ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXVIL-Nutaber 28.
Commissioners Unar \%. nous
In Exercising 30-Day (|! ition
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On Edenton Hotel Prm *erty
Action Taken Due to
Price Offered and a
Need For Building to.
House Offices
j In more or less of a surprise
' move, Chowan County Gfltnmis-
at their delayed July
meeting held Wednesday of last
week voted to exercise a 30-day
fljption on the Hotel Joseph
Hewes property. The hotel is
next to the Court House and
adjoins county property in the
rear.
•following passing of the mo
tion Chairman W. E. Bond and
Giltyam Wood were named a
coraimittee to contact the Eden
ton .Construction Company to
serv# with them in irrvestgiating
the construction and condition of
the building.
Th<! 75 -room hotel is owned
by Grayson Harding, who came
into possession in 1935, when he
purchased it from the Hinton
brothers of Elizabeth City at a
cost something like SIOO,OOO.
Mr. Harding has other interests
in Virginia Beach and it is no'
secret that he would be willing
fao sell the property. Haughton
Ehringhaus Is serving as mana
ger of the hotel
While no price of the building
was made public, the Commis
sioners inferred the price was
so attractive that they could
.hardly refuse to consider its pur
chase Jf financial arrangements
can be made. The offer comes :
at a time when the Commission
ers are and have been for a long
time concerned about a building
to house all of the county offices.
At one time serious considera
tion wag given to remodeling the
Stinging on county property
which several years ago was
purchased from T. C. Byrum.
A new and more modern jail
is another project the Commis
sioners have had in mind for
many years, Jn fact state of
ficials at one time or another
threatened to padlock the local
bastille. So that, if nothing else,
it is the opinion that the hotel
V could provide ample room for
| all of the various county offices,
as well- as transform a section
into a new jail.
Hotel Joseph Hewes occupies
* very historical spot, for it •is
the site of the King’s Arms
Tavern in the middle 1700’s.
The name was later changed to
Horniblow’s Tavern, after which
it was known as Bayview Ho
tel, Hinton Hotel and when Mr.
Harding became the owner in 1
1935 the name was changed to
Hofei Joseph Hewes.
In 1928 T. C. Jones was mana
ger of the Bayview Hotel, far
less imposing than the building
is today. He was largely re
sponsible for the Hinton brothers
in Elizabeth City to rebuild the ,
Hotel -as ft is today at a cost
estimated to be about $250,000.
It, is four stories high, has 75
bedrooms, 48 baths, dining room,
kitchen, offices, lobby and ball
room.
v The County Commissioners’
p 'committee is expected to submit
a report at the August meeting
Monday, August111. 1 j
Sunday Afternoon’s Ski Show
Attracts Another Large Crowd
The ski show staged by the
Outer Banks Ski Chib Sunday
afternoon at the old fish hatch -
«ry on Pembroke Creek attracted
another large crowd of spectator*
who billed the fish hatcheryj
and many people were!
Used along the fish hatchery
bridge and the itugnway, where
g good view of the show was
■possible. At least 25 boats were
•lap parked along the Creek’s
bank, giving those oh board a
first hand view of the perform-
Jflffiany skiing stuwts thrilled the
SSher moOete a*»d
THE CHOWAN HERALD
( Now Official j|
V
Chowan County Commission
ers, at their July meeting held
Wednesday of last week, official
ly adopted the county’s lax rate
for the fiscal year 1960-61.
The rate, as previously ap
proved, calls for a rate of sl.lO
on the SIOO property valuation,
which is a 10-cent boost over
last year's SI.OO rate. Another
10 cents is added lor property
owners not living in Edenton
which is a special levy for fire
protection outside the corporate
limits of Edenton. This is a
3-cent increase over last year
when the rate was 7 cents. So
that the county tax rate for
property in Edenton will be
sl.lO and outside Edenton $1.20.
N. J. George Named
Area Chairman For j
N. C. Auto Dealers:
N. J. George of George Chev-j
rolet Co., Inc., Edenton, has been!
appointed an area chairman of!
the North Carolina Automobile
Dealers Association.
George will be the liaison offi-j
eer between any car and truck
dealers in Chowan County and
the state organization and the
National Automobile Dealers As
sociation, said C. W. Wickham
of Tarboro, president of NCADA.
In announcing the appoint
ment, President Wickham said
that George will advise the two
associations on local happenings
and will keep the dealers in his
area informed on state and na
tional affairs affecting the retail
automotive industry. George will
also conduct a joint membership
drive of both organizations in
October.
“We in NCADA and NADA j
feel extremely fortunate to have
Mr. George’s active help,” Wick
ham added, “’for his is a vital
position in our organization.”
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Special Masonic
Meeting Tonight
McKay Washington, master of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. &
A. M., announces that an emer
gent communication of the lodge
will be held tonight (Thursday)
at 7:30 o’clock. The purpose of
the meeting is to confer the
third degree upon a candidate, so
that a large attendance is re
quested.
Asa Bryant Dail
Machinist Graduate
Friends will be interested to
learn that Asa Bryant Dais; &on
of Mr. and Mrs. Luther C. Dail.
recently graduated as a ma
chinist from the Newport New:
Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
Company Apprentice School.
During each of his four years
as a student of the sghool he was
active in Pi Sigma -Phi Fra
ternity. He also was a member
of the student board of direc
tors in 1957 and 1959, a member
of the Sea Scouts in 1958 and
class secretary-treasurer" in 1960.
scheduled to show -up for the in
struction, but only half braved
the “ordeal”. The seven who
participated in the instruction
-were Mayor John Mitchener, Bill
Harris, Richard Schuman, Mrs.
J. D. Elliott, Miss Catherine
Aman, Robert Powell and James
Perry.
Miss Aman won the trophy for
becoming the best skier during
the instruction period, and May-i
or Mitchener won the trophy for
being the best sport The tro
phies are scheduled to be pre
sented to the winners tonight
(Thursday) at the Junior Cham-
Iber of' Commerce meeting. The
Joyce es sponsored the show and
express their appreciation to all
those who turned out to witness
the various events, those who
(participated in the ski instruc-
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 14,1960.
i Schools In County
Will Open Jug. 29
Actual Class Work to
Begin Wednesday,
August 31
Meeting in monthly session
last week, the Chowan County
Board of Education agreed upon
the school schedule for the 1960-
61 term for the county school
unit.
The opening date was set at
August 29 and 30. two days be
fore actual classroom work be
gins, which will be Wednesday,
August 31.
It was also agreed that no
classes will be held Tuesday, Oc
tober 11, so that teachers will
:be able to attend the NCF.A
I meeting. Two days will he al
| lowed for Thanksgiving, Novem-
I her 24 and 25. with the Christ
| mas holidays beginning Decern-1
her 16 with classes to be re-1
sumed on January 2. Schools |
will also be closed April 3 in
order to observe Easter Monday, j
This schedule will enable the!
schools to close May 29.
The board approved the elec-i
tion of the district committee of
Karl P. Harrell as an English!
and French teacher.
Rocky Hock Talent
Show Set For July 22
The young people’s group of
the Rocky Hock community are
planning a talent show for Fri
day night,- July 22.- at the Rocky
Hcmk Community. Center.
Anyone- having any talent and
who desires to participate in the
show who is 13 years old or
older is requested to report for
an audition Friday night, July
15, at 8 o’clock at the Rocky
Hock Community Center. Frank
Evans is chairman of the talent
show.
A small admission to the show
will be charged. There will be
judges, prizes and plenty of
tilings to eat will be for sale.
The show is being staged for
the benefit of the Community
Center and it is hoped many
people will attend.
Frank Roberts will be master
of ceremonies, and anyone desir
ing to enter the show may con
tact him at radio station WCDJ. |
Revival In Progress
At Evans Church
Evangelistic services began on
Sunday night at Evans (Metho
dist Church ajid will come to a
close Friday night of this week
July 15. The services begin each
night at 8 o’clock.
The guest speaker for the se
ries of meetings is the Rev. H.
F. Crawley of Jamesville. Thei
public is cordially invited to at-1
tend.
Town Councilmen Consider
Request For Portion Os Base
Property To Operate Airport
Two major items consumed the
lion’s share of the time at Town
Council’s meeting Tuesday night,
one having to do with a request
for a portion of the former
Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air
Station to provide an 1 " airport
and the other a preliminary re
port of George Freeman, the
town’s engineer, relative to the
present storm sewer system.
Present at the meeting were
William W. Johnson of Char
lotte, district airport engineer,
James L. Wiggins and Richard
Bell, also from the district engi
neer’s office. ,
Mr. Johnson stated that two
years ago the base was declared
surplus and that it will now be
disposed of by General Services.
At the request of the Town of
iff**
FLOWERS ON THE STREETS-Spread across a street in
Genzano, Italy, a floral carpet honors the forthcoming Olympic
Games in Rome. Millions of petals form the design.
Marvin L, Evans Is
Named As Member
Os FH A Committee
Succeeds Melvin Cope
land For Three Year
Term to Represent
Chowan County
The appointment of Marvin L.
Evans. Route 1. Edenton, as a'
member of the Farmers Home'
Administration Area Committee;
was announced this week by |
Donald W. Norman, the agency’s
county supervisor. Mr. Evans |
receiycd a three-year appoint- j
ment replacing Melvin E. Cope-!
land, whose three year term ex-j
pired June 30, 1960. The area)
committee to which Mr. Evansj
was appointed serves Chowan i
and Perquimans Counties.
Mr. Evans owns and operates|
a diversified farm near Rocky 1
Hock. He was selected as a ,
result of his leadership shown,
in farming activities. Marvin.;
his wife and six children arc all!
welt liked and wtell known and'
are a valuabje asset to the Rocky;
Hock community of Chowan
County.
Two other members make up
the three member committee
which works with the county
supervisor to sec that the best
possible use is made of the
agency's farm credit service pro
gram consistent with local farm
er’s neeefs. The other two mem
bers are Daniel L. Berry of
Berry of Route 1, Hertford and
Adrien J. Smith, Jr., of Route 2.
Hertford, both in Perquimans
! County.
The committee determines the
Continued on Page 4—Section i
the property which could be used
for operating an airport and forj
which General Services, withi
possibly some changes, would
deed to the town so long as iti
was used ,as an airport. Mr..
Johnson stated that the base!
comprises 3,200 acres of land,)
which would 'be a tremendous!
burden to keep up, so that hej
recommended applying for only,
a portion of it
In the proposal is the north
south runway calling for ap
proximately 1,000 feet and 200 j
feet wide. In the request wiH,
also toe included some of the
buildings which it is calculated)
could toe a source of revenue to
maintain the airport. Mr. John-:
son pointed out that any revenue
accruing from the base would toe
required to be used for repairs
and other airport expense and
expressed the flpinfan that it
pelvic calendar]
A ’meeting will be held at the
Rocky Hock Community Center
Tuesday night. July 19, at 8
| o’clock to consider organization
of a community 4-H Club for
the Rocky Hock-Gum Pond area.
An emergent communication of
I Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. it
A. M.. will be held tonight
; j (Thursday) at 7:30 o'clock.
Ryland community will hold
, its monthly development meet
| ing Monday night,‘July 18, at 8
‘ 1 o'clock in Ralph Ward's ware
; house.
Young People's Choral Groups
of Rocky Hock community will
; sponsor a talent show at the
Rocky Hock community Center
Continued on Page 6—Section )
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Change Made In
Tax Computation
i Somewhat of a change has
, been adopted by the County
), Commissioners relative to a
■‘break-down of money into dif
ferent departments when a tax,
t receipt is written by Sheriff
.'! Earl Goodwin.
-j With a new form of tax re
-1 ceipt put into use for the first
-I time this year, the county treas
r ureg was ordered to make the
i; break-down so that the levy for
~ various phases of the county
;i government gets into the proper
| fund. Under the old tax re
: ceipts, the Register of Deeds
made this computation.
could be self-supporting,
j If the requested portion of
i the property is approved by Gen
eral Services, the town will be
! required to use it as an air
. port, but failure to do so will
j mean that it will revert back
j to General Services,
j The town Will preparp a for
mal application for the desired
I portion of .the base which will
include approximately 1,000
acres.
| Mr. Freeman presented a re
| port of a study made of the
, town’s storm sewer system in
which he pointed out major
| weaknesses, so far as prime
storm drainage is concerned. Mr.
: Freeman frankly stated that no
remedy could be recommended
for adequate drainage during un
usually heavy rains such as was
recently experienced in Edenton.
Filming Promotional Film
For Chowan County Will
Begin Latter Part Os July
Elton Forehand Is Installed As
Edenton Rolary Club President
Featuring last week's Rotary
meeting was a cliangc in ad
ministration in which W. J. P.
Earnhardt, president during the
past year, turned over the gavel
to Elton Forehand. In relinq
uishing the presidency, Mr. Earn
hardt expressed his appreciation
or the cooperation he received
during the year and urged the
same and even better coopera
tion for his successor.
Mr. Forehand also expressed
' his appreciation for the confi
dence reposed in him by elect
ing him president and pledged
his best effort; in behalf of the
club and what it stands for. He
appealed for the help and coop
eration of every member during
the year.
Mr. Forehand announced the
various committees to serve dur
ing the year, which will be as
follows:
Club Service: Richard Atkin
son. director: Attendance. .1. P.
Ricks. Jr.: Classifications, Toni
Byrum, Ed Bond and W. B.
Roscvcar: Club Bulletin. Jack
Habit and Hiram Mayo: Fellow- I
ship, Terry Ryan: Magazine.
Richard F. Elliott: Program. Hu
bert Williford and Archie Walk
er: Public Information. Philip S.
McMullan; Rotary Onformation.
John A. Holmes; Sergeant-at-
Red Men Install
New Set Officers
Alton Shaw New Sa
chem of Tribe For
Six Months
New officers for a Six-month |
term were installed at Mondavi
night’s meeting of Chowan Tribe |
of Red Men. Tne installation-;
ceremony was conducted by;
Clyde Hollbwcll, recently ap-i
pointed tribal-deputy Great Sa-]
cliem.
The officers installed were:
Prophet, Guy Williams; sachem..
Alton Shaw; senior sagamore, j
Bill Harris; junior sagamore. Ed-|
gar Rogerson; keeper of the wig-]
warn, Obed Lee; trustee for 13
months. J. Edwin Bufflap.
Mr. Shaw announced his ap-!
pointments. who were also in
stalled as follows: Sannaps.|
Robert Brooks and Leroy Skin
ner: warriors. Graham Earless, i
Oscar White, Thomas Perry and
William Crummev; braves, Oscar
Peeples, Thomas Jackson. Billy
Stevenson and Clarence Shackel
ford: guard of the wigwam. Obed
I Lee: guard of the forest, Carl
Keeter.
[ Prior to the meeting a dinner
; was served under the direction
of Albert Cullipher. Billy Steven
son and Bill Harris.
James I. Maxwell
Assistant Manager
At Fish Hatchery
James Isaac Maxwell recently
arrived in Edenton and is now
associated with the National Fish
Hatchery as assistant manager.
Mr. Maxwell, a native of Mc-
Minnville. Tennessee, is a recent
graduate of the University of
Tennessee. He and his wife and
two children are living at. West
over Heights.
Vacation And Sick
Leave Changed For
County Employees
At their meeting Wednesday of
last week the County Commis
sioners made a change in'a pre
vious decision to allow vaca
tions and sick leave for appoint
ed employees of the county.
The previous decision was to
allow two weeks vacation with
pay, which has been changed to
one week. Sick leave at first
was set at two weeks to be ac
cumulative for 30 days, tout this
has been changed to seven days
not to be accumulative for over
15 days within a calendar year.
$2.50 Per Y ear In North Carolina
Arms, J. P. Ricks. Sr., and Mur
ray Baker: Membership, George
'A. Byruni.
Vocational Service: Hiram
Mavo. director: Buyer-Seller Re
lations. Frank Holmes; Compcti
■ tor Relations. Maynard M. Per
ry; Employer -Employee Rela
tions. Robert S. Marsh: Four
jWay Test. Derwood Biuy; Occu
pational Information. James L.
Chestnut!: Trade Associations,
Richard Schuman.
j Coirnm nity Service: Lloyd
Bunch, director: Boys and Girls i
,\Veok, J. Edwin Bufflap: Com-'
munitv Safety. Rill Co/.art: Crip- i
•pled Children. Richard X. Hines: 1
■Rural-Urban. Charlie Overman;
; Scholarships. Awards and Stu
dent Loans. Gilliam Wood and,
John Graham; Student Guests.,
William I. Hart
International Service: James !
E. Wood, director: International !
Contacts. Richard Elliott: Inter-,
national Information. James E. j
Wood; International Student
Projects. John A. Holmes: The
Rotary Foundation, W. J. P. I
Earnhardt. ,
Directors of the club for the
new year are W. J. P. Earnhardt.
Lloyd Bunch. Elton Forehand, i
Dick Atkinson, Bruce Jones, j
Hiram Mayo and James E. Wood.,
20 Years Ago
A* Pound in tbo FUm ot
The Chowan Herald
S-
John A. Holmes was installed
as commander of Ed Bond Post
No. 40 of the American Legion
and Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt was
installed as president of the
American Legion Auxiliary.
Census figures for 1940 popu-,
lation and agriculture showed 1
that the population of Chowan
County was 11.569 and that there!
were 1.007 farms in the county.
Mrs. M. L. Hoffler was elect-
Continued on Page 7—Section 1
Members Os Advisory
Board Are Dismissed
In view of the discontinuance
of operation of the District Men
tal Health Clinic in Elizabeth
City, the Chowan County Com
missioners have declared the ex
piration of members of the lo
cal advisory board.
The members were Dr. Ed
Bond. Warren Twiddy. Mrs,
Warren Twiddy and Mrs. Joe
Thorud.
Davis Reappointed
ABC Board Member
At a joint meeting of the Cho
wan County Board of Education
and the County Commissioners
held Wednesday of last week. J.
W. Davis was reappointed as a
member of the Chowan County
ABC Board.
1 The term of Mr. Davis expired
Juno 30 and the new appoint
ment is for a three-year term.
Arkansas Visitor Delighted
With Recent Visit To Edenton
Though the Pilgrimage of Co
lonial Edenton and Countryside
is not scheduled until April.
1961. a letter recently received
by Mrs. William D. Holmes. Jr.,
state regent of the Daughters of
the American Revolution, is a
timely reminder of how visitors
regard Edenton.
The letter was written by An-
nie Laurie Spencer of El Dorado.
Arkansas, who had this to say:
“Dear Mrs. Holmes: After
leaving the DAR Congress in j
Washington. I drove to Edenton j
on my way home and found one
of the most beautiful and unique
little cities this country can
claim.
“Where else can he found a
Court House built before the
Revolution and still in use?
Where is a church equal to St.
Paul's in beauty, charm and
historical, significance? Where
did they have a tea party prior
to Boston? The history of j
Edenton is interwoven with the {
Colonial period of this country]
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
i Committees Appointed
! To Make Preliminary
Plans For Shooting
i Film
\
•
Shooting of the promotional
! film on Edenton and Chowan
| County is scheduled to get undzr
| way the latter part of July ac
-1 cording to word received here
| from Bishop Alexander, president
j of the Advertising Service Agen-
I cy of Charleston, S. C„ promoter
' of the film.
The film is sponsored by the
Edenton Tea Party Chapter,
DAR. and the Janies Iredell As
sociation. Mrs. John Kramer,
chapter regent, is chairman of
the committee.
Mrs. Kramer says Jack Mc-
Gowan. president of Guided
Tours, Inc., which will make the
film, will come here to specially
supervise the making of the
movie because of his interest in
Edenton and countryside.
In addition to the crepe myr
tle which will be ini bloom, some
scenes will be made more color
ful by persons wearing colonial
costumes. Mrs. Kramer pointed
out
Included in tne i-t-imnute color
film with sound will be an aerial
view, a map showing location of
Edenton in relationship to the
Dare coast and the Inland Water
way, a re-enactment of the Eden
ton Tea Party, historic build
ings and houses, industry, har
vesting of peanuts and water
scenes of boating, fishing and
skiing, she said.
It is estimated that between
30 and 40 million persons will
view the film over 227 television
stations the first year and later
it will be shown over 500 TV
stations
At a meeting at Mrs. Kramer’s
home Friday morning, she ap
pointed the following persons to
make preliminary arrangements
tor the filming: Mrs. Lloyd Grif
fin and Mrs. W. I. Hart are in
charge of arrangements for the
re-enactment of the tea party:
Mrs. W. J. P. Earnhardt, repre
senting the Edenton Woman's
Club, and Mrs. Richard Hine:
are co-chairmen of home ar
rangements and costuming: Mrs.
Warren Twiddy. representing the
Business and Professional Wo
men’s Club, is in charge of
grounds, and Johnny Kramer and
Scott Harrell are in charge of
boating. fishing and skiing
scenes.
Others serving on the eomniit-
Conlinucd on Page 4—Section 1
Development Meeting
At Ryland On July 18
Ryland Community will hold
its monthly development meet
ing Monday night. July 18, at
18 o’clock in Ralph Ward’s ware
house. A special feature of the
meeting will be a film 'The
i Earth Is The Lord's’’ shown by
James Griffin. Soil Conservation
ist.
Hubert Byrum. chairman of
the development program, urges
the entire community to attend.
<nd the buildings, homes and
churches reach back to that
time. It is the most beautiful
place with the flowers, the
water, the old homes and the
history that I have visited and I
would like to see the public in
formed about the historical sig
nificance of this beautiful place.
“Since losing the Marine base
there, the merchants and busi
ness people told me. the town
had been depressed but you have
| a heritage that can bring a mil
lion dollar industry that no one
can take away—tourists. April
could be Edenton Pilgrimage
Month. It is near Washington
and during the DAR Congress of
the 4.500 women attending, a
trip could be planned to Eden
ton to open the homes for tour.
“If any thing is to be done,
women are the ones to do it.
Natchez. Mississippi was in the
depths of the depression when
the women, through one garden
dub, organized the Natchez