ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
, J CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXVll.—Number 22.
Nearly 1800 Voters!
In Chowan County]
Help Elect Officials
Byrum, Privott, Jeth
ro and Evans Easy
Winners For County
Offices
Chowan County voters turned
cwt in goodly numbers Saturday
Ito cast their ballots for a slate
of state and county offices,
favorable weather on liand.
almost 1,800 voters wended their
way to the various polls to de
posit their ballot for their favor
ite candidates.
While there was considerable
interest in the contest for Gov
ernor. this four-way contest was
overshadowed by the contest for
Congressman from the First Dis
trict Veteran Congressman Her
bert C. Bonner, was opposed by
Walter B. Junes of Farmvillc
and both had a large following
of supporters who worked like
Trojans in behalf of their can
didate.
Tuere was some interest, 100,
for other officers, but the Bon
ner-Jones contest stood far in the
limelight I
Wan four candidates for Gov j
erner, Chowan County gave
Sanford the largest vote, 678, |
followed by 518 for Larkins. 434 1
i(br Lake and 105 for Seawell. |
■» I»« the three-way contest for
Lieutenant-Governor, McConnell'
received the largest vote, 065.
Fhilpot followed with 489 and
Henkel with 407.
V„iers were far in majority in
favor of Moore for associate jus-,
IkV. Moore received 1,009 votes
and Cocke 321.
Gold also was a big favorite
ft»r Insuranee Commissioner. He
received 1.016 votes and Freder
ick, 376.
Continued on Page s—Section 1
New Beauty Operator
At Leary Beauty Shop^
Mnx t.cary, proprietor or.
Ij«iry’s Beauty Shop, announces!
that he has employed a licensed
operator, who began her duties
Wednesday morning of this
week. ,
The new operator. Sally King.)
Eies to Edenton from Dunn.;
-., and arrived Tuesday after- 1
n.
20 Yerirs Ago ;
As Found in tha FU«« si
TSa Chowan Harold
At a special meeting of Town'
Council a contract was signed
whereby the town agreed to take;
over the electric line from the
city limits to the Chowan Aivtr
bridge. I
Coming as a distinct surprise
to I large number of friends and
Edenton High School was tha
announcement that David Holton
had resigned as a teacher and
athletic coach to enter business.
Mr. Holton purchased T. W.
Jonas' interest in tha T. W!
Jonas Hardware Company.
A G. Cam pan defeated John.
F. White in a race for Chowan)
County's representative in the
General Assembly.
Continued on Page S—Section 1
Mass “Funeral” But No Tears
. . i 11, w linn in SahiMlav niont
raLSTi Yote* for WiUtr Jovm* lor 1
THE CHOWAN HERALD
I An Emergency [
Tom Ridgeway, administrator
of Chowan Hospital, has an
' nounced that unless 19 people
from Chowan County agree to
go to Plymouth and donate a
pint ot blood. Chowan County
will lose its Red Cross blood
bank.
{ Mr. Ridgeway states that this
I amount of blood must be donat
! ed Thursday. June 9. when tha
bloodmobile will be in Plym
outh.
"This is a very serious situa-
I tion." says Mr. Ridgeway, "arid
II hope as many as 19 volunteers
i will respond, so that we do not
! lose the valuable services of the,
blood bank."
Mr. Ridgeway states that
transportation will be provided
for the volunteers and that a
time to go to Plymouth will be!
set when the volunteers respond.
! Anyone who will donate a pint)
l of blood in this emergency if
requested to call Mr. Ridgeway)
at the hospital or at his home,
for which the number is 3242.
Jaycees Present
26 School Honor
Roll Certificates
Edenton Jaycecs presented
honor roll certificates to 26 stu
dents of Chowan .High School
and John A. Holmes High School
Friday night.
Five Chowan High School stu
dents to receive these certificates
included Margie Evans, Judy
Haste. Faye Ober, Frances
Smithson and Nancy Spivey.
John A. Holmes High School
students who received the cer
tificates included Claire Belch,
Johnctta Davenport. Lula Stroud,
Nancy O'Neal, Charles Overton,
George Wilkins, Jean Goodwin,
Mary Thorud. Carolyn Griffin.
Jo Ann Leary, Annie Laurie
Whiteman, John Marshall, Jean
nette Ashley, Marian Bunch; Ann
Jenkins, Ann Hobbs, Judy Riley,
Phyllis Twiddy, Joe Mitchener,
Edwin Byrum and Patricia Waff.
To be placed on the honor roll
a student must have a grade
of at least 90 on all subjects |
during the year.
Baptist Bible
School June 6-10
Daily vacation Bible School
will begin at the Edenton Bap
tist Church Monday morning.
June 6. at 9 o’clock and will
continue through Friday, June
10. Classes will be held for!
children -from three to sixteen)
years of age beginning at 9
o'clock and ending at 11:30.
A staff of capable teachers has
been arranged for the school, so
that classes will be provided for
various ages. Preparation day
will be observed this-f Thursday)
morning at 9 o’clock, when all
who plan to attend the school j
are requested to be present in.
! order to register and receive in- >
structions concerning 'the school I
ienton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 2, 1960.
Cl fAN’S REPRESENTATIVES AT BOY’S STATE
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ALEX KEHAYES
The above trio of boys, Alex Kehayes and Jimmy nogerson of John A. Holmes High School
and Robert Chappell of Chowan High School, will represent Chowan County at Boy’s State to be
held at the University of North Carolina the waak of June 19-25. Ed Bond Post of the American
Legion will sponsor Kehayes and Chappell, while Rogerson will be sponsored by John A. Holmes
High School.
72 High School Students Have
Perfect Records In Attendance
l Hiram Mayo, principal of John
l A. IHolmes High School, an-
I nounced this week after 'the clos
| ing of school that 72 students in
the school had a perfect attend-
I ance record for the 1950-60
j school term.
i Pegy Eleanor Twiddy has a
■ perfect record for eight years
and Patricia Ann Waff has a
six-year perfect attendance rec
ord. Annie Laura Whiteman has
a five-year record and Carolyn
Griffin two years.
Those who have a perfect at
tendance record for the term
just ended are: Janice Bryant,
Susan Byrum. Judy Cartwright, j
Johnctta Davenport, Gayle Oliv-1
er. Brenda Stallings, Kenneth j
Wright, Pat Byrum, Carmen |
Goodwin, Betsy . Hardin, Sylvia j
Penwell, Carolyn Sadler, Miriam |
Willis, Joe Harrell, Phil Harrell, j
Hiram Mayo, Jr„ Mike Phelps. |
David Parks, Sharlie Jean Fair- 1
cloth, Helen Juanita Jethro,
North Carolina Travel Business
Reached 385 Million In 1959
Travelers added $305,000,000 to
North Carolina's economy in/
1959—a 7 percent increase oven
the previous year and 151 per
cent more than in 1940.
This and other revealing travel]
facts were reported in a sur-|
vey sponsored by the Travel)
Council of North Carolina, a non
profit association of travel inter-1
ests in the State. |
Lynn Nisbet, Council president.!
pointed out that in 1959 a total
of 16,700 business establishments,!
or 18 per cent of the State’s to-1
tal 93,000 business firms, served!
tire record-breaking travel flow
in some capacity.
These businesses employed 69,-)
600 persons who drew payrolls!
aggregating $101,000,000 in 1959.]
Personal net income from travel-j
| serving businesses reached $177,-
000,000 last year.
“These figures give some indi-j
cation of the tremendous impact!
the travel trade has upon ouri
Karen Hollowell
In Dairy Contest
I Miss Karen Hollo well, daugh
l ter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hollo-!
I well, has been selected 'to repre
'sent John A. Holmes High
School and Chowan County at
the regional Dairy Princess Con- i
test whicfy is scheduled to be
held at AhoSkie Wednesday,
June 8.
The contest is sponsored by
the Maola Milk Company and
contestants will be judged on
'smile, poise, speaking and walk
ing. The contest will 'be held
in the auditorium of the Ahoskie
High School.
IK "art exhibition
Mrs. Enola Nixpn Smith is
represented in the Hunter Gal
lery Annual Exhibition, May 8-
June 4, in Chattanooga, Tenn.|
Title of Hie w'alereolor is “Latej
Afternoon in the Country.”
Insecticide s2te j
Sponsored by the Eden ton
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
an, insecticide sal* will bo bold
Friday night, Juno 3. beginning
j at. • o'clock. Jaycccs will call
I at homes during the night in the
hop. that many people wiU co
lima ibam. , ■
ft*#' 'BI
JIMMY RCGERSON
1 Sherry Diane Shaw, Clyde
I Adams, Louis Craddock, If. L.
i Edwards, Tommy Parker, Mar
igarct Bembridgc, Jo Ann Hughes,
j Frances West, James Brabble,
j John Bunch, Davis Cartwright,
I Jimmy Cordon, Neal Hobbs,
; Douglas Sexton, Douglas Twid-
I dy, Sandra Hare, Nancy Jordan,
■ Mary Thorud, Joyce West, Hur-
I ley Mitchell, Ernest Cullipher,
(John Marshall, Tim Overman,
Jerry Yarborough, Sue Bunch.
Dianna Brabble, Faye Cart
wright, Carolyn Griffin, Annie
Laura Whiteman, Joseph Cam
pen, Joan Wright, Vcrn Good
win, Boots Lgssiter, James West,
Marian Bunch, Joyce Cullipher,
Phyllis Twiddy, Jimmy Ashley,
Alex Kehayes, Judy Israel. Net
tie Lassiter, Frances Swain, I
Carol Twiddy, Priscilla Bunch, |
Mary Ann Hare, Carolyn Faye;
Stallings Ruth Elizabeth Wright,
Peggy Eleanor Twiddy, Oscar j
Lee Hall and Patricia Ann Waff.
State," Nisbet said. Me added
/that more than 10,000,000 travel
j ing parties composing 23,000,000
persons visited North Carolina
from out of the State in 1959.
Travelers covered 2 billion
| miles on the State’s highway.
] last year. Os the $385,000,000
they spent, $230,000,000 came
| from tourists and business trav
| elers from out of State and
I $155,000,000 from Tar Heels who
'chose to travel within their own
j “Variety Vacationland”.
Total sales receipts of the
! travel-serving industry were
$788,000,000 in 1959. Os this
amount, $547,000,000 was rcceiv
| ed by auto service stations, $173,-
1000,000 by eating and drinking
l places, $52,000,000 by lodging
[places, hotels and motels, and
$16,000,000 by recreation facili
j ties, other than movies,
j The travel survey was made
.| by Dr. Lewis Copeland of the
'i Continued on Page s—Section 1
HOW CHOWAN COUNTY VOTED |
1 *1
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22* £ > I
si |i n is | i g
_ MU KX US £ >• H
GOVERNOR:
Sanford 240 212 76 72 56 22 67R I
Larkins 172 134 27 45 31 33 MR
Lake 142 1«n 23 31 3<* 43 434 ’
Seawell 42 44 7 3 7 2 105;
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR:
McConnell 267 272 23 33 2.6 32 665
Philpot 155 172 56 52 27 27 433
Henkel 147 132 13 44 31 4n 407
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE:
Moore 332 387 52 77 44 57 inns :
Cocke 100 420 23 34 24 20 321 <
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER:
Gold 384 393 51 81 46 55 1016*
Frederick 133 132 26 33 28 22 * 876 j
U. S. SENATOR:
Jordan 322 313 53 75 53 4n P 62 I
'Hewlett 175 215 27 44 27 36 524'
Gregory 33 25 13 10 6 R 95
| Mclntosh 24 19 7 6 5 e ‘ 5 66
i CONGRESS:
Jones 346 32n 93 R 9 71 66 365
Bonner 261 297 65 65 63 46 797
; PROSECUTOR:
I Privott 4R6 463 148 127 1«4 102 1430
I Shackelford 115 147 14 26 27 13 342
| REPRESENTATIVE:
Byrum 348 444 117 101 100 75 1185
j Leary , 258 170 37 50 30 33 578
j COUNTY COMMISSIONER—SECOND TOWNSHIP:
I Evans 140 46 186
[Asbell ....... „... 26 110 136
COUNTY COMMISSIONER—FOURTH TOWNSHIP:
' Jethro 89 89
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ROBERT CHAPPtLL
24 Graduate At
CHS Friday Night
i Dr. Douglas R. Jones
| Os ECC Principal
Speaker
Graduation exercises were held
at Chowan High School Friday
night when 24 members of the
[class of 1960 were presented their]
I diplomas which signaled the end |
,of their high school career.
| The speaker for the occasion,
I was Dr. Douglas R. Jones, pro- j
! fessor of education at East Caro- j
lina College, who was introduced
I by Superintendent W. J. Taylor.
The invocation was offered by
the Rev. Henry Napier and the
benediction by the Rev. R. B.
I Cottingham.
I Awards and diplomas were
presented by R. H. Copeland.
| principal.
j Graduates who received their
| Continued on Page s—Section 1
Board Os Elections
Facing Criticism
GOP Chairman Rep
isters Charge of Be
ing Incompetent
Information was released on
i Tuesday that. William Cobb, state
chairman of the Republican Par
ty, registered a complaint with
j Raymond Maxwell, executive
secretary of the State Board of
Elections, in which L. S. By
-1 rum. chairman of the Chowan
| County Board of Elections, is,
charged with incompetence and 1
[is asked to be dismissed. Hc (
also asked for an investigation)
and another Republican primary
| election throughout the state. j
The charge by Cobb stems
from the fact that the local
j Board of Elections failed to have
] Republican ballots printed ba
llast Satui-da.v’s primary election,
j Mr. Maxwell said Cobh’s com-
Continued on Page 2, Section 1
50 Young People
Given Diplomas At
Local High School
Dr. Robert Holt Points I
Out Number of Chal
lenges to Graduating
Class
Monday night 50 young men
and women completed their high
school career at John A. Holmes
High School and were presented
J their diplomas, together with a
j Bible which was a gift from
! various churches in the county.
! At the graduation exercises the'
! principal speaker was Dr Robert
Holt, registrar of East Carolina
College, who was introduced by-
James Johnston, Jr., a member
cf the graduating class,
Mr. Holt pointed out a num
ber of challenges to the gradu
ates, the first being craftsman
ship. “Craftsmanship is very
Important'' he said, and calls for
preparation. Do not only learn
to do something, but take pride
in craftsmanship." The speaker
said skilled craftsmanship is
fast disappearing from the scene,
being sacrificed by speed in get
ting more work done. "Do the
best you can in any field you
enter," said Dr. Holt, “sis that
you need no apology for the;
work you have done. This com
mencement is not an end but
only a beginning so that 1 point
out a portion of Scripture. Prove
'•ourself to tie a workman that
needeth not be ahamed "
Continued on Pag* 2—Section 1
Three Chowan Boys Represent
County At BoCs-State June 19*25
J %
Three Chowan County boys
will represent the countv at
Boys’ Slate which will be held
at the University of North Caro
lina the week ot June 19-25.
.The boys arc Atop Kchayos and
Jimmy Roeerson <4 John A
Holmes High School and Rob
ert. Chappell of Chowan High
School.
*. ,ic expenses for the week's
emu-se in study of government
will be paid few- Kehayes and
Chappell by Ed Bond Post of
the American Legion, while Rog
erson's expenses "ill be borne
bv John A. Holmes High School
M. G. Brown Company Flans To
Operate Smith Bros. Saw Mill
•J. E. Debnam, Jt\, president
of M. G. Brown Company. Has
announced that the company will
resume operation of a saw mill
about August t. Brown Com
pany "ill operate the Smith
Brothers Lumber Company, with!
C. O. Letcher in chance
Mr. Letcher is welt known in
Edenton having lived here fort
17 years prior to 1955, ""hen he
left the Brown Company to ac
cept a position in Washington,
N. C„ and later going to Nash
ville.
The Brown Company operated
a saw mill for many years prior
to 1952, when the saw mill and
wholesale lumber business was
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
j Edenion Rotarians will meet
this (ThursdayV afternoon at 1
o'clock al the Kdonlon Re>Uui
rant. The program will he in
charge of D>'. Teddy Ryan and
, Pnestdcm W. J. P. Earnhardt
1 asks every Rolarian H> be pres
enl.
I EASTERN STAR MEETING ,
Edenton Chapter No. 3v*i (V- 1
der of the Eastern Star, will
meet Monday night. June 6. at 3
o'clock. Mrs. Margaret Bell.
: worthy matron, is verv anxious
' to have a full attendance
CIVIC CALENDAR^
«— .A
A drive k now under way to
raise $3,590 tor production ©I »
promotional film on Edonton and
Chowan County.
Doily Vacation 9Mt School
will bo hold at the Edonton Bap-
Hat Church from Monday. Juno
J 9 through Friday. Juno 19.
Unanimity Ledga No. 7. A. F. It
A. IC. wiU bo hoU tonight
(Thursday) at 9 o'clock.
Edonton Liens Club win meet
at the Edonton Rmtmarant Mon
day night Jana C at 7 o'clock.
Edonton Chapter Nh.3tt.Or-
Continued oo V Seerien 1
&d. 50 Per Year In North Carolina
Drive Under Way
To Raise Funds For
Promotional Film
• j Represents Chowan]
KAREN HOLLOWELL
I» a regional dairy princess
contest to be held in Ahoskie
Wednesday. June 8, Miss Karen
Ho. lowelt will represent John A.
Ho mes High School and Chowan
County.
Young Kehayes ts the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kehayes
and has been elected president
i 4 ’he senior -i iss for nexi yea.
Rogerson is :ne son of Mr. and
Mi'S. BicsUon Rogerson und "as
recently elected president of the
Student Council for .next year
Chappeil is the son of Mr
and Mrs. Edward J. Chappell of
Hobbsville He is a member of
the Chowan High School Beta
Club and Glee Club. He served
as a marshal at commencement
exercises and was circled a re
porter for the school paper,
4 Th>- Chowanian." next year.
diseimt mueii Since 1952 the
company has operated a retail
UimtH-r ind building supply busi
ness 1: was largely through the
efforts of Mr. Debnam that this
new ofK'iation has tjeen add'd to
the eompaii>'s business.
After the new operation is
resumed about August 1. M G
Brown Compan.'-, In<-.. will iw
able to offer a full line of kiln
dried and green lumber to both
wholesale and retail customers
Any’ person having logs ot
timber to sell should wntact
Lero' N von at Chapanok.- oi
Mr • Letcher at the company -
retail store on West Queer
St i vet.
RED MEN MEETING
Chowan Trilv of Rod Men
will meet Monday night. June 6.
at 8 o'clock.
Honored By State Jaycees
Itelf % jm
-. Ahl
Pictured above Jaiuoc Pvrrv. president of Hie Edenton Junior
Chamber of Commerce, k presenting Women TwMdy an award
citing turn as the most oatstanding national Jaycee director in
North Caroline. The honor makes Mr. Twiddy eligible for the
Clint Dunocoe Award, which goes to five national directors of the
United States. Those awards wUI be prasantad at tha National
to ho baM fas SL Louis. Mo- in Juno. (Photo
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Hoped £3,500 (’an Be
j Raised to Advertise
Edenton and Chowan
County
Sponsored bv the Edent at T, i
Party Chapter of the DAR an 1
the James I-rede-ll . Association,/a.
campaign is now in progress to
raise sufficient funds to produea
a promotion film on Edenton
and Chowan County.
The estimated cost'of this film
.s sd.auu and will be similar t >
films already made by Char
lottesville. Virginia Beach and
other towns with outstanding re
sult s. It will be made bv Jack
McGowan, president of Guided
Towns Films and M. Bishop
Alexander, pre-tdent of Adverti
ng Set vice Agency. The film,
in color and sound, will run for
about 14 minutes. It will be
along (he line of the film “The
Promise and the Glory," shown
'recently to several Edenton or
gan, rations and on Saturday at
the Taylor Theatre.
Mr McGowan and Mr. Ah x
under are intimate friends of
Grayson Harding, and through
their friendship with him and
strongly desiring a film on Kd'cn
ton for Guided Tours and Hi?
Ocean Hiwa'y Association, lltc.y
agreed to make tire film at a
considerable reduced price
In the film on Edenton. scene;
would include glimpses of tua
ured histone homes and build
:nc> n t e toy n and coi :
>cenes Os the w'atei front, boa:
sag iactuties. fishme. etc.: scoia-.;
, f indestrv and industrial site.:
seems of the harvesting of crop:
Continued cn Page s—Sect sn \
Hospital Auxiliary
Awards Scholarships
A- <■> nmencemcn! «*xcr* , i .«•
this inis; week. two nur.-.u. ;
soJWlarsfV.ps o! >ltiO i-aeh «•••■
.cnud ;>v the Chowan IJo
pilal Auxiliary.
The seholaishrps wont to Mi .
Jad.e Adams of John A. Holiii'-;
Hjtfh School and Miss Mai no
Chapped of Chowan High’ Selionl
Ideserving vouns graduate
\\ alt begin training in nursing
n Sept ember.
. A summit seheduh- for the
house ptimmUtee has Iximi an
. a.>unew by Mrs David War
ren. Flowers and magn/.ino,
will l‘e eared for in June b?
'he American Legion Auxrhu
in July by Home Demonstration
Clubs and in Aup list by tie
VFW Auxiliary
Mi'S Albert Byrum lias ‘
■ cared the follow ins cart hoste.
es for June and July: Mr.
Ntek Ocoree. Mrs. Warren Twirl
dv. Mis, 1. F. Ferguson. Mi .
William Bdlmgs and Min. J (■
Phillips
At the last meeting Mis Fr.-d
Drone and Min. John Wood, oi.,
served tea
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
. - -
•\ stated communication of
• Unanimity Lodge No. 7. A F /■-
jA. M.. will be held tonight
i {Thursday! at 8 o'elock MeKa
. Washington, master of the lodge,
requests a full attendance.