North Carolina Newspapers

ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBUSHED IN CHOWAN COUNTY Volume XXlV—Number 6. Edenton USO Club Definitely To Close After February 15 “Cannot Continue This Service” Says Reg ional Executive Hopes for maintaining the Eden ton USO Club in Edenton faded late lsjjst week when David M. Rob inson, Regional Executive, answer ed a number of letters written by Edenton people asking for recon sidering closing the club as of Feb ruary 15. “We .regret very much that we cannot continue this service,” wrote Mr. Robinson, “but in view of our responsibility to serve the greatest number with the funds that we have available, we feel that we are justified in closing the Edenton op eration at this time. * “We will be happy to consider re establishing services in Edenton if and when there snould be an ap preciable expansion of military per sonnel. I agree fully with your point of view in regard to the 1,- 200 to 1,500 Marines stationed at Edenton and the importance of meeting their needs. I think, how ever, that you would have to agree that when we have the same con ditions existing and 3,000 to 5,000 men with no service, it only means that there are more people who have problems and more needs to be met. Therefore, it is upon this basis that we are being forced to adjust Services from time to time in order to meet the ’needs of the greatest number. “If the good people of America would ever become fully conscious of the needs of these boys, we would not have any problems in serving them even where the num bers are not so great. But until such time, I’m afraid we are go ing to have to constantly adjust •services us we are. doing now along the line of meeting the greatest need for the greatest number. New Brown Building Nearing Completion Ah attractive building is nearing completion on the M. G. Brown Company property along the Wind sor highway almost opposite Bos well’s Restaurant. The new brick structure will be the future loca tion of the M. G. Brown Company office and will also serve as a dis play room for products sold by the concern. A formal opening of the new ‘addition to the Brown concern is scheduled to be held when tne building is completed, which is ex pected to be in the very near fu ture. Heart Diseases Cause Os 66 Per Cent Chowan County’s Deaths During Year Os 1956 Interesting Facts Re leased By Dr. Ed ward G. Bond Heart diseases were the leading cause of death in Chowan County during the past year, accounting for more than all other causes com bined. Based on statistics compiled by the North Carolina State Board of Health, 69 deaths in this area were due to heart and circulatory di seases. With deaths from all caus es during the period totaling 104, deaths from cardiovascular diseases amounted to. 66 per cent. These figures, according to Dr. Edward G. Bond, cjiairmun of the Edenton 1957 Heart Fund, closely parallel the national pattern for 1955, the latest year for which vi -tal statistics for all of the United States are available. In that year, , the heart and blood vessel di seases acartintgd for 53 per cent of ’ deaths from all causes. jgEpPMiwan County, the leading ’ death, after accounting HOr the heart and blood vessel di seases, according to Public Health ty 9 o f ana nepnnus, *. THE CHOWAN HERALD fNewChaplain } l /* Chaplain C. H. Iley has arrived at the Edenton Naval Auxiliary ! Air Station, where he will succeed j Chaplain John Mates. Mr. Iley re i cently returned from a tour of duty in Japan and Okinawa an£ will live in the officers’ quarters at the base. His home is in Annapolis, Md., where his wife teaches school and his two sons are enrolled in a jun ior high school. ! Chaplain Mates will remain at the Edenton base a few weeks be-' fore being transferred. Jail j New Record High 64 Inmates Boost Jan uary Bill to Total Os $780.43 What is considered the largest monthly bill for the upkeep of pris oners in Chowan County in at least the last 30 years and probably an all-time record was presented to the County Commissioners at their meeting Monday. Jailer Herman White reported that 64 persons were placed in jail during January with confinements ranging from one to 31 days, the cost amounting to $780.4,3. This figure includes jail and turnkey fees, scouring the jail, telephone bill, soap and washing powder. What helped boost the bill was the fact that the expense of at least eight of the prisoners amoiihtfed to $46 nr mow;. (civic calendar! Red Cross bloodmobile will be at the Edenton armory Tuesday, Feb ruary 12, from 9 A. M., to 3 P. M, The county’s quota is 115 pints. Fund-raising drive forth e American Heart Association will be in progress in Chowan County through Thursday, February 28. Jaycees will sponsor “Points For Polio” in the Junior-Senior High School gymnasium Tuesday night, February 12, starting at 7:30 o’clock with two basketball games scheduled to be played. Revival services at the Edenton Methodist Church will terminate with the service Friday night, Feb- Continued on Page 7— Section 1 vessel diseases continue to be this| nation’s leading cause of death. “Research, the keystone in the attack on the heart and blood ves sel diseases, has been responsible for these advances,” he continued. “And each discovery by research scientists, each new drug that is developed, each new advance en abling physicians to make more ac curate diagnoses of heart ailments, adds to our prospects for eventual ccntrol of this problem.” • The 1957 Heart Fund drive now being conducted here to support the research, education and com munity program of the American Heart Association, its affiliates and chapters, will continue to the end of February, he said. It will reach a climax on February 24, Heait Sunday, when many Heart Fund volunteers will conduct a door-to door collection covering the entire area. Contributions may also be ad dressed to “H-F.-A-R-T”, care of Postmaster, Edenton. DAR MEETS FEBRUARY 13 Edenton Tea Party Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will meet at the Ire dell house Wednesday afternoon, February 13, at 3:30 o'clock. In the,absence of the regent, Mrs. R. P. fcsdham, thence regent, Mrs. Edenton, Chowan Carolina, Thursday February 1, 1957. * | Rotary President {' V / * tfrlr i ROBERT S. MARSH Edenton Rotarians at their meet-, ing Thursday elected Robert S. Marsh, assistant county agent, new; president of the club. Mr. .Marsh will take over the presidency the first meeting in July, succeeding George A. Byrum. Two Petitions Ask For Improvement To Chowan Roads Sections of Wild Cat Road and Short Lane Involved Chowan County Commissioners at their meeting Monday morning received two petitions requesting the N. C. Highway and Public Works Commission to provide relief for two roads in the county. The first was a request to ha id surface the Wildcat road from the Macedonia road to within l l ,* miles of N. C. 32. The half mile is al ready paved. On the road are 20 houses and one church and it was pointed out that this road is travel [ ed-marh more thwtt -rtome «f~the al- I ready paved roads. The other request was for the State to take over and maintain Short Road leading from Highway 17 to the REA sub-station, a dis tance of about half a mile. On the road are four houses and it was re ported to he practically impassable at times. The Commissioners approved the petitions, which will he sent to Ra leigh for consideration. Schuman Director Os Choral Society Idea Is Conceived By Woman’s Club as a Civic Project I A non-sectarian adult choral s<>- |ciety, representing the Chowan-Al ibemarle area, came to a reality the I last of January when about 30 peo ple met at the Edenton Baptist Ed ucational Building and took the necessary steps to form a perma nent organization. Richard Schuman of the Edenton radio station, a w'ell qualified mu sician, was chosen as the choir di rector. The choir, an idea conceived by the Woman’s Club, was organized as a civic project for the purjiese of giving the people of Chowan and the surrounding counties an oppor ' tunity to recciVe voice instruction in the fundamentals of choir music in order that they may find happi ness and give pleasure to others through the medium of singing. Instruction will be given in both sacred and secular songs. Pro grams will be presented at vari ous times. The choir meets each Friday at 7:30 P. M., in the Baptist Church j Educational Building on South Granville Street. A cordial invi tation to become a member of this choir is extended to men and wo men of the Chowan-Albemarle sec tion who can sing or wish to learn to sing. COUNTY DEBT REDUCED West Byrum, Chairman of the Chowan County Commissioners, was authorized to nay $9,259.62 on the county’s indebtedwtss. The amount represents $2,094.73 school building bonds and coupons due March 1 and $7,164.89, also school P!B Ordered For Of Sewage At Chowan School County Commissioners Concerned About Money Demands Looking ahead to the new fiscal year, still about five months in the offing, Chowan County Commiss ioners on Monday sensed a serious pioblem in raising money for needs already cropping up and not in clu.ied in the usual operation of the i county government, which will have, to he considered in next year’s hud | get. Spearheading the anticipated ex -j pemiitures was a visit by members of the County Board of Education., With Chairman Geddes I’otte*- :>S| spokesman for the group. “I’m presenting a ‘must’ for the Board of Education,” said Mr. Potter, > “and it is in the form of a compul sorv request for funds.” He then went on to sav that his board was ordered by the State Sanitation Committee to abandon tin present sewage system at Cho wan High School which empties in-1 to Dillard's Creek and instead con struct a sewage disposal system. Mr. Potter stated, that the Beard of Education must present plans to abandon the present system before! March 1 and that -the new system is I expected to be completed by De- cembe.r 1. j It is* estimated that a disposal j plant to care for the school’s needs] will cost approximately SIO,OOO, of which there is a possible chance of receiving 30 per cent from federal funds. In the meantime the Board; of Education remained in the good I graces of the Sanitation Commit tee by applying for a permit to al low use of the present system un til a new system can be construct ed. ' Tlie situation was considered at length, and assurance that the Board of Education will comply Continued on Page 2—Section 1 Methodist Revival Ends Friday Night Dr. Clovis G. Chappell Preaching Twice Each Day Revival services, are in progress in the Edenton Methodist Church, at which Dr. Clovis Chappell of Waverly, Tennessee, is preaching. The series of meetings began Sun-) day morning and will come to a! close at the evening service Friday. | During this week services are | held each morning at 10:15 o’clock! and each night at 7:30 o’clock. The public is cordially invited to attend all of the remaining ser vices. . Miss Rachel Wilder Chosen DAR Good Citizen In Edenton Paper Will Be Entered In Contest For State Honor Mis s Rachel Wilder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Wilder of Route 3, Edenton, was chosen as the D.A.R. Good Citizen from Ed>«- ton Junioi-S°nior High School by members of sh,e senior class and faculty members. The girls, who are chosen as D.A.R, Good Citizens, are selected from the senior class of public high schools in the State, and should possess the following qualities to an outstanding degree: 1. Dependability 2. Service 3. Leadership 4‘. Patriotism In October a form questionnaire was given Miss Wilder which she was required te fill out, without having seen the questionnaire un til she was ready to take the test and without help from any so uce ! Give Blood ii *V. . r 1 ) Next Tuesday, February 12, the Red Cross bloodmobile will again visit Edenton anl will be a! the ar mory from 9 A. M., to 3 P. M., for, the purpose of receiving blood do- : rations. There is a critical need of blool here in Edenton, so that Joe Swanner, blood bank program chairman, appeals to Chowan Coun ty citizens to turn out in goodly numbers in order to reach or exceed, the county’s quota of 115 pints. -u-_-.rj--.--- ' ComniissionersJoin Effort To Remedy Tobacco Injustice Adopt Resolution as Passed By Lee Com missioners At the request of the Cbmmiss-1 ioners of Lee County, Chowan County Commissioners on Monday approved'a resolution to he sent toj Congress in n fight what is term-j ed injustice done flue-cured tohae-i co farmers in the administration of! the Soil Bank program. The resolution points >ut that] the purposes of the acreage reserve phase of the Soil Bank program is to reduce surpluses and further cut production of certain crops anl that the extent of participation In formers in the Soil Bank is de termined by the rate of pay per unit and acreage and the limitation of maximum'acreage for each com modity. The resolution states that the additional 20 per rent cut in acre age proposed by the 1957 tobacco crop and the discounting of the heavier producing varieties by USDA, which may cut production still another 10 per cent, will cause undue .hardship on flue-cured to bacco farmers and particularly the Continued on Page B—Section 1 Masons Will Attend Church In Group Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. I'. & A. M., has called off the stated communication scheduled to he held tonight (Thursday). Instead the lodgemen will attend the revival service being held this week at the Methodist Church. All members of the lodge, as well as visiting Masons, are requested to meet in front of the church at 7:15 in order to he on time for the meeting which will begin at 7:30 o’clock. In this questionnaire she was ask ed questions regarding her activi ties in school and community, hob bies and interests, general knowl edge of national and state govern ment and was asked to give her own opinion on good citizenship. Her answers were so excellent that she placed second in the contest in District 8. It was forwarded to the State Chairman of the “Good Citizens” to compete on the State level. The Edenton Tea Party Chapter D.A.R. sponsors this program in the school, and it is endorsed by the National Association of Sec ondary School Principals, and they have placed this contest on the ap proved list of national contests and activities for 1956-1957. The State Good Citizens final winner will receive a SIOO U. S. Savings Bond, Series E. Announce- j ment of the winner will take place at the fifty-seventh State Confer ence National Society Daughters of The American Revolution that will be held in Charlotte March 25-27. ![ DAR Good Citizen ]| : JR w * i | i *' * ; , j L ; i i ! i ... | MISS KACKEL WILDER J A member of the senior class at the Edenton Junior-Senior High School, Miss Rachel Wilder has been chosen the D.A.R. Good Citi zen from Edenton. She will Ik entered in a State contest to he ' held in Charlotte March 25-27. I Points For Polio i Scheduled To Be | Held February Xi Two Games of Basket ball Planned In School Gym Sponsored by the Edenton Junior ! Chamber of Commerce “Points F >r | Polio” will lie staged in the Eden ' ton Junior-Senior High School gymnasium Tuesday night, Febru- I ary 12. The proceeds of the two games of basketball Will go into the March of Dimes fund. Thomas Byrum is uhuirman of the Points far Polio project. tylcnt-np’s Juyvees will start the Polio for Points at 7:30 o’clock with the main event. IvJenton's Aces vs. Washington, schedule ! t ' | begin about 8:15. It is hoped that many will attend : \ the affair in order to enjoy the two] games of basketball as well as help to swell the March of Dimes con tributions. ASC Office Now In New Quarters Located In Former J. L. Batton Construc tion Office I Cliowan County Commissioners on Monday approved leasing a j building to serve as offices fnr'the] Chowan County ASC office, 'which ; heretofore were housed in crowded I quarters in the basement of the j Edenton Post Office. The ASC office is now located in j the building on North Broad Street] j formerly occupied by the J. L. Bat ton Construction Company, leased ] from John Mitchener at a rental - of S6O per month, with the county; required to furnish lights, water | and sewerage facilities. The lease] is for the period between February 1 and January 31, 1958. The new building will provide more room for the Work of the ASC office and will also provide more parking space for farmers who are obliged to visit the office. Chowan FFA Chapter Father-Son Banquet Is Scheduled For Feb. 8 i i Future Farmers of America of I Chowan High School will hold their • annual Father-Son Banquet Friday night, February 8. The l.anquet - wlil be held in the school cafeteria i beginning at 6:30 o’clock. r , A varied program will he pre • sented by the students, which prom r ises to he very interesting for all • who attend. , NO ROTARY MEETING I ] Due to the Rotary District Con . ferenoe held in Elizabeth City Sun • | day and Monday of this week, the ■' Edenton Rotary Club will not meet - today (Thursday). Local Rotar* ’ ians who attended the conference 1 will be given credit for the meet -1 ing. $2.00 Per Year In Noi-th Carolina. Dr. Edward G. Bond Is Named Chairman Local Heart Fund Nuthin’ Doin’ : V.™ } Chowan County Commissioners' at their meeting Monday turned thumbs don n on an inquiry if an extension would be granted to list 1 property for the purpose of 1957: taxation. The deadline to list \ without a penalty was Saturday.! February 2, so that those who fail ed to list by that time will be pen alized 1(1 per cent. Rotarians Elect Marsh President Club Elects Officers at Meeting Held Thurs day Afternoon Rotariairs at their meeting Thursday elected officers for the] new Rotary year which will begin tile first meeting in July. Robert S. Marsh. Chowan Conn ty’s assistant county agent, wa elected president and will succeed George Alma Byrum, at present; serving as president. Dr. E l Bond was elected vice president, with Jimmy Earnhardt Elton Forehand, Bill Perry and \V. I!. RoseVear elected as directors of the club. During the meeting the dull vot ed unanimously to again sponsor Troop 156 of the Edenton Roy Scouts. Masons Planning To Observe Ladies’ Night Friday, February 22nd William Adams, master of Ena tiimity Lodge No. 7, A, F. A- A. M. has announced that Masons will ob serve Ladies’ Night at a banquet to lie held in the dining room of the Masonic Temple Friday night. February 22, at 7 o’clock. Any of the members or visiting! Masons who plan to nttond the af fair must notify Louis George Wil-j kins, secretary, not later than Fri-j day, February 15, so that .reserva tions can lie made. Al XILIAKY MEETING St. Paul's Auxiliary will nice; in the Parish House Tuesday after j noon, February 12, at 1 o'clock, at j which time the program will lie in charge.-'of Mrs. W. B. Rosovear. Mrs. 1.. A. Piitteison, presi lent of; the Auxiliary, urges ail members! to lie present. Freshman Class Campaign For Afflicted Classmate Results In Fund Os $614.72 Contributions Still Ac cepted to Help De lores Long Reports up to Tuesday morning show that during the observance of Delores Long Week, which was ob served in Edenton last week. $614.72 had been contributed to ward the medical expenses of De lores Long, a member of the fresh man class at the Edenton Junior- Senior High School, who is a vic tim of Hodgkins Disease. The classmates of the girl sponsored a drive to raise funds, all of whom express their appreciation to all those who made contributions dur ing the drive. Although last week was desig nated as a week to raise funds, anybody who so desires may make a contribution by mailing it to the Delores Long Fund, in care of the Edenton Postmaster. Mrs. Her bert Hollowell, Jr., home room teacher of the girl, as well as any member of the freshman class, will also ho glad to accept any contri bution for the fund, which will go to help pay medical expenses. Friends will regret to know that due to / her condition the unfortu nate girl-was obliged to enter Cho. wan Hospital Saturday. fight polio ... JOIN THE MARCH OF DIMES! | Drive For Funds Will Be Held February 1 Through 28th Dr. Edward G. Bond will be i chairman of the 11157 Heart Fund | campaign in Edenton, it was an i nounced early this week. The North Carolina Heart Assn | eiation, which is affiliated with tlv ] American Heart Association, wII conduct ■ its annual fun (-raising drive from February 1 through | February 28, The cumnaion will ! I each a peak on Heart Sunday. February 24, with a door-to-door collection conducted by scores of local Heart Fund volunteers. The purpose of the annual ijri v-*, D.\ Bond says, is to support tin* association’s research, lay an i nr v. fessa.nal education, anil community .service programs. "The heart diseases account ri sot more deaths List vear than all oth er causes if be a; h combined. More over, one in every Hi nersons in tile United St: suffers front a heart, or cardiovascular ailment.’’ Dr. Bond stated. “With the stakes so high, each of us has the resoon sibility to serve our Heart Asso ciation actively as. a volunteer, if possible, an I certainly as a con- ■ j tributnr to tile forthcoming drive.” Research is the primary w< a ion in the attack on the heart prob lem Dr. Bond pointed out. An av erage of 40 nor cent of till funds raised by Heart Associations throughout the country last year was allocated to scientists and sci entific research, he said. "Mere knowledge about tin heart and blood vessel diseases has been gained th'rou* h research in the past 30 years than in the preceding 30 centuries,” Dp, Loud continued. “But we still do not know tthe ex - act me linnisni.s that cause harden ing of the arteries, hi*• h blood proa, ■•lire and rheumatic fever, the three disorders that are resonnsib'e for till per cent of all heart disease. Progress in finding answers to these unknowns depends upon re search, which, in turn, depends : upon your support.” Altar Society Will Sponsor Card Party ! The Ladies’ Altar Society of St. Ann’s Catholic .Church will spon sor a card party at the American Legion hut Friday night, February i 15, at 8 o’clock. Refreshments will i he served and table an l door prizes will lie awarded. Tickets for the party may lie I purchased from any of the ladies of the Altar Society, at the door or* 1 by phoning Mrs. Calabrese at 3398. 20 Years Ago | As Found In the Files of I |j The Chowan Herald V r> Contracts to build the vehicular bridge across Albemarle Sound were awarded, after dickering for four or five years, at a cost of sl.- r>9.i,000. about half a million dollars more than originally estimated. Chowan Ked Cross Chapter re sponded magnificently to a nation wide appeal for financial help in . easing the suffering of the Ohio and Mississippi flood victims. At a special meeting Town Coun cil leased a tract of land 210 x 310 j feet to J- I- Wiggins in connection with the Wilkes Veneer Mill. County Commissioners voted to i again stand the expense of a ty phoid and diphtheria clinic to be | held in March. Norfolk Southern Railroad add jed an extra freight train three times a week from Edenton to Mackey s. Whooping cough and chicken pox i led in ar outbreak of rontagiotm diseases in Chowan County. Dr. M. P. Whichard presented a comprehensive report of his first month’s duties as county health of. Continued on Page 2—Section 1