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ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN Chowan county plume XXVll.— Number 4. Edenton’s Board Os Public Works Releases Policy Fox\< Rates If Bond Issue Passes j . Sewer Services Will Be Figured at 50% Os Water Useil By Consumer I . In order that the public may Jfre* fuHy informed on future "electric and water -rates prior to the vote on the $557„000 bond Issue for sewer improveihents, the Electric and Water Depart ment has announced the follow ing changes effective January 1, 1061, on condition that the bonds are approved and sOld. The only additional charge to users of water and sewer ser vices in Edenton will be a sew er charge of 50% based on water meter readings. The sewer charge (there is no sewer Charge at present) would net ap proximately $17,000 a year. This would mean for instance tpat a customer using 5,000 gal lons of water per quarter would pay the regular water bill of $3.42 plus half again that amount ($1.76) for the sewer charge. The total water and sewer service bill would be $5.28 sos the quarter. ' A minimum sewer charge of $1.50 per quar ter will be in effect. The Board stated that there would be no increase in water or electric rates and all pres ent discounts would remain the Sfme. The only other item affected would be the policy of the E and W BoaVd in transferring money to the general fund of the town, which would cease as of July 1, 1960. During the last five years the E and W Board has averaged j transferring approximately $25,-j 000 each year to the town, A budget of $62,000 per year has been set for the repayment of bonds and operational ex penses. - The budget of $62,000 is de rived at by assuming $557,000 worth of 20 year tierm bonds are sold at an interest rate of 4% per annum. Payment of principal and interest would be .Continued on Page 3—Section 1 ■U ■ . u -3\ew Trustees At r . Methodist Church Meeting in a called conference Monday night, an entirely new group of trustees was elected for the Edenton Methodist Churoh. Presiding over the conference was the Rev. Virgil Queen, pastor of the First Meth odist Church of Elizabeth City. . Mr. Queen presided as a rep [ respntative of the Rev. R. L. ♦Jerome, district superintendent, .’Who was ill at his home. ; The five trustees who tender »ed-> their resignation, included 18. G. Willis, E. W. Spires, A. 18. Harless, W. J. P. Earnhardt land Jess Wilson. The new trustees elected in jolude Dr. Richard Hardin, J. R. £DuJ*aney, John A. Holmes, Dr. lA. F. Downum and J. Edwin IBufflap. The new trustees met immedi ately following their election to make a loan to repair the par sonage, church steeple and pur chase a new pipe organ. Sl avic calendar] — Members of the Edenton Wo hib will conduct the March*tonight (Tfaun » 7 to .. oWook to help Ufa for the Msth of ,)h h -w j„ BUlb p/day nlghl at 8 THE CHOWAN HERALD i ! Edenton Jaycee DSA Banquet! Friday Night At Masonic Temple Edenton’s outstanding young , man of 1959 will be announced , I Friday night at the Edenton ’ Junior Chamber of Commerce I Distinguished Service Award banquet. The meeting will be ' held in the dining room of the .Masonic Temple, starting at 7:30 o'clock with the meal served by [ members of the Eastern Star. For several weeks a commit ( tee headed by Joe Thorud has ' been canvassing churches, busi ness houses, clubs and organiza tions to determine which young | man from 21 through 35 has | ' contributed the most to the com- j i munity during the year. Last year’s winner of the award was Dr. Ed Bond. ■ MoffieTs’MarcFls Scheduled To Be Held Tonight 7 To 9 i Calls Will Be Made at Homes to Pick Up March of Dimes Con tributions Members of the Edenton Wo man’s Club will again this year conduct the Mother’s March lo cally Thursday night from 7 to 9 o’clctek. j The house to house canvass for . contributions traditionally j climaxes the January March of .Dimes appeal and will be held! nationwide January 28. This year’s efforts are dedicat-1 ed to the National Foundation’s | patient aid program, which is ] being expanded to include fi- i nancial aid to patients through | 18 years of age suffering fromi rheumatoid arthritis and three! types of birth defects. Aid will' continue to be offered to para I lytic polio patients’ of all ages. [ Residents are asked to leave! their porch lights on in order that the mothers may visit each j Continued on Page 3—Section 1 j C. Os C. Directory j Ready Next Month! of R. Elton Forehand, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Advertising and Promotion Com mittee, says that the 1960 edi-' I tion of the Chamber’s “Where To Find It” business directory will be published early next month. Forehand reminded members that the form recently mailed, which shows business classifica tions, should be returned im mediately especially if any' change is desired. Firms which do not return the form will be listed Under the classification! shown on the form. Forehand added that firms 1 may also use up to six words to describe their products offer-1 ed or services rendered by the firm. "Business establishments should take advantage of this opportunity to obtain free ad vertising,” he said. “The direc tory will be distributed over a wide area and is given to visit ors to Edenton and new resi dents." Rocky Hock Group Raises Bid For School Building Property; Members of the Rocky Hock Community Center met Monday night at the Rocky Hock School building. Reports were made relative to insurance and taxes 'on the property as well as the condition otf the building. The group voted to raise the bid for the abandoned school property, which was scheduled to be resold Wednesday of this week at the Court House door. Those in attendance also de tidentoi o owan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 28, 1960. ! The local winner will be en -1 tered in the North Carolina Jay i cee contest, which chooses the ; outstanding young man of the l state. This winner will in turn ■ be entered in the national com ! petition to determine the na- I tion’s 10 outstanding young men. The principal speaker for the i occasion will be Bob Cox of Raleigh. Mr. Cox is a past na tional president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and is well and . favorably known by the Edenton Jaycees. I Another prominent guest will jbe Al Harrison of Tabor City, j Mr. Harrison is state president I and will make the Distinguished Service Award presentation. ; J . Candidate 3.” IT. Jr’ Jgf|S| John D. Larking Jr.,’ of Tren | ton, political leader in North ! Carolina, last week officially | entered the race for Governor .of North Carolina. Larkins is | a veteran legislator and nation al Democratic committeeman. Rocky Hock Family ! Thankful For Help According to Mrs. J. H. Mc ! Mullan, welfare superintendent, j I Chowan people have been very j generous in coming to the aid of Herbert Copeland- and his ' family, who lost all of their ! earthly belongings ill a fire | which destroyed their home in i the Rocky Hock section Tues day morning of last week. Fifteen persons, through the Welfare Department, made con tributions of cash, clothlhg, food, bed clothing, furnitute and household furnishings so that the family is now abOtit fixed up. Other contributions were also made directly to the family. Mrs. McMullan is very appre ciative for the generosity and cooperation in using the Wel fare Department in Coming to , the aid of this unfortunate fami ly and Copeland, toq, dfesires to express his family’s thanks and appreciation for the help given j them in their misfortune. IN COLLEGE PLAY “The Diary of Atuie Frank”, ; j prize-winning drama, will be presented by the East Carolina College Playhouse in three per- 1 formances January SB, 29 and 30 at 8 P. M„ in the McGinnis auditorium. • 1 . Two Chowan County students , will- apipear in important roles, Leigh Dobson and Gerald Har- , rell. erty, in that the latter club is also -without a commuhity build- 1 ing. 1 It was also decided to invite 3 Edenton’s fire chief, W. J. Yates and George Lewis, farm rela- 1 tions officer for Peoples Bank 3 & Trust Company to attend the j pext meeting of the group in j order to explain what Will be ! necessary .to provide a fire sta tion on the property, * * 1 . Billy Leary, president of the 1 Community Center, presided j IPphe meeting and Was Lois lAafafer ii wcretwy* * SjMMMMIIIIIIMII M.1M0H111....1.,..,,. ..1..,,,,,,,,,,,,,, IMIIMI I I, Winner Os Bank Scholarship v 3ss'ire At center in above p-ciure is Paul Blanchard of the Ryland community, who is being pre sented a scholarship for a two weeks course at State College. The award is being presented bv George Lewis, farm relations officer of Peoples Bank & Trust Company, who pay all expenses i of -2 he short , course. At left is County Agent C. W. Overman, chairman of the Selections Com- i millee to select a boy for his outsianding 4-H and FFA work, who is not planning to attend college but will pursue a career in farming.— (J. P. Ricks, Jr. Photo) G. A. Keeter Narrowly Escapes Death In Collision With Train, i George Albert Keeter narrow ly escaped death Monday morn ing shortly before 10:30 o'clock, j when the automobile he was j driving collided with a Norfolk Southern freight train at the railway crossing on North Broad Street. Keeter apparently thought he could cross the railroad track before the train arrived, but the left front of the engine ! struck the right rear door of the 1954 Nash station wagon, i The gutomobila was dragged over 100 feet down the track before coming to a stop, and Keeter, alone in the car. was thrown from the car a short dis tance before the train stopped. 1 Mrs. Carrie Earnhardt Speaker At Lions And Rotary Meetings Mrs. Carrie Earnhardt spoke Ito the Edenton Lions Club at j its regular meeting Monday night. Mrs. Earnhardt was in troduced by Dr. A. F. Downum,l program chairman. She spoke in the capacity of chairman of the Planning Committee of the; Edenton Woman’s Club and gave a most interesting account of j restoration plans concerning the Court House Green and the Confederate Monument at the south end of Broad Street. Mrs. Earnhardt recalled the I first pilgrimage held in Edenton j in 1949 sponsored by the Juniorl Woman’s Club, and how the! tour was financed by $13.85 con tributed by interested merchants. 1 Starting from this modest be ginning the speaker pointed ouL Korean Missionary At Presbyterian Church i Tonight ® (Thursday) at 7:30 j o’clock, the Rev. Ernest W. Pet-: tis, a missionary to Korea, will speak at the Edenton Presby terian Church. Mr. Pettis first went to Korea in 1952 to do evangelistic work. Most of his time has been in traveling evangelistic work, helping to establish new church es, and visiting in homes and presenting Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. He is a native of Ellisville, Mississippi, received his train ing in Mississippi State College from which he holds a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering, and Union Theo logical Seminary in Richmond, Va., from which he received a bachelor of divinity degree. He has done summer work in Ox ford University. Before going to Korea, Mr. Pettis served three and one half years in the United States Army and instructed in mechan ical engineering at Mississippi State College for one year. He is married to the former Miss Dollie Walker. They have three children, ranging in age from three to seven years. I The public is cordially invit ed to attend tbi* wvk*. 1 •j The train, with B. W. Pierce of Norfolk as engineer and Curtis! jE. McFadden as fireman, was i I pulling 26 freight cars, and was j | said to be traveling about 251 miles an hour. Keeter was said to 'oe on his | way to Hertford at the time ofj the accident and that the red j blinking lights were operating at the time of the accident. Keeter was rushed to Chowan Hospital, where it was learned | that he miraculously escaped | death with only three broken' ribs, a number of laceratidas and shock. He is reported to be i making satisfactory progress in l the hospital. He ooerates thej Tasty-Freeze on West Queen 1 Street. i| that by this time over 6.000 persons have visited Edenton ' during this and subsequent tours land that folders which were be .lgun in small quantities are now ‘j printed by the thousands. It is ' the proceeds from the pilgrim :.ages that are being used to pay f ■jfor restoration projects. ■ Mrs. Earnhardt pointed out] ! that the pilgrimages are record-j ‘jed methodically and comments; ' from visitors are studied care-| I fully. She mentioned that the; ■'most frequent comment was that; I I shrines should be better pre-J ■served, in the opinion of many 'visitors, and that this has j prompted the club to start by selecting the most valuable shrine as their first preserva- Continuea on Page 2—Section 1 Chowan PTA Will Meet February <> The Chowan PTA meeting’ which is held the first Monday night of each month has been changed for the February meet ing. This meeting will be held; the second Monday night, Feb-j ruary 8, and will begin at 7:30; o’clock. I l The seventh and eighth grade] home rooms are in charge of the j program for the evening. The j ( devotion will be presented by, students from these grades. The main feature of the pro- gram will be a film that shows | the close relationship that must! exist between a child and his! home, school and church if his. life is to be molded into a well-1 rounded individual prepared for( tomorrow’s world. , All Chowan High parents are < urged to attend. WOMAN S CLUB MEETING Edenton Woman’s Club will meet Wednesday afternoon of • next week, February 3, at the Edenton Restaurant. The meet ing will begin at 1 o’clock and : (Mrs. Wesley Chesson, Jr., presi- ( dent, urges every member to be 1 present. ; DAR Participating- | I In Two Contests ! The Edenton Tea Party Chap-' Iter of the DAR is participating j ,in two national contests. A : prize will be awarded at the | Continental Congress to the | chapter donating the most out-1 standing collection of 35 mm I color slides on committee' work, I I Also a prize will be given to^ | the state which makes the fin t est contribution of 35 mm color slides at the state level. j Most of the best sets show something of the state’s history.’ of its present scenic beauty and jof its promise for the future. I They are not travelogues in the i usual sense of the’ word, but j rather a presentation of a state' ;to other members through the ! eyes of its native daughters. j From 30 to 60 slides, with; appropriate script, is usually i considered to be of program, length. Members of the Edenton Tea I Party Chapter are working now | to get a creditable collection of I slides ready for the National i Program Office in Washington. These slides will be available! to all DAR chapters in the! U. S., and it is an opportunity' for the most favorable presen-1 tation of the states to the thous-| ands of chapter members • I throughout the country. ]' I Li Lt. Richard Hoskins Maneuvers Big Plane To Safety In Japan 1 Lieut. Richard S. Hoskins, son j. of Mx - . and Mrs. Tom Hoskins,, | : last week, played the role of a hero more or less at the Itazuke Air Base in Japan. 1 Lieut. Hoskins, a pilot in the;! !U. S. Air Force, was operating|; a Flying Boxcar with five men. < aboard and carrying 1,500 gal- ! | ions of fuel and 4.500 pounds j ] |of cargo. The wheel of the big 11 iCI 19 broke loose as the plane : ' took off, but Lieut. Hoskins so! < ! maneuvered the plane that he I' .avoided an accident and wasj able to make a smooth landing ] iwith the plane's landing gear i I down. He circled the airfield |i I for four hours with a wheel' 1 missing before he effected the |' safe landing. LIONS MEET MONDAY Edenton Lions will meet Mon- 1 day night, February 1, at 7 < o’clock. President T. B. Willi- ] ford asks every member to be | ( present. |; Paul Blanchard Is Winner Os Bank Short Course Scholarship George Lewis, farm relations 1 officer of Peoples Bank & Trust Company, announced this week that Paul Blanchard of the Ry land community, has been awarded a scholarship for a two! weeks short course at State Col lege. The course will be held from February 1 to February 12 The short course is sponsored annually by the North Caroline Bankers Association, and ap proximately 150 young farmers throughout toe state will attend They will be given two weefc. $2 50 Per Year In North CaroHm* Work Started For Colonial Garden At Iredell House ll Time Short 1 V This is the last week so. I farmers to sign up for oost-sharc | assistance under the ACP pro | gram. Go to the local ASC of I fice immediately, if you neec any soil and water conservation | practices on your farm. Sign-up period is January 15- 30 at the local ASC office. Juniors At Chowan Will Present Play Wednesday, Feb. 3 j Comedy “Headin’ For A Weddin’ ” In Au> | ditorium Starting at j 7:30 O’clock | The junior class of Chowai High School will present ; | comedy 'Headin' For A Wed ! din in the school auditoriun I Wednesday night, February 3. a |7:30 o’clock. The plav will b( presented under the directioi i of George Gelbach and prom is | | es to provide an evening of de* j lightful entertainment. | Those who will have roles ini 1 the plav include: Winston Dail. Iris Bunch. Dan Ward. Mary Alice Perry, Esther Layton. | Julia Faye Harrell, Leon Evans, j Margaret Faye Bvrum, Bernard i Davis. Normaleen Hollowell.; Loretta Bunch, Bobbv Chappell, f Beckie Harrell. Celia Rae El- j liott and Dinah Jean Bla.vch-j ard. Committees in charge of the play include the following: Make-up—Celia Rae Elliott and Janet Chappell. Stage Properties—Walter Bak er and Leon Evans. Publicity—Annie Faye Hollo-; lell, Janet Fave Hendrix and Janet Chappell. Finance—Walter Baker and, Donald Forehand, Sound Effects-—Janies Cope land, Herman Harrell and Ray Perry. Hand Prooerties Cheryl i Hobbs and Joyce. Nixon. Program Bookie’s Annie Fave Hbllowell. Bobby Chappell and Esther Layton. Promoters —Joyce Nixon and Bonnie Lou Welch. Ushers—Annie Faye Hollowell. 1 Janet Fave Hendrix. Janet | Chappell and Cheryl Hobbs. ' Fire District Group j Will Meet Friday On Friday night. January 29, j the steering committee of the Edenton Fire District - will hold an important meeting at the| Chowan County Court House, j Fire Chief W. J. Yates and Jas-i per W. Hassell, chairman of the j committee, urge all of the as-i signed committeemen and all lo cal firemen to be present for; this meeting. The meeting is open to the! public also, and anv person in-1 terested in better fire protec- ' tion for the rural area of Cho wan County is cordially invit-' ed to attend. ROTARIANS MEET TODAY Edenton Rotarians will meet this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock in the Parish House President Jimmy Earnhardt re quests a 100 per cent attend-; ance. of intensified schooling in bet ter agricultural practices and methods of technical training. The Edenton branch of the Peoples Bank & Trust Company ! will pay all of the expenses to : the short course. -I County Agent C. W. Overman ■ ’ was chairman of the Selection I Committee, who selected Young;, Blanchard for his outstanding'i 4-H Club and FT A work and aj] young man who is not planning : to attend college, but is inter- i ested to farming as a career, j FIGHT CANCER WITH A CHECKUP AND CHECK ! lear of Property Be- I Oig Made More At tractive For Tourists Visiting Edenton E The Jaswes Jredteili Association nd the Edenton Tea Party 1-hapter. DAR, have begun work 1 n a formal colonsal garden in he rear of the Jaenes Iredell House. The plans call four a drive I through the middle of tne acre garden with an entrance front the back of the house to a gate at the far end of the garden, f entering on Gale Street. Num erous walks wiii branch out j from the center dr,ve which will | enclose the plots, some of why. > surround the large pecan trees already on the grounds, The garden will be surrounded on . .ill sides by youpon bushes, and . boxwood and other typically na • live shrubs and plants will com prise the plots. Buxton White, landscape gar tenor of Elisabeth City, has irawn the plans for the gar ten and is supervising the -cork.- Mr White says -he gar ten is patterned after these in •ViUiamsburg, Which gardens j vere copied from the original J oniial gardens in Colonial Edenton. It is interesting t> I Continued on Page 3—Section l | Spivey Scheduled To Be Forest Ranger After Army Hitch F. W. Looney, district forester ! at Elizabeth City, itas annoustred that toe Division of Forestry I had selected Re-tor Sptvev f>r the position of Chowan County Forest Ranger, succeeding tic late Frank V. White i Mr. Spivey is at :m <eht ;-t the United Stall's A : \ - .;1 filling his National Guard obu i gat ion. Until his return on June !1. 1960. Frank V White. Jr.. | has been apo.',n:,d Acting 'County Forest Range: M White's telephone number 13035 Edenton. and ad tores t files should .e reported to 'i.m. i Youth Sunday At iTesbyterian Church This coming Sunday. January ! 31. is Youth Sttndax .at the Presbyterian Church.- and the i morning worship set'y-ve at H 1 o'clock will lie conducted by the | young people Among those taking p.-tt art Johnny Alexander, Joe XT.tcr oner. Charles Cuthtcal. Edda Nixon, Jerry X.xcn, George N \ on. Jack Sawyer. Luke Wright ! and Mac Wright The public is eoixka'Sy nvite-i : to attend this service, whtch will I begin at 11 A. M EASTERN STAR MEETING - Edenton Chapter No 392, O - I dor of the Eastern Star, vv 't ! meet Monday night, February, t. lat 8 o'clock tn the Mason: - Temple. Mrs. T. J Wv\-d, wor- I thy matron, is very anxious to have a large attendance. 20 Years Ago At Found pi Fit** of The Chowan Herald - - -> With Albemarle Sound and surrounding rivers and creeks ice-bound, recollections were heard about the 1818 tree re when it was possible to cross the Sound by horse and buggy. Mrs. J. W. Davis, chairman of the Finnish Relief Committee. , reported splendid response to ' the appeal for funds. The Rev. W. C. Benson, pas tor of the Methodist Church, re ceived his license as an ama teur radio opera ter. He made the third amateur radio opera tor in Edenton. the other two being John J- Ross and T. J Wood. Negotiations wore made with Arthur Ehlaat and Frank Her ring far the Reeding. Pv. and teams to moke their Oelinwmj at Hfo 8 l