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Volume XXV.—Number 31.
Smith Bros. Lumber
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Co. Leases Blades
Lumber Mill Here
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Annual Payroll Is
pected to Reach In
Neighborhood of Vz
Million In Area
The lumber bill owned by the
Blades Lumber Company here,
recently operated by X F. Phil
lips, has been leased to the
Smith Bros. Lumber Company, a
new local corporation. Officers
are Warr&n Smith, president;
Armon Smith, vice president,
and Nathan Smith, secretary
treasurer, all of Smithfield, N. C.
The new firm began operations
this we'hk.
Warren Smith stated that the
mill will turn out 12 to 15 qail
lion 'feet of lumber annually
when full production is reached.
He said the plant is being oper
ated hn a minimum daily sched
ule until steady supply of
logs is assured. “Our principal
job now,” Smith said, “is to cre
ate a steady flow of logs coming
to the mill ’ daily. We will buy
pine logs in any quantity, on a
basis or tracts of timber
up to a radius of 75 miles from
Edenton.” Smith added that
loggers should contact the com
pany.
The Smith family has been in
the lumber business for over 30
years. They also operate a large
mill in Smithfield with a capa
city of 15 to 20 million feet
yearly. Smith plans to expand
the Edenton facilities aqd to
improve* the log yard and lum
ber drying yard for easy truck
ing and handling.
The new finVi will' employ 30
men immediately at the mill
with an annual payroll of
SIOO,OOO. In addition, Smith
said that .approximately 150 men
Would be employed by sub-con
tractors in the woods, adding
another’ $400,000 to area pay
rolls. | <
The company will manufacture
lumber in various stages of fin
ish, including kiln-dried or air
dried products, rough and green,
and rough and dried. Lumber
will be sold to local contractors
and will be shipped to whole
sale dealers between Edenton
and Connecticut and as far west
as Wisconsin, Smith added.
Nathan and Armon Smith
plan to move their families to
Edenton as soon as housing is
available. Both are married and
have one son each, who will en
ter Edenton schools in Sep
tember. '
The Blades Lumber .Company,
which operated the mill for
many years, leased the property
to the Smiths for five years.
The Blades Company will begin
a new operation to be announced
in the near future.
Higher Postal
Rates Go Into
\ Effect Aug. 1
■ warning that
will go into ef
just 1) is issued
.. Chestnut!
cautioned that
letters will re
tage an ounce;
rents an ounce;
Is 5 cents each,
l cards 3 cents
•s still have on
5 cent stamps,
4 cent air mail
I cent ah* mail
be used by the
rdinary 1 cent
£ Plenty of these are on hand at
the local post office, plus large
•AnH nnotol AdM)- on J Q non 4 mm.
man postal carets ana o cent reg
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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Explosion Os
Water Heater
Bums Three
Three employees of the Eden
ton Ice Company, Reuben Bass, j
Walter Heath and Harry Lassi
ter, were painfully burned about
5 o’clock Monday afternoon
while changing gas hot water
heaters in the home of Mrs. W. >
H. Gardner on West Church
Street. j
Bass was more seriously burn-'
ed than Heath and Lassiter, al
though all three were rushed to
'Chowan Hospital. Heath and,
Lassiter were released after
treatment for burns about the
face and arms, but Bass . receiv
ed first and second degree
burns about his face, hands, i
arms and legs.
The accident occurred when
the trio was changing hot water
heaters in the Gardner home.
A new heater had been installed
but apparently a large quantity
of gas had escaped, for when an J
,* attempt was made to light the j
new heater, a violent explosion 1
occurred, burning the three men.
The Fire Department was
called and the explosion caused
damage estimated at about $250.
BOTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton’s Rotary Club will
meet this (Thursday) afternoon at
1 o’clock in the Parish House.
President Ed Bond urges every
Rotarian to be present. "The pro
gram will be in charge of George
Alma Byrum. * v *•
Edenton G. OF C. Memorahzes
Late Captain L. H. Garrison
A resolution rtiemoralizing thej
late Capt. L. H. Garrison of Vir
ginia Beach was adopted unani
mously by the Edenton Chamber
of Commerce at a special meeting
of the board of directors Friday.
Capt. Garrison was a foufider of
tile Ocean Hiway Association and
the prime mover in developing
the organization to promote tour
ist and commercial traffic on U. S.
Highways 13 and 17.
Capt. Garrison served the asso
ciation for over 25 years as an
officer and director and was
chairman of the board and was
instrumental in contributing to
the economic welfare of Eastern
North Carolina, the Chamber’s
resolution stated. -
Ernest J. Ward, Jr., of Eden
ton is president of the association.
The resolution follows:
“Whereas, Captain L. H. Garri
son of Virginia Beach, Virginia,'
has been a strong advocate of
greater economic development of
eastern Virginia and eastern
North Carolina; and
‘Whereas, Chptain Garrison
was one of the Founders of the
Ocean Hiway Association and the
prime mover in developing this
Demonstration On
Meat Cutting Will
Be Held Aug. 7th
Next Thursday afternoon, Au
gust 7, at 2:30 o’clock, a meat cut
ting demonstration is scheduled
to Be held at the Colonial Frozen
"Foods Locker Plant on North
Broad Street. ;'<[ f
The demonstration will be in
charge of John Christian, Exten
sion animal husbandry specialist
from State College, Raleigh, who
will feature cuts of beef. He will
cut out the beef, debone It, iden
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MEETING [
J. ton,-Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 31,1958.
Merchants i|irt
Promote “ 'an
To Boost Sales
Committee Is Named
And Will Meet Next
Week to Formulate
Details
The Merchants Committee of
the Edentan Chamber of Com
merce voted Tuesday to hold a
special community - wide fall
! sales promotion and named the
following members to a promo*
tion subcommittee; Henry G.
Quinn, chairman; Tom Hopkins,
j assistant chairman; Mrs. Graham
' Robbins, W. E. Malone, Ed Par
ker and Bill Perry. Chairman
; Quinn said the committee would
’meet week to discuss de
tails.
The full committee also con
sidered a plan to control solici
tation of program advertising
and requests for free merchan
dise, which has been under
study for some time. It was
i voted to continue the present
practice whereby individual
stores would decide the merits
of each request received.
In discussing solicitation for
magazine subscriptions, the com
mittee pointed out that house
-1 to-house canvassing for subscrip
itions or for any other - purpose I
by out-of-town agents requires 1
a permit issued by the town|
clerk. The committee recom
mended that housewives check
with the town clerk’s office hr
I with the Chamber of Commerce
before making down payments]
on such items. Several sub
scriptions have recently been ob
tained in the community by j
transient agents and the sub
scribers have failed to receive i
the magazines, the committee I
’ stated.
i Association into an effective or
ganization for the promotion of
tourists and commercial travel to
these areas, serving the Associa
tion and its membership for twen
ty-five years as an officer, direc
tor and recently as Chairman of
the Board; and
“Whereas, his untimely passing
not only is a great loss to the
Association and his many friends,
but also to the communities along
the Ocean Hiway to which he so
long contributed to their econom
ic growth;
“Now, Therefore Be It Resolved
that the member of the Board of
Directors of the Edenton Cham
ber of Commerce hereby unani
mously adopt this Resolution ex
pressing their profound sorrow at
the death of Captain L. H. Garri
son, and do hereby extend their
deep sympathy to Mrs. Garrison
and the members of his family;
and
“Be It Further Resolved, that
this Resolution be spread on the
minutes of the proceedings of the
Edenton Chamber of Commerce
and a copy thereof be forwarded
to Mrs. L. H. Garrison and to the
President and the Secretary of |
the Ocean Hiway Association.” I
20 Years Ago j
At Found in the Filet of J
The Chowan Herald
John W. Darden of Plymouth,
chairman of the program commit- j
tee in connection with the Sound
bridge celebration, announced
that Secretary «f the Interior Har
old I. Icket, Secretary of Agricul
ture Henry A- Wallace would be
unable to make the principal ad
dratt at the bridge dedication, but
that Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus
had accepted the invitation.
A now road war propoted con
necting Edenton with the Albe
marle Sound bridge highway, and
a map displayed in the Court
House to that anv nrotests could
I be registered within 30 ders.
Only three boat loads of Ch»-
wan County y t n Tßtr i~n t left the
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shiploads in 1933.
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Above is another installment of The Herald's "Citizens of
Tomorrow" Feature. Top row. left to right, Judy Arlene Mills,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Mills; Jack Hobbs and Stephen
Hobbs, sons of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Hobbs, Jr. Bottom row, left
to right, Vicki Lynn Britton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
Britton; Belva Ashley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thurman
Ashley; Herman Bond, son of Mr. end Mrs. Walter Bond.
Six Albemarle Boys On Roster
For East-West Football Game In
Greensboro Friday, August Bth
Plans are rapidly being com
pleted for the coaching clinic and!
all-star games to be played in]
Greensboro August 3 through 8. j
The football game between the,
| East and West will be played in!
I Senior High Stadium and the bas- 1
| ketball game Tuesday, August 5. ;
Edenton’s Coach Bill Billings
and George Cushwa of Roxboro]
will coach the Eastern football j
team, and report that they are
. building a front line of defense,
averaging 203 pounds from flank]
to flank, not including a center.
I The middle man brings the total
I down to 198.5.
Forming that combination for
i the East might be ends Henry
Newton of Raleigh and Roxboro’s
- Yom Li 1 ly;' 2IS - pound Paul E iters]
of Rocky Mount, Joel Goodrich of
Fayetteville or Raleigh’s Steve
] White, both 210-pounders, at tac
kles; Dallas Hollingsworth of
Clinton and Wilson’s Henry Tay
: lor at guards, and Bill Slack of
Wilmington at center. Those
boys rate right up there with
their Western foes.
. Giant tackle Don Scott of
■ Wadesboro, heaviest player on
either side at 235 pounds, would
, swing the scales in favor of the
East whenever he trotted on the
turf.
The West combination might
include Bill Lopp of Lexington, |
Ed Chesnutt of East Mecklenburg
or Gene Evans of Asheboro at
U. S. Savings Bonds Sales In
Chowan 53.1 Pet. Os ’sß’Quota
Richard S. Atkinson. Jr., vice
president of Peoples Bank &
Trust Company, who is volunteei
chairman for U. S. Savings Bonds
sales in Chowan County, reports
that sales in the county through
June amounted to $57,242.96. This
represents 53.1 per cent of the
county’s dollar quota for 1958.
Chowan’s 1958 quota is $107,800.
I Sales of E and H bonds during
June amounted to $11,637.05 and
the cumulative sales from Janu-
I ary 1 through June 30 amounted
to $57,242.86.
North Carolinians bought sub
stantially more Savings Bonds
during the first half of 1958, as
Group Os New Books
1 Received At Library
A group of new books has
recently been received at the
Shepard-Pruden Memorial Li
brary. Included in the group
are:
Adult
Weidman, “The Enemy Camp”;
Cronin, “The Northern Light”;
Daniels, “Prince of Carpetbag
gers”; Dundy, “Dud Acocado”;
Rice, “April Robin Murders”;
Ferber, “Gingerbread Man”; Bar
nett, “doctor Harry”; Dryer,
“Image Makers'"; Grau, “Hard
Blue Sky”; Baum, “Theme For
Ballet”; Wilkin, "A Summer
Place”; Hawkins, “Death Watch.”
Juveniles
• Clarence Darrow, “Attorney
Fdr the Damned”; John Eliot.
“The Man Who Loved the In-
Idians”; Dog Stories; Lion a»d
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ends; 225-pound Jim Lewis of!
j Marion and 210-pound Don Amos!
j of Murphy at tackles; Jean Ber- i
j rv, a 205-pounder from Moores-1
j ville, and 210-pound Keith Anders;
|of Asheville at guards; with j
, Reidsville’s Jimmy Comer sta- j
; tioned at center. This line will!
j average better than 204 pounds ■
, from end to end.
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j Entering the 1958 games the]
.Western footballers hold a 5-4!
edge in their series, while the ]
Eastern cagers are in front by the
I same margin, an indication of the
balance of talent over the Tar
Heel state from year to year.
Last year for the first time in
the history of the All-Star Games, i
one side was able to chalk up two!
successive grid victories, the West
winning both in 1956 and 1957.
I Never before had such a feat been
achieved in eight tries.
Eastern cage forces were able
to turn the trick back in 1950-51.
In the Eastern football roster
are six boys from the Albemarle
area, Bruce White and Henry Ov
erton of Edenton. Tommy Mat
thews and Hazel Matthews of
Hertford, and Nick Hilgert and
Bill Burgess of Elizabeth City.
Their jersey numbers in the above
order will be 2, 11, 6, 27, 9 and 1.
Other players for the East will
come from Saint Pauls, Wallace,
New Bern, Durham, Wilmington,
, Vanceboro, Roxboro, Raleieh,
: Tarboro, Wadesboro, Clinton, Wil
son, Rocky Mount and Fayette
ville. t
■ompared with the same period
if last year.
The Office of the Treasury
Savings Bonds Division, Greens
boro, reported combined purchas
es of Series E and H Savings
Bonds during the January-June
oeriod as totaling $24,857,117.
This amount is 4% greater than
for the comparable six months
period of last year, and represents
over 50% of the State’s 1958 dol
lar quota.
Statewide June sales of over 4
million dollars were 14% higher
than the 3V4 million of June, 1957.
Series E bonds were 7% higher
and Series H sales were up 88%
from last June.
Ashby Tarkington
On TV Program
Ashby Tarkington, captain and!
student director of the Edenton'
Junior-Senior High School Band,,
who with others, attended the
summer session of music at East
Carolina College from July 13-
26, was chosen to play the trom
bone with six other instruments
on the college hour 4 Sunday, July
20. This was quite an honor
since there were 25 other trom
bone players and all the best in
their schools.
Ashby rated-third in the num
ber one band .(Blue Band) and
played in the orchestra.
LIONS MEET MONDAY
Edenton Lions Club will meet
Monday night, August 4, at 7
o’clock. President J. R. DuLaney
ST w T*" be pr “'
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Tree Seedlings Are
Now Available At
Nurseries In State
Production Is Expect
ed to Reach 95 Mil
lion Mark During
1958-59
i
Applications for forest tree
seedlings grown at the four state
owned nurseries for 1958-59
planting are now being received,
P. A. Griffiths, assistant State
forester, Tuesday advised The
Herald from Raleigh. I
Griffith, who is in charge of
forest management and nurseries
for the Department of Conserva
tion and Development’s forestry
division, said indications are that,,
with weather and other factors
being favorable, seedling produc-j
tion will reach the 95 million!
mark in 1958-59. 1
Sales of forest tree seedlings by
the C&D Department's forestry:
division during the 1957-58 season
exceeded the 83 million mark.
Griffiths said interest in treej
planting continues to increase in
North Carolina “as landowners
' and others interested in planning
i for a future cash crop put more
j amj more acreage into trees.”
C&D Department records show
I forest tree seedling production at
I the State-owned nurseries in
j 1952-53 was about 12 million.
County farm agents and federal
! departments engaged in promot
ing greater and wiser use of
! State lands “have cooperated
I wonderfully with us in getting
j more people in North Carolina to
1 plant trees to supply the growing
needs for pulpwood and timber,”
Griffiths said.
Applications for seedlings,
which are sold at production cost,
should be in the hands of State
j Forester Fred Claridge as soon as
, I possible in order to assure deliv- I
; I ery, Griffiths said.
, t Forms on which to order seed
ii lings' may be secured from the
! State forester’s office in Raleigh.
,'county and district foresters,
county farm agents, and such fed
. eral agencies as the Soil Conser-]
, vation Service and the local Agri
cultural Stabilization Committee
office. 1
Kay Frances White Is Tapped
Into State’s 4-H Honor Group
Kay Frances White has again
received a great honor for herself
and outstanding recognition for
Chowan County.
On Tuesday night of last week.
Kay was tapped into the State
4-H Honor Club during 4-H Week
ceremonies at State College, Ra
leigh. She is the first girl in Cho
wan County to have been honored
, thusly.
Previously, only one Chowan
I 4-H boy has been made a mem
ber.
, The 4-H Honor Club is a state
wide organization for the most
. outstanding 4-H boys and girls.
; Membership into the club is by
. unanimous vote only. Kay was
given this honor on the merits
, of an excellent long-time record
■I of her 4-H projects, activities,
i leadership ability, personality,
. and achievements.
She began her 4-H work in
; 1951, but didn’t really become in
. terested in this “top rural” organ
ization until 1952. Kay’s interest
■ in the 4-H Club has carried her ]
through many of the 4-H projects'
and activities. She has made out-!
standing progress in every phase
of her 4-H work, school, com
munity, church, and county acti-
Three Edenton Clubs Sponsor
Community Birthday Calendar
'The annual sale of Community!
Birthday Calendars is now under 1
way. Members of the Edenton
Woman’s Club, Business and Pro
fessional Women’s Club and Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce, spon
sors of the project, will soon be
calling on the citizens of Eden
_ ton and Chowan County to take
listings and orders for calendars.
Heading up the project as
chairmen are Mrs. Dorothy Pav
lich, Woman’s Club; Miss Beulah j
Privott, BPW Club, and W. H. I
Easterling. Jaycees. These chair- 1
men have selected members from J
their respective clubs to make a!
house-to-house canvass, and it is !
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nopea ti)at every memoer or tne t
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Rate Os Insurance
Stand Good Chance
Os Being Reduced
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! Kay Frances White, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus G. White,
Route 3. Edenton, is tha first Cho-1
; wan 4-H Club girl to be tapped
‘ into the Stale 4-H Honor Club.
! This club is composed of out
| standing 4-H'ers throughout the
State, and is the highest honor at
tainable in the 4-H work.
C. Os C. Prepared j
To Furnish Statistics
I
The Chamber of Commerce has
recently received several volumes
of statistical information and gen
eral data from the L\ S. Depart
ment of Commerce and Sales
Management Magazine, arcording
to Harry Smith, Jr., Chamber
1 executive. The data cover Eden
ton and Chowan County, State
|of North Carolina and in some
instances, the entire U. S.
Included are such facts as to
tal retail sales, value of farm pro
ducts sold, effective buying in
come per family, agricultural and
manufacturing census and gener
|al population statistics. This in
■ formation is available by calling
at the Chamber office in the Ho
-1 tel Joseph Hewes.
vities.
Throughout the years her pro
jects have included: Food prep
aration, clothing, home improve
ment, beautification of home
grmmds, farm and home electric, j
better grooming, recreation and j
rural arts, crafts and safety. Kay
has served as pianist, song lead- i
er. vice-president, president, re-!
porter, secretary, recreat'on lead- 1
er, and on various committees in
her local and county 4-H clubs.;
She has successfully completed
all of these projects and has re
ceived county and district recog
nition numerous times.
Kay’s leadership ability seems
to be unlimited. She shows spe
cial talent in working with all j
age groups and much patience |
when helping younger 4-H’ers. j
Four-H leaders consider Kay de- j
pendable, talented, and a great as-!
set to the 4-H program.
In Kay's words: “Four-H has |
, done a lot for me. In all my 4-H;
I work and other activities I strive i
Jto live by the 4-H motto. ‘To i
1 Make The Best Better’. It means j
! a lot to me to know that T am !
helping in our home and county |
to learn to be a better citizen
through the 4-H program”.
j family will be listed on the cal
-1 endars as well as important dates.
Each listing is 25c and the calen
dars will sell for 50c each.
This project has been a most
successful one since it was inau
gurated a few years ago, and it is
believed this year will be no ex
ception. “When the solicitor calls
at your home, think of all the
important dates of your family
and friends that will later come
! in handy when you refer to your
I calendar, then give them to the
canvasser at your door,” urge the
! chairmen. Listings will be taken
jfor birthdays, anniversaries,
v meetings, or anything to remind
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GHT CANCER
H A CHECKUP
iND CHECK
;5% Saving If Certain
j Recommendations Os
I Rating Bureau Are
Adopted
According to A. B. Harless,
Chairman of the Board of Public
Works, an approximate 5 per cent
savings in insurance premiums
can be enjoyed by Edenton citi
zens if certain recommendations
of the North Carolina Fire In
surance Rating Bureau are adopt
ed.
The Board of Public Works co
operating through the Town
Council has completed four of the
Bureau's water supply recommen
dations and the fifth will be com
pleted by October 1, 1958. This
leaves three recommendations
concerning the Fire Department;
building laws and a fire preven
tion code to be adopted by the
Town Council.
In the fall of 1956 the North
j Carolina Fire Insurance Rating
. Bureau indicated that if low wa
ter pressure in Edenton were not
eliminated that fire rates could
i increase. If eliminated and cer
| tain other recommendations were
I followed, rate reductions could be
| expected.
The water supply recommenda
| tions called for (1) a new 300.000
gallon elevated tank on the Fair
Grounds giving a stalic pressure
’of at least 60 pounds: (2) the in
stallation of 8, 10 and 12 inch wa
fer mains in certain parts of the
Town: (3) the reconstruction of
the three 600 gallon per minute
service primps then in use to
pump again the new head pres- >
sure and (4) the installation of a
dual-driven pump so that the old
250,000 gallon tank could be uti
lized.
“When all the recommendations
of the North Carolina Fire In
surance Rating Bureau are met
the Town’s fire rate classifica
tion would change to NBFU 6.” .
says Mr. Harless. “This rate and
its consequent savings to the
townspeople should justify full '
compliance with the NCFIRB rec-j
ommendations.”
Revival Begins '*
At Center Hill
Church Sunday
Next Sunday morning. August
3. at 11 o’clock, a series of revival
meetings will begin in the Center
j Hill Baptist Church. Services
; will be held each evening during
j the week beginning at 8 P. M.
The speaker for the meetings
will be the Rev. J. C. Meigs of
Pageland. S. C.. and the music
: "will be in charge of the pastor,
the Rev. Henrv V. Napier. Spe
■ cial music will also be furnished
by various churches in the coun
! ty.
At each service Mr. Meigs will
present an object lesson of spe
| cial interest to the children.
The public is cordially invited
! to attend all services.
'civic calendar]
A meat cutting demonstration
! w ill be held at the Colonial
; Frozen Food Locker Plant on
; Thursday afternoon. August 7,
] at 2:30 o'clock.
A week's revival meeting will
be held at Center Hill Baptist
Church beginning Sunday, Aug
ust 3, with the Rev. J. C. Meigs
of Pageland, S. C„ as the guest
evangelist.
A special meeting of the board
of directors of the Chamber of
Commerce will be held in the
Chamber offices Friday morn
ing. August 1, at 11 o'clock.
Rocky Hock Home Demonstra
tion Club and Beech Fork Club
tjwill hold a picnic at Sandy
■ Point Beach Friday, August 15.
; at 6:30 P. M.
Edentorf Lions will meet Mon
; day night. August 4. al 7 o'clock.
Edenton Rotarian* will meet
' this (Thursday) afternoon at 1
» j o'clock in tha Parish House.
William H. Co ffield Post No.
; 9280. Veterans of Foreign Wars.
; will meat Tuesday night at •
i o'clock. ■
. Tribe of Red Men
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