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Volume XXVl.—Number 31. % £ xienton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 30,1959.3 $2.50 Per Year In North Caroling
Visiting Hours At
Hospital Will Be
Rigidly Enforced
i
Action Is Necessary
Solely For Behefit
Os Patients Who
Need Rest
Tom Ridgeway, administrator
of Chowan Hospital, again issues
a request that all friends who
f visit patients abide by visiting
hours. Also that when they see
a “No Visitor” sign or “Baby
In Room” it means for visitors
not to enter. “Please abide by
these signs,” pleads Mr. Ridge
way.
“We are trying desperately to
carry out the orders of the pa
tient’s physician in order to
maintain complete rest .for pa
tients who are not to receive
any visitors other than the fam
ily,” says Mr. Ridgeway. “This
is out of due respect of the pa
tient’s condition and our orders
coming from the physician him
self.”
Visiting hours at the hospital
are fro mlO to 11 A. M.,' 2 to
4 P. M., and 6 to 8 P. M. The
policy is also for patients to have
only two visitors at a time.
Mr. Ridgeway states that he
feels sure the people Os Chowan
County will completely under
stand the above statement and
that they will give him their
full cooperation.
Cale Preaches At
Rocky Hock Sunday
The Rev. Frank Cale of South
Boston, Va., will preach at the
11 A. M., and 8 P. M., services
Sunday, August 2, at the Rocky
Hock Baptist Church. Mr. Cale
was pastor of the Church about
15 years ago, and member
of the ' congregation » exported
to attend both services. ]
20 Years Ago
As Found in the FUos of
The Chowan Herald
J
, J. Raleigh Peele was appointed
by Clerk of Court Richard D.
Dixon to fulfill the unexpired
term ,of W. H. Win borne as
County Commissioner.
Police broke up a wave of
' thievery when they captured
two boys, 9 and old.
after they robbed Cherry's Gro
cery of about $lO in oath and
helped themselves' to drinks, cig
ars and cigarettes.
Mrs. J. N. Pruden, Chairman
of the Chowan County Red Cross
Chapter, was complimented by
W. A. Cantwell, assistant director
of first aid. life saving and ac
cident prevention, for the suc
cessful swimming classes con
ducted by Melvin Layton.
Superintendent W. J. Taylor’
was authorised to re-advertise
for bids for the construction of
a vocational agriculture building
at Chowan High School when
bids were rejected on the
grounds that the only general;
__ Contract bid submitted failed toj
rbe accompanied with a 2%
check.
, Superintendent John A. Holmes
the employment of
Miss Josephine Grant of Garys-:
burg to succeed Mias Madeline
Trask as home economics teacher
Continued on Page 4—Section 1
Col. Richard Bryan Wheeler
Dies In U. S. Naval Hospital
Col. Richard Bryan Wheeler,
USA (retired) 61, of 506 Lookout
Road, Bayside, Va., died Satur
day afternoon in the U. S. Naval
Hospital at Portsmouth, Va.
He was the son of the late
John Richard Mrs.
Udentoiv and*he*had lived in
Bayside, Va„ the past two years.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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Date Changed For
King Bros. Circus
Will Appear In Eden
ton Sept. 1 Instead
Os Sept. 2
King Bros. Circus, scheduled
ito appear in Edenton under the
sponsorship of Chowan Tribe
No. 12, Improved Order of Red
Men, has changed the date of the
show. The circus will present
two performances, afternoon and i
night, on Tuesday, September 1, j
instead of Wednesday, Septem
ber 2, as previously announced. |
The circus will be located on
■the American Legion grounds on
the Windsor highway, and the
Red Men will be selling advance
tickets, by which the tribe will
derive the most benefit.
King Bros, presents a three
ring circus and appears in many
towns much larger than Eden
ton. It has the reputation for
furnishing first class entertain
ment and the Red Men are
hopeful that many people-from
this and adjoining areas will
turn out for the circus.
Edenton Edition
Os Fletcher Novel
Issued August 24
A special limited, autographed
Edenton Edition of “Cormorant’s
Brood,” Inglis Fletcher’s new
novel, will be issued by J. P.
Lippincott Company of Fhiladel
, -aibia-oo AugustA.4.
In ‘'Cormorant’s Brood,” In
iglis Fletcher returns to the
• 172fl’s, that colorful period in
North Carolina history when the
colony belonged to the Lords
Proprietors. Employing her
great talent for interpreting his
tory in an entertaining and ex
citing manner, the author has
painted a canvas of colonial life
in full freshness and vigor.
Walker Grateful
For Contributions
% For Blood Bank
With enough money contribut
ed toward maintaining the blood
bank, Dr. Archie D. Walker, Jr., ■
chairman of the Chowan County
Red Cross Chapter desires to
thank all who helped make this
possible.
In a statement to The Herald,
Dr. Walker had this to say:
“I want to express my sincere
thanks for the contributions
‘ made by business firms, organi
zations and individuals toward
the drive to maintain the blopd
bank at the Chowan Hospital.
“The goal Os SSOO was reached
and without the cooperation of
| the people of Edenton and vi
jcinrty this would have been im
possible.”
LIONS MEET MONDAY
Edenton’s Lions Club will
:meet Monday night, August 3, at
7 o’clock. T. B. Williford, presi
dent, urges every member to be
present.
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Hoover Red Cross Commission
to Russia.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Margaret Williams Wheel
er of Bayside, Va.; two daugh
ters, Mrs. Harry Kemp of Nor
way and Mrs. Faulkner Heard,
Jr., of San Antonio, Texas; two
sisters, Miss Clara M. Wheeler
and Mrs. -Raymond Carr; one
brother, John Wiggins Wheeler,
all of Eden ton, and four grand-
Funaral services were con-i
ducted at the Foster Funeral
I day afternoon at 4 o’clock. He
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\ ' STYLISH CHAP, THE DINOSAUR— The lumbering dinosaur passed into oblivion millions !
of years ago. But his remains have found their way into the jeweler’s art. Gloria Pagano, I
secretary at Chicago’s Natural History Museum holds 73 pieces of their fossilized bones that
have been cut and polished for milady.
Varsity Team Meets.
Season’s First Loss
All Star Little League
Team Scheduled to
Play E. City
The Varsity Club was finally
defeated in last week’s Little
League play. The Lions Club
did the trick. It was a fine vic
tory for the Lions. Ronnie
Rountree was the winning
pitcher and the losing pitcher
was David Holton.
A fifteen member team pick-
I ed from all four ball clubs in
the Little League will play two
’ games with the Little League
team from Elizabeth City The
game in Edenton will be played
Friday afternoon, July 3J, at
o’clock at the- -Little League
field.
The boys are really looking
forward to this game. It is
hoped that a large number of
fans will turn out to support
this team.
The regular Little League j
schedule has been extended. |
The final game of the regular I
season will be played August 11.
Following the regular schedule
on August 13, the all-star game
will be played. Immediately
following this game a weiner
roast will be given* Anyone in
terested in helping with this
wiener roast should contact
Charlie Swanner or Coach Bill
Hardison.
Standing of Teams
W. L. Pot.
Varsity 9 1 .900
Lions 6 3 .667
Jaycees 3 7 .300
Rotary 2 9 .181
The ten leading batters in the
Little League follow:
Ab. H. Pet. |
Bill-Cozart 23 ‘l2 .521
Ronnie Rountree 37 18 .486 ;
Perry Byrum 23 10 .435 j
Michael Smith 53 22 .415
Phil Harrell 29 10 .345 !
Melvin Barnett 40 11 .275 j
Bill Mitchener ...50 13 .260
Surell Ambrose 46 11 .239
David Holton 41 9 .220
Charles Swanner 52 11 .212
In the past week the Pony
League defeated the Elizabeth
City Boys’ Club two times-. The
score for the game played in
Elizabeth City was 5-2 in favor
of Edenton and the game at
Edenton was won by a score of
10-6. Another game has been
scheduled for the Pony League.
The game is scheduled with a
group of boys from Rocky
Hock. It will be played Satur
day afternoon, August 1, at 3
o’clock.
Revival At Yeopim
Church August 10-16
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The Rev. A. J. McClelland,
pastor of the Yeopim. Baptist
church, announces that revival
services will begin at the church
Monday, August 10, and will
continue through Sunday, Au
gust 16.
L The Rev. A J. Eure, pastor
|of the Coinjock Baptist Churdh,
will- be the guest evangelist.
UrHV-ial tni.aie will be featured
j b neighboring church Sfcr
Charlie Small Leaves Friday
I For Week’s Conditioning For
East-West Game August 7
Edenton’s Aces have again
been honored by having a rep-,
resentative in the annual East-
West all-star football game
which will be played in Greens
boro Friday night, August 7.
Edenton’s representative this
year will be' Charlie Small, out
standing center for the Aces.
He will leave Friday for Greens
boro to participate in a week’s
practice before the game. He
will be accompanied by Tuck
Blanchard, outstanding player for
the Elizabeth City Yellow Jac
kets.
Co-coaches, for the East team
are Pete Carr of Clinton and
Bill Entslej of Rockingham., The
West coaches’"are Gus PurCe'l of
Myers Park and Ed Edmiston of
Kannapolis.
The West boasts a pair of
halfbacks who scored 44 touch
downs between them. They are
Mack Leggett of Asheboro, a
solid constructed 185-pounder,
who weaved his way to 24 touch
; downs last fall as the Blue Com
ets went through an undefeated
season by smashing down 12 foes
by tremendous scores. Leggett
accounted for 1.404 yards, scor
ing anywhere from 86 yards on
down.
The other half of the remark
able pair comes from Brevard,
stomping grounds of 180-pound
Cecil Lowery who ran through
and around opposition often
enough to score 20 touchdowns.
He also sparkled in the Shrine
Bowl contest; picking up 117'
yards, scoring once While setting)
up another touchdown. ,
Mike Clark of Canton, Richard.
Kemp of High Point and Gas-,
tonia’s Darryl Conrad are other)
talented halfbacks. !
Gale Street CM
Revival Aug. 2 To 9
The Rev. D. W. Lamb
Os Suffolk Visiting
Evangelist
Revival services will begin at
the Gale Street Baptist Church
Sunday night, August 2, at 7:30
o’clock and wilt continue through
the Sunday morning service
August 9, at 11 o’clock.
The Rev. William Bembry will
deliver the opening message of
tihe revival Sunday night and
from Monday night, August 3,
through Friday night, August 7,
the evangelist will be the Rev.
D. W. Lamb, pastor of the Met
ropolitan Baptist Church of
Suffolk, Va. Services will be
gin each night at 7:30 o’clock.
At the morning service at 11
o’clock on Sunday, August 9,
Dr. C. M. Cofield 'of Enfield,
N. C., will deliver the closing
message of the revival.
The public is cordially invit
ed to attend all of the services.
COMMISSIONERS MEET
Chowan County Commissron-
For power up the middle
(bruisers like Wally Dunham of
I Winston-Salem Reynolds, Barry
Ramsay of Marion and Jimmy
■King of Charlotte Harding will
be on hand.
However, the East is not with
out a formidable collection of of
fensive weapons, Carr and Euts
ler pointing with pride to per
formances turned in by their set
of backs.
Break-away ace Eddie Robin
son of Wilson, 175-pound half
back, rang up 18 touchdowns.
Rockingham’s Ed Thrower passed
even that figure, the hard run
ner pacing his club into tjie
state'" AA. finals.'"' Williamston’s
1 Billy Thrower scored so many
TD’s he lost count of them, his
team winning AA-G honors.
Jimmy Addison of Durham
rates with the best. “Without
a doubt Jimmy in the finest high
school back I’ve ever seen,” Dur
ham Coach Winston Siegfried
says. “He’s a great runner who
picks his holes and takes advan
tage of tremendous speed when
ever he needs it to break loose.”
Another gifted halfback on the
East 9quad is 175-pound Donnie
Frederick of Goldsboro, a boy
who finished up with 10 touch
downs on a weak team. But
that didn’t prevent the star from
averaging almost five yards a
1 carry.
Grover Smith of Wadcsboro
brings along a top notch record,
' too. And it would be hard to
| find two more capable huskies
,to handle fullback chores than
! Jimmy Mooring of Rocky Mount j
and Joe McLamb cf Clinton.'
| Mooring tips the scales at 210
i pounds, itocLamb at 188.
Nice Piece Os Police
Work By Edenton Cop
Another nifty piece of police
work was done by Edenton po
lice early Thursday morning i
when Patrolman W. F. Miller
arrested Owen Chess Smithy, 24-
year-old white man.
At about 2 o’clock Patrolman
Miller stopped a car to check
the driver’s license, and found
Smithy’s license had expired
over a year ago. He was ar- j
rested and at 2:30 a call came
from the Highway Patrol to be
on the lookout for a two-tone
1953 Pontiac with Michigan li
cense.
Smithy was wanted bv the
Washington, N. C., police for
skipping a motel bill and was
turned over to the Washington
police, but must also face a
charge of driving without a
proper drivers license.
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SUMMER SESSION OF
CHURCH SCHOOL CLOSES
The very successful Episcopal
Church School for summer un
der the theme, “Symbols of the
Church” ended Sunday, July 26.
The Church School will not
meet during the month of Aug
ust. September 13, Rally Day,
the Seabury Series will be in
troduced and additional classes
will be added.
The only service Sunday,
August *, will be morning prayer
I conducted at 10 o’clock
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U.S. Savings Bonds!
Sales During June
AmountTos2,Bßl.ss
County Buys 33.9 Per
Cent of $117,300 Quo
ta During First Six
Months
Richard Atkinson, volunteer
U. S. Savings Bonds Chairman
I
for Chowan County, repoifs that;
sales in Chowan County for the
month of June were $2,881.55.
The county's sales for the year
amount to $39,713.50. This rep
resents 33.9 per cent of the coun
ty’s quota for 1959, which is'
$117,300.
E & H Savings Bonds sales in
| North Carolina during June were'
| $3,733,156.90. This brings the|
I state’s total sales for the first
! six months of this year to $23,-
_ 793,342.02.
Cumulative sales for January-j
June represent 46.6% of the
state’s 1959 sales quota of ssl
million dollars.
New Books At
Local Library
j
The following is a lint of new
and recent books now available
at the Shepard-Pruden Memorial
Library:
Books for Juvenile Readers
Bell, Captain Ghost; McLeod.
Clancy’s Witch; Sampson, Miss
Minerva on the Old Plantation;
Stolz, Second Nature; Nielsen,
Walk Under the Trees; Ogilvie,
How Wide the Heart.
Books For Adult Readers
Basso, The Light Infantry!
Ball; Shute, Rainbow and Rose;
Smith, Confessions of Mrs.
Smith; Trevor, The Pillars of
Midnight; O’Neal, Hagar; Smith,
Mrs. Plum and- Pennyj
Barr, Epitaph f'V ar. Enemy;
Rayner, Valor; Atkinson, What
Dr. Spock Didn't Tell Us; Ruth,
The Babe And I; McCraig, Wild
Justice; Street, Ingrid Bergman;
Conant, The American High
School Today; Thomas, The Van
ishing Evangelist; Mason, The
Young Titan; Fletcher, Pay, Pack
and Follow; Goudge, My God
and My All; Loring, With This
Ring; Douglas, My Brother Was
An Only Child; Eliot, The Elder
Statesman; Martin, The Third
Statue; Usher, Brothers and Sis
ters Have I None; Bristow, Celia
Garth; Bailey, Making Progress;
'Armstrong, DUO; Vatsek, This
'Fiery Night; Spark, Memento
(Mori; vanGuik, The Chinese Bell
Murders; Overstreet, What We
Must Know About Communist;
Hunter, A Matter of Conviction.
W. J. Taylor Is Named
Lions Zone Chairman
Don Glisson of Nashville, gov
ernor of Lions District 311-J, has
announced the appointment ofj
four deputy governors to head !
the district’s four regions during'
the current year which began j
July 1. They are Ray Hollowell
j of Camden, Region I; B. G. Ste
wart of Williamston, Region II;
J. P. Spencer of Seaboard, Reg
ion . 111, and Thelbert D. Boy
kih of Bailey, Region IV.
Serving under each deputy
governor will be two zone chair
men. Glisson appointed John
Biggers of Hertford and Hugh I
! Jones of Ahoskie to serve under j
Hollowell, W. J. Taylor of Eden
ton and Jack Wallace of Bath
for Stewart’s Region, Kenneth
Brantley of Davie and H. M.
Bunn of Whitakers for Spenier’s
Region, and Henry Odom of
Rocky Mount and Norfleet Sugg
of Pinetops for Boykin’s Region.
Glisson also announred the ap
pointment of D. R. Branham of
Spring Hope as district director
of the White Cane Drive, Ralph
White of Colerain as chairman
of the membership development
committee and Ronald Braswell
of Nashville as cabinet secretary.
Hosnital Auxiliary
Helps Blood Bank
On the recent emergency drive
to save the Wood program of
Chowan County, the Chowan
Hospital Auxiliary donated SIOO
to make up Hie difference col
lected to save this program for
our citinna at this county.
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Shepard - Pruden
Library Circulation
11,734 For Year
Bonner Is Praised
For Nuclear Ship
ICalled “Father of the
New Nuclear Ship
Savannah”
Representative Thor C. Tollef
!son (R-Wash.), ranking minority
j member of the House Commit
| tee on Merchant Marine and
Fisheries, made a statement on
i the floor of the House of Repre
sentatives on July 20, in which
he termed Representative Her
bert C. Bonner (D-N.C.), Chair j
man of the Merchant Marine j
| Committee, the father of the I
nuclear ship SAVANNAH re
cently launched. Mr. TollefoOn’s
remarks are as follows;
“Mr. Speaker, the world’s first
nuclear-powered cargo-passenger
vessel, the nuclear ship SAVAN
NAH, will be launched tomor
row at the New York Shipbuild
ing Corp., yard in Camden, N. J.
The sponsor will be Mrs. Dwight
D. Eisenhower.
“Several persons will have
played important parts in bring-!
ing this ship into being. All are -
entitled to much credit. None,,
however, is entitled to more!
credit than is the distinguished j
gentleman from North Carolina,!
the Honorable Herbert Bonner,
Chairman of the House Com-1
mittee on Merchant Marine and
| Fisheries. He can rightly be
called the ‘father of the nuclear!
ship SAVANNAH'.
“It was his proposal which!
authorized the construction of
the vessel and which was en-1
acted into lav. fi was his idea
that the ship should be a cargo-'
passenger vessel, and not simply j
a show boat for demonstration
purposes.
“It was his t'hbught that a j
cargo-passenger vessel could be
used not only to demonstrate the
peacetime use of nuclear power, i
but could also be practically em
ployed in carrying cargo and!
passengers to and from foreign:
ports.
“Congressman Bonner was,
charged with the responsibility
of convincing both Congress and!
the appropriate administrative]
agencies that his proposal was)
sound. This he did despite vig-j
orous opposition. The vessel has
now been constructed. Within a|
short time it will be put into
actual operation. Eventually, it
Continued on Page 2—Section I
SECOND DEGREE TONIGHT
AT MASONIC MEETING
Ernest J. Ward, Jr., master of j
Unanimity Lodge No. 7. A. F. !
& A. M., announces that an
! emergent communication of the!
! lodge will be held tonigh t j
| (Thursday) at 7:30 o’clock. The
purpose of this meeting is to!
' confer the second degree, so
that a large attendance is de
sired.
MOVES OFFICE
R. Elton Forehand has moved
his insurance and real estate of
fice from West King Street to
the Parrish building on South
i Broad Street. His attractive of
fice is now located in the build
ing formerly occupied by the
late Ernest J. Ward’s barber
shop.
j Legion And Auxiliary Officers
’ Installed By Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt
C Officers for Ed Bond Post No.
r 40 of the American Legion and
j the Legion Auxiliary were offi
-1 cially installed at a joint meet
t ing of the two organizations held!
j Tuesday night of last week at
the Legion building.
Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt, immedi- 1
ate past Department president of
the American Legion Auxiliary,
[ acted as installation officer for
both groups.
* The officers installed were:
f Legion
■> Commander, David White; vice
5 oommander, Robert C Powell;
- finance officer, R. E. Lejuy;. ad-.
r jutant, Perry; chaplain,!
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Report Reveals 211
New Patrons De-
I spite Closing of Ma
rine Base
The circulation for Shepard-
Pruden Memorial Library was
11,734 for the fiscal year 1958-
1959. This is a drop of only
800 from the previous vear when
the circulation was 12,572. The
closing of the Marine Base has
affected the library as it has
the entire economy of this area.
Two hundred forty-one adult
registrants and 72 juvenile were
withdrawn this last year and
most were connected with the
local base. However, 211 new
1 patrons have registered, 102
j adults and 109 juvenile. This li
brary’s reference and research
materials are being used as evi
denced by the fact that 300 adult
and 145 juvenile inquiries were
answered. Magazines circulate
the same as books. This year
270 adults and 50 juvenile maga
zines were checked out.
Circulations for the last sev
eral years are as follows:
1958-59 11,734
1957-28 12,572
1956-57 12,072
j 1955-56 8,088
1 1954-55 6,229
(1953-54 ...... 6,420
' 1952-53 4.468
J The Pettigrew Regional Library
of which Shepard-Pruden Li
brary if, a part, was organized
October 1, 1955. In a region,
more books are available which
; accounts for increased circula
tions in the last several years.
Circulation for Brown Carver
Library for the fiscal year 1958-
59 was a$ follows: 12,547.
This library is the only unit
'of the Pettigrew Regional Li
jhrary, consisting of Chowan.
Tyrrell and Washington counties,
1 where more non-fiction is read
'than fiction. Its reference ma
terials arc used extensively and
a new set of encyclopedias will
Ibe added this year as well as
! other needed reference books.
Hours are: Monday through
Friday from 5 to 8 P. M.
I CIVIC CALENDAR
jv
A Dublic hearing will be held
I by the Zoning Commission and
j Town Council Tuesday night,
! August 11, at 8 o'clock in the
Municipal building to consider
zoning of the newly annexed
area on U. S. Highway 17 north.
The Rev. Frank Cale of South
Boston, Va.. will preach at the
Rocky Hock Church Sunday, Au
gust 2, at 11 A. M„ and 8 P. M.
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 Tuesday, Septi'.r.-
ber 1.
Revival services will be held
at the Whiteville Grove Baptist
Church at Belvidere from Sun
day morning, August 2, at 11
o'clock through Saturday night,
August 8. Services will be held
[j each night at. 8 o'clock,
i An all-star team from the
. Little League will play an
i Elizabeth City Little League
team Friday afternoon, July 31,
at 2 o'clock on the Little League
■! diamond.
■ 1 A wool referendum will b«
Continued on Page 4—Section 1
Auxiliary
Mrs. J. Paul Holoman, presi
dent; Mrs. Gene Perry, vice
president; Mrs. R. E. Leary, re
! cording secretary; Mrs. David
| White, corresponding secretary;
I Mrs. Mack Rogerson, chaplain;
Mrs. W. A. Perry, sergeant-at
arms; Mrs. Carroll Byrum, his
torian.
Following the installation cere
mony a social hour was enjoyed.
The Auxiliary *has purchased
1 a wheelchair to be tfced by any
veteran in Giowan County or
members of his family. The
(chair is now being-wgd by the
, wife of a veteran _ , ,
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