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Volume XXV.—Number 25.
Commissioners Os. § ho wan
Maintain Same Tax late Os
SI.OO For Fiscal Year 58-59
Income For Fire Pro
tection Outside Town
Os Edenton Reduced
Due to Annexation
Meeting in a brief session
Monday morning, Chowan Coun
ty Commissioners reviewed and
then approved the Chowan
County budget for the fiscal
year 1958-59.
Some juggling of figures was
necessary, but the Commission
ers, together with the County
Accountant, Mrs. Evelyn B. 1
Williams, completed the budget j
which calls for a SI.OO per SIOO
property valuation tax rate forj
the new year, the same as last,
year.
The rate is broken down as
follows: Bonds, 19 cents; char
ity, which includes general as
sistance and hospitalization, 7
cents; health, 7 cents; schools,
5 cents; social security, 9 cents'
and general county fund, 13
cents.
The special tax for fire pro
tection outside the Town of
Edenton will be 3 cents, the
'tame as last year. However,
there will not be as much money
forthcoming from this tax this
year in that the valuation of
property in the area has been
reduced by some $327,365. This
was caused by the annexation
tc Edenton of Westover Heights
and Albania Acres. *
The total budget for the coun
ty calls for an expenditure of
(189,946.79. Os this amount
(35,210.18 is required for pay
ment of bonds. For charity,
which includes general assist.
«nce and hospitalization, the an
ticipated needs amount to $20,-
880 with (7,294.15 anticipated
from state and federal funds, so
that- the requirement will be
will be $87,157.06.
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New Highway To
Harvey Pomtßase
! Is Now Prpsed
Division Engineer In
t Edenton To Consider
i* Section’s Needs
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With pressure being brought to
bear for adequate roads going to
Harvey Point, W. N. Spruill, di
vision engineer for the State
Highway Commission met with a
small group of Edenton people
((ionday afternoon to consider the
seeds.
Meeting with Mr. Spruill in the
Municipal Building were Mayor
(Ernest Kehayes, Richard Dixon,
ir., Gilliam Wood, J. H. Conger,
fyieut. Comdr. Donald Dalton, Er
nest J. Ward, Jr., and J. Edwin
Bufflap.
j Better access to Harvey Point
sad been considered by the local
group prior to Mr. Spruill’s visit
Which proposed a new primary
road from Light Nixon Fork on
V. S. 17 almost direct to Harvey
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Claude Rogerson Drowns In
Sound Early Sunday Morning
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other victim early Sunday morn
ing, when Claude Burt Rogerson,
drowned while returning from
a fishing trip, less than a mile
the County Dock.
'.Recording to information gath
wwi Rogerson and a Marine, Fred
Ihler, left early Sunday morning
fb fish in the Sound. The water
became rough and they decided to
aeturn home. Rogerson was in
file rear of the boat with a 25
horsepower', motor wide open
fhmißtler heard a splash the
Went to the rear of the boat and
THE CHOWAN HERALD
President of N. C. Legion Auxiliary
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MRS.. J. L. CHESTNUTT
Over the week-end member* of the American Legion Auxili
ary elected Mrs. J. L. Cheetnuit of Edenton as president of the
state organization. The election took place at the annual con
vention held at Asheville.
library Story
A story hour will be held at
the Shepard-Pruden Memorial Li
brary this (Thursday) afternoon
from 3:45 to 4:45 o’clock for chil
dren of all ages.
It is hoped that many will at
tend.
Scouts Sponsoring
Chow Mein Supper
Explorer Scout Post 156 of
Edenton, in order to send two
boys to Philmont Scout Ranch in
New Mexico, will have a chicken
chow mein supper on Wednesday,
June 25.
The suppers will be delivered
to the homes from 4 to 7 P. M.
Tickets are now on sale for SI.OO
each. They can be purchased
from the two boys that are going,
most Explorer Scouts, or at Hab
it’s Grocery. A house to hous’e
campaign is scheduled Until next
Saturday. All orders must be
made by next Monday.
The two boys who are sched
uled to go are Alex Kehayes and
Bill Goodwin. If they make it,
it wHI be the first time any
Edenton boys have gone to Phil
mont.
The trip to Philmont anckback
will take place from July 18 to
August 7. The Explorers from
the Albemarle District will make
up their own troop and travel to
gether. Your support of this trip
will .be greatly appreciated.
dragging for the body.
The search began shortly after
7 o’clock Sunday morning and the
body was not recovered until
about 4:15. For over six hours
the boats were something like
200 yards from where the accident
took place, but in the afternoon
Etler was more composed and
over the shock, so that he board
ed Jimmy Ricks’ boat and direct
ed the searchers to about where
the accident occurred. It was
shortly afterward that Rogerson’s
body was hooked by Robert
Brooks mid Alvin Ray -Britton.
Rogerson was a native of Per
quimans County and was employ
ed by the Ashley Machine A
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 19, 1958.
Fishing Contest
Winners Named
For Third Week
Interest continues in the fish
ing contest sponsored by the
Edenton Chamber of Commerce
with winners announced for the
third week ending June 16 by
Scott Harrell, chairman of the
contest.
An Edenton lady, Mrs. Ernest
Kehayes, took top honors in the
large mouth bass division when
she landed a 6-pound, 14%-ounce
bass in Pembroke Creek, casting
from the back of her yard. She
also caught several smaller bass,
and her catch aroused interest in
a group of neighbors who also'
tried their luck.
William Easterling won the
the prize fer the largest bream.
It was also caught in Pembroke
Creek* and was 9% inches long.i
weighing 11 ounces.
Charles Roberts was the win-'
ner in the white perch class. 'He
caught one in Yeopim River
which was 12% inches long and
weighed 15 ounces.
E. L. Wells,. Jr., caught the lar
gest rock during the week, land
ing one 18 inches long and weigh
ing 2 pounds and 3 ounces. It was
caught near the Albemarle Sound
bridge.
Others entering catches which
trailed the winners were Walter
Holton, Shelton Rogerson and
Hardy Batts.
S civic calendar]
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A second Democratic Primary
Election will be held Saturday.
June 2i, to elect a Sheriff for
Chowan County, and a County
Commissioner from the Fourth
Township.
A story hour will be held at
the Brown-CarVer Library Fri- j
day, June 20.
Explorier Scout Post No. 156
will serve a chicken chow mein
supper Wednesday, June 25, to
raise funds to send two'boys to
Philmont Scout Ranch in New 1
Mexico. ’ * ' ‘
Youth Week will be observed
at the Center Hilt Baptist Church
Sunday, June 22, through Juno
2#tfi.
Edenton's Business and Profee
sionsl Women's Club will meet to
night (Thursday) at 7:30 o'clock
in the Penelope Barker house.
. A stated communication «of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. k
A. M., will be held tonight ,
(Thursday) mt S o'clock in the
~VFW Post home. !
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Flanked by Admiral A1 Fay end Rear Admiral F. Massie Hughes, Congressman Herbert |
Bonner and a group of other dignitaries from Washington, Baltimore and Norfolk, are greeted j
by a group of Edenlonians who met the three planes carrying the visitors at Edenton Naval i
[Auxiliary Air Station Thursday morning prior to the ground breaking ceremony held at Harvey
Point Naval Air Facility. The two civilians beside Admiral Hughes are A1 Russell, vice presi
dent of the Martin Aircraft Company, designers of the Martin P6M Sea Master which w.ll be
based at Harvey Point, and Bill Wende 1. Martin Company engineer. Unfavorable weather |
i prevented e scheduled demonstration by the SeaMaster.—(Official Marine Corps Photo).
Need For Adequate Roads
Emphasized At Harvey Point
Ground Breaking Program
Congressman Herbert
Bonner Speaker For
Occasion
A goodly number of Edenton
people attended the ground
breaking ceremony held at Har
vey Point Thursday morning,
when the need for adequate
highways to the base were point
ed out not only by Congressman
Herbert Bonner, the principal
speaker for the occasion, but by
fclgh •riftfeWT N»vy officials as
well.
Dignitaries from Washington,
Baltimore and Norfolk arrived at
the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air
Station on three planes and were
greeted upon their arrival by a
group of Edenton people and
Mayor V. N. Darden of Hertford.
After an exchange of greet
ings the group boarded automo
biles* for the trip to Harvey
Point and it was this trip which
convinced Congressmannn Bon
ner and Navy officials that the
State of North Carolina should
immediately do something about
building adequate highways to
the base. When completed, 2,500
military personnel are expected
to be stationd there, as well as
over 250 civilian employees. The
payroll for the military person
nel is estimated at $9,000,000
per year and a million and a
half dollars for civilian workers.
Rain somewhat interferred
with the program at Harvey
Point, but the speakers stuck to
‘their guns and, donning rain
coats, carried out the program
as planned. Lieut. Comdr. Don
ald Dalton was master of cere
monies.
During his remarks Mr. Bon
ner said:
“It is a distinct privilege and
pleasure for me to be called upon
to address this group on the oc
casion of breaking the ground for
the Naval Air Station, Harvey
Point. Many of you who are
present here today are my con-
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Chowan 4-H Health Winners
Judy Haste, White, king; Barbara Jordan,
Chowan Home Demonstration
Clubs Are Given High Rating
At Raleigh For Publicity Book
Chowan County can again be
proud of its Home Demonstra
tion Club women. Their publi-1
j city book was rated in the top
six in the statewide competition
last week during Farm-Home
Week at State College, Raleigh.
The club women are to be
commended for the showing their
| book made in the state event.
I The publicity .book contained
pictures and newspaper articles
which have appeared since last
August in The Chowan Herald
principally, and some publicity
from other locally-read news
papers. A copy of programs
presented by club women over
WCDJ radio station were also
included in the book.
The publicity book was judged
with all the other HDC books in
the state. The top six books,
listed alphabetically, were: Cho
wan, Haywood, Mecklenburg,
New Hanover, Pitt and Wilkes.
All other books were listed in
blue and red ribbon groups.
Many of the counties have daily
papers and a professional photo
grapher to make their pictures.
It seemed that Chowan County
had more news items in its book
than some counties with a daily
paper.
The club leaders who wrote
most news articles and compiled
the book were: Mrs. Lonnie
Harrell, county publicity chair
man, Rocky Hock Club; Mrs. J.
C. Skinner, Advance; Mrs. Cora
Harrell, Beech Fork; Mrs. M. T.
Barrington, Byrd; Mrs. Emmett
Jones, Center Hill; Mrs. Roland
Evans ; Chowan; Mrs. J. Wallace
Goodwin, Jr., Enterprise; Mrs.
Earl Smith, Gum Pond; Mrs.
Marvin Evans and Mrs. Percy
Nixon, Oak Grove; Mrs. Eugene
Jordan, Ryland; Mrs. A. D.
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28 Students
Had Perfect
Attendance
Information from the Edenton
Junior-Senior High School is to
the effect that 28 students were
neither absent nor tardy during
the 1957-58 school year just end
ed. They were as follows:
Grade 7—Annie Laura White
man (has not missed but one day
since she started school), Mary
Lynn Daniels, Jack Ashley, Faye
Cartwright, Ella Ambrose.
Grade B—Gloria8 —Gloria Byrum, Joe
Mitchener (six years of perfect at
tendance), Joel Reynolds, Joyce
Cullipher (three years of perfect
attendance), Boots Lassiter, Rich
ard Weikel, James West, Cather
ine Bass.
Grade 9—Tommy Marshall, El
len Basnight, Nettie Lassiter,
Carol Twiddy (five years of per
fect attendance), Robert Marshall.
Grade 10—Patricia Waff, Donna
Mitchell, Peggy Twiddy.
Grade 11 William Barrow
White, Julia Alma Brinson, Caro
lyn Perkins, Linda Wriskell (three
years of perfect attendance), John
Mitchener (seven years of perfect
attendance).
Grade 12—George Thomas Rog
erson (twelve years of perfect at
tendance), Grace Whiteman (sev
en years of perfect attendance).
20 Years Ago
As Found in the Files of
The Chowan Herald
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D. M. Warren, Chairman of the
County Commissioners, urged
town leaders to concentrate upon
a movement to secure the town's
share of tourist business and pul
forth every effort to interest
homemakers, new farmers and in.
dustry in locating in Chowan
'County.
J. H. McMullan. secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, announc
ed that Clem D. Johnston of Roa
noke. Va„ accepted an invitation
to be the speaker at the Chamber
of Commerce banquet.
Rotarians from Hertford, El : za.
beth City and' Manieo were guests
of the Edenton Rotary Club at an
inter-city meeting held at the
Parish House.
At a board of equalization
meeting of the Chowan County
Commissioners. $3,505 more prop
erty valuation was added on the
193$ tax books, and the Commis
sioners were in one accord that a
revaluation of property was ne-
A delegation of colored people
headed by Dr. J. C. Hines appear-
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$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt
President Os State
Legion Auxiliary
Gifts Presented At
Methodist Quirch
Sunday Morning
G. E. Cullipher, Mr.
And Mrs. T. B. Willi
ford and Women of
Church Honored
An impressive ceremony was
held in the Methodist Church
Sunday morning when G. E. Cul
lipher, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Willi-j
ford and women who served the
church in past years were signally:
honored. J
A beautiful set of altar brass
was presented in honor of Mr. j
Cullipher who has served as a |
Methodist church official for 50,
years, 33 years of which has been i
in the Edenton church. As of
July 1, Mr. Cullipher will be an |
honorary steward. A set of beau
tiful flower vases was also pre-1
sented by members of the Culli- j
pher family.
A beautiful walnut communion j
table, made by Hubert Williford, j
was presented in honor of his J
parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Wil- 1
liford, who have been faithful j
members of the church for 33 :
years. Mr. Williford is retiring J
chairman of the Board of Trus- j
tees.
Pulpit and altar scarfs were;
presented in memory of the faith- j
ful and devoted lives of the wo-!
men who served the church in j
past years.
Presentation of the gifts was
made by Dr. A. F. Downum. ac
cepted on behalf of the church by
J. Edwin Bufflap and dedicated
by the pastor, the Rev. Earl Rich
ardson.
The families of those honored)
occupied the center section of the
church with a large congregation
present to enjoy the service and
witness the beautiful and attrac
tive addition to the church.
Youth Week Planned
At Center Hill Church
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According to the pastor, the
Rev. Henry V. Napier, the Cen
ter Hill Baptist Church at Tyner
will observe its first Youth
Week beginning Sunday, June
22, and continuing through Sun
day, June 29. Officers for the
week are: Joe Privott. Wood
row Slades, Jr.. Joseph Wiggins,
Jr., and Jakie Boyce, pastors for
the week: Edgar Jordan, Sunday
School superintendent; Patsy
Privott, Sunday School. Church
and Training Union pianist; Lin
da Bunch. Sunday School secre
tary': Dallas Bunch. Men’s Class
teacher; Marvin Parrish. Faithful
Workers’ Class teacher; Sara
Ann Bunch. Essie Chandler
Class teacher: Buddy Belch and
Elinor Ashley, junior teachers;
Pat Ward and Barbara Ward,
primary teachers; E. C. Toppin,
Training Union director; Tim
Whjte, Training Union secre
tary; Britton Byrum, prayer ser-
Ivice director and music director;
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Machinery Set Up For Second
Primary Election On June 28
Chowan County's Board of
Elections this week set up ma
chinery for the Democratic sec
ond primary election scheduled
to be held Saturday, June 28.
Polls will be open from 6:30
A. M. to 6:30 P. M.
The election officials appoint
ed by the Board of Elections
will be as follows:
East Edenton Precinct Mrs.
William Stokely, registrar: C. A.
Phillips, Mi:.. Ivf. Thorud and
R. B. Hollowell, judges. The
voting place will be at the Court
House.
West Edenton Precinct Mrs.
George C. Hoskins, registrar:
J. Frank White, Sr., M. A.
Hughes and Mrs. S. Francis
Hicks, judges. The voting place
will be at the Municipal Build
ing.
Rocky Hock Precinct —W. H.
Pearce, registrar; W. H. Saund
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Elected to Highest Of
fice In State at Ashe
ville Convention
Edenton as a whole and Mrs. J.
L. Chestnutt in particular was
signally honored over the week
end when Mrs. Chestnutt was
elected president of the North
’ Carolina Department of the
■ American Legion Auxiliary.
f Vice presidents elected to serve
with Mrs. Chestnutt include Mrs.
T. L. Noe of Wilson, Mrs. Mary
Elizabeth Best of Kinston, Mrs.
; John E. Heitman of Chapel Hill,
Mrs. E. P. Holmes of Charlotte
i and Mrs. James L. Harrison of
j Lenoir.
! Chaplain of the Auxiliary will
1 be Mrs. W. L. Wood of Warren
| ton; historian, Mrs. W. H. Hall
of Hickory; sergeant-at-arms. Mrs.
| J. L. Hal] of Asheville; national
| committeewoman, Mrs. Raymond
, Fuson of New Bern, and secre
tary, Miss Jeanette Paramore of
Raleigh.
j The officers were installed by
i Mrs. Paul Johnson of Henderson
! ville, national committeewoman.
Making up the local group at
j tending the meeting were Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt, Mr. and
Mrs. R. E. Leary, Mrs. Paul Holo
j man, John A. Holmes, Troy Top
! pin. John Paul Bass and Lewis
j Bunch. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Fran
cis happened to be in Asheville
Sunday and attended the memor
; ial service Sunday morning. The
j Legion and Auxiliary members
returned home Sunday night.
Rev. George Holmes
Given Appointments
By Bishop Wright
The Rev. George B. Holmes,
' reefer of Sair.l Paul’s Episcopal
Church in Edenton, has just been
appointed chairman of a new de
-1 partment in the Diocese of East
Carolina by Bishop Thomas H.
Wright, D.D.
The Department of Evangelism
will contain six clergymen and
laymen to be elected from Eliza
beth City to Wilmington to spear
head a new movement within the
diocese to instill vigorous and en
j thusiastic support of its expanded
program.
Mr. Holmes was also elected to
the Board of Managers of Thomp
son Orphanage and Training In
stitute in Charlotte for a term
of two years.
Mr. Holmes will remain Dioces
! an representative on the Nation
! a] Council of Churches for a sec
’ ond year. As an alternate dele
gate to the General Convention
of the Episcopal Church, he will
i j probably attend the meeting of
ficially at Miami Beach in Octo
| ber.
! Edenton BPW Club
i Will Meet Tonight
Edenton’s Business and Pro
i: fessional Women’s Club will meet
; tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 o’clock
, at the Penelope Barker house.
,; Mrs. Laura Ferguson, president,
i! reminds members that this will be
the last meeting of the summer
■ and for that reason she urges ev
; i ery member to make a special ef
i fort to be present.
ers and Henry Bunch, judges.
The voting place will be at
Henry Bunch’s store.
Center Hill Precinct Ralph
Goodwin, registrar: R. H. Hollo
well and E. D. Byrum, judges.
The voting place will be Ross
Bunch’s store.
Wardville Precinct —T. A. Ber
| ryman. registrar: H. R. Peele
|afld Jennings Bunch, judges,
i The voting place will be at
I Herbert Peele’s store.
I Yeopim Township—T. J. Hos
kins, Sr., registrar; T. J. Hos.
| kins, Jr., and Harry Perry. The
(voting place will be at Harry
' Perry’s 1 store.
The election will decide a
Sheriff for Chowan County for
the next four years with the
candidates being J. A. Bunch,
incumbent, and Earl Goodwin.
Goodwin trailed Sheriff Bunch
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