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CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXVl,—Number 36.
Opinion Express* At Public!
Hearing Favors 1 bet ion Os
Fire Station Furubr North
Sentiment Also Leans
Toward Keeping the
Municipal Building
At Present Location
In the neighborhood of 35 peo
ple attended a public hearing
Tuesday night in the Municipal
Building which was called by
Town Council to learn sentiment
regarding the erection of a Mu- [
nicipal Building. Previously,
Town Councilmen were consid
ering remodeling the building at
the foot of Broad . Street, but
some objection was registered on
the part of citizens, so that the
public hearing was called in or
der to get a cross section of
sentiment.
Many at the meeting express
ed their views and predominant
ly the expressions favored build
ing a new fire station somewhere
out of the congested business
section and remodel the present
Municipal Building to take care
of the town business.
Following the meeting Town
Councilmen continued in session
to consider the project. The
principal factor in proposal
to provide a more adequate Mu
nicipal Building and fire station
is to find funds to do the work.
Previously the Board of Public
Works said in the neighborhood
of $31,000 was available to re
model the building - at the foot
of Broad Street for a Municipal
Building and change the present
Municipal Building into 'a fire
station. Now. however, the |
Board of Public Works is faced
with large outlays, so that the
financial aspect has greatly
changed. The Finance Commit-,
tee of Town Council was in
structed to confer- with the
Board of Public Works to learn
if and how much money was
available fbr making irtl*j
prOvefnCnts.
William Fuller was the first
to speak at the meeting.' He
said Town Council has a tre-!
mendous responsibility, for What
is done now will affect the pres
ent and future generations. He
pointed out that two major as
sets are the waterfront and his-
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P. O, CLOSED MONDAY
Edenton’s Post Office will be
closed on Labor Day, Monday,
September 7. No windows will
be open and there wifi be no
City or rural mail deliveries.
Mail will, of course, be dispateh
ied as usual and also be deposit
ed in the Post. Office boxes.
The lobby will be open all day
and stamps may be secured from
the stamp machine in the lobby.
Constitution Week Scheduled
„ To Be Observed Sept. 17 To 23
The Edenton Tea Party Chap
ter, D.A.R., under the chairman
ship of Mrs. N. K. Rowell, is
sponsoring again the celebration
of (institution' Week, commem
orating the signing of the Fed
eral Constitution, September 17,
1787.
The cooperation of the entire
community is requested, particu
larly the churches, the schools,
merchants, the various service or
ganisations and representative
Governor Calls
Election For T
L. S. Bynim, Chairman of the
Chowan County Board of Elec
tions, calls attention to a spe
cial statewide bond - flection
October. 27.
T!he special eloctioii
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Dr. J. Leo Green Will Preach
At Baptist Church Next Sunday
Dr. J. Leo Green, professor of
Old Testament at the South
eastern Baptist Theological
Seminary at Wake Forest, is to
be the guest preacher at the
Edenton Baptist Church for both
worship services Sunday, Sep
tember 6.
Besides his preaching and
teaching background, Dr. Green
has been very active through
out the Southern Baptist Con
vention in evangelistic work, re
ligious focuses at Baptist col
leges and Baptist assemblies.
New Books At
Local Library
The Shepard-Pruden Memorial
Library has recently received a
1959 set of the encyclopedia
“Book of Knowledge/’ Each vol
ume is fully and beautifully il
lustrated and up-to-date. Boys
and girls in all elementary
grades will find each volume
very useful.
The library has also received
a list of new books suitable for
kindergarten, juvenile 'and adult
reading.
Easy And Juvenile Books
Langstaff, Over in the Mea
dow; Turner, When It Rained
Cats and Dogs; Politi, The But
terflies Come; Dalgliesh, The 4th
of July Story; Lenski, Davy and
His Dog; Henki.ns, Stonewall’s
Courier; Icerthower, First Book
of Submarines; Epstein, All
About, the Desert; Contort, J.
Edgar Hoover, modem knight er
rant; Grimm, 'the Musicians of
Bremen; Lovelace, Betsy Was a
Junior; Spbare,' The Witch of
Blackbird Pond; Brooke, The
■Three Bears; Brooke, Tom
Thumb; Brooke, The Man in the
Moon; Stolz, Ready or Not; Stolz,
Because of Madeline; Shaler,
Continued on Page 2—Section 1
Better Menus
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Hiram J. Mayo, principal of
the John A. Holmes High School,
is urging more participation this
year in the school's lunch room.
He says the memos will show
considerable improvement over
previous ones and hopes more
students will patronize the lunch
room.
The menus for the week of
September 7-11 appears else
where in this issue of The
Herald.
members of the community.
During the week, September
17th to 23rd, inclusive, it is plan
ned to have speakers each day
on different phases of the Con
stitution. There will be special
displays during the week in the
different stores.
It is expected that each citi
zen and the various business in
terests will' display the U. S.
flag each day, whether it be a
48, 49 Or 50 star flag.
Statewide Bond
uesday, Oct. 27
urday, October 3 at 9 o’clock at
I the various polling places and
| remain open until sunset on Sat
urday, October 17. Registrars in
the county will be required to
be a* their polling places to reg
| utter voters on the three Sat
urdays of October' 3, 10 and 17.
j Mr. Byrum points out that this
is not a special registration, so
! that an persons who are now
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 3, 1959.
Dr. 'Green has also supplied the
Edenton pulpit on a number of
previous occasions and is well
known to JSdenton audiences.
The public is cordially invited
to hear him at the 11 o’clock
morning worship service and at
the 7:30 o'clock evening worship
service.
The pastor, the Rev. R. N.
Carroll, is scheduled to return
from his vacation and to preach
the following Sunday, Septem
ber 13.
Fishing Contest
Over Week-end
Members of the Chamber of
Commerce Tourist and Recrea
tion Committee are keeping their
fingers crossed hoping that lo
cal conditions will improve for
the fishing contest scheduled for
Labor Day week-end, .Septem
ber 5-7. Hot weather has sent
most fish to the cool bottom
waters where anglers cannot dis
turb them.
Chairman Joe Thorud said
cooler weather would reactivate
both the fish and the fishermen.
Some good catches of white
perch, bream and crappie have
been reported, but rockfish are
scarce.
The committee has lined up
some excellent prizes for the
heaviest bream, largemouth bass,
crappie, rockfish and white
perch caught during the 3-day
contest. Prizes were contributed
bv Byrum Hardware, Edenton
Marina, Edenton Restaurant,
Hughes-Parker Hardware and
Western Auto Store.
Visiting Preacher At
Rocky Hock Sunday
The Rev. Edmund Ellis of
Newport News will preach at the
Rocky Hock Baptist Church next
Sunday, September 6. Services
will be held at 11 A. M., and
8 P. M.
Mr. Ellis is a native of Chowan
County and it is hoped large con
gregations will turn out to hear
him.
Sports Specialties
New Ekienton Store
Announcement of a new store
in Edenton is made this week 1
with the grand opening of Sports,
Specialties. The new store is lo
cated at 810 North Broad Street)
in the building formerly used by
Percy Dail and Harrell Oil Com
pany. The building has been
completely renovated 'and has a
complete line of merchandise, in
cluding the latest women’s
sportswear.
The store is owned by Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Hess. Mr. Hess was
a sergeant at the Edenton Ma
rine Corps. Air Station in 1948
and served here three years.
His wife is the former Mary
Alice Hughes of Merry- Hill.
Both cordially invite the general
1 public to attend the grand open
ing of the new store Tuesday,
September 8.
CLOSED LABOR DAY
Edenton Savings and Loan As
sociation will be cjosed Mon
day, September 7, in observance
of Labor Day. Transactions
Should, therefore, be attended to
, accordingly.
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Edenton Aces will open the (
1959 footbell season Friday,
night, September 4, when they|
I Hicks FUUd at 8 o'clock. j
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Buys First Soil Conservation Stamps j
g 'w|
L. C. Bunch, right, chairman of the Albemarle Soil Con
servation District, is shown purchasing the first postage stamps
honoring soil conservation from Postmaster J. L. Chestnut! of
Edenton. The 4-cent postage stamp went on sale at all post
offices on August 27, after being issued on August 26 at the
Rapid City, South Dakota, post office in conjunction with the
national meeting of the Soil Conservation Society of America.
"First-day" covers were purchased by the Albemarle Soil Con
servation District and given to friends.
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Buys First Soil Conservation Stamps j
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L. C. Bunch, right, chairman of the Albemarle Soil Con
servation District, is shown purchasing the first postage stamps
honoring soil conservation from Postmaster J. L. Chestnut! of
Edenton. The 4-cent postage stamp went on sale at all post
offices on August 27, after being issued on August 26 at the
Rapid City, South Dakota, post office in conjunction with the
national meeting of the Soil Conservation Society of America.
"First-day" covers were purchased by the Albemarle Soil Con
servation District and given to friends.
Edenton Aces Open
’59 Football Season
With Camden Fri.
Coach Bill Billings Re
leases Probable Line
up For First Game of
Season j
With a great deal of hard j
practice over the dam, Eden-1
ton’s Aces are putting on the’
finishing touches for opening!
the 1959 football season Friday |
night on Hicks Field.
The Aces will have as their
opponent the Camden Rebels,
who the Aces defeated last
season 31 to 19 for the district
championship. Camden is re
ported to have another hard
fighting squad and it will al’Jso 1
be their first game of the sea-1
son.
The Aces were in full dress j
Monday night when pictures 1
were taken, after which Coach:
Bill Billings had them practice'
a number of the plays which
are calculated to bring victory
to the Aces this season. The
boys, with the exception of Bud
Parker, who has an injured
knee, are in good physical con-1
dition and, barring any further!
injuries, the Aces should be
ready to demonstrate their 1959
wares.
The band and majorettes have 1
also been strenuously drilled by I
Band Director Derwood Bray, so!
that this department of the grid
iron battle will ’also be ready to;
provide entertainment and en
joyment for the many fans ex
pected to be on hand for the
opening game.
While Coach Billings is likely
to try out quite a few boys dur
ing the' game, the probable
starting lineup will be:
Ends, Fred Britton and John
ny Phillips; tackles, Donald
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OFFICES CLOSED MONDAY
Town and County offices will
be closed all day Monday, Sep
tember 7, in observance of La
bor Day. 111086 who have im
portant business to transact [
should act accordingly. 1
LABOR DAY MESSAGE
By Frank Crane, Commissioner of Labor
I am proud to salute the work
ing men and women of North :
Carolina on this Labor Day—
September 7, 1959. ■
I take pride in the enduring ,
contributions which Tar Heel ;
workers-have made to the pros- ■
perity and progress of our State.
Their efforts have been instru
j mental in effecting great im- ,
I provements in wages and work
| ing conditions. Their active phr
| ticipation in civic, social, religi
|ous and political affairs has im-l
parted balance and Stability • to>
the structure of the bodv poli-j
tic. Labor’s role in building a
better and happier future for the \
people of our wonderful State rs\
j- ♦ , t ilr valup j
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j New Concern ]
' A new local industry this week
j announced that it is ready for
: business and solicits the pairon
j age of farmers in Chowan and
! adjoining counties.
I The new concern will be
! known as the Colonial Potato
' Company, located at the plant
of the Home Feed & Fertilizer
I Company on West Carteret
1 Street, operated under the direc
tion of Heywood Jones arid Gil
liam Wood.
A modern sweet potato curing
house has been erected which
j has a capacity for 30.000 bushels
of sweet potatoes. Custom grad
j ing and pack : ng will be a sea
! lure of the new concern and bas-
I kets will also be for sale.
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Javcee Road Block
Operated On Friday j
As previously announced, the
Edenton .Junior Chamber of
I Commerce will sponsor a road
i block Friday afternoon, Septem
ber 7, from 2 to 6 o’clock on
U. S. 17 near the American
Legion grounds. David White.
! Chairman of the oroject, re-)
I quests all Javcees to turn out
'and participate in the road
block. They will also be Etssist
-led by highway patrolmen, who
will pass out folders on safety
driving.
Jaycees will distribute attrac
tive brochures about Edenton
and will furnish soft drinks to
the motorists, which will be fur
nished free by the Barrow
Bottling Works.
The project is in the interest
of safe driving and curtailment
of accidents over the long Labor
Day week-end.
VFW MEETS TUESDAY
William H. Coffield, Jr., Post
No. 9280, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, will meet Tuesday night,
September 8, at 8 o’clock. Com
mander John Bass urges all
Members to attend.
pie of North Carolina on the
move and going places.
The State’s industrial labor
has increased at an annual rate
of 24,000 during the past ten
years. This phenomenal increase
shows no sign of slowing down.
Recessions in business have caus
ed some unemployment and tem
porary setbacks but Tar Heel la
bor has recovered rapidly from
each downturn in the economy.
Ten years ago, in 1949, a total
lof 852,000 people were employed
tin non-farm work in North Gar
! olina. Now there are 1,095.000
'persons so employed. The eeon
!omy of the State has gained
1 243.000 workers during fee pas*
One of fee main reason for,
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Edenton C. Os C.
Sending Out New
Style Os Bulletin
“What’s New?” Title I
Os Monthly Release
For Information of
Chamber Members
A new bulletin, “What’s New?”
for members of the Edenton
Chamber of Commerce made its
first appearance this week under
the direction of Harry Smith,
executive vice president.
The bulletin will be published
monthly under auspices of the
Advertising and Promotion Com
mittee and will contain news and
activities of various committees
cf the Chamber of Commerce,
discuss projects under way and
have other items of interest.
The bulletin is named for the
question most asked of the
Chamber's executive vice presi
dent, Harry Smith. Jr. “The
committee thought the greeting
‘what’s new’ is most appropriate
as a title for the new member
ship bulletin,” Smith said.
President John W. Graham
congratulated the committee for
introducing “What’s New?”. “It
is another service for our mem
bers which will afford an ex
change of ideas and keep them
informed on current activities. I
; look forward to receiving future
issues,” said Graham.
Baptist Convention
At Rocky Hock
Church Sept. 7th
Plans have been completed for
a regional convention of Baptist
Sunday School ileaders which
will be held, in, the Rocky Hock
Baptist Church Monday after
noon and night, September 7.
The convention will begin a
session at 2 o’clock and con
tinue until 5:30 o’clock. The
night program will begin at 7
o’clock and adjourn at 9:15
o’clock. The host church will
serve supper at a nominal cost.
Several hundred Baptist Sun
day School leaders are expected
to attend.
The featured speaker will be;
Dr. Douglas M. Branch, general!
secretary-treasurer of the Bap-
I tist State Convention.
Special emphasis will be giv-j
en to the new Church Study
Course for Teaching and Train-!
ing, the Bible Survey Plan and
new materials for the various
age groups. Departmental con
ferences will also be held in
connection with the convention.
Pastors, Sunday School: super
intendents, educational directors
and Sunday School officers and
teachers are especially urged to
attend the convention.
C. Os C. Election
For New Directors
The Edenton Chamber of Com
merce fiscal year will end Sep
tember 30 and in accordance
with the by-laws annual elec
tions of directors will be held
not later than September 25.
President John W. Graham
will appoint a nominating com
mittee to nominate 12 candidates.
Ballots and election procedures
will be mailed to members for
voting. The six candidates re
ceiving the most votes will serve
as directors for two years. The
full board of directors elects the
president and other officers.
In the meantime members
should think of possible candi
dates to recommend to the nom
inating committee as soon as it is
appointed.
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20 Years Ago
As Found in the FUm of j
The Chowan Herald
A 1
Postmaster C. E. Kramer re
ported that a district meeting of
the North Carolina Association
of Postmasters would bo held in
Edenton on September 9.
On an unofficial visit to Eden
ton Governor Jaxne« H. Price of
Virginia wot honored by being
matte an honorary ert'aen of
Edenton. whit* he graciously ac
cepted. The honor waa cente
red by Mayor J. H. McMullen.
Though faced with a delega-
Bon to of pnatog.
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
Membership Drive
For Farm Bureau Is
Now In Full Swing
Plans Progressing
For Seabrook Plant
i
Building On Indus
trial Site to Cost
$150,000
Plans to construct a new plant
at Edenton for the Seabrook!
Blanching Corporation are pro
gressing rapidly. Bids for the
building are being obtained, fi
nancing details and legal papers'
are in process for action this;
week. Seabrook officials plan'
to return to Edenton the middle!
of the week to launch the con
struction program.
The plant will be erected by
the Seabrook Blanching Corp., I
on seven acres of land owned j
by the Edenton Development'
Corporation on U. S. 17 north.
It will be financed by a first-!
mortgage loan from the Business 1
Development Corporation of N. |
C. t and by local participation. It:
is estimated to cost approximate- j
ly $150,000.
Revival In Progress
At Center Hill Church
Revival services began at the
Center Hill Baptist Church Sun
day morning and will continue
each night during the remainder
of the week. Special music is
provided at each sendee which
begins at 8 P. M.
The guest evangelist is the'
Rev. Charles Howard, former;
teacher of Bible at Campbell
College, Buies Creek, N. C. This
is Mr. Howard’s 955th revival
durine his 40 years of preach
ing. The Rev. Henry V. Napier,
pastor of the church, invites the
public to attend.
Broom Sale
v A,\
Edenton Jaycees will sponsor'
a broom sale tonight (Thursday):
beginning at 6 o'clock. The Jay
cees will make a house-to-house,
canvass and hope many people
will buy brooms to help raise
funds for worthy projects.
AI Owens is chairman of the
broom sale committee.
Conservation Reserve Signup
Now In Progress In Chowan
Signup under the 1960 Con
servation Reserve Program is
now in progress in Chowan
County and will be until the
deadline September. A. C. Grif
fin. Chairman of the Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
County Committee, cautions Cho
wan farmers that if they do not
visit their ASC county office be
before the September 10 deadline
and request that maximum pay- i
ment rates be set up for the
SCHOOL SAFETY
GEORGE B. HOLMES. PTA Safety Committee Chairman
Do you have a bicycle and use it to ride to school every
day?
Then you are the one I want to have a friendly little
talk with today as a part of my “School Safety” series.
I think it is fine if you live some distance from the school
building and want your own transportation handy. If it is
necessary* to ride your bicycle, be sure that it is always in
I good condition, equipped with brakes that work and a light
and reflector for after dark. You might take twenty-five
cents and register your bicycle with the Police Department
| and secure a license plate for your owtr protection. Why
not write down your serial number and ask Dad to put it
' in his files?
Most fellas who ride bicycles to school would be better
off if they didn’t. I know several who ride one block when
a short walk would do them more good, they wouldn’t have
to leave their bicycle out all day, and that would be one
less bicycle on the street when the crowd lets out after
school. Think it over!
When riding your bicycle, obey all traffic rules, includ
ing proper hand turns. When on the sidewalk, walk beside
your bicycle. This is being a gentleman and considerate*©! i
other children. When in doubt about traffic rules, aafafta J
friendly policeman.
Good riding, but better yet “walk this year to schdlF j
FIGHT CANCER •
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK . |
;Benbury Wood, Presi
» dent, Emphasized the
J Importance of Pow
j erful Organization
The Chowan County Farm
| Bureau annual membership
drive is in full swing this week,
| according to Benbury Wood,
j president.
; j Home Demonstration Clubs
; are sponsoring l the drive in each
.! community and members of
, these clubs will contact every
household in the community.
,i The drive started Wednesday of
this week and will continue for
L | one week, according to Presi
.■ dent Wood.
In addition to the Home Dem
j onstration Club members, a
man has been appointed to help
j with the drive in each com
, munity.
“An annual fish fry will be
held for all 1959-60 members
l within a few weeks after the
completion of the membership
; drive.” states Mr. Wood.
A farmers may ask “Why
i should I pay $5.00 to join the
| Farm Bureau?” Many reasons
| for joining can be given, but
j the best one is that the Farm
! Bureau is representing and
fighting for the farmer’s inter
est. Labor, business, industry
and capital have their own spe
cial groups who represent them
in Raleigh and Washington.
Since other groups are organiz
ed to protect their interests and
promote their cause, it is only
logical and important for farm
ers to organize to do the same,
j The voice of one farmer speak
ing alone has no influence. But
the voices of over a mi’v-m
farmers wild are active mem
bers of a farm organization such
as the Farm Bureau are heard
daily across the length and
breadth of the land. In joining
the Chowan County Farm Bu-
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BANK CLOSED MONDAY
The Peoples Bank & Trust
| Company, as well as the Con
j sumer Credit Branch, will be
: closed all day Monday, Septem
ber 7. The closing is due to
, the observance of Labor Day
j September 7. Important bank
ing matters should, therefore, be
transacted accordingly.
land they are considering for re
serve, they Will be ineligible to
participate in the program for
1960. He brought out further
that they do not in any way ob
ligate themselves to participate'
by requesting that these rates be
established.
Filing a request for the infor
mation as to the farm maximum
rate simply indicates an inter
est on the part of the farmer
Continued on Page 3—Section 1