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Volume XXlll.—Number 52. .
Three Aces Placed
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On News-Observer
All-Eastern Squad
Downum, Kramer and
Overton Singled Out
For Honor
Edenton’s Aces, 1956 Class A
State football champions, placed
three players on the annual News
and Observer Class A Eastern All-
Star team, which was announced
Saturday.
The three Aces honored were
Halfback Jerry Downum, Quartoi
back Johnny Kramer and End
Henry Overton. The Aces did not
place any player on the second
team.
%he News and Observer’s choice
for the first All-Star team follows:
Henry Overton of Edenton and
Gaylord Perry of Williamston,
ends; Charles Johnson of Perquim
ans and Karrol • Teachey of Wal
lace-Rose Hill, tackles; Joe Jack
son of Massey Hill and Clayton
Pilaod of Ahoskie, guards; Jimmy
Lanier of Warsaw, center; Johnny
Kramer and Jerry Downum, both
of Edenton, Sidney Teachey of
Wallace-Rose Hill and Boogy Bass
of Chadboum, backfield.
Overton was referred to as a fine ;
4 pass receiver and a linebacker de- j
luxe, playing the best game of his
career in Burlington when the Aces i
* defeated Mebane for the State title
<V “Rramel# said the . News and
Observer, “was the quarterback
who directed Edenton- to its fine
season. The junior is a good pass
. er, runner and ball handler, and
besides was one of its first rank
defensive men for the Aces.”
“Running in the Edenton back
field with Kramer was Downum,”
the News and Observer noted, “and
Coach Bill Billings calls has half
back the real key to the Aces’ suc
cess. He’s a great open field run
ner, a good defensive player and a
real leader.”
Dr. McGuire Explains
Polio Vaccine 'Status
Dr. B. B. McGuire, District
Health officer, this week presented
some facts concerning polio vac
cine. Dr. McGuire’s statement fol
i • lows:
|P “Last year when Congress pass
ed the law appropriating federal
funds for the purchase of polio
vaccine to be used for children
whose parents were unable to pay,
M it was specifically stated that the
vaccine must be used for children
from birth through 19 years of
age, or children who had not reach
ed their 20th birthday. In addition
to the rhildj-en, it was to be used
for .pregnant lyomen. It is not
possible legally for. our Health De
partment to use this vaccine for
people over 20 years of age except
for pregnant women. Until and un
less Congress changes this law to
include people over 20 years of
age, it is illegal to use this free
vaccine for them.”
Edenton’s Policemen
Hold Christmas Party
Edenton policemen, their 'wives
and children enjoyed their annual
Christmas party in the fire station
OTrCjhjristmas eve. The group gath
ered-around a Christmas tree which
waslfuisn with presents and at the
bottom of the tree gifts were piled
high io> b£ distributed among the
were also
:f annual party was started
bids a 1945 by Chief of Police
Geonte I. Dad primarily for the
benefit of the late John Sutton and
[ Schools Re-open ]
Schools in Chowan. County will
re-open Wednesday morning, Janu
ary 2, after being closed for the
Christmas holidays. Schools closed
: I Wednesday, December 19 in order
for school children and teachers to
enjoy the holidays. Some of the
students, as well as teachers,
worked part time, while many spent
most of the time visiting friends
and .relatives. '
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! 20 Years Ago
| As Found In -the Files of
The Chowan Herald
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Chowan County fishermen packed
the Court House to meet with a
committee of the Board of Conser
vation and Development determined I
to oppose any curtailment of the
shad fishing which would eliminate
herring catches from its provisions.
Another historical marker was
erected in Edenton designating
Eden House, home of Governor
Eden.
Bank night prize at the Taylor
j Theatre reached'a total of SSO.
Edenton business concerns build
i up in a movement to secure mem
bers for the Farm Bureau Federa
tion. with Julieiu Wood being one
of the first to sign up.
The United Charitids Made an
appeal for a mattress for a man
who was forced to sleep on a set
of springs covered only with cor
rugated paper.
Edenton Masons elected W. M,
Wilkins as master of Unanimity
Lodge for the year 1937.
Ruth Rea ElHott wag reported
to show little signs of improve
ment hi Norfolk General Hospital,
where she was suffering with
pneumonia.
Melvin Layton was named cap
tain of the Edenton High School
football team at a banquet held at
the Rotary meeting honoring the
football team. He was also pre
sented the football which he lug
ged for so many yards in the game
with Washington.
Mrs. J. N. Pruden and Mrs. Jun
ius W. Davis won the two cash
prizes offered by the Town of
Edenton for the moqt attractive
outdoor Christmas decoration.
Patrolman R. L. Pratt return,
ed to duty following bis marriage
to Louise Simpson.
R. B. Hollowel] was elected con
sul commander of Elen Camp No. 1
946, Woodmen of the World.
Thirty students at the Edenton
-High School made the school’s hon
or roll.
WiHiam Coffield was strickCti
with an attack of appendicitis while
on his way home from The Citadel
to spend the- Christmas holidays
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Coffield.
Watch Night Service
At Methodist Church
The Rev. Earl Richardson, pas
tor of the Edenton Methodist
Church, announces that a watch
night service will be held in the
church Monday night, December
31, from 11:15 to 12 o’clock.
An appropriate worship service
has been arranged and the Holy
Communion will also be observed.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the service.
TWO CHIMNBT FIRES
Edenton firemen were called out
Sunday afternoon about 1:30
o’clock when a flue fire was re
ported on West Freemason Street.
The fire was soon extinguished
without causing any damage.
Again Tuesday morning about 10
j North Granville Street, where an
other ciumney fire wag put out
[without doing any damage. *
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 27,1956.
EDENTON’S FOURTH GRADE BROWNIES J
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Pictured above are the fourth grade Brownies of the Edenton troop, oi which Mrs. M. .1. Bowen is
leader and Mrs. Patt Spiers and Mrs. Angela Pathcart, assistant leaders. The troop is sponsored by
the Officers’ Woman’s Club of the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air Station aid MrS. Frank Collins as
representative sponsor. The troop committee includes Mrs. W. T. Harry, Mrs. Medlin Belch and Sirs.
Earl Richardson. The Brownies In the picture are: l’at Byrum, Hazel Harrison, Delores Jean Watson,
Barbara Lynn Strickland. Pencie Kay Sutton, Catherine Collins, Claire Belch, Margaret Wiggins. Janet
Gayle Oliver, Pamela Ashley, Peggy Ward, Nancy Harry, Elaine Parks, Brenda Perry, Connie George,
Carol Lee Beeler, Judy Ann White, Katherine Crooner, Vickie Clair Allsbrook and Cheryl Doty Bar-
The Brownies made tray favors for the Chowan Hospital which were presented before Christmas.
Installation Os New Officers
At Masonic Meeting Tonight
William Adams Will
Be New Master
Os Lodge
. Officers lor the year 1957 wilt be
installed for Unanimity Lodge No.
7, A. F. & A. M., at an emergent
communication to be held tonight
(Thursday). The installation of
ficer will be C. T. Griffin, and the
outgoing master, Ernest Kehayes,
is very anxious to have a full at
tendance.
The elective officers to be in
stalled are: William Adams, mas
ter; Daniel P. Reaves, senior war
den; Ernest Ward, Jr., junior war
den; R. E. Leary, treasurer; Louis
George Wilkins, secretary, and W.
M. Wilkins, trustee for a three
year term.
The officers appointed by the new
master and who will also be in
stalled are: McKay Washington,
senior deacon; J. A. Bunch, junior
deacon; Lonnie Harrell, senior
stewart; Dr. A s F. Downum, junior
stewart; W. T. Harry, tiler; J.
Edwin Bufflap, marshal and W. A.
Harrell, chaplain.
Mr. Adams has also made the
following committee appointments:
Finance and Budget: W. M. Wil
kins, H. A. Campen and J. Edwin
Bufflap.
Reference: J. A. Curran, Frank
Holmes and C. W. Overman.
Masonic and Eastern Star Home:
William Holmes, E. W. Spires and
R. A. Tarkington.
Charity: William Adams, Daniel
Reaves and Ernest Wal'd, Jr.
Masonic Education: W. P. Good
win, W. M. Rhoades and H. A.
Campen.
Ways and Means: W. M. Wil
kins, Richard P. Baer and Frank
Holmes.
Refreshment: Ernest Ward, Jr.,
Lonnie Harrell and Dr. A. F.
Downum.
Flowers: Raymond Mansfield and
R. T. Pickier.
House Committee: William Ad
ams, Daniel Reaves and Ernest
Ward, Jr.
Fish Film Shown
At Rotary Meeting
Robert S. Marsh, assistant coun
ty agent, presented a very interest
ing film at last week’s Rotary
meeting. The film, sponsored by
the North Carolina Wildlife Com
mission, had to do with sports fish
ing in the state.
The film pointed out that wa
ter pollution, land erosion and an
over abundance of predatory fish
was more than anything else re
sponsible for the gradual dwind
ling of game fish in North Caro
lina waters.
Potter, Wells, Pratt
No Longer Members
Os Local Draft Board
G. B. I’otter,* E. L. Wells, Jr.,
and. Robert. are no Lai get
members of the Local ‘Board No. 21,
Selective Service System. Mr. Pot
ter has served with this board since
1948 and as chairman since 1950.
Mr. Wells and Mr. Pratt have ser
ved since 1950. These men deserve
public appreciation for their long
years of uncompensated service.
Any business with the Selective
Service System can be transacted
with the clerk at the office. Of
fice hours are Monday through Fri
day from 9:00 A. M., to 1:00 P. M.
Any business that cannot be at
tended to during these hours, please
call the clerk, Mrs. Maybelle Sex
ton, at 2292.
ON DEAN’S LIST
Clinton Davis, son of Mr, and
Mrs. William Divers, won sclfolas
tic honors as a student at East Car
olina College during the first quar
ter and made the dean’s list of hon
or students.
SANTA CLAUS AT NAAS
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aWve Santa Claus is seen meeting some of the children
at « Christmas party held at the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Ain Sta
tion for children of military personnel. The party was sponsored
by the Officers’ Wives Club and the Fidelis .Club-—(Official Ma
rine Corps Photo).- _ , . _ _
399 Municipalities
Receive $5,711,979
In Street-Aid Funds
33% of Amount Used
For New Paving
In 1956
The. State Highway Commission
gives an accounting of how Tar
Heel eities and towns had spent
their State street-aid funds during
fiscal 1956.
The report showed that a total
of 399 eligible municipalities had
received a total of $5,711,979 in
State funds for local street-aid dur
ing fiscal 1956. This allocation
plus the $1,699,868 brought for
ward as unexpended balance from
fiscal 1955 gave the municipalities
a total of $7,411,847 available for
construction and maintenance of lo
cal streets in fiscal 1956. -
Although $7,411,847 was avail
able for local street work during
fiscal 1956, the 399 participating
cities and towns only expended $5,-
257,916, leaving an unused bal
ance of $2,153,932, which is still
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86.902 Acres Os
Land In Farms Os
Chowan County
Preliminary Report of
Farm Census Just
Released
According to a preliminary re
port of the 1956 farm census sur
-1 vey, Chowan County had a total of
186.902 acres of land in farms in
1955.
Other information revealed in the
report included: 34,986 acres from
which crops were harvested in
1955; 261 acres used only for soil
improving crops and crop failures;
,231 acres on which no crops were
I planted or harvested; 2,727 ac res
I in improved pasture; 492 acres un
, improved open pasture; 48,205
I acres of other land, woods, waste,
cutover and home sites; 14,500
acres of corn grown for ail . pur
pose's; 2,529 acres of cotton har
■ vested; 764 acres of tobacco har
| vested and 6,748 acres of peanuts
| grown for all purposes; 185 acres
'of wheat; 131 acres of oats; 21
j acres of all other small grains; 70S
acres of milo and other sorghums; l
'j 4,835 acres of soybeans; 45 acres
of lespedeza: 95 acres of soybeans
| out for hay; 30 acres all other,
hays; 54 acres Irish potatoes; 837 j
j acres sweet potatoes; 3,932 acres!
| other vegetables grown mostly for
| sale; 198 acres all other crops har-j
'vested; 10 colonies of bees; 9,145 i
I tons of fertilizer used; 1,954 sowsj
and gilts kept for breeding; 165
cows kept mainly, for milk; 8381
cows kept mainly f6r beef; 22,650 j
hens and pullets of laying age; 74
ponds on farms; 956 acres which,
could have been irrigated; 5,072
people of all ages living on farm
j land.
Red Men Will Elect
Tribe Officers Monday
Members of Chowan Tribe No.I
12, Improved Order of Red Men,:
will elect officers at a meeting ol
the tribe Monday night, December)
31, beginning at 7:30 o’clock. C. D.
, Sawyer is the outgoing sachem of
the tribe and he urges a full at
tendance to take part in this im-j
portant item of business.
JAVCEES MEET TONIGHT
Eiienton’s Jufiior Chamber of j
Commerce will meet tonight!
(Thursday) at 7 o’clock in the!
l’enelope Barker House. President j
Dick Dixon urges a full attendance!
due to the fact that the March of:
D imes drive, sponsored by the Jay-1
cees, will be considered.
Two Plymouth Men
Jailed In Edenton
for Armed Robbery
Thomas Harris Reliev- 1
ed of About SSO Fri
day Night
Two white men spent Christmas
in the Chowan County jail and are
awaiting trial on a charge of armed:
robbery. The two are Charlie Saw
yer, 20, of Route 1, Plymouth, and!
Calvin A. Downs, also of Plymouth. I
According to the police the two;
white men held up Thomas Harris,!
a colored man, Friday night and)
relieved him of in the neighborhood :
of SSO. The holdup took place on
East Church Street between Oak
um Street and the Norfolk South- i
ern Railroad.
The two men are also charged,
with an assault on Miss Violet
Alexander. According to the po
lice, Sawyer and Downs grabbed;
Miss Alexander by each arm on|
East Queen Street between Court!
and Oakum Streets and told her to!
keep her mouth shut. However, j
Miss Alexander screamed about the
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Authorities Break
Theft Ring In Raid
On Marine’s Trailer
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A watch night service will be
held in the Methodist Church Mon
day night, December 31, beginning
at 11:15 o’clock.
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. I-'., &
A. M„ will install officers for the
year ,1957 at a meeting to h,- held
tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock.
The Northeastern Cancer Clinic
j w ill he held in the Health Center in
Elizabeth City Friday afternoon.
January 1. beginning a| 1 o'clock.
Edenton Woman’s Club will meet
Wednesday afternoon, January 2.
at 1 o’clock in the Parish House.
Schools in Chowan County will
reopen Wednesday, January 2, fol
lowing the Christmas holidays.
Revival services w ill be held in
the Methodist Church the week of
February 3. with l)r. Clovis Chap-,
pell of Waverly, Tennessee as the
evangelist.
Ch-bwan Tribe of Red Men will
elect officers at its meeting Mon
i day night. December 31. at 7:30
o’clock.
Edenton Javcees will meet to
> night (Thursday) at 7 o’clock in
the Penelope Barker house. *
Chowaroke Council No. 54, De
j gree of Pocahontas, will elect of
| ficers at a meeting to he held Fri
day night, December 28, at 8 o'clock
in the Red Men hall.
Edenton’s Parent-Teacher Asso-
I ciation w ill meet Tuesday night,
January 15.
Adults who have daughters in
terested in joining the Girls Scouts
are requested to telephone Mrs. El
len Case at 118-W.
A joint meeting of the Methodist
Men’s Club and the Committee oil
Membership and Evangelism will
be held at the church Wednesday |
night. January 2, at 7:30 o’clock.
POCAHONTAS MEETING
Chowanoke Council No. 54, De
gree of Pocahontas, will meet Fri- ‘
day night, December 28, at 8
o’clock in the Red Men hall. Mrs.
Dorothy Pavlich, Pocahontas, urges
every Wmbcr to lie present to take
part in the election of officers.
ROTARY MEETING CALLED OFF
Due to the Christmas holidays,
Edenton Rotarians will not meet
today (Thursday). The club will
meet Thursday of next week at 1
o’clock in the Parish House, at
which time Elton Forehand will ho;
in charge of the program.
1 time an automobile approached and
when the driver jumiied from the
car the two men ran.
A Marine, Franklin Jackson, a
companion of the t\vo_ Plymouth
men during the night, was also ar
! rested charged with an assault on
I Isaac Collins, a colored shoe shine
j boy. The boy was cut in the side
| with a knife.
Jackson was turned over to the
] Marine authorities and Sawyer and
: Downs will be given a hearing in
■ Recorder’s Court Tuesday, Janu
ary 8.
Police were informed that Downs
i was a deserter from the U. S.
I Army since November and after
being arrested Friday night it was
; learned that both he and Sawyer
■ were wanted in Plymouth on
1; charges of breaking and entering,
i! larceny and armed robbery.
:: Both men at first denied holding
i up Harris when questioned by pe
,j lice, but later when their stories did
■ not jibe, thpv admitted the crime.
About $3,000 Worth oi
Stolen Merchandise
Recovered
| What is believed to be a sizeable
theft ring was apparently broken
Jup Thursday night of last 'week
when approximately $3,000 worth
| of stolen merchandise was recover
'ed in a raid on a Marine’s trailer
! located at Harrell’s Motor Court or
: tile Windsor highway.
Heading the raid were Lieut.
Dick Frohiieii, provost marshal at
the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air
1 Station: military police, Sheriff J.
A. Hunch, Sheriff J. Kelly White of
Perquimans County and SBI
agents.
Military authorities were search
ing for stolen government weapons
| and other property, while civilian
authorities were seeking a large
j amount of merchandise stolen
from a number of concerns in this
section over a period of more than
, six months.
In the raid guns stolen from the
Edenton base were recovered as
well as other merchandise. Some
of the merchandise was identified
as that stolen from W. E. Smith’s
store in the Rocky Hock section:
.1. C. Hendrix, who operates an up
: county store and Kermit E. Nixon's
! electrical appliance store at V'al
j holla. *
Among Hie merchandise recover
: cil included vacuum Meaner* and
1 movie projector, radios, electrical
appliances, groceries, wearing ap
parel and other items.
Tile names of the Marines labeled
as a “theft ring” have been with
held by Marine authorities, for it is
expected several afe involved and
will tie rounded up. It is expected
i.that cracking the ring will lead to
solution of thefts which have oc
curred in Edenton, Elizabeth City,
Hertford and Plymouth in recent
months.
The recovered stolen loot was
taken to tile Nava! Auxiliary Air
Station for inventory purposes.
Just how large the reported
“theft gang” is has not been de
termined. but a full scale investi
gation is in nrogress in order to
round up all the members.
Cancer Clinic Will
Be Held January 4
'The Northeastern Cancer Clinic
will lie held in the Health Center .
at Elizabeth City Friday afternoon,
January 4, with registration be
ginning at 1 o’clock.
A free chest X-ray will he given
anyone wishing it along with the
examination of the five areas of the
body where cancer is most -easily
found and cured. There are no
limitations as to sex, race, physi
cal or economic status at the center.
However, women should lie 35 or
more; men should b,. 40 or over
unless referred by a doctor, or un
less one of tbe “Seven Danger Sig
nals" or “Symptoms” are present.
Only 30 people can lie seen at
the Center each month due to limit
ed facilities, so it is suggested that
anyone who wishes to lie assured of
an oppointment should write the
Cancer Center, Elizabeth City. N.
C., for a priority. Examinees are
asked to bring a robe or housecoat
with them.
Large Crowds Enjoy '
Christmas Programs
The Christmas story in music
was portrayed at the Episcopal and
Methodist Churches Sunday morn
ing and at a 5 o’clock service Sun
day evening at the Baptist Church.
The choirs in all three churches
presented the programs and -all
three services were very well at
tended and enjoyed by those who
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