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CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXl%h-Mumber 50
Jolly OldSartta Claus Make i
Triumphant Edenton Entry
As Many Kiddies Greet Him
This Year’s Party Best
Ever Staged By
BPW Club
By EVELYN G. LEARY
More than 5,000. children and
adults overflowed Broad Street
here Thursday afternoon to wit
ness a glittering parade of floats,
bands, marching units and Santa
Claus. The children were so an
xious to see Santa that when his
dazzling sleigh came ifito ■ view
shouts of delight filled .the air.
Police had a difficult time-trying
to keep the youngsters m line
while the parade was in proces
sion. Spectators claimed that this
year’s affair was the best ever
Staged by the BPW Club and
merchants.
It was a little .chilly* but the
day was ideal. Following several
days of rainy weather, the sun
finally broke through to give the
kids the perfect day they had
been waiting for a year. To add
a festive spirit to the occasion, as
well as usher in the holiday sea
son, the colored lights and decora
tions on By>ad Street were turn
ed on.
Shortly after 4 o’clock the pa
rade left Hicks Field under the
direction of Miss Goldie Layton,
parade chairman. In'the line of
march were the following:
Highway patrol cars, horseback
riders, a clown, a car in which
were Mayor Ernest Kehayes, Col.
Frank Collins, Col. A. R. Stacy,
Geddes Potter and other Marine
officials, the crack Marine Band
from Cherry Point, honor guard,
color guard and marching units |
Continued on Pago 7—Section 1
Teen-Age Party
Scheduled For
December 18th
Tom Hopkins, president of the
teen-age council, announces plans
for a teen-age party to be held
at the Teen-age Club Wednesday
night, December 18 at 8 o’clock.
An orchestra has been obtained
for the party and all teen-agers
with 1957 membership cards are
invited to attend. All boys are
requested to wear shirts, ties and
coats and, of course, the girls are:
to dress up, too.
Warren Twiddy is in charge of
decorating the club. Mrs. Kath
ryn Goodwin, Mrs. Warren Twid
dy .-Mrs. Merle Wilkins, Mrs. Jua
nita Cozzens and Mrs. Helen
Perry are in charge of planning
and refreshments. Both commit
tees will be assisted by a group
of teen-agers.
Mr. Hopkins advises that the
Council is most anxious to wel
come the presence of all parents,
members of sponsors and anyone
interested in teen-age functions.
He also announces that recently
a juke box has been acquired for
the club, along with a new bank
pool table. These pieces being
acquired mostly through the gen
erosity of some of the boosters
and it is hoped that additional
equipment will be available in
the near future. The new pieces
just acquired are free to the chil
dren with no money being re
quired for operation.
Methodi&s’ Family
Night December 13
Family Night will be observed
at the Methodist Church Friday
night, December 13, beginning at
6:30 o’clock. An interesting pro
gram has been arranged so that
jt is hoped a large number will at
tend this popular monthly church
A feature of the meeting will
be an address by Linwood Black
burn, who recently returned from
a missionary; tour in Africa.
■; / i/|.qa nVlnrlr All in tenanted
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Edenton Merchants Consider
Schedule For Closing Hours
A general meeting of retail
merchants was held Monday
night at the County Court House
to try to formulate a uniform
program for store hours for the
year 1958. The Merchants Com
mittee the newly organized
Edenton Chamber of Commerce
•proposed an agenda for the 1958
program.
There seemed to be disagree
ment by some of the members on
two issues which included the
period of time to be closed on
Wednesday afternoons and clos
ing on Saturday nights at 7
o’clock. By majority vote it
was decided that stores begin
closing at 7 o’clock on December
28th.
The Wednesday afternoon issue
may be compromised at a» later
meeting as the difference of opin
ions are minor ones. -
The following holidays
Edenton Aces Scheduled To See
Professional Football Game In
Washington Sunday Afternoon
As a token of appreciation for
their prowness on the gridiron
the Edenton Aces will be treated
to a trip to Washington Sunday,
where they will attend the Red
Skins-Pittsburgh football game.
The group will spend Sunday
night in Washington and return
to Edenton Monday.
The expense of the trip will be
b(Wie by to'wnsp*ople who gener
ally are very proud of the record
the Aces have made this season
with their playing bringing an
other State Class A football
championship to Edenton. Not
only have the Aces again won the
state championship against some
Masons Elect
Reeves Master
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F.
& A. M., elected officers for the
year 1958 at a stated meeting
held Thursday night. Daniel P.
Reaves was elected as master,
who will succeed William W. Ad
ams.
Other officers elected were as
follows: Senior Warden, Ernest
J. Ward, Jr.; junior warden, Mc-
Kay Washington; treasurer, R. E.
Leary; secretary, Louis George
Wilkins. T. B. Williford was
elected as a trustee for a three
year term, succeeding H. A. Cam
pen, whose term expired.
According to present plans |
these new officers, together with'
those appointed by the new mas
ter, will be installed at a meet
ing to be held Thursday night, j
January 2.
POCAHONTAS MEETING I
Chowanoke Council No. 54, De
gree of Pocahontas, will meet to
night (Thursday) at 8 o’clock in
the Red Men hall. Mrs. Ella Mae
Parrish, Pocahontas, urges every
member to make a special effort |
to attend.
New Bookmobile Is Purchased
For Pettigrew Regional Library
Mrs. Eugenia Babylon, director
of the Pettigrew Regional Li
brary, announces the recent ac
quisition of a new bookmobile for
the library, which will be used
for colored people in Chowan,
Tyrrell and Washington counties.
The vehicle is a Gerstenslager
and the company is located in
Wooster, Ohio. The chassis was
purchased from the 8.8. H. Motor
Company in Edenton.
Mrs. Verdie Alexander, book
mobile librarian for colored peo
ple and Mrs. Harris, bookmobile
librarian for white people, made
a trip to Wooster by bus and
Edentor owan County, .North Carolina, Thursday, December 12,1957.
were adopted: Easter Monday,
Independence Day, Labor Day,
Thanksgiving and two days for
Christmas. The stores* will re
main open six trade days before
Christmas and Saturday nights
until 9 o'clock from Thanksgiv
ing through Christmas.
It was decided by vote that
stores begin closing Saturday
night, December 28 and close ev
ery Saturday night at- 7 o’clock
until the holiday schedule. Be
ginning Wednesday afternoon,
December 28, stores are to close
at 1 o'clock everv Wednesday
through October with the excep
tion of Wednesday before Easter.
Grocery stores will remain open
30 minutes longer than other mer
chants on Saturday nights and
Wednesday afternoons in order
that downtown employees may
pick up perishables and groceries
after leaving work.
very stiff opposition, but their
conduct on the football field was
equally as impressive 'as their
playing.
Accompanying the Aces will be
their coach, Bill Billings. Alton
Brooks, John Mitchener, Sr., and
West Learv. Even before the
championship was won Mitchener
and Leary one night entered the
field house after a hard-fought
victory and said to Coach Bill
ings and the boys, win or lose,
you’re- going to be treated to a
professional football game.”
All of the boys are looking for
ward with great delight to the
trip.
J 20 Years Ago
{ As Found In the Files of
The Chowan Herald -
'
Though confronted by a strong
delegation, the Chowan County
Commissioners failed to make any
move toward equipping the Cho
wan County Court House wilh an
up-to-date and safe heating sys
tem. The request followed two,
recent instances of narrowly
averting a fire in the court room.
The Commissioners decided that
an up-to-date heating system was
100 costly and agreed to move the
first bench from in front of the
stove, construct a metal shield
around the stove and employ an
elderly man whose duty was to
] Continued on Page 3—Section 1
Lagging
s..
j According to Mrs. James Bond
and Ralph E. Parrish, co-chairmen
of the Chowan County Christmas
Seal Sale, returns are coming in
rather slowly. The Chairmen ap
peal to those who have appar-,
ently forgotten to send in” their
| contribution to do so as soon as
possible.
weather experienced. They had
a personally conducted tour of
the Gerstenslager plant, which
they especially enjoyed.
The bookmobile is a walk-in
type, of all steel construction and
is very well made throughout. It
carries in the neighborhood of 1,-
000 books.
To make the bookmobile pur
chase, a grant of $2,000 was re
ceived from federal funds and the
remainder of the cost.was furn
ished from State funds, which
will amount to approximately
SI,OOO. V
Mrs. Babylon and the librarians
are very well pleased with the
new bookmobile, which will add
greatly to the service.
New Bookmobile For Regional Library
la
Only recently the above bookmobile was purchased for the
Pettigrew Regional Library to serve colored people in Chowan,
Tyrrell and Washington Counties. Mrs. Verdie Alexander, in
front of the bookmobile, librarian for the co ored people, and
Mrs. Harris, bookmobile librarian for whi e people, made a
trip to Wooster, Ohio, and drove the vehic.e back home.
Joe A. Webb, Jr., Is Re-elected
As Chowan District Supervisor
Joe A. Webb, Jr., was re-;
elected in Chowan County’s su
pervisor election which was held 1
last week. He will be one of the |
representatives from the county j
on the board of supervisors for
the Albemarle Soil Conservation
District.' The other two from:
Chowan County on the board j
are L. C. Bunch ancl R. H. Hollo-1
well. The district is composed of I
live counties, Currituck, Cam- J
den, Pasquotank, Perquimans]
and Chowan.
Mr. Webb has served as a dis- j
trict supervisor since his elec- 1
Hobbs Given 1
Certificate For I
District Work
In charge of the -Lions Club;
program Monday night was,
James Griffin who during the
course of his remarks introduced
Lloyd C. Bunch, chairman of the !
Albemarle- Soil Conservation Dis
trict. In turn Mr. Bunch pre
sented Guy C. Hobbs of the Hobbs
Implement Company with a cer
tificate for the outstanding work
he has done in the district.
Jesse Harrell had as his guest
Sgt. Fred Erwin of the Edenton
Naval Auxiliary Air Station, who
will assist with the Cub Scout
program in Edenton.
Dr. A. F. Downum reported that
$3lO has been turned in through
the White Cane sale and he ex
pressed his appreciation to all
who in any way contributed tr
the success of the drive.
'The club will not hold its reg
ular weekly meetings on Mon
day night for the. next fhree
weeks, so that the next regular
meeting will be held Monday
night, January 6.
VFW Post Will
Burn Mortgage
William H. Coffield Post No.
9280 will celebrate a momentous
occasion Saturday night, Decem
ber 14, when a Christmas party
will be held in the Post home at
9 o’clock. A turkey dinner will
be served, with a feature of the
meeting being a mortgage burn
ing ceremony.
All members and their wives
are cordially invited to attend and
enjoy a sumptuous turkey dinner
and see the mortgage on the
building go up in smoke.
Brotherhood At
Rocky Hock Will
Hold Ladies’ Night
Rocky Hock Brotherhood will
observe its annual Ladies’ Night
banquet tonight (Thursday) at
7:30 o’clock at the Oak Grove
Community Building. The organ
ization has been organized only
two years, but already has about
40 members, and much interest
has been aroused. Lloyd M.
Peele is president of the group
and Jack Evans is secretary,
A turkey-dinner with all the
trimmings will be served by
members of the Oak Grove Home
Demonstration Club, after which
a special Christmas program will
be presented.
; tion in December, 1947, and is
! secretary for the Chowan County
] supervisors. He now will serve
I a term of three years.
! The next meeting of the board
!of supervisors of the Albemarle
Soil Conservation District will
be January 9 in Hertford at 7
;P. M. The public is invited to
j attend these meetings. This
i meeting will be for the'purpose
|of electing officers for 1958. Of
ficers for 1957 are: L. C. Bunch,
Chowan County, chairman; H. A.
I Leary, Camden County, vice
[chairman; Frank Skinner, Per
-1 quimans County, secretary.
Stockholders
Vote In Favor
Bank Merger
Jphn G. Wood, Jr., -president
of The Bank of Edenton, an
nounced Wednesday morning
that the stockholders of The
Bank of Edenton had approved
a merger of The Bank of Edenton
with the Peoples Bank .and Trust
Company of Rocky Mount, N. C.
At a special meeting of the
stockholders representing in ex
cess of 85'J- of the stock out
standing, it was voted unani
mously to approve the prior
recommendation of the board of
Continued on Page 6—Section I
Christmas Party
For Base Kiddies j
Santa Claus will be at the sta- 1
tion theatre at the Edenton Na
val Auxiliary Air Station Satur
day afternoon, December 14, at 2
o’clock. The Christmas party will
be given by the base for all base
children between 1 and 12 years
of age. Santa will be on hand
to speak to the youngsters and
will also give a present to each
child attending.
Javcees Plan .For
Shopping Tour For
Group Os Children
Edenton Jaycees are again
planning their annual shopping
tour for underprivileged chil
dren, which will be held Mon
day, December 23.
About 15 children, selected
through the Chowan County Wel
fare Department, will be includ
ed in the shopping tour, during
which they will be allowed to buy
clothes, toys, candy, fruit and al
so be presented a silver dollar.
| CIVIC calendar)
V, .
The Music Department of
Edenton's City Schools will pre
sent its annual Christmas Con
cert Sunday afternoon, December
15. at 5 o'clock, in the Elementary
School auditorium.
Edenton Cub Scouts will hold a
Christmas party Monday night.
December 16. at 7:15 o'clock at
the Elementary School cafeteria.
William K. Coffield Port No.
S2IO. Veterans es Foreign Wan.
will stage i Christmas party apd
mortgage burning ceremony in
the Poet home Saturday night.
December 14, at 9 o'clock.
A Masonic play by the Acacia
Continued on Pago 7—Section 1
Town Council Winds
Up Year’s Business
In Hurry Tuesday
Another Request For
Making Change In
Zoning
Town Council wound up the
year’s business in record time
Tuesday night. Though the meet
ing started a little late due to
several members attending a por
tion of the Business and Profes
sional Women's Club Christmas
party, all business was transact
ed and the Councilmen were re
leased before 10 o’clock.
A request was made to rezohe
the area on the South side of
West Queen Street between
Granville and Mosely Streets
from RA-7 residential to RA-5,
residential. A public hearing on
the request is scheduled to be j
held at the January meeting of,
Town Council, Tuesday night,
January 14, when action will be
taken. The purpose of the re
quest is to change the former
Baptist parsonage into an apart
ment house.
Chief of Police George I. Dail j
made a report relative to stop,
signs at all streets entering Broad.
Granville and Oakum Streets.'
Due to a ruling made in Record
er’s Court by Judge Marvin Wil-:
son, there is no liability in case,
of wrecks when no stop signs are I
provided at intersections. Chief
Dail listed a number of accidents
at some of these intersections and
stated that 35 signs would be!
needed at a cost of approximately |
Sl5O. Action was delayed until]
the next meeting.
Councilmen Luther Parks and.
J. Edwin Bufflap made a report !
relative to a meeting with Tom [
Rivers and Mr. Carlisle regarding'
a difference in cost of the Park
Continued on Page 6—Section 1 '
Red Men Oyster
Roast Dee. 16th*
* Chowan Tribe of Red Men will
stage a “dutch” oyster roast Mon
day night, December 16, at 7
o’clock. The affair will be held I
at the Scott & Ackiss Recapping j
Company on West Eden Street, j
Any of the Red Men who plan!
to attend are requested to contact
Albert Cullipher at the 8.8. H. ]
Motor Company before Saturday '
night, so that arrangements can
be made to secure enough oys- j
ters.
The oyster roast was previous
ly scheduled to be held Fridav
night, December 20, but the date
was changed to December 16 at
Monday night’s meeting.
The oyster roast will take the
place of the weekly meeting.
f Houses Wantedi
>
\ p
Wilh some 20 people recently
arriving in Edenton in connection
wilh the Douglas Aircraft Cor
poration's activities at the Eden
ton Naval Auxiliary Air Station,
a need has developed for housing
facilities. Some are single men
and have found living quarters,
but at least three families and
possibly more are looking for
houses or apartments.
Anyone having a house or
apartment for rent is requested
to contact Ernest J. Ward, Jr„ at
the Municipal Building.
Annual Christmas Concert Will
Be Presented At Elementary
School Sunday, December 15th
The Music Department of the
Edenton City Schools will present
its annual Christmas Concert on
the afternoon of Sunday, Decem
ber 15, at 5 o’clock. This concert,
which traditionally marks the be
ginning of the Christmas musical
programs in Edenton, will pre
sent the Senior High School Chor
us, the Junior High Girls’ Chorus,
the Junior High Boys’ Choir, the
Elerqentary School Chorus, and
Treble Clef Club, which sings as
a girls’ triple trio. In all, over
200 children, ranging from grades
4 through 12 will participate.
Mrs. Mary Leggett Browning,
the school’s choral director, has
$2.00 Per V ear In North Carolina.
BPW Club Names
Mrs. Campen New
“Woman Os Year”
| Award Winner
Thursday night in Raleigh six
persons were presented Charles
A. Cannon awards for their work
in historical research and restora
tion in North Carolina. The
awards climaxed the annual
meeting of the North Carolina So
ciety for the Preservation of An
! tiquiiies. ■>
Among the six receiving the
awards was Grayson H. Harding
of Edenton.
i soaGdioiTstiii
Is Captured In
Chowan County
Chowan County ABC officers
j and ATU officers' early Saturday
j morning swooped down on one of
th< largest and best-equipped
I stills ever to be seized in Cho
! wan' County. The outfit was
found on the road leading from
] Cross Roads to Center Hill and
was in operation at the time.
I
I Two white men. Harold Cope
land and Earl Reid, were arrested
and taken to Elizabeth City for a
preliminary hearing. A third
' man made his escape.
I The still was a 500-gallon ca
, pacity outfit and was totally des
j troyed. It included a 400-gallon
, FREE heater, a 400-gallon cooler
] box, fifty 250-gallon barrels, 500.
I gallons of whiskey and three
] trucks which were confiscated. A
I small building used as living
'quarters, together with other,
equipment was destroyed or seiz- •
ed.
The lane leading to the site of
the still was camouflaged with j
limbs of trees.
Masonic Plav At
Meeting Tonight
A treat is in store for local Mas- !
! ons tonight (Thursday) when a
Masonic play will be presented in
j the Masonic Temple by members
! of the Acacia Club of the Norview
Lodge.
| Each year a play is presented
by their club at various Masonic
lodges in Virginia and Eastern
North Carolina, each of which
wins commendation from all who
; see it. It will be the third time
the Acacia Club has presented a
play in Edenton and a large
; crowd is expected to be on hand
to witness it.
A "Poor Richard" dinner will
be served in the lodge dining
j room at 6:30 o’clock with the
j Acacia Club members be ing
! guests of local Masons. William
! Adams, master of the Unanimity
I Lodge, urges all members to be
] present and extends a cordial in-
I vitation to all visiting Masons to
enjoy the play.
ROTARfANS MEET TODAY
Edenton’s Rotary Club will
I meet this (Thursday) afternoon at
: 1 o’clock at the Parish House.
The program will be in charge of
I Dr. Ed Bond and President Robert
1 Marsh requests a 100 per cent at
tendance.
announced that the program, con
sisting of both traditional and
modern Christmas music, will be
gin promptly at 5 o’clock and
should last less than an hour.
Jerry Holmes, a member of the
school’s senior class, will act as
narrator, and the student accom
panists are Betsy Ross and Bren
da Mooney for the Senior High
Chorus, Jo Ann Leary for Junior
High Girls’ Choir, Roger Lamm
for Junior High Boys’ Chorus,
Mary Harrell for Treble Clef Club
and Jean Goodwin for Elemen
tary Chqrus. The program is
non-sectarian and there is no ad
mission charge.
DRIVE CAREFULLY
YOU MAY SAVE
YOUR LIFE!
j Announcement Made
At Party Held Tues
day Night
By EVELYN G. LEARY
Mrs. Ida Campen was named
"Woman of the Year” by the
Edenton Business and Profession
al Women’s Club at its annual
Bosses' Night Christmas Party
held Tuesday night in the Ma
sonic Temple. She is the first
woman who has eve" been select
ed as a woman of the year with
in the BPW Club, of which she is
t charter member. .Mrs. Lena
Li-tiry, mistress of ceremony, pre
sented the honoree with a dozen
red roses on behalf of the club.
Mrs. Campen was so astonish
ed when her name was announc
ed, a few seonds (lapsed before
-lie could compose herself. With
the assistance of club members
she made it to the speaker’s ta
bu. where she exclaimed in a
tearful voice, "You don't know
how much I appreciate it. It was
the greatest surprise I ever had.”
Mrs. Campon s joviality is one
of her greatest assets. She has
never known a stranger. Once
I one meets this "live wire”, he is
immediately put at ease by her
constant flow of laughter and
friendliness. Never at loss for
words, this lovable lady warms
the hearts of those who come in
contact with her. Mrs. Campen
is always surrounded by friends
' who enjoy her peals of laughter
and humorous chatter, which has
become her "trademark” in Eden
ton. Her vivacity and force is
Continued o:- Page 6—Section 1
Harry Smith Is
Interviewed As
To C. OfC. Post
The board of directors of the
Edenton Chamber of Commerce
held an interview Friday, De
cember 6. with Harry Smith rs
Old Saybrook, Conn. The board
was very much impressed with
Mr. S)nith, who has been recom
jnended very highly by former .
associates and has had several
years experience in Chamber of
Commerce work. Mrs. Smith ac
companied Mr. Smith here and
was entertained bv a group of
Edenton ladies while here. Both
were very much impressed with
Edenton and enthused with the
possibilities, geographical location
and general surrounding. By
unanimous vote the hoard offer
ed Mr. Smith the position as man
ager of the new chamber.
Mr. Smith explained that he
was very much interested in the
position. However, due to some
, personal holdings in his home
town he was unable to make an
j acceptance before working out
] some other details. Mr, and Mrs.
I Smith left Edenton v ith the high
| e-t praise for the hospitality cn
• joyed and indicated that the
! Chamber would be notified with
j in a short time of his decision.
Christmas Party
For Cub Scouts
Monday, Dec. 1.6
•»
] Col. W. A. Free, Cubmaster of
the Edenton Cub Scouts, has an
nounced that the monthly meet
ing for thf Cub Scouts will be in
way of a Christmas party. The
party will be held Monday night.
December 16, at 7:15 o'clock in
the Elementary School cafeteria.
At this meeting some awards
will be presented, with a feature
being a visit by Santa Claus.
Gifts will be exchanged during
the meeting, after which refresh
ments will be served.
The Cub Scouts are requested
to bring gifts of canned food,
which will be distributed among
the needy. Any information
about the meeting can be secur
ed by contacting any one of the
six den mothers, who are Mrs,
Nancy Cars oh, Mrs. Todd Whit
ten. Mrs. Anthony Miranda. Mrs.
Gerald Tumijiy| Full Carpen
ter of Mrs. Lofflf feeorge Wilkins.