ONLY NEWSPAPER \ PUBLISHED IN 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 /v\A^wwwwwwN^ywvwwww^. 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