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Four Contests Develop < || »r
Chowan County Offices |j n
Dem ocra tic Prim ary May z 8
Two County Commis
sioners, Representa
tive and Prosecuting
Attorney Will Have
Opposition i
i With Friday of last week bc
* ing (he final day for candidates
to file for office in the Dcmo
feratic primary election Satur
day, May 23, four contests are
now for Chowan
County offices.
The contests include. Represen
tative in the General Assembly
with Incumbent Albert Byrum
being opposed by Ernest Leary.
The office for County Prose
cutor will be contested with
Incumbent William S. Privott
opposed by John E. Shackel
ford.
The two other contests are|
for County Commissioners i
These are in the Second Town
ship, where T. O. Asbell and C.
M. Evans are candidates. Ra
leigh Peele was the Commis
sioner from the Second Town-'
ship, but decided not to seek
re-election. Mr. Peele is the
dean of County Commissioners,
having served in that capacity
for about 20 years.
* The other contest involves
Commissioner from the Fourth j
Township, where Dallas Jethro. I
Jr, incumbnt, will be opposed
by Thomas B. Wood.
Commissioners who will have
no opposition are W. E. Bond,
chairman, Gilliam Wood and
Carey Hollowell.
Other officials who will not
face opposition are:
Judge of Recorder’s Court—
Weldon Hollowell.
Register of Deeds—Mrs. Mau
rice L. Bunch.
Treasurer—George C. Hoskins.
Coroner —Hubert Williford.
J. Emmett Winslow of Hert
ford and J. Elton Aydlett of
Elizabeth City, will have no op
position for Senators from the
First District.
Neither will there be any op-
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. fVarsity Club Sports,
f (Banquet On May 3]
Edcnton's Varsity Club will *
hold its annual sports award
banquet Tuesday night. May 3,
at 7 o'clock in the Masonic
Temple. The purpose of this
banquet is to honor boys and
girls of John A. Holmes High
School who participated in ath
letics during the current school
year.
L A feature of this year’s ban
quet will be an address by
Coach Bill Murray of Duke Uni
versity. Tickets are now on sale j
fur the banquet, which may be!
purchased from any Varsity Club
member.
During the meeting trophies
will be presented to the most
outstanding athlete in each
sport, including both boys and i
girls.
Methodist Men
* Will Meet Tonight
The Methodist Men’s Club will
meet tonight (Thursday) at 6:30
at the church for a dinner meet
ing. The principal speaker for
the occasion will be the Rev.
R. L. Jerome of Elizabeth City,
District Superintendent Presi
dent Oscar Griffin urges every
member of the club to be pres-,
ent
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Bonner Eases Apprehension Os
Fishermen In Chowan River
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in a telephone conversation
with Congressman Herbert Bon
ner Monday afternoon, he made!
It clear that commercial fisher
men have nothing to tear rela
jl live to relocation of the chan
|TC»ei in Chowan River from Cole-
Jfc rain to the Winton bridge
Mr. Bonner stated that al
though the channel haa been
changed by U. S. engine** and
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Band Members Earning Money For Trip J
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Members of the John A. Holmes High Scnool Band are pictured
washing cars Saturday mornings to raise funds for the band to par
ticipate in the National Safety Patrol parade in Washington, D. C..
May 13-15. Busy scrubbing are. left to right Karen Hollowell.
Diane Goodwin. Carolyn Stallings, Priscilla Bunch and Judy El
liott—(Photo by J. P. Ricks, Jr.)
Edenton Entries W in Three Top
Places In Annual Poster Contest
Pupils from Edenton Elemen-:
tarv School won one first place
and two second places in the
annual Albemarle Conservation
Poster Contest which was held
Friday, April 15, at Elizabeth;
City.
Carroll Lassiter, Edenton, won|
first place in the fourth grade I
competitions. Richard Saunders, |
Weeksville. won second place.,
John H. Kight. Camden, won
first place in the fifth grade and
Ivy Faye Lowe, Edenton, won
second place. Nita Nixon. Hert
grade and Barbara waTTaice.
Edenton. won second place.
Trinkle Speaker
At Lions Meeting
i
I Earl W. Trinkle of Norfolk, :
representative of the Social Se- ‘
curity Administration, was the
I principal speaker at the Eden-;
ton Lions Club meeting Mon-'
| day night.
Mr. Trinkle very ably explain
-Icd the social security program
and pointed out that a great
many people arc not receiving
the social security aid to which!
they are entitled principally be
cause they have not applied for
it He also stated that many:
people are entitled to social se
curity benefits but are not
aware of it
Mr. Trinkle is in the office
of the North Carolina Employ
ment Security Commission in the!
I Citizens Bank building every
Thursday morning and will be!
■ glad to furnish any informa
j lion regarding social security
! benefits.
Mr. Trinkle was introduced by
Dr. A". F. Downum, who had
I charge of the program.
civic calendar]
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Edenton Woman’s Club will
hold its annual Flower Snow
Friday afternoon and night.
April 29. at the Barker house
from 2 to 9 o’clock.
Rocky Hock community will
serve a triad chicken supper at
the Rocky Hock School Wednes
day night. April 27. beginning
at" 7 o’clock. ;
John A. Holmes High School
Con tinned on Page 6—Section 11
out, two-thirds of die river will!
be available for fishing, while!
the other third is reserved for]
water commerce, thus the change!
will not affect the rights oft
fishermen one iota, for just as]
much of the river area is re-]
served for commercial fishing,!
so that the change will not af
fect fishing now or later,
r "I am vitally interested in
i Overall runner-up. a new
award this year, was won by
Shirley Staples of Currituck.
She is a fifth grade student and
had the best poster after the
| first and second place posters
j were selected.
| This annual poster contest is
I sponsored by the Elizabeth City
j Chamber of Commerce in coop
■ eration with the district super
visors of the Albemarle Soil
Conservation District.
Conservation posters were en
tered from the fourth, fifth and
sixth grades of Currituck. Cam
derT”t,atfj uofemV, ‘ u'Tnia ns
and Chowan counties.
jMrs. B. E. Granl
Special Guest At
Auxiliary Meeting
j The Chowan Hospital
I ary will meet Friday afternoon,}
'April 22, at 3 o’clock in thef
nurses’ home.
A special guest at the meet-.
ing wifi be Mrs. B. E. Grant of!
Windsor, who will speak about:
the eye bank and the great work!
iit is doing. Hostesses for tea.
' will be Mrs. Thomas Elliott and
Mrs. J. L. Pettus.
Mrs. L. A. Patterson, presi
dent of the Auxiliary, is espe
cially anxious to have many
members present at the meet
ing.
RED MEN MEETING
Chowan Tribe of Red Men'
| will meet Monday night. April I
25, at 8 o’clock. Guy Williams, j
sachem of the tribe, requests aj
large attendance.
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Chowan County officials *w*opad down on a ssll in the Yeopim section Friday afternoon.
TteOßl and was
pSaT* copper woicar^^ne^uTeU^J^ mash
-» m, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 21, 1960.
District Officers Installed At Edenton Meeting j
v .fleers for the 251 h Federated District of Home Demonstration C.ubs were installed by Mrs.
Gilbert English when the district met at Edenton for the annual spring meeting last week. Officers
for 1961 are, left to right: Mrs. E. L. Belch, Chowan County, historian; Mrs. W. L. Forces. Camden
County, treasurer; Mrs. John Hurdle, Perquimans County, third vice chairman; Mrs. O. C. Long.
Jr., Cnowan County, immediate past chairman; Mrs. Gilbert English. Trinity. N. C, president ot
N. C. Federation ot Home Demonstration Clubs; Mrs. R. W. Humphries, Gates County, second vice
chairman; Mrs. John Yon. Currituck County, first vice chairman; Mrs. Reid Overman. Pasquotank
County, chairman. Not present when the picture was made. Mrs. Joyce. Dare County, secretary.
Baptist Men Os
Region One Meet
In Edenton April2s
Between 400 and 500
Men Expected to At
tend From 13 East
ern Counties
Men from the Baptist church
es in Region One will hold their
annual meeting on Monday,
April 25, at the Edenton ar
mory. Region One is comprised
of Baptist churches in the fol
lowing counties: Chowan, Per
quimans, Hyde. Tyrrell. Dare,
Pasquotank. Gates. Currituck,
Camden. Washington, Hertford,
Northampton and Bertie. The
meeting will begin with sup
per -hu-the -men m o'clock.
Presiding during the meeting
will be O. C. Long. Jr., director
of Region One. The congrega
tional singing will be led by the
Continued on Pane B—Section 1
Baptist Fish Fry
Scheduled Friday
The Men's Bible Class of the
Edenton Baptist Church will
hold its annual fish fry Fri
day night. April 22. The affair
will be held at the American
Legion building, beginning at
6:30 o'clock. All Sunday School
officers and teachers are invit
ed to attend. All who attend
are requested to take tneir ownj
bread.
CHOWAN GETS 447.2 MORE
COTTON ACRES FOR 1960
According to H. O. West, local:
ASC office manager, Chowan,
County received 447.2 acres of:
cotton from the State ASC Com-|
mittee to be reapportioned toj
farms in Chowan County for the I
1960 crop year.
Officers Destroy Chowan County Still
j Recreation Leadership Training
j Institute Planned At Oak Grove
i
| A Rural Recreation Leader-
I ship Training Institute has been
'! scheduled for Chowan County.
Miss Pauline Calloway and C.
\ IW. Overman, home economics
and county agricultural agent,
state that the institute will be
conducted April 25, 26 and 27.
lat Oak Grove Community Build-i
ing from 7:30 until 9:30 o’clock i
Lonnie Powell, staff member,
of the North Carolina Reerea-J
tion Commission, will conduct
I
j the three day recreation train
i ing institute for a selected
! group of leaders from 4-H Clubs,
j Home Demonstration Clubs, and
.other organizations working
Edenton PTA (Directors Os Bank
C* Meet In Edenton
Groups Merge
| In a very harmonious meeting
J held Tuesday night in the Elc- :
Jmentary School auditorium,
■members of the John A. Holmes :
High School Parent-Teacher As- |
'sociation and the Elementary.
School Parent-Teacher Associa-
I tion almost unanimously voted
Ito merge the two associations. ;
'Following a discussion of the'
i plan, a vote was taken and only ;
, one dissenting vote was cast j
; against merging.
While the name of the new
j association was not definitely.:
arrived at, it will in all probab
j ility be known as the ‘Edenton !
Parent - Teacher Association.”
j The final decision will be made
when a committee will rewrite
the by-laws and apply for a :
charter.
I
A feature of the meeting was'
i a very delightful program pre- I
, sented by children of Mrs. John \
Ross’ kindergarten class and j
| Mrs. John White's third graders. !
! The program was entitled "The |
1 12 Months of the Year,’’ and re-
Continued on Page 2. Section II
-jwith rural people. Leadership
( training in social games, ntust
cal mixers, eas.v-to-make game
boards, relay and active games.
' I magic and quiet games and
> | leadership techniques will be
. presented.
:j The N. C. Agriculture Extern
. ■ sion Service of North Carolina
. i State College, in cooperation
. | with the North Carolina Recre
•j at ion Commission, has conduct
.led these rural recreation lesad
; j ership Institutes throughout
.: North Carolina • for the past
lj eight years to aid rural Headers
, 1 with the promotion and organi
[ zation of recreation activities in
> their communities.
| Directors of the Peoples Bank
& Trust Company held their
j monthly meeting in Eden; on
| Wednesday of this week. The
! group met at a dinner meeting
|at the Edenton Restaurant, with
; approximately 30 directors of
the various branches in attend
ance, j
i Various branches of the Peo-j
I pies Bank & Trust Company are
| located in Rockv Mount, Xash-
Jville, Whitakers, Zefeuton. Pine-'
j tops. Middlesex. Battlefeoro, En
field. Sharpsburc. Henderson.
Hertford and Edenton.
Miss Barbara Allred
In Honor Fraternity
The Wingate College chapteri
,of Phi Theta Kappa, national;
| honorary scholastic fraternity.;
| had its initiation cemnonies re- :
! centlv for students who have
! achieved academic excellence in
! their work at Wingate College. !
! For a student to be elected to
| Phi Theta Kappa, he or she
must have an academic average
jof 3.5 on all subjects taken at
! Wingate.
I Among those elected to mem-!
] bership in the fraternity wasi
I Miss Barbara Allred, daughter ofi
I the Rev. and Mrs. Thurman W.;
1 Allred.
Firemen Called Out
Two Times Monday
1 Edenton firemen were called
lout twice Monday, but both
I fires were of a minor nature
j The first alarm came from the
Ryland section, where a grass
fire went out of control and
threatened the house on the
Will Eason homcplace. Xo dam
age was done.
| ' An afternoon fire occurred on;
Paradise Road at the home of,
((Maggie Stanley. A couch wasj
; ignited by a cigarette, but little,
' damage was done,
I -
County Committee On
Aging Meets Tonight
The Chowan County Com
mittee on Aging, cooperating
with the Governor's Committee.!
will meet tonight (Thursday» at!
8 o'clock at St. Paul's Parish]
| House.
Further plans and objectives j
will be considered by the com
mittee and the public is curdi
| ally invited O' attend. The com
mittee is looking for suggestions
from the public as to how the
committee might be botpful to I
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$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
Plans Completed
For Flower Show
|By Woman’s Club
|; Have You Seen? I
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Many Eden'on yards and gar
, dens axe places of exquisite
i beauty at this lime and are well
■ worth seeing, just to point out
j a few are: Mrs. T. B. Willi
ford s yard. Mrs. T. C. Byrum's
| yard. Mrs. Thomas Elliott's
foundation planting. Mrs. J. A.
; Poweil's side yard. Mrs. W. B.
1 Rosevear's borders, the Episco-
I pal Church yard. Mrs. S. W. Tay
! tor's vard and a number of
others.
It you haven't seen the many
I places of beau*y, get in your car
j and drive around on a very
pleasant sight-seeing tour.
Jaycee Officers
Installed April 28
J
Ladies’ Night Will Be
Held In Connection
With Installation
Officers tor the Edenton Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce will j
be installed Thursday night.
April 28. When the Jaycees will,
observe Ladies' Night. The'
meeting will be held at the
American Legion building, be
! ginning at 7 o'clock.
: The installation ceremony will
lbe in charge of Robert Bryan
of Ahcskie. Mr. Bryan is the!
, newly elected vice president ofj
| the Tenth District.
i Chicken Supper
At Rocky Hock
1 , '' I
.J The Rocky Hock Community
wlit hold a fried chicken supper
at the Rocky Hock Community j
Center Wednesday night, Aprill
37. beginning at 7 o'clock. . j
Tne supper was arranged in ‘
order to help raise money to 1
be applied toward the cost of
(purchasing the Rocky Hock
, School property.
The chickens will be fried out
.of doors, so that thev will be
served hot. Free door prizes
will also bo awarded. The
plates win be sold at SI.OO for
adults and <5 cents for chil
li dren.
Anyone who desires to attend
{the supper and has not been
* contacted is requested to phone
Mrs. W H Saunders. 4024. or
Mrs. Flot'ine Nixon. 3051. If any
atv not Interested in eating with
a group, the plates can be tak
en home. Those in charge are
hopeful that many will patronize
! the supper.
20 Years Ago j
As Found in the Files of
The Chowan Herald
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As a gesture of neighborliness
and good will, about 25 car
loads ot Edenton merchants and
business men formed a motor
cade to visit Columbia. Creswell.
, Roper. Plymouth. Williamston,
Windsor. Colerain. Harrellsville.
Cross Foects. Sunbury. Belvidere
and Hertford. The group was
accompanied by the Edenton
High School Band.
Edenton High School Band
was awarded a beautiful 18-inch
mahogany trophy at Washington.
N. C- tor being the best band
to participate in the Tulip Fes
tival.
Continued on Page 6—Section 1
. Colonial Restaurant And Motor
Court Again Open For Business
Announcement is made of the|
opening of the Colonial Restau-i
I rant and Motor Court near the;
.(city limits on U. S. 17 north.)
(The new proprietors of the Co-,
| toruat are Joe Stone, Bill Gard-'
• ner and Frank Habit, who open-1
Jed the establishment for busi-j
ness Wednesday morning of this j
week.
The restaurant will be open!
from fi:3o A. M., to 9:30 P. M..!
and will feature a business!
I men's special lunch. Charcoal!
1 starts wd seafood will tUao be
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Affair Will Be Held
In Barker House Fri
day, April 29 From 2
To 9 P.M.
Next Friday, April 29. the
i Edentqn Woman’s Club will pre
sent its annual flower show in
i the Penelope Barker House.
I The show will be open to the
public from 2 o'clock in the af
i ternoon until 9 o'clock at night,
and exhibits are required to be
entered between 8:30 and 11
o’clock in the morning.
In connection with the show,
I Mrs. Gilliam Wood and Mrs. T.
C. Byrum. Jr., co-chairmen of
1 the flower snow, announce the
following rules will be carried
out:
Competitions are open to resi
dents cf Edenton and Chowan
I County.
| All exhibits are to be entcr
' ed in owner's name on blanks
i furnished for this purpose.
Exhibits shall be received be
j tween 8:30 A. M„ and 11 A. M..
1 on April 29th.
All exhibits must be removed
by 10 P. M.. Fridav night„ April
29th.
' The committee will take re
sponsible precautions for the
safety of the property of the
J exhibitor; but will not be re
>ponsib!e in case of loss or dam
age.
I When judging is being done
only judges and proper offi
cers will be allowed in the
'show room.
Prizes will be as follows: First
| prize, blue ribbon: second prize,
j red ribbon: third prize, yellow
ribbon: honorable mention, pur
ple ribbon.
Judging will be done by the
i merit system.
Joe A. Webb Dies
In Hospital Friday
i
j Joe A. Webb. Sr.. 78, died
Friday morning at 10:30 o'clock
in Chowan Hospital after sev
eral years of failing health. He
was a retired farmer and held
the distinction of having served
as County Commissioner for
Chowan County for 37 years be
fore he resigned a year ago.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Lizzie Creecy Webb: three son-,
L. Douglas Webb. Joe A. Webb.
Jr., and Carlyle C. Webb, all of
Edenton: two daughters. Mrs.
Frank Suttenfield of Leaksville
and Mrs Sidney S. Cantpen of
Edenton: a brother, John D.
Welsh of Edenton: a sister. Mrs.
D. E Williams of South Mills
and eight grandchildren.
He was a member of the Yeo
pim Baptist Church, where fun
eral services were held Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Rev.
A. J. McClelland officiated and
burial followed in Beaver Hill
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Carlton Jack
son. George I. Dail, Shelton
Moore, William Corprew, W. E.
Bond and Tom Goodman.
Walter B. Jones
Ruritan Speaker
Walter B. Jones of Fannville,
i candidate for Congressman in
> the First District, will be th<’
i guest speaker at the Ruritan
Club Ladies' Night on Monday
1 night, April 25. at 7 o'clock,
i He will be accompanied by
, his wife, a former resident of
I Edenton. Doris Long Jones.
Friends of Mr. Jones are de
lighted to have him visit in
! this area again.
| featured.
i The new owners hav e acquir
'ed the services of J. A. Brick
-1 house, Jr., as chef. Mr. Brick -
I house comes to Eden ton from
■ the famous Steak House at Vir
| giniq Beach.
i The restaurant and motel
: rooms have been redecorated,
i fully air-conditioned and a
! television set has been added
to every room. The trio Os new
! owners extend a cordial invita- J
, tion to their friends to
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