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■ ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN CHOWAN COUNTY k , Volume XXV—Number 52. i-j Appeal Brings Result . A ru-ii-u-i i*ifu~ i— i— -—— - I Sitting above is Tracy Kirby, who is realizing the answer to a recent appeal for a tape recorder through The Heiald. Kenneth Worrell, standing, became interested in the appeal for the disabled Kirby and through his efforts the tape recorder became a-reality foe Kirby. Wotreil secured donations from the Red Men, VFW add American Legion Auxiliaries and several individual and the . machine was purchased when the Sears Roebuck Company donated over half of the cost. W^/VVWVV^' Edenton Street Department And State Employees Praised For Quick Removal Os Recent Snow Edenton’s Street Department and the State Highway Depart ment are praised by Chamber of Commerce President John Gra ham for their efforts in remov ing snow and ice from the town’s streets after the big storm. “As president of the Chamber of Commerce, I wish to extend in behalf of our members our deep appreciation to Commissioner J. Edwin Bufflap of the Street De partment and Sujjt. Frank Hughes and his-crew for putting the busi ness comnQunity back in business so promptly,” Grahtfha stated. “The storm arrived at the height ot the holiday buying season and the loss to our merchants would have been far greater had not the Street Department acted so effici ently in the huge task which fac ed them.” *-- Graham also commended state highway crews working under George Asbell, Chowan County foreman. The main roads into Edenton were cleared and safe for travel within a few hours. Many compliments have been re ceived on the excellent job done by both the town and state crews. Ralph Parrish, Chairman of the Merchants Committee, joined in thanking local and state crews. '“We were luckier than many oth er communities to get business back to normal, so fast,” he said. “The Street Department worked until midnight on Friday follow ing the storm to get Broad Street cleared and the retailers appreci ate this effort.” Twiddy Family Wins Prize For Best Decoration The winner of a $lO cash prize for the best outside home Christ mas decoration was won by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Twiddy, who live in Morris Circle. The contest was sponsored by the Edenton Woman’s Club. Mrs. Louis George Wilkins, Fine Arts Chairman, listed quite a few homes in the contest, ail of Which were beautifully decorated, so4hafe.if was 4 difficult task for the- judges to decide on the win ner. The homes were judged Fri day, 19. The. judgfes Were especially im pressed with the decorations of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Harrell on East Queen Street, JCr. and Mrs. Ivey Meadows on <&barrus Street, Mr. and Mrs. Henjert Hollowell in Pembroke Circle, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Smith, on the Virginia Road and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Tar kington on West Queen Street Wilkins expressed the hope tha* thiikpeer’s contest will be an incentive fcr more homes Judges for the event Were Mrs. Elliot} Bplch, Mrs. Cflfljpy Perry 0/9UAAT e* M T Aern CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS iJ|iitaan*r 1 iiinTifirii have eone to THE CHOWAN HERALD Band Presents Fine Program Os Christmas Music One of Edenton’s most out standing Christmas programs was presented in the Junior-Senior High School auditorium Friday night when the band presented a concert. Despite the extraordi nary calibre of the music, the au ditorium was less than half full, but those who attended were high in praise of Derwood Bray, the di rector, and members of the band. Vern Goodw.in acted as narra tor for the program and at its conclusion members of the band presented Mr. Bray with Christ mas presents. The program was concluded b£4he audience joining in singing a number of the fav orite Christmas carols. The numbers played by the band included: “Slater’s Waltz,” “The Glass Slipper,” “Three Songs For Christmas,” “In A Clock Store," “The Christmas guite.” “Snow White Fantasy,” “Jingle Bells Rhapsody” and “The Christmas Story.” Visiting Minister At Methodist Church Sunday, Dec. 28th The Rev. Earl Richardson, pas tpr of the Edenton Methodist Church, announces a guest-minis ter for Sunday morning, Decem ber 28. He will be Corbin Lee Cherry, a pre-ministerial student at High Point College from Hert ford. It is hoped 'that a large con gregation will be on hand for Mr. Cherry’s service, of which will have complete charge. Fittingly, Mr.'Cherry is appearing in the rulprt of the Edenton Methodist Church on Student Recognition Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Richardson will leave Edentop on Christmas day for an 8-day vacation. They will divide the time between their parents, the Richardsons in Rob bins and the Copelands in Ahos kie. / 20 Years Ago ? As Found in the File* of ' The Chowan Herald >■ _ , One of the most outstanding improvements in the way of beau tification in Edenton took pjaee when Mayor J. H. McMullan sign ed a WPA project for the erection of an athletic center on Hicks Field. "Aunt LisxU" Bunch celebrated her 100th birthday on- Christmas day at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Ida Reed at Center Hill. Robert L. Chesson won a suit in Superior Court against the Kieckhoffer Container Company of Plymouth. Almost an entire week was consumed by the suit in which Chesson sued for til.- 000 and was awarded *2,668J27. Many were turned away at the Pertpiimaae County High School for the first program of the Albe mark Music Fbsiitil Association. aT« gesture of apprecistion ior the^mifu 1 omrioe. Town Coup. fofei 5 - Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 25,1958. § /| | //I' I pt.l > - JUT ’ ofl^teiiL Jr - s Jr M '■ * ~jm -v^i Merry Christmas In newspaper parlance, it's about "30" for the Christmas season ... in plain words ; t's about over. So, everyone here, printers, reporters, admen, publisher, pressmen, editors, bookkeepers, proofreaders, ... all wish you a most delightful Christmas! May it truly be a memorable occasion and may the headlines of the New Year record only happiness and success for you and yours. The Chowan Herald Ten Leaders In -j Bridge Marathon At the conclusion of the sixth round of the bridge marathon sponsored by the Chowan Hos pital Auxiliary, Mrs Kathryn Goodwin and Earl Goodwin have taken the lead. The ten leading teams and; their scores follow: 1— Mrs. Kathryn Goodwin and Earl Goodwin, $28,340. 2 Mrs. L. A. Patterson and Mrs. W. B. Rosevear, 23,230. 3 Nick George and Jesse! Harrell, 21,630. 4 Dr. Frank Wood and Mrs. Frank Wood, 20,980. 5 Medlin Belch and A1 Phil lips, 20,790. 6 Joe Thorud and Dr. Richard Hardin, 20 680. 7 Mrs. A. M. Forehand and; Mrs. H. A. Campen, 2b,540. 8— Mrs. Watson Bell and Mrs. John Harrison, 19,560, and Mrs. | J. W. Davis and Mrs. Earl Goodwin, also 19,560. 9 Marvin Wilson and Mrs.' Marvin Wilson, 18,800. , 10— Mrs. Ed Bond and Mrs. Wesley Chesson, ,Jr., 17,580. Two Holidays For Street Department Due to most Edenton business' concerns observing :two days for Christmas, Thursday and Friday, ; the Street Department will make : no garbage and trash collections on these two dgys. Regular col lections will be resumed ■ Satur day morhing. Santa Claus Will Remain To Greet Edentan’s First ’59 Baby Fifteen local business firms have already notified the Cham ber of Commerce that they will honor the first New Year’s baby to arrive at Chowan Hospital in 1959. Tom L. Ridgeway, hospital administrator,' said the lucky ar rival will receive presents con tributed by Mitchener’s Pharma cy, Peoples Bank & Trust Com pany, Tots and Teens Shop, Belk- Tyler’s, Cuthrell’s Department Store, Elliott Company, Leggett & Davis Drugs, P & Q Super Mar ket, Malone’s 5 & 10c Store, Quinn Furniture Company, By- Laundry l Elliott <^" Pany ’ - Lloyd Rnneb- Fahey ) Byrum Return From Trip To i Goodyear Farms In Arizona Lloyd C. Bunch, Chairman of the Albemarle Soil Conservation District, and Fahey Byrum, lead ing conservation farmer of the district, along with 93 others of the nation’s outstanding conservation minded farmers and ranchers re turned home Tuesday of last week after receiving their reward for being named national soil conservation champions for their! respective states. The men were winners of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Com pany's eleventh annual Soil Con-, servation Awards program cover ing the fiscal year 1957-1958. The grand award was a vacation trip by air to the Wigwam, a luxuri ous guest resort on Goodvear Farms, Litchfield Park, Arizona, near Phoenix. Each winner was named bf' a board of impartial judges, com-! prised of leading agriculturalists. | in 50 competing units covering, every state in the countr,v. The soil awards program is de signed to increase good soil con servation practices. Grand prizes BANK CLOSED TWO DAYS The Peoples Bank & Trust i Company will be closed Thursday ! and Friday, December 25 and 26,; : but will be op§n for business as j usual Saturday, December 27. j Important banking business j should, therefore, be transacted accordingly. Chowan Hospital. The baby’s parents will be giv en gift certificates by the firms which may be exchanged for free merchandise or services at the stores. “Santa Claus will stay in town a week longer than usual to greet 1959’s new baby,” Ridgeway said. “At least we hope he’ll have to wait only one week!” Mr. Ridgeway commended the ; Chamber of Commerce and the ■ business firms for making this , fine gesture to honor the first - New Year’s baby in Eden ton. - Any firm wishing to participate ! in this project should notify the l Chamber of Commerce office. i are awarded to soil conservation' districts in the 50 competing units which are considered outstanding for the year in regular soil con-| servation work. The winning soil conservation district in each com- j ; peting unit or state sends its gov- 1 erning body member who has' worked the hardest and accom plished most, on the vacation trip.; This member of the soil conserva tion district governing body is ac-| companied on the vacation outing] by the district’s top cooperating l i farmer or rancher. While enjoying Arizona’s sun-j shine and desert air, the 100 win-j ning conservationists inspected the state’s conservation activities! and irrigation farming on Good-i year’s 14.000-acre model farm.! Entertainment programs includ-l ed a rodeo, desert tours, and rec- j I reational facilities of the Wigwam.! Goodyear’s soil conservation] j awards program has provided) grand award vacation trips fori 836 of the nation's leading agri cultuialists since beginning of the event in 1947-43. Rotary Club Calls Off Two Meetings „ ' I i Edenton’s Rotary Club will not meet Thursday of this week due | to the observance of Christmas. The meeting will likewise be called off the following week due to the observance of New Year’s. The next meeting of the club, therefore, will be Thursday after noon, January 8, at 1 o’clock, when the program will be in charge of Gerald James. Draft Board Office , Closed To Dec. 29 The office of the Chowan Coun . ty Draft Board closed Saturday, . December 20, for the Christmas i holidays and will not reopen un til Monday, December 29. ■ During this closing period all : men In Chowan County who are 5 required' to register will be ex -1 cused but they must report after . the office opens on December 29. : Any information may be obtained ! from the clerk, Mrs. MaybeUe P. Sexton at her home, phone 2292. Plans Completed For Varsity Club’s Dance On Christmas Night Plans have been completed for the annual Varsity Club's Christ mas dance which is scheduled to be held Christmas night, Decem ber 25. The dance will be held in the Edenton armory from 9 to 1 o'clock and is expected to be one of the most enjoyable affairs ever held by the Varsity Club. Music for the dance will be furnished by The - Notables of Suffolk, Va., who have appeared in Edenton a number of times be fore. Table reservations can be made by telephoning William Billings. 2601 or Joe Thorud, 3359. Only Two More Shopping Days Left Local shoppers have two more full days to complete their Christ mas lists. Stores will be open un til 9 o'clock tonight (Tuesday) and tomorrow. Ralph Parrish, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Merchants Committee, said all stores will be iclosed Christmds day and most will be closed Friday after Christ mas in accordance with a recom mended schedule of hours. Stores will return to regular hours of operation beginning Saturday. December 27. Most stores will be open on 1 New Year’s day at regular hours. VFW MEETING William H. Coffield, Jr., Post No. 9280, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will meet Tuesday night. December 30, at 8 o’clock. Com mander Harold Langdale urges a good attendance. g 1h« Km «>a» »»»*»* two »•»«»»••■ Christmas, Ho! f i * Mistletoe and sleigh bells ringing; f Falling snow, glad voices singing. | £ People rushing, faces smiling; 1 Toys in windows, so beguiling. \ £ Trees in tinsel, bright lights shining; I Gifts wrapped neatly, cards need signing, — « £ Time hurries on its fleeting way I And greets another Christmas' Day. # —Shirley Twiddy. $2.50 Per Year In North Carolina Machinery Set Up To List Property For 1958 Taxation | Edenton’s Biggest 1— ——nw’ «% ** Following Edenlon’s heavy snow storm. John Pavlich and his son Ferrell made a huge snow man in lheir yard of Court Street. The snow man was 12 feel tall and young Ferrell Pav lich is standing beside it. Many ' snow men were made from the snow, but this was the largest in Edenton. Christinas Music By Choral Groups 1 Choral groups of the Edenton , Junior-Senior High School, pre sented "Bethlehem," a Christmas cantata in the new school audi torium Wednesday night of last . tfceek. It was postponed from') Sunday. December 14. due to the snow storm. ( The program was very well executed with Mrs. Mary Leggett : Browning directing and Mrs. John : J. Ross playing a Hammond or- : gan loaned for the occasion by the Levy Page Music Company ; of Norfolk. Soloists in the program were Jane DuLaney, Harriet Bond. 'Ann Jenkins. Betty Privott, Kay Lowe. Billy Wilkins, Gus Hughes., Roger Lamb, John Mitchener, Er win Griffin and Minta Hobbs. Others in the .chorus were: Judy Adams, Linda Brabble,; | Catherine Bass, Chloe Boot wright,! Rebecca Craft. Fay Cayton, Ida, "ampen, Faye Copeland. Peggie j Elliott. Joyce Mitchell, Judy lii 'ev Cynthia Spencer, Beth Tolley, Eleanor Boyce, Marion Bunch. , Janet Bunch. Emily Shaw Sally Privott, Jimmie Cozzens, Virginia • Jones. Judy Israel, Brenda Moon-' ley Carolyn Perkins. Millv Price, Betsy Ross,-Linda Spencer, Phyl lis Twiddy. Dolly Wright, Miliy Willis. Kathryn Wozelka. Cecil Fry. Joe Mitchener, Jimmy Rog-' erson and Ray Ward. | CIVIC calendarl Continued From Page 1. Section j Edenlon's Varsity Club will hold its annual Christmas dance Thursday night, December 25, in the Edenton armory from 9 un til 1 o'clock. Corbin Lee Cherry, a pre-minK sterial student at High Point Col lege, will preach at the Metho dits Church Sunday morning, De cember 28, at the 11 o'clock seT- Conlinued on Page 4—Section 1 FIGHT CANCER WITH A CHECKUP AND CHECK Penalty Provided By 'Law For Failure to List During Month Os January Machinery ha eon set up for 1 the listing of property for taxat ion which, according to law, oust be done during the month if January. The law requires all property owners and taxpayers to return to he list takers for taxation for the j rear 1953 all the real estate and ! personal property which each one ’hall own on the first day of Jah tary, 1959. All male persons; be ween the ages of 21 and 50 years nust also list their polls during the same time. It is pointed out that any one who fails to list their property and give in poll during January are subject to penalties imposed by law, so that everyone is urged •o list their taxes on time. Only females and non-residents >f the various townships anc persons physically unable to at tend and file their lists are a" lowed to appoint agents to lb property. The list takers are also required •o make records of farm owners md tenants. This information in cludes acreage for each crop har vested during the year 1958: the number of cows, sows and hens m their farms on January 1. 1959 and number of people living on their farms on January 1. This information will be considered confidential and will not be used in any manner detrimental to the farmers concerned. It is not used for tax purposes. The township listers and their schedules are as follows: First Township Mrs. James Bvrum and Mrs. Jeanne S. O'Neal. Every day in the tax of fice on the second floor of the Court House. Second Township Henry Bunch, lister, January 6, 13. 20 and 27 at E. R. Bunch’s store: Jan uary 9. Walter Miller's store; Jan uary 16. Earl Smith’s store; Janu ary 23. Evans' store at Cross Roads; January 30. C. C. Nixon's store; other days at his home. Third Township—T. D. Berry man, lister. Every Saturday at Lloyd Briggs’ store; January 8. 15 and 29 at Henderson Ray Peeie store: January 22, Spivey's store at Ryland. Fourth Township—Ward Hos kins, lister. January 3,7. 10, It, 17, 21. 24. 28 and 31 at Harry Perry's store. At home other days. Colored Man Shot In Sunday Fracas Frank Sharp. Negro, is a pa tient in Chowan Hospital and John Jones, Sr., also colored, is charged with assault with a dead- Iv weapon as the result of a fra cas in Jones' home Sunday night. According to police. Jones said Sharp, who roomed in the Jones’ home, was drinking and arguing and came toward him with a pop bottle so that he shot Sharp in ; self protection. It was necessary to amputate Sharp's right arm, and he is in precarious condition. After the shooting Sharp ran from the home and oil East Eden | Street climbed to the porch at the home of Mrs. John Garrett, blee-’ ing profusely and bare-foou u ! The police werfe called and SJv was rushed to the hospital. : Jones was released on bone Treble Clef Club Sings At Rotary Edenton Rotarians were treat ed to a very delightful musical . i program at their meeting Thurs : day, when the Treble Clef Club i of the Edenton Junior-Senior High School sang several .num bers. The group of girls are di rected by Mrs. Mary Leggett Browning, who introduced them and announced the numbers. In the group' were Ann Jen kins, Carolyn Perkins, Marion Bunch, Phyllis Twiddy, Harrie Bond, Betsy Ross, Brenda Moon ey. Jane DuLaney, Minta Hobb" and Janet Bunch. Mary Peari I Harrell was thi pianist
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