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* Volume XXVl.—Number 467
Edenton Planr ig To Stage 9 - Day Peanut Festival
G Os C Drive Is Still
Short $3,750.00 Os
Realizing Goal
23 New Business Firms
And Individuals En-
Rolled Thus Far In
Current Drive
While twenty-three new busi
ness firms and individuals have
jojned the Chamber of Commerce
during its annual membership
campaign, the 1960 goal of $15,-
000 has not yet been reached,
Jesse Harrell, general chairman,
has announced. Funds reported
at press time amount to $11,250/
• “There are several sizeable
memberships and many others,
not yet in,’’ Harrell said. “These j
have been turned over to a fol-j
low-up committee for further
checking. When every member
and prospect is finally reported,
we believe we will be a good
deal closer tq our required budg
et for 1960 operations.” He add
ed that there has been an ex
cellent increase in memberships
already paid, amounting to about
nine per cent. This additional
support from many members has
been gratifying, Harrell stated.
I New members signed since the
last published report include
Tom H. Shepard, Basnight Gro
cery, The Bouquet Shop,- Coca-
Cola Bottling Works of Eliza
beth City, W. B. Gardner and
Albemarle Plywood, Inc.
Harrell emphasized that more
and more business men realize
how effectiae an active Cham-1
ber of Commerce is in creating
new business in the community.
The Chamber, can do a lot for us
but w4a hive have adequate
working capital, he stated.
RED MEN WEINER _ BOAST ' I
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23rd
Chowan Tribe of Red Men will
stage a weiner roast in the hall
Monday night, November 23, be
ginning at 7 o’clock. Clyde Hoi- I
lowell, sachem of the tribe, is ■
very anxious for a large number
of members to be present. I
Edentqn Aces Are Scheduled To
Play Smithfield In Greenville
To Decide Regional Champions
By virtue of defeating the
Plymouth Panthers Friday nignt,
Edenton’s Aces will be given
another shot in the State Class
football championship races.
They are scheduled to play,
Smithfield, winner of the South
Central Conference, for the
regional championship which willj
Tse played Friday night, Novem
ber 20, on the East Carolina Col- 1
J|ge football field in Greenville.
She game will begin at 8 o’clock
and is expected to attract a
large namber of the Aces’ sup
porters.
~ Little is known in Edenton
about the Smithfield team, other
than that the Johnston County
Post Office Department Plans
Next-Day Delivery Affecting 13
Counties; Chowan Among List
.
The official establishment of a
niew mail transportation and dis
tribution plan that will provide
next-day delivery of first-class
mail throughout Newport News, I
, Hampton and a 13-county, 4,600
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Game Friday \
Though Edenlon's Aces will be
idle this week, a football game
will be on tap on Hicks Field
Friday night, November 13, be
ginning at 8 o'clock.
Local school officials agreed
to allow 4V e cams to b> jliyec
between Windsor and Murfrees
boro, who will be p.aying ,cr t.e
District Class A championship,
Both teams are reported o b'
very strong, so thi* ave y n
leresiing and hard-fought game
is anticipated.
Group Os Problems
Hold CouncHmen In
Very Long Meeting
Consideration Is Giv
en to Increasing Cost
Os Lots In Beaver
Hill Cemetery
Again faced with a goodly
; number of weighty problems,
I Town' Council was held in ses
-1 sion until after the midnight
■ hour Tuesday for the November
I meeting.
! The first item to consume a
| of time was
consideration of the M. G.
Brown Comdjtny'subdivisinb As
• ter a lengthy discussion it was
decided to inform Brown Com-
I pany officials that the plat as
presently outlined is not ac eot
able by the town. The princi
pal object on is the layout of
streets and, of course, the sew
age problem also entered into
| the discussion.
! Councilman W. C. Bunch, Jr.,
presented a report relative to
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aggregation has won all nine
of the games played this season.
Their conference victories were
over Wake Forest, Garner,, Fu- 1
<iuay, Selma, Apex and Mill- j
i brook.
The Aces will be idle this;
week, so that Coaches Bill Bill-'
ings and Billy Hardison are using'
the extra time in practice ses
sions in order to have the Aces
in first class shape for this im
portant game.
No little concern was caused
by the injury of Fred Britton, j
star end for the Aces, who wasj
hurt during the last play of Fri
day night’s game in Plymouth.
Continued on Page B—Section 1
smaller offices, in time for the
. final dispatch if made prior to 5
P. M., will be delivered to their
destinations within die plan;
I area on the first delivery trips:
of the following business day.
“Os course, this assurance is
only a minimum, general state- j
ment of what we can do in this
1 13-county area. From many
points in the area, it will be pos
sible to give next-morning de-
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 12, 1959.
king For St. Paul’s Bazaar
in acove piciute tpiscopai Cnu.cn women a.e ousy ai wo k
on articles for their annual bazaar which will be he'd Tuesday,
November 17. at St. Paul's Parish House. Sealed, le't to right,
are Mrs. Richard Dixon, Mrs. Rhea Adams. Wi’mer Ma
lone and Mrs. Ernest Kehayes.—(J. P. Ricks, Jr„ Photo).
Plans Completed
ForNov. 26 Meeting
Os Soil Supervisors
Rep. Herbert Bonner
Will Be Among Pro
minent Guests Ex
pected to Attend
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\ Plans are complete for the
fourth annual meeting of the
Coastal Plain, Roanoke-Chowan,
Pamlico and Albemarle Soil Con
servation Districts which will be
held in Edenton, November 20
at 6:30 P. 'M., at the American
Leg.on Building.
. Dr. D. *5. Weavgr, director., N.
C. Extension Service and chair
man of the State Soil Conserva
tion Committee, will address the
meeting on “The Challenge 'to
Agriculture in our Changing
Economy.” 1
R. M. Dailey, SCS State Con- J
servationist, will discuss “The
Soil Conservation District Soil |
Conservation Service Relation- 1
ship”.
Bryce R. Younts, Administra-:
Continued on Page B—Section 1 |
’59 Christmas Seal Campaign
Scheduled To Begin Nov. 16
“Protect the Family Circle” is
‘.he aim of the Chowan County
Tuberculosis Association as i!
formulates plans for the 1959
Christmas .Seal campaign.
A “TB Seal Stuffing Party”
was held at the home of Mrs.
Wesley Chesson, Jr., co-chairman
of the Seal Sale, on Monday
night, November 9, in prepara
tion for the traditipnal annual
fund-raising campaign which
will open Monday, November 16,
with the mailing of Christmas
Seals to Chowan County resi
dents. Members of the Eden
ton Woman’s Club are the vol
20 Years Ago j
As Found in the Files of i
The Chowan Herald
Lewis Orr, Paris painter-etch
er, completed etching of five of j
Edenlon's histor cal shrines in
cluding the Cupola House. Court
House, Beverly HalL St. Paul's
Church and Hayes.
Chowan County Commissioners
again turned thumbs down on
a request for an aprroprialion of
county funds to purchase chairs
for the new community building
nl Cross Roads. Mrs. E. L.
Winslow, Mrs. R. H Ho’l-well
end Mrs. E. N. Elliott were
so easily disposed of, so Mrs.
Elliott said, 'lf you wdl not use
county money to buy chairs, how
about e*-h one of you g ving *
ddHar which U the amount w»
expect to pay for a c»-airr |
Evervbodv in the Q-u^Hcmse
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LIONS MEETMONDAY
‘ Lions Guest *
i
DON GLIaSOK
-. Monday n-'gbt Don Glisson of
1 Nashville, distr’et geverner cf
j Lions District 31-J, will pay his
j official visit io the Edenton
Lions Club and wil be gues
I speaker on the program.
jnteer workers for this mos
worthwhile project and thos
present were: Mosdames Ear
Goodwin, SI wood Nixon, Weslc
Chesson, Jr., James Bond, Wen
dell Copeland, W. H. Gardner
Jr„ Thomas Ward. Ralph Blades
i N. J. George, William Cozart
and Federal Taylor.
“Over eight million lives have
been saved since the first Christ
i mas Seal was sold,” say the
,! chairman, “but the saving of
j lives is not enough, we must see
j to it that every family is spared
1 the suffering gnd tragedy of this
• long-term chronic illness.”
Keith Reeve Speaker
At Rotary Meeting
Keith Reeve, secretary and
manager of the Seabrook Blanch
ing Corporation, was the princi
pal speaker at last week’s Rotary
meeting. Mr. Reeve was intro
duced by Robert Marsh, who had |
charge of the program.
Continued on Page 6—Section 1 I
Three Public Buildings Will Be
Open For Iredell Anniversary
Three historic public buildings
in addition to the Iredell house
will be open to celebrate the
200th anniversary of the Iredell
house Sunday, November 22.
Open for the occasion from
1 P' M., to 5 P. M., will be the
Chowan Court House, scene of
many of Iredell’s legal activi
ties; St. Paul’s Episcopal Church,
where Iredell attended services,
and the Cupola house, one of
lil social cepters of Colonial
"i ■ • rv
laycees Sponsoring
1959 Thanksgiving
Dance November2s
Music For Annual Af
fair Will Be Furnish
ed by Ray Abernethy
And His Orchestra
Edenton’s Junior Chamber o’
Commerce will again sponsor a
Thanksgiving Dance, which wil
be held in the Edenton armor
Wednesday night, November 25
The dance will hrgin at f
o’clock and continue until 1
o’clock A. M.
Mus : c for the d"nce w : ll b'
I furnished by Ray Abernethv o'
Rocky Mount. This orchestra
boasts a very good reputation
as a dance combination, so that
Jaycees are very enthusiastic
about having a very successfu'
dance this year.
For table reservations anyon'
interested should telephone 341 1
or 2105 during the day or 9724
at night.
Proceeds from the dance wil'
be used by the Jaycees in vari
ous civic projects, so it is hoped
a largi number will turn out
for the affair.
“Country Store” To
Be Big Feature Os
St Paul’s Bazaar
Annual Event Will Be
Held In Parish House
House Beginning a 4
11:30 A. M.
An old-fashienecl country store
will be the theme of St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church Bazaar Tues
day, November 17 at St. Paul’s
Parish House.
On sale at the “country store”
will be handmade toys and gifts
Penland handicrafts, Christmas
cards and decorations, children’s
wooden stools and bird houses
made by the men, pantry items
‘such as p : ckles, preserves and
baked goods and many other de
sirable items.
The sale will begin at 11:30
\. M., with a luncheon from
loon until 2 P. M.
For the entertainment of the
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New Swine Disease Diagnostic
Laboratory Will Open Today
According to information re-1
reived from Dr. H. J. Rollins, |
State Veterinarian, the Swine
Diagnostic Laboratory at Eden
ton will be officially opened on
Thursday afternoon, November
12, at 2 o’clock. Dr. Rol ins,
some other State agricultural of
ficials and some members of the
State Board of Agriculture are,
expected to be present.
The Swine Disease Diagnostic j
Laboratory has been established |
at Edenton to serve swine grow
ers in counties of the Northeast
ern area of North Carolina, ac
cording to C. W. Overman, Cho
wan County Agricultural Agent.
This is a concentrated swine pro
duction area.
“We are located so far from
the laboratory at State College
recapture the 18th century pe
riod.
Refreshments will be served at
the Iredell house from noon un
ta 6 p. m. ,
The public is invited and par-,
ticularly the people of Edenton j
and surrounding area. It has!
been suggested that this will be 4
an excellent occasion to invite,
out-of-town friends to Edenton. I
The Iredell House Anniversary!
is sponsored by the Iredell As- *
sociation and the Edenton Tea
arxtnr rvATJ MortvKorc
* ftl’iy | ly/VxV* WltJllrOvl o
©f the DAR Chapter constitute
the governing board of the Ire-
AMoc^on.
A
Peanut Festival Queen Will
Be Crowned November 28th;
24 Local Firms Cooperating
Home Demonstration Club President
The neraia p.aus 10 prim, once a momh, p.c.uies of presi
dents of Chowan County Home Demonstration Ciubs. The
first, this week, is Mrs. Bristoe Perry, president of Advance
Home Demonstration Club. Mrs. Perry has been a club mem
ber for 14 years. She has served as county c.othing leader,
county finance co-chairman, local project chairman for citizen
ship, clothing and family life and a 4-H leader. Her hobby is
sewing and she makes a good many of her own c’othes and
also , nr bo- orandchi'd-e-v She is a’so ve’v active in com
munity and church activities in addition to her Home Dem
onstration Club work.
Woman’s Club In Favor Os
Changing Court House Green
At the November meeting of
the Edenton Woman’s Club a
unanimous vote was cast in fa
vor of the changes for the Court
House Green and at the foot of
Broad Street and the club furth
er voted to contribute $1,200 fov
use of the Planning Committee |
in continuing this project.
Mrs. J. M. Thorud reported on
I
the district meeting held at
Gatesville. The following awards
were presented to the Edenton
Ciub for outstanding work in all j
phases of work for 'be year:'
First prize for the press book!
and scrap book; second prize for j
the year book and the Corbell j
Cup for the most outstanding
work of anv senior club in the j
Sixteenth District.
The Woman’s Club has been!
assigned the month of November
by the Hosp : tal Auxiliary to pu! j
flowers in the waiting room of
the hospital.
in Raleigh that few of'our grow
ers have used the laboratory
there,” says Mr. Overman.
“Many of our growers in this
area have used the laboratory
at Ivor. Virginia. The Ivor lab- j
oratory has been most coopera
tive in diagnosing swine and
poultry problems for our grow
ers. but their facilities have been
quite loaded with work and p
was possibly an imposition on
them to do our work for us. We
do appreciate most graciously
the wonderful cooperat : on they
have given our growers and the
service rendered.
“Now, the new diagnostic lab
oratory at Edenton should take
care of our diagnostic work in
this area. The laboratory is lo-
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cmc calendakl
A peanut festival will be held |
in Edenton from Novemberlll9 1
through November 28.
Windsor and Murfreesboro will
play a football game cm Hicks j
Field Friday night, November 13, |
at 8 o'clock for the district class
I A championship,
j Young Churchmen of Si. Pa d's 1
j Episcopal Church will again.
* sponsor the annual Empty Stock
ing Fund. j
( Ths annual Christmas dance
j of the Teenage Club will be held;
• Saturday night, December 19, at,
the Teenage Club room. j
The Rev. W. Privott ofj
yyjfrfr BipHtt Chjttrch n#xt
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
In connection with National
Education Week the Woman’s
Club will again observe Teach
ers’ Day. Three small tables
will bo presented to the Ele
mentary School lounge and a
new chair cover for the High
School lounge.
The Christmas decoration con
test under the direction of Mrs.
Wendell Copeland is being spon
sored with first prize being
sls 00 and the second prize
SIO.OO.
The finance chairman, Mrs.
Key Snru:H, reported that SI 17.55
was made on the thrift sale and
that Claxton fruit are
available in one and two pound
sizes..
The p-ogram for the day was
a talk entitled “Keeping Our
Temples Clean” by the Rev. Paul
J. Harrell of Arlington, Va.
Guests at the meeting were
Mesdames Keith Reeve, Jay Mc-
Donald and Harold Shore.
Band Parents Plan
Two Turkey Shoots
The Edenton Band Parents As
sociation will sponsor two tur
key shoots. The first w.ll be
held Saturday, November 21,
from 2 to 10:30 P. M.. and the
second on Tuesday, November
24 from 7 to 10:30.
The shoots will be held at the
American Legion grounds, and it
is hoped many will participate.
Edenton’s Aces Narrowly Win
Albemarle Conference Crown
In Dime Novel Style Finish 7-6
Two determined and hard-j
fighting football teams, the Eden-1
ton Accs and Plymouth Pan‘h-|
ers, played the daylights out of!
themselves in Plymouth Friday!
night, with the Aces com’ng out
on top of a 7-6 score. TJhe
I game de-ided the Albemarle
, Conference Championship in fa-
I vor of the Aces, the sixth con
| secutive time a Bill Billings
! coached team has won the hon
or.
j Both teams scored their touch
| down with a little less than two
i minutes remaining in the game
1 which furnished a real dime
1 novel style ending of, a game in
i which fans of both teams were
; uncomfortable throughout as to
! the outcome. The Aces had to
| wirr to'claim the championship,
! for even a tie score would have
j bumped them out of the running, j
I And in all of P-e game except
I the minutes it appear- j
ed as, theUl* it would be another I
V/
( FIGHT CANCER I
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK |
1 1 Two Parades Will Be
Held During Period
And Cash Prizes Will
Be Awarded
Local business and communi
ty leaders are planning to ob
serve the harvesting of peanuts
in the area with a gigantic Pea
nut Festival. It is scheduled to
j run from November 19th through
; the 23th. Included in the nine
day celebration are two parades,
the awarding of many cash priz-
I c.i and the crowning of a Peanut
I Festival Queen.
J. R. DuLaney, committee
chairman, said invitations have
| been sent to high schools in
neighboring communities asking
\ them to designate candidates to
i represent their communities for
the Festival Queen award. Those
named will appear in a parade
j on November 21.
! During the following week tha
.candidates will be entertained,
dined and interviewed both on
: the radio and by the judges.
| The final selection and crown-
I ing of the Peanut Festival Queen
Continued on Page 3—Seclio,.. 1
School Operetta
Friday, Nov. ill
“The King Sneezes.” an op
eretta presented by the eh 1
group of Edenton Element ay
School, will be given in the Ele
mentary School auditorium Fri
day night, November 13. beg li
ning promptly at 8 o’clock.
I The operetta feature*-; W< '-y
Chesson, Jr., and Ivy Lowe as
Max Lucky-foot and the prin
cess Lucy-Lacy-Lisabel, with a
Continued or. Page 2 —Sec*..,.. .
160,000 Release!] j
John A. Kramer, executive
vice president cf the Peoples
Bank & Trust Company, an
nounced early this week that the
bank mailed out approximately
$60,000 in Christmas savings
checks to customers. This rep
resents savngs in the bank's
Crrstmas Club by individuals
in Chowan County over the past
year.
Mr. Kramer says, "This is an
excellent way for people w o
i are savings conscious to sol
aside a lilt’e money regularly
for their Christmas needs."
Mr. Kramer also said that the
1960 Christmas Club w 11 open
Monday, November 23, and urged
all who are interested to ceme
to the bank and enroll as soon
1 as possible.
Plymouth, the Panthers formed a
veritable brick wall when the
Aces were within the shadow of
the goal posts. On t u ree oc
cas ons the Aces were knocking
at the touchdown door, but
lacked the punch to hit paydirt.
Thev reached the 1-yard line,
the 2-yard line and the 10-yard
line, but were forced to give
up the ball in each case.
Plymouth fans went wild and
Edenton fans looked sick when
with less than two minutes to »
go Jerry Miller intercepted
Lloyd Lassiter’s pass on the
Ace - ’’ 32 and Was not stopped
until he reached the 9. In two »
plays Wayne Mobley added 7
yards, after which Billv HaM .
rammed through the l ; ne to j
score. try through the line I
for the exits point was stopped j
b, the Mt'MeMt.
score of . 6-0 appeared tmsur- ;
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