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I Interesting Meeting t Hospital Auxiliary "The recent National Hospital Auxiliary Convention was a 1 most interesting program pre ; at the meeting of the CJhowan Hospital Auxiliary Fri day afternoon. Three members Os the Elizabeth City Hospital ; Auxiliary, Mesdames Benjamin, Brothers and Massey, reported • ihfortnally on the meeting, which proved to be very iiiter fsting. ' Many new ideas were present ed and discussed by the large group of Chowan Hospital Au xiliary . members present. Mrs. J. W. pavis, president, presid ed over the business session during which each committee chairman reported progress. Draperies for the hospital have been completed by Mrs. L. A. Patterson. Mrs. John Wood reported grass seed had lieen planted and Mrs. J. Clar- 1 ence Leary reported the com-1 pletion of operating room covers by the sewing .group. J. M. Thorud stated that the bridge marathon was off >to a fourth successful year. Flow ers for the hospital will be con tributed by members of the Eastern Star Chapter for No vember. Board members of the Hos- ■ pital Auxiliary were recent guests of St. Paul’s Church when Miss Martha Wertz, psy chiatric social wprker of the Mental Health Clinic was speak er. Mrs. John M. Bond related important aspects of this inter esting talk. Members were reminded of the all-important state bond elec tion on Tuesday, October 27. Tep was served by Mrs. Rich ard Hardin and Mrs. Jesse Har rell at the conclusion of the meeting. SOCIETY MEETS T2ye 'Ladies’ Aid Society of Providence Baptist Church met at the home of Mrs. Cleo Blount Monday night, October 12.' The meeting was called to order by the president and opened by singing 6f the hymn “Just As 1 Am.”- Scripture and prayer was conducted by Miss Ellis. After discussing the business part of the meeting, the various committees made their reports, f At least once during the bi iponthly meetings the program committee secures a guest speak er if possible. J. B. Small was the speaker and his subject was “Decisions Determine Destiny.” It was greatly enjoyed by all I present. Remarks were made by Mrs. Mildred Hathaway who is chairman of the program com mittee. The response was by Mrs. O. 3. Charlton. 1 Mrs. Laparde was a guest. Ice cream, cookies, peanuts find candy were served by the hostess. ANjNE JENKINS PRESIDENT OF STAGE AND SCRIPT Miss Anne Jenkins of Kin ston in serving as president of Stage and Script, the dramatics organization on the Atlantic Christian College campus at Wilson^ l Stage and Script will present its first production, “Blood Wed ding”, on November 5 and 6. X 820 ms. of power ' V'\ s j # i« * - , | K A j * ' . ••-Atf Lilliston Mow’Hawk ;feet st 1 teU by— terrific I For TSirif >y >japhews dnd Nieces^^ ‘ iiij PURCHASED AffeK | lAAMitf B«MP[ 111 KkAtxMArfp Pa INCtevea ■ BN< 34£ ■ faj-tefo r 40 ,000,000 Red Men Banquet Tuesday, October 27 Members of Chowan Tribe of Red Men will hold their annual banquet Tuesday night, October 27. The affair will be held this year at the Edenton arfory, be ginning at 7 o’clock. An interesting program is be ing arranged for the occasion arid any members of the Red Men or Degree of Pocahontas who have not secured their tickets are urged to contact Clyde Hollowell at once in order to be assured a plate. f civic calendar] V.. J Continued From Page 1. Section 1 at 7:30 o'clock in the cafeteria of John A. Holmes High School. Dr. Elmo Scoggin, professor of Hebrew at Southeastern Theo logical Seminary at Wake For est, will preach at the Reeky Hock Baptist Church Sunday. October 25, at 11 A. M., and 8 P. M. Mrs. Rachel Ferguson, Exten sion food and nutrition specialist from N. C. State College, will train Home Demonstration Club food and nutrition 1 eiders on "Better Meals For Your Money," Thursday afternoon, October 29, at 2 o'clock at the Advance Community Building. Chowanoke Counc'l No. 54, Degree- of Pocahontas, will meet tonight (Thursday) at 8 .o'clock. Edenton Junior Chamber of Commerce will meet tonight (Thursday) at 7 o'clock .at the Edenton Restaurant. The sophomore class at Cho wan High School wi’l sponsor a teen Harvest Dance in the school's gymnasium Friday night, October 23, beginning at 7:30 o'clock. The Woman's Socieiy of Chris tian Service of the Methodist Church will serve a chicken 1 salad supper Thursday, October 29. from 5 to 6 o'clock. Edenton Chapter of the FHA will sponsor homecoming day at the Edenton-Hertford game Fri day night Fourth annual meeting of dis trict supervisors of the Albe marle, Pamlico, Roanoke-Chowan and Coastal Plain Soil Conser vation Districts will meet in Edenton on Friday, November 20. Homecoming Day will be ob served at the Macedonia Baptist Church Sunday, October 25. with a morning and afternoon service. Homecoming will be observed at the Edenton Colored High School Friday, October 30, when the Hornefs play the Jackson ville Bulldogs. Chowan Tribe of Red Men will hold its annual banquet in the Edenton armory Tuesday night. October 27. at 7 o'clock’. Edenton Rotarians win meet this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 o"clock in the Parish House. Chowan Tribe of Red Men will meet Monday night at 7:30 William H. Coffleld, Jr., Post No. 9280. Veterans of Foreign Wats, will ipaet Tuesday nlgfcJ at • oVOock. Edenton Lions. Club will meet Monday night at 7 o'clock. ■s -T —:- —m ; : The characters and lives of , , . .. 1 .. . , ... . .. - THE CHOWAN HERALD. EDENTON. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 22. 1959. ~ MRS? R? ELTON FOREHAND'S FATHER DIES IN FLORIDA] Dr. John A. Coleman of Plant | City, Florida, died Monday night, i Dr. Coleman was a very pro minent citizen and chairman of the Tampa City and County j School Board. He was also head j of a local medical organization j and a deacon in the Baptist; Church. Funeral services will be held this (Thursday) afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. He is survived by his wife, a daughter, Mrs. R. Elton Fore hand, Jr., of Edenton and a son, John A. Coleman, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Forehand left Tuesday morning to attend the funeral. NATIVE OF EDENTON DIES IN NORFOLK HOSPITAL Abram Bonner, 74, a native of Edenton, died Wednesday morn ing in a Norfolk hospital follow ing a long illness. He was the son of the late John E. and Nan Bond Bonner. Surviving are a* sister, Mrs. W. Ennis Gwynn of Norfolk; three brothers, John E. Bonner, Jr., David V. Bonner and Ernest C. Bonner of Norfolk and sev eral nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be held Friday at 2;30 o’clock in Beaver Hill Cemetery. The Rev. R. N. Carroll, pastor of the Baptist : Church, will officiate. ON SEMINAR Miss Grace Townson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William D. Townson, Jr., will attend a fresh man seminar on “Matters Aca demic” at Salem College, Wins ston-Salem, this week. Dean Ivy M. Hixson will conduct the discussion. There will be two testing periods, one in October and an other at the end of the discus sions on January 15 to determ i ine what the girls have gained and what individual problems are. r 1 Seagrams KMMMISTIUBS CO MW NEW YORK CITY. ftBKD WHISKY. » PROOF. U>% 6KAIM KilTNk SPWITB Plans Are Shaping Up For Big Homecoming Day At Negro School Elaborate plans are now in progress for the annual home coming to be observed at the Edenton Colored High School Friday, October *3O. A parade will be staged about the noon hour which will include many attractive floats as well as sev eral school bands. The feature of the celebration will be a football game with the Edenton Hornets facing the Jacksonville Bulldogs. Chestnutt To Attend Postmasters Meeting Postmaster and Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt will leave Saturday for Washington, D. C., where Mr. Chestnutt will attend the national Postmaster’s Convention which will be held in the May flower Hotel. They plan to re turn to Edenton Sunday, Novem ber 1. Here’s a Stereophonic Portable that’s light and low cost, but performs like a larger set. Two exclusive Golden Voice* speak-' ers, one in each detachable speaker wing. Plays all four speeds. Lightweight tone arm. Dual jeweled styli. Dual stereo amplifier. Separate tone and volume controls. Silver color. Model SFI4 149.95 ♦Trademark of Motorola Inc. WESTERN GAS SERVICE, INC. 204 S. Broad St. Edenton PHONE 3122 Sunday, Oct. 25 Will; Be Homecoming Day! At Macedonia Church . l .. i | i Sunday, October 25, members j' of the Macedonia Baptist Church i! will observe its first Homecom- j ing Day, with special services | planned for the morning and afternoon. i At the 11 o’clock service the' Rev. John L. Pearce, a native of Chowan County but now filling a pulpit in South Carolina, will preach. At the afternoon service the Rev. Bennie Crawford, a former pastor, will be the ’ preacher. Lunch will be served and the ! pastor, the Rev. L. C. Chandler, j as well as members of the con-] gregation, extend a special invi- j tation to all former members to be guests for the occasion. Commissioners’ Proceedings The Board of County Com-1 misaioners held their ’ regular: monthly meeting Monday, Octo ber 5, 1959, at 9 o’clock A. M., I with all members present in-1 eluding W. E. Bond, chairman, J. R. Peele, Dallas Jethro, Jr., C. J. Hollowell and J. Gilliam Wood. The minutes of the previous l meetings were read and approv ed and the following bills or dered paid: H. S. Small, rent, $55.00; Wil liam Mayo, janitor service at Welfare Department, $2.50; Mrs. Hazel S. Elliott, travel for Wel fare Department, $40.60; Norfolk & Carolina Tel. & Tei. Co., ser vices for Welfare Department, $10.25; Edenton Postmaster, ad vance for postage, $10.00; Mitch ener’s Pharmacy, office supplies for Welfare Department, $2.75;! Chowan County Fire District,; temporary loan, $1,500.00; Howe Fire Apparatus Co., th;rd in stallment or fire truck, $1,690.70; Edenton Graded Schools, tem porary loan for school construe- j tion, $13,178.56; District Health ( Dept., vital statistics, $22.50; 1 Thomas G. Burke, janitor, $6.00: District Health Dept., appropri ation for Sept. 1959, $983.77; Orthopedic Clinic, appropriation! for August, 1959, $15.00; H. S. I Small, rent for Deputy Collector of Revenue for August. 1959,! $25.00; Twiddy Insurance & Real Estate, rent for ASC office, | $60.00; Tom H. Shepard, jury fund for Sept, term, $800.00; Howe Fire Apparatus Co., j $95.70; Thomas G. Burke, janitor i service, $12.00; Peoples Bank & Trust Co., withholding tax, $452.40; Margaret S. Raper, court reporter, $141.68; J. L. Chestnutt, Postmaster, $200.00; Peoples Bank & Trust Co., bonds W .VWWWS^V>/VW\^WWWW'^VW\yv New Rambler for '6O - \ / edenton motor co., 1122 North The Compact* Car Broad Street, pledges you the best Ahead by 1Q Yea r S , deal and finest service on the quality compact cars —th beautiful 1960 and 25 Billion, Ramblers. Owner-Driven Miles : 1960 Rambler Custom 4-Door Sedan See how smart, how roomy and how ec onomical a compact car can be! Get the .latest version of the car that holds the NASCAR coast-to-coast fuel economy record for 6-passenger cars: 36.88 MPG with overdrive. Step inside the compact car that has room for six 6-footers. Then drive this beauty and see for yourself how easy it is to turn, park and garage. You’ll know why Rambler has the high est resale value of all low-price cars. New 3-Seat, 5-Door Rambler Station Wagon t ' .Room for the biggest families! 5 big doors for easy entry and exit. No climbing over tailgate or seats to get into third seat, Tailgate is a swing-out fifth door. EDENTON MOTOR CO., NORTH BROAD STREET and coupons, $3,759.38; Tom H. Shepard, CSC, bills of cost Sep- j j temper term Superior Court, j | $424.95; Division of Purchase and] ; Contract, $225.00; Edenton Grad j ed Schools, temporary loan, sl,- 1500.00; Ashley Welding & Ma -1 chine Co., $15.30; Belk-Tyler’s, | $15.12; Byrum Hardware Co., !$3.59; Bertram Byrum, care of! | prisoners, $330.07; Carolina’s 1 Farm Equipment Dealers’ Asso- i . ciation, $4.50; Pauline Calloway,! j Home Economics Agent, $29.10; j Onnie S. Charlton, Home Eco-I namics Agent, $8.73; Coastal Of-] fice Equipment Co., $20.00; Ed- \ ward J- Chappell, $15.00; Thei Chowan Herald, $140.40; Chowan , Hospital, Inc., for indigent pa , tients, $520.64; Eastern North! Carolina Sanatorium, for indi- ! i gent patients, $37.20; Edenton Ice I Co., Inc., $19.65; Edenton Office Supply, $3.50; Earl Goodwin, i Sheriff, bills and services, i $562.53; Edwards & Broughton I Co., $25.55; W. D. Holmes Whole ! sale Grocery, $14.00; Hollowell’s jDrug Store, $2.50; Hughes-Park er Hardware Co., $3.13; Mitchell ’Printing Co., $38.67; Mills Plumbing, $7.80; Fletcher F. Lassiter, county agent, $5.25; K. L. Nixon Co., $9.40; Norfolk ! & Carolina Tel. & Tel. Co., $67.25; The Office Supply Store, 1 $9.52; Chowan County Agricul j tural Agents’ Office, telephone services, $24.25; H. R. Peele, $10.00; Phthisic’s Super Market, | $27.00: W. S. Privott, special at torney’s fees, $150.00; State of N. C. Dept, of Conservation & Development. $229.25; Tom H.i Shepard, CSC services, $43.70: 1 Town of Edenton. E. L. &W. Dept.. $114.04: Twiddy Sign Ser vice, $2 50: Western Gas Service, Inc.. $7.00. On motion of C. J. Hollowell, seconded by Dallas Jethro, Jr., and duly carried that Bertha B. Bunch, Register of Deeds, be authorized to turn over to Sher iff Earl Goodwin the 1959 tax receipts for collection. Total levy, $220,004.60. On motion of J. R, Peele, sec- I onded by J. Gilliam Wood and ; duly carried that the carnival i connected with Chowan County Fair sponsored by the American Legion be exempted from coun ty tax. , On motion of J. Gilliam Wood, I seconded by Dallas Jethro, Jr., ! and duly carried that State Highway Commission be re ! quested to add to the highway | system the back road to the ■ Marine Base near Albemarle I Sound shore known as Sandy Point Farm. Length of road is j approximately .8 mile. On motion of J. R. Peele, sec onded by C. J. Hollowell and duly carried that the plan for ■ lease of 145 acres of County j Home property, exclusive of a i 30-foot right-of-way for road No. : 1303, as presented by State 1 Highway Commission to be used for highway maintenance yard j and truck shed lot be approved. ! This lease is to be for a period of forty years, beginning Octo- % - V * .... ber 5, 1959 and expiring Octo ber 5, 1999. I On motion of J. R. Peele, sec onded by J. Gilliam Wood and duly carried that W. S. Privottt, ■ county attorney, be authorized to advertise County Home prop erty for sale. This property is , to be advertised for 30 days and sold November 14, 1959, at 12 o’clock noon at the Court House door. The county will reserve the right to accent or reject any or all bids. I I Upon the request of Sheriff ■ Goodwin, a motion was made I by C. J. Hollowell. seconded by , ; Dallas Jethro, Jr., and duly car ried that an audit be made on j land sales certification for past j 10 years. On motion of J. Gilliam Wood, seconded by C. J. Hollowell and duly carried that the delinquent taxes from September 15, 1949 to September 15, 1959 in the amount of $57,397.61 as confirm ed by audit be charged to the Sheriff and the Sheriff is au thorized to collect same. On motion of J. R. Peele, sec onded by C. J. Hollowell and duly carried that Sheriff Earl Goodwin be allowed as collector of delinquent taxes a commission of 20% on personal property tax es and 15% on real and person al taxes combined. The percent age scale is to be retroactive to the time at which Sheriff Good win was made delinquent tax collector, March 2, 1959. Tax ■ es will not be considered deJin j quent until one year following ■ the date the levy is s<4, which is July. Therefore the motion | made at the August 3rd mcet | ing was rescinded. On motion of C. J. Hollowell, | seconded by Dallas Jethro, Jr., ■ that Sheriff Goodwin be given the authority to replace the lat ;t'ce fence at the jail. S -4] i talk about the of prescriptions, an important de ar business. Here' famous “Reliable service which is : of quality ingre- ent compounding fair prices. WELL’S t REX.ILL DRUG STORE ’ We Deliver Phone 2127 1960 Rambler Custom Cross Country Station Wagon Now Rambler outsells all other com pact station wagons combined . . . out-’ sells any other six-cylinder station wagon . . . regardless of size. Now it’s even more economical, more maneu verable for ’6O. Get big car room and comfort, small car economy and han dling ease. Enjoy exclusive Personalized > Comfort: individually adjustable front seats. Go Rambler—C or V-8! -TRADEMARK AMERICAN MOTORS .. . - New 4-Door Rambler American Sedan Get 4-door convenience in America’s proved economy king, i .Holder of all-time Mobilgas Economy Run records. Peppy ’ 90 HP performance. Easy to park. 100-inch wheelbase. _ —SECTION ONI PAGE THREE On motion of C. J. Hollowell, 1 seconded by J. R. Peele and duly carried that Sheriff Goodwin be allowed to have up to $250.00 on hand at any one time be fore deposit is made. On motion of Dallas Jethro, Jr., seconded by J. R. Peele and duly carried that Sheriff Good win be relieved of privilege li cense tax Schedule B prior to April 30, 1959. . To clear up any question as to the duties of the custodian of the Court House, a discussion was held and decision made that i the custodian has absolute au thority over the physical clean liness and general appearance of the Court House. A notice of intention to apply to North Carolina ABC Board for a permit to sell alcoholic beverages by Billy Ward Dean, trade name, Albemarle Restau rant and Motel was ordered filed. The Alcoholic Beverages Con trol Board audit report Septem ber 30. 1959, was accepted and ordered filed. The following reports were ac cepted and ordered filed: The status of the work on highway projects included in the 1957- 59 biennium County Road Plan, together with maps; County Welfare Board; Department of Public Welfare; Treasurer; Pau line Calloway, Home Economics Agent: Catherine Aman, Assist ant Home Economics Agent; C. W. Overman, County Agent; Harry Venters, Assistant County Agent: Onnie S. Charlton, Negro Home Economies Agent; Fletcher F. Lassiter, Negro County Agent; the Grand Jury report. There being no further busi ness the meeting was adjourned. W. E. BOND, Chairman BERTHA B. BUNCH, Clerk
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