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CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXlV.—Number 10.
Possibility Develops To Call
$450,00080nd Election For
Building Program In County
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,County Commissioners
Take E*.tra Time to
Consider Situation
Chowan County Commissioners
met Monday afternoon after the
regular business was transacted to
consider the recent report on the
Chowan County jail made by T. A.
Early, jail inspector for North
.Carolina, as well as to consider
other problems which will call for
a considerable outlay of money.
Serious consideration was given
to several /natters facing the Com
missioners and to accomplish what
will most likely have to be done
the Commissioners see no way out
except floating a bond issue of pos- 1
sibly in the neighborhood of $450,- J
DOO.
. Some of the problems facing tliej
Commissioners i s a sewage disposal
plant at Chowan High School
whieh is estimated to cost approxi
mately SIO,OOO. '
Another problem is a new lunch
room at Chowan High School which
the Commissioners estimate will
mean an outlay of approximately 1570,000.
$70,000.
Spearheading the decision was a.
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John Deere Day
Friday, March Bth
i
Splendid Program In
Elementary School
Auditorium
Hobbs Implement Company an
i- ~ nourtcos tbat*t***niKml John Oeere
Day will' Be’held W Edentbtl l
Elementary School auditorium Fri
day night, March 8, beginning at,
7:30 o’clock.
The entertainment is free for all
farmers and their families, but ad
mission will be by ticket only.
Those needing tickets can secure
them free at the Hobbs Implement
Company.
The show will feature a variety
program by Garland Abbott and
his Tidewater Playboys, popular
radio and television outfit.
Another feature will be six full I
color movies, including “Heavens
To Betsy,” another Gordon Family
Adventure, “Making Tractor His
tory,” Report on John Deere Com-1
bines, Oddities In Farming,” and,
“What’s New For 1957?”
Band Parents To j
Meet March 12th
Important Meeting In
Cafeteria At Junior-
Senior High School
The bi-monthly, meeting of the
Hand Parents Association will be
held Tuesday night, March 12, at 8
o’clock. The meeting will bp held
in the cafeteria of the Edenton Jun
ior-Senior Hiirh School. x
“nyis will be a very important
business meeting at which time
• plans for the band dance Friday,
' March 15, will be discussed as well
* as the spring concert and awards
programming for the end of the
terra. v,
Miss Lula Williams, band direc
tor. will also explain her new sys
tem for instrumentalists and dis
' * cuss the clinics being attended by
the majorette corps.
Buoton Makes
Dean’s List
s College registrar’s
rased the names of
1 seniors whosg aca
gible for the Dean’s
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Art Show Will Be
Held In Edenton
April sth And 6th
{BoardOf Review j
Chowan County Commissioners
will meet as a Board of Equaliza
tion and Review Monday morning,
March 18, at 10 o’clock. At this
time they will listen and consider
any complaints relating to property
valuation as now appearing on the
tax books. «
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Jurymen Selected
For Term Os Court
Judge Joseph Parker
Os Windsor Will
Preside „
Chowan County Commissioners
at their meeting Monday drew from
the jury box 50 names who will be
summoned for jury duty at, the
April term of Chowan Superior
Court which will convene Monday
morning, April 1, at 10 o’clock. The
presiding judge for the mixed term
will be Judge Joseph Parker of
Windsor.
Those chosen for jury duty in
clude the following:
. Dennis W. 'BasAfght, ENTrett F.
Small, Fred Britton, Everett Haste,
Fred A. White, Jr., Milton C. Cope-
Continued on Page 4, Section 1
Family Night Supper
At Methodist Church
Members of the Methodist
Church will observe a family night,
supper in the church Friday night,]
March 8, at 6:30 o’clock. It will j
be a covered dish supper bo which;
all members of the church and its
constituents are invited. A special j
invitation is also extended to Ma- j
rine families to attend.
Following the supper entertain
ment will be provided for the chil
dren and a program has been ar
ranged on formation of new young
adult fellowship.
4-Hers In Chowan
Help To Celebrate
National 4-H Week
Theme Is Improving
Family and Com
* munity Living
Chowan 4-H Club mem
bers are joining with over 153,000
other North Carolina members who 1
in turn joined with more than two
million other club members in the;
nation by observing National 4-H!
Club Week, March 2-8. The theme]
for the national observance this!
year is “Improving Family 'and
Community Living”.
The 4-H Club is one of the
world’s largest youth organizations.
It not only has members in (he
United States but in Alaska, Ha
waii and Puerto .Rico as well. It
is sponsored by the Extension Ser
vice in every county in North Car
oNn* and in nearly every cminty in
aop girts, swy w toowaa Coun
Edenton, ChonjaaCounty, North Carolina^Thursday March 7,1957.
Annual Event Spon-
I sored By Edenton
Woman’s Club
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Plans are now under way for
the staging of the annual art show
; which will be sponsored by the
,j Edenton Woman’s Club on Friday
i and Saturday, April 5-6. Acting
,las judge for the exhibit will be
William L. Persick of the Art De
partment of East Carolina College.
The site of the showing will be an
nounced later.
It is hoped that a large number
, of school children in both grammar
and high schools in the town and
' the county and that adults both ci
vilian and the Marines will partici
, pate. It is requested that work be
turned in one week in advance of
the exhibit and that exhibits are at
the owner’s responsibility.
Rules for the show are as fol
: lows:
1. All worn must be original.
1 Copies of other pictures are not
1 acceptable.
2. Any medium may be used,
such as pencil, ink, charcoal, oils,
Qrayons, etc.
3. Any size paper or canvas may
be used.
1 4. Seven (7) entries only from
leach class, (to be chosen by the
j teacher or a vote of the class) will
,' be accepted. Kirch
, must have the name and grade of
the entrant on the front.
5. Ribbons will be. awarded in
each homeroom in each individual
school.
6. First, second, third and fourth
prizes, in the form of cash awards,
will be given for ovef-all exhibits
from individual schools or school
‘ groups.
| 7. Adult work will be in a sepa
j rate class and not placed in com
i petition with that of school chil
dren.
f 8. A hobby corner arts and
1 crafts—will be set up where un
classified entries such as: photo
graphs, ceramics, needlecraft, tint-j
ing of photographs, handicrafts, i
etc., may be exhibited.
For additional information call,
Mrs. Elton Forehand, Jr., at 3739. !
20 Years Ago
As Found In the Files of j
The Chowan Herald
di
Chowan County school units de
, nied charges made by Representa
tive John F. White in his plan to
: reshuffle the two boards. A group
attended a hearing on the matter |
held in Raleigh.
j County Health Officer Dr. M. P.
Whichard was forced to postpone
typhoid treatments due to inclem
ent weather.
Edenton Lion Chib was presented
its charter at a very delightful
meeting held at -Hotel Joseph
Hewes.
Records in the Edenton district
office of the N. C. State Employ
ment Service showed that 762 from
six counties registered for unem
ployment, 157 of whom were from
Chowan County. .
• A special meeting of Town Coon- j
cil wan (called 'to approve the sale;
of the old armory on West Eden >
Street and $125 was appropriated
toward the expense of entertaining |
[the General Assembly for a day’s I
I session fn BktNitonu r > j
T. Wallace Jones purchased the!
on r&§v o—oecuon *
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111 top picture appears Clyde William Boyce, first prize winner in
the 1956 Chowan County 4-H Club peanut growing contest. At
right is H. Ivey Ward, who wa s third place winner. Dick Lowe,
second place winner, was not present when the picture was taken.
In bottom picture are a group of the contestants. Front row. left
to right, Clyde Boyce, Robert Skinner, Lewis Evans and Jerry
White. Back row, 'left to right, Carrol Goodwin, Jack Perry, H.
Ivey Ward. E. C. Toppin, Ronald Perry and Sid White, Jr.
Edenton Lions Will
Celebrate Charter
Night March 11th
[District Meeting]
W. W. Byrum. Chairman of the]
Chowan County Commissioners, has
announced that a district meeting
for County Commissioners, ac-'
countants and attorneys will he
held in Edenton Thursday, March
14. The meeting will begin in the
Court House at 10 A. M., with an ,
afternoon session scheduled after
lunch.
The Edenton meeting will he one
of eight similar meetings which are
sponsored by the Institute of Gov- ,
ernqient. The other meetings w ill
be held at Jacksonville, Greenville, j
Chapel Hill, Lincolnton, Wavnes
ville, Wilkesboro, Laurinburg. '
New Legislation Requested
Albert G. Ryrum, Chowan Coun
ty’s Representative in the General
Assembly, attended the County
Commissioners’ meeting Monday
prior to going to Raleigh and was
informed that the Commissioners
were interested in a few local bills,
which Mr. Byrum said he thought
he could get through the Legisla
ture with little difficulty.
One of the bills Mr. Byrum has
been asked to introduce will pro
vide for the abolishment of jury
trials In criminal cases in Record
er’s Court. If the hill is passed
it will provide that in all criminal
trials in Recorder’s Court of Cho
wan County, upoq demand for a
jury trial by either the defendant
or prosecuting attorney, the judge
of said court shall transfer the case
for trial fn Superior Court of Cho
wan County and the defendant shall
be required to execute a new and
justified- bond in such amount as
may be fixed by the judge of Re
corder’s §ourt for the defendant’s
appearance at the next term of Su
perior Court.
Another bill requested by the
Commissioners has to, do with the
transfer of Items in which the State
and federal government share from
the general fund to a special levy.
The third bill Sr. Byrum Was
asked to introduce, if passed, will
giv« thf County Commissioners au-
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jPast President Lions
International Will
Be Speaker
Edenton’s Lions Club has about
completed plans for the observance I
of Charter Night next Monday J
night, March 11, with the meet- 1
ing scheduled to begin at 7:30
o’clock in the Lions hall at the.
corner of Broad and Queen Streets. |
The meeting will mark the 20th an
niversary of the organization ofi
the Edenton club.
A feature of the meeting will be
an address by Edgar M. Elbert, a]
key member in the Lions Club of j
Maywood, Illinois. He served asi
president of Lions International!
Continued on Page 3. Section 1
thority to employ a county tax col
lector if and when they see fit. At
present taxes are collected by the
sheriff of the county.
The Commissioners also, in view
of so much money spent in drain
age, asked Mr. Byrum to introduce
a hill making it a misdemeanor for
loggers or any other person leav
ing tree tops and other parts of
trees in dragline ditches or any
running stream.
Petition Asked For
Improving Narrow,
Indian Trail Road
W. J. Taylor Says Most
Hazardous Road In
County j
Chowan County Commissioners,
on Monday were presented a noti-l
tion by Dr, A. E. Downum asking
for approval of straightening, wid
ening and paving about three miles
of the Indian Trail road, to pave
the improved Pilot’s Point road run- ]
iun from its intersection with In
dian Trail road approximately 2%
Continued on Page B—Section 1
Contributions In
Heart Fund Drive
Stand At $1,226.50
Still a Few More Re
ports Remaining to
Be Made
Dr. Edward G. Bond, general
chairman and Mrs. C. I’. Wales
treasurer, have announced that
Chowan County’s 1957 Heart Fund
drive now totals $1,226.50. Os this
amount, about $500.00 was collected
by volunteers in Heart Sunday’s
house-to-house canvass, $223.00
from the Jaycee road block, -350.00
from the Naval Auxiliary Air Base,
SIOO.OO from business firms, and
the remainder from contributions
collected in the plastic hearts and
by mail.
Some districts still have not re
ported in from the house-to-house
canvass, and Mrs. Wales urges that
they do so as soon as possible.
Anyone still wishing to make a con
tribution, either business or person
al, is asked to turn their check in
to Mrs. Wales.
“The residents of Chowan Coun
ty may be justly proud of their sub
stantial contribution to the cru
sade against the heart diseases,”
Dr. Bond said. “Their generosity
in to the Heart Fund proves
that they can he depended upon to
recognize the threat of these di
senses to the welfare of our com
munity and to lend their earnest
support to the Heart Association
in its efforts to combat them,” he
commented.
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Miss Eula Garrett
Killed As Result Os
Automobile Wreck
Car Runs Off Road on
Curve In Harvey
Point Section
Miss Eula Virginia Garrett, 47.
died in Chowan Hospital about 7:30
o’clock Saturday morning as the re
sult of an automobile accident
which occurred on the Harvey Point
road in Perquimans County several
Continued on Page a—Section 1
Girl Scouts To Join
In Celebration Os
National GS Week
Welcome Visitor]
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Albert G. Byrum. Chowan Coup-]
I ty’s Representative in the General
j Assembly, was a welcome visitor
! at the Chowan County Commission
ers’ meeting Monday morning. Mr.
Byrum presented a lew interesting
sidelights of the Legislature now ip
session, hut appeared at ill,, meet
ing primarily to ascertain if the
Commissioners were interested in
any special legislation.
The Commissioners informed Mr.
Byrum ‘they were interested in sev
eral local bills, and he will be pro
vided with the proper information,
to introduce the bills.
[civic calendar]
I A special election will he held
1 Saturday, March 16, from 6:30 A.
j M., to 6:30 P. M, to decide wheth
ler not to extend the corporate lim
its of Edenton.
A district meeting of County
Commissioners, accountants and at
; torneys will be held in the Chowan
County Court House Thursday,
.March 14, beginning at 10 A. M.
Red Cross fund raising campaign
• will be held in Chowan County
i. during the month of March.
1 Bi-monthly meeting of the Eden
' ton Band Parents Association will
- be held Tuesday night. March 12.
i at 8 o’clock in the Junior-Senior
High School.
University of North Carolina
Men’s Glee Club will present a pro
( gram in the Edenton Elementary
Cb*tinue4 on Page s— Section 1
$2.00 Per Year In North Caroli:
Clyde Boyce Wins
fn Annual Peanut
Growing Contest
Lions Club Speaker !
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Featuring the Edenton Lions
Club’s Charter night celebration
next Monday night will be an ad
dress by Edgar M. Elbert of May
wood. Illinois, a past president of
Lions International.
Margaret Stanton
Worthy Matron Os
| Local OES Chapter
New Officers Elected
At Meeting Monday
Night
Edenton Chapter No. 302, Order
of the Eastern Star, elected offi
cers for the new year at a meet
ing held in the Masonic Temple
Monday night. Mrs. Margaret
Stanton was elected worthy ma
tron, succeeding Mrs. Edna Reaves
land Dr. A1 Stanton was elected
worthy patron, succeeding Dan
Reaves.
Other officers elected included
the following: Mrs. W. A. Har
rell, associate worthy matron; W.
A. Harrell, associate worthy pa
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Edenton Scouts Will
Sell Cookies Satur
day, March 16
National Girl Scout Week will be
■ observed by the four alert and ac
! tive Girl Scout troops in Edenton
Sunday, March 10, through Satur
] day, March 16.
j . The Edenton troops will begin
j the week’s observance on Sunday
j morning, March 10. when they will
I attend their own church in a group.
| The girls will he in uniform and
i will be accompanied by their lead
! ers.
Monday will be observed as
i Teachers’ Day when the Girls
| Scouts will take cookies to both
| schools for the teachers’ cake break.
! Juliet Lowe Day will be observ
ed Tuesday. On this day the ori
‘ grin of Girl Scouts will be broadcast
over radio station WCD.I, with
some of the Girl Scouts taking part.
Wednesday has been designated
as Good Turn Day. During the day
each Scout will do at least one
good turn for a member of her fam
ily or a neighbor.
On Thursday Toys For Tots will
be observed, when the Girl Scouts
will collect toys to be taken to nur
series at the various churches.
Friday will be Community Ser
vice Day. During the day the Girl
Scouts will take flowers and maga
zines to Chowan Hospital for the
benefit of patients and personnel.
Saturday will be observed as
] Cookie Day, when the Girt Scouts
‘ will sell cookies in the downtown
] section. It is hoped many citizens
j will cooperate and buy cookies from
the girls.
HELP YOUR
RED CROSS ....
JOIN TODA Y!
Winners Announced at
Rotary Club Meet
ing Last Week
Clyde William Boyce, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Vernon Boyce of the Ty
ner community, was declared 1956
Chowan 4-H peanut winner at last
week’s Hotary meeting, when the
4-H peanut contestants and their
fathers were guests of the Edenton
Rotary Club, sponsor of the annual
contest for 11 years.
Dick Lowe, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Woodrow Lowe of the Advance
community, won second place and
H. Ivey Ward, son of Mrs. Hat
tress Ward of Ryland was third
prize winner.
Young Boyce grew 3,773 pounds
if \ irgini* Runner peanuts on his
4-H acre project. This is the high
est 4-H peanut yield made during
the past 11 years of the contest.
Dick I.owe grew 3,627 pounds of
peanuts on his acre project, while
H. Ivey Ward grew 2,980 pounds on
his aero.
Clyde Boyce as first prize winner
was awarded an engraved trophy
cup and $5.00 in rush by the siioii
sor. Dick I.owe and H. Ivey Ward
were each awarded a $2.50 cash
l*rize, while the other contestants
were presented attractive note
books.
I lie average yield per acre on the
18 4-H projects was 2.305 pounds
per acre. This is one of the high
est average yields in the 11 years
of the contest. The fact that the
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
World Day Os Prayer
Scheduled March 8
Episcopal and Metho
dist Ministers Will
Be Speakers
The World Day of Prayer service
is to he conducted at Saint Paul’s
Episcopal Church Friday afternoon,
March 8. at 4:30 o’clock. The Rev.
j George B. Holmes, rector ivf St.
Paul’s and the Rev. Earl Riehard
j 80*1. pastor of the Edenton Meth
! odist Church, will conduct the ser
vice.
i Projects to benefit by the offer
■ ing from The World Day of I’ray
!or include the Indian Americans,
low income farming communities,
agricultural migrants, education for
Christian leadership, mass com
munication, Christian literature,
I and home and family life.
The first day in Lent is the day
When the world is girded with a
i wide I>and of prayer. Prayers will
; ascend from all areas of the globe.
The purpose of the day is “to unite
all Christians in a bond of prayer,
to give individuals an opportunity
to share in a fellowship of prayer
with others around the world, and
i to witness to their belief that pray
er has the power to bring the
hearts of men into conformity with
God’s will.”
Tile public is cordially invited to
j attend Friday’s services.
Car Demonstration
Tuesday Afternoon
George Hewksbary, safety engi
! neer for Nationwide Insurance on
i Tuesday afternoon gave proof that
you can’t "stop on a dime” in a
demonstration held at the Junior
! Senior High School.
Mr. Tewkshary allowed students
ito drive a rather unique demon
■ stratum car to see how quickly they
j can stop at 20 miles per hour.
Three revolvers on the bumper of
the car fired to mark the pavement
when the driver (1) saw a stop
signal, (2) slammed on the brakes
and (3) brought the ear to a dead
stop.
The demonstration was very in
teresting and was attended by a
goodly number of citizens.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet
this (Thursday) afternoon at 1
o'clock in the Parish House. Thq
program will be in charge of Philip
; McMullao and President George AL
i ma Byrum urges a 100 per cent »t.
! tendance*
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