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Volume XXVl.—Number 28.
James Leaves Foi
Greene County To
Be Superintendent
Resignation Comes as
Complete Surprise to
Many Friends; Left
Edenton Monday
Coming as a complete sur
prise, Gerald D. James last
week tendered his resignation as
principal of the Edenton Junior-
Senior High School, effective
Wednesday, July 1. Mr. James
has accepted the position of su
perintendent of the Green Coun
ty Schools and left Monday to
assume his new duties at Snow
' 'Pill.
\ Mr. Janies was notified about
5\ o’clock Wednesday afternoon
that he was the choice of the
•Green County School Board and
was requested to meet with the
board at Snow Hill at 8 o’clock
thatrinight to render his decision.
He informed the Green County
officials that he wanted to con- j
sides i it further and would let
thenk| know Thursday. After a I
conference with Superintendent
John! A. Holmes, Mr. James de
cided} to make the change.
Beiore leaving Edenton Mr.
Jamei made the following state
ment tto The Herald:
“It iis after long and careful
consideration that I tendered my
resignation as principal of the
E d-e nit o n Junior-Senior High i
School to accept the superinten-1
dency of Grpene County Schools 1
at Snow Hill, N. C. The new
position offers a challenge and
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Mrs. Percy Smith
Winner In Contest
Reed & Barton of Taunton,
Mass., ' America’s oldest major
silversmiths,' has just announc
ed the winners in the nation
wide contest based on the most
artistic window display on their
newest sterling pattern “Cameo.”
Mrs. Percy Smith of Byrum’s
Gift Shop, Edenton, has been
awarded one of the honorable
mention prizes of an imported
Italian fine cameo pin.
Patrolman John Wood
Goes To Cherry Point
John Wood, a member of the
Edenton Police Department, has
resigned and "has accepted a|
Civil Service position with the
fire department at Cherry Point. I
He has served as patrolman in!
Edenton about three years. His
family will Temain in Edenton j
for the time being.
Although Chief of Police
George I. Dail has eight or nine
applications for the vacancy on
the police force,' no successor to
Wood had been made early this
week.
TAX COLLECTIONS
Sheriff M. Earl Goodwin re
ports that 1958 taxps collected
in Jupe amounted to $1,959.04
which brings the total of 1958
taxes collected to date to $198,-
813.18., The sheriffs books show
that the balance Os uncollected
1958 taxes amounts to $13,894.11.
During June Sheriff Goodwin
has collected $1,235.26 in way
of delinquent personal! taxes.
These were taxes for 1948 to
1957 and represented amounts
from. $28.82 to $216.22. Delin
quent, personal taxes collected
by Sheriff Goodwin since _he
took office amount to $4*97.31: I
County Commissioners Decide
To Sell County Home Property
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Chowan County Commission- (
Hr °* cr *•
ty home property. They pointed
out that at present there is only
IBS CHOWAN HERALD
[ Quiet Fourth j
State Highway Patrolmen sta
tioned in Edenlon add Edenton
police report a very quiet Fourth
of Ju'y holiday especially so far
>as traffic accidents are concern-1
ed.
No accidents of any kind wera j,
reported in the county and over i
the week-end Edenton police
made only a few arrests for dis-1
orderly ccnduc’,' no more than,
over an ordinary week-'end. I
State Highway Patrolmen were
on the highways long hours in j
an effort to help hold down
traffic violations which lead to ,
accidents and deaths. ;,
LIONS MEET MONDAY
Eden ton’s Lions Club will |
meet Monday night, July 13, at j i
7 o’clock. President J. R. Du- i ]
Laney is very anxious to have a j ■
100 per cent meeting, as new
officers will be installed. 1 1
King Bros. Circus Will Appear
In Edenton Wednesday, Sept 2;
Sponsored By Red Men Tribe
Chowan Tribe of Red Men has
| signed a contract with the King
1 Bros. Circus, which is scheduled j
to appear in Edenton Wednes- J
day, September 2.
The circus will be located on
the American Legion grounds on
the Windsor highway and will
present an afternoon matinee
and a night performance.
108 Given Old Age
Assistance Tri June
, Mrs. J. H. McMullan, superin
tendent of public welfare, re
ports that during June 108 per
sons received old age assistance
in the amount of $3,877. Dur
ing the month there were 26
cases of aid to dependent chil
dren, Who received $1,750. Thir
ty-six cases of aid to permanent
ly and totally disabled persons
received $1,583 and 12 aid to
blind cases received $525.
There were -two emergency
cases and other financial assist
j ance included eight cases hos-
I pitalized in the county, the cost
|of Which was $487.61, of which
j<the State paid $76.50, and two
: cases hospitalized outside the
| county costing $27.
20 Years Ago
As Found in Ihs File* of
Tho Chowan Herald
Chowan County Commission
ers approved the county bud
get which called for a tax rate
of $1.13 per SIOO property valu
'ation, two cents less than the
previous year.
According to a report of John
H. Carrutb. district engineer for
the Norfolk district of the War
Department, the value of water
borne commerce for the calendar
year 1938 in Edenton harbor was
$3,822,042, representing 41,431
short tons. In Chowan River the
value was $1,615,585. represent
ing 140,539 tons.
With approximately 500 crepe
myrtle trees in Edenton in
bloom. Mayor J, H. McMullan
declared July as crepe myrtle
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.to a substantial amount every,
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Even if the home was to be
come a licensed boarding home,
the Commissioners are given to
understand that practically none
s Thd property at * die county
home contains about 110 acres,
land the Commissioners plan to
Edenton, Chdwan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 9, 1959.
inner Program
For Edenton Band
Now In Full Swing
Band Director Der
wood Bray Reports
25 New Students In
Band
The Edenton school’s summer
band program entered its fourth
week on Monday with,its sched
, ule completely filled.
The schedule for individual
i lessons consists of ten periods
j each on Monday, Wednesday and
Fridays, and seven on Tuesday
and Thursdays.
| The Junior Band rehearsals
are on Tuesday and Thursday
mornings, and the Senior Band
rehearsal on Tuesday evenings.
Twenty-five new students arc
entered in this program. Most
of them have purchase! their
own instruments, some are rent
-1 ing instruments owned by the
band.
The new students are: Car
men Goodwin, Johnetta Daven
i port, Nellie Wood, Joe Stone,
! Johnny Floars, Sharol White,
Sandra Cale, Phylis Boucher,
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King Bros, is a three-ring cir
cus and has the reputation for
presenting first class entertain
| ment. It appears in cities much
I larger than Edenton and it has
j letters of commendation from
every city they have shown.
W. T. Elliott is chairman of a
committee of Red Men in charge
of making necessary arranga-
I ments for staging the circus.
Interest Increasing
For Fire Districts
i
Meeting Will Be Held
Friday Night at 8
O’clock
A meeting has been called by
the Chowan Fire Commission
which will be held in the Court
House Friday night, July 10, at
•8 o’clock. The purpose of this
meeting is to consider the or
ganization of a fire district for
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Backstage at Waterside Theatre Maatoo. Brenda Mooney,
who graduated from Edenton High School this year, is shown
making up for the role of Indian dancer in the drama. It is
one of several dadce role* which die dance, in thajihow and
maiomtlQ trouDd. The Lot! f*Sr>ny u now in its 19th
Chowan County 4-H Winners j
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Chowan County 4-H Club leaders are very proud of the
showing made last week in the District Elimination Day he d
at Chocowinily. Two teams won district honors and will
compete for state honors in the state contest. At top is pic
tured Joe Nixon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Nixon, and Leon
Evans, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Evans, who carried off top
district honors in forestry. Center picture shows Johnny Win
borne, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Winbome, and Scott Ober,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ober, who were district winner in
wildlife. At bottom is pictured Chowan County health im
provement winners. Princess Nancv Bass, daughter of Mr. and
. Mrs. Clarence Bass; Queen Judy Haste, daughter of Mrs.
Everett Haste; King Leon Evans, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin
Evans, and Prince Joe Bass, son of Mr. and Mrs. Murray Bass.
Entries In Fishing j
Contest Increase!
Current Contest Will
Come to a Close i
On July 20
With the return of cooler
weather to this area last week
end, striped bass renewed their
interest in anglers’ bait with
good results for the angler.
Rockfish, as this sportsfish is
popularly called, are being
caught in large numbers in Cho-
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Oyde Hollowelf is
| New Sachem For
j Ghowan Red Men
Group of Officers to
Be Installed at Meet-!
ing Monday Night,'
July 13
Chowan Tribe of Red Men
elected new officers for a six
month term, with Clyde Hollo
well succeeding Leroy Harrell
as sachem.
Other officers elected were:
Prophet, Leroy. Harrell; senior
sagamore, Guy Williams; junior
sagamore, Alton Shaw.
These officers are scheduled to
be installed at the meeting of
the Tribe Monday night, July 13.
The installation ceremony will
be in charge of Caswell Ed
mundson, who was appointed tri
bal deputy Great Sachem by
George P. Davis, of Greenville,
who is Great Sachef of the Great i
Council of North Carolina.
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Court House Dome
Will Be Painted^
The dome o's the Chowan!
County Court House is scheduled
Ito undergo a coat of paint, as
well as some minor repairs to i
the roof. The County Commis
sioners at their meeting Friday
awarded the contract to Charles
Morgan.
CIVIC CALENDAR j (
A meeting of the Chowan |
Fire Commission will be held in'
the Court House Friday night,
July 10, at 8 o'clock to consider
organisation of a fire district ex
tending five miles from Edenton.
Sponsored by the Edenton
Jaycees, another polio shot clinic
will be held at the Penelope
Barker house Friday night, July
17, from 7 {o 9 o'clock.
The King Bros. Circus, spon
sored by Chowan Tribe of Red
Men, will appear on the Ameri
can Legion grounds for two per
formances on Wednesday, Sep-
Edentan Junior-Senior High
School Band is now busy with
CcmfiM an 1
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| Miles Clark Gives
N. C. State Flag
To Edenton Band
Gift From Elizabeth
City Band Enthusiast
Completes Local Col-;
or Guard
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The Edervton Junior-Senior,
High School has received as a
gift, a new North Carolina State
flag.
The flag will, along with the,
American and school flags which
t'he band now owns, complete
the band’s color guard.
The flag was a gift of Miles L. |
Clark of Elizabeth City, whose
interest in bands is well known
through hia sponsorship cf the
Elizabeth City High School I
Band. The flag is but one of
several expressions of interest
which Mr. Clark has shown in
the Edenton band during the
past year.
First Degree Tonight
At Masonic Meeting
Ernest J. Ward, Jr., master of 1
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. &!
V. M., has called an emergent
'ommunication of the lodge for
tonight (Thursday) at 7:30
o’clock. The purpose of the
meeting is to confer the first
degree, so that a large attend
ance is desired.
Commissioners Employ Home
Agent And An Assistant County
Agent; Both To Report Aug. Ist
Chowan County Commission
ers at their meeting Friday
morning employed a home agent
to succeed Miss Maidred Morris,
and an assistant county agent
to succeed Robert S. Marsh, both
of who recently resigned.
Succeeding Miss Morris will
be Miss Pauline Calloway, who
was presented by Miss Pauline
Coxe, district home agent. Miss
Coxe told the Commissioners
that she was sorry the place had
not been filled before, but that
she had been trying to get an
I excellent replacement for Miss
’ Morris. She was high in praise
of the work of Miss Calloway,;
WeatherFailsTo
Dry Up Interest
In Little League
Director Billy Hardi
son Announces Pony
League For Boys Be
tween 13 and 16
The 95 degree plus weather
that has prevailed lately has not
wilted the enthusiasm of the
Little League players. Increased
interest is evident by the pres
ence of a goodly number of
fans. Perhaps some of this
added support can be attributed
to the fact that bleachers have
been erected for the comfort of
j the fans. The Little League
| players appreciate the support
1 and interest which add to the
atmosphere and excitement of
, each ball game,
j “We hope more of you will
take advantage of these oppor
tunities to see good baseball,”
says Billy Hardison, recreation
director. “We have some very
1 exciting games. If you don’t be
, lieve this, ask Charlie Swanner,
| who is one of our faithful sup
j porters.”
\ Still dominating play in the
league is the Varsity team.
They are undefeated in league
, play. In their latest victory
they defeated the Rotary team
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Chowan Jury List
Is Again Revised
Mrs. Maurice L. Bunch, Regis
ter of Deeds, at Friday’s meet
ing of the County Commission
ers, presented a revised list of
names to be placed in the jury
box. The list must be revised
every two years in order to re
move persons who have died,
moved away or are not capable
of serving as jurors.
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
Another Polio Shot
Clinic Is Scheduled
To Be Held July 17
£ Leaves Edenton ")
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UcoaLU D. JAMES
In a raiher unexpected move
Geiald D. Jemes, principal of
the Edenton Junior-Senior High
School for seven years, last week
tendered his resignation effec
live July 1. Mr. Jemes has ac
cepted the oosit’on of superin
tendent of the Greene County
schools. He left Monday to as
sume his new duties at Snow
Hill.
saying she can recommend her
without any reservations.
Miss Calioway is a native of
Yadkin County and a graduate
of High Point College. She
comes to Chowan from Roxboro
in Person County, where she
devoted a goodly amount of her
time to farm and home de
velopment with adults. She is
alequately equipped, said Miss
Coxe, to make a good home
agent in Chowan County. Miss
Calloway made a tour of the
county before making a deci
sion to accept the position and
said she was very favorably im-
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Group Os 4-H’ers
At Camp Millstone
Several of Chowan County's
4-H boys and girls left early
Monday morning. July 6, for r
week at Camp Millstone, which
is located in the southwestern
part of North Carolina about 10
miles west of Rockingham. Miss
Catherine Aman, assistant homf
economics agent, and Sherwood
Harrell each took a carload of
campere.
The schedule for the week in
eludes a lot of recreation as well
as classes in wildlife, electricity
etc. Miss Aman will be teach
ing a special class in mealtime
courtesies during the week.
Campers from Chowan County
are: Johnny Winborne, Bryant
White, Jimmy and Doreev Ward.
Margaret Rountree. Jerry White,
Richard White and Fahey By
rum, Jr.
The group will depart from
Camp Millstone early Saturday
morning for return to Chowan
County.
W. J. P. Earnhardt Installed As
Edenton Rotarv Club President
J
At last week’s Rotary meeting
Dr. Ed Bond rounded out a 1
year as president and handed
over the gavel to his successor,
W. J. P. Earnhardt.
Mr. Bond gave a brief resume
of the accomplishments of -the
club during his administration,
pointing out that ail of the
events sponsored by the club
i tended to engender friendship,
one of the aims of Rotary.
“While we have accomplished a
great deal,” said Mr. Bond, “we
no doubt have done some things
we should not have done and
left undone some things we
should have done.” He express
ed his appreciation for the in
terest and cooperation of mem
bers of the club, saying that not
a single Rotarian refused to do
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FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
i
Ciinic Will Again Be
Held at the Penelope
Barker House From
7 to 9 P. M.
1
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Sponsored by the Edenton
i Junior Chamber of Commerce a
I polio shot clinic is scheduled to
be held at the Penelope Barker
hou&e Friday, July 17. The
!, "-hots will be administered from
i to 9 o’clock.
As in the previous clinic, peo
ple up to 20 years of age and
expectant mo'hers will be given
he shot free, but others will be
expected to pay a dollar for the
shot.
Jaycees call attention to the
prediction that North Carolina
will have a severe polio season
this year, so that they urge all
vho have not been treated to
ake advantage of this clinic on
luly 17.
The Jaycees also point out
hat statistics show that polio
has been reduced probably 90
>er cent for those who have had
,hree shots.
The previous polio clinic was
very successful and in the face
of a predicted severe season, the
favcees hope many more will
take the shots at the next clinic.
Gelbach To Teach At
Chowan High School
The Chowan County Board of
Education, which met Friday
1 due to the Fourth of July holi
day decided upon the opening of
schools in the unit for 1959-50
term. Chowan High School will
open August 31 and White Oak
Consolidated School will open
August 17.
The board voted to allow one
day for the NCEA meeting, two
adys for Thanksgiving, Christ
mas holidays from December 18
to January 4 and Easter Mon
day. Providing no time is lost
he 1959-60 term will end May
26.
Superintendent W. J. Taylor
reported that two teacher con
tacts had been signed. These
were with George K. Gelbach, a
'ormer member of the Edenton
Junior-Senior High faculty, to
teach history' and English and
Robert D. Clark to teach English,
both at Chowan High School.
Revival In Progress
At Evans Church
Revival services are in pro
fess at the Evans Methodist
Church this week and will come
o a close Friday night, July 10.
Services are held each night at
3 o'clock.
The visiting evangelist is the
Rev. A. L. G. Stephenson, a for
mer pastor, who now serves the
Marvin Church at Rocky Mount.
JAYCEES MEET TONIGHT
Edenton Junior Chamber of
Commerce will meet tonight
(Thursday) at 7 o'clock at the
Edenton Restaurant. President
West Byrum. Jr., states that this
will be a very important meet
ing and for that reason every
Jaycee is expected to be pres
ent.
what he was a9ked during the
1 year.
Mr. Earnhardt in taking over
the reins of president, express
ed his appreciation for the honor
bestowed upon him by being
named president. He promised
that he would do his best to
have a successful administration,
l but reminded members that the
year’s success depends entirely
upon the interest and work oi
each Rotarian.
Mr. Earnhardt named the var
ious committees which are as
follows:
Club Service—R. EHon Fore
hand, director. Attendance, R.
N. Hines and Dr. Aryhic Walk
er: Classifications, George Alma
Byrum, Don Dalton end R. F.
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