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CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXIV .—Number 3.
Jaycees Sponsoring
Project To Choose
“Farmer” For Year
Forms For Voting In
Hands Os Scott
Harrell
The Junior Chamber of Com
* merce this week-announced that i
nomination forms for its Outstand-1
ing Young Farmer project are now
available to anyone desiring to
make a nomination from Scott Har
rell, chairman, phone 3123.
The “farmer” project is aimed at
honoring the young agriculturalists
of the community who have made
outstanding progress in farming,
and contributions to soil conserva
tion practices and the betterment
of their, communities. All farm
ers. 21-35, are eligible to he enter
ed, according to Scott Harrell, Jay
cee chairman for the project.
j oca j project is part of a na
tionwide. program to 'select and
honor the nation’s four outstanding
young farmers of 1956. National
ly, the program is co-sponsored by
j the U. S. Junior Chamber of Com
merce and the American Petroleum
Institute, committee on agriculture.
The community winner will re
ceive many local awards and will
he this city’s entry in the state
elimination. State winners will re
ceive an all-expense trip to the na
tional awards program in Durham,
N. C., April 16 and 16.
Bishop Laundry
r Changes Hands
Name Os Firm Chang
ed To Ricks Laundry
Announcement, was made this
week that Bishop Laundry and
Cleaners of Kdonton, Inc., was sold
to James P. Ricks of Rocky Mount
and James I’. Ricks, Jr., of Kden
ton. effective January 1, 1957.
* Tho laundry name will he chang
ed to Ricks Laundry and Clean
ers, Inc, J. P- Ricks, Jr., will sene
ag president and Mr. Ricks as vice
president of the corporation.
The Ricks stated that no immedi
ate change in personnel or opera
tion was anticipated hut that “we
will endeavor to give to our cus
tomers continually improving ser
vice.”
'The laundry, formerly known as
die Edenton Laundry, was organiz
ed by C. P. Wales in 1930 at its
present location. It was sold in
August, 1952, to Bishop Laundry
t Company of Rocky Mount, N. C.
Mr. Ricks, Sr., has been a mem
ber of*the firm of Bishop Laundry
Company for the past 34 years. He
was .a member of the Civitan Club
and Episcopal Church of the Good
Shepherd, Rocky Mount, N. C. Mr.
and Mrs. Ricks plan to move to
Edenton and will reside at 407 N.
Broad Street, the former residence
of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald James.
Mr. Ricks said “we have always
liked Edenton and are looking for
ward to making it our home.”
' Dpring the period that the laun
dry wag known as Bishop Laundry
and Cleaners, it was managed by
James P. Ricks, Jr.
Committees A ppoin ted
For Hospital Auxiliary
Chowan Hospital Auxiliary will
, start tiie New Year with a meet-
y lng on Friday afternoon, January
18, at the nurses’ home. The pro
gram for 1957 should be a suc
cessful one under the guidance of
tile following new leaders:
Mrs. John Raines, president; Mrs.
Edward G. Bond, vice president;
Mrs- Gilliam Wood, secretary, and
Mrs. George Hoskins,' treasurer.
Mrs. Raines has organised most
of her standing committee with the
foUewiaff to, announce:
'Membership—Mrs. J. C. Leary,
MX,* ■ 0,™,,—,
bf. t ana AfS, AlDCrt oyrum.
Publicity—Mrs. Junius Davis.
Serving—Mre.E. N. Elliott and
House—Mrs. W. O. fclitftt, Jr.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
[Married 50 Years]
Mr. ami Mrs. Roy Emminizer will
celebrate their 50th wedding anni
i varsary at their home in the Mace
donia section Sunday, January 20.
The couple will be at home to their
friends from 3 to 5 P. M.
Mr. and Mrs. Emminizer were
united in marriage January 20,
1907 with Jhe Rev. Rose, who was
pastor of the Rocky Hock Church.
The couple have eight children,
Mrs. Hoskin Goodwin, Mrs. San
ford Bass, James Emminizer, Mrs.
William Wilkins, Mrs. William
Baker and Mrs. Fred Griffin, all of
Edenton, and Thomas Emminizer
and Keith Emminizer, both of Nor
folk.
Survey Shows Only
Small Percentage
Receiving Vaccine
Largest Percentage of
Students Have Re
ceived One Shot
The Student Council of the Eden
ton Junior-Senior High School this
week announced the results of a
polio survey conducted and spon
ge red in the school to determine the
percentage of students who have
been vaccinated with Salk vaccine.
The percentages follow:
69# students have had one shot.
55% students have had two shots.
12%> students have had three
•shots. • —:«****»“ ' ‘~ r ~
22%. students have had no shots.
The local survey is in coopera
tion with the Teens-Against-Poiio
campaign being sponsored nation
ally. * • ..
Vaccinations will be administer
ed at the school through the co
operation of the local Health De
partment and are free of charge-for
children up to 19 years of age.
It is hoped that as the result of
the survey the local schools will
soon be able to boast a 100 per
cent vaccination.
In order to realize this goal, it
is pointed out that the coopera
tion of parents is very much need
ed. It is necessary for parents to
write a note to the school to the
effect that they are willing for
their ehildrin to receive the first
dose of the vaccine.
Information is to the effect that
there is plenty of Salk vaccine
available, but despite the fact only
about 10 per cent of the school
1 children in the United States have
taken advantage of the three shots,
which thwarts the crippling effect
of polio.
Parents of local school children
are urged to encourage their chil
dren to take the full series of vac
cine in order to make the program
most effective against the much
dreaded disease.
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20 Years Ago
As Found In tbe Files of
The Chowan Herald
S. r*
A report was given from Raleigh
l to the effect that bids would he
opened Janaary 26 for construct
ing the Albemarle Sound bridge,
■ but that increase in price of ma
teriats raised estimate to about sl,-
593,000.
D. M. Warren and R. C. Holland
. were reported aide at their homes.
About 20 people signed up to at-
I tend an aye clinic at Hie Cupola
Haase sponsored by-the Edenton
t Rotary Club.
Tho Rev. C. A. Ashby returned
foam making a speech at the Ra
, leigh Rotary Chib after which the
Raleigh Rotations endorsed the
I John F. White, Chowan Chanty’s
representative in the General As
sembly. mas appointed on nine
Commercial fishermen mere en
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Pictured above are the past and present officers of the Edenton Officers’ Wives Club. Seated are tile retiring officers: left to right. Mrs. H.
D. Hoyle, Mrs. K. L. Byers, Mrs. J. R. Waterstreet, Mrs. W. S. McCaslin, Jr.. Mrs. H. S. Lowery, Mrs. A. Miranda, Mrs. J. Mates. Standing are
the incoming officers: left to right, Mrs. K. A. Mcl’erren, Mrs. E. E. Carpenter, Mrs. S. M. Emerson, Mrs. 1.. I. Beeler, Mrs. R. T. Whitten, Mrs.
William Case, Mrs. J. E. Groover, Mrs. E. W. Spiars, Mrs. G. Keller, Mrs. .1. R. Parsons.
Officers Elected
Newly Organized
County 4-H Club
New Club Sponsored
By Home Demon
stration Club
Joe Nixon Was elected president
of the Oak Grove Local 4-H Club
which was organized at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Evans on
Friday night, January 11. Betty j
Jean Smith was elected vice-presi
dent, Roy Nixon secretary, Revo
Perry treasurer, and Judy l’rivott
and Leon Evans will serve as re
porters. Tile program committee]
will consist of Judy Evans as chair
man, with Betty Lou Lane, Ray
Evans anil Billy Bunch. Fahey
Privott and Carolyu Evans were
. elected song .leaders, The Oak
Grove Home Demonstration Club is
sponsor of this, the newest local
4-H Club in Chowan County. This
brings the total of local clubs b>
seven.
Sherwood Harrell, president of
the Advance Local Club and one
of the State winners in the NJVGA
team demonstration in Vegetable
Production in 1955, attended the
meeting and made a very interest
ing talk to the 19 charter mem
bers. Dick Lowe, Sherwood’s part
ner in the State winning NJVGA
Vegetable Production contest and
also State winner in Peanut Pro
duction in 1955, was also present
and made some helpful suggestions
about the organization and func
tions of a local 4-H Club. Both
Sherwood and Dick praised the 10-l
cal leaders and also the hoys and
girls for organizing a local club
in the Oak Grove community.
They explained the many advan
tages of 4-H Club work and urged
each member to remain in the 4-H
as long as the age limit permits.
, “Each of you present tonight has
several years of 4-H activities
ahead of you, and I urge you to use
them to full advantage,” said Sher
wood.
“The Oak Grove Local 4-H Club
1 will meet a definite need in your
community,” said Bob Marsh, As
sistant County Agent, “and you
have a potential membership for
one of the best local clubs in the
County,” he continued.
Mrs. Helen Mohan, Assistant,
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BPW CLUB MEETS TONIGHT
i The Edenton Business and i’ro
! fessional Women’s Club will hold a
• dinner meeting tonight (Thursday)
, in the Barker Community House,
beginning at 7:30 o’clock. Miss]
Mary Lee Copeland will be in i
charge of the program. Mrs. Mar-j
garpfr'Phthisic, president, urges all
members to he present,.
i ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
i Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet
this (Thursday) afternoon at 1
I o’clock in the Parish House. The
• program will be in charge of Rich
i ard F. Elliott. President George
• Alma Byrum urges a 100 per cent
attendance.
,
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
i A stated communication of Una
nimity Lodge No. 7. A. F., & A. M.,
. will he held tonight (Thursday) at
i 8 o’clock. William Adpms,/master
i of the lodge, urges a full attend
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OLD OFFICERS’ WIVES CLUB OFFICERS
W. C. Hollo well, Jr. !
Killed As Result Os
Freakish Accident
Large Tree Falls On
Bread Truck In
Hertford
Edenton relatives and friends
were stunned Thursday afternoon
j when it was learned that Wayland
Clayton (Dick) Hollowed, Jr., 29,
lost his life in Hertford while driv
ing a Dundee bread truck.
Mr. Hollowed was driving to
| wai-d Edenton about 1:30 o’clock in
the afternoon while a strong wind
was in progress and when near the
southern end of the Hertford city
limits on U. S. 17 a large tree sud
denly snfiiyied jol'C.Jibuut. five l'eet.
above the ground and crashed on
the bread truck. Hollowed was
rushed to Chowan Hospital but
passed away shortly after his ar
rival.
The irony of the accident is that
had Mr. Hollowed been a few sec
onds earlier or later, the tree would
have missed the truck. Telephone
and electric wires were torn flown
as the tree crashed to the ground
and service was interpreted from
25 minutes to as much as four
hours at some places.
The victim of the freak accident
is a native of Edenton, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Hollowed.
He graduated from Edenton High
School, where he was an outstand
ing player on the football team.
During World War II he served in
j the U. S. Coast Guard. He has
I made his home in Windsor for
| about three years, from where he
| worked a bread route.
Besides his parents, he is surviv
ed by his wife, Mrs. Ann Taylor
Hollowed; a daughter, Karen R.
Hollowed; a brother, Richard A.
Hollowed; three sisters, Mrs.
Worth E. Silencer and Mrs. B. C.
Willis of Edenton and Mrs. I. T.
Taylor of Merry Hill.
Many people attended the funeral
services Saturday afternoon at 3
o’clock in the Baptist Church, when
the spacious church was filled to
capacity.. The pastor, the Rev. R.
N. Carroll, officiated, assisted by
the Rev. Paul 'Burke, pastor of
Capehart’s Baptist Church. Burial
[was in Beaver Hid Cemetery.
Pallbearers ' were J. A. Brown,
Jr., Billy Moore, Hiliary Hoggard,
Edwards Evans, Herman White, Jr.,
and George Habit.
Edenton Tea Party
i Chapter NJ3.D.A.R.
HoldsMonthlyMeet
The Edenton Tea Party Chapter,
N.S.D.A.R., held its regular month
ly meeting at the James Iredell
House on Wednesday, January 9.
Mrs. R. P, Badham, Regent, presid
ed.
A letter of thanks was read by j
Mrs. R. N. Hines from Dr. Sloop
for a box of clothing sept from the
local chapter.
Delegates elected to attend the
State Conference were: Mrs. R. P.
Badham, Mrs. W. D. Holmes, Jr.,
and Mrs. Inglig Fletcher. Alter
nates: Mrs. J. L. Pettus, Mrs. R.
, N. Hines and Mrs. A. B. Harless.
• The speaker for the meeting was
. Civil Defense Chairman William S.
Privott ,
j Graduates Friday 1
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Milton Warti Flynn, son of Mr.
and Mrs. M. L. Flynn, w ill gradu
ate as a machinist from the Ap-;
prentice School of the Newport'
News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock!
Company Friday night, January 18.1
Contributions Lag
For March Dimes
Only About $450 Re
ported Collected
Monday
Dick Dixon, president of the 1
Edenton Junior Chamber of Com-1
mem-, sponsors of this year’s I
March of Dimes, announced early I
this week that contributions in the
campaign thus far are somewhat
disappointing, but that he hopes
they will pick up materially in the
effort to raise $3,000. Up to Mon
day of this week contributions
amounted to about $450.
Mr. Dixon reported that the ob
servance of Blue Crutch Day on
Saturday netted approximately
SIOO and that a canvass of the west
side of Edenton brought in about
$330. The plan is to conduct a
canvass of the east side of Edenton
Friday night.
Another idea to help raise money
for the drive will be “Peanuts For
Polio,” which will be observed Sat
urday, January 19. On that day
Jaycees will sell bags of peanuts
with the profits going to the March
of Dimes.
Milton Flynn Will
Graduate Friday
Milton Ward Flynn, son of Mr.
and Mrs. M. L. Flynn, will gradu
l ate as a machinist from the Ap
prentice School of the Newport
News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
Company Friday night, January 18.
The exercises will be held in the
Athletic Building at Newport News
beginning at 8 o’clock.
Young" Flynn is a member of the
Student Board of Directors of-the
school and was a member of the
1951 graduating class of Edenton
High School. He is now living at
Newport News.
New Officers For
Chowanoke Council
Degree Pocahontas
I Mrs. Ella Gray Potts
Installed as New j
Pocahontas
Officers for Chowanoke Council
No. 54, Degree of Poeahontas, were
installed at a meeting of the Coun
cil held Friday night. The rcro
mony was in charge of Mrs. Hilda
Bass, deputy Great I'oeahontasC
with Mrs. Myrtle Hollowed aetingi
as Misliencwa.
Those installed were Mrs. Ella
Gray Potts, Pocahontas; Mrs. Anita
Baker, Wenona; Mrs. Dorothy Pay*
li’eh, prophetess; Mrs. Dorothy
Faircloth, Powhatan; Mrs. Jan"
Layden, keeper of records; Mrs.
•Louise Stokhs, keeper of wampum,j
and Mrs. Virginia Williams, col-1
lector of wampum.
The officers appointed by t h--1
new Pocahontas, who were also in-'
stalled, included;
Mrs. Patty-Jordan,' first scout;
i Mrs. Edith Buft'lap, second scout;
•Mrs. Elbe Mae Parrish, first'war-
I l'ior; Mrs. Myrtle Tynch, second;
j warrior; Mrs. Carolyn Meadows;i
'third warrior; Mrs. Myrtle Hollo-:
| well, fourth warrior; Mrs. Marina
| Crummey, first runner; Mrs. liar-j
! barn Earless, second runner; Mrs.!
Jessie Ruth Shackelford, first eoun
l.sellor; Mrs. Mart ha Crummey. ser-
I I ond counsellor; Mrs, Arlene Kei-tev. |
| guard of the tepee, and J. Edwin
| Bulflap, guard of the forest,
j Following the meeting refresh.-
I monts were served.
Marine Killed In
AD4 Plane Crash
I
Ist Lieut. William E.
Crowther Loses Life
Friday
Another casualty occurred at the
, Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air Sta
-1 tion Friday of last week when Ist
Lieut. William Edward Crowther,
Jr., was killed. Lieut. Crowther
j was 25 years old and lost his life
when his AD4 attack bomber
j crashed, while lie was flying alone
on. a training mission. The cause
of the accident has not been de
• terniined.
Lieut. Crowther is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Elaine Crowther,
who lives on East King Street, and
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Crowther, Sr., of Fall River, Mass.
J. P. RICKS, Jit., ATTENDING
, MEETING IN SALISBURY
J. P. Ricks, Jr., is attending a
j directors’ meeting of the North
j Carolina Launderers and Cleaners’
i Association in Salisbury this week.
Mr. Ricks was recently elected as
a director of this association. The
association is composed of the pro
gressive laundry and dry cleaning:
businesses of North Carolina.
LIONS MEET MONDAY
Edenton Lions will meet Monday
night, January 21, at 7 o’clock.
; Ernest Ward, Jr., president, urges
a 100 tier cent meeting
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina.
Edenton Per Capita
Fire Loss For 1956
i Figured At 43 Cents
! Postponed ]
v j
Dick Dixon, president of the
Ellen lon Junior Chamber of Com
merce, announced early this week
that the annual Jaycee Distinguish,
id Service Award Bamiuet will he
held Friday night. January 25, at 7
o’clock in the (lining room of the
Masonic Temple.
The banquet was scheduled to he
held tonight (Thursday) hut was
postponed due •<> other conflictiifg
activities.
Lions Club To Hear
International Past
President March 11
• Mr. Elbert To Speak
At Charter
i Meeting
VY. S. Privott announced at MOll-,
I day night’s Lions Club meeting
that International Past President!
Elbert had been secured as a speak-'
es for the Charter Night meeting.
Charter Night will lie observed on
March 11. Mr. El liert has a repu
] tation as an outstanding Lion and
| dinner speaker.
A special train will transport!
! North Carolina Lions to the Inter
national convention in San Fran
cisco in June, announewd President
Ernest J. Ward, Jr. The trip,
which includes several stops at
points of interest, will take eight
■ days ea-'k wo-', with-four days fur 1
■ I the convention.
' Hedtor Luntoh had charge of the I
! program. Miss Gloria McCollum!
| was- introduced. Miss McCollum is
home room teacher for the sopho-J
| more class at Edenton High School, j
I She presented a trio composed of
Misses Peggy Elliott. Brenda'
I Mooney and Janet Bunch, aecom-|
; partied by Mrs, Jack Mooney at the I
i piano, who favored the group with
; a melody of popular tunes.
The Rev: George ft. Holmes, rer
j tor of St. Paul’s Eiiisconal Church,
was a guest of W. E. Malone.
Masons Will Attend
Church In A Group
Members of Unanimity Lodge!
No. 7, A. K. A A. M., will attend'
jthe morning service at the Baptists
Church Sunday morning. latuiary
20. in a body. All Masons are re
quested to inert at the ,-nutcli a
few minute's before 11 o’clock t-,'
| riarch in the church where a sec
| iion will lie reserved.
Dr. A. E. Downum and V. W.
Overman are chairmen of a n ln
i mittce arranging for chuich at
tendance sin a body every other
month.
[civic calendar!
Edenton Band Parents Associa
tion will sponsor a dance tonight
(Thursday) in the Junior-Senior
High School cafeteria front 7:30 to
9:30 o’clock.
A stated communication of Una-i
nimity Lodge No. 7. A. F.. & A. M„
will he held tonight (Thursday) at,
N o’clock.
VFW Auxiliary w ill meet tonight j
] (Thursday) at 8 o’clock in the Post ;
home.
March of Dimes, sponsored hv
the Edenton Jaycees, in progress
during the month of January.
Edenton Lions Club w ill meet j
Monday night, January 21, at 7
o’clock.
North Carolina and Edenton au
. tomobile plates are now on sale and
must be displayed before February
] 15th.
Chow an Tribe of Red Men w ill :
meet Monday night at 7:30 o'clock.
Revival service will be held in
the Methodist C’hureh the week of
February 3, with Dr. Clovis Chap-:
pell of Waverly, Tennessee as the
evangelist.
-I Members of Unanimity Lodge!
• I No. 7, A. F, & A. M, will attend j
; thy Edenton Baptist Church In a ]
Continued op Pag* A—Section !
FIGHT POLIO ...
JOIN THE
MARCH OF DIMES!
For Rural Section of
County Loss Is $12.24
Per Capita
According to a report prepared
by Assistant Fire Chief W. J.
Yates, Edenton firemen were called
out 68 times during 1956, of which
44 alarms were for Edenton fires
and 24 out of town. Firemen were
out 23 hours and 50 minutes fight
ing fires in Edenton and 30 hours
and 10 minutes' out of town, trav
eling 02 miles in Edenton aiid 343
I in the county.
Hose laid in Edenton was 0,550
feet and 5,150 feet out of town.
Ladders wore raised 210 feet in
Edenton and 00 feet out of town.
There were 501 volunteers respond
ing to Edenton alarms and 180 in
the rural section.
Property involved in the Eden
: ton fires amounted t<• 82,710,000
1 and out ”f town 8253,000. Damage
in Edenton was 82,172 and out of
town 8152,822.
According to tile figures of Mr.
.Antes, the town’s tier capita loss
for tile year was 13 cents based on
a population of 5,000. In the coun
j ty the per capita loss was 812.24
i based on 12,180 population.
Asliell Installed As
Ruritan President
Past President of Ru
ritan National In
stalls Officers
At its regular meeting bp the
last Mow' :y trgli; n: December,
tbe Chowan Ruritan t iuh installed
1 .officers for the vear 1957 S. E.
i , ‘
Lowery, county agent foi; Pasquo
tank County and a mist president
jof Ruritan National, honored the
| club by conducting the .installation
j ceremony.
The officers installed were as
I follows: T. O. A,bell, president;
I T. L. Ward, vine president; Els
/ worth Blanchard, secret a ry, and R.
I!. Parks, treasurer.
Hie board of directors of Hie
! club are Troy Toppin, T. 1,. Ward
j ami R. H. Hollowed. Their duties
are to determine the policies of
j the organization, to attend flic
meetings of tip. board of directors
j am) to advise the officers and see
! that the policies determined by the
: board are carried out.
Mr. Lowery maid high tribute to
Mr. Ashell for his previous work
and complimented the entire dull
for its spirit of cooperation, assur
i ing it of the support of all tip' local
! clubs.
St. Paul’s Sponsors
Series Organ Recitals
Tli»> first in a series «.f «»rirnn
rouitals "'as held Sunday afternorni
j at •* o’clock at St. Paul's Kpiscnpal
Church. T’lu* half-lioui* recitals are
not intended to he a service nor i>
tht re an offering. The purposi* is
j to present local as well as jjuest
I’talent for music anpreeiation. “The
church a t m o s p h e r <•, hpwe\ er,"
states the Rev. (iconic l». Holnies,
lector, “provides a fim oppoitunity
; for meditation.*’
Tom Maekie. son of t!i<' Rev. and
Mrs. A. J. Maekie, was at the con
j solo Sunday ami rendered “Venire
j in (’*’ by John X. Drown, “To Denim
; I«.udamus in (”’ by K. Wheaton
I Read, “Bonedictus Ks Domino” by
; Stephen Gardner, “Jubilate Deo in
(e* by Read. “Psalm 121” by Gard-
I “0 Leave our Sheep”, an old
| French Christmas carol, arrtiiijff’d
1 l»y Ksther Mary Fuller. “Star of
j the Last” by Georcfo Coojier.
All are welcome to each of the
’! series and organists will be
announced monthly.
Near East Situation
Discussed At Rotary
James E. Wood presented th°
I program at last week’s Rotavy
| meeting, when he conducted I a
round table discussion of the Near
| Ea»‘ sitHtfgk of the
Retai l.'>,.* progealpd.Apfc views on
qpw iii reconU