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MUSHED IN
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rJaAees Sponsoring March On
[Dfts With $3,000 Goal Set'
l Ttffle Raised During January
Bh th^^^^^Hjjanuary
work
raise for
of Dimes^^^^^Kk a ' n
sponsored
Chamber nf
( The Jaycees have <&•’
her- of features which
during the drive to help
$3,000 goal. Among these feature
will be Blue Crutch Day, which wjl
be observed 1 Saturday, January 5,
when small- blue crutches will be
sold on the streets. R
for Polio will n>so he
observett three Saturdays, January
,•*l2, 19 pud 26, when the Jayctes
will sell of peanuts with she
‘profits going to the Marchi of
Dimes. I
L Tentative plans also induct a
basketball game (Points For I*4l io)
rs which, if completed, will bring* to
* .-Aether Chowan High School Sim]
the Edenton Junior-Senior High
School basketball teams, with a
trophy going to the winner of (the
game. ,
Os course, the usual house-to
house canvass will also be made,
including business houses and, in
dustries. Schools also will be ask
ed to make a contribution and an
effort will be made to contact eV
ery individual in the county.
Joe Conger, Jr., is publicity
chairman for the drive and Ralph
Outlaw and Bruce Jones are co-'
chairmen.
striking home within
the past year, the, Jaycees arei
hopeful that citizens will be nioiV-
conscious (pf the dread disease ami
be wHling/io make Jiu-gur c<*rtriirb-
A tlofts in the fight to deal
death blow. /
It ia pointed out that/in
, t polio incidence has been induced 58
| fcPer cent below the average for the
last five years. The slogan for the
1967 campaign is “Let’s/Finish the
Job.” I
Masons tastitT’s7
List 0T Officers
Richard Baer Ffimts
Set of BeautirfWLjp-
In ■•!' impressive offi
cers for "No. 7,
i. F., & A. M„ 1957
Srfu'ye installed at uMBfIHII com-
Gnunication held f night.
_C. T Griffin of
ficer and J- served
as marshal. vjjHf
The officers Wil
liam W. Ada Daniel I*.
'
Wnior warden; R. E.
McKay Wash-
J. A.
deacon; Lonnie Har
p'd I steward Dr. A. F.
steward and W. T.
W. M. Wilkins begins
a term as trustee
J. and W. A. Har-
marshal ami
/WiijWv'Vm office the various
t V ’-P I '°MHB|^^^pipi'cciation
;---v '• ■ them and solicit-
Hion of all members
to 1957 a suc
ijijijitn « .
were agreeably
Richard P. User
marks at the con-
he presented each
apron
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
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Goodwin Home At Hancock
Is Totally Destroyed By Fire
Only Several Pieces of
Furniture Able to
Be Saved
Mr. and Mrs. George Goodwin
had the misfortune to lose their
home at Hancock Station and prac
tically all its contents, together
Vifii’v about S9OO jn money, as the
result! of a fire, which was'reported
about SSiO o’clock'Monday night.
‘ . . ■
Mr. and Mrs| Goodwin were visit
ing in Edenton at the tjme of the
fire and its cause is not known. It
was discovered by Charlie Dixon
when the lights in his:store went
out, due no doubt, to the fire in the
Goodwin home burning the electric
wires.. When Mr. Dixon noticed
the fire the flames were leaping
from the second floor where the
fire is believed to have started.
The Edenton Fire Department
was summoned but the . fire had
made so much headway that only
a few pieces of furniture could be
removed from the burning. struc
ture.
Mrs. Ella Mae Potts
EiectedPocahontasj
Os Ghowan Council
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New Officers Elected
At Meeting Held
Friday Night „
K Chowanoka Council No. 54, De.
giee of Pocahontas, elected officers
at its meeting Friday night, when
Mrs. Ella Mae Potts was elected
Pocahontas for the next six-month
term.
Others elected included: Prophet
ess, Mrs. Dorothy Pavlich; Wenona,
Mrs. Arlene Keeter; Powhatan,
, Mrs. Dorothy Fairclotb; Keeper of
I Records, Mrs. Jane Laydcn; Col
lector of Wampum, Mrs. Virginia
Williams; Keeper of Wampum,
1 Mrs. Louise Stokes.
These officers, together with
those to be appointed by the new
Pocahontas, will be installed at the
■ next meeting of the Council Friday
, [-night, January 11.
Dr. Clovis Chappell
Will Be Speaker At
Methodist Revival
Series of Meetings toj
Be Held Beginning j
February 3rd
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The Rev. Earl Richardson, pas-
I tor of the Edenton Methodist
Church, announces plans for the
, annual series of revival services to
be held in the church the week of
February 3, beginning on Sunday
and running through Friday.
Morning and evening services will
be held at times to be determined
by the church’s official board.
Guest preachen for the revival
will be Dr. Clovis Chappell, of
Tennessee. Dr. Chappell
( is one of the most renowned
( preachers of the Methodist Church,
having held some of the largest
pastorates throughout tie South,
. including the First Methodist
, Church of Charlotte. The author
t of thirty-one hooka, Dr. Chappell
is well represented on the shelves
, of preachers’ libraries throughout
, the country. A feW years ago the
' “Pulpit,” a Christian Century pub
lication, selected Dr. Chappell as
one of the ten most outstanding
ij peachers in America today. Re-
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Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday January 3,1957
20 Years Ago
As Found In the Files of
The Chowan Herald
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A group of college students, J
home for the Christmas holidays,
spoke at the Rotary Club’s meet- j
ing with Jesse White in charge of
the program.
Chowan Tribe of ‘Red Men was
notified that it Had won a set of
tomahawks for securing the largest
number of new members in a mem
bership drive. Noah Goodw in and
Louis Francis secured the most new
members in the drive.
William Madrey and Ida Mae
Morris, both colored, were held for
trial in Superior Court by Justice
of the Peace F. W. Hobbs, in con
nection with the death of Herbert
Nixon who died as the result of an
automobile wreck near Valhalla.
A party was held in the Center
Hill community in celebration of
the 98th birthday anniversary of
Mrs. Elizabeth J. Bunch.
The Edenton Feed and Fuel,
managed by Raleigh Hollow ell, was
entered and a quantity of flour was
j stolen.
A free show was held at the Tay
j lor Theatre for the purpose of col
*l lecting articles for “a joy fund"
I to be distributed among the poor.
* Masons and Woodmen of the
World installed new officers sot
the year 1937.
F. ,W. Hobbs, special agent for
the Bureau of the Census, Depart
ment ’of Commerce, reported that
3,349 hale* of cotton were ginned
m Chowan' County from the
crop prior to December 13. This
, compared with 3,010 bales ginned
to December 13 of the 1935 crop.
Louis Francis was elected as sa
chem of Chowan Tribe of Red
Men.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. McCullers
staged a delightful Christmas par
ty for members of the Edenton
' High School Band.
Harold Chappell, 16-year-old son
; of Mr. and Mrs. Troy Chappell,
, died as the result of an accident
while hunting rabbits near the
, home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hollo
well. \
Funeral services were held for
• Asa B. Griffin who died at his
home in the Cowpen Neck section.
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(Chappell on hi s list of the most
effective preachers of the past four
hundred years. * Dr. Blackwood’s
list contained only forty in all.
Mr. Richardson looks upon Dr.
Chappell’s coming as a rare oppor
; tunity not only for the Edenton
‘ Methodist Church but for the
i Edenton community as well. A
cordial invitation is extended by
’ the Edenton Methodist Church to
. the people of this area to attend
1 this special series of services. *
I Throughout the month of Janu
ary the emphasis among Edenton
Methodists will be on , spiritual
1 preparation for the revival. To
I tiiis end there was held on Wed
nesday evening, January 2, a joint
, meeting of the church’s commission
. on membership and evangelism.
Mrs. W. E. Baker, chairman, and I
the Methodist Men’s Club, Rufus;
Carraway, president. These two I
groups have joined the Official)
Board in endorsing a Chulrch At
tendance Crusade for Edenton
Methodists to run from next Sun
day through Easter. Church at
tendance will be monitored, and all
members are urged to participate
in tiie worship services of their
church as a vital part of the spirit
ual preparation for the revival for
wtucb the praying-
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WRAPPED FOR WlNTEß—Wrapped in shimmering poly
ethylene, this old house in Lafayette, Ind., is the result of one
lJi cold winter night when the temperature fell to 10 degrees telow
zero. The goldfish bowl in the living room froze over, despite
the fact that the oil burner was on. Purdue University Agri
cultural Experiment Station suggested wrapping the poorly
insulated building in polyethylene film. Agricultural'engineers
are still testing the temperatures inside and out, but the resi
dents of the house have been able to turn down the oil burner
at night, even in coldest weather.-
Dr. McGuire Points
Out Importance Os
Good Civil Defense
Edenton Is Extremely
Close to Critical
Target Area
“Good Civil Defense' is good pub-
ic health,” says Dr. B. B. McGuire, i
Heath Service Director. ‘'Public]
interest and support for a good ci- j
vilian defense program is now!
found to be absolutey essential for
survival in ease of any future;
war.” j
This was pointed out again andi
again at the Civil Defense School]
at Raleigh December 11, 12, and
13th and attended by Mrs. Opal
Wood, P.H.N., and K, J. Eyer, Dis
trict Sanitarian Mrs. Wood’s at
tendance was made possible by W.
S. Privott, Civil Defense Director
for Chowan County and Mr. Eyer
was sent through the District
Health Department. This eondens
ied and expert school was made
available to all-public health work
ers hy the L T . S. P. H. service in]
cooperation with the State Board]
of Health.
All phases of health problems I
and services were discussed and
specific lectures were given con
cerning radiological, biological and
chemical warfare, both as to type,
detection and possible defense for
I - -u-u.
Percy DaH Elected I
Red Men Sachem;
Group of Officers Will |
Be Installed Janu
ary 7
Chowan Tribe No. 12, Improved
Order of Red have elected
new officers, with Percy Dail elect
ed to succeed C. D. Sawyer as sa
chem.
Other officers elected include C.
1 D. Sawyer, prophet; Albert Culli
pher, senior sagamore; Hurley-
Ward, junior sagamore; chief of
records, J., Edwin 'Bufflap; collector
of wampum, Jack Barrow; keeper
of wampum, William E. Barrow;
; keeper of wigwam, Bill Elliott;
i trustee for three years, Carl Keet
■ er. Carl Keeter, Walter Bond and
I Herbert Baker ‘were appointed as
an auditing committee.
These officers, with
those appointed by the new shrhem,
are scheduled to be installed next
Monday night, January 7. Carl
Keeter, tribal deputy Great Sa
chem, will be in charge of the in
stallation ceremony. C* D. Saw
yer, outgoing sachem, urges a large
attendance at this meeting -
. each. Speakers included experts
from Atlanta, Ga., and Cleveland
and included Dr. Royster from
State Medical Society.
Since, Edenton is exhemely close
o a critical target n?ea, if is es-
I sential that this area he prepared
| for any eventuality in ease of war.
j It was also pointed out that every
[ person in North'Carolina lives in a
; fall out range of some critical tar
! get.
It is pointed out that the res|H»n
--j sibility of the various agencies and
j organizations during enemy inspir-
I ed disaster are: to medicine belongs
[■casualty care, to public health the
health services of the community,
education in civilian defense and
, special weapons, (radiological, bio
logical and chemical defense), to
.[welfare organizations belong hous
. ing and feeding of evacuees, and
health supplies to he delegated to
some local group.
“Edenton is fortunate in having
as its able Civil Defense Director
I W. S. Privott,” says Dr. McGuire,
I] “but one man alonp cannot do such
a tremendous task. It will be
ll hoove every organization and ev
l| cry person to give their services to
! the civil defense effort for this
I I might well l>e the means of sur
, vival for us all if and when there
•I should be total war.”
i Program Released
I For Men 17 To 26
| Enlistment Period Six
Years; Active Duty
Two Years
Youths facing military sendee
can enlist in the Army Reserve un
der the provisions of Section 261
of the 1955 Reservg Forces Act.
The program entitles a young
man between ages 17 and 26 to en
list in the Army Reserve for a pe
riod of six years with a call to ac
tive duty for a period of two years.
Colonel H. W. Oreutt, Chief of
the Third Army Recruiting Dis
trict, said that after the two years
of active duty a young man will
serve three additional years in the
Ready Reserve followed by one
year in the Standby Reserve.
The Third Army Recruiting
Chief said that in the Ready Re
serve, a member attends prescrib
ed military classes once each week
for a minimum of 48 drills a year.
In the summer months h e would
also receive a maximum of 17 days;
active duty (raining. Colonel Or-1
cutt pointed out that the Reser-'
pnp(tni«oH t*- 1
Legion To Observe
Ladies’ Night At
HaH Tuesday Night
Posts In District Are
| Invited to Attend at
7:30 O’clock
W. A. Perry, commander of Ed
Bond Post No. 40 of the American
Legion, announces that tile Post j
will observe Ladies’ Night Tues-j
day night, January' 8, at 7:.'{<):
o’clock. The affair will lie lie-id in
the Legion hall, when a “Dutch’.’
supper will be served.
All Posts in the district hav
been invited to attend, including !
Hertford, Elizabeth City, Gatesville;
and Manteo.
/ Mr. Perry urges all Legionnaires j
to attend and hi ing their wives as
guests.
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Plans Pushed For
Fourth National
Scout Jamboree
Big Affair Will Be
j Held at Valley Forge
July 12 to 18
Boy Scout officials report excel-1
i lent progress in preparing the site'
at historic Valley Forge. Pennsyi- !
i vania, for the Fourth National
Jamboree to he held next July 12
to 18.
l A 1,500-aere tent city will house
more than 50,000 Boy Scouts, Ex
plorers, and leaders from all parts
. of the nation and some from oth-
I er lands. It will have its own wa-i
, ter, electricity and telephone ex
change, post offices, and other ser
vices for the largest gathering of
I hoys in the western hemisphere.
J About One bundled special trains
and hundreds of buses "ill t rails
’ port Scouts to the Jantlioree. Rail--
roads are giving jamboree partiei-s
l
pants special railroad rates and as-!
sisting in planning routes so that
Scouts may visit leading cities and;
scenic spots before and after the j
* jamboree.
Contingents will arrive during!
1 the three days before the janitior-|
ee’s opening date, July 12. Three]
’ days will be needed to speed the I
Scouts home after tlv jamboree]
doses the evening of July IS.
’ Tin- jamboree campers Will lie at !
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’ MEETING CALLED OFF
A meeting of the Women's Au- 1
t xiliary of St. Paul’s Episcopal :
r Church, which was scheduled to In
|
, held today (Thursday) at the home
l of Miss Paulina Hassell, Inis been
- postponed. The meeting was oblig
- ed to be called off due to Miss Has
j sell and her sister, Mrs. Edith Bo«-
s ton. being called to Washington,
- D. C., on account of the serious ilj
? ness of a niece.
■ VK\\ AUXILIARY MEETING
The Ladies’ Auxiliary of William j
H. Coffield, Jr., Post No. 9280,'
will meet tonight (Thursday) at X
f o’rloek. Mrs. Betty Perry, presi
| dent, urges every member to he
present.
.~~3ysaQjS^rt'£j6i^w a BET 1 -J Ft nir'LT'
UNDERGROUND PARKING garage hi Stockholm,
Sweden, showing two levels in this vast dual-pur
pose civil defense shelter which can accommodate
lI.NI persons. The garage, a key unit in the larg
est underground shelter program in the world to-
52.00 Per Year In North Cai’olina.
1 1957 Auto License
j Plates Put On Sale
| Tuesday This Week
J. N. Pruden Dies
Suddenly Saturday
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Funeral Service Held
At Graveside Mon
dav Morning
I ]
James Norfleet Pruden, 53. died |
| at his home on the waterfront at {
j 7 o’clock Saturday night. Although!
i lie was in failing health, death |
j came suddenly. He was the soil
j of Mrs. .1. X. Pruden and the latiM
j Mr. Pruden.
A native of Edenton and mym-'
! her of or I' -lie mo.-: pr.peinent
| families, he was educate I in the,
• Edenton schools, from wltor,. he at !
I tended the Virginia Episcopal '
| School at Alexandria, Va.. and Li - j
j ter graduated .from- the University i
iof North Carolina. He also studied i
law at Wake Forest College.
He served as judge of ( howan
j County's Recorder's (,'oun and at]
| the time of his death lie was at-'
torney for Chowan .County and the
Town id' Edenton; He was also a
member of the Edenton school tius
tees and on,, of the attorneys for,
• thi- Edenton Building and loan
j Association.
Surviving are his mother. Mrs.,
J. V. Pruden; |ii s wife, Mrs. Helen
j Goodwin l'n'ide«; a son, J. X. Pru-j
'den, Jr.: a daughter. Helen; a s!.-
ter, Mrs. George Mack, and a bro
ther, Jack Pruden of Durham.
Funeral services were held'atj,
: the graveside in Beaver Hill Ceipe-c
. tery Monday morning ni 11 oVJoek.'k!
I lie Rev. G-’orge Holmes, rector oiJ
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, offi-J
eiated. , j
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[civic calendar]j
March ol Di aids, sponsored hy
flu* Edcnt<»n Jaycees, in progress
during Ihe month of January.
Ed Bond Post No. IO of the
j American Legion ill observe La-!
dies’ Night next Tuesday night,
I January 8, at 7:30 o’clock in the
Legion hall.
; North Carolina and Edenton au-'
tomohile plates are now on sale and
must be displayed before Kebruary
loth.
Erlcnton lea Party Chapter of]
{the DAR «ill meet Wednesday af
| ternoon, January 9 at 3:30 o'clock
m the Iredell house.
(howan Tribe No. 12, Improved
Order of Red Men, will meet Mon
day night, January 7. at 7:30
o'clock, at which time officers will
he installed.
Revival services will hi' held in
the Methodist I'hqicli (lie week of
Continued on Paaa.2 —Section I
TOWN COFNCH. MEETING
Edenton's Town will
meet Tuesday night. J imiaYy-'B, at;
i S oVlcck in the Municipal
ing. Any matters to tic includc^^n
• tne agenda siioulii be
I' un Clcix Ernest J. Want,,!
not later than Monday of rtSiti
wt ~^ k - ‘
day, Is equipped with triple electric doors at Che
entrance ramp to wall out blast pressures, elec
tric generators, and a special air filter system.
(Inset) to eliminate poison gas, germs and radio
active dust 1 —c> .s mvii n-f-iH- ptv»tev
DRIVE CAREFULLY!
SLOW DOWS—
AND LIVE!
'New Plates Must Be
Displayed Before
February 15
Automobile license plates for
| 1957 went on sale Tuesday morning
Mil thisweek at the Carolina Motor
: Club office, located at 102 East Wa
ter Street in F.ilenton and at .some
i SO other offices of the Carolina Mu.
; tor Club throughout the State, as
; "’elf as at the Department of Mo
j tor \ ehieles in Raleigh,
j Application cards have been
I mailed to all owners and must In*
j presented on applying for the new
license tags. Only one license plato
j " ill he sold in ]957 to he attneh
od to tile fear of each vehicle. No
special numbers may lie reserved
j for anyone, acrordint? to the ruling
of the Department of Motor Ve
hicles.
Miss Goldie Layton, Branch
■Manager, pointed out that ail own
ers of out-of-state motor vehicles
are required to obtain inspection
, ci rtil ic.ates from any North Caro
j Ima State Highway Patrol before
applying for North Carolina li
i ciisc. Miss Layton urges the pur
chase ol 1 !>.)T motoi vehicle licens
es early to avoid the rush. Of
| lice hours re from 9:00 A. M.. („
1:99 P. M., with tlic exception of
Saturdays when the hours are from
9:00 A. M.. to. 12:00 noon. Special;
\ attention is called to the fact that
]no license plates will h e issued af
’ ter 4:00 P. M.
Ibis years license plates are yel
low numerals mi a black
i giuund and again carry the advice
[“Drive Safely," which was first
( placed the tags by Stat c ! Motor
fVdiiiiifllll rir. : -simi. Ed ScliflWt
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M \MiN- v,,;,;. | \j |; rrc
A stated eoinn anii at inn of Utiak -,
nimity l.mlg. N..7, A. &A. M.,‘
"ill lie held to gig iTlnirsdajr) at
8 o clock. V iliiam AV Adams, mas
ter of the lodge, urges a full at-
I) VI II.LIIM,
If lit.ill Te; tty p'er of til.. A
Daughters ~f Am, Revo - I
] lotion will n ■, Lredoll
•musc \\ dpeso . i . Jantl
ory at 3:30 , . A, -. R. D.
j Hmlhani, regeiit - ..specially ail
yens to have ~\ a., mber pres
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ROTA RIANS ME El KtD \ V
Edenton’s Rotarv .aete
(his (Thursday) .. .•.u. on at I
e'clock iii ihe Parish llmiM'. Tim
inogram-wi'i t „. g.- Eii.e,
i I'or. hau,: and Prest.i. c- i\
i ; e , I: rum urge |(in nt
! i-i 'ciing.
EASTERN STAR MEETING
| Edenton Chap: i No. 302. Order
[of tile Eastern S hi nie.'t Mon.
[day night, January 7. at X o'clock
jin .(he Masonic Temple. Mrs. Kd
;Vißeaves, worthy matron, urges
I - to attend.