Newspapers / The Chowan Herald (Edenton, … / Nov. 19, 1959, edition 1 / Page 2
Part of The Chowan Herald (Edenton, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
PAGE TWO l JEctton one ■' »■ '■ • SENATOR A { SAM ERVIN *- -- - - - Washington North Carolina’s first bix United States Senators have * been discussed in previ ous cblumns. They were, in the orderl of the r succession, Ben jamiifHawkins, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Martin, Timothy ' B'oocfworth, Jesse Franklin and David Stone. James Turner The seventh Senator was ■ Jame| Turner from politically powerful Warren County. He had Served a.s Governor from 1302 Until 1805, when the legis- elected him to the Unit ed States Senate. Turner was a staunch supporter of the new Jeffersonian democracy that had political control cf North Csrolfna. Moving to North Car c’ naiwhen four years old f-orr • his native Virginia, like many other; of our early leaders he served in the Revolution and W'S a member of the Genera 1 Assembly. Turner was re-elect ed to a second term and remain ed in the Senate to Novembe’ , 21, 1816, the date he resigned cr account of ill health. H: died at his plantat on near War renten on July 15, 1824, and was buried there. Francis Lock? Upon the resignation of Sena tor David Stone in 1814, the lec slature selected Franc s Locke of Rowan County. He resigned the office on December 5, 1815, L Old IQuaker I STRAIGHT ■ BOURBON * 4% WHISKEY : :fk»3 55 JOIPBS. 4/5 QUART uS^%*2 25 IS PROOF-4 TEARS OLD-111 QUAKER ■ DISTILLING CO.. LAWREHCEBDRG, IND. CENTER CUT | ®PORK CHOPS I ib. 53c I END CUT PORK I LOIN ROAST I ib. 39c I , Al/ I 0 PKG. SUN-SPUN 12-OZ. PKG. §f lOVi-Oz. Pkg. Strietmann's RH brand new BISCUITS Jesse Jones 1 • B 0 FRANKS I ogf -^J 2S - 39C I RE WOLDS ~CANNED l RED ft WHITE WK AP T 11T1 „U M na |. I GOLDEN WHOLE KERNEL 29c -LiLLIIUII lUUdI | RED ft WHITE K 2* OC r Tomato Soup I $ ' * QUART bottle INDIVIDUAL FROZEN 1,1 xu< . WASHO BEEFPffiS | 15c I 4forßßc I CARDS - ASSORTED BUSHS Ij I O F CANNED ■ Dried Beans I jM i^nn M r I | L W U\ without having qualified for the seat, according to the records. Monlfort Stokes The eighth United States Sen- I ator to represent North Carolina, was Montfort Stokes, also a na- j tive Virginian. He lived and j held office in Rowan County j j before moving to Wilkes County! where he was residing when the j legislature named him to the j 1 Stnate on December 4, 1816, to | I the vacancy created by Sena'orj Turner’s resignation. Senator' Stokes was a naval hero of the! Revolution. After hs Senate service ended on March 3, 1823, j he became Governor of North ' Carolina, wes elected to the legislature and appointed Indian Commissioner by President An- 1 drew. Jackson. He died at Fort Gibson in what is now Ok’ahoma on November 4, 1842 and wus buried there. Mrs. Mooney Attends Conference On Music Mrs. C. B. Mooney attended *he Fall Conference of the N. C. Music Education Association which w-'s held at Woman’s Cal 'ege of N. C., in Greensboro on Sunday and Monday. Earl Beach of East Carolina College Music deoartment, was speaner for Sunday sess’on and Dr. Edward Rushton of Raa -1 noke, Va., speaker for Monday’s session. Irwin Freundlich, a ce’ebrated \ composer and pianist, was clim fc: an for t w e piano section and j discussed all contest-festival se ! lections to a group of p - I ano teachers from over the state. The district spring contest far this district will be held at East Carolina College. Greenville, on March 15. Mrs. Mooney will en ter six cf her niano students from the John A. Holmes High School, Miss Joan Learv, Roger Lamb, Bud Skiles, Ruth Over men. Meg Wiggins and Pat Mooney. VFW MEETING William 11. Coffield, Jr., Post No. 9280. Veterans of Foreign Wars, will meet Tuesday night, November 24, at 8 o’clock, j Commander John Bass requests | a full attendance. TRY A HERALD CLASSIFIED THE CHOWAN HERALD. EDENTON. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1859. Hospital Auxiliary , Will Meet Friday The Chowan Hospital Auxili ary will meet Friday afternoon, November 20, at 3 o’clock in the nurses' home. Mrs. J. W. Davis, president reminds members that this will be the last meeting in 1959, so that all are urged to at tend. At this meeting a slate of new officers for 1960 will be pre sented and an important new project will be cans dered. Mrs. L. A. Patterson will also pre sent a film dealing with cancer. Hostesses for tea wil be Mrs. W. S. Harney and Mrs. J. M. Jones. Native Os Edenton Dies In Norfolk Mrs. Emma Parker Stowe, 75, widow of Elmer W. Stowe and daughter of Willis B. and Mrs. Pennie Churchill Parker, died Wednesday at 9:15 P. M., at her residence, 4723 Atterbury Street, Norfolk, Va. She is survived by two daugh ters, Mrs. N. R. Copeland of Edenton ar.d Mrs. R. L. McCoy of Norfolk; four sons, Ivor C.l Jackson and Thomas C. Jackson j both of Norfolk, Haywood D. Jackson of Princess Anne, Va., and Carey E. Jackson, U. S. Army; two step-daughters, Mrs.' Ike Cale of Suffolk, and Mrs. i Anna Barr of Norfolk; three j step-sons, Will Jackson of Sus- j folk, Joseph Jackson of Edenton and Elmer Stowe of Norfolk; a half-brother, John L. Hobbs of Norfolk; 32 grandchildren and great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. Mrs. Stowe wa9 a native of Edenton but had been a resident of Norfolk for 32 years. The body was taken from the Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home to Christ Sanctified Holy Church, Sunday afternoon at 1 o’clock. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock by the Rev. W. D. Hobbs, Sr., pastor of the church. Pallbearers were her grand children, Joe, Ervin, Johnny and ! Nathan Copeland, Jr„ Jimmy j Jackson and Walter Lee S'owe. Burial was in Forest Lawn Cemetery at Norfolk, Va. I Troop Os Brownies Elect New Officers ! j The Drownies met at *he j Barker house Wednesday, No i vember 11. New officers were | elected which included: Presi i r’-n* Bonnie Conger; vice presi- I dent, Judy Goodwin; secretary, I Judy White and treasurer, Jane ! Parks. P ' i I j l ! • 1 DEFENDS ATOM BLAST French nuclear expert Jules Moch seeks to justify the proposed French atomic bomb blast in the Sahara. He pointed out that both U.S. and D.S.S.R. have set off biases without appreciable risk to inhabitants. Arab members protected. Agriculture Census Will Change Figures The 1959 Census of Agricul ture, now under way in Chowan County, will bring up to date farm statistics last collected in 1954, when the farm census re- : veaied the following facts: | The value of products sold in .1954 by farm operators was $4,-, 284,273. The value of all crops sold 33/4% INTEREST ON NEW U.S. SAVINGS BONDS NOW IN EFFECT Congress makes the Bonds you buy and Bonds you already own better than ever! .flow U.S. Savings Bonds are a better buy than ever in bank; your youngsters can even buy them at school, through three important ways: the School Savings Plan for U.S. Savings Stamps. 1 I • All Series E and H Bonds bought since June 1, 1959 ! The l Government guarantees that the cash value of now earn 3%% interest when held to maturity. your Bonds cannot drop; it can only grow. And if your • Older Bonds will also pay more—an extra V 4%, from Bonds should be lost, stolen, or destroyed, the Treasury June 1 on, if you hold them to maturity. replace them free. • All Series E Bonds, old or new, now carry an automatic Finally, every Bond you buy does a big job for America, extension privilege; they’ll keep paying liberal interest Because today peace costs money—money for military < 1 for 10 years beyond maturity. strength and for science; and money saved by individuals ' Three big new dollar benefits that malm it smart to buy t 0 001 econom y * new Bonds—and hang on to the ones you havel Your Bonds help provide this money—help America keep the peace. So, to build a brighter future for yourself and 40 million Americans now own Bonds Jg, i, -“ v * «“> us - s »»^ Bonds. They re better than ever. -> r . But a good return isn’t the only reason so many people :i -buy Bonds. They’ve discovered that there’s no easier, safer, I more American way to save. I YOUR MONEY GROWS 33Vi% IN JUST 7 YEARS You can buy Bonds automatically, through the Payroll fe ANU 9 MONTHS WITH NEW SERIES E BONDSI Savings Plan where you work; you can buy them where you ' HELP STRENGTHEN AMERICA'S PEACE POWER . • • . • SME wrm ILS. SAVINGS BONDS The US. Government does not pay for this advertisement The Treasury Department thanks, for their patriotic donatioh, The MM WM WV W4O mm W mm mm apm ap • was $3,410,728 anu included $2,- 1981,592 for field crops, $426,517 'for vegetables, $2,119 for fruits and nuts, and SSOO for horticul i [ tural specialties. The value of all livestock and livestock products sold was ; $849,537 and included $583 for I dairy products, $198,216 for poul-' try and poultry products, and $050,733 tor livestock and live stock products. I The value of forest products sold from the county’s farms was $24,008. Murfreesboro Downs Windsor 20" To 19 For District Class A Title Local football fans, as well asj, large delegations from Windsor and Murfreesboro were treated to a thrilling game on Hicks Field Friday night when the Windsor Lions and Murfreesboro Red Devils met to decide the District Class A Championship. Murfreesboro won a close 20- 19 decision with the lead chang ing hands three times within the last five minutes of the game. The Red Devi's their win ning touchdown with 1 a little over a minute remaining on a pass play. Windsor held the upper hand during the first half and was leading 13-0, but the Red Devils roared back in the last half to win the championship. Edenton BPW Club Will Meet Tonight The Edenton Business and Professional Women’s Club will meet tonight (Thursday) at 7 o’clock at the Edenton Restau rant. The program will be in j charge of the Public Affairs and Public Relations Committee and Mrs. Alice Twiddy, president, urges all members to be present. CHOWAN COUNTY FARM BUREAU MEETS TONIGHT The Chowan County farm "'ureau will meet tonight (Thurs- i day) at 7",30 o’clock in the Cho- 1 wan. Community Building... This will be the first meeting of the new Farm Bureau year and Eu- j gene Jordan, president, is very anxious to have a good attend ance. Holmes Speaker At Rotary Meeting The Rev. George B. Holmes, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, was the principal speik- j et at last week’s Rotary meeting, j Mr. Holmes spoke on safety on | the highways. Ronnie Bass and Edwin By Laird’s Apple Brandy rsEi V ; ... • gujlfeiw Full quart *5.25 j laird 4 Co., Distilled Straight Apple Brandy, 84 Proof, Scobeyville, N. j„ rum, /Edenton were guests of the club as junior Rot tarians. - } Red Men’s Weiner Roast Monday Night Chowap Tribe of Red.ltoL'Kjtt, meet Monday night, Novemhftf. 23. A weiner roast will be. at 7 o’clock preceding tha?r®|Un lar meeting at 7:30. Clyde Hoi lowell, sachem of the tribe,, is; j very anxious to see many. Rfd I Men members turn out fp£ this j occasion. try. a herald.
The Chowan Herald (Edenton, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Nov. 19, 1959, edition 1
2
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75