ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXV.—-Number 8.
Edenton C. Os C. Sponsoring
Tri-County Conference go
Study Economic Situa Jfm
Herbert Bonner, State
And Local Officials
Invited to Attend a
Meeting February 24
Sponsored by the Edenton
Chamber of Commerce, an in
formal tri-county conference is
planned to be held Monday,
February 24. The conference i
will begin with a luncheon at
noon at Hotel Joseph Hewes.
William P. Jones is general
chairman, assisted by J. H. Con- [
ger, Sr., J. W. Davis, J. Clarence
Leary, Sr., J. Edwin Bufflap, Bill
Cozart and President Gilliam
VTood.
Mr. Wood announced that the
conference is being held to dis
cuss the economic effects of the
proposed closing of the Edenton
Naval Auxiliary Air Station here
and to explore ways and means
to ease the situation by increased
industrial activity for the tri
county area.
Mr. Wood stated in his invita
tion that “despite official pro
nouncements ,we are not accept
ing the decision without explor-
ing every possibility of keeping
it in operation, especially in
view of the new defense appro
priation and public thinking on
Ihe defense program.
“However, we cannot afford to
wait until the closing date to
weigh the seriousness of the sit
uation and to take appropriate
action to fill the gap. The base
has made a major contribution
to the general economy of the
entire tri-county area. At the
present time the annual military
payroll is $4.5 millions and
$353,000 for civilians. In addi
tion there are purchases and
contracts made witty business f es
tablishments amounting to many
thousands of dollars. If the
base closes as scheduled, the
people in our entire area will be
affected, directly or indirectly.
' “The Chamber of Commerce
is, therefore, calling this informal
conference to discuss the prob
lems involved and to investigate
industrial activity for the tri- j
county area which may ease the '
situation.”
Congressman Herbert Bonner
is among the federal, slate and, 1
local officials and business lead
ers who will attend the con
ference.
Continued on Page 2—Section 1 ;
CIVIC CALENDAR
Sponsored by the Edenton
Chamber of Commerce, a tri
county conference will be held
at Hotel Joseph Hewes Monday,
February 24, to discuss economic
effects of the proposed closing
of the Edenton Naval Auxiliary
Air Station.
The Chowan County Farm
Bureau will meet Friday night,
February 21, at 7:30 o'clock at
ihe Chowan Community Build*
ing. 1
A professional photographer
will be at Hotel Joseph Hewes
today (Thursday) from 10 A. M.
to 5 P. M. to take pictures of
children free of charge which will
appear later in The Herald. Ap
pointments may be made by con
tacting Mrs. Bill Goodwin, phone
2462.
Another story hour for children
will be held at the Shepard-Pru
den Memorial Library this |
Continued on Page 3—Section 1 I
James Boswell Wins In School’s
World Peace Speaking Contest
The annual “World Peace”
speaking contest was at the
Edenton Junior-Senior High
School of last week
when James Boswell, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. L. Boswell, was de
clared winner among three other
contestants, who were Linda
Leary, Carol Jethro and Patricia
Bunch. The speaker’s theme was
“The United Nations in the
Search For World Peace.”
Young Boswell was presented a
“World Peace” gold key and his
speech drew very favorable com
ment from all who heard it. He'
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Contest Winner
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JAMES BOSWELL
At the annual World Peace 1
speaking contest held at the |
Edenton Junior-Senior High (
School Wednesday of last week,
James Boswell was declared the
winner, J
Charles Chappell, James Parks
And H. Ivey Ward Winners In
Annual Corn Growing Contest
Charles Chappell, James Parks
and H. Ivey Ward were declared
winners of the 1957 Chowan 4-H
corn growing contest at the Eden
ton Lions Club annual banquet
held Monday night.
Prizes of $lO were awarded to
each of these 4-H Club members
who were winners of their re
spec(.»> _ge groups. Toic contest
was divided into the age groups j
as follows: 10, 11 and 12 years
old, 13 and 14 years, and 15 years
and above.
Charles Chappell, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Carson Chappell of the
Gliden community, was top win
ner of the 13 and 14 age group.
He raised a total of 110.0 bushels
of Funk’s 0-704 corn on his 4-H
acre project. Charles, who was
also winner of his age group in
1956, broadcast a ton and a half
of turkey manure on his land be
fore preparing the seedbed. He
used 400 pounds of 5-10-10 ferti
lizer and 400 pounds of A-N-L top
Farm Bureau
! Meets Friday
Ellsworth Blanchard, secretary
j of the Chowan County Farm Bu
’ reau, announces that a meeting
of the organization will be held
Friday night, February 21, at 7:30
o’clock at the Chowan Communi
ty Building. W. W. Byrum, pres
ident, says the meeting will start
promptly at 7:30 and will be
over not later than 9 o’clock.
A special program has been ar
ranged and refreshments will be
, served. “It is very important
| that every Farm Bureau member
| be present,” says Mr. Byrum.
BANK CLOSED FEB. 22
The Peoples Bank and Trust
i Company will be closed Saturday,
1 February 22 in observance of
j Washington’s birthday. Import-
J ant banking business should,
I therefore, be transacted accord-
I ingly.
I also delivered it over radio sta
| tion WCDJ and will, no doubt, be
requested to make the speech at
civic club meetings.
The speakers were introduced
by Kay White, and the judges
were Superintendent John A.
Holmes, Mrs. R. T. Whitten and
Miss Evelyn Kilpatrick.
The program is directed each
year by the University Extension
Division of the University of
North Carolina as a special ser
vice to high schools of the state.
This year the program was spon
sored by the high school, a pro- 1
ject of the senior English classes.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, Februaiy 20, 1958.
C. Os C. Directors
Will Meet Today
_____
Harry Smith, Jr., executive vice
president of the Edenton Cham
! ber of Commerce, announces that
j the regular meeting of the dircc
; tors will be held this (Thursday)
| afternoon at 5 o’clock. The meet
ing will be held at Hotel Joseph
Hewes and all directors are urged
to attend.
Order Eastern Star
j School Os Instruction
j Scheduled For Friday
Mrs. Maude Reaves, district
I deputy worthy matron of the Or
-1 der of the Eastern Star, has an
! nounced that she will conduct a
school of instruction in the Eden- i
ton Masonic Temple Friday night,
February 21, at 8 o’clock. This j
! school is especially for officers of
| the various chapters and will
j have to do with instruction on
I installation, but a cordial invita
tion is extended to all Eastern
Star members to attend.
dressing. His corn was planted
seven inches in the drill on forty
inch rows. Apparently the tur
key manure paid off, as Charles
made the highest 4-H yield in
Chowan County in 1957.
James Parks, son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. F. Parks, also of the Gli
den community, also planted
Funk’s G-704 corn. His corn was
| spaced twelve inches apart in
rows forty inches Wide. A total
of 500 pounds of 6-8-6 fertilizer j
was used at planting time and j
the corn was top dressed with 400 1
pounds of ammonium nitrate.!
James grew 92.6 bushels of corn j
on his acre.
H- Ivey Ward, son of Mis, Hat-1
tress Ward of Ryland produced |
74.0 bushels of Pioneer 307 corn J
on his 4-H acre project. His corn
was fertilized with 500 pounds of
6-6-12 at planting and top dressed
with 250 pounds of ammonium ni
trate.
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
Day Os Pray er
Friday, Feb. 21
With the Methodist and Episco
pal Churches cooperating, a day
of prayer will be observed at the
Methodist Church Friday after
noon, Februay 21, at 4 o’clock.
The service will be in charge of
the Rev. Earl Richardson, pastor
of the Methodist Church, and the
Rev. George Holmes, rector of St.
Paul’s Episcopal Church.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the service.
The purpose of the day of pray
er is to unite all Christians in an
hour of prayer and to make an
offering for Christian missionaries
at home and abroad. The service
this year has come from a group
of women in. Australia. Each
year it comes from a different
country.
20 Years Ago
| As Found In the Files of j
The Chowan Herald j
V f>
C. E. Kramer was notified that
he had been appointed postmas
ter for Edenton for a second term
of four years.
Edenton's hopes for establishing
a yacht basin opposite the Fish
Hatchery were set back due to
a letter from the War Department
saying that a report was partially
unfavorable acted upon.
Practically all tickets were sold
for the annual Chamber of Com
merce banquet to be held at Ho
tel Joseph Hewes. at which Gov
ernor Clyde R. Hoey was to be
the principal speaker.
Coming as a distinct disappoint
ment in Edenton was information
from the Post Office Department
Continued on Page 4—Section 1
A4D-2 SKYHAWKS AT EDENTON BASE
Lieutenant Colonel H. A. Eisele. commanding otficer of Marine Attack Squadron 211 at the
Edenton Navai Aux.la.y Air S alien. is shown entering the first of the A4D-2 Skyhawks re
?®l^ ed 1 by t ‘ l *J c l uadron - Alihough the squadron received ils last Skyhawk on December 1
1957, about 1,800 hours of flight rime have a.ready been logged.—(Official U. S. Marine Corps
Pictures Os Local
Youngsters Taken
For Herald Today
There Is No Obliga
tion on Part of Par
ents of Children
Today (Thursday) is the big
day for the picture taking of
youngsters in Chowan County. |
The Herald is having pictures 1
taken of all children who are j
brought by their parents or
other guardian to Hotel Joseph
Hewes between 10 A. M. and 5
P. M. absolutely free of charge, j
Appointments may be made by i
calling Mrs. Bill Goodwin, phone
2462. ' ~j
The Herald wants a picture of
your child to print in its forth- ’
coming feature, “Citizens of To
morrow, ’’ a series of photo-!
graphic studies of local children, j
The more we get the better the j
feature will be, so the coopera- j
tion of the mothers and fathers j
is urged.
It often seems to parents that j
children are little one minute and j
are grown up the next, so fast
does a child’s growing stage
pass. Here is a splendid oppor
tunity to catch a likeness of
your child or children at the
Continued on Page 2—Section 1
Cecil B. deMille Writes Letter In
Answer To Janies MacKenzie’s
Ten Commandments Criticism
Cecil B. deMille, producer of
'• “The Ten Commandments,” re
cently shown at the Taylor The
atre, this week wrote a letter to i
W. J. P. Earnhardt, manager of j
I the theatre, in reply to an ar- |
tide written by the Rev. James I
MacKenzie in his column Weekly!
, Devotional Column which appears !
i in The Herald.
; Mr. deMille’s letter follows:
“Dear Mr. Earnhardt: Your re
i cent letter and the clipping from
i The Chowan Herald of January 9,
1958 are in my possession. The
kind of criticism the good rev
erend James MacKenzie has writ
ten for his ‘Weekly Devotional
Column’ in The Chowan Herald
disturbs me somewhat because
leaders of his own church have
publicly recommended ‘The Ten
> Commandments’ for all to see.
t Dr, Louis H. Evans, minister at
large of the Presbyterian Church,
after viewing the film with some
of his colleagues, wrote me: ‘ .
■ We appreciate more than we can
i say your enormous contribution
1 to the inspiration and instruction
: of this generation and, I am sure,
of many to come.’ Dr. Raymond
I. Lindquist, president. National
Board of Missions of the Presby
terian Church, stated: ‘lt sets a
new standard of universal excel
lence, far out-distancing anything
else that has been done in that
medium ... I had the feeling of
participating in the actual event.’
i From Davenport, lowa, Dr. Lloyd
Stephanson Hindman of the First
Presbyterian Church wrote: “Mrs.
!l\ew Books At
Local Library
! The following new books have
[recently been received at the
| Shepard-Pruden Memorial Li
i brary:
j Smith. Maggie-now: Roark, Vhej
Lady and the Deep Blue Sea; I
Klein, The Counterfeit Traitor:;
, Corbett, Professor Preston at
j Home; Djilas, The New Class; |
j Troyat, Amelie and Pierre; Jubi-;
i lee, one hundred years of the At-;
lantic House and Garden’s new j
complete guide to interior decora- j
: tion; Yadkin, The Message of the \
Scrolls; Swanberg, First Blood:
the Story of Ft. Sumter; Smith,
i Where Are You Going? Out.
| What Did You Do? Nothing; j
! Kerr, Please Don’t Eat the Dais-1
| ies; Evans, A dictionary of con- 1
I temporary American usage.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT j
A stated communication of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A F. &
A. M., will be held tonight |
(Thursday) at 8 o’clock. Dan !
Reaves, master, urges a full at
tendance.
Hindman and I took out our Bi
bles last night and again review
ed the thrilling story of Moses I
and his place in God’s plan for i
| the deliverance of the children of
I Israel. We were greatly impress-;
j ed by the care with which you
■ adhere to the basic scriptural
story of Moses and the Ten Com
mandments'.
“I could go on quoting Pres- j
byterian ministers, among others, j
who have written me in terms I
which make me humbly grateful j
for having been able to produce 1
and direct ‘THE TEN COM- I
MANDMENTS’.
“It is quite likely that Mr. Mac- 1
Kenzie, who must have many i
cares and Concerns for the wcl- i
fare of his congregation, has per- j
haps not had the time to devote I
himself specifically to a careful j
and detailed study concerning the
Ten Commandments and Moses.
The reason for my replying to the I
remarks written by the good min- 1
ister is to the effect of present- I
ing him with facts.
“Mr. MacKenzie is quite right
in stating that none of the writ
ings of Tacitus concern them
selves with the life of Moses.
Neither have we claimed at any
time to have studied or used this
famous Roman’s texts in connec
tion with ‘The Ten Command
ments.’ When Mr. MacKenzie j
writes that the works of Josephus
and Philo contain no more on the
life of Moses than we find in the
Holy Scriptures, then I must rea
lize that perhaps he has not had
Continued on Page 2—Section 2
Local BPW Club i
' Will Meet Tonight|
| Eden tbit’s BPW Club will meet i
: tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 o’clock
in the Penelope Barker house.;
1 The program this month will be .
|on International Relations and
j the group will enjoy an “Inter-
I national Coffee Party,” after the
I mec ting.
| Mrs. Laura Ferguson, president,
j w jh preside during the business!
session.
. . '»
RED MEN MEETING
ChoWan Tribe of Red Men will
] meet Monday night, February 24, j
jat 7:30 o’clock. Hurley Ward, sa- j
i chem, urges a large attendance. ';
Marines Getting Accustomed To
Douglas Skyhawk Jets
j Marine Attack Squadron 211,
i based at the Edenton Naval
| Auxiliary Air Station, has com
! pleted familiarization with tVie
new Douglas A4D-2 Skyhawk jet.
Since the commanding officer.
Lieut. Col. H. A. Eisele, flew the
; first A4D hop on September 23, 1
I 1957, the squadron has flown
! about 1,800 hours in the Sky
i hawks. Captain Charles C. New
■ mark was the last of the 33 pil
]ots to check out in the Skyhawk.
I The only “hairy” experience
with the Skyhawk is told by i
. First Lieutenant Richard L. Den
' riis, the flight line officer. He'
'experienced a flameout at high
j altitude on December 16. While
[gliding toward the field, he was
able to communicate with the:
other pilots in the ready room.
After several tense minutes, he
reported that he had a "light
off” and subsequently made an
uneventful landing.
Average Number (
Os l nemploycd 111 i
Area 160 In 19571
I
Henry E. Kendall, chairman of 1
the Employment Security Com- 1
mission for North Carolina, has
announced that a final tally of
benefit disbursements by the
state agency indicated that unem-|
ployment insurance benefits to-1
talcd $33,445,860 for 1957 and
covered 1,865,800 payments. In
1956 the ESC made 1,488,400 pay
ments totaling $25,118,200. Only
in the calendar year 1954 when !
$37,537,653 was disbursed have [
benefit outlays been higher than
during the calendar year just
ended.
Kendall said that among the
2,641 insured workers employed
in the Edenton Employment Se
curity office area, the average
number of unemployed in the av- I
erage week during 1957 was 160, 1
representing 0.41% of the State
total.
Studv Course Today
At Methodist Church
Sponsored by the Women’s So
ciety of Christian Service, a study
course will be held at the Metho
dist Church this (Thursday) af
ternoon at 3 o’clock. The topic
of the course will be Missions
U.S.A., with Mrs. Eddie Harrell of
Hertford teaching the course.
All women of the cb t "h, as
well as others, are cordially in
vited to attend.
Plans Completed
For Heart Sunday
In Chowan County
16 Treated At
New Mental
j Health Clinic
Dr. Dietrich W. Heyder of tlr-
Mental Health Clinic in Elizabeth
City, reports that in the first
three weeks of the clinic a total
of 45 hours has been utilized,
with Hi patients, of which two
1 have been terminated. One fail
ed to keep an appointment and
the other is waiting for admission
to the VA Hospital. The remain
| ing 14 patients were seen fir a
total of 40 hours.
Os the 16 patients eight were
i children and eight adults. When
j ever children are seen b.v the psv
chiatrist one of the parents must
! be present:
| An operating policy and fee]
. schedule have ber n formulated
: and are in the process of being '
adopted. The counties served so j
far have been Chowan, Pasquo- ;
tank and Camden. |
The majority of the patients!
have been referred by their own
physician.
"We would like to express our
appreciation to the public for the!
toys they donated which are be
ing used for play evaluation and,
play therapy,” says Dr. Heyder. j
"and to Dr. W. A. Hoagard for
the dictaphone which he made
available to the clinic.”
The “NAMO” trainer was used
:to familiarize the pilots and men
wjjjth the operation of the Sky
hawk. In addition, a weekly
quiz on aircraft systems opera
tion is being taken by all pilots.
Three groups, headed by Major
George O. Ross, Major George
F. Bauman and Major Stephen
L. Schuster; compete in these
weekly exams. Group "A"
headed by Major Ross, the execu.
tive officer, now holds the
highest monthly average for the
weekly quizzes. The members
of Group "A" are Captains J J.
McCaffrey. C. C. Newmark. R.
A. Piamondon arid Lieutenants
G. L. Holdridge. F. F. Poore. A
L. Graham, R. L. Wolfsk.ll and
C. M. Parker.
Major John W. Coffman, the
squadron assistant operations of
ficer and LSO. flew the Sky
hawk in extensive tests with the
Continued cn Page 2—Section 1
(Hospital Auxiliary
Will Meet Friday
i
1 ®
I The Chowan Hospital Auxiliary
| will meet Friday afternoon, Feb
| ruarv 21, at 3 o'clock in the r.urs
, es’ home. This will be a very
important meeting, so that Mrs.
Ed Bond, president, urges a full
, attendance.
Committees will be announced
[ at the meeting and plans outlined
I for the coming year.
National Library Week Will liv
Observed W eek Os March 16 22
March 16-22 has been proclaim- 1
ed as National Library Week by
the American Library Association
and the American Book Council.
This is the first year that Li-
I brarv Week has been proclaimed.
| This year it is more vital than !
ever before that people realize
the importance of the written
word and also that they increase
their knowledge and stimulate I
their minds by reading. Books
and other related materials are
the storehouse of the past, the
records of the present, and one;
of the hopes of the future.
The slogan for National Li-1
brary Week, “Wake Up and
Read”, means just that. A well- j
informed, interested public would j
be the strongest force for the
“free world” that could be as
sembled by any means. This
“cold war” is a war for men’s
minds the world over. Educated
FIGHT POLIO . . .
GIVE TO THE
MARCH OF DIMES!
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina.
| I)oor-to-I)oor Collect
! ors Will Call From
2 to 4P.M.
* Sunday i< tin- day you can per
sonally help your Heart Fund
Help your heart: That day is Sun
day.
. Between 2 and 4 P. M . t
1 Heart Sunday army, composed of
residents of Chowan County who
i have volunteered their services,
will visit homes in 7 vei v corner
I of Chowan County to collect con
, tributipns for the 1958 Heart
. Fund. Each volunteer will be
, identified by a circular lapel
badge and will carry official
printed envelopes in which con
tributors may seal their ch'-ei.-s,
. bills or coins. The amount of,the
contribution need not lie irveil
: ed.
j Where the volunteer finds no
1 one at home, he or she will leave
| a pu -addressed mail- in envelope
, in which ,t contribution may be
i readily sent to Heart Fund head
quarters during the next few
j days.
"The volunteer army this year.
- as in previous years, is made up
|of men and women who hav, do
i termined that the battle against
the heart diseases merits their
fullest cooperation,” Dr Ed Bond,
; the chairrrian. announced.
: The Junior Chamber of Cour
’ merce will form a road block on
Highway 17 on. Sunday after
noon,'-and the following volunteer
captains and solicitors will visit
homes of Chowan County:
County (white)—Miss Maid red
Morris; (colored)—Mrs, Onnie S.
Charlton
Continued on Page 2—Section !
Members Named To
Board Os Elections
Chowan County's Democratic
Executive Committee met in th
Court House Saturday morning at
11 o’clock, at which time two
Democrats were elected to s i r
as members of the Chowan Coun
ty Board of Elections.
The two named Were L. S. 1.1 v
rum and Philip S, McMullan, bo' ,
of whom have served as member,
for a number years.
Members of the K.xreul ;v
Committec attending the meet jug
were Lloyd E. Griffin, chairman;.
E. W. Spires. .secretary-treasurer:
A. B. Harless; W. H, Pearce. T j„
Ward. Mrs. E. N. Elliott, .vice
chairman, and Mrs. John ; Leo
Spruill.
Another Sloi”v
Hour l.ibrai’N
Another story hour for ehII
(hen will be helc( at the Shepard
Pruden Memorial Libraiy thi
(Thursday) afternoon at 3:1.)
o’clock. It will last for u)ie hour
and is for children between the
ages of 4 and 12.
Mrs. Ed Bond. Mrs. Selby Har
ney. Mrs. James E. Wood and
Mrs. Eugenia Babylon will read
and fell stories. The next .t a y
hour will be March 6.
peoples m all countries can find
common meeting grounds smd ,
settle differences in ideologies
and ways of life.
An educated, alert public can
tip the scales or at least hold the
balance. Russia knows this
Many of her libraries are open 21
hours a day. The general public
in the United States has not
formed the reading habit even
though today there are all kinds
of labor saving devices. Anyone,
regardless of how busy, can take
5. 10, 15 minutes a day to read.
Reading 15 minutes a day, the
average book can be read in a
month.
Congressional Resolution (226)
is now before the House Judici
ary Committee asking the Presi
dent to proclaim National Library
Week. Basil L. Whitener of the
North Carolina District is a
member of the committee.