North Carolina Newspapers

Ife tfLAy DriHiu» ■ Nnfdiur Diugc I UrKCSt ITx - SlTCS3cu| ■ Girder Bridge In I North Carolina I Work -is now under way on ■* new Alligator River bridge m Tmell and Dare counties, Ke largest pre-stressed concrete Erder bridge in North Caro- J John S. Loving, vice president If T. A Loving and Company, Reports lhat the $2,848,758 pro [ett consists of a lllt-milel ■fridge approaches over Alti mtor River on U. S. 64 from E* point )100 feet west of Sandy point Ferry dock, east to a taint 1?00 feet west of East [Lake Post Office, f Loving said piesent ferry ser vice witt be maintained by the 'State until the bridge is built [Completion is scheduled in Au-j gusC i#te The (files will be up to 94; feet in length and there will be a *l-f(8ot steel plate girder | swing span. The concrete road- 1 way will he R feet and the! bridge will be 14,938.2 feet, prac-j ticaUy >ll * being over water, , Loving said. 1 At the peak or construction; the project will provide employ ment fair approximately 125 car-| penters, operators, pile drivers and laborers. Giles G. Trimble of Part low Street Staunton, Va., Will be- the superintendent in charge of the project. Loving said. • *BO Census Takers Easy To Identify Continued from Pape 1. Section 1 the seal of the Department of Commerce and the words •tGgnsus Enumerator, Official! Credential” are printed across its face. Persons purporting to he- census, takers who do not have this identification card should be reported immediately to the local district census office which is located in the Post Of fice Building, Washington, N. C. ! Census takers will be further identified hy the. portfolio con taining their supplies. The port-' folio is brown and bears the legend. * "1960 Census of the TJnited States,” printed in green ink. I*[ the portfolio, the cen sus taker carries his supplies of report forms, maps, pencils and other tools of his trade. EASTERN STAR MEETING Edcnton Chapter No. 302, Or der of. the Eastern Star, "will meet Monday night, April 4, at 8 o’clock. The meeting will be conducted for the first time by te new group of officers. 90 that Mrs Margaret Bell wor- 1 thy matron, urges all members to attend. BAND BENEFIT SALE Buy (iwatlney Meals... HELP YOUR BAND fTCwaltnev f D& M V y SOPER MARKET^^ • WE SALUTE THE John A. Holmes High School Band Smoked Picnics lb. 39c 14b. Pkg. Bacon pkg. 49c 14fk Bag Sausage Meal«... 2 lbs. 69c 1-llk Pkg. Franks .... pkg. 49c f^GRADE^^HOLFoNL?^" FRYERS lb. 29c fi.Ja.IM.WU. I HCMUima Mayonnaise I TEA BAGS ; jar 25c | pkg. 49c Bl.srrrrs -a FOR 250 X KK4t. Cn 1 Ns. m Cu M k Whit* CJwftt Spaghetti I PEACHES «nd Meat Balls I (sliced or halves) s g cans 49c | 29c each * A■ A Biir« 1* IC.I p*<INI 1 9 1 * t 1 PeV mfl Wl IBP ■ 9 ■■ A li I 1 > ! Visiting Evangelist] . r .Jk REV. D. C. JENKINS Revival services at Warwick Baptist Church will bo hold April 17-24. with the visiting evangelist be ng the Ret. D. C. Jenkins, faster of Bethlehem Baptist Church at LaureL Mississippi. Plans Completed For Cancer Drive Continued from Page 1. Section 1 of the Negro Woman's Club, will be chairman of the cam paign in Edenton. Mrs, Annie Charlton. Negro home agent, will head up the drive among colored people in the county. Mrs. Hopkins states that she is seeking the full cooperation of everyone, not only in work ing in this drive but by making! generous contributions. The American Cancer Society is not only stressing the import ance of money for cancer pa tients but for one of the greatest factors of all —research. “Only through research,” says Mrs. IlopkiiS, “can we conquer this dreadful disease known as can cer.” Mrs. Hopkins points out that last year 259,000 Americans died of cancer and that this year about 265,000 Americans will die of cancer, if present rates are not cheeked. Richard Walser To Speak At Plymouth Richard Walser of .State Col lege, editor of ”N, C. Poetry.” “N. C. Drama” and ”N. C. Writers,” will speak in the Washington County Public Li brary at Plymouth Sunday, April 3, at 3:30 o’clock. Mr. Walser is a critic, poet, reviewer, professor, lecturer, a writer and a most delightful and interesting speaker. Mr. Walser’s appearance in Plymouth is sponsored by trus tees and friends of the Wash ington Public Library. The pub lic is cordially invited to attend. THE CHOWAN HEBALD. EDENTON. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. MARCH 81. 1880. Spring Fishing Contest Planned From April 15 Through June 15 Another spring fishing contest has been announced by the Rec reation Committee of the Cham ber of Commerce which will run from April 15 through June 15. Chairman Bruce Jones, Jr., says the contest will this year be limited to bream, largemouth bass, speckled perch (crappie), and rock fish caught in waters adjacent to Edenton or Chowan County. Priaes 'will be awarded for the heaviest fish caught in the four classifications. Rods and spinning reels will be given to the winners in each classification at the close of the Advance Planning | For Development | Cold weather is still here, hut it has not chilled the desire for improvement in the Advance community. Thirteen people met Friday night, March 25, at the community building to complete plans for their rural develop ment program. The meeting was opened with prayer. Woodrow Lowe, chair man, explained some of the du ties of each chairman and chal lenged the group that they could make the community what they wanted it to be by cooperating! and working together. Three projects were chosen to work on this year, home beau tification, peanuts and hogs. ! Committees for these projects | and others which the commun ity hopes to major on in the fu ture were chosen as follows: Home Beautification Mrs. Claude Small, Jr., chairman, Mrs. A. C. Griffin and Mrs. San ford Bass. The chairman can select others if she so desires. Recreation—Mrs. Fred Caste loe, chairman, Mrs. Woodrow Lowe and Mrs. Thomas Paul Griffin. Peanuts Thomas Paul Grif fin, Edgar Earl Hollowed and W. T. Forehand. Hogs—J. R. Hardison, Sanford Bass and Fred Griffin. Tobacco—Fred Casteloe, Bris toe Perry and A. C. Griffin. Cotton Dick Lowe, Carlton : Perry and Frank Briggs. Soy Beans and Corn —J. C. Skinner, Leonard Hare and Cur tis Forehand. ’ Sweet Potatoes—Clarence Lup Plymouth Sneaker At WSCS Meeting The Methodist Woman’s Socie ty of Christian Service will hold its monthly meeting Tuesday night. April 5, at 8 o’clock at the home of Mrs, Hiram Mayo. Guest speaker for the meeting will be Mrs. Maurice Smith of Plymouth who will speak on the subject, ‘The Symbols of the Church.” All members are especially urged to attend. CAT 171 WILLIAMS Url-LLi .CASUAL OAK It’s the bedroom you saw in lllti Your bedroom is a dream of restful elegance with this value* priced group in exciting William# Casual Oak. Here’s real pj A tt *SS furniture value... note Williluns’ careful attention to detail W A I H ... authentically styled Yoke Bed, exclusive Williams stirrup )J l\. 1 J m*J dnrwy pulls, expansion joint construction, heavily bands'* tops. Soft hister finish is hand rubbed, hand waxed to enhance aA d 1 qw is entiiral oak grain. Sea the entire Williams Casual Oak X >vd imlleetion today, sale priced to meet the moot exacting budget. Quinn Furniture Company EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA - - - - -- ■ ■ .... - - contest on June 15. Weighing stations designated by the committee are Bunch’s Gulf Service Station, Byrura Hardware Co., Edenton Marina, and Hughes-Parker Hardware Co. Official entry blanks may be obtained at these places. Jones said that the contests held in 1959 brought many out of-town sportsmen to Edenton, many of whom purchased sup. plies and accessories and stayed overnight. “If the fish will co operate, we can expect good re sults from the (fl-day contest scheduled for this spring,” he said. ton, Erie Jones and Andrew Parrish, Jr. All who were appointed on a committee are asked to try to be present at the next meeting, which will be held at the Ad vance Community Building Fri day, April 29. BEECH FORD CLUB MEETS The Beech Fork Home Dem onstration Club held its March meeting in the home of Mrs. Paul Ober. There were ten members, three visitorse and one new member, Mrs. Thurman Allred, present. ' The meeting was opened by j singing “Loch Lomond.” An in spiring devotional was given by Mrs. Paul Ober, followed with prayer by Mrs. Travis Jackson.; Mrs. Lillie Saunders, president, \ gave a report of the County Council meeting, reminding ev eryone of the 25th Federated District meeting on April 12. It was decided who would be re sponsible for the block cake the club was to furnish for the dis trict meeting. Mrs. Stillman Leary is in charge of the cancer drive for the club. Mis. Bertha Layton gave a “Home Beautification” report. - After the business ses sion Mrs. Gilbert Harrell very ably gave a demonstration on “Personal Appearance,” saying good posture has much to do with looking young. Julia Me- Iver, Extension clothing spe cialist, says, “One of the most important assets that any woman can develop is an erect and queenly carriage.” After the demonstration a so cial hour was enjoyed with recreation and refreshments. VOTE IOR ERNEST LEARY AS STATE REPRESENTATIVE Practiced Law 36 Years, Your Vote Will Hr Grrutly Appreciated! Plymouth. Speaker [ ... RICHARD WALSSR On Sunday afternoon. April 3. at 3j30 o'clock Richard Walser. prominent lecturer, will speak at the Washington County Pub lic Library. The public is cor dially invited to attend. Training School Scheduled April 7 Corinne J. Grimesly, xtension family relations spe cialist, North Carolina State [College Extension Service, will train Home Demonstration fam ily life leaders for the demon stration “Working and Playing Together As a Family” in the home agent’s office at 2:30 P. M. [Thursday, April 7. Mrs. Grimsley is well known [ throughout the State of North [Carolina and southern states as j ! a specialist in family relations. | She will also present a radio j program over WCDJ at 12:45' P. M. April 7. All Home Demonstration fam ily life leaders are urged to at tend the training school with Mrs. Grimsley, .Frank Holmes Oil Executive Committee Frank Holmes recently was appointed a member of the exec utive committee of the Educa tional Foundation cf the Uni versity of North Carolina. He is the only member east of Rocky Mount. • Mr. Holmes attended a meet ing of the committee in Chapel Hill Saturday, when the com mittee in a body attended the Blue and While football game. 4 Chowan Student Wins Fellowship Elmer Hayes Davidson of Cho wan, a psychology student at Greensboro College, has been awarded a fellowship from Hol lins College at Salem, Va. The fellowship is for $2,500. Davidson is listed in Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities and is president of Men's Student Government at Greensboro College. His wife is now doing gradu ate work at N. C. State Col lege, while she was awarded a scholarship in psychology. Davidson will graduate from Greensboro College in June. Dr. John A. Hornaday, head of the psychology department at Greensboro College, speaks very highly of Davidson. He said. “Working with Mr. Davidson has been rewarding to me be cause of his original ideas and capabilities of grasping materials and ideas. I’m confident his name will become well known to psychologists after he has completed his graduate work.” —— ■ L. M. SIMPS DN JOINS NORTHEASTERN MILLING L. M. Simpson, who worked 31 years for Berkley Feed Com-1 pany, will join Northeastern Milling Company. Inc., as sales man on April 1. He is well known in the trade in this sec tion and has many farmer friends in the Albemarle area. A .native of New Bern, Simpson has lived in Elizabeth City for the past 22 years. Mr. Simpson was one of the ■ Berkley Feed Company’s top [salesmen in North Carolina, ac i cording to Robert Marsh, man ager of Northeastern Milling Company. He served as general manager of the Elizabeth City U<nd Portsmouth branches of the Berkley Feed Company. REPEAT OF A SELL - OUT ANOTHER LARGE SHIPMENT OF Belk-Tyler’s Edenton, N. C KEYSTONE SEEDS IJS^Ir VEGETABLE GROWERS, FARMERS, GARDENERS FOR BIBBER YIELDS AND MORE PROFITS Plant KEYSTONE | Tested Seeds In 1960 Everv Lot Tosled and Treated \ TIME TO PLANT— I Cabbage Plants Cabbage Seeds Garden Peas — l Onion Sets Beets —Carrots Hanover Salad— * Curled Kale Collards Turnips Radishes— \ Broccoli Cauliflower Head Lettuce Leaf Lettuce Tomatoes Sweet Peppers Hot Peppers Kgg Plant Annual and Perennial l Flowers Lawn Grass. I See Us For Your Spring Requirements— Our Stocks Are Now Complete! E KEYSTONE VEGETABLE SEEDS BURPEE FLOWER SEEDS APPROVED HYBRID CORN SEED ASA OR WRITE FOR (H R TRICE LIST' \ E. L PEARCE, Seedsman l Route 3 Edenton, NC. Phone 3839 PAGE SEVEN f—SECTION ONE_'