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ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN CHOWAN COUNTY Volume XXVIII —Number 3 Sherlon C. Layton Named “Farmer Os Year” By Jaycees Award Presented By Mayor John Mitch ener at Meeting Held Thursday Night j At a banquet of the Edenton j Junior Chamber of Commerce i lsd Thursday night at thej Edenton Restaurant Sherlon C.! Layton was named Chowan 11 County’s “Young Farmer of the! Year’’ for 1960. | Mr. Layton, who is 27 years old, began farming activities in the Rocky Hock section in 1954 as a share cropper, but now owns a 104-acre farm and a 'so cultivates 31 rented acres. He raises peanuts, corn, produce crops and hogs. 1 Aside from his farming activi ties, Mr. Layton finds time to devote to the welfare of his community. He took a leading part in the Rocky Hock Com munity securing the old Rocky Hock school building as a com munity center. He also was ac tive in helping to organize the Cross Roads-Center Hill volun teer fire department and ren dered valuable assistance to the young people in Rocky Hock to build a baseball park. Young Layton served two years as a member of the Cho wan County Board of Education. He served seven years as an As- 1 sistant Scoutmaster for the Rocky Hock Bov Scout troop and a year as an Explorer Scout advisor. He is also assistant county forester. He is a mem ber of the Rocky Hock Baptist Church, where he sin.gs in the V**hoir and is secretary of the Young People’s and Adult de partment. j The award was presented by Mayor John Mitchener. Present 1 also for the occasion was ■ Joe Suggs of Rocky- Mount. Mr.- Suggs is secretary of the North! Carolina Peanut Growers Asso ciation who, during his remarks was high in praise for the Jay cees for-Recognizing fanners, es-l pecially in a section which de-: pends upon its economy to a] groat extent on farming. Previous Young Farmers of tly? | Year include Gilliam Wood in; 1956, Lindsay Ray Bunch in 1957, Jimmy Parrish in 1958 and Eugene Jordan in 1959, r- *s! 20 Years Ago Aa Found in the Filet of The Chowan Herald ! Consideration was given to change the Town Charter with( the principal change aimed at the police and four commission ers, who were appointed by Town Council but had no legal authority. Another change call- 1 ed for increasing the pay of Town Councilmen from $24 per year to S6O. j Dr. John W. Graham was ap pointed as county physician. Charles P. Wales. Jr., was named Scoutmaster of Edenton! Boy Scouts. William S. Privott addressed the Edenton Lions Club, using as his subject Founder's Day. A delegation from Chowan Tribe of Red Men went to Smiihfield. Va., when the Smith field tribe celebrated ita 49th anniversary. Eden ton’s Rotary Club endors ed a resolution seeking the erec tion of a monument in honor of, General James Johnston Petti- Continued on Page ,4—Section 1 1 Bubba Hopkins, Jerry Tolley Given Honorable Mention On All-America Football Team Edenton football fans will br interested to know that Bubbs f. Hopkins and Jerry Tolley, mem bers of the Edenton Aces’ 196 C State Class AA football cham pions, received honorable men tion on the 14th annual National r High School All-America foot ball teem. The selection is made annually by the Wigwam Wisemen of America. North Carolina high schools placed 27 THE CHOWAN HERALD New Pastor ]j mIPiliS I Sl||||& * Hi 1 E4 jm f r o * * I-' JHII . jm jj|.u ‘: r . i REV. A. CARL HART Beginning Monday of this week, the Rev. A. Carl Hart as sumed the pastoral duties at Ballard's Bridge Baptist Church. He succeeds the Rev. Lamar Sen te il. | S & L Assets Now Reach $2,746,526.88 i Edenton Savings & Loan As-\ sociation has just issued the fif ty-fifth annual statement of the association. It is interesting to note that assets now total $2,-, 1 746.526.88, which includes sl,- 929,836.84 mortgage loans on ap proved real estate. Officers of the association are J. Clarence Leary, oresident: A. G. Byrum. vice president; R. E. Leary, secretarv and treasurer; James M. Bond and Mrs. Wil liam J. White, assistant secre taries. j Directors include A. G. Bvrum, •T. C. Byrum. Jr., R. E. Leary, J. Clarence Leary, F. W. Hobbs, R. C-, Hoi laud, G. B.vPotter. J»i P. Partin and William S. Privott. j The annual meeting of the as-' ’ sociation will be held in the Court House Monday night. Feb ruary 6, at 8 o’clock. Postgraduate Medical Course j ! Will Be Held In Edenton Jan. 25 Another of six postgraduate medical courses is scheduled to be held in Edenton Wednesday,' I January 25. These courses are j sponsored by the University of j North Carolina School of Medi-j cine, the UNC Extension Divi-I I sion and the First District Medi- j cal Society, I The speaker for next week's course will be Dr. Garfield G.| ‘Duncan of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medi-j cine. He will lecture at 4:30, and 7:30 P. M.. at the Edenton , Restaurant. His subjects will be Auto License Tag , Sales Are Laggingj According to Miss Celia Spi- J vey. Assistant Town Clerk, sale! iof Edenton automobile license; I plates for 1961 is lagging some-1 i what. Up to Tuesday only 322 j | license plates were sold. ' According to law, the Edenton j license plates must be displayed on all motor vehicles on or be- 1 fore Thursday, February 16. Af-‘ | ter that date violators will be | I arrested for failure to comply J ' with the law, so that all motor • j vehicle owners are urged to purchase their license plates be -1 fore the deadline. The 1960 All-America team drew 7,820 nominations. Assisti ng in the selections were 11,202 gridiron critics, including sports .vriters from 1,234 daily news papers, 1,126 weekly or semi weekly publications, broadcasters from 1,957 radio stations and 734 TV telecasters. . Nominations were submitted by newspaper sports writers, . game officials, professional and college football talent scouts, high school coaches and princi ! pals. -s-*'.* ij. 4 > Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 19, 1961. Contractors", le Pickier On, l<r Relations ilp Association Joini i a National iO Secure Better Hig-h --1 ways R. T. Pickier of Edenton Con struction Company has been named a member of the labor re lations committee of the Caro linas Branch, Associated General Contractors of America, for 1961. Mr. Pickier was appointed by R. B. Russell of Charleston, S. C„ president of the Organization. i i The Carolines Branch, Associ ated General Contractors of America, is joining in a nation-] wide effort to inform the peo-j ‘ pie of the importance of better highways in their everyday lives an 4 in national defense. | Ths purpose of the program is to develop the support of an en lightened public for legislation which would provide an ade quate system of highways for the country. “We believe better highways save lives, time, and money, and arc essential to our- country’s I safety,” Pierce said. “We be-! j lieve, too, that the people want : the kind of highway system that I meets their needs, and are will ing to pay for it.” [ Better* Pay Up! j; Sheriff Earl Goodwin calls at-1 lenlion to the fact that a penalty i will be added to 1960 Chowan! County taxes if not paid before February 1. The penally will be one oer cent of the taxes and on March 1 the penalty will increase to two per cent. On and after April 2, in addition to said two 1 per cent, one-half of one per cent] per month or fraction thereof, will be added until the taxes are paid in full. j Sheriff --* Goodwin announces that if any taxpayer is unable to pay taxes in one payment, he I will be glad to accept partial payments until the full amount | is paid. "Prospect ives In The Treatment of Diabetes” and "A Simple ( I Plan For The Management Of| , Essential Hypertension." , Dr. Duncan is a nationally! j known physician in professional ] circles. Aside front his teaching j duties, he is director of the j Medical Division of the Penn- J sylvania Hospital and the Ben-j jamin Franklin Clinic, both of, j Philadelphia. He is a veteran of World Warj j II and was awarded the Legion, , of Merit for research in malaria j and the control of this disease in the Pacific Theatre. i Sale Os N. C. Auto License Tags Lag! | Mrs. Goldie Niblett, branch j ■ manager of the Carolina Motor! ; Club, reports that sale of North 1 . | Carolina automobile license i plates is lagging considerably. I February 15 will be the last* I day motor vehicles may be op erated without the 1961 licensej plates, so that at the present, | rate there will be a long waiting,' ! line as the deadline approaches.' I Mrs. Niblett urges motor vehicle I owners to secure their license ; plates immediately in order to avoid the last minute rush. Mrs. Niblett also urges own ers of vehicles applying for li-| censes to be sure and sign the insurance declaration which ap-l pears on the back of the 1961' s renewal card. This will save time and embarrassment -Mien applying for licenses. VFW MEETS TUESDAY 1 William H. Coffield, Jr., Post ■ No. 9280. Veterans of Foreign I Wars, will meet Tuesday night, > January 24, at 8 o’clock. Com mander John Bass urges a large attendance. 5 _— 1 RED MEN MEETING 1 Chowan Tribe No. 12, Improv , ed Order of Red Men, Will meet i Monday night, January 23, at ,17:30' o’clock. Bill Harris, the - new sachem, requests a large ' turnout of member?. j ,| Outstanding Young Farmer Os Year j ! In above picture Mayor John Mitchener is presenting an award to Sherlon C. Layton. Mr. Layton was selected by the Edenton Junior Chamber of Commerce as Chowan County's tfoung Farmer lof the Year. The award was presented at a Jaycee banquet held 1 Thursday night at the Edenton Restaurant.—(Photo by J. P. Ricks, Jr.) Rocky Hock Baseball Club W ill i Present Minstrel Show Feb. 2 i Tiie Rocky Heck "Orioles’: j baseball club announced this week that it will present a black face comedy entitled "The Ori ole Minstrel.” The show will! be presented in the Rocky Hock; Community Center Thursday night, February 2, at 8 o'clock. The show will include "Honey 'Hams,” a singing quartet from [Hooey Hollaw; the clod dancers from Tim-buc-tu and many other; (features which guarantee an I evening packed with comedy, I music and fun. Crutch Day Saturday To Help Raise March Os Dimes Funds j Saturday will bo Crutch Day tor the New March of Dimes drive in Chowan County. Boy Scouts will sell minytiurp crutch es and peanuts downtown to raise funds for the local drive. I | Monday will be Coffee Day ] with all proceeds front coffee | sales at the various businesses | going to the March of Dimes. • Participating are the Colonial I Motor Court Restaurant, the (Edenton Restaurant, the Triangle . Restaurant. HolloweU's Rexall Drug Store and Mitchener’s Pharmacy. Miss Munden Honored I For Faithful Service - I Miss Mildred Munden, inter viewer in the Edenton office of' ' the Employment Security Com mission, has been recognized for; 20 years service to the Commis sion. The award was made by 'Phillip B. Pollock, area supervisor; | for the Commission on January ; j 10th. , A certificate and a 20-year pin l [were presented in brief ceremon ies in the office. Miss Munden began working! with the Employment Security j Commission in 1936, but was out j lor a few years. She has been j | working in the Edenton Office | continuously since 1945. I ROTARIANS MEET TODAY j Edenton Rotarians will . this (Thursday) afternoon at 1! o'clock in the Parish House.] .The program will be in charge ( , of Dick Dixon, one of the newest (Rotarians. and President Elton; 1 Forehand is very anxious to | have a 100 per cent attendance. I Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Birthday By MRS. RAYMOND CARR V —— r> j Today, January 19th, is Gen- I eral Robert E. Lee's birthday. 1 j Little did his father, the famous ’’Light Horse Harry” Lee think' i when he pronounced the eulogy 1 on General George Washington, and designated him as “first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.” t! that these words, too, could one i day be applied to his own son, , Robert Edward. I Robert Edward Lee was born ; at Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia, to Henry and Anne Carter Lee, in the year 1807. 'As a little boy he played on the banks of the Potomac -1 River in front of his home, and t enjoyed fishing, hunting and t horseback riding, just as the otn ;:er boys of that day. He was »! tutored in the little school room lof his home, snd »t the tge of : In tiie lineup for the enter-i tainment will be Jack Evans, Al vin Bunch, Sammy Morris. Wal-i lace Evans, Britton Byrum, Mur-; j ray Tynch. Jr., Sammy Byrum.! ; Lloyd Evans, Clark Peele, Frank Evans, Fred Britton. Jr., Alvin | Evans. Carroll Evans, Becky Harrell, Loretta Bunch, Esther Layton. Mary Alice Perry as well as a number of others. ; The program will provide an evening of wholesome entertain ment. so that it is hoped a large i crowd will turn out. Members of the Junior Cham ber of Commerce-', sponsors of the local drive, are soliciting the businesses trtul indtisliies -this week. I The county solicitation will be held next week under the direc tion of the Chowan County Home Demonstration Clubs. J. J. Miley, Jr,, the 1961 di rector, urges even one to sup port the projects in order to on- i able the National Foundation to continue the fight against crip- ; pling birth defects, arthritis and polio. T aylor Speaker At BP WClub Meeting! i Edenton’s Business and Pro fessional Woman's Club will ; meet tonight (Thursday) at the ! Edenton Restaurant at 7 o'clock,! The guest speaker will be W. J. | Taylor, superintendent of Coun !ty Schools, who will speak on (the subject ‘Career Advance- ! j ment.” | Mrs. Percy Smith, president, of; I the club, urges everv member to! i 1 attend this meeting. 1 Hospital Auxiliary Will Meet Friday 1 | Chowan Hospital Auxiliary will I meet Friday afternoon. January 20, at 3 o’clock in the nurses’ (home. Thus will be a very im j portant meeting due to the fact ' that new officers will be elected | for the year, so that a large at ] tendance is requested. Following the program tea i will be served. 18 entered the United States ' Military Academy at West Point, N. Y., where he was graduated 'in 1829. About two years after , hls graduation, he married Mary ' Custis. a great, great grand daughter of Martha Washington, and by thus marriage came in possession of "Arlington Planta tion” and other estates in Vir ' ginia. S I His military life was that of much distinction. At the begin ning of the Mexican War he be came a captain of the engineers in the United States Army and served with honor. He was wounded in one of the battles! of this war. and promoted to the , rank of Colonel. He served as! superintendent of the United, States Military Academy from 1852 to 1855. Later he com- Contiaued on Pago 3, Section 1 ),j Lectures In Edenton] 1 \ — /■* •y ; j ... : DR. GARFIELD DUNCAN Another postgraduate medical lectuva will be held at the Eden lon Restaurant Wednesday, Janu ary 25. at 4:30 and 7:30 P. M. The speaker will be Dr. Gar . field G. Duncan cf the Univer sity of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Herbert C. Bonner ;! Winner Os Til Ole ! Evinrude Award Requests Prize Money To Be Donated Be tween Two Educa tional Groups - i Chew;, n County friends will; be interested to know that Con gressman Herbert C. Bonner last week received the 1961 Ole Evinrude Award in New York :in recognition of his outstand ing contributions to recreational boating. The award is made annually by the Evinrude Boat ing Foundation to individuals or organizations whose activities in the field_ of recreational boating are considered of major signifi cance. Presentation of the award was made .by W. J. Webb, a life-long friend of the late outboard mu- Continued on Page 2—Section ? \S oman s Club Enters Program For Coniiminily Improvement Tim Edenton Woman's Club j has officially entered the Com . numily Improvement Program. t sponsored by the General Fed eration of Women's Clubs in co operation with the Sears-Roe btick Foundation, it is announced by Mrs. J. D. Elliott, club piv-i --' dent. The purpose of the Community Improvement Program is to pro vide information, inspiration find incentives lor every federated woman’s club to join with co- I operative forces in the eotnmun ! ity to imorovo its economic, so- Sgl. Lewis Twine In Washington Parade Staff Sergeant Lewis E. Twine, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Twine of Route 2, Tyner. N. C . is one of the 3.600 U. S. Air, Force men chosen to participate: in the 1961 Presidential Inau-j gural Parade. Sergeant Twine will be I member of the llOOtlv Composite Wing in the parade that will, take place in Washington. D. C., on January 20 immediately after! John F Kennedy is sworn in! as the 35th President of the United States. At the present time Twine is a. member of the 1100th Supply Group at Bolling Air Force Base. I ' Washington, D. C. The Parade, which is expected 1 to last two and one-half houis.j will begin at the Capitol Build-i ing and proceed up Pennsvl-! vania Avenue past the White J House where the new President' and Vice-President will review the marching units. The Parade will be telecast nationally and will feature marching units and floats from hundreds of civilian groups as well as from all of the military, services. MASONS MEET TONIGHT j A stated communication of. ■ Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & iA. M.. will be held tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. Dr. A. 1 F. Downum, master of the lodge, is very anxious to have a large attendance. i 82.5 U Fer iear in North Carolim ’6l Pilgrimage Os Edenton Scheduled Be Held April 14-16 Rev. A. Carl Hart Serving As Pastor At Ballard’s Bridge Assumed New Duties As of Monday of This Week 1 The Reverend A. Carl Hart, has accepted a call to be pastor ■ ol the Ballard’s Bridge Baptist Church at Tvner and assumed his duties there on Monday, Jan uary 16. : A native of Colliersvitie. Train.. Mr. Hart is a senior student at the Southeastern Baptist Theo logical Seminary at Wake Forest, He is a graduate of Bethel Col lege in west Tennessee and has 1 held several pastorates including 1 the Fishervilte Baptist Church in Tennessee and, for the past four years, the Lystra Baptist Church near Chapel Hill. Mr. Hart is married to the j former Rebecca Harris of Mos cow Term. They have one child. [David Carl, lout and a half Library Story Hour Friday Afternoon Mrs, Tom Shepard wiil be in charge of a story hour at the Shepard-Pt liden Memorial Li bia’y Friday afternoon. January 27, between 3:30 and 4:30 ■o'clock. Those who heard her stories in December will want to come again and bring their friends. Children between five and ten. are welcome. Following is the schedule .oil Library hours: 9:30-12:00 every day except Sunday. 2:30-5:30 even - day except Sat urday and Sunday. .7:30-8:30 Monday and Thins da\ evenings. cial and oilitlira! conditions. P; izes totaling 870.00 P are of lere l in the competition, includ ing a top national prize of $lO,- 000. Five cash prizes' are 'offer ed hi each state. The first prize winner in each state then vvdl compete fo r 10 national prizes. All Cash awards von by chibs must be siient for the benefit ot the community, according to ' the rules. The Edenton Citib. which has entered the contest in the past, placed second in the contest m North Carolina in 1956. Methodist Men’s (Tub Will Meet Tonight The Methodist Men's Club wtli, hold its- monthly dinner meet ing tonight (Thursday) at 6:30 ; o’clock. The meetingwill 'be; held at Colonial Restaurant on.! iU, S. 17 north, with the pro-1 gram in charge of Dr.'-Richard : Hardin. President George Lev-, us urges every member to be! present LIONS MEET MONDAY Edenton Lions will meet Mon day night. January 23. at 71 j o'clock. President James Griffin (urges a 100 per cent attendance. ; Jayeee DSA, Bosses* And Ladies* Night Banquet Scheduled To Be |Held MS ednesdav, January 25th i i ! Plans are about complete for the Edenton Junior Chamber of Commerce annual DSA. Bosses’ and Ladies’ Night banquet which will be held in the Masonic Temple Wednesday night, Janu ary 25, at 7 o’clock. 1 The feature of this meeting will be the announcement of the ’.winner of the Jayeee Distin guished Service Award, which i goes to the most outstanding' /young man in Edenton during, j the year 1960. ; To help decide the DSA win-* i ner, nomination blanks are avail*, FIGHT CANCER WITH A CHECKUP AND CHECK I Largest Crow d In His ! tory of Tour Is An \ ticipated by Woman’s | Club i The 1961 Pilgrimage of. Co lonial Edenton and Countryside, ■sponsored by the Edenton Wn , 'man s Chib, will be held April '(l4. 15 and Hi, it. as announced |, bv Mrs. K, J. Boyce, pilgtimage ! chairman. j The pilgrimage olfers art op ptntiinity for the public to visit during the tour many historic homes open at no other time, she said. Included in this year’s tour ■ are Sycamore, the oldest house in North Carolina; built in 1660: Bandori, built ca 1790. the home; of in.gbs Fletcher, the author: tiie Cupola house, built ca 1725, a. fine example of Jacobean style:. the Iredell house built in 1759. the home of James Iredell, first. Associate Justice of the U. S: Supreme Court:, the Cho wan. Court House, built itv 1767. considered tin- finest example of Georgian architecture in the! South; Btvei'v Hail, built in 1810. a toi ner state ban'-:, as well, an a number ol iiome- and. j buildings of historical and arci.i --1 tivtural inti rt st. ■ The largest crowd ever is an ticipated for the bi-annual pil grimage clue to the nationwide showing of the film, Ye Town;: on Queen Anne's Creek." which depicts the historical and recre ational aspects of Edenton and Chowan County. Proceeds from the tour are used for restoration apd preservation of local sites In addition to the homes and buildings open for the tour a waterfront tour and an antique show are planned. Block tickets Will be $4 with individual ad i.nittarues 50 cents: Pilgrimage information may be obtained by writing Mrs. R. .1 Boyce. 203 West Church Street, Eden’ u.- Miss Janr l)iiLiii(‘\ Author Vl (oll«‘<£t* An Edenton author was among 16 contributors to the Christmas issuc of "We. The Freshmen.” at Converse College at Spartanburg. S. C. Miss Jane DuLaney. daughter of Mr. and Mrs, J. R. DuLaocv. was represented with a sketch en titled "Ram". Miss DuLaney Was graduated last June from the John A, Holmes High SEchooi. ; CIVIC CALENDAR 1 V J The 1961 Pilgrimage of Colo nial Edenton and Countryside will be held April 14, 15 and 16. Rocky Hock "Orioles” baseball i team will present ? black face comedy in the Rocky Hock Community Center Thursday night. February 2. at 9 o’clock. A story hour will be held ai Shepard -Piuden Memorial Li brary for childien between five and ten years of age Friday as ! ternoon, January 27. between 3.30 and 4:30 o'clock. Crutch Day will be observed Saturday to help raise funds for the New March of Dimes. Mon day will be coffee day, when various businesses will donate coffee sales to the drive. Edenton Jaycees will name i distinguished service award Win- Continued cn Page s—Section 1 able to individuals as well as various organizations who wish to recommend a particular person for the honor. The nomination i blanks may be secured at Mitch ener’s Pharmacy and Hollowell's Drug Store. . The candidate must I be between 25 and 35 years of age and the nomination blanks must be in the hands of Dick 1 Dixon before Friday, January 20. The Edenton DSA winner will ! be eligible to compete in a state ■ contest and the state winner will i enter a national contest to se- J lect the nation’s 10 outstanding i young men for the year 1980.
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