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Edenton Stores Begin Tonight To Remain Open Until 9 O’clock
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ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
k CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXVL—Number 51.
Mayor John A. Mitciiener
Writes Personal Letter For
Information Os Citizens]
Points Out Some Ac
tivities of the Town
* Council First Half of
Fiscal Year
Mayor John Mitchener this
Week released t>e following let
ter in order to acquaint Eden
ton citizens wi;h activities of
Town Council which may not be
generally known. The Mayor’s
letter follows:
“Dear Fellow Citizens: In or
der that you might be informed
of the Town Council’s action on
major projects during the first
half of the 1959-60 fiscal year,
I have requested J. Edwin Buff
lap, Editor of The Chowan Her
ald, to publish this open letter
to the citizens of the Town of
Edenton.
“Plans for a sewage treatment
p'ijnt are progressing vei.y nice
ly. A deed for a site for the
plant at the former U. S. Naval
Auxiliary Air Station was re
ceived from the United States
Government in August. The
Council is now preparing for an
election for a $557,000 bond is
sue. -Public notice has been giv
en that the Town of Edenton in
tends to make application to the
Local Government Commission
for the issuance of these bonds
and a formal application will be
submitted on December 21. The
election is tentatively scheduled
to take place in February, 1960.
“I am sure that all of you
realize the importance of a sew
age treatment plant for Eden
ton. The State Stream Sanita
tion Commission has classified
the Chowan River barin and has
ordered that construction begin
on our- sewage (treatment plant
by October, 1960.
“The removal of sewage from
our bay and sound will provide
many advantages for industrial
and recreational growth.
Continued on Page 4—Section 1
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Last Minute Rush
On At Post Office
|The time has passed to talk!
about ‘Mailing Early for Christ
mas’,” Postmaster J. L. Chest
nutt says, “but you can still
help us to avoid a tremendous
last minute pile-up of Christmas
mail if you’ll send all your gift
packages and Christmas cards
right now!”
To the inevitable last minute
mailers he suggests the use of
air mail for every Christmas
card or gift going to distant
places out-of-town. He points;
out thait even a few hours de-j
lay at this critical time may j
mean disappointment for friends j
and loved ones on Christmas
Day.
Postal’- 1 employees are digging
in harder than ever, and for
your convenience, the Post Of-'
'*T%ice will remain open from 8:30
A. M., to 5:00 P. M., including
Saturday. There’s still time for
lojg|i deliveries, but all Christ
m® cards should be sent by
First Class mail.
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• Edenton store* will remain
open until 9 o'clock seven irgbts
before Christmas, beginning to
night < Thursday).
The annual Christmas concert
by the John A. Holmes High
School Band will be presented
in the school auditorium Fri
day night, December 19. at 8
o'clock.
ing. Dacamha* n, at it ocioca.
choirs of the Edenton
j/ \ * ill
sanctuary^Sunday
THEiCHOWAN HERALD (HR
Court Officials Take Oath Os Office )
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New Chowan County Recorder's Court officials are shown
above taking the oath of office. The oath was administered by
Mrs. Lena Leary, assistant Clerk of Court, right. At left is
William S. Privott, who is now prosecuting attorney and
center is Weldon Hollowell, who succeeds the late Marvin P.
Wilson as judge.—(J. P. Ricks, Jr. Photo).
Five Edenton Aces Honored By
News & Observer’s Selection Os j
All-Eastern ’59 Class AA Squad
Two members of the Edenton
Aces were placed on the 1959
All-Eastern AA football team
chosen by the Raleigh News &
Observer and three made honor
able mention.
The two named on the All-
Eastern team were Fred Brit
ton, end, and Minton Small,
guard.
Those who received honorable
mention were Johnny Phillips,
end; Johnny Forehand, center,
and Leroy Spivey, halfback.
The Albemarle, Conference
placed six boys on the All-East
ern team. Aside from Britton
and Small from Edenton, the
others were Golden Simpson,
Plymouth tackle; Marion Allen
of Plymouth, Preston Winslow of
Hertford and Brent Williams of,
Ahoskie, all backfield.
It was a close race between
Britton and Phillips for an end
Festival Service At
St. Paul’s Sunday
A festival service of les'sons
and carols will be conducted |
Sunday at Saint Paul’s Episcopal;
Church in Edenton. Thp 11
o’clock service has become an
annual transition from the Ad
vent to the Christmas season. j
Based on the ancient English)
service, nine lessens will be!
read from the Holy Scriptures]
by laymen in the parish. The
choir will sing various selections]
between the lessons and the con-,
gregation will also participate.
The service tells the story of
man’s first disobedience in the
[ Garden of Eden. • God’s promises
Ito Abraham that in his seed
shall all nations be blessed are
, Continued on Page 2—Section )
Band’s Christmas Concert Will
Be Presented Friday At 8 P. M.
Plans have been completed for
what is expected to be one of
the most outstanding holiday
events when the John A. Holmes
High School Band will present
its annual Christmas concert
The concert will be held in the j
school auditorium Friday night
December 18, at 8 o’clock and it
is hoped the auditorium will be
filled to capacity.
The program will open with
the audience requested to par
ticipate in singing the National
Anthem and will close with the
audience requested to join in
Christmas carol singing.
The program as arrLged ft*.'
lows:
fcxJenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 17, 1959.
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i position. Phillips was considered
I about the best defensive end in
( the Albemarle Conference, but
‘.he nod went to Britton due to
his sensational pass receiving
ability and his outstanding job
as a linebacker on defense.
Johnny Forehand was a stiff
• contender for first place center,
i but Frank Creech of Smithfield
was selected on the basis of his
: outstanding defensive play dur
, ing the season.
, Minton Small won out over
several other very good guards,
i Small was chosen due to his out
standing blocking and a terrific
, guard on defense. He turned in
■ a good job in the Char’otte
, Shrine Bowl game, which had
: some bearing on his selection.
Leroy Spivey won considerable
: j support for honorable mention
due to his speed and hard line
plunging near the end of the
season.
Special Service At
Methodist Church
Sunday Morning
A special service will be held
at the Methodist Church Sun
day morning, December'2o, at 11
o’clock when the Christmas mes
sage will be presented in song.
The service will be the high
light of the Advent season and
the public is cordially invited to
attend.
The music will be under the
direction of Mrs. Mary Brown
ing with Mrs. J. J. Ross at the
organ.
MISSES APPOINTMENT
P. E. Bettendorf, representa
tive of the Social Security Ad
ministration, will not be in
Edenton Thursday, December 24
due to the Christmas holidays.
tival, . Leroy Anderson; The
Crusaders Overture, Forrest L.
Buchtel; Spiritual from Sym
phony Number 5% (Symphony
for fun), Don Gillis; Rifle Regi
ment March, John Philip Sousa,
i A Folk Song Festival: Great
Britain, Drink to Me Only With
Thine Eyes and Flow Gently
Sweet Afton, arranged for band
by Guy F. Foreman. Mexico,
Pajarillo and Gaviotas, arranged
for band by Merle J. Isaac.
Scotland, Auld Rob Morris and
Loch Lommond, arranged for
band by Albert Oliver Davis.
France, Traditional and Au Clare
de la Lune, arranged for band
I Edenton Stores To
Begin Tonight To
Open Until 9 o’clock
i
! Practically All Places
Os Business Will Be
Closed Saturday, De
cember 26
According to the schedule of
the Merchants Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce, Edenton
stores will begin tonight (Thurs
day) to remain ooen until 9
o’c’ock every night until Christ
mas.
Tne stores for the most nart |
will remain closed Saturday, the
day after Christmas, in order to I
give employees an extra holiday. I
An exception will be the A & P
Store, which will open Saturday,]
but will be closed on New Year’s |
day, when other stores are
scheduled to be open.
Stores will be open all dayj
Wednesdays through December, 1
but most of them will beg n ob
serving the Wednesdav half holi
day on Wednesday, January 6. i
Aces Given Trip To
Red Skin-N. Y. Game
In Washington, D. C.
Edenton’s Aces and a few oth
er iriends were guests of Joe
Mitchener and his father, Mayor
John Mitchener, at the Wash
ington-New York football game
in Washington Sunday. The
group left Edenton early Sun
day morning in the Aces’ bus
for Suffolk where thev boarded
a soec'ally chartered bus for the
nation’s capitol.
In the group were:
Coach Bill Billings, Principal!
Hiram J. Mayo, Lloyd Lassiter,
Joe Mitchener, Bubba Hopkins. ,
Billy Cates, Carroll Forehand,
Johnny Phillips, Jerry Tollev,
George Nixon, Zackie Harrell,
Richard Dixon, Erwin Griffin.
Leroy SDivey, Aex Kehayes,
Jimmy Johnston. Fred Britton,
Freddie Ferguson, Jack Sawyer,
Bryant Griffin, Wayne Baker,
Jimmy White, Lloyd Mills, La
dell Packer, Donald Faircloth,
Robert Halsev, Charles Cuthrell,
Minton Small, Dona’d Forehand.
Wayne Griffin, student mana
gers Melvin Barnett, Jack Ash
lev, Walter Holton and Roland I
Tolley, Mayor Mitchener, Bill
Mitchener, West Leary,, Bill Co
zart and Edward Wozelka.
New Books At
Local Library
Miss Harriet B. Leary, librar
ian at the Shepard-Pruden Me
morial Library, announces that
the following list of new books
are now in the library:
For Adult Readers: Burman,
The Street of the Laughing
Camel; Strode, Jefferson Davis;
Costain, The Darkness and the
Dawn; Gardner, Case of the |
Singing Skirt; Duggan, Children
cf the Wolf; Chegaray. Hawaii:
Isles of Dreams; Feller, How to
Pitch; Barnes, King’s Fool; Hub
bard, A Message to Garcia;
Keyes, Station Wagon in Spain;
Hale, Dear Beast; Seifert, Doc
tor on Trial; Hitchcock, My Fav
orites in Suspense; Anderson,
Perish by the Sword: Depew,
The Cooks bury Party Book; Ar
! nold, Flight from Ashiya; Reilly,
Not Me, Inspector; Quentin,
Shadow of Guilt; Gallico, Too
Many Ghosts; Coker, La Belle;
Hale, The Man Without A Coun
try.
For JuVenile Readers: Ca
vanna, The Scarlet Sail; Com-j
fort, Litt'fe Lost Kitten; Coe, Pic-|
ture Story of Buffalo Bill; De
vine, Davy’s Little Horse; Chase,
A Visit To The Hospital; Teters,
Ccwfboys; Hyde, Playtime for
Nancy; Botts (ill) Hey, Diddle
Diddle.
POCAHONTAS PARTY
Members of Chowanoke Coun
cil No. 54, Degree of Pocahon
tas, met at the home of Mrs. Es- 1
sie Perry on West Eden Street
Tuesday night to hold their an-1
nual Christmas party.
Various games were played.
Christmas carols sung, refresh
ments served and gift* exchang
ed, all of which proved to toe a
BPW Clubwoman Os The Year j
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in above picture is Mrs. asla Smith, right, as she was named
Clubwoman of the year by the Edenton Business and Profes
sional Women's C.ub, At ief* is Mrs. Lena Lexxy, x 958 Ciuo
woman, who presented .Mrs. Smith the ro.aiing s,.ver bowl on !
which her name and the year 1959 will be engiaved. Mrs.
Smith was also presented a bouquet of red roses (J. P. Ricks. j
Jr. Photo).
Rocky Hock Group;
Bids In Old Rocky
Hock School Plant
Purpose Is To Trans
form Property Into a
Suitable Recreation
Center For Section
Three citizens of the Rocky!
Hock section, representing thei
Rocky Hock community, on
Monday bought the abandoned
Rocky Hock School property, j
The Chowan Board of Education]
previously declared the property |
be unnecessary and undesir-j
atHe for public school purposes,
and a safe was subsequently au
thorized to be held at the Court!
House door Monday morning, |
December 14, at 11 o’clock.
The three citizens authorized
to bid on the property were
Paul Ober, Lester Harrell and
Murray Tynch, their bid being
$2,000. The bid will, of course,
be open for 10 days, but resi
dents of the Rocky Hock com
munity are hopeful that this bid
will not be raised.
It is t'he desire of a large I
group of Rocky Hock citizens,
to use the school property as aj
recreation center. The property
includes school rooms, an audi
torium and lunch room. Con-
Continued on Page 2, Section 1
Farm Census Is Half
Completed In Area]
The 1959 Census of Agriculture;
is about 50 percent completed!
in this area, it is announced by
Field Director Joseph R. Nor
wood of the Census Bureau’s
regional office at Charlotte.
The Census official stated that
he was well pleased with the
cooperation the census takers
are receiving from farmers in
the area and has high hopes of
completing the canvass within
the next few days. He pointed
out that the field canvass of
farms is one of the larger costs
of the census and that coopera-;
tion of farmers in completing
questionnaires promptly will be
a vital factor in keeping down
the final cost of the undertak
ing.
Quick completion of the cen
sus will not ortly help in keep
ing costs down but will aid in
prompt publication of the re
sults, the field director said. He
urged local farmers who have
not already done so to complete
the census questionnaire and
have it ready when the census
taker calls.
DIRECTS ECC PLAY
Two one-aot plays by North
Carolina authors made up an
evening of drama recently pre
sented by the East Carolina Col
lege PHayhouse in- thdir Studio
Series for the school year. An
audience from the camrus and
the city gathered in the audi
torium of Whicihard Music Hall,
gave the program an enthusiastic
response.
Among those talcing part was
Leigh Dobson of Edenton, a stu
dent director.
[ Approved ]
Congressman Herbert Bonner
has been notified by John D.
Porterfield, acting surgeon gen
era’., that the initial application
for a project at Chowan Hospi
tal has been approved under the
provisions of Title VI of the
Public Health Service Act.
The projects provides for air
condition'ng in the Chowan
Hospital at an .estimated cost of
$40,000. Os this amount the es
timated federal share will be
$22,000.
Christmas Concert
By School Groups
Draws Big Crowd
John A. Holmes High
School Auditorium Is
Filled to Capacity on|
Sunday Afternoon
The John A. Holmes High
School auditorium was filled to
capacity, with many standing,,
Sunday afternoon when the
c'hcral groups of Edenton schools j
presented their annual Christ-j
mas concert. The program was j
directed by Mrs. Mary L. Brown-j
ing, with Jo Ann Leary, Jean i
Goodwin and Susan Byrum as j
Concluded on Page 6—Section i
Red Men To Nominate
New Officers Monday
Chowan Trine of Red Men
will meet Monday night, Decem
ber 21, at 7:30 o’clock. Clyde
Hollowell, sachem, urges a full
attendance for at this meeting
j the principal item of business
will be nomination of new offi
' cers for the tribe. The elec
tion will be held Monday n'ght,
December 28.
Standardized City Directory
Being Distributed In Edenton
The first standardized City]
Directory ever published for|
Edenton is now being delivered 1
to subscribers by Hill Directory (
Co., Inc., of Richmond, Va. _ j
The new reference work is a
handy volume, listing 3,811
names of adult residents and
business places in Edenton, with
eighteen established as the mini
mum listing age. By a stand
ardized City Directory is meant
that it contains a’l features, and
in the same sequence, as most
C’ty Directories in the country,
including those of the great
cities, tne publishers said.
Departments of the 1959 guide
book are as follows, in order. In
troduction, a Buyer’s Guide,
gluaifM lection (yellow jwgti),
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolim
I BPW Club Chooses
I Mrs. Lala Smith As
i Year’s Clubwoman
{, Close Friday j
Schools in the Edenton an"'
i County Admin siralive Units w 11
close Friday of this week for
i ths Christmas holidays and will
remain cosed two weaks, re
opening Monday morning, Janu
ar-- 4.
| Many of the students will be
working during the holidays and.
of course, many of I’-e teachers
will return to their homes to
visit friends and relatives.
iChristmas Dance
| Will Be Held Friday
jNight, December 25
i
Sponsored By Edenton
Varsity Club; Music
Furnished By Not-!
ables of Suffolk
Edenton’s Varsity Club will j
sponsor its annual Christmas
dan-e again this year. The I
dance is scheduled to be held/
n the Edenton armory Christ-'
mas nieht, December 25, start-!
; ng at 9 o’clock and continuing:
until 1 o’clock.
Music for this year's dance,
wi'l be furnished bv The No*a- '
hies of Suffolk. Th's grouo has
appeared in Edenton several !
times before, so that it is ex-1
pected a large crowd will turn
cut for the affair. Jess Harrell,;
president cf the Varsitv Club. I
expects this year’s dance to be (
as good or even better than |
previous. Christmas dances.
Anybody desiring to make ta-1
ble reservations is requested to
phone 2429 or 2601.
Baptist Choirs To i
Present Christmas
Music Next Sunday ;
On Sunday afternoon, Decern-/
ber 20, at 5 o’clock, the five|‘
choirs of the Edenton Baptist}
Church will present a program |
of Christmas music in the church ;
sanctuary. The program will in
elude many well-known carols
and anthems, as well as several: 1
carols which are not often heard. ,
There also will be singing by
the congregation. I
The public is invited to attend
the service.
Libraries Close For
Christmas Holidays
i
Shepard-Pruden Memorial and
| Brown-Carver Libraries will be
I closed December 24. 25 and 261
| for the Christmas holidays.
Patrons wishing to return
I books or get new ones are urged
i to come in before the holiday.
| The bookmobiles will not op
| erate and all libraries in the
Pettigrew Regional Library sys
tem will close since State holi
! days are observed. They will ]
| also close New Year’s Day, Jan-
I uary 1.
I alphabetical list of names of all
J residents and firms, directory of
1 householders, a numerical tele
i phone directory, and a story of
| Edenton by the Chamber of
Commerce.
The classified (yellow) pages
catalog 150 different kinds, or
varieties, of enterprise from “Ab
attoirs” to “Yarns—Manufactur
ers”, testifying to the diversity
of the city’s commercial and
professional life. The publish
ers explained that these repre
sent only the basic headings and
do not cover the numerous va
rieties purchased by the sub
scribers as “displays” and listed
in the classified section.
Special features of the alpha-
Canttwd an Page 1 Bertag l
Selection Announced
] At Club’s Christmas
Party Held Friday
Night
By EVELYN G. LEARY
* Mrs. Lala Smith was named
' “Clubwoman of the Year” by
the Edenton Business and Pro-,
t fessional Women’s Club at a
! i Christmas party held Friday
■j night at the Edenton Res’auiart.
'j Mrs. Lena Leary, 1958 club
' woman, made the announcement
and presented Mrs. Smith with
I a rotating silver bowl on which
her name and the year 1959 wi’d
be engraved. In accepting the
; honor bestowed upon her, Mrs.
| Smith said, “I am speechless,
■I cou'dn’t make a speech if I
had to. This is such a • surprise.
But I do want to say this. I
■ thank you sincerely from tie
I bottom of my heart.” She Was
(also presented a bouauet of red
I roses by the president, Mrs.
I Alice Twiddy.
| The c.ubwoman of the year is
I judged by the following: (1) Par-
J dcipation in club activities. (2;
; Participation in community ac
tivities. (3) General attitude and
[achievements as a business or
professional woman. The selec
tion is made by secret ballot of
club members.
Mrs. Smith was born in Cho
wan County, the youngest of
’hree children of the late Mr.
and Mrs. George Ashley. Her
mother died when she was very
young and she went to live with
her sister, Mrs. Celia Forehand,
in Murfreesboro, N. C., where
.on:mixed on Page 6—Section 1
Red Men Sponsor
Two Turkey Shoots
Tonight And Friday
Sponsored by Chowan Tribe
of Red Men, two turkey shoots
are scheduled to be held tonight
(Thursday) and Friday night.
The shoots will be he’d on the
American Legion grounds on the
Windsor highway and will , begin
at 6 o’clock or shortly there
after.
Leroy Harrell is chairman of
the committee in charge of the
shoots, and he hopes many will
turn out to enjoy the fun and
try to win a turkey for Christ
mas.
Road Projects 1
V
The secondary road plan for
Chowan County was released
this week by the Slate Highway
Commission which calls for a
construction expenditure of $47.-
700. The project includes 5.19
] miles of roads to be graded,
drained and surfaced.
Total maintenance funds for
the county amounts to $84,693.93.
This fund is for roadway main
tenance and bridge maintenancs
allocation.
20 Years Ago j
As Found in the Files of |
The Chowan Herald
1
Edenton and Chowan County
received prominent mention in
a publication of "Old Homes
iand Gardens" published by the
Garden Club of Chapel Hill.
Frequent mention was made of
Edenton and Chowan County
and included five local pictures,
the Cupola House. Beverly Hall,
Hayes, the garden at Beverly
Hall and the Booth House.
! Mrs. J. N. Pruden. chairman
' of the Chowan Red Cross Chs,o
- ter, reported that the county ex
- ceeded its S4OO quo*u by sl6,
r the largest amount ever collec*-
1 ed in the county during a roll
- call.
The Taylor Theatre staged a
1 show for the benefit of the
- needy in the community at
- which no admission was charged
l other than a gift left in fits
lobby.
C. W. Sawyer was slectsd
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