North Carolina Newspapers

A \S <J ' Ol 'M me fAfi i Ti 1 lUr ill 11. , m Spring Concert At School On May 21 - • Highlight of Program Will Be Presentation Os Two Very Coveted Awards Hie Edenton Junior - Senior High School Band will present its spring concert on Thursday evening, May 21, beginning at 8 o’clock. • The concert wui i>e given in the auditorium at the Junior- Senior High SpHbol There will be no charge for admission. | Special guests at the concert | will be the Junior High School) Chorus, under the direction of Mrs. Mary L. Browning, and the Elementary School Band under the direction of Derwood Bray. The Junior-Senior High School! Band will present a program of varied music,' ranging from Johann Sebastian Bach’s cele brated “Air For the G String”! to a real gone present day ver sion of the story of “Little Red 1 Riding Hood,” set to music and i titled “Little Bopi Ridin’ Hood.” Sandwiched in between these two extremes will be music by King, Ivanovici, f oreman, Yod er, Lee, Walters and Davis. The highlight of the program will be the presentation of the band’s two highest honors, the Musical Acievemeirt Award and the John Philip Sousa Award. The musical achievement award will go to the student who has made the most progress on i his or her instrument during the past year. The award is given by the Edenton Chamber of Commerce and will be pre sented by John Graham, presi dent of the Chamber of Com merce. The John Philip Sousa Award will go to the ’ student who, through hL or her outstanding interest and loyalty to the band • has contributed most to the ad vancement of the band program during the past year. This award is given by the Edenton Rotary Club and will be pre sented by Dr. Ed Bond, presi dent .of the Edenton Rotary Club. Chowan Cooperative; Produce Exchange Will Open June Ist Produce auction sales will start at the Chowan Cooperative Pro duce Exchange at Valhalla Sta tion, six miles north of Edenton on Highway 32, Monday, June 1, at 1 P. M., as announced by E. L. Pearce, vice president. S. F. Hicks will be the auctioneer and manager, assisted by Willis Bond, who will 'look after platform sales. The Long Distance phone number is Edenton 9886 and will be answered by Mr. Bond. Snap beans, cabbage, yellow and white squash will start the sales on opening day. - Beans ' should be in volume by the mid dle of the week and which should continue in volume for two or three weeks. This area has approximately 600 acres planted in Black Valentines and I Bountifuls. | ’ --»*-* .■■-■-»«-l Leading 1959 Honor Students THE CHOWAN HERALD [Polio Start Qinicj Edenton Jaycees announce tha a polio shot clinic has bee scheduled to be held Friday, Maj 29. The clinic will -be held * the Penelope Barker house fretr 7 to 9 P. M., with a charge o' , SI.OO. . 1 The Jaycees urge all who hav no* re-e'ved pilio s’ o's to lak advantage of this clinic. | A Poppy For Remembrance “Flowers of memory for th f dead—flowers of hope for the liv I ing . .-. is an appropriate descrip tion of the memorial poppies to on Poppy Day, Saturday May 23. These bright red flowers were made by disabled veterans. Thousand of disabled veterans are given employment making poppies for the American Legion Auxiliary. It enables the men to earn money again for themselves and their families. Poppy Day contributions help the Auxiliary in their work for disabled veterans and needy chil dren. 1 Won’t you wear a. poppy on Poppy Day, May 23? ask mem bers of the Legion Auxiliary. Club At Center Hill Plans Variety Show Center Hill Home Demonstra tion Club is sponsoring a variety show consisting of local talent on Friday, June 26, at 8 o’clock in .the Chowan High >School audi torium. Any person or groups who .would care to volunteer are re quested to contact Mrs. E. P. Jones, Mrs. B. P. Moinds or Mrs. H. T. Hollow ell. The proceeds of this variety show will go to Explorer Post No. 154 to help defray the ex penses of five boys who plan to go to Philmont Ranch in August. r tjv » < r r r j Other crops in volume will be cucumbers, which will start June 15 and will be graded and wax ed. Sugar corn will start June 20 with 1,500 acres. About 1,200 acres is planted to the yellow va- Continued on Pago 2—Section 1 Mrs. W. S. Harney Auxiliary Speaker Chowan ‘Auxiliary will meet afternoon, May 22, at 3 o’clock in the nurses’s home. A feature of the meeting will be an informal talk by Mrs. W. S. Harney having to do with her recent European tour. - Hostesses for the meeting will be L. S. Byrum and Mrs. W. J. Daniels All members are es pecially invited to attend. fe nrut.r rwarv- i~ ~wir n~a ~ * F 1 ?n, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 21,19597 <3 j Edenton Ji Senior High School Band Will Present Spring Concert Thursday, May 21J T P 1 vth-f "l 1 .-™ LI II -UTTOU HD... Rygft—, VI frOt lit I _ % f, !£*> u. ■> «|’R V? .p St fgsP*t - , - 4 j sMsSt KgHr Wmb Mum ML ■ CTnJtWM, JsM fK:: Wmm : ' - 29 — Above is pictured the Edenton Junior-Senior High School Band which will present its spring concert Thursday night. May 21, at 8 o'clock in the school auditorium. Members of the band include Patsy Mooney. Brenda Mooney, Carol Joy Miller, Priscilla Bunch, Ellen Basnight, Bud Skiles, Dick Hobowsky, Judy Elliott, Linda Wheeler, Gloria Crummey. Peggy Williams, Anita Sexton. Carol Forehand, Carolyn Twiddy, Dianne Goodwin, Mary Arne Over ton, Barbara Layton, Jimmy Ashley, John Marshall, Gloria By- Graduation Finals At C. H. S. Friday Night, May 29th Dr. Robert Holt, Reg istrar of East Caro lina College, Will Be Speaker Commencement exercises be gan at Chowan High School on Tuesday night of this week when i music recital was presented. Class night exercises will be held Friday night, May 22, at 8 o’clock in the school auditorium. The featqre,. of Oris program, will be ini the~Torm of a play' “SenorelJa” with seniors and Beta Club members participating. The cast includes Lynda Cope land, Margaret Raines, Jerry White, Margie Harrell, Lloyd Wayne Evans, Jackie Asbell, Ann Fortesque, Durwood Dale, Baker Hollowell, Sarah Ann Bunch, Gerald Harrell, Barbara Jordan, Frank Evans, Gloria Bunch, Pat sy Privott, Joe Hollowell, Kay White, Perry, Phyllis Byron, Em ily Leary, Lloyd Gene Chappell, Gene Harrell, Danny Nixon, Bill Welch; Fletcher Perry, Mary Ash- Concluded on Page 6—Section i _— i - - Guardsmen Will Return Sunday In the neighborhood of 50 pn listed men and 10 officers of the local National Guard Unit were called to Henderson Thursday in connection with the troublesome textile strike. According to Lieut Charlie Swanner, commanding officer of the local company, the local Guardsmen Will return home about noon Sunday if everything goes according to schedule. Major Cecil Fry, S-4 of the Sec ond Battalion Group, was called to Henderson Tuesday of last week, but was released to return to Edenton due to the approach ing closing of school. , Edeuton Trio At Piuehurst Meeting | Mrs, Joe Thoryd, Mrs' Wesley ■fOies son, Jr. t and Mrs. Robert J. Boyce Jest Tuesday for Pine -1 hurst, where they are attending fthe- annual . convention of the jf?prth Caroljpa federation of 1 Women’s- Clubs. # The \pcal group feltpects to return home Friday. i _n_ ■ j-, _ - r . mn r i-,- - J KjL V LKj v j fW SJfeTfrom'Tm 12 o'clock. V • Mrs. Emmett Jones Is Named “Woman Os Year” By Chowan ! Home Demonstration Clubs Conscientious, industrious, en thusiastic, thoughtful and well-! liked by her friends and neigh bors is a true picture of Mrs. Emmett Jones, Chowan Home Demonstration Clubs’ “Woman of the Year.” Mrs. Jones is an active member of the Center Hill Homs Dem onstration Club and was featur ed as the “Homemaker of the Month” on August 14, 1958. She is now serving as publicity lead er for her club. Marguerite has been very ac tive in community affairs for many years. This past year, she was a leader in the Community Progress contest which was spon sored in -the county by the Peo ples Bank & Trust Company. Through her untiring effort and the cooperation of the communi ty, Center Hill won second place in the contest. Not only is Mrs. Jones an ac- , tive leader in club, church, school and community activities, but has Guest Preacher At Baptist Church On Sunday Morning Next Sunday, May 24, Dr. Bruce E. Whitaker will preach at the morning worship service of the Edenton Baptist Church. Dr. Whitaker is president of Chowan College at Murfreesboro. He is well-known at the Edenton Bap tist Church, having spoken there on several other occasions. Dr. Whitaker is preaching in the absence of the pastor, the Rev. R. N. Carroll, who is at tending the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Louisville, Kentucky. There will be no Sunday even ing service and Training Union at the church because of the com mencement service at the ■ high school. 11l . 4-H Church Sunday Programs Planned At Center Hill Baptist And Warwick Baptist Churches A 4-H Church Sunday program, will be observed at Center HiHi Baptist Church Sunday, May 24, | at liJOO A. M., and at Warwick Baptist Church the following Sunday at the same hour. 4-H Club members and local leaders will be in complete charge of the | services. - ■ -.- .' Mrs. Emmett Jones is local leader of the Center Hill group and Paul Blanchard is leader of the Gliden group. Under the of these two leader*, each church of these two leaders, each nhurch should haye an excellent 4-H Church Sunday prograin. There I are many reasons why club mem bers and rural churches observe 1. To enable 4-H members to I think together about home, com munity, and world events in spir- rum, Marian Coilins, Billy Twiddy, Lorean Wright, Karen Hollo well, Bert Willis, Vem Goodwin, Tim Overman, Jimmy Baker. Bob Powell, John Bunch, Tommy Leary, Joan Goodwin, Judy Byrum. Carolyn Stallings, Jerry Yarborough. Ashby Tarkington. Mac Privolt, John Marlin, Rennie Rountree, C. T. Mizelle, Ron nie Sawyer, H. L. Edwards, Buck Wheeler, Douglas Sexton, Bill Boolwrighl, Billy Harrell and Billy Cates. Derwood Bray is the director. No admission will be charged to attend the banquet. ■ been working as a payroll clerk ! for the Edenton Cotton Mills for several years. Emmett, Jr., only child, is an active member of the Center Hill 4-H Club, of which his mother is ; a leader. She serves as secretary of the 4-H adult leaders organi zation. Time management is very im- ( portant in the busy schedule of Mrs. Jones but she finds ample ( time to spend with her husband ( and son and is very interested in , their activities. It is a distinct honor to be cho sen as “Homemaker of the Year”. 1 ( Mrs. Jones was chosen from the! ( 11 homemakers who were featur ed during the year. Judges for the contest were ' Miss Marjorie Shearin, Extension:, specialist in Raleigh; Edward | ( Burks, Extension news editor, | Raleigh, and Mrs. Frances Rock, j homemaker in Raleigh. Other homemakers featured ( Continued on Page B—Section 1 , /VWWWW Shelton Moore 1 On Motel Board i The North Carolina Motel As sociation ended its two-day con vention in Greensboro last Fri- 1 day, May 15. At the final busi- • ness session of the convention the district governors that make up i the board of directors from 20 1 districts across the state were elected. S. W. Moore of the Eden 1 Motel in Edenton was elected | 1 governor of area 1. This area takes in the counties of Chowah, Currituck, Dare, Camden, Hert ford, Pasquotank, Perquimans and Gates. LEGION MEETS TUESDAY Ed Bond Post No. 40 of the American Legion will meet Tues day night, May 26, at 8 o’clock. Commander Woodrow Slade re -1 quests a full attendance. I lationship that people of the soil ; | have with God. | 3. To provide 4-H members an opportunity to participate in a service that develops the Heart H. 1 4. To help 4-H members dem -1 onstrate their loyalty and to rea lize their own responsibilities to i the church of their choice, i 5; To show 4-H members how ! their church can provide Chris > tmn fellowship, helpfulness, bet ter understanding, a religious outlook, courage and harmonious i living, ; v, ; 1 The theme of this year’s pro gram is “Improving Family and Community Living.” The pro gram will stress the Heart H. - The public is cordially invited to attend 4-H Dr. Archie Walker New Chairman Os Red Cross Chapter Bloodmobile Is Again Scheduled to Appear In Edenton on Fri day, June 5 In a change in the Chowan County Red Cross Chapter, Dr Archie Walker has been named chairman. Dr. Walker succeeds Graham White, who has served ir that capacity for two years. Another change is that W. B Gardner will serve as chairman of the blood'program in Chowan County. Mr. Gardner succeeds Joseph K. Swanner, who has beer the chairman for four years. Mr White, retiring Red Cross Chair man, says Mr. Swanner is to b< commended for the splendid jot he has done in connection with the blood program. The next visit of the bloodmo bile is scheduled for Friday, June 5, which will be the last visit foi the fiscal year. It has been pointed out that ap proximately 180 pints of blooc will be needed 1 when the blood mobile appears to reach the county’s quota of 400 pints for the year. The need for blood is vein great, so those in charge of the bloodmobile hope enough people will volunteer to contribute a pint of blood to meet the county’s quota. Edenton Trio Will Attend Hiway Meet The Ocean Hiway Association will hold its twenty-fifth annual meeting on May 22 and 23 at the Hotel Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The meeting will begin with an executive committee meeting on Friday, May 22, at 10 A. M., and business sessions will be held on Saturday, May 23. The group will be the guests of the Chesa peake Bay Ferry District Satur day evening and the annual din ner will be held on Saturday night. Heading the delegation attend-i ing the meeting from Edenton will be Ernest J. Ward, Jr., presi dent of the Ocean Hiway Associa tion; Grayson H. Harding, chair man of the board, and Shehon W. ' Moore, a member of the board of directors. 20 Years Ago 1 At Found m the File* of i The Chowan Herald Mrs. Lillie Mm Ward filed sail in, Superior Court asking $20,000 damages as the result of boing charged with steeling a The Board of Public Works announced a new schedule of rate* for electric consumption in lEdonton. ‘ £j# j As the mult of a petition $2.50 Per Year In North Carolina iConstruction Os Pier Appeals To Town Councilmen —® Bandsman Os Weekl ... - pr'?- GLORIA CRUMMLY The Edenton Junior - Senior 1 High School Bandsman for this week is Gloria Crummey, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy | Crummey. Gloria plays B-flat clarinet in the concert and marching bands, and this is her i fourth year in the band. Besides i her activities in the band, she is a member of the Future Home makers of America. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church in Edenton. _ _ Cub Scouts Will Meet May 26th Cub Scout Pack No. 159 will meet at the Edenton armory Tuesday night. May 26, at 7:30; o’clock. The theme of the month is “Musical Hoe Down.” . i Awards will be presented to j he Cub Scouts who have earned 1 them. I An enjoyable program has beeni planned with square dancing and | i “Cub Scout Beauty Contest.”] Hach den is selecting a Cub Scout to represent their den. A prize will be presented to the winner of the contest. All Cub Scouts and their fam ilies are urged to attend. 87 Chowan County Boys And Girls Enter Pumpkin Contest A total of 87 Chowan boys and girls are enrolled in the 1959, Chowan County pumpkin grow ing contest, which is sponsored by Edgar L. Pearce, seedsman of Rocky Hock. This contest is imited to any Chowan boy or girl between the ages of 6 and 15 inclusive, who is interested in gardening or agriculture and who signed an application by April 30. This includes all 4-H, FFA, NFA and FHA members as well as j non-club members within the age' ' limits who attend school in Cho-I wan County. 1 The purpose of the contest isi ' >o encourage all eligible boys and ' girls to grow pumpkins for food 1 and for decorative purposes. Each contestant agrees to plant 1 the seed furnished by the spon f sor, cultivate the vines properly, . and to bring his largest pumpkin l to the Chowan County Fair on ) —— “HOMEMAKER OF THE YEAR” W ' i y m / j^B - \ MRS. EMMETT JOlsu9 s?> ri. 'V* ~ - * u utejuri itiicnng a y**. m^L FIGHT CANCER WITH A CHECKUP AND CHECK Town Fathers Decide To Fill In Slip at the County Dock Despite Few Protests Meeting in special session Fri day night, Town Councilmen disregarded a few protests and decided to continue as planned to fill in the slip at the foot of Broad Street. However, the protests made a deep impression on the Council men regarding the importance of and the increasing amount of boating activities, so that a com mittee was appointed to secure the approximate cost of con structing a pier, or even more, if warranted, which will provide more and hy far more attractive docking facilities. Those attending the meeting to register their protests to fill ' ing in the slip were Harry Smith, ! representing the Tourist and , Recreation Committee of the l Chamber of ommerce; Joe Con l gtr, Sr., Herbert Small, Scott ; Harrell and James P. Ricks. Jr. ! Philip McMullan made a few . remarks which tended to favor i filling in the slip in order to 1 beautify the waterfront. { Mr. Conger pointed out that there are very limited docking ficilities for commercial and pleasure boats at present and that to close the slip will fur ther reduce these facilities. He said Edenton should encourage boats to come to . Edenton. em phasizing that many places cater to pleasure boats and greatly Ibenefit by this business, i Herbert Small spoke at length against closing the s ip, point- Jir.p out the importance of the ]doek for shipping farm produce. I He especially pointed out that in ] event of a war threat and pos sible bombing of bridges, which would eliminate use of trucks, farm produce could be shipped by boat. He referred to the great amount of shipping done Continued on Page 4—Section 1 opening day. The pumpkins will ! be weighed and judged by an of i ficial committee. Prizes for the largest pumpkins grown in this contest will be: First, $5.00 and ribbon; second, $3.00 and ribbo.i; third, $2.00 and ribbon, and next seven prizes, SI.OO each and rib bons. Contestants having the ten largtst pumpkins agree to c.ltJ'r their pumpkins in the Chowan County Fair. j Mr. Pearce sponsored a similar | contest in 1956 and 1957. It was | temporarily discontinued in 1958. | Pumpkin seed were given to the i contestants recently. The contestants are urged to do a good job in growing their oumpkips, says Bob Marsh, as sistant county agricultural agent. From four to six seeds should be planted in a hill, with hills be ing approximately 16 feet apart. Continued on Page 6—Section 1