North Carolina Newspapers

v; ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN CHOWAN ; COUNTY Volume XXlV.—Number 41. I'Mt-nn, County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 10,1957. 52.00 Per Year In North Carolina - .... == —— 4 a© 16 Directors Are Elected |>r . • • i Chamber Os Commerce At Meeting Held Monday Night Group Is Scheduled to Meet Thursday Af ternoon to Elect Of ficers For New Or ganization With a large number of mem bers on hand Monday night at the Chowan County Court House, organization of a Chamber of Commerce for Edenton and Cho wan County went another step nearer realization when tentative by-laws and a constitution was adopted and directors of the or ganization named. Gilliam Wood, who instigated the revival of the Chamber of Commerce movement, called the meeting to order and explained the purpose of the meeting, after which he was unanimously elect ed as temporary chairman. In his opening remarks Mr. Wood stated that he and others interested were gratified at the response to the appeal for mem berships. He stated that up to Monday night actual cash in hand for memberships amounted to SII,BOO and that ’there were 151 members. The SII,BOO does not include pledges nor memberships in transit, and he said he felt rea sonably certain that the drive for memberships will net over $12,000 and possibly $15,000, which will be needed for proper eperation of an effective Chamber of Com merce. He pointed out that invariably when contacting prospective new industry, among the first ques tions asked is “Do you have an active Chamber of Commerce?” Under tentative by-laws, the Mayor.-Chairman of the County Commissioners, Chairman of the Board of Public Works, president of the Junior Chamber of Com merce and the immediate past president of the Chamber of Com merce are ex-officio members of the board of directors. It was de cided to have 12 other directors, so that Mr. Wood appointed May or Ernest Kehayes, Philip McMul lart, Warren and J. Edwin Bufflap, substituting for W. W. Byrum, as a nominating commit tee to present a slate of directors. The committee retired and pre sented the following as directors: Gilliam Wood, Marvin Wilson, Dr. Richard Hardin, Tom Hopkins, W. E. Malone, W. P. Jones, Shelton Moore, John Graham, James Bond, Gerald James, the Rev. George B. Holmes and W. T. Har ry- However, three more nomina tions were made from the floor, including Joe Conger, Jr., Bill Perry and John A. Holmes. A written ballot was called for. Continued on Page 6—Section 1 Elizabeth Gty’s Yellow Jackets Smother Edetiton Aces 32-12 In One-Sided Game Friday Night Outplayed in every departmen of the game, Edenton Aces’ hopes of upsetting a highly favored Eliz abeth City football team faded be fore Friday night’s game on Hicks -Field was very old. The Aces re ceived to start the game but after three plays were forced to kick and gained possession only once more in the first quarter and again had to kick, while the Yel low Jackets scored one touch down and chalked up six first downs. In the second quarter the Jac kets scored two more touchdowns and while the Aces registered four first downs, they were unable to penetrate Elizabeth City terri tory, going as far as their own 49- yard line. The Jackets continued to dis play their wares in the third quarter, when two more touch downs were scored. In this quar ter the Aces made three first downs and managed to make their deepest penetration thus far, giv ing up on thq ball on downs on the Jackets’ 19. With a lead of 32-0 at the be ginning of the fourth quarter Jac ket Coach Honey Johnson began sending in reserves, and it was in] THE OHOWAN HERALD Local Soil Conservation Office Is Awarded Certificate Os Merit For Outstandng Work In County James H. Griffin, Soil Con servationist, and George A. Con ner, Conservation Aide, have been notified by the Awards Committee for Area 6 that their office has been awarded a Cer tificate of Merit and a letter of commendation from the State Conservationist E. B. Garrett. The award is for outstanding conservation work in Chowan County during the past eighteen months, January 1, 1956, through I June 30, 1957. It will be pre- I sented to them at the state meeting of Soil Conservation Service personnel in Raleigh the first week in December. During the eighteen months Fashion Show October 19 At Edenton NAAS i Sponsored by the “O” Wives Club, a fashion show will be held at the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air Station Saturday night, Oc tober 19, beginning at 8 o'clock. The show will present the most up-to-date fashions for fall and winter by courtesy of Gernell’s of Elizabeth City. The public is cordially invited to attend the show. Admission for the ladies will be SI.OO but men will be admitted free. f ROTARIANS MEET TODAY Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock in the Parish House. President Robert S. Marsh is very anxious to register a 100 per cent meeting. Some Concern ] p With the recent Grand Jury recommending some repairs and improvements at the County Home, the County Commission ers at their meeting Monday gave some thought as to disposing of the county home. At present there are only two inmates at the home and it was pointed out that a considerable amount of money is required to maintain the home, which in re cent years has housed only a few people. No definite action was taken, however. this quarter that the Aces scor ed their two touchdowns. The reserves, however, were pulled out near the end of the game. The Aces made their first touch down after Roche returned a Jac ket kick to the Aces’ 35. Bruce White and Ted Hardison worked the ball to the Jacket 44 and then Hardison made a first down to the 39. Bobby Ashley then carried to the 26 and after Bruce White picked up six yards, Bobby Ash ley romped 20 yards for-the first Edenton score. The second touchdown march began at the Aces’ 38. Bruce White, Bobby Ashley and Ted Hardison alternated in lugging the ball to the Jacket seven, from where Bruce White crashed through the line for a touchdown. In this quarter the Aces register ed eight first downs, while the visitors were held to none. Elizabeth City’s play was spark ed by pill Burgess, who scored three of the Jackets’ touchdowns and accounted for 164 yards of ground gained. He was hard to stop and easily evaded Edenton tackier* on his rampages which ranged# from a few yards to 33. CoathsMi on Pag* I, Section 2 i period one or more conserva tion practices were applied on 491 farms in Chowan County. Among the Conservation practices applied were 56,451 feet of drainage tile on 30 farms, 30.3 miles of open ditches on indivi dual farms constructed plus 18.6, | miles of group drainage ditches | benefiting around 200 farms and ; 10,000 acres of farmland. Twen ty-four ponds were dug for live- ; 'stock or irrigational water and two irrigation systems planned and applied. Seventy-five new ; ; district cooperators signed agree !ments with the Albemarle Soil I Conservation District. Conserva , Continued on Page 2—Section 1 Homecoming Friday Night At Hicks Field ! The FHA of the Edenton Jun-! ior-Senior High School will spon sor the annual homecoming half time events at the Edpnton-Tar-j boro football game Friday night,! J October 11 on Hicks Field, and a I dance following the contest. During the half-time period of j the game the King and Queen will be crowned and the high school! band will perform on the field, j Boxes have been placed down-1 town for the voting and the FHA: urges’ everyone to vote for his 01 , her favorite. School Needs Pointed Out ! Jesse Harrell, a member of a | committee appointed some months! ago by the County Commissioners! to make a study of school needs in Edenton and to make recom-i mendations, submitted a report of ( his committee at Monday’s meet- j ing of the Commissioners. The other two members of the com mittee are J. R. DuLaney and j Benny F. Bateman. Mr. Harrell’s report was based, on information secured from John A. Holmes, superintendent of Edenton schools. At the present rate of enroll ment in the schools. Mr. Harrell pointed out that for the next five I years six more rooms are needed j at the Edenton ElementarV| School, two more rooms at the; colored school and a vocational j shop at the colored high school. I The recommendations also in-! eluded unfavorable action in the, matter of appointing a full time tax collector. Engineers Studying Hurricane Damage Simon Krock and T. T. Mor gan from the Corps of Engineers Office in Wilmington were in Edenton Tuesday making a pre liminary survey of what might be done to eliminate or reduce dam age caused by heavy storms or hurricanes. wwrw:\ The men are making a survey of all areas along the coastal wa ters and when the survey is com pleted and a composite picture of, conditions and suggestions are in hand a public hearing will in all j probability be called to consider some methods to reduce hurricane damage. yzzcccxzzzz— | 1957 Tax Levy | With the 1957 tax books now complete and ready to be turned over to Sheriif J. A. Bunch for collection, the 1957 tax levy amounts to $209,959.51 under the new property valuation. This amount compares with a levy of $197,911.30 for 1956. or an increase of $11,949.21. I Mrs. Maurice L. Bunch Is New Register Deeds At a special meeting of the Chowan County Commissioners held Friday morning, Mrs. Maur ice L. Bunch wqs appointed to serve as Register of Deeds of Chowan County for the unexpired term of her husband, who died suddenly Wednesday of last week. Quite a few friends represent ing a number of Edenton organi zations attended the meeting to present recommendations for the appointment of Mrs. Bunch, who, as deputy Register of Deeds, is well acquainted with the duties of the office. Her appointment was unanimous. Mrs. Bunch appeared at the County Commissioners' meeting Monday morning to thank them for the appointment and promised to discharge the duties of the of fice to the best of her ability and that the office will be at the ser vice at all times to the people of Chowan County. The County Commissioners at their meeting Monday also unani mously appointed Mrs. Bunch as elerk to the Board. Lay man's Day At Warwick Baptist Church Oct. 13th Layman's Day will be observed at Warwick Baptist Church Sun day morning. October 13. A lay man of the church, Albert Hobbs, will preach the sermon. The men of the church will sing special songs and also will occupy the choir. D. H. Berryman, a layman, will preside over the service. This service is sponsored by the Men’s Brotherhood of the church which has been instrumental in promoting several things in the church. The service begins at ' 1 o'clock and the public is invited. lay cees Sponsoring Membership Drive Starting Tuesday of last week and continuing through Thursday, November 14. the Edenton Junior Chamber of Commerce is conduct ing a membership drive. The club is divided into two teams with Billy Bunch captain of one team and Oscar Griffin captain of the other. The purpose of this drive is to encourage more young men to join the organization as well as to stimulate interest among some of the present members who do not attend meetings regularly. At the conclusion of the drive' the losing side will be required to entertain the winners at a party,: the date to be announced later. I Much interest is being generat- j ed by the members of each team,; so that a close race is anticipated. TAX COLLECTIONS Sheriff J. A. Bunch reports that during September he collected $318.59 for 1956 taxes, which amount brought total 1956 collec tions to $184,386.80. Up to the j first of October Sheriff Bunch col- j lected $13,935.13 in prepayment of> 1957 taxes. j JAYCEES MEET TONIGHT Edenton’s Junior Chamber of Commerce will meet tonight (Thursday) at 7 o’clock in the Pe nelope Barker house. President Warren Twiddy urges all mem bers to attend. Woman’s Club Getting Ready For Annual Halloween Party The Woman’s Club’s October meeting held Wednesday of last week, was confined to a business session when illness forced can cellation of a scheduled program. Mrs.-J. M. Thorud. club presi dent, presided over the meeting and a heard a number of reports from committees of various pro jects sponsored by the organiza tion. She also urged members to attend the district meeting sched uled-?or Cf ober 26 in Ahoskie. Details of the thrift sale to be held October 4-5 were outlined for the organization by Mr*. James M. Bond. A bake sale will be held in conjunction with the thrift sale and proceeds from the two-day event will be used in club work. !,]!' Landing Signal Officer In Action 3* ■■ i 4&. f If you have ever seen a news reel of an aircraft carrier landing, you probably have noticed a man who stands near the carrier deck waving colored paddles at the ap proaching airplane. This man is an LSO (Landing Signal Officer) in action. His job is to assist the pilot in safely landing the air plane on the deck of the aircraft carrier. What you probably don't know is that this man is also an experienced pilot and makes many such landings himself. Chowan County's Farm Bureau First To Meet Membership Goal All other reports to the . con trary, Chowan County's Farm Bureau is the first in the state to reach its membership goal for the year, according to State Farm Bu reau treasurer, Mrs. Irby Walker of Greensboro. Green County was a close sec ond in the race to be first among the counties to certify enrollment of this year’s quota. Chowan Farm Bureau members with the help of 10 of the county's 11 home demonstration clubs reached their quota and went over the top by 10 per cent. Total membership reported to the State Farm Bureau office was 220 mem bers, according to Mrs. Walker. The quota was received on Sep tember 30th. Three Chowan Home Demon stration Clubs received cash awards for their efforts in the membership drive, according to Chowan County Farm Bureau President Marvin Evans. First prize of sls went to the 120 Years Ago j As Found In the Files of | The Chowan Herald J. A. Curran, secretary of the Edenton soft ball league, report ed that receipts failed to meet ex penses so that each member of the circuit. Lions. Rotarians, Mas ons and Red Men were each out 335.12. Julien Wood and Richard Dix on appeared at the Chowan Com missioners' meeting to ask that something be done about the "dis graceful" toilet in the Court House. The two men were asked to return at the next meeting with recommendations as to where a toilet should be located. Ernest Drew, 24-year-old Negro was jailed, charged with killing his brother. Willie Drew, follow- Continued from Page B—Section 1 Mrs. A1 Phillips, fine arts and- music chairman, informed the club the community chorus had resumed its activities after the summer layoff and she invited members to join the group. The chorus was formed by the Wo man’s Club and later developed into the Albemarle Chorus. Rich ard Schuman is director and re hearsals are held each Monday night at the radio station site on ' Paradise Road. An appeal for clothing for a col ored family who recently lost their home, furnishings and cloth -! ing in a disastrous fire, was made by Mrs. Thomas Byrum. welfare chairman. With the advent of October, the: Continued on Pago 6—Section 11 First Lieutenant Karftpn L. Byll, U. S. Murine C<ups. pictur ed above, is such, a man; he is an LSO. Lt. Bait, son of Mr. and Mrs % Walter L. Bait. Sr., of Beth lehem. Pi nnsylvunin, graduated front Moravian College at that town With.. ~ B.S. Degree in mathematics. Enlisting in the NAVCAD program in 1953, Lt. Butt won hi.- wings and became a U. S. Marine .let Pilot. "Kail'', as his friend- call him. is present ly station* d with Marine Aircraft Oak.,Grove Club for soliciting the most members: Chowan was sec- 1 on 1 for a prize of $lO and Wards Club third for $5. Green County certified its goal of 1.800 members just 24 hours after the Chowan membership, had be' ii received by state offi cers. The time •! e: i'tifi,fiticn i fixed by the time that the mem ber hip cards and membership: dues are received by the state Farm Bureau 1. 1 astirdr State Faint Bureau Executive Vice President R. Flake Shaw' congratulated the two counties for their fast and effective membi r ship enrollment. “Chowan and Greene have again proven that the best, way to < nr ill farmers as members of a general farm organ ization is to contact them and give them a chance to belong." said Shaw. Chowan will receive a trophy for their efforts resulting in being the first county to officially cer tify its membership. Edenton Aces Get Ready For Tarboro Game ■ _ I With a perfect conference rec ord to date, the Edenton Aces will face Tarboro in an Albemarle Conference game Friday night on Hicks Field at 8 o'clock. On pa per Tarboro does not have an en-; viable record, but will invade the! Edenton gridiron with their guns | set to hand the Aces their first j conference defeat. Tarboro has. lost three games, won one and tied one. with two 1 of the defeats being at the hands] of conference teams. They were! defeated by Hertford 14-12 and by Williamston 25-14. Non-confer ence games included a defeat by New Bern 26-7. a 12-12 tie game with Jacksonville and routed Garner 27-0. Though on the short end of most of the scores, reports are Coniinued on Page 6—Section 1 jDrive Lagging"; The White Cane drive, spon sored by the Edenton Lions Club, is still in progress and Dr. A. F. Downum, chairman, reports that contributions are coming in rath er slow. He sent out 1,100 let ters containing self-addressed en velopes and urges all .who receiv ed these letters to send in their contribution at once. Dr. Downum points out that what funds are obtained in the White Cane Drive are used ex clusively for work among the blind, so that he is hopeful that contributions will pick up and a substantial amount raised during* the drive. Group 14 at Edenton, where he is also adjutant of Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron 14. Lieutenant Batt first became interested in LSO work while on board an aircraft carrier as a member of Marine Attack Squad ron on Two-One-One. Being a pilot, he realized the importance and need of the landing signal of ficer. Lieutenant Batt, a career Marine, bus been in training as an LSO for about a year and is Conlim-ed on Page 6—Section 1 Dav is Is Fleeted Head Trustees Os E. C. College At ;i meeting of the new board 'of trustees for the Elizabeth City Teachers College held Mon day in Elizabeth City. J. W ! Davis of Edenton was elected chairman, as well as Chairman of thi executive committee. Al bert By rum. also of Edenton. is :a member of the board of trus tees and the executive commit ji.ee. Dr. Harris Purks. director of the North Carolina Board ot Higher Education, was the prin cipal speaker and spoke about a survey now being undertaken by a team of experts to lay the ground work for the future plans and expansion of North Carolina's 11 institutions of ( higher learning. At the meeting some consid eration was given to changing the name of the college to the Albemarle State' Teachers Col lege. ( On Parade ] Edenton s fire-fighting equip , ment was on parade Monday to open the observance ot Fire Pre vention Week. The fire trucks made up the parade, including "Leaping Lena." the Reo Speed Wagon purchased by the town in 1923, the first fire truck ever used in Edenton. Other equipment used by the firemen was also on display at the fire station. County Commissioners Support Club \\ omen By Approyino List Os Program Recommendations A delegation of six members of Chowan home demonstration clubs appeared at the County Commissioners' meeting Monday morning to request the Commis sioners'to back the county's club women by approving recommen dations of the North Carolina Council of Home Demonstration Clubs relative to proposed chang es in Extension Service. The delegation included Mrs. George Smith. Mrs. W. H. Saunders. Mrs. Tommy Hollowed. Mrs. R. H. Hol lowed, Mrs. Bristoe Perry and Mrs. B. P. Monds, with Mrs. Smith acting as spokesman. The Chowan County Council previously approved the recom mendations of the State Council, and the Commissioners complied with the request to support the Chowan County Club women in apDroving the recommendations. The recommendations include the following: Disapproval that the work for, young people of the state be call- f»- DRIVE CAREFULLY— YOU MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE! Objections Made To | Town Assessments For Water ■ Sewer Attorneys Say Assess ment Is Unconstitu tional and Charges Are Inequitable Faced with a,full agenda. Town Counciimen were held in a lengthy meeting Tuesday night. One item consuming a consid erable amount of time was.objec tions registered to the recent wa -1 ter and sewer assessments to property owners in Albania Acres. Marvin Wilson and John Gra ham appeared at the meeting in behalf of some concerned, point ing out the entire assessment is unconstitutional and that there is gross inequality in the various amounts charged. Mr. Wilson represented Henry G. Quinn, and Mr. .Graham appeared in behalf of M, G. Brown Company and Mr. and Mrs. Haywood Phthisic. Mayor Ernest Kehayes expressed the opinion that some informa tion should be secured from the Board of Public Works and so ta bled the matter until the next meeting. Mayor Kehayes ap pointed J. Clarence Leary to join him in a conference with the Board of Public Works. The meeting was designated for a public hearing relative to rezon ing the west side of North Broad Street between Second and Third streets from RA-5 residential to neighborhood business. There was no objection registered at the meeting, so the matter was rofer l'f d to the Zoning Commission and definite action will be taken at the next meeting of Town Coyn- Conlinued on Page 5. Sect'on 1 Land Is Liven To Extend Eden Street Chowan County Commission ers have agreed to give 10 feet ol land north of their property back ot the jad for the purpose of the town extending Eden Street to the back of the shores on the east side, of Broad Street. Belk-Ty'er Company lias a'so given 10 feet ‘o that the ex tension \\ ill he 20 feet. wide. The tv v stre t will provide a right of way for public utilities and will enable collection of trash back, of the stores, union cl ing and other services. ; civic 1 calendar] Chowan County Fair is in pro gress this week and will close i Saturday night. Layman's Day will be observed at Warwick Baptist Church Sun day morning. October 13, at 11 o'clock. The FHA of Edenton Junior- Senior High School will sponsor homecoming events at the Eden ion-Tarboro football game Friday night. October 11. on Hicks Field. A fashion show sponsored by the "O" Wives Club will be held Continued on Page 7—Section I ed ">’olllll work" instead of 4 H Club work. Approval that the farm agent’s title be changed to Agricultural Agent. ' Disapproval to change the title of home demonstration agent to home economics agent. The recommendations include several changes in the chart of proposed organization, among which has included: The Assistant Director of the ’ home economics program to carry i the title Assistant Director and i State Leader of Home Demonstra ! tion Work. 1 That this assistant directorship • be filled by a women of home eco . nomics background, preparation and experience. That the assistant director and state leader have vested within her, administrative, personnel and budget authority wheife. home demonstration work is WBcemed. That the chart show space for Continued cn Peg* T flsrttnn 1