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ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN ’ CHOWAN COUNTY Volume XXV. —Number 32. Full Schedule Os Classes Started By High School Band Roster Now Includes 60 Members and Ex-j pected More Will En roll Later The Band Department at the tdenton Junior-Senior High School opened its program Mon day, August 4, with a full sched ule of classes. Classes are scheduled Monday through Friday from 9 until 4 and Saturday from 9 until 12. All of the above periods are taken. However, if there are students who have failed to sign up and who still wish to do so, more periods can be added each day from 4 until 6. This can be ar ranged by getting in touch with Mr. Bray at the band room. The full band will rehearse, each Thursday night from 7:30 until 9 o’clock beginning this Thursday, August 7. All mem bers are urged to attend these rehearsals. The band received a shipment of percussion instruments Mon day which gives it a new and complete set of drum equipment including marching drums and timpani. In accordance with the band’s adoption of a military type or ganization this year, try-outs will be held Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, August 27-29, to select lection leaders and assistant sec tion leaders on various instru ments. The selection will be based on the students’ perform ance on and knowledge of their instrument. At the present time the band is fully complemented with the except* oll °f one or two instru ments. This means that the open ing of the school year will find the bahd with personnel number ing about 60 members. By the end of the school year this num ber is expected to exceed 70. Quite a number of new students have signed up and begun to take lessons in the past week. Also several students who were previ ously in the band but who drop pedjfo take other activities have re-entered the band. Any others who are interested may contact Mr. Brav at the band room for information. However, they are advised to-do this soon since the band has a limited number of uni forms available. Revival At Great Hope Aug. 10-16 According to the Rev. Henry V Napier, pastor of the Great Hope Baptist Church in Perquimans County, revival services will be gin in the church Sunday, Au gust 10 and continue through Sat urday, August 16. The guest evangelist for the meetings will be a former pastor, the Rev. L. C. Chandler, who is now pastor df the Macedonia Baptist Church. On Sunday night, August 10. the choir from the Center Hill Baptist Church at Tyner, will bring special music and on Mon day night, August 11, the choir from the Macedonia Baptist Church will bring special music. The public is invited to attend all services of this revival each night at 8 o’clock. tax collections Sheriff J. A. Bunch reported to the County Commisisoners Mon day that 1957 taxes collected dur ing July amounted to $1,093.36. Total 1957 taxes collected to date total $196,715.01. Dr. "Walter S. O’Berry Opens Dentist’s Office In Edenton Dr. Walter S. O’Berry has opened a dentist’s office on the mezzanine floor of ttte Citizens Bank building and will observe “open house” this (Thursday) af ternoon from 1 to 5 o’clock. For mal opening of his office will take place Fridiy and he will be available by appointment there after. _ >?, • Dr. O’Berry Is a native of Har- THE CHOWAN HERALD .. JBL fa I jH J. L. WIGGINS Due to ill health. J. L. Wiggins on Friday resigned as Veterans Service Officer for Chowan Coun ty. Mr. Wiggins has very effi ciently served in this capacity for about nine years and has been a great help to veterans and their dependents. Interest Is Revived In Fishing Contest Angling For Rockfish Most Popular Dur ing Week Dog-day weather lifted suffi ciently during the past week-end to revive interest in fresh wa ter fishing in the local bay and creeks. Anglers and fish have been active, according to Scott Harrell, chairman of the Cham ber of Commerce Tourist and Recreation Committee, who re ports good catches of rockfish and bass. Kessler Phillips of Edenton brought in 44 rock from Eden ton Bay which averaged a pound and a half. Casper Alexander and Buddy Rowell caught 25 in a few hours. Rockfish are run ning small for the Chamber’s fishing contest with no entries made during the week. Sgt. Charles ■ Labby of the Edenton Marine Base entered a nice four-pound four-ounce large mouth bass to take the weekly award. He caught it in Pern- Continued on Page 3—Section 1 REVIVAL IN PROGRESS AT CENTER HILL CHURCH Revival services are in progress this week at the Center Hill Bap tist Church with the Rev. J. C. Meigs, of Pageland, S. C., as the visiting evangelist. Services are held each night at 8 o’clock, to which the public is cordially in vited to attend. f Mighty M ] • With the recent heat wave causing a considerable amount of inconvenience and as a result af fecting the work in the county offices in the Court House, the Chowan County Commissioners at their meeting Monday agreed to have air conditioning units in stalled in the offices of the Clerk of Court, Register of Deeds and County Accountant. 1 W. E- Bond was authorized to secure bids for three units with authority to have them installed as soon as possible. High School, later graduating from Elon College and the School of Dentistry of the University of North Carolina. He is a member of the Psi Omega fraternity. While at Elon he was active in student government and was i listed in “Who’s Who In Colleges and Universities of America.”' Dr. and Mrs. O’Berry are making their home at 219 West [Eden Street. Mrs. O’Berry is N. C, denton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 7,1958. Wiggin g esigns AsSerg Officer InCho* 8 County | Commissioners Name ; E. J. Hobbs, Jr., as Successor J. L. Wiggins on Friday tender ed his resignation to the Cho wan County Commissioners as Veterans Service Officer for Cho i wan County, his reason being due' 1 to ill health. j Mr. Wiggins has served in this! , capacity for about nine years, | during which time he has given a considerable amount of help to veterans and their dependents. He is very well versed with the j law concerning aid to veterans, their widows and orphans, so that many were helped due to his knowledge and efforts in their be half. He had the welfare of vet erans at heart and before he was incapacitated he did an outstand ing job in connection with vet erans’ affairs. At the commissioners’ meeting Monday Robert L. Pratt and Wil liam Perry recommended E. J. ■ Hobbs, Jr., as Mr. Wiggins’ sue- 1 cessor. Mr. Pratt represented Ed Bond Post No. 40 of the Ameri- j can Legion and Mr. Perry rep-! resented William H. Coffield. Jr., Post No. 9280, Veterans of For eign Wars. Both organizations recommended Mr. Hobbs for the position, so that the Commission ers appointed Mr. Hobbs to serve. Both Pratt and Perry praised the work of Mr. Wiggins before he was incapacitated, saying he was patriotic, well versed in the law and had the welfare of vet erans at heart. Both also express ed the opinion that Mr. Hobbs will make an efficient service of ficer. Club Leaders Will Meet Next Week Miss Maidred Morris, home agent, has scheduled two meet ings next week with county home demonst#:tion club lead ers. The purpose of these meet ings is to plan the 1959 program of activities. The two groups selected to represent the 11 clubs in Cho wan County will meet in the home agent’s office on Monday and Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. These ladies will com bine their efforts to formulate a tentative program which will include demonstrations to be given, special interest meetings and program, project leaders re ports and service leader reports. Project leaders to meet on Monday afternoon are Mrs. W. T. Goodwin, • Mrs. Wood row Lowe, Mrs. I. E. Halsey, Mrs. G. W. Smith, Mrs. D. M. Reaves, Mrs. E. N. Elliott, Mrs. Drew Welch, Mrs. H. T. Hollowell, Mrs. E. P. Continued on Page 3—Section 1 Harrisons Operating ! Used Furniture Store Another new business was opened in Edenton this week when Mr. and Mrs. John Burton Harrison began operation of a used furniture store. The store is located at 209 South Broad Street in the building formerly used by Jack Hopkins as a bil liard parlor. The new concern will carry a 'complete line of good used furni ture including bedroom suites, | living room suites, breakfast; suites, sofa beds, couches, odd i chairs, tables and many other' items. I An invitation is extended the public to visit the new store. '• Demonstration On i Meat Cutting Today This (Thursday) afternoon a meat cutting demonstration will be held at the Colonial Frozen Food Locker Plant on North Broad Street. The demonstration, in charge "of John Christian, Ex tension animal husbandry special ist, will begin at 2:30 o’clock. He will cut out the beef, debone it, identify various cuts and dis cuss them according-to use. All home demonstration club members, as well as any other interested persons, are cordially invited to attend the demonstra -.it, 1 - CITIZENS OF TOMORROW * V : ) Above is another installment of The Herald's “Citizens of Tomorrow" feature. Top row, left to right, Lynn Davenport, Earl Davenport and Nancy Davenport, children of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Davenport. Bottom row, left to right, Johnetta Daven port. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Davenport; Gloria Jean Perry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Perry; Pat Reaves, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Reaves. Edenton’s Cheerleaders Will Perform At East-West Football Game In Greensboro Friday Coach William Billings left' early Friday morning for Greens- j boro, where he joined Coach: George Cushwa of Roxboro in j coaching the East All-Star foot- j ball team for the East-West game to be played Friday night of this I week at 8 o’clock. He Was ac-' companied by Bruce White and; Henry Overton of the Edenton) Aces and Tommy Matthews and Hazel Matthews of the Hertford Indians. According to word from Coach Billings early this week, the East squad is looking very Ballard's Bridge 1 Revival Will Be | Held Aug. 10-16^ Plans for a revival meeting at Ballard’s Bridge Baptist Church have been announced by the pas tor, the Rev, Lamar Sentell. The revival will begin Sunday, August, 10 and will run through Saturday,, August 16 with sendees each evening at 8 o’clock. | The evangelist for the revival will be Dr. W. D. Morris, former-J ly of Scotland Neck, but now pas-j tor of Temple Baptist Church at j Wilmington, N. C. Friends will j remember that Mr. Morris is a na tive of Gates County. His broth er, Dr. Frank Morris of Savannah, Ga., preached during revival ser vices last year at Ballard’s Bridge Church. Special music has been arrang-: ed and a music director and pian- 1 ist have been called for the meet- j ing. On Monday night, August | 11, the Center Hill Baptist choir will bring special music. On | Tuesday night, August 12, the, Macedonia Baptist choir will bring special music and on Wed nesday, August 13, the Rocky j Hock choirs will bring special mu-i sic. A committee will be on the grounds to assist in parking and ample seating is being made pos sible by the addition of a new building with its furnishings. The public is cordially invited i to all of the services. President Os Ocean Highway, Ernest J. Ward, Jr., Outlines Program For Year 1958-1959 In a letter to members of the Ocean Hiway Association, Presi dent Ernest J. Ward, Jr., outlin ed a program for the 1958-59 fis cal year and praised the leader ship of the late Captain L. H. Gar rison, one of the founders of the association. Captain Garrison, who was chairman of the board at the time of his death, had also served as president and chairman of the ad vertising committee. “We shall miss Cap, but we will not falter in carrying on to full realization the future he envisioned for this association, to which he contribut ed so much,” Ward stated. The association is completing plans for distribution of the im proved 1959 Ocean Hiway map folder and an expanded newspa per and magazine advertising program. Ward requested the full cooperation of the member ship and pledged his efforts for a ■ j impressive, so that the two coach-! | es expect to round out a formid-i | able combination in every de i partment of the game. | The game .will also have some | local color, for the cheerleaders of the Edenton Junior-Senior i High School are scheduled to at ' tend the game and help whoop it up for the East players. ! The cheerleaders expected to make the trip to Greensboro are Carolyn Perkins, Linda Spencer, Cynthia Spencer, Judy McLaugh lin, Janet Bunch and Beth Tol ley. 20 Years Ago At Found in the Files of The Chowan Herald r> Edenton entered a contest to se lect Queen of the Albemarle in | ' connection with the dedication of j the new Albemarle Sound bridge. Ruth Elliott, daughter of Mrs. Thomas W. Elliott, was appoint ed by Mayor Jack McMullan to j represent Edenton in the beauty contest at the Tobacco Festival in I Wilson. I W. E. Baker was appointed as sistant culturist at the U. S. Fish Hatchery to succeed Fielding F. Tanner, who was promoted to fish culturist and expected to be transferred. t Edenton High School Band j played at a showing of The Lost] Colony pageant at Roanoke j Island. i Chowan County Commissioners j j were authorized to use all means i j possible to collect all unpaid poll taxes. Forty-three merit badges were presented to a group of Edenton Boy Scouts including Meredith | Jones, John Hassell, Nick Gard j ner, Elbert Copeland. Richard i Mizzell. Norbert Sawyer, James | Bond. Frank Muth. George Alma Byrum Melvin Griffin and Jim my Hassell. John A. Holmes filled the pul pit at the Methodist Church in the absence of the pastor, the I Rev. George Blount. I Continued on Page 2—Section 1 successful 1958-59 fiscal year. The full text of the letter fol lows: “Ours was a great loss when Capt. L. H. Garrison, chairmah of our board, passed away sud denly from a heart attack on July 17 in Norfolk. “Captain Garrison not only was leader of the group that organiz ed this association 25 years ago, but he had served several times as our president, chairman of our board and chairman of the ad vertising committee. Always he was working in behalf of the Ocean Hiway Association. He had spent the entire morning of July 17 in a meeting, along with Bill Schwartz and Bishop Alex ander, presenting the full story of the Ocean Hiway, its aims functions and Accomplishments to executives at the Chesapeake Bay Ferry District Continued on Vage 2—Section 1 Survey Planned To Give Contracts for Government Work Representative to Be In Edenton on August 11 A survey of firms in the Edenton area which can handle, and are interested in, obtaining contracts and subcontracts for j the defense and other govern- Iment departments will be made iby the Philadelphia Ordnance j District of the U. S. Army. The | Edenton Chamber of Commerce I has requested information on i procedures to follow in Obtain ing such contracts for local firms. j Frank Boyer, procurement J planning representative of the j Greensboro Regional Office, will j visit Edenton on August 11 to survey local industries which | have equipment and personnel to produce military Perns. Cham jber Executive Harry Smith, Jr.. 'said that any company interested tin obtaining this type of contract | should notify the Chamber of-1 ■ fice before August 11. He said I the Philadelphia Ordnance Dis trict buys half a million items ! annually in many classifications, I and that local industries could supply items made by machine shops, wood shops, metal fabri cators, textile mills, body shops and tire recappers. Smith added that the Cham ber office will be glad to assist any firm interested in this type of activity. 1-11 Leaders Supper Thursday, Aug. 11 The adult 4-H Leaders Supper will be held at the Center Hill Community Building Thursday night, August 14. at 7:30 o'clock. The purpose of this supper and meeting is to bring together the adult leaders throughout the county to discuss plans for the local 4-H cilubs. Also, the lead ers at this meeting will help plan the program of 4-H work to be followed in Chowan County in 1959. The supper will be prepared by the Center Hill Home Dem onstration Club women. All 4-H leaders are urged to attend this supper meeting. Revival Meetings j At Yeopim Church j \ A revival meeting will begin |in the Yeopim Baptist Church! j Monday, August 11, and continue! ! through Sunday. August 17. Ser vices will be held each night at 8 o'clock. The visiting evangelist for the revival will be the Rev. Clarence : Williams, pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church of Elizabeth City. A cordial invitation is extend ed the general public to attend! I any or all of the services. Drane Family Returns To Live In Edenton The Rev. and Mrs. Fred Drane last week returned to Edenton and will make their home in their remodeled house on the Court House Green. Mr. Drane has returned from | the ministry of the Episcopal j iChurch. having served as minis ter of the Episcopal Church at Monroe, N. C., for 28 years, be fore which he was a missionary in Alaska for 10 years. Mr. Drane is a son of the late Dr. Robert B. Drane, for 56 years rector of St. Paul’s Epis copal Church in Edenton and Mrs. Drane is a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wood. Hotel Dining Room Again Serving Meals As of Monday of this week the j dining room at Hotel Joseph i Hewes has reopened for business after being closed quite a while. Three meals will be served daily in the dining room. MASONS MEET TONIGHT A stated communication of Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M. will be held tonight (Thurs day) at 8 o’clock. Dan Reaves, master of the lodge, urges a full 1 attendance for this meeting. $2,00 Per Year In North Carolina Restoration Work On Iredell House Started This Week Guest Evangelist j DR. W. D. MORRIS Dr. W. D. Morris, pastor of the Temple Baptist Church of Wil mington. N. C., who will bring revival messages at Ballard's Bridge Baptist Church in Cho wan County August 10 through August 16, with services each evening at 8 o'clock. Police Arrest Sixty In Julv Chief of Police George I. Dail reports that Edenton police made a total of 60 arrests during July, of whom 58 were found guilty as charged. Os those arrested 33 were white males, three white fe males, 22 colored males and two colored females. Fines amounted to $626 and costs $538.25 or a total of $!,- 164.75. Os this amount $175.4(1 was turned back to the town in way of Officers' fees. Police activities lor the month! included 58 calls answered, four automobile accidents investigated, one stolen automobile recovered, seven funerals worked, 11 street lights reported out. 35 courtesies! extended, 63 doors found unlock ed. 35 investigations made, one fire call answered, and 467 park ing citations issued. The police made 1,178 radio calls and were on the air one hour. 38 minutes and 10 seconds. 39 JAILED IN JULY Jailer Bertram Byrum reported to the County Commissioners on Monday that during July 39 per sons were placed in the county jail, the smallest number in many months. Confinements ranged from one to seven days. TVie ex pense amounted to $149.62 which includes jail and turnkey fees, soap and powder and telephone bill. | Meeting Changed ! Due to Labor Day following on the first Monday next month, September 1. the Chowan Coun ty Commissioners' meeting will be held Wednesday morning, Sep tember 3, at 10 o'clock, instead of September 1. This action was taken at Monday's meeting, so that anybody having business to transact with the Commissioners are urged to note the change in meeting. Jurors Drawn To Serve At Term Os Superior Court September 8 A mixed term of Chowan Su perior Court is scheduled to be held the week of September 8 Judge William J. Bundy ol Greenville will be the presiding judge. In preparation for the term. Choyvan County Commissioners at their meeting Monday drew 50 names from the jury box, who will be summoned by Sheriff J. A. Bunch to report for jury duty during the term of court. Those who will be called to kerve as jurors are as follows: R. C. Privott, L. C. Briggs. Thomas O. Harrell, Thomas E. Lane. Vandy Nixon, J. T. Twine. Richard E. Jackson. Roy H. Spruill, Graham Byrum. R. Gra ham White, I. J. Hendrix, J. E. y FIGHT CANCER WITH A CHECKUP AND CHECK k > G. H. Harding Plans j To Restore Building To Days of Owner ship By Iredell | Restoration of the James Ire* ! dell House on East Church j Street started this week, accord j ing to Grayson Harding, presi , dent of the James Iredell Asso ciation, Inc. An appropriation j of $4,000 made by the State Leg : islature is being used to begin I work on the famous 1759 horns !of North Carolina's youngest at torney general and associate jus tice of the first U. S. Supreme Court. He was appointed by George Washington. The piop , ertv is now owned by the State. I Harding said the entire house j wilt be refinished but the first J appropriations will permit only j the outside rear portion to be undertaken this year. He is 'hopeful that the 1959 Legisla-' ture will make another appro priation to continue the work on ’the Iredell house as it is one of i the outstanding historical lands j marks in North Carolina. It is a | typical southern colonial design j with double verandas on the j front. ! James Iredell purchased the house in 1778. five years af'er his marriage to Hannah Johns ton, sister of Samuel Johnston, another famous Edentbnian. earlv governor and first U. S. Senator from North Carolina. Their son, James Iredell, Jr., also was a governor, was responsible for I Itodell's Laws, and died in the , homestead while visiting his ' cousin who later occupied the house. From 1853 and lor many years tnc house served as the rectory ■of St. Paul's Church. The Eden ; ton Tea Party Chapter of the I DAR saved the house in 1949 ! from falling into private hands and in 1953 it became the prop erty of the State of North Caro lina. under custody of the James Iredell Association. Inc. Harding slab d that the house and grounds will be completely ! restored to the days of Iredell's ownership and that next year the association will celebra'e the building's 200th anniversary. i CIVIC calendar! v : ■> Project leaders and community service leaders of the county home home demonstration clubs will meet in the office of the home agent. Miss Maidred Morris, Mon day and Tuesday afternoons of next week. An adult 4-H Leaders Supper will be held at the Center Hill Community Building Thursday night, August 14, at 7:30 o'clock. A meat cutting demonstration will be held at the Colonial Frozen Food Locker Plant this (Thursday) afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rocky Hock Heme Demonstra tion Club and Beech Fork Club will hold a picnic at Sandy Point Beach Friday, August 15, at 6:30 P. M. Edenton Rotarians will meet this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock in the Parish House. William H. Cofficld. Jr.. Post No. 9280. Veterans of Foreign I Continued on Page 3—Section 1 Nixon, Cecil W. Harrell, W. H. Parker, J. Q. Bass. Jack Stal lings, John M. Elliott, E. R. Ea son, Colbert W. Byrum, David Ray Harrell, J. Lester Griffin, C. C. Privott. Everett F. Small, Alton L. Lodge, Charlie Elliott Peele. William Farless, T. R. Hollowell, Willie L. Brabble, Hubert L. Jordan, Leon W. Bv rum, Joe Jackson. John Muriel Phillips, I. L. Harrell, Russell Wheeler, R. B. Bunch, L. R. Sut ton. Claude Perry, W. G Fore hand, Edward Harrell, John H. Bond, E. C. Harrell, Jr., J. E. Waff, m. M. W. Jackson. M. J. Tynch, William D. Holmes. Jr., J. E. Ward. Alma T. Whiteman, Isaac Ellsworth Halsey, Jr., Cer mon S. Sutton and Claude Griffin.