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AROUND THE FARMS,
IN CHOWAN COUNTY |
By C. W- OVERMAN. Chowan County Agent |
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Cfcovu County Fair: The
Chowan County Fair got off to
an excellent start on Tuesday.
Fatih and home exhibits and,
booth exhibits in our opinion are
excellent.
Our farm people have shown
an excellent spirit of participa
tion in the exhibits in the fair.
I believe we have the largest
number of exhibits and perhaps
the greatest variety m trims,,
vegetables, and field crops. In'
fact* it was necessary to use
four additional booth spaces to
take care of farm and home ex-'
hibtis. Luckily, we found the
booth spaces vacant and were
abje to make excellent ;use of j
them.
At this writing, I have not
had time to study the booths
but .; on casual glance we have
excellent booth exhibits. Each
of these exhibits teach a most
important lesson or show some
very important educational fea
ture- If you atteiid the' fair
this week I urge you to take
time to look the booths over,
study them and try to get the!
educational value that is por-j
trayed. j
I want to congratulate all ofi
you farm people who have par-1
ticipated in making this fair a|
real county fair. You are the;
ones who are making it a real
agricultural fair. Mr. Fred
Mockaday, of the N. C. Depart
ment of Agriculture, inspected
the fair this morning. Mr.
Hockaday was most compliment
ary of your farm and home ex
hibits and of the fair as a
whole. We scored much higher
than our fair did in 1959.
I also want to congratulate
the American Legion for their
great effort in staging our Cho
wan County Fair and for the
excellent work they are doing to
continue this event in Chowan I
County. There is a lot of work
thai takes place behind the
scenes and no one realizes just
how much .effort many individ
uals put into an event of this
.kind. As your County Agricul
tural Agent, I am most pleas
ed with the exhibits and our
1960 County Fair as it looks
now.
The Grand Champion Booth
Award gfles to Advance 4-H
Club. This is the first time a
4-H Club has won this honor in
our County Fair. The subject
of their booth is ”4-H Members
Increase Income by Using Rec-
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ommended Practices”. This par
ticular theme can be related to
any project but in' this case
they chose corn for an example.
Also in the blue ribbon group
was the Oak Grove Community
4-H Club booth entitled “Save
a Life—Practice Water Safety.”
The Center Hill Junior 4-H
Club placed in the red ribbon
category with their booth on
“Objectives of 4-H Camp Pro
gram”. The Chowan FFA was
a red ribbon winner with a
booth on products made from
wood. Still in the Youth Di
vision, white ribbon winners
were: John A. Holmes High
School Band, John A. Holmes
FHA, and Chowan High School
FHA.
In the Adult Division Advance
Home Demonstration Club won
first place with their booth on
“Window Treatment and Correct
Hardware”.! Yeopim Home Dem
onstration Club won second
place on ‘‘Coordinating Color
Throughout The Home”. Third
•place in the Adult Division went
to the Negro Community Pro-,
gress Planning Committee on
“How Community Action Solves
Problems”. j
Nickels For Know How Ref
erendum: Your Nickels for Know
How Referendum was held last
Friday, September 30. Practical
ly every store operator and ser
vice station operator in the rural
part of Chowan County and
many businesses in Edenton con
ducted polls in their places of
business. This enabled you peo
ple to have a voting place al
most at your front door, cer
tainly convenient enough for
everyone to vote who would.
In Chowan County there were
238 ballots put into boxes. Mr.
Bristoe Perry and Mr. Percy L.
Smith served as ballot counters.
There were 216 ballots cast in
favor of continuing Nickels for
Know How„ 14 ballots were cast
unfavorable to the program, and
8 ballots were put into the box
without being marked. I want 1
to congratulate all of you who 1
went to the polls and voted in
this referendum. The referen
dum carried by a very large
majority over the State of North
Carolina. This means that the
Nickels For Know How program
will continue for another three
years and you people will reap
increasing benefits from the im-,
provement in agricultural and,
home economics research and!
THE CHOWAN HERALD. EDENTON. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 8. 1880.
Begin Higher Education
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Six area students began their careers in higher education this
month at Converse College, Spartanburg, S. C. They were among
new students who swelled enrollment at the 4-yeax woman's
college to a record sl4. New students above are, first row, left to
right. Miss Elva Drake Edwards of Raleigh; Miss Nancy Rand Me-
Innis of Henderson; Miss Kathryn King of Raleigh. Second row,
left to right. Miss Mary Lucille Pollock of Kinston; Miss Linda Ann
Cromley of Raleigh and Miss Jane Holland DuLaney* daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. DuLaney of Edenton.
education. Each individual nic
kel is a very small amount, but
just like--the grains of sand on
the seashore, when they are all i
1 put together they make a big
I thing to help make farm and
[ home living better throughout
j our State.
Post Office Receipts
Increase $12,157
Continued from Page 1, Section 1
“We can’t deny that we will
still make mistakes and that the
human element still plays a vi-I
tally important part in daily
operations,” says Mr. Chestnutt,
“but the statistics in the Depart
ment’s annual report offer posi
tive proof that we are making
progress on a nation-wide basis.
As an example, while the mail
volume showed an increase of
16 million pieces handled an
nually, the employment increase
during this same period amount
ed to only 11 per cent.
“There is perhaps no better
way of demonstrating the de
partment’s ever-improving effici
ency than by showing just how
steadily the annual volume
handled per man-year of em-]
ployment excluding city ear-|
riers—has been increasing since j
1953. In that year the total
handled by one man was 132,000 j
pieces of mail. For 1960 the
I eoivesponding figure was 157,-
( 000.”
TRY A HERALD CLASSIFIED
Ernest Ward Resigns
As Clerk For Edenton
Continued from Page 1, Section 1
dilficult to make.
“I certainly regret to leave
home and the many friends that
I have in Edenton, but after
careful consideration I feel that
this is the proper decision.
“I have always enjoyed my
work with the Town of Eden
ton and my relationship with
the Town Council and the Board
of Public Works has always been
pleasant.
“We look forward to many re
turn visits to Edenton and we
hope many of our friends will
visit us in Rocky Mount.”
In accepting the resignation,
Mayor Mitchener expressed his
deep regret, as did all the mem
bers of Town Council and the
Board of Public Works.
Mayor Mitchener said, “Mr.
Ward was of great assistance to
me in the discharge of the may
oralty duties of Edenton and
during his tenure of office he
greatly increased the collection
of taxes and privilege license
fees. H e managed the town of
fice in a very efficient manner
and was a decided help to the
Town Council, Electric & Water
and Street Departments. He
not only carired on his official
duties in a far-above-average
manner, but he was a big asset
to the town and county due to
his interest and activity in civic
and fraternal circles.
“Due to his knowledge and
acquaintanceship with municipal
affairs, Mr. Ward was practical
ly an attorney on matters which
concerned the government of
Edenton. lam deeply sorry that
he has decided to leave, but his
new position not only offers a
much higher salary, but will al
so put him in position for even
higher promotion. He is well
and favorably known among
municipalities throughout the en
tire state. He is not the first
man to leave Edenton for green
er pastures and while we regret
to lose him, I feel sure that all
his friends wish- for him a great
deal of success in his new po
sition.” |
Aside from Mr. Ward’s posi
tion as Town Clerk, he was a
member of the Edenton Baptist
Church; taught Sunday School
for ten years and at present is
assistant superintendent of the
Adult Department; president of
Chowan County Easter Seal So-!
ciety; member of the board of
directors of the Edenton Cham
ber of Commerce; member of
the board of trustees of Cho
wan Hospital; past master ofj
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. &j
V. M.; past president of Edenton;
Lions Club; past president of the :
Ocean Hiway Association, and
:ecretary of the North Carolina I
■’inance Officer’s Association. I
Students Named
For Merit Tests 1
Continued from Page 1, Section 1
comparing schools on the basis
of the number of semifinalists in
each.
“The awards are given to stu- 1
lents,” he emphsized. I
“Several factors combine to
make a winner. While good
schooling is one such factor, it is
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NOW ON DISPLAY IN OUR WINDOW
Quinn Furniture Co.
Phone 2425 “Home of Quality Furniture” Edenton, N. C.
not the only one. Parents, i
friends, and the community all |
play an important part.
‘‘Comparing schools on the i
single yardstick of the number
of semifinalists in each school
can lead to unfair and unwar
ranted conclusions.
“The development of talent is
a complex matter. Regardless of
how talent is produced, we must!
recognize it and encourage its
further development.”
The semifinalists will take
another rigorous examination,
the three-hour scholastic apti
tude test of the College Entrance
Examination Board, to be given
in testing centers throughout the.
nation on December 3, 1960.
I As finalists, the students will
be eligible for scholarships
awards sponsored by 115 busi
ness and industrial organizations,
professional societies, founds-1
tions, individuals, and the Na-j
tional Merit Scholarship Cor-1
poration itself.
In the final phase of the com
petition, the high school grades, I
extra-curricular activities,, school j
citizenship, and leadership quali-j
ties of the students will be eval
uated along with their scores on
| the tests.
About May 1, 1961, the names'
of the merit scholars will be
announced, the exact number j
depending on the extent of spon-
I sor support of the merit pro-;
gram.
For students who require fi- 1
j nancial assistance, awards may
I reach a maximum of $1,500 per 1
year. For students who already i
possess financial resources which
will enable them to attend the
college of their choice,, awards;
of SIOO a year are granted. j
Individuality is to be preserved i
and respected everywhere, as the j
I root of everything good.
—Jean Paul Richter.
Salem Alumnae
To Meet In Edenton
Continued from Page 1, Section J j
Jack Edwards and Mrs. Luther
Moore of Greenville. They will I
tell of the activities of the
Greenville Salem Club.
The following Edenton mem
bers are expected to be pres
ent: Mrs. Charles P. Wales,
Mrs. Frank Wood, Miss Jessie
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McMullan, Mbs. T. C. Byrum,
Mrs. R. E. Forehand, Mrs. Wil
liam O. Buys, Mrs. Boyd Har
less, Mrs. Richard Goodwin, Mrs.
j George C. Capehart, Jr., and
Mrs. Granbery Tucker.
Green Light
| Wife l’m going home to
mother. I should have listened
to her twenty years ago.
Husband —Go ahead. She’s
still talking.