ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBUSHEp IN
CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXVII. —f lumber 3^7
Coat Os Red Paint
Is Being Removed
From Court House
Change Is Calculated
To Add Significance
And Interest to Oh)
Building
Chowan County’s ancient
Court House, built in 1767, is
Scheduled to have a face lifting
"With work already begun in re
moving the coat of red paint
From the bricks. The operation
will put into view the bricks
as they originally appeared when !
the building was constructed.
Tbe building is considered the
finest Georgian Court House in.
the South and the face-lifting is
calculated to make the historic
shrine even more interesting
and attractive to Edentonians
and the many tourists who view
it.
The County Commissioners at
their August meeting were re
quested to have the paint re
moved. The request was made
by Mrs. Robert J. Boyce and
Mrs. Jackie Ricks, co-chairmen
of the Pilgrimage Committee ofi
the Edenton Woman’s Club, who
pointed out that removal of the
paint and the bricks in their;
original state would tend to
make the old building more at
ttive especially in view of
forthcoming pilgrimage of:
Edenton and Countryside in |
April of next -year.
A. Lyn Thomas of Richmond'
made tests for removing the
paint Thurs(jflgfc~ and Friday of
last week is of the opinion
that witt his method the paint
be removed without -any
damage to the bricks or mortar.
Sections of three sides of th#
Court House had the paint re
moved and many who saw it
are of the opinion that the pro
ject will greatly enhance the
historic value of the building.
At «_ special of
County Commissioners Friday
they inspected the tests made
and agreed to have the work
done. The cost of removing the
paint will be $4,500 and is ex
pected to require from four ta|
six weeks to complete the pro
ject.
Candidates Named
For ASC Flection
Election Wffl Be Held
September, Sep
tember 8
Community ASC Election
Boards met last week for the
purpose of nominating 10 men
from their community as candi
dates for community commit tea
men to serve in the year 1901.
However, names may be added
to the nominations made by
the committee provided at least
10 farmers sign a request to
the effect and present the re
quest to the County Election
Board not later than August
23, 1960.
The following nominees were
selected by the Community
Ejection Boards:
kjPommunity A—Tom Brabble,
■John N. Bunch, Woodrow Lowe,
Ward Hoskins, Gus Spruill,
Vernon Lane, Morris Small,
Jarvis Skinner. Edgar Earl Hol
lowed, W. T. Forehand.
Community B—W. M. Hare,
Ernest Privott, Alvin Evans, Ray
Bynun, Murray Bass. Charlie
As bell, Carlton Goodwin, Pres-
CqnHmiad on Pag*" t BieH— 1
North Carolina Cash Farm
Receipts Down Almost 4%
Cash receipts from North Car-1
ohna farm marketings
amounted to 988.3 million <M~|
1006.2 million dollars received
sale of all agrkmtural
commodities in 1958. According
released through
JM North Carolina Crop *e-
Service, the toUl of
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Setting Tickets
With the Edenton Aces now
practicing football mad the first
game scheduled with Camden
on Hicks Field Friday night
September 2, the sale of regu
lar and reserved seats is now in
progress.
Sale of the tickets is in
charge of Edenton Jaycees with
reserved seals selling for $7.50
and regular tickets at $6.00.
There will be six home games
on a 10-game schedule and pur
chase of tickets in advance will
eliirtinate the possibility of
standing in line a tong time be
fore the games start.
Macedonia Revival
Begins August 22
Rev. Bryan W. Hollo
man Will Be Guest
Evangelist
The Rev. Gordon Shaw, pas
tor of the Macedonia Baptist
Church, announces that revival
services will start Monday
evening. August 22. at 8 o’clock.
The Rev. Bryan W. Holloman,
pastor of Bethel Baptist Church
of Hertford, will be the visit
ing evangelist. Mr. Holloman
is a man of great ability who.
led of the Holy Spirit will bring
messages to stir the hearts of
all who attend. The singing will
be led by Woodrow Lowe, with
special singing by the church
choir under the direction of Mr.
Lowe and the youth choir and
junior choir under the direc
tion Ashley. Seme
groups from other churches in
the county have been invited
to bring special music during
the week.
These services will continue
each evening during the week
and close on Sunday, August 28.
“Come worship with us in these
services," says Mr. Shaw.
I 20 Years Ago j
I As Found in tho Files of
Tbs Chowan Herald
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In a long session Town Coun
cil failed to set a lax rate, but
indications were that the rate
would be boosted from SI.OO to
91.05.
According to the Alien Reg
istration Act Postmaster C. E.
Kramer was instructed to round
up, register and finger-print any
foreign-born residents who had
not yet become naturalised. |
An encouraging report was
presented to the Chamber of
Commerce to the effect that 80
new members had been signed
up.
Following an order from Po- 1
lice Commissioner Leroy Has
kett to Chief of Police G. A.
Helms to tag every automobile
which violates the one-hour
parking ordinance, Mr. Haskett
was detained in The Herald of
fice looking over the town au
-1 dii. When going to his car Mr.
Haskett found a violation tic
| ket. He trotted to the police
1 station. Hying "Orders is or
ders".
Afer an earnest effort at ren
' ovation, and beautification run
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11959 falling 15 million dollars
short of die $312,038,000 receiv
jed the preceding year. Some
: what smaller receipts from sales
of tobacco; peanutfe, soybeans, j
- commercial broilers, and eggs
’ were only partially offset by
substantially larger cadi receipts
for cotton lint, potatoes, a num
ber of the vegetable crops, dairy
products and beef animals.
As usual, tobacco wB9 by far
the moat valuable agricultural
Commodity sold by North Caro
! lina fanners. Although cadi re
ceipts from sales of tobacco in
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 18, 1960.
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Pictured above is a group of members of the Edenton Woman's Club attired in colonial cos
tumes for scenes at the Penelope Barker house to be used in the promotional film "Edenton.
N. C., Ye Towne On Queen Anne's Creek." In the group are. front row. left to right. Mrs. Wes
ley Chesson, Jr.. Mrs. R. J. Boyce, Mrs. Elwood Nixon. Mrs. James Bond. Mrs. J. D. Elliott and Mrs.
W. H. Hollowell, Jr. Second row, Mrs. West Byrum. Jr., Mrs. Joe Thorud and Mrs. Ralph Fowlkes.
At top. Mrs. Wend.eH Copeland.—(Photo by J. P. Ricks, Jr.)
More Blinds Made j
At Mattamuskeet
Total of 36 Blinds
Will Be Available
This Year
Waterfowl hunters who plan
to hunt from lake blinds at the
Mattarmiskeet National Water
fowl Refuge this fall will have
four more blinds from which to
Shoot during the 1960-1961 wa
terfowl season. In a joint an
nouncement Walter A. Gresh,
AtlaAtau- Regional Dip«pctor of
the V. SC BtlFeSir of SpmTiidi -
eries and Wildlife, and Clyde P.
Patton, Executive Director of thei
N. C. Wildlife Resources Com
mission say that a total of 36
blinds will be available this
year. The four additional blinds
will be located in a new 1,200-
acre shooting area in the north
eastern section of the refuge.
Assignment of blinds to hunt
ers this year will be made
through an impartial drawing
set for 9:00 A. M„ Septemberi
30. at the Hyde County Court
House at Swanquarter. Appli-j
cations for lake blinds should be
submitted to the Wato f fowl
Blind Reservation Committee,
New Holland. N. C., so that
they may be received, there no
later than 6:00 P. M., Septem
ber 24. Applications received
by the committee after that
deadline will be processed on a
first come—first served basis to
fill openings remaining after the
public drawing.
Application forms will be
available from the Wildlife Re
sources Commission, Raleigh, or
from L. B. Tunnell, New Hol-J
land, as soon as dates and bag I
iimits for the waterfowl seasons
have been announced by the
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. >
Complete details regarding these!
hunts ■ will be available from
either office.
Another Cancer
Oinic Sept. 2nd
The Northeastern Cancer Clin
ic will be held on Friday after-’
noon, September 2, with regi-1
stration beginning at 1 o’clock.;
A chest X-ray will be given to
anyone wishing it along with
the examination of the five'
areas of the body where cancer,
is most easily found and cured. *
There are no limitations as j
to sex, race, physical or eco-i
nomic status at the center; how-1
ever, women should be 35 or’
more: men should be 40 or over 1
unless referred by a doctor, or
I unless one of the "Seven Dan-J
ger Signals” or “symptoms" are!
present.
Only 30 people ean be seen*
at the Center each month due*
to limited facilities, so It i*j
suggested that • anyone who*
wishes to be assured of an ap
pointment Can-j
![ New Policeman 1
L
I Edenton has a new member
of the Police Department, Don
ald Tull, who began his du
ties Monday. Mr. Tull suc
ceeds W. T. Freeman, who re
signed to return to Texas.
Mr. Tull was recently dis
charged from the Marine Corps
and is the hifsband of the for
mer Thelma Mize-11 of Bertie
I County. They have one child
and will move to Edenton tom
Bertie County when living quar
ters are secured.
Clyde Cobh ,Wins.™
SSOO Scholarship
One of Two Honored
By Cone Family
Foundation
Announcement has just been;
made that Clyde Cobb. Jr., has:
been awarded a scholarship:
( worth SSOO in the Textile School;
at State College. The scholar-1
i ship is one of two awarded by
'the Herman Cone Family Fou’s-I
! dation and reflects a great deal,
of credit on the Edenton boy. j
Young Cobb was a member,
of the 1959 graduating class i
at. John A. Holmes High School, j
where he took part in the ath I
letic program. After gradua-j
tion, he entered the Tertilei
School at State College, where
he will be a sophomore this fall.'
He is majoring in textiles. ,
Clyde, his wife and little j
daughter, Debbie, moved to Ra-j
leigh early this summer, where!
I he is working until school opens,]
as an attendant at State Hospi
tal.
I ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
t
I Edenton Rotarions will meet
this (Thursday) afternoon at 1
o'clock at the Edenton Restau
rant. President Elton Forehand
urges every Rotarian to be pres
ent. The program will -be in
j charge of Dr. W. I. Hart.
Principals In Rocky Hock Revival j
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HOYLE T. ALLRED THURMAN W. ALLRED
With the Rocky Hock Baptist Church revival scheduled to be
gin Monday night August 22. at left above is pictured the visiting
I, Chowan Group At
;j Crafts Workshop
i Various Crafts Offer
!j ed For Those Who
i Are Attending
.( Women from Chowan County
I are enjoying three days at
: j Mantco, N. C., attending the sth
! Annual Crafts Workshop this
'week. Those attending are:
: Mrs. E. L. Ward, Mrs. L. F. Fer
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j guson. Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt, Mrs.
, West Byrum. Sr.. Colonial Club;
I Mrs. Belle Parker, Wards Club.
JM rs. Fred Bunch. Enterprise
Tciubf Mrs. Melba Du-Bois, Cen
' ter Hill Club; Mrs. Doris George,
Miss Catherine Aman. assistant
| home economics agent, and Miss
Pauline .Calloway, home eco
nomics agent.
These women will be able to
choose from the following crafts
. while at camp: Aluminum chas
, ing and embossing, instructed by
j Miss Edna Bishop and Mrs. Eliz
j abeth Stephenson of Elizabeth
] City; braided rugs by Janice
I and Jim Charles, Greenville,
i Tennessee; copper enameling, by
Mrs. L. B. Sadler, Hobucken,.
I N. C.. and Mrs. Favtie C. Gray
of Trenton, N. C.; copper tool-
I ing, by Burton Simcox. Knox
[ville, Tennessee; drawn work,
j by Mrs. Richard Landon, Weav
j erville, N. C.; dried arrange
! ments driftwood and cypress
I knees, by Miss Pauline Gordon,
i Raleigh; hooked rugs, by Mrs.
D. J. Gore, Fayetteville. N. C.;
' Italian hemstitching, by Mrs.
.C. R. Wheatly. Sr. (Carteret
[county); pine needle craft, by
!' Mrs. Alex Taylor, Newport,
N. C.; rush chair bottoming, by
Mrs. Ernest Sutton, Hertford,
Swedish darning, by W. L
Forbes, Camden County; tin can
craft, bv Mrs. Shelton Simpson
and Mrs. Vernon Burgess of
Shawboro, and wood carving, by
Miss Marjorie Shearin, Raleigh.
In addition to these crafts, very
interesting “quickie” crafts and
recreation have been planned
for the evening session. The
group will return to Edenton
Thursday.
I! Plans Completed
j For Rocky Hack
Revival Meeting
I Schedule of Subjects
i And Music Features
Announced By Pas
| tor of Church
1 Plans have been completed
for the Rocky Kock Baptist
Church revival which will be
gin Monday night, August 22.
and continue through Sunday
night, August 28. Services will
be held every night during the
week, beginning at 8 o'clock,
with two services scheduled for
Sunday, August 28. at 11 A. M..
and 8 P. M.
The visiting evangelist will ba
the Rev. Hoyle T. Allred, pas
tor of West Albemarle Baptist
Church at Albemarle. N. C..
brother of the pastor of the
church, the Rev. Thurman W.
Allred.
The theme of the week will
be “Christ In You—the Hope of
i Glory’’, with special music to
j be provided for each service.
The topic for the sermons
| during the week and special
music as announced by the pas
(tor will be as follows:
Monday Night—“ Church Loy
alty Night.” Music by the adult
'choir and T. W. Allred.
Tuesday Night—“WMU Night.”
Music by the young people’s
chous and young mens quartet.
Wednesday Night “Bother
hood Night.” Music by Brother
hood choir and male quartet.
Thursday Night “Family
Night.” Music by adult choir
and the Allred families. This
group includes 12 members of
two families, including a little
Cuban girl who will attend Win
gate College.
Friday Night—“ Good Neighbor
Night.” Music by youth choir
and girls’ sextet.
Saturday Night “Youth
Night.” Music hv young peo
ple’s ch-rrws and primary tr»o. '
Sunday Morning “Sunday
School Emphasis.” Music by
adult choir and Becky Harrell.
Sunday Night “Training
Union Emphasis” and “Back to
College Night.” Music by youth
choir and junior girls.
Go-Kart Group
Will Meet Tonight
Officers For New Or
ganization Schedul
ed to Be Elected
*
Another meeting in the inter
est of local Go-Kart racing will
be held tonight (Thursday) at
8 o’clock in the Court House.
At this meeting officers of the
club will be elected which was
prevented at a previous meet
ing due to a number of con
flicts.
Work on a track has been
started on Paradise Road, which
is expected to be completed in
about two weeks.
All who are interested in Go-
Kart racing are especially urged
to attend the meeting in the
Court House tonight.
Townsend Speaker
At Lions Meeting
Braxton B. Townsend, vice
president and trust officer of.
Peoples Bank & Trust Company,
was the principal speaker at the |
Lions Club meeting Monday
night. Mr. Townsend used as
his topic “Death Taxes” which
was very interesting and in-,
formative. He was introduced!
by Dr. A. F. Downum. who had
charge of the program.
A committee report was pre
sented to the effect that work
has been done in an effort to
secure a permanent den for the
club but that it failed to locate
a satisfactory place.
At the next meeting of the
club on Monday night. August
29. Dr. Richard Hardin is
scheduled to present one of his
vacation films. Rupert Riley, j
chairman of the program com
mittee announced that he has J
several' good programs lined up |
for September and October.
VFW MEETS TUESDAY
William H. Coffield Post No.
9280, will meet Tuesday night,
August 23, at 8 o'clock. Com
mander John Ban requests t
llftrye attendance. :
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
'Another Polio Shot
j Clinic Is Scheduled
'Friday, August 26
ji Wins Scholarship
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I CLYDE COBB. JR.
I An Edenton boy. Clyde Cobb,
j Jr., has been awarded one of
i the two Herman Cone Family
I Foundation scholarships in the
School of Textiles at Slate Col
lege. The scholarship is worth
SSOO.
Revival At First
Christian Church
Guest Evangelist Will
Be the Rev. Joe
Brickhouse
The Rev. E. C. Alexander,
pastor of the First Christian
Church, announces that revival
services will be held at the
church beginning Monday night.
August 22. and continue through
Sunday night. August 28. Ser
vices will begin each night at
7:30 o'clock.
The guest evangelist for the
services will be the Rev. Joe
Brickhouse. The public is in
vited to attend any or all ser
vices.
mif^TTFufieir
Dies Wednesday j
William D. Fuller, who chose
Edenton to spend his retire
ment. died Wednesday night at
the home of Mrs. J. L. Pettus,
is the result of a heart attack.j
Vlr. Fuller had been in failing
health for some time and was!
traduallv recuperating from aj
ecent operation. 1
Mr. Fuller was a retired)
banker and financier from Phil
adelphia and became very much
interested in the progress and
welfare of Edenton. where he
won manv friends since he came
to Edenton about two veals ago.!
CIVIC calendar]
Eden lon Jaycees. in coopera
tion with Edenion doctors, plan
to sponsor a polio shot clinic'
Friday. August 26. from 7 to
9 P. M.
An election to choose ASC
Cc.rmunily Committeemen will
be held Thursday. September 8,
from 8 A. M., to 6 P. M.
A stated communication of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7. A. F.
& A. M.. will be held lo.iight
(Thursday) at 8 o'clock.
Revival services will begin at
the First Christian Church Mon
day night. August 22. and con
tinue through Sunday night.
Continued on Page 3—Section 1 1
40 Years Ago Women Were
Clamoring For Right To Vote
Forty years ago the U. S. was j
. groaning under the same thun- j
) dering oratory and rolling band- ;
. wagons that comprise a presiden.
; tial election campaign, with one j
i hair-raising difference women
i were about to cast their vote for
,'the first time on a nationwide,
. scale.
: J Harassed men of politics had j
> let down their guard and regard- 1
less of whether women might!
become desexed or turn politics j
into a morality play, as oppon-;
. ents of feminism charged, they
, were going to have their say.
. It wasn’t the first time women
t had voted, howe'er, report*
World Book Encyclopedia.
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FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Shots Will Be Admin
istered At Penelope
Barker House From
7 to 9 P. M.
Tony Miley. chairman of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce
tolio shot committee, announced
early this week that Friday, Au
gust 2(>. has been definitely set
for another polio shot clinic in
Edenton. The clinic is spon
sored by the Jaycees in coop
ration with Edenton doctors.
I The clinic will be held in
I the Penelope Barker house be
ll ginning at 7 P. M„ and continue
I I unlil 9 o'clock. It is pointed
rout that the clinic is being held
11 for white and colored people
j and everybody in need of a
, polio shot is urged to take au
() vantage of this clinic.
r j These shots will be given
t free of charge to anyone un to
■ 18 years of age and expectant
i mothers. Anyone over 18 years
old will be charged SI.OO a
j shot.
Paulett Lane, publicity chair
j man for the clinic, says that ar
rangements will be made to fur
| nish transportation to and from
I the clinic for anybody who da
| sires a shot but does not have
away to get there. Anybody
desiring this service is request
ed to phone 4121 and a free
ride will be provided.
Last vear 575 shots were giv
en at the polio shot clinic, and
Jaycees are hopeful that many
more will take advantage of
this service this year.
Episcopal Women
Meet Aug. 22 To 21
At Camp Lead
Approximately 150 Episcopal
Churchwomcn throughout the
Diocese of East Carolina are ex
pected to attend their annual re
treat and conference at Camp
Leach Monday, August 22nd to
24th. The three-day program
will begin with a “Quiet Time”
| with Mrs. William Gordon of
I Spray as leader and her theme
will be “The Presence and Power
of the Holy Spirit.” There will
he Bible study and practical ap
plications of the theme, with
1 Mrs. Gordon and Miss Alineria
i Gordon directing the channels of
j thought and discussions. The
[retreat will begin an Monday
morning with registration and a
'luncheon. During the conference
the Diocesan departmental chair
men will hold clinics and discus
sion groups and assist with plan;
lor the work and programs of
the Churchwomcn for the year.
(An evening will be devoted to
!missions when there will be a
showing of pictures and slides of
several mission fields, especially
j those in Alaska, where the Rev.
Patterson Keller is located.
1 Evening vespers will be con
ducted each" evening bv the
i chaplain at the out-door chapel.
For recreation there will he
swimming in the Pamlico River
and hikes along the river banks
and into she forests.
Mrs. Henutn Clark of Fayette
ville. president of Episcopal
Churchwomcn. Diocese of East
|Carolina, will direct and preside
: over the conference. Bishoo
Thomas H. Wright of Wilmington
will also attend the conference
, and will address the group be
'fore adjournment.
Congress had left the decision
|to the states and New Jersey
;at. first permitted its women to
! vote. But the men had second
i thoughts and the state took back
the privilege in 1807.
As women joined the labor
, force in the new factories, and
; began to help men fight for
{temperance and the abolition of
j slavery, they gained a forum to
'air their pet peeve.
| A meeting at Seneca Fails, N.
Y.. which has been called the
first woman suffrage convention
in the U. S. stirred public dis
cussion in 1948.
Two years later reformers,
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