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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-
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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.
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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
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- 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
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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