-I" . || piror renrn tat, ~ If enow AN COUNTY J "!' 1 ' ■■ 1 Volume XXV.—Number 31. Smith Bros. Lumber fgSPL . ■ ' Co. Leases Blades Lumber Mill Here • . <$ 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 $ 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 *AU home club "™ _ { I tlor \ 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 j wuiuy oocjk iv* norxnwii xziax* !.«, . j, ■; __ I ■■ m _ shiploads in 1933. f CITIZENS OF TOMORROW Z) wbfr'' ' -ii Iffij Iflf 'Him mm vj i Tsmt fipnlf ' "\)|I(SpP HR . lit Yii ' wfSM ** 8 jfv,. I m, *l| I®*®' ™ BBBB' 111 m 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 •• « T-* • v- ’ 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. i ■, 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 “' - 4 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 ! Ln ■■ 3 i I J t-, nn ■ ■ n n■■ a i nopea ti)at every memoer or tne t $2.00 Per Year In North Carolina Rate Os Insurance Stand Good Chance Os Being Reduced [ Wins 4-H Honor X S. r* 1 x- .< • ■** ! : J , i ! 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 • Continued on Pnyc t Btrticn 1 . - ... .... e“ ~ 'V 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 o clock. . - - * .. s •, c'-tm

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