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ONLY NEWSPAPKA PUBLISHED IN CHOWAN COUNTY Volume XXVll—Number 27. Another Ski Show Is Scheduled To Be Held Next Sunday Group of Prominent Citizens Will Also Be Given Lesson In Ski ing After Show • . ■ Plans have been completed for; another ski show and the begin-1 ning of skiing lessons, sponsored ■ by the Edenton Chamber ofj (Commerce, next Sunday. July, |O, beginning at 1:30 o'clock. * The ski show, one of .which Was recently presented before a large crowd of spectators, will be staged in Pembroke Creek in front of the old fish hatchery. Hie show will be again put on by, the Outer Banks Ski Club airfi Laverne Watson (television’s J Coasin Tibbie), president, as sures those who attend that a 1 program will be presented which will be interesting as well as 1 thrilling. Scott Harrell, prime mover in J scheduling the show and skiing . lessens, announces that nine lo cal Concerns agreed to join in sponsoring the show in order to , defray expenses of the Outer ' Banks Club These sponsors are Bymm Hardware Company. Western Auto Store, Hobbs Im- , plement Company. Sears Roe buck Catalog Store, Coastland ( Oil Company, W. J. Yates Sin- , clair. Texas Company. Harrell , Oil Company and Edenton Ma-j rina. , . i; Mr. Harrell also points out) that people having boats willl. have a better view of the show J. if they park along the sides of j, the creek. He says no charge j, will be made at the Marina for , those who unload and load their boats M the Marina ramp for viewing the show. Following the show it is plan-| ned to give skiing lessons to a group of prominent-- people. These will include Mayor John Mitchener: Thomas Byrum. Jr., representing the Board of Pub lic Works; Mrs. J. D. Elliott, president of the Edenton Wom an's Club; Miss Catherine Am in. secretary of the BPY Club; William IP. Jones, president of the Edeaton Chamber of Com merce: 'McKay Washington, mas ter of Unanimity Lodge No. 7. A. F. A. M.: James Griffin, president of the Lions Club: James Perry, president of thej Edenton Junior Chamber of. Commerce: A1 Phillips, president! of the Varsity Club; Robert, Powell, representing Ed Bond| Post at the American Legion ;i John Bass, commander of Veter-j ans of Foreign Wars; Bill Har-1 ris. representing Chowan Tribe 1 of Red Men and pressure is be- 1 ing brought on Elton Forehand. I new president of the Edenton j Rotary Club. Mr. Harrell announces that at trophy will be given two of the above participants, one for being the best skiier and the other for being the best sport. Actual classes in the art of skiing are scheduled to be held the weeks of Julyll. 1« and 25. The classes will be conducted Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday afternoons at 5 I o'clock with the Wednesday af * ternoon classes reserved for adults only. It is hoped many Edenton people will take advant- Caattauad as Page t Sactfna i t Black Plant Lice Now Threatens ’59 North Carolina Cotton Crop Black plant lice, known as cowpea aphids, are posing a ser ious threat to North Carolina’s cotton crop. Entomologists at North Caro lina State College are alarmed over the situation. They say the infestation is the wont in recent years. Injury to cotton plants is severe over much of the state. “If fanners don’t do some thing about the aphids, they won’t have to worry about the _ boll weevil,” says Dr. 'Walter nthtric of State College “Their Hcotton will be so sony than boll THE CHOWAN HERALD * \ * [ Quiet Fourth 's } "I Edenton and Chowan County j experienced a vary quiet Fourth I of July, with only one automo- 1 (bile accident about 15 mile* | north of Edenton on Route 32.1 ) Two cars collided but no seri i ous damage resulted. • Police made only one arrest * over the week-end when Joe Cherry. Negro, was charged with assault on a female. Furniture Dealers At High Point Market J. H. Woolard and Thurrell Bunch of the Colonial Furniture Company and Jesse Harrell and B. C. Berry.of the Edenton Fur-, niture Company attended the I Southern Furniture and Rug! Market held at High Point Sun day through Tuesday of last week. The completeness and compre hensiveness of the displays of manufacturers spotlighted the dominant position held by the High Point market in the na tional furniture merchandising scheme. The High Point market is lo cated in the heart of the great est concentration of furniture production in the world. With | in a quadrant of 150 miles of the Southern Furniture Exposition Building is produced 52% of the | nation’s ' wood bedroom furni iture, 46% of the nation’s wood I dining room furniture and 17% |of the nation’s upholstered fur niture. Jimmy Johitston Is Participating In Program At £gllege Jimmy Johnston, son of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Johnston ol Edenton, has been in Chapel Hill participating in the pre registration and visitation pro gram. The purpose of this pro gram is to enable a student to take required placement tests in advance, to select his subjects | for the fall, and to have oppor tunity to consult officials of the University in regard to loans, scholarships, jobs, housing and | ROTC opportunities, i This program is sponsored by [the General College, 'the Ad | missions Office, the Office of | Student Affairs, and the Testing ! Service. It is anticipated that I approximately a thousand mem bers of the class entering in September will come to Chapel •Hill on one of the eighteen des- I ignated days to participate in the I program. OFFICIAL BOARD MEETS The official board of the Meth odist Church will hold its first meeting of the new church year Monday night, July 11, at 8 o’clock. Every member is espe cially urged to attend. MASONS MEET TONIGHT A stated communication of Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M., will be held tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. McKay Washington, master of the lodge, | requests a good attendance. Dr. Mistric emphasized, how ever, that the black plant lice are different from the usual aphids. The lice won’t go away like the usual aphids. Treat ment is necessary. ‘ ! ' Dr. Mistric says control of the lice can be obtained with 25 pounds per acre of 1 per cent para th ion dust or oiie pint -of emulsifiable concentrate of para thion or systox in six gallons of water per acre. “Parathion and systox are ef ficient aphicides butt are ex tremely poisonous,” Dr. Mistric added. ‘Therefore cautipn is ad-j vised M handling them.” | Growers Who wish to use a leas .toxic insecticide may find 1 satisfactory control by using! Ualathion either as a duet or; {spray, applied at one pound of! tee per acre. ®«, lenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 7,1960. Rev. R.Hj trikes | Retume || Local Methodist Church Appointments Read at j Close of Annual Con ference Thursday In j Rocky Mount | With the annual Methodist I Conference coming to a close in Rocky Mount Thursday of last j week. Bishop Paul N. Garber I wound up the activities of the annual session by reading a list ,of appointments. The Rev. Ralph E. Fowlkes, i pastor of the Edenton Methodist Church, was returned for an other year, as was the Rev. Frank Fortescue as pastor of the Chowan charge. The Rev. R. L. Jerome was reappointed super intendent of the Elizabeth City District and the Rev. Rufus Smithson of Tyner was appoint ed as pastor of Brite Meadows Church. I The Rev. J. Earl Richardson, 1 former pastor of the Edenton church, was reappointed as pas tor of the Riverside Church at Elizabeth City. j Mr. Fowlkes was also named ( district director of the Television,! Radio and Film Commission. At the conference J. R. Bu- Laney. a member of the Eden ton church, was one of eight from the Elizabeth City District to be named to the Board of Lay Activities of the North Carolina) Conference. The appointment is for four years. 63 Openings For U. S. Coast Guard There are 63 openings for en listment in the U. S. Coast Guard in the Fifth Coast Guard District during July, according to the recruiting office at Dis trict headquarters at Norfolk. , With an eye toward filling some of this July quota,, the Coast Guartf a side walk recruiting booth in front of the Post Office Building in Elizabeth City during the period from July 7 to July 16. Three Coast Guard recruiters have been named to man the booth from 8 A. M., to 5:30 P. M., during the period. The booth will not be open on Sun-, day, July 10. CAR FIRE MONDAY Edenton firemen were called out about 8 o’clock Monday | morning when an Oldsmobile. belonging' to Don Evans caught fire while parked on Granville Street in front of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Griffin. The fire was caused by a wire shortage and damage was con fined to about $35. 20 Years Ago At Found in tho Flltt ol Tho Chowan Htrald After doing business o> East King Street since The Herald began publication August 30, 1934. the plant was moved to South Broad Street at its pres ent location. In an all day meeting the Cho wan County Commissioners set the county tax rate at $1.13, the same as the previous year. With David Holton resigning as football coach at the Edenton High School Superintendent John A. Holmes announced that James R. Maus, a star athlete at the University of North Caro lina. had been selected as Hol ton's successor. - The office of the Edenton Merchants Association was mov ed from Hotel Joseph Hewes to the Citisens Bank Building. Floyd M. Cox of Washington. N. C.. opened a new grocery store on South Broad Street with Frank Allen as manager. During semodeßng of the Ma sonic lodge room in the Court House, iome hid relics were found when the master's steps were removed. They included Igdge jewels made of old coin silver and Ware supposed to be the original set furnished the lodge whan it was chartered in ,1775. Also included in the relics a paper was found signed by John HornSblow. who operated Hornlblow s Tsrem. where lodge I Turtles Here, Too! Vir J Not only are alligators reported in local waters, but apparently there are an abundance of snap ping turtles hereabout. Wednesday of last week two boys from Portsmouth caught between 400 and 500 pounds of turtles in Pembroke Creek off from the Edenton Ma rina. The turtles weighed from 2 to 30 pounds, one of which is pictured above, and find ready sales at 8 cents per pound alive. The turtle business for the boys was cut short, however, for Game Warden Robert Evans arrested them for iishing without a li cense.—(Photo by Frank Twiddy). Varsity Tearn Leads. Alton Shaw New Little League Race Red Men Sachem | Due to Rain, Only Two Games Played Last Week The Little League was ham- I pered a great deal by rain last week and as a result only two games were played. In those two games the Jaycees split with the Rotary and the Varsity.[ In the first game the Jaycees defeated the Rotary by a score! of 10 to 8. The winning pitcher | Was Talmond Byrum. The los-j ing pitcher was Charles Swan-! ner. In the second game the Jay cees were defeated by the Var sity by a score of 10 to 1. The Varsity Club was led by Rorujie] Harrell, Harrell went to* batj four times and came away with! two singles and two doubles.! The winning pitcher was Ronnie, Harrell and the losing pitcher, was Herbie Hollowell. Top Ten Batter* Ab H Pet.! Mike Smith 19 11 .579 i Rudy Tolley 26 14 .538! I Ronnie Harrell 31 15 .484] Charles Swanner 18 8 .444] Wesley Chesson 12 5 .417 Earl Bunch 18 6 .333 Johnny Cates 13 4 .307 Mike Phelps 23 7 .304, Rusty Bootwright .14 3 .2141 Buddy White 25 5 .200 Continued on Page 2—Section 1 I Rotarians Will Install New President Today Edenton Rotarians will meet | this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock at the Edenton Restau rant. New officers for the new Rotary year will be installed, with Elton Forehand succeeding W. J. P. Earnhardt as president. All members of the club are es-| pecially urged to be present. I Nebraska Boy Scout Leader ] - ■ - ■■■ vv fUH • ' ■ ,f/r * •\ * .Jjj£* . . ... . v ts , .... Major Herbert E. Bass, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Bass, an en gineering officer stationed at Offuli Air Force Base at Bellevue, 1 Nebraska, baa been selected as one of the 19 Boy Scout lenders in Nebraska to attend the SOlh Anniversary Jamboree to be held at Colorado Springs July 22-28. A half dosen or more bus loads of Bey Scouts from the eastern Nebraska area will move into the Rockies for th# annual event. Mare than 234100 Bay Scouts ire expected to attend the Jambosea. __ __ Officers Will Be In stalled at Meeting Monday Night Chowan Tribe of Red Men have elected new officers for 'the six month term which will 1 end December 31. j Alton Shaw was elected sa- I ehem of the tribe to succeed j Guy Williams. Other officers j elected were: Bill Harris, senior j sagamore; Edgar Rogerson, jun ! ior sagamore: Guy Williams, pro phet: Obed Lee. keeper of the wigwam and J. Edwin Bufflap, trustee for an 18-month term. Carl Keeter, Clyde Hollowell and I Leroy Harrell were appointed as , thg auditing,, committee. These officers, "as well as j those appointed by the new sa -1 chem, are scheduled to be in-j stalled next Monday night, July! j 11. ] Miss Linda Leary Is I Named Instructor In i Music Camp At EOC i Director Earl E. Beach of the East Carolina department of ■music has announced a staff of , 35 instructors for the 1960 Sum- I mer Music Camp at the college. | The event, sixth annual camp, | will bring to the campus ap j proximately 400 junior and senior] high school students from North Carolina and other states. In-| struction is offered in vocal and j instrumental music, theory, con ducting, and other phases of mu sic: in arts and crafts: in creative dancing, and in 'techniques for majorettes and drum majors. Among the four who will teach techniques for majorettes and 1 drum majors will be Miss Linda I Leary, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 1 Leon Leary of Edenton. Corn Producers Os ! Area Are Called To j Meeting In L City; Purpose to Consider a| Serious Threat to the' Early Corn Market,: Says Overman Chowan County farmers will] have a big stake in a meet-! ing scheduled for Elizabeth City I Friday, July 8. according to C.J W. Overman, County agricultural] agent. j “The meeting has been called to help meet a serious threat to our early .corn market,” Mr. Overman said. Corn producers, grain handling equipment dealers, grain market ing firm operators, and other I agricultural leaders are urged to! attend. For several years now there) has been a trend toward earlier, harvesting of corn in Chowan: County and other counties ofj Eastern North Carolina. Farm-! ers are trying to beat fail! 'storms and get in on the high.) late summer prices. “A serious problem has arisen, however,” says Mr. Overman.; "Much of the corn is harvested while it contains a high percent-1 age of moisture, and the moist -J ure isn’t being properly remov-, ed. j “The result has been a de crease in the quality of our grain. Foreign buyers have bo- ' come so concerned until they are threatening to buy their | corn elsewhere.” | The Elizabeth City meeting I: has been called to give produc-,! ers. grain handlers, equipment t dealers, and buyers a chance tori discuss possible solutions to the' problem. Attention will bo cen- 1 tered on ways of properly har-' vesting and handling early har-, vested corn. Participating in the meeting j will be representatives of the' department* W agriculture in I North Carolina and Virginia, -thej U. S. Department of Agricul- j ture, N. C. State College. VPI. the Farm Bureau, and the grain' 1 trade. The meeting will be held in,'! the countv agricultural building.' It is scheduled from 1-4:30 P M.' < Discussions will be presented on' how to properly harvest and | handle early harvested corn. An, opportunity will be presented' for asking questions. ANDY GRIFFITH GUEST OF LOST COLONY JULY 9j Andy Griffith, Tar Heel-born star of stage, screen and tele- j vision, who once played the col orful role of Sir Walter Raleigh. i,r> The Lost Colony, and Mrs.ji Griffith, the first North Caro-ij linian to play the lead role of | Eleanor Dare in the drama, will top a large list of former Lost; Colony Company members whoj will be special guests of this ( oldest of all outdoor dramas on Saturday night, July 9. at.Wa-' terside Theatre at Manteo wheni performance No. 1,000 will bej presented. A blanket invitation to all j farmer actors and members of j The Lost Colony Company is 1 being issued via press, radio and television by the show’s general manager, J. Sib Dorton and Mrs. O. Max Gardner, president of. Roanoke Historical Association.! sponsor’of the drama. Tom Shepard At Clerks’ Conference. Tom Shepard, clerk of court.! for Chowan County, is attending i the 42nd annual conference of | the ..Association of Superior Court Clerks of North Carolina. The convention is in session in New Bern July 6 to 9 with meet ings held at Hotel Governor | Tryon. During the conference many matters pertaining to the duties and problems of clerks of court as well as proposed legislation jof interest to a clerk of court will be discussed by prominent speakers and round table dis cussions. RED MEN MEET MONDAY Chowan Tribe of Red Men will meet Monday night, July 11, at 8 o’clock, at which time new officers are scheduled to be in stalled. Guy Williams, sachem •f the tribe, urges a large crowd! to be present for this occasion. $2.50 Per Year In North Caroiim GurnieC. Hobbs, Jr. Author Os Book To Be Released In July Revival At Evans '^ Church July 10-15 R£^ ish - i Visiting- Preacher Will ] Be the Rev. H. F. , Ci aw ley Revival .services will begin at the Evans Methodist Church next Sunday. July 10. and continue through Friday night. July 15. The visiting evangelist will he the Rev; H. F. Crawley of James j vitle, N. C. Services will begin ! each night at 8 o'clock and the | public is cordially invited to ot j tend. * ’’ __ |Capt. Win, Whichard i Promoted To Major i _ ... Captain William A. Whit hard, stationed with the Hq. Hq. Co.. 2nd BG. 6th Infantry, in Berlin. Germany, has been pro moted to Major. ;. Major Whichard and family have made quite a name for ■themselves while being in Ber lin. laist year they were chos en the American Family in the Berlin crisis. Mrs Whichard has also won several golf tro phies while there. Major Whichard and family are expected to return to the States around the first of Aug- 1 list, which will complete their; three-vear tour in Germane. I They will be stationed at Fort; Bragg. N. C. Rev. Ralph Fowlkes Patient In Hospital, The Rev Ralph Fowlkt*. pas tor ol the Edenton Methodist Church, is a patient in Chowan Hospital. Mr. Fowlkes had the misfortune to break an ankle while bathing in Albemarle Sound on the Washington side Monday afternoon. The accident occurred when he jumped from a raft into water which was not as deep as he thought. — i OFFICIAL BOARD MEETS j - I A meeting of the official, board of the Methodist Church will be held Monday night. July. 11, at 8 o’clock. This will be the first meeting of the new church year, so that every mom-| ber is especially asked to be present. , [ civic calendar] ■- - - - - "i *—- -.A Edenton Jaycees will sponsor classes in skiing and another ski show by the Outer Banks Ski Club at the old Fish Hatchery ! grounds Sunday afternoon. July 10. at 1:30 o'clock. | Young People's Choral Groups ot Rocky Hock community will sponsor a talent show at the Rocky Hock community Center Friday night. July 22. at 8 o'clock. Chowan Tribe of Red Men will meet Monday night at 8 o'clock. A stated communication of Unanimity Lodge No. 7. A. F. 8t Continued on Page 3—Section 1 Winners Annonneed In Spring Fishing Contest Recently Closed With the spring fishing con test coming to a close, the win ners in the four classifications have been announced. The con test was sponsored by the Rec reation Committee of the Eden tan Chamber of Commerce. R. D. Lowe of Colerain cap-1 tured the award for rockfish j with his entry weighing 11 pounds and R ounces. It was 31*4 inches long and was caught in Chowan River with a 17 Pet spoon. A. C. Griffin was top winner in the speckled perch contest. His entry measured 14 inches long and weighed 1 pound and 11 ounces, and was caught in Yeopirn River. Runners-up in this contest were Hiram Mayo, Jr., and Madison Phillips. ! Alvah Bunch of Hartford won the contest for the largest large FIGHT CANCER WITH A CHECKUP AND CHECK t Early m July, a small (89 pages) paperback volume of verse will come off the presses ‘bearing the imprint of "Valhalla ! Press." This publication repre sents a dual beginning. It’s the first book from this new pub - lishing organization, and it’s the first book from its author-poet. ■ j Gurnie C. Hobbs. Jr., formerly .’of Edenton. He is the son of i Mr. and Mrs. Gurnie C. Hobbs - ot Edenton. The book. "Reflections It. La- I layette Park." contains some 1 thirty poems written by Hobbs i during his four years at the Uni versity of Maryland and during the six years following. The • poems constitute a study in po etic contrasts They are pro foundly religious, often lyrical and romantic, but frequently critical, analytical and stoically realistic. They seek meaning and beauty in reality, and find it m tiu- most ordinary places and events, as well as in the must unusual places and circum stances. Their purpose, says Hobbs, is "to prompt people to think and to provoke them to tiu formation of definite opin ions on some of the deepest and most basic questions concerning ’ life and its iv-toming.” ! Valhalla Press is an organ L a-1 tion founded by Hobbs, and will 1 publish his works exclusively in tile beginning. As the organiza tion grows, however, other auth ors will be considered for pub i beat ion Several other books are currently in tlye planning stages, including a collection of short stories and a novel. While the initial printing of "Reflections In Lafayette Park” is being distributed only in Edenton and the Washington metropolitan area, another print ing ts planned soon for distribu tion on a national scale. Hobbs moved to Washington in 1914, and now lives in Chev iot ly. Maryland, a suburb of i Washington. _ i ______ Drivers Os Tractors I Chosen For State 4 - H Championship Eighteen of the must skillful farm tractor drivers are being ’chosen this month from among the 160.000 4-H Club members to compete in the state champion ship’tractor driving and plowing contests to be held at the North Carolina State Fair, October 11-15. I Winners from each of the 100 counties competing in district > trials are being chosen. Three representatives from each dis trict will be named as contest ants for the State Fair events, scheduled tor Friday. October 14. The first tractor driving event I was held last week. This year's fair will be the first at which a plowing contest will be held, isays A. A. Chappell, of Wilson, superintendent of the farm ma chinery exhibits and demonstra tions. mouth bass. His entry was 24‘a inches long and weighed 8 1 * pounds. It was also caught in Yeopim River. J. L. Evans of Edenton was a close second with a -pound bass. Others enter ing catches in the contest were • A C. Parker and Tenie Daught- I ridge of Rocky Mount. L. E. j Chappell of Tyner. Jimmy Ash ley. Carrol Peele, D. S. Twine, Sam Wright and Edgar Roger son of Edenton. Julian Tadlock of Elizabeth jCity was winner in the bream [contest with his entry measur . ling 10 Mi inches long and i weighing an even pound. It was I caught in Yeopim River. Oth i ers entering fish in this contest i were Louis Best of Enfield. Hi . ram Mayo and Hiram Mayo, Jr ■of Edenton. [{ All first place winners re ' eeived rods and spinning reels.