r ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN •
L CHOWAN COUNTY
'Volume XXVll.—Number 35.
James R. Robinson Os ry
Appointed Executive ¥&ve
President Edenton C. 01 C.
Succeeds Harry Smith j
‘ And Is Scheduled toj
Take Over Duties
Today
V William P. “Spec” Jones, pres-
of the Edenton Chamber
of Commerce announced last
week the appointment Os James!
M. Robinson of Cary, N. C., as
the Edenton Chamber’s execu-j
tive vice president to succeed!
Harry Smith who resigned toj
accept a position with thej
American Power Boat Associa
tion. Detroit, Mich. Robinson,
will assume his new duties to-!
day (Thursday), Jones said. !
In commenting on Robinson’s
appointment, Mr. Jones stated
that he was pleased with, the
work of the Interviewing Com-j
mittee headed by the Edenton!
Chamber’s vice president, R. El-,
ton Forehand, in screening ap
plicants for this position, par-!
ticularly so because the commit
tee had come up with an indi-|
vidua) skilled in public,relations.l
Every Chamber of Commerce,)
Jones 9aid. has all the public;
relations problems of a private
'business in addition to a few
/more of its own. v
“The place of the Chamber of!
Commerce in modem communi
ty life has to be told, inter- j
preted and explained day after!
day.” Jones said. “A Chamber!
to function at its best must 1
Continued on Pam s—section I
Lions Club Enjoys
Film Os Key West
Eden ton Lions were delightful
ly entertained at their meeting
Monday! night when Dr. Richard
Hardin presented qntfjof his va-
films fallen at Key West,
Florida.
It was pointed out at the
meeting that September has been
designated as sight conservation
month and John Mitchenor calls
upon tebow citizens to conserve
the vital resource of good vis
ion by learning the habits of
good ejJe rare.
Sj The club will not meet next
due to the observance
of Labor Day, but after that the
club will resume its regular
weekly pieetings.
Directors Os Woman’s
Club Meet On Sept. 6
Mrs. i. D. Elliott, president '
of the Kdenton Woman’s Club,
announces that a meeting of the 1
board ofr directors will be held *
Tuesday' night, September 6.
The meeting will be held at 1
the hoifc of Mrs. Elliott at 8'
cfclock .and every member is
ctpecially urged to be present !
lotary Club’s Annual;
Teachers’ Night Will
Be Held September 22
i Eden ton Rotarians already are
preparing to observe their an-
Sal Tbachers* Night when all
the white teachers of the
p»unty will be invited guests,
f* afrair will be held Thurs
dav night September 12, at
o'clock at the Masonic Temple.
; A committee composed of J.
K -Ricks. Sr., W. B. Rosevear
fad Derwood Bray has been ap-'
pointed to make the necessary
irrang events. ;
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Mrs. Martha McKay Os Chapel
HillJSpeaker For Woman’s Club
Mrs. Martha C. McKay of
j Chapel Hill, the state’s newly
■ nra me d Democratic National
i Committeewoman, will be the
I guest speaker at the first fall
I meeting of the Edenton Wo
• man’s Club to be held at the
| Edenton Restaurant Wednesday
i afternoon, September 7. at 1
'o’clock. Her subject will be
j “Women In Politics”.
In I the recent gubernatorial
campaign, Mrs. McKay served
as head of Terry , Sanford's
state-wide women’s organization.
Shortly after he became the
State new-govemor nominee,
Mrs. McKay was named to thtsj
top party official position at aj
meeting of the Democratic Na-i
tional Convention.
Mrs. McKay, who .is the moth-!
er of three children, is well!
known in Chapel Hill for - her!
church and civic activities. Her,
church work includes 15 years
Sales Os U. S. Savings Bonds In I
Chowan $1,919.95 During July;
R. S. Atkinson, Jr., volunteer,
'county chairman for U. S. sav-j
! ings bonds sales, reports that)
sales in Chowan County for;
July amounted to $1,919.95.)
Sales for the year are $63.-1
794.70, which is 56.9 percent of
the county’s 1960 quota, which*
is $112,420.
A substantial increase in the
sale of bonds in- North Carolina
during tjie month of July is
reported by Mr. Atkinson.
, Series E sales were up 12 per
cent, while Series H BondT sales
Ridgeway Resigns I
As Administrator 1
Chowan Hospital
At a meeting of the Chowan
Hospital board of trustees held
Thursday night of last week
Tom Ridgeway tendered his res- j
ignation as administrator of the
hospital. The resignation, ac
cepted by the trustees, went in
to effect immediately.
Mr. Ridgeway has served as
administrator three years, hav
ing taken over the local du
ties September L, 1957. He
came to Edenton from Scotland;
Neck where he served in the
capacity of administrator of Our
Community Hospital for 18
months. Before that he was
connected with the Georgia Bap
tist Hospital at Atlanta.
While in Edenton Mr. Ridge
way evidenced a keen interest
iin hospital patients and many
] times went far beyond his line
i of duty to accommodate patients
or members of their families.
He was an active member of
the Junidls Chamber of Com
merce, a member of St Paul’s!
Episcopal Church and served as
Chairman of the Chowan County
Red Cross Chapter.
Mr. Ridgeway will, no doubt,
accept a position with a well
known pharmaceutical concern.
Up to Wednesday the directors
had not named a successor to
Ridgeway.
I ’
License Examiner
Off Duty Monday
M. M. Jones, local automobile
license examiner, announces that
he will not be in his office at
the Police Station Monday, Sep
tember 5, due to the Labor Day
holiday.
He will return to his office
IVaesday morning. September 6,
after which he will be on duty (
every Monday and Tuesday. Mr.'
James also announces a change i
in hours which will be from
8:30 A. M.. to 5:30 P. M., in-1
stead of 8 to 5 as observed dur-l
ing the summer.
BARK CLOSED MONDAY
Peoples B«*JbJTr«rt^onv
fj as a Church School teacher,
r| Church School superintendent,
1, and holding offices in the local,
; district and diocesan organiza
l tions of the Episcopal Church
■ Women. She has served on the
> executive boards of the Chapel
r Hill PTA, has taken an active
1 part in the Art Guild, Red
; Cross and Country Club. In
politics, she has helped raise
1 funds during the past three
I Democratic presidential elections,
; served three terms as precinct
party secretary and worked lo
! cally in the campaigns for the
late W. Kerr Scott,
i It was in the Sanford cam
j paign that she made ficr mark
iin politics when she set up a
I state-wide "Women for Sanford”
! office in Chapel Hill.
| Mrs. J. D. Elliott, president
!of the Edenton Woman’s Club,,
j urges all members to* be pres
ent at this first fall meeting
•i were up 10 percent greater than
jin July. 1959.
Cumulative sales for January
•; July total over S2B million, an
/increase of 2.5 percent over the
j same period last year. Sales
through July represent 55 per
il cent of the state's 1960 quota.
Nationally, sales were up 1
i percent for the month of July
and for the year to date. For
the third consecutive month, na
tional sales were higher and re
demptions lower than in the
; comparable month of a year ago.
Alex Kehayes Is
Given High Honor
Alexander Ryland Kehayes,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest P.
Kehayes of Edenton, has just
been elected chairman of the|
Episcopal High School Young!
Churchmen, Province of Se
wanee.
The Fourth Province of *he,
Protestant Episcopal Church, j
U.S.A., known as the Sewanee
Province, includes Louisiana.
Mississippi. Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Tennessee. Kentucky.
North and South Carolina. Rep
resentatives from these states
met at Sewanee. Tennessee/
where the election took place.
Young Kehayes is a senior at
the John A. Holmes Junior-
Senior High School, active in
the Scouting program. Senior
Acolyte at Saint Paul’s Episco
pal Church, and president of
the Young Churchmen of the
Diocese of East Carolina.
His brother, Thomas Carl Ke
hayes, now a junior at the Uni
versity of North Carolina in
Chapel Hill, has also served as
both president of the Young |
Churchmen of the Diocese and,
chairman of the Provincial j
High School Young Churchmen.]
Edenton has every right to be
very proud of two brothers cap
turing the highest honors avail
able for Episcopal Youth.
274 Shots Given
At Polio Clinic
Kdenton Jaycees report that
374 polio shots were adminis
tered at the polio shot clinic
held Friday night at the Penel
ope Barker house. The clinic
was sponsored by the Jaycees in
cooperation with Eden ton doc
tors.
It was hoped that more peo
ple would take the shots, but
! a rainy night most likely pre
, vented many from attending the
i clinic.
i The Jaycees plan to sponsor
{another polio dink, the date of
{Which will be announced later.
It is hoped that anyone in need
of the first, second or third shot
will attend the next dink.
, SLSSr ai
mton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, September I, 1960
DRAGGING FOR TROUBLE— Club-swinging police wade into a crowd of youths as a riot
breaks out in San Diego, Calif. Some 80 adults and 36 juveniles were arrested after an
attempted drag race.
435 Fanners tat
Chowan Sign Up
For ASC Program^
Gross Assistance Re-j
ceived In County in,
1959 Amounted to;
$37,122
Marvin L. Evans, of the Rockv!
Hock section is one of many of |
the Chowan County farmers who!
use conservation practices offer-)
ed under the Agricultural Con
servation Program to conserve'
and improve his farmland. H. 0.,
West, Manager of the Chowan!
County ASC Office, says.
Mr. Evans’ farm consists of
100 acres. Each year Mr. Evans
p'ans his conservation practices
and makes application for., aav
eroment assistance in the ASC
office. Mr. Evans states that
through careful planning and
ACP cost-sharing he is able to
carry out needed practices to
protect soil and water on his
farm.
During the past five years ■
with SCS technical assistance
and with ACP cost-sharing. Mr. j,
Continued on Pag* s—Section 1
Fean lit Officials
i
Inspect Plant Os
Seabrook Concern
:
Thirty representatives of the!
peanut industry who were at
tending the annual convention'
of the Virginia-Carolina Peanut
Association at Virginia Beach
Saturday, made a trip to Eden
ton to inspect the Seabrook
Blanching Corporation’s new
plant.
The visitors were shown
through the plant by Keith
Reeve, general manager and
were very much impressed with!
the modern peanut blanching
plant.
Following the inspection mem
bers of ‘ the group were guests
of the Seabrook concern at a
cocktail party and luncheon at
the Edenton Restaurant A:
number of the group remained
in Edenton for a guided tour of
the historic- buildings by mem-i
bers of the Edenton Tea Party'
Chapter of the DAR.
COURTHOUSE SPEAKS
By E. W. SPIRES
Were it possible for a building |
to talk, the old Court House in :
Edenton could doubtless relate
many stories of misery and mer- 1
riment; of pathos and patriotism, i
for many stormy scenes were
enacted there.
It was here that the great (
Revolutionary patriot Joseph
Hewes, presided over the historic
gathering shortly prior to the
Revolution, at which the citizens ;
of various Albemarle precincts
(counties) of the colony gath- 1
ered in stormy protest against
the unjust taxation, without
representation, imposed upon the
colonists by the mother coumtry
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I New Vice President >
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JAMES M. ROBINSON
Scheduled to assume his du
ties as executive vice president
of the Edenton Chamber of
Commerce today is James M.
Robinson of Cary. He succeeds
Harry Smith, who is now locat
ed in Detroit.
Stores Closed Si
L~ —**,
With Labor Day fallinq on
next Monday, September 5. busi
ness in Edenton will be prac
tically at a standstill. Most of
the business houses will be
closed for the holiday, but busi
ness Will be resumed as usual
Tuesday morning.
County Council
Meets Sept. 7th
Chowan Home Demonstration
County Council will meet Wed
nesday afttrnoon, September 7,
at 2:30 o’clock at Chowan Com
munity Building with Chowan
Home Demonstration Club as
hostess.
‘Christmas Decorations" will
be given by Miss Helen Marsh
burn, home economist with Vir
ginia Electric & Power Com
pany, Elizabeth City. Reports
will be made on Farm-Home
Week and Eastern District crafts
workshop which was attended
recently by eleven women from
Chowan County.
Important items of business
will include Aeh levemen Dav,
i husbands' supper, delegate for
United Nations tour, County
Fair and Christmas Festival.
| As a result of this meeting,
Hewes resigned his commission
as collector of the port in a let-:
| ter to Captain Tennant of the
i Royal Navy at Newbern, who I
' had written to him inquiring if I
Ihe attended the gathering. “I
not only was present, but had
the honor of presiding,” stated
Hewes in his letter of resigna
tion. A signer of the Declara
i, tion of Independence while later ;
serving in Philadelphia as a
■ 1 member of the Continental Con
; gress, Hewes, as chairman of the
. Naval Affairs Committee (com- 1
i parable to the office of Navy
■ Secretary at present), he is can- ’
i As ftst it As
Aswsvkaw Revy, w hMh
Working Youth
i Urged To Return
i To Class Rooms
i
High School Gradu-
I ates Able to Get Bet*
! ter Jobs and Kara
1 More Money
School - age youngsters who
have been wording inis summer
'are urged to return to the class
! rooms and complete 'heir htgh
■ school education.
State Labor Commissioner
I Frank Crane, noting that several
| thousand young people were is
sued employment certificates
ttontinued on P»q» 6 I >
Residents May Obtaiu Proof
Os Age F rom Census Bureau
! ”
Last year, 9.032 residents
'North Carolina turned to the
.U. S. Bureau of the Census far
help in proving they were born
These persons were among a t
estimated 30 million United
States residents who are with
out proof of age or birth. The
historical records of the Census
Bureau provide the only source
of this information for most of
(these 30 million people.
Proof of age or birth is needed
today to collect social secuntv
, and other retirement benefits.
It is needed to obtain passports.
It is needed to qualify for iohs
[carrying certain age or citizen
ship requirements. L is needed
! for some forms of insurance,
j Since 1920, the Census Bureau
'has provided more than three
'and one-half million persons
with copies of their census rec
jords on age. place of btrth. eiti
; zenship or kinship. Persons
seeking such records of facts
about themselves should write
to the Personal Census Service
Dr. Walker Now In
! Citizens Bank Bid#.
J
I Effective today (Thursday) Or J
| Archie D. Walker. Jr.. will have*
, his office tn the C:mons BankJ
j Building. Dr. Walker will prae-1
. tice general medicine with h»s
[office hours being 9 to l, 3 to
* 6 and on Wednesdays 9 to 3
ing that the Revolutionary pa
[ triot and famous colonel of the
: sth Regiment of North Carolina j
troops in the Continental Army.'
I Colonel Edward B. Buncombe.
i made a speech condemning the S
local ‘hot spurs." including Na- ]
thaniel Allen, for their "dast
ardly cowardice” in attacking'
his friend, Cullen Pollock, who
J collected the distasteful taxes
j known as "quit-rents," levied
upon their lands for the lord
i proprietor in England, who had
been granted all of the lands
j constituting the Albemarle area.
"No person can question my
1 patriotism and loyalty to our
iMRif
trssj?
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lolta* m fScMklt
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
Edenton Aces Open
’6O Football Season
Vs. Camden Friday
Edenton Shows
l| Population Loss
According to a preliminary re
port from the Bureau of the
Census. U. S. Department of
Comst erce. Edenton shows a loss
of population for the last >en
years.
The 1580 figure is listed at
j i.4!< as compared with a popu
i lation of MM in the 1950 cen
sus.
The report was released by
Howard G. Brunsman. Chief of
the Population Division.
ur. Moray Again
i AtßaptistChurch
Sunday, Sept. 4tli
Completes Series of
Sermons During Ab
sence of Pastor, the
a Rev. R. N. Carroll
t>, M. 'Ray McKa\ of Wake
Forest. N C. returns to the
pulpit 1 the Edenton Baptist
Chung >n Sunday. September
t to ptvaeh at both the morn
ing worship hour of 11 o’clock
»nd the evening wv«rship hour of
' Stt o'clock. This completes a
series of three consecutive Sun-
Continued on Pope 3—Section 1
Branch Bureau of the Census.
Pittsburg, Kansas, for u Census
Records Search Application
Form A fee of 83.00 is charged
for a svsairh of not more than
two censuses for one person and
and tos one eopy of the infor-;
matron found. Additional ixtpies
cost <i OO each An expedited
search 00-‘- $4.06. Expedited
searches are usually completed
within r few days ’.chile the
routine $3 00 search may take
up to SO days depending upon j
the backlog of requests and the 1
ease or difftculty in locating the
information
Tlie pe rsoiral information in ;
the records of the ISkkt and later
i censuses > confidential by law '
and may ae f mushed only upon
the written •aques* of the per-'
son to whom it relates or. for a
proper purpose, a legal ivpre
sentative stteb as guardian >r
administrator of an estate. In
formation regarding a child who
has trot reached legal age 'nit'
be obtained upon the written re- j
truest of either parent
Earnhardt Named
Executive Officer
For Navy Reserve
_
Edenton friends ..will be d*-|
lighted to learn :hat Lieut. Wit-". ]
J, P Earnhardt. Jr USNR-R.l
has been named executive offi- j
eer of the Naval Reserve Bur-1
I face Unit n-3M at Durham.
Mr, Earnhardt is a native of
Edenton. son of Mr and Mrs
] Jimmy Earnhardt and is a
* graduate of the Duke Univer
<s»ty Law School.
j He was commissioned tn the:
Naval Reserve in 1953 at Offi- 1
* ters' Candidate School at New- ]
j port. Rhode Island after grad- |
J nation tn business administration
*at Duke He spent thi-ee years,
| aboard the CSS Moale (DD69b)
Jas gunnery and anti-submarine
warfare officer.
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Javoee Roadblock |
Will Stress Safety j
- * i
In order to stress highway
safety, members of the Edenton!
Junior Chamber of Commerce'
plan to sponsor a road block:
Friday, September 3.
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•FIGHT CANCER 1
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Coaches Reluctant to
Make Any Predic
tions on Strength of
This Year’s Outfit
Though weather conditions
have been very unfavorable for
football practice. Coaches Bill
Billings and Billy Hardison have
gotten in a goodly amount of
hard practice sessions to get the
Edenton Aces in condition for
their opening game. The boys
apparently are rounding into
shape and are ready to show
their wares on the football field
in real competition.
The opening game of the sea
son is scheduled to be piayed
on Hicks Field Friday night.
September 2. at 3 o'clock. Tire
Aces' first opponents of the sea
son will be the Camden Rebels.
Last year the Aces ran rougr
shod over the Rebels by a score
of 25-0 The Rebels, however,
are expected to be stronger this
season, so that a bat tie lovai ts
altogether likely
Season tickets have been on
sale bv Edenton Jaycees snd
some are still, available. The re
served seats will assure holders
i scat even if they go in ‘hr- ’
) irk at the last minute. The
regular season tickets will eiinr
nate the possibility of standing
n a line and in some instances
niss a portion of the game.
Coaches Billings and Hardi
on are rather reluctant to ex
tress themselves about the
trength of this year's team.
lowever. very few bo vs have
teen lost due to graduation, so
hat the coaches for the mi's:
tart have experienced materia:
with which to build a strong *
ootball machine.
Among the candidates out for
he team are the following:
Carroll Forehand, Richard
)ixon. Jimmy White. Fred Bro
un Bubba Hopkins. Way"?
laker. Leroy Spivey. Ere. in
Iriffin. Jerry Tolley., Wayc?
Jriffin. Herbert Adams. J r >?
lamprn. Ronald Weikel. Jin>n'y
)ail. Ronald Forehand, Jack
lawyer, Walter Small, Douglas
lexton. Alex Kehaves. Hurley
litchell. Mac - Wright. Sam
Vright, Boots Lassiter. Jack
ishley. Charles Cuthrell. Don-
Id Forehand. Joe Mitchener. and
toland Tolley.
Fred Britton. Wayne Baker
nd Bubba Hopkins have be?n
■looted as eo-captains of tbs
ear's edition of the Aces
The schedule of 10 games :s
tow complete and follows:
Sept. 2—Camden, here.
Sept o—Roanoke RaDids. here.
Sept 1 *i—Wallace-Rose Hi:-,
here.
Sept. 23—Williamston. here
Sept, to—Scotland Neck.-here.
Oct. 7—Elizabeth City, there.
Oct. lri—Weldon, here.
Oct. 21—Hertford, there.
Oc‘ 28 —Ahoskie. there.
Nov 4—‘Plymouth, here
The band, cheerleaders and
najorettes have also been hard
tt practice for the football sea
son. so that an interesting
lime program will most like
ae presented. The band wiii al
so parade up Broad Street prior
to the game and a pep raliv
will be held Thursday night.
20 Years Ago )
As Found in the Files of
The Chowan Herald
Aside from continuous heavy
reins. Edenton was visited by a
severe electrical storm which
shook the very foundations of
buildings in the downtown sec
tion.
Though very doubtful at the
time and since the recent disas
trous fire that the M. G. Brown
Lumber Comosny would be re
built Fred P. Wood, president
[ announced definitely that the
i plant would be put back into
! operation.
The Shepard-Pruden Library
invited Mrs. Inglk Fletcher of
! Sen Francisco and Bnlhoa. Caii
‘ ferula, to speak at A* Cupola
House. Mrs. Fletcher had hast
| Written > kpak on the Aft*-
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