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CHOWAN COUNTY
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Harvey Point Jase Painted ji
As Aid To Section Economy
At Tri - County Conference
Base at Elizabeth City
Will Remain Closed
And Edenton Base to I
Close as Things Now
The tri-county conference spon
sored by the Edenton Chamber
of Commerce l&onday of this j
• week developed in more or less
of a love feast which from all'
indications proved very benefi-!
cidl to the, three counties con
cerned. The meeting was held in 1
the Hotel. Joseph Hewes dining
room with Gilliam Wood, presi
dent of the Edenton Chamber of
Commerce, presiding. !,
■ In the neighborhood of 75 peo- \
pie attended the meeting repre
senting the Navy Department,
Marine Corps, Congress, State
Highway Commission, Norfolk-
Southern Railroad, Virginia Elec
tric it Power Company, Ocean
Hiway Association, Board erf
Conservation and Development
and officials from Ch&wan, Per
quimans and Pasquotank coun
ties.
As a result of the meeting it
was learned that as things now
stand the Elizabeth City base
will remain closed and the Eden
ton base will be closed not later |
than March, 1959. ,
However, some consolation was
advanced in that the ,P6M Sea
master base at Harvey. Point
should greatly compensate for
thq loss of the other two bases.
Mayor Ernest Kehayes welcom
ed the group to Edenton, and
after Mr. Wood explained the
purpose of the meeting and ex
pressed his appreciation for so
many attending, he called upon
Congressman Herbert Bonner to
address the group.
Mr. Bonner said he realized
it was a distinct shock to this
area when it was learned that the
Elizabeth City facility and Eden
ton base was to close, which
came about due to a change in
the general prospective of na
tional defense. He said it is
something like changing from
horse and buggy days to present
day military preparedness. He
said the first and primary job.in
defense of the country and that
closing of a large number, of mili
tary installations was beyond the
realm ol political pressure. 1
Mr. Bonner said that the size
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Jayvee Basketball Tournament
planned In Edenton Mar.' 12-14
Coach William Billings has
announced that a Jayvee basket
ball tournament will be held in
tl»e Edenton Junior Senior High
School gymnasium Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday nights,
March 12, 13 and 14, with games
starting at 7 o’clock.
Mr. Billings is coaching -the
Edenton Jayvees and announced
that six other schools have eh-1
tered the tournament. He ex
pects to line up another school
SO that there will be eight teams
battling for the championship.
Schools already entered in thei
tournament, besides EdentdlfMi
Elizabeth City, Hertford, Ahoskife,
Williamston, Scotland Neck and
Conway.
Ahoskie will be the defending,
Background Musical System Is |
New Innovation Just Completed
At Peoples Bank And Trust Co.
John A. Kramer, executive vice I
president of Peoples Bank &
fsPiat Company, - announces at
■very unique innovation at the'
Eden ton bank with the instalia-;
i c kgrou nd musical j
iich provides continuous !
during banking hours. The j
system was installed Tuesday by j
Rflfcky Mount and is flow in op
eration. ' j
THF. CHOWAN HERALD
Editor Makes Terrible Mistake
The Herald editor made a terrible mistake last week
in. connection with taking pictures of local children. The
day for taking these pictures is today (Thursday) from 10
A. M. to 5 P. M. at Hotel Joseph Hewes.
Despite the fact that a previous story announced the
time as Thursday, February 27, plus the fact that an ad
vertisement in The Herald carried the February 27 date,
and that a contract calls for a photographer to be in Eden
ton February 27, the editor, for some unexplainable reasen.
carried a story to the effect that the pictures Would be taken
of last week, in which he grossly erred.
To say that he was sorry and humiliated is putting it
mildly, indeed, and an apology is herewith made for the in
convenience caused by those who went to the trouble to go
to the hotel with their children Thursday of last week.
Today (Thursday) is the correct time and last week’s
error is greatly regretted.
National 4-H Club
Week Be Observed
Week of March 1-8
Youngsters This Year
Paying Tribute to
Parents
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This year marks the 10th an
niversary of the National 4-H
Club Foundation and the Inter
national Farm Youth Exchange
Program, ‘according to an an
hotiheemtriT 'BjrTTOftnin' C. Min
ffHtm, the Foundation’s Execu
tive Director. “The 10th Anni
versary . . . presents an oppor
tunity for everyone concerned
with 4-H Club work to join to
gether in celebrating this event,”
Mindrum said.
The Foundation was establish
ed by the Cooperative Extension
Service on November 18, 1948.
In June of the same year, the
International Farm Youth Ex
change (IFYE) got' under way
with the departure of 17 delegates
to England, Denmark, Sweden,
Norway, Holland, France and
Italy.
In the past decade the Foun
dation has pioneered and de-
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s champions,., although Williamston
land Scotland Neck are reported
to be the strongest teams in the
tournament.
It is the purpose to pair teams
in the Albemarle Conference
with the lion-conference teams
to determine the winner.
This will be the third annual
Jayvee tournament, which has
proved very successful in the
first two cOntesls. The tourna
ment is sponsored by the Boys’
. Monogram Club with the pro
ceeds going toward the purchase
I of Monogram coats.
The admission to the games
will be |I.OO for adults and 50
cents’ for students, and it is
hoped large crowd* will turn out
.for .the various contests.
[vide a pleasant working atmos
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 27,1958.
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Early this week Earl Goodwin
announced he will be a candi
date for Sheriff of Chowan Coun
ty in the primary election to be
held Saturday, May 31. -Mr.
Goodwin is the second candidate
to announce for the office. Her
,man F. White haring previously
announced.
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Campbell Touring Choir Will
Sing In Baptist Church Mar. 14
The Campbell College Touring
Choir will present a concert of
sacred music at the Edenton Bap
tist Church Friday night, March
14, at 7:30 o’clock. The choir of
44 voices is under the direction of
Charles Horton, head of the
Campbell Music Department.
The concert by the robed and
well trained choir'will include
music dating from tne fifteenth
century *to compositions by some
of today’s - outstanding contem
porary composers. Arrangements
of folk music from Germany, Ser
bia, France, and Negro Spirituals
will dlso be included in the pro
gramy
The choir Will sing twelve Sun
day evening "concerts in North
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Some idea of the freezing temperatures experienced in Eden
ton is reflected in the above pictures taken last week. Above
picture was taken from the Court House Green with ice as far
as one could see. Lower picture was snapped at the old Nor
folk Southern freight warehouse while a group of ioys were
being chased from the ice by Edenton police. Never before
since 1918 has there been so much ice in Albemarle Sound.
Drive For Red
Cross Is Set For
Week Mar. 3 - 8
Elton Forehand, chairman of
the Red Cross drive in Chowan
County, has announced that the
week of March 3 has been set
as Red Cross Drive Week. The
goal this year has been set at
$2,371.
“Even though this * figure j
seems relatively high,” Mr. Fore
hand said, i's feel that this goal
can be met with full cooperation j
of the people of Edenton and
Chowan County. Please be as
generous as possible with your
contributions when you are call
ed upon by a canvasser.”
The officers of the Chowan
Chapter of the American Red (
Cross are as follows:
R. Graham White, chairman;
John A. Mitchener, vice chair
aAup ‘pueqoiog uojig h :übui
chairman; Gene Ward, treasurer
and Mrs. William White, secre
tary!
JAYCEES MEET TONIGHT
Edenton Jaycees will meet to
night (Thursday) at 7 o’clock in
the Penelope Barker house. Presi
dent Warren Twiddy urges every
member to attend.
Carolina. During March the
choir v* ill tour for nine days,
singing in churches and colleges
in North Carolina, Virginia,
Maryland, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and New York. One of
the highlights of the tour will be
a concert at the famed Westmin
ister Choir College in Princeton,
New Jersey,
The choir performed the choral
work in Paul Green’s outdoor
drama, ‘The highland Call,” and /
also worked in a college produc
tion of Monotti’s opera “Amahl
And The Night Visitors.” In
May they will sing in-a produc
tion of Kurt Weill’s opera, “Down
In The Valley/’
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HDClubsln Chowan County
Sponso ring Feature Na m ing
Homemaker Os The Month ’
‘Homemaker of Year’
To Be Selected Later
From Monthly Win
ners
Chowan home demonstration,
clubs plan to sponsor a special |
feature in The Chowan Herald \
with the selection of a “Home
maker of the Month”. An out
standing homemaker will be
elected and featured from one of
the clubs each month, with the
Mrs. Bertha Fanning Taylor
Will Judge Annual Art Show
Sponsored By Woman’s Club
■> Mrs. Bertha Fanning Taylor,
noted artist, lecturer and critic
of Norfolk, Va., will judge the
annual Art Show to be sponsor- ■
ed by the Edenton Woman’s Club
Saturday and Sunday, March 8
and 9 at the Penelope Barker
house.
“We are, indeed, fortunate to
‘have such an outstanding artist
judge our show,” Mrs. Scott Har
rell, chairman of the show, said.
“Mrs. Taylor will be in Edenton
on Friday, March 7, to judge the
entries.”
Mrs. Taylor, art critic for the
Virginia-Pilot, conducts lecture
courses and gives lessons in;
painting and drawing for the|
Norfolk Museum. For four years
she was president of the Tide
water Artists.
During the; ten years preced
ing the European War, Mrs. Tay
lor was associated with the
Louvre Museum in Paris and
served on the Louvre staff of
lecturers. As artist, pupil and
J. Emmett Winslow
Will Be Candidate
For Seat In Senate
Three Candidates In
Field For District’s
Two Seats
J. Emmett Winslow, Perquim
ans County business man and
former State Senator, has an
nounced his candidacy for one
of the two positions State
Senator for the First Senatorial
District of North Carolina.
Mr. Winslow, prominent in
Democratic party circles in North
Carolina, served the District as
State Senator during the • 1949
and 1951 sessions of the General;
Assembly. j
Last July Mr. Winslow com- i
pleted a four-year term as High- 1
way Commissioner for the First j
Division, having been appointed
to the post by the late Governor
William Umstead. He served as
Sheriff of Perquimans County
for 14 years, retiring from the
office in 1946 without seeking
re-election. He is a member of.
the Executive Committee for the
First Congressional District and {
was twice a delegate to the Na-;
tional Democratic Convention in j
Chicago.
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( “Homemaker of the Year” to be
i chosen from those elected by a
special committee.
I The club publicity leaders met
• In the office of Miss Maidred
Morris, home agent, last week to
discuss this new project. The
following qualifications were set
'.up as a guide for choosing this
| club woman:
1. She habitually performs good
homemaking practices.
2. She provides love and under
standing to her family life.
3. She is active in church, com
! muriity and club affairs.
4. She is a good neighbor.
art critic, she came to know well
the artists and current opinion
among them in Paris. She ex
hibited regularly in three of the
large salons there.
Since her return to America
Mrs. Taylor has given many lec
tures and courses on art, and
from May, 1945, to November, j
1948, • was connected with the j
Hermitage Foundation Museum |
of Lockhaven, Norfolk, as cura- j
tor, lecturer and teacher of
painting and drawing.
Not only will the work of the
school children Os Edenton and
Chowan County be on exhibit,
: but all local artists have been in
|vited to display their paintings,
, ceramics and other handiwork.
Mrs. Scott Harrell has announced
that all school art work will be
collected on Friday, March 31,
and that other work may be
brought to the Penelope Barker
house Monday, March 3, between
the hours of 10 and 12 noon.
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Aa Found In the Files of j
The Chowan Herald
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With the announcement that
Governor Clyde R. Hoe? would
be the speaker at the Chamber of
Commerce, interest was stimulat
ed with 15 new members enrolled
in two - weeks.
Mm Rebecca Colwell, home
agent, was appointed chairman in
Chowan County far the abcerv
| ance of Better Hemes Week in
America. ' -
Non-commissioned officess of
Company F, Edenton National
Guard unit, staged a farewell din
ned in honor of Major M. P.
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Highway Officials J
Will Meet Today In 1
Local Court House
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MATTHEW A. CURRY
Chaplain Matthew A. Curry
has arrived in Edenton to serv»
as group and station chaplain at
the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air
Station. Chaplain Curry succeeds
Commander Charles H. Iley.
I 5. She considers the welfare of
others.
A tentative schedule has been
set up to start these features in
April. Pictures of the homemak
ers will be made by James H.
Griffin, with articles prepared
and written by the publicity
leaders:
Miss Morris is enthused with
this newest project undertaken by
these leaders. She says, “Each
woman who is chosen by her club
1 as their outstanding homemaker
I should feel that her selection is
i a distinct honor to herself, her
• family, and her community.”
Drive On 1
Mrs. Wesley Chesson, Jr., chair
man of the membership commit
tee of the Chowan Hospital Au
xiliary, announces that the mem
bership drive is now under way
’and that up to the present 174
members have been enrolled. "If
you have not been contacted,"
says Mrs. Chesson, "please turn
in your membership dues to me
or Mrs. Albert Byrum."
A list of Auxiliary members
will be published in the next is
sue of The Herald.
Plans Announced By BPW Club
For Spring Fashion Show With
March 13 Set As Tentative Date
Plans for a Spring Fashion,
Show were discussed at a meet- j
ing of the Edenton Business and
Professional Women’s Club held
Thursday night at the Penelope j
Barker house. A tentative date:
was set for Thursday night,!
March 13, to be held at the Jo
seph Hewes Hotel coffee shop
with dinner served at 7 o’clock.
As in previous years, Edenton
merchants will cooperate with a
showing of the latest fashions in j
wearing apparel and hairdos. \
This affair has always drawn a
crowd and is considered one!
’of the most enjoyable events of
the year.
Mrs. Laura Ferguson, president,
j announced the following commit
tees for -the show: Decorating,
Mrs. Elizabeth Flynn; Arrange
ments, Miss Frances Marshbourne
and Miss Goldie Layton; Menu,
MrS. Beulah Boswell and Mrs.
Margaret Phthisic; Tickets, Miss
Mildred Munden; Models, Miss
Inez Felton and Mrs. Alice Twid
dy. Merchants may use as many
as five models and admission to
the show and dinner wiU besi .50.
fight polio ...
GIVE TO THE
MARCH OF DIMES!
Representatives From
Nine Eastern Coun
ties Expected to At
tend Meeting at 2:30
P. M. Today
Officials of the State Highway
! Commission will hold the second
; of their informal highway meet-
I ings in the Chowan County Court
: House this (Thursday) afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock.
These meetings are designed to
bring together county and muni
cipal officials from various areas
of the State to discuss informal
ly the highway problems and
plans of the area. Invitations to
the Edenton meeting have gone
out from Highway Commission
er Fletcher H. Gregory, Jr., to of
ficials of nine northeastern North
. Carolina counties and to munici
pal boards of 23 cities and towns.
Representing tile North Caro
lina State Highway Commission
will be at least three Commission
ers, Director of Highways W. F.
Babcock, Secondary Roads Offi
cer Harold Makepeace, Public
Relations Director Sam Beard,
and Chief Engineer W. H. Rog
ers, Jr. CommmLssion Chairman
J. Melville Broughton, Jr., of Ra
leigh and Commissioners E. L.
White of Wilmington and Fletch
er Gregory of Weldon have indi
cated they plan to attend.
In announcing the meeting.
Highway Director W. F. Babcock
pointed out that this is not an
official public hearing of the
Commission, but is an opportuni-
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Earl Goodwin Is
Out For Sheriff
Earl Goodwin this week an
nounced that he will be a can
didate for Sheriff of Chowan
County in the primary election
scheduled to be held Saturday,
May 31. “If elected, I will use
my best efforts to properly exe
cute the duties of this very im
portant office,” said Mr. Good
win.
Mr. Goodwin is a native of
Chowan County, son of Mrs.
Henry Goodwin and the late Mr.
Goodwin. He has lived practical
ly all of his life in Chowan Coun
ty. He attended Wake Forest
College for two years, where he
was a member of the track team.
He is a member of the Edenton
Baptist Church and Chowan
Tribe of Red Men.
Mr. Goodwin is a former Eden
ton merchant and is well ac
quainted with every section of
Chowan County. He was a can
didate in the 1954 election, when
\ he ran second in a three-corner
-1 ed race.
The president welcomed Miss
Thelma White and Miss Beulah
Privott as new members into the
club. Members placed on com
mittees were Mrs. Eva Privott
and Theima White, International
Relations; Mrs. Ethel Simpson as
co-chairman with Mrs. Lena
Leary. Membership: Mrs. Myrtle
Cuthrell, co-chairman with Mrs.
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The Merchants Committee of
the Edenton Chamber of Com
merce will meet this (Thursday)
morning at 10 o'clock in the
Chamber of Commerce office.
A Jayvee basketball '-tourna
ment will be held in the Edenton
Junior-Senior High School gym
nasium Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday nights, March 12, 13
and 14. starling at 7 o'clock.
A professional photographer
will be at Hotel Joseph Hewes
| today (Thursday) from 10 A. M.
. to S P. ML to taka pictures of
| children free of charge which will