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Volume XXV. —Number 19.
Edenton Base Open
For Armed Forces
Day On May 17th
Static Display of Air
-1 craft and Number of
Demonstrations Will
Provide Program
Colonel A. R. Stacy, Com
manding Officer, Marine Aircraft
Group 14 and Colonel Frank H.
Collins, Commanding Officer,
Naval Auxiliary Air Station,
Edenton, extend an invitation to
all citizens to visit the Edenton
base on Armed Forces Day, Sat
urday, May 17.
On that day the Armed Forces
Os the United States, throughout
the country and overseas, will
be hosts to their American and
international neighbors.
The program at Edenton
consist of a static display of
aircraft and equipment, crash,
fire and rescue demonstration,
arrested landings using the Ma
rine Corps latest mobile arrest
ing equipment. Demonstrations
will commence at 10 A. M. and
be repeated again at 2 P. M.
Visitors will be welcome to
come aboard the station between
the hours of 9 A. M. and 3 P. M.
(Eastern Standard Time).
Milton Bass Wins
Award Os Merit
Takes First Place For
Editing ‘The Voice’
Magazine
Miltoh E. Bass, manager of
the Employment Security office
in Edenton, was the ■Cj-rst jJttfbc
tvinner in the annual A\frard of
Merit contest sponsored by the
North Carolina Chapter, Inter
national Association of Personnel
in Employment Security. This
is an award given in recognition
of outstanding contributions to
the organization on a stafewide
basis. He was presented a cer
tificate and a SSO bond at the
association’s annual banquet held
at the Washington Duke Hotel
in Durham on May 3rd.
The award made in rec
ognitian of his work in editing
and publishing the association’s
quarterly magazine, ‘The Voice,”
which goes into each Employ
ment Security office [in North
Carolina, as well as being dis
tributed to each of the 48 states
and territories.
The staff of the Edenton of
fice, consisting of Miss Mildred
ljunden, Mrs. Virginia Wiggins
and Jasper aHssell, attended
tfie banquet at which the pre
sentation was made. *
Bass used the opportunity as
editor to give Edenton some
good publicity, using articles
contributed by Ernest Ward, Jr.,
and Jfcmes Boswell, as well as
developing an article himself on
historical attractions and busi
ness potentials of Edenton.
FIRST DEGREE TONIGHT
AT MASONIC MEETING
Daniel Reaves, master of Una
nimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M.
has called an emergent communi
cation for tonight (Thursday) at 8
.o’clock. The purpose of the
meeting is to confer the first de
<gree, so that a large attendance is
desired.
16 Teenagers Will Participate
In Jaycee Safe Driving Road-e-o
Sixteen teenagers have taken
the written test in the Jaycee.-
sponsored Tenage Safe Driving
Road-e-o with the driving test
scheduled to be held Saturday
morning, May 10, beginning at 9
.o'clock. The tests will be held
on the street in front of the
.Edenton Junior-Senior High
School and the public is invit
ed to attend. In the event of
inclement weather, the driving
test will 'be postponed until Sat
urday, May 17.
jy The teenagers who took the
•written test and will participate
in the driving test are: David
■Fletcher, Johnny V. Perry, Bill
Harry, Gene Ashley, Willard
SXall T-.U j
THE ?HOWAN HERALD
I Current Off j
r>
The Virginia Electric & Power
Company has announced that
electricity will be off in the
Edenton area on Friday, May 9.
between 12:30 A. M. and 2:30
A. M. ...
In the event of bad weather
on Friday morning, electricity
will be off during the same
hours on Saturday morning.
Piano Pupils
Give Recital
Friday Night
Mrs. C. B. Mooney will present
her piano pupils in her annual re
cital Friday night, May 9, at 8
o’clock in the Edenton Elemen
tary School auditorium. The re
cital promises to be interesting
and well executed by the partici
pants and the public is cordially
invited to attend. There will be
no admission charged.
Those who will take part in
the recital are Ellene Tarkington,
Pam Ashley, Claire Belch, Sue
Skiles, Ruth Overman, .Stephen
Ferguson, Jean Goodwin, Shirley
Alexander, Sharon Stacey, Nancy
Harry, Nellie Wood, Mary Thor
ud, Johnetta Davenport, Jo Jo
Conger, Martha Vaughan, Martha
Byers, Catherine Taylor, Tom
Phillips, Lyman Partin, Danny
Hassell, Neal Hobbs, Suzanne
George, Connie George, Nancy
Jordan, Sandra Bunch, Janice
Feldmier, Jackie Johnson, Arlene
.Fry, Jacjjde Mooney and Patsy,
Mooney.
Chowan High
Music Recital
Friday Night
The music recital of Chowan
High School', under the direction
of Mrs. Lee Phillips, teacher, will
be presented Friday night, May
9, at 8 o’clock in the school au
ditorium with 30 students tak
ing part.
Awards wil be presented to
the ones who have made the
most progress during the 1957-
1958 school year.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
Story Hours At
Edenton Library
Story hours for children will be
held as follows at Shepard-Pru
den Memorial Library:
Children from 4 to 7—May 8
from 3:45 to 4:45.
Children from 8 to 12—May 15
from 3:45 to 4:45.
Edenton PTA
Meets May 13
Edenton’s Parent-Teacher As
sociation will meet Tuesday night,
May 13, at 8 o’clock in the Ele
mentary School auditorium.
Members of the kindergarten
Class and Mrs. John White’s third
graders will present a musical en
titled “The Four Seasons”.
ray Tynch, E. J. Boyce, Percy
Mclver, Paul E. George, Ronald
Perry, Deanna Hollowell, Henry
Overton andr Alvin Bunch.
Judges for the tests will be
Chief of Police George I. Dail,
License Examiner Mack Todd,
Highway Patrolman, David O.
Williams and N. J. George.
Certificates will be awarded
and the winner will be eligible
to enter the state contest at New
Bern May 31, where the winner
will compete for national honors
at Washingtbn, D. C-, August 11
to August 14.
Cars for the were furnish
ed as a courtesy of Chowan Mo
tor Company, Albemarle Motor
Company and 83. H. Motor Com
pany.
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iton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 8,1958.
[ U arine Promoted To Sergeant Major )
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Sergeant Major Raymond W.
Condon receives congratulations
and his certificate of appointment
to Sergeant Major from Colonel
F H. Collins, Commanding Offi
cer, NAAS, Edenton. Sergeant
Major Condon, who was promoted
this week from First Sergeant,
enlisted in the Marine Corps 16
year s ago. He has seen active
duty in two wars, serving
throughout World War II with the
Ist Marine Division and in the
Korean War with the Ist Marine
Brigade.
Sergeant Major Condon, is the
senior station non-commissioned
officer at NAAS, Edenton and is
serving as Station Sergeant Ma
jor. He has taken every oppor
tunity during his years of service
Soil Stewardship Week Will Be
Observed May 11 Through 18
Again this year, the district ’
supervisors of the Albemarle
Soil Conservation District are
sponsoring Soil Stewardship be
ginning on Sunday, May 11, and j
running through Sunday, May ,
18. This is a small way of re
minding man of his responsibili
ty in soil stewardship. Stewards
of the soil owe sacred duties and ,
obligations to God, to the com- '
munity, and to humanity. Faith- ’
ful and honest fulfillment of '
their responsibilities goes hand
in hand with the rights and pri- 1
vi leges.
“People in the Albemarle sec- ,
tion of North Carolina, along
with most people in the state, are
WomauJess Wedding
• Nets $124 Toward
Red Cross Deficit
Elton Forehand reported early
this week that the proceeds of
the Womanless Wedding pre
sented Friday night in the Eden- ;
ton Elementary School audi
torium amounted to $124. The
entertainment was sponsored by',
the home demonstration clubs of
the county in an effort to over
come the deficit in the annual
Red Cross fund raising drive.
The county’s quota is $2,317
and Mr. Forehand reported Tues
day morning that total contri
butions now stand at $2,166.75,
or 4150.25 short of the goal.
,Os course, there are a few
outstanding reports for advanced
sale of Womanless Wedding
tickets, so that it is hoped that
these reports and possibly a few
other contributions will erase
the present deficit.
20 Years Ago
As Foutyl in the Files of
The Chowan Herald
Considerable interest wag arou
sed among Chowan County elec
tion officials when it was discov
ered that the registration book for
East Edenlon precinct had been
lost.
Oscar H. Brown was elected
president of the Edenlon Rotary
Club.
John A. Holmes was announced
as the speaker for graduation ex
ercises at Merry Hill High School.
Sale of liquor at the Chowan
ABC store far April amounted to
$7,300, a record for the year. In
creased sale w>* attributed to in-
Ctadfcued*oTpM?SS«on 1
to further his education and has
received 23 diplomas, either by
resident attendance at service
schools, or through correspond
ence courses. Prior to his pro
motion to First Sergeant in April,
1957, when he assumed the duties
of his present position, he specia
lized in communications and elec
tronics. At the Marine Corps
Base, Parris Island, S. C., where
he recently attended Sergeant
Major’s School, he graduated in
the upper fourth of the class.
Sergeant Major Condon gradu
ated from the Sacred Heart High
School in Indianapolis, Indiana
and has two brothers, John and
Robert, still living in his home
city. At present Sergeant Ma
jor Condon is resident in Eden- 1
well-blessed by having an abund
ant supply of our natural re
sources . . . good soil, water,
forest and other natural resourc
es,” says James Griffin, soil con
servationist. “But even with our
abundant supply, are we using
them as good stewards or are
we ‘mining them’ for our own
selfish gains? Naturally, we
have people who are being good
stewards of our God-given nat
ural 1 resources and we have oth
i ers who are only living for today
I with no thanks to God for the
I many blessings He has given
us.
“I heard a man express ste
wardship like this one time, ‘I
have never seen a man buried
on his own land.’ For a few
minutes, I could not understand
his statement, then it occurred
to me that man is only a steward.
As soon as a person dies ‘his
land’ belongs to somebody else.
“We need to think about con
servation of our natural resourc
es in order for mankind to live
on this earth. Many of the re
sources we are using today were
| left to uk by past generations.
Some of the farms here in Cho
wan County have been farmed
or cultivated for 200-300 years,
now the red subsoil is showing.
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Changes Made By Edenton Concern
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ROY SPRUILL
J. Gilliam Wood, president and treasurer of the Home Feed
& Fertiliser Company, has announceed that Jack Barrow, for
merly employed by Evans Cotton Gin, assumed his new duties
as office manager of the Home Feed fc Fertiliser Company on
Monday, May sth. At the same time Wood announced the pro
motion of Roy H. Spruill from manager to secretary and general
manager. "These changes are a part of our continuing effort to
improve efficiency and offer better service to our customers."
said Wood. "We welcome Mr. Barrow and look forward to hav
ing him as a member of our firm." Other officers of the local
fertiliser manufacturing and grain concern are Trot Leary, sales
manager, and Richard Hollowell, plant manager and general
ton with his wife, the former Nor
ma J. Nibieck of Santa Ana, Cali
fornia. They have a young son,
Robert.
Among his many decorations
and service medals, he holds: The
Letter of Commendation Ribbon
with Combat “V”, Purple Heart
with gold star, Army Distinguish
ed Unit Badge, Navy Unit Cita
tion with bronze star, Good Con
duct Medal with four stars, Asi
atic-Pacific Ribbon with 5 stars,
American Campaign Medal, WW
II Victory Madal, Navy Occupa
tion Service Medal with “asia”
clasp, China Service Medal, Unit
ed Nations Service Medal, Korean
Presidential Citation, Korean Ser
vice Medal with 4 stars and the
National Defense Service Medal.
Resigns
Philip S. McMullan at a spe
cial meeting of the Board of Pub
lic Works held last week, ten
dered his resignation as chairman.
The decision was made after Mr.
McMullan was advised by his
physician to give up some of his
many activities. A. B. Harless, a
former chairman, was elected to
succeed Mr. McMullan as chair
man, although Mr. McMullan will
still remain a member of the
board.
Harless Put On
C. Os C. Board
A. B. Harless was named to
the board of directors of the
Edenton Chamber of Commerce,
it is announced by President
Gillliam Wood. Mr. Harless, who
recently became chairman of
the Edenton Board of Public
Works, succeeds Philip S. Mc-
Mullan, former Public Works
chairman, who resigned. He
has been a member of the
Chamber’s board since last Oc
tober. The Public Works chair
man serves on the Chamber’s
poard of directors during his
term of office.
In accepting Mr. McMullan’s
resignation with regret, Presi
dent thanked him for his
support anw cooperation.
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Annual Banquet
For School Bands
To Be Held May 15
Dr. Kenneth N. Cuth
bert of ECC Princi
pal Speaker
The annual banquet for presen
tation of awards to the Elemen
tary and Junior-Senior High
Schobl Bands will be held Thurs
day night, May 15, at 7:30 o’clock
at the American Legion Building.
The banquet will be served by
the American Legion Auxiliary,
The principal speaker for the
occasion will be Dr. Kenneth N.
Cuthbert, who is chairman of the
Department of Music at East Car
olina College, Greenville.
This banquet is held each year
to honor the band members and
present awards according to their
achievements. There will be tic
kets available to interested band
patrons or those who would likei
to hear Dr. Cuthbert. Arlyone in
terested in attending this banquet
may contact Miss Lula N. Wil
liams, band director, at the Jun
ior-Senior High School.
County Officials
Dinner Guests Os
County HD Clubs
Thanks Is Extended to
Commissioners For
Cooperation
County officials were guests of
the Chowan County Council of
Home Demonstration Clubs at a
dinner held at the Advance Com
munity Building at 1 o’clock
Monday afternoon. A sumptuous
meal was served by the ladies, af
ter which a brief program was
held with Mrs. H. T. Hollowed,
County Council president, presid
ing.
During her remarks Mrs. Hollo
well voiced the regret of all the
home demonstration clubs that
West W. Byrum and Joe Webb
will no longer be County Com
missioners when their present
terms expire. Mr. Hollowell said
the County Commissioners have
always been very cooperative
with home demonstration clubs
and that Byrum and Webb over
a long period of years were very
friendly with the club movement.
Mr. Byrum expressed his pleas
ure for the opportunity to serve
as a Commissioner and said that
due to his present health, it was
necessary for him to give up the
duties. Mr. Webb, too, said it
was a pleasure to cooperate with
the women in their home demon
stration work, which, he said, he
hoped would continue to make
progress.
Mrs. Hollowed then introduced
the county officials who, besides
Byrum and Webb, included Ra
leigh Peele, Carey Hollowed and
W. E. Bond, County Commission
ers; Sheriff J. A. Bunch, Assist
ant Clerk of Court Lena M. Leary,
Register of Deeds Mrs. M. L.
Bunch, County Accountant Mrs.
Evelyn Williams, County Agent
C. W. Overman and Assistant
County Agent Robert S. Marsh.
She then introduced the presi
dents of the various clubs and the
officers of the County Council.
A brief summary of activities
of the various clubs during the
past year was presented by Mrs.
Hollowed which reflected a con
siderable amount of work done by
the clubs individually and as a
group.
Miss Maidred Morris, home
agent, expressed pleasure for so
many attending the dinner, as
well as her appreciation for thej
splendid cooperation she has re
ceived from members of all the
county’s clubs.
The meeting was opened with
prayer by C. W. Overman and af
ter Mrs. Hollowed thanked all
who had any part in arranging
and furnishing the dinner, it was
closed with prayer by Robert
Marsh.
ROTARY MEETS 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 Edward Wozelka, and Presi
dent Robert Marsh urges a 100
per cent attendance, '
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina
J unior-Senior High
School Band Spring |
Concert On May 11
New Chairman
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A. B. HARLESS
When Philip McMullan last
week resigned as chairman of the
Board of Public Works, A. B. Har
less, a former- chairman, was
elected to succeed Mr. McMullan.
J. R. DuLaney
New President
Os Lions Club
J. R. DuLaney was elected pres
ident of the Edenton Lions at its
regular meeting Monday evening.
May 5, succeeding Medlin Belch.
DuLaney has been active in
Edenton Lions for a number of
years, having served during the ,
past year as first vice president.
Other officers elected include T.
B. Williford, first vice president;
James Griffin, second vice presi
dent, and John Mitchener, third ,
vice president. Joe Thorud was ,
elected tail twister, John Good
win, Lion tamer and the indes- (
tructible W. J. Taylor, secretary
treasurer. Two-year directors in
clude Haywood Bunch and L. F. *
Ferguson. J. C. Leary was elect
ed chorister, with the post of pi- '
anist left vacant.
Edenton Lions look forward to
an outstanding year under the f
leadership of this new slate of of- ,
ficers. J
Jesse Harrell announced that ]
the Easter Seal sales for crippled |
children apd adults had amounted . 1
to SI,OOB. jJ
Democratic I
Convention
On Saturday
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The Chowan County Democrat
ic Convention will be held Sat- ]
urday afternoon, May 10, at 3 i
o’clock in the Court House.
The purpose of this meeting is ;
to organize according to the plan 1
of organization of the Democratic ;
Party and election of delegates to :
the State Convention.
The State Convention will be
held in the auditorium at Raleigh
Thursday, May 15, at 12 o'clock
noon.
Stale Licenses
Due June Ist
James M. Johnson, State Rep
resentative, announces that all
state licenses will be due June 1.
Beer licenses became due April
31. Anyone desiring to get li
censes direct from the local office
should contact Mr. Johnson in the
j Citizens Bank Building.
Mrs. Roland Vaughan Is Again
Chairman Girl Scout Executives
The Edenton Girl Scout Execu
tive Committee and troop leaders
met Tuesday night of last week
at the Penelope Barker house,
when Mrs. Roland Vaughan was
elected for a second term as com
munity chairman. Mrs. Thomas
[ Byrum was elected secretary and
; Mrs. N. J. George, treasurer.
The first annual court of
i awards will be held Tuesday
night, May 13, on the lawn of the
i Junior-Senior High School, be
ginning at 7 o’clock. In a can
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FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
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Senior High School
Chorus Will Also
Participate
On Sunday afternoon, May 11,
at 3:30 o’clock the Edenton
Junior-Senior High School Band
will present its spring concert in
the Elementary School auditor
ium. This will be the last con
cert for the following senior
band members: Percy Mclver,
Eddie George, Deanna Hollowed,
Bertha Ellis and Sandra Boyoe.
Among the numbers on the
program will be “Toot Sweet,” a
trumpet solo with band ac
companiment featuring Eddie
George: theme from the Haydn
“Surprise” Symphony; “Spiritual
Rhapsody,” a piano solo with
band accompaniment; “Redwood
Overture”; “Dancing Reeds,”
featuring clarinetists Bud Skiles,
Sandra Boyce, Judy Elliott,
Elizabeth Bunch, Dickie Ho
bowsky, Rebecca Boswell and
Ellen Basnight.
The band considers it an honor
to have as guests the Edenton
Senior High School Chorus un
der the direction of Mrs. Mary
L. Browning. The chorus will
perform “Stout-hearted Men”
and “The Battle Hymn of the
Republic” with band accom
paniment.
Dr. Hardin And
Joe Thorud Win
Bridge Marathon
The bridge marathon spon
sored by the Chowan Hospital
Auxiliary wound up play last
week with Dr. Richard Hardin
and Joe Thorud winning out in
the tournament with leaders
see-sawing throughout the 19
rounds of play.
The three top teams and
their scores were:
1-—Dr. Richard Hardin and
Joe Thorud, 78,850.
2. —Mrs. W. B. Rosevear and
Mrs. L. A. Patterson, 73,020.
3. Cecil Fry and W. T. Har
ry. 64.730.
Runners-up in fourth and
fifth places respectively were
Mrs. Richard Goodwin and Earl
Goodwin, 61.730, and Medlin
Belch and A1 Phillips, 58,790.
Library Will Be
Closed May 10th
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The Shepard - Pruden Mem
orial Library will be closed on
Saturday, May 10, in Observance
of Confederate Memorial Day.
Books for the week-end should
be checked out on Friday.
[ civic calendar!
The Jaycee Teenage Safe
Driving Road-e-o contest will be
held Saturday morning. May 10,
at 9 o'clock on the street in
front of the Edenton Junior-
Senior High School.
Soil Stewardship Week, spon
sored by the Albemarle Soil Con
servation District, will be held
May 11-18.
Story hours will be held at
Shepard-Pruden Memorial Li
brary this (Thursday) afternoon
from 3:45 to 4:45 for childran
4 to 7 years old and Thursday.
May 15, from 3:45 to 4:45 for
children 8 to 12 years.
The Democratic County Con
vention will be held at the Court
House Saturday afternoon. May
10. at 3 o'clock.
First annual court of awards
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dlelight ceremony 105 Brownies
and Girl Scouts through all ranks ;
will receive advancement awards >
for the year’s work. It is antici- I
pated the cdurt will last approxi- i
mately one hour and allow time j
for parents to attend the PTA ;
meeting scheduled at 8 o’clock the
same evening.
Parents are urged to attend and j
friends of Scouting are cordially ]
invited. In event of inclement
weather the ceremony will be
held in the gymnasium.