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*##l7 NEWSPAPMH ' PUBLISHED IN CHOWAN COUNTT Volume XXVll.—Humber 31. Commissioners Buy Ho *1 Joseph Hewes Property /it A Song: Price, $29,150.00 Proposed to House Afl County Offices and To Provide New and Adequate Jail Chowan County now owns a 4hoteL This became an actuality Monday morning when the tyfeunty Commissioners laid down a check to the Rochelle Realty Company of Elizabeth City for $l5O as a binder for the pur chase of the Hotel Joseph Hewes property at the ridiculously low price of $29,150. 1916 Commis sioners had an option on the property which would have ex pired August 6 and with the nged for a building to house county offices as well as a new I jail, they came to the conelus-j ion that at the price offered; fhey could hardly afford to pas 4 up the purchase. An inspection was made .of the building by the Edenton Construction Company prior to the purchase and the report wss that structurally it was in good condition, but needed quite a few minor repairs, such as re pairing walls, faulty plumbing and window sashes. mor many years the County Commissioners have been con sidering a building in which all the county offices could be cen tralized and thus do away with payment of about $3,000 annual ly for office space for the vari ous departments. Then, too, the County Commissioners have a number of times beers brought to task over the condition of the present jail. In fact one time state officials threatened to padlock the jail due to its out moded and inefficient condition.! With possession of the hotel; I the Bier that} adequate space will be available for all the county offices aq well as a new jail, and the idea was advanced that a goodly amount of office space could be rented to lawyers and others. Before anything is done, the Commissioners agreed to employ j an architectural engineer to' submit a plan for transforma-' «"~n of the building so it can Used by the county, as well - the approximate cost. The Commissioners will, of course, sell what equipment in the ho tel at present is not needed. The purchase does not include furni ture. The Commissioners! were in formed by a representative of the Rochelle Realty Company that if the county did not pur chase the property, there was a group in Elizabeth Citv who was ready to buy it and after remodeling it. lease it to the Continued as ngt a Uostton 1 MEETING CHANGED Due to Labor Day, Monday,. September 5, falling on the day of meeting of Chowan County Commissioners, they have chang-j ed the date for the September j meeting. The meeting will be; held Friday, September 2 r in stead of Monday, September 5. MTIREMEN MEET TONIGHT A’Edenton firemen will hold their monthly dinner meeting to night (Thursday) at 7 o’clock. The dinner wlil be served inj the fire station and all members are expected to be present Another Meeting Tonight For Discussing Go-Kart Racing Club That considerable interest has been engendered in a Go-Kart Racing Club in Edenton is re flected in the fact that in the neighborhood of 25 persons at tended a meeting held last week at the Ashley Welding A Ma chine Company. Another meet ing has been called for tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock at the Ashley plant, at which time a set of officers Wfll he elected a set erf rules a«d reguU considered. instructions to presen at tonight’s meeting. One of THE CHOWAN HERALD 3> 1 : Pilgrimage Chairmen Ask Paint Be Removed From Court House If the cost is not prohibitive,! Chowan County’s Court House is in for a face-lifting. Atj Monday morning’s meeting of ( the County Commissioners, Mrs.. Robert J. Boyce and Mrs. Jackie Ricks, co-chairmen of the Pil grimage Committee of, the Eden ton Woman’s Club, advanced the idea of having the paint re moved from the outside of the Court House so that the original bricks would be visible. I' Both ladies referred to the paint removal as a valuable as-; jset especially in connection withj | the Annual pilgrimage of Eden-' ' ton and Countryside scheduled, ■ Revival At Center Hid Baptist Church HI Begin Aug. 7th The Rev. L. C. Chand ler of Lumberton Is Scheduled to Be the Guest Evangelist Revival services will begin at Center Hill Baptist Church on Sunday, August 7, according to the pastor, the Rev. Henry V. Napier. The visiting preacher for the revival will be the Rev. L. C. [Chandler, pastor of the Ten Mile and Zion’s. Hill Baptist Churches tat bmMnoivN. C.**-He*wlt be I remembered by rrian.v as former 'pastor at Center Hill and Great Hope Baptist Churches and also as pastor of the Macedonia Bap tist Church. He will arrive on Monday, August 8, and begin preaching at the 8 o’clock wor ship service. Services will be •held each evening during the ‘week at 8 o’clock and the many friends and former members of Mr. Chandler are invited to at tend all services. The revival will close on Sunday night, Aug ust 14, with the evening service. Mrs. Chandler will accompany Mr. Chandler and they will be at home to friends and visitors at the Center Hill Baptist par sonage at Ty.ner. The phone number for any who might wish to call is 3929. Each evening prior to services J. Cameron Boyce, Jr. (Jakic) will bring special music as meditation for those who wish to come early to pray and com mune with God. Special music will be brought by the Center Hill choirs on Sunday morning, I* August 7, as they combine to bring a special arrangement of the theme song for the week, j “God Leads His Dear Child 'ren.” , I j On Sunday night. August 7, Mrs. Thomas Glenn Rogerson will be soloist in “His Eye Is on the Sparrow." f On Monday night, August 8, the youth choir of the Mace donia Baptist Church, under the [direction of Everett Ashley, has been invited to occupy the choir Continued on Pag* 3—Section 1 tee is composed of P. C. Ashley,) John Waff and Ray Adams. A membership committee was also appointed which includes Scott Harrell, Nick George, Earl Goodwin and Britton Byrum. It was planned to secure as many members as possible with the membership fee being $lO per year. This will entitle the members to see all the race*, and to hare voting power in the ClUb. Where four or five in a family become members the fee will be $25 per family. , It was also decided to charge those who drive Go-Karts to pey $lO per year every cart on Anyone who is interested is Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 4, 1960. for April 14 and 15 and most likely April 16 of next year. Mrs. Boyce pointed out that A. Lyn Thomas of Richmond can be secured to make a test for the removal of the paint to determine if it can be done without damaging the bricks, j This would require two days at a cost of $320, after which he: would be able to submit a price} for removing all of the paint.; The Commissioners authorized I the two chairmen to have the' test made but, of course, the ultimate cost to do this work will determine if it will be done. Matfenzießesigns From Presbyterian Church As Pastor! Served as Pastor For Eight Years During Which Church Shows Much Progress The Rev. James MacKenzie, pastor of the Edenton Presby terian Church, tendered his res ignation at last Sunday morn ing’s service. "Tlfr. MacKenzie came to Eden ton as pastor of the church on September 1, 1952, so that he s has served as pastor of the i church for eight years. |, >- Since. coming;, to Estonian -the } membership of the church has | increased from 17 members to' 1 its present membership of 87. . j The Sunday School, too, has| ! made marked progress during * his pastorate, having from 15 members to a present!® enrollment of 100. Though resigning as pastor, , effective immediately, Mr. Mac- j Kenzie says he has not yet made any future plans. j r Chowan Students , J In Play At ECC j A 3-act comedy, “See How t They Run,” by East Carolina i College students, is in rehearsal I now for presentation in two I performances in Greenville and 1 later a two-week run at Caro- I lina Beach. Dr. J. A. Withey, 1 director of the East Carolina I Playhouse, is directing the com- I edy which makes its debut on < August 10, in Austin auditorium ( on the East Carolina campus, and is offered again in the same i auditorium on August 15. Cur tain time is 8 o’clock. The show “hits the road" for a two-week engagement at Car olina Beach from August 19 through 27. Included in the cast is Ray Tolley who plays the role of ( the Bishop of Lax. The stage • crew also includes another Eden- 1 ton student, Gerald Harrell, who j is in charge of the scenery. 20 Years Ago A* Found t> tho Mm of The Chowan Herald \,i . 1 THomas Shepard, a formar Edontonton living in Washing ton, Mi to PWMmIm C. E. Kramor a proas MiOaiO from too United States Maritime Com mission which toodi "Tho Mari time Commission announced to day an erererd of CBM tract to the Mary Drydock Company pit Bal timore to recondition toe 8. S. Edenton for $111.4**." Member* of Camp any D. lo cal Ambulance Company of the National Guard. Ml for three weeks training in MhHssW '■"M. Tiimli rtnairruH I the Health °* iTnlUt mailed I d —— - —■ j{ Chowan County's Youngest Farmer I i'" — I ■■■ [ Os his own volition and without the knowledge or help from 1 anybody, Ronnie Nixon, 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Earl Nixon, cleared a small piece of land in a woods adjoining his home in the Rocky Hock section and planted a watermelon patch. Last week the youngster was very much elated and his parents surprised when he lugged in a 30-pound watermelon. G. E. Nixon, a neighbor, was so much impressed with the boy's initiative that he gave him $5.00 for the watermelon. The youngster did all the work and watered his watermelon patch, which also includes a few other vegetables, religiously. He is, no doubt. Chowan Coun- I ty’s youngest farmer. Social Security Benefits Paid To 880 In This Area lii Neighborhood of $486,684 Is Distribut ed Annually UnderJ Program At the end of 1959. as Federal j social security was starting its twenty-fifth year, old-age, sur- vivors, and disability insurance monthly benefits were being paid j in the Chowan County a&a 1 to 880 persons at the rate of. $486,684 a" year, according to 1 John T. Glooms. Field Represen-. tative, serving this area from the social security district office. 1 This is a substantial increase in i number of beneficiaries and also I amount since February. 1959. the last previous date for which fig ures are available, he said. There are several reasons for the . inrrease it was stated. Among them being the long term growth and longevity of the aged and that portion of, the population eligible for bene-| fits. He also stressed the point that while the benefits are in tended primarily for the indi-. vidual’s economic security, theset payments in such large amounts help business in the communi- 1 ties generally because most of, the money is spent immediately! on food, clothing and other ne cessities. Nationally, he said aboutlll3 1 i million persons were receiving Continued on Page s—Section 1 Picnic At Ryland Tuesday, August 9i Ryland Home Demonstration j Club and the community will join together for the annual pic nic Tuesday evening, August 9, at 6:30 o’clock. The picnic will be held on the lawn of Ralph Ward’s home. The entire community is urg ed to come and bring a picnic basket for their family and join in the fun and felolwship. A short business session of the Community Development Program will follow the picnic. Gross Roads Fire Department Anxious To Secure Fire Truck W. J. Yates and Joe Webb.j members of the Chowan Fire. 1 Commission, appeared at the County Commissioners’ meeting Monday morning and presented figures for a new fire truck for the Cross Roads-Center Hill Fire Department However, the Commissioners stated that the balance in thej fire district bank account is > $442.27 and that the final pay-! ment on the rural fire truck ' housed in Edenton will be due lin September. This payment is j SI,BOO, so that the Commission Marian Robertson I Is New Librarian I i Succeeds Miss Harriet Leary, Who Recent i ly Resigned j . Miss Marian L. Robertson on Monday began her duties as • librarian of Shepard-Pi uden Memorial Library, succeeding j Miss Harriet Leary, who re j signed. Miss Robertson was assistant I director of the Pettigrew Reg- : I ional Library. She is a native of New York and has had 15 years’ experience owning and operating a bookmobile in New York State. She received her library science degree from the University of North Carolina. She is also a graduate of the [ University of Wisconsin, where .the received a BA degree with a major in English literature. Before serving as assistant-di j rector of the region, she was j county librarian for Henderson ; County, N. C., and King Wil liam County, Va. TAX COLLECTIONS Sheriff Earl Goodwin reports that during July he collected a total of $1,057.61 in way of 1959 taxes. This leaves $17,- 392.42 of the 1959 levy still un collected. j During the month the 1959 I taxes.together with delinquent ! taxes for the years 1950 to 1959, | amounted to $3,748.58, leaving a total of uncollected taxes for this period $69,912.06. The sheriff also collected pick-ups for the years 1948 and 1949 amounting to $2,088.30. YFW MEETS TUESDAY William H. Coffield Post No. 9280, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will meet Tuesday night, Au gust 2, at 8 o’clock. Command er John Bass requests a large attendance. j However, Troy Toppin, one of . the members of the new fire department, stated that it was understood that when a building was provided, the County would furnish a truck. He also was of the opinion that the mem bers might become discouraged at the deflay of a truck, j The Commissioners felt like ! the delay should not result in ! lack of interest on the part of ! the firemen and that just as soon as away is seen to make pay ments on a truck, it will be or dered. Mr. Toppin also stated that there are about *5 members of toe fire department at Cram *>«*■ —J 1 50 Jurors Drawn To Serve In Term Os Superior Court Judge Walter J. Bone Os Nashville Sched uled to Be Presiding Judge Chowan County Commission ers at their meeting Monday I drew a list of jurors who will' be summoned to serve at the September term of Superior. Court. The term will be held the week of Monday, Septem ber 12, with Judge Walter J. 1 Bone of Nashville scheduled to preside. Those who were drawn to serve as jurors were: A. C. Griffin, A. L. Boyce. F. M. Castelloe, Albert Hugo, Charles B. Hardison, G. T. Jor dan, W. E. Jordan, Jr., Earl G. Harrell, Dallas Jethro, Sr., Gil- [ bert Harrell, Worth E. Spencer, Ted Czerniak, Rodney T. Har-« rell, Jr., Melvin I. Harrell, A. B. Harless, Sr., Ralph E. Saunders, Carton E. Asell, J. S. Bass, W. J.' Privott, Ronald E. Ambrose, E. V. McClenney. M. Elwood Cope-) land, O. C. Long, M. T. Bar rington, Melvin J. Bunch. J. S Bunch, Caswell A. Edmundson. Bobby A. Wright. Herbert E. Hollowell, L. B. Taylor. Brice Everett Ashley, T. L. Whiteman, E. F. Parks, W. H. Griffin. Da vid George White, Jr., Frank T. Bond, Walter Adams, Isaac Els worth Halsey. Jr., Kisler L , Phillips, Henry Jordan, Nor fleet William Bonds. Mayo Law rence, Raleigh Pat Harrell, Mer rill E. Copeland, Warren Twid dy, Jr., Sherlon C. Layton Thomas C. Nixon. P. H. Ward Walter Heath and Daniel P. Reeves. Cancer Committee Considers Program Members of the executive committee of the Chowan Coun ty Chapter of the American . Cancer Society met Thursday | night in Dr. Frank Wood’s of- , fice at Chowan Hospital, which was attended by Mrs. Bert Tv- ; son of Greenville, field consult- , ant for the American Cancer | Society. j ] Mrs. Tyson pointed out the 1 great need for funds with which j to combat cancer, pointing out i especially the importance of ed- : ucation. • Various phases of the work were considered during the . meeting and it was voted to ] call a meeting of the board of j directors for Thursday, Septem- i ber 29, for which a very inter- i esting program will be present- j ed. The meeting will most like ly be held at the Penelope Barker house. The directors are Mrs. Mary Hopkins, Miss Pauline Callo way, Dr. W. S. Griffin. Dr. W. i I. Hart, Dr. Richard Hardin. Dr. L. P. Williams, Dr. Roland Vaughan, Dr. Edward G. Bond. James H. Griffin, James Perry, Mrs. J. W. Davis, Mrs. Percy Smith, Elton Forehand. Mrs. J. D. Elliott, Herbert. Hollowell. John A. Mitchener, Hubert Wil liford, Dr. O. L. Holley, John H. Holmes, W. J. Taylor, Mrsi John R. Wood, Dr. J. H. Hor ton. Tom Ridgeway, the Rev. George Holmes. Dr. Archie Walker, Dr. Frank Wood. Miss Mildred Munden, James Bond. Mrs. Logan Elliott, Frank Rob erts, Miss Paulina Hassell and I. Edwin Bufflap. _pu-~ r-■“t<*v'v-u*v*u~u-u~Lru-u-»j-v^ri<T^ f civic calendar] V. * Rylan Horn* Demonstration Chib and community will hold a picnic Tuesday ovaning, Au gust 9. at 1:30 o’clock on the lawn of Ralph Ward’s home. A stated communication ofi Unanimity Lodge No. 7. A. F. fcj A. M_ will he held tonight (Thursday) at I o’clock. I Edenton firemen will hold their monthly dinner meeting tonight (Thursday) «t 7 o'clock, j The annual Negro 4-H Recre ational Day will bo hold FH day. August 5. at tho Canter Hill Community Building from 3 to 7 P. M. Ed Bond Poet of the Ameri-j can Laeion will meet Tuesday night August 3. at I (o’clock. I Town Council will hpM its Aoguht meeting fas the Munid-j pal Building Tuesday night Aa- Continued an Page 1 Bsctinn 1 I $2.50 Per Year In North Carotin* Promotional Film Os Edenton Will Be Doubled In Length • I Resigns 1 ——p m ■ . j r* § I r 4 BArUHHIHi * REV. JAMES MacKENZIE ! Coming as a complete sur-J prise, the Rev. James Mac Ke- | *ie. pastor of the Presbyterian. Church, tendered his resignation | at the church service Sunday.} Action on the resignation Villi be taken by the congregation' next Sunday. Minton Small ln j East-West Game I Contest Will Be Play-| ed In Greensboro } Friday Night Edenton triends and relatives! will be interested to know that | Minton Small. ,ron nf Mr. and| Mrs. Charlie Small, will partic:-, pate in the East-West high!, school football came. The eon-| : test will take place Friday! i night.. August 5, in Greensboro. l ; Small will play right guard for the East team. Os Small. ( one of the outstanding player.-*.j I for the Edenton Aces. Coach | 1 Bill Billings had this to say:jl “He is one of the finest inter-!! ior linemen I have ever coach-j! ed in Edenton. He is an out-]; standing blocker and a defen-1 sive Stalwart." . ri Small was included on the .1 All-Conference team, the All- t Eastern team and played in the I Shrine Bowl game So far as i i ( known he is the only Eden- ' ton football player ever to play 1 in two post season games. He was also selected as the most valuable athlete in the 1960 > ‘ graduating class of John A. ! Holmes High School. The Edenton boy went to, Greensboro Friday of last week to participate in practice drills, for Friday night’s game. Dr. Dees Reopens Veterinary’ Clinic! ■ Dr. L. A. Dees, a former, Edenton veterinarian, announces, that he will reopen a veterinary clinic, which will be located on his property on the Edenton- Hertford highway. Dr. Decs recently retired from the U. S. Army and plans to! resume his practice in Chowan | County. Large Crowd At Celebration Os Roeky Hock Baptist Church Rocky Hock Baptist Church’s j celebration of homecoming and* the 125th mmivprsary of the I church was a very successful and well attended affair Sunday. For the morning worship those taking part were the Rev. Al phonso Jordan of Raleigh, who had charge of the devotional. Those present were then wel comed by the present pastor, the Rev. Thurman Allred. The Rev.j Norman Ashley of Salem then read the church covenant, after which the Soripture reading was by the Rev. W. H. Hollowell. Prayer was offered by the Rev. Frank Cale, followed by spe cial music by Glenn Amette and Miss Nettie Brinn, soloists for the touring choir of Wingate [College 1 Tho morning message was FIGHT CANCER WITH A CHECKUP AND CHECK | Sponsoring Organiza tions Now Need Only $2,000 More to Make Two Films Members of the Edenton Tea Party Chapter, DAR, are now in the process of raising the re maining funds for the additional 13'i-minute movie on Edenton and the countryside. Today, ! enough contributions have come ! in so that the ladies have only ' $2,00(1 to raise for -the full j amount needed. Earlier in the summer, funds were raised for a 13'.>-minute j film, which was personally shot by Jack McGowan, president of Guided Tours, Inc. Mr. McGow an found such a wealth of inter sting material in Edenton and ihe county, that he pointed out (that juslice could not be done [ the town and area in such a j.short film. The Edenton ladies ‘decided to go all out for the I second film, making a total of ! 27 minutes film time. | Several of the ladies who I worked so closely with the crew have seen the first two days I film which was made in Eden '••n uid returned to Mr. Me- Gowan betore he and his group left town on Saturday. Thev are So enthused over his pic tures. his technique and ability to get the best possible shots of scenes, they say they could not bear the thought of having so much of these scenes cut. which would have been a necessity in the one 13-minute film. Not only was every historic home and building in the town and county filmed, but inter iors eif many, some with ladies in costume, an extensive aerial view of the town and county and the waterfront, a low and close view of the new industrial site, many scenes of typical crops in this section, such as peanuts, soybeans, cotton and tobacco, scenes of Pembroke Creek, and many scene? -t boating, fishing and skiing in the Bay; scenes of the water front from the Bay. and scenes taken from a car riding down Broad Street toward the Bav and other streets in town. The Guided Tours, Inc., have full responsibility of editing the film, hut Mr. McGowan assured the sponsors of the film that he felt sure with the two 13’-- minute films that shots of prac tically everything taken would be included. The script, from which the narration on the film is made, will be returned to the Chapter for careful examina- Continuod on Pago 3—Section 1 Cart Pushers Named For Chowan Hospital Ladies who will push the ho> ■ pitality cart at Chowan Hos pital during the months of An ■ I guse and September have heed appointed by the Hospital Au* j xiliarv. The cart pushers will be as follows: Monday—Mrs. E. H. Copeland. Tuesday—Mrs. J. P. Partin. Wednesday Mrs. W. Jim Daniels. I Thursday Mrs. Elwood L. i Nixon. Friday—Mrs. M. A. Hughes. presented by the Rev. Robert 1 Harrell, which was very inspir- I ing. A prayer of dedication iwas made by W. A. Harrell, fol lowed by the benediction by Mr. Allred. Following the morning sendee a sumptuous dinner was served on the church grounds by the leaders of the church. An invi tation was extended to everv- I body to share in this delightful hour of fellowship. The afternoon program open ed with a devotional bv the Rev. Norman Ashley, followed by special music by the youth choir. Mr. Allred again wel comed those present and spe cial music was presented by a I male quartet Greetings from the Chowan Association were 1 Continued on Pag* $ Basflim ]