Edenton’s Christmas Parade-Party Will Be Held Today
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Volume XXVll.—Number 48T~
Edenton Aces Trim liace-
Rose Hill 32-0 To Win Class
2-A Eastern Championship
Local Outfit Forced to
Put on Steairt In Sec
ond Half to Over
come Stubborn Bull
dogs
Edenton’s Aces continued their
winning streak Friday night in
Greenville when they defeated
a strong Wallace-Rose Hill ag
gregation 32-0 to win the East
ern Class AA football champion
ship.
During the first half the Bull
dogs threw a big scare in the
Edenton camp when they held
the Aces to a 7-0 score and seri
ously threatening to score twice
themselves, but the threats were
knocked out by pass intercep
tions. During the first half the
game sort of took on the aspects
of a major upset, but the Aces
came back strong in the second
half, unleashed their fuel power
and scored a touchdown in the
third quarter and pounded the
Bulldogs for three more in the
final quarter.
The Aces' first touchdown was
set up when Jerry Tojley in
tercepted a pass on the Aces’ 15.
The Aces were penalized half
the distance to the goal, so they
took over on their own 8. They
negotiated the 92 yards in nine
plays with Bubba Hopkins yid
Tolley adding the most yard
age. Leroy Spivey and Richard
Dixon also made contributions
in the drive. With the ball on
the Bulldogs’ 42-yard line, Tol
ley sliced around left end and
with good blocking raced for
the. first touchdown. Hopkins
crashed through the line for the
extra point.
The Aces scored another
touchdown in the second period
when Richard Dixon plunged
through the line from one yard
out. The play was nullified,
however, due to the Aces being
Continued on Page 8. Section 2
Study Course Sunday
At Methodist Church
A study course on “Basic
Christian Beliefs,” will be held
at the Methodist Church Sun
day night, December 4, at 7:30
o’clock. The course is sponsored
by the Woman’s Society of
Christian Service and will be
taught by John Shackelford.
Over 2,000 Witness Premiere
Showing Os Promotional Film
Over 2,000 persons viewed the
educational and promotional
film, “Ye Towne oh Queen
Anne’s Creek”, on Edenton and
Chowan County, which was
shown for the first time at the
Taylor Theatre on Friday after
noon of last week. |
The color film, with narration
and music background, runs for
27 minutes, and well covers the
industrial, agricultural, recrea
tional and historical aspects of
the area. In many of the
Seabrook Corp. Plans Os ficial
Opening Os New Plant Today
Affair Will Be high
light of Industry Ap
preciation Week and
Guided .Touts Plan
ned By Management
Seabrook Blanching' Corpora-
new peanut processing
December 1, accordihif to James
THF CHOWAN HERALD
Annual Christmas
Party Scheduled
To Be Held Today
Chief of Police George
I. Dail Releases In
structions Relative to
Traffic Regulations
j A big day for the youngsters
!of Edenton and this entire area
is scheduled to take place this
, (Thursday) afternoon beginning
lat 4 o’clock. At that time the
annual Christmas parade and
party sponsored by the Edenton
Business and Professional Wo
men’s Club will be held and
' is exDected to attract thousands
of kiddies as well as grown-tups.
*lt will actually usher in the
i Continued on Page 4—Section I
J. J. Miley, Jr. Named Chowan
New March Os Dimes Director
J. J. Miley, Jr., of Edenton, j
has been named director of the:
1961 New Merch of Dimes for!
Chowan County.
i The appointment was an- j
nounced by J. Scott Harrell,
j chairman of the County Chapter:
of The National Foundation. The I
Edenton Junior Chamber of
Commerce is sponsor of this
campaign which will open on;
January 2 and extend through
January 31, 1961.
“The New March of Dimes al- 1
20 Years Ago
A* Found in tho File* of
Tbo Chowan Herald
V. j
Edenton merchants were
awarding around SI,OOO in cash
prizes to stimulate pre-holiday
business. 1
I Congressman Herbert Bonner
conferred with the Navy De-.
partment regarding locating a 1
non-rigid air base on the North
Carolina Coast between the Vir-i
ginia line and Cane Hatteras.
Continued on Page 4—Section 1 j
scenes of historic homes and
buildings, local women in co
lonial costume gave added in
terest.
Here for the premiere show
ing was Jack McGowan of the
Guided Tours Productions who
| made the movie and was in
troduced to the theatre audience
at the three showings by Mrs.
John Kramer, chairman of the
film committee. Mr. McGowan
made a brief talk in which he
Continued on Page 6, Section 1
building, 80 x 240 feet, housing
ultra-modern electronic equip
ment for best performance of the
patented process, was financed
by the _ Edenton Development
Corporation, the North Carolina
Business Development Corpora
tion and the Peoples Bank Sc
Trust Company of Edenton. The
air-conditioned plant itself was
erected by the Edenton Con
struction Company and after a
short break-in run the plant
turned out its first custom pea
nut blanching order on June 1,
1960. Edenton’s newest indus
try had become a reality after
many gnonths of negotiation and
self-sacrificing work by a score
Os civic ■minrieA the
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 1, 1960,
i Decorate! i
i. >
Edenton Woman’s Club has
i completed plans for an out-door
, Christmas decorating contest.
J Judging will take place between
: December 19ih and December
2152.
A $15.00 prize will be award
| ed for first place and a SIO.OO
, prize for second.
| Mrs. J. D. Elliott, president,
| says she hopes that many home
; owners will participate in this
contest which will make Eden
ton more decorative during the
Yulelide Season.
| ready has made a substantial
i beginning in its expanded pro
gram of seeking to prevent birth
! defects and arthritis in addition
j to continuing to seek total con
trol of paralytic polio,” the new
J campaign director declared.
I “The people of Chowan Coun
ty through their splendid sup
t port of the March of Dimes for
1 more than 20 years, have con
tributed substantially to a great
I heal program that resulted in
i Continued on Page 4—Section 1
Tickets Put On Sale!
For Championship:
Game Friday Night
i
Local People Urged to
Buy Tickets Prior to (
Game to Eliminate
Long Wait In Line
In anticipation of a crowd in
the neighborhood of 5,000 at
tending the State Class 2-A
championship football game Fri
day night on Hicks Field, Hiram
Mayo, principal of John A.
j Holmes High School, has an- j
nounced that tickets in advance’
iof the game can be purchased j
l at Mitchener’s Pharmacy and
j Hollowell’s Drug Store. He urg-'
es local people to buy their
tickets in advance so that they
might not disappointed by en
tering the park after the game
is started.
! Mr. Mayo stated that the price
of tickets is set by the State
Athletic Association and that
they will be $1.50 for adults and
Continued on Page 3—Section 1 j
Edenton Chamber of Commerce
and W. P. “Spec” Jones, its
chairman during the original ne
gotiating period. Edenton can
thank those civic minded citi- 1
zens for this new industry who]
really rolled up their sleeves
and contributed their collective
energy which determined the
final location choice for this
new industrial facility. Their
perseverance promoted the plant
for Edenton cp to the very last
minute when failure seemed in
evitable but which kept it from
rising on a competitive location
in another county. Industry and
business leaders fron\' Chowan
Courtty. County Commissioners
Edenton town officials, North
CoatiSMd OB Pago *-3ocßod I
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1 £. specially lecocmized auang this week, which is being observed as industry Appreciation Week, ate *_„enion s o.aest and nev
j esi industries. At left is the Edenton Cotton Milk, which began operations in 1899. ’ At right is ine new piant of Seabrook Bianch-
I i..y co.po.duon, ijaeiuons newest industry. Toaay Clhursday) guided tours have been at ranged at both plants.
! FBI Agent Speaks
I At Ladies’ Night
For Ruritan Club
Delightful Affair Held
, Monday Night In the
l Chowan Community
! Building
j Ladies’ night was observed
! j Monday night by the Ciiowan
| Ruritan Club, wilh a delicious
■ barbecue chicken dinner served
(in the Chowan Community
I Building. The chickens were
barbecued at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Lester Copeland by
; Mr. Copeland and Tom Asbell.
1 members of the Ryland Home
(Demonstration Club.
| The meeting was a very de
j lightful affair, with the princi
, pal speaker being D. E. Roney
I from the Charlotte office of the
F. 8.1.
j E. S. White, who is finishing
I his year as. president, presided
I over the meeting and extended
* a cordial welcome to guests.
Mrs. Tom Asbell responded.
Troy Toppin, program chairman,
| introduced a number of special
, ly invited guests.
Mr. Roney presented a very
I interesting and informative ad
1 dress dealing with the duties
■ and responsibilities of the F. 8.1.
I At the outset he said the F. 8.1.
■ could not carry out its duties
without the cooperation and as
, sistance of law enforcement of-
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Band’s Turkey Shoot
ils Wonderful Success
The turkey shoot held last
] week by the Edenton Band Par
i ents Association turned out to
be the largest ever held in this
area.
A total of 643 shooters turned
out to participate, winning 53
turkeys.
The shoots were held on the
j American Legion Grounds all
| day on Saturday' and on Mon
-1 day and Tuesday from 6:30
'until 11:00 P. M.
The shoots were so well re
ceived. many' of the participants
have urged that it be repeated
before Christmas, so the Asso
ciation plans to have another
one the week • before Christinas.
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Pictured above are principals in the production and showing ol
the Edenton and Chowan County promotional film "Ye Towne or
Queen Anne's Creek," which had its premiere showing in the Tay
lor Theater Friday. At left is Jack McGowan of Guided Tours
Productions, who made the movie; Mrs. John Kramer, regent ol
Edenton Tea Party Chapter of the DAR. who was chairman of the
film committee; Grayson Harding, president of the James Iredell
Association; Mist Carol Wise, who acted as a tourist in the film
and W. J. P. Earnhardt, who offered the theater to show the film
which was sponsored by the Iredell AssociHioa end DAR Chapter*—
(Photo by J. P. Ricks,
■Aces Preparing To
Meet Hanes High
!For State 2-A Title
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Game Friday Night In
Edenton Expected to
Attract In Neighbor
hood of 5,000 People
Having defeated Wallace-Rose
Hill 32-0 Friday night. Edenton’s
Aces won the title of Eastern
Class 2-A football champions;
and now have their sights set!
on once again claiming the hon
or of state champions.
This honor will be decided
Friday night on Hicks Field in,
Edenton Will Be Host For Area
Band Auditions On December 3
Edenton will be the host for
area auditions for the Eastern
division of the North Carolina
All State Band on Saturday, De
cember 3rd.
The band, sponsored by the
Morth Carolina Music Educators
"onferenee. a division of the
North Carolina Education Asso
:iation, is under the supervision
jf East Carolina College Music
J. Meredith Jones
Promoted By Bank
Officer - In - Charge of
Durham OfficeN. C.
National Bank
Edenton friends will be pleas
ed to learn that J. Meredith
Jones, Jr., son of Mrs. J. M.
Jones of Edenton, senior vice
president of the Durham offices
of the North Carolina National
Bank, has been designated to
succeed Scovill Wannamaker as
officer in charge of the Durham
offices. Mr. Wannamaker re
quested that he be relieved of
his administrative duties due to
health reasons. 1
Mr. Jones recently was trans
ferred to Durham from Raleigh
Continued on Page 4—Section 1
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Edenton when the Aces face the
powerful outfit from Hanes High
School in Winston-Salem, who
are the Western champion.,
Hanes won the title last Friday
night by defeating Boone by a
score of 14-0,
Hanes will come to Edenton
with an enviable season’s rec
ord. Os the 11 games played
: they have won 10, losing only
j the opening game to Gray High
School of Winston-Salem 20-0.
This same team also defeated
Reynolds, a 4-A school, by about
Continued on Page 2—Section '
Department.
Students from bands in this
area. Roanoke Rapids. Elizabeth
, City, Windsor, Edenton, Aho.x
kie, Plymouth and other schools
will audition for ;i place in the
90-piece band which will meet
for two days in Greenville -next
February.
Students from this band and
Continued on Page s—section I
Eye Bank Topic
At Lions Meeting
Dr. J. Gaddy Mathc
son of Ahoskie Prin
cipal Speaker
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Edenton Lions enjoyed a very
interesting program at their
meeting Monday night when the
speaker was Dr. J. Caddy
Matheson or Ahoskie.
I Dr. Matheson spoke very in
formatively regarding an eye
bank and the distinct advan
tages which it provides. He al
so presented a film having to
do with the eyes. He was in
troduced by Dr. Richard Hardin.
i President James Griffin re
minded the Lions that used
clothing for needy children will
be picked up Thursday, Decem
i ber 15 and requested the mem
bers to cooperate in this pro
. ject.
Edenton Cotton Mills Chowan
County’s Oldest Enterprise
Contribution to Eco
nomic Life of Com
munity Is Recogniz
ed During Industry
Appreciation Week
Shortly after Col. Teddy
Roosevelt’s Rough Riders storm
ed up San Juan Hill to defeat
the Spanish in Cuba and just
ten days before Spain signed an
Armistice in 1898. to end the
Spanish-American War. a meet
ing of Chowan County citizens
was called at the Court House in
Edenton to discuss the establish-;
ment of a cotton mill.
During this week, Industry
Appreciation Week in Chowan
I County, it would seem only fit
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolin
Pauline Gordon Will
Speak At Meeting
Os Woman’s Club
Meeting Will Be Held
At Edenton Restau-j
rail Wednesday, De
cember 7 at 7 P. M.
i
Miss Pauline Gordon, house
furnishings and housing special-’
ist. will present the program,
‘.‘Yule-tide;' Glamour." at the
luncheon meeting of the Eden-i
ton Woman’s Club on Wednes-;
day. December 7. at 1 o'clock
at the Edenton Restaurant.
Miss Gordon, who is recogniz
ed nationally in the field of
Housing and house furnishings,
is in charge of the North Caro
lina Extension Service in Ra
,ontimieo or, Pnq? b—Section
Chowan PTA
Meets Dee. 5
The Parent-Teacher Associa
tion of Chowan High School will
meet Monday night, December 5,
at 7:30 o'clock in the high school
auditorium.
Mrs, Jane rfoyner will lead
the devotional and a group of
junior high school students will
present several musical selections
under the direction of Miss Wil
loughby, public music teacher;
President Hurley Wirtborne
urges all members to be pres
ent.
Home Demonstration Clubs
Plannino- Christmas Festival Ai
Chowan Community Building
The Chowan Home Demonstra
tion Ciuhs will have a Christ
mas Festival Tuesday night, De
cember 8, beginning at 7:30
o’clock at the Chowan Com
munity Building. Christmas dec
orations. cookies, candies and
fruit cakes will he for sale. All
articles and fend are made by
various home demonstration club
members.
Articles for sale will be as
follows: Advance Club, candies;
Beech Fork Club. Christmas
cookies: Byrd Club. Christmas
place mats and napkins: Center
Hill Club, door decorations: Co
lonial Club will have a Christ-
ting to review the beginning and
expansion of Chowan County's
oldest industry, the Edenton
Cotton Mills, which is what the
new enterprise was named. As
Governor Hodges points out, it
is well for us all to appreciate
and have an awareness of in
dustries’ contribution to the eco
nomic life of our state.
At this first meeting to pro
note a cotton mill in Edenton
there was a substantial attend
ance. . Horse and buggies were
hitched closely about the Court
House Green. A committee to
sell stock was appointed that
day. Soon, enough stock was
purchased so that at a subse
quent meeting a decision was
reached ter purchase the Rope
walk Farm front W. B. Shep-
PIUHT CANCER •
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Term Os Superior
Court In Session
Only Day And Half
Few Cases Come Be
fore Judge Walter J.
Bone; Term Is Ad
journed Tuesday
The fall term of Chowan Su
perior Court opened Monday'
morning and adjourned about 11
o’clock Tuesday morning. Judge
J. Walter Bone of Nashville was
the presiding judge and prompt
ly at 10 o’clock Monday morning
[ ordered Sheriff Earl Goodwin to
open the court term. After so
doing Mr, Goodwin called upon
the Rev. Ralph Fowlkes, pastor
of the Methodist Church, to lead
in prayer.
The first item of business was
picking i> grand jury, which in
cluded the following:
Luther Lane. Cecil By rum,
Harry' L. Winslow, Max Hen
drix. L. C. Briggs, Eugene Per
ry, John R. Lewis, Kerrnit Lav
ton, O. L. Blanchard. W. J. P.
Earnhardt, L. R. Lane, Claude
Continued on Page 2, Section 1
Methodist Family
Night December 11
Church family night will be
observed at the Methodist
Church Sunday night, Decem
ber 11, at 6 o’clock. This ser
vice will be in celebration of
Christmas, with those attending
hringing their own food. Fol
lowing the meal a very delight
ful program has been planned
which should provide an even
ing of wholesome entertainment.
Open house will also be heid
at the parsonage Sunday, De
cember 18.
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Edenton's Christmas Farada
and oarty, soonsored by the
BPW Club, will te held this
(Thursday) afternoon beginning
at 4 o'clock.
Seabrook Blanching Corpora
t;on will observe the official
opening of i‘s new plant ‘-day
(Thursday) as a highlight of *n>
observance rt Industry Appreci
ation Week.
Edenton Woman’s Club is
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mas assortment consisting of
mantel arrangements, miniature
Christmas trees, stuffed toys,
place cards, pajama bags, cover
ed coat hangers, clothes pin
aprons, doll clothes and coasters,
Enterp rise Club. Christmas
stockings: Gum Pond Club, fruit
cakes: Oak Grove Club, candies;
Rocky Hock Club, tin can craft
Christmas decorations; Ryland
Club. Christmas candies: Wards
Club, aprons; Yeopirn Ciub, ta
ble decorations.
Chowan Club will have re
freshments. The public is in
vited to attend from 7:30 P. M.,
to 10:00 P. M.
ard for the mill.
Officers were elected with
Frank Wood as president, W. O.
Elliott as vice president, and H.
C. Privott as secretary-treasurer.
Their operation and policy was
governed by a board of direc
tors composed of W. D. Pruden,
Frank Wood, W. O. Elliott, E. R.
Conger. Dr. O. McMullan. F. A.
White and H. C. Privott. The
first superintendent and mana
ger was J. H. Webb, who pur
chased the first bale of eotton
for use of the new enterprise in
November, 1899. The cotton
cost 10V4C per pound, and the
first yard to come- from it was
shipped in MaWh; ■ 1900.
Edenton Cofton Mills began
Withrow spindles