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CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXV.—Number 16.
Four Candidates
Provide Contest
For Clerk Os Court
Mrs. Lena Leary, West
Byrum, Jr., Thomas
Shepard Join John F.
White In Race For
Office
Since the announcement last
week by E. W. Spires that he will
not be a candidate for re-election
as Clerk of Superior Court, three
more have filed as candidates for
the office. The trio of candidates
are Mrs. Leon Leary, West W. By
rum, Jr., and Thomas Hoskins
Shepard. John F. White previ
ously announced that he will be
a candidate.
Ernest L. White, Jr., late
Tuesday afternoon filed as a
candidate for Clerk of Court |
thus making five candidates
now for the office to be va
cated by E. W. Spires.
Mrs. Leon Leary has been
working in the clerk’s office for
10 years and since 1951 has been
assistant clerk, prior to which she
was deputy.
Mrs. Leary graduated with hon
ors at Edenton High School and
in'l93l graduated from the Nor
folk Business College. She was
branch manager of the Carolina
Motor Club for about 10 years, af
ter which she was employed as
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Term Os Court
Scheduled To
Open April 28
Another term of Chowap Su
perior Court is scheduled to be
held_ the week of April 28.
Judge Henry Stevens of Warsaw
is scheduled to preside over the
term with only civil cases sched
uled to be tried.
Chowan County Commissioners
last week picked 36 names from
the jury box, who will be sum
moned to serve as jurymen dur
ing the term.
Those chosen for jury duty are
as follows:
Johnnie Chappell, Dallas Jeth
ro, Jr., Carlton Nixon, Wallace
T. Bass, Brady'C. Hare, Carey A.
Privott, Henry Allen Bunch, Ells
worth Blanchard, Clarence Gib
son Brickie, Leroy Boyce, W. Jen
nings Bunch, Earl White, A. C.
Griffin, William T. Forehand, R.
G. ~Evans, Ralph E. Wilder, Fred
A.- White, Jr., Lonnie R. Harrell,
W. W. Byrum, Jr„ Herman Lay
den, T. L. Evans, Vernon W.
Lane, Carl Keeter, Raymond A.
Mansfield, Herbert E. Hollowell,
M. J. Evans, Charles M. Asbell,
Ralph K. Hollowell, A. A. Parrish,
T. O. Asbell, Thomas W. Leary,
Robert C. Powell, J. M. Boyce, L.
C. Baker, J. Rodney Byrum and
Thurston Stallings.
Gilliam Wood
Candidate For
Commissioner
Gilliam Wood has filed as a
candidate for County Commis
sioner at large to succeed West
W. Byrum, who will not seek re
election. Up to Wednesday Mr.
Wood had no opposition.
It is Mr. Wood’s first bid for
public office and agreed to make
the run after many of his friends
urged him to do so.
Mr. Wood is president of the
Edenton branch of the Peoples
Bank add Trust Company, presi
dent of the Home Feed & Fer
tilizer Company. He instigated
the reorganization of the Edenton
Chamber of Commerce and is
now serving as president, and is
"associated with many of Eden
ton's activities- He was chosen’
by the Edenton Junior Chamber
of Commerce as the outstanding
Young Farmer of Chowan County
in 1956 and' 1957 he was selected
as the outsanding young man of
the year.
He is well acquainted with the
problems on farms and is among
the most prominent farmers in
THE CHOWAN HERALD
( Brightened Up j
As a result of a request by the
student body of the Edenton Jun
ior-Senior High School, the lunch
room at the school has been
brightened up with a new paint
job. David Fletcher, president of
the student body and Student
Council, recently appeared before
the school trustees with a re
quest to paint {tie lunch room,;
pointing out that students hold
most of their social functions
there and that a coat of paint
would brighten the atmosphere
while eating lunches.
The trustees had the work done
over the Easter holidays and they,
as well as students, agree that a
big improvement has been made.
Dallas Jethro, Jr.
Files As Candidate
For Commissioner
A three-corned contest has de
veloped in the May 31 primary
election for County Commissioner
from the Fourth Township.
Dallas Jethro, Jr., 28, has filed
as a candidate for the office to
be vacated by Joe Webb, who has
served 38 years. Previously an
nounced candidates are Joe Webb,
Jr., and Bembry Wood.
Mr. Jethro is a native of Cho
wan County and graduated from
Edenton High School in 1948.
Since his graduation he has been
a farmer in the Yeopim section.
He is at present a second lieuten
ant in the Edenton unit of the
North Carolina National Guard
and is a member of the Yeopim
Baptist Chureli, He is married
and the father of a three-year-old
son and 3 months-old daughter.
“If elected,” Mr. Jethro said,
“I will devote my best efforts to
the welfare of the Fourth Town
ship and the county as a whole.” •
ROTARtANS MEET TODAY
Edenton’s Rotary Club will
meet this (Thursday) afternoon at
1 o’clock in the Parish House.
The program will be in charge of
Richard Schuman and President
Robert Marsh urges a 100 per
cent meeting.
Local Peoples Bank And Trust
Company Files Application To
Form Consumer Credit Branch
John A. Kramer, executive vice
president of the Peoples Bank
and Trust Company has announc
ed the bank has made application
to the State Banking Commission
to establish an industrial loan
branch in Edenton to be known
as “Consumer Credit Branch”.
The application will be heard
in Raleigh before the Commission
on Wednesday,’ April 23 at 11
A. M. , ‘
1 Kramer said that upon favor
able action by the Commission to
grant the request the Consumer
Credit Branch will be established
at 210 South Broad Street next
Veteran County Officials Will Retire
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Chowan County Winners In Poster Contest
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Chowan County entries in the district conservation poster contest held Friday in Elizabeth
City walked off with five of the six prizes. The winners, pictured above, left to right, are:
Gene Hurdle of Rocky Hock Schoo’, serond place in the fifth v grade; Carroll Tynch of Rocky
Hock School, first place in the fifth grade; Robert Wayne Bass of Chowan H gh School, second
place in the sixth grade; Nancy Bass of Rocky Hock School, first place in the lourlh grade, and
Margaret Tynch of Rocky Hock School, second place in the fourth grade.
Trustees Os Edenton School
AskForNewSehoolßuilding
John A. Holmes, Philip McMul
lan, M. A. Hughes, J. H. Conger
and W. T. Harry, members of ihe
Edenton School Trustees, appear
ed before the Chowan County
Commissioners last week io re
quest a new Elementary School
for Edenton.
It was pointed out that ihe
present Elementary School was
adequate when if was construct
ed some 40 years ago, but that at
present it isn't and that, besides
the location isn't in keeping with
modern schools in that it is sit
uated in an area where there is a
great dealpof traffic, coupled with
limited space for playgrounds and
recreation.
The school trustees also ex-,
pressed the opinion that if a new
school building is constructed and
in view of the tact that the Com
missioners for a long time have
been considering a building in
which io house the various county
offices, the Dresenl school build
ing is adequate to accommodate
all of the county offices, as well
as having plenty of storage space
for records which now clutter the
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to the Taylor Theatre. He fur
ther stated that this new office
is in keeping with the manage
ment’s plan to expand facilities
and services of the bank to meet
the needs of the people and local
business of the community.
“When the new office opens it
will give us more room here in
the main office to serve commer
cial and trust"business,” said Mr.
Kramer. “And also, we will be
able to render a broader and fast
er installment loan service in the
new consumer credit quarters
with facilities for private inter
views.”
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E. W. SPIRES
West W. Byrum Announces He
Has Deckled Not To Run For
Chowan County Commissioner
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MISS LINDA LEARY
An announcement came from
East Carolina College last week
that Miss Linda Leary, popular
Edenton senior and daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Leary, had
been awarded an educational re
sources scholarship.
Chowan Students
Get High Rank In
Typing Contest
Deanna Hollowell of
Edenton Conies In
Second
Thursday of last week the
district typewriting contest was
held at East Carolina College.
At that time a summary report
was given for the results of the
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May Day Festival will be held
in the Edenton armory Thurs
day, May 1.
The 25th District Federation of
Home Demonstration Clubs will
meet at Poplar Branch Friday,
Continued on Page B—Section 1
Three Contests Develop For
Primary Election On May 31
With the exception of West'
Byrum, Sr., E. W. Spires and Joe
Webb, all incumbents of county
offices have filed for re-election
in the May 31st primary election.
As of Wednesday there were
three contests, three candidates
for sheriff, including Sheriff J.
A. Bunch, Herman White and
Earl Goodwin. For the office of
Clerk of Superior Court there
were four candidates, Mrs. Lena
West W. Byrum, who has ser- j
ved as chairman of the Chowan j
County Commissioners for a pe
riod. of 14 years, announced late
last week that he definitely will
not be a candidate for re-election
in the May 31st primary election.
Mr. Byrum’s principal reason for
not seeking re-election is the!
present condition of his health, j
Mr. Byrum was appointed Com- ■
missioner January 1, 1944, to fill
the unexpired term of D. M. War
ren who died, and since that time
Mr. Byrum has had no opposition
as Commissioner-at-large. In i
making his decision not to seek j
re-election, Mr. Byrum says he
greatly appreciates the support
and confidence the voters of Cho
wan County have given him over
the years.
At the termination of his pres
ent term Mr. Byrum will have
served as chairman of the com
missioners 15 years and not only
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
Marine Pilot Is
Killed In Crash
At 11:10 o’clock Saturday
morning, April 12, First Lieu
j tenant Elbert J. Rosa, USMCR,
was killed when his ADS aircraft
crashed into a mountainside near
Chelyan, West Virginia. He was
enroute to Olathe, Kansas, from
the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air
Station on a cross-country train
ing flight.
Police found the lieutenant
half a mile from the wreckage
with his parachute half open.
Lieutenant Rosa w r as a mem
ber of Marine Attack Squadron
225 and is survived by his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rosa,
Sr., of Philadelphia, Pa.
Woman’s Club Thrift
Sale April 18 And 19
Edenton Woman's Club will
sponsor a thrift sale Friday, April
18, from 2 to 5 P. M., and Satur
day, April 19, from 10 A. M., to
5 P. M. The sale will be held in
the building formerly occupied
by Jack’s Grill on Broad Street, i
All kinds of clothing will be on
sale and the women are hopeful
that many people will attend.
Leary, John F. White, West By
rum, Jr., and Thomas Hoskins
Shepard. The other contest is for
Commissioner from the Fourth
Township, with the candidates
being Joe Webb, Jr., Bembry
Wood and Dallas Jethro, Jr.
Officials who face no opposition
as of Wednesday morning are:
Gilliam Wood, commissioner-at
large; William E. Bond, First
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R. P. Baer Elected
President Os New
Edenton Industries
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Production Is Already
Begun In Plant on
Broad Street
* At the first meeting held
Wednesday of the new board of
directors of Edenton Industries,
Inc., Richard P. Baer 11. was
j elected president of the recently 1
organized fiberglass products [
firm here. Mr. Baer is president i
of Halsey Hardwood Company,
Inc., and a director of the Eden
j ton Development Corporation. j
I Gilliam Wood, president and
] treasurer of the Home Feed &
Fertilizer Company, Inc.,' was
I elected chairman of the board of
i directors. Mr. Wood is also
j president of the Chamber of
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
Vegetable Sign-up
! Extended To April 20
The acreage sign-up of vege
tables in the Chowan Cooperative
Produce Exchange has been ex-1
tended to April 20, according to I
Carey M. Evans, secretary-treas-1
urer. This action was taken at j
the April membership meeting j
held at Rocky Hock School on I
Tuesday night, April 8.
The planting season is consid
erably retarded due to weather
conditions. It is hoped that the
sign-up extension will help some
growers who have not made up
their minds. Growers wishing to
sign up should contact Mr. Ev
ans as soon as possible.
Deadline Near 1
With 18 candidates in the field
to fill 10 county offices in the;
May election, attention is called j
to the fact lhat any other pros- j
pective candidates have only *
until Saturday, April 19, to file. I
The deadline will be at 12 o'clock
noon and no filing will be ac- !
cepted after that hour.
Three New Candidates For Clerk Os Superior Court
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MRS. LENA LEARY
Following shortly after the announcement of E. W. Spires that he will not seek re-election
as Clerk of Superior Court, three more candidates have filed for the office. John F. While an
nounced as a candidate before Mr. Spires announcement, and since then Mrs. Lena Leary, as
sistant clerk. West Byrum, Jr„ and Thomas Shepard have entered the race.
District Meeting Os
HD Clubs Friday
Miss Maidred Morris, home
agent, reminds all Chowan Home
Demonstration Club women to at
tend the 25th District Federation
meeting tomorrow (Friday, April
18), at the Dr. W. T. Griggs
School, Poplar Branch, in Curri
tuck County. Registration will
open at 10:30 A. M., with the pro
gram beginning at 11 o’clock.
The Rev. Burkett Raper, presi
dent of Mt. Olive Junior College,
will be the guest speaker.
Arrangements will be made for
anyone who wishes to attend the
meeting but does not have trans
portation if they will contact the
home agent’s office.
A large delegation from Cho
wan County is expected to be
present, according to Miss Morris.
Non-club members are also in
vited.
G Os G Directors
Will Meet Todav
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Members of the board of direc
tors of the Chamber of Commerce
are requested to meet this (Thurs
day) afternoon. The meeting will
be held at 5 o’clock at Hotel Jo
seph Hewes,
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Chowan Pupils Win
Five Os Six Prizes
In District Contest
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GILLIAM WCOD j
With West W. Byrum an
nouncing he will not be a candi
date for County Commissioner
at large, Giiliam Wood has filed
as a candidate for the office in
the May 31st primary election.
Caswell Edmundson Is Elected
President Os Edenton’s Javeees
At their meeting Thursday
night Edenton Jaycees elected j
Caswell Edmundson president for,
the coming year, succeeding War
ren Twiddy. Mr. Edmundson has j
been serving as a vice president
and received the key man award
for the year 1957.
Other officers elected were: <
Gene Ward, first vice president:
Ralph Outlaw, second vice presi
dent: James Perry, secretary;!
West Byrum, Jr,, corresponding
secretary; Rodney Harrell, Jr.,)
treasurer, and Elton Forehand,
Kenneth Worrell, George A. By
rum and Charlie Morgan to the I
board of directors.
WEST BYRUM, JR.
Edenton Lions Variety Show
Friday Night Very Successful
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Jaycee Road-e-o
Scheduled May 3
Eugene Carpenter, Chairman of i
the Teenage Safe Driving Road-!
e-o, announced this week that:
written tests for those competing
will be held at the Junior-Senior
High School and Chowan High
School Wednesday morning, April
23, beginning at 10:50 o’clock.
The driving tests will be held
on the street in front of the Jun
ior-Senior High School Saturday
morning, May 3, beginning at 9:30
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20 Years Ago
LAs Found in the Files of
The Chowan Herald
Walter M. Wilkins was ap
pointed by Town Council to rep
resent tile Fourth Ward to suc
ceed William E. Bond, who mov
ed to his farm on the Suffolk
highway. «
A delegation of Edenton people
went to Plymouth in J. H. Con-
Continued on Page 6—Section 1
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Entries From Rocky
Hock School Win
Four of Five
Chowan County’s entries in the
district conservation poster con
test held in Elizabeth City Fri
day more or less monopolized the
show with the youngsters cop
ping five of the six prizes. There
were 30 posters entered in the
district contest and in the five
counties involved in the neigh
borhood of 550 posters were en
tered for elimination.
Four of the five winning Cho
wan posters came from the Rocky
Hock School and one from Cho
wan High School. The winners
included two first place awards
and three coming in second place.
First place winners were Car
roll Tynch. fifth grade and Nan
cy Bass, fourth grade, both from
Rocky Hock School. Second place
winners were Gene Hurdle, fifth
grade in the Rocky Hock School;
Robert Wayne Bass, sixth grade
in Chowan High School and Mar
garet Tynch, fourth grade in
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The newly elected officers will
be installed Thursday night. April
24, when James Price, district
vice president of Ahoskie, will be
the principal speaker.
Gene Carpenter. Chairman of
the Teenage Road-e-o, called at
tention to the affair, which will
be held Saturday morning. May
3, at 9:30 o’clock at the Junior-
Senior High School.
The district meeting to be held
at Ahoskie Wednesday of next
week, Warren Twiddy j.-, a candi
date for vice president of the
10th District and about -10 Eden
ton Jaycees plan to attend the
meeting.
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ThCMAS H. SHF • A!:;-
The Edenton Grammar School
auditorium was the scene of a
“really big show” Friday night
when the Lions Club staged its
annual Variety Show. The even
ing of entertainment was direct
ed by Frank Roberts, WCDJ an
nouncer, who also acted as mas
ter of ceremonies. Jimmie Grif
fin was chairman of the Variety
| Show Committee. A surprising
! ly large number of acts appear
ed which kept, the audience enter
tained and enthusiastic until a
late hour. The acts were of the
highest calibre artistically, and
were warmly received by a rec
ord audience for this annual
event.
The show got under way by the
singing of the Six B’ers, a vocal
group from Rocky Hock High
School. They were followed by
Melvin Harrell and the Albemarle
Playboys with some good “coun
try” music. Little Patty Lynn
Lewis, 5-year-old daughter of
Johnny Lewis, stole the show
from this group singing “Goody,
Goody” with all the stage pres
ence of a veteran, and was recall
ed by the audience for an encore.
Continued on Pago B—Section I