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Volume ffumber 26.
Budget For ’59 -60
Is Given Approval
By Commissioners
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Final Adoption Sched
uled to Take Place at
Board Meeting ,Fri
- day, June 3rd
Meeting in special session
Thursday, Chowan County Com
missioners approved the 1959-60!
county budget which underwent j
[ very little change from the fig- j
ures arrived at at a meeting heD!
' Monday, June 15.
A change, however, was made
in the special levy for rural fire
protection,' which was raised
from three cents to 10 cents. At
Thursday’s meeting this rate was
reduced to seven cents.
The total budget anticipates ex
penditures of $414,837.91.
'amount anticipated income other
than taxes, together with unex
pended balances amounts to
$220,063.13, leaving $194,774.78 to
be raised by ad valorem taxes.
The various departments call
for the following appropriations:
80nd5—527,538.76.
Charity—s2l,B34.47, less $7,-
520.00 anticipated from state and
federal funds, leaving the levy
$14,314.47.
Health—District, $11,805.30 and
county, $1,200 or a total of $13,-
005.30.
4 Schools—County, $32,706.00 and
Edenton, $95,352.38 or a total of
$128,058.38. Os this amount an
ticipated income amounts to $31,-
155.13, leaving the levy at $96,-
903.25.
Welfare 5120,467.00, from
which $107,454.00 is deducted in
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Major Cecil Fry
Hospital Patient
At Fort Bragg
Friends will regret to learn
that Major Cecil Fry is a pati
ent in the hospital at Fort
Bragg. Major Fry was prepar
ing to leave Fort Bragg after
two weeks of National Guard
encampment .to go to Henderson
and suddenly felt a sharp pain
in his back. He went to the
hospital, where he was X-rayed
and was immediately placed in
. a cast due to an injured back. '
According to information, it
will be necessary for Major Fry ,
to remain in the hospital for at
least six weeks.
20 Years Ago
Aa Found in tha Flic* of
The Chowaa Mi raid
Lloyd Webb lost kit Hie by
drowning in Rocky Hock Creek
when he became confuted an to ,
the location of « sand bar and be
came exhausted.
Seyeral complaints warn regis
tered with the police velatire to
damage done by chickens. Own
ers of chickens were reminded
that there is a town ordinance
forbidding chickens to run at
h random.
At a meeting of the Menton
Garden Club a project mas an
l nounced to beautify West Queen
Street to the Fish Hatekeoy by;
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National Guardsmen Return
Home; Edenton Unit Given |
Highest Rating On Inspectionj
Members of the Edenton Na-,
tionad Guard Unit returned home
Sunday afternoon after spending
two weeks in damp M Fort
Bragg.
The encampment began on
June ?, with the division moving
to-the RTC Area at Fort Bragg,
where they have trained'far sev
eral'Bummers. -
The first week of traimiwg for
the units included such schools
as military intelligence, squad
tactics, and
* logical warfare. -
f Highlight of the fire* week of
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
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[Meeting Changed]
Chowan County Commission
ers will hold their July meeting
on Frjday morning. July 3, at 9
o'clock, instead of the first
i Monday. July 6. The change was
requested due to the Fourth of
July holiday, with many business
| places closed on Monday. July 6.
Little League In
Edenton Opened
j Program of Recrea
tion Scheduled By
Billy Hardison
The Rotary Club defeated the i
Jaycees by a score of 15-1 in the
opening game of the Little Lea
gue here last Friday, June 19.
The big gun for the Rotary
Club was Bill Cozart, who got
three hits in five trips. Includ
ed in these three hits were a
triple and a home run. Darrell
Ambrose also hit a home run.
The winning pitcher was Percy
Byrum and the losing pitcher
was Phil Harrell. A great deal
of hustle and desire was display
ed by both teams.
A Little League game is sched
uled for every Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday afternoon at
5 o’clock. Everyone is invited to
go out and support their favorite
team. Bleachers will be provided
for comfort of the fans.
For boys ages 13-15, a variety
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Dixie Champion
Will Participate
In Variety Show
Judy Lynn Raiford, age 6, of
Portsmouth, Va., will appear on
the Variety Show June 26 at 8
o’clock in the Chowan High
School auditorium sponsored by
the Center Hill Demonstration
Club. Judy Lynn is a majorette
and .has won several trophies and
medals. Her latest honors were
received June 6 at Myrtle Beach,
S. C., where she won first place
in the Dixie National contest,
which represented the 11 Dixie j
States. She received top honors |
both in twirling and strutting and
also first place in twirling two
batons. She will participate in
the International Contest to be
held at Indian Lake, Russell's
Point, Ohio, in August.
Jaycee Insecticide
Sale Friday Night
Edenton Jaycees will hold their
annual insecticide sale Friday
night, June 26, beginning at 6
o’clock. The Jaycees will call
from door to door and urge citi
zens to cooperate in purchasing
insecticides.
Paulbtt Lane is chairman of the
Committee in charge of the sale,
the proceeds of Which will be
used for community betterment.
(division moved to the west range j
area of Fort Bragg for four days
of intensive field training under
. simulated battle conditions.
Aggressor forces in ?reen uni
forms provided realism for a
nigh* tactical problem, with the
defending troops armed with
blank ammunition. The entire
division operated under blackout
conditions during this period.
Hie field bivouac was the high
light of the entire encampment
for die artillerv units of the di
vision. Men who had dry-fired
their big weapons during die ar
mory training at home had an op
portunity to fire round after
j round of live shells at targets
stick was added lb the
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 25, 1959.
3 Agreement For Burnt Mill Watershed
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Pictured above is a group of men signing the
operation and maintenance agreement and the
project agreement for the Burnt Mill watershed,
ihe project has been approved by the Stale Con
servation Service and is ready for operation.
Pictured, left to right. L. D. Hummings, civil
engineer. SCS; Ralph Powers from Currituck
County, secretary for the Albemarle Soil Con
Brief Storm Sunday Afternoon
Levels Marvin Jackson’s Barn
Trapping About 75 Head Cattle
Edenton was the target for a
freak storm late Sunday after
noon, which lasted only a few
minutes, but played havoc while
it was in progress.
The major damage occurred at
F. W. Jackson’s home, where a
large flame barn collapsed,
trapping about 75 white-faced
Hereford beef cattle. Mr. Jack
son and his grandson had just
left the barn and reached his
home and was unaware of the
barn collapsing until a passerby
1 stopped to inquire if he knew
his barn was blown down.
An alarm was sounded by the
Fire Department and before long
a large crowd had gathered at
the scene, all desirous to do
what they could to release the
trapped cattle. It was at first
believed that practically all of the
cattle had been killed, but for
tunately only five were lost due
to the accident.
Winners Named
InFishingContest
For Second Month
Railroad Bridge Ap
parently Hot Spot
For Rock; Fishing Is
Reported Good
The second monthly fishing j
contest, which closed June 20, j
sponsored by the Chamber of j
Commerce and five local busi
ness firms, had winners in five
classes.
James Mooneyhan of Rocky
Fount, captured the first award
for largemouth bass with an
entry weighing 6 pounds and 4
ounces, measuring 22% inches.
He caught the winner in Pem
broke Creek, using a topwaterj
I plug. Others entering in this
division were M. P. Bond, 5
pounds, 9 ounces, and /Shelton
Rogerson, 3 pounds and 14
ounces, both of Edenton. Bass
continue to hit in mo6t of the
local creeks, averaging 2 to 3%
pounds.
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Town Councilmen
Will Adopt ’59-60
Budget Monday
Town Councilmen will be call
ed in special session Monday
night, June 29, aft 8 o’clock. The
purpose of this meeting is to
make a final inspection of the
1959-60 budget and to officially
adopt H. »
The budget as at present set j
up calls for a SI.OO tax rote on the I
SIOO property valuation, the dame
as last year. “Hie general im
pression is that no change will be
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servalion District; Lloyd C. Bunch, chairman of
the Albemarle Soil Conservation District; S. L.
Daughlridge, Area Conservationist, SCS of Green
ville!; Joseph E. Harrell, member of Drainage
Commissioners for Perquimans County Drainage
District No. 4; I. S. Blanchard, secretary Per
quimans County Drainage District No. 4 and
T. R. Kirby, chairman of the district.
11 Edenton firemefi were on the
■ scene in a very tew seconds
' after the alarm was turned in.
: They worked like Trojans, using
all the axes they could round
l up. The portable lighting plant
i was carried to the scene and one
, of the fire trucks was on hand
1 in event fire would break out.
A large number of people of
t sered their services in the emerg
-5 ency, for which Mr. JacLson oi.tl
; his entire family, are very
r thankful.
r The storm also blew down a
chimney on John A. Holmes'
s house on North Broad Street.
! ripped awnings and blew down
: a few trees, as well as many tree
i limbs. Electric power was also
: off for a short time.
Members of the Street Depart
; ment went on duty after the
storm and cleaned up the major
portion of the debris before
quitting.
May Sales Os U. S.
Savings Bonds In
Chowan $5,329.90
Sales In County Thus
Far This Year Reach
31.4 Per Cent of Quo
ta of $117,300
j Richard Atkinson, volunteer
j chairman of U. S. Savings Bonds
j sales in Chowan County, reports
that sales in Chowan County
during May amounted to $5,- 1
329.90. This brings Chowan sales
thus far this year to $36,831.95,
Which is 31.4 per cent of the
county’s quota for 1959. The
quota 'is $117,300.
E and H Savings Bonds sales
in North Carolina during May
i were 3,318,582.49. This brings
the state’s total sales for the first
five months of this year to $20,-
060,185.12.
Cumulative sales for January-1
May represent 39.3% of the
state’s year’s dollar goal.
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Most Edenton stores will re
main open Saturday, July 4, but
will be closed Monday, July 6,
in observance of Independence
Day.
The 4-H Talent Contest, Dress
Revue and Health Pageant will
be held at the Chowan Communi
ty Building tonight (Thursday) at
8 o’clock.
Chowan County Commissioners
will hold their July meeting Fri
| day, July 3. instead of the first
I Monday, July 6.
Center Hill Honle Demonstra
tion Club will sponsor e variety
1 show Friday night June 28, at
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! First Set Os Triplets
j At Chowan Hospital
| Arrived Last Week
| Early Wednesday morning of
| last week the first set of triplets
j were born in Chowan Hospital.
The youngsters, three boys, were
born to Willie and Gladys Ran
kin, Negroes, who live on Rt. 3.
Two of the boys weighed three
pounds and four ounces and the
third weighed four pounds and
six ounces.
The mother was discharged
from the hospital Wednesday af
ternoon, taking the heaviest
chiTd with her. The other two
were placed in incubators. The
Rankins have five other children.
Dr. Rchard Hardin was the at
tending physician.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
Ernest J- Ward, Jr., master of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. &
A. Mv, has called an emergent;
communication for tonight
(Thursday) at 7:30 o’clock. The ■
purpose of this meeting is to con-;
fer the third degree upon a can-‘
didate, so that a large number of
Masons is requested.
POCAHONTAS MEETING
Chovvanoke Council No. 54, De
gree of Pocahontas, will meet to
night (Thursday) at 8 o’clock in
the Red Men hall. At this meet
j ing new officers will be installed,
j so that Mrs. Barbara Farless, re
[ tiring Pocahontas, urges every
; member to be present.
Edenton Stores Open July 4tli
But Will Be Closed July 6tli
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Most Edenton stores will be
open Saturday, July 4, for the
convenience of the shopping j
public, it is announced by Mer
chants Committee Chairman W.
E. Malone In order to give
employees a holiday, however,
stores will be closed the follow- ;
ing Monday, July 6, in accord- I
ance with a schedule adopted by i
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First Triplets Born In Chowan Hospital j
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Above is pictured Gladys Rankin and her triplets, the first
set to be born in Chowair Hospital. The triplets were born
Wednesday morning of last week. All of the children were
boys, two weighing three pounds and four ounce* and the
other four pounds and six ounces. . ,
Demonstrations I
Features Os 4-H
Elimination Day
Talent Contest, Dress j
Revue and Health!
Pageant Will Be Held
Tonight
Chowan County 4-H Elimina- ]
tion Day was held at the Cho- j
wan High School auditorium I
and the Chowan Community!
Building on Wednesday. June I
24. at 2 P. M. Several 4-H j
boys and girls gave individual j
and team demonstrations in:
various contests.
In the girls' demonstrations, j
Edith Jean Nixon gave ail in-!
dividual dairy foods demonstra-1
tion entitled ‘‘Sundae Magic.” j
Two teams %gave team demon- j
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Allison Campen
One Os Clerks In
Governor’s Office I
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Miss Allison Campen Os Ra-i
leigh . spent the week-end as j
guest of her parents. Mr. and
Mrs. H. A. Campen.
Miss Campen worked as a ■
clerk in the Senate during the j
recent session of the General |
Assembly and has now accepted j
a position as one of the clerks
in the offices of Governor Luther |
Hodges.
Firemen And Street Department
Highly Praised For W ork Done
As Resnlt Os Sunday’s Storm
Mayor John A. Mitchener, Jr.,
and members of the Town Coun- 1
cil commended the Edenton Fire!
Department, volunteer firemen,
and other citizens very highly!
for the assistance they rendered !
Marvin W. Jackson following the
storni on Sunday afternoon.
Mayor Mitchener and the Coun-|
cil stated that the efforts on the
part of Fire Department, volun- !
teers, and other citizens in remov
ing cattle from a barn which had
been blown down was an act of;
Outstanding Talent
Secured For Center
Hill Variety Show
Center Hill Home Demonstra
tion Club announces that plans
are practically completed for the
Variety Show Friday night. June
26, at 8 o'clock in the Chowan
High School auditorium. Many
acts have been engaged and re-
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the Chamber of Commerce Mer
chants Committee.
“Many families in the Eden-
I ton and Chowan County area
do their shopping Saturdays and
find it difficult during this time
of year to shop other times.
Edenton’s merchants, therefore.
! wish to cooperate with shoppers
iby following the above sched
|ule,” Malone added.
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
County Blood Bank
Aided By Red Cr oss
Hanging In Balance
[Cotton Blossoms
The first cotton bloom of the
! season was brought to The Her
! aid office Monday morning of
j this week. The bloom was found
; by I. L. Harrell on his farm in the
, Rocky Hock section and is consid
j erably earlier than in previous
I years. July 4 has been for a
; long lime considered reasonably
early for cotton to bloom,
i Another cotton blossom wa;
! found by C. H. Fain on Jesse
Lane's farm near Center Hll
Tuesday of this week.
j Another Polio
j Sliol Clinie Will
Be Held July 10
Sponsored by the Edenton Jun-
I ior Chamber of Commerce, an
I other polio shot clinic is schedul
ed to be held at the Penelope
Barker house Friday night, July
I 10, from 7 to 9 o'clock. As in the
previous clinics, the shots w 11 be
} free to everybody up to 20 years
of age l and expectant mothers.
The Jaycees were very well
pleased with the previous polio
j clinie. when 231 shots were ad-
I ministered.
mercy in time of disaster that
i was praiseworthy from every
l point of view.
The Town's Street Department
j also received praise from the
Mayor and Council for its work in
removing broken limbs and other
debris from streets immediately
j following the storm.
The disruption in electric ser
; vice was caused by a line failure
I in the Virginia Electric Pow
er Company system between
Edenton and Winfall. Service
. was restored in a short time.
Methodist Club
Installs Officers
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Officers for the Methodist
Men’s Club were installed at a
dinner meeting of the club held
at the church Thursday night.
The officers were installed by
the Rev. J. Earl Richardson and
included the following:
President, Oscar Griffin; vice
president, Roy Hassell: secretary
•and treasurer. Boyd Harless, Jr..
| project chairman. Erwin Griffin:
[ program chairman. Gerald James:
| membership chairman, Jesse Wil- j
Ison, and reporter, J. Edwin Buff
i lap.
| President Griffin reappointed
I Howard Ange and .Milton Bass as
the food committee, who will
have authority to call for volun
teers to help.
VFW MEETING
William H. Coffield, Jr„ Post
No. 9280, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, will meet Tuesday night.
June 30. at 8 o’clock. Command
er John Bass urges a full attend
ance.
Pettigrew Regional Library
Trustees Meet To Consider
Budgeting New Federal Funds
The Board of Trustees of the
Pettigrew Regional Library held
its quarterly meeting at Shepard-
Pruden Memorial Library last
week. The main item of busi
ness concerned the budgeting of
the $12,000 federal grant for
which the region has qualified, j
Chowan. Tyrrell and Washington '
counties comprise the Pettigrew I
Regional Library. All three
counties now appropriate or levy
as much as 3c on the SIOO proper
ty valuation for library services
which is the criteria for a region
in order that it may receive an I
additional anpropriation of $4,000,
a county.. The board decided to
[purchase a new bookmobile fori
'white people an to employ an as- 1
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FIGHT CANCER \
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK j
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| Valuable Service Will
| Be Lost Unless SSOO
Is Raised Locally Be
fore July 15th
j According to Dr. Archie Walk
er. Chairman of the Chowan
; County Chapter of the American
Red Cross, Chowan County stands
’ a good chance of losing the blood
bank at the local hospital as well
; as other Red Cross services.
.! This situation has come about
, by lack of the county meeting its
I Red Cross quota. According to
Dr t alker. unless Chowan Coun
. ty raises SSOO before July 15, it
will he taken off the blood bank
list, which will be more or less
of a calamity.
. Tom Ridgeway, administrator
at Chowan Hospital, is among
those who are greatly concerned
about the situation.
"As all of vou know,' says Mr
Ridgeway, "one of the many ser
vice's the Red Cross offers us if
the blood program. Without the
program the hospital, doctois and
Patients would tie lost so to speak
.in the event we didn't have or if
I it was taken away from us.
"Tiiis is What I would like for
the people to know. Some of you
are not aware that a certairf
amount of the Red Cross Fund is
1 allotted to the blood program.
It takes a certain amount to bring
| the unit to Edenton and also a
j certain amount for feed and
.drinks for the ones who donate
I the blood.
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i K. .1. Hobbs Collapses
j At Wheel Os Auto
E. J. Hobbs, While returning
from the American Legion Con
vention at Greensboro Sundav af
ternoon. collapsed at the wheel
I <>f his. automobile while stopping
,at a red light in Rocky Mount.
In the car with Hobbs were J.
I. Chestnut!, Robert L. Pratt and
little Paula Powell.
Mr. Hobbs was taken in an am
i bulance la a Rocky Mount hos
-1 p;tal„ where it was (earned that
'he collapsed more from high
’ blood pressure than from a heart/
attack as was first thought.
1 On Monday his condition was
reported improved and it" was
stated at the hospital that he
could return home Tuesday or
Wednesday.
X-ray Cards Now At
I Local Health Office
All negative cards in the recent
mass chest X-ray held in Edenton
have been returned to the local
I Health Department.. The nega
tive cards specify that the X-ray
picture of a chest appealed satis
factory. The card carries the
film number, which may be help
ful later if a doctor wishes to re
fer to the X-rav. These cards
can be secured bv calling at the
‘local Health Department in the
Peoples Bank & Trust Company
! building which is open Monday
through Friday from 8:30 A. M.,
i to 5:30 P. M.
All those whose picture was
| positive have been notified so
that corrective measures can be
i taken. 1
sistant to the director if one can
be obtained. These matters were
placed in the hands of commit
tees. With increased local appro
priations it will be possible to
keep some of the libraries open
more hours and to generally give
j better library service.
Shepard-Pruden Library will
j be open until 5:30 instead of 5:00
after July 1. Hours will be:
Monday through Friday—9:3o
to 12 and 2:30 to 5:30.
Monday and Thursday—7:3o to
8:30 P. M.
Saturday—9:3o to 12.
I Brown-Carver Library OB will
be open additional hours but the
' change will not be made until
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