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jMumeXXVl.—Number 47.
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Edenton f s Peanut Fest\\ al
Begins Today; Continues
Through Saturday, Nov. 28
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Nine Attractive High j
School Girls of Sec-1
tion Competing For j
Honor of Queen
Arrangements and details are
about complete for the big Pea- I
nut Festival which opens, today
(Thursday) and continues until
Saturday, November 28. Sched
uled in the 9-day celebration, 1
planned to point up the import
ance of peanuts to the area, are
two parades, crowning of a Pea- j
nut Festival Queen and the.
awarding of many prizes.
J. R. DuLaney, committee
chairman, sa id the first event is
a parade on Saturday, Novem
ber 21. It will form at the
armory on North Broad Street
at 2:30 P. M., and proceed down
to the foot of South Broad
Street.
The John A. Holmes High
School Band will head the pa
rade. Other bands from neigh
boring high schools have been
invited to participate.
The highlight of the parade
will be a float on which candi-
I dates for Peanut Festival Queen |
will ride. Eight girls from
neighboring high schools have
already entered the contest in-1
eluding Flora Hollis representing 1
- Columbia High School; Sara
Ward, Perquimans High School;
Linda Ann Williford, Gatesville
High School; Patricia Taylor,
Sunbdry High School; Peggy
Continued on Pag* 3—Section i
20 Years Ago |
Members of tbe Board of
County Commissioners, Board of
Education and other county of
ficials. the Edenton Rotary Club
and faculty of Chowan (High
School were guests of farmers
And merchants of upper Chowan
Coimif A ala supper served in'
1 fhe'W*'‘Community Build ng at!
Cross Roads.
Mrs. W. S. Summerell, veteran
of the Edanton school faculty.'
was rushed to St. V.'ncen's Hos- <
rftal in Narfolk after fceoomingl
violently ill while leaching the
fifth grade.
In an executive session of
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Scale Model Os Improved Court
House Green Now On Display
The s-'ale model for beautifi
cation of the Court House Green
is now on display in the widow
of the Consumer Credit Branch
of the People’s Bank & Trust
Company in order that the pub
lic may view the proposed plan.
This plan includes moving of
the Confederate monument to
the foot of Broad Street and
I erecting a Confederate Square.
The model was prepared by
the noted architect, Morley Wil
liams, presently landscape archi
tect of Tryon Palace in New
Bern. Williams is an authority
in his field having developed
the histbry of the White House
Edenton Jaycees Begin Search
To Find Area’s Leading Farmer
g Who is this community's most
outstanding young farmer? That’s
the question raised by a new
irmiD
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DAIt Good Citizen Contestants 1
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Each year the Edenton Tea Party Chapter. N. S. D. A. R., spon-i
sors a senior girl from John A. Holmes High School and Chowan
High School to compete for a district and stale Good Citizen award.
Margie Evans, left, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Evans, and
Patricia Waff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hi E. Waff, right, have
been selected as Good Citizens by their respective schools. Margie
has participated in most of the extra curricula activities during her
four years at Chowan High. She is president of the Beta Club and
assistant editor of the Chowanian this year. Patricia is a member
of the senior class at John A. Holmes High School. She is sece’ary
of the Student Council and 'the senior class. She is a member of
the National Honor Society and is assistant editor of the annual.
4-H Achievement
Day To Be Held In
Armory Saturday
Very Interesting Pro
gram Will Be Held
Hegwmmg In After
noon at 2:30 O’clock
The Ohowan County 4-H Ach
ievement program will be held
Saturday at the Edenton ar
mory. All 4-H Club member?
are Invited to attend all or any
'part of the varied prog^bm.
| The program for the’ day will
consist of 4-H exhibits, a tractor
driving contest, beginning at
1 2:30, box picnid supper, awards
'program, starting at 7:00 P. M.,
and recreation.
Four-H'ers are being asked to
•bring project exhibits to the ar
mory between 9 A. M., and 2
Continued on Page 7—Section 1
grounds for, President Franklin
RooseVelt, served as director of
, restoration at Mount Vernon,
Lee’s birthplace and Monticello,
Jef'erson’s home.
The plan as presented by the
Planning Committee of the
, Edenton Woman’s Club, has been
: unanimously approved by the
i club and money derived from
i the 1959 Pilgrimage of Colonial
Edenton and Countryside has
■ been donated to help develop
• the plan.
The beautification plan now
r | awaits the approval and appro
r priations from the Ohowan
l County Commissioners, and the
! I Edenton Town Council.
fanner and his problems and
to create through example, more
| youth interest in farming as a
profitable, satisfying career.
I Numerous awards Will be
[made to the community winner
honore ■ he aycees
•| I ton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 19, 1959.
Work Now Under Way Taking|
Agricultural Ceii&iis For 1959
Field work in the 1959 Census,
of Agriculture got under way j
'locally on Wednesday when a
force of census takers started
visiting every farm in the area.
Farm census questionnaires
have been mailed to all farm
operators. The census takers |
will visit all local farms to col- 1
lect the questionnaires and, if 1
| Community Progress Projects Completed At Center Hill
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I At top left is the sign at the Methodist Church, erected in hones of Mrs. J. T. White, and at left ii
the Baptist Church sign, e-ected in honor of Mr. and Mrs. J. If. Boyce, both planned by children
Over 300 Expected
At District Meeting
Os Soil Supervisors
I Affair Will Be Held
In Legion Building
Friday, November 20
I At 6:30 P.M.
!
\ About 300 people from 17
I counties will attend the fourth
j annual district supervisors’ din
\ ner in Edenton Friday night, No
vember 20, at 6:30 o’clock at the
American Legion Building.
Edgecombe County wi,h 50
i will have one of the largest
groups besides the local people
Chowan County. Twenty will
ccme from Tyrrell County and 15
from the Elizabeth Civ area
, Greene County, the furthered
| away, will have 10 people in
their p^rty.
| Mrs. E. N. Elliott, in charge
of food, reports that the tab’es
! will be decorated with fall
! flowers. Favors of peanuts from
Spedic Food Products and Jim
| bo Jumbo, both of Edenton. Cig
< alettes are donated by the R. J.
! Reynolds Tobacco Company and
ash trays by the local Belk-Tyler
store.
Food will be cooked and serv
ed bv the Cross Roads-Center
, llill Rural Fire District. Pro
j ceeds will go toward the build
| ing of rural fire station.
Cub Scout Troop To
Meet Tuesday Night
Edenton’s Cub Scout Pack will
'meet at the Penelope Barker
house Tuesday night, November)
24. at 7 o’clock.
Carroll Boyce, Scoutmaster,
urges all Cub Scouts and their'
parents to be present.
necessary, assist the farmer in;
filling out the reDOit form.
To.e 1959 Census of Agricul
ture is the 17t.i in a ser es of
nation-wide farm canvasses, the
first cf which was conducted in
1840. The Census of Agriculture
is taken at five-year intervals
to provide up-to-date statistical
C ontinued os. Page 6—Section 1
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Edenton Tea Party Cnapier, DAR, memi.ers and the children I
of members will hostess in authentic Colonial costumes at the 200th
anniversary celebration of the Iredell house Tuesday. Novamrer 24,
1 from noon to 6 P. M. Enjoying tea are (left to right) Kathe.ine
Montfort Kramer, daughter of the Regent, Mrs. John A. Kramer;
' Mrs. W. I. Hart and Mrs. A. B. Harless, Sr„ both members of the
. Edenton Chapter.—(J. P. Ricks, Jr„ Photo).
Colonial Atmosphere Feature
Os Celebration Os Iredell 200th
1 Anniversary Sunday, Nov. 22
j An 18th century atmosphere
will prevail during the 200th an
niversary celebration of the
James Iredell House Sunday, No-1
vember 22, to which the public!
is cordially invited.
An open house will be held j
at the Iredell House and refresh- I
ments will be served from noon
to 6 P. M., sponsored by the lie
dell Association and the Edenton
Tea Party Chapter, DAR.
In addition three other out
standing historic buildings nota-i
| CIVIC CALENDAIi]
The 200th anniversary of the
James Iredsll house wi 1 b?
Celebrated Sunday, November 22.
with open house from noon un- I
til 6 P. M.
A peanut fesiiyal will be held
in Edenton from November 19;
through November 28.
Chowan Hospital Auxiliary;
will meet in the nurses' home I
Friday afternoon, November 20.
at 3 o'clock.
Young Churchmen of St. Pad's
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: ble in the life of James Irede!
! Wil be open from 1 P. M., tc
5 P. M.
Members of the Edenton Teaj
! Party Chapter, DAR, and the
I children of members will hostess
| in authentic Colonial costumes at
| the various buildings.
Open for the occasion are the
Chowan Court House, consider
ed the best known Colonia'
court house architecturally in
the country. It was in this
Continued on Pane 4—Section 1
District Governor Is
Guest Os Edenton’s
Lions Monday Night
| Speaker Points Out
Work of Lions Clubs
Among the Visually
Handicapped
Don Gl sson, District Governor,
Lions, International, visited the
I Edenton Lions Club Monday
1 evening. Glisson, from Nash-
I ville, was introduced by Jimmie
Griffin. Governor Glisson gavi
an interesting and challenginr
talk before the club. He dis
cussed four areas of service be
ing carried on by Lions, which
include aid to the visually!
handicapped through support of,
the State Association for the j
Blind, the Eye Bank, member-j
'hip development, and the Boys’;
Home at Lake Waccamaw.
Glisson pointed out that state-!
wide support of the Sta/te Asso
ciation for the Blind made it
possible for visually handicapped j
Continued on Page 7—Section 1
Jaycee Dance In
Armory Nov. 25
Plans are rapidly being wlvp
ped into shape for a Thanksgiv
ing dance which will be spon
sored by the Edenton Junior]
Chamber of Commerce. The
dance, with Tom Shepard chair
man of the committee, will be
held in the Edenton armory
Wednesday night, November 25.
beginning at 9 o’clock and con
tinuing until 1 o’clock. The ar
mory will be attractively dec
orated for the occasion.
Music for the dance will be
furnished by Ray Abernethy and
his orchestra from Rocky Mount.
Proceeds of the dance will be
used by the Jaycees for various
civic proiects.
Anybody interested in table
reservations is requested to
| phone 3411 or 2105 during the
j day or 9724 at night.
Methodist Men
Will Meet Tonight
The Methodist Men’s Cirb will
hold a dinner
(Thursday) at 6:30
Church. Oscar GriflMf9pp&-
dent. assures a
an interesting pixJKE, that
: all members at
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$2.50 Per Year In North CaroliniT
Edenton Aces Will
Play Smithfield For
Regional Honors
j Early Next Week ;
Next week, due to the Thanks
giving holiday, the last section
of The Herald will be printed
Tuesday afternoon instead of
Wednesday as usual. The pub
lication da'e is set up a day in
order to give Herald employees
a holiday.
News s'ories and advertising
copy will, of course have to be
in the office a day earlier than
usual. *
Applications Must
Be Filed To Fill
Forest Ranger Post
W.th the death of Frank V.
White, Chowan County’s forest
ranger, occurring Saturday al
ready a number of applications
have been made as his successor
as Chowan County’s forest ran
ger.
Applications must be filed for
this position within two weeks
and the blanks can be secured
at the office of the Register of
Deeds.
Applications will be screened
by the Chowan County Com
missioners with three to be sent
to the North Carolina Division
of Forestry from which a suc
cessor to Mr. White will be
named.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
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Edenton’s Rotary Ckrb will
meet this (Thursday) afternoon
at 1 o’clock in the Parish House.
The program is scheduled to be
in charge of C. W. Overman.
President Jimmy Earnhardt urg
es every Rotarian to be present.
Pettigrew Library Circulation
T otals 11,066 During October
Mrs. Eugenia Babylon, direc- ;
tor of the Pettigrew Regional
Library, has released circulation
figures for the month of Octo
ber, which follow:
White Bookmobile '.... 3,280'
Colored Bookmobile 2,401 •
Washington Co. Public 1,733
Tyrrell Co. Public 1,302
Shepard-Pruden Mem 1,011
Brown-Carver Public 919
Washington Negro 420
Total 11 066
This total compares with a
circulation of 10,938 in Septem
ber.
2,087 Letters xAre Sent Out This
Week In County In Christmas
Sea! Drive In Fight Against Til
Mrs. Wesley Chesson, Jr., ca-l
chairman of the Chowan County |
Tuberculosis Association, an-!
nounces that 2,087 appeal letters I
were mailed on Monday, Novem
ber 16, to families of Chowan
County.
"The Chowan County Tuber-1
culosis Association has one thing j
in common with just about any I
other organization you can think
of,’’ says Mrs. Chesson. “Its ac-1
tivities cost monev. The asso-I
ciation’s fight aeainst tubercu
losis, which attacked five people
in Chowan County last year, is
supported solely by Christmas
Seal contributions. We depend
on the money you send for the
Seals you got in the mail. The
"notice to the public '
The Edentcn Tea Party Chapter
N. S. D. A. R.
and
The James Iredell Historical Association, Inc.
invite yoi. to attend |
the two hundredth anniversary of the
James Iredell House
November twenty-second
from 12:00 noon to 6:00 P. M* ,'v/.
| Edenton, North Carolina
I 107 East Church Street "***- I
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FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK |
[Crucial Game Friday
Night On Greenville
j Gridiron Will Decide
| Champions
Edenton’s Aces, after defeat
| ing Plymouth for the Albem rle
Conference championship, had a
rest last week, but they will don
| their football tags Friday night
1 for an important game with
Smithfield. The two teams will
play on the East Carolina Col
i lege gridiron in Greenville.
I The outcome of the game will
J decide the regional C iabS At V
j champions, with the winner
slated to play the winner of the
Wallace-Rose Hill and Shallotte
| game for the eastern title.
Smithfield boasts a powerful
squad that has rolled ud 227
points this season while allow
ing only 44 points to be scored
against them. Their attack is
i led by Halfback Phil Ennis, a
I Continued on 7—Section 1
Plans Completed
I For Turkey Shoots
Plans have been completed for
; two turkey shoots sponsored by
the Edenton Band Parents As
sociation. Both shoots will be
held at the Amercan Legion
grounds, the first Saturday, No
vember 21, from 2 to 10:00 P. M.,
) and the second Tuesday, Novem
i ber 24, from 7 to 10:30 P. M.
Sponsors of the shoot say the
turkeys offered in the shoot will
;be top grade Swift Premium
) butter ball, weighing from 10 to
il2 pounds. Edenton Red Men
i will furnish the manpower for
the shoots.
During the month there were
152 reference questions. Refer
ence questions are answered
either by patrons or librarians
from reference books, which are
basic informational books which
do not circulate and are us«c? in
the libraries. Encyclopcd ae, dic
tionaries and other books on
literature, medicine, histoiy, ge
ography, the fine and prat Leal
arts and others such as World
Almanac and Information Please
provide many of the answers.
If local libraries cannot answer
the questions, they are relayed
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appeal letters that accompany
the Christmas Seals are the as
sociat.on’s silent ambassadors.
Nobody will contact you Person
ally. Nobody will come to your
door selling Seals. Nobody will
visit your plant or office to so
l.cit contributions.
“Whether you contribute and
how much you give is a private
j matter —between you and your
pocketbook. Nobody looks ov~r
I your shoulder. So don’t wait
| for someone to bother you, be-
I cause that won’t hapnen. The
j Chowan County TB Associa'ion
i just doesn’t operate that way.”
1 Christmas Seal funds support
( the association’s program of
. health educat on, rehabili a'.ion
lease finding and research.