ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXVll.—Number a
Members Woman’s
Club Await Action
Os Commissioners
Large Crowd Expect- j
ed to Attend Meet-1
ing of Commission
ers Monday
On March 7, members of the
Woman’s Club of Edenton will
.attend the County Commission
ers’ meeting to hear if the pro
_ posed long range plan for beau
tification and restoration of thei
Court House Green and the;
of the Confederate mon
uipent to the south end of
Bispad Street has been accept
ed? by the Commissioners.
On November 2, 1959, the
Caitnty Commissioners and the
Town Council met with the
plaiming committee of the Wo
maufs Clu,b to view the model j
and '(plans of the restoration pro- !
ject.Morley Williams, noted J
landscape architect, who drew j
the plans at the request of the|
club, gave a detailed description j
Continued on Page 7—Section 1 |
Two Political Contests Develop
In Democratic Primary Election
Chowan County’s political wa
ters rippled a little more during l
the week; so that* now at least i
two contests have developed.
As previously announced Er- 1
nest Leary will oppose Albert
Byrum, incumbent, as Chowan
County’s representative in the
General Assembly.
Another contest , developed
when William Privott announc
ed that he will seek re-election
as prosecutor of Chowan Re
corder's Court. John Shackel
ford previously announced that
he will seek the office.
With these two contests in the
offing it is not known if others
will develop or not. Except for
Raleigh Peele, dean of the Coun
Rocky Hock School
Property Finally Sold!
With February 25 being the
deadline to raise the bid for the
abandoned Rocky Hock school
property, no bidder increased the
bid, so that the property has
been sold to the Rocky Hock
Corhmunity Center at a price of
$4,250.
The sale, of course, .now de
pends upon whether the County
Board of Education accepts or
rejects the price offered.
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Chowan County Commission
ers will meet as « board of
equalisation and review on the
second floor of the Court House
Monday, March 14. beginning at
$ A. M.
A revival meeting will be,held
at the Center Hill Methodist
Church the week of March 6-11,
with services 'each night at 7:30
o'clock.
Continued from Page 8, Section 1
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Chowan 4-H Club Peanut Winners j
SST p«nui Jrowin? cont*»" Front ot, loft to
right, Lewis Evans, second; Zackie Harrell, Erst; Carroll Fore
hand, fourth and Gene Harrell, third. Back row. left to right.
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pFtfWfflt of th« Edtnhm Rotiri«ns» who were hosts
THE CHOWAN HERALD
[ Ready To Listen
Chowan County Commission
ers will meet Monday morning,
March 7, at 9 o'clock. This
will be an important meeting in
that the Commissioners will
either permission cr re
fuse permission to remove the
Confederate monument from the
Court House Green in connec
tion with the proposed improve
ment of the Green.
The Commissioners will hear
those favoring the monument re
moval as well as any who are
opposed to it.
TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
Town Council will meet Tues
day night, March 8, at 8 o’clock
in the Municipal Building. At
; this meeting a report will be
made by a committee which
went to Raleigh Tuesday rela
[ tive to the sewage disposal
I plant situation in Edenton.
ty Commissioners, it is general
ly understood that most officials
affected by the election will
seek re-election. Mr. Peele has
stated that he definitely will
not be a candidate for re-elec
tion. .
Weldon Hollowed announced
that he will seek re-election as
judge of Recorder’s Court. Mrs.
Maurice L. Bunch also has stat
ed that she will seek re-election
as register of deeds as has
George Hoskins, county treas
urer.
No definite announcement has
thus far been made by W. E.
Bond, Dallas Jethro, Jr., Carey
Hollowed, Gilliam Wood, county
commissioners, or members of
the County Board of Education.
Paul Partin Reopens j
Western Auto Store'
Paul Partin announces the re-!
opening of the Western Auto
Associate Store at 214 South j
Broad Street, which he recently
purchased from Mrs. Irene Dun
bar.
The store will re-open for
business today (Thursday) un
der the management of Mr. Par
tin, who announces that he will
observe a grand opening April
7, 8 and 9, when free gifts will
be given to those who visit the
store.
Mr. Partin has just returned
Butler, Pa., where he took
a two weeks dealer training
course.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
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Edenton Rotarians will meet
this (Thursday) afternoon at ( 1
o’clock at the Parish House.
The program will be in charge
’of Richard Schuman and Presi
dent Jimmy Earnhardt requests
‘ a 100 per cent meeting.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 3, 1960
Sk~.- of Proposed Confederate Parkway at Foot of Broad Street In Edenton
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Above is a sketch of the proposed Confederate Parkway after its completion. The sketch shows the Confederate
Parkway as it will appear in relation to the Barker house. The monument will face north looking up Broad Street.
BFW Club Bosses’
Night Is Scheduled
fTo Be Held Mar. 10
! Rev. Maurice Grissom |
' Os Elizabeth City Is!
Secured As Principal j
| Speaker
j Edenton’s Business and Pro
• fessional Women’s Club will
hold its annual bosses’ night
| banquet at the Masonic Tempie
i Thursday night, March 10, at
. 7 o’clock. At this time the “Wo
i man of the Year” will be an
nounced.
The principal speaker for the
occasion will be the Rev. Mau
rice Grissom, pastor of the First
Baptist Church in Elizabeth
City. Special music by Mrs.
Ruth Phillips and Harry Smith.
Jr., will also be a feature of
the meeting.
The dinner will be served by’
members of the Eastern Star, j
and anyone who plans to at-,
tend the meeting is requested;
to make reservations by calling,
Mrs. Alice Twiddy, phone 3595;
Miss Beulah Privott, phone
13116 or Mrs. Anne Jenkins, 1
Iphone 3117, before Monday j
| night, March 7. j
i Methodists’ Preaching
Mission Begins Mar. 6
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The annual preaching mission
for the Edenton Methodist
, Church will begin next Sunday
night. March 6, and continue i
k through Friday night at 8
o’clock. The Rev. Kermit Wheel
er of the First Methodist Church
of Raeford, N. C., will be the
guest speaker. 1
Prior to the services there
will be a 12-hour prayer vigil
in the church. The member
ship will participate in 30-
i minute intervals of prayer for
the preaching mission at the al
tar of the sanctuary. j
Each night a special group
of the church will be honored
as follows; Sunday night, the
; Official Board; Monday night,
the youth-of the church; Tues
day night, the women of the
church; Wednesday wght, the
men of the church; Thursday
■ night, the Church School; Fri-
Iday night, the families of the
church.
Members and friends*are cor
dially invited to attenjj this
week of services. .
LIONS MEET MONDAY
' r Edenton’s _Lions Club will
(meet Monday"night, March 7. at
j7 o’clock. President T. B. WUU-
National Merit Scholarship
Qualifying Contest March 8
At John Holmes High School
Fifty-five students of the 9th
and 10th grades at the John A**
Holmes High School plan to take!
the National Merit Scholarship.
Qualifying Test (NMSQT), Hi-'
ram J. Mayo, principal, has an-!
nounced. The test will be ad-'
ministered at the high school
at 9:00 A. M., Tuesday, March
Bth. All students who wish to
be considered for merit scholar
ships to be awarded in 1961,
must take the test at this time, j
The National Merit Scholar-j
ship Qualifying Test is a three- !
Two Descendants Os Capt. Wm.
Badliam Favor Improvements
Two granddaughters of Cap
tain William Badham, who par
ticipated in the Civil War, have
made it known that they are in
favor of the Edenton Woman's
Club improvement project and
that they see no objection to
moving the Confederate monu
ment from the Court House
Green to a proposed new Con
federate Parkway at the foot of
Broad Street.
The two descendants of Cap
tain Badham who are whole
heartedly in favor of the pro
posed improvements are Mrs.
Abrams Speaker
At NCEA Dinner
t
•Due to the illness of Dr. L.
Stacy Weaver, president of the
Methodist College at Fayette
ville, Dr. W. Amas Abrams, edi
tor of the North Carolina Edu
cation Magazine, spoke at the
dinner meeting of the Edenton
unit of the North Carolina Edu
cation Association Tuesday night
;in the Masonic Temple. The
j dinner was served by members
of the Eastern Star.
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ij Any Complaints? j
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Chowan County Commission
ers will meet as a board of
equalization and review Monday
mornirig. March 14, This meet
ing will be held on the second
floor of the Court House begin
ning at 9 o'clock, and anyone
having any grievance as to
property valuation should ap
pear and register their complaint
at this meeting. This is the
only time the Commissioners
are authorised to make any
' changes is property valuation.
hour measure of educational de
,,jK*iopment and college aptitude.
I Emphasis is on broad intellect
. ual skills, and on understanding
! and ability to use what can be
! learned, rather than on sheer
' knowledge of facts.
The test is the first step in
the sixth annual competion for
Merit Scholarships provided by
some 100 corpporations, founda-
I tions, professional societies and
i individuals, as well as by the
j National Merit Scholarship Cor
' Continued on Page 4—Section 1
Richard D. Dixon and Mrs. W.
H. Gardner. Mrs. Gardner, inci
dentally unveiled the Confeder
ate monument on the Court
House Green in 1909.
In a letter addressed to the
Chowan County Commissioners,
the two ladies had this to say:
“Dear Sirs: We the under
signed are very much interested
in the proposed improvement of
the Court House Green and the
Confederate memorial plot plan
ned so efficiently by our Wom
an’s Club. This organization
Continued on Page 6—Section 1
Officers Elected
For Cotton Mill
Directors of the Edenton Cot
ton Mills at a meeting last weeki
elected officers which included
promotions of two employees.
Promotions went to A1 Phil
lips, who was elected vice presi
dent. Mr. Phillips has served as
superintendent for 10 years. He
came to Edenton from Clay
ton to succeed the late J. W.
Cates.
The other promotion went to
Rupert Riley, who is now super
intendent instead of assistant
superintendent. Mr. Rilev has
been an employee of the cotton
mill for about 15 fhonths.
Other officers who were re
elected included P. S. MoMullan,
president and treasurer: Dr.
Frank Wood, first vice president
and R. F. Elliott, secretary and
assistant treasure r
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
A stated communication of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. &
A. M., will be held tonight
(Thursday) at 8 o’clock. McKay
Washington, master of the lodge,
is anxious to have $ large at*
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Edenton Band Plays
In District Contest
At ECC Saturday
Local Group Will Per
form at 1:40 P. M.;
18 Bands Scheduled
To Participate
Members of the John A.
Holmes High School Band, ac
companied by Director Derwood
j Bray, will participate in a dis
junct band contest which will be
I held at East Carolina College.
Greenville. Saturday.
Band members are requested
to meet at the school by 11 j
o’clock Saturday morning in or
der to be in readiness to leave!
promptly at 11:45. Band mem-j
' bers will travel in the school
, bus, together with a group of
I private cars.
I
During the contest 18 bands
I from Northeastern North Caro
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J Eastern Star To Elect
New Officers Monday
j Edenton Chapter No. 302, Or
der of the Eastern Star, will
| meet Monday night. March 7. at
8 o’clock. At this meeting new
! officers will be elected and a
j feature will be a program hon
• oring Mrs. C. W. Overman and
Mrs. R. E. Leary, secretary and
treasurer respectively of the
chapter.
Mrs. T. J. Wood, worthy ma
tron, asks all members to be
1 present.
Edenton Band Presents Winter Concert Friday Night
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The John A. Holmes High School Band, pictured above, will preeent its winter concert in the
school's auditorium Friday night. March 4. bag inning at I o’clock. An Interesting program haa
been arranged, so that an evening of wfedeaeaie eotertabMiaat i* to srtet for aU wbe attend.
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
Zackie Harrell ’59
Peanut Champion
In 4-H Club Contest
1 Phillips Honored }
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JOHNNY PHILLIPS
Among *he long list of out
standing 1959 high school foot
ball players selected by Wig
wam Wisemen of America is
Johnny PhilliDS, star end of the
Edenton Aces. With every sec
tion cf the country represented
in the selection, Phillies was
one of the 32 North Carolina
high school clayers included in
the honorable mention list.
4-H Club Week;
March 5 To 12
March 5-12 is National 4-H I
Club 'Week and 265 Chowan
4-H’ers. are planning for this ob-;
servance.
There are many interesting j
things and events that have con-;
tributed to the success and ■
greatness of the 4-H program ’
during its 5(1 years of growth
and development in North Caro-,
ling.- However." says Miss Cath
erine Aman. assistant home
economics agent, "we should not
fry to measure the true worth
of the program by activities or
events because the real worth ,
ot tltis or any other program is j
in the lives of the people in the j
program, or rather in the way;
they make use of tiie program to
enrich their own lives and the
lives of others. And let us
•never forget that we do not
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
I Observance Os Girl Scout eek
Scheduled For W eek Mar. 6-12
i The week of March 6-12 has
i been designated as National Girl
Scout Week commemorating the
48ih anniversary of that organi
zation. The Edenton Girl Scouts
wili celebrate this event in sev
-1 era! ways. March 6. Girl Scout
| Sunday, each of the four troops
1 will attend' the various chureh
:es of Edenton in a group. There
will be a Girl Scout window
display at the Tots and Teens,
i On Wednesday. March 9. a
group of the girls will be in
terviewed on Girl Scout sub
jects by Mrs. Nancy Carson on
her morning radio program over
radio station WCDJ.
Beginning on March 7 and
continuing through Girl Scow
Week, the annual house tc
I house sale of Girl Scout cookies
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Contestants Guests of
Edenton Rotary Club
At Meeting Held In
Parish House
Zackie Harrell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Gilbert Harrell, was nam
ed winner in the 1959 4-H Club
peanut growing contest, when
the participating boys and their
fathers were guests of the Eden
ton Rotary Club, sponsors of
the contest at the club's meet
ing Thursday afternoon in the
Parish House. Zackie was pre
sented a beautiful trophy by
Jimmy Earnhardt, president of
the club.
The three runners-up were
Lewis Evans, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Marvin L. Evans, second;
Gene Harrell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lester Harrell, third, and
Carroll Forehand, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Forehand,
Continued on Page 7—Section 1
Revival At Center
Hill March 6 To 11
The Rev. Frank Foriescue.
pastor of the Center Hill Meth
odist Church, announces that
evangelistic services will be
held in the church the week
cf March 6-11. Services will be
held each night at 7:30 o'clock
Guest preacher for this series
cf meetings will be the Rev.
Harrell Thach, castor of the
Methodist Church at Boykins,
Ya. Mr. Thach is a native of
Hertford and was raised in the
Anderson Methodist Church.
The public is cordially invit
ed to attend any or all of the
services.
20 Years Ago
At Found in the Files of
The Chowan Herald
A committee composed of D.
M. Warren. A. C. Boyce. R. D.
Dixon and Mayor J. H. McMul
lan went to Williamsburg to in
spect the type of roofing used
in the restoration work there.
The committee contacted a Rich
mond contractor for prices to
put a new roof on she Court
House.
Continued on sage 6—Section 1
will be conducted. Since this
sale is the only fund raising
program during the year which
is participated in bv Girt Scouts
and Brownies as a group, it is
hoped that Edenton citizens will
respond generously in buying
cookies. Cookies will be sold
after school and will not be
sold in any stores.
The Edenton Girl Scouts, ap
proximately 55 in number, are
joining with Girl Scouts all over
the United States in participat
ing in Girl Scout Week. There
are at present eight adult lead
ers who are giving generously
of their time in furthering the
1 opportunities for personal de
velopment, fun, fellowship and
community service among the
l girls of Edenton.