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Volume XXVl.—dumber 5.
Kickoff Breakfast It Parade
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Today Starts Campaign For
Proposed Industrial Plant
.Goal to Be Reached Is
$253,000 If Edenton
Is to Secure Large
Knitting Concern
The drive to raise local funds
to construct a modern one-story
industrial plant for a large knit
ting manufacturer will get under
way * today (Thursday) with a
kickoff breakfast and parade
down Broad Street. Over 50
community leaders will meet at
8 A. M., at the Edenton Restau
rant for final campaign instruc
tions, it is announced by J. H.
Conger, Jr., president of the
Edenton Development Corpora
tion. He also announced the ap
pointment of John W. Graham as
general chairman of the cam
paign. The drive is organized on
a “military” basis with divisions,
colonels, captains and campaign
ers.
Graham, who is also president
of the Chamber of Commerce and
chairman of the campaign fi
nance committee, said the goal to
be reached is- $253,000. “This is
the amount we must raise local
ly to meet the requirements of
the Business Development Cor
poration of North Carolina, who
will loan the Edenton. Develop
m*it Corporation $457,000 on a
first mortgage,” Graham stated.
“In addition, the prospective
manufacturer will spend approx
imately $222,000 on permanent
leasehold improvements which
become the property of the Eden
* ton Development Corporation,
bringing the total investment to
approximately $950,000.”
Both Conger and Graham em
phasized the urgency provid
ing more jobs in tHe area, saying
“Edenton needs additional indus
try to boost bur economy, espe-1
daily since the closing of the
Naval base. We feel the present
prospect will not only provide
greater income to Edenton and
Chowan County through jobs and
taxes, but will provide a sound
investment for participants in
this campaign. We have been
working on this matter constant
ly for six months making pro
gress in all directions. The rais
ing of local funds is the last big |
hurdle to clear.”
The Edenton Development Cor- 1
poration already owns a 59-acre
irfdustrial site on U. S. Highway
17, just north of Edenton, across,
from the Colonial Motor Court,
which the prospective industrial
ist has approved.
Graham said the local invest
ment plan calls for the purchase
of notes of the Edenton Develop
ment Corporation in denomina
tions of SIOO each, which will be
secured by a second mortgage on
the property. The notes will
bear interest at the rate of s'?
per year.
In addition to the notes the in
vestor will purchase one share of
$1 par value stock in the Eden
ton Development Corporation
with each SIOO note. Graham
added that no payments on the
principal of the note will be
made until the eleventh year of
the lease, unless the property is
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Edenton’s Per Capita Fire Loss
In 1958 Amounted To $5.34;
Rate In County Lower At $1.94
According to Fire Chief W. J.
Yates, the per capita fire loss in
Edenton during 1958 was $5.34,
based on a population of 5,000.
In the county the pea: capita loss
was $1.94, based on a population
of 12,500.' Mr. Yates explained
that the fire at the providence
Baptist Church was a lgrge con
tributor to the large Edenton
loss.
• During 1938 Mr, Yates says
there were 92 fires, «f which 58
men were oat 45 hours and 5
minutes amt for out of town ‘29
on the air 8 minutes and $5 sec
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
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|[ X-Ray Presented To Chowan Hospital 1
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In above picture Mrs. Edward Bond, president of the Chowan
Hospital Auxiliary, is presenting a portable X-Ray machine
to Chowan Hospital. The machine is being accepted by J. W.
Davis on behalf of the hospital trustees. One of the projects
of the Auxiliary for 1958 was buying a portable X-Ray ma
chine. which was bought with funds derived from pencil sales,
membership drives and bridge marathons. The Auxiliary voted
to give the machine to the hospital as a memorial to Dr. Mar
tin Wisely, who served on the staff of the hospital for many
years. The X-Ray machine has served a vital need for heart
patients who are too ill to be moved. The machine can be
brought to their rooms for bone fractures, which can be X-
Rayed while the patient is on the operating table and for
diagnosing many diseases with less inconvenience to patient
and doctor.—(Evelyn Leary Photo).
Jaycees DSA, Bosses’, Ladies’
Night Banquet Friday Night
Friday night, January 30, ati
7:30 o’clock in the Masonic Tern-!
pie the Edenton Junior Chamber!
of Commerce will hold its annual
DSA, Bosses’ and Ladies’, N_ight [
banquet. At that time the Dis-;
tinguished Service Award will be!
presented as well as the out- j
standing young farmer award. 1
John A. Holmes will present the
DSA award and Gilliam Wood
will present the outstanding
young farmer -award.
The principal speaker for the
occasion will be Congressman
Herbert Bonner, so that practical
ly all Jaycees and their wives.
Marsraret Raines
In Contest Deciding;
Basketball Queen
On Thursday night, January
29, in the Chowan College gym
nasium, Margaret Raines, as Cho
wan High School’s representative,
Becky Gregory, representing Per
quimans High, and Kay Hobbs,
as the Sunbury representative,
will compete with representatives
of many other northeastern Car
olina and southeastern Virginia
high schools for the coveted title
of “Chowan College High School
Basketball Queen of 1959.”
Prior to the 8:15 tip-off for the
Oak Ridge-Chowan College bas
ketball game, the queen-repre
sentatives will be presented to
the fans in attendance. They
will make a second appearance
at halftime, when one of them
will be crowned “Chowan College
High School Basketball Queen
for 1959.”
miles out of town. In town 7,500
feet of hose was laid and 6,000
feet out of town. Ladders raised
were 412 feet in town and 36 feet
out of town. For the Edenton
fires 677 volunteers responded
and 678 out of town.
Property involved was $717,300
in town and $216,800 out of town.
Damage in town was $26,695 and
$24,200 out of town. Insurance
in town was $485,300 and $140,-
900 out of town.
The firemen held 12 fire drills,
had 22 still alarms, there were 2
false alarms and 4 emergency
calls. They extended five cour
tesies, recovered 2 bodies, rescued
3 people, stood by 8 lots burned,
Refilled 90 fire extinguishers, sav
houre
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 29,1959.
| bosses and a number of invited
j guests are expected to be on
j hand.
Caswell Edmundson, Jaycee
■president —will be master of
| ceremonies.
Previous recipients of the DSA
i were James P. Ricks, Jr., Luther
C. Parks, Joe Conger, Jr., and
Gilliam Wood. The selection is
made secretly from a list of
names submitted by individuals
and various organizations, and
the banquet is one of the high
lights of the Jaycees during the
year.
Many At Methodist
Church For Service
Honoring Dr. Wisely
The Edcnton Methodist Church
was filled to overflowing Sun
day morning, when a beautiful
baptismal font was dedicated as
a memorial to the late Dr. Mar
tin'Wisely. The font was pre
sented by Mrs. Erwin Griffin on
behalf of the Wesleyan Service
Guild and was accepted by John
A. Holmes on behalf of the trus
tees of the church. The font
was made by Hubert Williford, of
which the church is justly proud.
Among the visitors attending
the service were Mr. Wisely’s
mother and brother.
feme calendakl
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Edenton Chapter No. 302, Or
der of the Eastern Star, will meet
Monday night, February 2, at 8
o'clock in the Masonic Temple.
Edenton Woman's Club will
meet Wednesday afternoon. Feb
ruary 4, at 1 o'clock in the Parish
House.
Sponsored by the Edenton Tea
Party Chapter of the DAR, Feb
ruary will be observed as Ameri
can History Month.
Chowan High School PTA will
meet Monday night, February 2,
at 7:30 o'clock.
Edenton Junior Chamber of
Commerce will hold its DSA.
Bosses' and Ladies' Night Friday
night. January 30. at 7:30 o'clock
in the Masonic Temple.
The degree team of Chowan
Tribe of Red Men will hold a
practice tonight (Thursday) at
7:30 o'clock.
Kickoff breakfast and a parade
will be held this (Thursday)
morning to begin a campaign to
raise $253,000 locally to land a
large knitting concent in Eden
ton.
Chowan County Commissioners
will hold their February meet
ing next Monday morning, Feb
ruary 2, at 10 r
Water Assessment!
Topic of Discussion
At Special Meeting
Meeting Is Result of
Strong Protest Made
By Property Owners
Involved
Town Council and the Board,
of Public Works met in a joint
meeting Tuesday night to con
i sider the assessment roll for wa
ter line extension on U. S. 17
south to the new city limits.
Following publishing of the as
sessment roll, citizens in the are:
affected registered a verbal pro
test to Town Council which was
followed by a petition signed by
29 property owners who claimed
the assessment is unconstitutional
and threatened to pursue the
matter further if the assessments
are allowed to stand.
The assessments were made in
compliance with the policy adopt
ed by the town a few vears age
which requires property owner?
to pay for the extension of wa'i-V
lines. This policy is in compli
ance with the law, but Town At
torney William S. Privott stated
that its constitutionality has not
been tested.
The cost of the water line was
about $64,000. but due to increas
ing the size of the pine more than
six inches, the assessment was re
duced to $46,000. Those object
ing to the assessment point out.
•that they had not signed a peti
tion for the trunk water line,
even pointing out that they did
not want it inasmuch as they
were adequately equipped with
water facilities.
Various expressions were ad
vanced at Tuesday night’s meet
ing. one train of thought being
that the assessments were fair
and legal, while another was that
U)ere is. an element of unfairness
and hardship, so that some ad
justment should be made.
While no action was taken and
after a number of suggestions
were made. Mayor Ernest Ke
hayes requested the Board of
Public Works to give further con
sideration to the matter in the j
hope that it might come up with,
a recommendation satisfactory to ,
Town Council and the citizens in
volved.
Among the suggestions advan
ced at the meeting were:
Inasmuch as the U. S. Govern
ment refused to pay the assess
ment abutting the Fish Hatchery j
property, that this cost be absorb
ed by the town.
Eliminate the cost for crossing
Pembroke Creek and street
crossings. Also the area along
Albania Acres.
To hold in obeyance the assess
ments on undeveloped land until
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Special Masonic
Meeting Tonight
An emergent communication of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F., &
A. M., will be held tonight
I (Thursday) at 7:30 o’clock. The
meeting has been called to con
fer the third degree upon a can
didate, so that Ernest J. Ward,
Jr., master, urges a large attend
ance.
Five Leaders In
Bridge Marathon
At the conclusion of round 10
in the Chowan Hospital Auxili
ary bridge marathon Mrs. Kath
ryn Goodwin and Earl Goodwin
have‘taken'the lead.
The five leading teams and
their scores follow:
1 — Mrs. Kathryn Goodwin and
Earl Goodwin, 41,850.
2 Medlin Belch and A1 Phil
lips, 35,780.
3 Mrs. L. A. Patterson and
Mrs. W. B. Rosevear, 34,160.
4 Mrs. H. A. Campen and Mrs.
A. M. Forehand, -34,000.
5 Nick George and Jesse
Harrell, 33,000.
Woman’s Club Will
Meet February 4th
Edenton - Woman’s Club will
meet in the Parish House Wed
nesday afternoon, February 4, at
1 o’clock. Mrs. Robert J. Boyce,
president, urges all members to
attend.
North Carolina’s Polio Mother of the Year j
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Ww Mi
Mrs. James P. Ricks. Jr., cf Edenton has been chosen Polio
Mother of the year for Ncrth Carolina by the National Founda
tion. In above picture Mrs. Ricks is seated in her motorized
wheelchair, together with her two daughters, Jacqueline Powell
Ricks, left, and Elizabeth Burke Ricks, rigid. In background
is ramp by which Mrs. Ricks gets in and out of her home.
Harrell Heads :
Varsity Club
j
At a meeting of the Edenton
Varsity Club Jesse L. Harrell was
elected president, succeeding
William M. Cozart. Mr. Harrell
stated his intention to call a
meeting of the club for the pur
pose' of discussing the program
for 1959.
Other officers elected were N.
J. George, vice president; Joe
Thorud, secretary and William D.
Billings, treasurer.
Large Congregation
Attends St. Paul’s
Consecration Service
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
was filled to capacity Monday
night when the church, which
has reached its 257 milestone,
was consecrated on the Feast of
the Conversion of St. Paul.
Several Bishops attended the
unique service including Bishop 1
Thomas Henry Wright, Bishop i
George Purnell Gunn, Bishop Ed- j
win A. Penick. Others in at-j
tendance were the Rev. Matthew j
George Henry, representing the I
Dioceses of Eastern North Caro- !
lina and Western North Carolina;
the Rev. George D. Bennett of
Macon, Ga., a former rector, and
the Rev. Frederick B. Drune.
Old possessions of the church \
were on display and following i
the service a reception was held j
in the Parish House.
Building And Loan
Will Meet Monday
i
The annual meeting of the
shareholders of the Edenton j
Building & Loan Association will
be held Monday night, February
2. The meeting will be held in
the Court House, beginning at 8
o'clock. All shareholders are
urged to be present or send their
proxies.
Chowan High PTA
Will Meet Mondav
# *
The Parent-Teacher Associa
tion of Chowan High School will
meet Monday night, February 2.
at 7:30 o’clock. The Happy Home
Community will have charge of
the program.
President Lester Copeland urg
es every PTA member to attend
this meeting.
Holmes Speaker At
Rotary Club Meeting
The Rev. George B. Holmes,
rector of St. Paul's Episcopal
Church, was the speaker at last
week’s. Rotary meeting. Mr.
Holmes outlined the service plan
ned for the consecration of St.
Paul’s Church which was held on
Monday night. He also display
ed a number of the old posses
| sions of the church which proved
to be very interesting to the Ro
tarians. _ .
| Bandsman Os Week j
John Marshall, nephew of Mr. I
and Mrs. M. M. Perry, has ben*
named the Edenton Junior-Sen- !
ior High School Bandsman for,
this week.
John is 13 years oid and has
been in the band since he was
in the fourth grade. He plays
alto saxophone and is assistant
section leader for the saxophone 1
section.
He is now in the eighth grade
at the high school and a repre
sentative on the Student Council.-
In addition to the band, lie is j
also active in the Boy Seoul? and
sings in the choir at the Edenton
Baptist Church of which he is a
member.
American History |
Month Observed |
Sponsored by the Edenton Tea-j
Party Chapter of the DAR, the
month of February will he ob
served as American History
month. The chapter plans to
present radio programs as well
as programs in the schools, and
the observance will be stressed i
at the DAR meeting February 11.
.Mayor Ernest Kehayes has is
sued a proclamation calling upon!
all citizens of Edenton to ob
serve the week.
20 Years Ago]:
As Found jn the Files of
The Chowan Herald
J. H. Conger, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, pleaded
for more cooperation and sug
gestions whereby the organiza
tion would become a vital fac
tor in building up the communi
ty- i
Farmers and millers held a
meeting for lhe purpose of dis
cussing mutual problems pertain
ing to the peanut industry in
North Carolina and Virginia.
Mrs. John G. Small was elect
ed president of the local chap
ter of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy.
At the annual meeting of the
directors of the Bank of Eden
ton J. H. Conger was elected a
new member of the board.
A committee was appointed by
the Rotary Club to make an ef
fort to have the Albemarle Music
Continued on Page B—Section 1
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
Mrs. J. P. Ricks, Jr.
Chosen 1958 Polio
Mother For State
New Chairman !
I A
Tom Ridgeway, administrator;
of Chowan Hospital, has been ap
pointed chairman of the Chowan |
County Chapter of the National
Foundation. Mr. Ridgeway suc
ceeds Tom Hopkins, who resign
ed.
Mr. Ridgeway's appointment
was announced by George P.
Bess, director of National Foun
dation Chapters in North Caro
lina.
New Automobile
Agency Organized
Abram E. Jenkins and
Medlin Belch Form
Partnership
Abram E. Jenkins and Medlin
Belch have organized Eden ton’s!
newest business concern which |
will be known as the J & B Mo.- j
tor Company. The office of the
new concern will be located in
the. building on the W. L. Boswell
property, formerly used for a ■
florist.
Both men have had considera
ble experience in the automobile
business, Mr. Jenkiris having i
been connected with the Chas. H,
Jenkins Motor Company for 25
years. Mr. Belch has been asso- j
dated with the Albemarle Motor'
Company, local Ford dealers, for;
II years. The new automobile i
agency is expected to be, ready to j
open for business on or about
Tuesday. February 10. ■
They invite their friends to pav
them a visit when they begin
operation.
Local (ub Scouts
Visit Herald Office
By: Der 6. Pack No. 159
The Cub Scout theme for Jan
uary. has been “Cub Scout News
men." To observe this theme
Den 6 visited The Chowan Her
ald office on Thursday. January
15. 1959. We saw their machines
and presses used to print the
newspaper and other things.
They explained to us how these
work. We enjoyed most of all
seeing how the.lead is melted and
how the type is set up. They
made for each of us our name set 1
in type as a souvenir. We will
keep these with our special col
lections. We thank Mr. Bufflap
for letting us visit his office and i
the men for showing us their
work. The members of Den 6 are
Billy James. Norfleet Pruden.
Frederick Sexton, Henry Weils
and Steven Ferguson, Our Den
Chief is Brad Williford.
LIONS MEET MONDAY
Edenton Lions will meet Mon
day night. February 2. at 7 ;
o'clock. President J. R. DuLan
ey. requests every member of
. the club to be present.
Population, Birth Rate To Soar
In The 1960‘s Kiplinger Says;
Big Changes Are Also Predicted
A 20 per cent increase in popu
lation and a soaring birth rate is,
predicted tor the next decade bvj
the Kiplinger organization in its j
annual report on population and
business growth in the United
States, just released.
The “Soaring Sixties” will bring
another wave of economic expan-,
sion and further shifts in the hab- -
its and needs of the population of]
this country. Kiplinger says. In |
the late 60‘s population will reach j
208 million, compared to the 1958
total of 175 million. And the,
birth rate will jump from an an- j
nual rate of four million babies
to five million a year.
“Also mote babies per family.!
Parents used to want two . . . now j
want three. The trends have been 1
well established and there is i
nothing in sight to change them.”)
the report says. “This means,
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FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
! Selection Announced
Late Last Week By
I Officials of National
Foundation
I The North Carolina Chapter
of The National Foundation
late last week announced that
Mrs .James P Ricks, Jr., o
Edenton has been selected a?
Polio Mother of 1959 for 'Not
Carolina.
Mrs. Ricks, 28. mother of
daughters. Elizabeth P.u
Ricks, 5. and Jacqueline Roy
Ricks, 4, was stricken with pot.
while visiting in Pink Hill.
N. C., two and a half years ago.
Her case was diagnosed at Kins
ton Memorial Hospital and she
was transferred to Mary view
Hospital in Portsmouth. Va.
After the crisis she was left
completely paralyzed, only able
to move her fingers and turn
her head. Then followed ten.
months of care and physical
therapy at the hospital.
“Only a mother knows how
much it meant just to be able
,to be with my children," says
Mrs. Ricks, “even though I was
unable to do for them and re
quired a great deal of attention
• myself. I will always be grate
ful,to mv mother, who kept th
children during this period in
j our home. I feel certain that it
was the Salk Vaccine that
saved my children from polio,
|cs they were in .dost? contact
! with me. The oldest child had
had two shots and the baity ha ;
jhad one shot with the secono
due the nextweek. Her second
.shot was immediately given to
ihcr. I remember when my hus
(band first saw me after the
case had been diagnosed, he
jSaid. ‘You’re too old to have
ipolio.’ as we found out I was
not. And while I was in the
hospital a woman was admitted
with paralytic p-.ito who was 49.
So you see •' is important to
have vour c vaccine regard
less of age. became available
to my age g p two weeks af
ter I had poll, and 1 had plan
ned to take it as soon as it un
available. Even having had
polio, I have taken my three
'hots. I urge all who have not
taken their shots to do so."
Mrs. Ricks returned to Eden
ton on Easter, 1957, to resume
her life as a homemaker. After
her mother left she decided to
tty the experiment of running
her home on her own w ith the
help of a maid. She was able
•to feed herself, but it was diffi
cult for her to pass dishv- at
the table. She could transfer
from her wheelchair to tied an :
, was able to use the bathrobe..
She has come a long way sine
then. but still has a long w‘.,y
to go to walk again. She
able to walk a little in :.
house with braces and emt
l and is able to get in and o:
a wheelchair unaided.
“Being in a wheelchair
not make a person very dir
jeht from others." says M..
Ricks. "The basic needs at :>
the same, it only makes copin'
Continued on Page 3—Section I
among other things, a mu I
greater market for children':
goods, a demand for bigger hous
es with more bedrooms."
“The coming high tide of mar
riages is now only three years of
Children born in the 40's, whe
the spectacular high birth rate be
gan, will marry in the 60’s, push
ing the marriage rate a thir.
above today’s rate. Average mar
riage age probably will continue
about as now. men at age 23, w<;
men at age 20."
The result of this high ninrr •
age rate will be a stepped-up de
mand for houses, furniture, hour*
appliances, cars and all the oth« -
things that are needed to equij
new families.
According to the Kiplinger re
port. “By the late 60’s, there wi\
be 20 million oldsters, over 65
Continued on Pag* 3—Section 4