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Edenton Merchants
Planning To Stage
Festival Os Values
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Three Days Will Be
Devoted to Sales Pro-,
motion In Stores of
Community »
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The Chamber of Commerce-
Merchants Committee has sched
uled a community-wide sales
promotion, ‘‘'Festival of' Values,”
to be held on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, (May- 12, 13 and 14.
John H. Woolard, chairman of|
the sales promotion subcommit
tee, has announced that overi
twenty local stores and service
establishments have already,
signed for the event. He saidj
if any store wished to join ih|
the promotion but has not been
contacted by a member of the
committee, they should notify
the Chamber office.
The promotion costs each par
ticipant $lO which will be used
to publicize the three-day sales
festival. “If each firm will give
real values during this event, we
feel confident the promotion will
draw both old and new shop
pers to the community,” Chair
man Woolard said.
Science Fair At
\ School Tonight
Projects Will Be Ex
hibited For Benefit
Os Public
A Science Fair will be held to
night (Thursday) in the gym
nasium of John A. Holmes High
School from 7 to 8:80 o’clock.
Projects prepared by Miss Co
le cn Ward’s seventh grade sci
ence class will be exhibited.
These projects were prepared by
the students, using their own
ideas and ideas from research-
AH work was done outside of
cla*s. The class is proud of
their projects and invite all the
public to come and see their
work.
Projects include: Sectional con
struction of telescope bulb, lit
replica of heavenly bodies, work
ing display of electrical phe
nomena, biological scene display,
health scenic display on care
of teeth complete with ortho
dontic 'treatment.
Music Festival
Planned May 1
County-wide music festival will
be held at Chowan High School
auditorium Sunday afternoon,
May 1, at 2:30 o’clock. Each of
the 13 Home Demonstration
Clubs in the county will be re
sponsible for one or more par
ticipants.
C. W. Overman will lead and
Earl Harrell will play for the
group singing. Everyone is in
vited to attend.
COMMISSIONERS. MEET
Chowan County Commissioners
will meet Monday morning, May
2, at 9 o’clock. At 1 O’clock
they will be dinner guests of the
Ho m e Demonstration County
Council at the Advance Com
munity Building.
i —innmmanj j a _ru- -
Winners Announced In Annual
Local Woman’s Club Art Show
Twelve school children were i
awarded ribbons and one dollar
prizes for outstanding art work
in the annual art exhibit spon
sored by the Eden ten Woman’s
Chib April 23 and 24 at the
Penelope Barker house.
Winners of the dollar prizes of i
the Eden ton Elementary School j
were Jcpnne Ward, kindergar
ten; Carol Jones, first grade;
Dabney Forehand and Morris
Small, second grade; Stanley]
Nixon, fourth grade; Jerry Jones,]
fifth .grade; Jim Elliott, sixth
Hioh Hr. 11 nr
viiowan mgn ocnooi aouur.
grade; Emily Peele, fourth t
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Chowan Team Wins
Honors In Typing
District Contest Held
April 21 at East
Carolina College
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Each spring. Chowan High and
i John A. Holmes High enters the
.typewriting- contest sponsored
i by the Departments of Business
from 'East Carolina 'College. On
,'March 15 the county contest was
I held at Chowan High. In the
j beginning division each school
could enter one contestant for
each five typewriting students
enrolled in typewriting. Cho
wan 'High’s beginning team con-|
■sisted of five girls. They were
Janet Chappell, Becki Harrell,
Mary Alice -Perry, 'Annie Faye
Hollowell and Dinah Jean
Blanchard. These five girls
competed against John A.
Holmes students. The five Cho
wan contestants ranked in the
top seven out of sixteen posi
tions. Therefore, Chowan High’s
beginning team received a pen
nant for school team achieve
ment. This team received the
highest score. Patricia Ann
Waff of John A. Holmes High
received the medal for individ
ual achievement in the begin
ning .division.
Faye Ober, Margie Evans and
Continued on Page 2, Section 1
Fashion Show
Feature At PTA
The finall meeting of the Cho-j
wan High School Parent-Teacher*
Association for the 1959-60 term
will be held in the school audi
torium Monday night. May 9. at
8 o’clock. President Winborne
wil preside alt this meeting and
she urges all members to be
present.
A fashion £how will be the
highlight of the evening. Mrs.
Loraine Rogerson’s home eco-j
nomics classes will give the
fashion preview. This will fea
ture all of the garments that'
have been designed in 'the homej
economics classes. Each homej
economics student will model!
her own garment
Band Preparing To Participate
In Parade Held In Washington
In the final parade orders re-i
ceived from AAA
in Washington, D. C., the Joht#
A. Holmes High School Band is
listed with six other units from
North Carolina. John A. Holmes
High is the only band, the other
units being safety patrol dele
gations from Raleigh, Statesville,
Janesville, Charlotte, Yadkinville
and Durham.
The band will be in Washing
ton three days, May 13, 14 and
15. Chaperones will be Mrs.
Kathleen Skiles, Mrs. John
Bunch, Mrs. L. E. Davenport and
Mrs. Jake Hobowsky. The group
is scheduled to leave Edenton at
6 o’clock on Friday morning,
May 13.
While on the trip the band
will visit many points of inter
| red and yellow seals for first
I place, second place and honor
able mention were awarded the
following:
The Eden ton Elementary first
place winners were Joanne Ward,
kindergarten; Wayne Spruill,
| Jane Holmes and Carol Jones,
[first grade; Martin Parker,
James Wood and Qabney Fore
hand, second grades; Susan Hare, <
Linda Byrum and Mike Fair
) cloth, third grade; Sharon Dun
bar and Stanley Nixon, fourth
grade; Elizabeth Ann Baer and
( Jerry Jones;, fifth grades; Jim
Elliott, Norfleet Pruden and Bill
[ The Chowan Hi#h first place
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l ienton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday. April 28,1960.
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'Dr. Whltajl Wl
Preach A si iptist
Church On Sunday
Fills Pulpit For Two!
Services During Ab
sence of .the Rev. R.
N. Carroll
Dr. Bruce E. Whitaker, presi
dent of Chowan College at Mur
freesboro, comes to the pulpit of
the Ederrton Baptist Church
Sunday a« the guest preacher in
the absence of the pastor. He
will, preach at the l'l o’clock
morning service and at the 7:30
evening service.
.Now well known for his re
markable leadership in the for
ward progress of Chowan Col
lege, Dr. Whitaker is also known
for his contribution to the Bap
tist student program among the
colleges of North Carolina prior
to his acceptance of the presi
dency of Chowan College. Hav
ing preached in the local pulpit
lon previous occasions he will
be welcomed as he returns to
preach Sunday.
The church nursery will be
open for the regular services of
the day beginning with Sunday
School at 9:45 A. M., and in
cluding Training Union at 6:30
P. M. Os course, it will be open
for the two worship services and
the public is invited to attend
the services of the day.
May Day Festival
Planned May 6th
Affair In Armory Is
Sponsored By Parent
Teacher Association
Sponsored by the Parent-Teacher
Association of the Edenton Ele
jmentary School and John A.
Holmes High School; a May Day
Festival will be held Friday af
ternoon, May 6, from 3 to 6
o’clock. The festival is the only
money-making project of the
year.
Booths will be set up for sell
ing hot dogs, drinks, popcorn,
homemade candies and cookies.
In addition there will be
i games and rock and roll con
tests, movies, grab bags, cake
walks and merry-go-round.
I The festival will be held in
j the Edenton armory. There will
jbe no admission to the armory
jbut a small fee will be charged
I for items at each booth.
j est, including Lee’s mansion,
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier,
’ Fort Meyer, Smithsonian Insti
tute, Iwo Jima memorial, zoo,
Lincoln Memorial, National His
torical Waxworks Museum, the
Washington Monument, National
Museum of Natural History,
Capitol building, Library of Con
gress and Mount Vernon.
The parade will move off at
9 o’clock Saturday morning, May
14, with 30,000 marchers in
cluding 70 bands. The parade
will require five hours to com
plete.
The band members are still in
the process of raising funds to
make the trip. One of the pro
jects is car Washing, and any
one who would like to have
their car washed may either
call the bandroom or contact
any band student.
The band will also sponsor a
chicken salad dinner combined
with a band concert on Friday,
May 0. Anyone purchasing a
ticket to the dinner will be ad
mitted to the concert free. Tic
kets to the concert may also
be purchased separately. The
dinner will be served from 6 to
8 o’clock and the concert will
begin at 8 o’clock. Dinners will
also be delivered between 6
and 8:30.
CIVIC calendar!
A free water ski show will
be held at the Eden ton Marine
Sunder afternoon. May 1. at 2
Edenlon Chapter No. 302. Or
dee of the Eastern Star, will
Monday night. May 2. at l
( An *nifillitlnn service will be
Varsity Club’s Banquet Speaker f
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COACH BILL MURRAY
Featuring the Edenton Varsity Club's annual sports award
banquet which will be held in the Masonic Temple Tuesday night.
May 3, at 7 o'clock will be an address by Coach Bill Murray of
Duke University. Mr. Murray is also expected to be accompanied
by several outstanding college athletes.
Varsity Club Will
Hold Sports Award
Banquet Tuesday
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Coach Bill Murray of
Duke Will Be Princi-j
pal Speaker For An
nual Affair
i
One of the coaching greats of
■the land, plus possibly two All-
American athletes from North
Carolina colleges, will headline
the annual Varsity Club’s sports
awards banquet which will be
held in the banquet room of
the Masonic Temple Tuesday
night, May 3, at 7 o’clock.
Coach Bill Murray of Duke
will deliver the principal ad
dress and Carolina’s All-Ameri
can basketball star, Lee Shaf
fer, will present 'trophies to lo
cal basketball standouts. There
is a possibility Coach Murray
will bring with him All-Ameri
can lineman Mike 'McGee who!
formerly played ball for Eliza
beth City High School. (
Tickets to the banquet are)
still available and reservations!
will be taken up until 'Monday
at noon. The price is $1.50 and
may be obtained from any mem
ber of the Varsity Club.
Approximately 75 young boys
and girls who participated in
sports at John-A. Holmes High
here during the current school
Continued on Page 3—Section ?
UNC Alumni Meet
In Edenton May 18 |
A regional meeting of Uni
versity of North Carolina alum
ni will be held Wednesday night!
May 25, at 7 o’clock in the Ma
sonic Temple. The principal
speaker for the occasion will be
Coach Jim Hickey.
The region includes Bertie,
Chowan, Perquimans and Pas
quotank counties. Frank M.
Holmes is the district director
and expects a goodly number ofi
the alumni to be present. i
66 Included On Honor Roll At
John A. Holmes High School
Hiram Mayo, principal of thpl
John A. Holmes High School, |
this week released the honor
roll for the fifth six-weeks
period of the current term
of school. There are 66 stu
dents on the honor roll as fol
lows:
Seventh Grade—Phil Harrell,
Wayne Brabble, Joe Harrell,
Glenn Hassell, Ed Jenkins, Hiram
Mayo, Jr., Charles Overton,
George Wilkins, Evie Bass, Claire
Belch, Susan'Byrum, Judy Cart-
Wright, Johnetta Davenport, Ar
lene Fry, ' Carmen Goodwin,
Gayle Oliver, Nancy O’Neal,
Sandra Overton, Elaine Parks,
Brenda Perry, Brenda Stallings,
Lula Stroud and Meg Wiggins.
Eighth Grade—James Brabble,
'Meal Hobbs, Douglas Twiddy,
Jones Speaker At
! Ruritan Banquet
i
Says Progress Is De
" pelTdenttffi Chang
ing World
Walter Jones of Fannville,
candidate for Congressman from
the First District, was the prin
cipal speaker at the Ruritan
Club’s ladies' night banquet held
Monday night.
Mr. Jones used as his topic
“A Changing World," pointing
out that all progress is based on
change. As an example he said,
“if farmers of today operated
ias they did even 15 years ago,
I we’d be in much worse shape
than we are now.” He empha
sized the fact that changes have
come about in methods of agri
culture and that similar changes
have taken place in business and
government. “We must make
changes to keep abreast of world
affairs,” he said, “and 'those who
will not accept changes wil find
themselves lost in the shuffle.”
The speaker also mentioned
three intangibles in a changing
world, faith in one's self, faith
in fellowman and faith in God.
[Family Night At
Methodist Church
! Family Night will be observ
ed at the Methodist Church Fri
day night. May 29, at 6:30
o’clock, byway of a covered
i dish supper. All members and
families of the church are es
pecially invited to bring a cov
j ered dish supper in order to add
i to ‘an evening of fellowship.
| Nancy Jordan. Patsy Mooney.
[ Ruth Overman and Mary Thorud.
Ninth Grade Jack Ashley,
John Marshall, Jerry Yarbor
ough, Faye Cartwright Diana
Brabble, Carolyn Griffin, Jo
Ann Leary, Ann Wells and An
nia Laurie Whiteman.
Tenth Grade Joe Mitchener,
Roland Tolley, Jeanette Ashley.
Carolyn Bass, Eleanor Boyce,
Marian Bunch, Ann Hobbs, Anne
Jenkins, Judy Riley and Phyllis
Twiddy.
Eleventh Grade —Jimmy Ash
ley, Bill Goodwin, Ervin Griffin,
Jimmy Rogerson, Judy Elliott,
MiHy Rice and Sally Privott
Twelfth Grade Edwin By
rum, Harriet Bond, Mary Pearl
Harrell, Kay Lowe, Ida Smyer,
Patricia Waff. Dolly Wright and
T_ftin»i TTW.I ibi ” t
jEdenton Band Wil
Play In Elizabeth
i CityFestivalMayl;
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One of Largest Mu-’;
sical Events Held In
Entire Area in Re
cent Years
The John A. Holmes High
School Band will participate in
a mammeuth band festival in
Elizabeth City on Saturday, May
7. Sponsored by the Elizabeth
City Band Club, the event
promises to be one of the largest
musical events held in this area
recently. Participating will lie
bands from Camden County.
Roanoke Rapids. Williamston,
Washington, Plymouth, Rober
sonville, Ahoskie and Edenton
in North Carolina, and Deep
Creek, Groat Bridge. Craddock
and Princess Anne County in*
Virginia.
The event will feature an all-,
day majorette clinic conducted;
by Don Sartell. national baton
j twirling champion. At 4:30 the.
bands will parade, and at the:
completion of tile parade will
be the guests of the Elizabeth
City Band Club at a supper. ,
Starting at 7 o’clock Satur
day night, all of the bands will;
perform under lights at the foot-;
i ball stadium. Some of the
j bands will perform drills while!
others will present short eon-'
certs. The majorettes and drum!
majors will also perform.
County Council
Will Meet Friday >
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Bobby Smith, associate Exten
sion editor, will lie speaker at
the 4-H County Council meet
i ing at 8 o'clock Friday night.
April 29. at the Chowan Cotn
j munily Building. j
Bobby Smith, a native of Per
quimans Coumv. has a long rec
ord of 4-H achievements, hav
ing been two times a national
4-H winner and winner of many
1 scholarships. Most recently. Bob
by returned from a six months'
stay in Burma, where he was
an international farm youth ex
change delegate. He will show
slides of the work he carried on
with the people of Burma.
All 4-H members, parents and
other interested persons are in
vited to attend this meeting on j
Friday night. April 29, at the ,
Chowan Community Budding
ED BCND POST CHANGES
REGULAR MEETING NIGHTS
Ed Bond Post No. 40 of the
American Legion voted Tuesday
night to change its meeting
nights from the second and
fourth Tuesday nights to the
first and third Tuesday nights
The next regular meeting will
be held the third Tuesday in
May, says David White, com
mander.
Outstanding ater Ski Show
At Edenton Marina On Sunday
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Sponsored by the Edenton
Marina, an outstanding free wa-;
ter ski show is scheduled to be
staged at the Marina Sunday as-!
: ternoom May 1. at 2 o'clock,
i The show will feature the
. Outer Banks Ski Club and will
include barefoot skiing, pyra-i
I mids, slalom skiing, a kiie skier
and matt}' other tricks and,
stunts on skis.
Spectators will be allowed to
watch the show from the fish I
hatchery grounds and there will ]
be no launching charge for boats*
at the Marina. Scott Harrell.'
manager of the Manna, has al-1
so announced that free demon-j
stration rides will be given Mon-!
day. May 2. through Saturday.,
May 7. in the new 1960 boats'
and various models of boats andj
motors. During the demonstra- j
20 Years Ago !
AsFbund pi tb* FUm of
IhiChmiKmld
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On* of the moot disastrous
fir** in many you* occurred;
\tbm tho building on South j
Stood Stmt bowing Dr. P. W.j
Toddor’i veterinary hospital.,
ChMt&utt CtaoMit ind Joms ,
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
Harry Smith Quits
As Executive Vice
I President of C. of C.
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Resigns }j
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HARRY SMITH. JR j
Effective May 15. Harry Smith.:
Jr- has tendered his resignation \
as executive vice president of
the Edenton Chamber of Com
merce.
Bonner Speaker
At Lions Meeting’
Says ( hurches, Court
J Houses and Schools
Most Important
Herbert C. Bonner, veteran
representative of the First Con
gressional District, spoke at the
.Lions meeting Monday night.
I He was introduced by Mayor)
John Milehener. who recalled I
the fret that .*r Bonner was
nominated in Edentim to fill the
vacancy of Congressman Lind
say Warren. In oiling Con
gressman Bonner's position in
Washington Mr. Mitchener
mentioned that Bonner is chair
man of one of the House's 19
committees which controls the
Coast Guard. Merchant Marine,
Coast and Gebdetk Survey, the
Panama Canal and the Canal
Zone Bonn, r . a Lion, a j
Shriner. an Episcopalian and a I
veteran of Wo: Id War I
Candid, tc Bonne: expressed!
Continued on Page 2. Section 3
LICENSES TO SELL BEER
AND WINE DUE APRIL 31
J M. Johnston of the State }
Revenue Department this week,
reminds all persons selling wine,
and beer that licenses are due'
April 31
Mr Johnston's office in the
Citizens Bank Building will be,
open each Wednesday until 12
o'clock noon.
tion days the Marina has a
special sale on Coast Guard ap
| proved equipment and will of
fer generous discounts on marine j
I hardware, fishing tackle, boat
accessories, new boats and trail
ore
The Marina cordially invites
the general public to attend the
ski show as well as the dem
| onstrations Monday through Sat
-1 urday.
| Episcopal Qiurehwomen Me<t
At St. Paul's Church May 4 - 5
•f
Nearly 300 delegates are ex- •
. peeled to attend the seventy- 1
' second annual meeting of the
j Episcopal Churchwomen of the i
j Diocese of East Carolina Wed- 1
nesday and Thursday. May 4
| and 5. at St. Paul’s Episcopal
j Church.
} The meeting will open Wed
nesday at 2:15 P. NL, in the
church. Delegates will be guests
of St Paul's Churchwomen at a
dinner at 6:30 P. M, in the
J Paiish House. Evening Prayer]
I will be •said at 8 o’clock in the
i church.
• The Bishop's Fund will be
presented at a 7:30 A M.. Com
munion service Thursday. The
morning session will begin at
10 o’clock fit the Perish House
with a luncheon «t l * M, lot.
[FIGHT CANCER V
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK i
|! Accepts Position With
| Ihe American Power
Boat Association In
Detroit, Mich.
At a special meeting of the
board of directors of the Eden
ton Chamber of Commerce held
Monday. Harry Smith. Jr., exec
utive vice president, tendered his
resignation. The resignation is
effective as cf Sunday. May 15.
The resignation was accepted
With deep regret on the part
of the directors and President
William P. Jones immediately
appointed an interviewing com
mittee in an effort to secure a
successor to Mr. Smith. Any
one interested in the position
should contact Mr, Jones.
Mr. Smith tendered his resig-
I nation in order to accept the
j position as executive secretary
■of the American Power Boat
(Association with headquarters at
j Detroit. Michigan. He is sched-
I tiled to report for his new du
ties Monday, May 23. The
American Power Boat Associa
tion is the sponsoring organiza
tion of all official power boat
racing in the United States, in
cluding the famous Gold Cup
races, and is instrumental in
promoting interest in power
iboating as a sport and recre
ation.
Mr. Smith was chosen for the
position from about 80 candi
dates from all parts of the coun
try.
i “I feel honored With the ap
pointment," said Mr. Smith
Tuesday, "but Mrs. Smith and
I feel reluctant and very sorry
to leave this community where
j the people have been so kind
'and hnspil thle to' both of ns.”
Mr. Smith expressed the belief
that Edenton is on the -threshold
Os a period of growth, for the
Chamber of Commerce is work
ing with several good prospec
tive industries a: the pres* nt
time. He also paid tribute to
the Board of Conservation and
Development for its cooperation
in working with Edenton and
Continued on Page 2. Section 1
| County Council
Meets Mav 4th
Home Demonstration Club
•County Council meeting will be
held at Chowan Community
.Building Wednesday afternoon,
May 4, at 2:30 o'clock. High
light of the occasion will be the
; annual fashion show with dress-'
es and suits being modeled by
.Home Demonstration Club mein-
I bers.
Another feature will be a-hat
.show with Home Demonstration
Club members modeling hots
they made at the four recent
hat making workshops.
There are several items of ;m>.
portant business to be discus-' I
at this meeting. Dates for crafts
camp to be held at Manteo have
been set for August 16. 17 and
j 18. Farm-Home Week will be
in Raleigh July 12 through the
15th.
Miss Pauline Calloway, home
economics agent, urges all Home
Demonstration Club members to
attend this meeting. Byrd and
Center Hill Home Demonstra
tion Clubs will be hostess
j lowed by the business session
[at 2 P. M.
i Mrs. Heman Clark of Fayette
! ville, president of the Chttrrh
wornen of the Diocese, will pre
side. The theme will be "The
1 Church in a Pagan World.”
Special guests will include
: Bishop Thomas H. Wright of the
; Diocese of East Carolina, Bishop
i Louis C. Melcher, retired from
missionary work in Brazil, and
{Miss Maude Cutler, new Chris
tian education director.
Mrs. Roland H. Vaughan,
president of the St Paul’s
Churchwomen, is in charge of
arrangements for the medting.
The Rev. George B. Holmes ta
the rector of St Paul’s Episco
pal Church. . frl