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ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN , CHOWAN COUNTY Volume XXVll.^—Number 37. Hurricane Donna Unleai is Fury Causing Considers S e Damage In Chowan Cou ls y Greatest Single Loss Is Leveling $40,000 Bulk Peanut Storage Warehouse at Leary Bros. Storage Com pany; R. R. Bridge Washed Away The fury of Hurricane Donna was unleashed on Edcnton and Chowan County early Monday morning, causing even more damage than Hurricane Hazel in 1954. In the wake of the hurri cane the entire town was cover-, ed with debris which hardly can be cleaned up by the end of this week. While there was a great deal of damage done, the biggest loss was experienced by the Leary Bros. Storage Company, where a new $40,000 bulk peanut stor age warehouse was leveled to the ground even before it was put to use. Huge trees were blown down which prevented traffic on sev eral streets. Huge limbs, too, were snapped from trees as though they were toothpicks. A number of automobiles were k either totally wrecked or badly damaged by falling trees and limhs. Several plate glass 'win dows were shattered. Many roofs were ripped off and win dow lights knocked out. Electric current, telephone and telegraph service was also knocked out. Damage in the rural areas was also severe, -where trees and barns were blown down. Crops, too, weye damaged, especially com. soybeans and cotton, much of the latter being blown away or hammered to tfcg ground, making picking almost iirlpossi ble. *3 The storm caused high tides, so that several areas in Edenton were flooded. Water even en tered the police station. Serious damage was also done to the Norfolk Southern Railroad Continuad on Pag* 3. Section 1 Committeemen For ASC Are Selected Lowe, Boyce and By rum County Conven tion Delegates Community Committeemen to administer the ASC program in ijhowan County were chosen in an election held Thursday of last week. ' The result of the elections fol low: Community A— Chairman, Woodrow Lowe: vice chairman. Jarvis Skinner; regu lar member. John N. Bunch; first alternate, Morris Small; second alternate, Edgar E. Hol lowell. Community B Chairman. Ray Byrura; vice „ chairman, Earl Bupch; regular member, Charlie Asbell; first al- 1 temate, Alvin Evans; second alternate, Murray Bass. Chairman, Ernest E. Boyce;' Coatiamd on Pago 4—Section 1 New Pipe Organ At Methodist Church Will Be Used Sunday On Sunday, September 18, the Sdenton Methodist Church will begin using the new pipe organ recently purchased by the church.: The organ, which is of classic; design, was planned and built tor the church by the Hillgreen Lane Company of Alliance, Ohio, and installed and finished in the church by Robert Hillgreen, Jr., ''and Michael Moser, technicians of the Hillgerai Lane Company. The new organ replaces the (Ppipe organ which was installed » the church in the fall of 1694, prior to the dedication of the huOding in 1895. tttat instru wss built hv Hook &imL THE CHOWAN HERALD Clio wan County Farm Bureau Membership Drive In Progress Bristoe Perry, membership chairman of the Chowan Coun ty Farm Bureau, says 'that the annual membership drive is now in progress. Membership cards! were mailed to all current mem bers recently, along with a no-| tice requesting the member to i renew his membership for 1960-' 1961. ‘Considerable time can be saved if every current member! will send in his renewal card anl check for $5.00,” says Mr. Perry. “In previous years mem bership committees have had to go from house to house to sign up members. Since this meth Aces Face Crucial Test Friday Night In Wallace Game Contest Calculated to Be One of Toughest For Edenton Outfit This Season With two victories tucked un der their belts, Edenton’s Aces will most likely face their most crucial test next Friday night when they tangle with the Wal lace-Rose Hill gridiron machine. The game will be played on the Dupin County field, the first game aWRy from home this sea son. a The DuplTn County"outlß, ac cording to Coach Thel Overman, is one of the best he has ever had. Very, few players were lost by graduation and five Reas oned and dangerous .backs are Continued on Pag* 6—Section i Band Week September 18-24 Is TProclaimed By Mitchener The week of September 18-24 has been set aside as the one time of the year that the John A. Holmes High School Band asks financial support from the business and professional men and organizations of the com munity. The support the band gets from this source assures it of sufficient finances to carry on its program through the year. Many band students invest and own their instruments. How ever, larger instruments require a lafger investment than most individuals can afford and the band, therefore, relies on assist ance from the community to ac quire these Instruments. Trans portation to such events as foot ball games involves considerable expense, and these contributions help to defray these. • The band is always on call for civic groups to play at various occasions and is happy to per form at these provided that they [do .not interfere out of propor tion with the students’ scholastic 1 requirements. The band’s bud- Continued on Pag* 4—S*ciion 1 of its period, a “tracker action” organ, in which the physical force required in operation was : supplied by the organist in the j keyboard action, and the blower | was operated by a hand pump, I manipulated during the. church service by the janitor. In the early 1920’s the blower of the Eden ton organ was electrified, but the tracker action was re-J tained, giving the organ an | eventual reputation of being ex- 1 tremsly difficult to play, and the despair of the average organ ist trained on a modern instru ment The first organist to use the Sf SLA? . wnose memorial utom is on roe ( Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 15, 1960. od was very time consuming, another method will be used this time.” The North Carolina Farm Bu reau has sponsored state and national legislation which has saved Tar Heel farmers mil lions of dollars per year. For example, the North Carolina Farm Bureau’s legislative accom plishments. save the average Tar Heel farmer over ssl in taxes on gasoline, fuel oil, fer tilizer and machinery each year. “The Farm Bureau has and will continue to work in the in terest of farmers, so that Mr. Perry says farmers can hardly afford not to be a member. Politics Topic At Meeting Held By Woman’s. Club Mrs. Herbert McKay Points Out Import ance of Women Tak ing Active Part Mrs. Herbert McKay of Chap el Hill, the state’s newly named Democratic National Committee-j woman, addressed the Edentoni Woman’s Club at a luncheon meeting Wednesday of last week! at the Edenton Restaurant. Mrs. McKay spoke on "Wo-| men in Politics”. She gave a Sief history of wtynen, gaming e right tb vote from the’first Women’s Rights Convention in 1848 to the passage of the Nine teenth Amendment in 1920. She explained the party sys tem as she herself had partici- Continued on Pag* 3—Section i Jones Appointed Administrator At Chowan Hospital At a meeting of trustees of Chowan Hospital held late last week William P. Jones was elected to serve as administra tor of the hospital.* Mr. Jones, who is scheduled to assume his new duties today (Thursday) succeeds Tom Ridge way, who recently resigned. Mr. Ridgeway served as administra tor for three years, coming to. Edenton from Scotland Neck. I Mr. Jones has served as vice chairman of the hospital trus tees for 14 years and was presi dent of the Spedic Food Pro ducts Company, recently des troyed by fire. At present he is president of the Edenton Cham ber of Commerce. He has also served as presi dent of the Edenton Industrial Development Corporation, presi dent of the Edenton Rotary Club, commander of Ed Bond Post of the American Legion, commanding officer of the local National Guard Company and is also tax supervisor for Cho toan County. During World War II he ser ved with medical squadrons and was sent to Europe (with the 135th General Hospital, where he performed a number of du ties closely associated with tjie office of the administrator. cmc calendar] The week of September 18-24 will be observed as John A. Holmes High School Band Week for raising funds for the band. Chowan County Pair will be held at the American Legion grounds October 3-8. The American Legion Auxili ary will meet Tuesday night, September 20, at I o'clock at the home of Mrs. J. L. Chestnut!. A coronation sorrke far Oiri's Coaligggd o» I floetiw 1 , Members Os John A. Holmes High School Band ’■Hi 8 il ■' si* If 8 IP '* Hi Hi t k 111 I- ft ifUlFg TYff WfffilrrffrirTrrg r' ?■' ft* 'll || I Elu 1 1 firSEBB I H9P| ‘I j jjj \ lit sU I * R- l- r JLj .. I f- ; i , I - I MBt V K I * * m g jjf f < Jr < I t i, t *SI 1 si • .Hp f 5 *JB s f yMßiiyitylißfrTjijTjM 1 Ajami f f mm&H mmirSkiiWm -■ m A.« - ' ■■ ' ' ''' ' " ' ' ■Mb..... <- ..... . ..... u-.,-, The John A. noimes High School Band, pictured above, is comprised of 60 students in g.aues 7j through 12 and represents Us school and community in many local and out-of-town events. One of its major achievements came last year when it represented Edenton and the slate of North Caiolina in the 23rd annual Safely Parade in Washington. D. C. In this parade, which featured 70 bands and 31,000 marchers divided into seven sections, the band won a fi r st place trophy as the best unit i irf the filth division. The band appears at all home and cut-of-lown football games. This week it will travel to Wallace to participate at the football game between Edenton and Wallace-Rose Hill.; The band tries to provide entertainment that w 11 be pleasing to everyone, dividing its shows be- - tween precision drill and pageant shows. The marching band features five color guards, eight ma jorettes and a drum major, all of whom play instruments in the concert band. The band itself can break down into several smaller units including a small five-piece dance combo, a 14-piece dance | band and a symphonic band ensemble.—(Photo by J. P. Ricks. Jr.) , Fair In Chowan Is Scheduled To Be Held October 3-8 Total of Over $1,400 In Prize Money Of fered For Exhibits During Week Sponsored by Ed Bond Post No. 40 of the American Legion. Chowan County’s Fair is sched uled to be held October 3-8. The Fair this year Will again provide laughter, song, exhibits and fun for everyone. The Fair will officially open. Tuesday afternoon. October 4, at. 1 o'clock and will close Sal-, tydoy- niph*; -October 8, at mid night. It will, of course, be h*ld I on the American Legion grounds on Highway 17 south. Robert Marsh, president, states' that a total of over $1,400 in prize money is ottered in all de-! partments. “Therefore.” he says “the Chowan County Fair offers the people of this county a wondertul opportunity to receive cash prizes for exhibits ranging from livestock and field crops to home-made yeast bread and handicraft knick-knacks.” As an example of the valu able prizes otfered. a total of $142 is offered as premiums in the beef cattle department. A. total of $217 is offered in the. swine department. Other departments in whiilij valuable cash prizes are offered include field crops, poultry,] horticulture (vegetable garden; crops), bees and honey, cloth ing, arts and crafts, canning, cakes, candies and breads, dee-; orative plants, flowers and oth ers. As an added, attraction to homemakers this year Fleish- 1 man’s Yeast Company is spoil-' soring a yeast bread contest. A ( total of $lO in prizes is offered in this particular class by the sponsor. Entries include six yeast rolls or one loaf of yeast] bread. This contest is in an. open class department, meaning that it is open to any Chowan Continuad on Pag* 3 Section I Councilmen Consider Lagoon System For Disposal Os Sewage Town Councilmen completed their business at the September meeting Tuesday night in short order and were ready to leave the meeting shortly after 10 o’clock. A major portion of the time was devoted to consideration of a lagoon system of sewage dis posal. So impressed were the Councilmen with a report of Councilman Al Phillips that George Freeman, the town's en gineer, will be instructed to make a thorough investigation of this plan of sewage disposal to determine if it would be sat isfactory. Mr. Phillips presented a group of letters from various towns in Mississippi where , the lagoon system is being' used and in every case the report was very satisfactory both as to taking care qf the needs and cost of The lagoon system provides Future “Ace” < ; ,] ’ »"\§* IMMMMMI I I JJI KX£Z Si!® * SB pv, ;|| i DAVID TWIDDY Three-year-old David Twiddy. son of* Mr. and Mrs. Frank Twiddy. talks about nothing more than becoming a 'member jof the Aces’ football team. Above he is pictured proudly diked out in his older brother's ! uniform, just as much as *o say "Come on. you guys.” —(Photo by Frank Twiddy). Two Edenton Girls . At Baptist Hospital Two Edenton girls are among j the ftO freshmen enrolled in the, School of Nursing of North Car- i olina Baptist Hospital at Win ston-Salem. They are Betty Ann Harrell and Sarah Rebecca King. Miss Harell. daughter of E. C Harrell. Jr., of Rocky Hock| community, was graduated from Chowan High School in 1958 and! attended Campbell College two! years. j Miss King is the niece of Mr.; and Mrs. R. A. Tarkington of Edenton. She finished at John A. Holmes High School last spring. for lagoons or ponds into which j the sewage is pumped, with the information that a one-acre area is required for every 200 peo ple, so that for the present Edenton population about 25 acres of land would be required on which to construct the la goons. In all of the letters spe cial mention was made about the lack of odor and in some in stances people live quite close to the lagoons. Some chemi cals are used and a major phase, of the sewage disposal is sun light, oxidation and evaporation. It was also stated in some of the letters that fish thrive in the ponds and that many of them have developed into a fisher men’s paradise. ' . Not only will the engineer be instructed to make a thorough investigation of the feasibility of the lagoon system in Edenton, but some of the town council- Coattwad oq Page 4 Butin \ Edenton Native j Publishes Book Mrs. Emily Badham Coxe Writes “Moth- j er of the Maid” j Edenton friends will be plqus-! ed to learn that Mrs. Emily Bad-j ham Coxe. a nat.\e "i Edenton and daughter of Mrs. R. P.j Badham. has turned author and! has written a book “Mother of! the Maid." scheduled for pub lication this month. Mrs. Coxe is the mother of Emily Wood Coxe. who was a finalist in ihc, 195:1 Maid of Cotton contest. The book is a fictionalized ac-l count of what happens to a 1 mother and daughter when they decide to try for the coveted Maid of Cotton title. It takes' Continued on Pane 3—Section 1 I Ldenton BP\T Club Resumes Its Regular Meetings Tonight The first meeting of the year for the Edenton Business and Professional Women's Club wnl be Thursday night, September 15. at 7 o'clock in the Penelope Barker house. This will be a dinner meeting. The club’s new year, with Mrs. La la Smith as president, will enter into a program of ef fective living with emphasis on "Advancing Women in Careers and as Citizens". The Membership Committee, with Mildred Munden as chair man. will be in charge of the first program, using “Member ship Orientation” as a theme. This committee will also pre pare and serve the meal. The following committee chair- Warwick Revival j Begins Sept 18th j Rev. Junis Foster, Sr. j Os South Norfolk j Evangelist i Revival services will begin at Warwick Baptist Church Mon day night. September 19, and will continue through Saturday night, September 24. Services will begin at 8 o’clock. The Rev. Junis Foster. Sr., pastor of Raleigh Heights Bap tist Church. South Norfolk, Va., will be the evangelist. For a number of years he was a tele graph engineer, until in 1929 when he answered the call to the ministry. He has served as pastor in New Jersey, Pennsyl vania and for the past nine j ; years at Raleigh Heights where; in the same period of time over! 500 additions have been added.'j Services begin Sunday at 10, A. M., with Sunday School and Sunday night at 7:00 P. M., with Training Union. The public is cordially invited to attend. VFW MEETS TUESDAY William H. Coffield, Jr., Post No. 9280. Veterans of Foreign Wars, will meet Tuesday night, September 20, at 8 o’clock. Commander John Bass urge* a full attendance. _ $2.50 Per Year In North Carotin? Edenton Aces Turn Back Big Roanoke Rapids Team 33-6 Visiting Evangelist 1 ■' ’ 7- REV. juNIS FOo 1 ER. SR. For revival services at War wick Baptist Church September 18-24, the Rev. Junis Foster. Sr., of South Norfolk will be the visiting evangelist. j[ Thank Jaycees ) Coaches Bill Billings, Billy j Hardison as well as chool offi -1 cials desire to express their sin , cere apDrecialion to Edenton Jaycees for their efforts in sell ing tickets for football games and advertisements for the foot ball programs. The Jaycees sold all of the reserved reats and many regular season rickets as well as the advertisements, which is considered the b4=l selling job the Jaycees have ever done in connection with football. Special thanks go to James Perry. Jaycee president. | far his interest and efforts. men have been appointed fur the coming year: Career Advancement Phyllis Riley. 1 malice —Beulah Perry. Health .V Safety— Olive Good win International Relations Ethel Simpson. Public Relations—Ania Baker State Headquarters Rosebud Ward. Te I eph o ne—F lo UeArmcnt Program Coordination—Pauline Calloway. Public Affairs—Goldie Nibb le!. National Security—Hazel Las siter. Christmas Parade Alive Twiddy. Hospitality—l .aura Ferguson j 20 Years Ago J As Found jn the Files of The Chowan Herald Game Warden J. G. Perry re-! leased 40 young wild turkeys 1 throughout Chowan County. Edenton merchants, in coop eration with the observance of National Retailers' lion Week, staged a bargain Week as an inducement to stim ulate trade. Democrats in *he First Con gressional District nominated Herbert C. Bonner to succeed Lindsay C. Warren as Represen tative in Congress. Judge W. C. Harris in his Continued cn Page 3—Section ’ Millie Price Edenton Guest At Norfolk Good Neighbor Days Miss Miilv Price, a senior a John A. Holmes High School, will h e i n Norfolk and Ports mouth as the guest of the Good Neighbor Days Committee on Saturday. September 17. Miss Price, along with girls from 15 other high schools in the area will visit NATO head-, quarters, the Naval Base, and the Naval Air Station. They; will also go on a boat tour of the Norfolk-Portsmouth Harbor. Escorted by cadets from Fred erick Collage, the girls will have luncheon at the college, and la- FIGHT CANCER WITH A CHECKUP AND CHECK \ j Both Defensive and > Offensive Play De j lights Large Crowd I Os Spectators I Edenton’s Aces, paying little j attention to a much heavier op- I ponent. again exploded on Hicks j Field Friday night to run rough , shod over the Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jackets and chalked up | their second consecutive victory sos the current season by a score ioj 33-6 The Aces might have i easily piled up a higher score, j but Coach Biil Billings sent in | many o! the reserves who play i ed a goodly portion of the game • and gave a good account of ! themselves. i i Edenton ball carriers again I displayed remarkable speed as well as power to break through the Jacket, line for considerable r yardage. J< iry Tolley, a sash ■ side-stepping back, made two of s the Aces' -'touchdowns on 40 and 26 yard jaunts. Bubba Hopkins, . packed with both power and | speed, tipped off .27 yards for ; bis touchdown, while a' superb passing combination of Quarter i back Carroll Forehand to End ’ Fred Britton was responsible for two of the touchdowns. While the offensive depart 'j ment gave a wonderful exhibi ! tion; equally impressive was the j defense put up by the Aces’ line j from end to end. Guard Jim-, ‘l my White was again the princi jpal ihorn in the side of the Yellow Jackets, but he was ably j assisted by Jack Sawyer. Er iw in Griffin, Wayne Baker, Charles Cuthrell, Wavne Griffin and tite Forehand brothers. Ron -1 aid and Donald. Linebackers 1 Hopkins Bntlon and Richard ’Dixon : Iso helped stop the Jac- I ktl i miners. The defense gave jop only ti 4 yards on the ground while tht Air s chalked up 302 yards with Hopkins getting crecl jit for 121 yards. Tolley follow jed with 7s, Spivey and Dixon j together adding 50 yards while two reserve backs. Wayne Ash ley and Douglas Sexton turned 1 in 30 arid 23 yards respectively. [ Carroll Forehand played an -1 other i upstanding game at Continued on Page B—Section 2 ’Superior Court j Still In Session Judge J. Walter Bone i Disposing of Goodly Number of Cases on Docket Despite tiu.' appearance of Hurricane Donna, which played havoc in Eastern North Carolina ’ and Edenton in particular early , Monday morning. Judge J. Wal ter Bone of Nashville drove to | Edenton in time to. open a term Sos Chowan Superior Court at j H) o’clock Monday morning | No time was lost in getting |to the business at hand, with the Grand Jury being the first item of business. Those chosen jto serve in this capacity were: E. F. Parks. Ralph E. Saunders, Isaac Ellsworth Halsey, Jr. j Frank T. Bond. W. J. Privott, Henry Jordan. Thomas C. Nixon. Melvin I. Harrell. Dallas Jeth ro, Sr.. Herbert E. HollowelL J. S. Bunch, Worth E. Spencer. M. IT. Barrington. Ronald Lee Am . brose, A. L. Boyce. Bobby A. Continued on Page 6—Section t Uer in the day attend a dance party. Mildred Alexander will have a special committee from the Women's Division of the Nor folk Chamber of Commerce act ing as chaperones. Muss Price is the daughter of Mrs. Myda W. Price of Eden >' ton. and is planning to attend j college. j She has held various school positions including treasurer tit the Tri-Hi-Y Club, business manager of Yearbook, and mem ber of the National Honor So*