Y ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBUSHED IN
CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXV.—Number 29.
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S. L. St. John, extreme right, vice president end general manager oi Edenion's newest in
dustry, Edenton Industries, Inc., ten of his employees, and his secretary stand underneath one
of-the five sections of'one of the outdoor swimming pools being built of fiberglass by the new
company, which is wholly owned and financed by Edenton businessmen. In the picture are.
left to right, Donald Ambrose. Alvah Ray Britton. West Martin, foreman. Bland Smith. A1
Owens, Cecil Hollowell, Mack Todd. Morton Perry, Robert Weinlraub. Milch Bunch. Mrs. Ruth
Vail Porter, secretary, and Mr. St. John.—(Evelyn Leary Photoi-.
Book Circulation
Shows Increase For
Regional Library
Gradual Progress Re
flected In Report
Os Director
Mrs. Eugenia Babylon, director
of the Pettigrew Regional Library,
has released a statistical report
for the fiscal year 1957-1958. To
tal book circulation for the year
was 132,477, which compares with
123,017 for 1956-57 and 92,197 for!
1955-56. The circulation for 1957- :
58 increased 9,460 over the pre-!
vious year.
Circulations of various units of
the region for the past two years
were as follows;
White bookmobile—l9s7-58, 42,-
257; 1956-57, 42,429,
Washington County Public Li
brary—l9s7-58, 23,219; 1956-57,
17,803.
Colored bookmobile 1957-58, i
21.975; 1956-57, 20,982.
Tvrrell County Public Library 1
-1957-53. 17,632; 1956-57, 16,064.
Shepard-Pruden Memorial Li
brary—l9s7-58, 12,572; 1956-57,
12,072.
Brown-Carver Library— 1957-
58. 11,946; 1956-57, 10,301.
Washington County Negro
Branch—l9s7-58, 2,851; 1956-57,
3,366.
The greatest increase over last
■year is that of Washington
County Public (Library, which is
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Two Edenton Boy Scouts Leave
For Scout Camp In New Mexico
Alex Kehayes and Bill Good-1
win, local Explorer Scouts, will
leave at 6:30 o’clock this (Thurs- j
day) morning by chartered bus to I
attend the Philmont Scout Ranch
near Cimarron, New Mexico.
The local boys will be members
of the Albemarle District Expe
• dition, which is composed of ]
Eighteen other Explorer Scouts
from this area, and advised by.
Sidney Lowe of Moyock.
Kehayes is a crew leader and I
Goodwin is secretary of the I
group.
The boys will take the southern
route going out, and the central
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Another story hour will fie
held at the Shepard - Pruden
Manorial Library this (Thurs
day) afternoon at 4 o'clock for
children between 4 and 10 years
of age.
Edenton Jayceee will sponsor
an empty pop bottle collection
Wednesday, July 23, starting at
8:30 P. M.
A stated communication of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. «t
? A. M. will be held tonight
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Brenda Mooney In
National Contest
At Pulaski, Va.
Representing Edenton
Junior-Senior High
School
! Miss Brenda Mfipney, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. C.sOB. Mooney, is r
representing the fedenton Junior-
Senior High School Band as chief
majorette at the National Baton
and 'Pwirling Contest and Clinic
at Pulaski, Virginia, > this week.
This clinic is sponsored by the
Pulaski Chamber of Commerce.
Miss Mooney will receive in
structions in baton twirling, loop'
baton, flag baton and strutting
during the week and will enter
the contest held on July 19. Tro
phies will be presented to the first
class winners and special awards
to those with the highest points.
Since this is a national event,
Edenton is very fortunate in be
ing represented by Miss Mooney.
| Miss Linda Leary of Edenton, a
former pony majorette with the
Edenton Junior-Senior High
School Band, is accompanying |
Miss Mooney.
I route coming back. Traveling
: time will be six days each way.-
I Nights wilt be spent at military
bases. Altogether sixteen states
will be visited.
The stay at Philmont will be 12
days. After a short stay at a base
camp, the boys will hit the trail
j around the 127,000 acre ranch.
] Everything the boys take with
| them will have to be taken on
i their backs in packs. 1
I The two local boys made the 1
money for this trip by themselves.
The total cost was $l7O each.
The boys will return on August
Bth.
i Two Scouts On
Northern Cruise
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1 Two Edenton Explorer Scouts
[ left Edenton Monday of this week
for Norfolk and on the same day
1 left Norfolk for an extended
cruise up to Boston, Massachu
setts, and Portland, Maine.
1 The two Scouts are Freddie
1 Ferguson and Joel Reynolds.
The boys will Join other Ex
; plorer Scouts on the cruise -and
: expect to return home Friday,
1 July 26th.
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\ LEGION MEETING
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! t mton^Kowan^ountyTNortfrSaronna, Thursday, July 17,1958.
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REV. A. B. COTTINGHAM, who |
recently accepted the pastorate
of Warwick Baptist Church. Mr.;
Cottingham succeeds the Rev. 1
Lee Phillips, who resigned.
County Churches Schedule
Series Os Revival Meetings
Again this year four Chowan
County churches are planning
one-night revivals as preparation
for a month long evangelistic cru
sade beginning August 3. The
one-night revivals will be held in
the four churches in this order:
Friday, July 25, Macedonia Bap
tist Church, the Rev. L. C. Chand
ler, pastor, with the Rev. B. L.
Raines as evangelist; Monday,
July 28, Center Hill Baptist
Church, the Rev. Henry Napier,
pastor, with the Rev. L, C.
Chandler as evangelist; Tuesday,
July 29, Rocky Hock Baptist
Church, the Rev. B. L. Raines,
pastor, with the Rev. Lamar Sen
tell as evangelist; Wednesday,
July 30, at Ballard’s Bridge Bap
tist Church, the Rev. Lamar Sen
tell, pastor, with the Rev. Henry
V. Napier, as evangelist. The host
church for each of these one-night
meetings will provide special mu
20 Years Ago 1
As Found in the Files of
The Chowan Herald !
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Kirtweid von Wisehon, a slick
safe cracker, paid a visit to Eden
ton and stole money from the
safes of Chas. H. Jenkins Motor
Company and F. W. Hobbs. He
was later captured in Hertford.
West W. Byrum was unani
mously appointed by Town Coun
cil to the Board of Public Works
lo succeed James A. Woodard,
who died.
Robert L. Chesson Sled e suit
against the Kieck-Heffer Contain
er Company and North Carolina
Pulp Company at Plymouth for
$13,500 charging breach of con
tract and wrongful end- unlawful
libel.
W. C. Bunch was notified ok his
eppointmenl as superintendent of
■to taalJM.
Two Youths Riding
i Bicycles Narrowly
Miss Serious Injury
Both Rode Directly In
I Path of Oncoming
Automobiles
Two boys riding bicycl.'s nar-
I rowly escaped serious injury and
| possibly death Monday when
‘ they were struck by automobiles,
i The first accident occurred about
! 9 o’clock Monday morning on
West Queen Street when Joseph
Davis, 8-year-old son of Major
and Mrs. E. A. Davis, rode his
I bicycl • off the sidewalk into the
path of a State Highway Com
i mission truck. The boy was tak
‘en to Chowan Hospital for ob
servation, but fortunately was
■ not seriously hurt. The driver
lof the truck was Ralph Langden,
| a white man from Roanoke Hap
j ids.
I The second accident occurred
. I Monday afternoon on Twiddy
I Avenue when a colored boy, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Stal
lings, ran into the side of a
pickup truck driven by Elton
j Boswell. The boy was shaken
I up but not hurt.
Zane, Former Edenton
Among Groupj
Forced Down In Cuba;
Edenton friends were interested,
in a news story Tuesday morning,
relative to a seven-man U. S. Ma
rine Corps air transport crew
which was forced down Sunday
by Cuban army fighter planes.
Among the Marines on'the Fly
ing Boxcar was Co-pilot William
Zane, who was formerly station
ed at the Edenton Naval Auxili
ary Air Station.
The Marines were in flight from
Guantanamo Bay naval base to,
1 the Opa-Locka Marine base in
Miami and were ordered to land!
, at Santiago. They were reported!
*fto have-been treatedpwli*e.y.«tML
were released a few hours after
landing.
, BARBECUE CHICKEN DINNER
Saturday night, July 19, the
VFW Auxiliary will sponsor a
j barbecue chicken dinner at the
{ Post home. The dinner will be
served from 6 to 8 o’clock.
sic and ample parking will be
provided. A parking committee
from each church will be on hand
to direct parking.
Following the one-night reviv
als, evangelistic services will be
held in the four churches men
tioned beginning the first Sunday
in August at Center Hill with the
Rev. J. C. Meiggs, Pageland, S.
C., as visiting evangelist. On the
second Sunday in August, ser
vices will begin at Ballard’s
Bridge with Dr. W. D. Morris of
Wilmington, N. C., as evangelist.
On the third Sunday in August,
services will begin at Macedonia
with the Rev. S. L. Riddle, Cres
well, as evangelist. On the fourth
Sunday in August, services will
begin at Rocky Hock with the
Rev. C. W. Bazemore of Raleigh
as evangelist. ' Further announce
ments will be made from time to
time concerning these meetings.
C And D Department Comments
On Local Fiberglass Industry!
By WADE LUCAS
- Public Information Officer For Board
Os Conservation and Development
i Historic Edenton, whose slogan
of “Cradle of the Colony” is not
disputed or scoffed at, has a new
industry—an industry which may
well bring a “new look” to the
backyards and front yards of
many people.
, This industry, incorporated as
Edenton Industries, Inc., is mak
ing fiberglass swimming pools
and is about ready to put them on
the market in competition with
1 similar pools made in Hollywood,
Calif., and Miami, Fla.
Locally owned and financed by
businessmen here who are ap
parently determined to make this
once-thriving’ port and colonial
capital of North Carolina better
known and appreciated by citi
zens and investors of today, the
new plant is just completing five
pilot pools.
The new concern has an au
thorized capital stock of SIOO,OOO,
with sope $20,000 or more paid in
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Above is nother installment of The Hei aid’s "Citizens of To
morrow" feature. Top row, left to right, Robbie Brooks and
Susan Brooks, children of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brooks; Thomas
Allen Mills, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Mills. Bottom row, left
to right, Kathy Sue Turnage and Judy . Elaine Turnagc. daugh
ters of Mr. and'Mrs. Thomas Turnage; Dane Britton, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Alvin Britton.
Four Edenton Mail
Carriers Presented
, S as e Driving Award
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Drive Total of 494,064
Miles Without an
Accident
In a brief ceremony held in the
Edenton Post Office Friday morn
ing four mail carriers were pre- j
sented awards for safe driving by,
Postmaster J. L. Chestnutt. The,
four recipients of the awards were
Rodney T. Harrell, Route 2 rural i
mail carrier; Nathan D. Dail,,
Route 3 rural mail carrier; Wil- 1
liam M. Cozart, Route 1 rural mail.
carrier, and James B. Stillman. ■
I parcel post.
I" —Mr. Jftrrrelr tops* the mail
carriers with a recordHbf 290,308
miles traveled without an acci
dent. Nathan Dail is next with |
174,080 miles, followed by William |
Cozrfrt with 25.576 miles and j
James Stillman with 4,140 miles.
Harrell was presented a 25-year J
award, Dail 17 years, Cozart two
years and Stillman one year. |
It is interesting to note that the 1
four local mail carriers have trav- 1
eled a total of 494,064 miles with-'
out having an accident and they
were highly complimented by
Postmaster Chestnutt for their
outstanding accomplishment in]
safe driving. i
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Three Seouts Leave 1
For Camp Darden’
Three Edenton Boy Scouts will
leave Sunday for Camp Darden,
near Franklin, Va., to spend two
weeks camping at the Boy Scout
reservation. The trio includes
Joe Campen, Cecil Fry and Billy
Dail.
NEW PHONE NUMBER
Murray Baker, buyer of hogs
for Gwaltney, Inc., of Smithfield,
Va., announces that he now has
a private phone through the (
Edenton exchange. His new
phone number is Edenton 2311 or
the old number, Sunbury 2090.
as its owners and operators pre-'
pare to launch the first manufac
turing enterprise of its kind in
North Carolina.
S. L. St. John, a research engi
neer of many years’ experience in
the fiberglass and plastic indus
tries, is vice-president and gen
eral manager of the company. He
was brought here from his home
in Wareham, Mass., after long ne
gotiations with Joe Conger, Jr.,
president of the Edenton Develop
ment Corp., the Chamber of.
Commerce and its go-getting ex
ecutive vice president, Harry H. j
Smith, Jr., and several interested
businessmen here.
While various plastic products
will be manufactured in the old
wholesale grocery building for
merly used by the W. D. Holmes
Company, the new firm will con
cetrate on fiberglass swimming
pools at the outset.
The pools, which will sell for
about the same price as lower
Jaycees Sponsor
Pop Bottle Drive
Edenton Jaycees will sponsor an|
empty pop bottle collection Wed- j
i nesday, July 23. The collection (
j will at 6:30 o'clock and the
I entire town will be canvassed.
I Citizens are asked to gather emp
ty pop bottles about their premi-!
ses, so that no time will be lost i
i in the collection.
[ Gene Ward is chairman of the
project and Rodney Harrell, Jr.,
j co-chairman, both of whom hope
| a large number of bottles will be
| collected. j
State 4-H Cluh Week Scheduled
|To Be Held From July 21 To 25
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The thrill of a lifetime is close
'at hand for some 1,200 North |
Carolina 4-H Club boys and
I girls. State 4-H Club Week is
, scheduled for July 21-25 at N. C. [
I State College in Raleigh. The 1,-
200 club members selected to at
tend are among the state’s finest
farm youths. |
I While at State College the boys
j and girls will take part in a host
j of activities, including demonstra-I
j tion contests to name state win-'
ners in 27 different 4-H programs,
I according to L. R. Harrili. state
Credit Branch
Open House
The Consumer Credit Branch of
the Peoples Bank & Trust Com-
I pany will hold an Open House in
I its new and modern consumer
I credit quarters at 210 South
Broad Street, next to the Taylor
Theatre Friday afternoon between
4:30 and 7 o’clock, according to
John H. Kramer, executive vice
1 president. The public is cordially
invited.
“We are very proud of this ad
dition to our banking organization
in Edenton and we feel shat it
1 will render a valuable service to
the merchants and individuals
needing installment financing,”
j says Mr. Kramer.
I This office, managed by Wil
liam H. Esterling, cashier and E.
L. Wells, assistant cashier, is
1 specializing in new car loans at
, 5%, direct personal loans, FHA
title one home improvement
loans, appliance and furniture
loans and many other type loans.
“We are inviting the public to
attend our open house and enjoy
1 refreshments and prizes." says
Kramer. “A grand prize to be
awarded will be a $25.00 savings
• bonds. Two $5.00 savings ac-
I counts will be given away also, as
I well as other priaes. We look j
forward to seeing you there.” j
MUSIC PLANNED FOR
MEETING OF RED MEN
Chowan Tribe of Red Mrn will
, meet Monday night, July 21, at
8 o’clock. Caswell Edmundson.
; sachem, says a musical program
will be presented by a group of
Negro boys, so that he is very
anxious tor a large number of
1 members to’ Be present.
WSlnPer Year In North Carolina
St. Alin’s Catholic
Church T o Observe
100 th Anniversary
| New Manager |
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i Announcement was made early ,
! this week that Gashouse Parker.
' former Edenton baseball idol, has
j accepted the managership of the
\ Edenton Colonials in the A:be
| marie League. Parker succeeds
' Ed Grebenstein, who was obliged
to resign due to o.her com r.it
ments.
j Parker look over the manag
erial reins Monday night, with
the Colonials occupying thf cel
lar position in the league.
Mrs. Kehayesleads
In Fishing Contest
Over Six Pound Bass
; Still Heaviest Fish
Registered
At the half-way mark in th’
Chamber of Commerce weekly (
fishing contest, which runs until ,
September 1, Mrs. Ernest P. Ke
hayes, wife of Edenion's Mayor ,
Kehayes, has out-done the boys. ,
| Her six pound, fourteen and a ,
(half ounce largemouth bass (
j caught while casting from her
ow n backyard on Pembroke (
Creek is not onlv the heaviest .
bass entered so far but is also
! the heaviest fish entered in all ,
, five classes. Scott Harrell, chair- ,
[ man of the tourist and recre.a- ,
tion committee. congratulated .
Mrs. Kehayes for leading the con- |
; test the first seven weeks and ;
rallied all men to the cause! ,
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4-H Club leader.
| One boy and one girl from each
of the state’s organized 4-H Clubs
have been named as official dele
| gates. The trip, sponsored on the
local level, is in recognition for
outstanding work and leadership,
said Harrili. White at State Col-
I lege the youths will he exposed
to the highest type of fellowship,
information and inspiration.
I Upon arrival at State College
' the boys and girls will he divid
ed into groups to attend special
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Another Story
Hour Today
y
Another story hour will be held
at the Shepard-Pruden Memorial \
Library this (Thursday) afternoon!
at 4 o’clock. Mrs. Eugenia Baby
lon, director of the Pettigrew Re
gional Library, will be in charge
and all children between 4 and 10
years of age are invited to at- 1
tend. |
Use Os Local Waters Dangerous
For Recreation Use According
To Dr. McGuire, Health Officer
Dr. B. B. McGuire. District [
Health Officer, this week made j
the following statement relative I
to use of local waters:
“Swimming, water skiing and
other aquatic sports are danger
ous from public health standpoint
in Pasquotank. Little River, Per
quimans River, and Edenton Bay.
“This resolution was unani
mously passed that th ; s action by
the District Board of Health be
publicized.
“Most of the raw sewage from
Elizabeth City goes directly and
i unhampered into the Pasquotank. I
j Same from Hertford goes into the j
Perquimans River, and from;
' Edenton goes into Edenton Bay. j
“The State recently completed j
a sanitary survey of these bodies;
of water and all were found pol
luted.
“Vaccination against Typhoid
alone, even given annually, will
protect only against typhoid.
Against the Salmonella group, al
most as, dangerous, there would j
b* no protection. The. Health De-1
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FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
I Very Interesting Pro-
I gram Planned For
j Sunday, July 27
Members of St. Ann's Cath
, olic Church are looking forward
> joyously to Sunday, July 27,
when they will observe the
i 100th anniversary of the dedi-
I cation of their church. Plans
for the event include a high
mass sung by the choir at 11
A. M., .followed by a parish fes
i tival on the church grounds in
■ the alts rnoon. A free picnic
dinner will be served by the
ladies of the church. Bishop
i Waters of Raleigh has been in-
I vited to participate if his busy
pre-arranged schedule will per
-1 mit. An historical brochure is
, being printed for free distri
bution. made possible by the
generosity of local and out-of
-1 state business firms.
St. Ann s Church owes its be
ginning to Mary Elizabeth Jones
Richardson, who as a young girl
became a convert to the Catholic
faith and conceived the idea of a
Catholic Church in her home
town of Edent-n. She obtained
from her father, John M. Jones,
Sr., the first donation of SIOO as
well as the beautiful property on
which the church is built. Aid
ed by her sister, Louisa Matilda
•Jones, and Elizabeth Moore, both
converts to the Catholic faith
also, the church was built and
paid for through their courage
ous zeal and tremendous faith
which was strong enough to re
move the mountains of discour
agement that confronted them
because of their lack of funds.
By their efforts at begging by
mail as well as door-to-door in
i Baltimore, where Catholics were
! more numerous, the church was
, begun. Through their talents of
'teaching music and translating
[French works into English, ad
ditional funds were raised to
(carry on the work. The total
|cost when completed was less
j than SB,OOO.
Not only did these young girls
build the church, but for many
years while they lived and nc
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Confiscated Fishing
Equipment Will Be
Sold On July 31st
i Cage W. Hayman, law enforce
ment officer for the Commercial
; Fisheries Division of North Caro
j lina, has been notified by C. G.
j Holland, Fisheries Commissioner,
! that a sale of approximately 127
! gill nets and 97 anchors will be
held at the Commercial Fisheries
Building at Morehead City on
Thursday. July 31, at 11 o’clock
[A. M.
j This fishing equipment was
confiscated in Bertie. Chowan
and Washington Counties. The
sale will be held in accordance
with Section 113-140. Subchapter
jIV of the General Statutes of
i North Carolina.
| partment has proven typhoid car
| riers as well as Salmonella car
| riers on fil.e The Salmonella
j group covers over 100 different
strains and all are carried along
through sewage.
“This is no place to d’seuss the
pros and cons of a municipal
sewage treatment plant No one
questions the desirability of hav
ing one. Whether or not it is
feasible is another question. There
is serious question whether a
; stream, once polluted with sew
age, will ever clear up.
I “We have no authority to pre
, vent swimming in the above riv
j ers and upper Albemarle Sound,
; but we strongly advise against it.
. You afe indeed taking your health
1 or even your own life in your own
hands.
“The only “Saving Grace’ is the
amount of dispersion with so
much water, and this, too, varies
with weather conditions.
“The safest place to swim is a
I swimming pool with continuous
I rapid sand filtration.'’
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