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olume XXVI. —Number 7.
Drive For Knitting Conffirn
Netss lßo,ooo As Os Tuesuay;
Goal Expected In Few Days
Graham and Conger
Appreciative For Ef
forts Put Forth By
Group of Workers
The drive now under way by
the Edenton Development Cor
poration to raise $253,000 of local
funds to bring an industry here
continues at an increasing and
enthusiastic pace, General Cnau
man John W. Graham stated
Wednesday. He said that up to
Tuesday night SIBO,OOO had been
raised with excellent prospects
that the goal would be topped
soon.
At a report- breakfast helc.
Monday the prospect list was re
viewed and expanded to include
many additional local and out-of
town names. Graham took me
occasion to thank all of the cam
paign colonels, captains, and
workers for the excellent result
so far achieved, “the amount
already raised far exceeds any
thing ever attempted here before.
It shows how most of the folks
feel about bringing industry here. |
Everyone realizes how badly we
need it and how it will benefit
everyone. All of us who are as- :
■sociated with this project are
grateful for the fine support it
has received,” Graham stated.
Because of the magnitude of
the project and the job of organ-'
izing it, Graham said that some
individuals and firms may have
been overlooked. Any person
wishing to participate in the cam
paign but who has not been con- <
tacted was urged to notify Gra-,
ham or the Chamber of Com-1
merce office. They will arrange
to have someone call on the pros
-pect. “This is, a. real area pro
ject and everyone should sup
port the effort being made to
bring an industry here,” Graham
added.
The campaign has created a I
good deal of enthusiasm. Many,
individuals throughout the north-1
eastern area are joining in the
campaign. Joe Conger, Jr., pres- i
ident of the Edenton Develop-'
ment Corporation, said that ev- j
cryone is hoping we will be suc
cessful in bring the larre knit- i
ting manufacturer to Edenton. I
“I join with Chairman Graham ;
i- extending the appreciation of
the board of directors for the ex
cellent job being carried out by I
all campaigners,” he said. “We
are confident that our goal will
be reached within a few days."
Lenten Services At
St Paul’s Church
Will Begin Tonight
Number of Visiting
Clergymen Schedul
ed to Speak at Week
ly Meetings
Each Thursday evening during
Lent at 8 o’clock a guest Episco
pal clergyman will address the
congregation of Saint Paul’s
Church in Edenton and lead a
discussion on the subject follow- 1
ing the service.
The Rev. George B. Holmes, I
rector, will conduct evening'
prayer in the church and intro
duce the speaker. The introduc
tory address will be enlarged
upon in informal discussion in the
Parish House.
The Lenten speakers with their j
subjects are given below: “Help)
From God Through Prayer,” Feb- j
ruary 12, by the Rev. John Prior,
(jkmiinued on Page 1 Section 1
REVIVAL IN PROGRESS
AT METHODIST CHURCH
Revival meetings are being;
held this week in the Edenton
Methodist Church and'will come
to a close Friday night The ser
vices begin at 7:30 o’clock and the
public is cordially invited to at-
The speaker for the revival is
the Rev. W. L. Clegg, pastor of
JHaycS Barton iVlcWiOulSi vOUIwI
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Ryland Club Members Solicit
Subscriptions For The Herald
Effective lh:s week, members of the Ryland Home Dem
onstration Club will solicit renewals and new subscriptions
for The Chowan Herald in Chowan County. Arrangements
have been made by the ladies with The Herald to do this
work in order to help build up their treasury. The club
will receive a generous commission cn all money collected
so that the club women are hopeful that many subscribers
will renew their subscriptions and that many new ones
will subscribe during the can\paign.
Tht price of The Herald is $2.50 per year in North
.Carolina and 55.00 outside of the state. The Herald so
; licits the support of the ladies in helping them raise money
: for their club’wt ’l a< putting The Herald subscription
list on an up-to date basis and adding new subscribers to
the large family of readers.
lhree Edenton Band Member?
Awarded High Rating At Qinic
Held Last Week At Greenville
Three members of the Edenton
Junior-Senior High School Band
received high ratings in the East
ern Division of the N. C. AH
State Band Clinic which was con-!
ducted at East Carolina College
in Greenville last Friday and
Saturday.
The band was made up of IjO
.students from 35 bands in East-;
ern North Carolina. Each band
‘sent its best performers and they
were rehearsed by five faculty
members of the East Carolina
Music Department and nine band
directors. They were then as
signed places according to -theiri
ability and the direction of the j
band was taken over by Nilo!
Hovey. educational director of
the H & A Selmer Co., of Elk-!
hart. Indiana and Paris. France.
The students from Edenton
20 Years Ago
As Found in the Files of
The Chowan Herald
P
Though 247 signatures of tax
payers in the Cross Roads sec
tion affixed to a petition present
ed to the County Commissioners
asking for authority to borrow
$7,000 to erect a building and buy
eruipment for classes in vocation-* 1
al agriculture and home econom
ics in Chowan High School, the
; proposition was turned down
| without securing a second to a
. motion for its adoption.
As a result of protests register
led by Chowan and Washington
County gill net fishermen, the
ban was lifted on shad fishing be
! tween the Albemarle Sound
bridge and the Norfolk-Southern
bridge.
The Chowan Herald was au
thorized to make public the fact
that Brenau College at Gaines
ville. Ga- would pay a reward
of SSOO for delivery of a stone
Continued on Page 6—Section 1
George Hoskins And Dr. Archie
Walker Accept Positions For
Chowan Heart Fund Campaign
Dr. Ed Bond. Chairman of the
Chowan County Heart Commit
tee, has announced that George
C. Hoskins has been appointed as
! treasurer of the Chowan Heart;
| Fund. Dr. Bond also announced
j that Dr. Archie Walker has ac- .
[ cepted the post of chairman of!
professional intormation and ser
vices for the Chowan committee..
“Agfhile the major fund-raising i
; efforts on behalf of the Heart \
program, both in this county and
I state and throughout the nation.
, take place in February," said Dr. j
Bond, “memorial gifts on behalf j
of people who have died from!
heart or bipod vessel diseases are j
acceptable at any time during the ■
year. For this reason, we are de
lighted that Mr. Hoskins has ac
cepted the post of. treasurer of
qur local Heart Fund. People
who wish to make such memor
ui donations mav send checks to
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Ji #-con, (JHowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 12,1959.
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i; were Ashby Tarkington, who
I placed second out of eight trom
bones; Bud Skiles, who placed
f:fth out of 33 clarinets and War
t ren Wheeler. Jr., who was one
of seven bass players chosen for
, the band
The band rehearsed under Mr.
Hovey for the better part of two
- days and also attended lectures
and demonstrations by Phil
Grant, chief percussionist for the j
Goldman Band of New York
City.
On Saturday night the band
presented a one hour concert at
- Wright Auditorium on the East
J Carolina campus which was at
; tended by some 4.500 persons.
On Friday night the band stu
dents were guests of the , East
i Carolina Band for a band concert I
Continued on Page 7—Section 1
Schoolmasters Hold
Meeting In Edenton
Despite inclement weather,
about 85 members of the Albe
marle Schoolmasters Club met in
the Edenton Junior-Senior High
School cafeteria Monday night.
Though the attendance was re
duced due to the weather, a very
enthusiastic meeting developed.
1 Miss Ann Mayo and pupils of
the seventh and eighth grades
conducted a very interesting con
versation in French and timely
school discussions were led by
N. W. Shelton of Camden Coun
ty, John A Moore of Pasquotank
County and W. C. Harrell of
Gates County.
MASONS MEET FEB. 19
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F.
& A. M.. will hold an emergent
communication Thursday night,
February 19. at 7:30 o'clock, at
whic htime a candidate will re
ceive the first degree. No meet
ing will be held on February 12.
him in this capacity.”
“We are also, very pleased that,
Dr. Walker has consented to help
us bring to the attention of his
colleagues information about the
latest findings of heart research
and some of the professional aids
supplied by the American Heart
1 Association and its affiliates.”
said Dr. Bond. “There have al-
I ways been close ties between the
i medical profession and the
! American Heart Association, our
parent body. A group of the na
tion’s leading heart specialists
j founded American Heart in 1928
, and lenders in this field' have
; been identified with its progress
, ever since.
“We loqk_forward to serving
i the medical and medical ancillary
professions in our county in their
attack on the nation’s Number
One Killer—the heart and blood
vessel diseases," said Dr. Walk
er
j :
I Celebrate 51st Wedding Anniversary
1V - _
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde R. Mason on Thursday of last week. Feb
ruary 5, celebrated their 51si wedding anniversary. They were
married in Bertie County February 5, i9OB, by the Rev. Hugh
M. Davis, pastor of Mars Hill Baptist Church and have resided
in Edenton since their marriage. They are the parents of three
children, Mrs. Leon Leary of Edenton. Carlton Mason of Norfolk
and A. J. Mason of Portsmouth.
Iraxton Townsend
'peaks At Meeting
Os Woman’s Club
Stressed the Import
ance of Leaving a
Will; Club to Change
Meeting Place
Braxton B. Townsend of
Rocky Mount, legal officer of
Peoples Bank & Trust Com-)
pany, was the principal speaker
at a meeting of Edenton Wo
| man’s Club Wednesday ,of last
week. His subject was “Leaving
|a Will.”
Mr. Townsend stressed the
importance of leaving a will and
outlined the procedure for divi
sion of an estate in the event
there is no will. He said the
law gives one the right to dis
pose of property as he sees’ fit
I and to decide who shall handle
I the details of its management
| and distribution by making a
will. Failure to exercise this
: right by a properly drawn will
means that an estate will be
I distributed strictly according to
I law, irrespective 01 lae relative
i needs of dependents, and will
be handled by an administrator,
I Continued on Page 3—Section 1
Albert By rum On
i 9 Committees In
I
General Assembly
| Albert G. Byruin, Chowan
j County's Representative in the
| General Assembly, has been nam- j
ed vice chairman of the Health l
I Committee of the House of Rep-,
resentatives and been placed )
on eight other important commit- j
tees. j
Mr. Byrum is vice chairman of
the Health Committee and the
other eight committees on which
he is serving include the follow-1
j ing: Agriculture, Appropriations, j
| Commercial Fisheries and Oyster
, Industry, Corporations. Proposi-.
tions and Grievances. Public Util
' ities. Roads and Highway Safety,
j Teachers’ and State Employment
Retirement.
Mission Study Class '
At Baptist Church'
A mission study class wili be!
' held at the Edenton Baptist l
Church'Tuesday night, February
17, beginning at 7:30 o’clock.
The class is sponsored by the Wo
men’s Missionary Society and
will be taught by the pastor, the |
Rev. R. N. Carroll, who will use'
the home mission book, “In Ways
of Witnessing.”
All WMS members are espe
cially urged to attend.
|
Boy Scout Program
i At Rotary Meeting
’> .
Edenton Rotarians will meet
jtnis (Thursday) afternoon at 1
o’clock in the Parish House. The
program will be in charge of
Ward, plans a. Boy Scout
urogram in connection with Boy
! i Scout Week. Dr. Ed Bond, pres
; ident, urges a 100 per cent at
tendance for this meeting.
| Day Os Prayer Will
Be Observed Friday
AtStPaul’sChurch
Episcopal and Metho
l dist Members Join In
! Service to Be Held at
4 O'clock
■ The seventy-third observance
of World Day of Prayer for Eden
ton will be observed in Saint
Paul’s Episcopal Church Friday 1
afternoon. February 13. at 4i
o'clock. The Rev. Earl Richard
son, pastor of the First Metho
dist Church, Edenton. and the
Rev. George B. Holmes, rector of
Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church-,
arc" in charge of the service.
Women from each church will
participate in the program of
penitence, assurance, thanksgiv
ing. intercession and consecration
under the theme. “Lord I Be
lieve" from John 9:38.
On this first Friday in Lent, 1
thousands of Christians around
the world will be united in a ser-\
vice-of prayer and thanksgiving.
Services begin on the Tonga
Islands, west of the international
date line, where Queen Salotc)
Continued on Page 7—Section 1 I
Tyner Boy Scouts
To Have Program i
Saturday. Feb. 14
J 1
! i
1 Tyner Boy Scouts and Explorer
Post 154 will sponsor a chicken
i barbecue supper, a Board of Re
i view, and re-chartering to climax
Boy Scout Week February 7-14.
j This dinner will be held at the
i Center Hill Community Building
j Saturday evening, February 14.
'beginning at 7 o’clock. Special
guests will be Mr. and Mrs. Ray
, mond Collier of Elizabeth City.
! Mr. Collier is District Commis
; sioner for this area,
j A smaii admission charge will
be made and it is hoped many
\ attend.
Barbecue Chicken
Supper February 20
By County Council
I The 4-H County Council is j
, sponsoring a barbecued chicken j
i supper on Friday night. Febru
| ary 20, at the Chowan Communi-!
■ ty Building from 6 to 8 o’clock, j
The Local leaders and home dem- ;
onstration clubs are helpirfg the
4-H'ers plan, prepare, and serve j
this supper.
j Lester T. Copeland of Ryland
will barbecue the chickens and (
4-H members in the different
I communities will be selling tic
kets until February 16. Anyone)
desiring tickets for this supper j
who cannot be reached by the i
4-H members can obtain tickets |
at the home agent’s office,
j All proceeds from this supper
I will go into the 4-H County
, Council treasury.
EASTERN STAR MEETING
Edenton Chapter No. 302, Or- \
j der of the Eastern Star, will rree* |
, Monday night, February 16, at 8
o’clock. Mrs. W. A. Harrell, wor-1
thy matron, requests all mem
bers to be present.
Rat Poison Is Again
Being Offered Free
In Local Campaign
i War on Rats Very Es
! fqctive Since Cam
paign Was Started In
1956
Continuation of the Chowan
County rat control project is now
possible after 1,000 pounds of poi
-1 son has been prepared and is now
: available free to the public, K, J.
Eyer, District Sanitarian, says.
This campaign is sponsored by
the Chowan County Commission
j ers in cooperation with state and
I local health department. The
1 poison can be secured at the
Health Department or county
j farm agent’s office in Edenton.
The Health Department points
! out that the mixture is a poison,
I but that instructions are attached
Ito each package of bait, which
j should be read carefully and car
ried out. It also contains in
structions for making a bait box
which prevents domestic animals
from getting to the poison.
This campaign, which has been
in operation since June, 1956. has
proven to be effective in reduc
ing the rat population. It is hop- ]
ed more people will take advan
tage of the free poison and coop-1
crate in elimination of rat popu- j
lation. for the more who partici-'
pate the more successful will be |
the campaign, Eyer said.
Valentine Dance
At Teenage Club
Saturday Night |
J C? I
There will be a Valentine!
i I
dance at the Edenton Teenage!
Club on Saturday night, Fehru- I
ary 14, from 8 to 11 o’clock. Dress
will be semi-formal, refresh- i
ments 'will be served and music I
will be furnished by the juke box.
All members are urged to come
arid bring their parents. Decor
tions are being done by the Teen
age Council, headed by Carolyn
Perkins and Ginnv Jones. Mem
bers of the board will chaperone.
LEGION AUXILIARY MEETS
WITH MRS. W. W. PORTER
The American Legion Auxili
ary will meet Tuesday night,
February 17, at 8 o’clock at the j
home of Mrs. W. W. Porter on,
| North Broad Street. Mrs. Paul:
j Holoman, president, urges all
'members to make a special effort
to be present.
Ed gar Pearce Again Sponsoring
Contest For Growing Pumpkins
Edgar L. Pearce, seedsman, of
Route 3, is again sponsoring the
Chowan Pumpkin Growing Con
test. Mr. Pearce sponsored the
contest in 1956 and also in 1957.
However, it was dropped in 1958.
Rules for the 1959 contest, as
worked out by Mr. Pearce and
Bob Marsh, assistant county ag
ricultural agent, are as follows:
1. This contest is open to any
Chowan boy or girl between the
ages of 6 and 15 inclusive, who
is interested in gardening or ag
riculture. This includes all 4-H.
FFA, FHA, NFA and NHA mem
bers as well as non-club mem
bers within the age limits. The
contest is also open to any boy
or gfrl who attends school in
Chowan County.
2. The purpose of the contest
Boy Scouts Take Over Public
Offices In Edenton Today As
Climax To Bov Scout Week
As a climax to the observance \
| of Boy Scout Week Edenton Boy j
Scouts will be assigned to various
) public offices this (Thursday) as-,
I ternoon.
' The various offices to be filled
j by the Scouts are as follows:
Mayor—John MarshalL
Principal of Edenton Junior-
Senior High School—H. L. Ed
| wards.
I Principal 'of the Edenton Ele
mentary School—Brad Williford.
Chief of Police —Douglas Sex
i ton.
| Judge of Recorder's Court—
: Jerry Yarborough.
! Policemen—J. J. Allen, Jim
$2.50 Per Year In North Caroline
Committees For
Fifth Pilgrimage
Os Edenton Named
r
| Bandsman Os Week j
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MAC PRIVOTT
The Edenton Junior - Senior
High School Brndsm-n -• 1
Week is Mac Privott, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Cary Privoit of
Route 2. Mac is a Junior H f-i
School student, in the eighth
| grade. This is his second year
in the band. He piays tr ..i
--bone. and is assistant section
leader for the trombone section.
He is also first assistant of the
equipment staff. In addition to
his band activities he is a rep- [
reseniative cn the
Council, and a member •{
Bethel Baptist Church.
civic cAraronr
\
A World Day of Prayer service
will be held in St. Paul's Episco
pal Church Friday afternoon.
February 13, aj 4 o'clock.
Edenton Boy Scouts will fill
some of the public offices today
(Thursday) as part of the observ
ance of Boy Scout Week.
The Women's Missionary Socie
ty of the Edenton Baptist Church
will hold a mission study class a*
the church Tuesday night. Feb
ruary 17, at 7:30 o'clock.
Tyner Boy Scouts and Explorer
Post No. 154. will sponsor a
chicken barbecue supper, board
of review and re-chartering Sat
urday night, February 14, at 7
o'clock at the Center Hill Com
munity Building.
Sponsored by the 4 H County
Council, a barbecue chicken sup
per will be held at the Chowan
Community Building on Friday
night, February 20. from 6 to 8
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
is to encourage all eligible boys
and girls to grow pumpkins for
food and for decorative purposes.
3. The sponsor will furnish
seed free. Cultural information
may be had. from the sponsor,
the County Agent's office or the
vocational agriculture teachers.
4. Each contestant agrees to
plant the seed, cultivate the vines
properly, and to bring his largest
pumpkin to the Chowan County
Fair on the opening day. The
pumpkins will be weighed and
judged by an official committee.
5. Prizes for the largest pum>
kins grown in the contest will be:
Ist—ss.oo and ribbon.
2nd—S3.oo and ribbon.
3rd —$2.00 and ribbon.
Next 7 prizes—$1.00 and rib-
Continued on Page B—Section 1
| Elliott. Kermit Layton and Dur
| rell Ambrose.
Firemen—Frank Williams, Tom
j Phillips. Teddy Feldmeir and
Neal Hobbs.
Superintendent of Schools —
i Boots Lassiter.
Jasper Hassell, who recently
accepted the position of Scout
master, says there are quite a few
openings for Boy Scouts in or
i der to bring up the troop to full
. strength. He, therefore, urges
any boys between the ages of 11
and 14 who are interested in be
- coming Scouts to meet him at the
Scout Cabin any Monday night
i at 7:30 o’clock.
0
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP I
AND CHECK \
. Many Inquiries Con
! cerning Tour April
17 and 18 Already
Being Received
Committee Chairmen of the
Edenton Woman’s Club are busy
making plans for the furthcom
ing Pilgrimage of Cohaiial Eden
ton and Countryside to be spon
sored by the organization on
April 17th and h.
Mrs. Ed Be . chairman of the
Pilgrimage. named the f >l
- comm." . chairmen:
Co-chairman if the Pilgrimage
—Mrs. Joe Thofud.
Co-chairmen of Tickets—Mrs.
A. F. Downum and Mrs. Ralph
Parrish.
Co-chairmen of Advertising—
Mrs. Richard Dixon. Jr., and Mrs.
Wesley Chesson.
Co-chairmen of Hostesses—Mrs.
Joe Conger. Jr., and Mrs. Gilliam
• Wood.
: Co-chairmen of Booklet—Mrs.
John Graham and Mrs. Roland
! Vaughan.
Chairman of Signs— Tom *:
i Byrum.
Chairman Mrs” .
Scott
I 'Chanffim tWk-is
KnUHniao or
Ralph Blades.
«-~€hai rman of Publicitv M •
John Kramer.
Chairman of Radio and TV
Mis. Ernest Ward, Jr.
Numerous inquiries are being
received daily asking for in ur
ination regarding the tour, which
will be the fifth organized guid
ed tour of this historic citv. since
it was established in 1628.
Councilmen Hold
Shortest Meeting
In Many Months
Navy Relinquishes Its
Mobilization Rights
To Section of Base
For Sewage Plant
Town Council on Tuesday’
night experienced one of their
shortest meetings in many
months when the few matters
coining to their attention -were,
disposed of in just one hour.
The assessment roll was pre
sented for constructing a side
walk on Cabarrus Street which
will be published and a suhse
qent hearing held to hear anv
possible objections on Tuesday
night. March 10. at 8 o'clock.
The total assessment roll amounts
to 51.142.82. di' ued among 16
property pwn n -•
A report v nade by tile com -
mittee on h ••• clearance, stat
ing that priv;. property owners
were willing to pay the expense
of removing old stakes from their
property. The same committee
was instructed to secure an esti
mate of the cost to have this
work done.
An engineer's report was read
j regarding improvements on East
: Gale Street, including filling in
1 ditches. The report was to the
j effect that the improvements re
quested were only of a tempor
ary nature and that the only per
| manent and most satisfactory so
! lution to the problem would be
[ Continued cn Page 2—Section ]
Five Leaders In
Bridire Marallioc
At the completion of round
of the bridge marathon sponso
bv the Chowan Hospital Au'
ary. the five leading teams
their scores follow:
1. Kathryn Goodwin and Esti
Goodwin, 46.380.
2. Medlin Belch and Al Phil
lips. 42,850.
3. Dr. Frank Wood and Mrs.
j Frank Wood. 42,660.
4. Joe Thorud and Dr. Richard
Hardin. 40,520.
5. Mrs. A. M. Forehand and
Mrs. H. A. Campen, 37,290.