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fr ONLY NEWSPAPER 1, PUBLISHED IN CHOWAN COUNTY AS Volume XXlV.—Number 3(T Chamber Os Commcfle In Edenton Assured By ORvass Held Friday Os Last Week $11,425 Cash In Hand And Goal of $12,000 Easily In Sight That Edenton is assured of the revival of a Chamber of Com merce is reflected in the result of the canvass for memberships which was held Friday of last week, but is not yet altogether complete. When the reports were turned in following the canvass a total of $11,425 was in hand, which did not include $875 in deferred pay ments and some memberships still in transit. The minimum goal agreed upon before endeavoring to revive the Chamber of Commerce was $12,- 000, so that that amount is prac tically in hand and when contacts throughout the county have been completed it is confidently believ ed the minimum quota will be oversubscribed. The movement to reorganize the Chamber of Commerce was instigated by Gilliam Wood, presi dent of the Bank of Edenton, who has been serving as temporary chairman of the project. Mr. Wood, as well .as several others who are vitally interested in hav ing a live Chamber of Commerce, expressed gratification over the success of the canvass. Mr. Wood especially wants to thank mem bers of the committee who made the canvass and all who have co operated in the movement for a greater Edenton through an effi cient Chamber ol Commerce. When all transient member ships are in and ail contacts made with potential members, a meet ing of the membership will he called for the purpose of organic ration. The canvass Friday was preced ed by a kick-off breakfast at the Triangle Restaurant, after which the Edenton Junior-Senior High School Band played a few num bers in front of Mitchener’s Phar macy and Mayor Ernest Kehayes made a brief address in which he urged citizens to join the Cham ber of Commerce and expressed hope for a successful campaign. Farm Bureau’s Fish Fry Friday Afternoon 4:30 • « The annual meeting and fish fry of the Chowan County Farm Bureau is scheduled for Friday af ternoon, September 27, according to President Marvin Evans. This will be held at the Chowan High School at 4:30 o’clock. ’ Officers and directors for the new year will be elected. Com mittees will be appointed and oth er business transacted. 1 •“We expect to have a very in teresting and informative Farm Bureau speaker address us,” Mr. Evans states. Prizes to the win ning home demonstration clubs in the membership drive will be awarded. All members and their families of the white organiza tion are invited and urged to at tend. Hospital Auxiliary Will Meet Friday - The Chowan Hospital Auxiliary Will' hold its first meeting of the fall season Friday afternoon, Sep tember 27, at 3 o’clock. The meet ing will be held in the nurses’ ' home and Mrs. John Raines, pres ident, is especially anxious to have a full attendance. T feme calenbar! • Chewin Farm Bureau will hold its annual meeting and fish fry Friday afternoon, September 27. at Chowan High School it 4j30 o'clock. ' Chowan Hospital Auxiliary will matt in the nurses' home Friday, afternoon, September 17, at 3 w* THE .CHOWAN HERALD r _ Fashion Show Winners . - l 'own above a feme Demonstration Club women who were winners in a fashion show held Wednesday of last week at the Advance Community Building. Mrs. Cora Harrell center, won first place, while Mrs. Gilbert Harrell, left, came in second and Mrs. Lester Copeland, right, was third place winner. Chowan County Farm Tour Is Scheduled To Be Held Friday County Agent C. W. Overman and Soil Conservationist James j H. Griffin announce a Chowan County farm tour which will be! held Friday, September 27. This tour will provide an op-; portunity for farmers to see var-l ious improved farm practices, so] that all interested persons are in vited to join the tour. “You can start anywhere and drop out any where,” say Overman and Gris- j fin, “but we hope you wiH at-1 tend the entire tour for your own benefit, 1 ’ Following is- the ■ schedule of stops which will be made on the tour: B:3o—Foy A. Ward, Gliden, meat type hog production, open and V-type ditch drainage and tile drainage. 9:lo—Roy Winslow, Gliden, treatment to over-limed peanuts. 9:3O—C. C. Copeland, demon- 1 stration poisoning hardwoods to 1 release a young stand of pines. j 10:10—Lester T. Copeland, far-' Plans Started For Calendar By Local Clubs Members of the Edenton BPW Club, Jaycees and Woman’s Club will be knocking on doors for the next week to tell people about the Community Birthday Calendar. They will explain that the idea of the community birthday calen-: dar is to build friendliness and; cordial relationships among all; people, in addition to the valuable ■ information it contains. Every attempt will be made to Continued on Page 2—Section 1 I Aces Roar Back In Second Half Friday Night To Defeat Strong Williamston Green Wave 12 -7 Spotting Williamston High School a touchdown and extra point in the first half, Edenton’s Aces -roared back in the second half Friday night In Williamston to turn back the big and stub born Green Wave 12 to 7. The Aces looked anything but encouraging during the first half as Williamston runners continu ally ripped through the Edenton line for gains on alnjost every play. During the-entire first half Williamston dominated and out played the Aces in every depart- The Edenton line was un- Tableto halt the thrusts of Throw er and*Muse, so that near the end of the first quarter Williamston scored a touchdown and made the extra point. In the first quarter the Green Wave registered five first downs while the Aces regis tered only one/ In the' second quarter the Aces again made only one first down jvhile Williamston, plagued with penalties, made only Renton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday September 26,1957. I rowing crate and meat tyre hogs. 11:00—Thomas Corprew (E. N. , Elliott farm), peanut variety test J demonstration. j 11:30—Carroll and Fahey By ] rum, result of hardwood poisou j ing. 11:50—Fred White, Jr. (Miles Elliott farm), converting mule sta bles into farrowing stalls. 12:30—Lunch at Chowan Com : munity Building, dutch style. I:3o—Alma Forehand, central farrowing house. i I:so—Hutch Winborne, chr’mieal .weed control on peanuts. 2:lo—Marvin Evans, crota'aria for soil improvement. 2:3o—Carlton Privott, Coastal Bermuda and Bahia Grass pasture on sandy land. 3:oo—Clyde Bahia grass and serecia pasture on sandy land. 3:30 —Gilliam Wood (Hayes ] farm), corn variety test demon | stration, multiflora rose fences ‘ and pastures. Girl Scouts In Edenton Are Reorganized Reorganization of the Girl Scout i program, so successfully begun last year, is again under way. Members of the board and troop leaders met last week at the home of the chairman, Mrs. R. H. | Vaughan, and planned for the ; year’s activities. Mrs. Robert S. Shields, co ; chairmen and troop organizer, has | arranged for a new intermediate troop, a new Brownie troop to I Continued on Page 7—Section 1 I however, when the second half opened. They appeared to. be stronger and more determined, so that they were able to make some headway in carrying the ball and also held back the thrusts at the line by the Williamston runners, which yielded so much ground during the first half. Receiving the ball to start the half, the Aces registered two first downs when a pass was intercept ed, but they soon recovered a Williamston fumble. The ball went over to Williamston on their own 28 and after making two first j downs Bruce White broke into \he I Williamston backfield just in time to snag a pitchodt intended for Thrower and easily pulled away from Williamston tackles for a 52- yard jaunt for a touchdown. Try for the extra point failed. The Aces looked more like their real selves in the final quarter when they chalked up sig first downs and in a drive starting at their owe 36-yard line, scored the] Coatiiuied on Page Action 2 Mrs. Ferguson New President Os BPW Club Mrs. Laura Ferguson was elect ed president of the Edenton Busi ness and Professional Women’s Club Thursday night to fill the vacancy created when the current president, Mrs. Bommie White, moved from Edenton. Both of these presidents have experienced the same situation. Three years ago Mrs. Ferguson, as president, | also left Edenton before she could i preside and the same happened to: Mrs. White. The club wrs delighted, to have j their old member back, and par-! ticularly, that she accepted thej presidency. Mrs. Ferguson thank-j ed the club, then added, “I’m j green, so I’ll need all the help I can get.” The membership assur ed her full cooperation during the year. Mrs. Alice Tvviddy, first vice president, presided at the meet ing. The club was asked to ap point a representative to serve on the Health Clinic Steering Board: Mrs. Tvviddy was elected to fill this post. It was announced that the BPW Fall district meeting will be held j at Roanoke this Sunday. Regis tration will get under way at 11 | o’clock with dinner served at 1 1 o'clock. A good representation was requested at this meeting. j Plans for the Community Birth day Calendar sale were complet-. cd, and canvassers were urged to get the project started at once since time is running short. Miss Inez Felton, chairman, distribut ed calendar samples and gave in- j structions to the solicitors. Thej j club voted to pay for all listings 1 of BPW meetings on the calen- j dars. ‘ | No program was held at Thurs- j day night’s meeting. Bishop Waters At St. Ann’s Church For Confirmation His Excellency, Most Reverend; i Vincent S. Waters, D.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Raleigh, will con-j for the Sacrament of Confirma tion on Sunday next, the Feast of St. Michael, September 29, at 3 P. M., at St. Ann's Catholic , Church on North Broad Street In addition to the resident cler j gy. the Bishop will be assisted by j the Rev. Raymond J. Donohue, pastor, St. Charles Church, Ahos j kie, the Rev. Joseph Hart, of St. J Catherine’s Church, Elizabeth | City, and the Rev. William Con | don, of St. Elizabeth’s Church, Elizabeth City. Among those to receive the sac rament are the following Eden | tonians: Misses Patricia Bowen, j Mary Allison Leech, Carol Beeler,] Mesdames Richard Coleman, Wil-i liam Morgan. Michael Deßlois and Joseph Griffin. Also Michael j Clapsadl, Bruce Richardson. Den-j nis Leahy, Bryan Leahy. Wayne Holzemer,. Clyde Tribbey, Kurt Schaefer. Kermit Fleming and. : Willie Jenkins. Mrs. Janet Beeler will be the | organist. Mrs. Marion LaVoy will direct the choir and a solo will be sung by Mrs. Ann Bethel. Red Men Banquet Monday, Get. 21st Members of Chowan Tribe of Red Men will stage their annual banquet Monday night, October 21. The banquet will begin at 7 o’clock in. the American Legion building on the Windsor highway and will consist of barbecued chicken. Some of the principal officers of the Great Council of North Caro lina will be invited as guests of the tribe with the principal speak er to be W. E. Yopp, Great Chief of Records of Wilmington. The committee in charge of- the j banquet includes: Carl Keeter. i Caswell Edmondsorf, Kenneth ' Worrell, William Barrow. Willie Spruill, Frank White, Leroy Har rell, Alton Shaw. Melvin Harrell. Fred Keeter, Clyde Hollowell and J. Edwin Bufflap. METHODIST RALLY DAY The Edenton Methodist Church will observe Rally Day Sunday. September 29. The various class es will meet in the sanctuary in stead of their usual class rooms for the observance. - » j Promoted To Eagle Scouts j ] TOMMY KEHAYES BILLY HARRY J j ■t l » DALLAS STALLINGS JACK OVERMAN Five Edenton Boy Scouts will be honored Monday night when they will be promoted to Eagle Scouts in a Court of Honor to be held in the Edenton armory. The five boys are Tommy Kehayes, top left; Billy Harry, top right; Dallas Stall ings, lower left, and Jack Overman, bottom right. The fifth boy is Arthur White, who recently moved to Norfolk and whose picture was not available.—(Photos by Gus Hughes). School Teachers Os County Will j Be Guests Os Rotarians Tonight School teachers of Chowan County will be guests of the Edenton Rotary Club tonight (Thursday) when the Rotarians will stage their annual Teachers'] Night. The banquet will be held in the dining room at the Masonic] Temple at 7 o'clock with the la-> dies of the Eastern Star serving] the meal. Together with the teachers Ro tary Annes will also be guests of the Rotarians. George Alma Byrum is chair-! man of the committee in charge of: Sale U. S. Bonds In Chowan 89.3 Pet. Of’s7 Goal k According to A. B. Harless, Chowan County volunteer chair man for United States Savings] Bonds sales, Chowan County is among 21 North Carolina counties j which have achieved two-thirds j j or more of their annual goal dur-, ing the first eight months, j Sales in Chowan County in Au i gust, according to Mr. Harless, amounted to $3,008.30. For the first eight months Chowan County sales totaled $106,869.74, which is 89.3 per cent of the county’s 1957 dollar goal. The combined sale of Series E and Series H United States Sav ings Bonds in North Carolina dur ing August amounted to $3,703,- 200. The cumulative combined; sales figure for the year through' August is $31,678,881, which is 58.2 per cent of the annual quota. Billings Lions Club Speaker Edenton Lions at their Monday night meeting heard Coach Bill Billings in a preview of the foot ball schedule for this year. Coach Billings was introduced by C. A. Phillips, who had charge of the program. Billings stated that the team had no secrets this year, no trick plays for scouts to observe. He stated, however, that the boys had good team spirit and played to win, that he had some players with several years of good experi ence. It was pointed out that oth er teams in the, area are “out to win over Edenton” this year due to the team’s past achievements. “The team this year has good weight, but they are up against Continued on Png* 2—Section I i the banquet and announces that] ‘ a very interesting program has! been arranged. ij The principal speaker for the j occasion will be Wade Man- of Ij Elizabeth City, prominent after-1 ; dinner speaker. The banquet will take the place] ; of the usual meeting at 1 o'clock All of the white teachers anr j 'school officials have been invit ! :| ed and it is expected that prac tically all of them, which include' •! quite a few new teachers, will at | :| tend. 1’57 White Cane I Drive Is Started By Lions Cluh J i Edenton’s Lions Club will join: the more than 14,000 Lions of ] North Carolina in again sponsor ing the White Cane Drive. The local drive will be in progress] i through Saturday. October f>, dur | ing which Lions will offer each citizen of the community an op portunity to aid in the prevention of blindness by joining the White Cane Drive. Dr. A. F. Downum is chairman of the drive and in connection with it. says, “No one would con demn his fellowman to a life of darkness. Join the White Cane Continued on Page 2—Section 1 Chowan Home Demonstration Clubs' 1 Fashion Show Last Week Proved To Be Very Suceessful The “Fashion-O-Rama”, spon sored by the Chowan Home Dem onstration Clubs at their Septem ber County Council meeting prov ed to be a huge success. Four teen club women modeled dresses that they had made themselves, and one member made dresses which were modeled by her two pre-school daughters. The fash ion show was held in the Advance Community Building with Enter prise Club serving as hostess on Wednesday afternoon of last week. Mrs. Cora Harrell of the Beech Fork Club was first place winner, modeling a butcher-linen suit of navy blue accented in white at the coltqxvcuffs and buttons. Her expertly made suit was finished at a cost of $3.75. Mrs. Gilbert Sarrell of the Advance Club won second place. Mrs. Harrell mod- $2.00 Per Year In North Carolina. Eagle Scout Court of Honor Scheduled For Monday Night Scout Speaker ) JOHN A. rlOi-MEo j Principal speaker at the Eagle Scout Court of Honor in the Edenton armory Monday night, September 30. will be John A. ! Holmes, superintendent of Eden ton schools. r Aces Idle ij j > j Edenlon's Aces afl e r three bruising battles which netted two victories and a i e game will be idle this week, with no game scheduled for Friday night. How ever, Coach Bill Billings will be taking his boys through the paces in preparation for the game with the strong Elizabeth City Yellow Jackets on Hicks Field Friday 1 night. October 4. Though clinging to the long end i of the score in two of the three games, the Aces were not too im pressive as a whole, so thet Coach Billings will endeavor to effect some improvements. Polio V aceine On Hand At Health Dept. Dr. B. B. McGuire, District i Health Officer, reports that the Health Department has a consid erable amount of polio vaccine, l the date of which will soon ex pire. "All children who have reviv ed the first or second dose of po lio vaccine here and have not re ceived the third dose." says Dr. McGuire, “should come in immed iately' and have the third dose given. “Those who have received the second dose as far back as seven months ago should by all means have the third dose to make it more certain that thev are safe from paralytic polio. If the sec-' ! ond dose was given as much as j a year or more back, thev should still have the third dose which i a booster dose. If your children have' had no polio vaccine, they ! should start now. Its value is now proven.” -jeled a nicely finished dress of - acetate and rayon tweed featur ing a draped buttoned front end -| ing in a side-front kick pleat, and - made at a cost of $4.00 Third i j place winner was Mrs. Lester , Copeland of the Ryland Club who i' also mgdeled a neatly fitted dress >] of acetate and rayon tweed. Her ■ ; princess-styled garment featured ‘ self-buttons with a high collar, • costing her $5.35. These three top i : winners were presented gifts from t Belk-Tyler Company, Edenton. The women were very grateful to , the local department store for the very nice gifts. Mrs. Florence Webb, former : home agent in Perquimans Coun ' ty, and Mrs. Paige Underwood, 1 assistant home agent, Perquimans County, served as judges, i, Participating in the show were: 1 Continued from Peg* B —Section 1 V/ DRIVE CAREFULLY— YOU MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE! V—- Largest Coijrt of Hon or Ever Held In Edenton t What will be the largest Eagle Scout Court of Honor ever held in Edi nton will take place in the Edenton armory Monday night, September 30. at 7 o'clock when five Edenton Boy Scouts will be promoted to Eagle Scouts. The boys are members of Troop 156 which is sponsored by the Eden ton Rotary Club. Scoutmaster Jack Habit is verv much enthused over the forthcom ing event and has announced that a very interesting program has been arranged. He extends a cor dial invitation to the public to at tend. A charge of SI.OO will be made to adults and 50 cents for children. i The program will open with the ’ invocation by the . Rev, B. L. Raines, pastor pi the Rocky Hock Baptist Church. John A. Holmes will be the piincipal speaker for the Court of Honor, which will , also include an Indian dance by' the Seaboard District Indian i Dance Team of the Blue. Heron Lodge of Virginia Beach, The five bovs who will be ad- I variced to Eagle Scouts are Dal las Stallings. Arthur White. Jack Ovf rman. Tommin.v Kehayes and B’lly Harry. Dallas Stallings is the sen of Mr. and Mrs. Thurston Stallings. H< is a member of the Baptist Church, president of the BTU and president of his Sunday School (. lass. His school activities in- Continued on Page 6—Section 1 County Council HD Chibs Plan Ideas Festival Tentative plans were discussed at the September Home Demon stration County Council meeting last week tor the clubs to stage a Christmas festival of ideas on Tuesday night. November 26, from i to 9 o'clock at the Chowan Com munity Building. Christmas decor in arrange ments for doors, tables, mantel, etc., gift wrappings, candles, par ty flavors and place cards, can dies and cookies will he display ed. Two gaily decorated trees will lend then festive touch, fea turing home-made decorations on one. with “ready-made fixings" on the second tree. Aprons for Christmas gilts are to be made by one club, with stuffed toys for children displayed by another. After 9 o’clock, articles on exhibit may be sold by the club if they choose. Continued on Page 6—Section I Second Polio Clinic Todav Sponsored by the Cho w a n County Medical Society, the sec ond free polio clinic will be held tonight (Thursday) at the Kadesh A.M.E. Zion Church on East Gale Street from 6 to 7 o’clock. The clinic is for children and adults and the Edenton doctors urge everybody to take advan : tage of the opportunity to be in noculated as a polio preventative. ] 20 Years Ago I As Found In the Files of The Chowan Herald d Chowan Recorder's Court was the scene of a veritable bottle and jug factory as the result of a , crack-down on bootlegegrs by au , Ihorities. Seven hundred eighty-nine chil dren were reported enrolled in the Edenton schools. A proposal was advanced to build a unique town dock mem orial from ancient rock ballast used by incoming ships several hundred years gg« by removing it from the Edenton harbor. Five hunAbd ninety-three chll- Continued on Page 2—Section l