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PUBLISHED IN * CHOWAN COUNTY Volume XXVm—Number 36. Aces Win Opener Downing Camden! Friday Night 38-01 a———— . £ «i Hopkins, Tolley, Fore hand, Sexton Play Roles In Touchdown Parade t Una game featured by long] [runs and fumbles, Eden ton Aces' won their opening gam» of the Jisfeo football season Friday night 'on Hicks Field by trouncing the Camden Rebels 38-0. TKe Rebels received to start the game and during the great-' er portion of the first quarter it] appeared as though the Aces' were in for a tough scrap. I Three plays netted the visitors two first downs, when they, lost the ball by a fumble. Both teams were afflicted with a case of fumblitis with the ball chang ing hands several times. Late in the quarter, however, thej Rebels kicked. Forehand sum-1 bled the ball, picked it up as] Rebel tacklers were swooping down upon him, reversed his field and with good blocking raced 80 yards for a touchdown., Hopkins, fullback, who had been sidelined during practice sessions due to injuries, was able to play and he scored the sec #d touchdown from two yardst t after Britton caught a pass “from Forehand that carried to the 2 from the 31. Shortly thereafter, .when the Rebels were forced to punt,: Forehand returned to his own 24 and on the next play Hop kins rammed through the line and raced 76 yards for the score. On this play he had superb blocking with Fred Britton tak ing out three Rebels who could have pulled Hopkins down. About midway of this quarter Tolley snagged a Camden pass and raced 4 yards before being tackled. Spivey picked up 6 and on the Brett vtay Totted goti loa.se and ran 44 yards for a touchdown. 'At this point Coach; Billings sent in a group of re serves and no more scoring was made. The third period went score less, but the Accs narrowly missed another touchdown when Jimmy White intercepted a pass and rambled 48 yards before he jwas caught from behind on the 1 Camden 35. Tolley made his second touch down about midway the fourth quarter when he received a Camden punt and outran the Rebel tacklers for a 62-yard: touchdown sprint. The Aces’ final touchdown was made by Douglas Sexton, a freshman, who cracked through •the line from 8 yards out Aside from fumbling, the Acest looked very good in their first appearance. Considerable speed Continued on rage B—Section a ■■ ■ Colored Man Is Hit-Run Victim James Parker, .50-year-old Ne gro, died in Chowan Hospital Monday afternoon after being : run down by an automobile on Wildcast Road early Sunday morning. ♦"According to Highway Patrol man Reginald W. Rawls, John ny Kenley Leary, 31, was driv ing the car which struck Park er. The patrolman found Leary at home in bed after the acci dent and Leary’s automobile was identified as the Vehicle in volted in the accident. Leary was arrested on a Charge of Hit and run, man slaughter and driving on the wrong side of the road. Projects Brighten For Truck For Fire Station At Cross Roads At Friday’s meeting of the Chowan County Commissioners Gilliam Wood presented a de tailed report on a visit he made with a group to inspect fir® <!©• wurzjxjf « ‘St'jjjl flloofl reportea on tne various Hemds of equipment, Mbag used and his information will be passed on to the Chowan dre Commission in an effort to se* THE CHOWAN HERALD — . — ■ - I Beware! I j Chief of Police George I. Dailj < reminds citizens that it is un- I lawful to shoot firearms within j | the corporate limits of the Town| • of Edenton. Chief Dail has received a number of complaints from chi tons about the use of firearms . and he warns that any person i caught shooting them in town j will be subject to arrest 'SundayTsßaHy Day At St Paul’s jNew Youth Center | Addition Is Ready For Use It is Rally Day at Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church in Edenton* Sunday. The finishing touches* are being applied to the Parish' House additions this week to prepare for ttie largest enroll jinent in the history of the Par- The rector, the Rev. George B. Holmes, said three faculty members are still needed, but ■ that he is more satisfied with ( the curriculum than he has ever been. Non-readers, or ages three through six will use the west] door of the Youth Center at 9JO A. M., where worship ser-i vices will be conducted under' the supervision of Mrs. Betty Dixon, Mrs. Alice Malone and. Misses Milly Price, Joan Gar-| rett and Sara Relfe Smith. Ages seven -through high"- -sohobT'' WAV Vsortnbto In thej I enlarged auditorium, reporting jto the superintendent of the] Church School, Richard D.' Dixon. The Adult Bible Class will begin the first Sunday in Octo ber, meeting in the Guild Room. The Episcopal Church Fellow ship 'Series will be employed this year as well as three spe • cial courses. Visitors and those I interested in attending a Chutch School are cordially invited to, come. Parents are requested tol come with their children es-| peoially the first session. Other services Sunday include I Holy Communion at 8:00 A. M, 'and morning prayer at 11:00 A. M„ with sermon. At the late service the rector will de liver his annual “State of the Parish” report. Prayer Group Will Meet September 15 The George Truslow prayer group will meet Thursday morn ing, September 15, at 10 o’clock at the home of Mrs. W. H. Cof field on West Albemarle Street. Those who are deeply interested in prayer are invited to join [ this prayer group. FAIR 1 TAX RELIEVED^ Ed Bond Post No. 40, sponsor! of the Chowan County Fair, is' beginning to plan on this year’s fair which will be held in Oc-> tober. The County Commission ers on Friday relieved the Leg ionnaires of the county tax for the fair. . LIONS MEET MONDAY Edenton Lions will meet Mon day night. September 12, at 7 o’clock. James Griffin, presi-| dent,, urges every Lion to be present. that equipment ranged from the most expensive to very moder ate priced, and that the latter was, according to his inquiries, most satisfactory W. E. Bond, chairman'of the Commissioners, appointed Mr. Wood, together with Carey Hol jj lowell, to work with the Fire Commission relative to purchas ing a fire truck and they were Tested with authority to in-1 struct, the Fire Commission to place an order for a fire truck - Ldento, ** wan County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 8 t 1960. September Term I Os Superior Court | Convenes Sept 12 i Two Capital Cases on Criminal Docket For Trial; Judge Walter Bone Will Preside I A term of Chowan Superior Court is scheduled to begin i Monday morning, September 12. llt will be a mixed term with Judge J. Walter Bone of Nash ville scheduled to preside. This should be an important term of court with two capital cases and a manslaughter case scheduled for trial. Woodrow Dillard, colored, will face a charge of first degree burglary and Charlie Frank Holley, also colored, will be tried on a charge of rape. The. manslaughter case in volves Julius A. Reynolds, whose j wife died following a wreck at I the corner of Court and Queen Streets when he failed to stop and collided with a pickup truck. Civil cases docketed by Clerk of Court Tom Shepard includes the following: I Myda Weaver Price Taylor vs. . Federal L. Taylor; Mack McKin ley Leary vs. Evon Holley Leary; John Allen White vs. Celia Ann Gibson White and I Nehcmiah Bunch vs. Isedora I Forehand Bunch, all divorce ac tions; Emmett H. Wiggins vs. Edward Evans; Waverly D. Phil lips vs. Rutherford B. Mayo i and George Oscar Coffield; j Berkley Feed Corp., vs. Mattie iKnight Perry: Byrum Hardware ■ Co., vs. John Waff and Edward I Waff; Associates Discount Corp., vs. Thomas Boyce; Westula ! Nowell, Arthur J. Nowell, Abra • ham Nowell, Estella Porter and John Thomas Nowell vs. Harold I Jones; Francis Badham Howard. Fannie Badham, Bessie B. Small, j Sidney Badham, Miles Badham, I Penelope Alexander Badham vs. Lonnie Boyce. Enrollment Higher In County Schools 20 More Enrolled at] Chowan High School On Opening Day W. J. Taylor, superintendent of county schools, reported early this week that enrollments at Chowan High School and White Oak Consolidated School are slightly higher than last year. At Chowan High School 515 were enrolled on the first day of school last week, which is 20 more than were enrolled last year. At White Oak School the first day’s enrollment was 400, the same as last year, but he re ported that this number will be increased by about Septem ber 15, which includes some children who were not permit ted to enroll due to not having taken polio shots. ' [ civic calendar] j V _|I_PJ - ------ 4 Ryland Community will spon sor a barbecue chicken dinner i ’ Saturday, September 17, from 6 io 8 P. M. > Edenton's PTA will ireetj Tuesday night. September 13. at 8 o'clock in the John A. Holmes High School auditorium. A meeting of the executive board of the Edenton PTA will !be held Monday night, Septem ber 12. at 8 o'clock at John A. Holmes High School. Edenton Chapter No. 302, Or der of the Eastern Star, will Iha host chapter tonight (Thurs day) at 8 o'clock for an official visit of the worthy grand ma tron and worthy grand patron. Edenton'* Aces will W»|f their second football game of the see . son Friday night September 9,| when they meet Roanoke Rap ids ea Hicks Field at • o’clock. Eastern Star ChipMr add Unanimity Lodge No. 7. A. F, fc A. M„ will hold a firth fry all Sandy Point Roach WMnaoday, night. September 14. at Brto O'clock. , ", -•" 1 Chowan High School PTA wUI mill Monday nSphl# Sop lumber %11 u I o'clock. ■ # s- . > ABSOLUTE PROOF! j 4 11 "• tfk 4 M * i k l „ Three happy local fishermen are pictured above as they returned , from Albemarle Sound, just a short distance from Edenton. one day last week. The trio caught 94 rockfi«h within three h«"rs between I Sandy Point Beach and Nixon's Beach. Only part of their catch is shown, for they were obliged io throw back many wmtu wc. e u i der 12 inches long. Pichueca left to right are Bruce Jones. Jr., his father, Bruce Jones, and Robert Powell.—(Photo by J. P. Ricks. Jr.) Group In Chowan Named T o Promote! War Anniversary Nation’s Celebration 1 Is Scheduled to Of ficially Open Janu ary 8, 1961 In January, 1961, North Caro lina will join thq rest of (he nation’’ tn beginning a four-year commemoration of the 100th an niversary of the War Between the States, and in preparation 1 for this outstanding event a lo cal Centennial Committee has been appointed by the County]- Commissioners. The request to 1 name this committee, came from* Col. Hugh Dortch of Raleigh,* [who is chairman of the North 1 Carolina Confederate -Centen- 1 nial Commission. The 1959 General Assembly] authorized Governor Luther! Hodges to appoint a North Caro-1 lina Confederate Centennial, Commission .which has the re-* sponsibility for formulating plans for the state to commemorate, this anniversary. In a letter to W. E. Bond. Chairman of the County Com missioners, Mr. Dortch pointed out that it is necessary to have a close liaison with this area of the Centennial in North Caro lina is to be a success. The official opening of the centen-j nial is scheduled for Januarvj 8, 1961. A manual for local committees] Continued on Page 3—Section 1 The Devil’s Workshop . . . Who Is The Real Proprietor? , . Bdltor'g Note: A fontprsation be-1 ’ tween n young: man of Kdeutou and a j " fierfymnn interested in improving the! recreational facilities for yonnjr people 1 in the area. Ita purpose is tn show that many’ recreational opportunities in this area are neither appreciated •or exploited by the town and county yuuth on the one hand and that where 1 1 some additional activities are urgently | needed, they are yet to be pro* Med« by tbe adult population. Thomas Carl Kehayes, sou of Mr. and Nn. Ernest P. Kehayes of Kdeuton, and a junior 1 at the Caiversity of North Caroliaa. Chapel Hill, discusses the matter w ith • the Bev. George H. Holmes, rector of . St. Paul’s Episcopal Church iu Eden i > It was a hot, humid day in , Edenton. The Rector of Saint . Paul’s Episcopal Church in Eden-' ton was walking through the j ■ rooms of the nearly-completed . Youth' Center of the Parish ,| House on Gale Street with his . Junior Warden, the contractor ..and some visitors inspecting the l details of the ct«istruction. I Comes a voice from the hall l| way, “’Morning, anything I may do?" It’s a pre-ministerial stu-• I dent at college home from a •strenuous summer at camp as ('counselor and swimming in- P structor. "There certainly is 1 something you may do. Just a ,I minute and we may find a little t time to talk H over in tbe ‘ ,tUdy '" * Band Changes Night To Drill The Holmes High School Band has changed its drill night from' Tuesday night to Thursday night this year. The. drills will 1 follow the Thursday night pep rallies. This change was made so that it would make it possible to eliminate as much as possible the keeping out of band • stu ! dents on school nights. The .drills will be held on the band’s] , drill field back of the school.i These drills make it possible! ] for the band to present its half-1 | time shows at the football J games. j VFW MEETS TUESDAY j William H. Coftield Post No.j 19280. Veterans of Foreign Wars., will 'meet Tuesday night; Sep tember 13, at 8 o'clock. Com i mander John Bass urges a large attendance. JAYCEES MEET TONIGHT Edenton’s Junior Chamber of Commerce will meet tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock at the Edenton Restaurant. The meet ing was postponed from 7 j o’clock in order for the Eden j ton Chapter of the Order of: I the Eastern Star to have a din j ner in honor of distinguished] guests at 6 o’clock. “Tommy, all summer and. in | fact, often in the winter the general chorus from the high school age is. There is nothing ,to do’.” “Well, Padre, that is about ' right What is there to do in Edenton? As I see it the recre ational possibilities in Edenton 'are really limited. After going to the movies, dropping around tthe drug store, and mavbe spending a little time at the Teenage Club, there isn’t much ]to do.” | I “Oh, Tommy, certainly there is more for a youngster to do in Edenton than that! How about Sandy Point Beach? There’s a juke bov, there’s plenty of water and a little s&nd. With a (good, congenial crowd behaving itself, what more would a fel low want?" I "That’s true and, in fact I wish I could be instructing a group in life-saving there right now. It has everything you need and isn’t far away either. That reminds me, too, of the Marine Base pool now closed. Do you know that it is ons of >tha largest pools on the east' Mayo Well Pleased With Outlook At: {Local High School | Principal Is Proud of School and Those In ! terested In Improvements Hiram Mayo, principal of the I John A. Holmes High School, j early this week expressed his * pleasure with the prospects of I a very successful school term i and said he never worked with a more cooperative and appreci- ] ative group of teachers, school I board members and students. In a conversation this week! with some of last year’s gradu j ates Mr. Mayo was able to com j pile the following facts and figures: Twenty-eight per cent of the Edenton graduates are attending a four-year college or university. |An additional 14 per cent are ] furthering their education by at- I tending .nursing, beautician and business schools. Twenty-four 1 per cent are in military service and 34 per cent are engaged in work. Four of the graduates re ceived scholarships to attend college. Patricia Waff was I awarded three scholarships of SIOO each. They were given by the Edenton PTA. Albemarle Schoolmasters Club and East • j Carolina College. Ida Smver I 'was awarded the Belk Founda- Ition scholarship of SSOO. and the Woman’s College scholarship of S3OO. Zackie Harrell received a 4-H scholarship for $250 at State College and Edwin Byrum has a SSOO scholarship to Wake ' Forest College. I Following his interview with | graduates, Mr. Mayo had this to say: f “Looking to the future, what are we doing for our gradu ates-to-be of this school year'.' Continued on Page 3, Section 1 Revival In Progress At Ballard's Bridge, {Rev. Frank Cale of South Boston Visit ing Evangelist I Revival services began Mon- I day night at Ballard's Bridge 1 Baptist Church and will con tinue through Sunday night, September 11, with services be ginning at 8 o’clock. The visiting evangelist is the Rev. Frank Cale of South Bos ton, Va. Mr. Cale is a native] of Chowan County and before going to South Boston was pas tor of Rocky Hock, Center Hill and Warwick Baptist Churches. The Rev. and Mrs. Alphonso Jordan of Raleigh are assisting | with the music during the te vival. The pastor of the church, j the Rev. Lamar Sentel. inlvites the public to attend the sendees. coast and it isn't even used! I ' wish we could do something 1 about that.” “Maybe we can. Tommy, if | j enough local citizens cooperate well enough and long enough to 1 prevent losing this opportunity. 1 also know a local business | 'man who has offered a swim ming pool if only there were a 1 place to assemble it and away |to supervise it. It has come to my attention this summer that not everybody goas to Nags Head j because they are just not able to do so. We need, in my opin ion, good swimming areas in un polluted water for all ages.” “You know we have one of the most beautiful water areas 'in the nation right here on our rivers and on Albemarle Sound. I am surprised so many are still ! non-swimmers even as adults.” 1 “But, Tommy, boating of all kinds has certainly become popular. Motorboating and to gether with that Bkiing has really | taken over. In fact, the after noon fisherman feels we should {have traffic lights out there on I the water. We do have several 1 Continued on Pag* l. Section I $2.50 Per Year In North Carolina [Community ASC 'Elections Slated To Be Held Today [ Not Popular j That payment of taxes wasj not very popular during the I month of August is reflected by j Sheriff Goodwin, who reports i only $552.30 in 1959 taxes col-, lected during the month. He did, however, collect a to-1 tal of $301.01 in delinquent tax-] es for the years 1950 *o 1958. j Up to his report delinquent, laxc in Chowan County for the] years 1950 to 1969 amount to; $69,028.67. Aces Prepare For ! Roanoke Rapids 1 Second Game of Sea-] son on Hicks Field Friday Night With their first victory of the season tucked under their' belts. Edenton’s Aces are thisi week getting ready to meet much stubborn opposition Fri- ( day night. i The Ages’ second game will Ibe with Roanoke Rapids, which will be played on Hicks Field Friday night at 8 o’clock.! Coaches Bill Billings and Billy] Hardison are busy this week! trying to iron out the wrinkles which they observed in last* week’s game with the Camden | Rebels. The coaches, as well as thej Aces, realize that Roanoke Rap-' ids will offer stronger opposi-j tion. so that every effort is he-! ing made to get the Aces in tip lop shape for ’ the fray. Little is known about they strength of Roanoke Rapids, but the general opinion prevails that it will be a much strong-! er outfit than last year when the Aces won bv a score of 125-6 | I The band. majorettes and j cheerleaders are also practicing! in anticipation of providing first class entertainment for the large number of fans expected| to attend the game. Chowan PTA Will Meet September 12 Chowan High School Parent- Teacher Association will meet, Monday night. September 12. at] 1 8 o’clock. President Hurley Wlnborn' 'has selected her committee and they will be announced. Prin-! cipal R. H. Copeland will intro-j duce the new faculty members who will be honored by a re-j ception in the high school li-| brary immediately following the; business meeting. All parents J are urged to attend. COUPONS ORDERED PAID W. F.. Bond. Chairman of the Chowan County Commissioners,! was authorized at the Commis-i sioners' meeting Friday to pay] $3,508.75 on the county's indebt-' edness. The amount represents school building coupons which j fall due October 1. Meeting Os PTA Scheduled To | Be Held Tuesday- September 13 N. J. George, president of the] I Edenton Parent-Teacher Assoeia-j tion. announces that there will] be a meeting of the executive] board Monday night, September j 12. The meeting will be held’, at the John A. Holmes High] School beginning at 8 o'clock. I The PTA general meeting will be held Tuesday night, Septem ber 13, at 8 o'clock in the high] school auditorium. At the con-1 ; elusion of this meeting a social hour will be held at the cafe teria. Officers and chairmen of the PTA for the year 1960-1961 are: President—N. J. George. Vice-president Mrs. Kath ryn Holton. Secretary—Miss Lena Jones. Treasurer—Elbert Copeland. ' Finance Committee Mrs. Jesse Harrell, Chairman, Dick Dixon, Mrs. Tom Cross, Mrs. Scott Harrell, Ernest Ward, Mrs. A1 Phillips. _ FIGHT CANCER WITH A CHECKUP AND CHECK [Polls at Three Voting j. Places Will Be Open j To Vote From 7 A.M. I To 6 P.M. 1 ___ _____ | One of the most important J events of tho year so far as j Agricultural Stabilization and | Conservation is concerned is the election of committeemen to I administer the farm programs, j These community elections !, will be held in Chowan County’s three designated agricultural ' j communities today (Thursday ) j Any farmer who as owner, operator, tenant, or shareerop j per, is participating or is eligi j bie to participate in any pro i gram administered bv the Coun 'ty ASC Committee, is eligible jto vote in his community. [ Polls will remain open from j 7 A. M„ to 6 P. M. ] The three polling places in j Chowan County will be as fol ] lows: Community A—C. T. Dixon's ; Store. H. A. Perry’s Store and Grover Caie’s Store. ! Community B—Earl Smith’s i Store and M. and R. Service Center. I Community C—H. R. Peele's 1 Store, Morris and Hinton’s Store and L. C. Briggs' Store. The following nominees have been selected by the communi ]ty election boards from which | (ho winners will be chosen: Community A—Torn Brabble. I John N. Bunch. Woodrow Lowe, - Ward Hoskins. Gus Spruill. V:t --j non Lane. Morris Small. Jarvis | Skinner, Edgar Earl Hollowell j and W. T. Forehand. ! Community B—W. M. Hare. Ernest Privott. Alvin Evans, Tlav i Bvrum. Murray Bass. Charlie I Asbcll. Carlton Goodwin. Pres i ton Moods. J. B. Hollowell and Earl Bunch Community C—E. M Howell, Ralph Hollowell. E. G. Blanch : ard, A. D Ward, Radolph Ward. Ernest E. Boyce. Tom Corprew, Lycureus Perry. Beecher Ward , and Wince White. Delegates elected by the farm , ers will meet on September 23, : to elect County Committeemen. ASC county and community I committeemen elected will take office October 1. 20 Years Ago A* Found in tho FUe* of Tho Chowan Herald m - - - ——- * ■ .... Due to lack of a quorum to appoint a successor, R. P. Bad ham continued to aerve as chair man of the Chowan County i ABC Board. Due to Ernest Ward, Jr., en ! rolling as a student in the Uni versity of North Carolina, a va cancy existed at tho Edenton Post Office for special delivery j messenger. The Chamber of Commerce got j off to a good start with J. W. Davis as president. The salary of C. L. McCullers, the new secretary. was set at S3OO per ; year. | Though nothing definite was done, the need iof a central of -1 fice building in Edenton was ; emphasized a* a meeting of the Continued on Page s—Section l j Hospitality—Mrs. Joe Thorud. I chairman: Mrs. Thomas Byrum ] co-chairman. | Recreation Billy Hardison, J chairman; Joe Thorud, George i Lewis, co-chairmen. Health Mrs. John Favlich, ! chairman; Mrs. Bob Pratt, co ! chairman. ! Devotional—Luther Parks. | Safety The Rev. George Holmes, chairman: Joe Conger, Jr.. Mrs. Charlie Wood. Membership—Mrs. Bill Sexton. Grade Mothers Mrs. James Bond. Program; Mrs. Elton Fore hand. chairman: Mrs. Phyllis Riley, Mrs. Alice Belch. Finance Chairmen—Miss Mary Lee Copeland, Elementary: Mrs.