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Volume XXrV.-—Number 29.
Reading Os Books
Shows Big Increase
In Regional Library
Circulation Increases.
From 92,197 to 123,-
017 During Year
That there is increased interest
in the Pettigrew Regional Library
is - reflected in the fact that cir
culation of books amounted to
123,017 from July 1, 1956 to June
30, 1957. This compares with a
circulation of 92,197 for the pre
vious year, July 1, 1955, to June
30, 1956, an increase of 30,820.
Circulation of the various units
follows:
Washington County Public Li
brary: This year, 17,803; last
year, 11,003.
Tyrrell Public Library: This
year, 16,064; last year, 11,755.
Shepard-Pruden Memorial Li
brary, Edenton: This year, 12,-
072; last year, 8,088.
Brown-Carver Library, Eden
ton: This year, 10,301; last year,
11,026.
Washington County Colored Li
brary: This year, 3,366; last year,
1,489.
Bookmobiles: White, 42,429
this year and 33,465 last year.
Colored, 20,982 this year and 14,-
489 last year. Tyrrell Negro High
School, this year, 882.
The increase in service is not
only in quantity but also in quali
ty. The above figures show an
increase in the reading of non
fiction especially among children
and young people.
Among adult patrons of Brown-
Carver Library and of the book
mobile for colored there are mere
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Women Urged
Home Week
August 5-8 will find N. C.
State College campus, Raleigh,
buzzing with home demonstra
tion club women from all over
the State assembled for Farm-
Home Week. Miss Maidred Mor
ris, Home Agent, urges Chowan
County club women to make
plans now to attend this event,
an annual highlight of home
demonstration activities.
The four-day meeting will be
gin Monday afternoon with reg
istration in the Colesium. Some
of the classes to be taught dur
ing the week by outstanding in
structors will include: Trends
in home decorating, modernizing
old picture frames, wildlife on
the farm, braided rugs, farm
pond and water safety, you and
your clothes, keeping plants
healthy, supplementing the elec
tric range, what’s new in home
lighting, children and money,
parliamentary procedure, out
door cookery and foods for wed
ding and anniversary recep
tions.
The annual meeting of the
State Federation of Home Dem
onstration Clubs will be held on
Thursday with election and an
nouncements of officers for
1958 to be made' on that day.
Other special activities such as a
fashion show and a talent show
will be features of the week.
Chowan Home Demonstration
Club members who are interested
in attending Farm-Home Week
are asked to contact the home
agent’s office for further infor
mation as soon as possible. Miss
Morris states that she hopes Cho
wan County will be well repre
sented at this important state
meeting.
E Wives Qub To
Install Officers
Hie installation of officers for
the E Wives Club will take place
at a social meeting of the club
this (Thursday)' afternoon at 2
* | o’clock in the special services
building at the Edenton Naval
Auxiliary Air Station.
Following the installation cere
mony refreshments be ser
ved. <- V' > .
THECHOWAN HERALD
Directors of the Chowan Hos
pital are now seeking to secure
a superintendent to succeed Miss
Frances Tilleli, who resigned un
der pressure about two weeks
ago. *
A committee of three. Mayor
Ernest Kehayes, Jess Harrell and
William P. Jones, was appointed
to secure a successor and now
have four or five applications
under consideratibn. X selection
is expected to be .made within
two weeks.
Visiting Minister Will
Fill Methodist Pulpit
On Sunday Morning
With the pastor, the Rev. Earl
Richardson, being away on vaca
tion, the Rev. Harold White of
Belvidere will fill the pulpit at
the Methodist Church Sunday
morning, July 21. Mr. White’s
sermon subject will be “The Good
Tree: Its Root and Its Fruit.”
Mr. White, a Presbyterian
preacher, Received his A.R. de
gree at Austin College, Sherman,
Texas, his B.D. degre at Colum
bia Thological Seminary, Deca
tur, Ga., and his TB.M. and T.H.D.
degrees at Union Theological
Seminary at Richmond, Va.
For the past two years Mr.
White has taught in the Perquim
ans High School. Not only mem
bers of the Methodist Church, but
all others are cordially invited to
hear the visiting preacher.
HEAR ROTARY REPORT
At last week’s Rotary meeting
the -installation of officers was
postponed, bgt instead Qporge Al
ma Byrrnn, qjrtgoing ~ president,
presented a very interesting re
port of the Club’s activities dur
ing the past year.
The Rotarians had a very ac
tive and successful year and the;
report was very pleasing to mem-:
hers of the club. r J
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Home Town Girl Makes Good
f . .S -tey ■
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I fbk flu Jfc *
Miss Judy Cozzens who is Di
rector oTths Valley and Welfare
Planning Council in San Fernan
do Valley, Los Angeles, Calif., is
visiting her mother, Mrs. W. 1.
Cozzens on Gale Street. Her
friend, Miss Irene Puhlman, with
whom she shares her home which
they own jointly, came wife hy.
The function of Miss Cozzens’
t&nriot from
fcton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday July 18,1957.
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Installation of the new officers tor the Officers Wives' Club of the Edenton Naval Auxiliary
Air Station were installed at a recent meeting of the club. Seated are the outgoing officers,
left to right, Mrs. Kent McFerren, Mrs. Sheldon Emerson, Mrs. William Case, Mrs. A. R. Stacy.
Mrs. Lyle Beeler, Mrs. James Groover, Mrs. Early Spiars and Mrs. Gordon Keller. Standing
are the incoming officers, left to right, Mrs. William Atherton. Mrs. Edward Grebenslein, Mrs.
Wilbur Free. Mrs. Donald Dalton. Mrs. Marvin Crowdis, Mrs. William Zane. Mrs. Anthony Mi
randa. Mrs. Richard Dennis. Mrs. Robert Shields and Mrs. Earl Carpenter.
120 Years Ago
! As Found In the Files of
The Chowan Herald
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Government aid for Edenton!
school improvement seemed as
sured following a letter from Con-1
gressman Lindsay Warren to the!
effect that Edenton was on thei
preferred compromise list if any
PWA allotments are made.
Building improvements running
well up into the SIOO,OOO figure
was expected before the summer
was over. One of the improve
ments included renovation of the
first floor of the Citizens Bank
Building to accommodate Dr. J
A. Powell and his new associate.
Dr. Martin Wisely. Dr. L. P. Wil
liams took ovar the entire build-,/
ing which he and Dr. Powell used !
on East King Street.
Town Council was called into
special session to consider an in
crease in salaries of town employ
ees.
An unusual accident occurred in
! Conliiyied on Page 7—Section 1
the community chest and the ter
: ritory covered includes 21 com
munities with a population of
; 620,000. North Hollywood, one of
the 21 communities, is larger
■ than the largest city in North ,
Carolina.
i Miss Puhlman is public rela
tions director 6f Los Angeles
Council tirl Scouts which serves
42,000 girls in the “program. The .
girls m&he a profit of $190,000 on •
[ their annual cookie sales which is i
Chowan County Purchased 75J81
Per Cent Os U. S. Savings Bonds
(Quota First Six Months Os Year
According to A. B. Harless, U.
jS. Savings Bonds Chairman for
j Chowan County, sales of E and
H Savings Bonds for June
amounted to $16,027.95, with cum
ulative sales from January 1 to
June 30 reading $90,685.84. The
county’s 1957 quota is $119,680,
so that 75.8 per cent of the quota
has been purchased diAng the
first six months of the year.
Chowan is among 25 counties
in North Carolina to have achiev
ed over 50 per cent of their an
jnual quote fcy the end of the first
i six months. As of the last of
June, Dare County had already
Neely D. Butler
Is Promoted To
Lieut. Colonel
Major Neely D. Butler, Com-|
' manding Officer of Marine At
tack Squadron 225 was recently
promoted to the rank of Lieuten
ant Colonel in a ceremony in
I Lieutenant Colonel Free’s office
I at the Edenton Naval Auxiliary
Air Station. Lieutenant Colonel
Free, then Commanding Officer
of Marine Air Group 14, and Mrs.
Butler were on hand to do the
honors by pinning on Lieutenant
Colonel Butler’s new insignia of
rank.
Lieutenant Colonel Butler, who
attended Louisiana State College,
where he played college and semi-,
pro baseball, enlisted in the Ma-'
rine Corps in 1942 and went to
flight school. With 14 years in
the Marine Corps, he fought in
both World War II and the Ko
rean conflict. As a result,of this
record, Lieutenant Colonel Butler
wears the Air Medal with Gold
Star, as well as eight other cam
paign ribbons and medals.
Lieutenant Colonel Butler lives
in Edenton with his wife and 3
children. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Neely D. Butler of Jena,
Louisiana.
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A meeting will be held at the
Edenton Marina Friday night.
July 26. for the purpoce of con
sidering the formation of a Coact
Guard Auxiliary unit in Eden
ton.
Den leaders of Cub Scout Pack
No. 159 will meet Monday night,
July 22. at 8 o'clock in the Lions
club room.
Vacation Bible School at the
First Christian Church will end
Friday. July 19.
A stated communication of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. ft
A. M., will bo held tonight (Thurs
day) at 8 o'clock.
Ed Bond Post of the American
Legion will meet at the Legion
home Tuesday night. July 23. at
8 o'clock. \
Officers far the E Wires' Club
■will be installed at a social meet
ing to be held this (Thursday) as-
surpassed its annual quota withj
an achievement of 118.4 per cent.
During the first six months of ]
1957, the sales of Series E and H
Savings Bonds in North Carolina
totaled $23,913,434, which repre
sents 44 per cent of the annual
quota of $54.4 million.
The State's combined sales of
Series E and H Bonds amounted
to $3,556,061, a decrease of 10 per
cent from sales during the cor
responding month last year. How- j
ever. North Carolina’s perform
ance continues to compare more
with last year’s sales
figures titan does that of the na
tion as a whole.
Maj. W. O. Cain!
Is Promoted To!
Lieut. Colonel
| Major William O. Cain, Jr., was
promoted to the rank of Lieuten
ant Colonel Tuesday of last week
at the Edenton Naval Auxiliary
Air Station. Colonel A. R. Stacy,
Commanding Officer of Marine
Aircraft Group-14, presented
Lieutenant Colonel Cain with his
warrant and along with Mrs. W.
O. Cain, Jr., pinned the silver
oak leaves on the new Lieutenant
Colonel in a ceremony held in
Colonel Stacy’s office.
This marked Colonel Cain’s
first promotion as an officer that
, was not on foreign soil. He was
’ promoted to First Lieutenant
while serving on Guadalcanal;
Captain on Okinawa, and Major
in Korea.
Lieutenant Colonel Cain is a
Marine Infantry officer, attached
to Marine Aircraft Group-14, as
an exchange officer in the Marine
Corps’ new cross training pro
gram where Infantry officers
serve with aviation units and Ma
rine aviators serve with ground
troops.
Lieutenant Colonel Cain lives
with his wife and four children in
Edenton. A native of Sumter, S.
C., he attended Clemson College,
joining the U. S. Marine Corps in
1941. Lieutenant Colonel Cain
began his career as an enlisted
man earning his commission in
1942.
Colonel Cain fought in the New
Berdides, Guadalcanal area, made
the landing on Okinawa, and
fought in the Hamhung and Po
hang areas in Korea. Among his
many awards, the Colonel wears
the Commendation Medal with a
Combat “V".
ROTAJUANS MEET TODAY
Duetto being out of town, Rob
ert S. Marsh was not installed as
president of the Edenton Rotary
Club last week. However, he will
be installed at the Rotary meet
ing this (Thursday) afternoon at
1 o’clock in the Parish House.
Mr. Marsh will announce his
appointments In the club’s Organi
zation, so that every member is
urged to attend. ■> •
I Six Members
Edenton Band
In Music Camp
Six members of the Edenton
Junior-Senior High School Band 1
left Sunday for Greenville, where
they are participating in the Mus
ic Camp at East Carolina College.
In the group are Patricia Bunch,
Priscilla Bunch, Brenda Mooney,
Linda Leary, Ashby Tarkington
and Percy Mclver. The latter
two received band scholarships.
Patricia Bunch,‘Brenda Mooney
and Linda Leary are also partici- j
pating in the chorus and baton
twirling courses and Brenda
Mooney and Linda" Leary will also
take part in the piano recital.
A feature of the camp will be a
concert on the college campus j
Saturday afternoon, July 27, from
3 to 5 o’clock. All those attend-]
ing the music camp will take parti
in this concert, which is expect
ed to attract a large number of
people.
The Edenton group is expected I
to return home Saturday, July I
27.
Two Edentonians At]
•Methodist Conference!
j At Purdue University
I John A. Holmes and J. Edwin
j Bufflap left Thursday morning
j for Lafayette, Indiana, where they
j will attend the second national
| conference of Methodist men
! Purdue University July 19 to 21.
. Mr. Holmes will represent the of
ficial board of the Edenton Meth
j odist Church and Mr. Bufflap will
represent the Methodist Men’s
Club.
They were accompanied by
George Jackson and Mr. Miller
of Hertford.
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Promoted To Lieutenant Colonel "j
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Colonel A. R. Stacy, left. Commanding Officer of Marine Air *
Group 14, along with Mrs. W. O. Cain, pins the new rank of
Lieutenant Colonel on William O. Cain. Jr.. USMC, in a cere
mony at the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air Station.
Fishing Rodeo
Is Planned For
Young People
Alton Brooks, Edenton’s rec
reation director, announces that j
a fishing rodeo for boys and
girls between the ages of 6 and
15 will be held Wednesday. July
24, at the county dock. Fishing
will begin at 2 o’clock and end
at 5 o’clock. Children from 6 to
8 must be accompanied by an
adult.
Each contestant will be al
lowed one pole with only one
hook. The contestants must fur
nish their own bait, and no ar
tificial bait will be allowed.
A number of prizes will be
awarded, including the following:
Swimming diver’s mask by Leg
gett & Davis, a shirt by Elliott
Company. $5.00 gift certificate
by Belk-Tyler’s, rod and reel by
Hughes-Parker Hardware Com
pany, shirt by Cuthrell’s Depart
ment Store, baseball bat by the
Western Auto Store, baseball
glove by Byrum’s Hardware
Company and a prize by Mitch--
ener’s Pharmacy.
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina.
Meeting Is Called
To Consider Coast
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Guard Auxiliary
Hole In One 1
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Two Edenton golf players just
recently had the good fortune to
shoot a hole in one on the local
golf course. A little while back
D. T. Ward accomplished the feat
and on Saturday Jack Mooney
claimed the honor.
] Both holes in one were shot on
| the No. 8 green. Only one other
j Edenton golfer holds the honor of
I a hole in one. that being L. S.
I Byrum. who did it not long after
I the golf course was in operation,
j on No. 4 green.
| Dog, Bicycle
Licenses Due
i
Town Clerk Ernest J. Wal’d. Jr., 1
calls attention to the fact that!
dog and bicycle licenses for the!
fiscal year 1957-58 are now on sale]
] Dog licenses can be purchased at j
the town office while bicycle li-j
censes are on sale at the police!
station.
The license fee for male dogs is;
SI.OO and $2.00 for females. The
bicycle licenses are sold for 25
cents.
Mr. Ward also points out that
1 according to the law any dog
owner who fails to purchase li
• censes for dogs before July 31 isj
: subject to arrest.
Methodist Men
Meet Julv 25th 11
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The Men’s Club of the Metho- ]
dist Church will meet at the <
church Thursday night, July 25, i
at 6:30 o'clock. At'that time re- i
| ports will be submitted by John :
A. Holmes and J. Edwin Bufflap, 1
who will attend a national meet
ing of Methodist men at Purdue ,
University, Lafayette, Indiana, ]
over the coming week-end.
This will be a dinner meeting
with A. L. Brinson, Larry Knox i
and Erwin Griffin in charge of i
the meal.
CUB SCOUT LEADERS TO
MEET MONDAY, JULY 22nd
Den leaders of Cub Scout Pack
159 will meet Monday night, July ;
22, at 8 o’clock at the Lions club
room at the corner of Broad and i
Queen streets. Every Cub Scout :
leader is urged to be present.
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LEGION TO MEET
Ed Bond Post No. 40 of the
American Legion will meet Tues
day night, July 23, at 8 o’clock.
William Perry, commander, urges
n goodly number of the Legion
naires to be present
DRIVE CAREFULLY—
YOU MAY SAVE
YOUR LIFEI
s
Boat Owners Invited
To Meet at Edenton
Marina July 26
A special meeting will be held
Friday night, July 26, at 7:30
o'clock at the Edenton Marina,
located on Highway 17 South of
Edenton to discuss the possible
j formation of a Coast Guard Au
xiliary unit in Edenton.
Membership in the Auxiliary is
i limited to persons owning at least
25 % of a motorboat, a private air
craft, or an amateur radio station,
i but it is hoped that all interested
local boatsmen will attend. Also
1 boat owners in neighboring towns
: are especially invited to be pres
i ent.
Here from Norfolk, Va., for the
meeting will be Commander C. M.
j Speight, director of Coast Guard
j Auxiliary, sth Coast Guard Dis
j trict, who will be accompanied by
! two assistants. Many local per
: sons will remember Command
l er Speight, as he was stationed in
i Edenton about 1948.
Commander Speight and assist
ants will arrive several hours
: early in order to inspect local fa
cilities and to conduct courtesy
examinations of any boats whose
owners so desire.
The greatly increased use of lo
cal waterways by local people, as
well as by tourists and sportsmen,
calls for increased attention to
I boating safety and instructions in
; safe boat handling.
Little Change In
Chowan Cotton
Insect Situation
The cotton insect situation
looks no better, according to
County Agent C. W. Overman,
who surveyed ten fields again
Monday of this week. Four
well-dusted fields contained an
average of 2% punctured squares.
Two of these fields were found
to be clean. Three irregularly
dusted fields had from 15% to
36% punctured squares and av
eraged 28%. Three undusted
fields ranged from 33% to 72%,
averaging 52% punctured squares.
This means that the new crop
of boll weevil is busy and mak
ing good headway. “We recom
mend tht growers who do not
have the boll weevil under con
trol, dust with Endrin, Toxa
phene or Aldrin this week and
next week at least,” Mr. Over
man says.
Red spider was found in sev
eral fields. In most instances
the red spider was just begin
ning to get a foothold. Where
the spider infestation is light
the combination dust containing
2 1 *>% Aldrin, 5% DDT , and
40% sulphur at the rate of 20 to
25 pounds per acre should do an
excellent job on the boll weevil,
boll worm and red spider. Where
the red spider infestation is
rather heavy, Mr. Overman
recommends Parathion dust. Two
per cent parathion at the rate
of 12 or 15 pounds per acre or
one per cent parathion at the
rate of 25 to 30 pounds per acre
should take care of the infesta
tion.
While the dry weather has re
duced the growth of the cotton
plant, the plants are pretty well
loaded with fruit and young
squares. 801 l weevil, boll worm
and red spider can do consider
able damage until the
bolls are at least half grown.
; Therefore, this is the critical
time to control the infestation
and save the young fruit that is
set on the plants. “Although
the plants are small, there ap
pears to be abundant fruit and
it is our belief that if we can
get some moisture, we will have
a surprisingly good crop of cot
ton considering the circum
stances,” Mr. Overman states.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F„
& A. M., Will hold a stated com
munication tonight (Thursday) at
8 o’clock. William Adams, mas
ter, urges g full attendance