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1 CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXIV. —Number 12.
Annexation Election Wins 54*36
Town Councilmen Request
Change To Four Year Terms
But Two Years For Mayor
Decision Made Tues
day With One Dis
senting Vote
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In a special meeting held Tues
day aiuemoon Town Council voted
to requesf Representative Albert
Byrum to introduce a bill in the
General Assembly calling for a
change in Edenton’s charter which
will provide for the election of
Town Councilmen for terms of four
years instead of two. The propo
sition, however, provides for the
Mayor to continue to be elected on
a two-year basis. Under this sys
tem of Councilmen will stag
ger, so that there will not be the
possibility of an entirely nq.w Board
being elected at an election. No
mention was made as to the term
of Town Treasurer.
If the bill is introduced and pass
ed it Will mean that in the com
ing May election three of the Coun
cilmen idll have to run for a four
year term and three for two years,
while Hjip Mayor will run for a two
year After that three Coun-i
rilmeinpviTl be elected every two
yea'rs|jp>r four-year terms, so that
there'kill always be three old mem
bers remaining. - * *
The vote requesting the change
was not quite unanimous, with J.
'Edwin Puffin p being the only one
voting againSt tl»|, motion. Buff,
lap was Wot opposed to the four
year term idea, but based his ok-'
jectiodi 'oh the exclusion 1 of the.
Mayor from a like term. " ;
Tuesday afternoon’s session was
a postponement of a meeting held,
Monday afternoon, whiCh was call
ed primarily to reconsider action
Continued on Page 4—Section 1
Lesion Fish Fry
Scheduled To Bej
Held March 26th
Affair at Legion Hall
Expected to Attract
Large Crowd y
Members of Ed Bond Post No.
4Q of the American Legion will
stage a big fish fry at the Legion
hall on the Windsor highway next
night, March 26, beginning
at 7 o’clock. Members of the Leg
io(j Auxiliary will be guests of the
Legionnaires and an invitation to
attend is also extended to all ser
vice personnel and veterans not
members of the Legion.
legionnaires and Auxiliary mem
bers Jiave t> een invited from Eliza
. beth City, Manteo, Hertford and
€Rrtj*jkille, so that the fish fry is
expected to be a mammoth affair.
Th« fish fry will take place of
Legion meeting and will j
B 1 less a kick-off meet
i candidacy of John A.
the post of Department
Vionservation Posters
Juttyed Friday, April 5
‘ Gantts Attix, manager of the
, Elizabeth' City Chamber of Com
merce! has announced that the win!
ning Conservation posters in each
count* in the Albemarte SoH Con-
City from April Bth through
the I2kh. These posters will be
THEtfHOWAN HERALD
Pictures Taken On
Friday For Herald
j Visiting Speaker j
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Special services win 'he held at
tha- "Presbyterian Church Monday
night, March 25, at 7:3<t o’clock,
througjl Friday, 29, when
the Rev. David 'C. Crawford, Jr,
of Leesburg, Va, a former pastor,
will the the speaker.
VFW Auxiliary Will
Elect Officers Tonight
I The VFW Auxiliary will meet to
-1 night (Thursday) at 8 o’clock in
the Post home. An important item
| of business will be the election of
1 Auxiliary officers for the new year,
, so that Mrs. Betty Perry, president,
I urges every member to be present.
District Student
Council Congress
Meets In Edenton
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Local High School Will
Be Host For Dis
trict Meeting
The' 18th annual Eastern District
meeting of the North ■Carolina Stu
dent Council Congress wiH be held
at the Edenton Baptist Church Fri
day, March 29. The meeting is
sponsored by the Edenton Junior-
Senior High School.
Officers of the diptridt organiza
tion are: Billy Bunch of Edenton,
president; Alien Cronenberg, of
Rocky Mount, vice president; Nancy
Brown of Greenville, secretary, and
Jerry Downum of Edenton, secre
tary. -The theme of the meeting
will be “Student Councils—Promot
ers of School Spirit."
Three general sessions will be
to 8;30 P. M., and 5:45 to 5 P. M.
Registration wj£ be injwgress
gßienton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday March 21,1957.
Herald Will Be Fur
nished Prints By
Photographer
As the result of an arrangement
i with Smith Studio in Raleigh, a
[professional photographer will be
| in Edenton Friday, March 22, for
i the purpose of making pictures for
I Tilt Herald. It is the desire of The
j Herald to carry up-to-date pictures
■ of as many Edenton and Chowan
■ County people as possible, and what
pictures are taken will be furnished
| The Herald.
There is ho expense attached to
the request to have pictures taken
and anybody who has a picture tak
en will be under no obligation what
ever to purchase any. Os course,
if anybody desires to buy one orj
more pictures the photographer;
will be glad take orders.
The photographer will lie at Jo
seph Hewes Hotel from 9:80 A. M..
to 6 P. M, Friday, March 22, and
it is hoped many Edenton people)
will qall during these hours in or-,
der to have pictures taken, whidh
will be on file in ’M'p Herald office
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far any possible fut ire use.
120 Years Ago]
I As Found In the Files of
The Chowan Herald
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School squabble between Repre
sentative John F. White and the
county and Edenton.school hoards
ended in an agreeable compromise
with the county hoard increased to
i seven instead of five.members and
abandoning the proposed abolish-,
i ment of the Edenton administrative
j unit. 4
Miss Mary Perry of the Edenton
High School was declared the win-
I Continued on Page 7—Section 1
New Business ]
Beginning today (Thursday) an
other service station opened for
business in Edenton. The.new con
cern, is the Sunoco Service Station
located on the northeast corner of
Broad and Gale Streets. i
Attractive and up-to-date in ev
ery detail, the service station will
be operated by H. H. Stokes, form
er highway patrolman, who plans
a grand opening late next week.
The announcement will appear in,
next week’s Herald.
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Hospital Auxiliary
Meets March 22 nd
The Chowan Hospital Auxiliary
will; meet in the nurses’ home Fri*
day afternoon, March 22, at 3
o’clock. A feature of the, meet
ing will be a color film on roses,
furnished by the Jackson & Perkins
Company of»Newark, flew York.
Mrw John Raines,, president, urges
a full attendance at this meeting.
Edewhoh Lions will meet in their
j County Commissioners At Work ]
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Soil Conservationist Janies Griffin, experimenting with a new
camera, tried his hand at taking a picture of the County Commis
sioners while in session the first Monday in March. Seated in the
hack row are Representative Albert Bvrum, who dropped in to see
if the Commissioners were interested in any local legislation; J. A.
Webb; Chairman West W. By rum; Raleigh Peele and J. Edwin
Buffiap, gathering news for The Herald; front row. W. E. Bond and
Carey Holloweil, with Clerk Maurice I, Bunch at the head of the
table, and at extreme right Frederick Sexton, called in to pick
names from the jury box to serve as jurors in the next term of
Chowan Superior Court.
James Discusses
Problems Os Youth
At Lions Meeting
Lays an Indictment on
Home For Much
% Os th& Trouble
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’At the Monday night meeting,
1 Edenton Lions heai-d High School
Gerald James speak about
j problems in Edenton xvith school-j
age youth. “We are concerned,”,
'stated James, “when we realize)
i that during 1953-54 a high school j
) class had 61 members, and today
| that group who are seniors num
i her only 35.” Seventeen boys and
1 and girls dropped ou’t of school for
| various reasons; five were married,
| and nine transferred. Contributing
I to this alarming situation are such
! things as lack of ambition on the
part of youngsters, refusal to ac
cept responsibility, and refusal to ;
'accept discipline and carry out!
j school regulations. Mr. James stat-j
led that a teacher talked with him;
for over an hour about the situation
j in Edenton, after stating that she
; was leaving the community. The
j teacher was unable 'to understand
' the attitude of the boys and girls.
The speaker stated that he felt the
problem was in the home, where
there is a lack of concern about how|
youth spend their time, that a large)
number leave school in..the after-,
noon and hang around for 3 or 4,
hours because no < parents were'
home to greqt them and supervise
their activities.
Mr. James stated that schools to
day were facing the same problem)
that industries face concerning
Monday absenteeism. Mondays;
Continued on Page 3. Section 1
Postmaster Urges
Depositing Os Mail
i Early During Day
Delivery Often Speed
ed Up as Much as
Full Day
Postmaster J. L. Chestnuft says
that raajjerß of Edenton can often,
speed delivery of their mail as
much a g a full day by depositing
it earlier in the day. '
Explaining that many local mail
ers, particularly businessmen, need
lessly hold., their daily mail until
the end of the day and then deiwsit
ijuuumwi H
Crawford Speaker
For Presbyterian
Special Services
i
Series of Meetings to
Be Held March 25 I
Through 29th
The Rev. James MacKenzie, pas-j
tor of the Edenton Presbyterian;
Church, has announced that the
Rev. David C. Crawford. Jr., pas
tor of the Presbyterian Church at;
Leesburg, Virginia, a former pas
tor of the Edenton church, will con-1
duct a series of services in the lo
cal church beginning Monday night,
March 25, at 7:30 o’clock and con
tinuing through Friday night,',
March 29.
Everyone is cordially invited toj
attend these services and a special I
invitation is extended to Mr. Craw-j
ford’s many friends in the Edenton,
area. M, l '- Crawford is well re
membered in Edenton as a dynamic
preacher of the Gospel and this is!
certain to he a time of special chal- 1
lenge and blessing. Christian peo-j
pie of other denominations are re-j
quested to remember these services
in prayer. •
Jaycees Sponsor j
Polio Vaccination
i
Program Planned In
Cooperation With
Local Doctors
Edenton’s Junior Chamber of
Commerce, in cooperation with dop
l tors in Edenton, will sponsor a po
lio vaccination campaign, the dates
for which will be announced later.
By this program it is hoped many
people in Chowan County will avail
themselves of the opportunity to)
take the Salk vaccine shots as a
preventive of polio.
Tentative plans are for the shots
Ito be given late ’afternoons and
nights with everybody under 20
years of age receiving the treat
ment free and a charge of SI.OO
made to, those over 20 years old.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. A
A. M., will hold a started communi
cation tonight (Thursday) at 8
o’clock. William Adams, master,
,is very anxious ,to bare a full at-'
Jaycees Vote To
Again Sponsor Fat
Stock Show - Sale
Caswell Edmundson Is
Appointed to Serve
As Chairman
At the regular meeting of the,
Jaycees on Thursday night of last
week, the club voted to sponsor th. j
annual Chowan County Fat Stock-
Show and Sale again this year.
The show and sale is scheduled t<
be held Wedivjday. April 24. at the:
Legion grounds on the Windsor
highway.
This is the third year the local
club has undertaken this project
and hopes to make this the most
successful of all. It is an effort ;
by the Jaycees to boost Chowan
County stock production and to en
courage young farmers of the area.
President Dick Dixon has ap
pointed Caswell Edmundson as
chairman and Mr. Edmundson has
named the following committee
chairman:
Treasurer. Gene Ward; publicity,)
James Bond: weighing. Tom Shep
ard and Wesley Chesson; litter, Joe
Conger, Jr.; rin&, Wallace Good
win, Jr., building. Dan Reaves, and;
refreshments. Billy Leary.
It is hoped that this year’s edi-l
tion of the growing Chowan County
Fat Stock Show will feature more
animals and additional buyers than
last year.
Anyone interested in entering or
buying stock at this event are ask
ed to contact Assistant Farm Agent
Robert Marsh or Chairman Caswell i
Edmundson.
Cavalier Ouarfet To
Sing At Hobbsvilie
The Cavalier Quartet, featured on
WTAR-TV program, will give a
musical program consisting of poo.
ular numbers, in the Hobbsville;
school auditorium Friday night.
March 22. beginning at 8 o’c’ock.i
The program is being sponsored by
the Hobhsville Ruritan Club.
This quartet made its first ap
pearance at Hobbsville several
months ago and received a big ova
tion from its audience. A barbe
cue supper will be served from (I to
8 o’clock and proceeds from the
supper will be used to equip the
school baseball club. The public is
invited to both the program and
the supper.
New Eastern Star
Officers Publicly
Installed Monday
[May Day Festival]
Announcement was made early
this week that the Edenton Par
ent-Teacher Association will spoil-,
sor a May Day festival which will,
be held in the Teen Age Club Wed
nesday afternoon, May 1, beginning
at 3:30 o’clock. While on specific j
plans have as yet been made, it 1
was announced that a very inter
esting and enjoyable program will I
be arranged and that it is hoped
many will plan to attend.
| CIVIC calendar]
Ed Bond Post No. 40 of the I
American Legion will stage a fish
fry for all service personnel and
Legion Auxiliary, members Tues
day night, March 26, at 7 o’clock
at the Legion hall.
Edenton’s Parent-Teacher Associ
ation will sponsor a May Day festi
val in the Teen Age Chib Wednes
day afternoon. May 1, beginning at
3:30 o’clock.
Professional photographer wiH be
at Hotel Joseph Hewes Friday,
March ,22, from 950 A. to 6
P. Mm t« take pictures of Kden
tou people. No charge wfil be
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$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina.
Town Councilmen
Officially Add Area
At Special Meeting
Joins Sears )
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BOV 1.. HARRELL
Adding a personalized service to
their organization, the local Sears
Catalog Sales office has announced
the appointment of Boy 1.. Harrell
as sales representative. Aided by
special training, Mr. Harrell will
call at homes to assist in planning
for various kinds of home furnish
ings.
Band’s Activities
Aired At Meeting
Capes For Band Mem
bers Expected In
Time For Fall
The Edenton Band Barents As-1
soeiation met at the Junior-Senior
High School March 12 and made
plans for activities at the end of
the school term.
Various committee reports were!
called for by the president, Mrs.
Roland Vaughan.
Mrs. [.eon Leary reported that;
capes for the majorettes are on or-)
der and will be ready for use this!
fall. The capes will he kept at the
school and issued like the uniforms,)
on a rental basis.
Miss Williams, director, report
ed that two concert type drums,
were bought with the funds donat-:
Continued on Paee 3. Section 1
Impressive Affair At
tended By Many Visi
tors and Friends
In an attractive and dignified!
setting new officers for the Eden
ton Chapter No. 302, Older of the!
Eastern Star were installed in the)
Masonic Temple Monday night. It,
vas a public installation ceremony]
with many visitors from other
chapters present, as well as friends
who are not members of the older.!
The ceremony took place immedi
j atelv following a business session,
which was an abbreviated meeting
ip older to provide time for the in
stallation ceremony.
Mrs. Annie Laurie Mullen act
ed as installing officer, assisted by
Mrs. Daphne Yon as marshal, John
Yon as chaplain and Mrs. Ruby
White as organist. ,
The officers installed were: Wor
thy matron, Mrs. Margaret Stan
ton; worthy patron, Dr. Al Stanton;
associate matron, Mrs. Pearl Har
rell; associate patron, W. A. Har
rell; Mrs. Mary Leary, treasurer;
Mrs. Ruth Overman, secretary;
Mrs. Helen Wood, conductress;
Mrs. Geneva Harrell, associate con
ductress; Mrs. Sarah Boyce, chap
lain; Mrs. Clara Boswell, marshal;
organist, Mrs. Vivian Mooney;
Continued on Pngs 3—Ssctisa 1
HELP YOUR
RED CROSS
JOIN TODAYf
90 Voters Out of 98
Registered Cast
Ballots
In a special election held Satur
day to determine if Edenton’s city
limits are to be extended "54 hair
lots were cast for annexation and
:{(! voted against the proposition.
A total of 98 qualified to vote in
the election so that with 90 votes
cast, eight voters failed to partici
pate in the election. The majority
was 18 votes, so that those who
failed to cast a ballot could not
have made any difference in the
outcome.
The new area to come into the
city limits is south along both sides
< f U. S. Highway 17 to a corner
of tlie lands of the J. H. Morgan
Estate and E. W. Spires.
At a special meeting of Town
Council held Monday afternoon the
vote in Saturday’s election was re
viewed and the area officially an
nexed and made part of the Town
of Edenton. As a result the terri
tory annexed, its citizens and
property will be subject to all debts,
laws, ordinances and regulations in
force in the Town of Edenton and
by the same token will he entitled
to the same privileges and benefits
as other parts of the Town of
Edentpn. The new area will be sub
ject to municipal taxes levied for
the fiscal year 1957-58.
Although a regular schedule has
not vet been worked out, trash ami
garbage collection was mode Wed
nesday in the new area and already
a complaint was registered about a
washed-out street, which has been
repaired.
Commissioners Act
As Hosts At District
Meeting In Edenton
Various Mutual Prob
lems Considered
During Day
County Commissioners, account
ants, attorneys and sheriffs from
nine northeastern counties gather
ed in Edenton Thursday of last
week for an all-day district meet
ing. The principal speaker for tils
occasion was Alex Mahon of the
Institute of Government, who dis
cussed many problems which con
front county governments. The
speaker also presented and ex
plained a number of proposed bills
to be introduced in the General As
sembly, all of which have been ap
proved by the State Association of
; County Commissioners.
The visitors were guests of the
Chowan County Commissioners
meeting in the Chowan Court
! House and served dinner in the din
ing room of the Masonic Temple
I which was served by members of
i the Edenton Eastern Star Chap
i ter.
The meeting extended into late
| afternoon and for the most part
| all who attended felt that they
i were greatly benefitted by the vari
ous discussions of mutual problems
of government.
POCAHONTAS MEETING
Chowanoke Council No. 54’ De
! gree of Pocahontas, will meet in
i the Red Men hall Friday night,
March 22, at 8 o’clock. Mrs. Ella
Mae Potts, Pocahontas, urges all
members to attend.,
OH H.C Ml 6HWAVS
Raleigh—The Motor Vehicles De
partment’s summary of traffic
deaths through 10 A. M., March
18, 1957:
Killed This Year * .m
Killed To ft* l«at Y