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ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN CHOWAN COUNTY Volume XXVlll.—Number 5. Edenton Jaycees Name Scott Harrell As Winner Os DSA Honored at Annual Banquet Held Wed nesday Night In the Masonic Temple At the seventh annual DSA, Bosses' Night and Ladies’ Night banquet of the Edenton Junior Chamber of Commerce, Scott Harrell was presented the covet ed Distinguished Service Award for the year 1960. The meeting was held in the Masonic Tem ple Wednesday night of last week with many bosses and la dies in attendance. The award was presented by John A. Holmes, who pointed out some of the activities of Young Harrell which won for him the 'honor. Harrell is a past president of the Edenton Jaycees and served as a state director. At present he is a member of the board of direc tors. He served as chairman of the Edenton Chamber of Com merce Tourist and Recreation Committee and played a promi nent part in having Edenton's waterfront cleaned up, and as manager of the Edenton Ma rina has consistently promoted fishing and boating in Edenton. At present Mr. Harrell is chairman of the Chowan County Chapter of the National Foun- Continued on Pago 3—Section * Courses Offered At Local High School For Adult Education The John A. Holmes High School will sponsor courses in adult education for the remain der of this school year. All adults interested in taking cours es in typing, bookkeeping, short hand. art, science, and* other areas are requested to meet in the lunchroom of the John A. Holmes High School on Tues day night, February 7, at 7:30 o'clock for on organizational meeting. Any person needing additional information before the organi zational meeting should call the principal’s office. Bank Sends Dick Lowe To Short Course For Modern Farming Dick Lowe left Saturday fori Raleigh, where he is attending the short course in modern farming, which is sponsored by the N. C. Bankers Association and N. C. State College. Young Lowe’s expenses are paid by the local Peoples Bank & Trust Company for the entire course, which began Monday and will continue through February 10. Dick is 22 years old and grad uated from John A. Holmes High School in 1956. The course is offered outstanding young farm boys who do not plan to attend college but remain on a farm as a vocation. Boys from 80 of the 100 counties are at tending the course. ’ Jk * - ' 1 . . ... .- |U>ot« IL L. Cdwftvdt it figiving how to 90! an auiomohtlo off a Chowan County has another colored family which is in dire need of food, clothing and house furnii-ings. The house in which Lillian White, her son and broth er lived in the Cisco section wa r totally destroyed by fire Sun day a week ago. The family lost all of their personal belongings as the result of the fire and will arprcc'ate contributions of any kind, which may be left at the Edenton Fire Station to be picked up. Pocahontas Elecf New Set Officers Mrs. Myrtle Tynch Is Chosen as the New Pocahontas New officers have been elect :ed for Chowanoke Council No. 54, Degree of Pocahontas with Mrs. Myrtle Tynch elected Po ' rahontas to succeed Mrs. Ber | nice Brooks. Other officers elected are: Betty Jackson, Wenona; Bernice Brooks, prophetess; Beatrice Harrell, keeper of records; Ella Gray Potts, keeper of wampum; Virginia Williams, collector of wampum, and J. Edwin Bufflap, Powhatan. Mrs. Tynch, the new Pocahon | tas, has announced the follow | ing appointments: Scouts, Louise Pratt and Myr ! tie Hollowell; warriors, Marina Crummey, Essie Perry, Gertrude Dail and Vivian Baker; runners, Gizelle Pruden „ and Virginia Barfield; counsellors' Dorothy Phillips and Barbara Farless; guard of the tepee, Irma Alls brook; guard of the forest, Mar garet Phthisic. COMMISSIONERS MEET Chowan County Commission ers will hold their monthly meeting Monday morning, Feb ruary 6, beginning at 9 o’clock. Young Lowe completed 12 to 15 4-H Club projects, the prin cipal ones being peanuts and hogs. He won a trip to New Orleans as state team winner of a vegetable production demon stration. He was state peanut project winner in 1955 and at tended the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. He has been farming on shares with his father, Woodrow Lowe, who is president of the Chowan Farm Bureau, since leaving school in 1956, and ex presses the opinion that the short course for farmers will help him to do a better job in his vocation, for he is vitally interested- in new and improved farming methods. Not A Circus Stunt THE CHOWAN HERALD Need Help Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 2, 1961. • tstb < £ .. Is Jaycee Distinguished Service Award Winner \ JiiiN las l If ; ; : ; Vs % i John A. Holmes, at left, is pictured presenting the Distinguished Service Award to Scott Harrell. Mrs. Harrell is beside her husband and at right is A1 Sharpe of Lumberton, president of the North Carolina Jaycees, who was the principal speaker at the Jaycees' seventh DSA. Bosses' and Ladies Night banquet which was held Wednesday night of last weeic in the Masonic Temple.—(Photo by J. P. Ricks, Jr.) ............, Prospects Point To Most Successful April Pilgrimage First Day of Tour to Be Designated as In glis Fletcher Day In Honor of Author Plans are being made in the expectance of the largest Pil grimage of Colonial Edcnton 1 and Countryside ever sponsored by the Edenton Woman’s Club, to be held Friday through Sun day, April 14-16. Mrs. R. J. Boyce, general; chairman, reports already hav ing received inquiries about the; tour requesting information con cerning activities, food and lodg ing. At present, 21 historic homes j and buildings will be open for the three day tour. Members) of the Woman’s Club will serve; as hostesses in colonial costumes] and members of the DAR have been invited to wear costumes However, the home owners are not expected to be in costume. Continued on Pas* 3—Section I Football Given To j ’6O Edenton Aces ■ In appreciation of the John A. j Holmes High School football j team, J. H. Conger, Sr., and] J. H. Conger, Jr,, have purchas-] ed and presented beautiful .gold] footballs to members of the Edenton Aces, as well as the managers and coaches. The footballs were presented by the Congers at chapel exer cises Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock, and to say the least the presentation was very much ap preciated by the football boys as well as school officials. DAR Dinner Meeting On Wednesday, Feb. 8 Edenton Tea Party Chapter of] the DAR will hold a dinner meeting Wednesday, February 8. The meeting will be held at the Edenton Restaurant at 1 o’clock and Mrs. John Kramer, regent, requests all members to be pres ent. r 1 20 Years Ago As Found in the Files of Ths Chowan Herald l ■* At a wall attended meeting in the Court House an Edenton committee adopted a resolution] asking the Legislature to pro vide funds to ecpilp Home Guard Units. David Holton received a tele gram from Lee Mac Phail. son of Larry Mac Phail, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, inquiring if Edenton would be interested in having baseball recruits train hire, t A postal Inspector was again in Edenton in an effort to con solidate two of the rorsd a little oven a year before when College Day Observed At Edenton School Friday, February 3rd, A College Day pogram for the’ [John A. Holmes High School j [will be held in the gymnasium! on Friday morning, February 3, ! between the hours of 9 and 111 [o’clock. Thirty colleges will have their representatives pres-; i ent and all members of the grad ! uating class and their parents ; are invited to attend and par ticipate in this progtam. 1 *t This program offers the stu dents and their parents the op portunity to discuss with the representative of the college pf ; their choice its program and ob tain the information necessary before the student leaves home I for his college career. AUXILIARY MEETS TONIGHT The Ladies’ Auxiliary of Ed Bond Post No. 40, of the Ameri i can Legion will meet tonight | (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. The [ meeting will be held at the [ home Os Mrs. W. W. Porter and Mrs. Mack Ro.gerson, president, | urges all members to attend. Old Man Winter Throws Solar Plexus Blow In Albemarle Area Edenton and Chowan County experienced a solar plexus blow Thursday morning at the hands of Old Man Winter resulting in the coldest and most miserable weather in many years. Freez ing rain and sleet made travel ing both by foot or automobile very hazardous. So treacherous was walking that most of Eden ton’s business houses closed early Thursday afternoon. Adding to the discomfort was a failure of electricity when the current was cut off for almost four hours early Friday morn ing, the second day of the freez ing Weather. The failure was Brief Sketch of the Military Career of Tristram Lowther Skinner Major of First Regiment North Carolina Volunteers, Coniederate States Army Notes Taken By the Bev. Fred B Drane from a “Sketch of the Life or Major T. L Skinner” by the late Bev. Robert B. Drane. D.D. One of Chowan County’s out standing soldiers in the Army of the Confederacy was Major Tristram Lowther Skinner, kill ed in the battle of Mechanics ville, Va., June 26th, 1862. He was the only son of Joseph Blount Skinner and Marie Low ther. He was the father of six children, one of whom was Ma ria Lbuisa Warren Skinner, who became the wife of the ’Rev. Robesj B. Drane, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Eden ton for 56 years. He was graduated from Wil liam and Mary College, Wil liamsburg, Va., in 1840. He managed his father's tanns in. Chowan and Perquimans Coun BPW Bosses’ Night Scheduled Feb. 14 Wade Marr of Eliza beth City Principal Speaker Edenton Business and Proses- [ sional Women’s Club will have; its annual Bosses’ Night Banquet! Tuesday night, Februaiy 14, at] 7:30 o’clock at the Masonic Tem ple at which time the 1960 Wo-| man of the Year will be named. The banquet is open to any one interested in attending, but reservations must be made in advance. The time limit on get ting tickets is Thursday, Feb ruary 9. Tickets are available from Miss Mildred Munder at the Citizens Bank Building. The ' pYmcipnl speaker for tH(f occasion will be Wade Marr of Elizabeth City. February Designated As History Month February has been designated American History Month and its observance in Edenton is spon sored by the Edenton Tea Party Chapter of the DAR. During the month American history will be stressed in the schools and Mayor John Mitch ener has issued a proclamation calling upon citizens to refresh themselves on the nation’s his tory. said to be due to ice on the wires which caused a line to burn out near Winfall. Schools in Chowan County were closed Thursday and Fri day due to icy roads and side walks. Practically all meetings scheduled for Thursday and Fri day were cancelled due to the weather. While the skies have been clear, the weather continued cold up to the time The Herald went to press Wednesday, al though the weather man predict ed snow or sleet Sunday, which would have caused added hard ships. the day was clear much to the delight of everybody. ; ties, and became very much in i terested in military training. Because of his leadership, he be- 1 | came captain of the Light Horse I Company of Perquimans Coun- [ , ty, and later Colonel of a regi- 1 ment of cavalry composed of; 1 Light Horse Companies of the counties of Chowan, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Camden and Cur rituck. He was usually spoken of as Colonel Skinner, in the years that followed. With war between the states regarded as imminent and inevi table, Col. Skinner resigned his position with the regiment of cavalry, and formed a company of infantry in Edenton, known Emphiyment Down From Last Year In Edenton Area • Most of Idle Workers From Saw Mills, Log Woods and Wood Processors Employment in the area serv- j ed by the Edenton office of the Employment Security Commis sion is down from last year, ac cording to Milton E. Bass, man ager of the Edenton office. Hej pointed out, however, that this decline so far is slight. Most of the idle workers are from log woods, saw mills and other wood processers. These workers have job ties with their regular em ployers, however, and work spo radically throughout the winter. He also stated that a large num ber of construction workers in; Hertford were idled from jobs in the Norfolk area. The Employment Security of fice personnel are beginning this month their annual work with high school seniors. This in volves interviewing those seniors who do not plan to enter col lege, and who have no definite plans after school. As an aid to working these young people, an aptitude test is given to learn the student’s aptitudes as they, pertain to fields of work. Pre liminary interviewing began on Tuesday, January 31st. Tests | will be given soon thereafter. j Hospital Receives Eye Bank Container ] V | - innßMwusgrr--- W. P. Jones, center, administrator of the Chowan County Hos pital, is shown above accepting container as part of the Eye Bank program sponsored by the Edenton Lions Club from Dr. Richard Hardin, chairman of the Eye Bank, as James Griffin, Lions Club president, holds framed instructions tor use at the hospital.—(Photo by J .P. Ricks. Jr.) Derwood Bray Chosen Director For ECC All-State Band Clinic The Eastern Division of the All-State Band Clinic will bring to the campus of East Carolina College at Greenville Friday and Saturday, February 3 and 4, a group of talented instrumental ists from high schools in the area, Herbert L. Carter, direc tor of bands at the college and chairman of arrangements for the event, has announced. Two bands will be organized here during the two-day meet ing. A symphonic band of young musicians selected earlier by a committee conducting in- EASTERN STAR MEETING Edenton Chapter No. 302, Or der of the Eastern Star, will j ; meet Monday night, February 6, iat 8 o'clock. Mrs. Margaret Bell, I worthy matron, requests a large attendance. f civic calendar! L— ? Courses in adult education will be organized at the John A. Holmes High School lunch room Tuesday night, February 7, at 7:30 o'clock. The 1961 Pilgrimage of Colo nial Edenton and Countryside will he held April 14. 15 and 16. Chowan High School PTA will meet Monday night, February 6, at 8 o'clock in the school audi torium. Chowan 4-H County Council will meat Wednesday night. Feb ruary 8, at 7:30 o'clock in the Chowan Community Building. Ryland Home Demonstration Club win bold a joint covered HH supper at the Chowan Community Building Thursday night February 6. at 6530 o'clock. Conttnoed on Page »—Section 1 $2.50 Per Year In North Carolim Eye Bank Formed ForChowanCounty By Edenton Lions “Bones” McKinney Again Chairman Os State Heart Fund William E. Bond, Jr., Chairman for Cho wan, Now Seeking Volunteeers to Work Heading up the state-wide Heart Fund Drive for the second consecutive year will be one of the nation’s top basketball coach es, Wake Forest’s Bones McKin ney. The announcement comes from Mrs. Richard Hardin, who is publicity chairman for the Chowan County Heart Associa tion. ‘Bones led us to victory last February,” said Mrs. Hardin, “when the largest Heart Fund total in the annual campaign’s history was reached: $416,117.63. We know we will succeed again in February. 1961 with Coach McKinney calling the plays.” Heart Volunteers are being re- Continued on Pane 3—Section i , dividual auditions in Eastern North Carolina counties will play under the direction of Earl E. Beach, head of the East Caro lina music department. A con cert band, with members repre senting schools throughout the area, will be conducted by W. C. Duvall, director of music ed ucation in Norfolk County schools in Virginia. Students attending the clinic will also participate in a series of sectional rehearsals for vari ous band instruments. Band di- Continued on Page 2—Section 1 At Short Course In Modern Farming { P<r ~y _ ■ . ■fck ?J_ H|f Above picture rhowt George Lerete J. the Peapl— Bunk end Trust Company presenting Dick MM ImlWinq a check covering expenses to the short ceMl'Jl'Win twining being held in Raleigh from January ISfhpMk Mnarr 10*-o (Photo by J. P. Ricks. Jt4 FIGHT CANCER WITH A CHECKUP AND CHECK Two Special Eye Con tainers Presented to Chowan Hospital By Local Club An Eye Bank to serve Cho j wan County and the area has j been organized by the Edenton Lions Club, it is announced by j James Griffin, club presideri Restoration of eyesight is the major project of the Lions, he said, and the Eye Bank is the first program of this type here. Mrs. Clara Capehart Harney of Edenton, who has long been in terested in the program and was instrumental in the establishing jof the Eye Bank, is the first person in Chowan County to will her eyes to the Eye Ba ik, he said. Two special containers for use in shipping the eyes were pre sented by the Lions Club to the Chowan County Hospital this week. Dr. Richard Hardin, chairman of the Eye Bank program, said he hopes a number of persons in the county will “Will their Continued on Page 7—Section I Annual Meeting Os S & L Monday Night The annual meeting of the Edenton Savings & Loan Asso ciation will be held Monday night, February 6, at 8 o’clock. The meeting will be held in the Court House and all sharehold ers are invited to be present to represent their stock or else sign proxies so that their slock can be counted toward a quorum. County Council Will Meet Feb. 1! The 4-H County Council will meet Wednesday night, February 8. at 7:30 o’clock in the Cho wan Community Building. Plans for National 4-H CHb Week observance will be dis cussed and outlined. It. is im portant that all 4-H Club offi cers and leaders attend this meeting. Carnegie Course Begins February 7 Sponsored by the Edenton Junior Chamber of Commerce, a 14-week Dale Carnegie course will be started Tuesday night, February 7, at 7:30 o’clock. The first session of the course will be held at the Penelope Barker house. It will be a free dem onstration and the proposed course will be fully explained at that time. In charge of handling the Jav cee project is West Byruin. Bill Gardner, Rudolph Dale. Carlton Jackson and Tom Shepard, who will be glad to furnish any in formation. The Jaycees are sponsoring this course as a public service and it is hoped many, both men a id women, will attend the free demonstration on February 7.