Corn Referendum Scheduled To
Be Held Tuesday, November 25
Chowan County com growers
themselves will help determine
the corn program which will be
in effect in 1959 and later years,
i according to C. W. Overman, farm
agent.
On Tuesday, November 25,
growers will vote in each of the
state’s 32 commercial corn coun
ties. Chowan is one of the 32.
Mr. Overman urges every eligi
ble farmer to take time to con
sider the issues involved and then
to accept the responsibility of vot-1
ing on November 25. Voters will |
have two choices:
1. Under the new program there '
would be no acreage allotments
or designated commercial corn j
producing areas. All corn pro
ducers would be eligible for price
supports without any restrictions
on acreages. The level of price
supports would be 90 per cent
of the average corn price receiv- j
ed by farmers during the three
preceding years, or 65 per cent of
parity, which ever is higher.
2. A continuance of the pres
ent program. Under this program
acreage allotments and the desig
nation of commercial corn coun
ties would remain in effect. Price ,
supports would be guaranteed j
within a range of 75 to 90 per l
cent of parity, depending upon the ’
corn supply situation. Because of
very heavy corn supplies, the al
lotment for 1959 would probably
be about 33,000,000 acres, approx
imately 15 per cent lower than in
1958.
The November 25 corn referen
dum differs from most votes of
its type in that farmers will have
the say—a simple majority of all
producers in the 1958 commercial
area whose vote will determine
which of the alternatives will be
in effect in 1959. No two-thirds
vote is required.
A farmers’ meeting will be held
at the Chowan Community Build
ing tonight (Thursday) at 7:30
o’clock. The purpose of this meet
ing is to discuss provisions of the
corn referendum and referendums
to be held in December, Overman
s ys.
20 YEARS AGO
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when the speaker was H. C. Wil
son of the Davey Tree Expert
Company.
Mayor J. H. McMullan was in
formed by Bill Sharp, stale hos
pitality advertising publicist, that
Fox Movietone people were plan-;
ning to return to Edenlon to take
pictures of peanut mills in opera
tion.
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and
the Methodist Church planned to 1
hold a union Thanksgiving ser
vice.
Mrs. Percy Smith. Mrs. Wallace
Goodwin, Mrs. E. L. Winslow and
Mrs. J. Cameron Boyce appeared
on a radio program over radio
station WPTF in Raleigh.
Edenton football fans were
amased when Coach David Hol
ton's Edenton Aces upset the
dope bucket to defeat Suffolk by
a score of 13-0.
Edenton Rolarians were lead
ing in the Edenlon bowling tour
nament.
The Bank of Edenlon installed
new storm stripped windows in
the bank building.
Over 50 officials from this area
gathered in the Court Houes to
hear Patrick Healy, Jr., and Bill
Newell explain lax matters and
legislative problems scheduled to
come before the next session of
the General Assembly.
Miss Margaret Ivey of Fountain
began her duties as beautician at
Mae Jackson's Beauty Parlor.
Lloyd Griffin was the principal
speaker at an Armistice Day cele
bration sponsored by Ed. Bond
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Post No. 40 of the American Le
gion.
In an unavoidable accident lit
tle Shirley Misell, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. E. B. MizelL was struck
by a highway truck in front of
her home on East Eden Street
and narrowly escaped serious in
jury.
Zackie Harrell State
4-H Peanut Winner
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Jackie planted Jumbo Runner
! peanuts eight inches apart on
three and one-half foot rows. He
! took a soil sample of his acre and
found that the recommendations
did not call for any lime or fer
tilizer on his peanuts. He applied
650 pounds of land plaster as rec
ommended by the soil test report.
The peanuts were dusted with sul
phur to control the leaf spot di
sease.
Zackie is the third boy of his
family to be a State 4-H winner.
His oldest brother, Aubrey, was
State 4-H peanut winner in 1948;
incidentally, Zackie grew his acre
, of pednuts this year in the same
and almost in the same acre
I which Aubrey’s were grown in
| 194 8. Aubrey is now the assistant
county agent in Bertie County.
Sherwood, the other brother, was
a team member of the 1955 State
winning vegetable production
contest.
It is unusual for the same'fami
ly to have more than one State
4-H winner, so the Gilbert Harrell
family is to be congratulated for
being so fortunate, and for having
all of their sons to be State 4-H
Club winners.
Zackie and his parents will at
tend the State 4-H Recognition
Day at State College on Novem
ber 28 at which time all State
winners and their parents will be
recognized. They will be accom
panied by R. S. Marsh, assistant
county agent.
Two Chowan Boys
Sing In Glee Club
At State College
The Men’s Glee Club at North
Carolina State College has accept
ed 23 new members from the can
didates who started the fall term.
The total strength of the Glee
Club is 45.
The membership of the club in
cludes Jack Overman of Edenton,
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Over
man, who sings second tenor, and
Joe Privott of Tyner, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. J. Privott, who sings
baritone.
VFW AUXILIARY MEETING
The Ladies’ Auxiliary of Wil
liam H. Coffield, Jr., Post No.
9280, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
will meet tonight (Thursday) at’
8 o’clock in the Post home. Mrs.
Pattie Jordan, president, requests
all members to attend.
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CHOWAW HMtALB, EPERTOB, WORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 20. lOM.
Victory Sunday Will
Be Celebrated At
Methodist Church
Next Sunday will be observed
as Victory Sunday by Methodists
all over Eastern North Carolina,
when each church will announce
the results in the capital funds
campaign for Christian higher ed
ucation.
A drive is now in progress to
raise $5,000,000 to assist in erec
tion of North Carolina Wesleyan
College at Rocky Mount and
Methodist College at Fayetteville,
each to receive $2,000,000 out of
the campaign. In addition $450,-
000 will go to Louisburg College,
SIOO,OOO to Duke Divinity School,
$150,000 to the Wesley Founda- 1
tion and $50,000' each to High
Point and Greensboro Colleges.
This week an intensive drive is'
in progress in the Edenton Meth
odist Church, looking to a goal
of $17,400. All Methodists and
friends of the church are invited
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2:30 P. M.
SATURDAY, NOV. 29*
Court House Green
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Sponsored By
MERCHANTS of EDENTON and
CHAMBER of COMMERCE
to attend next Sunday mornings’l
service when an announcement of r
the result of the Edenton cam
l paign will be made. An inspir
ing service of worship is being
l planned. The pastor, the Rev.
; Earl Richardson, says that an in
spiring experience of fellowship
j and meeting a noble cause is be
i ing enjoyed by Edenton Metho
dists as they conduct the cam
paign for funds.
Edentoft Woman
Killed In Wreck
' Mrs. Shirley Miller Skittle
■ tharpe, 23, of Edenton was killed
in an automobile accident near
Williamston about 2 A. M., Wed
•' nesday of last week when the car
in which she was a passenger
| struck a bridge over a creek.
> i Two Marines, Sgt. Warren W.
; Robinson, 22, and Pvt. Hubert T.
! Lowry, 18, were also killed in the
accident.
I’ Funeral services for Mrs. Skit
! tletharpe were held Thursday at
3 P. M., at the Williford Funeral
Home. The Rev. Lamar Sentell,
pastor of Ballard’s Bridge Baptist
Church, officiated and burial was
in Beaver Hill Cemetery.
Surviving are her nusband, Wil
lie Skittletharpe; two sons, Frank
Martin and Thomas Edward Skit- i
, tletharpe, at home; her parents, j
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller of
Edenton; a brother, Frank Miller,
Jr., and two sisters, Betty Jean
Miller and Phyllis Ann Miller.
She was a member of the Yeopim
Baptist Church.
Miss Leigh Dobson
In Leading Role In
College Production 1
Friends will be interested to'
know that Miss Leigh Dobson,-a
student .at East Carolina College,
has been assigned the feminine
lead of the forthcoming major
I production of the East Carolina
Playhouse, “Death of a Sales
man.” |
Miss Dobson has been active in
the Playhouse during her two
years as a student. Last year she
played a major role in "Tea House
l of the August Moon” and three
minor productions and earlier this
year appeared as "Tweeney” in
“The Admirable Crichton.”
Another Cancer
Clinic December 5
i
The Northeastern Cancer Clinic 1
will be held on Friday afternoon,
December 5, with registration be
ginning at 1 o’clock. A free chest
X-ray will be given to anyone
wishing it along with the exami
nation of the five areas of thej
body where cancer is most easily j
j found and Cured. There are no
t limitations as to sex, race, physi-'
cal or economic status at the cen
ter. However, women should be
35 or more: men should be 40 or
over unless referred by a doctor, 1
or unless one of the “Seven Dan-1
ger Signals” or “Symptoms” are
I present.
*1 Only 30 people can be seen at
J the Center each month due to
'j limited facilities, so it is suggest
' i ed that anyone who wishes to be
' assured of an appointment should
5 .write the Cancer Center, Health j
' Department. Elizabeth City, N. C.,!
for a priority. Examinees are|
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asked to bring a robe or house
coat with them.
1 LEGION MEETING
A meeting of Ed Bond Post No.
I 40 of the American Legion will
! be held in the Post home Tues
| day night, November 25, at 8
j o’clock. Commander Woodrow
I I Slades urges a full attendance.