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ONLY NEWSPAPER |] PUBLISHED tN CHOWAN COUNTY J Volume XXV.—Number 42. Over 50 Prizes Schefailed ToßeSoldAtAuctionD% ing “Bid-a-Buck ” Auction U ale 22 Edenton Merchants Cooperating In Very Unique Sales Promo tion Starting Oct. 23 Over 50 valuable prizes will be auctioned off in the “Bid-a-Buck Auction Sale” being planned by 22 Edenton merchants. The un usual community-wide sales pro motion features a Bid-a-Buck coupon which will have a “dollar” value and may be used by the public at the end of the sale pe riod as “money” to bid on prizes offered at a public auction. Henry Quinn, chairman of the sales promotion Subcommittee of the Chamber of Commerce Mer chants Committee, says that the opening date for the sales event has been set back to Thursday, October 23. He said that adver tising and other material for the participating stores did not arrive in time to begin the sale on Oc tober 16 as originally announced. The sale will end oh Saturday, November 29, with a public auc tion, plans for which will ‘be an nounced later, he said. Quinn listed the top three priz es to be auctioned off as a 12-cu. ft. Frigidaire refrigerator, a 17-in. Zenith portable television receiv er, and a 21-in. Jacobson rotary lawn mower. They have •’srretail value of approximately S7OO, Quinn stated. In addition, each Continued on Page 6—Section 1 Episcopalians Wipe Out Debt The ten-day* campaign conduct ed by Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church, September 21-30, as re ported by John W. chair man, was completely successful. Cash contributions comprised most of the total giving which wipes out all outstanding indebt edness. As indicated by an anonymous donor, if the drive was complet ed within the prescribed time, an equivalent amount would bq forthcoming toward the building fund. At a special service Sunday morning at 11 o’clock the War dens of the Parish will make thank-offerings of both sums in behalf of the congregation. The Senior Warden will present the contributions representing the re cent . campaign and the Junior Warden will present the check representing the building fund. Other services Sunday include! Holy Communion at 8 A. M„ Church School at 9:30 A. M., the first session of the Adult Bible Class at 10 A. M., and the Young Churchmen at 7 P. M. The Rev., George B. Holmes, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, who has been participating in the 59th General Convention at Miami i Beach, Florida, will conduct Sun-1 day services. Edenton Aces In Underdog Role Topple Tarboro High 20 To 0 A well-clicking aggregation of .Edenton Aces on Friday night toppled a favored Tarboro foot ball team on the latter’s grid jron by a score of 20 to 0. Pre game dope favored the Tigers to defeat the Aces by at least one Or two touchdowns, but the Tar t outfit was able to Seriously ten only twice during the ■, when the Aces’ defense gthened like a stone wall to prevent a score, i The Aces struck early in the game, the first time they secured the ball after Tarboro fumbled add the Aces recovered on Tar boro’s 42. White, Hardison and Bbpkins worked the ball to the 26-yard line, from where Hop- T 8 tlSe yards, after, whteh White crashed through the line to .rXre Jack Bunch , yinpoiiu. , , ■; 1 THE CHOWAN HERALD District Bar Association Elects Marvin Wilson New President At Meeting Held In Edenton St Paul’s Bazaar Scheduled To Be Held November 11 Various Booths Will Carry Out Theme of United Nations Members of St. Paul’s Auxiliary have set Tuesday, November 11, as the date for their annual church bazaar to be held in the Parish House beginning at 10 A. M. To commemorate Armistice Day the theme this year will be the United Nations. Many countries will be represented in the various booths where an assortment of interesting items may be bought for gifts or personal use. Among the new attractions will be an oriental table, a Norwegian doll shop, Ye Old English Apron Shoppe, in & French pastry shop featuring an assortment of deli cious pastries as well as the us ual homemade pickles, preserves and other canned foods. There will be a Dutch sidewalk for bulbs and other flowers. Advance orders for any varie ty of shrubs and plants are now being taken by the flower com mittee: Mrs. R. P. Baer, Mrs. John Kramer and Mrs. Roland Vaughan. Other booths will include the usual Scotch bargain table, the American gift counter and the U.S.A. kiddie corner. Luncheon will be served from 12 noon until 2 P. M. A turkey dinner will be served at 7 P. M., followed by an auction sale., Elementary PTA Endorses Visual Screening Project The Edenton Elementary PTA met Tuesday night at the Eden ton Elementary School at 8 o’clock with the president, T. C. Byrum, Jr., presiding. Den 6 of Cub Scout Pack No. / 189 presented the colors. “The Star Spangled Banner” was led by the Rev. Earl Richardson and accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Jack Mooney. The devo tional was delivered by Mr. Richardson. President Byrum gave the address of welcome to the parents and teachers. Vice President Jesse Harrell presented the constitution and by-laws for approval. Mrs. [Frank Holmes reported a mem ' Concluded on Page 6—Section 1 5 and Hopkins was stopped about 2 yards from pay dirt. White again rammed through the line to score and a pass for extra point was incomplete. The final touchdown came about mid way of the final quarter. The Aces got the ball on their own 40 and in three first downs with Hardison, White, Hopkins and Wilkins alternating in carrying the ball, Hardison found a hole to go over, after he clipped off about 27 yards. A pass to Brit ton was good for the extra point The closest Tarboro got to scoring was the Edenton 18-yard line in the first quarter ami near the end of the game when Wilkins intercepted a pass on the Edcntoq 20. . The entire Edenton team played a bang-up game, both on defense .and offense. Robert j White was again the outstand- Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 16,1958. The annual meeting of the First District Bar Association was held in the Court House Friday, when the principal speaker was Dr. Beverly Lake of Wake For est. Following the meeting in the Court House a dinner was served lin the Hotel Joseph Hewes din ing room, where officers for the year were elected. Marvin Wil son of Edenton was elected unani mously for president. Other offi cers elected were: Hubert Eason, Gatesville, vice president; Her bert Small, Elizabeth City, secre tary-treasurer; office of council lor, P. Kenyon Wilson of Eliza beth City; executive committee, Jack Chaffin, Camden; Weldon Hollowell, Edenton; E. R. Wood ard, Currituck; Wallace Gray, Dare; Philip Godwin, Gates; Jack W. Jennette, Elizabeth City and Silas Whedbee, Hertford. Dr. Lake used as his subject, “Judicial Tyranny and the Law of the Land.” “Our generation of North Caro lina and the generation now in its infancy have a ‘rendezvous with destiny’,” he said. “It is our destiny to guide North Carolina through years in which our basic liberties and her status as a sov ereign state are in the greatest danger which has arisen against them since that ‘tragic era’ when Thaddeus Stevens reigned su preme in Washington. The source of that danger is no foreign dic tator, no rocket-borne hydrogen bomb flying from a foreign Continued on Page 6 —Section * New Ford On Display Today Friday and Saturday of this week the new 1959 Ford cars will be on display at the Albe marle Motor Company show rooms on West Hicks Street. Bruce Jones, manager, has ar ranged to award a number of prizes in connection with the opening and refreshments will also be served. The prizes will be as follows: First, a SIOO certificate on any automobile, new or used with or without a trade-in; second, $25 iin cash; third and fourth, $lO each; fifth and sixth, $5.00 each. The drawing will be held Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Mr. Jones says, “There is noth ing newer in the world than the new Fords, the world’s most beautifully proportioned cars.” The 1959 Ford received an award at the Brussels World’s Fair for styling elegance. Its styling also earned the plaudits of the noted fashion authority, the Comite Francais de l’Ele gance, which for the first time in history bestowed a gold medal for styling of an American au tomobile at the close of the Brussels international exposition. Mr. Jones extends an invita tion to people in Edenton and this entire section to visit the showroom and see and learn I about the many new features in the 1959 Ford. fciVIC CALENDAR - ) Twenty-two Edenton merchants are cooperating in a "Bid-a-Buck" •ales promotion feature which will begin Thursday, October 23, and end Saturday, November 29. I Edenton Aces will play the Perquimans Indians Friday night, October 17, in Hertford at $ o'clock. Chowan Tribd of Red Men will hold Us annual banquet in the American Legion building Mon day night, October 27, at 7:30 o'clock. Chowaii Hospital Auxiliary will meet in the nurses' home Friday afternoon, October 17. at 3 o'clock. . St. P»ul’l Auxiliuy will bold Marine F amilies Rapidly Leaving NAAS At Edenton I C. Os C. President | JOHN W. GRAHAM The new group of directors of the Edenton Chamber of Com merce last week elected John W. Graham president, succeed ing Gilliam Wood. Goal Is In Sight For Local Plant i It was announced Wednesday i morning that the efforts to re- j capitalize Edenton Industries are meeting with success. Several weeks ago a group of local citizens met and agreed to attempt to underwrite the local fiberglass industry for $25,000. Thus far this • effort has brought in pledges of approximately $20,000 or about $5,000 short of the goal. The new subscriptions will be issued on the basis of a re valuation of the capital stock instead of being issued at SI.OO per share as originally issued. It is requested that anyone interested in supporting the ef fort to reactivate this local in dustry to contact anyone of the following men; J. H .Conger, Sr., John W. Graham, Frank Wood, Gilliam Wood, Dick At-1 kinson, James P. Ricks, Sr., or Wilmer Malone. Edenton 4-H Club Elects New Officers The Edenton Senior 4-H Club met at the Edenton Junior-Senior High School on Wednesday of last week. Since this was the first meeting officers were elected forj the coming year: Those elected were: Zackie Harrell, president; Georgia Skin ner, vice president; Nelia Lowe, secretary; Betty Jo Webb, report er; Donald Forehand and Doris Jean Cale, song leaders. In the absence of the president, Kay Lowe, out-going president, presided. Individual exhibits at the County Fair were discussed. Other matters of business were taken care of. The meeting adjourned with the group giving the 4-H pledge in unison. New Directors Os C. Os C. Elect John W. Graham As President John W. Graham, local attor ney and business leader, was named president of the Chamber of Commerce at the first meeting held Thursday of last week of the recently elected board of direc tors. He succeeds Gilliam Wood, who has served as president of the reorganized Chamber since October, 1957. Wood continues on the board as past-president. Other officers elected for one year terms, effective October 10, were W. P. (Spec) Jones, vice president; N. J. George, secretary, and George S. Twiddy, treasurer. Harry Smith, Jr., was re-elected executive vice president. Graham, who was treasurer for the year, is president of the Coastland Oil-Co., a director of the Peoples Bank & Trust Co., senior warden of St. Paul’s Epis copal Church and a member of many local organizations. Jones has been on the Cham ber’s board ot directors since its reorganization and was chairman Local Base Scheduled To Be Decommission ed Before January I, 1959 Marine families are rapidly departing from Edenton so that | within a few days only a skele ton crew will be stationed at I the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air Station. After more than five years 1 Marine Aircraft Group 14 is re turning to Cherry Point, where it left in August, 1953, to estab | lish Edenton as an operational training base for the Second i Marine Air Wing, j While stationed at Edenton[ MAG-14 went from propellor driven AD Douglas Skyraider aircraft to the Douglas A4-D-2 Skyhawk jet bomber. MAG-14' is the only Marine Air Group on j the east coast to fly the Sky- j hawk jet at the present time. In addition to the Headquar ters and Maintenance Squadron i and Marine Air Base Squadron,j the Group features two squad- j rons of A4-D-2 jets, VMA-211 j and VMA-225. VMA-211 is ex pected to swap places with \ VMA-224 during the latter part of this year. VMA-224 is cur rently serving in the Far East.; I MAG-14 is commanded by; Col. Joseph R. Little, Jr., who assumed command of the group in August of this year after re- j porting from Cherry Point, where he was Chief of Staff of the Second Marine Air Wing, j Col. Little was an original mem- j ber of the group when it was j Continued on Page 6—Section 1! Hospital Auxiliary Will Meet Friday The Chowan' Hospital Auxiliary will meet Friday afternoon, Oc tober 17, at 3 o’clock in the nurs es’ home. Mrs. Ed Bond, presi-' dent, states that some important: business is to be considered, so ; that she requests all members to make a special effort to be pres ent. Tea will be served at the con clusion of the meeting. Robert L. Pratt Now Justice Os Peace Friends will be interested to j know that Robert L. Pratt, retir- j ed Edenton policeman, is now a justice of the peace. The appoint ment was made by Judge Chester Morris. Mr. Pratt recently retired from l the Edenton police force after 32 years of service. Optometrists Name Ferguson President} Dr. L. F. Ferguson, local optom etrist, was elected president of the Northeastern North Carolina Optometrist Association at a dis trict meeting held in Murfrees- j boro Wednesday of lgst week. At the meeting the principal item of business was electing of- j ficers and scheduling a series of educational meetings to be held in the district. of the Industrial Committee. He is president of Spedic Food Pro ducts, Inc., director of the Eden ton Development Corp., and tax supervisor of Chowan County. He fills the office left vacant when W. T. Harry moved from Edenton. George, who succeeds Shelton Moore as secretary, is president of the George Chevrolet Co., Inc., a member of the Varsity Club, Baptist Church, and former Eden ton High School science teacher. Twiddy, president of Twiddy Insurance & Real Estate, Inc., succeeds Graham as treasurer. He is also treasurer of Edenton Homes, and a member of the Bap tist Church. Smith has been manager of the Chamber of Commerce since Jan uary, coming here from Old Say brook, Conn. He is also assist ant secretary of the Edenton De velopment Corp., and a member of several civic organizations. Drainage Problems Consume Time Os Town Councilmen Marvin Wilson Named To Succeed Harry as School Trustee With Mayor Ernest Kehayes being out of town Tuesday night, J. Clarence Leary, mayor pro-tem, ! presided over the October meet | ing of Town Council, when a con. I siderable amount of business was ! transacted. The Councilmen fin j ished up shortly after 11 o’clock. Taking up a major portion of I time was drainage problems. Doc j tors now constructing a mental ' clinic presented a request to in j stall 40 feet of 7-foot pipe in the j large ditch on Granville Street j in order to provide an entrance |to the clinic. After a lengthy ! discussion it was decided that ! Town Council would be subject j to criticism due to the fact that j the clinic will be outside the city j limits. The Clerk was, therefore. I instructed to inquire if the doc i tors are willing for their property ! to be taken into town. Two other drainage problems] i were presented by Twiddy Insur | ance & Real Estate, Inc., and H. |C. Edwards. The former request [ is to place pipe in a ditch front- j j ing on Second Street. -The Ed- Continued on Page 6—Section 1 *59 Chevrolet Shown Today •/ George Chevrolet Company will: display the new 1958 Chevrolet in its showroom beginning' today (Thursday). Nick George, mana ger, is very enthusiastic about the new model and hopes many peo ple in Edenton and surrounding: territory will- see the new 1958 line of Chevrolets. Mr. George i says. “There’s a floating new ride ! in stoie for you and Chevy’s got it.” In connection with the showing a number of prizes will be offer ed as well as free favors and gifts for all who attend. First prize will be a SIOO gift certificate to be used in the purchase of a new or used car. Second prize will be $25 in cash; third and fourth prizes will be $lO each and fifth prize $5.00. There will also be 10 additional prizes of a wash and grease job. The 1959 Chevrolet passenger ear has a complete styling trans-: formation, along with.more safety,] comfort and performance, accord ing to Mr. George. “In shape and j in detail,” he says, “the new styl ing reflects the influence of a space-conscious age. Lines sweep; rearward in a virtually level [ plane. Tops are flatter and visi bility is dramatically increased.” j Red Men Banquet | Scheduled Oet. 27 Chowan Tribe No. 12, Im proved Order of Red Men, will hold its annual banquet Monday j night, October 27, at the Ameri- j can Legion building. The af fair will get under way at 7:30! o’clock with the dinner to be! served by members of the; Legion Auxiliary. An interesting program is be- , ing arranged and with commit- j tees at work plans for the ban- • quet are very encouraing and a large crowd is expected to be on hand. Among the special guests will be James F. Brooks of Char lotte, Great Sachem of North Carolina, and W. E. Yopp of ] Wilmington, Great Chief of ( Records. 20 Years Ago As Found in the Files of The Chowan Herald :— *\ About 100 very enthusiastic, parents gathered in the new high’ school auditorium and organized the Edenton Parent-Teacher As sociation with Mrs. Janies E. Wood elected president John A. Holmes was agreeably surprised when a man who asked! that his name be withheld hand ed him a check for $133.33 to start a milk fund for needy school chil dren. Information was received to the effect that the War Department Continued on Page 6—taction 1 $2.50 Per Year In North Carolina Methodist 150th Anniversary Very Successful Affair I Bar President !> v t\'t MARVIN WILSON Members of the First District Bar Association at their annual meeting held in Edenton Friday elected Marvin Wilson of Edan ton as their president. UN Day To Be i Held Oct. 24 Fdeills.ll will join in the 30lii j World-wide celebration of Unit ed Nations Day, October 24. Mayor Ernest Kehayes has appointed a committee to plan community activities which in cludes Gerald James. Ernest A. Swain and Prof. D. F. Walker to coordinate the various pro grams. Mayor Kehayes announced formation of the UN Day com mittee ii. response to a request from the United States Com mittee tor the United Nations which is delegated by the Presi dent of the United States each year to promote thp nationwide observance of United Nations Day throughout the country, October 24. 1945, was the day that the United Nations offici ally came into being. The theme for the 1958 celebration of UN Day is "The UN Is Your Busi ness.” In a proclamation Mayor Ke haves calls upon citizens to in-\ form themselves fully concern ing the United Nations and to assist the local United Nations Committee in every way to make this observance an out standing success. Methodist Men To Meet Tonight Tonight (Thursday) at. 6:30. o’clock the Methodist Men’s Club! will meet at the church for a j dinner meeting. A feature of the! meeting will be a report on the North Carolina Conference rally, for higher education held at Ra-j leigh Monday. This report will, be presented by the Rev. Earl. Richardson, John A. Holmes, Mil-] ton Bass, Oscar Griffin and Ger ald James. All members of the I club are especially urged to be ; present. Edenton‘s Aces And Hertford Meet On Gridiron Friday Night Two arch rival football teams, j Edenton and Hertford will meet j on the Hertford gridiron next Fri : day night in a game which is ex j pected to be packed with thrills. I The game has an added attrac- I tion in that Johnny Morris, a na | tive of Hertford, is line coach for I the Aces, and has gradually built up an increasingly strong front ! line of defense. The Aces came out of the Tar- j ; jboro tussle Friday night without: [any serious injuries, so that! [Coaches Bill Billings and Johnny ; Morris believe the squad will be | in the pink of condition to meet [ their ancient rivals. Hertford, on | the other hand, usually is fired up ! for the Edenton game, so that a battle royal is in prospect. The Indians will be out to avenge last year’s 28-7 defeat at the hands of the Aces. Coaches Billings and Morris are conducting strenuous practice ses sions this week in the hope of 1 & FIGHT CANCER WITH A CHECKUP AND CHECK * | Sanctuary and Annex •! Filled to Capacity For | ! Sesquicentennial Cel | ebration Sunday The Edenton Methodist Church and annex was filled to capacity Sunday morning when the con | gregation celebrated its 150th an ll niversary. The sasquicentennial service be gan at 10:30 o’clock when John A. Holmes presided and honored guests were presented. M Holmes also read letters of gree ings from former pastors an : friends of the church who wer unable to attend. These letters acme from the Rev. W. A. Cade, the Rev. George W. Blount, the Rev. Earl B. Edwards, the Rev. I H. F. Surratt. Miss Martha Lea North, daughter of Dr. W. B. i North. Mrs. W. F. Walters, widow of the Rev. W. F. Walters, the Rev. W. C. Benson and Harry j Smith, executive vice president of the Edenton Chamber of Com i merce. who congratulated the j church upon its *lsoth birthday I and welcomed those present. At this service the Rev. C. Free man Heath, superintendent of the Elizabeth City District, extended J greetings from the pastors of all I the churches in the district and paid tribute to those who organiz ed the church and those who through the ydars worked loyal ly and faithfully in carrying on the work and progress of tha church. The pastor of the church, the Rev. J Earl Richardson, welcom ed those present and expressed his pleasure to see so many peo ple turn out for the sesquicen tennial celebration. The Rev. H. I. Glass, who now lives in Florida, and who served the church four years, 1918 to 1922, was the principal speaker. Mr. Glass paid tribute to tha Continued on Page 4—Section 1 ‘59 Plymouth j Shown Today j Chowan M r Company will today (Thun A place on dis 'play the new 1959 Plymouth 'automobile in their showroom on West Water Street. O. B. Perry, ■ manager, says that never before i has the Chrysler Corporation presented such fine cars, and the entire personnel of the company cordially invites the general pub lic to visit the showroom to view and inspect the new 1959 Plymouth. “We are convinced that the American economy is at a point : where value is the most import ant single factor in the pur j chase of a new car." says Mr. [Perry. "Everything done to the 1959 line of cars reflects this belief.” j New bumper-to-bumper and road-to-roof styling, new power [plants and unprecedented traffic [agility which operate 10 per cent more economically, and a., new top-of-the-line series of luxur' - models head the list of innov 1 tions for the 1959 Plymouth. rounding out a smooth working football machine which will be able to again scalp the Indians. The gridiron feud between Edenton and Hertford began back in 1926, during which time the Aces have won 17 games and the Indians 12. They played three tie games and for a few years, when Edenton had exceptionally strong teams, the two schools did not ; schedule games. The Aces will go to Hertford | with a clean conference slate. They hold victories over William ston, Scotland Neck and Tarboro and have not been scored on in conference play. They have a 3-3 record, having been defeats ed by Roanoke Rapids, Wallace- Rose Hill and Elisabeth City. The Indians have won over Camden and were badly walloped by Ahoskie and Tarboro. They woif over Camden in the opening game of the seasQft..£nd defeated : Continued from 8 i Soction 2