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Volume XXIV. —.Number 52.
Property Required
To Be Listed During
Hanuary For Taxes
Township Tax Listers
'Announce Schedules
For Listing
' ' !
With January j 1 only a few
ilays away, attention is called to
the Tact that all property in Cho
wan County must, according to
law, be' listed for taxes during the
month of January. For those who
iieglect to attend to this import
ant matter during January a pen
alty of 10 per cent will be added
after February 2. Then if any
property owner fails to list, the
guilty parties will be reported to
tHe ; Grand Jury and they will
have an opportunity to “tell it
to the judge.”
*As in previous years the tax
listers are required to make crop
acreage records, for which the in
formation must be furnished by
farm owners or tenants. It in
cludes acreage for each crop har
vested during the calendar year
1957; number of cows, sows and
herts on the farm on January 1,
1968 and number of. people living
on farm on January 1, 1958. Os
course, this information will be
considered as confidential and
will not be used in any manner
detrimental to the farmers con
cerned. It is not used for tax
purposes.
The listing for tax purposes
must include all real estate, per
sonal property, etc., which each
Person, owns on the first day of
1958. All, male persons
iffiflbvttDr The ages -of 21 and 50
list their polls dur
'■h»ifTne'same time. Only females
and non-residents of. townships
and persons physically unable to
attend and file their lists can ap
point agents to list property.
The County Commissioners
have set up the machinery for
listing property, with the town
ship listers and their schedules as
follows;
First Township Mrs. James
Byrum and Mrs. Gene B. Culli
pher, tax listers. Every day in
the tax office on the second floor
of the Court House.
Second .Township Henry
Bunoh, tax lister. January 7, 14,
21 a&d 28 at Belch’s office, Center
Hill;. January 9, W. L. Miller’s
Store; January 16, Earl Smith’s
Stores" January 23, Evans Store at
Cross Roads; January 30, C. C.
Nixpji’s. Store. At home all oth
er days during January.
-Xbird Township—T. D. Berry
man, tax lister. Every Saturday
at Lloyd Briggs’ Store; January
9, 23, 39at Henderson Ray Peele’s
Store; January 16 at Spivey’s
. Stoffe, Ryland.
Fourth Township Ward Hos
kins, tax lister. January 4, 11, 18,
25 and February 1 at Harry Per
ry’s .Store. At home other days.
Christmas Seal Sale In Chowan
€punty*72B.lß Short Os Quota
Mrs. James Bond and Ralph
Parrish, co-chairmen of the Cho
wtu County Christmas Seal Sale,
announce that $1,271.82 has been
received toward the county’s
Christmas Seal goal of $2,000.
The chairmen urge citizens of
the iyWUtlty to respond to the ap
peftt-for contributions so that the
quota will be realized this year.
Both Mis. Bond and Mr. Par
rish say it is important that Cho
wan County citizens support this
drive for the following reasons:
; TB is an infectious disease,
abused by & germ.
Tuberculosis can be prevented
—yet an estimated 400.000 Ameri
cans have active TB, and North
and Chowan County
hftve their proportionate shares.
1,180 new cases were reported in
North*Carolina in
THE CHOWAN HERALD
[ Public Hearing j
In accordance with action taken
by Town Council, a public hear
ing will be held in the Municipal
Building Tuesday night, January
14, at 8 o'clock. The hearing is
in regard to a proposed change
in the zoning ordinance.
A request has been made that
the south side of West Queen
Street between Granville and
Mosely Streets be re-zoned from
RA-7 residential to RA-5 residen
tial.
Any interested person is invit
ed to attend the hearing.
Holmes Speaks
At Rotary Club!
Party Thursday
Edenton Rotarians and Rotary
Annes enjoyed the Rotary Club's
annual Christmas party which
was held Thursday night in the
American Legion building. The
hall was attractively decorated
■ for the occasion and a delicious
! turkey and ham dinner served by
the ladies of the Legion Auxili
ary.
Gifts were spread beneath a
huge Christmas tree, which were
distributed among the Rotarians
and their Rotary Annes by Santa
Claus. - *?■ •
C. W. Overman led the group in
singing Christmas carols with
Mrs. Jack Mooney at the piano.
Robert Marsh, president of the
club, presided over the meeting
and the Rev. George B. Holmes,
rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church, was the principal speak
er. Mr. Holmes spoke very inter
estingly on the symbols of Christ
mas including mistletoe, lights.
Christmas cards, trees, stars and
St. Nicholas. During his remarks
Mr. Holmes told about some of
the customs of celebrating Christ
mas, much to the pleasure of all
in attendance.
Midnight Service
At Catholic Church
A midnight mass will be held
at St. Ann’s Catholic Church be
ginning at 12 o’clock on Christ
mas eve. The meeting, however,
’will begin at 11:30 o’clock with
group singing of Christmas carols
in. progress from 11:30 to mid
night.
The choir will be under die di
rection of Mrs. Marion LaVoy
with Mrs. Janet Beeler as organ
ist.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the services.
yet approximately 16,000 Ameri
cans died of TB last year. 273
of them in North Carolina and no
deaths in Chowan County in 1956.
These are the facilities—
N. C. Sanatorium, McCain with
614 beds; Western N. C. Sanatori
um, Black Mountain with 503
beds; Eastern N. C. Sanatorium,
Wilson with 704 beds; and Grave
ly Sanatorium, Chapel Hill with
98 beds. Jhese are State Sana
toriums operated for the citizens
of North Carolina. Most of the
patients from Chowan County are
hospitalized at Eastern N. C. San
atorium.
The Health Department con
ducts a clinic twice monthly at
the Health Center in Hertford
where Tuberculosis suspects, con
tacts, food-handlers' or an inter
ested person can be X-rayed. X
rays are also done as the Chowan
Hospital by appointment.- The
Health Department personnel vis
it the homes of known cases to
Edenton, van country, Nort Carolina, Thursday, December26,1957.
May tlie infinite blessings of this joyous sea
abide with you and your family.
Chowan County Has 36,60 Miles
Os Secondary Roads Eligible To
Be Paved According To Survey
The Department of Secondary
Roads has presented to the State
Highway Commission the first
phase of its study of secondary
roads. This phase deals with the
unpaved rural secondary roads
which carry 50 or more vehicles
per day.
The survey revealed that there
are 9,330.48 miles of unpaved
secondary roads which carry 50 or
more vehicles per day in North
Carolina. The report showed that
it ‘would cost $129,976,636.48 to
pave all these roads.
Phase one is only the beginning
of the extensive secondary roads
study now being made. Prior "to
January 1, 1958, the Department
of Secondary Roads will make
available a study of all the sub
standard bridges on the secondary
road system as well as the cost of
bringing each bridge* up to the
“minimum level of service” as de
fined by the Highway Commis
sion
The third phase of the second
ary roads study will show what
would be required to bring all
rural unpaved secondary roads up
1 20 Years Ago |
| As Found In the Files of <
The Chowan Herald
Mayor J. H. McMullan repri
manded six boys and issued a
warning to discontinue riding bi
cycles on the sidewalks in Eden
ton.
Chief of Police George A.
Helms issued a warning that an
ordinance forbidding scooting of
fireworks will be rigidly enforced.
Dr. F. H. Garris, county health
officer, reported that Chowan
County will benefit by ,a $1,000.-
000 gift from the Z. Smith Rey
nolds Foundation. Inc., for the
war on syphillis.
Four cash prises were offered
for the most attractive Christinas
decorations in Edenton.
Pinal arrangements were com
pleted for the Edenton Boy Scout
troop to become affiliated with
the Tidewater Council.
, Edenton Lions received special
recognition at a district meeting
held in Raleigh for having repre
[ sentatives traveling the fartherest
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to a “minimum level of service”.
The Commission has approved a
“minimum level of service” to be
at least an 18-foot wide traveled
way, adequate drainage, and an
all-weather, year-round surface.
The “minimum level of service"
for bridges has been approved for
at least an 18-foot wide roadway
and a load limit of eight tons.
Secondary Roads Officer Har
old Makepeace said that a pri
ority list for paving rural sec
ondary roads has been completed
by the State’s 14 Division Engi
neers and will be submitted short
ly to the County Board of Com
missioners in each of the State’s
100 counties.
This priority list based on need
will be used in preparation of
county by county secondary road
plans by July 1, 1958.
The survey shows that Chowan
County has 36.60 miles of roads
having an average annual traffic
volume of 50 or more vehicles per
day. The cost to pave these roads
is estimated at $732,000 with the
average cost per mile being $20,-
000 or 0.5632 per cent of the
statewide total.
Teen-Age Club
Will Be Closed
Until January 4
The Teen-Age Club will be
closed during the Christmas holi
days due to work being done on
the heating system. The club will
re-open January 4.
Members Os Chowan College
Staff Will Preach At Edenton
And Rocky Hock December 29
Several members of the Cho
wan College staff will be busily
engaged in serving the churches
of the Roanoke-Chowan area dim
ing the Yuletide season.
On Sunday morning, December
29, Dr. Bruce E. Whitaker, Cho
wan’s president, will preach at
the Edenton Baptist Church, and
Dr. Johp McCready, head of the
College English Department, will
be at the large rural church.
Rocky Hock, just a few miles
away.
Chesson Heading
Group To Select
' Firmer For 1957
Wesley Chesson, Jr., has been
appointed as Chairman of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Committee which will organize a
community search to find and
honor Chowan County's most out
standing young farmer in the 21-
35 age group.
The purpose of the search is to
j increase public understanding of
the farmer and his problems and
to increase youth interest in agri
culture as a career.
Awards will be made to the
community winner and runner-up
and the winner will also be enter
ed in the state judging, where the ,
winner will be given an all-ex- j
pense trip to the national awards j
program in Indianapolis, Indiana,
next April. At the Indianapolis
meeting four of America’s out
standing farmers of 1957 will be
named and honored.
STATIONED IN FRANCE
Specialist Third Class Carroll
iP. White, son of Mr. and Mrs.
I Henry J. White, Route 3, Eden
ton, is assigned to Bussac U. S.
Army General Depot in France.
A mechanic in the depot’s
597th Engineer Company, Spe
j cialist White entered the Army
'in January, 1948, and arrived in
Europe in October, 1957, after
his last assignment at Fort Mon
roe, Va.
I CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE
I Holy Communion will be cele
| brated at St. Paul’s Episcopal
| Church Christmas eve, starting at
111 o’clock. Mrs. Thomas S. Hop-
I kins will be at the console for
the service.
’ That same Sunday morning will
find three 'other Chowan staffers
serving a little closer home. Dr.
Bela Udvarrioki, chairman of the
Social Science Department, is to
be at the ' Woodland Baptist
Church for the morning worship
hour. College Relations Direc
tor, John C. Hill, Jr., will speak
at Creech Memorial in Ahoskie,
and F. Milam Johnson, chairman
of the Chowan Science Depart
ment, will preach at the Meher
rin Church in Murfreesboro.
Penalty On Taxes
Will Go In Effect
Saturday, Feb. Ist
1957 Tax Books Are
Now In Hands of
Collector
Sheriff J. A. Bunch and Town)
Clerk Ernest ,J. Ward, Jr., re-1
i mind Edenton and Chowan Coun- j
j ty taxpayers that the tax books j
for the year 1957 are now in their I
j hands for the collection of taxes, i
Attention is called to the fact!
that until February 1 taxes must j
|be paid at face value. After Feb-1
j ruary 1 a penalty of one per cent |
j will be added. Beginning March !
jl another one per cent will be ;
j added. On and after April 2. in
! addition to the said 2 per cent, i
one-half of 1 per cent per month :
will be added until the taxes are 1
paid.
Both' tax collectors urge tax- i
payers to pay their taxes before ;
the penalty goes into effect.
Marine Pilot ;
Dies In Crash
Near Enfield
Tragedy again struck at the
Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air Sta- j
tion Thursday when lsl Lieut, j
Thomas G. Quinlan, 24, lost his’
life in a plane crash.
The accident occurred near En-;
field while Quinlan, a pilot, was!
on a training mission flying an
AD6 attack bomber. The plane)
burned in a field near Enfield. 1
i The cause of the accident is not
known, but a board was appoint
ed to investigate the cause of the
crash.
Quinlan was attached to Ma
rine Attack Squadron 225 of Ma- i
rine Air Group 14. He is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. George V. Quin-j
lan Os Vineland, New Jersey.
LIBRARY CLOSED 3 DAYS
As of Tuesday of this week the |
Shepard-Pruden Memorial Li-1
brary will be closed three days j
for the Christmas holidays. The |
library will resume regular hours
Friday, December 27.
Office Open ]
s. ;
Gilliam Wood, president of the
Edenton Chamber of Commerce,
announces that an office for the
organization is now furnished |
and ready for use. The office is
on the first floor of Hotel Jo-1
seph Hewes and was furnished
and decorated by Tom Hopkins
and Warren Twiddy.
Mr. Wood is delighted to re
port that the office is now ready
For Harry Smith. Jr„ the man
ager, who is scheduled to begin
his duties January 15. Mr. Wood
as well as all of the directors,
are very anxious to have loca'
people call at the hotel and in
spect the Chamber of Commerce
office.
[civic calendar]
Edenton Varsity Club will
! again sponsor a Christmas dance
in the Edenton armory Wednes
day night. December 25. from 9
P. M., to 1 A. M.
Dr. Bruce E. Whitaker, presi
dent of Chowan College, will
preach at the Edenton Baptist
Church Sunday morning. Decem
ber 29. and Dr. John McCready.
head of the College English De
partment. will preach at the
Rocky Hock Baptist Church at
the same time.
Chowan Tribe of Red Men will
] elect officers -at a meeting to be
. held Monday night. December 30,
at 7:30 o’clock.
The next Northeastern Cancer
Clinic will be held Friday after
noon. January 3. at 12:30 o'clock
at the Cancer Center. Elizabeth
City.
Student Night will be observed
at the Edenton Baptist Church
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$2.00 Pei- Y ear In North Carolina
Chowan Coes Over
Quota In Sale Os
U. S. Savings Bonds
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DR. BRUCE E. WtIfTAKER
Filling the pulpit at the Eden- j
ion Baptist Church Sunday
morning, December 29, at the 111
o'clock service will be Dr. Biuce
E. Whitaker, president of Cho- 1
wan College.
Mortgage Burning
Feature Os VFW
Christinas Party
Members of William H. Cof
field Post No. 9280, Veterans of
Foreign Wars and the VFW Au-;
xiliary held a very enjoyable
Christmas party in the Post home
last week. A feature of the meet
ing was burning of the mortgage
on the VFW building, which was
reason for much elation on the
part of Post and Auxiliary mem-,
bers alike.
Another feature of the meet
ing was the presentation of five
year membership pins to 11 Au
xiliary members. The pins were
presented by Mrs. Dora Stillman,
president, and went to tile follow
ing: Maxine Basnight, Helen Bv
rum, Lenora Crummey, Mary
Louise Coffield, Dorothy Fair
cloth. Virginia Oliver, Nellie Per
ry, Betty Perry, Ella Gray Potts,
Ella Mae Parrish and Mamie i
Quinn.
SCHOOLS CLOSED
Public schools in Chowan
County closed Wednesday of last j
week for the Christmas holidays i
and will not reopen until Thurs- i
day. January 2.
Many of the students are work
ing part time and. of course, j
many of the teachers iiave re- j
turned home to spend the Christ-1
mas holiday with relatives and j
friends.
No General Limit On 4 Acreage
Reserve Acres" Says Chairman
There is no limitation on the;
number ot acres that can be put
in the Soil Bank's 1958 Acreage
Rt serve except as may be estab- 1
lished by the State Acv Commit
tee, according to A. C. Griffin, I
chairman of the Chowan County j
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Committee. An y
limitation established by the I
State Committee, he said, would)
be to give producers a fair and j
equitable opportunity to partici- J
pate or to prevent an adverse ef
fect on the economy of the area.
The Acreage Reserve, Chairman
Griffin explains, is the part of the
Soil Bank under which fanners
agree to reduce their current
year’s acreage of upland cotton,
corn, wheat, rice, and tobacco be
low their established acreage al
lotments, in return for payments
designed to maintain net income
for land put in the program.
The other program under the ,
Soil Bank— the Conservation Re-'
serve—helps farmers shift gen
eral cropland to conservation uses
under contracts tunning for 3,5,
or 10 years.
Highlights of the 1958 Acreage
DRIVE CAREFULLY -•
YOU MAY SAVE
YOUR LIFEI
I! Cumulative Sales From
i Jan. Ito Nov. 30 To
tal $132,023.24
A. B. Harless, volunteer U. S.
Savings Bonds Chairman for Cho
wan County, reports that sales in
Chowan County during Novem
ber amounted to 57,059.95 which
brings the year's total sales to
5132.023.24. This amounts to
110.3 per cent of the county’s quo.
j ta attained to date.
j Chowan’s quota for 1057 is
j SI 19.680.
During November sale of Series
E savings bonds in North Caro
lina showed an increase of $5.3 %
over November a year ago. The
combined sales of E and H Bonds
were $3,797,641 which was $12,000
below November 1956 sales. This
amounts to only .3 of l' ', decrease
for the month. Howt ver, Novem
ber a year ago bad one additional
sales reporting day,
January-November 1957 sales
i passed the $43 million mark
j which is over 79', of the annual
I quota for 1957.
Redemptions of matured E and
j H Bonds during November Were
the smallest volume of eash-ins
tor any month since November
1956. With both sales and re
demptions taken into considera
tion, November was the best sav
ings bonds month c ’ this year.
Red Men
F leet New Officers
Monday, Dee. 30th
Chowan Tribe of Red Men call
ed off their meeting Monday night
of this week, but will meet at
7:30 o’clock Monday night, De
cember 30. At that meeting the
final nomination of officers will
be made, after which an election
will be held.
Albert Cullipher, sachem of the
tribe, urges a large attendance t»
take part in the important busi
ness of electing officers.
Varsity Club’s
Dance Dee. 23
i In the Edenton armory Christ
j mas night the Edenton Varsity i
I Club will hold its annual Christ
mas dance, starting at 9 o’clock
land continuing until 1 A. M.
: Charlie Niles and his orchestra
j of Norfolk will furnish the music
j for the dance, which is expected
jto attract an unusally large
! crowd.
Reserve Program include:
Per-acre payment rates for 1958
are somewhat higher for mo l
crops than those in effect for
1957.
A 10 per cent premium above
the 1958 compensation rate set
for thei- designated acreage may
be earned by farmers for putting
in the 1958 program the identical
land they included in the 1957
program.
Payments to any one ''produc
er'’ will be limited to $3,000. This
limit applies to each producer
with regard to each farm he op
erates or in which he has an in
terest and share in the crop.
A Soil Bank “base" will be es
tablished for all farms taking part
in the 1958 Acreage Reserve, and
the total harvested acreage in
1958 must be reduced below tins'
base by the number of acres
placed in the Soil Bank.
The total goal for basic crops
in the 1958 Acreage Reserve is
from 11.5 million tr» 14.5 million
acres. (This includes slightly
over 3.9 million acres of winter
wheat aready signed up for the
1958 program.)