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6.7% Below 1958 • Based on condition reports I from fanners as of July i, pro duction of com in North Caro lina; is forecast at 76,646,000 Er bushels by the North Carolina Wft Crop Reporting Service. A crop Os 76,646,000 bushels, if realized, would be 6.7 per cent less than the record 1958 crop of 82,192,- odo bushels. Acreage for harvest is estimated at 2,017,000 . acres, which is 8.0 per cent above last year. Discontinuance of the Soil Bank Acreage Reserve Pfo £ ■' 32 commercial corn counties gram and acreage allotments in i probably account for a major \ part of the increase in acreage. \ v Average yield' per acre is' forecast at 38 bushels—6 bush els short of last year’s 44- bushel record yield. Progress Captains Meet At Center Hill As A meeting of the Group Cap tains of the Center Hill Com munity Progress Committee met Wednesday night, July 15, at 8 & o’clock at the Center Hill COm- munity building. This meeting was called by Emmetf P. Jones, chairman, for the purpose of reporting pro gress made in the Center Hill community on the projects se lected 'in February at the or ganization of the Community Progress Program. Repdrts were heard from the various leaders for each of the projects chosen and accomplish ments of each project selected weie discussed. This Community Progress Pro gram is sponsored by the Cho wan Agricultural Workers Coun cil and financed by the People’s Bank & Trust Company. Police Make 42 * Arrests In June Chief of Police George I. Dail A reports that Edenton police made 42 arrests during June, of whom 39 were found guilty as charg ed. iOf the arrests 11 were white , males, three white females, 26 colored males and two colored females. Fines amounted to $439 and costs $357.65 or a total Os $786.65, of which $302.65 went back to the tow/l in way of Officers’ fees. Other activities for the month' included 51 calls answered, four automobile accidents investigat ed, 1 ; six funerals worked, seven Street lights -reported’ Out, 24 courtesies extended, 31 doors found unlocked ,11 investiga tions made, one fire call answer ed and 497 traffic citations is sued. The police made 1,001 ra dio calls and were on the air one hour 23 minutes and 25 sec onds. HE PREDICTS TOMORROW'S HEADLINES THRU ESP y Through his erperimenlt in ESP (extra-sensory perception) a young Nashville doctor pre dicted this year’s Kentucky Der by upset and other news. He claims 85% accuracy. Read his 5 newest predictions exclusively In the July 19 issue of THE AMERICAN WEEKLY Magas in# in Colorgravure with THE BALTIMORE SUNDAY AMERICAN On sale at your local newsdealer AMIIY DIUG^STORE I wAwcf !s always glad to isrvs you |ft Iff |1 • Thli If j*nr pharmacy—planned; ■|# v m stocked and staffed to cater to the special thing you’ll need for maintaining the M DELIVER PHONE 2127 ■ M Improves Marketing Continued from Page 1, Section 1 era of good quality melons. Buy ers of melons are in daily con tact with Farm Fresh Foods and growers can be assured of the highest market price for all mel ons in any quantity offered by each grower. He also stated that Farm Fresh Foods is seeking growers of fall snapbeans to.be planted between July 15 and August 1. Attractive contracts, approved by the N. C .Department of Agricul ture, are now being offered to fall growers 'by Farm Fresh Foods, and Manager Logan urg es growers to contact him before planting their small grain land in other crops. Snapbeans should provide a greater profit than soybeans, according to Lo gan; and arrangements are be ing made with the N. C. Em ployment Service to provide la bor for picking these beans if there is a shortage of local labor when these beans are ready for harvest, Logan stated. Rain Halts Play In Little League Continued from Page 1, Section 1 get back into action. One of the reasons for their anxiety to re sume play is the fact that G. A. Keeter,\ proprietor of the Tastee Freeze, located on West Queen Street, has offered to give a cone of ice cream to each mem ber of the winning team each day. Standing Os Teams W. L. Pet. Varsity 5 0 1.000 Jaycees 2 3 .400 Lions 2 3 .400 Rotary 2 5 .286 The ten leading batters in the Little League follow: Ab. H. Pet. Bill Cozart 13 6 .462 Ronnie Rountree 22 10 .455 Michael Smith 26 11 .425 Phil Harrell 13 5 .385 David Holton 23 6 .261 Melvin Barhett 23 6 .281 Durell Ambrose 27 7 .259 Mike, Phelps 20 5 .250 Charles Swanner 24 5 .208 Joe Harrell 10 2 .200 The definite dates for the two games between the Pony League and the , Elizabeth City Boys’ Club have been set. The game at Elizabeth City will be played at 2:30 P.’M. on Wednesday, ! July 22. The home game will be played on Friday, July 24, at 2 P. M. All boys between the ages of 13 to 16 who are inter ested in playing in the Pony League are requested to come to practice each morping at 9:30 o’clock. Charles Wood Named As School Trustee Continued from Page 1, Section 1 police car and a pick-up truck for the Street Department. Low bidder for the police car was George Chevrolet Company and Albemarle Motor Company was low bidder on . the pick-up truck. A committee reported on the Brown Company subdivision, stating that the Brown Company was anxious to know if the town will take over a street and provide utilities so that lots can be sold. No action was taken due to the uncertainty of the sanitary sewer problem, which necessitates a pumping station. «« CHPWMf ÜBIALO, EDENTON. WORTH CAROLINA, THUIBPAT. JULY 18. 1959. The committee was instructed to confer with the Board of Ptifelic Works relative to a type of lift station which is estimated to cost $2,500, with the Brown Company sharing in the cost of installation. The Councilmen also expressed the doubt as to whether the project as laid out is acceptable to the town.- The committee on a proposed municipal building reported that they had made more investiga tion and that a meeting was scheduled with Ed Pugh, Eliza beth City architect, for 2:30 Wednesday afternoon. He will be informed of what has been done and will be asked for pro posals as to what is best to be done. • Town Councilmen appointed the present Zoning Adjustment Board to prepare a zoning plan for the area annexed north of Edenton.- Members of this board are Geddes Potter, George Twid dy, Caswell Edmundson, Wil liam Holmes and Mrs. Katherine Goodwin. During the meeting the Coun cilmen agreed to transfer the lease from the Edenton Veneer Mill to the Chowan Veneer Com pany.. The lease is for. five years with an option of five more years. A charge of S3O per month rent is charged. It was reported that a lease is expected momentarily for 22.47 acres of land at the former Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air Station to be used as a sewage treatment plant. Bond attorneys in New York are preparing the preliminaries for a bond elec tion for $500,000. Due to the present uncertainty of the pro posed knitting concern coming to Edenton, there is a quarndary as to including $300,000 in the bond issue to construct a water line -to the industrial site north of Edenton. Melvin Weaver New Edenton Policeman Chief of Police George I. Dail reports that Melvin Weaver has been employed as an Edenton policeman, filling the vacancy re cently caused by the resignation of John Wood. Mr. Weaver is 34 years old and comes from Littleton, where he has served as an officer for four years. He will assume his duties in Edenton Monday, July 20th. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE The divine, eternal source of all life andaction will .be stress ed at Christian Science services Sunday. Highlighting the Lesson-Ser mon: on “Life” is the Golden Text from John (5:26); “As the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself." From “Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures” by Mary Baker Eddy the following will be read -(289:32): “Because Life is God, Life must be eter nal, self-existent. Life is the everlasting I AM, the Being who was and is and shall be, whom nothing can erase.” Scriptural selections include thi9 passage from I John (2:25): “And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eter nal life.” PUGS ad FURNITURE C LEA K ' btDuracleari 1 _ r Colors come alive,fabrics all revive! v / I I Wort done in your home... everything usable in a few hours ft K 1 |tJta foyir no messy soaking! ■VjJ// NO harsh scrubbing! <■ ■I!// l p HO harmful soapsl -M \ji •Mothproofing with ’ft FKII estimate call ~^l No more cat hands from washing your Venetian blinds in the tub . . . send them to us for Complete Laundry, Re-taping and General Repairs. L. & M. Duraclean Children’s Hour Is Again Being Held At Negro Library The "Children’s Hour” is agkin an important feature in the Brown-Carver Library’s summer program. The group’s officers are: President, Pamela Wills; vice president, Janie Baker; sec retary, Yvette Tillett; assistant secretary, Fannie Commander; treasurer, Gale Jones. Members are: Susie Valentine, Deborah Jordan, Virginia Felton, Lorina Baker, Arlene Nixon, Earline Reynolds, Annie Hawkins, Jo seph Leary, ,Erie Jordan, Lois Braswell, Diana Jones and Prince Jemigan. The group meets each Friday evening from 5 to 6 o’clock. The program is alternated weekly to include story-reading and record playing. Each week recordings are made by two members of the group. To date recordings have been made by Pamela Wills, “Snow White”; Joseph Leary, “The Three Bears”; Ar lene Nixon, “Cinderella”; Diana Jones, “The Three Pigs”, and Gale Jones, “The Three Bears”. The play-back is enjoyed by all. Misses Bertha Felton, Clarine Boyce, Ann Roulac and Shirley Austin have assisted with the story reading. An invitation is extended to alii parents to attend the meetings. RETURNS FROM CAMP George Nixon returned home last week after spending three weeks at the Presbyterian Camp along Bogue Sound near More head City. Young Nixon, son [of Mr. and Mrs. John Nixon, was on the staff as a counsellor and was the youngest counsellor ever to serve at the camp. He is 16 years old. MASONS MEET TONIGHT A stated communication of Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M., will be held tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. Ernest J. Ward, Jr., master of the lodge, is very anxious to have a large attendance. the style leader in room air conditioners n t * f' jJM | v: • •*** ■ £►. HRYSLER W # AIRT CM P e Maximum cooling in minimum space • First room air condi tioner that THINKS EDENTON ICE COMPANY Phone 2223 Edenton, N. C. 20 YEARS AGO Continued from Page 1, Section 1 Raleigh was scheduled to be the principal speaker. Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Park inson in a letter to The Herald denied charges made against them by Miss Blanche Leary that they attempted to defraud her. The Corps of Engineers an nounced that the Secretary of War approved the new location of the harbor line at Edenton. The position of the harbor line conformed with views of those who attended a public hearing held in Edenton. It was announced that J. L. Horne, Jr., publisher of the Rocky Mount Telegram, had | accepted an invitation to speak | at the annual meeting of the! Edenton - Chowan Chamber of ] Commerce. Mayor J. H. McMullan named Miss Julia Dixon to represent Edenton in a coastal festival to | be held at Morehead iCty. General Tan Horn Mosely, who created a sensation by his testimony on un-American ac tivities in Washington, was a visitor in Edenton. Mosely is a descendant of Col. Edward Mosely, an outstanding Edenton citizen of Revolutionary days. The Kennedy Home High School Chorus, including 43 voices, presented a program at the Edenton Baptist Church. BIRTHDAY PARTY The walls of the old home stead resounded over and over with children’s laughter, when the neighborhood children gath-| ered to celebrate the seventh birthday of little Miss Debbie Ward of Dunn, N. C., at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Llewellyn Ward. Also there to help her enjoy the good time was her little sister, Sara Lynn and her two cousins, Stevel and Tripp Sutton from Kinston ] These children are the fifth gen Farm Fresh Foods (Incorporated) ;; Cucumbers. . < > ;; - GROW THESE CROPS UNDER A I! GUARANTEED CONTRACT PRICE FOR < > Farm Fresh Foods, Inc. ;; Gatesville, N. C. < > < * ;; Our Contract with you is approved by the N. C. Depart ( > o >ment of Agriculture ... If you are interested in growing ; Fall Vegetables under contract — ► ► Contact | Fred G. Logan, Manager, Phone 3011 , « MEANS BETTER LIVING* Nothing contributes more to better living in North Carolina than its climate. Four distinct seasons, all of them mild, with adequate rainfall throughout the year, make for an equable climate that is pleasant, healthful and with ever changing interest. It is the climate that makes North Carolina a Yacationland of industrial opportunity, And in those areas where better living is enjoyed to the fullest, they have adopted “legal control” of the sale of beer and ale as the most enlightened system for i law-abiding communities. North Carolina Division * ' UNIT** STATES BRIWIBS FOUNDATION, INC.’ 5 ' "t . *'' \ ': ' ' ‘ \ eration to come from this old home. The spacious rooms were dec orated with balloons and each guest was presented a birthday hat on arrival by the hostess. The children had a merry time with games until they were in vited into the dining room where the table was laid with birthday favors and refreshments. A birthday cake with candles was the centerpiece. After the chil dren enjoyed ice cream and cake the presents were opened and displayed. As goodbyes were said each child selected his or her favorite colored balloon and was given a confetti whistle and left in a shout of glee! Those attending were: Jimmy and Emily PeCle, Johnny Hollo j well, Vickie Lynn Blanchard, ] Shelia White, Wanda and Vann j Ward, Jackie Boyce, Larry and I Ronnie Spivey, Peggy Horton, ' Gwendolyn and Cindy Ward, ' Lou Ella Copeland, Beech yelou jWard, Scarlet Bunoh, Paul and j Allen Copeland, Tony and Ted dy Langley, Susan and Joan 1 Jordan, Billy and Eva Rae Ward. CARD OF THANKS We are taking Jhis means to thank friends and neighbors for their many deeds of kindness and expressions of sympathy during the illness and death of our husband and father, Henry Jenkins. These symbols of love and affection will always be re membered. c JENKINS FAMILY FOR YOUR COOL j SUMMER HAIR STYLES ' PHONE 2218 Air-Conditioned Una- White and Dot Davis UNA’S Beauty Nook I 812 N. Broad Si. -- Edenton Cotton Acreage Up 55 Per Cent Cotton planted in North Caro-| lina is estimated at 420,000 acres,] according to the North Carolina] Crop Reporting Service. The' ‘current acreage is 55 per cent] above the 271,000 acres planted last year but 34. g percent below] the 1948-57 average of 641,000 [ acres. Assuming the 1949-58 ten-year average abandonment of f 3.3 per cent would result in! about 406,000 acres for harvest this year. This would be the largest acreage of cotton harvest ed in North Carolina since 1956 when 440,000 acres were harvest- Classified Ads . —i GUM TROUBLE causes most tooth loss. See dentist. Use soothing OLAG Tooth Paste. At all drug stores. HELP WANTED—WANTED AT once Rawleigh Dealer in Edenton. Write Rawleigh’s, Dept. NCG-310-R, Richmond, Va. ltp POSSIBLE SIO,OOO NET YEARLY Distributorship open in this area. Virtually a gold mine. Modern' non-competitive business. sl,- 950.00 investment required. Com pany will help finance if neces sary. Write brief resume to Territorial Supervisor, 905A West Main St., Oklahoma City, Okla. ltpd HELP WANTED—MAN OR WO man for Edenton area. Sales and deliveries. 4-6 hours per day. Also will consider older men, 50-75. Write Box 5071, Dept. S-3, Richmond, Virginia, ltpd COTTAGE FOR RENT KILL Devil Hills. Electric kitchen, hot water, three bedrooms and screened poroh. J. L. Chest nutt, phone 2389. expAu2Bc Watch Repairing— For prompt, dependable ser vice See J. J. Ross, Jeweler, formerly Forehand’s Jewelers, next door to Belk-Tyler’s Store. Phone 3525. tfc FOR RENT THREE HOUSES with two bedrooms and car port. New paint inside. S4O; or will sell. Call or see Dr. A. F. Downum. tfc FOR QUICK AND EXPERT . service on your TV, radio and phonograph, call the Griffin Musicenter. Phone 2428. tfc 4 ~WHITE WOMEN WANTED for part or full time work in Bertie and Chowan Counties. Pleasant work. Phone 2692 or 2254 Edenton. Give direction to your home. Ju1y16,23,30,Aug6c FOR SALE—4-BURNER MAGIC Chef gas range. Can be seen at 205 Granville Street after 6 P. M. ltpd FOR RENT FURNISHED apartment at 217 East Queen Street. Call Charlie Swanner, phone 2544. july2tfc EXCELLENT SERVICE STA tion location for lease. Pres ent operator wishes to sell stock and equipment. For fur ther information call 3215. july9,l6c SUMMER Swapping Bee SPECIALS at the Albemarle Motor Company VOI H A-l PSED CAE SHOPPING CENTEH 1957 Fairlane V-8 Ford— Fully equipped; extra clean; only $1,695. —o— 1 1953 Plymouth 4-door— Sedan. $295.00. Several Good Buys in station wagons including: 1957 Ply mouth V-8; two 1956 Ford station wagons, green and white, grey and white. Blanket Special! RICKS LAUNDRY'S ANNUAL SUMMER BLANKET SPECIAL. Blankets dry cleaned, moth proofed, wrapped in plastic bags ready for storage. Single.. 160 c Double... 80c RICKS LAUNDRY fc DRY CLEANERS Complete kntrr aad Dry Claeaiag Berriee —Mt W. Cfcareh Street PHONB mi PAGE THREE —SECTION OKI ' nr » i S ed. y ■“* The crop got off to a good start and weather conditions to date have been generally favor- . | able for cotton. As is usually j the case, the condition of the , crop varies between areas with j in the State and between farms >in the same area, but on the r 'whole cotton has withstood the I ill effects of hot, dry weather - much better than other crops. : Percent boll weevil infestation t is reported to be unusually low; j the crop is in good condition and I better than average yields are ; now in prospect. A fanatic philosopher is the greatest of all possible monsters. —Frederick the Great. “King of Swine” Mammouth meat type OIC. Grand champion blood lines. Service boars, gilts and pigs. Minton’s Ranch, Merry Hill, N. C. tfc FOR RENT—NAGS HEAD COT tage, ocean side. Best loca tion. Three bedrooms, screen ed porch, electric kitchen. Mrs. J. D. Elliott. Phone 3586, ju1y2,9,16,23c i FOR SALE—PUREBRED HAMP shire champion bloodline boar. Meat-type 100-125 lbs. Also breded gilts to farrow Septem ber Ist. Contact Lloyd Evans, Route 1, Hertford, N. C. ju1y16,23,30,Aug6p FEMALE HELP WANTED— Houseworkers: Live-in posi tions. Mass., Conn., N. Y. S3O to SSO. References requir ed. Transportation advanced. Barton Emp. Bureau, Gt. Bar rington, Mass. ju1y9,16,23p FOR RENT—KILL DEVIL HILLS ocean-front cottage. Electric kitchen, screened porch; sleeps eight. Available August 15 through Labor Day. Phone 3230. Mrs. Wood Privott. ltc FOR RENT—TWO AND THREE bedroom houses. Electric stove, refrigerator, hot water heater. On school bus route. L. E. Francis, Route 3, Edenton. Phone 3472. expsept24 PICTURE FRAMING—FOR THE best in custom picture framing see John R. Lewis at the Eden ton Furniture Company. Con* plete line of moulding to choose from. tfo FEMALE HELP WANTED Needed immediately 3 ladies with ambition to service Avon territories'. Write Box A, care of Chowan Herald. FOR RENT TWO-BEDROOM house in Westover Heights. Rent SIO.OO per week. Phon 3583. R. R. Hall, 29 Westovef Heights. tfc APARTMENT FOR RENT—TWO bedrooms, cook stove, refrigera tor and oil space heater furnish ed. For information call 3853. cfe •2-ROOM FURNISHED APART ment for rent. Private bath. Phone Edenton 3293. apr3otfc BUSINESS FOB SALE ~ •- ■ m SMALL WELL ESTAB LISHED BUSINESS IN EDENTON . . . OWN- > ER HAS OTHER OUT SIDE INTERESTS RE QUIRING HIS FULL TIME— — For Details See .* • E. W. SPIRES Realty Broker 1 tfc Industrial Equipment for Wheel Type and Crawler Tractors Backhoes, Dozers, Trenchers Crawler Tractors With Winches Loaders, Landscaping Rakes Baa or Call— Hobbs Implement Company _ ■ -V‘. ; ,*»• ' ■' - f '+*'■' .’V \ . .'V ' - - .ii. fat.** -
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