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CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXlV.—Number 23.
Public Hearing Will
Be Held On FruH
Night At 8 O’clocS
Objections Should Be
Registered At This
. Meeting
Interested parties are reminded
that a public hearing relative tft
a proposed zoning ordinance for
the recently annexed area to the
town of Edenton will be held in
the Municipal Building Friday
night of this week at 8 o’clock.
Town Council at a special meet
ing recently favorably approved
the provisions of a proposed ordi
nance and subsequently designat-1
ed Friday night, June 7, for a
hearing in order for objections, if
there are any, to be registered be
fore the ordinance is officially
adopted.
As the ordinance now stands it
provides for neighborhood busi
ness on the south side of High
way from Filbert’s Creek to
the road leading into the Brown
Company property. Back of the
new Brown Company retail store
to the road leadin gto Mrs. M. G.
Brown’s lwrpe will be light indus
try, and the remainder of the
Brown property, except Mrs.
Brown’s home will be classed as
industry.
Albania Acres will be residen
tial to the Marine property, and
from there to Pembroke Creek |
will be neighborhood business.
Lots fronting on U. S. 17 from
the Fish Hatchery fence to the
property of Clarence Cates will be
neighborhood business and from
there to the town limits will be
residential.
On the north side of U. S. 17
from the Twiddy property to a
line parallel with the Marine
property will be residential and.
from this line to Pembroke Creek
will be neighborhood business.
Across the creek to the Jack
Mooney property will be classed
as light industry and from the
Mooney property to the town lim
its will be residential.
All the other area added to
Edenton north of the Twiddy
property, including Albemarle
Street will be classed as residen
tial.
The meeting will be held in the
Municipal Building and any ob
jections should be registered at
that time before the ordinance is
adopted.
Joseph Privott
Receives Five
Top Honors
Joseph Privott won five awards!
including the prized Rotary Cup,
to take top honors at graduation'
exercises at Chowan High School
last week at which Dr. Frank
Fuller of the Department of Edu
cation at East Carolina College
delivered the principal address.^
" Prlvott’s awards in addition to
the Rotary Cup, were the Mitch
ener Science Cup, valedictorian
medal, boys’ basketball medal and
a two-year bus driving award.
Other award winners were:
DAR citizenship, elementary
grades, Kay Bunch; eighth grade,
Iris Bunch; high school, Jerry
White; Mitchener Freshman- Cup,
Margie Evans; Ruritan. FHA, Aim
Spivey; Ruritan FFA, Carroll
Peele; Home Economics medal.
Continued on Pae* 4—Section 1
Vacation Bible School
Now In Progress At
Local Baptist Church
Dally . Vacation Bible School at
the Edenton Baptist Church be
' continue through Friday, June 7.
Classes ere being conducted from
phasize that classes are being
v vited. _____ . , ...
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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1 The Cancer Drive in Chowan
.County U only SBI.OO short of a
1 11.J500 goal, announces Mrs. Rod
ney Harrell. Jr., chairman of the
drive. Mrs. Harrell stales that
there are a few volunteer work
ers who have not as yet made a
■complete report and urges them
to 'do so as soon as passible in or
der that the drive may be brought
to a close.
j Anyone wishing to make a con
tribution to the drive can still do
so by contacting Mrs. Harrell.
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Grand Opening
Os Brown Store
To Start Today
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M. G., Brown Company today
(Thursday), Friday and Saturday
is observing grand opening of
their new and modern store locat
ed on the Windsor highway. The
hours for the observance are
from 7:30 A. M., to 5 P. M., each
of the three days.
In order to induce friends to
J 1 visit the new store during the
opening days, free refreshments
will be served, door prizes award
ed, favors distributed and bar
gains galore will be offered. Spe
cial prices will prevail on a good
ly number of items which the con
cern will carry.
Nine prizes will be awarded,
the only requirement to be eligi
ble to be a winner is to register
,f»t storq c*n apy ,of
opening days. The prizes in or
der, will be a 21-ineh power mow
er, five gallons of house paint, a
set of Revere ware, tub enclosure,
2 gallons of interior paint, flush
door and the latter three prizes]
being a rocket hammer.
Included in the merchandise
carried will be hand tools, screens,
lumber, power tools, garden tools,
paint, brushes, ceiling tile, precis
ion tools, sheet rock, asphalt
shingles, as well as other items,
most all of which can be pur
chased rft great savings as will be
seen in a full page advertisement
elsewhere in this issue of The
Herald.
-- Ep Debnam is 1 president of the
Continued on Page 4—Section 1
ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION TO
BE SUBJECT FIRST AID CLASS
The subject of the First Aid
class this Friday night at 8 o’clock
at the Edenton Junior-Senior
High School wiE be artificial res
piration. Both methods will be
taught.
All persons interested and not
already enrolled are urged to at
tend this class. These classes are
sponsored by the Edenton BPW
Club.
SOCIETY TO MEET
The Woman’s Society of Chris-'
tian Service of the Edenton Meth
odist Church will meet at 7:30
o’clock Tuesday, June 11, at the
church.
Final Exercises'Held At Jr.-Sr.
High School Thursday Night
Thirty-six seniors at
Junior-Senior High School were
graduated Thursday night of last
week in final commencement ex
| ercises at the school for the 1956-
57 school year.
Presentation of graduation di
plomas was made by John A.
Holmes, Superintendent of Eden,
toft’s City Schools.
During 4he impressive ceremon
ies, four of the graduates spoke
briefly on the theme "Bridge To
Th% Future.” They were Rachel
Wilder, “I Speak For Citizenship”;
Billy Adams, “I Speak For Re
ligion"; Linda Griffin, “I Speak
For Education’’, and Jerry Down
um, “I Speak For The Home”.
Oscar White, class president, was
[master
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday June 6,1957.
I Outstanding Athletes Honored By Varsity Club ]
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Pictured above are students from Edenton Junior-Senior High School who were chosen as outstand
ing in sports by their fellow citizens. Left to right are: Cecil Fry, Varsity Club president; Jerry Down
urn, football; William Billings, football coach; Johnny Kramer, boys' basketball; Alton Brooks, basket
ball and baseball cdach; Sid While, baseball; Rosa Hollowell. girls' basketball and Miss Coleen Ward,
coach of girls' basketball. —(Photo by Nick George). '
Seven Area Doctors
Honored At District
Meeting Held Here
Gathering Held In Ho
tel Joseph Hewes
Wednesday
Dr. John Robert Lowery of
Salisbury was the principal
speaker and seven area physicians
were honored at the First District
Medical Society meeting here at
the Hotel Joseph Hewes Wednes.
day.
Dr. Lowery, a member of the
50-year club of the State Medi
cal Society, spoke in a most in
teresting and amusing fashion cf
the changes in medical practice
over this period of time, giving
-particular insight into the chang-!
ing economic pattern of medical
practice as well as the great ad
vancement in physical equipment.
In contrast, the physical and emo
tional disturbances of patients
were spotlighted and shown to
I follow a more or less persistent
| and permanent pattern except for
the marked decreases in acute in
fectious diseases that have been
overcome primarily by immuniza
tions and public health measures.
The speaker was introduced by
Dr. A. Y. Eagles.
Dr. Eagles, who presided over
I the meeting, explained from the
chair that this was a very special
meeting held in honor of senior
colleagues of the district, all of
whom had been in practice more
than 46 years and most for more
than 50 years. These physicians
were Drs. T. W. Blanchard,
Hobbsville; J. A. Powell, Eden-
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
Vacation (jhurch
School In Progress
Methodist Church
Vacation Church School at the
Edenton Methodist Church will
begin June 9 at the Sundav
School hour and continue through
Friday, June 14.
There will be classes for the
kindergarten, primaiy and junior
age groups. From Monday
through Friday classes will tie
held from 9 A. M., to 11 A. M.
\
i were: # William Adams, Pencie
i Ambrose, Mary Ann Bembridge,
t William Bunch, Betty Byrum,
Mary Elizabeth Cahoon, James
Cay ton, Ralph Chappell, Joseph
Copeland, Melvin Davis, Leigh
Dobson, Allen F. Downum, Jr.,
Wayne Emminizer, Errol Flynn,
’ Theda Goodwin, Linda Griffin,
‘ Jack Hardison, Patricia Ann Har
rell, Sherwood Harrell, Faye Las
‘ siter, Jacqueline Layden, Gerald
'■ McLaughlin, Devoise Nash, Mary
* Ann Nixon, Joyce Owens, Ann
! Perkins, Carlton Perry, Sherin
* Parirish, John Speight, Dorothy
‘ Lee Spruill, Jeannine Stathopou
-1 los, Frances Stokes, Ann Taylor,
' Oscar White, Rachel Wilder and
Bonnie Wright.
* Thb invocation was given by
the Rev. George B. Holmes, Epis
■ copal Church rector, and special
*» s rentkr^.*;;°a
Coveted Rotary Cup Awarded
Jerry Downum At Class Night
Mrs. Earnhardt
j Chosen Hostess
Regional Meet
Mrs. W. J. P. Earnhardt of the
Edenton Woman’s Club was se
lected by the North Carolina Fed
eration to serve as nostess at the
Regional Banquet of the Western
States Conference Clubwomen.
The banquet was scheduled to be
held in the Hotel Manor in Ashe
ville, N. C., Tuesday evening of
this week. The Western States
Conference is composed of Alas
ka, Arizona. California. New
Mexico, Washington, Nevada, Ida
ho, Colorado, Oregon, Utah, Wy
oming and Montana. Mrs Eliza
beth Hall is president of the jyest
brn conference,;-
Mis. Earnhardt was in charge
of all arrangements for the ban
quet. She chose the colonial his
tory of Edenton as her motif, and
all favors pointed out interesting
data concerning this area. Gen
eral federation officers and digni
taries at the head table received
small cradles bearing the inscrip
tion “Edenton, Cradle of the Col
ony.” These were filled with
small arrangements of pine cones
and greenery. These special guests
Continued on Page B—Section 1
STORES TO CLOSE 9 P. M.
In the face of much discussion
concerning local stores closing at
7 o’clock on Saturday night in
stead of 9, two local merchants an
nounced this week that their
firms will continue to stay open
until 9 P. M. or. Saturday night
for the convenience of their cus
tomers. The two firms making
the announcement were CutKrell’s
Dc-pt. Store and Elliott Company.
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Pictured above is LI. OoL Jay McDonald who U tchoduied to
loavs Edenton this week lor Corpus Chriiti. Texas, whore he will
be Commanding Officer pf ATU 307 at Cabaniu Field. C<d. Mc-
Donald U a former Commending Officer of Squadron 225 end
awn recently Logistic* Officer of MAO-14, NAAS. Edenton.
j Jerry Downum, popular presi
t dent of the student body at Eden-
I ton Junior-Senior High School,
! won the coveted Rotary Cup as
! the outstanding student in the
graduating class of 1957 in Class
Night exercises held Wednesday
night of last week in the Elemen
tary School auditorium.
The Rotary Cup is given an
nually to a graduate and is se
lected on a basis of scholarship,
citizensh.y, and extra-curricular
activities. Downum, 18, was a
four-sport star at Edenton, par
ticipating in football, basketball,
baseball and track. In addition
he was student body leader and
held other high posts during his
high school career.
Billy Bunch and Leigh Dobson
walked off with three honors at
the exercises. Bunch won the
DAR Citizenship awards, the
valedictorian medal and was se
lected as the most valuable senior
boy athlete. Miss Dobson, head
majorette of the band, won thej
Continued on Page B—Section 1 .
I civic calendar]
5 I
Grand opening of new M. G.
Brown Company store today'
(Thursday), Friday and Saturday
from 7:30 A. M.. to 5 P. M.
A public hearing on zoning the
recently annexed area to Edenton
will be held Friday night of this
week in the Municipal Building
at 8 o'clock.
A picnic for Fidells Club mem
bers and their famlies will be
held Saturday. June 29.
A Cancer Clinic will be held at
the Elizabeth City Cancer Detec
tion.. Center.. Friday afternoon.
June 7. at 1 P. M. Applications
should be made now for the clinic
scheduled to be held Friday. Sep-
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
Local National Guardsmen
To Leave Sunday For 15-day
Encampment At Fort Bragg
| Col. Jay McDonald
SchediriedTo Leave
Edenton This Week
Popular Officer Parti
cipated In Many
Civic Activities
Lt. Col. Jay McDonald leaves
Edenton this week for Corpus
Christi, Texas, where he will be
the Commanding Officer of ATU
307 at Cabaniss Field. Upon
graduation from the Armed Forc
es Staff College in 1955. Col. Mc-
Donald reported in to NAAS
Edenton, where he was Com
manding Officer of Squadron 225
for a year. This past year, he has
been Logistics officer of MAG 14.
Col. McDonald, who is from
Minneapolis, Minnesota, is an
alumnus of St. Thomas College in
St. Paul. Upon completion of his
schooling, he enlisted in the Na
val Service, and received his com
mission as a Second Lieutenant in
the Marine Corps at Pensacola,
Florida in 1942. He flew fighter
bombers in the Pacific area dur.
ing World War 11, and performed
his combat duty in jet fighters
during the Korean War. For this
duty he received six Distinglished
Flying Crosses and eleven Air
Medals, along with other decora
tions.
While in Edenton, Col. McDon
ald has participated in many civic
and sporting events. He is a fa
miliar figure on the -golf course,
and an avid hunter during the
season. He is a member of the
I Edenton Rotary. He and Mrs
McDonald are always present at
the musical events in town, and
Mrs. McDonald is well known for
her piano playing at charitable
and cultural activities.
" Mrs. McDonald is the former
Conleth Faricy of St. Paul, Min
nesota. The McDonalds have two
children, a daughter, Faricy, and
a son, Jay-Talbot. During their
stay in Edenton, they have lived
at 11 Westover Heights. They
will be missed bv their many
friends when they leave.
EDENTON WOMAN'S CLUB
TO HOLD MEETING JUNE 12
The Edenton Woman’s Club
will hold its June meeting Wed
nesday, June 12, in St. Paul’s
Parish House at 1 o’clock.
Mrs. Joe Thorud, president,
urges a full attendance as this is
the program planning meeting for j
the year. , <
Varsity Club Awards Trophies
To Four Outstanding Athletes
Four students at Edenton Jun
ior-Senior High School, only one [
! of them a senior, were presented '
j trophies by the Varsity Club last ;
I week following their selection by
club Viembers as the most out
standing in sports at the school
efuring the 1956-57 school year.
Winning the awards were Jer
ry Downum, football: Johnny
Kramer and Rosa Hollowell, bas
ketball and Sid White, baseball.
Only Downum is a senior. Other
athletes were presented with cer
tificates for letters they had won
in various sports.
The trophies, given annually by
the local Varsity Club, were pre
sented by the coaches. Before the
presentations Cecil Fry, Varsity
Club president, made a brief talk
on the basis the individuals are
selected. Fry spoke on loyalty,
leadership, character, ability and
, willingness, stating that a good
athlete fhust have all of these to
perform the tasks asked of him
by a coach.
Miss Coleen Ward, girls’ bas
ketball coach, presented the bas
ketball trophy to Rosa Hollowell,
describing her as a team player
and hard worker. Basketball
Coach Alton Brooks presented the
boys’ basketball trophy to John
!ny Kramer and then presented
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina.
'l2O Years Ago
j As Found In the Files of
The Chowan Herald
Dr. M. P. Whichard, county
health officer, reported that 4.-
652 Chowan residents had been
inoculated against typhoid and
diphtheria during a six.weeks
campaign.
Forty-four graduates of the
Edenton and Chowan High
Schools were guests of the Rotary
Club at a banquet held in the
Parish House.
Ned While narrowly escaped
drowning while spending the
week-end at Kitty Hawk.
Mrs. A. D. Ward of Gliden was
elected president of the 161 h dis
trict of home demonstration clubs
at a meeting held in Hertford.
The annual swimming and life
saving class sponsored by the
Chowan Chapter of the American
Continued on Page 4—Section 1
Final Meeting
For P.T.A. Is
Held Mav 21
j
The firal monthly meeting of
the current school year for the
Edenton Parent-Teacher Associa
tion was held Tuesday night. May
21, at the Edenton Elementary
School auditorium with Mrs. J
J. Ross presiding.
The program was opened with
presentation of the U. S. Flag by
Cub Scout Den No. 6, followed by
the devotional given by the Rev
J. Earl Richardson. Minutes were
read by Victory Tucker, secre
tary. Mrs. Jesse L. Harrell, treas
urer, reported that a balance of
$296.65 was on hand as the May
Day Festival netted $151.45.
Miss Coleen Ward of Edenton
Junior-Senior High School, gave
a resume of Girl Scout activities
for the past year and announced
that leaders for next year will be
Mrs. Hal Shore and Mrs. Betty
Lorrance.
Mrs. R. I. Whitten introduced
former president, A1 Phillips, who
installed the following officers
for 1957-58.
President, J. H. Conger, Jr.:
vice president, C. H. Wood, Jr.:
secretary, Franciss Marshbourne.
and treasurer, Mrs. Leon Leary.
The program was presented by
Lieut. Gillis of NAAS. Edenton,
who showed color slides of Eur
ope. The attendance award was
won by Mrs. Belle Griffin's fourth
grade. Registrars were Mrs. Hay
wood Bunch and Mrs. Paul Par
■ tin.
the baseball award to Sid White,
which proved to be a popular se
lection judging from the applause
of the students. Sid had been out
two previous years, seeing very
little action, came through in fine
style; fielding nicely, pitching a
few games and leading the team
in hitting.
Football Coach Bill Billings
presented the most valuable foot
ball trophy to Jerry Downum,
describing him as a person who >s
admired and respected by team
mates, classmates, student body
and faculty. He stated that
Downum was a leader of the team
that brought honor to the town
of Edenton and one who brought
further glory to the community
by being selected to play in the
East-West All-Star football game ]
this coming August in Greens
boro. The student body gave
Jerry a standing ovation as he re
ceived his award.
were presented to the
players who had earned them and
cheerleading certificates were
awarded by Miss Lula Williams
to the cheerleaders of the past
school year. Mr. Fry announced
that a track trophy would be pre
sented next spring along with the
various other awards.
DRIVE CAREFULLY— \
YOU MAY SAVE
YOUR LIFEI j
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Division Will Spend 15
Days Training At
Fort Bragg
National Guardsmen of Heavy
Mortar Company, 119th Infantry,
North Carolina National Guard
will join more than 10,000 other
members of North Carolina’s fam
ed “Old Hickory” Division at
Fort Bragg for 15 days of active
duty training beginning Sunday,
June 9. This is the third sum
mer encampment for the division
since it became an all Tar Heel
division in October, 1954.
The entire division, which is
commanded by Major General
Claude T. Bowers of Warrenton,
will be at Fort Bragg, except for
the armored and anti-aircraft ele
ments which will train at Camp
Stewart, Ga., in August.
Training for the local Heavy
Mortar Company has become
more intense as the time for
camp approached, according to
Captain Cecil W. Fry, command
ing officer, who said the 15-day
active duty period is the climax
of the year’s work for local
Guardsmen.
.Highlight of the first week of
camp will be the divisional pa
rade Saturday, June 15, when the
entire division will pass in review.
The division will move into the
field on Monday of the second
week where five days of the
training period will be spent on
the west ranges with the artillery
and infantry of the division batt
ling simulated aggressor forces.
The division will return to the
R.T.C. area of Fort Brag on Fri
day, June 21. Saturday will be
payday for the Guardsmen who
draw regular army pay for the
15 days cf training.
The local group is composed of
108 officers and enlisted men, all
of whom will attend this year’s
encampment, and are listed as fol
lows:
Captain Cecil W. Fry, com
manding officer: First Lieutenants
Jehn E. R. Perry, Charlie W.
Swanner and Joseph K. Swanner;
Second Lieuteants Johnny L. Hal
sey and Dallas L. Jethro, Jr.;
Chief Warrant Officer John H.
A shell. Jr.
Master Sergeants
Hoskin S. Bass, Jr., Thomas J.
Hoskins, Jr.. John L. Spruill
and David G. White. Jr.
Continued on Page 4—Section 1
Summer Schedule
Announced For
St. Paul’s Church
The Rev. George B. Holmes,
rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church, announced this week
that from Whitsunday through
Labor Day no week-day services
will be conducted except as an
nounced.
Sunday services will be; 8:00
A. M„ Hoi}- Communion; 9:00 A.
M., Summer Session of the
Church School, and 10:00 A. M.,
Morning Worship.
Parishioners and visitors are
urged to note the change in hours
to provide a cooler time for wor
ship. Services will be conduct
ed every Sunday.
Jaycees Sponsoring
Safety Campaign
> Edenton’s Junior Chamber of
Commerce, in cooperation with
the National Safety Council is
sponsoring a “Slow Down and
Live” safety campaign in Chowan
County which is now in progress
and will continue through Satur
! day, June 8.
Mayor Ernest Kehayes as well
as members of the Jaycees, urge
all motorists to do their part to
I make the safety campaign a suc
cess in the Edenton area.
The Jaycees, with Charles Mor
gan and James Perry as campaign
chairmen, request motorists to
beware of the “Hurry Complex,”
the main factor in the nation’s
high death toll, and thus make a
contribution toward safer high,
ways this summer.