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CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXVI.—M umber 4.
Five Communities In County
Given High Recognition In
Chowan’s Progress Contest
Hyland Club Awarded
Top Honors at Pro
gram Held Monday
Night
f Five communities held the
spotlight in the 1958 Chowan
County Progress Contest. The
white communities of Ryland,
Hill and Oak Grove re
. \eived high recognition. at' the
Awards Program held at Chowan
High School on Monday night.
The two Negro communities will
receive their awards at the White
Oak School on Friday night at
7:30 o’clock.
On Monday night, the Ryland!
community led in awards. Theyi
received a prize of S3O for hav- ■
ing the most people, a total of I
41, from their community attend
ing the awards program. At the |
ticket drawings for dgor prizes, [
electric clocks were won by Mrs.
Phyllis Byrum and Mrs. Naomi
Ward. An electric frying pan
■was won by Mrs. Mary Outland.
Mrs. Mack Jordan won an elec
tric iron. Mrs. Henry Bunch of
the Rocky Hock community also
won an electric clock as a door
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Ryland community was judged
a blue ribbon winner in 1958, for
which they were awarded a prize
•(of $125. Accomplishments of the
Ryland community in the 1958
contest represents substantial
progress. They held their organ
izational meeting, elected officers
and committees and selected pro
jects. Community co-chairmen'
elected were Mr. and Mrs. Lester
Copeland and Mr. and Mrs. Eu- ,
gene Jordan. Several officer and i
committee meetings sheld
during tne year. A Boy*
troop Was sponsored. A tom- ‘
munity Christmas party was held. (
A community hot dog supper was .
held. Approximately 100 people
attended the community picnic in
July. They helped build a new •
church and Sunday School rooms
out of an old building. A new
heating system was installed in
another church and 12 Sunday
rooms added. There was |
an increase in the membership of j
the Farm Bureau and the Home .
Demonstration Club. A building ,
fund was started for a communi- |
*ty house. Thirty-two families ]
planted shade trees and 37 fami- j
lies planted shrubbery. Six fam-, (
ilies installed bathrooms and j j
three others constructed rooms j
for bath installation. Eleven fam-! \
ilies remodeled or refinished fur
niture and many more fine ac-
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Chowan County Local Board ,
No. 21 of Selective Service Sys- |
tern received only one call for
the month of January. This call
was for the physical examination
of tliree registrants from this
board.
Calls for the month of Febru
ary from the Local Board are for
one registrant to be ordered for
induction into the armed services
and one registrant to be ordered
A for physical examination.
Thomas Paul Griffin Is Chosen
For Farm Technology Course
Sponsored By State’s Bankers
North Carolina’s bankers long
ago learned that good invest
ments are not limited to stocks
and bonds, treasury certificates
or real estate.
In fact, for more than de
cade, Tar Heel bankers have
won a national award every
year because of their recogni
tion of another all-important in
vestment —a sound farm econ
omy in North Carolina.
Each year the North Carolina
Bankers Association conducts a
farm program which .has won
for the state’s bankers national
acclaim. The success of the
program has been largely due
to a committee of 100 bankers,
one in each of the coun-
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
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Consecration Os St. Paul’s Will
Mark Milestone In Long History
By Jacqueline Ricks
The consecration of St. Paul’s
Episcopal' Church marks a mile
stone in her memorable 257-
year history.^The church will be
consecrated on the Feast of the
Conversion of Saint Paul on
Monday, January 26, in an im-'
pressive ceremony.
| The service will begin at 8
P. M. with the knocking on the
door by the Rt. Rev. Thomas
I Henry Wright, D.D., Bishop of
j the Diocese of East Carolina,
■' with the pastoral staff in ac
| cordance with the service for
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< the consecration as found in
the Book of Common Prayer,
j Bishop Wright will be re-
I ceived by Dr. Frank Wood,
i senior warden, and David War-,
ren, junior warden, and the vcs-1
trymen. The procession of dis- [
tinguished churchmen will go
up the aisle to the chancel.
This will be an auspicious oc- j
casion in the history of the j
Parish, which is the oldest Par- j
ish in the state, founded in 1701. j
The church is eligible for the'
Farm Bureau
Meets Tonight!
Benbury Wood, president of!
the Chowan County Farm Bu
reau, announces that a very im
portant meeting will be held to
night (Thursday). The meeting
•will be held at 7:30 o'clock in the
Chowan Community Building. It
have, to do with a farm pro
gram permitting buying, selling ’
or trading of allotments, so that
every member is especially urged i
to be present.
Cub Scouts Will
Meet January 27
Cub Scout Pack No. 159 will
hold their regular monthly meet
ing Tuesday night, January 27,
at 7:15 o’clock in the Edenton
Junior-Senior High School cafe
teria. All awards earned during
December and January will be
presented at this meeting. All
Cub Scouts are reminded to be I
present with their parents.
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SPECIAL MASONIC MEETING
CALLED FOR JANUARY 29th
Ernest J. Ward, Jr., master of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. &
A. M., has called an emergent
communication of the lodge for
Thursday night, January 29, at
7:30 o’clock. The purpose of the
meeting is to confer the third de
gree upon a candidate.
CHICKEN SALAD SUPPER
The Women’s Society of Chris
tian Service and the Wesleyan j
Service Guild of the Methodist 1
Church will sponsor a chicken
salad supper today (Thursday),
Plates will be delivered from 4
to 6 o’clock and can be secured
by calling Mrs. Gerald James,
phone 2440.
The Key Banker for Chowan
County is Richard S. Atkinson,
; vice president of the Peoples
; Bank & Trust Company.
This week Mr. Atkinson and
• George Lewis, farm relations of
i ficer of the Peoples Bank, an
■ nounced that the bank will send
• Thomas Paul Griffin of the
• Cowpen Neck section, a young
• fanner, to Raleigh in February
for a two-week study of the
i latest developments in farm
i technology. All expenses of the
i young farmer will be paid by
l the local bank. Griffin will at
: tend classes at the School of
; Agriculture of No/dh Carolina
, State College beginning Febru
ary 2 and ending February 13.
r A total enrollment of about
- 175 young farmers is expected
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Edenton, f “ wan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 22,1959.
service of consecration at this
time because it now enjoys full
parish status, the building has
been completely restored follow
ing a tragic fire in 1949, and
for the first time since the fire
the church is completely free
1 of debt.
| In addition to Bishop Wright,
who will consecrate the build
' ing, the Rt. Rev. George Purnell
Gunn, D.D., Bishop of Southern
Virginia, will address the con
gregation. The Rt. Rev. Edwin
A. Penick, LL.D., will conduct
Evening Prayer, and he will be
! assisted by the Rt. Rev. Matthew
• George Henry, ,D.D., represent
ing the Dioceses of North Caro
lina and Western North Carolina.
. Each of these dioceses is some
| what associated with the life
j and history of the Parish, and
the Episcopacy so assembled
J will symbolize “That unity and
| strength which the Episcopal
I Church enjoys.”
j The congregation will be wel
] corned to the ceremony by the
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18. B. Townsend
BPW Speaker
! An interesting talk on “North
Carolina Laws of Descendants
and Distribution of Property” by
Braxton B. Townsend, vice presi
dent and legal advisor of the Peo
ples Bank & Trust Company of i
Rocky Mount, featured the Janu-'
ary dinner meeting of the Eden
' ton Business and Pr ofessional j
( Women’s Club held Thursday I
1 night at the Edenton Restaurant.
“Where there is no will left,”
said Mr. Townsend, “the court
will appoint your administrator
and your property will be dispos
ed of by law.” He pointed outj
that everyone should have a will.
“Have an attorney draw up a will j
for you,” he urged. “By so doing,
you have the right to dispose of
your property as you see fit. |
Failure to exercise this right by j
a properly drawn will means that
your estate will be distributed
strictly according to law, irre
spective of the relative needs of
I your dependents, and will be
| handled by an administrator
named by the court.”
Mr. Townsend stated that a bill
will be presented to the Legisla
ture to revise the law of distri
bution of property. “If this bill
is passed,” he said, “then the man
and wife will share equally. This
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Hospital Auxiliary
Progressed In ’SB j
The Chowan Hospital Auxili
! ary met at the nurses’ home Fri
| day, January 16, at 3 o’clock. Af
ter the roll was called, minutes
read and reports of standing
committees read, Mrs. Edward
Bond, president, gave her report
for the year 1958.
Mrs. Bond’s report follows:
In retrospect, 1958 has been a
very productive year for the Cho
wan Hospital Auxiliary. Our ac
complishments were many, and
the cooperation of the members
was most gratifying in seeing
these goals fulfilled. First, in
January a hostess service was es
tablished during the evening vis
iting hours to ease the nurses for
other tasks. This service was
rendered by the volunteer efforts
Continued on Page 7—Section 1
i CIVIC CALENDAR'
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St. Paui'a Episcopal Church
will celebrate its 2Slth anniver
sary at the consecration service
to be held Monday night, Janu
ary 26. at 8 o'clock.
A dedication service will be
held in the Methodist Church
Sunday morning. January 25. at
11 o'clock as a tribute to the
late Dr. Martin Wisely. ;
Edenton Woman’s Club will
; sponsor a Thrift Sale to be held
i Saturday, January 24. in the for-
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« Presented Community Progress Awards
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Pictured above, left Jo right, are Marvin
Evans of the Oak Grove community, Mrs. Les
ter Copeland of the Ryland community, Mrs.
Emmett Jones of the Center Hill community
and Gilliam Wood, president of the Peoples
Bank & Trust Company. The first three were
Store Hours Recommended By
C. Os C. Merchants Committee
A schedule of remaining h i:i- '
days to be observed in 1959 and
hours of operation for Wednus-j
days was recommended Tuesday j
by the Chamber of Commerce
Merchants Committee. Chair
man Ralph Parrish said the',
schedule is being published with ,
the recommendation that it be,
adopted by local merchants for I
the balance of {he year. ;
“Should any merchant find j
that it conflicts with his present
schedule, please get in touch with j
me or with the Chamber of Com- j
merce,” Parrish advised, “We
wish tq adopt a schedule w':-;rh j
will be satisfactory to the maxi- ]
mum number of business firms
Leigh Dobson An Outstanding
Actress Al East Carolina College
Leigh Dobson of Edenton is!
proving to be one of East Caro
lina College’s most talented and;
versatile student actresses. Twice j
during the present school year!
she has done commendable work
in major productions by .the East
Carolina Playhouse, college dra-,
nlati cclub.
Miss Dobson was cast as the
servant girl Tweeney, “young
person with a heart of gold” to
whom the butler Crichton gave
approval, in Barrie’s “The Admir
able Crichton.” Contrasting with
the delightful comedy of this part
was the dramatic power demand-!
ed by the role of Linda, wife of]
Willy Loman, the salesman. .in
Arthur Miller’s famous. American!
tragedy “Death of a Salesman.” j
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Officers Os Edenton Jr.-Sr. H. S. Band
UP* mo
This year the Edenton Junior-
Senior High School Band began
operating -under a system of
elected -and appointed officers
who are assigned various duties
and responsibilities. They are
given recognition by insignia,
which are worn on the uniform.
The Band Captain is the high
est ranking officer in the band.
He is elected by the band mem
bers and is the student director
of the band.. This year’s Captain
is Ashby Tarkington.
The Personnel Officer of the
band is also am elected officer.
He holds the rank of Ist Lieuten
presented av/ards in Chowan County's Commun
ity Progress Contest, which was sponsored by tire
Chowan Agricultural Workers Council and the
awards presented by Mr. Wood for the bank,
which financed the contest.—(Photo by James
Griffin).
' and at the same time suit the
convenience of the buying public,
jWe feel that uniform iiouiv. of
| operation which can be published
will bring increased business.”
Holiday closings recommended
are Easter Monday, March 30;
July 6 instead of July 4. which
falls on Saturday; Labor Day,
Thanksgiving and Christmas both
December 25 and Saturday, De
cember 26.
It was recommended to close at
1 P. M., on Wednesdays through :
September 30 and to remain open !
all day beginning October 7
through December. No change ■
was recommended in the present ;
Saturday evening closing hours.
In a review of the Miller pluv.
the Greenville Daily Reflector
said of Miss Dobson’s conlribu
! tion to the East Carolina Play-;
house production of the drama:
“Leigh Dobson of Edenton. as j
Willy's wife Linda, played a diffi
cult role with insight and emo
tional power. Her tenderness to
ward a man broken and dying, !
her fiei'ec protectiveness toward
her husband, her anger against
the sons who deny Willy 'their
love and respect were admirably
portrayed. •
“Her pity and anguish, ‘lt
emotion held in restraint, at Wii
i ly’s grave as she begged forgive
ness because she could not i-ryj
provided one of the finer mom '
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ant and is responsible for all mat
ters relating to band records.
Bud Skiles is the Personnel Offi
cer for the 1958-59 school year.
The Equipment Officer also
holding the rank of Ist Lieuten
ant is an appointed officer. He ia
in direct charge of all band
equipment except sheet music.
It is his duty to see that all |
equipment is kept in good repair. I
and on trips is responsible for the j
loading and transportation of
equipment. Buck Wheeler, Jr., is
• the Equipment Officer for the
band.
(Con tin ed on Page 5, Section 2)
| Bandsman Os Week |
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BERT WILLIS
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert C.
Wiflis, Bert Willis has been
named the Edenton Junior-Senior
High School bandsman of the
week. Bert is 15 years old and
is in the 10th grade. He has
been a member of the band for
four years.* He plays French
horn in the band and is assist
ant section leader for the horn
section. He is also a member of
the band library staff. In addi
tion to his school activities, he
has been a member of the Cub
and Boy Scouts. He is a mem
ber of the Edenton Baptist
Ch arch.
Panel I'Valiires
Meeting Os PI'A
V.
The Edenton Junior-Senior 1
High School Parch!-Teacher As
sociation no t in the school audi
torium Tuesday night, when the
feature of the meeting was a pan
el discus mm of the Teen Age I
Club.
I’ii sjflelit 1 laywi'ioil Bun e h
'•pcr\e<.l,thc meeting with the au
do nee •iiiging ‘.‘America.” f"l
lowed by a devotional led by
John A. llolnie.s. Following tin
reading of the minutes and treas
urer’s report, a brief business ses
sion was held when it was agreed
to join the Edenton Elemental ••
School I’TA in sponsoring a May
Day Festival.
Mr. Bunch t hen I timed nvet
the program to Mrs. Joe Thorud
who served as moderator for the
panel discussion. Members of
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Dr. Martin Wisely
Will Be Honored At
Dedication Service
Next Sunday morning, January
25, at Ihe 11 o'clock service a
dedication service will be held a*
the Edenton Methodist Church
At that time a beautiful baptis
mal font will be dedicated as a
memorial to the late Dr. Martin
Wisely, who was a member of the
official board.
The solid walnut font was
made by Hubert Williford and
was presented to the church by
members of the Wesleyan Service
• Guild as a memorial to Dr. Wise
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An appropriate program has
• been arranged for the occasion
I which is expected to be attended
; by members of the Wisely fami-.
' ly, including Dr. Wiselv's mother,
i Mrs. W. L. Wisely. Friends of
! Dr. Wisely are cordially invited
to attend the service.
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
Plans Shaping Up
For Pilgrimage To
Be Held April 17-18
BEWARE!
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Sgt. A. F. Beeler, caretaker of
the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air
Station, reports that some persons
have been trespassing on the base
| property, primarily for the pur
pose of hunting. He wan’s it to
be known that the t~<se i s .still
under government contract and
he has no other alternative than
| to issue a warrant for the arrest
j of anyone trespassing ucon the
property.
j Marvin YVilson On
i State Committee For
Court Improvement
j Organizations have been set up,
|in each of North Carolina's 100
] counties to promote improve-!
j ment. in North Carolina’s court !
j System from the Superior Court ,
down, it was revealed this week. ,
The county groups are working
with Governor Hodges' State!
Committee for Improved Courts.!
which has headquarters »t
Greensboro with Spencer Love.
Greensboro industrialist, as chair
man.
New chairmen for the north
eastern counties ; are: Marvin!
Wilson for Chowan. Grady Stev-1
ens for Camden, Ray Etheridge
for Currituck, Martin Kellogg for!
Dare, Pi Is ton Godwin and Paul \
Edmond for Gates, W. H. Oakey, \
Jr., for Perquimans, Edward Rod- j
man and Thomas D. Litchfield for!
Beaufort. George T. Davis for!
Hyde, Charles H. Manning fori
Martin, D. M. Pledger. Jr., for!
Tyrrell, Carl L. Bailey for Wash j
ingfon, Jerry J. Wilhs for Car
teret. W. L. Cooke for Bertie, C.}
Gordon Maddrey for Hertford, G.
E. Fisher for Northampton.
Fry 'Faking Part
In Lucky Della ‘
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Major Cecil W. Fry. local Na- x
tional Guardsman, will partici-! x
pate in Lucky Delta, a Third U. S.
Army-directed command post J (
exercise to be held at Fort Gor- ! ,
don, Georgia, February 7 and 8 t
He will participate as a member j,
of the 30th Infantry Division un-: j
der Major General Claude T. j j
Bowers.
Lucky Delta is a continuation : i
of Lucky Charlie and Lucy Bravo. 1
command post exercises previ- t
ously held at Fort Gordon, More j
than 4.100 National Guard. Re 1
serve, active Army and Air Force i
commanders and their staffs will
participate.
Annual Meeting Os
B. & L. February 2
R. E. Leary, executive vice 1
president. of the Edenton Build- j
ing & Loan Association, announc
es that the annual shareholders’ j
meeting will bo held Mondavi
evening. February 2. The meet- 1
ing will be held in the Court I
House at 8 o’clock. Mr. Leary .
urges shareholders to attend this
meeting, at which time the an
nual report will he read and of-1
ficers and directors for the year j
elected.
House To-Honse Cam * s Will
Be Held Friday Night To Help
Raise March Os Dimes Money
On Friday night members of,
the Edenton Junior .Chamber of
Commerce, Edenton Woman’s
Club and Edenton Business and
Professional Women’s Club will
conduct a house-to-house canvass
for the March of Dimes. The
three groups will call at homec
from 6 to 9 o’clock and it is hop
ed they will receive generous
contributions for the campaign.
The various chairmen are re
quested to make a report at the
Penelope Barker house by 9
o’clock Friday night, so that pro
gress of the drive can be deter
mined.
Another source of revenue in
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| FIGHT CANCER
I WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
' Fourteen Homes and
l Buildings Are Sched
uled to Be Open For
Benefit of Visitors
Plans for the fifth Pilgrimage
of Colonial Edenton and Country
side, to lie held April 17 and 13,
arc shaping up rapidly, according
to Mrs, Helen Kramer, chairman
of the publicity committee;
Sponsored by. the Eden'on
Woman’s Club, the 1958 Pilgrim
age promises to lie even bettt r
than tile tours held in the past
when thousands of tourists flock
ed to Edenton to view the many
historical points of interest,
j Fourteen homes and buildings
, will be open to the public the two
• days: of the tour. In addition.
, there will be many other historic
places marked for the benefit of.
visitors. An antique show, vva
! terfront tours. Albemarle
Sound Bay, a* ..an recital at
old St. Paul's ch. and other
events are bei. ianned.
Folders with a nupk-te listing
of the places to be open and giv
ing all information concerning
Pilgrimage will .soon'be.'availably.
Anyone desiring these folders can
secure them by writing Mis. Ed
ward Bond, general chairman.
102 Pembroke Circle. Edenton,
N. C.
Missionary Speaker
At Baptist Church
On Sunday, January 25, Mm
Ola Lea. Southern Bapti.-t Mb
sionary to Formosa, will speak : t
the Edenton Baptist Church as a
part of the morning warship sor
vice.
Miss Lea, cumtitlv at home on
furlough, is a veteran of thirty
three years of service with t'v
Southern Baptist Foreign Missic
Board. Until the Communi ;
seized control of China, she sit
ved in that country When foil
ed to leave China Miss Lott, along
with many other missionaries,
was transferred to Forme-’
where she is continuing her work
with the Chinese.
The Edenton Baptist Church
claims Miss Ola Lea as its t'
missionary since for many yea •
the church has contributed d
redly to her support. Miss Lea
is well-known to the church. ..!
least by name, as two of the mis
sionary organizations "f the
church are named in honor • f
her. Her visit in the church "it
next Sunday will give the con
gregation a rare opportunity :
become acquainted with her i’
person
20 Years Ago
As Found in the Files of
The Chowan Herald
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Residents of North Edenton.
following a petition presented to
Town Council, were up in arms
relative to conditions prevailing
about their premises as the result
of ashes from the stack of the
Albemarle Peanut Company.
G. H. Harding installed two
neon signs at Broad and Queen
Streets and Broad and King
Streets directing travelers to Ho
tel Joseph Hewes.
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the 1959 March of Dimes drive
will be a road block. This fea
ture will be conducted by the
Jayvees next Sunday, with the
road block to be located on
Broad Street.
March of Dimes workers call
attention to the fact that funds
raised in. the campaign not only
go toward work in connection
with polio, but a considerable
amount of research is being done
in an effort to combat arthritis
and birth defects. The need for
money is great, so that those
connected with this year’s Marc'*
of Dimes hope Chowan Cour
will again make a substantial
contribution.