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Albemarle Historical Council j
Is By Four Societies!
[ WitbJUhowan County steeped
in h Story, the following article
fwritt at by Alnta O. Roberts of
iMoyi rk for the Virginia-Pilot
Jshou 1 be of interest to Herald
jreadi rs:
I A ;roup representing the his
toric 1 societies of four counties
sos tl ? original Albemarle Coun
ty h ve- Organized "The Histori
cal ( Bubcil of Albemarle."
■ • •
r Th| council was organized to
(further the aims of individual
iftocie in the area in seeking
'out, ollecting and compiling all
itossi lie materials of historic
S’alui pertaining to the Albe
marl area.
? Th ■ counties represented in the
initis organizational meeting
Were Pasquotank, Perquimans.
Curr tuck and Camden. It is the
goal of the council that all the
othei counties of which Albe
marle County was originally
Composed, will become members
of the Historical Council of Al
bemarle.
; Members of the council will
include the president, past presi
dent sand one other delegate from
each county society.
Ea h participating county will
shar equally in all necessary
expe ises of operation,
j Officers of the council will in
clude' a president, vice president,
secretary and treasurer, each
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elected to serve one year, rotat
|ing upward.
j The officers elected to serve
the first term are Jack Baum of
Pasquotank County, president;
Steven Perry of Perquimans,
vice president; Mrs. Alma O.
Roberts of Currituck County,
secretary and Mrs. Bertha B.
Cahoon of Camden County,
treasurer. W. Frank Sanding of
Moyock will serve as advisor.
The other delegates include
Roy Perry and Fred Markham,
Jr. of Pasquotank County; Wal
ter G. Edwards and George W.
Jackson of Perquimans County,
Dudley Bagley and Mrs. Norma
Romn of Currituck County and
Ben Sanderlin of Camden Coun
ty-
The first project of the new
council will be that of working
in conjunction with the Eliza
beth City Chamber of Com
merce to set up a temporary
jdisplav of museum objects col
lected in the area and to hold
I the first dinner meeting with
| Pasquotank County as host.
The tentative place for the
display is the Elizabeth City
High School gymnasium some
i time in June.
Local residents with the as
sistance of their various com
i mittee chairmen and others, will
ibe responsible for collecting the
various objects from their par
j ticular counties and for setting
up their displays.
! Interested mstorians of the
(Other counties encompassed (by
' division) within the original Al
bemarle County, are invited to
contact Jack Baum, 1124 River
side Avenue, Elizabeth City, or
Mrs. Alma O. Roberts, Moyock,
•lor further information,
j “Ye Counties of Albemarle”
was one of the only two coun
ties permasently organized in
.North Carolina prior to 1667, the
other being Craven, embracing
| “the territory south of Cape Ro
maine.”
I Albemarle County was created
in 1663, and named for George
Monch, Duke of Albemarle, and
embraced “the territory lying
north and northwest of Albe
marle Sound.” In October, 1667,
Samuel Stephens was appointed
as the first governor.
The present counties of Curri
jtuck, Pasquotank, Perquimans
, and Chowan were the first four
divisions made from the original
Albemarle.
! Later divisions include Cam
jden, formed in 1777 from Pas
-1 quotank; Bertie formed in 1722
I from Chowan; Tyrrell formed in
H 729 from Chowan, Bertie. Cur
rituck and Pasquotank; Hertford
■ formed in 1759 from Chowan,
j Bertie and Northampton; Gates
'formed in 1779 from Chowan.
Perquimans and Hertford.
Part of Currituck was an
nexed to Hyde in 1745 (Lake
j Mattamusket); part of Hatteras
■ Banks, adjoining Currituck, but
without the bounds of any coun
ty (some recordsi in Currituck
Court House), was annexed to
Carteret in 1770; part of Curri
tuck was annexed to Hyde in
1823, (south of New Inlet); Dare
formed in 1870 from Currituck,
Tyrrell and Hyde.
Also Edgecombe formed in
1741 from Bertie; Granville
formed in 1746 from Edge
combe; Halifax formed in 1758
from Edgecombe; Nash formed
in 1777 from Edgecombe; Wil
son formed in 1855 from Edge
combe, Nash, Johnston and
| Wayne.
Also Martin formed in 1774
i from Halifax and Tyrrell; part
of Hyde was annexed to Beau
fort in 1819; Northampton form
ed in 1741 from Bertie; part of
Northampton was annexed to
Bertie in 1766 and Washington
was formed in 1799 from Tyrrell.
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j We walk by faith, not by
sight. —II Corinthians.
THE CHOWAJt HERALD, EDERTOIf. WORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. MAY 12.TM6.
| Lunch Room Menu
Menus at the John A. Holmes
High School lunch room for the
week of May 16-20 will be as
follows:
Monday: Weiners, cole slaw,
chocolate block cake, butter,
weiner rolls, pork and beans,
milk, cheese slices,
Tuesday: Meat loaf with
mashed potatoes, garden peas,
gingerbread, butter, biscuits and
milk.
Wednesday: Sliced ham, string
beans, apple pie, milk, potato
salad, bread, cheese, butter,
Thursday: Creamed chicken
on rice, garden peas, sliced
peaches, biscuits, butter, milk.
Friday: Spaghetti with meat
balls, buttered com, cup cakes,
butter, cole slaw, milk, cheese.
POCAHONTAS MEETING
Chowanoke Council Nb. 54,
Degree of Pocahontas, win meet
tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock
in the Red Men hall. Mrs. Le
roy Harrell, Pocahontas, urges
all members to make a special
effort to be present.
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Puritan White Toilet Seat $ 4.95 $ 3.95
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Premium One-Coat Outside Paint, Gal. $5.20
General Purpose Aluminum, Gal. $4.50
Perfex Floor Enamel, Gal. $3.90
EXTRA SPECIAL —
Perfex Flatwall Paint. Gal $2.99
General Hardware —Plumbing Supplies
McGregor Spoiling Goods
Fishing Tackle
Housewares
Gleem and Sherwin-Williams Paints
Power Lawn Mowers