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Volume XXVll.—Number 21.
Stage Is Now Set For Baffle
To Get Votes In Democratic
Primary Election Saturday
Bonner-Jones Contest
Leading In Interest;
Four Contests on Tap
For County Offices j
With friends working feverish- j
ly to win votes for candidates,
the stage is set for the Dcmo-i
4 eratie primary election which j
will be held Saturday, Due to
what appeals to be keen compe-j
tition, a record vote is antici
pated if favorable weather pre-'
vails. j
Though a Democratic candi- j
date for Governor will be elect-'
ed and managers for each arc
angling for votes, the most heat
ed contest locally appears to be
for the district's representative
in Congress, In this race Her
bert C. Bonner, incumbent, is
being opposed by Walter B.
Jones of Farmville. 'Both can
didates are putting on a very
spirited campaign to win votes
and both have a large follow
ing, many of whom are going all
out in an effort to elect theiri
favorite candidate.
Workers are also busy in this
area for the candidates for Gov-1
ernor, who are John Larkins.
Terry Sanford. Malcolm Seawell
and I. Beverly Lake. Each can
didate has a local manager who
is Whooping it up for his re
spective candidate and with the
vote split up four ways, the:
general impression is that a sec-j
ond primary election will be nc-|
ccssary to determine the Demo-j
era tic candidate in the general j
election.
The race for the state's No. 2
post, Lieutenant-Governor, is at- i
so claiming a great deal of in-1
terest locally. There are three
candidates for this office, David
McConnell of Charlotte, H. Cloyd
Philpot of Lexington and C. V.
Henkel of Turnersburg. All!
three have a considerable follow-j
ing and one, Mr. McConnell. ,
who visited Eden ton and Cho
wan County earlier in die cam-
Conlinued on Pag* 4—Section 1
OFFICES CLOSED MONDAY
County and town offices will,
be closed all dav next Monday.
May 30. The closing is due to 1
■the observance of Memorial Day,!
a national holiday. |
20 Years Ago «
As Found in ths FUas of
The Chowan HmU
l >
East Carolina’i All-Star High
School Band, compoasd of mors
than ISO musicians from M dif
ferent committees, preasntsd a
band concert under floodlights in
the new town stadium, called
"Conger Athletic Field."
The home economics depart
ment at Eden ton High School
had an enrollment of M students,
who completed a total of 170
home projects.
Lions and Rotariaas called off
their regular meetings to join
with band directors hare for ft*
All-Star band concert, mayors
and school superintendents at a|
dinner served in the Edaoton ar
mory.
Fret classes in home economics j
were offered at Edanton High]
School for out-of-school youth
during the first and second
weeks of June. .
Legion Auxiliary Will Ob serves
Poppy Day Saturday, May 28th
Mrs. Paul Holoman, pits idem
of the American Legion Auxili
ary, announces that 19*0 Poppy
Day will be observed in Eden
ton Saturday, May 28.
Mrs. J. L. Chestnut! is Poppy
Pay Chairman for the organim
tion. Who points out that the an
nual observance is held go honor
the more than half million
Americans who died, and the
nearly one raiMkm Americans
j -who were wounded in both'
T World Wars and the Korean con
flict. • 'T
•Memorial poppies, which are
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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j Saving Steps At Post Office \
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yMnT""’ t i,i
is * aid
Tucked away for many years at the Edenton Post Office was
a small table, now usad to.a distinct advantage. As the result of
an idea by William Sexton, pictured above, rollers were put on
! th« table legs and now the table carries a large quantity of mail
{ which heretofore necessitated many steps of the Post Office em
ployees in assorting and depositing mail.
Band Director Bray
Has Withdrawn His
j Recent Resignation
s
I Decides to Continue!
| His Work at High
School For Ensuing
Year
Dorwood Bray has withdrawn
l his resignation as director of the
John A. Holmes High School
; Band and he will continue his
work in the Edenton schools
during the ensuing year.
An account of his resignation
l appeared in The Chowan Her
ald on May 12. In that article
he slated. “My resignation stems
| from the fact that I believe
I the additional year of physical
! education in the tenth grade
j will seriously downgrade the
' music program ... I have no
i intention of remaining to see
'the band become the mediocre
substandard organization that it
Bonner Speaker ,
At Rotary Meeting
Edenton Rotarians will meet
this (Thursday) afternoon at 1
o’clock at the Edenton Restau
rant. The program will be in
charge of Gilliam Wood, Who has
secured Congressman Herbert
Bonner, also a Rotarian, as the
principal speaker.
President Jimmy Earnhardt re
quests every member of the
club to be present.
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BANK CLOSED MAY 30
| The Peoples Bank & Trust
i Company, as well as the Oon-
I sumer Credit Branch, win be
[closed ail day Monday, May 30,
jin observance of national Me-1
, mortal Day. Important banking
business should, therefore, be i
'transacted accordingly.
red poppies supplied in this lo
cality were made in veterans’ .
hospitals at Durham, Salisbury
and Payetteville.
“Poppy Day has one basic I,
purpose," Mrs. Chestnut! points
out, “to provide a personal
means of honoring the nation’s
war dead. Volunteer workers
will donate their time to sell
die poppies and although all
funds received from the sale of
I poppies go either to disabled vet
erans or their families, the main
purpose of the observance is to
hapor America’s war dead.
The poppy became the me
morial flower of the American
Legion about <0 years ago It
;***"*« peppy whkhl
Ed f J >n, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 26, 1960.
I must become under this cur- j
i riculum.”
' Following t'he added emphasis j
1 that the state has placed on
physical fitness under the dirge-1
tion of 6ob CtjX, the Board of j
Education of the Edenton City |
Schools, at its regular meeting j
in February, adopted a resolu-|
tion to make health and physical;
education a required subject in j
the tenth grade of the John A.
Holmes High School for the year)
1960-61. It is this policy of thej
Board of Education to which Mr. |
Bray took exception. He did'
not, however, make his objec-j
tion or his feelings known to thej
high school principal, the super-,
intendent or any member of the I
Board of Education. On the
contrary, he publicly announced.
at a meeting of the band par-!
ents on Wednesday evening that!
Continued on Page 3—Section *
.Patrolmen Checking
On License Violation
Local State Highway Patrol
men stated that the North Caro
lina Department of Motor Ve
hicles records show a large in
crease of vehicles registered in
the state, but that there is a
decrease in the number of ap
plications for operator’s license.
The patrolmen point out that'
“operator” includes any person, j
other than a chauffeur, who'
shall operate a motor vehicle or,
who shall be in the driver's seat
of a motor vehicle when the en
gine is running or who shall
steer or direct the course of a
motor vehicle which is being |
towed or pushed by another ve-'
i hide.
| They also emphasize the fact
| that no person shall be issued
I an operator’s license until it is ]
I determined tha t such person is
J physically and mentally capable
of safely operating a motor ve
hicle over the highways of the
state. _>
Patrolmen have been instruct
ed to conduct frequent checking
stations throughout Chowan
County in order to apprehend
expired' or no operator’s licensees
as well as other violations of the
driver’s license law.
[ More Publicity ]
V _y>
Another good slice of publicity
for Edanton turned up this week
when attractive postcards went
on pale carrying a picture of a
tea party seen* made some time
beck fas the Charlton house. Tha
irons Is a duplicate of a picture
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|TrioOfEdentonans
'Elected As Ocean
Highway Directors
New Ferry Ship Ex
) pected to Help Boost
I Capacity to 2,470 Au
tomobiles Daily
At a recent meeting of the
Ocean Hiway Association held at
Jekyll Island. Georgia, the same
slate of officers for the 1960-61
season were elected with C. O.
Thompson a* president. The as
sociation is the nation’s oldest:
continuously operating highway-1
association, which functions, asj
a non-profit organization devot-j
ed to improvement and promo-'
tion of Ocean Hiway routes
along the Atlantic seaboard be-|
tween New York and Florida.
Nolan C. Chandler, general j
manager of the Chesapeake Bay,
Ferry District operations, told
t'he association that in June the
seventh and newest ship of the
fleet of automobile and passen
ger transports, the “M. V. Vir-|
ginia Beach”, would enter ser
• vice on the run across the bay
I between Little Creek and Kipto-
I peke Beach. This addition will
j accelerate greatly ferry service
I schedule on the water link of
the Ocean Hiway route and ih-
I crease automobile carrying capa
city to 2.470 automobiles daily.
, “It means that delays and wait
ing at the terminals will be a
thing of the past" said Mr. j
Chandler.
Richard S. Holland of Norfolk, 1
chairman of the advertising com-|
mittee cf the Chesapeake Bay
Ferry Commission and a mem-
Continued on Page 2—Section I |
! Chowan’s Savings |
1 Bonds Sales Now!
] 45.7% Os Quota
I '
i Sales In April Total
$6,372.10; For Year,
Thus Far Sales Total
i $51,469.05
Richard S. Atkinson, Jr., vol-
I unteer savings bond chairman
j for Chowan County, reports that
[bond sales in the county dur-l
ing April amounted to $6,372.10.
I This brings Chowan’s sales to 1
[551,469.05 for the year, or 45.7'
I percent of the county’s 1960 quo-[
’ ta which is $112,420.
The combined sales of Series
E and Series H Savings Bonds i
in North Carolina during April J
i showed an increase of one peri
cent over April of 1959.
Sales for the month of April,
amounted to $3,669,836 bringing!
the year’s total sales to $17,-1
353,085, which is nearly four per:
cent ahead of the first four,
months of last year.
During the first four months,
34 per cent of North Carolina's,
.! annual quota of $51,000,000 has
j been realized.
The Series H Bond showed a
. thirty-eight per cent increase
. during April, while the Series E
Bond was off two per cent. For
the year, the Series E Bond is |
i five per cent ahead while the
: H Bond is five per cent behind |
; last year’s sales record. I
Woman’s Club
Past Year Ve
By JACQUELINE RICKS
Reviewing the year’s activities
of the Edenton Woman’s Club it
was a “monumental” year.
, Not only concerning the pro- J
, ject to move the confederate (
[ monument as part cf a beauti
i fication plan, but also the many
. activities in which the oluto par
ticipated.
The club again sponsored the,
I annual Halloween party 'with,
about 1,500 children attending
the event. The Art Show and
Flower Show held in April were
both successful.
’ At Christmas the club held an I
: outdoor decorating contest for j
1 private homes with cash awards'
ias prizes. The residence of
> Frank Twiddy won first place.
> Prior to Christmas the first
! book fair was held by the
i and nearly LO6O pounds of fruit!
cakes were sold for the holidays. |
Hie cancer drive for Chowan |
Ooutftjr was conducted to the
; Students In 1960 Graduating Class j
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I m
j JawlS tDWiN BYRUM. JR. P ATRICA WAFF
The two top students in the 1960 graduating class at John A.
Holmes High School are James Edwin Byrum. Jr- valedictorian,
i and Patricia Waff, salu’atorian.
| Coach Bill Billings
[Turns Down Offer
ToGoT o Goldsboro
%-
Makes Oecision to Re
main In Edenton Fol
lowing Series of Con-'
ferences
j Negotiations have been going
lon for several weeks between
'Goldsboro High School officials
| and Bill Billings, popular coach
at John A. Holmes High School,
in an effort to move Billings to
| the coaching post at Goldsboro.
I However, net only students but
! Edenton people in general will
j be delighted to learn that Coach I
I Billings has definitely turned
down the Goldsboro offer and
I will remain in Edenton.
■ So far had the oegcLotions.
developed mat Billings at one
stage informed Superintendent
, John A. Holmes that he had de-
Henry Quinn 3Sen President
Os Band Parents Assoeiation
The annual band banquet for
members ■of John A. Holmes
High School Band and their
parents was held Friday even-
I ing at the American Legion
Building. Awards were pre
sented and new officers, major
ettes and color guards were an
i nounced for next year.
I The following officers for the
Band Parents Association were
.announced: President, Henry
|G. Quinn; vice presidents for
j senior' high school, Mr. and Mrs.
| Thurston Stallings; vice presi
dents for junior high school. Mr.
land Mrs. William Sexton: treas
jur;er, Herbert Hollowell; secre
! tary. Mrs. Floyd Cale: chairman
iof Finance Committee. Kenneth
! Floars; chairman of transporta
i
POCAHONTAS MEETING
I
Chowanoke Council No. 54,
Degree of Pocahontas, will meet
tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock
in the Red Men hall. At this
meeting a report of the Great
’Council meeting held last week
j in Rocky Mount will be present
ed, so that Mrs. Leroy Harrell.
' Pocahontas, urges all members to
I be present.
Activities For
;ry Outstanding
chib, the Ja.vcees were assisted
with the March of Dimes drive
and members helped with the
| Chowan County tuberculosis fund
J campaign.
j The members sponsored a
Teachers' Day at the Edenton
schools and presented a SIOO
scholarship to a senior girl at
the-John A. Holmes High School, i
I A safety campaign was cooduct-
I ed in the school? under the di
rection of the Woman’s Chib.
Contributions were made to
numerous organizations and
j money was raised by various
I sales including the Woman’s
j Club Cookbook.
At the fall meeting the ciub
brought Voit Gilmore, president
of the Travel Council of North
Carolina, to address the chib and
. town and county officials.
The biggest undertaking was
(the plans for beaiNtfluatton trf
| tfvt^Court^HousejSrean^wadJha
■ cided to tender his nrelgrettiioa
iln fact Billings had already
1 about decided on a honse to rent
jat Goldsboro and was ntafetng
preliminary plans to move his
: family to Goldsboro
Billings, however, was tiattk
in his discussions with Swpesttv
| tendent Holmes and Principal
[Hiram Mayo, telling them that
, he was not in the least dissatis
fied with his present position in
[ Edenton and that it was not a
i scheme to secure a higher sal
ary. He -did. however, let it be
, known that he had an ambition
Ito coach in a higher e-mterenre
and that Goldslroro was a menu-
I ber of the A AAA Contterewte
which includes schools in the
. larger.. catros- ,«*! ’, Mw state, al
though Goldsboro has been mere
or less the doormat of the eon-
Tontinuact mi P»«* 6 f
-a
tion. Milton Bunch; chairman
Publicity Committee, Mrs, Keif- ’'
mit La\’ton: chairman oi Major- ’
ette Committee, Mrs J«xhn X 1
Bunch: chairman of Social Cent-’-'
mittee. Mis. Noah Goodwin. Jr. j
New officers for the band are: -
Secretary, Judy Elliott; trews- 1
: urer. Priscilla Bunch; Publicity. I
Bob Powell; Library OUker. I
Vera Goodwin; Equipment Of-1
ficer, Mac Privott; Personnel *
Officer. Jimmy Ashley and Cap- j
tain. Bud Skiles.
Letters were awarded to the;
following band members Fifth |
year letters to Bud Skiles, Judy I
Elliott and Jimmy Ashley;?
fourth year letters to Priscilla j
Bunch, Ellen Basmght, Gloria.
Continued en Page ? —Section I .
Lions Club (Joes On
Summer Schedule j
T. B. Williford, president oft
the Eden ton Lions Club, has an~r
nounced that there will by not
meeting of the elwb Monday j
night, Mav 30, The next meet-l
ing is scheduled tor The first
’ Monday in June at the Edenton
I Restaurant.
During June, Julv and August
! the club wiU meet on the first *
and third Mondays at the Eden- /'
| ton Rcstautant.
JAYCEES MEET TONIGHT
Edenton's Junior Chamber oft
; | Commence will wteet tonight
1 i (Thursday) ,*1 7 o'clock at the
Edenton Restaurant , President
, James Petty requests exvsry
. ] member to be present.
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CIVIC CALENDAR!
A Democratic primary election
will be fc*M Saturday. May M.
, whan pollt will h* apan truaa
Ml A M. h Ml k M.
! Chowan Coeparntiv* tothm
Monday. Juna M. at I P. M.
i Legion Auxiliary w® übaaru*
Pagpy On h MaoUon Satur
! day. May M.
Chawanaka Canned Ha. M.
Dugtua of Peeahartaa. w® nnt
tonight fThuradayl at * akhdu ;
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolim
At
HolmesHighSchool
i Begins F riday Night
- ~—~—y
l> Graduation Speaker}
ji
u ’ JBH
kt*
DR. ROBERT L. HOLT }
} With graduation exercises
scheduled to be held at John A.
Holmes High School Monday
night May 30. Dr. Robert L.
Holt registrar of East Carolina
College, will make the gradua
tion address.
James Griffin New
President Os Lions
\
Club Officers Elected
At Meeting Held <
Monday Night
James H. Griffin. Soil Con-’
seivattenist for Chowan Ommy. ■'
w'ias elected president of the
Edenton Lions Club tor the,
y«*c 1980-81 year beginning in
Junto. Griffin succeeds T. B,
Williford.
Other officers elected were,
J--. an Mitenener. first vice presi- ’
den?: Herbert HollowelL second ■
vrev president: A. F. Downum.<
third rice president: Claudel'
Guftm.. Lion tamer, and A. B. I
Harless. Jr., tail twister.
Oscar Duncan and Brace,
Jcwaes. Sr., were elected to the
heard ct directors tor two year,
terms, replacing L. F Ferguson 1
and Haywood Bunch. Nick;
George was elected to fill the;
unoxpired one year term of A ;
E Downum. (
\V J Taylor was re-elected 1
■ secretary and treasurer by ae-,
I vlamatKvn, continuing the office'
'he has held since the Lions Club
was chartered in Edenton. J. C.
1 tjeary was re-elected song lead
er.
I Edenton Democrats ,
Elected To Sevve On ;
Various Committees
[ A: the Fust District Derrto
[ cratio Convention held in Ra-.
j leigtt last Thursday. A. B. Har
• less of Edenton was re-elected to
| a third term on the State Demo-
! ‘eratie Executive Committee.
P. S McMullan and E. W.
| Spires were elected to serve on
| the District Congressional Com
| us tee and W S Pnvott to the
Judicial Committee.
J. hn Graham and George A.
By rum were elected to the So-
Iteitcx'iai Committee and Mis.
tJosie Ruth Carr to the Stale
/Senatorial Conunittee.
Chowan Cooperative Produce
Exchange ill Open May 30
Announcement was made this'
[ '
week that the Chowan Coopera-,
tive Ptodwce Exchange will open)
for the season Monday as-i
11 in noon. May SO. at 1 o'clock.,
' The exchange is located at Val-j
hatta on N. C. Route 32. about i
► stx miles north of Edenton.
. Ci\ps offered for sale during
i the season will include squash.
1 snapbeans, cucumbers, coin, oab
► base, cantaloupes, peppers, wa
i termekets and other vegetables!
(pvw-a in the county and thisj
► area All wiß be sold by the 1
- auction system.
f S. Francis Hicks wiH again)
. serve in the capacity of mana
t, ser and auctioneor. with WOKs
Bend «s assistant manager and
bit H Copetand as office mana
t gar in charge of *e office.
i*
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK |i
[ Dr. Robert Holt, ECC
' Registrar, Will De
liver the Graduation
Address
50 IN CLASS
Class Night Friday,
.May 27 and Com
mencement Sermon
Sunday. May 29
Commencement exercises a t
J< hn A. Holmes High Sc hi, .1
will sx'gin Friday night. May 27.
when Class Ntght exercises will
be heid in the auditorium of the
school. The Commencement ser
mon will be delivered Sunday
night. May 29. at 8 o'clock in
the auditorium and graduation
■ exercises will be heid Monday
* night. May 3b. at 8 o'clock.
Class Night will feature a skit
with Ida Stover acting as nar
rat or. The history of the class
j will be read by Bet tv Priv. :
: and Betsy Ross will re td the
I las: will, testament and prophe
)vy La Deli Parker. Jr., will
' servo in the capacity of gif
, tortan
| At these exercisers the Arion
’award will be- presented bv T
B Williford, president of the
( Edenton Lsons Club. The Busi
ness and Pre>fesste>ual Women t
Club award will be presented by
Mrs. iat.a Smith. Dr. A. F.
! Downum will present the bus
drivers' awards Mrs. J. L. Pet
uis will present the DAR Citi
' zensftip Award ami Mrs. Be tsy
iCheSson. Jr., wtii prese-nt the
1 F.dentrn Woman's Club award,
j The Rotary Cup Will be pre
sented by W J. P. Earnhardt,
pies.den; of tie R> tare- Club.
Dr Louis Ferguson will present
1 ihe PTA scholarship award. The
’student nursing sehtilarship will
!bo presented bv Mrs. L. A. Pa*-
! torson. president of the Chowan
Continued on Page 8. Section 1
I .
License Examiner
Begins New Honrs
! Mac M James, leial automo
; bile lie-ense examiner, announced
j Monday ct thts week that the
■ summer schedule of hours for
!dicense examining will so into
' effect Wednesday. June L
j On and after June I. Mr.
\ James will be in his office at
, the Edenton Police Stall it from
,8 A M.. until 5 P. M. This
.schedule will be in effect until
September 1. when the houi .
Swill return to 8:30 A. M.. un
j til 3:30 P M
I Getting Out Vote
\ r 1
With > Democratic primary
election scheduled to be held
Saturday. May 29. Edenton Jay
cees again will lend their ef
forts to get out the vote.
James Perry, president of th»
Jaycees. says local members will
busy themselves on election day
to get voters to the colls. ”W
--are not so much concerned how
voters cast their ballots." said
Perry, "but «t think every eligi
ble citizen should vote in this
important election.
•W. A. Harrell, president: E. L.
Pearce, vice president, and C.
jM. Evans, secretary' and treas
i urer. The directors include W.
■ .V Harrell. E. L. Pearce. C. M.
. Evans. L. C Bunch. Lindsay Ray
I Bunch. J. F. Ward and T. C.
I Bunch.
Last year the total volume of
sales at the exchange increased
over the previous year and it is
reported that acreage this ye»r
is about the same as last year,
j Crops are expected to run about
la week later than last year due
to weather conditions, but offi
cials anticipate business to -be a®
• good or better than in 1959.
Auction soles will be hdd for
nan-members as in the past, and
aB types of tekds and con
.ptiEc «
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