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OSLT NEWSPAPER ' PUBLISHED IN CHOWAN COUNTY ± . L.li » , ■ ■ VoMne XXlV.—Number 21. Soil Stewardship Sunday Is Planned In Chowan County 15 Churches In County Will Join In National Observance i t Chowan County and the other four counties of the . Albemarle Soil Conservation District will join with the other more than 2,- : 700 soil conservation districts in the nation in observance of Soil Stewardship Week, May 26-June 2. On one of the Sundays, May 26, or June 2, local churches of j various faiths and soil conserva-' tion districts throughout the na tion will join in special recogni tion of man’s responsibility as a steward of our God-given herit age—the productive soil. Programs and other literature necessary for the observance of soil stewardship prepared by thej National Association of Soil Con-■ servation Districts with the coop-| eration of the national church j leaders of many denominations, j Local church leaders helped to | select the necessary supplies ar.d I local soil conservation district! supervisors furnished the mate rial to the pastors of the vari ous churohes in the county. Churches who are cooperating with the local soil conservation district supervisors in the observ ance of Soil Stewardship Sunday are: Rocky Hock Baptist, Eden ton Presbyterian, Center Hilf Baptist, Center Hill Methodist,, Macedonia Baptist, Warwick Bap tis, St. Paul’s Episcopal. Ballard’s Bridge Baptist, Evans Methodist, Yeopim Baptist, Edenton Metho dist, Hunter’s Fork Holiness, Hap py . Home Holiness, Warren’s Grove Baptist and Providence Saptlst. L. C. Bunch, J. A. Webb, Jr , and R. H. Hollowell are happy to be able to furnish the neces sary materials for observance of Soil Stewardship Week and are’ well pleased with the cooperation of local churches. It is planned to sponsor Soil, Stewardship Week annually in this soil conservation district. Jerry Down urn And Billy Bunch Horseshoe Champs In the horseshoe tournament. completed Friday of last week, Billy Bunch and Jerry Downum emerged the winners among a group of 16 teams. Johnny Fore hand and Ray Ward were run ners-up in the tournament. Lieut. Robert Caiabrese, who was in charge of the tournament, is very well pleased with the suc cess of the affair'and reports that everything went off smoothly and that the boys enjoyed the con test. The tournament was sponsored by the Edenton Junior Chamber of Commerce and at their meeting Thursday night, June 13, the Jay cees will present a trophy to each of the two winners. Lions. Will Sfcll Peanut Brittle On Monday night, May 27, Edenton Lions will meet at Albe marle Motor Company at 7 From there they will cover the town in pairs selling delicious Weatherly’s peanut brittle. This candy is' a quality product, at tractively packaged so that the , product remains fresh and crisp. The coat is ohly-gl for a pound box, and proceeds will go toward the Lions work with blind and other handicapped persons. Edentonians are urged to sup port the Lions in this work by purchasing a box or several (they make nice gifts). | Chowan Tribe of Red Men will THE CHOWAN HERALD j Colonial Closes 1 , Following a series of rumors in circulation for some months, the Edenton Colonial Store went out 1 of business as of Saturday night. A Pender and later Colonial Store has been operated in Eden ton for over 30 years, so that many .people in this section re gret that it has gone out of busi ness. | An encouraging note, however, , appeared in a letter to The Herald announcing the closing last week, which said "We sincerely hope that in the near future we will be able to renew our pleasant work ing relationship." Legion Plans | Memorial Day ! Service May 26 William A. Perry, Commander of Ed Bond Post No. 40, Ameri j can Legion, announces that a Me morial Day service will be held in Ballard's Bridge Baptist Church Sunday, May 26, at 11 o’clock. An appropriate sermon will be preached by the pastor, the Rev. Lamar Sentell. All Legionnaires end other war veterans are not only invited b’d urged to attend the service. The veterans will meet at'the church at 10:45 in order to enter the church in a body when the ser vice begins at 11 o’clock. Chowan Finals Begin Sunday Commencement exercises will , begin at Chowan High School Sunday night, May 26, at 8 ' o’clock when the baccalaureate , sermon will be preached by the Rev. Lamar Sentell, pastor of Ballard’s Bridge Baptist Church. Class night will be held Tues day night. May 28, at 8 o’clock and on the following night the eighth grade exercises will be held. Graduation exercises will be held Thursday night, May 30, at '8 o’clock. | The graduation exercises at White Oak School will be held Wednesday night, May 29, at 8 o’clock. i 36 Will Graduate At Edenton School Thursday, May 30 Closing Exercises In Elementary School Auditorium With the Edenton Junior-Senior High School scheduled to close Thursday, May 30, plans tor com mencement exercises were an nounced this week.. The exercis es will again be held in the Ele mentary School auditorium. The commencement sermon will be preached Sunday night, May 26, at 8 o’clock by the Rev. George Holmes, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. The ser vice will open with a prelude bv Patricia Bunch and the process ional “March of the Priests” by Miss Bunch. Following the hymn “This Is My Father’s World,” the 1 invocation will be by the Kev. E. ! C. Alexander, pastor of the Chris tian Church. The Rev. Earl Rich ardson, pastor of the Methodist Church, will read the Scripture. Following the sermon the assem bly will sing “Lead On, O King I Eternal” after which Mr. Rieh- I ardson wi the betee ; will be rendered bjr a (mixed chorus. North Carolina, Thursday May 23,1957. Town CouncHmenl Approve Zoning Ini New Annexed Area Another Public Hear ing Scheduled For June 7 Meeting in special session Mon <day afternoon at 5:30 o’clock, J Town Council formally adopted a zoning program for the recently annexed area to Edenton. A re port from the Zoning Commission j was presented at the May meet ing of Town Council Tuesday of last week, but the Councilmen de-; sired a little more time to con : sider the area to be zoned, so that a meeting was called for Monday afternoon. Serious consideration was giv en to various phases of the pro posal and a few changes were made in the Zoning Commission’s j recommendation. Before the zoning plan is adopt- ] I another public hearing will he held Friday night, June 7, at 3 o’clock in the Municipal Building. \t that tjme any objections may he registered or suggestions made which will be considered by Town Council before the plan is offici ally adopted. ■ As the zoning now stands, it is something like .this: , Neighborhood business will b" allowed on the south side of i ■ Highway 17 from Filbert’s Creek | to the road leading into the Brown Company. B';?k of the new Brown Company retail store to the road leading to Mrs. M. G. Continued on Page s—Section 1 Masons Postpone Contest Dinner Due to conflicting activities, the dinner planned by Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M„ in connection with a recent attend ance contest has been postponed. The dinner was scheduled to be held Thursday night, May 30, but due to commencement exercises the affair has been postponed un til Thursday night, June 13, when the losers in the contest will feed the winners at 7 o’clock. BANK CLOSED MAY 30 The Bank of Edenton will be closed all day Thursday, May 30, in observance of Memorial Day. Important banking business should, therefore, be transacted accord ingly. 2_ METHODIST CLUB MEETING- The Methodist Men’s Club will meet tonight (Thursday) at 6:30 > o’clock at the church. This is an ■ important meeting, so that all I members are urged to attend. erman, Rosa Hollowell, Ruth Stokley, Myma Skinner, John Kramer, Tommy Kehayes and Pa tricia Bunch. Class Night exercises will be held Wednesday night, May 29, at 8 o’clock. The Daisy Chain will be form ed by seniors and sophomores. Oscar White will make the ad dress of welcome, following which Leigh Dobson, salutatorian of the class, will make her address. The history of the class will be pre sented by Ann*Taylor, the last wjll and testament by Frances Stokes and the giftorian will be Jerry McLaughlin. The following awards will be made: Arion Award by Ernest J. Ward, Jr.; BPW scholarship by Mrs. Horace White) bus driver’s award by Ernest J. Ward, Jr.; DAR Citizenship Award, by Mrs. I Wood Privott; PTA scholarship, l by Joe Conger, Jr.; Woman’s Club scholarship by Mrs. Thomas C. Cross, Jr.; Rotary Cup Award, by George Alma Kyrum; and the I following school awards by Prin-1 cipal Gerald D. James: Valedic- j torian, salutatoriah, outstanding senior citizen, outstanding senior in activities, most valuable girl i j jyjy athlete. Billy Bunch. New Officers For BPW Club mu iMi.ii irii- in i..'' .nitty. ..w... - .. jj New officers of the Edenton Business and Professional Women’s Club who were installed Thursday night at the Penelope Barker house. Left to right, they are Miss Kathleen Jackson of Elizabeth City Eighth District Director, who conducted the ceremonies; Miss Inez’ Norris treasurer; Mrs. Bommie White, president; Mrs. Alice Twidd.v. first vice president; Mrs. Lena Leary, second vice president, and Miss Mildred Munden, corresponding secretary. Mrs. Hazel Lassiter, recording sec retary, does not appear in tjie picture — (Evelyn Leary Photo). Edenton BP W Club fnstallc Officers In Unique Ceremony • *i Mrs. Bommie White Is New President of | Club New officers of the Edenton Business and Professional Wo-1 men’s Club were installed in an impressive candlelight ceremony j Thursday night in the Penelope Barker House with Miss Kathleen Jackson of Elizabeth City, Eighth District Director, conducting the ceremonies. Heading up the organization for 1957-58 are: President, Mrs. Bommie White; -first vice presi dent, Mrs. Alice Twiddy; second vice president, Mrs. Lena Leary; recording secretary, Mrs. Hazel Lassiter; corresponding secretary, Miss Mildred Munden, and treas urer, Miss Inez Norris. In accepting the new leader ship, Mrs. White said, “I am very touched with the confidence of the club in selecting me as presi dent. I shall try to be worthy of your trust, and I urge the coop eration of all members during the year.” Mrs. Margaret Phthisic, out-go ing president, presided during the business session and the meeting opened with invocation by Mrs. j Nora Boyce. Following a report j from all standing committees, it f was announced that the State Convention will be held at Golds-; boro May 7, and members were i urged to attend. The club votel to send an alternate to the con-1 ventiaa should the president he ; unable to attend. It was also j voted to pay off the Barker! House note. Mrs. Clara Boswell spoke brief- 1 ly on the proposed mental health j clinic and a committee composed of Mrs. Alice Twiddy, chairman, Mrs. Opal Wood and Mrs. Bos well, were appointed to get in formation as to what other civic clubs plan to do. The BPW Club was asked to be co-sponsor along with the Rotary Club. On behalf of the club the out going president was presented a president's pin and guard by Miss Mary Lee Copeland, who also presented the new president a pin. Mrs. Phthisic thanked the club members for their splendid cooperation during her term in office, as well as those in charge of the dinner and flowers. Miss Lula Williams won the gift presented by Mrs. Lena Leary for bringing in the most members during the year. Miss Kathleen Jackson was also presented a gift by the club. A delicious chicken salad plate was prepared and served by the ■ hospitality committee, with Mrs. | Lala Smith as chairman. The new Dresident was presented a . beautiful corsage by this cemmit JAYCEES MEET TO NIOHT I * L | Edenton’s Junior Chamber of Commerce will meet tonight (Thursday) at 7 o’clock in the ( Penelope Barker house. Presi j dent Warren Twiddy urges every 1 member to attend. Lions Club Variety rI , Show Raises SBOO j Lt. Col. W. A. Free, of the) Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air Sta-. | tion joined the Edenton Lions i Club at its regular Monday night j meeting. Mr. Free was sponsor ed by A1 Phillips, j, W. J. Taylor read a letter from the Eye Bank Association, giving Lions and other interested per sons an opportunity to share in this work by joining the associa tion or by bequeathing an eye for use in corneal transplants. It was I noted that 50 such transplants had been done in North Carolina dur ing the past year, and that the , number of bequeaths now totaled , about 1,150. , Jesse Harrell announced that , receipts from the Easter Seal sale totaled $981.81. , W. J. Taylor announced that re- ] ceipts on hand and expected with- ] in the next few days would bring the total for the Variety Show to : approximately SBOO. Lt. Jim Bow- , ers requested that his thanks be i expressed to Lions on behalf of ♦he cast of the show for the re- ■ freshments and entertainment ; j furnished after the show. There will not be a regular i meeting next Monday night. Lionsi 1 will meet rather at the Albemarle I j Motor Company at 7P. M., to canvass the town to sell peanut, I brittle. Proceeds for this sale will J be Used for the benefit of blind | ! and other handicapped persons. ! (Hospital Auxiliary Will Meet Friday Friday afternoon. May 24, at 3 o’clock the Chowan Hospital Au xiliary will meet in the nurses’ home. Because this will be the last meeting before the summer recess, Mrs. John Raines, presi dent, urges as many members as possible to be present. Perry Speaker At Rotary Meeting! Bill Perry was in charge of the program at last week’s Rotarv meeting and presented a very in teresting talk having to do with'. 1 food served in' the armed forces. Mr. Perry referred to the food and the way it was served in World War I and pointed out that food is now better and prepared more palatable much to the satis faction of members of the armed forces. Third Degree Tonight At Masonic Meeting William W. Adams, master of ■Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M., has called an emergent communication to be held to night (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. The purpose of the meeting is to confer the third degree, so that a large crowd is expected to at- Lions Variety Show Delights Big Crowd |At School Friday i Various Roles In Show | Bring Great Deal of Applause Directed by Lieut. Jim Bowers, the Lions Club’s musical revue Friday night in the Elementary School auditorium delighted a large number of people. The show started off with a bang in the form of a country hoedown in which Randy Lee. [ Sonny White, the “Three J’s,” Pat Mooney, Loretta Benton, Jackie Ough and Helen Rogerson played various roles. In the following scene Ruth Phillips portrayed “Busy Day Ahead’ - and Jeanne Leaverton sang “Best Things In Life A>e Free.” The third scene took place in Joe’s Place with Leigh Dobson. A1 Burynack, Jeannine Statho noulos and Connie Atherton tak-j in? part. The second act opened with I Ann Bethel singing "In My Own | Little Corner,” and scene II was j nn-'rwd hv. L : eut. Jim Bowers singing “It’s Almost Like Being In Love.” Others taking part in this part of the show were a groun of Scottish dancers from the Edenton Junior-Senior High School, Mrs. Frank Elliott. Pit Bowers, the Treble C]«f O’nh mO the Junior-Senior Hieh S-hool. 1 T-ne DuLanev and Martha Byers \ Barbara Ann Ough and Bonnie Read in a rhythm tap dance. The show ended in a grand fi nale with all participating in sing- ; n” “Tn the Good Ole Summer time.” ■ The show was a success both, from a standpoint of wholesome I -'nfpptainrpont as well as finan-! : al'v the club realizing approxi-1 •natelv $80f). calendar* r» Baptist Women’s Missionary Union of Chowan County will meet in the Edenton Baptist Church today (Thursday), begin ning at 10 A. M. Chowan Tribe of Red Men will hold a fish fry Monday nioht. May 27. at 7 o'clock at the VFW home. Edenton Jaycees plan to hold a I fish fry at the playground Fri day night. May 24. beginning at 6 o’clock. Edentoif's Junior Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a "Slow Down and Live" campaign the last week in May. Continued on Page 2—Section 1 Possibility Looms For Building New Girl Scouts’ Home <e- SchoiH Trustees Give Site For Building on Hicks Field Gill Scouts and their leaders are very much elated over the possibility of the erection of a Girl Scout house, following ac- I tion of the Edenton School trus- I tees. Mrs. William Case, Chairman of the Girl Scout Board and Mrs. Molly Hester Holmes, a member of the House Committee, attencl *ed a meeting of the schqol trus tees Thursday night and present ed a request for a site on Hicks Field for a Girl Scout house. Af ter hearing the request the trus tees agreed to give enough ground for the house and designated a plat along Park Avenue just off from Cabarrus Street. Plans are now going forward to erect a building to be used joint ly by all Girl Scout troops for their various activities. There are now four Girl Scout troops with 80 members, and with a new meeting place of their own, it is expected many more girls will join the organization. Details of the new building will be announced, but Mrs. Case ex pressed the hope that it will be completed and ready for use by next fall. $2.00 Per Year In North Carolina. Visitors Thrilled At Base Program On Armed Forces Day j 20 Years Ago { As Found In the Files of The Chowan Herald S. r- At the call of Mayor J. H. McMullan a group of Edenton merchants met at the Court House to reorganize the Edenton- Chowan, Chamber of Commerce. J. H. Conger was elected presi dent. Chowan County Board of Elec tions settled on July 6 lor Cho wan County voters to cast their ballots for or against an ABC Store in the county. Edenton's softball league was scheduled to get under way with the Lions and Masons playing the first game. Twenty-five graduates received their diplomas at Edenton High School, including Edward Bass. Dorothy Bufflap. James Byrum, Wendell Copeland, Frances Dail. Thomas Francis. Mary Habit, Ma bel Ruth Harrell. Christine Has sell, Ewell Hobbs, Marguerite Hollowell, Melvin Layton. Lillian Mizelle, Kathryn Perry, May Perry. William Pierce. Dorothy Continued on Page 6—Section 1 ; Edenton Trips E. City 12-5 In I Practice Game i In the first exhibition game of the baseball season Edenton’s en try in *he Albemarle League de feated Elizabeth City on Hicks Field Saturday night by a score of 12 to 5. ~ _ Lieut. j/Villiam Atherton, mana ger of the Edenton team, is veri well pleased with the initia’ showing of his outfit and believes he has the making of a team which will compare favorable J with any team in the league. Manage;- Atherton used all of his 19 men on the roster Satur day night, including three pitch ers, Thiry, Dean and Gene Taylor the latter getting credit for the victory. In the lineup were Stag gers. Noll, Emberson. Seivers Keenan. Atherton. Balderrma Palmer. Berger. Guinan. Hop balle, Griffit. Jordan. Asher. Whitson, Taylor, Oates, Thiry and Dean. Continued on Page s—Section 1 Missionary Union Meets In Edenton i Today (Thursday) beginning at ■ 10 A. M, the Baptist Missionary | Union of Chowan County will meet in the Edenton Baptist Church. The theme of the meet ing will be “Our Task,” for which a very interesting program has been arranged. Those scheduled to take part on the program are Mrs. E. L. Belch. Mrs. Haywood Bunch, Mrs. D. H. Berryman, Mrs. A. D. Ward, Sr., Mrs. Ruth Phillips, Miss Margar et Harrell, Mrs. G. W. Smith, Mrs. W. A. Harrell, Mrs. B. P, Monds, Mrs. C. T. Doughtie, the Rev. R. E. Gordon, the Rev. R. N. Car roll, Mrs. Sanford Bass, Mrs. Henry Napier and the Rev. La mar Sentell. There will be two sessions, the morning session beginning at 10 o’clock and the afternoon session at 1:30. POCAHONTAS MEETING Chowanoke Council No. 54, De gree of Pocahontas, will meet Friday night May 24. at 8 o’clock in the Red Men hall. Mrs. Ella Mae Potts, Pocahontas, requests all members to attend in order to hear a report of the Great Council meeting. DRIVE CAREFULLY— YOU MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE! Special Events Prove Very Interesting to Many Visitors Edenton’s Naval Auxiliary Air Station joined with all the na tion’s military installations in ob • serving Armed Forces Day Sat urday and during the day manv | people visited the base to inspect I various types of aircraft used by Marines, as well as a very inter | esting and thrilling program of j special t vents planned for the ' celebration. The theme for the | observance was “Power For Peace.” Lt. Col. Jay McDonald and Ma 'or A. T. Wood acted as narrators for the occasion, speaking over a public address system in the tow er so that visitors were aware of what was taking place on the spa cious field. The special feature at in A. M., was an aircraft crash and rescue demonstration which thrilled the spectators, after which visitors °njoyed a static display of Marine •airseraft, which was explained by Marines. At 2 o’clock a demonstration was made of arrested plane land ings with gear set up on a run way which brought planes to a stop within a very short distance. By this contraption landings can he made on a very limited space and. being very easily mobile, planes can operate nearer places of action so that distance can be reduced materially. At 2:30 spectators were thrilled by a helicopter demonstration as, ; t flew at all angles, stood stilF in the air and lowered itself, near enough to the ground to pick up a man on the runway and later released him a -4t»c feet fto.n i ground. '* (gw To bring the program to a" close another, aircraft crash and , rescue demonstration was put on, which proved very thrilling for'' the spectators. Both Col. Frank Collins, com- • manding officer of the base, and Lt. Col. William A. Free, corrtr manding officer of AAG-14, as - well as other base personnel ap- ~ predate sc many people visiting f the base to participate in the celg- ■ bration. Prod tire Exchange W ill Open Mav 27 Announcement was made this week that the Chowan Coopera tive Produce Exchange, Inc., will open for business at its old stand at Valhalla, on N. C. Route 32, six miles north of Edenton, Mon day, May 27 at 1 P. M. Linwood Layton will act as manager this year, who reports that receiving hours for produce will be announced as soon as the I season’s demands are determined. | As in the past, says Mr. Lay ton. auction sales will be held for non-members and that pre-cooling ] sweet corn will be available for | members of the Exchange, the machinery for which is now ready j for operation. E. L. Pearce is president of the Exchange and C. M. Evans is sec retary-treasurer. Tyner Bov Scouts m J Entertain Parents Friday night. May 17, Boy Scout Troop No. 154 of Tyner en tertained parents and friends with a hamburger and weiner roast feast at Wingfield on the Chowan River. After everyone had enjoyed to the fullest the eats and drinks the boys, under the direction and leadership of Scoutmaster Char lie Asbell and Assistant Scout master C. H. Davis, pitched tents and camped overnight at the local 1 camp site in Center Hill. Approximately 35 Scouts, com-fl mitteemen, parents and friendd attended. I CHORUS MEETS MONDAY 1 The Albemarle Chorus win meet Monday night, May 27, at ■ o’clock at the home of Oscar Dual can on West Queen Street. Dil rector Dick Schuman requests d member* tc be present <4 ‘ J< * - -'