ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXVll.—Number 39.
Annual Chowan I bounty Fair Will Be Held Next Week
EdentonAcesßomp
Over Williamston
For Fourth Victory
Gradually Wear Down
r Stubborn Defense to
Win 34 to 0; Hopkins
Outstanding Star
Faced with an early stubborn
defense, Edenton’s Aces gradual
ly pounded away at William
ston's Green Wave Friday night
on Hicks Field to outclass the
visitors in a 34-0 trouncing. It
Was not until late in the first
quarter that the Aces were able
to reach pay dirt. They put on
a sustained drive and aided by
a ' 15-yard Williamston penalty,
marched 52 yards for the first
score with Hopkins cracking
through the line 3 yards out.
The Aces' second counter was
made early in the second quar-!
ter when Jimmy White fell on
a Williamston fumble on the 41-
yard line as the first quarter
ended. With Tolley, Hopkins,
Forehand and Dixon alternating
in carrying the ball, Hopkins
drove through the line from 8
yards out to score his second
touchdown. He also cracked the
line for the extra point. There
was no more scoring in the sec
ond quarter with the ball chang
ing hands four times.
On the second play of the
third quarter Fred Britton snag
ged a Williamston pass and in a
thrilling piece of running gal-i
loped 39 yards for the third
touchdown, and Hopkins crashed
through the line for the extra
point. That settled the scoring
lor the third quarter, although
the frriqt -their ovan
40 to the Williamston 15 where
the Green Wave took over.
- The fourth touchdown follow
ed a pass interception by Jim
my White on the Aces’ 49.
Prom that point the Aces pound-j
ed away at the Williamston line
with Hopkins, Dixon and Tolley’
alternating in chalking up four
successive first downs which car
ried the ball to the 4-yard line.
From there Dixon rammed!
( through the weakening Green
Wkve line for the score. Spi-j
vey also went through the line
for the extra point.
The final touchdown was
made near the end of the game
after Tolley intercepted a Wil
liamston pass. Due to a penal
ty jt was the Aces’ ball on their!
own 15 and they moved 85 yards
score. The big gun in this
drive was Spivey, who ripped
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20 Years Ago
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Eden ton’s National Guards
men, preparing to leave for a
pear’s peace-time training at
Fort Jackson, were given rousing
farewells by Edenlon Rotarians,
Lions and Legionnaires.
J. H. Wroten, newer end water
supervisor I6r the Town of
Edenton. tendered his resignation
to Fred P. Wood, chairman of
the Board of Public Works.
Chowan County joined with
other counties in the First Con
gressional District in planning
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John H. Asbell, Jr. Is Promoted
In N. C Army National Guard
The promotion of John Henry'
Asbell, Jr., from Chief Warrant
Officer (W-l) to the rank of
Chief Warrant Officer (W-3) inr
the North Carolina Army Na
tional Guard is announced by
Governor Luther Hodges.
° r Chief Warrant Officer Asbell
was bom in Edenton, where he
now resides with his wife and
two children on Route 2. He is
full-time employee of the
Tforth Carolina Army National
Guard, serving in the capacity
of administrative supply tech,
nician with Combat Support
Company (In Part), 2nd Battle
Group, 119th Infantry in Eden
4tm, r
Asbell graduated from the
.Edenton High Schtol in Men
ton in 194 S and then attended
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
[ Meeting Changed 1
'Notice has been given that the j
October meeting of Edenton's
Town Council will be held
Thursday night, October 13, in
stead of Tuesday night, Octo
ber 11.
The meeting has been post
poned two days later than usual
due to the necessity tor both
Mayor John Milchener and Clerk
Ernest J, Ward, Jr., being out
of town on October 11.
New Books At
Local Library
Miss Marion Robertson, librar
ian at Shepard-Pruden Memorial
Library, announces the recent
arrival of a group of new books. I
Just a portion of these new
books includes the following: t
The Long Voyage by Adrian;
Hayter; The Fiercest Heart byj
Stuart Cloete; Mr. Citizen by.
Harry S. Iruman; Beyond thej
Hills by Garrison; Set Thisi
House on Fire by William Sty
non; Anybody’s Spring by A. A.
Murray; The Stars in Their
Courses by Harry Brown; The
Vanishing Island by Charles C.
O’Connell. A Silence of Desire 1
by Markandoya; The Long Chase!
by Max Brand; Diamond Head!
by Peter Gilman.
For Young People
Your Flag and Mine by
mono; The Hurricane Mystery
by Mary D. Roberts; The Cow
Who Fell in the Canal by Krasi
lovsky; Over in the Meadow by
Langstaff; The Small One by
Gay.
Color Slide Feature
Os Woman’s Club
Meeting October 5;
i
The Edenton Woman’s Clubj
will have a very important]
meeting Wednesday afternoon, i
October 5, at the Edenton Res-!
taurant at 1 o’clock. At this
meeting “The American Idea,” a
color slide featuring the Cela
nese House will be shown, so 1
that Mrs. J. D. Elliott, presi- 1
dent, urges every member to bej
present.
The Celanese House designed j
by the internationally famous I
architect, Edward Durell Stone, 1
is a daring adventure in resi-i
dential design. It features 12
glass pyramid roof structures
supporting hanging gardens, j
beautifully landscaped terraces,'
enclosed patios, plastic and fab
ric sliding panel room-dividers. !
The decor is richly enhanced
by original American paintings
and sculpture on loan from The
Whitney Museum of American
Art.
EASTERN STAR MEETING
Edenton Chapter No. 302, Or-;
der of the Eastern Star, will!
meet Monday night, October 3,;
at 8 o’clock. Mrs. Margaret,
Bell, worthy matron of the;
chapter, requests all members to j
be present.
the Norfolk Business College in
Norfolk, Va. He is also a grad
uate of the Projector Instruction
School at Fort McPherson, Ga.
Chief Warrant Officer Asbell
served on active duty with the
United States Navy from Sep
tember, 1943, until June, 1946.;
He joined the North Carolina;
Army National Guard in Decem
ber, 1948, with the Heavy Mor
tar Company of the 119th In
fantry in Edenton and served
with that organization until
March 1959. At that time, due
to the reorganization, of the
North Carolina Army National
Guard, he was transferred to
Combat Support Company (In
Part), 2nd Battle Group, 119th
‘lnfantry in Edenton, the unit of
hi* present assignment.
Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 29, 1960
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"The American Idea," a fabulous new home furnishings color slide program featuring the Cel
anese House, will be shown at the meeting of the Edenton Woman's Club at its meeting in the
Edenton Restaurant Wednesday afternoon, October 5. at 1 o'clock. This view from the end of the
living room through the dining room opening on to the north terrace is one of the interesting sec
tions of the house. Here is seen two of the 12 skylights and hanging gardens, through which light
filters into the rooms. This is one of the 48 room settings in "The American Idea" home furnish
ings program presented by Celanese Corporation of America.
Bloodmobile Will
Be In Edenton On
Friday, Sept. 30 th
Appeal Is Made For i
Chowan Citizens to j
Donate 4 Quota of 105,
Pints
Citizens of Chowan County j
are*reminded that the Red Cross,
bloodmobile will be at the |
Edenton armory Friday of this
week, September SO. The coun-i
ty’s quota is 105 pints of blood, j
and those connected with the J
bloodmobile visit are hopeful
that the quota wijl be realized, i
ft has been pointed out that j
time and again Chowan has,
come up short in meeting this
quota and at various times the
blood program was hanging in
the balance.
According to actual figures
about 90 per cent of previous
blood donations were made by
people living in Edenton and
also that about 90 per cent of!
the blood used was for patients
living in the rural section of
the county and Negroes.
An appeal has been made for
more people in the county, to
gether with more Negroes, to
participate in giving blood so
that it will be on hand when
needed at the hospital.
It is also pointed out that to
donate a pint of blood is pain
less and that it requires very!
little of one’s time, so thatj
there is little reason why Cho-j
wan County should not easily |
reach the quota of 105 pints, j
The bloodmobile will be at
the armory from 11 A. M., to
5 P. M.
Cancer Officials
Will Meet Tonight
, J. W. Davis, new president of
Chowan County’s cancer unit,
has called a meeting of the
executive committee and board j
of directors of the unit. Thei
meeting will be held in the Mu-[
nicipal Building tonight (Thurs
day) at 8 o’clock.
Mrs. Bert Tyson, field con
sultant of the American Can
cer Society, will attend the
meeting, and Mr. Davis, due to
the importance of this meeting,
urges all executive committee
members and members of the
board of directors to make a
special effort to be on hand.
RED MEN TRIBE CHANGES
HOUR OF MEETING TO 7:30
Chowan Tribe No. 12, Improv
i ed Order of Red Men, will meet
Monday night, October 3. The
meeting hour for the tribe has
been changed to 7:30 o’clock in
stead of 8 o’clock. . Alton Shaw,
I sachem of the tribe, requests a
1 large turnout of the member*.
Polio Shot Clinic
Plans have been completed for
a polio shot clinic which is
scheduled to be held tonight
(Thursday) at the Penelope
Barker house. These shots will
be administered from 7 to 9
o'clock. |
The clinic is .sponsored by the
Edenton Junior Chamber of
Commerce in cooperation with
Edenton doctors. It is hoped
many will take advantage of this
clinic.
Chowan PTA
Meets Oct. 3rd
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The meeting of the Parent-
Teacher Association of Chowan,
High Scnooi, wmcn was post-i
poned due to Hurricane Donna, 1
will be held Monday night, Oc
tober 3. The meeting will be:
held in the school auditorium
beginning at 8 o’clock. Mrs. *
Hurley Winborne, PTA presi-j
dent, urges all members to at
tend.
Masons Will Hold
Fish Fry Tonight
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F.
& A. M., will hold a fish fry
tonight (Thursday) at. 6:30;
o’clock in the dining room of I
the Masonic Temple. Wives of
Masons and members of the
Eastern Star and their wives or
husbands are also invited to at
tend the affair.
LIONS MEET MONDAY
Edenton Lions will meet Mon
day night, October 3, at 7
o’clock. President James Grif
fin requests every member to
be on hand.
Chowan’s U. S. Savings Bonds
Sales Now 60% Os Year’s Quota
According to R. S. Atkinson,
Jr., volunteer U. S. Savings]
Bonds Chairman for Chowan
County, savings bonds sales inj
Chowan County for the January-;
August period amounted to $67,-
461.55. This is 60 per cent of:
the county’s annual quota. The
quota is $112,420.
Savings bonds sales in Cho
wan County in August amount
ed to $3,666.85.
In August the sale of U. S.
Savings Bonds in North Caro
lina was up 1.5 per cent over
August of last year.
Individually, the Series E
Scotland Neck To
Take On Edenton
Aces Friday Night
Second of Conference j
Games Scheduled on
Hicks Field Friday I
Night at 8 O’clock i
Edenton’s Aces, sporting a 4-0
record thus iar this season, will
make an attempt to maintain
their perfect record Friday
night. On Hicks Field, begin
ning at 8 o’clock, the Aces will
face Scotland Neck in the sec
ond Albemarle Conference game'
of the season. I
On paper, the Aces should he
a decided favorite. They had
very little trouble in trouncing
Williamston 34-0 Friday night,
while Scotland Neck earlier de
feated the Green Wave 7-6.
Coaches Bill Billings and
Billy Hardison, as well as the
Aces themselves .are not taking
too much for granted, so that
they have been practicing hard}
this week in anticipation of
meeting the Scots Friday night.
The Aces, barring training ac
cidents, are in good shape for
the fray, so that local fans are
anticipating another notch on
the victory belt.
The band and cheerleaders
will also be on hand to liven upj
things, so that a night of real
entertainment should be in the;
making. '
Hospital Auxiliary
Welcomes Jones As !
New Administrator|
i
At the meeting of Chowan'
Hospital Auxiliary last week, j
William P. Jones was welcomed j
as hospital administrator and |
was promised full cooperation
from the Auxiliary. At his plea]
for help for the blood bank, j
plans were made to contact ev-'
ery organization and club in the'
town and county to promote!
blood donations for Friday, Sep-'
tember 30, when the bloodmobile]
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Bond sales dropped 2 per cent, [
while the Series H Bonds jump
ed 60 per cent.
Cumulative sales of Series E
bonds for the first eight months
of this year are over 2 per cent
ahead of the sales for the same
months last year. The cumula
tive sale of Series H Bonds'
showed an increase of over 3
per cent for the same period.
Combined Series E and H
Bond sales total nearly $32,000,-!
000, which is 2.4 per cent high
er than last year and is 62.5;
per cent of the North Carolina j
annual quota for this year of
$51,100,000.
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Free State Fair
Tickets ArriveFor
Chowan Schools
Students Will Be Ad
mitted Free Tuesday,
October 11 or Friday,
October 14
School administration officials
and teachers of the schools of
Chowan County have 394 free
admission tickets to the North
Carolina State Bair. These are
a part of the 400,000 School Day
tickets being mailed to schools
over the state.
W. J. Taylor, superintendent
of county schools, and John A.
Holmes, superintendent of Eden
ton schools, have been mailed
tickets for their respective sys
tems, according to Dr. J. S. Dor
.ton, manager of State Fair.
Student tickets are good for
free admission on either Tues
day, October 11, or Friday. Oc
tober 14. and are available to
all students of all secondaryi
schools of the state on request
of the administrator of each)
school or school system.
Dr. Dorton states that the
paving and drainage improve-;
ments for which some $73,000 isj
now being spent, will be com- 1
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Better Freight Service Despite
Discontinuing Switch Engine
By Norfolk Southern Railroad
Last week The Herald carried
a story to the effect that the
Norfolk Southern Railroad de
cided to discontinue the switch
engine between Elizabeth City
and Edenton. This action was
taken due to the extensive dam-i
age done to the railroad bridge,
across Albemarle Sound by
Hurricane Donna and might
have left the impression that
freight service would be affect
ed.
However. T. J. Wood, local,
Norfolk Southern freight agent. 1
New Fords Go On ;
Display This Week;
Albemarle Motor Com-1
pany Very Proud :
Os New Models
Announcement is made by the
Albemarle Motor Company that
the new 1961 Ford automobile
will be on display in its show
room today (Thursday), Friday
and Saturday of this week.
Bruce Jones, Jr., manager, says
the 1961 mode's are sensational
and that numerous durability
improvements will result in
greater savings and less incon
venience to Ford owners. He is J
especially proud of the new Fal
con which is said to be the
most successful new car in his
tory. "In its first year.” says
Mr. Jones, “the Falcon establish
ed itself as the standard of
American compact cars.”
Thursday night will be observ
ed as family night, when the
new cars will be on display un
! til 9 o’clock. Refreshments and
, door prizes will be given away
i during the showing and the
public is cordially invited to see
the new model Fords.
Band Parents To
Meet October sth
Edenton’s Band Parents As
sociation will meet Wednesday
1 of next week, October 5, at 8
: o'clock in the Band Room. This
will be a very important meet
! ing, so that Henry Quinn, presi
■ clent, hopes a large number oi
; members will attend.
I
SOCIETY MEETING
[j The Woman’s Society of Chris
■ tian Service of the Methodist
■ Church will hold its regulai
>: meeting Tuesday night. Octobei
I I 4. The meeting will be held at
t the church and all members art
urged to attend.
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
President R. Marsh
Predicts Fair One
Os Best Ever Held
Recorded Minister
IMMgHWI
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LOUIS IRVING WINSLOW
At a recent yearly meeting of
Friends held at Guilford College,
Louis Irving Winslow was re
corded a minister of the Friends
congregation. Mr. Winslow lives
at Belvidere.
has informed The Herald that
the service will be as good or
even better than before. Mr.
Wood says a switch engine is
leaving Norfolk at *• o’clock
every morning except Sunday
and serves patrons, daily along
the line, returning to Norfolk in
late afternoon.
Mr. Wood also informed The,
Herald that a pile driver is
now working at each end of:
the damaged bridge and that
very shortly two floating rigs
will be sent in .to repair the
damaged bridge.
Chairmen Re-elect
ASC Committee
Necessary to Destroy
Peanuts For Quota
Marketing Card
Chairmen of the various town
ship ASC committees met in the
local ASC office Friday and re
elected the present who are
serving on the ountv ASC Com
mittee, Which are as follows::
Chairman. A. C. Griffin: vice
chairman. J. Carroll Byrum;
tegular member. Richard Jack
son: first alternate, Eugene Jor
dan and second alternate, Wal
lace Chappell.
The community committeemen
advise farmers in their commun
ity that if they are planning to
combine their peanuts, it will he
necessary for them to destroy
Continued on Page s—Section 1
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton Rotarians will meet
this (Thursday) afternoon at 1
o'clock at the Edenton Restau
rant. President Elton Forehand
urges a 100 per cent meeting.
Hospital Auxiliary’s Bridge
Marathon To Begin October 1
Mrs. J. M. Thorud, Chairman
of the ways and means commit
tee of the Chowan Hospital Au
xiliary. announced early this
week that another bridge mara
thon sponsored by the Auxiliary
will get under way Saturday.'
October 1 and run through i
April 1.
Mrs. Thorud stated that this
year 30 hands will be played in
stead of 20 played in previous
years.
Couples playing in this year’s
contest will be as follows:
Team A: N. J. George and
Hiram Mayo.
Team B: Medlin Belch and C.
A. Phillips.
Team C: Mrs. F. W. Hobbs
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Edenton and Chowan
Citizens Urged to
Enter as Many Ex
hibits as Possible
Chowan County’s big County
Fair is scheduled to open at the
American Legion Fairgrounds
Monday. October 3 and continue
through Saturday night. October
8. This year’s fair promises to
be one of the best yet,” says
Robert Marsh, the president.
All citizens of Edenton and
Chowan County are urged to
display as many exhibits as pos
sible. Entries are open to
everyone, regardless of age or
sex. Special departments are
open to 4-H, FFA, FHA. NFA
and NHA members, and many
valuable prizes are offered.
Members of those organizations
may also exhibit samples of their
various projects in the open
class division. Os course, one
article can only be exhibited in
one class. However, club mem
bers can have one entry in the
club projects department and
another one in the open class
division.
As announced in The Herald
last week, an additional prize of
$lO is offered to the Chowan
family who has the most total
exhibits at the fair this year.
It is very important for each
family to keep an accurate list
Continued on Page s—Section 1
Nickels For Know
How Vote Sept. 30
Friday, September 30, eligible
farmers will have the oppor
tunity to cast their ballots in
another Nickels for Know-How
referendum.
The purpose of this referen
dum is tcv collect a small fee of
five cents per ton for fertilizer
purchased which is used for ag
ricultural research and educa
tion. and in effect helps farm
people to solve their own prob
lems.
The program has been in es-.
feet for nine years and those in
terested in improvement of ag
riculture hope that farmers rea
lize the good which has been
accomplished and that they will
again vote for the assessment on
fertilizer.
( civic calendar]
Red Cross bloodmobile will ba
at the Edenton armory Friday,
September 30, from 11 A. M.
to 5 P. M. The county's quota
is 105 pints of blood.
Another polio shot clinic will
be held at the Penelope Barkar
house tonight (Thursday) from
1 7 *o 9 o’clock.
| Members of the executive com
mittee and board of directors of
! the Chowan County cancer unit
; will meet tonight (Thursday! at
8 o'clock in the Municipal Build
i i n 9- i
A Nickels for Know-How ref
; erendum will be held Friday.
September 30.
Chowan County Fair will ba
held at the American Legion
grounds October 3-8.
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and Mrs. J. H. McMullan.
Team D: Ralph Parrish and
Mrs. Ralph Parrish.
Team E: Mrs. L. A. Patterson
and Mrs. W. B. Rosevear.
Team F: Mrs. H. A. Campen
and Mrs. A. M. Forehand.
Team G: Cecil Fry and Mrs.
i J. M. Thorud.
Team H: Or. Frank Wood and
j Mrs. Frank Wood.
1 Team J; Mrs. Willie White
j and Mrs. L. H. Haskett. ’
Team K: Miss Myrtle Jenkins
and Miss Ruby Felts,
j Team L: Thomas Wood and
Mrs. Thomas Wood,
i Team M: Mrs. Clarence Leary
and Mrs. A. B. Harless. Sr.
Continued on Page s—Section I