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I ONLY NEWSPAPER \ PUBUSHED IN L CHOWAN COUNTY Volume XXVII. —Number 3. Chief Os Stream Portion v a Division Speaker At ‘ons Meeting, Including Gtzests Wilbur E. Long, Jr.,’ Points Out Import-1 ance of Water In North Carolina Wilbur E. Long, Jr., was the principal speaker at the Lions YCtab meeting Monday evening. »fr. Long was introduced by Jesse Harrell. The speaker is chief of the Stream Pollution Division of the Stream Sanitation Commission. Members of the Edenton Rotary Club, Town Council, Board of Public Works and' Town Attorney were on hana to hear the speaker as guests' of the Lions Club. Mr. ■ Long’s speech was pre ceded by a showing of a film depicting the condition of many bodies of water in the United States, tyhich h a< j become pollut ed by waste. The film also dealt with the subject of muni cipal and industrial treatment of waste before'going into streams. Following the film, Mr. Long discussed the work of his divi sion and the situation with re spect to corrective measures be ing taken in the state. It was noted that North Carolina had 16 major river basins, which cover 52,285 square miles. These riv ers carry an average flow of 29 biltion gallons of water per day through the state on its way to the Atlantic Ocean. He pointed out, however, that the flow of water changed at different sea sons so that the minimum flow is two billion gallons a day. Water assets of the state are fixed and more or less constant over a period of time. Speaking of water uses, Mr. Long told the audience that North Carolina uses water at a 1 rate of 914 million gallons of water a day; domestic use ac counts fbr 252 million gallons, industrial use''accounts for 301 gallons a day, Dvhile agricultural usb accounts for 361 million gal lons a day. It is estimated that by 1975 water uses in North Ca rolina will be 194 billion gallons a day, accounted for by domestic 549,000,000, industrial 601,000,000, agricultural 60,000,000. Based on' the minimum flow we will be a about breaking even. At the present North Carolinians are using about 100 gallons of water per capita per day. Our way of life demands more water as we increase our use of appliances, add additional bath rooms to our houses, etc. Industrial use of water will increase at a rapid rate as the state industrializes. The speaker pointed out that Continued on Page 8, Section 2 | A Reminder j Just a reminder that North Carolina and Edenton automo bile license plates for 1968 are now on sale at the office of the Carolina Motor Club on East Water Street and at the town office. 1 With January fast fleeting away, long lines will soon be Moraiing to buy plates at the ’last minute, so to save time and jittery nerves these plates should be purchased now. Community Progress Awards i Programs Planned Next Week The 1959 Community Progress Awards Program will* be held Monday. and Tuesday nights of next week. On Monday night at 7:30 o’clock the Negro com munity awards program Will be held at White Oak School. On Tuesday night at 7:30 o’clock, 4, he white community awards KT High auditorium^ Jkyc*u inspiration for your com THE CHOWAN HERALD Edenton’s Per Capita Fire Loss In 1959 Figured At 97c; County Rate Higer At $1.12 Per Capita Fire Chief W. J. Yates reports that fire loss in Edenton during] the year 1959 was 97 cents per. capita, based on a population of j 5,000. The per capita loss in | Chowan County was $1.12 which was based an a population of 12,500. In his annual report Chief Yates reported 29 fires in Eden ton and 25 out of town. For ■the Edenton fires the firemen were out 28 hours and 45 min utes and 29 hours and 30 min utes out of town. They were on the air 6 minutes and 25 seconds I for the Edenton fires and 4 ] minutes and 40 seconds out of i town. ; The firemen traveled 64 miles | in Edenton and 328 miles out | Work Gets Started MondayToClassify Old County Records Trained Men Work ing Under Direction Os Admiral A. M. Patterson Work was begun in the Cho wan County Court House Mon day with the ultimate aim to microfilm valuable records of 1 the county, some of which are > in very bad shape. The work will include a com-, plete inventory of all official records in the various county offices. The inventory will in clude quantity, dates and des criptions of each series of rec ords with recommendations as to how long each record should be preserved, whether perma- I nently or for a specific number of years. Certain records will be classi fied as permanently valuable and will be designated to be included in the county micro filming program. Trained archivists are doing j the work, in charge of Rear Ad- ’ miral A. M. Patterson, USN ' (ret). I Edenton Boy Elected President Democratic Group In Tennessee Edenton friends will be pleas ( ed to learn that Calvin Sexton, a former Edenton boy, has been , elected president of the West ( Hills Democratic Club at Knox t ville, Tenn. i Mr. Sexton is proprietor of the Trading Post at Knoxville. I He was a member of Edenton i High Sohool’s 1934 State Cham s pionship football team and was > one of the few who was unable i to attend the recent reunion of the team held in Edenton. tural workers. “The 1960 community progress contest is already under way. J Every community that partici pates is bound to win. The im-| provements that you make on your farm, in your home and in your community are winning improvements. The cash prizes are a means of incentive. Ac tive community development helps to draw families together in a community for unified ef fort in making their community a better place in which to live. I hope we can have every com munity in Chowan County par ticipating in 1960, because I know it will mean so much to you.” Door prizes -will be furnish ed by the Albemarle Electric I freshmen ts 1 a Iso he served Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 21, 1960. of town. For the Edenton fires 8,100 feet of .hose was laid and 6,450 feet out of town. Lad ders were raised 118 feet in Edenton and 96 feet out of town. For the Edenton fires 455 vol unteers responded and 481 for the out of town fires. Property involved in the Edenton fires totaled $387,650 in town and $281,000 out of town. Damage in Edenton was estimated at $4,854.50 and out of town $15,050. Insurance in town amounted to $276,800 and $190,000 out of town. During the year the firemen] answered two emergency calls and three standby calls and re filled 12 fire extinguishers. Beauty Queen )j ■L Big' P® ■ M MISS LOREAN WRIGHT j Chosen to represent John A.' Holmes High School in home-| coming activities at Chowan j College, Murfreesboro, Saturday night, January 30, is Miss Lo rean Wright, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Wright. Telethon Program I To Be Feature Os March Os Dimes! I Tom Ridgeway, chairman of the Chowan Chapter of the Na- ! , tional Foundation, has announc- ' cd that a telethon program and life line will be in operation in connection with the current, March of Dimes campaign. Chowan County will partici-' ( pate with WITN-TV March of Dimes telethon on Channel 7 in i Washington, N. C. The telethon J will begin at 11 P. M. Saturday I and continue through Sunday as long as contributions justify con [ tinuance. ' Since Chowan County is a fringe area for reception over I WITN-TV, Richard Schuman has 1 announced that radio station WCDJ will cooperate by report- ! ing contributions locally. The radio station phone is 2178 and will be the phone exchange for Edenton, where Jaycees will re ceive calls for contributions and I relay them to WITN-TV. | Continued on Page 4—Section 1 t .. i 20 Years Ago As Found in the Files of The Chowaa Herald ! L <»! ! Plans were announced to stage ' ' a ceremony not only of much I local interest, but nationally as I well, for a wreath to be placed 1 on the grave of Associate Jus tice Janies Iredell in the John ' sion Burial Ground at Hayes. ‘l Former Governor J. C, B. Ehringbaus appointed Mrs. J. ! W. Davis as chairman of the j Chowan Finnish Relief Fund. Kermit Dayton ’ resigned as Scoutmaster of EdwUon's Boy Scout troop. A dance was held in the Edenton armory m celebration Os President FwpkUn Boom fetfs birthday ** Take funds to fight Infantile Fawlysis. A six-inch snow *U to Eden- Real Need For Help Herbert Copeland, a colored man living in the Rocky Hock section and his family were the unfortunate vic tims of a disastrous fire about 6 o’clock Tuesday morn ing, and are desperately in need of food, clothing and home furnishings. The Copeland home was totally destroyed by fire Tuesday morning with members of the family, including four children of school age, escaping with only their sleeping clothes. The home and all of its contents were rapidly turned into a heap of ashes, so that the family needs help at once. Edenton firemen rushed to the scene of the fire, but it was too far gone to save anything. The fire started in the kitchen of the home after Copeland lighted the stove about 5:30 o’clock. The family has lost all of its earthly belongings and anyone who, will make almo t any kind of donation is requested to call Mrs. J. H. McMullan, superintendent of public welfare, who will see to it that any contribu tion will reach the unfortunate family. Two Edenton Aces And Coach Billings Invited To Be Guests At All Conference Team Banquet Fifty-two outstanding high school football players who were named on All-Eastern Confer ence teams for their play this past season will be honored by The News and Observer at a dinner in Goldsboro , Monday night, January 25. Those invited include the players, their parents and their coaches. The players will be presented with gold footballs and certificates in recognition of their achievements on the grid iron. Edenton Rotary Club Is Named j 100% Rotary Foundation Club For its contributions of a i minimum of $lO per member to iThe Rotary Foundation, the Ro ftary Club of has been [designated a “100”? Rotary Foundation Club,” it is an nounced at Rotary’s world head- I quarters in Evanstown, Illinois. The objective of the Rotary | Foundation is the fostering of I projects to further understand -1 ing and friendly relations among | the peoples of different nations, i One of its principal objectives |is the awarding of fellowships Legion Will Hold An Daltons Leave Oyster Roast Jan. 26 jr or p or t(> Rico I Ed Bond Post No. 40 of the t j American Legion will hold an oyster roast next Tuesday night, i January 26, beginning at 7 j o’clock. The affair will be held at the Legion building on the Windsor highway. Commander i David White states that an in | teresting program will follow 1 the oyster ’ roast and that all members and prospective mem bers are cordially invited to at tend. The oyster roast will be ! a “dutch” treat. ROTARIANS MEET TODAY Edenton Rotarians will meet this {Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock in the Parish House. | The program will be in charge l of J. P. Ricks, Sr., and Presi dent Jimmy Earnhardt urges a ; 100 per cent attendance. High-Yielding Tar Heel Cotton Farmers Invited To Join New “Two-Bale dub” A new “Two-Bale Cotton < Club” wiil soon join North Carolina’s Two-Ton Peanut Club, 300-Bushel Yam Club and 100- Bushel Corn Club. Dr. Emerson Collins, in charge of agronomy extension at N. C, State College, says final plans for the Two-Bale Cotton Club are now being worked out. Backing the venture are the North Carolina Cotton Promo tion Association and the N. C. Agricultural Extension Service. Two applications for member ship have already been receiv ed. They were submitted by C. W. Overman, Chowan County agricultural agent. Overman savs he believes that David Ober,-Edenton, Rt. 1, and Earl Bunch, Edenton, Rt. 2, both made cotton yields high enough in 1959 to qualify for the club. Obgr made 3,905 pounds ot list Football Coach Earle Edwards cf N. C. State College will be the dinner speaker. The Old Reliable’s sports editor, Dick Herbert, will present the foot balls and certificates to the players. Sam Ragan, executive editor of The News and Ob server-Raleigh Times, will pre side. The dinner begins at 7 o’clock and will be held at Ho- j tel Goldsboro. Those invited include: Fred Britton and Minton Small of Edenton, their parents and Coach Bill Billings. to outstanding college graduates I for one year of study abroad as Rotary ambassadors of good will. r In the past 13 years, more than 1,300 of these fellowships , have been awarded to students i from 68 countries for study in 1 44 countries with grants total ing in excess of $3,300,000. One ; North Carolina student current ly is studying abroad under this program G. S. Beaman Griffin of Troy at the Academy i of Music and Dramatic Arts in Vienna. j Lieut. Commander Donald Dalton and his family left Edenton Tuesday for San Juan, Puerto Rico, where Mr. Dalton has been assigned as public works officer at the San Juan Naval Station. Comdr. and Mrs. Dalton have lived in Edenton about 3'V years, where he was public of ficer at the Edenton and Har vey Point bases. While in Edenton the Daltons made a host of friends, all of whom regret very much that it became necessary for them to leave. LIONS MEET MONDAY Edenton Lions will meet Mon day night, January 25, at 7 o’clock. President T. B. Willi ford urges every member to be present. 1 cotton on 3.7 acres, which would j put him over the two-bale per j acre mark. Bunch made 6,658 pounds of seed cotton on 2.4 acres. Cal- culated at 36 per cent gin-out, 1 this would give him a yield of j 448.7 pounds of lint per acre. | If the cotton had been ginned, | the weight of the ties and bag-, ■ ging would have put Bunch! • over the two-bale per acre j mark also. Collins explained that some of ■ the cotton in this area is sold ini the seed. ' There were a lot of similari ties in the way Ober and Bunch' made their high yields. They both left more stalks . per foot of row than the aver age farmer. , Ober planted ten and one half pounds of delinted seed per : Continued on Pag* 5. Saction 2 PTA Is Sponsoring ] Joe Franklin Show ] Saturday, Jan. 30! Dance In Armory Will j Follow Show In Ele-1 ; mentary School Au-J ditorium I Sponsored by the John A. Holmes High School Parent- Teacher Association, a benefit program will be held in the Elementary School auditorium Saturday night, January 30. t The entertainment scheduled is the Joe Franklin Show and his Hi-Liters, stars of WAVY TV and recording artists. Many people in this area are familiar j with the Joe Franklin show which appears on the Ports mouth television station Thurs- I day nights. In the group wil. I also be Daryl Pelty, Tommy Seehler and Mike Lattamore. The show will begin at 7:45 Saturday night, after which a dance will be held in the ar-j mory at 10 o’clock. The music j for the dance will be furnished | by Joe Franklin and his Hi-j Liters. ! i Tickets for the show are now i on sale and can be purchasedI I i ' i at Hollowcll’s Drug Store, I Mitchener’s Pharmacy or Earlj' j Smith’s store in Rocky Hock. j I Dr. L. F. Ferguson, I of the PTA, says he feels very., 'fortunate in securing the Joeij Franklin Show for Edenton and | recommends it as an evening of; wholesome entertainment for the j entire family. “Those who at-] 1 tend will be well entertained,”: i he says, “and at the same time 1 will help thp PTA tn hnn-o ju l treasury, which is very much 1 in need of funds. ” 1 1 Michael Malone Will ’ Speak At St. Paul’s q On Sunday Morning j In observance of Theological 1 Education Sunday, Michael Tay- 1 lor Malone, son of Mr. and Mrs. ' W. E. Malone of Edenton, will ’ address the congregation of St. ' Paul’s Episcopal Church. Mr. Malone, a recent gradu- 1 ate of Duke University, is nowj a seminarian at the Virginia j Theological Seminary in Alex- j j andria, Va. January 24 is an important! I day for the Episcopal Church. ’ |On that Sunday throughout the world will be emohasized the: responsibility all have for the | theological seminaries. It hasl always been a policy of the i Episcopal Church that its men, be highly-educated and well trained before becoming clergy-] men. This depends upon the, | support of its membership. | The offering Sunday will be 1 contributed to the support of! the seminaries and the students therein. Mr. Malone will preach dur ; ing the 11 o’clock service Sun- II day and a coffee hour will fol-, . low in the Parish House, to ] ’ which all are cordially invited, j Red Men Oyster Roast January 25] Chowan Tribe of Red Men j , will stage an oyster roast next j Monday night, January 25. The' affair will be held at the veneer mill on North Oakum Street be-j ginning at 6:30 o’clock, and willi take place indoors, Guy Williams, sachem of the, tribe, has announced that the j regular Monday night meeting 1 will be called off due to the j oyster roast, and that the price j will be only SI.OO per person, j All members are urged to at-1 tend. j CIVIC CALENDAR^! Methodist Men’s Club will 1 meet tonight (Thursday) at 6:30 ! o'clock at the church. A stated communication of 1 Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F.j fc A. M, will be held tonight' I (Thursday) at 8 o'clock. I A Chowan Baptist Association-’ al Mission Study Institute will | be held at Warwick Baptist: ! Church Wednesday, January 27, beginning at 10 A. M. Parent-Teacher Association of John A. Holmes High School will sponsor the Joe Franklin; Show in the Elementary School Concluded oa Peg* 6—Section 1 « $2.50 Per Year In North Carolim* Eugene Jordan Is Cited Outstanding ’59 Young Farmer J[ Farmer Os Year J r-utitWE JORDAN At a meeting of the Edenton] Junior Chamber of Commerce] Thursday night Eugene Jordan | of the Ryland Community wasj chosen as Chowan County's out-| standing young farmrr for the' year 1959. The award was pre sented by Mayor John Milch ener. i^Badiylagging^]! t According to Tax Supervisor : W. P. Jones, listing of property in Chowan County is badly lagging and unless listing picks . up considerably some people will be obliged *o wait in line for a long time. Mr. Jones also em phasizes the fact that unless property is listed in January, a penalty will be added to the ] taxes *hat those who con tinue to fail *o list will find . themselves faced with a session in court. Both Mr. Jones and W. E. Bond, chairman of the County i Commissioners, urge taxpayers to 1 list their property at once. J. B. Harrison, Jr. Is Assistant Cashier At Lynchburg Bank ■ i Five promotions were an-' nounccd last week following a; meeting of the board of direc-j tors of the Lynchburg National Bank & Trust Company at, j Lynchburg. Va. Among the promotions an- ■ nounced was that of John Bur-! ton Harrison. Jr, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Harrison of Edenton.' Mr. Harrison, was promoted to I assistant cashier. He had been I serving as manager of the Peak ; land Branch of the bank. A native of Edenton, Harrison i attended Wake Forest College.' He began his work wi h the bank in January. 1955. and has , been in charge of the Peakland | Branch since its opening in Au gust, 1959. Harrison is a mem ber of the Rivermont Presby | terian Church, an assistant ] Scoutmaster and a member of 1 the Toastmasters Club. He is ] married to the former Lucy j Wills Boyd and they have three j children. 1960 Membership Drive For Hospital Auxiliary Under Way Chowan Hospital Auxiliary j got off to a fine start last week j with the president. Mrs. L. A ; Patterson, already successful in 1 forming new committees for the year. The grounds will get major at- 1 tention during the next few months, according to a plan pre- ’ sented by Mrs. John G. Wood, Sr., Mrs. Roland Vaughan and Mrs. Fred Drane. Moving large shrubs, grass seeding, setting out much needed trees, planting white azaleas, white sasanqua and the boxes at the entrance l are on the program. It was vot |ed to allocate S3OO to this pro ject. The work of the moment is the membership drive under the able direction of Mrs. R. F. El liott, Dr. Martha Wood. Mrs. Cameron Boyce, Mrs. Carey Hol lowell and Mrs. J. G. Perry. They have secured the following canvassers who will solicit their neighborhoods before Monday, FIGHT CANCER WITH A CHECKUP AND CHECK > t* t Award Presented By Mayor “John Mitch ; ener For Jaycees at Meeting Thursday Celebrating their fourth an nual award to the outstanding young farmer in Chowan Coun ty, the Edenton Junior Cham ber of Commerce at a meeting at the Edenton Restaurant on Thursday night awarded this honor for 1959 to Eugene Jor dan. The attractive plaque was presented to Mr. Jordan by Mayor John Mitchener. Mr. Jordan lives in the Ryland Community, where he operates a 200-acre farm. He is a gradu i at e of State College, and after ■ graduation he farmed for seven I years with his father. Last ! year he purchased the 200-acre | farm and has been very suc cessful with it. l The outstanding young farm \ ers who precede Mr. Jordan are ! Gilliam Wood. Lindsay Ray 1 Bunch and Jimmy Parrish. Mr. Jordan was named to the state s Two-Ton Peanut Produc tion Club for the yield he rea lized on an acre in 1958 and is also a 100-bushel corn club ' member. Aside from his farming ac , tivities Mr. Jordan is vitally in terested in community and re ligious circles. He is a member of the Chowan County Board of Education, an ASC eommittec man and a member of the Farm Bureau. In presenting the outstanding young farmer plaque Mayor j Mitchener was high in praise of ! Mr. Jordan’s accomplishments |and paid tribute to the Junior . Chamber of Commerce for spon soring t,he annual award. In His comments Mayor Mitchener ] discounted the all too often re ] mark that young men must leave Chowan County to make a living. “Mr. Jordan return- Continued on Page s—Section 1 Teddy Lupton Named As Man Os The Year By Insurance Agency i ! Announcement was recently ; made that R. Hector Lupton. | Jr, was named man of the year t by the Rufus A. Hunter Agen 'cy of Raleigh, representatives 'of ■Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance! I Company of Philadelphia. Mr. Lupton was named man of the year for being the lead er in new business for 1959. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hector Lupton of Edenton. I S & L Shareholders I Will Meet February 1 j The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Edenton and I Savings Loan Association will be held Monday night February 1. The meeting will‘be held in the Court _House, beginning at <T : o'clock. ’ • ' o ' j All shareholders are invited io ■ attend this meeting. January 25: Mrs. W. D. Holmes, Jr.. Mrs. John Bunch, Mrs. Jesse Harrell, 1 Mrs. Maude Brunson. Mrs. Wal ter Bond. Mrs. Guy Hobbs, Mrs. j Raymond Carr, Mrs. E. C. Alex i ander, Mrs. Gilliam Wood, Mrs. R. D. Dixon, Jr., Mrs. Ed Park er, Mrs. Frank Holmes, Mrs. Bruce Jones, Mrs. Kermit Lay . ton. Mrs. Allison Campen, Mrs. ! Boyd Harless, Mrs. John Phillips. t Mrs. Graham White. Mrs. Hec ! tor Lupton, Mrs. Hubert Willi ford, Mrs. Richard Hardin, Mrs. I Thomas Ward. Mrs. Lyn Byrum. j Mrs. James Griffin. Mrs. Warren I Twiddv, Mrs. Richard Hines. | Mrs. Cecil Fry, Mrs. Merrill ; Perry, Mrs. W. E. Mills and Mrs. j William Wells. Last year’s membership reach- Jed 384, largest in the history of I the Auxiliary, and it is hoped ; that in 1960 this number Os loyal women who join the Auxil iary and help in its worthwhile work wiU be increased.