* ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXVll.—Number 29.
Rocky Hock Baptist jf hurch
Planning 125th Celeoration
Os Church Founding July 31
Dr. Stewart A. New
man and Rev. Robert
Harrell Will Be Spe
cial Speakers
On Sunday, July 31, a special
day is scheduled to be observed
at the Rocky Hock Baptist
yChurch. The occasion will be
the observance of the 125th an
niversary of the founding of the
church and will be a day of
homecoming festivities. The day
will also mark five years to the
day that the congregation enter
ed its education budding and it
is hoped that on this occasion
the remaining indebtedness of
the building may be retired.
The Rev. Thurman W. Allred,'
present paslor of Rocky Hock
Baptist Church, announces that
an interesting program is being
planned which is scheduled to
begin at 10:30 A. M. Dinner on'
the grounds will be served,
around 12:30 P. M.. and will
provide an hour for fellowship ,
and the renewal of old acquaint
ances. The afternoon program
will begin at 2 o’clock and the
festivities 'of the day will con
clude at around 3:30 P. M.
JDr. Stewart A. Newman, pro
essor at Southeastern Baptist
Theological Seminary. Wake For
est, will be the featured speaker j
of the day and will deliver the
homecoming message during the
afternoon session. The Rev.
Robert Harrell, pastor of Brook
side Baptist Church. Nashville.
Tenn., and one of the Rocky
Hock "preacher boys”, will bring
the message during the morning
worship service. Special music
will be rendered by choral
groups and the choirs of the
church at both services.
Rocky Hock Baptist. Church
was organized in 1335 and during
the intervening years has sent
out at least 12 young men to-en
ter the Gospel ministry. They
are George W. White, deceased;
tlie Rev. W. H. Hollowell. retired
and living at Ayden, N. C.: Ihe
Rev. Norman Ashley, pastor of
Continued on Pago 4 — Section 1 j
20 Years Ago
At Pound in tha PU«a of
Tht Chowan Herald
Th* local National Guard unit
was planning to spand three
waaks In camp in Louisiana and
Mississippi daspita newspapers
stories to the effect that Presi
dent Frankrin Roosevelt planned
to call out SO,OOO Rational
Guardsmen far a year's intensive
training.
Millard F. Bond was elected
▼ice president of the North Caro-1
Una ABC Board at a meeting
held at Wrightsville Beech.
A Vacation Bible School closed
•at the Baptist Church at which 1
ISt children were enrolled. |
John A. Holmes, secretary, and
J. Edwin Bufflap. president of
the Eden ton Rotary Club, left for
Atlantic Beach fa attend a Ro
tary Assembly of the 100th Dis
trict.
V Chowan Woman's Club staged
' an all-day picnic at Cross Roads
which was featured by two base
ball games.
Edenton Lions Club continued
to hold the lead in the Edenton;
softball league.
Edenton Chamber of Com-|
merce began a membership drive
Continued an r aga a Bactfan 1 1
7-Foot 8-Inch Alligator KiDed
Last Week In Pembroke Creek
AH doubt that local people
y*e seen alligators in waters
Jltaabout was smashed to
imUhereens Friday morning
when a dead alligator was
Iraught to the Edeoton Marina,
the reptile was T feet and •;
fetches km( «ad was estimated
|»wei«h about 900 pounds.
several occasions and at
~ Various times it has bean re-
that M^^aMgntor^tots
S| while those making the re
*3te were very certain they
■Mr an aUigator. yet there were
)' -JUmr who more or less scoffed
r iboiit 1 *
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
J Here Is The Proof, Folks!
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That alligators have been seen in local waters can no longer be
denied, for the one pictured above was shot Wednesday afternoon
of last week by Carlton Nixon. After disappearing in the water,
the alligator was found dead Friday morning by Frank Twiddy
about 200 feet from where it was shot in Pembroke Creek above
the property of me National fish Hatchery. The alligator was
7 feet 8 inches long and weighed approximately 200 pounds.—
(Photo by Frank Twiddy).
Mrs. Irene Dunbar Awarded
Western Auto Store Plaque
A handsome plaque recognizing!
15 years of service to the com-]
munity has been awarded to
Mrs. Irene S. Dunbar, former
owner of the Edetilon Western'
Auto Associate Store.
The walnut and bronze wall]
plaque, engraved with her name, j
was forwarded from Western!
Auto Supply Company's general!
offices in Kansas City, Mo., and!
presented through the firm's di-'
vision offices which, serve this
area.
Recognition of community ser
vice by local Western Auto As
sociate store owners is given bv|
the company at five-year inter-'
vals. The honor indicates the
Miss North Carolina I
| Pageant Televised ■
Over Channel 9j
Sponsored by the Charlotte
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
the 1960 Miss North Carolina
pageant will be hel din Char
lotte Saturday night. July 23.
Master of ceremonies for the
pageant will be held in Char-
Helena, Ark., for ten years mas
ter of ceremonies for Miss
America preliminary pagents. He
directed the Miss North Caro
lina pageant in 1957 and 1958.
j Over 70 local pageant winners
■from all parts of the state will j
I partidipate in the contest. Miss\
. America will also be a special
I guest for the event.
* R. E. Leary, executive vice
t president of the Edenton Sav
ings & Loan Association, states
that the pageant will be tele-
I vised over the Geenville tele
vision station. Channel 9, frorn
10 to 12 o'clock. The television
program will be televised at the
expense of the insured savings
and loan association of the state.
METHODIST MEN'S CLUB
WILL MEET TONIGHT
i The Methodist Men’s Club
I I will hold a dinner meeting to
| night (Thursday) at the church
•j at 6 o’clock. George Lewis, the
i, president, urges every member
|of the club to be present.
week, Carlton Mixon, an em
ployee of the Edenton Marina,
sighted the alligator up Pem
broke Creek a little beyond the
National Fish Hatchery prop
erty. He used a shot gun and
! bit the alligator in the head, af
ter which it floundered in the
water and then disappeared. A
search was made later Wednes
day and Thursday but it could
not be sighted.
On Friday morning Frank
Twiddy, an Edenton mail carrier,
was riding in his boat in the
vicinity where the alligator was
shot and spied it on the opposite
sltfMit MA fan* from ■jtlJlJl
'4 sis ' ' " >
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday July 21, 1960.
'dealer has completed a specified
I period of outstanding merchan
dising service to his customers
I and community,
i The Western Auto Associate
j store here is one of more than |
j 4.000 home-owned and operated
I retail stores and agencies
1 throughout the U. S., including
i Alaska and Hawaii. The store
distributes Western Auto's na-|
■ tionally advertised company
owned and other national brands'
in this trade area. The company!
serves similar dealerships m
Mexico, Puerto Rico and Guam.
I The dealer program, started in
' 1035, will account for more than
Continued on Page 3, Section 1
I Tyrrell Man Facing
Manslaughter Charge
I '
Julius Reynolds. 65. of Tyrrell
County, at a hearing in Record- 1
cr’s Court last week was bound,
over for trial in Chowan Su
perior Court when probable causej
was found on a manslaughter ,
charge. His bond was set at ;
SI,OOO. ,
Mr. Reynolds and his wife,
Mrs. Ida Reynolds, were riding
south on Court Street Friday.
June 24 and collided with a
pickup truck traveling east on
Queen Street, driven by Bobby
Elam of Louisburg. Mi's. Reyn
{olds was thrown from the car,
sustaining severe chest injuries
and died a few days later in
Chowan Hospital.
According to police. Reynolds
admitted that he failed to stop 1 '
at the intersection and realized
it after it was too late to stop.
Elam was convicted of driving
i with an expired operator’s li
cense and was fined $25 and
court costs.
Talent Show Friday
At Rocky Hock
Friday night, July 22. at 8
o'clock young people of the
Rocky Hock community will,
present a talent show at the
1 Rocky Hock Community Center.
I The show is being staged to help
raise funds for the Community
Center, so that a small admission
will be charged.
An interesting program is as-
I sured including a variety of local
J talent, and besides plenty of
! things to eat will also be on sale.
| The young people are hopeful
that a large crowd will turn out
to enjoy an evening of whole
some entertainment and as the
same time help a worthy pro
ject.
Varsity Club Still
Leads Little League
The Varsity Club is again the
No. 1 club in the Little League.
During the past week of play
they wpn two and lost 1. Their
game on Monday afternoon was
| very exciting when they were
' behind by a score of 2-L’ going i
into the bottom o i the Wat in-!
* finuimnil as ?n» It libMi «
Chowan Clubs Win
|Farm-Home Week
'Blue Ribbon Award
Also One of 39 Coun
ties to Meet Quota on
N. C. Home Demon
stration House Fund
Delegates from Chowan Coun
ty attending Farm-Home We-'k
in Raleigh last week were th,di
ed when it was announced that
'Chowan County won a blue rib
bon for its publicity book and
was recognized as one of the 39
counties having completed their
quota on the N. C. Home Dem
onstration House Fund.
Delegates from Chowan Coun
ty were given a guided tour of
the new Home Economies De
partment and Home Manage-;
j ment House at Meredith Col-'
I lege. They attended a tour of the]
Governor’s Mansion, were very'
i impressed with N. C. Art Mu
seum, attended a tea at the home
of Dr. and Mrs. John T. Cald
well. Chancellor of N. C. State
College, and attended various
classes on home economics subj
ests. The group attended the
34th annual meeting of the N. C.j
Home Demonstration Clubs Pr«-|
day and a luncheon in honor of
the newly appointed Dean of the!
School of Agriculture, Dr. H.l
Brooks James.
Those attending Farm-Home;
Week were Mrs. M. T. Bar-]
rington. Route 2. Edenton; Mrs.l
J. F. Phillips, 207 W. Queen!
Street, Edenton. and Pauline Cal
loway, home economics agent. j
Mrs. J. F. Phillips modeled a
hat she made last spring in the
hat, show while in Raleigh.
RETURNING TO PULPIT
The -Rev. Ralph Fowlkes, pas-1
tor of the Edenton Methodist!
Church, is expected to fill the I
pulpit Sunday morning. Mr. i
Fowlkes had the misfortune to
break an ankle on the Fourth
of July while bathing in Albe
marle Sound which prevented,
him from preaching since then, j
RED MEN MEET MONDAY i
Chowan Tribe of Red Mon;
will meet. Monday night, July
25. at 8 o’clock. Alton Shaw,
sachem, urges a good attendance.
1 James H. Griffin, New President
| Of Lions, Appoints Committees,
| James H. Griffin, new presi- Constitution and By-Laws— 1
dent of the Edenton l,ions Club. 1 William S. PrivotL Ralph Par-;
has announced the following 1 rish arid W. J Taylor,
committees to serve during the) Herbert Hoilowcii. second vice!
year: 'president, will have charge <>t |
Under John Mitchener, first these committees:
vice president, will be the fob, Sight Conservation 1. F, Fol
lowing group of committees: iguson. A. E. Jenkins and J R.
Attendance Claude Griffin. Byrutn.
T. B. Williford and H. J. Cuth- 1 Health and Welfare Richard |
rell. 'Hardin, M. A. Hughes and 1., S.:
Finance—Jesse Harrell. Allen Byrutn.
Boyd Harless. Jr., and Wiltner . Agriculture—Joe Thorud, L. 11.
Malone. - , Haskett and Percy Smith.
Membership Guy C. Hobbs.' Boys and Girls —AI Phillips,
:Oscar E. Duncan and Claude Gene Petty and Haywood Bunch.
Griffin. i Community Betterment—J. R.
Program Rupert Riley. Al DuLaney. John L. Goodwin and
Phillips, G. Medlin Belch and A. Ralph E. Fowlkes.
F. Downum. i Continued on Pag* B—Section 1 ,
’ MASO
William H. Coffield. Jr.. Post A stated communication of.
No. 9280, Veterans of Foreign Unanimity Lodge No. 7. A. F. A-1
Wars, will meet Tuesday night, A. M., will be held tonight i
July 26, at 8 o’clock. Command- (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. McKay
er John Bass is very anxious to Washington, master of the lodge, j
have a large attendance. urges a large attendance.
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Crow Gun Now Part Os Farm Equipment j
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Above is pictured e crow gun. now bring used rather extensively
by farmers in Chowan County fa cut down damage to crops caused
by crows end other birds. The contraption makes s loud explosion
something like s shotgun, which is caused by water dripping on
carbide, farming a gas and discharging at intervals which can bo
| regulated by th* owners. The gun it now on the market and Leary
I Brea. Storey* Company rjyartsnavinf alraady sold M as th* rig*.
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• Celebrating 125th Anniversary ?
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The congregation of the Rocky Hock Baptist Church, pictured
above, will celebrate the 125th anniversary of the iounding of the ;
church on Sunday. July 31. The celebration will be featured by ]
homecoming festivities beginning at 10:30 A. M. and continuing j
unul about 3:30 o clock in <hc afternoon.
Watershed Project
For Pollock Swamp
Section Is Accepted
Watershed Planning
Party Is Expected to
Begin Work By Jan
uary l, 1961
About till landowners in the
Pollock Swamp Watershed met
with Soil Conservation Service
personnel Tuesday of last w -ok
and voted to accej t the water
shed project
L. F. Thompson, head of the
Watershed Planning Part v for
the Soil Conservation Service in
North Carolina, presented the
proposed plan, estimated cost,
and the percentage of govern
ment assistance.
Included in the proposed plan
were 21.8 miles of channel im
provement. This is the sane
amount as the local people asked
for in their plan.
Total rost of the project is
$120,631 not including the cost
of organizing a drainage district
or legal local organization to car
ry out the proposed project. Lo
cal people's share of this is 44
■'ontinued on Page 4—Section 1
Mrs. C. C. Wiggins
Resigns From Local
Employment Office
Tenders Her Resigna
tion After Serving
Eight Years; Family
Going to Swansboro
Mrs. Virginia L. Wiggins last
week announced her resignation
from the Edenton office of the
Employment Security Commis
sion. where she has been em
ployed for eight years.
Mis. Wiggins has been employ-
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
Five Chowan County 4-H ers
To Compete In State Contests
Five Chowan County 4-H'ers
and the assistant farm and home
agents will attend State 4-H
Club Week at N. C. State Col
lege. July 25-30. along with ap
proximately 1.21*0 other 4-H ers]
front the other 99 counties in
North Carolina.
This week is a high point in
the l-H careers for these hoys!
and girls. Thev will be par
ticipating in many activities de-j
i signed to develop leadership and'
[other desirable personal eharac
11eristics.
Some of the highlights for the,
| week include the State 4-H dress
| revue schduled for Wednesday
i evening, the, State 4-H Health
Forest Ranger Spivey
Names Fire Wardens
j
Roger Spivey, new forest ran
ger for Chowan County, an
nounced last week the appoint
ment of six district fire wardens
I to serve in the county.
Those appointed are: Lester
j Copeland, Rviand: Carroll By
} rum. Cross Roads: Frank L. Wil- :
j liams. Yeopim: Vernon Asbell.
Center Hill: Frank White. Jr.,
end Sherlon Layton, Rockyj
’ Hock.
In reporting fort'st fires. Mr.
•Spivey says the telephone num-,
jher is Sunbury 3178. Although
he lives in Chowan County, his
telephone exchange is Sunbury. j
In addition to Mr. Spivey’s
forest fire duties he also is re-,
quired to work on insect control.
• planting pine tree seedlings and
1 timber marking.
I |
Development Meeting!
In Ryland Community’ j
Residents of the Ryland com- j
munity met Monday night. July
18. at 8 o'clock in Ralph Ward's
warehouse for its regular month
ly community development meet
ing. There were 35 people
present.
Hubert Byrum, chairman, call
ed the meeting to order and the
group sang “God Bless America,"
led by Miriam Byrum. Little
Charlene Byrum repeated the
100th Psalm for the devotion,
after which Nina Byrum led in
prayer.
The project leaders made a re*
Continued on Peat f lartton 1
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
Shooting Scenes Os
Promotional Film
To Start Very Soon
I Resigns
v yj
• I
1 MRS. VIRGINIA WIGGINS j
After being employed by the
Employment Security Commis
sion for eight years. Mrs. Vir-i
ginia L. Wiggins last week ten-!
dered her resignation prior to
, leaving to reside at Swansbcro. 1
| Boyce Speaker At
Lions Club Meeting'
Carroll Boyce. Jr.
Cub Scoutmaster, was the prin-j
cipal speaker at the Lions Club
nocting Monday night, at which
time he very interestingly spoke
about the activities and value of
Cub Scouts.
Mr Boyce was introduced by
John Miichener. first vice presi
dent. who presided in the ab
sence of the president. James It.
Griffin.
The next meeting of the club
will be Monday night. August 1.
pageant Thursday evening and
the state talent parade Friday
evening. Recreation follows each
of the evening programs.
Four major masses will be con
ducted during the morning each'
day on 4-H Record Keeping, The
4-H Club Meeting. Careers for
4-H'ers and Personal Improve
ment. Harry Venters. Assistant,
County Agent, says he wishes allj
of the 4-H'ers in Chowan could.
1 attend these four classes. He
feels they will be very infor- 1
| malive and will enable all who
attend to become better 4-H'ers.
1 Two special classes, recreation
leadership and song leadership..
Continual! on Pag* 3—Section 1
TOBACCO BARN BURNED
West Byrum. Jr., had file mis
fortune to lose a tobacco barn
I Monday afternoon about 2
o’clock. The barn, filled with
tobacco, caught fire and was a
total loss. Edenton firemen re
sponded to an alarm, but were
' unable to save the building or
any of its contents. It was re
ported that the blaze was caused
by a grass fire near the barn
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
j Edenton Rotarians will meet
| this (Thursday' afternoon at 1
o'clock at the Edenton Restau
rant President Elton Forehand
, urges every member to be pres
i ent. The program will be in
'charge of Jimmie Earnhardt.
North Carolina Banks Major
! Lenders To State’s Farmers
North Carolina banks were I
j serving farmers with 21 per centj
j more production credit than a>
I year previous on January 1 of,
(this year, according to Richard
S. Atkinson. Jr., vice president j
of the Peoples Bank & Trust j
Co., who represents the North}
Carolina Bankers Association as;
Chowan County Key Banker.)
Dunn 1959. the state's banks,
maintained their leadership inj
I farm credit services.
Based on the 19th annual farm
‘ lending summary of the Agricul
' tural Commmission of the Amer
i ican Bankers Association, Mr. A»-
| kinson reported that "at the be-
I ginning of the year. North Caro
; Una bankers were supplying
.farmers with 48 per cent o t the]
fight cancer
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
j Two Representatives
j Expected to Arrive
In Edenton to Go
Over Plans
Mrs. John A. Kramer, regent
of the Edenton Tea Party Chap
ter of the DAR. this week re
ceived a letter from M. Bishop
Alexander, to the effect that
arrangements are all complete
for him and Jack McGowan,
1 president of Guided Tours Pro
• duct ions, who will make the pro
i motional film of Edenton and
I Chowan County, is scheduled to
! arrive in Edenton this (Thurs
-1 day) afternoon.
I Arrangements arc , being mace
]>o meet Mr. Alexander and Mr.
McGowan to spend a few hours
I going over the plans for the
I Edenton film. Mr Alexander
I said he. as well as Mr. McGowan
I are personally very anxious for
I the Edenton picture to be an biffs
! standing one. Thev desire to
' meet a group of Edenton peopie
to discuss preliminary plans and
I go over ideas for the story board
| ;nd script.
Mr. Alexander expressed his
> appreciation for the fine hack
! ground of material about Eden
j lon already furnished him He
I pointed out that there will h?
| plenty of time fop the script »s
I it is seldom written in complete
I form until the film is shot, edit
•ed and assembled. The immedi
• ate needs will he a storv board
sequence of scenes and a bare
skeleton idea of serint as a '•pn
tiunity guide. It is Mr. McGow
an's plan to start shooting some
scenes as soon as possible after
meeting with the Edenton group
! the latter part of this week. He
j will do much of the filming of
the Fdenton picture personally
but will bring others of his or-'-.
] eaoization to Edenton to help
] with the work Weather per
mitting. it should be possible to
eoirtplrie .practically all shout
ing before the month ends, ae
] cording to Mr. Alexander
Continued on Page 4 —Section I
J CIVIC CALENDAR ]
Mambers of the Rocky Hock
Baptist Church will observe the
125th anniversary of the found
ing of the church Sunday. July
31st.
Young People's Choral Groups
!of Rocky Hock community will
sponsor a talent show at tbs
Rocky Hock community Cent*?
Friday night. July 22. at 3
o'clock.
A stated communication "f
UnanimTy Lodge, No. 7. A, T\
;8c A. M.. will be held to
night (Thursday).
1 Chowan Tribe of Red Men
■will meet Monday night at 3
o'clock.
William H. Cottield, Jr.. Post
No. 9280. Veterans of Foreign
Wars, will meet Tuesday night
at 8 o'clock.
The Rocky Hock baseball team
will play Cross Roads on the
Chowan High School diamond
I tonight (Thursday) at 8 o'clock
, and on the same diamond w l ’’!
j play Riddle Saturday night, July
23. at 8 o'clock.
t Edenton’s Rotary Club will
meet this (Thursday) afternoon
- at I o’clock at the Edsniss
1, Restaurant.
The Methodist Men’s Club w?!!
i meet at the church lenighi
i (Thursday) at 6 o’clock.
| production credit provided by
I institutional lenders. Total bank
i credit to the state's farmer*
, stood at SBS million. 14 per cent
more than a year previous. The
I total included $43 million in
| production loans and 542 million
iin farm mortgages. At the same
: time. $36 million in farm loans
| were held by insurance com
' panies: S4B million by Federal
i Land Banks; $37 million by Pro
duction Credit Associations, and
$36 million by the Farmers Home
Administration.”
Mr. Atkinson reports that
“more and more, the banks to
North Carolina find that fanners
ne«d a new type of credit to
hdp finance fan® capital ra*