y™" 1 " 11 fl ONLY NEWSPAPER 1 k U PUBLISHED IN ; fl CHOWAN COUNTY j Volume XXVif-Numbei-17~' Edenton Merchants Planning To Stage Festival Os Values , * Three Days Will Be Devoted to Sales Pro-, motion In Stores of Community » I 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 • 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 . ■ T Atlllrf l ienton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday. April 28,1960. n ———■—^ '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 V 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 « 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; i i 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 > . i 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 * 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 v—^ 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. If ———v Resigns }j I r 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. 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