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# - ' || ONLY NEWSPAPER 1 II , PUBUSHED IN | CHOWAN COUNTY | Volume XXVl.—Number 50. 'Xrr 1 . ‘ju- Band Will Present Christmas Concert Fri., December 18 of Program to fee Built Around Mu 4]C of Various Ceun iries The annual Christmas concert Y by' the John A. Holmes High ScHbol Band will be' given on Friday evening, December 18. Thei program will begin at 8 o’cld|ck in the high school audi ' toriiim. There will be no charge for : admission. This will be the most ambi tious', program, musically, here tofore performed by the band. The inain theme of the program will be built around (music of various countries. Represented in this “folk song festival” is music from Britain, France, Mexico, Scotland and the United States. Contemporary American com posers will also be featured on the pregram, among these being Leroy Anderson, “A 'Christmas Festival,” and Don Giljrs, “Spir itual from Symphony Number 514,” a Symphony for fun. Five movements from Tiasch owsky’s '“Nutcracker Suite” will also be performed, The Arabian Dance, Marche, Waltz of the Flowers, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies and the Russian Dance. I - Included on the program will De marches by Sousa, Keller and Polhamus. , The evening will be conclud ed with carol singing, with the audience invited to participate. County Tax Listers Appointed For 1960 Chowan bounty Commission ers at their meeting Monday ap pointed tax listerg for the year 1960. The appointments were as fol lows: First Township— Mrs. Pattie S. Byrum and Mrs. Jean O’Neal. Second Township Henry Bunch. Third Township—T. D. Berry , man. " Fourth Township—Ward Hos kins. civic calendar] a, Jrlt } Edenion stores win remain open until 9 o'clock seven nights before Christmas, beginning on Thursday. December 17. Referendums on cotton and peanut marketing quotas and continuing an assessment of 10 cents a bale on North Carolina cotton for promotng the use and sale of that crop wll be held Tuesday, December 15. Combined choral groups of Edenion city schoo's wll pre sent their annual Christmas con cert in the John A. Holmes High School auditorium Sunday af ternoon, December 13, at 5 o'clock. The annual Christmas concert by the John A. Holmes High School Band will be presented in the school auditorium Fri day night, December 18. at 8 o'clock. | on Page B—Section i Drive Now In Progress To Raise Funds For Benefit Bov Scouts According to plans of Mac- Donald Dixon of Elizabeth City Area Boy Scout finance chair man, the Chowan County fund raising drive began Thursday of last week at the Rotary Club meeting. Mr. Dixon has selected Rich ard Atkinson, Jr., as county chairman and will be assisted by John W. Graham. Ait 'Hiurs day’s rltotary meeting each Ro tarian was given a list to so licit in an effort to raise a quo ta 'of $2,000. Each Rotarian was urged to complete his canvass ing as soon as possible. Atkinson pointed out that the success of the entire program prill oall upon the support of mV gre people in Chowan County. B&i further oojjvtCKi out from the THE CHOWAN HERALD [ Sold Again ] The bid for the sale of lha County Home property has been raised, so that the property will again be put up for sale at the Court House door Monday morn ing, December T 4, at 11 o'clock. The opening bid for this prop erty will be $8,140.00, so that anyone interested in the sale should be at the court house at the appointed time. Mrs. LA. Patterson Is Elected Hospital Auxiliary President Other Officers Are Re- Elected; Plan Christ mas Party For Hos pital Staff Mrs. L. A. Patterson was elect ed president of the Chowan Hos pital Auxiliary at the November meeting. Mrs. Patterson suc ceed Mrs. J. W. Davis. Re-elected to serve with Mrs. Patterson were: Mrs. Richard Hardin, vice president; Mrs. W. O. Elliott, Jr., secretary, and Mrs. W. H. Hollowell, Jr., treas urer. The Auxiliary voted to buy a set of portable scales for the hospital and to redecorate the nursery with wallpaper and ! matching draperies. Mrs. J. C. Leary, Jr., and Mrs. Graham White, Jr., are co-chairmen of this project. , The Easftim Star Chapter was thanked for furnishing flowers and magazines for November. Flowers for December are be ing furnished by the Catholic Society. A Christmas party for the hospital staff will again be giv en by the Auxiliary with Mrs. J. W. Davis and Mrs. Albert Byrum in charge of arrange ments. Mrs. Patterson presented a very interesting film on cancer. Hostesses for the meeting were Mrs. J. M. Jones and Mrs. W. S. Harney. Empty Stocking Fund Needs Help With Christmas coming closer and closer and quite a few names on a ’ list to be helped, contributions are needed urg ently. If you can spare a little for the fund, kindly make your con tributions to Jim Johnston, president of Young Churchmen at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in 'Edenton, or simply “Empty Stocking Fund” care of St. Paul’s Church. Toys are needed at the fire station to be repaired, but take them now. “Let’s bring Christ mas to as many as we can,” say the Young Churchmen. , years. Chowan County has had along fine standing Scouting program f or boys Bto 17 years of age. Communities having boys are Tyner. Ryland, Small Cross Roads. Rocky Hock, St. John and Edenton. This represents a total of ten Scouting units in two districts, the Albemarle and Coastal. r - This Will be the first brg un dertaking to jointly work the entire Srout family of Cubs Scouts and Explorers on a coun ty-wide basis. These funds raised as with others in the Eastern North Car olina counties, and the United Funds of the Tidewater Council makes possible the Scouting program. The ftwujs handle the Edenton, Chowan County,"North Carolina, Thursday, December 10, 1959. if New Officials Appointed For Chowan County - I : ijprf Y j 'JI I j & A -'v. isHHB JOHN E. SHACKELFORD WIUL'jN nuLujWLiL v WlLLiAivi S. PRiVoTT As the result of the recent death of Marvin P. Wilson, judge of Recorder's Court, Weldon Hollowell was on Monday appointed to fill Judge Wilson's unexpired term by the Chowan County Commissioners. William S. Privott was appointed to fill Mr. Hollowell's unexpired term as Prosecuting Attorney, and John E. Shackelford was appointed County Attorney and Tax Attorney to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Privott. 70 Students Make Honor Roll At John A. Holmes High School Hiram Mayo, principal of the j Jc’hn A. Holmes High School, 1 this week released the honor roll for the second six weeks period. The list includes 70 students and Mr. Mayo points out that this is 20 more than the first six weeks period when 50 students made; the honor roll. Those included on the honor roll for the second six weeks: period follow: Seventh Grade: Claire Belch, Marshall Boutwell, Wayne Brab-! ble, Susan Byrum, Judy Cart wright, Johnetta Davenport, Ar lene Fry, Joe Harrell, Kenneth Harrell, David Holton, Ed Jen kins, Hiram Mayo, Nancy O’Neal, Gayle Oliver, Charles Overton, Happy Senn, Lula Stroud, Catherine Taylor, Meg Wiggins, George Wilkins. Eighth Grade: Jimmy Cordon, Jean Goodwin, Neal Hobbs, Pat Mooney, Ruth Overman, Mary Chowan PTA Will Meet December 14 The Chowan Parent-Teacher Association will meet Monday night, December 14, at 7:30 o’clock. Mrs. Hurley Winborne, president, is very anxious to have a full attendance at this meeting, for which special en tertainment has been arranged. The fourth grades will present the devotional part of the pro gram with "What Do You See In the Manger?” The third grades will present a playlet, “The Greatest Gift of All.” The program will be presented; under the direction of Miss Janie Haislip, Mrs. Marguerite Burch, Mrs. Ruth Mansfield, Mrs. Hattie Asbell and Mrs. Ce celia Willoughby. Cub Scouts Plan To Hold Christmas Party Tuesday, December 15 Edenton’s Cub Scout Pack will hold a Christmas party at the Penelope Barker house Tues day night, December 15. at 7:30 o’clock. Carroll Boyce, Cub Scoutmas ter, urges all Cub Scouts, their parents and members of their families to attend the party. x Santa Claus will be on hand to distribute presents, so that a very enjoyable time is antici pated. Legion Auxiliary Very Appreciative Decorating and preparing the Court House Green for the Christmas party Thursday was in charge of the American Leg ion Auxiliary. Mrs. W. E. Mills, chairman of the committee, de sires to thank everyone who he’oed in any way. “We are deeply appreciative for the help and cooperation of so people in helping to orovide a Christmas atmosphere for the visit of Santa Claus,” . she says. *FW MEETING H. Jr. J’rsi |Thorud, Douglas Twiddy. Ninth Grade: Wayne Ashley, Carolyn Griffin, Gail Hare, Frank Johnson, Jo Ann Leary, ! Nelia Lowe. John Marshall, Tim ! Overman, Jim Partin, Betty Jo j Webb, Annie Laura Whiteman. Tenth Grade: Herbert Adams, Jeanette Ashley. Marian Bunch, Ida Campen, James Dail, Ann I Hobbs, Martin Hobowsky, Wal ter Holton, Anne Jenkins, Joe Mitchener, Judy Riley, Roland Tolley, Phyllis Twiddy, Mac Wright. Eleventh Grade: Ellen Bas night, Billy Cates, Bill Goodwin, Erwin Griffin, Mary Ann Hare, Millie Price, Sally Privott, Jim my Rogerson, Kathryn Wozelka. Twelfth Grade: Harriet Bond, Edwin Byrum, Mary Pearl Har rell, Kaye Lowe, Betty Privott, Ida Smyer, Patricia Waff, Dolly Wright, Lorean Wright. I Seal Sale Lagging In Chowan County Mrs. Wesley Chesson, Jr, Seal [ Sale chairman of the Chowan County Tuberculosis Association, reports that as of Monday, De cember 7, only $560 had been received toward the goal set for Chowan County. Os the amount received in this drive 75 percent will remain in Chowan County for the aid of tuberculosis patients. Twenty five percent is forwarded to headquarters in Raleigh to be used in research and the possi ble eradication of TB in the near future. During the recent X-ray sur vey made in Chowan County two active cases of TB were found and 35 heart and non-TB pathology cases that were re ferred to doctors and institu tions for medical care. During 1959 six new cases of TB have been discovered in Chowan County and two re-active cases. These cases have been cared for through the aid of the Health Department and the Chowan County Tuberculosis Associa tion. Rotary’s Christmas Party Held Tonight Edenton’s Rotary Club will hold its annual Christmas party tonight (Thursday) at the Amer ican Legion Building. The party is scheduled to begin at 7 o’clock with the meal to be ser ved by members of the Legion Auxiliary. Rotary Annes will be special guests of the Rotarians and each one attending is requested to buy a present not to cost more than a dollar so that gifts can be exchanged. Investment Club Elects Officers The Chowan Investment Club has elected officers for the’ new year, with C. A. Phillips suc ceeding Charles H. Wood, Jr., as president Wesley Chesson, Jr., was elected vice president and Jasper Hassell, secretary treasurer. Each club member pavg $lO per month, which is invested in stocks on the New York stock ■ - McKay Washington Is Elected Master Os Masonic Lodge Group of Officers to Be Installed at Meet ing Thursday Night, January 7 McKay Washington was elect j ed master of Unanimity Lodge | No. 7, A. F. & A. M., at an J election of officers Thursday night. Mr. Washington will succeed Ernest J. Ward, Jr.. Other officers elected were: Senior Warden, Dr. A. F. Dow num; junior warden, J. C. Parks: treasurer, R. E. Leary: secre tary, W. C. Bunch, Jr. ,and trus tee for a three-year term, W. M. Wilkins. These officers, together with those appointed by the new master, will be installed at the lodge meeting to be held Thurs day night, January 7. William Adams will officiate as the in stalling officer. Service Cart Pushers At Chowan Hospital Service cart pushers at Cho wan Hospital have been an nounced to serve for December and January. Those who will serve in this capacity are Mrs. Jasper Hassell, Mrs. Bruce Jones, Jr., Mrs. George A. Byrum, Mrs. Kermit Layton and Mrs. Frank Holmes. Edenton Stores Will Be Open Seven Nights Before Christmas Local stores will be open sev-1 en nights prior to Christmas to! accommodate holiday shoppers, j The Chamber of Commerce Mer-: i chants Committee recommended that stores stay open until 9 P. M., beginning Thursday, De- - cember 17 and continue through Christmas Eve. i In order to give employees an extra holiday after the buying ( rush, the committee also recom- i mended that stores be closed on 1 Saturday, December 26, as well | as Christmas Day. ] New Regional Library Bookmobile vtti\v mmmm ;PfTT!OKSfXSaOMU«tAW '** iti a! jl. fj Above is pictured the new bookmobile just received for by die Pettigrew Regional Library. It was on display in f of the Shepard - Pruden Library Monday. At left is Mrs. gmda Babylon, director of the library, and Mrs. Vexdie A aodar, bookmobile librarian. The bookmobile, a Morooey, made poetible by a federal ymt to the Pettigrew Regfc Choral Groups Will Present Christmas Concert On Dec. 13 Annual Event Will Be Held In John Holmes High School Starting At 5 P. M. The combined choral groups of the Edenton City Schools, j under the direction of Mrs. Mary L. Browning, will present ; their annual Christmas concert on the afternoon of Sunday. De cember 13, at 5 o’clock in the auditorium of the John A. Holmes High School. This concert, traditionally the first of Edenton’s musical ob servances of Christmas, will fea ture the Senior High School Chorus, the Junior High School Choirs, Treble Clef Club and the | Elementary Chorus. This year the program will be divided into j two sections, the first sacred,! “We Sing of Holy Days”; the second, secular, “We Sing of Holidays.” The student accompanists for the program are Jo-Ann Leary, Jean Goodwin and Susan By-j rum. The program, which is com pletely non-sectarian, will begin promptly at 5 o'clock and will run a little less than an hour. There will be no admission charge. County Offices Will Be Closed Three j Days For Christmas County, off'ces will enjoy a three-day holiday over Christ mas. The County Commission ers on Monday gave authority for county offices to close Thurs day, Friday and Saturday, De cember 24, 25 and 26 and re open Monday, December £3. 40 Applications For Forest Ranger Joh Since the death of Frank V. White, Chowan Couniy Forest Ranger, 40 applications were re- 1 ceived by the Countv Commis sions for the position. The Commissioners at a meeting held Thursday of last week screened, the applicants and presented five to the State Forestry Di vision. From these five Mr. White’s successor will be chosen, j Present at the meeting were the District Forester and Di-| vision Forester, but the names of those selected were not di vulged. Most stores will be open on the following Friday, New Year’s Day, at regular hours as has been the custom here. Stores will be open all day Wednesdays through December with most stores returning ta the 1 P. M„ closing on Wed nesday., January 6. Members of the Merchants Committee urge stores to adopt the» proposed schedule as it is felt it will be convenient to the public and can be uniformly publicized. $2.50 Per Year In North Carolim Santa’s Arrival In Edenton Is Greeted By Many Thursday J Vote Dec. 15 , Next Tuesday, De.embrr 15, an election will be held .on cot ton and peanut maiket ng quo tas and on continuing an assess ment of 10 ten s a bile cn Nor.h Carol na cot'on for pro moting the use and sale .of that crop. The authorization is for the crop years 1960, 1961 and 1962. Po lng places in Chowan County, which wi 1 be epen from 7 A. M., to 6 P. M., are as fol lows: Harry Perry's SSore, Gro ver Cale's Sicre, C. T. Dixon's Store, Earl Smith's S ore, Mel vin Evans' Store, E. R. Bunch's Store, H. R. Peele's Store and L. E. Briggs' Store. Be sure io vole in this election as it is important that your wishes be known. Weldon A. Hollowell Appointed As Judge Os Recorder’s Court Wm. S. Privott Prose cuting Attorney and John Shackelford Is County Attorney A change in county officials took place at the meeting of: Chowan County Commissoners Monday which was brought about by the recent death of Marvin P. Wilson, judge of Re corder’s Court. During the ill ness of Mr. Wilson,. WiTiam Pri vott nas been employed as judge 1 , on a term basis. Weldon Hollowell, who has been serving as prosecuting at torney, was appointed to fill the : unexpired term of Judge Wil son. William Privott was ap pointed prosecuting at'orney to : fill the unexDired term of Mr. Hollowell. John E. Shackelford, Edenton’s newest attorney, was appointed county attorney to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Pri -1 Continued on Page 3—Section 1 Christmas Program At Methodist Church Sunday, December 13 Children of the Methodist Church will present a pageant, “The Christmas Story,” Sunday night, December 13. at 8 o’clock in the church sanctuary. Spe-! cial music will also be furnished by the Junior Choir. A goodly amount of work isi be : ng devoted to the pageant, so that an interesting and inspiring program is in pros-oeet. The public is cordially invited. JAYCEES MEET TONIGHT Edenton’s Junior Chamber of. Commerce will meet tonight! (Thursday) at 7 o’clock at the' Edenton Restaurant. President West Byrum, Jr., asks all mem bers to be present. Planning Committee Replies To Objection To Change Os Green The Community Planning Committee sponsored by the ! Edenton Woman’s Club this week I released the following statement [' regarding the proposed change | of the Court House Green: “As a group of persons inter- I ested in the beautification of t Edenton and as the committee proposing the restoration of the l Court House Green and the mov- j ing of the Confederate monu-; ment to the foot of Broad Street on Edenton Bay, we feel that since obiections were aired in The Chowan Herald last week, that it is only fair that we state our reasons for suggesting this move toward improving the ap pearance of this most historic town. ‘To begin with, the plans were drawn by one of the fore most landscape architects in the country. He was in charge of restoring the grounds at Monti c#Uo, tht ham# of Thorn#* J#r FIGHT CANCER WITH A CHECKUP AND CHECK | Broad Street Is Lined With Spectators as Parade Claims Con , siderable Praise •! Youngsters and adults by the hundreds gathered in Edenton i, Thursday afternoon to attend ■i the annual Christmas parade and t party sponsored by the Edenton : Business and Prcfessional Wo -1 men’s Club. The event officid i ly opened the Christmas season l and the spirit of the great holi day permeated the air. Ad ling to the occasion was lighting of ■ j the Christmas decorations on Broad Street. Only two bands, the John A. Holmes High School Band and the Plymouth High School B -nd participated in the parade, but both organizations were at their best as they played a delight ful medly cf Christmas selec tions. Much favorable comment | was heard about the calibre of music both bands played, i Though it was a raw and chilly afternoon, Broad Shaft was lined with spectators all along Broad Street. The parade began at Hicks Field, proceeded south on Broad Street to Water Street and on to the Court House Green, where Santa Claus, who brought up the rear of the parade, took his place cn a spe cial stand. Many of the young sters greeted the genial old gen tleman and expressed the.r wish es for Christmas. On the Green bags of goodie; were distributed to both white and colored children in separate lines. The sponsors report that over 2,000 bags were d:str.touted, under direction of members of the National Guard. In the parade were about at .dozen floats and marchng units.' The parade was led by highway patrolmen, followed by horse back riders and a convertible in which rode Mayor John A. Mitchener and William P. Jones, president of the Chamber of Commerce. Also in the parade riding in convertibles were school queens. They were L<- Continued on Page 4—Section 1 20 Years Ago As Found in the File* of The Chowan Herald * Chowan farmers joined the re mainder of the state in turning in an almost unanimous vote in favor .of continuation of cotton marketing quotas during 1940 under the Agricultural Adjust ment Administration program. Only two nsgstive votes were cast ?n the election. Earl G. Mason, acting dean of the Oregon Slate School of For. estry, read ng a story in T’ e Herald relative to Arbor Day activities in Edenton. wrote a letter complimenting the Eden ton Garden Club and Parent- Teacher Association. Such active programs, he said, tend to make better citizens. Representative Lindsay W;-r --xen announced that he had rec- Continued on Page 3—Section 1 ferson; Stratford, the home of Robert E. Lee. and Mount Ver non. the home of George Wash ington, and was personally se lected bv President Franklin T). Roosevelt to do a history of the White House grounds. “At the proposed site the Con j federate monument will be vis j ible the whole mile length of | Broad Street with Edenton Bay behind it and the figure of the soldier standing out against the sky. The brick paved area around the monument with a flagstaff in each corner, the grass plots on either end of the plaza, enclosed by low ever green planting and small ever green trees on the far end, would be the beginning of an outstanding park on the .water “ Far from being .a .w*d end street, the streeta#%ufnxmding the place are the approach to 9#*rtUra*4 on Page 3—Section i
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