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I CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXIV. —Number 49.
Aces Captiire State Class A Crown
Overcome Mebane
In Thrilling Game
By Score Os 14-71
Bruce White Gains Lion’s Share of Yardage;
Bobby Ashley Thrills Crowd With Long
Runs; Entire Team Superb
Coach Bill Billings’ Edenton
Aces wound up the 1957 football
season in a blaze of glory Fri
day night on Hicks Field when
they defeated a strong Mebane
aggregation 14 to 7 to win the
State Class A football champion
ship. The 1957 football curtain
fell before a record crowd of spec
tators, many of whom accompan
ied the western champions feel
ing confident they would carry
back the state crown.
The Edenton band presented a
fitting program for the occasion,
playing before and during the
game and entertaining the large
crowd of fans during half time.
The game attracted three radio
stations, two from the western
part of the state and the Edenton
station, together with newspaper
reporters from the west as well
as local reporters.
Edenton school officials were
also delighted to have L. J. (Hap)
Perry, executive secretary of the
North Carolina High School As
sociation, attend the game, so
that he could see first hand that
Edenton supports its football. Mr.
Perry was delighted with the
large crown on hand and the cali
bre of football played by the two
championship teams.
The Aces were at their best and
had to be in order to capture the
State crown. Mebane hhd a well
coached and hgrd-fighting team,
so that it was rather uncertain
which team would emerge the
winner until the final seconds of
the game. Both teams played a
Patricia Buiich Is Winner Os
DAR Good Citizenship Award
Miss Patricia Bunch, daughter
Of*’Mr. and Mrs. John N. Bunch, |
has been chosen as the DAR Good |
Citizen. The Edenton Tefi Party
Chapter, Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution again this year
sponsored a DAR good citizen in
the Edenton Junior-Senior High
Schopi. This good citizen must
be a .girl and from the senior
class. She is selected by- the
principal and faculty and voted
off Uy her classmates. She must
possess qualities of honor and de
pendability, which includes truth
fulness, loyalty arid punctuality,
which includes coopera
tion, Courtesy and consideration
of others; leadership, which in
cudes personality, self-control
*nd- ability to assume responsi
bility, and patriotism, which in
cludes unselfish interest in fami-
community and nation,
r Mshweek Patricia was present-
citizen pin by Mrs.
Wood Privott, regent of the local
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Jailer I
Sheriff J. A. Bunch hat ap
pointed Bertram Byrum ai jail
er to succeed Herman White, who
resigned. Mr. Byrum's family,
however, will not move into the
jailer's home until about Decem
!>** IS. d«« to repairs now be
i ing made. /
Mr. While has been highly com
plimented both locally and by
,t.<« officials for the splendid
meaner In which he discharged
the jailer's duties.
Methodists To Hold
family Night Dec. 13
.Members of the Edenton Meth-
Church will observe family
night Friday evening, December
13. at the church Supper will be
| aecnd at 6:30 o’clock and a most
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
hard and clean game, interspersed
with thrills, making it a contest
very much enjoyed by those who
saw it.
To single out individual Eden
ton stars would be more or less
unfair, for every member of the
team played his part to perfec
tion. The entire line proved to be
a formidable wall for the Mebane
runners, so that the visitors were
held to only two first downs and
38 yards rushing during the night.
The linesmen opened holes for the
Aces’ ball carriers and also did
their share of blocking. The Aces
netted 163 yards on the ground
during which they chalked up 11
first downs.
Bruce White closed out his high
school gridiron career playing a
' brand of ball which claimed the
praise of practically all of the
fans. He shouldered the brunt of
: | the offense, being called upon to
carry the ball 29 times and add
ed 119 yards of the 163 yards
gained by the Aces on the ground,
i His bull-like charging netted
, yardage on practically every try.
, He scored Edenton’s first touch
i down when the Aces got possesion
of the ball on the Mebane 30-yard
» line as the result of a bad Mebane
kick. From there he lugged the
1 ball five successive times, one ,of
: which was a 15-yard jaunt, and
• plunged through from the one
, yard line to make the first score
i of the game.
■ Bobby Ashley proved to be a
' | very explosive runner also. It
i Continued on Page s—Section 2
DAR Chapter. Mrs. Privott also
j announced that Patricia will at
j tend the Good Citizens’ Day in
Raleigh on December 7 with all
expenses paid by the local chap
ter. There she will meet around
200 good citizens selected from
high schools throughout the state
and participate in a planned pro
gram that will include a tea at
the Executive Mansion. Mrs. Lu
ther Hodges, wife of Governor
Hodges, and Mrs. Roy Cagle,
State Regent of the DAR, will
receive the girls at the mansion.
Each good citizen winner in
each school competes for the win
ner of her district and the win
ner in each of the eight districts
compete for the State winner,
which is awarded a SIOO bond as
State winner. The local chapter
is hopeful that Patricia will be
the district winner so that she
. will be eligible for the State com
petition and will be the winner in
the state.
107 Pints Os Blood Donated At
Last Week’s Bloodmobile Visit
Joseph Swanner, Chairman of
the Red Cross blood program in
Chowan County, reports that at
the bloodmobile visit at the
Edenton armory last week IQ7
pints of blood was donated. The
quota was 110 pints, so that the
goal was only three pints short.
Mr. .Swanner states that 113
persons reported to give blood,
but that six of this number were
rejected. The chairman is very
well pleased with the response at
the request for blood and is also
encouraged over the fact that
civilians responded. Os the 107
pints donated, 75 were by civil
ians and "35 by Marines.
Those who contributed a pint
of blood were as follows:
Donald F. Adams. Frederick J.
Jensen, Robert G. Vaughan, Don
ald Ansuo, Arnold Hul, Ray B.
St. Charles, Howard Wiste* An
thony Simiriglis, Jessie L. Par
rish, Arthur P. Tebo, Dennis C.
Bueno, James E. Penter, Daniel
F, Searing, Stanford M. Burton,
Edenton ciramberj
Os Commerce Still
IsSeekingManager
Conference With An
other Applicant In
Few Days
Gilliam Wood, president of the
Edenton Chamber of Commerce,
announced Tuesday that he had
communicated with another ap
plicant for the position of mana
ger for the new organization. The
latest applicant is Harry Smith
of Saybrook, Connecticut, who
plans to come to Edenton within
the next few days for a confer
ence with the board of directors.
Mr. Wood stated that Smith,
j who is 52 years old, has had 20
. years experience with Chamber
| of Commerce and business work |
j and that he has excellent refer-1
! ences.
The board of directors have j
| been meeting every Thursday
i and Mr. Wood said the applicants |
have been narrowed down to!
three or four and within a very ,
short time a selection will most
likely be made. “We are giving |
this position serious considers- 1
tion,” said Mr. Wood, “for we j
want the best possible man we
can find for this important job.
When we feel satisfied we have
the right man, we will hire him.”
College Day At
School Dec. 10
College Day will be observed;
at the Edenton Junior-Senior j
High School Tuesday t morning)
December 10, at. which time Miss
Sadye Dunn, field representative,
for Woman’s College of the Uni- ]
versity of North Carolina at
Greensboro will be the principal
speaker.
As field representative Miss
Dunn’s work is with high school
students, teachers, parents and
Woman’s College alumnae. She
is a member of the American As
sociation of Health, Physical Edu
cation and Recreation.
She was graduated last year
with a B.S. degree in Physical
Education; and her very active
“extra-ourricular career” was cli
maxed by her election as presi
dent of Student Government.
! Proof of her ability in “things
academic” was her selection, upon
graduation, as co-recipient of the
Weil Fellowship.
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Edenton’s 1957 Christmas par
ty is scheduled to be held Thurs
i ty is scheduled to be held this
(Thursday) afternoon, beginning
at 4 o'clock.
A ditrict pre-campaign March
! of Dimes dinner 'meeting will be
held at the Triangle Restaurant
Wednesday night, December 11.
at 7 o'clock.
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
Mrs. Ruby 1. Byrne, Henry G.
Doyle, Raymond G. Bucklew,
Robert J. Kennan, Jack L. Ben
nett, Merrill V. Byrne, Colby
Brigham, Raymond J. Meuse,
Dennis M. Hannigan, Martin N
O’Connell, Joseph S. Pochis, John
J. Weiss, Charles R. Morris, Wil
liam W. O’Connell, George
Brown, ‘Jr., Reuben F. Harty,
George W Weaver. Lyle E.
Sloan, Jr., Harold L. Lemon, Ray
Briley, Earl Britton, Henry Allen
Bunch, Thurman -R. Harrell,
Henry O. Peeples, Terry M. Phil
lips, Muriel G. Byrum, Robert
S. Marsh, William S. Sexton.
Jr., Mrs. May belle Sexton, Jesse
H. Copeland, Cecil Fry, Clyde
Ray Hollowell, Joseph K. Swan
ner, Richard M. Guvnes, Eujrene
Carpenter, Marvin Spruill, Rus
sell Wheeler, Henry A. Powell,
WiHiam Davis Stevenson, Lester
D. Elliott, Albert R. Ward. Mre.
Mattie Halsey, Frank fi. Habit,
Mrs. Myrt’e Tvnch, Fddie Bay
Stallings. David G. White, Jr..
Allen Boyd Harless. Thomas
Cross, Sherwood Harrell, William
C. Bunch. Jr„ R. K Ev*n« For
rest Roland^Evans.
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iton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 5,1957.
j Chowan 1958 March Os Dimes Chairman )j
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Pictured above is Tom Ridgeway, administrator of Chowan
Hospital, who has been appointed chairman of the 1958 March
of Dimes campaign in Chowan County. It is nothing new for
Mr. Ridgeway, for it will mark the fourth consecutive year he
has taken part as a volunteer for the polio-fighting organiza
tion.—(Evelyn Leary Photo).
Scholarship Is Inaugurated At
Junior-Senior High School In
Memory Robert Medlin Belch
Robert Medlin Belch, a slender j i
fairhaired fifteen-year old, was a ;
member of the Sophomore Class 1
in Edenton Junior-Senior High i
School. He played trumpet in
the band, sang tenor in Glee Club,
wrote the sports stories for the
Athletic Department. Both his 1 1
Bible and his'tennis shoes show-;
ed signs of hard, frequent use; he :
loved people, and the people of j;
his world loved him. He had al- i
ready begun to dream of the fu- j!
ture; he planned to study medi- j
cine.
Less, than' a month ;igo, Robert i
Medlin Belch was suddenly taken |
from this pleasant cycle of exist- 1
Contribute To Empty Stocking Fund! 1
r
The Young Churchmen of St.
Paul’s Episcopal Church are pre
| paring for theif annual Empty
Stocking Fund celebration of
Christmas to bring joy to many
children in this area.
Contributions and toys are
needed now to make this pro
gram reach the number of chil
dren who otherwise will have a
meager Christmas morning. Ad
dress checks to Empty Stocking
Fund, Saint Paul’s Episcopal |
Church, Edenton. Toys may be
254,000 Bream Are
Turned .Loose In
Bennett’s Mill Pond
Last week 254,500 bream fing
erling were released in Bennett’s
Mill Pond, the fish being brought
here from Charles City, Va., by
F. F. Tanner. Os this number
25,000 were Georgia Cracker
bream, which are said to grow
up to three pounds, are good
biters and a good eating fish.
While they have been planted in
North Carolina before, it is the
first time this species has been
released in local waters.
The Bennett’s Mill Pond prop
erty was recently purchased by
Ernest P. Kehayes, who has done
a considerable amount of work in
rebuilding the dam and repairing
the mill. The pond is now full
of water and the mill is about
ready to grind com. Mr. Ke
hayes made a test grinding last
week and is well pleased with
the result.
Masons To Elect
Officers Tonight
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F.
& A. M., will meet tonight
(Thursday) at 8 o’clock. At this
meeting officers for the year
1958 will be elected, so that
William Adams, master, urges a
full attendance.
LIONS MEET MONDAY
Edenton Lions will meet Mon
day night, December 9, at 7
o’clock. President Medlin Belch
urges all members to be present
ence, victim of a tragic hunting
accident, but his fellow-students
have conceived a plan by which
he will always live within the
walls of the school he loved, and
in the hearts and lives of many
who never actually walked its
corridors by his side. Just be
fore Thanksgiving, the students of
Edenton Junior-Senior High
School requested that the admini- |
stration aid them in setting up a !
Scholarship Fund as a memorial |
to their fellow-pupil. This fund,
to be known as the Robert Med
li.n Belch Scholarship Fund, will
be administered by a Board of
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
i left at the fire station where the
Edenton firemen are repairing
them. No other solicitation is to j
, be made so people are urged to,
give generously.
Applications will not be receiv- j
ed by those who call at the
church. Names of people recom
mended to be helped may be
submitted on a postal card ad
dressed to the Empty Stocking !
Fund, Saint Paul’s Episcopal,
Church. Edenton. Recommenda-;
| tions will be received until De- j
cember 15.
Group Os Grand
Lodge Officers
At OES Meeting
Edenton Chapter No. 302. Or-!
; der of the Eastern Star, held one
; of the most interesting and best
attended meetings in its history
• | Monday night, the occasion be
•|ing the official visit of Mrs.
Lila R. Duke of Washington,
N. C., worthy grand matron.
Over 100 attended the meet
i ing with the Edenton and Hert
! ford chapters acting as joint hos
tesses, and members from many
sections of the eastern part of
the state were present.
Among the distinguished
guests, beside Mrs. Duke, were:
Mrs. Sallie Boetcher of Elizabeth
City, past grand worthy matron;
J. Frank Duke of Washington,
past grand worthy patron; Mrs.
Lvdia Cook of Portsmouth, past
Continued on Page 7—Section 1
Needs Help ]
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Rota Hurdle had the misfortune
Monday to lose practically all of
her personal belongings when her
home was destroyed by fire. The
house was totally destroyed by
the flames and Rosa lost every
thing she possessed except the
doth#* she was wearing.
An appeal is nyds for anything
In the way Os clothing, bed
clothes, furniture or household
items, and Mrs. John Raines will
gfedly pick up anything which
may be donated Her phone num
ber is 3037. ,
Important Cotton
Vote Will Be Held
Tuesday, Dec. 10th
Outcome Will Decide
At Which ’SB Crop
Will Be Supported
In a last minute message to Tar
Heel cotton farmers, Tilman R.
Walker, chairman of the Agricul
tural Stabilization and Conserva
tion State Committee, stresses the j
importance that Tuesday’s vote I
reflect the opinion of all cotton
farmers.
The vote, whether participated
in by all cotton farmers or not,
will have a decided effect on all
cotton farmers. The vote, he
said, will decide the level at ]
which the 1958 cotton crop will be ’
supported. If the vote carries,
support will be set somewhere be
tween 75 and 90 per cent of pari
ty. If the vote does not carry,
support will drop to 50 per cent |
of parity. This decision alone
can affect the farmer’s standard
of living and this decision alone
merits the attention of all farm
ers.
In addition to the price support
decision, farmers will be voting
for or against marketing quotas.
A “yes” vote will mean market
ing quotas and the high support.
A “no” vote will mean no market
ing quotas and the lower support
rate. Either way, according to (
Walker, cotton allotments will re- j
main in effect and must be com
plied with in order for the farm
er to be eligible for support at
any level in order for the farm
er to be eligible to participate in
either phase of the Soil Bank
Program.
“There are some mighty im
portant decisions to be made on
‘Referendum Day’ and these de
cisions should be made by all af
fected farmers,” Walker said.
Meeting Called For
Tobacco Growers
i A meeting for Chowan County
| farmers who grow tobacco will be
| held on Wednesday morning. De-
I cember 11, at 9 o’clock at the
Court House. S. N. Hawks. Ex
tension tobacco specialist of N. C.
| State College, Raleigh, will con
| duct the meeting.
Discussions will include the
i most recent information on tobac
| co varieties including new ones,
! fertilization, plant spacing, irriga
; tion, insect and disease control.
County Agent C. W. Ovei-man
urges all tobacco growers in this
i area to take advantage of this
i opportunity. He stresses the fact
that, being well informed can
mean dollars saved in the grow
-1 ing of this important crop and
: dollars earned with a properly
produced product the market will
want.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton Rotarians will meet
this (Thursday) afternoon at 1
o’clock in the Parish House.
The program will be in charge
of Dr. Ed Bond and President
Robert Marsh urges a 100 per
cent meeting.
Contributions In Recent Drive
Nets $911.10 For Edenton Band
Contributions from the recent:
annual Band Booster Day drive 1
have now reached $911.10 before
expenses. The Band Parents As
sociation and the Edenton Junior.
Senior High School wish to take
this opportunity to thank every
one who donated to the cause.
“We thank you not only for your
donations, but also for the con
stant, evidences of your apprecia
tion and good will," say Band
Association officials.
Following is the present list of
business firms and professional
people who have contributed, for
which the Band Association offers
its most sincere appreciation, and
to aH who have helped so will
ingly:
Sanitary Cleaners, $2.00; Ma
lone’s 5 and 10c Store, $1.00;
Edenton Furniture Co., $15.00;
Cuthrell’s Department Store,
$5.00; David Holton Finance Co.,
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina.
Ridgeway Named
Chowan Chairman
For March Os Dimes
Good Citizen ]
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PATRICIA BUNCH
Last week Miss Patricia Bunch
was chosen as "Good Citizen" in
the Edenton Junior-Senior High
School. The honor was an
nounced by Mrs. Wood Privolt,
regent of the Edenton Tea Party
Chapter. DAR, sponsor of the
award.
New V estrymen ;
Elected At St.
PauFs Church
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Four vestrymen were elected!'
Monday evening by the congrega-!
tion of Saint Paul’s Episcopal j
j Church in Edenton. Oscar Dun- -
can. Clarence Leary, Jr., David
Warren and Dr. Frank Wood will
! serve as Vestrymen of the parish
i for three year terms under the
present rotation system. They i
succeed R. E. Forehand. Jr., Er
nest Kehayes. Col. W. B. Rose
vear and J. Gilliam Wood, who
wilL retire December 31.
Other members of the Vestry
remaining in office for one and
I two year periods include J. H.
[Conger, Sr., J. E. Debnam, R. D.
Continued on Page 6—Section 1
Merchants Will
Meet On Dec. 9
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Announcement is made that the
j Merchants Committee of the
I Edenton Chamber of Commerce
j will hold a special called meet-!
ing of all merchants Monday *
night, December 9, at 8 o’clock!
at the Court House.
The purpose of the meeting b
to adopt and formulate a pro
| gram for uniform store hours for
| the year 1958. It is hoped that all
| merchants attend this very im
j portant meeting or have their
| firm represented, as a program
1 will be decided upon for the en
tire year.
$20.00; Albemarle Restaurant,
$5.00; M. G. Brown Co., $5.00;
: Dr. Allen Downum, $5.00: Bridge
turn Service Station, $15.00: ;
Western Gas Service, $2.00: The
Betty Shoppe, $2.00; S. Hobow
sky’s Department Store. $5.00;
Rose’s 5-25 c Store, 50c: Nu-Curl
Beauty Shop, . $2.00; The Jill
Shoppe, $2.00; Ward’s Shoe Shop,
$1.00; Ward’s Barber Shop, $1.00;
Edwards Body Shop, $5.00; A. L.
Perry's Roofing, $2.00; Dennis
Basnight Service Station, $5.00;
Tasty Freeze. $1.00; Oscor Bunch
Garage, $2.00; Anne’s Beauty Sa
lon, 50c: Daniels Service Station,
$2.00; Sunoco Service Station,
$1.00; 8.8. H. Motor Co., $5.00;
Albemarle Wholesale Co., $1.00;
Agnes and Kay’s Flower Shop,
s2.o<js Ralph E. Parrish. Inc.,
$3.00; The Chowan Herald,'
$10.00; Halsey Feed & Seed
Store, $1.00: Tots and Teens,
$1.00: Belk-Tyler’s. $20.00; Wel
doJP Hollowell, $5.00; Drs. Byba
and Wynn, $5.00; R. q. Holland,
Continued on Pag* $ -Section 1
DRIVE CAREFULLY—
YOU MAY 'SAVE
YOUR LIFE /
J District Meeting Will
» Be Held In Edenton
December II
i
Torn Hopkins, Chairman of the
, Chowan County Chapter of the
National Foundation for Infantile '
Paralysis, announced this week
• that Tom Ridgeway, administra
te rof Chowan Hospital, has been
named to direct the 1958 March of
Dimes campaign for Chowan
County. Chowan County’s goal
for the drive will be $2,500.
Jan Pierce of radio station
I WCDJ has been chosen to head
i up the publicity for the March of
s Dimes drive.
| The fund-raising drive opens on
| January 2 and continues through
jj January 31. This marks the
fourth consecutive year that
j Ridgeway has worked as a volun
-1 teer for the polio-fighting organ-
! 1 ization.
In an appeal to the people of
I I Chowan County to rally behind
1 i the January drive. Ridgeway re
'; ported there are more than 300,-
- i 000 persons in the United States
today who have had paralytic po
-1 lio. At least one of every three
of these is in need of further
medical and rehabilitation service
he stated. “For them mere sur
vival is not enough They have
a right to whate T assistance
will help to make their lives more
meaningful.” he said.
Ridgeway revealed that chea
ters of the National Foundation
are now spending 90 per cent of
their funds for polio patients of
Continued on Page 7—Section 1
Four Aces Make
All-Conference
Team For 1957
With coaches in the Albemarle
Conference selecting a 1957 all
conference team, four of the
Edenton Aces were included on
the mythical football team.
The four Edenton players cho
sen for the honor were Bruce
White, fullback; David Fletcher,
tackle: Charlie Small, center and
Henry Overton, who was given an
end berth.
Two of the Aces were included
on the honorable mention list,
these being Sid White, guard and
Bobby Ashley, back.
The first team as selected by
the coaches follows:
Bill Hull of Tarboro and Over
ton of Edenton. ends; David
Fletcher of Edenton and Hazel
Matthews of Hertford, tackles;
Abe Corey of Williamston and
Clayton Piland of Ahos ki e,
guards; Small of Edenton, center;
Shelton Chesson of Williamston.
Jack Hackett of Ahoskie, Tommy
Matthews of Hertford and Eden
ton’s Bruce White, backs.
20 Years Ago
As Found In the Files of
The Chowan Herald
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Chowan County Recorder's
Court was postponed for about an
hour when it was next to impossi
ble to be in the Court House on
account of smoke from an old
stove.
According to information from
Congressman Lindsay Warren a
$25,000 appropriation was secur
ed for enlargement of the U. S.
Fish Hatchery.
The Bank of Edenton distribut
ed $15,000 to members of the 1937
Christmas Savings Club.
Jimmy Earnhardt announced
that a public wedding will be held
in the Taylor Theatre with the
participants shrouded in mystery.
Due to inability to secure some
one to act aa pMiident at the or
ganisation, BeQ Battery tphsmtar
of the United
Coaiiiiutd orMm .