WMU Leadership Conference
• At Ballard’s Bridge Sept, 13th
A Woman’s Missionary. JJnion
leadership conference'*'? will be
held at Ballird’s Bridge Baptist
Church Tuesday, September 13.
An afternoon session will be
held from 2 to 4:30 o’clock and
a night session from 7 to 9:30
o’clock.
The theme of the conference
will be “Serve the Lord With
Gladness,”' with the following
taking part on the programs:
Mrs. Carlton Cherry, regional
president of Ahoskie; Mrs. La
mar Sentell of Ballard's Bridge;
Mrs, W. S. Brown of Wood
ville; the Rev. Roscoe Mussel
white, Deep Creek, Va.; the Rev.
Don Pryor, Assoeiational Secre
tary; Mrs. T. W. Allred, Rocky
Hock.
Assoeiational officers are:
i President, Mrs. T. O. Asbell,
''Tyner; vice president, Mrs. D. D.
j Dudley, Elizabeth City; secre
f tary - treasurer, Mrs. Warren
Twiddy, Eden ton; YWA director,
Mrs. Maurice Grissom, Elizabeth
FOR
Contract
AND
Repair Work
CALL
Twiddy Insurance
& Real Estate, Inc.
PHONE 2163 EDENTON
Classified Ads
IF YOU SMOKE you need
GLAG Tooth Paste. Buy at
' the drug store. i
FOR SALE lOO ONE-PINT
jars of fig preserves. See O.
C. Davis, 200 Court Street. i
Septß,lspd!
ALWAYS right . . . keeps colors
bright ... '.that’s famous Blue
Lustre carpet and upholstery
cleaner. Quinn Furniture Co.,
Edenton, N. C. ltc
HELP WANTED MALE OR
feniale in Edenton. Oppor
tunity to earn year around.
No lay-offs. Repeat "business.
Age 21-70. No experience
needed. Bonus plan. Car or
light truck needed. Write to
day, Watkins Products, Inc.,
Box 5071, Dept. S-3, Rich
mond, Va. 5ept8,22,29p
LOST—WHITE GOLD GRUEN
bracelet band wrist watch.
Lost August 18 in or between
the vicinity of Bank of Hobbs
ville and J. C. Hendrix’s store,
> Tyner. If found reward of
fered by Mrs. Mavis H. Hen
drix, Tyner. Phone Sunbury
31®*' Sept I,Bc
HELP WANTED ADD T 6
Pert-ttme' work
available. No experience re
quired. Write Rawleigh’s, De
partment NCI-210-814, Rich
mond, Va. Septl,ls,29pd
HAVE TWO FURNISHED ~3-
room apartments for'*" rent.
Mrs. H. G. Quinn, phone 3267.
Septl,Bc
APARTMENT FOR RENT—4
rooms and bath, upstairs; pri
vate entrance. Located 300
W 1 - Queen Street. Phone 3705.
5ept1.8,15,22pd
WANTED RETIRED LADY
and gentleman desire two
bedrooms on first floor, con
venient to bath, with board,
with white Christian family.
•Will pay $l5O per month for
both. Need a little attention.
Answer by letter to W T
Farrell, 711 W. 34th St., Nor
folk > Va- Aug2s,Septl,Bc
M. G. BROWN COMPANY NOW
buying logs and tracts of tim
der. j. Highest market prices
paid. Phone 2135, Edenton
tfc
.... Industrial
■ * Equipment
w h**l Type and Crawler
Tractor*
l>Sackh<w*, Doran, Trencher*
1 Crawler Tractor* Vfigi
$ Winches _
si-oad*n, Landscaping Rake*
i
if
m -tmmemp- m
I Hobbs Inline**
City; Intermediate GA, Mrs. W.
B. Riddick, Elizabeth City;
Junior GA, Mrs. Philip Cart
wright, Elizabeth City; Sun
beams, Mrs. Willie Joyner, Ty
ner; Mission Study, Mrs. Joe
Webb, Jr., Edenton; Community
Missions, Mrs. E. R. Stewart,
Creswell; Prayer, Mrs. Thurman
Allred, Edenton; Stewardship,
Mrs. Brantley Rountree, Hobbs
ville; Margaret Fund Chairman,
Mrs. John Welch, Moyock, and
Jubilee Advance Chairman, Mrs.
Walter A. Ward, Corapeake.
20 Years Ago
Continued from Page 1. Section 1
County Commissioners. D. M.
Warren, Chairman of the Com
missioners, pointed out that the
county was paying rent on 18
offices for county government
agencies amounting lb SIOO a
month.
E. N. Elliott took the oath of
office as County Commissioner,
Succeeding A. D. Ward, who died
suddenly.
In line with President Roose
velt's pronouncement calling the
government's National Guards
men into 12 months war camp
training. Edenton members of
the local Ambulance Unit were
awaiting formal word as to
when to go into this service. ,
Mrs. John Dobson, secretary
of the Edenton Merchants As
sociation, left for Myrtle Beach,
S. Cm to attend a conference of;
Merchants Association secretar
ies.
FOR SALE 1954 BUICK
Special 4-door sedan. In good
condition. Priced for quick
sale. Call Haywood Jones,
2067 or 2204. ltc
FOR SALE SPINET PIANO.
I Do you have a child starting
I piano lessons this fall? We
rent Spinet pianos for as little
as SIO.OO a month and the
rent applies on the purchase
of a new piano when you buy.
Come in and see our com
plete selection of new and
reconditioned pianos. W. C.
REID & CO., 143 S. Main St.,
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. Phone
Gibson 64101. expSept29c
FOR RENT OR SALE—3-BEIV
room house in Albemarle
Court. Stove and refrigerator
furnished: also floor furnace.
Phone 3122. tfC
PICTURE FRAMING—FOR THI
best in custom ,- cture framing
see John R. Lewis at the Eden
ton Furniture Company. Corn
Dlete line of moulding to choose
from. tfc
HOUSE FOR RENT—TWO BED
rooms; refrigerator and stove.
Newly painted. Call Dr. A. F.
Downum, 3218. $45 month.
iwaymate -•
FOR RENT OR SALE TWO
and three bedroom houses.
Electric stove, refrigerator, hot
water beater. On school bus
route. Terms can be arrang
ed. L. E. Francis, Route 3,
Edenton. Phone 3472.
WATCH REPAIRING —JEWEL
ry repairing and engraving ...
Prompt service. Ross Jewelers;
Phone 3525. tfc
FOR QUICK AND EXPERT
service on your radio and
phonograph, call the Griffin,
Musicenter, phone 2528. Wt
carry a complete line o)
phono needles.
FOR SALE-GOOD USED GAS
ranges as low as $35.00. West
ern Gas Service. Phone 3122,
Edenton. ;une2tf
BULLDOZER WORK " LANE
clearing and dirt pushing
Phone 2956, Clarence Lupton
tfc
Now in Full Swing!
SEARS
74th
Anniversary
SALE
Save on hundreds of items
for home and f amity . . . aH
at special low prices.
tatt CHOW AE HEHALP, etfCKTOS. WORTH CAROLINA. TKOTSDAT. SEPTEMBER 8, 1860.
A REM Corporation
Meets In Hertford
Members of the Albemarle ]
Rural Electric Membership Cor- j
poration will gather in Hertford 1
Saturday, September 10, for
their annual meeting and elec- j
tion of directors for the corpora- ■
tion during the coming year, it
is announced by A. T. Lane,
president of the organization.
The meeting will begin at 2
P. M.
All members of the corpora
tion • are urged to attend this
meeting and participate in the
selection of directors and other,
activity scheduled on the pro
gram.
Members will select nine di
rectors for the corporation and
nominations for the posts in
clude Joe ■ Hastings, Charles
Walston, J: .A Whitehurst, Frank
Williams, W. E. Meiggs, Cam
,den County; W. S. Bass, John N.
[Bunch, V. D: Hare, Lloyd Over
|ton, Jr., and J. A. Wiggins,
Chowan County; W. R. Lowry,
J. A. Spence and Tommie Tem
ple, Pasquotank County; Ben
Chambers, A. T. Lane, Floyd
Matthews, Louis Spivey and
Charles E. White, Perquimans
County.
Topping the entertainment
[Program for this meeting will be
i Ernest Bivens and his Play
boys.
The officers of the corporation (
urge all members to be present
for this important meeting and
the public is also invited to at
tend.
The official notice of the an
nual meeting releases figures for j
the operation during the past
year and also reported assets of
the corporation have grown to
$1,322,005. During the past year
the AREM had a gross income
of $258,390 while operational ex
penses ran to $5199,071.95, leav
ing a net margin of $41,936.25.
Youth Sunday Set
At Pleasant Grove
Youth Day is being planned
at Pleasant Grove A.M.E. Zion
Church Sunday, September 18.
The youth of the church will
be in charge with the guest
speaker being a talented youngi
man of Norfolk, who will de
liver an address at 3 P. M.
A special program is schedul
ed for the night service at 7:30
ok lock under .the supervision of
the Rev. Mrs. G. L. Scott.
The Rev. G. L. Scott, pastor, |
invites the public to attend.
ANNUAL ySc\
MEMBERS MEETING...
Saturday, September 10 -- 2:00 P. M.
Perquimans High School 1
Mark your calendar on September 10th ... it’s annual
meeting day for your Electric Membership Corporation.
ENTERTAINMENT
VOTING - REPORTS - PRIZES
ENTERTAINMENT: By request, we are again having the CA\'A- *
UER QUARTET. This popular quartet needs no introduction, since it is
seen regularly on TV and has appeared at several of your previous annual
meetings. *
In addition to the Cavalier Quartet, ERNEST BIVENS AND H/S
PLAYBOYS will also be on hand to entertain you. This group includes a c
six piece band and a girl singer. Their part of the program will include
hillbilly, popular, and rock ’n roll music. We believe that these two groups
will provide you with some fine musical entertainment. g
AH Members Urged To Be Present...
The Public Is Invited. ‘
1 • •• .. , ;
Albemarle Electric ■
Membership Corp.
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COMMUNITY OWNS) • COMMUNITY tUtU • COMMUNITY BUtlDtt *
John Holmes High School Band
Elects New Officers For Year
At a meeting of John A.
' Holmes High School Band, held
last week, officers for the 1960-
61 school year .were elected.
Those chosen to serve for the
year are as follows:
1 Band captain, Bud Skiles; per
sonnel. officer, Jimmy Ashley;
administrative officer, John
Marshall; equipment officer, Mac
Privott; library officer, Vern
Goodwin; public relations offi
cer, Bob Powell; secretary, Judy
Elliott, and treasurer, Priscilla
Bunch.
Drum major, Vern Goodwin;
chief majorette, Priscilla Bunch;
assistant chief majorette, Karen
Hollowell; chief color guard,
Marian Collins; assistant chief
color guard, Gloria Byrum.
Section leaders and assistant
section leaders have also been
appointed. They are as follows:
Flutes, Johnetta Davenport and
Carmen Goodwin; oboes, Pris
cilla Bunch and Joe Stone; clari
nets, Bud Skiles and Judy El
liott; saxophones, Jimmy Ash
It’s
Checkup Timelj^i
If you love comfort— and who doesn’t—now’* the iKr ’VL
time to make sure you’ll have it all winter long. IMSIHEII
■ Arrange today for us to check your oil burner UllWLffl 1
and put it into top operating condition. ■
Reasonable prices for cleaning and maintenance.
■ For CLEAN HEAT Service heating oil
COASTLAND OIL CO.
Distributors <tj Gulf Oil Products
PHONE 3411
DICK DIXON. Manager Edenton. N. C.
ley and John Marshall; French
horns, Jerry Yarborough and
Karen Hollowell; cornets, Bob
Powell and Carolyn Stallings;
trombones, Mac Privott and
Ronnie Rountree; baritones, Ron
nie Sawyer and Ernest Culli
pher; basses, Charles Wood and
Durrell Ambrose; percussion,
Tommy Parker and Billy Har-.
rell.
Local Eastern Star i
Official Visit Host
Edenton Chapter No. 302, Or
der of the Eastern Star, will
be host chapter tonight (Thurs-j
day) when an official visit will
be made by the worthy grand j
matron and worthy grand pa-,
tron. The worthy grand ma
tron is Mrs. Elda Mae Parker
Stokes of Conway and the wor
thy grand patron is Hamil New-|
by Swift of Raleigh.
This will be the official visit
for four chapters, Edenton,
Elizabeth City, South Mills and
Hertford, so that members from
these chapters will also attend
the meeting.
The meeting will begin at 8
o’clock in the Masonic Temple,
hut a dinner in honor of the
distinguished visitors will be
held at the Edenton Restaurant
at 6 o'clock.
Mrs. Margaret Bell, worthy
matron of the Edenton Chapter,
urges all members to attend the
meeting at 8 o’clock.
feast your eyes on the most warm
MR. FARMER
Let Us Gin Your Cotton
-—e
We have thoroughly conditioned our
plant and can give you service so von
will et the most money for your cot
lon crop.
The Government price w ill he based
oil grade ... Our extra cleaning equip
ment will give you better grades. Our
bonded sampler will draw samples
■ from each bale and send to Raleigh for
I Government classing. You will receive
a green card on each hale about the
third or fourth day. With this card w e
can give you settlement in full. Gov
ernment price as of today on middling
I 11-32 staple is $34.89.
We will buy seed cotton and cotton
I seed... Thank you for your patronage.
| B. W. EVANS, GIN
I EDENTON, N. C.
I B. W. Evans and Leslie Blanchard, Mgrs.
I OFFICE PHONE 2426 RESIDENCE 2934
Future Homemakers i
Meet In Hertford
The Future Homemakers of
Chowan High School had anj
executive committee meeting
Friday, August 26. The girls
present were Susan Evans, Judyj
Haste, Nancy Spivey, Loretta 1
Bunch, Mary Alice Perry, Betty |
Jean Smith and Mrs. Loraine
Rogerson. :
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I The committee
| munity, school, nationaljj”nd
money-making projects. Also
- 1 discussed were FHA WeeliM'HA
I dues, the activities of ne\slPHA
■ members and a booth for the
County Fair. Different
I ions were made concerning each
lof the activities. By lilting
this meeting the
(should be a better success i in
the coming year. The rtleet
j ing was then adjourned.