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CHOWAN COUNTY J|
Volume XXlV—Number 26.
Southern Baking
Co. Selects Edenton
Distribution Center
Plant Located in For
mer Superior Hatch
ery Building
Announcement was made this
week that the Southern faking
Company ot Greenville will op
erate a distributing plant in Eden
ton, it being expected to begin
operation some time next week.
The project is expected to be per
manent with the hope that ex
pansion will be necessary.
The Edenton plant will be lo
cated in the building formerly oc
cupied by the Superior Hatchery
on the Windsor highway which
was operated by L. R. Sutton.
From the Edenton distributing
plant local stores will be served
as well as Elizabeth City, Ply
mouth, Hertford, Windsor, Cole
rain. Gatesville and other com
munities.
As the result of Edenton being
chosen as a distributing plant, six
families will move to Edenton,
four of which have already secur
ed living quarters.
BANK CLOSED JULY 4
The Bank of Edenton will be
closed all day Thursday, July 4
in observance of Independence
Day. Important banking busi
ness should, therefore, be trans
acted accordingly.
Mrs. Eugenia Babylon Donates
Rare Book To’Regional Library
The Board of Trustees of the
Pettigrew Regional Library held
its regular meeting June 20 in
Columbia. The region is com
prised of Chowan, Tyrrell and
Washington counties and was or
ganized October 1, 1955. It is the
newest library region in the
State. A favorable progress re
port was given by the director,
Mrs. Eugenia Babylon and circu
lation figures given for May are
as follows:
Bookmobile for white* residents 3184
Bookmobile for colored residents..2lß6
Washington County Public Li
brary 1851
Tyrrell County Public Library 1201
Brown-Carver Library. Edenton__lo76
Shcpard-Pruden Memorial Library. 1
Edenton 990
Washington County Colored Li
brary <257
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Chowan Group To
Attend 4-H Camp
On July 8-13, several Chowan
County 4-H members will attend
Camp Millstone near Rockingham,
N. C. The group will enjoy many
activities including swimming,
handicrafts, games and sports.
There will be classes in swimming
with qualified instructors and life
guards on duty at all times.
The 4-H members will also par
ticipate in vesper services and
educational programs.
There are some openings for
camp and any 4-H club member.
who is interested may receive ad
ditional information from the
County Farm and Home Agents’
offices. The group will be accom
panied by Assistant Agents Jac
queline Pugh and Robert Marsh.
Two NCEA Officers
At Leaders School
Mrs. Rufus Smithson, president
of the Chowan County unit of
* the North Carolina Education As
sociation and Miss Ella Mae Nix
on, secretary, returned home
Wednesday night of last week
from Blue Ridge, N. C., where
they attended a leaders’ confer
ence June 16-19. The meeting
was held at the Blue Ridge As
sembly with about 400 in attend
ance.
The theme of the meeting was
“Together We Build,” and em
phasis was placed on plans for
next year.
The highlight of the meeting
was Sunday night’s speaker, Dr.
L. Nelson Bell of Montreat. Mr.
Bell is the father-in-law of Billy
Graham, celebrated evangelist.
TOWN AND COUNTY OFFICES
WILL BE CLOSED JULY 4th
'town and county offices -will be
closed all day Thursday, July 4,
in observance of Independence
Day. Important business should,
therefore, be transacted accord
THE CHOWAN HERALD
[ Early Next Week]
In order for employees of The
I Herald to enjoy the Fourth of
j July holiday Thursday of next
week. The Herald is scheduled to
appear a day earlier. Every ef
fort will be put forth to print
the final pages Tuesday instead of
Wednesday, as usual, so that any
news articles or advertisements
should be sent in a day earlier.
Bldg. And Loan
To Pay *25,000
*
Interest Earned
Members of the Edenton Build
ing & Loan Association will bene
fit to the tune of over $25,000 late
this week when accounts will be
credited with another dividend.
The amount represents earnings
for the past six months at the cur
rent rate of 3Vi%.
Members are urged to take
their pass-books to the Building
& Loan office, where the earn
ings will be added to their ac
count.
I The budget for the fiscal year!
and various other items of busi-l
j ness were discussed, including ap
i plications for federal aid to ex
! pand and improve library service.
The most interesting item on the
agenda was the presentation of a
truly rare book by the director;
which has been given by an
anonymous donor to the Petti
grew Regional Library. The ti-|
tie page of the book is as follows:)
“Notes on Spain and the Span
j iards in the Summer of 1859, with
. a Glance at Sardinia” by a Caro-
I linian (J.J.P.)
! Quid dignum memorate tuis,
I Hispania, terris vox humana va
-1 Continued on Page 2—Section 1
Fifth Sunday Sing
At Bethel Church
A fifth Sunday sing will be
held at the Bethel Baptist Church
Sunday afternoon, June 30. at 3
o’clock. The program will be
led by the Rev. Philip Quidley
and will include special numbers
by several groups. The public
is cordially invited to attend.
FIREMEN CALLED OUT
Edenton’s firemen were called
out about 3 o’clock Monday
morning due to a grass fire
which developed at the Halsey I
Hardwood Company. The fire j
was quickly extinguished, so that]
there was no damage.
Center Hill Scouts
Presented Charter
At Dinner Meeting
q
Troop Is Sponsored By
Home Demonstra
m tion Club
Friday night, June 21, the Cen
ter Hill Home Demonstration
Club was host for a covered dish
supper held at the Community
Building. The purpose of the
dinner was the formal presenta
tion of the local Boy Scout Char
ter to the sponsoring organization
by Raymond Collier, District
Scouter of Elizabeth City.
Mr. Collier in presenting the
charter to the home demonstra
tion club president, Mrs. H. T.
Hollowell, said “This orgVniza
tion is unique in that it is the
only women’s organization in the
entire district which sponsors a
Boy Scout troop, and a worth
while project it is which has the
Continued on Pago 7—Section 1
Edenton i Carolina, Thursday June 27,1957.
YOUNG MEN WITH HORNS— Saluting the bandleader, some 3,600 musicians raise their in
struments in Gunezenhausen, Germany. The Bavarian town was the setting for a gathering ot
evangelical trumpeters from all over the country, a bi-annual event.
Chowan County Buys *74,657
In United States Savings Bonds
i During First Five Months Os ’57
L A. B. Harless, Chowan County
U. S. Savings Bonds Chairman,
reports that during May county
sales amounted to $11,876.75,
' bringing sales for the first five
? months to $74,657.89. This is
62. of the 1957 goal for thei
■. county.
' During the first five months,
I Chowan is among 14 counties in
the state, which have already sold
? [ over 50''', of their annual quota.
1 j Mr. Harless reports that sales
of Series E and H bonds in the
state exceeded April sales. He
points out that this reflects im
provement in bond sales as May
Average Weekly W ages Paid In
Chowan *42.80 Fourth Quarter
r i
r j
' According to a report of the:
■ State Security Commission, av-1
” erage employment in Chowan
• County during the fourth quarter
5 amounted to 1,434. This was a
1 gain of 16.40 per cent, as compar
"jed with the third quarter of 1956.
’I Total wages paid in this coun-:
",ty during the fourth quater
'I reached $797,910. with average
•learnings of $42.80.
More than 54,000 North Caro-,
1 lina workers were brought under
‘ coverage of the Employment Se-j
curitv law last year as result of a
, new provision of the law extend
- ing liability to employers of four
or more persons.
A report issued by the Employ
ment Security Commission also
shows that over 10,000 employers
I have come into the program under
. the new provision that was effec
i tive January 1, 1956.
I Prior to that date, only em
ployers with eight or more work-1
ers were liable.
The report by ESC Chairman 1
RICKS ROTARY SPEAKER
James P. Ricks, Sr., was the
principal speaker at last week’s
Rotary meet'ing. Mr. Ricks pre
sented a report .made several
years ago which was very opti
! mistic for the continued economic
j progress of the time and he point
]ed out.that the same optimistic
outlook prevailed today.
PClosed Tight ]
l w
Practically every business house
in Edenton .will be closed all day
1 Thursday of next week, July 4th,
in observance of national Inde
pendence Day. No local celebia
-1 tion of any kind has been plan
ned, but employers and employ
ees alike will be given an oppor-,
1 tunity to enjoy the holiday. |
■ Shopping and business affairs
should, therefore, be attended to
< accordingly.
ROTARfANS MEET TODAY
Edenton’s Rotary Club will vis
» it this (Thursday) afternoon, at 1
s o’clock in the Parish House. The
i program will be in charge of Ed
■ ward Wozelka, and President
! George. Alma Byrum urges every
Rotarian to be present.
purchases are usually lower than
‘ April’s.
While sales, improved, the cash
ing of Savings Bonds likewise
improved, as redemptions in May
Were less than in April. ,
The total sales of Series E and
H bonds in North Carolina were
$3,956,754, bringing total sales for
the year to $20,357,373.
May sales and redemptions
were the best of any months this
year as compared to the corres
ponding months of last year. Se
ries E bond sales were off less
than 0% and Series H bond sales
were off less than 27r.
Henry E. Kendall notes that in-
I sured employment in the State
i reached a record high in the
■ fourth quarter, with monthly em
i ployment averaging 855,750. This
• ! included those that came into the.
,] program under the new provis
■ i ion of the law.
But aside from the extension,
- employment increased 1.5 per cent
i from the third quarter, and was 2
per cent higher than the previous
■ year’s total. , 1
j Earnings were higher, too,
amounting to $700,634,334. Insur
ed workers earned $74 million
■ more in the fourth quarter than
in the third quarter, and $72 mil
lion more than a year ago.
i Fourth quarter earnings usual
, ly are up, with bonuses and oth
■ er year-end considerations being
figured in the total.
The weekly average of $62.98
far outstripped the third quarter
| average of $57,35 and was $1.44
| higher than the previous year’s
average of $61.54.
Mail Carriers
Honored For
Safe Driving
Two Edenton rural mail car
riers were honored Wednesday
morning in a brief ceremony held
at the Post Office when they
were presented a card and gold
button by Postmaster J. L. Chest
nutt.
The two carriers honored were
Rodney Harrell and Nathan Dail
for accident free driving. Harrejl
holds a record of 24 years driving
in delivery of mail without an ac
cident, while Dail has a 16-year
perfect record.
The card bears an inscription
from the National Safety Council
certifying that the carriers have
received the award for profess
ional safe driving performance,
while the gold pin bears the nu
meral representing the number of
years of accident free driving.
Albert Cullipher
Heads Red Men
I
Chowan Tribe of Red Men
elected officers for a six-month
term Monday night, with the
following being elected: Sachem,
Albert Cullipher: prophet, Percy
Dail: senior sagamore, Hurley
Ward and junior sagamore, Cas
well Edmondson.
These officers, together with
those appointed by the new Sa
chem, will be installed at the
tribe’s meeting Monday night,
July 1.
Polio Clinic For
Negro Families
July 1 And 2
——— i
The Chowan Countv Medical
Society was disappointed with the
number of colored families who
1 responded to the last polio clinic.
“It is important that we immunize
as many people as possible in or
der to decrease the Incidence of
polio,” say the doctors.
The local medical society is
again sponsoring a polio clinic for
the colored only. The vaccine is
to be given free of charge, but a
donation will be asked of any
amount you might care to give up
to SI.OO. The clinic will be held
at the colored Methodist Church
on East Gale Street Monday and
Tuesday, July 1 and 2 from 6:30
to 8:30 P. M.
Everyone is urged to attend—-
the vaccine is free.
BPWClubEnds
Meetings Until
NewF all Season
i i
1 The Edenton Business and Pro
fessional Women’s Club held its
monthly dinner meeting Thurs
day night of last week in the ban
quet hall of the Triangle with
Mrs. Bommie White, president,
presiding.
Mrs. Warren Twiddy, BPW
chairman for the proposed district
mental clinic, reported that the
County Commissioners have
agreed to appropriate SI,OOO to
ward the new clinic and that SSOO
more will be needed for Chowan
County’s quota of $1,500. Other
counties interested in having the
clinic in this area are Camden,
Pasquotank and Perquimans. She j
said a deadline has been set fori
tjie four counties and that if the
funds are not raised by then the
clinic will go to another town.
She pointed out that Chowan is
the only county which has not
raised its quota.
The committee, which is com
posed of Mrs. Twiddy. Mrs. Clara
Boswell and Mrs. Anne Jenkins,
was asked to attend the meeting
of Town Council with a request
that the remaining SSOO be ap
propriated by them for the pro
ject.
The president announced the
winner of the BPW scholarship
presented annually to a high
school senior, and that the local
club was not represented at the
recent BPW convention.
It was voted to add a 25 cent
penalty after July 1, for old mem-,
bers rejoining the club.
Members were delighted to
learn that Mrs. Laura Ferguson,
a former club member, has moved
back to Edenton with her family
and that she will rejoin the club.
A delicious ham plate was ser
ved and the blessing was given by
Mrs. Lena Leary.
There will be no meetings dur
ing July and August. Activities
will be resumed at the Septem
ber meeting.
PICNIC SITE CHANGED
According to an announcement
made by Mrs. Wainwright Rich
ardson, Fidelis Club president,
the place of the family picnic
scheduled to be held at the Eden
ton Auxiliary Air Station has
been changed from the Old Tim
ers’ Club to the grounds behind
the sick bay. •
Each Fidelis Club member is
asked to bring food for her fami
ly. Cold drinks and ice cream
will be provided. The picnic will
be held Saturday afternoon,
June 29 at 2 o’clock, base time.
Local Marine
Pilot Is Killed
In Plane Crash
A plane crash took the life of
an Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air
Station officer Saturday after
noon about 2:30 o’clock. The vic
tim was Lieut. Roger S. Rye, who
I was on a regular scheduled cross
| country training flight when his
| plane crashed at Gilmer, Texas,
j There were no other injuries in
the crash.
Lieut. Rye was a graduate of
San Diego State College and re
| ceived his United States Marine
I Corps training at Quantico, Va.
! He was attached to Marine At
; tack Squadron-225, where his
! duty was logistics officer and pi
lot.
j A chapel service was held at 3 ;
I o’clock Wednesday afternoon in
’memory of Lieut. Rye and the
body will be returned to his home
in San Diego, California, for the,
funeral. |
Valuable Collection Os Books
Bequeathed To Local Library
Shepnid-Prudi-n Memorial Li
brary, Edenton, has been be
queathed an interesting and valu
able collection of 500 books bv
the late Mrs. Frances Tunstall
White of Statesville. She was a
cousin of Mrs Charles Wood. Sr.,
Mrs. H. H. Prenton and Mrs. Wil
liam Biidham, ail of Edenton. Tin
books were bequeathed in mem
ory of her mother. Mrs. Anne
Hudgins Tunstall. The books and
four bookcases were received by
the library last week.
The collection contains many
basic works of permanent value
in both English and American lit
erature including a lot of poetry:
some books in French. Latin.
Spanish and German as well as
translations. Following are ex
amples of the types comprising;
the library:
Burton, “Anatomy of Melan
choly,” 185!.
Dwight, “Grecian arid Roman
Mythology,” 1849.
Dowden, "Shakespeare. Hi s
Mind and Art," 1880.
Crabb, “C'rabb’s Svnnnvnis,”
1850.
Thomas A. Kempis. "Imitation
of Christ.”
“Memoirs of Mrs. Clay of Ala
bama. A belle of the Fifties. 1905.;
Sidney Lanier, "Florida: Its]
Scenery, Climate and History.
New Fees For
P. O. Services
| Postmaster J. L. Chestnutt an-]
nounced early this week that es-j
fective Monday, July 1, new fees I
will be inaugurated for some of •
the postal services.
Among the services affected I
will be registered mail, insured;
mail, certified mail, special deliv- !
eiv, special handling, returned]
receipts, restricted delivery and;
money orders.
Any information regarding the
new fees can be secured at the]
Edenton Post Office.
J. W. Davis Named
Director Os Public
Relations For Bank
Will Assume New I)u- j
ties, Monday Morn
ing, July 1
John Gilliam Wood. Jr., presi
dent of the Bank of Edenton, an
nounced Tuesday morning that J.
W. Davis, Sr., has been employed
as a special representative and di
rector of public relations for the
bank.
Mr. Davis, well known through
out the area by his many friends,
was for many years, until recent
ly, associated with Leggett & Da- 1
vis, Inc., Edenton drug store. <
Mr. Davis will be calling on old
friends and customers of the bank
and soliciting new accounts. :
President Wood stated that any -
courtesies extended to Mr. Davis
will be greatly appreciated. i
Mr. Davis will assume his new '
duties Monday, July 1,
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina.
Most Os Edenton’s
Stores Plan Closing
At 7 P.M.
ipliisbaiidsjoor]
In reference to the Jamestown
tour planned by the Chowan
Home Demonstration Clubs for
; members and non-members
scheduled for Wednesday. July
3, Miss Maidred Morris. Home
j Agent, makes the following an
nouncement:
"It looks like we will have I
' room for some of the husbands to ;
l accompany their wives on the trip]
to Jamestown. The quota has not
been reached yet, so if any of the
husbands are interested, please
contact the Home Agents’ Office
I immediately." 1
, 1875.
“Selections from tin- Southern
Poets.”
"Works of Edgar Allen Poe. "
: "Everybody's Legal Adviser."
"Buhver Lytton. "Last Days of
- Paflipeii.”
Complete Office -it Huh Week.
’ (in Latin and English). 1875.
"The Prayers of the Church."
A .connected series of reflections
\on the liturgy. First American
edition, adapted to the liturgy of
the Protestant Episcopal Church
in the U. S', with a prefatory ad
" dress and occasional notes, etc-.,
by Joseph R. Walkw. Rector St.
Helena Church. Beaufort. S. C
. Philadelphia. Wm. Stave ly &
: Co.. 1839.
j - "Apology For the Doctrine of
: j Apostolical Succession with an
Appendix on the English Orders."
Bv the Hon. & Rev. A. P. Per
ceval, B C.L., Ckapl.r-i e erdi
ii nary to the Queen, etc , A V.
Protestant Episcopal Tract Sooie
tv. 1840.
Shepard Pruden Libra i-v is.
keeping all the books suitable for
I library use and circulation and
. the descendants of the deceased
are keeping the others. The
books listed above are in the li
brary as well as many others,
j where they may he used or check
ed out.
[CIVIC calendarl
Chowan County home dem
onstration club members will
make a tour to historical places
jin Virginia Wednesday. July 3.
leaving the Post Office at 6:15
A. M.
j The Herald plans to print a day
1 earlier next week due to the 4th
jof July holiday. All who desire
news or advertising to appear in
the issue should send it in a day
I earlier.
Effective Saturday night. July
6, stores in Edenton except gro
cery stores and Elliott Company,
Cuthrell's Department Store and
Continued on Page s—Section 1
j2O Years Ago]
| As Found In the Files of (
The Chowan Herald
William Morris, 38, rolled off a
small motor skiff and drowned in 1
Edenton Bay about a quarter mile
out from the Court House Green.
Dr. J. C. Hines reported that
i 400 colored people received tuber
cular tests in a clinic and that 37
required treatment.
Annie Coston, Edenton Negress,
died suddenly as the result of
drinking poisoned bootleg whis
key.
Lonnie Hucks gave himself up
to Edenton police following shoot
ing of Rosa Hurdle.
Sir Anthony Eden of the Brit
ish Foreign Office declined an in
vitation to attend the shewing of
| Continued on Peg* 7—Section 1 •
*
DRIVE CAREFULLY—
YOU MAY SAVE
YOUR LIFE!
V /iJ
Grocery Stores Agrea
To Remain Open
Until 7:30
'j Effective Saturday night, July
i 6. most of Edenton’s stores will
' | begin closing at 7 o'clock Satur
o day night. However, grocery
’j stores will remain open half an
: | hour longer, closing at 7:80
■ o'clock.
There are at least three excop
» tions. however, for Elliott C'om
ijpany. Cuthrell's Department
i ( Store and S. Hobowsky's have
delkitely decided that thov
■ wilg continue to remain open
1 Saturday nights until 9 O'clock
1 which has been the custom for
j many years Frank Elliott of the
1 Elliott Company and Henry Ctith
| cell of Cuthrell's Department
I Store, stated that they have no
! complaint to register against oth
er stores for closing at the earlier
hour, but that they intended to
remain ope n until 9 o'clock in or
der to lie of service to customers
who find it difficult to complete
their shopping by 7 o’clock-.
In a petition circulated favor
ing tlic earlier closing hour, the
following signed this week:
Western Auto Stoic-. Western
Gas Service, Campen's Jewelc i
The Jill Shoppe. Albemarle Fur
niture Company. The Betty
Shoppe. Quinn Furniture Com
pany, J. P: Perry Berber Shop,
By rum Grocery Company. Be
night Grocery. Byrum Hardware
Company. T A- Q Super Market,
Eden to n Furniture Compare,
MeiggS Company. Agnes & Key's
Flower Shop. Bell's, Ralph F
Parrish, Halscv Feed A- Seed
Store, W. M. Rhoades Shoe Re
pair. Tots & Teens. Rose s 5-10-2 ;?
Store, Malone's 5 <Sc 10c St -
Fore-hand Jewelers. Belk-Tylei
Habit's Grocery. D & M Super
• '*'■ R A. .V -field’s Hai n-~r
Shop and Hughes-Parker Ho; d
ware Company. i
Uoliiv Arrest An
Escaped Unnvict
Edcntop police unknowingly
arrested an escaped prison*t from
thv Creswell prison lab' last
week George Acker, alias
George Franklin, came to
ton June 13 and was working at,
a local filling station. Where h(*
work has been satisfactory.
However, during the week John
Jones missed a shotgun which la
ter it was learned was stolen
Avkei'.
Acker when apprehended ad
mitted to the police that he had
escaped from the prison f irm,
where he was serving a form for
armed robbery.
I Ih* Lost Gofonv's
I/lli Season Opens
In Mnnteo June 29
The Lost Colony, Paul Green’s
original symphonic drama, and
now the longest running- outdoor:
! production in the World, will bo
-1 gin its 17th summer season at
• Manteo in Waterside Thcat at
i Fort Raleigh National Hist
j Site on Saturday evening... Jure
j 29. There will he performances
I nightly, except Mondays, through
j Labor Day eve, September 1
The Lost Colony tells the story
j of one of the greatest of all his
j tory mysteries, the story of the
) first English Colony in the New
j World that became America and
| the birth of Virginia Dare, first
. child of English-parentage born
! in the 16th Century Elizabethan
era. when the expedition sent out
’ from England by Sit Walter Ra-
I leigh was attempting to establish
i a permanent settlement on Roa
noke Island. The Lost Colony is
presented on the actual site of the
exciting original happenings of
the story it teiis.
THIRD DEGREE TONIGHT
AT MASONIC MEETING
William Adams, master of Una
nimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M.,
has called an emergent communi
cation of the lodge tonight (Thurs
day) at 8 o’clock. The purpose of
this meeting is to confer the
third degree upon a candidate, so
that all Mason* are urged to at
• tend.