(ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
, CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXVl.—Number 8.
Pollock Swamp Landownei P
Asked Meet In Court Hous 11
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To Consider Improvements
Deputy State Conser
vationist Will Dis
cuss Federal Assist
ance February 25
'B. M. Dailey, Deputy State
Conservationist, Soil Conserva
tion Service, will meet with the
landowners in the Pollock Swarrp
watershed next Wednesday as e
- February 25, at 2 o’clock in
the Chowan Court House, accord
ing to L. B. Chairman of
the Albemarle Soil Conservation
District.
iyir. Bunch recently’ received a
petition from 36 landowners in
Poilnc': Swamp watershed asking
that a meeting of the landowners
be called for the purpose of fur
ther information on tiie small
watershed act (P. L. 566) and the
ways anti means of obtaining
Federal assistance on Pollock
Swamp watershed improvements.'
The landowners have a severe
problem of flooding and improp
er i drainage. The main stream
has silted-in until the water
floods over large areas and
proper drainage outlets are im
possible to obtain. In places,
there is no channel for the water
to flow and many thousands of
dollars worth of crops are lost
eai;h year due Xp flooding and im
proper drainage. Problems in,
the Pollock Swamp watershed
are complexed and cannot be
solved without the help of all
landowners.
The area covered by Pollock
Swamp extends from Edenton do
Tyner on the north side of N. C.
32 highway. It includes about;
20,000 acres of land, most of j
which is in cultivation.
Another petition to organize a |
watershed project is being circu
lated on the Rocky Hock Creek.
This is the area from Bennett’s i
Mill Pond to the crossroads near l :
Chowan High School. Most of >
this area is between N. C. No. 32 f
and the Chowan River. It is hop- |
cd that these landowners will
meet at the Court House with the
landowners of Pollock Swamp.
Continued on Page 7—Section 1
20 Years Ago
A* Found in the File* of
The Chowan Herald
V J
T. E. Chappell of the Tyner sec-;
tion advanced the belief that the •
mystery surrounding the where
abouts of graves of the 17 mem
bers of the "Lost Colony" who
wejre massacred by Indians in I
1591 might possibly be solved by
i systematic search in the Cen
ter Hill section of Chowan Coun
tr->
Nearly 100 members of the
Edenton - Chowan Chamber *>f
Commerce attended a banquet at
Hotel Joseph Hewes at whrfch
Henry R. Dwire of Duke Univer
sity was the principal speaker.
Judge Isaac M. Meek ins of
Elizabeth City was speaker at the
Rotary Club's meeting, who
spoke about Abraham Lincoln.
Town -Councilman requested
Miss Louise Coke city tax collec
tor, to furnish a listaef names and
amount of delinquent taxpayers.
Continued oft Page 6—Section 1
Miss Minnie Hollowell Speaks
At Meeting Os DAR Chapter
The Edenton Tea Party Chap
ter of the DAR met at the home
of the regent*. Mrs. Wood Pri
vott, Wednesday of last week for
its regular monthly meeting.
“The. Old, North State”„ was
sung, followed by ritual, prayer
and pledge /to the flag.
The regent asked for a discus
sioh of plans for a snack bar dur-
XZ A^ otthespriae pu '
treasurer, Mrs. R. N. Hines
ronnrted a balance in tile treas
ury of $163*41. Group 1 and 2
Sled m $lO in tourfet guide
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Edenton Basketball Teams
In Conference Tournament
Played This Week In Ahoskie
Edenton’s improved Aces, win
ning seven of their last eight con
ference games, finished second in
the Albemarle Conference regu
lar schedule with a 7-3 won-lost
record and have entered the
Championship Tourney Thursday
night against AHioskie at Ahos
kie.
The Acelets had their best sea
son in several years and wrapped
up third place with a 6-4 mark.
They also visit Ahoskie's Indians
on Thursday night at 7 o’clock.
The final conference standings
in the boys’ division were as fol
lows:
1— Scotland Neck
2 Edenton
3 Ahoskie
4.—Perquimans
5 Williamston ,
6 Plymouth
The eirls ended as such:
1— Perquimans I
2 Ahoskie *
3 Edenton
4 Williamston
5 Plymouth
6 Scotland Neck
The Aces caught fire after los-;
mg their first two games and re
bounded to whip Williamston,''
Plymouth and Hertford before
losing in overtime to Ahoskie. •
National Guard Muster Day .
WilMße Observed February 22
State Adjutant General Capus
Waynick, in referring to the.,
forthcoming National Guard
Muster Day on February 22,
said, “‘We want the citizens ofi
North Carolina to become better.
1 acquainted with their local Na- 1
ticnal Guard unit and its grass
toots organization. The State
plans to utilize Muster Day to
help towards that objective.” |
George Washington’s birthday i
v/as selected by the Chief of the ’
National Guard Bureau as an ap-1
propriate date for Muster Day,;
remembering that the first;
President termed the militia!
“The Bulwark of Democracy” |
and was the first great official]
advocate of a strong force of ■
! citizen-soldiers.
• The Adjutant General direct
ed attention to the fact that the
Army National Guard is older
I than the nation, dating back to
j 1636. North Carolina was among
I the thirteen colonies that fur
Edenlon Students
On Honor Groups
Henry Lin Jordan and Alma
Virginia Hardison, two Edenton
students at East Carolina College,
have received official recognition
from the college for their excel
lent records in academic work
during the fall quarter of the j
present school term.
Young Jordan was included on
j the Dean’s List and Miss Hardi- I
| son was placed on the Honor Roll
1 for the quarter.
go toward a medical scholarship.
Mrs. J. L. Pettus was asked to be
chairman with the help of Mrs.
P. S. McMullan.
A thank-you note was read
from Mrs. Sloop of the Crossnore
School. The chapter sent a SSO
scholarship for Laura Johnson.
Christmas and Easter presents
are also sent Two large boxes
of clothing are to be sold for the
school in the second hand shop.
Attention was called-to the last
issue of the DAR Magazine in
which Edenton has quite a lot of
good advertising. '?
Members were urged to go to
the State Convention in Durham
especially since one of the mem
bers. Mrs. W. D. Hohnes, Jr., is
JSfete Repent ■?
tidento 3 owan County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 19,1959.
They finished up by upsetting
Scotland Neck, edging William
ston and Hertford, and pouncing
Plymouth.
j Billy Griffin and Billy Wilkins
■ both have been the Aces’ big
; guns, each avveraging 13 points a
1 game. But Eiton Bass has been
i the most improved player, aver
aging 12 points for ihe last four
! games and grabbing more re
j bounds than anyone else. Bryant
Griffin, also greatly improved,
has teamed with Bass to bring
backboard power to the locals.
The Acelets lost to Ahoskie and
then defeated Scotland Neck and
Williamston. Losses to Plymouth
and Hertford were followed by
wins over the first four teams
mentioned. A loss to Hertford bv
three points finished the sched
ule.
Linda Spencer led the Acelets
iin points with a 16.9 average.
I But Sara Smith has chalked up
13.7 tallies a contest and Mary
Ann Overton has an even 7 point
average.
Looking over the conference
1 one can but say that it w«« an
even race. Ahoskie and Scot
•' land Neck started fast, but with
the improvement of Edenton and
1 Continued on Page 6—Section 1
nished the bulk of militia units
for the Continental Army when
it was organized under George
Washington.
Since colonial days North Ca
rolina has continued to provide
a large number of militia units
now known as the" National
Guard.
The .colorful history of the
North Carolina National Guard,
particularly that of the 30th In
fantry (Old Hickory) Division is
well known. “This Division.”
General Waynick said, “was giv
en credit for breaking the Hin
denburg Line in the First World
War and for equally great ser
pice in the Second World War,
when the German General Staff,
in classifying the outfits the
Germans had to fight, listed
eight outstanding divisions, six
of them National Guard divi
sions including the 30th.
The most recent accolade giv-
Continued on Page 4—Section I
Band Parents
PlanForßakeJ
Sale Feb. 28
A meeting of the Junior-Senior
High School and Elementary
School Band Parents was held i
Monday evening, February 16, at j
the high school band room. Plans
were made to conduct a real
home-made, no ready mix, bake
sale Saturday, February 28. The
band parents will call each per- ;
son in the telephone directory to
take orders for cakes, pies or
cookies.
Should anyone desire to place
an order to be delivered at their
home and is not contacted by |
phone, please call any of the fol
lowing: Mr. Bray at 2345, Mrs.
John Bunch at 2820, Mrs. Kath
leen Skiles at 3141 or Mrs. Thurs
ton Stallings at 3467 not later!
than Thursday, February 26.
BANK CLOSED MONDAY
The Peoples Bank Sc Trust
Company will be closed all day
Monday, February 23. in order to
observe George Washington’s
birthday, which falls on Sunday.
February 22. Important banking
business should, therefore, be
transacted accordingly.
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BED MEN MEETING
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The French horn section of the tden on Jumor-ben.cr tlign
Sciiooi liana is compieleiy equipped with new instruments
wnich. were purchased this year. They are of the hiahest
quality, manufactured by 11.e C. G. Conn Company of Elkhart,
Indiana, the largest bana instrument manufaciurer in the
world. The French horn is one of *he most difficult instru
ments in the band to play, being very sensitive to pitch changes.
The members of the sec‘ion aie Karen Hcllowell. section lead
er, Bert Willis, assistant section leader, Vern Goodwin and
Tim Overman.
Chowan’s Goal In
Heart Fund Drive
Placed At $1,300
Easter Seal Drive
Begins In Edenton
Friday, February 27
Ernest J. Ward, Jr.,
Says Campaign Will
Be Most Extensive
Ever Held
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Tuned to the needs of crippled
children and adults, the 19591
Easter Seal campaign in Edenton
and the nation will open Friday.
February 27 and continue through
Easter Sunday. March 29.
Ernest vvara, Jr., president of
the Chowan County Easter Seal
Society for the fifth consecutive
year, announced that in the tra
ditional 30 pre-Easter days the
year’s Easter Seals will reach
nearly every home in Edenton. I
“It will be the most extensive,
and, if we are to meet our com
munity’s needs, it must be the i
most successful campaign in his
tory,” he said.
Contributions will be used to 1
maintain and expand services for
the physically handicapped in the
local community and in North
Carolina.
The 1959 campaign, conducted
simultaneously by 1,700 affiliates
of the National Society for
Ciippled Children and Adults in
49 states. District of Columbia
j and territories of Hawaii and
Puerto Rico, will mark 38 years
I of service to the crippled nation
j wide.
The local sponsor is the Cho
wan County Easter Seal Society.
LIONS MEET MONDAY
Edenton Lions will meet Mon
j day night, February 23, at 7
: o’clock. President J. R. DuLan
ey is very anxious to have a 100
per cent meeting.
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Car Will Test Students’ Driving
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George Tewksbary. safety engineer for Nationwide Insurance,
will give proof Thursday afternoon, February 26, that you
can't "stop on a dune." He'll let students at Edenton Junior-
Senior High School drive a demonstration car, pictured l above,
to see hew quickly they can stop at $0 miles an hour. The
three revolvers on the ^ pavement
I)r. Ed Bond, Chair
man, Points Out the
Great Need of Funds
For Costly Research
Dr. Ed Bond, Chairman of the
Chowan County Heart Commit
j tee, has announced that the goal
: of the 1959 Heart Fund'drive in
Chowan County, opening next
Sunday, February 22. will be sl,-
300.
'The research, education and
• cojtlrpunity-si" vice program that
previous. Heart Fund drives have
I made possible have produced
gratifying results,” Dr. Bond de
clared. “Most of our residents
now have a more enlightened
view of the heart diseases. They
know that a heart attack is not
necessarily fatal, and that most
cardiacs recover to live produc
tive lives. Most parents are;
aware of the dangers of rheu
matic fever, which sometimes
leads to rheumatic heart disease.
Heart Association educational
Continued on Page 4—Section 1
LociTIBPW fihib '
Will Meet Tonight
I
The Edenton BPW Club will
meet tonight (Thursday) at 7
o’clock at the Edenton Restau- ]
rant.
Miss Martha Wertz of Elizabeth
City will be guest speaker. She
will speak on the general opera
tion of the Mental Health Clinic
in Elizabeth City.
| Mrs. Laura Ferguson, president
urges all members to be present.
OFFICES CLOSED MONDAY
Town and County offices will
j be closed all day next Monday,
February 23. The closing is in
] order to observe Washington s
| birthday, which occurs on Sun
i day, February 22. Important
! business should, therefore, be
1 transacted accordingly.
j Byrum Introduces
I Three Local Bills In
j Legislature Hopper
| One Will Give Com
missioners Authority
To Fix Salaries For
All County Officials
Albert G. Byrum, Chowan
County’s Representative in the
General Assembly on Wednesday
of last week introduced three
bills in the House of Represen
tatives. All three bills are of a
local nature and are as follows:
HB-47 To amend General
Statures 105-392 as the same ap
pears in the 1957 Cummulative
Supplement to the General Stat
utes as the same applies to Cho
wan County. The bill modifies
the cited section as it applies to
Chowan County with respect to
docketing taxes as a judgment so
as to extend time for filing of
certificate fixing lien (following
collector’s sale of tax certificate)
with the Clerk of Superior Courf
to 10 years instead of two veils.
The bill passed the House Fri
day.
HB-48 To authorize the
Board of County Commissioners
to fix the salaries and fees of all
officials of Chowan County. It
applies to both elected and ap
pointed officers, but salaries and
fees may not be reduced during
the term for which they were
elected or appointed. The law
will be effective July 1. 1959.
The bill was reported favorably
in the House Friday.
HB-49 To authorize the
Board of County Commissioners i
to appoint the sheriff as the de
linquent tax collector for Cho
wan Cpuntv. It provides for un
collected taxes allowed as cred- 1
it in tax settlements to be re- j
charged to the sheriff in the
named capacity and authorizes
the County Commissioners to de-,
termine the sheriff’s bond for
that capacity. The bill passed in
the House Friday.
Chowan Road In
Projects Advertised
The State Highway Commis
sion has called for bids on a total ,
of nine projects located in nine ,
counties across the State. Total
mileage on these projects is 25.932
miles. The letting will be held
in Raleigh on Tuesday. February
24. and the State Highway Com
mission will meet in Raleigh on
Thursday, February 26 to review
the low bids received, with Direc
tor W. F. Babcock and Chief En
gineer W. H. Rogers. Jr.
Among the list of projects ad- j
vertised is 1.79 miles of grading j
on a Chowan county road, from a ]
point on a paved countv road i
at>out 0.5 mile south of Mace-
I donia. southeast to a point about
0.6 mile northwest of NC 32.
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Three B’s Entertain i
Red Men Members
Next Monday Night
Members of Chowan Tribe of
Red Men will enjoy a musical
program at their meeting next
1 Monday night. February 22. A
program planned by Edgar Rog
erson, entertainment chairman,
includes music by the Three B’s
'of the Edenton Junior-Senior
High School.
i The Three B’s include Billy
Cates, Buck Wheeler and Bud
Skiles. Mr. Rogerson assure a
very good program, so that a
large crowd is expected to attend
the meeting.
I
FIRST DEGREE TONIGHT
AT MASONIC MEETING
A stated communication of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. &
A. M., will be held tonight
j (Thursday) at 7:30 o’clock. Er
nest J. Wardi Jr., master, states
that the first degree will be con
ferred upon a candidate, so that
he urges a large number of
members to be present.
ROTARY MEETS TODAY
Edenton Rotarians will meet
this (Thursday) afternoon at 1
j o’clock in the Parish House. The
program will have to do with Ro
tary information, directed by
Robert S. Marsh. Dr. Ed Bond,
president, urges every Rotarian
to be present.
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
$200,000 Reported
In Drive To Secure
Knitting Concern
Bandsman Os Week .
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BUD Siv-i,ES
The Edenton Junior • Senior
High School Bandsman of ihe
Week is Bud Skiles, son of Mrs.
Kathleen Skiles. Bud is ihe
band's solo clarinetist and has
been in ihe band since ihe fourth
grade. He is personnel officer
for the band, Ihe second highesl
elected officer of the band. He
plays saxophone in the dance
band and is pianist for ihe Junior
Choir at ihe Methodist Church.
In addition io his band activi
ties, he sings in the choir at the
Methodist Church, of which he is
a member.
R. F. Tuttle Dies
In Denbeigh, Va.
Active In Community
Affairs For Many
Years
Richard Frank Tuttle. 85. died
Friday morning at 2:17 o’clock at
the Patrick Henry Hospital at
Denbeigh. Va. He was a son of
the late Rev. John Frank and In
dia M. Tuttle. He was born in 1
Princess Anne County, Virginia *
and early in life moved to Eden
ton. In 1897 he married Miss An
nie Wozelka from which union 1
seven children were born, four of »
whom survive.
In his early years he whs in
the mercantile business and con- 1
ducted a brick yard. The last 30
years of his life he was connect
ed with the North Carolina De
partment of Revenue. He retir
ed several years ago due to rie-
Continued on Page 4—Section 1
Speakers Scheduled
For Evans Church
Under the Methodist program
of no vacant pulpit, three services
j have been scheduled a.t Evans!
i Methodist Church. These ser
vices will be held at 11 A. M., on
the following Sundays:
February 22 with the speaker
being Kermit Jordan of Hobbs
ville.
March 8. when Robert S. Marsh;
of Edenton will be the sneaker.
March 22. when Will Holier of
Durants Neck will speak.
The public is cordially invited
I to attend all of these services.
Mv True Security Contest Ts
Aiiiiouneed By Local Jaycec-
J J
Plans to conduct a community
wide My True Security Program
were announced Tuesday bv Cas- f
well Edmundson. president of the
Edenton Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
My True Security is a script- j
writing and delivery competition
which encourages high school
seniors to think, write and speak
on the importance of initiative
and self-reliance in providing a
secure future for th£ individual. '
Entries are judged on the con- j
tent, originality and deliverv of 1
a five minute script on the sub
ject “My True Security The
American Way”.
All seniors, both at Chowan
High and Edenton Junior-Senior
High School, graduating in the
calendar year 1959 are eligible to
enter. Contest closes on March 5
with eliminations for this com
munity’s representative being
AS
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
John W. Graham Is
Optimistic That Goal
Os $253,000 Will Be
Raised t
Over 5200.000 of local funds
needed to bring a large industry
to this community are now assur
ed it was announced Tuesday by
Campaign Chairman John W.
Graham. He said he is confident
the balance of the $253,000 re
quired by the Bus mess Develop
ment Corporation of N. C., as
local participation in the $950,000
project would be available when
all prospects are seen. There are
many local and out-of-town cards
still in the hands of campaigners
which have not been def nitely
reported. Graham said some
prospects have been away and
requires more time to make out
of-town calls.
He again emphasized that ar>;
person desiring to invest but who
has not been contacted should no
tify him or the Chamber of Com
merce office. In setting up the
large prospect list Graham be
lieves that some local individuals
and firms may have been over
looked. Notes may be purchased
lor as little as SIOO and stock at
SI for each note purchased.
Funds from notes and stock of
the Edenton Development Cor
poration will be used to construct
Concluded on Page 6—Section 1
Cub Scout Pack
Dinner Feb. 21th
Cub Scout Pack No. 159 will
have its ann>’il Scout birthday
dinner. Tuesday evening, Febru
ary 24. at 6:30 o’clock in the high’
school cafeteria. Each family
will bring their own dinner and
drinks for the children: Coff'e
will he available at the cafeteria
for the adults
After dinner, awards for the
month will be presented. The
Cub Scoutmaster. James Griffin,
urges every Scout to be present
with his family. Any other par
ent with sons between the aces
~' f eight and eleven interested in
Scouting is requested to contact
Mr. Griffin to make arrange
ments for attending this dinner.
CIVIC r aLENDAKI
j j
Landowners in the Pollock
Swamp watershed are called to
meet in the Chowan County
Court House Wednesday after
noon, February 25. at 2 o'clock to
consider federal assistance on
watershed improvements.
The 1959 Easier Seal campaign
in Edenton will begin Friday.
February 27. and continue until
Easter Sunday. March 29.
The 1959 Heart Fund drive will
begin next Sunday, February 22
with the ooal in Chowan County
being $1,300.
Three B's will present a musi
cal program at the Red Men
meeting Monday night, February
22, at 7:30 o'clock.
Sponsored by the 4-H County
Council, a barbecue chicken sup
Continued on Page 6—Section *
chosen on that day. This repre
sentative will compete, byway
lof a tape recording, in district
1 competition. Plans are for the
district winner to receive a 850
War Bond. In state competition
the winner will receive an all ex
! pense trip to Washington, D. C.,
in July. During a three day
awards program there, a nation
al winner and two co-equal run
ners-up will be selected and hon
ored. The national winner will
| receive a SI,OOO scholarship, while
I the runners-up will each receive
a SSOO scholarship.
| Information about the project
and entry forms are now avail
able at Edenton Junior-Senior
High and Chowan High Schools.
This project is sponsored nati'«n- •
ally by the U. S. Jnvcees and The
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance-
Company, Newark. New Jersev.
The Jaycee named to head the
contest is George Lewis.-
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