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" 1 " ."Lli, ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHEP IN CHOWAN COUNTY Voltane XXVlll.—Number 2. C. Os G. President Appoints Members For *6l Committees Bruce Jones Points Out Degree of Suc cess Depends Upon Committee Efforts Chairmen of thirteen standing committees of the Chamber of Commerce, which carry ,out the Organization’s planned activities; have been appointed by Presi dent ' Bruce Jones to serve through 1961. Those named to the posts were unanimously ap proved by the board of directors. “The work of these Chamber •committees,” Jones said, “is the ipundation of our entire pro gram. Upon the volunteer ef forts of these groups depends thi degree of success the or ganization attains. Credit, there fore; goes not to a few individ uals', for a successful program but to many. “We are indeed grateful that so many members of the Cham ber are willing to devote their efforts and time to committee activities. Group action is a! positive force and through plan ned action the Chamber main tains a balanced program for community progress.” Chairmen named were George] W. Lewis, Agriculture; R. W. I Schuman, Advertising and Pro-. motion; W. H. Hollowed, Jr., I Budget; John W. Graham, Civic 1 Affairs; P. S. McMullan, Edu-' cation; Dr. E. G. Bond, Health! and Safety; J. Gilliam Wood and I W. P. Jones, Highways and Transportation; R. S. Atkinson, Jr., Industrial Development;! Jesse Harrell, Membership; G.j A., Byrum, Merchants; R. Elton Forehand, Recreation; A. G. By-1 fyrun), State and National Affairs, j .and W. W. Byrum, Jr., Tourist. Other members on the various committees will be named by the , respective chairmen. BH Harris New M Men Sachem Chowan Tribe Offic ers Installed Mon- j day Night ————— , Officers for Chowan Tribe No. 12, Improved Order of Red Men, were installed at Monday night's meeting of the tribe. The installation ceremony was performed by Clyde Hollowed, tribal deputy Great Sachem. The 'officers installed were as follows: Prophet—Alton Shaw. Sachem—Bill Harris. Senior Sagamore —Edgar Rog erson. Junior Sagamore—Obed Lee. Chief of Records —J. Edwin Bufflap. *■ Collector of Wampum Jack Barrow. Keeper of Wampum—William Barrow. Keeper of Wigwam—Obed Lee. The new sachem will name his appointive officers at next Mon day night’s meeting, at which time they will be installed. Cart Pushers 1 Cut pushers at Chowan Hos pital lor the month of January «r# announced. Those who will swe in this capacity are the JbPowifep. Mrs. Guy Habfes. Mrs. Janos. Jr.. Mrs. George A. Bytum. Mrs. Warren Twiddy and Mr& Tom Hopkins. Peanuts Will Be Sold Saturday j To Help March Os Dimes Fmid Peanuts will be sold |oWn- ( town »Saturday by the Boy Scouts ’ to help raise fun# for New March of Dimes drive i how in progress in Chowan! County, it is announced by J. J.', Bliley, director. 1 THE CHOWAN HERALD j Speaks At School } \ iSm §lllll ■ ■Bj. ■m: Jm HR. fm mm BOBBY SMITH Featuring the chapel program at John A. Holmes High School ; Wednesday morning was an ad dress by Bobby Smith of Belvi , dere. Mr. Smith was an inler -1 national farm youth exchange • delegate to Burma in 1959 and presented a very interesting and j informative address about life | in Burma. ! JXCjww">n fwwwwvv ■ Farm Youth Exchange Student] Speaker For Program At School Bobby Smith of Belvidere pre-j sented a very interesting pro-j gram at a chapel assembly ati John A. Holmes High School' Wednesday morning of this week. Mr. Smith, 24, was cho-! i sen as one of seventy young peo-1 | pie from throughout the United! States to participate in the 1959; International Farm Youth Ex-j change. This program, called I IFYE, is conducted by the Na-| tional 4-H Club Foundation and] has the approval' of both the] State i Department and the U. S. | Department of Agriculture. The 1 program was started in 1948 and! . has been described as one of the j j most outstanding exchange pro-. grams in existence today. The| j delegates live and work with | ; farm families in the countries i Dr. A. F. Downum Is Installed As Master Os Unanimity Lodge Group of New Offic-j ers Installed at Meet ing Held Thursday Night At a meeting of Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M., held Thursday night new offi cers for the year 1961 were in stalled. The installation was conducted by J. Edwin Bufflap, : one of the oldest past masters of the lodge. The officers installed were: Master—Dr. A. F. Downum, who succeeds McKay Washing ton. [ Senior Warden—J. C. Parks. Junior Warden —J. A. Bunch. • Treasurer —R. E. Leary. j Continued on Page s—section 1 i ROTARIANS MEET TODAY ! Edenton Rotarians will meet j this (Thursday- afternoon at 1 I o’clock in the Parish House. President Elton Forehand urges •a 100 per cent attendance. contributions. The Lifeline held downtown last Saturday netted $54.52, j Miley reported, which is one of [ the best ever held here. He also ! reminds everyone that dimes | placed in the parking meters [ during January will go to the local drive. , . v | Coin collectors are at various -into these co ecto p m, UJiowan county, rsortn Carolina, Thursday, January 12, ILK3I. former U. finish Hatchery P»i|rty Is Declared S 4i us Property Turned Over To General Services Administration For Disposal Congressman Herbert C. Bon ner late last week informed The Herald that'he had been advised by the Department of the In terior, through a letter received from Ross L. Leffler, assistant .Secretary, that the old U. S. | Fish Hatchery property at Eden on had been declared surplus. This property will, therefore, be turned over to the General Services Administration for dis posal under the provisions of the Federal Property and Ad ministrative Services Act of 1945. Mr. Bonner further stated that he was delighted that the new Fish Hatchery at Edenton, which ‘was constructed at his insistence to serve eastern North Carolina and to take the place of the old hatchery, is now in full opera-] tion. The new hatchery is the last word in modern lingerling] production and will be of great j value to sport as well as com- | mercial fishermen throughout the | eastern part of North Carolina. they visit, therefore, they are] able to become ecquainted withi the basis of the civilization of the country. They eat, sleep, j dress, and speak like the people i in the country which they arc! ! visiting. Each delegate spends] ! approximately six months in his] j host country. ] Bobby wa» selected to live in j | the country of Burma. He left 1 | the United States on June 11.1 j 1959 •■and returned on January. I 19, 1960. While in Burma, he ] lived with a total of thirteen! families, wrote news articles for! ; both the papers in Burma and! | those back home. Throuvh talks ] he was able to reach over 100.000 j Burmese people. He also help-, ] ed with the organization of sev-! ] Continued on Pane 3— Section I j Gilliam Wood New 1 Senior Warden At St. Paul’s Church Officials of Church’ Elected at Meeting! Os Vestry Held Sun day Evening John Gilliam Wood was elect ed by acclamation Sunday even ing as Senior Warden of the Vestry of Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church, Edenton. R. Elton Forehand, Jr„ was' elected Junior Warden, Charles H. Wood, Jr„ secretary, and Mrs. Thomas H. Shepard.’ treas urer. , The following appointments were made by the rector, the Rev. George B. Holmes: Clyde Continued on rag* B—Section 1 20 Years Ago A* Found ja tho File* of Tbo Chowan Harald I At a meeting in the Court House Edenlon citixens voted in favor of organising a home guard unit. A committee of | seven men was appointed to I choose officers to be presented to General Metis. The commit tee included Mayor J. H. Mc- Mullan. D. M. Warren. John A. ! Holmes, W. J. Davis. Jasper L. Wiggins. Geddes Potter and J. Edwin Bufflap. Mayor J. H. MeMullan ap pointed Miss Ann Chappell to represent Edenton as a princess in the National Peanut Festival in Suffolk. Va. Chowan County Commission ers gave some consideration to a' &***£»* county offices under one too . Religion In American Life Week »>. is. ' \ ml : .• - j •• ?*£; pL kjslral ■ Governor Terry Sanford has proclaimed January 9 through January 15 as Norih Carolina Jaycee Religion In American Life Week. He hands the proclamation to State Jaycee Religious Ac tivities Chairman John Ulmer of Chapel Hill in the presence of Presbyterian minister Charles Lynn Brown of Raleigh. Jaycee Clubs throughout North Carolina urge local residjnts to support and attend their chosen house of worship during Religion In Ameri can Life Week. The theme ol this Religion In American Life pro gram is "Join the Norih Carolina Javcees in attending the church or synagogue of your choice with your family this week.” Chowan High School Juniors Present Play At School Friday The Chowan Playmakers will present the Junior Class Play in the Chowan High School audi torium Friday night, January 13, at 8 o’clock. The title of this year’s play is “Outward Bound” ( by Sutton Vane. For the play Karl Harrell is director with Jakie Boyce as assistant, George Gelbach is art consultant and Ronnie Hare is; house manager. Settings will be in cnarge oi' Jakie Boyce, while makeup will, be handled by Betty Guy Mor ris. June Carolyn Chappell and 1 Judy Evans. Stage managers are Ronnie United Nations Principal Topic At HD County Council Meeting An illustrated talk on United Nations, using colored'slides of', her recent trip to New York and United Nations, was presented by Mrs. Wallace Goodwin, Jr., at the January Home Demon stration Countv Council meet ing . Mrs. Goodwin represented Home Demonstration Club mem beis of Chowan County last fall on the annual Home Demon stration study tour of United Nations. After her talk. Mrs. Fred Cas telloe. Advance Club, and Mrs. Roland Evans, Chowan Club, past delegates on the tour, along with Mrs. Goodwin presented a panel discussion on United Na tions. Items of business includ Speeial Masonic ; Meeting Tonight. Dr. A. F. Downum. new mas-1 ter of Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M., announces that an emergent communication of the lodge wiil be held tonight (Thursday) at 8 o'clock. Dr. Downum states that this I meeting will be very worthwhile and that he hopes many Masons will turn out, for a very good time is promised. RED MEN MEETING Chowan Tribe of Red Men will meet Monday night, January 16, at 7:30 o’clock. Bill Harris, the new sachem, requests a large at- ( tendance. New And Outgoing Masonic Masters 1 _ : m- DR. A. F. DOWNUM _ At a meeting of Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A, F. 8t A. M. held Thursday niflhtiDe. A. F. Downum was installed as master for the veax INI. He succeeds McKay Washington, whp served W master .SStai th, byTp?R&iTrJ . _.; Toppin. Emmett Jones, Larry Toppin and Tracy Smith. Handling posters and publicity' are Ann Parks, Janice Boyce. Jakie Boyce, Ronnie Hare, Jack Bateman. Nancy Spivey. Sandra 1 Baker and June Carolyn Chap- 1 pell. j Serving as prompters will be Janice Boyce and Carolyn Evans, and in charge of properties will be Celia Bunch. Sandra Bunch, Margaret Hollowed, Christine White and Judy Privott, j In charge of costumes will be Fastoria Ward and Betty Lou Tynch. 'tontimied *.n Page 3—Section i ] ed naming the following com mittees: National Home Demon stration Week Committee. Mrs. Wallace Peele. Oak Grove Club, chairman; Mrs. W. H. Saunders. Beech Fork Club; Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt, Colonial Club; An nual Husbands' Supper Commit tee, Mrs. Wallace Goodwin, Jr., Enterprise Club, chairman; Mrs. Claude Small, Advance Club; Mrs. Lester Copeland, Ryland Club; nominating committee for several State Committee mem bers. District treasurer and mem bers to serve on various commit tees at the 25th Federated Dis trict meeting in Manteo in April, Mrs. Cameron Boyce. Cen- Continued on Page s—Section 1 Local Police Make 643 Arrests In 1960 Chief of Police George I. Daill reports that during 1960 Edenton| police made a total of 643 ar- ] rests. Os this number 611 were found guilty, 21 not guilty and 11 released to other departments. Leading the arrests were 230 for miscellaneous traffic viola tions, followed by 68 miscellane ous arrests. 66 drunks. 58 as saults, 54 speeders, 20 for lar ceny and 44 for having no op erators license. Those ’ arrested included 293 white males. 53 white females, 274 colored males and 23 colored females. Continued on Page 3—Section 1 *•- K jjS H —Fhutu by Fraak Twiddy. McKAY WASHINGTCN West Byrum Top Member Carnegie Leadership Group Presided Over Ban quet Saturday Night In Norfolk In Honor Os Graduates West W. Byrum, local insur ance executive, on Saturday ! night presided over a banquet iin Norfolk honoring graduates iof a recent class of the Dale, i Carnegie Leadership Course in j i Norfolk. Byrum had the honor jof serving as master of cefe j monies by virtue of having been elected president of his class. Class members and their guests, numbering fifty were impressed by the achievements of this per sonable and enthusiastic young business man. who established several “firsts” in the Norfolk history of Dale Carnegie classes. He is the first Tar Heel to I be elected class president in this! strong-hold of the Old Dominion. I Ho also set a record in miles traveled, having covered 2.300 miles in commuting to and from Norfolk for the fourteen weeks of the course. He received about all the honors a class member; can hope to receive, having re- ] reived a pencil award for best speech, a book award for his use of human relations, and at the final session was presented the Highest Achievement Award. In addition to being elected class president, Byrum was hor.-i ored further by receiving the coveted appointment as graduate, assistant to assist in the instruc- ; tion of succeeding classes. Six-Week Postgraduate Course In Medicine Planned In Edenton Two new postgraduate courses in medicine began in Edenton on Wednesday of this week and in ’.vnstan Thu 'lav. , , The two courses are sponsor ed by the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, the UNC Extension Division and lo cal medical societies in these areas. Tiie co-sponsors for the Eden ton course is the First District Medical Societv: The Lenoir- Greene-Jones Medical Society co sponsors the Kinston course. The first speaker in the six week courses was Dr. Robert B. Episcopalians Elect Vestrymen For Year! i Encouraging Reports Submitted at Meet ing of Vestry 1 Rhea Adams. Logan Elliott. 'George Hoskins and Elwood Nix on were elected to the Vestry of St. Paul's Episcopal Church last week. The event was the an nual congregational meeting held Wednesday in the Parish House beginning with supper served by .the Churehwomen. Retiring from the Vestiy are Dr. Frank Wood as Senior War den, David Warren as Junior Warden, Oscar Duncan and J. Clarence Learv, Jr., now resid ■ ing in Norfolk. i Highlights of the year were 'reported by Mrs. Ruth Vaughan, president of the Churehwomen; ! Alexander Kehayes, president of i Continued on Page 2—Section .' if civic calendar] i L_- , The 1961 New March of Dimes campaign is now in progress and will continue through the month j ' of January. I Edenton Jaycees will name ! 1 distinguished service award win- I ner at a Bosses' and Ladies', Night banquet to be held at the Masonic Temple Wednesday night, January 25. at 7:30 o'clock. Edenton Lions Club will meet Monday night at 7 o'clock. The Junior Class Play of Cho wan High School. "Outward Bound." will be presented in the school auditorium Friday night. January 13, at 8 o'clock. An emergent communication I of Unanimity Lodge No. 7. A. F. & A. M., will be held tonight i (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. 1 Peanuts will be sold in Eden ] ton's business section Saturday Continued on Pag* $. Section 1 52.5 U Per ¥ear in North Carolim Edenton Is Again Without Clerk As Hobbs Withdraws j Play Director Ij JAKIE BOYCE | Taking a prominent part in the Chowan High School Junior Class play Friday night w! 1 be Jakie Boyce. Young Boyce serves as set designer and stu dent director. MISS MAUDE LEIGH DOBSON COMPLETES WORK AT ECC Students who completed their ' work at East Carolina College at ; the end of the fall quarter in- , elude 13! candidates for degrees, i Registrar John H. Horne has an- 1 , i trounced. Among the students i< Mtss Maude Leigh Dobson cl Edenton] i with a BS degree. Lawson, head of the Department of Pediatrics of the University of Miami (Fla > School of Medi <iw. ''>*/ *■-* -* He gave two lectures m Eden-j ton Wednesday, one in the after-, noon and one in the evening, i Dr. Lawson’s first discussion dealt with the complications efj upper respiratory tract infections i and their proper management. The evening discussions center-j cd around the principles of diag nosis and treatment of rheumatic fever. Dr. Lawson’s two lectures in Continued on Page 6, Section 1 Bill George Plays In All-Pro Game, Included on Practical-- lv Every All-Pro Selection j i Edenton friends will be inter- j ested to know that Bill George, j brother of Nick George, will! participate in the all-pro foot-, ball game scheduled to be played | Sunday. The game will be tele- i vised in color from California about 3 P. M. EST. j Members of the teams have been selected by a vote of pro fessional football players, and it is interesting to know that Mr. George has been selected on every all-pro first team this sea son as middle line backer. The selections were made by the AP, UPI. Sporting News and others. Last year Bill was also a mem ber of the all-pro team and served as captai non defense. Mrs. W. H. Hollo well. Jr. Elected New President Woman’s Club Mrs. W. H. Hollowed, Jr., wasi elected president of the Edenton! Woman’s Club at a luncheon, meeting Wednesday afternoon of' last week at the Edenton Res taurant. Also elected were Mrs. Edward] G. Bond, vice-president: Mrs. William B. Gardner, secretary;; Mrs. W. W. Byrum. Jr., treas- : urer, and Mrs. John E. Shackel-, ford, historian. They will be j installed at the May meeting. Mrs. J. D. Elliott, president,] announced that the club has en- 1 tered the community improve-‘ intent contest sponsored by the: General Federation of Women’s j Clubs and the Sears-Roebuck Foundation. ] The club is participating in the I Tar Heel family fitness program FIGHT CANCER WITH A CHECKUP AND CHECK Mayor Advances Idea i Os Holding Two Ses ! sions Per Month If Business Requires I The town of Edenton is again j without a town clerk, a situation ! which has existed since the res ignation of Ernest Ward, Jr., as j of November 1. The present situation is the I result of the withdrawal of E. J. I ] Hobbs, who was appointed to fill the position at a special meet ] mg of Town Council held Tues- I day night, December 13. Mr. ! Hobbs appeared at the meeting of Town Council Tuesday night ]to ask that his withdrawal be i accepted by the Councilmen. lie i stated that after considering the proposition from every angle, he felt that he would be better satisfied and that the oppor tunity for advancement was ’ greater if he continued his con nection villi the Atlantic Dis i count Corporation in Elizabeth ] City, where lie has been em ployed for about a year. The Councilmen accepted his request for withdrawal and while the Continued on Page 3—Section ’ Jaycees Seeking Winner Os DSA Blanks For Nomina tion Available at Drug Stores Headed by Dick Dixon, a committee is now receiving ap plications for the selection of th« outstanding man of the •var. bone- »bes 4 ’wed-ly the 4fdenKm Junior C_'hani'?!m of Commerce. The winner of the distinguish ed service award will be select ed from the applications receiv ed. so that Mr. Dixon hopes quite a few nominal ions will: be Continued on Page 3. Section 1 Spivey Will Speak At Eastern Star Meeting Edenton Chapter No. 302. Or der of the Eastern Star, will i meet Monday night, January Hi, j at 8 o'clock. ' A feature of this meeting will be an address by Bill Spivey ,of Williamston. past worthy I grand patron of the order. Mr. | Spivey will speak about Estari, .so that Mrs. Margaret Bell. wc> ! thy matron, especially requests I all members to attend. Ij P. 0. Record j i I Potmaster J. L. Chestnutl re poits that receiols in 1960 were the largest in the history of the ; Edenton Post Oftice. The local receipts for 1960 i amounted to $63,817.29. which is i more than 10 per cent above I 1959 receipts. Mr. Chestnut! also reports that there has been a considerable increase in both outgoing and incoming mail. Mr. Chestnut! also extends his thanks and appreciation to pa trons for their cooperation in ef fecting early moving of Christ -1 mas mail. I sponsored by the Youth Fitness Commission of North Carolina. During the month members will monitor television shows as part ; of a program for better TV. I It was announced that Mr. and j Mrs. Ralph Parrish won first place in the Christmas decorat ! ing contest and Mr. and Mrs. : Frank Twiddy won second. Cash ; awards of sls and $lO were j awarded. A family with five | children was assisted at Christ j mas. and more than 1,000 pounds j of fruit cake were sold during ■ the holidays. Jak, , Club members will participate in the Mothers. March January 31 for the Ni iil'ffyyinli 'f Dimes. tions was presai{l(M by Miss Joan Leary and Miss Liaga Qarrett.