* 1 ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN ' CHOWAN COUNTY | Volume XXVi. —Number 6. $115,000 Is Raised Thus Far In Edenton’s Campaign To Land Large Knitting Plant Report Breakfast Is Scheduled For Fri day Morning at the Edenton Restaurant John W. Graham, general chairman of the local campaign to raise, funds for a proposed indus trial plant,- announced Tuesday that $115,000 had been reached t > date with many reports still In come in. Grab on s"d that he was satisfod with progress made, but that a real push must he made by every pampaigkicr to reach the coal of $253,000. As an incentive to spur the cnmpo'gn op, Graham announced that a cash award of $25 would go to the campaigner in each of the four divisions who sold the highest amount of notes in his re spective division. The prize mon ey was made possible through the courtesy of John A. Mit'-h --ener, Jr. Several campaigners are running neck and neck in the contest. A report breakfast inr all di vision colonels, cantains and campaigners will be held tomor ow (Friday) at 8:00 A. M., at the Edenton Restaurant. Each divis ion colonel is requested to give Harry Smith, Jr., at the Chamber of Commerce office not later than this (Thursday) afternoon, the number in his division who will attend the breakfast. Graham emphasized that each campaigner should see all of his prospects before the breakfast meeting as it is planned to ad vise the prospective manufactur er on how the campaign is pro gressing. “We are pleased that the total reached so far has come from only 20% of the total num ber of prospects so that we are justified in believing that the balance will come from the out standing cards still in the hands Continued from Page 3, Section 2 B. # L. Planning To Change Name Members of the board of direc tors ol (he Edenton Building & Loan Association have recom mended that the name of the or ganization be changed to “Eden ton Savings & Loan Association." A meeting of the stockholders w : )l be held in the association's office Thursday afternoon, Feb ruary 12, at 4 o'clock for the pur pose of taking action on the rec ommendation. Other matters to bo considered at the meeting will be to limit the number of votes cast by a stockholder to 100 instead of 50. and make other minor changes as suggested by the Insurance Com mission of the State of North Carolina. 23 JAILED IN JANUARY Jailer Bertram Byrum reports that during January 23 persons were placed in the Chowan County jail. Confinements rang ed from one to 31 days and the expense $189:86, which includes jail and turnkey fees, telephone bill and soap. . Mrs. Richard Hardin And Mrs. Joe Thorud Appointed To Head Up Education For Heart Disease Mrs. Richard Hardin and Mrs. Joe Thorud will be in charge of public information and edu cation about heart disease, it is announced by Dr. Edward, G. Bond, chairman of the newly formed Chowan County Heart Committee. One of the aims of the local Heart group, which is affiliated with the North Carolina and American Heart Associations,' is to inform the puhlic the hopeful side of heart disease, according to Dr. Bond/" ? “Despite the aM(rmins in crease in the members of people wfoo are' bqihg stricken by heart and vessel diseases,' and in the rate of deaths from , diseases, heart rpseapch vanccs in treatment.’' nr* Bondi THE CHOWAN HERALD 34 Per Cent Os Students Failed One Or More Subjects During Semester At Local School Gerald James, principal of the Edenton Junior-Senior High School, announced Tuesday that 11 % of the students made the honor roll for the first semester of the 1958-5!) school year and 1 that 34% of the students fai>d one or more subjects during the first, semester. Mr. James is greatly concern ed about the large number es failure* 'and points out that the maior eontributrng factor is lac'- of home work. He says that those on the honor roll are tho students who take books home and study at home, while those who fail are for the most mrt those students who do not study at home. Mr. James says home work is absolutely essentia! if students Meredith Jones Is Elected Vice President Os Security National Bank; Headquarters In Raleigh Edenton friends will be de-1 lighted to know that Meredith] Jones, son of Mrs. J. M. Jones,! has been elected vice president of the Security National Bank I ‘and has been assigned to the | bank’s Raleigh banking opera-; tion. Mr. Jones went to Raleigh 1 from New York City, where he I was associated with the Guar-, anly Trust Company for the past several years. In announcing Jones' election and assignment to Raleigh, Senior Vice President T. W. Steed, in charge of Security’s Raleigh op erations, said that this addition] of executive personnel resulted from the unusual business; growth and expansion in the 20 Years Ago j As Found in the Files of j The Chowan Herald Commercial fishermen of Cho wan end Washington counties met in the Municipal Building lo register a protest lo forbidding setting gill nets for shad between the Norfolk Southern Railroad bridge and the new Albemarle Sound bridge. Handicapped by unfavorable weather and sickness, a small crowd attended the President's birthday ball in the armory so that only $176 was realized lor the March of Dimes. A renewed effort was expected to help solve the mystery regard ing the Lost Colony within Cho wan County following a letter re ceived by J. L. Wiggins from Dr. H. J. Pearce, president of Bre nau College at Gainesville. Ga. Dr. Pearce said he was very much interested in making fur- Continued cn Page J—Section 1 sure, for instance, and anti- 1 coagulants are helping people who have had heart attacks ward off- further attacks. “Rheumatic fever is a form of heart 1 disease which until re-1 , cently was one of the great | cripplers of children. Now, 1 with the discovery that rheu-' matic fever is almost always j preceded by a streptococcal in- j i section and that such an infec tion -may be cleared up by anti biotics, the way is open to pre vent this serious disease. “Perhaps the most important advances of all have been made in the field of heart surgery. Parents who once felt despair when told their child had been bdm with a defective heart, now know that practically 1 every heart malformation may ;jbe cornected by surgery. 4 1 Continued on Pag. S—Section 1 iMjenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 5, ibsb. I expect, to make satisfactory pro-] j gress, for it is necessary to spend] some time out of school in prepa -1 ration for the next day’s assign ments “It is the responsibility • of parents to help bpvs and girls to organize out-of-school sched ules,” he says, “Parents shou'd check with their children rcla t:ve to home work and if their rhildren do not studv at home they should contact the school ito learn if no home work has] i been assigned ” Honor roll students for the first] ! semester are as follows: 12th Grade—Gene Ashley, El-! ton Bass, Janet Bunch and Gus Hughes. 11th Grade—Harriet Bond, Ed win Bvrum. Mary Pearl Harrell, I Continued on Paoe B—Section 1 Relcigh operation. In addition, to Jones, Security has two other vice presidents in Raleigh. The new official is the son of] the late John Meredith Jones! and Margaret Hathaway Jones. He is married to the former F.l-] vira Young Creatham of Hen-1 derson. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joel T. Cheatham. They j have one son, J. Meredith! Jones, 111, six years old. Mr. Jones’’ entire banking career has been with Guaranty, Trust Company of New York, where he has been in the Trust Investment, Trust, Credit, Pub lic Utilities and Southern divi- 1 sions. He will have broad man-! agement responsibilities at Se curity in Raleigh. Leigh Dobson In Leading Role For Operetta At ECC The Student Government Asso i ciation of East Carolina College ] has begun work on the operetta which it sponsors on the campus ] eifch spring. Cole Porter’s “Kiss Me Kate,” based in part on j Shakespeare’s “Taming of the ; Shrew” and including some of the composer’s most oopular and captivating music, has been se lected as the production for 1959. j Three performances of the hit j will be presented at the college April 21, 22 and 23. Casting of principals is now complete, and rehearsals will begin within sev eral days. Leigh Dobson of Edenton has been selected to play one of the leading roles. All Directors For B. & L. Re-elected The annual meeting of the I Edenton Building & Loan Assn- j ! riation was held .in the Court j House Monday night, at wh : ch all present directors were re -1 elected. These directors include Albert G. Bvrum, T. C. Byrum, Jr., F. W. Hobbs, R. C. Holland, , J. Clarence Leary. R. E. Leary, i William Privott, Geddes B. Pot ter and J. P. Partin. * These directors will effect the I org£&iization at die monthly . | meeting which will be held to . i night (Thursday) at 7:30 o'clock. | Old Record Rooks Will Be Repaired Clerk of Court Tom Shepard and Register of Deeds Mrs. Mau ; rice L. Bunch reported to the ; County Commissioners Mondav . that quite a few valuable record ' books in their offices are in a bad i state of repair. A number of the books were r displayed showing the condition r of the binding, so that both offi-. I cials were authorized to have the bioks repaired. . o HOMEMAKER OF THE MONTH” } tim -- r ,2 so £ - > i «-■ . £ I /*' ■ . ;> j ' < -mJ ■ MRS. GiLBtRT fiAHHr.LL Members of 'he Advance Home Demonstration C:ub have selected Mrs. Gilbert Harrell as their "Homemaker of the i Month." Mrs. Harrell, pictured above, by reason cf her vari ous activities, is affectionately referred tc as a "jack of all I Trades." Advance Club Cites Mrs. Gilbert Harrell Month Homemaker Referred to as “Jack Os All Trades” By Many Friends Mrs. Gilbert (Pearl) Harrell has been selected as “Homemaker of the Month” by members of the Advance Home Demonstration Club. Neighbors, friends and family alike enjoy visiting this “Home: maker of .the Month" because, among other reasons, there is us ually a good supply of mouth- S watering homemade fudge to welcome those who stop in. Mrs. Harrell is certainly a “jack of all trades”. Being ; very good cook, she is well known for the delicious meals and tasty desserts and candies j she prepares. With a plentiful supply of vegetables on the farm and in her garden, she is aided j greatly in her meal preparation by the foods which fill her large freezer and the many jars of pickles, preserves, jellies and other canned products that fill her pantry shelves. Flowers grow in profusion in the Harrell’s attractively land- \ scaped yard. Mrs. Harrell ad- ! mits that her favorite hobbv is working outside in the yard, which definitely reflects her love for it. Mrs. Harrell has just completed ] her most recent project of redec- i orating the interior of her well-) kept home. The newly painted i rooms are highlighted hy the grand job she did this summer in . upholstering her sofa and \ chair. Several years ago. Mrs. i Continued on Page 7—Section 1 j j Award Winners At Jaycee Banquet i • mi |i| imi *-«ii -Sr if Ik j I Y IftlmlßPltb;. K•ir 4 I n fill 1R ’ ]| f|»if . jHP ip. i' 1 111 1- j # I •' v , r*' 888 «‘r:; - Above, left, is pictured Jimmy Parrish, who was named the Outstanding Young Fanner for 1958 at the Edenton Jayoee annual DSA banquet Friday night At right is Dr. Edward G. Bond, winner of the coveted Jaycee Distinguished Service Award. T ‘ Bizness” Bad j Town Clerk Ernest J. Ward, Jr., repcris that sale of 1959 Edenton automobile license plates is lagging somewhat. Up to Tuesday of lhi s week only 467 plates have been purchased out of about 1,100 automobile owners. I The deadline for disp'aying j 1959 auto license plates is Feb ruary 16, so that owners of ve hicles are urged to secure the j plates at once unless they wish j to have a brush with notice. The [ same applies to State automobile license plates. MASONS MEET TONIGHT Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & IA. M., will h.a 1 d a stated com munication tonight (Thursday) a* ( 11 o'clock. Ernest J. Ward, Jr., master, is very anxious to have a large attendance. LIONS MEET MONDAY Edenton Lions will meet Mon day night. February 9, at 7 o’clock. President J. R. DuLaney requests every member to be \ present. | Road Approved ’ jv ? Chowan County Commissioners have been notified that the State) ■ Highway Commission plans to improve the Wildcat road from j Virginia Fork to the Macedonia! road. The Commissioners ap- j : proved the proposed construction and relocating of the road, which ! will be 60 feet wide. .Rev. W. L Clegg Os; Raleigh Speaker At | Methodist Revival] i - Services Each Night At 7:30 O’clock From J Sunday, February 8,! Through February 13; The Rev. W. L. Clegg, pastor lot the Hayes Barton Methodist, I Church of Raleigh, comes to/ ] Edenton next week as guest i preacher at. the Edenton Metho j d'ST Church, where revival scr-! [ vices will be in progress. The ! services will begin at 7:30 each ] evening, from Sunday. February i ; ”, through Friday. February 13. ' ! Mr. Clegg 's one of the promi l nent ministers of the No- th Caro i linn Confereiue of the Methodist Church. He is a. man of out- 1 standing leadershin and preach-, ine abdity. He rod his under-! graduate work at Duke Univer j s'tv and his s'-minarv work at i the Divinity School of Yale Uni- I Vers.itv: Hr h-'s he<-n Sunerinten dent of tho E'i/f-beth C : *v, Dur ham and Fayetteville Districts | tn addition to Ids present na tor ] ate, Mr. Clegg's work has inch'd c 1 Auhindor. Chadbourh. P.e'h -1 el. and Burlington, to mention I ] only some of the places where he has served. M s C, egg’s c- Hiring, to Edent-u offers a great ipportunitv to uJ ■'I the people of rl-i -nton for a weel , of stimulating preaching, and al | , are in' ited. The set vices . next Week wrl'-j fcati-.e sperial music "k h even 1 iiig. Vnere will Ik- sc:, rlinns I)' 1 both the scni-T and children’s ] choirs and soloists. Brav Director In ECC Music Clinic More than a hundred ligh School and .ion:'"- high school mu sicians, attending the Eastern Di vision of the All-State Band Clinic at East Carolina College Friday and Saturday. Fehrti ,rv 6 and 7. will receive instruction in the use of their instruments from 14 experienced teachers >' music in Eastern North Caroliir' As members of a Clinic Band the will also r'-henrse and a > pea; in concert under the dirc-c tion of Nilo W. Huvey. edu.catam al director of H. and A. SoI-tu- Inc.. Elkhart. Indiana. Ho- L. Carter of the East Carolina Music Department is chairman of arrangements for the Clinic. Chairmen i f sectional relic,ri als who will meet with smai groups of students for studv an practice include five members bf the East Carolina music depart ment and nine band directors in schools of Eastern North Caro-1 1 ina. Among the latter is Dur wood Bray, director of the Eden ton Junior-Senior High School Band. Minnie Ilolhmell Speaker For DAR Edenton Tea Party Chapter oi the DAR will meet Wednesciav 1 afternoon. February 11. at 3:30; o'clock at the home of the Re gent. Mrs. Wood Privott. Guest speaker will be Miss Minnie Hol lowell and all members are urged to be present 82.50 Per Year In North Carolina | Dr. Edward G. Bond 'Winner Os Jaycees’ 'DASFor Year 1958 Bandsman Os Week • JF’''' ~V. am K. CAROLYN STARLINGS The Edenton Jnniur-Scni r High School Bandsman of the , Week is Carolyn Stallings, rlaugh , ter of Mr. and Mrs. Thurston Stallings. Carolyn is in the 10th . ; grade and lias been in the band for three years. She plavs second ] trumpet in the concert band and , ] first trumpet in the marching i band. In addition to band, slo | s the manager for the girls’ bas ] cctball team and a member of ! he Mon gram Club. Carolyn is i member of the Edenton Baptist I Church in Edenton and sings in the choir. Youth Sunday At Presbyterian Church This coming Sunday. February 8, :s-'Youth Sunday at the Pres byterian Church in Edenton. and the 11 o’clock, morning worship service will be conducted by the young people. The service. n annua, event,, is'one of the high oo'nts a .lie church year, and Pf ilwavs i time of blessing. This year it "'ill be led bv Jo, 1 Mitchencr. and will feature? ser lions bv three of I'm boys: Luke 1 Wright. John M-t -hone- and 1 leorgc N.x-'ii. Other young peo- < ile " ill also take part. ] The publ.iv , cordially invited 1 . o attend ano support 'he vout.i ' J the cono.iuiiity. CIVIC CALENDAR* W - - •* A report breakfast for canvass ers in Edenton's campaign to raise $253,000 for a new knitting - I concern will be held at the Eden ton Restaurant Friday morning at 3 o'clock. The Albemarle Schoolmasters' Club will meet in the cafeteria of ‘he Edenton Junior-Senior High School Monday night. February . 9, at 6:30 o'clock. Edenton Chapter No. 302, Or der of the Eastern Star. w ; ll hold a buffet sueper in the Masonic ] Continued on Page B—Section 1 William E. Rond. Jr., And \\ m. H. Gardner, Jr., Named Leaders For Chowan Heart Fund Drive i The l!l51l Heart Fund drive in | i Clv>wan „ County will be under) | the leadership of William E. J ■ Bond, Jr., and William H Card j ner, Jr., who were appointed to th's post by Dr. Edawrd G. Bond, j chairman of the Chow an County I Heart Committee. Money raised in the annual Heart campaign goes into the North Carolina and American Heart Associations’ programs of ; research. professional services and public education, according to the county chairman. “The ; American Heart Association j spends over half its funds for : heart research at medical centers j in the nation including those in our state.” he commented. “The, aim of the North Carolina Heart i Association is to increase the amount of money spent on re ! search projects in North Carolina to half of its budgetable funds, j At present,” he added, “well over j *IOO.OOO is supporting heart re | sea-'-h in this state.” “We emphasize research,” he 1 continued, “because our doctors have told us that much more FIGHT CANCER | WITH A CHECKUP AND CHECK Jimmy Parrish Pre sented Award For Being ’sß’s Outstand ing Young Farmer Ericnlon's Jaycees at. their an nual DSA, Bosses' and I.adie Night banquet, held Friday night in the Masonic Temple announc ed that Dr. Edward G. Bopd had been selected to receive the Dis tinguished Service Awaid for 1958. At the s 1111- time .li-r.m, °a r'rish wa - named tee Out standing Young Farmer f r 19.58. Gilliam Wo .-I, who pn-\ -u-1 won the ou.tst.ihdi.it y n.tng f r o - 'a- award, presented 'lu a’-ra d Pan i-dl. lie O' jr-f --tlie scl -100 - .11n11 o' . ~; lio, 1958 winn.-r, pojntin - not tfv i '' :«itc being -, victim of |ioti , >e, era! years ago. lie. far-ir; more 1 h *'ll aOO acn- aod tlao bis sue cess is attributed to bird .work oi-i following approved practices on hi. farm by plant big hvbr d seeds, cover crop- and tale s Vantage of wa' -r .conservation and proper drainage He h - been- engaged in farming o-.-i . i 8 veals, John A, tli.'mc.s presented t ill DSA t., Dr. Bond. p .bit eg . that he was very worth'- of i’v hollo:* beslmved iinan him. "Dr. Bond is o: ,- if ! e individna!.- whti is alvvai - ,y (n serve hi - community,'' Mr. Holmes. "He probah'y ids as much ol his time to c • an tv service a , he does in h's pj ilessiona] career as a ph zsician." Mr. Holmes pointed out. the Dr. Bond is president , f t-e R - Continued from Page B—Section 1 Schoolmasters Huh To IMcet In Edenton Monday, February !) The A'bematle Scho dniast'-i ' Club will meet in the Edcnt n Jun oi-Senior Higii School t -as -- teraa Monday evening. February 9. at 6:30 o'clock. The club ii cluilcs school superintendent.:',,' principals and teachers in 19 counties and two city administrn live units in the Albemarle The program will eonsvh ->f three brief discussions. N. W. Shelton, superin'te oi Camden County Schools.. v> discuss the State Board of Fdu ti<in A and B budget- John . Moore, superintendent of 1’ quotank Countv Schools. j'i speak oil the national defense e l ueation act, and W. C. Hot 11. superintendent of Gates I'-imtv Schools, will speak on tlu* itieen tive plan. A special feature of the meet ing will lie a foreign language instruction on the element,or levol. Miss Ann Main and pu pils of the seventh and eighth gadcs will conduct a convei s,- tion in French. j must be learned about the ran I s (if heart disease before We r ■•> I make effective gains in the fight I igainst our country's number m, killer.” | Other uses to which Heart j Fund dollars are put. it wn «• plained, are' to purchase .o-'ri ‘ific publications and diagim la aids, such as taped heart sound for local physicians, and to o > )ly them with educational litera lure about the various forms of heart disease, which thrv can live their patients. The program of public inform am conducted >y the local H t Committee in cludes the -f films, sAool naterials. pa ts, etc. which . are bought n. money raised in he rounty. "The entire Heart program, ’loth local, state and national de pends on the voluntary giving of •he public.” said Dr. Bond. “We ■ w r ant our fund drive organization •o be truly county-wide, for only 'n that way will everyone be giv ■ en the opportunity to give and' to ; work for the Heart cause,” he s i concluded. j

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