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CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXVll.—Number
25th Federated District sits
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Home Demonstration Cli || »s
Meet In Edenton April 12th
Mrs. Samuel R. Lev
ering: of Ararat, Va.,
Will Be the Principal
Speaker
Chowan County Homo Dem
onstration Club members will be
hostess to the 25th Federated
c. District of Home Demonstration,
Clubs whon they meet Tuesday,
April 12, at John A. Holmes |
High School in Edenton for
their annual spring meeting.
Registration begins at 9:30 and
the program will begin prompt
ly at 10 A. M. with Mrs. O. C.
Long, Jr., of Edenton, district
chairman, presiding. Mrs. Long I
is a member of the Rocky Hock
Home Demonstration Club. She
served as first vice president be
fore being elected president of
the district.
Mr?. Gilbert English of Trin
ity, N. C., president of the State
Federation of Home Demonstra
tion Clubs, will bring greetings
to the women of the district and
install the new officers.,
Mrs. English is a member of
the Mount Vernon Home Dem
onstration Club in ' Randolph
County. She is a past district
Chairman of the Twelfth Feder
ated District of Home Demon
stration Clubs. She has been
second and first vice president
of the state organization and
last summer was elected presi-'
dent of the State Federation of
Home Demonstration Clubs.
She has attended National
Home Demonstration Council
meetings in Raleigh, Denver,
Colorado and East Lansing,
Michigan. In 1958 She attended
the Associated Country Womfen j
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District meeting rs the Twen
ty-fifih Federated District of
Home Demonstration Clubs will
ba held at John A. Holmes High
School Tuesdr7. April 12.
Chowan Baptist Association
Youth Night will be observed
at Ballard's Bridge Baptist
.Church Saturday night. April 9.
ft 2:30 o'clock.
it VFW Auxiliary will meet to
night (Thursday) at 8 o'clock at
th* home of Mrs. Mary Coffield.
Youth Sunday will be observ
ed at Rocky Hock Baptist
Church Sunday. April Id, ai both
morning and evening services.
Girls' quartet from the State
Training School at Kinston will
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Zaekie Harrell Is Selected To
Attend Youth Fitness Meeting
Zaekie Harrell will leave Sat
urday to attend the first annual
Youth Fitness Conference to be
held in Raleigh. Zaekie, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Harrell, is
a* senior at John A. Holmes High
School, where he is president of
the Student Council, captain of
the baseball team, played full
back on the football team and
participated in various other
schoql activities.
The purpose of this confer
Experiment In Teaching Being
Tried At John A. Holmes School
The first week in April brings f
something most unusual into the j
routine of John A Holmes High
School, for it is then that sejven j
students who arc considering j
1 TdpkUng teaching -a career will
have their first experience in J
“facing the class” from the other!
sldef of the instructor’s desk.]
The ie members of the local Fu- j
tun Teachers of ’America Club j
participating in this program
:«re| Jean Adams. Mary Pearl
Harrell, Mary Arm Hare, Betsy!
Roas, Patricia Waff, Edwin By-|
. rum and Minton Small. They
.have chosen the . subject field j
that interests than most and,
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Bring Greetings]
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MRS. GILBEHT ENGLISH
Greetings will be brought to
the 2Slh Federated District meet
ing of Home Demonstration
Clubs at 10 A. M.. Tuesday,
April 12, at John A. Holmes
High School by Mrs. Gilbert
English of Trinity, N. C„ presi
dent of the State Federation of
Home Demonstration Clubs. Mrs.
English will also install new
officers.
Help Offered On
Income Returns
J. M. Johnston, representative
of the N. C. Department of Rev
enue, will be in his office, room
209, Citizens Bank Building,
through Friday, April 15, to as
sist taxpayers to fill out their
income tax returns, ityr. John
jston will be in his office from
8:30 A. M., to 5 P. M„ and will
•be g|ad to render any assistance
necessary.
Auxiliary Officers
Installed Tonight
The Ladieg’ Auxiliary of the
William H. Coffield, Jr., Post
No. 9280, Veterans of "Foreign
Wars, will 'meet tonight
day) at the home of Mrs. Mary
Coffield at 8. o’clock. Mi's. Vir
ginia Oliver will install the 1960
officers. Attention is called to
the District I Meeting to be held
in Sunbury Sunday, April 10.
Mi's. Erlinc Mayberry will be
the Department of North Caro
lina representative. Omitted
from the list of officers which
appeared last week was Mrs.
Bertie Harris who will be the
Auxiliary Conductress for 1960.
ence, which has the full coopera
tion of Governor Luther Hodges,
is to consult and confer with
the youth leaders throughout
North Carolina on the various
aspects of fitness in the home,
school, community and church.
Zaekie was selected to rep
resent John. A. Holmes High
School due to his definite char
acteristics of leadership and one
who can creditably represent the
school.
( personnel is no secret to the
j American public, and the rap- ]
idly growing school population
[presents a challenge to the edu
i cational world to interest and
encourage young people with
[teaching aptitudes in preparing
] for teaching careers. The Fu- !
|lure Teacher Organization gives
[these students information con- j
jceming the necessary prepara
tion for a teaching career, the
various fields open, salary, ten
, tires, retirement end the many
I phases of teaching that make it
a rewarding career,
j The local chapter of the Fu
ture Teachers of America is
sponsored by Mrs. David Holton
lof the faculty of the John A.
Holmes High School.
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Edenton is one of the few
! schools in North Carolina to I
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Ed „ n, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 7,1960.
Youth In Charge At
Rocky Hock Church
On Sunday, April 10
Youth Sunday Will Be
Observed In Every
Phase of Church Ac
tivities During Day
Youth Sunday will he <>Tj
sorved at the Rocky Hock Bap
tist Church Sunday, April 10,
when all phases of the church
work will be handled by young
people at both the morning and
evening services.
At the morning hour the mes
sage will be brought by Zaekie
Harrell, while others taking
part in the service will be Mary
Alice Perry, Kathryn Tynch,
Youth Choir, Lloyd Wayne Ev
ans, Murray Tynch, Jr., Girls'
Sextet (Loretta Bunch, Becky
Harrell, Esther Layton, Annie
Ruth Nixon, * Mary Alice Perry
and Nancy Spivey), Frank Evans
and Paul Whiteman.
At the evening service the
message will be brought' by
Gerald Harrell. Others who
will take part are' Barbara All
red, Kathryn Tynch, Young
People’s Chorus, Danny Long,
Primary Trio (Mary , Lynn All
red, Shelia Haste and Patricia
Continued on Page 2—Section i
Yellon Speaker
A l Parish House
w Nathan., Yellon, chief of the
State Teachers'’ anti Employees' -
Retirement System, spoke before
the Chowan County Committee
on Aging Thursday night at St.
Paul’s Parish House.
Mr. Yelton was introduced by
W. J. Taylor, superintendent of
Chowan County schools. Yel
ton, a native of Mitchell County
mountains, has had a long
career- as teacher,, principal and
superintendent of schools. His
military career saw him enter
service and attain the rank of
Major. After military service
he re-entered public life and is
now head o( the North Carolina
retirement system, which in ad
dition to administering state
employees, also has charge of
retirement systems for local gov
ernment units.
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Bunch Appointed
Manager For Lake
Dr. I. Beverly Lake of Ra
leigh, one of the candidates for
Governor, announced Friday
that his campaign for Governor
in Chowan County will be man
aged by William C. Bunch, Jr.
Mr. Bunch, manager of the
local Sears Roebuck Catalog
Store and a member of Town
Council, is a 1953 graduate of
Wake Forest College. He says
Dr. Lake plans to visit Edenton
in the near future.
Represents Youth ]
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ZACKIE HARRIfLL
1 UighJUboel
1 annual Ymlh ' -ISiBMc Qonf#r-
Local Students Getting Experience In Teaching
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For the first time, students of John A. Holmes High School who contemplate entering the
teaching profession are this week receiving practical experience by leaching various classes under
the supervision of school instructors. Pictured above are seven students who are facing classes
from the other side of the instructor's desk. They are, left to right, Jean Adams, Mary Ann Hare,
Patricia Waff, Minton Small, Betsy Ross, Mary Pearl Harrell and seated. Edwin Byrum.—(Photo
by J. P. Ricks. Jr.)
Col. W. B. Rosevear Named On
Distaff Foundation Committee
Colonel William B. Rosevear,
Jr., of Edenton, has accepted the
invitation of Mrs. Dwight D.
Eisenhower to become a member
of the National Sponsor's Com
mittee of the Army Distaff Foun
dation, according to General
John E. Dahlquist, president of
the Foundation. The committee
is composed of prominent citi
zens throughout the nation. Its
honorary chairman is the Presi
dent of the United States,
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
With public support, the Foun
dation will build in Washing
ton, D. C., the Army Distaff!
Hall. »a residence hall for wid-j
4ws W Army oWiwlfc.- the
of its kind in the nation, and;
one that will serve as a pattern]
for similar residence halls in:
other sections of the country.]
The first “Hall” will serve aj
social and psychological need as
well as a financial one in mak-
Ricks Director
Civil Defense
James P. Ricks, Jr., as of
Monday is Civil Defense Direc
tor for Chowan County. His ap
pointment to this post was made
by the County Commissioners atj
their meeting held Monday
morning.
Mr. Ricks succeeds Edward
Wozelka, who is now located at
Dunn, N. C.
Mr. Ricks is vitally interested
in civil defense and in accepting;
the position the Commissioners
were very much gratified. Mr.
Ricks, of course, appeals for the
interest and cooperation of citi
zens in a program which he con
siders very important to the
welfare and safety of the county]
in event of .an attack or any!
other calamity.
DAR MEETS APRIL 13
Edenton Tea Party Chapter of
the DAR will meet in the Ire
dell house Wednesday afternoon,
April 13, at- 3:30 o’clock. Mrs.
John Kramer, regent, urges all
I members to be -present.
LEGION MEETS TUESDAY
Ed Bond Post No. 40 of the
American < Legion will meet
Tuesday night, April 12, at 8
o’clock. Commander David
White requests a large attend
ance.
Census Supervisor Asks Early
Return Sample Questionnaire
| John R. Brinion, district su
pervisor for. the 1960 census of]
population and housing, urges]
(area residents who have receiv-j
ed “sample” questionnaires to
fill out the forms and mail them,
to the census . district office
bromptly.
| The sample questionnaires,
[printed on blue paper, were left
at every fourth household dur
ing the first stage of the census
which is now virtually complet
ed. These questionnaires con
tained the detailed population
and housing questions which are
iff rifWMilatfaMY. By using
ing it possible for elderly wid
ows of Army officers to live at
a modest cost among other wo-j
men who have similar interests
and backgrounds.
Unlike the widows of most
citizens who make their homes
in a community and establish
roots there, the Army wife cuts
herself off, early in life from
home lies, to accompany her
soldier husband from post to
post all over this country and
the world. Deprived of the op
portunity that most women have
to build a reservoir of friends
i and acquaintances in a given
j community, the officer’s widow
: and unknown—a virtual strang
er in the land she gave most
1 of her years to serve.
Army Distaff Hall will be
] built on a fourteen-acre tract
in the District of Columbia. It
will face Rock Creek Park.
Poster Contest j
Top Winners!
The annual Chowan County]
Conservation Poster Contest was
held Friday afternoon, April 1. j
at the Chowan High School.
Winners were: Priscilla Baer,
first place, fourth grade, Eden
ton graded school; Carroll Lassi
ter, second place, Edenton
School; Belinda Perry, first
place, firth grade, Chowan j
School; Ivv Faye Lowe, second
place, fifth grade, Edenton,
School, and Brenda Bifnch, first
place, sixth grade, Chowan
School; Barbara Wallace, second]
place, sixth gride, Edenton]
School.
Prizes of $lO for first place 1
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Two Chowan Students
Enter Honor Society
Fifteen students at East Caro
lina College have been initiated
as new members of Sigma Pi
Alpha, national honorary foreign
languages fraternity. Each of
those chosen as members has
completed 20 hours of work and
established a high academic rec
ord in the college department
of foreign languages.
Among the Sigma Pi Alpha
initiates arq Jacqueline Hunter
Asbell of Tyner and Peggy
Joyce Elliott of Edenton.
only a sample of the population,
] the Census Bureau is able W
I collect important information
j about the nation’s people at a
fraction of the cost of a com
; plete canvass.
The success of the census de
pends upon the cooperation of
local residents in filling out
these forms ancf mailing them
promptly, the district supervisor
said. He pointed out that all
information furnished to the
Census Bureau is kept in strict
i confidence under ' federal law
and cannot be used tor taxa
tion, regulation, or investiga
te ...
Youth Night At
Ballard’s Bridge
Saturday, April 9
Dr. Baker J. Cauthen
Will Be the Principal
Speaker; Record At
tendance Expected
'Chowan Baptist Association
Youth Night, scheduled for Sat
urday night, April 9. at 7:30
o’clock at the Ballard's Bridge
Baptist Church, is expected to j
break till records for Youth Night |
attendance in Chowan.
; Slrvie.-hcto bring' the main ad-1
dress of the evening is Dr. Baker)
James Cauthen, secretary of the I
Foreign Mission Board of the'
Southern Baptist Convention.
When elected to this position in j
G'etpfc'or, 1953. Dr. Cauthen was!
the board's Orient secretary; I
formerly he was a missionary to I
China, missions professor at j
Southwestern Seminary, and |
pastor of rural and city churches.
A Texan, Dr. Cauthen was
horn in Huntsville, grew up in
Lufkin and received the bach
elor of -arts'-degree from Stephen
F. Austin College, Nacogdoches,
the master of tu ts degree from |
Bay lor University. Waco, and the |
master and doctor of theology
degrees from Southwestern |
Seminary. lie also holds honor- j
ary degrees from. Baylor Uni- I
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Win. Freeman New
lulrnlon Policeman
William T. Freeman has been
added to the Edenton Police De
partment, the new officer having
begun his new duties Sunday.
Mr. Freeman, originally from
Plymouth, came to Edenton from
I Mercedes, Texas, where he was
| serving as assistant chief of
| police. He has had four years
I experience in police work.
I Mr. Freeman, his wife and |
I four children are living in Al
bemarle Court. He succeeds
jßiuce Whitehurst, who has re
signed.
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DR. BAKER J. CAUTHEN
Principal speaker at Youth
Night Saturday night at 7:30
o'clock at Ballard's Bridge Bap
tist Church will be Dr. Baker
J. Cauihen. secretary of the
Foreign Mission Board of the
flrnitihwu Baptist Convention.
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
Some Old Records
In Chowan County
Property Os State
[ Lucky Boys j
Bud Parker and Lloyd Mills
narrowly escaped serious injury
J and even death Sunday after
noon in an automobile accident.
The two boys were on their
way to Elizabeth City and near
Hertford the car went out of
| Parker's control, swerved to the
opposite side of the highway
and overturned two limes.
The car was a total wreck,
but the two boys received only
slight cuts and bruises.
Term Os Superior
1 Court Is Recessed
! At Noon Tuesday
j
Grand Jury Recom
mends Raise In Pay
For Jurors; Non-Tax
Listers Presented
Judge J. Paul Frizzelle of]
Snow Hill opened the April j
term of Chowan Superior Court
Monday morning shortly after
10 o'clock. With Sheriff Earl
Goodwin calling the court to or- 1
der. prayer was offered bv the
Rev. Thurman Allred, pastor of
Rocky Hock Baptist Church.
The first order of business was]
selecting the Grand Jury, which
included the following: T. C.j
Cross. Jr., C. F. Boyce, Cecil ;
C. Cr.«per, J. H. Allsbrook. Earl
Jones, Clarence Bunch, Roy E.j
Lane, Elbert H. Copeland, James i
Richard Morgan, J. J Oliver, j
Thomas W. Leary. J. iv Jordan. j
Glenn Langley, Jasper W. Has-1
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Baptist Revival
Will End Sunday
Revival services being held at ;
the Baptist Church this week!
will come to a close with the
Sunday evening service at the
hour of 7:30. Special attention
is called to the fact that ser-j
vices tonight (Thursday) and
Friday will be held at 8 o'clock
and the final service on Sunday
evening at 7:30 o’clock. There
will be no Saturday service. j
The guest preacher. Dr. Chas.
S. Bonds, pastor of the Central!
Baptist Church in Fountain City,j
Tennessee, is delivering strong
gospel messages and the public,
is cordially invited to attend.
For the benefit of parents, the
church nursery will be open
for each service to take care of!
children of cradle age through]
five years of age.
33 Farms In Chowan Countv
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Choose TT Colton Allotment
A final report of the number'
of cotton farmers choosing to
plant within their regular cot
ton allotment shows that only a
handful of farmers in this state
had any desire to exceed their
regular cotton allotment and ac-j
cept the reduced price support;
level.
According to H D. Godfrey.]
Administrative Officer for the ;
Agricultural Stabilization and]
Conservation State Committee.!
only 2.5 percent of the farms in!
this state chose to exceed their;
regular allotment by up to 40%.i
These farmers as a result of thej
increased cotton allotment will |
have their support rate reduced
Junior Champ Day At Chowan
High On Wednesday, April 13
A physical fitness program,
sponsored by the Edenton Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce, will
be held at Chowan High School
Wednesday, April 13. The con
tests will begin about the noon
hour and will be for four groups,
10 to 11 years, 12 to 13, 14 to
15 and 16 years and older.
Paul Stanton, Chowan High
School basketball coach, will
coach all events and will screen
the contestants for Junior
Chatap DSy.
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
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Crittendon Asks For
Old Papers In Eden
ton to Be Transfer
red to Raleigh
j With old records of Chowan
| County now being microfilmed,
j the Chowan County Commission
ers have been informed by
| Christopher Crittendon, director
of the Department of Archives
and History, that some of the
j old papers now in Edenton are
j the property or the State of
North Carolina.
Mr. Crittendon refers to a
considerable number of records
jof the colonial government and
jof various courts, other than
j county courts, in existence due
ling and prior to the early nine
teenth century. "Many of the
papers now stored in the bank
are included in this category,"
! says Mr. Crittendon. "These are
j the property of the state of
! Nortli Carolina and should be
iin the State Archives where
! they can be repaired, arranged,
cataloged, properly preserved in
ap air conditioned vault, and
made available to researchers.”
Many years ago most of the
records of the Colonial govern
ment then m the Court House
at Edenton were transferred to
the State Archives where they
have been repaired, arranged
and cataloged. The non-county
records which remained in the
Court House and those in the
bank vault apparently were
overlooked in the transfer at
tiiat time.
Mr. Crittendon also pointed
out that’other records, especial
ly in the office of the Clerk of
Superior Court, are rapidly de
teriorating. In fact, he says, it
j will bo difficult, if not impossi
[ ble to salvage some of them
now. The acw content of the
paper and the'ink. as well as
dust, heat and humidity are
hastening the nroeess of rieteri-
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20 Years Ago
As Found in the Files of
The Chowan Herald
Town Councilmen held a very
long session wrestling with the
problem of placing WPA privies
at homes which were not con
nected with the sanitary sewer.
The town had invested $165,000
in sewers which served every
street in town, but in many in
stances property of little value
and those who were absolutely
unable to pay to add the sewfer
service made it difficult to
know what policy to pursue.
In order to become fully ac
quainted with new election laws
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I by 15 percent of parity. The
i percentage of farmers in this
state who chose the larger al
lotment is much smaller than
■ the percent of farmers through
out the nation who made the
I same choice. For the nation 0.4
percent of the farms chose the
' larger allotment. «
■ !On the basis of acreage how
: ever, Godfrey said, about six
l] times as much acreage will be
. represented in the choice “B"
i group for the nation than for
•j North Carolina. Based on acre
. i age in this state farmers con
si trolling 2.7 percent of the acre
-1 age allotment chose choice “B”
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The various events amt the
Jayccc judges for each event
will be as follows:
Push-ups—Warren Twidfly.
Running broad jump—George
Lewis.
Chinning-—Charles Morgan. 4
High jump— John Shackelforckjj
100-yard dash— Harry
Disk throw—West By rum. e j
Football throw—Bg*ar.
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880 run —David Bateman. 9
Shot-putt— Carlton Jadoa'tljg