pvßusnmiN
CHOWAN CWNTY
Valume XxVIH.-Number 4,
Local Officials Con ft a With
•S ?■ «
Stream Sanitation L%\ders
for Sewage Disposal B Hant
Likely Town Will Be
1 Requested to Sign a
Consent Order With
Two Year Limit For
Sewage Disposal
Mayor John Mitchener, A1
?*Mlips, George A. Byrum and
it* C. Byrum, Jr., representing
Town Council and the Board of
Public Works, went to Raleigh
Wednesday of last week in con
' flection with the proposed sew
age disposal plant. Present at
the meeting were Messrs. Hub
bard, Long and Turnage, repre
senting the State Stream Sani
tation Commission. ~
ti Mr. Hubbard stated that he
tfras glad that the city officials
had asked for the meeting. At
the last meeting of the Stream
Sanitation Committee the chair
man, Senator Whitfield, had in
structed the Attorney General to
check into the procedure by
which a public hearing could be
called for the officials of Eden
ton to report the cause and rea
son as to why the sewage dis
posal plant had not been put into
Operation as requested. The At
torney General was to report
Qiis information to the commit
tee meeting on January 27. The
Outcome of this public hearing
would probably be an order from
the.JStream Sanitatiy-- Commit
tee for the Town of Edenton to
issue revenue bonds to con
struct these sewage facilities.
The temporary permit for the
Continued on Pago 7—Section I
Story Hour On Friday
~ Afternoon At Library
Friday afternoon, January .27,
a, story hour will be held at the
Sihepard-Prudep Memorial, Li
' brary. The program will bemeld'
from 3:30 to 4:30 o’clock ini
charge Os Mrs. Tom Shepard and!
Will be for children between five
and ten years of age.
The story hours held during
December were very popular, so
that a large .group is expected
Friday afternoon to hear Mrs.
20 Years Ago
As Found in the Files of j
r; The Chowan Herald i
L i
Following a connection with
the J. H. Holmes Company and
lliter with the Elliott Companyj
for a period of 23 years, A. S.
Hollowell began operating the|
stare formerly owned by J. C.
PaiJ at the corner of Church and
Oakum Streets. |
A petition was being circulat
ed* by Town Councilman Leroy
Jfnskett requesting Town Council
to appoint a police commissioner)
and fire commissioner which was
1 not -provided for in the present
tbwh charter. Mr. Haskett stal
ed'emphatically that be was not
seeking authority as police com-|
misaioner, but threw out hints
that he possibly would be a can-!
didate for Mayor.
ContihiMad an Page 6—Section > I
Arranging For Mother’s March
»- y 7. "• ;
m - .
li> ■ -: r# . s *-
Af4
THE CHOWAN HERALD
j Planning For 1961 Pilgrimage J
LJm*-
'Jar
Wt\ k I
w£bg : \
Here is pictured a quartet of Ede.ilon Woman's Club members
who are considering plans for the 1961 Pilgrimage of Colonial
Edenton and Countryside which will be held April 14-16. Viewing
pictures, left to right, are Mrs. J. D. Elliott, president: Mrs. W. J.
P. Earnhardt, special events chairman; Mrs. J. P. Ricks, Jr., vice
chairman and Mrs. R. J. Boyce, general chairman. —(Photo by J. P.
Ricks, Jr.)
Mrs. Edna Reaves Plans Course
For Adults To Teach Clothing
Mrs. Edna Reaves, home eco
nomics teacher at John A.
Holmes High School has an
nounced that she will begin a
class, “Clothing Construction for
Beginners,” Tuesday night, Jan
uary 31. The class is for adults
and will begin at 8 o’clock in
the home economics department
of the rschool.
, ,Mrs. j Reaves, states , that shfc
will teach tfte class each Tues
day night for at least six weeks.
Savings Bonds Sales In Chowan
Amount To $98,708 During ’6O
Richard S. Atkinson, Chowan
County volunteer chairman for;
sale of U. S. Savings Bonds, 1
reports that sales in Chowan (
County for the past yearj
amounted to $98,708.85, which is;
87.8% of the county’s yearly
quota. Chowan’s quota for 1960
was $112,420. The sales in De
cember amounted to $5,520.60. |
Total sales of savings bonds,
for the calendar year 1960
amounted to $46,646,566 in North
Carolina. This is over 91% of
the state’s 1961 sales quota of
I $51,100,000. (
Through the first 10 months
of th£ year .(January-October),
North Carolina sales were ap-l
proximately 2% ahead of the
VWWW
POCAHONTAS MEETING
Chowanoke Council. No. 54,
Degree of Pocahontas, will meet
tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock.
! Mrs. Benrice Brooks, Pocahon
[ tas. urges all members to at
tend.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 26, 1961.
There will be no charge for the
course, but those who partici
pate will be expected to pur
chase their own supplies.
Because of the limited facili
! ties at the school, Mrs. Reaves
'says that there will necessarily
have to be a limit to the num-j
ber who take the course.
Anyone interested in enrolling)
fo,r the course is requested to
. meet ‘A-toP
Apartment 'Tuesday night, Janu- |
1 ary 31, not later than 8 o’clock. !
comparable months of the pre-
I vious year. A sharp decline in
i November and December result
ed in a decrease of 12% for the
i year as compared with 1959.
I Twenty-two North Caroline
■ counties achieved 100% or more
l of their 1960 quotas. They are
Alleghany, 187.0%; Jones
164.0%; Swain, 128.5%; Alexan
der, 127.0%; Franklin, 124.5%;
Henderson, 121.8%; Pamlico
' 121.5%; Clay, 117.8%; Hyde,
' 116.1%; Carteret, 114.3%0; Crav
en, 113.9%; Washington, 113.4%
Hokes, 112.2%; Durham, 112.1%:
| Moore, 110.8%; Haywood
110.3% ; Greene, 109.4%; Bladen
108.6%; Lee, 106.3%; Caldwell
|103.9%; Forsyth, 103.5%; anc
Wayne, 100.0%.
John H. Pruden
PromotedToHigh
Shipbuilding Job
Assistant Superinten-|
dent of Machinery
Division at Newport
News Shipyard
Edenton relatives and friends
will be interested to learn that
John H. Pruden of Newport
News, a former Edenton boy, has |
been promoted from foreman of
the machinery installatiton de
partment to assistant superinten
dent of the entire machinery
division of Newport News Ship
building and Dry Dock Com
,»ny. Pruden. who has been
foreman of the division’s ma
chinery installation department
since 1949, assumed his new
duties on January 1.
Mr. Pruden was reared in
Edenton and graduated from
Edenton High School in 1931.
He went to Newport News for
the first time that summer to
sail from the shipyard on the
Dollar Lines’ President Hoover
on her maiden voyage, after she
had been completed at the yard.
After three yean at sea, he
Continued on P*f* l Section 1
Group Committee
Chairmen Named
For IN Pilgrimage
* Mrs. R. J. Boyce, Gen
eral Chairman Ap
points Complete List
To Serve
Committee chairmen for the
1961 Pilgrimage of Colonial
Edenton and Countryside on
April 14, 15 and 16, sponsored
by the Edenton Woman’s Club,
have been named by Mrs. R. J.
Boyce, general chairman.
The appointments follow:
Mrs. J. P. Ricks. Jr., vice
chairman.
Mrs. R. Elton Forehand, Jr.,
treasurer.
Mrs. W. J. P. Earnhardt, spe
cial events.
Mrs. James M. Bond and Mrs.
Cecil W. Fry, co-chairmen of
hostesses.
Mrs. William M. Cozart, cor
respondence.
Mrs. Wesley Chcsson, Jr., tic-'
kets.
Co-chairmen of registration are
Mrs. Ralph W. Fowlkes, Jr., and
Mrs. Elwood Nixon.
Signs, Mi's. R. S. Atkinson,
Jr., and Mrs. J. L. Harrell.
Antique Show, Mrs. Robert B.
Smith and Mrs. C. A. Phillips.
Flowers, Mrs. George W. Lew
is, chairman, assisted by Mrs.
Richard Hines and Mrs. Ralph
Parrish.
Other chairmen are:
Radio, Mrs. R. W. Schuman.
Television, Mrs. W. E. Bond,
Jr.
Foldet, Mrs. John E. Shackel
ford.
Advertising, Mrs. W. H. Hollo
well, Jr.
Costumes, Mrs. A. F. Downum.
Souvenirs, Mrs. Wendell H.
Copeland.
Guides, Mrs. J. M. Thorud and
j Mrs. N. J. George, co-chairmen.
Window displays, Mrs. Edward
' Bond, chairman,, assisted by Mrs.
j Joe Thorud and Mrs. Gilliam
, W*xi. —•» *—
Students On Honor
Roil Announced At
local High School
__ i
i
1 49 For First Semester
j And 52 On List Forj
i School’s Third Six-
Week Period
Hiram Mayo, principal of John
I A. Holmes High School, on Wed
-1 nesday of this week released the
honor roll for the first semes
ter as well as for the third six
weeks pet iod.
Forty-nine students were in
cluded on the tL-si semester hon
oi roll and 51 were included on
the third six weeks list.
First semester honor roll stu->
dents are as follows:
Grade 7—Joe Conger, Norfleet
Pru ien, Dianthia Sexton, Yvonne!
Stillman, Barbara Wallace and!
Vivian Whiteman.
Grade B—Claire8 —Claire Belch, Nancy
O’Neal, Sandra Overton, Elaine
Parks, Brenda Stallings, Lula
Stroud, Wayne Brabble, Hiram
i Mayo, Charles Overton, George
Wilkins and Joe Harrell. (
I Grade 9—Sandra Bunch, Jean
* Goodwin, Nancy Jordan, Mary
. Thorud, Jimmy Cordon, Neal
Hobbs, Tom Phillips and Doug
in Twiddv.
Grade 10 Carolyn Griffin,
Gail Hare, Jo Anne Leary, Nelia
Lowe, Ann Wells, Annie Laurie
Whiteman and John Marshall.
Grade 11—Herbert Adams. Joe
i Continued on Pago 7—-Section 1
Minstrel At Rocky
Hock February 2nd
The Rocky Hock Orioles base
ball club will present “The Ori
ole Minstrel - ’ Thursday night,
February 2, at the Rocky Hock
auditorium at 8 o’clock. The
show will be a 3-act comedy
I featuring plenty of good music,
fun and comedy for the entire
family. It will feature solos,
duets, quartets and songs by the
; entire chorus. There will be
solos by Sammy Morris, Sammy
Byrum and Wallace .Evans. It
will also feature the “Honey
'Hams From Hoey Hollow” and
the clod dancers from Tim-Buc-
Tu. Furnishing music for the
Wreath In Honor Os Gen. Lee’s Birthday
r • • - • -—• • i
't « . ■ " ' V.;. J
He.uted above is the Rev. Fred B. Drane placing a wreath at
the Chowan County Confederate monument on the Court House
Graan Friday to commemorate the birthday of General Robert E.
Lea, who was born January 19, 1807. Mr. Drane is the grandson
of Major T, L. Skinner ot the Confederate forces, who followed
General Lee in battle. The wreath placing was a part of the pro
gram of commemoration by the Chowan County Confederate Cen
tennial Committee, of whicn Mrs. Raymond S. Carr is chairman.—
(Photo by J. P. Ricks. Jr.)
Sheriff Earl Goodwin Recovers
Edenton Feed & Livestock Co.
Truck; Found In South Norfolk
Sheriff Earl Goodwin on Wed
nesday of last week Recovered
i truck which, among other
things, was stolen from the
Edenton Feed & Livestock Com
pany on December 22.
The truck was found parked
on a side street in South Nor
folk and in connection with its
recovery James Clarence Hall,
colored, was arrested and charg-i
ed with breaking and entering
and grand larceny. He was
placed in the Norfolk City jail
and is also charged with grand
larceny in connection with a car
Guest Speaker At
February Meeting
Os Woman’s Club
John Myrace of Raleigh, rep
resentative of the Brickell In
stitute of Leadership Training
of Greensboro, N. C.. will be the
guest speaker at the luncheon
meeting of the Edenton Woman’s
Club to be held Wednesday af
ternoon. February 1, at 1 o’clock
at the Edenton Restaurant.
The Brickell Institute holds the
franchise in North and part of
South Carolina for the “Dale
Carnegie Course”, a nationally
known institution to promote
trained leadership to those w-ho
complete this course. Mr. My
race is in Edenton under the aus
pices of the Edenton Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
Mrs. J. D. Elliott urges that
every member be present for
this important meeting.
Cub Scouts Will
Organize Tonight
Elbert Copeland, recently ap
pointed chairman of the Cub
Scouts, has called a meeting to
be held in the Parish House to
night (Thursday) at 7:30 o’clock.
The purpose of this meeting is
to organize a Cub Scout Pack,
so that all eligible boys and
their parents are urgently re
quested to attend this meeting.
A1 Sharpe Speaker
At Rotary Meeting
Edenton’s Rotary Club will
meet this (Thursday) afternoon >
at 1 o’clock in the Parish House;
I The principal speaker will be A1 i
Sharpe of Lumberton, president
lof the North Carolina Jaycees..
A very interesting program is as
j sured, so that President Elton
(Forehand urges • 100 per cent
stolen in Norfolk. Hall is a
former Chowan Qpunty boy now
living in Sout f Norfolk.
Sheriff Goodwin also recovered
some of the merchandise stolen
in Edenton at the same time,
but the SIOO in cash was not
recovered. Sheriff Goodwin stat
ed that Hall had made a full
confession of the Edenton rob
bery.
Assisting Sheriff Goodwin, wfyo
was in Norfolk two days last
week, in apprehending Hall and
the stolen truck were F. E. Epps,
North Carolina SBI agent and
the Detective Bureau of Norfolk.
! CIVIC calendar)
The 1961 Pilgrimage of Colo
nial Edenton and Countryside
will be held April 14, IS and 16.
Edenton Jaycees will sponsor
a 14-v.eeks Dale Carnegie course
beginning with a free demon
stration course to be held at the
Penelope Barker house Tuesday
night, February 7, at 7:30 o'clock.
Edenton Woman's Club will
meat at the Edentcn Restaurant
Wednesday afternoon. February
1, at 1 o'clock.
i A Cub Scout meeting will be
held in the Parish House tonight
(Thursday) at 7:30 o'clock.
Continued on Page 6—Section l
r 7 S
Quartet Os Edenton Aces Guests At All-East Banquet In Raleigh
1 | ■: *
m(k IJ A J i 'XI
hHiM wjpy v '
Four members of the 1960 Edenton Aces. End Fred Britton. Tackle Warns THiksr and Beds Jerry
Tolley and Bubba Hopkins, left to right, and their coach. Bill Billings, huddle sift Duka CsQch Bill
Murray at the All-East banquet of The News and Observer held at Becky night.
The boys were accompanied by their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Britton. Baku,
Mr. «M Mn. S. R. Talley v 4 Mi, *ad Mrs, Tw Heytonfc (Theta gawtaey fUßW^QbtaceeO*
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolirn
]' Plans Put In Motion
To Commemorate
War’s Anniversary
Time Short! ]
j Attention 'is called to the fact
that property in Chowan County
must be listed during January
for the purpose of taxation.
Those who fail to list during the
time allowed by law will be
I obliged to pay a penalty.
| Tax listers are sitting to list
taxes and tax authorities urge
i that this duty be attended to at
I once. Those who fail to list
their taxes will be reported to
the Grand Jury, so that further
expense and embarrassment will
result.
Special Activities
! Climax Drive hi
i March Os Dimes
i —1
j Telethon, a Mother’s
1 March and Roadblock
| Scheduled to Help In
j Fund Raising
Three events Will climax the
New March of Dimes drive in!
Chowan County and J. J. Miley, ]
Jr., 1961 director, says he hopes
the public will generously sup- 1
port these e’/ents in order to put
the drive over the top.
A telethon will again this year
jbe held at radio station WCDJ I
beginning at 1 P. M. Sunday.
Members of the Edenton Junior
Chamber of Commerce, spon
sors of the drive, will be at the
station to accept contributions:
by telephone. Last year the j
telethon netted over, $250
At 1.30 T iM. Sd'fday ’(.Nvce cf
will form q roadblock in front
of the Post Office to collect
Continued on Page 5. Section ) i
Edenton Jaycees Will Sponsor
14-Week Dale Carnegie Course
The Edenton Junior Chamber
of Commerce will sponsor a
tourteen week Dale Carnegie
Course beginning with a free
Demonstration Course to be held
at the Penelope Barker house
on Tuesday night, February 7,
at 7:30 o’clock. This course will
help people to develop courage
and self-confidence, to speak
with ease before business con-:
fertnees, clubs, and church meet-;
ings, to win friends and influ- 1
ence people, to become a more ef
fective leader in business through
ability to speak, to increase in- (
come through ability to handle,
people, to become a better sales
man, to improve memory forj
names, faces, and facts, quickly;
and easily, to beome a betieiy
executive, and to enrich life with!
new interests and new goals.
Jaycee President. James Per
ry, said that people in this gen-1
oral area are invited to attend j
the free demonstration course
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Committee Meets and
Chairmen Os Various
Events In Celebra
tion Are Appointed
j The Chowan County Confed
erate Centennial Committee, ap
pointed by the County Commis
sioners, to commemorate the
100th anniversary, of the War
Between The States, held a
[ meeting at the Court House Wed
j nesday, January 18. Mrs. Ray
mond Carr presided as chairman
of the committee.
| The feature part of the meet
| ing was the commemoration of
the birthday (January 19, 1807)
of General Robert E. Lee, com
mander-in-chief of the forces of
the Confederate States of Ameri
ca. The commemoration was in
the form of -a reading, “Life of
General Robert E. Lee,’’ by
Minnie Hollowell, and the plac
ing of a memorial wreath c r
J the Chowan County Confer!era:
j Monument on the Court Hou
Green. The Rev. Fred B. Drar. ,
a grandson of a Chowan Coun.y
Confederate soldier, Major Tris
trim Lowther Skinner, who fol
. lowed General Lee in battle,
placed the wreath on the monu
ment. At the conclusion of the
memorial service, he spoke a
prayer for the great men of
yesterday and those of, today.
During the business part of
the meeting, Mrs. Emmett El
liott, secretary, read and ex
plained the proposed plans or
projects of the Confederate Cen
tennial Committee. The follow
ing committees were then ap
pointed to seek to carry- out the
projects;
Collection of Documents and
Continued on Page 7, Section 1
LIONS MELT MONDAY
Ls ten ton’s Lions Club will
tn< of Monday night, Januajy 30,
at '/ o’clock. President James
Griffin requests every- member
of the club to be present.
under no obligation whatsoever.
The course will be explained in
detail at this meeting. For more
information, contact -West By
rum, Bill Gardner,, Rudolph Da:e,
Carlton Jackson or Tom Shep
ard, w r ho have been appointed
to handle the details of the pro
ject.
Reports on the well known
Dale Carnegie Course show that
more than 750.000 men and wo
-1 men have graduated from it.
The course will be held on Tues
day nights throughout the four
, teen weeks period at the Penel
, ope Barker house. The first
session is scheduled for Tues
j day night. February 14.
President Perry said his or
; ganization is glad to bring this
j course to Edenton as a public
service and will welcome every
i man and woman of the area to
I attend the free demonstration
} course on February 7 at 7:30
P. ML