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f ONLY NEWSPAPER |] PUBLISHED IN J I CHOWAN COUNTY |j * vjlume'XXVl.— Number 12. Dissatisfaction Develc%s With Present Members L% County Board of Education Representative Albert * 0. Byrum Calls Mass Meeting For Friday- Sight at Chtfwan >. High School Representative Albert G. Bjlrum, home from the Gen-: ertl Assembly over the week-' era, announced that he has: called a mass meeting to be [ he(d in the Chowan High; .Smool auditorium F riday niiht, March 20, at 8 o’clock. |The purpose of this meet ing is to ircn \ out some ap- 1 parent dissatisfaction with the ptpsent membership of the Clowan County Board of Education on the part of citi zflps living in the county ad-i niinistrative unit. While home over the week end Mr. Byrum was presented a petition bearing 252 signa tures. The gist of the peti-| tion, Mr. Byrum informed the Herald, was that the signers | wanted the Board of Educa tion to be composed of people | j wio have children in school. I \ Mr. Byrum stated that he had l n<{> other information other j than what appeared on the petition, but- that with 252, signers he felt it his duty to' call the meeting before he toiok any action on naming new members on the Board. He also stated that if any ac tion is taken, it must be done in a hurry, for very little | tint}? remains until the School! Board members are scheduled to ! Jbe sworn iri, so that the tim* element is an important factor. . Because of the apparent dissatisfaction, Mr. Byrum ■ urge* everybody who is in any [way .interested to attend this greeting. ± Margaret Raiues Queen At Chowan Chowan High School held its' annual homecoming on February 13, when Margaret Raines reign ed as Queen, with Jerry White as her escort. The Queen’s attendants were Lynda Copeland from the senior class with Joe Hollowell. as her escort; Kathryn Tynch from the* junior class with Lloyd Gene Chappell as her escort; Janet Chappell fom the sophomore class with James Copeland as her escort, and Jane Chappell from' the freshman class with aßker j Hollowell as her escort. LEGION MEETING j d Ed Bond Post No. 40 of »the j Americab Legion will meet Tues- j • day night, March 24, at 8 o’clock. | . Commander Woodrow Slade is j 4 very anxious to have a large number pf Legionnaires present. 1 Officers Elected For Chowan I Cooperative Produce Group The annual membership meet-, ing of the Chowan Cooperative! Produce Exchange was held at the Rockv Hock School Building “*Srv 27 A board of di on rebruary I*, a Doara oi ai rectors’e wa » fo^lM* THE CHOWAN HERALD Honored At Rocky Hock Church ] j Pictured at right is Mrs. W. Dale, who was recently honored at the Rocky Hock Baptist Church for her long and faithful service. "Miss Bertha” recently observed her 66th birthday anniversary and 30 consecutive years as teacher of the Adult Women's Class. Present at a banquet in her honor | were over 75 present and former members of her Sunday School class. She has also served in many other capacities in . connection with church work. At left is Mrs. W. A. Harrell, who presented a gift to Mrs. Dale. , Cross Roads Residents Meet To | Consider Community Projectsj < * ' | A community progress meet-i ing was held at Cross Roads I , Tuesday night of last week, | 'when officers were elected and 1 projects considered. Attending and assisting with the meeting were C. W. Overman and Mrs. Loraine Rogerson. Officers elected were; Chair -maju Mrs. W. H. Winborne; co-| ! chairman, W. H. Winborne; sec-; jretary, Mrs. E. N. Elliott; pub -1 licity chairman, Mrs. Roland. Evans. . j Among the projects chosen by those attending and the project! leaders were the following: Educational projects Home I demonstration club meetings, i membership and attendance. I Farni and homemaker’s 4 tours, I country or special trips. Chair- 1 men, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Hollo-: well. Recreational projects Corn- • munity socials and community! \f I 20 Years Ago Aa Found in the Files of Tho Chowan Herald Dr. H. J. Pearce and his son. Dr. H. J. Pearce, Jr., of Brenan College at Gainesville, Ga., arriv ed in Edenton to remain several i days to attempt to solve the Lost Colony mystery. At a hearing held in the Mu nicipal Building no objections were registered for contemplated changes to be made in the Eden | ton harbor lines. | The Rev. W. ,C. Benson, pastor of the Edenton Methodist Church. | was principal speaker at the an- I nual Masonic banquet held at Ho i tel Joseph Hawes. | William Morris ended his life 1 by. firing a .32 calibre bullet into j his right temple, bringing to three | Continued on Page 2—Section 1 ■ ommended by the board of direc- I tors for operating the market in 1 1959 ; . ' . 1. To hire an auctioneer who (will also act as manager of the ; Produce Exchange, and who will •be under the authority and re- ( sponsible to the directors for op eration of the Exchange for the Et 5 n, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 19,1959. I picnics. Chairman, Mrs. Roland I Evans; co-chairman, Mrs. M. M. | Nixon. Community Improvement pro jects—Remodel churches. Chair-1 men, Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Bate-' man. Improve mail boxes. Chair men, Mr. and Mrs. K. J. Cope | land. j. - Build or improve community houses and landscape commun ity houses. Chairman, Mrs. E. i |N. Elliott; co-chairman, Thomas * Corprew. j Participation in organization ! show and sales and put on fair exhibits—Chairmen, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Byrum. I Organized fire fighting squad— [Chairman, E. S. White. I Farm Improvement projects—; i Repair outbuildings and fences 'or constructing needed farm j buildings. Chairmen, Mr. and Continued on Page 6—Section 1 Trautwein Speaker 1 For Methodist Men The Methodist Men’s Club will i meet tonight (Thursday) at 6:30 , o’clock. The principal speaker for the occasion will be Gene Trautwein, Scout Executive for this area. Mr. Trautwein will point out that Methodism is the strongest supporter of Scouting among Protestant churches. Albert Cullipher, club presi dent, urges every member to be ■ present for the dinner meeting. Bandsman Os Week] * gist: II I ■ : vnk Mr. and Mrs? Bill Sexton. Doua- 1 las is in the 7th grade andhSs been a member of the band Maidred Morris Resigns As Home Agent For Chowan Accepts Position In Raleigh With State College Division of Information Miss Maidred Morris, Chowan County Home Agent, has tend ered her resignation to the Cho wan County Commissioners, ef fective Tuesday, April 14. Miss Morris has resigned in order to accept a position as as sistant editor with the Division of Information at State College in Raleigh. Miss Morris has served as Chowan Home Agent for about 2Vi years, coming here from Currituck County to succeed Mrs. West Byrum. Jr. She will assume her new duties in Ra- 1 leigh Wednesday, April 15. Miss Morris has done an ex-1 cellent job in the capacity of _ home agent in Chowan. She has won a host of friends, all of whom regret to see her leave. Band Parents Will Sponsor Barbecue Dinner March 26 Mrs. John N. Bunch, president' of the Edenton Junior-Senior [ Band Parents Association, an- \ nounces, with Durwood Bray, the band director, there will be a barbecue dinner next Thursday evening, March 26 at the Junior- Senior High School cafeteria from 6 until 8 o’clock. This dinner is being sponsored by the band parents for payment' on the band instruments purchas ed- for the band. Homemade Brunswick stew will be served with the barbecue. In addition there will be homemade pies available in slices or whole for those who desire dessert. Tickets may be purchased from any band student, any parent of a band student or call the band room, telephone number 2345. Dinners may be taken out, ser ved at the cafeteria or they will be delivered to homes. Red Men Elect Delegates To G. C. Chowan Tribe of Ren Men at their meeting Monday night elected representatives and alter nates to the Great Council meet ing which will be held in Eliza-, beth City in May. The two representatives elected ware Caswell Edmundson and Raleigh Hollowell. The alter nates are J. Edwin Bufflap and Jack Barrow. N. J. George New President Os Elementary School PTA At the meeting of the Eden-, ton Elementary School Parent- j Teacher Association held Tues-I day night of last week, N. J. (Nick) George 'was elected presi dent for the new year. He will succeed Thomas C. Byrum, Jr. Mr. George is a former teach er of science at the Edenton Junior-Senior High School, a position he resigned when he and his brother, Bill George,! bought the BBH Chevrolet Com- J pany, now operating as the George Chevrolet Company. He | has had considerable experience 1 with boys and girls and mem-! bers of the association feel that he is admirahly qualified to 1 Landmark Disappearing One of Edenton’s landmarks of some SO years standing is gradually disappearing. According to action taken by Town Council, the high stack at the building on lower Broad Street, in years past used to generate electricity for Edenton, is to be torn down, together with the building for merly used by the Street Department. Workmen from J. H. Steen & Sons, general contractors of Portsmouth, on Monday began tearing down the stack, which is gradually becoming lower and lower. It is the purpose of the town to fin in the slip at the end of Broad Street, making the dock line up with the Camp Manufacturing property adjoining. An application has (been made to the Corps of Engineers of the U. S. Army I for permission to fill in the slip. So far as# The Herald can team, it was about 1908 when I the stack was built, so that it has been sort of a landmark forborne 50 ' j Quartet Os Masons Honored j *> I I iip'yy / r * *-- i ■ 'V- *I iiglll ? I JEBI Four outstanding members of Unanimity Ledge No. 7, A. F. it A. M., were recently honored by being unanimously elected life of the Edenton lodge. The quartet has made consfderable contributions toward the ultimate con truclicn of the local Masonic Temple. Pictured are, left to right, in front of a large Pastmasters' cake presented by John Lse Spruill. H. A. Campen, L. E. Francis, Waller M. Wilkins and Richard P. Baer.—(Photo by J. C. Parks). Woman’s Club Now Plans For Annual | Art Show April 4-5 ! Stores Open Next Wednesday j Edenlon's department stores, men's and women's apparel shops ; and variety stores will be open nexi Wednesday afternoon, March 25, it was announced by W. E. Malone, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Merch ants Committee. This is in ac cordance with the custom of previous years. Other stores which generally close on Wed nesday afternoons will not be open. Malone also announced that all stores would be closed on Easter Monday in accordance . with a holiday schedule recently adopted by the committee. He [ added that regular closing hours ; would be observed on Wednes-1 day after Easier. MEETING BEING PLANNED TO HONOR EAGLE SCOUTS A supper meeting is being planned for Eagle Scouts of this area in order to honor them for their achievements. At the meet ing the boys will be given the opportunity to express their pref erence of vocations. The time and place of this meeting will be announced later. serve as PTA president. | .Other officers elected at the ! meeting were: Vice president. Mrs. R. Elton Forehand. Jr.; secretary, Mrs. William Sexton; treasurer, Miss Mary Lee Cope land. The new officers will be installed at the May meeting of the association. An item of special interest I considered at the meeting had j to do with traffic safety in the | j neighborhood of the Elementary j School. After a long discussion the group agreed to present a j proposal to the school trustees ! and town authorities for. the in ! stallation of blinker flights on j East Queen Street and East ■ 1 Church Street. f All Exhibits to Be En | tered Requested to Be Turned In Before i March 27 \ i I The annual Art Show, sponsor -1 j ed by the Edenton Woman’s Club, j will be held Saturday and Sun 'jdnv, April 4 and 5, at the Barker House, it is announced by Mrs. Richard Dixon, Jr., chairman. The exhibit, which is open to I school students and adults in the • l : town and county, each year has . attracted a great deal of inter est. The. .show this. year, will bg. ,! judged by Mrs. Rupert Rile|. In addition to the art work tl display there w ill be a hobby corner for showing of unclassi i fied entries such as photographs, ceramics, needlecraft. handicrafts, I etc. Mrs. Dixon stressed that she | hoped there wilt be a number of. I persons to make entries in this j category, as the Woman’s Club; |is interested in encouraging this; ■ type of work. All persons in the county are ■ eligible to enter and all work should be turned in one week in advance of the exhibit, Friday, March 27. Rules for the show Continued on Page 2 —Section * Hospital Auxiliary Will Meet Friday The Chowan Hospital Auxili-C ary will meet Friday afternoon, j! March 20, at 3 o’clock in the nuts- ! es’ home. A feature of the meet ing will be a French conversa tional program by Miss Ann Mayo and a group of her French students. Mrs. J. W. Davis, pres ident of the Auxiliary, requests all members to be present. Hos tesses for tea will be Mrs. R. Gra ham White and Mrs. R. Elton Forehand,’ Jr. 11 Contest Winner 1 V j | -tdp m j ■ ■ JOHN A. MITCHENEH, in At the annual World Ptace speaking context hold last woek at the Edanton Junior-Senior High School. Joh n Mitchener, Others in the contest wan Brenda Mooney. Peggy Elliott and Jack _ 52.50 Per Year In North Carolina Only slo,oooMore Is Needed In Drive For Knitting Plant James Will Lead Discussion Panel j At PTA Meeting Meeting Is Postponed i This Week to March I 24 Due to the Baptist Revival Haywood Bunch, president of j the Edenton Junior-Senior High School Parent-Teacher Associa tion, announces that the PTA meeting will be held next Tues day night, March 24, at 8 o’clock ir. the school auditorium. The meeting, originally sched uled for Tuesday night of this J week, was postponed due to the j revival meeting at the Baptist I Church. Mr. Bunch is especi- j ally anxious to have a large number of members present at j ! the meeting, especially due to the fact that a new group of I [ officers are scheduled to be j | elected. Mrs. J. M. Thorud, program j chairman, announces that Gerald i ■D. James, principal of the school, will lead a discussion on "Ad ministrative Policies and Prac- ( tices. The floor will be open ( for questions and an effort will | be made to interpret to patrons why the school has such policies and practices. Cub Scout Pack Will Meet Mondav j- Cub Scout Pack No. 159 will j hold its monthly planning meet ing Monday night, March 23. at 8 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Swanner on Johnston Street. All den mothers and of ficers of the pack are requested to be present. James Griffin. Cubmaster, re-] quests any parent with a son be-1 tween the ages of eight and elov-i en years who is interested in j having their son be a member of the Cub Scouts to be present also. CIVIC calendar] i Representative Albert G. By rum has called a mass meeting to be held in the Chowan High School auditorium Friday night. March 20, at 8 o’clock. The pur -1 pose of the meeting is to iron out some apparent dissatisfaction* with the present membership of the Chowan County Board of Education. Edenton Junior-Senior Band Parents Association will sponsor a barbecue dinner in the school cafeteria Thursday night. March 26, from 6 until 8 o'clock. Junior-Senior High School Par ent-Teacher Association will meet j in the school auditorium Tuesday night. March 24, at 8 o'clock. Chowan Hospital Auxiliary will meet Friday afternoon, i March 20, at 3 o'clock in the nurs es' home. Cub Scout Pack No. 159 will i Continued on Page s—Section 1 Eastern Star Officers Installed In Very Impressive Ceremony In an impressive ceremony j: which was open to a number of | invited relatives and friends,! 1 officers for Edenton Chapter No. i 302. Order of the Eastern Star, were installed Monday night. The new group of officers in- ■ elude the following: Worthy j matron, Mrs. Helen j worthy patron. Charles W. Over- j man; associate matron, Mrs. ! Margaret Bell: associate patron, i J. Edwin Bufflap; secretary, Mrs. Ruth Overman; treasurer, Mrs. Mary Leary; conductress, Mrs. Anita Tark.'.igton; associ ate conductress, Mrs. Annie Goodwin; chaplain, Mrs. Frances Wilkins; marshal, Mrs. Sarah Boyce; organist, Mrs. Vivian Mooney; Adah, Mrs. Minnie Kerman; Ruth, Mrs. Edna Reaves; Esther, Mrs. Ola Williford; Mar |tha, Mss. Edith Bufflap; Electa, tfT FIGHT CANCER WITH A CHECKUP AND CHECK Chairman John Gra ham Is Now Urging “Clean-up” Drive to Complete Campaign , Funds for the proposed new knitting industry in Edenton con -1 tinue to come in with a total of $243,000 reported late Tuesday by John W. Graham, campaign chairman. The goal is $253,000. This is the amount of local par ticipation required by the Busi ness Development Corporation of North Carolina in order to obtain a first mortgage loan of $475,000 for construction of the proposed plant. Graham said that plans to raise the balance are being made and that the campaign “clean-up” committee would endeavor to wind up the campaign soon, j J. H. Conger, Jr., president of | the Edenton Development Cor , poration, which is sponsorong the [campaign and the drive for the j new industry, stated that terms lof the proposed lease have been J discussed with the prospective ! manufacturer and he is waiting [ further Word from them. Com j pany officials have stated that j they are working on expansion ■Plans and will be in t< utlt with local people soon. Conger sent letters to all per sons who have not yet paid in I full for stock purchased in the original solicitation several years ago. He stressed that il is im perative that the balance of the original demand note signed by purchasers he paid up. Funds from this previous solicitat inn of the development corporation were used toward purchasing the industrial site on U. S. Highway 17 north of Edenton on which the proposed plant will be built. Wildlife Week Being Observed The year, as everyone knows. I is divided into weeks and it now sometimes seems that each is dedicated to one thing or an other. The 22nd annual National Wildlife Week, however, is be ing observed March 15-21 and is regarded as something special because of the theme: "Con servation In the Schools.” Wildlife Week is sponsored by the National Wildlife Federation and its state affiliates, but these organizations, embracing a mem bership of more than 2.000.000 sportsmen - conservationists, do not limit their inter sts to birds ana mammals and fish. They I rightfully are concerned with ; all natural resources, knowing that if the basic concepts of con i serration are applied to them. | wildlife ultimately will benefit. In connection with Wildlife i Week, James H. Griffin, local i soil conservationist, has placed a i display of Chowan County con | serration scenes in the lobby of the Peoples Bank & Trust i Company. MASONS MEET TONIGHT A stated communication of i Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M., will be held tonight I (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. Ernest j J. Ward, Jr., master, urges a full I attendance. Mrs. Clara Boswell; warder, Mrs. Lydia Daniels; sentinel, • BiL Goodwin. The installing officer was Mrs. Annie Laurie Mullen of South Mills. Mi's. Daphne Yon :of Coinjock was marshal, John H. Yon of Coinjock was chap- I lain and Mrs. Ruby White of I Hertford was 'organist. At the dose of the installs | tion ceremony Mrs. Haywood j Bunch and Mi s. Paul Partin pinned past worthy matron and past worthy patron pins on theil parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Harrell, retiring leading officers of the chapter. C. W. Overman also sang a solo, “Bless This House”. , At the conclusion of the meet* , ing the group retired to the din ing room, where refreshments were served and a social hour
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