
United Fund Drive
At Base Extended
i Until November 20
H & M Squadron Is In
i Lead With 84% of
Goal Collected
The 1956 United Fund Drive at
the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air
Station, which was slated to end
November 5 has been extended un
til November 20, to give all units
on the base a chance to reach their
quota. The most recent totals show
that NAAS has collected $4,135.45
or 47 per cent of its goal of $8,875
Moneywise and percentagewise,
Headquarters and Maintenance
Squadron leads all other squadrons
with $1,423 or 84 per cent toward
its goal of $1,700. Headquarters
Souadron-1 is next with 73 per cent
or $154.75 of its $2lO goal.
Percentagewise Marine Attack
Squadron-211 and Marine Attack
Squadron-225 are tie, both collect
ing 47 per cent. Marine Attack
Squadron-211 has collected $752 to
ward a goal of $1,600. 225 has
$704, with its goal set at $1,505.
A total of $951.70, or 38 per cent
has been collected by Marine Air
Base Squadron-14, with its goal set
iat $2,840. The Civil Service em
-1 ployees bring up the rear collect
ing 14 per rent or $l5O toward a
! goal of $1,020.
| Sdine of the organizations which j
Idle Drive will contribute to arc:!
Navy Relief, American Cancer So
ciety, National Tuberculosis Socie
ty. Chowan County Easter Seal So
ciety, Edenton'Boy Scouts, Ameri
can Rerf Cross, Chowan County
Charity Fund, USD and many other
worthwhile organizations.
Red Men Oyster
Roast Nov. 26th
Affair Will Be Held at
Jackson’s Radio
Shop
At Monday night’s meeting of I
Chowan Tribe of Red Men it was
decided to stage a “dutch” oyster ■
roast Monday night, November 26,
|at 7 oVloik. The affair will he
held at the Jackson Radio Shop
on West Eden Street.
Willie Bunch was named chair
man of the committee and must be
notified by those who wish to at- j
tend before Saturday night, No
vember 24. It is necessary to
know how many will attend in or- !
Her to secure enough oysters, so |
that members are urged to contact j
Mr. Bunch at onee.
Jaycees’ Dance To
Be Held Nov. 21st
Music By Earl Zirklc!
And Orchestra From 1
Rocky Mount
i
Sponsored by the Edenton Cham
ber of Commerce, a Thanksgiving
dance will be held in the Edenton
armory Wednesday night, Novem
ber 21. The dance will begin at 9
o’clock and continue until 1 o’clock.
; Earl Zirkle and his orchestra
from Rocky Mount will furnish the
music for the dance. This group is
well known in Edenton, having
played for previous dances, so that
an enjoyable evening of dancing is
in prospect.
Table reservations can be made
by phoning 413 or 47 before the
telephone system is converted to
dial at midnight Saturday, Novem
ber 17. After that date the phone
numbers will be 2163 or 2223.
Development Corp.
Meets November 19
A meeting has been called of the
stockholders of the Edenton De
velopment Corporation which will
be held in the Chowan County
Court House Monday night, No
vember 19, at 8 o’clock.
This is a very important meet
ing, so that the attendance of every
member is urgently requested. |
Any members who are unable to.
attend are urged to appoint an
other member as a proxy.
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina
W oman’sClubCalls
Off ’57 Pilgrimage
Historical Edenton
( Extra Money ]
The Bank of Edenton ig this week
mailing checks amounting to $65,-
000 which go to 1,000 members of
the 1956 Christmas Savings Club.
The checks range from $12.50 to.
SI,OOO, and will come in very handy I
at this time of year in paying tax-!
es, buying Christmas presents and
other needs.
i
: Edenton Marine
j Dies As Result Os
Pistol Accident
, Pvt. Eli Houser Dies
Friday In U. S. Naval
Hospital
Marine Pvt. Eli Houser, 22, of
the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air
Station died early Friday at the
U. S. Naval Hospital, Portsmouth.!
Houser suffered a penetrating!
I wound of the brain when he acci-!
dentally discharged a .45 caliber!
pistol at the Edenton Base Thurs-,
day afternoon.
The fatal shop was fired at about
j 1:30 P. M., Thursday. No other'
person was injured. Houser was'
treated by Navy doctors at Edenton
land flown to the I’ortsmouth hos-j
pital. The Marine died shortly as-,
ter 4 A. M., Friday morning.
, A Marine Corps spokesman sai i|
I Houser’s name had been withheld
temporarily, pending notification
Jjf next of kin. An investigation is
r being conducted to determine cir
cumstances of how Houser acci
j dentally shot himself.
The Marine was the son of Eli
W. Houser, 6415 S. May Street,
, Chicago, 111.
Hospital Auxiliary
Meets November 161
The Chowan Hospital Auxiliary
will moot Friday afternoon, Novem
ber 16, at 3 o’clock in tlm nurses’l
] home. Mrs. West Byrum, Jr., pres-1
j ident of the auxiliary, states that'
1 this will he the last meeting until,
January, so that she hopes a large!
number of the members will at- j
tend. An interesting program is i
| planned for the occasion.
Aces Meet Ayden
For Regional Title
In Edenton Friday
120 Years Ago]
j As Found In the Files of
The Chowan Herald
Edenton Post Office joined post
offices throughout the United
States in assisting in obtaining cer
tain information from employees!
and assigning social security ac
count numbers to employees cover- j
ed by the Social Security Act.
A representative of the Virginia
Electric & Power Company appear,
ed in upper Chowan County secur
ing signers for a right of. way to
extend its service in Chowan Coun
ty,-
The Herald carried an advertise
ment for the sale of $90,000 school
bond anticipation notes, which ma
ture May 14, 1957. The money put
an end to the vexing problem since
destruction of Chowan High School
by fire.
Mrs. J. N. Pruden. Chairman of
the Red Cross Roll Call, named her
committee for the Chowan Chapter
with the quota being 250.
W. J. Taylor, welfare officer, in
formed Town Council that about 20
folks within the city limits must
i be given aid in order to prevent
, them from starving or freezing
during the eoming winter months.
Continued on Page 4—Section 1
DON’T FORGET
TO BUY
. CHRISTMAS SEALS
Hope, However, to Re
new Popular Event
In Near Future
The Edenton Woman’s Club held
its November meeting at St. Paul’s
Parish House Wednesday of last
! week with Mrs. T. C. Cross, Jr.,
president, presiding. The meeting
opened with the reading of the N.
C. Clubwomen’s collect in unison
after which Mrs. John Mitchener
| gave thanks.
| After recognizing distinguished
| club guests and visitors of club
j members, Mrs. Cross recognized
I Mrs. Richard Goodwin, fine arts
j chairman, who, on behalf of the
| club paid tribute to a club mora
,l her, Mrs. T. B. Smith, outstanding
! artist.
| Following officers’ reports Mrs.
I J- R- DuLaney, education chairman,
j presented the program, a panel dis
! cussion on “Survey of the Eiuca
j tion Needs of our Community.”
: Mrs. DuLaney stated that the sub
, ject would he discussed from three
1 standpoints: the need of aduit ed
ucation, libraries an i the public
J schools. She then introduced the
j speakers, Milton Bass, head of the
I Edenton Employment Office; Miss
Evelyn Kilpatrick, Edenton High
Continued on Page 5 Serf ion l
Chowan 4-H Club
j Achievement Day
| To Be Held Nov. 19
Program Arranged at
Chowan Community *
Building
On Monday night. November 19,
[ at. 7:30 o'clock, the Chowan County
4-H Clubs will honor their most
outstanding members at the annual
Achievement Day program. The
| affair will bp held in the Chowan
Community Building at Cross
Roads. All county and district 4-ls
winners will he recognized and
| awards will be presented.
“An interesting program has
been arranged," says Assistant
| County Agent Robert S. Marsh.
I “and we are looking forward to
I having a goodly number of par
■ p nts and 4-H Club members to at
tend the event.”
Home Game Arranged
In Appreciation For
Loyal Following
Having won the Class A district
championship over Scotland Neck
. in Tarboro Friday night. Coach Bill
| Billings' Edenton Aces are now
setting their sights on the Region
al championship. The Aces will
play Ayden for this honor Friday
night and fans will be delighted to
know that the game will be played
on Hicks Field on Edenton with the
game starting at 8 o'clock.
The Scotland Neck game proved
costly to the Aces, for Johnny
Speight, one of the team’s power
houses in the line, sustained a
broken ankle and will not be able
to see action against Ayden. De
spite his injury. Speight played the
entire game but his effectiveness in
stopping Scotland Neck plays was
noticeable as he limped about the
field.
David Fletcher, too, was not in
tip-top shape Friday night, having
been on the sick list most of the
week.
Billy Bunch also stretched a
point in playing Friday night when
he had not fully recovered from a
leg injury.
Johnny Knftaer managed to play
Continued I'age s—3&ction 1